scale at MOSCOW, 1872, on the two hundredth an¬ 
niversary of the birth of Peter the Great. 
Bismarck is very ill at his country seat in Pom¬ 
erania. A consultation of physicians has been 
summoned. 
A five hundred barrel oil well began flowingat 
Queenstown, near Brady's Bend, Pa., on the 18th 
inst., but took fire the same evening, and is still 
burning. 
An Ottawa dispatch says a vessel with troops 
for the Hod River is to be dispatched by the Im¬ 
perial Government, by way of Hudson Bay, to 
reach Fort York early in July. The £300,000 
stipulated for the title of the Hudson Bay Com¬ 
pany to t he Northwest Territory has been paid. 
This is regarded as an essential preliminary to 
the inforeomont of authority over the territory. 
A tornado occurred in Buenos Ayres on the 
9th of March, which was terrible In its effects. 
The wind blew a hurricane, and the water In the 
Hio do la Plata rose so high as to flood a great 
portion of the city. So sudden was the overflow 
that men and horses were drowned in the streets, 
and many people barely escaped with their lives. 
Ships wore driven ashore and wrecked, and many 
sailors were drowned. The damage is said to 
have boon immense. 
An arrival at Liverpool reports seeing an un¬ 
known American ship allro at sea. Thu burning 
vessel disappeared during the night, and in the 
morning an empty long-boat was discovered. 
The fate of the crew is involved in mystery. The 
steamer Sado was lost off the Scilly Islands re¬ 
cently, but the crew were rescued. 
Los Vegas. Now Mexico, and the gold fever runs 
very high there. 
A grand review of all the volunteer troops 
was held in Montroal on the 20th, by General 
Lindsay, accompanied by Prince Arthur. The 
Provisional Battalion, consisting of four com¬ 
panies, underCaptain Simpson, are under orders 
to proceed to the frontier, their headquarters to 
be at La Salle. Two ear loads of suspicious 
looking characters, supposed lo be Fenians, are 
reported to have passed over the Ogdons burg 
road, going west- It is supposed their destina¬ 
tion is Ogdensburg or Cape Vincent. 
organization effected, Manton Marble being 
chosen President. 
Trains are to run regularly over the Schenecta¬ 
dy and Athens Railroad this season. One regular 
passenger and throe freight and accommodation 
trains a day will be run each way. 
A scientific expedition to Brazil has been or¬ 
ganized by the Cornell University. The geolo¬ 
gist of the party will bo Profeasor C. F. Hartt, 
the assistant of Agassiz In the latter's explora¬ 
tion <>f the Amazon region. The botanist is to 
be Professor A. N. l’rentiss. A number of stu¬ 
dents attached to the College of Nat ural Science 
in the Institution will take part in the expedi¬ 
tion. 
The fifty-eighth commencement of Hamilton 
College will be held July 21. 
The old Utica City Mills, In the city giving l hem 
their name, were destroyed by lire on the 19th 
Inst., together with their contents. 
The Ithaca poisoning ease is still enshrouded 
in mystery. Tito fourth victim,littleKaty bung, 
died on ( ho 14th inst. After hearing evidence, 
the Jury rendered ihe following verdict: That 
according to the evidence produced, Katy Lang 
came to her death from the effects of some irri¬ 
tant poison, but from what source received, or 
by whom administered, unknown by the Jury. 
Edwin Perry, the murderer of Thomas Hayes, 
the Brooklyn w atchman, bus been sentenced to 
State Prison for life. 
The Fenians assembled in their eighth annual 
convention In New York City last week. 
A collision on t he Central Railroad, on the 10tli 
inst., at. the Sand Cut, near Rochester, resulted 
In the wrecking nl an englnoand several freight 
ears, and the slaughter of fifty or sixty head of 
cattle. One engineer was seriously injured, as 
also ft hoy In one of the cars. Travel was inter¬ 
rupted several hours. 
Middletown was the scene of a terrible tragedy 
on the 21*t inst. A man named Charles Snyder 
cut his wife’s throat with it razor, and then with 
the same instrument, cut his own. Ho had re¬ 
lumed home from a term in Goshen jail only u 
few days before, and since then hud been drunk 
nearly all the time. No one witnessed the mur¬ 
derous deed, and full particulars are not know n, 
but it is supposed he was crazed with rum. 
The suddenness of the rise of water last week, 
in Rensselaer county, imperilled the lives of 
many of the inhabitants, und cattle and horses 
imprisoned in stables were swept away with the 
buildings. Mills, dams, houses and barns wore 
carried oil by the resistless torrent, and high 
ground alone afforded adequate protection to 
the people. 
urging the importance of its adoption to the 
honor and good name of the State. 
Mr. Mitchell’s bill to prevent empiricism, which 
has passed the New York Assembly, prevents 
persons from practising medicine unless they 
have attended two courses of lectures at some 
medical school in good standing, or have a cer¬ 
tificate from a State or County medical society. 
Few votes were recorded against it. 
The Ohio Legislature has adjourned sine die. 
The Prince Edward’s Island Legislature has, 
by a vote of 19 to S, rejected the resolution in 
lavor of confederation with Canada. 
A bill to vote In future by ballot has passed 
the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The 
“ national policy ”of the Dominion Government 
was unanimously condemned by resolution in 
the House. 
The Newfoundland House of Assembly has 
addressed the British Foreign Minister, depre¬ 
cating the proposed withdrawal of the troops 
from the colony. Complaint is made that the 
colony is the resort of capitalists, who make 
money there and spend it in England, keeping 
the colony pour and unable to defend herself. 
The Massachusetts House of Representatives, 
after a long delude, lias rejected, by a vote of 
133 to 08, the proposed amendment to the Con¬ 
stitution, enabling women to vote and lo hold 
office. It has also re-considered its vote on 1 lie 
Ten Hour Bill, and, after amendments making 
if apply to all minors under eighteen years, it 
period to engrossment—131 to 08. The resolve 
to amend the State constitution, so us to repeal 
the rctuliug and writing qualification of voters, 
passed t he House 14 J t o 55. 
The Georgia Legislature lately adjourned for 
a few days, a member of the House stating that 
Gen. Terry opposed titty legislation while the 
Georgia Bill was ponding before Congress. 
FROM WASHINGTON, 
On tlio night of the 19th inst., after a debate 
almost interminable, the Georgia Bill passed the 
Senate, with Mr. Pomeroy’s amendment, by ft 
vote of 27 to 25. The bill, as amended, t orns the 
State over to military rule again, and requires 
an election for a new Legislature In November 
next. The bill was returned to the House of 
Representatives, and on motion of Mr. Butler 
was referred to the Reconstruction Committee. 
A substitute by Mr. Logan, providing for an 
election in November, and declaring the State 
entitled to an immediate representation In Con¬ 
gress, was referred to the same committee • The 
sentiment in til© House is one of touch dissatis¬ 
faction with the action of the Senate, andaliual 
settlement now seems us far In the future as ever. 
The Northern Pacific Railroad Bill, having 
been discussed at much length, bus also been 
passed by the Senate. 
Among the lulls introduced In the Senate, are 
one to aid the sufferers by the Oneida disaster, 
one to shorten the terms of Government prison¬ 
ers for good behavior, and one to exempt farm¬ 
ers who sell their own produce from taking out 
a produce broker's license. A Joint resolution 
Introduced by Mr. Brake provides for an amend¬ 
ment to the Constitution authorizing the Presi¬ 
dent, on sufficient proof shown, to suppress do¬ 
mestic violence in any State, and giving Con- 
gress the power to enforce the net. Tito bill 
incorporating a company with a capital ol $16,- 
000,000, to establish a railway bet ween Cincinnati 
and Chattanooga, has been favorably reported. 
In the Hoilso tlio chief action of interest lias 
been upon the Louisiana contested election ease 
of Sypltcr I'm. St. Martin, resulting in the decision 
that noil Iter of the gentlemen wus entitled to a 
seat. The resolution lo admit Mr. Sypher was 
first carried, and t hat gentleman advanced to the 
speaker's desk to be ©worn in, when a motion to 
reconsider his admission was carried by a vote 
of 85 to 79, and a substitute for the Committee s 
resolution offered, declaring that there was no 
legal or valid elect ion in that district, and that 
the ease la; referred back to the people of that 
district for further action, which was adopted 
by a vote of till to 100. 
The House has passed the bill to revise the 
copyright and patent laws, and that for the ap¬ 
portionment of the next Congress, fixing the 
number of members nt two hundred and sev¬ 
enty-live, exclusive of representatives from 
newly-admitted Among those intro¬ 
duced are one for a telegraph between this coun¬ 
try and Central America; one providing for ob¬ 
servations in Asia and Europe of the next total 
ccliDSeof the sun; one fora mail steams) tip line 
FROM NEW ENGLAND, 
Heavy freshets prevailed throughout large 
portions of New England List week. In Maine 
great damage was done. The Saco River was 
higher than ever before since 1843, and threat¬ 
ened widespread destruction. The Connecticut 
was twenty-five feet tilxjvo low-water mark, 
and at Hartford many of the streets were suit- 
merged. A little girl there fell from a piazza 
into the flood, and was drowned. Another life 
was also lost there: four men attempted to 
cross the river near the Colt l’istol Factory, 
when their boat capsized, and Alexander Maher 
was drowned. 
The bondsmen of Tim mas G. Ncrrish, the de¬ 
faulting treasurer of Lowell, Muss., have paid 
into the city treasury $16,000 as a compromise 
settlement with the city. This and the amount 
previously paid makes about two-thinls of the 
defalcation. 
Over twelve hundred gnllons of confiscated 
liquors of various kinds were emptied into the 
sowers at Lewiston, Me., the other day. 
The Republican State Convention, to nomi¬ 
nate!! candidate for Governor of Maine, will be 
held in Augusta the last of June. 
J. Wilcox & Co.’s woolen mills in Meriden, 
Conn., were partially burned on the 14th inst. 
The building, containing the wool room, engine 
and dye room was entirely destroyed, the loss 
being very heavy. One fireman was fatally, 
and two others severely, injured. 
Deacon Ebeiiozer P. Plane, an old and respect¬ 
ed resident of Arlington, Mass., drowned him¬ 
self in a pond at that place on l lie 31st inst. 
FOREIGN NEWS 
It has been officially deckled to submit the 
rkbltcUum tothe voteof the French people on 
the 8th of May, and to limit the voting to one 
day. The excitement in France on account of 
it is increasing daily, and some of the journals 
complain that It is having a had effect, on busi¬ 
ness. Long threatened strikes have begun in 
various places, being most serious in Paris. 
About 15,000 fiuindrytucn and nmlders struck on 
Hie 20th inst.. and other trades organizations 
were soon to follow. The laborers at La Creuzot 
show no signs of submission. The Government 
has dispatched troops to Novcrs to wateh the 
strikers in lhe neighborhood of that city. The 
workingmen of Lyons huvo also stopped and 
have issued a congratulatory address to their 
fellows at La Creuzot, which being published by 
Iai MawiUalac , lias subjected the proprietors of 
that journal to another prosecution for it viola¬ 
tion or t he press law, in fomenting disorder, said 
prosecution resulting in a sentence of six 
months' imprisonment and a flue of 4,000 francs. 
The Duchess de Berry, mother of Henri V., 
commonly known as the Count do Chambord, 
the Bourbon pretender to the French throne, 
died last week, and tlio legitimist journals ap¬ 
peared in mourning for Iter. 
A French fleet had sailed from Hong Kong, 
China, at latest dates, toth mmid satisfaction for 
the murder of a French missionary by the Chi¬ 
nese at Szeliuen. When last heard from, it was 
at the mouth of I he Noonsung river. 
General lb© Hon. Charles Gray, the private 
secretary of Queen Victoria, is dead, at the ago 
of sixty-six. 11 is name has been conspicuous 
in the “Court Calendar” for nearly thirty years. 
Greek bandits recently captured several Eng¬ 
lish travelers, and hold them for a high ransom. 
Among them was a son of the Duke of Man¬ 
chester, who has been released, the ransom on 
his account being forthcoming. 
The coal mines of Takusuma, in Japan, are 
being successfully worked by Europeans. Up¬ 
wards of one hundred ions a day of excellent 
quality arc now raised. 
Tito boiler of a large linen factory near Brus¬ 
sels exploded on the 18th Inst. Twenty men 
and women were either killed outright or 
frightfully scalded. Flames broke out after 
the explosion, and the factory was burned totlio 
ground. 
Gen. Raasloeff, Minister or War of Denmark, 
has tendered his resignation to the King, in con¬ 
sequence of Die failure of the treaty for the 
sale of St. Thomas to t he United Stal es. 
The Viceroy of Egypt hits concluded a new 
seven percent, loan for £5,000,000 sterling, not- 
NEW YORK STATE. 
FROM THE SOUTH, 
Tub banking house of Scott, Williams & Co., 
iu Columbia. S. C., was entered by burglars on 
the nightof the 16th lust., and robbed of gold, 
currency, Jewelry and valuable papers to tit© 
amount of nearly $60,000, much of which be¬ 
longed to special depositors. The burglars 
drilled through the vault door and inner safe. 
A man named Gage was found locked in a closet 
of the bunk, lie claims to have been locked In 
while drunk, and knows nothing of the robbery. 
A Mrs. Hortzog, of HawesvJIlo, Ky.» recently 
mistook for soda some arsenic, which her lius- 
band had got for rate and carelessly left in her 
way, and used it in making pies, thereby causing 
the death of tour of her five children. 
Colonel E. M. Verger, the assassin of Colonel 
Crane, of the United States Army, has been re¬ 
leased on a writ of iiuheic corpus by Chief Jus¬ 
tice Shackelford, of Mississippi, on giving bail 
in $15,000. 
The school-ship Mercury went ashore on the 
iOth Inst., twelve miles south of Cape Henry. 
No lives were lost. 
General Canton, whose disabilities have not 
been removed, is the choice of North Alabama 
for Governor. 
A locomotive exploded Inst week on the Ma¬ 
nassas Railroad, at Hamaonburgh, Va., and in¬ 
stantly killed the engineer, Charles Davis, and 
the fireman. James Ashe. The explosion was 
terrific, shattering several freight cars and tear¬ 
ing off fifty yards of track. 
A frightful tragedy occurred in Baltimore on 
Thursday of Just week, and threw the whole city 
into intense excitement. Mrs. Caroline Marsh 
butchered her five children and cut her own 
throat. She was not dead at the last account. 
FROM THE WEST, 
The safe to the office of the County Treasurer 
at Newport, Vermillion Co., ill., was broken 
open on the night of the 18th lust., and robbed 
ol' $35,000 in currency. Oil (he next day two 
suspicious-looking men were seen near Clinton, 
who iit once lied lo Die Wabash River, pulled oir 
most of t heir clothing, jumped in and swam to¬ 
ward tho other shore. One threw from his 
possession*! package to enable him to swim fast¬ 
er, and on being secured tills was found to con¬ 
tain $10,i>«l of tho missiug money. When the 
thieve© reached Die shore a man tried to stop 
them, and succeeded in knocking one of them 
down with a rail. Tlio other thief drew a re¬ 
volver and drove their antagonist off. The rob¬ 
bers t hen took to the hush, i utense excitement 
followed th> encounter,and the whole neigh¬ 
borhood was amused. 
Nearly the whole of the village of Medina, 
Ohio, lias been destroyed by fire. The loss is 
over $200.00(1. and the results are most distressing. 
Tli© tow boat Raven exploded licrboilers late¬ 
ly on the Ohio River, at Stewart’s Landing, 
wrecking the boat, and killing and wounding a 
number of persons. 
The Democrat ie Banner printing office, owned 
by L. Harper, at Mount Vernon, O., was de¬ 
stroyed by fire bust week. Loss, $5,000. 
Indianapolis will celebrate its semi-centennial 
anniversary on the 7(,h of June. 
The water from the broken tunnel at St. An¬ 
thony, Minn,, has undermined the Summit and 
Island flouring mills and Moulton’s planing mill, 
and they are completely destroyed. The total 
loss is ov er $50,000. 
Three thousand persons left Columbus. O., on 
the 18th inst., on tho legislative excursion to 
Washington. 
Brigham Young returned to Fait Lake City 
from Colorado, with his party, on tho JOth inst. 
ilia entry into the city was greeted with a dis¬ 
play of (lags, parade of school children and a 
genera) assemblage of the citizens. 
Three boys, all under ten years of age, at 
Sparland, 111., were recently reported for some 
on “Tito Universityof the Nineteenth Century." 
Very excellent papers were road by Rev. Drs. 
Robinson, of the Rochester Theological Semi¬ 
nary, Dodge of Madison University, Northrup 
of the Chicago Theological Seminary, and other 
well known gentleman. 
Tlic remains of Robert Harper, a prominent 
and wealthy citizen of Albany, who mysterious¬ 
ly disappeared ill January, were found floating 
in the Hndson, opposite Coeyman's on the 19th 
inst. His money and gold wuich were found on 
the body, no marks of violence are visible, and 
it is supposed that lie was accidentally drowned. 
They had a touch of earthquake in the town 
of Marcellos, Onondaga county, recently. A 
track of land containing about threo acres, 
situated about tour miles south of Maroellus, 
at a place Culled Tyler’s Hollow, was upbeavod 
during the night, by some .subterranean force, 
tho surface being piled into hillocks us high mid 
as large us a house, and huge cracks or crevices 
were opened, which extend Irregularly all over 
it. The ground where the truck crosses the pub¬ 
lic road was thrown into the most fantastic 
shapes, rendering the rond impassable. No 
noise was heard in the vicinity, but a strong 
smell of sulphur prevailed t hereabouts. 
The McFarland trial was continued through¬ 
out last, week, i he witnesses being nil for t he de¬ 
fense, their testimony mainly bearing upou the 
prisoner's mental and physical condition, and 
Itis conduct as a husband prior to domestic dif¬ 
ferences. Mrs. McFarland’s relations to Mr. 
Richardson were dwelt upon at much length. 
On tho night or the 10th inst., a large barn at 
Lancaster, Erie county, owned by Goo. Stearns, 
was destroyed by fire. Four cutters, several 
wheel veil idea, a quantity of harness, and one 
horse were burned. The loss will exceed $3,000, 
The body of Captain Thomas Scot t, command¬ 
ing a lighter on the Harlem Elver, who was 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
LEGISLATIVE 
In tho New York Legislature railroad bills 
have seemed to meet with handsome treatment, 
with the exception of that allowing atl increase 
of fare on the New York Central, which has been 
killed. All those granting State aid to enter¬ 
prises projected and ip progress, have passed t he 
Semite, as also the Arcade Uuilwav. over which 
much excitement was manifest. The Assembly 
has likewise passed a bill providing for an ele¬ 
vated railway around Central Park. Most im¬ 
portant of Die bills passed by the Senate arc 
those removing disabilities from negro voters 
pursuant tothe Fifteenth Amendment, repeal¬ 
ing the Registry law, except iu Die cities of New 
York and Brooklyn, and amending the Brook¬ 
lyn Water Act. The House has crowded through 
a large number of bills, among them one ap¬ 
pointing Commissioners of Emigration to take 
charge of tho interests of emigrants arriving 
at New York, tho Free Canal Funding Bill, tho 
Annual Supply Bill, and ihe New York City and 
County Tax Levies. 
Gov. Hoffman has sent, to the Senate a message 
calling attention to the resolution introduced 
early in the session in tho Assembly to pay the 
interest on the State ante-war debt in coin, and 
SPECIAL NOTICES 
$900,—WANTED, AN ACTIVE MAN, 
in each County in the States, to travel and take 
orders by sample, for TEA, COIFEE and SPICES. 
To suitable men we will give a salary of $900 to ©1,000 
a year, above traveling and other expenses, and a 
reasonable commission on sales. 
Immediate applications are solicited from proper 
parties. References exchanged. Apply to, or ad¬ 
dress immediately, J. PACKER & CO., 
“ Continental Mills,” 384 Bowery, New York. 
