Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1873 — General Yews Summary. [ARTICLE]

General Yews Summary.

THE OLD WORLD. According to a Madrid telegram of the 12th, thesituation there and throughout the country was improving. The Government is said to be capable of putting 830,000 effective men in the field. The command of the Army of the North had been confided to General Scobala. General Furon will enter upon a vigorous campaign in Catalonia with 10,000 men. The resources of the Northern provinces had been exhausted by war and the exactions of the Carlists. The Carlists keep to the mountains. Being without cavalry they do not dare to descend to the plains in any considerable number. An express train which left Vittoria, Spain, on the morning of the 12th, for Madrid, while going nt full speed ran off the track. The cars Were badly wrecked, and seventeen persons were killed and seventy wounded. Scarcely a person on the train escaped uninjured. A dispatch has been received at the Admiralty Office in London, from the commander of the British steam-sloop Daphne, announcing the capture, in the Indian Ocean, near the Zychclle Islands, of a slave ship, upon which there had been horrible suffering. The small-pox had raged in the ship, and out of 300 slaves taken on board 250 had died. The remaining fifty were terribly emaciated from disease and want; .... The walls of a building in Stonehouse, Devonshire, England, fell, onfhc 15th, killing eight persons and injuring several others. A dispatch from Havre announces the death, near that city, of the Duke de Riausores, the husband of Queen Christine of Spain. Dispatches from Australia report a great fire in Auckland, New Zealand, by which for-ty-eight buildings were destroyed. Loss, $300,000. A special dispatch from Madrid says the bombardment of Cartagena had recommenced. mounting their guns, made frequent sorties out, and captured cattle with impunity. The Fampelunia authorities had levied a tax on clergymen and others suspected - of favoring the Carlists. , A report was current in London, on the 16th, that further changes would be made in tire British Cabinet. Serious riots occurred at Tralee, Ireland, on -the Ifittq-nnd several-houses were gutted. The .police were obliged to charge on the mob with fixed bayonets. The evacuation of France by the German army of occupation was completed at 9:30 a. m. on the 16th. A recent storm on the Black Sea caused the loss of seventy vessels south of the Bosphorus. At one point 265 dead bodies had been washed ashore. According to a Berlin -dispatch of The 16th addresses signed by large numbers of the Catholic clergy of the United States had been received by the German priests, approving of their attitude in opposition to the Prussian Government. A dispatch from Frankfort-on-the-Main, of the 17111, says that Carlist bonds are quoted in that market. A Madrid dispatch of the 17th says that the insurgent frigates have sailed from Cartegcna for Aguilas, thirty-seven miles distant, to collect provisions. The latter town is faithful to the National Government, and will resist any attempt to levy contributions. The British Admiral is there, and promised the Government that he will prevent the insurgent fleet from bombarding the town. There was a serious riot on the 16th in Ecija, provoked by Intransigcntcs. Many persons were injured and killed. The municipal election in Malaga on the 16th XVas attended with disorder aud bloodshed. There was fighting at several of the polling places, and rioting continued late into the night. Mr. Starnes, .the English traveler, reached Paris from Central Africa on the 17th. He reports that he met Dr. Livingstone on the Ist of July, at which time he was in perfect calth.

THE NEW WORLD./' The Railway and Warehouse Commissioners of Illinois some time since issued a circular, in which they assumed that, for business purposes, intersecting lines of road form a continuous line. In reply to a recent query by the Superintendent of the Rockford, Rock Island & St. Louis Railroad, as to whether said road can bill goods to a point of intersection, and confine its receipts and liability to the same point, the Commissioners answer that the goods must be receipted for to the destination. They cambcTilled to the point of intersection, but the bill niiut also state the rate to the destination. A Washington dispatch of , the 11th says Colonel Robb, one of the ex-Commissioners Jo inquire into the depredations committed Ou on persons and property of American citizens on the Rio Graudc border, had recently received numerous letters stating that such acts were constantly occurring, and that since the Commission left that section, last spring, large droves of cattle have been driven to the Mexican side from ranches between Brownsville and Brazos de Santiago,’ and between Brownsville and Rio Grande City. These thieving operations were committed in daylight, and in several instances exulting gestures were made by the Mexicans, who hail escaped with their booty, to the United States cavalry who had pursued them, but halted on the Ameritmh'"T.lde of -the -river. —Inaddition to cattle stealing, murders have been committed not far from Forts Clark and Concho. It will be recollected that the Commissioners reported an actual loss of about 15,0(10,000 by such incursions. The amount has been considerably increased since the term of the commission expired. Late St. Johns (Newfoundland) dispatches say grave doubts were entertained as to the safety of the missing crew of-the Polaris. . had" elapsed. _sinco,they\ left their, camp. The American Bornological Exhibition at Boston was a great success. The Nebraska fruits, which attracted marked attention, were awarded the first premium, and were divided up to be taken by the delegates from Maine, New. Hampshire, Vermont, New York and New Jersey, for exhibition in their respective States.. * The recent Convention of General Freight Agents at Cleveland, Ohio, adopted the following basis for the government of the future advancement of rates op eastern-bound fourthclass freights to New York: From Cleveland, Ohio, 35c.; Dayton, Ohio, 42c,; Cincinnati, Ohio, Fort Wayne, Ind., Indianapolis, Ind., and Logansport, Ind., 45c.; Columbus, Ohio, 40c.; Toledo, Ohio, 37c.; Chicago, 111., Terre Haute, Ind., Lafayette, Ind., Decatur, HL, Hannibal, Mo., Bloomington, 11L,50c.; Peoria,

111., Quincy, 111.,, Rock Island, 111., Burlington, 10wa,.. St. Louis, Mo., Davenport, lowa, 60c.; East St. Louis, 111., 57c.; Des Moines, lowa, 70c.; Kansas City Mo., 75c.; Louisville, Ky., 52c.; Pekin, 111., and Vincennes, Ind., 55c.-— tAn immense crowd visited the Capitoline grounds in Brooklyn, on the afternoon of the 12th, to witness the departure of the big balloon for Europe. The process of inflation commenced at an early hour in the morning, arid continued steadily until ten minutes past four, when the balloon suddenly swayed to the north, ripped half way around with a great tearing sound, and fell flat upon the ground. The immense volume of gas which had been pumped into it, nearly 400,000 feet, escaped at the same moment, nearly suffocating those who stood on the inside. The crowd made a general rush over the ropes with the intention of tearing up the canvas into small pieces and carrying them off as mementoes, but the strong force of police on the ground charged aqd drove them back. Mr. Stiner, who had contracted to fill the balloon, said that it would be all folly to attempt another inflation, as the bag was not made of the proper material. So the enterprise is abandoned for the present.

The following are the recently-elected officers of the Illinois Grand Lodge I. O. G. T.: Uriah Copp, Jr., of Loda, G. W. C. T.; J. L. Drake, of Chicago, Q. W. Councillor; J. K. Van Doorn, of Quincy, G. W. 8. ; Fred. D. Dalton, of Streator, A. G. 8.; C. W. Bassett, of Abingdon, G. W. T.; 8. Love, of Rockford, .G..W. M.; Representatives to Right. Worthy Grand Lodge, Fred. D. Dalton, of Streator; Uriah Copp, of Loda ; James Lamont, of Roekford. . . - The Oregon Republican State Convention has nominated Hiram’Smitli, of Linn County, for Congress. A resolution was adopted expressing confidence in Senator J. 11. Mitchell. General E. 8. McCook, Secretary of Dakota Territory, was shot through the breast on the night of the 11th, at Yankton, by F. P, Wintermute, and died thenext morning at seven o’clock. General McCook attempted to enter the court room, where a railway meeting was being held. lie was met at the door by Wintermute, who, after some high words, drew a pistol and shot McCook, the ball entering near the shoulder and severing an artery. But little is known of the origin of the difficulty. It is generally supposed to be a,- long-standing feud in regard to railway bonds voted by -Yankton County. The Republican State Convention of Maryland, in session at Frederick on the 12th, nominated: For Comptroller, 11. W. Goldsborougli, of Talbot County; Clerk of the Court of Appeals, J. 11. Price, of Hartford. Among others, resolutions were adopted reaffirming the attachment of the Republicans of Maryland to tire principles of the Republican party, and heartily indorsing the Administration ofPresident-Grant. In a letter to the .Washington Chronicle of the 13th General Sherman offers evidence to show that the burning of Columbia, S. €. was caused by Confederate soldiers. President Grant has appointed Alexander R. Shepherd Governor of the District of Columbia, vice Henry D. Cooke, resigned. Kenyon, Cox & Co., bankers and brokers in Wall street, New York City, suspended on the 13th. Daniel Drew was a special partner in the house, it is said, and rumor has it that the difficulties of the firm were caused by operations in the interest of Drew. Professor Wise has published a card defending his theory of an eastern air-current, and announcing his readiness to start for Europe at any time in a gas-tight silk balloon. He also censures the: attempts to turn a great scientific experiment into an enterprise for money-getting. Meantime the Graphic people are arranging for. the construction of a silk balloon for Professor Donaldson, while the Philadelphia Herald announces a balloon enterprise in that city on an entirely new plan of inflation and construction, with no charge to the public. So says a New York dispatch of thel3lll. _ ' Governor Booth was given an enthusiastic reception in San Francisco on the 13th. As he arrived from the capital he was greeted with a perfect ovation, and thousands of people assembled at the boat landing with music and transparencies, and bonfires were kindled on Telegraph Hill. The houses along the line of the procession were brilliantly illuminated. He was escorted by an enthusiastic multitude of people to the Grand Hotel, where he made a spebch congratulating the people on their complete victory over railway monopoly. The banking-house of 8. 11. Tucker, of Little Rock, Ark., suspended on the morning of the 15th. A dispatch from Shreveport, La., of the 15th, represents the yellow fever unabated, andr the distress in the eity indescribablc. Ofsix men in the telegraph offlee, five have token tlie fever and two are already dead. The interments average thirty or- forty daily. in a population of perhaps not over 4,000. The*, physicians and nurses are worked down. Sixty per cent, of those attacked die. The people of Memphis, Tenn., are.greatly excited over the rumors of the prevalence of yellow fever in that city. On the 15th, all the trains leaving on the various railroads were crowded with persons fleeing from the scourge. A dispatch from Grand Rapids, Mich., says a train was wrecked, on the 15th, on the Detroit & Milwaukee Railroad, between that city and Lowell. There were eleven passenger coaches, all crowded, and all are reported demolished. Two persons were known tojbe killed. A Washington dispatch of the 15th says that cx-Prcsident Johnson is in that city, to take part in the controversy now going on in relation to the trial and execution of Mrs. Surratt. Ex-City Treasurer Sprague, of Brooklyn, has been arrested for ,tualfeasancc in office. The railway bond forgers of Wall street, Johnson and Yates have been admitted to bail, the former in $33,000, and the later in $19,000. The N. Y. A’zpresa Jritaouuces the tiilurc .of the Eclectic Life Insurance. Company with a deficiency of nearly SIOO,OOO. The forty-ninth annual communication of the Grand Lodge Of the United States of the I. O.’of O. F. commenced in Baltimore, Md., on the 15th. Forty-one grand lodges and thirty-five encampments were represented in the Convention. The number of lodges of the order at the close of the year was 5,015, and of the members, 385,097. Lieutenant Comthandor I ,A. N. Mitchell, commanding the Pawnee, at Key West, died of yellow fever on the I4tEi : The steamer Ifqnsidcs, of the Erigleman line, one of the largest steamers on Lake Michigan, foundered and sunk within seven miles from Grand Haven, Mich., on the 15th. Her signal of distress was hoisted at nine o’clock in the morning, but so terrible was the sea anfl heavy the wjnd that no assistance could

possibly reach her. She labored in the trough of the sea from about 7:30 a. m. till the time she sunk. The passengers aiid crew, of which there were nineteen of the former and thirty of the latter, manned the llfe-boats and left her about 11 a. m., the last boat leaving her at 11:50 a. m. When: the last boat had got about a quarter of a mile, from her, she went down. There were six boats filled with the crew and passengers. One of tlie boats, having five men and four .women, capsized, and only one man reached the shore. Four boats had reached the shore up to 11 p. m. The boat with Captain Sweetman, his wife, and five passengers had not been heard from. It is feared they arc among the lost. Thirty-two persons are known to have been saved, and eighteen bodies had been recovered. The following is a partial list of those lost, whose bodies had been recovered and identified: John Driscoll, steward of the boat; John Hilles, of Milwaukee; Charles Wimmell, agent of C. E. Harling & Co., New York; Mrs, H. A. Valentine and child, of Milwaukee; Mr. John Denison, of Spring Lake, Mich.; Mr. J. ,B. L. Dewitt, of Milwaukee; James Brown, Harry Hughes, Ed. Tyle. The others are not ■yet identified.

Dennis Chapman, an old operator on the Chicago Exchange, on the 16th, sent a bullet crashing through his brain, in the wash-room adjoining the Board of Trade hall. Recent losses occasioned by grain speculations are supposed to have led to the deplorable tragedy. A special to the Minneapolis Tribune announces the capture of Lord Gordon Gordon who was captured about 500 miles west of the boundaries of civilization, and now languishes in a Manitoba’prlson. The underwriters estimate that the loss or damage to vessel property on the lakes during the recent storm will amount to $500,000 with insurance for about one-third that sum. The State Temperance Committee of New York have issued a call for a State Convention to meet in Utica, October 9. A Yankton (Dakota) dispatch of tte 16th says: “P. P. Wintermute, the murderer Oi General E. S. McCook, was brought up on that day for examination, which he waived, and was committed to the Territorial jail.ft> await his trial for the murder at the October term of the United States District Court, at which Judge Barnes will preside.” A Washington dispatch says a member of Congress, who was a member of the Banking and Currency Committee of the last Congress, lie shitll a"dvocate~a~“systeinTirtlie next Congress which shall permit unrestricted free banking, conditioned o,nly upon adequate bonded security for the circulation. The National Executive Committee of the Radical Democratic party met in New York on the 17th, and adopted an address to the Granges of the Patrons of Husbandry, asking their support in efforts to secure responsible representation. Th e New York Stateprohibition Convention raeCin Syracuse on the 17th. After the adoption of resolutions arraigning the Republican party for faithlessness to its pledges to the temperance cause, and declaring a want of confidence in either political party, the Convention nominated a State ticket as follows: Secretary of State, Rev. B. I. Ives; Comptroller, D. T. Elliott; Treasurer, Simon Brownell; Attorney-General, Walter Farrington; Canal Commissioner, Thomas Edgerly; State Engineer, J. C. B. Wallace; Inspector of Prisons, Rev. Isaiic Harris. The Americans engaged in kidnapping Lord Gordon Gordon were tried al Fort Garry, on the 16th, found guilty; and sentenced to twen-ty-four hours’ imprisonment. There was something like a stock panic in Wail Street, on the 17th. Rbck Island and the Western fancies reached the lowest point within five years. Rev. Dr. Benjamin 11. Paddock was consecrated as Bishop of the Diocese of Massachusetts, at Brooklyn, N. Y,, on the 17th. The seventh annual reunion of the Army of the Cumberland Society was held in Pittsburgh, Pa., on-the 17th. Generals Grant, Sherman, Sheridan and other distinguished officers were in attendance. Ou the 16th, Professor King, accompanied by four newspaper correspondents, made a balloon ascension from Buffalo, N. Y. At four o’clock on the afternoon of the 17th he was over Whitney’s Point, N. Y., moving in a southeasterly direction. Another destructive conflagration occurred in Chicago on the afternoon of the 17th. Four acres were burned over and about 200 families rendered homeless. There was an intense excitement among business men, and for a time fears were entertained that the “Great Blaze” was about to be duplicated. The conditions favorable for such an event. The wind blew almost a gale from the southwest; Hie buildings were mostly wooden affairs, dry as tinder, and almost as inflammable as gunpowder, so that there really seemed occasion for the general apprehension that existed. Owing to the character of the buildings the loss was comparatively a small one, not exceeding, it is estimated, $250,000. The propeller Acorn, of the Vermont Central line of steamers, «i- route from Ogdensburg to Chicago, was burned to the water’s' edge on the evening of the 17th, at Collins’ dock, about five miles above Alexandria Bay. The fire caught in the fire-hole. The passengers, fifty in number, and the crew were all saved with difficulty. She was heavily laden with a cargo of general merchandise, which was lost. The decrease in the yield of water by the artesian well in Central Park, Chicago, has led to an experiment, the result of which possesses considerable interest. • At the request of the Park the flow of all the other wells in the city was stopped for a period of sixteen hours, and it was found that thereupon the volume of water discharged bv the well in Central Park increased. The inference from this is that all the artesian wells in the city are supplied from the same subterranean stream, ancTTfiM any further multiplication of.lhese wells will not increase the aggregate yield of water, but will only divide it so as to impair the ..value of all. "The ship-in-lhe-desert story, which has I heretofore been attributed to a traveler’s lively imagination, is verified by the James expedition explorers. In the C6loorado desert full twenty miles from the Gulf of California, they found the mast of a vessel, doubtless cast there by some lerrible\ storm. Another wonder was water running up hill. When the Colorado River is at its hight, its waters are propelled through the natural canal known as NeW River up over a high “divide.” The Indians met with were friendly, though greatly alarmed by the report that their visitors intended to turn the ocean in on them.