Middletown transcript., 1868-06-13
Items OF News.

as a portion Of the Greek nation, which il
l is thought will lead to war between Greece
and Turkey, to be.foilowed by a general
European war, with France, Austria and
Great britain on the side of the Turks,
lie Nord asserts that the opinion widely
prevailsin Paris that war will break out
in Europe before the close of next autumn.
Via Galveston and Brownsville, Texas,
we have later news from Mexico, full. AS
usual of revolutions and rumors of revolu.
tions. Advices from Brownsville, Texas,
state that the Santa Anna .fillibusterswill
strike Bagdad by the 14th, and are fully
prepared to take the place. There is
great excitement in Brownsville and Mat
amoras. Americans are joining in the
Santa Anna movement. = %
In Cambridge the widow of John E.
Rook, (the man who recently killed Shad-
rick Bell, and subsequently hanged himself
in jaiD attempted to commit suicide on
Monday week. She hung herselfan was
only discovered and cut down when life
was nearly extinct. This is the second at
tempt she has made since the terrible ira
gedy. -.'.7'I'-
Of the large number of steamers plyinp
between New York and European ports
none OF them carry the American flag or
are owned in the United States. The Bal
timore and Liverpool line is the only strict
ly American enterprise of this kind, while
the steamers of the Baltimore and Bremen
line are one-half owned in Baltimore.
"A colored man named Jim Williams has
been arrested and lodged in Wicomico
county Jail on charge of being concerned
IN the recent murder of Captain johnson
and Henry Cannon, of the schooner Brave.
lie admits that he was on board that yes-
sci at the teme of the murder but denies
having assisted in that dreadful tragedy.
The money market, in New York. shows
continued and increasing ease. The sne-
Gle shipments, this week, are expected to
be light. General trade is very dull; gold
rather more active, on account of European
war rumors. Government bonds are stea-
dy.
A resolution has been introduced into
the Methodist General Conference condem-
ing the use of tobacco and shutting ont
from the ministry all persons addicted to.
the weed in any form.
a report from England says that the
Bishop of London has ordered that the
President of the United States shall he.
prayed for along with the Queen and the
Parliament.
work was suspended on Wednesday at
Fortress Monroe, guns fred every half
hour, and national salute at sunset. in
respect to the memory of the late ex-Pres-
ident Buchanan.
Galena, Illinois, the home of General
Grant, was, on Friday, carried by the
Democrats by $50 to 300 majority. The
Democrats have also carried Racine, Wis
consin.
The municipal muddle in Washington
continues, and the Conservative members
OF the two Boards propose electing an al
interim Mayor.
The cankcr-worm has begun its destrue-
tion of the apple crop in many parts of Mas
sachusetts. This will be the fourth wear
that they have r,sgned.
Captain Jerome Napoleon Patterson.
Bonaparte is at the New York hotel He
came by the last steamer, and is going to
Baltimore. .r't .G =
One of the United States soldiers on
duty at Georgetown, s. G. was murdered
by having histhroat cut, by colored man.
a few nights since. nl - .'7 ' ID lF7 n
| A nugget of gold and quartz. worth
twenty thousand dollars, has been found at
Remington Hill, Nevada county, Califor-
nia.G .sef - -
There is prospect of the renewal Of In
dian troubles along the Upper Missouri.
and the Government is making preparations
for general Indian war. - = MN
| The first lightning rod put up in this
country by DIR. Franklin is now to be
seen on the old house No SO Daniel street.
Portsmouth, n III. 9Ge'
New York city, on Saturday evening,
was almost eaten up by mosquitoes, which
came over from the Jerseys in solid col
umn. So i. h"f7. .srt
The yellow fever is raging fearfully AZ
Lima, Peru. In the middle of Nav, from
200 to 800 persons died daily, and 2, 500
were in the hospitals.
The steamer City of Paris recently made
the passage from New York to LIVERPOOL
in seven days and a half, the quickest time
on record.
The trial of Mrs. Victor for the murder
of her brother bypoison, on whose life she
had an insurance of $4,000, has been
commenced at Cleveland, Ohio.
James Malada and wife were both mur-
dered at Seaforth, Canada, on Sunday.
Their son has been arrested for the crime,
Fifty petitions for divorce have been en-
tered at the present term Of Court of Hills.
borough County, ~ III.
The Manchester Mirror says all the in,
dications are favorable for an immense an
pie crop in New Hampshire this season
The hrst wheat, grown in Panola conn.
~ Miss, was sold on change in St. Louis,
june /, for 81 bushel. -
For the first time in six years, New Or
leans is said to be at present without SOL
dier, white or colored.
Colorado offers husbands to thousand
girls this spring if they will come and get
| them A .I|Ir = g.