The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-10

tee of the whole, but nothing of importance
was accomplished.
On the 4th inst, Senator Conkling
said he had been requested to present. and
most willingly did present number of Pc
titions for steps looking to the release of Z.
.. NJ. Condor, now undergoing life sen
tence in an English prison. The petitions
form such volume of sympathy as rarely
came to either house OF Congress-. Senator
Mcmillan, from the committee on commerce.
presented bill to exempt all vessels engaged
in navigation on the Mississippi river above
New Orleans, and its tributaries, from entran-
ces and clearances.
The House adopted resolution to
adjourn from the 9th to the 18th to give time
for attending the Centennial opening. Mr..
| Blaine introduced a bill for the coinage of
| more silver to relieve the change famine A
| message was received from the President de-
| Ginning information asked for regarding ex-
ecutive acts done at distance from the ma
| tional capitol. 1t was referred to the COM
mittee on judiciary.
The Senate, on the 5th, adopted the
House resolution to adjourn from the 9th to
the 10Th to attend the opening of the Centen-
! NAL exposition. After the introduction of
| several unimportant bills the Senate resumed
consideration of the articles OF impeachment,
and listened to arguments by Carpenter and
Knott.
The House appropriated 81, 900 for
ventilating the hall, after which, adjourned.
SAMOA.
Very little is known of the cause of
the troubles on the island of Samoa,
except that Steinberger, who held
some sort of 4 supervisory power
there, was imprisoned on British
ship. It appears that after the de.
thronement Of Malctoa by the natives
on account of his deposing Steinberg-
er as premier, Captain Stevens, com
mander of the British steamer Barra-
couta, landed with force of marines
and went to the council house, where
the legislature was assembled with the
intent to dethrone Malctoa. The
chiefs ordered the native guard to
take position in the vicinity of the
council house. Stevens ordered his
marines to disarm the natives. The
guard resisted and 4 fight ensued.
Four marines were killed and eight
mortally wounded. The natives were
in sufficient force to have extermina.
ted the marines had they wished, but
were restrained by the chiefs, who
told Stevens they had no desire to
fight, but. would defend his rights.
Stevens took the wounded on board
the Barracuda, landed with artillery,
threw up breastworks, and kept guard
behind them fourteen days, but no
further demonstration was made by
the natives, and they then returned to
the Barracuda, taking three chiefs as
hostages. Meantime the British
steamer Sapphire arrived, the chiefs
were transferred to her and tho Bar
racouta sailed for the FIJI Islands, TAX
ing Steinberger, his brother: and Coe,
the latter being carried away simply
for his loyalty to the native govern
ment. The prisoners were landed at
Fiji, and the Barracuda ordered to
Auckland, presumably for the prr-
pose of having the acts of her
captain investigated. Steinberger
went also, to confront him and demand
satisfaction for the outrage perpetr,-
ted on him. At the date of leaving
Samoa the Tuscora would be due in
ten days. Foster, the American con-
sui, acted throughout the trouble in
harmony with the British. Coe and
Steinberger also reiterated the state
ment that the main trouble arises from
the Vaccinations of English mission
aries, whose profits were impaired by
the regulations introduced by Stein
berger.
SCANDINAVIA WE'LL. ENTIIUSE.