Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 June 1870 — Weekly News Summary. [ARTICLE]

Weekly News Summary.

CONGRESSIONAL. In the Senate, on the 27th, bills were Introduced and referred—to promote the cultivation of public lands; for the Improvement of water communication between the Mississippi river and Lake Michigan by the Wisconsin and Fox river*; for a bridge across the Kansas river at Little Rock; to prevent, any officer or employe of the corporation ol Washington acting a. au officer of election or retristratloh.... Hills were reported—with amendment*, the House bill to ennply the deficiency In the appropriation for mileage of member* bv tho House of Representa’lve«; without amendment, a bill appropriating $895,000 in gold to pay the Government of Great Britain the amount awarded under the treaty of July 1. IMIS, to settle the claim* of the Hudson Bay Company and Put-et Sound Agricultural Company.... It waa oMered that the Senate would adjourn from the 98ih totho Sis’, n order to observe the 30th a* a holiday for the decoiatlon of soldier*’graves ...The Legislative Appropriation bill wa* taken np. and amendment* were adopted, placing female clerks in the deparmenta on an equality with the male* as to compensation; making apnropriatlon for the extension of the-Capitol grounds—43 to 10; appropriating BtOtkooo for an expedition to the North Pole-38 to 95: making the salary of Chief-Justice of the Supreme Court *IO.OOO, Associate Judges. SB,OOO. Circuit Judges, i 8.500. Court of Claims and District ot Columbia Judges, $5,000; and the bill was passed. In the House, on the 27th, a report was made In the South Carolina contested case of Wai lace against Simpson, declaring A. S. Wallace duly elected and entitled to a seat, and a resolution to that effect was adopted, and Mr. Wallace wa* called forward and took the oath.... A bill was reported annulling all laws of the Territory of Id.ho taxing persons of the Chinese or Mongolian lace, and a law creating the office of District Attorney for each county; and forbidding the Territorial Legislature paying extra salaries to Federal officers in the Territory, or to members or employes of the Legislature....A report from the Commltte on Foreign Affairs, referring to the President the petitions of William J. Nsgle and John Warren, citizens of lhe United States, now prisoners in Great Britain, with a request that such action be taken by him. In accordance with international law, and with the right* of American citizenship, as the facts will justify, was agreed t 0.... A large number of reports from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and the War of 1813 were made, and disposed 0f... .A new rule waa adopted, forbidding the changing of a vote after the announcement of the result, and also forbidding the record of a member’s vote who • wa* not present when the vote wa* taken. ...The report of the Conference Committee on the bill to enforce tho Fifteenth Amendment was agreed t 0—133 to 58.... The Internal Revenue bill was reported back from the Ways and Mean* Committee, and the first reading was dispensed with, and after consideration ofthe bill to reduce the internal taxes, the Hoase adjourned. In the Senate, on the 28th, petitions were presented and referred—from the American Cable Company, asking aid to the proposed line from New York, via the Azores, to Lisbon, Land’s End, England, Havre and Amsterdam: of colored citizens of Maryland, asking a remedy for proscription In travel on account of c010r.... The subject of the restoration of foreign commerce to American vessels was further considered.... District of Columbia business was considered, and a bill was passed to prevent any officer or employe of the corporation acting as an election or registration officer.... Executive session and adjournment to the 31st. In lhe House, on the 28th, a bill was passed granting a pension of eight dollars per month to the surviving soldiers and sailor* of the war.of 1819 who are in dependent circumstance*. >md who gave no aid or comfort to the late rebellion, and also to ihe surviving widows of officers and men married before or during the war of 1812, who are tn like circumstances Consideration of the bill to reduce internal taxes was resumed, and several proposed amendments were disposed of .. .Adjourned to the 31st. In the Senate, on the 81st, a bill was in traduced, to encourage the building of ships for the foreign trade and for other purposes.... The joint resolution for extending the time for constructlug a railroad from St. Croix River, at the west end of Lake Superior, to B iyfield, Wls., was passed....A bill was reported Incorpora’lng the Pacific Submarine Company, and to facilitate telegraph communication between America and Asia .... adverse reports were made upon bills for thratification of treaties with the Creek Nation, the Stockbridge, and other Indian tribes, and with the Miami Indians, of Kan-as, and, on motion, the several treaties were voted upon and rejected.L.The bill to change the Judicial Circuits of the United States was considered, without action... iThe bill for supplying the deficiency in appropriations for the compensation and mileage ot members ot the House of Representatives, was called up. and amendments were adopted appropriating $1,400 000 for deficiencies In the appropriation for the collection of duties, and $30,0 >0 to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay special counsel, and the bill was passed... .A bill for the relief of Rollin White, returned by the President with his objections. was debated, and finally passed over the President’s veto, by the constitutional twothirds vote—yeas. 41; nay», 13... .The House joint resolution in relation to suspension of the safe of certain lands granted to the Southern Pacific Railroad of California, was passed... .Adjourned.

In the House, on the 31st, the bill to revive the navigation and commercial Interests of the United States was considered, the previous question seconded, and the main question ordered, when, after considerable discussion, the bill was recommitted to the Select Committee on the decline of American Commerce... The bill to reduce Internal taxes came up, and several amendments were disposed 0f... .The Speaker appointed as a committee to visit West Point, Meters. Logan, Schenck and Slocnm.. ..Adjourned. In the Senate, on the Ist, House bills were reported—with amendments, to regulate the duties of Pension Agents, and to provide for the payment of pensions; without amendment, extending the time In which pension and bounty frauds may be prosecuted: without amendment, to annul a statute of New Mexico; annulling certain acts of Idaho Territory... .Bills and Joint resolutions were reported adversely and. postponed Indefinitely—providing for the settlement of Indian claims by a commission; declaring void any action of a State Legislature as to constitutional amondmoats after the Secretary of State has received evidence of their ratification by threefourths of the States; to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to collect, abandoned property and derelict dues boloriglinr to the United Stales.... The bill to change Judicial Circuits was discussed, amended and passed. It constitutes the circuits as follows: Flrat, Maine. New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut; Second, New York: Third, Now Jersey, Pennsylvan a, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia; Fourth. Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas: Fifth, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Tennessee; Sixth, Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and West Virginia; Seventh, Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin; Eighth, Minnesota. lowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri; Nir th, California, Oregon and Nevada. The Supreme Court Justices, except the Chief-Justice, are required to reMde in their respective eircuita. and the ithief Justioe to to be known as the ChiefJustice of the Supreme Court of theUnlted States ....Executive session and adjournment. In the House, on the Ist, petitions were presented—of business men and cltisens of Clpcinnatii relative to the tax on tobacco, aad remonstrating against the increase on smoking tobacOp; of Now York tobacco manufacturers, fol a uniform tax of 16 cents per pound on all manuftictured tobacco and snuff... .The Internal Tax bill was further considered, and several sections were disposed 0f... .Adjourned. In the Senate, on the 2d, a bill was introduced and referred, to encourage the construction of the International Pacific Railroad....A bill was reported from the Judiciary Committee, requiring the United States Circuit Court to be held at Wytheville, Va„ and fixing the tenns of the District Court....An amendment to the bill relative to bridges serosa the Ohio was presented ... A Joint resolution was presented and referred, relative to the claims of certain Northern creditors ... A resolution was adopted, instructing the Committee on Commerce to inquire info the best means and cost of rebuilding the levees on the Misstsalppt destroyed during the war. and repqrt by bill or otherwise.... The Pranking bill was taken up and, after some discussion, laid over— 38 to 46... Thelndian Appropriation bill was taken up and several amendments were reported from the Committee on Appropriations, some of which were agreed to. ...Adjourned. In the House, on the 2d, a bill was introduced find referred, authorising the construction of a bridge across the Arkansas at Little Rock... Bills were passed—annexing certain counties to the Jurisdiction of the Wert Judicial District Of Prun-ylvsnla; for the psymerU of certain amounts to the Lonslana, amonntlr g to Illi MIO ...A bill vres reported to regaiatf compinrailon in contested qlscUen cases, providing tftst no money be paid

ettner party till the case be determined, when the .mileage and compensation are to go to the person to whom the scat if finally accorded, the other party to receive only the necessary actual expenses.... The Interna Tax bill wa* taken up, and several amendments lolnting to taxes on incomes, capital and profits were proposed, when the previous question was seconded and the vote on the sections relative to Income tax and amendments postponed till the 3d; an amendment waa moved taxlug interest on United States bonds 5 per cent., and the vote on division stood 90 to 60, when the yeas and nara were demanded, and pending the vote the House, amid much excitement, adjourned. FOREIGN. A Quebec dispatch of the 27th states that a destructive fire was raging at Saguenay, covering an area of five miles wide by thirty in length. Over five hundred families, numbering. 4,500 persons, had been rendered destitute. Six adults and two children had perished in the flames. A wharf at Ha Ha Bay and several churches had been burned. The fire originated in the woods. According to a Toronto dispatch of the 27th the movement at Huntington began at five a. m. of that day, and after the Fenians had constructed a breastwork of rails across a field, on the north bank of Trout Rjver, some Canadian troops came up and attacked them, and after a few shots the Fenian forces retreated back over the boundary line, leaving a few wounded and one killed on the field. No Canadians were hurt. A dispatch from Dundee, Canada, says the Fenian advance guard was driven in. The main army, commanded by Genera 1 . Starr, was attacked and driven across the line by the English force, supposed to be 5,000 strong. The Fenians had seven killed and several wounded. The enemy’s loss was not known. The battle lasted an hour and twenty minutes. The London Timet of May 28 says the result of the trial of O’Neill will be awaited in England with great anxiety, amicable relations between the United States and England being fully involved in the issue. A late Paris dispatch states that Prince Pierre Bonaparte had been ordered by the Emperor into two years’ exile in America, and that he would soon leave for New York. He was under surveillance at AuteuiL A London dispatch of the 29th says : “ Advices from Rome represent infallibilists in and out of the council as extremely active during the debate which is going on. They have called in all the absentees of their party to meet the vote which will soon be taken, and outside of the council they are assembling in large numbers, and exert a powerful pressure on the dissentients.” A St Johns dispatch of the 29th says a party of drunken Canadians had, the day before, torn down the United States flag from the American Consul’s office. The outrage was deeply regretted by the citizens. A Toronto dispatch of the 29th states that the railway companies had offered to take the Fenians home at half fare in box cars. A Paris dispatch of the 30th ult. states that the small-pox was increasing terribly in that city. A recent fearful conflagration at Constantinople destroyed fitty buildings in the wealthy quarter of the city. Passengers from Havana, who arrived in New York city on the 30th ult, state that a rumor waa current in Havana on the 25th that the Cuban steamer Upton had landed her passengers and cargo in one of the bays on the north shore of the Eastern Department Recent advices from the west coast of Africa report that a party of missionaries, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Ramseya, and Mr. Knohe, and attendants, had been captured by the Ashantees, and taken into the interior. In "Paris, on the 30th ult., more than twenty persons, charged with complicity in the regicide plot, were unconditionally released.

A Constantinople dispatch of the Ist says: “The fearful vindictiveness of native Christians in Roumania, a Turkish province, against the Jewish population culminated on Sunday in the wholesale butchery of the Jews by the Christiana. Thousands of men, women and children were dragged from their houses and slaughtered. The work of slaughter goes on in the interior. The authorities have made no movement to check it." In the celebrated Mordaunt divorce case at London the decision of the court on the appeal of the plaintiff is to the effect that, owing to the continued insanity of Lady Mordaunt, she is in no condition to make a legal reply; therefore proceedings for divorce can be carried no further. Late advices from Kio Janeiro say the Argentine Republic had declined to recognize Gen. Jordan, and a force had been sent against his followers, on account of the assassination of Urguiza. A Montreal dispatch of the 2d announces that troops were being rapidly withdrawn from the front a very extensive Are was raging in the Metapedia District New Brunswick, on the 2d. Miles of telegraph poles had been burned. A Madrid dispatch of the 2d says dispatches had been received at the Colonial Ministry, from Captain General De Rodas, informing the Government that the insurgent generals in Cuba had offered to surrender on condition that their lives and property be spared, and asking for instructions The Government had replied that it was their desire that rebel officers sincerely desiring to give up the contest and be reconciled to Spain should be dealt with geiferously. DOMESTIC. Gold closed in New York on the 2d at A Washington dispatch of the 26th says General J’arkof wtpresavtl hd»»elf con-

fldent that the troubles with the Sioux and Cheyennes will be terminated, and they will go on the reservation without fiirther trouble. A Washington telegram of the 27th says: “ The English Minister had a long conference with the Secretary of State today, concerning Fenian affairs. It appears from advices received by the government that the Fenians did not cross the border, and none were captured on British soil. The British Minister is pleased with thb promptness and alacrity shown by our government In suppressing the movement." Several officers and soldiers of the expedition from St. Alban's had returned to New York city on the 27th, and were disheartening the new recruits with their stories of bad management Notwithstanding their reverses, the Fenians were still recruiting at the East on the 27th. A Malone, N. Y., dispatch of the 29th says the Fenian movement there had col lapsed. General Gleason, Dr. Donnelly, Colonel Cullen, and Captain Mannox, of the Fenian army, had been arrested by United States Marshal Quimby. About fifteen hundred Fenians were scattered all over the city and in camp, awaiting transportation. A New York dispatch of the 29th says the Irishmen in that city were disheartened by the news from the border, and a dispatch had been received from the front, instructing them not to send any more men, but to forward funds for the support of the New York troops, as soon as possible. The Executive Council of the Fenian Brotherhood have issued an address, signed by James Gibbons, Chairman, and Richard McCloud, Secretary, stating that the late Canadian invasion was undertaken without the authority of the brotherhood, and its failure cannot be recognized as a defeat of the national organization. The receipts of internal revenue for the current year to May 29 were $155,000,000, indicating that the Commissioner’s estimate of $175,000,000 will be reached by the end of June.

The bridge over White Water'rivet oh the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis railroad, at Richmond, Ind., was burned on the night of the 27th. It will be rebuilt immediately, and will cost SIOO,OOO. Telegrams from the East were received at Fenian headquarters in Chicago on the 29th, to keep back men until further advices, and as they were from sources that were relied upon, they were taken as confirming the previous news of the failure of the Canadian expeditions. In a game of base-ball at Milwaukee on the 28th ultr, the Chicago Club defeated the Cream Citys, of Milwaukee, by 71 to w. e —’ — A gaiae of base-ball in New York city on the. 30th ult., between the Mutuals, of New York, and Forest Citys, of Rockford, waj won by the Mutuals-21 to 13.

■Fenian leaders from the Middle and Western States were in council in Buffalo on the 30th ult., investigating the late disaster and adopting measures for a reorganization. Although disgusted at the miserable failure at St Albans, they profess not to be dispirited, and claim that the organization will steadily pursue its object to success. A St Albans dispatch of the 30th ult says: “ There may be trouble about the field-piece that was taken from the Fenians while in position on United States territory. The facts are that fire was opened by the Fenians on a knoll 120 yards from the line, and that the Home Guards made a rush down bill, shot five Fenians, captured the gun, and returned with it to Pigeon HilL There is not the slightest doubt they crossed into Vermont territoiy. The fact of the shooting of these last Fenians was not known generally, as the Guards kept silent about it The Athletics, of Philadelphia, defeated the Atlantics, of Brooklyn, in a game of base-ball, played at Philadelphia on the 30th ult., for the championship of America. Score, 18 to 13. Three inches of snow fell at Virginia, Montana, on the 28th of May. The residence of Mr. Hughes, near Knight’s Landing, Cal., was recently destroyed by fire, and his four children and sister-in-law were burned to death.

Crop reports in Arkansas, North Mississippi, and North Alabama, on the Ist, represent corn as unusually good. On the afternoon of May 25 three men went to the house of Daniel and Neill McLeod, brothers, living in the western part of Columbia county, North Carolina, and murdered both. They also badly wounded the wife, daughter and son of Neill McLeod, A Malone, N. Y., dispatch of the 81st ult. says: ** Glass, Gleason, Donnelly, and Lindsay, Fenian prisoners, were removed to Canandaigua. to-day. Messrs. Smith, of Buffalo; McNeill, of Philadelphia; Fitzpatrick, of New York, and Thompson, of Albany, were arrested this evening. All the Fenians here, excepting the Ohio and Illinois men, have been furnished transportation to their homes by their local committees. The Western men feel badly, as they are left all in the lurch.” A special dispatch says the government officials at Malone wound up the war on the Ist by arresting several New York reporters as Fenians, and sending them to prison. A War Department order enlarges the Department of the Lakes, by order, of the President, so as to extend it to Ogdensburgh. '■ Telegrams from (Various parts of the United States with reference to outrages being committed on the Jews in Itoumania, and asking for the intercession yf the I States in behoof that people,

were presented to the Secretary of State at Washington, on the 2d, and the telegraph states that in consequence it had been determined to appoint Adolphe Buchner, who is an Israelite, Consul at Bucharest The following is the public debt statement for June: Total debt, principal and Interest, Including Interest dne and un- ... Said ja,Ms,iM,an.»T mount in the Treasury; Coin 106,789,781.85 Currency.. 14,218,816.87 Sinklog fund. In United States coin,lnterest bonds and accrued Interest thereon. 85,468,228.60 Other United States coin Interest bonds purchased and accrued Interest thereon 82.C65.122 27

Total $238,561,889.49 Debt lees amount in Treasury 2,406,662,871.78 Decrease during the month 14,101 842.67 Decrease since March 1, 1870. 41,766,105.89 A Cheyenne dispatch reports a slight fall of snow on the morning of the 2d, and a heavy hail storm in the afternoon. PERSONAL. The annual convention of the Indiana State Editors’ and Publishers’ Association met in Indianapolis on the 27th. At Janesville, Wis., on the 27th, the White Stockings, of Chicago, defeated the Mutuals, of Janesville, in a game of base-ball-74 to 5. A game of base-ball on the 27th, in New York city, between the Forest City "Club, of Rockford, and the Unions, of Morrissania, was called at the close of the third inning, on account of a severe rain storm which set in. The score stood 4to 4, with a prospect of the Western boys coming out victorious. The wife of Senator Wilson died at Natick, Mass., on the 28th. The soldiers’ monument in Woonsocket, R. 1., was dedicated by a military and civic processionandexercisea in Harris Hall, on the 28th. The oration was delivered by Senator Thayer, of Nebraska. The President has nominated Drake DeKay, ot New Jersey, Consul at Magdalen, Mexico. The model of the equestrian statue of Gen. Lyon by James William McDonald, of New York, has been placed on exhibition at St. Louis. Red Cloud and party arrived at Omaha on the 28th, en route for Washington. In 'the United States Circuit Court at St. Louis, on the 28th ult, the case of J. F. Hollis against Lieut Sheridan and Maj. G. A Page, for false imprisonment and illegal conversion of property, was decided in fevor of the defendants. The case will be carried to ths Supreme Court of the United States. The Boston excursionists arrive** San Francisco on the 31st ult, Geo. the prize fighter, was sentenced, at Boston, on the 31st ult, to six months’ imprisonment in the House of Correction.

On the 31st ult. thirty thousand children celebrated the forty-first anniversary of the Brooklyn Sunday School Union. General Donnelly was removed from Franklin to St Albans, Vt, on the afternoon oi the 81st ult., and was still under arrest An Albany, N. Y., dispatch of the 81st states that ** Colonel J. B. Loverich is authorized by Governor Hoffman to proceed to Malone immediately and furnish transportation home to all strangers in and about that place. Hon, Wm. M. Tweed advances the money, and authorizes Colonel Loverich to send home at his expense all belonging in the city ■ of Hew York.” The Haymakers, of Troy, N. Y., beat the Unions, of Morrisania, at base-ball on the 80th ult, by a score of 27 to 18. On the 31st the Forest Citys, of Rockford, defeated the Atlantics, of Brooklyn, N. Y., —l7 to 16. The Cincinnati Red Stockings played the Cleveland Forest Citys, at Cleveland on the 31st, and scored 27 to their opponents 13. Decoration day, 30th ult, was appropriately observed throughout the Union.

The corner-stone of a monument to Baron Steuben, over his grave in the town of Steuben, N, Y., was laid on the Ist, by Horatio Seymour, in presence of 5,000 people. Hon. John Cramer, of Waterford, N. Y., the only surviving member of the Jefferson electorial ticket, died on the evening of the Ist, in his ninety-seventh year. General Donnnelly was brought before United States Commissioner Smalley, of Burlington, Vt, on the Ist, and waived an examination, and in default of bail was ordered committed. Owing to his wounds it was not deemed prudent to put him in jail, and he was at the Weldon House in charge of a Deputy Marshal. < The President has nominated E. P. Smith, of New York, Examiner of Claims in the State Department An excursion party of two hundred and eighty-five lady school teachers from California passed through Chicago on the 2d, en route for the East. .. . Spotted Tail and party had a talk with the President Secretary Belknap, and Commissioners Parker, on the 2d, in Which a desire for peace was expressed on both sides. Shotted Tail and Red Cloud had a friendly interview.

POLITICAL. A Richmond, Va., dispatch of the 27th states that the Republicans had elected George Chahoon, Mayor, and their city ticket. The Council was in doubt In Petersburg the Republicans elected their Mayor, but the Conservatives have a large majority in the Council. The Republicans carry Farmville, and the Conservatives Charlottesville and Stanton. In Alexandria, the Conservative ticket is elected by about 150 majority. The Republicans carry one ward. A Memphis, dUpatdi Pl Ml®

says the entire Democratic judicial ticket was elected on the 26th, by majorities ranging from 200 to 400. Official returns of the municipal election at Norfolk, Va., give John B. Whitehead, Conservative candidate for Mayor, 38 majority. The Conservatives elected 28 out of the 87 Councilmen. The General Assembly of Rhode Island met at Newport on the 30th ult., and organized by the choice of Republican officers. The President has signed the bill to enforce the rights of citizens of the United States to vote in the several States, and for other purposes.

A Richmond, Va., dispatch of the 81st ult. says: “The Commissioners of Election, this afternoon, gave certificates of election to H. H. Ellyson as Mayor, and to the rest of those elected on the Conservative ticket The Republicans will contest the election before the courts, The Conservative candidates held a meeting, and declined to accept the offices for which they had received certificates, if it shall appear on legal investigation that their election depends on the throwing out of the vote of the precinct from which the ballot-box was stolen.” The Ohio Democratic State Convention, at Columbus, on the Ist, nominated the following ticket: For Secretary of State, William Heisley, of Cleveland; Supreme Judge, R. A. Harrison, of London; Comptroller of the Treasury, John H. Heaton, of Belmont; Member the Board of Public Works, Wm. Spencer, of Licking. The Ohio State Temperance Convention, on the Ist, nominated: For Secretary of State, Jay Odell, of Cleveland; Supreme Judge, Gideon E. Stewart, of Huron County; Comptroller of the Treasury, Thomas Edmonson, of Clark County; Member of the Board of Public Works, Enoch G. Collins, of Hocking County. B. F. Whittemore was re-elected to Congress from the First South Carolina District, on the Ist, over T. C. Dunn, both candidates claiming to be Republicans. The New Hampshire Legislature Organized on the Ist, electing Samuel Wheeler Speaker of the House, and Nathaniel Gordon, President of the Senate. In his message of the 2d Governor Stearns reports the finances of the State in a sound and prosperous condition. Of the State debt, nearly $358,000 had been wj' leaving the balance a $2,800,000. A forth*-* of tionisreco Tiaende(L S. 0., dispatch of the 2d states that, though the vote was light, Whittemore’s majority was overwhelming.