Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1870 — Weekly News Summary. [ARTICLE]

Weekly News Summary.

•rTzi m'wwimi. In the Senate, on the 25th, bills were reported favorably-extending the time for the •ompletiwfocpio Vatb»»7h|tjji«sorid f appointment of H board to examine fhlo the cases' of such officers as doom themselves unjustly pa-sad ho Commit oe on Public Lunds, and referred 0 Ibe Committee on Pacific Railroads. ...A Joint to?^h^S^?isu n r l 7 g A t<! rL''3^ rt ' o, ■ re ' , ’ authorlk- . ? *7w*t<ient to ntrnwwm steamer for a voyage Into the Arctic regions, under the control of Captain C. I-. Hal), aud appropriating SIOO,OOO to pay passed—to create an additional land district bi IS northwest of the tuition at Ogden, and within the limits of Section 8(1, of Township 7, of Range 1, Ing to the company six additional sections, one Jo be paid for at the regular government price, W.IM) per acre-s-ne'llaixvof Miwe persons to be affected by the act.... Pending the consideration, of the bill extending the homestead and pre-emp-tion laws to public lands in Alabama, Louisiana,' Mississippi, and Arkansas, the Senate wont into bkeoutive session on the San -JMHaftigo trtaiy.... Adjourned to the 28th.

In the House, on the 25th, a resolution wai addpjed,<lir«dtlfl/,(he CoinihlfieS (tn fSbllc Xands to Inquire Info the propriety of exfentftng the land laws and government surveys to Alaska <UtHUA Wire introduaefl-ato • COiflpsnaafcJkho office'* and crew of the Kearsarge for the destrncXiaqof the Alabama.; to, rvguUtu the matter pf.the payment of pensions... A is?e -number rtf-private bills were reported and disposed of. ...The Tariff .hill .was further considered iq of-the whole. ...Adjourned, the session on the 26th to be for general debate only. In'the BcnAtf>, on 'thfr 281 h, reH>lMl6ns of the lowa Legislature, in favor of Cuban belligerency , wetso.pwsaiitetj, memorial of 129 members of the" St. Louis bar In favffr of a bill Increasing the salaries of Judges of United States courts, w-as presented and laid on the tabjc .... A Joint resolution wra.prasmitmLand referred, explanatory of the fourth artrad'orrhe* treaty of February 23,1867, with the Quapaw, Shawnee, and ng lands to aid the construction of a railroad from the Central Pacific Railroad Iq Nevada to the Col-m-adO river; grantaim lauds-aiidright.<& -tqald the const ructfoh or tnc New Tlrteanb miaVNortheaslern Kritlrond; for the relief of preemption settloraltsms Weat PniMjlli»trict,#|fe<iHk*. -a. Executive session and adjournment.

In the House, omthe 28th, bills were in* troduoed'and referred—to prevttUhe cpßactton of, Illegal taxes levied by State authority; Incorporate fngtbe Vuthtis Tnms-Cdtabiftdtll Rslltoia Uump.ny, and granting landsand right of way thereto; mtthoriafnv tha coastruttloti ar t briagOTsrassthe Mississippi at St. Louis; providing for the payment, of pension* in g01d... of Uje sin Legislature, asking a further appropriation for barbers on Lake Superior, and a memorial by the Minnesota' for th* rerrnmloT crjain Indians from the frontier of that State, wete pre sensed and referred ...A Joint resolutloir was passed, authorlaiugfthe supply ofc arm*, InaljWrUctlon and practice, to certain colleges and' universities. .. Resolutions were adopted—calling ou the I’retsidept for information relating to the ; San IJomlngo treaty; granting leave to the Committee on Foreign Affairs to present in print for th* consideration of the ll<w<i, the mjjjiity and minority reports on the Cuban question; Anril 6. to be the special order for that day and every succeeding day until disposed of,..,l’eritiqns yerc' presented—of citizens of Ohid, ’SsKidg Vtmgress to abolish National Banks; to issue J.MNl,()uO,(lOO in greenback*; to mqkorthiinnmeeiyahlo on all dues, import* and Jaxas,■ in< tOkP«y off of the five-twenty bonds; also, of Citizens of Newton Falls, Ohio, against any change in the tariff laws, as suggested-, by the Ffte Trade League, for the redaction of the duty on tea. coffee, etc,; and for the readjustment of the duty on manufactures.... The Tariff bill was discussed iu Committee of tha Wh01e.... Adjourned. ... ; .

In the Senate, on the 29th,.billsrwere reported—to provide for the better security of life on board Hearn jewels; to relinquish the interact of the United State* ta certain- lands in the city of San Franclrco; the General Deficiency bill: a sub-tituto for the House joint resolu Hob pwlaratory of th»s jntanUqa rnlatifeko the income tax. providing WM M»r the year IfTO there shall be levied and collected a tax of 3 per cent, per auriuui on the several incomes, divioends; and salaries inscribed in the joint resolution, and In the mode and manner heretofore .uxMidnd by bjw- --Abill and referred, to prevent ar® unuishfficefcirtiframte TTn>e bill forvho dpptflnnribnt of a spwiaWorumittee on Indian affairs was laid overby the caslint vote of the Vico President,.. A motion was adopted to discharge the Judiciary Comirtfttee from ftiriliVP consideration of the Texas bill, and the bill was taken up, the proviso that the_act.Bhall.not any manner the condition and guarantee upon toll-being similar to the bmaadmUtinJ Virginia and"Misefrslppl. . . .The bill allowing the United States Judge ol the Eastern District of T&xhe to resign, continuing his salary and pTovlfling for hie successor, was passed.... Adjourned. In the House, on the 29tV, t a .W\K>rity report was made in the -contested election Caso from the Fifteenth Conjrewional District. of Penn Sylvania, with a resolution that John Reading, itlw sitting member, is not enthied to a seat, and th®; the contestant, Caleb N. Taylor, is, and a minority report, with opposite conclusions, was also presented - an adverse report was made on the chum of Segar, ReprescntaUve-at-Liirge from Virginia On motion, it was ordered thai, all general, <k>., 'bate on the Tariff bill close on the 80th, an hoar and a half after the House goes into committee.... The Tariff bill was then taken tip and debated in. Committee of the Wh01e.... AdjournejL^ y o*, In the Senate, on the 30th, d Committee of Conference was on the bill amending the usury laws of the District of Columbia. . .’.The bill prolog for a Post Office building at Little Rock passed Bills were introduced and rolerred-flxing the Tuesday next nfhrr the first Monday In November as a day'Upon ... • »» of I'nn.

which the Representatives and Delegates of ConRailroad Company and enable the same to construct certaip railroads and jwuebes so as to hive a transit by rail through'thtrwTeTritory on cijnal terms to railroads reaching its borders....Al bill waswepbrted from tho Jjidiciaw gfWlftiMuik minting to tho United Slates CkcOhWW [District of Missouri, nmi’fided 'tt>‘rrtW‘fb* t»neral bUi by providing that nothing in tho act approved April. 10, IBM, tic construed to require a Circuit Court to be hisld 1n arty district wliure not. hold under the existing law... .Executive session-and fidjoAxhWaP l - < . X A ’> Of <)Cr > Jn tho-House, on thu resolutions were adopted unsplmonslyi.expreaßivo of regret at tho death of Gen. Thomas, and artthorfrttig*«uc* uirtngtnunnHf Du jwtprjrt.tjw avtth th# dNsMftffe* *s wnUbtist ata»w;t*» fjmpftk/of £on ■ grass in the national bcreavetnenUanfti* were passed—removing disabilities from several Virginians; grunt trig thp Manne Hospital at Natchez to the State of MWtoS|>p!....Tho Senate amendment to tho bill admitting Texas to representation Texas was originally nfifiexod to the CiAmj was

concurred In—IBS to gs; axilla were reported to establish a system or national cducutloij, |«< tended only for thige States wh|ch refuse.BUJ estahftsh> % public educatloS; to allow the School Trustees of Arkansas to tenter, lavri* for scuool purposes under the Hotrt*~ ftrtart law, allowing them to takd.Uibl fence and Improve forty acres for rach scholar; ESffiSKSB furred the unexpended lands in the Treasury|oßhW «(At the OtWr Auttw of thts .... On martan, geimraliWbMv „ Whs ordered closed on the .Hat.... A tnewnge, WM received from tho President annnutmlng »¥ Wr mulgation of-the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment.... The Tariff bill was furtherdelulqd in Committee of the Whole... .Adjourned. ’ In the oAW>'M*. the term ending March <1,1871, and tho latter *nfflng March 4,lß7lVw»e_proaented, and tho Senator# were sworn 1n....Th0 House Joint rosoluson of sympathy and respect for Ute memory ottjeMim I Ure abrogate of the ttiootne tax.Xfto bill al- | lowing retired army officers to bo assigned joAoky. ?V*t7Lsi'3 X. tLO

aCSbldlers’ Homes was parted.,,A resolution was adopted, dWeffiffig inquiry by the Committee on Lommetce into the expediency and practicability Of the James River and Kanawha Canal.... Bills wareiuUoduaetVsUlhorffiingihe estnbllshment of ocean mall steamship service, between the United' "tateh aha Afistrilla; to establish the National InI'tllirnnf ArlShntl Sciences In Washington: grant-' iDSL I®,!.* 1 ® c, fr * Memphis Railroad TTfnip>rrfy. The case of Oeticral A pie*. asStmatorelect IroffiMMrimlppl, camo hp In order, aud was furtherbtmsldbred, butwlihout action the Senate •dJiWrned

, Tn the House, on the 81st, the bill relative to tba Rateau of Kducatlon, and discontfna-' ing the Ereedman's Bureau, was taken up, and a motion to lay on the table wai rejected—B3 to 92and the bill went pyer....The credentials of W. T. Clark, J. C, Connor, E. Begener, aud G. W. Whitmore, as mewbers-elect from Tiaras, were reported crfrrect from the Committee on Elections, and objection wks made to the admission of Conner on •scconnt of alleged former bad conduct while in the United Btstesaraiy, when a motion to refer the charges to the Committee on Elections was rejected, and the ffthr members were sworn in... A bill was introduced and referred, to Incorporate the ■lrish Colonization Society.... A resolution of Inquiry relative to the practicability of the James , tiger and Kanawha Canal was adopted.... The Tariff bill was further debated in Committee of the , Whole.'...Adjourned.

I i-Advjeee have been recently received that the Government of Liberia is proseanting active warfare against the neighboring nations. r TJie belief .prevailed in Liverpool on the 25th that the steamer City of Boston was sqqk, by collision with an iceberg. Captain Buhner, of the Marion, had arrived at Spilhead in distress, from New York, for Antwerp. He states that he left New ■fprk'on die same day as the steamer City of Boston. On the night of the 29th of January lie met with a hurricane from the southeast to the southwest, which, while hove-fo,'took diway his foretopmast and Jibboom, although he had no sail set at the time, and his new sails were taken completely out of the gaskets and blown away. He believes the city of Boston must have been in the same hurricane.

'TISe jury In the trial of Prince Bonaparto, M, Tours, Franoo, after-being out an lidur. brought in a verdict'of acquittal the 26th. As soon as th» verdict waa announced the oeffnsel for the partie civile demanded 100,000 francs damages. In consequence of this demand the Prince was relieved from custody. He was exceedingly indignant because he was not allowed tb leave the court room immediately. He satd he wanted to show that he Was not afraid of the menaces made against his life. A Paris telegram of the 27th says the news of the acquitting of Princfe produced every where immense sensation and astonishment.

’ According to the report of the Yokohjuna correspondent of the New York Jribune, the testimony of the officers of the Bombay, in the case of Captain Eyre, shows that tho time which elapsed between the order to stop her engines, when tWe collision became imminent, and 4he ordqr to go ahead and leave the Oneida to her fate, was only four minutes; that the Bombay herself was not supposed to be in danger—indeed, was making water in only one of her seven comas the Captain well know; that the Oneida, after the collision, hailed the steamer ahoy, and the bail was heard and reported to Captain Eyre, who nevertheless refused to stop. Nobody on board' the Bombay seems'to have heard the Oneula’a guos, but the court justly remarked inat. if Captain Eyre had kept a proper Ibqkout after the accident, he coukl not have failed to sec the flash. ’.There can be no question that the damage tri the Oneida was supposed to be serious. Upon the question whether the OhgJda Bombay waa to blame for the emlision, the Court pronounced decidedly in Captain Eyre’s favor, but the cast! is by no means clear. A further inquiry had been instituted by the commanding officer es the United States squadron in Asiatic waters.

The High Court tat Tours has conPrince Pierre Bonaparte to pay to the family of Victor Noir, and also to pay the expenses of the civil suit. The Pans Journals of March 29 announce that the ErnperOr had requested Prince I*lerre Bi-naparte to leave the country. It was reported that he would go to America. The first number of the new religious journal Jfat.Co»«>rde,Df which Pere Hyaciutbis iq phief editor, appeared in Paris, on the 31st ult.

Late Havana correspondence, received in Meyv-York on the 31st ult., states that two battles had been fought in the Las Tunas district, both of which resulted in the defeat of the Spaniards. It was thought that General Jordan, commanded ip the last tight. The report of these Cubati victories was hot credited in Madrid on the 31st. • , e i > ’ < nOMBSTIC. ' i " Cold" closed in New Ybrk on the 81st ult. —■—• The graining mill at the Dupont powder works, near Wilmington,. exploded on tho 25th, killing Darby Mo AtdfE 1 - ’ i r d At the burning in oh the' how .pctjnjpied by a German family rtaM -Bahher; Mrs. Bacher and members of tho fKmiiy were badly inJwertn .Quecannot recovcr. - r .aoo’ »i<&-4>nMoAture explosion of a blasts Easthampton,-Ct., on the 24th, killed a railroad workman named Edward James, ffiSdilnjtired two others, probably fatally. , ■The works of the Walton 4L Wood Mow Inghnd Reaping Miithlne Cenmny, at "W, N, Y„ were pWttartK'dWroyed by fire on the morning of the 28th, Boss, |4OO,QW| insured for 1245,000. . -.lt wm njmorqd in Ne*r York on the 20th that General O’Neill was organizing ft>r a delKfcnt upon Canada at three points, 4,pilier«tbUTg, Port Erie, dud seme point on the St Lawrence not yet decided upon. Large quantities of arms and munitions ■ yerty aaidr to be stored net* at hind. » • A severe storm in orb city on Ihq eTOf hie W down an unfinished boikl-

Li • 11 •!/; j ing on Fpyty-sixth street, the falling building crushing ih fin adjoihiflg dwelling, killing five persons and injuring others. A young lady of Williamsburg was blown from her doorstop, and so .badly injured . Jhat fhe.died.BQon after. A Washington special of the 20th says the appeal of the letter-carriers throughout the country-for an increase of salary, had been decided adversely by the House Committee on, Post-Offices. , The Secretary of Treasury has directed tile Assistant Treasurer at New York to sell |2,000,000 of gold and buy $2,000,000 of bonds, on account of the sinking ftmd, in April, and, in addition thereto, to purchase $2,000,000 of bonds for the . special fund —making in all, the sale of $2,000,000 of gold, and the purchase of $4,600,000 of bonds for the month. , ■ By an accident qn the Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy littflroad, at Quincy, 111., a few daya .ago, three men were so severely injured that they subsequently died. Their widows have sued the railroad company for damages.

During a severe rain and wind storm in Baltimore.on the night of .the 26th, twenty buildings were blown down or partially demolished, several houses unroofed, ten large;trees in Druid Field Park torn up by the roots, and the sloop Caroline sunk in the back basin. A Washington special to the New York of March 28 intimates that the Supreme Court will probably reverse its recent legaL|eqd«r decision, in other cases about to be heard involving the same points, and says.tlie Court, as now constituted, stands five to’four against the previous action.

Thf United States Supreme Court, has decided that the Shares of National banks as the property-of a shareholder are distinct from the capital-and may be taxed, and the banks*may be compelled to *pay tax. The Chief-Justice dissented. The mills of the Hampden. Paper Company, at Holyoke, were burned on the night of the 27 th. Loss, $250,000; insured for $200,000. One hundred and fifty hands arc thrown out of work, but the company yrU! rebuild ot once. Over one hundred men were discharged from the Washington Navy Yard on the

28th. Ueuf; Cbl.-Wer; 'ccftnlriknffihg.afT’ort Ellis, Montana, reports, under date of March 23, that the number killed at the Piegan village was 173, of whom 120 were able-bodied men, and 53 women and children; and that 140 women and children were afterward captured and released. He says he believes “chat every effort was made by the officers and men to save the non-com-batants, and that such women and children as were killed were accidentally killed." .. . ' Official proclamation has been made in Washington of a convention between the States and Belgium, defining the rights, immunities and privileges of Consuls. By an accident on the Erie Railroad, about two miles east, of Wellshprg, on the 29th, .car apd tjvo passenger thrqwp from.thejtradfc and went down an embankment. The smoking car

wap oceilpied by einigrante bound for ’Rochester,' several of whom werc seriously in juried,. Th ree persona in the other cars were also seriously injured. . Fautteeii vessels were, sunk in Haverstraw Bajr, N. Yy during the storm of March fh,'and much other damage was dofl?. boner was driven into the streets |of the z village of Grassy Point. An emigrant ship is supposed to have foupdpifid io Massachusetts. Ray, quantities ol wrecked sttiff; including bed sacks, pillows, &c., having washed ashore on Cape Cod. ■ While four miners were descending the shaft of a coal mine near Shenandoah Qlty, Pa.jUn tho 29th, tie- rope broke, precipitating. them, to the bottom, over sixty feet, aud alrWcbe instantly killed. Owing to a suddeA rise in thau-iver the pqxbankment at We lower lock of the canal at Keokuk, lowa, gave way, on the 26th,.and the qntire. Government work at that ; pofct -wsa floodad 1 ,1 causing great

damage. ■ jj/, r , . • ; A special from £»riqgM4r Mft» to the Missouri ffe/iiiWtcAn of the says: “We have just received advices from GftiaesVille, TeiAs, dated March 5, of an extensive raid of Comanche Indian*. Over forty families, havft tyen massacred in Western Texas. It is reported also that several hundred horses were captured and,eeveral lionscs burned.” Mori? favorable reports were received from the San Dlegd, Cal., gold field* on the'Sftfctlß. RMhl AftartM IMgfts, discovered thirty inUo* Atom Ban Diegoi, had caused another stampede for thatplice: ; • ■ Customs receipt* for Weekending March) .: J. bean post-1 poned to the sth.of May, -;r i iJw I , Deputy' tele-

to Washington on the 25th that, Baffey’kilSAlcatmn had and tUiit idhisdisbursinftacc^ 4 of about $2,000 or $3,000 would.bb added. Among the nominations sent to the •Senate on the 25tfa was the name of AUem Ruthcrfdrd, to be Thh<d Auditor of the Treasury. The Michigan Bee Keepers’ Association. Mffi'debWeddffiicnil a National Bes-Keep-eto’ Contention ht lniHnnspolte on August 10 and 11. . The Lacrosse, Wis; Otntoerat df> Mfirch 2.5 publishes a letter from General O. ©/ Wwdiburn, peremptorily declining, underang circumstances, to lie a candidate for re election to Congress. MlssX-.M.Barkalow, of Brooklyn, N. Y.,' a student of the ®t- Louis Law School,

passed a very severe examination on the'2sth, before Judge Knight, of the Circuit Court, and was admitted to practice. The Missouri Legislature adjourned tine die on the 25th. Samuel Watson* on trial at Racirte, Wts., for tho murder of Mrs. Hanley, has been found guilty qf murder iu the first degree. Pierre Soule died in New Orleans on the 26th, aged 69 years. Governor Senter, of Tennessee, received a dispatch from General Butler on the 20th, invitinghim to Washington to testify before the Reconstruction Committee, touching the condition of affairs in Tennessee.

It has been ascertained in New York city that the city of Boston had fifty-five cabin and fifty-two steerage passengers, and eighty-four crew. The War Department has rejected the colored youth proposed By Ben Butler for appointment to the Military Academy, on the ground that he is not of the required sge. Major General George H. Thomas, commanding the Department of the Paciflc, died in San Frincisco on the evening of the 28th of March, of apoplexy. April 7 is appointed Fast-day in New Hampshire, and April 15 in Vermont and Connecticut. Collector of Internal Revenue Pleasanton, successor to Collector Bailey, took the oath of office in New York, on the 29th. In a letter received by the new Collector Bailey says his determination to leave New York was made but half an* hour before he '.started, and he had no time to pnt things in order. He confirms the result of the investigation so far as they had gone, and says that none of his subordinates, but Deputy Collector Childs knew anything of the matter, and he got no personal benefit from using the money, asserting it was used to ferret out

fraud. The following nominations were sent to •the Senate on the 29th: John W. Allen, Postmaster at Cleveland, Ohio; Melville Martin, Postmaster at Delevan, Wisconsin. * A general order from the headquarters of the.army,.announcing the ejeath of General Thomas, and giving, an account of his life and Services, was issued; On the 20th. It specifiedAhat at all militkry posts and stations flags would bo placed at half mast and fifteen,guns fired on the day after the receipt of the order, and the usual badges of mourning be worn thirty days The President has nominated Alfred E. Lee, Collector for the Eighth District of Ohio.

The President has nominated Jno. F. McCarthy for Postmaster at Valparaiso, Ind. - The'remains of General Thomas, under escort of Colonel Willard, a commissioned officer, and thirteen .men, were shirted for the East from San Francisco, on the 31st ult. A grand concert for the benefit of the News Boys’ and Boot Blacks' Home is to be given at Crosby’s Opera House in Chicago, on the evenings of the 11th, 12th, 14th and 15th of April, at which the charming cantata of “ Esther, the Beautiful Queen,’’ is to be given, with a chorus composed of about two hundred carefullyselected and well-trained singers.

POLITICAL. * The Oregon State Democratic Conven tion met at Albany on thd 23d. J. H. Slater, of Baker county, was nominated for Congresa.by acclamation; L. F. Glover; of Marion pounty, for Governor; F. Chadwick, of Douglas county, Secretary; Lewis Fleisheimer, of Multomah county, Treasurer ; L. Patterson, of the Portland Herald, State Printer.

The Tennessee. State election.occurred on the 26th. Digpatches to the Nashville Banner pf that date indicate the ratification of the new constitution by a decided majority. A Memphis dispatch of the 26th says, owing to the splitting of the r ticket, it would require the official count to determine the result. The Oregon election will be held on the first Monday in June.

N&W York is to elect a Chief-Justice and six! Associate Justices of the Court ;Oi Appeals, and New York city three ad* ditjonal Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, bn Tuesday, May 17; Some 1 of the newly-elected county officers of Tennessee did not take the candldate’s oath as prescribed in the franchise law, ant it was understood at Nash+ille, on the 29th, that Gov. Senter Would decllhe to commission all who negfectci), to

take this oath. Official proclamation of the Fifteenth A mendment, as part of the Constitution of the yhited States, was made on the 30th tilt.; by Becretiry Pish, who recitea r Btateshs having ratified the article, with Georgia as the thirtieth. lie lipcludaa New ,York and Indiana in the- 1 twenty-nine States. , . In tfce United States Supreme Court; on the Slit ult., Attorney!'General Iloar asked for a reopening-'of the case upon which dwhion was lateiy foada declaring the act uncanslimtwnah and Qourt Jopk the motion under advise- ■ Colored citizens of NeW Orleans % aaluteof 100! guns over the Fifteenth Amendnwntpijticlwtation. : ? JU Rlcbmoud, Va., ojt th«;4£st tilt:, J udge Underwood granted an. i qjunction restraining Ellison from acting as'l|[<yflr« He also refused an appeal on that ilre-injutiCUdn was it beShg taceptiaue only till Qfe-uwti term* Ellison's counsel gave notice of an infeit-' tion to disobey the order Of Uie Qourt, in jttrder to tamo the arrest of Kllison>andbring h la to"® before the Supreme’Court «n A wrftbf Mxae tarpon. The Judge, in .►!. «■ isAJs I-.*.. :.* ... . ' .

his decision, declares the enabling act passed by the Legislature unconstitutional, which decision is said to affect nearly all the officers in the State. A Hartford telegram of the 31st ult states that tho Republican State Central 1 Committee of Connecticnt had authorized the statement that “ the proclamation is too lato for the colored men to comply with -the provisions of the Registry law at the coming election."