Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1874 — LATEST NEWS. [ARTICLE]

LATEST NEWS.

Another* OaiHat'Defeat in North-; . e rn Spain.* .'lam ibttl - , • Four feimiHardtr' Shot ■Wf I’titmu Insurgents. *» .tmap-i in • sqaat ,Ti«!v««{ 51 The Thieving Russian Prince Banished ,H 3. for Life. r * .'7AJ H —££ v •" An Important*Gptattn by the Comptroller - to sbu of the Currency. V- 1 ■>; r an !'V.» ’ '.•H SBlluUj ,<v Itfa-JK.J - ' Interesting Personal, Political and jffe'|jrs Vr 'l_ .SMKKUMW tloß I.n. » OnjJhq* 2#lrth« FrcHols Goveryiinmik insued' ibPoAlir ■‘forbidding tfle 'distribution of'thephoto graph* tef the Prince' Imperial. On the 25th the French A'ssiAilbfjr' ratified without debate the postal convention between fttiiift PffPthfeUJulSiilffliWsf • JfiTaris (lispsUJitrf, tUegCgli says.tjiat pie.police, on tli«-pr<MT(lithrflsy, lioade domiciliary visits to tlie j<iunnyls and the residences of well-known Bonapartists, and seiJbd sdvhriil important documents. A DlSfiA-rdH wWffcoeiVed from Pernambuco, Brazil, on thq 2#,;anjm'Hl''ingrthe auecessfui laying, jjf Brazilian cable. >( * Tub English laborers are being shipped to Canada auiftlie United States In large munberS.”*'' '' * The Sublime Porte has forbidden the circulation of the Bible In Turkey. An EiUini.nnd a ,valuable collection of diamonos wsrfe-pnAented to the Pope on the 22d by the Amerieftn pilgrims. On tlie evening of tlfMßttfc tßerfc were aati-papai demonstrations in Rome, a time created considerable uneasiness. Tlie ringleaders were arrested and qtiiet was restored. The Spanish commander has decided to build, a scries of fortifications extending across Spain, so lbcdted as to confine the Carlists withbi nsinall area destitute of the means of : sustenance.- ■ According to Madrid dispatebes .as the lMtli tliaCarliats had captmred Beltnioiuit oil the preceding day. Tliey luid cstublisbedtheir intrenched Hues near Estella. BaydilfieHttpatohos of the Sfith say the Carlists had raised the seige of Flgueras, near tlie French frontier. , Gen. Concha’s attack on Estella was hourly expected. Don Carlos was tlie defense in person. A Madrid telegram of the 27th announces the defeat of 10,000 Carliats under Prince Alphonzo, after two days’ fighting. Gen. Concha, on the 28th, surprised and captured three of the outlying defenses of Estella. It. was thought the Carlists would retire to Alriva. Acoordino to Calcutta telegrams of the 25th the distress consequent on tlie famine in that country had measurably abated. 'Tuf. nepliesv of. .tlie Czar who stole his mother's diamonds and squandered them upon an American adventuress has been banished to Caucasus sos life. RuMOUs wctc current in St. Petersburg on tlie 27tlr that' the Ameer of Kashgar, in Ceiftral Asia, seized a Russian envoy, nnd menaced tlie frontier with 10,000 men. Earthquake shocks were felt in Constantinople on the 37th.- * , THE NEW WOULD. tTna Mil for tlie distribution of the Geneva nida’pd, which passed both houses of Congress on tlie pt-ovldes for five commissioners to diatjriijute and limits tlie time of service ami a half. On tile 22d notice was given that the Prosb den(.MidVij|ned't|e Cymnejrbill. New Yqug dispatches of tlie 22d say that aigijwg of tlie Currency bill had caused giwatdmoyaucy in the railway, share market. Gtsr 900,006 SWareS changed hands at from }£ to 5 per cent, advanep.^ AMONG the lulls passed by the late Congress ana that the rate shall be two cents per pound on weekly pagers, -ou4 tliree cents per pound on all publications less frequent thwiff Mat Ftttuft 9» public .documents vWilFMfften cfrftstifeC vfffihnC. —~On tlie,23d,tlie f rejidfpt nominated Alexnndcr Ri Shepherd, late Governor of The District of Columbia; William A. Dennison, of Blow, of Missouri, formerly member of Congress from that State, and a/tesward Minister to Brazil, as a Commission to govern the Dis- , °hiBWKXf havebeen prepared and adopted. The last two namqd confirmed .but tlie nomination of Shepherd was defeated by a vote, of she to thirty-six. Subsequently cxSenator Cattell, of New Jersey, was nominated and coqArmqd.j rr », < ( - • : The fofiownig ari tßbinutri bills which go over till the next session of Coumy ci i \ r r < i \ 1 f f Hr thefelef |f ownen and pnlchaArs of land sollfordpdit tSXiVin tjfcnrractihnarS States. - Amending the section of the Act approved Jnly 13 concerning.deuqsita.in savings banks. GrantingSoUrvlam iti tire T<u*itqHb», the right of way through finblrc’latias tn the lAllied States. To enable the Central Branch of the Union Pacific Railway Company to submit It* claim against •the United States under the existing laws to decision of the Supreme Court. . * de£s “ WDK ' the Southern Trans-Continental ! Tb-famvlde ror the Snore efficient administration of lawterataring topnbllc land. Aineodjitorj of Ihu Civil Rights taw. To anthorize the organization of national banks wlthqhf chhatattam ' . To establish the Territory of Pembina, and provide a eoyemment therefor. of the Tariff and Internal Revenue fi Foradmlaflon of New Mexico and Colorado as Repealing the Pre-emption and amendatory of the Homestead laws. To protect the ditfgable Waters of the United State*4t«in injury and obetractlon. The bln granting pensions to afl soldiers of the war of 181-J and their widows and children. For the constmction and repair 6f - the Missta transportation. House ®tiramendatory pf the Steamboat law. Senate Mils for the abolition of compnlsfiiy pilotage and to authorize tho organization of narional honks wftbont eireOiatlon. Jdl tand-grant bills and many hundred bills for the relief <A individuals. There were in the United States, on the fit of June, lfi.fffe subordinate Granges of the Paijrous of Husbandry.

On the evening of the 23d, at Syracuse, N. Y., a strawberry festival was being hold at tho parlors of tho Central Baptist Church, when, without any premonition, the floor gave way, precipitating tlie room-full into the story below. The parlor was on tlie second floor, and the room underneath was also full of people. Fourteen were killed and about two hundred injured, many of them dangerously. Joseph A. Titcomb was- nominated by acclamation for Governor of Maine by the Maine .State Democratic Convention on the 23d. Resolutions were unanimously adopted—fuvuring the early resumption of specie payments -/declaring for free trade; condemning the recent course of the Republican majority of the United States Senate In attempting to establish a censorship of the press of thecountryat the Rational capital; denouncing tlie Republican party for Interference with the .government of the several States, and tlie course of the Republican Congress on the subject of civil.serylce reform. On the 21st of June there were 481 Grangers in the State of Wisconsin, with an aggregate membership of 25,500. According to a recent decision by tlie Supreme Court of Wisconsin the Legislature had the right to repeal a clause of the charter of the West Wisconsin Railway exempting certain lands from taxation. Tho friends of recent Wisconsin railway legislation claim an application of the principles-enunciated in that decision will end all doubts as to the constitutionality of the Potter law. Tlie West Wisconsin Railway Company officially denies a recent, report that they liad issued an order for trains not to stop at Hannnond, Wls., be.cause the station agent there liad beenJined so violating one of tlie provisions of the Wisconsin Railway law. ills resignation to the President on tlie 24th. It was accepted, and Hon. Eugene Hale, of Maine, was appointed as liis successor. A State Prohibition Convention was held at Auburn, N. Y., on the 23d. Myron S. Clark was nominated for Governor, Horace V. Howland forjudge of tljc Court of Appeals, Daniel Wnlford for Canal Commissioner, and Ira Bell for State Prison Inspector. Theodore Tilton published in the New York Times on tlie 25tli a long article relating to wliat lias been called the Beeelier scandal. The statement concludes as follows: “After I liad been for fifteen years a member of Plymouth Church, and liad become meanwhile an Intimate friend of tlie pastor, the knowledge came to me in 1870 that lie bad committed against me an offense which I forbear to name or characterize. Prompted by my selfrespect, I Immediately and forever ceased my attendance on liis ministry.” The corner-stone of tlie new Custom House in Chicago was laid on the 24tli, under tlie auspices of tlie Masonic fraternity. A large number of persons and organizations from abroad participated in the ceremonies. Tlie lowa Auti-Mouopoly State Convention assembled at Bes Moines on tlie 24th. Bcv-cuty-six counties were represented by between 200 and 300 delegates. Tlie following persons were nominated for State officers: Secretary of State, David Morgan, of Ma. lmskii; State Auditor, ,T, M. King, of Dubuque; State Treasurer, J. W. Barnes, of Des Moines; Attorney-General, J. T. Kcatley, of Pottawatomie; Clerk of the Supreme Court, George W. Ball, of Polk; Supreme Court Reporter, J. M. Weart, of Buchanan; Registe of the State Land-Office, M. Rodarmul, of Story. Resolutions were adopted—indorsing the doctrine of tlie inviolability of State and individual rights, and denouncing the Administration in that it bad interfered in certain States with matters with which it had ho proper concern; condemning the—extravagance and —waste of the Government ns now administered, and its total incapacity to meet the vital questions of tlie dqy; declaring that the faith and credit of the natioh must be maintained inviolate ; that the public debt, of whatever kind, eliouid be paid in strict accordance with the law under which it was contracted; insisting that tariffs should be imposed for revenue only; that railroads should be subservient to the public good, and demanding such legislation as will secure (lie industrial and producing Interests of tlie country against all forms of corporate monopoly and extortion; deprecating any action' calculated to retard railroad enterprises or work injustice to these invaluable auxiliaries to commerce' and civilization; favoring tlie limitation of tlie Presidency to a single term and the election of President, Vice-President nnd Senators by direct popular vote; demanding a modification of the Patent, laws; insisting that the personal liberty and social rights of the citizens should not be abridged or controlled by legislative enactment, except so far as may be necessary to piomote the peace and welfare of society; favoring tho equalization of bounces to soldiers and sailors, nnd advocating such legislation ns shall grant to cacli one of them or to his widow nnd children a homestead of 100 acres of land,. Lvman K. Bass, tho Buffalo (N. Y.) Con. greasman who was appointed nnd confirmed as Assistant-Secretary of tlie Treasury, declined the appointment on tlie 24th. Despairing of electing a United States Senator, the Rhode Island Legislature on the 25tli adjourned to meet in January next .Hon. Henhv L. Dawes, of tlie Massachusetts Eleventh Congressional District, has written a letter to his constituents declining a rcuoniination to Congress. The Democratic State Convention of Vermont was held at Montpelier oil the 25th. The following candidates were nominated:’ Governor, Hoa. W. H. H.‘ Bingham; Lieu-teliant-Govcmor, Henry Chase; Treasurer, Otis Chamberlin. Resolutions were adopted renewing devotion to the Democratic party, favbrjng the repeal' of tho prohibitory law and adoption of astringent license law, and hailing With joy the prospect of the early completion, of tlie Oauglmawaga Canal, as beneficial alike to the farmer, manufacturer, producer and consumer, A convbnti on of the friends ofthe. improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers was held at Oshkosh, Wia., on- the 24th. Col. C. D. Robinson, Of Greeiv Bay, was chosen President, with A. J. Turner, of Portage, and Cur. Us Reed, of Menaslia, as Secretaries. A scries of resolutions waa adopted urging the importance aiid necessity of the proposed improvement of said rivers. A letter was road from Gov. Taylor, stating that the object* of the convention had lvis hearty approval. The official vote for Congressman from Oregon U reported as follows: #,642; Williams (Rep.), 9,340; ' Davenport (Ind-X 6,350. ■ , • Elvina Rlazieu, a Lincoln (Neb.) maiden, recently attempted to light a fire with the aid

of kerosene oil. The usual result followed. Tho young woman was fearfully burned, and died next morning. Geo. F Hoar has, according to a Worcester (Mass.) dispatch of the 26tli, determined not to run for Congress or any other position next fall. A New York telegram of the 36th says that Mr.Beechcr had stated that he should not break the silence he had heretofore observed in rer iation to tlie Tilton matter. Another dispatch of tlie same date says: “ Mr. Beeelier, in conversation with a reporter, said he had at present no intention of saying anything in reply to the recent statements. Tie liad a large pastorate under liis charge and had no time for personal controversies. If, however, the examiners of Plymouth Church should decide that it would be well for him to speak out in regard to the recent letter, he would do so without hesitation.” All the agents of tlie civilized Indians have bocn relieved, except the agent of the Clierokees, and a central agency has been located at Fort Gibson. An official opiniofi has been given by the Attorncy-Gencral of lowa that the State Railway law is valid and its enforcement feasible. The Cuban insurgents recently sliot 400 Spanish prisoners in retaliation for like exo* cutions of insurgent soldiers. Secretary Bristow, according to a late Washington dispatch, had declined the gift of a coach and a pair of horses recently tendered him by one of liis personal frieuds. The Comptroller of the Currency has given tlie following construction to tlie clause in the new Currency law relating to bank reserves: My construction of the act of Jane 20, 1874, in reference to the reserve of the National Banks is that the reserve upon circulation is abolished, hut that the National Banks are required to keep reserve upon deposits, as provided in Sections 31 and 32 of the National Bank act, certain proportion of which must be kept on hand, and certain other proportion with the reserve a«ents in the cities enumerated in the sections referred to. The hanks arc also required to keep au amount equal to 5 per cent, of their circulation on deposit with the Treasurer of the United States, which amount may be deducted from the aggregate amount of the reserve required to be kept upon the deposits. A butcher named McCormick died a distressing death in New York, recently, from hydrophobia, caused by tlie bite of a small dog a month before. An organization lias been recently formed by Brooklyn ladies for tlie suppression of corsets and other anti-health modes of dress. The Chicago Tribunt of the 29th publishes reports of the condition of the crops at stations along the lines of the Michigan Southern and Chicago & North western Ruilroads. According, to the reports the prospects for all grains in Indiana and Michigan were excellent, but in Ohio wheat was in bad condition, varying from one-third to tWo-tliirds of a crop. There is not more than two-tliirds of the average yield of hay iu any of these States. Fruits were doing remarkably well. Returns from tlie country traversed by the Northwestern Road -tnA9lsenstp, lowa and Illinois were to the effect that tlie acreage of grain was large, tlie prospects better than for many years past, and the amount on hand at the stations small. Senor Aveli.aneda has been elected President of the Argentine Confederation. » the: markets. Juke 27, 1874. New York.— Cotton—Flour— Good to choice, 56.304M.80; white wheat extra,s6.Bo® 6.10. Wheat— No. 2 Chicago. [email protected]; lowa spring, $1.41® 1.42: No. 2 Milwaukee spring, *1.44® 1.45. A vs—Western, $1.07®1.14. Ilarleysl.so® 1.55. Corn—Bo®B2c. Oat* -New Western, 61@62V4c. /'or*—New mess, [email protected]. Laril—i Woof—Domestic fleece, 45® 68c. Beeves— [email protected]. Hogs— Dressed, $7.75 @7.874. Sheep —Live, [email protected]. Chicago. — Beeves —Choice, [email protected]; good. [email protected]; medium, [email protected]; butchers' stock, [email protected](0; stock cattle, [email protected]. Itons—Use, [email protected]. Sheep —Good to choice, [email protected]. Butter— Choice yellow, lfl@2lc. Eggs- Fresh, 12@124c. Pork— Mess, new, $17.30@17,40. Z«[email protected]. Flour— White winter extra, [email protected]; spring extra, $5.124@6.«0. iFAcrtf-Spring, No. % [email protected]. t’orn-No. 2, 60y@614c. Oats -,-No. 2, 454@454(c. Ays—No. 2, 83®84c. Barley —No. 2, $1.25. Woo/—’Tub-washed, 45@53c; fleece, washed, 40@44c; fleece, unwashed, 30@33c; pulled, 3<@B9c. Lumber— First clear, $50.00® 05.00; second clear. [email protected]: Common Boards, $11.00®12.00; Fencing, [email protected]; A" Shingles, [email protected]; Lath, $2.25®2.374. Cincinnati.—F/0vr—[email protected]. IF A sot—sl.23 @1.25. Corn —63®65c. Ays-86@87c. Oats- 48® 50c. Ba Wsy--$1.40@!.45. Por*[email protected]. Lard— lo4@ll4 c. St. Loui*.—Ca/Z/s—Fair.to choice, [email protected]. Hogs —l.tve, [email protected]. Flour— XX Fail, $5.00® 5.50. ii’Aetj/—No. 2 Red Fall, $1.3001.32. CornNo.’2, 6Q@6o4e. Oats- No. 2,490494 c. Bye—--79@6oc. Barley $18.25018.50. £qnf— Milwaukee.— Flour— Spring XX, [email protected]. BVisof—Spring, No. 1, [email protected]; No. 2. $1.22 @1.224X. (lorn— No. 2, 60®60*c. Oats— No. 2, 444@45c. 7/ye—No. 1, 83@tHc. Barley—Ho. 2, Cleveland.— Wheal— No. 1 Red, $1.30®1.31; No. 2 Red, [email protected] Corn—7o®72c. Oats— No. 1, 58@55c. Detuoit,— JFAsof—Extra, [email protected]. Corn—66®i»>7o. date —soos24c. Toledo.— Wheat— Amber Mich., [email protected]; No. * red, $1.«[email protected]. Corn-Mixed, 65@654c. (ta/*-53@5Sc. Buffalo. — Beeves [email protected]. 5 Are/J—Live. $4.5005.00. Fast Liberty.— Cattle ■— Beat, $6.12406.50; medium, [email protected]<). 7/ooe-YoriterH. $5.5006.00 r Philadelphia, $6.350.6.50. Sheep-best. $5.00® 5.75; good, $4.2505.00. CONGRESSIONAL. In tlie Senate, on the 22d, the Tariff bill was amended and passed, and a Conference Committee was subsequently appointed on the amendments, ami their report at the evening session was agreed t 0... The conference report on the Postofflce Appropriation bill was rejected and a new committee was appointed... The conference report ou the Geneva Award bill was agreed t 0... .The Honsc hill granting the right of way to the Arkansas Valley Railway Company was passed... .A Conference Committee was ordered and appointed on the Senate amendments to the Sundry Civil Appropriation bi 11.... A rwoiutiou of the House extending the session of Congress nntH fonr o'clock p. m. on the 23d was agreed toIn the House,- on the 22d» several of the Senate amendments to the Sundry Civil Ap* propriation bill were nun-concurred in, and » Conference Committee was appointed.... Tho conference report on the Geneva Award bill waa agreed to.. .The Senate amendments to the Tariff bill were non-concnrred in and referred to a Conference- Committee.... A concurrent resolution was adopted extending the session nnlii fonr p. m. on the 2M... Senate bills on the Speaker's table were disposed of as follows: To prevent hazing at the Naval Academy: passed. To set apart a portion of Mackinac Island, Mich., as a national park; laid on the table. To oxeinpt military bounty land-warrants and lands obtained thereby from sale or execution: referred. F*r the better oreanization'of the United States District Coarts (n Louisiana; left on the table. In tiic Senate, on the 23d, a message *was received from the House announcing the non-concnrrence of that both- In the report of the Conference Committee on the Tariff Mil and asking a new conference. A morion In postpone the biQrrill next Decemberyvas agreed t 0.... Among the bills passed were: House bill authorizing and requiring lasnance Of patent for certain lands in Scott County. Mo.; Ilonse bill to extend the time for eompleting entries of Osage Indian landa In Kansaa; In relation to courts and judicial officers In the .Territory or Utah, with amendments; providing for the sal# of Kansas Indian lands In Kansas to actual settlers and for the disposition of the proceeds of the sale; House bill to confirm the agreement made with tho Shoshone Indians, Eastern hand, for the purchase of a portion of their reservation In W.yomfiu. Territory.. ..The bills providing for the admission

of Colorado and New Mexico into the Union were laid aside, objection being made to their consideration.... The report of the Conference Committee on the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill waa agreed t 0... .A committee appointed for that purpose reported that they had notlflod the 'President that Congress was ahont ‘to adjourn,'and thatjie had no further communication to send in.... A resolution was adopted tendering thankH to Senator Carpenter for the courtesy and ability with which he had presided over the deliberations of the Senate, and after a few appropriate remarks the presiding officer (Carpenter) declared the Senate adjourned sine die. In (he House, on the 28d, conference report* on the River and Harbor, the Postofflco and the Sundry Civil Appropriation hills were agreed to.. I. Senate amendments to the House bill in rqlwtion to courts and judicial officers iu Utah were concurred in.... Bills were passed— Senate bill extending the time for the redemption of certain lands for direct taxes; House bills, with Seuate amendments, extending the time for completing the entry of the Osage Indian ~ lands—in Kansas; Senate bill authorizing the Committeos on Appropriation of bottonouses to meet during the recess of Congress to make inquiry into the machinery by which reforms can be made in the expenditures of the civil branches of the service .... After announcement by a committee that the President had no further communication to make to Congress, the Speaker pronounced the first session of the Forty-third Congress adjourned sine die- - “