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FROM WASHINGTON. 
Congmwlonal. 
The third session of the Forty-first Congress, 
commenced on the 5th Inst, The organization 
remaining as at the adjournment., no delay oc¬ 
curred. Much unfinished business, remaining 
on the tables, was called up, and assigned, and 
several Important new measures brought for¬ 
ward, of which due mention will be made when¬ 
ever any decisive action Is taken thereon. The 
President’s Message was received, read, and or¬ 
dered printed. 
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THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE. 
Our limited space compels us to abstract the 
main points of the President’s Message : 
Reconstruction, 
lie regrets that the Elective Franchise, by vio¬ 
lence ami intimidation, inis been denied to citi¬ 
zens in exceptional eases in several of the States 
lately In rebellion. Virginia. Mississippi and 
Texas have boon restored to National represen¬ 
tation. Only Georgia has not, and is expected 
to take her place in the Union at the beginning 
of t he New Year. 
The French Republic 
has been recognized. In answer to a request by 
the new Government, of Franco to exert in¬ 
fluence Jointly with the European powers in 
the interests of peace, the Administration an¬ 
nounced It to be the established policy of the 
United States not to interfere in European 
questions. 
Protection in France. 
American protection had been extended to 
North Germans, citizens of Saxony, Hesse, Saxe 
Coburg, Gotha, Colombia, Portugal, Uruguay, 
the Dominican Republic. Equador, Chill, Para¬ 
guay and Venezuela, residing In France. 
Cuba aud Spain, 
Spain had been making arbitrary arrests of 
American citizens in Cuba. Remonstrance had 
been made with the Government at Madrid, the 
United States claiming that the future rights se¬ 
cured to their citizens by treaty should be re¬ 
spected in Cuba, and t hat, as to the post, a joint 
tribunal should be established In the United 
States with full jurisdiction over all such claims. 
Before such impartial tribunal each claimant 
would he required to prove Ills ease; on the 
other hand, Spain would be at liberty to trav¬ 
erse every material fact, and 11 ms complete 
equity would bo dona. Casus of importance 
have already been disposed of in this way aud 
by arbitration. 
Spain mill South America. 
A peace conference between Spain and the 
allied South American Republics was opened in 
Washington October :59th, at which Secretary 
Fish presided, and was attended by the Ministers 
of Spain, Peru, Chili, and Equador, but ad¬ 
journed In consequence of the absence of the 
representative from Bolivia. The United States 
Government thus offered its friendly offices for 
the promotion of peace and harmony between 
those powers that the allied and other Republics 
of Spanish origin on tpis continent may see, In 
this fact, a new proof of our slncoro interest In 
their welfare, of our desire to see them blessed 
with good governments capable of maintaining 
order and preserving their respective territorial 
integrity, and of our sincere wish to extend our 
own commercial relations with them. President 
Grant adds: —Tho time is not probably lor dis¬ 
tant when, In the natural course of events, the 
European political connection who Hus conti¬ 
nent will cease. Our policy should be shaped In 
view of this probability, ao as to ally the com¬ 
mercial mtoreaix of tho Spanish American 
States more closely to our own, and thus give 
the United States all the pre-eminence and all 
tho advantage which Mr. Monroe, Mr. Adams 
and Mr. Clay contemplated when they proposed 
to join the Congress of Panama. 
San Domingo. 
The President re-usserls his continued con¬ 
viction that the Treaty of Annexation of San 
Domingo to the United States should be ratified 
by tho Senate, and that, if it is not, a free port 
will bo negotiated by European nations. San 
Domingo has voluntarily sought annexation. Is 
a weak power of 1590,000 souls, and yet possess¬ 
ing one of the richest locutions unaor the sun, 
capable of supporting 10 , 000,000 of people lu 
luxury. San Domingo commands the entrance 
to the Gawd heap Sea and the Isthmus transit of 
commerce; has a rich soil, capacious harbor?, 
most salubrious climate, valuable forests and 
mines, and Is important, to the coastwise com¬ 
merce of the United Stales. Ho urges the argu¬ 
ment of profit to this country, in favor of an¬ 
nexation, strongly. 
Treaties with Great Britain, 
Since the adjournment of Congress the ratifi¬ 
cations of a treaty with Great Britain for abol¬ 
ishing the mixed court* for the suppression of 
tho slave trade, have boon exchanged. It is 
believed that the slave t rade is now nonftnod to 
tho eastern coast of Africa, whence the slaves 
are taken to the Arabian markets. The rut Ill- 
cations of the naturalization convention be¬ 
tween Great Britain and Uio United States hare 
also been exchanged during the recess, and thus 
along-standing dispute between ihe two Gov¬ 
ernments linn noon settled in accordance with 
tho principles always contended for by the 
United States. 
Northern Boundary J.inea. 
In April hist, while engaged in locating a mili¬ 
tary reservation near Pembina, a corps of engi¬ 
neers discovered that the commonly received 
boundary line between the United states and 
the British possessions at that place, is about 
4,700 foot south ot the true position of the 491 It 
parallel, and that the line, when run on wbatia 
now supposed to be the true position of that 
parallel, would leave the fort of the Hudson's 
Bay Company at Pembina, within the territory 
of the United States. This information being 
communicated to tho British Government, 1 
was requested to consent, and did consent, that 
the British occupation of the fort of the Hud¬ 
son’s Bay Company should continue for the pres¬ 
ent, I deem it Important, however, that tilts 
part, of the boundary line should be definitely 
fixed by a joint commission of the two Govern¬ 
ments. The land boundary has already been 
fixed and marked from theaummltof the Rocky 
Mountains to the Georgian Bay. It should now 
be, in like muttnor, marked from the Lake of the 
Woods to tho summit of the Rocky Mountains. 
Trimble with Canada. 
The course pursued by the Canadian authori¬ 
ties towards the fishermen of the United States, 
during the past season, baa not been marked by 
a friendly feeling. By the first article of the 
Convention of 1818, between Great Britain and 
the United States, It v> v *, agreed that, the inhab¬ 
itants of tho United Shies should have forever, 
in common with the British subjects, the right 
of taking fish in oertnin waters therein defined, 
in the waters not Included in the-limits named 
in the Convention, within throe miles of all part* 
of the British coast. It has been the custom for 
many years, to give to intruding fishermen of 
the United Suites, a reasonable warning or their 
violation ot the technical rights of Great Britain. 
The Imperial Government Is understood to have 
delegated the whole, or ft share, of its Jurisdic¬ 
tion, or control, of these in-shore fishery grounds 
to the Colonial authority, known as tho Domin¬ 
ion of Canada; a till this semi-independent, but 
irrepressible agent, has exercised its delegated 
powers in an unfriendly way. Vessels have been 
seized without notice or warning, in violation of 
tho custom previously prevailing, and linve been 
taken into the Colonial ports, their voyages 
broken up, and their vessels coudemued. There 
is reason to believe that this unfortunate and 
vexatious treatment was designed to bear heavi¬ 
ly upon the hardy fishermen of the United States, 
with a view to political effect upon this Gov¬ 
ernment. 
Tho statutes of ihe Dominion of Canada as¬ 
sume a still broader contiol Over the vessels of 
the United StatcB. Thoy authorize officers or 
persona discovering vessels fishing within three 
ratios of any of the oonsio, hays, creeks or har¬ 
bors of Canada to take them into port, to search 
the cargo, to examine the masters on oath 
touching the nargo, &e„ and to InUiot upon him 
a heavy pecuniary penalty if true answers are 
not. given ; and if such a vessel is found prepar¬ 
ing to fish within three marine miles of any of 
such coasts, bay's, oreeks or harbors, without a 
license, or after tho expiration or the period 
named in the last license granted to it, they pro¬ 
vided that the vowel. with her tackle, &c., &c., 
shall be forfeited. It is not known lhat any con¬ 
demnations have been made under this statute. 
Should the authorities of Canada attempt to en¬ 
force it, it will become my duty to take such 
stops as may be necessary lo protect tho right* 
of the citizens of the United States. 
It has been claimed hv Her Majesty’s officers 
thut the fishery vessels of the United States have 
no right to enter the open porta of tho British 
Possessions In North America, except for the 
purpose of shelter, repairing damages mid ma¬ 
king purchase?; tbilt t hey have no right to enter 
at the British custom house® or to trade, except 
the purchase of wood and water, and that they 
tniiM depart within twenty-four hours after 
not ice to leave. It la not km tat any seizure 
of fishing vessels carrying the flag of the United 
Htnt.es has been made under this claim. Ho far 
»w the Claim is founded on an alleged construc¬ 
tion of tho convention of 18)8, it cannot bo ac¬ 
quiesced lu by the United Stales. It is hoped 
Unit it. will not be insisted on by Iffer Majesty’s 
Government. 
During the conferences which preceded the 
negotiation of tbbConvention of 1818, the Br itish 
Commissioners proposed lo expressly exclude 
the fishermen of the United Stuns from the 
privilege of carrying on trade with any of his 
itritaidc Majesty's subjects residing within the 
limits set apart for their use, and also that it 
should not be lawful for the vessels of the United 
States, engaged In such fisheries, to have on 
board any goods, wares or merchandise whatev¬ 
er, except such as may he necessary for Hie pros¬ 
ecution of their voyage to and from said fishing 
ground; and any vessel or the United States 
which siuill contravene this regulation, may he 
seized, condemned mid confiscated, with her 
cargo. This proposition, which Is identical with 
Uie const ruction now put upon the language of 
the Convention, was emphatically rejected by 
the American Commissioner, and thereupon it 
was abandoned by the British plenipotentiaries, 
and article I, ns it. stands in the Convention, was 
Substituted. If, however, it. be said that this 
claim is founded on provincial or colonial stat¬ 
utes, and not upon the Convention, this Govern¬ 
ment, cannot. bul. regard them ns unfriendly,and 
in contravention of the spirit, if not the letter, 
ot the treaty, for the fait hi ul execution of which 
the Imperial Government Is alone responsible. 
Anticipating that an attempt may possibly be 
made by tho Canadian authorities, in t he coming 
season, to repeat their unneighborly acts toward 
onr fishermen. I recommend you toeonferupou 
tho Executive the power to suspend, by procla¬ 
mation, tho operation of the laws authorizing 
the transit of goods, wares rind merchandise, in 
bond, across the territory of the I ’nited States 
to Canada; and further, should such attextreme 
measure become necessary, to suspend tho ope¬ 
ration of any laws whereby t lie i esselsot the Do¬ 
minion at Canada arc permitted to enter the wa¬ 
ters of the United Stales. 
The President also discusses the disposition on 
the part of Canada to exclude the oRizonsof t lie 
United States from the navigation of the St. 
Lawrence, and announces that the Unitod States 
is renily to make any reasonable arrangement ns 
to the police of tho Hr. Lawrence, which may be 
suggested by Great Britain. 
Expense Estimate*. 
The estimate? for the expenses of tho Govern¬ 
ment for tlm fiscal year are $18,244,348.01 leas 
than for the current one, but exceed the appro¬ 
priation? lor the present year tor the same 
Items, $8,972,127.50. In the estimate, however, is 
included $2,233,827 for public works heretofore 
begun under Congressional provision, aud of 
which only so much is asked ns Congress may 
choose to give. Tho appropriation for the same 
works for the present fiscal year, was $11,984,- 
618.08. The average value of gold, as compared 
with national currency for the whole of tho 
year 1889, was about 1.34, nnd l’or eleven mouths 
of 1870, in the same rat io, the value has been 
about. 1.15. 
Reduction of Taxes. 
The lax collected from the people has been 
reduced more than eighty million dollars ($80,- 
000 ,000) per annum, lly steadiness in our present 
course, there is no reason why. in a few short 
years, I he national tax gatherer may not disap¬ 
pear f rom the door of the citizen almost entire¬ 
ly. With the revenue stomp, dispensed by post¬ 
masters in ©very community, a tux upon liquors 
of all sorts, and tobacco in all Its forms, aud by 
a wise adjustment of the tariff which will put a 
duty only upon those articles which wo could 
dispense with, known as luxuries, and on those 
which we use more of t han we produce, revenuo 
enough may be raised after n l ew years of peace 
on a furl her reduction of indebtedness, to fulfill 
all our obligations. 
Revenue Reform, 
A further reduction of expenses in addition to 
a reduction of inlerest account may bo relied on 
to make this practicable. Revenue reform. If it 
mean this, has my hearty support. If it impliosa 
collection of all the revenue for the support of 
Government, for the payment of principal and 
interest of Ihe public debt, pensions, &e., by di¬ 
rectly taxing the people, then I am against reve¬ 
nue reform," It it means failure to provide the 
necessary moans to defray all expenses of the 
Government, and thereby, repudiation of the 
public debt and pensions, I hen 1 am still more 
opposed to aueo kind of revenue reform. Reve¬ 
nue reform Ims not been defined by any of its 
advocates to my knowledge, hut seems to be ac¬ 
cepted as something winch is to iiipply every 
man’s wants without any cost or effort on Ins 
part. A true revenue reform cannot be mndoln 
a day, but must be the work of national legisla¬ 
tion and of time. As soon as the revenuo can be 
dispensed with, all duty should be removed from 
coffee, tea, ana other articles of universal use 
not produced by ourselves. The necessities of 
tho country compel us to collect revenue from 
our imports. An array of assessors ftnd collect¬ 
ors is not a pleasant sight to tho citizen, but that 
or a tariff for revenue is necessary. Such a 
tariff, ao far as it acts, is an encouragement to 
home products, affords employment to labor at 
living wages in contrast to the pauper labor of 
the Old World, and aids in the development of 
home resources. 
l’ostnl Matters. 
Postal ma iters are regarded as satisfactory,and 
a reform relating to the franking privilege and 
the adoption of correspondence cards (recotn- 
meuded by the Post. Master Genera!) once in¬ 
augurated, the President thlnksa self-sustaining 
postal system may speedily be looked for, ana 
at no distant day a further reduction of the rate 
of postages be attained. 
Ulvil Hervloo Reform. 
The President advocates a reform in the man¬ 
ner of making appointment?, urn! adds:—There 
is no duty Which so much embarrasses the Ex¬ 
ecutive and heads of departments, as that of ap¬ 
pointment; nor is there any such arduous and 
i hankless labor Imposed on Senators and Repre¬ 
sentatives a? that of finding plaoes for constitu¬ 
ents. Tho present system does not secure the 
best, men, and often not even fit men, for public 
place. Tho elevation and purification of the 
civil service of the Government will be hailed 
with approval by the whole people of the United 
States. 
Public Land?. 
During the last fiscal year, 80.934,130 acres of 
public land were disposed of. Of this quantity 
3,(598,915 acres were taken under the homestead 
law, and 21,595,158 acres sold for cash. The re¬ 
mainder was located with military warrant, col¬ 
lege or Indian scrip, or applied in satisfaction of 
grants to railroads,orforother public uses. 'The 
entries under the homestead law during the last 
year covered 981,345 acres more than those dur¬ 
ing the preceding year. 
The President submit* as ft quesl ion worthy of 
serious consideration, whether the residue of 
ourtuktlunal domain should not he wholly dis¬ 
posed of under the provisions of the homestead 
and pre-emption laws. In addition to the swamp 
and overflowed lands granted to the States in 
which they are situated, the lands taken under 
the Agricultural Acts and for internal improve¬ 
ments, or Improvement purposes under I fie Act 
of September, 1S41. and the acts supplemental 
thereto,-there had been conveyed up to the 
close of the last fiscal year, by paten 1 or other 
equivalent evidence ox title, to States and cor¬ 
porations, 2,755.825,713 acres, for railways, canals, 
and wagon roads. II. is estimated that an addi¬ 
tional quantity of 174,735,RJJ acres is still due 
under gran Is forllke uses. Ho thinks the United 
Suites should uot. loan their credit In aid of any 
enterprise undertaken by States or corporations 
nor grant lands in any instance, utiles* thn pro¬ 
jected Work isof acknowledged national import¬ 
ance. He is strongly Inclined to the opinion 
that, it 19 inexpedient, and unnecessary to be¬ 
stow subsidies of either description ; but should 
Congress determine otherwise, he earnestly rec¬ 
ommend? that the right of settlers nnd of the 
public bo more effectually secured and protected 
by appropriate legislation. 
Education and Agriculture. 
He commends the Bureau of Education and 
Department of Agriculture, and believes great 
general good is inflow from the operations of 
both, if properlv fostered, and urges, strongly, 
such liberal legislation os will Insure tbdr effi¬ 
ciency. His 
Concluding Words 
urn: I would sum up the policy of the Admin¬ 
istration to be a thorough enforcement nf every 
law; a faithful collection of every tax provided 
for; economy in the disbursement of H 40 same; 
n prompt payment of every debt ol the nation ; 
a reduction of taxes as rapidly aw Ihe require¬ 
ments of tho country will admit; reduction of 
tariff to be an arranged ns to afford the greatest 
relief to the greatest number; bouest and fair 
dealings with all other people-?, to the end that 
war, with all its blighting consequences, may be 
avoided, but without surrendering any right or 
obligation due to us; a reform in the treatment 
ot the Indians, and in the whole civil service of 
the country; and finally, in securing a pure, un- 
trarnmoled ha Hot—where every man entitled to 
cast a vote may do ho, just mice, at each election, 
wit hout fear of tnolcstuliou or proscription, on 
account of bis political faith, nativity, or color. 
NEW YORK STATE. 
The Rochester Democrat complains that our 
State autorities have perpetrated monstrous in¬ 
justice on many of the count ies in this State In 
“ equalizing " valuations. 
Farmers in Montezuma are still holding their 
grain. The town generally ships about $00,000 
worth of grain east annually. 
A Ore occurred Dec. 1st, at 57 Bookman street. 
Now York city. The losers are A. O. Downing 
As Go., dealers in glass, $30,000; August Eggors & 
Co., $10,000. The building wag damaged to the 
extent or $8,000. Insured in city insurance com¬ 
panies. 
Preparations are making by Commissioner 
Wright for rebuilding five or six locks on the 
Crooked Lake Canal. The work is to be done 
directly under his own supervision, and not 
contracted out, as lias been the practice of late 
years. 
Tho Cayuga Midland Railroad Company has 
just been formed to build a rood from Auburn 
to Ithaca, with a jumnoh from some poiut. in 
Latudng jk>o or Dry,Ion village. 'Tho 
Auburn A dvortioersaya there Is every indica¬ 
tion that the people of tho towns between Au¬ 
burn and Ithaca mean to connect with some line 
of railroad, and have modern facilities for com¬ 
munications w ith the rest, of the world. 
There is much excitement in the eastern part 
of Duchess county over tho sudden and alarm¬ 
ing illness of cattle. There are ah out. fifty head 
on three different farms now affected; their 
tongues are ?wollen, water runs from their 
mouths, their hoofs rot off, and there Is a loss of 
appetite. 
It appears, from a statement in the Auburn 
News, that during the past year there were 
manufactured, in that city, mowing and reap¬ 
ing machines to the vnlue of $ 2 , 100 , 000 ; planes 
and reaper knife sections, $232,000; agricultu¬ 
ral tools, $300,000. 
Not. a little alarm was caused on the 2d met,, 
by a fire in the caisson of the East River Bridge, 
Brooklyn, which took from a candle, doing con¬ 
siderable damage. It was found necessary to 
flood i.lie caisson to extinguish the fire, which 
required 1,400,000 gallons of water, and was a 
difficult and delicate operation. 'The engineer, 
Mr. Iloebling, was near being paralyzed. 
The Attorney-General of the .State of New , 
York, acting under power granted by Judge 
Leonard of the Supremo Court, bus commenced 
a suit to dissolve the Boston. Hartford ami Erie 
corporations, and abolish the fraud)iso. 
The suit brought by the Irving Bridge Com¬ 
missioners to compel the Board of Supervisors 
to assess $5,000 upou Chautauqua Co., to pay to¬ 
ward building the bridge at Irving, has beon de¬ 
cided by the Court of Appeals in favor of the 
oouuty. 
The building erected by the late Charles Cook, 
at Havana, Schuyler Co., for the “ People’s Col¬ 
lege,” has become the property of the Baptist 
State Convention. 
The suspension of the Northern Transporta¬ 
tion Co., Ogdenshurg. 8 t. Lawrence Co., is an¬ 
nounced. The liabilities are about $100,000, of 
which $200,000 are due to the banks in Ogdens- 
burg, Detroit and Toledo, and small amounts in 
New York Cify. The balance is due for insur¬ 
ance, supplies and Interest. Tho assets of the 
Company arc estimated at $ 200 , 000 , chiefly iu 
perishable property, such as canal boats, lake 
steamers and other vessels. 
The Watertown Times says:—A day or two 
since a man living in Montague, Lewis Co., went 
forth to butcher a hog. The swine, of course, 
made a desperate struggle for life and liberty, 
and In so doing the knife that stuck the hog was, 
by his struggling, accidentally forced through 
the man’s heart, and before the hog was dead 
tho man was a corpse. 
-- 
FROM NEW ENGLAND. 
In the construction of the Saybrook and Hart¬ 
ford (Conn.) Railroad, it became necessary tore- 
move the monument and remains of Lady Jane 
Fenwick, memorablo as the first white woman 
buried in tho soil of Connecticut. Of genteel 
blood, she aceompaniod her husband to this 
country in 1632, sharing with him tho privations 
of the wilderness homo. She was buried near 
the old fort, her grave being marked by n block 
of free stone, on which were the words, “Lady 
Fenwick, died 1(548.” 
Professor Hitchcock found, while in South 
Hadley, Mass., a remarkably fine specimen of 
fern leaf, about six inches in length, imbedded 
in the new red sandstone. This will be consid¬ 
ered a valuable acquisition by geologists. 
Work has commenced on the line of the Great 
Falls and Conway. N. H., railroad extension in 
several places in the town of Osslpee, according 
to a correspondent of the Wolfeborough News. 
Citizens of the town are engaged to a large ex¬ 
tent in doing the work instead of Irish laborers, 
and oxen arc used Instead of horses. 
At the locomotive works In Manchester, N. 
II., during the year ending Oct. 1, the castings 
amounted to 2.200,000 poundH. It Is said to be a 
day’s work for a man, with nn assistant, to make 
a driving wheel, the weight of which is 1,500 
pounds, sometimes ranging as high as 1,800. At 
these works one man has turned out. his wheel a 
day for seven hundred and seventy-four suc¬ 
cessive working days. 
The Gloucester (Mass.) Telegraph contains *1 
summary of the successes of the fisheries at that 
port for the past year. It says the frozen herring 
trade was only partially successful, owing to the 
open weather last winter, and the difficulty of 
freezing fish. The salt herring fishery at the Bay 
of Islands proved profitable: the Magdalen 
Island? herring fishery was a total failure; the 
bank fisheries havo been successful; the Bay 
of St. Iztwrenoe mackerel fishery proved un¬ 
profitable ns a whole, owing to the embarrass¬ 
ment occasioned by the Canadian policy In re¬ 
gard to American fishermen ; the shore mackerel 
fishery was a success, and the other fisheries 
averaged as well as usual. 
Forrest Engine No. 1, Newport, K. L, claims to 
he the oldest, engine company in the United 
States, having been an organized company one 
hundred and thirty-four years. They have still 
possession of their first engine, built by New- 
shatn & Rngg, in 1736. One of their number, Mr. 
William Card, has been a member seventy years, 
and though nearly ninety years of age, is still 
hale and hearty. 
-- 
FROM THE WEST. 
The transfer of the 8t. Paul and Pacific Rail¬ 
road to the Northern Pacific Company,seems to 
ho a settled thing. The old company arc to 
finish ihcir main line to Breckinridge, on the 
Rial River, before the transfer Is consummated. 
This purchase gives to the Northern Pacific 
Company two lines running to St. Paul. 
A citizen of Michigan has invented an iron 
railway lie, which he thinks will he a practical 
substitute for the wooden ones notv in use. 
About two miles west from Kolia, Phelps Co., 
Mo., and within half a mile of the railroad, an 
extensive deposit of black oxide of copper has 
recently been discovered, yicldingabout twenty- 
five per cent, or the copper and tea per cent, of 
nickel. 
Tboro arc said to be 150,000 bushels of wheat in 
store and awaiting shipment, on the line of the 
Southern Minnesota Railroad. 
The Hi. Paul and Sioux City Railroad has been 
completed to St. James, a distance of 122 miles 
from St. Paul. 
A fire at New Albany. Tnd., on the 4th Inst., de¬ 
stroyed the flouring mill of Peter Mann, tho dry 
goods house of 8 . C. Day & Sons, and the hard¬ 
ware establishment of J. Tan gh mi I lor. Total 
loss, about $75,000; Insurance, $36,000. 
The State Normal School, at Mankato, Minn., 
I? to receive, ns its share of the “swamp lauds," 
14,881 76-100 acres, the interest from the sale of 
which will furnish a liberal fund for the use of 
the school. 
At. an auction sale or farm stock, near Flush¬ 
ing Mich., yearling cattle sold for $25 to $33 a 
head; two-year-olds, $40 to $93 each. Colts are 
reported as selling correspondingly high. 
A Chester White hog fifteen months and four 
days old, recently killed near Chardon, 0., weigh¬ 
ed 613)4 pounds. 
On the 5th Inst., at Cincinnati, by the fulling of 
a wall of tho Gas & Coke Co’s, building, four 
men were killed and one wounded. 
In the lakes of northern Ohio they are making 
fish guano very extensively. It Is made from 
the offal of fish, and brings $31 per ton. 
Four amendments to the Constitution of Michi¬ 
gan were voted on at the recent election, and all 
were probably adopted. The first, amendment 
strikes out the word white from ihe organic 
Jaw. The second authorizes County Supervisors 
to borrow $ 2,000 and no more, on their official 
responsibility, for the purpose of constructing 
ami repairing public highways and bridges. Tho 
third regulates the salaries of State officers. The 
fourth is in relation to railroads, and authorizes 
the Legislature to establish rates of passenger 
and freight transportation; prohibits the con¬ 
solidation ot parallel lines of road; and autho¬ 
rizes the Legislature to provide by law for the 
payment of county nnd town railroad bonds. 
There is a ilax mill in successful operation at 
Brownsdale, Mower Co., Minn. The flax is pro¬ 
duced In the neighborhood in large quanliiies. 
At Ferryabnrg, Mich., on tho 1st inst., tho 
Ottowa Iron Works were totally destroyed by 
fire, with a loss of over $40,000. Insurance $13,500. 
-- 
FROM THE SOUTH. 
An attempt was recently made to burn the 
new State House of West Virginia, at Charles¬ 
ton. 
At the National Tobacco Exchange banquet, 
in Richmond, Gov. Walker made a speech ad¬ 
vocating a reform in the Revenue. He stated 
that be was daily in the receipt of letters asking 
why Virginia could not pay the Interest on her 
debt. He thought that so soon as the onerous 
burden of national taxation was lifted from her 
shoulders, she would be able to pay the interest 
promptly. 
A suit has been commenced at Memphis, Tenu., 
by Reddle, Coleman & Co., of Pittsburg, against 
General Gideon Pillow and others, to recover 
$125,000 for coal seized at the outbreak of the 
war. 
Tho Daily Chronicle (Knoxville, Tenn„) snys: 
“Here in Knoxville we have more manufactur¬ 
ing establishments than evor before in our his¬ 
tory. In Chattanooga wo see manufactories 
springing up ou a magnificent scale. At Rock- 
wood, in Roane county, we have the largest 
blast furnace in the South. In Green, Washing¬ 
ton and Carter counties, we have blast furnaces 
and other manufactories, all of which havo been 
put iu operation under this system of protec¬ 
tion.” 
The Army of the Tennessee will hold its an¬ 
nual meeting in Cincinnati, O., on the 6 th and 
7th of April next. 
The canal enterprise, connecting the Missis¬ 
sippi with Lake Borgne, at a short distance be¬ 
low New Orleans, will be sufficiently completed 
to be made available for commercial uses by the 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
The Franco-Prnaslnn Wnr. 
More than the usual activity has prevailed the 
past week, with both parties. On the 29th ult., 
a sortie was made from Paris, In force, by Gens. 
Trochu and Ducrot, with 100,000 men. Severe 
fighting ensued. The French claimed a great 
victory, but subsequent information is to tbo 
effect that they were forced to return within the 
protection of their guns around the city. Both 
armies lost heavily. At t he same t ime Die Army 
of the Loire marc tied out from Orleans, and en¬ 
countered the Prussians between Janville and 
Plthivierx, where a severe battle was fought, re- 
suliing in a Prussian success, tho French forces 
retreating toward Tours, and halting near Blois, 
with a prospect, if not there successful, of fall¬ 
ing back to Die fortified city of Lyons. Tbo 
Prussians made an attack ou the same day, on 
the for oast under Garibaldi, at Aiitun. but were 
repulsed with severe loss. Afler the sortie on 
the 30th. the French were able to hold some im¬ 
portant point?. On tho second instant, the Ger¬ 
mans made desperate efforts to dislodge them, 
when ihe battle became general, and the Ger¬ 
mans suffered heavy losses. King William tele¬ 
graph? the French loss at 1.800 prisoners, inclu¬ 
ding one general and twenty superior officers, 
and seven guns. On the 2d, the Prussians claim 
a victory near Artenay, and Gamherta an¬ 
nounce? that the Army of the Loire had discon¬ 
tinued its forward movement. 
On the 4th, at midnight. King William tele¬ 
graphed After two days’ battle, in which the 
army of tho Grand Duke of Mecklenburg was 
mainly engaged. Man stein’s Corps captured St. 
Jean, a railway station and suburb of Orleans. 
Thirty guns and l.OOi) prisoners were taken. The 
Prussian losa was moderate. The. Prussians 
found nine cannon and much ammunition ou 
the field before Amiens. 
This event caused great, excitement at Tours, 
crowds collecting to near ihe tin fa vorable news. 
Ortmbetta tried to reueh Orleans, but was pre¬ 
vented by lira enyrtiy, the Uhlans having nearly 
captured him. There was talk of court-martial¬ 
ing General Faladincs. for evacuating Orleans. 
Additional fighting with Garibaldi occurred on 
the 4th, near Autun. In which tho Prussians suf¬ 
fered another repulse. 
The situation at Paris Is thu 9 epitomized in 
the Ncxv York TrihuneThe worst has no’ 
been told of the French situation. The absolute 
failure of th© late sort IcAfi'otn Pari? Is confirmed 
by advices from within the city to December 4. 
Ducrot had withdrawn behind tho Marne; H 10 
former lines of the Germans had been restored 
aiul si l engthened: and further offensive opera¬ 
tions on tho part Of the besieged appear impos¬ 
sible. Tho opinion prevailed at the American 
Legation iu Parts that tho defense could not be 
maintained longer than three weeks.” 
The details of the lighting on the Loire have 
been equally disastrous to the French, each 
army corps having been defeated in detail. Gen. 
Paiadines retreated from Orleans with 200,000 
men and 500 cannon, having beon beaten and 
outflanked. 
Fncis for Hie Ladies.—I havo had my Wheeler 
& Wilson Machine almost eight years, and have 
never ceased blessing the lucky chance that 
brought It to mo. Not one cent has it cost for 
repairs, and 1 have broken but one needle In 
five nnd a dial f years. The (tame noodle has gone 
through “thick and thin,’’for since I learned 
that It would answer to use flue thread or silk 
for everything. I never chango my noodle, but 
uso tho same ono to sew thick cloth of many 
folds that I uso for hemming pocket handker¬ 
chiefs.— M 118 . R. s. Brown, New llaven , Ct. 
. »»«- 
IatcrcHting to Ladle*.—“We have used in our 
family for the past five years ono of the Grover 
& Baker machines. It 1ms not had two cents’ 
worth of repairs in all that time, and is now In 
perfect, working order. Tt has done miles and 
miles of sewing of all kinds, and always does its 
work well."— GUO. A. Stxririi'i.DT, Jn., Chicago. 
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fcbc Sftitrltels. 
PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS. 
New York. Dec. 9. 1870. 
The receipts of the principal kinds of produce 
for me week embrace 34.818 tulles rattan, 4 ,d 47 bbls. 
eggs. iUfi.lilH hill?, lb "Jr. Kl.ffl bush. wheat, 325,0(59 
bush. Cl n. 497.770 bush. out?. 582.526 bush- barley. 6.(03 
bush. beans, 10.751 Iniih. grie-8 need, 17,99(5 pkgs. but¬ 
ter. .'>0,133 b'lVes eheorc, 1.9*2 pkgr, cut-meats, 3,130 
bills. perk. 3,187 tec, lard, 6,255 bx». cheese, 2,900 bales 
lii'lin, 1,37(1 bills, whisky, 282 Unas, tobacco, 3.330 bbls. 
and cases do.; 1,199 pkgs.dried fruit*. 
Benin* nnil Pen**.—Steady and free receipts of 
hnuna have sunt considerable stock Into store, and 
price* are fully 5c. easier for medium and marrow*. 
There ha? been u fair demand, tan late receipts con¬ 
tain sound though not rating prime grades of medi¬ 
um lhai nan be sold under fz, and tins causes some 
neglect in the higher qualithci. Pea beans are scarce 
and wanted at the lately improved figures. Kidney 
beans nominal. There 1? a very light stock ot Canada 
peas, but In the uutlclpatlofi Ol f V''' receipt* of bbls., 
now that the 8L Lawrence is Closed, prices are not 
strong. A late sale in bond of new was $1,05. Hulk 
peas have been mainly shipped from Moiitreftl this 
season, which accounts b.r the light stock. Tho 
losses on peas last year prompted shippers in Canada 
to cut this market this year. Hunt hern B. K. pens 
are quoted higher, the recent low prices brought, out 
some export demand, which has now subsided w ith 
pea, kidney. jr.ouuj,, preon peas, ?rao<g 1 
l.ilS- B. K., pea*. $2.75&2.B0; Canada peas, In bbls., 
free. $1J$®L30. 
Beeswax.- A very-teady trade has resulted in 
pushing price* up « trifle, but buyers are cautious, us 
there Is plenty of stock back, and they are only buy¬ 
ing to fill urgent orders. Bales at o2>*c-for fjnutliern. 
Broom Corn.—There is more fresh stock on sale, 
which hus induced a little more inquiry. We quote 
red 8®4c.‘, mixed. 435e.; green, 6®(5o.; hurl, li>S@7>4c.; 
brush, 80 . Brooms, $i, 75@3 per doz. for common to 
good, and $3,2534.6(1 for hurl. 
Butter. — Nothmg has occurred that tends to 
loosen the market from the unsatisfactory, dull and 
undecided Condition that has been noticed In our 
lute past reports. Dealer* openly express themselves 
ready to mark down 3®5©.upon fair andsound goods, 
mat used to And an active Inquiry at this season, but 
the buyers are all running for tho fresh ending and 
small lines of fall, that are *0 abundant in this years’ 
receipts. After losing nearly all of November’s busi¬ 
ness. the loss of a full week from areal winter month 
produces u very gloomy feeling among those carry¬ 
ing large stocks, and it will take a good many daysof 
light receipts, to eiJeot any recuperation. There has 
been considerable doing in taeatod Western, at 13® 
16c. We repeat quotations, with choice available at 
Inside prices: 
Orange county and Sussex county palls, fine, 42® 
41n.; Pennsylvania pails. Hue, i0t<jU8c.; country paiis, 
fair to good. ttV/iJiHc.j Penn. firkin*, tine. 8t u35c.: do. 
half tubs, do.. oWUhc,; do. other grades, "'butte.; Htutu 
tlrklnx, tine, 87$!»Si t do. halt till'*,)®'.flak',; selections, 
41®42c.l WcUli. I icr(i. 37',jo1V.; VVClsll. lln 1 r I r-.v33®36c. ; 
Welsh, summer, 28®32e.; other grades of State and 
More packed. SOflriOc.; Ohio ilrklm* and half tubs, 
line, 25®28e.; Ohio reserve, coinmon to tine. 23^<,25c.; 
do. selected small parcels, HOft -e.-, Other Western, 
mediani to good. do. common and summer, 
Uj, II),;.. rolls, lira.'tte.l Cunuda, Uue. , i%31e.; do. or¬ 
dinary to flue. 26t«i28o. 
OlieMC.-Tha open weather has tended to give 11 s 
u better supply.unit vho rail receipts have been much 
larger, ami embrace a very line line of goods. This, 
added to til© arrivals by canal before clnso of navi¬ 
gation, has given a good assortment. The foreign 
market, however, ha* boe.n in a very strong position, 
and there hay© been larger orders here, principally 
for tine stock, to reach the other side before Christ¬ 
mas. The very full prices paid at Little Falls again 
also tends to create continence. There are no sellers 
of any grade under lust week’s prices, and for the 
best Hues a fractional advance has been paid willing- 
