Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 March 1870 — Weekly News Summary. [ARTICLE]

Weekly News Summary.

. CONGRESSIONAL. is In the Senate, pn the 18th, a majority report was rondo from the Corprofttoo onJlloctlon* that (Ten. Amos, or lil'silsaippl, Is qpkollglbty to n scat In tho Untted States Senate.... Tho bill to legalize tho apportionment of the Legislative A*, eemltly of Arizona w»aparskd A.(llbtiwarM Introduced— providing that arter the till qjt November. Ig7o, there shall be no payments from'tho TroA-ttry In fractional part* of dollars, except in ooln; to' Increase the pension of the widow or tile late General Rousseau . ..Tho vote lniafluituiy postponing the bill providing lor the. transportation of Imported morchanlre from the port of drat Arrival wilfalp the lintted States to certain Western cltlts without examination aud appraisement, was reconsidered and the bIU placed upon the Resolutions of the Minnesota Leglsiaiure relative to the Fort Itidgely Reservation and (helSanlt N»«. Mario Canal ware presented....A memorial of the Choctaw Nation against the enactment of bills-to consolidate the Indian tribes and organizo a Territorial Government for them, and lo anthOrizb th« construction ot a railroad through the Indian Territory, was presented . The GoprgiV'bTTr'Was taken op. and an amendment agreed toreneaUng So mnch of the army aet of 1887 as prohibCs the organization and calling ont of militia by Governors' of Southern States. Other proposed amendments wore discussed, and tho Senate adjourned to the 21st. In the nouse, on the 18tli, several patent bills and several biUa relating to the District of Columbia were passed.. ..A petition was'pTcsenlep from cltlzeus of Ohio, for a donation of tRMKHIot the allowaucc made by Congress for the edacatlod of the freodmen of the Sonth in behalf of WllbOA force University, near Xenia, Ohio ...The Tariff bill was further considered In Committee of tne Whole....Adjonrned, the session on the lllthto.be or general debate on tho Tariff bill. ; r ' In the Senate, o« the 21st, bills were pissed—arranging the time for holding Clrenit and District Courts for Wisconsin; providing lor tho distribution of arms among the Southern States, according to quota, undsr existing laws ....Several petition* and memorials on different subjects were presented and referred.... A bill was introduced and referred, providing that Supervisors of Internal ueveuuo shall be appointed by the President, and conflrmad by tho senate, .i.The Georgia bill was further considered ....Executive session and adjonrninent. In the House, on the 21st, bills were introduced and referred—for support of the government in the payment of the entire debt and reduction of taxation; dividing Tennossee into two Judicial Districts; donating certain conquasi ordnance to the LyoirMoimment.Associalipn; incorporating tho Indian Tolritory & Gulf Railroad Company; authorizing Jbc, water gauges to bo established and observations made on the Mississippi Rivor and tributaries’, with a view to obtaining information for tho protection of alluvial lands from overflow and to- improving navigation; authorizing terms or the Vhftcd States District Court to lie heldfat Helena, Ark.; remedial of JAw* that do injustice to ioyalmaii of the re-,, bellion; for tho promotion of commerce ana amity between people ol the United States and Mexico by encouraging American cltieens to aid Mexico in the development of her resources; relative to captures made by tho United Suites gunboats Conestoga, Lexington and A. O. Tyler, on the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers in April and May, IMS; to promote commerce among the States, and cheaper transportation ol' the mails and military stores, etc.; relative to the Income tax on the proceeds of building and saving associations; explanatory of tlie tenth article of the treaty with the Shawnees, of February 81.1867.. .A resolution was offered and referred, c filing lor a redistribution of National Bank currency or an increase of existing bank circulation in States and Territories having leas than their due share.... Resolutions were adopted-declaring It to be the duty of Congress to provide for funding the national debt at a lower rate of interest, aud to extend the time of its payment to a period when It will be leasr oppressive to the people, and that the intereat-bcanng debt shontd not be Increased bv causing the sucrender of any part of the circulating medium not bearing Interest, and by the substitution therefor of interest-bearing bonds; declaring it a« tin- judgm-nt of the House thtt the policy of granting subsidies in public lands to railroad and other corporations, ought to be discontinued, and that every consideration ofpnblic policy and equal justice to the whole people, requires that the public lauds be held for the exclusive purpose of securing homesteads to actual settlers nnder the Homestead and Pre-emption laws, subject to a reasonable appropriation ofbueb lands fen purposes of education.... Bills were passed—for taking the ninth census; reqniring Information to be obtained from insurance, railroad companies, etc.; appropriating F 20.000 to the Sisters of Our Lady of Meroy, in Charleston, S. Ct, fog the purpose or rebuilding their orphan asylum, which was burnt during the war; to facilitate the administration of Justice tn Texas, ptovidiag that on Die resignation of Judge Wntrous, of the Eastern District of Texas, by reason of- his incapacity by sickness, Ills salary is to continue during life... The Senate bill authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury, whenever there is a default in the payment of the Interest on tho principal of State bonds bold by the United States, to deduct the amount from moneys due from the United Statei to such States, was amended and passed.... A petition was presented And refeited from the Ctncinnati Chamber of Commorou relative to the Louisville anaN^’ortland Canal.... The Tariff' bill was further considered in Committee of the Wh01e.... Adjoumedy i, ■; . ; • »«• - . In the Senate, on tne 22d,"bills and joint resolutions were introduced—extending tty) provisions of the laws relative to tho selection of swamp lauds in Missouri; extending the time for tho completion of the first section of the Cairo ® Fulton Railroad: dividing Virginia into two Judi clal districts.... Bills were reported from tees—to promote tho civilization of tho Indians and prepare them for the duties of citizenship; for the relief of J. Ross Brovme, late Minister to China; Honse bill, with amendment, to amend tho Mineral Land act of Jnly W, INWI ...Joint resolutions were passed—directing tho Secretary of Stato to pay out of the Japanese .* .indemnity fund tl\c damages to tho steamer Monitor, fired into by the batteries of the Mikado in 1801; providing for the construction of a single-track bridge across the Mississippi, iuatcad of n .double-track one, by the Keck Island Railroad.... Resolutions were adopted—instructing the Judiciary Committee to inquire into the propriety of providing for payment by law of the oxpenses of claimants sh suits for solaiew' bounties; for printing 15.00> copies of the report of the Committee on tho Declin* of American Commerce.. .. 4 bill to strengthen the legal reserves of banks was reported from the Committee on Finance, and indefinitely .postponed.... The report of the Judiciary Committee on the case of General Ames, Senator-elect from Mississippi, was discussed.... Adlonrned. In the House, on the 22d, the morning hour was qonsumed in the discussion of the bill relative to the Sutro Tunnel, In Nevada, on which adverse and favorable report* had previously been made....A report was made from the sub-Com-mtttee on Elections that Booker is entitled to retain the soat from the Fourth Virginia District, and noitco given for a substitute declaring Booker dlttquallfled by ucls in support of the rebellion... .Petitions were presented. Including onu favoring a diversion from the fund appropriated for the freedmen of fVJ,OtH) for the Wilbcrforce University, Ohio.. .The Utah AnU Unlygumy bill was takt-n up, a motion to Isy.o* thi rSnlo Was.rejected—4o tot 21-and|the bill was dismissed, with the understanding that n final vote should be had on the- 23d ....Adjourned. ! . In the Senate, on the 23d, resolutions of the Legislature of Blew Mexico, asking anthority to raise two regiment* of cavalry to operate against the Indians, were presented and referred....A memorial was presented and referred, from W. p. Rosecrans, asking the incorporation of a company to trausact bnstnesa ip Mexico lo couaocUon wjth railroads and telogmtibs... .The bill reported «n Inc 22d, tp prdmole.tWclxiljzatlonof the lodtafis. was passed and a motion to reconalar wee engett-d . .. A bill was introducedjmd relty-rW, 'iatabllshingaport or entry at Vallejo, (Mtttbrrila... .The Joint resolution concerning callegua for tho benefit of thifagricnltnral and mechanic arts, providing thal (here shall be riio .dhujafUon, therein on account of race or color,'whs nlscassed during the morning hour... The. case or General Anns, rlena-tor-clcct from Mississippi, came Up and was further considered.... Aojourned. In the House, on the 23d, hills were Introduced aud referred—pensioning the widow of General Mower; authorizing the Uresident to accept tho resignation of arty Judge of any United .Stales Court.... The Sutro Tunnel hill was discussed and tabled—l 26 to 4t....8i11s were reS tried for the removal or the Brooklyn a\y Yard; appropriating 71,110.734 for tho Consular Bnd Diplomatic service.... Tho Secretary of the Treasury was asked for a detailed statement of the expenditures or ttm 7100.000 appropriated. In 1V,2, Tor tho colonization of freedmen ... A spfeelal message was presented frdm the President npontho subject of American ronoiiuerce, declaring it« national humiliation that ’this eodntry IS now compelled to pay from Jf2o,- ; 000,000 tomtmooo a year, exclusive of-passage money, for freight which should be shared by American citizen* with the j>eople of other na-’ lion*, and urging an early consideration of the nutyect. He honeyed a direct money aubeidy

was less liable to abuse than an indirect aid. and reunmmcndcd the passage of two bills reportod by the select committee. The message waa referred and ordered printed.... Consideration or tho Anti-Polygamy Mil was resumed, and the sections, making the la vml wife of an accnaod person a amnpotent witness against him; providing that the sLdute of limitation atyill not hor a prosecution ; authorizing tiidcobtlseStlMi of property of persons qbnvictod; for the temporary relief of persons reduced to destitution by the enforcement or this law; and'authorlzlng the employment of 48.000 volunteers, were all stricken out, and tho bill was parsed—Vito 32.... A fetborlty report was made from tho Committee on Elections, In favor of Ijunt,i the c intoetutir, and agaltfst Sheldon, in'one of the L<*»lslaua contested election cases ...The Tariff bill was debated in Committee of the Wh01e.... Adjourapd-, Immediately after reading tlie journal dn the 24th tho Senate went into executive sessiob. *!.'.! i In the House, om the 24th, a special message from the President in reference to American commerce Was referred.... A report was made from the Mffittyy Committee on thesubjcct of cadetships, stating that tho committee had taken evidence In many oases, and brand the existence of irregularities in appointing cadets outside tho districts of members appointing; that In several case* money has been paid to parties negotiating each apuointments, bnt except in the cases acted on none appeared to have been paid to members, and that the facts proven are not sufficient to warrant the committee reporting the cases to the Honse. The Committee also reported a hill making two years’ residence on the part of the cadet in the District from which he la appointed requisite, which was amended to make the term one year, and passed.... Resolutions were also proposed by the same committee, and adopted—declaring that General SchcrflT, one of the leading Patent Office Examiners, was engaged in lending himself as a medium for the passage of money for corrupt purposee, and requesting the Secretary of the Interior to remove him from his position as in Improper person to bavo or hold ao responsible a position under the government; directing the Speaker to oxclnde from all privileges of the floor, committee rooms, cloak-room, and ail' the galleries of the Honse, any porson who has been or may be proved gnilty of having been engaged In corrnptmg, or attempting to corrupt, any member of Congress by directly or indirectly offering any valuable consideration, with a view of influencing his action in any way pertaining to hla official duly; that tho evidence showing that Commander Upsher, of the navy, had sought, by the nsc of money, to proenre the appointment of a son to the Naval Academy, •be transmitted to the Secretary of tho Navy, with a request to convene a court-martial to try Upsher for condnct unitecoming an offlesr. ..A bill was passed, to authorize Legislative Assemblies of Territories to pass general acts of incorporation, and for educational purposes.... A bill was reported, donating the Marine Hospital at Natchez to tho State of Mississippi for educational purposes.. The Tariff bill was’eousidered in Committee of tha Wh01e.... Adjourned* FOREIGN. An alleged cable dispatch of the 18th says a collision between the mail steamer Normandy and the steamer Mary, from the Danube, has occurred in the channel on the Guernsey coast. The Normandy was sunk, carrying down with her the Captain and thirty persons, who were drowned. _ , . , , St. Patrick’s Day was celebrated throughout Ireland, on the 17th, in the usual manner. So far as heard from on the 18th no disorders occurred, and the extra precaution taken by the authorities to guard against rioting was needless. The High Court for the trial of Prince Pierre Bonaparte, for the homicide of Victor Noir, convened at Tours on the 18th. Prince Bonapaite arrived there on the 19th in charge of an officer. The city was excessively crowded with strangers, eager to witness the trial. News from Yokahama to February 23 states that the affair of the Oneida had agitated the community for an entire month. Captain Eyre was allowed passage in the Bombay, notwithstanding repeated requests to prevent him. There was great pressure upon the British authorities for his arrest, criminal trial, and punishment. The sentence of the court suspended Captain Eyre six months. The vote in the city of Ban Domingo, on the question of annexation to the United States, was 1,006 for'to 9 against InTorro the inhabitants are said tor he largely in favor of annexation. The trial of Prince Pierre Bonaparte commenced before the High Court of Justice at Tours, France, on the 21st. The Canadian Parliament on the 22d, by a large majority, voted to open negotiations with the United States, through the British Minister, at Washington, for a commercial treaty.

A London telegram, of the 23d says the testimony given by the officers of the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Bombay, before the court of investigation at Yokohama, had been received. It goes to show that no one of the Bombay was aware of the condition of the Oneida, while there was mfach alarm for that of the Bombay, and it was deemed necessary to make for shoal water with all speed. According to the news received from Paraguay by the recent arrival of the steamer Mcrrimac, from Rio Janeiro, the country was one vast ruin. Towns were depopulated, and the peple were literally starving. Gangs of deserters were prowling through the country, robbing and murdering. Lopez was in the mountains, succored by tho Indians, but the Brazilians held possession of the whole coun try with that exception. ■ During the proceedings in tho trial of Prince Bonaparte on the 24th, one of the lawyers for the prosecution used an expression offensive to the Prince, and the lattor denounced the lawyer and his party as a faction, whereupon Fonvielle called the Prince an assassin. At the conclusion of the argument for the prosecution, Fouvielle was sentenced to ten days’ confinement for contempt of court. The San Domingo correspondence in the New York World of the 24th states that the vote in favor of annexation waa large, but the government had apparently facilitated ballot-box stuffing by its agents, ami there was a strong feeling against Baez and annexation in San Domingo, in spite of the reportod vote in favor of the scheme. .* " domestic. Gold closed in New York on the 24th at 112? a. The Providence Annual Conference o Methodists on the 18th voted on the question of lay delegation—s 9 for, 48 against. Tho vote of the laymen in several district* was reported as 1,788 for, and 531 against. i Dr. 8. P. TownScnd, of sarsaparilla fame, died at Feltville, N. J., on the 15th. Total shipments of treasure from San Francisco since January 1 up to March

18 went 19,333,000, including $3,418,000 sent to New York overland. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has decided that farmers are required to make returns of produce »old within a year; but not required to return produce raised until the same is sold. Orders were received at the Charlestown (Mass.) Ntyry Yard, an the 19th, to prepare immediately for service the steamers Shenandoah, Worcester, and Palos. According to a New York dispatch of the 21st, over one hundred thousand men are out of employment In that city. “ The numerous stores to rent in Broadway and other desirable loeslities, are evidence of the depression in general trade.” Francis A. Walker, Superintendent of the Census, has published a circular, announcing that tho act of May, -1850, requires that the Assistant Marshal shall be the actual enumerator. On tho morning of the 22d the boiler of the coal breaker of the Wolf Creek Diamond Company, near Minersville, Pa., exploded. The building was demolished, and the boiler carried over ono hundred yards. Three hoys were instantly killed, and several other persons were seriously injured. A Nashville, Tcnn., dispatch of the 22d says: “Numerous contracts for building in Nashville have been suspended on account of the proposed Congressional interference with the government of the State. Governor Senter declares that ho is opposed to such interference ; that he calls upon the President for 'military aid merely to be prepared for emergencies.” The latest intelligence at San Francisco on the 23d, from the San Diego gold fields was somewhat unfavorable. The Milwaukee & Bt. Paul Railroad repair and machine shops in the city of Milwaukee, were destroyed by fire on the 23d. Several cars, four locomotives, a large quantity of black walnut and seasoned pine lumber, and all the tools and "machinery, are a total loss. Loss estimated at $125,000, which is covered by msurance. " ~~~ ” ~ ~~— The Governor of Massachusetts has appointed the 7th of April as fast-day. A letter from J. W. Douglas, Deputy Commissioner of Internal Revenue at Washington, decides thal persons vending prize candy boxes arc liable to the same tax as individuals engaged in gift lottery enterprises, namely $l5O per annum. A terrible explosion occurred on the night of the 21st, at the colliery of W. G. Andereid, in the Schuylkill mining region. A large boiler attached to the mine blew up, killing several men and badly wounding a number of others. The engine house was blown to atoms. Customs receipts for week end ing March 19, $3,405,090. Four spans of the Central Pacific Railroad bridge over American river, near Sacramento, were burned on the night of the 23d. Arizona advices are that a shock of an earthquake visited Prescott and its vicinity, March 11, bping the first since that country was settled by whites. The oscillations were southeast to northwest. No material damage was done.

PERSONAL. Among the nominations by President on the 18th is that of S. D. Atkins as Postmaster at'Freeport, 111. The President has signed the joint resolution appropriating one year’s salary of an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court for the benefit of the widow and children of the late E. M. Stanton. Major Wm. W. Leland, who caned George Wilkes on Broadway, a few days before, was assaulted in the street, on the evening of the 19th, by aH unknown desperado, who struck him a violent blow in the face with a brass knuckle. Wilkes denies all knowledge of, or complicity in, the affair.. Collector Bailey, of New York, who hasjibscondcJ, is discovered to be a defaulter, and his books exhibit a large deficiency in funds belonging to tlie government. The sum is believed to exceed $80,000,. and the evidence of fraud i? said uTbe overwhelming. The Senate, on the 21st, by 40 to 9, confirmed Joseph O. Bradley, of New Jersey, as Associate Justice pf the Supreme Court of the United States, and General Plcasanton. Coiicctor of the Thirty-second District, New York, vice Bailey, removed, Yerger returned to Jackson, Miss,, on the 20th, and delivered himself up to the authorities. He stated that he had learned that the Sheriff, his subordinates, and perhaps the Governor, had been censured for his escape, and unwilling that they should suffer for it, he had concluded to return. The amount of the defalcation in the office of Collfetor Bailey in New York is ascertained to be $120,000. Tlie deputy collector, 'chief clerk and cashier) have been arrestod for their guilty knowledge of these frauds. The Grand Jury in Chicago have indicted the members of the Board of Public Works qf that city and the architects concerned in tlie construction of the new Court House, for having established and maintained a common public nuisance in tho build ng of tlie said Court floUfo, a* portion of which recently fell in, and the balance being in a supposed threatening condition. ** The fund being raised for the bemfit of the family of the late Edwin M. Stanton had reached, on the 22d, $150,000. Of this sum, $55,000 is in contributions by New York, $55,000 by Pennsylvania. $25,000 by persons in Boston, and $15,0 „ by persons in Washington. Generals Grant and Sherman have*a<S ceptcd an invitation to attend the annual reunion of the Army of tho Potomuc in Philadelphia.

Associate Justice Strong has been assigned to the Third Judicial District, embracing the Stages of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. Associate Justice Bradley will be assigned to tho Fifth Judicial District, comprising tho States of Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas. This district has been for some time past attucherl to the Sixth District, to which Judge S wayne has recently been reassigned. Lafayette Burns, of Syracuse Mo., anil Jas. W. Long, of Brunswick, both Postmasters, have been sentenced by the United States District Court, at Jefferson City, Mo., to ten years in the Penitentiary, for taking money frprn letters. Hon. W. D. Hill, of Defiance county, is the Democratic nominee for Congress in the Tenth District of Ohio. Alaska advices state that General Davis; arrived at Sitka February 28th. Lieuten ahf L. C. Cowen was killed at Sitktyon the 28th nit., by a drunken soldier, dishonorably discharged. In tlie quarrel, Colonel, Dennison fired a pistol at him, but missed, the shot taking effect on Cowen, killing him instantly. The seventy-first annual session of the New England Conference of Methodist ministers, opened at Springfield, Masa, on the 23d. Sixty Mormon converts left Lopg Island on the 23d for Salt Lake. The President has withdrawn the nomination of Geo. 11. Hand as Secretary of Dakota Territory. The Mormon Conference has been postponed to the sth of May. POLITICAL. Considerable excitement was created in Richmond, Va., by the recent appointment by Governor Walker, of a new Common Council, which at once appointed H. K. Elly son Mayor,and chose new Chief and Captains of Police. The new appointees on tho 17th took steps to enter upon their offices, but were resisted by Mayor Chahoon and his police organization, the appointees under United States Military Government who claimed that they were legally in possession of the city government until their successors shall have been elected by the people. Both Mayors had interviews with Gen. Canby on the 18th. Mayor Ellyson’s police had possession of the citybuiTdinp,wttb "the exception of the station houses. A Richmond dispatch of the 20th says that dense crowds ot blacks had been standing around Cliahoon’s headquarters all day. The streets were so blockpd up at night that Mayor Eliyson sent a fopce of : men to clear them away. They* were fired upon by negroes, and Richard Rush, a member of the special force, was instantly killed, and Captain William Knox woundcd The E Hyson Police then fired - on the crowd, who, after resisting the attack, were driven off. Governor Walker had stated, in a communication to Gen. Canby, that “ as chief executive officer of the State he will see its laws faithfully performed, and when he finds the power of the State inadequate, he will call in the aid of the United States. He that in a municipal difference in New York neither General Canby nor any military officer would have interfered, nor should it be done in Virginia, a State that stands on the same footing in the Union with any other.” About 100 negroes registered at St. Louis, on the 21st, as voters, notwithstanding the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment had not been officially promulgated. Gov. Stevenson has Issued a proclamation, which orders an election in the Third Congressional District of Kentucky, on the 25th of April, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of J. S. Golladay. Tho Kentucky Legislature has adjourned to meet in January, 1871. Affairs were quiet in Richmond on the 21st. In General Canby’s'reply to Governor Walker’s letter, he says lie concurs fully in the Governor’s statement of constitutional and State laws in relation to the employment of the military arm of the government against domestic violence, but says his instructions from the President and Secretary of War relate to exceptional cases. The Republican Convention held at Napoleon, Ohio, on the 22d, nominated E. D. Peck, of Wood county, for ReprescntaUve in Congress from the Tenth district, to fill the vacancy caused by the "death-of Hon. Truman 11. Hoag. A Richmond telegram of the 22d states that the conflict between the rival Mayors was at an end so far as force, was concerned, and the matter would be judicially settled. The case of Chahoon against Eliyson, for the Mayoralty of |ltichmond, was heard on the 23d, by Judge Underwood. During the argument the Judge expressed an opinion that the enabling act was unconstitutional. The Ohio State Central Republican Committee have resolv ed to "hold the next State Convention on Wednesday, the 10th of August. After a third trial, Lewiston, Me, succeeded In choosing a Mayor, Wm. H. Stevens, the citizcna’ nominee.

There is a small grey-hoi! ml at Greenfield, who is very fond of dolls. The little girls in the family of liia master J»n»elimes allowed him to carry their tlcmS around the parlor in his mouth, and be went through the operation wagging his tail with great vigor. One day, an older sister made a doll expressly for the greyhound, and made him understand that it was his own property. At once he ran off and hid it where it could not be found. I Several davs after, seeing the children plating with their dolls, he begged to be let out of the house. He went directly to a cornet'of the yard where he had buried liis doll like a bone, dug it up, shook it j free from dirt, and rejoined the group in the house with his pet in his mouth, and I his tail more active than ever.