Middletown transcript., 1872-08-31
Items Of News.

Tho erops are pronounced to be very
good IN forty swo departments, good 10
thirty seven, passable 10 six. good 10 Cor
sica aud excellent in Algeria. Yet the
estimates OF the probable yield IN Amer
lea aud Eastern Europe indicate that those
countries cannot furnish tho cortonary
,uprl,cs Of bren,lstuhs, aud that EngIand
ana Ialy will require more than usual
Thc export from France may possibly ex-
cced ten millions bcctoliires. but It Is fear
ed that the increase Of French taxes on for
e;pu bottoms will have bad eticc, on
commcrce aud restrict the facility oftrans-
poriation
The general meeting Of the shareholders
Of the Suez Canal Company was held III
Paris Oh Jolly 3lst. There were hsc hun
dred aud eight shareholders present, rep
rc.cniing 81. $50 shares and lI3 votes
The proposition for the maintenance ot the
increased rate Of tolls was adopted by II
vote of | ,4io affirmative against Od9 neg
n,ivc yoics. The csiimutcd revenue Tor
1872 amounts 10 81, lOV, 600. yielding
ne, profit Of Sl,5l0 900. During The
ir., six months OF isI2 cigh, hundred aud
cigh,y-scycn vessels passed through the
canal. paying is toll, Si,4lS. 500, an in
crease OF IL per cent. over the preceding
six months
The Third National Bank Of Baltimore
was rol,hc,! !.s, week, the burglars elect
ing an entrance through the wall Of M ad-
joining building. where they had rented
an ciiirc for the purpose Of conducting the
commission business The bank loses
S5T 900 in grtepbacks and National bank
notes. railroad bonds TO the amount OF
SiI .0De. aud Si5o0 in fiye.twenics
The losses Of individual dcpo>ilors having
boxes IN the vault are nn, known. hn, may
aunopn, to several hundred thousand dol
lars. The thieves were Eugl-hmcn. and
were supplied with the Ses, sci ot tools
, ever seen in this country.
The national deb, of England amounts
, TO s. SSi ..;Da $50 the nnuunl interest Oh
which, -; per ccnt would be SIG, $40,
100 The highes, point this debt has cv-
~ reached was at The conclusion of the
wars growing out of the French revolution
, and lhc fall of Napoleon At that time it
reached al 900 600 600 The creditors o,
the British government arc for the most
part residents of the country and cunse-
oucn,y the Ia alton required To ray the
intercs, on her dul' goes back again 10 her
people without any G.. hausiion oi national
wealth
Late dates from Lima bring particulars
, of blondy revolution in peiu. on July
- during which the mos, terri, 'c sccnr'
were enacted !Iilta. the President. was
murdered in cold bloc The paine. M
part of the lighting was III Callun, anu ie-
tween that city aud Lima. during whe,
, some two hundred men were killed. Fl.
nally the revolution was suppressed; tbs
ringlcadcr> were first hanged. aud after
wards their bodies were saturated with
. Kerosene oil and burned ON the plaza il
front Of the Cathedral
Acco'ur'~ from indisn Bay. Arkansas
, say that ~ rain has fallen in that section
for seven weeks, and that ll,r cotton crnt
will not yield more than third of iht
usual average l'laniris frnm West Ten.
ncssee aud Northern Mississippi rcnnsi
at Memphis that lhe drought is causing
r cnttnn io rust aud shed. aud unless the,
e hare rain very soon the crop will he Il fail
: ure. Reports To Little Rock from al
sections state that the present dfnngh
" has injured the cotton crop at lcas, un,
II third
. According to dispatches from Geneva
i the Tribunal has. III principle. settled ih,
$ main question before it. that .. indemnity
: and has also determined. approximately
j the amount nf the award THIS. il j. hr
i llcVed will be- between three aud four mil
e lions of pounds sterling other claim
&c are yc, unsettled among them the uurs
is ton Of the payment Of interest. which ha
IF no, yet been approached. but will be- con
% sideted at the session Gf next Thursday
d \ statement rqmrs from New Orlran
Q that the debt Of Louisiana at this time
is under sixty millions of dollars, whcrea
.c the State debt. proper aud contingent, ac
l. cumnla,ng for forty Years up 10 aud il,
le cluiing ls6I. was triile over fifteen mil
e. lions; also that there has been an incrca-
I'd in the city debt Of New Orleans Of te
,r millions in the last four years
~ Some days ago two desperadocs, name
rs Mcelcllani and Wright, got into u qua,
ri rel Hays City. Kansas. in which Wrisl
" was killed and McClcland badly wounc
VI ed. Mcclelland vas placed in Jail au
J. chained 10 post With Pony" Donovan
s. noted horse,hicf, On the second nicl
r. after the murder band Of ciigcns yisitc
" the Jail aud killed both McClelland an
y Donovan.
10 The South Carolina Radical Conve,
VI tion completed It's ticket ON Saturday /
a. the nomination of Cardozo. mulatto, f
Us Treasurer; Hodge, from Ohio. Gomp,roll
r General; Purvis. muiat,o, for Adjuta
ie General, aud Wilson, from Massachusctt
for Superintendent Of Public INSTRUCTION
OF a special despatch from Sedalia says Il
Nv straight out Democrats held meeting
IN Clinton. Mo on Friday at which straigh
or out club was organized, with forty -sev,
a members Resolutions were adopted favo
nc ing the Louisville Convention.
or II was reported in N.v York vost,rJ,