Rensselaer Union, Volume 3, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 April 1871 — Weekly News Summary. [ARTICLE]

Weekly News Summary.

CONGRESSIONAL. In the Senate, on the 24th, the House resolution for final adjournment on the 37th wlus laid on the table.... An additional resolution on the San Domingo question was offered by Mr. Sumner, read and laid on the table, and the whole series of his resolutions were reud and ordered printed. ...A motion was adopted —26 to 92—to postpone the consideration of the resolution Instructing the Judiciary Committee to propose a bill to suppress disorders at the South, and the Deficiency Appropriation bill was taken up and several amendments were disposed 0f.... Executive Session and adjournment No session of the House on the 24th. In the Senate, on the 25th, Powell Clayton, Senator-elect from Arkansas, appeared and took the oath of office.... The cases of Messrs. Blodgett and Qoldthwaite, claiming seats from Georgia and Alabama, were debated and laid over. ... .The Deficiency Appropriation bill was considered and passed, with various amendments.... Adjourned. No session of the House on the 25th. In the Senate, on the 27th, Mr. Sumner submitted and had read an additional resolution on the San Domingo question, and then proceeded to deliver a lengthy speech against the annexation scheme of the administration, characterizing it as a disregard of law and precedent, etc. Senators Morton and Howe responded to the speech of Mr. Sumner. The attendance In the galleries and corridors to listen to this debate is said to have been the largest ever assembled In the Senate chamber. Before concluding his remarks Mr. Howe yielded the floor for an adjournment. In the House, on the 27th, bills were introduced—to secure suffrage to the people of Utah, without distinction of rex or previous condition of servitude; to place the mission to Russia in ail respects on the same footing with the missions to Great Britain, France, and Germany... .A series of resolutions were offered and referred, declaratory of what the financial policy of the government should be: thtt Ihe taxes should be for revenue only, and not for the benefits of class interests at the general expense; that economy requires there should be raised only (250 000,000 revenue, including Interest; $25,000,000 toward paying the principal of the public debt; and that in case a Commituee of Ways and Means shall not be appointed at the present session, a special committee of seven be appointed to report a reform revenue tariff, withont discrimination in favor of particular interests.... Adjourned. In the Senate, on the 28th, a memorial was presented and tabled asking for the adoption of such measures as will secure a court of nations, where all questions may be decided, and urging that in the points at issue between Great Britain and the United States, every effort may bo made tb avoid a war between the two countries.... A resolution was oflored and objected to Instructing the Committee on the District of Colombia to inquire into the exclusion of Frederick Douglass and his son from the privileges of common travelers on the mail steamer between Aquia Creek and Washington , and to consider what remedy can be applied to prevent the repetition of such treatment on account of c010r.... After the expiration of tire morning hour, consideration of Mr. Sumner’s San Domingo resolutions was resumed, and Mr. Howe concluded his reply to Mr. Sumner, after which Mr. Schurz took tho floor in behalf of the position taken by Mr. Sumner.... Pending an animated debate between Messrs. Schurz and Morton, tho Senate went Into executive session and afterwards adjourned. In the House,“On tire 28tlr,aThetnoria) was presented from Archie B. Fisk, claiming that he was elected member of Congress from the Fourth District of Mississippi, and protesting against the right of all the sitting members from that State.... A bill was reported from the special committee on the President’s message to enforce the provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and for other purposes, which bill was read the first and second time, and a motion was made to recommit tho bill to tbe committee, and a general debate ensued.... Adjourned.

In the Senate, on the 29th, the San Domingo dUciißsion was reiumed, and Messrs. Schurz, Morton and Harlan debated the question, when a motion to lay Mr. Sumner's resolutions on the table was carried—yeas 39, nays 16—the Republi cans voting In the negative being Messrs. Patterson, Robertson, Schnrz and Sumner... .The resolution Instructing the Judiciary Committee to report a bill to repress disorder in the South was taken up, after which tho Senate adjourned. In the House, on the 29th, the bill reported from the select committee for the sup pression of disorders at the South was further con' sidered and debated... .The Speaker announced the following standing committees: On Accounts —Messs. Bufflnton, Sawyer, Harris, of Mississippi, Archer and Lewis. On Printing -Messrs Beatty, Elliott, Roberts and Price.... Adjourned. In the Senate, on the 30th, a resolution was offered and laid over, calling upon the Secretaries of the Treasury, of War, and the Navy, to report to the Senate at the next session a schedule of the property by classes, with ita estimated value, which lias been seized or taken possession of since January 1,1861, by order, authority, or In the name oftlielr departments, respectively; what disposition has been made of said property; what portions sold, and what became of the money proceeding therefrom, etc.. .The motion to reconsider the vote passing Mr. Wilson's SIOO bounty bill, and to carry out the decision of the Supreme Court, was adopted... .The amendment to the order of business, to allow tbe consideration of any bill on the South passed by tho House of Representatives, was debated and adopted.... The resolution instructing the Judiciary Committee to report a bill for the suppression of outrages at tno South was further considered.... Adjourned. In the House, on the 30th, the Senate .bill granting Phrnbe Scofield a pension of (8 per month from June 5, 1867, she being at that time one hundred years old, and the widow of a Revolutionary soldier, was passed ...Tbe Ku-Klnx bill was debated at considerable length... .Adjourned.

FOREIGN. A Paris dispatch of the 24th says the reaction in favor of the empire was gaining strength hourly. The Insurrectionary Central Committee had issued a proclamation postponing the elections in Paris until after energetic measures should have caused their reclaimed rights to lie respected. ■f. In the German Parliament, on the 24th, Herr Feinscn was elected President, Prince Hohenlohe Vice-President, and Herr Weber Second Vice-President of the Reichstag, or popular house. The news from Paris on the 26th was to the effect that the Central Republican Committee had released Generals Chanzy and Longorean. Mcnotti Garibaldi had been appointed commander-in-chief of the insurgent Nationals. The' election passed olfquietly, and the Central Republican Committee yielded to the newly-elected municipal government. Order had been restored at Lyons on the 26th and the Prefect of the Department had been released. 1 The London Obxei verof the 26th reports that the health of Emperor Napoleon was good. The oft-repeated statements that his agents were distributing money among the insurgents in Paris are pronounced false, and he is represented as passive, awaiting the final and legitimate decision of the French people. Rpresentatives of Spain, Italy and Hungary have presented to Emperor William congratulations of their respective sovereigns on the restoration of tfie German Empire. ( i At the election in Paris on the 26tti the candidates of the Central Republican Committee were elected in all the arrondissements ex<-pt the First, Secondhand I Seventh. I A special from Versailles on the 27th

says the government had ordered the prompt arrest of Garibaldi upon his appearance on French soil. It was generally thought that the government was defunct and a rumor was current that Thiers would be forced to resign, and be succeeded by the Due d’Aumale. The French Plenipotentarics arrived at Brussels on the 27th, and the negotiations for a final treaty of pence between France and Germany would soon commence. In an address to the National Assembly at Versailles, on the 27th, Theirs defended the wisdom of his policy, and took a solemn oath that he would not betray the Republic. The Plenipotentiaries of France and Germany met at Brussels on the 28th, at the French Legation. Credentials were exchanged, and preparations made for future meetings. Recent Havana dispatches say the general impression was that the sugar crop will show a decrease of from one-fifth to onequarter compared with last year. Paris was reported quiet on the 29th, the insurgent committee still retaining all the important points. A sub-Central Committee, oonsisting of twelve members, had been formed. Garibaldi had been offered the supreme command of the National Guards. A Versailles dispatch of the 29th says Minotti and Ricciolti Garibaldi had declined to fight except against a foreign enemy. I A Berlin dispatch of the 29th says.- “ There has been correspondence between Bismark and the Central Committee at Paris. The latter represented that the Thiers government was unsupported in any proper way by the country, and that the election of a new Assembly became necessary. The committee offered meanwhile to pay, in a few days, an installment of the indemnity duo Germany. Bismark’s reply was favorable. The opinion here is strong that the restoration of the empire by aid of the Imperial army is inevitable.” A dispatch was received at Washington on the 30th from Minister Washburne, at Paris, saying that it was difficult to predict what would be the end of the existing troubles in Paris. The insurgents were strong in the cities, but not in the country. Emissaries of Napoleon were in France, busily intriguing to restore the Empire. It was not believed they could succeed without outside aid, and the mention of his name only created greater disorders. “ No man,” Washburne says, “ has yet appeared who has the confidence of the people.” The Queen of Sweden died at Stockholm on the 30th.

DOMESTIC. Gold closed in New York on the 30th at 110? s. The Committee on Judiciary of the Pennsylvania Senate has made a report to the State Senate relative to the coal troublcs. The committee are of the opinion that the system of arbitration which has produced such valuable results in England should be given an immediate trial by its application to the entire anthracite coal region. On the 24th President Grant issued the following proclamation: Whereas, It is provided in the Constitution of the United States that the United States shall protect every State in this Union, on application of tho legislature, or of the Executive, when the Legislature cannot be convened, against domestic violence; and, Whereas, It is provided in tho laws of the United States that, in all cases of Insurrection in any State, or of obstruction to the laws thereof, it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, on application of the Legislature of such State, or the Executive, when the Legislature cannot be convened, to call forth the militia of any State, or States, or employ such part of the land and naval forces as shall ho judged necessary 'for the purpose of suppressing such insurrection, or causing the laws to be duly executed: and. Whereas, I have received information that combinations of armed men, unauthorized by law, are now disturbing the peace and safety of citizens of the State of South Carolina, and committing acts of violence in said State of a character and to an extent which render the power of the State and its officers unequal to the task of protecting life and property and securing public order therein; and. Whereas, I'he Legislature of said State Is not now in session, and cannot be convened in time to meet the present emergency, the Executive of said State has therefore made application to me for such part of the military force of the United States as may be necessary and adequate to protect said State and citizens thereof against domestic violence hereinbefore mentioned, aud enforce the due execution of the laws; and, Whereas, The laws of the United States require that, whenever it may bo necessary in the judgment of the President to use the military force for the purpose aforesaid; he shall forthwith, by proclamation, command such insurgent# to disperse, and retire peaceably to their respective abodes within a limited time. Now, therefore, I, Ulysses S. Grant. President of the United States, do hereby command the persons composing the unlawful combination aforesaid to disperse and retire peaceably to their respective abodes within twenty days from this date. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to bo affixed. Done at the city of Washington, this twenty-fourth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, and independence of the United States the ninetyfirth. (Signed). U. 8. Grant. By tno President: Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State. Postage stamps of the denomination of seven cents have been issued by the government. They are designed especially to pre-pay letters to Germany, seven cents being the rate to that country. A Washington dispatch of the 26th says: “ The President will transmit the report of the San Domingo Commission to Congress at an early day. The joint High Commission will conclude its labors in a few weeks, and assurances come from three distinguished and well-informed parties that there will lie an equitable settlement of matters in dispute.” A recent dispatch from Memphis says several large crevasses have lately appeared in the. Mississippi River levee in the upper parishes of Louisiana, which will inflict great damage upon some of the most productive of the low lands in the State. A snow-storm prevailed throughout the New England States on the 27th. In some parts of Berkshire County, Mass., snow fell to the depth of six inches. The snow-storm on the 27th, at Farmiilgton, Me., was more severe than any during the winter. The snow fell to a dep’h of - more than o»e foot.

Late advices from the upper coggin and its tributaries, in Mtjine, report snow three feet in depth, and tho weather excellent for timbering purposes. A letter was received at the Treasury Department in Washington, on the 29th» from a banker in Baden-Baden, indorsing a bill of exchange for $5,000 in gold, with the statement that it is from a former citizen of the United States, who to make anonymous restitution to the United States Treasury. A San Francisco dispatch of the 29th says: “ The town of Truckee, Cal., on tbe Pacific Railroad, is in flames. Several lives of women and children arc lost. The town will probably be totally destroyed." There was a heavy k frost, with ice, at Richmond, Va., on the morning of the 29th, extending up to the Potomac River’ It was feared that the fruit crop was destroyed. From January Ist to March 30, 1871, 13,493 immigrants arrived at New York. During the same time in 1870 the numbed was 16,988. . The anniversary of the ratitfehtion of the Fifteenth Amendment was generally celebrated on the 30th ult., by the colored citizens of Eastern cities, as well as at the West.

PERSONAL. The following nominations were sent to the Senate on the 24th: Horatio Newcomb of Indiana, Assistant Secretary of the Interior ; Joseph Rowe, Receiver of Public Money at Chillicothe, O.; Wm. B. Franklin, Register of the Land Office at Chillicothe, O. Collectors of Internal Revenue —John Yager, Twelfth District of Illinois; Wm. H. Robb, Eighth District of Ohio. Assessor of Internal Revenue—Cha’les Stephani, Sixteenth District of Illinois. In a game of base-ball at New Orleans on the 26th, between the “ Lone Stars” of that city, and the “ White Stockings,” of Chicago, the latter won in a score of 9 to 6. Thomas Hart Clay, the second son of Henry Clay, died at his residence near Lexington, Ky.,a few days ago. / The San Domingo Commissioners reached Washington on the night of the 27th. They were all well except Mr. Wade, who was suffering from an attack of pleurisy. The Nashua; N. IV, Telegraph nominates

Schuyler Colfax for President in 1872, and places his name at the head of its editorial columns. _ The following nominations were sent to the Senate on the 28th: J. W. Waldron, Register of the Land Office at Greenleaf, Minn.; W. Cumback, Collector of Internal Revenue, Fourth District of Indiana. Postmasters—W. L. Newton, Gallipolis, O.; G. W. Porter, Clinton, Iowa; 8. G. Smith, Peru, Ill.; George Lockley, East Saginaw’, Mich.; Wm. Hartsuff, Port Huron, Mich; J. M. Carter, St. John’s, Mich.; A. E. Meigs, Austin, Minn.; E. J. Marsh, Chillicothe, Mo.; C, W, Dalrymple, Albion, Mich.; H. Bowen, Janesville, Wis. Capt. Joseph Brown has been elected President of the Missouri Pacific Railroad and Hudson E. Bridge, late President, was chosen Vice-President. The following nominations of Postmasters were sent to the Senate on the 30th ult.: H. S. Manson, Allegan, Mich.; Hamilton Norton, Polo, Ill.; D. C. S. Win(ersmith, Elizabethtown, Ky. POLTHCIL. The Illinois State Senate on the 23d rejected a proposition to hold an adjourned session of the Legislature in Chicago. The Wisconsin Legislature adjourned sine die on the2sth. A law has been passed by the Ohio Legislature which requires railroads to construct platforms or aprons between passenger cars upon their lines, with sideboards or network of wire or strap-iron at each side of said bridges, of at least equal height with the ordinary railings upon car platforms. The Arkansas Legislature adjourned sine die on the 25th. The Senate would remain for several days in executive session as a Court of Impeachment and Board of Equalization. The State Republican Convention in Ohio is to be held at Columbus, June 31. In the Nebraska Senate, on the 27th, a motion was made and granted for a postponement until May 30 of further proceedings in the impeachment trial of Governor Butler, with leave to both sides to introduce new testimony. The Nebraska Legislature adjourned on the 28th. The North Carolina House of Representatives, on the 28th, adopted articles of impeachment against Edmond W. Jones, judge of the Second Judicial District, charging him with drunkenness and disgraceful conduct at various times and places. A Texas paper reports that Governor Davis has promised to order an election of Congressmen and other officers in August, if the State Legislature does not provide for one sooner. The Ohio Legislature has passed a bill to prevent cruelty to animals. Among other things, the bill forbids the keeping of stock in cars more than twenty-four hours without food and water.

The Dunkirk Journal says that a curious individual was greatly perplexed at the opening of the Masonic rooms the other night, to understand the whys and whereforea of the three large candles, which had conspicuous positions. He viewed them on all sides, thoughtfully summing up in his mind their probable use. At last his patience was exhausted, and turning suddenly about, he made bold to ask a Mason “ What those candles were Hirri The Mason, looking about hrim to see that no one was near, and exacting most solemn promises of secrecy, got close up to the ear of his friend, aud with bated breath whispered.-‘ “ The candles are to burn.”