Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1874 — THE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS.

The Navigator Islands Levied Upon by a German War Vessel. The Carlist# Meet With Reverses in Rany Quarters. Returns From the Recent State and Territorial Elections. The Reunion of the Army of the Tennessee. ** ; : : 1 ;' — Unveiling of the Lincoln Statue at Springfield, 111. k hrty Is Roblc for the Blsfk Hills Attacked and Driven Back by Indians. Serious Railroad Accidents in Ohio and Indiana. The Convention of Sonthern Republican! at Chattanooga. News From All Quartern. ' ' FOREIGN. The following: is the result of the recent election in France for the Councils General: Republicans elected, 072; Monarchists, 001; Bonapartists, 155. A Bayonne, dispatch of the 12th, announces the withdrawal of Gen. Dorregarav from the Carl ist cause, and that the withdrawal had made a bad impression on the soldiers of Don Carlos. A Madrid dispatch of the same date says that tlie Carlists under Lozane hint been defeated near Fortuna. The National forces had possession of the left bank of the River Ebro. Late advices from the Cape of Good Hope announce the discovery of another diamond field near Phillipstown, A special to the London Pall Mall Gazette of the 13th, from Santander, says that there were indications of the surrender of the entire Carl ist army in the near future. Two battalions had already surrendered at Algeria, and the - Carl ist provincial autfaori had given public notice that those wishing to lay down tlieir arms may do so. The Turkish town of Akhiolyi, containing 500 inhabitants, was—recently entirely destroyed by fire. A London dispatch of the 15th says that England was about to withdraw her representative from Rome. The British ship Kiugsbridge had collided in the Channel with the ship Candahar, and sunk. Eleven of her ere lUwe re dro w n ed. A Santander dispatch of the 16th says important dispatches had been received from Madrid in relation to negotiations for the surrender of several Carlist battalions. Spain had paid to England £40.0X) on aceountof the Yirginius butchery. Great Britain having made.this payment a condition precedent to the recognition of Spain. A German man-of-war recently entered one of the harbors of the Navigator Islands and demanded indemnity of the chiefs in the sum of £IB,OOO, with the alternative that if not paid the commander would take possession of the islands for Germany. The American residents raised £6,000 and gave bonds for the remainder. Bengal has been visited by a frightful cyclone. Telegraph lines were prostrated ami cars blown from the tracks, A meeting of Cubans on the 10th at Kingston, Jamaica, to celebrate the sixth anniversary of Cuban independence, was dispersed by the island police. A Berlin dispatch of the 17th gives the following explanation of the arrest of Count von Arnim. late Minister to France: Bismarck became indignant at the Count for preferring an ultramontane monarchy in France to a comparatively liberal and pacific republic. and' determined to remove him. Not wishing, however, to offend the Count, Bismarck wrote him .censorious letter* which he expected would induce the count to resign. Von Aniim, refusiug, was finally absolutely dismissed, and took with him Bis•marck’s letters, which are now represented to be so fearfully offensive. The dispatch also says that it is reported tliit the letters have been publicly offered stir sale. A Madrid dispatch of the IMb announces that 400-Carlists had been captured by the Republicafas near Albacete. In a recent engagement at Amposta 1.000 Cariists had been killed. The Carlist chieftain Nava-had latelydestroyed eleven bridges • on* the Valencia A Tarragona Railway. DOVIKSTIC. In a fight.with the Cheyenne Indians and •their allies, on Jute Creek, near the fork of the Red River, in Texas? on the 27th ult., Gen: Mackenzie's troops destroyed over one hundred lodges and captured 1,424 horses and mules. The bodies of four Indians were brought in. One white soldier was slightly wounded. A dispatch from Darlington, Indian Territory, Oct. 5, says twenty-four lodges of the Kiowas under Satan la had surrendered toGen. Neill. Satanta and Big Tree would be held in close confinement as hostages until further orders. In a recent attempt at Salt Lake to serve a subpoena upon Brigham Young to appear before the Grand Jury the Marshal was refused admittance and was assaulted by a gatekeeper. The Marshal subsequently returned with aid and the service was acknowledged by President Young, who claims. that the previous resistance was unknown to' and dis countenanced by him. j New Orleans dispatches of the that a fight had qpeurred the day before at the old Vacherie road store, in St James’ Parish, between the Bovec and Hogan (Republican) factions. One party had assembled to ratify a compromise with the Conservatives, when the other interfered, and the result was a free fight, in which several persons were wounded, but none killed. A fight was also •aid to have occurred at Point-a-la-Hache, ■ ■ * a

between the Butler and Mahonv Republican factions/ One roan was severely wounded. Ooy, Kellogg had received dispatches a -sort-, ing that, intimidation existed at Breaux Bridge,, lit St, Martin’s Parish, and that Republicans dare not come forward to register. Another dispatch is pubHsTted, "signed Martin Voorhies, denying that any' intimidation existed In that locality. The 1 October returns of the Department of Agriculture indicate an average condition of the corn crop of 86 per cent.; against Si per cent. In September. At a recent meeting in Chicago of the Western'Board of .Railroad Commissioners. Sinew freight schedule to the East was adopted, to go into effect on the 10th of November, increasing the rates from Chicago to New York five cents per hundred weight! It was also determined to*oiscontinue return passes to stock-dealers; to pay no commissions to agents for influence in the cohtrol of Eastern traffic, and Ito allow no passenger to carry more than 100 pounds of baggage. The commissioners appointed to examine whether the deficiencies in the,construction of the Union Pacific Railway, as reported by a commission of eminent, citizens appointed by Secretary Cox under the act of Congress of April 10, 1 Stitt, have been supplied, and the road completed as required by said act, have made their report to the Interior Department at Washington, to the effect that they have found such deficiencies- supplied, and have, therefore, decided that the road, as built, is a first-class.rail-road, fully complying with its charter and with the requirements of the law, and in a 4 cordancc with the instructions of tin 1 Department furnished to them. This report will require the approval of the President and the formal of the road as a completed structure before the patents will issue for the land-grant. A dispatch received al the Attorney-Gener-al's office in Washington on the Kith from the United States Marshal at Montgomery, Ala., states that forty-two more arrests of persqiis guilty of outrages upon Republicans and of stopping the United States mails had been made. A party of seven men, m route for the Black Hills, were attacked by Indians on the. lltli at the mouth of the Little Platte, and a desperate light ensued, in which one of the party was killed, one fatally and two slightly Wounded. Ten Indians were killed or wminded. The Whites immediately started back and reached Yankton on the 15th. The Indians are understood to express a determination to prevent white men entering the hills at all hazards. The engine of a western-boupd passenger train on ‘lllO Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne A Chicago Railroad struck a cow on the truck near Pierceton, I ml, on the afternoon of the 17th, and three curs were thrown over an embankment twenty feet high, piling in a promiscuous' heap about 150 persons, only eight of whom were injured—none fatally. The Baltimore express due at Cincinnati on the morning of the 18th met with an accident- at- Obanyon Bridge, east of Loveland, Ohio, by .which the locomotive and tender Were wrecked, both of them going through the bridge. The engineerUPaii Perdue, aml the fireman, Joseph Parent, both of Chilli, cothe, were killed instantly. Both might have saved themselves by jumping, as the train was not runuing over twelve miles per hour. They died at their posts and thereby saved the; passengers, not one of whom was hurt. PERSONAL. The United States -Supreme Court as.i in. bled at Washington on the 12tli for the October term. The Clyvf-Justire and Associates were present, except Judge Davis, who was in Illiuois to attend the dedication of the Lin coin Monument, and Judge Bradley, who was detained in New York by sickness in his family. President Grant, in company with ex-Sec-retary Boric, Gen. Harney and others, were at VJniia, 1. T, on'the lltli, A large number of the Cherokee Indians turned out to see the ‘•Great Father,” Col. Boudinot delivering the welcoming address. In his response the President expressed himself as being well pleased at witnessing the evidences of advancement among the Cherokees, and hoped they would be encouraged in cultivating the soil of so rich and magnificent a country. The President's party subsequently- visited other sections of the Territory and met with a warm and hearty welcome. The resignation of Richard W. Busteed, United States Judge for Alabama, has been received and accepted by the President. Uemas Barnes, of the Brooklyn Argus, has been indicted for publishing libels on Henry C. Bowen. This Is another suit growing out of the great scandal. The second Congress of the Association for the Advancement of Women began its session in. Chicago on the loth, with quite a large at tendance of delegates. The statue of Lincoln was unveiled at Springfield, IlL,on the loth, in the presence of a vast crowd of people. An oration- was de, livered by Hon. R. J. Oglesby, the President of the Monument Association, and a poem read, written by James Judsou Lord. A brief address was also made by President Grant. The. reunion of the Army of the Tennessee was held at Springfield, 111., on the 14th. Gen. W. T. Sherman was elected president for the ensuing year. After an appropriate speech by the President-elect Vice-President Wilson was called upon and matte a few remarks: President and Mrs. Grant were present at the reunion. Geu. Hurlbut delivered the oration of the day, and a lengthy poem was read by Gen. Tillsou. A motion was made, and laid on the table for one.year, to amend the constitution of the association so as to allow private soldiers to become members. Before the adjournment loud calls were made for President Grant; who jnade a brief response. President Grant, Mrs. Grant, ex-Socretarv Borie and daughter, and other distinguished persons from Washington arrived in Chicago on the evening of the 16th. Col. Thomas B. Whittemore, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the DeuioeratieConservative party, Sumter County, Ala., was arrested at Livingston on- the 17th, on a charge of conspiring to injure Detective Hester. A Democratic meeting was advertised to assemble when the arrest Was made. POLITICAL. Daniel W. Gooch and Benjamin F. Butler have been renominated for Congress by the Republicans in the Fifth and Sixth Massachusetts Districts. * The Hartford Evening Po.*? of the Sth has returns from the recent Connecticut, town elections ih 165 towns, which resulted as follows: 7*o Republican, 76 Democrat, 19 mixed or divided. , ? ' * Henry L. Pierce in the Fourth and George F. Hoar in the Ninth Massachusetts Congressional Districts have been renominated for Congress. * The Michigan Wonfan Suffrage Association

commenced its annual meeting at Detroit on the 13th. The attendance was moderately large and considerable inp re-t «■ manifested in Uic proceedings;——„ ’ - Tlje e (invention of Southern Republican* met at'Chattanooga on the 13th. About 2uo delegates were prestnl. A-letter.was read from the Republican Congressional Committee. Lewis E. Parsons, of Alabama, was chosen permanent President. A committee, consisting of one from each Statep was appointed to prepare an address upon the condition of affairs in the Southern States, and a like committee to gather and collect facts and statistics in .regard to -the. condition of the Southern States. Gov. Brqyks, of Arkansas, addressed the convention in the evening. Iu Indiana the Democrats, have elected tlieir State ticket by from KIJSX) to 15,UtX) majority. The. Congressional delegation stands eight Democrats to five Republicans, follows:- Kepublicaasn—Sixth District, Milton S. Robinson; Eighth, M. C. Hunter; Ninth, I. J. Carson; Eleventh, .James L. Evans; Thirteenth! J. H. Baker. Democratic—First, B. S. Fuller; Second. J. D. Williams; Third, M. C. Kerr; Fourth. J. D.New; Fifth, W. S. Holman; Seventh, Franklin Landers; Tenth. Wm. S. Haymond; Twelfth. Andrew 11. Hamilton. The Democrats elect tlieir State ticket in Ohio by about 18,000 majority, and carrythirteen of the twenty Congressional districts. The Congressmen elected are as follows: Democratic —First District, Milton Savler; Second, 11. B. Bafining: Third, J. S. •Savage; Fourth. J. A. McMahon; Fifth, A. 5 . Rice; Sixth, F. H. Hurd; Seventh, L. T. Neal; Ninth, E. F. Poppleton; Eleventh,!. L. Vance; Twelfth, A. T. Walling; Thirteenth, M. I. Southard; Fourteenth,. J. I’. Cowan; Twentieth, H. B. Payne. Republican—Eighth, Wm. Lawrence; Tenth, Clias. Foster; Fifteenth, N. 11. Van Yorhes; Sixteenth, Lorenzo Danfoith; Seventeenth, L. 1). YVoodwortli; Eighteenth, Jas. Monroe; Nineteenth, J. A. Garfield. v . The Republicans have carried lowa by about 46,000 majority, and elected their Congressmen in all the districts,except the Third. This makes the delegation as follows: Republican —First District, G. IV. McCrary; Second, J. Q. Tufts; Fourth, 11. O. Pratt; Fifth, James Wilson; Sixth, E. S. Sampson; Seventh, J. A. Kasson; Eighth, J. IV. McDill; Ninth, Addison Oliver. Anti-Monopoly—Third,L. L. Ainsworth. The Republican majority in Nebraska ranges from 10,000 to 15,000. Lorenzo Crounse, Republican. is re-elected to Congress. The three West Virginia Congressional districts elect the Democratic candidates, as follows : First, Benjamin Wilson; Second, C. J. Faulkner;. Third, F. Hereford. In Dakota. Kidder (Republican) has about 2,000 majority for Delegate to Congress. The Legislature is Republican in both branches, in Arkansas tlie Democratic State ticket is elected and the new Constitution adopted by large majorities. Atty.-Gen. Williams has replied to Gov. -Brown, of Tennessee, on tlifi subject- matter of his protest against further arrests by United Stales Marshals under the Enforcement act and his request that the persons already arrested fig turned uver to the State courts for "trial: He claims that the President is as much bound to enforce tlie act in question as any other law of the United States, and declines to accede to Gov. Brown’s request. Tire Supreme Court of Illiuois lias deeided that the action of the. School Trustees of a town in erecting an additional school-house adjoining the existing; one, and assigning to it three or four negro children and a teacher to instruct them separately’, there being room for such colored.children in the other schoolhousty was illegal, and beyond their authority; In the Chattanooga <aConveiition, on tlie 14th, the Committee oil Outrages was enlarged and continued indefinitely, with instructions to report to Congress every three months. The resolutions adopted declare that the Republican citizens of the reconstructed Southern States recognize the equality of all men before the law; . reaffirm the Philadelphia platform; demand equal rights for all citizens, secured by appropriate State and Federal legislation; indorse tlie Executive in sustaining law and order in all parts of the Union and putting down outrages, and especially indorse Ms action in Louisiana; indorse the Administration for its prosecution of the perpetrators of Such outrages in the Federal courts; declare it was the duty of the Federal Government when a State Government was sought to be overthrown by revolutionary action to interfere and give the people thereof a republican government; deprecate drawing race and color lines;' recommend the appointment of ■none. but honest and capable men to Federal offices and the removal .of all others; urge appropriations of public lands to purposes of education iu proportion to the illiteracy of-States; favor appropriations for improvement of tlie great rivers: ask ail citizens who favor the administration of government on principles of justice to aid hr restoring tranquillity to the people and thereby develop the material interests of the country; denounce the Associated- Press agents in the Scuffth for the alleged partisan maimer in wj*fcFi they perform their duties. An address to the people of-the United States was also presented and adopted. -* : • Dr. J., C. Aver has been nominated for Congress by the Republicans of thtr Seventh Massachusetts District. ■ , A mass-meeting of tlie Women’s Suffrage .Association of tlie State of Illinois .was held in Chicago on the 14th. A resolution was adopted to urge upon the State Legislature to submit the question of women suffrage to a vote of the people. Illinois was declared the banner State iu the women’s suffrage movement. -r '- . . An Indianapolis (Ind.) dispatch of the 16th says the best estimates placed tlie political complexion of the State Legislature as follows: Senate—Republicans, 24: Democrats, 23; Independents, 3. House—-Republicans, 37; Democrats, 54; Independents? t). ‘These figures may bo slightly-altered by tlie official return#. The Democrats claimed fifty-eight members of the lower house, but this includes some Independents they believe will act with them a The Whilst Leagues of St. Mary’s Parish, La., have passed resolutions declaring that they recognize fully and freely all the political and civil rights of the colored people, ai d expressing a willingness to divide their nominees with competent colored; men. , The Republicans of the Second Illinois District have nominated J. D. Ward for Congress. According to the returns received at Lincoln on the 18th the new State Legislature of Nebraska will stand: Senate I—Ten 1 —Ten Republicans to three Demoefiats; House —Twentyeight. Republicans to seven Democrats and three Independents, with one district to hear from. ■ —* - ■ —There were 14,000 deaths in New Jersey in 1873, and 1,806 died of consumption. : . ' _ • ' ■