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PROM WASHINGTON. 
Congressional. 
In t.be Senate, on the 9th, utnoug other mat¬ 
ters, a bill was introduced lor the redemption of 
copper coin, which was debated without result; 
one for the completion of Duluth Harbor; for 
the relief of Indians In Michigan and Indiana; 
for the appointment of additional United States 
Judges; ouo iu relation to witnesses In the 
( nlted States Courts. The correspondence in 
relation to the removal of Mr. Motley was pre¬ 
sented, under call, l>y the State Department. 
Ou the 10th a bill was introduced for tboorgani¬ 
zation of the Territory of Oklahoma; also, one 
giving the State of Ohio title and jurisdiction 
over projierty purchased for the National Asy¬ 
lum for disabled soldiers. On the 11th, the House 
resolution appointing Commissioners to visit 
Sau Domingo was amended so aa to provide that 
the appointment of the Commission shall not 
commit Congress for or against annexation, aud 
passed, it now goes to the President. 
On tho 12lh, a reinonstranee, signed by 1,000 
women, was presented against Woman Suffrage. 
Tho bill providing for the celebration of the 
Centennial Anniversary of Independence was 
debated. Ilills wore reported equalizing the 
salaries of Bureau oflioorfc, and authorizing a 
mail steamship line between Sau Francisco and 
Australia. The bill making appropriations for 
t he Louisville aud Portland Canal aud tho Dos 
Moines Rapids was passed. 
In the House, on the 9th, a largo number of 
bills wore introduced, among them one for the 
appointment; of additional U. S. Judges for Ala¬ 
bama, one for setting apart proceeds of public 
land sales for aid to Southern schools; for right 
of way for Oregon and Walla-Walla Itailroad; 
to enable soldiers,sailors, and marines to pre¬ 
empt, land at the minimum price on the alter¬ 
nate sections of railroad land grants; also, to 
provide for the construction and completion of 
the harbor of Duluth, Minn.; granting bounty 
to sailors for the destruction ol the enemy's 
property. 
ban Domingo affairs were debated at length, 
and tin amendment thereto, “ that nothing in 
this resolution contained shall bo held, under¬ 
stood, or construed as committing Congress to 
the policy of annexing the territory of said Re¬ 
public of Dominica,” which, ut a subsequent 
session, was passed. Action was also taken ou 
t he new Apportionment bill. 
Oil tho 10th. ban Domingo arid the new Appor¬ 
tionment engrossed the attention of the House 
mostly, except the passage of the bill to provide 
for celebrating the one hundredth anniversary 
of American independence, by holding an In¬ 
ternational exhibition of Arts aud Manufac¬ 
tures iu Philadelphia iu 1S76. 
On the 11th the Consular and Diplomatic Ap¬ 
propriation bilJ,*whicb appropriates *1,438,31?, 
was made a special order; also, a bill was intro¬ 
duced to prevent cruelty to cattle on railways. 
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NEW YORK STATE, 
Couiptmller’n it,•poll. 
The funded debt of the Slate, less tho sinking 
fund, was, September 30, 1870, *32,406,143.20, be¬ 
ing a reduction for tho year ot $2,438,891.47. The 
canal tolls for i860 were $1,112,878.02; for 1870 
$3,080,093.57. Expenses for 1809, $1,278,507.52; for 
1870. $2,537,101.29. in 1809, canal tolls til high 
rates decreased $-304,215.98, aud the tonnage 580,- 
145 tons. The change in the course of trade is 
shown by the following data: 
JButTiilo, bush, of grain re¬ 
I860. 
1809. 
ceived t including Hour'. 
53,888,087 
45.789,276 
Montreal, " 
10.100.881 
12.955.002 
Philadelphia, 
8,466,276 
14,427,625 
Erie. “ 
Upper ink© ports, Chicago, ) 
Milwaukee, Tol. & Clov’d. 5 
15,950 
2,141,879 
89.584,346 
118,069,906 
The transit of vegetable food has fallen off 
rapidly for several years. In 1861 there was car¬ 
ried 2,122,237 tons, and in 1869 only 1,302,013 tons. 
In 184" nearly 2,000,000 barrels of tloMiMind in 
I860 Jess than 6,000 barrels. No part of the Gene¬ 
ral Fund debt not held by the State in trust ma¬ 
tures before 1877. The principal of tho Canal 
debt matures in 1872, which, it is believed, may 
be met without, resori to taxation from the 
< ’anal revenues, which were larger for 1870 than 
in any of the seven years preceding iiio war. 
The completion of i lie Lake Superior and Mis¬ 
sissippi Railroad, bringing the immense prairie 
grain field of the Northwest practically several 
hundreds of miles nearer to our own btute, aus¬ 
piciously, took place the same year as the in¬ 
creased facilities on our own great thoroughfare. 
The value ol the great prize of Northwestern 
trade is invaluable. U,\ a liberal ennui policy we 
tester the honorable spirit of union with the 
other Slates, mid enable Western producers the 
bettor to compete with foreigners in the mark¬ 
ets of the world, while every brunch of our own 
homo Industry is effectually encouraged by 
bringing the West practically nearer to the East. 
ME OLD SYSTEM. 
Under the “ contract ’’ system great injury 
was sustained by the canal. Its channel was 
partly lllled up aud its structures became dilapi¬ 
dated. The resumption of management by the 
Stale necessitated, as matters of sound and wise 
economy, outlays which need not again occur. 
With the fair average of intelligence nmi in¬ 
tegrity. and watchfulness commensurate with 
the magnitude of the interests involved, our 
canals will regain their former progressive pros¬ 
perity. 
The educational expenditures for the year 
were $2,890,620.52, of which $2,325,150 96 were for 
common schools. Expenses for deaf ami dumb, 
blind, insane and idiotic were $326,670.82. In ad¬ 
dition to which, there was paid ou the Hudson 
River Insane Hospital $633,139.54, and on the 
Willard Asylum at Ovid $497,272.73. The revenue 
from the Onondaga San Springs was *38,911.07, 
being $5,908.95 less than for 1869. Increased du¬ 
ties from auctions, $25,818.54. 
Expenditures for the Slate Prisons wore $918,- 
027.32. and the earnings were $590,366.50. The 
cost to the State In 1870 was $134,469 less than in 
the previous year. 
THE NEW CAPITOL. 
The sum paid iu 1870, towards the new 
ttipUni, was.$1,578,120.54 
\\ hole amount yet paid Is. 2,167,315.60 
taxation, valuation, etc., etc. 
Ill I860 the State tax was .$5,416,640.49 
J 11 •M-V" I--",.14,335,976.55 
In 1800 the tax for all purposes known to 
the Comptroller's office was.18,956,024.50 
In 1870 it was.50,338,684.21 
The gross valuation of taxable property in 
1859 was.1,404.9135579 
It reached in 1869.1,SHI,12M,?70 
The IncreaM- in ton years was. 455.207,091 
Thegross valuation Iu 1870 was..1,967,001,185 
The annual average of increase for ten 
years was,... t5,520,7t<i 
The increase for 1870 was . 106,850,415 
Taxation in 1870 was at the rate of 7.41-150, 
producing $14,285,976 55. Yet the appropriations 
of the last Legislature were so large that the 
(estimated) deliolency on the 30th September, 
1871 will be $2,114,746.17. Hut the comptroller es¬ 
timates that with prudence as to appropriations 
and r.volusivo of extraordinary work on the 
cauals, &e., this large deficiency can be made 
good and the calls ou the treasury met by a tax 
of 6>fmills—equal to a reduction of about $3,- 
500,000. Allowing one-eighth of a mill for canal 
purpose*, lie believes the total tax necessary for 
1871 is 5*i mills, instead of 7.41-150 iu 1870. 
IVJlNcellaiicoiis. 
Duping 1870, 5,837 clearances were issued at 
the canal office in Albany, against 5,685 in 1869. 
The total number of tons cleared the past year 
was 122,048; in i860, 93,177. 
Tim Warsaw Now-Yorker says J—“ The dog tax 
to be collected in Wyoming county Hinouuts to 
elovou hundred and seventy-four dollars and 
tit ty cents—more t hati all the dogs in the United 
States are worth." 
The Jirockport Republic says: —“A groat 
scarcity of water is reported iu this vicinity. 
Many of the wells and brooks arc dry, and there 
is but a trifle of water in the swamps. A great 
abundance of cider is i he only thing that pre¬ 
vents a winter drouth." 
The British Steamer Denmark, Captain An¬ 
drews, from Liverpool, arrived In New York 
city on the 8tli, and reports that on the 4th inst., 
in latitude 45.06. longitude 55.50, he spoke tho 
steamer Cjty of Brooklyn, bound for Liverpool, 
Sho was sailing under canvas, having lost the 
funs of her propeller on the 2d. The mails und 
part of the cabin passengers had been trans¬ 
ferred to the Bremen steamship Honsa, and 
would belauded at, one of the nearest Euglish 
ports—probably Queenstown or Southampton. 
The agents of the Inman Company do not enter¬ 
tain any fears for her safety. The accident is by 
no moans an unusual one. 
The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company lias 
leased tho Southern Central Railroad or New 
Turk, extending from Sod us Huy, LakeOutarlo, 
to Athens, Pa., and will operate tt iu connection 
with their line. This will give another outlet 
for coni North, and, In l imo, a valuable addii ion 
to the Company’s already unparalled tonnage. 
At Canesaragn, Allegany Co., on the 3d inst., 
more than half the business portion ol the town 
was destroyed by lire, including the post-office, 
several stores, and dwellings. Losses aggregate 
over $25,000, not more than half covered by in¬ 
surance. 
There has been shipped from Cuba Station 
the past year 30,505 boxes round cheese, and 
1,753 boxes pineapple cheese, in all 2,417,725 
pounds, t he product of the Immediate vicinity, 
one of the best olieese districts of Allegany Co. 
Estimating this cheese at 15 cents per pound, 
which isuu extremely low estimate, as none of 
the pineapple was sold less than 24 cents, it foots 
up $362,658,75 received for the cheese. The 
freight was 70 cents a buudred, giving the snug 
amount of $70,923.90. 
Early in the month, Camden, Oneida Co., was 
visited liy tire, burning several prominent busi¬ 
ness places, with a loss of near $30,000, about 
half of which was insured. 
Woloaru from the Democrat and Chronicle 
that iron ore has been developed tu the town of 
Irondequoit, three and a-ball miles from Roch¬ 
ester, which gives promise of being of good 
quality and abundant. This will be an im¬ 
portant acquisitiou to the iuduslrial interests of 
the Flour City. 
Wc have to chronicle another robbery of a 
messenger of the American Union Express Com¬ 
pany, which occurred ut Albany ou the Gth inst. 
As the 8 P. M. train was starting for Boston, 
some adroit burglar and assassin got into the 
express car, anil while crossing the Hudson 
River bridge, at a slow rate, shot the messenger, i 
Thomas A. ifiilpitio, three times, disabling him, 
wliou, taking the keys from his pockets, the 
sate was titled of vuluuble packages, in time for 
the robber to escape from tho cur before the 
train reached tho East Albany depot. Hal pine 
was alive at last.accounts. No eluo to the cul¬ 
prit, though the Express Company offer a re¬ 
ward of $5,000 for his cup lure and conviction. 
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FROM THE WEST. 
About two thousand bushels of coal per day, 
are raised from the several mines in the vicinity 
of Sigourney, Iowa. 
The recent cold weather killed a great many 
sheep in the upper part of Sun Joaquin Valley, 
California. 
The Senatorial contest in Michigan has ended 
in the selection of the Hon. T. \V. Ferry, to suc¬ 
ceed the Hon. Jacob M. Howard. Mr. Ferry has 
served three several terms in the House, of 
which lie is still 1m active member. 
For Michigan, the Harbor Appropriation bill 
calls l'or $30,000 tor Black Lake; for Grand lja- 
ven, $50,000; for Muskegon, $18,000; for White 
River, $30,000; lor Pent water, $30,000: for Lud- 
ingtou, $42,000: tot Manistee, $10,000; for Frank¬ 
fort, $50,000, and for Sheboygan, $25,000. 
Coal lias been discovered three miles south o! 
Niphi, Utah. There are three veins, otie seven 
inches, another twouud a-bulf feet, and the third 
ten feet thick. 
The Supreme Court of Utah is occupied with I 
the case of Godbe & Co., agent Salt Lake City, in 
the matter of an injunction granted some time 
ago in regard to selling liquor. 
A mountain of black marble has recently been 
discovered in Capo Girardeau Co., Mo., half a 
mile from the Missouri River. The mountaiu is 
ninety feet high and three-quarters of a mile 
long, and yields a marble of the most exquisite 
beauty ot grain and susceptibility ot finish. 
Much excitement exists about bjjfly snatching 
at the West. A lady at Iowa Cily was disinter¬ 
red by the students ot the Medical Department 
of the Slate University, the body having been 
recovered after the work of dissection had been 
commenced. Another case occurred at Ed- 
wardsv ille, III., being the body of a man who liad 
died at the poor house, and which had been box¬ 
ed and shipped to Ann Arbor. Mich. Jt was re¬ 
turned to Edwanlsville, and Ihu empty grave 
discovered. No arrest was made. 
The special Legislative Commission on the 
Penal and Reformatory Inst itutions of Michigan 
condemn the management of the jails, poor 
houses and county insane asylums iu that State ; 
I recommend their abolition, aud the erection of 
a district prison, another Insane asylum, a school 
for the feeble minded, a borne for pauper ohild- 
I reu, workhouses for vagrant and dissolute pau¬ 
pers, aud a hospital for diseased and aged pau¬ 
pers. 
It is said that tho engineers ol the Northern 
Pacific Railroad have discovered vast veins of 
coal on the lino of the road, in the Valley of tbo 
Missouri, sufficient to furnish fuel forever for 
locomotives over flic woodless sections of the 
route. 
The Grand Haven, Mich., Nows says that in 
pumping out the mineral well, salt has been de¬ 
veloped in the water to the estimated Btreugth 
of fifty per cent. Three ounces of salt have 
been obtained from seven ounces of brine. The 
mineral welt scheme will probably be abandoned, 
as the directors expect to receive more profit 
from the salt. 
At UeJmorc, Putnam county, Ohio, tberoisa 
little girl, about four years of age, who is sup¬ 
posed to have been abandoned by thcgypsics. 
She can give no account ol her parents. 
Milwaukee, Wjs., claims to tic the greatest 
wheat market in the world. The receipts last 
year were 19,060,991 bushels, and t lie shipments 
12,153,471 bushels. 
Aflreut Madison, T nd..Jnn. 9tli, burned several 
stores, the Free Press printing office, law offices, 
&c., and the lard oil factory of S. B. Leving. 
Loss, $30,000 to $40,000, partially insured. 
Homan Dowd, a merchant of Pontiac, Mich., 
while returning to his home in the evening, was 
attacked wit h an epileptic fit, fell In the street, 
and on corning to, toward tuorniug, was dread¬ 
fully frozen, but managed to crawl to his door. 
There is a prospect of liis recovery with the loss 
of some portions of his feet. 
The village of Geneva, O., thirteen miles east 
of Toledo, has some 600 Inhabitants, three 
churches, aud is uow building a $10,000 school 
house. 
Home Mexicans, Oil Chrsilinns Eve, murdered 
Chas. Reed, (station keeper,) Miss Reed, James 
Lytle, (stage driver,) and the cook,attlio Mission 
Camp Station, thirty-live miles oast of Arizona 
City, and then escaped into the Mexican State of 
Sonora. 
Tho Governor of Michigan urges upon the 
Legislature the need of a new State House, the 
ono now in use having been huilt to servo a 
temporary purpose, and being wholly Inadequate 
to the public wants. He says that the progress 
of the public school system has kept pace with 
tho growth of tho State in population and wealth. 
He recommends au increase of the salaries of 
tho professors and teachers of the Norma) 
schools, and urges the need of more ample pro¬ 
vision for tho care of the insane. The Agricul¬ 
tural College is steadily advancing in public 
favor. The University is injexoelleat condition, 
the most marked event in its history during the 
past year being the admission of thirty female 
students. 
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FROM NEW ENGLAND. 
The New Haven, Conn., Palladium says, in re- 
gurd to the affairs of the Home Insurance Com¬ 
pany, that several gentlemen havo taken tho 
matter in hand, and will make efforts tending 
to a satisfactory settlement of tlu* difficulties. 
During the year is“0 there were ciglu murders 
committed In Muiue, 298 deaths by accident, aud 
53 by suicide. 
Mrs. Jared Sparks of Cambridge, Mass., has 
opened t he subscription for re-building Phillips 
Academy with the sum of $100. 
The Naval Band.at Portsmouth, N. II., sup¬ 
ported by the Government at an expense of 
several t housand dollars per annum, has noth¬ 
ing to do but to serenade newly married couples, 
which business it attends to in the b*st style. 
The Internal Revenue assessments in Hart¬ 
ford, Conn., iu 1870, were $108,827.55, against 
$87,000 in 1869, aud $76,152 iu 1868. 
The Di rootors of the Hartford and New Haven. 
Conn., Railroad have voted to pay the interest 
on their bonds due January 1st and July 1st iu 
gold. Tho principal is payable in about two 
years. 
The citizens of Great Falls, N. H„ enjoy the 
privilege of reading a library of 5,000 volumes, 
by paying the trilling amount of fifty cents each 
per annum. 
The total amount of freight sent from Bangor, 
Me., over the Maino Contral Road in 1870, was 
35,722,389 pounds; the amount brought there in 
the same period, was 36,076,432 pounds. 
Meriden, N. H-, has voted $8,000 for a soldiers’ 
monument, and an additional sum is to be raised 
by subscription. The monument will probably 
be the finest, in the State. 
It is thought that on account of the extreme 
low tide, laying bare the oyster beds in New 
London, Conn., harbor during the last few days, 
largo numbers of oysters have been frozen. 
The United States Senatorial contest in Maine 
has been promptly terminated by the renotnina- 
tion of Senator Lot M, Morrill, by a vote ol 105, 
against 34 east for Gen. Chamberlain. 
The thermometer at Littleton, N.H., on tlie 
loth inst., was 24 below zero; at Lancaster 31" 
below; mid at Concord 5' below, and clear. 
Mr. Daniel H. Pierce of Portsmouth, N. IL, 
has given $5,000 to aid iu the rebuilding of Phil¬ 
lips Exeter Academy. 
The Mount Washington, N. II., observers re¬ 
port tbe frost three feet thick on the 6th. A 
new form of snow fluke fell ou that day. 
Rev. D. A. Mack is meeting with good success 
in establishing a homo for the orphans aud 
homeless children <>t New Hampshire. 
C. E. Stowe of Bane, Vt., who served in the 
Vermont cavalry regiment during the late war, 
has received $10,000 from Mr. Peter Thompson 
of Hagerstown, Md., for protecting his property. 
A gentleman of Norwich. Conn., has invented 
and published a most ingenious calendar, good 
for three hundred years, and printed on paper 
the size of a visiting card. If any man, after 
using it three hundred years, isn’t satisfied with 
it, the inventor will give him another free. 
FROM THE SOUTH. 
Fuom September 1st to January 1st, 508,719 
bales of cotton were received at New Orleans, 
against 445,639 bales during the same time lust 
year. 
Over 65,000 gallons of fruit brandy were made 
iu North Carolina during the past season, prin¬ 
cipally in the counties of Pitt, Edgecombe, Wil¬ 
son, Wayne, Green and Lenoir. Tho govern¬ 
ment tax on the amount of brandy thus pro¬ 
duced, amounted to more than $40,u0o, and the 
total value of this product, including the tax, is 
over $160,000. 
The Swiss colony near Altamont, in Grundy 
Co., Tenn., already numbers over one hundred 
families, and is in a flourishing and prosperous 
condition. 
At Memphis, Tcnn., the excess of the receipts 
ot cotton during this commercial year, over and 
above those of last year, up to the same period, 
amounts to nearly 100,000 bales. 
A colored member of the Virginia House of 
Delegates offorod a resolution last week for the 
appointment of u committee tocoufer with rail¬ 
road presidents as to the propriety of getting 
apart separate cars for colored passengers. 
When tbe resolution came up for notion, three 
colored members opposed its adoption, on the 
ground that colored people had the right, under 
the Constitution, to ride in any cars where white 
people could ride. The resolution was lost. An¬ 
other was offered by a colored member, calling 
fora law under which "any captain,conductor, 
or agent of any public conveyance In the State, 
who should make auy distinction on account of 
color, shall be fined riot less than $300 nor more 
l ban *500, and imprisoned lor not more than live 
years nor less than three years." This was re¬ 
ferred, and has tint yet been acted upon. 
Collector of Internal Revenue Tullisof Texas, 
has been arrested on a charge of embezzling $30,- 
OtiO of Government funds. He has returned 
$15,000 to the officials ut Galveston. 
A tire in Lynchburg, Va., Jan. 7th, destroyed 
the commission warehouse of Rock & Armstead, 
With a large stock of goods. The. Adjoining 
building, occupied by Miller & Franklin, bank¬ 
ers, ami T. If. Ivory, insurance agent, was much 
damaged. The total loss is $25,000, which is fully 
insured. A part of the insurance is in the Home 
of Connecticut. 
During the term of the Circuit Court of Mem¬ 
phis, Teiili., Just ended, fifteen persons liuve 
been sentenced to tho Penitentiary, the aggre¬ 
gate of whose terms is seventy-eight years, aud 
Horace Crawford, convicted of murder, has 
been sentenced for life. 
Jacksonville, Flit., was nearly destroyed by 
fire recently. A partial list of the sufferers 
gives the names of thirty-six firms and individ¬ 
uals, and an approximate estimate of the loss 
foots up $250,000. 
At Nashville, Tenn., up to Jan. 7th, there had 
been 15,000 hogs packed, being a larger number 
t han bus been packed iu any previous year since 
the war. 
Rev. Father Nugent or Liverpool, England, 
has arrived in Galveston, Texas, to examine the 
prospects for juvenile immigrants and female 
domestics. 
Twenty-one thousand three hundred and 
forty-one bales of cotton were shipped North 
from Nashville, Tenn., during December, being 
12,000 more tbau were shipped in the same month 
of 1869. 
Information from Laredo, Texas, is that a 
party of Indians, numbering about fifty, re¬ 
cently made a descent from the direction of the 
Neuces to within seven leagues of that place, 
carrying off caballadas of horses from the 
ranches, killing some men and women, and cur¬ 
rying off children. This makes the third raid 
within the last four mouths, and the Indians 
have not been punished. 
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FOREIGN NEWS. 
The Fin nco-Prusslan War. 
The war presents no feature that eau be con¬ 
sidered new. The bombardment of Paris has 
been continued quite regularly through the 
week, during which the Germans havo been 
mainly successful, silencing, or materially dis¬ 
abling the butteries of forts Rosny, Nogeut, 
D’lssy, Vanvres. On the 6th, King William tele¬ 
graphed the queen“ 'Jlte weather has moder¬ 
ated. We are uow having a thaw. Our losses 
during the bombardment of Fort dlssy, so far, 
at e 17 killed and wounded. Large supplies were 
captured from the French ftt llocroy." 
Advices from Paris, January 3, state that on 
the 31st ult., Gen. Trochu issued the following 
proclamation" Efforts are making to destroy 
the union and confidence to which Paris owes 
her prolonged defense. Political capital is being 
made of disappointments caused solely by the 
severity ol’ the weather. The army has, Indeed, 
been sorely tried, and requires a brief rest, which 
the enemy seeks to prevent by a most violent 
bombardment. But that army is preputing to 
act, aud will do its duty. There are uo dissen¬ 
sions among the members of the Government, 
who are perfectly united in face of theconntry’s 
perils, and in hope of her deliverance. The re¬ 
port or the Generals commanding the fortifica¬ 
tions shows that slight damage has been done to 
the suburban villages by the bombardment, and 
<nly a few men have been wounded." 
A dispatch from Versailles on the 8th, says 
that the day previous the Germans beyond Veu- 
dome met two French army corps advancing, 
and. after severe lighting, repulsed them, und 
occupied Azay and Montuiic, suffering heavy 
losses thetusel vcs. On the other hand, tho French 
report say s tho Germans attacked their positions 
at Villcchuuvc, Villeporcher and St. Cyr sur- 
Gault, afterward forced the French line at Neu- 
vtllc, but that the Preach retook ull the posi- 
1 ions it l night full, and occupied St. Armauud, the 
Germans retiring toward Vondorue. On the 7th, 
10,000 Germans near Rouen were defeated by 
the French, who occupied thereafter several 
places near by. Operations uear Havre, for 
which tiro French are prepared, are awaiting 
tho departure of ice from tbe Seine. General 
Fuklherbe was at Lille on the 8th, which town 
was crowded with wounded. 
He indignantly denies the German accounts of 
the disasters to his army, which he Is busy reor¬ 
ganizing, while the Germans have evacuated 
Ha PA nine. Gen. Manteuflels losses on the 2d 
and 3d inst. were 3,200- 
Gieat destitution prevails at Amiens. Uhlans 
have appeared at Lille. The Germans have 
evacuated several places iu the Upper Valley of 
tire Oise, retiring on Meziorcs. Near Itois, be¬ 
tween Vesowl and nesancf.n, Gen. Werder met 
the gd vat toe of 40,000 French, and took 200 pris¬ 
oners, Germans were withdrawing from the 
Northern Departments. Near Briare the Ger¬ 
mans lost 200 men. 
On the 9th the bombardment was vigorous, 
and tiro barracks of Fori Montrouge were set on 
lire and burned. On the 8th the King tele¬ 
graphed:—*' Frederick Charles continues his vic¬ 
torious advance on Lo Mans. Everything has 
been quiet in the North since the 3d. The bom¬ 
bardment here is proceeding favorably. The 
barracks iu Fort Vanvres are on lire.” This col¬ 
umn reached St, Calais on the Dili, meeting lit tle 
resistance. 
A detachment, investing Belfort, sto tried 
Danjoutin, south of that city, aud took 700 pris¬ 
oners on the 7th. Gen. Werder had been re¬ 
enforced, and the Germans in the Department 
of the Tonne were concentrating at Joigity aud 
being re-enforced from Germany. 
The fighting when Danjoutin was carried by 
Storm is described ns desperate ou both sides, 
and the German loss was heavy. A dispatch 
from Lille says the Germans are massing their 
forces soutli of Hapaume. Tho French sharp¬ 
shooters successfully engaged a body of Uhlans 
near Lille, and captured 13 prisoners. The Prus¬ 
sians have raised the siege of Lang res. 
In relation to sinking of English vessels in the 
Seine, Bismarck telegraphs the Prussian minis¬ 
ter ut London as follows:—"The report, of the 
German commander at Rouen respecting the 
sinking of the English colliers lias not arrived, 
but the facta are known. Tell Lord Granville 
that we sincerely regret that our troops, to avert 
imminent danger, wore obliged to seize tho 
British ships. We admit the claim for indemni¬ 
ty. If unjustifiable excesses wen: committed, 
we regret them, aud will call the guilty to ac¬ 
count. 
Gen. Werder capt ured Villeraexcl by storm on 
tho 10th, the French losing two staff and four¬ 
teen other officers, and 600 meu. The Frcuch 
account claims an important victory at the same 
point. The bombardment of Paris was kept up 
all the luth, on the north, east, and south sides. 
Tho report also says the army of Oeu.doCImuzy 
is retreating ut all points. The Germans are in 
pursuit, and have already taken 1,000 prisoners. 
In the engagement on the 8th. with the Gntibal- 
diansnt Montburd, iu the Department ol Cole 
d’Or, the Prussians were victorious. Gen. Faid- 
herbo’s cavalry had encounters with the Prus¬ 
sians on tho 8th arid 9th instants, and met with 
some success. The Prussians continued the in¬ 
vestment of Givet, a French town near the Bel¬ 
gian border. 
King William telegraphs on the 10th"Owing 
to a snow storm and heavy fog, the bombard¬ 
ment is slower to-day. Poronne has capitulated 
with 3,000 prisoners. Werder defeated Bout balei 
on tlie 9th, south of Vesoul. ijc took eight hun¬ 
dred prisoners. 
The Tribune correspondent writes, on the 9th 
Inst., i bat the German batteries have been ad¬ 
vanced 1,000 paces nearer forts D’lssy and 
Vnnves, also thut shells have fallen in Hie Lux¬ 
embourg gardens. Tbe poople ask for n eliunge, 
some lighting general in place of Trochu. Ad¬ 
vices to the 11th, are Hint the bombardment is 
vigorously kept, up, the advanced batteries hav¬ 
ing opened fire. Balloon advices from inside 
Paris to the 10th inst., report, many sin Its from 
tbe German guns fall dating Hie night in tho 
outskirts of Paris, creating havoc In ull direc¬ 
tions, killing some women and children, and 
striking ambulances, churches, museums, schoot- 
houses, ice. Gen. Mantiuffel takes command of 
the now army of the east, which will march via 
Troyes to support Werder, leaving Gen. Von 
'Goeben to contest (lie field with Fnidhcrbe. 
Prince Frederick Charles is still driving Gen. 
Chauzy, after a aeries of engagements in which 
lie has taken 2,000 prisoners, besides arms. Gen. 
Chauzy has been forced to wlthlu one utile of 
Le Mans. 
General Foreign News. 
The London Standard of tbe 9th, intimates, 
editorially, that if new negotiations upon tho 
subject of the Alabama claims should fail to bo 
entered upon, the fact will prove Hint the delay 
is slue to the Uufted States and not to England. 
Semi-official organs at Vienna declare that 
the approaching Conference must, uphold the 
validity of treaties, and insist that modifications 
are possible only by general consent. When Hie 
amendment ot the Treaty ol Purls is proposed 
by Russia, it is essential that it should beaccom- 
panied by concessions compensating the other 
Powers. 
A special dispatch from Berlin to the London 
Times says that Prussia, seeing antagonism on 
the part of Austria to the wishes of the Czar on 
tho question of the Euxiue, is endeavoring to 
effect a postpoifoment of the London Confer¬ 
ence. The same correspondent mentions a re¬ 
port that Turkey Is willing to dispense with 
action by the Powers on the subject. 
A dispatch from Frankffctruon-tfie-Mum says 
that petitions have been forwarded to King 
William, pra>ittg him lo respect the historical 
title of that city, and allow It to be the scene of 
his coronation us Emperor of Germany. 
The claims which the citizens of IT ankfort-on- 
the-Main bring under the notice of King Wil¬ 
liam are of very ancient date. Iu 1794 Charle¬ 
magne convoked a Council there, aud from tho 
days of Frederic Barbaros.xa t lie city oujoy ed t ho 
right of being the place for the election of tho 
Emperors of Germany. The Homer or Cuuneil- 
house contains the Hall of Election und the Im¬ 
perial Hull where the newly elected monarch 
held Ins publio dinner. Round this hull are 
ranged iu niches the portraits of tho Empe¬ 
rors, from Conrad I. to Francis If., the last Em¬ 
peror of Germany. 
Advices from Mexico to the 12th, state that 
the wife of President Juarez died on the 2d inst., 
after terrible sufferings. The city is overcast 
with gloom, as she was universally liked. 
An official letter from the American Ctmsul at 
Tehuantepec, addressed lo Minister Nelson, has 
appeared in an Ouxaoa journal before reaching 
ihe latter, and it is charged that Mexican officials 
have violated tho mails, though it is probable 
that the Consul furnished the journal with a 
copy before forwarding the original to the 
Minister. 
From Holiand.the formation of the new cabi¬ 
net is announced to be as follows: 
Thovbeoke, Minister of the Interior: G uerieke. 
Minister of Foreign Affairs; Jolles, Minister of 
Justice; Vandotsse, Minister of the Colonies; 
Bluhse. Minister of Finance; Boons, Minister of 
War; Broex, Minister of the Marino, 
The following changes in the British Cabinet 
have been officially announced;—'The Hon. C S. 
Fort estate inis been appointed President of the 
Board of Trade, made vacant, by the resignation 
of John Bright. The Marquis of Harrington 
succeeds Mr. For fescue as Irish Secretary; and 
tlie successor of the Miinjuis of Harrington, as 
Postmaster-General, will be a Member of Par¬ 
liament, without a seat in the t’uhinet. No new 
member, therefore, will outer Ihe Cabinet. 
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CANADIAN NEWS. 
Tun Reformatory Prison at St. \ incent tie 
Paul, county of Laval, is about to be converted 
into a penitentiary for tbo province of Quebec, 
and its inmates will be transferred to the insti¬ 
tution on St, Denis street, Montreal, recently 
erected through the princely muiuffceuecof Mr. 
Bcrthelet. 
It is understood that the elections in Brilisti 
Columbia have resulted in favor of Confedera¬ 
tion, and it is believed that the Legislature of 
tliiit Province will meet at an early day aud 
sanction the union with Canada. 
The Quebec customs revenue lor the year just 
ended amounted to *841,409.53, tin increase over 
the previous year of $160,662.91, 
