Netv Hampshire. 
Frankijn Pierce, cx-Presldent of the United 
States, died at Concord, vt four o’clock on the 
morning of the 8th inst. 
New Jersey. 
street to the Locks, was covered with all kinds 
of morchandise, mules, horses, wagons, &c. The 
river itself presented an indescribable scene, 
parts of houses, canal boats, cattle pens, large 
tanks, .barrels, furniture, &c„ all Jammed to¬ 
gether with large rafters, boards, &c. 
In New Jersey the loss of property was very 
heavy, and some lives were also lost. 
Now York State suffered very severely, and 
many lives have been lost at various places. 
Bridges and railways bavc been swept away and 
travel suspended upon the roads in the eastern 
portion of the State. The Hudson River has 
been very high and much damage was caused 
upon Its banks. 
In Columbia county the sudden rise of the 
streams did great damage, four dams being 
I swept away in Philmont alone. On the Troy 
and Boston Railroad, at Hooslck Falls, a train 
was thrown Into a wash and three lives lost. At 
Mechanicsvillo three houses were washe d away, 
and a woman drowned. The money value of 
the damage suffered cannot yet lie computed. 
New England seems to have suffered yet more 
severely. Travel over the Bostou and Albany 
Railroad was suspended for four days, and the 
mails great ly delayed between Boston and New 
Fork. The great dam at Holyoke, Mass., was 
Injured, and the new one over the lloiisatonie 
at Birmingham, Ct.., was partially destroyed. 
The telegraph lines In Maine wets.- prostrated, 
but a letter from Calais reports that the ground 
in the eastern portion of the State was covered 
with trees and buildings. East port is reported 
nearly demolished, booms were broken and mil¬ 
lions of feet of lumber have gone by Calais. 
In New Brunswick thousands of tons of hay 
and thousands of sheep niul entile were swept 
away. A great tidal wave caused great (Jest ruc¬ 
tion on the Bay of Fundy, and in and around St. 
John. The tide rose to a great height, carrying 
away and destroying an immense amount of 
property. Wharves were mined, ships and 
houses, bams and cattle Swept away. The bridges 
ol tin- European and North American Railway 
were destroyed 
SPECIAL NOTICES 
PROGRESS OP LIFE INSURANCE 
It is a matter of intercut for those who believe in 
the benefits to be derived from life Insurance to 
know whether the rapid growth, of that system 
(luring the past three years was simply spasmodic 
or a rational expansion, mninly due to an Increasing 
appreciation of Unit system, The latter conclusion 
appears to be the correct One. The number of poli¬ 
cies tanned by exlsti ng companies shows a yearly gain 
of several thousands, nnd new organizations spring 
Into existence to compete for the golden prize with 
powerful ones, thus affordingan opportunity to every 
one to provide at his decease a competency for his 
family. 
Among the companies that have lately complied 
with the laws of the State by depositing with the 
Insurance Department $100,000 for the security of its 
policy holders and are consequently prepared to 
issue policies for the whole term of life, and to 
carry on the Other operations of such Institutions, 
the Farmers' and Mechanics’ Life Insurance Com¬ 
pany, 200 Broadway, deser ves a passing notice at our 
hands. We happen to be acquainted with some of 
the gentlemen active In Its organization—men es¬ 
teemed by all who know them for the rectitude of 
their purposes nnd their benevolent dispositions — 
and wo aro satisfied that the new con?* ,ti will soon 
occupy a conspicuous place among its rival?. Its 
directors will avoid the temptation to pify large divi¬ 
dends to the assured, on the one hand, and large 
commissions to agents and princely salaries to of¬ 
ficers, on the other. They will take care also to fund 
enough to meet the. obligations they wtll every day 
Contract toward the persons whoso lives they will 
insure. They will manago to the satisfaction of pru¬ 
dent and reasonable men, and to that of tho persons 
that will trust them their savings. 
The directors of the Farmers' and Mechanics’ Lifo 
Insurance Company have understood that the men 
to whom it Is of the greatest importance to have 
ihrlr lives Insured aro the very persons that can 
least afford to pay high premiums ; nnd Though they 
issue policies upon tho several plans adopted by 
other companies, they have devised a system that 
will meet, ivc believe, with general fuvor, 
DOMESTIC NEWS 
Washington. 
President Grant says that full information 
of all the proceedings relative to the negotiations 
in Spain will be given to the public at the next 
meeting of Congress. And he pronounces bogus 
the extraordinary note recently published as tho 
actual one sent by Minister Sickles to the Span¬ 
ish Government, and which was very Inappro¬ 
priate In its diplomatic terms. 
The Government has determined to let the 
case of the Hornet lake its course before the 
Commissioner at Wilmington, N. C. President 
Grant says it is now a question of law-and nut of 
feeling. 
Tho public debt statement for Oct. I exhibits 
a deerea.se during tho post month ol' $7,407,420.39, 
and since March 1,1800, of $06,968,187-OOt. 
Tho Government, il is stated, has taken meas¬ 
ures to capture the steamer Telegrafo, which 
has been depredating on American commerce 
recently. She was lying at Tortola some time 
ago under (he guns of a British war vessel. 
A letter from one of the crew of tho United 
States practice ship Sabine states that there has 
been no mutiny on that vessel, and the crew 
are perfectly satisfied with the treatment re¬ 
ceived from their officers. 
The Navy Department announces that no new 
vessels are being built, but efforts are being 
made to sell some of the old ones. 
The steel Importers had an interview with 
Secretary Bout well on the 3d Inal,, nnd repre¬ 
sented that their business was suffering on ac¬ 
count of the action of the American Consul at 
Sheffield, in refusing to certify their Invoices, 
and they asked an investigation into the charges 
profered by t he manufacturers In this country. 
Secretary Bout well said the matter should bo 
investigated, and in the meantime they might 
pay tho increased duties under protest, until a 
decision could be made. 
Attorney General Hoar, In reply to tho inquiry 
of General Sherman, affirms the right of tho 
Secretary ol' War to suspend the transactions of 
business with attorneys and claim agents guilty 
of fraud in lho prosecution of claims before 
Ihe War Department. As a measure for the 
protection of the public Interest committed to 
his charge it is fully competent, for the Scerc- 
lary oT War to refuse to recognize agents or 
attorneys who are known to have defrauded 
pensioners or claimants, or In whose Integrity 
a reasonable degree of confidence cannot be 
placed. 
Tho treaty between tho United States and 
House Darmstadt has been officially proclaimed, 
II regulates citizenship as with the North Ger¬ 
man Confederation, on the basis of natural i/.u- 
1 ion, 
A report from the Sixth Tcnuesseo District 
announces the mysterious disappearance of Col- 
teot or E. T. MoGoe. Fears are entertained that 
lie has been assassinated. 
Supervisor Presbery of Virginia has received ' 
and forwarded to the Revenue Department re¬ 
ports from one of the squads of the Fifth Caval- * 
ry. Captain Burns, piloted by Collector Wilcox, ' 
to i ho effect that they have seized forty stills ' 
and about 1,000 gallons of spirits, nnd arrested 
thirty-five men found operating at the stills. 
1 
Judge Richardson's resignation, as Assistant ( 
Secretary of the Treasury, has not, yet been ac- 
cop ted, and probably will not bo until the meet- ( 
ingot Congress, and the Department reports are t 
prepared. , 
Commissioner Delano i* trying to have the n 
next Congress create a separate department out 
of the Revenue Bureau. 
General Sherman has directed all clerks in the 
War Department, independent, of politics, who c 
desire It, shall be allowed to go homo to vote at C 
the coining elections. e 
Professor Hall, who was In charge of the ex- o 
pedition sent to Behring Straits to observe the f< 
eclipse, has written to tho Superintendent of the 
Naval Observatory at Washington to say that 
the observation was not a failure, as reported, 
though its sucuess was only partial, as clouds ’’ 
obscured the sun during much of the time. 
al 
New It’ork. e 
The Republican State Central Committee on 
tho 7th inst.., nominated General Franz Sigel, of 1 1 
Westchester, for Secretary of State, in place of c j 
Hon. George William Curtis; Hon. Horace tl 
Greeley for SUite Comptroller, in place of Hon. C j 
Thomas Hilihouse, and Hon. William B. Taylor, in 
of Oneida, in place of General John S. Robinson, cc 
docllned. 
The International Industrial Exhibition in 
Buffalo, opened on the 6th inst. with imposing ()] 
ceremonies. Tho number of entries arc large, (| | 
and the affair promises to be a great success. ^ 
A Are occurred at Saratoga on the night of the SP 
2d, in a building owned by G. \V. Comstock, and Tl 
occupied by Jen tier & Co., druggists; Gibbs Sc ), a 
Son, Ilnur dealers, and several lawyers and in- ( , n 
suranee agents. The total loss to all parties ex- ca 
coeds $3(5,500, and Is partly covered by i insurance. 
Burns, the convict wlio was supposed in have ki 
escaped from Sing Sing Prison, was found stowed in 
away in the bucket shop of the prison. fo 
A gentleman named Lyman, doing business in 
New York and residing in Utica, dropped dead 
at ColdBprlug the 30th ult., Just after leaving the 
West Point Foundry. ~ 
At West Albany, on the 29th ult, John Conner, • r 
a laborer, Jumped from a railway train going at oa 
the rate of thirty miles an hour, and was fatally 
injured. 5~ 
The Trans-continental Railroad Convention 
met in Oswego on the morning of the 6th, but ' 
adjourned until evening, ns many of the dele- " r 
gates were detained on the road, owing to tho lw 
obstructions in travel. In the evening Mayor 
Page welcomed the members to the city, and ( 
Hon. Gerrit Smith was chosen temporary chair- on 
man. The session was devoted to addresses from (n 
various gentlemen. j la , 
A frame tenement house in Albany fell on the j n5 
30th ult., and two children of Michael Sixt, one wc 
of Die tenants, were fatally injured. no 
Neil McLaughlin, Hugh Marra and James in 
Dougherty were arrested recently at Coney 2 
Island, accused of being the assailants of Rev- en/ 
onuc Detective Brooks of Philadelphia. They a v 
had taken refuge at Coney Island two days after err 
the assault . They have been identified by per- sip 
sons who witnessed the affair, and one of them, tor 
it is said, has confessed the crime. Tho Grand is t 
J ury has found bills of indictment against them, up 
I road from Han Diego to El Paso. The stock and 
lands of the company which undertook this 
’’ work have been consolidated with those of tho 
■° Hun Diego and Gila It. R. Co., which gives half a 
million dollars to the Hun Diego Road. 
Dr. Isaac Powell, Health Officer of San Fran¬ 
cisco, in ids last, annua) report, says that from 
tlio commencement of the ravages of the small- 
y pox in that city to their close, nearly every case 
was marked by symptoms so tnili ke small-pox ns 
c to mislead some of tho ablest practitioners in 
,j tlioir diagnoses. The proportion of deaths to 
I, the number of cases was very great, and during 
|._ I lie prevalence of t ho epidemic scarlet, fever and 
, t measles prevailed to a greater extent than in 
previous years, and of a very malignant and 
grave typo. 
TliO new University of California began its 
career on the 23d ult. by the admission of thirty- 
six students. All the professors, except Pro- 
lessor Kellogg, who had not yet arrived from 
II the East, were present. The corner stone of the 
p University building at Oakland was to be laid 
f about the 15th inst. 
V Hixfy-eight cargoes of wheat, valued nt $3,317,- 
r 500, were shipped from San Francisco to the 
i United Kingdom during tho quarter ending 
i September 30D>. 
j l’tati. 
Congress passed a resolution naming Ogden, 
- fifty-five miles east of Promnnotory, the present 
* terminus of the Central Paoirto Railroad, ns the 
point of junction for tho two Pacific Railroads, 
1 stipulating that the Central should pay the Union 
I for t he road the latter had built on the section 
between Ogden aefc'rtMrvmontory. l’he Han 
Francisco Bulletin says Dim thus fur the two 
‘ Companies have fulled to make a settlement, and 
1 that it is not improbable the Central will con¬ 
clude to lay their own track to Ogden, the grade 
1 for which is already made, and on a bettor line 
(ban that now traveled. 
A violent earthquake shook was felt at Fort 
Fillmore, on Friday evening, the 1st inst. Tho 
Btato House rocked and trembled for five 
seconds and genera) consternation prevailed 
throughout the city. The shock, which was the 
most severe which lias been felt in the Territory 
since its settlement, lasted t wo minutes. 
The Indians. 
A party returning to Montana from the Brit¬ 
ish mines discovered the remains of three emi¬ 
grant, wagons, and near them the skeletons of a 
woman and some children who were murdered 
by the Biackfeet Indians a year ago. 
An Omaha dispatch states that on the Pawnee 
Indian reservation neur Columbus several Paw¬ 
nees havo been killed by the Sioux, causing 
great excitement amoug the former tribe. Fort 
Buford reports say that the Indians continue 
hostile. Outrages havo also beon committed in 
Moutana, and at Helena and near the Biackfeet 
Agency, one man has been killed in each lo¬ 
cality. 
Indian outrages in Arizona still continue. 
Two Mexican laborers were recently killed at 
the Vulture Mines and sixty mules captured. 
Captain Somorby, of the Eighth Cavalry, while 
on a scouting expedition, is reported to have 
killed twelve Indians. 
A drunken white man in Arizona severely in¬ 
jured a friendly Indian uumed Zerum, chief of 
one of tte principal tribes. Zerum swore ven¬ 
geance against all whites, and, summoning his 
people, took to the warpath, and has already 
committed a number of depredations, 
A band of Sioux Indians recently attempted to 
take possession of the Hhosbone Reservation in 
Wyoming Territory. A company of the Second 
cavalry was sent to drive them off. when a light 
ensued, in which five Indians were killed and 
twelve wounded. Several white citizens and one 
soldier were killed by the Indians during the 
raid, and the soldiers at Laramie Peak were at¬ 
tacked. 
Tho Great Storm. 
An unprecedentedly widespread and destruc¬ 
tive storm passed over the Atlantic and Middle 
States on tho 3d nnd 4th insts. It seems to have 
begun near Washington and to have swept 
northward and eastward from that point. At. 
midnight on Sunday, the 3d inst., the Baltimore 
fire bolls sounded a general alarm, owing to the 
sudden increase in the storm and tho rapid rise 
of the water. The merchants on Gay and Har¬ 
rison streets moved their goods from the cellars 
and ground floors, and but little damage was 
done, although the water stood several feet deep 
in some of the streets in the vicinity of the Mary¬ 
land Institute. 
The damage done by the storm throughout tho 
State was very great. Railways were washed 
away, bridges damaged, and telegraph wires 
prostrated. 
In Pennsylvania the destruction was also great. 
The greatest damage seems to have been done at 
and near Philadelphia, where the wharves were 
submerged by (he swollen Schuylkill, and lum¬ 
ber, coal, and even railroad ears were carried 
away, and stores flooded as high as the second 
story. The bank of tho .river from Bridge 
Accord¬ 
ing to that system you arc obliged to pay to the Com¬ 
pany at the tlmo of Insurance the sum of fifteen dol- 
| Drs. for which you receive a policy, giving to your 
lielrs as many dollars as there nrc insurers In your 
class nt your death. Von further agree to pay on 
the first day of each January In each year the bum 
of two dollars. You arc then insured according to 
the mutual plan. Yon are by the Company placed 
in a olnss limited to five thousand people of yonr 
own age. And whenever one of them dies, you arc 
notified by tho Company of such death, and you aro 
to forward within thlny days the sum of one dollar 
and tea cents, to help pay tho sum the heirs of do- 
ceased arc entitled to. 
Example.— Five thousand people In Class A. R, 
one of the Insurers, dying, all the remaining insurers 
forward to the Company their assessment of one dol¬ 
lar nnd ten cents. Suppose but two thousand tlvo 
hundred of tho Insurers pay, the Company will have 
two thousand five hundred dollars to pay five thou¬ 
sand dollars with,and it must take two thousand five 
hundred dollars out of Its asset.? nnd pay for the de¬ 
linquent Insurers. You become Insured by paying 
fifteen dollars. You remain so only by paying one. 
dollar and ten cents at each death, and by paying 
two dollars annually to tho Cumpany on the first day 
of January In each year. 
The advantages to the heirs of the person insured 
after tho mutual plan are as followsThey will re¬ 
ceive as many dollars as there may bo Insurers in ilm 
class to Which that person belongs. If flvo thousand, 
then five thousand dollars. 
Another novel feature of this Company is, every 
one who takes out a policy become? n member of the 
" Tontine fund," which will give to him while living 
a large sum of money In addition to his Insurance, 
thus making n provision again-1 death and from 
want In Ills old age. All policies are non forfeitable, 
nnd may be exchanged Into annuities at the pIcam, ro¬ 
of the holder.— Jfcw York Evening Mail. 
There have been no through 
curs from Hhodiao to Bt.. John since the 4th. The 
steamer New York, which left St. John on the 
4th for Boston, had a narrow escape, but reached 
Eastport in a disabled condition. The amount 
of damage is Incalculable. In the pariah of Hack- 
villo alone the loss Is estimated at over a million 
of dollars. 
Dominion of Canada. 
Prince Arthur’s hunting excursion was 
highly successful, the party having bagged near¬ 
ly four hundred ducks lu two days. On the ar¬ 
rival of tho Prince at Brunt ford, Ont„ on flic 1st 
inst., he was met by the chiefs of tho Six Na¬ 
tions Indiana, resplendent In war paint, and 
feathers, who at once seized upon nnd made him 
a chief of their tribe. On the following day the 
Prioeo arrived at Toronto, and was most enthu¬ 
siastically received by tho populace. The crowd 
which mot him at tho railway station was esti¬ 
mated at. fully 30,000 people. 
A meeting to discuss the subject, of the Inde¬ 
pendence of Ounada was held on the 2d inst. nt 
Waterloo, Province of Quebec. Among the 
speakers who advocated tho measure was the 
Hon. John Young, Governor General of the 
Dominion of Canada. 
Application is to ho made to Parliament for 
power to construct a tunnol under tho Detroit 
River to connect flic Great Western and Michi¬ 
gan Central Railroads, and for local passenger 
and freight traffic. 
Bellangor, on trial in Montreal for the murder 
of his wife’s paramour, was acquitted on the 2d 
inst., the Judge expressing his approval of the 
verdict. Bellanger’s counsel made a strong ap¬ 
peal for his client , citing the Sickles aud Chnloner 
eases. 
USE JOHN DWIGHT & CO.’S 
best SALERATUS or their SUPER CARR. 
SODA. No other* are equal to these for cooking 
purposes. Established 1840. 
FOREIGN NEWS 
Europe. 
The losses by the Are at the Bordeaux wharves 
are estimated at 10,000,000 francs. 
The French Cabinet is to be reconstructed by 
the Infusion of more Radical members. 
The counter-revolutionary movement against 
the existing Government la In active progress in 
some parts of Spain. Fighting continues In the 
provinces. The insurgents out the telegraphs 
and stop the mails, but are generally defeated by 
the troops. Madrid remained quiet, but serious 
events were anticipated. Gen. Sickles has not 
withdrawn his Cuba note. Cuba is to be treated 
with more leniency. 
An Austrian official journal says that Napo¬ 
leon, in his speech opening the session of the 
French Legislature, on the 29th of November, 
will recommend a general, simultaneous dis¬ 
armament. 
The Spanish Cories is in session and legislating 
for a general enforcement of martial law. 
French reports state that within cightdaye Spain 
will be either a monarchy or a free republic, 
French telegrams of the 6th from Spain, as¬ 
sert that the insurrectionary movement is de¬ 
clining, but the reports from the field are con¬ 
tradictory. The Spanish Republicans have not 
published their aeoount of tho proceedings. 
The Cories on the 6th passed Die bill suspend- 
the constitutional guarantees during insurrec¬ 
tion. The Republican deputies refuse to par¬ 
ticipate any longer in the deliberations of the 
Chamber. There was a great debate on the 
Government proposal to suspend the guaran¬ 
tees of the constitution. Casteilar, Orensc aud 
Sagasta made speeches. 
The volunteers in Madrid have tendered their 
support to the Government, and several bat- 
tallions have gone out of the city for active 
service in the field. 
The reports in regard to the embarkation of 
the troops for Cuba are contradictory. Some 
say it continues, notwithstanding the troubles 
at home; and others havo it that orders have 
been received nt Cadiz suspending for the pres¬ 
ent the preparations for tlio departure of rein¬ 
forcements. 
It is officially stated that combats have taken 
place between the national troops and the Re¬ 
publican insurgents in Catalonia, Arnivon, Old 
Castile and Andalusia, and that so far the troops 
have been victorious. 
At La Carolina and Grenada the Republicans 
destroyed the barracks and made prisoners of 
tho civil guards. The headquarters of the in¬ 
surgents is at Mauresa. thirty miles north of 
Barcelona. Several bands are traversing Anda¬ 
lusia. The town authorities of Orcnse were 
captured by the Republican baud and arc held 
prisoners. 
MONEY AND STOCK MARKET. 
New York, Oct. 8,1809. 
The money market was easier to-day than for some 
time past. Coll loans were at 5 to 8 per cent, on Gov¬ 
ernment bonds, and 7 per cent, on other collateral. 
Gold has sold at 13Dt«131i)*. U. 8. bonds and tho 
general stock market are ubout one per cent, higher 
than last week. 
PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS 
Beans and Pens. Marrows are le»* inquired 
for: mediums are firmer, the stock rhowing a de- 
crease of 500 bushels, taken by Die Government at 
#-'.56, regular weight. A few pun-el* of new liuvr. 
bean on sale, und by those who mm at securing first 
arrivals |2,i5 lies been paid for mediums and #3(«,3,25 
fur marrows; the latter allowing same choice sam¬ 
plesfrom N. h Canada poaa are nominal ut *1.45 In 
bond. Southern blank-eve peas arrive more fine)v 
and are quoted at *4,25 per two bushel bag. The re¬ 
ceipts.if beans for the week are 435 hush., 57 above 
last week. We quote: 
Marrows, old V bush.. .....ti 75 & 2 80 
Mediums, old, P bush. 2 45 © 2 50 
Kidney, V bush. 2 65 @ 2 SO 
Canada Feus, ? hush., cn bond..o, 1 46 
Ulack-Eye Peas, two bush, bag. — 4.23 
Broom Corn.—An increasing supplv has reduced 
the value of largo parcels, and lust week s prices tor 
small lots can he hardly quoted. Tennessee c..rn in 
quantities of 10,000 lbs. and upwurils lias sold as low 
as 12hc.; the range for small lot* is 14<« 17c. 
Beeswax.- Deer eased receipt* do not, strengthen 
the market: 4234c. Is an extreme price lor Southern. 
AVosteru can he had attic. Dr the accumulated re¬ 
cent sales, 3u,u00 lbs. went to Europe ibi« week. 
Butter.—Tho recent storm has greatly interfered 
with our regulat receipts and we eon only use our 
Information respecting prices In an exceptional 
seose. Up to the development of the late Impedi¬ 
ment to transportation the market was very weak, 
and few dealers could report sales of full dairies, 
and many holders who wove In possession of accu¬ 
mulated stock looked upon this freshet as u favora¬ 
ble event that would assist them in closing out 
State parcels. To-day there is an improvement in 
prices in store* that hove been fortunate enough to 
bundle the few fresh lots arriving, and parties who 
ur© sure of their trade wnd style of customers are 
obtaining rates In proportion to what they have 
been compelled to pay In tho interior. But we must 
emphasize our previous view of the coming season 
hy stating that outside of the present bearing tho 
blue aspect remain.? unaltered. Many look for a 
Africa. 
A missionary has just arrived in London, from 
Zanzibar, who brings the welcome intelligence 
that Mr. Kirk had received a letter from Dr. 
Livingstone, dated February, 1869, The doctor 
was then on Lake Tanganyika, He was in good 
health, but short of mu visions. 
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