Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1876 — General News Summary. [ARTICLE]

General News Summary.

Susa roit Loot* was before the Whitley FVauA* Committee, on the 10th, and proBounced u false In every particular all Inalnnations made by ex-Bollcltor Wilson or othms that he bad been In any manner conneeded with the whisky frauds. He never had any connection, directly or indirectly, with a dletWery, or anyeonnoctlon with dlatUera or rectifiers, and no business with them whatever, ner hod be knowledge of any frauds, except as they were developed la the trials and published In the newapppera. t X>/_ James G. Rill, formerly Assistant-Archi-tect, has been appointed Supervising Architect of the Treasury. A DISPATCH was received in Washington on the ISth from Speaker Kerr, who was at Rock Bridge Alum Spring, in which he says he was ranch worse and hope was growing weaker. Bit Weeds in Washington were much alarmed at his condition, aud it was believed he would not long survive. On. Houses Poster was before the Whisky Brands Committee In Washington on the Nth, and testified In regard to exSolicitor Wilson's evidence, denying many of the latter’s assertions, including that relative to the explanation given by witness to WUeon concerning the “ Sylph” dispatchHe denied positively that be told Wilson “thegreatest favor he could dothjyPreaident was to shield Babcock.” He also stated that the President had intimated to Idm {witness) that nothing whatever had come to his knowledge Implicating Babcock directly or Indirectly, In the “ Black Friday” speculations. ▲ Washington special of the 16th says the new tour and a half per cent, loan for 1100,000,000 will be brought out in a short time. There was great competition for the control of It among foreign and domestic bankers. , As order waa Issued by the Secretary of War on the 16th to Gen. Sherman, directing him that, in pursuance of the preamble and resolution passed by the House of Representatives relative to the enforcement of the right of suffrage under the Fifteenth Amendment, he should hold all the available forces under his command not engaged In the Indian war on the frontier, “ In readiness to be used upon call or requisition of the proper legal authorities for protecting all citizens, without distinction of raee, color or political opinion, in the exercise of 1 the right to vote as guaranteed by the Fifteenth Amendment, and to assist in the enforcement of certain, condign, and effectual punishment upon all persons who shall attempt by force, fraud, terror, Intimidation or otherwise to prevent the free exercise of the right of suffrage as provided by the law of the United States, and have such force so distributed and stationed as to be able to render prompt assistance in the enforcement of law.”

THE EAST. Ben. F. Butler is a candidate for Congress la the Seventh Massachusetts District The total admissions at the Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia, from May 10 to Aug. 9—a period of three months—were 2,860,000. The total cash receipts at the gates amounted to $965,800. There was also a large revenue from licenses and other sources, making an aggregate of more than a million dollars received into the treasury. A raw evenings ago, a ten-year old daughter of John Bailey, living near ProviIdence, R. 1., poured kerosene oil from a can upon a fire in the stove. An explosion followed, and the girt waa fytelly burned. The Centennial Commission, on the 11th, decided to admit all persons to the Exposition on the last two Saturdays of esch month, upon payment of a twenty five-cent note, Instead of a fifty-cent note as heretofore. The counsel of Rev. EL W. Beecher have .madetheir answer to Mr. Moulton’s com- ; plaint in his suit for malicious prosecution, denying most of the allegations contained in the complaint, and asserting that Mr. Beecher did not request the District Attorney to enter a not prat, in the indictment .Against Mr. Moulton. The case will be tried in the falL

Kehoe, chief officer of the Molly Maguire Order in Schuylkill County, Pa., and Canning, chief officer in Northumberland Oounty, and six other prominent members of the organization, have been recently found guilty of assault and battery with intent to kill one William Thomas. Gold closed In New York on the 16th at Illjf. The following were the closing quotations for prod nee: No. 9 Chicago Bpring Wheat, 9ie®9sc.; No. 9 Milwaukee, 86 -®SI.OT; Oats, Western Mixed, 31®85c; Corn, Western Mixed, 54@57c; Pork, Mess, $18.40; Lard, 10I*c; Flour, good Ao choice, $4.60®5.15; White Wheat Extra, [email protected]. Cattle, B}4®loc for good to -extra. Sheep, 496 c. * Ax East Liberty, Pa., on the 16th, cattle ’brought; Best, [email protected]; medium, $4.50® •4.35; common, 44.00&4.30. Hogs sold—loiters, $6.90®6.50; Philadelphias, $6.80® 6.75. Sheep brought $L25®5.50, according to quality. WEST AND SOUTH.

G«v. Porte*, of Tennessee, has been nominated for re-election by the Democrats of that State. The regular State Convention of the Republicans of Arkansas adjourned on the 10th, after a two days’ session. A futl State ticket, headed by Joseph JSsooks for Governor, and Presidential Electors were nominated. Returns from the Alabama State election, received at Montgomery on the lltb, give Houston (Dem.) for governor a majority in fifty-four comities of 88,871. Eleven connties to be heard from gave a Democratic majority In 1874 of 3,002. The Senate •lands 27 Democrats, 1 Independent and 4 Republican* The House lias 33 Democrats, 2 Jndependentand 15 Republican* ' _ The parties accused of complicity ia the Hamburg (8. C.j disturbance were before atMfaa, on the 10th, and A special telegram vu received at Helena, M. T., on tfee 11th from Boaeman, to the effect that a Sioux squaw, who had come into Crow Camp, brought news of a tmible battle, in which Gen. Crook bad almost an-

Blhltyted the Stetfr, knY had fte remainder lb sffiNt a posljton as to compel their surrender. This amil waa brought by parties from phe mm Agency, and It mtprt be greatly U nos entirely flUsc. A BismaßCE telegram of tbe 15th says the rumor of the recent fight between Terry aud Sitting Bull had been confirmed by Indian runners from Fort Peck. Terry’s lorn waa reported to have been 800, and Sitting BuH’a TOO. The War Department at Washington had also received similar Intelligence, and to giro mane. credence to the rumor than when the Indian squaw first reported it Bob several days preceding the 15th a strike had barn in existence Alofig the line of the Ohio A Mississippi Railroad In the States of Indiana and Illinois, induced by the failure of the company to pay brnkemen and engineer* the wages already carped and by the report that a still further redaction was to be made. *• At Vincennes and Seymour, in Indiana, sad at Floras, 111., trains were takuu possession of, and no trains except mall-trains were allowed to pass oven the road. At the latter place the Sheriff of Clay County had sue ceeded in arresting the leaders and breaking up the combination, but at Seymour and Vincennes the civil officer* were powerless, and a call was made upon Qov. Hendricks for tToous. That official issued his proclamation warning the malcontents to disperse, and directing troops to be sent to carry his proclamation intq force. On tbe evening of the 15th, several companies bad already started for the scene of tbe trouble, and three companies more were under arms at the State House in Indianapolis awaiting orders to move. It was believed that the strikers would disband cm the appearance of the troops. A Cincinnati dispatch of the 16th states that the boakemen’s strike on the Ohio A Mississippi Railroad was over, and that trains would be running as usual as soon as the engines could be put in readiness. All the strikers had been paid in full and discharged.

Gustavls A. Vinkblnbcro, the Republican nominee for Governor of Missouri, has positively declined the candidacy, and a call was issued on the 16th for a meeting of the State Central Committee, to be held on the 94th, to fill the vacancy thus created in the ticket. The Democratic State Convention of Bouth Carolina has nominated Gen. Wade Hampton for Governor. Ex-Gov. Brooks has withdrawn from the Republican SUte ticket*of Arkansas, find A. W. Bishop, the candidate for Governor on the Opposition Republican ticket, has accepted the same position on. the regular ticket, the opposition ticket being withdrawn from tbe field. In Chicago, on the Idih, Spring wheat, No. 3, closed at S63>4<gß7c. cash. Cash corn closed at 44%c for No. 3. Cash oats Na. 2 sold at 29K®30c; September options were sold at 30c. Rye No. 2, 51@52c. Cash i mean pork closed at $17.40 @17.45. Lard, [email protected]. Good to choice beeves brought [email protected]; medium grades, [email protected]; butchers’ stock, $2.80@ 2.80; stock cattlo, etc., #A40®3.15. Hogs brought [email protected] for good to choice. Sheep sold at [email protected] for good to boice* ' r

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. News was received from Vienna on the 11th to thd effect that the massacre of Christians in Bosnia still continued. The Porte had beqn notified, I>y EnglancV that the excesses which had' went pdiptfrafed in Bul- . garia would not be allowed in Servia. Austria and Russia had decided that the Turta should not be permitted to occupy Belgrade, and would prevent by force, if neeeeeSry, the deposition of Prince Milan. Disraeli, the British Premier, has been elected tp the peerage, with the title of Earl of Beacontleld. The Co-operative Credit Bank, of London, Eng., waa started in 1874, and proved a failure, and its proprietor and manager—Richard Barres Oakley—was adjudged a bankrupt in January last and committed for trial on a charge of fraud. He has Just been convicted and eentenced to five years’ penal servitude. The heat in Spain is reported to have been intense, erceeding any recollection since 1800. Forty field hands died near Seville on the 12th, and the vines in Andalusia were scorching and failing. PanamENT MacMahon, on the 12tli, directed the liberation of 161 Communist prisoners. A dory named the Centennial, which left Gloucester, Mass., several weeks ago, arrived on the coast of Wales on the 13th, having successfully crossed the ocean under the guidance of Mr. Johnson, its sole occupant. Bhe waa capsized once during the voyage. Prince Milan arrived at Belgrade on the 13th. The Servians were reported to be greatly dispirited because at the recent Turkish successes. A nsw circular has been issued by the British Admiralty In relation to fugitive slaves, in which commanders are instructed to entertain no demand fpr the return of fugitives on the ground of alaverrVrnxa telegrams of the 14th say that the crown jewels of Servia had been pawned in that city for a loan of 63,000 florins. A Shanghai (China) telegram Of the 14th announces an attack by the populace upon a French mission chapel at Ning Kooe, daring the celebration of the maas, at which the priest and many of the congregation were killed.

Tex British Parliameqt was prorogued by the Queen on the 15th- She made the customary speech from the throne —by proxy. A severe riot occurred in Belfast, Ire. land, on the 15th, between the Lady-day procession and a crowd of spectators. The disturbance had not ended at last accounts. Several had been severely wounded. According to Belgrade dispatches of the 15th the Turks had occupied the pass of Banja, the Servians retiring without firing a shot. It was reported that England had bCsred to mediate between ServTa Ind Turkey. ■t.up a Zara telegram of the 15th reports that an engagement had been fought on the day, preceding, near Kuci, between the Montenegrins and Turks, in which the former were altogether successful, the Turkish loss was very great Acoormjw to Belgrade telegrams of the th»n declaring that Seryia gad Montenegro would fight together to the last. In the battle near End, the Turks lost over 8,000 On the 16th, a financial panic prevailed throughout Portugal. Several banka at

Oporto a*d elsewhere had been forced %> ■ttSjMMa lF The Livings tone statge, erected In honor Ibf tlrt great African explorer, waa unveiled at RfiTnbrfigb, Scotland, on the l«th. » J

OON6RKUIONAL. In the Senate, on the 10th, the Conference eppoft antes River and Jiajtbor Appropiiu ttoa Mil WM agreed to. the blUsaatfreed apse appropriating $6-000,000. Tbe Room bill to provide copies Of the President's Hamburg message wss taken op; am roomiest deba'e wt>med,te*articipon d In hr Meaere. Sherman, McDonald. Bogy and StovensoS .. In the House, a preamble and resolution were ottered by Mr. Lord, reciting that tbe right of suffrage la tbe several Stales I* subject to the Fifteenth Amendment of the Constitution, and that the exercise of such riaht should be faithfully maintained and observed by too United States; that It Is asserted that the exercise of said right Is. in some States notwithstanding the efforts of good citizens, restated and controlled by fraud, tatlmidatlon and violence; that all citizens, without distinction of race or color, are entitled to the rights conferred by said amendment; declaring that all attempts by force, frsud, terror, latlmhfation or otherwis -, to prevent a free exerclne of the right of enftoge. should meet with certetn punishment, and that In any case la which violence or murder has been, or may be. committed by one class or race on another, the punishment of tbe criminal or criminals is imperatively demanded. The resolution was adopted—l9o to 8— and the preamb e was then agreed t 0—134 to 34. Majority and minority reports were made from the Committee on Kxpennltares In the Navy Department, and retell’ uona offered by the majority, declaring that by reason of tbe negligence of Secretary Robeson, and his order to pay the ttrm of Tilton. Wheelwright & Co. the rum of $33,013, the Government was defrauded of that amount, and declaring that Isaiah Harcom, Chief of the Bureau of Construction aud Repairs in the Navy Department, is unworthy and Incompetent and should be removed, were adopted. The minority report was to the effect that there was no evidence of collusion between officers of the Government and the firm of Tilton, Wheelwright A Co , to defraud the Government in tbe Anal adjustment of their claim. The Conference report on the River and Harbor Appropriation bill was agreed to. A bill was passed to continue the temporary arrangement for the expenditures of the Government till the 14th. In the Senate, on the 11th, the proposed Constitutional amendment forbidding the appro-

priation of any school fqnds to schools of any religions sects, etc., was amended and ordered to a third reading. The Poet Route bill was amended and passed— 37 to 18— among the amendments agreed to being one appropriating $336,001) for the restoration of the fast mail trams and one to restore the franking privilege to a limited extant; the vote on the latter amendment was yeas SO, nays 16. A message was received from the President inclosing a telegram from Gen. Sheridan and a letter from Gen. Sherman in regard to tbe Indian troubles and the probable necessity of increasing the force operating against the Indians. The amendments of the House to the bill to punish the counterfeiting of trade-mark goods, and to prohibit dealing In such gauds were agreed to. ana the bill wss passed. The report of the Conference Committee on the Indian Appropriation bill was non-concurred in, and the old Senate conferrees were reappointed In the House, the Senate bill continuing in force the statute which authorizes the employment of 1.0(10 Indian scouts was passed. The Conference reports on the Pacific Mall steamship and on the Indian Appropriation bills were agreed to. Tho Conference report on the bill to punish the counterfeiting of trade-mark goods was non-concurred in. A resolution lor final adjournment on the 14th was agreed to. The President’s message relative to Indian affairs and accompanying papers were received and referred. •

The joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution prohibiting appropriations for sectarian schools was read a third time in the Senate, on the 13th. A Conference Committee wss appointed on the hill to defray the expenses of the District of Columbia until Dec. 1.1876- Bills were passed—House bill to provide for the sale of certain Cherokee scrip lands in Kansas; to prints report of the proceedings of the Belknap Impeachment trial; appropriating SBOO,OOO to pay judgments of the Coart of Claims. Conference reports on the Legislative, Executive and Jodicial, and on the Consnlar and Diplomatic Appropriation bills were made and agreed to. Tbs hill to cany into effect the Hawaiian treaty was debated....ln the House, Conference* reports on the Consnlar and Diplomatic and tha Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation bills, and on the hill to regulate tee distribution of artificial limbs to soldiers and sailors, were agreed to. Another conference was ordered on the Indian Appropriation bill. The Senate bill postponing the publication of the Army Register was passed. The political discussion was resumed, and Mr. Lynch made a speech in reply to Mr. Lamar. In the Senate, on the 14th, a resolution Was passed for the appointment of a joint committee, to consist of three mem here of each house, to prepare a suitable government for the District of Colombia. The House bill for the sale of saline lands was amended and passed, as was also the Honse HU to authorize the President to accept the services of volunteers to aid in the Indian war. After a lengthy debate the bill to carry into effect the Hawaiian treaty was passed—3D to 13. The Conference report on the bill to regulate tbe issue of artificial limbs to disabled Union soldiers and sailors was agreed to. Tbe House joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution prohibiting the appropriation of money for the support of sectarian schools was, after a long debate, rejected by a strict party vote- -39 yeas to 16 nays—less than two-thirds in the affirmative. Mr. Spencer offered a reeolutimi providing for the appointment of a committee of five to inquire into alleged frauds aqthe late election ia Alabama In the House, Henry Watterson, of Kentucky, was sworn in as the successor of the late Mr. Parsons. The Conference report on the Indian Appropriation bill was agreed to. A message was received from the President in regard to the River and Harbor bill, in which he staled that If it had been compulsory to expend the monev therein appropriated he would have vetoed it .but as it was not be would take care that no public money should be expended upon useless works, or upon any that were not clearly National. This message created consideiable sensation, and' was severely criticized and condemned by Messrs. Reagan. Hereford and Randall, and defended by Messrs. Conger and Kasson. and was finally referred to the Committee on Commerce. Remarks on the several appropriations were made by Messrs. Randall and Foster. An evening session was held, at which the bill authorising the President to ac ept the services of 5,000 volunteer cavalry for six months, and appropriating $1,000,000 therefor, was passed—lßl to 41. Considerable political discussion was indalged in, and personal altercations between members occurred, Mr. Cox giving the lie direct to Mr. Kasson with regard to the record of Mr. Tilden. The House was still in session at two a. m. on the 16th.

In the Senate, on the 15th, a large number of House bills granting pensions to various persons were passed, as were also the following: To provide for the expenses of the District of Columbia until Dec. 1, 18T6; to authorize the con enaction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Sioux City, Iowa; relieving the State of Kansas from charges on accoant of ordnance stores furnished to Kansas Terrhory; for the relief of Mrs. Janies K. Polk, widow of ex-President Polk. A Conference Committee was appointed on the bill to authorise the President to accept tire services of volunteers to aid in suppressing Indian hostilities, who subsequently made a report which was agreed to. The amendment of tne House to the Dill to encourage telegraphic communication between America and Asia wa% agreed to, and the Mil was passed. A message was received from the President vetoing the bin to provide for the sale of a portion of the reservation of the confederated Otoe and Missouri bands of Indians and the Sac and Pox Indians in Kansas and Nebraska, and subsequently a second message was received requesting that the bill be returned to him for his signature, as he had, aft r farther examination, become convinced tnat the veto message was premature. It was argued that the President canid not recall a bill after vetoing it. and the bill was passed, by a unanimous vote, over the veto. Messrs. Jones, Bouiwell and bogy were announced as the commissioners on the part of the Senate to inquire into the change which has taken place in the relative value of gold and silver, the causes thereof, etc. 7he House joint resolution for final adjournment was amended so as to fix the hoar for sack adjournment at 7-AO, and passed. The President was formally notified that Congress was ready to adjourn, ana replied that he had no further communications to make. A resolution of thanks to President proUih Perry, for the dignity, justice and impartiality w th which he had presided, was passed, and at 7.80 President Ferry, after a few appropriate remarks, declared the first regular session the Forty-Fourth Congress adjourned*™* <fis....H»e all-night session of the House continued until six o'c ock on the morning of the 15th, bnt no further business was transacted. An opportunity was afforded Messrs. Cox and Kasson to make due apology to the Uonse and each other for the exhibition of any angry passion or the violation of ahy parliamentary decorum of Which either might have been entity. A message was received from the Proa dent announce g that he had signed the Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill, bnt stating that constimtionally the House had no right to ard*sr the withdrawal of Consul# or Ministers, which message was, after debate, referred to the Committee on Ap-

propiUtiona. The Senate MU to emaouraffi and promote telegraphic co dm* aai cat ion between America and Aria w.a amended and towed. A resolution exonerating Proctor Knott Chairman «l the Judiciary Committee in regard to hi* refethru- With the Joslah Caldwell telegram, WM passed—Bl to S 3. The Conference report on the bill to Increase tbe cavalry force for .service In the Sioux war was made and agreed to, the House receding from 1U proposition to authorize tbe raising of :,.U0 1 volunteer cavalry and accepting the proposition to lncreaae the regular cavalry force operntlug against the Indians to *,»*• men. Mr. Banka alluded to the critical condition of Speaker Kerr, asd stated ***** be had been handed a telegram from the absent Speaker, to the effect that there waa little hope of hia recovery. Mr. Banks then Off red a resolution expressive of heartfelt sympathy and of hope for the recovery of the Speaker, which resolution we* unanimously ad oped. Tbe bill providing for the sale of a portion of the reservation of the confederated Otoe and Missouri and the Jiac and Fox Indians In Kausaa and Nebraska was passed over the President’s veto. Messrs. Piper, Beebe and Wilson (Iowa) were announced as members of tbe Joint Committee on Chinese Immigration. Tbe resolution for adjournment at 7:30 was agreed to, and at that hoar th« Speaker pro tern ., after the customary thauks, declared Congress adjourned sine dit