Reinforcement of Fort Sumter by 1
the Brooklyn.
Rumored Attack by the South
Carolina Troops.
Seizure of the Mint and Custom House
at Xcw Orleans.
Zn-porUnt from vJashicgtcn.
(Dispatches to the X. Y. Times ]
WASHINGTON, Sunday, Feb. 3. j
FORT SUMTER REINFORCED.
! have information which, though not
official, loaves very little doubt on my ribnd j
that Fort Sumter /us actually been reinforced,
in spit-j of the vigilance of the Charleston vol- ;
unteers. I think ii will turn out that the !
steamer Brooklyn took some three hundred ,
soldiers atid ten or twelve ofuceis to the en
trance of Charleston harbor, and that in the
night time they rowed in small boats, with
muffled oars, past the batteries on Morris j
Island and Fort Moultrie, and are uow inside
of Fort Sumter.
You may remember that the people of
Charleston were greatly excited a fortnight
since, by tlie report that a war steamer, sup- j
posed to be the Brooklyn was lying off tiie
harbor; but as nothing was heard of her, it j
was supposed she had proceeded to Fort Pick- I
ens. There was a story also of small boats ;
having been seen in the neighborhood of Fort
Sumter, and it was sagaciously supposed they |
were sent cut to examine the batteries on 1
Morris Inland.
RUMORS OF WAR.
There is a rumor which has become current f
about town, to night, that an attack has been |
made on Fort Sumter. No dispatches have I
been received for three days past by the!
War Department from Maj. ANDERSON, and ;
this, just at'ti-r the report which I sent a few
evenings since of an intention to attack the
fort on the part of the State troops, seems
to give strong groan is for the fears entertain
ed here to night. If true, this move is made
to prevent the possibility of the Conven- ;
tion, which meets tomorrow, or Congress ta ;
king any further steps towards the adjustment |
to the present difficulties I have conversed j
with several leading men of the South, and !
some Administration officials, who say that if j
an attack has net been made, it will be a- !
scon as word is received from the managers j
here. Some of the Republicans, however, j
think these reports, as well as the fresh ex
citements concerning the danger of the Dis
tiict and Capital, nre only schemes to kilp
on speedy compromise measures.
PLANS FOR ATTACKING SUMTER.
A gentleman who has just arrived from
Charleston, who is in the confidence of the
Secessionists, and, from his official position,
thoroughly posted as to their intentions and ;
movements, says that the Slate autho ities
have gone much further in their works of de
fence and preparations for attack than any j
one conceives. They have nearly completed
their rafts and boats for the transforation of
troops in the harbor, have completed their
defences at M ;rr : - Islan 1, at the city, Fort
Moultrie and Castle Pintkuey in the very bist
and nio'-t imprri-hab'e manner, liavic." covered
with great care aud consummate skill all the
available poin's ci attack from Fort Sumter, :
e > that Charleston City is the only assailable
point where the heavy gnns of Maj. ANDERSON |
can do serious dr.ma. •.
Their plan of attack, and cue which has pre-;
v-aked much it 'piiry, is c- rt hi'y w II consider- j
ed, and for the purpose of a brief but spirited I
assault mast be admitted as evincing udmira I
Lie foresight. It is this : Maj. ANDERSON'S j
guns, ti..y have ascertained, are ranged so as
to cover a line upon Fort Moultrie and Pinck
n -7, More: I i :..1 battery a: d Charleston. —
Tin se require the : tt-r.tiou of ah Ids men to ,
man them, and with all the?.) points opening
upon him at or.ee he vriil be entirely occupied,
lie has none pointing to the east upon Mount
Pleasant, where the State has erect- d foraude- 1
ble batteries and taken thithir their largest
ordnance with abundant supplies; and while
the other | laces open upon hi in the Mount
Pleasant batteries vvdi k -p up c:i uninter
rupted tire upon Fort Snmter with the pur- j
pose of making a breach. The distance is only
three-quarters of a mile.
Tlii.s plan is the common talk among the
State troops r.:,d citizens, and it is generally
understood that as soon as word is received
from Col. lIAYN.: and the chief conspirators
at Washington, the attack wiii commence.—
Very many n nple have consequently left
Charleston, and many more are prepared to
leave at a moment's warning. Much excite-.
iuent prevailed at Charleston, consequent up
TI diqiat dies tii .t the Government at Wash
ington would not withdraw ANDERSON, and
that an attack had been made at Pensacola.
This whole matter has been laid before Messrs.
STANTON, iioi.T and Lieut. Uen. SCOTT, and
they will consider it.
THE MINT AND SUB TREASURY SEIZED AT
NEW-ORLEANS. —Some ten days ago Secretary
Dix gave to Adams' Express Company a draft
ou the Assistant-Treasurer at New-Orleans,
for the purpose of transferring the coin and
bullion in the Branch Mint in that City to the
Mint in Philadelphia. The amount of the
draft was $3j0,0i)5. Three days ago he re
ceived a disjiatch from Adams' agent in New-
Orleans, stating that the amount would be de
livered in two or three days, but that the As
sistant Treasurer declined to deliver a part, j
assigning as a reason that he wished to pay
Ihe entire draft at once. The Secretary imme
diately telegraphed to the Treasurer to pay to
the Express agent on that day as large an
amount as the agent could transport. The
coin and bullion are chiefly silver, weighing
several tons. To-day the Secretary has re
ceived a dispatch from the Express Company
informing him that the Assistant Treasurer re
fused to pay any portion of the draft, and that
the II ranch" Mi ut has been taken possession of
by the authorities of the State of Louisiana.
THE PACIFIC RAILROAD
The latest programme relative to the Pa
cific Railroad bill in the House erabrnce3 a
concurrence iu the Senate's amendment for a
Northern route, with the proviso that if Texas
secedes the grants made for the Texas roads
shall be forfeited for the benefit of the North
era. With this, and a rejection of several
minor Senate amendments, the impression is
growing that the bill can be passed by u two
third vote if the President vetoes it.
THE PRESIDENT AND GEN. SCOTT.
The President has again countermanded the
orders of Gen S~orr for additional troops
fr tuis City.
PROSPECTS OF COMPROMISE.
It is very evident that the propositions to
| admit New-Mexico ut once us a State, and
amend the Constitution by a prohibition of in
terference by Congress with Slavery in the
States, are gaining strength among Republi
cans here—uot us a concession to the fears of
disunion, but as harmless in themselves, and
due to the Union lucu of the Border Slave
i Stalis.
The Capitol at Washington.
Serious fears for the safety of the Capitol
are still entertained. There seetns no doubt
that a scheme lor its capture, before the fourth
of March, has been under consideration among
some of the more ardent and determined Se
cessionists. But the probabilities are that it
will be entirely abandoned, in view of the pre
parations which have been made to resist it by
, the Administration, by (Jeu. SCOTT, by the
| authorities of Washington city and the masses
of its people, who have a deep personal and
! pecuniary interest in preventing the destruc
| tiou of the Union. It is one thing to seize up
on an unprotected fort, located iu the midst of
a population who are favorable to the Seces
siou movement, and quite another to attack
tie seat of Government when it is defended
by a considerable body of troops, and when an
i immense number of strong-armed and stout
hearted men are ready to volunteer, at a tuo
ment's warning, to assist them in upholding
the Constitution, and enforcing the laws ol
j their country. It is believed, too, that Gov-
J ernors of Maryland and Virginia instead of
! countenancing and aiding an attack upon the
| Capitol, will do all in their power to prevent
it; and we think, therefore, there is but little
, Jcult of the peaceable inauguration of Mr.
j LINCOLN.
It is a somewhat singular fact, however,
that the idea seems to be cherished in many
1 quarters that Washington will be made the
capita! of a Southern Confederacy. Ex Presi
dent TYLER is reported to have often alluded
to this subject iu discussions in reference to
the present difficulty. And singularly enough,
in a note to a 6eituoa delivered by Rev.
GEORGE BCFFIELD, Jr., of this city, on the
1 late fast day, we tind the following statement:
"A few months before the decease of the
' lute Colonel Benton, he said to a young pollt -
| ical frieinl then on a visit to Washington,
" Young man, you have seen the Hall of
j Patents, the Post Office, the CAPITOL; for whom
| have they been built at such enormous ex
! nense ?' 'For the people of the United States,
1 suppos .' ' United States! No, sir, no!
They are (or the SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY.
■ which has been plotting for the last five and
: twenty years, and which I greatly fear the
nation will not wake UP to discover until IT IS
roo LATE.' Remembering the words of the dying
Benton, we were not suprised to bear Senator
I verson declare iu place, T see no reason why
Washington city shali not be continued the
; capital of a Southern Confederacy. The build
ings ate ready to our hand !'— Speech of Dec.
II Nor to hear Mr. Rhett affirm that 'Seees
tion had been in contemplation fer thirty
1 years ! : "
CHARLE-TONIAN INSANITY.— If the people
who can read and believe such stuff as this
which we cut from the editorial columns of
the Charleston Mercury, are not insane from
malice and passion, then wc do not know
what insanity i? ;
Eighty short years have converted the peo
ple of the Northjnto one vast mob—a rattling
reckless, L a less mob—shrieking for liberty
amidst blood, and freedom in plunder. It
1 would be of little consequence to the rest of
! '■ world if the blood they shout for were
' their own. and rapine their lawlessness would
reap were amongst themselves. But, as we
hav ■ said, their system of politic? is aggressive.
Might is their cr.iy test of right. To rob where
they can is their political creed. Of course
i this robbery t 1 regression will first com
xrr.ee r't.roa.'. They must plunder and cx
i.au-t others before they begin amongst them
selves, thus fer they have now advanced in the
programme which time and human passions
;ave ntark-.d out for them. So long as they
have southern fields npon which to make their
descent and to pillage, they may keep their
hands from each other's throat? and pockets.
But cut short this means of supply, remove
this rich field from their robber devastations,
shut them up hi their own barns and work
si.ops to earn amongst themselves their own
subsistence and maintain their own rights,
laws nr. 1 institutions—and how long will they
-tami ? The second net of the drama will then
be upon the boards. r "'!.e pillage will be trms-
I ferred from other fields to their own. The
third net rvi.t be one of blood—the last one
of despotism."
Ills FIRST SURRENDER.—A Tallahassee cor
respondent of the Jacksonville Southern Con
federacy gives the following graphic aceouutof
the capture of a United States arsenal :
" About 7 o'clock on the morning of the
Gill inst., the arsenal at Apalachicola, at the
mouth of the Chattahoochee river, was besieg
ed by the troops of Florida. In consequence
of the weakness of the command, an entrance
was gained. Mr. Bowel!, who has been in the
service of the United States since 1840 and
had command of the place, acted in a gallant
manner. After the troops had entered, he
faced the line and thus addressed them :
" OFFICERS AND SOLI IFR?; Five minutes ago
I was the commander of this arsenal; but in
consequence of the weakness of my command,
I cui obliged to surrender, an act which I
have hitherto never had to do during my
whole military career. If I had a force equal
to or even half the strength of your own, I'll
be damned if you would ever have entered that
irate until you walked over my dead body.—
You see that I have but three men. These
nre laborer?, and cannot contend against you.
Take my sword Captaiu Jones!"
"Captain Jones of the Y'oung Guard of
Quincy received Mr. Powell's sword, and then
returned it to him and addressed him as fol
j lows ;
j "My dear Sir ! You are too brave a man
to disarm J"
",The whole command then gave three cheers
for the gallant Powell."
A SECESSION FlX. —The Constitution of
1 the State of Mississippi prescribes that no per
son shall he a Senator unless he be a citizen of
the United States ; no person can be a Gover
; nor unless he be a citizen of the Uniteq States.
Now, if the act of secession has really taken
Mississippi out of the Union, her Governor,
members of the Legislature, her inhabitants,
are all divested of their citizenship ; they are
consequently incompetent to act, and what
they do must be null and a old, and na law
SBrabforb iVcjjQrtfr.
E. (). GOODRICH, > rnr-rnnv
n. w. sTURRuch i r >iTons.
TOWANDA :
Thursday Morning, February 7, 1861.
THE PROPOSED COMPROMISES.
A tremeudous pressure is now being made
I on C'ongresi for the passage of some measure
iof compromise. The propositions which have
i met with the most encouragement, and are
the most prominent as affording supposed
bases for compromise, are the following which
have very distinct propositions and each of
which has numerous advocates :
I. There is Mr. Adams' proposition. Tins
proposes to furnish a constitutional guaranty
that the Federal Government will never here
after interfere with Slavery in the Slates, and
to pass a legislative act allowing all our terri
tory south of 36 deg. 30 min. to come iu as a
State, with or without Slavery, as the Terri
tory may choose.
11. What is known as the Border-State
proposition. This is to prohibit Slavery north
of 36 deg. 30 min ; and, below that Hue, to
stipulate that neither Congress nor the Terri
! torial authorities shall ever introduce or ex
clude Slavery, but leave it to fight its own
I way. under the protection of the Federal
Courts ; or, on the other hand, to be disconr
, aged by the Executive Government, or encour
aged, just according to the proclivities of the
Executive for the time being. This plan also
favors incidental points in aid of Slavery.
> ' 111. The main proposition of the slavehold
, ers, supported by Mr. Crittenden, and which !
! covers all their claims. This is to establish
Slavery by constitutional guaranty iu ail the
. existing territory south of 36 deg. 30 rain., j
• | and all that may be hereafter acquired. Also, '
to allow the transit of slaves through the Free !
; States, and to distinctly recognize them as
! property by the Constitution.
O. these three propositions, the slaveholders
reject the first two as wholly insufficient.—
Toombs and Davis, before they left, declared
themselves willing to accept the third, or Mr.
Crittenden's, but they would take no less.—
■ This was jast what the National Democratic
' Convention split upon. The Southern whig ,
demanded the protection of Slavery iu the
Territories, from their Douglas confederates,
who refused to grant it. It is what Virginia
ciaimcd then, ami what she claims now. On
ly then, the Slave States insisted that it should
be iucoporated into the party platform, while
now they insist upon having it go into the
i Constitution.
: Editions of fabulous length have been pre
-1 sented to Congress praying for the adoption
• of the Crittenden adjustment from men who
' we are confident do not comprehend its per
port. Believing it simply to propose the res
toration of the Missouri Compromise, when
' tiie fact is that the proposition they have rec
ommended calls for the protection of Slavery
not only in all the territory lying sonth of 36
deg. 30 min. but in a'i that may hereafter
be acquired.
BLOCKADE OK tin: MISSISSIPPI. —One of the ,
wildest freaks of the secessionists is their fool- j
hardy interference with the navigation of the 1
Mississippi river. Gov. Pettis of Mississippi ;
; , has placed batteries on that river at Vicks- j
burg, the guns of which have compelled a
number of steamers to come to, and wharf age
rates have been exacted front them, even when
their captains have had no intention of land- '
iug at Vicksburg. Tne project is agitated at
Memphis of erecting batteries of a similar
i purpose Such outrages will only check the
1 commerce ot the river, enhance the price of
; provisions, and exasperate the people of the
- West, without bringing any corresponding
benefit to the secessionists. If persisted in j
they will inevitably precipitate a collision be
tween the two sections, and as the secession
-1 ists claim to desire a peaceable separation we
cannot for the life of us understand why they
f should be so utterly blinded.
WHO IS LIABI.E FOR MILITARY DUTY IN*
CASE OF REBELLION ?—ln view of the numer
ous paragraphs iu the papers, tiie orders of the
• Governor and the Legislative debates upon
the sul j< ct of a more thorough organization
1 of the militia of the State, the question who
? is liable to perform military duty out of the
State is a subject of general discussion. Wc ;
j believe that in case of a draft upou the Gov- j
' ; ernor by the President of the United States
for a force to put down rebellion, all upon
[ the lirt of the enrolled militia, which includes
every male citizen between the ages of eighteeu
; and forty five years, would be liuble, whether
1 1 belonging to a military company or not. Iu such
an event however, the number volunteering j
2 would probably render a draft unnecessary,
as was the case in the Mexican war.
THE JAPANESE EMBASSY, which occasioned
so much excitement and public demonstration ,
in this country, arrived at Jeddo in the •
I Niagara in just nine months from the day they
\ left that port. Their arrival occasioned no
4 unusual excitement amoug their people.—
| Some few paddled around the big ship to ad
j. i mire her dimensions and proportions, while the
. | Embassadors received no unusual notice or
f marked attention.
I. INDICTMENT OK SECRETARY FLOYD.—JOHN
i B. FLOYD, Buchanan's ex Secretary of War,
• has been indicted by the Grand Jnry of the
j District of Colutnpia, for malfeasance iu
1 office. Will Virginia deliver him np to
'justice ?
iUtos from all Rations.
—CcTn sells for twelve and a half cents a
bushel i 8 Illinois, ami coal for flt'teen to seventeen, and a
bushel of corn gives more heat than one of eoal.
—The Charleston Mercery, of Monday, re
marks that, on Saturday, an officer of Fort Sumptcr
called at its office, and subscribed lor the Mercury, to be
mailed to him at the Fort for the next three months.
—The Montour Irou works have commen
ced operations again. The company having secured a
pretty large contract, the employees went to work again,
without being obliged to submit to a reduction of wages.
Thus much suffering has doubtless been averted.
—The Pemberton Mill, at Lawrence, Mass
the scene of the tearful loss of life some months ago, ha.'.
beeu entirely rebuilt on the old site, at a cost of nearly
1500,000. It will commence running forthwith, and will
give employment to about 1060 operatives. David Ncv
ins A Co., of Boston, Mass., the former proprietors, are
still the owners.
—The railroads crossing the Western prai
ries are protected from drifting snow in winter by high
fences, which serve in summer to keep the cattle from
the track. In the winter of 1853, before these fences
were constructed, the Illinois Central Railroad Company
expended 1100,000 in endeavoring to keep their track
clear.
—The Eric papers state that twenty one
car loads of oil, making about eleven barrels, were re
ceived at that point over the Sunbury and Erie Railroad '
one evening last week. It came from Titusville and Tid
eoute.and indicates a rapid incroase iu the oil yield of
those localities. This kind of freight will, in itself, ere
long task the carrying capacity of the road.
—Last week John G. Reading, Treasurer
of the committee of lumbermen appointed to sell such
of the logs that escaped from the Susquehanna boom
last spring as were found below the Shamakin dam, paid
to parties in this vicinity about sixty-one thousand dol
lars—money obtained by sale of escaped logs William
liamspoit Uaz.
'o:ice a Week' lias a biography and por
trait of our new President. The biography commences
as follows ; " Honest Old Abe, as the Americans call
Lincoln, was originally a {farm laborer iu Illinois."—
" Frederick Douglas, the little giant, his defeated antag
onist. was a cabinet maker." And all through the arti
cle " the little giant " _is denoted by the nam# of the col
ored Douglas. Such is fame.
—An Indian Squaw, roaming around the
garrison at Fort Yuma. California, discovered twenty!
dollars' worth of p -tage stamps in sheets iu the officers j
quarters, a-id-a happy thought struck her. Shortly af- j
ter, she created quit" a commotion by appearing on the
parade ground stuck all over with the stamps reg.irdles
of dignity and decency. The officer found that his post
age stamps intended for the mail, had been appropriated
to the female.
—Tiie Tribune announces: "It is report
ed that Mr Jons BIGKLOW, having sold his i Lite rest in
the Evening Pn*t, is about to become the proprietor of
tha l i'oihi, and will conduct it a- a Republican journal."
—Tiie State of t'alifornia contributed near
ly eleven thousand dollar-* towards the election of the
Washington monument, at the late Presidential election.
—The Census of Missouri shows that State
to have 1,407,530 whites, 113,118 'slaves, and 3,:>02 free
negroes, or in the 1,524,62G. This i-- much
'.irger than Missouri has yet been announced as having,
and it places the State nextpn rank to Illinois in point
■ of population, the total be ng larger than either Indiana
or Virginia.
li. is slated lliat Yoang America Train,
(the succes.-ful proprietor of Trainways in Europe,) in
connection with Mark Lemon (Punch) Judge Halibutron
(Sain Slick,) and others, has got up an associated com
pany with a capital ot $3,000.000. for the purpose ol
building a great "American Hotel"' in London. They
have got possession of three acres of ground in the
, Strand, and are going ahead like "bricks."
—Oi) Tuesday afternoon last another mon
ster cannon was cast at the Fort Pitt Iron Foundry.
Pittsburg, which, though smaller than the " Floyd,*' is
i still an immense casting. The " Union," as the new gnu
is named, has a twelve inch bore, is the same exterior
: diameter as the "Floyd," and six inches longer. It is
expected to throw a hall six miles. The whole quantity
j of metal use 1 in the " run " was 78,104 pounds, and the
! " Union," when finished, will weigh twenty-live tons.—
i The time occupied in filling the mould was 21 minutes.—
I The gun was cast on the hollow principle, and is a pcr
■ feet success.
A singular woger was won recently by a
skater on the Lake of Oeronsart, near Namm. Belgium.
He betted that lie would skate for an hour, carrying a
1 basket of eggs on his head without breaking one of them.
II- accomplished the teat in first rate style, having, dur
: ing the hour, written lias name in elaborate characters on
the ice, besides tracing an immense variety of complicat
ed figures, and at last set down the basket and received
his wager, amid the caters cf ail present.
--A few nights ago, on the Galena end
i Chicago Air-Liue road, near Dixon, the engineer of a
train of fourteen freight cars, when descending a long
and steep grade, discovered tiiat the cars had been un
coupled and were left behind and that he was going
ahead alone with his locomotive and tender. lie soon
; saw the train coming down the grade after liini with tre
j tnendous speed. He put steam to his horse to keep out
j of the way; but they soon overtook hiin and such was the
: force of the collision, that five of the freight cars were
5 out ia two before they were brought to a stand.
—The Chicago Journal says tuat one "of the
; strangest phenomena in nature has recently devoloped
! itself near the Horse Lake, Polk county Wisconsin
I-'lames of fire coine up through the earth in several loca-
I ities, and one man's barn has been burned down by it
Strange to say, tiiejire can only be seen in the day time,
| the earth in the evening hearing a close resemblance to
phosphorus. The air smells as if impregnated with sul
i pluir. The most remarkable feature in this case is tiie
| fact that wollen articles in the houses near by take lire,
: although there is nothing visible to ignite them.
A special dispatch frcm Frankfort, Kr ,
1 to the Cincinnati Commercial, states that George N.
Sanders is at the former place, assuming to be the month
| piece of Judge Douglas, and as such, advising the im
! mediate secession of the border states, with a view to
i " reconstruction." Atrocious as has been a large part of
( the public career of Mr. Douglas,we cannot wholly credit
i the statement that he has sent Sanders to Frankfort on
I any such treasonable mission. Although he hasignomin
■ iously retracted all his brave words about enforcing laws
j and suppressing treason, uttered at Norfolk. Va., and has
, asserted there is no power under the constitution to do
! either t he one or the other, still we are not yet quite pre-
I pared to believe that he has set up in the treason bust
| ness on his own account. Mr. Douglas's constituents
; will await developments on this subje.t with not a little
j interest.
! —One of the officers of the JViagara, the
vessel in which the Japanese were taken home, writes :
" I am sorry to say that there was a mysterious disap
pearance of spoons,blankets, forks,&c.,belonging to Uncle
Sam, which were used by the Embassy. Everything that
was not screwed fast seems to have been taken. I.et it
go. After spending nearly a million of dollars on them,
I suppose they think it no harm to take everything that
is left."
—The Springfield Journal states that Mr.
Lincoln, with his family, will leave for Washington on
11th of February, proceed to Indianapolis, Columbus,
Pittsburg, Cleveland, Albany, New Y'ork. Philadelphia,
Harrisburg and Baltimore, and arrive at Washington the
20th.
—The North Carolina Legislature has re
elected Mr. Clingman to his seat in the United States
Secate. Tbat ;tces cet look trefc "le sece* ; - n.
[FOK THE BRXDFOBD REPOETEEJ
Resolved, That in the present -distracted
state of onr beloved country, the Presbyter?
of Sorquehanae in session at Wysox Pa., feels
' constrained to make au expression as follows,
to wit :
1. We recognize the hand of God iw the
heavy chastisement that hs fallen upon our
| nation.
! 2. We deprecate the aulavoruhle influence
which the secular anrf pofitpcal state of the
country w ill probably have on the cause of our !
holy religion.
3 We call our ininistt rs, our elders and our
church numbers to cry mightily to God in pri
vate and in public that his wrath may be avert- ;
ed from our land, that wise and temperate
counsels may prevail, and that the integrity of
our national union may be preserved unbroken.
4. We recommend the publication of these
resolutions in the county papers and in the
Presbyterian. J curs FOSTER,
Staled Clerk.
REPUDIATION AS WLIJ. AS SECESSION. —The
Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia
Press writes:
! "It is stated here that the South Carolina
Commissioners, in their haste to return to their
1 homes, and by the way of showing that repu
\ diation is a part of the secession scheme,
| failed to pay the rent of the house they occupied
while here. They hired it of the widow of
Commodore Smoot. Duff Green, acting as
I her agent in this matter, has written them a
| racy letter, which had ought to be published;
and it is to be hoped that lie will yet be able
to recover the sum due, even if ibey have
taken refuge in what they now claim to
be a foreign State.—Professor Wormley, who;
supplied their cuisine, was also left unpaid,
cud he has placed his claim, which is quite
large, in the hands of a lawyer for collection.
This whole affair is a beautiful illustration of
the demoralizing influence of the secession
movement, and of the tendency of its suppor
ters to emblazon the repudiation principle up
on their banners."
„
A FEARFUL RETRIBUTION THREATENED. —
! The blockade of the Mississippi River is
| producing i s natural effect in arou-ing a
j bitter feeling throughout the northwest.—
| Measures of retaliation begin to be talked
of. The Cincinnati Gazette goes so far as to
recommend the destruction of the embankment
jon the river. It says :
"By breaking down the embankments we
can easily overflow all the country of the
lower Mississippi and drewn out towns and
plantations."
The terrible effects of crevasses on the
| southern plantations in former years are not
yet forgotten, and this threat from the West j
bears a peculiar significance. We may look
I for curious developments in this warfare of -
the river, but it is to be hoped that extreme
measures on either side will be avoided.
THE gallant SHKRRARD CLEMENS whose re
: cent speech in Congress against Sece.-sion ex
' cited such general admiration among the
| friends of the Union, was on Monday trium
phantly elected to the Virginia Convention by
' the people of his county, together with annth
ler anti-Secessionist. The friends of the Union
j also carried by decisive majorities the comities
;of the " Pan Handle,''as that part of Virgin
ia is called which lies between Pennsylvania
! and Ohio. Richmond also has elected two
j Unionists to one Secessionist, and from Pe
j tersburg, Norfolk. Alexandria and in fact all
i the rest of the State, as far as heard from
Union victories are reported.
TRAMPLING ON THE AMERICAN FLAG. —At a
; Richmond theatre, not long since, an actress
! (Miss Ilitchings, we are told) undertook to
sing " Ilail Columbia," or " The Star Spaug-
I led Banner," hut was promptly hissed She
j then came forward, bearing the stars and
stripe's, and sang the Southern Marseillaise,
during which she threw down the flag and
trampled upon it, w hi n
" At once there rose so wild a yell.
As atl the fiends from Heaven that Ml,
Had raised the banner cry of hell."
Every disgraceful insult that can be heap
ed upon our country s fbg in the Southern
! theatres is sure to win tumultuous applause ;
j but is such applause worth the cost !
, THF. PEACE CONVENTION. —The delegates to
the Convention called at the suggestion of the
Virginia Legislature, assembled at Washing
ton on Monday, and effected a temporary or
: ganization by the election of J. C. Wright of
Ohio, President. A motion to allow the pres
ence of members of the press was defeated, and t
: tlie Convention is to sit with closed doois
The delegates from Virginia will demand as
their ultimatum the "equality of the South" in
all the territories, and it is expected that Kcn
! tuckv, Maryland and Missouri will demand the
j same.
LOUISIANA has gone ahead even of South
■ Carolina in her disregard of the right of pro
i perty. the Mint and the Custom bouse at
New Orleans have been seized and a consid
erable sum of money deposited in the former
has been tnken possession of iu the name of
the State. Government drafts for the money
, have been repeatedly disregarded.
_ _
iirfcj SUftfrtfsenteitts.
Rally, freemen, Rally !
A I-EARFUL CRISIS in our National
: -A V. affairs is upon lis. Ft behooves every man to put
j forth his best efforts to arrest, if possible, the calamities
; that threaten our country.
| Al! our citizens, without distinction of pnrties, are re-
I guested to meet at the Court House, in Towanda. on
MONDAY EVENING, the lltli inst., for a mutual inter-
I change of seutimeuts and the adoption of such res<du
! tioas as may have a tendency to extricate the Govern
j ment from the perils that surrounded it. bv conciliation
: and compromise if possible, if not by the reeommauda-
I tion of a tirm and rigid enforcement of the laws necessa
j sary to its continued existence.
| Feb. 6.1861. MANY CITIZENS.
ORPHANS' COURT SALE.—By virtue
of an order of the Orphans' Court of Bradford Co.,
will be exposed to public sale, on the premises, on SAT
URDAY. the 2d day of March, 1861. at 1 o'clock p. M.,
the following property late the estate of Orange Bos- 1
worth, dee'd. situate in I'ike tp. and bounded and de
scribed as follows : On the north by lands of Wm. Brink's
estate, east by lands belonging to the heirs of said Win. '
Brink's estate and Mosely Ellsworth, south by lands OF;
Geo. D. Johnson and Jonathan Nichols and west by lands
of Stephen Brink, H. M. Tupper and R. B.Easterbrooks.
Containing about sixty acres, about fifty acres thereof
improved, with a framed dwelling house and framed
barn, small horse barn and two orchards thereon.
TERMS made known on the day of sale.
WM B STEPHENS,
BETSEY BOKWORTH.
FEB. 6,1861. Adw'rs. !
Jicto 3l&tofrtßcmcnts.
CAMFTOWN ACADEIVIV^
REV. S. F. BROWN. PRINCIPAL
rpirE Spring Term of this Inst;t ot j 0 .
.1. commence March 4. 1861, and continue p, I
TEUMS : Common English Branches, . w :' k - I
1 Higher Branches "5* |
Board convenient at reasonable prices i *> ll
I Feb. 7. lsiil.—3t.
A MUSICAL CONVENTION
TO KK HKi.l> AT ' I
ORWELL HIM,, BRADFORD COUNTY [q Nv !
f COMMENCING TUESDAY, |
' \_U 1661, to continue four days, and clo.-e wjo l ' 1
cert on Friday evening, March Mb, under the direct C< * I
IW. T. E. PERKINS, """I
.of the Normal Academy of Music. Ueneseo. X y fj
announcement of Prof. PKHKINH, as director is I
j cient guarantee to the musical public, that none * j
tend the convention will go away dissatisfied p1
PKRKINS is pronounced by al! who know him t i' v I
of the most efficient, systematic and popular tearU I
! the day. f
' I'm: UMVK BRANCH, by Prof. COOK and Pcnn*,
lie used, it is a new work of hatred Music s S
Music and Glees, just published, and will be furni.-. 1 [
singers during the convention free of charge, huar I
those having the Olive Branch are requested *,7*" I'
i them. J ■*< f:
Prof. J. VICKKRV and daughters of Dwego, Ny
attend the convention and concert and perform iom. 7" |
tine Pianoforte and Violin mn*fc, also the Ufo, 'V |'
1 brass band are expected to play at the concert. "* |
Amjde arrangements will be made toe u'enain, S
may come. A cordial invitation is extended to aV * I'!
,of music. ' I
| Admission to the wliolc course, including eoncer* r I
tlemen $l,OO : I.adies 50 cents ;—Concert 25 cents' i
By order Com. of Arrangements,
J : H. , I
CLOVER SEED.
I \ QUANTITY of CLOVER SEED J
-sit. received by ; ;
Jan. 28. IS6I. H-S. MERCUg I
LYXECUTOR'S i^j
1 J bv given that all persons indebted to the v :
CHRISTIAN BEVERLY, late of Overt .n tw|..d, C e,'7
J are hereby requested to make payment without Q,T
and ail persons having claims against said e-tate , :
them duly authenticated for settlement ' " i
SAMUEL A.V.IBL?
Jan.2t.lS6l. Execute- i
ORIDGE LETTING.'*—-Sealed |>ropo,
D will be received at the house of A.A.Xobb •
Monroe twp., on TUESDAY, Feb. th. lsci. until
. o'clock, p. rn.. for the building and completing a Bndi i
across the Schrader Branch ol the Towanda Creek , ;
that • !a'-e. Specifications for the same mar be <*,• k
saiii Noble's and at the Commissioner's usi:e for.., i
week previous to said letting.
P. H. BOCK,
w. A. TilOMta
W H. DECKEiL
Commissioner's Office. Jan.-24,1861. Com'rt
JANUARY 8, 1861
To the Ptople of Bradford County t ;
all other Pat rone of the
CASH DRl'B STORE! j
I TENDER my sincere thanks, for :> •
very lil eral patronage bestowed upon me. durs'j
the le-t year, in my New Medicine Building, upoa 11
, corner of Maine and Pine Streets,
i Devoting my whole attention to all branches pj
tabling to this business, and strictly adhering tn ua
grand aim of giving tlie best sntisfai tion. I intend tl
1 present opportunities for purchasers to procure materia
aocotdinc to their quality, at lower rates, than in ml
other store In this vicinity. lfy nana! assortment wit
. kept constantly supplied with" fresh purchases,
i Medical advice gratuitously given at the Office, chgj
i in? only for Medicine.
T *v •••■:.. la. It C. PORTER. K ' [
Zrsxl.
OHERIFFS SALE.—By virtue of -
, O writs of Vend. Expo., issued out of ti.r •.d i '
common pleas of Bradford county, state of
nia. to me directed, will be exposed to puliiic sa>
FRIDAY, the Rth day of March. A. D. l^di, at the we j
house, in Towanda. at 1 o'clock, p. m.. the follmrisij. j
scril>ed piece ot land situate in Smitlitieid tp.. iul a]
; tied u follows: Beginning at the centre of the ta.l
passing on the west line of aid lot, thence north Bi. q.fl
along the north line of G. A. French's farm lsfip uJ
post, thence n ulln rly 55 p. t a post on the lineal Iml
torraeviy E.ddna Adams now Wyllis Eames "at p. > ■
erlv of the old corner, thence southso 3 west aluaral
soiitlt line ol Wyiiis Eames Hd lt',4 p. to the ccr'.nS
the road a'ore aid. thence south 10- ca-t along saisr*a
53 p. to the beginning. Containing 50 acres with isjl
lowa nee ot 6 per rent for roads, lie the same mwfl
less, alsuitacres improved, one (ruined house, . s
framed barn and an orchard thereon, excepting fn m . ;
; above about five acres o| the improved land situMtjy
, tiie south west con er of ab" ve ee-crii-ed land s-<ica|
deeded l>i Joseph Hames to David Netvton now ■w
by K. lliiilbnrt.
Seized and taken info execution at the suit of Urns'®
Eames v.-. Joseph Amts.
ALSO—The f< I owing descritied !"t. piece or parr |i
land situate in Monroe township, Bradford Countr *1
state of Penn'a. bounded a follows : Beginning atuj
touwood stump inj the Towanda creek, ihence 1 . -■ k|
; 3 chains and 25 tluka to a post, thence by lard- o'Hl
Northrup north "1;° eat 5 clnins and 25 IdH to
stone heap, thence by land late o! S. Cranmer ueo - < v "
44° cast 11 cUaios and .'<B link- to a post, 'hr are
same south flj 0 east 4 chains and 74 link- •
thence hy the same south east 3 chainsi -diink*
to r. post. thence along the south side of lit'. - '.q\V
K. 5 chains and 52 links to the corner of J M t'.rtpVt.
thence along the same sonth 23'° east 3 clm>tti l *
links to tiie centie of sta'c road, thence along
66° east 4 chains and 22 links to a post, tlieiicr Y'rcil
of Wm. J Mason south 234 0 east .5 chains atnii-i otj
to a post, thence by land of 8. Cranmer dee'd seiifi.tw
west 45 links to a post, tlieur eby tlie same soun J;'l
: east 8 chains and 78 links t > a post, thence by the <vr'|
south east 5 chains and 62 link* to a i>ost at dsior 1
thence up the Towanda creek south 824° west 5 coin
! and 18 links to a post, thence up the same
west M chains and 37 links ton post and stones. l!*t'
up the snine north 30° west 2! chains and 30 lirksWU
beginning containing 23 acres more or less all impr 'f
one grist mill, one saw mill, one plaster mill.tour fn*
dwelling houses, two framed barns and a small crccr
thereon.
Seized and taken in execution at the suit of G.F.1 1
son against Charles Wells.
A. HANSON SPALDING, Sheni 1
Sheriffs Office, Feb. 7, 1861.
"fcXOTIOE.—The Commissioners- of Drad'oti
A-v County have fixed upon the following da" * j
dates for holding appeals, viz :
Athens twp., Athens boro", Armenia, Alban*. A'} " E
Burlington twp., Burlington boro", Burlington west BJIA |.
Monday Feb. 25. 1.61. I
Canton. Columbia. Franklin, Granville, HcrrbS -fj
Roy. Litchfield and Monroe tp., upon Tuesday. Let •) j
Monroe IMUO'. Orwell, Overton, Rome. Ridpl er;
Creek, Suiilbticld and Standing Stone, upon •
Feb. 27. or .
Springfield, Svlvania boro'. Sheshequin, Towaad*®
Towanda boro", Towanda north, Troy ooro' and lus*-
i ra upon Thursday Feb. 28. t j
Troy tp., Terry, Ulster. Warren, Wyahising. ' , r *
and W elles upon Friday March Ist.
Windham and Wilmot upon Saturday, March 2.
i Assessors will be punctual in delivering the
taxaldes and in making their returns in person "P' s ■-
1 day designated in their warrants, at which time
place the Board of Revision will attend and hear*'
as think themselves aggrieved by Assessment, ana
such alterations and deductions as may to th-m ** \
just. By order of C'om'rs,
E. T., COOLBAI'GII
Com'rs OlTice. Feb. 1, l e 6l. 1
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE S
-Li bv given, that all persons indebted to the c-t'f
ELBA/.ER WRIGHT. Lte of Litchfield tp.. df' 1 *
are heieby requested to make payment witlwat \
and all persous having claims against -aid e-tift
present them duly authenticated for settlement.
CYUI'S iiI.ODI'GOOL
SAMUEL DAVII'fOV
Jan. 1,1861. Exei ' a 7-1
\"UTII'E —Notice is hereby
JL? persons indebted to the estate OF
IRVINE, dee'd., that the accounts of said e'taf
main in the hands of the undersigned tor
the 16th of February, and will meet such persons
office of M'in. C. Bogart, Esq., in Towanoi, ° n . ,
DAY, of each week till that time, after
remaining unsettieii tbev will be placed in t() f '• |
of the proper officers for collection. ,„.-ivR 11
Jan 22, 1861. J. W. ; .
Special Notice. i
\ LL persons indebted to the
J.%- on the late firm of Humphrey A Wi kham
judgment or otherwise, are earnestly solicbed r ' j
immediate payment. Accounts remaining un 'j, ■' jj: j
in- placed in the iiauda of a legal agent ,ur jf'qM
ter the 10th of February next. After that (Pile |
scriber will sell good- for ready pay, and 1
to wait oa his old customers and .oh— - ''
him with a call. J.D.HI MI HM
( Jan. 17. 1861.