Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1870 — Weekly News Summary. [ARTICLE]

Weekly News Summary.

FOREIGN. According to a cable dispatch of the 12th, the Prucsians had largely outnumbered the French In every engagement The French claim that at Weisaenburg 8,000 men checked 80,000 Germans with 120 guns, for four hours, the Germans losing 4,000 men, while the enemy lost 1,000. They also assert that MacMahon, at Froschweiller, had only 40,000 men against 90,000 Germans, yet the French only yeildedwhen 100,000 more men were hurled upon them. The Bank of France suspended specie payment on the 12th. Experiments at Shoeburyness with the mitrailleuse are said to have been splendidly successful. The press gives a glowing account of the range and accuracy of the weapon. The London Telegraph of the 12th is authorized to contradict, formally, the report that the Prince Imperial is in London. Cable dispatches of the 14th announce that the French had evacuated Metz, and the Prussians counted on starving out the defenders of Strasbourg, without recourse to bombardment. Puis dispatches state that the appointment of Trochu to the command of the French armies had made all the soldiers more hopeful. Seventy thousand volunteers left Paris on the 14th for the army. The Paris Journal OJJlcid says that the activity of the Ministry of War was wonderful, and all the immense resources or the country would soon be available Volunteering continued in large numbers. The British Consul at Hamburg telegraphed on the 14th that the months of the livers Elbe, Elder, Jahde and Weser were blockaded by the French fleet The Spanish Colonial Minister has telegraphed to Deßodas, that if the insurrection is not suppressed by the first of September, he will send 15,000 more Spanish troops to Cuba. Heavy fighting is reported to have occurred near Metz on the 14th and 15th, both parties claiming the victory on the 14th. The Prussians are reported to have been victorious in the battle on the 15th. The report of the evacuation of Metz by the French is erroneous. It is reported frem Paris that, as the first panic over the reverses to the French army disappears, confidence is returning. The Opinion Nationals of the 15th computes the force for tlie defence of Paris at one hundred and thirty thousand men. Six hundred guns were mounted. The press in all parts of France resolutely denounces all overtures for peace until the Prussians are driven from the soil.

It is said that the reason of the Empress Carlotta has been reawakened by the events new transpiring on the continent. She manifests the deepest interest in the war. A statement in London oii the 16th that there were 600,000 German soldiers then in France, carrying the needle-gun, backed up by the reserves, and the entire male population of ablebodied Germany. The news from the seat of war on the 16th was somewhat conflicting, one account stating that in the battle on the 15th, after a sanguinary conflict, the French were driven into the city of Metz, with a loss of 4,000 men. Another account states that the result of that day’s battle was to force the Germans back to the Moselle. Heavy losses are reported on both sides. The London limes of the 16th says a French victory was necessary to predispose the Emperor to treat for peace. It also says the stories of the arrival of the Empress and Prince Imperial on English Soil were untrue, and it was certain that the Prince was then in Paris. Dispatches received at the Prussian Embassy in London on the 17th confirm the account of the Prussian succeasea on the 14th, but do not throw much light on subsequent events. No telegrams received in London up to midnight of the 17th explain-dearly the movements of the previous three days. An official dispatch made public in Paris, from Metz, on the 17th, says: “ We had a serious engagement yesterday (the 16th), near Gravellotte. We gained the advantage but lost heavily. Tho Paris Journal Offlcid of the 17th publishes an official notification of the blockade of the coast of the German and Prussian States. A collision occnred, aoout July 27, on the Amazon river, Brazil, between two? steamers; ono sunk within half an hour, with 200 passengers on board, and 160 were lost She had a cargo on board valued at $450,000, Without insurance on vessel or oargo. The accident occurred at the mouth of the Madara, one of tho tributaries of the Amazon. A Berlin dispatch of the 18th announces that General Sheridan had arrived at the King’s headquarters, Pont-a-Mousson, and was received as a royal guest. Advices from Paris ou the 18th state that Emile Ollivier and his wife had fled from France to Italy. On their progress through French territory they met with the most vehement expressions of hatred from the people. General Trochu has been appointed commander in-chief of all the forces in Paris A London dispatch dated at midnight of the 18th says: “We have it on high authority, freshfrom Paris, that it is the universal conviction there that the Napoleonic dynasty is ended. The E m press, having packed up and dispatched all her valuables, including pictures of inestimable price, has left for England, via Belgium. It Lb believed that tho Emperor also is on his way to this country on the same track. He does not dare return to Paris."

A Paris dispeftch of the 18th says an official dispatch from Marshal Bazaine, Just received, claims & great victory over Prince Frederick Charles and General Steinmetz, between Donoourt and Vionville. The French Government represents that the previous reverses of the army were fully checked, and the attempt of the enemy to interfere with the concentration of the corps at Chalons was completely repaired. DOMESTIC. Gold closed in New York on tho 18th atll6«& Tho receipts of the government, including balance In the Treasury, for three months ending June 30, were $288,811,483. The large oil, paint and glass establishment of Messrs. Heath & Milligan, Chicago, was totally destroyed by fire on the evening of the 12th, involving a loss in the neighhood of $300,000. The second bale of new cotton was sold at Montgomery, Ala., on the 12th, for e According to the United States Treasury statement on the 13th, the currency balance was $40,124,806.58; coin balance, $103,019,504.80; coin certificates, $85,915,000. Internal revenue receipts for the fiscal year to date, $31,209,694. The cotton mills at Fall River, Mass., were stopped on the 13th by a strike of the male spinners, and nearly 9,000 h£ borers were out of employment A number of National Banks, organized under the new Currency law, were authorized on the 15th, by the Comptroller of the Currency, to commence business. Of the number, seven are in Illinois, three in lowa, three in Michigan, three in Missouri, one in Wisconsin and two in Kentucky. The Kansas Pacific Railroad is completed to Denver. The last rail was laid on the afternoon of tho 15th. Acting Commissioner Douglass has decided that the law does not relieve pork packers from manufacturers’ special tax, or provide for refunding such taxes already paid. The Secretary of the Interior has arranged with the Indian Bureau to restore the Indian agencies to civil control. A neutrality proclamation has been prepared and submitted to the President for consideration.

The Pension Office at Washington is receiving many inquiries from soldiers desiring to know if the time for making application for pension* was extended by Congress. A bill for such an extension foiled, but one was passed extending the time for filing applications for additional bounty until next December. Under the law in the case, all who served one year are entitled to SSO, and those who served two years, or longer, to SIOO. Custom receipts for week ending August 13, $4,270,272. A Washington special of the 18th says that. Colonel Ratwcll, Superintendent of Indian affairs for Colorado, had arrived in that city. He has made the tour of the Territory with Governor McCook, visiting tribes, and it is the opinion of both these officers that matters can be easily arranged with all tho Indians so as to maintain peace. A Raleigh, N. C, dispatch of the 18th says that t'wenty four of Kirk’s prisoners, including Turnor, editor of the Sentinel, had been brought before Judge Brooks, of the United States Court, at Salisbury, and were released on their own re cognizances. It was thought that all would be discharged. Writs had been granted for thirty more, still under arrest by Kirk. . PERSONAL. - . During the President’s visit on the 12th to the Merchants’ Exchange at St. Louis, Mayor Cole presented to him, on behalf of the Irish and American citizens, a petition for the pardon of Gen. O’Neill and other Fenians, in prison for a violation of the neutrality laws. The President received the petition and said he would give it consideration. The investigation in the murder has ended for the present. .The jury was discharged by the Ooroncr on the 12th, with a statement that at some future day they would again be called together to render a verdict. Tho efforts of tho police to find the murderer had so far been unsuccessful. President Grant arrived in Chicago on the evening of the 13th. Admiral Farragut died very peacefully at Portsmouth, N. H., at 12 m. on the 14th, surrounded by his family and friends. The fourth annual session of the National Labor Union Convention assembled at Cincinnati on the 15th. U. 8. Treasurer Spinner had so far recovered that he was attending to his business on the 15th. He says there are no counterfeits oi the new fifty cent currency. The acting Judge of the Police Court at Washington, on the 15th, on oath of Frederick M. Clark, oi tho Special Service Pension Bureau, directed a warrant for the arrest of Representative R. R. Butler, on a charge of forgery. Whittemore has issued an address to his constituents of the First South Carolina District, formally withdrawing his name as candidate for the Forty-second Congress. The sixth annual meeting of the Illinois Press Association, recently held at Chicago, elected, as officers for tho ensuing year: President, E. 11. Griggs, of the Rockford Begitter ; Vico-Presidents, A. W. Edwards, S. P. Rounds, andT. F. Bolton ; Secretary, J. It. Mower: Associate Secretary, T. E. Woods; Corresponding Secretary, J. J. Birdsali; Treasurer, J. R. Halley; Executive Committee, Yf, R.

Steele, James Shoaff and O. Waters. The funeral of Admiral Farragut, at Portsmouth, N. H., on the 17th, was attended by a larger concourse of people than ever assembled In that State on a similar occasion. The National Teachers’ Association commenced its session at Cleveland, on the 17th, with teachers from twenty-five States in attendance. It is announced that the President will remain at Long Branch till October. POLmCAI/. An Atlanta, Ga., dispatch of the 12th says the Prolongation bill had been defeated, and an election will be held this fall. A motion to reconsider was rejected —62 to 74. The Republican Congressional Convention of the Eighth Ohio District have renominated Gen. John Beatty. The Republicans of the Thirteenth District have nominated C. W. Potwin, of Zanesville, for Congress. Richard J. Haldeman, Democrat, representing the Fifteenth Pennsylvania District in Congress, has been nominated for re-election. The Maine Democratic State Convention on the 16th nominated General Charles W. Roberts, of Bangor, fpr Governor. Hon. Thomas W. McNeely is the Democratic candidate for Congress in the Ninth Illinois District. Congressional nominations were made on the 17th as follows: Republican— Eleventh Ohio, John T. Wilson; Fifteenth Ohio, Wm. P. Sprague; Sixteenth Ohio, John A. Bingham; Fourth Ohio, W. B. McClung; Seventh Indiana, General Lew Wallace. Democratic—Eleventh Indiana, 8. J. Anthony. The lowa State Republican Convention on the 17th made the following nominations : For Supreme Judges, C. C. Cole,’ Ja b. G. Day, W. E. Miller; Secretary of State, Edward Wright; Auditor of State, John Russell; State Treasurer, Major Rankin; Register of State Land Office, Aaron Brown; Attorney General, Major O’Connor; Register of Supreme Court, E. H. Stiles; Clerk of Supreme Court, Chaß. Lenderman. The Democratic State Convention of Georgia was held in Atlanta on the 17th. The New York State Temperance Convention at Syracuse, on the 17th, nominated a fall State ticket, headed by Myron H. Clark for Governor, and C. C. Leigh for Lieutenant Governor. The Massachusetts State Prohibitory Convention, at Boston on the 17th, adopted resolutions for the organization of an independent political party. Quito a number of members withdrew in consequence. Wendell Phillips was nominated for Governor by acclamation; Eiiphalet Trask for Lieutenant Governor; George S. Ball for Secretary of State; John J. Baker for Treasurer; Whiting Griswold for Attorney General, and Lyman W. Doggelt for Auditor. The Democrats of the Fourth Illinois District have nominated P. L. Cablei, of Rock Island, as their candidate for Congress. Congressional nominations in Ohio on the 18th were made as follows: Democratic—ln the Third District, Lewis D. Campbell; Sixth, J. W. Denver; Seventh, Hugh J. Jevett. The Governor of New York has directed a special election in the Twentyeighth Congressional District on the Bth of November, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Noah Davis, now United States District Attorney.