NEWS FROM ALL NATIONS. —Cols. Hatch and Ould, late Exchange Agents of the Confederate States, and also Major L. H. Carringtou, late Provost Marshal of Rich mond, are still prisoners in the Libby Prison at Richmond. —lt is said that Gen. Thomas will not take command of the Department of Virginia, but will be assigned to the work of reorganization in Kentucky and Tennessee. —About <5,000 prisoners of war having taken the oath, have applied tor release. An order for their release will shortly be issued. —The eastern troops of Gen. Sherman's army are being rapidly paid off. Many of them have not had a cent since August last. --The Navy Department has again taken possession of the Government grounds at Annap olis, and the Naval School will be removed there from Newport in September. —Gov. Magrath of South Carolina reach ed Washington, under arrest Thursday, and was consigned to the old Capitol prison. —All the wounded rebels confined in the Old Capitol prison at Washington were released on taking the oath of allegiance. —All prisoners of war under the rank of Major are to be released, but all commissioned officers must give bonds for good behavior. —A large number of contrabands who followed the army of Georgia to Washington have made application to return home. —The Baltimoreans welcomed home the returned Maryland soldiers by a public entertain ment in that city. —The veterans of the Fourth Army corps are said to be under marching orders for Galves ton, Texas, via New-Orleans. —Several thousands of blank discharges for soldiers have been printed on parchment for the War Department. —There are said to be 60,000 sick and wounded soldiers in the different hospitals through out the country. —The expedition under Gen. Sully, or ganized for Indian warfare, was to start from Si oux City on the 6th inst. —A new and remarkably well executed counterfeit—a two dollar note on the Bank of Glen's Falls, N. Y.—has made its appearance. —The New-Orleans journals describe the crevasse in the Lower Mississippi as one of the most destructive that has occurred there for many years. The country in the neighborhood of Bras hear City (on Berwick Bay) is inundated to the depth of 15 feet, and the loss of stock of every de scription and other property is incalculable. —Mr. R. S. S. Andros has been appoin ted a special agent of the Treasury Department, and will proceed to the various reopened ports — Charleston, Savannah, Darien, Jacksonville, Mo bile, Ac.—with reference to the reestablishment of the United States Custom-houses. —The Government requires copies of all the oaths taken under the amnesty proclamation to be filed in Washington. Nearly ten thousand were received during Mr. Lincoln's administration, and the number is rapidly increasing under Presi dent Johnson. —Tlie New-llampshire Legislature as sembled at Concord on Wednesday. The House elected A. T. Pike, of Franklin, speaker. F. A. Straw, of Manchester, was chosen President of the Senate. Governor Smythe's message mainly re lates to local affairs. —No reply has yet been received to the formal demand of our Government for the surren der of the Rebel Ram Stonewall, as the Cuban au thorities must, of course, refer the question to the Spanish Government at Madrid and await instruc tions. —The Mississippi delegation, headed by Judge Sharkey, and the Georgia delegation, head ed by ex-Congressmen Hill, held consultations with the President Thursday relative to the recon struction of their respective States. - The review of the Sixth Army Corps took place at Washington Thursday. The display was very fine, but attracted only a small crowd of spectators, on whom reviews seemed to have pall ed. —The army of the Tennessee have all left Washington for the west. The army of Geor gia will take up its line of march Friday. It is thought that Gen. Mower will go to Texas. —The State debt of New-Hampshire is $3,1178,000. She has furnished 33,427 men in the war for the Union, of whom 5,818 have fallen and 11,039 been permanently disabled. —The shackles were" removed from Jeff erson Davis last week. His suit of Rebel gray has been exchanged for one of black, aiul he is now permitted more freedom. —lt is now said that the indictment of Jeff. Davis was drawn up without the advice of or any consultation with the President or any of the leading officials. —The journals who pleaded the strongest for the hanging of old John Brown five years ago, are now the most anxious that Jeff. Davis and his confrerees should escape. —Parties are once more made up in Washington to visit Mount Vernon, which is again open to the public. The steamboat fare there and back is one dollar and fifty cents, of which one dollar goes into the treasury of the association. —We see by the Luzerne and Berks county journals, that there is a gang of barn bur ners at work in those localities. The Reading Ga zette mentions that three large barns were fired and destroyed in that county within a few days. —The Pennsylvania Central Railroad Company having given $50,000 for the foundation of a Pennsylvania Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home, the State has added $75,000, and this most worthy institution will soon be a fixed fact. —The Catholics in Meadville design the founding of a school there to be called the "Col lege of the Immaculate Conception." There is no doubt of the project being successfully carried out. —lt is estimated that upward of 9,000 steam engines, for oil wells, have passed over the ' Atlantic and Great Western Railroad into this ' State. Gen. Duff' Green appeared at Washing ton. desiring the privilege of taking the Amnesty oath, which was not granted. —The salt product of the Hocking Val ley, Ohio, for 1864, was 1,677,774 bushels, from the tax on which the government has received s4l - 611 68. —The adjutant generals of all the loyal j States will assemble in Boston on the 10th of July next, and pass a few days. —Two boys were killed and two badly wounded by the discharge of a gun with which they were playing, in Lancaster, on Monday. —Alexander Black, of East Bridgeport, ! Conn., has recently become heir to several million dollars by the death of a brother in England. —Ex-Governor Beriah Magoffin has taken very decided ground in favor of the ratification of the Constitutional Amendment by Kentucky. —The Secretary of War has obtained the original copy of the Alabama ordinance of seces- ' sion. Andrew Cochrane aged 70, President of the Petersboro (N. H., ltunk, committed suicide by hanging himself in a stable, on the 30th ult. He had beseu subject to fits of depression for some ime. IBvitdfotd Towanda, Thursday, June 15, 1865. PRESIDENT JOHNSON'S RECONSTRUCTION POLICY. ♦ In what manner shall the rebel States be re-instated into the Union, is the all absorb ing question of the day, and conflicting views on this topic meet us at every turn. The question is different from any other the American people have had to adjust, and there is no light of experience, no precedent by which to be guided ; and yet the man ner of the adjustment of the present diffi culty, is of very grave importance. Much of our harmony and prosperity in time to come, will depend upon what ice do—and hoic ice do it —to meet this emergency. Our surroundings therefore, call for great cir cumspection, the exercise of all our pru dence, and all the wisdom of the country. The President has recently indicated the policy of the government on this subject by two Proclamations, one an amnesty, offer ing pardon to the great bulk of the rebels who bore arms against the government,and the other appointing a Provisional Gover nor for North Carolina, with authority to call a state convention for the creation of a constitution adapted to the new order of things, and authorizing the different De partments of the General Government to re sume their respective functions in that State. All loyal citizens, and all unaccep ted rebels, who take the amnesty oath, are allowed to participate in this organization. It is assumed that this procedure is war ranted by the 4th Article and the 4th Sec tion of the Constitution of the United States, which declares that the general Govern ment shall guarrantee a Republican form of government to each State, and that as it is the duty of the President to see that the laws are executed, it becomes his to re-or ganize the rebel states on the plan indica ted. With the amnesty Proclamation we con fess ourselves dissatisfied. The Amnesty Proclamation of President Lincoln, as a war measure, was right, but that issued by President Johnston as a Peace measure, is not. It has always been a doubtful ques tion whether the President, or the executive of a State, can grant pardon for a crime committed against the laws, before it has been established and fixed on a party—by civil or m ilitary process ; and we do not believe such to have been the intention of the fra rners of the Constitution when empowering the President to reprieve and pardon for crimes committed against the United States. The amnesty Proclamation issued by Presi dent Lincoln was designed as an induce ment for the rebels to lay down their arms, and many thought it would have this effect. If there was the remotest hope of such a result it justified the offer of pardon made in it. The rebels then were not under our control, and we had no possible way of reaching them unless by some such expe dient ; and if those we could not master could be induced to cease their war upon the government, by the offer of pardon for past offenses, it would have been considered right, and indeed wise. Here the offenders were to do some thing to earn forgivness. It was virtually a contract between two in dependent parties ; and we would have gained much if we could have ended the war in this way. This is the light in which our late President's Amnesty Proclamation was held. But to offer full pardon to the whipped out rebels now after they had re fused it before, and when we are masters of the situation, to be laughed at and weak ened by our folly, is simple weakness, to say tin- least of it. This scheme of re-con struction has already proven a failure in the elections in Tennessee and Virginia. In the latter, it is said, that absolute rebels have been returned to the Legislature, and in the former, laws have been enacted re cognizing slavery, and providing for the partial enslavement of the free blacks of that State. And what else could be expec- ted from this system ? The pardoned trai tors will le largely in the ascendant in the rebel states, and after being pardoned they will be rebels still in sentiment and feeling. They will again secure political power in these states, then will the old game for pre ponderance in the general Government be renewed, the loyal men persecuted, and step by step, the blacks will be re-enslaved. It looks to us, after our fearful sacrifices, that we are to be cheated out of our point. The Amnestv Proclamation of President Johnson goes upon the presumption that pardoned traitors will return to their alle giance, and duty to the Government hon estly. Vet in almost every case when an opportunity has been given, the old malig nant hate of the Union has shown itself, re. served and cautious in some, and in others outspoken and defiant. Our returning sol diers experienced this in nearly every im aginable form, in every locality, and from every condition in rebeldom. It is a mis taken notion to suppose that the good will of those who have taken an active part in the rebellion, and thereby intensified their animosity to the Government, can be se cured by any show of lenity or acts of kind, ncss. No considerable number of this class will ever again bear friendship towards the old Union. They are subdued, but not cured. They submit to that which they cannot control, but they do not cease to nourish the ideas, and the feelings, which led them astray. They own that we are the strongest, but they insist none the less that they were right, and that what they lost now they may gain at another time. We have daily evidence of all this —proof upon proof demonstration upon demonstra tion, that the latent fire of the rebellion is smouldering in hundreds of thousands of the unquenched brands which were scat tered when that furious conflagration was smothered ; and shall we let these come together again ? Is this fit material to en trust with the elective franchise in the South ? We have demonstrated our strength, is it best to depend upon it alto- i gether, and give the insurgents a chance for revenge, if not for success ? Should wc not wit-hold from them all political pow er, as well for the sake of punishing the crime of treason, as for future security ? It seemß to us this is the only true policy. Besides, has the President the right to deny the franchise of voting and holding office, to any one who has heretofore enjoyed that privilege in any State ? He does this to the classes he excepts to his amnesty ; and where does he get the authority ? Here are a number of persons attainted of crime by his proclamation, yet the Constitution ex pressly declares " that Congress shall pass no bill of attainter," and can the President do the thing which Congress is forbidden to do ? The presumption is, that the fra mers of the Constitution intended that at tainter for crime should not be brought to bear against any citizen or any power under the Government, without process of condi tion. It is not enough that all know that Lee, Hunter, Brecckinridge, Wise, Ac., Ac., were openly arrayed in arms against the laws. They must be convicted of the crime by a proper tribunal and in a proper man ner, before any forfeiture of their rights takes place, or any penalties can be inflic ted. A man may shoot another down in the presence of a thousand other persons, yet he loses no civil rights, so long as he is at large, and he is not tried and convicted according to law. The personal safety of every man in community, and the very ex istence of civil government, depends upon a strict observance of this principle. It is as applicable to treason as other crimes, and the President is as much bound to respect it, as much bound to be governed by it, as the lowest officer and the poorest man in the land. From the beginning we have contended that no man who has borne arms against the United States, should again be allowed the franchises of voting and holding office; and the more we reflect over the matter, and the more we see of the practical work ings of the opposite course, the firmer be comes our conviction. We oppose there fore, all amnesty to the rebels. The good of the nation, its permanent peace and pros perity, the sacrifices we have made to pre serve the Union, all forbid absolute pardon, and forgiveness to those who have strug gled so desperately to destroy this nation. We hold that the better policy with the insurgent States will be to subjugate them to the condition of territories. Then the Government will have control of the whole subject. In the enabling act granted to each rebel State, Congress can regulate the representation, and prescribe boundaries to the legislative enactment. It may be con tended that the Amnesty Proclamation of the President does not actually deprive the civil states of the rebels, but can the Gov ernment control it after making the offer of pardon as is done in this Proclamation ? Both England and France appear to feel considerable uneasiness concerning the disposition toward them of the Ameri can Government and the American people. The language of the two are now paying us more compliments during one mouth than they have done during the whole four years of the war. Both represent their re lations to the Government of the United States as most amicable, but endeavor in vain to calm the apprehensions of the pub lic. Lord Palmerston, being asked in the House of Commons whether a new demand of indemnity for the depredations commit ted by the Alabama had been received from Washington, gave an evasive answer. He only said that new correspondence had ta ken place between the two Governments, from which reply every one, of course, in ferred that the demand of indemnity had been renewed. In France, Louis Napoleon lias deemed it necessary to rebuke his radical cousin or the speech made Ajaccio, and especially for that portion of it which refers to Amer ican affairs. It is no secret in France that the dissatisfactionwith the continued occupation of Mexicoby French troops is on the increase. The Frenchmen know that every independentpaper of Europe, as well as their own common sense tell them, that in case of a war between France and the United States, France could not even make an attempt to hold Mexico. Whatever may be the mo tive of the speech of Prince Napoleon, there can be no doubt that it will powerfully aid the opposition to the Mexican expedition. ®a?"An immense meeting was held at the Cooper Institute, New York, on Wed nesday the 7th inst. for the purpose of ex pressing the joy of the people over the res toration of peace and the unitv of the na tion, their determination to uphold the gov ernment and their confidence in President Johnson, The proceedings were most en thusiastic. General GRANT was present, and was wildly welcomed by the audience. Speeches were made by a number of gen tlemen, including Major-Gen. LOGAX, com manding the Army of the Tennessee, and Major-Gen. FRANK J'. BI.AIR, commanding the Seventeenth army corps. MEETING OK METHODIST BISHOPS. —On the 14th, loth and 16th of June next, the Bish ops of the E. M. Church throughout the United States will meet each other in Erie city. The meeting will be solely in regard to business matters pertaining to their offi cial duties, and therefore private in every respect. No formal welcome or session is expected to take place. The gentlemen expected are among the leading churchman of the country, and all eminent for then scholarly attainments and successful ca reer. The senior Bishop is Bishop Morris, and Bishop Simpson, Baker, Thompson, Clark and Ames will be present with him. These are names well known in both relig ious and literary circles. ftaT The shock of an earthquake, lasting nearly a minute, was felt in St. Lewis on the morning of the 29th ult. PFTRSOIVA L. — A correspondent of the Philadelphia Sunday Mercury, urges the nomination of Hon. W. A. Gnlbraith, of Erie County, as the next Demo cratic candidate for Governor. —George S. Houston, of Alabama ; John Hill, of Georgia, and Georges W. Jones, of Tenn essee, all former Congressmen, have arrived in AVasliingtiou. —The Bloomsburg Republican says that Judge ELWELL is from home on a visit to the West. —Marshal Lanion of the District of Col umbia has tendered his resignation, to take effect on Monday. The Hon. Horace Maynard is spoken of as his successor. - Mrs. Stephen A. Douglas gave a bril liant reception to her friends on Thursday night at Washington for the first time since the death of her husband. —Judge Chase is said to have met with a cordial reception at New-Orleans, from the mili tary. judicial and professional circles, as well as from the citizens generally. —Gen. Ashly of Ohio, Chairman of the House Committee on Territories, has gone to Col orado to make exploration preparatory to the or ganization of a new Territory there, to he called " Wyoming." —Secretary Seward was at the Depart ment all day Wednesday. He still experiences great difficulty in speaking and eating, his lower jaw being fastened so as to be immovable. The lower part of his face is completely enveloped in the mechanical contrivances for keeping his jaw in place so that it may heal. —John Minor Butts has arrived in Rich mond and is being waited 011 by large numbers of his old friends. —Duff Green, the notorious Washingto nian, has returned from the South, and is an appli cant for a special pardon before the President, his property being over $20.1100. —J. A. J. Cummings, of Suuburv, has been appointed Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania for that district, in place of Chas. Pleasants, Esq., who resigned shortly before his death. Dr. Henry McMurtrie, late Professor of Anatomy and Physiology in the general High School of Philadelphia, died in that city on Friday last, aged 78. TRIAL OF THE CONSPIRATORS. THE trial of the conspirators for the as sassination of President LINCOLN is now nearty concluded. The evidence which during the past week has been introduced for the defense is entirely negative, with the exception of an absurd attempt to es tablish, in behalf of PAYNE, a plea for in sanity. There has been no sort of necessity for protracting the trial by evidence of the character offered for the defense. But this delay lias not been entirely unsatisfactory to the prosecuting attorney, as it has en abled him to introduce much testimony corroboratory to that already given. The feature of greatest interest is the publica tion of the remaining portion of the reserved evidence taken on the first days of the trial. This testimony is very important, and is conclusive as to the complicity of the rebel authorities in the assassination, as also in other most heinous plots against the lives of our citizens. The object for the reserva tion of the testimony was to secure the safety of the witnesses — CONOVEß* MERRITT, and MONTGOMERY. SANFORD CONOVER, the most prominent of these witnesses, is a native of New York. He has resided in Canada since October, 1864. He testifies that he was conscripted into the Confederate army, and detailed to service in the rebel War Department at Richmond, under JAMES A. SEDDON, the Sec retary of War, and that while in Canada he was intimately acquainted with GEO. N. SANDERS, JACOIS THOMPSON, Dr. BLACKBURN, BEVERLY TUCKER, WM. C. CLEARV, CLEMENT C. CLAY, and others. lie knew SURRATT al so, and BOOTH. He saw SURRATT in Canada on several occasions last in THOEP SON'S room, also in the company of SANDERS and other rebel agents. On the 7th of April he saw him in company with THOMP SON, SANDERS, and BOOTH. lie saw SURRATT at that time deliver dispatches from Rich mond to THOMPSON. These dispatches were from BENJAMIN and DAVlS —that from the latter being either a cipher dispatch or a letter. Previous to this occasion THOMP SON had conversed with CONOVER upon the subject, of a plot to assassinate President LINCOLN and his cabinet. He corresponded at that time with the New York Tribune, receiving compensation from that journal. In one of his letters he gave warning of the existence of a plot to assassinate the President. This letter, it appears, "failed to reach the Tribune. One letter was re ceived, however, giving intimation of a plot to kidnap the President, with a suggestion of his possible murder. THOMPSON invited CONOVER to take part in this enterprise. When SURRATT delivered the messages above alluded to THOMPSON laid his hand upon the papers and said, referring to the assassin ation and to the assent of the rebel author ities. "This makes the thing all right." The dispatches spoke of the persons to be assassinated : Mr. LINCOLN, Mr. JOHNSON, the Secretary of War, the Secretary of State, Judge CHASE, and general GRANT.* Mr. THOMPSON said on that occasion, or on the day before that interview, that the as- ' sassination proposed would leave the Gov- ! eminent of the United States entirely with out a head ; that there was no provision in '' the Constitution of the United States by 5 which they could elect another President, j Mr. WELLS was also named, but Mr. THOMP SON said it was not worth while to kill him; ! he was of no consequence. CONOVER'S first interview with THOMPSON on the subject was early in February, in THOMPSON'S room in St. Lawrence Hall, Montreal. On that occasion THOMPSON said: " Some of our boys are going to play a grand joke on ABE and A.vnv which he explained was to kill him, remarking that the killing of a tyrant was not murder, lie said that he had commissions for this work from the rebel authorities, and spoke of conferring one on BOOTH. These com missions were in blank, with SEDDON'S sig nature at the end It was such a commis sion which BENNETT YOUNG, the St. Albans raider, received, the blank being filled by Mr. CLAY. In a subsequent conversation THOMPSON told CONOVER that BOOTH had been c >mmissioned, and every man engaging in the plot would be. On the day of the as sassination. or the day before, CONOVER was conversing with CLEARY about the re joicing in the States over the surrender of JIEE and the capture of Richmond. CI.EARY said they would have the laugh on the other side of the mouth in a day or two. The assassination was spoken of among them as commonly as the weather. There was a proposition before the rebel agents in Canada to destroy the Croton Dam, by which New York City is supplied with water. These agents also had eight hundred men, with arms for them, con cealed in Chicago for the purpose of releas ing the rebel prisoners there. Dr. BLACKBURN, according to CONOV ER'S testimony, was recognized in Canada as a rebel agent. CONOVER had heard THOMPSON and CI.EARY say that they favored his scheme for introducing yellow-fever into New-York and other large cities. About the time when it was proposed to cut off the Croton Darn, BLACKBURN proposed to poison the reservoirs and calculated tire amount of poison necessary. THOMPSON, however, thought it impossible to collect so large a quantity of poison without sus picion. JAMES B. MERRITT, a physician in Canada, corroborated CONOVER'S testimony. He had heard SANDERS and others say that LIN COLN would not live out his second term SANDERS named a number of persons ready and willing to remove the President, Vice- President, and Cabinet, and some of the leading United States Generals. He heard SANDERS read a letter from President DAVIS justifying him making any possible ar rangement for the accomplishment of that end. MERRITT also bore witness to Booth's intimacy with SANDERS. RICHARD MOKTUOMERY testified that lie heard THOMPSON say that he had friends of the Confederacy all over the Northern States, and that he could at any time have LINCOLN and his advisers put out of the way. He had seen PAYXC a number of times in Canada. Once he had seen him talking with CLEMENT C. CLAY. A few days after the assassination TUCKER said to MONT GOMERY that Mr. LINCOLN ought to have died long ago, and that it was a pity the boys had not been allowed to go when they wanted to. CI.EARY also talked with him on the subject, and said it was too bad that the whole work had not been done. A number of witnesses were examined Friday by the court martial trying the ass assination conspirators, and a considerable additional amount of testimony was taken. The only facts of particular importance el icited, however, were contained in the evi dence of Mr. CHARLES A. DANA, late Assist ant Secretary of War, who was recalled by the prosecution. He identified the letters, picked up in a Third avenue ear in New York, last fall, by a lady. These letters, it will be remembered, related to the move ments and plans of the assasination con spirators, and alluded to the lot to murder the President having fallen to Booth.— These letters were given by the lady find ing them to Gen. Dix and by him sent to the War Department. Mr. DANA stated that he took these letters to President LIN COLN, who looked at them without making aii3' particular remark, owing to the fact that numerous similar communications had previously come to the notice of the gov ernment It was evident, however, that Mr. LINCOLN attached more importance to these letters than to previous ones, as Mr. D.\xa subsequently found them in an envel op on which was written, in the hand-writ ing of the President, the word " Assassin ation." The counsel for the accused again pro duced witnesses with the design of inva lidating the testimony of those giving evi dence for the prosecution. Among them was a sister of Dr. MUDD. One witness stated that 011 learning of the assassination Dr. MUDD suggested that the people of his neighborhood ought to raise a home guard to assist in preventing the escape of the assassins. A number of persons suspected of com plicity in the conspiracy and several wit nesses in the case were released from con finement in the Old Capitol Prison. SAD CIRCUMSTANCE. —Mrs. PETEREAX, wife of the late ANDREW PETERMAX, who was lately killed by rebel inhumanity and bar barity as a prisoner at Audersonville, arose from her bed at her mother's residence in Muucy, where she had resided since her husband's death, shortly after midnight on Monday night last, and putting on a dress, without bonnet or shoes, left the house. She was almost immediately missed, and search was made by the family and citizens, —the river, wells and woods wers searched but without avail, until on Wednesday, when the lifeless remains were discovered in a well. This is a sad, sad case indeed. There were no signs of her insanity, but it is supposed that seeing soldiers return ing home, the death of her husband and the circumstances under which he died, weighed so heavily on her mind as to dethrone reas on. Two orphans arc left by this sad act, —mementoes of this cruel Rebellion, for the death of both the father and mother can be traced to the fiendish acts of JEFF DAVIS, one whom some of his friends say should not be hung. Were he to sutler a thousand deaths by starvation he could not atone for the woe and misery he has produced throughout the land, of which the above is a sample.— Miltonian. j CAUTION TO FENCE BREAKERS. — We com ! mend the following act of the last legisla-■ ! ture to the attention of sundry persons ; j who are in the habit of laying down and r breaking fences: "That if any person or persons, from and after the passage of this act, shall niali- ! | ciously and wantonly break or throw down i any post and rail, or other fence, erected j | for the enclosure of land, or shall carry , away, break or destroy any post or other material of which such fence was built, en- I closing any lot or field within this common | wealth, such person or persons so offend- ; : ing, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and foil conviction shall be sentenced to pa}' a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, one-half I thereof to be paid to the informer, on con . viction of the offender or offenders, the j | other half to the support of the poor of, I such county, township, or borough, or t ; ward where the offense has been comruit i ted, with costs of prosecution, or undergo | an imprisonment not exceeding six months j or either, at the discretion of the court." THE NEGRO. —The question of the position of the negro in the lately insurgent States, I is a Gordian knot, which possibly will have I to be severed by the sword. One thing is evident. By his fidelity, his devotion and his courage, the black has earned a right j to protection from the Federal Government. | That Government has pronounced him i free. It must now secure him in enjoyment j of all the prerogatives belonging to his new condition. If the whites of the South, stimulated by prejudices of color and the traditions of the past, combine to defraud him of those immunities, deny him the j privilege of elevating his condition, and degrade him to a level of the pariah in India, then the Federal power must and ! will be exercised in his behalf. This is : one of the obligations growing out of the war which we cannot avoid ; nor is there, among loyal men, any disposition to do so. I'hc President has given the people of North Carolina an opportunity to vindicate 1 their loyalty ; if they fail as lamentably as the Virginians have done, some other meas ure will necessarily be adopted to teach them wisdom.— Albany Evening Journal. |&The number of troops in the Army of the Potomac and in Gen. Sherman's ar my, whose terms expire prior to the Ist of October, and now under orders for muster out, is estimated at 122,-310. Of these are; 139 three-year regiments of 1862, 20,150; 22 one-year regiments of 1864 and one bat tery, 14,840; one-year recruits of 1864, 31 720; total, 122,310. HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.—A little girl about eight years of age, daughter of JEREMIAH YEROY of this Borough, was run over by a freight train, on Tuesday afternoon last, and had both her legs cut off. The little girl had laid pins on the track to be flat tened out by the wheels of the train and when, as she supposed the train was paus ed,stepped on the track to pick up her pins. It appears, however, that the train broke in two by the breakage of a coupling, I which caused the rear part of the train to be left back, but the speed at which the : train had been running, caused the momen tum of the cars to follow the front portion of the train, unobserved by the little girl, when she was run over with the above result. She lived several hours when death put an end to her sufferings. Another | terrible warning to parents.— Miltonian. j At the Assassination Court-Martial on j Saturday, the counsel for Payne desired | further time to procure witnesses. The Court allowed him until 11 a. ru. to-day.— | Witnesses were then examined for the pros i ecution, who testified as to the utterences of George M. Sanders regarding the St. Al bans and other raids, and who reported the t conversation among Rebel officers in Geor gia to the effect that President Lincoln would never be inaugurated. It is ascertained on unquestionable proof that the explosion of the ordnance boat at City Point last Summer, whereby some 70 or 80 lives were lost and a large amount of property destroyed, was the work of Rebel agent, and was paid for with Rebel gold furnished from the Rebel State Depart ment. Qnif" A disastrous fire occurred in Nash ville on Saturday morning, by which the large buildings used by the Quartermaster and Commissary Departments were destroy ed, with an immense amount of property. The loss is estimated to be from eight to ten millions of dollars. Two or three per sons are supposed to have been burned to death. The origiu of the fire is unknown. flsaT" The receiving vault containing the remains of the Martyr President is guard ed night and day by a guard of honor, which will be maintained until the body is committed to its final resting place in a locatiou in the Cemetry selected by Robert Lincoln. 2Ccu) 3itDcrti?einents. PIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ATHENS TREASURY DEI-AKTMKNT, j OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER CF TU£ CURRENCY V WASHINGTON, May 1, 1865. J WHEREAS, by satisfactory evidence presented to the undersigued, it has been made to appear that the "First Xatiou.il Bank ol Athens, ' in the borough of Athens, i in the county ol Bradford and State of Fennsylvauia, has been duty organized under aud according to the re : quirements ot the Act of Congress, entitled an " Act to provide a National Currency, secured by a pledged United States Bonds, and to provide for the circulation aud redemption thereof,'" approved June 3, 1864, and ; has complied with ail the provisions of said Act, re ; quired to be complied with, before commencing the bu i siness of banking under said Act. Now, therefore, I, FREEMAN CLARKE, Comptrollei ot the Currency, do hereby certify that •• The First Na j tional Bank of Alliens,'" in the borough of Athens, in 1 the county ot Bradford, in the State ol Pennsylvania, is | authorized to commeuce the business of Banking undei ; the Act aforesaid. In testimony whereof, witness my hand and seal of of [L. S.] flee, this first day of May, 1865. FREEMAN CLARKE, Comptroller of the Currency. rpilE FARMER MOWING MACHINES ! The subscriber would invite the attention of all who desire to buy Mowing Machines to the F A It M E R MOW ER. We belive it to be a complete and durable Mower, and the I LIGHTEST DRAUGHT MOWER IN MARKET. 11 is well balanced .clean cutting, simple and compact, , easil.f adjusted and handled. It is made of iron and i steel. | The Fingtr-Bar is made of Cast Steel, and ruts four ' and a half feel u-ide. All persons who would like to buy a good and durable Mower at a LOW PRICE, | are requested to try a LAST YE A If S FARMER M O WE R . I have a number of them that have been thoroughly ; overhauled and repaired up, and all such parts as tailed last year on account of weak material, have been renew ed with castings of best quality. These Mowers are j warranted to stand and give good satisfaction. : lam at liberty to refer to M. C. MKRCUK, Esq., who ! bought a Farmer Mower ot me last year ; and who has I ordered a second, this year. It is a well knowr fact | that the Farmer is a very light draught Mower ; and, that last year, all such as did not break, or while in re : pair, gave excellent satislaction. We are prepared to fill orders for this year's IMPROVED FARMER AT REGULAR PRICE. Fitted either with cast or with malleable iron, steel faced guards, as costoiuers may prefer. All -Mowers ful ly warranted to give complete satisfaction. ASSISTANT AGENTS. i L.D.JOHNSON Manufacturer's traveliug agent, Wv. K. WALKER, Athens ; B. C. ELSBRKE, Windham ; S. J. HAKKNESS, Springfield ; EDWARD MKKRITT, Laeyville ; BYRON AKIN, Alba ; I. A. PARK, South Hill ; JOHN F. J CHAMBERLAIN, Wyalusing. R. M. WELLES. Towanda, June 12.1865. gPIX XI NG WHEELS! \V HOLE SA L E A N I) R ETA IL . To the citizens and farmers of Bradford and adjoining 1 counties : The subscriber would respectfully announce that he is prepared to furnish them with WOOL-WHEELS, FLAX-WHEELS, WHEEL-HEADS, SNAP-REELS, SWIVELS, FLIES, &C., &C. f In short everything connected with the Home Manu facture ol Wooien and Linen Goods. Merchants wishing to purchase to sell again, will please address by mail, when list of prices will be sent. All goods packed in shipping order. N. B. Particular attention is called to the " Crandall Wheel-Head," an article far superior to any now in use. All articles warranted to give entire satisfaction C. M. CRANDALL. Montrose, Pa., June 10,1865. rjROGKERY AND GLASSWARE AT RED L T CE D PRICES! I take pleasure in announcing to the citizens of Brad ford and vicinity, that I have purchased the stock of Crockery and Glassware heretofore owned by E. M. Payne, which added to my former stock, CROCKERY, • GLASSWARE, PLATED WARE, TABLE A POCKET CUTLERY, Makes as good an assortment as can be found west of New York. My stock of Crockery consists of fcS 1 X D I FFE It E N T PATTERNS, Plain and Figured WHITE GRANITE W A R E . You will also find a choice lot of GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS, ' Wood, Willow, Stone Waie, and Self Sealing Fruit Jars at low prices. My motto is small profits quick returns and ready pay. All kiuds of Farmers Produce wanted, for which the highest Market Price will be paid. W. B. CAMPBELL, W AVRRLY, N. Y., June 7,1865. IpOR SALE.—A first ulass new Canal] Boat for sale, by March 14,1865. W.A.ROCKWELL. JCcui 3-btJcrtiscmcnts. rjUIE EMPORIUM OF FASHION, ) J. W. TAYLOR, Is nojr receiving one of the fine-t assortment, nery and Fancy Goods ever brought in the m . , u Jrt;p sisting of all the newest styles of Bonnets u * Caps the new Fancbon Bonnet, the Faust and Coburg Hats. Misses and Infants Hats c > Caps. All the new colors of Bonnet Ribbons g. the I,ake, the new shades of Green, Pun,',. i "z anc A large stock of Ribbons, Trimmings and Br<-.. , mings. All styles of Hoop Skirts, Duplex,M and Corset Skirt. Silk Umbrellas and Parasol, - "j Linen, Hern Stitched and Embroidered Handb- Chenelle Head Dresses and Silk Nets, A Kir,, nient of Kid Gloves, French Corsets, Plain |„ lH broidered aud Valencia Collars, Linen Tbr, Smyrna Edging, Dimity Bands and Ruffling, Kmi, t Ing and Tucked Edgings. A good assortment and Hosiery. Black Silk Mitts. Yankee N'oti,,,,, Belts and Belt Buckles, Hair and Clothes Bind,.. . and Fancy Combs. All colors Zephyrs. Bonnets and Hats trimmed in the . very late.; York styles. Millinery Work done on short not . warranted to please. Bonnets and Hats shape. New Style, &c. N. B.—l have added to my stock a nice line Goods. Prints, Delaines, Challis, Black and < Alapaccas. All Wool Delaines, Gingham, Bleu,i.„ lin, Plain and Plaid Nansook, Jaconets, A; I; . Swiss, Mull, Bobinett Laces, Black aud Whit, Lace, Black, Black and White Dolled Lace, an i. many other things too numerous to mention .- north of Cowies A Co.'s Book Store, and opp,. Court House, Towanda. May 1 g Pll IN G ! SPRING! BPRI \ 1 8 (3 5 . P PICE S N O W 1U IT HI .V THE REACH OF AL. TRACY & M O 0 R I Are now opening a FINE STOCK OF SPRING G" . Including a handsome variety of DRESS GOODS, SPRING SHAYf FANCY GOODS A NOTION- A Good Stock of PRINTS, DOMESTICS, CARPETIV-- LADIES' AND GENT'S HAT GROCERIES, BOOTS AND SHOEs April 10. CROCKERY, HARDWARE .v ileal Estate. Ip OR SALE.—House and lot, large number of fruit trees and shade tier . on, Also a good well and a good cistern <: desirable property pleasantly located. Tern. . tory. Inquire'over the News Room of Towanda, May 1,1865. J. N. CAE: HEAT BARGAIN. THE OLD TI I SAND MILL PROPERTY FOR SALE-li of good land. 50 or 60 acres improved, in tic Sheshequin, four miles from the river. Miii condition . The subscriber wants to go to V;-: For terms inquire on the premises. MILTOX_I'HIL: Sheshequin, June 1, IS6s.—Cm.sd. VALUABLE HOUSE ANI) LOT v SALE. - The subscriber offers for sale the. house and lot in this borough now occupied by ing the house built and formerly occupied Baird. Esq. Terms made satisfactory, and; given to suit the purchaser. Apply to M. E. SOL">: Towanda. May 11, 1865. VILLAGE PROPERTY FOLI -A The subscriber offers for sale his house aud l-t' ted on the corner of Second and Elizabeth .-tretT boiough of Towanda. The House is a large w • house, with basement, nearly new and in COLS: pair. It would answer admirably for two tarn:. lot is a corner one, well fenced, hiving a large of thrifty fruit trees upon it. There is upon tic;:' ises a fine well of soft water. This property • the most eligible in the borough. Terms mac, u-y March 2a, 1865. PHILIP SEEA'.YFL V U R REN T ! A good Country Taveru stand, with about ! Ave acres of land attached, is being fitted ■! j order and will be ready to occupy by the first | the improvements will be so lar advanced a.-' j parties to live in the house by the first of April i is two orchards, and two barns on the place. >" j for the rent required. For terms apply to the subscriber, box ISM. i - phia.orP. D. Morrow. Esq., Towanda.BradlortL I Perm'a. | March 20, 1865. E. REED MVC j FARM FOR SALE | The undersigned otters his Farm (or sale, c ■ about 110 acres; about 70 acres improved : 1 good state of cultivation ; large Dwelling j tenement houses ; barns, and outhouses ol 1 j saw mill, wagon shop, tannery and tobacco la.;• | in good repair. Situate in Wyalusing township Wyalusing creek, one mile from the river lowing property, located in Wyalusing, on tlie ,f stage route leading to Towanda, Montrose anJ Ttsa> nocn, and about one mile from the Canal, censa'-. lots containing about six acres of good land, with th** ; valuable fruit trees growing upon the same, two P;° ing houses, one barn, and a commodius wagon - suftlciently large for carrying on the branches ol - riage Making. The stand is a good one fort he tare and sale of Carriage work, Asa place of r • the situation of this property is desirable. I* I ' ll -' venient to good schools and churches, and in to* ■' of a flouishing community. Said property .-an ; on reasonable terms. For further particulars >.!■• the subscriber on the premises or by letter. Wyalusing, Bradford Co., May .2, 1865. - BBIDGE LETTING.—SeaIed ! will be received at the Mill of Isaac Morlcy, A • twp., until 3 o'clock p. m. upon Thursday..y l!ie 1865, for the building and completing of a Bridg l - Shepard's Creek, near that place. Plan an 1 - tion lor the same may be seen at the store of V ' ris in Athens boro', and at the Commissioners to te n days previous to said letting. 5. CAMPBELL, W. B. DODt.E. u J. BEARDSLES * Commissioner's ottlce. Towvnda. May 23, I* ,; ''