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) <?oobs, fct.
rpilE EMPORIUM OF FASHION-
J. W. TAYLOR,
Is now receiving one of tlie finest assortment* f) , j,
nery and Fancy Goods ever brought in the market
Misting of all the newest styles of Bonne;, n d ,
Gaps the new Fanchon Bonnet, the Faust, Sam,
and Coburg Huts. Misses und Infants Hut- ai,d
Caps. All the new colors of Bonnet Ribbons. M- .
the lutke, the new shades of Green, Purple ami 8,.
A large stock of Kiblroru, Trimmings and Drc . T-.
tilings All styles of Hoop Skirts, Duple*, Muhi! jj,
and Corset Skirt. Silk Umbrellas and Para-..!-. p,
Linen, Hern Stitched and Embroidered Handker
Cbeuelle Head Dresses and Silk Nets. A Fiue u--
ment of Kid Gloves, French Corsets, Plain Lin.;, y
broidered and Valencia Collars, Linen 1 Inc.:]
Smyrna bulging, Dimity Bunds and RufUiog. En,':
ing and Tucked Edgings. A good assortment ot ,
and Hosiery. Black Silk Milts. Yankee Notion- „
Beits and Belt Buckles. Hair and Clothes Bio-,. .
and Fancy Combs. All colors Zephyrs.
Bonnets and Hats trimmed in the. very late-i \.
York styles. Millinery Work done on short not •
warrautedtoplea.se. Bonnets and Hats shaped it
New Style, Ac.
j N. B.— I have added to my stock a nice lineoig,
: Goods. Prints, Delaines, Chaltis, Black and f'oloi*
Alapaccas. All Wool Delaines, Gingham, Bleached k..
; lin, Plain and Plaid Nausook, Jaconets. A full fin.
I Swiss, Mull, Bohinett laices, Black and White 1V„-
j
Lace, Black, Black and White Dolled I.ace, and u
j many other things too numerous to mention.one-
I north of Cowles A. Co.'s Book Store, and op]
Court House, Towanda. May 1, D.
Ucal Estate.
SALE.—House ami lot, wit:
large number of fruit tiees and shade tree- 1..->
' 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 <!*■•
house and lot in this borough now occupied
ing the house built and formerly occupied by i.
Buird. Esq. Terms made satisfactory, and;
given to suit the purchaser. Apply to
M. E. SOLOIIUX
Towanda. May 11. 1865.
"Y"ILLAGE PROPERTY FOR SU.V
The subscriber oilers for sale his house and I.t i
ted on the corner of Second and Elizabeth -t net - •
boiough ot Towauda. The House is a large l •:
boose, with basement, nearly new snd iu com, •
pair. It would answer admirably for two fan. . - T
lot is a corner oue. well lenced, hiving a large i:.:r
of thrifty fruit trees upou it. There is up-n l: ;
ises a fine well of soft water. This px..petty -
the most eligible in the borough. Teyu- made
March '25. 1865. PHILII* SKI
P O R R K N T !
A good Country Tavern stand. w'thaL .1 -•
live acres of laud attached, is being lit'.ti: up
order and will be ready to occupy by the f:r~t
the improvements will be so tar xiuvam , . 1 •
parties to live in the house by he lir-i ot Apni ■ •
is two nrtharou, and two barns on the pla e. 8t
for tlie rent required.
For terms apply to the subscriber, box 1-P . j'ii
tibia, or I*. l>. 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 •