Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1870 — Weekly News Summary. [ARTICLE]

Weekly News Summary.

CONGRESSIONAL. In the Senate, on the Bth, bills were introduced—to transfer the Cherokee and Creek Indian tribes, in the Indian Territory, to the Western District of Arkansas; to authorise the Burlington Jt Missouri Railroad Company to change their established line of road in Nebraska.... The House Appropriation bill, supplying, the deficiencies in salaries to United States Ministers tor. the current fiscal year, was pasted... The bill granting lands to the State of Minnesota, to aid in the improvements of the harbor of Duluth, Lake Superior, was reported, with amendments ...An amendment was offered to the bill granting lands to aid the construction of a railroad from Lincoln. Nebraska, to Denver, Colorado Territory; and amendments were reported to the bill to grant the right of way through public lands, to the Junction City, Solomon Valley A Denver Railroad... .The concurrent resolution for a joint Committee on Indian Affairs Whs discussed, when, alter the expiration ot the morning hour, the Senate adjourned, as a mark of respect for the memory of General Thomas. In the House, on the Bth, a bill was introduced and referred, providing that after the present Congress, the lioUse of Representatives be composed of 275 members, and of such members as anygtate thereafter admitted may bo entitled to, and directing the Secretary of the Interior to ascertain, from the preliminary census report of 1870, the basis of representation and apportionment of each State.... Several private bills were Sassed, among them one to reserve from moneys uo the Kiowa Indians, SIO,OOO, for the benefit of two white captives recovered from them after the mteeacro of weir parents and relatives, and who are to be known as Helen and Ilelolse Lincoln.... The credentials of Henry W. Barry, member-elect from the Second District of Mississippi, were refiorted as regular, and Mr. Barry came forward and ook the oath of Office .. The Tariff bill was further considered in Committee of the Whole... .Adjourned. In the Senate, on the 9th, a memorial was presented and referred, from 187 colored Citizens of Circleville, Ohio, setting forth that at the late election they were" prevented from voting,not withstanding the Fifteenth Amendment, and asking for a law to protect their rights hereafter.... A bill was Introduced, to repeal all existing laws authorizing the transportation and exportation of goods in bond overland to or from Mexico... .The Northern Pacific Railway bill was taken up and discussed.... Adjourned. In th* House, on the 9th, petitions were presented to abolish the duty on lead....A resolution was adopted to pay the expenses and counsel fees, not exceeding two thousand dollars, incurred by Mr. Butler, of Massachusetts, in defending the suit brought against him In Baltimore by Charles Woolley....Tne Senate amendments to the Deficiency bill were taken up, and several of them were nou-concurred in and referred to a Committee of Conference, consisting of Messrs. Dawes, Sargent and Brooks, of New York.... The Tariff bill was further considered in Committee of the Whole ...Adjourned. In the Senate, on the lltb, resolutions of the Massachusetts Legislature in favor of the postal telegraph service were presented,. ..A memorial ot members of the Universal Peace Society, asking Congress not to sanction the proposed enlargement of the West Point Military Academy, was presented.... A resolution of inquiry was adopted, as to what legislation is necessary for the regulation of the transportation of e ittle and other animals on railroads of the United States, so as to secure lor the animals sufficient space and ventilation .... The amendments to the Deteiaacy Appropriation bill were Insisted upon, and a Committee of Conference, was appointed.... The. Northern Pacific Railroad bill, allowing the company to issue its bonds on the construction ofrits road, <fcc., was taken up, and amendments requiring the sale of alternate sections of land to actual settlers, and limiting the price per acre to $2.50, were rejected .... Adjourned. In the House, ou the 11th, bills were introduced—repealing the' act prohibiting Boat masters from depositing money in hank; to repeal the paymes|o{ extra wagesondlscharge to seameh; granting lands to Kansas for a railroad from Fort Scott in the direction ot Santa Fe: authorizing the Burlington Missouri River Railroad Company to change its line Of road in Nebraska; relative to the mode of selecting candidates lor admission to the Military and Naval Academiesßesolutions were introduced—from the Commonwcqjth otMassachusetts on tho subject of the union of the telegraph with the postal service; of tho Maryland Legislature, in relation to the revolution in Cuba... A resolution was adopted—llStoth-and afterwards rescinded, granting tbs use of the Hall of liepresentativea to the colored people of the District Of Columbia for the celebration of the Fifteenth Amendment. ....A bill was reported from the Committea on Public lainds, and re committed, granting lands for a railroad from Lincoln, Nebraska, to Denver, Colorado... Unanimous consent to introduce a Joint resolution to annex the Republic of ijan Domingo was a-ked and objected t 0.... The Tariff bill was further considered in Committee of the Wh01e.... Adjourned. •

-In the Senate, on the 12th, the House hill In aid of the execution of the laws In the Territory ofUtah, in relation topo’.ygamy, was reported, with amendments, front the Committee on Territories... 5 bill was reported favorably from the Committee on Appropriations, for the payment of claims of loyal persons who assisted in taking the consns of 18W in the late rebel States. ...The resolution for a joint Committee on Indian Affaire was taken up and discussed ...The Georgia bill came up as the special order, and a motion that it be passed over In order to proceed with tho Northern Pacific Kailroad bill was rejected-ill to Ba—and the Georgia bill was discussed up to the hour of adjournment. In the House, on the 12th, a bill was passed, declaring eo much of lowa River, in lowa, as lies north of the town of Wapello, not to be a navigable river or public highway.. ..The Louisiana contested election case of Hunt against Sheldon was called np and debated, and ft was agreed that a vote should he taken on the 13th.... A joint resolution was passed, appropriating SI,OOO to defray the expenses of the Committee on Education and Labor, In the investigation of the charges against tho Commissioper of the Freedmen’s Bureau.... Bills were introduced and referred—amendatory of the Homestead act, in favor of honorably dlechargSd soldiers; to fix and establish tho number of enlisted persons tn the navy... A minority report was made from the Committee on Eleciiops, In favor of tno right of Mr. Sugar, as Representative -at - Large from Virginia.... Adjourned. In the Senate, on the 13th, the resolution for a Joint Special Committee on Indian Affairs was amended so as to require that a majority of members chosen from each House shall bo necessary to constitute a majority of the committee, and passed -59 t 093. ...Bills were introduced ana referred—for tho better organization of the medical department of tho navy; for the relief of the widows and orphans of officers, seamen, and marines of\ the United States war vessel Oneida.... A report was submitted from the Judiciary Committee, upon the petition of O. B. Hart clalm'ngaseat in tho Senate from Florida, In place of tho present member,-{filbert. The resolution accompanying *th« report declares Abljah Gllbertdaly elected, and entitled to hold tho scat., ..The Georgia bill was takpn up and discussed.. ..Adjourned.

In tho House, on the 13th, a resolution was presented from the Committee on Elections, and agreeed to, that Francis E. Bhober is entitled to a seat as Roprgaontat'.vc from tho Sixth District of North Carolina, without prejudice to tho right of Nathaniel Boyden to contest it, and Sir Shober took the oath... Tho majority resolutions In the Louisiana contested election easo of Hunt against Sheldon, declaring Mr. Sheldon ontlt'ad to the s tat, wore adopted, and In tho case of Taylor against Reading, of Pennsylvania, the majority report was also adopted, giving tho seat to Mr Taylor, and he was sworn in....8i11s were reported—ln reference to International unitary coinage; to establish an assay oftlce at Helena, Montana; to reorganize the system of governing Indian tribes, to promote their civilization, and for other purposes.... Leave was «sked and objected to, to introduce a Joint resolno annex the Republic of Dominica.... The Tariff hill was further considered in Committee pf the Whole. ...Adjourned. .In the Senate, on the 14th, tho bill kuthorlzing the city of Buffalo to construct a tfiunel under the Niagara river was passed... .A bill was Introduced and referred, to Incorporate the Paclflq Submarine Telegraph Company, and to facilitate telegraphic communication between America-and Asm-. ..Tho bill granting lands to aid tire construction of • railroiki on- or near the .'kith jiafallel from the Mississippi totho Arkan-ns rivers, was reported, with amun(lmviUs....The resolution directing tho Secretary of the Treasury to sell surplus gold in the Trea-'ury without delay was tabled „,..The resolution for the consid-ral on in open ■sohstou of .the treaties for the acquLitlouof formgp territory, was ' indefinitely po-tpotied.-.’ Tire. rGeortria bill was taktr* up? the attendin' nt Insert, In Ben of the Blnghatnamendmein, afrrovl‘•o that the nut t eject ion for members oitlrp Legislature be held in November, 1915, etc., w»a rejected -23 to9B....Adjourned, In the House, on tho 14th, a memories of Oyrus W. Field, in -<• vdtj.fr ■< t-2

tho construction of a submarine telegraph between America And Asia, and a bill for that purpose, wore presented and referred. .. A hill was passed, removing tho political disabilities of C. B. Babin, of Texas Bills were reported, ordered printed and recommitted - granting lands to Wisconsin for the construction of a breakwater, harbor and ship canal at the head of Sturgeon Bay, to connect, the waters of Green Bay with Lake Michigan; to aid the construction of a railroad from New < irleans to the western boundary of Louisiana... .A bill was introduced and referred, to provide tor the redemption of nickel coin.... The Tariff bill was further considered In Committee of the Whole. ...Adjourned. »

FOREIGN. Mr. Inman published a communication in tho Maritime Register, London, on the Btb, in which he states that, all things considered, he thinks the City of Boston collided with one of the icebergs so numerous to the northeast of Cape Race, and sunk, when only two or three days out A recent telegram from Rev. Henry Bannister, at Beyrout, announces the sudden death, from heart disease, of Bishop Kingsley, of the Methodist Episcopal Church. A Madrid telegram of the 10th announces that the anti-conscription revolt at Barcelona was ended. The insurgents, who had made a stand in the suburbs, were attacked and overcome after a two hours’ fight.

A dispatch from Ottawa, Canada, on the 9th, says the government had determined to receive Father Richott and Mr. Scott as delegates from Red River, aqd will make propositions, based on the bill of rights, which these delegates will convey to the people on their return. Recent advices from Paraguay state that President Lopez had suddenly turned upon and surprised his pursuers, winning quite a victory. It was thought at Rio Janeiro that this advantage would result in an indefinite prolongation of the war. A council of war was in session at Barcelona, Spain, on the 11th. A large number of arrests had been made since the re- . volt, and the police were actively hunting "up all the prominent actors in the affair. Thirty persons were arrested in Paris on the 11th, for having tried to preyent the police from tearing down revolutionary placards.. During the review of the troops, an unknown man created considerable disturbance in the crowd by shouting “ Vengeance against the Emperor.” He was taken into custody. No arms were found on his person.

The Duke of Montpensier, of Spain, has been convicted of the killing of the Count Henry Bourbon, in a duel, and sentenced to a month’s exile -from Madrid and $(>,000 fine. Intelligence was received in London, on the 13th, that Presklent Lopez, of Paraguay, had been surrounded, and, refusing to surrender, he was killed by a Brazilian lancer. The mother, sister, and children of Lopez were captured. A telegram from Captain General De Rodas, dated Puerto Principe, April 10, states that every day numbers of the enemy were coaiing into the Spanish camp, and claiming the protection guaranteed by the amnesty proclamation. The rebels were everywhere in confusion. De Rodas announces that the insurrection is morally, though not virtually, ended.

A Montreal dispatch of the 13th says: “Although there seems no doubt that au extensive movement has been going on among the Fenians on the Eastern frontier, information from that quarter leads to the belief that it will proceed.no further now in consequence of the precautions taken." Riots broke out at Seville, Spain, on the 13th on account of the attempted enforcement of the Conscription act. They were suppressed without much difficulty. The Fenian scare in Canada continued on the 14th, and great activity prevailed in military matters. A Key West, Fla., dispatch of the 14th says: ** Authentic advices from Cuba today represent that General Jordan is still in the field fighting at the head of the patriot forces. General Goyenche was defeated last vreek near Boga.” DOMESTIC. Gold closed in New York on the 14th at 113 The United States Supreme Court has decided that the robbery of a receiver of public moneys is no defense for the bondsmen, the claim of the Government against them remaining perfectly valid. A terrific boiler explosion-occurred in a Baltimore sugar refinery on the 9th. Six persons were killed, and about the same number wounded Two new three-story buildings at Schenectady, N. Y„ fell on the morning of the 11th, and are a complete wreck. Six

or eight men were in the building; one was killed and three injured. A prize-fight announced to come off on the 12th, at St. Charles Island, near Milford, Conn., was broken up by the State militia. Kerrigan, one of the principals, was arrested, together with Maloy and Edge, who were to fight in the same ring, and about ninety roughs, and all were lodged in jail at New Haven. The crowd sacked many houses in Milford and robbed people in the streets. Tho principal pertion of .the town of Forestville; N. Y., was burned on the night of-the 11th. Loss estimated at SIOO,OOO. The explosion of a lamp in a store started the conflagration. IThe public are cautionejl by a New Y|ork firm ajgalnst negotiating Kansas Pacific first mortgage 7 per cent, bonds No. 077, and Nos. 3,310.10.3,350, inclusivej’and | Nps. 0.001 to 0,020, inclusive, it being alleged that th? same had been obtained by tjfilld. ‘ A Buffalo dispatch of tho 13th says: *• Leading Fenian officials hero laugh at the scare of the Canadians, over a raid on Canada. A movement will not -be attempted until success is beyond doubt. It

is evident that no raid is contemplated by the Fenians here at present." A New York telegram of tho same date states that Fenians in large numbers had recently left that city, and it was admitted by some that they were concentrating on the Canadian frontier with a view to another raid. Parties have circulated advertisements of a pretended lottery in aid of the Cuban cause, to be drawn at 600 Broadway, New York. The whole scheme is pronounced a complete swindle, and is denounced by the Cuban Junta.

Four citizens'of Cheyenne, W. T., who had gone out four miles west of the city to locate hay claims, were attacked on the 13th by fifteen mounted Indians, and driven to Fort Russell. A telegram from South Pass says the citizens there killed eleven Indians on the 12th. Forty-six Union printers employedin the St Louis Republican office struck on the 14th, but the question of wages was not involved in the case. A reward of S6OO is offered for the arrest and delivery to the Sheriff of Dade county, Mo., of W. W. Amos, commonly called Bud; who killed James Farmer, at Cedarville, Mo., in March last. Baid Amos is described as being “ about 31 years old, five feet six inches high, dark complexion, with heavy black beard if not shflten; the fore finger on the right hand is crooked, and the nail (if any) .grews on end of finger ; has a peculiar way of jerking his shoulders and ducking down his head.” By the explosion of the boiler of a steam tug, opposite Staten Island, on the 14th, four out of five persons on board were killed.

PERSONAL. Captain John E. Blaine, of Pennsylvania, brother of Speaker Blaine, has been appointed Special Agent of the Treasury Department. B. C. N. Sylvester, alias Jack Reynolds, the murderer of William Townsend, was hanged in New York city on the Bth. ■ In the McFarland case, on the Bth, the counsel for the defense introduced the plea of insanity along with testimony to show a conspiracy to break up his family. At Troy, N. Y., on the Bth, the mortal remains of Gen. George H. Thomas were interred in Oakwook Cemetery, with solemn and most impressive funeral rites, attended by President Grant, members of the Cabinet, Senators and Represents-' tives, the Governor and Legislature of New York, officers of the Army and Navy, and a great concourse of people, including the Society of the Army of the Cumberland. The final meeting of the American Anti Slavery Society was held in New York city on the 9th. The organization had been in existence thirty-seven years. The Stanton Memorial Fund amounts to $146,000, and is in denosit, drawing interest for Mrs. Stanton and children. The re-union of the Army of the Potomac at Philadelphia, on the 9th, was attended by President Grant, and a large number of Generals and.other officers. The President held a levee at Philadelphia on the 11th, and left for Washington by a special train at noon. General Rust, formerly Member of Congress from Arkansas, and during the war a Confederate General, died on the 4th inst., of congestive chills.

The flags on the public buildings in New lYork city were displayed on the 12th, in honor of the anniversary of Clay’s birthday. The Henry Clay Club gave a boll in the evening. Walter Brown, the oarsman, has been appointed by the Navy Department instructor of rowing at Annapolis. Vice President Colfax received the congratulations of many Senators and friends on the 12th, on the addition of a son to his family, which event occurred on the 11th. The following nominations were sent to the Senate on the 12th: Consuls—Edmund Johnson, of Arkansas, at Ghent; A. Journdan, of District of Columbia, at Seville; Hamilton Richardson, of Wisconsin, at Ancona; Samuel T. Day, of Florida, at Pictou; Wm. H. Faxon, of Connecticut, at Curacoa, A. B. Long, United States Attorney for Lquisiana; George Lount, Receiver of Public Moneys, at Prescott, Arizona. The President nominated to the Senate, on the 13th, as Postmasters in Kansas, John H. Smith, Paoli; James W. Rice, jgarnett, and James R. Brown, Olathe. A Washington dispatch of the »13th says: “ The President informed a gentleman, last night, who called upon him relative to issuing a general amnesty proclamation, that he had no intention of issuing one at present.

Lady Franklin arrived at San Francisco on the 13th. The President has appointed John Titus Chief Justice, and Chas. A. Tweed, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Arizonaand Geo. P. Fisher, United States Attornoy'for the District of Columbia. POLITICAL. The counsel in the Richmond Mayoralty case had another hearing before Chief -Just ice Chase, on the Bth, and an agreement was reached that the motion be continued untllthe May term of the Circuit Court, and-that meantime no farther proceedings be taken in the matter, the. present condition of affairs to continue, and none of the rights of either party to be affected by the postponement.Tho Democrats of Washington Territory have nominated Judge JamesD. Mix for Dek gate to Congress. The colored citizens of New York city celebrated Amendment on the Bth, by a procession 10,000! strong and an enthusiastic meeting id the evening. The two Mayors of Richmond, Va., in , the to submit • , ♦,

their case, with tho consent of Chief-Jus-tice Chase, to the Virginia Court of Appeals, which met on the 13th. At the charter election in Albany, N. Y., on the 12th, the Democrats elected George 11. Thatcher, Mayor, three of the four Aidermen at large, ten of the sixteen Al dermen, and eight of the sixteen Supervisors. The charter election at Trenton, N. J., on the 11th resulted in the choice of Napton, Democrat, for Mayor. The first charter election, of the newly consolidated city of Jersey City was held on the 12th, and the Democrfttic ticket, headed by Charles H. O’Neill for Mayor, was elected. In Hoboken the Democratic ticket was also successful. The Republican Convention of the Fourth Congressional District of Indiana assembled at Connersville on the 12th. Mr. Julien’s friends presented a letter from him, dated Washington,- April 6, in which he withdrew from the contest, and Hon Jeremiah M. Wilson, of Fayette, was declared the unanimous choice of the convention. •

The recent Oregon Republican State Convention nominated General Joel Palmer for Governor, and G. Wilson for Congress. ■Various county clerks in California have refused to register colored qftizens as voters until the opinion of the Attorney General of the State is received. The Attorney-General of California has rendered ft decision, that until the laws of the State are changed, or Congress adopts some legislation in the matter, it is the duty of county clerks to refuse to register negroes.' He urges them to obey the State laws pending the. action of Congress. The United States Supreme Court has decided that the number of counsel who will be heard in the legal tender cases shall be four, or two for each case. The lowa Legislature adjourned sine die on'the 13th. The Clerk of the District Court at San Francisco has declined to allow the registration of negroes. About 100 applied on the 14th to be registered.