NEWS FROM ALL NATIONS. —Edmund Ruffin of Virginia, the man who fired tlie first gun on .Sumter, blew his brains out near Richmond on Saturday last, A statement was found among bis papers to the effect that he preferred dentil to living under the United States Government. —George A. Trenholm, formerly Secreta ry of the Rebel Treasury, was arrested it Colum bia, S. C., last week. He was taken to Hilton Head, and it is expected that he will be sent frpm there to Fortress Monroe. —Quite a serious mutiny broke out among the troops of Gen. Bartlett's Division, Twentieth Corps, encamped near Washington, on Teusday evening, in consequence of their non payment. —Officers from New-Orleans report that Kirby Smith made nothing privately in cotton op erations, but that he only used cotton to secure pay and subsistence for his army. —Gen. Dix has been ordered to Montreal on business connected with Rebel conspirators in Canada. He will make a formal demand for the extradition of the criminals. —Capt. MehafFey arrived at Washing ton Friday, with Mr. Gayle of Cahawba, Ala., who advertised for proposals to assassinate President Lincoln for $1,000,000, —There is said to be an organized band of Southerners in Pennsylvania called the "White Ghosts," whose object is the wholesale robbery of the citizens. —Mrs. W. 11. Seward, wife of the Secre tary of State, died Thursday morning at Washing ton. Her remains will be embalmed and taken to Auburn. —The Post-Office Department is prepar ing to open bids for transportatmg the mails over sundry of the old post routes in the South. —Ford's Theater has just been sold to the Young Men's Christian Association of Wash ington for the sum of SIOO,OOOO. —The storehouse of the Sanitary Coin mission in Alexandria, Vu., was entirely destroy ed by fire Thursday morning. —Prior to the surrender of Gen. Johns ton the late Rebel Confederacy had accumulated an immense amount of medical hospital stores of all kinds at Charlotte, N. C., directly imported from England just before the fall of Wilmington, which have been received at Newbern, after an in ventory which consumed three weeks time. —The President is resolved on cutting* down expenses to the lowest point, He is known to favor retrenchment as a means for returning to specie payment, which he will recommend to Congress. It is expected that the army will be re duced to 100,000 men by the New Year. —The Mobile News says that the Rebel ! Gens. Taylor and Cockerill, lately expressed the wish that the Government would allow them to take their commands and join the Union forces to aid in maintaining the Monroe doctrine in Mexico. —The steamer Echo, loaded with troops, colided with one of the monitors at Cairo Wednes dayjmorning and sank, carrying down a number of horses and much Government freight. No lives were lost. The pilot is under arrest. —Many of the veterans now at Cairo are opposed to going South while so many troops who have seen little service are being mustered out. Some of the Fourth Corps have deserted ; others manifest quite a rebellious disposition. —The transport Kentucky with 1,200 paroled Rebel troops on hoard, struck a snag 12 miles below Shreveport on the 9th inst., and sunk immediately. Over 200 lives were lost. The offi cers of the vessel are said to be to blame. —Gov. Holden of North Carolina thinks that the enrollment of the loyal voters can be com pleted, so that the election in that State of dele gates to the State Convention may be held by the middle of August next. —A dispatch from Julesburg, Nebraska ; Territory, states that active preparations for the j Indian expedition are being rapidly pushed for ward. One thousand cavalry arrived at Omaha on the 1 Htli. —The Alabama delegation has all left Washington save its chairman, Mr. Bradley of: Huntsville. It is now thought that Judge S. E. l'arsous will receive the appointment of Provisional Governor. —Gov. Halm has published a card, in which he declares that the Legislature of Louisiana adopted the Constitutional Amendment abolishing Slavery ; the reports to the contrary being un true. —There are about 2,500 Rebel prisoners in New York city at present, the majority of whom show no desire to go South ; 492 reached the Bat tery Wednesday from Hart's Island, oupheir way home. —lt is said that ex-Vice-President Ste phens spends much of his time in writing. He al so reads considerably, and devotes a portion of each morning to singing hymns. —( 'apt. Rzabad Wednesday received per mission from the War Department to inspect and make drawings of the llebel fortifications around Kichmond for publication. —The Rebel Senator Henry G. Burnett of Kentucky was arrested Wednesday by order of of tin* Secretary of War. The charges against him have not yet transpired. —The Internal Revenue Commissioner is about to direct that Government taxes shall in every instance be paid on all Southern goods pre \ious to their shipment North. -Raleigh, N. C., papers announce a great rush of late Rebels in that city for the pur pose of availing themselves of President Johnson's Amnesty Proclamation. —By direction of the President the army of Georgia is dissolved, and regiments not ordered mustered out arc to be transferred to the Army of the Tennessee. The Secretary of War has directed that the execution of Mrs. Perriue's sentence to three months imprisonment shall be suspended during her good behavior. -- Bishop Andrews of the M. E. Church, South, has issued an address in which he counsels submission and a peaceful acquiesence in the new order of things. —The Richmond papers of Monday say that Diek Turner, late of Libby prison, was recap tured on Sunday, and is now iu one of the cells of 1 that edifice. Nearly all the Rebel civil officers arc i sucing lor pardon. R. M. T. Hunter is among ' them. About 60 civilians have been pardoned bv the President. —lt is understood that an order will shortly appear directing the mustering out of all troops whose term of service expires before Jan uary next. Bishop Gregg of Texas in a pastoral letter instructs the clergy of the Episcopal Church to return to their liturgy as it was before the war. Nine hundred of Marmaduke's (Rebel) ii>! ii have reached Cairo from New Orleans, en route home. A delegation of South Carolinians ar ia Ncv. York from Charleston Wednesday, to wait upon the President.. There is a rumor in Mobile. Kirby Hmith is to li- placed in command 'if that city. ifratlfotd Reporter. Towanda, Thursday, June 29, 1865, In consequence of the approach of our National Anniversary, and in accor dance with our usual custom, we shall not issue the Reporter next week. The next is sue will be dated July 13th. PRESIDENT JOHNSON'S RECOVSTRUC'TIOY POLICY. And furthermore, it is held that if we ad mit the secession States to have been out of the Union during the rebellion, we ad mit the legitimacy of the Davis govern ment, and therefore, cannot try them for treason. In saying that the rebels suc cessfully resisted the Government, we do not say that they were out of the Union. We state a simple fact. Nor is it neces sary to fix their civil status when they were fighting us, or make any admissions concerning them. Is a criminal outside of the law because it is admitted that for a time he has been successful in resisting, or evading the authorities ? We know the rebel States were parts of this Union, in all ol which the general government exercised the functions of authority to a certain ex tent, and we know all these were suspen ded by means of the hostile action ol the rebels. And what does this fact establish? Nothing more nor nothing less, than that those so acting are offenders against, and amenable to the laws, and subject to such punishment and restriction as the laws and the authorities prescribe. Therefore, if the government says to the offenders, after the crime is established, you shall not vote and hold office, you shall not exercise the func tions of a State, but shall resume your po sition as a territory, or an embryo State, which shall be under the control of loyal men until you shall have loyal citizens enough to reinstall you as a full member of the Union, she is doing that which she has a right to do, that which she is expec ted to, and that which is right and reason able. This is punishing offenders for their wrong-doing,and allowing them their places as citizens when they have expiated their I crimes. It is now claimed however, that if,in con- j sequence of restoring to the rebels the right of voting, the Constitutional Conven- 1 tions which have been authorised in North j Carolina and Mississippi, and which will probably be authorized in the rest of the secession States, should frame constitutions i inimical to the general Government, the I loyal citizens, the blacks, or do any thing else contrary to the expressed or implied wishes and designs of the Proclamation,the President has the same right to annul ,such hostile action, as he had to authorize the i new organization of said States. Now, j whilst we are willing to admit that under J the Constitutional provision which " re- j quires the United States Government to j guarantee to each State a republican form ! of government," is broad, and much im- ; plied power is given in it, yet it seems to , us hardly possible that such lattitude as j interfering with, or controling the munici pal regulations of existing States (for it is j upon the presumption that such States have not been out of the Union that this action is justitied) is given in this previs ion. Conceding such a power to the Presi dent,every State in the Union is at his mercy. He may from caprice, or motive, declare the Constitution of any State, anti-Republi can ; and whilst such a thing is not prob able, can it be that the framers of the Fed eral Constitution, who were so remarkably wise and sagacious in matters pertaining to civil polity, and some of whom were so extremely jealous of the reserved rights of the States should allow it to be possible? Suppose, for example, the Constitutional Convention of North Carolina should adopt the old Constitution of that State. Under that Constitution the State becomes a mem | her of the Union, and as such was recog -1 nized as a Republican form of government I for all the years we have existed as a na | tion. Can the President, under the clause j " that the United States shall guarrantee a j Republican form of government to each j State," now reject this Constitution on the ground that it is not a Republican form of government ? Is this not very question j able, to say the least of it ? Pointedly, we ! do not believe the President has any such i power. Besides, the Federal Constitution i says "new States shall be admitted by the ! Congress," and "Congress shall have pow -1 er to dispose of, and make all needful rules, ; and regulations respecting the territories." j Is it not plain here, that Congress is the ! branch of the Government which shall | guarrantee to each State a Republican form ! of government, and not the executive? In , asmuch then, as Congress has the whole I direct on of the organization of new States, ; is it not natural to suppose that the whole subject of the regulation of the States, is in | its hands ? It does, to a certainty, seem SO to us. In addition, it is said that if the disloyal voters of the rebel States send to Congress disloyal representatives, that body need not admit them, as it is the sole judge of its members. This will be a partial cheek to be sure ; but an unsafe one. The oath which the House prescribes to its present members, no disloyal man who has borne arms against the Government, can take ; but suppose the opposition should secure a majority in that body, and change that test oath, or, suppose in a closely contested struggle for Speaker, the Clerk is the ex ecutive officer at such times, should rule arbitrarily, from mistaken judgment, or in terested motives, and thus give the oppo sition the uscendency, where would be the value of the test oath, or the present ma jority in rejecting disloyal representatives? Such tilings are not only possible, but con tingencies likely to happen ; and is it wise to place ourselves at their mercy ? Is it right thus to jeopardise those interests of the nation which have just cost us so much blood and treasure? lhe people will ox pect better things of this administration. It is expected that some degree of sagac-. itv, if not of far-seeing shrewdness, shall i be called into requisition in preparing the , Government for the future. THE RESULT. The rebellion went up like a rocket, and j came down like a stick. The blowing, bluster, and loud-sounding bravado, the matchless armies, and more than matchless Generals of the Southern Confederacy, whose corner-stone was African Sla very, and which was to be a new type, and a higher developemeut of civilization, li vv all come to naught ; and terrible indeed, are the consequences of the mad folly which prompted the rebellion. In the coinj.leu ness of its failure, and in the ruin it has in voked, it has but few parallels in history. We think of none now that compares with it, except the overthrow of the Jews by Nebuchadnezzar. From eminent prosper ity, from overflowing abundance, from ex travagance and lavish wastefulness, the whole southern people have been reduced to the most abject poverty. It is said that those only who go and see for themselves can form any idea of the hopeless destitu tion, and utter wretchedness which pre | vails. Where profuse wealth, the luxuries, the elegancies of refined life, which the southern people know so well to draw a round them, were enjoyed, and nothingelse seen or dreamed of, the common necessaries l of life are now wanting. The people who knew no want, have now no money, no ] clothing, no bread, and many of them shoe less, hatless, coatless, frockless, now ob tain subsistence from the Government com missary. The young and the strong were | wasted in war, and old men, cripples, w<>- ! men and children, seems all that is left of | this once great and proud people. And oh, j the bitter wailing that is beard, and more j that is not heard, in all corners of that I broad, beautiful land of sun-shine and 1 bounteousuess, for departed husbands, and fathers, for lost sous and brothers, for com forts und friends, that will come back no more forever, must be witnessed to be un derstood. To be reduced from opulence to beggery seems hard, and in addition to lose fathers, husbands, sons and brothers, is harder still. Surely the wicked folly of the rebels is only equalled by their dreadful punishment. Iler strong-holds couhl not be taken. Her cities were encircled by tin; mighty deep. Her people were walled in by mountains. They blew trumpets and made haste to battle ; but their valliant men came not back, nor were again gath ered on the plain. Her mighty men are in captivity, her strong men are in bonds, des olation reigneth in her borders, and the poor only are left. Her bondmen escaped to the cities of refuge, and there was no more bread in the land. Wo to them that oppress the hireling. Among the petitions received by the President on the 17th asking special pardon, is that of Robert E. Lee, late Com mander of the Rebel forces, and Alexander 11. Stephens, late Vice-President of the late Confederacy. Mr. Stephens enters at length into an apology or vindication of the action lie has taken. Among the reasons which led him to espouse the Rebel cause, he re fers to the fact that the Tribune, known to be a powerful and influential supporter of the Republican Administration, openly ad vocated the right of the Southern people to independence. Mr. Stephens inferred from this that independence would he con ceded to the South without war. He ac knowledges that the question has been de cided forever, and he desires hereafter to be, and to be considered a good and loyal citizen of the United States. Mr. Stephens' document covers some seventy pages. POSTPONED. —The meeting of the Union State Convention at the request of many prominent union citizens has been postpon ed, and will not take place on the 19th July, as heretofore announced. Due notice of the meeting of the convention will be given herealter. The members of the Union State Central Committee will assemble in the city of Harrisburg on the 19th of July, 1865, at the Loehiel House, at 3 o'clock P. M. A full attendance is requested. END OK A TRAITOR. —Edmund Ruffin the grey headed old sinner who, the Charleston Mercury said was " the ancient patriot who bared his grey head to the breezes of the sea, and tired the first gun against the power of the Yankees," has fired his last gun, by which he blew out his treacherous old brains rather than live under the Gov ernment of the United States. If more of the traitors would thus follow the example of Judas, the country would be the gainer by it. STARVATION APPREHENDED.--A despatch from Newbcrn, X. 15., dated June 16, says: Intelligence from Northern Georgia, and on the line of Sherman's late march through South Carolina, states that many people are dying for want of food, and it is feared that starvation will prevail, owing to the general destruction of houses, furniture, food, cattle, horses, fences, and all farming implements, wli ich leaves the inhabitants helpless to provide for themselves. The South Carolina delegation, now in Washington, had an interview with President Johnson on Saturday. The lat ter insisted on the entire of Slavery as one of the conditions precedent to the return of South Carolina to the Union. In this the delegates acquiesced. After some conversation as to the right man for Provisional Governor, the conference clos ed. jfeaf THE Navy Department has received information of the formal surrender of Gal veston, Texas, on the 15th inst., and its actual occupation on the Bth. The other ports of Texas were also included in the surrender. The occupation of Rrowusville by Union forces is confirmed. Fit OiV 11A It It ISB LUG. H.vlutmnenc;, June 20, ISCa. The work ou the cupitol is rapidly progressing, j the cellar walls have been laid, they look as though ! they were built for ages yet to come, the massive red sand stone blocks are being placed upon them and upon these the brick walls are to be built. The ! Doric columns and capitals are being shaped by the workmen, and all is bustle and labor. The Treasury and Executive building has undergone an entire change internally. New marble floors and furniture below, and new carpets and painting above. Mechanics are engaged in repairing the j land offico. Since the fire by which the TiU jruph office was injured, the type setting for that paper j has been done in the representatives hail. > When the present building was erected, forty-I i seven years ago, it was sufficiently large for all the 1 euviioses fir which it was needed, but our State has In- i,a great empire, almost, since then.— For scYeiai vcars the executive department was in thee; pit"), Lut about twenty-five years since alt , addition was mude to the treasury building and the I Governor and Secretary of State, with all his dep- j uties and clerks, and the auditor-general now occtt 'pv that new part of the treasury. The office of the \ fallal Commissioners was also in the main build- j I iug as long as then was such a hoard of ofliecrs. j , Then there were sevt ral committee rooms on the | second floor. IF it now all the rooms are occupied by different departments during the whole year, even the Supreme Court room. Rooms for com mittees, mid other legislative departments, have been made in each end ot the hall, by putting up , partitions, and in one instance fitting up a gas I stove. The library has increased so much that the hooks, very many of them, have to he piled away in the garret, there to remain to he eaten l>y moths, and to mould, unless they are handled over frequently, and to be thrown about from place to place. Tin books put into thc.lolt are of course those that are the least used, but not always, perhaps, of the least value, huudseds of rare, valuable documents art thus piled away for want of room to place them on shelves. The library numbers now about 2n,- 000 volumes, many of tliem works, that, if destroy ed could not be replaced, hence the necessity of having much more spacious rooms with suitable accomodations for the whole library, us it now is, and for the additional volumes that may accumu late for the next half century. That the addition, now being ereeti d, is requir ed, no one doubts, who litis been around the cupi tol during the last three years. The whole, when completed, will cost -88,727. The contractor is JOHN 11. SIMONS. The building to he created is to he one hundred feet long by fifty wide, and will be placed upon tin east side of the old one fronting 011 East Capitol Street. The plan as presented to the legislature with the accompanying drawing appears to com bine, solidity, durability, utility and beauty, the front will be a square colonnade of the Doric style of architecture, ami will present a tine appearance j from the east. The second story is to be occupied exclusively by the library, and the lower one will he used for committee rooms. A wide hall will extend through the centre. X. I'KRSOA" A L. —Mrs. FRANCES SEW AHI>, wife of the Hon. \Vm. H. Seward, died at Washington, Wednesday, June 21. Her funeral took place in Auburn ou Saturday, and was attended by an immense con course of people. As a mark of respect for the de ceased and her distinguished husband, all the bus iness places in the town were closed. —Rear Admiral SAJH F.I. F. Dr■ HlNT, died at the La I'ierre House, Philadelphia, on Friday mor ning, 2Jd inst., of disease of the throat, aged tii years. —The venerable William Wilkins died at his residence at Pine wood Station, Pa., on the '2:' d inst. He was 8:S years of age. A SPECK OF WAR. For some days past large parties of sol diers have congregated around Lake Street bridge, just tliis side of Barracks No. 1, in terfering with the passage of the bridge.— Tuesday the crowd was rather larger than usual, and had been very insulting, par ticularly to officers passing over the bridge | and last evening there was so much noise j and confusion, that the patrol went up to i clear the bridge. Upon approaching the | bridge they were met by a volley of stones I from there, blocking up the passage; and j in the midst, Company (', Ist Light Artill : ery, in double file, happened to be march ing, under command of the Captain, just I as the patrol, in retaliation for the shower j of stones, fired upon the crowd—Five shots j took effect—four upon the members of ! Company C, and one on a member of Corn ; puny B, of the same regiment, who was in i the throng. The names of the wounded men were Albert Mooney, the ball passing j through the left leg, just above the ankle; , John Wood, through the privates and thigh; I Moses Giory, under the knee, the ball gra j zing the bone, but not wounding the arter ies; William Scanlon, through the left j shoulder near the arm-pit; Patrick Flynn, a j scalp cut and a portion of the ear taken off. ! Mooney and Wood, being discharged sol ; diers, were conveyed to Finch's Saloon on Railroad Street, where they had been stop ! [>ing, and (fiery and Scanlon were eonvey 'to the general Hospital. Flynn's wound | was not sufficient to disable him. After the first volley there were two more single shots fired, after which the patrol righted about face and double quirked back to the I corner of Fifth and Lake Streets, followed ' by the crowd, but excepting the stone polt | ing, we did not learn that the patrol snf j fered any harm. In order to avoid further ! disturbance, Hie patrols were greatly strengthened last evening, several addi i tional companies of the Ist and lfitli having ; been put ou duty, and quiet continued j through the rest of the night. It was unfortunate that the men wound ed were all innocent of the disturbance.— Captain Richie is the commander of Com pany C. Later, we learn that the patrol had part ly cleared oil'the bridge to allow the llut teryinen to pass, just as the volley of stones was the thickest, and in firing, probably, did not distinguish between them and the throng around. Two of the men wounded had won dis tinction in the service, one having been wounded in actual battle and another hav ing earned "honorable mention for bravery 011 the field. The guard did not fire, we believe, until, in the midst of the shower of stones, some one sung out from behind—" We have got 'em; now for reinforcements." —Elmira Ad vertiser. t&s- Soldiers being discharged from ser vice are allowed to retain their weapons at the following rates : For muskets of all kinds, with or without accoutrements, £0; carbines, with or without accoutrements, $10; all other carbines and revolvers, $8; sabres and swords, with or without belts, *:i. _ BHtJ' A freight train and passenger train —the latter filled with returned soldiers— collided at Loogootee, Ind., on the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad, on the 22d, killing Id and wounding 150, many fatally. The en gineers and firemen of both trains were killed. THE POSITION OF DESERTERS AND NON REPORTING CONSCRIPTS- i l By the tonus of an act of Congress tip- < prove d the 3d day of March, 1805, deserters ( from the army and conscripts who have > failed to report to the proper ollieers, are \ ; placed in a wofull jdiglit. If we read the j i terms of the act of (Congress aright, all i those referred to therein, have forfeited i their citizenship, and are to all intents and purposes, in the position of aliens debarred i from the exercise of all political rights and ] the holding of all offices of trust and profit j i under the Government. The act of Con- gress distinctly declares, that j { I "All persons who have deserted the mili-; < ! tary or naval Service of the I nited States, I who shall not return to the said service or : i report themselves to a provost marshal within sixty days after the proclamation hereinafter mentioned, shall be deemed and taken to have voluntarily relinquished and forfeited their rights to become citizens ; i - and such deserters shall be forever incapa- _ ble of holding any office of trust or profit under the 1 nited States, or of exercising < j anv viglits ol citizens thereof ; and all j persons who shall hereafter desert the military or naval service, and all persons i who being duly enrolled, shall depart the ; jurisdiction of the district in which he is enrolled, or go beyond the limits of the United States, with the intent to avoid any draft into the military or naval service duly ordered, shall be liable to the penal ties of this section. And the President is ; hereby authorized and required forthwith, on the passage of this act, to issue his pro clamation setting forth the provisions of this section, in which proclamation the President is requested to notify all desert ers returning within sixty days, as afore-, said, that they shall be pardoned on condi tion of returning to their regiments or com panies, or to such other organizations as they may be assigned to, unless they shall ( have served fer a period of time equal to' their original term of enlistment." -On the 10th of March, 1805, the Presi dent of the United States issued his proc lamation as directed by the law quoted ! above. There is no mistaking the law. ; Its terms and its penalties are plainly ex-, plieit ; and it becomes the duty of every i citizen to see that this law is rigidly en forced. Deserters from the drait—men who absented themselves from localities ; after being enrolled therein, and who failed to report within the sixty days prescribed, ; wil now find that they have forfeited their rights of citizenship. The law fixes this I penalty ; and the people who have stood j by the Government in all its trouble, must sec that the law is properly enforced. * THE DISABILITIES OF REBELS WASHINGTON, .Jinn- 22, 1805. : In view of the action of Governor Pier- , pout, in calling the Legislature together, ' for the purpose of removing the disability > from those who have been engaged in the j rebellion,and allowing them to vote and j hold ofliee, a large delegation of the loyal men of the State to-day visited the Presi dent, and laid various matters of impor- , tanee before him. During the interview a i letter was submitted to the President, from General Wells, who performed such efficient : ser\ ices in the arrest of the assassins of President Lincoln. General IVolls, who is provost marshal General of the defences south of the Poto mac, says that "Very soon after the fall of Richmond 1 became aware that many of ■ the leading Secessionists, despairing of resisting bv lbrce of arms the power of the Government, or the mighty logic of evnts which was soon to make \ irginia truly free, had determined to attempt by policy what force could not do. Therefore it was that,soon aitt r that event, these porous in considerable numbers, and with such con cert as to indicate a common purpose, ap peared and took the oath of allegeance. An election of members of the Legislature was soon to be held, and among those who announced themselves as candidates, were some who had uniformly refused to take the oath, and preferred to lose their proper ty and be separated front their families rather than acknowledge the supremacy of the Government of the 1 nited States. —- Two ye ars of duty at Alexandria, and such general an plaint ance as it brought, taught me that an oatli of allegiance was not con elusive evidence of loyalty, but that it was merely worthless, unless accompanied by consistent conduct and loyal acts ; and 110 surprise was felt when, in counting the vote, it was found that these gentlemen were elected by large majorities to repre sent the people in a State Government, whose legal existence they had persistently denied, and for whose overthrow some of them had within one year, plotted and con spired. TKIAI. OF TIIP. < 'ON'SFlßATOßS. —Wednesday's session of the military court for the trial of the alleged conspirators was occupied with the reading of the speeches in defence by counsel for Payne ( Powell), Atzerott, and Mrs. Surratt. Mr. Poster, the counsel for Payne, opens his address with some depre cating remarks concerning the murder, and then gives a history of the man whom many journals have striven to make remarkable, by gifting his antecedents with a trumped up air of melo-dramatic mystery. He tra ces the prisoner from his birth. His father was a Baptist minister in Florida. Through all the changes of his civil and military life, sketches the peculiar circumstances through which he became an accomplice in the conspiracy, contending that a spe cies of " mesmerism " gained for Booth a mastery over the mind of his client, and ar gues from the fact thus developed, his non accountability to punishment. Necessity, it is insisted, thrust Payne into the con spiracy; and, after all, lie did nothing more that to commit an assault and battery with intent to kill. Every rebel soldier, from Jell' I'a vis and Robert E. Lee down to the meanest private in the ragged hord, was as guilty as Payne, for they all aimed at valuable lives, and the life of the country, too. Sedgwick, and Lyon and Baker, and Kearney had been killed by rebel muskets. Tney were corps commanders, and Payne only exceeded the rebel soldiers in aiming higher—-in aiming at the lives of our de partment chiefs—our Cabinet, and our President. Mr. Poster continued in this ingenious way, adducing other reasons for the acquittal of his client, including mon omania, etc. After a recess, the same counsel defended Atzerott, presenting a statement from his client to the effect that he was a party to the plot to capture, but not to the plot to murder the President.— The evidence for the prosecution was re viewed and controverted, and some of it asserted to he " fabricated.'' A theory was advanced in favor of the prisoner, and sup ported by many points and inferences.— The argument for Mrs. Surratt was offered by Mr. Aiken, who spoke of her weakness as a woman, and the honor and respect due her therefor, and assured the court of his profound belief in her innocence. The argument was of the character of an ap peal, which had for its groundwork the as sertion of the entire absence of criminating evidence. GENERAL HAI.LECK'S REPLY TO THE STRUT- j I'KEH OK GENERAL SHERMAN.— The Washing- ; ton Republican of Tuesday says: We un derstand that the War Department lias re ceived from Gen. Halleck a reply to the strictures made by Gen. Sherman upon the action of that officer, and upon the move ment of his troops immediately after tho rejection by the government of Gen. Sher man's truce with the rebel Gen. Johnston. It is said that Gen Halleck shows conclu sively, though with great moderation and propriety of language, that all the move ments of his troops were executed under direct orders from Lieutenant-General Grant, given while the latter officer was on his way from W ashingtou to Newborn, bearing the decision of the government against Gen. Sherman's unauthorized and unjustifiable armistice. Not only were all thest movements spec ially directed by the Lieutenant General, but lie also selected the bodies of troops to execute them, so that when Gen Sherman jeers at the willingness which he attributes to lialleck's soldiers, "to march their legs off" in order to secure for themselves the treasure of Jeff Davis," he is jeering also at the Lieutenant General, who command ed these troops for more than a year, and he knew their ability in marching as well as lie knew their bravery and tenacity in battle. We believe that Gen. Stoncman has also replied to the criticism which Gen. Sher man makes upon him in the same report, lie shows not only that, if he had obeyed Sherman's order to join him at Raleigh, he would have left the door wide open for the escape of Jeff Davis, but also that by act ing in accordance with his own judgment, in disregard of this order, he actually so disposed his troops as to prevent the escape of Davis beyond the Mississippi,and insured his final capture by the command of Gener al Wilson. •X"ciu TNTERE STI N G T 0 AL L ! The subscriber would most respectfully announce to the citizens of Bradford County, and "the rest of man kind," that he has recently purcha-ed.and most elegant ly relitted the stand formerly owned by T. Humphrey, and more recently by S. N. Bronson. and has jnst receiv ed an entire stock Of new goods, purchased wholly since the ' caving in" of the rebellion, which will enable him to offer his stock at such prices as will be sure to give entire satisfaction to all close buyers. In the stock will be found a well selected assortiueut of DRY GOODS, GROCERIES. READY MADE CLOTHING, HATS, BOOTS & SHOES, CROCKERY, &C. The motto will te "Small prolits, ouick sales, the • nimble sixpence Utter than the si >w shilling.'" TERMS—Paymentto be made on delivering the goods. Please remember the place, which will hereafter be kuown as the "Bee Hive." Orwell, June 15, 1865. L. H. BBONSON. | BLA CK SILK SH A WLS, At the Bee Hive. BROC II E LO NO AND SI NGL E , At the Bee Hive SUM ME R SIIAW LS , Beautiful styles, at the Bee Hive. MOUR N1 N G SII A WLS, Finest qualities, at the Bee Hive. ELEG AN T SIIAW LS , All seasons of the year at the Bee Hive. PARASOLS ANI) SUN UMBRELLAS, At the Bee Hive. LA D IKS' DRE S S Gool> S , Splendid Styles, at the Bee Hive. L A DIES' CLOT II , At the Bee Hive. LADIES' W A T E K Pli 0 0 F oli REPELLENT CLOTH, at the Bee Hive. L A DIES' CORSE TT S , Best quality, at the Bee Hive. CHILDREN'S' SHOES, GLOVES AND HOSIERY, at the Bee Hive. HATS OF THE LATEST STYLES, At the Bee Hive. 800 T S AN I) SIIO ES , Large assortment, at the Bee Hive. I C li 0 C K E R Y & 0 L A S S W A R E, Latest Patterns, at the Bee Hive. TEAS! TEA E T E A A E E TEA E T i All kinds, Oolong, Japan, Young Hyson. Gunpowder, and Imperial Teas of all the finest flavors, and fresh of the last crop, at the lowest prices, and warranted, at the Bee Hive. I j DAIRY S ALT, At the Bee Hive. A GREAT MANY GOODS THAT IS j WANTED IN KVEItY FAMILY, at the Bee Hive. • COATS, VESTS AND PANTS, At the BEE HIVE, Orwell. Pa. tf Please call and see. L. H. BRONSON. "fcTOTlCE.—Pursuant to an Act of Con-) -Ll gress entitled " An Act to provide Internal Rev enue to support the Government pay interest on the public debt and lor other purposes,'' approved June 30th and amended March 3d, 1865. There will be an appeal held at the Court House in Towanda, for the County of Bradford, on Friday and Saturday, July Uth and lath, 1865. When the subscriber will receive and determine all appeals that may l>e made relative to any erroneous | assessments made by the Assistant Assessor of said County. i All appeals must be made in writing and must specify j i the particular, cause, matter or thing, respecting which a decision is requested, and shall moreover state the ground or principle of error complained of. All per- j , sons who do not tile written appeals on or before the ! above named days for hearing, the same will be stopped i ! from obtaining any abatement of their taxes. ISAAC S. MONROE, S June 26, 1865. , Assessor for 13th District, Pa. i PHE PROPRIETOR OK THE ROVSE i JL HOUSE, BURLINGTON. PA., Begs leave to inform his old customers and the travel- ; ing public, that he has thoroughly repaired and renova ted his Honse, and it is now in good condition to aecom- t modate guests in a satisfactory manner, i „,. !• T. ROYSE. j Burlington, June 2(1,1866. Proprietor. j N. B. —"KENDALL'S BAND " will give a Dancing Party at Long & Cos. Hall, Burlington, Pa.,on WEDNESDAY j JULY 5, 1805. Hotel accommodations at the Royse ' Honse. 1 rp 0 AL L TNTB 11 ETT EI) T ~ j Notice is hereby given to all persons indebted to the ' e-tateof D. C. HAI.L. that having disposed of the Li -1 qnor Stoh-belonging to said estate, that all accounts j ' must be settled or paid at once, or costs will be made. ' Payments may be made to E.W.Smith, Esq.,at M Kean'a : Liquor Store, or to me at Codding A Rnssells'. June 20, 1865 : CHAS. M . HALL, Adm'r. ! rPAKEX I P ADRIFT—In the Susque-] X. hitmia river near the mouth of the Wyalusing creek, j on the 22d day of May last, one small platform of Lum ber, mostly white pine boards. RENJ. BROWN, | June 5,1865. #"RANK H. STALFORD. .fancr) ' on, Also a good well and a good ci-tern o! v,-. ; I desirable property pleasantly located. Term t'tory. inquire over the News Room ot Towanda, May 1,1863. J. N. C'AUt. G1 REAT BARGAIN. THE ol.it To f SAM) MILL PROPERTY KOI! SAI.K.- l of good land. 50 or 60 acres improved, iu ibt f Sheshequin, lour miles from the river. XI . condition. The subscriber wants to gotoYir.. For terms inquix-e on the premises. MILTON Hi ILL Sheshequin. Jane 1, IXfi.s.—6m.sd. "17" ALU ABLE HOUSE AND LOT } T SALE. - The subscriber offers for sale t:,e . Morrow Esq., Towanda.Bradiuiii I'enna. March 20, 1865. K. BEEP MYKE "y ALU ABLE FARM FOR SALE! The undersigned offers his Farm for sale conG' I about 110 acres; about To acres improved; u i good state ot cultivation ; large Dwelling H ■ . tenement houses ; barns, and outhouses saw mill, wagon shop, tannery and tobacco fa :• I in good repair. Situate in Wyalusing townshq Wyalusing creek, one mile fr iu the river t and schools close by. For terms, Ac. enqu.it owner, J. T. STALKOKII, on the farm, or to H. 1). M KE.tN I March 27. 1865. Ti-wanAt. r 0 R S ALE! A good Dwelling House and Barn, situate J ■ Borough, enquire of | Towanda, March 20. '65. JOHN* X. CAI-b 'jgAGLE HOTEL IN TOWANDA, j FOR SALE. | Location, on the south side of the Square, by ii • : tc-rian Church. Apply to XV. A. I'ECK. o!ti■. ' Block, north side of Square. May 1-. Business stand, houses andi > FOB SALE.—The subscriber offers foi - lowing property, located iu Wyalusing, on the u ■ stage route leading to Towanda, M -ntrose and T ■•'•••• nocn, and about one mile from the Canal, con- -' • lots containing about six acres of good laud,with fa; - valuable fruit trees growing upon the same, two iug houses, one barn, and a commodius wagon -fa sufficiently large for carrying on the branches oi u riage Making. The stand is a good one for the ms -• ture and sale of Carriage work. As a place of rosa'S" the situation of this property is desirable, bt im venient to good schools and churches, and in the of a flonishing community. Said property can - on reasonable terms. For further particulars .fa the subscriber on the premises or by letter. H.S. CUBK Wyalusing, Bradlord Co., May 3, 1885. •financial. TT S. t- 3 0 LOAN! We are now selling the Third Series oi this popular Loan, the first and second series haying sold very quickly. The third series are dated fa ; 1865, and are payable three years after date, w:tfc est semi annually, at seven and three-tenth per currency or at six per ceut. iu gold, at the up: ;■ Government, and are convartable into the .V'.'o g ing bonds at maturity or payable in currency at tli ion of the holder, 'fhey are uot taxable I r state, c ty, school or borough purposes, which make- Un desirable investment. We have also on hand a few of the second series -- ted June 15, 1865. Persons wishing to invest in this Loan at r. v- ' rates are requested to call on us. B. S. RUSSELL A 0> June 12, 1865. U. S. Loan Ag'ft piRST NATIONAL BANK OF ATHENE TBEASIBY DEPARTMENT, j OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER CF TUK CT WASHINGTON, May I, B" WHEREAS, by satisfactory evidence presented undersigned, it has been made to appeal that the ■ National Bank nt Athens," tn the borough <•' •*'" in the couuty of Bradford and State of Peiius. 1 t has been duly orgauized under and according t" quirements of the Act of Congress, entitled an provide a National Currency, secured by ! " United States Bonds, and to "provide lor the -P - J and redemption thereof," approved June j r has complied with all the provisions ol said quired to be compiled with, before conrnieumg sines* of banking under said Act. Now, therefore, 1, FRREM AN CLARKE. '>m' v of the Currency, do hereby certify that • !' . )V tiouai Bank of Allien*," in the borough oi -\ l . the county ol Bradford, iu the State >t ' 1 u T- 1 - authorized lo commence the business of Bsns" u the Act aforesaid. In testimony w hereof, witness my hand u>. - [L. s.] flee, this tlrst day of Mav. l* ,; ->- uk e FREEMAN l b ' Comptroller ol tuc *- ur l ' ' OHINGLES WANTED.—A quant tj O 2, Sawed Shingles are wanted imuiediati Towauda Coal Company delivered at Gmydon or line of the Barclay Itail Road. Apply 1,1 .... JAMES MACK VKI.ANt. Towanda, March 16,1865. Gen Man ger l- 1 •