Middletown transcript., 1868-05-09
IieuNa OF News.

in London on Wednesday, the Archbishop
of Canterbury presiding. The Lord Mayor
moved a series of resolutions in favour of
the continued union of Church and State.
The Archbishop of York presented resolu-
tions to the effect that the attempt to over
throw the Irish Church was an attack on
the Church Of England, and a movement
towards the establishment of Papacy upon
the country. The meeting was very tur-
bulcnt, and there was much confusion in
the proceedings.
The details Of the war in Paraguay are
quite horrible The number killed on
board the Brazilian squadron at Hamaita
was unusually large, and ip one instance
boarding party were deluged with hot wa
ter from monitor. 1t is worthy of note
that three Brazilian iron clads English
built survived for forty two minutes the
combined fire of one hundred and eighty
guns, half of the time within pistol shot
range.
A conflict of the military and civil au-
thorities is reported in Alabama. Mr..
Randolph, editor of the Tuscaloosa Non
itor, had been placed in military con6ne-
ment for an affray with negro, and was
to be tried by the military authorities on
Friday. A writ of habeas corpus was
granted by Judge Busteed, but it was
not obeyed, and the Commanding Gener-
al refused to stop the trial.
Joubert, q colored Alderman in New
Orleans. sued the Convent of the Sacred
Heart for $40, 900 damages, for the rejec-
ton of his daughter as pupil. The case
was dismissed on the ground that the
school was not an incorporate body, and
could not be sued.
The Quarterly Conference of the Meth
decided to hold camp meeting the coming
summer on the ground occupied by them
last year, in Mrs. Bakers woods, in Kent
county Md, to commenceon Friday, Au-
gust ID.
The people of Nova Scotia are making
great efforts to free themselves from the
Canadian confederation and threats Of
bloodshed have been made on the floor of
the House of Commons at Ottawa.
In Massachusetts,, where sales of liquor
have heretofore been totally prohibited,
the new license law goes into effect on May
23d so that after that date the open and
legal sale of liquor will rccommence.
The propeller Gov. Cushman exploded
her boiler at Buffalo Creek on Friday, Kill
ling eleven persons. The boat is a COM
plete wreck. She was valued at $37 900.
Mr.. Cogdell, of St. Joseph, Mo is sew
enty-three years old, has his sixth wife
and thirty-two children, to each of whom
he has given farm is still worth over
S100, 900, and cannot read.
Miss Hester G. Payne, of Dorchester
Co. Md. has recovered $4,000 damages
from John L. Wrightson for breach Of
promise of marriage. The costs of the
case will amount to over $4,000.
Twenty-eight thousand dollars in bonds
and jewelry were taken from private
house in West Forty-eighth Street, New
York. on Sunday night. How the robbery
was committed is mystery yet unsolved
. E. Mahoney, Head Centre, and severa
other Fcnians who have been for some
time confined in the Cork Jail, have beer
released from custody by warrant of the
Lord Lieutenant.
G Ralph S. Fritz, of San Francisco, lately
e deceased, bequeathed $40, 900 for the pur
: pose of exiting uishing in part the national
o debt. 1t has been paid into the Treasur,
v in -thirties.
. The hotels of James Nixon and Israe
v Allen at Havse de Grace, Md. were bro
If ken into and robbed on Thursday night o
e last week. No clue has been found to tn
perpetrat ors, as yet.
,e The rowing match between Hamil an,
d Coulter comes off on the 18th of mex
n month on the Schuylkill. Both men hav
v gone into active training at Pittsburgh.
: DIR Livingstone, the African explorer
1t writes from the Chepeta country, unde
II date Of November 10th, 1867, in capita
;. spirits, though he complains of havin,
: sometimes been in very short rations.
: It is rumored that Princess Louise
It daughter of Queen Victoria, is to MARI
h Christian Frederic, Prince Royal of Den
a mark.
10 Talbot county has raised the liberal SUI
of $14 900 towards a permanent fund fc
t. the support of the Episcopal Bishop of tn
" Eastern Shore Diocese.
n Eighteen persons were poisoned wit
le arsenic, at boarding house, on Sunday
l. in New Orleans. None died, having b,
<. been saved by taking an over dose.
c. Samuel Mills, for the brutal murder
We an old man was hanged yesterday at Have
he hill, Massachusetts,. He confessed h
at guilt on the scaffold.
er France has broken off diplomatic reli
tions with Tunis, owing to the perpetr,
tion of outrages on French citizens res
dent in that country.
In consequence of the promise of abul
dant crops in Michigan wheat has falle
OF in price there from $1.75 to $3.50 p,
IN bushel.
rs; Philadelphia is to borrow million al
half of dollars to purchase League l
as . land, improve the city waterworks al
ne build an ice boat.
OF Two hundred families have been rende
70 ed houseless by the burning of Gazeton,
ne Mexico, and seven lives were lost.
A man named Peck, from San Fra
or cisco, has been arrested in New York ,