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NEW YORK STATE. 
f FOREIGN NEWS. 
The Frnnco»PriiH*inii War. 
The armistice mentioned at the close of our 
summary a week since tailed of a satisfactory 
conclusion. There wit* some difficulty aboutde* 
tails. The French desired permission during ils 
continuance to supply 1'nris with food, while 
Bismarck objected, as ho did to allowing 1 Alsace 
and Lorraine to participate In the election of 
members of the Assembly, It is generally un¬ 
derstood that by mutual concessions these points 
would have been arranged, but for the turn of 
affair* In Paris. Of affaire In Iho oily the Lon¬ 
don correspondent of the Tribune Bays:-When 
the arrival of Thiers and the object of Ids jour¬ 
ney became known, the Garde .Mobile of Hello- 
ville, led by their usual military commander 
and re*onforced by considerable numbers of the 
population of that quarter, marched upon the 
Hotel do Ville, and to the private residences of 
the members of the Government,ami made tHo 
members prisoners—the movement being so 
rapid that the National Guards posted at the 
Hole! do Ville wore unable to organize n resist¬ 
ance. As soon its the fact was known, the Na¬ 
tional Guards from vurious quarters without 
waiting for summons marched against the in¬ 
surgents, who were speedily overcome, and Hie 
members of Government wero released alter 
live or six hours detention. The rising was oc¬ 
casioned by hostility to the armistice as well as 
to the Government. It is considered that (he 
Government has shown itself to be stronger 
than it was supposed to bo; the readiness of the 
National Guards to support It being demonstra¬ 
ted. Trochu reached the Hotel do Ville only 
when all was over. He threatens sovero pro¬ 
ceedings and numerous arrests are biking place. 
The Provisional Government has linnlly re¬ 
jected the protocol agreed upon by Thiers and 
Hismurk, although previously they signified 
their approval. Thiers received orders from 
Pat e to inform Itlsrnurck that his conditions 
could not bo accepted, and to return to the eupi- ( 
tal Immediately. 
The special correspondent of the Tribune nt | 
Versailles writes: — “Thiers has left Versailles - 
for Toil re. in reality the negotiating parties i 
never approached I ho basis of an agreement for I 
armistice. Kevietugiliiig was insisted oil from i 
the beginning by Thiers, and steadily refused 
by Jtismarek." t 
Active lmslililios have been continued, though j 
very few important battles have occurred. Two 
corps of Prussians leaving Metz besieged Tliion- ( 
ville. An engagement took place on the 6th on | 
the road between Dijon and St. Joan do Losno, a 
in which the Prussians gained no ground, the M 
Primes- tiroura preventing their crossing the I 
Losno. The Investment of different points by » 
tlio Prussians is reported. 
A heavy body of Prussians are said to bo tnnv- d 
ing against Amiens and ltouon. The village of J 
Auxui), near Jte-umeoii, has been taken t wice by v 
the Prussians, and recaptured ouch time by tlm 
French. Fort Mortier, at Now Brelsaoh, oapi tu- t 
lated on t he Ot li Inst.. A tire had occurred Inside, v 
which rendered it untenable. Two hundred ami G 
(wenty prisoners ui|d ilvoennniui were captured, a 
Dispatches received from Dole, Boaune, Nogent a 
lo ltotrou, Chutoauduu and Brazy give the par¬ 
ticulars of marked suoo08S08 by the Francs- » 
tireurs. bi 
The special eorresponden t of the Tribune w i th o 
Garibaldi writes on the 2d“Garibaldi Ims just 11 
returned from a visit to Goa. Michel, of whoso o 
co-operation he was and is doubtful. The stall 01 
say that they hope Michel will make common 
cause with Garibaldi if attacked, but wo are sure " 
of nothing. The French troops show few signs s< 
of fitness for lighting; they are young eon- 
scripts, und tlielt officer.-itro no better than the ii 
men. Tlio Italians are picked men, and will do Q 
well. Itlcclotti Garibaldi bus Just arrived after ti 
imprisonment at Alessandria by the Italian Gov- ai 
eminent." 
No reinforcements from Metz have reached ti 
Paris, the force now there being deemed sufll- 6U 
eiont. A body of 40,000 soldiers Is reported as m 
having arrived from Metz, to reinforce the army nl 
of the Loire, under Gen. Von dor Tann, near 8fl 
Hii.-s, on the Orleans road. On the 8th, u buttlo 
was fought near Orleans, of which no purlieu- cl 
iary nrti given. The French report a series ul b; 
engagement* on the 7th, at Polaly and {it. Lau- D 
rent dos Bois, where the Prussians attacked and 
wero repulsed, having two officers and Oily men Ti 
killed, and left seventy prisoners In Iho hands oi at 
the Frenoli. Verdun has capitulated to the Pri»- 
slaiis. Minor skirmishes arc reported, with sue- oi 
cesses for bulli parties. King William lias or- <■' 
derod that hereafter no person will he allowed tfc 
to leave or enter Pans. Five passengers cap- ttl 
tured were to be executed fur violation nl iho nl 
rule. A rising of tbo lted Republicans is report- be 
cd at Perpignan, where a civil war hud com- bi 
meneed, i he Colonel commanding and theChlef hi 
of the [mdannrs had been shot, and the Major PC 
stoned to death. Other excoree* bad been com- L: 
milted, and the National Guard had been sum- Cc 
moneil to put down tho mob. Similar disturb¬ 
ances are reported nt other points. All over 
Franco tho trlondsof the Empire are treated sus¬ 
piciously. On the 9th, it was reported that, the 
French army had crossed to the north bank of 
tho Loire. rlc 
Advices from Lyons state that the Germans of 
are advancing by the valley of lho Ouelce to oo- pr 
cupy Creuzot and tbo line tq Never*. The l$u- tll( 
den cavalry have oecupiod Nulls. Cluigny will 
be vigorously defended. A Barrloada Commit- oft 
tee bos been formed at Lyons. Tho authorities " 1 
there have recently received 60,000 Remington 0,1 
rifles. Vast quantities of stores andlarge mim- wl1 
hors of cattle have boeu collected, in nuticlpa- tin 
tion of a siege. •! 
A dispatch from Arton states that heavy can- 1,1,1 
noun ding was heard in the direction of Thion- CftI 
ville on tho 6th and 0th. It Is supposed that a dft | 
bat flo took place. ^ 
In a skirmish nt Bretnny on the7th, the Fronch !?■ 
lost 70 killed and wounded mid 40 prisoners. 
Prussians decupled Montbclalrii wilhout resist- 
mice. n,ft 
There are 20,000 Gorman troops in Dijon, with £%! 
<50 pieces of field artillery. Tho citizens of tho . 
town have been forced to contribute half a mil- 
lion francs as security for tho behavior of the £ 
inhabitants. Prince Frederick Charles lias nr- ?. 1 * 
rived at Corumercy. . 
A letter from Paris states that 25 mammoth t> ' 
Krupp guns nro visible from the Paris Observa¬ 
tory : bus none bare yet been fired. n< £ 
Wheat, in the vicinity of Bergen, Genesee 
Co., although large and fine in growth, is being 
killed to a considerable extent by the Hessian 
fly. We hear the same complaint, in other parts 
of Western New Vork, and understand some 
fields have been plowed up. 
During the post year Amity ville has shipped 
over the South Hide (L, I.; Railroad 850,000 
pounds of fish, 18,000 bundles of buy, and 17,000 
8 bushels of potatoes. 
Luther, son of Franklin M. Bassett of Lc Roy, 
p nine years, fell from a fence and dislocated 
j his neck aud Jived but a short time. 
Ell Quick of Vine Valloy, Ontario county, shot 
s himself accidentally. He was about to go hunt- 
” ing, and in reaching under the bed for hi* gun 
it caught in some manner and exploded, tho 
‘ charge entering hts bowels, causing Instant 
death. 
‘ A fire in the saw factory and embossing works 
. of Pruyn & Lansing, Albany, on the 5»h iust., ro- 
B suited in heavy Joss. A ladder, on which there 
. were ton or twelve firemen, broke, und six of 
( them were injured, some seriously. 
, At Whitehall, on Iho 1st lust., a fire destroyed 
t several stores and oifieos, inflicting a loss of 
, many thousands of dol'arson different owners, 
insurance amounting to $17,ow only partially 
covering the losses. 
i A son of Ira Sperry of Parma, aged 18 years, 
was killed on tho 4th lust. by tho accidental dis- 
5 charge of a gun with which he ha<] been hunting. 
Some party entered the grocery store of P. S. 
Bates, Jed do, Orleans Co., and taking a key from 
, the pocket of the proprietor, who slept in the 
, store, opened tho safe, und carried off $1,895 in 
. cash therefrom. 
Lyon* Harrow, a farmer, residing a few miles 
from Lafurgovillc, Jefferson Go., recently lost 
$130 In money, u silver watch, worth $40, two 
pairs pants, two vests, undercoat, a new over¬ 
coat; all told, about $260, by one Russel fiol- 
comb, aHa» Hicks, a vagabond he had hired for 
a few days. 
TbO Moriah and Lake Champlain Railroad, 
seven miles in length, has grades of 210 feet to 
the mile, and cost. $50,000 per mile. Locomotives 
run on the road, steadying the loaded trains 
down the grade nnd drawing the empty cars up. 
Miss Jetmlo Dickson of South Cortland, left 
home October flth, and ha* not been heard from 
-moe It. I* feared she was deranged. Any in¬ 
formation of her would be thankfully received 
by her father, James Dickson, South Cortland, 
Cortland Co., N. Y. 
The Albany < ‘aunty Agricultural Society assert 
that they will pay all their bills, 1 hough the ex¬ 
pense* ol the Fair far exceeded t in.! receipts. 
William Herron, employed in a sail mill at 
Goddes, had a narrow escape from death, lately. 
Hi* clothes were caught by a revolving shaft 
and drawn in, nt the twine instant Mr. H. clasped 
no elevator easing and clung to it for his life. 
iilH Clothes wore nearly stripped from his body, 
and ho oseajicd with only alight, bruises. 
A liquor boiler in Brown’s tannery, East Ran¬ 
dolph, blow upon the 4tli lost, scalding Aaron 
Meinlyro badly, and throwing liirp intoa vat, by 
which .in HUM probably Ids life wa« saved. 
At Hartford Mills, Tompkins Co., one Johnson 
throw an ax to John Golden, at his request, 
which, striking a tree, glanced off and hi rock 
Golden a fearful biowon tho nock, a little below 
and buck of the ear. Though badly cut., there 
are hopcs»or bin recovery. 
A sad calamity, by a boilorexplosion occurred 
"“nr the village of Holland, in Erie county, re¬ 
sulting in the death of throe men and tho injury 
oi four ol here. The coroner's jury found that 
the explosion wns occasioned by over generation 
of steam, arising from the inexperience of the 
engineer in charge. 
Tiie water was lower in Cayuga Luke last 
month than it hits been for several years, and 
some si a feet lower than ill March hist. 
In the rnlted Slates Circuit Court, on the 3d 
Inst., (Judges Woodruff and Blanchard,) Terence 
Quinn, for fraudulent registration, was sen- 1 
to need to two yen re in the Albany Penitentiary, 
and to pay tlio costs of prosecution. 
An adroit robbery of about $100,000 in securi¬ 
ties was effected at tho office or W. J. Hoppln, 1 
M Broad St,., N. V., by three men, who at. midday, 
and In presence ol‘ the occupants and clerks, 
abstracted a tin box containing thorn from tho 
safe, and departed unsuspected. 
Some R0.000 barrels of apples had been pur¬ 
chased at Loekport up to the 1st of November, 
by twelve different buy ere, at prices ranging , 
from $1.50 to $1.75 per barrel. 
A fire which commenced in the oil room of 
Tofft and Russel’s bttw mill at, Fort Edward, do- t 
stroyed tlio mill, with » loss of $25,000. 
On tho morning of tho lOlh Just., a fire broke * 
out In the large transfer house of the New York 
Central Railway Company, at. East Buffalo, near . 
tho entile yards, destroying the building and 
three hundred empty cars. Tho loss Is esti mated 
at over $600,000, The fire is supposed to have 
boon r he work of na Incendiary. The transfer , 
building, over 1,600 feet long, was built part ly of 
brick aud partly ol wood, with a slate roof. A 
Portion of the rolling stook belonged to the 
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway ! 
Company. 1 
of Tfinesburgh, Vt., who was sent to the State I 
Prison for robbing the mail. 
* The $100,01X1 given by Sylvia Ann Howland’s 
f will to the cPyof Now Bedford, Mass., to pro- 
i mote its oduca tonal interests, is to be funded, 
} and the Income is to be expended ono-half for 
, the benefit of the public schools, and the other 
half to increase the public library. 
Samuel Hines of Maysville, Me., has raised 
i from two acres the pari season 450 bushels of 
i potatoes, 700 pumpkins, too squashes, 50 bushels 
f corn on the ear, 28 bushels of beets, and ttveo 
barrels of cucumbers. 
Mrs. Collins Is pushing her contract on the 
Valley road just below Haddam, Conn., with 
great energy. The contract was taken by her 
father, hut since his death she lias assumed it. 
She superintends the work personally, pays off 
her men, and sIiowb true business capabilities. 
The city of Manchester. N. H„ can soil $ 35,000 
worth of land from the poor farm and then have 
a good farm loft. Enough has been sold already 
to amount to $7,000. 
The Portland and Kennebec tMe.) Railroad 
Company advertise that they are ready to pay 
the bonds given by the cities and towns on the 
road, twenty yours ago, to help build tho road. 
Quartermaster-General Pitkin has sold $100,000 1 
worth or old guns, stored In i be arsenal at Mont¬ 
pelier, Vt., to the French Government. 
Tho old meeting house at Jaffrey On tor, N. II., 
used for a town-house for several years past, was 
raised on the day the battle of Bunker Hill was 
fought. It has recently been thoroughly re¬ 
paired, the upper story being fitted up for high 1 
school purposes, and the lower for a town hall. 
The library or the WlllJmantio, Conti,, Library 
Association, numbering t,000 volumes, and val- f 
ued at $1,500. Is about to be given to tho borough, 
upon condition that It provide a librarian, pay 
t he rent and Incidental expenses, and make an 1 
appropriation for additional books. 
Three wooden buildings on Congress street, * 
Portsmouth, N. IL, occupied a* stores nnd dwel- 
ling*, wero burned on the 0 th Inst. Loss, $25,000, 
mostly insured. 1 
Tho Shaker* of Tyringham, Mass., Imve decided ' 
to sell their property (here and remove to Leba¬ 
non Springs, or possibly to other settlements in ( 
the sect. The estate j» very valuable, compris¬ 
ing 1,300 acres of valuable farming land in Berk¬ 
shire county, meadow, tillage, pasture and wood¬ 
lands, besides their substantial dwellings. ( 
The main building of the Boston Lead Manu- j 
fact-tiring Company, with ::oo foot of frontage ,25 j 
feet of depth, ami lour Stories high, located of 
ltoxbury, wns wholly destroyed by fire on (he (: 
0 th inst. The basement was used for storing ma- , 
tarial, und contained large tanks of linseed oil. ,, 
The Joss Is estimated at $300,000, partially in- v 
sored, t 
A curious larceny was perpetrated at Ben- „ 
nington, Vt., some day* since. Mrs. It. Robin- q 
son and a young Judy of that place were out rid- |, 
fug, when tho horses ran away, overturning the c 
carriage and severely injuring the ladies. Mrs. 
Robinson's skull was fractured, and she and her , 
companion were takon to )r ■ home, accompa¬ 
nied by Anna Clifford, who wm; an observer of . 
the runaway,nnd oxiH’ere.erz?lfew 0 i anxiety for ' 
tlio unfortunate ladles. Missfflltferddisappear- , 
cd on tho following day, ami with her a gold J( 
watch sol with diamonds, a chain, two sets of 
bracelets and other jewelry, and over $100 in 
money. 81m was tracked if ami arrested in 
New York city, and most of t ho goods found in 
her trunk. 
The change of gauge on the Maine Central and p 
Dexter Railroad hu* been completed. Some A 
seventy miles of track were changed in three ,, 
day*. Bangor is now, for the first time, in eon- u 
ncction with Boston and tlm West without 
change of oars. N 
At Dover, N. If., on the 1*1 in*t„ tlio shoe aj 
manufactories of .1. K Goodwin, the old and new b 
Catholic churches, tho residence of the priest, 
ami other buildings wero destroyed by lire, o 
Losses very large; insurance $31,000; no insur- tl 
unco on the churches. 
Tho people of Walpole, N. IL, and Bellows 
Falls, Vt., celebrated recently the opening ot a G 
free bridge over tho Connecticut River ai that w 
point, $23,000 bating been raised for the bridge. ] a; 
It is tho only free brldgo on the river. tl 
I duce 40,000,000 bushels of wheat, over and above 
what is needed for home consumption. 
A jury at. Portsmouth, Ohio, has just given a 
verdict under a recent law, awarding a woman 
$175 damages against a retail dealer, for selling 
her husband liquor, thereby causing him to 
neglect Ills business. 
At. Lincoln, Neb., at. a depth of (100 foot below 
the surface, in a stratum of sandstone, a lead of 
tlm great, subterranean salt sea has been struck 
from which the briny torrent forced ft* way so 
the surface. It. is believed Dial When the auger 
is withdrawn anil tubing Inserted it will pro\ e 
the most magnificent artesian saltwater well in 
the world. 
The Hessian fly Is damaging the wheat pros¬ 
pects in some parts of Michigan. 
Tho express train on the Central Pacific rail¬ 
road was stopped by highwaymen, between 
Vorili and Reno, Nevada, on the 4th Inst., and 
robbed of about $10,000. After the same train 
had reached the vicinity of Independence, Ne¬ 
vada, on the 5th, it was taken possession of as 
before, the mall and express were thoroughly 
ransacked and their contents taken. The rob¬ 
ber* took from the mall pouches all the regis¬ 
tered letters, cut the mail bags open and run- 
sacJccd them for plunder. From the bags were 
obtained $3,200. Another account says this lust 
band of robbers are supposed to be deserters 
from Camp Hallook,a glove being found near 
the spot marked “•Carr," Hie name of usoldlcr 
who killed a woman at Gamp Hallook some 
weeks before nnd escaped. Several arrests have 
been made of parties suspected of the robbery at 
Reno. 
A gigantic scheme is on foot, it is reported, by 
speculators in Minnesota to got control of nil (he 
wheal elevators in Hie State and consolidate 
them under one interest, thereby dictating tho 
price of grain to the farmers. 
The OwatOnna, Minn., cheese factory is said 
to Ik? a successful experiment, in every respect, 
Hilda similar institution ia to bo established in 
Dodge county. Vow that a beginning bus been 
made, wc may look tor a rapid increase in Hio 
amount of cheese made in this State, if it is 
found to be a profitable branch of industry. 
Lewis and Henry Garter of Lawrence county, 
Ohio, have been indicted fora violation of the 
law for enforcing the Fifteenth Amendment, 
by preventing colored men from voting. 
The Rev. Maxwell P. Gaddis has been indicted 
for receiving bribes to defraud Hie Government 
iu tbo collection of revenue during his term us 
Arecv-or of the Second District of Ohio. 
Saginaw, Mich., has recently been t he (heater 
of an almost unparalleled horror. An old miser 
residing near t he city was observed by Hie son 
of a Mr. 8 kinner oounl ing over a bug of money, 
when the wretched man seized him, cut out his 
tongue and chopped off his fingers, that lie 
might not write or tel! of what lie had hcon. 
The boy succeeded in giving tlm Information to 
Ills father, who, with a party of friends, pro¬ 
ceeded to tho hut and shot the miser at the door. 
Tho wholesale grocery store of O. W. Pierce 
& Co., Lafayette, Jnd., was destroyed by fire on 
the 8 th inst., with a loss of $ 100 , 000 , though well 
insured. 
The woolen mill of Messrs. Jackson, Swayne 
& Dun, in Richmond, Ind„ was burned on tho 
9 th inst. Loss, $100,000; partly Insured. 
reported. At latest advices the United States 
troops were in possession of tho town. 
The Southern-bound train on the Jackson 
Railroad, due «t New Orleans November 9 th, 
ran off iho (rack at Wesson. The train got on 
again, and ran off tho track in tho evening two 
miles south of Brookhaven. Three persons wore 
killed and several wounded. Killed—A. G. Mat h- 
ews af Memphis, F. Patrick of Brook haven, pas¬ 
sengers; and George Posey of New Orleans, 
brakoman. Wounded— C. Rutherford, bnggago- 
master, leg broken ; Mr. McGee, express messen¬ 
ger, aud J. W. S. Guno. 
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MISCELLANEOUS. 
A navat, oonrt-martial is now alttingnt Wash¬ 
ington to investigate charges against six pay¬ 
masters of the United States navy,involving the 
disappearance of Government funds to tho 
amount of $230,000. 
Tho post-office at Huntingdon, Pn., was robbed 
lately of $300 worth of stumps and $300 in goods 
and money. 
A Pennsylvania stock company has bought. 
40,000 acres of wild land in Pike county for a 
hunting tract. 
Seth W. Saltinarsh of Loudon, Pa., is fattening 
200 dozen pigeons for the Boston market, whither 
ho has sent. 73 dozen already. 
The billowing appointments have been mndo 
by the President:-J dm T. Allen United States 
Marshal of the Western District Of Texas; Henry 
T. Rice, Superintendent of tho Branch Mint at. 
Carson City, Nevada; Edward T. Randall Sur¬ 
veyor of Customs, Houston, Texas. 
John Campbell’s woolen null at. Manaj unk, 
near Philadelphia, was burned on the 6 th inst. 
LOSS, $80,000; insurance, $15,000. 
At Ralston, Pa., recently while a party wero 
otif hunting, W. Eberson shot, at a deer ai d 
missed, but Instead lilt, one of the party named 
Howland, killing him instantly. 
A firo at Tunkhanuoek, Wyoming Co., Pn., 
Get. 28th, destroyed some twenty buildings, in¬ 
cluding tho Huffurd Hotel, Renshaw’s, Billings’ 
and Phillips & Iihoad's stores: also many of tlm 
principal business houses of the town. Tbo 
amount of the loss is estimated at. $100,000. The 
cause oi the tiro, which started in the stables of 
the hotel, Is not stated. 
On the 11th ult.., a son of Ralph Bmil.h, about 
twelve years of ago, in tho vicinity of Funks- 
town, Pa., foil from a chestnut tree to the 
ground, a distance of thirty or forty feet, receiv¬ 
ing Injuries from which be died. 
Cranberry picking is now in order in Ocean 
Co., N. J., and the bogs are alive with men, 
women, and children, gathering the fruit. 
■ - -- 
POLITICAL NEWS. 
FROM THE SOUTH. 
FROM THE WEST. 
FROM NEW ENGLAND. 
The Massachusetts Society for promoting Ag¬ 
riculture, has awarded toMnj. Ben Parley Pooro, 
of Indian Hill Farm, near Nowburyport, tho 
premium of $1,000, which it Offered in 1858 for 
the best plantation of forest t rees planted bofore 
18(H) and growing in 1870. This premium was 
offered incompliance with statute oh. 43 , scct. 0 , 
" for tho raising and preservation of oalc and 
oilier forest trees best adapted to perpetuate 
within the State an adequate supply of shin 
timber.” 
Judge Cutting, of the Supreme Court, of Maine, 
has decided that a telegraph operator cannot be 
compelled to annex original dispatches to his 
deposition. 
A soldiers' monument, on the design submitted 
by Martin Milniore, is to bo erected on Flagstaff 
Hill, Boston Common, at. an expense of $75,tXK). 
Tlio Houlton, Me., Pioneer says tlial Mr. Free¬ 
man Hayden, or Presque Isle, slates that lie 
gathered Ibis year, from three acres of ground, 
700 bushels of shelled corn, 7 bushels of beans, 
ami 1,000 good pumpkins. Mr. S. D. But terfield, 
oi Presque isle, from seven-eights of an acre, 
gutiiorcd375 bushels of potatoes, and from threo- 
foiirths ol' an acre, 21 K bushels of plump wheat. 
Largo quantities of tea are accumulating in 
Portland, Mo., to bo held for entry under the 
now tariff. 
President Grant has pardoned Norman Davis 
A FAttMER ill Bay county, Mieli., exhibited nt 
the County Fair thirty-one Hubbard squashes, 
the product of one vino. Tho vine itself meas¬ 
ured 1,595 feet. 
Tho Janesville Gazette states that the baby 
show, iu connection with the Southern Wiscon¬ 
sin Fair, was a great success. There were twenty- 
eight competitor* for tlio prizes, which were 
awarded a* follows: — Mrs, II. A. Nelson, Janes¬ 
ville, first premium—silver lea set, valued at $ 20 . 
Mrs. Burr Sprague, Brodbead, second premium 
—six-botllo silver castor, valued nt $12. Mrs. H. 
C. Russell, Beloit, third premium silver knife, 
fork, spoon, and cup. 
Within the last eighteen months nineteen 
live* imve been lost, and over $ 2 , 000 , 000 of steam¬ 
boat property destroyed by the bridges across 
the Ohio River. 
On the 1st inst. two magazines, containing 
15,000 pounds of intro-glycerine, exploded at. 
Fail-port, near Palnesville, Ohio. Four persons 
were blown to atoms. The buildings on tho onst 
side of tho river were much damaged. Tho 
shock of the explosion wu* telt. for miles. 
A charge or nltro-glycerine prematurely ex- 
piodi.d at the Angeiin,- mine, Negintnoo, Mich., 
on the 18th ult., injuring fifteen men severely. 
One man named Charles Davis died before be 
could be conveyed to his house. Two others are 
not expected to live. 
The wool clip of California for 1870, is f?stima- 
ted at- 20 , 000,000 pounds, being un increase of 25 
per cent, on the product of any former year, 
with a very manifest improvement also In Quali¬ 
ty. The most of the tall clip is now in, and is 
turning out remarkably well. 
A medical student, II. C. Johnson, Jr„ in a 
scuffle at Ann Arbor. Mich., OcL 2 Sili, shot and 
Severely wounded a clerk named Kane. John- 
son escaped, nnd a reward or $ .00 is offered by 
the Mayor mid Sheriff for his arrest, 
Tho contract forbuiling the Grand Rnpidsnml 
Indiana Railroad, from Paris to tlio Straits of J 
Mackinaw, has been iet. 
A gold excitement has broken out, at Mount 
Atrry, Ohio, from quartz having been found iu 
well diggiug. 
The San Francisco Bulletin is afraid that Cali¬ 
fornia will lose its prominence us a wheat pro¬ 
ducing State, as soon as the now Northwest bus 
been opened up by railroads. The districts of 
California now in cultivation are able to pro- 
A GALE is issued to the soldier* of the Con¬ 
federate army, and especially to those of the 
Army of Northern Virginia, to meet at Rich¬ 
mond und to take measures for the erection of a 
monument to General Lee. 
A. B, Long, United .states District At torney at 
New Orleans, was found in his room, a few days 
ago, with his throat out, whether by assassins or 
by Ids own hand is uncertain. 
The Shenandoah Herald says that first quality 
ot marketable corn is-selling in the upper end of 
that and in Rockingham counties at fifty cents 
per bushel. 
Among the features of the recent Fair in 
Georgia was a cooking match, in which young 
women were tho competitors. Miss Black, it girl 
nged only fifteen years, took the premium for 
the best cooked dinner of twelve dishes, 
On tlio 3d inst., a most disastrous lire occurred 
at Frankfort, Ky., destroying portions of two 
blocks, including a livery stable. The loss is es¬ 
timated at from $ 200,()00 lo $300,000. 
Mrs. Smith of Enterprise, Mi**., who took a 
four hundred dollar premium on cotton at the 
St. Louis Fair, picked the cotton with her own 
bands. Her husband is a well-to-do farmer, und 
she is entirely removed from Hie necessity ol' 
hard work, yet she Ismot ashamed of It, and her 
industry ha* boon handsomely rewarded. 
The different manufactories iu Columbus, Gft., 
give daily employment to over 1.500 people, and 
indirectly support 3,000. There is not a single 
house for rent there either. 
Bartow county, Ga n abounds with tho richest 
banks of iron, In Inexhaustible quantities, and 
large amounts of it. arc found in vurious parts 
of North Georgia. 
R. C. Downs, Judge of the Parish Court of 
Madison, Gti., wok instantly killed Oct. 27, at 
Delta, by \V. It. Neely, commonly known as 
“ Buck Neely,” who, after a casual greetiug, 
Blabbed him with a kuifoin four places. 
Bastrop, Texas, contains a population of 12,289: 
increase, 30 per cent. Bell, a,702; increase, 1(10 
percent, Guadalupe, 7,387; Increase, 83 per cent. 
Korr, 1,084; increase, 06 per cent, Tarrant, 0,800 ; 
no material Increase, Williamson, 6,368; Ju- j 
crease, 40 per cent, 
Tbo St. Mary, Lft„ Planter*' Banner has the 
following: -A fow of our planters have coin- 
tnenood sugar making. Cane Cutting, rolling 
amt boiling will soon commcuco on nil of the 
plantations. The orange* begin to ripen, und 
many ot them are now perfectly yellow on the 
tree*. Iu localities wliero tho ground is moist, 
the oranges are large aud delicious. On dry 
ridges they are a If tile dwarfed, on account of 
the long continued dry weather. 
Tiie Mobile papers airaounoo the death of Dr. 
Robert. \V. Conic, lie was Surgeon of Hie United 
States Marino Hospital, President of tho Board 
of Councllmen, und acting Mayor oi Mobile. 
The breaks in the roads through Virginia bj r 
(lie Lynchburg route, caused by the recent .fiend, 
have been repaired, ami the East Tennessee and 
Virginia Road has commenced Iho sale of 
through ticket* to Washington and New York. 
The telegraph from New Orleans reports n 
negro insurrection at Donuldsouville, La.,on ilia 
9th inst. A body of 500 excited men are said to 
have made prisoners of the inhabitants who 
could not esenpe, threatening to Rang several 
prominent citizens and burn tho town. The 
death of Mayor Sehonberg and Judge Lawos is 
Of the PocotH elections we can give at present 
little more than a meager summary, uwaJUmj 
the official canvas for details. In Now York the 
Democratic State ticket lias been oieotod by bo- 
J tween 30,000 and 40,000 majority. The Congres 
siootil delegation Is claimed by both parties, 
showing a Hiuatl Democratic gain. The Legis¬ 
lature is probably Democratic. 
In New York city tiie Democrats have suc¬ 
ceeded to most of the offices. 
Massachusetts has elected tho Republican 
ticket by increased majorities. 
New Jersey, contrary to general expectation, 
has ©looted a Republican Legislature, giving 
, l but. party choice of IJ tilted States Senator; also, 
a gain of one in tho Congressional delegation. 
Alabama is reported us having gone Demo¬ 
cratic, ami Arkansas lias probably elected two 
Democrats and oue Republican to Congress. 
Rhode Island gives a Republican majority, 
electing Eamesto Congress over Jonekos and a 
Democratic candidate. 
In Michigan a Republican majority of 20,000 j* 
reported. 
Iu Illinois tho Congressional delegation is 
about equally divided, and at present claimed 
by both fieriies. 
B. Grutz Brown, Independent or Reform can¬ 
didate, has been elected Governor of Missouri 
over the regular nominees of tho two parties. 
From Maryland the indications ure that tho 
Democrats have carried the State. 
In Maine the Republicans have elected their 
State ticket. 
From Tennessee, Louisiana and Virginia the 
details are conliict ing. 
West Virginia has given Democratic majori¬ 
ties, oleoUug Governor, Legislature, andgaiuing 
two Congressmen. 
From Wisconsin the reports are that the Re¬ 
publicans have carried tlio State by ubout 6,000 
majority. Little change in tho Legislature. 
In Minnesota the Republicans elect Averell 
over Donnelly, and Durwollover Buck, forCon- 
gress. 
Tho result iu Nevada is still in doubt, Tho 
election ot the Democratic candidate for Gov¬ 
ernor i* claimed by that party. Fitch, Republi¬ 
can is probably elected to Congress. 
The Legislature of Vermont, on tho 3d inst., 
elected tho following State officers: — Sec. of 
Slate, George Nfchola, Northflold; Judge* Su¬ 
premo Court, Hons. John Picrropont, James 
Barret, Asahel Peck, II. H. Wheeler, Homer E. 
Boyoc,T. P. Redfiold and Jonathan Ross; Au¬ 
ditor, W.G.Ferrln, Montpelier; Quartermaster 
Gen., w, w. Lyndo, Marlborough ; Adj't Gen., 
Wm. Wolls, Burlington; Reporter, W. G. Vca- 
scy; Railroad Commissioner, It, F. Parke; Di¬ 
rectors State Prison, M. C. Rice, Hon. J. W. 
Hnrlshoru aud W. R. Sneed ; Trustees Ag. Col¬ 
lege, Fred. Billings, Horace Fairbanks, Paul Dil¬ 
lingham and Henry Clarke; Trustees Reform 
School, Charles Heed, John L, Mason and James 
M. 81 ado; Sergeant-at-arms, T. C. Phlnnoy, 
Montpelier. 
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CANADIAN NEWS, 
The Toronto Globe of Hie 4tb says:—“The 
latest reports from Fort Gurry ure of the most 
encouraging character. Everything is quiet nnd 
peaceable, and the people are preparing for tlio 
cold weather, which lias ©onintenoed.” 
Counterfeit bills of the Bank of New Bruns¬ 
wick, und one* altered to fives, nro in circulation 
lit large numbers in Montreal. Look out for 
them. 
To tho waters already set apart in Ontario for 
the propagation of fish Imve been added tlio 
River Credit, Highland Crook, Lyons' Creek, and 
Barber’s Creek. 
it is believed tbnt four vessels of Halifax, en¬ 
gaged iu trading with the West Indies, have been 
lost in the recent terrific gales in the Atlantic, 
Tiie ratepayers of Poterboro' have decided to 
give a bonus of fifty thousand dollars to tho 
Peterboro’ and Hallburton Railway. 
