Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 June 1874 — LATEST NEWS. [ARTICLE]

LATEST NEWS.

The Constitutional Bill in the French Assembly. Henri Rochefort Attacked by a Queenstown Mob. Republican State Conventions in Illinois and Indian*, E. C. Ryan Appointed Clilef-Jus-tlce of Wisconsin. « Final Passage of the Compromise Currency Bill. Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc. THE OHO WORLD. Bayonne dispatches of the 16th soy that eighteen Carlist officers had been shot at Tolussu by order of Don Carlos for mutiny. A battle was fought on the 17th, at Alsora, between the Carlists under Don Alfonzo and the Republicans; Madrid dispatches of the 18th say the former were defeated with great loss. A Deputy belonging to the Left Center, on the 15th,introduced in the French Assembly the Constitutional bill definitively proclaimtog the Republic, and moved that its consideration be declared urgent. This motion prevailed by yeas 345, nays 341. A resolution declaring that the government of France is a monarchy was defeated by 100 majority. The Constitutional bill was referred to a committee of thirty. On the 16th a Deputy from the Right Center introduced resolutions defining the powers of President MacMahon. These were referred to the Committee of Thirty. According to a Paris dispatch of the 17tli, the Frcncli Government had seized all copies of tiie New York Herald reaching that country which Contained tiie address of Rochefort recently delivered in New York. The Left Center in tiie French Assembly, on the 18th, published a note inviting an alliance with the Right Center, offering all proper guarantees, in order that both parties might establish the Republic. On tiie 19th an amendment to the pending Municipal Organization bill was adopted in the French Assembly, which so clearly indicated the defeat of the measure that the Ministers hastily withdrew the hill. The Right was disheartened at the result of tiie vote. On the 20th a motion prevailed in the Freneh Assembly to eontlnuc'thc existing condition of affairs for two years longer, the Government to have the right to nominate all Mayors of cities. A rebellion has broken out In Khokan, in Central Asia, Special dispatches from that region, received in London on the 15th, report that sixteen officials of high rank had been recently behhaded. ' '■ A violent mob greeted Ilenri Rochefort when he landed at Queenstown, Ireland, on the evening of the 16th, and he was saved from serious hurt only through the effoits of the police. Jules Janin, the distinguished French journalist and critic, died in Paris on the 19th. The British people celebrated the thirtyseventh anniversary Of Queen Victoria’s accession to the throne on the 20th. The day was observed by the ringing of bells and the firing of salutes. The striking miners of Yorkshire, England, have concluded to accept tiie terms offered them by their employers, and have gone to work at a reduction of 12)4 per cent, in the rate of wages. United States Minister Bancroft was banqueted at Berlin on the night of tiie 20th. The meeting of the IntemationtS Diplomatic Congress at Brussels, Belgium, lias been postponed to July 27. The Dutch Chambers, on the 20th, rejected tiie Government bill lowering the franchise, whereupon tire Ministry tendered their resignations. .< • On the 19th an Egyptian vessel ran into the Turkish vessel Kars, in the Sea of Marmora, and 320 of .the 340 persons on hoard the latter were drowned. —„ t • • • .< * THE NEW WORLD. The United States Circuit Court for tiie Southern District of Illinois on the 18th decided against the application for tiie transfer of the State suits against the Chicago & Alton Railroad, for violation of the new Railway law, from the State courts to that court, and quashed the writ of certiorari. These eases will, therefore,’now he tried in the State courts in which they were origiuqjly instituted. The labor troubles at Nelsonville, .Ohio, were ended on the 15th. The colored men had been doing effective work, and were undisturbed by the striking miners. Guards were, however, continued. Fort Berthold Indian Agency was attacked on the 13th by 400 Sioux, but they were repulsed, and reinforcements had been sent from Fort Stevenson. Dr. Uhling, the man who attempted to swindle a New York life Insurance company by representing that a coffin filled with bricks was the dead body of a person insured, has been sentenced to State’s Prison for eighteen months. A stock panic occurred in Wall street on. the 16th, caused by the failure of two wellknown banking 6rms and the discovery that counterfeit Central Pacific Railroad bonds were in circulation. These bonds came from foreign holders, and the coupons were sent to the office of the Company for payment. There was general depression and all railroad securities depreciated In value from 2 to 5 per cent The Pennsylvania Prohibition Convention, recently In session at Harrisburg, Pa., resolved not to nominate a State ticket. Edwin Mullen, of New York city, recently walked 115 miles In a little over twenty-three hours. -V—.---. Gov. Taylor, of Wisconsin, haa appointed E. G. Ryan, of Milwaukee, Chief-Justice of the Bupreme Court In place of Judge Bixon, resigned. The report of the Committee to Investigate the Affairs o( the District of Columbia was published on the 16th. The conclusions reached by the committee were aa follows: H»t tha existing form of government of the

District is a failure; that it is too cumbrous and too expensive; that it is wanting in sufficient safeguards against maladministration and the creation of indebtedness; that the system of taxation It allows opens a door to great Inequality and injustice, and Is wholly insufficient to secure prompt collection of taxes, and that no remedy short of its abolition and tiie substitution of a simpler, more restricted and economical government will suffice. The committee reported a bill for a temporary government until Congress shall have time termature and adopt a permanent form. Tns Unitcd.Btntes House of Representatives on the 16th passed a bill providing for the disqualification hereafter of polygamous Delegates in Congress. The Vermont Republican State Convention met at Burlington on the 17tli and nominated Judge Peck for Governor, Lyman G. Hinckley for Lieutenant-Governor, and John O. Page for Treasurer. Resolutions were adopted—affirming adhesion to the principles of the Re'publican party; approving the Administration of President Grant; strongly favoring an early resumption of specie payments, and thanking the President for his veto of the Finance bill, and declaring that tax and tariff laws ought to be made so as to aid in the promotion and protection of American industry. The Indiana Republican State Convention met at Indianapolis on the 17th and organized by the election of Gen. Bcnj. Harrison as President. After an address by that gentleman tiie convention proceeded to nominate a State ticket, with the following result: Secretary of State, W. W. Curry, present incumbent; Auditor of State, J. W. Wildman, present incumbent; Attorney-General, J. C. Denny, present incumbent; Judge of' the Supreme Court, A. L. Osborn, present incumbent; Superintendent of Public Instruction, J. W. Bloss, New Albany, Floyd County. Resolutions were adopted—recognizing the policy of so legislating as to secure just protection and reward to every branch of industry; favoring the development of agricultural and mercantile pursuits by suitable legislation; opposing large grants of land to railroad corporations; favoring the improvement of the navigation of our great inland rivers; indorsing cheap transportation; advocating tiie adjustment of the relations between capital and labor, and favoring the holding of corporations to strict conformity to law; advocating free banking and additional currency and the proper revision of the Patent laws; expressing the gratitude of the Republican party to the soldiers and sailors in the late war and favoring the extension of the Pension and Bounty laws; approving such legislation on tiie question of intemperance As will give a majority of the people in their respective towns the power to determine whether intoxicating liquors shall he sold, <wd such »* shall hold the vendor responsible for all damages resulting from sufch Bales; advocating ther reduction of fees and salaries for public services; expressing entire confidence in tiie President and Republican Senators and Representatives, and heartily approving of the course of Senators Morton and Pratt. The State Convention of Illinois Republicans met at Springfield on the 17tli, and organized by the election of Hon. S. M. Cullom as President and one Vice-President from each Congressional district. Tiie following State Central Committee was appointed: First District, H. B. Bray ton; Second, P. A. Hoync; Third, O. A. Willard; Fourth, John Early; Fifth, J. M. Pontes; Sixth, Henry Dement; Seventh, H. C. Gold; Eighth, J. S. Cassel; Ninth, D. D. Pattenberg; Tenth, J. E. Hamilton; Eleventh, J. L. Underwood; Twelfth, George M. Brinkcrhoff, of Sangamon; Thirteenth, Jacob Wheeler; Fourteenth, J. H. Connelly, of Coles; Fifteenth, Win. Chew; Sixteenth, John M. Truitt; Seventeenth, John Thomas; Eighteenth, M. J. Inseore; Nineteenth, R. Anderson. The convention then proceeded to nominate State officers. For Treasurer three ballots taken, resulting in the nomination of Thomas S. Ridgeway, of Gallatin. Three ballots were also taken Superintendent of Public Instruction. William.. B. Powell, of Kane, received tiie nomination. On the first ballot Miss Frances Willard, of Cook, received 124 votes. Resolutions were adopted in substance demanding the enforcement of civil rights; deprecating the policy of immediate cancellation of any portion of the notes issued by the Treasury; advocating free banking; reaffirming tiie declaration of the National Republican Convention of 1872 In favor of a return to specie payment at an early day; commencing the project of inter-State railway transportation and the improvement of the navigation of tiie month of the Mississippi River; favoring the election of President and Vice-President by direct vote of the people; declaring that the Republican party will protect the rights of citizens and is opposed to interfering by law with the habits, tastes or customs of individuals; recognizing the property rights of railways, but demanding 'reasonable charges and strict impartiality to tiie transportation of freight and passengers, the same to be secured by appropriate State and National legislation. An address was delivered by Senator Logan. ... Nelson Dinolet, Jb., was unanimously renominated on the 18th by the Maine Republican State Convention. Resolutions were adopted in favor of the,early resumption of specie payments; approving the President's veto, of the Currency bill; reiterating the former declaration of principles of the party, and recognizing the necessity- of judicious liquor laws. The Supreme Court of Illinois has decided tiiat the law passed by the Legislature in 1869, known as the “ Grab law,” is unconstitutional. A convention of the Woman’s Temperance League of Ohio was held at Bpringtield on the 17th, and resolutions were adopted favoring the organization of Temperance Leagues In every district of the State for the purpose of procuring the defeat by the ballot of the license clause of the new Constitution. Ret. Edward R. Welles, D. D., of Red Wing, Minn., has been elected Bishop of Wisconsin, to succeed the late Bishop Armitage. ■ The Missouri Btatc Democratic Convention will be held at Jefferson City, and the Kansas State Republican Convention at Topeka, on the 26th of August Speaker Blaine was renominated by hts constituents of the Third District of Maine on ■ the 19th. - ’ '■ I-:-,—-:-! Senator Caheeon’s wife died a few days ago at Harrisburg, Pa. Quits a sensation waa canted in one of the New York city courts on th* 19th by the ep.

pcarancc of Wm. M. Tweed in the capacity of a witness. Edward Ortwein, the murderer of the Hamnett family, was tried at Pittsburgh, Pa., on tiie 19th and sentenced to be hung. The widow of Audubon, the naturalist, who deceased in IJSI, died at Shclhyvillc, Ky., on the 18th, aged cighty-cight years. A State convention of temperance men was held in St. Louis on the 18th, at whieh resolutions were adopted declaring it to be the duty of every citizen to use his political influence so as to promote the best internets of the community in whieh he lives; in the present crisis he should exert his influence in behalf of temperance, and vote only for men of pure habits, correct principles and opposed to the liquor traffic. *■ The National Crop Reporter , under date,, June 20, says: “The returns of correspondents indicate for the States of Illinois, Indiana, lowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin a decrease in the probable yield of hay this year, as compared with last, averaging 7 4-10 per cent., equal to 796,000 tons. Reports relative to the condition of swine in the same States indicate for June 1 an increase since April 16 .of 7.1 per cent. The average condition June 1 was 11% per cent, below a good average condition. The condition of the growing barley and rye June 1 in the same States was respectively 6.6 and 5.4 per cent, below a good average.” The President signed the hill providing for a reorganization of the government of the District of Columbia on the 20th. Recently a German family named Eilers, in Toledo, Ohio, ate of partially-cooked sausage, and since then tiie mother and one child have died and another child was in a precarious condition. A microscopic examination of portions of flesh taken from the lungs, limbs and other parts of Mrs. Ellers’ body revealed the fact that the whole system swarmed with trichina. In lumps of flesh no larger than a pin-head were found from fifteen to twenty of the encysted parasites. It is supposed that Mr. Eilers’ life was saved by the violent purging and vomiting which he underwent the next day after eating of the sausage. On the morning of the 21st as the last forms of the New Orleans Bulletin were being conveyed to the press they were taken possession of by the police and locked up in the stationhouse. The editor says the seizure was made without legal process and for the purpose of suppressing the paper because it had opposed the Kellogg administration. THE MARKETS. June 22,1e74. New Yoke.—CoMon—l7*®l7a£c. Flottr— Good to choice, $6.20®8.50; white wheat extra, $0.50® 6.85. Wheat—Ho. 2 Chicago, [email protected]; lowa Spring, $1.44®1.45; No. 2 Milwaukee Spring, $1.47®1.48. Bye —Western, $1.D5®1.09. Barley—--81.U>®1.66. Com—oaa— New Western, 66®61c. Port—Hen mesa. 61?.50®17.62U. Lard— IIH®HJ4c. Woof—Domestic Fleece, 45@ 88c. Beene* —s! 1,50® 12.75. Bog*—lnvited. $7.26 ®7.S7H> Sheep—Lire (clipped), $4.50®6.50. Chicaoo. Beeves Choice, $5.90®6.20; good, $5.6535.811: medium, $4.75®5.50; batchers' stock, [email protected]; stock cattle, $3.5034.75. Bogt—Ure, *[email protected]. SheepGood to choice (shorn), $5,253 5.75. Butter— Choice yellow, 18®22c. Egg* Fresh, I?H® 13c. Pork —.Mess, new, $1f.10®17.20. Lard—slo.9s®ll.oo. Flour—White winter extra. $6.25® 8.00; spring extra, $5.12ti®6.00. Wheat— Spring No. 2, $1.21®1.a. Corn—Ho. 2, 6O*0«»lc. Out * —No. 2, 45H@46Hc. Bye—Ho. 1, 84^385c. Barley —No. 2, $1.35. Wool— Tub-washed, 45353 c; fleece, washed, 40344 c; fleece, nnwsshed, 30333 c: pulled, 37639 c. A imber— First clear, $50.00® 55.00; second clear, 247.00® 19.00; Common Boards, [email protected]; Fencing, $11.00@1*.00; “A” Shingles, $3.25@3.&0; Lath, [email protected]*. Cincinnati.— Flour —s6.lo®6.3s. Wheat— sl.2B 01.80. Com— 64@«6c. Bye- 89®90c. (Mae— so St. Lopis.— Cattle— Fair to choice, $4.5036.25. Bogt—Ure, $4.50®5.75. Piour—XX Fall, $5-25® 5.75. Wheat— No. 2 Bed Fall, [email protected]. Com— No. 2, 69®60c. Oa/«—No. 2, 44®45c. Rye—--73®74c. Barley - $1.40®1.45. Port-Mess, $17.76518.00. Lard—loK@lUic. Milwaukee.— Floor— Spring XX, $5. T0®5.90. lUtea/—Spring, No. 1, $1.2731.27*; No. 2, $1.24 @1.24*. Com —No. 2, #o@«o*c. Oats— No. 2. 46®4fi*c. Aye-No. 1, 84®80c, Barley— No. J, $1.8001.35. Cleveland.— Wheat— No. 1 Red. $1.35®1.06; No. 2 Red, $1.2931.30. Cbm-71372c. Gala-No. 1,53355 c. Detroit.— Wheat— No. 1, $1.4401.45. Corn 64®66c. ' 001»—58®56c. Toledo.— Wheat— Amber Mich., $1.32® 1.33; No. 2 Bed, $1.3201.88. Cbm—Mixed, 61@62*c. Oat* —so2slc. Buffalo. — Been**— $5.4606.87*. Boo* Live, [email protected]. Sheep-Ure (clipped), $4.7506 25. Bast Liberty. Cattle Best, $6.2506.40; medium. $5.4006.87*. Abgs-Yorken, $» b O 5.80; Philadelphia, $8 0006.35. St*p-(cllpped) -Best, $5.2505.75; good. $4.5005.00. CONORESSIORAIa. In the Senate, on the 15th, the House amendments to the Geneva Award bill were dis agreed to, and a Conference Committee was appointed .... A substitute for the Honse bill regulating the removal of cases from State oourtato the Circuit Courts of the United Slates was reported from the Judiciary Committee. One section of the bill authorize* the service of process upon the agent of a defendant In any civil anil not affecting the title to real estate, which was amended so as to provide that a copy of the process served on an agent shall actually he delivered to the principal of aach agent anywhere In tbeTJntted States. Considerable discussion took place on this section of the bill, several Senators denouncing the measure as aimed at tha liberty of the press, declaring that it will tend to suppress freedom of criticism of the pabHc acts of Washington officials by rendering newspaper correspondents In that city liable for utterances of the papers which they represent. The Mil was finally passed 88 to 22.... A bill was introduced to provide for the prepayment of postage on printed matter A conference report was made and agreed to on the Bankrupt bill. Aa modlded the bill provide# that a voluntarv bankrupt can be discharged upon payment of 80 (instead of 88) per cent of Be Indebtedness, with the consent of one-fourth of the number of creditors, representing one-third the vslne of Indebtedness. ...A Conference Committee was appointed on the Pension Appropriation bill. In the House, on the 15th, the Conference Committee on the bill amending the charter of tha Freedman's Savings Bank made a report, which was agreed t 0... .The Sundry Civil Appropriation bill waa debated In Committee of the Whole, amended and reported to the House, and after amendments were disposed of the bill waa finally passed. One section of the bill rrpesls the law providing for the Civil-Service Commission, and gives preference for office to soldiers and tailors and thair relatives, and makes It the duty of the several heads of departments to make honesty, efficiency and fidelity tests....At the evening session s bill extending the limits of expenditures on public buildings, sad removing all restrictions aa regards materials to be need, was finally laid on the table—loß to 77.. ..Adjourned. In the Sennte, on the 16th, among the bills passed were the following; Honse bill to authorise the Secretary of the Treasury tosuipend work apoa public bnUdlnga; House MU to authorize the iseue of duplicate agricultural land scrip where the original has been fiat or derirored; substitute for the House Mil providing foe the publication of the Revised Statute# of the United State#; to provide for the election of Jtougreaamen-at-Large for the State of Alabama: Hones bill provMporUOom, so rar aa the public Is concerned, as to one continuous line, or shall refuse in such operation sad ass to afford aad escure to aach of said roads equal advantages sod facilities as. to skwsgi&s m

nles, shill be deemed gnllt/ of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof he fined not exceeding SI,OOO and be Imprisoned not lest than six months: and providing also that. In case of the failure or refusal of the Union Pacific Railway, or either of said branches, to comply with the requirements of the act, the party Injured or the company aggrieved may bring acdon and he entitled to judgment for treble the amount of all excess of freight and fares collected by the defendant and for treble the amount of damages sustained by the plaintiff by such failure or refusal, and for every violation of the act a new cause for action shall arise; the bill also fnrther provides that the Denver Pacific Railway Company shall be deemed a part and an extension qf the Kansas Pacific Railway to the point of junction thereof with the Union Pacific Railway at Cheyenne.... Amendments were made to the Postofllce Appropriation bi 11.... A unanimous report was mads from the Joint Select Committee to investigate into the management of the government of the District of Colombia, and a bill was also reported for the government of the District.... Adjourned. In the House, on the 16th, Conference Committees were ordered on Senate amendments to the Indian Appropriation bill and on the Geneva Award bill:.. .Bills were passed—extending to the 4th of July, 1875, the time within which petitions for allowances may be presented to the Southern Claims Commission, and providing for the appointment of two additional commissioners; relating .to ocean telegraphs; to indemnify the holders of pre-emption and homestead certificates and certificates of entry and patents to lands within the Des Koines River grant on account of failure of title; for the relief of owners and purchasers of land sold for direct taxes in the insurrectionary States. Several pension bills were also passed.... The conference report on the Bankruptcy bill was agreed t 0.... The report of the Joint Investigation Committee on the affairs of the District of Columbia was ordered printed.... Adjourned. In the Senate, on the 17th, bills were passed—to amend the act in relation to the survey of certain lands granted to the Northern Pacific Railroad; to provide for the appointment of a Commission of Engineers to investigate and report npon a permanent plan for the reclamation of the alluvial basin of the Mississippi subject to inundation; to ereate two additional land districts in Kansas; to provide for the apportionment of the Territory of Wyoming for legislative purposes; to authorize tnc construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near the city of La Crosse, Wls.J prohibiting the publication In the newspapers of the Revised Statutes at the expense of the United States; repealing all revenue tax on savings banks having no capital and where Investments are made solely for the benefit of depositors.... The Postofllce Appropriation bill was njrther considered, and amendments were agreed to—providing that public documents may be sent through the mails at a rate of postage not to exceed twenty-five cents for each volume, to be paid by the person receiving the same, and authorizing the Postmaster-General to sell, after thirty - days, all public documents which have accumulated, and allowing the Congressional Record , or any part thereof, to go free upon being stamped with the words “ Congressional Record” upon the wrapper; providing that so mnch of the act as fixes the rateof postage on newspapers and periodicals shall not take effect nntil the Ist of January next. An amendment to restore the franking privilege as it existed prior to the act repealing the same was offered and rejected—yeas 17, nays 34. The bill was then passed as amended...-Conference reports on tnc Legislative, Executive and Judicial and the Pension Appropriation bills were made and agreed t 0... .Adjourned. In the House, on the 17th, resolutions were agreed to in favor of the establishment of an international system of arbitration whereby matters in dispute between governments may be adjusted by arbitration and without recourse to war, and recommending to the treaty-making power of the Government to provide, if practicable, that hereafter, In treaties made between the United States and foreign powers,, war shall not be declared by either of the contracting parties against the other until efforts shall have been made to adjust all alleged causes of difficulty by impartial arbitration.... Bills were passed—prohibiting the publication of the Revised Statutes in newspapers at the expense of the United States; for the government of the District of Colnmbia—2l6 to 1&....A majority report was made from the Judiciary Committee in favor of the impeachment of Jndge Dureli, of Louisiana, for high crimes and misdemeanors, and a minority report from the same committee was also made recommending that nil proceedings against Dureli be discontinued.... Adjourned. In the Senate, on the 18th, a conference report on the Moiety bill was made and agreed to ....Bills were passed—House bill to provide a government for the District of Columbia; for the Sayment of awards made by the Southern lalms Commission;, the River and Harbor Appropriation hi 11.... The Conference Committee on the Currency bill made a report... .A substitute for the House hill amendatory of the act to amend, revise and consolidate the laws relating to pensions was reported from the Committee on Pensions and placed on tnc calendar ...A bill was Introduced and referred to charter a double-track frctght railway from tidewater of the Atlantic Ocean to the Missouri River, and to limit the rate of freight thereon.... Adjourned. In the House, on the 18th, hills were passed—granting the right Of way through the pnbiic lands to the Arkansas Valley Railway, in Colorado; for the reappointment of the Legislative Assembly of Idaho Territonr; to amend the Mining law of May 10,1872... .The conference report bn the Moiety bill was agreed t 0... .Unanimous consent was asked for and objected to, to have the Senate Civil-Rights bill taken from the Speaker’s tabic and referred to the Judiciary Committee. ...Adjourned. In the Senate, on the 19th, several bills were reported from committees and placed on the calendar.... The conference report on the Currency bill was discussed and agreed to —48 to 19— the bill as reported providing that the amount of United States notes outstanding shall not exceed $362,000,000, and withdrawing $55,000,000 National Bank notes from States having an excess and awarding them to the other States; provided, not over $90,000,000 be withdrawn, daring the fiscal vear ending JnUe3o, 18T5....The River and Harbor Appropriation bill was considered and amended....A Conference Committee was ordered on the Senate amendments to the Postoffice Appropriation hi 11.... Adjourned. In the House, on the 19th, several of the Senate amendments to the Postofllce Appropriation hill were nou-coccurred in, and referred to a Conference Committee... .At the evening session Mr. Butler spoke at considerable length in defense of the moiety system and In answer to the personal charges made against himself. He was followed by Messrs. Poster, Roberts and Trenail n, who spoke In reply to Mr. Butler’s remarks—the debate throughout being one of a personal nature.... Adjourned. In the Senate, on the 20th, resolutions were passed—to print 6,000 extra copies of the report of the Select Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard, and 5,000 copies of the report of the Commissioner of Education; House joint resolution to purchase the watch presented to Lafayette by George Washington, ana authorizing the restoration thereof to the heirs of Lafayette. ... Several bills on'thc calendar unotjected to were passed.. .The Sundry Civil Appropriation bill was taken np, and several amendment* were agreed to. among which was the striking out of the section abolishing the Civil Service Commission and substituting therefor a provision restoring the Commission and appropriating SBO,OOO for the expenses thereof.... Several bills were reported favorably from committees and placed on the calendar.... A message waa received from the President recommending an Increase of the rate of Interest on the" bonds In which It Is proposed to fond the debt at the District oi Columbia, which message was referred to the Investigating Committee.. .The Judiciary Committee made a report adverse to the granting of the petition of Susan B. Anthony for the remission of the fine imposed upon her In the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York. .. . A message was received from the House refusing to agree to the report of the Conference Committee on the Indian Appropriation bill, and asking a new conference, which waa granted. In the House, on the 80th, a resotatton continuing the, Committee on Arkansas Affairs daring the vacation was agreed to—The conference report on the Currency bill waa taken up. and after considerable personal debate was agreed to—fi*l to4o. . .The conference report oa the Indian Appropriation bill was rejected—teas 97. nave 147-end a new eenference waa naked tor ... .The President's message relating to the Di* trict of Columbia bonds waa received t and gaSss ussl? Jr S:sus -at the low rate of £«....A bill waa passed to amend the Gold-Bank law so aa to allow the circulation of gold note* to be 90 per cast instead of 80 per cent, of the per value of the bonds deposited.... • Th» Judiciary Committee i*. saSAja:«LEsrgttsLS

session a vote was taken on the Supplementary Civil Rights bill and resulted—yeas (40, nays 91. There not being two-thirds in Us favor, aa required by the order under which (he business on the Speaker’s table waa taken up, the,,hill wan not passed, but still remained on the Speaker's table.... The report of "the second Conference Committee on the Indian Appropriation Mlhwas agreed t 0.... Adjourned.