Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 January 1877 — General News Summary. [ARTICLE]

General News Summary.

i rTta. JIJSSTMDiUter to tfcetieeldent l letter addreaaed to him quMMExeetency tee Preeldent of tee United Orb!!* ato tent tee greet toeeUten In fcooer of tee oe* hendredte year of Your KxoeTleccy* Nell one] Government hes InenepnmnafnL I write to ooegretoleto voa dbd the Wop « over whom yon preside. Flora my •ebjecte to toe felted State* I have heard nothin l: but «M| at fciwdneee In regard to tlie manner to wMcntMy knee.tmem nee tod, end aa l heUeve recent latercenree between our ronntrlee will been -a tenOency tootrengthea the friendship el ready exiting, f would here express sincere hope tent tee twining cm lory will not only wlttena con tinned nnegroee and prosperity of your nation to air MMn ot industry. bat dao wove an era of peace Thte will he handed to TOO In peraon by my MUetate.-. ■Mrtdtng'naar year Government, who baa been directed to emphaalte my very friendly gear Anonum te/sterloiu robbery bn* occurred la the National Treaaury Department. A package containing nearly $12,000, diroelod to a Ohleaffo National Bank, la ex itoiyi for matiiatod currency, era* abatraeted and| another package eubaUtutod therefor, which waa found, on it* reaching

Chicago, to cobtain brown tissue paper <ut la thefora of greenbacks and bank note*. A Wabhijtotom dispatch aaya President Grant, in the course of conversation with a representative of the Associated Preee, on the 24th, said, In re pijr to a question that he had no peraonal knowledge of a Democratic armed conspiracy Sonth or West He had inform* tton of organised rile companies outside of State militia, but be waa not apprehensive of armed collisions in connection with the Presidency, no matter what might be the fears of other*. It seemed to him that the people desired only a fair couiSt'ef the Ktoctiaril note tn the Southern contested States, in order to be satisfied of the result. The reports of the several committee* now there would abed light on the true condition ot {affairs, and bare a tendency to solve the existing difficulties. It was certainly desirable to establish the actual tact of the electton at either Hayes or Tilden, for neither oould feel satisfied If any doubt remained of his election, because, in snch a case, Ale position as President would not command tee requisite general support The President remarked that no one could auppofe that be had any connection with or relation to the declaration as to who was elected. That Wha not a matter for him to determine. He wee anxious for the coming of Ola 4th of Mareh, when he would gladly give way to hla successor and be free from official care, and before re-establishing himseif at hia old home, in Galena, 111., be purposed making a voyage to the West Indies, visiting Havana and: other points of Interest Ha had deferred his voyage to Europe till June. The Prealdent, recurring to the recent election, remarked that he should promptly reoognize whoever should be de* . dared hla successor. With this his political feelings would have nothing to da ~ . On the 9M, the Investigation into the alleged tampering with the mail* in the New York Poatofflce was commenced. Abram S. Hewitt, being sworn, stated that he bad no knowledge that his letters were tampered wtth to the New Tork Postofflce; received an anonymous letter, purporting to come from a clerk in the New York Postoffice, stating that ‘'Little Tea Kettle” was at work on his letters, and he had better look out; watched and found them tampered with; found the flaps of some of them wrinkled; as if exposed to steam and opened; showed each tetters to various persons, who invariably smid they had been opened; . showed one of them to, Parke Godwin, who said he would see Col. James about the ' matter. f 1 , , - , ■ A Washington telegram ot the 28tb says Speaker Randall had replied to the letter of President Orton, of the Western Union Telegraph Compsay, asking to be excused . from appearing before the Morrison Investigating Committee and produce certain papers and telegrams. The Speaker, in the course of a conversation, aaid he had no power to excuse." It waa for the House to determine what action should be taken. Cxonin, the Tilden Elector of Oregon, on the 91th, delivered the Electoral vote of that State to Vice-President Ferry, who declined to gtve a receipt on account of two returns from the State, aa In the case of Florida.

The Pennsylvania Democratic State Committee held a consultation with prominent members of the party in that State, at Harrisburg, on the 23d, and then issued an address to the people of Pennsylvania, in which they recite their views as to the rights and duties of Congress in the present political aids. They declare their belief that “ Samuel J. TQden and Thomas A, Hendricks were, on the 7th day of November last, elected President apd Vice-President of the United States,” and call upon the members of both Houses of Congress to adopt such lawful means as EBay lead to the official declaration of such result Cos, the well-known forger, who, in 1874, wsa sentenced to the Massachusetts State Prison for eight rears, committed suicide, *<m the 28d,by taklcgmuriatic acid ana Parisgreen. '' • ■ ■ «o*j> dosed In New York on the 27that The following were the closing quototions forproduce: No. 2 Chicago Spring f}»eat (New), 8L88ai.»; No. 3 Milwaukee oew), 81,41. Oats, Western and Sute, 38@5Jc. Com, Western Mixed, 50¥c; Pbrk, Mess, |17.000®20.Q0. Lard, 810.92%c; Hour good to choice, $5£[email protected]; White Wheat Sutra, t&MMg&aCi. Cattle, 9®llc tor good to extra. Sheep, 3J<@loc. Hogs lAQommx. 4* S«at Liberty, Ps-, on the 87th, cattle brought: Best, [email protected]; medium, *SOO @5-50; pommoo, 84.3534.75. Hogs sold— TofkerS, Philadelphia*, $6.26® 8.80. Sheep brought 84-0038.00, according to quality. 4i,. : "Ut. - *- \ >*■' ' •>-"■' ; The Florida 8 npreme Court, on the 33d, sustained the Drew demurrer to the answer of Hie Canvassing Board, and granted $ peremptory Order to the Board to recanvss* from the face of the returns. The counsel for the Board gave notice of a motion to answer, which was withdrawn on the 23d, and the Court made the writ jyxemptory, and ordered the Board to recanyass the votqpy

A xkmaekablk meteoric phenomenon was witnessed ib portions of Kansas, Northern NHfsouM, touted Idtlana ami Ohio, on ted evening ot thfe 2ML A b«teUnt meteor Roved across the sH, reedpbllng a comet with a long sod 1 «slnofrtaiL Jt moved Vapidly and # ploded with a7load report, In some places, being apparently split up Into Innumerable ATsiXAHAmnB(FIa.) telegram of the 87th says that. In obedience to the order# of the State Supreme Court, Atty.-Gen. Cocke eudaa r* avals es Urn vote on tUet dey nf tee the other menfbeni of the Board refused to canvass. This gtsv® Drtw'497 end Tilden ®4 majority. This canvass he filed In the Clerk’s office, hi obedience to the order of the Court! Subsequently the other members of the Board agreed to re-canvass, and the fall Board met, concluded their canvaas and gave Drew * majority of. 12$ and the Hayes Electors 800. -Cocke files a protest. In Chicago, on the 27th, Spring wheat, No2, closed at [email protected] cash. 1 Cash corn closed at for No. 2. Cash oata No. 2 sold at 84Xc; January options were sold at 84 c. Rye No. 2, 70@78c. Barley No. 2, «6K@fl6c. Cash mesa pork closed at $16.55. Lard, SIO.BO. Good to choice beeves brought $5.00f§5.50; medium grades, [email protected]; butchers’ stock, [email protected]; stock cattle, etc., [email protected]. Hogs brought $5.70@6,80 for good to choice. Sheep sold at $2.75®4.50 for poor to choice.

VbMnON IiaBUIGKRCB. According to a Pera telegram of the 22d, the Sultan of Turkey was seriously 111. His condltlob wax causing uneasiness. Deal no the' storm which prevailed along the English and Scottish coast on the 19th, 20th and 21at, a large number of vessels were destroyed and ovar sixty persons are known to have perished. Thb Porte solemnly published the new Constitution on the 2Sd. This proclaims the indivisibility of the Turkish Empire; guarantees the free exercise of religious belief and worship; provides for two legislative bodies, and in other respect* resembles the constitution* of monarchical Europe. Lati arrivals from San Domingo announce the breaking out of antoher revolution in that country. President Gontalea, who acceded to power on the deposition of President Espalllat, relinquished his office on the 9th and embarked for Porto Rito. Ex-Presi-dent Baex had been called to the presidency. Commerce was entirely prostrate. Midrat Pasha, in an lfit&riew with Lord Salisbury, the British representative to the Turkish Conference, on the 25th, utterly refused to accept the proposition for an International commission to superintend the proposed reforms. Lord Salisbury immediately telegraphed for a steamer to take him to

Athena, in case the Turkish Government remained unyielding. According to Constantinople telegrams of the 26th, the "Porto had decided to annul the decree reducing the Ottoman debt due. half. The Ministry had decided to reject certald of the proposals of the Conference, and, in the event; of war, had resolved to arm the Armenian, Greek, Bulgarian and Christian subjects of Turkey. Advicxs from Japan, received in Ban Francisco on the 26th, report a destructive fire in Tokio, which burned over 5,000 bouses worth exceeding $10,000,000. Tax convent of St Elizabeth, nine miles from Joliette, Canada, was burned ou the Right of the 25th, and thirteen persons, neqrly all children, perished in the flames. The cob vent was a two-story brick building, and was occupied by 81sters of Charity, fifty lady boarders, and some fifty charity fchlldren and infirm persons. A Berlin dispatch of the 27th says Austria had prepared to mobilize an army of 90,000 troeps in Croatia, Transylvania and Dalmatia. The Russian fleet had been ordered to rendezvous at Otschakoff, to be in readiness to repel an apprehended offensive movement by the Turkish fleet. Gen. Nikitin, the Russian General, assumed command of the Servian army on the 27th-