Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 September 1870 — Weekly News Summary. [ARTICLE]

Weekly News Summary.

FOREIGN. The losses in the fighting be'ore Metz on the Ist are reported to have been immense on both sides. . Private telegrams received in London on the 2d, from Pekin, announce that another massacre had been committed by the Chinese in that city. The British Consul is said to have been among the victims. The seaport town of Bamlsown, in Asia Minor, has been destroyed by fire. Two thousand five hundred houses and six churches were in ashes. Many lives were lost. The Inhabitants were suffering terribly from want of food and shelter. According to cable news received on the 3d the whole of the French army at Sedan, including the Emperor Napoleon himself, had surrendered to the Prussians. A Berlin telegram of the 3d states that the following dispatch had just been made public there: “Bbforb Sbdan, Fbancb, Friday, September 2d, 1:22 p. m.—From the King to the Queen: A capitulation whereby the whole army at Sedan are prisoners of war has just been concluded with General Wimpffeu, commanding, instead of Marshal McMahon, who is wounded. The Emperor surrenders himself to me. As he had no command, he left eveiything to the Regency at Paris. I shall appoint his residence after an interview with him at a rendezvous to be fixed immediately. What a course events, with God’s guidance, have taken.” The news received on the 4th confirms the report of the surrender of the French Emperor and of the army under MacMahon. They capitulated without conditions. In his letter to the King of Prussia, Napoleon says: “As I cannot die at the head of my army, I lay my sword at the feet of your Majesty.” General MacMahon is reported as being mortally wounded, and Napoleon’s health was stated to be so broken that he could not live many weeks. London was wild with delight on the 3d over the Prussian triumph. A Republic was proclaimed at Paris on the sth, with the following officers: Minister of- the Interior, Leon Gambetta; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jules Favre; Minister of Finance, Pierre Mague; Minister of Public Instruction, Jules Simon; Minister of Justice, Emanuel Crcmiux ; Minister of War, General Trochu; President of the Council, M. Grevy; Secretary General of the Provisional Government, Andre Laverteijon. The Presidency was conferred upon General Trochu. Full amnesty was proclaimed for all political offences. The Empress had fled from Paris. There were conflicting reports as to the whereabouts of the Prince Imperial. The Patrie of the sth reports the death of MacMahon. Great excitement and a general thanksgiving prevailed in Berlin on the sth, for the recent victories. The following dispatch had been received from King William: “ The King to the Queen: “ Varkkn., s o'clock, Sunday, a m.—What a thrilling moment that of my meeting with Napoleon. He was dejected but dignified. I assigned as hie place of immediate stay Williamhotz, near Cassel. Our meeting took place at a small country house opposite the western glacis of Sedan. When summoned to it,l wasln the saddle, inspecting the positions before the place. You must imagine my reception among the troops. It was indescribable. Their exultation was overwhelming. At dusk I ended a five hours’ ride, and at one In the morning returned hither. May God aid us further.” Special telegrams, received in London on the sth, represent that the Crown Prince and King were making rapid progress in the march on Paris. The German army was anxious to enter Paris. . The total number of prisoners by MacMahon’s surrender is stated at 120,000. The bombardment of Strasbourg continued on the Sth. Much damage had been inflicted. Verdun and Montmedy still held out

A Berlin dispatch of the 4th states that congratulatory telegrams from all parts of die world were pouring in upon the government. Nearly all contained in addition a protest against any foreign interference with the German adjustment. It was reported at Amsterdam on the evening of the Sth that Meti had capitulated, and that 120,000 French troops there were surrendered to the Prussians. The news of the declaration of a republic in France produced great excitement in Ireland. The London Daily News of the 6th says that Jules Favre, the new French Minister of Foreign Affairs, had made peace propositions to Prussia, the basis of which was the withdrawal of the Germans from the territory of France. France would give a guaranty that the standing army should be abolished. It was also stated that Jules Favre had gone forward to meet King William. Paris was quiet on the 6th. The Republic had been proclaimed in all the princi-. pal towns and cities of France. A decree had been issued requiring the withdrawal of all Germans from Paris. The vote on the deposition of the Imperial dynasty in the Corps Legislatif was carried by 185 out of 200 votes.The International Workingmen’s Association of Paris issued an address on the 6th, stating that the Prussian Government, at the outset of the contest, had declared that it waged war against the Emperor, and not against the people of France, and calling on Germany, in the name of justice, to withdraw her armies from French soil, or France must fight to the last man. The address says: “As soon as the Rhine is crossed we shall stretch forth our hands to you and forget our mutual crimes which despots made us commit.” A Paris telegram of the 6th says “ From all parts of Franco news comes of enthusiastic adhesion to the Republic. People are arming and volunteers hastening to Paris, where a large force is already assembled." A dispatch ft'om Poißt-ft-Moussop on

the sth says negotiations for the capitulation of Metz were in progress. There was great suffering on the part of the French troops for want of food and medical stores. England has recognized the French Republic as ade facto government. The Prince Imperial arrived in London on the Sth. Cable news on the 7th is to Die effect that continued preparations were being made for the defense of Paris; the Prussian advance was within sixty miles of that city; every French town so far heard from had accepted the Republic joyfully ; General Trochu still insisted that Paris was safe; the city was very quiet, and as the enemy drew nearer the people evinced a firm determination to fight; the Prussians made a terrific assault on the fortifications of Montmedy on the Sth, but were repulsed with heavy loss, and the bombardment was abandoned; the siege of Strasbourg had produced terrible results—streets were strewn with the dead and dying, and magnificent buildings were in ruins, while the suburbs suffered fearfully ; Savoy and Nice had demanded reannexation to Italy; the French Prince Imperial had arrived at Hastings. A Berlin telegram of the 7th says: “The Russian Government is about to propose a congress of the great powers. Prussia will certainly decline.” A Brussels dispatch of the 7th states that the Empress Eugenie was the guest of the Hoogven family, at the chateau of Messne, near Brussels. ~ According to the St. Petersburg Journal of the 7th the Czar of Russia “ shares every effort to localize and abridge the war, but ineffectually, as Prussia repels any intervention at all restraining its freedom of action.”

A London special of the 7th to the New York Herald says: “The English Government, in conjunction with other neutral powers, is about to make an earnest appeal to Prussia to conclude peace on the basis of the following propositions: French territory to bo held inviolate; France to pay Germany the expenses of the war; a general disarmament of France; the destruction of all the forts in Alsace and Lorraine. It is believed that these terms will be acceptable to the Republic." In an interview with Jules Favre, on the 7th, Minister Washburne announced that the United States had recognized the Republic of France. Dispatches were also received on the 8 th, announcing that the governments of England and Austria had formally recognized the Republic. Great crowds of Garde Mobile and citizens, carrying French and American flags, made a demonstration before the American Legation, in Paris, on the Bth, of gratitude for the recognition of the French Republic by the United States. The French Baltic fleet has unanimously accepted the new government. Victor Hugo returned to Paris on the Bth, after an exile of twenty years. He met with a grand ovation. Marshal MacMahen died at Sedan, on the Bth, from the effects of the terrible cannon wounds from which he had been suffering for a week. The headquarters of the King of Prussia were at Rheims on the morning of the Blh. A Berlin dispatch at midnight of the 7th states that the advance of the Prussian army had reached Laferte, forty miles distant from Paris.

DOMESTIC. Gold closed in New York on the Bth fit 113,% A few days ago a party of men rode up to the residence of J. Glover, a planter living in Johnson county, Ark., and calling him to the door, shot and killed him. His son-in-law, while attempting to escape, was likewise killed. They then fired a volley into the house, dangerously wounding Mrs. Glover and her little son, and then rode off. The affah caused great excitement, and the citizens were hunting the assassins. A dispatch was received at Washington on the 3d from Minister Motley, announcing the surrender at Sedan of the Emperor Napoleon and the entire French army under MacMahon. Chicago was visited by a terrible fire on the 4th. A new and magnificent blcck of buildings on the east side of Wabash avenue. between Washington and Madison streets, one of the finest business structures in the city, erected about a year ago, was Entirely destroyed, together with a large portion of the contents. The principal the buildings were J. V. Farwell & Co., Lyon & Healy, Smith & Nixon, Laflin, Bultcr & Co., Kirtland Ordway & Co. The loss on buildings and contents is stated at f 2,525,000; insurance, 11,559,000. It was believed on the morning of the sth that from ton to twenty persons engaged in rescuing goods from the burning building were caaght by the falling walls and buried in the ruins. -» Telegrams received in New York on the Sth from all the principal cities of the Union state that the news of the surrender of Napoleon and the capture of MacMahon’s army caused Intense excitement among the Germans, and the event was celebrated by firing salutes, ringing bells, processions and other manifest ions of joy. The New York Commercial Advertiser of the 6th says President Grant had instructed Secretary Fish to issue a proclamation recognizing the new French Republic. The losses by the recent great tire in Chicago arc slated aa follows: J. V. Farwell & Co., $1,500,000; insurance, $750,• 000. Laflin, Butler it Co., $225,000; insurance, $140,000. Kirtland, Ordway,& Co., $150,000; insurance, SIIO,OOO. Lyon & YLoaly and Smith & Nixon, $95,000; in-

surance, $45,000. John B. Drake, $160,000; insurance, $121,000. Thatcher estate, $75,000; insurance, $60,000; Field, Leiter & Co., SIBO,OOO, insurance, SIBO,000. James & Butler, $30,000; insurance, $15,000. Oliver Ditson, $3,000; insurance, $2,000. Nathaniel P. Wilder, $7,000; insurance, $6,009. J. V. Farwell (building), $165,000; insurance, $130,000. The miniature steamer City of Ragusa arrived at Boston on the Bth, eighty six days from Queenstown. The State Department at Washington on the Bth received a dispatch from the Provisional Government of France asking for the mediation of the United States in connection with the leading powers of Europe in the interest of peace, and for securing such terms of settlement as the French can accept with honor. The dispatch explain* this to be the copy of a joint note addressed to all the neutral European powers.

PERSONAL. A New York dispatch ofthe2d says that Chief-Justice Chase was reported to be suffering from paralysis at Narragansett, R. 1. His recovery was deemed doubtftiL He could not walk without assistance, and his mind was seriously affected. At Cincinnati, on the 2d, the Red Stockings defeated the Atlantics, of Brooklyn—l 4 to 3. A Providence, R. 1., dispatch of the 3d says: “ Chief Justice Chase is now at Narragansett, being somewhat Indisposed from exposure during his recent excursion to the Northwest.” The third game of the series between the White Stockings, of Chicago, and the Forest Citys, of Rockford, was played in Chicago on the sth. Result, in five inning*, 13 for the White Stockings, to 6 for the Forest Citys. The Forest Citys, of Cleveland, defeated the Atlantics, of Brooklyn, on the Sth—ls to 13. Ole Bull was married at Madison, Wifi., on the 6th, to Miss Sarah Thorpe, youngeit daughter of Senator Thorpe, of that city. The Brooklyn Union at the 7«h publishes a letter from Hon. Schuyler Colfax, announcing his definite and unalterable retirement from public life, at the close of his present term of office. John L. Taylor, ex-member of Congresj from Ohio, dropped dead from heait disease in the General Land Office at Washington on the 6th, aged 70 years. According to the official census returns th} population of Washington, D. C., is 111,195, an increase of 50.G73, or 82 per cent., since 1800. Charges of impeachment against State Treasurer Ingres were dismissed in the Georgia Legislature on the 7th, by a vote of 78 to 7. The Greenville (Tenn.) National Union announces that Ex-President Andrew Johnson will not be a candidate for Congress.

" POLITICAL! J. Allen Barber is the Republican candidate in the Third Wisconsin Congressional District, and Joseph B. Rothschild in the Fifth OhioWm. M. Marine has been nominated for Congress by the Republicans of the Second Congressional District of Maryland. J. W. Ketchell is the Republican candidate for Congress in the Tenth Illinois District. Milton Taylor is the Democratic candidate in the First, and 8. F. Cary in the Second Ohio Districts. In an election at Davenport, lowa, on the 3d, John B. Hills, Republican, was elected Mayor to fill a vacancy. A Montpelier, Vt., dispatch of the 6th says that at the recent election in that State “a very light vote was cast, though a little heavier than last year. The result is the election of the Republican State and Congressional tickets. The Senate will be nearly unanimously Republican, and the House probably about 200 Republicans to 80 Democrats." A split occurred in the recent Republican State Convention of Missouri The “ Regulars ” nominated the following ticket: Governor, Joseph McClurg; Lieutenant Governor, A. J. Harlan; Secretary of State, John. H. Stover; Treasurer, Chauncey J. Filley; Auditor, G. A. Moser; Attorney General, W t? A. John. The “Liberals” nominated, for Governor, B. Gratz Brown; Lieut. Governor, J. J. Gravelly; Secretary of State, E. F. Wiegel; Treasurer, Sam.F. Hays; Auditor, Dan. M. Draper; Attorney General, A. F. Baker. The first base-ball contest between the White Stockings, of Chicago, and the Red Stockings, of Cincinnati, came off in the latter city on the 7th. The game resulted in a score of 10 for the Whites to 6 for the Reds.

A bill has passed the Georgia House of Representatives, prohibiting whipping as a punishment for crime. Among the cities and towns in Massachusetts voting, on the Sth, in favor of licensing the sale of ale and lager, were Cambridge, Lowell, Worcester, Lawrence and Taunton. A majority of the small towns voted for prohibition, as also did New Bedford. Returns from 186 towns in Vermont, received on the 7th, give a Republican majority of 13,365. Congressional nominations on the 7th: Republican—J. M. Rusk, Sixth Wisconsin District; Gen. W. H. Houghton, Second Michigan, re-nominated. Democratic— John T. Stonrman, Third Iowa; N. B. Eldridge, Fint, and Myron Rider, Fourth Michigan. At the city election in Wilmington, Del., on the 7th, the whole.; Democratic ticket was elected, the Democrats carrying five wards out of nine. L’ The Republicans of New Jersey have

nominated for Congress: First District, Jno. W. Hazelton; Third District, Ribt Ruling. The Massachusetts State Labor Reform Convention made the following nominations on the Bth: For Governor, Wendell Philips, of Boston; Lieutenant Governor, .James Olattaway, of Springfield; Secretary of B Pratt, of Boston; Attorney General, Charles Camby, of Lowell; State Treasurer, N. W. Stoddard, of North Bridgewater. The Republican ticket in New York is composed as follows; For Governor, Stewart L. Woodford, of Kings; Lieutenant Governor, Sigismund Kaufman, of Kings; Comptroller, Abijah W. Palmer, of Dutchcss ; Canal Commissioners, Absalom Nelson, of Erie, long term; Alex Barkley, of Washington, short term; State Prison Inspector, John Parkhurst, of Clinton. G. W. Hazleton, of Columbus, has been nominated for Congress by the Republican Convention of the Second Wisconsin District. W. H Robinson is the Republican candidate in the Eleventh Illinois District. At the election in Wyoming Territory, on the 6th, Jones, Republican, was elected Delegate to Congress by a small majority. The ladies voted generally throughout the Territory. They cast one hundred and seventy one votes at the Cheyenne precinct. .