Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 October 1874 — THE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS.

Destructive Gale on the English Coast. Spain Will Attempt to Buy Up the Carlist Chiefs. Daring Attempt to Rob a Rail* road Train in Mlsnourl. Official Returns of the Elections in Ohio and Indiana. -——- County, Ind. Steamboat Explosion Near Detroit— Several Litres LostRecent Failures at the East the Result of Last Year’s Panic. Marriage of liieol.-Col. F. D. Grant and Him Ida 11. Honor*. Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc.

FOREIGN. A London dispatch of the 19th says that Germany had definitely proposed to the powers the adoption of au international maritime code. Famine prevails in the Russian provlTreertsf” Kerson and Bessaraltta. On the 19tli a report was telegraphed from Bayonne, Spaiu, that Mr. Buckland, the correspondent of the New York Times, had been shot as a spy by the Spanish Republicans. On the 30tl» the report was pronounced untrue. Social dispatches to the London Times of the 30th say that negotiations for the surrender of the Carlist battalions commanded by Bcrnaola and Gorroda had apparently failed. The Carlists had bunted a manufactory within sight of the Republican lines at Bilboa. - A gale on the northern coast of England on the night of the 30th caused a terrible loss of life and the destruction of much property. The steamship' Chusan, Trbm" Glasgow to Shaughae, went ashore at Ardrossan, and at last accounts was going to pieces. Fourteen ot her passengers and crew were drowned, and the remainder had been taken off the rigging. All the rivers in the north of England aud Scotland were much swollen, and railway and telegraph lines were injured and prostrated. The loss of life in various parts of England and Scotland was great. The A'orth Gtrinan (rosette Of Uie 33d officially announces that Germany had no intention of occupying any one of the Navigator Islands. The Yon Arnim family had appealed to the Emperor against Bismarck, and the ultramontane members of the Reichstag had resolved to question the latter concerning his treatment of the Count. It was reported from Spain on the 23d, on what the London Times eousiders reliable authority, that the Madrid Government had sent $5,000,1)00 for distribution among the Carlist chiefs for the purpose of terminating the war. Madrid dispatches of the same date say the National troops had captured an important strategical position atCiuta,with the intention of fortifying it and making it a base of operations against the Carlists in Cuenca and Valencia. The British Indian Office on the 23d received a dispatch from Calcutta announcing the capture of Neua Sahib, the originator of the great Sepoy mutiny. • The London Times correspondent at Bombay telegraphs that it is estimated that 2,000 persons were killed in the district of Midnapore during the recent cyclone. Rio Janeiro dispatches of the 24th say that Brazil had declined to enter into reciprocal trading relations with Canada. A St. Petersburg telegram of the 34th brings intelligence of a disastrous lire iu the business portion of the city. At the date of the dispatch the theater and more than 100 houses haiffibecn burned and the fire was still raging. v To the recent complaint of the Spanish Ambassador that supplies of arms and other materials of war, manufactured in England, were frequently shipped to the Carlists, Lord Derby, Foreign Minister, has made reply that the indefinite continuance of the w ar in Spain showed a lack of patriotism jtnd energy, and if the Spabish navy was vigilant the landiug arms for tke 'Carlists would be impossible. A Paris dispatch of "the 24th says the Legitimists had lately urged the return of Count de Chambord to France.

DOMESTIC. An Eastern court has awarded Ansel Stevens, injured on the Grand Trunk Kailroad while using a free pass, f I'ASSJ. damages, the court holding the company liable in case of accident whether fare is paid or not. A Washington telegram of the 19th says no official information had been received by our Government or by the representatives of foreign Governments at Washington confirmatory of the newspaper accounts that Spain had paid indemnity to Great Britain in satisfaction of the damages in the Yinrinius case. Correspondence between the United States and Spain continued, but with no prospect of a settlement by that means: therefore it was probable that our claims for indemnity would become the subject of arbitration according to the terms of the FishPolo protocol o The managers of the Michigan Central Railroad having refused their consent to the crossing of their track by the Baltimore <fc Ohio Railroad, the Circuit- Court of Porter County, Ind., and the United States Court were appealed to, and decided that such crossing-should be allowed near Lake Station, Ind. Being notified that resistance would be met with, notwithstanding such decisions, the managers of the B. & O. Road called on the Sheriff, of Porter County to aid them in making the crossing, and on the 19th went with a posse of citizens to the point where the

crowing was to be made, and there found the main track <>f the M.U. Road obstnicted liV fronMruyftrifi trains, and hafrtf ade* of tie*, rail* and wood on each side of the crossing between the main truck and the fence, each barricade bring manned by—*number of armed, men in tliej employ* of the M. C. Company. An attempt was made to disperse the oppo*ing crowd, but without success. The Sheriff read the Riot aet and called upon the 'Governor Of the State for assistance. An attempt to arrest the leaders of the M. C. gang was successfully resisted. Gov. Hcndscks telegraphed to President Joy, of the M. C Road, calling on him to interpose his authority to suppress this riotous demonstration on the part of his men and to disband, them. The opposing parties enratnped.oll the field during the niglitof the19th. Two companies of militia were ordered by the Governor to the scene of disturbance. The trial of the safe-burglar conspirators in Washington began on the With. Wliitely a»ked for a postponement of his case till next term, which was denied. The Souhegan National Bank at Milford, N. 11., was robbed on the night of tlie 19th ot 1100,000 in currency in bonds. The robbers secured the cashier and, putting a cord around Ills neck, compelled him to accompany them to the Postoflice, where lie was in tlie habit of depositing, llie. . key a oLlhc bank lorgrmltcr security. Obtaining the keys of tlie bank they visited that institution and robbed it of the auiouut-spcdficd above. Eighty-eight men were recently arrested for attempting to cut the Snv Levee below Quincy, 111. Had the attempt succeeded, fluexpenditures of the Commissioners, which have aggregated $400,000, would have Ik-cii for naught.’ The embankment was threatened because it cutoff tlie supply of water from the mill of Rupert <fc Shaw, who claim that the Sny is a navigable stream, and that the Commissioners were not authorized to obstruct it. The parties waived an examination, and on the 30th were held to bail in the sum of SSOO each for their appearance at the December term of the Circuit Court. The railroad war in Porter County, Tnd., was terminated on the 30th without the shedding of blood. A company of militia consisting of 130 men, armed with breech-loaders and backed by two Gatling guns, had prepared to iriake~an>aySHct charge, when Mr. Gurclmrrr the .Chief-Engineer of tlie Michigan Central, asked for a parley. He then listened to the reading of the warrant, and was arrested, together with all his men. The mass of the employes were subsequently discharged, but tlie leaders were taken to Valparaiso. After the dispersing of tlie crowd the Baltimore A - Ohio construction corps proceeded to lay the crossing under tlie protection of tlie militia, who remained over night. Eighteen Mormons were indicted for polygamy by the Grand Jury at Salt Lake City on the 20th. A Montgomery (Ala.) dispatch of tlie I‘Jtli says a large number of idea hud been summoned to appear before the United States Court in Huntsville, on tlie extreme mjrthSrtf border of the State, early in November. The steamer Brooklyn, of the Northern Transportation Line, exploded her boilcr near Fighting Island, ten miles below Detroit, on the 33d. She was laden with a mixed cargo, hud nine passengers, and was manned by a crew of twenty-one. The explosion tore her apart, and she sank instantly. Five passengers and eight of the crew were killed, and four passengers and seven of the crew wotinded. The Captain, Harry Brown, attributes tbrv evptosloH to LOW water in the holler, blit one account says tlie Brooklyn was raving .with the 'steamer Cuba and was carrying a tremendous head of steam when the catastrophe occurred. A 'convention assembled at Atlanta, Ua„ on the 33d, composed of Southern and Southwestern railway and other transportation officials. Mayors of Southern cities and representatives of commercial bodies, the object being to complete arrangements for direct trade between the South and Europe via the projected line of steamers between Savannah and Liverpool. A Shreveport (La.) telegram of the 33d says papers were being prepared for the arrest., under the Enforcement aet, of sixty-nine merchants who had pledged themselves not to retain in their employ persons who would support the Radical party in the pending election contest. Much feeling was caused by the announcement of this purpose on the part of the Federal authorities, and the pledge was again put in circulation and received nearly 300 additional signatures. Planters in the country were also signing similar pledges. Leading attorneys had expressed the opinion that the signing of such a pledge is not a violation ot the Enforcement aet. . According to a recent dispatch from Topeka. Kan., advices from the Indian country were very encouraging, the Indians being thoroughly disorganized and fleeing to their agencies, leaving behind them everything except their ponies, arms and clothing. Gen. Miles was on Wolf Creek, making for the headquarters of that stream. A New Orleans dispatch of the 33d says 3,000 registration frauds had been discovered. The Investigation was still going on. President Grant reached Washington from his Western trip on the night of the 33d. Secretary Bristow and Postmaster-Gen. Jewell had a consultation with him on the 34th, con, corning the Federal officers in Texas, and read to him reports, which w§*e considered confidential, in relation to them, made by Special Agents. The only Postmasters toby changed werethose at Galveston and Houston.• Tire President had already, through the Post-master-General, requested- them to resign, but they had as yet made no response. Secretary Bristow was convinced that changes ought to be made” among certain Treasury officers iu Texas, and this would be done at an early day. The business, in some eases, Has been loosely transacted, to the loss of customs and internal revenue. At Cameron Station, Mo., on the evening of the 34th, while the passengers and train men of the eastern-bound express train on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad were at | supper, six robbers boarded the train, two of | whom mounted the engine and ran the ears two miles north, where they made an attempt to Cpeu the express company's safe. Failiug in this, they abandoned the train, 'which a baggage man ran back to Cameron.

FKKSOIVAI,. Miss Maria Mitchell, the lady astronomer in Vassar College, has been elected President of the Women’s Congress for the ensuing year. Speaking of the recent meeting of the Congress in Chicago, the Evening Journal says questions and propositions pertaining to the physical, intellectual, moral, legal and general advancement of the sex were discussed with dignity and ability, and judged by its proceedings and by the character and ability of thgse who took part in them “ this feminine Congress is deservingof the support

of overy sensible and true woman in America, and culitled to the respect of the genuine philanthropist* am! progressivlsts of bdfb sexes. - ” i Lieut.-Co). F. I). Grant, son of the President and Miss Ida Marie, daughter of If. 11. -H<w»or»\ E><|.y. ot. Chicago, were married at the residence of the bride's parents in Chicago on the 30th. Among other noted personages present on the occasion, were: President and Mrs. Grant, and several distinguished officers of the United States army. The wedding ceremony was performed bv the Rev. Mr. Errett, of the Christian Church'of the Disciples. The Wedding presents were numerosis and costly. The failure of E. E: Morgan’s Sons, San Francisco, is announced; liabilities over $350,000. They have been at-ting as shipping agents for tlie California and Oregon Grangers, though one report says the Grangers will not be sufferers by the failure. George Q. Cannon, Delegate to Congress from Utah, has been indicted at Salt Lake City for •polygainy,..ani!'htlll fftEtrial in bonds of $5,000. The New York Evening Jl&Mt of the 23d says Maekin .t Co., bankers, of Newark, N. J., had failed, with liabilities of ,SIOO,OOO. “Tlie. 1 failure was caused by over-speculation (n real estate. Tlie Protestant Episcopal General Convention, recently in session in New York, re. fused to confirm the election of Prof. G.E. Seymour as Bishop-elect of Illinois. Mr. Seymour had previously asked permission to be heard in his own behalf, but was refused. Maj. George B. Chamberlain, United States Marshal at Atlanta,Ga., has been offered, and has accepted, the position of Chief of the Southern branch of the Secret Service Depart inent. Commodore William Inman died in Philadelphia on tlie 23d. He entered the navy in ‘IS 13, and at the time of his death was at the head of the Commodores on the retired list. Tlie Presbyterian Synod of Illinois, at its recent session in Chicago, declared that the Presbytery -of Chicago had no right to expunge the name of Prof. Swing from the ehureh-roll while he was under charges. The Synod then considered and sustained the appeal or Prof. Patton, and found Prof. Swing guilty of the charges preferred against him, and decided that liis name should be erased from the roil of membership. The Missouri State Grange, in session aU "Kansas City on the 33d, l elected the following - Officers for the ensuing year: —-Trlfc—Allen, Master; Jolm M. Oldliam, Overseer; W. Jackson, Lecturer; W Cochrane, Steward; Dr. T. B. Turnbaugh, Assistant Steward; G. T. Brayton, Chaplain; C. T, Quiesberry, Treasurer; A. M. Coffee, Secretary; A. J. MeCraynor, Gatekeeper. The firm of Henry Clews & C’o., bankers and brokers of New York, which w as seriously affected by last year's panic, have finally had to succumb, and have made an assignment for the benefit of their creditors. Other failures have been recently announced which are* thought to have also grown out of the panic of a year ago. -• ■ : - ■■ ■ . ” A Washington Associated Press dispatch of iv recent date says intimate friends of the President had stated that he had made no allusion whatever-to. them concerning the ■question of a third term, nor was it known that any one had mentioned the subject to him, and neither had he in any w ay expressed himself in such manner as to ineliutrtheui to believe he had aspirations in that direction. They further remark that,, although much had been- said and written upon the subject, the question had not come to him in a form requiring a reply, and therefore any utterance he might make would not only be gratuitous and intrusive, but contrary to usage. Tlie Grangers’ Executive Committee of California are reported to have determined to rftip w heat on their own account without reference to Morgan’s Sons —their former agents—whose failure was recently reported.

POLITICAL. A Washington dispatch of the 10th says the Conservatives of South Carolina were circulating a petition soliciting the Federal Government to resume the military control of the State. The Republican State Central Committee of Louisiana on the 10th authorized a renewal of the conference invited by the Conservatives. Ainsworth's official majority for Congress in the Third lowa District is sixtv-three. The VermontjlUc-gklature- has re-elected Geo. F. Edmunds to the United States Senate for six years from the 4th of next March. A meeting of the National Executive Committee of the Union League of America was held at Baltimore on the 30th. Provision was made fora meeting of the National Council of the Union League at Cincinnati in Januarynext. A committee was appointed to prepare an address to tire Union Leagues of the United States. President Grant and his Administration were indorsed. The Republicans of the Third Illinois District have renominated Charles B. Farwell for Congress. Sidney Smith is the Republican candidate for Congress.from the First Illinois District. Judge Hiram Barber has been nominated for Congress by the Republicans of the Fifth Wisconsin District in place of Col. Cochrane, declined. The opponents of the Tammany Hall Democracy of New York city have nominated Oswald Ottendorfer for Mayor and Patrick H. Jones—late Postmaster of the city—for -Register. , , The Democrats of the Fourth Massachusetts District have nominated J. G. Abbott for Congress. Henry Alexander, of Springfield, is the Republican candidate for Congress in the Eleventh Massachusetts District Sam. Rindskopf. the Reform candidate for Congress in the Fourth Wisconsin District, tendered his resignation on the ‘2O th, and W. P. Lyude has been nominated in his stead. Full official returns of T the State election in Ohio sfw that 238,406 votes were cast for William Bell, Democrat, for Secretary of State: 221,3Q4 votes for-Allen T. WikotF, Republican, and 7,815 for John R. Ruehtel, Prohibitionist. for the same position. Bell’s official majority over Wikoff is 17,203 votes. H. Le Grand and Ffaneis A. Hodman are candidates, on the Workingman's ticket for Congress from the Second and Third Illinois .Districts. The following are the official returns of the vote for Slate officers at the recent election in Indiana: Secretary of State—Curry, Republican, 164,955'; Neff. Democrat, 182.0®: Bowles, Ind., 15,755; Stout, Ind., 2,081. Auditor—Wildman. Rep., 165,263; Henderson, Deni.'. 181,322; Prescott, Ind., 19,053. Treasurer—Glover, Rep., 104,971; Shaw, Deni , 181,380; Bennett, Ind., 19,035. Attorney-Gen-eral —Denny, Rep., 166,1.53; Buskirk, Dem., 175,859; Beele, Ind., 18.554. Superintendent of Public Instruction—Bloss, Rep., 164,952; Smart. Dem., 150,956; Graham, Ind., 18,844. Judge of the Supreme Court—Osborne, Rep., 165,716; Broole, Dem. and Ind., 198,080.