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LEGISLATURE OE NEW YORK. 
The Legislature of the State met at Albany on 
the 3d inst., Lieut. Qov. Beach presided in the 
Senate. The House was organized by the elec¬ 
tion of William Hitcbman ns Speaker, C. W. 
Armstrong, Clerk, and J. G. Rhoades, Sergeant- 
at-Arms. The nnuual message of Gov. Hoffman 
was read in both houses and ordered printed. Its 
groat length precludes its publication in our 
columns, ol which only a brief abstract of im¬ 
portant points can be given. The Governor 
congratulates the people that the Legislature of 
lust year passed general laws upon recommenda¬ 
tions made by bira which renders unnecessary a 
large amount of special legislation. He says: 
The conspiracy la ws have been amended. A new 
revision of the statutes lias been ordered. The 
regist ry laws (except in the city of New York,) 
have been repealed. Important changes In 
canal policy have been made. The examination 
of numerous claims against the.State, heretofore 
requiring a special act in each case, has been 
provided for by a single statute. The excise laws 
have been modified Jn conformity with the 
judgement of a majority of the people. A general 
Jaw for tin# incorporation of villages lias been 
enacted. The powers of the boards of super¬ 
visors of tlieseveral counties have been enlarged. 
Metropolitan and other district commissions, 
which had absorbed the rightful powers of local 
governments, have been abolished. The manage¬ 
ment of their owu affaire has been restored to 
the people of the great cities. The initiatory 
steps have been taken to secure a more just and 
satisfactory assessment of property for taxation. 
The Governor remarks upon the heavy taxes, 
the rate this year being about 7.V mills. Nearly 
one fourth of the tax arises from the bounty 
debt, one mill for old debts which should have 
been paid before, five-eighths of a mill for work 
on the new capital, upon which $1,003,750.53 have 
been expended, exclusive of a large amount 
paid for land. 
THE 8TATE DEBT, 
deducting unapplied appropriations, amounted 
September 20, 1870, to $32,409,144.20, of which $19,- 
511,390.42 consists of the War Bounty Debt, which 
will bo extinguished in seven years. Tho #12,- 
807,753.84 was in existence before tho war, in¬ 
curred in gold, and to bo paid out of revenues 
pledged therefor, only the interest in coin to be 
provided for. 
THE SALT SPRINGS 
have yielded a revenue of $88,599.97. Expenses, 
$54,688.90, yielding net to the State, $33,911.07. 
THE BANKS, 
of which sixty-one were In existence October 
1st, doing business under the la.vs of the State, 
of which number twenty-seven bad been Na¬ 
tional banks reorganized into State institutions 
under provisions of law. 
On the 1st of October last the amount of cir¬ 
culation outstanding, charged to banking asso¬ 
ciations, individual and incorporated banks, was 
$2,253,937.50. Of this the amount of $779,297.50 
consists of notes Of incorporated banks in exist¬ 
ence prior to the passage of our free bunking 
laws, and for which no securities were required; 
and tlie sum of $1,474,640 is secured by deposits 
of bonds and mortgages, stocks and cash. 
Tlie total amdUnl of securities held by the 
Superintendent of the Banking Department at 
the close of the fiscal year, was #2,671,288.63, of 
which $525,378.98 was held for trust companies, 
and the balance, $2,145,900,05 for banks, most of 
them being banks or circulation. 
One hundrod and thirty three savings banks, 
with total estimated assets of $220,000,000, are 
now doing business in the State. The number of 
persons having deposits, as represented by the 
number of open accounts on the 1st. of January, 
1870, was 651,474, against 588,656 tho previous year. 
The total amount of interest oreditod to duposi- 
tors during tbe year ending January 1, 1870, ex¬ 
ceeded ten and a quarter millions of dollars. 1 n 
t he same period of time the assets ol these banks 
were increased by the sum of twenty-six mil¬ 
lions of dollars, and more. 
The Governor recommends that full authority 
be conferred on tho Superintendent of the Bank¬ 
ing Department to examine their affairs and to 
apply proper remedies for mismanagement. 
INSURANCE. 
There are under the supervision of the Insu¬ 
rance department, 375 companies, classified us 
follows:—New York joint stock fire insurance 
companies, 105; New York mutual insurance 
companies, 10; New York marine insurance 
companies, 9; New' York life Insurance compa¬ 
nies, 43; lire insurance companies of other States, 
67; marine insurance companies ol other States, 
2; life insurance companies of other Stales, 30; 
casualty Insurance companies of other Slates,3; 
foreign insurance companies, 6. 
The total amount of securities held by the de¬ 
partment, as proteotlon of policy holders, is $7,- 
412,567, classified ns follows:—Of policyholders 
generally in life Insurance companies of this 
State, $4,462,917; of registered policy holders ex¬ 
clusively, $1,559,650; of casualty policy holders 
exclusively, $26,000; of tire policy holders in for¬ 
eign insurance companies, $1,048,000; of life 
policy holders In foreign insurance companies, 
$318,000. 
STATES PRISONS 
are represented in a good condition as regards 
discipline, though further improvement is ne¬ 
cessary, to effect which he recommends a great¬ 
er concentration of responsibility and larger 
discretionary powers to chief officers in charge 
in the matter of punishment. The prelimina¬ 
ries for the building of a State Industrial Re¬ 
formatory at Elmira have been made, title to 
land perfected, and the building can proceed 
■when the necessary appropriations are made. 
CHARITIES AND ASYLUMS. 
The Governor reeommeuds the pressing claims 
of the insane poor to better care than can bo 
given them except in asylums erected l'or the 
purpose, and hIso an inquiry into means for 
tbe better care and education of pauper chil¬ 
dren, by removing them to proper asylums. 
EDUCATIONAL. 
The general operations of tlie department of 
public instruction during the fiscal year, ending 
September 30,1870, are shown by the following 
statistics: 
Total receipts from all sources, includ¬ 
ing balance on liandnt the beginning 
of the year. 
Total expenditures. 
Amount paid for teachers' wages. 
$10,919,466 45 
9,929,462 92 
6,501,173 37 
Amount paid for school houses, repairs 
and furniture. 1,980,546 70 
The estimated vulue of Rchool houses 
and sites. 20.417.329 00 
Number of children attending the pub¬ 
lic schools. .. 1,029,955 
Number of persons attending the nor¬ 
mal schools.... 4,734 
Total number of school houses .. 11,705 
THE CANALS 
are treated at considerable length, including the 
reduction of tolls, and the diminished receipts. 
Upon the subjeotof their surrender into other 
hands, or abandonment, the Governor saysAn 
Inference that our canals are no longer useful, 
because of tbe railroads opened to the West, Is 
as unwarranted as It would be to suppose that 
the Tree navigation of the Hudson River is no 
longer important, now that a railroad is built 
upon its bunks. Wc ought not to levy a greater 
toll upon tho commerce of tho canalB than is ab¬ 
solutely necessary to their maintenance,and the 
gradual payment of that portion of our debt to 
which their revenues are pledged. Except in 
the canals, our people have no efficient check 
upon the rates of freight which railroads may 
impose. 
Tho Governor also recommends an amend¬ 
ment, to the murder laws, allowing juries to find, 
In certain cases, a verdict of murder in the sec¬ 
ond degree; a reform of the law detaining wit¬ 
nesses in confinement; that tho Supreme Court 
have power to grant uew trials in Oyer and Ter¬ 
miner convictions; and toauthorizo the election 
of a Police Justice, in villages having sufficient 
population to justify it, as well as many impor¬ 
tant matters of less general interest. 
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NEW YORK STATE. 
The barn of H. Compton, near Port Jervis, 
was recently burned, with all its contents, in¬ 
cluding over thirty tons of hay, grain, sixteen 
cows, and a quantity of farming utensils. It. 
whs insured for $1,500; the fire is supposed to be 
the work of au inooudiHry. 
Fowler & Brown's block, Peter’s drug store, 
and other buildings in Hoosiek Falls were burn¬ 
ed December 31st. Lobs between $30,000 and 
$40,bOo. 
Four thousand gun wagons and wagon forges 
have been purchased by the Russian Govern¬ 
ment from tlie United States, and are now being 
sent off from the Watervliet Arsenal, Troy, N. V. 
The National Exchange Bank of Lansingburgh 
has changed from a National to a State Bank. 
Tho grading and track-laying on the Ithaca 
and Cortland Railroad has been completed to 
Malloryville. Malloryvllle is two miles east of 
the Freevillo crossing of tho Southern Central 
Railroad, and hut eight, miles from Cortland 
village. Gravel of superior quality is here 
found for ballasting, &o. 
Some laborers on the Buffalo and Washington 
Railroad, at Holland, Erie Co., made an attack 
upon tho hotel of Mr. Paul for some fancied 
grievance, seriously endangering the livosof the 
inmates, when Mrs. Paul and her sons fired Into 
the crowd, killing one man named Delebnnty of 
Buffalo, and wounding others, and tlie coroner's 
jury declared the acts of herself and sons per¬ 
fectly justifiable. 
The Erie Railroad Company have removed 
their cattle yards from Campville to Deposit 
Delaware Co. Tbe eauso of the change is said to 
be that drawing the cattle and other animals 
over the heavy grades beyond Susquehanna 
they got down in the ears, so that on reaching 
Deposit they should be taken out and fed and 
allowed rest. Tlie present location at Deposit 
will allow their owners so to do. 
The Corning Journal says the glass works of 
that place have received an order from Presi¬ 
dent Grant for one thousand dollars worth of 
glass ware. 
The Board of School Trustees of the village of 
Hempstead, Queens Co., have prohibited cor¬ 
poreal punishment, and in consequence thereof 
Mr. Matt he. wa, principal of the school, has ten¬ 
dered bis resignation. 
One hundred and fifty thousand dollars of 
Monroe county bonds were sold recently, at pre¬ 
miums ranging from two down to ono-balf of 
one per cent.. Tlie aggregate bids at par, were 
over $750,000. 
A new county, to be erected out of parts of 
Delaware, Schoharie and Greene counties, is 
talked of. 
Mr. Janies O. Sheldon, the well known stock 
raiser, has been compelled to leave Geneva, his 
place of residence, by the failing health of his 
wife. His splendid farm is for sale. 
The Batavia Spirit of the Times has just closed 
its fifty-first volume. It carries its age bravely, 
and will reach, beyond peradveoture, the three 
score and ten, and go beyond it. It has been in 
the hands ol' iis present proprietor ten years. 
The number of school districts in the Suite, ac¬ 
cording to the report of Hon. Abram B. Weaver, 
Superintendent of Public Instruction, is 11.748. 
Number ol'school houses, 11,703. Amount spent 
in construction the past year, (school houses, 
out bouses, sites, fences, furniture and repairs,) 
$2,457,457.07. Value of school houses and sites, 
$18,449,048. Tlie school houses in the rural dis¬ 
tricts have increased in valuation tbe past year, 
57 per cent. 
Tho town of Dewitt, Onondaga Go,, was re¬ 
cently the scene of a fearful murder and suicide. 
Lorenzo R. Garrettdeliberately killed his father- 
in-law, James C. Tallman, and aTter returning to 
his home, hanged himself Id his barn. 
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FROM NEW ENGLAND, 
A new line of steamers Is to be established be¬ 
tween Portland and Boston In the spring, to run 
in connection with the Portland and Ogdens- 
burgh Railroad. 
The State Orphans' Home, at North Mansfield, 
Mass., is prospering finely, and is making fifty- 
three children happy. Edwin Whitney, a few 
years since, gave the whole property of this 
home, worth $15,000, to the State, and would have 
died poor, but for a life insurance policy of $10,- 
000, which left his family in comfortable circum¬ 
stances at his decease, a year ago. 
About 1,500 tons of hay have been shipped from 
Alburgh since Sept. 1st, at an average price of 
$20 per ton. 
More than two-thirds of the stock of the Bos¬ 
ton and Albany Railroad lias been voted in favor 
of uniting with Albany and West Stoekbridge, 
and Hudson and Boston Railroads. 
The manufacture of rubber boots and shoes 
in New England of late has averaged about 25,- 
000 pairs per day the past year. The season has 
been unfavorable for their sale. 
An important case bos boon decided in Stam¬ 
ford. Conn., by the Supreme Court of the State, 
which indorses the principle that all lands fqr 
which the holders or claimants have not duly 
received deeds, revert to the town. This decision 
is said to be worth $10,000 to the town. 
The eattlediscase is spreading in Connecticut, 
and bathing the skill of the stock raisers and 
others immediately interested. 
A prominent Milford manufacturer has sent 
an agent to Northampton, England, fora gang 
of men, and his example Is likely to be exten¬ 
sively followed by tbe entire New Englund 
trade. 
Nothing has been heard from the schooner 
Henry Hartman of Portland, Me., since Septem¬ 
ber 23d. and there is little doubt that she is lost. 
A reward of five thousand dollars has been 
offered by the Westerly banks for tho arrest and 
conviction of the would-be murderers of Jona¬ 
than Crandall, the watchman. There is a slight 
prospect of his recovery. 
The Rhode Island locomotive works, at Provi¬ 
dence, have contracted to make thirty-two loco¬ 
motives for the Great Western Railway of 
Canada. 
Owing to the unparalleled lack of rain during 
the year 1870. tbe people of Connecticut are like¬ 
ly to have an unpleasant winter. Farmers com¬ 
plain that they have to drive their cattle long 
distances to water, no rain having yet reached 
the lower springs since March or Apr il. In some 
eases the owners of stock have to take them a 
distance of two or three miles for water. Manu¬ 
facturers also feel the want of water, and some 
of the large companies have been compelled to 
put In steam engines, and business generally 
must suffer from this hindrance. 
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FROM THE WEST. 
The Indiana Agricultural, Mechanical and 
Horticultural Association will hold its Fair for 
1871 in Indianapolis, commencing September 
27th, and continuing to October 2d. 
The public library of Dubuque, Iowa, owes its 
eight, thousand standard volumes mainly to the 
efforts of Miss Martha Craddock. 
The Apache Indians are again active in Ari¬ 
zona, committing many murders, and running 
off herds of cattle In t he neighborhood of Tuc¬ 
son. On December T8th, a wagon train belong¬ 
ing to Messrs. Tully, Ochoa & Do Long, cn route 
to Camp Goodwin, was attacked by a band of 
Indians, thirty miles east of Tucson. After a 
sharp fight, in which Martin Rivers was killed 
and two men wounded, tbe Indians succeeded in 
stampeding ihc oxen. The wounded men were 
carried to Tucson. 
The State Agricultural Society of Illinois has 
mado arrangements for a series of lectures at 
Springfield, during the session of the General 
Assembly, to be delivered by prominent agri¬ 
culturists. 
The statistics of the Live stock trade of Chicago 
show the receipts by rail for the last year to be: 
Cattle, 391,709 head ; hogs, 921,458; sheep, 176,711; 
horses, 3,488. 
The receipts of the five lake ports of Chicago, 
Milwaukee, Toledo, Detroit and Cleveland, 
were, from January Is! to latest dates, 82,342,037 
bushclsof grain, and 3,992,221 barrels of Hour, 
against 88,439.934 bushels grain, and 4,745,323 bar¬ 
rels of flour in 1869. 
Tbe total value of tho river commerce of the 
towns and cities on the Ohio is estimated at 
$715,000,000 per annum. In t his vast sum Cincin¬ 
nati figures for $169,506,000. 
The will of the late Stephen D. Tomlinson of 
Indianapolis. Ind., bequeaths $100,000 for the 
erection of public buildings to adorn that city. 
The city debt of Rneine, which amounts to 
$720,000, is to be funded through the efforts of 
bond associations, who are buyiug up the se¬ 
curities. 
A fire at Watertown, Wis., on the 29th ult., 
burned the mill of G. Smith, together with all 
its contents, including the safe and several 
thousand bushels of wheat. Lons $40,000; insur¬ 
ance, $21,500. Mr. Smith has been peculiar¬ 
ly unfortunate, his residence, which was a 
fine one. having been destroyed by fire 
three months ago. During the progress 
of the tire an old and esteemed cilizeu, 
Nathaniel Blanchard, while protecting the roof 
of Ids own mill on the opposite side of the river 
fell to the ground, forty feet, resulting in his 
death. 
The Washington Lake coal mine of Washing¬ 
ton Territory is now in working order and 
delivering twenty tons a day at tide water. The 
coal is used in ihe II. S., cutter Lincoln and high¬ 
ly commended. 
A blast of 60,000 pou nds of powder was success¬ 
fully exploded In Blue Point Gravel goldmine, 
California. Gold bearing earth 200 feet square 
and 75 foot deep was lifted20 feet, and completely 
shattered. It was the greatest mining blast ever 
fired in California. 
About six thousand hogs have boon packed at 
Dos Moines, this season. Many farmers are hold¬ 
ing back for better prices. 
A fire at Lyons, Iowa, a few days since, sup¬ 
posed to have originated in the explosion of a 
kerosene lamp, destroyed several large stores, a 
hotel, Mirror printing office, and otber property. 
Loss over $100,000, of which less ttaau hall' was 
covered by insurance. 
On Christmas evening a fire destroyed the 
house of a Mr. Helpinau at Trowbridge, Mich., 
with their household goods, and three children. 
The father was also badly burned. When it be¬ 
came impossible to save the children, the lather 
took the mother and the two children who were 
saved, and put them in a barn, where they re¬ 
mained with no covering but a horse blanket 
until the arrival of help. He then, In an almost 
nude condition, mounted a horse and started for 
tbe nearest neighbor's bouse, about a mile dis¬ 
tant, where he was fortunately discovered, be¬ 
ing too nearly frozen to speak audibly. The 
family were rescued after much suffering. Mr. 
H. was so badly burned that ho will probably die. 
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FROM THE SOUTH. 
Chief Justice Brown of Georgia, lias resign¬ 
ed, and will probably be succeeded on the Su¬ 
preme Bench ol' that State by ex-Gov. Johnson. 
A firm in Louisville has received an Oder from 
France for 1,500 casks prime mess pork for use 
in tho French army. | 
A fire at Navasota, Texas, January 1, des¬ 
troyed sixteen buildings. The loss is estimated 
at $106,000; one half insured. 
The cause of the accident to the steamer Nick 
Wall, on tho Mississippi recently, by which near¬ 
ly one hundred passengers lost their lives, Is at¬ 
tributed to the overloading of the boat by her 
officers. 
A tew days since, lnrty-one State Prison con¬ 
victs, working in the coal mines at Battle Creek, 
near Jasper, Twin., suddenly turned upon tbe 
guards, knocked them over with their picks, and 
rushed out. One was shot dead, and 40 fled in a 
body to the Alabama line, where they were re¬ 
ported going into Alabama; but one has as yet 
been captured. 
The bouse in which Henry Clay was born, near 
Ashland, Hanover county, Va., was destroyed 
by tire, December 30th. It was more than a cen¬ 
tury old. 
The mail train on the Memphis and Tennessee 
Railroad, fell through the trestle work at No¬ 
numnah Creek, five miles below Memphis, and 
the entire train of three coaches, was burned. 
Twenty or more persons were either killed or 
badly wounded, many of whom were burned In 
the wreck. 
The President of the New Orleans and Jackson 
Railroad bus presented twogold watches, valued 
at #250 each, to two little boys who reported ob¬ 
structions on the track, near Summit, to au ad¬ 
vancing train, and thereby saved it from de¬ 
struction. 
The Mississippi Pilot of December 31stsays: 
“There were thirty deck passengers lost by the 
Niclc Wall disaster. No cabin passengers." 
Tbe Washington Star thinks the President 
will uppolntFrcd. Douglass a San Domingo com¬ 
missioner. 
We note, as of usual occurrence, the meeting 
of ttie legislative bodies of many of the South¬ 
ern States, and shall from time to time, os space 
permits, note such ol' their doings as are of gene¬ 
ral interest. 
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FOREIGN NEWS. 
The Frniicn-Pniftnian War, 
On the 29tli ult., after one days bombaidment, 
the Germans occupied the fort at Mount Avron. 
Shells were sent inside of Paris and into Belle¬ 
ville and La Vellei te from Rainey, the range be¬ 
ing 7,000 yards. Tbe French guns at Boridy were 
silenced and the camp broken up. A French ac¬ 
count says Gen. Chanzy sent a strong force and 
drove the Germans out of Montorre, taking 
many prisoners. The German account says they 
were surrounded by French Infantry and cavalry 
but al ter a desperate fight Col. Bollustcin, com¬ 
manding, cut his way out loseing 100 of his com¬ 
mand and taking 300 prisoners. Tlie Germans 
have Invested the fortress ol' Perontie near 
Catnbrui which the French have resolved to 
defend at all hazards. The Uhlans are scouring 
the country in that vicinity. Another successful 
sortie is reported at Belport. in which t he Gor¬ 
mans were badly punished. Gen. Bourbakl's 
army were marching east ward charged with the 
duty of breaking the German lines in that direc¬ 
tion. It is reported from Bordeaux that the 
Germans committed excesses at Orleans and 
Blois beenuae tho luhabitawrs were unable to 
meet their requisitions. At Orleans tho Prus¬ 
sians threaten to take away as hostages fifty 
prominent citizens unless 600,000 fracs are paid 
for the maltreatment of a Prussian soldier. Tho 
Prussian Government will give indemnity bonds 
to owners of English vessels sank in the Seine, 
but refuse to compensate the sailors. 
Reports via London on the 1st inst., state that 
large quantities of munitions of war were found 
abandoned In Fort Avion. Tho French report 
that a portion of Prince Frederick Charles'army 
hud joined the besiege is; that Beaurepalre has a 
corps in Paris, 12,000 strong, pledged to cut their 
way through the German lines, and organize a 
levy in the Provinces; that the losscsduringtbe 
late sorties rendered it necessary to reorganize 
the Army of Defense. Operations In Northern 
France are continued with varying success, each 
party claiming advantages and victories. 
Operations on the Loire are active. The Ger¬ 
mans commenced the bombardment ot Meung 
on the 31st ult. The French claim a victory and 
200 prisoners at Vendome. The Germans are 
reported to have evacuated A uferres. Gray and 
Vesoul before tho advancing French. On the 
1st instant, the weather was intensely cold, and 
many wounded German soldiers are reported to 
have been frozen to death on the trains. 
Prince Hohonlohe and Gen, Kainohe have been 
appointed Commanders of the Prussian art iilery. 
Re-enforceroenta to the German army are arriv¬ 
ing rapidly in front, of Paris. Up to Jan. 1st, the 
force of the besieging troops had been increased 
by at least 160,000 effective men, which makes 
the lino of circumvallation include about 450,000. 
The Germans captured another English Collier 
at Rouen, and suuk It In the Seine. A Fronch 
vessel from America, laden with arms, was in 
Queenstown harbor, carefully watched by n Ger¬ 
man corvette. 
On the 2d inst. the French withdrew from other 
advanced posts of northeast of Paris, and the 
forts were silent. Much depression of spirits are 
reported in the city. The palace of Mahnaison 
is reported to have been burned bytheguii6of 
Mount Valerien. 
The city of Mezieres, which has so long with¬ 
stood tho assaults of the Prussians, has at last 
been captured, and 2,000 prisoners, 106 guns, and 
a quantity of stores fell into the hands of the 
Germans. 
Gen. Manteuffel is reported to have defeated 
Gen. Chauzy uear Vendome, and otber minor 
successes .of the Germans are reported to this 
date. 
The Tribune correspondent’s dispatch by bal¬ 
loon mail to the 31st ult. is thus summarized: 
Coal cannot be bought in Paris, as it has nearly 
all been used in the casting of cannon, and in 
operating the different railways and mills. 
Wood, too, is nearly gone,and Government em¬ 
ployees are now cutting down the trees in the 
Buis de Boulogne and the Boulevards. Children 
are dying for want of milk, und the total deaths 
during each of the last two weeks has been about 
2,700. Bread is still plentiful, and is not yet ra¬ 
tioned ; it is expected to last until about the end 
of February. The Prussians continue their field 
operations notwithstanding the cold weather. 
The French find it impossible to erect new field¬ 
works at present, as the ground is frozen to the 
depth of twenty Inches, and Government an¬ 
nounces that field operations have been sus¬ 
At New Orleans, on the 2d inst. the steamers 
Magenra, Thompson Dean, Julia Randolph, John 
Howard, and Grand Era, were totally destroyed 
by fire, while laying at a wharf. The Magenta 
and Thompson Dean, wore loaded with sugar 
and molasses, and tho Grand Era had on board 
several hundred bales of cotton. The loss will 
probaly leach one million dollars. 
pended momentarily. As many as 600 cases of 
frost-bite have occurred in a single night. Gen. 
Trocliu says that. Fort Avron was evacuated vol¬ 
untarily, to escape the Prussian shells, their 
guns being ol longer range than those of tlie 
Fronch. 'The slight loss is explained by Hie fact 
that the garrison was protected by casemates. 
From Loudon on the 3d Inst., the reports that 
the German army of the Loire has retired! 
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Gien are apparently confirmed. Reports f> 
Bordeaux stated that a portion of Gen. Cbm 
army was strongly posted near Vendome. j| 
claimed that. Die engagements along the I, 
for a week past have all been successes for <] 
French. Near Lnehntre. 1,200 prisoners Ini 
been taken by tho French. A Prussian cold 
recently lost 300 men by drowning in tin a Devi 
to cross the Loire on the icc. A dispatch fr i 
Versailles, the third lust., says that, the bi 1 
bardraentof the forts on the east side of p B l 
continues with such effect that only Fort w 
gent now replies to the German fire. Paris I 
vices received at Bordeaux show intense exell 
ment among the population, who demand ill 
a grand .sortie be made. The mayors of tho r | 
ask Gen. Trocliu to grant thel 
Fntdherbe reports January 2. 
a battle near Bapaune, which lasted 
In the morning to six in the evening. Wo hnl 
driven the Prussians from all their posits,I 
and tbe villages occupied by Ihein. Tlie rnim l 
losses are enormous. Ours arc serious, 'l l 
Germans arc reported to have driven 200 Fieri] 
troops into Switzerland on tho first inst., wliq 
they were disarmed by the Federal Soldiers. 
It is understood that orders have been sent 
the Generals in the field to hasten the tnovcm'-i 
upon Paris. A new General has been sent 
command the French forces at. Havre. 
The evacuation of Rouen by the Germans | 
now considered certain, as Manteuffei bus pli¬ 
ably been forced to concentrate his forces in tj 
north by the forward movent of General F«i 
herbe. 
Tbe Germans deny tho victory of Gen. Fni{ 
herbe, reported on tho 2d, and assert that fcjflfl 
Von Goeben has disposed of tlie French Anri • 
of the North. On the other hand, the Frond . 
General still insists he drove tlie Germans l#i 
fore him from all the villages occupied by thcn| 
The losses on both sides are reported heavy, am 
the villages of Bapaune and Dehaignies wet 
totally destroyed. Railway travel between Lill 
and Oimbrui has been restored. 
The fortress of Pernnne in Die Department, r, 
tbe Somme bas been nearly destroyed by 
th 
bombardment which commenced last week. I,r, 
it. still holds out. Another battle is report ol 
near Havre, on the 5th inst,, result unknown 
and the Onnhaldians claim a victory and Hi 
capture of 800 Germans at MauMay. The &« 
vanco of Gen. do Chauzy is confirmed. 
General Foreign News, 
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I he conference on Die Eastern question lift ( 
been postponed to await Die arrival of M. Favrc 1 
as it would have no binding toroe in Dir absents I 
of one of the signature parties thereto, and, ii 1 
is asserted, France will send no representutivi [J 
until England recognizes Die Republic. 
The Federal treaties with Baden, Hesse an* |j| 
Wurtemberg have been ratified. The Uppo I 
Chamber of the Bavarian Diet passed tho treat} I 
by nearly a unanimous vote. 
Au overflow of the Tiber flooded half of tluH 
city of Rome, and occasioned great, damage i*( I 
property. 
Gen. Prim died Deo. 31st, in consequence **f 1 
the wounds received in the attempt to assassi] I 
nato him. The Cortes devolved governments#I 
power, pending the arrivui of the Ktug, upci( I 
Admiral Topete. 
Prince Amadeus made his entry to Madrid oi | 
the 2d Inst., and was reoeived most enl husiastil I 
cally by the people. Immediately after bis nr t 1 
rival in the capital, he paid a visit to the wider I 
of Gen Prim, and in a feeling manner express I 
his sympathy for her in her bereavement. H I 
then proceeded to tho Chamber of the Cortef | ' 
and took the oath as King of Spain. 
The King has consulted with Sonors Resm I 
ZoriJIa, Rivero, and Olozaga op the fornfhlieti ? I 
a constitutional Ministry. 
Another quarrel has occurred between th* I 
Sultan and Khedive. 
The Prussian Government has declined t 
second the proposed demand of Austria upon I 
the Powers at tho Conference for a fresh guar- I 
antee tor the security of tho navigation of rtis 
lower Danube. 
Jules Favre has informed Count Bismarck, I 
through the medium of Mr. Wnshburne, tlie I 
American Minister, that he (Favrc) knows noth- I 
ing of Die European Conference, und will flat I 
leave Paris to attend it. 
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MISCELLANEOUS. 
A company has been organized, known as the 
Susquehanna Salt and Mining Company, for the 
purpose of developing rhe resource* of a sail 
spring at Susquehanna. 
The total expense of assessing the internal ret- 
enue in the United Stales, lor the* fiscal year end 
ing June 30, 1870, was $4,898,026.72, and Die total 
amount expended forcollecttng the same durirt 
that period, was $2,313,721. 
Winnepeg wauls to be annexed to the Unit'd 
States. Apetitiou signed by 16,000 inhabitant! 
of that country, praying foranne*xatiou,has Juft 
reached Washington, in charge of a leader of the 
late rebellion. 
Tlie opening of the new year was signalized it: 
Trenton, N. J., by tbe unveiling of a statue «l 
Washington, with appropriate speeches, iu whir, 
our past, glory and future grandeur were fuhf 
set forth. No other of tbe cities of tlie cotirifrj 
is more intimately associated with tbe traditions 
of the Revolution than Trenton, and there is a 
special appropriateness in the erection of this 
statue there. 
Charles McCullough, convicted of repeating n: 
the October eleotion, in Philadelphia, Pa., has 
been sentenced to ten years' imprisonment, *oi 
to pay $500 fine. Five other men, eouvioted ef 
false personation and illegal voting were sen¬ 
tenced to six months imprisonment, and to p»)' 
a fine of $1. 
Tbe Pottsville Miners’ Journal shows that (he 
whole supply of anthracite coal sent to maiket 
this year, so far, is 14,539,272 tons, against 18,559,- 
852 last year. To t his must he added 476,000 art 
reported, against 450,000 tons not reported hist 
year. This gives an actual increase of anthra¬ 
cite, of 2,013,430 tons over last year. There feJilM 
an increase in semi-anthracite, uf 74,971 tons,hit’* 
a decrease in bituminous of 873,933 ions. A gen¬ 
eral suspension of work in all the mining regions 
lias been agreed upon by Die miners, to takouf- 
feet on the 10th of January. The object of drt 
suspension or strike, seems to be not to scent* 
any immediate advantage, but to effect or OF 
range a bet ter basis of operations for tho pres¬ 
ent year. 
Tho Secretary of Die Treasury has authorized 
the Assistant Treasurer at New York to sol» 
million of coin on each Tuesday of Die presciil 
month, and to purchase two millions of bonds on 
