Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 January 1879 — LATEST NEWS. [ARTICLE]

LATEST NEWS.

nratmun wmmsm. . A London dispatch of tbe Ist says the recent sudden tttaw had cauaed numerous goods to England aadßcoUand. Maehdam- <• was reported at Berwiok.'Sng-. sad Aberdeen. r The strike among the cotton operatives atOJdhaas, Bag.,has ended, theopsratlree acceding te ths terms of tbe mfllowners. Ax International Industrial Exhibition to to bo held at Moscow, Russia, tn 1880, an tbe twenty-fifth anniversary of tbe Osar’s accession to the throne. In consequence ot the enormous depredation of Terkiak paper money, the bakershops in Constantinople have refused to accept it and have dosed their shops. A Lahore (India) dispatch of the 81st ult. says a strong force of mountaineers had stopped all traffic through the Khyber Paas, and cut all telegraph wires. Four had been captured and hanged for killing a camp follower, and others had been flogged for plundering. Numerous arrests were made in Constantinople, on the night of the Slot ult, and It was reported that a formidable coopiracy agai art the Sultan had been diacoraered. A Calcutta dispatch of the 2d says that Shore AU wrote to tbe Vlceroyjof India, before leaving Cabal, that he would return to Afghanistan after laying tbe case before a Congress at St Petersburg. Sickness prevailed among the British troops, and several regiments had been withdrawn from the field Inconsequence. The business failures in Great Britain during 1878 numbered 15,050 an Increase of 4,087 over those of the preceding year. The Directors' Credit Company of London, with a capital of *2,250,000, and liabQitiee aggregating went into liquidation on tbe 3d. On the 2d, at Ismid, near Constantinople, a thirty-eigbt-ton gunboat burst, during practice, on the British man-of-war Thunderer. The vresel’s turret was destroyed, and seven men were killed and forty wounded. A Berlin dispatch of the 2d says the German Government had given notice that all its treaties ot commerce would terminate by tbe end of 1879. A Vienna telegram of the 3d says the leading inhabitants ot Podgoritxa had telegraphed to the Sultak their determination not to submit to those tAms of the Treaty of Berlin which provide forvthe cession of the Province to Montenegro.* The Porte has advised the Bey of Tunis to come to an amicable arrangement with France.

A correspondent with the Quettah column reports that the Afghans have flooded the country around Candahar, and that all non-combatants have been ordered to leave the city. The plague has appeared among the Cossacks of Astrachan. Ex-President Grant reached Dublin, Ireland, on the 3d, accompanied by Sen. Noyes. United States Minister to France. During the day the freedom of the city was presented to him, enclosed .in an ancient carved bog-oak casket. In the evening a grand banquet was given to him, at which speeches were made by Gen. Grant, Minister Noyes, Dr. Butt and others. A strike among the freight-train guards of the Midland (Eng.) Railway occurred on the 3d, against the prolongation of the hours of labor. A London telegram of the sth says a report had been received from Gen. Roberts that he had reached a point eight miles from the residence of the Governor of Khost, in Afghanistan, and that the latter official had seat in his submission to the British authority. It was also reported from Jelalabad that Yakoob Kahn was preparing to leave Candahar and Cabul for Herat The Senatorial elections, which took place in France, on the sth, resulted in a Republican victory. The Cornish Bank, at Truro, Cornwall, in England, failed on the 4th. The liabilities are stated to be not far from 15,000,000. The bank was 110 yean old, and did a large business in mining and other securities. The Town Council of Cork has voted not to give Gen. Gnnt a reception, “ because of his anti-Catholic opinions.” ’ Juan Mohcasi, who attempted to assassinate the King of Spain, on the 25th of October last, was executed, at Madrid, on the morning of the 4th. A London telegram of the 6th says the distress increased daily throughout the entire country. At Manchester, on the 3d, there were 3,000 applications from heads of families, representing 13,500 persons, to the Relief Committee for aid, and, on the sth, 4,000 fresh applications. During the week 1,200 families had been relieved in Wolverhampton, and considerable distress was reported from Sheffield. On the 6th, the strikers on the Midland Railway, in England, numbered 1,500. Over 500 coach-builders had struck in Liverpool, and 500 shipwrights in Middieboro. Ex-President Grant was received, banqueted, and had dtixensbip conferred upon him at Londonderry, Ireland, on the 6th. A Vienna telegram of the 6th says Russia had promised to evacuate Bulgaria and Rnmelia on the Ist of April. The French Government has given one year’s notice of the termination of all commercial treaties. It was reported from Tashkent}, in a dispatch puM|ehed on the 6th, that the British Commanders were distributing large sums •f money among the people of the districts In Afghanistan already subjugated. Tbe sum was stated to be six dollars in gold to every The Pope is said to be consulting as to the advisability of callings new Ecumenical Council. . nv mrar wmaaua. The Potter Sub-Committee met in New Orleans, on the Ist. Mrs, " ’John Ray, counsel for Sec’y Sherman, flled catton setting forth that he had no intention of offering further evidence on the subject of intimidation In the elections of 1876. After the examination of a few wits eases relative to matters previously before the committee, an adjournment was had, the next meeting to be ia Washington, on the 7th. Chairman Patter announced that Mr. Join* Ray, repteMutiny M r - Wnurniin. nod snoQier to be aefoeted by the Chairman, would remain te New Orleans and take timoeymightbeoflarodinrebutteloftheevidenca already taken by the committee. The total currency outstanding amounted, on the Ist, to *368,208.584. On the evening of the 2d, a tornado nia, and tore a pathway directly through the village, an trees, Daw and dwellings that barred Ito passage were leveled to the ground, floyora* Wti win The large cotton pre** warehouse of tpo Uulop Cotton Press Company, U Charles-

ton, 8. C., was burned, on the morning of the Ist With the building were destroyed 10,121 bales ot cotton. Lot*, *575,000. The Are was the work ot an incendiary. Wells, Fargo A Co.’s annual statement of the yield of precious metal* on the Pacific Coast during 1878 to: Gold, *88.956,*M; sliver, *38,746,301; lead, 33,452,000-the total being *17,267,182 less than during 1877. The total coinage at the United States Mint during 1878 was: Gold, 813,228,042; silver, 311.785,526; copper, *57,998.50. Total, *25,074,566.50. During the past year, 917 failures were reported in New York City, with lisHlities of *88,954,408, and assets st *18,605,581. This exceeds the record of any former year, but the large number is mainly due to the repeal of the Bankrupt acL _ Resumption of specie payment at Eastern cities, on the 2d, teemed to cause but little stir or excitement. In New York, a large proportion of the gold checks presented at the Sub-Treasury were paid in United States notes, at the request of holders. The public-debt statement for December shows a total of debt and internet of *2,302,544,188. Cash In Treasury, *273,896,037. Debt less cash in Treasury, *2,028,648,111. Increase during the month, *1,233,785. The amount of interest paid at tbe Treasury in Washington, on the 2d, was 820,000, all of which was paid in legal-tender notes, except *2,861, for which the holders of coupons asked and received coin checks on New York. The holders of coupons bad previously received coin for them, but, on the 2d, for tbe first time, they had to take legal tender or coin checks on New York. Many accepted legal tedner, though not without some growling, and others demanded the coin checks. Sec’y Sherman is represented as being in excellent spirit, because of the smooth working of affairs under the Resumption act A number of telegrams received by him from different'parts of the country were sent over to the President, among them one from Assist-ant-Treasurer Hillhouse, at New Yerk, received early in the day, to tbe effect that tbe amount of gold demanded for United States notes was insignificant. J ust before the close of the office another dispatch from Millhouse, giving the amount disbursed as 8130,000 and tbe receipts *400,000, was received and read with much gratification. Order* for 32,000 standard stiver dollars were received at the Treasury Department, on the 2d.

Some twenty persons, sent by Commissioner Lane before tbe United States Circuit Court, In New Orleans, charged with frauds in the recent election, were, on the 3d, held to bail in the sum.of *I,OOO each. Fifteen persons, arrested In Natchitoches Parish by a Deputy United States Marsha], were brought to New Orleans. They are parties against whom one Hornsby gave evidence, for, as he alleged, running him out of the parish during the late campaign. The cold weather extended generally throughout the East, on the 3d. The thermometer ranged, in different localities, at from 7 deg. above, to 18 and 20 below, zero. Tbe thermometer at Cairo, 111., marked 8 deg. below zero; at St. Louis, IS below; at Richmond, Va., 7 above, and the lames River wu frozen over; at Bismarck, D. T., the mercury indicated 33 deg. below zero, and a correspondingly low temperature prevailed throughout the West and South. Many cases of death by freezing were reported. The Maine Legislature, on the 3d, elected Alonzo Garcelon Governor. Mr. Garcelon was the Democrat ic candidate at the late election In the State, but received Republican rapport in the Legislature in preference to J. L. Smith, the Greenback candidate. The Second Baptist Church, the finest church edifice in St. Louis, was entirely destroyed by fire on the morning of the 3d. The loss was *125,003. On the preceding night the new Presbyterian Church In Quincy, 111., was also burned. Loss, $50,000. About 100 delegates of the Greenback party, from the several New England States, met at Boston, Mass., a few days ago. Wendell Phillips made an address, fa-which he said he had endeavored to form a Labor party, and it could not be done, and he was glad of it A plan of organization was agreed upon, under the name of the Greenback Labor Party of New England. A resolution was adopted, declaring that tbe paramount issue of the Greenback-Labor movement is the immediate substltution of greenbacks for National Bank currency.

Snow was reported at Vicksburg, Miss., and Shreveport, La., on the sth. The weather was unusually severe throughout almost the entire South/ One man was frozen to death near New Orleans. The sidewalks in that city were covered with Ice and the streets were frozen hard. Ice being cut in the Potomac River, at Washington, D. C., was from eight to twelve Inches thick. In Florida it was feared that ice and frost had done considerable damage tp the orange and other fruit trees. 7 . The Honore block, in Chicago, was very badly damaged by fire, on the afternoon of the 4t.h. The Postoflice occupied a portion of the building, and was, with other occupants, hastily driven out, though all mail matter and other valuables were saved. Several narrow escapes from the lipper stories of the building are reported. The damage sustained is something more than SIOO,OOO. The Postoffice has been temporarily located in the basement of the Singer building, corner Washington and State streets. The seventy-seventh call for the redemption of 5-20 bonds of 1865, consols of 1867, was issued on the 4th. The call is for ♦10,000,000 (16,000,000 coupon and $4,000,000 registered), principal and Interest to be paid on and after the 4th of April next On the Ist inst, the Postoffice Department at Washington, reduced the prices of stamped envelopes on an average 20 per cent throughout the entire schedule, and a telegram of the sth says the result was seen in largely-increased requisitions then being received. •, “ THETenncssee Legislature organized, on the 6th, by electing John R. Neal, Speaker of the Senate, and H. P. Fowlkes, Speaker of the House. The subscriptions for the 4-per-cent. Government bonds, on the 6th. amounted to over 111,000,000, the largest amount ever subscribed for in one day. Another call was Issued for $10,000,000 5-20 s ($6,000,000 coupon and $4,000,000 registered), interest to cease on the 6th of April. The Louisiana Legislature convened on the 6th. J. C. r Moncure was elected Speaker of the House. The Senate re-elected the old officers. The Legislature of Nevada effected a permanent organization, on the 6th, by electing the Republican caucus nominees in both houses. TUI Maaazra. New York, Jan. 6.—Flour—White Wheat Extra, Wheat-No 2 Chicago Spring, 95%c@96c; No 2 Milwaukee 87M<«98c. Gate— Western Mixed, 80@31c. Corn—Western Mixed, 45<a47c. ForkMess, $7.25. Lard-S».B7X- Cattle—s7.oo© 9.75 for Good to Extra. Sheep—sß.6s® 5.87 - H0g5—58.3023.50. u ,. East Libebtt, Pa.—Cattle—Best, [email protected]; medium, [email protected]. HogsYorkers, [email protected]; Philadelphlas, $2,90 3 Baltimore, ltd.—Cattle—Best quality, $A50©5.25; medium, $8.25©8.75 Hogs—Good, $8.75©4.25. Sheep—Good, $8.50484.75. WChicago Wheat No. 2 Spring closed at 88c cash; 84c for February;

84J(c for March- Com—Closed at 295fc for No. 2 cash; 80Jfc for February; MJfc for M-iy- Otto—No. 2, WJfc, cash; sailer February, 195<c. Rye—No. % 43c. Barley —Na 2,96 c for cash; 97c for February. Mee* Pork—*7.Bo®7.Bs cash. Lard--85.50. Batter—Good to Fancy, 15@27c. Eggs —18420 c. Cattle—Extra Beeves, 84.t0f55.00; Choice, 84.0044.25; Good, 83.60(84.00; Medium Grades, 83.0048.50; Butchers’ Stock, 82.2042.60; Stock Cattle, *2.254 2.65. Hoge-Good to Choice, 82.2543.0 U Sheej'—Poor to Choice, *2.754 4.25.