Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 August 1873 — General News Summary. [ARTICLE]

General News Summary.

THE OLD WORLD. It is Bald that women played a conspicuous part in th recent massacre at Alcoy, Spain, as they did in Paris during the Commune, and that nothing which occurred in Paris, even in the last frenzied agony of desperation and baffled fury, at all approaches the brutal massacre in thefonnercity. A dispatch received at Madrid on the evening of the 31st ult., announces that the insurrection in Seville had been suppressed, and the city was occupied by Government troops. A Paris dispatch says that the German troops evacuated Nancy and Belfort on the 31st ult.’, after burning all their goods which could not be taken away. The inhabitants of both cities remained in their houses while the Germans were leaving. A Madrid dispatch announces a ship fight at Malaga on the Ist, and the defeat of the insurgents, with a loss of eighty-seven killed. The departure of the insurgent fleet from Almeria caused great rejoicing. The Insurgents, 1,000 strong, attacked Portugalite, sev'en miles from Bilboa, on the morning of the Ist. The garrison made a vigorous and successful defense. The Carlists were defeated with a heavy loss, and driven over the Galinda River. It was reported in Paris, on the Ist, that Don Carlos had captured Estella, with the entire garrison, which surrendered as prisoners of war. - The bill granting SI2S,(XX> per annum to the Duke of Edinburgh, on the occasion of his marriage, was passed in Committee of the House of Commons, on the Ist. The Shah of Persia arrived at Vienna on the 2d, and was received by the Emperor. A portion of the Jesuits expelled from Germany have found a new home in Lancashire, England. Others have established themselves at Stonyhurst and St. Buenox, in the North of Wales. A dreadful accident occurred on the morning of the 2d, on the Northwestern Railway, near Wigan, Lancashire, to the Scotch-tourist express train from London. Twelve persons were instantly killed and thirty wounded. Among the killed is Sir John Anson. Many of the injured would die. A Madrid dispatch of the 2d says many persons who joined the insurrection in the south, in favor of the independence of cantons, had abandoned the catrse in consequence of the excesses committed by the insurgents during the occupancy of Seville by the insurrectionists. Many buildings in various quarters of the city were burned, and in a number of the streets every house and store was robbed. The conduct of General Contreras, in bombarding defenseless towns, was producing an immens'e reaction in favor of the National Government. At a meeting in Hyde Park, London, on the 3d, to protest against the grant to the Duke of Edinburgh, it was resolved that the Queen be petitioned to refuse her assent to the bill. A London paper of recent date says that statements had been officially made that the English Government knew nothing of the Persian concession to Baron Reuter until it had been granted. Earl Granville stated In the House of Commons that the first he heard of it was from Reuter himself, last September. A correspondent says that Reuter regarded his concession with the eye of an Englishman, which he regards himself by residence and interest, and offered Earl GranviHe an opportunity to reap the political benefit of the grant for England. Granville ignored the political significance of the concession, and treated it entirely as a commercial speculation which it was entirely out of the ordinary line of the policy of the Government to protect. There was a large popular dempnstration in Seville, Spain, on the 3d, in favor of the Government. The members of the revolutionary junta at Cadiz were under arrest on the 4th. The city of Grenada had surrendered to the Government troops. The Province of Andalusia was completely pacified. A Paris dispatch of the 4th says there was much excitement over the fact that Count de Paris had gone to visit the Count de Chainbord, and had arrived at Vienna, where he was received by the Emperor Francis Joseph. In view of the reconciliation of the Bourbon and Orleans branches, to which this proceeding points, the Vigilance Committees of the Left and extreme Left of the Assembly were holding daily sessions, and were prepared to call the leading members of their respective parties together when the time comes to take action. The entry of the French troops into the city of Nancy on the sth, was welcomed with great enthusiasm by the citizens. The British Parliament was prorogued on the sth. In her speech on the occasion the Queen acknowledges her obligations to the House of Commons for the provisions by which she was enabled to promptly meet the obligations imposed upon her by the award of the Geneva arbitrators. She announced that she was still occupied in giving effect to those provisions in the Treaty of Washington which relate to the British claims against the United States, and to tile interests of her possessions in North America. The German Government has directed its representatives in Spain to co-opcratc with the English and French representatives for the protection of foreigners and their property, even if force had to be employed. —• Count de Chambord received the Count of Paris at Vienna on the sth. A Parliamentary election at Grccenwich, England, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Sir David Saloman, has resulted in a Conservative triumph. This is the first instance, since 1852, of a Conservative'candidate being elected for the borough, and the result is thought to indicate] that the Conservatives will return to power after the approaching general election, with a working majority. Reports from the agricultural districts of England are generally favorable to the hopes of an early and plentiful harvest. ——’ The interview on the sth between the Counts de Chambord and de Paris was cordial, and the political situation in France was not alluded to. Madrid advices on the 6th were to the effect that the Insurgents at Cadiz had, surrendered to the National troops. The Government troops had rc-.occupied Sorca. The Germans had captured two Insurgent frigates in the harbor of Malaga. The Insurgents had gained possession of O'rihuela, and threatened Alicante. A powder magazine in Valencia exploded on the sth, killing many Insurgents and wounding more. Emigrations from Russia to America Is increasing. Four hundred Russians sailed on the 6th on one steamer. The movement threatens to depopulate some districts in Russia. THE NEW WORLD. Gold closed in New York on the 6th at 115%. ;

A Springfield (Ill.) dispatch of the 31st ult. says the Railway and Warehouse Commission had secured enough evidence of extortion and unjust discrimination in freight charges to warrant the prosecution of several prominent roads in the State.' A special dispatch from Plattsmouth, Neb., on the 31st ult., says there are two hundred and fifty Granges of the Patrons of Husbandry in the State, and that they had resolved to take no active or direct part in politics. At the session of the Kansas State Grange on the 31st ult., resolutions were passed deprecating the prominence given to horse-racing at State fairs, and calling upon the farmers to move liberally and support the fairs, so there might be no occasion for depending on racing as a means of making money; also, bne demanding that farming property be taxed as railway property, upon the basis of its income, or that railway property as well as farming property, be taxed on the basis of value, independent of income. A resolution also passed expressing sympathy with settlers on the Osage ceded lands. A recent Memphis dispatch says the movement to create a new State with Jackson, Tenn., as its Capital, meets with no favor there, the entire press of the city being opposed to it, and not a single delegate from the county participated in the Convention. The following is a statement of the condition of the public debt August 1: Six per cent, b0nd551,281,027,150 Five per cent, bonds. 445,771,400 Total coin bonds. .$1,726,798,550 Lawful money debt.; $14,678,000 Matured debt 20,691,170 Legal tender notes. 356,079,967 Certificates of deposit 33,570,000 Fractional currency 44,372,466 Coin certificates... .7, 42,831,800 Interest 31,457,115 Cash in Treasury: Coin $80,144,185 Currency 9,316,689 Special deposits held for redemption of certificates of deposit aspro-- -?= vlded by law 33,570,000 Total in Treasurys 123,030,874 Debt, less cash in Trea5ury52,147,448,194 Decrease during Julys 370,518 Bonds issued to Pacific Railroad Companies, interest payable in lawful money, principal outstanding 64,623,512 Interest accrued and not yet paid 323,117 Interest paid by United States 20,447,986 Interest repaid by transportation of malls, etc. ■ . • ■ ■.. 4,225,853. Balance of interest paid by United Statess 16,222,132 The Virginia Republican State Convention, recently in session at Lynchburg, nominated Colonel R. H; Hughes for Governor; C. H. Ramsdell for Lieutenant-Governor; David Fultz for Attorney-General. Among others resolutions were adopted—indorsing the Administration of President Grant; favoring an ad valorem system of taxation; advocating in ternal improvements, not only in Virginia, but in the whole country, as a means of cheap transportation; favoring an impartial administration of justice to both races; favoring the election of President and Vice-President, and all officers of "the Government, by a direct vote of the people; demanding that the Federal courts shall be accessible to all citizens for redress, and demanding reforms in the State laws in order to secure fair elections by the abolition of partisan supervision. A resolution denouncing the increased salary bill was introduced and afterwards withdrawn. The McLean County (HI.) Grangers have nominated a full ticket for County officers. The candidate for County Treasurer is Colonel R. P. iffi-gan, whose appointment as Railroad and Warehouse Commissioner was not confirmed by the State Senate. A recent Kansas City (Mo.) special says more bodies have been discovered in the Bender graveyard, and that there was a clue to the whereabouts of the Bender family. The newly-elected officers of the Jansas State Grange are as" follows:fMaster?'T. G. V. Boling; Overseer, ~M. E. Hudson; Lecturer, John Boyd; Steward, A. D. Smith; Assistant Steward, J. B. Richey: Chaplain, W. S. Hanna; Treasurer, 11. 11. Angell. To hurry up the fire Mrs. William Dowds, of Lewis, lowa, poured kerosene oil in the cook-stove the other day. Lively times ensued, the burning oil being thrown all over the room, and a ten-months old child was burned to death. A Central Executive Committee to present the question of the formation of anew State .in the most favorable bearing in their respective sections was appointed by the Convention at Jackson, Tenn., on the 30th ult. Nicholson and Hallahan, were hanged at Baltimore on the Ist, for the murder of Mrs. Lampley. In July there were issued from the stamp divisions of the Third Assistant PostmasterGeneral’s office 107,508,410 stamps from which revenue is derived, the value of which is $2,936,747—a large increase over the business of any previous month, which is accepted'as the result of the abolition of the franking privilege. Senator Ramsey, accompanied by Governor Austin, of Minnesota, was at the Department of State in Washington, on the 2d, for the purpose of enlisting, if possible, the sympathy of the authorities there in behalf of the Americans who were concerned in the alleged kidnappinj; of Lord Gordon. The Secretary of the Treasury has directed the Assistant Treasurer to buy $500,000 bonds on the second Wednesday, and sell $1,500,000 gold on each Thursday during the month of August Counterfeit half-eagles, coinage of 1872, are in circulation in New York and Boston, and so closely imitate the genuine as almost to defy detection. In weight and color the counterfeit corresponds with the legal coin. Counterfeit twenty dollar gold pieces are also in circulation. The Ohio Constitutional Convention on the Ist adopted a resolution for an . adjournment of the convention from August 8 to December 2, to meet In Cincinnati. Portland, Oregon, has been nearly destroyed by fire. The conflagration began early on the morning of the 2d, and before it was checked twenty-three blocks in the city were in ruins. Among the losses fire two engine bouses, two sash factories, three foundries, four mills, five hotels, one hundred stores and two hundred and fifty dwellings. One hundred and fifty families were rendered homeless. The estimated loss was $1,500,000. The churches in the city were converted into dwelling houses. The Common Council was issuing food tickets to the destitute many, Calls are made for aid for the sufferers from other cities, A recent Dea Moines (Iowa) telegram says there was no longer any prospect of capturing the railway bandits they had succeeded in reachiqg Texas and Mexico. ’ - A St. Louis dispatch of the 3d says the Texas cattle fever, which had been prevailing

in Dekalb, Davis, Nodaway, and other counties in Northwestern Missouri for two-weeks had carried off several thousand head, and was still raging. In Nodaway County alone the loss already amounted to over $50,000. A fire in Chicago on the evening of the 2d badly damaged the great Singer building, destroying the interior of the new and as yet unoccupied store rooms of Field, Leiter & Co. Loss, $75,000. An earthquake at Valparaiso, Chili, on the Bth of July, did much damage to houses and church buildings. A few lives were lost by the falling of walls, and one lady died of fright. A Washington special of the 4th says Actin# Secretary of State Davis had stated that the Department would endeavor to secure the release on bail of the Minneapolis officers imprisoned at Fort Garry, pledging that if so released they shall appear to answer in a Canadian Court when the case is called. On the motion of sundry defendants in the Credit-Mobilicr suits for an extension of time in which to file their answers to the Government bill, Judge Shipman, at Hartford, has fixed upon the first Monday in October. Two fatql cholera cases were reported in Indianapolis on the 4th. There were several new cases in Columbus, Ohio. Ten deaths by cholera, or a disease closely resembling the Asiatic cholera, have occurred recently at Mason City, 111., and vicinity. One hundred and fifty immigrants from Russia passed through Peoria, Hl., on the 4th, bound for Omaha and the West. These are the advance guard of 10,006 Russians who are coming to this country. The Utah Territorial election occurred on the 4th. The Mormon ticket was unanimously chosen, the Gentiles not participating. The usual number of women and children voted. In several counties in Illinois and lowa the farmers have made independent nominations for county officers, and adopted resolutions, pledging themselves to vote for the tickets thus put in the field.,— -I The Kentucky election occurred on the 4th. Reports from the State at large indicated that James W. Tole is elected State Treasurer by an overwhelming majority over Machee, independent, who received only a few thousand votes throughout the entire State. A light vote was polled. The Democratic candidates for the Legislature are elected in nearly all the counties. It is probable that Evans, the Republican candidate, has been elected to the State Senate from the Hopkinsville district, over McKenzie, Democrat. Fayette County elects Pratt, Radical, to the Legislature by a small majority. Jessamine County elects the Radical candidate for the Legislature. The President reached Washington on the sth, and Senator Morton had a long consultation with him. A Cabinet meeting was held. A large quantity of petroleum oil was burned at Long Island City on the sth. The fire was caused by Captain Meyers, of an oil barge lying alongside of a pier, lighting his pipe, whereupon the vapor from the oil communicated with the flame, the barge was shattered and set on fire, and Captain Meyers killed and his body burned to a crisp. Five barges and about $15,000 barrels of oil were consumed. Loss $200,000. Vice-President Wilson was in Boston on the sth, looking very well. He was improving fast. Some enthusiastic members of the Grand Army of the Republic in Hoboken, N. J., recently compelled a salboh-'keeper to take down a German flag which was flying over an American flag, and reverse their position. About 1,000 delegates aud members were in attendance at the meeting, at Elmira, N. Y., on the sth, of the National Educational Association. Nearly every State In the Union was represented. The welcoming address was delivered by the Mayor of the city, and George M. Dwen, President of the Board of Education, responded. A man was arrested at Carlinville,' 111., on the night of the 4th, on suspicion of being one of the lowa railway train robbers. A passenger train and a freight train on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad collided near Napervilie, 111., on the sth. Two men were killed and several others injured. A recent storm on the Montana Division of the Union Pacific Railway is described as fearful. . The ■ hail in some places was piled up to a height of two feet. The Mayor of Chicago telegraphed to the Mayor of Portland, Oregon, on the sth, asking if Chicago could do anything for the relief of the fire-sufferers. The reply was that at present no help was needed. The total loss by the Portland tire was computed at $1,168,675. A Salt Lake dispatch of the sth says it was understood that Mrs Ann Eliza Young had attempted to compromise her divorce suit for $15,000, without the knowledge or consent of her lawyers; but the latter preferred to carry out the prosecution. At Rockford, 111., a few nights ago, a young woman was badly burned by the exU plosion of a kerosene lamp while she was attempting to fill it when lighted. In an interview on the 6th with Colonel Hughes, Representative Platt, and Messrs. Chandler and Carter, President Grant assured “Colonel Hughes of his warm sympathy, and expressed the hope that he would be successful in the approaching Gubernatorial election in Virginia. He announced his willingness to do all in his power, consistently with his position, to aid Colonel Hughes and the Republican cause in that State. President Grant has signed the postal treaty between this Government and the Japanese Empire. The Massachusetts Democratic State Convention is to be held at Worcester, September 3. At the New York Colored Republican State Convention, which met at Saratoga on the 6th, seventeen delegates were present. A'motlon was adopted to form a permanent organization, and the Convention adjourned to meet in New York City, October 2. 8. H. White, of Illinois, has been elected President of the American Educational Association, with a full complement of Vice-Presi-dents. A. 8. Marble, of Massachusetts, is Secretary, and John Hancock, of Ohio, Treasurer. The Massachusetts Labor Reform Convention met at Lowell on the 6th, and Judge Robert Cowley, of Lowell, was ehosen chairman. A series of resolutions was adopted. The Democratic State Convention of Ohio assembled at Columbus on the 6th. All the counties in the State were represented. W. H. Ball, of Muskingum, was elected permanent chairman. Resolutions were adopted—that the Democratic party seeks to revive no dead issues, but stands by Its principles, which are suited to all times and circumstances, ana supports the Federal Government in all its constitutional authority, and opposes nullification and secession, defending the reserved rights of States aud the people; denouncing Ml monopolies, and class legislation by the. Government; pledging the sincere and honest

efforts of the Democracy to obtain for the agriculturists of the country redress of their grievances and equal and exact justice; condemning the salary bill, and denouncing the members of Congress who supported the measure or accepted the increased pay, and President Grant for using his influence in behalf of and for signing the law; declaring the Republican party tube justly responsible for the evils and wrongs in legislation and the Administration of "Which the country complains; etc., etc. Hon. William Allen, of Ross County, was nominated for Governor, by acclamation. For Lieutenant Governor, Barnabas Burns, of Richland; Supreme Judge, long term, H. C. Whitman, of Hamilton; short term, Charles H. Scribner, of Lucas; Attorney General, M. A. Dougherty, of Franklin; Treasurer, George Weimer, of Summit; Comptroller, J. K. Newcomer, of Marion; Member Board of Public Works, Christian Schenck, of Mercer. A telegram was received from Mr. Allen accepting the nomination for Governor. The following order in relation te the proposed State Grange Convention of Wisconsin, has been issued: To the Patrons of Wisconsin: With the approbation of the Master of the State Grange, after consultation, it has been deemed best to modify the resolutions of the Dodge County Convention so that they will read from and after ths word “Resolved” as follows: That a convention of the Patrons of Husbandry of Wisconsin be held at Watertown on Tuesday, August 28,1873, for the purpose of consultation and the transaction of business pertaining to the Interests of the Order, said convention to consist of the officers of Subordinate Granges, and such-other members of the Order as may wish to attend.• Hiram Sawyer, President of the Dodge County Council. E. B. Bowlens, Secretary. The Virginia Conservative State Convention met at Richmond on the 6th. There was a large delegation in attendance.