Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1873 — General News summary. [ARTICLE]

General News summary.

THE OLD WORLD. The reconstruction of the French Cabinet was completed on the 30th by the appointment of General Du Barrail as Minister of War, in place of General De Clssey. The AssemUty has voted to rebuild the Column Vendomc. ' The Spanish Cortes assembled at Madrid on the 31st, and the session was formally opened by Senor Figucras, President of the Ministry, with a speech in which he maintained the right of the Spanish people to choose their own government. Senor Orense, a Federal Republican, was' elected President of the Cortes. The capture of Tallefoo, in southwestern China, is announced in a Shanghai dispatch of the 3d. It is also stated that the victorious forces fell upon their captives and massacred thirty thousand; The Sultan poisoned himself rather than fall into the hands of his enemies. The Government lias recently been advised by Minister DeLong that religious toleration in Japan had not been decreed. The laws and edicts against Christianity had not been abolished, hut orders had been issued for a return of the banished Christians to their homes, and for the removal of offensive proclamations against Christianity. A dispatch from Berlin, on the 3d, says Asiatic chalera had appeared in two villages in West Prussia, having been communicated from Russian Poland. A rigid quarantine of the infected districts had beenesklblTshed." President MacMaliou issued a proclamation to the French army on the 3d, in which he said: “ The choice of the President of the Republic from your ranks shows the confidence of the National Assembly in your loyalty.” The President also issued an order appointing General L’Admirault, Military Governor of Paris, to the command of the Army of Versailles. Tiigpalflma to the London Times of the 4th contradict th 0 report that there was loss cordiality in the relations between the French and German Governments since the election of MacMahon. * Both the Carlists and Republicans in Spain have agreed to regard the Northern Railway, held by the former, as a neutral line. This allows travel and traffic not contraband of war to he freely resumed.— - According to the Vienna correspondent of the London Times the second great settling-day on the Vienna Exchange proved better than had been anticipated. The number of insol- ' vents’Was increased by about half a hundred, though there might have been among those tolled out on the 3d a dozen who, a couple of weeks before, thought they had or were, thought to he worth a million. They were, without exception, new men, who had been brought to the surface by the tide of fortune. There had been gambling on the most extended scale. For months the Exchange had been flooded with all sorts of new stock, some of which was utterly valueless, while the price even of those stocks which had some value was driven up to a fabulous height. A strike was iu progress on the 4th among the employes of the Great Western Railway Company in England. Some 800 of the men had quit work. THE NEW WORLJK Gold closed in New York on the 4th at _ll7Ji@llß. ~ A Washington dispatch of the 29th says the Post-office Department had suspended the printing of postal cards, for the reason that the card-hoard submitted was not equal to the contract requirements. The defects of and delay In the issue of postal cards are entirely the fault of the contractors, who had not provided facilities lor their manufacture. Ex-Goycrnor Jewell, of Connecticut, has accepted the appointment of Minister to Russia.

Postmaster-General Cresswtll has examined the Postal code, to see if it would admit of the free transmission of newspaper exchanges and of newspapers published within the county, and has come to an adverse conclusion. A very destructive fire occurred iu Boston on the 30th ult. It broke out about eight o’clock in the morning, in the upper part of Holly, Morse & Co.’s furniture warehouse, at No. 411 Washington street, and spread with fearful rapidity, the wind being strong from the northwest. The west side of Washington street, from Avery to Boylston streets, was nearly or quite destroyed, as also the east side of Washington street, extending -from Hayward place to Essex street. Among the buildings destroyed were the splendid granite building of Chickering & Son, the Globe Theatre, aud a number of other handsome edifices. The fire raged furiously until about noon, when it was got under and finally quenched. Several military cornobservances of Decoration Day, hastened to the scene of the fire and assisted the police in keeping back the immenay;rowd of bystanders which had collected around. George Francis Train was discharged from custody on the 30th, the Sheriff’s jury impaneled to iuquirelnto his mental condition having pronounced him sane. A dispatch from Parsons, Kansas, on the 30th, says: “County-Attorney Ward returned to-day from Texas with the body of Nicholas Mouin, or Marion, supposed to have been an accomplice of the Bender family, the Kansas assassins. At Denison he made some important confessions, aud promised to tell all he knew about the Benders when he reached this city, hut when near Atoka Station, Indian Territory, he shot himself in the, head with a revolver, inflicting a wound from the of which he died. It seems thatr-he was certain that the Benders are now in Texas, making their way to the Rio Grande River to cross into Mexico.” Decoration Day was generally and appropriately observed throughout the country on the 30th. “ r; "■ ' It was stated in Washington on the 81st that the War Department condemned the efforts of the Interior Department to get Satanta and Big Tree released. General Sherman was very plain in his denunciation of the scheme. By a decision of the Supreme Court of the State the Hon. Austin F. Pike (Republican) is confirmed in his election as manlier, of. Congress from one of the districts of New Hampshire. ' The Brooklyn Eagle of the 31st utt. says Mr. Beecher and his friends had determined to take definite action on the whole matter of the Bowen-Tilton-Beecher scandal, and that at ’S' meeting of the Deacons of Plymouth Church, the previous evening, it was resolved to pro- ; oeed at once with an Investigation. Assistant Attorney-General Spooner, of Wisconsin, says that for the Chioago & Northwestern and the Milwaukee <fc St. Paul Railroads to pool their earnings would he .a violation o f the spirit if hot the letter of the law

and would render it the duty of the AttorneyGeneral to apply to the courts for a writ of quo warranto against the companies. The Governor of Kansas has issued a proclamation offering $2,000 (SSOO each) for the arrest of the Bender family. A Dubuque dispatch of the 31st ult. says a young man supposed to be young Bender, son of the wellknown Kansas murderer, had been arrested at Weßt Liberty, lowa, and a woman thought to be Mrs. Bender was arrested at Oxford, lowa. There seemed to be little doubt as to their identity. Both parties were held .for further developments. News from the Modoc war, received on the 2d, was to the effect that the Federal troops, under the lead of Warm Spring Indians, had come up with the retreating savages and nearly surrounded them, when Scar-Faced Charley and two or three other Modocs rushed down Jhe rocks and cried out, “We surrender; don’t shoot.” Five Modocs came in, and at once hostilities ceased. Dr. Cabaness, of Yreka, a surgeon who has long been acquainted with the Modocs, went up among the rocks and made peace negotiations. All the Indians, including Jack, agreed to come in. Cabaness slept with them over night. The next day Scar-Faced Charley, Old Schonchin, and ten warriors surrendered. Captain Jack and three others decamped by night. McEnery has issued an address to the people of Louisiana, advising acquiescence in the Kellogg government until Congress assembles in December. “ The International Typographical Union met at Montreal, on the 2d. One hundred and twenty delegates were present. The following offleere were elected for the ensuing year: President, W. R. Mackean, Washington; First Vice-President, William Kennedy, Chicago; Second Vice-President, W. G. Johnson, Troy; Secretary and Treasurer, John Collins, Cincinnati; Corresponding Secretary, J. E. Hawkins, Memphis. ~ The following statement shows the condition of the public debt June 1;_; Six per cent, bonds $1,332,738,650 Five per cent, bonds 414,567,300 Total coin bonds .. .$1,747,305,950 Lawful money debt,.... .. ....... $ - 14,678,000 Matured debt 2,156,270 Legal tender notes 356,082,622 Certificates of deposit 20,125,000 Fractional currency 45,276,642 Coin certificates Interest. -85,669,904 Total debt... $2,260,742,998 Cash in Treasury: Coin $ 75,558,316 Currency. 6,065,799 Special deposits held for redemption of certificates of deposit as pro-... vided by law 29,125,000 Total in Treasury. $ 110,779,115 Debt, less cash in Treasury $2,149,963,873 Decrease during the month 3,525,282 Bonds issued to Pacific Railroad Companies, interest payable in lawful money, principal outstanding 64,623,572 Interest accrued and not yet paid 1.615.587 Interest paid by United States 18,509,280 Interest repaid by transportation of _ « mails, etc 4,185,778 Balance of interest paid by- United States •■$ 14,323,507 The trial of William M. Tweed lias been adjourned until October, in consequence of the sickness of John Graham, one of his counsel. —The following eard from Rev. 11. W. Beecher has been published:

To the Editor of the Brooklyn Eagle: Dear Sir; I have maintained silence respecting the slanders which have for eome time followed me. I should not apeak now, hut for sake of relieving another from unjust imputations. The document which was recently published, hearing iny name with others, was published without consultation either with me or with Mr. Tilton, nor with any authorization from us. If that document should lead the public to regard Mr. Tilton as the author or the calumnies to which it alludes, it will do him great injustice. I am unwilling that he should even seem to be responsible for injurious statements, whose force was derived wholly from others Henht Ward Beecher. The Chicago Common Council, by a vote of 23 to 9, has changed the hour for closing saloons from eleven o’clock to twelve o’clock at night. Mrs. Lamb, who was some months ago arrested near Hudson, Wis., on a charge of having murdered her husband, another man, woman and two of her children by poison, confesses to the poisoning of her own two children, a Mr. Garland, and a Mrs. Ottman, but denies having caused the death of her husband. Her counsel defended her on the plea of spiritual insanity, she claiming that she was impelled to the murderous acts by the advice of spirits. .Advices received in San Francisco on the 2d announced the capture of Captain Jack with the remnant of his band. It seems that on the morning of the Ist, three miles above the mouth of Willow Creek, the Warm Spring scouts struck a hot trail, and, after a brief search, were discovered. Colonel Ferry surrounded the Indian retreat. His men were bound to fight. Suddenly a Modoc shot out from the rock with a white flag. He met a Warm Spring, andi said Jack wanted to surrender. Three scouts were sent out to meet Jack. He came out cautiously, glanced about him a moment, and then, as if giving up all hope, came forward and held out his hand to his visitors. Then two of his warriors, five squaws and seven children darted forth and joined him in the turrender. Captain Jack is described as being about forty years of age, five feet eight inches high, and compactly built. He has a large and well-formed head and face, full of individuality. Although dressed in old clothes, he looks every inch a chief. In the Supreme Court at Little Rock, Ark., on the 2d, the Attorney-General filed an application for a writ of quo warranto against Gov. Baxter, to show by what authority he held the office of Governor. The application is in the usual form; and sets out by stating that the Governor has unlawfully usurped the place. Hon. John A. Bingham, of Ohio, has been appointed Minister to Japan, in place of DeLong, resigned. Mansfield T. Walworth, a well-known writer, author of several works-of fiction, was on the. morning of the 3d, shot and instantly killed by his son, Frank H. Walworth, aged nineteen, at the Sturtcvant House, New York. Young Walworth, after committing the terrible deed, at once delivered himself up to the police authorities. The deceased had been separated from his wife for some three years, and the son liyed with His mother at Saratoga Springs. In extenuation of his crime, he says that h'is father had sent them insuljihg letters, and hid threatened to shoot both A& mother and himgeif. A meeting of Western Railroad Managers was held in Chicago on the 3d, at which'were representatives of fifteen different railroads, among, tbsm the Chicago <fc Northwestern, the Milwaukee & St Paul, niinols Central, Chicago, Rock Island * Pacific, 8t Louis, Vandalia * Terre Haute, Ohio & Mississippi, Gilman, Clinton <fe Springfield, Chicago, Danville & Vincennes, and the Chicago** lowa. After considerable discussion it was ttuani-

roously resolved to cancel Ml outstanding passes on the 30th of June, and to refuse to issue any more after that date. This order is absolute, except with regard to the passage of employes over roads with which they are connected, and except in cases where roads are compelled by existing contracts to grant passes. Clergymen are no longer to be allowed half-fare tickets, and railroad officers are no longer to exchange passes with each other. At Evanston, 111., a few days ago, a Mrs. Iverson was horribly and probably fatally burned by the explosion of a can of kerosene, with which she was endeavoring to start a fire. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction of Illinois announces that art examination of teachers desiring State certificates will be held at Springfield, on Tuesday and Wednesday, the Ist and 2d days of July next. The Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture, has furnished the Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce with an interesting tabular statement. It shows the number of bushels of wheat raised In each State of the Union in each of the past 12 years. The total estimated production of wheat in the United States in 1872 was 249,997,000 bushels, showing an increase of 19,275,000 bushels compared with the crop of 1871. The largest production in any single State was in California —25,600,000 bushels. Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin and lowa, respectively, ranked next to California, ranging from 22,000,000 to ,24,700,000 bushels. The total production in the Northwestern States named, in 1872, was 92,298,000 bushels, an increase of 26,230,000 bushels over the crop of 1871 in the same States. Secretary Langston, of the Chamber of Commerce of Milwaukee, is authority for the statement that 43,355,000 bushels of wheat, including flour, had been received at Milwaukee and Chicago and other points, up to May 31 last, from the crop of 1872,. in the. four great wheat-producing States -of the Northwest —Illinois, Wisconsin, lowa and Minnesota—which, together with the estimated amounts for food and seed in these States, leaves an available surplus still to come forward between the Ist of June and the incoming of the next harvest of 16,722,000 bushels in wheat and flour. - A Washington dispatch says the Advisory Board of the Civil-Service met the President and Cabinet on the 4th, by invitation, and submitted their report, maturely considered, proposing a modification of some of the present rules, and adding several new ones. These improvements, it is said, are designed to make the Civil-Service more efficient, being based on a strict adherence to its principles, and will aid in remedying such defects as experience hag shown to exist. One of the modifications will serve to facilitate the filling, of vacancies by the prompt examination of applicants. Losses by the late Boston fire are divided ag follows: Foreign companies,. $31,000; New, York companies,- $291,000; Pennsylvania, $180,000; Hartford, Conn., $77,000; Providence, $19,000; Bangor, $13,000; miscellaneous, SBB,OOO. The New York Legislature, at It# recent session, passed, and the Governor hag approved, a bill making liquor-sellers liable to damages for the benefit of the families of drunkards. The Pennsylvania Democratic State Convention is to be heid at Wilkes-Barre on the 27th of August next. The Massachusetts Medical Society has voted to expel the members convicted of having practiced homoeopathy. There was only one dissenting v.ote. The St. Louis tobacco fair opened on the 3d, with entries from all parts of Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and nearly all of the Southern States. Premiums to the amount Of over SIO,OOO were awarded. The man who was arrested at Cedar Rapids, lowa, some days since, as being “old man Bender,” turns out to be another individual named Henry Cephas. He has been liberated. A Leavenworth dispatch of the 4th says immigration into Kansas during the month of May was unprccedcntly large. Reports from all parts of the State represent the growing crops to be in excellent condition. An abundant yield of all kinds of grain is anticipated. . A dispatch of the 2d says Captain Jack and Schonchin, the murderers of General Canby and Comissioner Thomas, had been putin irons together, and were being held to wait the course of the Government. The cord to General Canby’s hat was found In Jack’s satchel. A Washington dispatch of the 4th says it was thought by the highest military authorities that the Modocs could not surrender as prisoners of war in the sense known to nations, where war is declared in accordance with constituted forms. Hot Saving been so received they are not entitled to consideration as prisoners of war. The orders issued to the Commanding General directly after the assassination of General Canby and the Rev. Dr. Thomas, were not to exterminate the Modocs, but it was said their conduct had been such that their extermination would be justifiable, thus leaving the matter to'the discretion of General Davis. Therefore, if lie had ordered the kijling of the Indians he would not have been censured by superior authority. As to their final disposition, no one questions that they will ultimately be delivered to the Government of Oregon for trial. A dispatch from Memphis on the 4th announces that several cases of cholera had broken out in that city, some of which had proved fatal. It had also made its appearance in other towns on the river below Memphis* Recent dispatches from Galveston, Texas, that late heavy rains had completely flooded the country, entailing great damage on the growing corn and cotton crops. Many parts of the State had been visited by the severest hailstorms ever known, entirely destroying the growing crops. It is stated in a private dispatch from Montgomery, Ala., on the 4th, that Governor Lewis, Republican, had appointed Robert C. BrickelU Democrat, Chtel-Justice of Supreme Court of the State, vice Beck, resigned. A dispatch has recently been received in Washington from New Orleans to the effect that the State of Louisiana had resumed the payment of the coupon bonds, and that Ibe taxes were being rapidly paid everywhere, and there were general indications of order and prosperity. The Attorney-General of Arkansas concluded the argument in the quo warranto case against the Governor before the Supreme Court on the 4th. Four of the live Judges decided that the Court had no jurisdiction, the Chief-Justice, McClure, dissenting. This result was regarded as the end of the troubles in Arkansas, and it was thought Governor Baxter will hereafter be regarded as Governor without show of opposition. suit, in another column, the advertia* meat beaded "JwWAe&HwyfHW.”