Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 March 1875 — THE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS.

Loss at Sea of the British Steamer Hong-Kong. Fighting at Bilbao Between the Carlists and AlphonsisLs. The House Civil-Rights Bill Passed in the Senate. The "Ciucui Force Bill” Passed by the House. Six Tersoss Killed *sd Several Uoauded by Falling Walls in New lork City. The Beecher Trial —Opening of the Defense. Reports of the Louisiana and Alabama Committees. The Louisiana Conservatives Adopt the W heeler Compromise. State Ticket Nominated by the Ohio ProbibltloniatK. Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc.

FOREIGN. A Rome (Italy) dispatch of the 22d says tha at the next consistory four ecclesiastical provinces will be created in North America. Sir Charles Lyell, the eminent English geologist,died on the 22d, aged seventy-eight. The French Assembly, on the 24th, finally passed the bill for the organization of the Senate by a vote of 448 ayes to 341 noes. The steamship Hong Kong, from London for Japan, recently foundered off the island of Abdel Cura, in the Indian Ocean. Twenty-four persons were drowned and nineteen saved. Bilbao, Spain, was attacked by seven battalions of Carlists on the 26th, and three forts were taken and retaken three times. After desperate fighting the Carlists were finally repulsed, and were subsequently attacked by the Alphonsists, who were repulsed in turn. *■ DOMESTIC. During the intense cold weather of a few days ago three children named O'Brien, ranging in age from eight to eleven years, were forced by their parents, who are basket-mak-ers, residing in Exeter, N. Y., to start on their Usual peddling tour. On the following morning the bodies of the children were found on tlie road between Exeter and a neighboring town, frozen to death, the oldest with his arms around the neck of the youngest The extensive glue factory of Wahl Bros., in Chicago, covering nearly eight acres of ground, was recently destroyed by tire, involving a loss of over $350,000, on which there was an insurance of $86,500. At Veedersburg, Ind., on the night of the 20th, Mr. Henry Eister and wife left their three little children —two girls and a boyalone in their house, and during their absence the building was burned down and the little ones perished in the flames. The parents had previously, during the winter, lost one child by suffocation, and this recent sad affliction completes the destruction of their little family.

In New York city, on the evening of the 34th, while the congregation <4 St. Andrew’s Church, on Duane street, were assembled in the building, the unsupported walls of an adjoining structure, burned a few days before, were blown down by high winds, and fell upon and crushed through the church roof, falling upon the east gallery principally, which was crowded with people. Six persons were killed and twenty-five seriously injured. Gordon Claude, a cadet at the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md, has been dismissed for refusing to fence with a colored midshipman. He was first told to resign, but refused to do so. He was then told to consult with his parents, and his father refused to advise him to do what he said he would not do himself, but left the matter entirely to his soij’s own judgment, who was thereupon expelled from the institution. , - A telegram has been received at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., announcing that Stone Calf had surrendered himself and the whole Cheyenne tribe—-about 1,600 in number—and two white captives to Gen. Pope. It was reported on the 27th ult. that old man Bender had been captured alive in Florence, Arizona, and that the Kansas State authorities had sent a requisition for his delivery to the proper tribunal. PERSONAL. Some statistics of the search for Charlie Ross, the stolen boy, have been recently published. Luis said, concerning the efforts to recover the lost child, that searching for him had already expended more than $20,000. Commissioners have searched from ocean to ocean; 700,000 circulars have been issued; printing and photographing have cost $8,000; a corps of clerks have been employed in correspondence; 200 bands of gypsies have been searched; 600 Charlie Rosses hare been reported, and fully 500,000 persons have been engaged in the search. Ernest Ortwein, the confessed murderer of the Hamnett family, near Pittsburgh, Pa., last April, was hanged in that city on the 23d. In the Tilton re. Beecher suit on the 23d, after the close of Mrs. Moulton’s testimony and the re-examination of Mrs. Kate Carey, the prosecution announced the close of, the ease on their part, and the court adjourned, the defense to open on the 24th. In her evidence Mr& Moulton claimed that Mr. Beecher had made a full confession to her • in 1871 of the crime charged against him, and that Mrs. TUton had also made # similar confession—Mr. Beecher taking upon

hitnsclf all the blame, and Mrs. Tilton insisting that the fault. «m here. On the cross-ex - Sfcnnatton Mrs. Moulton IKtotWt to iirfvlug dn one Occasion, When Mr. Beecher spoke of his (treat auflering and talked ot Committing suicide, with tear* streaming down his cheeks, placed her hand on his shoulder and kissed him on the forehead, and said if ever there was a good man she lft“ lieved he was one. On another occasion, when Mr. Beecher was on bis way to prayer-meeting, she had, in the presence of her husband, thrown her arms around Mr. Beecher’s neck and asked Mr. Moulton to save this good man. On the cross-examination on the 23d» Mrs. Carey admitted that she had been discharged from one place for intoxication. A Salt Lake (Utah) telegram of the 26th states that Judge McKean had decided that Ann Eliza Young should receive $3,000 attorneys’ fees and SSOO per month alimony pending her trial against Brigham Young, the alimony to date from the tiling of the complaint, about t w en ty mon tire ago.

It was announced from Washington on the 26th ult. that the attorney of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company had left for Minnesota to attach the property of Wm. 8. King,-in-order to recover the amount received-by him in connection with the subsidy. - In his opening address to the jury in ILBeecher trial Gen. Tracy.arraigns.Mr.Tilton, Mr.-and Mrs. Moulton and H. C. Bowen as conspirators, uniting together to eompitss the downfall of the defendant, though he savs Mr. Bowen early abandoned -the eon spiracy, after having arranged all the details of the plot. He claims that the original complaint against Mr, Beecher was not for adultery, but that the letters and con versations of the defendant have been misinterpreted to mean the greater when a lesser supposed offense was implied'. Mr. Tracey was very.severe kilns remarks upon the characters of both Tilton and -Moulton, and scouted the idea of Kate Carey’s testimony being worthy of any credence. He was very eulogistic in his comments upon the life, character and services of Mr. Beecher. On the 26th Mr. Bowen published a card emphatically denying the charge of conspiracy so far as it related to himself, pronouncing the accusation a malignant falsification from end. destitute of even a. particle of truth, “as sajil Tracy” (we quote > from Mr. Bowen’s card) “can learn if he will call me to the witness stand, in which event he will find out that I do not believe in the doctrine said to be taught by him,—* that lying is justifiable under certain circumstances.’” political.. Messrs. Zach ar ie, Burke and Leonard, representing the Conservative party in Louisiana, had an interview with President Grant on the 22d. The President said he could no be a party to any agreement, as his duty was to execute the law and not to enter into any negotiation or compromise, but he would be rejoiced if the opposing parties in Louisiana could come to some understanding by which the present contentions in that State could be settled. He further said he would consult with the. other parties to the contest in Louisiana. It being suggested to him that some intimation from Washington would probably be necessary to influence the action of the Republicans in Louisiana, after some consideration the President referred the committee to Mr. Wheeler. The committee then called on Mr. Wheeler, who stated that he would do all in his power by acts, influence and advice to settle the Louisiana question on the basis Of bis propositions. A proposition was then submitted to Mr. Wheeler by the committee, which he rejected, he still adhering to his original propositions. Thejnajoritjireport-OfThe_Select Committee on Alabama Affairs, made to the House on the 23d, sets forth that the elections in that State had been carried by the Democrats by fraud and intimidation; that outrages upon the negro voters had been of frequent occurrence, and that the charges of corruption and plundering against the Republican oliiciuls were unfounded and unworthy of belief. The report (signed by Messrs. Coburn, Albright and Cannon) closes with a recommendation, in favor of the passage of the Force bill. The minority, of the committee, Messrs. Luttrell and Buckner, made a report disagreeing with the views of the majority. Gen. Joseph R. Hawley has been renominated for Congress by the Republicans of the First Connecticvit-District. ——- ——- A New Orleans dispatch of the .24th says the Conservative caucus had, after an exciting debate, accepted the Wheeler proposition for a compromise by a majority of one vote. The Ohio State Prohibition Convention met at Columbus on the 24th and nominated a State ticket as follows: For Governor, JayOdell, of Cleveland; Lieutenant-Governor, H. A. Thompson, of Franklin; Attorney-General, S. Adams, of Cleveland; State Auditor, Belmont Locke, of Lawrence. County; State Treasurer, E. H. Young, of Champaign; Supreme Judge, D. C. Montgomery, of Knox; Member Board of Public Works, J. R. Buehol, of Akron.

The Democratic Senators and Representatives of the Alabama Legislature, without j exception, have signed a protest against the ; memorial presented in the United States Senate on the 23d. It is said several Repub-iean-njembers-of the Legislature detiy travtag signed any such memorial. At New Orleans, on the 25th, Speaker Wiltz entered a protest in the Conservative caucus against the Conservative members ! returning to the hall of the House, ” from ' ■which they were driven by hostile bayonets, ; until they can do so without stultification [ or any concessions whatever.” About thirty i members afterward signed the protest •A dispatch of the 26th Says , Mr. Zacharie; of the Conservative Committee, hud presented to Representative Wheeler a letter of acceptance of the Conservative caucus of Louisiana. It was understood that the whole Congressional Committee would remain till after the adjournment of Congress, and then canvass the returns, ■which'would be forwarded to Washington for their inspection, and determine the result, which would be carried to New Orleans by Mr. Wheeler and put into effect under his personal supervision at the extra session of the Louisiana Legislature. The time at which this session will take place had not yet been determined. The North Carolina House of Representatives have, by a vote of 46 to 31, expelled J. Wm. Thomas, member from Warren County, for expressing his non-belief in the existence of a God; It tie said the new United States Senator from Wisconsin, Hon. Angus Cameron, has authorized the statement that he will act with the Republican side of the Senate. The Nebraska Legislature adjourned s>»€ die on the •26th ult. " , • Thp Virginia Assembly has chosen State Senator H., Y. Thomas Lieutenant-Governor to till the unexpired term of R. E. “ Withers, elected United ttaies Senator.

COAVK FSMQNAL. in tjw. Senate, on the 224, « large nuAj b«i of memorials' w A*t r«ceiv«ifand referred . fee Thu Indian. the ilijStaiy, th* Military Academy ,i*d tlm Femion Appropriation Wils were cotUifered. mneirtied and passed The P.ostpftjce Ap-pr-priatlnn bill wna taken w« and severirt nmenament» v>ere ngieed to. Among the amendments adopted was <>uu providing that the roi'ijirf»ujn<il lltcard and all public documents pyinred by Congress for distribution shall pass free through the mails under regulations to be prescribed by the Poatiuaster-tieneral. Amendments were proposed and rejected, providing tor the restoration of the franking privilege, and allowing garden seeds sent by ihq Agricultural Department nad the’agricultural report* to para through the mails free. . • ' in the House, on the 2,2 d, among the bills introduced and referred was one providing for a meeting ot the Fourty-fourth Congress on the 4th of March next, and of each succeeding Congress on the 4th of March, the day on which Congressional terms begin.... Bills were passed— River and Harbor Appropriation bill; regulating -the selection of grand and petit jurors in the District of Columbia (the object of -which bill is to indict William S. King for per jury): supplementary to the acts tn relation to immigration-; for the payment of the awards -übottr §7sO.ttiX') of the Southern Claims Coinin'' sfoti: fora reorganization of the Quartermaster's Depart meet . A motion to suspend the rules to set apart the evening of the 2ftli for the consideration oi the Texas Pacific Railway bill was re-fwle«U-y«.117. nays 12s. This was regarded as a 'virtual’ ,lei.iiit ot th- bill ...An evening session was held f. .Ft tie consideration of the Tax.bill for the Distiicf of Columbia. „In the Sen.i to. on the 2.3 d, the House -bill to-e-pnelze tin- bounties of soldiers was reported i .o'; li ,tn the Committee on Military Affairs, twit its pi . Sei.l •coiisi'i-.-ation was objected to.. .The Postoftice, Appropriation bld was further considered and the action of the House r pealing th- . outract of 1372 for an additional subsidy was concurred in, and the; bill was passed... The Army AppropHation bill was amended and passed. .. A memorial was presented and referred from the Republican members of the Alabama Legislature, claiming that the change made by the Alabama Legislature in the pen al-code of the State made a system of involuntary servitude for African citizens; that 93.000 Republican voters were disfrau-' cUised by political legislation, etc., and asking Congress to empower the President to suspend the writ of hab-.dn (orpin in certain contingencies. in order to preserve the public peace in the Southern States.... Adverse reports were made on bills to establish branch mints in certain Western cities, and a resolution was adopted requesting the President to institute inquiries as to the proper place forthe establishment of a branch mint at some point in the Western States or in the Mississippi Valley, taking in account all questions of economy and facilities for distribu non. and report upon the same at the commence mint of the next session of Congress. In the House, on the 23d, majority and minority reports were made from the Special Committee on Louisiana Affairs, and ordered printed... .The Ta bill was passed—l 23 to 113 It llxes thctax on distilled~spiriuat ninety cenfsl and.does not apply to stock on hand or in bond : tobacco is'increased four cents; cigars from four to five cents; cigarettes fixed at seventy-live cents ad valorem; sugars of all kinds, and all syrups., are increased twenty-five cents. The present tax on matches is continued. The bill does not increase the tax on brandies, liquors and champagnes 10 per cent., but the tariff deduction is restored.

In the Senate, on the 24th, petitions were presented and referred, signed by 48.883 farmers of the Northwest, asking an appropria tion for the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers ... .State resolutions were presented in favor of the improvement of other navigable waters.... House bills were passed—authorizing the promulgation of general regulations for the government of the army ;, for the admission of Colorado as a State, with amendments—yeas 43, nays 13; for-the-aduHesien—of-New Mexico as a State, with several amendments—yeas3l, nays 11. In the House, on the 24th, a bill was pa-sed to ai<t in tlie improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers.. . .Majority and minority reports were made in the . Louisiana contested election case of Sheridan and PincJiback, the iiuijority report declaring that Pinchback is not and Sheridan is emitted to the seat, and the minority contending that Sheridan is not entitled to the seat.,..A report was also made in the Arkansas case of Gans and midges that the former is not and the latter (the sitting member) is entitled to the seat.... The Sundry Civil Appropriation bill ($2.j,28v.915) was considered in Committee of the Whole, aud during'the discussion of the bill some exciting remarks were indulged in respecting affairs in Alabama. Au evening session was decided on to further consider the bill, but motions were made to take up other business and filibustering was resorted to and the session was prolonged till after, midnight by motions to adjourn, etc., •aueffort being made to takeup the caucus Force bill. 'Hie Democratsi refused to'vote on one motion for the yeas and nays and the record indi. cated no quorum present.. Gn being appealed to the Speaker said it was the duty of all members present to vote, but he knew of no way ip compel them to do 50.... At 2:*40 a. m. the House was still in session. In the Senate, on the 25th, the bill to provide for and regulate the counting of votes for President and Vice-President came up and was amended in Committee of the Whole, one of the amendmentsagreed to being to the effect that only such returns from a State shall be counted' as the two houses, acting separately, shall decide to be true aud valid retftrns. The bill as amended was finally passed—2B to fit)... .The Civil-Rights bill was taken up. and it was decided that debate on the bill should go on until two o’clock on the afternoon of the 27th, and that a vote on the bill should betaken on that day. In the House, on the 25th, after a twenty-nine- hours’ session, during which the Democrat?, by motions to adjourn, calling for the nays, and jryfusing toijote on the call—thus making it appear on tb||&ecord that there was no quorum present—succeeded in preventing the taking up of the caifcus Force bill giving the President, power to suspend the writ of AuGus corpus in certain cases, etc., a motion was finally adopted—yeas 170. nays 89— to take up the bill, and some amendments were offered.... Adjourned.

In the Senate, on the 26th, an adverse report was made on the bill to secure from ultimate loss depositors in the Freedmen's Savings and Trust Company, and the bill was indefinitely postponed... .The Civil-Rights bill was taken tip ana debated, the discussion extending •to'the evening session. In the House, on the 26th, the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill was considered in Committee of the Whole.. ..The bill to provide against the invasion of States, and "to prevent subversion ot their authority, and to maintain security of elections," known as the caucus Force bill, was debated at the evening session. In the Senate, on the 27th, Messrs. Allison. Boutwell. Conkling. Merrimon and Eaton were appointed as the committee under the resolution to examine the several branches of the civil sei vice ,/ duruig the recess ... .Th" resolution requesting the President to institute inquiries as to the proper place for a branch mint ; n the Western States, and report nt the commencemijpt of the next, session of Congress, passed... .The Civil-Rights bill was then taken up; and Mr. Carpenter spoke against its passage. The bril was reported to the Senate and passed without amendment—3B to 26--the yeas and nays being as follows: —Alcorn. Allison. Anthonv, Boreman, Boutwell, Cameron, Chandler, Clayton. Conkling. Conover. Cragin, Edmunds. Ferry ■ (Mich.i. Flanagan, Frelinghuyseu. Harvey, Howe, i Ingalls. Jones. Logan. Mitchell. Morrill (Vt.), ; Morton. Oglesby. Pa’terson, Pease. Pratt, Ram- > sey. Koberjson. Sargent. Scott. Sherman. Spencer, ; Stewart, Washburn. West. Windom. Wright—3B. 1 .V igs— Bayard. Bogy. Carpenter. Cooper, Davis, ■ Dennis. Eaton. Ferry (Coun.i. Goldthwaite. Gordon. Hagar. Hamilton (Tex.>, Hamilton tMd.V, i Kelly. Lewis. McCreery, Merrimon. Norwood. I Ransom, Saulsbury. Schnrz. Sprague. Stevenson, i Siockton. Thurman. Tipton—26. At the evening i session the Annual Post-route bill was taken up i and passed, and the conference report on the bill to reduce and.fix the Adjutant-General's Dvpart- '■ ment of the army was agreed to.

j In the House, on the 27th, a report , was submitted from the Ways and Means Committee in regard to thg Pacific Mail investigation, with resolutions to the effect that a. dopy of the evidence as to the corrupt Use of money’ to procure the passage of the Subsidy bill be laid be- [ fore the House at the first session of.the Forty- | fourth Congress, to the end that iurthvr inquiries i may be made and proper action, taken in the I cases of Representatives Wm. S. Kingjgnd Scbn- | maker; and to censnre and deprive ot hi ’ ti-at in the gallery any reporter or correspondent who I received any portion of the corruption fund.... i The majority and minority reports from the Select . Committee on 'Mississippi Allans were presented. ! ...; Consideration of the Force bill was then re* I sumed. and, an m amendip.eiu was agreed to— I ItM to 100— limiting the tecHtbry in which the i thirteenth section (the one .providing for the suspehsionlbf the wnt of corj.toi) js to be applicable to, Alabama. Arkansas, £ on , Uiana and Mississippi, and limiting it.* term to two years and from thence to the , unot the then JWXI session of Congress. A motion to strike out

the thirteenth section was defeated-ayeas ISI, n«yr thirty-five Repiblicaua voting ay«. A liW. iuu ttk sir>e out tl» sectAuua . pxuaMUg against tM invasion of a State by “two ortnore per-jijs.’* and punishing regfstratioq officers. wji“ at State officers, for violation of dnty*A>as det.ute.l-syeaa T2O, nave I’2—thirtyeight Republ.'in;# voting ave. The bill as amended was fluafl- passed—veas 135, nays 114—thirty-three Republicans voting against the bill.