porter. E. O. GOODRICH, EDITOR. TOWANDA Thursday Morning, December 12, 1861, REPORT Or THE SECRETARY OF WAR. If anything was needed to secure for the Secretary of War, an enviable National repu tation na an able and efficient officer, bis Re port, which will be found on the outside of j this day's issue, will be more than suffieieut. It is the ablest public document which has beea offered to the public in years. Clear and comprehensive in its language, it treats of the masters under notice, in an able manner, aDd in a style, which for beauty and perspicacity, will attract the attention of every reader. The Secretary already has the reputation of being a shrewd, practical business man. This Report 6tamps him a statesman of the highest order. No ordinary man could have given the public such a lucid and comprehensive rcsum of the vast and intricate operations of the War Department duriug the past year, while his suggestions and recommendations are marked with forethought and wisdom. From every quarter of the country comes a spontaneous tribute to the ability of this document, which has extorted praises from the bitterest of the Secretary's enemies. The people, who judge their public servants by their acts, recognize the Secretary as the Representative of the popular feeling, more ke<n!y alive thaD any other to the pulsations of the public heart. The concluding paragraphs, it is said, were filtered at the request of the President. We submit to our readers whether any improve ment has been effected. The recommenda tions of the Secretary, in our judgment, were well-timed aud wise, and such, as ultimately, the President himself will be glad to adopt. THE LATEST WAR NEWS O'u Saturday afternoon, a rebel battery of Six pieces, supported by 400 infantry and 209 cavalry, appeared on the Virginia side of the Potomac, at Dam No. 5. They at once opened fire upon the dam, and against the building on the Maryland side, burniug one barn, and rid dling several bonses with shot. To oppose the rebels, there were on one spot only one com pany o f the 13th Massachusetts Regimeot, armed with smooth-bore muskets, whose fire was very ineffective. The next morning, the rebels,emboldened by the weakness of our fire, | began their attack again in high spirits ; dur ing the night, howefer, there had come a re enforccmeut in the shape of a company of men with Enfield rifles ; they were hidden on the bank, and unexpectedly returned the enemy's fire with such sharpness that they were forced to retreat with the loss of 15 or 20. By Mon day noon, we had a battery in position to do good execution in case of another attack. The Richmond papers of Thursday contain a dispatch, dated Savannah, the 4th inst., which says that sixteen of the Union vessels were inside of the bar, and that an attack on Fort Polaski was hourly expected. If this is so, we must be on the watch for news of the most stirring nature. By the arrival of the Vandcrbilt on Friday we have later news from Port Royal. The troops under Gen. Sherman have beeu engag ed in the most severe labor since they reached Hilton Heed, labor which might have been performed by the slaves if the policy of the Commanding General had allowed him to take advantage of the aid within his reach. Hil ton Head Island is now in course of thorough intrenchmeut, storehouses are building, and a fine wharf will soon be fiuisbed. Beaufort has not been occupied for some time. Importaut reconnoissances have been made ; partially completed and entirely abandoned, fortifica tions were found. The expedition which recently been fitting out from Port Royal was to sail within three or four days. Much im patience is felt by the troops because they are net allowed to take Savannah and Charleston. Tbe destruction of cotton by the rebels, in or der to prevent it from falling iuto our hands, ia wide spread. Our latest advices from Missouri relative to Ben. M'Culloch are to tbe effect that be has gone into Wiuter quarters on Pear Ridge, near Bentonville.Beutou County, Ark. This gives the lie to the manifestly improbable story that he had surrounded Gen. Sigel at Sedalia. The Rebel Hays, with 300 men, trade a dash into Independence, Mo., on Monday, and seized all the horses belonging to the Pacific Stage Com pany, beside making a general Confiscation of all property belonging to Union citizens. Oo Friday a party of exasperated citizens of Sedalia, Mo., attacked a gang of returned Rehels from Price's army,under Capts Young and Wheatley, at a place about twenty miles west of the place mentioned. Ten of the Reb els were killed or wounded. Among the killed were Capt. Youug. Gen. Prentice at St. Joseph, Mo., on Wednesday addressed a large crowd of the citizens of that place, declaring in the most solemn manner that he would compel every Secessionist there to take the oath'of allegiance to the United States Government,or he would set them at work In the trenches of Fort Smith. The speech delighted the loyal, but sent consternation into the ranks of the trai tors. The latest news from Trice is that he has moved a short distance from Osceola with a part of his force. The steamship Arago, with General Scott on board, reached Southampton from New- York on the 23d ultimo, in the afternoon—a fact which of course dismisses at once all the rumors of her capture by the rebels. Nothing of importance has occurred iu the army of the Potomac. The scouts from Gen. Wadswortb's brigade, which have beeu scour- country since Friday last, report that I Flint Hill aud Fairfax Court Honsc arc entire ly abandoned by the rebels, The government, it is said, is contemplating a general exchange of prisoners with the reb els, iu order to release the officers and soldiers of the Union army from the miseries which they nre suffering in their Southern prisous.— Such a measure will bring consolation to many a Northern fireside. Geu. Banks has taken up h's wiuter quar ters at Fredrick, Md. He was received there with great apparent enthusiasm by the inhabi tauts, and located himself in the residence of Colonel Bradley J. Johnson, of the rebel ar my. There are uo signs of the rebels between Harper's Ferry and Point of Rocks, where j Colonel Geary's command is keeping a vigi lant lookout for them. CONGRESS. Mr. Bovejoy on Monday offered, in the House of Representatives,a resolution request ing the President to revoke the clause of Gen j Haleck's recent order relating to fugitive slaves, Mr. Lansing of New-York proposed a substi tute, which was accepted by Mr. Lovejoy ; this gose on to say that, whereas Gen. Hal leek had issued an order prohibiting negroes from coming within bis lines, and excluding all within the same at the date of the order ; and whereas a different policy and practice prevails elsewhere by the direction of the Administra tion ; and whereas the said order is cruel and inhuman, and, iu the judgement of the House, i based ou co military necessity ; therefore, re solved, that the President be requested to di rect GOD. Ilalleck to recall his order, or cause it to conform to the practice of other Dcprat mauts of the army. The consideration of the subject was postponed for further discussion. A Republican caucus of Representatives was hold on Monday evening at Washington. Mr. Bingharu of Ohio introducad a resolution to the effect that Congress should pass an act confiscating every kind of rebel property.— He was followed by Thaddens Stevens, Judge Kcllv, Gen. Lane, Norris, Davis, Ashley, and others. Mr. Stevens stated with deliberation ; that after the recent report of Mr. Cameron had been accepted by the President, Gen. M'Clellan went to the latter and threatened to resign unless the passage concerning the arming of the slaves were modified. The resolution of inquiry into the causes which led to the disaster at Bull Run being on Monday taken up in the Senate, a debate at some length ensued. Mr. Sherman of Ohio thought that the inquiry should extend to the whole conduct of the war. Many orders of commanding officers need inquiring into. For instance, there was issued by one an order to receive no cotton ; from another to receive no slaves; a high officer, the Adjutant Geneal has been traveling about the country to pick up scraps of evidence worth nothing when obtain ed. All these matters, and many others, be thought, needed inquiring into. If he could iufnse into the army the spirit of the people, the war would be soon ended. The resolution was adopted, tt&r Governor Letcher's Message to the Legislature of Virginia contains a very valua ble summary of the proceeding of Virginia in i the iuftiatory stages ol the rebellion, and the precautions which that venerable State took | in advance of the outbreak to provide herself with arms and ammunition. Aided by Mr. ! Floyd, it appears that vast quantity of arms j and gunpowder were stored away for the pur pose of the iutended treason of Virginia. For some time anterior to the secession—says Gov ernor Letcher—she had been engaged in the purchase of arms of different kinds, ammuni ! iion,and other uecessary articles,aud in mount ! ing artillery, in anticipation of the event which subsequently occurred. And how adroitly this " purchase" of arms was effected he ex plains in the following way:—" Ou the 28 day of February, 1846, the Legislature directed the Superintendent of the Armory to sell, un der the direction of the Executive, all such arms and accoutrements then in the armory as were not worth repairing. This order was construed by Governor Floyd to include the iron six pounders then at the armory, and by an order dated February 22, 1849, the Super- I iutendent was directed to sell them at no less then 25 dollars each. Fortuuatelv for us, there were no bidders at that price, and the guns remained in the possession of the State, aud now each one of those pieces is in the field, aud they have proved to be equal to any guns of like calibre now in service. How small a circumstance (he means the treachery of Floyd) controls the greatest events. What embarrass ments would have attended our operations in this important straggle, if these pieces bad not been in our possession." Governor Letcher says, that Virginia has now in the field 76,000 men, and that the expenditures of the State i since April last have been six million of dol j lars. lie deplores the defection of Western Virginia and the unhappy condition of Mary j laDd, but declares that there can be no cotn j promise with the " Lincoln government." The | war is to be war to the death. CARTRIOQKS IssrED. —It is Btated that be tween the Ist of July ami the Ist of November four months, ten millions of cartridges for muskets and small arms, were issued by the Ordnance Department to the Army on the Potomac. This enormous expenditure of cart ridges is due mainly to target practice among the troops Brownlow's Victory. The FightiDg Parson of East Tennessee bas struck a severe blow at the rebels. Without waiting for the advance of a federal army, led by a duly commissioned federal General.be has won an important victory. We have only brief accounts of the battle from the rebel newspa pers of Memphis,but they say their forces were completely routed. Their loss, in killed and wounded is also acknowledged to be very large. The place where this battle Occurred is Mor ristown, Jefferson county, a village and station on the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad, forty-two miles northeast of Knoxville. At the time of the first uprising of the I'nion men in hat region, about a month ago, they burned the railroad bridge at Strawberry Plains,which is nearly mid way between Morristown and Knoxville. They also burned a bridge over Lick Creek, in Greeuc county, which is north east of Morristown. In this space the Ui.iou men have been able to rally their forces, the rebels being cut off from reinforcemeuts both iu the direction of Knoxville and that of South western Virgiuia. The Union men have been "improving the time." Lately the rebel pa pers of Tennessee have been wondering where Brownlow was. Doubtless, he was somewhere near Morristown, aud he suddenly let them know exactly where he was last Sunday, by attacking them with a force which their terror exaggerates to three thousand, aud completely routing them. Probably he had uot more than half that number. This brilliant success, in a quarter where it was uot expected,is most encouraging. It leads to the belief that tlie Union men of East Ten nessee can hold their own until General Buell's great army is ready to march into the State. But there should be an energetic effort to hasten reinforcements to Parson Browulow The rebels are gathering a strong force at Knoxville, with Major Gen. Crittenden at their head. It Browulow had five thousand troops sent to him, he could effectively oppose any force Critter den is likely to bring against him. Let him have the men, and let him alsr have a Brigadier General's commission. He lias fairly woo it, and is much more deserving of it than some of the o'hereiviliacs that have been honored. With Brigadier General Biownlow on our side in East Tnnessee, and Major Gen eral Polk on the other side in the west, the church militant will be fairly represented.— Phil a delph ia B uliel in. Tus CASE OF PANAMAS'. —The court martial which originally tried and convicted the pri vate Lanahan for the murder of Major Lewis, of the 46th Pennsylvania, was reconvened la.st week, to reconsider that case. When Lana uan was called upon to plead, he replied "guil ty, for," he said, " I committed the deed, and am willing to suffer for it, although I had no desire to take his or any man's life." The on ly witness against him, be said, did not exag gerate his offence, but had stated one or two incidents couuected with the affair of which the prisoner had no recollection ; tint as he had previously been partially intoxicated, and had but an indefinite conception of the whole transaction, it was possible nothing had been misstated or modified. lie spoke with much feeling of the officers of the Provost Guard, enumerating by name Major Stone, Captain Wenrick, Lieutenants Augustine and Vnorhes, and Adjutant Patch. The other prisoners, too, he said, had respected his condition, and through the canvass of his tent he had often heard expressed fervent hopes for his welfare and his escape from the extreme penalty of of the law ; hut he had no hope of the latter. The sentence of death had been or would be, pronounced against Lim, and he was, through the consolation of religion, ready to expiate his crime. He thought great forbearance was exhibited towards him, that he was net killed ou the spot, when he shot the Major; and for this he was thankful. He said :Ou the open ing of this war he had left his home in good health and with a warm heart, to aid in pre serving the Government and the Union. He served three months, re-enlisted for the war, ' and up to the time ot the act, for which he ex ' pected to suffer, he had no other object to ac ; complish, and no hostility ngaiust any one I save the enemies of his couutry. lie was crazed, lie said, when he fired the fatal shot. ! Rev. Father Dougherty, of Rockvillo, con : tinues to visit Lanahan, and ministers to him ( the consolations of the Catholic religion. THE RF.BEL ARMV AT CENTREVILLE.—A deserter from the Eighth Louisiana Regiment, came to the Federal ii ies on Tuesday. His name was Brailev, from Lowell, Mjiss., and he joined the regiment in Richmond six months ago. His regiment was paid in Confederate scrip two months after being raised, and for four months has received nothing. They were supplied merely with fresh bread and beef—-no salt Much dysentery prevails. He states there are thirty five pieces of heavy ord lauco at Manassas, where the sick are kept, and but few soldiers. At Centreville there are fifty thou sand men aud one hundred and seventy five field pieces, in the fortifications, but not all mounted. On every road leading from Centre ville, entrenchments are thrown up, each with four field pieces, which are so constructed that retreat can be effected from one to another A review of the army took place lust Thurs day by Gens. Johuson, Beauregard, and Kirby Smith. Clothing in Lis regiment is very scarce and cotton cloth, of various colors, is donated by vurious persons through the South. HORRIBLE SCICIDE. —Yesterday afternoon, about 1 o'clock, a German shoemaker, named Joseph Albrecht, aged abont fifty years, re siding at No. 110 Baldwin street, corner of Fifth street, committed suicide by deliberate ly cutting his throat with a razor. The par ticulars of this horrible tragedy, as far as we were able to learn them, are as follows : On Thursday night, the 28th ult., the deceased and his wife had a quarrel, during which he threw a lamp at her. That night she went off, taking no clothing with her except what she had worn during the day, and has not been heard from since, although thorough search has been made for her. Since then he has been living aloue, stayiug within doors nearly all of the time, aud undoubtedly his mind became disordered in dwelling upou his domestic troubles, until at last he was goaded on to the suicide's death 1 He was discover ed, a short time after committing the deed, iu an adjoining wood-house, where he was lying in the agonies of death, with a large pool of blood surrounding him, and expired in about twenty minutes. No inquest had yet been held upon the remaius at 6 p. m. — Elmira Press, 6 th inst. American Hag now floats in all the States, except Arkansas and Alabama. Abstract of the Report of the Postmas ter General. The Postmaster General's report states that the Whole number of post offices in the United States on the 30th of June, 1801, was 28,586; and that the entire number of cases acted upon during the same period was 10,638, including appointments made by the President of I bet United States. The whole number of appoint-j merits made by the Postmaster General was 9,235, and the number by the President during the same period, 337. The aggregate earnings of the different trans-Atlantic steamship lines during the year ■ ending June 30, 1861, were $392,887,63. The expenditures of the department in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1861, amounted to $13,006,759, 11. The expenditures were $14,874,772 89, show ing a decrease in 3801 ot $1,208,013 78. The gross revenue fer the year 1861, includ ; ing receipts from letter carriers and from for j eign postages, amounted to $,349,290 40. The estimated deficiency of means for 18GI, ' as presented in the annual report from this de- : pnrtment December 3, 1859, was $5,988,424 40. Deducting the actual deficiency, $4051,- 900 98, and there is an excess of estimated de ficieucv over actual deficiency of $1,436,457- 00 The revenue from all sources dur ing t lie year 1860 amounted to $9,218,007 40 The revenue from all sources dur ing the year ISOl.amouutcd to 9,049,290 40 Decrease of revenue for 18G1 $108,771 00 The net proceeds from post offices in the loval States for I lie fiscal years ending June 30, 1860, $3,688,090 56, and in 1801, $3 801,- ! 487 08, showing an increase in 1801 of $112,- 790 52 ; and in tlie disloyal States, in 1800 j $820,540 57, and ISOI of $142,839 81. The decrease in 1801 from the net proceeds of 1804 iu all the States appears to be $30,- 043 29. Statement of the receipts and ex i penditures of the disloyal states and amount alleged to lie due to contractors ; also, the j amount actually paid to contractors from ! July I, 1860, to May 31, 1801 Total expenditure $3,699,150 47 ' Total gross receipts 1,241,220 05 Excess of expenditures over receipts $2,457,930 42 ; Amount ullegt d to be due to con tractors for transportation 3,135,637 12 Amount actually paid for trans portation 2 323,001 03 "Leaving amount alleged to he due and unpaid $312,595 49 The estimate of the total expenditures lor iB6O is somewhat less than those of previous j years heretofore submitted. This difference arises from the fact that only partial estimates are made for the eo.stof postal service in states ! where it is now suspended. The appropriation for defences in 1802 was $5,391,350 03, while the amount estimated to be required from the Treasury for 1801, is $8,145,000. The whole number of ordinary dead letters | received and examined during the year was about 2,550,000. The number of these letters containing I money, which were registered and sent out during the year cudiug Juue CO, 1801 was 10,580. The number of dead letters returned un opened to foreign countries during the fiscal year was 111,147, which added to the number j of domestic letters (103,880), sent out as above, gives the whole uuuioir sent out from the dead letter office for the year, 215,033 The result of successful investigation iu 7,560 cases, confirms the pust experience of the de partment, that the failure of a letter to reach its desjiiiation is, in the vast majority of iu stances, the fault alone of the writer or sender. • Out ot the above 7,560 valuable dead letters, 3,095 were directed to the wrong office, 407 were imperfectly addressed ; 012 were directed to transient persons ; 257 to parties who had changed their residences ; 821 were addressed to facititious persons or firms ; 83 wereuucall cd for ; 10 without any directions ; 1,130 were not mailed for want ol postage stamps; 79 were mis-sent ; and for the failure of postmas ters to deliver 133, 110 satisfactory reason was assigned. The dt partmunt tberelore can justly be held responsible for the 11011 delivery of hut 212 of these letters. Much other valuable data is given on this subject, and it is worthy of remark that out of i 70,709 letters, before alluded to, originating in the loyal states, and addressed to residents of disloyal states, 40,0t)0 eoukl not be return- j ed, either because the signature of the writer | was incomplete, or because tlie letter contain ed no clue to his residence. The experience , of the Department shows that a large propor tion of domestic letters written by educated persons, and particularly women, are deficient iu one or both of these respects In view of these and other tacts the Post master lit •neral suggests that valuable dead letters, when returned to their owners, should be charged with treble the ordinary rate of postage, comprising one rate for returu trans portatiou to the dead letter office, one rate tor registration there, and one rate for return transportation to the writers or owners. A treaty with Mexico has been concluded, awaiting the ratification by Mexico, establish ing a common international rate of twenty-five cents on letters, with other useful provisions. The Postmaster General has accepted the offer made in 1857 by Great Britain tor a re duction of the international rate between the two countries on letters from twenty-four to twelve cents, which, however,has not yet gone j into operation, as it awaits the response of the : British office. The above abstract presents merely a few j of the points of the important report. The Postmaster-General gives at length his : reason for the change of contracts, for dis loyalty. Not only was it unsafe, he says, to entrust the transportation of the mails to a 1 person who refused or failed to recognize the I sanctity of an oath, but to continue payment i of public money to the enemies of the govern -1 rnent and their allies was to give direct aid and comfort to treason in arms. We could not thus permit this branch of government to contribute to its own overthrow. The Postmaster General also gives his reasons for excluding disloyal publications from the mails. To await the results so slow judicial prosecution was to allow crime to be consummated, with the expectation of subse quent punishment, instead of preventing its accomplishment by prompt and direct interfer ence. Of the case presented for his action,up on the principles which he names, he has, by order, excluded from the mails twelve of these treasonable publications, of which several had been previously presented by the grand jury as incendiary aud hostile to constitutional au ■ thority. While the Postmaster General did not claim the authority to suppress any newspapers,how ever disloyal aud treasonable its contents, the Department coold not be called upon to them circulation. "It could not and would not interfere with the freedom secured by law. but it could and did obstruct the dissemina tion of that license which was without the pale of the constitution and law. The mails' established by the United States government could not, upon any known principles of law or public right, be used for its destruction As well could the common carrier he legally j required to transport a machine designed for the destruction of the vehicle conveying it, or an innkeeper be compelled to entertain n traveler whom he knew to he intending to commit a robbery in his house." He finds these views supported by the high authority of the late Chief Justice Story, of the Supreme Court of the United States,whose opinion he quotes. Spirited Skirmish At Amiandale. WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. Col. Leonard of the Thirteenth Massachu setts, telegraphed Blanks, yesterday, that his men at Hancock shelled and dispersed a party passing Westward, too smull lor an j attack, but large enough to incite minor. For some liuie past the enemy sent out daily, from Fairfax Court House, a scouting paty ot 1,000 or 2,0u0 men. It break up into squads of 59 or 100, who attack smaller bodies of our men. Ttiey have been very trou'ilesom to our picket guards of late,one of w hom,composed of twelve ol Gen. Bleuker'e men, were captured the other day. Another, or as a prisoner says, the same paity, had worse luck last night. Lieut. Knight, Company B 31 New Jer sey, went with filly five men as far as Burk s 1 Station on the Orange aud Alexandria Kail- j road. They stretched two telegraph wires j across Old Bra.Jdock 11 oil, one as high a the forehead of a man on horseback, the otb er lower, and awaited the result on this side 1 Presently half a company of rebel cavalry dashed upon a charge. The wires uuseated i two or tinee,and ihrew the rest into confusion, j Our men rushed up, emptied six saddles, and t.aik one piisoner. Fight of the party wlui were in ainliu.-h completed the rout, ami emp tied two more saddles. Kg t horses gallop-; within out lines On the return of the party, another prisoner was taken, W. 11. Johnson, of Company I). First New York Cavalry, who had deserted the night tiefore. We lost Ste pi.tn Tompkins, Company B, New Jersey 3i, who was wounded with a pistol shot and is mis-iug ; New berry shot in the arm and side, who was brought into camp. The hor>emau taken pris-ouer was Orderly Sergent T 11 Douliam, of the S.xtli Georgia Hussars. IB gives information re.-jec'iiig the enemy's scout ing expeditions. He says that the post office hitherto ut Fairfax, has been removed to M annssas. Among the papers in his pock et book was a slip from a Southern paper, containing the following telegram : NEW ORLEANS, Nov 23. —Over twenty-eight thousand troors were reviewed toly by Gov Moore, Major G neral Lovtll and Brigadier General Buggies. The line was over seven miles long. One regiment comprised i ,400 free colored men. ike review was one ol the greatest affairs ever witnessed on thi conti nent. One company displayed a black flag, whose motto was, "We give aud take no quarters." NEW YORK, Dec G —The steamer Bavaria arrived to-day and brought 69,000 s;ai.d ot arms for the L". 8. Government purchased in Belgium. A letter from Port Royal, received by the steamer Yandefbilt, states that the Seventy ninth New York regiment made a recouuois sauce towaids Charleston capturing three bat teries, and after spiking the guns they return ed, having approached within twenty miles of Charleston. The ship Pamper#, and the gunboats De i Sota, Anderson aud Seaman were at Key West on the 24th ult. Tiie British liaik Colinda was abandoned at sea in a sinking condition on the 21 inst. S l -. - was bound hence for Cork. The Captain and crew have arrived here on board lue bark j Chrysalis. A large ammonnt of cotton was found ready for shipment, but the rebels were destroying most ot it. Abont a thousand contrabands were em ployed about the forts, aud others were coni iug in. THE IIKKNAN AND MACE FIGHT FOR THE C HAMITONSIIII' —The leading topic among the sporting men is the great 1 iteriiational matcn now on the tapis between Ileenan and Mice, the American and English champions. lice nan's challenge has already appeared,whether i ;iu be offered to allow Mo re a liberal percen tage to fight in the United States or Canada | The Sporting Life, an English, publication, on behalf of Muce,accepts Heeuan's challenge, whether Mace is victorious or not in his forth coming fight with King, in January next. The maO'li with Heenan and Mace is to be tor sl9, 000, Mace to b' allowed $2,500 for traveling expenses to this country, and Heeuati is to enter into a bond f or $7,0 >0 as a guard against all outside interference The terms have been accepted by Heenan, and the article wiii at once be drawn up and signed. GRAIN* TRADE IN CHICAGO. —The increase in the grain trade of Chicago, is truly wonderful, j The Tribune of that city, in its issue of Mon day says : j Although we are just at the end of the lltli I month of 1801, our reeeip s of all kinds of graiu (including flour, reduced to wheat) | amount to 54,093,219 bushels In 1860 the receipts amounted to 30,504.772 bushels, and they were thought to be enormous as they ex ceeded those of any previous jear of our history by thirteen millions of bushels. But during the past eleven months we have received 17, 588,447 bushels tnore than we received in the entire year of 1860, and even then we had to tell the farmers and producers to keep back their grain, as we had neither storage room for it Dor vessels to carry it away. EXPLOSION OF A LOCOMOTIVE BOILER. —On Thursday Inst, the boiler of a locomotive ex ploded at Wrightsville, Pa., on the York and Wrightsville Railroad. The engineer, Chas Geiselman. and the fireman, Jesse Bort man, were killed. It appears that the engine had recently been repaired, and upon trial j found to fall short of schedule time. In order to increase the speed, it was determined to pro ! duce more heat and more steam before start ing, and to do this it was necessary to keep a a short allowance of water in the boiler, which was smaller than the average size. Hence the explosion. BISHOP HFGHES IS ET* R O^R_TUW? ,R l reemnn s Journal, of the 20th Xovm i " ports the object of Bi sho p HNEHETF ?- ,re ' Europe thus : The Most Rev I. r tj 18lt 10 I Archbishop of New York, was a , 1 passengeis on board the Africa wuT"*- I*® 1 *® at Queenstown on Monday. lii s VB j stay a short wbiie in this country \ Q ' ■ obtain a sufficient number of Catholic T 10 men to afford a chaplain to each of the I regiments requiring one. He will n. en nioß ceed to Rome to obtain the NEEETTSNR* pr ° to grant faculties to SHC-II chaplains FL!" they can officiate in whatever dio'cw*. regiments to which they may be attaol ri happen to be. ' 11 DMk J On the sth inst . by the Rev. Benjamin bouse of Mr. Lucius Beer*, in North T?- " , LLURUK I'l LI.XV to Miss SARAH FTEEFTL *' £UU) SHJtoertt'JBRMNUS. """ POR SALE Tlie SUBSCRIBER , * 1. a V OKK <JE OXEN, oflarge size, well M it-'. •'* in good order- age, between 8 and 3 yeats J| IDF*1 DF * farther use lor them will SELL the GAME ou A VTR with approved security. VV b .-I-T, 1 .?" Towanda, Dee. 10, ISFLL. " "LV, rro THE ( GMMISSIONERS OF up X EOKD COUNTY — GENTLEMEN : —AS ken-t . again . ft r my services as clerk of your Board • • J ..I FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS perann-m, ' BSL-V' 3 in the precedent est Ididied by the REPUBLICAN . LLR !' our county, ol rotation in offi e. I am IMBUED T V my services to yon AS yonr clerk, withont the ma in the lewst of TRYING to interfere VITH the PROU,,,** any other applicant lor the same position. I PUD„ * self if appointed, to perform the duiie- to the I*.;V J know ledge and ability. Very KESPECTFNLIV * Towan da, Nov. IS6I. ' A I>MINISTRA TOR'S NOTK K -* is hereby given, that all persons INDENTED t -R,.„ tate of .lAMK'S GORDON, lute of Well- T J,. DE-Q requested to make payment without delay, and THOSE W iilg CLAIMS AGAINST SAID estate will present them .; , ti.cnti- ll'ud R.R settlement. THOM AS O'.VKv' "* A D MINI STR A TOR'S NOTK E X . is h.-re!iy given. lliut;I!L PER-OUS iudeh ED to tlier tate of JAS. M. SOIX)MOM. I .te ol Wysdusiuz tp. DEED are req le-ted to in ike payment without delay ">nd lij<vi having - laiin- against seid ESTATE, will present IH-M DAR authenticated T>r settlement. DAVID G GOOUI.V '' Dec. 11, HGL. Admiui-traVir. ADM I XISTRAtOR'S NOTICE S - 7 V is hereby given, that all PERSONS indebted t. N* estate ol Andrew Pendleton dec J . late ol Wairrntv are herel-v requested to made payment without OR lay and all persons h iving demands "against -aidr-ttiu wiii present them duly authenticated lor SETTIER*,. EDWIN E. BUI'FINS [ I\." New 27,1 NIL. Adm atru •?. EpXECI rOR'S NOTICE —Not IS H-RE. I J -. .- sen. tli t all persons indebted P, rite ESTATE N' IVAUREN ALLEN, deed . late ol Sit..':. IYJD tirp . , 1( . hereby requested to make immediate payment, AND S persons having dem tnds against SI,L e-V.ite \ILRV. present them duly autheuti wtod for selliemeut. AI IIS \H A LI. F.N SAMUEL EARWKH, Oct. M. ISC,T, Ex. ( pXECUTRIX S NOTK y F. Notice is ftervs JLj b-, given, that I perwons indebted T -: estate j JONATII *. N If ILL, de.-'d , life ot Smit! lieltl TWP IS 1 SROHY icq TESTED t-. M.iki- immed ate payment ..NDAD peis-uis LI-ving ftem oefs against -aid estate I PIN* pre-.-ut liit-M boh . ithciitii-ited for settlement. ACiISAIi BALL, (r.W Arhs.ih \l>T Oct IG.lsqt. Ex* Ai i \ DM IN ISTR ATRIX'S NOTICE N - i\ i- herehv giveu. that all persons indebtedt ;h • tate oi D ANIEL STRONG dm 'd.. late OF WEI;, t#:, . ate hereby rc-ptested to MAKE payment wit!, -CO > and all persons having demand-- ... . :I-t <nid esut- * i present litem d'tlv autheiiticatts! I. r tn - T. LLTKETI \ STRTIXC. Sept. 2.5, 1 STFLL. Admi ii-trairit A DMINISTRATOR'S NOTRE > i. \ is herehv GIN a. that a! • - CI- -. '• ted to it ■ tate of OHUASIKL TRACY, D- D . lite of Smittilie are hereby requested to make payment wVHs. -t V.: and nil JA.RSO;I having de n..nd< G T.'lt said • -tatt >J NRI-seut t- at it T!v auttieiiti a ted lor -• "H-M-- 1 '. A'L 1 UDI TOR'S N*I" 1 1 'E £ j , \ i, ~ pirra ci t/ Roam I XO. M ■ ■ ■ at pointineiii al bis !U in the Hero GH I - ■ on THURSDAY, the 23D day '-r JANUARY. 1- -■ 1 o'CLO K, ". M.. when and wliere all . - - -I I the - inn- oi be forever debarred thrr-fr ttt THOMAS RVOV Dec. 11.1-•!. \UDT TOR'S NOTICE - i the n ttei ' . tkf e*txtt of EH Gib')*. I. Orphans' UOARTD Brail.' ud C" iny. Xoti CIS hen-iiy given, tlia". tl • GN<- in A ditor. AJ!> tinted by MU Court t - dWt t. te • • encnm in tip .LAUDS OL tiie admiuistr.it wiii atU-un t V-E f his a ... dntm nt it H C in the B'r<* A Towanda, on 81 TURD AY ' .-ty •■( J\M A' 1 K6T, at I o'< ' K. PM -■ ns upon said tu • -' !■ - -' ~ :: * the®. be former debarred trout the Dec. 4 EDITOR'S NOTICE A - V Jotrph nton FLEAS of lead: UD county, XI. 1 HE a - 1-!. Notice is hereby G'ven. that the under. - ' - tor,appointed ly Hit 4 sanl l nt t t-> ii-I ri• i<*• - property, will atten I to the ilutlw of bis . hi- ofti- C in tin- Ihrmicli >' T .w.iud t Y <>F atid whete all ersons having T present thein, or else be torever deuarti . P. 1). Dec. 10. LSGL. K ORPHANS' COUR r SAJ of an order of the Orphans' t>urt I' Braol R tv. the undersigned, administr .: roi I NA-B' )■ deceased, will seilatpublle and n alt that ci piece or parcel ot land situate in >VA-.IUU "'(""JB".' bounded as follows : On the M rth by bte - > ■ • ■ the EAST bv the public road leading TO Arm ■:>'• south by the lands of U.S. Ah x.tmVr. AND.-NW by lands ot Meli-see BristolL U-ntatmn? ABOI-1 acre, with ore framed dwelling lee.--. " V trees thereon, on SATURDA Y ■ the tilt L- V ' - , A. D Istll. at 12 o'clock. M.. at the public house ; M. H-iss.in said Borough of Wyvania. Terms made known on day OL *A - - N . R J. A L ITISI - -. 10,1861. \ DMINISTRATOR'SNOTK E l\ is herehv given, that all pers.ns ! estate of BULL SMITH, dece I-.-D, i township, are requested to make P y a and those having claims against the >an. T-- ' I present tlem duly authenticated ,L ' j Dec. 5,1361. _ A.lnn-- :I . ORPHAN'S COURT SAI E \/ of AN order ol the Otph IN S I mrt ■- ty. will lie exposed to public sale, on IHE „ Rome twp.. on Monday, December ■' J certain lot, piece or parcel ot land !y • "' !F , \I township of Rome, in S ;1 ID county. >t; , ,Y) 1H AX B HILL. dee d , hoiindt l ast, A - by land set apart TO widow by appr.ti -eat- • . N bv lands ot E. M High. on the EI-t tV ■ U by lite said Nathan Hill, west by lands O B. Bnmau, containing 28 acres aud TU I" proved. „O,T. N W ALS-I—The decedents interest in a REW | or parcel of land contracted ol MM. H ' • on the north by laud of Thorn ts .1. V- - '; lands of E. M. AIGLI. LAST by lands ot • the west by lands of said Nathan B ■ ; VC J tainingabout 4" acres, about L> ACRES -'b; , TKIIMS OF SALE. — One fourth OF the Y F - paid on confirmation of the sale, auu ■' H months therefrom, with R me, De 5. 1- ,; 1. . "VROTICE A SPECIAL MI ■ 'XI the Stockholders of the ML- • ,J AV '> | A COAL COMPANY, will he held OU day D.-.ember. A. D. LJL*. AT H office of the Company. N. M.( Philadelphia, tor the purpose _.T recet the Directors of the causes who 1- the assignment in L'rust ol the L 1 of taking such action AS the ,N D '. R ' I " ,| OD era may t equire in the present sit • ;f 0 JJ.OLF affairs. HAVEY SH AW, SHI Y. Nov '.'l. TS6L.
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