Middletown transcript., 1870-02-05
ITEMS OF NEWS.

December last, by drunken lnulan ne
chief of the village refused to surrender the
murderer, whereupon the commander of
the fort shclled the village, killing two
Indians. After considerable skirmishing,
the murderer was surrendered, tried by
court-martial, and hanged. Captain Smith
was formerly in the Confederate naval
service.
The election returns from the Spanish
provinces have been delayed by heavy
SHOWS, but the indications are that the
Liberals of various classes will be moro
largely represented in the Cortes than
before The Duke Of Montpcnsier was de-
feated as candidate for the Cortes, and,
it is alleged, that the country, as far as
heard from, has now declared against a
monarchy.
A late arrival from Hayti reports that
there is much agitation on the Samana
question, and that the provisional govern
ment will probably assist Cabral in the
movement to defeat the plans of President
Baez, of San Domingo, ceding the bay or
otherwise parting with any portion of its
neighboring territory to the United States
1t appears from the accounts of the
London papers, that Rochcfort, the rad
cal leader in France, is great coward.
He tainted away several times at the
funeral procession of Victor Noir. The
troops were ready for him and his follow
ers, and he knew it.
The ceremonies attending the transfer
of the remains of George Peabody, at
Portland, concluded on Tuesday. The
| H. al, al Hall fo tho
railroad depot, whence funeral car con-
veyed it to the town of Peabody, Mass.
its final resting place.
Prince Arthur was waited upon at the
Brevoort House, New York, by delega
ton of citizens aud the British Consul,
and presented with congratulatory ad-
dress. The Prince made a feeling reply
He will leave for Boston Saturday.
Gonzalo Castanon, editor of the Taz de
Cuba, while standing on the steps of his
hotel in Key West, on Monday, was ut
tackled by several Cubans, who fired upon
him with pistols. lie returencd the fire,
, wounding three, when he receivd shot
J from which he died in fifteen minutes.
According to the provisions of the act Of
Parliament, empowering the English Gov
ernment to take possession of the telegraph
lines in the kingdom, the Treasury De-
f partment on Wednesday last paid f26, ,00C
sterling for the cable connecting England
c with Germany, by way of the Island o.
S Nordency.
The bill reported by Mr.. Anthony il
G the United States Senate to restrict the
0 printing of documents to the lowest limit
| and providing that all citizens who wan
a copies Of documents shall procure them a
G cost, will save the government over ST.,
d 100000. Every little helps.
s a great public meeting was held at th,
i Mansion House, London, on the 25th ult
V to promote emigration to Canada ant
! other British Colonies. The Lord Mayo
:, presided, and eminent men addressed thu
Y meeting,
o An additional postal convention ha
1t been concluded between the United State
l. and the Netherlands, reducing the rate Q
d international letter postage on letters ex
changed in closed mails ria England fron
fifteen to ten cents.
In single county of Florida, there ar
!" no less than 300 negroes who have move'
y on public lands, refuse to work on til
u plantations, except when driven by hun
~ ger, and subsist by depredatons on tn
~ live stock, which is rapidly diminishing
r. The first present Mr.. Grant has decline
n arrived Friday of last week by expires
from Cleveland This was dog directe
ID to the President. The express charge
of on him were $40. Mr.. Grant refused
r. receive him.
re 1t is said no reduction will be made
in the French army this year, because of ii
a. troubles in Paris and elsewhere.
A revolution among the negro washe
mr. woman in Columbus, Miss. is threatenet
,r- because of a steam laundry just establishc
is there.
.rs A letter has been received in Londt
te. from Cap. Cochran, of the Royal Navy, st
toned on the African coast, that ID
-, Livingstone, the African traveller, h
va va been burned as wizard by chief in Il
interior.
- Alexander Barney, clerk in the I
on ~ gistration department of the Post-ofice
uA -. Boston, has been held to answer the char
w. Nv of stealing from letters
nJ Mrs. Mary McDade, of Greencastle P
na mu completed her 102d year on the 10Th ins
,n' ,ns She was born in Carlisle, January 10, l
8. 6S.
~ ~ A submarine cable has been ordere
ooo which will be laid along the Pacific Cot
a., of South America, from Panama to Pal
an Peru.
a. n - Six hundred and fifty men were
''s charged on Monday, from the Gosp'
Navy Yard, in Portsmouth, Virginia, a
900 in Washington.
uht Four hundred workmen on a canal
hef Chicago, struck on Wednesday for higl
oi wages. They were getting $1.75 per d;
'Mse- M and want So.
oes Mexican advices, received by way
ere Brownsville, represent the revolution;
!, Tue movements as gathering strength, and
as other civil war impending.
an The revenue officers have contisca
8, 200, 900 lbs. of sugar in New Orlea