Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1874 — THE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS.

The Carlists Resume the Siege of Irun. Seventeen American Seamen Drowned in tjje River Clyde. Cool and Daring Express Robbery in Cincinnati. Bismtty of Another Boy Resemhline the Abducted Charlie Ross. The Arkansas Imbroglio— The President „ Will Not Interfere. Many Lives Lost by the Sinking of a Steamer at New Orleans. Addrrw from tho Kansas Slate Contrml Relief Committee. Other Interesting News Items. FOREIGN. e . A Berlin dispatch of the 16th says that Von Arnlm’s trial had been set for the Ist of December. Meantime he is ordered to remain at home under police surveillance, his physl cian having certified that confinement in the jail would shatter and destroy his nervous system. A Glasgow dispatch of the 16th savs Disraeli had been re-elected Hector of the University of Glasgow {by 700 votes, against 500 for Ralph Waldo Emerson. A special to the London" Rtanetard of the 16th says the Carlists had returned to their old positions before Irun, and were again besieging the cify. Vienna dispatches of the 16th say riots had recently occurred in Poland on account of the appointment of priests by imperial authority. Troops had been sent from Warsaw, and a number of rioters arrested. A Dresden dispatch of the 16th says that Saxony had forbidden the practice of cremation. A London telegram of the 17th says the English Government haddecided to organize'another Polar expedition. ■2 A Berlin dispatch of the 18th announces tile defeat of the Government uj>ou a proposed bank bill by a vote of 127 to 158. The President of the Reichstag tendered his resigua- . lion. • - i : Thirty-two of the Turks charged with the recent murders of Montenegrin Christians, according to a Vienna dispatch of the 18th, have been convicted and sentenced to twenty years’ imprisonment, A "London telegram of the morning of the 20th says that on the preceding day a boat belonging to the American'ship Aurora had been run down in the Clyde and seventeen men drowned. A vigorous cannonade, according to a Hendave dispatch of the 19th, had driven the Carlists from the vicinity of Irun once more. Late advices from the Cape Coast, received in London on the 19th, report that King Coffee, of the Ashantces, had been dethroned and his nephew installed King in his stead. __j An explosion occurred i;ga chemical factory near Paris on the 19tli, which destroyed the building and the railway station near it, and killed three aud seriously injured fifteen of the workmen. A Constantinople dispatch of the 19th says information had been received that an Egyptian force had captured Darfour aud killed An explosion occurred in the Warren vale (England) coal mines in Yorkshire on the 20th, which resulted in the killing of twentyfour men. The remains of ten had been recovered on the morning of the 21st.

OOHESTIC. The American Express office in Cincinnati ■was robbed, on the 15th, of a safe containing about $30,000. The safe was smuggled into a trunk and carried off by two men. Abe Monroe, an ex-messenger of the company-, was left for a short time, in the office, in the absence of tfte express clerk, at the time the safe was placed in the trunk, and is under arrest as being: implicated in the robbery. A Supervisor of Registration and a CourtClerk were arrested in St. James Parish, La., on the Kith, charged with being engaged in altering electron returns. They were bound over in 1,0(W each. Arrests were being made in other localities. Gen. Emory issued an order on the 16th for the removal of the troops ___ from the State House in New Orleans on the morning of the lTth. Lieift. Hodgson had, been ordered under arrest, and would probably be court-martialed on -the charge of cutting telegraph wires hud overstepping his duties iu making arrests and guarding prisoners. • • President Grant discussed the Arkansas case with the Cabinet on the 17th, but stated that he would not interfere, except to keep the peace, until he was further advised of the facts. ' ». In a mine at Pittsion, Pa., on the 17th several miners were crushed to death by the falling of a rock. A steam tug exploded her boilers near the Government works in New York city on the 17th, and five of the crew were killed, and the Captain was fatally injured. The steamer Empire, heavily loaded with sugar, in the Mississippi River at New Orleans on the 17th, and from thirty to forty lives are reported to have been lost The Eastern railroads are reducing the wages of employes. The New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company have ordered a reduction of 10 per cent, of all day laborers, and have discharged 1,500 workmen, or nearly one-sixth of the whole number employed. Troubles are reported in some of the mining regions of Pennsylvania, growing out of differences between the miners and their employers on, the question of wages. Two men named George Black and E. J. Hackney have been arrested as being concerned with Monroe in the recent robbery of the AmericaafExpress office in Cincinnati.

All three of the parties have confessed, and « colored man named Briggs has also been ar> ratted and confessed to having helled to concert the Stolen motley. All but about $9,000 ha 4 bean recovered up to the 19th. At thtVeceut Session in Cleveland of the Women** Na l ion a 1 T«ai pe ran ce Con ven ti on a constitution was adopted and a permanent organization effected under the name of the “ Woman’s National Christian Temperance Union.” All temperance organizations in the land are invited, by resolution, to co-operate with this body in its efforts for the overthrow of intemperance. Annual meetings of the Union are to lie composed of one delegate from each Congressional district, to be chosen by the auxiliary Union of such district. The Kansas State Central Relief Committee have issued an address appealing for aid for the sufferers in their State and cautioning the public against placing their benefactions in the hands of unauthorized and irresponsible parties. Parties soliciting aid by authority will .have the indorsement of.Uie.Govcrnor of the State, and-such indorsement will lie- a guaranty’ of their responsibility. The appeal closes ns follow s: ft Individuals or local committees desiring more specific information concerning matters connected with the relief of nur people should address directly the Secretary of the committee, and all remittances of funds should he made to tho Treasurer at Topeka. With emphasis we assert that our suffering people are not wanting in enterprise, nor courage, nor any of the ele- • meins of true - manttuGl. The uncomjdttiningpatience with which even women and children are enduring the misfortunes that have fallen upon them Is nothing short of heroic. Our people have mu losi faith in themselves nor in the resources of the Mate in which they live. In their behalf we confidently appeal to the liberality ojT those who considvr it a privilege to minister to tile wants of the suffering. (Signed) o K. S. Stovuh. l.iouteiiaul-doverttor. find .President of the Kansas Central Relief Commission.' A Little Koek dispatch of the 20th says peace and quiet continue. Smith had not yet been found, PERSONAL. A plain marble slab has been placed on Locust Hill, in Greenwood Cemetery, to mark temporarily the grave of Mr. Greeley. It bears the simple inscription: “Horace Greeley; born Felt. 11, 1811; died Nov. 29, 1^12." A Washington telegram of the ISth says Senator Dorsey denies having received certain dispatches purporting to come to him from H. M. Cooper, Secretary of the Arkansas Republican Central Committee, relating to affairs in that State. He disclaims the responsibility for their statements. Tbe~suiTbf Tfieepore Tilton against Henry Ward Beecher has been set down for Dee. 8. The Methodist Episcopal Board of Missions closed its session in New York on the 18th after appropriating $821,( 00. The Illinois Anti-Secret Society Association recently held a convention in Chicago, at which resolutions were adopted condemnatory of all secret organizations. F. W. Peyton, of Huntington, W. Vu., recently claimed to have hi his possession a hov resembling little Charlie Ross", the missing Philadelphia boy, who had been left with him by a family passing through that town. Peyton said lie would give up the hoy for SS,(XXL Henry.C. Bowen’s libel full. agalnst-DemSs-Bantes, of the Brooklyn A rgvs, lms' term Orated iu a verdict of acquittal, the jurors holding, however, that while the defendant was legally exempt from conviction the printed matter Iu the Argus relating to the deceased Mrs. Bowen was atrocious and cruel. wtunvAh. The official vote for Governor in New York State is as follows: Tilden, 416,343; Dlx, 361,406; Clarke, 10,214, Tilden- over Dix, 54,937. Sufficient returns had been received up to the 16th from the Ninth District of Kentucky to insure the election of J. D. White, Republican, to Congress by about 500 majority.. The Alabama Legislature met at Montgomery ou “the 16th. Anderson (Dem.) was chosen Speaker of the House. The North Carolina Legislature also met on the 16th. Col. R. F. Armfield was elected President of the Senate. This virtually makes him Lieu-tenant-Governor of the State, owing to the recent death of Gov. Caldwell. John 1.. Robinson was elected Speaker of the House. The' House stands 84 Democrats, 34 Republicans and 2 Independents. The Senate, 38 Democrats and 12 Republicans.

A Little Roek (.Ark.) special of the 17th to the Chicago Tribune says Henry M. Cooper, Secretary of the Republican State Central Committee, denied the authorship of a telegram received at Washington and purporting to come from him, in which it was stated that many editors of Republican papers had been arrested without warrant, charged with treason, and imprisoned and refused bail; that tlie Republicans were organizing for self-defeirse, and unanimously sustained the claims of Smith to the Governorship, and that the people did.not sustain Garland. He knew of hut one man who had been -arrested. The Associated Tress dispatches of the 17th sav that ail was quiet throughout the State and that in no ideality were there any disturbances or any attempt to organize men in the interest of Smith. Judge Poland, of the Congressional Investigating Committee at Little Roek, had, been summoned to Washington by Atty.-Gen. Williams. Neither Smith nor Wheeler had . yet been" found. A Washington dispatch of the 17th says Senator Dorsey had received a dispatch front the editor of the Republican, at Little ; Rock, in which it is stated that “business i. throughout the State is almost entirely suspentled, and the White Leaguers' militiaxoam at largxn Jf we are to tight we wish to know it. The earlier the matter is settled the better It will be for all." Gov. Garland had telegraphed to the effect that all was quiet, and that he would have no collision unless it ! was forced upon him; that all classes of peoi pie—all parlies—avere supporting him. A Madison dispatch of the 18th says full ; official let urns of the Eighth Wisconsin’Congressional District give Me Dill, Republican, 9.444, and Cate, Reformer, 9,446. This does : not include the vote of the First Ward of the 1 city of Grand Rapids, nor that of the town of \ Lincoln, Wood County, which gave majorities i for McDill. The rejection of these precincts 1 will l>e investigated. 1 ” ' The Arkansas Legislature on the 18th passed a bill authorizing Gov. Garland to otter a reward of st,oop for thearrest of criminals, which amount would probably be offered for the apprehension each of Messrs. Smith and Wheelet. The Nevada Legislature is composed as follows: Senate —Republicans, IS; Democrats, 7. Assembly—Democrats < 16; Republicans, 31; Independents, 3. A Little Rock special of the 19th states that all the State officers of Arkansas elected on the ticket with 1 Lieut.-Gov. Smith, except the Secretary of State and Attorney General, had telegraphed to the President indorsing Smith's application for recognition as Governor. A St. Louis dispatch of the same date announces

the arrival there of Judge Poland, who is represented as saying that he, regarded the issue affecting tlie validity of the new Constitution of Arkansas as one of very grave itnpor, tance, and, as it is a strictly legal question, he ' gave no opinion whatever respecting It. • Chamberlain’s majority fox Governor of South Carolina is 10,667. The Arkansas question was before the Cabinet in Washington *on the 20th, and the opinion prevailed that nothing had occurred to alter a former decision not to interfere In the present controversy in that State, as the Government had no such information in its. possession as would justify such interference.