Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1870 — Weekly News Summary. [ARTICLE]

Weekly News Summary.

CONGRESSIONAL. In the Senate, on the Ist, the petition of B. Hurt, of Florida, claiming that ths election of Senator Gilbert was llletal. raprasentlng that ho (Hart) was Bubseqneatly.legally chosen, and asking for a Bea"was referred to the Judiciary Committee ....Bills were introduced—to enforce the provielona of the Fifteenth Amendment, and proVido for the conviction and punishment of those who may hinder or obstruct it* enforcement; authorizing the Secretary of the interior to change and re establish the bonndarles of land districts whenever in bls opinion the public interests will be subserved thereby ...The case of General Ames came up In regular order, and a motion to amend the report of the Judiciary Committee by striking ont " not,'’ M> as Jo make It read "that Adelbert Aines Ib ellglblfflo a seat, in the Senate of the United States, to which bo has been appointed,'' was agreed to—4o to lit-and the report "as amended was adopted, and Mr. Amos presented hima.it nnd took the usual oath of office.... A resolution Was adopted, dating thecomKmsatlon of the Mississippi and Texas Senators om the date of the approval es the alts of Congress declaring those States entitled to representation ...Adjourned to the 4th.

In the House, on the Ist, Senate bills were paseed-authoriztng the Librarian of Congress to return to the executors of Thomas Jefferson bls private papers ‘ giving the consent ol the United States to the erection of a bridge across the Delaware Blverat Philadelphia. ...Several private bills were disposed of, among them one allowing $60,001) to contractors, for bunding the dome of the Capitol, tn full satisfaction for all claim, on the f'overnment, was passed... .The Senate bill grantng lands for a railroad to Astoria and McMinnville, Oregon, was discussed... The Tariff bill was taken up In Committee of the Whole, and the Hon-e proceeded to consider the bill by sections, and the blank in the 6 rat section fixing the time when the bill shall go Into effect was filled with the Ist of October, 1870... .Adjourned. In the House, on the 2d, a large number of private bills Were disposed 0f.... Bills were introduced and referred—for the redemption, In sums of $25. of bronze and nickel coins; for the collection of debts dee the United States from certain Southern railroad corporations. ...Bills were passed—giving consent of Congress to the city of Cleveland for constructing ano maintaining a crib on Lake Erie, for a tunnel to supply the city with pure water; to authorise the city of Buffalo to construct and maintain a tnnnel under the N iagara diver, and to erect and maintain an Inlet pier therefrom.... The Senate joint reaolntton providing that the law Of January 21, 1870, prohibiting the assignment of retired army officers to duty shall not apply|to officers selected for duty at the Soldier's Home tn the District of Columbia, was passed... .The Tariff bill was further considered In Comittee of the wh01e.... Adjourned.

In tho Senate, on the 4th, a memorial was presented and referred, from prominent members of the Society of friends In Indiana, asking for a deed for 820 acres of land now held by them among the Shawnee Indians, so that they may carry on the missionary work----The order of arrangements for the memorial services of General Thomas, agreed npon by the presiding officers of the two houses, was submitted ... Bills were Introduced and referred—incorporating the Southern Pacific Kaliroad Company, and granting right of way from the liio Grande toSian Diego; to continue the St. Paul A Sioux City Railroad across Dakota Territory to Yankton, and land grants for tho nitre.... House joint resolutions were reported—for the re turn of the evidence of honorable discharges to office s, With amendments; authorizing the supply of arms for instruction and practice to certain colleges and universities, without amendment..» The Vice-President announced that Senators Wilson, Cameron, Trumbull, Thayen Warner and Casserly-hud been appointed tare present the Senate at the obsequies of Ceneral Thomas... .The Georgia bill was taken up aud debated.. .Executive session and adjournment. In the House, on the 4th, bills were presented and referred—preventing sales of public lands In Dakota, except under the Pre-emption taws, Ac.; extending the provisions of the swamp land acts to Minnesota and Oregon; to authorise the erection of a Custom House at St. Joseph, Mo.; granting lands to-the Kansas City A Memphis Railroad Company, with provision for a railroad to Helena, Ark.; equalizing bounties paid soldiers; for continuing the St. Panj A Sioux City Kaliroad across Dakota to Yankton, and for continuing the land grant in aid thereof; •forthe protection of settlers on public lands.,.. The House refused to second the previous question on a resolution to adjourn on May 10th, and the resolution went over .. .A bill was passed- fixing the time for the election of Representatives and Delegates to Congress, In all the Statee and Territories, op the Tuesday after the first Monday In November, 1872. and every second year thereafter Joint resolutions were adopted—directing .the Secretary of the Navv to order an Inquiry into the particulars of the Oneida and Bombay collision and the after conduct of the Captain of the Bombay; adhering to the policy of improving rivers and harbors, but saying that In tho present financial condition of the country onlysucb appropriations should be made as are necessary to preserve public works already completed, or In process of construction, or such works as add greatly to the facilities of commerce, cheapen transportation, or provide harbors of refuge, or such improvements of a general character or special Importance as would surfer from postponement or suspension A Joint resolution was presented, for the Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution, providing forfemalesuffrage .. Messrs. Logan. Garfield, Banks, Slocum, Washbum, (Wis.) Rsndall, and Stokes were appointed by tho House to attend tho funeral of Gen Thomas... The' Tariff bill was farther debated in Committee of the Wh01e.... Adjourned. In the Senate, on the sth, the House olnt resolution directing an inquiry Into the loss of the Un'led States steamer Oneida was passed ...The bill explanatory of the fourth ar.lcle of the treaty of February 28,18117, allowing a tract of land to be sold to ac ual settlors, was passed.... A bill was introduced, to appropriate the proceeds of the sales of the public lands of the United States for educational purposes.... The bill requiring that Supervisors of Internal Revenue lie appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate was reported adversely, and the bill relative to relining gold aud silver bullion of tho United States at the mint, branches, favorably A resolution was offered, directing the Military Committee to suggest some appropilate testimonial In honor of the vo unteera of Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, who, on tho 18th of April 1861. marched through the city of Baltimore todefend the Cipl al, ihoybolnf the first troops who responded to the first war proclamation by the President of tho United B’area. After objections and the offering of amendments, tho whole subject was reterred to the Military Committee ....TheGeorgia bill was taken up and further considered Executive session and adjournment.

In the House,on the sth, bills wete introduced and referred—granting to the Evansville <fc Southern Illinois Railroad Company the right to build a bridge acrore the Big Wabaah river; amendatory of the act of July ST, 1388. to protect the rlghta of actnal settlers on pnhllc landa . Bills were paired—to amend the Bankruptcy act, by providing that the Jurisdiction conferred nn Supreme Courts In Territories may lie exercised on petitions regularly Sled In such courts by either of the Judges thereof, and shall have the same supervisory JdHsdiction as Is conferred on United States Circuit Courts over proceedings in the District Court; in reference to the Bureau of Education and discontinuing the Freedmen’s Bureau—KM to H 1.... Leave was asked to introduce a Joint reao»to annex the Republic of San Domingo—obto....Tho Tariff bill was taken' up lu Committee of the Whole, and several of Its provisions were disposed.of... .Adjourned.

In the Senate, on the 6th, a bill Annulling certain acta of the Wyoming Legislature relative to the Pacific Railroad, was reported favorably.... A bill was introduced, granting land to aid In the improvement of the harbor of Dnluth, Lake Superior.... The Deficiency bill was taken up, and amendments Involving an aggregate Increase of (389,000 were adopted, and the bill was passed.... A motion to lake up the Intome Tax bill wee not agreed to—2o to 27.... The Georgia bill coming up In order. It was postponed, and made the special order for the 12lh, that Senators absent at the funeral of General Diomas might be present at the vote.... Executive session and adjournment.

In the House, on the 6th, a Joint resolution was offered and referred, providing for a portrait of General Thomas, to be placed in the Capitol....A bill was introduced and referred, making real estate and personal property, except United States bonds and shareholders’ shares of National Banks,, subject to State taxation .. A bill was passed, removing disabilities from F. E. Shaber, Congrea-man-etect from the Sixth District of North Carolina, and permitting him to be •worn.... Mr. Wood, of New York, rising to a personal explanation Mfi read alerter tram Genw eral Howard, complaining of a remark of his’ that the General had grown rich from the Freedmen’s Bureau, and challenging investigation ; Mr. Wood then presented fifteen specific chsrges ot irr«EularJtlee. which, be claimed, had been committed in the dlabnrsmcnt ot funds of the Freedmen's Bureau, and. on motion, a resolution was adopted that the gutter be referred to the Committee on

Education and Labor for Investigation, with instructions to send for persons and papers and proceed with the examination Tho Tariff bill Was taken up In Committee of the Whole, and several clauses disposed of ... Adjourned. In the Senate, on the Ith, bills were in-troduced-to secure s uniform and more perfect tysteni of levee ftJr the reclamation find pi-otehtlon Of alluvial lands In the htlsslMlppl valley from oveiflow; to copter jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear slid determine the suit of the City of Cafonde'et w the United States. The bill extending the tlnie for the completion of the first section of twenty miles of the Cairo A Fulton Railroad was passed.. .A concurrent resolution wat adopted, directing inquiry Into the effect of the Fifteenth Amendment npon Indians.... The bill declaratory of the meaning and Intention Of existing laws relative td the ftiijomd tai. Was taken up, amended, and fiSssdd, ill shape to construe that the Income tax be collected for and during the year 1870, In tho manner sow or hereafter to be provided by law .. The bill authorizing the Northern Pacific Railroad to Issue its bonds in construction of Its road. Wasulacrtssod.... Adjourned. In the House, on the 7th, bills werfe passed—to extend the tlmi In which certain officers may be prosecuted, allowing prosecutions for per|ury, etc., In tho matter of claims for pension" and bounty, to be Instituted within four years; to perpetuate testimony In the United Ptatee Courts; to regulate the exercise of Admlrality Jurisdiction In United States Courts; appropriating $106,875 to supply deficiencies for salaries of United States Ministers abroad, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1870... .A resolution was offered and referred, directing an investigation by the Secretary of the Treasury Into the condition and management of Marine hospitals... .The Tariff bill was taken up in Committee of the Whole aud several clauses were disposed 0f... Adjourned. FOREIGN.

In the French Corps Legislatif, on the 4th, it was announced that the government had decided to make an appeal to the people on the question of a new constitution. The Dominion of Canada revenue for March was $1,313,410; expenditures, $469,583. The Bt Maurice lumbering establishment, at Three Rivers, Canada,‘was burned on the night of the 31, including one mill, a machine shop, and a large quantity of timber and sawn lumber. ' Late intelligence from San Domingo states that the chief opponents to annexation to the United States are the priesthood.

The enforcement of the conscription law throughout Spain commenced on the 4th. Proceedings were generally quiet, but disturbances are reported in some places. In Barcelona there was much agitation Nhe people at Barrier* threw up barricades, -and the tijjops charged and took them. In the town of Sauz, near Barcelona, the rioters made some resistance, and ten men were killed. It was reported on the sth that order had been restored in Barcelona and vicinity. The London Timet of April 6 admits that as the evidence stands it is unable to acquit the Captain of the Bombay, or blame the American Government and people for their deep resentment. The Toronto Globe of the 6th says (he British Minister at Washington had intimated to the Dominion Government that the American Executive' had received warning of a projected raid along the frontier, from Port Huron to St. Albans, to take place on the 15th of April. The inter-University boat race between the Oxford and eight-oared crews took place- on the afternoon of the 6th, on the Thames. The distance rowed was about four and a quarter miles, and the Cambridge won in twenty minutes and thirty seconds.

The Madrid Gazette of the 6th says order had been restored at Barcelona, but not without considerable loss of life. A Madrid dispatch states that, with the exception of the fighting in Barcelona and vicinity, there was no serious resistance to the conscription. The paper-makers of the North of England, at a meeting in Manchester, April 6, agreed to advance the price of all kinds of paper 10 per cent., owing to the dearness of rags. The first instance of the enforcement of the Irish Coercion bill occurred on the 7th, at Dundalk, where the magistrate ordered a printer to suppress an edition of the Farmer*’ Almanac containing seditious language.

The conscription troubles in Spain continued on the 7th. The rioters had congregated a short distance out of Barcelona, and thrown up barricades. The Captain General had notified the government that he was not strong enough to attack them, and General Price had sent General Baldreich to the scene, to take command of the national troops. ♦ In the Spanish Cortes, on the* 7th, a dispatch from the Captain General of Cuba was read announcing the flight of Jordan, the insurgent Commander inChief, the surrender of many of the rebels and execution of others, and declaring that tfre rebellion was at an end. The Cortes adopted a vote of thanks to the Captain General and army and navy and volunteers of Cuba.

DOMESTIC. Gbld closed in New York on the 7th at 111,1$. A Washington telegram of the Ist says: “The pressure upon members by their constituents in favor of abolishing the income tax has become so great that a number of them called upon the President and Secretary of the Treasury to confer with them about it. The President seemed to think that the revenue could get along withont it, but Mr. Boutwell is inflexible in his opposition to any change at present.’’ A terrific boiler explosion occurred at the factorjy of the New Haven (Conn.) Folding Chair Company on the Ist Two persons were killed and several wounded. Part of the building was torn down, and the boiler was thrown over thirty feet In consequence of the exhaustion of the appropriation of Congress for the Construction Department, 400 vflfrkmen were discharged from the Brooklyn Navy -YardyOn the UL. ■ .■ - A locomotive on the Boston & Fitchburg railroad exploded on the Ist, at “Know-Nothing” crossing, in FitchMirg. The engineer and fireman were probable fatally injured.

The Petersburg (Va.) Iron Works were burned on the 2d. Loss $107,000. The following is the public debt statement for April 1: Debt bearing coin 1ntere5t52,107,942,100 00 Interest.. 48,783.604115 Debt bearing currency interest... 50,665.1'00 00 Interest 483 850 45 Debt on which Interest ceases .... 512 008 68 Debt bearing no interest 434,626.200 61 Total debt.;52,605,047,937 25 Total Interest 44,730,273 08 Total debt and 1ntere5t52,650,677,910 83 Amount in the Treasury : Coin.?;:„ 1105,413.745 00 Currency. I 7,472,729 65 Sinking fund bonds shd accrued interest 30,047,642 CO Special fund bonds and accrued interest 75,181,66686 Total $218,116,782 69 Debt, less amount in Treasurys2;432.sfi2,l27 74 Decrease in the month $5.7.6,31943 Decrease since March 1,1869 .. $88,075,398 00 Bonds issued to Pacific Railroad Companies, interest payable in lawful money, aihount outstanding... $64,467.32000 Interest accruing and not yet paid. . $959 827 83 Interest paid by United States $6,881,664 96 Interest paid by transportation of mails.; $2,030,571 90 Balance of Interest paid by United * States.; $4,857,09392 The payments of the Treasury Department during March were: For civil and miscellaneous, $4,018,831; War, $4,151,431; Navy, 1,876,080; Interior Department, $6,509,878. Total, sl6 556,170. This announcement does npt include the payment on account of interest and principal of the public debt A serious accident occurred to the westward bound passenger train on the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad, about twen-ty-four miles west of Quincy, 111., on the evening of the 2d, two passenger and one sleeping cars being precipitated down a steep embankment, and completely wrecked. Twenty-live or more passengers were more or less hurt, and it was feared several fatally so. A sharp shock of an earthquake occurred in San Francisco on the 3d. No damage to life, limb or property. Intense excitement for a few minutes prevailed. The animals Were terribly frightened.

A bad break occurred on the 4th in the Erie Canal feeder bank, just south of Rochester, the water rushing from the river inta the feeder, and thence into the canal with great violence. It would be impossible to make repairs before the water subsided. The Secretary of the Navy sent ,to the House, on the 4th, all the information in his possession relative to the Oneida disaster. The report says that tho disaster occurred through the bad navigation of the Bombay, and a reckless disregard of human life and of the common obligations of humanity.

A destructive fire occurred at Davenport, lowa, on the 4th, whereby a large hotel (the Pennsylvania House) and three spacious dwelling houses were entirely consumed. * On the night of the 2d, a train from New Orleans ran through the trestle twenty-five miles above Canton, Miss., and the express and baggage cars, together with a greater part of the mail, were burned. Snow fell to the depth of about one foot at Scranton., Pa., on the night of the 4lh. -Si—_ In the fire at Davenport on the 4th, Claus' Dchn, an omnibus driver for the Pennsylvania House, was burned to death.

A strike among the miners in the Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, region had become general on the fib. In theoutskirts of Atlantic City, W. T., on tie 81st ult., a young man named Irwin was attacked by Indians, and fatally wounded. After this attack a party of citizens of Atlantic City set out to look for prospecting parties, and returned on the 2d with the bodies of five white men, who had been killed by the Indians. Four other citizens were missing. A special from Omaha, dated the sth, says: “Great activity prevails in military circles in consequence of threatening indications of Indian troubles. A company of infantry and one of cavalry have been ordered to South Pass, and one of infantry to Medicine Bow, Union Pacific Railroad.” The Superintendent of the old Central and Southern Superintendency, has returned to Lawrence, Kansas, from a trip to the agency of the Cheyennes, about 160 miles from Camp Supply, and from a general tour through his Superintendency. He reports that the Indians es the Superintendency were peaceably disposed, and there were no well-founded fears of an Indian war.

A passenger and freight train on the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad collided at a point three miles west of Breckinridge Station, on the evening of the 6tb, and the engineer of.the freight train was killed, and several passengers were badly injured. The engines and cars were wrecked.’ . The colored citizens of Chicago celebrated, on thej7th, the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment. A lengthy procession marched through the streets duiing the day, and a mass meeting was held in the evening, at which speeches were made and resolutions adopted. During March, 11,790 immigrants arrived at New York city, including 5,986 Germans. • ».. On account of and extended demonstrations of l%fgA’lM|4ios of Indians, Governor Campwfi(fi||wyomiiig Territory, has issued GewfSPvrder No. 1, organizing that Territory into three military districts. The new postal treaty with the North German Union, which takes effect July 1, reduces the single rates on prepaid letters ria England,to ten cents, and tii Bremen or Hamburg, to 7 cents; unprepaid letters pay doubles, rates. Newspaper rates are unchaDgSf bUt rnust be prepaid On the 7th, the President signed the joint resorption direeting the the Navy to investigate the Oneida disaster.

Two hundred and fifty inea left Al lantic, W. T., on the 6th, well mounted and armed, to pursue the Indians that have committed murders near Atlantic. PERSONAL. The Governor of Maine has appointed April 14 as Fast Day. Among the nominations sent to tho Senate on the Ist were: M. T. Patrick, United States Marshal for Utah Territory; F. W. Oakley, Postmaster at Beloit, Wis. A meeting of Jhe officers who served under Gen. Thomas was held at Boston on the. 2d. Resolutions were passed eulogizing their old commander,- and a committee was appointed to attend the funeral. The Executive Committee of the New York State General Republican Central Committee has elected the following officers for the ensuing year: President, Benjamin F. Manierre ; Secretaries, Geo. Cushman and Abraham Brown, both reelected. Mrs. Victoria C. Woodhull, female broker, of ftev York city, announcesherself a candidate for the Presidency. She denounces the present administration, and pronounces in favor of recognizing Cuban independence. The widow of the late Gen. Thomas telegraphed to General Sherman on the 2d, expressing her regret that she could not yield to the desire on the part of Gen. Sherman and others to have the remains of her husband buried at West Point. As Troy is to be her future home, she felt that she must bury her husband in her family lot in the cemetery there. Dr. Wm. L. Barron, of Geneva, has been appointed State Entomologist of Illinois, to fill the vacancy occasioned bv the death of Dr. B. D. Walsh..'

Rev. Nathaniel L. Frothinghhm died at Boston, on the 4th, aged .77 years. He was pastor of the First Unitarian Church from 1815 to 1859. The trial of Daniel McFarland,, for the murder of Albert D. Richardson, was begun in New York city on the 4th. The whole day was occupied in an attempt to procure a jury. One hundred and sixtyeight persons were examined, and only six jurors obtained,’and one of them was excused on the ground that his sister was at the point of death. The court room was thronged. Among those present were Mr. Richardson’s brother and wife. Among the nominations to the Senate by the President, on the 4th, were : Joseph Hobson, Assessor of Internal Revenue for the Third District of Iowa; Mbses Hallett, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Colorado. Commissioner Delano has received a letter enclosing whisky stamps to the value of $465, which the writer says he stole from, the Collector of the Second Ohio District, and wishes to return. A story that a Mr. Klein had been attacked by hydrophobia and smothered to death by pillows in Queens county, L. 1., is now said to have been a deliberate hoax, perpetrated for sftensation by a Queens county paper. A libel suit has been commenced against the paper.

A full jury was obtained on the 6th, in the McFarland case. Commissioner Delano has forbidden the publication of annual lists of assessments of income returns. A Washington special of the 6th says a general court-martial had been ordered for the trial of an army officer of high rahk, on several charges, which, however, the War Department did not wish to make public. For tho same reason his name was suppressed. The order created quite a flutter in military circles.

The nominations sent to the Senate on the 6th were: Joseph P. Root, of Kansas, Minister Resident at the Hague; Hugh L. Bond, of Missouri, Judge of the Fourth Judicial District Circuit, vice George A. Pearce, withdrawn. A New York dispatch of the 6th says “R. B. Caldwell, the drawback forger, who, at a considerable expense to the country, was brought from Canada to this city, is at large, though committed in default of $25,000 bail.” . ChieAjustice Chase gave a hearing, on the '7th, to the counsel in the Richmond Mayoralty difficulty, on a motion to dissolve the injunction granted by Judge Underwood against Ellisoh' and his associates. After the arguments of counsel, the Chief Justice took the case’under advise ment. The official majority In the Tenth Ohio District for Peck, Republican, is 2,787. The Pennsylvania Legislature has adjourned tine die. Phillips (Democrat) was elected Mayor of Milwaukee on the 6th. Prondflt (Democrat) was re-elected Mayor of Madison on the 6th, and Andrew Pickarts (Republican) Treasurer. At the recent election in Janesville, Wis., the Democrats elected their candidates for Mayor, Clerk, two Aidermen, two Supervisors, and School Commissioner; the Republicans, the Treasurer, Attorney, Police Justice, Justice of the Peace, and Ward officers. Gen. Joseph JI. Lewis, of Barren county, has been , nominated by the Democrats as candidate for Congress, in place of Golladay, of Kentucky. /

**• POLITICAL. The adoption of the Fifteenth Amendment will be celebrated at Boston on the 14th of April. The Ohio Republican State Convention is to be held on the 10th of August, , . The New York Democratic State Convention to nominate candidates for Judges of the Court of Appeals, is appointed fur April 21, at Rochester ,•. " Wwo coltfred men voted at Perth-Am-boy, N. J., on the adoption of the new pharter, on the 81st ult, the date of the proclamation. At a school election in

Wilmington, Del , on the 2d, negroes voted for the first time in that State. Colored votes were refused in two wards. The National Executive Committee of the colored men have issued a proclamation announcing the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment.

A Washington telegram of the 3d says: “ The President’s organ, the Chronicle of this city, is out to day in opposition to the continuance of the Income tax, and contests the ground taken by Secretary Boutwell, that the tax is indispensable to maintain a proper standard of revenue. The article is understood to be the result of an interview with the President on this subject, last evening. This matter is likely to result in a serious difference between the President and Boutwell." Gov. Davis, of Texas, has issued a proclamation calling a session of the Legislature to meet at Austin, on the 26th inst. The classification of State Senators provided for in the constitution of Mississippi has been effected, half holding four years and half two years. Six of the seven Democrats and ten of the twenty-six Republicans were chosen tor four years. A Hartford, Oonn., telegram of the 4th states that English, Democrat, for Governor, was no doubt elected. The Legislature would be plose. Hartford gives Jewell 859; English, 3,407; and re-elects Charles R. Chapman, Democrat, Mayor, and the rest of the city ticket by 600-ma-jority. The Democrats have 4 majority in the Council.

A Detroit, Mich, dispatch of the 4th says: “ Charter elections were held in twenty-two cities in this State to-day. In all of them straight party tickets were run; hut the results were more or less affected by local issues. The Republicans lose in Adrian, Port Huron and Lansing, and gain in Saginaw City and Ann Arbor. The returns have small political significance. The colored men generally voted ” At the election in Cincinnati on the 4th, the Republicans elected their general city ticket and a majority of the City Council The Bible .men carried Che School Board in the city, securing four majority of the Board. In the election in Cleveland the Democrats gained two members of the Council. In Dayton, Morrison, Democrat, was elected Mayor. Governor Palmer, of Illinois, issued a proclamation on the 4th, declaring the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment to the Federal Constitution. A Hartford telegram of the sth says : “ Complete returns from the State except two towns, which last year gave English 113 majority, foot up, Euglifib, 43,843; Jewell, 43,151. Baldwin, Republican, is elected Senator in the Sixteenth District by 26 majority, which makes the Senate stand 11 Republicans to 10 Democrats." The Republicans claimed a majority of six in the House.

A Toledo, Ohio, dispatch of the sth says: “Incomplete returns from the district indicate the election of Mr. Peck, Republican, to Congress. The Republicans also elected their city ticket here yes terday. The colored meh voted.” The Republican State Convention of New York is called to meet at Rochester, April 28, to nominate candidates for Judges of the Court of Appeals. The latest revised returns received in Hartford, on the; 6th, give English 832 kuajority. Senate—ll Republicans, 10 Democrats. House—l 3 Republican majority. The Rhode Island State election, which took place on the 6th, resulted in the reelection of the Republican State officers. The vote was light. The returns on the 6th indicated, in the Senate, 23 Republicans, 6 Democrats, 1 Citizen, and 1 no choice. In the House, 53 Republicans, 14 Democrats, and 4no choice. The Republican majority in the State is about 4,000. The Legislature of North Carolina has adjourned tine die. The remains of General Thomas arrived In Troy on the morning of the 7th. The funeral train was met at Schenectady by a committee appointed by citizens of Troy. Captain John -E. Blaine,'of Pennsyl yania, brother of Speaker Blaine, has been appointed Special Agent of the Treasury Department.