Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1878 — General News Summary. [ARTICLE]

General News Summary.

Tn vote in Utß Senate, on the paaeate or the Itamwads bill, to regulate the counting of tbs Electoral vote for President sndVlre Preotasat, was as follows >lxf tiJuukT* ■ <>g *?’ ygna. ftSSm., IWler: ytatas. Mania, HeiwfMd, (Fl*.). ThSmn. Voortera. wSA Wtmo at the Poller InrortljiUng Committee wuteld, in Washington, on the leth. Upon the application of Att’y-Gen. Cooke, of Florida, for permission to introtees evManoa corroborative of his statement, loot winter, that he had seen Gov. Noyes and Gov. Stearns tone out of the room where the Board of Canvassers were In session, although lor an hoar or more be had been unable to obtain admission, which statement was emphatically denied by Messrs. Noyes and Steams, ths committee decided that, as this coatfct of veracity did not involve any material paint in the subject of inquiry they vronMnothaaranywitneeaes concerning it An order was mode, however, allowing Cocke to die ec parte affidavits in support of his statemont, and granting the same permission to tbewtber aide. If it ahall be desired. The RrpuMfcaa members of the committee have selected Gen. Cox to represent them on any aabcommtttce sent to Louisiana. Gen. But tar wan not present at the meeting of the committee, and no allusion was made to the cipher telegrams. Tta yros sad nan on the passage, in the Senate, of the resolution of Senator Blaine providing for an Investigation as to whether, at the recent elections, the Constitutional rights of any citizens were violated, in any State, were as follows: ttantty, OockrelL Ooke. OonUinc. Dans (LIU Qbym (W* Vb»). IMwps, Ite&ute Fcnj, Garland. Gordon. Hamlin. Harris. Hereford. Baar, Howe, Hralls Jones (Fla.). Kellon. Kernan,kirkw«Bd, McDonald. McMillan, McPberSm. Matthews, Maxey. Merrimon, Mitchell. Mcr rill. Ogteby. Paddock. Pattentm, Randolph. Bansem. Bollins, Saundem, Spencer. Teller. Vonteas. Wadletah. Wtadtam. Wilber*-56. Hill, MoCreety, Morgan, WalJtesraGtoitt and Saulsbury said they ’ were paired with Plumb and Conover upon political questions, but didnot say how they would have voted on this resolution. Mr. Davis (HI.) anns on sad that if the Senator from Ohio (Thurman) were present, he would vote aye. Ox being informed, on the 18th, that gold tad again opened at par with greenbacks in New York, Sec’y Sherman remarked to a newspaper correspondent that this was as he expected and said he did not believe gold would again be above par with the amount of gold on hand and the near approach of the time for paying It out, and he thought it imposaibie for a premium, however smell, to exist He thought that, within a short time, greenbacks would be at a very slight premium above gold, owing to their greater convenience. Sbc’y Shkrman has issued a call tor *lO,996,100, being the rest and residue of the bonds outstanding under the act of March 3, 1865, consols of 1865, not included in former calls. Ox the 18th, Sec’y Sherman authorised the payment of coupon interest on the public debt falling due Jan, 1,1879, without rebate, and tn coin or currency as the holder may desire.

«u Daniel McFuor, sixty-four years old living in East Cambridge* Mass., concluded a qoarrel with his wife, on the 17th, by braining her with his ax. Fx-Fxxsident Morton, of the Philadelphia Market Street Railway, and Sam R. Huhiq Secretary, have been sentenced to ten years' imprisonment in the Eastern Pennsylvania Penitentiary, having pleaded guilty to the charge <d over-issuing the stock of the corporation. Jack Kehoe, the “King” of the “ Mollie Maguires,” wm hung at Pottsville, Pa., on the 18th, for tbe murder in 1862 of a collieryboss named Langdon. At that time Kehoe belonged to a murderous organization known as tbe u Puckshots.” Kehoe died of strangulatien, and his death struggles Wive liorrihle. Patrick Rourke and his family of five children were burned to death in the City of Cohoes, N. Y.. on the night of the 18tli. A calx, has been issued for a conference of the Representatives of the National party, in New England, at Boston, on the 3d .of Jannan- .. Cold closed in New York, ou Dec. 1-ssh, st par. The following were the closing quotations for produce: No. 2 Chicago Spring Wheat, 96«96Kc; No. 2 Milwaukee, Oats, Western Mixed, S'Ml’OX*- Corn, Western Mixed, 4GJ4S4Bc. Post, Mess, *[email protected]. Lard, *5.95. Flour, Good to Choice, White Wheat Extra, *4.55@Y25. Cattle, *6-s)@ MMX) for Good to Extra. Sheep, &.7A Hogs, *[email protected]. At East Liberty, Pa., on Dec. 19th, Cattle brought: Best, *[email protected]; Medium, *4 00 04.50; Common, *8.0003.75. Hogs sold—Totters, *2.7002.85; Philaffelphlas, *2.930 3,0). Sheep brought *2.0004.25 —according to qualityAt Baltimore, Md., on Dec. 19th, Cattle brought: Best, *4.5005.00; Medium, *3.2503.75. Hogs sold at *3.7504.12% for Good. Sheep were quoted at *3.5305.00 for Good.

»'<»T AN* ••OTM. I x Custer County, Neb., a few day* sgo, two men named Mitchell and Ketchum, respectivdv, charged with being'eattle-thievei-, were taken from the custody of officers by. a band of masked Texan cow-boys, cruelly tortured in the Indian fashion and then burned to death. It has since transpired that they were innocent of the offense for which they were arrested. Thb Gubernatorial nomination in Ohio was recently tendered to Senator Thurman by some of the leading Democratic politicians of that State. Thia nomination Senator Thurman declared, peremptorily, he would not accept, even though ratified by a State Convention. His health was poor, and he would not make the canvass Anu in the business center of St Louis. Mo., on the night of the 17th, destroyed property valued at ♦250,000. Among the sufferers were Jaccard A Co., Jewelers, Powell a Co., carpet-dealeraond Alexander, druggist. Ths banking-house of C- F. Adae a Co., at Cincinnati, Ohio, suspended on the 18th. LSaMlfttes, *780,000. The depositors are mostly 1K Chicago, on Dcc. 19th. Spring Wheat No. 2 dosed at cash; 88#c for J*ntmrv; Fnbrtwy cwt Com dosed st «l«e tor No. 2; 31* c for January; ®3f c Joe May... CMhOste-N&g add at 20c, aod2oj<c seller January. Kye No. 2, UM®- ®" Ie T No- 2. flfc for cash, We tor January. Cash Mees Pork closed at 5M0®7.75. Lard, *5.55. Beeves —Bxtra brought Choice, *4. lo (gM-86; Good, *[email protected]; Medium Grides, 98.00(38.40; Butchers’ Stock, to Choice. Bh«fp ■=■ Poor to

ro*Bial KWWM&MSSBUNta. Vuutna dispatches say the Chiefs of tbe Albania* Leqtue had demanded that all Albanian Districts be incorporated as autonomous Provinces They declare that they shall act on tbe defensive, aud tn the future ignore the authority of the Porte. Aooowding to a St. Peteraburgh dispatch of the 14 th, the Czar had announced bis Intention to appoint a collectlvely-responslble Cabinet. It was reported from St. Petersburg, on the 14th. that the Czar was opposed to the Issue of a new Turkish loan, on the ground that tbe revenues of the latter country should be bekKlirst, or the payment of her old iudrbteduess, including the war indemnity. It was time enough to contract new debts after tbe oM were paid. J Tn Investigating Committee into tbe Condition of. the West of England and South Wales District Hank, which lately suspended, have submitted a report showing that the whole capital and reserve funds have been lost, and that there is a further deficiency of •1,300,000, for which the stockholders are Hable.

The Russians are pre|M>rlng to evacuate Adrianople in January. On the 16th, the shareholders of tbe Odessa (Russia) Commercial Bank, one of tbe moat prominent financial Institutions of Continental Europe, decided to go into Immediate liquidation. London telegrams of the 16th say that a message of condolence on the death of Princess Alice had been received from tbe Csar. An assurance was also given that the Russian operations in Mery were directed only against certain local tribes, and that Russia would not Interfere in the war between Shere AU and Great. Britain. St. Petersburg advices of the 16th were to the effect that war was imminent between Russia and China, in consequence of complications arising out of the Kashgar occupation. Tub House of Commons, on the 17th, adopted without division a resolution declaring that the expenses’ of the Afghan War should be paid out of the Indian revenues, and Parliament adjourned nutil Feb. 13, 1879. Willtan Anderson, Superintendent of the Eastern Telegraph Company, was recently municred at Candia in Crete. A Pf.shawuk dispatch, received in Ixmdon on tbe 17tb, says information had been received that Gen. MacPhcrson’s brigade liacl occupied Jelalabad. Dispatches from many portions of England and Scotland, received on the 18th, say the distress and suffering caused by the lalior depression was appalling. Thousands were receiving aid, and daily meetings were lielng held all over the Kingdom to raise funds for the relief of destitute workmen and tbelr families. Several heavy failures were announced al Stockholm, Sweden, on the 18th. It was thought a bank panic impended. The Bank of England advanced its rates for discounts, on the 19th, to 7 per cent. Aocokoinu to a Constantinople telegram ol tbe 19th, Romer, the American, charged with conspiracy against the Sultan, bad been or would shortly be expelled from Turkey. AN unprecedented gale prevailed in Con stantinople and vicinity, on the 19th. Many buildings were prostrated and numerous lives lost On the afternoon of the 19 th, the steamerByzantine, from Marseilles for Constantinople, collided, near Galata, with another craft, aud over 150 persons perished. United States Minister Bayard Taylor died at Berlin, on the 19th. The fatal symptoms came on suddenly. Mr. Taylor had been indisposed for several days, but was out of bed, and was transacting Ynisiness with the officials of the American I .ge at ion, on the 18th. His death was peaceful and painless.

coxtttttasaioxAi. prockwdinmn. The Senate was not in session, on the 14th. in the House, the Senate bill authoriziug thb issue of duplicates of registered bonds stolen from the Manhattan Havings Institution, in New York, was passed... The Indian Appropriation bill was reported and made the special order for the 18th... .The Senate amendments to the Military Academy Appropriation bill were nearly all non-oonenrred in.... A resolution was adopted, reciting the late Indian raids in Kansas and Nebraska, and the capture of marauders, and calling ofi the Secretary of the Interior for information as to wh,v be had not surrendered the gniltyand responsible parties of such Indian bands to tbe authorities of Kansas and Nebraska ....The Geneva Award bill was further discussed. .. The Senate bill to regulate Presidential elections was referred to a committee on the subject. In the Senate, bn the 16th, a number of bills were introduced and referred.. ..The Consular and Diplomatic and the Naval Appropriation. bills were reported, with amendments. .... A motion to lake np the Pacific Railroad bill was rejected -yeas, 2fi; nays, 32 . The resolution of Mr. Blaine in regard to elections in tlie South was taken np. ana a motion to lay on the table was rejected—yeas. 3; nays, 66- Messrs. Davis (W. VaJ. McCreery and Wallace voting m the affirmative. Tbe amendment of Mr. Thurman was then agreed to without division, after which Mr. Conkling submitted an amendment, which was agreed to—36 to 27 -to have the investigation made by a special committee of nine Senators instead of the Judiciary Committee. Mr. Blaine then submitted an amendment authorizing the committee to take testimony by itself or any sub-committee, and to visit any portion of the country when such visit may, in their judgment, facilitate any portion of the object of the inquiry'. Mr. Batler moved to amend the amendment so as to provide that the committee and sub-committees thereof should sit with open doors. Mr. Butler’s amendment was opposed by Mr. Blaine, and, after delnte, was rejected—yeas, Si); nays. 30. Mr. Davis (W. Va.)then proposed an amendment that the committee and sub-committees should sit with open doors when requested to do so bi' any member of the committee. After a lengthy debate this amendment was also rejected—yeas. 28; nays, 29.... An Executive session was then held. Among the bills introfiuced and referred in the House were the following: Providing for the payment of duties on imports In United States notes; reducing the charge for Postoffice money orders to five cents; for the exchange ol standard for trade-dollars; to limit the coinage of the standard silver dollars to five dollars per capita, according to the census about to be taken, and to make them a legal tender to the amount of twenty dollars for all debtor providing for tbe free coinage of silver; proposing a penslty of *I,(KO to be imposed upon any National Bank for each offense in refusing io receive or pay out tbe standard silver dollars the same as other lawful mdnejr; providing for the circulation of National Bank notes of less than five dollars after resumption, the same as before; to abolish tbe Bureau of Military Justice District of Columbia affairs were considered.

The Senate, on the 17th, insisted upon its amendments to the Military Academy Appropriation bill, and a Conference Committee was appointed... .The Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill was amended and passed.... A favorable report was made on the bill to quiet the title of settlers on the Des Moines River land* in 10wa... .Mr. Blaine's resolution regarding the Constitutional rights of citizens was then taken up, and, afterdebate, the amendment, authorizing the committee to visit any portion of the country when such visit may, in their judgment, facilitate the object of the inquiry, was agreed to without division. The resolution as amended was then further debated and finally passed—yeas, 66; tiays.6- the negative votes being Messrs. Eaton. HUI. McCreery. Morgan, Wallace and Whyte ...The House resolution for a holiday recess was amended so as to have the recess fnun Dec. 20 to Jan. 6. and passed as amended. In the House, after the introduction and reference of bills, the bill appropriating *450.000 to meet the deficiency in tha appropriation for the Postal-Mail Service, and prohibiting any increase in the Postal-Car Service during the present year, was considered in Committee of the Whole, and a sharp debate ensued, after which the bill was reported to the House and passed. Ik the Senate, on the 18th, tlie House .tall giving twenty condemned cannon to the Custer Monument at West Point was passed, as was also the House joint resolution appropriating 060,0(0 to pay the necessary expenses of the Yellow-Fever Investigating Committee ..The hill reported from the Committee on Military Affair, to amend the ptme comftaim clause of the Army Appropriation bill for the present year, so as to provide that it shall not be construed to apply to any part of the army, or any portion thereof, engaged in the protection of life and property in the States ana Territories subject io Indian insurrection, was amended so a* to name the States of Nebraska. Kansas, Colorado, Oregon and Nevada, and the Territories fcbjeot to such insurrection, and the bill was then passed... .Committees of Conference Were tadered on tbe Consular and Diplomatic and the Fortification Appropriation bi 115.... The Pension Appropriation tell was passed without material - In ths House, the Senate amendments extend: mg tea reesss pec, 30 toJM, 7 Ate con.

curred in Tbe bill appropriating WO.OOO for tbe expense* of the Committee on YaHow-Fever Epidemic, wna' passed ...Tbe Henate amend menta to the Fortification and Consular and DiplMnatie Appropriation bill* were non-con oumd in. Tbe Indian Appropriation bill waa considered in Committea of the Whole. ..A joint regulation was paiwed axtending until the 18th of Febrnary the t ime within which the Joint Cooimittee on the Transfer of tbe Indian Bureau may report Bill* were introduced— giving jurisdiction to the Ifintrict and Circuit Cxrarta of Kaniaa over the Indian Territory; for the improvement of the Yellowstone National Pkrk. A bill was introduced and referred tn the Henate. ttn the 19th. to reimburse several State* for interest on the war loan, and for other purpose* .... The House bill amiropriating *460,000 fur tbe transportation of mails by railroad* waa passed... Tbe bill* to amend the Patent law* and for tbe feormniyation of the army were taken up and ronaidared. • The House joint resolution extending the time for the Joint Committee on the Transfer of the Indian Bureau to report waa paused.... The Heleet Committee to inquire whether tbe Constitutional rights of citisen* were violated in the recent election*, in accordance with the Blaine rew.lotion. wa* announced ns follows: Messrs. Teller, Cameron <Wts.\ Kirkwood, Mitchell, Plumb. Bsyard, Wallace. Bailey and Garland. Meoara. Wallace and Plumb asked to tie. and were, excused, and Messrs. Hoar and McMillan were appointed in their stead.... A in r** age was received from the President relative to the postal and commercial intercouise between the United Htates and r'outh America. In tbe House. J. <l. Young took the seat made vacant by the death of J. J. of the Fifth Louisiana District... The Indian Appro priation bill was considered and amended in Committee of the Whole, reported to the House and passed ... A report waa made and unanimously adopted that an investigation into charges made against certain members of the House, that they received money for aiding in the passage of the bill providing for the payment of mtereatbn the 3-66 District bonds, had shown that there was not a particle of testimony to sustain the charges, and that the publication of the same in the Washington /’os t was a wanton and wholly unjustifiable attack on members of the House.