r 
The mills at Rocky Brook, R. I.,have suspend¬ 
ed operations for tlie present, because of the de¬ 
pression in the New York market for kersejs 
aud jeans. 
have arrived, and everything Is ready tor tne 
bombardment, if it is necessary, about the time 
the meat fails. 
The Prussian bark Hermann Helbmanns was 
blown up by a French frigate oil the coast of 
Ireland yesterday. It is also reported that the 
French cruisers have captured several German 
vessels in the North and Baltic Seas. 
The New Y'ork agentsof the Bremen line have 
been notified of the safe arrival of the Haosn, 
Leipzig, and Hanover at Bremorhaveu, after 
having touched at Grimsby. 
Much anxiety is felt In England regarding the 
attitude of Russia in its desire to abrogate the 
treaty ot 1856, bo tar as it relates to the neutrali¬ 
ty of the Black Sea. Prince Gortsehakoff, in a 
note to all the powers, says that the Kmperlor 
withdraw*from the Treaty so far as It restricts 
his rights in the Bluek Sea. From Berlin it is 
announced tbal in official circles a peaceful so- 
Jutlon of the Black Sea question Is looked for. 
It is freely admitted that an understanding ex¬ 
ists between Prussia and Russia, that In ease of 
war they will co-operate. The news from Lon¬ 
don and Vienna lias caused a panic on the 
Bourse. __ 
FROM THE WEST, 
FOREIGN NEWS, 
At Jackson, Mich., on the 8th, the Marion 
House, one of the oldest hotels of the city, was 
destroyed by fire, supposed to have been caused 
by a defective tlue. Loss, $15,000 to $30,00(1. 
Tlie Bond House barn, at Niles, Mich., was 
burned Nov. 8ib, including ten horses, three 
buggies, and a pnteut medicine wagon aud 
Warner's livery stable and a house ad- 
sharod the same fate, as did the barn of 
Loss over 
The Frnuco-PruuHlau War. 
The contest is continued mainly at points 
away from Paris, where litUe more is doue by 
the Germans than to maintain the siege, their 
evident it not. declared design being to force a 
capitulation by starvation rather than bombard¬ 
ment and the destruction of the city. On the 
Kith the French comuumdcr of Urn Army <>t the 
Loire telegraphed the Government at Tout*: 
“\Y T e have taken possession of the city of Or¬ 
leans, after a light which lasted two days. Our 
aggregate losses in killed and wounded do not 
reach 2,000, while those of the enemy arc much 
larger. We have made more than 1,000 prisoners 
thus far, and are continually adding to them, as 
wo follow up the tlecing enemy. Among the 
property captured aru two catuiou of the Prus¬ 
sian model, 20 ammunition wagons, and a great 
number of vans and provision wagons. The 
hottest of the light took place around Coulmicr 
on Wednesday, the nth." 
The French journals claim that, in these battles 
the Prussians have lost over 10,000 men killed and 
wounded, and 1.800 prisoners. In relation to 
these battles King William telegraphed the 
Queen on Hie lltli:—* v <lon. Von dor Tanu yes¬ 
terday retired from Orleans to Toury before a 
superior force of the enemy. Hb fought the 
French, however, all the way. He has already 
been rc-enforccd by Gen. Will loll and Prince Al¬ 
brecht. The latter wime up from Chartres. The 
Duke of Meeklenburg-Schwerln will also Join 
Ills forces to those of Von dor Tanu to-day. 
And a day later he telegraphs: “Gen. Von dor 
Tann, on the tub, repulsed all the enemy’s at¬ 
tacks with great loss to the assailants. Only 
then did the Germans retire. On the Mtll « por¬ 
tion of the Bavarian ammunition train, losing 
its way, fell into the bands of the French. No 
movements have been reported to-day. 
On the 10th, New Broisaeh capitulated. Five 
thousand prisoners. Including 100 officers, fell 
Into the hands of the Germans. No guns were 
by agreement , acted as umpire. The Meteor nan 
three killed and one wounded, and the Bouvet 
three men wounded. The vessels are at Havana 
undergoing repairs, when another contest is an¬ 
ticipated. 
Advices to the 15th inst-. report that Gon. Au- 
relles do Paladlncs is, by decree of the Govern¬ 
ment, appointed Commaudor-Sn-Ohlef of tho 
Army of the Loire. It is reported that, tilt Ba¬ 
varians or Von der Tann'b command arc desert¬ 
ing in considerable numbers, and the peasants 
capture and bring them to tlie towns. Prince 
Frederick Charles has reached the river Tonne. 
His columns converge at Sens, aud be will cross 
the river to the assistance of Von dor Tanu, with 
an army estimated at 100,000 men. His troops 
occupy Donlevant and Troges. The Prussian 
force iit Chevlguy, about 4,800strong, has been 
recalled to Gray, in the Department of Haute 
Saune, owing to the recapture of Hie City of Di- 
1 Jon by the French. Three hundred Prussians 
attacked Hole yesterday, but were repulsed by 
the Natloual Guard. 
Other movements continue, anil conflicts be¬ 
tween small bodies of Prussians and Francs- 
tirotir* are reported, with success on both sides. 
Advices from Paris arc that the publlcfccling is 
still In favor of resistance. “ The Prussian siege 
works are Unfinished, but tilde to resist, a sortie. 
The tuen are better nutted, and re-enforce¬ 
ment, have arrived. English refugees came to 
Versailles on the 10th. who left Paris on the 8t h 
inst. They were obliged to walk nearly the 
whole distance from Paris to Cbarentou, and 
horses. 
Joining 
J. Cross and some other buildings, 
$15,000. with iitllo insurance. 
Some excitement was caused at Flint, Mich., 
early in the month, by the failure of William 
Patterson, hanker. Liabilities, $100,000; assets, 
includiug real estate covered by the assignment, 
$10,000. The lasses fall heavily upon many un¬ 
able to meet the loss, among them several 
widows, who lose their means of support. 
A St. Louis. Mo n telegram, of the 11th inst., 
says:—“While the workmen were laying tho 
first chord of the North Missouri Rail road bridge 
spanning the Missouri River at St. Cbavles, this 
afteruoou, tho slings broke, and (he chord, an 
Iron casting weighing live tons, fell, crushing 
the seatfolding, carrying down with it the steam 
derrick and fifteen men into the river. Six of 
the men were drowned." 
The residence of Gen. Slarkwcathor at Sunny- 
side Farm, near Oconomowoe, Wis., was totally 
destroyed by fire recently, together with the 
Geuerurs journals of Ills campaigns, relies of the 
war, etc. 
A mother ami her child were overtaken by a 
prairie lire near Pomeroy, Calhoun Co., Iowa, 
recently, and perished. 
A lire occurred on the 131 h inst., in the Roman 
Catholic Home for Orphans, in Cincinnati. The 
children, 114 in number, were safely removed, 
and the flumes extinguished. Damage, $10,000. 
The Secretary of ihe Navy has ordered a test 
of California coul at the Navy Yard in that State, 
in order to determine whether it is adapted for 
steam engineering purposes. It' so, a large ex- 
FROM NEW ENGLAND 
The schooner Dreadnought,Henry E. Willard, 
master, of Cape Elizabeth, Me., has landed the 
past, season, 1,892 barrels of mackerel, and the 
receipts of the same amount to $13,900. She 
made the trips in six months, and had a crew of 
eleven men. 
Tho amount of money paid to the employes of 
various manufacturing corporations in Taunton 
Mass., is estimated to exceed $1,700,000 per year. 
A mooting of prominent, cltlzcnsof New Haven. 
Conn., has been held to devise some means to 
bring the claimsoi the Yale Scientific School be- 
NEW YORK STATE, 
A grist mill, saw mill and three dwelling- 
houses, belonging to Gen. Westbrook, on the 
bank of l lie Chenango River, opposite Waverly, 
Tioga Co., were destroyed by fire recently. Loss, 
$30,000; Insured, $8,500. 
A man named Win. Kidney, while out hunt ing 
near Hooslc Falls, climbed a tree after usquirrel 
he had shot, and stepping on a rotten limb, was 
precipitated to (lie ground, a distance of thirty 
feet, aud instantly killed. 
An old lady named Darmody, while out in 
search ot her cow, near Salem, Washington Co., 
stepped otr n high rock, a distance of fifteen feet, 
and fractured her skull. 
Dr. Duane of Schenectady, while laboring un¬ 
der an attack or temporary insanity, undertook 
to kill both himself and his wife. Roth persons 
will recover. 
Tho expenses of the Rochester Female Chari ta¬ 
ble Society, for the past year, have amounted to 
days for lectures, instruction ana social recrea¬ 
tion. _ 
On the night of the lltli inst.. a lire at Law¬ 
rence, Mass.. in the bobbin works of Sprague & 
Co., resulted in a loss of $125,000. A large amount 
of lumber was consumed, nearly a hundred 
thousand feet of which belonged to Brigg* & 
Allen. The tire was tho work ot no incendiary. 
The explosion ot a boiler in the planing mill ol 
J. Williams & Co., Charlestown, Mass., resulted 
in the death ol Mr. Johnson, engineer, and the 
serious injury of others. 
The Treasury Depart moot lius delivered ,o the 
State ol' Maine $678,000 in United States certifi¬ 
cates of Indebtedness bearing four per cent, 
currency interest and having live years to run, 
issued under a recent net for refunding interest 
paid by Massachusetts during the war of 1813 
and 1815. The ecrtllicutes were delivered to 
Maine because Massachusetts some time since 
classes or Frauen, ow.iigw me uuvcniun 
ing seized all the money in tile savings banks, to¬ 
gether with Hie property of corporations and 
communes, which, by the French law, were 
placed In the custody Of tho Slate. 
It wits officially reported on tho 13th that 0,000 
German troops are now marching on Montincdy. 
Tho renewal of the bombardment of that town 
is therefore expected. A dispatch from Rouen, 
dated t he 13tit, says a force of 500 Prussians, well 
supplied with cannon, entered BOtinieresoii that 
day, but were driven out with loss by the Gardes 
Mobiles and the Francs tlreurs. 
The Admiral of the l'Venob fleet has given 
notice that foreign coasting vessels would he 
allowed lo enter Hamburg, "hut at their own 
risk," which led to a general expectation that 
Hamburg would be bombarded. Several Ger¬ 
man steamers had taken refuge m Gi'imsly Har¬ 
bor, to escape French cruisers. 
A correspondent ol' the New \ ork Tribune, 
with Garibaldi, writesGov. Michel, with 
5,000 men, is on the road. As we started, I aslied 
Gen. Garibaldi whether the movement to Autun 
was a retreat. He replied, 4 Certainly not. (lie 
Prussians being at Dijon, it remains to bo soon 
whether they mean to go thenoe to Lyons or to 
the center of France. Gumbetln wishes to have 
us near him. Moreover, we are nearly as far 
north as at Dole,’ Ho said that lie thought that 
the Prussians would probably occupy the De¬ 
partment of J ura." 
The spoeinl correspondent of the Tribune at 
Versailles, scuds dispatch 12th inst.:—“The first 
party of English from Purls has arrived via 
Charonion aud Corbcll; Mr. YVodehouse, Secre¬ 
tary ot the English Embassy, and others attached 
Von Gayl with 4,<K)0 prisoners, including two 
generals mid about 100 officers. The citadol swl- 
fered much from bombardment. Most of the 
barracks and store-rooms arc in ruins. Tho 
bombardment was to have been renewed, aud 
Gen. Maiiteullol, with Ids corps, was already on 
the march to assist the detachment hitherto be¬ 
sieging the fort ress. But t he officers of the cita¬ 
del were nut able to keep the soldiers longer un¬ 
der discipline. The Red Republicans resisted 
the surrender, and lust night took up arms 
against the garrison. A tight ensued, nod sev¬ 
eral were killed aud wounded. But the Prus¬ 
sians entered Verdun without a demonstration 
from the iuiiabitauts. The citadel was still pro¬ 
visioned for several weeks. Many rifled guns 
aud quantities of ammunition and other war 
materials were thrown into the river. 
A note from the French Government thanks 
the neutrals for their late intervention in behalf 
of pence. The note says:—“ The acceptance of 
the harsh Prussian terms would have been vir- 
returus from the municipal elections iu | 
seilles are nil in. They toot up us follows;-Re- 
publioans, 29,000; Communists, 8,000. The city 
has been and Is perfect ly quiet. 
The Hainburg-Amcrieau steamer Westphalia, 
which sailed on the 2d lost, for New York, took 
refuge on the loth inst. :tt CUXhaveu, owing to 
the movements of tho French fleet near the 
mouth of tile Elbe. The German vessel Fenua 
Johamut has been eapiuml by a French gunboat. 
A dispatch from Versailles, ou the evening of 
the 15th inst., stales that everything was quiet 
on the Loire and before Pails. Tho City of Char¬ 
tres, tho capital<il' tho Department of Eure ot 
Loire, has again been occupied by tlm French. 
The movement toward Chartres is apparently 
intended as n preliminary to an attack on the 
western flank ol the Gorman army now invest¬ 
ing Paris. The Prussians have reentered Dijon 
with a force of 10,000 infantry, cavalry, and ar¬ 
tillery. Mezierus is surrounded again by the 
Germans, and u lively artillery lira is kept up 
between the town and the besiegers. The Prus¬ 
sians demand men, horses and carriages trom 
the inhabitants for the transportation of their 
Tho Prussians have burned the 
saw in our streets, a few days since, a drove of 
fine wool sheep which had been bought for $1.35 
a head a circumstance which Illustrates quito 
forcibly ihe luw state ol the wool and sheep 
market.” 
The town ot YVesley (Me.) has paid bounty on 
thirty bears killed Yvithin the town limitaduriug 
the present year. 
The floor of Hall & Draper’s stable and riding 
school at Boston, fell oil the 12th inst., killiug 
Charles French, an employe; also killing uud 
wounding several horses. 
A bill has been introduced into the Legislature 
of Vermont, providing' that any town or school 
district may appropriate money to provide lor 
the conveyance of pupils to aud from Hie pub¬ 
lic schools who live at a distance from them. 
Gov. English has appointed Catviu II. David¬ 
son of Wiilimautie, sheriff ol Wludhaui county. 
Conn., to fill the vacancy caused by the death cf 
Sheriff May, 
The Vermont Legislature has passed an act 
adding another Judge to the Supreme Court of 
the State, makiug the number seven iustcud of 
six, as heretofore, and as is the caseiu this State, 
Old muskets belonging to the State of Connec¬ 
ticut, have been sold to the amount of $21,000, 
They will be replaced by guns of the best make. 
The workmen at the west shaft of the llooeae 
Tunnel have at last got through tho range of 
Hurd rock, and are making progress at the rate 
of 130 feet a mouth. At the central shatt they 
have made nearly 20 feet advance west siuce the 
accident. 
It is reported that Adelbert G. Rowand, wife 
and child, of Pawtucket, R. I„ were lost in the 
disaster to the steamship Varuua, off the coast of 
Florida. . , „ , 
The Cheshire Co., N, H-, Agricultural Society 
has taken measures to procure a number of 
stock animals for the use of its members. 11 was 
also voted to invite the State Board of Agiioul- 
.4, hold a mooting in Keene during the cuui- 
Crittenden's jewelry store, Cleveland, O., was 
robbed of $100,DUO worth of goods on lho lSili. 
There are till convicts in tho Michigan State 
Prison. Twenty-eight were received last month, 
whose aggregate auutouoes reach 13J years and 
six months. 
Kent county, Mieh., has just ordered paid t<> 
tho Stale by the Board of Supervisor.', $5,000, 
which has been due thirty-two years, the interest 
paid being $11,000. 
We learn from the West that the Mormon of¬ 
ficials buve captured the highwaymen who re¬ 
cently robbed the trains on the Pacific Railroad, 
and have recovered $30,000 of the stolen funds. 
FROM THE SOUTH 
siege train 
railway stations aud several other buildings at 
Nemours, in the Department of Soine-et-Marue. 
Geo. Garibaldi is abandoning the line of tho 
Vosges. The Prussians have consequently ad¬ 
vanced to Dole. The Prussian Army of the 
North has occupied Cbauuy, iu the Department 
ol'Aisnc. From this point they threaten Cam- 
brui Roeroy, La Fere, and other fortified places 
iu that neighborhood, Dreux has been occu¬ 
pied by tho French forces. 
On the 10th the Monttcur reports that the Ger¬ 
mans under Vou dor Tann have withdrawn from 
Toury aud Patty, and that their advanced posts, 
at Cue present moment, are at Bazoclies, Tilie, 
Peleux, Dermiguyville, Voves, Carmiuville and 
Guignanville. As Gen. Von der Tanu falls back, 
(ho forces going to his teller are advaiming rap¬ 
idly from the River Youlie to the Loire. Two 
columns have already crossed the Y oimeat Sens, 
aud the Tenth Corps lias arrived at the River 
Toimerre. Prince Frederick Charles, at last ac¬ 
counts, was at Troyes, directing the movements. 
On the 15th, the garrison at Belfort made a sor¬ 
tie, but it was repulsed by the Prussians. The 
garrison lost. 2U0 in killed and wounded, and 58 
prisoners. The troops under Garibaldi are vio¬ 
lent and mutinous, and strong measures have 
