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} FOREIGN NEWS. 
The Frniico-l’rutmlnn War. 
TnE operations of the besiegers have been 
continued. The movement on Orleans Is re¬ 
ported as having been abandoned. The Prus¬ 
sians have occupied Dourdan, eighteen miles 
south west of Versailles, and it Is reported that 
they have also reached Thlvernal and Gryno- 
ville, in t in? Department ol Sciivo-et-Olso. They 
have also thrown up works at ijugneux and on 
Mendon Terrace. At Mantes they suffered a re¬ 
pulse. A movement, on Tours, the sent of the 
French Government, was anticipated, where 
there arc said to be no means of resisting- the 
attack, and it was thought the Government 
would move farther west. The French omitem- 
plate something like a levy etl numc, embracing 
Jill men between SI and 40. The report is re¬ 
iterated that Gen. Beauregard, late of the Con¬ 
federate army, la al, present organizing troops 
in the south of France. The surrender of Stras¬ 
bourg Is thus reported Gen. Ulrich advanced 
to Gen. W’erder, and, with a voice much agita¬ 
ted, said, *’ I have yielded to an irresistible force 
when farther resistance was only a needless 
sacrifice of lives of brave men. I have the con¬ 
solation of knowing 1 have yielded to an bm>. 
orable enemy." Gen. Werder, much • ...Wi 
placed both hands on Gen. Ulrich’s shoulders, 
and said, “ You fought bravely. You will have 
ns much honor from the enemy's as you can I 
have from your own countrymen." 
Of the Interview between Bismarck and Favro 
the former says; “The terms or pence and ter¬ 
ritorial cessions were mentioned only incident¬ 
ally. The formation of a new Moselle Depart¬ 
ment, with orrondissements including Sarrc- 
bourg Chateau-Sal ins, Sarreguamines, Metz and 
Thionvillo, was designated as an organization 
answering the intentions of the German Gov¬ 
ernment. An armistice was the main point con¬ 
sidered. The ilnal programme submitted, and 
which the National Defcnso Government re¬ 
jected, was: 
“ 1. In and about Paris the military status quo 
to bo maintained, 
‘‘2. In and about Metza continuation of hos¬ 
tilities, but limited to a circle around Metz, to bo 
definitely established. 
"3. The surrender of Strasbourg, the.garrison 
to be prisoners; and of Toul and Bitehe, the 
garrison to be free. 
“ The duration of the armistice was to be two 
or throe weeks." 
Count Von Bismarck Insists that, the condi¬ 
tions of the proposed armistice wore moderate. 
The French declined them, together with the 
offered opportunity ol' free election to lhe Con¬ 
stituent .Assembly in the Departmenls held by 
the Prussians, which the latter believe would 
liavc favored peace. 
Since the surrender of Strasbourg, the Gor¬ 
mans are reported moving on Mnlliouse. Gen. 
Welder, who commanded the besiegers nl Stras¬ 
bourg, has divided his army. Part goes to Ly¬ 
ons and part, to Paris. Gen. Von Tor leu has 1 
boon appointed Governor of Strasbourg. The 
garrison consists of 10,000 men. The city of ' 
Strasbourg has been required to quarter 8,000 1 
troops, but has boon Toleasod from t herequist- 1 
tlon for money. The Prussians have resolved to * 
demand 100,000 francs indemnity In each of the 1 
departments which they now occupy, from ] 
which Germans have been expo 1 led by tho 1 
French. ‘ I 
Skirmishes have been occurring in the vielni- * 
ty of Paris. On Hit* 2d inst. the French report 1 
making n roeonnolsanee in force at Movllle and r| 
L’Hay, advancing to Thiars and Ohoisy ic Roe, r 
and at every point found the positions solidly c 
occupied by Prussians, entrenched and protect- * 
ed by cannon. After a short, engagement they 1 
retired to Paris, reporting their losses ns consul- c 
erable, ns were also those of the enemy. An- * 
other Paris account puts the French loss al 1,200 11 
killed and wounded and three hundred pris* 11 
oners. P 
The Canal de Lourcq had boon drained by the 1 
Prussians in O"• to deprive the Parisians of ° 
water. Arr • *r bents were making for the 
Prussian batte .-s nt Villojulf, Genncvillicrs 
and St. Cloud to bomb *ru the city. M 
French gunboats v<*n* operating in tho Seine F 
firing on tho Prussians. Tho Tribune oorres- 131 
pendent telegraphs from Metz, Oct. 3Yester- * 
day afternoon a Prussian battery at Lounguil, (: 
in front, of St. Germain, destroyed with shells it tl 
French bridge ncroas the Moselle. The shells 
fired the village of Moultproa-Metz. Last night 111 
the Prussians made a dash into (lie village of Cl 
Nouilly, in front, of the French position; it was 
wholly consumed. It contained stores secreted i < 
for the garnison, tlie locality of which the vil- cl 
lagers refused to disclose; so the Prussians cl 
burned tho village and t lie stores together. 
On the 4th it. is reported by the French from ,U! 
Tours that continuous firing lias boon heard on Ul , 
tho hlghts of Bpcrnon and around Hambouillet, 
about, thirty rntlea southwest of Paris. A Pms- o1 
sian detachment was yesterday driven out or 
Artcnay. There is evidently n movement mak¬ 
ing by the enemy to attack Tours. The Prus¬ 
sian force which recently crossed the Rhino 
near M nl house have arrived utChaimrmn, placing by 
a garrison in Mnltiouse. Prussians are concen- in 
trating at Toul fora movement on Lyons. Kn- ’ 
ergot ic measures have been taken to defend an 
that oily. An encounter recently occurred be- mi 
twoen a French reconnoitoring party and tho at 
enemy at Meches farm, north of Paris. No re- nu 
suits given. Advices from Compoigno announce J 
that tlie Prussians have entirely stripped the of 
chateau, not. even leaving the heavy furniture, sec 
curtains or linen. At Thermo ty tlie Prussians '1 
have many thousand cuttle and sheep, as well as col 
an immense quantity of forage obtained by re- hr< 
quisitions upon the surrounding country, l'or thi 
their forces around Paris. A now army Is form- gro 
Ing near Freiburg (on Hie railway of the right hoi 
bank of the itliine, about midway between Kehl son 
and Rale,) to move against Lyons. ftn 
Tho Parisians doom a bombardment imminent, Un¬ 
hurt have adopted every possible precaution, it v 
is reported that thoy have ordered that no Pros- tioi 
sian prisoners are to be taken,because they help of i 
to oonsumo the store of food in Paris. Tho I for 
Prussian commanders have also been directed, ! rail 
it is said, to take no prisoners; both doubtful the 
statements. on , 
The garrison at Bitehe aro reported to have will 
made several successful sorties. Tho place had 100,1 
been severely bombarded, dismounting several DO.Ut 
guns, destroying the castle and many other to c 
houses. 
The besieging batteries, comprising four sixty , 
pound mortars and five batteries each of t welve 
pound breech-loaders, became disabled by firing 
20,000 shot., and withdrew to Gromersheil. The 
: covering battalions also withdrew, leaving the 
nort h and west sides open. 
The fort is built on tho summit of two hun¬ 
dred feet of perpendicular rock, is of two 
stories, with solid easements, and is regarded as 
impregnable. The garrison numbers 2,000. 
The Tribune correspondent telegraphed from 
Berlin on tho 5th :-“OllleiaI advices from head- 
quarters report, that the preparations for a regu¬ 
lar attack upon tho fortifications and for bom¬ 
barding Paris are completed. The siege guns 
and mortars have arrived, and are in position 
for immediate operations.*' 
Another correspondent, at tho same time, 
from Metz, says:—"There was a sortie from 
Metz against the Eighth Prussian Corps at Jouy 
(south of Metz) at noon of the 3d inst. The 
French wounded were left in Hie. hands of the 
Gormans. Their dead were carried homo. Tlie 
fortress of St. Quentin supported the attack. 
These diversions arc useless except for purposes 
of discipline. The troops in Mels! were still told 
that the French arms were victorious during 
August; lhey are, however, growing Impatient 
I Ids last sortie accomplished no strategic result, 
though several brigades were engaged on both 
sides." 
The latest news from Tours, the 6th inst., is to 
Hie effect that heavy cannonading had boon go¬ 
ing on ail day near Malntonon. The batlle 
wii h occurred near Tonry on tho itii had been 
prou, ‘tlvc of Important results. The Prussians 
were defeated and forced to retreat. Tho posi 
tlon taken by the French was one that necessi¬ 
tated the evacuation of Pil.hivfcrs by the ene¬ 
my, The Prussians abandoned that point, with 
so much precipitation that many cattle, a large 
amount of forage, &c., fell into the hands of the 
French. Gou. Rigan, in his official report of t he 
engagement, says that he had recommitcred to¬ 
ward Toury with three brigades of cavalry and 
infantry, and a few gnns. He reached Chissy, 
surrounded the village, and took five Bavarian 
prisoners ami some guns. Russnyres brigade 
turned the village on the right, and the enemy’s 
cavalry, 500 strong, supported by 2,000 infantry, 
wore obliged to riStreni precipitately toward 
Paris. The French pursued lhem three hours’ 
march beyond Toury, Gen. Rigan ascertained 
tlie presence with these forces of Prince Albert 
of Saxe-MelnoDgen and of Prince Albert of 
Bnxc-Altenbourg. There was also a combat on 
the 4th, near SoIrsohr, and prisoners say that 
two regiments of tlie army of tho Duke of 
Mecklonbiirg-Schwerin were defeated by the 
garrison. King William had reviewed the Sixth 
Prussian Army Corps at Versa! Ilea. Headquart¬ 
ers were subsequently established ot that place. 
Beauvais, forty-one miles northwest of Paris, 
lias been made the great victualing center of the 
Germans. The garrison of Metz had made a 
sortie against the Eighth Prussian Corps at Jouy. 
The losses were trifling on both sides. It is said 
Hie French troops at Metz are still deceived as , 
to the result of the war. 
JTllacci In neon*. 
It isnow proper to write "United Italy,” the 
question having been voted upon in Rome, 
where, out of 50,(KM) votes, only fifty were cast 
in favor of tlie continuance of the temporal 
power of the Pope. The vote in tho outer Pon¬ 
tifical States was of a similar character, only 
serving to increase tlie majority, Victor Eman¬ 
uel is expected to formally enter Rome on the 
18th of October. Ai. Florence there is an urgent 
request for the removal of the Capital at once 
to the Eternal City. To tho Pope has been as¬ 
signed a residence in the quarter of Rome 
known ns the Leonene City, or JCUmio B'>roo. 
Tho wishes of the Pope upon tlie subject have 
not been expressed. Much discussion 1ms oc¬ 
curred here ns well as iu Europe upon the arm¬ 
ing of Russia, wtaloh was surmised to be in tho 
Interest of France, though the wiser heads saw 
only war with Turkey. Tlie Czar having refused 
to confer with M. Thiers in behalf of France 
leaves little hope of aid to their nrmR from that 
quarter. The Emperor shows Ids pergonal syin- 
pat ides by bestowing the Cross of Bt. George, 
the military order on the Crown Prince of Sax¬ 
ony and on the Prince of ITesse. 
News has been received of still further mas¬ 
sacres or foreigners by the Chinese. Troops 
wero being collected between Thn-Tsin and 
Pekin, ostensibly for the protection of foreign¬ 
ers, (hough grave doubts are entertained ol’ the 
correctness of the surmise, ns it is understood 
China and Japan have concluded a treaty for 
the expulsion of foreigners. 
Spain 1msaccepted tho resignation of DeRodos 
and appointed Gen. Oordova Captain-General of 
Cuba. 
In Cuba matters remain in tlie same generally 
confused state. Conflicts mainly of a guerilla 
character constantly occur, with nothing de¬ 
cisive on either side. 
Signor Sella, tho Italian Minister of Finance, 
ha* remitted to tho Pope 50,ono crowns, tho 
amoniil of Ids allowance for the current month. 
The Pope has mnde a new appeal to the King 
of Prussia iu favor of peace. 
, by the office buildings, east by Fourth Avenue, 
e and north by a line thirty feet six inches south 
? of Forty-fifth street. The entire length of the 
e roof will be 652 feet, and it will be 199 feet two 
e inches in width between the walls, and support¬ 
ed by thirty-two arched trusses, placed twenty 
- feet, four 1 nch es a pa r t. These grea t arch os w i 11 
5 set upon the foundation, whose upper face is 
5 two rent below tlie surface of the ground, rising 
to an elevation of ninety-five feet from tho 
i springing lino to the extrudes of the arch. This 
• depot is Intended to accommodate the t rains of 
- the Harlem, Hudson River, mid Now York Cen- 
• trnl Railways. Tlie ear house will have ucoom- 
i modation for twelve single trains, while, ir ii l>c 
i necessary, double or even treble that number 
can be accommodated. It. is expected to be open 
, to I lie public by January, 1K71. 
i Saratoga has had 100,000 visitors this summer; 
Cape May, 150,000; Atlantic City, 150,000; Long 
Branch. 200,000; Newport, about 100,000. 
The New Lebanon Shakers are gathering their 
winter apples flow, a month earlier than usual, 
boll ving they will keep much better than if al¬ 
lowed to remain longer on the trees. 
The Washington Mowing Machine Company’s 
furnace and machine shop, together with ihojr 
contents, were entirely destroyed by lire on the 
27th tilt,, at Bandy Hill. The loss will bo $40,000; 
insurance about $10,000. 
Fifty-five eases of yellow fever and sixteen 
deaths are said to have occurred in New York 
city and neighborhood during the past month. 
Tho facts develop a strange condition of profes¬ 
sional disagreement among our health authori¬ 
ties. Governor’s Island, the seat of I he disease, 
lias been quarantined. 
A fata! cattle disease is prevailing at Cllntou- 
viiie and A usable Forks, one man having lost as 
many as nine animals in one night, Tho disease 
seems to afreet the heart, and the cuttle die very 
suddenly. 
On the afternoon of the 28th ult. the unfinish¬ 
ed bridge across the Ten Milo Creek at Rensse- 
lacrvllle, Albany county, gave way, and was 
precipitated Into the channel or tlie stream. Ton 
persons, men nnd boys, wore on Hie bridge at 
the time of the accident, or these, six went 
down with Hie hideous crash to tlie rocks, twen¬ 
ty feet below. Ail were severely injured. 
Tlie corpse of Gottachalk, the celebrated 
pianist., has been brought to New York from 
South America. 
One hundred thousand dollars of the bonds of 
the towns of Horsoheads and Erin, issued lo aid 
in the construction of Urn Utica, Homiheads 
and Elmira Railroad, arc now offered for sale. 
These bond* tiro issued in sums of $100 and 
$d 00each, and bear seven per cent , interest, pay¬ 
able soml-antnialiy by tho supervisors of the 1 
towns. i 
H is said that tho Elevated Railroad of New 1 
York is to be run with (ho pneumatic engine in- 1 
vented by Louis Ransom of Laneingburgh. i 
As tin- German residents of Olean were cele¬ 
brating the Prussian success recently, a six- 1 
pound howitzer, which was used for the oeea- ! 
sion, prematurely exploded, and tho t wo gun¬ 
ners, Henry Helenbrook and William Sherwood, 
were thrown several feet. The former whs ’ 
fatally injured. Sherwood’s wounds are very 
pain till, but not dangerous. ‘ 
David I). Marks and wife or Westford, were * 
recently returning homo from Mlddlefleld, and 1 
when near Westford village, descending the bill, 
Hu* horses became rtightened and start ed to run. 1 
Striking u water-brake, Mr. M. was thrown out 1 
and his feet becoming entangled in the lines, 1 
was dragged a long distance. Tin.* wagon strik¬ 
ing a fence, Mrs. M. was thrown out mid severe* * 
ly wounded in tlie head. Both died on the 21st 
ult., from injuries received. c 
since, in that, city, 43,000 acres of timber land, for 
which was paid the sum of $70,000. 
The Democrat says that from an eighth of an 
acre, Mr. Daniel George or Blddcrord, Me., has 
sold $29i worth of strawberries this year. 
Prof. Young of Dartmouth College, has photo¬ 
graphed one of the protuberances on Hie sun—a 
scientific triumph never before accomplished. 
He did it with a telescope, assisted by h spectro¬ 
scope. 
Two hundred and fifty candidates have al¬ 
ready applied for admission to Harvard Univer¬ 
sity for tlie next term. 
I’lio Hoosac Valley Agricultural Society at 
North Adams. Mass., will net about $1,000 by 
tliolr late fair. 
The Mayor or Providence. R. T„ offers a re¬ 
ward for the detection ol tlie incendiaries now 
infesting that city. 
The knife manufactory at New Britain, Conn., 
recently tilled an order for one thousand dozen 
knives, nil the work, from the forging to tho 
shipping, tieing done in eight working days. 
A package containing $40,000 in registered 
bonds was recently mailed at Hartford, Conn., 
to tlie Treasury Department at Washington, 
but lias not reached i lie latter city, and the de¬ 
partment is now investigating the matter. 
fornia, is in violent eruption, emitting smoke 
ashes and cinders. 
Wells, Fargo & Co.’s stage was recently stopped 
by robbers, between Carson City and Reno, and 
the passengers, including the Lieut. Governor of 
Nevada, were robbed, after which the coach was 
allowed to proceed. 
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FROM THE SOUTH. 
FROM THE WEST. 
FROM NEW ENGLAND. 
NEW YORK STATE. 
A Gr.NTi.EM an at Rochester was recently tried 
by a Jury and lined $85 for shooting robins 
in violation of the game laws of the State. 
The Grand Jury for Broome Co., have found 
an indictment against Edward II. Ruloff r or tlie 
murder of tlie clerk Frederick A. Mlrrick, 
nl Halbert's store, in Binghiunptou, on tho 
morning of the 17th of August. 
A horse belonging to a farmer named Donncr, 
of Jamestown, was killed by some miserable 
scoundrel tho other night, its throat being cut. 
The Statue to the memory or Abraham Lin¬ 
coln placed in Union Square, New York, is of 
bronze, eleven feet high, and weighs three 
thousand pounds. It. rests upon a base of gray 
granite, comprising ihroostones, reaching to a 
height of twenty-four feet. Tlie statue repre¬ 
sent f he deceased President in citizens’ clothes, 
an ancient "Roman toga” boing carelessly 
t hrown around ii is shoulders. 
Commodore Vanderbilt is turning his atten¬ 
tion to the erection of a magnificent structure 
Of iron and glass on Fourth Avenue, New York, 
lor tho Use of the ears of his several linos of 
railway. Tlie edifice, when completed, will bo 
Ihe largest and most costly building of tho kind 
on tins continent. The weight of iron to lie used 
will bo over 8,(KXl,000 pounds, it will require 
100,000 square toot of glass in the roof alone, and 
90,1)00 square feet of galvanized corrugated iron 
to cover the roof. Tho roof over the car house 
will extend over an area limited south and west 
Tn the Supreme Court, in Tolland, Conn., Wil- 
~ Ham Gavitt was convicted of laying iron rails 
across the track oi the Hartford, Providence 
and FlshkiU Railroad, with tlie intention to 
wreck the train. Ho is now liable to ton years’ 
' imprisonment iu the State Prison, and deserves 
Hie full term. 
At Stoughton, Mass., on tho Kill ult., one Den¬ 
nis Knrney, while under the influence of liquor, 
applied to his wife for money with which to buy 
rum. The wife sternly refused, whereupon 
1 Karnoy seized an axe, with which lie split open 
her head, and dashed her brain* on tho floor, 
killing her instantly. 
A Meriden, Conn., company claim* to bo able 
to make peat for about $1.35 a ton. and says it is 
worth more than the best hard wood for fuel. 
All ihe ponds in tlie Btntc of Connecticut that, 
have been stocked with black bass by the fish 
commissioners have proved well adapted to their 
culture and growth. The law protects its finny 
proteges from the angler for two year*. 
Dogs have been committing depredations 
among tho sheep at. SoutliwJclr, Mass.; within 
ten days W. \V. Phelps having hud eight killed 
and one wounded, John Boyle six killed, and 
Warren Wentlierbce eleven killed and two 
wounded. Other flocks have also suffered. 
Granville Grant or Great Ffdls, N. H., white 
nutting with other boys on the 22d ult., fell 
from a walnut tree, fractured hisBkull and both 
arms, nnd will die from his injuries. 
Mr. Jobu Bimraonsof Boston, a wealthy dealer 
in ready-made clothing, who recently died, left 
his whole fortune, nearly a million and u half of 
dollars, to fouud a college where women may 
be educated in practical work, by which tiiey 
may earn their Jiving. 
A twelve years old daughter of Christian Zell- 
or, of Bridgeport, Conn., was killed lately by a 
mistake of a druggist’s eierk, who put morphine 
instead or quinine in a physician’s prescription. 
Jesse Lombard of Deerfield, Mas*., fourteen 
years old, while crossing tho railroad bridge 
over the Connecticut, one day recently, was 
blown off by the wind into tho river, a distance 
or forty leet, and fell Into deep water, but for¬ 
tunately knew how to switn, and reached the 
shore in safety. 
Tho Renfrew Manufacturing Company of 
South Admus, Moss., have on their grounds 64 
brick tenements, each with a garden patch at¬ 
tached, which they rent for $30 a year. 
The $10,000 given three years ago by Augustus 
White, to found a library in Danbury, Ct., has 
been increase*! by a lot of land worth $10,000 
more, towards the erection of a bailing, ir tho 
town will build a suitable one. Meanwhile llm 
old White homestead is repairing for a tempora¬ 
ry library and reading room, and generous do¬ 
nations of books are being made by the citizens. 
The new suspension bridge across Hie Deer¬ 
field River, at Stillwater, Conn., will cost about 
$20,u00, and is to be erected early in the winter. 
John B. Foster of Bangor, Me., sold, a few clays 
!i. The mayor of Montrose, Iowa, fell from the 
roof of a three story school house, on the 28th 
ri- ult., and received injuries from which he died 
«*, about two hours afterwards. 
Manistee, Mich., has again boon visited by n. 
u- fire which destroyed several stores, the Good 
as templars Hull, a barn, and other property, to 
sa the amount of about $20,(XK), 
ry I'ho Manistee, Mich., Vjmderpool case will be 
Hied in the Kalamazoo Circuit Court on or 
1 ). about the middle of October. 
<■- A strange animal tins appeared near Eagle- 
ns ' dip* Mo. It is about the size of a sheep, but. 
m heavier. It devours sheep and 1ms attacked 
nt ,n< "- A grand hunt is to come off for it in a 
,t few days. 
a- 11 is estimated that the pockets of five hun¬ 
dred persons were [picked at the State Fair nt 
!( j Jackson, Mich. 
in Mr * CbriB - Neiison of Spring Hill, Montana, 
dug HO potatoes, Rome largo atid all fair sized. 
*f l rom ode hill, and 97 from another. He has 48 
id ,flr * e tomatoes growing on one vino; and he 
Is harvested 51 bushels ot Norway oats from half 
a. w " «PiP* on which only 10 pounds of seed were 
,1 sown. 
’The recent disastrous Tire in Chicago Is regnrd- 
io ed I'Y the journals of that city as a verdict 
against Mansard roofs, which tiro filled with 
w combustibles, atul which, once on lire, are 
i- above nnd beyond the highest reach of tiro en¬ 
gines, ordinarily. 
»_ Dne thousand rifles have been removed from 
the Arsenal in Si. Louis, und deposited in tho 
State Arsenal of Minnessota. 
The receipts of tlie American Bible Society 
]( from tho district of Southern Illinois, for 
s the year ending March 31,1870, were $10,833.84. 
y Mr. 8. S. Grcenleaf of Chicago, has Just pur- 
oltused a library numbering 20,000 volumes in 
G Germany, and presented It to tho Northwestern 
j University at Evanston. 
I, Twenty families near Warsaw, Ind., have 
lt formed an association nnd will emigrate to 
Northern Alabama on the lBtliof October. They 
’ design settling near Florence. 
I A man and wife in Richmond, lnd., put tar- 
. tar emetic in thi? coffee in order to cure tho 
t children of tho habit of using it, and nearly 
caused tho death of all of them. 
Tlie Southern Wisconsin Fnir of Janesville 
was a great success. There were 2,200 entries, 
and $5,000 in receipts. 
It is now feared that Commissioner Delano 
- will lose the use of his hand from the recent in- 
i juries he received. 
There arc fourteen steamers engaged in the 
* Lake Superior trade, of an aggregate capacity 
of 10,000 tons. Besides these there are HQ ves- 
! sels and steamers employed In the same trade. 
Several Inches of snow have fallen in tho vi¬ 
cinity of Sherman, Wyoming Territory, within 
tho past few day*. 
The Trustees of Hie Ohio Agricultural College 
have located that institution near Columbus; 
the site and farm to bo hereafter selected. 
Franklin county issues $300,000 In bonds for the 
benefit of the college. 
A paper niill at Quincy, III., was burned on the 
night of Sept. 26. Loss about $60,000. Small in¬ 
surance. 
Denver, Colorado, is remarkable for its shade 
t rees. Within the past three years, over half a 
million of small trees, mostly mountain cotton 
woods, have been set put within the city limits. 
The Red Wing, Minn., Republican Bays the 8t. 
Haul and Chicago Railroad will bo completed 
next June, 
Emma If. J once, a young inmate of the CIn- 1 
eimiati Orphan Asylum, lias fallen heiress to u 
legacy ol $30,000 by the dealh of a grandfather. 
In the District Court at Salt Lake, before Chief 
Justice McKoou, a Mormon by the name of Sau- ( 
born applied to be naturalized. Tn roply to Hie 
questions < >f the Judge, Sanborn said that lie had . 
but one wife, but that ho believed it. right, und < 
according to the laws of God to marry another 
while Ids present wife was living, and although | 
the laws of the land forbid, lie thought it ids ^ 
duty to obey tho laws or God rather than the ( 
laws of man. Entertaining different views of 
the laws of American citizenship, the Chief Jus- r 
tlce refused to naturalize him, t 
Census returns from Minnesota are nearly 
complete, and shows a population of 435,577,—a c 
gain of 150 per cent, since I860. Tbo total area j 
for the State is 82,000 square miles. j 
A chair of Agriculture lias been established at j 
the University of Missouri, wit h Geo. C. Swallow r 
as Professor. It bus also been decided to build - 
a scientific hall, at a cost of $20,000. C 
The receipts of tbo Iowa State Fair at Keokuk j, 
wore about $12,000, tlie largest ever taken by the 
Society. j6 
State Granges of the Patrons of Husbandry o 
have recently been organized in Missouri and ii 
Iowa. 
^ A report of the Michigan Agricultural College ii 
Farm for I860, gives the receipts at $6,361.97, N 
and the expenses at $5,106.47, leaving $1,255.50 as ■» 
Profit. 01 
A farmer in Mantorsvilic, Minn., has harvest¬ 
ed forty-live acres of timothy seed, yielding sov _ tr 
eu bushels to the acre, which ho has sold at $4.50 Ii 
per bushel. 
Gen. Pope has sent u company of troops into hi 
Southern Kh usas, to remove the trespassers from 
the Cherokee lands. D 
A volcano, near San Rafael Valley, Lower Cali- ac 
ei _ At Athens, Clarke Co., Ga., tea is successfully 
cultivated. It can be done in any part of Mid- 
die Oeorgia. 
by I( is e8,iTn mcd that 300,000 persons have settled 
in Texas during tlm past year, and tho present 
. 0 _ population will not fall short, of 1 , 200 , 000 . 
nv A young lad was poisoned in Cincinnati by 
eating berries from the Jamestown weed, 
n., Tlie new Virginia Steamship Company having 
R n purchased a tine boat, will commence running 
ho ca,lv " ,is Present month between New York 
and Richmond. 
, Fifteen deaths from yellow fever were import¬ 
ed on the 26th ult. in New Orleans. Among the 
victims i* the ltev. Michael Walsh, of St. 
’ Patrick’s Church. 
° The Libby Prison nt Richmond, Va., has been 
devoted to manufacturing purposes. It con- 
lains a mill for grinding bones for fertilizers, 
and another for grinding 6 umac. About $1,000 
per day are paid out. for leaves of the sumac, 
ie gathered by poor people and negroes. Anau- 
th tpmatic shingle machine is soon to be added. 
;d At Memphis, Tonn., on tho 26th ult., Dr. N. 
Jourdan, editor of a German paper, fell from 
a the window of his office, and was instantly 
al killed. It is supposed he fell asloop while sitting 
10 in the window. 
I/Oiiisiana and Florida report tho sugar crop 
>0 five to ten per cent, above tlie average. Texas, 
>r Mississippi, Alabama, und Georgia report from 
an average to ten per cent, below. 
b- The Swiss colony in Grundy county, Tcnn., is 
it. in a prosperous condition, und are well pleased 
•d with their mountain homes. Swlse families oon- 
a tinue to arrive daily. 
Gov. Bullock of Georgia, offers $5,000 reward 
l- for the apprehension and conviction of the men 
it who, in disguise, committed outrages in Han¬ 
cock county. 
i, Five years’ imprisonment is tlie sentence of 
1 , the worncu who stole the Digby child in New 
18 Orleans. 
e Tho election in the State of Georgia has, by 
1 the vote of the House of Representatives of tho 
o State, been changed from November to Decem¬ 
ber. 
I- The Savannah Advertiser reports Hie rice as 
t seriously damaged by the late storms and high 
11 lidos along Hie coast. It Is estimated that tho 
e loss lias already amounted to One-fourth of the 
crop, and prices have advanced In consequence. 
Further damage is anticipated, ns largo amounts 
a now cut lie sweltering iu the field, 
Virginia lias been visited by a very destructive 
Storm of rain so swelling the rivers ns to result 
y In grea t, damage to property at Lynchburg, Har- 
r per’s Ferry, Richmond mid other places. Hail- 
road nnd other bridges have been destroyed, tlie 
canal damaged, boats floating around loose in 
1 the fields, mills, houses, crops and cattle carried 
J off mid destroyed. The latest details increases 
instead of diminishing the sum total of destruc- 
3 Hon caused by the flood. Throughout tho ex- 
3 tent or her water courses from tho mountains 
' east to tho Anno, and west on the lines of tho 
James, Rockflsh and Shenandoah, tho most sc- 
- rlnus ravages have been made. So far over 
5 vikhty lives are reported lost, and there is 
' strong reason to Icar that, tbo number may 
prove still greater. Tho latest dispatches state 
! that the waters are receding all over tlie devas- 
* tated region. 
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POLITICAL NEWS.} 
The Democratic nominations in Erie county 
are:- For Congress, Wm, Williams; Sheriff, Gro¬ 
ver Cleveland ; County Clerk, James 11. Fisher; 
Superintendent of Poor, Martin Keller; Coro- 
m-ns, C. R. Morrow, Morris Vaughan, R. S. Myers; 
Justice of Sessions, Dennis Kelly. 
Joseph W. Hill is l be Republican candidate for 
Assembly in the lid District of Saratega. 
In tlie 1 st Dist rict of Oneida county, Geo. W. 
Clmd wick is tho Republican nominee for As¬ 
sembly. 
Leonard C. Killmm is the Republican candidate 
for the Assembly in tho lid District of Madison 
county. 
The 11 on. D. C. Littlejohn has been nominated 
to tlie Assembly by the Republicans of tlie 1 st 
District of Oswego county. 
B. B. Blgnail is the republican candidate for 
Assembly in Tioga county, and Oliver C. Wyman 
for First District of Jefferson county. 
The Democrats of tho Twelfth Congressional 
District nominated William JI. Philip of Clav- 
eruek. 
The Free Traders have nominated Charles P. 
Johnson for Congress in the First District of 
Missouri. 
Judge Chari os Betts is tlie Democratic candi¬ 
date lorCongressiu the Third Dlstrictof Illinois. 
Mr. I. C. Parker has been nominated lor Con¬ 
gress by the Republicans of the Seventh District 
of Missouri. 
The Oneida County Democratic Convention 
has nominated Abraham B. Weaver for Con¬ 
gress ; Thomas D. Penfleid for Sheriff, and James 
C. lironson for Oounty Clerk. 
The Democracy of Schuyler county have 
nominated Hon. William C. Coon lor re-election 
to the Assembly. 
The Democratic ar d Conservative State Tick¬ 
et of West Va. is as follows:—For Governor, 
J. J. Jacob; Supreme Judge, C. P. ’J’. Moore; 
Auditor, E. A. Bennett; Attorney-General, 
Joseph Sprlgg; Treasurer, Jno. 8 . Burdett; Sec¬ 
retary’of State, John M. Phelps. For Congress 
—First District, John J. Davis; Second District, 
Owen D. Downey; Third District, Frank Here¬ 
ford; Senator. Henry G. Davis. 
Benjamin F. Flanders, the present incumbent, 
is the Repnblieau candidate for Mayor of New 
Orleans. L. A. Wiliz Is tho Democratic nom¬ 
inee. 
The Republicans of Chenango Co. have nom¬ 
inated for Sheriff, Capt. Uriah Rorapuugh; 
Member of Assembly, Andrew Shopardsou ; Su- 1 
porintendent of the Poor, Samuel E. Lewis; Cor- <L 
oner, B. J. Ormsby; Sessions, John P.Thorp. j. 
The Democrats Of t he 1st Congressional Dis- 
trict of Georgia, have nominated Hon. A. T. Mc¬ 
Intyre for Congress. 
Tho Democrats of the St. Lawrence District 
have nominated Geo. Mott, Esq., for Congress. J . 
Iu the Chemung and Stcubeu Congressional 
District, the Republicans have nominated Ho •- W 4, 
ace B. Smith for Congress. W 
