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FOREIGN NEWS. 
The Frnuco-Priisslnn Wnr. 
Oun resume of the operations o( the Franco- 
Prusslan war closed last, week with the an¬ 
nouncement of the defeat of the corps under 
Marshall McMahon, and the fulling back of the 
French array to Nancy and Metz, closely fol¬ 
lowed hy i he German forces. Iu explanation of 
the severe reverse, it is reported tlmt. many of 
the French soldiers were destitute of ammuni¬ 
tion, their supplies, when near the battlefield, 
having been destroyed with the train, by the 
well-directed tire of the enemy. The soldiers 
were also short of food, and no distribution was 
made for four days a Tier the battle, their main 
sustenance being potatoes gathered from the 
fields. McMahon admits a loss or 15,000 out of 
18,000 men, and Frossard’s losses are not known. 
Many prisoners were taken by the Prussian 
army and sent to Berlin and other places, t he 
Germans distributing food, wine and cigars free¬ 
ly to them as they passed. McMahon marched 
out. of Savcrne on Sunday night on one side of 
the town just as the Prussians were marching 
in on the other. 
Prussian acoouuis say that nothing at Sadowa 
could parallel (he destruction of life at Worth. 
The same accounts say It is believed that Napo 
Icon was on the Held with McMahon. In the 
battle the First. Corps of the Wiirteriihmg con¬ 
tingent lost « officers and SB men killed, 887 
wounded, and 118 missing. Ai Gersweilcr the 
Wurtemberg troops captured one mitrailleuse, 
t hree cannon, one staff carriage of the Fourth 
Division, 2,3<X) prisoners, and 500 horses. 
On the ldth, pressed by the enemy, MneMu- 
fion's army evacuated Nancy, and retreated 
across the MorelJe to the Fortress of Toul. The 
French destroyed the line bridge of seven 
arches which spanned the river. The forces of 
the Crown Prince occupied Nancy and Frouurd, 
at a junction on the Paris and Strasbourg RaU- 
road. 'Chi? Prussians att acked Pont-a-Mmissoo, 
drawing out the French, but subsequently fell 
back to the main body. The headquarters of 
the united armies of Frederick Charles and 
General Stelnmetz were at Horry, on a direct, 
lino with SoOrbvuck and within twenty miles of 
Metz. Largo q until files of stores wore captured 
in the environs of Metz. General l’rossard's 
division lost all 11s supplies. 
A Prussian advance guard, forty thousand 
strong, approached Metz, completely covered by 
woods which the French failed to destroy. 
At iho same time tlm Prussians bombarded 
Strasbourg, and demanded its surrender, which 
was refused. Fighting was continued at Mots, 
both parties claiming thu victory. The French 
fell bark, and on the night of tin* Dili Napoleon 
telegraphed from Longuevillc “The army be¬ 
gan to cross to the left bank of the Moselle this 
morning. Our advance guard had no knowledge 
of the presence of anyforcoof tho enemy. When 
halt of our army had crossed over, the Prussians 
suddenly uttucked In great force. After a tight 
of four hours they were repulsed wllli great loss 
to them,” At the same time King William tele¬ 
graphed to Berlin—“A victorious combat oc¬ 
curred near Mmz to-day, tho troops of t he First 
and Seventh corps participating." Metz was 
left to the defense Ot tin? soldiers within the for¬ 
tress, and tho Emperor, in retiring to Verdun, 
issued to them llm following pronlamatjon: 
“On quitting you to fight the invaders, Icon 11 tie 
to your patriotism thedofenseof tills grout,city. 
Vou will never allow the enemy to take posses¬ 
sion of tills bulwark of Franco, and l trust you 
will rival the army in loyalty and courage, I 
shall ever remember with gratitude the recep¬ 
tion I have found within your walls, and I hope 
Hint in more joyous times I may be able to re¬ 
turn to thank you for your noble conduct.’’ 
The New Fork Tribune correspondent, gives 
the following account of the battle of the 13th. 
Sunday's buttle was, to the French, only the 
semblance ol o success, or the mitigation of a 
disaster. The Germans having cut otf all rail¬ 
way communication whatever with Metz, Mar¬ 
shal Bozuitto commenced a retreat across the 
Moselle, and proposed to follow the ordinary 
high road toward Verdun, whither the Emperor 
and the Prlnee Imperial, leaving Metz to Its fate 
had preceded him. When only half (hearmy Imd 
got over the river, the Generalissimo, upon 
whose presumed skill the hopes of Franooaro 
now fixed, was surprised, .lust like the other 
French commanders, he, by reconnoissanees, 
had found no inkllug of German corps in the 
neighborhood: but, nevertheless, when ono-half 
the army had gone across the river, it was at¬ 
tacked by a great force. We have the Emperor’s 
word that after four hours’ hard fighting the 
enemy was repulsed Willi great, loss: hul/it is 
not asserted I licit the half of the army which 
wanted to go across succeeded. 
The Prussians give, in a dispatch from the 
King, the following account of the attack: “I 
tinvu just returned from the battle-field near 
Metz. The advance of the Seventh Corps at¬ 
tacked the oueruy, who Instantly reinforced 
from the fortress. The Thirteenth Division and 
part of the Fourteenth sustained the advance. 
Tho conflict was desperate, involving the entire 
line. Tho enemy wnurepulsed atoll points mid 
pursued t.0 the glacis of tlm detached works 
near the fortress, which enabled the enemy to 
give shelter to their wounded. Onr wounded 
were instantly cared for. By daybreak the 
troops returned to their first bivouacs. All 
fought with incredible arid admirable energy. 
1 have gout? among them and congratulated 
them with nil my soul. I have spoken to Gens. 
Stelnmetz, Znstrow,Manteuffol, and Goebeu.” 
The Prussian official account of this attack is 
thus given “Our advance, finding themselves 
before Metz, and believing tho enemy, who were 
encamped under tho walls, about to retreat, Gen. 
Galtz's brigade was ordered to attack Hie rear 
guard of Marshal Ita/.uinc’s corps. A violent 
combat ensued. The Second Brigade then ad¬ 
vanced under Ostcnsaekeu, and immediately 
the divisions of Gens. Kauiooke and Wrangel 
participated, driving iho enemy at all points. 
Meanwhile, tho French Gen. I/Admirault en¬ 
deavored to Hank Llm First Corps, but was nl- 
taelcnl by Iho reserves, which advanced with 
drums beating under Gen. MameulTel. The 
enemy was splendidly repulsed, and driven into 
the fortress; many were captured. Our troops 
advanced to BcUccrolx and Borney, within 
range of tho forts. This morning the King made 
:i reconnoissance on tho field of battle, visiting 
tho advance posts to insure transportation of 
tho wounded, French and Prussians alike, to a 
point above Kouke, on the right of the Moselle. 
From this point the enemy was invisible in the 
clouds of dust. Wo inter, therefore, that the 
main body lias departed." 
At the same time tho French from Verdun 
telegraphed to Paris no news from Metz. Noth¬ 
ing is known to have occurred to-day. All day 
yesterday the roar of cannon was heard between 
Metz and Verdun. Persons who have reached 
here from that direction say that a great battle 
was fought, opening at daybreak, and that the 
Prussians had lost more than 40,000 men In the 
combat., and been completely defeated. During 
yesterday rooming, at the extremity of my nr- 
rondissetnetd, twenty-eight kilometres from the 
fortifications ol Verdun, the enemy had been 
seen directing his retreat to the South. 
Though this intelligence was transmitted by 
authority, the Government was not able to veri¬ 
fy it, and it was given to the public udder re¬ 
serve by the Minister of the Interior. 
A dispatch from Carlsruhe, the headquarters 
of the Baden army, dated August 14, says the 
people and garrison of Strasbourg have labored 
with zeal to arm Hie ramparts, clear the glacis, 
and barricade the entrances, but the besiegera 
have destroyed much or their work. On the 13th 
three slight con diets took pluee. A detachment 
of Baden troops set tire, to a railway train while 
it was standing in the station, and one or their 
batteries approached within three hundred 
paces of the fortress and fired on the ramparts. 
The ltaden troops lost three killed and seven¬ 
teen wounded. 
On tho 17th the following official dispatch, 
from Metz, was promulgated at Paris: —“Wo 
had a serious engagement yesterday, (the fill h,) 
near Gravel Ion e. We gained the advantage, 
but lost heavily.” [Noth. Gravellotto is a 
small village six miles SOUIhwest of Meiz, and 
two miles west, or the Moselle.] 
On the same dale the Vice-Admiral of the 
French naval forces proclaimed officially tho 
blockade of tho coast of tin; Gcrqum and Prus¬ 
sian States, 
Between the two armies fighting still con¬ 
tinues. Of a battle on tho 16th, the Prussian 
official dispatch reports“ General Alvensle- 
ben advanced yesterday with the Third Corps 
toward the east side of Metz. On tho lino of 
the enemy's retreat toward Verdun, he encoun¬ 
tered severe fighting with the divisions of Gen¬ 
erals Dc Caen, I/Admirault, Frossard, Gtmro- 
bert, and the Imperial Guard. General Alvon- 
slehcii was sustained successively by the Tenth 
Army Corps, and by a detachment of tho Eighth 
and the Ninth, commanded by Prince Frederick 
Charles. The enemy was driven in upon Meiz, 
In spite of t lie grout superiority of forces, after 
a severe combat of twelve hours. Tho losses 
on both sides were very heavy. The Prussian 
Generals Doorfng and Wedel were killed, mid 
Generals Rausch and Gruscher wounded. King 
William to-day saluted the troops on the field of 
bail ie, which was gloriously muinUiincd.” 
Eater dispatches state that Marshal Bazalne 
while endeavoring to fall back from Metz to 
Verdun, was attacked at nine o'clock on Tues¬ 
day morning by the Fifth Division ami forced 
to face about- Tho Prussians were admirably 
firm, though they sustained the attack of four 
French corps, among them t.hc Imperial Guard. 
After fighting gallantly for six hours, the Prus¬ 
sian Fifth Division was reinforced liy the First 
Corps. These reinforcements arrived oppor¬ 
tunely. 
A dipatch from King William, dated at. Pont- 
n-MoUBBOhi Aug. 17, says“ In the fight yester¬ 
day, we took two thousand prisoners, seventeen 
guns, and two eagles.” 
Further official dispatches received and pro¬ 
mulgated at Paris, are to lhe effect that the dif¬ 
ferent battles around Metz were fought by the 
troops of Hie Third and Fourth Corps. About 
40,01X1 French troops wore engaged. The Prus¬ 
sian loss was very great, and is computed at 20,- 
(XX). The French loss is comparatively small,ow¬ 
ing to the aid afforded by the cannon of the ad¬ 
jacent fortress. The French army engaged the 
Prussians before Metz. The latter suffered heavy 
losses. The French retired on Verdun. On 
Monday the Emperor was at Gravel lotto with 
60,000men. Subsequently, engagements occur¬ 
red at Longueville, and at other places, the 
Frcueli constantly lighting and retreating—con¬ 
testing every step. On Tuesday, the Emperor 
passed Ihrougli Verdun, and reached liheims, 
where ho now is. It was feared tlmt certain im¬ 
portant railway connections wore to he cut by 
tho enemy, which would thwart the present 
movements of the French army. The General 
commanding at Chalons was sent with a strong 
column to prevent Gils movement of the Prus¬ 
sians, and to assure our com mu ideations. The 
column arrived in time, and accomplished ils 
mission. 
A telegram front Bricy, a town fourteen miles 
northwest of Metz, has the following;—“An ob. 
stimilc sn uggle occurred near Mars le Tour, 
yesterday. It is supposed the engagment was 
general. Large numbers of wounded of both 
armies are arriving at Bricy. Travelers report 
that a vast body of Prussians has been thrown 
back upon the Moselle by Die Imperial Guard. 
The Prussian artillery was intrenched between 
Bricy nnd Saint .lean." An official dispatch 
from Marshal Bazuinc, Wednesday afternoon, 
says“ Yesterday, late in the afternoon, we 
gave battlobetween Doncouruud Vlonville. The 
enemy were driven back, und we bivouacked on 
the positions we had taken. 1 halted in my 
movement for several hours, in order lo bring 
up a full supply of munitions. We bad before 
us Prince Frederick Charles and Gen. Stfiumctz.” 
Additional details of Tuesday’s battle, near 
Doneourf and Vlonville, from official sources 
are that :—“ Prince Frederick Charles attacked 
our right,, and was firmly mot. The corps of 
Gen. Argand, at Rezonvllte, hastened into the 
action, which censed only with night. The Prus¬ 
sians repeatedly attacked us and Wore as often 
repulsed. Toward night a fresh corps sought to 
turn our position, but was beaten off. Our losses 
are serious. Gen. Battaille is wounded. By 8 
o’clock in the. evening, (bo enemy was repulsed 
along Hie entire line, lie had 120,000 men en¬ 
gaged." 
Of the progress of the invading forces the 
Tribune correspondent writes from Chalons on 
l he 15t.ii, t hat this is I lie Emperor’s birthday but 
no holiday. An alarm was sounded this even¬ 
ing at ton o’clock and artillery were put. in mo¬ 
tion. They went forward to Blcsme (28 miles 
soullienBtof Chalons and 8 miles east of Vitry on 
the railroad from Chalons via Vitry and Nancy to 
Meiz, and m the junction of the branch railroad 
toChuumont.) There they found that the rail¬ 
way was cut and they fell back. No railway 
communication exists between Chalons and 
either Metz or Verdun. 
We do not know where the French main army 
is, but the Prussian vanguard is nearer Chalons 
than Buzaine is. There is no force here capable 
of resisting an attack. So far nothing but the 
cavalry of the Prussians is heard of: 1m*, they 
were yesterday within twenty miles of Chalons, 
and wore destroying the railway at will. 
A correspondent of the same journal writes 
from headquarters of xhe Crown Prince, “ Wc 
are daily advancing from village to village. A1- 
Kieinri sympathies are altogether French, but the 
inhabitants of the country are treated kindly hy 
the Germans, except where the peasants commit 
hostilities. No compulsory military service is 
lnfnrced. Wagons for the wounded are required 
and sales of provisions compelled; nothing is, 
however, exacted but strict necessaries, and 
everything is paid for. The Crown Prince de¬ 
clares that he makes war on the French Govern¬ 
ment, not on the people. McMahon's corps must 
have boon almost destroyed, as no remnant Ol it 
is found as the Crown Prince pushes steadily 
forward against the French right wing." And 
from the headquarters of Prince Frederick 
Charles as follows: -“Should tho French not ac¬ 
cept battle outside of Metz, two corps will be 
left to mask the fortress, and the main body will 
march toward Paris. The Prussians have at the 
least, 600,0X1 men advancing on French soil, and 
as many more in reserve. All talk of peace be¬ 
fore tho occupation of Paris is laughed at.” 
The Prussian General reports to Government 
relative to the attack of the 14thThe French, 
in heavy masses, issued from Metz, and, after a 
bloody engagement of three hours, the First. 
Corps routed (he enemy’s right. Our troops 
fought with superb courage, carrying the ene¬ 
my's positions by assault splendidly." 
The French account of the encounter in the 
vicinity of Meiz, as published (lie 17th at Paris, 
says:—“The array under Marshal Bazalne, rest¬ 
ing upon one of the strongest places in the 
world, occupied near Molz a position which en¬ 
abled it to cheek theenemy and gained precious 
time. The Prussians decided to turn Metz, but 
Bnzaine knew their intention, and crossed the 
Moselle in several places at the same time. He 
was not surprised, as has been said, lie knew 
that he must soon meet theenemy, and was pro- 
pared. By crossing Iho Moselle the French in¬ 
tended to fall back on Chalons, but the Prus¬ 
sians endeavored to cut, the French line. Four 
times thoy attacked, and were repulsed with 
grout loss. The army of Bazalne continued its 
march, nnd may he considered as certain to 
make a junction with the corps of McMahon 
and Troehn. This result the Prussians have not, 
been able to prevent, and it changes tho situa¬ 
tion vastly. Bazalne will then lie at the head of 
larger forces than I hose opposed to him, and 
when he wishes, may assume Hie offensive. Tills 
view of affairs is based on information f rom the 
scene of tho hostilities, dated Tuesday, thofiitli." 
At Hie last, meeting of the Corps Legiskitif, 
Count Pallkno, the new Minister of War spoke 
as follows: “The Chamber will understand 
that I cannot give precise details as to the num¬ 
ber of troops engaged, the casualties, Ac. I 
cannot even state the result of the engage¬ 
ments, but I may say that the enemy bus made 
an ineffectual attempt to capture Pfalsburg, 
nnd lost one thousand five hundred men killed. 
This repulse has had Vi great effect boili on the 
enemy and the people of Unit, part of France. 
The moment the Government has information 
of the great movements now taking place, 1 
will commonicatq it to tho Chambers." 
Deputy Jules Ffevre requested Hint the utmost 
severity be shown the rioters and assassins ol 
Vilette. M. Thiers suggested I hat in ease of a 
siege of Paris tlm peasants be allowed to enter 
the cit y with their grain and cattle, nnd that the 
Slate reimburse them for their property. He 
also recommended that this Chamber now meet 
daily. Minister Duvernois, in reply toM. Tillers, 
said tho Government had intended to fully pro¬ 
vision Paris. The Deput ies, after a consultation, 
decided to meet again to-day. 
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July. About one-third of these cases were 
fatal. 
A serious cattle disease has appeared in Lewis 
county. Several cows have died with it. The 
intestines alter death are found to be filled with 
blood. 
During a recent severe storm the lightning 
struck in the middle of Mill Brook, just above 
Fordbam, and instantly killed every living 
thing In it. For miles the bottom of the brook 
is while with trout, eels and frogs. 
The Susquehanna Valley furnishes about five 
hundred sheep and lambs, and nearly as many 
calves dully, for tho New York Market, all 
healthy and in good condition. 
The whole amount of tolls received at the canal, 
collector's office, West Troy, during the month, 
of July, 1870, was $38,183-45: divided as follows: 
Eric canal, $36,583^8; Oswego canal, $151.67; 
Champlain canal, $1,418.25, against $30,030.14 re¬ 
ceived during a corresponding period lust sea¬ 
son. Three thousand six hundred original 
clearances have been issued to August 1, an in¬ 
crease of six hundred over last year. 
The village of Canton, St. Lawrence Co., was, 
for tho second lime within a year, the theaterof 
a destructive fire on the 4th tnst. The tire ex¬ 
tended from the post-office, on Main street, to 
t lie residence of the widow of Gov. Silas Wright, 
where it was checked. A block of buildings and 
six other buildings on Court: street, wore laid in 
ashes. Filly.two places of business were de¬ 
stroyed, and sixteen families rendered houseless. 
The loss is estimated at up wards of $100,000, upon 
which there is insurance to tho amount of $130,- 
(XXI. By the desperate efforts of the firemen, as¬ 
sisted by the citizens, the fire was confined lothe 
north side of Main street. The Uotilston House 
was on fire several times. Every Jaw office i n thu 
village and every dry goods store are burned. 
A Iso t he Masonic and Good Templars’ lodge. Tho 
post-office and the telegraph offices are burned. 
A son of the Hon. W. II. Sawyer fell from a 
building, fracturing an arm and a leg. 
FROM NEW ENGLAND. 
NEW YORK STATE. 
The iron and steel factory at Quogue, Suffolk 
county, has again commenced operation, having 
received new machinery. 
The Indebtedness of the county of West¬ 
chester, which is rapidly increasing in popula¬ 
tion, is $2,760,463.20. 
Tho extensive works of the Gould Manufac¬ 
turing Company <>r Seneca Falls, engaged in 
making pumps, corn shelters, thimble slmiiis for 
wagon axles, etc., were destroyed by (Ire a few 
days since, throwing 41X1 men out of employ¬ 
ment. The patterns of the establishment are 
reported all destroyed. Loss, $fiK),tXK); insured 
l'or $27,<XK). The fire is said to have been caused 
by the accidental overturning of a lamp into a 
barrel of benzine. 
Commodore Vanderbilt, representing t he Hud¬ 
son River and Now York Central Railroads, Jay 
Gould, representing the Erie, and representa¬ 
tives of the Pennsylvania Central, met at Sara¬ 
toga. on |he loth irtsf., made an amicable settle¬ 
ment of tboir differences, and arranged for an 
equitable division of the competing carrying 
business tor tho future. 
Of crops jn Monroe county, the Brock port Re¬ 
public says: — “ Nearly all ol‘ tho late crops will 
be very line. Corn never looked better. Beans 
are looking superb. Potatoes are doing excel¬ 
lent ly. There will be too many apples for profit 
to either grower or dealer. The pliun trees gen¬ 
erally iiaug full. Grapes are magnificent. The 
pear trees are loaded. The yield of peaches will 
be fair. Of all the fruits, quinces is iho only 
variety Hail will be a short yield." 
The American reports a terrific bail-storm and 
tornado In Orleans county. The damage is esti¬ 
mated at from $20,000 to $50,000. Tlios. Sherwood 
of Fulton, Oswego county was killed by light¬ 
ning while on the tow path of the tana), driving 
horses that were towing a raft in the storm near 
Eagle Harbor. 
The Board of Supervisors of Suffolk county 
has voted to in mease Hie salary of tlm county 
judge from $1,200 to $1,500 per year: and the 
salary of the district attorney from $.300 to $5DQ 
per year. They also decided to locate the new 
guiltily poor house at Ynphanlc. 
The twentieth annual festival of the farmers 
of Cayuga and adjoining counties will take place 
on the farm of J. N. Knapp,on Galpin's Hill, 
Sept. 7. 
Four hundred and three thousand seven hun¬ 
dred and eighty-seven bushels of salt were in¬ 
spected on the Onondaga Salt Spring Reserva¬ 
tion during Hie. week ending August 0. 
The annual green corn dance of the Onondaga 
Indians will take place on the reservation Aug. 
38. They warmly receive all who wish to wit¬ 
ness their ways and customs. 
Five hundred and forty-one persons were 
sun-struclt in New York during the month of 
The Mormons of Rhode Island, Massachusetts 
and Connecticut are to hold a convention soon 
at Fall River. 
The tonnage of vessels owned in Newport, 
II. I., in 1810 was 11,806. Now there are only a 
few brigs, schooners and sloops owned there. 
Thirty-six thousand dollars were recently dis¬ 
bursed to the employes of the ('harleston, Mass., 
Navy Yard ns tlm semi-monthly pay-roll. 
About $3,200 lias been received for the relief 
of the East Boston sufferers. The work of dis¬ 
tributing clothing, money, and oilier articles 
goes on. 
ThoRoeond annual re-union of the Society of 
tin,! Army and Navy of the Gulf, was held in 
Boston, General Banks delivering the oration. 
The next annual meeting Is to bo held at Sara¬ 
toga July 8th. A committee was appointed to 
collect the historical and biographical material 
for an accurate history of the Department of 
the Gulf. 
Grasshoppers are very thick in Franklin cqun 
ty. Me. By day they devour the leaves of corn, 
potatoes, beans, Ac., and at nightfall they cover 
the walls of buildings and fences. 
Tho cheese factory at West Milton, Vt., made 
during May over ">.000 pounds of cheese, ami 
that at Hlneshurg lately shipped at once seven¬ 
teen tons Of cheese. 
(Aiplain William Willard, warden of the Con¬ 
necticut State prison, was murdered by James 
Wilson, a convict, on the 11th Inst., with a knife 
concealed on Ills person. 
Joseph Tilton, of Exeter, eighty years old, 
lias cleared two acres Of ground this year, pull¬ 
ing the)Rumps, and has planted it with corn end 
potatoes, performing the work himself. Ho 
still “ makes” a loud of hay as handily as most 
young men. A standing reward of $5 is offered 
for the man who will "shave" him in a horse 
trade. 
Mr. George Chaffee, of Putnam, Ct., over 
sixty years of age, has cut 6,200 pounds of 
suinuc, first with a jack-knife, then with a hay- 
outter, and bagged it and sent it off, all in two 
weeks' time. 
The product Of five mills at Newport, R. I., 
engaged in the manufacture of tluiumls, amounts 
to 145.000 yards per month. They give employ¬ 
ment to one hundred and fifty-nine hands. 
'The Springfield Republican, in commenting 
upon the use of jute * switches " and chignons, 
which contain minute insects, says that in that 
city “several women lie in diingceof death from 
these loathsome Insects, and Hie disease in ils 
lesser forms is quite frequent.” 
•Saturday, the oth Inst., 15,574 pounds or butter 
wereshipped from Vcrgonnes, and 13,566 pounds 
were shipped from New Haven, Vt, 
The Ausou (Mo.) Advocate says“ Tho drouth 
is getting alarming, so fill' as the grain und po¬ 
tato crop is concerned. The die is east for the 
buy crop, most of it being in Hie barn much 
less In quantity but bettor in quality than 
usual.” 
Extensive improvements are being made to 
the canal at Bellows Falls, Vt., which is being 
thoroughly cleaned out nod widened. A new 
lock gate is also being erected for the accommo¬ 
dation of the numerous rai ls of lumber that are 
annually floated down the Connecticut. 
The amount of lumber surveyed at Bangor, 
Me., from January 1, 1870, to August 1, 1870, was 
82,433,414 feet, and during the same months in 
i860, 87,507,306 leet. 
A Gold Bank lias been authorized in Boston 
under the lute law of Congress, mid will soon go 
into operation, having already deposited $300,(XX) 
of bonds. We trust it may be a success, and 
then we shall be likely to have “more of the 
same sort," 
Mr. Taft of Providence, R. T., is constructing a 
monster mill at Tuttsvillo, on the Chetueket 
river, which is to be 2,100 feet long, 75 foot wide, 
and four stories high, with a French roof. One 
of the upper rooms, already completed, is the 
largest in the country, being 750 feet long, by 75 
feet wide, 
Burlington, Vt., has finally secured subscrip¬ 
tions to the amount of $27,000, which, with the 
permanent fund of $50,000 a Iren dy guaranteed, 
will liberally endow its proposed home for desti¬ 
tute children, 
Mr. Sampson, of North Adams, Mass., isso well 
pleased with the result of his introduction of 
G)(Jnese labor into his shoe factory, that he will, 
within a few weeks, send for fifty more work¬ 
men from California. or the seventy-two Chi¬ 
namen lie has now at work, all but four or live | 
arc doing finely; Hie incompetent ones he will 
send back to San Francisco. 
Mr. S. Corey, of Craflsbury, Vt., has a pair of 
twin Durliums, three months old, which will 
weigh four hundred pounds each. 
FROM THE WEST. 
Cmnton corx’TV. Missouri, has a cheese farm 
of 1,500 acres, the proprietor of which keeps 300 
cows, and makes 4(H) pounds of cheese per day. 
During a severe thunder shower in the town 
of Napoleon, Mich., seventy-six sheep were in¬ 
stantly killed while nestling together under a 
large oak tree, in order to be protected from the 
storm. An eye-witness says it was a most pe¬ 
culiar sight. Almost instantly the tree was up¬ 
rooted and the sheep were transformed from 
the living to the dead. 
Don Juan Foster lias a. rancho in Los Angelos 
and Diego counties, California, containing ihree 
hundred square miles. Ho can ride twenty- 
seven miles in a straight line without leaving 
his own land. 
A manufactory is being erected at Vineland, 
Mo., on the Iron Mountain railroad, for utilizing 
the heretofore useless “glass tiff,” by grinding 
It Into n tine powder, adapted Tor making putty. 
ThcOwosso Press has this item : -“Nearly two 
weeks ago a strange. Insane woman made her 
appearance in tho neighborhood of the Corson 
school house. When first seen she was driving 
cows to and fro in the roads, and doing many 
things indicative of her insane stale. At night 
she slept in tlie school house, where she was 
found by Mr. Carson, who lias placed her for 
security in the jail at Corunna. She will give 
no information concerning herself, her home, 
or friends. She only owns to tho name of 
Calhnrinc,” 
The Regents Of the State University of Iowa, 
have reduced tuition in Hie institution from $80 
to $50 per annum, and from $30 to $30 per term. 
A lady superintendent hasbce.i employed for 
the Bucyrus, Ohio, schools, at a salary of $1,000 
a year. 
The Preston, Minn., Republican of July 20th 
says:—“ The grain harvest in Fillmore county is 
progressing finely, and from all tlm Information 
that wo can gather tram competent Judges, the 
quality and quantity of wheat will no much bet¬ 
ter than wils expected, and fully up to llienvcr- 
ngo. In quality It Is pronounced better. This is 
encouraging m-ws, wlijyji, wiili good prices, will 
place mu* farming population on tho highroad 
to Increased prosperity." 
Heat h A Mulligan's paint and glass store, Chi¬ 
cago, was burned a l ew days since, buss, $250,- 
000; insurance,$100,000. Lessonbuilding, $35,000; 
insurance, $2fi,(KK). 
The Boom at Stillwater, Minn., has closed op¬ 
erations for (bis year. There have been eighty 
days of act mil operation, during which time 501,- 
S‘d logs, countining 130,110,1133 leet, have been run 
through the boom. The buomugo on these logs 
amounts to $108,010.05. Out of this, wages Imvo 
been paid to 200 men, at $1.75 to $3 per day, be¬ 
sides board. 
The Blue Earth City Post says the average 
yield of wheat in Southwestern Minim-,oia may 
be set down at twelvo bnslmls to the acre, or 
two-thirds that of i860. The quality, however, 
is milch superior to that of Inst year. 
The census returns show an unexpected in¬ 
crease in the agricultural districts in Illinois. 
Many purely farming townships in the central 
part of i he State have a population of over 2,500. 
Coal fully equal to the Fort Dodge coal has 
been discovered in Joe Davies township, Fari¬ 
bault. county, Minn. 
The hog cholera is raging to an alarming ex¬ 
tent in Scott county, III. One niuit lias lost 
$1,000 worth of shouts by the disease. 
A coach from Helena has been at lacked by 
road agents at Little Dry Creek, eleven miles 
this side of Pleasant Valley, Idaho. Three China¬ 
men passengers were robbed of $4,200, and a 
treasure box was talo n, and it is supposed from 
tho weight of the boxo, that if, contained be¬ 
tween five und six thousand dolfill's. 
About a mile and o-balf Of snow sheds on Hie 
Central Pacific Railroad, between Summit and 
Truckoe, was destroy ed by fire Saturday night. 
Loss over $50,000. 
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FROM THE SOUTH. 
The first iron steamboat for the waters of the 
Mississippi, |r building at Cincinnati, of St. 
Louis iron. 
A prairie planter informs the Aberdeen, Miss., 
Examiner that, he finds it cheaper and more sat¬ 
isfactory to feed his men on Hour than on corn. 
New Orleans Claims to bo the healthiest city in 
the Union, Deaths for the last week in July, 
118, against620in Philadelphia, and 1,618 in New 
Fork. 
The colored people in and about Richmond, 
Va„ are evidently.a thrifty, saving class. They 
have $01,512.48 deposited in the Freedman's Bank 
there. The gaiu in deposits lust mouth was 
nearly $10,(X)0. 
The bonded debt of the State of Georgia is 
$6,014,51X1, and has not been increased during 1870. 
The State has solvent, property to tho amount 
of $12,000,100. 
There has been launched at Wilmington, Del., 
an iron side-wheel steamer. Hie Wynhoke, of 
2,500 tons burden and with sixty rooms, which 
is Hie largest iron merchant ship over built in 
this country. 
Tho orange crop of Florida does not prom¬ 
ise to bo as good as last year, but ns there ore 
many young groves Coining into bearing, the 
supply, it is believed, will not bo materially 
less. 
Tho Aberdeen, Miss., Examiner says that for 
the first time since Hie organization of Hie comi¬ 
ty, the State failed to purchase a single tract of 
land at the annual tux sales, individuals bought 
all that was offered, for amount of taxes aud 
costs. 
A Texas paper says fossil remains belonging to 
a hitherto und escribed species of tho genus dc- 
<phas, and much larger than any yet discov ered, 
have recently been discovered in Archer county 
by Prof. Roeasler. The jaw, it is said, measures 
twelve feet. 
Florida is the only State that assumes a new 
coat of arms with reconstruction. For u spread 
eagle, she substitutes tho sun shining upon a 
Florida landscape. 
A gentleman writing from Biloxi, Miss., says 
the heat and diqulh have been so long and se¬ 
vere in that region that Ibo wells aro almost 
dried up, and that many peat' trees have died 
with the fruit on them. 
The peanut crop of Virginia this year is esti¬ 
mated at 4(h),(XX) bushels, while Tennessee raises 
300,000 bushels, and Georgia and tho Carol inns, 
from 150,000 to 175 , 000 . 
Ot a cow in Shu Antonia, Texas, it is said that 
in thirty days she gave 525 quarts of milk, equal 
to 131M gallons, or 1,050 pounds, the cow weigh¬ 
ing 600 pounds. The milk, VA cents per quart, 
came to $39.3%. The cost of keeping, milking. 
