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.