Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1869 — Weekly News Summary. [ARTICLE]

Weekly News Summary.

■ 1 ' ’ at! I The Cuban Junta have puhlished thc new Constitution for the Republic of Cuba. It pAoteotiflUefraHdenweftrcligion the press, public mVctfogß;BdHcAtto«; WK the inalienable right* of, tbe pwplq,'| Tli* Suez, canal inaugqration- fieetj -consisting of forty-five steamers, arrived Suez on the 21at, having n* difficulty in navigation except ow!l>g to their numbed, wfth eachother apd were crowded on the banks. The water between ,Twite found to be folly twenty feet' deep at the shallowest spot. .. V'A ‘ : 1 VJnrant Colder Ms San Francisco with a petition from prommcht citlMa to the United fitotrax r W *' Advices frbm Jauinel to the- 10th state that the ipsurgentA iff the south of Hayti were victorious 'Salnlvft’s trfdst ; tifadtod Generals had dese'rUff hiln and joined ? the insurgents, who were his abdication. ; , The English ship> Royal Standard was recently, wrecked off Rio ‘ Janeiro and eight passengers drowned. Jpcycnty-threei saved. I . i

Private advices received in Washington on the 21st say that sugar cane crushing ,in Cuba was rnubh more extensive -than the Havana authorities )u& yet adfijitthd. The work, it is added was, to be made general. " . A destructive earthquake has visited the [Philippine Islands. Buildings "were thrown down, andthe lqsa Qf .property wABj Vcry great. At Manilla, eight • personsj were kiHed. .. ' • • ' A telegraph ckbjb Irpltn port Said to Buez iaito be laidaJong thg df the. Suez Canal. .<■ l ». ■ All of Victor Emanuel’s ministers have" resigned. . . ''' y The recent ■ soppUmeptary; in* Rochefort, editor of First Circonsdription; CrOmitux in- the Third, and Arago in the Eighth. No candidate legal majority tn the Fourth. West India advices' received on the 22d state that" the chdleia, 7 yellbw fever, vikE small-pox were raging fearfelly >t j tiagd de CfabA,' 300 having died fromcholera alone within a month. ,-Tluj Governor 'of Bortbay’recently iwratved- 'li&ingstone, dated May «, jFhjtoator -w&" Uieh in gbod health and’ bverftimire well treated. ' . President Cespedes writes that since the sth of .July 12,000 men have enlisted im the Cuban army; that the' army is confix dent of success, and willing to submit to hardships. They need arms And ammunition. Recently the Spaniards took 122 native Cubans in a swamp, and filled them all. Mt. Burlingame has arrived at Berlin with the .Ghiocsc Embassy. , News from an insurrootion which has been going on for some tiuiq/fii the Red River Settlement, B. N. A., np to the 10th, is to the emet that the Insurgents hadjaken possession of the stnrehoura?, of the Hudson Bay Companjc, and wm distributing rations daily. Fort Garryand the whole country was in. possession of the rebels, and thfiif,object was not to throw off their .allegiance to the QUeenibut to oppose annexation so Uatiada. A special from St. Paul to the Turon I# Globe on the 24th, says the JSfigiitfe 1 half-breeds. ‘attd whites take little- or no part in the demqtfeitafidn.ci. Tftc Jnsuhgente chiefly French. .Jjalfibreeda. The Canadian officials, who h arfhecn excelled from»4h» I Red'Rivcr regions, were at Pembina offtfeb -10th, and Governor MpDpiigall had rc#tefl a house amt Settled down for fee winter. It is reported from! the insurrectionary district that there is a strong orgaiiization there, including many-half-breeds, ing a favorable opportunity to declare in favor of Gov. McDougall.' ""

Gen. Dulce, late’ Captaili-Genera^.<jf Cuba, died in Madrid on the 23dO’Donnovan Roesa, in prison fo< anism, has been elected to the British, ]Pas> liament from. Tipperary. The Ldhdon TWs'of'the 26th considers IheeieAiOri of Rochefort to thq Corps' Legislat'd as the last impotent protest of -qn angry populace, and adds: “The gapiins have sent,one pf to' ..the;Chamber, hill th|s Boffo not prove that FaancWis 4pe for a gafcriin A New'York telegram of the 26th says: “,Aimsafta ietfoi. wdtar *taMh timt the Captaln very low spirited since his return -frqni ap fo ur to< Cienfugos. Twenty Estates'were burned near Cienfrigoß, and |hm Spanish garrison, there dare not lekvd io‘attA<m the Cubans in the vicinitf. Fires are raging throughabout leaving for Ha vans,-to remain *at' hbrnaJ* I. ClOOi) | .u,, DOMESTIC. 1 y , Gold dosed in New York oil tlfo«6th at 124%. ' i ,• J * It is estimate<i’aboutlK,ooower^present, at tbs opening of tha Georgia ftfoto Fafr,’ on the 18th. • .1/5 ) It js Stored/hat decided upon by both oopipmtte ß berae jiufttimt; of the: Union: and Central Pacific Rail-’ Yha fowqr portion of thedtyW Seorgef-* town, Colqrado, was destroyed by a tornado bn the 18th. One fife. { lost and I many perlons seriously, inJu red. , The foss of property is estimated st $50,000. Propd l l<4 Bmle wasl burnfed tn thq water's edge; off’FWrt 'Wieliingtbn, Win, on.the 20th,. There WW, Arsons on board, nt-i.whom iM and the wt’f‘’Maa;.Qin«:let Jtfin*, rfoi, were toit< 1

"The rbcentstotaffon Lake Michigan Is pronounced the most severe that has been experifflteAdJbkJiwralyewa Ort, Receipts of fractional currency for the week ending November 20, 11,007,000; shipments, gfl4J>oOO; amount destroyed, $350,900. 1 Washington telegram of the 21st Sajis: ‘‘The goM bahrrtce in the Treasury to-day is |108,060,7(X), and the currency 'oTthe gold' balance, |3SjfJQO,OOO represents gojd certificates out-'; sUfiding, leading' <78,060,790 actual cash in gold in the Treasury. Since the publication of tliS debt statement at thje‘ dqw-tnxentJ?as void $6,W0,d00 Of ferfld ' arid ’ punfliMed. S7,OOOAMM) : bonds, which are laid away, subject to the action <jf, Cofigleiis.Jieiicfes' <i,6W,oOoffdf the sinkttg» fund.” j The Boylston National Bank of Boston was robbed op the night of the 20th, pf valuables valued at between $400,0f10 and. $500,660, "belonging to individuals wl|o had deposited them jn the bank for safe keeping? "No foiids of the' tank 4rerc taken.

A resolution to : exclude the Bible from ,tjje public schools of Louisville, Ky., lifts President Grant has issued a proclamation discriminating duties heretofore levied upon merchandise impbrtcd into the Uifitcd States, in vessels, either 'from' the cdufitries of its origin or from any other country, ip view of the fact thit thc levying of euch duties' on all merchandise imported into France in. vessels pf the United States, had been discontinued. It was stated in official circles at Washington on the 23d that there is nothing political in ths legal proceedings of our ifebvenhent In connection with the affairs of Cuba. “ The object of libeling the Spinfsh gunboats, now under detention at New Work, is simply to bring the question befofe the court with a view to reienSe th[6 vessels, and is, between the.contractors and; the.goverhmeht, and not in this aspect ipterfered with by Spain through its representative" > A special '.dispatch tram Washington on the 2M asserts that the American squadron in the_ West India waters has been specially in view of the con6tfngen6iesth|t may arise |n eptiraqpencc of the action of the United States in the matter of the Spanish gunboats. A Washington telegram of theS4th says: ’‘ the entire speech of Mr.’Gladstone at the Lord Mayor’s dinner is just received Jiere in the London papers, anff is regarded as friendly to the settlement of the Alabama claims question in a manner satisfactory to the United States.” - A petition praying for the recognition dTCubk fly ’the United States has been ■started by the ladies of Baltimore, to be signed only by ladies, to which 4,000 signatures have been obtained in that city alone.” - • ■. V&ceuA'CoUyp'r, ! Special Indian Com■•mtssioner, arrived at Omaha from Sitka "on the 24th, _ having performed the journey in twewty-twojays, touching all the principal, points. He traveled over 3,000 miles along the coast of Alaska, and found the Jpdipwrtwnamiw qvpr 70.QQ0. They are or a'very superior order, having- large .droves of cattle, raise grajp to some extent, and live in villages, with well-constructed .hausqs,. Tphcy are all peaceful, and partial ’to' AbiCricftns? Mr. Collyer thinks the purchase Of Alaska a judicious measure, j The jury in the Credit Motylicr case at tlifiMidbnrg,*^a!, 'scturned a-vcjalict on the 25th for thefJommonwealth of $407,483 by the -QOmrionwealth was $539,546 87. M

.’BeWfewtYork Canal 'Commissioners 1 ihpxe cfociifo<» 6 dose the canaU in. thatStafo on tire Kffh*'*of -December, unless United states Marshal Harlow, of New {York, on tho *4th took formal possession Jit4&; thirty Spanish gunboats in the North Rivsr, in th? name of the United States bn a'chatge..of an in.tended .vipialiun of Uie neutrality laws. A iWashingUyi jpeqial the Chicago Jburnoi on the £sth statca that* in view of thq W-. a °* Spauish war vessels had a visit toNfov York has^or—for, what purpiw Was not known —the, Governthent At Washihgton. had ordered* deverdi of oilr Heaviest iron-clads to that port to be used ih efoe bostite intentions should be exhibited by the Spaniards.' ; It was 1 •presumed' that tMe deten t ion of 'the newly-built Spanish gunl>oals -hr North River had somettiing to do> with theaetningof the fleet/’ ■, .n.y ;, r; : ' Customs receipts ending Novenahei 20, SixAundml packugep of tea were forwarded by, railroad from SunYrancisco to New York on tiie 25th, , nj A 4 FMWJWfob„3W t ch of ~ the. 26th Navy Deparlmcnt today ordered the Cron-clad Mianton'dfoan.tu reand several otliA dktlona? vessels, to New doubtless superinduced by the approach of the Spanish wrfrvessds to that baibor, not in anticipation of. any trouble, but merely to pssure foreign vieilots of our preparation , for all emer■yuMiM’S >5 7 rn •’ ’• ’Over 5,000 persons 'attended the Alai--3^-Ta^Tril on the 26th and frith The fair is said to have been a decided trt ; The committee which examined the case of Captain Washington, -in connection witji posing the steamer Stonewall without ifoppWg wtate that steamer was burn have r^gthat, "after duly weigh , »iag the evidence, wjh'think Captain Wash.ftlffton cofnnhried a great error, not characwristfo of our Western boatmen undar m he mid bur

assistance, tp those in the water, imd others who had succeeded In J ' 4 ■ ■: 1 Hon. E. Rumsey Wing? of Kentucky, has received hie ootiNiiission as Minister to Ecuador, I The. the motion for a now, trial of Marrow and Dougherty,’convicted bf on Brooks, and dfdeTed'therh to pay a fine of $1,006, and Sentenced them ’ toitqprisonmetoforsoverrvears. . , f ■!Daniel. N„ Tompkins has bqn appointed Deputy Collector of the New York Ous torn House, ince 'BS’T. Dlatclifafd, resigned. Pert Hyamnflre' arrived in Boston on tile 19th; anrt.wM tht .guest pf Robprt,C----.’Winthipp,..•-» . ? • L yiee{Prei3idcnt Colfax and wife were tffi Baltimore pn thc'fesd, 'to attend fed' ; open-;! ifig of the*(fair for thfe -benefit bf Ike inebriate Asylum. ; i; I a Ex-United..States Senator Benj. Fitzpatrick, of, Alabama, .died as his fqsidendc, near Montgomery, on the 20th, aged 70 I yeait's. • ; ‘ < !i " ■■■*'' ■ > : ' ■ The hew Haytien Jd blister was four ally presented ito the President on,, the 22d, by Secretary .Fish. .He was in full diplomatic uniform, 'file usual friendly salutations were exchanged , President Grant has promoted.. Robert M; Douglas, son of the ifele Senator Douglas, tobp ids Private. Secretary—Jamcs T. Ely,f,of Chicago, taking Mr. Douglas’ former position of assistant.Prrvate Secretary. j;:d •

Tkc fiftUth anniversary bf the marriage of Dlr; and .Mrs. Reverfly Johnson was rqqeijtly, celebrated al Baltimore. He is in his 74th. and' she in hcr "67th year. Thef hive tdfl'children living; . The President has appointed James H. Marsh asrPostniMrter at-Knoxville, 111., in piacd'jtif Curtis McGowan,. arrested fer robbing the post-office there. 1 General J- H. Idrfe has been elected a Delegate to Congress from Alaska? * 1 On the 23(1 Deputy Collector Blatch fdird, chftVged with thp perpetration of gross frauds in the drawback department of the; New York Custom House, presented a verbal resignation, through a friend, to Mr. Grinnell, who accepted it The whereabou t s of Mr. Blatchford had not been ascertained by tfee.Deputy Marshals who had been in pursuit of him for several flays, but the presumption was that he 1 was concealed somewhere In the City.' n ; ■ ■ .. GeneraiJUutler :has-giv4n bail in $15,000 Upqn |he,. charge of Miss Florence, of misappropriating the Twiggs swords and certain plate. It is Stated that the alleged defalcations in the Mfethodisl Book Concern in New York have been thoroughly investigated by a committee, who report that in the , general management of the Concern there is nothing to coniplain of President GranX has appointed Samuel A. Wheelwright- Consul at Rosario, Argentine Republic. lAlbert D- Richardson, formerly war dbrrespondent and 1 Tong an attaehe of the ,New York TTtbUne, was shot, and, it was feared, fatally wounded, onl the evening of the 3bth, by Paul McFarland, a lawyer by profession,-between Whom had existed for a'consM&able time past aa estrange•mciiij IfiMbed try the alleged intiotacy ofthe former with the latter’s wife- The chanties for the reooveryof Mj. Richardson were considered favorable on the evening of the 26th. McFarland had been committqd to prison to await the result.

The,Womtti Suffrage Convention at Cleveland ‘on the 25th adopted * constitution and" elected'permanent officers, Rev. Henry Ward Beecher being elected President The Convention adjourned tine die. One h'ifhdrcd Mormon preachers Arrived at lies llfoincs, lowa, on the 25th, en-raute to different parts of the country to preach Young’s peculiar doc- ' James A. Bayard has been appointed PostiMSter at Athens, O. Gustavus A. Smith, df Alabama, is Appointed-Collector of Internal Revenue for the District of New Mexico, in place of A. P. Sullivan. .The next General Synod of the Reformed phurdh of the Vnited States will meet in Cincinnati, on the first Wednesi day preceding the first Sunday 1n Advent in IM. The fallowing were among tha appointments ahnduribed pn the 261 h: Assistant J. Mittgior, Thirteenth’ Phib District,’and Adam Emerson,' Fifst Ohio. 'Btorekcepcrs-‘-81<phen A. Wood- ■ ;uff r Gunrge Wells, Robact G. Finnell; "William vfstone,’ ahd William Bassett, Seventh Kentucky; John Irwin, Seventh Ohio, and John TWala, Eighth' Tennessee. ; 1 ', ' POUWCAL. [ -It turn out that the Judiciary article ofjhe Neg York State Constitution is adopted by about t 5,000 majority, but the balance of the constitution is defeated. 'The Rcffirtffican majority on joint haliQt pi? is 94. j Thq Ipdiana Republican State Convention will be.held on February 23,1870, at Indianapolis. Joseph B Adams, ’Republican, was elected Mayor of Portsmouth; N, H., on the 23d, receiving’ 965 votes, against 506 far Prapk Jdnes, Democrat, the present incumbent - i , Ths South Carolina State Legislature convenedofc the 23d. In his message.the governor speaks cheerfully of the flnanejaj condition bf the State, Naiipnal Woman’s Suffrage Convention met at’ Cievelitnd on the 24th. Cyi. T W. Higginson, Of'Rhode Island, , Jwas,'t;|ect'e(|- rresfdeht, with one Vicofrom each State represented, (fifteeh'i. ifyji'Bradwe!! and xs

wore About one hundred delegate* present t , i, -, ) r , The Virginia Republican State Convention met on the 24th, and elected Charlee 11. Porter, Congressman-elect, as President. '■ • I® Minnesota the majority for Austin, Republican, for Governor, if,,about 2/XX).' yate,( Republican, for lieutenant Governor, has about 6,500 majority.' Judge. Gillespie,’of thfe'St. Clair (Ill.) Circuit Court, has declared-the law against -bringing Texas cattle into Illinois undonfeitptioflaL ;j . : . Jr . The Virginia State Convention on the 25th adopted, by a vote of l&g’ to 21' an. address to Cdngress, setting forth that tha election in Virginia was a Confederate triumph, .achieved by intimidation and .The address asks Congress ter “order anew election with the constitution submitted as a Whole, and send a 'Military force sufficient to protect Republicans in tltefrrtg'htk'dr tefaW’W'teSt oath of members of ths Legislature . and.' award the seat* of members unable, to take the oath to eligible .opponents who received the next highest vote.” Tflic defeat of a substitute ‘Tor the address, which asked Congress (or th* immediate mltnisfeop of the State, thirty delegates to .secede from the qoitventibn, and thewithdrawing members held a meeting, and issued iteajl for,"the Hatioriar tfrfion Republicans of Virginia, ‘who arg in flavor of free thought and speech, to meet there the day, following apd periect the organization of the party. 1 ' The call was signed by all the white and colored seocdeta

In the Alabama House of Rephctentatives on the 26th, Mr. Magee, a Democratic member from Mobile, *nd but recently seated v was expelled, on the ground' that during the war he wpsaCounty Commissioner. The credentials of Mr. McKinstry (Republican) defeated by Magee by 800 majority, were sent up, and it was understood that he would be admitted at an early day. The total vote of California in the September election was 06,308—12,000 less than in November, 1868. A meeting of the seceders from the Virginia' Republican Contention on (he 25th was held at the office of State Journal in Richmond, the Republican j Organ, on the 26th. Sixty members were, present—about bne-half the original Convention. All the speaker* at' this meeting disclaimed ,gll; ifoa of forming another party, and only desired to .reorganize Uto orifenow existing. A .committee of six was appointed lo ball a Republican Convention at such time as it utay think, proper for reorganising. Thu official, returns of the Wisconsin election are announced as follows; For Governor —Fairchild, 69,582; Robinson,: 61,289. FotLtewitenant Governor—Pound, 69,608; Gray, 59,728; .Park, 1,289. Secretary of State—Breese, 68,205; Cook, 60,790; Spencer, 1,039. Treasurer—Baetz, 60,828; Black, 69,622. Attorney General —Barton, 69,746 ;Pinuey, 60,510. State Superintendent—Craig, 70,120; Gannon, 60,108. P'rispp Commissioner—Wheelfer, 69,937; Hardee, 60,675. For amendment to the Constitutionhicreasiijg the Govern «Ps salary to <5,000, 47,353; against, 41,764. The President finished his message oil 1 the 25th, apd it was read in the Cabinet on the 26th. I( is said to be my brief. - From the official retains of the Massachusetts election,dtappearslhat the whole number of votes cast was 138,510. For Governor, Wilßatn Claflin had 74,106; John Quipoy Adams, 50,735; Edwin M. Chamberlain,l3,s67. Governor Claflin’s plurality over Adams, £3,371. , t ,