Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1872 — Page 1

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General News Summary.

THE OLD WOULD. It Is estimated that 8,000,000 Inhabitants have died from famine In Persia. The Spanish Cortes,"on the 9th, by vote of T6l against 57, refused to consider the amendment asking for the emancipation of slaves. On the 10th, the Abolition Society of Madrid sent petitions to the Senate prayj ing for the manumission of slaves in Cuba and Porto Rico. The Senate referred the petition to the King’s Ministers. A Paris telegram of the Ilth announces that Prince Napoleon and Princess Clothilde, who were then in that city, had received notice to leave France. The Prince replied to the agent of the Government who brought the summons, by refusing to quit his native land, insisting on his rights as a citizen and declaring that he would yield only to force; and the Princess answered that she would only leave France between two geris-a'armes. A subsequent dispatch says the Prince had yielded to.the peremptory order of the Government, and left Paris. A recent London letter says that the publication of the ponderous judgment of Sir Alexander Cockburn, dissenting from the award of the Geneva Arbitrators, has had the effect to create the belief that the award wHs flagrantly unjust to England. The lamgUagc of the Lord Chief-Justice is very severe, and he is alike indignant at the British and American Governments. A Berlin special of the 12th says it was believed the decision of the Emperor on the San Juan boundary question wjfold be favorable to the United States. A Madrid dispatch of the 12th announces that an "insurrection had broken out among the troops at Ferral, in the province of Co—runna. -The insurgents took possession of the gunboats anchored in the harbor, the light house keepers of which were imprisoned. This closed the port and prevented tlie Government sending reinforcements by sea. -->• Prince Napoleon arrived in Geneva, Switserland, on the 14th. He was accompanied to the frontier by the agents of the French Government. Miss Nellie Grant was a passenger on the steamship Scotia, which sailed from London on the’l3th, for New York. A Paris dispatch of the 15th says: “President Tillers yesterday said he had received information that released Communists, now in Paris, had in their possession two thousand bombs simjilario those used by Orsini and his compatriots when they attempted to assassinate the ex-Emporor Napoleon; in 1858: i. r ~ ’• Prince Frederick Henry Albert, brother of the Emperor William, died in Berlin on the 15th. Taj ado lias heqn formally elected- President of Mexico. - The railway between Yokohama and Yeddo, Japan, has been formally opened by the Mikado. A suit against United States Consul Dudley, at Liverpool, by a man named Alcott, who enlisted as a seaman on the privateer Alabama, for compensation for his detention at Liverpool as a witness, by order of Mr. Dudley, at the time when the Alabama sailed, has resulted adversely to the plaintiff. The Court .decided that thfe Geneva Tribunal had settled all questions connected with the Alabama case.

THE NEW WOKLI). Gold closed in New York on the 16th at liajsgm. Secretary Fish has recently received, by special messenger, an official copy of the decision and award of the Geneva Arbitration, handsomely engrossed on parchment, bound, with the signatures of the Arbitrators. The document was inclosed in a neat wooden case, highly polished. The Secretary presented it to President Grant, and it was afterward taken to the Department to be deposited in the archives. Colonel Robb, of Georgia, and Mr. Savage, of California, two of the Commissioners appointed by the president to take testimony relative to.depredations on the Kio Grande, having returned to Washington, called upon President Grant on the 10th, and had a long Interview with him. A formal report will be prepared by the Commission for transmls- ' sion to Congress. The incursions by armed Mexican bands into Texas are numerous, and have continued ever since 1859. ’ They .have since that time driven cattle estimated . to be worth several millions of dollars from Texas, across the river into Mexico, where p lunder was sold to soldiers and citizens. Hon. Wm. 11. Seward died at his residence in Auburn, N. Y., on the afternoon of the 10th, at fifteen minutes past three His death was sudden and somewhat unexpected, and resulted from a cold taken a few days before. On the' 9th he drove out for two hours, and "dictated to his amanuenuis as usual, though harrassed all day with cough and catarrhal effusions in the chest. On Wednesday evening his cough abated for a while, and there - seemed a promise of a good night, but the fever, restlessness and cough returned at bed-time. He was nearly s]eeplesa,untU five o’clock in the morning* At four a. in., to relieve the tedium of lying sleepless, he had his soil William read to; him. He slept after live pretty well s till eleven a. m. on the 10th, though his feyey kept up without any real remission. At half-past one he was seized .with great difficulty in_breathing, caused by a'sudden catarrhal effusion into the lungs, comment ing with the right Inng f and soon Involvingthe left also, Which occasioned his death in about two hours. Mr. Seward’s intellectual faculties were clear and vigorous to the last-, save when disturbed by paroxysms of fever. He was seventy-ono years of age. Colonel Alvan Croker has been renominated for Congress by the Republicans of the Tenth Massachusetts District, The Republicans of tlje First Massachusetts District have renominated James Buffington for Congress ; James Brooks is the Democratic Candidate. r A tire at Sing Bing,.N. Y„ on the night of the oth, consumed twelve stores in the principle business portion of the town. I.ftps about *250,000. Two persons were seriously burned. ( , A Washington dispatch of tho 10th says the announcement of the death oLMr. Seward was received with regret in all quarters. The Btate Department building would, |aa a mark df respect to his memory, be draped with mourning. An- official count shows that over” 118,000 votes were polled in- Philadelphia at the late Uaftr&nft’a majority in the efty is T.jf .-L maJorlt y tOT Congressmans thlnwi* A Harrisburg dispatch of the Republican majority In ths

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State will be over 80,000, Bartranft’s majority will reach that figure, The Republicans have a majority in both branches of the Leg* lslature. For the Information of our readers we reproduce the following compact table of the Electoral vote: States. Vbtei. States. ~~ ~ Votes. Alabama 10 Missouri is Arkansas 6Nebraska 8 California 6 Nevada:.T...T. ■ 8 Connecticut 4 New Hampshire...,;. 5 Delaware a New Jersey 9 Florida..... 4 New York „-415 Georgia..... ..,.11 North Carolina 10 Illinois ~21 Ohio 22 Indiana 15 Oregon 8 lowa 11 Pennsylvania 29 Kansas S Rhode Island 4 Kentucky...... 12 South Carolina 7 Louisiana 8 Tennessee....- 12 Maine 7 Texas 8 Maryland . 8 Vermont B Massachusetts 18 Virginia 11 Michigan 11 West Virginia 5 Minnesota ~. s;Wisconsin 10 Mississippi 8T Total 806 Number of States •Senators .. ...[ 74 Representatives 292 A severe shock of earthquake was felt in lowa and Dakota on the Bth. A Columbns (Ohio) dispatch of the 10th says the Republican majority in the State is about 15,000. The Republicans, have elected twelve out of the twenty Congressmen. The Straight-out Democratic State Central Committee of lowa have added the name of Charles Baker, of Johnson County, to their State ticket, for Secretary of State, in place of J, H. Parvin, declined. P. H. Talbott has been nominated for Congress by the Straight-out Democrats of the Ninth Missouri District. The Trustees of the Ohio Agricultural College have elected Hon. James Patterson, of J4ew Hampshire, as President of that institution. The Arizona Miner extra, of October 1, saylrthat Lieutenant Max Hiescndorf, with twenty-one men of the sth cavalry, came upon the Apaches in force fifty miles from Prescott, and shot seventeen, when the Indians fled. In Rancher, corn and other stolen property was found, showing that Indians killed had drew rations from the Camp Verde reservation to September. Horace Greeley delivered an address before the Maryland State Agricultural and Mechanical Society on the 10th, at the fair grounds. Recent dispatches announce that the Pope County trouble in Arkansas had been settled, and the militia' disbanded. The following proclamation has been issued in Washington:

Department op State, I Wanhinutun, D. C., Oct. 11, 1872. f The undersigned is charged by the President with the painful duty of announcing to the people of the United States the death of an illustrious citizen. Wm. Henry Seward, distinguished for faithful and eminent service in varied public trusts during a long senes of years, died at Auhurn, in the State of New York, October 10. Charged with the administration of tliu Department of State at the most critical period In the history of thenation, Mr. Seward brought to the duties ox that office exalted patriotism, unwearied industry and consummate ability. A grateful nation will cherish his name, his fame and his memory. The several Executive Departments will cause appropriate honors to be rendered to the memory of the deceased statesman at home and abroad, (Signed) Hamilton Fisn, Secretary of State. The first of a series of five Competitive examinations under the Civil Service rules, fpr the purpose of filling first-class vacancies now existing in the Treasury Department, took place on the Uth. Forty-four candidates were present, fourteen of whom were women. A Wasington dispatch of the 11th says: “A personal frifend of Senator Sumner, who has just arrived from Europe, reports the health of the former to be in a critical condition. The worst features of his spinal difficulty have returned in an aggravated form, and it is predicted that he will never return to this country again alive. A consultation of the leading. European pnyslcians has been called in his case." The President has issued the following Thanksgiving proclamation: Whereas, Tho revolution of another year has again brought the time when it is usual to look back upon the past, and publicly thank the Almighty for his mercies and his blessings; and whereas. If any one people has more occasion than another for such thankfulness, it is the citizens of the United States, whose Government is their creature, ’subject to their behests: who have reserved to themselves ample civil and religious freedom, and equality before the law; who, during the last twelve months, have enjoyed exemption from any grievous or general calamity, and to whom prosperity in agriculture, manufactures, and commerce have been vouchsafed; therefore, by these, considerations, I recommend that on Thursday,' the 28th-day of November next, the people meet In their respective houses of worship, and there make their acknowledgments to God for his kindness and bounty. In witness whereoM have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the .United States to he affixed. Done at the City of Washington, this eleventh day of October, in the Year .of Our Lord 1872, and of .the Independence' of the United States the ninety-seventh. _ (Signed) 11. S. GRANT. By the President, Hamilton Fisa, Secretary of State. Mrs. James Parton (“Fanny Fern”) died at her residence in New York City on the night of the 10th. The New Jersey Straight-out Democratic State Convention met at Trenton on the 11th and selected a full Electoral ticket.

The Mayor of Chicago has recently isued an order to the Police Commissioners of the city for the closing on Sunday of all saloons, public bars, and other places where intoxi-cating-liquors are sold. * ' ,'y - A State Convention of Straight-out Demo-, crats is called to meet -at Columbus, Ohio, on the 22d to nominate O’Conor Electors. According td statistics published in the Chicago dailies, there has been an increase in the business of the city the past year over that of the proceding year of more than one.third, orl&per cent! ~ According to an Indianapolis dispatch of the llth, the majority for Hendricks would bs between 600 end 700. The balance of the Btate ticket, including the Congressmen-atr Large, with perhaps the exception df the candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction, are Republicans. The new Liberal State ticket of Arkansas has been formally withdrawn. J, M. Provine, one of the pioneers of Memphis, died recently, aged 60. The building in which the Daily Sentinel, Raleigh, N. C., is printed, was nearly destroyed about one ePciock on the mousing of the 11th, By an explosion of powder, which some party unknown had placed under the press-room. -Everything in the room was thrown into confusion, and the press completely demolished. The explosion caused great excitement, and crowds flocked to thee scene, The Sentinel is a Conservative paper. A Memphis dispatch of the ITCH says: ‘"Serious trouble between the whites and blacks at Osceoha, a little town forty milesahove'here, on the Arkansas, has been* bre wing for .several days, which culminated Wednesday evening in a fight in which one nsgro wm Wiled and several wounded. The trouble originated in the killing of Murray,

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the Sheriff, some six weeks since by Fitzpat* rick, County Registrar; aftd the breaking up 9* a Conservative meeting last week, as reported at the time. Fitzpatrick was to have been tried this week. To prevent the trial coming off, It Is believed he Incited the negroes to arm and surround the town, when the whites in turn armed and drove them off, as stated above. The officers of the court and some merchants, with portions of their goods, arrived here late last night, the negroes having threatened to return and burn the town. The greatest excitement prevailed there at last accounts.” Ell Perry has been unanimously renominated for Congress by the Democrats of the Fifteenth New York District. At a Conventionof theßeform Democracy in New York City on the 12th James O’Brien was unanimously nominated for Mayor. He has also been nominated by the Workingmen’s Central Union. A Philadelphia telegram of the 12th says the official vote of the State, except twelve counties, and those estimated, shows a majority for Hartranft of 35,726. The funeral of “ (Fanny Fern ” took place on the 12th, and, in accordance with the wishes of the deceased, was very private. After a short service the remains were .eon..veyfid to Boston for interment. A few mornings ago, the boiler in the steam saw-mill belonging to D. H. Delano, of Pulaski, N. Y., exploded with terrific force,|rendering the entire building a mass of ruins. The engineer, J. B. Green#ood, was thrown through the building into the Salmon River, and was found dead some rods below. The body was shockingiymangled. Several other employes were injured. The funeral of Mr. Seward occurred on the 14th. Almost every building in Auburn was draped in mourning in respect to his memory. His last words were, “Love one another.” Governor Hoffman issued a proolama; tion eulogistic of the deceased, and ordered all'the State Departments closed, and the flags on State buildings to he placed at halfmast. The Adjutant-General of Ohio has disarmed the colored militia companies in Cincinnati which took part in the late torchlight riot, and left the arms under the care of the police. The Liberals and Democrats of the First St. Louis (Mo.) District have nominated Colonel Wm. G. Grosvenor for Congress. At San Francisco bn the morning of the 12th, two shocks of earthquake of several seconds’ duration were experienced, the _oscilations being from east to west. The First National Bank of New Lexington, Ohio, with a capital of 850,000, and the First National Bank of Lebanon, Ind., with a capital of SIOO,OOO, have been authorized to commence business.

The following statistics relating to the rebuilding and business of Chicago during the first year after the great fire, are compiledfrom recent statements in the dailies of that city: Cost of new buildings $46,334,500 Real estate sales ... 41,100,678 Grain received, bushels 89,639,891 Grain shipped, bushels 70,961,871 Cattle received 644,560 Cattle shipped 487,379 Hogs received,, 3,169,675 Hogs shipped 1,782,768 Lumber received, feet 261,430,057 Shingles, number 171,557,715 Bricks received 439,050,000 Li me, barrels 1,000,000 Vessels arrived, tonnage 2,722,021 Vessels cleared, tonnage 2,705,792 Total banking capital $12,250,000 Elevator capacity, bushels 13,800,000 New hotels built and in process $7,275,000 Commenting on the above figures, the Journal says: “These are only a few of the grand totals. It is an almost incredible fact that about one-third of the burnt district has been rebuilt, and that the value of the new buildings (many of them great stone, brick or iron business blocks) comes within about $6,000,000 of the value of those destroyed. Chicago’s recovery and progress have been in every respect wonderful—and the work is going on as vigorously now as during any part of the year.” - A new and very well executed counterfeit of the SSO bills of the new issue of greenbacks has been discovered lately By the Government officials in ChicagoAt Louisville, Ky., on the night of the 11th, a new building on Market street suddenly fell, crushing Webb’s printing office and residence and the tailoring store of Honry Nolte. The family of the latter, consisting of himself, wife, five children, ajjd a man named Louis Johns, were buried in the ruins. Three of the children, boys, were qnicklv extricated alive, but badly hurt, and one of them afterward died. After several hours’ work, the dead bodies of Nolte, his wife, Johns, and two children, were got out. A car on the Paducah & Elizabethtown (Ky.) Railroad ran off the track and down a forty-foot embankment, eight miles from Paducah, on thfe night of the 10th. The car was smashed, and Georgia Jordan, a little girl, and Dc Fassi, a tobacco agent for the Italian Government, were killed. Eighteen persons were injured, some of them very severely.

There was a very heavy frost at Memphis, Tcnh., on the night of the 10th. Business was suspended in Washington on the 14th, out of respect to the memory of Mr. Seward. President Grant sent the following telegram to General W. 11. Seward, at Auburn: “I condole with you and the nation in the loss of a kind father and an eminent statesman. His services to his country have become a part of its history. I regret that I cannot attend the funeral to-day and pirticlpate.jp the last earthly honors to the remains of a distinguished patriot and statesman.” _ ~^rar&ir«togft~€oupty^aKfcr« , t Waterford, N. Y., was robbed on the morning of the 14th of over $306,000, by a gang of nine masked desperadoes., The robbers secreted themselves in the house of title cashier, Sunday night, and bound and gagged the entire family, except the cashier, whom they compelled to open the vault of the bank. The loss to the hank IS about $8,500. Special depositors will lose about $300,000 in United States bonds and stocks. Snow fell two or three inches deep nearBinghamton, New York, on the night of the 13th. Spencer T. Downey, engineer qn the New York Central Railroad, has been indicted for manslaughter, in having caused a recent fatal accident by collision at l’ittsford. James W. Covert has been nomlnated-for Congress by the Deufßcntts of the First District of New York. „ , The funeral services 6f : the late Hon. Wm. H. Sewardt at Auburn on the 14th, were largely attended and were very impressive. The new Congregational Church at Peshtjgo was dedicated on the evening of the Btb, the anniversary of the great Are, and Is almost an etact reproduction of the one that destroyed. > , ' '

QUIi POUJNTBY ANP ODD UNION.

The Democrats of the Third St. Louis (Mo.) Distrlot have nominated Wm. H. Stone for Congress. An Indlanaaoils dispatch of the 14th says: "The official vote of 77 counties, received at the Secretary of State’s office, with the semi-official returns from the other 18 counties, give Hendricks, Democrat, for Gov: ernor, 894 majority; Leonidas Sexton, Republican, for Lieutenant Governor, 1,313 majority; W. W. Cnrry, Republican, for Sectary of State, 1,168 majority; J. A. Wildman, Republican, for Auditor, 1,224 majority; J. B. Glover, Republican, For Treasurer, 1,520 majority; G. L. Orth, Republican, for Congressman-at-Large, 1,1.47 majority; William Williams, Republican; Congressman at-Large, 1,474 majority. The balance of the State ticket, except Superintendent of Public Instruction, is Republican. For the latter office, Milton B. Hopkins, Democrat, is elected. The Legislature, from the official returns, will stand •54 Republicans to 46 Democrats in the House, and 27 Republicans to 23 Democrats in the Senate.

Twelve thousand dollars in Confederate notes, in denominations ranging from $5 to SIOO, were sold recently at Ruction, in Virginia, for $2.50 in greenbacks. The purchaser was a visitor from France, who invested in them solely from enriosity. An interview took place in Washington on the 15th, at the Interior Department, between General F. A. Walker, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and a large party of Indians, representing the Kiowas, Comanehes, Apaches, and other wild tribes of the westcrp part of the Indian Territory, who have jo long made Kansas, Texas and Eastern New Mexico their raiding ground. The Commissioner, after advising them to cultivate the soil, raise stock, send their children to school, etc., told them plainly that the Government had determined to put a stop, at once and for all, to thjL, murder and stealing which have of late become so common, and that Indians inclined to be unfriendly and insubordinate would .be dealt with summarily. Finally, thp Indians were informed that, besides thlß general address, the business with each tribe would be taken up in detail, separately, day after day, until completed. Mrs. Chapman and Mrs. Chasselette, widows of the engineer and fireman who were killed on the Erie Railroad, at Buffalo, recently, by the negligence of the train dispatcher In telegraphing, have recovered damages of $5,000 each from the Erie Company. It was reported in New York, on the 15th, that Tom Fields had gone to. Havana to avoid the consequences of his pending trial. The Constitutional Convention of Pennsyl vania will consist of 68 Republicans and 65 Liberals.

The rolling mill buildings of the Cambria Iron Works, at Johnstown, Pa., were burned on the night of the 12th. A large portion of the machinery was destroyed. Loss estimated at nearly $400,000; insurance, SIOO,OOO. At Boston, Mass., on the 14th, Mary Ella Lunie, three years of age, was killed by her idiotic brother, Patrick, five years old. He struck her on the head with his-flst, crushing her skull. The Vermont‘Legislature on the 15th elected lion. J. S. Morrill to the United States Senate for six years from the 4th of March next by a vote of 111 to Vs. The Dempcrats voted for Waldo Bingham. Dr. L. L. Leeds has been nominated for Congress by the Straight-out Democrats of the Thirteenth Illinois District. ~- The following is a description of the counterfeit-flfty-dollar note recently put in circulation in Chicago: - - “ The specimens shown are not printed on fiber paper, though this may be done in other issues, as the counterfeiters have succeeded In some tnstances in making a tolerable imitation of the Government fiber paper. The scroll-work around the figures “50” in the upper left hand corner of the genuine are surrounded by a scroll-work of fine lines, crossing and recrossing each other, hut ail made of one line that Is continnons throughout, and its course can he plainly traced by the naked eye. . In the counterfeit this effect is produced by a series of short scratches, not connected together at all. Between the words “-New” and "Scries” in the genuine a small ornamental dash is insert, ed, but is omitted in the counterfeit. In the trig. TU-itc of Henry Clay In the genuine the color of the hair on the right side of fliehead is light near the head, and grows darker toward the outer end; this Is reversed in the counterfeit. The most staking difference, however, is the coloring of the seal, which is of a brick red tint, tnsteau of the bright crimson of the genuine hills.” The Chicago Journal -0f,..,.the 14th says: “ The weather of these frosty October days is improving the health of the Western river towns, which have been suffering greatly this season from malarious diseases. The past few months have been the most unhealthy ever known throughout the West." The propeller Lac la Belle, of Englemann’s Milwaukee and Grand Haven Transportation Line, foundered off Racine, Wis., on the night of the 13th. There were thirty passengers on board. The passengers, officers -and crew, except five or six, who preferred lo stand their chances with the Wreck, escaped in the small boats, ft was feared those who remained on the vessel were lost. A Milwaukee dispatch of the 15th gives the names of those known to have perished: P. H. Llppincott, traveling agent for Demor $ of Milwaukee; L. Wyener, also a traveling agent, of that city, and W. Smith, of Watertown, Wis. The incoming Legislature of Georgia will be composed mainly of farmers and planters.

The boiler of a locomotive at Dover, N. C., exploded on the* 15th, killing the conductor and engineer, and mortally wounding the fireman. ~ i A Matamoras (Mexico) dispatch of the ISth says saute Texan cattle thieves had been arrested by the Mexican authorities, aqd a portion of the stolen property was returned to the owners in Brownsville, Texas, by General Rochu, who also notified the Texas authorities that the thieves would be surrendered on proper delfiand. The Ppetmaster General has decided that letters can only be delivered to the person to whom they are addressed. In the case be fore the department a husband demanded letters written jto his wife, but was refused them. A few days ago, as Jas. W. Woods, a clerk in the Old Colony Railroad office, in Boston, was passing from the Paymaster’s rootn to the Treasurer’s‘office, on the same floor, and but a few yards distant, he • was knocked down and robbed of $4,000. The robber escaped. ... I The Democrats and Liberals of the Seventh \ Massachusetts District have nominated - John it. Tarboxytof Lawrence, for Congress, I and Geo. Stevens, of Lowell, for the short j Congressional term. '■ VThe Democratic and Liberal Committee of Hartford, Conn., hats nominated W. W. Eaton for Congress, to fIU this nnexplred i turn of jk i*. Strong.,dMWflofc - 1 ' “ -

General Butler hat fteen renominated for Congress by the Repnblloani of the Sixth Massachusetts District. The Democrats and Liberals In the same District have nominated Charles P. Thompson. During the recent absence from her home In Brooklyn, It Y., of Mary McCormick, her child, three years old, obtained matches and set fire to a crib, and an infant sleeping in it was burned to death. A commercial traveler of an Eastern wholesale jewelry house put up *t a Chicago hotel a few nights ago, and the next morning missed two trunks which bad been left in the hotel slttlng~room. It pectus thieves had entered the during the night and carried off the trunks, which are said to have contained $20,000 worth of watches and jewelry. At the recent anShal session in Rock Island of the Grand Lodge of I. O. of O. F, of Illinois, the following officers were elected: M. W. G. Master, Frederick Rross, of Cairo; D. G. Master, W. L. Lisconey, of Rock Island; Grand Warden, J. H. Young, of Carbondale; Grand Secretary, N. C. Watson, of Peoria; Grand Treasurer, A. S. Berry, of Alton; Grartd Representative, J. C. Smith, of Galena; Grand Chaplain, W. M. Edwards, of Mendota; Grand Marshal, A. T. Sherman, of Chicago; Grand Conductor, Thomas Long, of Enfield; Grand Guardian, Ludwig VanEmbden, of Galena; Grand Herald, W. S. Moore, of Effingham. The Grand Lodge selected Springfield as the place of bolding the next meeting.

The main part of Orrville, Ohio, has been destroyed by fire. Gov. Jacob, of West Virginia, has issued his proclamation announcing the vote on the nerv Constitution at 4he —election of August 22. There were cast for the Constitution 42,344 votes, against it 37,777. There were cast in favor of the proposition to insert “ white ” as a qualification for office 28,333 votes, and this not being a majority of the whole vote, the proposition was rejected. The total vote is 80,121. The Masonic Grand Lodge of Ohio has elected the following officers : A. H. Batter, of Steubenville, Grand Master ; Charles A. Woodward, of Cleveland, Deputy Grand Master; S. Warner, of Cincinnati, Senior Grand Warden ; James F. Culbertson, Junior Grand Warden : F. J. Philips, of Georgetown, Grand Treasurer; W. D. Caldwell, of Cincinnati, Grand Secretary. At Montgomery, Ala., a few days, ago, a large, new public building, designed for a market house, on which about a dozen men were at work, fell with a crash, killing one man, and seriously injuring a number-of-oth-ers. A Charleston (S. C.) dispatch of the evening of the 16th says the election in that State had been a quiet'one. No conclusive returns were in, but the probabilities were that Moses and the regular Republican ticket were elected by a large majority over the opposition Republican ticket. No Democratic ticket was in the-fleld. James Kenney, a noted thief now serving out a term in the Tennessee Penitentiary, has confessed that he, in connection with Billy Forrester and others, had committed the great diamond robbery in New Orleans in 1861, having hired men to set steamboats on fire at the landing to draw the police from the scene of the robbery. Kenney also says he is certain that Forrester murdered Mr. Nathan, but no one knew all about it but Forrester’s wife, who is now in Memphis, and she was too shy to give Billy away.

The Late William H. Seward.

Auburn, N. Y., October JO. Mr. Seward, having taken cold and been somewhat unwell for a day or two, was, on the evening of Saturday, the fifth, seized with a severe chill, and his physician was summoned to him. He had been, during the summer, in his ordinary good health, suffering only from the inconvenience of the muscular palsy of his arms, and had been engaged in preparing for the press ' his account of his recent journey around the world. The chill was that of ordinary tertian ague accompanied by a harrassing catarrhal cough. It was followed by fever and delirium, which lasted till late in the night. On Sunday he was up in the afternoon, took dinner, and passed a comfortable night. On Monday, with the exception of his cough and catarrh, he was comfortable, and dictated as usual to his assistants on the completion of his book. He played whifTon Monday evening, but at ten p. m. a slight chill occurred, followed by delirium and fever, .which aggravated catarrhal disturbance of the chest, which lasted nearly all night, his physician seeing him, on this account, alter midnight. Off Tuesday morning after some sleep, he* was again better, and drove out in the afternoon, but fever, delirium and restlessness returned with the cough on Tuesday night. On Wednesday he drove out tor two hours, and dictated to his amanuensis as usual, though harrassed all day with the cough and the catarrhal effusion in the chest. On Wednesday evening his cough abated for a while, and there seemed a promise of a good night, but the fever, restlessness and cough returned at bedtime. He was nearly sleepless until five •’clock in the morning. At four a. m., to , relieve the tedium of lying sleepless, he had his son William read the New York Time* to him of Wednesday morning. He slept after five pretty well till eleven a. rv. of to-day, though his fever kept up without Any real remission. At half-past one he was seized with great difficulty in

breathingy eau»«d by a sudden catarrhal effusion into the lungs, commencing with the right lung, and soon involving the left also, wh’ich occasioned his death in about two hours. He entertained np apprehension but that* he should rebover from the attack of catarrhal ague till last night and this morning. While at his age, and . with the condition of muscular palsy, from which he had suffered so long, the fact that the fever,was increasing upon him together with the catarrhal disturbance, led his physicians to apprehend a fatal, result in the course of a week __ or more, yet no immediate fear was felt, and his dissolution was sadden—and unexpected. Mr. .Seward’s intellectual faculties were clear and vigorous to the last, save when disturbed by paroxysms of fever. Just after the effusion from the lungs to-day, and thinking it would relieve his breathing, he was, at his own desire, placed on a lounge and bolstered up and moved from his adjoining bed-room into Ids study, where, in the midst of Lis books and his literary and other papers, and surrounded by his relatives and a few friends, and ail his devoted dependents, he breathed his last. !Por the last hour of hlwUle, as the powers of nature

were giving away, hie condition became easy, and he spent the time in affectionate leave-takings of relatives and dependents, and finally sank quietly to his last rest, as if going to sleep. The following brief biographical sketch of the Hon. William H. Seward is taken from ZelPs Encyclopedia: William Henry Seward wae born in Florida, Orange County, New York, May 16,1801. He graduated at Union College in 1820, was admitted to the Bar in 1822, and commenced practice, at Auburn, in his native State, in 1823. He was elected in 1830 to the State Senate of New York in which he came forward as a champion of internal improvements, of the abolition of imprisonment for debt, and of giving the people more power in the election of public officers. He visited Europe in company with Jhls father in 1833, and wrote a series of letters during his tour for an Albany newspaper, and they afterward appeared in a separate form. Having been brought forward for the Govern-

orship of the State, he was defeated by Mr. Marcy, afterward Minister for Foreign Affairs Under President Franklin Pierce, but was successful in 1838, when he was elected Governor of New York by a large majority. In this position he recommended the increase of education, internal improvements, a liberal policy toward foreign immigrants, and took the side of abolition in the growing controversies on slavery. Mr. Seward held the office of Governor for two terms. lie resumed, afterward, the practice of law, first in the courts of his own State, and afterward acquiring a lucrative share of patent causes in the courts of the United States. In 1849 he was elected to the Senate of the United States, where he became the acknowledged leader of his party, and, in the debate On the admission of California, he promulgated what was called his “higher law” doctrine, in saying that there was “a higher law than the Constitution which regulated the authority of Congress over the national domain—the law of God and the interests of humanity." In a speech at Rochester, N. Y., in 1868, he declared that there was an “irrepressible conflict between opposing and enduring forces,” and that “the United States must become either entirely slave or entirely free.” In 1859 he revisited Europe, and extended his tour to Egypt and the Holy Land, and in 1860 was the most prominent man of the Republican party for the nomination for the Presidency, but personal and local interests finally secured the election of Abraham Lincoln, while Mr. Seward accepted the Important post of Secretary of State, in which he guided the diplomacy of the Federal Government through tins perils of War and Secession with an almost unparalleled industry, energy, and success. On the 14th of April, 1805, at the same time President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, another assassin, named Payne, entered the house of Mr. Seward (then confined to his room by a fall from his carriage), dangerously wounded his sbn, and with a poniard inflicted wounds upon him which were at first believed to be fatal, but from which he slowly recovered. After the death of Jfr. Lincoln, Mr. Seward continued to act as Secretary until the close of Mr. Johnson’s Presidency. In 1868r-69 he took an extended tour through the far Northwest, Alaska, California, Mexico, etc., and in 1870 again set out for a travel through Eastern Asia In October of the same year he was received by the Mikado of Japan, being the first foreigner to whom the honor had been accorded. The works of Mr. Seward have been published in 4 vol. Bvo., New York, 1853-60. They include his orations, addresses, political speeches, official correspondence and miscellaneous writings.

The Straight Democracy.

CENTRAL ttBAOQCAKTBKS AT CHICAGO. To the Democracy of the Northwestern States: From the National Democratic Executive Committee, at Louisville, the undersigned received an appointment for canvassing and carrying forward thl work of organizing the O’Conor and Adams Democracy of said States preparatory to the November election. The hostility.of the Democratic press is so general and so unscrupulous (refusing to print our notice even for pay), that it is almost impossible to reach the ear of the masses of the betrayed Democratic party through the customary channels, and all the facilities of conducting a campaign are wanting. The time is too short te create them, and the means are not at hand. t I have hundreds of inquiries and applications to address meetings of the Straight Democracy, which cannot now be answered, presenting widely divergent localities, and endless conflict in respect to dates. The State Conventions of Indiana, Illinois, lowa, Wisconsin and Michigan, after nominating State candidates ana Electors, severally advised the counties to present full .Democratic tickets, regardless of the coalition candidates spawned by the ClhcinnatiBaltimore fusion; but the work seems tardy, and our party machinery is yet fragmentary. Tinder these circumstances, I have determined that I can best promote the objects of my appointment, for the remaining short time, by communicating through the mails with local organizations, candidates and active individuals, from a central office, which I will open in the city of Chicago, with printing and mailing facilities, on the I6th day of October, 1872.

County, city, and township organizations, and also candidates and individuals throughout the Northwestern States, will, on application to me by letter, be furnished, from said central office, with suitable documents, circulars, and printed ballots containing the Dtmes of O’Conor’s electors, the State ticket nominated, and 6uch local candidates as may be deaired. As we have no patronage, scarcely any presses,.and no electioneering fund, orders for documents or tickets should bring what small amount of money the sender can raiae by voluntary neighborhood contribution, to meet expenses of printing : and postage. This, however, is only a recommendation and not a condition, precedent to the furnishing of tickets. Where the dames of local candidates are wanted upon the ballots, the full name should be plainly written; and in any event, the order should be sent to the Chicago office by the 20th of October. Where a straight Democratic paper U acceptable, the printing for its vicinage should be given to such, paper. I, therefore, finally suggest that O’Conor Democrats in every county, Whether many or few, meet at their respective county seats (if no other arrangement has been made) on the 23d of October, and appoint one or more of their number, specially charged with the obtaining and distribution of tickets through the Chicago office or otherwise to every product of tneir respective counties before th«i morning oftheHSUi of November, and the Chicago office be immediately notified of the name and post-office address.of auch appointee. . LeGband Btinoton, On behalf of Louisville Committee. 43f"Mr. George A. Halsey, the Chairman of the Republican Committee of New Jersey, has leaned a stirring address to the voters gt that State, nrglng them, to imitate their friends in the other Slices and place New Jersey bvthe Grant column.

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lar Voorhees—the Tall Sycamore of the Vabash—ls aye-more then he wee before election.— Chicago But. s t3f“ The Democrats do not crow over the result of the elections; the reason doubtless being that they have eaten their crow. Bf Lawrence, Kansae, claims to have the largest Grant Club in the United States. It numbers 1,400 members, and U constantly increasing. JSfEncouraged by the recent election, and a general review of the situation, the Wilmington Commercial lays: “The State of Delaware will vote for Grant & Wilson in , November. Add three more to the Republican column.” ST Parties “ going West,” and of a benevolent turn of mind, are requested by the Republican editors of New York City to look out for an eligible situation for an ex-editor of that city, whose political career is Just emanating. tw The New York Tribune, commenting upon the Pennsylvania election, exclaims : “And now we are In the open field 1” The man who fell out of a third-story window was at first confused, “but,” said he, “the moment I struck the sidewalk I knew where 1 was.” IST Colonel Alexander K. McClure, Chairman of the Liberal State Central Committee of Pennsylvania, says in the Philadelphia Preen: '‘Pennsylvania Is hopelessly for Grant, and I do not think either Ohio or Indiana is likely to vote for Greeley. I regard the debatable States as settled: against ns by the October elections.”

gy The New York Tribune at last retracts, In the fullest manner, all its base attacks upon Speaker Blaine. It waited before doing this until the October elections had had the full benefit of its libels. If any thing could be more dastardly than the original libel, it is the time and the circumstances attending the apology. gy Charles O’Conor writes of Horace Greeley: “I regard the possibility of his election with inexpressible aversion. If the idea* of heathen time* prevailed I would cheerfully" surrender my person as a sacrifice on the altar of that deity whose controlling of events might thus be propitiated and induced to save my country from impending evil.” * The Kalamazoo ' (Mich.) Telegraph, after a careful study of all the points in the case and a critical comparison of the chances in each Congressional District in the State, predicts that the Republicans will carry every district In the coming election, and leave the Liberal-Democracy without a Representative in Congress from the State. I3TThe New York Commercial has discovered the followed mysterious codicil to an old will: “Let it be a plain marble slab. No Latin—no embellishments. State when nominated and when deceased. Get Cochrane to write epitaph—his style Is so simple. Whitelaw will distribute locks of my hair. Be kind to Tilton—be is foolish, but young. Plant me in my favorite pumpkin arbor, with a gooseberry trash for a footstone. H. G.” oJ*Our September victories in New England were the Vicksburg of the campaign. Those of October are the taking of Atlanta and the “march to the sea.” The capture of Richmond and the Appomattox surrender will come in November. But let us remember that our armies had to keep on marching and fighting until the final victory. The Republican army must do the same now to insure the grand, culminating triumph for which all brave and true men hope.— Chicago Journal.

gy The Lexington (Mo.) CauetuUm claims that It waa the first newspaper In the country to nominate JGreoley for President. It keeps his name at the head of its column*, and Immediately below —by way of platform for the candidate to stand on—prints the following : “We believe in secession, in the rightfulness of slavery, in the Illegality ew all Yankee-negro-bayonet amendments, ana the total repudiation .of all debts —Federal, State and county—contracted by Radical fraud, violence and misrule. tgy“ Reconciliation ” is making rapid progress in New York. A Greeley club to the Sixth Ward, and one In the Eighth, have declared for Grant and Wilson. In the Seventeenth Ward one Greeley club has dissolved, and another consolidated with the Grant club. The several Greeley headquarters at the' Glenham, St. Nicholas and Spingter Hotels are to be consolidated to save expense, and the organization it only kept up to give the confusion Democracy a respectable fnneral In November. “More frauds out in Dakota!” Such wlil doubtless be the. report In all the Greeley organs, In view of the fact that Brookiags, Republican, was, on the 9th, elected a Delegate to Congress over both Armstrong, Democrat and Liberal, and Moody, bolting Republican. Iu the complete snbmergeuee of the Greeley forces In the October typhoon from the East, they have not yet walked up to the fact that they are also engulfed to Dakota. They will be sure to find it out, however, by next week, and then look out for the cry Of “Fraud.”— Chicago JUt, October 16.

13T Throwing aside the personal Influence of Mr. Hendricks, which seems to have carried him through the late elections in Indiana by a very small majority, we find the true verdict of the State, as between Republicanism and Confederatism, recorded in the Congressional vote. This is the showing : District. Rep. Dm mqf. First .J 2 Third 997 Fourth 897 *■-* Fifth ...» 8M Sixth (Vnnrtih—'). 859 • • • ■ Beventh. 488 .... ;2___««»« ■ Eighth. 8,000 Ninth...;....; 1 .w ——■■■■■»»-- Tenth.. — 9BT —— eleventh....... 88T Total*.; .....7,845 8.488 Net Republican majority •■ • L s ®* This result in Indiana will do to'joUlfy over. A United States Senator; a full State ticket, save Governor; the General Assembly by a jotot majority of twelve; a goto of four Congressmen; the canal debt question settled; me apportionment of the State secured for eight years; and a Republican majority of 1,857. In 1868 the majority for Baker was but 961, but for Grant Tn November it reached 10,000. At the same ratio of increase now Indiana will pronounce against Greeley by fully 18,000. It is amusing to see the Confederates chuckling over the “great Victory n in Indiana.— JnUr-OeeoM. , ' A • The remote WesterntUateahave a new holiday. It is called Arbor Day. Every man is expected on that day to do some service to future generations by planting trees. The idea to an excellent one, ana should be adopted in all the great, growing Territories or the North wet*, Where pasture to plenty and wood scarce. ■■■■*■» .—■ —The Episcopal Bishop of Nebraska has built 38 churches is six years.

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