fHE^ASHINGTON^TANDARD? ERIAH BROWN J CriTCR

AGKVTS PUR THIS STASOAUD.

Ban FrmieUco Agency.

L. P. FtsnEß, 20 and 21 New Mechanic*' Fx-ehance. is our only authorized apent in .SunFrancisco. For Eastern advertising. Mr.Fisher i* represented by S. F. Pettingill &

Co., of New York and Iloston.Agents In thr Atlantic State*.

Ilcnso* k Mhnkt, are the only Eastern A ilverUsing Agents, wiih whom we do husinesdirect in the Atlantic States. Ofliee, 4Park Row. Timrt Building, New York City.

OLIIPIA, BATI RDAV MORNING, OCT. 21 IS/0

Railroad Route.On Tuesday last the Government Land

Officers in this city received a map of therailroad route filed by the Northern PacificRailroad Company, in accordance withwhich the lands through which the routepasses, for twenty miles in width, arc-with-drawn frofn market. The line as locate 1commences at the north line of townshiptwenty-five, in the town of Seattle, runningthence in a south-westerly course to theSkookum Chuck, down the valley of thatriver to the cast of Grand Mound Prairie,connecting with the line run by Mai. Fife,about twenty-five miles south of this city,following the latter lino to the Cowlitzriver, beyond which this land district doesnot extend.

This is supposed by many to settle theroute of the road and its final terminus onthe Sound, and it undoubtedly docs unlessthe Company should find it very much toits pecuniary advantage to change the ter-minus to some other point. It is understoodthat Major Fife will return upon his route

nnd make a locating survey to Olympia,which scorns to indicate that this city stands«t least an equal chaneo with Seattle asthe point of commencement for the first25 miles of railroad which is to be con-structed next year, besides the advantageof being fiftymiles nearer to the Columbiariver. If Seattle should eventually be themain terminus, it will be no detriment to

the growth and prosperity of Olympia. Ifnot the chief commercial city on theSound, its position and natural advantageswill secure to it at least the second placein population and business, and there arecertainly room and resources sufficient up-on these waters to make more than onelarge city.

The following letter of instructions ac-companied the railroad map:

DEPARTMENT OF TIIE INTERIOR,")GENERAI, LAND OFFICE, F

SEI>T. 20, 1870. )Jtegitfer and Hereircr,

Olympia, Washington Territory:GENTLEMEN?I transmit herewith a di-

agram showing the designated route of theNorthern Pacific Railroad under act ofJuly 2d, ISO}, and, by direction of theSecretary of the Interior, you are directedto withhold from sale or location, pre emp-tion or homestead entry, all the odd num-bered sections of public lands falling with-in the limit of twenty miles as designatedon this map.

You will also increase in price to ?2 50per acre all the even numbered sectionswithin those limits, and dispose of them atthat ratability under the pre-emption -andhomestead laws only; no private entry ofthe same being admissible until theselands have been offered at the increasedprice.

This order will take effect from the dateof its receipt by you ; and you are request-ed to acknowledge without delay the timeof its receipt.

Very respectfully.JOS. S. WILSON,

Commissioner.

DEATH OF COLONEL STEINBERGER.?We learn from the Walla Walla Statesmanthat Col. Stcinberger came to his death ashort time since, in Montana, by beingthrown from his horse. The deceased wasa native of Pennsylvania, a Physician andSurgeon by profession. Ho was Colonel?f \ oluntcers during the late war, andwhen his regiment was mustered out ofservice he was commissioned as Paymasterin the U. S. Army, with the rank of Ma-jor. He was in the prime of life and uni-versally esteemed for his geuial qualities.

PERSONAL.?We were yesterday grati-fied by a call from our friead P. Turpin,who has been absent for the past sixmonths as store-keeper at Ncah Bay. Herejoices in good health and spirits.

INDIAN SUPERINTENDENT.?The Tri-bune learns by private letter from Wash-ington that Gen. T. I. McKenny will posi-tively return to the Territory soon as Su-perintendent of Indian Affairs.

iV*The letter of our old and esteemedeorrespoadent, "Sluice Fork," is necessa-rily deferred til!next wctk.

A Mountnia from * Molehill.About a mouth since. upon the adjourn-

ment of the Annual Communication of the4 \u25a0 rand Lodged' Mason*, the delegate*. <>n

Sonday evening prior to their departure,called upon the Governor. The Trifiunr,the A>l Ministration organ, the next daypublished an account of this affair as apublic entertainment, enlivened by theperformances of the " tJlec Club." and rep-resented that tlie jincsts were reluctantlycalled from the festive scene by the soundof the whistle of the departing steamer.

The matter thus having becnino public bysemi-official announcement, we deemed itno breach of social privilege on our partto allude to the publication for tlio purpose,not of questioning the private rights of theGovernor or his guests, but to call the at-tention of the public to the fact that anewspaper, professedly the organ oftcmpcr-ancc and morality, while assailing personalcharacter and the private rights of citizensin like cases; had not a word to say in re-gard to a published account of a Sundayfestival at the house of the Governor, be-cause he was of its own political party;the same paper uniformly giving the weightof its position as a temperance organ to thesupport of notorious drunkards and gam-blers of its own political party, in prefer-ence to men of unexceptionable moralcharacter of the opposite party in pol-itics.

Pounded upon these publications, the,Walla Walla Statesman states, on the as-sumed authority of "an Olyuipia paper,"that Gov. Salomon engaged in a disgrace-ful drunken carouse. Certainly no com-ments of ours justified any such statement,and it is very far from the truth. Neitherthe Governor nor any of his guests, on theoccasion alluded to, arc men of intemper-ate or dissolute habits. Tlje Governor isno Puritan?except by affiliation with thePuritan clement?and he is just as farfrom being cither a drunkard or a rowdy.In his personal and social relations, hischaracter is that of a genial, liberal gentle-man, as free from social vices as the best.In this community, the only assaults uponhis character wc have ever heard werefrom meuibcre of his own party, who donot affect his nationality nor the beer-drinking habits of his countrymen. Weexceedingly regret that any Democraticpaper should imitate the Radical practiceof assailing men personally on account ofpolitical differences. When the Governoroffends in his official or political relations,

as he did on his first arrival here, ho willbe a proper subject for newspaper criti-cism, and not tillthen.

In this connection, we were greatlyamused at the unsophisticated appeal of theeditor of the Tribune. lie says :

"We here appeal to the sen?e of honor andthe claim to truthfulness of the STANDARD edi-tor to vindicate both himself and the Governor,for, is the matter now stands the former is theauthor of the libel upon the latter."

But a short time since, withoutany per-sonal provocation whatever, the same Tri-bune editor represented the editor of theSTANDARD as a social pariah, detested bymen and " followed by the curse of God."If he believed what he then said, withwhat propriety does lie appeal to our" sense of honor and claim for truthful-ness lie has already impeached hisown witness. Our personal character isno less dear to us and those dependent uponus than that of Gov. Salomon, and yetthere is not a Radical paper in the Territo-ry which has not sought to blacken it bydefamation more baseless than that of theStatcsnuin upon the Governor, which wearc appealed to to rebut. As to our au-thorship of the libel, we should never havedreamed of drawing the Governor's socialrelations before the public. Our remarkswere ba£ed upon the Tribunes own state-

ment of the matter, and not npon any per-sonal invasion of the privacy of the Gov-ernor's dotuicil.

GF* Henry L. Tibballs, Esq., has recent-ly erected at Port Townscnd one of thefinest saloon buildings ou the Sound. Itis 65 feet long by 24 feet wide, and two

stories in hight. The lower rooms arefinished in a style ofelegance rarely equaledon the coast. The ceiling is lofty, and thewalls are covered with the finest satin pa-per. The bar fixtures, billiard tables, pic-tures and decorations, are all in keepingwith the good taste displayed in every de-tail. The second story consists of roomsfor offices and lodgings.

David Sires. Esq., is also improving thebuilding occupied by himself and his broth-er at the head of the wharf. It consists ofa large addition, designed for hotel purpo-ses. Its superior location will render it apopular resort.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT.?On Tuesday even-ing last, a team belonging to the StageCompany ran away near Claquato, throw-ing the driver and a passenger namedHughes, a discharged soldier, violently tothe ground, bruising the former, and it issupposed fatally injurine the latter. Amessenger was sent to this town for a sur-geon, but none could be procured.

CISTERN.?Marshal Billings has justsunk a cistern on Washington street, nearFourth, of sufficient capacity to meet therequirements for the extinguishment offires in that portiou of the town

Don't Want Railroads.There is no section of the l uion the

poej le of whieh have been so terriblyridiculed by travelers and their more wide-awake neighbors fur provincial prejudiceand waut of enterprise, as the people ofOregon. It has been sarcastically said x>fthem that " they don't want railroads andare opposed to immigration." If stran-gers were to judge of the people by thecharacter of their newspaper press, theywould not be inclined to dispute the pro-position. The leading papers arc mainly,or almost entirely, devoted to assailing ordefending Ben Ilolladay. who is engagedin building a railroad through the .State.It would appear from tlio unintermittedand persistent assaults upon him, thathe is a monster with whom it is diffi-cult for the whole power and people ofthe State to copo, against whoso machina-tions nothing but eternal vigilance offersany safety; an admission quite as discred-itable to the intelligence and integrity ofthe people as it is to Mr. Ilolladay. WhenMr. Ilolladay meddles with the party poli-itics of the State, it is proper to treat himin the same manner as other politiciansare treated; but to magnify him into theproportions of a power equal to, or greaterthan the power of the State, is a confessionof popular weakness and a recognition ofone-mau power disgraceful to tlio State,and especially so to the dominant party inthe State. The last charge against Mr.Ilolladay is, that passengers arc clarged

50 for passage between Salem aui Port-land, a distance of fiftymiles, and tht StateGovernment is appealed to to protoct thetraveling public against this extortion.The stage fare over the same rouse wasnever less than and occupied more thandouble the time and was attended >vith agreat deal more fatigue. No one of thosewho complain ever contributed a dollarto build tlio railroad, and none are obligedto travel on it. If wo lived in Portland orSalem, we should consider it a very greatboon to the traveler, even at stage rates offare. Over here, iu Washington Territij-ry, the people of any town woub.' givo one-half their real estate to have railroad con-nection across the country a! the samerates. If the people of Oregon deem itnecessary to fight Mr. Ilolladay, they oweit to their own character abroad to do itupon some more reasonable pretext.

NEWS. ?Iu this day of telegraph andnewspaper entcrpri.se, wo Cud it difficult togather any synopsis of general news whichwe can regard as reliable. It is an almostevery day occurrence to find items of newsin our telegraph reports contradicted un-der the same or subsequent dates, and purE sstern exchanges arc equally unreliable.For instance, we find in one of the leadingNew York papers the three following par-agraphs in the same number:

"In the Second District of Minnesota theDemocrats nominated C. N. Buck, of Winona,for Congress."

"Ignatius Donnelly has been nominated bythe Democrats of the Second District of Minne-sota for Representative in Congress."

"The Democratic Convention of the Seeor.dCongressional District of Minnesota resolvednot to make a nomination for member of Con-gress. but recommend Democrats to supportIgnatius Donnelly, who was an independentfree-trade candidate."

This leaves the reader at liberty to be-lieve that Mr. Buck is the regular Demo-cratic candidate; that Donnelly occupiesthat position; or that no nomination Iwsbeen made by the Democrats. And suchis the character of a large proportion of theparagraphs collected and printed as news,"regardless of expense."

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TERMINUS.?The Portland Herald 'ofthe 19th iust., says :

" Wc learn from what we deem to be a per-fectly reliable source, that \V. li. Ogden, Kaq.,of Chicago, one of the Northern Pacific Rail-road Company, intends visiting this coast thisfall, for the purpose of locating the terminus ofthe Northern Pacific Itailroad. Wc wouldsuggest to the Portland Board of Trade that itis incumbent upon them to ascertain the truth-fulness of this report and whenever any movesare made in regard to its location, that theyshould see that the superior advantages of thiscity should be set forth as the western objec-tive point."

e are left in doubt as to whether it isthe intention to remove Portland to PugetSound or the Sound to Portland. In 'ei-ther case Judge Dcady would havepetitioned to change the name of the townfrom "Portland-on-the-Wallamet" to "Port-land-on-thc-Souud." Our Portland neigh-bors evidently regard Washington Territo-ry as within the city limits of Portland,and we should not be surprised to see itslegion of land-brokers exhibiting maps andselling lots upon Puget Sound as Somebo-dy's " addition to Portland."

RAILROAD TO OLYMPIA.?The Orcgo-ninn of the 10th inst. Rays that Mr. J. F.Kidder, engineer, lately employed on theOregon and California Railroad, has takencharge of a party to make a locating sur-vey for the Northern Pacific Railroad be-tween Portland and Olympia.

The schooner A/atka arrived at PortTownsend last Saturday, from a fishintrvoyage in the Oehotsk Sea. She returnedwhh a full cargo. Messrs. Calhoun and

aterman & Katz are the originators ofthe enterprise.

ADMITTED.?Beriah Brown, Jr., nom-inated to the Naval Academy hv Hon. J.S. Smith, of Oregon, was examined and ad-mitted on the Ist of October.

K?" Hon. Marshall Rlicn and familyhave returned from the East

Who Killed Munson?The loyal papers in this city have had

a difference !i" to who was responsible forthe removal of Postmaster Munson. The,Transcript oharged tlio act upon Mr. Gar-fielde, mi l denounced it ati a breach offaith on the part of (larfielde towards oneof his most devoted partizans. The Tri-}>une put iu a demurrer on behalf ofGarficlde, admitting the conclusion hutdenying tlie premises ; making the damag-ing statement regarding Mr. Garfkldt-'s in-fluence with the Administration, that hecould not prevent the removal of 31 r.Munson, which removal was made at theinstance of Mr. Underwood. This defenceleft the I'clegate to Congress in the humil-iating position of cither being without in-fluence sufficient to control the appoint-ment of Postmaster in hia own town, or ofusing his power treacherously towards apolitical and personal friend. Mr. Undcr-Tood, in the following letter, determinesthe question of influence, and it now re-mains for Mr. Garfioldc's volunteer defend-er to dispose of the other horu of the di-lemma :

EroENR, Oregon, Oct. 15th, 1870.E<litor Tribune: I notice in your issue of the

loth inst., an item to the effect that I am re-sponsible for the removal of Mr. Munson fromthe l'ost Office at Olfmfiia. I desire to saythat such is not the case. I never have madeany charges against Mr. Munson to the Depart-ment: and where complaints have been madeto me by the Department with reference to Mr.Munson, 1 have in my reports shown him everyfnvor in my power consistent with my officialobligations. Although 1 have had occasion tocensure Mr. Munson for occasional careless-ness, I have always considered liini an honestman, and on* that was willing to do his duty.

Yours rcspectfi.llv,j. is. rxnfenwnon.

Special Agent I'. 0. Department.

STEILACOOM. ?This place appears tohave caught its full share of the breeze ofprosperity which has lately swept over theTerritory. The erection of several newbuildings is contemplated, and the townpresents a much neater appearance than itdid a few liwmths ago. Upper Steilai'ooni,whieh has been for many years literally a

deserted village, is now occupied by six or

eicrlit families.1 lie frame of the Washington Brewery

owned by Messrs. Reinhold & Stuthe, isabout ready to raise. It will he 40 by (11

foot in size and two stories in bight, witha cellar underneath the full dimensions ofthe building. Mr. Berry is the builder.Steam power willbe used, and it is expectedthat the new brewery will turnout 10,000barrels of beer per annum.

The new hotel of 11. It. Hatch, Esq , isdoing a good business. The building hasbeen renovated and repaired throughout.The rooms arc large and airy, the bedsclean, aud tho fare the best the country

affords. Under the able management ofMr. 11, and bis amiable wife, the hotelcannot but prove a success. The bar isunder the charge of Mr. N. S. Kelloeg,whose courtesy and liberality well fit himfor the place.

A neat little restaurant has just beenstarted in the upper part of town by Mr.M. Bannister. It is by far the cosiest es-tablishment of tho kind on the Sound.

The brewery of John Locke, Esq., is stillone of the features of the town, ami willcontinue so long as he maintains thepresent high reputation of his beer.

Among the old and fixed institutions ofSteilacoom arc the business houses ofMessrs. D. A. Thayer, K. A. Li-lit,II(Joodtime and I'hillip Keaeh,all of whomhave made money despite stagnation oftrade and the obloquy cast upon their town.

The tannery, owned by Mr. K. C. John-son, does a very fair business at present,and with increased facilities, will becomeone of the most important branches of in-dustry of the place.

The jail, in which arc confined the Ter-ritorial prisoners, is undergoing extensiverepairs, under the supervision of Messrs.Abbott & Tcnny. They are engaged insurrounding the brick building with a six-inch wooden wall, made of 2xG sc&ntlin;*,and "propose to replace the old floor withone of wood eighteen inches in thickness, i

The bark La vett Pcacoeli willsail fromthe Sequalitchew Mill, on or about the25th inst., for the Sandwich Islands, witha cargo consisting of 2,500 feet of lumber,20 spars, SO tons potatoes, 5 tous turnips,21 bbls. craubcrries, 4"0 boxes smokedherring put up at dig Harbor, 50 bbls.salmon, 2,000 lbs onions, 2 bbls. huckle-berries, 250 boxes apples, 15 bbls dried

apples, and 4 ton oats. As this is the first

shipment of miscellaneous products of ourTerritory to the Islands, the rc.-ult isawaited with interest. Mr. Kcach and

family will visit the Islands by the Pea-cock and return in her, expecting to beabsent about six weeks.

Mr. Whitaon drove a Laud of 500 i-heepover the Natchcs I'nss a few days ago,demonstrating its entire practicability asa channel of communication with the ext-

ern country. lie expresses a decided pref-erence for it over the other passes.

Mr. Gardner has growing upon his en-closure in Steilacoom some of the fiuc.itcorn ever 6een iu the Territory. Many ofthe stalks measure twelve feet in hi"hf,

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some of the ears arc 23 inches in diameterand IT inches loug. lie also exhibit*cabbages, aud other products of extraordin-ary growthJ ,

VAM OI vr.it NEWS. ?From the llejis-ttr?edited by Major Adams?Oct. 15:

Our numerous friends no doubt willrejoice with u« that after nearly five yearstime, our wife (»urh a wife, we arc proudto say it, as is an honor to any man ) hasjoined us. and we shall have the felicity ofhaving a home of our own.

?ltev. Clark Smith ha 9 purchased onorjati for the use of the Vancouver Semi-nary. and a music class will soon be in ope-ration. probably under the instruction ofMrs. Mary E. Adams.

"-Mrs. Adams was particularly delight-ed with her trip across the ltocky 3loun-

The scenery was magnificent be-yond imagination, and ono never tired ofgazing on its_ varied beauty.

-\u25a0-Mrs. Adams says that the eloquenceof Mr. Garficlde is a common subject ofdiscourse in the Eastern States, and amongthe intelligent classes his speeches haveawakened an intense desire to visit thisCoast.

TEMPORARY Lonnixos.?Major andMrs. Adams, pending arrangements forhouse-keeping, have enjoyed the princelyhospitality of Sheriff and Mrs. Purgin.?The Sheriff, with his usual gallantry, treat-ed Mrs. Adams and Mrs. Mtirgin to a driveon I hursday. The romantic scenery ofour environs elicited the warmest praisefrom the strange lady.

?Mrs. Adams says the tfonduetOTs onthe Pacific railroad aro thorough gentle-men. The most of them wore officers dur-ing the late war.

?Senator Nye, of Nevada, Mr. Bash-ford and lady, and Chaplain Kelly andwife, have our thanks for their kind atten-tions to Mrs. Adams on her journey fromthe States.

'i here aro several other news items inthe liigis/cr, of a similar character, butwe copy all which are of special public in-terest. II there are any who are not con-vinced that the editor of that paper is aman of exceeding delicacy ofsentiment andnice sensibilities, they should read his dra-matic account of the death ofhis dog "Trip,"in which he mixed up "Trip, onrsclf, andour mother" in such manner as to literallyestablish a common maternity, and justifythe rather vulgar descriptive phrase whichhas been so frequently applied to him. Itis cause for public gratulation that Mrs.Adams has arrived, for it can readily beimagined what a calamity it would havebeen to the Radical party if the Fool Kill-er had visited Vancouver before she wasthere to protect her husband.

Tov/u Ordinance.An Ordinance to restrain Horse* nnd other

Cattle from running :it large within the cor-porate limits of the Town of Olympia.lie it ordained by the Trustees of the Town

of Olympia :

Section 1. That no horses, mules, sheep,poals, or horncJ cuttle, other than milch cowskept for the actual use of persons residingwithin the corporation, shall hn permitted tograze, nnd run at large on the streets, alleys,public square or unclosed lots ot the town ofOlympia.

See. 2. It shall he the duty of the TownMarshal to take up nil horses, mules, sheep,goats, or horned cattle, other than ntilch cowsas excepted in the above section, found run-ning at large or grazing on such streets, alleys,public square or unenclosed lots, and to securethe same in some place to bo procured for thepurpose.

Sec. Whenever the Marshal shall havetaken up and impounded any animal nr ani-mals. under this ordinance, he shall forthwithnotify the owner or owners, if known ; if un-known, hn shall post notice in three publicplaces within the corporation, describing theanimal or animals so impounded.

Sec. 4. Any animal nr animals impounded as

above, inav be reclaimed by the owner at anvlime previous to the sale provided for in thenext following section, upon payment of theMarshal fee", nnd the expenses incurred forkeeping said animal or animal"

Pee. 5. At the expiration of five days frntnllic notice required in section 2. it slitili he tlieduty of the Marshal to sell nt public miction tothe highest bidder, such animal or animals un-reclaimed, paying the proceeds of such suit,nfter deducting his fees and r osts, into {ti?? citytreason -.

Sec. C. Fur each animal taken up nnd noticeof the same, the Marshal lie allowed the sntneas that of sheriff or constable in making snlc ofpersonal property, levied upon execution.

Passed July 14, 1860.Amendment to above, passed Oct. 18, 1870See. 7. That all milch cows kept within the

corporate limits of the Town of Olympia, asprovided for in section 1 of the Ordinance towhich this is amendatory, shall, between thehours of sunset in the evening and sunrise inthe morning, be subject to the same restric-tions, and the owners thereof liable to the samepenalties as all other loose cattle provided forin the Ordinance to which this is amendatorr.

Sec. 8. Any persons keeping any milch cowsor other cattle within the corporate limits ofOlympic, nnd shall knowingly permit them towear cow or other bell or bells, shall on con-viction thereof be fined live dollars for the firstoffence, and double the amount for every sub-sequent conviction of the same offence.

Sec. 9. This Ordinance to taka effect fror.jand after November Ist, 1870.

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VICTORIA.?From the Victoria Cofr/nitlof the 10th iust:

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PIKE ON FORT STREET.?At 10 minutospast ten last night, two gentlemen passingthe store of A. 11. Francis on Fort streetnear Douglas, discovered a fire burning in-side, behind one of the counters. Thealarm was given immediately; but sorapid was the spread of the fire tliut thebuilding was soon wrapped in flames andwholly destroyed. The fire next caughtflic fruit and confectionery store of HarryWaller on the west, which was also de-stroyed; but not before the best part ofthe stock had been removed to a place ofsafety. The furniture store of T. Carring-ton, adjoining Waller's, 'was also on fireseveral times; but. escaped serious dam-age. The loss falls heavily on Mr. Franciswho was uninsured, and cannot accountfor the origin of the fire. Mr. Waller tookout a policy of insurance two weeks ago,and his loss is covered. Mr. Carringtonwas uninsured. The buildings were old,one story affairs. The total loss will reach.S3OOO. The Tiger and Deluge Kugiucand the Union Ilook and ladder Com-panies were very effective, ami to theirexertions is due the safety ofadjoinig build-ings. The Deluge threw the first water.

l4r" II I'aiued almost ibCcsvutilljf yt»U:r-day

LATEH FROM THE ATLAfttfffSTATES/telegraphi c.

SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE STANDARD. ,

PORTLAND, Oct. 21.The steamer Oriflammt sailed for SadFrancisco this forenoon.Ilcn Ilolladay gave a graml ball at his

residence last ni^ht.The steamer California sailed froih ga«

1'raucisco for Portland yesterday morning/Carl I'JSCO is drawing large houses al

the theatre.Business here is brisk.Gold in New York, 1.128; greenback

here, 88 @ 89.LONDON, Oct. 20.?A terrific battle irfreported to have occurred near Met«. Tfc#Prussians were driven between the tw&wings of the French army and terribly cut

up. Out of 32,000 men but 9,000eaped w»tl> their lives by surrendering.

Ten French frigates arc anchored offDunkirk, with fires banked.

NKW YORK, Oct. 20.? At 11.15 to-daya sliock of nn earthquake was fe't in thiftcity, lasting seven seconds. An undulat-ing motion was distinctly perceptible, ac-companied, some reports say, by a rum-bling noise. The occurrence has causedgreat excitement. Reports show it tohave been general throughout the NewKngland States.

NEW YORK, Oct. 20,? p. M.?Despatch-cs regarding the earthquake arc being re-ceived from all parts of NorthwesternStates and Canada. Though tho shockefciUcJ considerable consternation, thedamage to property seems to have beenverf light.

Despatches from Hcrlin tfpto o'clocklast evening, say that terms of capitulationof fortress and garrison' of Metz has beenagreed on at A erseiltes between French!General Bcricr and King William. Fol*lowing arc conditions : Hazaino signs trea-ty of peace between France and Prussia a»Plenipotentiary ofKm per or Napoleon, Ha*zaine's army to be disbanded but to remainat Mctz. The Princo Imperial is to as-cend tho French throne, and liazaine is tobe Regent. The receipt of this news banproduced a tremendous excitement in thi»city, particularly on the Stock Exchange,whore au unusually large business wastransacted to-day.

SAN FKAIICISCO, Oct. 21.?1t is cur*rently reported that Stanford k Co. havebotight up the California Steam Naviga-tion Co., acting in behalf of the CentralPacific 1' iilroad, which will give them thecontrol of all inland water routes in Ci»l»-forniu.

XK<V nit R, Oct. 15.?A Time* Wash-'ington special says it is announced thatSecretary Cox has tendered his resignation,-and the President has accepted the same.Of this there is nodi.ubt. The acceptanceis to take elleet when the annual report ofthe Interior Department is finished, whichwill lie in the course of thirty days. No 1name is yet indicated as his successor*His reasons for withdrawing arc under-stood to be entirely personal. Tho rela-tions between the President and SecretaryCox have been of the most agreeable char-acter.

A Ilrrahi correspondent telegraphs tintSecretary Cox has resigned, mid in to liesucceeded liy Commissioner Pelano, andtlint (icneral Ackerinan will resign on account of his Ilealtli, ami Senator Williams,of Oregon. succeed* liim.

l-'car of yellow fever are now entirelyfiliating, 'i'liree new eases liave appearedat (lovertiovV Island, tut uouu discoveredin llie city.

Han DiKiid, Oct. M.?The l'anamnsteamer Col"ioi!u lauded 20t! I oiled Slatestroops at this place today, Lieut. J. Lawson commanding.

I>y the ('ulnrihlo wo get the followingparticulars of the loss of tl.e Confine*lal it)ii the night of the (Mh, the strainer Com-H'i/iiliiiitsignaled and notified us of theloss of the (''?»t'Hi uliiland the passengers<>fl St. Lucas Cape, on the 10th, and com-menced taking the wrecked passengers, COall told, on hoard the steamer Colorado.All were in a Very destitute condition,none of the passenger* or crew havingsaved anything hut what was on their per-sons. The Cemtinmtal left MaxatUn onher return trip toSaii Francisco on the 2d.On the same night, while crossing theHull'of California, she encountered a *«-

vcrc gale. For sonic time it blew a per-fect hurricane, the wind coming fromevery quarter of the compass. The shiplabored heavily in the heavy choppingseas, several leaks were sprung and lor atime the steam pumps kept the leakageUnder, hut the coal boxes parted, lettingthe coal loose, which, getting into thapumps, effectually closed them. The pas*sengcrs aud crew commenced bailing, andthrowing the cargo of salt, which wu inbulk, and hides, etc, into the sea. Theyworked incessantly for twelve hours, butwere unable to keep the water from rilingiH the hold. I'ntil the fires were extin-guished strong hopes were entertained ofsaving the vessel. The scene now wassaid to have been one of the wildest ex-citement. Some of the passengers threwtheir gidd into the ocean aud in despaircriod u> Heaven for aid. Very few ladieawere among the passengers, and life pro-servers were used, on which they juin|iedinto the sin;.ll boats. Orders were givento take to the boats during the ni gWt ofthe 2Sth, and remained iu close proximityto the steamer until 9 A. M. of the 30th,when they left her to lier lute. It ia sup-|msed she went down on the night of tho?'JOlh, as on the inoruiug of October Ist nosigns of the vessel were discernible. PODKubion, of Muzatlan, and his daughter,were among the passengers. liis daugh-ter was safely put in one of the boats,which separated her from her father, whtfshe beseeehed to join her; but ho peifclst-ently refused to leavo tho ship, and thtmoon board appeared to hare clung to thaship with a mad desperation, amounting tofrenzy. The stewardess was among thosuwho remained on the ship. An Americanlady, with two children, could not be in-duced to join the boats. A Mexican boytonk the two children and jumped over-board and reached the boats with both hiacharges safe. No provisions were put inthe bouts Oue sardine each, uud u little