Middletown transcript., 1870-09-03
ITEMS OF NEWS.

Or NEWS.
Pope Plus TX. having offered in COM
munications to Napoleon and King Will
lam to mediate between France and Prus-
sa, the latter Sovereign has written in re-
ply letter, which will command the ad-
miration of all nations. He offers to dis
continue the war upon the simple assur-
ance of "him who declared" that the
peace Of Germany shall not again be in
terrupted. There is demanded no cond-
tions such as the CoDqueror has the right
to dictate. No provinces are to be ccded
as the fruits of the conquest. This mag
nanimity of Prussia's Sovereign will be
not less applauded than the energy and
skill of Prussias Generals; and its very
generosity places it out of the power of
the French nation to reject it and main
tain the respect of mankind.
The papers had paragraph a short
lime ago in regard TO remarkable horse
in the stables of Edwin Thorne, of Dutch
css Co, N, Y. 1t is now stated that the
horse has trottcd half mile in 1:06J
and mile on the road in 2:17. He is
dark sorrel, about sixteen hands high,
and very powerful. lie is called 4" Cloud
man" Hiram Woodruff and Dan. Pifer
| have handled him with view to render
ing him useful on the track, but they
were obliged to give it up as a hopeless
task. MIR. Thorue paid SIC, 900 for him.
Several registrars of election have been
arrested by United States Commissioners
in several of the border States" for re-
fusing to register parties who served in
the Confederate army. This, it is said g.,
raises a conflict of authority between the
State and Federal Governments. The
subject has been referred to the Attorney
General, who has decided that it is a
question belonging to the courts.
The consumption of wood in the United
States is enormous. Railway sleepers a.
lone require 100000 acres of the best
timber every year. The entire expenditure
for railway buildings, repairs, and cars.
is $38, sou, 900. The locomotives in the
United States consume $56, ,000, 900 worth
, of the article. Wood industry amount.
to about $500, 900, 600, in which there
are 40, 00O artisans.
The foreign arrivals at the port of New
York have been unusually numerous dur
ing the past few days, and have beer
rarely if ever exceeded, even before tn,
war. The activity among shippers anC
importers is greater than for several year
before. The majority of the vessels carr,
foreign flags, that of the English FREEDOM
mating
A letter from the Red River countr'
+ says that the professional authorities hav
held council and decided that it wa
, useless to offer resistance to the approach
ing Canadian expedition. 1t was believe
that by the time of its arrival all the prom
/ inent rebels would be out of the settle
ment.
On Tuesday two cars of the Desmoine
e Valley Railroad were thrown down an em
bankment near Desmoines and dcmolish
5 ed. Eight men were killed and fiftee
t seriously injured. They were all ex-sol
, diers, on their way to attend the low
, Soldiers Reunion.
: A terrible fire took place in Calais, j
c the State of Maine, on Saturday afternoon
e A number of stores were burned, thrtee
! vessels lying in the harbor, three on tn
stocks, many dwellings, dry-dock, raj
way, &c. There is as yet no estimate {
> the loss.
il a little child named Myers, of Dentol
h was so frightened in its sleep by a thundt
: storm that it jumped out of a window on
" night last week and fell a distance
twelve feet without hurting itself
d There are eight girls in the Michiga
!, Agricultural College, who have to wor
r, in the field three hours daily, just as IL
young men do.
Five car loads of coolies have arrive
' u at Selma, Ala. to work for three yeara c
u the Selma and Gulf Railroad They Al
to receive board and lodging, and 81
W per month in gold.
lie The drouth in Europe is creating o
increased demand for American hay, AT
al 29,617 bales have been exported fro
OF New York.
Many of the cooks at the large hote
IN at Saratoga, Newport, and other plac
st receive from $4,000 to $4,000 for Il
season.
tie Two hundred bales of silk recent
passed through Omaha, shipped direct fro
,p China to London.
VS. Frederick Douglass is to edit the Was
ington negro organ, the Ne'o Era.