Rensselaer Union, Volume 10, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1878 — General News Summary. [ARTICLE]

General News Summary.

HMI WAHRINGTON. Tn United Stales Treasury - Department Am discoatin&ed the payment of standard Mlvertollan for Treasury notes at the New York Buh-Treaaury. for the reason that the silver thus Issued, instead of going into general circulation, ia returned to It in the payment of custosa dues, the Importer thus saving the gold premium. For similar reasons the amount of silver issued at Baltimore for Treasury notes is limited to $5 at a single payAt the Cabinet meeting In Washington, on the 21st, fce’y Sherman submitted a financial statement showing a deficiency in the fiscal year no far of 111,000,000 leas than in the corresponding time of last year; also, showing a decrease in expenditures of $8,000,000. The National Democratic Committee has paaaed • resolution, Indorsing the action of the National House of Representatives In respect to the investigation of the alleged frauds in the late Presidential election. TEZ EANT. Messes. Bsukr end Bkntlet having declined the nominations of the Pennsylvania Nationals for Lieutenant-Governor and Supreme Judge, respectively, the Executive Committee have substituted in their stead Daniel M. Stock for Lieutenant-Governor and Judge Daniel Agnew for Supreme Judge. The fifty-fourth anniversary of the American Sunday-School Union was celebrated at the Academy of Music, in Philadelphia, on the evening of the 31st Addresses were made by distinguished divines. The report read showed that, during the year, 1,147 new schools had been established, and 3,355 other schools visited and aided. These bad an aggregate of 23,066 teachers and 201,000 scholars. Over 100,380 Bibles and Testaments had been distributed, and 2,820,103 scholars placed under Bible instruction, by the Union, during the last fifty-four years of its service. The past year was stated to have been one of the most successful of any. P. Milton Speer, of Huntingdon, has been chosen Chairman of the Pennsylvania Democratic State Central Committee. The Democrats of Pennsylvania, in State Convention at Pittsburgh, on the 23d, nominated: For Governor, Andrew H. Dill; Supreme Judge, H. P. Ross; Lieutenant-Gov-ernor, John Ertig; Secretary of Internal Affairs, J. Simpson. The resolutions declare that the Republican party, its measures and its men, are responsible for the financial distress, misery and want that now exist; that its present bold upon the Federal |>ower was secured by fraud, perjury and forgery; ag'iiust a further contraction of the volume of United States legal-tenders; that “thorough investigation into the Electoral frauds of 1876 should be made; fraud should lie exposed, truth vindicated and criminals punished; but oppose any attack upon the Presidential title as dangerous to our institutions and fruitless in its results.’’ The Vermont Republican State Convention was held at Burlington, on the 23d. Col. Redfield Proctor was nominated for Governor: E. P. Colton, for Lieutenant-Governor, and John A. Page (present incumbent), forgtate Treasurer. Resolutions were adopted—approving of the motives and general course of President Hayes’ administration, and rejoicing in the belief that, though differences as to policy may exist, both the Executive and the Republicans in Congress are disposed to suffer no divisions, observing that excellent precept, “In essentials, unity; in non-essen-tials, liberty, in all things, charity;” condemning as “unfair, uncalled-for and revolutionary, the measure of the Democratic House of Representatives to investigate a part only of the facts pertaining to the Presidential election;” recognizing the patriotic action and devotion of those in the Bouth who now stand firm for the Union and perpetuity of good government. Gold dosed in New York, on May 24th, at 100J<. The following were the closing quotations for produce: No. 2.Chicago Spring, Wheat, »1.16@L18; No. 2 Milwaukee, »[email protected]. Oats Western and State, 31@31Xe- Corn, Western Mixed, 53X@Mc. Pork, Mess, $8.75. Lard, $6.75. Flour, Good to Choice, [email protected]; Winter Wheat, [email protected]. Cattle, for Good to Extra. Sheep, $3.75 @ 5.75. Hogs, $3.25@ 3.50. At East Liberty, Pa., on May 24th, Cattle brought: Best, Medium, $4.50(3 4.75; Common, Hogs sold— Yorkers, $3.15@325; Philadelphias, $3.40@ 3.65. Sheep brought [email protected]—according to quality. At Baltimore, Md., on May 24th, Cattle brought; Best, [email protected]; Medium, Good. Sheep were quoted at [email protected] for Good.

WEST AMD KOtTH. At Cincinnati, on the 18th, the American Social Science Association met in annua] convention under the presidency of Hon. Rufus King. The session was largely attended. Prof. Pierce, of Harvard College, delivered the opening address. Great excitement prevailed, ofi the 20th, throughout the western portion of North Carolina, particularly along the ridge of Bald Mountain. It seems that, on the 18th, rumbling sounds were heard in the bowels of the mountain similar to those which so disturbed the scientists two years ago. Next day the range began to yield, and, on the 20th, the mountain was rent in twain, leaving a chasm 300 feet long and twenty feet wide, and apparently bottomless. Judge Righter, of the Sixth Judicial Court at New Orleans, has recently refused a mandamus to compel the School Board to admit colored children to schools designated for whites. The State Convention of the National Greenback Labor party of Indiana met at Indianapolis, on the 22d, and nominated: For Secretary of State, Henry James; Auditor, Jacob g. EisA-, Treasurer, R. P. Main; Attor-ney-General, David Moss; Superintendent of Public Instruction, John Young. The platform declares for the abolition of all bank issues, the free and unlimited coinage of gold and silver, and the issuing by the Government of full legal-tender paper money, receivable for all dues, public and private; opposition to any measure looking to the resumption of specie payment; denounces the red flag Communism, which asks for the equal distribution of property, as well as the communism M National Banks, bond Syndicates and consolidated railroad corporations, which have al--ready, by corrupt means, secured, and are enforcing, an unequal division of property, etc., etc. : -«**7*» Ah exhibition was given in Chicago, on the 28d and 23d, of the phonograph, the newly-in-vented machine by Mr. Edison for the repro duetton of spoken sounds. The exhibition was reasonably satisfactory. Judge Love, of the United States District Caurt, sitting at DesMolnes, lowa, has deaded that the blanket mortgage, held by the Charter Oak Life Insurance Company as security for oertato advances made to B. F. Allen, lannll and void. Mma Amwie Carle, a young BL Ix>uis ladv, made use pt kerosene, the other night, to lEAke the fire burn more briskly. The can exploded and Miss Carle was fatally burned. The Coroner’s jury has returned a verdict to the Minneapolis mill-disaster ease, in sub4mm |hat the explosion was caused by th«

generation of mill-dnat, to which was communicated fire by a spark caused by one of the mills In the Washburn structure running empty. The open purifiers were condemned, as likely to cause other explosions. AT five o'clock, on the afternoon of the 23d, the Town of Mineral Point, in lowa County, Wta, was visited by-a tornado which left death and destruction tn its wake. The storm struck the towu In Its business center, demolishing a atone brewery, the First Ward School building, the Globe and Wisconsin Hotels and a large nurnber.of business structures and prtj rate residences. Several persons were killed and a large numt>er hurt. Similar disasters, though not as serious, arc reported from other sections of the country. Bishop McCoskkt reached Detroit, Mich., on the 23d, and announced that he had withdrawn his resignation and would resume hie duties as Bishop of Michigan. He said little concerning the scandal with which his name was recently coupled, but intimated his Intention to seek redress at the hands of the law.

A large numlter of tha manufacturers of Chicago and vicinity met in Chicago, on the 23d, and perfected a Manufacturers’ Association for the Northwest. Resolutions were adopted—calling upon managers of railways leading to the South, West and Northwest to consider their schedules of freight rates and classification with a view to correct some of the evils existing in the matter of freight rates between the East and points west of Chicago; declaring tbe identity of the interests of labor and capital; «<l'oeating aid to transportation lines and railways under-proper restrictions; favoring the repeal of the Bankrupt law; deprecating tbe passage of the Tariff bill pending in Congress, etc., etc. In Chicago, on May 24th, Spring Wheat No. 2 closed at $1.06>f(®1.07 cash. Cash Coni closed at 88J4C for No. 2. Cash Oats No. 2 sold at 24c; and 23J£c seller June. Rye No. 2. Barley No. 2, @ 48c. Cash Mess Pork closed at $7.80. Lard. $6.47X- Beeves— Extra brought $5.20(<h5.f10; Choice, $4.75 (34.90; Good, $4.30(>H.70; Medium Grades, $4.00(34.25; Butchers’ Stock, «[email protected]; Stock Cattle, etc., [email protected]. Hogs—Good to Choice, $3.05(33.15. Sheep—Poor to Choice, $2.75(35.25.

FOREIGN IXTELLIGEXCE. A Calcutta dispatch of the 19th says the Indian Government had ordered the immediate construction of coast defenses. Madras, Bombay, Rangoon and Calcutta were among the points to be strengthened A London telegram of the 19th says that, in proportion as the news from St. Petersburg became peaceful, that from Constantinople became warlike. Tbe Turks were hard at work strengthening their lines and getting guns in position. A DISPATCH from Syria, published in London on tlie 19th, says the Sherif of Mecca had issued an appeal to the faithful, in Arabia and throughout Asia Minor, declaring the Kalif In danger and calling upon them to fly; to the rescue. Diking a theatrical performance in Ahmedneugger, India, on tbe night of the 18th, the building caught fire and forty persons were burned to death. London telegrams of the 20th say that the Government had instructed Lord Loftus, the British Ambassador at St. Petersburg, to demand of the Russian Foreign Office a categorical explanation of the reported armament of privateers in the United States, and also to explain the mission of tbe Cimbria to American waters. Prince Milan, of Servia, lias pardoned the Topols conspirators. London telegrams of the 21st say that Lord Salisbury, the British Minister of Foreign Affair«, had refused to receive a deputation liearing a memorial favoring peace and signed by more than 200,000 Englishmen, on the ground that, at the present juncture, discussions relating to peace would lie prejudicial to the public good. On the 20tb, a baud of refugees surrounded the residenceof ex-Sultan Murad, in Constantinople, and demanded that he be declared the Sultan. The troops fired on them, killing twenty-one and wounding seventeen.

A Pera dispatch of the 21st says the Turkish delegates sent to pacify the Mussulman insurgents had returned, and reported that they were unable to induce them to abandon the in surrection. They recommended that the Russians be allowed to suppress it. Great excitement prevailed along the Canadian border, on the 21st, over a re|>ort that the Fenians were concentrating along the line in Vermont with a view to invade the Dominion. A warm welcome was promised the invaders. Ax explosion occurred in a coal mine at Halifax, N. 8., on the 21st, and six men were suffocated. Several others narrowly escaped destruction. Count Schouvaloff, the Russian Ambassador to the Court of St. James, reached London on the evening the 22d, bearing propositions from the Czar, which were thought to indicate peace. According to a Constantinople special of the 22d, the Russians had defeated the MussulJ man insurgents near the headwaters of the River Arda, killing many and taking a large number of prisoners. A Cattaro (Montenegro) telegram of the 22d says that a conflict between the Turks and Montenegrins impended. ~ The pleasure steamer Empress of India, with a party of about eighteen persons on board, became unmanageable and capsized over a dam on Grand River, at Galt, Ont., on the night of the 22d. Of the passengers and crew, eight were drowned. A fire occurred in the quarter occupied by the Porte, at Constantinople, on the evening of the 22d, which destroyed the buildings occupied by the Minister of Justice and the Council of State. Other structures were more or less damaged.

The Mussulman insurgents are prosecuting a guerrilla war against the Russians in the vicinity of Batoum and Artvin. Berlin papers say the British Government has lately ordered over 200 electric lights to be made in that city for the use of the British fleet. A Rome special of the 24th says that Austria, fearing, in the event of war, a possible attempt by Italy to seize Trent and the surrounding country, had doubled the garrison there, and quartered 45,000 troops in the Austrian Tyrol. According to a Constantinople telegram of the 24th, it had been discovered that the late fire in the Government building was incendiary tn its origin. About 11,500,000 deposited there was burned up.

FORTY-FIFTH COXGREKH. Senate not in session, on the 18th. In the House, Mr. Stephens asked to be put on record, stating that had he been present when the vote wss taken on what is known as the Potter resolution, on the 17th. and had he not been paired with Mr. Harris, he would have voted against the r< Bo -tion as it stood... A resolution was reportel from the (Committee on Election* declaring that there had been no fair, free and peaceable election in the First Congreaaionai District of South Carolina, and that neither Rainey (the sitting member) nor Richardson (contestant) was entitled to the seat.... Conference Committees were appointed on the Indian and Pension Appropriation bills, and a new committee was also ordered and named on the Military Academy bill. ■■ .The Army Appropriation bill was considered in Committee of the Wh01e.... Tie Speaker stated that be would be absent during the early pert of the ensuing week, and a resolution was‘adopted appointing Mr. Sayler Speaker P’O trm... It was arranged that there should be evening sessions for business purposes during all of the following week. Bills were introduced in the Senate, on the 30th, to reorganize the Court of Claims, and to extend its jurisdiction to take all claims from before Congress and the Departments for adjudication; to regulate immigration A bill was passed to amend the 103 d Article of War. so as toprovide that no person shall be tried or punisbed by court-martial for any offense oon>mitted more than two yearß. or, in caae of desertion ,

throe years, liefore the arraignment of such person' for such ofienoe. . Mr. Mom 11. Cluurtnan of the Finance Committee, spoke in opposition to tbe bill to repeal tbe Itenumption net The Hoose bill to place the name of (ten. Bhieldsun the retired list of the Army, with the rank of Brigaiiicr-Geni'rnl. was taken up. and an amendment was offered by Mr. Hargent and adopted - 9fi to 2H to also place the name of Gen. Giant on tbe retires! list, with full rank and pay . . Conference OointniUmw were appointed on the Indian and Pension Appropriation bills. Bills were introduced injhc House—revealing the law imposing a tax of 1 percent, on State lauikn; to protect international and domestic commerce; for taking the Tenth and subseqnent eeaauaes: requirinu all appointments in the Civil Service to be distributed equally Hinonir the Congressional Districts..- Tbe Spenker pro tem. announced the apixiintment of the committee under the Potter resolution to inquire into alleged frauds In the late. Presidential election na follows: Potter. Morri«on. Hunton. Stenger, McMahon, Qobh (Ind.). Blackbnm, Cox (Ohio.). Butler, Reed (Me.) and Hiacock.

In the Senate, on the 21st, Mr. Ferry stated that he was instructed by a majority,of the Finance Committee to report back without amendment the House bill forbidding the further retirement of United States legal-tender notes and to recommend its passage.... Several other bills were reported from committees and placed on the calendar, among which was the House bill for the relief of settlen on public lands under the Pre-emption 1aw.... A new Con ferenoe Committee was appointed on the Military Academy Appropriation hi 11... .The amendment to the bill to place the name of Gen. Shields on the retired lint, providing for the addition of the name of Gen. Grant, was reported and passed 32 to 28. An amendment to strike out all after the enacting clause and insert a provision authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to place the name of Gen. Shields on the pension list at the rate of SIOO a month was, after a lengthy debate, to 33. The question lieing then on the passage of ths bill, it was rejected- yean, 33; nays. 34—and a motion to reconsider the vote was made. Thf. Army Appropriation bill was considered in Committee of the Whole of the House, and a general debate ensued involving the labor question and the policy of a reduction of the army and its use as a police force to protect laborers throughout the country in their right to work in opismition to the power and demands of strikers. A bill was passed in the Sehate, on the 22d, for the relief of settlers on the public lands under the Pre-emption law, giving to such settlers who had been on public land two or three years the benefit of that time upon changing their claim, so as to be under the Homestead law. ... .Mr. Lainar spoko in favor of the Texas Pacific Railroad bill-. The Conference report on the Indian Appropriation bill was agreed to.

Mk. Harrison offered, as a question of privilege, a resolution, in the House, extending the Potter investigation to Oregon and Mouth Carolina, and declaring that it ia not the intention of the Houae, through such investigation, to annul, or attempt to annul, the deciaion of the Presidential question as made by the Forty-fourth Congress; but several members declined to vote, the result being 71 to 50, and, the point of no quorum lieing raised, Mr. Harrison withdrew the resolution. Mr. Wilson then offered a resolution, which was adopted without division, extending the power of the Investijmting Committee to any State where there maybe any well-grounded allegation of fraud. ... A report was submitted from the Committee on Expenditures, setting forth ten articles of impeachment against O. B. Bradford, late Vice-consul-General at Shanghai, China, on charges of embezzlement, etc. . . .The Army Appropriation bill was further considered in Committee of the Whole... A bill was reported on the subject of counting the Electoral vote... The Conference report on the Indian Appropriation bill was agreed to A bill was passed for the publication of an official advertiser, which shall contain all public advertisements, etc. The Legislative, Judicial and Execu tive Appropriation bill was reported in the Senate, with several amendments, on the23d... A resolution was adopted, authorizing the Select Committee to continue the investigation of tbe finance reports, books, etc., of the Tressury Department ...A bill was paused, authorizing the Secretary of War to have headstones erected over the gravea of Union soldiers interred in private cemeteries.

In the House, the Army Appropriation bill was further considered in Committee of the Whole, and an amendment was agreed to—--115 to 107 to fix the strength of the army at 25,000 instead of 20,000 men, the following Democrats voting with the Republicans in favor of the amendment: Cutler, Patterson, Williams (MicliJ, Robertson (La.), Wigginton and all the Texas members, except neagap. Other amendments were also agreed to, increasing the item for the pay of the army from $8,390,000 to 9.090.000, and the number of cavalry regiments from fifteen to eighteen, to correspond with the increase of the force. An amendment was also adopted making the limitation of cavalry companies 125. instead of 100 privates, as originally provided in the bill. A bill was reported -in the Senate, on the 24th. to amend the law relating to Presidential elections and regulating the counting of votes for President and Vice-President, and the decision of questions relative thereto.. - The bill to provide for the free entry of articles imported for exhibition by societies established for the encouragement of the arts and sciences, was passed. . .Several amendments were agreed to to the bill providing for a permanent form of goys, eriiment for the District of Columbia. Bills were passed in the Houseproviding that persons who were deprived of their pensions from March, 1865, to June, 1866, by reason of tbeir being in the Civil Service, shall be paid tbeir pensions for that time: repealing the law which provides that no claim for a i>ension, not prosecuted to a successful issue within five years from the date of filing the same, shall be admitted without record of the evidence from the War and Navy Department; increasing to seventy-two dollars a month pensions paid to soldiers or sailors who have lost both arms, both legs or the sight of I with eyes; granting a pension of $37.50 a month to every pensioner who has had a leg amputated at the hip joint; making it unlawful for any attorney or claim agent to demand or receive for his services in a pension case a greater sum than ten dollars.... Several proposed amendments to the Army Appropriation bill were disposed of in Committee of the Whole.