Middletown transcript., 1873-04-19
Items Of News.

"A married woman while riding home
from q neighbor's in Union county. Ark.
rcceu tly. was dragged from her horse By
negroes, carried into the woods. ravished
and kept tied to tree for three days.
during which time she gave birth to n
child. She was found there dead by her
husbA md and some friends, having been
murdered by her tortnrers. The ring
leader Of the negroes was captured and
burned TO death by slow fire, in the
woodt, at intervals being subjected to
horrible tor,urcs. such MS cutting OF his
toes and strips l,om his body. There
were three other negroes concerned
They were subsequently caught aud shot.
This horrible crime is becoming preya-
lent ib fearful degree among the "frced-
men. The papers are constantly giving
accoGp Gpts nf the commission of this terrible
outrage By these brutc- in human shape.
No punishment appears 10 be sufficient
ly severe 10 deter them from it, and 1t is
becoming dangerous for white women to
travel alone on unfrcqucn,ed roads. by
night or by day. In this instance swift
rotribp,iun has followed their crime, and
just vengeance fallen upon them No
puns mcnt eau be too cruel or severe for
such d crime as they were guilty o.
The postal-car imbroglio is briefly this:
the rus,Oliiec Department insists, and
has pr pcurcd the passage of law, provii.
ing, ,hat the railway companies Of the
countr shall receive the same rates Of
Jay frt carrying the mails on fns, trains
il post tal-cars costing 81, 900 each MS the
public pays them for sccoud.c,ss freights
On slow trains In the ordinary freight. car
costing SOTO For the transportation Of
post office officials in the posial-cars,
which averages m aupual value uf Si22.
0eo per line, the Department proposes TO
pay ~ hing The companies are natural.
Is disiHclncd to favor any such onc-siled
arrangt tnnut, a.d hcrcc The imhroelio
named For hi- share in il Mr trcswcll
ouch, "a be- ashamed. His Department
is hcnceforth - receive full my for all iis
scryiccF. hu! the companies ARE only TO
have Il llf pay for theirs Nobody is To-
commit the abuses nf free mailing aud
dead headiug ou Mr. Postmaster, General.
but Mr. poslmasier-Gcucral i, to pcrpc-
,ratc II llosc wrongs upon others.
Trul llpLl EsnrnQrAKr. Destruction
II san Afcbi,F KjgM hundred E,c.
iad Ehr city of san Salvador. the capt
tai Of the Central American Republic of
that no me, has been dr.;tpypd hy an
earthquake. causing terrible loss Of life
Eight bundled PERSONS p,ri,hcA, aud
property valued =, ,wriy utl,.uu> # dol
lar. was destroyed The earthquake va.
followed by Il cnuIln.raupu, ana many
building were burucl
The nca,i1u Of San Salvador city is be.
tween wood heights. tweuty-six milt.,
from ,hl Pacific coast, in n woll wa;ered
vail, several thousand fee, above the level
Of the phcitc. aud lbou, ,hrnc miles tou,h-
cast of the volcano Of San Salyadl lr. The
city has suffered greatly from earthquakes
especially "a iG53 and lS3i in ach in.
stance b ing nearly destroyed The pop.
ula,iun ust before tho calamity III 1851
NUMBERED abnu, ~ 900 The place was
regularly hgilr. contained several church
| cs and con,vn', and was the scat # II
bishop. !, was icpo, for sugar aud in.
dgo, ami had some manufactures ia ron
and cotton goods
The G AnLr FROM Nrw YoRK TO LIVER.
root - Ncs.rs. Henry clews Il Co have
received official notice from Mes>rs. Glcw
llabight i Co, their London branch. that
the subscriptions 10 the Direct United
States Gable Company" have all becu
subscribed for--,he capital being 81.
800, 900 in G5, 900 shares Of c2O each
The silres have all been taken and the
allotmrn;s made. SO tha, the success Of
this enter prise is fully established The
work vii be pressed with dspatrh. and
the cable iircc, from London TO New
York will he laid ea,ly IN tbs coming
summer " T. .Snn
On Monday the severcst snow storm
OF the scl son prevailed between Fremont
Nebraska aud Cheyenne, Wyoming. |,
began at be latter polat on Sunday morn
lug, and travelled eastward slowly, reach
ins Grand Bland on Monday muraing
where. at last accounts, il continued with
unabaicd fury, The snow drif,cl from
four to five feet in depth. aud person 5
life was MT safe outside Of shelter The
trains at Omaha were laid up, waiting for
| an abaieulcat oi the storm.
Private udvices are said to have been
received et Washington. from New Or
leans, which state that five monitors there
are being repaired aud made ready for
service. besides which there ARE three
other monitors and eight eunhoa,s ready
It appears TO be believed that all this has
some connection with the secret movement
of troops ever the Rio Grande.
lloRGinLE AccipESr. We learn that n
woman aud her four children, who lived
near the Staunion river in Campbell. no.
far from " here the Lynchburg and Dan
vile ralron nd crosses the stream was sur.
rounded BY lire in the woods on Friday
last, and all pcrished in the flames -
Ly.ehbng Ne~s
a MoNarER STEAMSHIP. The steam
ship City of Chester. just launched at
Glasgow, for the Liverpool. New York
and Philadelphia line, is. after the Great