Rensselaer Union, Volume 10, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 April 1878 — General News Summary. [ARTICLE]

General News Summary.

MM WAIWIFIQTONt FHMDKIT Uatrs ba issued an order for a new faquir? Into the mm of Flta-John Porter, wfcnwas convicted, during the Jate war, of Ihabefa—M of orders and misbehavior before theeuewff. Thta order of the PreaWcut l* accepted fa Itself as a Croat triumph for Gen. Potter and his friends, who have maintained Ms patriotic HeUtj, and that he waa the vtcUm of i liii—Stivnrrz and popular prejudice at a time of great exettonent. The PretMent ia hM to have become eatlafled that National honor, equally with Justice to Porter, require* a new hearing of all the facta. Tnu EVXI>UD and eighty patent* and trade marfca were issued by the Patent Office at Washington, on the 16th, which numlier had not been equaled for years, and which, a Washington telegram say*, waa regarded as an Indication that business throughout the country was reviving. Tn Senate, In Executive session on the 16th, eon ßrmed several nominations made by the President, and rejected that of Justice E. Colburn, Washington correspondent of the New Pork Timm, a* Consul-General to Mexico.

THE BAST Tn* following letter from Mrs. Theodore Tilton was made public, In New York City, on tbs afternoon of the 15th: Mr.. Ira B. Wheeler: My Drab Bib—A few weeks since, after long months ot mental anguish. I told, a* you know, a law friend* whom 1 had bitterly deceived, that the oharce brought by mv husband of adultery be tween myself and the Be - . Henry Ward Beecher was troe. and that the be I had lived so well the last fear years had Imtuno intolerable to me. That statement 1 now solemnly reaffirm, and leave the truth with God. to whom also I commit myself, my children, and all who most suffer. 1 know full well the explanations that soil he sought by many for this acknowledgment—a desire to return to my husband, insanity, malice, everything save the true and only one, my quickened oocwctraoe and sense of wbat is due to the cause of truth and justice. During all the complications of these years you have been my confidential friend and therefore 1 address this letter to vuu, authorizing and requesting yon to secure its publication. Elizabeth It. Tilton. Bbooklyn, April IS. 1878. Mr. Beecher waa out of the city when Mrs. Tilton’s letter was made public. The New York Tribune telegraphed him a copy of the letter, and received the following dispatch in reply from Mr. Beecher: Wavebly. N. Y.. April 15, 1878. To the Editor of the New York Tribune: I oonftont Mrs. Tilton’s confeasion with explicit and absolute denial. The testimony to her own innocence and to mine, which for four years she had made to htmdresK in private and in public, before the court, in writing and orally, I declare to he true, and the allegations now made in contradiction of her uniform solemn and unvarying statements hitherto made 1 utterly deny. 1 declare her to be innocent of the greet transgression. Hknhy Ward Beeches. The luneral of the late Wm. H. Tweed was solemnized in New York City on the 17th. It was a quiet family affair. A YOt'JiG lady named Elbe DaCostra, aged twentyvone years, living in Philadelphia, was so terribly burned, a few mornings ago, through her clothes taking fire by her treading on a match, that she died on the evening of the same day. llattic Green, aged twentysix, attempted to rescue Miss DaCostra, and was also fatally burned. ' Jobeih Hartmanx, a German resident of New York City, died recently of trichinosis. It seems that his wife cooked for him a piece of a shoulder last Christmas, of which she and Hartmann partook. On the sth of January Hartmann was taken ill, and so remained until tire 15th of April, when he died, as above stated. Pieces cut from the body of deceased sbowod undoubted evidence of trichina spiralis. His wife waa ill, but, on the 18th, there were prospect* that she might recover. Bam Steenbirgii, a colored man, forty-live years of age, was hanged at Fonda, N. Y., on the 19th, for the murder, last Novemlier, of Jacob 8. ’Parker, at Amsterdam, N. Y. A few days before the execution Stcenburgh confessed to having killed eleven persons, the first murder being committed when he was fourteen years old. Gold closed in New York, on April 19th, at t< O,V Hie following were the closing quotations for produce: No. 2 Chicago Spring, Wheat, #1.25(41.25%; No. 2 Milwaukee, f1.26%<§1.27. Oats, Western and Btate, 34:236c. Corn, Western Mixed, 50@54c. Pork, Mess, SIO.OO. Lard, #7.35. Flour, Good to Choice, $5,25(25.85; Winter Wheat, 15 [email protected]. Cattle, $8.50(210.50 for Good to Extra. Sheep, $4.55(35.65. Hogs, $3.70 $3 80. AT East Liberty, Pa., on April 19th, Cattle brought: Best, #5.00(35.20; Medium, s4.tSo@ 4.80: Common. $3.50(34.50. Hogs sold— Yorkers, $3.50(33.65; Philadelphia*, $3.90(3 4.10. Sheep brought s3.7s(3s.7s—according to quality. At Baltimore, Md., on April 19th, Cattle brought: Best, #5.25(35.75; Medium, $.3. Hogs sold at $5.00(25.62% for Good. Bhecp were quoted at $4.00(26.00 for Good.

WKBT AND SOUTH. Fimr-SEVEX buildings in Clarksville, Tenn., were destroyed by fire on the night of the 13th. Loss estimated at $500,000. It was thought the fire was started by negroes in revenge for the killing of two colored men who had been guilty of serious crime. Os the 13th a terrific tornado struck the. Town of Cottonwood, in Kansas, causing great loss of property, the destruction of the lives of several persons and the serious injury of niauy others. At Emporia the State Normal School building was unroofed, and great damage done to other structures in the town. Eight Rev. 8am l: el A. McCoskrt, who lately resigned the Episcopal Bishopric of Michigan, on the plea that he was getting old and becoming rapidly infirm, has been shown to have resigned; on compulsion and to have left the country to avoid the co-religion-ists he had disgraced. The statement was made on the 17th that be had been charged with -improper conduct, and that, when confronted with the charge , and shown the impassioned letters he had written to a certain Detroit woman, he acknowledged bis guilt, tendered his resignation and left for Europe. Some of the National Banks in Chicago, Cincinnati and other parts of the West are redeeming their bills in specie. Os the morning of the 18th, at Toledo, Ohio, Henry Rudolph, aged ten years, shot and killed Freddy Benning, also ten years old. They had bad a schoolboy quarrel the day before, and, on the morning in question, Rudolph bought an old revolver and shot Benning as he entered the school grounds. He died instantly. The youthful murderer was locked up. ' * *rThe Oregon State Republican Convention met at Salem, oti the 17th, and adopted a platform declaring for sound money and for the maintenance of public faith. A resolution was • adopted todorstwg the National Administration, and etomg for reform in «**»* affair* H. K. Hines w*> nominated for Omgrem and C. C. Beekaum for Governor. A call has been issued for s meeting of the Ohio State Republican Convention in Cin cinnati, on the 12th of June. At Aikenr 8. C., on the 19th, Rohert s. McEvoy was executed for the murder, in April, 1878, of Capt. J. J. Gregg. Before his * death be confessed to the commission of several crimes.' .■*' la Chicago, on April 19th, Spring Wheat No. 3 dosed at tiL<»Aft9l.lo cash. Cash porp dosed at 40%C for No. 2. Cash oats No. * sold at 98}{e; and 26#c seller May. Bye No 9, Mj*r„ Barley No. 2, wm^c. Os* -Kff t*«r* closed at *8.62*. Urfi,

#6.87%. Beeves—Extra, brought §4.75(45.15; Chofca, »4.40®4.66; Good, #4.00(44.25; Modi fan Grade*, #3.75(44.00; Butcher*' Stock, 100(34.00; Stock Cattle, etc., #3.35(44.00. Hog*—Good to Choice, $100(4175. SheepPoor to Choice, $3.75(35.75.

FtREIUN INTKLUUKNi'K. Belgrade specials of the 15th say the antiRiissian feeling was Increasing both in the Cabinet and among the people. Lat» advices state that the insurrection In Theasaly had been almost entirely crushed. In Epirus and Crete the insurgent* remained In arms, but were gradually being ovcrjtowered and becoming demoral lied. 4 Vout dispatch of a late date says the Turks bad massacred from 800 to 000 persons of all ages and both sexes at Pnlatiza. A Vienna corre*|>omlcnt telegraphed, on the 15th, that an understanding lietween Russia and Austria hail been reached, whereby the former had consented to reduce it* occupation of Bulgaria to one year, modify It* western boundaries, curtail the extension of Servla and Montenegro, and }*’rniit the establishment of an Austrian protectorate over Western Turkey Tn* trial of Suleiman Pasha by court martial for certain alleged grave military offenses has been commenced at Constantinople. It was reported from Vienna," on the 16th, that the Grand Duke Nicholas had been relieved of the command of the Russian forces In Turkey, and succeeded by Gen. Todlebcn. The British House of Commons adjourned on the 16tli, to til 5’ 6t.h, and the House of Lords to the 13th, of May. A Bt'ciiAnEST dispatch of the 16th says the 111-feeling iietween Russia and Boumanla waa visibly increasing. The entire miUiin of the latter Power had been called out. The Russians had stationed vessels, laden with stone, ready again to close the Sulfna mouth of the Danube, if deemed expedient. A WinniN special of the 16tl> says an Imperial ukase ha* been issued by the Czar, directing the speedy reorganization of Bulgaria and convoking the Bulgarian Assembly for the 15th of June. Pkisoe Milan, of Servia, has approved the sentence of death recently pronounced by the Servian Court of Cassation upon M. Thumitch, ex-Minister, and thirty-five others, for complicity in the military conspiracy. Aliout fifty others were sentenced to penal servitude. According to a Constantinople dispatch of tlic 17th, the Sultan had given orders to Ills troops stationed on the Bosphorus to fight against any at tempt of Russian or British troops to occupy Constantinople. A London telegram of the 17th says the Roumanians, alarmed at the Russian occupation of their territory, and the legibility of an attempt at disarmament, had withdrawn their army to the Carpathian Mountains, where, they threatened, they would ntako another Plevna if the Russians attack them.

A Volo (Greece) special of the 17th says says the Turks had offered the insurgents amnesty if they would lay down their arms. The offer had been disregarded, the Insurgent* considering it merely a sop to the opinion of Europe. Extensive Nihilist riot* have lately occurred in Moscow and other Russian cities, induced by the prevailing methods of punishment for political offenses. The full details have not been allowed to transpire. The operatives in the cotton mills at Longridge, Eng., struck on the 18th because of reduction of wages. They numbered about 20,000. It was feared the strike would become general. A Vienna dispatch of the 18th says the Turks and Montenegrins had come in collision near Podgeroitza. The former had disregarded the line of demarcation fixed by the late treaty, and the latter had attacked some of the Turkish villages. The losses were inconsiderable. According to London dispatches of the 18th, invitations had at l:vst been" issued for the meeting of the Euroi»ean Congress. The date had not transpired. A Constantinople telegram of the 18th says a crisis had occurred in the Turkish Cabinet, resulting in the dismissal of Venik Effendi, President of the Ministerial Council, and the appointment of Sadyk Pasha as his successor. This change was claimed as a Russian triumph, but the British Minister telegraphed that it had no such significance. An Athens dispatch of the 19th says England had arranged a truce between the Turks and the Greek insurgents. The statement was made, on the 19th, that 13,000 sick and wounded Turkish soldiers had died since the evacuation of Erzeroum, and that the Russians had lost 31,000 men since they entered the plain of Erzeroum. A Blackburn (Eng.) dispatch of the 19th says 40,000 operatives in that district were out on a strike, and that none of the cotton-mills were running. According to a Vera dispatch of the 19th, the Porte was preparing a circular to the Powers, asking to be relieved from foreign occupation, since the war was over. ' Qcf.ex Victoria has issued her proclamation, forbiddiug the export of torpedoes or torpedo material.

All convalescents in Russia have been ordered to rejoin their regiments in Turkey as speedily as possible. . FOIITY-HFTH VONGREKB. Senate not in session on the 13th. A bill was passed in the House appropriating *5.000 for the erection of n monument over the grave of Thomas Jefferson... The Postoffice Appropriation bill ($33.190,373—5987,770 less than last year) was considered in Committee of the Whole. Bills were passed in the Senate, on the 15th— authorizing the issue of passports free toeoloredcitizensgoingtoßra7.il; authorizing the construction of a narrow-gauge railroad from Bismarck to the Black Hills; repealing the Bankrupt law —37 to 6. .. Bills were introduced -to repeal that part of the Specie-Resumption act, which authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to dispose of United States bonds and redeem and cancel currency; to repeal the several sections of the Revised Statutes relative to the tenure of civil officers. Bills were introduced in the House —directing the President to make public proclamation that it is the firm determination of Congress to enact no further laws affecting the currency or finance, until specie payments shall have been actually resumed, and authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to prepare 4-per-cent. bonds of the denomination of twenty, fifty and SIOO, payable in fortyyears, to be exchangeable at no lew than their face value for legal-tender notes; to provide a mode for trying and determining, by the Supreme Court of the United States, disputed Presidential elections ... The resolution of the Maryland Legislature reopening tbe Presidential question was presented, and Mr. Garfield objected to its reception at this time, when a lengthy debate ensned, the question not being finally determined before the close of the morning hour. In the Senate, on the 16th, Mr. Howe called op a resolution, introduced by him a few weeks before, calling upon the President for certain information in regard to Judge Whitaker, of Ijonisiana. and made some remarks upon his fonder speech, after which the resolution was I adopted, as wa- also a resolution calling upon ' tbs Secretary of the Treasury for information relative to the balances due from the Collectors | of Internal Revenue not now in office, as to what amount had been settled by compromise, etc—Bills were passed—regulating the appointment of cadet midshipmen aud engineers to the Naval Academy at Annapolis: for the relief of certain settlers on public lands; to incorporate tbe National Pacific Railroad and Telegraph Company... .A bill was introduced—to authorise the States of Ohio. Indiana and Illinom to bring and prosecute suits against the United States to recover money due on account of the * proceeds of sales of public lands. ~ The Senate bill authorizing the issue of passports free to oolored citizens going to Brazil was passed in tbe House.... Bills were introduced—to construct a ship canal for the passage of naval vessels from the Missiasippl 'River to Lake Michigan; for the education of colored teachers in Mississippi; to prevent the redaction of the volume of United States notes.... The Pootoffioe Appropriation bill was considered and

amended in Committee of the Whole An rvminc mirn waa held, at which about fifty Pension bill* wet* passed. Vice-President WiieeLek being absent, Mr. Ferry ws* chwit I‘resident pro Um. of the Senate, cm the 17th A substitute for the House bill to repeal the Specie-Resumption act wire favorably reported from the Finanoe Committee-. providing thnton and after the passage of the snhatitote United States notea shall be receivable in payment for Government Istnda. and on and after Oct. 1 for duties on import*. and that such notes shall not lie destroyed but shall be rebelled as often as received by the Government ..A concurrentiraolution waa unanimously adopted, providing for the adjournment of Congress on the 10th of June, TI(C bill to remove ail etisting restrictions in regard to the enlistment of colored citiiens in the United States Army was indefinitely postiioned- 88 to 17.... A resolution submitted by Mr. Voorhrew, in Deoeniber last, declaring it of the highest importance that the financial credit of the Government be maintained, and to that end that the Government should, in all its deimrtmenta, keep ita contract* and obligations entered into with its own citizen*, waa unanimniuly agreed to. ...A hill waa paused extending the act ot July 2, 1862. donnting'pnhlir lands to the several States and Territories which may provide college* for the benefit of agriculture and mechanical arts, to the State of Colorado. In the Hou.sc, a bill was passed repealing the act authorizing the coinage of twen-ty-oent silver pieces ... Several bills were reported from committees, among which were the following: Providing that any person mav deposit money, in any sum not leas than twentyfive cents, in any postal money-order office, and when such deposit* shall reach ten dollars, the Pcntmaster nliall issue to the depositor a postal order on the United States Treasurer for 5.66 Isnids, which shall be exempt front, taxation; authorizing the deposit of silver bullion and the issue of certificates therefor.... A motion to refer the concurrent resolution for final adjournment on tlie 10th of June to the Committee on Ways and Means was defeated -yea*. 107; nays, 129. Pending further consideration of the resolution, the House adjourned. Bills were passed in the Senate, on the 18th- in relation terthe Hot Springs Reservation in Arkansss; authorizing the citizens of Colorado, Nevada and the Territories* to fell and remove timber on the public domain for mining and domestic purposes; House bill to prevent the introduction of contagion* or infectious disease into the United Status . Adjourned to the 22d. The report of the Conference Committee on the hill making an appropriation for the employment of temixirary clerks in the Treasury Department, and for other purposes, was considered in the House, the committee hieing unable to agree, and a new conference with the Senate was aski-d for... .The motion to lay on the table the motion to reconsider the vote refusing to refer the eonenrrent adjournment resolution to the Committee on Ways and Means wa* deflated- 116 to 126. Eulogies were delivered on the late Representative Leonard, of Louimana. Senate not in session on the 19th. Bills were passed in the House—lor the free entry of articles imported for exhibition by societies established for the encouragement of art Had science; Senate bill increasing the pension of Gen. James Shields, with an amendment making the amount SIOO instead of fifty dollars per month. The motion to reconsider the vote refusing to refer the concurrent adjournment resolution to the Ways and Means Gommittec was agreed to—lo 6to 94—when the motion to refer waa withdrawn and a motion was adopted—--129 to 113— postponing further consideration of the matter until May 15.