Rensselaer Union, Volume 3, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 March 1871 — Weekly News Summary. [ARTICLE]

Weekly News Summary.

CONGRESSIONAL. In the Senate, on the 17th, J. W. Johnston took the oath of office as Senator from Virginia for alx years. ...A message was received from the President to the effect that since the X reclamation of the ratification of the Fifteenth mfendmonl, but one additional State, New Jersey, had ratified it....8i11s were passed—to define a gross of matches, and for other purposes; to enable tne Atlaiitic jfc Pacific Railroad Company to mortgage its road.... Bills were introduced—to remove the political disabilities from all persons except the members of the Cabinet, and Senators and Representatives who left Congress to go into the rebellion; to reinstate, without pay, officers of the army who were mustered ont under the provisions of the act of Congress approved July 15, 1870.... A bill was reported to relieve all persons except members of Congress and officers of the army and navy who left their positions and aided in the rebellion, from all political disabilities imposed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. A concurrent resolution was passed for the appointment of a Joint committee, to consist of seven Senators and nine Representatives, whose duty it shall be to inquire Into the condition of the late Insurrectionary States sb far as regards the execution of the laws and the safety of the lives and property of citizens of the United States, with leave to report at any time the results of their invesUgation to Congress, with snch recommendations as they may deem expedient, and that such committee he authorized to employ clerks and stenographers to sit during the recess, take testimony and visit, at their discretion, any portion ot the said States during the recess of Congress, to print "and make public at any time during the recess the results of their investigation, ana the expenses of said committee shall be paid ont! of the Congressional contingent fund... .Pending the consideration of the resolution to limit the business of the present session.to legislation upon the South, the Senate adjourned. In the House, on the 17th, unanimous consent was asked and refused for the introduction of Mr. Butler’s hill for the protection of the lives and property of loyal citizens.... A joint resolution was passed—l6s to 18—extending the provisions of the act of 1862 to all aliens who had entered or shall enter the navy or marine corps, and have been or shall be honorably discharged, so as to place them on the same footing as to naturalization and citizenship... .Adjourned to the 20th, In the Senate, on the 18th, a memorial was presented from the colored people of Georgia, representing that they are denied redress in the courts, and attacked by mobs when asserting their rights, etc., and asking protection from Congress. .... A motion was adopted to reconsider the vote on tho passage of the hilt defining a gross of matches, and an order was made for a recall of the bill from the House.... A bill was passed to enable the Houghton & Ontonagon Railroad of Michigan to mnke a re-survey of its road.... The resolution-concerning the alleged outrages in the South, and instructing the Judiciary Committee to report remedial legislation was considered, also the resolution limiting the business of the session to the Deficiency Appropriation bill and a consideration of affairs at the South.... A resolution was reported from the Committee on Elections and adopted, declaring that Morgan C. Hamilton was duly elected Senator from Texas for the term commencing March 4,1871, and was therefore entitled to take his seat on taking the required oath. ....Adjourned. House not in session on the 18th.

In the Senate, on the 20th, Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, appeared and took the oath of office.. .. A communication was read from the Governor of Rhode Island, stating that that State had furnished the statues of General Nathaniel Greene and Roger Williams for the adornment, of the Old Rail of tho United States House of Representatives... The on Privileges and Elections made a report admitting Messrs. Goldthwaite,. of Alabama,- and Blodgett, of Georgia, as Senators from those States.... The resolution limiting hnsihess to legislation on the South, etc., was further debated... .Executive session and adjournment. In the House on the 20th, bills were introduced—to protect the loyal and peaceable citizens of the United States in the full enjoyment of their rights of person, liberty and property—whichMr.Butler announced as the bill agreed upon hv the Republican caucus; to secure to all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States equal protection by the laws, within the United States ; “to abolish white slavery in the States lately In rehcllion, on and after the Fourth of July last; to remove all political disabilities imposed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution; for the relief of disabilities, and providing that it shall not take effect in any of the late slave States until the President shall be satisfied that peace and order have been restored therein; for the apportionment of Representatives in Congress, according to the ninth census ...Tho concurrent resolution of the Senate for an Investigation into Southern affairs was taken up and amended by providing that the committee shall report at any time during the next or any subsequent session of Congress, and the resolution was passed—l 27 to Oil ...A petition was presented from the citizens of Ashtabula Countv, Ohio, praying that a grant of land may he made to the soldiers, sailors, and marines. ....A resolution was adopted—l2l to 54—that the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House be authorized to close the present session on tho 23d of-Mareb, instant.... Adjourned.

In the Senate, on the 21st, a bill was reported, with amendments, placing $350,000 at the disposition of the Secretary of War to enable him to enlarge the military depot at Fort Leavenworth. .... Hills were introduced -to establish a port of entry at Duluth, Minn.; granting lands to the Dockings ,t Dakota Railroad Company; to incorporate the New York & San Bias Railroad Company; to aid in the construction and maintenance of twenty or more first-class iron steamships, and to secure to the government the use of the same for postal, naval, and other purposes A-memorial was presented and ordered printed from Jo tin C. Bryant, a leading Republican elector of Georgia, protesting against the admission of Foster Blodgett, as Senator from that State, and making grave charges affecting that gentleman’s perintegrity....A protest of 204 working women, of Philadelphia, against female suffrage was presented and referred... .Mr. Hamilton (Texas) declined an appointment npon the Oomndttees on Disabilities and Revolutionary Claims, mid lie was excused... The amendment by the House to the Senate concurrent resolution for a Joint Committee for investigation of the South was considered, as was also the resolution specifying legislation for the present session... Adjourned.

In the Ilouse, on the 21st, a joint resolution was Introduced authorizing the Secretary of State to pay the holdera of certificates award moneys paid hy the Republic of Venezuela In settlement of claim*....Adjourned. In the Senate, on the 22d, the Vote on the passaged the hill defining a gross of matches was reconsidered, and the bill placed on the calendar... A concurrent resolution for printing 80,003 copies of the report of the Commissioner of Education was passed, amended so as to exclude that portion relating to Delaware . . The House resolution for dual adjournment on the 23d was brought up. and an amendment was o(farad designating the With aa a day of adjournment, when the whole subject was laid on the table—3o to 23... .An adverse report was made on the llonse bill providing for the admission of animals, specially Imported from Canada for breeding purposes, free of duty. A bill was Introduced and referred to authorize the construction of a bridge over the Missouri River, at or near Bt. Joseph, Mo.. .A resolution was agreed to- 36 ho Is - confining the business of the present eeaston to a consideration of the Deficiency Appropriation biU, the concurrent resolution for a joint committee for Investigation at the Southland the resolution now pending Instructing the Committee on Judiciary to report a bill or hula that will enable the President and the courts of the United States to execute the laws In said States, and the report that may »« made by the Committee ou Judiciary on the subject.... Executive session and adjournment. In the House, on the 22d, the credentials of Mersra. Hell, Hibbard and Parker inem-ben-elect from New Hampshire, were read, and they presented themselves and were sworn 1n.... A resolution was reported from the Committee on Elections declaring thst the election of the members of ( ougress from Tennessee was field on a day fixed by law, and that the election was not void.... A resolution was also reported and agreed to that .John 11. Edwards waa entitled to be sworn in as member from the Third Dletrlct of Arkansas, and Mr. Edwards then took the oath of office ... Adjourned. p Iu the Senate, on the 23d, a series of resolutions were partially read by Mr. Sumner protesting against the employment of the United States navy on the Dominican coast. In ordor to prevent any apposition to the annexation scheme, declaring such act by the President to be a usurpation of the war powers of the constitution, that It sVdUld tie disavowed by the United States and that the existing belligerent Intervention h> Inexcusable, and should be abandoned A bill was Introduced In reference to the suppression of disorders at tke South, and authorizing the President, In certain case*, to declare martial law In disorderly communlta* and call out the mftltla, and a lengthy da

bate ensued on the subject,...A special message from the President was received, read, and ordered to be laid on the table and printed... .Executive session and adjournment. In the House, on the 28d, a preamble and resolution were adopted declaring that, the Senate having adopted a resolution precluding the consideration In that branch of Congress of any business which may originate in the House, the present session oi Congress adjourn. Senate permitting, on the 27th to the first Monday in December next... .The Senate bill authorizing the construction of a bridge over the Arkansas River at Little Rock was passed.... A message was received from the President recommending such legislation as, in the Judgment of Congress, shall eft’ectually secure the life, liberty and property, and thesenforcement of law in ail parts of the United States; a motion was made ana agreed to referring the message to a select committee of nine, appointed by the Speaker as follows: Messrs. Shellaharger, Butler, (Mass.), Scofield, Dawes, Blair, Thomas, Morgan, Kerr and Withrow...,Adjourned to the 27 th. FOREIGN. The Emperor William arrived at Berlin on the 17th. In the evening the Emperor, Empress, Crown Prince and Princess drove through the streets. The enthusiasm of the people was immense. A dispatch from Brussels says that in consequence of the ravages of the cattle plague ih Belgium, the holding of cattle fairs is forbidden.

Cable dispatches of the 19th give information of serious disturbances in Paris, threatening revolution and anarchy. President Thiers had issued a proclamation appealing to the reason and patriotism of the citizens to preserve order, and stating that, if necessary, force would be used against the insurgents at Montmartre. Unsuccessful attempts were subsequently made to dislodge the malcontents at that point. Many of the government troops fraternized with the insurgents, who captured two general officers —Generals Le Comte and Clement Thomas—and, after a brie! trial, condemned them to death and shot them. The Paris Journal dee Debate of the 10th says: “Yesterday will be considered as one of the gloomiest hours in the history of France. Revolution, under the banner of pillage is mistress of Paris. This terrible day has wrought more damage to the Republic than all the Bona-, partes.” It was reported on the 20th that in consequence of the disturbances in Paris Emperor William had provisionally stopped the movements of the German troops. A Paris dispatch of the 20th says the insurgents held the Hotel de Ville, Palais de Justice, the Tuilleries, and the Place Vendome. No resistance had been made to the insurgents. The murders of Lecompte and Thomas were perpetrated by order of: Riceolti Garibaldi, who directed the insurrection. They were shot in a garden of the Ilue Des Rosiers. Thomas resisted vigorously, but Garibaldi ordered him held against a wall whije his body was riddled with bullets. Lecompte died with the utmost coolness, smoking a cigar and refusing a bandage over his eyes. Many other executions had occurred. The following dispatch was received in

Washington on the 20th from .Minister Washbume .- “Paris, M»rch til.-/The National Guards Committee is master of Paris. The bepartments of the Interior and Justice and Prefecture of Police are occupied bythe insurgents. Gens. Yinoy, Thomas and Lecomptc have been murdered Elections commence to-morrow. All members of Thiers' Government have gone to Versailles. I follow ' with the whole diplomatic corps.” The Emperor Napoleon arrived in London on the afternoon of the 20th. Immense crowds were in waiting at the landing stage, including a large number of French refugees, who cheered enthusiastically as the Emperor made his appearance on the dock. A distinct shock of earthquake was felt in all the northern counties of England on the night of the 17th. The insurgents were still in undisturbed possession of Paris on the 21st. General Clianzy had been so terribly mutilated by the mob that be was sent to the hospital. The Nationals hail entered and sealed up the offices of the Figaro and Gaulois. Many prisoners had been shot without any sort of a trial. The bullion in the Bank of France had been removed to Versailles, and all the unissued notes were destroyed. The indignities inflicted on Gen. Chanzy, the many arbitrary arrests made, and the suspension of the FHga.ro and Gaulois had aroused general indignation. In Windsor, on the 21st, the Princess Louise and the Marquis of Lome were married. About 1,000 guests witnessed the ceremony. i The German Parliament was opened on the 21st by Emperor William, who, in person, delivered a speech from the throne.

The Madrid Epoca, of the 21st, contradicts, in specific terms, the report that Spain had proposed to sell Cuba and Porto Bico to the United States. News from Paris, on the 22d, was to the effect that the city was then quiet, though the situation at Montmartre and Belleville remained unchanged, the insurgents, still being defiant. The National Assembly at Versailles on the 21st approved a proclamation condemning the criminal attempts of a few madmen to involve France in ruin and dishonor, and appealing to the troops and citizens to rally and save the Republic. President Thiers, on the 22d, sent a circular to the Prefects of departments, informing them that advices received by the government from all the provinces were reassuring. The attempts to create disorders had everywhere failed. In Paris the citizens were organizing for the suppression of the sedition. A large number of French cities and towns have adopted and forwarded to Versailles resolutions protesting against the revolution, and proclaiming their adhesion to the government. The London newspapers are enthusiastic over the marriage of the Princess Louise. There were general rejoicings and celebrations everywhere throughout the United Kingdom. Many marriages were solemnized simultaneously in different parts t>f Btgl&nd. A great many din-

ners and balls were given In London, In honor of the event, and illuminations in the evening were very extensive. During a disturbance at the Place Vendome, in Paris, on the evening of the 22d, a crowd was fired into by the National Guards, and about thirty persons were killed or wounded. A. Paris Journal of the 22d says Count Yon Blsmark had informed Thiers that the Germans would occupy Paris on the 26th, unless, by that time, Thiers should be master of the situation. DOMESTIC. Gold close 4 in New York on the 23d at 111}*'. The New York Evening Post of the 18th says: “We have reason to believe that the Spanish Government has notified Great Britain and other foreign powers that no proposit ion has been made to the United States to sell Cuba and Porto Rico to us."

A Washington dispatch of the 18th says the total amount subscribed to the new loan had reached $15,903,500. An Omaha dispatch of the 18th says a heavy fall of snow was reported throughout Montana within the previous few days. On the night of the 18th eight hundred persons were arrested in the gambling establishments of New York city. The proprietors and employes of the saloons were held in bail to answer at the General Sessions. The players were held in bail for their future good conduct. The Superintendent General of Recruiting in New York has been ordered to forward two hundred recruits from his depot to the depot at Louisville, Ky., to be assigned, to the military division of the South. A Washington dispatch of the 20th states that Attorney-General Chamberlain, of South Carolina, had arrived there as a bearer of a letter from Go verier Scott, of that State, making a formal request for troops to aid in enforcing theiaws. Chamberlain says that in some districts of the State it had become impossible to serve a civil process. The civil authorities w T cre unable, by reason of the Ku-Klux organization, to enforce the laws. Daniel Ellis and wife were murdered in their house in the village of Rawsonville, near Ypsilanti, Mich., on the morning of the 18th. The bloody deed was done with an ax, which was found near the bodies. The murderer is supposed to be Franklin Ellis, son of the deceased, who lias for some time shown signs of mental derangement.

Recent advices state that the Vigilants of Nevada were sending notices to suspected parties to leave instantly. The demand was invariably complied with with alacrity. Eight had been banished from Virginia and sixteen from Gold Hill— A dispatch received at Washington on the 21st, from Columbia, S. C., says Governor Scott and State Comptroller Nagle had received a Ku-Ivlux demand for their resignation and departure from the State instanter. A New York dispatch of the 22d says the small pox was increasing in that city, Brooklyn, and everywhere in the vicinity. Gov. English has appointed Friday, April 7, as the annual fast day in Connecticut. Maine will fast on the 13th of April The following is the message sent to Congress by the President on the 23d: To tht Senate and House of Htirrtsenfalivi*: A condition of allair* now exist in some States, of the I nion rendering life and property insecure, and carrying of the mulls and collection of revenne dangerous. The proof that such state of affairs exists in Borne localities Is now before the Senate; that the power to correct these evils is beyond the control of the State authorities 1 do not doubt, but that the power of the Executive of the i nltcd States, acting within the limits of existing laws, is sufficient for the present emergency is not clear; therefore I urgently recommend such legislation as in the judgment of Congress shall effectually secure life, liberty, and property in all parts of the Vnited States. It may be expedient to provide that such law as shall be passed in pursuance of this recommendation, shull expire at the end of the next session of Congress. There Is no other subject on which I would recommend legislation during the present session. (Signed) V. S. Grant. Geo. C. Lemon & Co. were recently indicted in Chicago for keeping an office for the sale of lottery tickets, and the court decided them guilty of a violation of the State law relating to lotteries and gift enterprises. An appeal was taken. A Jackson, Miss., dispatch of the 23d says all was quiet in that State. The reported Ku-Klux outrages in the northeastern part of the State had been greatly exaggerated. “Notwithstahding the Governor’s official telegram to the department at Washington, saying tliat troops were not needed, the lower branch of the Legislature passed a resolution yesterday asking for them. The Meridian investigation is proceeding.”

PERSONAL. Hon. Wui. 11. Seward left Calcutta on the 13th, for Bombay, where, he would be the guests of the British officials. His health was excellent. A Bordeaux letter of a recent date says Henri Rochefort’s lungs are so seriously affected that he must soon die of consumption. The following nominations were sent to the Senate on the 17th: Collectors of Internal Revenue —William Z. Ransom, Sixth District of Missouri; Thomas J. Henderson, Fifth District of Illinois; John P. Sanbum, Collector of Customs at Port Huron, Mich.; Ebenezer Dumont, of Indiana, Governor of Idaho Territory; Madison E. Hollister, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Idaho Territory; Sol. S. Bayless, Surveyor General of Dakota Territory. Postmasters Charles Seymour, LaCrosse, Wis.; Ida Lovejoy, Princeton, 111. -r United States Senator Matt. Carpenter, of Wisoonsm, was seriously ill at Washington, oq tie 17th, of pneumonia. A State convention of publishers and editors has been called to meet at Indianapolis, Ind., on the 18th and 19th of Hay. Wm. H. Burleigh, tie well-known poet

and temperance lecturer, died la Brooklyn on the 19th. Hon. E. W. Nlsbet, former Judge of the Supreme Court of Georgia, and a member of the United States Congroaa In 1838 and 1810, and a member of the Confederate Cotigress, died on the 18th, at Macon, Ga., aged 68 years. Judge Ellis Lewis, late Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, died on the 20th, at West Philadelphia, aged seventy-four. He was the first Judge elected by the people. 4 The United States steamer Tennessee, with the San Domingo Commission on board, arrived at Key West on the morning of the 21st, five days and six hours from Kingston. The whole party, including the officers and crew of the ship, are in excellent health. The report of the Commission is said to be, in the main, favorable to annexation. The following nominations were sent to the Senate on the 22d: John W. Forney, for Collector of Customs at Philadelphia. Postmasters—B. 8. Mathews, Pontiac, Mich.; M. Thomson, Romeo, Mich.; M. L. Seaton, Jackson, Wis.; G. S. Fisher, Sparta, Wis.; Wm. T. Pressor, Nashville, Tenn.; G. J. Rooker, Murfreesboro, Tenn. David Brown, Nebraska City, Neb.; J. J. Matthews, Lyons, Iowa: 8. S. Murphy, Marengo, Iowa; Orville Brown, Mankato, Minn.; E. R. Wise, ‘Warren, O.; J. N. Patterson, I’iypa, O.; Margaret Walker, Sidney, O.; A. S. .McClure, Wooster, O.; W. N. Pound, Yankton, Dakota. Four ladies were among the jurors of the United States* District Court which met recently at Cheyenne,- Wyoming The marriage of Nettie, daughter of Chief Justice Chase, and William Sprague Hoyt took place in Washington on the 23d. There was a large number of persons present, including mauy of official and social prominence. The President sent to the Senate on the 23d the name ofE. S. Chase as Postmaster at Eau Claire, WIST I ”

POLITICAL. A Concord, N. 11., dispatch of the 17th says: “ All except five small towns, Coos County, have been heard from, and estimating those towns by last year’s vote, Weston fails of an election by the people by 152 votes. The Senate stands five Republicans to six Democrats. In the First District there is no choice. In the Tenth and Eleventh Districts the vote is so close that an official count will be required to decide. The three Democratic Congressmen are elected beyond a doubt. The Statesman says: 1 Our list of Representatives chosen contains the names of 161 Republicans and 156 Democrats* The towns to be heard from will give, we think, two Republicans and eleven Democrats. If so, the House will stand 163 Republicans to 167 Democrats.’ ’’ In the United States Coijrt at Montgomery, Ala., on the 18th, in a case involving the Enforcement act of Congress, Judge Busteed held that, in all cases when there was a complaint by two or more persons to deprive any one of any right guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States, the Federal Courts had exclusive jurisdiction, and that the State Courts were divested of jurisdiction. A Concord, N. H., dispatch of the 20th says the State Senate stands five Republicans to six Democrats. The Monitor gives returns of Representatives from all the towns in the State, and classifies them — Republicans, 164; Democrats and Labor Reformers, 166. The Patriot says the House will stand 168 Democrats and 162 Radicals, the Labor Reformers being classed as Democrats. The Statesman adheres to its statement —166 Republicans, and 164 Democrats. Probably nothing more definite will be arrived at before the meeting of the Legislature, in June. The Missouri Legislature, after a session of eleven weeks, has adjourned until next December.

The Democratic and Conservative dele„gates to the District of Columbia Convention have nominated Richard P. Merrick as candidate for Delegate in Congress. In the impeachment case of Judge Me Clure at Little Rock, Ark., on the 21st, the demurrer was sustained by a unanimous vote, and McClure thereby acquitted. The North Carolina Senate, sitting as a High Court of Impeachment, on the 22d voted on eight articles preferred by the House against Governor Holden, and convicted him by more than two-thirds, in all except the first two. An order was then passed, removing Holden from office, and disqualifying him from holding office of honor or profit in the State. On this order the vote stood 36 in the affirmative and 13 in the negative. A recent dispatch from Little Rock, Ark., says the impression prevailed there that Senator Clayton will be a prominent candidate before the next National Republican Convention for Vice-Presi-dent. *