Middletown transcript., 1872-09-07
Isslns of Nsws.

No meGulucent CatuCutol ~ Coutef-
barry. England. vas reported BY cable. on
Tuesday morning. to BE- on ere aud in dan.
ger Of entire destruction. A later dss-
patch conveyed. however, the information
that aasss hsd been extinguished sftsr Dc.
stroying large portion .: The roof of the
east wing. and doing some damage TO the
interior, and especially to the curious mo-
saio pavement before the shrine Of st.
Thomas A'Becke.. This pavement and
the stops. deeply worn BY the knees Of
countless pilgrinss, are ssslly oil that is
left Of the monument erected 10 A'Bsckcs.
The shrine itself was demolished and the
boucs Of the Archbishop burned by order
Of Henry VIII. There are other tonibs,
notably those Of Stephen Langton. the
Black Prince. Horny ~. aud Cardinal
Pole. Is we'll a. relics innumersblo that
have been gathered within the Cathedral
walls since its foundation in 507, all Of
which would have been hopclessly lost IL
the Cathedral had been destroyed. Bu.
the greatest loss would have been to the
ancient church architecture Of England.
In the Canterbury Cathedral all the style
that have prevailed in England down to
the beginning Of the sixteenth century can
be studied by the architect aud the anti
quarian.
LONDON is spoken Of ss the largest city
in the world; AZ covering one hundred aud
twenty-five square miles Of ground. as
being ten miles in length. and over six in
breadth. and as containing nearly four mil.
lions Of inhabitants. Still We have no adc-
qustc conception Of its vas.ness. We
must resort to comparison to comprehend
il. The four millions Of inhabitants Of
London, then. exceed the combined popu.
lation Of New York. Philadelphia. Brook
lyn. st. Louis. Chicago, Baltimore, Gin
cinnati, Boston. New Orleans, San Fran
cisco, and Buffalo. To feed this multi
,ude requires. among other items, five mil
lion four hundred thousand barrel, Of -four,
and three million four hundred thousand
animals-bullocks. sheep. calves, and hogs
for the London markets. irrespective Of
immense quantities Of game aud fish. 1t
is almost a nation in itself, this wonder
ful. gigantic. ovcrgrown gian, Of a city.
II is reported that the late sessions Of
the Board Of Arbitration at Geneva have
been mainly devoted to the consideration
Of numerous minor details, which require
careful attention. and retsrd the reaching
Of decision Of the main questions. II is
repeated that the business advances salts.
factorily. Washington dispatches say tha,
The latest advices are silent as to the prob
able amount Of money which will be award
ed. cut rcitera,c that the proceedings are
progressing favorably to this government
Both the British and the United States
Governments are advised in confidence by
their respective representatives Of Whit
takes place. but until the seal Of secrecy
shall be removed, no communication will
be made to the public on the subject
A band Of two hundred Arapahoc war
riors has attacked and destroyed a Gov
crnment train in Colorado, consisting Of
thirty-six wagons loaded with army sup
plies. The wagons were burned, aud all
the contents that could be carried of were
taken. The mules were run off aud the
men accompanying the train either woun
ded or killed under circumstances Of al
most unparalleled a,roci,y. The train
was under the escort Of hundred men Of
the Sixth United States cavalry. but as
they were mine miles iu the rear at the
time Of the massacre" they afforded no pro.
lection. When they reached the terrible
scene the Indians were just retiring over
the hill beyond.
The organization Of the Thirty. f,h
Parallel Railroad Company" was couple.
ted 10 San Francisco ON Saturday Thir-
teen directors were elected. aud the city is
asked to subscribe Sl0 900 900 to the cup
ital stock, and proposition to vote thu,
amount is to be submitted TO the people a,
the November election. The leading OBJ.
ject appears to be to exercise command.
ing influence over all the railroads Of the
State. to the end that they shall no. be
longer operated on any plan hostile to the
interests Of the metropolis The schcm.
lnee,s ~ith grea, popular favor.
The Raleigh N. z News" says Gen.
eral r NJ. Henry. Of Buncombe county
Solicitor in the Twelfth Judicial District
Of North Carolina, and the recognized
leader Of the Republican party in TINT sec.
tion Of the State. has taken the stump fol
Greeley and Brown General Henry wa,
one Of the abcst and most influential sup
porters of Caldwell in the late State cam,
pnign.
The Radical Congressional Convention
at Camden, Arkansas. last week disagreed
essentially. and finally spill, hopelessly
one wing nominating Hon. o. p. Snyder
the present member. and the other J. r
Elliott. Each has declared his inteu,io,
10 run.
The acting Secretary of the Treasur,
has directed the Assistant Treasurer q
Nes York to purchase one million dollar,
Of bond. each Wednesday, aud sell on,
million Of gold each Thursday during tn,
month Of SePtember.
In nine counties Of North Carolina .hcr,
were $500 more votes polled than .her,
are legal voters in those counties. Thi
10 double the majority claimed for Cald
we'll, the Radical candidate for Governor
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