FOREIGN NEWS. 
The suit of the St. Anthony Falls Water Works 
Company against the Millers’ Association, for 
damages caused by a break of water into a tun¬ 
nel, laid at |350,000, lias been decided for the de¬ 
fendants. 
At the oounty fair of Marshall county, Ind., 
there was a premium offered on four acres of 
the beat corn.and four entries were made. The 
first four acres averaged 88 bushels and 03 pounds 
per acre, TO pounds per bushel; the second aver¬ 
aged 83 bushels per acre, the third, 78 bushels; 
and the fourth, 73 bushels. Tbe crops were 
raised on land without manure—heavy timbered 
hind, sandy soil. Corn all ripe and dry before 
frost. 
Petitions are In circulation for the enlarge¬ 
ment of the Erie and Wabash Canal, from To¬ 
ledo to Cincinnati, O. The petitioners claim 
that the State is now In good condition for ex¬ 
tending aid to the development of the agricul¬ 
tural and commercial Interests of the people, 
and no Improvement has been suggested which 
would be of greater benefit to the State. 
The citizens of Ohio are now petitioning the 
Legislature of that Slate to enact a law to ac¬ 
cept tlic plot of ground wherein rest the remains 
of ex-Prcsident Harrison In a neglected grave, 
at North Bend, Ohio, and to improve the same 
in a manner worthy ol' the brave defender of 
our Western frontiers, and President of the 
United Stales, and of the dignity of our great 
Commonwealth. 
A terrible malady has recently broken out 
among the horses about Kalamazoo, Midi. In 
one neighborhood, but a little distance from 
that place, eight horses died within three or tour 
days, one man losing three, in tho village, sev¬ 
eral horses have died. It is something like black 
tongue. The animals live but a little while after 
beiug attacked. 
The costs of I lie trial of Vunderpool, at Kala¬ 
mazoo, Mich., amount, to $2,460.50, which have 
becu charged to the county of Manistee. 
East Saginaw, Mich., objects to the ranking of 
Jackson ns the third city in tho Suite, since she 
Is compelled to count the inmates of the peni¬ 
tentiary In order to beat East Saginaw. 
The La tlrange. Mo., American reports the fall 
of snow on the 21st and 23d ult., as having been 
the heaviest with which they have been visited 
since 1850. Though the snow was only about 18 
inches. It drifted to several feet, stopping travel. 
The wind blown gale, doing much damage to 
property in different parts, in cities and country. 
Two chimneys were blown off the public school 
building in that city. Train* wero snowed in, 
telegraph poles, fences, chimneys, signs and 
sheds blown down, awnings and roofs crushed in 
from the immense weight-Of snow drifted upon 
them. A portion of the roof of the Hull road 
round bouse of Quincy fell in, doing damage to 
the amount of several thousand dollars. 
Tbe Superintendent of the Census publishes a 
statement, showing tbe population of St. Louis, 
Mo., to be, by census ol 1870,310,804, and of Chi¬ 
cago, Ill., 298,933. 
FROM NEW ENGLAND. 
On the 23d bills were introduced for the better 
protection of the health and the prevention of 
vice in the city of New York; amending tbe act 
relative to the foreclosure of mortgages; regu¬ 
lating the sale of patent medicines in New York; 
fixing holidays and the time for the payment of 
commercial paper. 
The 24th being general order flay, the follow¬ 
ing bills, among others, were disposed of as 
noted: 
Authorizing the Supervisors of the County of 
Suffolk to borrow money for couuty expeusoa— 
third reading. 
.Requiring the Commissioners for laying out 
roads, highways, ami avenues in Westchester 
County to make report—third reading. 
Extending the time for the collection of taxes 
in various towns of the Slate to the 20lb of 
March—passed. 
Requiring security for costs on the part of 
plaintiffs lu action for libel—defeated. 
The bill allowing a lease of lands devised by 
Augustus Van Cortland, in Westchester County, 
was passed. 
A bill was reported appropriating for the 
Antletam Monument the sum of $7,18.1 The 
bill authorizing the town of Morrisania to bor¬ 
row money to pay its indebtedness was passed. 
A bill was introduced to appoint a public ad¬ 
ministrator in Kipgs County. 
Jau. 25th, bills were reported relative tobulld- 
ing a bridge across Great Hodus Bay; Tor char¬ 
tering the New York Live Stock Co.; the bill ap- 1 
propriatiug $7,281 as the quota of New York for 
the Autietam Cemetery Memorial—third read¬ 
ing. 
January 26lb, bills were reported, giving 
widows the same privilege as to the custody of 
minor children ns possessed by widowers; ex¬ 
tending the provisions or the act allowing town 
subscriptions to railroads to the county of Erie. 
Bills were passed providing for the confine¬ 
ment uf persons convicted of felony In Kings 
county, in the Penitentiary of the county, in¬ 
stead of the State Prison ; appropriating $7,281 
as New York’s quota to the Autietam Cemetery 
Memorial. 
Bills were introduced authorizing a tax In 
Lock port to pay indebtedness; amending the 
State License law so that excise moneys shall be 
applied to the support of the poor; to introduce 
the use of steam on canals; extending the act 
against the illegal taxation to the county of 
Westchester; authorizing Yonkers to issue bonds 
for town expenses; amending the general gas 
company act so that a company in one village 
may supply another. 
ITllsecllaneous. 
The first through train of tweuty cars of cat¬ 
tle from the West by the Niagara Suspension 
Bridge, passed over the new branch of the Erie 
Railway on 1ho24l.U ult. 
A heartrending occurrence lias just been 
brought to light at Clymer, Chautauqua couuty. 
Mrs. H. T. Waruhuis, on Christina*eve, started 
across her brother’s farm to visit her only 
daughter, aged three years, uud nothing more 
was heard of her until her body wus found, on 
the 13th of January, twenty days after she was 
missing. She had wandered from her path and 
apparently fell from exhaustion and perished. 
The annual report of the HeiiMel&er County 
Agricultural and Manufacturers Society, shows 
the receipts to have boon $7,780; and tho ex¬ 
penses $7,110. The members of the Society are 
The Frauco-Prumlnn War. 
On tb<M7th ult., Gon. Bourhaki renewed hi* 
attack ou Gen, Von Werdon, south of Belfort, 
and met with a repulse which proved iu the end, 
a disastrous defeat. At this date, the Duke of 
Mecklenburg wna reported marching on Rennes, 
via Mayenuc, with a view of flanking General 
Chanzy'8 army and cutting off their retreat, and 
Gen. Fatdherbo, with the French Army of the 
North, had advanced to Corbiel. On the 18tli, tho 
German troops captured Abbovilllers, which 
was in Hatties, and expelled the French from all 
tlioir positions ou the Swiss frontier, the latter 
retreating on Beaumont and Pout de Rnid. On 
the 20th, the French made Rn ineffectual sortie, 
with 40 battalions from MontValcrien. suffering 
great loss, in addition to width, the Germans 
captured 500 unwouuded men. Gen. Von Goe- 
ben, uu t he 19th, attacked Gen. Faldherbe, and 
after a fight of seven hours, drove him from all 
liis positions into Kt. Quentiu, capturing 500pris- 
oners and one gun. Later, tho Germans occu¬ 
pied this post, where they capt ured lu.OOQ French 
troops, of which 2,000 were wounded, making 
15,000 men and six guns captured from the Array 
of tbo North. These dispatches render definite 
die defeat of both Gens. Chanzy and Faidherbe. 
Of the troops of the latter, according to French 
authority, fully 15,000 became panic stricken and 
fled tl|e field. They were arriving at Cambiai 
and Lille.iu a pitiable state, shoeles-s and in rags. 
Oil tlic 21st, Emperor William telegraphed: 
“Yesterday the enemy entirely withdrew into 
Paris. Fifteen ollioera and 250 men were cap¬ 
tured at St. Cloud.” Gen. Trocliu. in liis report, 
gays, “The day, which commenced successfully, 
did not terminate sis wo could wish." 
A di~patch from Paris on tho 21st. says: 
“Great dissatisfaction and despondency pre¬ 
vailed in consequence of Gon. Troehu s failure 
in his last effort to break through tho lines of 
the enemy. It was reported tlmfc a large and 
available force of artillery and infantry reserves 
took no part iu the act ion. Troehu's policy was 
loudly denounced aa weak and temporizing.” 
Private adv ices state that the session of tho 
Council of Defence was stormy. 
Urgent demands were made upon Gen. Trocliu 
for grand sorties. Tbo General offered his rcsig- 
Tire marble statue of the late Gov. Andrew, 
by Thomas Ball, has arrived In Boston from 
Italy, and will soon be placed in tbe State House, 
with appropriate ceremonies. 
The Monitor Mutual Fire Insurance Company 
of Boston has made a bad failure. Its liabili¬ 
ties are $15,000,788, and Its assets are only $2,000,- 
FR0M WASHINGTON. 
CongreaMional. 
In the Senate, Jan. 20tli, hills were intro¬ 
duced to incorporate tho North Araerioan Steam¬ 
ship Company, and authorizing tho tunneling of 
the North and East Rivers. Mr. Nye spoke at 
length on the Hutro Tunnel bill. Tim bill re¬ 
pealing the Income Tbx was made the special 
order for the 24th. The Senate adjourned to the 
21st. Jan, 23d, Mr. O. P. Stearns of Minnesota 
was admitted to a scut. A bill increasing pen¬ 
sions 20 per cent, for five years, was passed. Tbe 
Importually lull was debated without result. 
Jail. 24th, the House bill providing for a Ter¬ 
ritorial Government of tho District ol' Colum¬ 
bia was referred to a Committee of Conference. 
Gen. I tl■■ i r appeared, but was not sworn in. The 
Income Tax Repeal bill was passed over. The 
Civil Service bill was discussed. 
Jan. 25th, Mr. F. P. Blair of Missouri, was ad¬ 
mitted to a seat. The hill repealing the Income 
Tax wus discussed. Mr. Fenton made a personal 
explanation concerning certain remarks of Mr. 
Conkling. 
Jau. 36th, the Pension Appropriation hill and 
the bill repealing the Income Tax were passed: 
26 to 25. 
In the House, January 30th, the Diplomatic 
Appropriation bill was debated. The bill cre¬ 
ating a Territorial Government for tho District 
of Columbia, was passed, a Woman's Huff rage 
clause being defeat ed -55 to 117. The House met 
Jan. 21st for debate only. 
Oil the 23d, bills were introduced appointing a 
Commission to determine tho claims for dam¬ 
ages caused by Rebel cruisers, and Incorporating 
a Postal Telegraph Company. Another Georgia 
member was ad milt ed. Bills were passed regu- 
lating rank In the Navy, and appointing a Com¬ 
missioner of Fish and Fisheries. 
January 24th, a bill Was reported extending 
tbo benefits of the tl. S. Military Asylums to the 
soldiers and sailors of the war of 1812. The bill 
rcpoallug the five years' limitation for applica¬ 
tions for pensions was passed. The Indian Ap¬ 
propriation bill was debated. 
Jan. 25th. a discussion was had on San Do¬ 
mingo matters. Another Georgia member was 
admitted. 
Jan. 26th, a new apportionment bill was intro¬ 
duced. The Indian Appropriation bill was fin¬ 
ished iu Committee of the Whole. 
Water is so scarce in Providence, R. T., that 
citizens are compelled to buy it from out-of- 
town ponds, paying os high as $5 a load. 
Under tho management, of Warden Itioe, the 
fiunnciul affairs in the Maine State Prison will 
show the gratifying result of $6,009 earned the 
past year in excess ol expenditures. The aver¬ 
age number of convicts in the prison has been 
something larger than In 1869, but the year closes 
with a lees number. 
The New Haven Winchester Arms Company 
are to build a 300 Toot brick building, to accomo¬ 
date their increasing business. 
Tho number or troops, all told, furnished by 
Massachusetts during the late rebellion, was 
141,911. Or these 263 officers and 3,448 privates 
were killed in action; 207 officers and 8,885 pri¬ 
vates died of wounds or disease, a ml 12,533 remain 
Total of deceased and missing 
unaccounted for 
soldiers, 25,378. 
Benhett & Plaisled’s starch factory, at Rum- 
ford Falls, Me., has grated a little over 8,000 
bushels of potatoes, and from them made 32 tons 
of starch. 
The freight locomotive “Russell" exploded 
her boiler near Hinsdale, Mass., on the Boston 
and Albany Railroad, oti the 23d ult., scalding 
five men, two of whom, engineers H. A. Stoddard 
and Joseph Heuslift, both of Springfield, Mass., 
have si ms 1 died. 
A fire in Milford, Mass., on the 23d ult., des¬ 
troyed the Bay State and Alhambra blocks, in¬ 
cluding eleven stores and the upper port ions of 
two dwellings; also, Fisher's Stables and seven 
horses. Mrs. Newton, who occupied one of the 
dwellings, was burned to death. It has been 
ascertained tlmt some other lives were lost.. The 
losses are not yet ascertained. The thermometer 
was below zero, and it was impossible to oontrol 
the flames or save the property. 
Miss Ellen Townsend has offered the town of 
Newport, R. I., a farm of 100 acres in Ports¬ 
mouth as a home for destitute boys, and the 
matter has boen referred to n committee of the 
City Council, to perfect a feasible plan for this 
work of good. 
The Executive Committee of the Massachu¬ 
setts State Temperance Alliance has unanimous¬ 
ly voted lo petition the Legislature to repeal the 
clause allowing thesaleof beer, which was added 
to the Liquor Law last year. 
The creditors of the Oriental Powder Com¬ 
pany, whose works aro In South Wlndotn, Me., 
held a meeting in Boston on the 25th nil. A 
statement, was made showing a clear surplus of 
over $000,000, and the Company proposes to pay 
dollar for dollar if allowed to settle matters on 
an extension or from six to twenty-four months. 
The Company lias paid annual cash dividends of 
twenty-two per cent, for the last ten years. 
in Worcester, Mass., Edwin T. Howard of Mil¬ 
ford pleaded guilt y to an assault on a young girl 
with Intent to inv/mit an outrage,and was sen¬ 
tenced to tin '‘•-Ue Prison for 15 years, the first 
two days of wliloft ho is to be placed in so)miry 
confinement, and the remainder of the time at 
hard labor. 
The schooner Enterprise, which was seized for 
violation of the fishery laws, had a British regis¬ 
ter, but it is claimed tbe owner and captain is a 
resident of Eoatport, Me., and owns property 
there, though a British subject. All EngllBh 
NEW YORK STATE. 
Legislative. 
In the Senate, Jan. 20th, the bill to secure a 
just division of the estates of debtors and cred¬ 
itors was ordered to a third reading. 
Jan 23d, bills wore introduced to punish mort¬ 
gagers of personal property who fraudulently 
dispose of the same; authorizing the Pough- 
of Spain, uml another in the Pucltlo Ocean. 
The dispatches of the 23d stale that the rem¬ 
nants of the French Army of the North were 
arriving ut Arras, Douni, ami Lille lu a totally 
disbanded mid discouraged condition. The citi¬ 
zens of Lille were indignant against M. Gnmliet- 
ta, whom they charge with deceiving them as to 
tire state of the army and country; also, that 
(lie bombardment of Cainbnii by the Germans 
bail begun. The Germans have occupied Dole, 
where they captured 250 carB loaded with army 
stores. The Francs-Tireura have destroyed tho 
bridge over tho Moselle, between Naucy and 
'foul. 
The reports of scarcity of provisions in Paris 
still continue. The French official report states 
the losses in the some of the 19(h at 3,000 
killed, wounded and missing. Tours has again 
been occupied by the Germans News hud also 
been received of the expulsion of l,200Gcnnans 
from Marseilles. A dispatch from Versailles tho 
24th reports Bismarck as saying:—“Gen. Bour- 
baki la caught between Gens. Yon Werder uud 
Manteiiffel, and must shortly surrender. Paris 
will capitulate in a day or two, when 3o0,000 Ger¬ 
mans will be released to subjugate Frauce. I 
want a party to negotiate with. 1 cannot nego¬ 
tiate with the nation." Jules Favre was at Ver¬ 
sailles with propositions for a capitulation, 
which were that the garrison should leave Paris 
with all the honors ol' war, but this was thought 
quite Inadmissible. 
A dispatch from Versailles, Jan. 24th, says 
that Favre was discussing with Bismarck terms 
ot u proposed cnpiiulalion.ainlgives the follow¬ 
ing as those proposed by the GermansTho 
foi ls to be garrisoned by Germans. The regu¬ 
lars and Gardcs-Mtibilos to be sent to Germany. 
The province of Champagne to bo held ns a 
pledge for the payment of Hie war expenses. 
Alsace and Lorraine to bo yielded to Germany, 
Puris to receive no garrison for Its protection— 
the city to be confided to the National Guards, 
who Will not be disarmed. Tbo Germans will 
then negotiate the terms of peace, and France 
will be left to reconstruct lho Government. 
Those propositions are combated on the side of 
tbe French as too severe. 
Dispatches from London, Jan. 25, state that 
news hud been received there of the capitula¬ 
tion ol the fortress of Longwy. on the Belgian 
border, which lias been besieged fora longtime 
by the. Germans; 4.000 prisoners of war aud 200 
FROM THE SOUTH, 
FROM THE WEST. 
Bv the explosion of the boiler in Stevenson’s 
saw mill, near St. Paul, Ind., Horace Stevenson, 
Abe Dement. James Halford and Sara McCarty 
were killed instantly. The bodies of two of the 
men were found one hundred yards from the 
saw mill. 
O. C. Perry, Auditor of Darke Co., O., shot 
and killed Edward Hurtling in Greenville, 0., on 
the 20th ult. 1 hi riling, who was intoxicuted, en¬ 
tered the Auditor’s olfioe and assaulted Mr. 
Perry, when die latter shot Hurtling In self de¬ 
fense. 
H is believed that sufficient rain has already 
fallen in California to secure an abundant wheat 
crop, and the fanners are pluuting as rapidly os 
possible. 
Twenty-five cars, loaded with tea and silks, 
left San Francisco on the 22d ult. for Chicago, 
New York and Boston. 
A fire at Cincinnati, 0., on IhelGth ult..burned 
tho building of Fox& Thoiup; Iofs about $6,000; 
insured for $8,000. Albert Sctiwill & Co. lost 
about $4,000 on malt; insured for $6,000. Loss 
on Lord’s building about $15,000; insured for 
$ 20 , 000 . 
The cutlery establishment of Simnionds & 
Ruble, in Chicago, 111., was destroyed by fire 
Jail. 16th. The loss is estimated at $75,000; In¬ 
surance, $80,000, nearly one-halt lu Eastern Com¬ 
panies. 
A La Crosse, Wis., dispatch saysthat tbe steam¬ 
boats Chlppeway and Johnny 8chmoker, owned 
by H. S. Rumsey of La Crosse, were burned on 
the 21st ult. at Rumsey’s Landing -, loss about 
$30,000. The Are is believed to have been the 
work of an incendiary. 
On the23d ult. the eastward lionml train on 
the Central Pacific Railway was stopping at 
Alta, n station near the summit of the Sierra 
Nevada mountains, and the passengers were at 
supper, and also the two mail agents, who bad 
leit the mail car locked, the car was opened by 
false keys, and the registered letters, and ft 
package of $ 19,000 in greenbacks, were taken, 
without attracting the attention of the guard, 
who was in the next car. The mail bag was sub¬ 
sequently found near the car. ripped open and 
rifled of its contents. The mountains arc cov¬ 
ered with snow, and it is hardly possible that the 
robbers can escape. 
Gov. Satford of Arizona, In his annual mes¬ 
sage, recommends a war of extermination 
against the Apache Indians, and favors the em¬ 
ployment of volunteers for that purpose. 
CANADIAN NEWS, 
The Montreal import trade for the eleven 
months ending November, shows an increase in 
value of nearly seven millions over the same pe¬ 
riod of 1869. 
The local elections at Red River were quiet, 
and resulted in the triumph of the Government 
partr iu all but two or three parishes. Shultz 
was defeated in St.Johns by Donald A. Smith, 
by seven majority. 
The Corporation of Quebec is $12,000 in arrears 
in the payment of the PrutestaUt School Tax, 
and the Protestant School Commissioners have 
instituted a suit against the city for tue pay¬ 
ment of the money. 
One hundred tons of pork have been purchased 
in Elora, recently, during two weeks. 
I’iie Government organs in Toronto deny that 
Sir John Rose is in Washington on public busi¬ 
ness, or is charged with any mission to tho C. 
Government. He is there on purely private 
matters. 
