Rensselaer Union, Volume 10, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 April 1878 — General News Summary. [ARTICLE]

General News Summary.

GIX. Fikld. Che new-elected iFoorkcciicr of the National Howe of Representative*, took pow—loo of hi* office on the Oth. ' Donovan, AMbtant-Doorkeeper under Polk, had realgned. A Republican caucus waa held in Washing* ton, on the evaotag of the 10th, at which about 110 Representatives in Congress and twenty#** Senators were present. Representative Hals presided. A National Republican Coogreadcnal Committee waa appointed as follows: Maine, Representative Hale; New Hampahira, Senator Rollin*; Representative Crapo; Rhode Island, Senator Bumside; Connecticut, Representative Waite; New York, Representative Hiscock; New Jersey, Representative Slnnlckson; Pennsylvania, Representative Campbell; Virginia, Representative Jorgenson; North Carolina, Representative Rrogden; South Carolina, Representative Rainey; Alabama, Senator Spencer; Mississippi, Senator Brace; Louisiana, Senator Kellogg; Ohto, Representative Foster; Tennessee, Representative Thornburgh; Indiana, Representative Sexton; Illinois Senator Oglesby; Missouri, Representative Pollard; Arkansas, Senator Dorsey; Michigan, Representative Hubbell; Florida, Representative Bisbee; lowa, Senator Allison; Wiscon, Senator Cameron; California, Re pre eentative Page; Minnesota, Representative Dunnell; Oregon, Senator Mitchell; Kansas, Representative Phillips; Nevada. Senator Jones; Nebraska, Senator Paddock; Colorado, Senator Chaffee; New Mexico, Delegate Romero; Washington Territory, Delegate Jacobs; Dakota Territory, Delegate Kidder; Wyoming Territory, Delegate Coriatt. A resolution was offered by Mr. Sargent, and, after debate referred to the above-named com mittee, that the President be requested to rescind his order forbidding the participation by officials In the Executive branch of the Civil Service in meetings, caucus conventions and committees of a political character. The United States Senate, in Executive session, on the 10th, confirmed the nomination of Prof. John W. Hoyt, of Wisconsin, as Governor of Wyoming Territory, by a majority of five. This action was against the unanimous report of the Committee on Territories. Several other nominations were sonfinned at the same session.

THE BAST Osw of the buildings of the Steuben County (N. Y.) Poor-House, near Bath, was burned, on the night of the Sth, and fifteen inmate* perished. The fire was set by one of the insane paupers, who was one of the fifteen who lost their lives in the ruins. There were between sixty and seventy inmates altogether. Ex.-Gov. Moses, of South Carolina, was ar* rested in New York City, on the night of the 7th, by a Deputy Sheriff of Charleston, 8. C., and locked up on a charge of having forged and passed a note for <316. The object in arresting him was said to be to get him back to South Carolina to have him tried for crimes alleged to have been committed when in high official position. The Wellflaet Savings Bank, of Massachusetts, with deposits of $422,163, and the South Boston Savings Bank, with a deposit line of f 1,565,962, suspended on the Bth. A savings bank at Pawtucket, R. 1., also suspended. 8. Axgiek Grace, Treasurer of the Union Mills, of Fall River, Mass., has acknowledged that he Is a defaulter in the sum of $490,000. Av a conference at the Sub-Treasury, in New York City, on tire 11th, between Sec’y Sherman and members of the late Syndicate, a contract waa signed for the sale of $50,000,000 of the 4%-per-cent. Government bonds. At the Pemtgewassctt House, in Plymouth, N. H., on the night of the 10th, John E. Lyon, President of the Boston, Concord A Montreal Railroad, was burned to death. Being ill, he arose during the night, and fell, the lamp in his hand breaking and setting fire to bls cloth tag. Wiluam M. Tweed, the notorious “ Boss” of the New York Ring, several years ago, died in the New York City Jail, at noon, on the 12th, from nervous exhaustion and clogging of the heart. He was fifty-five years old His last words were: “ I have tried to do some good, if I have not had good luck. lam not afraid to die. I believe the guardian angels will protect me.”

A woman, named Mrs. Catharine Keenan, of Brooklyn, N. died in convulsions, on the 12th, from the effects of a bite by a cat about a month before. Physicians expressed themselves satisfied that the case was clearly one of hydrophobia. Gold dosed in New York, on April 12th, at The following were the closing quotations for produce: No. 2 Chicago Spring, Wheat, <1.37@L27K; Na 2 Milwaukee, »1.28X@L29. Oats, Western and State, 32@34X«- Corn, Western Mixed, 46@53c. fork, Mess, <IO.OO. lard, <7.00. Flour, Good to Choice, <[email protected]; Winter Wheat, i 5.9J@6A0. Cattle, <[email protected] for Good to Extra. Sheep, <[email protected]. Hogs, <3.90 @405 At East Liberty, Pa, on April 12th, Cattle brought: Best, <[email protected]; Medium, <4.50@ 4.75; Common, <&2S@LOO. Hogs sold— Yorkers, <[email protected]; Philadelphia*, |4.00@ 4.20. Sheep brought <[email protected]—according to quality. At Baltimore, Md., on April 12th, Cattle brought: Best, <[email protected]; Medium, <[email protected]. Hogs sold at <[email protected] for Good. Sheep were quoted at <[email protected] for Good.

WEST AND SOUTH. Rev. Dr. Geo. F. Sbtmovr, recently elected Bishop of the new Episcopal Diocese of Springfield, 111, has declined to accept the position. Wiixjam Bradt, Sheriff of Lincoln County, New Mexico, was recently assassinated by one of the factions into which the people of that section are said to be divided. United States Marshal Weidermann and three associates have been arrested on the charge of doing the shooting, and taken to Fort Stanton to await trial. A telegram was received at Cincinnati, on the 9th, from* the proprietor of the Lick House, San Francisco, addressed to Mrs. Vance, stating that her husband, ex-Congrowmau Vance, who had recently mysteriously disappeared, was in the latter city, and was insane. The lowa State Greenback National Convention met at DeaMoines on the 10th, abodt one hundred delegates being In attendance. The following nominations were made: For Secretary of State, E.M.Farnsworth; Treasurer, M. L. Devin; Auditor, G V Swearengen• Register of the State Land Office, M. Farrington ; Attorney-General, C. H. Jackson; Judge of the Supreme Court, J. C. Knapp; Clerk of the Supreme Court, Alex. Runyon; Reporter of the Supreme Court, G. W. Rutherford. The platform adopted demands the repeal et the Specfnfteauniptton law, and is in substance the same as that adopted at the National Convention held at Toledo. At Mesquite Station on the Texas Pacific Railroad, near Dallaa,Tex., on the night of the 10th, abend ofmaraudera captured a passenger train and plundered and burned the express and naaH car. The conductor and two of the robbers were shot and rifghtly wounded, hut the robbers got away with their booty. Tub Illinois Demuemttc State Convention was held at Spibigfieid, on the 11th. and nomFor Tre *’ ur, r E b Crankrite; |«|Mh»iaMißOt of Pnb]|c Jtistrqctlon, & M 1

Etter, present incumbent. The platform adopted declares for reduced taxes and expenditure* In National, State, county and municipal government*; for a tariff for revenue only; that United States bonds and Treasury ■otoe should be subject to taxation, the same as other property; that the Resumption set should be immediately and unconditionally repealed; applauds the passage of the Silver bill, and demands the authorisation of sliverbullion certificates and the free coinage of the silver dollar; declares against the furtiter contraction of legal-tender notes, and that they should be received for customs, taxes and public, dues, and reissued as fast as received ; that the National Bank notes shall be retired, and their place supplied by an equal amount of Treasury notes; that the Bankrupt law ought to be Immediately repealed, etc., etc. The recent Oregon Democratic State Convention nominated John IVhitcaker for Congress, N. W. Thayer for Governor, Thomas G. Recins for Secretary of State, A. H. Brown for State Treasurer, and Joseph Emory for Superintendent of Public Instruction. William A. Howard, of Michigan, arrived at Yankton, D.T., on the 11th, and was the next day duly installed as Governor of the Territory. In Chicago, on April 12th, Spring Wheat No. 2 closed at sl.oß@l.oßX cash. Cash corn closed at 40c for No. 2. Cash oats No. 2 sold at 28c; and 36J*'c seller May. Rye No 8, Me. Barley No. 2, 47>4(94«c. Cash Mem Fork closed at $8.90. Lard, $6 95. Beeves—Extra, brought $5.00(<i5.20; Choice, [email protected]; Good, [email protected]; Medium Grades, $3.70(93.90; Butchers’ Stock, 2.75(93.75; Stock Cattle, etc., $8.25(94.00. Hogs—Good to Choice, [email protected]. SheepPoor to Choice, $3.50(95.75.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. In the British House of Ixirds, on the night of the Bth, the past, present and future policy of England on the Eastern question was discussed by Lord Beaconsfield, Lord Granville, Earl Derby, Earl Carnovan and others. A resolution was passed thanking the Queen for calling out the reserves. In the House of Commons a similar resolution of thanks was offered and discussed by Sir Stafford Northcote, Gladstone, Hardy and others, but no vote was reached, and the debate was adjourned. The full text of Prince GortechakofTs reply to the late circular of Lord Salisbury was published in London on the evening of the 9th. The Russian Premier defends the Ban Stefano Treaty as a just and proper instru ment; declares that Russia's sacrifices in the war with Turkey demanded suitable compensation; justifies the cession of Armenian fortresses as a defensive measure; emphatically denies that British Interests in Europe or Asia are threatened by the treaty ; declares that the only desire of the Crar from the beginning to the end of the war was the welfare and peace of the Christians in Turkey, and hints that some practicable proposition from Great Britain would be acceptable.

fx the British House of Commons the debate on the resolutions of thanks to the Queen for her efforts to maintain the dignity of her Government was concluded, on the night of the 9th, and the resolutions adopted without division. According to a Bucharest dispatch of the 9th, Prince Ghika had been instructed to say to Prince Gortschakoff that the Roumanian Army might be crushed, but could not be disarmed. Prince Charles had made a similar declaration to the Russian Consul. According to Constantinople dispatches of the 10th, tile Grand Duke Nicholas had demanded possession of additional forts on the Upper Bosphorus, and the immediate evacuation of Batoum, on the Black Sea, in accordance with the provisions of the San Stefano Treaty. According to a Bucharest special of the 10th, the Russian'Army had crossed the Danube, for the purpose of occupying Roumania. Lord Leitrim, the Earl lately murdered in Ireland, was buried, in Dublin, on the 10th. A crowd of 300 persons gathered outside the church and hissed, hooted and cheered during the ceremonies. The district in which the late Earl’s estates are situated lias been declared under the Peace Preservation act. According to a Vienna dispatch of the 11th, the Porte had asked the Austrian Government what Austria would do if Russia insisted on enforcing the San Stefano Treaty, and Austria had replied that, while she would not undertake to protect European Interests singlehanded, she knew how to and would protect her own most efficiently.

A telegraph cable has been laid through the Dardanelles to Cartal, thus affording direct communication with the rest of Europe without passing through Russians stations. In the United States Senate, on the 11th, Senator Mitchell presented a cablegram from the United States Consul, at Tientsin, China, to the effect that the famine in China was spreading; cannibalism existed; there was no rain, and that matters will be worse next year, and asking if the bill providing for the return of the Chinese indemnity fund to China would pass Congress. London telegrams of the 12th say that the Porte had issued a circular to its represents, ttves abroad, In which the statement is made that it recognizes the San Stefano Treaty as the result of the late war, and that it proposes faithfully to carry out its provirions. It also pledges itself to inaugurate the reforms indicated in the treaty. The Porte believing that the Greek Consul at Salonica was the instigator of the Hellenic insurrection, has demanded his recall, and threatened to withdraw his exequatur. Greece has refused, and threatened reprisals if the exequatur be withdrawn. Zamocana, Mexican Representative in Washington, received a telegram, on the 13th, from the City of Mexico, announcing the recognition of the Diaz Government by United States Minister Foster. The same dispatch (from the Mexican Secretary of State) informs Zamocana that he had been appointed and confirmed Minister from Mexico to this Government.

FORTY-FIFTH OONGBBSS. The credentials of Geo. H. Pendleton as Senator from Ohio were presented in the,Senate, on the 8th.... A bill was introduced in ielation to temporarily filling vacancies in the Executive Department.... The Railroad Funding bill was further debated, and an amendment was offered by Mr. Blaine. After a lengthy discussion in the House, participated in by Messis. Butler. Bragg, Clymer, etc.. Mr. Butler moved the previous question for the adoption of his resolution, electing Gen. Shields to the office of Doorkeeper, which motion was rejected—llo to 120. Mr. Cox (N. Y.) then took the floor and replied to the remarks made by Mr. Butler, ana was followed by Messrs. Blackburn, etc., after which a resolution was adopted 109 —to proceed to the election of a Doorkeeper. Mr. Clymer then nominated Chas. W. Feld, of Georgia; Mr. Butler nominated Jamre Shields, of Missouri, and Mr. Randolph nominated John H. Trent, of Tennessee. The vote resulted: For Field, 123 (alliDemocrats); Shields, 101 (all but one—Springer Republican; Trent, 8. Mr. Field was then declared duly elected, and waesworn in, taking the. modified ceth. .... A bill was introduced by unanimous consent authorising .the President to appoint James Bhifild* *Bngadier-Genenl of tbe tJiujted States rates were suspended and the bill was gamed— ISto A

Im the Senate, on the 9th, a bill wap reported from the Finance Committee, and placed on the calendar, to repair and put in operation the mint at New Orleans, Mr. Morrill stating that it was the opinion of the committee that this would afford all the necessary additional mint facilities .. A bill was passed to provide a code of army regulations.... Confer aaoe Committees were appointed on the bill anthonz'Pg the Secretary of the Treasury to employ temporary clerks and on the Consular and Dirtmnatic Appropiiation bill ...The Pacific Bathnad Funding hill was again taken up, and an amendment offered by Mr. Blaine was rejected—yeas, 23. nays 34. Mr. Thurman s I I

Treaaory waa adopted. Several other pronowd amendments were withdrawn and the bill waa p*m*d-40 m it. Im the Houe, a concurrent resolution wa* offered and referred reciting at length the present buataem dirtrem throughout the country, and directing the imae of $400,000,000 in United State* notea, to be a legal tender for all debts, public and private, and to be placed in circulation at the earlieat moment. A bill was reported from the Committee on Banking and Currency, providing for the issue of $38)790,810 of Treasury notea for the retirement of National Bank notes, which are to be received in payment of one-third of cnatoma dutiea. . .The Tariff bill was taken up in Committee of the Whole, and Mr. Wood, Chairman of the Way* and Mean* Committee. spoke at great length in explanation and advocacy of the bill. He raid that, notwithstanding the proposed reduced rates, the actual revenue under the bill would be about $140.1110,000 against about $130,000,000 last year. A few bills of a private nature were passed in the Senate, on the 10th... .Ths bill to repeal the Bankrupt act was further debated, and a substitute was offered in the shape of a bill to establish a uniform law on the subject of bankruptcy. Bills were introduced and referred, in the House—authorizing the issuing of Treasury notes, the taking up of greenbacks and National Bank notes, prohibiting a contraction of the currency, and repealing the Internal Revenue law*; making it illegal for any member of either house of Congress to act as general advisory attorney for certain corporations and patentees; a joint resolution proposing a Constitutional amendment providing for only one seeaion of Congress for every two years, after 18H0, unless convened by the President. . .The Pension Appropriation was considered in Committee of Bills were passed in the Senate, on the 11th—to repair and pot in operation the mint at New Orleans; the Deficiency Appropriation bill, with amendment....A bill waa reported from the Committee on Public Lands for the relief of settlers on public lands.... A new Conference Committee was ordered on two of the amendments to the bill authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to employ temporary clerk*. .... Messrs. Cameron (Win.) and Eustis were appointed additional members of the Committee on Mimusippi Levee*.... Adjourned to the 15th. In the House, the Pension Appropriation bill was considered in Committee of the Whole, and amendments were agreed to, fixing the salaries of Pension Agents at $4,000, and allowing them fees for vouchers and actual cxSnaes for rent, clerk hi re. etc., and providing it after July 18 1878, the office* of Pension Agents shall be filled by wounded nr disabled Union soldiers. The bill as amended was reported to the House and passed. The Senate was not in session on the 12th. A lengthy debate occurred in the House on the bill to reimburse the College of William and Mary, in Virginia, for property do* stroyed during the war.. A bill, reported from th* Military Committee, restoring Geo. A. Armes to his rank in the army waa passed, na was also a bill authorizing the Secretary of War to relinquish portions of the Fort Hartsuft Military Reservation in Nebraska to homestead and preemption settlers. ...The Senate amendments to the General Deficiency and to the Diplomatic Appropriation bilk were non-concurred in.