Middletown transcript., 1872-08-17
Items Of News.

YurVntDeUu Wus usVVIV8veUses
op Saturday afternoon. Shortly before
tina, bour the members OF the IIonse VI
Common. were summoned 10 the Chamber
oS the Pceys, where sbc speech Of the
Queen. who was no, present, was read oy
the Royal Commission. Aftcr the an
uoupcemcM oS the prorogstion, II sbudes
to tie controversy over the American m
direct e,n,m., which the Queen rcjoices 70
inform pa,linscpt. has been composed by
u ,pop,sneops declaration ~ ,bc Wbitra-
tors. entirely ropsis,cnt With the views an
nouucc,l hy her Majesty at The opening OF
the sc,sion. The Capafian ParlssmcAt
having passed The act necessary TO give
effect 10 the treaty Within tive Do@im'oa,
all the arrangements contemplated BY 1t
are now IN progress. and Der Majesty re.
feet. with satisfaction ibai The Subjects
with which the ,rca,y deals, M longer cf-
fer any impedimcn, 10 perfect concord be-
tween the kindred na,ion,. The ,er~iDa.
ton of the commcrcial treaty With FruNec is
mentioned, also the fact that ibe fTcnsh
government has indicated desire 10y lar
,her correspondence on the subject. The
Queen declares her determination 10 take
steps to deal more cifec.ually With the
slave trade The usual acknowledgements
are made to the Commons for ample r"rn-
mary provision. aud the most important
measures adopted by Parliament during
The session are briefly reviewed. The
tranquility and growing prosperity OF Ire
land are favorably adverted to.
4 Greensboro, y C.. dispatch says,
that ncgrv named Jim johnson was ar
rested there on Monday. for an attempt To
poison party of twcn,y-six, on the occa-
sion of the commencement OF Rev fon-
,aincs Female Academy, N Reidsvillc on
the 9th instant johnson, to avengc him
self for n supposed grievance by Fon,ainc.
poisoned the Ice cream. which he had been
directed to freeze, and the entire supper
party Of !wcniy.six. including many young
ladies belonging to the elite Of society,
were subsequently seized with poisonous
symptoms No one has So, died. but ply
sicians say that several will no, recover.
When arrested, johnson called upon the
negroes to rescue him The community
threaten him with lyuching
The New York sun published on Monday
a long article charging President Grant
with snpprcssng M exposure Of the pay
mcnt Of fraudulent clams to the amount
sis 900 600 1t charge tha, Grant Will,
Secretary of War al interim, hinirrcd au
investigation and prevented the publish
ing of c,idcnc, showing the payment o
the fraudulent claims by paymastcr t,cn'
cral Bricr; that though l'ricc was re-
moved by President JOHNSON. Grant rciu.
stated him Immediately after his inaugura
,ion, These facts are supported by docu
mcutary evidence, including the suppress
ed report on the subject. prepared Mt ,h'
time by n special committee Of the Hous'
Of Representatives.
Frederick Douglass has issued nn ad
dress to the colorci voters, warning then
against "thc insidious aud dangerous ad
vice aud counsel Of Mr.. Sumner" nn'
giving reasons why, ms he thinks, the
should cast their whole weight into III
scale for Gran, and Wilson" He tell
them that they owe their liberation tror
slavery to the Rcpubl'can party
that they cast their first vote us frccdmc
for Grant in 1868; that they have n
reason to be disappointed in his Admins
trutipn, and that the election Of Grcclc
means the cancellation Of their "ordnar
privileges and blessings"
The Washington detective sent to 4
bany TO examine into the matter Of III
political prisoners confined Il; the pcniict
iiary at tha, place. has reported in fave
OF the pardon Of eighteen Of them, who |
describes as being "illi,eraic and simpl,
minded lie advises against the pardo
of one Of those recommended by Gerr
Smith, and makes no mention Of the r,
maining forty-sx eases. Ii is understood
that those recommended for pardon will
Sc, Mt liberty ut once.
After stormy session. on Monday y,
ming the Pinchback Republican Conyci
,ion rejected the proposition TO fuse wi,
the Liberals. by n voic Of 100 to 81
whereupon the minority withdrew in
body. aud subsequently held mcc,in,
at which they fully endorsed the Cincir
natl platform aud nominations. The r,
muinder Of the convention met on Tue,
day and adopted the Philadelphia pla
} form. declared for Grant aud Wilson, an
nominated a State ticket.
Another discovery is reported to hay
been made in Canada Of an organizntit
! for the enlistment Of volunteers for Il
army Of the reyolutionists 10 Cuba. ri
men were to be concentrated at some pla
on the Bay Of Fuudy. whence they we
TO be transhipped to Cuban cruiser at
poiut farther south. Many recruits n
reported to haze been made in the larg
cities. and the movement being widesprea
It is though. tha, it will require great G.
9 ergy and watchfulpcss on tho part Of Il
0 Dominion authorities to prevent the ca
rying out Of the undertaking.
0 Mr.. Beck. General Of the Order, b
c convokcd an assembly Of Jcsuits at Rom
r to consider project Of changing the mar
and dress Of the Jcsui,s expelled fro
Prussia, making rs many as possible e
' ter into the orders still suffered thes