Middletown transcript., 1868-02-22
IterzAs OF News.

riopsly ineligible, oneof them being col
j ored British subject, and the otheS, having
but recently arrived in the State from the
North. The President Of the convention
ruled that foreigners and non-rssidents
were eligible to seats, and refused an ap-
peal from this decision withouta 9 two-third
vote. A majority of the convention, con-
sisting Of twenty-one whites and four me-
groes. all eligible, thereupon seeded. leay-
ing minority Of twenty-one, composed Of
negroes and the ineligible members. A
constitution was then adopted by this mi
nority in secret session, and it now awaits
instructions from General Meade before
adjourning. as r q ''ss
! The President has received letter from
Gen. Sherman relative to the brevet rank,
and the new military department, giving
his reasons for declining both. The Pres
ident has revoked the order assigning
Sherman to the command in Washington,
but he has not revoked the order establish
ing the new division. He will probably
assign some one else to this command.
Judge Underwood, at Richmond, has re-
manded Churchill Coombs to the custody
of the military, deciding that Congress not
having yet declared peace, the courts have
no right to take prisoners from military
custody. The case will be appealed to the
| Supreme Court. hp3z' aa ei.t
On Monday the 10th inst. Mr.. Paine
offered resolution in the House Of Rep
resentatives, to the effect that the seat of
Government of the United States ought to
be removed to the valley of the Mississip-
pi. The vote on it was strictly sectional,
and stood ayes II, nays 81. Hba'4
Mr.. Burlingame, Chinese Ambassador
to the United States and to the Powers Of
Europe, will leave China on the 25th inst.
with suite of thirty persons to proceed to
the execution of his mission. It is said
that the mission will be permanent. f'7i
Advices from Hayti, by the Cuba cable,
state that Salnave's army has been defeated
by the Caco rebels on the frontier. Gen.
eral Alexis committed suicide, and Gener-
al Nord incurred the mistrust Of President
Salnave, who deprived him of his rank and
honors. le2 9fl-e Hj 'd
Admiral Bell, of the United States Ma
Wy, Lieutenant Reid, and ten sailors were
drowned at the mouth of Osaca River, Ja-
pan, on the llth Of January last, whilst
attempting to cross the bar in an open boat
In the South Carolina Convention, after
long discussion, resolution has passed
asking Congress to appropriate one million
ofdollars to purchase lands, to be parcelled
out among the poorer classes. s' Ni.
The Grand Duke Constantine of Russia
is to make u visit to his daughter; The
Queen of the Greeks, in the spring. Eu-
rope is somewhat alarmed to observe that
he is to be escorted by strong squadron,
which is now fitting out. -fs 7.t.- "a. "A
The Grand Jury in the city Of Philadel-
phia, has found true bills against the deal
ers recently arrested for selling indecent
! illustrated New York papers. ol .,-I
| General George b. Mcclellan has been
offered by President johnson the mission
to England, as successor to Mr.. Adams,
resigned. @t @75 ~
The Florida Conventionists are still at
issue, General Meade has advised them to
| settle their differences, expunge, their re-
cords and commence anew. 7a
1t il thought that the Philadelphia Con-
ference will be divided at the March ses-
sion, or by the General Conference in
May, and most likely by State lines. 'g
The latest advices from Japan state that
serious revolution has broken out there.
The Kansas Legislature has passed an
act permitting women to practice law. {
MIR. Sullivan, the editor of the Dublin
Nation, has been tried in Dublin on the
charge of publishing seditious libels, and
found guilty. ssY ses J iaaa
The English Government is about to-
bring into Parliament an Irish Reform bill.
1t is officially announced that the Brit
ish Government intend to purchase oil the
telegraph lines in the kingdom. fs1it
| The Conservative State Convention of
Tennessee. met at Nashville on Saturday
last, and adopted resolutions in support Of
the Presidents policy and declaring Mr.
johnson the choice of the Democratic and
Conservative people of Tennessee for the
next Presidency. 9N ff bsa ae.lt
The Washington correspondent of the
radical Chicago Republican says that Mr..
Washburne wrote all General Grants let
ters To tie President. aid Ht
The Annual statement of the Chester
county prison shows that the total expendi-
lures for the last year were S9, 1868. 80, of
which 81, 265.S2 were paid by the labor
Of the prisoners and s. 900 by drafts from
the County treasury The principle arti-
cles manufactured are carpeting, checks
and tickings. . z4.f
In Buenos Ayres, at last accounts, the
cnolera was raging. During December,
ninety persons died of the disease in the
city Of Buenos Ayres in single day, and
forty thousand persons are said to have left
on account Of the epidemic. -, ~. ,'f,
AT the charter election held in Reading,
Pa. last Friday, DR.. Hester NJ. Nagie,
democrat, was chosen city auditor by ma
jority Of S36. democratic gain of 355, on
the vote Of last year. t Il,
The State Capitol of California has cost
to the present time $4,000 in gold, and
will require as much more to complete it.
One man was killed and three others
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