Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1876 — General News Summary. [ARTICLE]

General News Summary.

FMI WJLMMfiTtH. Bt a aecttMTtr the Pottofltee Appropria tion bill relating to third-cl*** matter, all trade** paper*, magazine*, book* and all printed matter, with the exception of clrcujlf. -rrM. ■!» ■*atate'ti»l- M *i rate of one cent tor every two ounce*, while ■Mrehandtee and aitoealbttmrculoß will remain at the former rate. Hon. lAt M. or Yalnd, entered upon hi* duties an Secretary of the Treasury Ke 7th. Congressman Edward Y. Parsons, of Kentucky, died snddsaly in Washington on the Bth. of • brain affection. J. D. Cameron, Secretary of War, addressed a letter to the President on the Bth, giving a history of Indian affairs, relating to the Sioux or Dakota Nation, detailing the arrangements made by the Government ■with such Indians In 1887. The terms of the treaty, the Secretary says, have been liberally complied with on the part of ths United States, and have been complied with by the great mass of the TWdUna, some of whom, however, have never recognised the binding force of the treaty, but hare treated it with contempt, and have continued to roam at pleasure, attacklng scattered settlements in Nebraska, Wyoming,MoittaMMtedDakota, stealingstock and murderingpcaceful inhabitants. In February last the Secretary of the In teri or notified the Secretary of War that the time previously given Sitting Bull and his men to return to an agency had expired, and that he and hi* forces stin refused to comply with the directions of the Indian Commissioners and that therefore the Indians were turned over to the War Department to be dealt with by th* army. Sec’y Cameron aaya the discovery of gold on the Western border of the Sioux reservation, and the Intrusion of our people thereon, have not caused this war. The young warriors love war, and frequently escapfe their agencies to go on the hunt or war-path, their ealyides of the object of life. Tri President, on the Sth, nominated Lieut. Fred Grant for promotion to a First Lieutenancy in the Fourth Cavalry. Box. Z. Chandler has been elected Chairman, and R. b. McCormick Secretary, of the Republican National Committee. A Washington dispatch of the 11th says President Grant had stated to P. M. Gen. Jewell that his resignation would be accepted, and the latter had thereupon tendered the aame to the President. The Associated Preeg says the moat intimate friends of Mr. Jewell were unable to account for this action of the President, except on the grounds of poßUcal lconsiderations. The PresideuXon the same day appointed BecondAasia’t P.M. Gen. James N. Tyner,of to seeoedd Mr. Sewell. Mr. Pratt, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, also resigned his position on the 11th, to takeqffect on the Ist of August 1 This action said to have grownodtOd hia opposition to the dismiss sal of Bpo<sal-Bfyenue--4gent Clajrke and other revenue pfflcials. At a meeting ot Gen. Custer’s*' old comrades in Washington, oh the evening of the 10th, resolutions of respect were adopted and steps taken for the organisation of a Custer Association. President Grant, on the 11th, received a letter of congratulation from the King of Italy, on the occasion of the Centennial celebration. Thb heat in Washington on the 10th and 11th waa excessive, and for the first time in the history of the Capital, building opera lions were suspended because of the heat, fece the Bth there had been twelve deaths from sunstroke, spd numerous ctfier person! were in a dangerous condition. The thermometer registered 103° in the shade. THEBA9T. Tu Massachusetts Prohibitionists met in State Convention at Boston on the Bth and nominated a State ticket, headed by John L Barker for Governor and. Dr. D. C. Eddy for Lieutenant-Governor. Resolutions were adopted declaring the license system a continuous and confessed failure, and advocating the giving bf The ballot te women, to be used for their uwn protection against the wrongs of the liquor, traffic. i >.« x Tub Governor of Maine, on the 7th, tendered to Mr. Blaine the appointment of United States Senator, to Bjl the vacancy caused by Mr,' Morrill’s resignation. On the afternoon of the Bth La Signorina Spelterina, a young Italian woman, successfully accomplished the fCat'of walking a rope spanning Niagara RtwG tnei the rapids below the Falls. At Newbw<, N. Y., on the night of the Sth, ...Eli** Atutoto, aged forty-niue years, to care rheumatism, wrapped herself in gagnenta saturated with kreosene, which took fire, and she was buhied. t* ‘ Tn petition of James Bagley arid' others tenet asidethe will bfA. T. Stewart has been Msmiesed by Surrogate Colvin. This dismissal ot the petition doe* not prevent proceeding* fobreak the will in other courts, and counsel for the claimant* say theywiOU press the matter. ; 4 A band of 800 Mormons, .who recently arrived from Europe, started from New Yofk on the 11th for Utah Borne of the men have a* many as eight Wives. Twx committee appointed by the St. Louis Convention to inform Gov. Tilden of his nomination for the fifeteiMmey by the Democratic party waited on Governor at his residence in New Ytakoatte evening of the 11th, and formally notifiad him of such Governor accepung tne pomination, in nmntey IhriU at any previous day f*f iMrty-fiv* years, «cept JulyS, 1872, when sixtyoight were reported. A number of fatal eases are reported from other Eastern. and Bouthero cities. In Philadelphia the thermometer indicated 102° In the shade, and the number of deaths from sunstroke fifteen. DueiN* the two month* ending on the evening at the 10th, 2,078,108 persons has visited the Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia. and the total cash receipt* were 1664,530.

Don Pbdbo, the Emperor of Brasil, and Ns party sailed from New York on the 12th tor Europe, in the steamship Russia. Thb famous building in New York city AnowuuOntlcoarde*ba* beendeairtaed I by Bte. jffad been inßae for a numAof fear* amfo immigrant Spot. —— Wi i J I A Fgfa.ADßL.rHia spMal telegram t®he | BChlcfei Journal, sayajKton the ExpoSßionJ grounds, on the Uth, seventy-one persons were overcome by the intense heat and had to be carried to the hospital in tbk Eafidsdowne valley. Several similar cases occurred OH the 12th, and the thermo me ter stood at 104 degrees In the shade. «tt» mretr in NW YBHt'«fl'fflmnrz«‘ HIX- Th* following were the closlng qnotations for produce: No. 2 Chicago Spring Wheat, fl. 0501.07; No. 2 Milwaukee; 11. Oft 01.10; Oats, Western Mixed, 80038 c; Corn, Western Mixed, 52057 c; Pork, Mess, *20.00; Lard, UXc; Flour, good to choice, *4-8005.25; White Wheat Extra, *5.3007.75. CatUe, for good to extra. Sheep (shorn), 408 c. At East Liberty, Pa., on the 12th, cattle brought: Beet, *5.0005.25; medium, *4.500 *4-75; common, *4.0004.50. Hogs sold— Yorkers, *6:7506.80; Pbiladelphiae, *6.200 7.00. Sheep (shorn) brought *3.2505.00, according to quality. WENT AND SOUTH. A Lbavbnwobth dispatch of the 7th says Gen. Pope had Issued an order directing Gen. Miles, with six companies of the Fifth Infantry to report at once at the scene of the Sioux "war. The feeling over the massacre of Gen. Custer and Ns man was intense throughout the border Bt*tes and the Territories, and volunteers in large numbers have been offered the Government to avenge the slaughter. Jacob Rehm, one of the leading members of the Chicago whisky ring, and who was accepted by the Government counsel as a witness against his and therefore claimed and was granted immunity from the severest penalty of the* law, war, on the 7th, sentenced to six months’ imprisonment in the County Jail and to pay a fine of *IO,OOO.

Gov. Hates, !n a letter dated July 8, has formally accepted the Republican nomination for President of the United States. A train ob the Missouri Pacific Railroad was boarded by a gang of robbers near Otterville, in Western Missouri, op the night of thp7th, and the express safes were robbed of about *16,000—*12,000 from the United States and *4,000 from the Adams Express Companies. All the robbers wore masks while on the train. Pursuit Was at once instituted after the brigands had taken their departure. > It is estimated that about fifty lives were lost and about *1,000,000 worth of property was destroyed by the recent storms In lowa, Gen. Sheridan sent a dispatch to Gen. Sherman, on the Bth, In which he expressed the opinion that there was no occasion to call for volunteer cavalry for the campaign against Sitting Bull. With the six companies of the TXdnty-Becond Infantry, Gen. Sheridan says. Terry’s forces will number about 2,000 men, and Crook, when joined by Merritt, will hive about the same force, which it is left to be implied will be sufficient for the movement against the Sioux. Gen. Terry’s official report ot the Little Big Horn fight confirms the previous reports of the disaster, and estimates the fighting force of the Indians at 2,500. A later dispatch from Terry, received on too Bth, indicates that the Indians had retreated, dividinginto two parties, one of which was going toward the Big Horn Mountains and the other eastward. It was reported in MRwAukee, on. the 10th, that the propeller St. Clair was burned on Lake Superior the night before, and that twenty-six lives were lost Sentences were pronounced on the 10th against the Milwaukee whisky conspirators, the penalties inflicted ranging from one day to six months’ imprisonment and from 3200 to *I,OOO in fines. The Chicago papers of the Bth announce an unusually brilliant meteor as having passed over the city on the evening previous, which lighted up the ground ten or twelve times more than it is illuminated by the fun moon, and leaving a very bright track, whieb was visible for fully four minutes. The same meteor was observed from Several other localities. A rumor that Gen. Crook and his command had been destroyed by the Indians was put in circulation on the 10th. An Omaha telegram of the 11th says that ( up to noon of that day no ’conftHnatlon bf this report had been received. Officers at headquarters there said suqh a calamity- was possible, though not probable. If beaten .at all, it must hafi -’been by Overwhelming nuttbers. Gen. Crook’s Roeebud fight w as,' in the light of recent event*, considered a .victory, ...„1 A Sioux City (Iowa) dispatch of the 11th says a man who had arrived at Fort Sully on that day reported that certain claims at Deadwood were paying *I,OOO per day. As high as *2,700 in one day had beep 7 taken out of some of them. Rich discoveries were continually being made. A RECENT Fort Sully speeial says the Indians who were into* fight with Cbster's troops assert that hi* remains were shockingly mutilated, his heart torn out," placed on the end of a pole and a war-dance hqid around it. and that the Chief RaiuJn-the-Face still possession of it Bishop Cheney has been elected Presiding Bishop of the Reformed Episcopal Church, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Bishop Cummings. At a special election held on the 12th Monty* Heath (Rep.) wa* elected Mayor of Chicago by a majority of about B,oooover two opposing candidates. In Chicago, on the 12th, Spring wheat, No. 2, dosed at 26K098c. cash. Cash corn closed at 46Xc for No. 2. Cash pat* No. 2 sold options were sold ch«xk»>eeves brought »4A0®5.00; medium grades, *4.2504.50; butchers’ stock, *3.000 3.75; stock cattle, etc., *3.0003.75.' Hogs brought *8.3006.85 for good to choice Sheep (shorn) sold at *3.5004 00 for good to choice. ■ ■ _ DOKUGN INTEUJGKIVCtt. Gbn. Santa Anna, ex-President of died at his residence in the City of Mexico, on the 20th nit, aged eighty-four years. '?*s In Switzerland, on the 7th, two passenger railway teains collided between Berne and Lausaunne. Both engines and a number of coache* were demolished, and ten persons were killed.

Dispatches received in N«w York on the I Bth sav it wa* reported by the United States ' Consul at Sun Domingo that an Insult was recently offered the United States flag at I dhuhmoit, Be troop*«f the Ilaytiengfiovfrn■he proto'-*^’ ll of Hair, from thMteatner f Sem|jn fronljir fern [of Austria) on the 9th announces the defeat !of the Servians under Gen. Ollmpics. A Vicuna dispatch of tire same date state* that the Servian* had been defeated in every engagement so far. Bjitena several thou- i -sand -Servian* arc reported to have been , FYWltoij The MlqUter of War J had taken personal command ot the army I intko field. A Belgrade dispatch totkeLonof the 9tb says the Servians had fought ten engagements during the preceding eigtil days, and had lost 5,000 men. I Fifty-two houses in the village of Elgg, Switzerland, were Im med on the 9th. Several persons are reported to have perished in the fiaihes. A German squadron left Salonica on the 10th with *ealed.orden to be opened at sea. A CfOqstantipople dispatch of thb 10th reports that a great battle had been fought at Pirot on that day. The Turkish army had been withdrawn from Saikchar, having failed to force the position and their flanks being threatened. • Advices were at Ragusa from Turkish sources, on the 11th, stating that a severe )>a)tki had bee* fought at Podgoritza the Turkish regulars and 5,000 Montenegfflis, In which the latter sustained a crush|ng defeat, losing 400 killed and 400 wounded. A Turkish gunboat had shelled the town- of Novbselo, which had been previously captured by the Servians. The Khedive of Egypt had sent 8,600 men to Constantinople and would Increase the contingent to 10,000,' ■' A Paris dispatch of the same date announces the capture of Ssilschar, and states that the Servians were hemmed in between two Turkish armies, with a prospect of ultimate capture. According to Sclavonic advices of the 12th, a force of 5,000 Turks had suffered defeat on the preceding day in an attack on th* villages of Kergueze and Techza, and been compelled to embark on steamers on the of Scutari! The Turkish loss was 400 and that of the Montonegrins 100. Sixty Serfiahfe belonging to one regiment had been shotfor’eowardice at Nlsch. A Constantinople dispatch of (Ito 12th says 'Hiykey had defaulted again in the payment WtM July iiitereston her public debt. A London dispatch of the 10th announces the failurq pt n Edward Cooke, a stockbroker, with liabilities of *680,000 and assets amounting to *42,000. According to an Edinburgh (Scotland) dispatch of the 12th, Disraeli, the British Prime Minister, had taken the direction of foreign affairs, to a large extent, into his own hands. CONGRESSIONAL. A resolution was adopted in the Senate. on the 6th. providing for a committee of three Senators to investigate the character, extent and efibet of the Chinese immigration to this country, with power to visit the Pacific coast for that purpose. such committee to report at the next session of Congress. The Impeachment trial was then resumed, and Manager Lynde opened the ease on the part of the prosecution. Eight witnesses answered to their names when the list wiis called. An objection was offered to any evidence on the gtbnnd that there could bt> no legal conviction, one-third of the Senate having already deterifiined that the defendant was not. when im peached, a civil officer of the Government, which objection was overruled by a unanftnous vote. Foabor five witnesses were then examined....ln the lipuse, the Geneva Award bill was passed—loß to *.H. A'new Conference Committed was appointed on the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill, the former committee having been unable to agree. Conference Committees were also appointed »n the Sundry Civil Appropriation and the Silver bHls. The Senate joint resolution : for the completiolAof the Washington Monument was passed uuanjtpously. Bills were passed in the Senate, on the 7th to provide for the”' sale of the Fort Kearney military reservation in Nebraska; to remove the political disabilities of Gen. P. O. T. Beauregard, ot New Orleans. A resolution was adopted requesting the Pr sident to inform the Senate whether the Sioux Indians made any hostile demonstrations prior to the invasion of the treaty reservation by gold hunters, andf*Fwhat purpose the present military operations are being conducted -whether for protecting the InOMns in their treaty right, or for punishing them for resisting the violation of the treaty between them and the Government. The Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill was ffisenssed, tad a new Conference Committee was appointed. A Conference Committee was appointed on the Sundry k Civil Appropriation bill. The Impeachment trial ‘was proceeded with..‘..Bids"were passed ia the Rouse—relieving the State of Kansas from charges on accfmnt dr Ordnance stores furnished to the Territory of Kansas; Senate bill providing that the rank of Paymaster-General shall be that of Brigadier-General i providing for the repeal of all lbws anthorffttng thb appointment of civil engineers in the navy; torequire the Pacific Railroad Conrpanies to Create * linking fond to reimburse the united States. A Conference Committee was appMrted on" the SandTy Civil Appropriation bill. W the Senate oa the Bth, the bills contiuuing for ten days the act recently passed to prortde temporarily for the expenditures of the Govfor the same time the act authorizing the Congressional printer to continue foe* publie printing, were passed. A bin ,r <ro2 cotrtpreuon O' tne wMmugion Monument. IMO Impeachment trial waaresumed, and further testimony taken... .In the House, several private bills sm&. * North Platte River and east of the summit of the Big Horn Mountain, In Wyoming Territory, open unexpected death. o f his colleague. Mr. Parsons, ahd a committee was ordered and appointed to sn- ' ftaeral and rttend the remains to In the Senate, on the 10th, the House bill to continue for ten days longer (he tat to provide temporarily for the expenditures of the Governmentfes jMssed. The Impeachment trial &KS7B»«’fc’®SFd3eS*K ten days longer tbeOOt defraying temporarily the ordinary ano necessary expenses of "the Government, and also continuing for the same length of time the bill allowing public printing to be carried on. A reeolntion was adopted calling on the Secretary of War for information in regard to the origin anti object of the military expedited against the Indians, and for copies of the official ordew relating thereto. Announcement was made of Mr. Blaine’s resignation as a member pf the ObMimittflfe w— appointed on the Conenlar and Dinlomatic bill. Adjpurned to the jpnendmente to the bill to amend Jibe Bankrupt act were disagreed to tn the ‘ Senate|bß>tte 11th. and a Conference Committee waa appointed. In the Belknap Impeachment trial tire witnesses examined were Messrs. Caleb P Marsh, H. 8- Brinkerhoff, Gen. W. B. Hazen, and Heister Clymer. ...House not in session. Thk credentials of James G. Blaine, appointed as Senator to succeed Lot M. Morrill o Maine, resigned, were presented In the Senate, on the 12th. The prosecution closed its evidence in the Impeachment trial, and several witnesses were sworn for the defease.... In the Honso, a resolution was adopted on the Louisiana contested election case, declaring Darrell, the sitting member,’ entitled to tbe seat. Bills were passed—providing for the sale of the Fort Kearney military reservation in Nebraska; Senate bill providing for the sale of a portion of the reservations of the confederated Oteo and Missouri Indians of Kansas and Nebraska: relating to the promotion of Commodores on the retired list in the navy. A resolution waa adopted declaring Mr. Schenck’s connection

with the Emma mine tranvactlons. while United States Minister to England, a* 111-advised, nnfortuuate and inconipatirhj with the dtttiee of his poeitiun. f