NEWS FROM ALL NATIONS.
—Major General Banks has received or
ders to return to New Orleans.
—Hon. Jacob Broom formerly M. C. from
Philadelphia, died last week in Washington.
—The pirate Semms is reported to have
arrived at Bagdad, Mexico, on October 15th, en
ronte for Richmond via. Matamoras.
—Mr. and Mrs. Brewer, of Wayne coun
ty, Ky., have twenty-two children. This is, per
haps the most extensive brewery in the West.
—Hon. Frederick W. Seward, of New
York, Assistant Secretary of State of the United
States, is confined to his room by a broken arm.
—Hon. Reuben E. Fenton, Governor elect
of New York, has written his resignation as mem
ber of Congress, to take effect Dec. 20th.
—Maj. Gen. John A. McClernand and
Brig. Gen's. Neal, Dow, and E. A. Paine have re
signed, and their resignations have been accepted.
—Mr. Enos Prizer, senior editor and pro
prietor of the Bucks County Intelligencer, died at his
residence, in Doylestown, on the 25th nit
—The rebel General Wayne, now in com
mand of a body of rebels in Georgia, alluded to in
the Richmond papers, is a son of Judge Wayne of
the Supreme Court.
—Maj. Gen. Pope has received orders
from the War Department to report to Washington.
It is very probable that he is to be placed in an ac
tive command.
—Lyman Cobb, widely known as the au
thor of various school books, mainly of an elemen
tary character, died at Colesbnrg, Potter county,
Pa., on the 20th ult., aged about 65 years.
—Gov. Curtin has been presented by
Bishop Wood, of Philadelphia, with a solid silver
medal, ten inches in circumference, commemorat
ing the dedication of the Catholic Cathedral in that
city.
—Gov. Curtin has appointed John Ken
nedy Ewing, son of ex-Judge Nathaniel Ewing, to
fill the vacancy caused by the decease of Judge
Lindsay, in the Fourteenth district, composed of
the counties of Washington, Fayette and Greene.
—Mrs. Sarah Hutchins, of Baltimore, re
cently convicted of giving aid and comfort to the
enemies of her country, is now in Fitehburg, Mass.,
House of Correction, under five years' sentence.
She is the woman who presented a sword to the
rebel Harry Gilmore.
—rWilliam Overfield, Esq., at one time a
member of the House of Representatives and Sen
ate of this State, from Luzerne county, and after
wards a Canal Commissioner, died at his residence,
in Monroe county, on the 21st ult., at the advanced
age of 78 years. He was always an active and
prominent Democrat.
—Ex-Gov. Erast us Fairbanks, of Ver
mont, died at St. Johnslrary, on Sunday the 29th.
He was 72 years of age, and without reproach in
his public and private life. To the business world
he was known as a leading member of the firm
which manufactures scales in that secluded Green
Mountain village.
—The Rebel emissaries in New York
seem to be bent upon their work of destruction.
A large lire occurred in -that city on Wednesday by
which a lumber yard adjoining Government ware
houses containing immense quantities of clothing
was destroyed, involving a loss of SIOO,OOO. The
warehouses fortunately escaped. As in the case
of firing the hotels, phosphorus was used.
—Hon. James Speed, a leading lawyer
and earnest emancipationist of Kentucky, has been
appointed Attorney General, in the place of Hon.
Edward Bates, resigned.
A petition from fifty thousand citizens
ol Illinois will lie presented at the coming session
of the Legislator) of that State, for the repeal of
the Black Law of Illinois.
—The hotel-keepers of New York have
offered a reward of $20,000 for the detection of the
incendiaries who attempted to burn the hotels of
New York.
—Muller, the Englishman who murdered
a passenger in a railroad couch, near London, and ;
then tied to this country, whence he was taken
back, tried and convicted, was publicly hung on
the Htli of November.
ln the next House of Representatives
thirteen States will be without Democratic Repre- !
sentati ves—exclusive of the seceded States. Is j
there not some danger that the Democratic party j
will become sectional ?
-'I he Southern Methodist Conference
was about to open its session at Milledgeville just
as Sherman approached that place, and like the
Georgia Legislature, the members stampeded as
fast as their legs could carry them.
—An old Irishman who had witnessed
the effect of whisky for many years past, said a
barrel labelled whisky contained a thousand songs
and fifty fights.
—Thomas Srnelker, of German Valley,
Huntingdon county, had both his legs fractured
recently, by the upsetting of a load of clover seed
upon him.
—A wedding transpired in Pittsburg,
Pa., on Sunday week, and the bride ran away with
another man two days after.
—Deer are said to be unusually plenty
in Clearfield county, and parts adjoining thereof.
—Mr. Swain, one of the original proprie
tors of the Philadelphia Isdger, who has been con
nected with it twenty-nine years, has retired from
it with an ample fortune. Mr. George W. Cliilds
has purchased the ledger.
—Lord Lyons took leave of the President
and Secretary of State on Monday, and proceeded
to New York in a special car furnished by the Gov
ernment. His health is so seriously impaired as
to require relaxation, with the benefit of his native
air. He carries with him the respect, sympathy
and good wishes of the Government and people of
the United States. .), Hume Burnley, esq., will
have charge of the British Legation during the ab
sence of Lord Lyons.
—The excitement at Toronto concerning
the Fenian Brotherhood is reviving. On Monday
night an Orange lodge was broken open, and all its
property destroyed by the Fenians. Some portraits
ot Queen Victoria were disgracefully mutilated.
—A number of persons employed in the
Philadelphia Navy-Yard were arrested on Monday,
on the charge of stealing public property therein.
■—Several prominent Union men in East
Tennessee, have issued a call for a St tc Conven
tion on the 19th of December, to form a ticket to
run for a Constitution Convention. This State will j
soon be wheeled into line with her loyal sisters.
—A big cheese has been shipped lrom
California for the use of the army. Its weight is
3,939 pounds. It WHS made from the milk of <IOO
cows, given at seven milking*, and is nearly six
feet in diameter.
—ln Pennsylvania and elsewhere, the
State Banks are fast winding up to become National
Banks. Properly managed, we soon shall have a
currency at par all over the Union.
-John Bowen, for forty years an honored
preacher in the M. £• Church, died recently, near
Baltimore, aged T1 years. He preached many
years hi the West Branch Country.
—The Polish rebellion is now pompletely
subdued, and the unfortunate insurgents arr scat
tering everywhere. The Denmark war js idso atan
end.
—Gen. Tom llmmb and wife have l>een
received by the Prince of Wales.
Bradford
Towanda, Thursday, December 15,1864
tSf Our grateful acknowledgments are
due those whose exertions have added sev
eral hundred names to our subscription list
since the Ist day of December. We can
assure them that we shall spare no pains
nor expense to make the REPORTER such a
paper as they desire to see printed. We
trust that the disposition manifested to aid
our endeavor to publish an acceptable Coun
ty paper will not be relaxed, but that they
will feel that its success depends upon their
continued efforts. Without their co-opera
tion, it must fail. Our friends throughout
the County are equally interested with our
selves in the experiment we have underta
ken, and while we shall endeavor to per
form our part of the work, we shall
look to them for encouragement and sup
port.
THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
We had neither time nor space for lengthy
comments upon the annual message of J'res
ident LINCOLN, published in our last week's
issue. It is no exaggeration to say that
the country never looked with more anxiety
for a message nor ever read one with pro
founder satisfaction. President LINCOLN
possesses in an eminent degree the love
and confidence of the people. There is a
wide-felt conviction of his honesty of pur
pose, of his frankness, of his whole-souled
devotion to the interests of the country,
which has strengthened with every act of
his Administration. At times seemingly
slow, the public have chafed at his appar
ant tardiness to inaugurate and press to
consummation measures demanded |by the
exigencies of the times ; but at the same
time they have marked with satisfaction
that he took no step backward, and that his
progress, though slow, was sure.
The late triumphant re-election of Presi
dent LINCOLN was as much an expression of
this popular feeling, as a verdict in favor ol
those measures which he has laid down for
his guidance in prosecuting the war, for de
livering the country from the heavy and
grevious burdens we are now suffering, and
for finally restoring and reconstructing the
Union—making it a more perfect Union,
whose future greatness and prosperity shall
more than compensate for the firey trials
and bloody tribulations through which we
are now passing. The President evidently
appreciates this phase of the popular ver
dict—and accepts it in its widest sense.—
The satisfaction which it gives him is ev
ident in the plain and straight-forward ut
terances of the Message. The confidence
of the people in him has not been misplaced.
Recognizing the fact that the Rebellion
is the legitimate offspring of slavery, that
the country has been plunged into civil
war, and deluged with blood in an attempt
to strengthen and perpetuate this accursed
system of human bondage, and also the
popular demand that its sin and danger
shall be forever removed from the country,
the President goes straight to the root of the
foul enormity. He recommends to the pres
ent Congress that it too, shall recognize and
act upon the popular evil, and at once pass
the necessary legislation to provide for the
Constitutional amendment which shall wipe
out the remnants of slavery still existing,
and not leave to the next Congress the
glory and credit of the act, which will be
the proudest and brightest statute ever en
acted in any land.
The closing paragraph of the President's
Message are worthy of especial notice. The
glorious record he there makes for himself
is the proudest act of his career. They
strike a responsive chord in the heart of the
nation, and will endear him to every patriot
for all time to come. The intense gratifi
cation with which they have been hailed,
will do much to encourage him, and
strengthen his hands through the trials and
labors of the new term upon which he is
about to enter. A nation's heart-felt and
earnest prayer goes up that he may be
spared, to guide the good ship of Stab' for
the next four years.
REPORT OF THE NAVY DEPARTMENT.
This document affords a fine picture of the
rapid progress and glorious achievements
of our navy during the past year. Of the
passages relating to the events of that pe
riod we have not space now to speak, were
it necessary. But the exhibit of the naval
force is something demanding attention.—
We have now 671 vessels, carrying 4610
guns, and of an aggregate tonnage of 510,-
306. Other navies may exceed these fig
ures, but in point of efficiency there is now
no navy surpassing ours. We have no less
than 71 iron-clad vessels of war, carrying
275 guns. But the pride of our ocean navy
are undoubtedly our 113 wooden steamers,
built especially for war, and carrying 1,126
guns of the ability whereof tha Kearsarge
has borne testimony. Secretary Wells again
repeats his urgent recommendation to Con
gress to accept League Island from the city
of Philadelphia, and establish thereon a
great naval depot for iron-clad vessels. We
trust that Congress will adopt the sugges
tion, and thus relieve the department of
much of the embarrassment under which it
now labors. The arguments he advances in
support of his suggestion are very impor
tant. As had been anticipated, Mr. Wells
recommends the establishment of the grade
of vice-admiral in the navy, and that the
rank be conferred on Rear Admiral D. 0.
Farragut, for his brilliant services in the
Mississippi river and in Mobile bay, in
which we think the loyal masses every
where will most heartily concur. The num
ber of naval prizes captured since the com
mencement of the war is given at 1379, of
which 267 were steamers, and the gross
proceeds of sales thereof $14,396,250, the
liett proceeds above expenses being $13,.
190,841, of which one-half goes to the
United States gpyernijj£ttt as a naval pen
sion fund. The expenditures of the Naval
Department during the fiscal year were I
$85,733,292, and the whole estimated ex
penditure of the Department to the 4th of
March next $280,<147,261 from the coin
mcncment of the present Administration.
HON. JOHN VV. FORNEY.
We copy from Fitzgerald's (Phila.) City
Item an editorial which we have no doubt
expresses the general and earnest opinion
of the Union party of Pennsylvania. Since ;
it was written that opinion lias been very
emphatically declared by many of the in-
Huential papers of the State, and endorsed
by many eminent leaders of the party. The
Commercial Exchange of Philadelphia, a
body composed of the leading merchants of j
the city, recently passed resolutions urging
Mr. Forney's pre-eminent fitness for a posi-*
tion in the new Cabinet, and appointing a
committee to present them to the President.
The movement is, in fact, a spontaneous
recognition of Mr. Forney's great ability
and invaluable services to the country, and
of the noble course he has taken since the
rebellion begun. We need not say how
heartily we concur in the suggestions of our
cotemporary. Mr. Forney ought to be in
the Cabinet, and not only as the represen
tative leader of Pennsylvania, but as one
whose patriotism is absolute, whose intel
lect is commanding, and whose ability to
serve the Republic in its highest places is
universally acknowledged. The following
are the remarks of the Item: —
" Unquestionably there will be changes
in the Cabinet Mr. Seward will remain
Secretary of State, for no one could have
better managed our relations with foreign
powers, or is so well fitted by experience
and ability for the responsibilities of the
office. Mr. Stanton will certainly continue
Secretary of War ; a change in this depart
ment could not be to the national interest.
Of Mr. Welles' intentions we are entirely
ignorant, but if he chooses to withdraw it
will be with general regret. This depart
ment has received harsh criticism, but it
has been conducted with energy and suc
cess. Mr. Fessenden's retirement was
thought probable some weeks ago, but it
now appears that he will remain Secretary
of the Treasury, and that Hannibal Hamlin
will succeed him in the Senate. The coun
try would be the loser by the resignation
of Mr. Fessenden, for not only would too
many changes in the Treasury Department
be dangerous to the public welfare, but his
special fitness for the position is universally
recognized. These elements of the Cabi
net, ought therefore to be and almost cer
tainly will be, permanent, but there will be
vacancies to be filled for the next I'residen
tial term is no longer to be doubted. The
Chief Justiceship, vacated by the death of
Taney, will be filled from a Western State,
and it is probable that the resignation of the
Secretary of the Interior will follow.
" His successor should be a Pennsylva
nian. This great commonwealth is not rep
resented in the Cabinet, for Mr. Stanton is
properly from Ohio, but it should be, under
a just balance of power, and this is no doubt
the opinion of the Government. The suc
cessor of Mr. Usher should be a represen
tative man, an earnest, uncompromising pa
triot, and a statesman, and if we call the
roll of illustrious Pennsylvanians who have
distinguished themselves by their services
to the Union in this war, we shall not find
one who has surpassed Hon. JOHN W. FOR.
XEY in the energy and wisdom of true loy
alty. We do not know that Mr. FORNEY
would accept this office, but we know that
many eminent Pennsylvanians, and they
the most earnest of the friends of the Ad
ministration, have expected that the Gov
ernment shall recognize by his appointment
the influence and loyalty of the state. Cer
tainly there is no man who more thoroughly
represents Pennsylvania than he. During
the late canvass for Governor and Presi
dent his personal influence made him one of
the foremost of the loyal leaders, and ids
example controlled the action of thousands
of War Democrats, and patriots of all par
ties. Outside of this, his national services
have uuqestionably been great and promi
nent. From the first to the last he has been
faithful to the country. But placing all
this political service aside, his ability as a
true statesman is not at this day to be
doubted. It would be well for the country
were he in the Cabinet. Upon his experi
ence and loyalty it can depend in the future,
for he has never been found wanting in the
past.
" The nomination of Mr. FORNEV for the
next vacancy in the Cabinet, will be backed
by the whole fbrcc of this State. If Penn
sylvania is to be fully represented in the
Executive councils, his name must be con
sidered among the first, and we can discover
no real objection to his appointment except
the possibility of his own refusal."
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE
TREASURY.
Mr. FESSENDEN, in his report, has given
a thorough and intelligible report of the
condition of the national finances, and its
candor is not its least value. In his intro
ductory remarks, the Secretary admits the
difficulties that still confront the Govern
ment, while his whole report furnishes evi
dence that the resources of the nation,
properly used, are sufficient to remove them.
The Republic has now a debt of seventeen
hundred and forty millions six hundred and
ninety thousand four hundred and ninety
nine dollars and forty cents, the annual in
terest of which is, in round numbers, nine
ty-one millions. The reduction of this debt
is at present impossible. The daily expen
diture is aboqt two and a quarter millions,
while the daily receipts are not quite one
million and a l alf. Thus we are running
in debt at the rate of one million and three
quarters daily, a fact which should cer.ain
ly have serious consideration. The only
way to reduce this rate is by the imposition
of new taxes, by which the daily receipts,
according to Mr. FESSENDEN'S estimate, may
be raised to two millions. The system of
taxation he recommends will produce an
internal revenue of three hundred millions
yearly. Yet, even with the additional rev
enues from customs and other sources, the
debt inusi grow, and it is calculated that
the increase during the year ending .Tune
30, 186"), will be 1,482,372,188. These fig
ures are not alarming. On the contrary, w •
arc surprised that so candid an exhibition
of the situation as Mr. FESSRNDEN has made
should be so encouraging. But the facts
show that Congress should earnestly ad
dress itself to the enlargement of the na
tional revenue to the full extent of the na
tional resources. In the last, two years we
have laid the foundation of a sound system
and one of the great duties of the future is
its thorough development. Mr. FESSKXDKX
advises the appointment of a commission
to examine the. subject of taxation, and
this wise and practical suggestion should
have the immediate attention of Congress.
THE NEW CHIEF Jr.STICK.— During all of
President Lincoln's administration, he has
done nothing which has given more univer
sal satisfaction to the loyal people than the
appointment of Salmon P. Chase Chief Jus
tice,in the place of Roger B. Taney, deceas
ed. It is putting the right man in the right
place, and is a guarantee that the Supreme
Court is not to be used as an engine of ty
ranny and oppression to find excuses for
holding men in bondage. It is end to that
legal brutality which could declare that
the negro "has no rights which white men
are bound to respect." Mr.Chase's whole
political life has been consistently averse
to the institution of slavery, and whenever
the law allowed him to act against it he
has acted. lie knows that the President
had the right, as an act of war,to declare
all the slaves in the rebellious States free,
tie knows that such a proclamation made the
law and did emancipate every slave;and lie
knows that no man or set of men have any
right to reduce these emancipated men to
bondage again. Should the- question come
up, such would be his decision, and the de
cision of 11 io Supreme Court. The era of op
pression which Jefferson feared with that
Court has passed and the era of justice
tempered with humanity has been inaugur
ated. Let us rejoice!
LATEST WAR NEWS.
FROM GEN. THOMAS'S ARMY.
NASHVILLE, Saturday, Dec. 16, 1861.
The situation of affairs remains unchan
ged. In front of the Fourth Corps not a
shot was fired tip to 2 o'clock this after
noon.
Since then some slight skirmishing has
occured.
Owing to the slippery state of the ground,
the men find it impossible to move about.
The Rebels can be plainly seen from the
front of the Fourth Corps standing about
their camp fires.
Hostilities may be said to have ceased on
account of the bad weather.
Deserters who come in say that the Reb
els have strong intrencliments, with two
rows of ehernux tie /rise, with wires stretch
ed around to strengthen thorn.
Col. Louis Johnson, instead of Col. G. M.
S. Johnson, commander of the Forty-fourth
Colored Infantry, has received from the
General commanding the highest praise for
the manner in which he fought his troops
at Mill Creek Station No. 2, having gallant
ly kept the enemy at bay for sixteen hours,
and finally fought his way out, and reached
Nashville with the loss of 115 men, killed
and wounded.
No report lias yet beey heard from the
gunboats which went down the river yes
terday morning. No cannonading has been
heard here since their departure.
The river is three feet deep on the shoals
and falling.
GENERAL WARREN'S MOVEMENTS.
HIRERS. ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, (
Thursday, Di r. 8, 1861. j
Yesterday morning, at daylight, the
Fifth Corps, with the Third Division of the
Second and two brigades of Greggs Caval
ry, started south.
They wore heard from yesterday after
noun, and had crossed the Nottoway River,
on the Jerusalem road, without meeting
opposition of any consequence.
They crossed on pontoons, which they
took up after doing so.
Deserters who came into our lines this
morning state that Mahone's Rebel divis
ion was sent oil* yesterday to meet our
advancing force, but as no firing has been
heard in that direction to-day, it is not
believed that any engagement lias taken
place.
FRIDAY, Dec. 6 -Morning.
-V reconnoiteriug force of cavalry went
out on the left yesterday afternoon, striking
the Rebel pickets on the Vaughn road,
driving them to llatehe's Run, a distance
of over two miles, where they had breast
works erected, and where tliey made a
stand.
.Skirmishing continued for some time,
when the object of the movement having
been fully accomplished, the expedition
returned.
Our loss was seven men wounded ; that
of the enemy is not known.
Some of those who accompanied this
party report that heavy firing was heard
in the direction of Stony Creek, which in
dicates that fighting was going oir bet ween
Gen. Warren and the enemy.
Reports are current thai the evacuation
of Petersburg by the Rebels may be looked
for at an early day.
LATER FROM SAVANNAH-SHERMAN
SIX MILES OFF AND MARCHING TO
WARD THAT CITY.
WASHINGTON, Eec. 11 1864.
A dispatch from Gen Butler this evening
announces the arrival to day at Fortress
Monroe of a transport from Charleston, j
with Charleston papers of the sixth an
nounceing tnat Sherman was at station No. j
6on the sth, sixty miles from Savannah.— j
lie was marching on in the direction of
Savannah.
It is ciphered up near the Executive !
Chamber that he is in Savannah to-day.
HEAVY FIRING NEAR SAVANNAH ON
DECEMBER 7.
BALTIMORE, Deo. 10, 1864—p. M.
The following special despatch has been |
received at The -•lmerii-an office :
ANNAPOLIS, Dec. 10— R. M.
The steamer Victor lias just arrived from
Charleston, where all of Col. Mulford's licet
is now lying, the exchange of prisoners
being changed from Savannah to Charles
ton, General Sherman and Foster having
interuptcd the exchange at the former eitv
When the victor sailed (on Wednesday
last) heavy firing was heard in the direc
tion oj Savannah, being either an attack
on that city or on the railroad between
Charleston and Savannah.
All agree that savannah must full.
THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
SECOND SESSION.
SENATE, Dec. 6. —The principal business
of the session was the reception of and
listening to the Message of the President.
Reports were called for from Committees,
but none were ready. The Treasury and
Naval Reports were received and laid upon
the table. Mr. Sumner offered ar< solution,
which was adopted, asking the President to
communicate any information in the De
partment of Statu concerning any proposi
tion recently made by British subjects in
aid of the Rebellion. After an Executive
session, the Senate adjourned.
llorsE, Dec. 6. —After hearing the Mes
sage, reports were called for, but none were
road. Mr. Stevens introduced a bill to pro
liibit the exportation of gold and silver
coin ; also a bill to prevent specie from
being paid or accepted for greater than the
value set down, and to prevent any United
States not being received for a smaller sum
than specified in the bill. He also intro
duced a resolution in relation to the tax
on tobacco. All these bills were referred
to the Ways and Means Committee. Mr.
Broornal moved an inquiry in! the expedi
ency of amending the tax law so as to
exempt the estates of widows from taxa
tion. Mr. Spanlding moved an inquiry into
the failure of the Red River campaign un
der Gen. Banks. Mr. Julian offered a bill
prescribing an oatli of loyalty to all per
sons practicing law in the United States
Courts in Rebel States ; also a bill for for
foiture in fee by Rebel landholders. Mr.
Routwell iutr duccd a resolution inquiring
into the expediency of prohibiting the tran
sit of goods to any portion of the Rebel
territory beyond the lines of our armies,
and also the expediency of purchasing the
products of such territory. The Presi
dent's Message was here received, read
and ordered to be printed. The Treasury
Report was also received. Adjourned.
SENATE, Dec. 7.—Mr. Lane introduced a
bill for a special session of the I . S. Dis
trict Court, of Indiana. Mr. Morrill presen
ted a bill to extend the time for completing
the rai'road in Washington City for two
years. The credentials of the Louisiana
Senators were brought up with a remons
trance of citizens of that State. After
some discussion, the documents were order
ed to be printed. Mr. Powell offered a
resolution to inquire into .the conduct of
Gen. Paine, while commanding in Kentucky
Laid by until'tlie < .'ommittccs are announced.
Adjourned.
HOUSE, Dec. 7.—Mr. Blaine moved to re
consider the motion adopted yesterday,
referring Mr. Stevens's anti-gold specula
tion bill to the Committee of Ways and
Means ; stating that this action had pro
duced great mischief, resulting in a large
rise in the price of gold. Mr. Stevens
moved to lay the motion to reconsider on
the table ; lost—;>l to <SB. The reconsid
eration was then carried—<s2 to 11. Mr.
Stevens moved to postpone consideration
to ten days. Mr. Blaine moved to lay on
the table, which was carried—73 to 52.
Mr. Cole offered a bill tu establish a steam
ship mail line between the L'nited States
. ami China Mr. Sloane desired the Judi
ciary committee to inquire into the expe
■ diency of amending the Constitution so as
to apportion representatives among the
States according to their number of quali
fied e'ectors. Mr. Ingersoll ofi'ered a reso
lution, directing the Secretary of War to
report what obstacles have prevented a full
and early exchange of prisoners. Mr. Ar.
nold introduced a bill to amend the act for
j the naturalization of soldiers so as to in
j dude sailors. Mr. Julian introduced a bill
providing for the sale of mineral lands.—
Mr. Spaulding introduced a bill establishing
a Navy Yard at Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Cox
wanted copies of all communications con
, eerning the exchange of prisoners. Mr.
liandall proposed a Select Committee, to
examine into alleged frauds at the Phila
delphia Navy-Yard. A resolution, by Mr.
Broomall, was adopted, to inquire into the
■ expediency of abolishing bounties to sol
diers and raising their pay in proportion.
j Mr. Odell moved to instruct the Ways and
Means Committee to establish an advalorem
I tax <>n merchandise. Adjourned.
SENATE, Dec. B.—Mr. Davis gave notice
| of the introduction of a joint resolution for
| the restoration of the I nion and peace, the
I vindication of the Constitution, and guar
! anteeing all the rights of the citizens of the
several States. On motion of Mr. Anthony,
1 the rules which require Standing Commit
tees,to be elected by ballot were suspended,
i and ihe committees, as arranged in caucus,
; were agreed to. The credentials of the
Louisiana Senators were referred to the
Judiciary Committee. Mr. Morgan presen
ted a petition from Wm. C. Bryant, Henry
W. Longfellow, John A. Dix, Ulysses S.
'Grant, Petes Gooper, Henry J. Raymond,
Horace Greeley, and many others, asking
as appropriation for the support of a \a
! tional Homo for totally disabled soldiers
I and seamen. Referred to the Military
Committee. The bill proposing revenue
cutters on the lakes was referred to the
Finance Committee. On motion of Mr.
Lane, all bills and memorials in the Senate
were referred to their appropriate committ
ees. After some debate upon Air. Powell's
resolution calling for information with re
gard to the conduct of Gen. Paine, the Sen
ate adjourned until Monday.
HOUSE, Dec. B.—Air. Stevens reported
hack the joint resolution explaining the
revenue act as affecting the duty on cigars,
A debate followed in which Mr. Brooks
Mr. Stevens, Air. Davis, Mr. Myers, and Air.
Kasson participated, when the considera
tion of the subject was postponed until
Monday. A Message was received from
the President, recommending a vote of
thanks to Gapt. Winslow and Lieut. Gush
ing, of the Navy; to the former for the
destruction of the Alabama, and to the
latter for the destruction of the Albemarle.
Referred to the Naval Committee, The
President,s Message was referred to the
oroper committees. Mr. Schenck intro
duced a bill to drop from the navy rolls all
unemployed officers. He also ofl'ered a res
olution, which was adopted, instructing the.
Judiciary Committee to inquire into the
expediency of denationalizing persons go
ing abroad to escape the draft, and requir
ing naturalization incase they-shall be
restored to citizenship Adjourned to Alon-.
day.
JB@* We have been asked quite frequently,
the past few weeks if it is true that there
is a special tax of five dollars on every hun
dred on real estate to be assessed and col
lected ? We answer that if is not. There is
a special tax of five per cent on income—an
addition of five per cent on the amount
which was three per cent. This only ©fleets
those having an income over S6OO.
Itg?" The forces stationed at Orangevillc,
says the Columbia Jirpuhlican, have been
ordered to report at Harrisburg. They left
on Tuesday evening. The work they have
accomplished in this county has had a salu
tary influence. Uncle Samuel's Fishingcreek
"Camp meeting" has done a great deal of
good, The boys go away with the go >d
wishes of all loyal men here.
PENNSYLVANIA ELECTORAL COLLEGE.
Hauhisbcku. Dec. 7. —The Electoral Col
lege of this Hi ate convened to 'lay, in the
Senate Chamber, and was called to order
by Hon. .1. P. Penny, of Alleghany county,
who nominated Morton McMichael, Es<|., of
, Philadelphia, as President,
i John Hammorsly, W. XV. Hays, and John
A. ,Small, were appointed secretaries. Rev.
Mr. Jackson opened the proceedings with
prayer.
Mr McMichael, on assuming the chair,
made some appropriate remarks.
The Secretary of ihe Commonwealth was
introduced, and presented the returns of the
election, re-appointing the following elec
tors :
M. McMichael, T. Cunningham, Robert P.
King, (1. M. Coates, llcnry Bumtn, William
If. Kern, B. If. Jenks, Charles M. Runk,
Robert Parke, .Win. Taylor, J. A. Hiestand,
R. 11. Coryell, E. lialiday, Charles F. Reed,
Elius W. Ilale, G. If. Shriner, John Wistar,
D. McConaughy, 1). W. Woods, Isaac Ben
son, John Patton, S B. Dick, E. Blerer,
John P. Penney, E. McJunkin, and J. W.
Blanchard.
All of the electors answered to their
names except Mr. John Wistar.
Mr. Kern offered a preamble and resolu
tion, reciting the fact that Mr. Wistar was
in Europe, and nominating John B. Clark in
his stead.
Mr. John B. Clark was unanimously elec
ted in place of Mr. Wistar, and was com
missioned by the Governor.
The College then proceeded to vote for
President and Vice President of the United
States, by ballot, which resulted in the
unanimous vote for Lincoln and Johnson.
John A. Hiestand, Esq., was appointed as
bearer of the packages, of votes and cer
tificates, directed to the President of the
f nited States Senate. Elias W. Hale, Esq.,
was appointed the bearer of the packages
directed to the Hon. John Cadwalader.
Judge of the United States District Court ;
and Charles 11. Shriner, Esq., was appointed
to deliver the certificates directed to the
President of the United States at Washing
ton, D. C., to the Postmaster of the seat of
Government of this State.
A unanimous vote of thanks was tendered
to the presiding officer of the College, and,
also to the secretaries.
On motion of Mr. Patten, it was unani
mously resolved that the pay received by
the electors and messengers to Washington,
Philadelphia and Harrisburg be appropria
ted to the Sanitary Commission.
After signing the necessary certificates
the College ad journed tine din,
jawjertfsemntts.
po WE'LL A CO.,
Having recently made large additions to their
STOCK OF LADIES' FURS,
CLOAKS,
S H A IP /. S, J r., jr.
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Are now prepared to exhibit an attractive stock of
'
these Goods,
And offer them for sale at the
L O W E S T M A R K E T P R I C ES.
They have also ju>t opened
AT PRICES MUCH BELOW THOSE OF
The early part of the season a large stock of
L A l> 1 E S l> R E S S G O (t l> S
\V hieh compiises a greas variety of
COLORS AND STYLES OF FRENCH MERINOS,
POPJ.I.XS,
EMPRESS CLOTHS, REPS, PLAIDS,
Ac., Ac., Ac,,
i j
i
To which special attention is invited.
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December 12, 1864. <
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T IST OF LETTERS REMAINING IN
- J-i the Post Office at Towanda. Dee. 13.18t>4.
Beers Charles i Maffit Ceo. W.
Barrett Caroline Myhan Thos.
Bloom Ruanda (Pratt Newman
Bonuey Mrs. ; Pratt Mortimer
Camp Abram IShelden B.
Caiklin W. H. 2 Shaw B. P.
Detrich Mary E. Snyder Kate
Douglass Win. -Souer Co ret t a
Edmonds Prank .Scott Dr. S. S.
Pauoett Benjamin ,Smith Theodore,
Hastings Beil ! Vanorton John
Horton Win. 11. Vangorder Mary Ann
Hemming way Wm. Wilcox Ester
Earue Wrr. A. Ward Nellie
MeNeal Ann E. Wood Peter
McCrackcn Electa W lmot Samuel
Persons calling for any of the aliove letters, will
plesesay." advertised.'' S.W. AEVORD, 1". M.
AI DI TOR'S NOTICE.— In the matter of
the estate of t.ymun Blaitesltt, lute of Pike tint.,
deceased. Elmira Ulakeslee.widote and admnUtratrix.
The undersigned, an Auditor, unpointed by the Or
phan's Court of Bradford County, to dispose of excep
tions to the appraisement and valuation nl property to
the said widow aud administratrix, will attend to the
duties of his appointment at his office in the borough ol
Towanda.on FRIDAY. the 13th day o! JANUARY". A.
I)., 1865. at in o'clock, a. m., when and where all per
sons interested are required to attend.
W. A. PECK,
Dec. 9,1864. Auditor.
ileto aMcrtfscmcnis^B
jg A RS T 0 W'S I) RC <; <•, M
The subscriber having purchased the ~ '
Ration's Block. Toward a. I'u., tormcnv
T, F. Maoill, is now daily adding to hi.
and will hereafter give it his personal uit. m = H
VKESII, PUKE AND IiEMA BLE DJIWjf.; Mj B
and chemical*,
Purchased from the most reliable and r ,.,., 1
porters and manufacturers always on hn,.j aj *
on the most reasonable terms. A large -u, - '. BB
FRESH DRUGS AND j
Has just been received, antf lam now prep;,, |H
ply the
WANTS OF THE PUBLIC WITH ALL A;. ; 1
BEI.OMiISO TO Till. TRADE
PURE WINKS AND LIQUORS, FOR MLb;, ' |
ONLY. A KCI.I. ASSORTMENT 01' CONCh...,,
BOTANIC, ELECTIC AND HOM'KPATf), M
CINES.
ALL THE POPULAR PATENT MKIJK J
PAINTS, Oil., VAKNISII,
PAINT AND VARNISII IJGUSR I
nVE-HTI'FKS A-B (JI.AsS.
FANCY AND TOILET ARTICLES OF F.VK: ; y J9
tildks'h alcoholic and flcid kxtkaci 9
AI.KA 1. O 11) AX 1) HKS/v i, n M
All the Best Tru.-ses,
A BI) 0 M I N AI. S U PPOJ! I E
Shoulder Braies,
BREAST PUMPS, NIPPLE SHELL-:, AND sll rJj
Nursing Bottles, Syringes and Catheters fjgj
A LABOR A3BOKTMKNT OF RAZORS, BTKOFS, POCKKT ..HI
SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS OF LATE
ANll BKsT QCALITV.
A large supply Brushes for the Hat and Hair,
the Teeth and Nails, Tooth Powders ami p. !
Oils, Perfumery, Soaps. Combs, lUir iq, '
vigorator*. Ac., Kerosene, Kerosene hag.. /
Shades, Chimneys, Wicks, 4c.. a:; ;
the latest styles. Choice Cigar-,
TOBACCO AND SNUFF.
9W Physicians supplied at teusanable r..'... S
cines and " Preacripttons carefully and :t< K
pounded and prepared by competent person* a; . ®j
of the day and night. Sunday hours fr ni ]H
clock in the forenoon, 1 too in the afternoon.
1>- H. I; A It- I
Towanda, Dec. 1. ISG4.
AT TENT 10 N F A R Mi; M
VALUABLE FARMING AND TIMBER .iff
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FOB SALE.
The undersigned oiler at private sale abo rt ;|1
GOOD FARMING LANDS,
in lots to suit purchasers.
These lands are*situated between thiee t.d :
from the Borough of Towanda, in Asylum t-t. 3|
They are well watered, well located, with drep |
Nearly l'.H acres are under tlie plow. 'J'h
WELL TIMBERED
with Oak, Pine aud Chestnut in tyuantiti. i fH
pay one half of the purchase money.
Terms one half Cash or Government lb,rid- H
ami in instalments as may be agreed upon.
ALSO 100 ELIGIBLE BUILDING Tj
Situated in the B o-ough of Towauda. Terms a.. 9
Apply to Mrs. M. A. CASH, Admiuistratr t i
GEO. r, CASH. Towanda. Dec. IL.-fl
QALI. AT HFMI'HREY A CO'.r
And look at the finest assortment ol
LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S Silo
Ever offered fu this market. Also
TOILET SLIPPERS AND RETICULES ;
Just the things for Holiday Gifts. ,
[ Pee. 12.
C'STRAY MARE.—Came into t L
-Li sure of the subscriber, on or about tl.
vember, a small I ron Grey Mare, about ioi. .ju
• The owner is requested to come torward p.;
and take her away. EDW. tVi; ,
Springlield. Dec. 1. lsijt.-Jw.
OOMETHING N L W
GEORGE H. WOOD'S
I'll OTOGEAPH If GAEL Eli*
TOWANDA, FA.
He has the pleasure of informing his old hkt. |jg
patrons, that he is now prepared to make t !;■ u.
beautiful sq !e of
GEM FERROTYPES
mounted on cards very cheap.
Also, Meiainotypes for Lockets Cases, or Fra fi|
well as all kinds ot
P II 0 T O G R A ]' 11 .<
AS BKFOKK IN
9
THE BEST STY I. E O F A II 1
Views taken of Houses on short notice.
COPY! N G I) 0 N E TO <> IL
In a few days.
AL L W 0 1! K IV AR R ANTK I' I
Albums kept on hand and will be sold cheap.
G. H. Wt
Dee. G, 1 Si.i 4.
Offick Provost Marshal, 13th h J
Trov, Pa. Dec. .">. lstU A
In order to secure the assistance and co-opera'■
•be people in the endeavor to keep the Enrollmri B
:> 'uually correct, the Enrolling Board have I ff
rec.ul to h • < copies of said lists kept open F,
iuatiou ot cue public at all times, il he can she .. .
Batisi.n tion of the Board, that the person nana. '
properly enrolled, on account of
Ist. Alienage.
'id. Non Resident.
3d. Gver Age.
4th. Permanent physical disability.ofjsueh a d< - 1
to render the person not a proper subject for car.
under the law and regulations.
stli. Having served in the Military or Naval-t
two years during the present war. aiiu been hot f
discharged.
Especially civil ollicers , clergymen. and all pn' Sj
citizens are invited to appear at all times belore t 9
to point out errors, aud to give such information L '
possession as may aid in the correction and re. 3
thereof.
They should understand that it is plainly for
torest of each sub district to have stricken from t
all names improper! v enrolled because an excess ot.
increase the quota called for from such sub-district-f
that it is equally for the interest ot each person <-v|
in a given sub-district to place upon the lists all t • Sj
in the sub district liable to d.> military duty, been J
greater tbe number to be drawn lr.ua, the less the *;
tluit any particular individual will be drawn. It 1
personal interest of every enrolled man, that tin |
in which he is concerned shall not be made t. j
and that his own chances for draft shall not be injJ
increased ; both these objects will be attained il ' I
ties will aid in striking out the wrong names and i]
isg in the right ones. Especially is this the iuU "]
those drafted men who by puttiug in substitute- J
selves liable to draft have secured exemption, wh ; .i|
the terms of the law hold good only tiDtil the preci-uii
rollment is exhausted in their sub districts.
Men who are over 45 years of age and in eon see *
excused by law from the performance of duty
field, owe it to the cause and the country tc take a |
ous and active part in the correction ol the ear..l 'J
lists, a military service of the first importnuce. T 1
requires that tlie quota shall he assigned in proportsl
the enrollment, and the fairness and justice of tiiissl
ot determining the amonut ot military service Jue i
ettch aud every section cannot he doubted it the rtfa
mentis made as nearly perfect as it is practie.fi "f
make it. The amount of service due to the nation r|
evi ry town or county, is thus laid fairly and plaincl
lore the citizens, and is expected that a higher m i
thou a selfish interest will prompt all to do their I
perfecting the enrollment, and securing a just an.il
cient exetution ol the laws tor raising troops, win X
it l.eco ues necessary to apidv them. Bvordei ot i
Mj. Ric'HAUD j. Dodge.
A. A. Fro. Mar. Gen. Pa. |
WILLIAM SHKFFI.U |
Capt. 4 A. A. A.b"!
Charles M. Manvillk.
Capt. A Pro. Mar. 13th Dis. Pa. ii
First National B- s > |
Towanda, Dec. t>. i-ni .
The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of tbi-- j
for the election of nine (!) Directors to serve tV '-'a
ing year, will be held at the Banking Office on t' „
day of January next, between the hours ot 1 to i i E
N. N. HETTS Jn. i '- I
\ CARD. -MRS. FRANKLIN I <>\\ |
Jt\ would respectfully inform her old friends a' 1
public, tliat she will reorganize her class of
tal music, at Monroeton, Dec., 12. She will bvJqJJ
attend to her pupils either at her residence, or "• |
over Tiacy's Store. Musk also on hand for sale,
Monroe", Nov, 6 1864,