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FOREIGN NEWS. 
The Frauco-I’nisslnii War. 
At tlie tiruo of closing’ our account of the pro¬ 
gress of tliis war, tlie four days’ tight In the vi¬ 
cinity of Sedan was still in progress, though in a 
postscript wo were able lo announce the defeat 
of the French and surrender of Napoleon. As 
matters of interest and history, wo give from 
the Tribune a brief account of the contest, as 
follows:—The French army was moving by two 
parallel roads from liethel to Montmedy, and, 
on August 8flt.il, half of it had crossed the Meuse 
at and about Stenay. On that, day, the Prussian 
army moving northward from Soincpy and Va¬ 
ran ties, on the west of the Mouse, and from Etaln 
on Dun and Montmedy on the cast, struck the 
flanks of the French Corps. The half of the 
French army west of tlie Meuse, beaten at At- 
tlgny, Vro/,y,Btoiine, and Nouart, on August 30, 
concent rated at Beaumont, where, on the same 
day, they fought the Prussian advance. At the 
same hour those east of the Meuse, beaten with 
great slaughter at Vau.v, fell back to Cnrignun, 
where they rallied and again fought. At night, 
August 30, they retreated to Sedan. Hither the 
Prussians followed hastily, and in their first at¬ 
tack, August 81, were repulsed. 
During tlie night of August 31, the Crown 
Prince ot Prussia, by a forced murcli,passed the 
Mouse at Donehery. and by the morning of Sep¬ 
tember 1, hud established Ills lines behind and on 
eit her side of the village of Fiegncux. on the 
high ground north of Sedan. The Crown Prince 
of Saxony, at, tlie same time, established ills 
lines from I,a Clmpolle on the northeast to Ita- 
zeille on (lie south of Sedan. The Second 
Bavarian Corps held the roads from Sedan south- 
westward to Veiidres.se, and tie: :.’0,!)0Q Wurtem- 
bera'Ts the roads west front .Sedan toward 
Mezlews, t he only avenue* of escape for the 
French. Tito key point of the field was an ab¬ 
rupt peak midway between Torcy and Glvonuo. 
A ridge north of llazcillc also commanded Se¬ 
dan. When these two points wore carried there 
was a general cessation of firing along the whole 
French JJno, and «>on thereafter a flag of truce 
approached the Prussian headquarters. 
After n very short consultation between the 
King and Gen. Von Mottke, the messenger was 
told by the General that, in a matter so import- 
tint as the surrender of at least (JO,000 men, and 
an important fortress, it was necessary to send 
an olllcer of high rank. “You are therefore," 
said the General,'* to return to Seihui add loll 
the Governor of the town to report himself Im¬ 
mediately to tlio King of Prussia. If hu does 
not arrive within an hour, our guns will again 
open lire. You may tell the commandant that 
there is no use of Ids trying to obtftiQ any other 
terms than unconditional surrender." 
As soon m it could lie accomplished, the second 
Hug Of truce arrived, mid Gen. Reilly delivered 
an autograph letter to the Kingfrom the French 
Emperor, as follows! “As I cannot die at, the 
bead of my army, I lay my sword at iho feet of 
your Majesty." 
Napoleon left Sedan for the Primsian head¬ 
quarters at Vendresse on tlie 2d of September. 
M.O'Mahons whole army, comprising 100,U00 men, 
capitulated without conditions. The Prussians 
had "•10,000 troops engaged or in reserve, the 
French 130,000. Gen, MaeMuhon was seriously 
wounded during the engagement, the command 
devolving upon Gen. Wltnpflen. 
On t lie receipt of tlie news nt Paris the Council 
of Ministers issued the following proclamation : 
Ti>lhf Fnm il I’c.npU:: A great misfortune has 
come upon the country. After three days of 
lioi'ofo struggles, sustained by the artny of Mar¬ 
shal MtteMahon, against 300,000 of the enemy, 
•10.000 men have been made prisoners. This 
cruel reverse will not shake our eonrafre- Paris 
Is to-day in n eomplere suite of defense. The 
military forces of the country will ho organized 
Inst few days. A new urmy Will ho under the 
walls of Pans. Anot her army is forming on the 
hanks of the Loire, Your patriotism, your 
union, your energy will save Franco. Tlie Ein- 
peror lets boon made a prisoner in the struggle. 
The Government, in accord with the public 
Powers, will take all measures required by the 
gravity of events. 
Sept. 4tit the following dispatch was scat to 
the Protects nl' Depart incuts: 
"Gen. Troohu, Governor of Paris, has been 
appointed member of the Government of Na¬ 
tional Defense, installed at the Motel de Vjlle. 
Ho takes the port l’ollo of war, and his colleagues 
have conferred upon him the Presidency. 
Lkon GambkiTA.” 
The offices ot the Provisional Government are 
distributed as follows:—Minister of Foreign Af¬ 
fairs Jules Favro. Minister of Justice—Isaac 
Eremleux. Minister of the interior—Leon Gaui- 
betta. Minister ot Finance-Ernest i'tout'd. Su¬ 
perintendent of Public Works- Pierre Dorian. 
Minister of Commerce—Joseph Magnin. Super¬ 
intendent of Public Instruction—Jules Simon. 
Minister of Marine—Martin Fonrichon. Minis¬ 
ter of War -Louis Jules Trocltu; also, President 
of the Committee. 
On the next day the following official procla¬ 
mation was issued, dated the 4th: 
RepnbUque Francaim:, Miiiixh'rn il Vlnterfaur: 
The ilrchmnci■ has been pronounced in the Corps 
i.egislatif. The Republic has been proclaimed 
at iIm Hotel do Ville. A government of national 
defense, composed of eleven members, and all 
the Deputies of Paris, has been constituted and 
ratified by popular aeclaniation. Their names 
are Arngo, Emanuel t’rentfeux, Jules Favro, 
Jules Ferry. Giunbel.tn, thu'tiier-Pages, Gltlis- 
Blzoin, Eugene 1‘elletau, M. l’loard, Rochefort 
and Jules Simon. 
Gou. Troohu will at the same time continue 
in the exercise ot tlie powers of Governor of 
Paris, and is appointed Minister of War in place 
of Gen Pulikuo. 
Please placard immediately,and,if necessary, 
have proclaimed by the public crier tills declara¬ 
tion. 
For the Government of National Defense. 
l.uoN Qambjstia. 
The Minister ol' the Interior. 
A decree of tlio new Ministry abolished the 
Corps Legislailf and 8enato. and the Presidency 
of tho Council of State. The manufacture of 
arms was declared free, and complete amnesty 
proclaimed l'or all political crimes and offenses. 
Perfect order prevailed. The Republic had 
been proclaimed at Lyons, Bordeaux, and other 
large towns. 
It is reported that the Empress Eugenie lias 
resigned the Regency, in obedience to tlie will 
of the people, and fled to Belgium. 
Of the final surrender of Napoleon, King Wil¬ 
liam telegraphs the Queen from Varennes, as 
follows“ What a solemn moment when I met 
Napoleon! lie was bowed down, but dignified. 
I have assigned him AVilhelmshohe, near Cassell, 
(capital of Hesse Cassell,) as his residence. Our 
meeting took place in a little coslle in front of 
the western glacis before Sedan. From there I 
rode along the front of tlie army at Sedan. The 
reception by the t roops you etui hardly imagine; 
it was indescribable. At 8 o’clock, when it be¬ 
came dark, I finished my ride, which had lasted 
five hours, but I did not return here till 1. May 
God help further.” 
The Prince Imperial and Empress Eugenie are 
en nniti for the same place, though the Empress 
is not deemed a prisoner. 
The Government of Paris has issued a circular 
prepared by Jules Favro, as follows: — “The 
policy of France is peace, leaving Germany tlie 
master of her own destinies. The King of Prus¬ 
sia had said that be made war against the dynasty 
and not against Frauee; yet the dynasty is gone 
and Francois free, yet is this impious war con¬ 
tinued. Will the King fuee this responsibility 
before the world and before history? France 
yields not one foot of soil; not a stooe. of a 
fortress. A shameless peace mentis the extermi¬ 
nation of our cause and that of Europe. We are 
undismayed. The army is resolute and provid¬ 
ed. Three hundred thousand combatants can 
hold! Paris to the lust. They cun hold the city 
for three months and conquer. If crushed, 
France will arise and avenge it. Let Europe 
know that the Ministry have no other aim or 
ambition than peace; but war proving Inevit¬ 
able, wo will continue the struggle. confident or 
the triumph of justice." 
Of the situation in Paris the special corres¬ 
pondent of the Tribune says, under date of Cth 
hist: “Tlio following Is an exact statement Of 
the real situation of Paris, obtained upon the 
best authority. There will he, with Gen. Vinoy's 
troops, •10,000 soldier* in Paris, utterly demoral¬ 
ized. In-side 80,not) armed National Guards, 30,000 
GardesMohile.and about 5,000 anti tsd volunteers. 
This is the whole armed force that can lie 
counted on for defense. There arc no more 
guns. There is hardly ammunition enough for 
one battle. Tin* Provisional Government, would 
treat on any terms but. the cession of territory. 
They fear that If Hie armed force were ordered 
lo the rani par Is, the scum of the populace 
would pillage the town. Intervention Is earn¬ 
estly sought. Jules Euvrc's application to Lord 
Lyons l'or mediation is without Immediate re¬ 
sult, ll»6 latter having received mi instructions 
since the change ol Government. Notwith¬ 
standing the proclamation, the reeling is utter 
despair. Resistance is known to bo impossible." 
Gen. Wimpffen, in an address to his soldiers, 
compliments them fur their heroic lira very, that 
they had tired their last cartridge, and were un¬ 
able to umroli to the relief of Marshal Buzulue, 
concluding us follows: 
ruder the cireumslanees In which we find our¬ 
selves, it only remains for us, officers and sol¬ 
diers, to accept with resignation the conse- 
qutnoosol thin surrender. Wo|ia\e at least tin* 
consolation of knowing a useless massacre has 
been avoided, and we yielded only under cir¬ 
cumstances against which no army could fight, 
namely, warn of food and ammunition. Now. 
soldiers. In counluslnn, let me say t hat, you arc 
sliil aide to render brilliant services to your 
country, without being needlessly slaughtered. 
Db WiMPmcN, 
General Coinmiuidiug-te-Cliicf. 
By way of Berlin we have news that the morn¬ 
ing alter the victory at Sedan, theCrowti Prince 
resumed Ills march on Paris. Camps were broken 
up ami Lite heads of columns in motion at day¬ 
light, and later dispatches represent him as 
rapidly approaching that city, having on lbe 7th 
reached Soitssons. At the same time Gen. Von 
Trcekson, Adjutant ol the King, with a French 
stuff officer (a prisoner) wont to Metz to inform 
Uuzuine of the surrender of MacMahon's army 
and the Emperor, and to endeavor to arrange 
the capitulation Of Metz. It is reported that the 
Germans have discovered and cut off the water 
supply id Metz, and ttiut the French are in des¬ 
perate condition. 
The siege of St rasboilflf stil I continues and the 
besiegers tiro confident of its early capture. The 
Prussian General offered to agree to an armistice 
of twenty-four hours, if the French General 
would arrange terms of capitulation at the end. 
The French refused, The inhabitants are re¬ 
ported eager for surrender. The French not 
only shelled houses in Kehl, but a church, con¬ 
verted into a hospital, which was fired, and the 
wounded burned. Nearly all the villages in the 
neighborhood of Strasbourg are destroyed. 
Amongst the notable events at Paris lias been 
the return of Victor Hugo, and the subjoined 
address delivered by him on arrival, may serve 
to give some idea of tlio temper and intention of 
the leading spirits iu the Republic, He said ; 
“ QUixeiin:- I have come back from an exile of 
twenty years filmultuneously with the Republic. 
The Republic comes to defend I'art’s, the capital 
of civilization. Paris must not be sullied by in¬ 
vasion. To invade is to invade Liberty- it is to 
invade civilization. No such luvasiou shall tri- 
iiinnh. Paris will b * saved by the union of all 
souls,ill', hearts, all arms lu her defense. The 
defeat of Paris means new bat reds, now resent¬ 
ments. new barriers between people and people. 
Paris must lie victorious ui the tituiio of Frater¬ 
nity. for only by making tlm fraternity of all 
possible, can liberty of all be gained," Pointing 
to an American ting, lie said: “That banner ot 
stars speaks ?o-d«y to Pans and ti France, pro¬ 
claiming miracles of power, which arc easy to a 
great people contending fur a great principle— 
the liberty of every race, the fraternity of nil." 
A report comes from Paris t hut on the ifi.li the 
garrison at Strasbourg made n successful sortie 
on Tuesday night, ktlRug8.000 or 10,000 Prussians, 
and capturing many guns. The Prussians at¬ 
tempted lo cross on pontoons between Porte 
Julfs and PortoAusterlitz, and were annihilated 
by the mitrailleuses posted at the Porte de 
Pechcuis. 
The Tribune London correspondent, on the 
81 h, reports that:—At a meeting of diplomats to¬ 
day, 1 o discuss terms of peace, no conclusion 
was reached; they will meet again to-morrow. 
Prussia is reported to liave modified her condi¬ 
tions ; she reduces the- indemnity from .12200,000,- 
000 to £13(t,000,000, and refers to a European Con¬ 
gress the question of the annexation of the con¬ 
quered provinces. If the peace negotiations 
fail, the Government will remove to Tours, leav¬ 
ing a Standing Defense Committee iu Paris. 
A dispatch from l,non, France, same date, says 
that this morning the headquarters of the King 
of Prussia remained at Reims. The Prussian 
army begun a steady march on Paris on the Cth. 
The advance will take place simultaneously 
along the roads leading to the capital, from 
Compiegue, Solssdhs, and Epernay. The advance 
Cavalry was yesterday at Compiegno, Crcpy, be¬ 
tween Soiisons and Paris, and at Meaux, on the 
Farik and Strasbourg Railway. The German 
troops are in an excellent condition. The con¬ 
centration of artillery at Heims is immense. 
Dispatches received by King William from 
Metz, on the Sth, state that the health of the be¬ 
sieging army is good. All is quiet. There is 
reason to believe that arrangements for the 
capitulation of Bazaine’s army will shortly be 
in ado. 
Laon has been turned by the Prussian columns 
which inarch on Paris through the Valley of the 
Aisne. 
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NEW YORK STATE. 
The Geneva Gazette announces that strong 
surface indications of oil and gas were discov¬ 
ered on the premises of Messrs. Graves & Co., 
nurserymen,of that village, while dlgginga well. 
It is estimated that in the town of Durham, 
Green county, there are 100,000 bushels of the 
plum known as the " Damson." Harmon Van 
Wort, living three miles from Athens, sold the 
past season, from a single apricot tree, $50 worth 
of fruit. 
The long contemplated extension of lbe Long 
Island Railroad to Port Jefferson, Is now guar¬ 
anteed. The Long Island Company have agreed 
on the payment of $100,000 in bonds, and the in¬ 
habitants along the line have guaranteed Lo sub¬ 
scribe $100,000. 
The number of students enrolled at Fairfield 
Seminary this fall, is larger than it. has been at 
the opening of any term for several years. 
The Canal Board has appropriated the sum of 
$3,500 towards rebuilding the bridge over the 
Genessee ltivcr at, Squakic Hill, near Mount 
Morris. 
An application lias been mndo to the Governor 
for a pardon for Mrs. Elizabeth S. Hegglo, who 
poisoned her daughter in Ilhncu, some years 
ago, and was sentenced to State Prison for life, 
at a terra of court held In Cortland in 1807. 
The Midland Railway Company t hinks it time 
to begin to talk about building branch lines to 
Truxton ami Auburn. To these ends survey will 
be made at ottee. 
L. O. Locke of floosie Falls, lias invented a 
new “binder," which is lube attached to Wood's 
reaper. 
The customs receipts for August were $15,645- 
300, an increase or $1,335,351 over August, 1809. 
A few days since two full grown bears were 
caught in traps and killed at Big Hollow, in 
Windham, Greene county. They weighed about 
two hundred pounds npiece. 
Four young men, residing in the south part of 
Bath, were recently arrested, tried and convict¬ 
ed on the charge of public profanity, and were 
lined by Justice Lindsey $4 each. 
Several hundred barrels of Detroit, Reds and 
Lady Bush apples Inn e been sold at Batavia for 
ten Bit tilings per barrel. 
The census shows that since 1805 the popula¬ 
tion of the town of Skatieuteles has increased 
388, and that ot the village 353. 
The State Convention of men drafted in 1863, 
designing measures for recovering from coun¬ 
ties the monies paid by them for commutation, 
of which subsequently drafted men were re¬ 
lieved, was held In Syracuse on the 30tb tilt. 
Twenty-eight counties were represented. Reso¬ 
lutions were adopted, looking to county organi¬ 
zations mid the election of a State Com mi I lee, 
to urge the purposes of the Convention before 
the Legislature. The Convention then ad¬ 
journed. 
The usually quiet Village of Mount. Vernon, 
Westchester county. Is in a great, state of ex¬ 
citement over the suicide of n well-known resi¬ 
dent, Mrs. A. w. McDonald, a lady prominently 
identified with the Woman’s Rights movement. 
The grasshoppers arc so thick, and cat with 
such energy In the northern part of the stale, 
that in Seri bn the bends of Hie cabbages are en¬ 
tirely devoured, the stalks only left standing. 
The United States revenue cul ler Salmon P. 
Chase lias arrived at Oswego with a full comple¬ 
ment of men and complete outfit, its designs 
are a mystery. 
Tbo Lock port Journal says:—“ The large ma¬ 
jority of farmers throughout, the county arc 
each having a siege of thrashing about these 
days. Grains of all kinds m e harvested,and the 
buz-z-z of hundreds of cylinders shows Niagara 
county to be rich in the cereal productions." 
A decision ol importance to Masonic, Odd Fol¬ 
lows, and other benevolent and charitable socie¬ 
ties, has just, been given in Rochester. Teoron- 
to Lodge of Odd Fellows, of that city, brought 
suit against its treasurer to compel him to give 
up funds in bis possession. The amount, of debt 
and costs, was $3,918. The Union reports:—Bar¬ 
ton held the money in his hands hs treasurer of 
the lodge, and appropriated this amount to ins 
own private uses. When called upon to pay tlio 
money to t he order of the lodge, ho was unable 
to do so, and suit was commenced against him. 
The defense was, we understand, that the lodge 
could not sue, and that the money belonged to 
individuals, who had paid it to the treasurer. 
The referee did not sustain the defense, lledc- 
clnred that Odd Fellows aud similar societies 
hold property, and might sue defaulting officers 
who withhold it or misapplied it. 
Tlie suspension bridge in Watertown is to be 
repaired, and made wholly of iron. Its aggre¬ 
gate cost will then have been $14,300. 
Leveret t C. Stowell, for many years a mer¬ 
chant in New York, was drowned in Otsego 
Lake, Coopnrstown. on the30th ult. 
A trout was caught from Otsego Lake, a few 
days ago, which weighed twenty-cue pounds, 
measuring thirty-seven inches in length and 
twenty-one in girth. It was sold for ten dollars. 
At Potsdam, St. Lawrence Co., the mills and 
factories have stopped running, lor want ol 
water. 
The citizens of Gon verneur have held a meet¬ 
ing In favor of a railroad from their village to 
Edwards. A committee was appointed, with 
Hon. Edwin Dodge as chairman, to canvass the 
mat ter, and report at a future meeting. 
Mrs. Craig W. Wadsworth of Geneseo, was 
lately injured seriously by being thrown from a 
carriage. 
The work of improving the channel of the 
Hudson River, near Albany, by the national 
authorities, is now progressing rapidly under 
Hie experienced care of Col. John. M. Wilson of 
the United States army. 
The Coliseum organ, used at the Peace Jubilee 
last year, has been reconstructed, and will lie 
placed in the llev. Mr. Tutelage's church, Brook¬ 
lyn. Geo. W. Morgan will be the organist, at a 
salary of $3,50(1. 
The following is the report of mail matter col¬ 
lected and delivered by the letter carriers of 
Rochester, under the free delivery system, dur¬ 
ing the mouth ol AugustMail letters delivered, 
138,833; drop letters delivered, 8,799; papers de¬ 
livered, 53,256; letters collected, 76,733; papers 
collected, 5,040. 
On the Sth inst., a fire occurred on the roof of 
the N. Y. Times building, originating from the 
furnace of the stereotype foundry. The fireman 
were promptly on hand, and the fire was extin¬ 
guished before more than $500 damage was done. 
FROM THE WEST. 
The buildings of the Central Pacific Railroad 
at Auburn, Cal., were burned lately. Loss, 
$30,000. 
The first spike of the San Francisco and North 
Pacific Railroad was driven last week at Pa- 
taluma. 
The work on the Oregon and California Rail¬ 
road is progressing rapidly. It will bo completed 
to Salem in a few days. 
A terrible flood has occurred in the Chippewa 
Rivor, Wis., doing great damage to farms, logs, 
dams, and lumber. The water was the highest 
ever known. 
There will be eighteen public school-houses 
open in Indianapolis during the coming school 
year, and the number of teachers employed to 
teach the young idea how to shoot will be one 
hundred and ten. 
The King River Indians and several other 
tribes have commenced depredations on tlie 
whiles of Morro and Fresno counties, California. 
The Indians aro reported 3,000 at tong. 
The wife of Gideon A. Gray, of Belluire, Ohio, 
recently Recovered $350 damages from P. Burke 
for selling liquor to her husband. 
St. Louis, Mo., makes steady progress with 
manufacturing’ enterprises. Among others, she 
can boast of having four immense white lead 
factories, giving employment to thousands of 
operatives. 
The opera house at Springfield, Ill, is to be 
rented lor the use of the next Legislature—the 
old hall being too small. 
The valuation of Iowa lias been fixed at $302,- 
000.000 and ihc State tax is two mills on tlie 
dollar. It is said that it the assessed valuation 
bo uiio-futtrlh the real valuation. Iowa contains 
property to the amount of $1,308,000,000. 
Great excitement exists in a settlement not 
far from Bedford, Ind., on account of the dis¬ 
covery of a supposed silver mine. Land not lor 
sale In that neighborhood at any price. 
A contractor on the Northern Pacific road re¬ 
ceives from a firm in Sauk Rapids one ton of 
butter per month for Ids men. 
The manufacturing establishments of New 
New Albany, Ind., pay out over $100,000 a month 
for labor alone. 
Canyon City, Oregon, was destroyed by fire 
on the 13th ult., only one house remaining. The 
loss is $350,000. 
The now dam across tlie Cedar River nt Cedar 
Rapids, Iowa, is to be 900 feet long and eight feet 
wide. 
Tlio Red River expedition reached Fort Garry 
A ngust 34. Riel and his follo wers were surprised 
and lied.] 
A fire broke out in the paper store of Tallin, 
Butler & Co., Chicago, on the 4th inst., and de¬ 
stroyed the magnificent Drake block on Wabash 
avenue. The total loss will ranch about $3,000, 
000, on which there is from $1,500,000 lo $1,800,000 
insurance. 
Slmekelton's now block at Manistee, Mich,, 
was burned on t heOIst nil. Loss$9,000, ol which 
$5,000 falls on McGregor, Hall A Co., occupants. 
A Wealthy $t. Louis company Is said t o he pre¬ 
paring to build a factory in the very midst of 
the cm ton fields, for the manufacture, on a large 
scale, of domestic fabrics and cotton yarn. 
The State Geologist of Ohio declares I hut there 
are ten thousand square miles of coal deposit lo 
that State. 
Internal Revenue Commissioner Delano had 
his arm broken at his homo in Ohio some time 
since, and is still suffering from the fracture, 
and unable Lo have the splints taken off. He is 
not expected iu Washington before October. 
The salt works near 8an Leandro. Cal., now 
produce 6,000 tuns, at an average value of $9 per 
ton, per annum, and are being extended. Nev¬ 
ertheless, the State imports more than half of 
its consumption of salt from Mexico. 
The wheat crop of Barry county, Mieb.,isnow 
being thrashed, and inequality is found to be 
excellent, not being grown so much as was ex¬ 
pected. The oat crop is the largest over known 
in the county. One field of oata that was 
thrashed last week, averaged ninety bushels 
per acre. 
Farmers of Jackson and Oakland counties, 
Mich., complain that their sheep are suffering 
from tlie ravages of dogs. 
A Visalia (Cal.) telegraph states that 2,000 to 
3,000 Indians on the war path have assembled in 
the Long’s River country. A reconnoitering 
party captured an Indian and forced the in¬ 
formation from him. The Fi-Utes and the 
Monos have been informed Hint all the Indians 
between the Fan Joaquin River and Fort Tejon 
are about to wage a war on the whites, and that 
unless the tribes named consent to join in the 
war they will themselves be exterminated. The 
hostile Indians include six nr eight hundred 
warriors, well armed. They have already begun 
their depredations. The settlers are ai ming for 
defense. 
A special dispatch from Cheyenne. W. T., on 
tho 1st, to the Republican, says,—Messrs. Bru- 
notand Campbell, Special Indian Commission¬ 
ers, leave to-morrow to meet Gen. McCook aud 
about thirty lodges of Utcs near Denver. Lit¬ 
tle Crow runners from Red Cloud report that 
the Sioux, Northern Cheyennes and Arrapahnes 
are hold) tig a great council at Powder Ri vex-. The 
OgallaJas, Sioux. Cheyennes and Arrapahocsare 
on their way to meet the Commissioners about 
the middle, of next month. September 15th 
there will probably be front 1,000 to 1,500 lodges 
there. The annuity goods are expected by the 
Indians at the meeting with the Commissioners, 
and a rail m e to receive them will probably em¬ 
barrass negotiations. 
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FROM NEW ENGLAND. 
The weather in Maine continues extremely 
dry, and the country all about is suffering from 
fires. The passengers on the Piscataquis Rail¬ 
road report buildings on tire on the line of tlie 
road, and that Whole neighborhoods turned out 
fighting the fire. It is reported that the West 
Branch drive of logs, containing 20,000,000 feet, 
is on fire. 
Tlie Bangor, Mo.,Theological Seminary is now 
firmly established, free from debt, and in good 
working order, with property worth more titan 
$70,000 and funds for the support of professors 
and the aid of indigent students, to the amount 
of $150,000, 
The monotony and the universal sameness of 
the Fair programmes is to be broken this year 
by the adoption of congregational singing by tlie 
Berkshire County Agricultural Society, located 
at Pittsfield, Mass., at its Fair to be held in Oc¬ 
tober. 
'Tlie widow of the late Secretary Rawlins Is 
about becoming tbo resident of one Of tbo finest 
mansions in Danbury. Conn., purchased for her 
and the children of the late Secretary by Presi¬ 
dent Grant, as trustee) of the Rawlins Fund. 
Middletown, Cotin., inis voted to make an ad¬ 
ditional subscription of 3,000 shates ($300,000) to 
tlie stock of the Now Haven. .Middletown, and 
Wilimatitle Railroad, conditioned that New 
Haven authorizes the issue of $400,000 In bonds. 
Dr. B. H. Ordway of Portland, Me., had a very 
unhappy experience a few nights since while 
performing an operation on the hand of a man 
named Andrews. He used ether so freely t hat 
he himself lost consciousness as well as the 
patient, and the. bleeding from the wound of 
the latter was so severe os to almost eaoso his 
death before assistance could be procured from 
outside. 
There are heavy fires in the woods along the 
boundary between New Brunswick and Maine, 
and villages in Charlotte county tiro suffering 
severely. 
lee was made the thickness of window glass 
one night last week on tlio Chemo blueberry 
plain, about a dozen miles above Bangor, Me. 
The Connecticut River is so low that many 
persons arc driving across it with their teams at 
points where it has not boon forded wit hin tho 
memory of persons now living. 
The total cost (ordinary) of the public schools 
of Boston for the financial year ending April to, 
18,0, was $98$,555.67, and the special expendi¬ 
tures were $613,537.89. 
The cheese factory in Riehford, Vt., has been 
closed for the season, on account of a lack of 
storage room for t he cheese. 
Tlie Wakefield (R. T.) Times says that Mrs. 
Samuel Kissouth, of that place, has raised over 
1,000 chickens since last spring. 
Five thousand dollars have been appropriated 
to erect, n soldier’s niomimcut in Central Square, 
Keene, N. I (. 
Mis* Catherine E. Beeehor becomes principal 
Of Hartford (Conn.) Female Seminary, with Har¬ 
riet RcCehcr Stowe as assistant, and Prof. Stowo 
as lecturer on Biblical history. 
It is the opinion of good judges that the yield 
or corn I his year, in New Hampshire, will not 
exocod one-half an average crop. 
Hartford, Gdiiii., indulged in a light frost on 
the morning of August 39. It was not heavy 
enough to injure the tobacco crop. 
Hon. R. If, Dunn of Wat or ville, Me., has lately 
given to tlie Maine Wesleyan Seminary, at 
Kent's 1 III I, $10,000 In tho new Maine Central 
Railroad bonds—to be used, if needed, for Noi- 
nud purposes. 
Hartford's (Conn.) population foots up 37,792, 
against 29,207 in 1860, a gain of a tiifle over 30 
percent.., which is almost the same relative in¬ 
crease as Im* occurred in New Haven. This eir- 
e urn stance goes far to reconcile Hartford to tho 
fact t hat New Haven exceeds her in population 
by over 13,000, since her [growth Is the real in¬ 
crease of the city, while New Haven, since I860, 
Inis absorbed Fair Haven and other suburbs. 
George A. Carpenter of Hast Providence, R. 
I., n well-known farmer, drowned himself on 
the 6th iu&L. by la,\ ing down on bis face in a 
brook containing only six inches of vatev. Me 
was a wealthy man, ami formerly Btatc Senator. 
Atnlown meeting in Middletown, Conn., on 
the till inst., a resolution passed with an over- 
u helming major' i y, in fax nr of gru i ■ loan 
ni $200,000 in aid of tho Alt Lino KalhomJ, oil 
condition that New Haven will vote $100,000. 
When the vote was declared, one hundred guns 
were tired in honor of the success. 
A Stamford, Oomi„ man is raising cotton, tlio 
seed of which was sown in a luff bed in April, 
and the plants wore set out lu tbo middle of May. 
The (lowers appeared long ago, and t lie bolls are 
already fully tormed. Mum promising cotton 
never can be swti In Georgia. 
The barn of Mr. P. Tolland, in Columbia, N. 
H., together with a valuable yoke of oxen, buy, 
grain and produce, was burned a few nights 
since. 'There was no Insurance. 
A young fuller lately caught 1,800 mackerel at 
one haul off t he Isles ot Shoals, N. H., and sold 
them on the spot for $ J80. 
Tlie fishing vessels from the different, town*in 
Maine, have had no success tho past season. 
Fishing at Eastport has been almost a tall lire, no 
(Hillock having been taken in the buy, while the 
vessels that have been fishing at Grand Menau, 
and on tho Banks, have not got. hull' fare. It is 
l ull ns bad In herring fishing, not more than onc- 
Ihird of the usual catch having beeu secured 
so far. 
The Vermont Horse Stock Company has near¬ 
ly raised the $35,000, which It was necessary to 
secure before opening business, and will soon 
begin operations. 
Charlestown, Mass., is the mother of towns. 
The whole or part of fifteen towns has been 
formed out of her original territory, which, 
formerly comprising 130 square miles, now con¬ 
tains a population of 86,000. 
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FROM THE SOUTH 
A gentleman who has just returned from a 
trip along the lino of the Virginia and Tennes¬ 
see Railroad, bet ween Lynchburg and Bristol, 
states that the crops of corn are the best lie has 
ever seen, and are, indeed, magnificent. Tlio 
farmers arc busy preparing for seeding wheat, 
and propose to sow an unusually large breadth 
of land. 
The settlement of the reconstruction expenses 
of Mississippi and Arkansas has been completed 
in the Paymaster General’s Office. For Missis¬ 
sippi, they were $375,000, and for Arkansas, 
$135,000. 
Mr. Case of Kentucky courted a fair widow, 
and was mittened. Then lie .*hot at her four 
t imes, and she married him. Then she lmd him 
placed in duntneo for the attempted murder, 
which is ca!hd a sad case- 
Mr. W. B. Bradford ol Mallard Creek Town¬ 
ship, N. C., has a Spanish coin which bears evi¬ 
dence of a good old age. Its date is 1363, aud its 
shape is anything else but round — looks as 
though it lmd been hammered out and stamped. 
Judges Dick and Lottie, of l be Supreme Court 
of North Carolina, decide thut a warrant cannot 
be issued against a Governor for any excess of 
authority in the discharge of Ihc functions of 
his executive office. Tub court holds that a 
bench warrant cannot run to the counties of 
Alamance and Caswell while they are in a stale 
of insurrection against the military officers un¬ 
der orders of the Governor, 'Tlie court holds 
that a court of Impeachment is the proper place 
to try abuses of executive authority. The court 
also bolds that the subordinate agents ol the 
Governor are not free from arrest tor any abuse 
of authority in etioli districts. 
C’ottou picking has begun in Texas, and the 
prospects fur a large yield very promising. The 
caterpillar lias only appeared on a few planta¬ 
tions, and is doing little or tin damage as yet. 
Bishop Hoggett of the Methodist Church, 
South, has issloal u call for a meeting ot all col¬ 
ored Methodist preachers, licensed or ordained, 
favorable to the format ion ot a Colored \ irgiuxa 
Conference at Farm ville ou l’ridny, the :.dth uf 
The death of Lientenant-Govemox- Applegate 
of Alabama, uoeurred at Mobile on the morning 
Of the 21st ult. . . , 
Tim Government surveying party, under com- 
mand of Col. Abort, with sixteen men, lias left 
Nashville, Tent)., on board a steamer, for tlie 
purpose of limiting a survey of the Cumberland 
Thibodeaux, La., has two public schools for 
colored children, but not one for white. 
The North Georgia coal region is estimated to 
extend through an area of 240 square miles, ex¬ 
pected to yield 1,300,UU0,000 tons. 
