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

THE NEWS.

Count von Arnim Released on Bail. Cotton Mills Burned in En-gland"-Ten Lives Lost. Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. President Grant an the Third-Term Question. Greencastle, Ini, Nearly Destroyed by Fire. Extensive Forest Fires in Ohio and Indiana. Other Interesting News Items. FOREIGN. In a letter in reply to the protest of the Pope SLguinst the persecution of German Bishops, the Emperor William says Germany has done all in her power to live in peace with the church at Rome, but that lie is bound to protect the State against the violent attacks and conspiracies of the clergy. A Madrid dispatch of the 26th says another body of Carlists, numbering 108, had offered to surrender if amnesty were granted. At a recent banquet at Bordeaux the Duke de Caeca, French Minister of Foreign Affairs, made a speech in which he said peace with -other governments must rest upon a basis com- ‘ patible with the interests and dignity—that is, the rights—of France. International treaties had been, and should continue to be, strictly observed by his Government The London Daily Xews of the 27th says that Austria. Russia and England had notified the Sublime Porte of their intention of making commercial treaties with the Turkish principalities, without reference to the Turkish Government. Madrid dispatches of the 27th announce the sailing of reinforcements for Cuba. The preliminary examination of Count von Arnim was concluded on the 27tli by his release on 190,000 thalers bail. A Berlin . dispatch of the 28th says he would not be permitted tb-leave the country. The cotton mills at Over, England, were burned on the 28th, together, with ten operatives. A Madrid dispatch of the 28th says a Spanish gun-boat had on that day tired a volley at a French merchant vessel. ’ John Laird, the. well-known builder of the Confederate steamer Alabama, died in LonMon on the 29th, after a protracted illness. Win. H. Rienhart, the sculptor, died at Home on the 29th. On the 30th ult Kuhlmann, who attempted the assassination of Bismarck and had confessed the crime, was found guilty, and sentenced to imprisonment for fourteen years in the house of correction and ten years' suspension of his civil rights. The Jury deliberated but five minutes. A Dublin dispatch of the 30th says Cardinal Cullen and the entire Catholic Episcopate had issued pastoral letters denouncing the late address of Prof. Tyndall, before the British Association, as a revival of paganism. According to a dispatch to the London Timas of the 30th the Governor of Syria had bpen ordered to suppress all Protestant schools in his province. A Madrid dispatch of the Ist says that.sevleading Carlists had waited on Don Caros at Tolosa, and represented to him that it was useless to continue the war, A detachment of Republican troops stationed at Granollers had mutinied and several of the offenders had been shot. DOMESTIC. . .. . T The United States Supreme Court at Washington on the 26th denied the motion to advance’the Granger cases. This decision will put over the first ease as far as March or April next. ' A lock-out of coopers began in New York city on the 26th owing to the refusal of the journeymen to abandon their trade society. A co-operative shop was determined upon by the workmen. George Reynolds, of Salt Lake City, has been indicted for polygamy under the Congressional law of 1862 and held to bail in $2/kW. This is the first indictment in that city under the act of Congress, the prior indictments being found, under the Territorial law. At its recent session the Missouri State Grange decided to loan money to outside parties to establish an implement manufactory at Booneville, without interest, pledging support -to the same in Hit purcliase of implementa. At Sh Louis a few days ago,"Lizzie Goff, nine years of age, attempted to kindle a fire —tiypoanngcoai oil trom avail uporFburniiig paper. The usual result followed, and she died in six hours. An Omaha dispatch of the 27th says thousands of people in. Southwestern Nebraska were in a starving condition. One info; mast had seen many who for weeks had bad nothing to eat but baked squash- and pumpkin and salt, aud others who had lived on bailed flour and water, one meal a day, for weeks. The dispatch adds that 10.000 people in the State will need aid to keep them from starring or freezing to death during the winter. According to the recent school census of Chicago the population of the city is 395.236. The First National Bank of Salt Lake City 4}p.pended payment on the 28th. It hoped to resume again in a few days. The fourth annual session of the American Beekeepers’ Association is to be held in Pittsburgh, Pa., commencing oa the second Wednesday of November. .Thesuspension of R. W; Burke, petroleum refiner in New York city, was announced on the 29th. Gov. Ladue, of Kentucky, has offered an aggregate reward of $9,000 for the capture of a band of xnatAed ruffians who Recently shot a young colored girl and committed other outrages op negasres in Shelby County. In New Orleans on the afternoon of the 29th a coliijritfU oecurred between Gov. Kel-

logg and Maj. E. A. Burke, of the Naturalir.alion Committee of the Conservatives, whichd Jtvw out of a e<jrresj>ondeiice between- them ■ relating to th» numu erin w bleb life vol ■• - iff" dtizcw who had' been naturalized by t?io Second District Court should be cast, the Governor having instructed tlmUllieU-lic de—posited in separate apart men ts dr boxes. As Gov. Kellogg was riding In his carriage with Judge Atocha, Maj. Burke stopped him, and while engaged ..in drew a whip and attempted to strike the Governor, when the latter tired a pistol at Burke, who retaliated iu kind, firitiigthrecdr four shots. Neither party was wounded. A five al Greencastle, Jud., on the night -of the 38th destroyed thirty buildings in the business p irtion of the town, iufl-ieting a of $658,500, on which .{here was an hisurafi.ee of $122,960. The fire started in a funjiturc factory, and is believed to have been the work of an incendiary. The Milford (N..11.j Five Ont Savings Bank has with liabilities of $500,000, ev\< ted, it is liclioed, l>y it- a-sets. A boiler explosion in. Isaac sawmill at Lancaster, Ind., on the 29th ult. killed two of the proprietor’s spits, Timothy and William, and severely and probably fatally injured another son. A man by the name of George Bed die was also badly injured. The ■ building was tom to atoms, and fragments | thrown in every direction. The boiler yas | blown iht<> — ivTlioustuid pieces, some of it beI ing found half a mile away. Yellow lever is said to be ]>r«»vaili ntr S 8. Ce • 1 Recent severe storms have caused great destruction to property on the lakes. Several vessels have been wrecked. The loss of life has been .comparatively small. Extensive forest tires were prevailing in many sea irons of Southern J ndiana and Ohio on the 30th ult., and some towns were in great danger of being destroyed. The Secretary of the Treasury has directed the Assistant Treasurer at New York to sell $500,000 in gold each Thursday during the month of November. The aggregate Will be I $2,000,000. The following is the?" President's proc amaj tion designating Thursday, Nov. 26, ae a day i of National Thanksgiving: By the President of the Tutted States: We are reminded by the changing seasons that it is time to pause in our daily vocations and offer thanks to Almighty God for the mercies and abundance of tire year wit ieli is drawing To a eliuu.. The blessings of free government continue to lw vonchsnfed to us.. The eart h h as—responded to the labor of the husbandman. The land has been free from pestilence. Internal order is maintained and peace with i other powers has prevailed. | It is fitting that at stated periods we cease from ouraeeustomed pursuits,-and from the turmoil of our daily lives, and unite in thankfulness" for the blessings of the past and for the cultivation of kindly feelings toward each other. Now, therefore, recognizing these considerations, I, U. S. Grant, President of the United States, do recommend to all citizens to assemble in their respective places of worship on Thursday, Hie 26th day us November next, and -express their thanks for the mercy and favor of Almighty God, ami, laying aside all political contentions and secular "occupations, to observe such day as a day of thanksgiving-and praise.-— ‘—~~ ' In witness thereof I herewith set my hand, and cause the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington on the 29th day of October, 1874, and of the independence of the .United States the ninety-eighth. (Signed) U. 8; Gkant. The Coroner's jury, at Detroit, investigating the cause jit the bailer explosion on board the propeller Brooklyn, charge the Captain, the Second Engineer and others with the disaster. They find that the safety-valvc had been tampered with and that the boat was racing at the time. PKBMIN.iL. Gov. Dix addressed a meeting in New York on the night of. the 26th, and in answer to a question said he was opuosed to a third term. The committee appointed by the National Executive Committee of the Union League of America, which met in Baltimore on the 20th, visited the President, Secretary Bristow and the 27th, forthe purpose of presenting the resolutions adopted at that meeting. The Washington Republican of the 28th contains an editorial stating that the .thirdterm question hud been discussed in the Cabinet, and that the President had said he regarded the agitation of the question us due solely to the newspaper men, who had started it for the purpose of creating a sensation. As for his making any statement on the subject, he bad never thought of such a thing, nor had he ever talked on the sxbjeet with anyone. He.did not think it comported with his dignity as President of tlie United States to make a statement on this question in response to the clamors of the newspapers. | The Episcopal General Convention, at its recent session in New York, adopted a canorr against ritualistic practices by a vote of 72 to 5. A private letter has been received at Washington from Doekray, the American who was arrested by the Spanish authorities iu Cuba. ' He gives an account of his sufferings on j shipboard, and states that he has been sentenced to a penal colony in Africa for a term of ten years, but that he hopes to be released before long through the intervention of the j United States Government. A "report that diver Dalrymple, the great | vhe‘at farmer of Minnesota, had failed is pro : i nbuiieed'by "Mr. a Dalrymple himself to be en- ; tirely without foundation. ; Ex-Gov. Enos T. Throop, of New York, , died at Willow Brook on the Ist, - The'base-ball season closed on the 31st ult., jhe Boston club (Red Stockings) still retaining effie championship.' ! The private secretary 'of Count von Arnim was arrested iu St Louis recently. He had with him the letters taken from the German Embassy at Paris, and, according to a St. Lou.s dispatch °f the Ist, had.’.sailed for Europe the day before. The arrest was made in obedience to a request frdm the German Government. - . POLII’KAL. The Democratic and Conservative State Central Committee of Louisiana have addressed i. communication to Gen. Emory protesting against the action of Maj. Louis Mer--1 rill, of the?.*. 3. Cavalry, who, on the*22d, at Shreveport, znade an affidavit for the arrest of a large number of citixecs. The committee claim that the offense charged Ts one strictly cognizable by the civil courts and appertains in no manner to the military service. They characterize his actions as being “unmilitdrj and intimidating, and in conflict with the spirit of our institutions.'' i Several other arrests have occurred in different parte of the State. At the election in Baltimore on the 28th for members of the City Council the Democratic candidates were elected, the majority in the city being about 10,000. ,■