Rensselaer Union, Volume 10, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 March 1878 — General News Summary. [ARTICLE]

General News Summary.

P*OM wahmingtok. Awom» tbe BO«dn«tiMW Mat to th* Senate by tbe PreMdent, on the 4th, were those of Albert G. Porter, of Indian*,-to be First Comptroller of the Treasury, and Alexander C. Botkin, of "’•uconsln, to be United State* Mar aha) for the Territory of Montana. Among the nomination* confirmed was that of Bayard •* Minister to England. AOOOMMMO to a statement prepared by the Chief of the Bureau of Statistics, the export* of merchandise from the United States during January exceeded the imports by ♦83,445,907, and in seven months by ♦135,609,137. A cihcvlah was issued from the Treasury Department, in Washington, on the 6th, giving notice that the Department was prepared to receive, at all times, offers In writing or by telegraph for the sale of silver Million in quantities of not less than 10,000 ounces, deliverable at the mints in Philadelphia, Ban Francisco or Carson. All offers to be addressed to the Dtrictor of the Mint, Washington, and to state the quantity, price per ounce, the fineness, and when the delivery will be made. The value of the silver purchased will be determined by the mint assay. Where bullion requires parting or refining, the seller ie to pay the usual mint charges. President Haves has appointed ex-Gov. Bagley and Martin Ryerson, of Michigan, as Honorary Commissioners to the Paris Exposition. A kkcent Washington dispatch states that the Secretary of the Treasury will, until further notice, receive subscriptions for the 4percent, funded loan of the United States at par and accrued interest Forms of application will be furnished by the Treasurer at Washington, AssistanUTreasurers at Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia. St Louis and San Francisco, and by the National Banks and bankers generally.

THE BART. The Rhode Island Prohibition State Convention. which met at Providence, on the sth, unanimously nominated the present State officers for re-election. A Philadelphia dispatch of the 6th states that the Superintendent of the Mint, at that city, was about to issue 151,0.0 of the new silver dollars being coined at that institution. The Greenback State Convention of New Hampshire, which was held at Portsmouth, on the 6th, nominated Samuel Flint for Governor. Gold closed in New York, on March Sth, at 101 The following were the closing quotations for produce: No. 2 Chicago Spring, Wheat, No. 2 Milwaukee, ♦L22%@L23. Oats, Western and State, Corn, Western Mixed, 48@55c. Pork, Mess, ♦10.37},'. Laid, t7.17X- Flour, Good to Choke, Winter Wheat, ♦[email protected]. Cattie, ♦[email protected] for Good to Extra. Sheep, ♦4.50(25.75. Hogs, H.OO @4.10. At East Liberty, Pa., on March Bth, Cattle brought: Best, [email protected]; Medium, H.'iS® -4.-50; Common, ♦3.75(24.00. Hogs sold— Yorkers, ♦[email protected]'>; Philadelphias, ♦4.40@ 4.55. Sheep brought ♦3.oo(3s.so—according to quality. - " At Baltimore, Md., on March Bth, Cattle brought: Best, 44-75(26.00; Medium, ♦3.75@L50. Hogs sold at ♦5.25(26.25 for Good. Sheep were quoted at ♦3.50(26.25 for Good.

WEST AND SOUTH. Hox. Benjamin F. Wade died at his residence in Jefferson, Ohio, on tbe morning of the 2d. His mind was clear to tbe last, and, though unable to speak, he showed by signs that be recognized those around him. His dying moments were free from pain. He left no will, preferring to leave his property (about ♦BO,OOO, all in good condition,) at the disposal of his friends. Mr. Wade was born on the 27th of October, 1800, and was consequently a little over seventy-seven years old at the time of his death. A terrible tornado swept through Casey County, Ky., on the afternoon of the 2d, doing great damage in the neighborhood of Rich Hill and Mount Olive. The whole of the family of Vincent Wesley, near Rich Hill, consisting of himself, wife, two grown daughters, and a boy named Sloan, a nephew, and William Taylor, a neighbor stopping at his house, were killed outright. Mrs. Wesley’s body was blown 40J yards, and the two daughters were carried fifty yards, and were found locked in each other's arms. The dwelling, stables and outhouses were blown entirely away. Serious damage ie reported in other localitie The late floods on the Sacramento (Cal.) River hare been very destructive. One farmer lost 6,000 acres of wheat and 20,000 sheep. It is itated that the property loss between Sacramento and Monroeville, a distance of 190 miles, will reach the enormous aggregate of ♦BOO,OOO. The Town of Hot Springs, Ark., was almost entirely destroyed by fire, on the morning of the sth. About 150 buildings and an immense amount of goods were destroyed. The mounains surrounding the town were covered with people, driven from shelter, on the evening of the day of the fire. No lives are reported lost. The loss in propertv would be between ♦200,000 and ♦300.000.

Fortt persons were arrested in Cincinnati, on the sth, on a charge of counterfeiting trade dollars. The molds, electroplates and 300 trade dollars were secured. A New Orleans telegram of the 7th states that Gov. Nicholls had convened the Louisiana Legislature in extra session for fifteen days, specifying matters for consideration, including Revenue and Appropriation bills. Judge Makes, a member of the Louisiana Electoral College, telegraphed, on the 7th, that there was no prospect of a pardon for Gen. Anderson, and that, the motion for a new trial had been postponed two weeks. At the recent session, in Chicago, of the Dairymen’s National Convention. J. F. Joyce, of New York, was chosen President, and R. M. Littler, of Davenport, lowa, Secretary and Treasurer, for the ensuing year. The Supreme Court of Nebraska has recently decided that dealing in grain options in Chicago is gambling, and aU contracts made in Nebraska, founded thereon, are against public policy and void. Is Chicago, on March 6th, Spring Wheat No- 3 closed at. $1 cash. Cash corn closed at 42c for No. 2. Cao oata No. 3 sold at 23#c; and 26X« seller May. IKye No. 2,55 c. Barley No. 3, Cash Meas Fork closed at *0.60. Lard, *7.00. Meevca Extra, nominal quotations: Choice, *4-lO@«.5O; Good, *[email protected]; Medium Grades, *3.40@8.«0; Butchers’ Stock, [email protected], Stock Cattle, etc., *2.00(f158.35. Hogs—Good to Choice, *[email protected]. SheepPoor to Choice, VMUUGN IR-raiUJGMNCB. Pope Lio Xtfl. was crowned in Sistine Chapel, in Rome, on the 3d. " A rEiGMTrutoutbreak of snaA-pox haa lately occurred at Bleu tort , id the department of Loaere. The populatiouof the Commune has been decimated, and nearly all the inhabitants are orhave been sick In the Town of St Mmo if® persons have died. Ee-Presioemt OiU*T rosebed Constanti-

A Belgrade telegram of the 3d reports the discovery of an attempt to a**aa*iuate Prince Charles. A huge number of Roumanians bad been srrested. It wsa reported from Rome., on the 2d, that the Pope had resolved to dismiss the Pontifical Gensd’Arme* and the Swiss Guards, and would remove to Castle Gondolfo, a small village fourteen miles southeast of Rome, in order not to come tn contact with the Italian Government. Acoordixg to Athens special*, received in London on the 4th, the Insurrection tn the Turkish' Provinces adjoining Greece was assuming large proportion*. It was stated that 2,000 insurgents were encamped and intrenched near Vaio, In Thessaly, and that the entire district between Mount Olympus and Um Findus Range was In open revolt. A battie had teen fought at Ghiasti, in which eighty Turks were killed and 150 wounded, and another al Carolimpci, in which seventy Turks were killed. >A Provisional Government had been formed at Lycuiwion, and union with Greece proclaimed. Ox the signature of the Treaty of Peace, th* Sultan and Cur exchanged congratulations by telegraph, and expressed the hope that the new relations then entered into would be lasting and friendlY. - ~ According to a Ban Stefano dispatch of the sth, the Roumanian questions were left unsettled by the Treaty of Peace with Russia. The latter told the Turkish representatives that they must treat with Roumania direct. A Vienna telegram of the sth says Austria had decided to occupy Boania and Herzegovina, with a view to their immediate annexation.

A Coxstantixople dispatch of the 6th gives the peace preliminaries lately signed by Russia and Turkey. They comprise twenty-nftie articles, and are substantially as follows: The war indemnity is fixed at 1,410,000,000 rubles, of which 1,110,000,000 rubles are covered by territorial concessions; Servia is to receive Simnitxa, Novi-Bazar Vranja; Montenegro to receive Antivarl, Bpuz, Podgoritza and Niesics; all Bulgarian fortresses to be raxed and Turkish troops withdrawn: arrears of taxes in Bosnia and Herzegovina to be remitted; the navigation of the straits to lie free to all merchant vessels in peace or war; Bulgaria to be occupied by Russian troops until the formation of Bulgarian militia; Roumania to treat direct with the Porte; the claim for indemnity for Servia and Montenegro to be waived; the Bulgarian tribute to be fixed'by commission hereafter; Ardaban, Kars and Bayazid to be ceded to Russia; the Russians to evacuate European Turkey at once and Asiatic Turkey with<n six months; the Porte to re-establish navigation on the Danube at its own expense; the Dobrudscha to be ceded for exchange for Bessarabia; the rectification of the Turco-Persian frontier; the above to be ratified within fifteen days, etc., etc.

A chisis prevailed in the Italian Cabinet on the 7th, the Ministers of Public Instruction and Public Works having tendered their resignations. Big. Depretls, having still a working majority in Parliament, had undertaken to form a new Cabinet. A telegram of the same date states that the Swiss Guards at the Vatican had, on the day preceding, demanded the three months’ extra pay, usual on the death of a Pope. Upon being refused, they loaded their muskets and brandished their halberds, but were finally quieted by the authorities yielding to their demands. The plague has made its appearance at Reshd ajid other Persian cities. It was officially reported at Havana, on the 7th, that the number of insurgents who had surrendered, from Feb. 28 to March 5, was 1.230. with 180 stand of arms. Of the prominent Chiefs, Maximo Gomez, Benitez and Rodrigues had embarked for Jamaica and Salvador, and Cisveros, Marquis of Santa Lucia, for Europe Vienna dispatches of the Bth say that Austria bad no intention of occupying Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to a Belgrade dispatch of the Btb, the Russians had, two days before, occupied the principal towns in Bessarabia. The Roumanian Council had issued a vigorous protest.' By advice of the foreign Consuls, the Cretan insurgents have accepted the armistice offered by Turkey. A letter from Pera to the Cologne Gazette published on the Bth, says Suleiman Pasha, the distinguished Turkish General, had been drowned. An examination of his papers showed that he was engaged in a conspiracy to dethrone the Sultan. A colliery explosion occurred near Glasgow, Scotland, on the Bth, Up to the morning of the 9th, only two of the nineteen persons known to be in the pit had been rescued alive. A fire in Panama, Central America, a few days ago, destroyed the Grand Central Hotel and over twenty other business buildings, inflicting a loss of about $500,000.

FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Bills were introduced in the Senate, on the 4th—to anthorize the deposit of silver bullion or bars, and the issue of certificates therefor by the Secretary of the Treasury', in snms of not less than twenty dollars, in the same form as that provided for certificates for gold bullion, such certificates to be receivable at par for duties on import* and all public dues; to authorize the payment of bounties to hein of soldiers who were enlisted as slaves .. .The House bill making appropriations for the payment of claims reported to Congress under section two of the act approved June 16,1874, by the Secretary of the Treasury, was called up, and. after discussion, an amendment of the Committee of Claim* to strike out a clause appropriating ♦6,520 to pay the claim of Samuel C. Ludington, of West Virginia, was agreed to, and the bill was passed, Mr. Ludington's claim being subsequently referred to the Committee on Claims. In the House, bills were introduced for the exchange of silver coins of the United States for United States notes; reducing the number of customs officers and regulating their compensation; appropriating ♦469.000 for deficiencies in the Interior Department for the fiscal year ending J one 30, 1876; to regulate immigration.... A resolution was adopted, directing the Secretary , of the Treasury to inform the Honse whether he had authorized tbe sale of any bonds for out ■tending legal-tender notes at par. adding the current New York premium on gold ana the commission for selling, or whether he had authorized the sale of such bonds for legal-tender notes on any other term* than above stated; and if so, the number and amount of the proceeds of such bonds, and who were employed as agent* to dispose of them.... The Senate bul amending the lawsgranting pensions to officers and soldiers of the War of 1812 wa* passed—2l7 to 21.

Ik the Senate, on the sth, an adverse report was made on the Senate bill extending the time for presenting the claims for collecting, drilling or organizing volunteers for the War of the Rebellion, and the bill was indefinitely pqetponed . .The House joint resolution providing for issuing arms and ammunition to the Territory of Idaho, under the act of July 3.1876, was pu*e& In the Houserthe Senate amendmente to the House bill making an appropriation for the payment of claims reported and allowed by the Secretary of the Treasury were concurred in....An adverse report was made on the bill to establish the Territory of Pembina ... The Fortification Appropriation bill (*275,000) was read in Committee of the Whole A bill was passed authorizing any person or persons having any claim against the balance of the fund designated as the ” Chinese Indemnity Fund" for losses sustained by the plunder of the bark Caldera, in 1854, to commence within the twelve months next after the passage of this act proceedings in the United States Court of Claims. In the Senate, on the 6th, the bill known as the ’‘Wallace Long-Bond bill," providing for the issue of bonds of the denominations of twenty-five, fifty and 100 dollars, redeemable in oom after fifty years, and paying 4 percent interest in coin, was passed without a roll-call. In the House, the Fortification Appropriation bill was passed... .Several reports of cornmittees were made.. ..A message was received from the President returning, without his anproval. the House bill atrtbngizmg a special term of the United States ttroait - Court for the Southern District .d iSsiMippi to be held at Scranton on the sec ondMondym March. The measage Okies feat there waewt sufficient time to gtvyyKceof the

holding of said special term, and that the Govpnrvae. The bill and m aim** were referred ... Th*Deficiency Appropriation bill waa considered in Committee of the Whole. Bills were introduced and referred, in the Senate, on the 7th-to provide for the organization of a Mis*i**ippi River Improvement Commission, and for the correction, permanent location, deepening of channel* and the improvement of navigation on that river; relating to telegraphic communication between the United States and other countries. Adjourned to the 11th. A bill was passed in the House removing the political diaabiiitie* of Robert H. Chilton, of Georgia... A reaolution waa adopted —133 to IM—authorizing the Committee* on Expenditure* in the several Department* of the Government to employ each a clerk, or expert, pending the investigations, and alao authorizing the Committer* on Poetoffice* and Post-Roads to employ two expert*. . The Deficiency Appropriation bill was considered in Committee of the Whole, reported to tbe House and passed. The Senate was not in session on the Bth. In the House, the Senate amendments to a bill suspending the operation of the Revised Statute* in regard to the Guano Island* were concurred in.. A resolution was adopted calling on the Secretaries of the Interior and of War for all information in regard to the geographical and geological survey* conducted by their respective Department* during the past ten year*. . The bill for the payment of certain aat.-belbim Southern mail contractors was farther considered in Committee of the Whole.