dlclus of Hit Wlcth. 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
The Franco*PrnsHimi Wnr. 
Resuming our record of events ns they liayc 
transpired, wegive the followingIty telegram, 
Sept. 9th, from Paris, It was lumminced:— Gov¬ 
ernment decrees un election, by ballot, on the 
16th of October, of 750 members to form a Con¬ 
stituent Assembly. Switzerland has officially 
recognized the French Republic. The Provis¬ 
ional Government of France lias asked for the 
mediation of the United Sintra in connection 
with the leading Powers of Europe in Llie inter¬ 
est of peace, and for securing such terms of 
settlement ns France can accept with honor. 
A great manifestation of sympathy with the 
French Republic was made in Madrid, Wept. 8th. 
Senor Coetolar, In an address#, said : -“Theeon- 
Bcionoeof liiimanity breathes again, witnessing 
the punishment of the Empire and the triumph 
of the Republic. TheSpnnish people, delivered 
from their kings and ruled now by universal 
suffrage, will soon Join the great political move¬ 
ment to form ‘Tito United Stales of Europe. 
I Immense applause.] To-day give Franoe your 
sympathy, awaiting the moment when you may 
aiil her with arms." 
From Merlin a dispatch, dated Sept, 9th, says; 
After a protracted conference among the mem¬ 
bers of the North German Confederation, it has 
been decided that the French provinces of 
Alsjieeand Lorraine are to bo annexed to Ger¬ 
many, and not to Prussia individually. 
A London dispatch. Sept. 9th, says:—The Em¬ 
press Eugenie lias arrived in England, and Is 
now with the Prince Imperial at Hastings. 
A Berlin di*im I eh,Sept. 10th, saysMore t han 
25,000 French prisoners were capt ured in front 
Of Sedan, before Hie capitulation on the 2d 
inst. Fly the capitulation 80,000 prisoner# fell 
into our hands. Of these 14,000 were wound¬ 
ed. Besides the prisoner#, 400 field-pieces, in¬ 
cluding teveniy mUmilteurr, 150 siege guns, 10,000 
horses, and all Immense amuuut of war material 
was surrendered. 
It is Bald the casual tie# of the war thus far ag¬ 
gregate 100 , 000 , More than one-half of this im¬ 
mense number are either dead or maimed l’or 
life. 
The Bavarian Government is negotiating for 
admission into the North German Confede¬ 
ration. 
A Paris dispatch Sept. 10th says:—The Repub¬ 
lic of Franco lias been officially recognized by 
Italy unit Spa I n. 
The Paris correspondent of the News writes 
that England having declined to negotiate for 
an armistice, Austria lias undertaken it. The 
attitude of England 1# unfavorably regarded 
on the Continent, mid the Paris Press complain 
bitterly of the compassionate tone of the Lon¬ 
don Journals. 
A London telegram Sept. 11th says:—At 0 
o'clock Thursday night M. do Leasops, who was 
not recognized at the time, walked into the Ma¬ 
rine Hotel at Hastings and Inquired for the 
Prince Imperial. M, Dupree, the custodian of 
the Prince, was summoned. After a brief con¬ 
versation the gentlemen left, the house, but 
soon ret urned with two ladles dressed as Sisters 
of Charity. One of these was the Empress 
Eugenie. Tito Empress felt so strong t Iml she 
was suffered to see the Prince without notice or 
preparation. The scene at the meeting of the 
mother ami child is nol described, because as 
those who witnessed it say it was indescribable, 
the next day the Empress was ill. Dr. Blakiston 
and a surgeon were summoned to attend In r. 
It is a remarkable coincidence that, tln.se medi¬ 
cal gentlemen arc the sumo who prescribed for 
Louis Philippe cm his landing «l Hustings twou- 
ty-two yours «go. 1 
A Berlin correspondent of the Tribune writes, 1 
Sept, nth:—It is believed here that Russia and 1 
A ustria have rejected all overt tires, and will not. 1 
stir for Republican France. The Journal de St, 
Peter ulmrg (semi-official) tolls France substafial- 1 
ly that .she might better yield Alsace and us much * 
of Lorraine as Germany needs." 1 
A Paris dispatch, Kept. 12th, Bays:— Mr. Wash- ' 
burno, to-day, while on the way to the Central 1 
Telegraph Office, to send a dispatch, was recog- 1 
nized in front, of the building by the crowd. < 
Cheer# arose, the crowd increased, and the Min- 1 
Jeter receivedn. most enthusiastic ovation. Mr. * 
Washburne was much moved. Tills evening the 1 
employes of the telegraph companies mid many 
others assembled in front ol' the American Lo* ( 
gallon, anil made anot her demonst ration in hon- ' 
or of the Government of the Untied States and - 
Its representative. 1 
A London telegram, Sept. 12th, says:—Gona. t 
Dmmy and Lebrun attend the Emperor at Wit- 
helmsliiilto. Tito Prussian uul hovit iessurrmiud- I 
ed the Emperor's journey to Wllhchusholio with J 
exquisite delicacy of care and provision for the ‘1 
dignity mid feelings of the prisoner. Advices c 
from Cussel say that nothing in the magnificent 1 
treatment of Napoleon would denote ilml lie is r 
regarded as n prisoner. He seems rather the 
honored guest of Prussia. c 
The Empress Eugenie, while on her way to t 
England, remained concealed three days in the b 
environs of Brussels. i 
A Berlin dispatch, Sept, 12th, says:—The fol- a 
lowing dispatch from the King to the Queen has 
been received, dated 10 o’clock Sunday night: s 
“The citadel of Emm exploded after its surrott- s 
dor, ju#t its the Prussians were preparing to 8 
enter; 351) men were killed, including21)0 Gardes $ 
Mobiles. Many wore shockingly mutilated, Wil¬ 
liam of Mecklenburg was Wounded, There must n 
have been treason." n 
A London dispatch to tbo Tribune Bays:—*' II u 
is reported that Baza J no not only refused ca¬ 
pitulation when informed that tbo Emperor r; 
and MjicMnlion's army were prisoners and that n 
the Emperor advised the surrender of Metz, but P 
he declared in a lowering passion that he would 
not, respect Napoleon’s wishes, and that ho d 
would shoot any French officer advising sur- E 
render." 1 > 
A correspondent at Carlsrulto on the 8th inst. o 
cays:— 1 The Strasbourg besieging army is eon- n 
Stonily reinforced. It numbers 70,000. The sor¬ 
ties by the defenders are desperate but futile. C 
The batteries lire rapidly approaching eomple- ti 
tion. The heaviest guns arc plueed in the near- v 
est. parallels. q 
Tbo Prussians attacked Toul on Sat urday, 
Sopt. 12tli, at live o'clock iu the morning, ami it 
persist ed until nine in the evening. They were, T 
however, constantly repulsed, and many of r, 
their butteries dismounted. More iltan 10,000 e 
Prussians were placed hor# du roiuhat. 
At Montmedy on Thursday, Sept.«, the garri- ir 
son splendidly repulsed a Prussian attack. 
Verdun also continues to hold out against the 
enemy. 
The Tribune correspondent at Paris says:— 
“ There has been found in the Emperor's desk a 
detailed statement of the Prussian forces 
amounting to 1,000,000 men, 1,000 cannon, and 
100,000 horses. There is a feeling of astonishment 
over the fact of his declaring war with such 
knowledge." 
A Berlin dispatch Sept, 13, says:—“I slate by 
authority Hint the report that Bancroft lias 
made a representation to the United States Gov¬ 
ernment oji the subject of mediation Is utterly 
unfounded. The United State-, have not offered 
their good offices, but will net. it the belliger¬ 
ents themselves tnnke such a request. Whatev¬ 
er Instructions lie may have received, action 
has been left to his diserctlon. J t is uoderstood 
tlml the American Government will not give 
any peremptory Instructions." 
A London dispatch,Sept, l Jtb, says:—M.Thiers 
arrived to England to-day, He looks careworn 
and ill,and shows a disinclination to conversa¬ 
tion. A few words were interchanged with an 
old acquaintance at I lover, who inquired wheth¬ 
er he came an accredited envoy of Dio French 
Republic. Ho lutimated that he know no Re¬ 
public, only the Government for the defense ol 
Paris, There is good authority for believing 
that a definite proposition for peace wilt be Of¬ 
fered in bchull of the Provisional Government 
of Pan'#, and tlmt M. 'Thiers is authorized to lay 
t hem before the British Government, whoso in¬ 
tervention is solicited. The terms arena follows: 
Payment to Prussia of the war expenses; de¬ 
struction of all the forte in Alsace and Lorraine, 
temporary occupation of Metz and Strasbourg 
by the German troops until the election of an 
authorized Government, for France, and the rati¬ 
fication of the treaty by the proper authorities. 
A Paris diK)*ti oh, Kept. 15th, says: " The ram- 
purte nto divided Into nine sections each, with a 
separate commander. The guns there and in 
the forte are manned by sailors from Cherbourg 
and Toulon. The Nat ional Guard# are camped 
on the glacis. The forte arc garrisoned by Na¬ 
tionals and Mobiles under si rlngcnt military dis¬ 
cipline. The line troops are stationed between 
tiie exterior forts and Dio ramparts, supported 
by volunteers and Provincial Mobiles. There is 
but little confidence among the officers that, tlio 
city can resist.” 
“ Persons having a stock of petroleum or other 
combustible matters are to make an Immediate 
return of t he quantities to the authorities. Vast 
numbers of houses aro blown up near the first 
zone ol fortifications.” 
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NEW YORK STATE. 
TUB Bath, Steuben Go., N. Y., Advocate says: 
“A very singular and now disease lias broken 
out among the cattle In t he town of Avoea. The 
legs swell and crack open, become very sore and 
raw. It shows iu blisters or small cracks, re- 
fsombl ing grease or scratches on horses, resulting 
in some oases, iu death. Nearly all the farmers 
are similarly afflicted there." 
The managers of the Warsaw Educational and 
Industrial Reformatory, charioted by the lust 
Legislature, met at Warsaw, Wyoming Co., on 
l li<- 10th inst,, and organized us followsPresi¬ 
dent, cx-Gov. Horatio Seymour; Vice-President, 
Hon. John 1». Skinner, Buffalo. Secretary, W. 
11. Merrill, Warsaw; Treasurer, Hon. Augustus 
Frank, Warsaw; Executive Committee, Isaac 
Bulls, Rochester; Hon, William Bristol, L. W. 
Thayer, E. V. Russell, A. Frank, W. H, Merrill. 
In the evening Gov. Seymour addressed a huge 
public mooting upon t he proposed Reformatory 
and the subject of prison reform. Remarks 
were made by Judge Skinner and Revs. Fisk and 
Cravens, agents appointed by the Board. 
Hop picking is nearly finished in Lewis county. 
Some of tlio yards on the oust road yield from 
800 to 1,000 pounds per acre, and the hops tire in 
line condition. This is better than the Coopers- 
town Journal reports, the average in that locali¬ 
ty being less than 500 pounds. 
The Jordan Transcript asserts that within t he 
bounds of t he village tlio salt water rises to the 
surface, and exists In such qua til ity as to pre¬ 
vent the growth of vegetation—so strong that 
cattle resort to it for "licking," and while hav¬ 
ing access to it, refuse other salt, when offered 
•hem. A few years ago a uoiupany was on Die 
eve of formation, to test, the strength and quart - 
tii.v of tiie brine, and a subscription of several 
thousand dollars signed, but the war intervening, 
the project was laid aside for the time. 
The large cheese factory at Central Square, 
Oswego couuty, owned by David Farrington, 
was burned recently, with its contents, about 
230cheese. The loss is £1,000; insurance £2,150. 
Tito fire is supposed to Imvecommunicated from 
the furnace. 
The New York Central and Hudson River 
Railroad Co. have declared a dividend ol four 
per cent, on tlio capital stock, and a like divi¬ 
dend on the “consolidated certificates," payable 
on the 10th day of Octoher next. The transfer 
books wero closed on ( lie 15th inst., aud will be 
reopened on the 10th of October. 
The Rochester papers cannot be beaten for 
chicken stories. Here is the latest from the 
Chronicle: —Soho< 1 1 Commissioner Keegan hasu 
spring chicken which lias but one leg since 
il was hatched, and which Imps around as easily 
ns if It did not want another leg. 
The Presbyterians of Auburn recently built a 
.splendid stone church, at a cost of $170,000. The 
steeple alone cost £35,000. The building aud 
spire is about two hundred feet high, and il cost 
£500 to put the last stone in its place. 
Work on the GnzenovJa and (Mnastota Rail¬ 
road progresses favorably. Burryville has boon 
reached by the track-layers—a distance Of nine 
miles from Ofttioslolu. 
The receipts on the Mohawk and Ilion street 
railroad since it opened have averaged $72 per 
week over and above all miming expenses. ! 
l’retty good for one and a-half miles of t ruck. 
A black shark, measuring eight feet, with a 
double row of teeth, was recently found in 
Dason’s Greek, Glonoove, where it had been left 
by the receding tide. Mr. Cox, late President 
of the Gold Board, attacked und killed the 
monster. 
Tbo past season, tbo Sterling Oil and Guano 
Co. of Groom ion, have caught and manufac¬ 
tured 4,000,000 menhaden, which yielded the 
very largo aggregate of 55,000 gallons of oil, or ' 
on an average, 13 gallons to the thousand. 
The trains passing n\ or tlie New York Central 
Railroad dally, are crowded with passengers. 
There are so many trains that two engines are 
required to draw them in many eases, and nearly 
every train is behind time. 
The Harlem Railroad Company ia to have an 
iron bridge constructed oyer the Harlem River. 
There will be a swing span of 200 feet, and two 
stationary spans of 161 feet each. The contract 
price is $102,600. 
Mr. Levi Avarill of Elmira, lias secured an ex¬ 
tension of seven years on his patent lituo kiln. 
Mr. Hendricks of Lima, raised l itis year on 11 
acres, 605 bushels of six-rowed barley’. 
Ennis De.vo of Lloyd, raised this season from 
three bushel# of Early' Rose potatoes, just 100 
bushels, and from half an acre of ground.* 22 of 
these potatoes fitted a peek. 
A new and dangerous counterfeit. $10 note, on 
the Central National Hank of Rome, N. Y„ lias 
mado its appearance. It is we.t executed and 
Calculated to deceive. Look out for it. 
On the 10th inst., as Mrs. George W. Bruudago 
and daughter, living about three tithes from the 
village of Canandaigua, were on their way homo, 
their horse bceantc frightened at. u flock ot tur- 
kles and In turning into a lane tipped t he buggy 
over, throwing the occupant# heaviiy to the 
ground. Mrs. B. had ono rib broken and two 
fractured; her daughter had an ankle broken. 
Smith William#,of Allegan,Mich., Imd iuspoo- 
ket picked of $3,100, while on nts way from Corn¬ 
ing to Rochester, on tlio Erie railroad. 
Tiie totai value of farms, stock, Ac., in the 
town of Schagtmeoke, Rensselaer county is $3,- 
136,777, and the capital invested «n manufactures 
$550,000. 
The town# of Bradford and Corning have been 
duly bonded in aid of the Corning and Sodus 
Bay railroad,arid tbecominisBioncrslor that pur¬ 
pose htivo been appointed. 
A receiving vault lain process ot ouhdingin 
the Mount Morris cemetery', which win be fifteen 
foot by nine, and eight foot high m tiie clear, 
built of solid masonry, with a handsome brick 
front, aud wilt oust about $500. 
The Lyons Republican learns that Charles 
Foltz, formerly employed as a clerk for C. Rico 
& Co., of that village, was shot as a deserter Jti 
France, some time in August. 
A leak in the canal Just east of the three mile 
level, near Rochester, wa# repaired on the 8th 
lust. The break detained the boats but a few 
hours. 
Mrs. Anuble of Naples, aged 85, during the 
month of August, the present season, spun 
twelve runs, or two hundred and forty knot# of 
stocking yarn, doubling and twisting the same 
within a fortnight, doing it without making an 
extra effort or knowing that any one no Deed it. 
Mr. James Mooney of Buffalo, lias been ap¬ 
pointed Canal Superintendent for that section 
of the Erie Canal, in place of Frank B. Galla¬ 
gher, deceased. 
Forty-four hundred and ninety-five bushels of 
potatoes were sold at the steamboat, landing at 
Troy week before last . ]’ricescontinued failing 
during the week at tho rate of six lo twelve 
cents a. day. At tiie close, prices ranged from 
$1. 0 to £3 a barrel. 
Newell Jinks, Esq., of Edinburgh, Jefferson 
Co., near Mannsvllle, had u vino which pro¬ 
duced fourteen ripe pumpkins, whose combined 
weight was 322 pounds. Tho sumo gentleman 
had one stalk of pop-corn on which were seven 
cars, averaging six Inches long. 
Hon. Albert Smith, a former citizen of Bata¬ 
via, who represented that district in the Thir¬ 
tieth Cohgi/s*, died recently at Milwaukee. 
Amsteribw*, In Montgomery county, ha# gone 
through the census ordeal with flying colors, and 
while ot her towns are mourning loss of popula¬ 
tion and declining Industry', she exhibits an In¬ 
creased population since 1865 of over 2,500, and 
largely enhanced results of business energy and 
thrift- The exact tig Ure# are 1870, 7,708, 1865, 
5,135. 
Tiie harvest!ng of the hop-crop has generally 
commenced in Ontario Co., and it is understood 
that the y ield will turn out rather better than 
anticipated by many. There is lit He or no move¬ 
ment on tiie part of buyers as yet, consequently 
prices arc not established. 
Hampshire, a one-armed soldier, a graduate of 
Andover, lias been appointed chaplain to the 
military asylum atTogus. 
On the 9th inst., the receipts of the Fitchburg 
Railroad Company, from tickets sold to passen¬ 
gers cn route for Camp Andrew, were $28,000. 
Tito number of let ters which now pass through 
the Worcester, Mass., post-office annually is 
about two millions aud u-half. In 1850 it was 
only one million. 
The Holyoke, Mass., paper mills lire now run¬ 
ning day and night to supply the increased de¬ 
mand for paper, on account of so many mills 
on small streams being obliged to stop for want, 
of water. 
On the 9th inst., Cnpt. William Barney, of New 
Haven, Cor.n., died suddenly at the advanced 
age of ninety-four years, ('apt. Barney was the 
oldest town-born citizen of New Haven. 
A mineral spring ha# been discovered in Stam¬ 
ford, Conn., on tho farm Of Mr. Charles H. 
i’luiiips, which is expected to prove of great 
value. Scientific mou are engaged iu analyzing 
the water. 
Mr. Win. C. Poland, a graduate of the class of 
1867 at Brown University, has accepted tiie po¬ 
sition of instructor in Greek in that University 
during the absence ol Professor Ilarknesa in 
Europe. 
Eight square miles of woodland in East Green¬ 
wich, It. J., were burned over last week. 
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FROM THE WEST. 
FROM NEW ENGLAND. 
The mill of tlio Union Wadding Company, in 
Pawtucket, It. I., was destmyod by fire on Hie 
lOtIt inst., with all tiie machinery and stock in 
process of manufacture, making a total loss ot 
about $200,000. 
Tho New England fair at Manchester, N. IL, 
closed on the 9th, after Die most successful ex¬ 
hibition overbad. The receipts ummuil to about 
$24,000, and tho expenses, including premiums 
to about $12,000. 
The First parish Church In Portland, Me., was 
organized In 1727, and had but two pastors during 
the first eighty-two years, and only four during 
u period of nearly a hundred and forty years. 
The Providence, It. 1., Insurance offices lost 
$79,000 by the recent Ure in Chicago, 
Newport, R. 1„ claims theoldest fireman in the 
country. Mr. Win. Card, aged ninety years, lias 
belonged to an engine eouipauyiu that, city over 
seventy years. 
Andover Theological Seminary rejoices over 
the recent offer of John Smith, to give $25,000 
for a memorial hall, and the pledge of $-10,000 
more by John I >ove and Peter SniiLh, on condi¬ 
tion that $25,000 In; subscribed by others—the 
building aud land not to cost over $30,000, and 
$20,000 to be invested, the interest only to be 
spent for a library, reading-room, etc. This of 
for is to stand open fur six mouths. 
Prof. Arthur W. Wright, for several years tu¬ 
tor at Vale, but tit present professor of Physics 
at Williams College, will take the place of Pro¬ 
fessor Billiuum as lecturer on chemistry to the 
senior class. Owing to his engagement, the 
lectures will be postponed until tho second 
term. 
Mr. Jonathan Green, on Moultonbourgh Neck, 
N. 11., bus a hog that in the lust six years raised 
108 pigs, and theso pigs have been sold for not 
less Hum $4 each or $4:51 in nil. 
Wo tliiulc wo never saw a finer crop of broom 
corn than tlmt now growing In tho river towns 
of Hampshire Co* N. H. This is the only crop 
that has stood tho dry weather without being 
injured. 
Miss Annie P. Ladd of Augusta, Me., has been 
appointed by the Governor and confirmed by 
the council as a justice of the peace aud quo¬ 
rum. 
Eighteen ear loads of cattle and sheep left the 
Androscoggin railway depot, at West Farming- 
ton. Me., on tho 11th for Boston. This was the 
largest amount of stock that over passed over 
the road in one day. 
Massachusetts speculators are busy in many 
sections of the State buying up potatoes. On 
the 8th inst,, potatoes in Portland and vicinity 
advanced ten cents per bushel. 
All public lmok drivers of New Haven, Conn., 
ure hereafter to wear a metal badge, with their 
number conspicuously engraved thereon. 
Rev. Mr. Barber, Congregational, of New 
Massillon, Ohio, is said by the State Geolo¬ 
gist, to be tiie only place in the world, with the 
exception of some place in Scotland, where ora 
known as " Block Band " lias yet been discov¬ 
ered. Tho same ore has been discovered in East¬ 
ern Pennsylvania, but not in paying quantities. 
Ono of the busiest manufacturing town# in tlio 
West is Beloit, Wls. One linn there has manu¬ 
factured this season, four hundred reapers, two 
hundred mowers, two hundred horse rakes. 
The citizens of Portsmouth, Ohio, have sub¬ 
scribed over $70,000 toward tho erection of Agri¬ 
cultural Works in 1,hat city. 
Over 20,000 soldiers were present at the Iowa 
Soldiers’ itc-imiun at lies Moines. They were 
welcomed by Gov. Morrill, addressed by Secre¬ 
tary Bel knap, and. reviewed by Gen. Sherman. 
The Methodist# are about to open a seminary 
for young ladies and gentlemen at Salt Lake 
City. Subscriptions have already been proffered 
for tho erection of a church. 
Over « thousand ounces of gold from the Mo¬ 
reno mine# were received at the Denver branch 
mint lately. 
In Colorado, the last Tucson mail coach was 
captured and burned by Indian# west of Fort 
Tonoe, Arizona. Jack Collin#, the conductor, 
his driver, and two soldier# com posing t he escort, 
were killed. 
in nearly every section Of Jackson Co., Mich., 
tho apple crop will bo immense, probably the 
largest, for years. All oretiurds are producing 
well, and the fruit, is very fair, and of remarka¬ 
ble good size. 
Tito University of California lias u fund de¬ 
rived from u State donation of salt marsh and 
tide lands, tho sale of which yielded a sufficient 
sum to produce nn annual revenue or $50,te't. 
I Prof. Henry Durant of Oakland has been chosen 
President, and F. Bret Harte, editor of the Over¬ 
land Monthly, Librarian. The Tularin Medical 
College has conveyed all its real estate and other 
properly to UtO Regent# In trust. Mr. Riche, a 
wealthy French gentleman, has presented his 
splendid mineral collection, worth $60,000, to the 
Institution, and smaller donations of valuable 
books, scientific instruments and scholarship 
endowments are of frequent occurrence. 
Last year California exported wines to (In 
value of $401,935, and brandy valued at $305,727. 
the bulk of it going to New York, only about 
$23,000 being scattered over the Pacific coast 
and islands. 
The prairies west of Hay# City, Kan., aro lit¬ 
erally covered with buffalo. It i# thought that 
they are more plentiful till# season than ever 
before. 
An inexhaustible supply of cement stone, of 
the first quality, has been found near New 
Providence, Ind., on the line of the Louisville, 
New Albany and Chicago Railroad. 
The new trial of Vandcrpool, convicted of 
murder, will probably commence ai Kalamazoo, 
Mich., about the 1st of October. Messrs. T. D. 
Unmsdell, of Manistee, and John Van Arman, of 
Chicago, will defend Vandcrpool, and D. D. 
Hughes of Marshall,uud T. B. Church will act 
for the prosecution. 
Tho town of Alpena, Mich., was settled in 
1850. There are now twenty mills employing 
600 men und turning out 00,000,000 feel of lum¬ 
ber per annum. 
Wisconsin cities rank in population as fol¬ 
lows:— Milwaukee, Fond du Lae, Oshkosh, Ru-* 
cine, Janesville. Watertown. 
The St. Paul Press says a ring of men iu Min¬ 
nesota 1ms been found lo establish a complete 
monopoly ofthi! wheat traffic in that Stale, They 
claim to control the railroads and elevators and 
til us they expect to choice off all competing 
buyers from every means of transportation,uud 
so monopolize the wheat market. 
The venerable Ole Hull was married at Mad¬ 
ison, Wls., Kept, 6th, to Miss Sara Thorpe, young¬ 
est daughter of Senator Thorpe ut that city. 
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FROM THE SOUTH. 
The Florida planters this season aro planting 
uplands, instead of sea island cotton to ail unu¬ 
sual extent. Seventy-six planters in Alashua 
county, who last, year had two hundred and 
eighty-two acre# in uplands, and 8,503 iu Seal 
Island, have this year 5,410 acres iu uplands, and 
only 1,806 iu tin* other. 
A lucky laborer, named Murry, while engaged 
in excavating upon the site of the old Fountain 
Hotel, Baltimore, a few days since, came upon a 
tin box, which was found to contain 2,000 gold 
coins. 
Augusta, Ga., 1ms shipped 75,000 watermelons 
tills season, Oiio-lliird of the number going to 
Now York. 
Columbia, 8. C., lias an ice factory whore at an , 
expense of $11,900, from 40,000 to 50,000 pounds 
of iee can be turned out per week. The process 
of manufacture is simple:—The ammonia is 
heated in a boiler, and conveyed through a 
pipe to a cooling box, and thence to a tank, 
where the water intended to be frozen is kept 
in several tin boxes. The boxes are three 
feet long, seven inches wide aud three inches 
deep. 
The Lexington (Ky.) Statesman says:—"We 
learn that offers arc made for corn in the Held for 
$15 per acre, or $1.75 per half barrel. Jo many 
parts of this country tho corn crop has been a 
■ good deal injured by the drought, and will not 
be near as large as was expected. The distillers 
are not yet in tho market for corn, and the 
usual report of this season of the year is 
abroad, but few of them will run this winter, 
and therefore the demand for corn will not bo 
a# great as usual.” 
A couple of wealthy New Orleans merchants 
have recently purchased in Scott county. Mu., 
a tract of 50,090 acres of unimproved land ly¬ 
ing upon both side# of the Iron Mountain Rail¬ 
road, for $100,090 cash. 
The charges of impeachment against State 
Treasurer Ingier, of Georgia, have been dis¬ 
missed by a vote of seventy-eight for dismissal 
to seven against. 
The crops in Carroll, Henry, Weekly nod Obion 
counties. West Tonn., look well. Tlio corn crop 
promises a full average y leld. The cotton prom¬ 
ise# a fair yield. Tobacco looks well. The Irish 
potato crop is very line, and sweet potatoes m e 
promising. The peach and tipple crop is a poor 
one. Tiie same is t rue of most or the other coun¬ 
ties in W est Tennessee. 
A bill passed the Georgia House of Represen¬ 
tatives, Sept. 0th, prohibiting whipping asapim- 
ishmont for crime. The militia bill failed to pass 
the House. 
The Jackson, Mis#., Clarion, says:- The cotton 
picking season will soon commence, and farm¬ 
ers should bear in mind Hie importance of care¬ 
ful handling, so a# to send their crops to market 
free from trash and dust. By reference to tlio 
price list, it will be seen that there is no demand 
for inferior qualities; they am scarcely quota¬ 
ble. Tho market# abroad are deluged with an 
inferior article from India and elsewhere. The 
Southern States can retain their supremacy in 
the markets of the world only by cultivating the 
higher grades, and handling them with care. It' 
these consideration# control, tho culture will 
continue to be remunerative, and they can defy 
all competition. 
With very few exceptions, the planters speak 
well of their crops in Louisiana; and now that 
the Held work is nearly over, il general ruin 
Would be thankfully received by the majority. 
The cane, though small for tho season, looks 
well, and promises a good yield. The corn crop 
la very good. 
As far a# we can ascertain, (says the Natchez, 
Miss., Courier of the Bt It inst.,) and we have 
taken some pains to inform ourselves the pros¬ 
pects for a large yield of cotton iu the swamp 
district is not near so good as It was a few weeks 
ago. The recent frequent rains, which seem to 
have boon very general, have caused the forms 
to drop and the under boll# to rot, besides caus¬ 
ing the plant to grow too rapidly, at the expense 
of fruitage, and run too much to weed. 
The Greenville (S. C.) Enterprise learns that 
the engineers of the Air Line Railroad have 
passed Spartanburg on their route to Greenville. 
The road lias been definitely located lo Broad 
River, crossing II above Cherokee Ford, leaving 
King’sand Crowder's Mountains about t wo miles 
to the north, and will cross I’acolel some mile 
ami a-half above the Iron Works. They expect 
to reach Greenville in four or five weeks. 
The corn crop of Talbot Co., Ga., was never 
tv tier Hum now. 
The value of real and personal properly in 
Muscogee Co., Ga., of which Columbus is the 
capital, is nearly $8,000,000, with a total debt of 
about $15,009. 
Land has been bought in the suburbs of Sel¬ 
ma, Ala., lor a cotton factory, and a contract 
him boon made for tbo bricks for the necessary 
buildings. The panics making this move are 
Southern men,and have the capital to make the 
enterprise a success. The aggregate assessment 
of Hie city property of Selma amounts to $900,- 
500,009, being $3,090.1)00 less Hum last year. 
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POLITICAL NEWS. 
The following persons were nominated as State 
officers by tlio Republican Convention, held at 
Saratoga Springs, N. V., on tho 7th inst.:—For 
Governor. Gen. Stewart L. Woodford, Kings: 
Lieut.-Governor, Sigismmid Kaufnmnn, Kings; 
Comptroller, Ablah W. Palmer, Dutchess; Canal 
Commissioner, Absalom Nelson, Erie; I)o. (to 
Id! vacancy,) Alex. Barkley, Washington; Prison 
Inspector, John Parklmm, Clinton. 
Tru: ltepublioan# in Michigan have mado tlio 
following nominations:—Gov., II. P. Baldwin; 
Lieut.-Gov., Morgan Bates; Sec. Of State, Dan¬ 
iel Striker; Trans., V. P. Collier; Com. of Lund 
Office, (’lias. A. Edmunds; Auditor General, 
Wm. Humphrey; Supt, Public Instruction, 
Orumcl 11 os lord : Attorney-General, Dwight 
May; Member State Board of Education, W. J. 
Baxter. The Democratic nominations arc - 
For Gov., Charles C. Comstock; Lieut.-Gov., 
Jacob A. T. Wendell: See. Slate, Isaac M. Crane; 
Stale Trend., Philip J- Lorungor; Auditor-Gen¬ 
eral, diaries W, Butler; AItorney-General, John 
Atkinson; Com. Slate* Land Office, John G. 
llublngor; Supt. Public Instruction, Duane 
Doty; Member State Board of Education, W. 
Irving Bennott. 
Tbo Republican State Convention nt Spring- 
field, III., lm# nominated Gen. Logan,Congress¬ 
man at large, Gen. Bates, Slate Treasurer, und 
Newton Bateman,Superintendent of Public In¬ 
struction. 
At the recent election in Wyoming Territory, 
Jones. Kcpublicuii, was elected Delegate to Con¬ 
gress by a small majority. Mrs. Church Howe, 
wife Of United States Marshal Howe, was tho 
first woman who ever voted for delegate to 
Congress. The women voted generally through¬ 
out. the Territory. They east 171 votes ut the 
Cheyenne precinct. 
The Convention of tho Labor Reform party, 
held at Syracuse, N. Y., on tlio 13 th inst., mado 
the following nomination#: For Governor— 
James S. Graham of Monroe: for Lieutenant- 
Governor—Conrad King of N. Y.; for Compt¬ 
roller, Peter J. Money of Kings Co., for Canal 
Coiinnisslouers, John B. ltaum of Onondaga Co., 
and Charles ('. Barrett of Madison (Jo.; for In¬ 
spector ol' State Prisons, H. A. Hawes of Onon- 
duga Co. 
The Oregon Legislature met in Salem on the 
13Hi inst., and elected James D. Fray. President 
of the Senate, and Benjamin Hayden, Speaker of 
the House- Tho Democrats fill all the offices. 
Ti„. Governor will be Inaugurated on the 14th. 
Col. A. Blizard Id tho Democratic candidate foe 
Congress in the lid District of Tennessee. 
Dr. Cyrus D. Gloningor is the Democratic can¬ 
didate for Congress iu the XLh District of Penn¬ 
sylvania. 
Samuel Griffith of Mercer Co., is the Democra- 
fie candidate for Congress In the XXtli District ^ 
of Pennsylvania. 
Henry Sherwood of Tioga Co., has been nomi- v 
