Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1879 — General News Summary. [ARTICLE]

General News Summary.

From Waablngton. On the 19U», the President vetoed the blit “to prevent military Interference at election*." A statement eras issued from tbe Treasury Department, on the 19th, showing the fund iqt operations of the Government since March 1, 1877. There have been sold, a'lncc that time, fßo3.<M\7oo 4-oer-cent*. for refund--Id£ purposes, and the annual interest raved 1* stated to be 815.038.651. Ok the 13th, to the House of Representatives, a vote was taken on a motion to pass the Military Interference bill, notwithstanding the objections of the President, with the following result: Teas, 127; naye, 97—not the requisite iwo-thlnls. Tke Secretary of the Treasury has Riven notice that the 5-20 replete red and cou|<on bonds embraced in the ninety-fourth, ninetyfifth and ninety-sixth calls will be redeemed at the Treasury Department, on the Ist of. July next, with interest to the date of ma'YSESj. .» ■ . Bec’t McCeakt, in conformity with the derision of Judge Dundy in the Ponca habm* <erpna care, has dlrec ed that Standing Bear and the other Imprisoned Ponca Indians be released. Sec’x Bbkhman stated, oii the Isih, tbit It was nseleas to send dispatches to tbe Department for the ten-dollar refunding certificates, as they would be sent in due proportion to all t he differeut offices authorized to Fell them as soon as they could be printed, and ihe supply would soon reach 82,003,000 a day. Tex report of the Department of Agriculture, issued on the 16th, exhibits the acreage of growing winter wheat at about 4 per cent, greater than last year. The crops of the country, taken as a whole, presented a promise of at least 2 per cent, below the arerage. The rye crop was 4 per cent.- below the average. The condition of sheep throughout the country waa very good.

The East. Counterfeit fives on the National Bank of Pawling, N. T., arc in circulation iu New York City. Jat Goan and the Secretary of the New Jersey Southern Railroad Company, under Ids management, were indicted by a Monmouth County (N. J.) Grand Jury, on the 15th, for alleged fraudulent transactions after the road became insolvent. - On the 16th, the New York Assembly passed a bill reducing the interest rate in that Stale from 7 to 6 per cent. Commissioners Bennett and Flaherty, of the Brooklyn (N. Y.) Board of Public Works, were, on the 16th, found guilij of corruption in office, in placing upon the par-roll of the board tbe names of many men from whom no services were required, for the sake of securing their votes in a pending election. Ex-State-Senator Cornish, of Belvidere, N. J., convicted of conspiracy to defraud the county of 810,000, and J. H. Sweeny, ex-Chlef of Pol-ce of Phillipsburg, N. J., convicted of “rataing” a county bill, were each sentenced, on the 17th, to one year's imprisonment in the Bt*te Prison. The ninth annual Conference of the General Secretaries of the Young Men’s Christian Associations of the United States and Canada was held in Baltimore, on the 17th, for the preliminary discussion of certain questions to be presented for the consideration of the Biennial Convention. Judge Asa Packer, the well-known coal and iron magnate of Pennsylvania, died at Philadelphia, on the 17th, in the seventythird year of his age. 77 The following were the closing quotations for produce in New York, on May 17th: N 0.2 Chicago Spring Wheat, 81.05381.(8}$; N 0.2 Milwaukee, sl.Cs}[email protected]. Oats, Western Mixed, 35@35}$c. Corn, Western Mixed, 45X@46c. Pork, Mess, $9.12j5®10.25. Lard, $6.40@6 45. Flour, Good to Choice, $4.05 <34.N0; White Wheat Extra, $4.55;<25.25. Cattle, [email protected] for Good to Extra. Sheep, [email protected]. Hogs, $3.90@4 00. At East Liberty Pa., on May 17th, Cattle brought: Best, [email protected]; Medium, $4 6)@ 5.08; Common, [email protected]. Hogs sold— Yorkers, [email protected]; Philadelphia, 83.75® 3.85. Sheep brought [email protected] —according to quality. " At Baltimore, Md., on May 17th, Cattle brought; Best, $5.25(35.90; Medium 83.75@ 1.25. Hogs sold at $5.00 a 5.50 for Good. Sheep were quoted at [email protected] for > Good. *

West and South. An* interesting decision has lately been made by Judge Dundy, of the United States District Court at Omaha. Some Ponca Indians, having left their reservation, were captured by the military and taken to Omaha. Here the prisoners sued out a writ of habeas corpus. After a bearing, the Judge held that an Indian is a person and therefore entitled to the writ asked for; that he possesses the inherent right of 'expatriation; that uo rightful authority exists for removing pim by force to the Indian Territory; that the military could only arrest and turn him over ip the civil authorities, and that, not haring done this, he was unlawfully detained and must be set free. A fire in Lexington, Ky., on the 14th, destroyed the Phoenix Hotel and other property to the total value of about $300,000. C>en. Leslie Coombs’ residence was among the buildings horned. AvChicago on the 15th, in a game of billiards between Jacob Schaefer, of Chicago, and George F. Slosson, of New York, for ♦I,OOO and the Brunswick-Balke championship of the world emblem, at the three-ball game, Schaefer made the unprecedented run of 690 points. He won the game In three runs, his average being 333}£. Slosson made only 44 points in the entire game, or an average of M*. Five public executions by hanging and one byabooting occurred on the 16tb—three in North Carolina, one in Missouri, ouc in Louisiana, and one (that by shooting) in Utah. The ropes of two of the culprits at Hillsboro, N. C., were too long, and had to be readjusted after the trap was sprung. At Boonville, Mo., the rope broke, and a second hanging was necessitated. It waa reported from St. Louis, on the 17tb, that the work of receiving and caring for the Southern colored refugees was do longer left to local committees, but was In the hands of men whose names command respect, and who would apt have been brought into the movement unless it were tolerably well understood that the exodus was about to assume new . proportions, and to be carried,on in anew way. Two foundries, capable of accommodating several thousand at. a time, had been rented, and, from the measures taken to provide shelter and food in abundance, it was apparent that a vast crowd of new arrivals was expected. Aw Omaha dispatch of the 17th says it had been ascertained that Frank James, one of the celebrated James Brothers, was encamped in the WMvercountry, nS&ofth e Union] Pacific, with his band of outlaws and many deserters from the army. A military company bad been cent from Fort Steele to arrest SL- itasariaM .* • Iw Chicago, on May 17th, Spring Wheat #O, 1 dosed • 9t%@ V7#c ftp May; for Jane, Cash j

Corn doaed at 85'pc for No. 2; HB*sc for M»v; 35}<c foi June. Cash Oats No: 2 sold at 98c, and 27 %c seller 'June. Rye No. 2, 3'))v@slc. Barley No. 2, 64® (15c for cash. Cash Mesa pork closed at $9 OS’* @9.70. Lard closed at $6.15736.17)5. Beeves —Extra brought $4 [email protected]; Choice, $4 65 @*•B3; Good, $4.40(34.61; Medium Grades,. 14.0034 35; Butchers' Stock, #2.65® 4.10; Stock Cattle, etc., 82.40.33.65. Hogs—Good to Choice, $3.40(33.70. Sheep—Poor to Choice, 3.7505.50.

Foreign Intelligence. A London dispatch of the 12th says a conference of the representatives of the Great Powers had been railed to meet In l’arif, to rectify the frontier betwaan Greece aud Turkey. The announcement was made from St. Pctcisburg, on tbe 19th, of tbe destruction, the day before, by fire, of the City of Erblt, nt the confluence of the Erbtt and Nelya Rivera. Tiie pla:ue nas made its appearance in nineteen villages iu the Caucasus. Rev. Dn. Newman, of England was, on the 12th, appointed a Cardinal. According to Athens (Greece) dispatches of the 13th, the relations of that country with Turkey were becoming critical. There was great irritation in Eplru-, and the Greek lioveminent was making extended military.pßepa» rati oca. —— -t 1 v

On the 13th, Hopkins, Gilkes <fc Co., of Middlesboro, Eng , with a capital of $2,509,000, and Llojd A Co., of tbe same place, both In the Iron trade, went Into bankruptcy. 1 The late communal elections In Spain resulted largely In favor of the Government. Pi:or. GnEisiiACH, tbe distinguished German botanist, died at Gottingen, on the 12th. Gen. Grant party left Ilong Kong, China, for Japan, on the 13th. *

A conference was held at Bnmsby, Eng., on the 14th, at wliloh 130,000 colliers were represented. It was resolved to demand a 10-pt r-ceut. increase of pay, and, if refused, t 6 stop pioduction throughout the country. Tiie cattle plague Jits made its appearance in Bohemia. Tne Town of Halos, In Hungary, has been inundated, and at Kottorl 300 houses were swept away. On tbe night of the 13th, the Town of Poonah, in India, an important military center, was destroyed by fire. Intelligence was rcctived in London, on the 14th, of the burning of the Town of Ural k, on the ist incendiaries. According to a Paris dispatch of the 14th, France had peremptorily declined to aid England to procure a loan for Turkey. There is reported to be dangerous agitation In Albania, and revolution is expected. The African Trading Company, of Rotterdam, an extensive firm, having agencies in London and other places in Europe, failed, for a large amount, on the loth. Berlin dispatches of the 15th say that the Government of the United States had denied tbe truth of the statement, made by a Socialist member of the German Parliament, that German Postofflce authorities had broken open or tampered with American correspondence. The International Congress to discuss the various projects for a ship-canal across the Isthmus of Darieu met iu Paris on the 15th. M. de Lesseps was chosen Pres dent and RearAdmiral Rinmen, of the United States Navy, one of the Vice-Presidents.

THe cattle-plague has broken out In the vicinity of St. Petersburg. The Czar has issued a ukase forbidding Roumanian Jews to enter Russia. Seventy arrests have been made at Orenburg, Russia, on charges of inceudiarism. The Spanish Duke of Medina-Celli was kiled, on the 14'h, while hunting on Ills estate with his wi.e, by the accidental discharge of his gun. Jacob f taemTfli, ex-President of the Swiss Republic, died at Berne, on the 15th. According jo St. Petersburg dispatches of the 16th, the City of Lublin, in Russian Poland, containiiig 1 20,000 inhabitants, had been almost wholly destroyed by fire, presumably started by Nihilist incendiaries. A letter was received in St. Petersburg, on the 16th, from Prof. Nordenskjold, of the Swedish Po’ar Expedition. It was dated Sept. 23, 1873, aud came by way of Eastern Siberia. The professor W'rote that all connected with the expedition were well and confident of fully accomplishing its object. Garibaldi has announced bis intention of hereafter permanently residing in Rome. The Emperor of Austria prorogued the Relehsrath in person, on the 17tb. According to Constantinople dispatches of the 17th, the Porte had abandoned all negotiations for, a new loan, and was considering the project, of refunding and unifying its public debt under the auspices of a French syndicate. A Constantinople dispatch of the 18th says the Sultan had issued an irade sanctioning the Eastern Roumelian Constitution.

A firman of the Porto was recently sent to Pristina and Novi-Bazar, threatening with death those who attack the Austrian troops. Garcia, the famous ramblei, who so often broke the banks at Hamburg and Baden, died, in Paris, on the 18th. At a meeting of tbe colliers representing forty mines in Cousett, Eng'., on the 18 th, it was resolved to resume work on the following day. According to a St. Petersburg dispatch ‘of the 18tb, there were 30,000 prisoners waiting at NoYLOrod to be sent to Siberia as soon as the Volga became navigable. On the 16th and 17tb, another conflagration prevailed at Orenburg, which destroyed the larger portion of the city spared by the pre : vious fire.

Congressional Proceedings. Consideration was resumed in the Senate, on the 11th, of the Legislative bill, and Mr. Windom spoke against the political legislation contained therein, and Mr. Coke replied. In the House, Mr. Cox called attention to a petition. presented on the 10th, and printed in the Jitcord, to the effect that “the longer continuance of the session is fraught with danger to peace and with disaster to the financial, commercial and other interests of the country; that the measures inaugurated by Congress threaten a revolution and to strike down ail the safeguards to a free and unintimidated ballot, and that this unprofitable session shonld be speedily terminated. ’ Mr. Cox said this petition was an insult to Congress and shonld not have been printed; as he objected to it at the time it was presented. After debate, the Bpeaker submitted the question as to whether theJfscord ahould be corrected by the insertion of the objection and the consequent exclusion of the petition, and it was so ordered. Bills were introduced and referred—abolishing the jurors’ test oath; lauthorizing the coinage of a silver dollar aDd fractions thereof of full standard value, following the metric system; making appropriations for the support of the army for the fiscal year ending June 30, IffiO; providing for the issue of legal-tender notes and the retirement of National Bank notes, and the equalization of the tax on State and National Banks, and the equalization of the rights of property and industry': proposing a Constitutional Amendment fixing the Presidential term at six years; amending the law providing for eompensation of the President.. ..The President s Message vetoing the Military In terferemM’ bm was read... .A motion to suspend the nuew and pass the bill making appropriations for the support of the army was defeated—lol to 109 - eight Green backers voting with the Republicans in the affirmative, and one with the Democrats in the negative. • •>■■■•>- The House bill for the exchange of subsidiary coin for legal-tender money was reB9rtMia.ttW.aSfffttfl.,from.the. GomarttaTon

Finance, on the 13th The Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill was taken up, and. after debate, a motion to strike out the clause directing the Secretary of the Treasury as a special fund for the redemption of fractional currency was defeated-yeas, 25; In’the House, personal explanations were made by tevml members, after which the pro.

vlousqaoation waa demanded <« the MAsaac of the Military interference bill ns*r the 1 resident's veto, and the bill was rejected—yea* 127; nays, 97 -less than the requisite Wro-third* in the sitirimuive. Ten of the Oreenbarkeiu voted With the UrtqiK-rats in tlio affirmative, and three (Messrs Barlow, Forsythe and Bussell) did not vote at all Tbe bill retnfinn to tbe Coinage laws and eoin and bullion et rtitic ip* waa debated, and an amendment was offered tbnt silver buljion whirli may l»e deposit* d for coinage must be the product of the mines of the ' United State*. A hill was passed in the Senate, on the 14th, to amend the Revised Statute* so as to provide that if two or more person* conspire either Pi commit an offense against tbe United Htates, or to defraud the reverue, and one or more of inch iierson* actually commit such grime, all parties P> the conspiracy ..ball, on conviction, be tinod $10,01)0, or imprisoned for a term of not more than two year*, or txith, at the discretion of the Court.... The Legislative. Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill was further eon aid crcd. and a general debate rnnued on the Koposed repeal of the Juror*' te*t-qath, etc. r. Beck offered an amendment, which was agreed to, authorizing and directing the Score lury of the Treasury to issue immediately, in payment of arrearage* of pension*. $104)00 01) in legal-tender currency held in the Treasury as a special fund for the redemption of fractional currency, etc. The Hon*e resumed consideration of the bill to amend the law* relating to coinage and to eoin and bullion certificate*, and, after considerable debate, Mr. Warner demanded the previous question, pending which Mr. Killinger moved to lay the bill on Ihe table. The yea* and nay* were ordered on the motion, when a motion to adjourn was made and carried- ILKJ to 07. —— —"

"Xjoint resolution was introduced and referred in the Senate, on the 15tb, authorizing and requesting the President to open correspondence with France with a view of negotiating a treaty of reciprocity and commerce with that Government.. . .The Legislative bill wan again taken up. and. after remark* and explanations by a few Senators, Mr. Thurman took the floor and delivered a lengthy argument in favor of the political legislation contained in the bill. In the House, the motion to lay the pending Silver bill and amendments on the table was Jost—lo9 to 126 and the previous question was then seconded—ll 9to 107. The (irsi section of the bill, providing that gold coins shall be a one-dollar piece (or unit) of 25 8-10 grains, a qnarter eagle (or $2.60), a s3alo -piece, an eagle and double eagle, was agreed to—l(6 to 94. An amendment to the seo ond section making the weight of tne silver dollar'soo instead of 4)2)4 grains was, after debate, rejected-62 to 176 - and the section waa then adopted. The third section providing that any owner of silver bullion may deposit the same at any mint, to lie formed info bars or into standard silver dollars of 412V4 grains, for his benefit, was then taken up, and a motion to insert atter the word '.‘bullion” the words “produced from mines in tne United Stales” waa defeated—lo 6to 130—as was also—ll 4to 115 -a motion to add a proviso that the Secretary of the Treasury may purchase silver bullion for coinage nt its market value, and that all gains and profits arising therefrom shall inure to the United States ...Without further action on the bill, the House adjourned.

A resolution was adopted in the Senate, on the 16th, directing the Secretary of the Treasury to report to the Senate what amount of legal-tender notes have been presented and redeemed in coin since the Ist of January last, and wbat amount of coin he considers himself authorized to retain in the Treasury to maintain specie resumption... .The Legislative bill wbb further debated, remarks being made on the political clauses by Messrs. Eaton, Oonkling, Butler, Voorhees, etc. In the House, a resolution waa adopted providing for the appointment of a standing committee, to wbieh shall be referred all bills, resolutions. petitions, etc., affecting the traffic in alcoholic liquors... .The bill to prevent the spread of contagions diseases among cattle was reported from tiie Committee on Agriculture. and made the special order for the 2 )th. ••. .The Wamet Silver bill was taken up, and an amendment to the third section; authorizing the Secretary or the Treasury to purchase, without limjj, all the silver bullion, tradc-duliars and foreign silver coin that may be offered for solo at Ihe market valncof silver, and that such purchases shall continue as long as tiie 412)4 grains standard silver can be obtained for oDe dollar in legal-tender notes, was, after considerable discussion, rejected—s 9to 155. Other amendments were ottered and ordered printed. In the Senate, on the 17th, a couple of amendments to the Legislative Appropriation bill were agreed to, one of them (recommended by tiie Committee on Finance) appropriating $20,0u0 for the Diplomatic and Consular service, to be expended at the discretion ot the President of the United States-the reason given for the amendment being that there is now a movement in Europe with a view to arrange for a bi-metal-lic standard, and it might be thought advisable to send a representative thither to take part iu the proceedings. In the House, consideration was resumed of the bill to amend the statutes relating to gold and silver coinage and com and bullion certificates, and an amendment confining the privilege of free coinage to silver mined in the United States was finally rejected—B7 to 120 Adjourned to the 20 th.