Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1870 — Weekly News Summary. [ARTICLE]

Weekly News Summary.

*<mtfonr. The;cable jjhe $5<J. la to the effect that the- Garde Mobile- of France is called out for active duty. None of the men are allowed substitutes. The Emperor was ill at St Cloud, and he would not, jpfyri the army for some days. A rj[ot, had occurred*pt Cologne in consequence qf tho high price df. provisions. Russia Was rigprtpd In fhvof 'of supporting ‘ttiA'ft'enCh Government South Germany would abandon Prussia and join France aft the first opportunity. Spain was firm, for neutrality. The North German Lloyds had announced a suspension of the steamer service to America. Austria was not-arming. '•* In the massacre of foreigner at Pekin, neither age nor sex was spared, and some persons were burned to death in the buildings destroyed. - A' proclamation announcing the strict neutrality of Italy was issued at .Florence, on the 23d. Demonstrations were made in Milan and Genoa in favor of Prussia. Dispatches from St Petersburg declared that Russia wbfild l maintain her neutrals ty. R was .believed at Vienna that the neutrality of Russia and Austria had been agreed upon. The neutrality of Spain was certain. ThePtuislans bad been repulsed at garden. A Pnmsian fort* crossed the- "border, <M the, 23a, in the direction of St. Avolt and Meta, and* had a brisk skirmish with a force of French chasseurs. The Prussians retired, leaving two men o$ the- field. It was Relieved the Frenqh lost teg toftwejve filled. A Min istcrial decree, published in Paris on the 03d, forbids the publication in any way of any account of the movements of the French army or navy. The London Times of the 25th publishes a projected treaty submitted by the French to the. Prussian Government, and guarantees its authenticity. The preamble sets forth that the King of Prussia and the Emperor of the French, in order to strengthen the ties of friendship between the two governments and people, etc., hereby conclude the subjoined treaty. In the first article Napoleon, admits and recognizes the’ late acquisitions of Prussia from Austria. In the secctad, the Pimfleian King engages to facilitate the French acquisition of Luxemburg. In the third, tho Emperor acquiesces in the union of the North and South German States, Austria excepted. In the fourth, France, finding it necessary to absorb Belgium, Prussia lends her assistance to that measure. The fifth article is the usual one of offensive and defensive alliances between the two nations. ’A dispatch from Brussels states that this account of the projected treaty 4s authentic. Intense indignation was manifested by the London press at this duplicity of the powers concerned. The action of Napoleon was considered insulting to England. The matter was taken up in Parliament. A London dispatch of the 26th says France denied theauthenticiiy of the recent treaty said to have been offered to Pruseia. “ France must explain this treaty,” are the words of the Times and the burden of the London press. The latest news from Berlin was that the Prussians were concentrating in powerful force at Mayence. The Pall Mall Gaulle of the 27th, now that the real designs of the French Emperor ; are revealed, counsels England to make every preparation for war. A cable dispatch of the 26th states that the elite of the French army was concentrated; at Strasbourg and Belfort. A large number of workmen were engaged on the fortifications of Paris. The Marseillaise had suspended. Some of its editors and reporters had gone into the French Army. Henri Rochefort had been arrested at Blois, and placed in charge of gens d'armes. Another terrible explosion occurred in the colliery at Llansamlet, in Wales, on the 27th. Nineteen persons were killed, and niaiiy injured. The alleged secret treaty between France and Prussia is denied by the Paris Journal Offldel. The Journal charges that this publication on the pari of the London Times was designed merely to Influence public opinions in England. The French Minister of Foreign Affairs positively denies that France entertained any idea of annexing Belgium. The Empress Eugenie has been declared Regent during the absence of the Emperor from the Capital. A cable dispatch of th 6 27tb says the French had violated the neutrality of Luxemburg. A party, numbering 100 men, crossed to Schlenger, singing the Marseillaise. The Prussian headquarters were still at Befltn on the 24th. Prussia, though not ready to attack, was every where ready for defence. A dispatch from China overland states that four French vessels of war had arrived before Tientsin. A London dispatch of (he 27th says tho Russians were concentrating troops on the frontier of Gallicia. The Russian Government attempted to interfere by per suading the Prussian King, to make to England the declaration demanded by France, but failed. The Prussians were concentrating at Mayenco on the 26Lh. King William had arrived there. Pembina dates of July 16th say reliable information had been received that ih.o Blackfcet Indians had Fort Carrolton, a Hudson Bay post on the South Saskatchewan. Commander McDonald was among tho murdered. Forts Beil and E lmonton were also attacked. The Emperor Napoleon reached Metz, where the imporlal headquarters were.c?tablishcd, on tho afternoon of the 28th.

A Paris telegram of the 28th says Edmund About will replace the late PrevoßtParadol in the French Academy, and possibly as Minister to Washington An American legion was forming in Paris, to have a French commander, nominated by the government. The Paris Oattlois of the 2!3th publishes a report that a conditional alliance had been concluded between France and Italy. Oouttt Bismark, in a dispatch to the North German Ambassador to England* bas confirmed the authenticity of the secrettreaty published in the London limes. He says that since 1866 France has Incessantly tempted Prussia with offers of territorial aggrandizement at the expense of Belgium and Gonth Germany. A dispatch from London at midnight of the 28th says everything indicated that an important engagement mutt; take place within three days. The Prussians were epneentrating between Freveaand Nersig on ttip river Saax. They had 400,000 men, and rather too much cavalry to forage. The opposing force of the French numbered about 300,000. No foreign officer, “however high his -rank, will be permitted near the French army, as spectator. Many failures of business houses in London and other parts of England were repprted on the 28th. All war demonstrations, either in favor of Germany or France, had been forbidden in Liverpool

DOMESTIC. • r f Gold closed in New York on the 28th at 121^. Dayton, Cal., was entirely destroyed by fire on the 21st. The Mayor of Covington, Ky., in a criminal case, on the 21st, admitted the testimony of a negro woman for the prosecution. This is supposed to be the first instance of the admission of negro testimony in Kentucky. Telegrams have been, received at Washington from an authoritative source, saying that the Bremen steamers are finally definitely withdrawn from the ocean in consequence of Napoleon’s refusal to exempt private property from seizure. This action settles all question as to the transportation of the mails by that line. Passengers for Germany and Bremen mutt reach their destination from England by British steamers. At a meeting of Irishmen held in Memphis on the 23d, resolutions were adopted to the effect that the Irish should not take part in the present war, unless England became involved. Then an united effort should be made to free Ireland. Nearly all tho business part of Colebrook; N. H., was destroyed by fire on the 24th. A $500,000 fire occurred in East Boston on the 25th, and about $750,000 worth of property was also destroyed by fire in New York city. • A Raleigh, N. C., dispatch of the 26th says that Governor Holden refused to surrender to Chief-Justice Pearson a large number of citizens of Alamance county, arrested some days previously by Colonel Kirk. It was stated that Governor Holden had ordered a military commision to assemble at Yanceyville, to try the persons under arrest. At West Lebanon, N. H., conductors Henry 8. Shaltuck and George W. Barnes, and engineer Andrew M. Grant, have been arrested for manslaughter in the second degree, in a late collision on the Northern railroad. There were twenty deaths from sunstroke in New York city on the 26th. A fire in Philadelphia on the 26th destroyed a largo sugar refinery, with valuable machinery and a large stock of refined sugars. During the fire the rear wall fell on an adjoining building, crushing it and carrying down nine firemen, all of whom were believed to be killed. Nearly a dozen cases of stin-stroke occurred in St. Louis on Ahe 26th, mostly proving fatal; also, two cases of hydro* phobia were developed, one of which was fatal, and the other probably would be. The Philadelphia Ledger estimates the loss at the recent fire in that city at $900,000. No firemen were killed, but several were injured. By a destructive conflagration in Peoria, HI., on the 27ih, between $400,009 and $500,000 worth of distillery property was destroyed, and hundreds of men were thrown out of employment At Raleigh, N. 0., on the 28th, Chief Justice Pearson declined to attach both Governor Holden and Colonel Kirk, for their refusal to give up-the Alamance prisoners, and said the application for relief should be made to the Chief Justice of the United States. ®. A Washington dispatch of the 28th says information was received from China that the government had limited the exportation of Chinese laborers to vessels of treaty powers, and opr Consul seemed to be of the opinion that an effort would be made to decrease or prevent this kind of emigration.

PERSONAL. Collector Murphy entered on his duties at the Custom House in New York city, on the 21st, appointing James Terwiiliger Special Deputy Collector and Private Secretary. The remains of Paradolarrived at New York on the 22d, and were taken onboard the steamer Lafayette. Chevalier Charles F. Deloosey, for the past twenty years Austrian Consul General at the port of New York, died suddenly on the 21st., of apoplexy. The President has appointed Capt. Hal) commander of tho Arctic expedition. It has been officially announced that M. Berthemy, owing to the death of Paraded, will remain in Washington as French Minister. ir

tAffy Franklin, widow 6f Bit John Franklin, the Arctic explom, arrived in Cincinnati cm the 23d. She visited Cincinnati in order to see Captain C. 7. Hall and confer with him In regard to the Arctic expedition. In Chicago, on the 28d, the Mutual Base ball Club, of New York city, defeated the White Stockings, of Chicago—9 toO. It is announced that the President, while at Long Branch, will give public receptions to visitors once a week in order to escape being bored by office eeekera. At Chicago, on the 26th, the Harvard College Base-ball Club, of Boston, defeated the Chicago White Stockings—ll to 6. The Mutuals, of New York, defeated the Rockford Forest Oitys, at Rockford, on the 25th—15 to 4. At Cincinnati, on the 27th, the Athletics, of Philadelphia, defeated the Red Stockings, 11 to 7. The Grand Jury at Windsor, Vt, has indicted the Fenian General O’NelL Admiral Farragnt was dangerously ill of asthma at Portsmouth, N. H., on the 28th.

The two racing yachts—the “Cambrfa,” of England, and the “ Dauntless,” of New York—reached New York on the evening of the 27th, the “ Cambria ” winning the race across the ocean, arriving 1 hour and 35 minntes ahead of her competitor. The time of the trip was twenty-five days and five hours. Potter Palmer, the Chicago millionaire, and Miss Bertha Honore, were married in Chicago on the 28th. On the 28th, Judge Richardson resumed his duties as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. Secretary Boutwell was about to leave for Massachusetts for several weeks’ absence.

political; The Republican Convention of the Sixth lowa Congressional District, at Fort Dodge 'on the 21st. nomirated the Hon. Jackson Orr, of Boone County. Hon. W. E. Niblack has been nominated for Congress by the Democracy of the First Indiana District, and Hon. W. S. Holman by the Democracy of the Third! Major W. C. Moreau is the Democratic candidate for Congress from the Eighth Indiana District. The Republican Central Committee of Tennessee has put in nomination the following ticket for Supreme Judges: Samuel Milligan and Stenophan Wheeler for East Tennessee; John Trimble and W. H. Wtsner for Middle Tennessee; Alvin Hawkins and W. M. Smith for West Tennessee.'

The Michigan Legislature convened in special session on the 27th. The official canvas] of the vote on the new Constitution of Illinois was concluded on the 27th. The following are the majorities; For the new Constitution, 98,784; for the article entitled, corporations, 121,225; on counties, 105,171; on warehouses, 120,881; on" removing county seats. 85,660; on Illinois Central’Railroad, 125,722; minority representation, 28.942; municipal subscriptions, 100,053; canal, 115,523. With regard to the election In Georgia, United States Attorney General Akerman is of opinion that the bill which passed Congress for the admission of that State, leaves the question of holding an election this fall to be decided by the State Courts and State Legislature. He thinks it is altogether out of the jurisdiction of the military power of the United States. The South Carolina Republican State Convention, which met at Columbia on the 27th, nominated Governor Scott for re-election. A. J. Rancier, colored, was nominated for Lieutenant Governor. The Independent Prohibitionists of Massachusetts propose 1 to hold a convention in Boston, August 17, to nominate State officers. L. R. Critchfleld, of Wayne, is the Democratic candidate for Congress in the Fourteenth Ohio District. The Republican Convention in the Sixth Ohio District renominated John A Smith. Edmond Jaeger, of Keokuk, is the Democratic candidate for Congress in the First District of lowa.