Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1876 — General News Summary. [ARTICLE]

General News Summary.

mom VASHiNom. Ax exciting scena occurred between Messrs. Blaine and Knott, before the Judiciary Committee tn Washington on the 7U>, relative to the OaldweU telegram, Mr. Blaine demanding of Mr. Knott his reason for not Informing the oommitten or the public of its reception. Mr. Knott explained that he had made Inquiries as to Mr. Caldwell’s whereobento, and had been Informed that he was in Italy. When the telegram in question wss received it contained no day of the month and gave no nddreta in London, and he was unaware of the custom of the Cable Company of retaining the address at the point from whence a dispatch la sent, and not sending it over the cable. He read the dispatch to four members of the committee, and believed It to be a trick, and on that account had not made It public. Had the dispatch said Blaine was guilty—he (Caldwell) had got the bonds from him—lt would have been an Injustice to Mr. Blaine to have given it to the public. Mr. Blaine here intimated that, had it been unfavorable to him, the dispatch would have got out pretty soon. Mr. Huntan and other members of the committee, confirmed the statements made by Mr. Knott ▲ spirited controversy occurred between Messrs. Blaine and Knott on the subject of the former having communicated with Caldwell during his present sojourn In London, Mr. Knott stating that ho had no evidence to that effect and never pretended to have any. The following la a copy of the telegram received by Mr. Knott, on the lat Inst, and whteh he fantehee for publication: London. To Chairman Houe Judiciary Committee, Wuhtlfton: Have last reed In Hew York paper* Scott > evidence abont our bond transaction. and can fully corroborate It. I saver gave Blaine any Fort Smith Ball road Banda, directly or otherwise. 1 have three foreign railway contraction my bunds which make tt Impossible for me to leave without great pecuniary less, or would gladly voluntarily come home and so testify. Can make affidavit to this effect, and mail It If desired. Josuu Caldwell. THK BAST. A Nxw York dispatch of the 3d says a large number of counterfeit flve-dollar bills were In circulation in that city and Brooklyn. Among them were counterfeits on the First National Hanks of Chicago, HI., Paxton, 111., Canton, HI., Peoria, 111., Aurora, 111., Galena, BL, Louisville, Ky., and on the Traders’ National Bank of Chicago. The best bills are ou the Chicago banks—First National and Traders’ National. Some of the others are fairly executed, but not sufficiently so os to dceeivs anyone who is on the lookout for the “ queer.” There is no such bank u the First National of Galena, HL A woman named Wllhelmins Weickhss been sentenced at Buffalo, N.Y.,to be hanged ou the Slat Inst, for the murder, last September, of her step-son. Tub reunion of the Grand Army of the Potomac wss held at Philadelphia on the fith, Gen. Hancock presiding. The welcoming speech was made by Mayor Stokely. ExGov. Dix, of New York, delivered an eloquent oration, and spirited addresses were nude by Gens. Sherman, Sheridan and Hooker, Gov. Hnrtronft and ex-Gov. Curtin. A commemorative poem—“ The Voice of Silence"—was read by William Winter, of the New York Tribune. Tn Boston Jem tag Journal announces in a recent number, that tt had been Informed that J. C. Ayer, the patent medicine manufacturer, hod been sent to on insane asylum in New Jersey* Gold closed in New York, on the 7th, st 113. The following were the closing quotations for produce: No. 3 Chicago Spring Wheat, [email protected]; No. 8 Milwaukee, $1.20 S1.80X; Oats, Western S2X@»4c; Mixed, Oom, Western Mixed, 57*59e; Fork, Mess, $18.90; Lard, 10){c; Flour, good to choice, $5.4005.75; White Wheat Extra, $5.80*7.75. Cattle, 9®lo*c for good to extra. Sheep (shorn), Ax lost Liberty, Pa, on the 7th, cattle brought: Best, $5.25@5J»; medium, $4.75 9&00; common, s4£s@4£o. Hogs sold— Yorkers, $5.90@A00; 8.10. Sheep (shorn) brought [email protected] according to quality.

WESI AHB NOTH. Tic* fast special train from New York for Ban Francisco arrived at the latter city at 8:85 am the morning of the 4th, making the distance in eighty-three hours and thirty-four minutes, nearly four hours ahead of the schedule time. On one portion of the route the train made sixty miles in fifty-seven minutes. Tux regular Florida Republican Btate Convention, held on the 3d, nominated M. L. Steams for Governor and I). Montgomery for Lieutenant-Governor. Of the eight delegates chosen to the National Convention seven are for Blaine and one for Conkling. A bolt was made form the regular Convention, the bolters nominating Senator Conover for Governor and a Mr. Lee for Lieutenant-Governor, hut ehoalng no delegates to the National Convention. A Cincinnati dispatch of the 4th says letten had been received from members of the two expeditions from that city to the Black Hills, which show that the reports of the killing of eleven members of Col. Stone’s party were false. Both expeditions arrived safely at Custer City without being molested by Indians.

A majority of the fire Circuit Judges for Cook County, 111., to whom the question of the legality of the election of Mr. Boyne u Mayor, was submitted on the application by Mr. Colvin for a writ ofym> warrmto, decided on the sth adversely to Mr. Hoyne. Judges McAllister, Rogers and Williams concurring, and Judges Farwell and Booth dissenting. The decision is to the effect that there haa been a vacancy in the Mayoralty ever since the expiration of the term for which Mr. Calvin was elected, and that the failure of the Common Council to call an election for Mayor nullified the vote of the people for Mayor at the recent city election at which he was chosen. It is also decided that the Common Connell can still call a special electtao for Mayor to All the vacancy. Ox the 4th Inst, Mr. Moody preached his ' Ant sermon in his new tabernacle in Chi* cago to a forge congregation. Tax Chicago Trtbmme of the 7U» says it had been finally decided by the Eastern railroads tomake no further redaction in passenger rates. That paper also states that there is

no probability that the present rates will go up again before next winter. Auuixui J. H. Hildreth, of Chicago, appeared before the United States District Court in that city on the fith and plead guilty to two counts of the Indictment against him tor being, concerned, while gauger, in the whisky frauds. Tn Wisconsin Democratic State Convention met at Milwaukee, on the 7th, and chose delegates to the St. Louis Convention, of whom seventeen are said to be for Tilden and three uncommitted. The Convention adjourned without adopting any platform. A dispatch from Portland, Oregon, received In San Francisco on th« 7th, says that State hod undoubtedly gone Democratic. The Democrats claimed s majority of twelve in the Legislature on joint ballot The Minnesota Prohibition State Convention, held at Minneapolis on the 7th, adopted s platform and chose a State electoral ticket in behalf of Smith and Btewart, the nominees of Mm Notional Convention for President and Vice-President lx Chicago, on the 7th, spring wheat No. 3 closed at [email protected] cash. Cash corn closed at4sJfc for No. 3. Cash oats No. 8, sold st 29}{@30c; July options were sold st 80c. Rye No. 2, 7t)@7lc. Barley, No.* 56®57c. Cash mesa pork closed at SIB.OO @18.85. Lard, $10.05® 10.70. Good to choice beeves brought [email protected]; medium grades, $4.35@4A5; butchers’ stock, $8 50® 4.15; stock cattle, etc., $8.75®4.10. Hogs brought [email protected] for good to choice. Bheep (shorn) sold at $4.00®5.00 for good to choice. »

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. London dispatches of the 3i state that England had sent Admiral Drummond to the East, with orders to prevent the forcing of the Dardanelles. The unfinished ironclads were being completed in great haste, and regiments were under orders to be ready to start at a moment’s notice. The Berlin telegraphic agency in London asserted that England had concluded an alliance with Turkey and guaranteed the latter’s integrity. It was officially announced at Constantinople on the 4th, that the ex-Sultan, Abdul Aziz, had committed suicide that morning by opening the veins of his arm with a pair of scissors. An official dispatch was received in Athens, on the sth, from Constantinople, which states that Abdul Aziz committed suicide on account of the seizure of his private funds. The Porte has officially notified the foreign ambassadors of Moursd's accession and demanded recognition. A Constantinople dispatch of the fith says tbs Grand Vizier, on behalf of the Porte, had issued a letter granting full amnesty to all insurgents who would offer their submission, and in order to give them time to do this, consenting to a six weeks’ armistice. A quarrel was reported between the new Sultan and the Khedive of Egypt, and the latter bad been ordered to Constantinople. A dispatch from Melbourne, Australia, by way of London, received on the 7th, announces that the Fenian prisoners held under surveillance in West Australia had escaped on board an American whaler. Tilhobams from various points in the Old World, received on the Bth, give assurance that there was no immediate possibility of war. The Great FOwers were represented as being in harmony with respect to the Eastern question. A Ragusa dispatch of the 7th announces the defeat of the Turks near Carkeviko, with a loss of ICO killed and 3,300 taken prisoners. A Stockholm dispatch of the 7th announces the death of Josephine, the Queen Dowager of Sweden. CONGRESSIONAL. In the Senate, on the 3d, the Senate bill providing for an agreement with the Sioux Nation in regard to a portion of their reservation, and for other purposes, was amended and passed —BO to 8. The Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill woa farther considered, and all the salary reductions mode by the House were non-concarred in, including the one fixing the President's salary at $15,000 a year from and alter March 4. 1877, the Senate voting—Bl to 11—In favor of the $50,000 salary ...The Indian Appropriation bill was taken up in the House, and several proposed amendment* were disposed of; a point of order was raised on that portion of the bill providing for the transfer of the Indian Bureau from the Interior to the War Department, on the ground that It changed existing, lavra and did not on its face retrench expenditures. A report was made from the Committee on Wave and Means in regard to the Alaska Fur-Seal Fishery lease, exonerating the officers of the Government and Compan'y from all the alleged frauds.

In the Senate, on the sth, a new Con* ference Committee was appointed oh the Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill,the former .com mittoe having reported a disagreement. All the committee amendments to the Legislative, Elective and Judicial Appropriation bill were disposed of, most of them being adopted, and other amendments were offered.... a resolution was offered in the Boose declaring T. W. Bennett, the sitting delegate from Idaho, dot entitled to the seat. Mr. Neal ofltred a bill to repeal the Resumption act of Jon. 14, 1875, and called the previous question on the bill. Mr. Blaine spoke on the subject of the investigation into the Union Pacific and Northern Pacific transactions in which his name had become in volved, and mode a lengthy statement and argument In his own behalf A petition of Gen. G. T. Beauregard, of Louisiana, for the removal of his political disabilities, was presented and referred in the Senate, on the 6th. A number of private bills were passed. In secret session, an order was agreed to that on the 6th of July the Senate, acting as a Court of Impeachment, will proceed to hear the evidence tn the Belknap c05e....1n the House, a proposition was agreed to—lls to 87—to change the rules so os to allow the Committee on Banking and Currency to report at any time—the object being to aliowsuch committee to report a bill for the repeal of the Resumption act. The point of order against the section of the Indian Appropriation bLI to transfer the Indian Bureau to the War Department was overruled by the Chair, and the bill was reported from the Committee of the Whole and passed.

Bills were passed in the Senate, on the 7th—House bill extending for one year the provisions of the act of Dec. SB, 1874. so as not to deprive homestead settlers, driven from their homes by the locust plane, of their rights; establishing Cheboygan, Mich., as a port of delivery; the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill, with amendments, among which was one providing that. In making the redaction of force, the heads of departments shall retain those persona who may be qualified and who have become disabled in the military naval service of the United States, and the widows of deceased soldiers; the Fortification Appropriation bill. A resolution proposing a common unit of money and accounts for the United States and Great Britain was passed....ln the House, bills were passed—repealing that section of the-revised statutes which confines the disposal of public lands in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and Florida to the provisions of the Homestead' law, such repeal not to impair the right of any homestead settler, and said lands to be offered et public sale as soon as practicable; providing* penalty for mailing obscene books, and prohibiting lottery circulars passing through the mails; authorising a railroad pontoon bridge over the Missouri Hirer at Nebraska City. Speaker Kerr asked and obtained lenve of abeenee for tec days, and appointed Mr. Cor to preside during his absence. The Geneva Award bill was considered. Would you believe it? The area of Texas Is 274,365 square miles, or 175,594,660 acres, and is one-fourth large? than France.