NEWS FROM ALL NATIONS. —The Quartermaster General has issued orders prohibiting the employment of any persons who, within the past six months, have been living in Canada as refugees from the disloyal States. This is done in consequence of information of a plot to destroy government stores, transports, Ac. —Slaves who run away from- their mas ters in the southern part of Maryland, a year or two since, and have been employod in Washington, are now returning and obtaining employment with lil>erul wages from their old masters. —The < ireensburg intelligencer informs us that Hon. Edgar Cowan voted for Lincoln, and that In- will be found ill the Senate, upon the side of the President's friends. —Dr. Mary E. W alker has received the appointment of acting surgeon in the army, and has assumed duty as surgeon in the female military prison in Louisville. —The reported arrival of Semmes, the pirate, at Matamoras. is confirmed by the south west correspondence of the New Orleans papers. —Secretary Fessenden notifies holders of the seven-thirty notes, that tliey will be paid on presentation, and that interest will cease on the 12th of March, prox. when the right of conversion also stops. —The Navy Department lias received in telligence of the destruction of the blockade run ner Ella, loaded with ignis and ammunition for Wilmington, X. C. Gen. Steele, recently in command of the department of Arkansas, is said, by a corres pondent of the Chicago Tribune, to have been re moved because of his conservative policy, his neg ligence, and inefficiency. This is doubtful. —Chief Justice Chase is the author of the phrase, •• Congress lias 110 more ]X>wen to make a slave than to make a king." The sentence is contained in one of the resolutions adopted by the National Liberty (Free-Soil) Convention held at Huff'itlo, in lKf>li. Mr. Chase wrote most of the res olutions of this Convention. —The Honesdalo Ilejiuhhian says that Mr. M. W. Smith, the agent of the Kinneyville Lumber Company, fell into the saw mill at Equin nuuk. and had his right arm cut off bv the circular saw, dose to the shoulder. He walked four miles to have it dressed. —The oldest member of the United States House of Representativrs. i- Thaddens St.wns, ot Pennsylvania, who i -.rv. uty-on. years of age. ml the youngest i- Jaiu- - A Garfield, of Ohio, who i thirty-three. —A D. tr> it paper states that the low stag.- o4 w..t-r m the Western Lk. - MMMftsag remarks! It AU of *N.<et t*v feet has receutiy taken pts : tie Tit,; > w f Mir f-et lower thai: :n a: - i :ir -."-rts ti Lake Hn- TR.. —A general rder has been bailed from i- • • " • -- 1 ... t„ the c..tnmi->- ioiiet- : -•v.. .. cities and counties in tLe Stal<. tht lliilae hate eiiroilment and ciaxsific ition of the Militia, uinl r the Act> of As sclubly of Mav -i and August 22. I*l.l. —Gen. Dana is placing the frcedmen in the vicinity of Yieksburg. upon the lands formerly ]osst sst'd ly JrlF. Davis and his brother Joseph, and by th ht-ii s of Cb*nc*iiil Qilitnmn, of tillibiiKtor- i in_C memory. Tlitsso estates contain about ten thousand acres •! •■xrellriit land. Purchasers of phosphorus in Boston are to be traced by the dealers, so that it will be ill most iiiipMNsihti {• obtain any fos tin- purpose of iiu-endiai'ism. —llb anl hmi ntl.- were used to recapture our soldiers, prisoners ;it Columbia, S. when thc\ attempted to escape. A Captain Pinker, who was m. rtaketi. was shockingly torn by the dogs, producing wounds from which 111 died in a day or two. I'hc /'/•<•.-.-• says tliitl the aggregate net profits nt tlie great Sanitary Fair held in Philadel phia last June, have been ascertained. They amount to the splendid sum of •••■• mi/linn bn tlnms n,ii! ihilbirs. The ex]>enses of tin Fair wi re not us heavy as had been anticipated. Positive orders Imve been given in the \rmy of the Potomiu- to prohibit the exchange of newspapers and the holding of any intcreoiuse whatever with the rebels. --The bli ckade runner Vixen, recently captured i ff' Williniugton. lias arrived at Fortress Moiin e. She is a splendid built steamer, and lias a cargo of great valut. —4 ifi Dana, from Yieksburg, destroyed the Mississippi Central R. IL, and bridge, ttumiles above Rig Rlaek crossing—also 2-AM) bales rebel cotton. Our loss was 5 killed, and 11 wounded and missing. The Rebel Congress are quarreling as to separate State action, and also about "the Nig —ln Fulton county, Fa., Dec. 2d. .1 gang of skulkers from the draft tired upon a file of sol diers on duty, when the latter returned the fire, killing one and wounding two of the outlaws. —Seth Marvin, of Conneaut township, Crawford county, Pa., is 10a years old. He voted the Fnion ticket : has voted for every Democratic candidate for President since the Government was formed, until the last election : was at the battle of Monmouth, in tlie Revolution : and now hasten grandsons in the Union army. Bioomsbnrg contains one Bank, three X'ews papcis. uint Churches, one Academy, a Court House and Jail, three Furnaces, two Foundries, one Macliini Shop, ten Stores, three Drag Stores, three Hotels, four Saloons, several Cua-eries. A c.. Ac. The population is about 3,(NX>. —The soldiers of Grant's army, itt order to supply themselves with water, have dug wells ftom twenty to thirty feet deep. The number of wells about Petersburg is said to be at least five hundred. M.-i j. Gelt. ( "fit teiideu ami stall' have re signed. The Government offend liim a command deemed inadequate to his rank, in the Army of the Potomac, subordinate to junior officers. His res ignation has been accepted. —Six of Dupont's powder mills, near Wilmington. Del., exploded Thursday morning, killing tin meu and wounding several others. The explosion was the most serious one that lias occur red for several years. —Gen. Bartram A. Shcaffer died at bis residence, ill Lancaster. u Monday. H was. nt lng since, a State Senator. —The last Internal Revenue report shows the inconiA to be sixti i n millions a month, or near- ! h sgOO.IIOO.IXXI a year. (juartormuseei-General Pitkin, of Ver mont. is at Washington to procure fifteen thousand stand of aims ami equipments for the Vermont militia. —Two brothers, Richard and Thomas Almy, of Dartmouth, N. H., dined together on Thanksgiving day. One was aged '.lO. and the other 'J2 years. -Mrs.Clio.ate, widow of Rufus Gboate, ; and daughter of the late Miles Olcott. of Hanover, X". H., died at Dorchester, Ease., on Friday last. I after a brief illness. — A boy iii Doll-stun, Maine, the other dnv fired a gun ill the direction of a neighbor's house, and the ball entered the back of n daughter of 11. 11. Blaiulili, inflicting a fatal w.mnd —Admiral Porter's great fleet was seen on the ICtb. off New Inlet, North Carolina. Utatlfortl Reporter. —_ : Towanda, Thursday, December 22,1864 THE CONDITIO* OF OCR COUNTRY. Besides the noble stand taken by the President in bis message to Congress, that there would be no backward steps taken i l on the question of slavery, there are other significant facts disclosed, in this document, i which are of no less value to the cause of the country ; and one of these is, that there is really no diminuation <>f strength, or, 110 sign of exhaustion on the part of the govern ment. Inasmuch as we could only call the reader's attention to this wonderful—for such in truth it is—disclosure in our last , issue, we propose now to refer more par ticularly to it. That there should be 110 visible exhaustion in the country, as well in resources generally, as of men, after such a stupendous war as we have sus tained during the last four eventful years, is marvelous indeed ; and yet the election returns show a gain of not less than 250,- 000 votes over the election returns of l8t0. If there had not been a full vote four years ago, it might account for the present • increase : but if is patent to all. that that election was more warmly contested, was more acrimonious, and consequently, more 1 xciting than the one just passed. So that with all the losses incident to the great war, we have to-day mrk men than we had when the war began. It seentshardly pos sible, that the maturation of our young | men. and the naturalization of foreign cit izens, should account for this great increase, j and yet it must be so. We thought we had an idea of the rapid growth of our nation, but this far surpasses any thing we dreamed : of, and is beyond all measure thejnost hope ful sign of our vast power, and sure tri-; unmh. Taking into account, also, the fact, I • i that our other material war resources, are j now more complete, and abundant, than at any time before, it does appear that the na tion is growing in strength as her energies are called into requisition. Perhaps, in nothing i this more manifest to the people th. inselves. than in the unbounded prosper ity f lite five states. Tlie enhanced value •f products of every description has re newed the hopes and consequent exertions of the despondent, and begotten enterprise * such a degree, that almost all are now • ither out of debt, or in a fair way of be c tiling so ; and thousands upon thousands, who before the war seemed hopelessly in* voiced, are now free with surplus iunds to , invest in government securities. A govern ment is strong when her people are strong, and weak when they are weak. When this i war began, tlie government could not bur. row money tit a high rate of interest, to meet ordinary wants. Now she is receiv ing all she needs for the extraordinary de mands of this gigantic war. Before tlie war the people, in a great measure, were restless, and unproductive, and moving from state to state, looking for remunera tion for labor. Now this has come to every man's door ; and as a sequence, thrift and advancement is the order of the day. Here tofore the wonderful progress of our nation in all the elements of greatness, lias ever been a matter of amazement to the reliect. ing people of the old world ; and yet, with-, in the last three years, we have more than doubled in this respect, any six years of our previous history. THE WAR NEWS. Gen. Sherman announces, under bis own signature, bis arrival on the coast. The capture of Fort McAllister on the 13th, completed bis communication with the tleet. Previously to that he had destroyed all the railroads and invested the city. His march was " agreeable," the weather fine, supplies abundant. It is remarkable that we hear nothing of those astounding ravages which the Rebel Gen. Wheeler lias all along been reported by the Richmond papers to have made on Sherman's forces. But Gen. Sher man says he lias not been "at all molested by guerrillas." Not a wagon lost on the trip. He lias utterly destroyed over two hundred miles of rails. And he "regards Savannah as already gained." Nothing could be more perfect than the whole con duct of this expedition, as nothing will be more glorious than its filial result. From Gen. Thomas we continue to receive accounts of the enemy's defeat and flight. Our forces were eight miles bevuud Frank lin—twenty-six south of Nashville—on Sat urday ; continually capturing prisoners, trophies, and guns. Best of all. General Thomas announces his purpose to keep on, j and evidently means to clear Tennessee of Rebels before he stops. Hood has but two lines of retrect; one to Florence, Ala.; tlie other to Corinth, Miss. The deutli of Fort Pillow Forrest is re ported. A more active, resolute, and blood thirsty scoundrel did not exist in the Con federacy. We publish on our outside an excel lent reply from Mr. Groat to some of the inconsistencies and misstatements of the editor of the Argus. \\ Idle we have 110 in tention, as a general rule, to fill our columns with controversial articles, this is written in such a temper and style, and is so con ! elusive and satisfactory in its arguments, thae for once we relax our rule. It will well repay perusal. tee The Doylestowu, Reading, Eastou and \\ ilkes-Barre papers have advanced • the Kites of subscription to $2,50 per year in advance, and $3, if not so paid. A change tliey say, made necessary by tlq. enormous advance of all printing materials. ' For the present, wo shall furnish the He porter at 82. per year, niakmg it the cheap- j est paper in the State, KPi.c I'tcHAßri I'. Ross, Esq., ot Tunkliau nock, has been appointed one of the Door-] keepers of the Ilonse of Representatives at Washington, and has left home to assume j : the duties of his new position. CORRESPONDENCE\ Washington, Dec. 10, I One week of the Second Session of the j 38th Congress, is now past. In order to ; give the respective Committees time to act upon bills in their hands, both houses have adjourned over from Thursday last to Mon day next. The appointment and confirmation of Mr. Chase as Chief Justice, in place of Judge Taney, deceased, gives general satisfaction among the friends of the Administration.— As the court is now constituted, the coun try may feel assured that we shall have no more Dred Scott decisions. The appointment of Mr. Speed, of Ken i tucky, as Attorney General, in the place of Mr. Bates, resigned, lias not yet been con tinued by the Senate. Mr. Speed is said to : be an able lawyer, but has until recently, ; acted with the Conservative elements in , Kentucky politics, co-operating with the Louisville Journal. He, however, left that party this fall and came out acting in sup r port of Mr. Lincoln, and now stands with the radical anti slavery element in Ken-' i tucky. His appointment will no doubt be confirmed. Several important measures have already been proposed in Congress. On the very , first day ol the session, Mr. Washburn re vived the whisky tax question in the House, by offering a resolution instructing the Committee of Ways and Means to inquire into the expediency of reporting a bill tax ing whisky in the hands of holders. The : Committee, I have 110 doubt, will report a bill proposing to tax liquors in the hands ; of such holders as purchased before any tax was imposed, and are still holding it for speculative purposes, but it is hardly prob able that they will impose a further tax up. on liquors purchased since the tax of one dollar and fifty cents per gallon was im poses!. 1 deem the government tax on liquors the best temperance law the people have | ever had, and am decidedly in favor of tax ing it to the highest point it will bear, based upon principles of justice and equality. When the Message of the President was read by the clerk in the House, on Tuesday last, the galleries were crowded to their ut most capacity, yet the most perfect quiet and order was maintained by the vast con course, except when the closing passages of the message relating to the restoration of the 1 nion was read, there was an oc casioned outburst of applause,and when the clerk pronounced the following paragraph in the message, viz : "I repeat tin; decla ration made a year ago, that while I re main in my present position, I shall not at tempt to retract or modify the emancipation proclamation, nor shall 1 return to slavery any person who is free by the terms of that proclamation, or by a 113- of the acts of Con gress. If the people should, by whatever mode or means, make it an Executive duty to re-enslave such persons, another, and not 1, must be their instrument to perform it," there seemed to come an involuntary outburst of joy, which was manifested by the general clapping of hands by the vast multitude, and which was heartily joined in by thi' 1 nion Members on the Jloor of the House. By the action of the House 011 Monday last, Mr. Stevens' bill proposing to declare the government money "of equal value for all purposes as gold and silver coin of like denominations," etc., etc., was laid 011 the table, by a vote of 73 yeas to 52 nays. The friends of Col. John W. Forney, are presen ting his name in connection with a Cabinet appointment. The old Keystone should most certainly be represented in the Cab-' iuet, and I know of no man in Peiinsylvana better quallified for such a position, nor one who has rendered more service in bringing about the re-election of Mr. Lincoln, and whose appointment would be more satisfac tory to the people than would Mr. Forney's. Yours, truly, COMM. HAiuusßt'iifs, l>tc. 15, 1864. There lias been in this city a military court in session for some weeks, before which those Columbia county conspirators have been tried, as well as other military culprits that may have been so unfortunate as to have been caught. For some time past, this court has been engaged in the trial of several rebel spies who were ar rested upon the cars 011 the Cumberland \ alley Kail Road. A day or two since, a very singular cir cumstance occurred in the progress of the trial of two of the prisoners, who gave their names as Thompson and Williams.— Thompson pretended that he was well ac quainted with a man Jin New York by whom he could prove his innocence. This New Worker was sent for, and came on with his wife, and he proved to be a police detective by the name of Klishu Wildey. When he saw Thompson he denied ever having seen him, although Thompson tried to be very familiar and recall old recollections. But when Wildey saw the prisoner Williams, he recognized him as his son who had been gone from home four years. At first Wil liams refused to recognize Widley as his father, but he soon however, shook hands with him, and kissed Mrs. Wildey, saying, " Oh, mother, you did not expect to see me here, did you ?" The father says his son is deranged, and was when he left home. Wil dey and his wife came here thinking that by a bare possibility Thompson might be their son, at least so they allege. There is still a great mystery in this whole transaction. This man Wildey at the time of his arrival here, had in his possess ion the original charges given to William son, another one of the spies, 011 the day of his trial. How came he by that paper? Surely this war is provicg that truth is stranger than fiction. A man was arrested here to day who had a large amount of confederate money with him, and bundles of matches secreted about his clothing ; he is undoubtedly a spy sent here to fire the city. Our Presidential electors did a noble act at the close of their session which should I be spoken of to their praise throughout the land. By a unanimous vote of the college, j they appropriated their fees, or wages, to the Christian Commission. This for each one was but a small sum, still in the aggre gate it amounted to eight hundred dollars, as 1 was told by one of their number.— ; Surely this was praiseworthy. I have just heard from the Bradford Ar gun, a fact that 1 think if it becomes known at the capitol of the nation, will materially effect our government if not change its whole course. It is most sincerely to be hoped that the astounding information wilL not be communicated to Mr. Lincoln. The editor announces to his numerous readers, ♦that he has not read all the Message. This could have been borne by the President had he not added that, M we deem it hardly worth while to read Mr. Lincoln's Message." If the poor man in the White House should hear this, how could he ever have the heart to write another. Only think of it, the edi tor of the Argue not deeming it worth while to read a document that was prepared for his special reading, and then to spread that fact before all of the readers of that widely circulated paper. How can the President bear such neglect from the liter ati of th > nation ? Should not some of his friends buy up and destroy all the issues of the Argue which contain this announcement, lest the fact get to him and lie be ruined bv such cruel neglect. X. I®* The President of the Tinted States having disapproved of that portion of (Jen. Dix's recent order which instructs all mili tary authorities on the frontier, in certain cases, to cross the boundary line between the 1 nited States and Canada, (Jen. Dix ,on Saturday, issued an order revoking those instructions, and directing, in case of future marauding expeditions into our territory from Canada, that the military commander on the frontier report t his headquarters in this eity r for orders. LATEST WAR NEWS. GLORIOFS VICTORY IN TENNESSEE! —HOOD ITTKRLY DEFEATED! WAR DEPARTMENT, j WASHINGTON. December 17 8:95 A.M. T Muj itr-Gtawtl thhu A. I)lx: i The following official report of the great victory achieved yesterday by Major-'Jen eral Thomas and his gallant army over the rebel forces under General Hood, in front uf Nashville, was received this morning. One of the most surprising circumstances connected with the great achievement in the small loss suffered by our troops, evin cing, among other things, the admirable skill and caution of General Thomas in his disposition of the battle. In our rejoicing at the defeat of the enemy thanks are due th the Almighty for His protection to our gallant officers aud soldiers in the great conflict they have passed through. ! lie report of General Thomas, and also an unofficial report containing interesting details, are subjoined : HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE . CUMBERLAND, 8 MII.ES FROM NASHVILLE, ftp. M. . December Hi, lSt>4. 1 the I' I'r sti It'tit of th* I nitnl Stfiti's, Iffiti. I;I --irnril .)/• Stifhtofii oml fj't 1 rCii&t (! ('. ,N Ih'nut : "This army thanks you for your appro bation of its conduct yesterday, and to as sure you that it is not misplaced, 1 have the honor to report that the enemy has been pressed at all points to-day in his line of retreat to the Brentwood Hills. "Brigadier-General Hatch, of Wilson's I corps of cavalry, on the right, turned the enemy's left, and captured a large num ber of prisoners, the number not vet re ported. "Major-General Schofield's Corps, next un the left of cavalry, carried several hills, raptured many prisoners and six pieces of artillery. "Brevet Major-General Siuith, next on the left of Major-General Seholield, carried the salient point of the enemy's line with McMilan's brigade of MeArthur's division, capturing sixteen pieces of artillery, two brigadier-generals and about two thousand prisoners. "Brigadier-General Garrard's division, of > Smith's command, next on the left of MeAr thur's division, carried the enemy's intreneh inents. capturing all the artillery and troops of the enemy on the line. "Brigadier-General Wood's troops on franklin pike took up tiie assault, captur ing the enemy's intreneliments in his re treat, captured eight pieces of artillery, something over six hundred prisoners, and drove the enemy within one mile of the Brentwood Hill pass. "Major-General Steednian, commanding detachments of the different armies of the Military Division of the Mississippi, most nobly supported General Y\ ood's left, and bore a most honorable part in the opera tions of the day. "1 have ordered the pursuit to be contin ued in the morning at daylight, although the troops are very much fatigued. The utmost enthusiasm prevails. " We must not forget to report the opera tions of Brigadier-General Johnson, is suc cessfully driving the enemy, with the co operation of the gunboats under Lieuten ant-commander Fitch,from their'established batteries on the Cumberland river, below the city of Nashville, and of the success of Brigadier-General Croxton's brigade in cov ering and re-turning our right and rear in the operations of yesterday and to-day.— Although I have 110 report of the number of prisoners captured by Johnson's and Croxton's command, I know they have made a large number. lam slso glml to be able to state that the number of prison ers captured yesterday greatly exceeds the number reported by telegraph last even ing. "The woods, fields and intreneliments are ' strewn with the enemy's small arms, aban doned in the retreat. " In conclusion, 1 int happy to state that all this lias been effected with but a verv small loss to us. Our loss probably does not exceed three thousand, and very few killed. GEORGE H. THOMAS, "Major-General Commanding" ' SECOND DESPATCH. NASHVILLE, Teun., 9 p. M., Dec. IG. " During last night Hood withdrew his right from the river, and took a position covering Hilshoro, Granny White and Franklin pikes, which line had been care fully prepared for just this contingency. He was driven from the first line easily, but the second was very stubbornly defen ded, and at last heavily assaulted three times before succeeding. "It was carried, however, and twenty i pieces of artillery, two thousand men, in- : eluding General Jackson, with the remnant ; of his division, were taken, the enemy i fo cod back two miles, and his army bro- ; ken in two parts,one on the White pike and i i the other on the Franklin, with range of bluffy I.ills between them, Steednian and Wood pressing down the latter, A. J. Smith Schotield and the cavalry down the former. Small arms lay as thick on the contested line as the rebels had stood there. Hood can't make another such day's tight, while Thomas is in good condition to press him. Caught more wagons ; can't say the num ber. Everybody, white and black, did splendidly." EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. WAR DEUABTMENT, WASHINGTON, Friday, Dec. IS, 8. 15 p. m. J To M'lj.-lrcn. Dijr, Xeit- Yuri : Official dispatches from (ten. Cauby have been received to-day, showing the com plete success of an expedition sent out by him from Vicksburg to cooperate with Hen. Sherman's operations, and cut Ilood's com munications with Mobile. (Jen. Canby also reports the probable success of another expedition from Baton Rouge, under command of Gen. Davidson, the details and object of which it is not proper now to disclose. When last heard from Davidson was reported as having caused quite a panic in Mobile, and to be devasting the country generally. Lieut.- Col. Earl, commanding a special party,was severely wounded, and fell into the hands of the enemy at Fayette, Miss. The Richmond papers of to-day conlirm the reported capture of Bristol by sin expe dition supposed to be under the command of Steneman and Burbridge. Also the surprise and capture of Glade Spring depot, on the railroad thirteen miles south of Abington, Va. They also contain Gen. Hood's official report of the battle of Franklin, in which he acknowledges the loss of many gallant officers and brave men, anion c whom he enumerates Maj.-Gen. Cleburne, Brig.-Gens. John Williams, Adams, Geist, Strohl and Cranberry, killed ; Maj.-Gen. John Brown, and Brig.-Gens. S. Carter, Mauiguult, • Diaries, Coekeril and Scott, wounded, and Brig.-Gen. Gordon taken prisoner. They also state that on Wednesday Gen. Sherman carried Fort McAllester comman ding the entrance to the Ogeecliee River, by storm, and that the capture of this posi tion puts Sherman in communication with the Yankee fleet, and necessitates the rein forcement of Savannah. The dispatches of (Jen. Canby, so far as is proper for publication, and the extracts from the Richmond papers giving Hood's official report of the battle and our success in South-Western Virginia and in Georgia, are subjoined. DIRECT FROM (JEN*. SHERMAN*—HIS TRH'MITIANT MARCH—FORT M'AL LISTER CA PTC RED—SAVANNAH IN VESTED ! , H'ASHINGTON. Dec. 18—9 p. in. Maj.-Gen. Jxo. A. Dix, New- York: An official dispatch from (Jen. Sherman was received to-day, dated near midnight, Dec IBtli, on the gunboat Dandelion, Ossabaw Sound. It was written before Gen. Foster had reached him lie reports, besides some military details of future operations (which are omitted), the following interesting par ticulars of his operations : ON BOARD DANDELION, OSSABAW SOUND, I Dec. 19—11:50 p.m. ) "To-day at 5 p. m. Gen Hazard's IVvision of the Fifteenth Corps carried Fort McAllis ter by assault, capturing its entire garrison and stores. This opened to us the Ossabaw Sound, and I pushed down to this gunboat to communicate with the fleet. Before opening communication, we had complete ly destroyed all the railroads leading into Savannah, and invested the city. The left is on the Savannah River, three miles above the city, and the right on the Ogeecliee at King's Bridge. Ths army is in splendid order, and equal to anything. The weath er has been fine and supplies were abun dant. Our march was most agreeable, and we were not at all molested by guer illas. " ' We reached Savannah three days ago, but, owing to Fort McAllister, could not communicate ; but now we have McAllister we can go ahead. We have already cap tured two boats OJI the Savannah River, and prevented their gunboats from coining down. 1 estimate the population of Savannah at 2.i,000 and the garrison at 15,000. (Jen. Hardee commands \\ e have not lost a wagon on the trip, but have gathered in a large supply of ne groes, mules, horses, tc., and our teams are in far better condition than when we started. My first duty will be to clear the army of surplus negroes, mules and horses.— We have utterly destroyed over two hun dred miles of rails, and consumed stores and provisions that were essential to Lee's and Hood's armies. The quick work made with McAllister, and the opening of com munication with our fleet, and the conse quent independence for supplies, dissipates all their boasted threats to head me off and starve the army. I regard Savannah as already gained. W. T. SHERMAN, Major-Gencral. THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. SECOND SESSION. SENATE, Dec. 13.—Mr. Sumner reported a bill authorizing the President to transfer one of our gunboats to the Republic of Liberia, that Government to pay for it in ten annual installments Mr. Sherman reported a bill to construct six revenue cutters for the lakes. After some debate and the reading of a letter from the Secre tary of the Treasury, the bill was passed. Mr. \\ ilsou proposed a joint resolution se curing freedom to the wives and children of all colored soldiers. Referred to the Military Committee. That part of the President's message speaking of foreign immigration was referred to the Commit tee on Agriculture. The Bankruptcy Bill was received from the House and referred to the .Judiciary Committee. The creden tials of Senator Anthony of Rhode Island were presented. He is elected for six years from the 4th of March next. Af ter an executive session the Senate ad journed. llot'SE, Dec. 13. —Mr. Eliot offered a reso lution, which was referred to the judiciary Committee, declaring that the State of Lou isiana may resume political relations with i the General Government Mr. Cole intro duced a bill granting public lands to cer tain railroad companies in California. He also introduced a bill to establish a Department of Mines, to collect and diffuse useful information on that subject. Laid | over. The papers of the Louisiana Mem bers, before referred to the Judiciary Com- j mittee, were sent to the Committee on < Rebel I*JUS State. A resolution by Mr. Chanler was adopted, to inquire into the expediency of reducing the tax on coal.— j The House then took up the bill for a Na vy Yard at New-London. After some de-i bate, the whole subject was laid on the j table. The House then took up Mr. Ward's resolution of last Session, proposing to give Great Brit&n notice of an intention to repeal the Canadian Reciprocity Treaty, and to appoint Commissioners to make a new treaty. Mr. Morrill moved a substi- j tute omitting all reference to a new treaty, simply giving notice of our intention to terminate the agreement. In this form , the joint resolution passed, 85 to 51. Ad journed. SENATE, Dee. 14. Resolution of thanks to ('apt. Winslow and Lieut. Lushing were | adopted. Mr. Wilson reported back the joint resolution to make free the wives and children of colored soldiers. A bill for a I special session of the United States Dis trict Court of Indiana was passed. Mr. ! Chadler proposed resolutions, referred to i the Foreign Affairs Committee, concerning the discharge of the St.* Albans raiders. Mr. Doolittle's tax resolutions were dis j cussed at length, and finally referred to the j Finance Committee. The unfinished busi | liess of last session was referred to the appropriate committees. The House reso lution for the termination of the Reciprocity Treaty was referred to the Foreign Affairs Committee. Adjourned. HOLSK, Dec. 14. —A bill was passed to allow any alien to become a citizen (if i 21 years old) on proving one year's resi j dence, if he has served in the army or navy | and been honorably discharged. The Dip lomatic and Invalid Pension Appropriation Bills were reported and sent to the Com mittee of the Whole. The Foreign Affairs i Committee was requested to report what measures are necessary to protect our ; frontier from such outrages as that at St. i Albans. Mr. Scheneck reported a bill to i drop fioni the army rolls all unemployed ! generals. It was passed, t)8 to 88. The resolution to appoint Commissioners to re port as to the best mode of raising revenue by taxation, was tabled, 08 to Off The j remainder of the session was used up by Mr. Brooks in a speech on war and peace. ; Adjourned. Another expedition, which went out from Vicksburgh recently under Maj.-tJeu. j I)aua, was successful. The enemy was found in force; but this did not prevent (ion. liana's men from accomplishing the work they started out to do. They thoroughly de stroyed the long bridge over Black River, the Mississippi Central Railroad for thirty : miles above the stream, two thousand five hundred bales of Kebel cotton and about three hundred thousand dollars worth of other Rebel government property, and re turned to Vicksburgh with the loss of only five killed and forty wounded and missing. — PK.YXS YLVAXIA OFFICIAL. 'the official vote of this State for President is now returned, and taking the highest vote for i Electors on each ticket, shows a majority for Liu j coin of 20,081. There were a few scattering votes for Electors, in consequence of the misprint of a portion of the Union tickets, but not enough to I effect any results. Aaron Mull received 2,631 votes by mistake. He was on the Union Electoral ticket originally, but died during the summer and Wm. Taylor was substituted. Mr. Taylor's majority is therefore 2.000 less than the other Union Electors, but he has still enough and to spare. The follow ing is the official vote by counties : T.i itcrdn. M'Clelbin, Adams 2.612 3,116 Allegheny 21,519 12,414 Armstrong 3,526 3,241 Beaver 3,237 1,304 Hertford 2.336 2 752 Berks 6.710 13/266 | Blair 3.292 2,6*6 Bradford 6,865 3,007 Bucks 6.436 7,335 j Butler 3,475 2.947 Cambria 2.224 3 036 Cameron 335 232 Carbon 1.721 2 251 Centre '2. HI 7 3,399 Chester 8.446 5.087 Clarion 1,780 2,833 Clearfiled 1,506 2,801 Clinton 1,666 2,135 Columbia 1.914 3,367 Crawford 6,441 4', 526 Cumberland 3,604 4,356 Dauphin 5,044 4,220 Delaware 3,664 2,141 Elk ...... 348 835 Erie 6,911 3,722 Fayette 3,221 4.126 Franklin 3,826 3/821 Fulton 694 906 Forest . . 85 t;2 (ireeue 1,583 3,076 Huntingdon 3,321 2,477 Indiana 4,320 2,179 Jefferson 1.723 1,868 Juniata 1.437 1,753 Lancaster . 14,469 8,451 Lawrence 3,408 1,389 Lebanon 3,980 2,779 Lehigh 3.'908 5.920 i Luzerne 7,645 10.034 Lycoming 3,401 4,207 j M'Kean . 7157 (',52 Mercer 4,220 3,569 Mifflin 1,643 1,716 Monroe 685 2,698 Montgomery 6.872 7,743 Montour 1,1:10 1.496 Xorthamton 3,725 6,944 Northumberland 2,915 3,608 t Perry 2,406 2^446 Philadelphia 55,791 44.032 Pike 260 1,180 Potter 1,390 680 Schuylkill 7,851 9,540 Somerset 2.788 1,710 i Snyder 1,619 1,368 Sullivan 309 670 Susquehanna 4,203 2.959 Tioga 4,673 1,584! Union 1,045 1,352 Venango 3,849 3.341 Warren 2,541 1,505 Washington 4,951 4,579 Wayne ... 2,274 2,989 i Westmoreland 4,650 5,977 Wyoming 1,337 1,402 York 5,568 8,500 296,389 276,308 The total vote of iB6O was as follows, viz : Abraham Lincoln 270,170 J. C. Breckinridge 176,435 ! Stephen A. Douglass 17,350 John Bell ■ 12,755 iicto atJtorrtfscmeuts. FOR SALE.—Tito undersigned wishes to sell two good Horses. Towaiid.i t|i. . Dee. 19. 1-64. HARRIET MEAN'S rpiiH SI BSCRIBER offers for sale his JL d* eiling house and lot ou 3d street , north west of , C. L. Ward's. The property has on it a large and new • ly built barn . a good weil ot water and cistern, a very tine cellar, and some tine fruit and shade trees. Inquire of the subscriber. PANIEI. HARKINS. Towanda, Ziec. 19, 1864. PROPOSALS will IK- received at the of fice of 0. I) Montanye. tor furnishing the Borough of Towanda 20,000 feet of 14 inch oak platik. not to ex- I ceed 6 inches in width. Also 4,000 (ct-t Oak Scantling 3 inches square. To be delivered by the Ist day of May next. Towanda, Dec. 21, 1864. AUDITOR'S NOTICE. — In the mutter of the rntate of E. IV. Cox,drc'd. In the Orphan's | Court of Bradford Oounty. The undersigned, an Auditor appointed by said court to distribute moneys in the bands of the admiuistrator of said estate, will attend to the duties of his appoint ment at his office in the Borough of Towanda, on the 25th day of January, 1865, at 1 o'clock, p. ra., and all | persons having claims against said moneys must then and there present them. Dec. 21, 1864. JAMES WOOD. Auditor. , A URITOR'S NOTICE.— C. M. Manvilte -*w ea. M. H. Allotnay. In the Court of Comtnou Plt-asi of Bradford County. No, 620 May T., 1862. The undersigned, an auditor arpointed by said Court to distribute funds urising from Sheriff"s sale of defen dant's real estate, will att-ndhto the duties of such ap pointment at the office ot J. C. Adams, eso., in the Bo rough of Towanda, on Thursday , January 26, 1865, at 1 o'clock, p. m., and all persons interested are requested i to attend. JOHN W. MIX. Dec. 21, 1864. Auditor. , FYJ E N WANT ED ! BV THE FALL CREEK COAL A IRON CO., To Chop.Clear Land, and Make Shiugles, or to Clear | Land by the acre. i Apply to WM. M . MALLORY, at the Ward House. . < | Dec. 8, 1864. GEO.C KARRAIi, President. IXTEW YORK AND PffILADELPHIi ±1 PETROLEUM COMPANY. Organized under the Laws of New York. TRCFTEITA. FRANCIS A. PALMER, President Broadway Bat New York. NATHAN RANDALL, Ex President United state, T „ cgraph Company, New York, ! ALBERT H. NICOLAY, or Albert H. Xicolay 4 , Brokers and Auctioneers, 52 William St., X. y EUOENE J. JACKSON, of Polhamius A Ja< kson |j B . eis and Brokers. 43 Exchange Place. N. Y. EDMUND C. BTEDMAN. Secretary New York pt r leuin Stock Board and Broker. 3<i Broad St. X y ANDREW MEHAFFEY, Philadelphia. FRANCIS A OODWIN, Philadelphia ROBERT CLARKSON. of Clarkson & Co., Banket i South Thiid St.. Philadelphia. JAMES M. CLARKE, Oil City. Philadelphia. PRESIDENT. ALBERT H. NICOLAY, New York. VICE-PR SILENT. ANDREW MEHAFFEY, Philldelphia. TKEASCREK. A. V. STOUT, President Shoe and leather Bank. X.y SECRETARY. EDMUND C. ST.EDM AN , COUNSEL. WILLIAM H. A NT HON, New York. ADAM C. ELLIS. New York BANKERS' SHOE AND LEATHER BANK. New York. CLARKSON A CO., Philadelphia. OFFICES OF THE COMPANY. N0.52 William St., N. Y. No. 121 South 3d Bt.,Ph Capita! Stock, 300,000 Shares. At tiie Nominal .■ of t:, each—Snbscription Price, tl per Share Sto* I, Subject In \i further ■ mcnt. 50 shares, or (100,000. reserved lor Working Capital. Tb New York and Philadelphia Petroleum Compc has lieen organized with the greatest care, by experi r ed capitalists of the two Cities , whose names are unit in its own. 1 will he Managed Exclutively fur the Inltrtel* of t Stockholder*. No paiiis have been spared to place it on a genuit - aud substantial looting. Most valuable and extens ~ tracts ol Oil and Coal Laud have been secured i > aud the leasehold PROITCINO INTERESTS in the hruil << the I hnungo County (Pa.) Oil lit gin. Attention : viled to the following Schedule ot he Company's Pr pertv, including Fee Simple Territory, leaseholds, I'r (lucitig Wells, and wells iu the various stages ot <nr tion : No I—Thirty acres of bottom land, is FEE. on Alleghany River, having a water-fiouiage ol near.'' . mile. New 10-horse power engine and ttxtnres. I wells sunk to the depth ot 300 leet. and ahead, 1 ...- 1 with Oil. Room for forty more wells. No. 2 —Three hundred and twenty acre* ol rich (i Land is kkk, lying nearly opposite the shove, he. > .* , mile of watei-frontage 011 I'ratherand Hennett RL:. Weli supplied with timber. No. 3.—One-sixteenth lea-e interest 011 the fare "Widow McClintock Farm," Oil Creek. One well d, and testing : another just ready to tube ; a third started. Two mat-class engines. Tubing tools, fix* team. wagons, Ac. No. 4. —Same interest in lease on the well-ku ,< " Hamilton McClintock Farm." Oil Creek. One now being tested ; already yielding twelve hair, - and rapidly ineteasing. Others going down. Tw > gine. with fixtures complete. Ni. s.—One-tweltth ~t two leases- on the ( lav i near the great William and Stanton 100-ijarrei w,: - this property is "Sherman Well. No. 2," now •. ,■* leet. Engine, Ae.. Ac. Room for more wells No. 6.—One sixteenth of the tee in Filty sev< of Coal band, adjoining the Cranberry Coal ('■ up lieds. This property is of the utmn-t value !•' ,111 at ions, supplying us with Coal at all sea*, us and * the works ol other Companies are forced to be . want of fuel. From these estates, the Trustees are aisumed of ti., ability to declare Large and Regular Monthly I>iv. .., at an early day*.and for the speedy appreciation oft. Shares to a Market Value far above the Subscript.. Price. The Investigating Committee, sent from New V and Philadelphia, whose favorable Report is pii:.*. with the Prospectus, speak in unlimited term- ; : . Company's 1 r iperty and prospects. Books for Original Suf scrip tion will I* opened Wednesday, December Tth.at the offices of the < :r , and at the New York. Philadelphia, and Boston 3 ing Houses named tie low. Prospectuses. Maps and detailed information at • Subscription Office. The public are assured, that, whether for iuvesiiMv or speculation, 110 lietter security than the-e share- , he obtained. SUBSCRIPTION AGENTS. 1". A. Palmer, at Broadway Bank. 237 Broadwav. X. Polbamius A Jackson, 43 Exchange Place. N". Y Alt.ert H. Nicolay A Co., 52 William St.,N. Y Clarkson A Co., 121 South Third St.. PhiladelplY., J G- Martin, Banker and Broker, Boston. Steuart A Co., Bankers. Washington, D. C. \ I DITOR'S NOTICE.— Julio' mn/lr. V A of the i taie of It . f. .l/rAVa,!, deceased the Orphan's Court of Bradford County. The undersigned, an auditor, appointed bv said to distribute funds in the hands of the admini-tret ot said estate, will attend to the duties at his off. • the borough of Towanda, on Saturday the 2*o: of January, 1-65, at 1 o'clock, p. m., and all per having c laims upon said funds must present the else he forever debarred from the same. _Dec. 21,1864. W T. DAVIES, Andin AUDITOR'S NOTICE.— In the matter of the estate of Richard R. Beehrith, dtceasi In the Orphan's Court of Bradford County. The undersigned, an auditor appointed by the Or phan's Court, to distribute funds remaining in tin bat. of the Administrator of said deceased, arising from saleot real and personal estate, will attend to thee ties of his appointment at the office of Morrow A IV' in the borough ot Towanda, on Friday, the 27th da> January, 1865, at 1 o'clock, p. ni.. and all person-: , , ing claims upon said monev's must present them 011 he forever d- baried from the same. Dec. 21. 1864. P D. MORROW. Audit, AUDITOR'S NOTICE.— In Ike m l 1 tuh Hunt. Francis Raskins and 11 : . 1, H'indei. trustees Q-r., es. Thos. T. It'iirman et. In the Court of Common Pleas of Bradford County > 523 Dec. T-, 1859. The undersigned auditor appointed to distribute' proceeds ot the Sheriff's Saleot defendants real e-'c, will attend to the duties ol his appointment at the :: in the Boro' ot Towanda. on Friday the 27th >1 j January 1865, at 1 o'clock p. m. and all per.- having claims upon tlie funds must present lid., else be forever dchared from the same , G. D. MONTANYK ' _Pl C -J' 4 * _ _ And. ORPHAN'S COURT SALE.— By virt of an order of the Orphan's Court of Bradford 1 the undersigned administrator of the estate of ARB* HAM \ AIJ.ERSCH AMP, deed . late of Orwell*, will sell on the premises, at public sale, 011 WEDNK DA\ .JANUARY 25. 1865, at 1 o'clock, p. m.,the lowing lot, piece or parcel of land, situated in Orw tp.,and hounded as follows, to wit: Beginning, stake and stones on the highway, said highway lead, by and from A an Fleet and Beecber's mill tiirongti 1 terville ; thence south *o4° we.t by land* ot It. Chaffee aud B. Lyon. 120 pr. to a maple : thence is*. 33° east by lands of C. R. Darling, 117 pr. to . and stones 011 the south side of the highway, said h -* way leading to Warren tp.; thence north 84 8 1-iO pr. to a stake and stones 011 the north side of highway ; thence north 24° cast hy lands of C . 11. : ling, 40 pr.; thence north 1 4j° east hy lands ot 0. R A. Darling 71 pr, to the centre of the highway, -J highway leading from Windham to Potterville : tee south 57°. east along the centre of said highway la s pr. to H. Darling's line ; thence south 6j = west bv -.. line 16 nr. to a stake and stones the south-west,! of H. Darling's lot ; thence north 85° east hy -• line of said Darling 31 2-10 pr. to a stake and sto:.-- south-east corner of said lot : thence north 74° we-: east line of said lot 50 5-10 pr to a stoke and stone the north-east corner of said lot ; thence north 26° c hy the east side of tne pond 30 pr.; thence noith 1" east 10 pr.; thence nortn 65° east IS pr.; thence n ; 71° east 8 pi .; thence north 7>° east 17 pr. to thes west corner of R. A C. Humphrey's land ; thence sou: 57° east along said Humphrey's "south line 11 pr.: stake and stones on line of Zery Cook's laud : then,' south 33° east by said Cook's land 134 pr. to a stake an stones 011 the west side of creek ; thence south 16° e 1- 56 pr. to a stake and stones on the north side of high way. said highway leading to Warren tp.; thence sout 76° east along the centre of said highway 18 pr. to th centre of the Potterville highway ; thence south ]> east along centrk of said highway 53 pr. to the n* it: east corner of Van Fleet A Beecher'a mill lot ; then. , south 87° west by dam and pond 011 the north side said lot 164 pr. to stake and stones, the north-west c r: er,t mill lot ; thence south 3° east along west line mill lot 41 pr. to a stake and stones the south-west corn ! er of mill lot ; thencs north 80j° east along south lit., ' ot mill lot 16 pr. to a stake and stones in centre ot Put terville highway ; thance south 3° east along centre ■: said highway 1 pr. to place of beginning. Containing' 98 acres, more or less, reserving alt rights and privilege heretofore granted to J. O. Frost and A. (5. Matthews 75 acres improved, 1 framed house, 2 framed barns and fruit trees thereon. TERMS.— $l5O to be paid on property being struck down, one fourth of balance on confirmation of sale, are: the balance in five annual instalments with interest an Dually. FASTIS KN WORKIIRISER. Dec. 19, 1864. Administrator. ORPHAN'S COURT SALE.—By virtue an order of the Orphan's Court of Bradford county the undersigned administrator of the estate of JOBI.VII \ H. LITTLE, dee'd., late of Troy twp., will sell on ti: premises, at public sale on WEDNESDAY. January, I s 1565, ut 1 o'clock, p. m., the following lot, piece or par cel of land, bounded as follows, to_ wit ; Bounded on the north by Sugar "creek, one the ea-t by lands ol G. F. Velie, on Hie south by lands of I'omfor' Peters, on the west by lands of Reuben Wilber. Con 5 taining about forty acres. TERMS.— I2S to he paid on day of sale, one halt , the balance on confirmation of sale, and the balance with interest, in two equal auuual payments there.iter HIRAM HORTO.V, Dec. 15,1864. Admin ist rat MARE.—Came into the en J sure ol the sulacriber, 011 or about the Ist of N vemher, a small Iron Grey Mare, about four years The owner is requested to come forward pay chare* and take her away. EDW. WRIGHT Springfield, Dec. 1, 1864.-3w. FIRST NATIONAL BANK, Towanda, Dec. 6.1864. j The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of this Ban* s for the election of nine (9) Directors to serve the e: * ing year, will be held at the Banking Office on the day of January next, between the hours of 1 to 3 p. !i: ' ' N N. BETTS JR. Cash
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