The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-05-11

grades, $4O0@4.25; butchers stock, $500
100; stock cattle, ETC., $S50@4.00. Hogs
brought $7.40@79O for good to choice.
Sheep sold at $5.Oo@6.25 for good to
choice. ry,. q : s. ~
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
ACCORDING to q Ragusa dispatch of the
18th, the garrison n Nissa were reduced to
great extremities. The soldiers and inhab.
itants were compelled to subsist on horse
flesh.
3 In the British House of Commons, on the
18th, bill to remove the electoral disabih-
ties of women was defeated-152 to $50. The
leading Liberals supported the measure.
COUNT DE KoTzEBuE, Governor General of
Poland, has rendered his resignation because
Russia had refused the appointment of one
Polish speaking Judge in each governing
town in Poland. -.
The German Imperial Court Of Discipline
has sentenced Count Won Arnim to formal
dismissal from the public service and to pay
all costs of the proceedings. I1''
LONDON kilograms Of the 9th say that late
advices from Mesopotamia show that the
plague was rapidly increasing. Since the
previous report there had been $50 new cases
and 2sS deaths.
The Prussian Chamber of Deputies has
passed bill for the incorporation of the
Duchy of Lauenburg with the Kingdom of
Prussia. - "a: ~, -.i:::y<
A VIENNA dispatch of the ,2sth ults says
the Porte had sent circular letter to its
representatives at the various European
courts, demanding military assistance in the
suppression of the insurrection. and citing as
a precedent the suppression Of the Hunga-
rian instruction by Russia, in 1s49. Al re:
port prevailed that Austria had ordered her
army in Dalmatia to be increased to 80, 600.
The royal assent has been given to the bin
comforting upon Queen Victoria the title Of
Empress of India, and on the 2Sth ult. the
Gazette contained proclamation announcing
its assumption by Her Majesty.
A MosTAR telegram of the, ,80th ult.. an.
nounces that the Turks had succeeded, after
desperate fighting at Presjeka, In revictpal-
ing Nissa. The insurgents were driven into
their Entertainments with great loss.
ADv1cEs from the Cape Coast received on
the 3Oth ult., report that the King OF
Dahomey had refused to pay the fine recent
ly imposed on him for maltreating Q British
subject, and had sent an insolent message to
the British commanding officer who expos.
tulated with him, inviting him to visit
Dahomey where he would pay the demand in
powder and balls. ~ E!ryT~l r. III
THE German Government has published q
decree giving to,the inhabitants of Alsace
and Lorraine the right of suffrage in cases
where, electing> to retain the French nation
atty, they still remained domiciled in those
provinces. C,,' -, 49,
The death of Hon. J. L. Graham, United
States Consul at Florence, Italy, occurred o.
the 3Oth ult.
"A TELEGRAM from Mexico on the 3Oth ult
states that Gen.. Diaz, the leader Of the
Mexican instruction, had occupied Camargo
unopposed. / ~" a9utI
On the lst, the boilers Of the ferry boa
plying between iRudesheim and Bingen, OF
the Rhine, exploded and killed thirty of tn,
p"'' = -,-,.',.T /
CONGRESSIONAL. :
THE Senate, on the 25th, refused yeas
4, nays Alto recede from its amendments to tn,
Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill
and also insisted on It's amendments to the, De
iciency Appropriation bill. and Conference Com
mittees were appointed. Mr.. Mcmillan was ap
pointed on the special COMMITTEES 20 :inysstgat'
excused M Jones' concluded IS bis 2smsrS
9n---th2 Silver Coin Legal tender bin
The House, in Committee Of the Whole
and amended he Appro
Managers.Mr. Lord-presented rejoildery to tn,
demurrer filed by ex-Secretary Beiknap, whicl
was approved and ordered to BE- 6ledswith tn
senate has jurisdiction in the case before II, AMI
that, as the defendant had not answered. tn
articles Of impeachment ori any manner denie'
the same, the House prays judgment thereon n
cording to law. >. - .,~ ,.., .,-
In the Senate, on the Goth, resolution
was adopted calling on the Secretary of til,
Treasury for information as to the number Of per
sons employed as revenue or internal fevenu
agents, their rate Of compensation, expenses
and apply portion Of the proceeds of the pqb
lie lands TO public education WAS taken up, an,
o substitute was offered. The Silver bill was fur
by Nj. Sherman, In the House the Conference
Committee on the Deficiency Appropriation bill
ne Orted recommending that the Senate reced,
from three Of its amendments, and that the Hous
concur in three others, which report was agree,
to. The Legislative Appropriation bill was furthe
considered.
THE report of the Conference Committee
on the Deficiency bill was adopted in the Senate
on the 9th. The Impeachment trial was begul
at 1880 o'clock, and q motion was made an,
argued that the trial be postponed till the frs
Monday OF December next; which motion. afte
retiring for consultation, The Senate denied: Ad
evidence relating to the question of jurisdictio
ing thereto; In the House. the Senate amend
ment to the bill defining the tax on fermented Q
malt liquors was agreed to. A Consultations
amendment was Introduced and referred authori1
ing the President to approve or disapprove Q
Legislative and Executive Appropriation bill wa
amended in Committee Of the Whole and re
ported to the House.
No IMPORTANT legislative business wa
transacted in the Senate ON the 18th. The In
peachmeDt trial was resumed, and . request wa
made and argued for q postponement for tw
| weeks, and orders were agreed upon that the Ser
| ate proceed to hear and determine the 'questio
4th Of May, and that the opening and closing 6
the argument be given to respondent. Adjourne
to May Ia number Of private bills wer
psssed in the House. Several Of the committe
1
bill were agreed to, and The point. Of order wa
made and sustained by the Speaker that the SCI
| ton transferring the Indian Bureau to the We
Department was not germane to the bill, and
was stricken out, and the bill was passed-2O6 t
| II. -: 7: f.H'.sl. - y
SENATE not in session on the est
at. A resolution was adopted, in the House di'
charging the Committee on Military Affairs frol
further inquiry into the Charges against Horac
Boaghton, its clerk, for ths Isascns that the IL
witnesses would have no he Fsummpned ftos
Texas, and, - the wrong doings, II any such o,
Cured, belonged TO- remote time, Ae would b
nov barred from Any criminal pIeseegtion;
fermented liquors. The contested election cae
| 81 LIE Moyne %. FarweA. from the Thjra lllinoi
District, was called up and argued-the majorit
fefAAs. lttsea ess sfids11HEaapE zeIIpEte
| in favor Of Mr.. lie Moyne, and the MINORITY s6I
porting the claims Of Mr.. Farwell.
A BILL was introduced in the Senate O
the LIST, and referred, authorizing the Secretary
the Treasury to renew the issue Of fractional GU