Jtctos of the SUtfl 
C5ID 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
The Franco-I’rnxwnn Wnv. 
Tims for till efforts on the purl of the Paris- 
inm to obtain an armistice of any kind has sig¬ 
nally failed. Jules Favre'a negotiations with 
Bismurk could not be carried to a successful ter¬ 
mination, because Favre himself had little, if 
any, confidence thut nnyrirningements ho might 
make would be ratified by the French people. 
No one can speulc “ by authority." The mission 
of M. Thiers to Austria met with no bet tor suc¬ 
cess. the Austrian minister informing him that 
Austria, with the best wishes for France, was 
not now, nor bad been since the beginning of the 
war, in a condition to take any active steps. As 
if to render peace impossible, upon any terms 
tlie Prussians would consider, the Committee 
have issued the following: 
h-nclanutliiiti h# Franca.’—Refore the siege of 
Paris. Jtiles Favrc desired to see Count Von RIs- 
m.trck. to know the Intention uf the enemy. 
'I lie following is the declaration of the enemy : 
Prussia wishes to continue the war, in order to 
reiluoe France to a second-rate Power. Prussia 
demands Alsace and Lorraine as far ns Metz, by 
right ol conquest. Prussia, before consenting 
to an armistice, demands the rendition of Stras¬ 
bourg, Toni ami Mont Valerien. Paris Is exas¬ 
perated, and will rather bury herself beneath 
her ruins. To such insolent pretensions we can 
respond but by resistance to the last extremity. 
Franco accepts the struggle, and counts upon 
her children. 
At the same time the elections fori ho Constit¬ 
uent Assembly were indefinitely postponed, Hats 
delaying the propped of the formation of any 
Government with which tho Prussians can make 
peace. As bearing upon the question, it is 
known that Russia is imtkingexl.ermive military 
preparations, and moving large bodies of sol¬ 
diers Into Poland, though the general opinion is 
Unit, seeing a favorable opportunity, Russia will 
consummate her design of appropriating Euro¬ 
pean Turkey. In view of this event there arc 
minors of an alliance between Prussia and Aus¬ 
tria for defense against Russian aggressions. 
Around Paris the Prussians continue native, to 
which (lie Parisians respond with the greatest 
vigor. Several battles have taken place, the 
French defeat on the south of Paris noticed at. 
the close of last week's report lias been fully 
confirmed. 
The garrison nt Toul purrondorod on the 24th 
m September, on the same conditions as tlmsc 
of Sedan. The official dispatch says:—At the 
capitulation of Toul, 100 officers, 2,240 privates. 
120 horses, 1 Garde Mobile (standard. 1 1 eagle. 107 
bronze cannon—among which 48 are rifled, 3,000 
musk eta, 3,000 sabers, 500 cuirasses, a very con¬ 
siderable quantity of ordnance, quartermaster 
and commissary stores fell Into our hands. 
On the 23d, at Meta, Marshal Razaino made a 
feint on the side of Meroy-la-Ffaut, and at t empt¬ 
ed to escape to Thionvllle. There was a heavy 
cannonade for some hours. After a sharp fight 
at Moulin, seven miles from Metz, the French 
were driven in again. Their losses are serious. 
Marshal Hazalne sent back the Prussian prison¬ 
ers lie had taken in the engagement. 
OntheSfllh the Parisians report, that on the 
23d the division of Gen. Maudliny nllacknd the 
highls at Vlllejuif, on the south of Paris, which 
were occupied by the Prussians. The battle be¬ 
gan at 3 o’clock in file morning. After sustain¬ 
ing a sharp Prussian Are l’or some hours, our 
troops capt ured tlm redoubts of Mauling, Snquo, 
Vilktjnif, and Hantes It mgores. Wo occupy 
them now. The enemy's loss is great. The same 
day a considerable force ol' French made, a re- 
connoissuttee, and drove the enemy from the 
village of Droncy. The same day Gen, Delltv- 
moro, the commander at St. Denis, attacked the 
village of Plerrefotlc, about a mile north of St. 
Denis, which the Prussians hud occupied in con¬ 
siderable force. The enemy was driven out, of 
the village, and the French troops returned to 
Si. Denis unmolested. Tho guns of Fori dn Mont 
Valerien have dislodged the Prussians from St. 
Cloud. 
On the 27th, King William 'telegraphed the 
Queen 11 Strasbourg capitulated at live thisaf- 
temoon. Wilhelm.” 
Tho Tribune correspondent reports:—“Gen. 
WordOr bus announced the uncondit ional sur¬ 
render of Strasbourg, with 17.000 men, (Including 
National Guards,I and 451 officers. At eight, this 
morning the gates were occupied by German 
troops. 11 is reported that the irihalnbints. driv¬ 
en to despond ion, Bhoeeedod yesterday in hoist¬ 
ing t he white flag on the Cathedral, liut I lirieh 
ordered it removed. Afterward ho was com¬ 
pelled to surrender, by the pressure of the citi¬ 
zens and garrison. There is great rejoicing 
here. Tho victory is regarded as a triumph of 
the Baden troops. Salutes are firing and hells 
ringing.” 
The French forces at Thinnville have succeed¬ 
ed in obtaining a good supply of provisions by 
strategy, which is thus detailed: — A large 
amount of provisions have accumulated in the 
ehy of Luxembourg, (neutral territory,) and In 
tho village of Uettonbonrg, live miles south of 
it, ostensibly for transportation to Saarbruok, 
for the German armies. On the night of the 24th 
ult., the displaced rails between Luxembourg 
and Thionville, oil the French side of the fron¬ 
tier, were replaced, and flic accumulated pro¬ 
visions—Hour, rice, coffee, and sugar —were load¬ 
ed iu sixty wagons, of ten tuns each, and drawn 
by two locomotives sent from Uettentaotirg, in¬ 
to Thionville station, where a French garrison 
received them. The Prussians learning of their 
arrival, endeavored to prevent their being un¬ 
loaded by cannonading the station, but wore 
unsuccessful, us it was protected by t lie guns of 
a battery at. Malm grange. As the sortie of Mar¬ 
shal Razainc in the direction of Thionville was 
made at this time, the evident design was to 
have furnished supplies io llu- belcagured eily, 
which the defeat of the Marshal prevented. 
Prussian views are thus promulgated at Ber¬ 
lin :—“ France cm no longer hope t o change de¬ 
feat into victory. Its military power is broken. 
All continuation of war is useless, and therefore 
doubly criminal. Count Bismarck having un- 
nouncedtbe terms which Germany will uncon¬ 
ditionally demand, it rested with France to pre¬ 
vent or obtain peace- Whatever may be the 
German plans about France, the restoration of 
the Bonapnrtos is not among them." It reiter¬ 
ates the statement that in the interview with 
Fu\ re an armistice was the main point consider¬ 
ed. Toul, Strasbourg and Verdun only were 
asked as conditions. There was no demand for 
Fort du Mont Valerien, nor was the extent of 
territory to be ceded discussed, nor an intention 
expressed to reduce France to a second-rank 
power. 
From Tours, the seat of the present govern¬ 
ment of France, there is a statement that Cler¬ 
mont, in the Department of Oise, about forty 
miles from Paris, has been captured. Three 
hundred Mobiles and citizens successfully resist¬ 
ed the first attack of tho Prussians. After the 
latter had been repulsed they returned with ar¬ 
tillery and reinforcements and captured the 
place. 
The Prussians at Oercottes, north of Orleans, 
were reported retiring, and had also evacuated 
Pithivlers, withdrawing toward Ktampes. At 
(.’hupelle hi Keltic a Prussian post was captured 
by the Frauc-Tlreurs. After the departure of 
the latter the Prussians returned to the place 
and burned some dwellings and exacted a con- 
tri button of 10,000 francs. The Frano-Tli 
also captured a convoy of munitions on the 
way to the Prussian forces in tie- neighborhood. 
Tho Prussian headquarters around Paris are 
given as follows: Ring William at Ferrieres, 
the Crown Prince at Versailles, Saxony at Grand 
Tremblay. Four telegraph cables lending to 
Rouen and the South were discovered in the 
Marne River and destroyed by the. Prussians. 
The special correspondent, of the Tribune, at. 
Bcrliu, telegraphs:—“ By the 2d of October the 
whole corps destined to operate against Belfast, 
and Lyons, will be concentrated in upper Alsace. 
The recruits for all tlm lino corps arc already 
gathering al tlm different rendezvous. Those 
for the oorpsof t he G minis will be enrolled from 
the 3d lo the 10th of October. The popular ap¬ 
petite for conquest is increasing, but t rustwor¬ 
thy oeennnts from the headquarters represent 
the King and Bismarck as sincerely desirous of 
paieo." 
The Times, on the 291 h. had a special dispatch 
that on the 27th the French made another sortie 
from Metz. The forces consisted of cavalry and 
artillery, and wore protected by the guns of 
Forte Qitelmi and Bottcs. The French advanced 
to \rsie Qneux, where tie- Prussian* yrom 
countered. Another severe conflict ensued, 
which resulted fit the defeat of the French, 
i hough they carried off their wounded, dead, and 
all the Prussian prisoners they had captured. 
The village was burned by Die shells. 
The Pruasiaushn ve surrounded Soissons. The 
suburbs have been destroyed by artillery lire. 
An armistice lias been concluded between the 
French ami Prussians at. Mozicros, which will 
probably continue until October 7. A erduu is 
also besieged, but the Prussians have made no 
strong demonstrations against the place. 
The Tribune correspondent at Metz Rays, on 
the 27 th“ Prince Fredrick Charles report shirn- 
•a,jf permanently established at the Chateau 
Corny, at Johannlsbevg (13 miles west of Metz,) 
mid the main depot is at the same place. The 
condition of the troops is greatly Improved. Tbo 
French have completed a new redoubt between 
St. Quentin and Plaffcvillft. Additional Intrench- 
ments have also been thrown up. Besides the 
troops in l he city, Bazainefa army is encamped in 
four different places. There Is a large encamp¬ 
ment on the eastern slope of 8t. Quentin; a 
second In the valley between Metz and Forts 
Embarndurc and St. Quentin; ft third at thefoot 
of Fori St. Julien ; audit fourth near the railway 
sheds and workshops. 
The French garrison of Strasbourg have been 
removed to itostadt in Baden, as prisoners of 
war. The Prussians hai e already occupied the 
town. The citadel and the bridge to Kohl have 
been restored by the pioneers. The Prussian 
Generals formally entered tho city. Three 
but lories have been established at the Place de 
Richer. The Baden troops claim tlie credit of 
the capture of Strasbourg. The Prussians are 
removing their heavy siege gnus for operations 
at Paris. Some of them have been already sent 
forward. 
The blockade of tho mouth of the river Elbe 
hits been renewed by the French fleet. German 
vessels abroad arc warned of the fact. 
Tim North German Gazette says the precipi¬ 
tancy of the American Government In recogniz¬ 
ing the French Republic was doubtless duo to 
false information supplied by its Minister at 
Paris. 
The troubles at Lyons with the Bed Republi¬ 
cans still continue, though the efforts to com¬ 
promise have not been abated. Gen. Clnseret 
was arrested, having forced liis way Into the 
town hall, at tbo head of a mob. The arrest was 
made, fortunately, without, bloodshed. 
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NEW YORK STATE. 
The Building Lot Association of Rochester 
lias purchased sixty-seven ncresof the Hunting- 
ton Nursery grounds, situated between North 
SI. Paul and Clifford streets, for $700 per acre. 
Tho nursery stock will bo removed, the land laid 
out in lots, and the men composing the associa¬ 
tion will erect dwellings on the ground next 
season. 
A list of 6,000 deputy marshals Is being made 
up for the protection of the ballot-box in the 
city of New York for the next election. 
George A. Johnson, a colored barber of Ithaca, 
was drawn us a pet 11 juror on (lie recent murder 
trial of Mike Ferguson at that place, and sat 
throughout t he same. He is said to be a inuu of 
much intelligence, 
Andrew Russell of Kingston, says the Daily 
Gazette, and Jacob Snyder of Cottekill, in ihe 
town of Hosendale, caught one hundred and fifty 
pigeons on the farm of the lntter-nnmeilgentle¬ 
man. Andrew says the woods are lull of pigeons 
in that, section of the country. 
Says I be Elmira Advertiser: Already the third 
rails are nearly spiked from Waverly westerly 
to Chemung village, and but n brief period will 
elapse ere the sound of the locomotive whistles 
from Lehigh and Schuylkill will echo within tho 
city limits. 
Mrs. C. Henry,a lady residing at Albany, re¬ 
cently went to Troy on a short visit in company' 
with her child and a nurse. While engaged in 
making purchases at a store, the nurse ran off 
with Urn child, and has not since been heard of. 
There are now eighteen daily papers published 
between Fulton and Chambers streets, in ihe 
district bounded by Broadway. Park Row. Nas¬ 
sau and Chatham streets. New York. 
The upper floor of the rear store of Stewart , 
Stephen & Co., On Henry street, Brooklyn, fell, 
Sept. 26th, from the weight of carpets and paper 
hangings, carrying the other floors through to 
the basement. Nobody was hurt. Loss on the 
bui'ding and goods, fully $100,000. 
Several days ago a young man of Lyndon, 
Cattaraugus Co., while out limiting with his 
nephew, a little boy named Charley Trail, acci¬ 
dentally discharged his gun, and the whole 
charge entered the lad's head, killing him in¬ 
stantly. 
The Hudson River Railroad Company' are tear¬ 
ing down the old wooden bridges which span tlie 
track between New York and Albany, and are 
erecting handsome iron structures instead. 
The Lyons Republican Bays:—“Work on the 
proposed Sod us Point and Southern Railroad is 
going on actively at several points along the 
line. Near Sodus Center n considerable portion 
of the ronded, graded years ago, has been put in 
condition for tho ties And the same at other 
places. The contractor is determined to have ns 
much work as possible done before cold weather 
comes." 
08,635 persons visited Prospect Park, Brooklyn, 
for the week ending September 84th. On Sun¬ 
day (the 85th) 24,443 persons visited tho Park. 
The tax-payers of Poughkeepsie having re¬ 
fused to voto for an appropriation asked for by 
the Common Council, the Aldermen voted to 
disband the police force, and to stop ull repairs on 
public property. 
The first annual re-union of ihe surviving 
Officers and men of the 451st regiment of the 
New York volunteers will tie held ai the Albion 
House, in Albion, on the 22d of October. There 
are a large mint tier of members of this regiment 
in Niagara county. 
R. C. Mordoff, It. W. Brigham and Lyman G. 
Morgan have been appointed railroad commis¬ 
sioners for the town of Perry. 
The Morristown and Block River Railroad has 
been contracted and work has already com¬ 
menced between Morristown and Philadelphia, 
and the latter place and Carthage. 
Three hotels, several dwellings and n tannery' 
are In process of construction at French Settle¬ 
ment, Lewis county. 
A Honcoye Falls correspondent of tlie Lima 
Recorder says the Rochester Water Works Com¬ 
pany are actively engaged at. the present head¬ 
quarters of the works, on tlie farm of Alfred 
Gules, to let the water from Honcoye Creek into 
the pipes, and this can be done without tlie 
complet ion of the reservoir at Henrietta. And 
now the people of that beautiful ami flourish¬ 
ing city will soon be supplied with fresh water 
from these beautiful lakes Hemlock and Hone* 
oye— running direct from the same via. Honcoye 
Creek, and then through seventeen miles of 
hemlock pipe. The last conduct pipe of these 
works was laid on the 2<hli of September, mak¬ 
ing a complete line of seventeen miles, from 
Smlthtown Greek to Rochester. 
A New York wedding, lately, wnsdistinguished 
by the gift to the bride of a $100,000 diamond 
necklace, and $74,000 worth of silver ware. 
The receipts on tho Mohawk and 11 ion Street 
Railroad since it. opened, have averaged $72 per 
week over and above all running expenses. 
It is said that tlm Jews of New York are open¬ 
ing schools on Bunday r to keep their children out 
of evil associations, and from being demoralized 
by a day of hitherto to them purposeless leisure. 
N. IL Northrup of l’entlekl claims to have 
raised this year more apples ihnn any other 
farmer iu Penfield. Ho sold tbo other day, lo 
Alonzo Cook ol Fairport, 102 barrels of twenty- 
ounce pippins. 
A manufacturing establishment is to be erect¬ 
ed on the site of the Ely mill, recently burned in 
Rochester. 
The deatli of Judge Charles Henshaw, County 
Judge of Genesee count.v, is announced. He 
died September 25th. Judge Henshaw has held 
his office three yearn. 
John Doty of Pa vilion raised on two and one- 
half acres, 320 bushels of sound com. 
Arnold’s large knitting mill iu Snndlake, wns 
destroyed by' lire on the 25th ult. Loss $14,000; 
fully insured. The fire is supposed to have been 
tlie work of an iiieemlinry. 
The Spencer Exchange Building at Saratoga 
wns burned Sept. 24th, und adjoining buildings 
were injured. The whole loss is about $35,000. 
The Auburn State Prison has 098 cells, and an 
extension is now building, which will contain 300 
more. 
A young girl, named Annie Whalen, attempt¬ 
ed to commit suicide at Buffalo, a few days ago, 
in order, as she declared, to ern e her passion lor 
late hours and strong drink. 
Says the Rochester Democrat, according to tho 
census returns of the several wards already re¬ 
ceived, and allowing for the returns from wards 
not yet completed, ihe population ol the city 
will not reach (53,000. 
A citizen of South Addison, Steuben Co., ba3 
invented a stump machine, which will pull 200 
average pine stumps in a day. 
An immense squash, measuring eight feet ten 
inches in circumference, und weighing exactly 
242X pounds, was recently picked by Hiram Hol¬ 
comb, of East Bloomfield. 
Fail apples in Lyons, Wayne Co., are worth 
$1.20 per barrel, and purchasers insist on receiv¬ 
ing found and carefully selected fruit at that. 
Winter fruits will probably open at $1.50 for 
choice lots. The apple crop In Wayne county, 
and, indeed, throughout ull Western Now York, 
is larger than it lias been lor many years. 
The assessed valuation of Chemung county 
is $7,000,438. In the equalized valuation by ihe 
Board uf State Assessors it is put at $7,309,131. 
Tlie assessed valuation of personal property is 
$1,174,WO. 
Col. E. B. Morgan and Henry Morgan of Auro¬ 
ra, Cayuga county, have donated the sum of 
$20,000, to be permanently invested for the bene¬ 
fit of the Presbyterian Church in that beautiful 
village. 
Utica is soon to have a paid fire department. 
The subject is under consideration at present by 
a special committee. 
It is reported that at Rhlnebeelc there are over 
two hundred eases of fever and ague. At Corn¬ 
wall R is reported that, there are quite a number 
ol cases. At Tivoli, IJurrytown, Staalsburg, East 
Havers!raw, and other places along the river, 
numerous cases are reported. 
Fort Edward is excited at having a live alliga¬ 
tor in the river at t hat place. The village fat ti¬ 
ers have advertised a fine of $5 against any one 
who shall be guilty of killing the stranger. 
The Nunda News says:—“The confiicring in¬ 
terests in regard to our railroad so far as Nunda 
is concerned, have been harmonised, and all arc 
pulling together for the accomplishment of this 
important movement." 
Mike Ferguson, the murderer of tlie Lunger 
family near Ithaca, in March last, has been found 
guilty of murder in the first degree, and sen¬ 
tenced to be hanged on the 4th of November 
next. 
The New York Independent remarks:—” One 
resolution of the Republican State Convention, 
licld recently at Saratoga, will commend itself 
to many besides Ihe members of the Republican 
party. We allude to tlie resolve which declares 
that the common school system of the Stale, 
must be maintained, and that we condemn all 
appropriations for the establishment or mainte¬ 
nance of sectarian schools or institutions, as hos¬ 
tile to tlie spirit of the Constitution, and the re¬ 
ligious liberty and equality it secures to all.’ ” 
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FROM THE WEST. 
By an incendiary fire at Rockville, Park coun¬ 
ty, lud., recently, almost tlie rail ire business 
portion of the town was destroyed. Loss, $130,- 
000. Insurance only $(50,000. 
The death of Dr. Charles H. Ray, late editor of 
The. Chicago Post, and before that, editor of The 
Chicago Tribune. In tho days when its power 
and fame were built up, is a loss to journalism. 
Ho was a versatile and vigorous writer, a jour¬ 
nalist whose power is best illustrated in the pow¬ 
er of the Journals he left behind him, and an 
honest man. 
Farwell & Oo„ of Chicago, announce their loss 
by the recent fire in that city will not, exceed 
$200,0(10. It tvas at first reported at. $700,000, lint 
tlie value of the damaged goods will reduce the 
loss to the figures named. 
A young lady of Indiana shot a sa ioti keeper 
the other flay, because lie persisted in selling 
liquor to her lover, and then catching tho lover 
sober, married him, whereupon ihe wounded sa¬ 
loon keeper said lie considered himself the luck¬ 
ier man. 
Half m block on Eddy street., Cheyenne. Wyo¬ 
ming Territory, was destroyed by Tiro Sept. 2»5th. 
The loss is estimated at. from $150,000 to $200,000. 
There is very little insurance. 
Tlie Alton (ill.) Telegraph says:—“John W. 
Ash, clerk of the Alton City Court-, has issued 
naturalization papers to a colored man named 
William Johnson, a native of Scotland, but- lias 
resided in this city since 1829. This is the first- 
colored man ever naturalized by this court." 
Vlidon Parker of Amber, Mich., now in his 
slxty-thinl year, is ihe youngest of eight “chil¬ 
dren,” nil alive and in good healt h. 
It has been decided to build a scientific ball in 
connection with the University oi Missouri, at a 
cost of $30,000. 
Professor Watson of tlie observatory at, Ann 
Arbor, Michigan, has received the astronomical 
prize or tho French Academy of Sciences as a 
reward for having discovered nine new planets 
in n j ear. 
'line completion of the Colorado Central Rail¬ 
road from Denver lo Golden City, was celebrated 
at the latter place Sept. 27th, and another golden 
spike wns driven. 
At the annual school meeting at Lakeport, St. 
Clair county, Michigan, ladies were selected to 
the offices of moderator, assessor and directors. 
The young ladies of Chicago are said to have 
organized a midnight mission for the reforma¬ 
tion of dissipated young men who are found in 
the streets late at. night. 
Cup!. Bradley, of the schooner Emmet, reports 
having boarded an unknown vessel burning off 
Cleveland. He saved t,hc Fall-* and private pro¬ 
perty and brought tlie same to Buffalo. There 
was no person on hoard or anywhere in the 
vicinity of the burning vessel when she was dis¬ 
covered from the deck of the Emmet. 
Three thousand tons of wheat were shipped 
over the California and Oregon railroad in 
August, which is but a small part of what is 
stored in the Sacramento valley. 
FROM THE SOUTH. 
J. Ct.AttKE Swavne, Esq., editor of the Macon 
(Ga.) American Union, offers as a premium at 
tlie approaching State Fair, a Novelty Job Print¬ 
ing Press for the best printed weekly newspaper 
published outside of Macon, Atlanta, Augusta, 
Savannah and Columbus. 
There is a man Jiving in Calhoun county, Miss., 
who is supposed to have more strength than any 
three men in the State. Ho is thirty-five years 
of age, weighs 225 pounds, and can walk two 
hundred yards with a bar of railroad iron that 
takes tlie combined strength of five ordinary 
men to lift. 
Tlie United States Grand Lodge of Odd Fel¬ 
lows, in session at Baltimore, recently, elected 
the following officers: —Frederick D. Stuart, Of 
Washington, D. C-, Grand Hire; A. C. Logan of 
Kansas, Deputy Grand Sire; James L. Ridgely 
of Maryland, Grand Corresponding and Record¬ 
ing .Secretary; Joshua Vanzant-of Maryland, 
Grand Treasurer. 
Work on the Selma and New Orleans Railroad 
is being vigorously prosecuted. The grading is 
done to tlie Call aba River, and all tlie bridges to 
that point are completed, iu a very short time, 
the rails will he down that far. It is thought tho 
Cfthaba will be bridged by t lie middle of Novem¬ 
ber, and that the road will bo done to Qrrvillo 
some time before Christinas. 
Tho complaint is general from Eastern Vir¬ 
ginia, and especially from the tidewater region, 
of excessive drouth. Around Richmond tlie gar¬ 
dens are burnt up, ami fall vegetables have al¬ 
most disappeared from market. The Richmond 
Whig, however, learns that notwithstanding tlm 
drouth, tho corn crop above tidew liter is a pret¬ 
ty fair one, and Ujc tobacco, which requires less 
rain, is very fine in some districts. A heavy rain 
storm set iu at Lynohbnrgon Saturday night. 
In consequence of the injury done to vegetation 
by the drouth, the Virginia Horticultural Socie¬ 
ty will bold no exhibition this fall. 
The quantity ot chewing tobacco manufac¬ 
tured in Richmond, Vu., during 1809 was double, 
and smoking tobacco quadruple, that- of 1808. 
John Kitts, aped 108 years, the oldest citizen of 
Balt imore, died recen t ly. He was a t-eamster in 
the army during the Revolut ionary war, and for 
many years sergeant-ut-arms of the City Council 
of Baltimore. 
Union Springs. Ala, lias subscribed sufficient 
funds to defray half tho cost of tlie survey of 
the Union Springs and Opelika Railroad; and 
Opelika will subscribe the other half. 
Conecuh county gentleman, and forwarded to 
the East Alabama Agricultural Society. An 
analysis of Prof. Tonmey shows that it. has forty- 
five percent, of fertilizing properties, and it can 
be found in as large quantities as in the famous 
South Carolina phosphate beds. 
On the 9Hi ult, ri large number of emigrants 
from the North and Europe passed down tho 
road at Knoxville on their way to Middle Ten¬ 
nessee, whoro they have contracted for 50,000 
acres of land. 
The Montgomery Ala, Advertiser says there is 
not a mechanic, house carpenter, or contrae-t-or 
now idle in that city. 
Gen. Wickham, Vice-President of the Chesa¬ 
peake & Ohio Railroad, gave to one of tlie young 
men who was injured at the into disaster on that 
road, a new suit of clothing throughout, twenty- 
five dollars in cash, paid his expenses (board and 
medical attendance) while sick at- the White 
Sulphur Springs- and also gave him work at the 
railroad for ton years, at first-class wages, to 
date from the day of the accident. 
Gov. Pile of New Mexico has issued a pro¬ 
clamation forbidding all persons trading with 
the Cnmanc.be and other Indians, as conirury to 
law. Several parties have been arrested for 
violation of the law and their goods burned. 
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FROM NEW ENGLAND. 
TrtE Liquor law which recently went into 
effect in New Hampshire, provides thut damage 
done to property by drunken persons must be 
paid for by the dealers from whom they had ob¬ 
tained the liquor. A dealer who refuses to pay 
may bo fined from $50 to $500. 
The oldest- house in Newport was sold a few 
days since for $3,500. It was used in revolution¬ 
ary times as barracks for the British troops, and 
has been owned In the Stanhope family for over 
a century. 
Caledonia Co, Vt„ lias a thriving lumber busi¬ 
ness, Judging from figures given in a St. Johns- 
bury paper. In one year the mills of that place 
cut 14.500,000 shingles, and over 4,500,000 feet of 
lumber. 
Boston is tlie richest city in Massachuset ts, for 
an equal division of its wealth would give each 
inhabitant $2,000. 
The imprint of a woman’s face, affixed there 
by lightning, is plainly visible on the glass of an 
attic window in Lawrence, Mass., and a great 
sensation is created thereby, ghosts being hint¬ 
ed at.. 
The State Historical Society of Vermont will 
hold its annual meeting at Montpelier on tho 
Uth of October, James Barret of Woodstock de¬ 
livering the address. 
At the fat men's dance nt Cedar Grove, R. I, 
there were 300 present. Each one was weighed 
before being admitted. Each one weighed his 
200 and upwards. 
The Importance of a college education was re¬ 
cently well demonstrated by u Williamstown 
student, who nmused his classmates and aston¬ 
ished Ids professors with the information that 
the laws of gravit at ion were discovered by Ben¬ 
jamin Franklin. 
Pigeons arc more plentiful in Now Hampshire 
than they have been for thirty yeans previously. 
They fly in dense flocks, and are often tempting 
excitement to pot hunters. 
Mills in Worcester, Mass, Hint have been run¬ 
ning without interruption twenty years have 
stopped on account ot lack of water. 
The Governor of New Hampshire lifts nomi¬ 
nated tho Hon. Harvey Hubbard of Bath to tho 
Supreme Bench, vice Judge Nesmith, retired on 
account of age. 
The new railroad bridge over the Androscog¬ 
gin River at Farmington, Mo, which is 2,200 G*et 
in length, lias Just been finished. 
Bears arc becoming quite troublesome in the 
northern part of Vermont. A Montgomery far¬ 
mer lias lost live sheep recently by their depre¬ 
dations, while one bear has been killed within a 
few days at Wnitstleld and two at ltoxbuiy, one 
ot the latte,- weighing 380 pounds. 
A young man named George Clay, of Exeter, 
N. H, started to load a bull to Kingston to be 
exhibited at the Rockingham County Fair. Just 
as he was leaving the village Hie bull turned on 
him, threw him down and gored him in a terrible 
manner. So ferocious was the bull that it was 
only by the united efforts of two men that Clay 
was rescued alive. 
Samuel Baldwin, a gentleman of Hampshire, 
by ids will, in the year 1730, ordered that his body 
nTter his decease, should be thrown into the sea 
beyond the Needles, which was accordingly car¬ 
ried into effect. His motive for this singular 
disposal of his remains was to disappoint his 
young wife, who Imd frequently declared to him 
that slie would dance on his grave. 
The Renfrew Manufacturing Company of 
Soot li Adams, Mass, have on t heir grounds sixty- 
four new brick tenements, each with a garden 
patch attached which they real for $ i<5 ft year. 
The American Powder Company, at Acton, N. 
H, manufacture annually 40 ,(i(Ki kegsof powder. 
About tivo-tliirdgof this goes to the West. 
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MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. 
The wages of all enlisted men in the navy 
have been increased in amount by a dollar and 
fifty cents a month, by order of the President. 
Harvey M. Whit beck, manager of L. B. Lent’s 
New York Circus, was instantly killed. Sept. 
28th, by a collision on the Erie Railroad, near 
Turner’s Station, N. J. Mr. Whitbeck was wide¬ 
ly known throughout tho United States and 
Europe as a successful circus manager. He 
leaves no family, but has an aged father und 
several brothers living at Claverack, N. Y. Ho 
was reputed to be worth $250,000. 
The Secretary of the Navy has issued an order 
persons in the navy arc forbidden to 
that all . 
publish, or permit to bo published, directly or 
indirectly, any official instruction, report or let- 
Extonsive preparations aregoing forward for j ters, or to furnish copies of the same to any per- 
the State Fair of North Carolina, which occurs 
at Raleigh, commencing on the IBtli of October. 
Three sons of Mr. Still of Ashley Co., Ark, 
picked 337 pounds of cotton in five hours. 
Hon. O. P. Snyder of Arkansas subscribed 
$50,000 to one railroad. 
Tiie colored women of Montgomery City, Mo., 
have organized a Sorosls Society. 
Cudjoe Fve, tilias Lowry, tlie leader of the Jef¬ 
ferson Co., Ga, insurrection inis been sentenced 
to the penitentiary for twenty years and his 
lieutenant Richard Roberson for live years. 
Tho census-taker finds in Union Co, S. C., 
Hannah Coleman (blind,)aged 120 years; Jack 
Sims, 107 ; and Jim Thomas, 10(1. 
We take the following from the Opelika Loco¬ 
motive:— 5Ye have been shown a specimen of 
Alabama marl, taken from the plantation of a 
son without the permission of the Secretary of 
tlie Navy. 
A frightful accident by lightning happened in 
Freeport, I'a., a few days since. While a father 
and three sons were selecting a spot to bury a 
foiirtii son, they were struck by lightning, and 
three of them killed. 
Tlie grape, sugar and vinegar manufactory of 
Thomas SInn& Go, in tho Second Maryland Dis¬ 
trict; the tobacco factory of Alexander Thomp- 
son & Co, in the Third Massachusetts District, 
and the cigar factory ol Jonah Jacob, in the 
same district, and L. F. Reed’s cigar factory on 
D e y street. New York, have been seized by 
Revenue detectives. 
Tlie protracted strike of iron boiler makers, at 
Wheeling, W. Va, lias ended in the return of the 
men to work at the old rate. 
