Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1879 — General News Summary. [ARTICLE]

General News Summary.

Tmi«(«lir yqari j meeting of the Roux) ot Indian Oonwriaatonan tu lately bold at Washington. The report propoaed to be aubmllted to the President gif’* a statement, aim alt Mm comparative condition ot Uie Indiana in IMS and 187 b. The VommUalon era declare that the wards of the NaUon bare lai«ely Improved theta- condition during the decade, and thence argue against any radical change of policy. The board renews Us approval of the plan to coocentrate the smaller tribes on large reservations, thus sanctioning the reservation plan and the Isolation of the Indians. Rno’r Sherman has announced that Uover* ment Internet will henceforth be paid at all Sab-Treasuries in coin or currency, at the option of the payee, and that the policy of paying gold only nt New York will be abandoned. Tun bill to facilitate the refunding of the National debt, which was passed by the Senate, on the t3d (having previously passed tbc House), reads as follows: That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorised and directed to issue, in exchange for lawful money of the United States that may bo presented for such exchange, certificates of deposit of the denomination of ten dollars, boar ins interest at the rate of 3 per cent, per annum, and convertible at any time, with aorxtied interest, into the 4-par-eont. bonds described in tbc lief and ins net; and the money so received shall be applied only to the payment of the 5-50 bonds in tha mods pWacribca by said sot; and he is authorised to prescribe suitable rules and regulations, in oonfotmity with this act. Snc’y SaiUiX Issued a further <-«ll for the redemption of 5-30 bonds, on tbc 34th. Tbc amount la 920,000,000, and principal and interest are payable on tbc 24th dt April next. Tax Comptroller of the Currency lias called for a report of the condition of alt National Banka at the close of business ou the Ist of January, 1873. Up to the morning of the 24th. over 6,000 bills had been introduced in the National House of Representatives, since the beginning of the present session. President Hates has signed the new Pension Arrears bill. ■ THI RANT. Hon. Eben F. Stone lias been chosen Chairman of itae Massachusetts Republican State Central Committee. Rosoob Cokkliko was rc-elccted United States Senator by the New Tork Legislature, on the 21st. The Pennsylvania Legislature re-elected J. Donald Cameron, and the Connecticut Legislature elected Orville H. Platt. At Scranton, Pa., on the 23d, a Mrs. Davis and ber one-year-old child were burned to death by the explosion of s kerosene lamp. TngJudaon Bank, at Ogdcnsburg, N. Y., suspended, on Uie 23d. With moderation on t tie part of the creditors, the bank expected t o pay in full * Tan following went the closing quotations for produce In New York, on Jan. 26th : No. 2 Chicago Spring Wheat, 98c®$1.00; No. 2 Milwaukee, Oats, Western Mixed, 3t#s4SDtc. Ooru, Western Mixed, 47j»\£ 48c. Pork, Mesa, $8.25010.00. Lard, $6.50. Flour, Good to Choice, $3.35®4.50 ; While Wheat Extra, $4.5505.25. Cattle, sß.oo® 10.00 for Good to Extra. Sheep, $4.50® 5.75. Hogs, [email protected]. At East Liberty, Pa., on Jan. 25th, Cattle brought: Best, $4.5005.25; Medium, $3.75 04.25; Common, $2.5003.00. Hogs, sold— Yorker*, $3.2003.40; Philadelphian, $3.50® 3.75. Sheep brought s3.soos.2s—according to quality. AT Baltimore, Md., on Jan. 25th, Cattle brought: Best, $4.«2)*@5.33>£ ; Medium, $3.0003. 62 ><. Hogs sold at $4.0004 50 for Good. Sheep were quoted at $3.5005.25 for Good.

wm AKD SOUTH. A report was received In Washington, on the 2Mt, from the lodian Agent at the Cheyenne Agency, to the effect that information had been received at the agency that Sitting Bull and his people had recrossed the Canadian line into the United States, and that they were exceedingly anxious to return to this country, and come under the supervision' of the Indian Bureau, and be distributed in the Indian country, as are other tribes. It was reported that some 5,000 lodges, or nearly 15,000 people, were with Sitting Bull 1 On the 21st, both houses of the Illinois Legislature balloted for United States Senator, with the following result : Senate—Logan, 26; Black, 24; McAuliffe, 1, and John A. Logan was declared duly elected on the part of the Senate. In the House, the vote stood: Logan, SO; Black, 00; Campbell, 10; McAuliffe, 3, and Mr. Logan was declared duly elected on the part of the House. " Daniel W. Voorhees wss re-elected United States Senator, for the long and short *— by the Indiana Legislature, on the 21bL The vote was as follows: Short term—Senate, Voorhees, 26; Orth, 22; Buchanan, 1. House, Voorhees, 57; Orth, 37; Buchanan, 2; Shackelford, 1. Long term—Senate, Voorbees, 26; Harrison, 22; Buchanan, 1. House, Voorhees, 57; Harrison, 38; Buchanan, 2. The North Carolina Legislature, on the 31st, elected Gov. Z. B. Vance, United States Senator. The Florida Legislature, on the same day, elected Hon. Wilkinson Call to succeed Conover. The Missouri Legislature elected CoL Georeg O. Vest for the long term, and Gen. James Shields for the short term. The Wisconsin Legislature, on the 22d, elected Hon. Matthew Carpenter United States Senator to succeed Senator Howe. On the 22d, the United States troops canie up with the Cheyennes who escaped froii Fort Robinson some days before, and attacked them with great vigor. Twenty-three of the Indians were killed, nine were taken prisoners and seventeen escaped. Capt We6sells was slightly wounded. At Jacksonville, Fla., on the 33d, the Judge of the United States Court sentenced the Brevard County Canvassing Board, convicted of making a false return of the late election, to terms in the Penitentiary at Albany, N. Y., aa follows: -Lee, County Clerk, three years; Wright, Sheriff, one year; Johns, Justice, one ' year. R. L. T. Beal (Conservative), elected to the Forty-sixth Congress from the First Virginia District, haebeen chosen to HU the vacancy in the present Congress, caused by the death of Representative Douglas. The Arkansas Legislature has elected J. D. Walker United States Senator, (by a vote of 68 against 47 for R. W. Johnson, and 5 scattering. •

The lately-published thrilling account of the death of a Fountain County (Ind.) man by a falling aerolite is declared to be a miserable canard, on the authority of Prof. Cox, State Geologist of Indiana , In Chicago, on Jan. 28th, Spring Wheat No. 8 dosed at &4X085c cash; 86#c for February; 86Jfc for March. Cash Com dosed st for No 2; 90%c for February; 3r>Xc for May. Caah Oats No. 2, sold at *od 19J(c seller February. Rye No. 9i 44c. Barley No. 2, 90 c for cash* 92c for February. Cosh Mess Pork closed at $8.5908.85. Lard, #5.95. Beeves —Extra brought $4.7505.25; Choice, $4.25 @*•so; Good, $8.5004.00; Medium Grades, $8.9603.40; Botchers* Stock, $3.3503.00; Stock Cattle, etc., $3.5003.35. Hogs-Good to Choice, $9.5003.50. Sheep - Poor to Choice, f8.0004.71a vommisAH urrsiAuiExca Admiral Touch ass died in Paris, on the wth. ■ , The trial of the Directors of the City of Glasgow Bank commenced in Edinburg, Scot-

land, on the 20th. Itofemlauta arc cliargoa with theft, fraud ahd eififk-MWlbcnt Tim Porte has ordered the construction of barracks for 150,000 men on the Constantinople lines of defense. The American bark Shooting Star sailed from Lisbon, Portugal, on 4he 20th. with Anted, the defaulting Secretary of the Pullman Palace Car Company, on board. Tax Commercial Company of Gothenterg, Sweden, has failed lately. m Liabilities over $1,000,000. BxigtHADX trlcgrsms of the 21st ssy that Col. Gols, the Italian memlier of the Servian Boundary Commission, had been robbed and murdered by Turkish brigands near I‘levna. The following was published by the British Colonial Office, on the 21st: “ CapL Patterson, two Europeans aud five natives, while returning from a mission to a native Prince, all died frofii drinking from a poisonous spring, near Victoria Kails, in Central Africa.” M. I>E Uoiit, the French Minister of Commerce and Agriculture, lias tendered his resignation. On the 23d, the St. Petersburg. Unit* anuouuced tlut It had befcu ascertained that Prof. Nordcnskjold’s Arctic steamer Vega was k-e-bound in Behring’s Strait. The Russian Government had sent special expeditions for her relief. Ex-PnxsniF.XT Grant sailed from Mar seillea for Suez, on the 22d, m rt/ule for India. It was reported from Calcutta, on the 22d, that a Russian steamer bad made Its way up the Oxub to a point beyond the Afghan frontier. *. According to a Copenhagen (Sweden) telegram ot the 2*311, a general commercial panic prevailed In that city. Numerous failures liad occurred, and more were momentarily expected. The St Petersburg UnzrtU of tlie 2id lias infatxnailon ttiat utter anarchy prevailed in Kasligur. Tbe rebels were said to largely outnumber the Chinese army of occupation. According to Madrid dispatches of the 23d, the Spanish Vice-Consul at San Domingo, had been dismissed for sanctioning the arrest of two insurgent Generals who liad taken refuge oil a Spanish steamer, and who were afterward shot. The Spanish Government had demanded satisfaction of Buu Domingo for the outrage ou its flag. London paper* of the 23d say that, the sale of the new United Sfates4 percents, in Great Britain was large anil constantly increasing. The Czar has ratified the proposed Bulgarian Constitution. A Vienna telegram of the 24th says Austria hail notified the Powers that she would not abandon the right to occupy Novi-Bazar, but that site would, in no event, exceed the boundaries permitted by the Berlin Congress. Tue Russian and Gcrtnun medical journals statq that Eastern Europe is in a state of great alarm at the rapid progress of the plague toward the north and east of Russia, from the Caspian Bca, along the course of the Volga. Reports from South Africa, received on the 251 h, were to the effect that t lie Zulu King had rejected the British ultimatum, and that war had been begun. Paris was Isolated, on the 25th and 26th. A tremendous snow-storm had cut off all commuuication by railroad and telegraph. Information was received in London,-on the 26tli, that Gen. Stewart was well on the road toward Catml, the capital of Afghanistan, aud that Qen. Buddulph was headed for Herat. Plunder and murder continued to mark the trail of the invader, but the native offenders were usually caught and always punished. It was reported from Calcutta that Shore All’s Master of Horse, the great opponent of British influence, was dead. A Bkri.in telegram of the 26th says England had offered Turkey i 11,000,000 for the Island of Cyprus, and it was believed the Sultan would accept the offer.

( l»Mi 1C KSNIUN AI, rR«( EEDITOH. In the Senate, on the 30th, a bill was introduced to provide « uniform National currency ; to retire the notes of National Banks, and prohibit their incorporation and their issue of notes; to utilise silver and silver coin, etc.... Mr. Morgan submitted a suiwtitute, agreed upon in the Democratic caucus, for Mr. Kamunds’ resolutions concerning suffrage and the later Constitutional amendments. The resolutions of the substitute declare tbe late amendments to the Constitution to be as valid and binding as any other put of the Constitution, and that it is the right and duty of the United Slate*. so far as the power has been delegated to them, to enforce said amendments, and to protect every citizen in tlie exercise of all rights thereby secured; that the Government of the United States and the Governments of the several States are distinct. and eaoh hns citizens of its own. who owe it allegiance, and whose rights within its jurisdiction it most protect; that tbe Government of tlie United States is one of delegated powers alone; that the United States have no voters of their own creation in the States, but the Fifteenth Amendment has invested citizens of the United States with a new Constitutional right; and under this amendment Gbngiess may, by appropriate legislation, prevent the denial or abridgment of the right of a citizen to vote, when such denial or abridgment is on account of raoe. color, or previous condition of servitude of the voter; that when such right to vote is denied oy abridged by the conduct of a person who is not so acting by authority,,,,*'!.! • WJmw flrc Inwu »#«• Ontvt , EUC JUTIHQICUOII to pnnish snch conduct is in the State Government, and not in the Government of the United States .. The bill to amend the Patent laws was farther considered, and several amendments were disposed 0f.... A communication was received from the Attorney-General, in which he suggests the appointment of a commission to examine into and ascertain and report whether the canal connecting the navigation of the Wabash and Miami Rivers and Lake Erie, in Indiana. has been abandoned, and if the public lands through which the canal passes, granted to the State by the General Government, have been forfeited to the United States, and what action is necessary to enable the Government to obtaip possession thereof. • , Bills were introduced in tbe House-to prevent the adulteration of articles of food and drink; to regulate tbe charges on Pullman palace and other sleeping cars; making trade and Mexican dollars legal tender; to establish a uniform measure of time: to reduce the prioe of public lands within railroad limits; to secure to the people of every State equal and just representation. . Mr. Potter asked leave to offer a resolution authorizing an investigation of the cipher dispatches, and to havo it adopted under a suspension of the rules, but it was objected to by Mr. Butler, who wished to debate the resolution, and it was agreed that Mr. Potter should report it on the 21st. The House bill to facilitate the refunding of the National debt was reported, without amendment, from the Committee of Finance, in the Senate, on tbe 2lst-.., A bill was introduced and referred, to prevent the introduction of contagions or infections diseases into the United States, and to establish a Bureau of Public Health. ..The Naval Appropriation bill was considered and amended.

A bIU was introduced and referred in the House, to authorize the coinage of goloid metric dollars, five dollars and fractions of dollars.... The Potter resolution directing an investigation into the cipher dispatches, and appropriating SIO,OOO to defray the expense of such inquiry, eras taken up and debated. Means. Potter, Hale and Hewitt speaking in favor of. and Mr. Butler in opposition to. the resolution, after which it was adopted, without division.... The Post-Route bill was reported and passed. The House bill to facilitate the refunding of the National debt was passed by a unanimous vote, in the Senate, on the 22d.... A bUI was introduced and referred to prevent and punish counterfeiting, within tbe United States, of notes, bonds and other securities of foreign Governments. ..A biU was passed to declare certain lands granted the Pacific Railroad Companies by the acts of July 1.1862. and July 2, 1864, subject to taxation by the States or Territories in which they may be located... .The Naval Appropriation bill was farther discussed and pamecL V Tbe Senate amendments to the Indian Appropriation bill were non-eoncorred in by the Honse.... A bill was introduced and referred describing the duties of the Secretary of tbe Treasury in certain casts..,. A stormy debate was had on Southern Claim bail... .Eulogies were C nonneed and resolutions were adopted in lor of the memory of the late Beverly B. Douglas, of-Virginia. * r A favorable report was made in the Senate, on the 23d, on the Honse bill to promote tbe education of the blind... A Oonfer-enoe-Com mittee was appointed on the Indian Appropriation MU... .The Conference report an. the Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill was agreed to. and the bUI was passed.... Bills were passed—to amend the Patent laws; House MIL with amendments, making appropriations to enable the Secretary of the Treasnry to paMryK out the provisions of Sec. 354 ,of the Revised Statutes in regard to the expenses of transporting coin and bullion and for miscellaneous expenses of the House.

In Uui House, tbe Ounfrrenoe report on the O—saw Mjci Diplomatic Al'Propimtom lull was agreed to; i. The Army ami Poatolfioe Ap j pmpriation bill* ami a bill for taking the Pedant] canons were reported ...A bill waa introduoed to regulate commerce iw-tw.-wn tlie I'mtrd States and Canada, and to provide for reciprocal navigation... .The bill toaiipiv the prerewde pt the sale of public lands to the education of the Bople. was deluded at oonaidcrablu length in mimiltee of the Whole. In tho Senate, on the 21th, the memorial of Kiizalieth Cady Stanton. Susan Ik Anthony,and other n(fleers of ttie National Woman's SoffnMre Aaaoriation. was anhipitted. praying for the passage of a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution prohibiting the States from disfranchising persons on account of sex.. ..Mr. Edmunds moved to tsk* m> his resolution declaring the validity of the Thirteenth. Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution, nnd, after several dilatory motions were made and acted upon, a motion to adjourn was agreed to—26 to 23.... Adjourned to the ,27th. The Senate amendments to the bill appropriating $60,000 for the transportation of coin and bullion, and $40,000 for the miscellaneous exK 'nans of tile House, were concurred in by the ouse... .The Henate bill providing a penalty for cmlierzlement on the part of officers in th« ln-tornal-Re venue Service wns pissed Several private liilU were also passed In Committee of the Whole. Mr. llragg objected t.i almost all the War Claim bills. Tine Senate was not in session on the !sth. y The Fostofflce Appropriation bill (appropriating $34,000,000, a decrease of about $2.00,000 from the estimates, and an increase of $1,000,000 over the appropriation of last year) was considered in the House, in Committeo of tbc Whole, and several amendments, increasing the appropriation in certain cases, were agreed to.