Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1877 — General News Summary. [ARTICLE]

General News Summary.

Wlw" WaiHIHGTON* A Viammoi die patch of the 18th elate* that the land ewa Involving the UUe ot the State of Kaaaaa to over >98,000 acre* of land, BWen tka aggregate of tk« grant of the Btate •»der the act of 1881 admitting Kao*** into the Union, had been decided by the Interior Darartment in favor of Kan***. . A mOumcabui astronomical discovery l* Wffartafi by Prof. Ball, who baa charge of Um great telescope in the Washington Nate—at Obaerv.aory. After two or three Bighta or cloe# obeervation of a email aUr dieeoveted la the aeighborbood of Mara, and which aaemed to be following that planet, be d< mon*tr*ted that it U a satellite of Mara. A aecond smaller body was also discovered, which la thought to be another hums «t the name planet Tan official statement of the receipts of the Government for the fiscal year ending Jane 90, 1877, shows a total of *2*»,00u,000. The expenditures were: Civil, *50.250,000; war, •87,06,000; navy, 815,000.000; Indians and pensions, *33,250,000; intereat on public debt, 807,000,000. Panel dint Hama and bia party reached Waahingto , on the evening of the 24th, ft\>m their New England trip. TUB HAST. It waa reported In New York, on the morning of the Slat, that arrangements had been entered Into by the Western Union and the Atlantic A Pacific Telegraphic Companies, by which the Western Union had obtained the controlling amount of the Atlantic A Pacific stock, the earning* to be pooled in proper ion of seven-eighths to Western Union and one-eighth to Atlantic A Pacific. The New York Daily Wihtett, a religious paper, suspended publication, on the 20th, lor want of adequate pecuniary support. Csmlis A. Minnie (colored) won the West Point appointment in Congressman Miller’s (N. Y.) District, his average being ninety-eight Tax Pennsylvania Democracy met in Btate Convention at Harrisburg, on the 22d, and nominated John Troi-key for Supreme Judge, and Won. P. Schell for Auditor-Gen erat The resolutions adopted declare—that the induction of Mr. Hayes into the Presidency, notwithstanding the election of Mr. Til'ten, waa a high crime against free government which has not been condoned and will not be forgotten; that the application by the federal Administration of the Democratic policy of non-lutcrv. ntton in the internal affaire of the Southern States, and the purpose to reform the civil service which has been proclaimed by the present Administration, arc confessions of the failure of Radicalism, and s just tribute to the Democracy; oppose further Federal or State enacments for the special benefit of capital at the expense of other interests; accept the admonition of Jackson concerning standing armies, as dangerous to free government in time of peace; protest against subsidies, laud gran s, losns of the public credit and appropriations of the people’s money to any corporation as legalised plunder of the taxpaying industries of the country; affirm and adopt the financial resolutions of the 8L Louis platform of last year. Tax Genera! Freight Agent of the Pennsylvania Railroad has notified parties having claims for goods destroyed during the riots la fittstmrgh to pul theii vlniius in o Ihe hands of the attorneys of the Company, and they will be presented to the authorities of Allegheny County without expense to the claimants, the county being responsible for ihe losses. Gold closed iu New York, on Aug 24ih, at 10*X- The following were the closing quotaiiona for produce: No. 2 Chicago Spring Wheat, (New), No. 2, Milwaukee, (OH), 81-98. Oats, Western and State, 26@48c. Corn, Western Mixed, 53 «Me. Pork, Mess, [email protected]. Lard, 88.85. Floor, good to choice, $5.55<g>600; Winter Wheat, [email protected]. Cattle, 9@llXc for good to extra. Bheep, *[email protected]. Hoga, 85.87K«5A0. At East Liberty, Pa., on Ang. 24th, Cattle brought: Beat, 86 [email protected]; Medium, *5.50 @SOO, Common, *[email protected]. Hogs sold —Yorkers, 85.40@550; Philadelphia*, $5.50 @5.60. Sheep brought [email protected]—according to quality. At Baltimore, Md., on Aug. 24th, Cattle brought: Beat, *S.B7X@«-25; Medium, *3.50 @4J25. Hogs sold at [email protected] for Good. Sheep cere quoted at [email protected] for Good. . • : *

WEST AND SOUTH. Considerable excitement has been caused in Washington and surrounding Counties, in Nebraska, by the mysterious disappearance of the little daughter of a Mr.ttose. At first it was thought the child moit have been lost on the prairie, but a thorough search failed to give any trace of the little one, and the conclusion was arrived at, on that she fciApjg&d ?<>t: the purpose of obtaining a reward for her return. An Omaha dispatch or the 19th says a man by the name of Holmes had been arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the crime. A reward of <I,OOO had been offered for the child’s return. Tn Central Ohio Executive Committee of the Workingmen’s Industrial Union have issued an address setting forth the platform of principles of the Workingmen’s party, and recommending that conventions be held in the several counties to nominate county officcrs, and establish Industrial Union Clubs in every township and voting precinct. N..A- Gbsher, E. B. Weston and a man named Stevens were arrested in Chicago, recently, upon sn picion that they were the gang of forgers who have operated in various parts of the country during the last year in the forging of drafts and checks. By their operations the Third National Bank of New York lost <2,700, and Winslow, Lanier & Co., of the same city, <40,000. They were arrested on reqnisMocof the Governor of New York and taken East, on the 20th. Their plan was to purchase genuine drafts, take out with chemicals all the printed and written matterexcept the bankoffleer’ssignature, and fill in with much larger amounts. Th* National Board of Trade commenced its ninth annual session at Milwaukee on the 21st. Delegates were present from nearly a'l the Boat da throughout the country. Mayor Butler, of Milwaukee, made the welcoming speech, in which he alluded to all the leading topics of the day connected with the commercial interne's of the country. In hU response, Frederick Fraley, of Philadelphia, President of Hie National Board, spoke of the labor question, as follows: He hoped that each man, “considering it in its relation to himself, and thus comparing It to Sts great relations with the great ioterate of the country, will see that as labor la the creator of nil wealth, it should be protected by sound and wi*e laws, sod that, for the settiamest of question* Involving principles oi labor and capital, the beat intelligence of th country should be invited and invoked, and that out of such lnvitftiou may come considerations that will lead to the enactment of law* referring the questions of labor tad capital, where they come in contact, to

Boards ot AlbUration, that may ascertain precisely Hn questions involved,as between the laborer and the capitalist, and suggest remedial measures for their settlement by compromise adapted to equitable considerations” According to a London dispatch of (be 21st, the Rustdans bad over 900 000 troops extended along the line from Pyrge* to Gabrova and thence back to Nlkopolls, and that, at the rate reinforcements were coming in, the Turk* would soon be overpowered by mere force of numbers Tu Russian oflloial report, published In St. Petersburg on the 2l*t, admits that the Russian losses at Plevna were betweeu 8,<«0 and 10,000 men. Of the 200 person* attached to the Red Cross ambulances, forty were killed while gathering the wounded. A Salt Laks (Utah) dispa ten of the 22d states that Gen. Howard had a slight skirmish with the Indians on ihe 20th, In which one man was kilted and seven were wounded. The Indians stole 200 of Howard’s horses. Montana volunteers were returning home disgusted, many of them on foot.

A telegram was received on the 23d announcing the safe arrival of Gen. Sherman at Helena, M. T. Tub National Board of Trade, at its session In Milwaukee, on the 23d, adopted resolutions—asking the President of the United States to consider the expediency of recoramendlug Congress to take the Initiatory steps for securing the adoption of a reciprocity treaty with Canada; that, In the opinion of the National Board of Trade, Congress has omitted to puss the necessary measures to carry into effect the Resumption act, and the Board therefore recommends that Congress should enact a law authorising the funding of legal-tender notes In bonds running forty years, at 4 per cent. Interest per annum, payable quarterly, to an amount not exceeding 810,000,000 per month, until the legal-tender notes shall be at par with coin; that the existing Bankrupt law Is unjust In Its essential features, and providing for a special committee to duviae changea In the law to avoid the alleged unjust provisions, and present the same to Congress. Senator Morton waa restlogcomfortably, on the night of the 23d, and hia physicians expressed the belief that the crisis waa passed, and his gradual recovery waa anticipated. At a meeting in New York City, on the 23d, of the Executive Committee of the Cuban League, an address to the people of the United States waa adopted, together with a resolution that the inhabitants of large cities form Cuban Leagues for the purpose of exercising moral influence upon our own and other civilized Governments in favor of the suppression of the Inhuman war waged against Cuba during the last eight years, and asking the aid of the press to demand Cuba’s recognition as a belligerent. President Hates and party arrived at Maich.stcr, N. H., On the 23d, where they met with an enthusiastic reception. A notorious Texas desperado, named John VVesley Harden, who is said to have committed twenty seven murders, was captured, after a desperate resistance, on board a rain of care at Pensacola, Fla., on the 24th. A companion named Mann waa killed. The Legislature of Texas had offered a large reward fur Harden’s body. The Sau Francisco Examiner of the 24th says it had been informed that an error had been discovered in the return of Kern County tor Kepres- ntative in Congress from the Fourth California District, by which Wigginton would receive au addition of three votes which were previously credited to Pacheco. This will give the seat to the former, as only one majority was claimed for Pacheco betore the error waa discovered. In Chicago, on Aug. 24th, Spring Wheat No. 2, closed at *1.06%@1.07 cash. Cash corn closed at il%c for No 2. Cash oats No. 2 sold at 23Xc; and 23%c seller September. Rye No. 2, 52Xc. Barley No. 2 (New), September delivery, ?2%@TSc. Cash Mesa Pork closed at 812.12 - Lard, *8.12X- Beeves—Extra brought *[email protected]; Choice, [email protected]; Good, *[email protected]; Medium Grades, $3.2A@ 4.25; Butchers’ Stock, [email protected]; Stock Cattle, etc., *[email protected]. Hogs brought [email protected] for Good to Choice. Sheep sold at *2.75®4.50 for Poor to Choice.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. The persons implicated in the murder of the German Consul at Salonica, some months ago, have been released from imprisonment, and the Great Powers, at the instance of Germany, have protested to the Porte concerning the impolicy of the act On the 20th, the Paris Conservative papers united in announcing that there was no choice there except between a roup d’etat and revolution, and that a Republican victory in tbe coming election would not be submitted to. It was believed that France was on the verge of a perilous crisis. London telegrams of the 20th say the Turkish accounts of the late Russian battle in Asia greatly exaggerated the disaster—that the Russian movement was merely a heavy recoonolssncc_in force, and that the army fell back with slight loss after its purpose bad been accomplished.

The Province of Salonica and the coast district from Olympus to the terminus of the'Xhrianop'ie' Riiiroafi *WBr in a state of siege by the Porte. The London Agricultural Gazette ot the 20th, in its review of the crop prospects of Great Britain, predicts a general failure of all crops. The potato crop, which until then had promised to be productive, was very generally threatened with disease. » Frederick Cavill swam across the En-gli-h Channel, starting from Cape Grlznez at 3:49 p. m., on tbe 20th, and reaching Dover at 3:45 a. m., on the 21st. According to Bhumla dispatches of the 22d, the Turks had captured the Village of Schipka, and driven the Rusdans out of the Pass. The Russian eff eial accounts of tbe 21st report that the Turks had assaulted the Russian position at Schipka, and been repulsed. Tbe dispatch from Turkish sources claimed that the capture of Schipka necessitated the abandonment of Umova. London telegrams of tbe 22d say that Great Britain was arranging for the intervention of the Great Powers in the interests of peace. According to f dvices from Russian headquarters, on the 23d, the battle of Bchipka was still progressing. Ten determined attacks upon the fortifications at the Pass had been successfully repulsed, as, also, an attack upon the Russian position at Tirnova. The Turks had also made offensive demonstrations at Selvi and elsewhere along the Russian line. Constantinople telegrams of the 231 say he Russians had been defeated, with great loss, in an engagement at Eski-Djuma. An insurrection has broken out iu Crete. Two ,b»i ties havttbeen fought ttt which seven teen Christians aud thirty-cix Turks have been killed. Thu French man-of-war Comae passed Aden, on the 23d, with cholera on board. Fifty of her crew were dead, and ISO were sick. 4 According to a London dispatch of the 24th, G<eece was rapidly arming, ia order to take advantage of Turkish reverses and endeavor to • bring about the recapture of the Provinces of Thessaly and Epirus. Thu plague having broken opt in Russian Poland, the German frontier has been closed by a strong mllltery guard.

Til Russian authorities at Warsaw have forbidden the ule of arms to the Poles. Tu Town Council of Glasgow, Scotland, baa unanimously resolved to present the freedom of that city to Gen. Grant, on bia approaching visit He returned to London, on the 9tlh, hi* visit to Pari* having been postponed to avoid the possibility of attentions reflecting indirectly oo President MacMaboo.