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 <i ;
i and schools close by. For terms, Ac., einioiit
j owner, J. T. Stalkord, on the farm, or to
H. B. M KK.tN
March 27, 1865. TowanfisCj,
J 0 R SALE!
A good Dwelling House and Barn, situate
Borough, enquire ol
Towanda, March 20. '65. JOHX X. t'Al-7^.
J?AGLE HOTEL IN TOWANDA.
FOR SALE.
Location. on the south side of the Square, by the
teriau Chuicb. Apply to W. A. PECK, office. i;
Block, north side of Square. May
BUSINESS STAND, HOUSESANDL' ; "
FOR SALE.- The subscriber otters lor sale the >
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* ,; ''