Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1879 — FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

According tq London telegrams of the 27th, It was estimated that one-seveDtll of all the spindles and looms In the. Blackburn district had been stopped, and that 5,000 operative* were out of employment and destitute. News was received in Paris, on thfe 2ftth, that the rebellious natives of Boler,- In Guinea, had defeated the Portuguese troops in a pitched battle. The latter lost 300 men. The United Statesstoreslilp Supply recently collided with the I,ark Diadem, off Madeira, and so badly injured her that she had to be abandoned. Her passengers and crew were saved. There is a furious famine in Upper Egypt It was announced from London, on the 2Sth, that Henry M. Stanley, the distinguished African explorer, was preparing for another visit to the Dark Continent. > The British High Court of Justice decided, on the 29;h, to dismiss the motion to attach the United States frigate Constitution for salvage. The creditors of the suspended Cornish Bank have accepted a composition of sixteen shillings on the pound. , _ A large quarry in the Buburbs.of Oportft, in Portugal, caved in recently and buried several houses.. The ruins took fire and many persons perished. FRENcnMex leaving for the United States are no longer required to provide themselves with passports. The British forces in Afghanistan have occupied Kilatl-Ohelzi, the ancient stronghold of the Ghllzis. which cut so important a figure during the last Afghan War. A Berlin telegram oLthe 30th ult. says it: was not believed there tnat the new French President would be able to inaintalu his au- . thority. —: There were several heavy failures in Great Britain, on the 30th ult., the liabilities aggregating £563,000. A Calcutta telegram of the 30th ult. says Gen. Roberts had been forced to abandon Kbost, because of the incessant hostility of the Afghan tribes,

The announcement was officially made, on the 30th ult,, that Marshal MacMahon, President of the French Republic, had tendered his resignation. Both houses of the French Assembly met at once in joint session and elected M. Grevy, President of the Chamber of Deputies, as his successor. There was greats excitement throughout France, but no disturbance. During the evening the CX-President called Upon President Grevy and tendered his congratulations. The Ministry also called and offered to resign, but the President requested them to remain in office for the present. The French Ambassador at the Court of St. James, the Marquis D’Harcourt, telegraphed his resignation also. On the Bourse there was a slight fall in the price of public secmritles. The following 1* the full text of President MacMahon'siqtter: . “At the otwhlqgof this session of the Chambers the Ministrypreagnted to yott a programme which, while affording'-iaitisf action to public opinion, appealed to the iMbihfit Mich a* might be voted without danger to the security or good administration of the country. Putting aside all personal views, I had given the programme my approbation, for 1 was sacrificing no principle ti> which conscience commanded me to remain faithful. To day the Ministry, thinking to respond to the opinion of the majority in the two Chambers, proposes to me, in regard to the military commands, some general measures, which 1 consider oontrary to the interests of the army, and, consequently, to those of the country. I cannot subscribe to them. Any other Ministry taken from the majority would impose upon me the same conditions. 1 consider myself. therefore, bound to shorten the duration of the mandate which the National Assembly confided to me, and I therefore tender my resignation.

*' In quitting power, 1 hav* the consolation of thinking that dun on the fifty-three years 1 have devoted to the service of my country, as soldier or citizen, 1 have never been guided by sentiments other than by absolute devotion to my country. 1 request you to communicate my decision to the Chambers. ' ‘ MacMahon, Duke of Magenta.” According to a London special of the 31st ult, a Russian army of 15,000 men had beep gathered at Sebastopol, with the intention of marching to.tfie Caucasus some time during February. There a junction would be made with the Army of the Caucasus, and both armies would, start for Herat. - ——_

GaMbetta was, on the 31st ult, elected President of the French Chamber of Deputies, receiving 314 votes out of a total of 405. The French Ambassadors at St. Petersburg and Vienifa have resigned. According to the London. Timet of the 2d, there were 10,000 dock laborers on a strike at Liverpool. A dispatch from Jelalabad, received in London on the 2d, states that Yakoob Kban had written to the British Commander distinctly declining to accede to the Bristish demands, and declaring that he would hold Cabul at all hazards. A Calcutta telegram of the 2d says It was firmly believed at Cabul that the Ameer had been poisoned. Dufaube, the French Premier, insists on his resignation being accepted, and M, WaddingtSri'bariffitin'ciest'gnaKraslilssuccessor. Russia has decided to proceed to extreme measures in dealing with the plague. The Government has ordered the destruction of all buildings in which the disease appears, and the burning of all furniture, beddlug aod clothing belonging to infected persons. Roumania has also decided to establish a quarantine and a military cordon on the frontier. Great Britain, France, Germany and Ahstrla have been invited to send physicians to watch the progress of the epidemic. The City of Glasgow. Bank Directors, recently found guilty of tEeft, fraud and embezzlement, have been sentenced to terms of Imprisonment ranging from eight to eighteen months.

COTOBEMIOIAL FROCKEDIVGS. The credentials of Senator Shields, of Missouri, were presented in the Senate, on the 27th. End he was sworn in..... A Urge number of Dilla were referred, including one to reorganize and discipline the militia of the United State*. ....Abill wan passed to abolish the volunteer VATyottbe United State*... . Mr. Edmunds, from the Judiciary Committee, reported back the House joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution prohibiting the claims of disloyal persons for property injured ear destroyed in the War of the Rebellion, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute ... A mewage was received from the Moose, transmitting the testimony taken before the committee c!t that body in regard, to Senator Matthews, of 0hi0.... A lengthy discussion was had on a bill to pay Warren Mitchell, for cotton taken during the war, in the coarse of which Mr. Hill, in opposing the bill, said he would vote against it bseaoße it was a war claim; he ops opposed to the payment of all war claims, ‘whether they be from loyal, or disloyal per. son*. .Mr. Beck defended the ebumof Mitchell. In tie House, Mr. Wright’s bill to loan *SOO to every man whoria not worth *3OO, who desires

V, take ndvnnlaae of the provisions of the Homestead law, was, after discussion defeated-*-y*as. fintler, Omlins, OnX (N. Yd, Errett, Franklin (farmer, iltner. Kelley. Kilhnjjy. hotMackey. Muller. Phelps. . Jteberteon. Randolph. Reilly. Hoales. Turner. Wilson, Wright… Among the bills introduced was one providing for a treaty with Mexico...The bill was passed authorizing the Secretary of War to erect headstones over the graves of Union soldiers interred in private, village or city oemeteries ¶ In the Senate, on the 28th, a bill was introduced and referred authorizing the President to prescribe suitable police regulations for the government of the various Indian reservations, and for the punishment of murder, robbery and other crimes committed thereon ... An adverse report was made on the memorial of the Missonri Legislature, asking for the removal nf the National Capital to a more oen' ml portion of the Union. ..A favorable report was made on the bill to extend the time of preemptors on the public lands. ...The Claim bill of Warren Mitchell waa further debated and ita third reading refnaed—yeaa. 17; rikys, HO ... A motion to take ap Mr. Edmunds resolution declaring the validity of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Constitutional Amendments waa agreed to—29 to 16.

In the Hmiae. the legislative Appropriation bill waa reported and referred to Committee of the Wh01e.... The bill to reetrict the immigration of Chineee was taken np. and, after considerable debate, passed—lso to 72. It provides that no Master of a vessel owned by a citizen of the United States shall take on board, at any foreign port, any number of Chinese exceeding fifteen, with intent to bring them to the United Hlates. under penalty of *IOO for each passenger in excess of the prescribed nnmber.. The Postoffice bill was considered in Committee of the Whole .A bill was passed creating an additional iand district in Idaho. A bill was passed in the Senate, on the 28th, providing that no person under twentyfive years of age or over thirty ahall be appointed Chaplain in the Navy, and fixing the relative rank, the whole number not to exceed twenty.... Heveral private Popaion bills were passed... .The House bill to restrict Chinese immigration waa referred.. Mr. Allison was appointed a member of the Judiciary Committee, in place of Mr. Chriatiancy.... In Executive aession. the nomination of Benab r Chriatiancy to be|Mini*ter to Peru was unanimously confirmed, without the usual reference. The I'ostoffiee Appropriation bill was considered in the Honae, and several amendment*, reported from Committee of the Whole, were agreed to. In thp Senate, on the 30th ult., Mr. Hill presented the petition of his State (Georgia) praying payment of the balance due on account of expenditures in the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812 and the various Indian Wars.... The resolutions of Mr. Edmunds declaring the validity of the Constitutional Amendment* was taken up. and Mr. Morgan advocated his substitute, offered on the 20th, In the House, a number of bills Were introduced and referred, and the 1 ostoffice Appropriation bill was plWf.ed, after several of the items had been increased in amount. In the Senate, on the 31st ult., Mr. Shields was appointed a member of the Committee on Railroads And Enrolled 8i115.... The credentials of Senator-elect Vest, of Missouri, were placed on tile.,..Mr. Saunders, from the Joint Committee on the Question of Transferring the Indian Bureau to the War Department, reported that the committee had been nnable to agree, and presented a bill to authorize the President temporarily to transfer the custody, control and management of certain Indian tribes from the Intenor to the Wnr Department. In the House, the Senate amendment* to abolish the United States Volunteer NaVy Were non-concurred in.... A bill for the relief of settlers on the Shawnee lands, in Kansas, was passed -In Committee of the Whole, the bill known aa Fairfax’s Minority bill was considered, its opponents asserting it to be a wftrclairns bill; the enacting clause Was finally stricken out, ahd tbe Hotise confcufred in this action by a vote of 121 to 89... Two reports were submitted ott the Indian Bureau question—one favoring and the other opposing the transfer to the War Department. In the Senate, on the Ist, Mr. McCreery,from the Joint Committee on the Question lof Transferring the Indian Bureau to the War Department, submitted a report, signed by four members of the committee, in favor of such transfer • A minority report was presented from the Committee on Privileges and Klelitions, sighed by Messrs. Hoar, Cameron (Wia s ) aild Mitchell, in favor of a Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution prohibiting a State disfranchising persons on account Of set ... Mr: Morgan continued his argument in faVot of his Substitute for Mr: Edmunds' resolution declaring the validity of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution. The House refused—yeas, 77; nays, 112—to consider the Army Reorganization bill, and went into Committee of the Whole on the Army Appropriation bill, which bill, Mr. Hewitt stated, appropriated *26.747,3U0. as against the estimate of *29 084,500. and .an appropriation last year of *25,778,187; the bill wa« debated and read by sections... .During the morning hjUr a WarClaims bill, for the relief of Maggie Barron, was debated, several Southern members replying to Mr. Bragg’s speech on the question of war claims,