Middletown transcript., 1869-11-27
ITEpIs OF NEWS.

of Egypt.s Each day the latter CAP post
poue the matter $50 much strength to bis
position. Erance can more easily rule the
Viceroy than the Sultan. and viii. there
fore, prop the pretensions Of the former.
The roar Of hostile cannon may yet be
heard on the banks Of the newly opened
Canal.
Mr.. Richard Bowden shot himself acci-
'dentsily, through the abdomen, whilehunt-
ing in the woods near his home, in Prince
George county, Va, on Monday. I'm
able to move from the place where he fell.
he wrote a note and pinned it to the neck
of one of bis dogs, who carried it to Mr.
Bowden's brother, who instantly went to
the young mans relief All was done that
skill and affection could suggest, but death
put speedy end to his sufferings.
Near Tiptonville, Tenn, ON Sunday
night, party ofmasked regulators" pro-
ceeded to planters house with intention
of disarming his negro laborers, but the
latter received them with volley, killing
two of the maskers. Subsequently, six of
the negroes were arrested, and while on
their way to Jail were attacked and five of
them were shot down.,
Mr. Peabody, twenty five years ago,
offered his hand, heart, and fortune to an
American lady, then visiting London.
They were accepted. Subsequently Mr..
Peabody learned that the lady was already
engaged when she accepted the new suitor,
and rebuking her lack of sincerity, he
summarily broke the contract
An attempt was made early Monday
moring to blow up the County Jail at Hud-
son City, N. j. The. explosion shook sur
rounding buildings, broke windows, and
made crack nine feet long in one wall of
the prison. Two burglars confined in the
Jail are suspected of the attempt. 3
| In Fremont County, Iowa, few days
since, vigilance committee hanged noto-
rious character named Sam Murdoch, on
the charge of having murdered Henry
johnson. Since the lynching johnson
has turned up alive, and the yigilants are
threatened with trial
The reported offer of Gen. Jordan to
surrender to the Spanish forces some time
ago is confirmed, his object, as stated ,
being to escape with his fellow Americans,
who were always forced in front in every
fight, from the almost certain annihilation
which awaited them.
The Boylston National Bank, at Boston,
Mass. was robbed, on Sunday night, ofde-
posits amounting to four or five hundred
thousand dollars, the property of twenty
FIVE or thirty individuals The funds ot
the Bank, which were in an inner vault,
were not touched. .3
The President has issued proclamation
abolishing the discriminating duties on
merchandise importedin French vessels,
the discriminating duties on vessels of the
United States having been abolished by
the French Government.
British Columbia petitions for incorpo.
ration with the United States The
annexation of this teiiSitory would give u.
possession of the Pacific coast line from
Lower California to Behring's Straits:
The abstract of the condition of the Ma
tional Ranks of the United States on Oc
tober 8, shows resources and liabilities
amounting to 81 ,497 ,226, ,604. The spe
Gle held amounted to 1928, ,002, 406 three
per cents $45, 845, 900, and legal tenders
$83, ,719, 295.
A Richmond, Va. despatch announcer
that arrangements were closed in New
York, on Monday, with several prominen,
capitalists for the immediate completion o
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
There is report from Lexington, Ky
! that while funeral services were taking
place in colored church there, on Sunday
f the floor gave way, killing five or six per
sons and injuring fifty. 'a' ".a
: Four persons have been arrested il
+ Brooklyn, N. Y. on the charge Of forging
will to prevent young lady named Born
5 from inheriting $l00,000 worth of prop
erty from her father.
Governor Geary has signed the deaf
r warrants of DR.. SchQeppe, the poisoner {
Miss Steinecks, and Adam Titus, the mur
, derer of Henry Stahm, in Cumberlan
t county, Pennsylvania.
! A young man named Barnet was pub
s licly excommunicated from the Wslnu
. Street Presbyterian Church, in st. Louis
: on Sunday, for stealing from the collec
e tions, 4
o A Spanish war vessel, the Pizarro
e which arrived at New York, on Saturday
: is believed to have brought enough sailol
to man the new feet of Spanish gunboat,
IS There are 200 lines of telegraph col
!. verging at New York, and rs Telegram
y Offices scattered over the city, giving en-
y ployment to $50 operators. -! IS
: Washington dispatches state that Il
/ Cuban cause is declining and that the ii
j. surgents are now not in possession Of sil
d gle town. y
j. There was heavy decline in Scrantt
n coal at New York, Wednesday, rahgir
'e from 81 all the way to $3.50 per ton, a
ir cording to quality. -. p 'feF r.
le The Macon Telegraph says that Ian,
n in Georgia have advanced, an averag
le not much short Of 800 per cent in Il
10 last two years. ~ ''E'F 7aF es'g e.
10 Conrad Meier, under sentence for mu
!, der, escaped from jail, at Toledo, Ohio,
D Tuesday night, and $500 is offered for b
5e arrest. EEsah 4H pc 3
E. Gen. Fremont and Mrs. Fremont. a,