Taken altogether, the present crop, com¬ 
pared to that of last year, the largest ever raised 
in South Carolina, is a partial failure, as it will 
borely reach 30,000 barrels of clean rice. Of the 
harvest or 1860,50,613 barrels clean have already 
been marketed, and the stock left in the country 
will probably swell this number to 52,000 barrels 
by the end of next August. The total receipts 
for 1868 summed up 41,307 barrels clean. The 
stock In hand at Charleston amounts to about 
400 barrels. On the 23d tilt, there were but 307 
tierces offered for sale at Charleston. 
At the recent election in North Carolina the 
Democrats elected five of the seven Congress¬ 
men. and of the same party in t he Legislature a 
majority of two-thirds. The local diflieulties 
The Boston Advertiser remarks that with over 
3,500 cattle, 10.000 sheep and lambs and 3,000 
swine, the market yards at Cambridge and 
Brighton have presented a cheerful appearance 
this week to all except the owners, with whom 
plenty of buyers is more desirable than plenty 
of beasts. There is a decline this week in prices 
Wednesday and Thursday (5th and 6th) of Octo¬ 
ber next. Among the things of interest given 
will be some “Annals of Avon," by Col. W. H. 
C. Hosmer. 
The sheep fold of Mr. E. Townsend, Pavillion 
Center, says the I/e Roy Courier, was recently 
at tacked by dogs and twenty-five sheep bitten, 
three of whom died. Six are missing, supposed 
to have been scared away. This is one of the 
most valuable flocks In Genesee county, all 
pure blood Spanish Merinos. One of the killed 
took the first premium at the State Fair last 
fall. Among the number bitten was one of a 
pair of twin ewes, very fine, the two having cost 
*900, and they were to have been entered for 
also regulate the requisitions necessary to sus¬ 
tain their troops, and tlx the difference Of ex¬ 
change between German and French currencies 
in order to facilitate dealings between soldiers 
and citizens. ” tLLJAM. 
A correspondent of the London Times at Ber¬ 
lin write*:—“The whole Prussian coast is In a 
state of perfect defense. I have witnessed ex¬ 
cellent artillery practico. The iron-clad Armin- 
ius, which had left for the North Sea In the 
teeth of the French squadron, has reached port 
without sceltig or being seen by the French ves¬ 
sels, which she passed at Frederickshaven. Tho 
yacht Grille, the swiftest ship of the Prussian 
navy, is out on tho Baltic, with orders to keep 
close to the French and watch their movements. 
She fs fn no danger of being caught. A French 
corvette near Bornholm attempted to chase her, 
butgaveitup after half an hour, it is impos¬ 
sible to guess from the French movement 
whether they will merely blockade or deliver an 
attack. An attack upon Kiel or Duntr.lc is con¬ 
sidered here as a hopeless attempt, but suspicion 
Is still directed toward AI sen and the northern 
porta of Schleswig. 
The attention of England lias been mainly di¬ 
rected t.o securing the neutrality of Belgium in 
concert with the belligerents and other powers. 
In the House of Lords Earl Granville said he 
was gratified by the friendly tono of various 
members: that the government had secured the 
object alluded to; and also the wavmcst. ap¬ 
proval and support of Austria and Russia. It 
was impossible to doubt the personal honor of 
the Emperor Napoloou or King William, or that 
nations so forgot their obligations ns to make 
war on the public opinion of the world. He 
thought the t reaty would not require the action 
of Parliament, tho aim desired having been 
Otherwise achieved. Tho treaty waa thou read 
and loudly cheered. Other of the Lords spoke 
tn terms of approval of the action of the Gov¬ 
ernment, uHer which the Koyul Commission 
brought in the Queen’s Speech, the Commons 
were summoned, tho Speech road, and Parlia¬ 
ment was prorogued until October 27. 
The evacuation of the Pontifical territory by 
the French troops is complete. France leaves 
tor the government thirly-llve mortars and 15,- 
000 shell. Desertions are frequent in the Legion 
d'Antibes. French disasters cause profound 
terror, and the Pope has asked Eugenic for 
Justono ship to defend him from the Italians 
now organizing for an attack on tho Papal 
FOREIGN NEWS 
The Franco*Praa*lan War. 
The account of the Franco-Prussian hostilities 
was closed a week since with the telegraphic an¬ 
nouncement that the Prussians had attacked and 
driven the French from Wcissenburg. lho nt- 
tack was very spirited, and the defense equally 
so. The French account says that not more than 
7 000 to 8,IKK) troops were engaged against two 
army corps of t he Prussians. Overpowered b ere, 
the French fell buck to Hagfiimu, where, on the 
following day, the battle was continued and Ha- 
gonau captured and the french routed. The 
French Joss is stated fit 4,000, In addition to a 
nmni number taken prisoners. The I msslans 
FROM THE WEST, 
Two men, a team of horses and a dog were 
killed by lightning in a hay field, near Minneap¬ 
olis, Minn., the other day. 
Detroit has 120 miles of water pipes, 54 miles 
of sewers, about 30 miles of paved streets, and 18 
miles of street railways. 
Dunklin county, Mo„ is engaged to a consid¬ 
erable extent in the cultivation of cotton. The 
crop this year, it la supposed, will reach 10,000 
bales. 
.Mr. John T. Alexander of Illinois, who grazed 
last season 7,000 head of Texas cattle, informs the 
Springfield Journal that ho has found it a losing 
business, and that hereafter ho will give the 
Texas long-horns the go-by, and grazo none but 
native cattle. 
A tornado swept over Piqua, Ohio, recently, 
doing great damage. Grace Methodist church, 
valued at $15,(KK), was demolished. 
The mills of the Columbus woolen factory 
burned at four o’clock on the 4th instant. 
MISCELLANEOUS, 
Yeiaow fever has broken out in Philadel¬ 
phia, and there are already twelve persons dead 
of it. The disease was brought to this country 
in a lot of infected mgs and logwood, by a vessel 
from Jamaica, which has since been sent back 
from Philadelphia to Quarantine. 
The City of Kajusa, the miniature steamer, is 
supposed to ho lost. Showasa liny craft, per¬ 
forming a foolhardy expedit ion across the At¬ 
lantic. There Is no special bravery in this, still 
less of public utility. 
The Court of Common Pleas, in Philadelphia, 
has decided that Philip Lanry is the genuine 
Grand Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias. 
Judge Allison, jn giving the opinion, said that 
the" Knights’’ numbered45,000in Pennsylvania. 
In consequence of the late Jnemiso in the to¬ 
bacco duties, t he French Canadian peasants are 
growing much larger quaniities of the Canadian 
weed than formerly, and have, therefore, come 
under the notice of the Inland Revenue officers, 
who recently seized Feversl tolmoco cutting 
mills in St,. Raymond and Portueuf. It seems 
that the Quebec habitant cun produce from 
their tobacco patches an article good enough to 
compete with the Imported one. 
The property belonging to the City of Morris¬ 
town, N. J., is under seizure-, made by the sheriff 
of the county, to satisfy a judgment of $1,100 
obtained by Mr. Jacob Vanatta. 
Pt. Titus Cut hollo Church, at Titusville, Pa., is 
to he transformed into a cathedral, and when 
completed will seat 1,200persons. A new organ 
has been ordered at. :t oust of $4,000. The entire 
expense of the alteration will be $20,000. 
Advices have been received from St. Domingo 
that a war between the Government of St. Do¬ 
mingo and Hayti is imminent. President Saget 
of Hayti, aids ox-Presldent Cabral of SI. Domin- 
FROM NEW ENGLAND 
trous. Tho entire rrenoii army «> 
were forced to retire, as well from the Saar, For- 
bach and 8t. Avoid. 
Communication between tho t wo wings of 1 lie 
French army was broken. The number of killed 
and wounded is not known, both armies having 
suffered severely. Marshal McMahon lost every 
officer of his personal staff, and barely escaped 
capture, all his private baggage as well as large 
supplies and t wo railroad trains being captured. 
The French have- since concentrated at Metz, 
where headquarters have been established, and 
from which point news of the reverse was tele¬ 
graphed to Paris, AS follows: 
“ Marshal McMahon has lost a battle. General 
Frotward, on the Saar, has been obliged to retire. 
His retreat was effected in good order. All can 
be re-established. My oommuiiioaUona have 
buon intomipto.fl wlili Murshal MuMnhon. 1 um 
goi ng to place myself hi the center oMh'^PwL 
Marahal Loboeuff was rclievod of his position 
as Commander, and Marshal BazaiuO invested 
with tho direction of affaire as Commandcr-in- 
Chiflf. 
The Chaseepot gun Is reported to have fired 
twenty rounds in one minute and forty-two 
seconds. The Springfield Republican says that, 
recently a trial was made in that city of tho 
Springfield gun, and thirty-nine rounds were 
fired in the same time. 
The Exeter (N. ID Manufacturing Company 
employs about 200 bunds, and produces yearly 
some 2.000,000 yards of cotton goods, ft has just 
declared a dividend of $50 per share-par value, 
$050. 
The Miasisquoi House, at Sheldon, Vi., waa 
burned on the 7th inst-; loss$100,000, insured for 
$42,500. The fire is supposed to have been set by 
Kate Smith of Now York, who was recently dis¬ 
charged from her position as cook, and had 
threatened to burn the house unless she got pay 
for tho full time of her engagement. She was 
immediately arrested, and is held in $2,000 bonds 
to await trial. The one hundred and twenty 
guests all escaped, and most of their baggage 
was saved, as well as the valuable furniture of 
the house. , 
The old Berkshire Medical College building at 
Pittsfield, Mass., Is to be used as a county hospi¬ 
tal, for which it is admirably adapted, both tn 
location and internal arrangement. 
Mnnyoftho tobacco fields In the vicinity of 
Northampton, Mass., are now beginning to 
bloom, and “ topping" has nlready commenced, 
it, will bo necessary to harvest the crop so early 
this season that the danger of pole-sweat will 
be Imminent. 
A few days since while George Drew of Do¬ 
ver, N. H., was fishing, he accidentally Hung his 
hook into tho eye of a companion named 
Charles Griffin, and in the act of withdrawing 
it the humors of the eye were evacuated, ea us¬ 
ing a total and permanent loss of vision of the 
injured eye. 
The water in the Chicopee River is very low. 
Two or the Dwight mills are now running by 
steam, and a portion of tho machinery in the 
Other mills is idle for the want of power. Two 
of the mills at tin- Falls hIbo shut down a few 
days sluco Tor want of water. 
Tho railroad bridge at South Gardener, Me., 
sixty-five feet long, was rebuilt under the direc¬ 
tion of Superintendent Lincoln, in fifteenhourt 
after its destruction by fire last week. 
The amount of Butter shipped from St. Al¬ 
bans, VT., during the month of July last, was 
five thousand one hundred and nlnety-lwo tubs, 
weighing two hundred and fifty-nine thousand 
pounds. At the average price, 30 cents per 
pound, the sum of $77,889 was received by Ihe 
dal it men. 
Thomas Meehan, Esq., of Germantown, Penn., 
a few days since presented a valuable collection 
of dried plants to the Natural History Society 
of Portland, Me. 
The professors of Brown University, R. I., arc 
now paid$2,500 per annum. After next term the 
salaries will be raised to $3,000 each. 
The trust ees of t lie State Agricultural College fit 
Oronth Me., are finishing the laboratory building, 
erected last year, and are laying the foundation 
for another dormitory building for the accom¬ 
modation of the Increased number of students 
who are expoelcd to enter at the next, com¬ 
mencement. They are also making some im¬ 
provements on the farm by grndingand draining. 
A patent do Vico for economizing fuel lias been 
put Into the Lewiston, Mo., mills. It consists of 
atnlU for grinding coals, reducing I lie fuel to line 
dust, which is carried by lho blower Into tho 
furnace with air enough to produce immediate 
conciliation. The ooal dust leaps into flame like 
a fiake of powder, ft. is claimed that this do vice 
were 
Mark Norman was killed by afalllngwall. Loss 
by the fire, $40,000; insurance, $ 25 , 000 . 
Limn, Ohio, boasts ol 10,000 inhabitants. Ten 
years ago there were only thirty persons and six 
houses there. 
The nurnberof tourists arriving at Marquette, 
Like Superior, is said to bo very large, and al¬ 
ready it is Styled tho Saratoga or the Northwest. 
A good hotel is one of its most pressing needa. 
A fire at Cincinnati destroyed the Queen city 
saw and planing mills, a dozen houses and a 
largo quantity of lumber. A dozen families lost 
their homes. The total loss will be nearly $70,- 
(KX), with but small Insurance, 
The Supreme Court of Iowa at I>cs Moines ad¬ 
journed without rendering any decision in tho 
railroad aid case, in which much Interest is felt 
by railroad men. The number of homes, cattle, 
&c„ in Ohio, according to a return to the Audi¬ 
tor of State, are as follows;-Horses, 704,664, 
only 86 more than last, year; catt le, 1,521,421, an 
increase of Ss.bW, mules, 22,067, a decrease of 
2,963; sheep, 5,052,028, a decrease of 1,230,612; 
hogs, 1,720,113, an increase of 264,170. 
A well known lake captain, Seth Hunter, 
many years a resident of Detroit, was found dead 
in his bed lately. Hu originally belonged In 
Sackett's Harbor. N. Y. 
A fearful accident recently occurred at Du¬ 
buque, Iowa. Some boys were searching for 
cows In an old mining district when David Hoei- 
or and horse were precipitated to lho bottom 
of a pit over forty feet. Neither horse or boy 
were killed by the fall, and aside from tho 
spraining of one of his arms David received no 
other injury, and was soon rescued and will re¬ 
cover. The horse was less fortunate, aud was 
from necessity left to perish. 
The latest advices from Lansing, Mich., are to 
the effect that no proposition has yet been offer¬ 
ed on the railroad bond or future aid question*, 
that could command the needed throe-fourths 
vote in either House. 
The Prohibition party in Michigan have made 
the following nominations for Slate officers: 
Governor Henry Fish. Lieut.-Oov.—Rev. h. 
Curtiss. Sec. of State—John Evans. Supt. Pub¬ 
lic Instruction—Rev. Asa Mahan. Treas —L. It. 
Atwater. Com. Lund Offlce-J. H. Hartwell, Jr. 
Auditor-General— C. K. Carpenter. Attorney- 
General— K. G. Fuller. 
On the receipt of the news In Paris, Hie ex¬ 
citement was of the wildest character. An or¬ 
der was issued convening the Corps I/egislutir, 
which met on the 9th. One of the Deputies 
moved a resolution of want of confidence in the 
ministry, which passed by a large majority, only 
Bix voting negatively. The excitement knew 
no bounds. On the appearance of tho military 
for the preservation of order, they were received 
with shouts of “To tlm frontier l” Martial 
law was declared. The Ministers Issued tho fol¬ 
lowing appeal: —“ Our army is eoneentrated. 
Now effort has imparted to it fresh hope aud 
confidence. But agitation here will lessen the 
moral force of the army and acL against It. 
Paris rising, tho French army will be between 
two fires. Wo prepare for t he defense ol Paris. 
The Deputies will oo-operatc with us. Let all 
good citizens help to prevent disorder. Those 
who wish will have arms furnished them and 
will be sent to the front at oneo.’’ 
An entirely new Minist ry has been announced 
with Count l’allkaoas Minister of War and ac¬ 
tive measures were being taken to put Paris in a 
complete state of defense. It is announced that 
the Prince Imperial laid arrived In liondon, and 
with him the Empress Eugenie’s jewels and 
valuables, and the famous diamonds ol' the Duke 
of Brunswick. In the Corps Legislatif Deputy 
Kerntry demanded the deposition of the .Em¬ 
peror, and was called to order by the chair. The 
Deputies abandoned the Hall. The mob outside 
became turbulent and were repeatedly charged 
upon by the police, but its often reformed. 
Bodies of the National Guard threw down their 
arms and fraternized with the people. 
While these things were occurring in Paris, 
the Prussians have not been idle. Having de¬ 
feated the enemy, the pursuit was vigorous, 
until at last advices the French were mainly 
concentrated at. Metz, sixtv-one leagues from 
Paris, where they were severely menaced by 
tbemaiti body of the Prussian army, and a de¬ 
cisive engagement is at any moment to be ex¬ 
pected. A detachment of Prussians have In¬ 
vested Strasbourg, which Is said to be held by a 
small French force. A surrender hns been de¬ 
manded and refused. In announcing the bril- 
go, and llaez aids the followers of the late Presi¬ 
dent Salnavc. The Snlnavisls had attacked tho 
northern frontier. A loan of two millions of 
dollars 1 b being projected by Hayti, to be re¬ 
deemed In currency. 
Washington dispatohes say, as the investiga¬ 
tion at the Pension Bureau progress, the frauds 
there perpetrated aro assuming the most gigan¬ 
tic proportions, and what excites tho greatest 
surprise is the number of prominent individuals 
who aro implicated. Members of Stutq Legisla¬ 
tures and prominent lawyers who havo ahvais 
hitherto stood high at home, are proven guilty 
of forgery and other crimes to secure small pit¬ 
tances o’ pensions that justly belong to widows 
and orphans of deceased soldiers. 
The Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Ely S. 
Parker, has communicated to Congress nn enu¬ 
meration of the Indians within the United States. 
Tho enumeration is the result, of an actual cen¬ 
sus In some chbcp, and of estimates in others. 
NEW YORK STATE, 
V assar College has a fund of $50,000, whose 
interest is appropriated to indigent students. 
The neatest thing about it is that the names of 
vo its help aro never disclosed, 
t hose who reef 
that Ihe fund may not, involve any peculiarity ; 
in their relations to the other pupils. 
Arrangements are making for a firemen's 
tournament, to come off In Fort Edward, in Sep¬ 
tember ; $400 have been already subscribed, and 
about, $200 more are wanted. 
An enterprising Inventor of Cortland oounty 
has taken out letters patent for a “device tor 
bolding the enw’s tall while milking." 
There is considerable activity among the Navy 
Yard authorities in Brooklyn. Thu working 
force in ( lie yard has been greatly increased, and 
it is said nil the naval vessels are to be fitted out 
for service nr, once. There mu 2,250 men now 
employed in the yard—nearly double the num¬ 
ber employed lost week. These men aro mostly 
ship carpenters, joiners &<x A large nuinberof 
men tire employed oil tho four steam sloops of 
war which aro being got ready for a cruise. 
The new steamer L. N. J. Stark, of the Nort h¬ 
ern Transportation line, was burned to tho wa¬ 
ter’s edge off Point au Roche, near Plattsburg. 
One man was lost, overboard. Insurance, $50,000. 
On the 3d inst. the vl'lrtgo of Constableviilo, 
Lew is Co., su ffcrei I severely by fire. 11 Original ed 
in Ramos' pump factory, burned t hat and one 
cabinet shop, the Methodist church, hotel and a II 
The hotel was insured for 
FROM THE SOUTH, 
railroad accident has occurred on 
Atkrriulb .. 
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, In Virginia, 
twelve persons being kl lied and twenty wounded. 
At a late meeting of the farmers of Marion 
county, Ga., they pledged themselves not to 
plant more than one-third of their cultivated 
laud hereafter in cotton. 
The wheat has been harvested in Northern 
Texas, and the yield Is large; the corn and cot¬ 
ton are much hotter than last year, while vege¬ 
tables, grapes and fruits are abundant. Two 
hundred thousand head of cattle will go from 
1 he counties of Northern Texas this J ear. North¬ 
ern Texas has exported during the season pro¬ 
duce to tho value of $40 ,(XHi,(kk). 
Tho Southern papers promise a cotton crop 
of not loss than four million hales. The Macon 
Messenger remarks:—"This comes of Cottoniz- 
ing everything to death, and neglecting corn, 
A paper bell factory at Westfield, Mass., was 
burned a few days si neo. 1 1 whs i he property of 
Crane Brothers, was not running, and from the 
fire breaking out in six different places at the 
same time, it could not havo been accidental. 
The Joss to the firm reaches $30,000-insured for 
$13,000. Two factories had previously been de¬ 
stroyed by tiro on the same site. 
Fifteen students graduated at the commence¬ 
ment of the University of Vermont. The new 
class will bo the largest &inou t hat of 1861, $80,- 
000 have been subscribed to the College Fund. 
The Fourth Annual State Convention of the 
Young Men's Christian Associations in Vermont, 
is to be held at. 8t. Johnsbur.v, October nth mid 
12th, 1870. Hon. Cephas Bruiuard of New York 
city, chairman of the International Executive 
Committee, II. Thane Miller of Cincinnati, and 
others are expected to be present. 
The Pacific mail train, which heretofore has 
kept Sunday in Springfield, Mass., will hereafter 
run through to Boston on Sunday morning. 
A Norwich, Conn., farmer, wtio had extensive¬ 
ly used the lly paper of the period, collected a 
couple of pounds of dead flies, the other day, 
and. as an experiment, gave them to his hens 
for toqd. The next day he had fourteen pounds 
of dead chickens on his hands, and concluded 
that poisoned fly as a dish didn’t agree with 
poultry- • 
the barns adjoining, 
$4,000, No Insurance is given on the rest. 
A most fearful scene was enacted In tho barn¬ 
yard of Mr. Samuel Craft, a wealthy fanner re¬ 
siding about two miles south of the village of 
Glou Cove, somo days ago, by which His sister 
was gored to death by an intonated cow. Miss 
Craft stepped outof the house to feed a brood of 
young turkeys, when n cow that was walking 
about tho yard rushed madly at her, striking her 
in the leftside, crushing her against the fence, 
and trampling and goring Iter in a terrible man¬ 
ner. A laborer named Sheridan, in ti(tempting 
to rescue the woman, dealt the Infuriated beast, 
some severe blows, hut with the greatest diffi¬ 
culty succeeded in carrying the body from the 
yard before she expired. 
By the falling of ft bridge over the Cnnesteo 
River at Addison, Steuben county, two heavily 
loaded teams and five persons were thrown into 
the river. The party was rescued, the only one 
severely injured being n Mr. Hoffmnn, who laid 
ono leg broken besides other serious contu¬ 
sions. 
The city authorities of Binghamton have of¬ 
fered a thousand dollars reward for the convic¬ 
tion of the person who lately committed the in¬ 
cendiarism in tliat city. 
By the falling of a scaffold at Syracuse on the 
3d inst. four men got a fall of thirty feet to tho 
sidewalk. All were more or less injured, and 
Frederick lvreil.z was so badly hurt that he sur¬ 
vived but t wo hours. 
Destructive fires are raging in the woods east 
They are destroying every- 
to be repulsed. A hundred times did the French 
troops, with heroic valor, advance close up to 
the edge of the woods, and with desperate Im¬ 
petuosity, threw themselves upon the Prussians, 
and were always repulsed. They became dis¬ 
pirited, and could pot he reformed. Tho Prus¬ 
sian artillery was served with terrible precision, 
and the fire of the infantry was telling. Gene¬ 
ral Froseanl's army corps was frightfully deci¬ 
mated. The French troops complain loudly of 
the incapacity of their commanders.” 
Miscellaneous. 
Entering French territory, the King of Prus¬ 
sia issued the following proclamation: 
*• We, William. King of Prussia, make known to 
all inhabitants of French territory occupied by 
German toroos that the Kmneror Napoleon, hav¬ 
ing by sea and laud attacked the German nut ion, 
eager to live in ponce with the French people, 
we have taken command of the German armioo 
to repel aggression, and by military events have 
beeu led to pass the French frontiers. Wo war 
against soldiotv, not citizens. Therefore, tile 
latter may continue See nre in person and prop¬ 
erty so long its limy abstain from hostile acts, 
and we grunt Iboin protection as a matter of 
1 ^Generals commanding corps will deckle what 
measures ate necessary toward individual com¬ 
munities violating the usages of war. They will 
of Ogdonsburgh 
thing in their track 
An adjourned meeting of the Pioneer families 
of Avon, viz: Pearson, Watrous, Hosmer, Mar- 
says, wi 
railroads, 
