Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1877 — Gemeral News Summary. [ARTICLE]

Gemeral News Summary.

Tmi Secretary of the United State* Treasury baa recently stated th*t the new 4 per . eaat. bonda having been leaned In exchange ftreyolci coin, «they cannot be redeemed by anything but gold coin or its hill equivalent. Tn public debt statement for July shows tb.S t Mowing: Coin bond* ou'slandinr, sl,. VM.ni.WM; total debt, $fi,2»,6U,127; cash In Traaeury, $171,271,809; debt lee* cash In the Treasury, $2,059,839,318; decrease during Tnb receipts for internal revenue during J«ly wee $8,764,574. The estimated receipts ret, it to stated, reduced at least $1,000,000 in consequence of the recent strikes. Custom receipts during the same month, $lO,Tn total number of United States bonds held a* security for the circulating note* of National Banks to s3W^» : l(iO. T»n Secretary of the Treasury, on the 4th, issued the fifty-fourth call for the redemp. ttonof $10,000,000 of five-twenty bond* of 1885—57,000,000 coupon and $3,000,000 registered bond*. THK MAST. Tnn Pittsburgh Commcrrial-Oaaettt says th* damage done to railroad and other property in that city, during the recent riots, would reach from $8,000,000 to $10,000,000 in amount, which win have to be paid for by the county. Several suits have already been commenced. Another Pittsburgh paper say* the amount, divided up among the tax-pay-era, will give slls for each taxable person in the county.

Freight-trains were running on all Unroads out of Pittsburgh on the 80th uIL, and met with little or no opposition. Ox the 31st ult., 100 men were discharged from the West Albany (N. Y.) shops for participating In the recent disturbances in that locality. Av Newport, R. 1., a few mornings ago, Mrs. Denpto MacMahon undertook to hurry up the fire by using kerosene oil, when the can burst and the foolish woman was fearfully and totally burned. Tn National Bank of Lock Haven, Pa., failed on the 30th ult The suspension is stated to be only temporary. President Vaxbubixt, of the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad, has issued a circular stating that of the 12,000 employes of that Company less than 500 engaged in the recent s rlke, and no Injury was done to property. In recognition of their fealty, he directs that SIOO,OOO be divided ratably, according to their position* on the pay-roll, among all the employes engaged in operating the road. He also says no msn who, in time of trial, embarrasses the Company, can remain In or re-enter Its service, and adds that par will be increased the momet.t business justifies IL At Wilkesbarre, Pa., on the Ist, a crowd of between 8,000 and 7,000 assembled at the Lehigh Valtey Depot to see the mail train south come in, and when the cars arrived a Constable and a United States detective standing on the platform next the engine were assailed with stones, and the man running the engine was driven from his place, and the strikers mounted the engine, cut it loose and ran it off. Further troubles occurred at Bc>anton,ou the Ist, wed a com—pany of volunteers fired into ai d dispersed a large mob, killing four and wounding several others. All places of business in the town were closed and additional volunteer companies were being organized, as further serious troubles were feared. The remain* of the late Gen. Custer arrived at Poughkeepsie, N. Y„ on the 2d, and were deposited in a vault, where they wil remain until fall, and will then be taken to West Point .. ■. . _ A large number of State troop* were in the Wyoming (Pa.) coal regions on the 2d, under the command of Gov. Hartranft They were arresting striker* and rioters by the wholesale. The laboring population still maintained their determination to prevent the resumption of work, and further outrages are reported. Wbilb passing through Exchange place, in New York, on the morning of the 2d, Jay Gould was accosted by Maj. A. Setover, a friend of Jim Keene, the Californian. Words were exchanged, when Setover struck Gould cne er two blows on the side of the head, aa£ then threw him down an area-way, a distance of eight feet Gould was only slightly injured, and was able to walk to his office. The trouble is said to have originated from Gould having betrayed a combination to put up the price of Lake Shore stocks, in which Keene and Setover were interested wi:h him. Setover nays Gould tried to make him sell stocks when he (Gould) was buying, and in doing so tried to overreach him. Carr. Howgatb’s schooner Florence sailed from New London,Conn., on the 2d, for the Arctic Ocean, under command of CapL Tyson. The Florence is to establish Capt Howgate'* Polar colony at a point on the coast on the north side of Cumberland, and there to atore the supplies upon which the main exploring expedition, which will sail in July, 1878, under Capt. H. W. Howgate, is to subsist ._<L.. t / Frank Walworth, who was sentenced to imprisonment for life for the murder of his father, a few years ago, in New York City, has been pardoned. It is stated that the weak menial condition of the young man was tiie principal reason for the granting of the pardon. Dispatches of the 3d, from the Pennsylvania coal regions, state that the Lacks wanna & Bloomsburg Road had got trains through by guarding them with troops. Obstructions were put on the track, and the wires were cut at night. An attempt had been made to burn the Lehigh Railroad freight depot at Hazleton. At Pittsburgh, on the 3d, seven men were engaged in lining a furnace on a scaffold I supported by ropes. These caught fire and the platform was precipitated into the burntec furnace below. Two men were taken out dead, and the five others were rescued I seriously and probably fatally burned. Ox the 3d, at his residence near New York I City, Hon. Wm. B. Ogden, Chicago's first Mayor, died at Bright’* disease of the kidneys. He was seventy-two years old. Gou> etosed in New York, on Aug. 3d, at 106%. The following were the dosing quotations for produce: No. 2 Chicago Spring Wheat, No. 2, Milwaukee, September, $1.83. Oats, Western and State, 27«93e. Corn, Western Mixed, s»@6lc. Port, Mesa, SM-25©1A30. Lard; 8930. Flour, good to choice, $6.20@6 35; White Wheat Extra, Cattie, H@l2%cj for good to extra. Sheep, [email protected]. At East Liberty, Pa., on Aug. 3d. Cattle brought: Best, [email protected]; Medium, $5.25 ©6.00; Common, [email protected]. Hog* sold —Totters, $5.30©5.40; Philadelphia*, $5.20 To inquiry latte the causes which Jed io the death of ten persons in the riot at Balti fIM ©Mb, When the Sixth Regiment

fired into the mob, began In that city, on the i 30th ult The testimony showed that several aoldtera were knocked down before any shooting took place by them, and that they fired without orders from the Colonel. ftxvnuL of the miner* in the Cumberland (Md.) district struck for an increase of wages, on the 30th ult. A general strike was threatened. Tub cremation of the body of the late Dr. Chas. F. Winslow, took place at Salt Lake City, on the evening of the Slat ult. A great concourse of people was present The affair was a complete success, the burning being completed in two hours and thirty-five minutes. Trains were running on all the roads leading from St Louis, on the 81st ult, and the men were working as usual. Troubles were still being experienced at some point* on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern, Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne A Chicago, Baltimore A Ohio, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis, and the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy. All the other road* centering in Chicago were operating as usual and doing a large business. Quits a number of the leader* in the recent disturbances at Columbus, Ohio, were arraigned and tried on the 81*t ult, and assessed heavy fine* or sent to jail on tong sentences. The military had been recalled to that city, and train* would at once com- -4 mence running on all the roads there. Ox the 81st ult., the First National Bank of Georgetown, Col., clost-d Its doors, its liabilities reaching SIOO,OOO. The cause was the personal financial embarrassment of it* President. Eight of the rioters engaged in stopping train* on the Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw Railroad, in Illinois, were tried before Judge Drummond, of the United States Circuit Court, at Chicago, on the 81st ult. The names of the prisoners are James Mack, James Ennis, Geo. Hamilton, Monroe Jeffries, Julius Gelhausen, Nicholas Hoffman, Philip Kerber and Julius Schurer. The charge against them was for contempt of Court in obstructing the passage of train* on a road in the hands of a receiver appointed by the Judge of the Court They were adjudged guilty, and sentenced to pay a fine of fifty dollars each, and to be imprisoned in the County Jail—Mack, the leader, for four months, and the others for two months each, the imprisonment to be continued until the fines are paid. v

W. H. N. Stiles, who testified positively and pointedly against Senator Grover, of Oregon, before the Congressional Investigating Committee at Portland, has been indicted for perjury by the United States Grand Jury,and was, on the Ist, committed in default of bonds for $2,500. Indictment* were also found against two other witnesses for perjury before the same committee. Tub Ohio Re iu bl lean State Convention was held at Cleveland on the Ist. The following ticket was nominated: For Governor, W. H. West; Lieutenant-Governor, Ferd. Vog-lcr; Supreme Judge, W. H. Johnson; Attorney-General, Geo. K. Nash; Clerk of Sup eme Court, Dwight C. Rowell; School Commissioner, J. T. Lukens; Board of Public Works,! A. W. Luckey. The platform adopted reaffirms the resolutions of the last Republican Na tonal Convention; expresses unfaltering confidence in President Hayes as a statesman, patriot and Republican, and cordially approves*‘bis eff >rt* for the pacification of the country acd th* establishment of its civil service upon a basis of purity and efficie»cy;” declares the unalterable jßirpose of the Republican party to main'aln and enforce the Constitutional amendments; favor* both silver and gold as money, both to be K legal-tender, and demands the remonetisation of silver; opposes any further grants of public lands or subsidies to railroads; approves the action of the National and State authorities in their efforts, during the late to enforce the supremacy of the law, but declares sympathy with the condition of the honest and industrious laborers who are williug to work but remain unemployed, or whose wages are inadequate to their necessities, and recommends the es’ablishmeut of a National Bureau of Industry, and that Congress Shall exercise such authority as shall be necessary to adequately protect the interests of labor and capital alike, and call for statutory arbitration to adjust differences and controversies between employers and employes. The Wisconsin Republican State Convention has been called to meet at Madison op the 11th of September. The Baltimore & Ohio Road has given SSO to each of the men who led in breaking up the strike, and took the trains through on that road.

The Georgia Constitutional Convention has decided to elect Judges of the Supreme and Superior Courts by joint ballot of the Legislature. The election will occur In 1880. The Democratic nominations In Mississippi are: For Governor, John M. Stone (present incumbent); Lieutenant Governor, W. H Sims; Treasurer, W. L. Hemingway; Auditor, 8. L. Gwinn; Attorney-General, T. C. Catching; Superintendent of Public Education, J. Argyl Smith. The resolutions adopted by the Convention declare—fidelity to the Constitution of the United States; in favor of home rule and the preservation of State Governments, with all their reserved and guaranteed right* unimpaired; against military interference with the freedom of elections and with the civil and political rights of citizens of the United Sta es; in favor of protection and equal rights of all classes; against discrimination on account of race, color or previous condition of servi ude or birthplace; in favor of the maintenance of the State system of etc., etc. The Coroner’s verdict in the case of the persons killed in the riot in Baltimore is to the effect that, the soldiers being demoralized, a great deal of unnecessary firing was done, but that the responsibility for the killing rest* entirely with the rioters who attacked the soldiers.

Ox Lake Michigan, on the night of the 2d, at* point between Racine and Milwaukee, the propeller Favorite ran into and sank the schooner Grace A. Uhannon. All on board were rescued except Alexander Graham, son of the owner of the schooner. In the trial of railrood rioters for contempt of Court, at Indianapolis, on the 3d, Judge Drummond, of the United States Circuit Court, held Sayres, Secretary of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, to recognizance for good behavior for one year, and sentenced fifteen others to three months’ imprisonment each. ' A cigxr-box factory was burned in Cincinnati on the 3d, and six of the inmates of the building perished in the flames. In Chicago, on Aug. 3d, Spring Wheat No. 2, closed at $1.18%@1.19 cash. Cash corn dosed at 47%c for No. 2. Cash oats No. 2 sold at 26%c; and 25%c seller September. Rye No. 2,55j<c. Barley No. 2 (New), Septemberddtvery, Cash Me * Pork closed at $13.50. Lard, $8.90. Beeves—Extra brought [email protected]; Choice, [email protected]; Good, $4.50©5.15; Medium Grades. $4.00@ 4.50; Butchers’ Stock, [email protected]; Stock Cattie, etc., [email protected]. Hogs brought $5.00©5.35 for Good to Choice. Sheep sold at [email protected] for Poor to Choice.

roatEiGN nrrBULi«BN<M. In an engagement near Rustchuk, on the 29th nit, the Turks met with a disastrous defeat, losing 8,000 men, thirty boraea and ten standards. AxsoKprr, the chief of the Moscow Slave phil* Society, has been temporarily exiled

from Russia, in consequence of the revolutionary tendencies of that organisation. Accordi no to a Tirnova dispatch of the 81st ult., the two Turkish armies had effected a junction near that place, and an engagement was then proceeding, with reported Russian defeat and retreat Ox the 81st ult, off OltrnlUa, the Russian batteries sunk a Turkish steamer. At i Ministerial council held In Vienna, on the 81st, the mobilisation of the Austrian Army was formally decided upon, to be echeloned on the frontiers of Dalmatia, Slavonia and Croatia. AocohDiNO to London dispatches of the morning of the 2d, the Turkish Army bad defeated the Russians near Plevtia, after a battle lasting two days. The latter were said to have lost 8,000 killed and 16,000 wounded. The Turkish loss was comparatively small, a* they fought from behind Intrenchmcnt*. Reinforcements had been forwarded from the Danube, and it wss expected that the fight would be renewed. Accordino to London telegram* of the 2d, all England was wild over the belief that the Russians had been decisively defeated on both flanks, and that the campaign had substantially ended for this season in favor of the Turk*. A Tirnova telegram of the same date says the Russian Grand Duke had already left for Plevna, and that reinforcements would be hurried forward with the design of speedily retrieving the great disaster. Two Turkish monitors bad been captured at Nikopolls. A Varna dispatch of the 3d say* Gen. Zimmerman had suspended all operations in the Dobrudsha since the Plevna defeat According to an Erzeroum telegram of the 3d, the Russian Army In front of Kara bad been largely reinforced, and offensive movements resumed. Ox the Bd, the Greek Minister at Constantinople demanded of the Porte redress and indemnity for the recent massacres of Greeks at Kavarna, as well a* satisfactory guarantees for the security of Christians. War with Turkey was considered probable.