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NEW YORK STATE. 
The people of Cortland are opposed to the pro¬ 
posed change of the route ol' the Ithaca and 
Cortland Railroad. It is claimed that the new 
lino will cost more than $15,000 more than the 
old one. 
The eighteenth annual meeting of the New 
York State Military Association will bo hold in 
the city of Albany, on Tuesday and Wednesday, 
Jan. 17th and 18th. 
Horace H. Day proposes to utilize the water 
power .it the lower Genesee Kails, at Itooh ester, 
Tito fall Is .lout ninety foot; ami Mr. Day In¬ 
tends to so transmit the power as to make it 
available at a long distance from the fulls. 
The Buffalo Courier has a report Hint, t he Lake 
Ontario Shore Railroad Company contemplate 
spanning t he Niagara River at Lewiston, with a 
single stone arch, at. the location of the former 
suspension bridge. The span will be OQQ foot 
long, and the bight from the water to the key¬ 
stone, 100 feet. 
The citizens of Syracuse have petitioned 
against. the diversion of the waters of Onondaga 
creek, for the Erie Canal. 
At .Rochester on the 83d ulfc., the Boston Mills 
wore destroyed by tiro, and the Irving Mills 
much damaged. Loss, some $35,000. The same 
night, the Exchange Ifotel stables, and a portion 
of the residence of Judge Monger were also 
burned. 
A precious pair of scroundrela have been vic¬ 
timizing the citizens of Wyoming and other 
Western Now York counties, by selling thorn 
stock in a pretended estate in England valued at 
many million of dollars at ten dollars per share, 
upon which they werosoon to realize ¥ 1,000. This 
as well ns other swindles nourish on tho willing¬ 
ness of the people to Obtain more than a legiti¬ 
mate profit, on money invested, and it is safe to 
assume that every such promise, no matter what 
the pretense, will prove a swindle. 
The screw propeller “ Mocking Bird " fifty-two 
feet long, ten lcei. wide drawing four foot of 
water, hits started from Buffalo via, the Lakes to 
the Mississippi river and New Orleans, in charge 
ot five seamen who spend their winters South. 
Every person having a trout, in his or her 
possession between the first day of September 
and the first day of March, is liable to a fine 
of $5. 
George H. Herman, an agent of tho American 
Express Company a i Pine Plains has been arrest¬ 
ed on a charge of brenking open ti money pack¬ 
age centalug sotno $500, and appropriating the 
contents to his own use. 
Partridges can only bo killed or sold in this 
State between the 1st. day ot September and tho 
1st day of January; though quail or partridge 
may be sold In tho Slate during the mouths of 
January and February, if t he seller can prove 
t hey were killed outside of t his State, and where 
uo game law prohibited said killing. 
The assessors ol the town of Oswego have 
issued the requisite certificates for bonding the 
town for the Lake Ontario Shore Railroad. 
On the night of the 25th nil,., a tire at Roches¬ 
ter destroyed the Poole building, Pcntieosl. & 
Brothers* mill, and damaged to a considerable 
ex tot it. the olllcc of the Daily Domoerat. and 
Chronicle. The job office of the establishment 
being In the Poole building, was destroyed, with 
a loss ol $45,000; insurance, $27,500. The publi¬ 
cation of the Dally was not, Interrupted. In the 
job office, Briggs & Bro., seedsmen loose a 
quantity of catalogues. Hourly completed, as 
well as cuts, &c., amounting to some $5,000, and 
A. M. Purdy & Son suffer by the loss ol an edi¬ 
tion of the “Small Fruit. Recorder" some $500. 
Others loose in buildings, tools* &e., largely; 
amounting In tho aggregate to fully $100,000. 
On the evening ot the 30th tilt, u large Hie oc¬ 
curred ut Medina, Orleans count}', including the 
Presbyterian church* loss $.'0,000; insurance, 
$5,000; F. P. Hunt, oil building and stock, $7,000; 
insurance on stock, $1,200; on building, $1,000. 
Chapman & Ferguson, $3,000; insurance, $ 1 , 200 . 
A. C. Tibbits, $5,000; fully insured, Richardson 
& Swan, $2,000; iusttrutice, $400; M. E. Post, $100; 
no insurance. 
A railroad is contemplated from Buffalo to 
Spriugvlllo, Erie county, and tho project ot 
building it of the narrow gauge, some two end 
a-linlf feet, lias tnttuy advocates among those in¬ 
terested as well as competent railroad engineers, 
As the road will be only some thirty miles in 
length, tbp feasibility of litis gauge can easily 
be tested. 
The resilience of R. W. Cameron, tho well- 
known stock breeder ami importer, on Staten 
Island, was burned on the25th ult. boss$100,000. 
On tiio 27th ult., M. \V. Riggs, tin old and highly 
esteemed citizen of Avon was killed by a train 
of cars backing up to the station. lie was over 
seventy years of age. 
At Newburgh,on the 27th ult., a fire destroyed 
the paper machinery works, and boiler works 
adjoining. Total loss, $ 250 , 000 ; partially insured. 
The state of the weather in Western New York 
may lie inferred from the following- letter to the ' 
Buffalo Express from Wales Center, Erie Co., 
on the 26Ui ult.The storm has abated. The 
snow is full three l'eet deep in the woods in this 1 
vicinity. It is not much drilled, and there Is 
good Blelghlog. Last Friday morning at sunrise, 
the mercury stood at 8° above zero, Saturday 
morning at 10", and Sunday morning at 18’ above 
in an open shed. 
this season, over the G. T. It. It. Also eight 
tons of poultry. Thanksgiving week. 
The Phillips academy, at Exeter, N. H., which 
was built. In 1704, and has received for instruc¬ 
tion Webster, Ouss, Everett, Sparks, and many 
other distinguished men, was destroyed by an 
incendiary lire on tho 25th ult.; loss, $20,000, in¬ 
sured for $4,000 each in the Homo Company of 
New York, and .Etna of Hartford. The library 
of the Society of the Golden Branch, containing 
3,000 volumes and several vuluable paintings, 
was saved, but a valuable collection of curiosi¬ 
ties, relics, etc., wits mostly destroyed. 
Tho prohibitory Jaw having been recently en¬ 
forced upon various liquor dealers in Rutland, 
Vt., and the hotels being among the sufferers, it. 
Is said tho landlords have announced their de¬ 
termination to close their houses to the public 
on Monday, Jan. 2d, and that several prominct 
citizens are arranging for the accommodation of 
travelers. 
Tho co-operative shoe company of North Ad¬ 
ams. Mass., has made fifty per cent, profit, since 
starting. Its capital lias lately been increased. 
A stock company nas recently been formed at 
Newport, R. I„ for the purpose of building cot¬ 
tages, to be In style similar to those on Oak 
Bluffs, Martha’s Vineyard. 
The North Enosburg, Vt., cheese factory, tke 
past season, received the milk ol' 350 cows, 
amounting to 480,863 pounds, and made 48,180 
pounds of cheese. 
The North Bridgewater, Mass., Agricultural 
Society will petition the Legislature for a char¬ 
ier, with a capital to start with of $20,000. They 
are already prospecting for n site to locate. 
The warp mill of the Renfrew Manufacturing 
Company at South Adtuns, Mass., was damaged 
$50,000 by fire, recently; Insured, Spontaneous 
combustion was the cause of the fire. 
Twenty cows, one horse, and forty tons of 
hay, together with the barn, all owned byn Mrs. 
Thrall, wore burned, on the23d ult., In Walcott- 
ville, Conn. Loss, $5,000; insured for only $400. 
State nf Maine bonds, representing the sum of 
$510,000, arc Investing in the Massachusetts sink¬ 
ing fund. 
The Somerset, Me., Reporter states that the 
amount, of lumbering done the present season 
on the Kennebec waters will fall short of tho 
operations of last, year very largely. 
Capt. R. Cleaves ot Kennobufile, Mo„ has 
taken the contract of removing the cargo of 
the English steamer Clotilda, ashore on Wells 
Bcueh, at a salvage of 25 per cent, of the value 
of all saved, and 33j£ per oent. of the value 
of the vessel, If she Is got off all right. The 
vessel and cargo are to be delivered at Portland. 
The outgo is carried ashore, conveyed over the 
Hillock of sand, thence to Wells River, where 
schooners load it. for Portland. Capt. Cleaves 
saved forty-five tons of the cargo during the 
first day’s operations. Tho vessel has settled 
some fifteen feet in tho sand, but it was thought 
she might be floated. 
The plan recommended by Gov. English of 
Connecticut in 1868, and adopted by the Legisla¬ 
ture, of abolishing the system of rate bills and 
making the eotmnou schools entirely free, has 
been successful. It added 6,000 scholars to tho 
rolls of regular at tendance the first year, and 
every month’s experience proves its beneficial 
effects. 
The Lcwfejtnri Journal says tho amount of I he 
sales of goods by manufacturers In tho county 
Of Androscoggin during the quarter ending 
Sept 30, 1870, ns returned to I he Revenue officers, 
umounts to $2,545,705. Besides this, a considera¬ 
ble amount is manufactured by small manufac¬ 
turers who do not make returns, $250 per quar¬ 
ter being exempt. 
about two hundred thousand bushels of wheat 
were floured in that. city. 
Tho grist-mill of Mr. Mcister and three adjoin¬ 
ing houses at BcliviUo, Ill., were burned recent¬ 
ly. Loss, $15,000. 
A destructive fire occurred at Superior City, 
Wis., recently, burning throe of the principal 
stores, including tho hardware establishment of 
R. G. Coburn, tho post-office, etc. Total loss 
$35,000. Insurance not known. 
Jacob K. Bear, charged with being a defaulter, 
and with having escaped from Nebraska, was 
arrested in Oregon and sont East by the Pacific 
Railroad on the 28th ult. 
Wm. Bunoeof Roebester t N. Y., was arrested 
in St. Louis recently, charged with removing the 
cancelat ion mark from postage stamps and using 
them the second time. He will besontto Roches¬ 
ter for trial. 
The following Is a comparative statement of 
shipments, in net tons, over the M.&O, Railroad 
to Marquette, for the years 1809 and 1870, up Io 
the 20thday of NovemberIn 1869,307,4 <1 tons; 
1370, 496,615. Increase lor the year, 188,534 tons, 
showing a very healthy stateof business at the 
Lake Superior mines. 
There has been sold at the Chicago Post-Office, 
for the last year, In value, of postage stamps, 
$445,508.78, and of stamped envelopes,$180,705.18: 
being an increase over the year I860, of $61,234.94. 
Money orders have boon sold to I he amount of 
$465,270.12, and $2,639,330.82 worth of money or¬ 
ders have been (•aid. 
Atone of the Wcllsbiirg, Ohio, churches, on 
Thanksgiving day, somebody quietly dropped a 
$100 greenback into the money bag. The un¬ 
known donor has the satisfaction of hearing his 
home paper say that the gift is either a mistake 
or conscience money. 
of cattle at an average of $30 a head, making a 
total ot $51,000, all ol' which were shipped at 
Goderich by tho Grand Trunk Railway to Buf¬ 
falo. With sheep and other stock the entire 
value exported from the county is estimated at 
$165,000. 
A Canadian editor open? his eyes with amaze¬ 
ment at the item of $279,665 for " running" the 
New Dominion Departments of Agriculture, 
Jm migration and Colonization. 
There are now 000 Lodges of Good Templars 
ir. tho Provinces otQuehecand Ontario,Canada, 
and Miss Fanny Woodbury, who lifts recently 
been lecturing in these Provinces, say's:—"The 
official reports show that much hard work had 
been done by way of organizing new Lodges, 
public lecturing, ere.” 
It is reported that Sir John Rose is on his way 
to Canada, intrusted with a mission from the 
British Government, relating to I he fisheries. 
Alter consulting with tho Dominion Govern¬ 
ment, Sir John will proceed lu Washington, with 
a view to conciliate and compromise. 
A fire occurred in St. Thomas on the 26th ult., 
consuming two dry goods stores, three grocery 
stores, with several other ImjIM ings. Los , $30,- 
000; insured. Two men are missing, and it ire 
supposed they are buried under the* ruins. 
The Cornwall Woolen Manufactory was burn¬ 
ed on tho 27th ult. The building during the 
past year had been stocked with ihe most im¬ 
proved machinery. Over 200 persons have been 
thrown out of employment. Loss, $300,000; in¬ 
surance, $153,000. 
and people, who merit better treal men t from 
the enemy because of their extreme humanity 
to the Prussian sick and wounded." 
Count Von Bisinurck lias made a formal pro¬ 
test against a violation of parole on the part of 
French officers, including Gens. Ducrot, Barrel 
and Gatnbricls, who, with others, have returned 
to France and re-entered the army, and in 
some instances have received promotion. Hints 
of measures for protection are interspersed 
throughout the paper. 
Count Von Bismarck also urges upon Switzer¬ 
land a better observance of its obligations of 
neutrality. 
Tho Bavarian House of Deputies lavs rejected 
tho Federal treaties, with a view to obtaining mi 
improvement in their terras. 
Tho Chamber bits voted in favor or an enlarged 
South German Bund, to be allied with that of the 
North German Confederation. 
HerrCatnplmusen lias made the Important an¬ 
nouncement in I he Prussian Chambers, that uo 
deficit, is probable In the finances of the mon¬ 
archy for tho years 1870 and ' 71 . 
M. Chadourdy has seut a diplomatic dispatch 
to the Cabinet of the Hague, in which he says 
that he learns with horror and indignation that 
four escaped Frenoh prisoners, surrendered by 
the Dutch to the Germans, were shot. 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
FROM THE SOUTH 
FROM THE WEST. 
FROM NEW ENGLAND. 
Fifteen hundred pounds of nltro-glycerine 
exploded at the Hoosac tunnel recently. John 
VeJsau, the superintendent, was blown to atoms. 
Thomas Banks of Boston has been sentenced 
to five yours’ imprisonment for killing John F. 
Reddmgton in a drunken street brawl. 
The total debt of the city of Boston, Dec. 31 
1807, was $13,645,336.24. The total debt on the 
30th day of April, 1870, was $21,818,411, 93 , an in¬ 
crease ol $8,173,075,69, or very nearly three hun¬ 
dred thousand dollars per month. 
A steel gun weighing 164 pounds is on exhibi¬ 
tion in Bangor, composed of steel made of old 
iron scraps, by I lie Atwood process, and attracts 
much attention, is being probably the first steel 
canon ever made in Maine. 
The Oxford, Mo., Register says that Messrs. 
Burnham & Morrill of Portland have put up In 
cans at their factory in that place sixty-five 
head of cattle and ono hundred and five sheep 
this season. Nearly nine thousand barrels of * 
apples have been forwarded from South Paris, 
An Illinois Judge lately decided that no one 
in that State can be denied the civil right and 
privilege of testifying before a court or law, be¬ 
cause of Atheism. If tho Atheist believes an 
oath to be binding, it must be administered to 
him. 
The uet earnings of the Union Pacillo Rail¬ 
road, for tile five months ending the 1st of De¬ 
cember, are $1,713,583* und the land sales for the 
months of September, October and November, 
amounts to 58,781 acres. The total land sales 10 
December 9th, aro 285,414 acres, for which tho 
Company received $1,270,743. 
The Secretary ot the Merchants’ Exchange of 
St Louis has received the following statistics of 
hog packing ill tho West:—Packed at St. Louis 
tills year, 151,934; last year, 179,838; at Chicago, 
this year.357.916; last year,337,650; at.CInuiiinaii, 
298,454, against 275,300; ut Louisville, 219,274, 
against 179,00(1; at Milwaukee, 790,000, against 
85,000: at Indianapolis, 65,994 this year. 
The* ox lent of the Ohio River Knit. Company’s 
monopoly is shown in tho fact, that during the 
month of November, it received from the va¬ 
rious associations composing it 294.788 bushelsof 
salt, and from the Kanawha Salt Company 170, 
000 bushels—making a total of 304,788 bushels 
controlled by one company in one month. 
The Mayors of fifteen Illinois cities have sig¬ 
nified their intention to be present at a conven¬ 
tion of Mayors which is to be held In Springfield 
on the 17rh of January. The objectof the meet¬ 
ing is to recommend tho passage by the General 
Assembly of some Just law on the subject of the 
incorporation of cities. 
Kalamazoo proposes to invest $500,000 In ma¬ 
king available the water power of Kalamazoo 
River. 
St. Paul is agitating a proposit ion to unite the 
<*ty and county under one government, so as to 
save the expense ot maintaining two sets of of¬ 
ficials. The country districts very naturally ob¬ 
ject to being absorbed in this manner. The 
same project has been unsuccessful*' agitated 
in Milwaukee. 
A fire at Carbondale, on Sunday,25th inst., des¬ 
troyed the post-office and four 6tores. Total 
loss, $50,000. 
The fourteenth annual report of the Board of 
Control of t he State Reform School at Lansing, 
has just been published. There wore at the close 
of the year, November 16, 262 inmates of the in¬ 
stitution, being 23 less than last year; there 
wore received during the year, 92; released, 115. 
There were two deaths, both from consumption. 
Improvements in tho buildings and farm appli¬ 
ances have been going on during the entire 
year. 
The Portage Lake canal, it is announced, will 
be open for the passage of the largest lake 
steamers and vessels in the spring. Its comple¬ 
tion is of great importance to Lake Superior 
navigation. It will shorten the lake route about 
one hundred miles. 
About one million bushels of wheat were ship¬ 
ped from St. Paul this year. In addition to this, 
A NUMBER of prisoners attempted to escape 
from tho Nashville prison, recently. The Jailor 
shot and killed one of them, and the remainder 
were then secured and ironed. 
Sugar innkirig is attracting some attention in 
Mississippi. A I>r. Scott of Copiah Co., 1 ihb made 
sugar this season which will compare favorably 
with the Louisnnia sugar. Ho makes two bar¬ 
rels, besides ten barrels of molasses, and could 
lmvcsold a thousand gallons of molasses ut $1.25 
per gallon. 
The recent election in Georgia has resulted 
favorably for the Democrats, who «ru said to 
elect five Congressmen out of seven, and two- 
thirds of tin Legislature. Late advices, how¬ 
ever, seem to favor the election of a larger 
number of Republican Congressmen. 
The entire business part of Bradenburg, Mead 
Co., Ky., was burned on tticSSd ult. Only three 
business houses were saved from the flames. 
The origin ot the fire is unknown, but it began 
in the hotel. Tho loss is estimated at $i(J0,(XK); 
insurance, $50,000. 
The Southern Express Company was robbed 
recently, near Pensacola, Flu., of $13,000 whloh 
had been left in a car over night by the tempo¬ 
rary messenger. 
The Rutherford Park Hotel, at Rutherford, N. 
J., was burned on tho 24tli ult. Loss estimated 
at $ 50 , 000 . 
Thirteen |*t*<.*>T'liato companies arc now in ope¬ 
ration In tbc vicinity of Charleston, S. ( with 
$6,000,000 Of capital invested J 11 the business. It. 
is slated that the average thickness of the strata 
of deposits is from fifteen to eighteen inches, 
and yielding from six hundred to one thousand 
tons per acre. 
The N. C. Center Iron Manufacturing Co. lmvo 
struck two extensive veins of pure titanifereus 
magnetic iron ore. Smelting mills will bo speed¬ 
ily erected, and the mines worked on a grand 
scale. 
The Kentucky Supreme Court lias settled the 
fact that a dog reaming on n neighbor’s premises 
may be killed with impunity, or other suitable 
means. 
A planter informs the Shreveport, La., Bulle¬ 
tin, that cotton has been left in tho field, to be 
plowed in a? a fertilizer for another crop, ns it 
was Impossible to gather it this winter. 
Tho City Council of Savannah, Ga.. have pro¬ 
nounced guano a nuisance, and ordered its re¬ 
moval from the storehouse complained of. 
The Baton Rouge, Eft., Gazette lias the follow¬ 
ing report of the state of the sugar crop, De¬ 
cember 1st. The grinding season Is pretty well 
over, and tho result, while not fully up to the 
expectations indulged in some two months past., 
is upon the whole, quite satisfactory. In some 
sections of the parish the yield of sugar and mo¬ 
lasses has been something above the average; J 11 
other sect ions there have been, on a number of 
plantations, comparative failures. A good deal 
of cane tins been lost, wo understand, by the 
frosts, and the want of sufficient labor to house 
the crop. 
Tho city of Richmond. Va., has been again the 
theater of fire and death. On the morning of 
the 25th ult. theSpotswood Hotel was burned, 
resulting in the loss of several lives, among 
whom are Erasmus Ross, olerk of Libby Prison 
during the war; Mrs. Emily Ken nearly, house¬ 
keeper; Samuel W. Robinson, clerk with Enker 
& Bro.; Samuel Hines,clerk with Milhiser & Co.; 
W. H. A. Thomas, agent for thepanontina of the 
Pilgrim’s Progress; W. H. Pace of Danville. Va., 
United States Mail agent, and J. B. Pares?, Mes¬ 
senger of the Southern Express Company. The 
following aro the names of the missing stran¬ 
gers:—J. H. Wilcox of Lynchburg; N. Beem- 
sicin of Washington: A. Liele of Pampa* Fla.: 
G. and E. Andrews of Syracuse, N. Y.; N. H. 
Grotto of New York, and John Holman, Jr., of 
Jackson, Teno. There was also many hair¬ 
breadth escapes and many persons badly burned. 
Several business houses were also destroyed. 
The weather was intensely oold, the thermome¬ 
ter indicating only 5\ and the ground covered 
with snow. The Spottswood Hotel was valued 
at $140,000, and insured in Northern companies 
for $60,000. Messrs. Bubteil, Lusk & Co., pro¬ 
prietors of the Spottswood House, had the 
furniture insured lor $ 20 , 000 , and the wines and 
carpels for $7,000, in the Norih British Com¬ 
pany. All tho goods ready for delivery in the 
cellar of the Southern Express Company’s office 
were destroyed. The Company's money safes 
were buried in the ruins. 
-- 
CANADIAN NEWS. 
The change of gauge on the track of tho 
Great Western Railroad, between Toronto and 
Hamilton, was ompleted to correspond with 
the New Yor Central gauge, thus giving To¬ 
ronto direct Jl to New York city. 
During tL past year there has been purchased 
in four towns of the county of Bruce, 1,700 head 
The Krniiro-PriiHHiaii War. 
We continue from Inst week our resumeof the 
war. The Gormans report a sortie from Paris on 
the 20th ult., during a cannonade from the forts. 
The fight lasted seven hours, with a small Ger¬ 
man loss. On the same day tho French report a 
severe battle near Tours, in which 6,000 French 
fought against. 10,000 Germans, with 24 camion, 
seven hours, when the French were compelled 
to retreat. About the same time the Germans 
surprised the French at Hniigre, driving them 
from their position with heavy Inns, taking many 
prisoners and a largo quantity of arms and bag¬ 
gage. The Germans near Nnit z had been checked . 
A German column was near Poulzicourt and 
Rhelms, supposed to be marching to attack the 
French army of the North. Th<: people Of Lyons 
expressed great Indignation at the asaassinutiou 
of M. Fone, Chief ol tho battalion of the Nation¬ 
al Guard, mul his funeral was attended by nil 
classes of tbc people. Several urresls of those 
supposed to have been engaged in the murder, 
have been made. M.Gambetta was well received 
at Lyons, and received many requests for full 
Justice to the disturbers of the public peace. 
At Bei lin, on tho 24ih, the following dispatch 
from King William was made public:- 11 Tho 
French made a sortie in (Redirection ot Staines 
and Bnurget, prompted by the mistaken idea 
that a French army of relief was approaching. 
Many French prisoners word taken in tho as¬ 
sault on the SaXm* position. The sortie was 
easily repulsed. The cold is Intense." 
The journals estimate the losses of the French 
in the combats of tho 21st at about 800 killed 
and wounded, and speak In glowing terms of 
the great confidence and ardor displayed by tho 
Nuliomil Guard. During thusortioGen. Ducrot. 
took many prisoners. The general Situation is 
thought to be more encouraging for the French. 
In an official dispatch from Lille on the 23d, 
Gen. Eiiidherbe announces that Ills army en¬ 
gaged tho enemy at Pont Noyelle, “tho battle 
lasting from II in the forenoon until 6 in the 
evening. For the greater portion of the time 
it was an artillery duol, terminating by a charge 
by the Frenoh infantry. Tho Germans wore 
driven back and the French troops remained 
masters of the field." 
A dispatch trom Amiens, however, states that 
a German victory is reported at Allly, over the 
Army of tho North, 60,000 strong, they carrying 
several villages by storm, and taking 1,000 pris¬ 
oners; while another dispatch states that. Gen. 
Faidhcrbo, with an array of 60,000 men, was 
routed by Mnntouffel, near Amiens, two Ger¬ 
man divisions only being engaged. 
Advices from Paris to the 22d ult. report no 
figliting. 'Tiio French loss in tbc sortie of tho 
21si was reported a 1 800. The total effective forCO 
of the German armies then in France was set 
down in round numbers at 600,000, half of which 
were before Paris. In addition to (Ids number, 
100,000 wore reported on the sick list. It is csti- 1 
mated that 300,000 Germans have been killed or 
disabled since the beginning of the war. 
A telegraphic dispatch from the commanding- 
general of tho Saxon troops before Paris, im- 
nouneed that the bombardment of Fort Avron 
commenced on the 27th ult. Tills fortification 
is tho most, advanced of tho French outworks 
oast of Paris, and crowns Mount Avron, a con¬ 
siderable elevation six tulles from the city wall. 
Much excitement was occasioned in England 
on the 27th ult. liy the announcement that the 
Germans had scuttled six English vessels at Du- 
clnir, a small town situated on tho Seine, a few 
miles from Rouen. This was done for the pur¬ 
pose of impeding the navigation of the river. 
The orews were turned adrift to sleep on the 
ground after they lmd been robbed of their 
money and other property. 
Tho Shipping Gazette, which at first doubted, 
now admits the truth of the reports concerning 
the treatment of British vessels in the Seine by 
the Prussians, and declares that the Government 
must Instantly demand explanation and redress 
from Prussia. 
On the 27th, %>kt London, it is reported that 
Gen. Miuiteuffel is In active pursuit of the 
French Anny of the North, and has captured 
some prisoners at Albers. The city of Yezleres 
is surrounded by 15,000 Prussians, and 1 siege la 
imminent. A dispatch from Poitiers or fclie 25th 
says 10,600 Prussians, with artillery, occupy 
lllois, and have indiscriminately pillaged both 
public and private houses. There are 20,000 at 
Orleans, which city has also been pillaged. The 
Prussian officers and men are all engaged in tho 
work of plunder. These reports arc evidently 
mainly of French origin, 
A dispat ch from Versailles says the bombard¬ 
ment of Fort Avron continues without intermis¬ 
sion. The French reply with vigor, but. their | 
tire is ineffective. Thu news of the opening of 
the bombardment of the Paris forts was received 1 
in Berlin with great public rejooings. 
The Frenoh commanders complain ol' the ex¬ 
cesses and disorder of rlie German troops and 
Gen. ciiuuzy has issued an order in which he 
says, “I have warned the Prussians against the 
further perpetration of Bitch horrible actions as 
they have committed against unarmed places 
General Foreign New*. 
Tins Times again editorially discusses the 
question of the Alabama Claims, it says:— 
“The Americans are ready 10 light, although 
they appreciate the value of peace, because 
their exposed points urc tew and their resources 
unbounded. White they do not seek war, they 
are not likely to decline a challenge, whereas 
England is always averse to war for converse 
reasons." 
A Turkish expedition is on route from Con¬ 
stantinople for Yemen for operations against- 
the Arabs. The troops already forwarded num¬ 
ber 15,000, and reinforcements are to follow. 
Tho bill rail Tying tho vote of the Roman peo¬ 
ple lor annexation to Italy lias passed the Ital¬ 
ian Chamber or Deputies by a vote of 239 to 20. 
Don Carlos has issued a protest against the 
elevation of an Italian to the throne of Spain, 
und in support of Ills own ulaims thereto, which 
is supplemented by live letters from Charles Al¬ 
bert, and Victor Emanuel. The Cortes is still en¬ 
gaged in tho discussion of the motion for disso¬ 
lution. 
M.Gambetta 1ms announced to the Pope his 
desire that, France shall terminate the Concordat 
in order to effect tiio eni ire separation of Church 
and State in France. 
The Italian Cham be 1 * of Deputies have passed 
by a vote of 192 Yeas to 18 Nays, the bill provid¬ 
ing for the removal of the capital from Florence 
to Rome within six months. A resolution, ex¬ 
pressing thegratiiudc-of tho citizens or Florence 
to the Romans for their patriotism during the 
siege of the city was adopted. 
A delegation of the inhabitants of Luxemburg, 
lmvc presented to Prince Henry a patriotic ad¬ 
dress. The Prineo in reply, expressed confidence 
in theiruhilily to defend the right* of the Duchy. 
Ho had lalth In the justice ot their cuuse, and 
the loyalty of tho signers of the Treaty ot 18*17. 
, The official Prnfxo of Vienna argues that 119 tho 
] neutralizatlou of Luxembourg Under the collec¬ 
tive guarantee bus Rilled, tho future of the 
Duchy Is now open for tho consideration of tho 
Powers. 
A dispatch from Susa announces that the Alps 
were pierced through on the 26th ult., and that 
tho workmen from both ends of the Mount 
Con is tunnel joined In congratulations upon tho 
completion of t he great work. 
A Florence dispatch states that Prince Ama¬ 
deus, accompanied by the Minister of Marine, 
has started for Madrid. Gen. Cmldmi follows, 
and is to receive In the Spanish cap 11**1 the title 
of the Duke of Gaeta. Senor Rivero, the Span¬ 
ish Minister of the Interior, has resigned, and is 
succeeded temporarily by Senor'Sagasta. 
The Turkish Government has, In a note, urged 
upon tho Powers its objection to the discussion 
of all questions affocliug thcDanubian Princi¬ 
palities in tho London Conference. 
Tito first meeting of the Conference on the 
Eastern question Inis been fixed for the 3d of 
January. 
It is said the Government at Paris will send M. 
Thiers as its representative to the Loudon Con¬ 
ference. 
Tho excitement at Madrid runs riot. On tho 
29i!i olt., while Gen. Pi'm was proceeding from 
the Cortes to his rosIdOi ■<•, some individuals in 
tlra Calle Alcala tirod into its carriage* wounding 
both tho Gouerai and his Adjutant, but not 
dangerously. No public ui.sturluuu.Kj was oc¬ 
casioned, ns the authorities took prompt meas¬ 
ures to prevent an outbreak nnd arrest tho 
assassins. Great popular Indignation is mani¬ 
fested. No arrests have been made. 
Baron Von Beast's reply to Count Bismarck's 
circular declaring the neutrality of Luxembourg 
abrogated, is couched ill terms similar to that of 
Earl Granville. 
It Inis been officially announced in London 
that the Rouuiania Government repudiates the 
Paris treaty of 1854, and declares independence. 
Tiio announcement lias also been made in Con¬ 
stantinople, reusing great excitement- 
It is rumored that Earl Granville has received 
a dispatch from the Prussian Government at 
Berlin, apologizing for the outrage on the Eng¬ 
lish vessels in the Sbine. 
A proclamation has been issued by tho Prus¬ 
sian Government placing under blockade all the 
ports of Franco now occupied, or hereafter cap¬ 
tured, by the German forces. 
The French Government has sent a formal 
complaint to the Cabinet of Vienna concerning 
the employment ot the rolling stock of Aus¬ 
trian railways for .South German military'pur¬ 
poses. The result Is the appointment by Hie au¬ 
thorities of Commissioners to inquire into the 
truth of the charges preferred by France. 
A correspondent of tho London Standard 
writes:—The* defences of Havre consist of a 
line of forts and batteries running along the 
crest of a range of hills, commencing about a 
mile beyond Le Hive, on the sea coast to Har- 
fteur, on the llivor Seine. They arc about three 
miles from the outskirts of the town of Havre, 
ami aro armed with about one hundred heavy 
naval guns. These lines arc about six miles la 
length, mid can only be approached by two 
roads, both of which are well swept by* bat¬ 
teries, and the position is bo formidable by na¬ 
ture that,, with c* Hanking fire on both extremi¬ 
ties from the mon-of-war. they could easily be 
held by* 19,000 good troops against all the Prus¬ 
sians in France. 
The ship .Samuel Russell, Capt. Lucas, struck 
on Glass Rook, Gasper Straits, China Sea, on the 
evening of Nov. 83d, and was lost, Theqispateh 
