Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1874 — LATEST NEWS. [ARTICLE]

LATEST NEWS.

Prominent Carlisle Arrested by the Spanish Government, Diplomatic Complications Between France and Germany. Pittsburgh and Allegheny City Devastated by a Terrible Flood. The Public Debt Statement for the Month of Jul’. Over 147 Buildings Washed Away and 200 .Lives Lost. Interesting Personal, Political and General News. Destructive Fire at Muskegon, Mlch.-» Loss $700,000. ___ THE OLD WORLD. According to Madrid dispatches of the 27th forty Carlisle, many of them ecclesiastics or members Of the nobility, had been arrested at Barcelona by way of reprisal against tlie conduct of the Carlists. It was also reported that the Carlists had recently been defeated with great loss by the Republicans. The locality was not givenThe Carlists are reported to have shot 235 of the prisoners captured at Catalonia, according to a Madrid dispatch of the 28th while a Bayonne dispatch of the same date says that two columns marching to the relief of Olot had met with a repulse at the hands of the Carlists. According to a Bayonne dispatch of the 30th a great victory had been won by the Carlists over the Republicans near the frontier. Losses not stated, but heavy on both sides. The Carlists deny that there is any trutli lu the reports charging them witli atrocities at Cuenca and elsewhere. According to a Vienna dispatch of the 27th a violent storm bad occurred in the town of Agall, Moravia, which had destroyed many houses and vineyards and caused the loss of a large number of lives. Later dispatches from Vienna say that the damage in Moravia had far exceeded the first estimates. Eleven villages and two towns had been devastated. A Berlin dispatch of the 28th says the German Government had been actively negotiating for the suppression of the Carlist insurrection. Germany was trying to bring about the concurrence of the great powers in recognizing the Spanish Republic. According to a Liverpool dispatch of the 28th the landings and warehouse upon Great Prince’s dock in that city had been burned, involving a loss of $1,000,000. A motion for the dissolution of tlic.French Assembly, on the 29th, was defeated by yeas 382, nays 374. According to a London dispatch of the 29th the Portuguese authorities had taken active measures to prevent violations of the frontier by the Carlists. A French paper, Le Temps, of the 29th, asserts that England and Germany have agreed with Italy to establish joint surveilance over the Spanish frontiers. On the Ist the French newspapers generally urged upon the MacMahon Government the sxpediency of recognizing the Spanish Republic in adVance of its recognition by Germany. A violent scene transpired in the Assembly on the Ist in consequence of a Bonapartist Deputy having said in debate that the Republic had succumbed to the scorn of honest men. The lie was given by a Republican member, where-' upou the tumult became so great that the President hastily adjourned the sitting. A special of the 2d says that serious complications had arisen between France and Germany in relation to Spanish affairs, and a diplomatic rupture was feared. A dispatch from Belfast, Ireland, of the 30th says an extensive strike of the operatives in the flax mills had broken out, and serious riots were apprehended. Several bakeries had been gutted and the authorities had asked for 400 additional policemen. A London dispatch of the 30th says that Italy had demanded of France the recall of the war-ship Orenoque, which that Government had stationed at, Civita Vecchia as a refuge for the Pope in case of necessity. THE HEW WORLD. Advices have been received from Gen. Custer, dated Bismarck, July 24. The command was moving steadily forward for the Black Hills, and was in excellent health a#id condition. Hostile savages were hovering about the column. On the 27th President Grant issued a proclamation ratifying the extradition treaty with Peru; also a treaty of friendship, commerce and navigation. According to a Washington dispatch of the 27th an agent of the War Department sent to Vicksburg, Miss., to investigate and report on the election troubles there had returned a report that it was not a case warranting the interference of the Government.

A dispatch from Oshkosh, Wis., of the 27th says the storm of the night of the 26th had caused great devastation and the loss of several lives near Stevensville and Hortonville, north of that point. The crops had been 1 prostrated over a large extent of territory. , A Heavt storm passed over Pittsburgh and Allegheny City, Pa_ ( on the night of. the 26th, causing the loss of 200 lives, the destruction of 150 buildings and property to the amount of from 11,000,000 to $3,000,000. a New York dispatch of the 27th Mrs Elizabeth Cady Stanton in an interview with a reporter said that several years ago Mr. Tilton had told her the story of Mr Beecher’s criminal intimacy with Mrs. Tilton and that by a strange coincidence Mrs. Tilton on the same evening had confessed the same thing to Miss Susah B. Anthony, who the next day, had told the story to her (Stanton), which corresponded in every essentlr] particular with the story related by Mr. TH - ton. According to a Brooklyn dispatch Mr. Tilton had been arrested upon the charge of publishing a malicious libel concerning Mr. Beecher, and his bail fixed at $2,500.

According to a' 'Philadelphia dispatch of the 28th the People’s Fire Insurance Company of that city had suspended in consequence of the fact that the “ Manager and Treasurer had left for parts unknown.” Pittsburgh dispatches of the 28th say that the loss of life by the late flood exceeded the estimate before published. Dr. Isaac Jump was nominated for Governor of Delaware by the State Republican Convention held at Georgetown on the 28th. J. R. Lopland was nominated for Congress. According to a New Orleans dispatch of the 28th a serious accident had occurred on the Mobile & New Orleans Railway, near the former city, caused by a switch being left open. The engineer and fireman were killed and several passengers seriously injured. A band of fifty Kiowas and Comanehes on the 21st attacked and killed five men near the mouth of Ute Creek. Nicholas Staaden,- one of the Chicago incendiaries, was indicted for the crime of arson by a special Grand Jury on the_29th. According to a Washington dispatch of the 29th the aggregate number of Granges in the United States is about 20,000. On the Ist day of June lowa had 1,994; Indiana, 1,968; Missouri, 1,929; Kansas, 1,321; Illinois, 1,481, and Kentucky 1,101. The cotton and gulf States alone had 4,065 Granges. There arc now Granges in all the States and about thirty in the Canadas. The Illinois Democracy will meet at Springfield, in State Convention, on the 26th day of August. A call has been issued for a Democratic State Convention to be held on the 26th of August, at Lansing, Mich. Gov. Ames, of Mississippi, according to a Washington telegram of the 30th, had returned to his post and had written to the War Department that lie entirely coincided witli the Lieutenant-Governor in fits view of the necessity of troops to maintain order at Vicksburg. The extensive metal firm of Holmes & Llssberger, New York, failed on the 30th. Liabilities very large. According to a Galveston dispatch of the 30th a light had recently occurred near Jacksboro, Tex., between the Montague Rangers and a company of the Tenth United States Cuvalfy and aTlarge txidy of lndians. The Rangers lost twelve killed and several wounded, and the cavalry several killed, including the commander, and a large number wounded. The report adds that the combined forces had been driven back to Jacksboro. The Indians numbered 500. The Republicans of the Eighth Illinois District nominated Hon. G. L. Fort for Congress on the 30th. The Prohibitionists of Michigan held their State convention on the 30th at Lansing and. nominated the following State ticket: Governor—G. B. Jocelyn; Lieutenant-Governor — T. A. Granger, of Van Buron; Secretary of State—S. W. Baker, of Clinton; State Treasurer—James I. Mead, of Lansing; AuditorGeneral—Joseph Newman, of Macomb County; Attorney-General—Albert Williams, of lonia; Commissioner of Land Office —Thos. 8. Skinner, of St Clair; Superintendent of Public Instruction—John Evans, of Eaton; Member of the State Board of Education— John D. Lewis, of Bay. The convention adopted the platform of the National Prohibition party. According to a Westchester (Pa.) dispatch Of the 31st ult. petitions had been humefbusly signed in that region praying for pardon or a commutation of the death sentence in the case of Udderzook. The Secretary of the Treasury on the Ist called in for payment $25,000,0000f 5-20 bonds of the issue known as the third series, act of Feb. 25,1862, dated May 1,1862. A large number of scientific men participated in the ceremonies consequent upon the celebration of tlie 100th anniversary of the discovery of oxygen by Joseph Priestly, on the 31st ult.

The Democrats of Alabama assembled in State Convention at Montgomery on the 31st ult., and nominated as candidates for Con-gressmen-at-Large D. B. Lewis and W. H. Forney. The resolutions announce that the action of the radical portion of the Republican party necessitates the union of -the white people in self-defense; acknowledge the rights of all ejasses under the Constitution and laws, but reject social union or equality; denounce the so-called Civil Rights bilF as a flagrant and dangerous invasion of the conservative principles of a free government, and palpably a violation of the Constitution ; view with abhorrence the attempt to take possession of the schools, colleges, churches, hotels, railways, steamboats, theaters, etc.., for the purpose of establishing negro equality; invite white immigration; urge the enactment of laws to secure wages to employes of railway corporations, and pledge economy In the State Government and the payment of every dollar justly owed by the State when it is able to do so. The Republicans of Wyoming Territory nominated on the 31st ult. Hon. J. M. Carey as Delegate to Congress. The statement of the condition of the public debt Aug. 1 is as follows: Six per cent, b0nd551,213,228,050 Five per cent, bonds 511,025,200 Total coin bonds $1,724,253,250 Lawful money debt $14,678,000 Matured debt..,. ...., . 2,740,830 Legal-tender notes 382,076,707 Certificates oT deposit 55,955,000 Fractional currency. 45,719,792 Coin certificates 33,469.000 Interest 26,894.238 Total debt 52,285,786,817 Cash in Treasury—" Coin $71,113,210 Currency 1it,9(3,232 Special deposits held for the redemption of certificates of deposit, as provided by law 55,955.000 Total in Treasury ; ...... <148,981,442 Debt less cash in Treasury Decrease during the month 1,282.806 Bonds issued to the Pacific Railway Companies, Interest payable in lawful money, principal outstanding . $64,623,512 Interest accrued and not, yet paid... ’ 323,117 Interest paid by the United States.. 24,325,396 Interest repaid by the transportstion of malls, etc 5,331,289 Balance of Interest paid by United States 18.994,107 The total ordinary expenditures during the fiscal year ending June 80 were as follows: Civil and miscellaneous $ 69.641,503 War 42.313.927 Navy.- 30,932.587 Interior—lndians...v. 6,692.462 Interior—Pensions.... * 29,038.414 Interest on the public debt. 107,119,815 Premium on the public debt 1,895,073 Total $287,183,871 Being $3,211,372 less than for the previous fiscal year. ■ VJL ' Ths Secretary of the Treasury has directed

tlie sale of $5,000,000 of Treasury gold during the month of August. The Massachusetts State Democratic Convention will be held at Worcester on the 9th of September. According to a St. Paul (Minn.) dispatch of the 81st ult, the grasshoppers were moving eastward in countless numbers and would doubtless reach Wisconsin and Illinois before the flying season passed. A Topeka telegram of the same date announces the appearance of the pests in Western and Southern Kansas. Much damage was feared; They had already overrun the central portion of Nebraska, destroying the corn crops and garden vegetation; A destructive fire occurred in Muskegon, Mich., on the morning of the Ist, which destroyed about 100 business houses and 200 dwellings. The loss reached $700,000. THE MARKETS. August 1, 1874. Nit York.— Cotton— lß7b@l7c. Flour— Good to choice, $5.80&6.15; white wheat extra,s6.ls@ 6.50. Wheat— No. 2 Chicago, [email protected]; lowa spring, [email protected]; No. 2 Milwaukee spring, [email protected]. Rye— Western, [email protected]. Harley —. ...@ Corn— 79@Boc. Oats Western, 76@77c. Pork— New mess, [email protected]. Lard— l2J4@l2*ic. Wool— Domestic fleece, 45@ 65c. 7?eei'es—[email protected]. 77o<7«—Dressed, $9.00 @9.25. Sheep— Live,[email protected]. ■(Chicago.—BeeTes—Choice, [email protected]; good, [email protected]; medium, [email protected]; butchers’ stock, [email protected]; stock cattle, [email protected]. Hogs— Live, [email protected]. Sheep— Good to choice, [email protected]. Butter— Choice yellow, 26@28c. Eggs Fresh, 13@14c. Pork Mess, new, [email protected]. Lard— [email protected]. Flour— White winter extra, "[email protected]; spring extra, [email protected]. Wheat— Spring, No. 2, [email protected]. Corn— No. 2, 62@65c. Oats —No. 2, 50@53c. Rye— No. 2, 73@75c. Barley —No. 2, [email protected]. Wool— Tub-washed, 45@52c; fleece, washed, 40@44c; fleece, unwashed, 30@33c; pulled, 37@39c. Lumber— First clear, $50.00@ 500; second clear, [email protected]; Common Boards, [email protected]; Fencing, [email protected]; “ A” Shingles, [email protected]; Lath, [email protected]‘/ a .| Cincinnati. — Flour — [email protected]. Wheat— sl.os @1.09. Corn— 66@67c. Rye— 9o@92c. Oats— s3@ 65c. Barley— @ P0rk— [email protected]. Lard— HH@l4c. - - 7 St. Louis.— Cattle— Fair to choice, [email protected]. Hogs— Live, [email protected]. Flour— XX Fall, $5.00@ 5.50. H'AraZ—No. 2 Red Fall, [email protected]. CoraNo. 2, 61@62c. Oats— No. 2, 43@44!4c. Rye—--74@75c. Barley— [email protected]. Pork Mess, [email protected]. Lord—l2@l3c. Milwaukee.— Flow — Spring XX, [email protected]. Wheat- Spring, No. 1, [email protected]; No. 2, $1.12 @1.13. Corn—No. 2. 64@65c. Oofs—No. 2, 53@54c. Rye— No. 1, [email protected]. Barley— No. 2, [email protected]. Cleveland.— Wheat— No. 1 Red, [email protected]; No. 2 Red. [email protected]. Corn— 72@73c. Oats— No. 1, 63@64c. Detroit.— Wheat— Extra, [email protected]. Corn—68@«8'4c. Oat«-4ss@7oc. Toledo.— Wheat— Amber Mich., [email protected]%; No. 2 red, $1,[email protected]'/,. Corn— Mixed, «3'/ a @64c. Oats —s2@s7c. u Buffalo. — Beeves [email protected]. Sheep— Live, [email protected]. East Liberty.— Cattle Best, [email protected]; medium, [email protected]. Hogs— Yorkers. [email protected]; Philadelphia, [email protected]. Sheep— Best, $5.25@ 5.50; good, [email protected].