Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 June 1877 — CONDENSED TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CONDENSED TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Viehnaand Berlin telegrams of the Ist say the repeat peace rumor* were the invention of continental financier*, intended only to affect the stock markets. A Constantinople telegram of the Ist nays an unplescact condition of affair* prevailed In that city, and the collapse of the Administration was hourly expected. The Sultan dared not ride through the streets, and the head pt the Grand Viaier and the expulsion of fie Christians were loudly de

A Oej4itantlne adegram of tire 3d says two streag RusajUßi columns had arrived wiMn ate honteftearcb of ErsMOum. The paHtioa|y>ad Min flanked and Turkish Army VU codalderedbi a grave position. Gen. Grant and Minister Pierrepont attended sendee at Westminster Abbey on the Sd and listened to a sermon by Dean Stanley. After alluding to the great and imparable loss which two kindred nations had sustained in the decease of Mr. Motley, the 'reverend genOSman in the course of his sermon said: “Gen. Grant has just laid down the scepter of the American Commonwealth, after having, by military prowess, still more by generous treatment of comrades In vt» tory and enemies in defeat, restored unity to a great and divided people. England welcomes him, as a pledge that the two Nations of the Anglo-Saxon race are still one In heart and spirit" Th# people and Government are profuse in the attentions shown the cx-Pres-Ident ! •'* * Accordlbg to n Washington diapntch o( the Bd. the Poatolfleo Department bad sent a special agent to Louisiana to take action regarding the Postofflces at Clinton and 8t Frmnclsvllle, the colored incumbents of which report that they are unable to perform their duties in consequence of the threats and opposition of the whites. In both cases representations have been made that the appointees, by reason of their illiteracy, arc unfit for the positions. A thorough Investigation will be mode, 'An accident occurred to n passenger train on the Lehigh Valley Railroad, in Pennsylvania, on the night of the Ist, by which two passengers were killed outright; and seventeen 'other parsons were seriously Injured—four fatally. >

On the night of the 2d, a gang of robbers attempted to wreck an express train on the 8L Louis and flan Francisco Railroad, . about fifty miles west of fit. Louis, but owing to the fact of the can running sldwiy at the time, only the engine and baggage-car left the track. The engineer,: fireman and physician of the rpad were killed. Shota were fired at the can, and five men were seen lurking' in the neighborhood of the outrage. The object of the villains was doubtless plunder had the wrecking proved as extensive as designed. The remains of the late Mr. Motley were buried in London, on the 4th. Dean Stanley performed the burial service. The International Typographical Union met at Louisville, Ky., on the 4th, President McVicker, of Detroit, presiding. About fifty delegates were in -attendance. A Vienna,, dispatch of the sth says the Porte, as a precaution against the war agitation In Greece, had ordered out the militia and reserves in Epirus and Thessaly, and the distribution of arms among the inhabitants of the frontier. A Belgrade telegram of the sth says that, despite' all denials, Servla bad made complete prepdrttiohs to commence hostilities against Turkey as soon as the Russians have cross the Danube. AOettinje dispatch of the sth announces a battle at Maljat on that day, which lasted several hours and resulted in the defeat of the Turks, who lost 500 men. The Montenegrin losses were not stated. The Cur arrived at the Russian headquarters on the morning of the sth. It is expected that he will make his residence at Bucharest

A Pera special ot the 6th says an Itflian corvettehad run against a; torpedo sunk by the Turks in the Dardanelles and been destroyed. A Constantinople dispatch of the 6th says that 1,000 Abschssians had been surprised and cut to pieces by the Russians. A Vienna telegram of the 6th says the revolt In the Circassian regiments in Rdumanla was spreading, and threatened to assume huge proportions. A court-martial had been ordered to try some of the mutineers, and it was expected that a severe example would be made as a lesson to other possible mutineers. A London, dispatch of the 6th reports a serious division in the British Cabinet Lord Salisbury was understood to be opposed to any warlike action. A cyclone passed over Mount Carmel, 111., a little before four o’clock on the afternoon of the 4th. For the width of a square through the town oh each side of Fourth street, a path was hewn, and every strudture which stood in the way of the advancing whirlwind was leveled to the ground. Of these there were eighty-five, and included hotels, churches, schoolhouses business structures and dwellings. Both printing of. fees and the Court-House were also demolished. Following the cyclone, fires broke out id some of the detfreyed building*, and for a time it seethed as if the portion spared by the hurricane would be consumed by fire; but, fortuastely, the flames wer* extinguished with the loss of a few unimportant buildings. The loss of life was large—thirteen being killed outright. Many others were seriously Injured, and of thc»e it was believed on the sth that several would die. The loss of property was very great, the estimate ranging from (900,000 to $500,000. The velocity of the wind was estimated at 150 miles per hour. Mount Carmel was a thriving town of 8,000 inhabitants, and is the shire town of Wabash County.

The Cincinnati Commercial, on the 6th, published crop reports from 211 points in OWtt, Indians, Illinois tfg which 179 indicate good crops of wheat; thir-ty-one, fair crops; one, light crop, if any; forty-seven, good craps of fruit; seventyfour, Mr; ninety .Ughtcrop, if any. , A Washington dispatch of the 6th says the Treasury was paying , out only large United States notes for drafts, the idea being to increase the circulation of silver. The Ohio State Greenback Convention met at Columbus op the 6th, and nominated the following ticket: For Governor, Stephen Johnson; Lieulenaut-Governor; John B. Powell; Treasurer,' John Junklns; Supreme Judge, Samuel E. Adams; Clerk of Supreme Court, Charles Bonsall; Attorney-General, If. O. Wagner; Board of Public Works, Jacob Riblet; School Commissioner, J. V. Logan. The resolutions reaffirm the principles of the National Independent party, and demand the unconditional repeal of the Specie-Resumption set of Jan. 14,1875; declare that it is the prerogative of the Federal Government only to supply currency, and that all moneys, whether paper or metal, should be issued by and bear the stamp of the Government; declare that paper money issued by the Government, made receivable for all it* dues, and a legaltender la the payment of all debts, and convertible into bonds bearing an equable rate of Interest, will afford the best circulatingmedium ever discovered; declare In favor

of fibotMingUl bank* of ifSue; favor the remonetisation lof sthe »l titer dollar and imikthgi a JcgpMeqdcr forth e ns went of all colnMonds, but teiposo-the issue tjf bonds tor thupfcrcbaae of-XllvtWbulUoA for-coln-age; favor toe taxation of United States bonds, a re-enactment of the law taxiug Incomes, and declare It to brthe duty of the Government to foster and encourage the de-vdopSu-utof the resourcf/S hfj (lie country tost labor may be fully ana profitably eraployt'd ong| goiibfvi wmllmm) MUtbllilMsd and secured. . , On th<u6th, five men were arrested, toe recent attetept to wreck and rob a train on the Bt Louis A San Francisco Railroad, near Woqd End Station. One of the party contested the crime, and said tbelntcntlon das to ran the-entire train off toe track, and then, under the guise of assisting the wounded, rob the passengers and plunder toe train. Four of the gang were still at large. The prisoners aib farmers and liye near Rich land, .Mol, a small town near where toe outrage occurred.