Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1872 — General News Summary. [ARTICLE]

General News Summary.

CONGRESSIONAL. In the Senate, on the 12th, the bill for the redaction of officers and expenses of the Internal Revenue, by abolishing the Internal Revenue Assessors, was called up, and, after consid- • erable debate, was passed, with amendments proposed by the Finance Committee.... The bill for the relief of the sufferers by the Boston fire was -called up and debated..., Executive session and adjournment. In the House, on the 12th, bills were passed—-Senate bill authorizing the National Bank of Lyons, Mich., to change its location and name; authorising tbe Secretary of the Treasury to issue coupon bonds for exchange for registered bonds, the expense of the change to be paid by the owner; a substitute for the Soldiers’ Bounty Land bill —ll6 to 55—providing that every soldier or sailor who served for ninety days in the armyxif the United States during the late war and was Bonorably dischargee!, or to the widow of such soldier or sailor, shall be entitled, or the minor children, if the widow be dead, to enter one quarter section of the public lands either in person or by agent; Pension Appropriation bill, appropriating $30,480,000. .... Adjourned. » In the Senate, on the 13th, a- note was read from the Vice-President, stating that he would be absent for a few' days, and Mr. Anthony was chosen President t» , 0!<m....A substitute for the House bill to authorize the constrnction of six steam; vessels of war was reported from the Naval Committee; the substitute authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to construct ten steam vessels of war of such class or classes as he may deem most suitable to the dqtnanrts of the service, each carrying six or more guns of large calibre, and the hulls to be built of iron or wood, as he may determine ... .Bills were passed—appropriating $500,000 <or the purchase of an addition to the .Bile of the Boston Post-Office; to prescribe the manner of taking testimony in contested election cases The credentials of George E. Spencer, re-elected Senator from Alabama, were presented... Bills were introduced and referred—to organize the Territory of Oklohama, consolidate the Indian tribes, and carry out the provisions of treaties with certain tribes; to promote immigration to the United States; creating a Bureau of immigration, and providing for the comfort and protection of immigrants in many ways while aboard ship, and. After landing ...The Boston Relief bill was taken up and, after a long discussion, referred to the Judiciary Committee. ....After an executive session, adjourned to the 16th.

In the House, on the 13th, a resolution was adopted calliug on the Postmaster-General for certain information concerning postal cards, postage stamps, etc.... A number of private bills were reported... The bill to reimburse the College of William and Mary, in Virginia, $65,000, for property destroyed during the war of the rebellion, was taken up In Committee of the Whole, reported to the House, and an amendment was adopted—B9 to 76--providing that ho part, of the money should be paid until it had been officially declared by the College authorities that the institution is, and shall be in the future, at all times, open for the admission on equal terms, and with equal privrh’ges, of aft persons; irrespective of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. The Bill as amended was then rejected—yeas, 3’l; nays, 126... .The Senate amendments to the House bill abolishing the offices of Assessors and Assist-, aht Assessors of Internal Revenue, were taken up and all agreed to except one authorizing the appointment of twenty-five Treasury Agents, which was rejected— 89,t0 26—and a Committee of Conference was ordered.. . .Adjourned, the session bp the 14th to be restricted to general debate.

In the Senate, on the 16th, bills were introduced—regulating the taking of private prop erty for public uses ; granting the right of way to the Kansas & Colorado Railroad; to extend the time for the payment by settlers on the Osage laffids in Kansas; granting, the California Central Narrow Gauge Railroad Company certain rights over tbe Rubllc lands at Benicia, California.... A resolution , was adoptecl-"~tb 3—calling for the appointment of a committee of seven on the question of providing cheaper transportation from the West to the East... .Bills were reported—with amendments, House bill authorizing the exchange of registered bonds for coupon bonds; revising the Mint and Coinage laws, with amendments.... A report was made from the Committee of Conference on the bill relating to the bed of Beaver Lake, Indiana.... On motion, the Senate receded from its amendment to the Internal Revenue bill, providing for the appointment of twentyfive additional revenue agents... The French Spoliation bill was called up and debated... .Executive session and adjournment. In the Hbuse, on the 16th, among the bills introduced were—to accept. the Louisville & Portland Canal and reduce the tolls; authorizing free banking; restricting Pos't-Ofllce advertisements to tbe papers printed in the district where the service is required; for the resumption of specie payment; to repeal the law requiring double postage on matter not fuHy prepaid: to repeal the tax on tobacco.: to authorize a practicing physician to import medical books for his own use free of duty; for the further funding of the public debt; granting tfi o,' 00 acres of the public lands to the Brown Theological Institute, in Florida; also, for a like grant to the Agricultural College, of Florida; for a - bridge across the Missouri River to Sioux . City: granting a charter to the Northern Central Railway Company of Minnesota^...A resolution was offered and adbp.ted-115 to 53- declaring that “as an exposition of the sentiment of Congress,no measures betaken toward removing from the army register or regimental colors of the United States the names of the battles of the rebellion”.. . .Billswere.passed—for the transportation through the mails, of agricultural and flowering seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots, scions, etc., at the rate of two centslor every four ounces, the weight not to exceed fourpouud packages; extending for six months the time for the completion of the Winona & St. Peter Railroad.... A v resolution was offered and rejected—yeas 79, nays 99—requesting the President tn inform the House, if not incompatible with public interests, whv the Executive or the United States interfered with the affairs of that State, giving all the facts; also, to give all information on the subject relative to the conduct of E. H. Durcll, United States Judge there, so that the Hoftsc may determine what steps, if any, ought to be taken, in consequence of such interference in the political affairs of Lonia.ia.ua.- fc ..Resolutions were adopted—instructing the Post-Ollice Committee to inquire as to the propriety of the election of Postmasters; request rg the President to communicate information relative to the condition of affairs in Louisiana, and what action, if any, he h ap taken with regard thereto; instructing the Judiciary Committee to inquire what legislation Is necessary to guard against the dangers threatening the liberties of the people of Louisiana, Alabama, a«nd’Arkansas, and to guarantee a republican form of Government, and to avoid the danger of civil war in the several States of the Union.... The Deficiency bill, appropriating f1,(>99,832, was considered in Committee of the A h01e.., Adjourned. In the,Senate, on the 17th, Messrs. Windam, Sherman, Conkling, Amea, Lewie, Caeserly and Norwood were appointed a committee to consider the queetlorr of cheaper transit from the Wert to the East.,. .Mr. Morrill, of Maine, and Mr. Oaborne were appointed to fill vacancies in the Military Committee The resolution of the House against removing from the army register the names of the battles of tbe rebellion was presented....A.preamble, reciting alleged actions oLfraad on4h»< part of th# Administration, party in the late election in Arkansas, and a resolution providing . lot the—appointment of a comm ttee of five to go to Little Rock and investigate the matter, were presented and laid on the table.... The Customs hits, reported last session from the Commute on Finance, was referred to the Committee on Commerce...;The Indian Appropriation bill was reported from the -Committee on Appropriations, -With unimportant amendments....A bill was Introduced and referred for extendfngtlie time for the completion of the Portage Lake A Lake Superior Ship Canal.... The French Spoliation, bl Ji was further debated. .... Adjourned. - ’’ In the House, on the 17tb, the bill to fix the compensation of the claimants under the Geneva award was referred to the Judiciary Committee; the bill appointing Commissioners to invettigato the depredations on the Texas frontier was referred to the Committee on Appropriations. ... .u he bill providing for determining the boundary litre through the Haro Channel; as decided by the Emperor of Germany, was passed... .The bill for appropriating $110,60Q for American exhibitors at Vienna was discussed, and an amendment was offered that twelve American ar.lsans to attend the exposition be appointed by the President to report their observations .. Mr. Brooks, of NeW York, called attention to statements in the New York and World that IL 8. McComb had testified before the Cirdit-Mobijier Investigating Committee, that he (Brooke) had received certain Shares of s'oek in order to influence him, and through him the Democratic Side of the House. In legislation beneficial to the Union Pacific Railroad Company. He utterly denied the statement. and ridiculed the Idea of his attempting to influence Democratic members for a bribe of fifty shares of Credft-Mobtller stock, representing $5,(X.0. He wished the Committee to search; his conduct from beginning to end, aud if they found

any fault in him to report it to the House, and to disgrace bim....Tho report of the Conference Committee on the bill to remove the sunken wreck from the channel at Sandy Hook was agreed t 0.... The bill reported from the Judiciary Committee last session for the settlement with the States of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois of the five per cent, of the net proceeds of the sale of public lands within those States, was debated.... Adjourned. . THE OLD WORLD. ( Dispatches of the 14th announce heavy rains in France, causing floods in many sections. Several rivers had overflowed, and the country adjacent to them was under water. The cities of Nantes and Lille were partially submerged and much destruction to property was apprehended. Rumors in Berlin on the 14th,of Bistnark’s resignation of the Presidency of the Prussian Council,cxcited much newspaper comment, the tenor of opinion being that the leadership of Prussia in the affairs of the German Confederation Is essential to the leadership of Germany in the affairs of Europe, and that Bismark’s retirement was likely to create an important crisis. Information has been received in London that the eighty persons who were believed to have perished by the stranding of the emigrant ship Franklin, from Hamburg for San Francisco, off the coast of Iceland, had been rescuedViscountess Beaconsfield, wife of Rt. Hon. Bcnjapain Disraeli, died in London on the 15th, At an open-air meeting at Stockton, En< gland, on the 15th, in favor of Fenian amnesty, the English and Welsh present charged on the platforms, and, capturing the Irish flags, trampled them in the mud. The Japanese Government employs in; the interior about 200 foreigners—Americans, 41; English, 120; French, 60. Large-quantities of snow and rain have recently fallen in some parts of England. Large tracts of land in LeicestershireLtfefb’ inundated. In Derbyshire snow fell to thedepth of twelve inches. At Grimsby the gale was a hurricane, and many casualties are reported. " ■ Fourteen ringleaders In the disorderly demonstrations at the Fenian meeting at Stockton, England, have been imprisoned for various terms. THE NEW WORLD. ' Gold closed in New York on the 18th at in%@ ni’i. In reporting the Pension Appropriation bill to the House, on the 12th, Mr. Garfield gave some statistical information in regard to the pensioners, stating, among other things, as a curious fact, that, of the widows of Revolutionary soldiers who were on the pension rolls, less than 10 per cent, had died during the year. Over 33,000 persons were put on the pension rolls during the year, of whom over 17,000 were soldiers of the War of 1812, and some 9,000 names were dropped from death and various other causes. Edwin Forrest, the tragedian, died suddenly at his residence in Philadelphia, on the morning of the 12th. He was in the sixtyseventh year of his age. The recent Pennsylvania State Temperance Convention adopted measures for memorializing the State Constitutional Convention, praying that body to draft and submit to a vote of the people, with other amendments of the Constitution, an article prohibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors to be used as a beverage. The number of servant girls who lost their lives in the New York Fifth Avenue Hotel fire is twelve. Two men were also killed by accident during the fire. It is charged that there was unnecessary delay iu giving the alarm, and that the lives of the unfortunate ;girls might have been saved had prdper efforts been made in time. Major Powell, the explorer, recently arrived at Salt Lake City, from Arizona. He reports the expedition of-great interest find scientific value. The National Commercial Convention n session at St. Louis effected a permanent organization on the 12th. Delegates were present from fifteen States. A Washington telegram of the 12th says the Attorney-General, with the approval of the President, had proposed a plan for the settlement of the Legislative difficulties in Alabama, which provides that he officers of each organization claiming to b, »he General Assembly es the Stat should tender their resignations, to take effect oh the permanent organization es the Assembly, and that a new canvass should be had of the votes in Marengo County. Acting-Governor Pinchbeck issued a proclamation at New Orleans on the 12th, containing a dispatch from Attorney-General Williams to the effect that he {Pinchbeck) -was recognized by the President as the lawful executive of Louisiana. The decision of the Eighth District Court is to the effect that Warmoth’s impeachment is null and void, the Kellogg Legislature having no legal standing. The Court also sentenced Pinchbeck to ten days’ imprisonment for contempt.

Tbe President sent |he following nominations to the Senate on the 13th; B. W. Brisbers, Consul at Verviers, France; James Wright, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Montana. The bondsmen of Colonel Blood, in the criminal suit for libel, surrendered his bail on the 13th. Blo6<J.,wSsrearrested,- and confined in the Eldridge Street Police Station. Wm. M. Lent has commenced a suit against Arnold (concerned in the recent -greatdiamond frauds) fqr f ISOjOIgi and has attached Arnold’s homestead at Elizabethtown, Ky., and $9,600 in the Savings’ Bankat Louisville. « The compromise of United States Attor-ney-General Williams for the settlement of the Alabama Leglslatiye ronfilct has been accepted by both the rival bodies. Under this arrangement those members of the Legeslature whose election is undisputed would assemble as one body, aud proceed To Investigate and settle all casts where seats are contested. A New Orleans dispatch of the 13th says the Fusion Legislature bad adjourned until the regular session, unless sooner convened by the Governor. A Joint Committee was appointed to accompany the Citizens’ Committee to Washington. The Kellogg Legislature had expelled two Senators, holding over from the last session, for acting with the Warmoth body.'. The Louisiana militia having refused to obey General Longstreet, were ordered to surrender their arms and armory, but refused, whereupon General Badger, With about 100 armed Metropolitan police, was ordered to take the armory. For a time a skirmish was threatened, but the Metropolitans were finally withdrawn, leaving the militia in quiet possession. The militia offered to surrender to any United States military officer* but de-

clined surrendering their arms to any other existing .i The funeral of Osborne P. Andereon (colored), the last of the John Brown raiders, took place ar Washington, a few days ago. The Attorney-General of Louisiana appearpeared before Attorney-General Williams on . the 14th, in the interest of the Warmoth faction, and in a written argument asked that the Government would suspend further action in Louisiana until thoroughly conversant with all the circumstances. AttorneyGeneral Williams courteously but firmly informed Mr. Ogden that all further argument would be useless; that the President had made up his mind to sustain the United States Courts, and that it Was not likely he would change his opinion. Horace Greeley’s last will —the one being contested—is dated November 9, 1872, and was acknowledged by him, in the presence of 1 witnesses, on the 29th of the same month, a short time before his death. It provides as follow’s : Item 1. I give and bequeath ajl the property of which I may die possessed, including lands, mortgages, bonds, notes of hand, debts, stocks, dues, and obligations, to my elder daughter, Ida L. Greeley, one half to be by her used at her own discretion in the education and support of her sister, Gabrielle. The other moiety to be her own in every right. Item. 2. I give and bequeath my gold watch, usually worn by me, to my second daughter, Gabrielle Miriam Greeley, aforesaid. A large number of destitute Italian immigrants have recently arrived at New York. Some of them appeared in the streets on the 14th, and presented a most miserable spectacle. They were almost destitute of clothing, and looked starved. The Italian Consul in that city stated that all of them had passports from their Government, and that there were no brigands among them. It is announced that in his will, Edwin Forrest leaves his entire property, even his wardrobe and valuable library, to be used for the foundation of a Home for Disabled Dramatic Artists. ■ r The proprietora of the Fifth Avenue Hotel have published a card saying that they will bear all the costs of the funerals of the victims of the late fire, and will reimburse the relatives of the girls for the expenses that they have incurred. It has recently come to light that two runaway boys from Kenosha, Wis,, named Christ maun and Hayes, were crushed to death in a wrecked freight train near Peoria, Hl., some days ago. It appears that they had gone to Chicago, and there stole a ride to Peoria in a freight train, which was crushed in a collision. On clearing away the debris of the wreck; the crushed, dead bodies of the boys were found. They left Kenosha for parts unknown, several weeks ago, and their parents had been trying ever since to learn of their whereabouts. The Board of State Canvassers in Florida have finished their count. They give the official majority of Hart, Republican, at 1,596. The Republicans elect both members of (jongress and Lieutenant-Governor; and claim a majority in the House of six and in the Senate of ten. ' The Mecbanics’ Institute Legislative Board of Managers, at New Orleans, on the 14th, submitted articles of impeachment against Governor Warmoth. Among the accusations is one to the effect that he had -offered a bribe of $50,000 and the dispensation of patronage to Lietenant Governor Pinchbeck if he would organize the Senate to suit the purposes of the accused. General W. H. Smith, United States Army, and Lieutenants Hays and King, of General Emory’s staff of infantry, went to the State Arsenal held by Warmoth’s State Militia, on the 14th, stating that_ they had instructions from Washington to take charge. The militia at once surrendered the property and vacated the premises. The officers retained their side-arms, which were personal property. The President made the following nominations on the 16th: A. W. Hawkins, Collector of Internal Revenue, Seventh District of Tennessee. Post-masters: H. K. W. Bent, Los Angeles, Cal.; H. J.Waldron, at the Dalles, Oregon; J. M. Bacon, Oregon City, Oregon;-L. IL Wakefield, Portland, Oregon; D. Eaton, Albert Lea, Minn.; J. D. Anter, Webster City, Iowa; A. H. Vilison, Pella, Iowa; D. H. Frost, Belie Plain, Iowa; A. B. C. Hitchcock, Sidney, Ohio; G. R. Eldridge, Cuba, N. Y.; H. Grant, Stephen’s Point, Wis.; C. Stewart, St. Joseph, Mich.; T. JS. Clapp, White Pigeon, Mich. ; J. R. Huggins, Palmyra, Mo>; W. K. Hull, Columbus, Ky.; Mrs. T. H. Haskins, Ky, A Washington dispatch of the 16th gives the following statement of Attorney-General Williams relative to affairs in Louisiana : “According to the lawn of Louisiana, Governor Warmoth, Lieutenant-Governor Pinchbeck, Secretary of State Herron, and Messrs. Lynch and Anderson, constituted, at the late election in that State, the Returning Board, with power to canvass tbe votes for Presidential Electors, members of Congress. State officers, and members of the Legislature. Pinchbeck and Anderson were canuldates upon tbe Republican ticket, and therefore resigned ■their seats upon tbe Board, and to fill the vacancies so created, Longstreet and Hawkins were elected by tbe remaining members, as provided by law. Warmoth then pretended’to remove the Secretary of State,!rom the office, and appointed in his place aTellbw by the name of Jack Wharton. Warmoth and Wharton then repudiated the election of Longstreet and Hawkins, and appointed, in their places Hatch and Depont. This Board, so constituted, were proceeding to canvass tire votes, when, upon due application, their proceedings were perpetually enjoined by the Judge of the Eighth District! Slate Court, whose jurisdiction in the case was unquesa tinned. Warmoth thereupon forcibly ejected the Judge granting said injunction from his office, and installed in his place, before the votes were canvassed, or it was legally known who was elected, the Democratic candidate for Judgeship in that district at that election. Proceedings were then had in the Supreme Court of the State, in which the validity of this change of Judges was bruuaht la question, and the Court held it invalid, and in effect derided that Warmoth’s Board of Canvassers was lllugg!. and its acta. void. These decisions of the State Court were treated by Warmoth with perfect contempt. Sult was commenced on the equity side of the United States District Court, in which an injunction was aszed and obtained against the Warmoth Board of Canvassers, and this injunction was also treated by Warmoth's Board with contempt. Instructions were then given to the Marshal to enforce the orders of this Court, and troops were placed at bls service for that purpose. Meanwhile, tbe* Board of Canvassers organized according to law, or a majority of them, canvassed the votes and returned that the Republican candidates for Presidential Electors and State officers were elected, and that certain persons were elected to the Legislature. Warmoth having called an extraordinary, session of the Legislature. the persona’returned as elected by the regular Board asrembled in the State House, and, after organiaatlon, made a formal requisition, under Section 4. Article 4. of the Constitution of the United States, upon tbe President to protect the State from domestic violence. Resolutions of Impeachment were also preferred by this body against Warmoth, and under tbe Constitution of the State tbe Lieutenant-Governor became Acting Governor. “Another body assembled at tbe Lyceum Hall, in New Orleans, claiming to be the Legislature of the State, and was recognized by \Varmoth. Two organizations wore thus made, promising nothing to tbe SUte but diAiird and anarchy. Not doubting that irregularities halg occurred on both sides, but believing that the Republican ticket had received a majority of the votes of Louisiana, and acting in conformity to the returns of tbe regular. Board of Canvassers, and decisions of the State and Federal Courts, the President decided to answer the resolution of the State-HoeW Legislature, by recognizing the organization with which it is connected as thb lawful Government of thd State."

Fifty-one shares of the capital stock of the New York Tribune Association, constituting a majority, were sold to Wm. Orton, on the 16th. The parties going out besides Mr. Sinclair and the representatives of the estates of the dead proprietors, are George Ripley, Whitelaw Reid, John Hay, Thomas N. Rooker, Philip Fitzpatrick, Patrick O’Rourke and J. C. Ayer. At Des Moines, lowa, the liquor case of Mrs. Priestly against Hierb has been settled by.Hierb giving her a homestead valued at $1,500 as damages for selling iiquor to her husband. Arnold, one of the alleged originators of the Arizona diamond frauds, writes to the Louisville Courier that he did not salt the mines, that he has not swindled his partners and the 'public, and that he has discovered silver mines in Kentucky worth $500,000,. 000, and has bought all the lands around them for $9,000,000. The Supreme Court of Tennessee has decided that the law of the State prohibiting the sale of '‘spirituous liquor*” on Bunday, does net apply to beer or other fermented liquors. A New Orleans telegram of the 16th states that B. L. Lynch, Republican, had been installed as Judge of the Fourth District Court, Bonner, Fusionist, being forcibly ejected. Bonner had a commission from Governor Warmoth. Lynch holds a commission from acting Governor Pinchbeck, upon the return of the Bovee Board. A recent Washington dispatch announces that arrangements have been made between the Post-Office and War Departments by which one or more of the daily weather reports issued by the Signal Office will be furnished daily to all Post-offices that can be reached from the several points of distribution daily by mail. As these reports are deMgned for the benefit of the agricultural as well as the commercialinterests of the country, the Postmaster-General instructs all Postmasters receiving them to put them immediately in frames, supplied for the purpose by the Signal officers. The Vermont Senate, by only one majority, killed the bill allowing women to vote at school district meetings. Investigations made go to show that the girls’whose dead bodies were found in the garret of thq Fifth Avenue Hotel, at New York, were suffocated by the smoke. —ln New York, on the|l6th, two prominent and wealthy lottery dealers, John Simmons and N, H. Duryea, got into a quarrel, and the latter was fatally stabbed by Simmons, dying almost instantly. The murderer was subsequently arrested. Dr. Edward Bayard, who was Mr. Greeley’s medical adviser for eleven years, believes that it was a grave mistake to place Mr. Greeley in a mad-house, and that he was never crazy in any degree, but worn out. At a meeting of the Board of Emigration in New York, on the 17th, a communication was received from Secretary Fish, stating that the United Stales authorities in Italy had been instructed to adopt measures to prevent the repetition of outrages upon emigrants. It now transpires that a large number of Italian children are purchased from their parents and brought to this country to earn a living for their owners by begging and stealing. The parents are led to beireve that their children come to America as to an El Dorado, where fabulous wealth, awaits them. By a terri fle boiler explosion at Maugh’s saw-mill, on Black River, Wayne Co., Mo., a few days ago, four employes were killed outright, and three others dangerously wounded. The mill and boiler were literally blown to atoms. A short time ago a professor of chemistry at Dover, Delaware, suddenly disappeared, but in his laboratory there was found, amidst a chaos of broken retorts and crucibles, the corpse of a human being, mutilated beyond recognition. A colored man in the employ of the chemist was also missing at the same time, and a critical examination of the remains in the laboratory led to the belief that the corpse was that of the negro. The professor afterward made his appearance, and confessed that he had killed the negro, though alleging that the deed was committed In self-defense, and explained that he blew up the laboratory and fled to conceal his guilt. Subsequent developments go to show that the murder was a deliberate one, and that it was the design of the professor to create the impression that the remains were those of himself, in order to secure the payment of insurance policies on his life. It seems he had had conversations, previous to this murder, with several men of about his size and build, in which he alluded to the similarity in their physical structure, and sought to induce each of them to go to his laboratoty and test a new gas he was using. A Columbia (8. C.) dispatch of the 17th says the alleged bribery cases against John J. Patterson, Senator elect, bad been heard and dismissed. One witness, named Miller, admitted the falsity of his affidavit, and said it was made to compel Patterson to pay SI,OOO. ~