Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1873 — General News Summary. THE OLD WORLD. [ARTICLE]

General News Summary. THE OLD WORLD.

A cable dispatch of the 9th announces the death., at Avignon, France, of John Stuart Mill, in the seventieth year of his age. The nuoiber of visitors to the Vienna Exposition since the opening up to the 9th, had averaged from 12,000 to 16,000 daily. A Madrid dispatch of the 9th says the Carlisle claimed a victory for their chief, Dorregaray, in Navarre, and asserted that they took three commissioned officers, including a colonel, and captured a piece of artillery. Madrid advices of the 10th state that a severe conflict had taken place between the Carlist band, under Don Alphonso, and the Republicans, resulting in the- -total defeat of the former. Sixty-five Carlists were" killed, and many wounded. A special dispatch to the London Times of the 10th reports that a Russian picket party, under command of a-colonel, in the advance guard of General Kauffman’s column, were surprised by some Bokharesc horsemen and all put to death by impalement. Three officers and a few men were captured by Kirghese, between Orsk and Kasalinsk. The official inquiry into the loss of the steamship Atlantic was commenced at Liverpool On the 10th. The coronation of Oscar 11. and Sophie Wilhemine as King and Queen of Sweden took place at Stockholm on the 12th. The ceremonies were very imposing, and the city was given up to festivity and rejoicing The coronation of Oscar as King of Norway will take place at Drontheim on July 18. There has been a serious panic in the Vienna Bourse which has affected all the capitals of Europe. The depression caused a shrinkage in American securities in Germany, it is estimated, to the extent of $10,000,000. The Emperor of Russia is expected to arrive in Vienna on the Ist of June, A republican conference held at Birmingham recently adopted a resolution favoring the adoption of a federal republican form of governmentfor Great Britain. A Japanese embassy has arrived at Rome. Count Vomiltzenplitz has resigned the Ministry of Commerce and Public Works in Prussian Cabinet The Pope was cightj r -one on the 13th. He was so feeble on that day as to be unable to give audience to several deputations who called at the Vatican to tender congratulations. The reported capture of Khiva by the -Russian forces, telegraphed from London on the 12th, was a. canard, although news of the fact may be daily expected, the Russians having concentrated their forces iu such a manner that its capture is inevitable. General Agramonte, one of the ablest and most successful of the Cuban insurgent leaders, was killed in a recent battle, which resulted in his death and the defeat of his force, with a loss of 80. The Constituent Cortes, just elected in Spain, has an overwhelming majority of Federal Republicans, of whom there are 310. The Radicals, Internationalists, Independent Republicans, and Monarchists number in all only 78. THE NEWM ORLD. Gold closed in New York on the 14th at 117% jgns, Governor Ingersoll, of Connecticut, was inaugurated at Hartford, on the 7th, with imposing ceremonies. An Official call has been issued for the meeting of the Maine Republican State Convention at Bangor, on the 19th of June. Hon. Oakes Ames, M. C,, died at Easton, Mass., on the Bth, aged sixty-nine years. There was a general adjournment of the courts throughout the eountry,_on the Bth,. out of respect to the memory of the late Chief-Justiec Chase. A grand five days jubilee is to take place in Chicago during the first week in June, on the occasion of the formal opening of the new passenger depot of thcM.ichigan Southern and Rock Island Railroads and the inauguration of the new Pacific Hotel. The lowa State Christian Conference will meet at Legrand, June 4. A Dixon (Ill.) dispatch of the Bth says three persons, who were reported victims of the recent bridge calamity had been found alive and well. Their names are Airs. Pe'.cr Carney, Mrs. Mary Sullivan and Miss Catharine Foley. They had gone out of the city, and were not on the bridge when it fell. This leaves thirty-nine kTUeffT" —— . kA Parsons (Kan.) telegram of the Bth says eight dead bodies, including one of a child eighteen months old, had been found under the house of the Bender family, thirteen miles west of there, in Labette County, and hear which the body of Senator York’s brother was found. The Bender family left the country about two weeks before, t>ut the excitement was so great, and the determination to bring the giiilty parties to justice so .strong, that -no effort would be spared to effect their arrest. According to the El Paso (Texas) Sentinel of April 26, that section of the State, and north of there, along the Rio Grande, had just been visited by the severest snow storm ever known there. Heavy snows covered all the mountains around Santa Fe, and the fruit was ruined. • - A New Orleans dispatch of the Sth says that the following had been telegraphed by Senator West from Washington to Kellogg: “If you are threatened with violent combinations, too powerful to be overcome by your State forces, and you think it necessary to require the aid of the forces of the United States, make a requisition upon the Tresldcnt In accordance with the Constitution of the United States, simply stating the faet, and that your legislature cannot }>e convened, and I know that every means will be placed at your disposal to fully - maintain your authority.” The following dispatch is also made public, and it is stated that the troops at Jackson, Miss., and other pointshad received orders to proceed to Louisiana at once, in accordance therewith: Wasuinoton. May 8. 1873.—Gen. tv. It. Emohy, 'Bonmuwuling ffie-Bepar+meM-ot New Orlxauas-lauv If in your judgment more troops are needed in Louisiana, make yon/call clear, and specific, and we will endeavor to supply them. w. T. Shbbman,' General. Tfhc news from St. Martinsville, La., Sth, is to tlie effect that skirmishing had continued all ■ the day, but with no serious results. Wagons imd Supplies Were coming in to the citizens front all quarters, and, they felt confident of capturing the town. The Mayor of the town has been imprisoned for high treason. A consultation was held at-Washington- on the Sth, between Gen. Sherman, Acting Secretary of War Robeson, Attorney (ieaetal Wil- • liamsand Senator West, nfljuffatena, the siipI jeet'belh'g the ebndltldn of affairs in Louisiana. ' It was decided to instruct Gen. Emory that lie ' should call for whatever troops were necessary to enforce the Jaws and preserve the public * peace,' but not otlierwUe to interfere, except’in

assisting tire proper authorities in carrying out the processes of tlie courts. At the annual meeting of the National Temperance Society, held in New York City on the 9th, Wm. E. Dodge, of the firm of Phelps, Dodge & Co., was elected President, and J. N. Stearns Corresponding and Recording Secretary. The receipts for the past year were $53,982, and expenses, $53,842. Resolutions were adopted appealing to Congress to appoint a Commission to inquire into- the liquor traffic throughout the country, and to pass a general law prohibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors in the United States. Hons. John B. Hawley, of Illinois, and J. M. Rusk, of Wisconsin, have returned their back pay into the United States Treasury. The following dispatch was received in New York on the 9th from President Grant: “Your dispatch announcing the death of Hon. ChiefJustice Chase is received. His family and the Nation have my condolence in mourning the loss of a distinguished and faithful public' officer." The final funeral services over the remains of the late Bishop Mclivaine were held in Cincinnati on the 9th, the body having arrived in that eity on the day before. The body of Chief-Justice Chase arrived in Washington on the morning of the 11th, and lay in state in the United States Supreme Court room, and a continuous column of people was passing through the room from ten o’clock in the morning until five in the afternoon. A portion of the crew of Captain Hall’s Arctic expedition have reached’St. John’s, N. F., find report the death of the Captain and the failure of the enterprise. They state that" -Captain Hall,--under whose superintendence the expedition was organized, and who was in command of it, died of apoplexy in November, 1871. A year later the main portion of the exploring party, consisting of nineteen persons, became separated from the Polaris during a severe gale, when in latitude 72 degrees 35 minutes, and after great 'deprivations, sufferings and narrowescapes of the ice of the Arctic Sea, were finally rescued by the stcfimerTigi-esß, and brought to St. John’s. The fate of the Polaris and those on board is not known, and probably will not be for some time. When the escaping party last saw her she was under steam and canvas, making for a harbor on the east sideof Northumberland Island. She had noboats left of six which she had taken with her from the port of New York. The number remaining on Board a plentiful supply of provisions. The Musical Festival at Cincinnati closed on the 10th. Over 3,000 persons were present, and the interest was well maintained to the last. A duel was fought near Richmond, Va., a few evenings ago, between John B. Mordecai and Page McCarthy. Both were wounded— Mordecai fatally. The seconds were arrested. The occurred about a lady. A dispatch from Yreka on the night of the lltli states that Donald McKay’s Warm Spring scout bad found the Modocs in the lava beds, four miles south of their old stronghold, near the foot of Snow Mountain, where they were strongly intrenched. The excitement over the recent development of the Bender murders in Cherry Vale, Kansas, continued on the 10th. The Roach family, of Ladone, seven mites from tlie slaughter, consisting of the old man and wife, and son and wife, and Stevenson, John Harness and wife, and Thomas Tyke, wife and daughter, had been arrested. A. M. King, h traveling district preacher, had been arrested at Parsons, and a notorious murderer, once pardoned from tlie Penitentiary, named Major Munford, aud a woman with him, were arrested at Fort Scott. A courier arrived at Yreka on the 12th, with news of a battle of Hasbrouek’s cominand, in which the Modoc Indians were repulsed. It is said the President has stated that there will I>e no appointment to till the vacancy occasioned by the death of tlie late Chief-Jus-tice till the assembling of Congress in December. A Washington dispatch of tlie 12th says tiiat, wliilv there was no doubt that the President would intervene to protect the .State of Louisiana from domestic violence, should the Governor make application to him for that purpose, and provided tlie facts should warrant tlie proceeding, it was nevertheless tlie hope of tlie President—as he expressed himself to a friend —that all disturbances would soon cease, and that no such contingency would occur; but if it unfortunately should, lie would take care to act clearly within the limit of tlie Constitution and the laws. Heretofore he had merely sustained the decision of the courts. Dr. I. I. Hayes, thfe Arctic explorer, is of the opinion that Captain Hall succeeded, in reaching the farthest northern point ever penetrated to by any vessel, Dr. Kane’s nearest approach to the North Pole was to .Witliin 519 miles. Captain Hall reached a point 461 miles from the pole. Professor Baird, of the Smithsonian Institute, regards the expedition as having been far from a failure. An impression seems to prevail -in some quarters that Captain Hall did not die of apoplexy, but that he was murdered in a mutiny. Tlie final funeral services over tlie remains of Chief-Justice Chase were held in Washmgtoh on the 12th. The funeral sermon was delivered by the Rev. Dr. Tiffany, and the .ceremonies were very solemn and Jmpressive. Among the large concourse of people in attendance were tlie President, Mrs. Grant, Members of tlie Cabinet and other Government officials. By an explosion in a coal mine at Westville, Pictou County, Nova Scotia (103 miles from Halifax), on the 13th, every person engaged in the thine —variously estimated at frorp forty to one hundred —"'as shut off from escape, and smothered to death. The President lias appointed Jackson S. Schultz, Of New York, Commissioner to represent the United States at the Vienna Exposition, vi'-e Gen. Van Buren,' suspended. The Secretary of tlie Navy has stated that from all lie could learn tlie Polaris would probably be able to reiieh-some extreme northern time, she should not do so, a vessel would.fie dispatched iii that direction, with the object-of her relief, or of obtaining information, if possible, concerning her. President Grant " left Washington on the evening of the 13th to attyjjd thp army reunion iu Connecticut. . The body of General Canby arrived at San. Francisco on the 12th. According to JUml juicoud t .received _on the , 13th of tlie recent fight betlveen Hasbrouek’s command and the Modocs, it seems that oil the imhiiipg of the 11 th Ciiptaiu Jack’s band rode within I(X)'yards of tlie camp, all dismounted, aud charged on the eamp, firing into the herd and guard. Tlie first volley stampeded the herd. While the q>en were getting under arms thy Modocs gave volley after

volley, killing four soldiers and one Warm Spring Indian. A rally was made and the charge sounded. This time McKay and some of his men united and drove the Modocs into the timber, capturing twentyone ponies, three pack mules, one Modes who was left on, the field and nineteen mules. They packed off six bodies before they retreated. The trail was covered with gore and the Indians beat a hasty retreat toward the MeLode range of mountains. In this fight the •Modocs lost their entire;stock of ammunition, except what they had in their pouches. Cap* tain Jack was clothed in General Canby’s uhiforat.—-—. ' --•-, . ' - The bodies of five more of the victims of the Dixon bridge disaster have been recovered. Their names are Frank Hamilton, Miss Feterbergerj Lizzie Maekey, Mrs. Kentner and the child of Mrs. Hendricks. This includes all that are known to have been lost. A Washington special of the 13th says Marshal Packard had telegraphed from New Orleans that the city was perfectly quiet. Kellogg’s address, published on the 12th, that he would preserve order at all hazards, had had a salutary effect, and Warmoth and MeEnery adherents were much less disposed to create disturbances. The Ohio Constitutional Convention effected a permanent organization at Columbus on the 13th by electing M. K. Waite, of Toledo, President, on the fifth ballot, and Dudley M. Rhodes, of Delaware, Secretary. James B. Wilbur, of Cleveland, was chosen Sergeant-at-Arms. A call has been issued for a representative convention of trades unions, to be held at Cleveland on the 15th of July, to organize an Industrial Congress or National Trades Assembly. A New Iberia (La.) telegram of the 13th says “Two companies of United States troops remain at Martinsville, ten men and one officer of whom are at the service of the United States Marshal. Col. Beßlanc and several of his friends surrendered, and are now on parole until Friday, wben tliey will leave for New Orleans. Quiet now reigns in St. Martinsville, CoL -Deßlanc having accomplished Ills aims by showing to the world the inability of Kellogg to sustain his power without the aid of the United States troops.” A Westville (N. S.) dispatch of the 14th gives the following account of the mine disaster at that place: The sky in the vicinity of the calamity was illuminated with flames issuing from the air- , shaft to the height of nearly one hundred feet. All through the night there were explosions at intervals. These were preceded by a rumbling noise resembling thunder. The weary watchers who remained around the pit’s mouth and air-shaft, and labored to subdue the flames were obliged to seek shelter in the adjoining wood, as the stone, debris, etc., which were thrown from the pit’s mouth at—each~ explosion were being scattered around in all directions, and threatened instant destruction or injury to every one within reach. About two o’clock this afternoon, these explosions were followed by one which, for terrific violence and destructive force, dwarfed all the rest. All the wooden works in and around the main slope were instantly destroyed. Stones, wood and burning embers were driven high into the air, smoke, flame and terrible noises accompanying the explosion, giving the beholder a vivid idea of a volcanic eruption. The earth for miles around was shaken with the violence of the explosion. The scenes in and around the villages arc saddening. Westville and the villages at the Drummond colliery are in mourning. The shops are closed, and men and women wander about in groups, their saddened countenances betokening the great grief that has befallen them. No pen can correctly picture the harrowing scenes of yesterday, wiien the terrible truth was conveyed to the mourning wives, sisters, and friends of those who were suddenly hurled into eternity. The utmost excitement prevailed, and for hours it was impossible to ascertain who were or who were not in the mine. Women, many of whom had husbands, brothers and sous working in the colliery, made the air dismal with their crying. One of the rescuing party, killed by the explosion yesterday, was driven into’ the air a distance of a hundred feet, and fell into the wood near by, where his dead body was picked up this morning. About forty-five of the men lost were married, all of whom leave families to mourn their sad fate. Nearly evary family here lost some relation or friend by this terrible calamity. There arc many reasons to account for the disaster, but the direct cause is attributable to the stoppage of work at the mines and rapid accumulation of gas. The testimony so far elicited points to some mismanagement in permitting the miners to use powder for blasting- in the upper level where the fire first broke out, thus endangering the lives of those who were at work in the levels below. The number known to have been killed now reaches fifty-nine, i Stokes’ case has been taken to the Court of Appeals on a writ of error from the decision of the Supreme Court refusing him a new trial. The remains of Chief-Justice Chase were removed from the chapel-vault of Oak Hill Cemetery, Georgetown, on the 13th, and interred in Gov. Cook’s lot, from whence they will be moved to Ohio at some future day. Only Gov. Sprague, Gov. Cook, and a few other intimate personal friends of the deceased were present at the intennent. The bill for abolishing the Usury law has failed in the New York Legislature. The Supreme Court of Ohio has decided the act, known as “the Bosel Railroad law,” empowering communities to levy taxes for the construction of railroads, to be unconstitutional. The grounds of the decision are, that such taxation is not for public purposes, for which alone taxes can be constitutionally levied, and that the State Legislature is forbidden by the Constitution to authorize any community to engage in this way in private enterprises, directly or indirectly. A dispatch from Yreka on the night of the 14th says the Modocs had another rocky fortress, which they were making still stronger. The position is about twenty miles south of the last stronghold.