Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1870 — Weekly News Summary. [ARTICLE]

Weekly News Summary.

CONGRESSIONAL. In tho Senate, on the 15th, the third and last conference report on tho Indian Approppa tton bill waa concurred In, adopting the Sofidtwfor 1 the Honae bill, making tho appropriation fixed by tho Be me,-with a proviso that nothing contained In the bill be construed elthnr to affirm or deny the validity of treatlea made by the Indian Poaco Com ml M 0n.... A mearagt waa received from the President, calling attention to tbe breaking ont of a war in Europe, and tho necessity of some action on the part of Congreea relative to the shipping interests, which waa road, and tbo bill to enennraga the building- of fhlpa for the foreign trade and for other purposes was taken up, and amendment* were offered, when the bill wns laid aside informally.... Tho credentials ol Richard H. WhPely and Henry C. Farrow, Senators elect from Georgia, were proa anted and laid on the table... .The committee to inform the President that nonerees waa ready to adjonrn reported that the President had no further communication to make... .Bills were nasaed —donating the Cbattahoocboe Arsenal to Florida for edncatlonal purpose*: to enlarge tbe Jurisdiction ortho Probate Court of Idaho Territory.... Adjoprned tine die. In the House, on the 15th, the majority and minority reports on the Missouri contested election case of Shields against Van Horn were made, and postponed till next aeaelon....ln the ladiana election case, tho majority resolution, being that Julian, the sitting member, is entitled to the seat, and that Rcld bo paid S4,AGO for bia expen»es, was adopted, with amendment* allowing 1 2.000 to Joseph Segar, of Virginia, and $1,600 to Grafton, of Texas, for prosecuting their roep-ctive claims to seats.... The Speaker presented the resignation of Mr. Davis, of New York, aa a member of the Judiciary Committee, and appointed Mr. Hochklea....A report waa made and agreed to from the Committee of Conference on the Indian Appropriation bill, recommending concurrence in the Senate amendment, with a condition thAt it ho not construed Into an affirmance or disaffirmance of any powere of the Senate over the subject... A message was received from the President, urging the necessity of passing the Indian Aptopriatlon bill and referring to the prospects of a European war, and the necessity of increasing the American commercial marine by the purchase of shiDa abroad, etc., which message was referred-to the Committee on Ways and Means, who reported a resolution that “ in the opinion of the House it is not expedient to further extend the present seeslon of Congress to take further action at. this time on the President’s message,” and a motion to lay the whole subject on the table was rejected—73 to9s....Thecommittee appointed to wait on ihe Pres dent reported that he had no further communication to make, and the Speaker declared tho session adjourned tine die. Foßil€W« - The French Corps Legislatif, on the afternoon of the 15th, declared war against Prussia. There was great excitement in Paris, and no opposition to the war was manifested by any class. The declaration of war is based on the following causes: First, the insult offered at Etns to Count Benedetti, and its approval by the Prussian Government. Second, tho refusal cf the King of Prussia to compel the withdrawal of Prince Leopold’s name as candidate to tbe Spanish throne. Third, the fact that the King persisted in giving the Prince tho liberty to accept the crown. The declaration continues: “ The extraconstitutional changes in Prussia awaken the slumbering recollections of 1814. Let ijs cross the Rhine and avenge the insults of Prussia.”

Tho Bundesrath of the North-Germaa Confederation met at Berlin on the 15th. The. Prussian Diet was already in session. The chiefs of all parties assured the King of their approval of his dignified and energetic attitude. A resolution was adopted according unlimited credit for the national defence. A Berlin dispatch of the 15th says there was a strong feeling at St. Petersburg on the part of the Russian Government against France. It was believed that the Emperor Napoleon was bent on an aggressive war to destroy the balance of power in Europe, seize an overmastering position, and forte the restoration of the Bourbon on Spain by arms. Recent private advices from China say the imperial government had prohibited female emigration to California, and would establish a Chinese Consulate, in San Francisco. A Toronto dispatch of the 15th says great satisfaction is expressed in Canada with regard to the result of Fenian trials at Canandaigua, N. Y. The Russian Minister at Washington on tho 15th received a cable dispatch from Berlin announcing the daparture of the French fleet to blockade Prussian ports. In the French Corps Legislatif on the 15th, M. Thiers, in a long speech, pronounced against the declaration of war by the government, and thought that France had received satisfaction from Prussia, and war should not be made on her for a mere formality. The vote against him and his views was more than two to one.

A dispatch from Berlin on tho 10th says the South German States were responding to Prussia’s notice of the declaration of war. They wero enthusiastic in support of Fatherland The King of Prussia arrived at Berlin on the night of the 16th, from Ema. His Journey had been a complete ovation, and he found at Berlin an escort of fklly 100,000 people waiting his arrival. The government was in hourly rcoeipt of dispatches from all parts of Germany offering men, money, arms,. horses, &c., In support of the national cause.

Cable dispatches of the 18th say Switzerland will maintain an armed neutrality, and that the neutrality of Sweden had just becii officially announced, the government having previously communicated with France. The report of an engagement between the French and Prussian forces was not confirmed. Tho feeling in England against France waa universal and intense. There wore exciting rumors in London that Russia had joined Prussia as an ally. The London Morning Post of the 18th has a double-leaded article containing the following: “Any violation of Belgian territory ends England’s neutrality." Later ana authentic advices from Teint■in, received at St. Petersburg on the 17th, confirm previous reports of the massacre of foreigners in China. The outrages wero committed on the 10th of June. The natives set fire to and destroyed the French establishments, but left those of the Germans untouched. The representatives of foreign powers at Pekin had addressed a joint note to thd Chinese Government, demanding the punishment of

the'rifoertl indemnity for the losses sustained. According to cable dispatches of the lfflh, offldal notice of the declaration of war by France against Prussia had been sent to the European power*. French journals had received orders to publish no-information Concerning military movements. Tho Catholics of the Sonth German States are Reported as opposed to Prussia. .Noteven'a skirmish had yet occurred between tbe hostile forces. Prince Napoleon Jbad arrived in Paris and had a long interview with the Emperor. Russia so far had shown no signs of swerving from her neutrality. The London Times had abandoned all hopes of mediation. It was reported in London that Earl Granville had remonstrated with Prussia. The London Post .was skeptical' touching news received from France and Prussia. It ascribed the bulk of dispatches to speculator* At Madrid, Spain, on the 18th, the workingmen made a demonstration. They marched through the streets bearing banners on which was written, “ The People are Dying of Hunger.** In front of the Ministry of the Interior, and other public departments, they halted and demanded employment. Their conduct was orderly, and.the manifestation ended without disturbance. On the evening of the 18th King. William made a speech to a great crowd of the people of Berlin who came to congratulate him. He said he was not responsible for the war which had jnst broken out: He might personally be passive under outrage, but Germany, even from beyond the seas, had spoken. Sacrifices were sure. Prussia had been spoiled by her rapid victories in two wars, and perhaps a worse fate awaited her now. He, however, knew what to hope from God, the army and the people. France has communicated to the powers a notification that she has entered into reciprocal engagements with Belgium and Holland, ensuring their neutrality. The warlike enthusiasm in France was reported unabated on the 30th. The French passed the frontier near Saarbruck, on the evening of the 17th, and seized a Custom House. Telegraphic communication between France and Germany had been destroyed by the authorities. It was understood that all French Consuls in the German Confederation had received their passport* A Vienna dispatch of the 20th states that Turkey had called ont her reserves, and stopped telegrams in ail directions. An American resident in Paris, Dr. Evans, has given 10,000 francs to the Society to aid the wounded soldiers of France. A London dispatch of the 20th says Admiral Milman has been recalled from the Mediterranean, in order to command the Channel squadron. Germany makes the dethronement of the Bonapartes its ultimatum. It is reported that the Spanish papers unanimously condemn Napoleon for declaring war. In the North German Parliament, after the King's speech had been delivered, a loan of 120,000,000 thalers was carried unanimously. ~ - • ; > A great popular demonstration in favor of France was made in the city of Dublin, on the night of the 19th. More than one hundred thousand people, with twenty bands of music, were ont-on parade. French and Irish flags were carried entwined. The police charged on the procession and captured these flags, but the mob rallied and retook them. Intense excitement prevailed, y A squad of 200-French soldiers crossed the frontier on the IBth, on reconnoissance. They were made prisoners after a skirmish. None were killed; a few were wounded. * A London. dispatch of the £lst states that the French army was concentrating within the quadrilateral formed by the towns of Nancy, Thionville, Stras bonrg and Maycnce. The French Government had been notified that the Kingdoms of Wurtembnrg and Bavaria would join Prussia. The representatives of foreign powers in London made another united effort on the 30th, to prevent war, but were unsuccessful At the Paris theatres on the night of tho 20th, the singing of the Marseillaise occasioned great enthusiasm. Rumors of Russia’s Intention to join Prussia were gaining credence in Pails on the evening of the 21 st The French fleet had passed through the Sound and entered the Baltic. Turkey had offered F/ance two hundred thousand soldiers for pay. It was believed in London on the 21st that the Phutcians were short of amnnltion, and that the French knew it; hence the great activity of their movements. The dogma of the infallibility of the Pope was proclaimed at Rome oh the 18th. Its promulgation was attended by the most imposing religious ceremonies. A Berlin dispatch of the 21st states that war preparations were actively going on. The entire array had been mobilized, and the artillery was going to the frontier. DoiiisTic. * Gold closed in New York on the 21st at 120Jf. • y A-dispatch states that Red Clond and sixty lodges of Sioux left. Fort Fetterman on the 14th, w itrf the- detettnlhatlon of inducing all the Indiana in the country to make peace. A gang of horse thieves, seventy five in number, disguised and painted as Indians, were recently discovered in, York county, Neb., and ten of the number were captured and three of them hung. An enthusiastic meeting of German cit-

izens was held In Chicago on the 17th, at which resolutions of sympathy and support for Prussia were adopted. Thirty-seven cases of sunstroke—seven fatal—occurred in New York city on the 18th. A letter to the Omaha Herald from South Pass City, July 12, says the Big Horn expedition had not been heard from since they left the Wind River Valley, and were heading to cross Owl Creek Mountains. Much anxiety was felt for their safety. Several cases of sunstroke—five fatal—occurred in Baltimore on the 17th and 18th. The steamboat Right of Way exploded her boiler on the 18lh, near Thibodeaux, Bayou La Fourche, La. She sunk al- . most instantly. Nine persons were killed, and several wounded. ’ Of forty-eight cases of sun-stroke in New York city on the 18th, eighteen were fatal, and there were thirty-three fatal cases reported on the 19th. The Indian Department at Washington is said to be rapidly perfecting arrangements to carry out the provisions of the new Indian Appropriation bill. The work of the Peace Commissioners is to be renewed in earnest, and treaty stipulations fulfilled as nearly as possible. A message was received at Chicago on the 18th, dated at Berlin, from the King of Prussia, in reply to the resolutions of sympathy for Prussia which had been forwarded from Chicago by German citizens. The KiDg says: “ I thank yon, and feel convinced that Germany win answer the hope of Jier countrymen beyond the sea.” Orders were received at the Portsmouth, N. H., navy-yard, on the 20th, to fit the steamers Narragansett and California for sea immediately. Sixty cases of sunstroke were reported in New York city on the 20 th, thirty of them being fatal. A letter from Fort Laramie, of July 6, says Red Cloud states that if his people did not make a treaty of peace he wonld leave them. He will send his son East to be educated. An Albany dispatch of the 22d says the wheat crop of New York State will be one-half more than last year, and of superior quality. Oats will be a larger crop than last year. PERSONAL. At Baltimore, on the 15th, the Chicago White Stockings defeated- the Pastimes—--33 to 18. The White Stockings, of Chicago, beat the Olympics, of Washington, on the 16th, by a score of 27 to 9. Provost Paradol was received on the 16th by President Grant as French Minister. Berthemy, tho retiring Ambassador, presented his letters of recall, and complimentary addrosses were made by Paradol and the President. President Grant has accepted an invitation to visit Providence, R. 1., September 17, at the inauguration of a soldiers’monument. \ At Washington, on tbe 18th, in a game of six innings, the Chicago White Stockings defeated the Nationals—24 to 5. Hon. William Windom has been commissioned United States Senator of Minnesota, vice Norton, deceased. A very large and enthusiastic meeting ol German citizens was held in St. Louis on the 18th, to express sympathy for Prussia in the present contest. At Cincinnati, on the 18th, the Red Stockings defeated the Harvards—2o to 17. Vice-President Colfax reached his home at South Bend, Ind, on the 19th. His family accompanied him Lieutenant General Sheridan left Chicago on the 20th, for Europe, to be a looker-on at the war between France and Prussia, he having obtained leave of absence for that purpose. Addison H. Sanders has been appointed Secretary of Montana, viol Wiley A. Scribner, suspended. M. Paradol, the new French Minister at Washington, committed suicide on the 20th, by shooting himself with a pistol. The eoronere’ jury returned a verdict of death by bis own hand while under mental aberration. Jefferson Davis left Memphis, on tbe 20th, eta the Southern mail route, for Europe, to bring his family home. Lady Franklin asrised at Omaha on tho 20tb, from Alaska. J. Gibbons, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Feniftis, has called a general convention of Feniais* to meet in Cincinnati, August 21, to take advanUge of the European complications in favor of Ireland. President Grant and family left Washington on the 21st for Long Branch. Wm. Sherman, Thomas B. Sherman and Calvin Brown, of California, have been appointed Commissioners of the Southern Pacific Railroad; James B. Hawley, Surveyor of Customs at St Joseph, Mo; Samuel A. Orchard, Surveyor of Customs, Omaha, Neb. Senator Ames and the daughter of Gem Ben. Butler were married at Lowell, Maas, on the evening of the 21st POLITICAL! * Wm. T. Smith, of Mahaska county, is the Democratic candidate for Congress in the Fourth Congressional District of Minnesota. Jerome B. Chaffee baa been nominated by the Colorado Republican Territorial" Convention, as delegate to Congreea. Official retnrns of the recent election in lUtnots show a majority of 97,117 fbr ihe new constitution; the separate-proposi-tions ere all adopted --by * majorities ranging from 29.250 for minority representation, to 123,143 for article relating to warehouses,

In the Georgia House, on the 18th, a communication in writing was read from the Governor, announcing that unofficial information had been received, to the effect that Congress had passed a bill admitting Georgia to representation in Con gross, and that nntil the next meeting of Congress, in December, the State would remain under tho supervision of the military, but that General Terry would allow the Legislature to go on with the enactment of laws. It was the general belief at Atlanta on the 18th that Georgia will have an election this falL The Georgia Democratic State Convention is called for August 17. Jadge Griegen has decided that the violations of the election law in one ward of Richmond, Va., vitiated the late municipal election, and that another election must be held. The Michigan Democratic State Convention is called to meet at Detroit, August 3L At Hartford City, on the 21st, John Colerick was nominated as Democratic candidate for Congress in the Ninth Indiana District The Republican Convention of the Sixth District of lowa nominated Jackson Orr, of Boone county, for member of Congress.