Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1870 — Weekly News Summary. [ARTICLE]

Weekly News Summary.

CONGRESSIONAL. In the Senate, on the 17th, bills were reported—without amendment, the House bill to amend the Homestead act, extending it to soldiers; with amendments, the hill continuing the »t. Paul A Sioux City Railroad across the Territory of Dakota to Yankton, and for aland grant tn aid of it,; . .The House Joint resolution amendatory of the joint resolution for the relief ot certain officer* of the army, passed in July, 1863, was amended so as to provide for compensation from date of commission to officers who were commissioned while in Confederate prisons, the present law dating the pay from the date of muster in, and passed.... The House hill M> construe certain acts therein recited relative to pensions, wa* passed.... The bill to prohibit contracts for servile labor was taken np, and several amendments were suggested.... The bi II for a pension to Mrs. Lincoln was taken up and debated.... The Franking bill came up. but was passed over for ooosideratlon of the calendar, and a number of bills were read.... The Post-office Appropriation bill was taken np in Committee oftpowhole, and amendments were agreed to—restricting free letter delivery to cities of over 40,000 inhabitants; continuing the present provisions of the JMr-.for the free transmission of newspaper*. |io provide for a two-cent letter-postage. Other amendments were offered and rejected.... AdJourndd. ‘ if. In tSe House, on the 17th, a report was made from the Election Committee afid agreed to, that Whittlesey is not entitled to the seat, and that McKenzie, the Bitting member, is....’A bill was reported and parsed, to equalise the bounties of soldiers, allowing 18.35 to non-commissioned; officers, soldiers, and musicians for each month s service between April 18,1861, and May .9,1866, deducting United States bounties already paid... - A joint resolution was passed to transfer tt> the Lincoln Monument Association at SpringfleldAJOl., the stone presented by the patriots of Horn*' to the late President Lincoln., and now. to the crypt of the Capitol.,,*.'A bill waa, Introduced and referred, to provide a bounty for the drat volunteers In the late war.. ..Messrs. Benjamin, Benton and Bird were announced as a Conference Committee on the bill defining the duties of pension agents... .The bill granting the Yerba Bnena Island to the Western Pacific Railroad Company for a terminus was rejected—Bo to 83— and a motion to reconsider was entered... .Several bills granting pensions were reported from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and passed.... Beveral hills relating to the District of Columbia were passed.,.rAdjourned. In the BejpaJe, on the 18th, a pubstitute was reported from the JAdiclary Committee lor the House bill in reference to the naturalization laws, being the Senate bill previously reported, •with an additional section’- authorizing United States Marshals In cities having over 80,000 Inhabitants, to appoint as many special deputies as necessary to preserve order at any election at which members of Congress are to be chosen.^.The Honse bill fixing the compensation of grand and petit jurors tn the Circuit and District Courts of the United States atr f 8 per day was reported as amended, and passed....A bill was reported for the relief of purchasers of-lands sold for direct taxes in the insurrectionary "States.... A land grant bill in aid or the St James & Little Rock Railroad was introduced.... The land erant bill in aid of the Atchison, Topeka * Santa Fe Railroad was passed... The Post Office Appropriation bill was taken np in Committee of the Whole, and an amendment was adopted that the abolition of the franking privilege shall not take effect until August 1, after which an amendment abolishing the franking privilege, providing for one cent postage, etc., was rejected—l 6 to 80-and the bill wasveported to the Senate, when the amendments abolishing the franking privilege, providing for one cent postage, etc., were renewed... .Adjourned. In the House, on the 18th, the Senate joint resolution for the appointment of a Naval Board to examine cases of officers who deem themselves unjustly passed over by promotions tmde in conformity with the act of Congress of July 25, 1866, was passed.. ..Bills were reported and passed—amending the act in relation to the sale of the St. Louis Arsenal grounds; to amend the act or 18lh Jane, 1864, changing and defining the boundaries of the eastern and western districts of Virginia; the Sonate bill to authorize the settlement of the accounts of officers of the armv and navy, lit cases where the voucheris lost, snd for other payments, Ac., with an amendment Itmtttng the settlements to sums under 85,060, and to officers in whose acconnts there is no apparent fraud.. .The credentials of B. F. Whlttemore, from the First Congressional District of South Carolina, were submitted and read, and objection was made to his being sworn in, and. after considerable discussion, ihe question was postponed to the 21st ... A large number of private claims were deposed 0f... .Adjourned. In the Senate, on the 20th, a joint resolution was passed, granting condemned cannonfor a monument to Genera] Lyon, in Greene county, M0....A petition was presented and referred, from the Kentucky Congressional Delegation, for the removal of the polltioal disabilities of a large number of Kentuckians .. Joint resolutions were introduced—forbidding applications for alterations of railroad charters on the part of companies who have received a land grant, nnless the reasons are set forth rpeciaily ; bringing all foreign (olograph companies, having offices In tho United Btates, un,der the provlsionsof the Into real Revenue laws.... •A resolution was adopted, calling upon the Fretldent for information as to moneys paid into tb* United States Treasury on account of property seized, condemned, and confiscated in Virginia by virtue of an act of Congress... The House amendments to the bill to authorize the settlement of the acconnts of officers of the army and navy were concurred 1n.... The Post-Office Appropriation bill was taken np, and amendments were re-jected-providing for one cent postage —19 to 29; ror two cent postsge—23 to 88; allowing SSOO per year for each member of the Senate and Honse for postage; to allow all newspapers to be sent free to bona Me subscribers within the limits of the United States—B3 to 8S; and an amendment was agreed to—36 to 23—that the ablution of the franking privilege do not take effect until October 1.... A copy of correspondence from the State Department, setting forth thatjthe French Cable Company have renounced the exclnSive privilege conferred upon them to land cables on the coast of France, was submitted and ordered printed... .The Texas Pacific Railroad bill was taken np. and an amendment, providing for the consolidation of the Alabama A Chattanooga. Vicksburg A Meriden, and North Lonislann A Texas Railroads, and their junction with the Texas Pacific Road at Marshall, was adopted, with a proviso continuing tbe existing grants.... Adjourned.

In the House, on the 20th, bills were introduced and referred—authorizing the President to open negotiations with the North American Provinces for admission as States of the Union; to annex Dominica; supplementary to the act for the relief of widows and orphans of the officers, seamen and marines of the Oneida: to promote the cultivation of public lands, offering annual premiums for the best homesteads, &c.; to rcpWfl all laws and resolutions as to spirit meters: malttag a grant of lauda to tho Proston. Saltan & Denver Railroad Company...'.Resolutions were offered and referred—Tor the paymont to the members from Vlrfcltfla of the same amount of compensation paid other members of the Forty-first Congress; Instructing the Committee on Ways and Means to -report a bill reducing the duties on potatoes and all kinds of fish SO per cent.... The Fortification Appropriation bill, appropriating SI,BG-1.750 < was paused’l% Committee of tho Wh01e.... The Senate amendments to the Indian Appropriation bill were reported backfrata the Committee on Appropriations... Tho Army AppropriationblM, appropriating $29,077,397, was taken up in Committee of the Whole, and, on motion, appropriations were made—fßO.POO tor making ineteorolo|icnl observations, and giving notice to the northern lakes and **a-ports of tho approach and force of storms; $20,0C0 for ornamental trees and shrubs In Northom cemeteries A bill was reported and recommitted, to authorlzo tho people of New Mexico to -form a Constitution and State Government, and for the admission of snch State Into tbe Union as the State of Lincoln.... A bill was reportod and passed, to require National Banks going Into liquidation to retire their circulating notea....A bill was reported, extending the provisions of the act in relation to furnishing artificial limbs to ofltccre and men of the navy.... Adjourned.

In the Senate, cn tie 21st, a report was made from the Finance Committee that tbe committee unanimously recommend concurrence with the amendments of the House to the Senate Currency hill and the appointment of a Committee of Conference....A Joint resolution was adopted to determine the construction of the Internal Revenne act so as to exempt Indlstribntable snms added to contingent tends of Insurance companies ....The Post-office Appropriation hill was taken up, and the amendment to repeal tbe Iranklng privilege was rejected— *0 to fit--and the bill was paa*od....Tho Consular and Diplomatic bill was considered and amonded In Committee of the Whole, and reported to the Senate... .The Naval Appropriation bill was taken up In Committee of the Whole and several amendments were agreed to ....Adjourned. , In House, on the 21st, & bill was reported from .the Reconstruction Committee,

ordered pMnted Slid Mcwnmitted,.for a full snd F«neral grace, amnesty and oblivion of wrongful acta, doings and omissions of *ll. parson* who engaged In the war of the late.rebellion.... A Joint resolution w»snamed, donating fonr condemned cannon to the Willoughby ("Ohio) Soldiers’ Monument. Association... .Bills were reported—authorizing the construction of a brldve across the Missouri river at. or near Connell Bluffs I by tba Nebraska A Missouri River Railroad; to incorporate the Society eff the Army of the Cumberland.... A bill was passed. to pay loyal .cUlrena in State* lately tn rebellion for their service* in .taking the eighth census....Mr, Whlttemore’* case waa taken np and a resolution was adopted - 181 to «- rrWttt* tie action of the Committee on Military Affairs, and the Honse, in reporting a resolution declaring Mr. Whlttemoie, by the gelling of gillltary and naval cadetships, unworthy of a seat In the Honse. reciting his election and the presentation of his credentials, and resolving that the House decline to allow said Whlttemore to"be sworn in as a Representative in the Ferty-fl'st Congress, and direct hia credentials to be returned to him ....The Sundry Civil Rxpenaae hill, appropriating fit ,778,180. was taken np and considered in Committee of the Wh01e.... Adjourned. In the Senate, on the 22d, bills were reported—to facilitate talegrapblocommnnlcaliqn bajween the United States and tbe Bermuda Islands; to authorize a direct submarine cable from tba United Btates to Belgium; with an amendment, relative to tbe unlawful certification of checks bv officers of National Banks .. .The bill amending the act granting lands In aid of the construction of a'railroad telegraph llna from the States of Missqnrl and Arkansas, to (he Pacific coast by the southern route, was called- UP and debated.... The bill to reduce internal taxes, etas, was called up, and several amendments were agreed t0....A resolution wa*adopted,requesting the President to transmit any communication and proposals be had received for constructing Iron stesmshlns for the trans-Atlantic mail service, etc. ~. .The Texas Pacific Railroad bill was taken np, and an amendment for a land grant to the Decatur, Aberdeen' A Vicksburg Railroad was rejected—--20 to 25... .Adjourned. In the House, on the 22d, bills were passed—authorizing the constructionAf a bridge across the Missouri at Omaba and Council Bluffs, requiring the construction of spans 300 feet in width; authorizing a claim’ by she State of Minnesota for lands for tbe support of tbe State University: to pay the European and North American Railroad Co. 6678,363 and Interest dne the States of Massachusetts and Maine on money expended in the war of 181*.... A bill was reported and made the special order for the 29th, to organize a Department of Internal Revenue, and to regulate the collection of taxes....A bill was introduced and referred, to aid the construction of a narrow gauge mountain line of railroad from a point on the Union Pacific Railroad, near Ecbo CBty, to tho month - of Cottonwood Canon, Utah The Senate amendment to the Honse bill', to amend the act Incorporating tbe National Junction Railway Company, and the Sonate amendments to the House joint resolution in regard to the suspension of the sale of certain lands in California. were concnrred in.. ..The Senate amendment to the Honse bill to provide for the apportionment of Representatives to Congress from the several States, came np, and a motion to lay on the table wa* .rejected... ..The veto by the President of a hill for the renewal of the patent of Rollin White for Improvement in pistols, was taken np, and a lengthy personal debate ensued, when the vote on the passage of the bill over the President’s veto resulted, ayes, 17; noes, 168.... Adjourned. In the Senate, on the 23d, resolutions were reported from the Committee on Foreign Relations, laid over and ordered printed, as a substitute for the Honse resolution in relation to the contest between the Cuban ins argents and the Government of Spain, protesting against tbe barbarities practiced by both parties in the Cuban war, demanding tbe abolition of slavery ip all the Spanish dominions on this continent, declaring that the people of tbe United States sympathize with the people of Cnha in their efforts to secure independence, and at the same time sympathize with the liberal party in Spain who are endeavoring to Becnr* free government for that country, and directing tho President to cnmamnicata these resolutions to the Government of Spain and people of Cnha... .The consideration of the Tax hill was resumed, and discussion ensued on the income tsx. ...The Texa« Pacific Rrilroad bill was taken np, and an amendment was adopted providing for a new set cf corporators, headed by General Fremont, making the total number, with those already in the hill, 116... .Adjourned. In the Honse, on the 23d, a bill was reported to pay pensioners whose pensions were withheld from them betwoen the 80th of March, 1865, and 6th of Jane, 1866, by reason of their being in the civil service of the Government, the amount of pensions so withheld... .The Senate amendment to the bill to provide for the apportionment of representatives to Congress among the several states, was taken np. and an amendment was offered, providing that in an election by general ticket of two or more members tn one State, each qualified voter may cast as many votes for one candidate as there are representatives to be thus elected, or may distribute the same among the candidates os he sees fit, and that candidates having the highest number of votes shall be declared duly elected, and the bill and amendments were referred to the Judiciary Committee—9B to 95.. ..The Senate amendment to the Georgia bill waa reported from the Reconstruction Committee, with a substitute similar to tbe bills for tbe admission of Virginia, Mississippi and Texas, with the single addition of giving those fonr States the right to organize militia, and various amendments were offered by unanimous consent, which, with the bill and substitute, were 'ordered printed.... Adiourned.

FGKEIGH. , Herr Hubner, sent by the Prussian Government to inspect tho gold mines in the southern part of Africa, reports that thoy are worthless. Late correspondence from Havana leaves scarcely a doubt of the failure of the Upton expedition to Cuba. A number of men and about two thousand stands of arms were landed, and almost immediately afterward captured. The steamer, escaping the Spanish gunboats, then sailed for Aspinwall. Bad management was plainly the cause of the disaster. A terrible conflagration occurred at Panama on the sth. The Aspinwall Hotel, several stores, dwellings, eta, were destroyed, and many lives were lost. An explosion occurred in one of the government powder igills at Waltham Abbey, near London, dn the 19th, and several persons were killed. Dean Stanley delivered a sermon in Westminster Abbey on the 19th, on the late Charles Dickens. A part of the last will of Dickens was read, in which he declines a monument, but rests his fame upon his published works. He also urges his children to practice Christianity in a broad spirit, not accepting the narrow construction of any man or sect. The Dean closed with a glowing tribute to the illustrious dead. A terrible disaster occurred on the Great Northern Railroad, in England, on tho 21st. A large excursion train was run into by a freight train, several cars thrown from the track, and three of them demolished. Thirteen persons were killed and thirty to forty Injured, some fatally. A Paris dispatch of the 22d says that new evidence of a conspiracy against the State add Emperor was coming to light, And several additional arrests had been made. In tho Spanish Cortez, on tho 22d, the bill for the gradual extinction of slavery in all the Spanish possessions was adopted. Chapman, the publisher of Dickens’ works, publishes a statement in London | on the 23d that one-half of Dickens’ 1 story, “Tho Mystery of Edwin Drood,!’ 1 has been written. The story will be pub*

liahed aa far as written, and no one will be permitted to finish it 1 *’ DOMESTIC. Gold closed In New York on the 23d at 111%. TBhe Supreme. Court of Indiana has decided that the keeping of billiard tables comes within the meaning of the statute against gambling. v A passenger train on the Union Pacific Railroad, coming east on the night OT live l4th, ran into a squad Of mounted Indians coming round the curve three miles east ofOgalalla station. Several shots were fired by the Indians, none taking effect. Several horses were killed by the engine. No one hurt on the train, nor. was the train damaged. Governor Walker,of Virginia, has signed the bill incorporating the Atlantic, Mississippi & Ohio Railroad. Internal Revenue receipts for week ending June 18,1787,357; fiscal year, to Mine date, $175,653,888. Cold in «&e‘T»easurfc $109,767,595; coin certificates, $34,094,-, 000; currency balance, $21,556,988. Dispatches received at St. Louis on the 18th, from Port Hays, Kan., and other points, report the Indians very numerous between Camp Bupply and Bear Creek, all on the war-path. Several Government and other trains, and herds had been attacked, but so far the Indians had been driven off One train was corraled two days at Gypsum creek, fighting the Indian*. 4- train at eamp Supply was attacked four times. It waa no longer safe for trains or herds to travel without a strong escort. The Indians attacked a train of several wagons and twenty men, near Camp Grant, Arizona, May 27, captured and burned, wagons, killed 16, Wounded several of the remainder, and fled to the mountains, A repoTt comes from Salt Lake that, on the 15th, as a train approached the Platte river, the engineer discovered a band of Indians, about three hundred, mounted, crossing the track. As the train neared the Indians they began to yell. The engineer, supposing they were about to attack the train, put on steam and dashed through 'the crowd, killing-thirteen Indians and as many ponies. \ Eight thousand four hundred and sixty--six immigrants arrived at New York during the week ending June 18. A number of Chinamen arrived in !«w York city from Boston on the 20th, having failed to get employment in the latter city. It was understood they, would go to Ban Francisco. Col. Morrow, of the Thirteenth infantry, reached Sioux City on the 20th, and reports an attack by five hundred Indians upon Port Buford wood-choppers, on the 14th, and that moat of the latter were killed. Col. Morrow pronounces this the opening of theloDg-meditated war. _ The St. Paul Preu of the 21st has a letfrom Pe mbir a which says that, in case the Canadian River expedition continued to move westward, Riel’s Provisional Government would send an armed force to meet It. In this contingency independence of Canada would probably be declared. The General Freight Agents of the New York Central and Hudson River, Pennsylvania Central and Erie companies, on the 18th, resolved to restore the old high tariff for freight and cattle on the-Ist of July. On the 20th, near Boyerstown, Berks county, Pa., a child of William Tudy, about a year old, had its throat cut from ear to car, with a butcher’s knife, by a girl named Catherine Hummel, aged about thirteen, employed in Tudy’s family as nurse. After the murder she fled to the woods, and was not apprehended till the following morning. An Augusta, Ga., dispatch, of the 22d states that acconnts from the cotton crops were unfavorable. There was too much rain, and the weather was unsettled. The last rail on the Denver Pacific Railroad was laid on the 22d. * Letters from the Plains, received in St. Louis, on the 22d, report that nearly all the young Indians belonging to the Arapahoe and Cheyenne tribes below the Arkansas river were on the war-path. Several trains had been captured and a number of white men killed. It was very dangerous Tor trains, mail parties or anybody else to travel below Fort Dodge.

The recent monthly report of the Commissioner of Agriculture shpws an acreage of winter wheat nearly five per cent, behind last year, while the quality of the grain is superior. barley about as last year, and tho spring sowing ha 9 been increased. The acreage of oats has been increased. Grasses are generally flourishing. Fruits promise an abundance. The cotton acreage is materially increased in every State, and the crop generally growing well. The following notice nas been sent to all bankers and brokers on this continent; United StatssNotxb, Blank or 1809.—'Two thounand ootce, of ten dollar* each, from No. 113,530,001*. to No. H3,532,000* , * both inelusive, wore stolen from tho Treasury. No $lO notes, of a number higher than 113.230,010* have been lsiued. A liberal reward will be paid to any person through whoee Instrumentality tbe tblef may be detected. Hold parties presenting tbe stolen note*<lf suspicions attach to them), and In any case of presentation notify F. E. Spin neb, Tieasnrer U. 8. Washington, June 11, 1870. Several cases of hydrophobia were reported in New York and Brooklyn oh tho 23 d. Three men had been bitten by mad dogs. Tho competition for passenger traf&c between the New York Central and Hudson River, arid Erie and Pennsylvania Central Railroad Companies continued active on the 23d, with some further reductions to important points in the South and Southwest. Customs receipts (or week ending June 18, f3.2G7.343. Southern Arizona advices of June 10 give particulars of the murder of Ken.

nedy and Israel, and tbe dispersion of their party. Kennedy-lived to, reach Tucson, Israel was scalped 1 , his Tegs bunted off, heart cut out, and a coal of fire placed in It. The remainder of the party reached Camp Grant The mules were cSpttired and Wagons and merchandise destroyed v General Cogswell ordered lieutenant Cushing, of the Third Cavalry, to pursue the savages. Their camp wafi discovered and surprised, and thirty-five Indians killed and two captured. The viltyge property was destroyed. PERSONAL. Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte died at Baltimore, on the morning of the 17th, aged 65 years. His mother-in-law, Mrs. Williams, also died the same morning. The Red Stockings defeated the Eckfords, in New York on the 17 th—24 to 7. The President on the 18lh nominated Roger 8. Green Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Washington Territory, Colotael C. C. Crow,of Alabama, recently confirmed by the Senate as Secretary of Utah, died on the 18th, of consumption. At Ntew York city on the 18th the Red Stockings beat the Stars—l 6 to 11. Rev. B. B. Nadel, ‘President of the Drew Theological Seminary, N. J., died suddfenly on the morning of the 30th. - Tn a five-innings game of base-ball played at Cleveland on the 20th, the White Stockingß, of Chicago, defeated the Forest Oityg, of Cleveland-24 to 8. ' The White Stockings, of Chicago, defeated the Niagaras, of Buffalo, on thc 21at —64 to'l4r The Red Stockings defeated the Intreplds, of Philadelphia—s 2to 19. . Red Cftoud and party reached Omaha on the 2ist, en route for their home. The New York State Sunday School Convention began its fifteenth annual session in New York city on the 21st. Resolutions were adopted against sectarian appropriations of public funds and the exclusion of the Bible from the public schools. About. 150 Chinese passed St. Louis on the 22d ,en route to New Orleans. Nearly one thousand delegates to the fifteenth annual session of the International Convention of the Young Men’s Christian Association assembled at Indianapolis, Ind., on the 22d. At Rochester, N. Y., on the 22d, the White Stockings defeated the Flour Citys, of Rochester-46 to 20. At Philadelphia, Ihe Red Stockings beat the Athletics —27 to 25. The grand jury at Canandaigua, N.. Y., on the 21st, Mdicted General Starr for violation of the neutrality laws. The case was set for the 27th. James Boyd, a heavy gold operator in New York, sassed on the 23d; estimated liabilities, $900,000. The Red Stockings defeated the Keystone Club, of Philadelphia, on the 23d—--87 to 26. Horace Greeley was better on the 23d, though still quite ill. Tho nomination of Colonel Ackerman to be Attorney General was confirmed by the Senate on the 23d. Mr. Ackerman raached Washington .on the 23d, and had aa interview with the President. The President has nominated Jared Benson Collector of Internal Revenue in the Second District of Minnesota; Byron G. Daniels Assessor for New Mexico. Postmasters—P. L. Earnest, Ottawa, Kan.; H. S. Towne, Ripon, Wis.; H. D. O’Brien, St. Anthony Falls, Minn.

POLITICAL. Gov. Hoffman, of New York, has vetoed the bill discriminating against foreign companies in the matter of taxation. The Democrats of Vermont, in convention at Montpelier, on the 17th, nominated John L. Edwards for Governor, and the other candidates of last year. The Maine Republican State Convention on the 16th nominated Hon. Sidney Perham for Governor. The State Temperance Convention, held at Auburn on the 17tb, also nominated Mr. Perham. The Republican State Convention of lowa is called to meet at Des Moines on. the 17th of August. The Republican State Convention of West Virginia met at Parkersburg on the 22d, and the whole State ticket was renominated The Congressional Conventions for the First and Second Districts were also held, and General Goff was nominated from the First, and Mr. McGrew from the Second. In the Connecticut Legislature, on the 22d, the proposed amendment to the State Constitution striking out the word “White,” was rejected—yeas, 118; nays, 89—two thirds not voting in the affirmative. The Massachusetts Legislature, on the 23d, closed a session of 170 days. The Hartford and Erie State Aid bill and the Eight-Hour law were both killed. The Vermont Republican State Convention on the 23d nominated John W. Stewart, of Middlebury, for Governor; Gdorge N. Dole, of Island Pond, for Lieutenant Governor, and John B, Page, ol Montpelier, for Treasurer. At the Republican Congressional Convention in Indianapolis on the 23d, General Coburn was nominated by acclamation. The recent Democratic Convention for the Fourth Congressional District of Ohio nominated Hon. J. F. McKinney, of Piqua. At the Democratic Congressional Convention held in New Albany, Ind., on the 23d, Hon. M. C. Kerr was nominated for Congress. f ( London pickpockets have a habit of engaging jugglers, and pre-eaters to begin their performances in crowded thoroughfares, and thus attract crowds on whom the light-fingered gentry can operate. Each convict In Nevada costa the StatQ <2,254 per spnum.