Middletown transcript., 1869-11-13
ITEMS OF NEWS.

Advices have been received from Tahiti
to Oct. 16. The French gunboat Deutre
Castoreaux and the ship Nations Hope
had arrived from Sydney, The Tahiti
Cotton Company, about six months ago,
sent the bark Major Condor, Capt. Black
cit, to the Gilbert Islands for cargo of
coolies. The captain succeeded in secur-
ing about three hundred, and during the
return voyage they mutined, and killed
the captain and two officers, horribly mu-
tilating their bodies. The mate escaped
to the hold. There he placed keg of
powder under the main hatch, and having
arranged fuse, called the coolies, when
the savages crowded around the hatchway
The fuse was then fired, killing nearly all
on board. The rest jumped overheard or
fell victims to the mate and the remaining
men. The vessel was brought safely to
Tahiti.
Gen. Cespedes, the Cuban insurgcnt
leader, who burned his large Bayamo prop
erty to keep out the Spaniards, now pro-
misses to give to each family of which faith
er or son have fallen for Cuban freedom
thirty-three acres of land, till his estate is
exhausted. As Cespedes was an extern
sive land owner, the gift must be very
considerable, and its example of great cf-
feet. ,~e
T Major General John Ellis Wool died
Wednesday at Troy N. Y in the eighty
first year of his age. Deceased was dis
tinguished for services il the war of 1872,
the Mexican war and the late struggle for
the Union. He was in command at New
York at the commencement of the great
Draft Riots" of 1868.
The Baltimore City Coust has awarded
Margaret Beck and her four children
$17 900 damages, for the death of Michael
Beck, their husband and father, who was
crushed to death between two cars, on the
Northern Central Railroad last year. The
railroad company moved for new trial
The report continues to be circulated,
though we know not with what truth, that
the marriage of Mrs. Lincoln, widow of
the late President Lincoln, will soon take
place. the happy man being Count Schuei-
derbuntzen, Grand Chamberlain to the
Grand Duke of Baden.
Hon. Thomas G. Pratt, died Tuesday
in Baltimore, aged SO years. He was
Governor of Maryland from 1914 to 1S48,
was Senator in Congress from that State
from 1851 to 1857, and was delegate to
the Chicago Convention of 1864.
The ram Atlanta which was being re-
paired by Neafe & Levy, at Chester, Pa.
was seized by order of the Government on
Monday, on suspicion that she was destin-
ed for Cuba, several large Parrott guns
having been placed on board.
The Lake National Bank, at Wolfsboro',
N. H. was robbed on Friday night, Of all
its funds and private deposits. The bank
was organized with $75,0 capital and
had considerable surplus. The private
depositors lose largely.
,AtStcphentown, near Troy, N. Y. on
Friday, man named Crissy, went to the
house of Mrs. Dodge, and attempted to fe-
loniously assault her, when she split his
head open with an axe, killing him in
stantly.
The Erie Railroad Company announce
that after thirty days they will issue con-
vertiblc bonds to the amount of S., ,000,-
600, for the purpose of laying third
track on their road. H.
The Tennessee Senate Monday passed
the bill calling State Convention, with
an amendment limiting the members to so.
The House has yet to act upon the amend
ment
According to the latest returns, the cleo
: tion for members of State Constitutional
g Convention in Illinois has resulted as fol.
: lows: Republicans, Al; Democrats, 40
: Conservatives 2; Independent, l..
: In the u. S. District Court, at New
g York, Wednesday, Judge Blatchford CAV,
e judgement for $40, 900 against the Gun
&C ard steamer Russia, for sinking the Aus
|. trian ship Figlia Maggaire
: The Presbyterian Assemblies, Old an,
IS New School, met at Pittsburg, Tuesday
e to eonsumate the union of the churches
= The joint report on reunion, was prescnte
1t on Wednesday.
Is Hon. Robert j. Walker is very i'll a
6 Washington; has been unconscious sine
Tuesday, and is reported gradually dying
y Hon. Amos Kendall is also said to be hope
l. lessly i'll.
y The vote for governor is SO close i
to Minnesota that it will require an offici;
te canvass to determine whether Austin
he republican, or Otis, democrat, is elected
The sad news comes from Washingto
that the fund for travelling committees
lg Congress has been exhausted, and III
m congressional frolics must cease.
r A Cincinnati Grand Jury recently cm
ed panneled, contained man who had bee
in the penitcntiary, and also the man whol
n he had robbed.
rn The Governors of thirty-one States ha,
no united with the President in recommendir
yh November 18th as day of Thanksgivir
and praise,
its A man named Suerey. accused of f.
We murders, was taken from Jail at Richmon
as Ky. on Sunday, by gang of 100 me-
en- and hanged.
to The Virginia Agricultural Fair ne
th Richmond was an immense success 1t
ny computed that nearly forty thousand pc