Rensselaer Union, Volume 3, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1871 — THE NEW WORLD. [ARTICLE]

THE NEW WORLD.

Gold closed iu New York on the 22d at 112»». ' New counterfeit $2 notes on the Ninth National Bank iof New York have been put in circulation at the East; Thevig-

nette on the left corner is'coarsely engraved, and at the right corner of the back the ink has a bluish appearance. Wm. 8. Stokcly is tlie Republican candidate for Mayor of Philadelphia. A Lebanon, Ohio, dispatch of the 16th says Hon. Clement L. Vallandigham, one of the counsel for the defense of Thomas McGehan, had accidentally shot himself at the Lebanon House, and it was feared the wound would prove fatal. One ac count says: * “It appears that no one was present with Mr. Vallandigham when the accident occurred but ex-Licutenant-Govemer MeBurney, who has been associated with him in the defense of McGehan, the murderer. Mcßurney Md expressed some doubts as to the theory that Meyers had shot himself, and Vallandigham picked up a pistol from the table, saying he would show him in half a second. Two pistols were on the table—one unloaded—and he, by mistake, picked up the loaded one. He put it in his pocket, keeping the muzzle next his body. J ust as it was leaving the pocket it was discharged, the ball entering, it is said, near the same place Meyers was shot. He at once ejaculated, ‘ Oh, murder?’ and said he had taken the wrong pistol.” The official vote in West Virginia on the “ Flick amendment,” which strikes from the State Constitution the disfranchising clause, was as follows: For ratification, 23,540; against, 6,323; majority for ratification, 17,223. The Philadelphia Athletics defeated the Baltimore Pastimes in a game of baseball played in the latter city on the 16th—--21 to 14. Gov. Austin, of Minnesota, has appointed Gen. A. K. Edgerson, of Mantorville, Railroad Commissioner of the State, under the law passed by the last Legislature. In a game of base-ball at Boston on th* 17th, the New York Mutuals defeated tlie Boston Red Stocking—9 to 3. In New Y r ork city the Cleveland Forest Citys defeated the Eckfords, of Brooklyn—7 to 1. The Atheletics, of Philadelphia, defeated the Olympics, of Washington, in the latter city; score, 11 to 4. The President made the following appointments on the 16th: Abram Hawkins, Postmaster at Rochester, Miun; James Coly, Assessor of Internal Revenue for the Second District of Utah; John 11. Pitts and John H. Wickiser, Commisioners to attend the Centennial Anniversary of American Independence at Philadelphia. Mr. Vallandigam died at Lebanon, 0., at 9:42 on the morning of the 17th. The remains were taken to Dayton, where they arrived on the evening of that day. Mrs. Vallandigham, who was at Cumberland, Md., where her brother, Hon. John L. McMahon, had just died, was completely distracted when she received the news of the death of her husband. An extraordinary suicide occurred in-St. Louis on the morning of the 18th. Mrs. Isabella W. Stricklong, who had exhibited evidences of insanity, was prevented from drowning herself, when she returned to her house, and changed a fine dress for a calico one, took a well-filled coil oil lamp and some matches, went into the cellar, saturated her clothes with oil and set them on fire. She was burned so badly that she died iu a few hours. Sbc was 42 years old, aud the mother of several children.

The Fulton County National Bank, at Gloversville, N. Y., was robbed on the 17th, of United railroad, and Southern States bonds to $30,850, and SI,OOO in mutilated currency. The anniversary of the battle of Bunker Hill was commemorated in Boston and Charlestown on the 17th. There was a severe shock of earthquake on the north shore of Long Island on the night of the 19th. At the recent election in Waterbury, Conn., George B. Thomas, Democrat, was elected Mayor, by a majority of 25. The Republicans elected a majority of the Common Council. In New London the Republican ticket was Sleeted by an average majority of 147. In Ms’recent walking feat in New York city, Weston completed the task of walking 112 miles in 24 hours, having minutes to spare. On the 17th he finished his effort to walk 400 miles in five days, haying 18 minutes to spare. He made the last mile in 11 minutes 7 seconds, and showed little signs of fatigue. A horrible tragedy occurred in New York city on the 18th. A Dr. Connolly, while in an inebriated condition, took his two children into his bedroom, fastened the door, and then deliberately butchered the little ones with a carving-knife, after which he cut his own throat from ear to ear. The wife and mother was rendered insane for a time on the discovery of the terrible affair. In New York city, on the 19th, the Mutual Base Ball Club defeated the Cleveland Forest Citvs —10 to 6. A game was played at Troy between the Haymakers, of that city, and the Kekiongas, of Ft. Wayne. The score stood on the sixth inning 0 to 3, in favor of the- latter club, when the former demanded the substitution of a new ball, claiming that the one in use was ripped. This the Kekiongas refused to accede to, when the umpire decided the game in favor of the Haymakers -9 to 0. ■ Two kinds of revenue stamps are to be substituted for those now in use, and they will be placed in circulation on the Ist ‘of August. One is the semitive stamp, on which the application of any kind of acid produces- a complete change of color and appeadtmee, and the other is’ a stamp prin tuH in colors, which will defy reproduction by the photographers. In the United ’States Circuit Court at Canandaigua, Judge Woodruff has decided that the extension of the Mellier patent for making paper pulp was improperly 1 granted and void, and that the patent is now public property. At the Norwalk, Conn., city election, on the 20th, the Republicans elected their ticket by an average majority pflso.

A New York telegram of the 20th says the epidemic which broke out among the horses in that city, some three weeks before, was rapidly abating, and it was believed by the veterinary surgeons, who had been fighting it since the beginning, that it would soon almost totally disappear. In a game of base-ball played at Philadelphia on the 20th, the Mutuals, of New York, defeated the Philadelphia Athletics —8 to 6. In New York cit}, the Cleveland Forest Citys defeated the Stars, of Brooklyn—6 to 0. It is now. stated that President Grant will start on his trip to California about the 15th of August. All the members of the Cabinet will accompany him. He will be absent about five .weeks. The President will not visit Oregon, as has been stated. The funeral of the Hon. C. L. Vallandigham, at Dayton, on the 20th, was of a most imposing character, and was probably the largest which has ever taken place in the State of Ohio. The procession was about two miles in length, and was composed of persons of all political parties and walks of life. He was buried by the Masonic fraternity. At Cincinnati, on* the 20th, tlie Rockford Forest Citys defeated the Live Oaks of the former city, in a game of base-ball —3O to 9. Mr. Vallandigham’s estate is valued at <30,000 or <49,000; and is clear of incum--brances.—, Excessive and continuous rains have fallen in portions of Louisiana, recently, flooding the country and seriously damaging crops and other property. The first consignment of cotton from Texas, ria the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway, left Big Cabin, Indian. Territory, on the 20th inst, and passed through Parsons, Kansas. Large quantities are daily arriving at Big Cabin. The shipment of Texas cattle is very large. Governor Jewell has appointed J. R. Hawley, of Hartford, and Professor William P. Blake, of New Haven, Commissioners for Connecticut, under the act of Congress providing for an International Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876. In a game of base-ball at Philadelphia on the 21st, the Athletics, of that city f defeated the Washington Olympics—lo to 2. At New York the Cleveland Forest Citys beat the Resolules, of Elizabeth, N. J.—24 to 3. At Boston, the Red Stockings, of that city, defeated the Kekiongas, of Fort Wayne—2l to 0. A Washington dispatch of the 21st says: “General Sherman has relumed from his tour of inspection throughout the West and Southwest. He considers the apprehensions felt of a wide-spread Indian war along the Texan frontier as, in a great measure, unfounded. The General’s view of the situation is much more hopeful than many have heretofore supposed.” The lowa Republican State Convention met at Des Moines on the 21st. Col. Carpenter was nominated for Governor on the first ballot, as was also fl. C. Butler for Lieut. Governor, and Col. Abernethy for Superintendent of Public Instruction, Judge Day was renominated for Supreme J udge by acclamation.

The jury in the McGehan murder case, at Lebanon, O„ after being out about twenty-four hours, failed to agree, and was discharged, Various changes occurred in the jury, it is said, and it finally stood eight for murder in the second degree, and four for acquittal. One account states that one juror stood out to the end for murder in the first degree. This is the case iu which Mr. Vallandigham was engaged as counsel for the prisoner at the time of his accidentally shooting himself. The Republican State Convention of Ohio, at Columbus, on the 21st, made the following nominations: For Governor, Gen. E. F. Noyes, of Cincinnati; Lieutenant Governor, Jacob Mueller, of Cuyahoga; Supreme Judge, Wm. H. West, of Logan; State Treasurer, Isaac R. Welsh, of Belmont; Auditor of State, James Williams, of Franklin; Attorney-General, Francis B. Pond, of Morgan; School Commissioner, T. H. ‘Harvey, of Lake; Clerk of the Supreme Court, Captain Rodney Foos, of Clinton; Member of the Board of Public Works, C. R. Hosmer, of Muskingham. The following State Executive Committee was appointed: R. D. Harrison, Chairman; Rodney Foos, Secretary; Geo. K. Nash,Treasurer; Chas. C. Walcutt, Jas. Williams, Francis B. Pond. The Democratic S(ate Central Committee met at Columbus on the 21st, and organized by electing Chas. N. Allen,Chairman, and Jas. G. Cral, Secretary, The following Executive. Committee was appointed: A. G. Thurman, of Columbus; ,Jno. G. Jones, of Cincinnati; D. J. Allen, of Mercer,- Jacob Rinehart and Samuel Thompson, of Columbus. Commodore M. F. Maury, of Virginia, has been elected President of the University of Alabama, and will accept. A New Orleans dispatch of the 21st says the flood,.from the waters of the broken csnal had fifeain invaded the recently submerged district. The water had risen ten or twelve inches in the rear of the city, and the gutters on Canal street were overflowed as far as Dryades street. Both Basin and Rampart streets were partially covered. The moving of families from the submerged district still continued. The levee on Claiborne Canal, in the rear of Poland street, Third District, was cut on the 19th, in five places, by four miscreants, who went there in a flatboat, and escaped when the police arrived. A panic was created in the New York stock market'on the 21st It seems a combination bad been formed some time before, to force up the price of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad stock, and get a comer on the bears. The clique engaged jn this movement had succeeded in running up Ahe stock to 130, when a failure to raise one million dollars which

they were to put up as further margins on the 21st, caused a collapse, and the stock fell to 110 in two hours’ time. Wm. 8 Woodward, one of the principal men in the combination, failed for a large amount, causing several minor failures. In a game of base-ball at New York on the 22d, between the Mutuals, of that city and the Washington Olympics, the former club was victorious, scoring 12 to their opponent’s 4. At Philadelphia, the Cleveland Forest Citys defeated the Experts, of Philadelphia—lo to 9. The Democratic State Convention of California has renominated Henry Haight for Governor. The other nominees are; For Lieutenant Governor, Mr. Lqwis, of Tehala; Supreme Judges, Jackson Temple and Seldon 8. Wright. News from Vice-President Colfax, on the 22d, was to the effect that he was rapidly recovering his former health, and the prospect was that he would soon be well as ever. A special dispatch from Dayton, 0., on the 22d, says Mrs. Vallandigham was in an unconscious condition. By many it_ is feared she lias lost, or will lose, her reason, while others declare that the doubleshock she has recently encountered in the loss of both her brother and husband, threaten fatal consequences, and that her death is merely a matter of brief time. On the 23d a collision occurred on the Nashville <fc Northwestern Railroad, near McEwen’s Station, lictween a freight and passenger train. R. M. Vass, a passenger, standing on the platform, was killed, his head being cut in two and body mangled. W. 8. Conadon, baggage master, and John Bonner, brakemen, were badly injured.