NEWS FROM ALL NATIONS.
—Secretary Seward's health is very good,
ami Ins physicians are sanguine that he will com
pletely recover from all traces of his injuries. He
hies already finished up all the business that accu
mulated during his aliscence at Cape May. Mr. i
Frederick Seward will soon be able to resume his
duties as Assistant Secretary of State. He is rap
idly recovering.
—A heavy European mail, made up at
the Chicago office and dispatched via Canada for
London, was stolen from the Great Western lluil
road, it is supposed, while crossing from Detroit
to Windsor, on Thursday morning last, and noth
ing has since been heard from it.
—The Mississippi Convention has passed
an ordinance declaring the ordinance of Secession !
null and void, and the delegates individually have I
presented a petition to President Johnson, pray
ing for the pardon of Jeff Davis and Gov. Clarlc.
-—ln the ease of the so-called spiritual
medium Colchester, in the United States District
Court at Buffalo, the jury Thursday brought in a
verdict of jugglery against the defendant. The
Judge reserved his sentence.
--The ex-Treasury clerk, recently dis
charged on account of drinking habits, threw him
self from the fifth story of the National Hotel at
Washington on Tuesday night week, and was in
stantly killed.
—The Freedmen's Bureau has received
numerous applications for farm hands aud house
help from the Northern, Eastern, and Middle
States, and the supply is likely to fall short of the
demand.
—rThe returns to „ the Quartermaster
General's office show that Government horses and i
mules have realized larger prices in villages and
agricultural towns and cities.
—lt is now said that the leaders of the
ltebellion will be placed 011 trial, and a riuiversiJ
amnesty proclaimed to the remainder of the South
ern people.
—The President has ordered the comman
dant of Fort Warren to do all in his power to ren
der Alexander H. Stephens as comfortable as pos
sible.
—Outhwate, Schirmer & Co's., oil refine
ry was burned at Cleveland, Ohio, on Tuesday
night week. Loss, .>30,000.
—A. T. Stone has been appointed by the
President Surveyor of Customs for the District of
New-Orleans.
—Maj -Gen. Wright, commanding the
Department of Texas, has arrived at Galveston.
—Postmaster Gen. Dennison declines
being a candidate for the Ohio Senatorship.
—The Harrisburg cotton mills were sold
at auction Thursday for >IOO,OOO.
—Herschel V. Johnson had a long inter
view with the President Thursday.
—The receipts from the Internal .Revenue
Thursday were upward of >BB,OOO.
—The Illinois State Fair will open in
Chicago on the Ith proximo.
—Messrs. Rousseau, Smith and McK.ee,
three of the four Union members-elect to Congress
from Kentucky, are in Washington for the purpose
of conferring with the President relative to the
condition of matters in that State.
—The frecdmeu of Wharton county, Tex
as, are all at work for wages, and everything is
peaceable. The army-worm, however, is destroy
ing the fruit of their labors, so that only a fourth
of the crops will be saved.
—The night express train front lowa, on
the Dixon and Fulton branch of the Chicago and
North-Western Pail road, ran into a culvert Thurs
day. Four persons were killed, and three not se
riously injured.
—The Stale Department is in receipt of
intelligence from Prince Edward's Island announc
ing the death of J. 11. Sherman, esq., United
States Consul. He died on the lltli inst.
—The ex-Rebel Gen. Wheeler was attack
ed and severely beaten in Nashville Thursday, by
two Union officers, in consequence of a threat
math by him during the war.
—The Secretary of the Navy is effecting
reductions at a rate that will soon narrow down
the effective force of the Navy Department to a to
tal if not more than 10,000.
—Robberies and murders are still the
order of the day in Memphis. Many persons have
had large sums of money ami other descriptions
of property stolen from them.
—The President is about establishing an
•• F.x 1 uti\e Bureau," to relieve him of the gn at
rush of important and unimportant business with
which lie is m ov deluged.
—The health of .Newborn continues good.
There is said to be no possible danger of the reap
pearance of the yellow fever, which visited the city
last season.
—The Wirz court-martial suddenly ad
journed Thursday sine die. A motion <0 ipnish
the charges was pre viously denied, and rlie pris
oner pleaded " Not Guilty."
—One of the counsel of Jeff Davis writes
to the Albany Argus that nothing is yet known of
the place or time of the trial of the arch-apostate.
.—The workhouse of the Penitentiary on
Blaekwell's Island caught fire on Monday night
week, and was totally destroyed. Loss small.
—Maj -Gen. Hancock has been promoted
as Major-General of the Regular Array, for distin
guish! d service in the field.
•—The long-continued dry weather .in
Mississippi and Louisiana is exciting grave appre
hensions ha - the safety of the crops.
—Gen. Ames has been ordered to relieve
Gen. Hatch, commanding the District of Charles
ton, S. ('.
—lt is said, on good authority, that nil ,
colored ;roops in the United States service are
soon to be mustered out.
—The President has permitted ex-Con
givssman Henry C. Burnett of Kentucky, to re-'
turn to his home, and delivered to him his prop- i
< rty. He has not yet been pardoned.
—There are rumors of more defalcations j
In banking and mercantile circles; but they are j
cither too unimportant te attract attention or have
not occurred at all.
—A remarkable robbery has occurred
near Hudson city. N. .1. The victim was plan- !
dered, uuij then thrown from u crag, severely in-'
juriug him.
—Out of the 26,000 applications lbr par-!
don received from cx-Rcbeia, it is stated that the 1
President has actually pardoned less than 100.
The mustering out of eight additional
legion uts serving in the Department of Virginia
IN. isoiiiuicnced in Richmond on Thursday.
A dangerous counterfeit of the jifiO!
greenhorn was presented at the Phihuh Iphia Mint
last week. It is well calculated to deceive the j
public.
—The receipts from internal revenue j
last Saturday amounted to $1,332,503,85.
—A young man named Irwin brutally
murdered his father and mother, at Deertown, near
Hamilton, Ohio.
—Ex-liehel Gen. Cheatham is in Wash
ington. He is an applicant for pardon.
The well known ("ave Johnson, of Tenn
essc.-, \nm been recently pardoui •} by the Pre si- ['
dent.
JBratKiml llqioitci.
Towanda, Thursday, August 31, 1865.
Union State Ticket.
EOK AUDITOR GENERAL,
JOHN F. IIARTRNFT, Mont.J'BY CO.
FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL,
JOHN M. CAMPBELL, CAMBRIA CO.
JAKES Hi CBAHAI AND HIS THKOHTT OP OUR
GO VERS ME X T.
It is said that Ex-President BUCHANAN has
in press a work written in defense of his
administration. It- will be remembered that
in the beginning of the rebellion, this old
Public Functionary assumed, that while a
State on the one hand had no right to se
cede from the Union,the federal government
on the other hand, has no right to hinder se
cession ; and that upon this policy he inau
gurated the rebellion. The object ot this
book which Mr. B. is sending forth, is to de
fend this doctrine, and his measures under
it; and he will come out of the contest
about as Don Quixottc did in his onslaught
on the Wind-Mill. For, to undertake to
protv that our government has not power to
defend itself, after its late demonstrations to
this end,is like attempting to disprove a sell
evident truth ; and in laboring for such a
purpose, the old Functionary will give as
clear proof that he is a lunatic, as he has
already that he is an enemy of the country.
Two-thirds of the people of this country be
lieve that JAMES BUCHANAN deserves hang
ing as much as does JEFFERSON DAVIS, and
there is much to confirm this public convic
tion. For had he arrested the conspirators
when they commenced their overt acts of
treason,there would have been no rebellion,
and all the subsequent losses, sacrifices,
sufferings and horrors would have been
avoided, so that upon him rests the Mood
which has been spilt.and the agonies which
have been endured, in defense of our na
tionality.
This is the position which Mr. B. occupies
in the public estimation, and to attempt
now to justify his conduct, will rather aggra
vate, than mollify the public feelingtoward
him. BENEDICT ARNOLD might as well assay
to prove that he did right in betraying his
trust ; but his infidelity was as nothing
compared with that of BUCHANAN'S, and yet
if the former wen- to set foot on this land
in the present day he would hardly escape
hanging on the nearest tree or lamp-post
by Lynch-law ; and the day is not far dis
tant when it will be a matter of amazement
that the latter was not so served. But be
sides leading us into a fearful war with the
Southern States by his culpable inefficiency,
he nearly ruined our cause at home and
abroad by his abominably suicidal doctrine
proclaimed in his Message to Congress at
the beginning of the rebellion. For the
head of the nation to declare at such a
time that the federal government has no
power to coerce a State, was to disarm the
whole nation ; and how readily the theory
that our republic was a federation of sepa
rate States, and each able to assert its sov
ereignty and absolute independence with
out any hindrance from the central author
ity, would convince the outside world Qiat
we must at once go to pieces. Hence in
the beginning of the war, England and
France especially, assumed our national
destruction as a foregone conclusion. Thus,
not only leading us into a horrid war, but
absolutely nearly destroying onr means of
defense. This is what JAMES BUCHANAN did
for the country, and now the old scape
grace writes a book in defense of his con
duct ! The politician who must laud his
own wares, is like the shad in the tan-vat
—lie has got into bad water.
VJur purpose, however, in noticing Mr.
BUCHANAN'S book, was not so much to refer
to the base criminality of its author, as to
endeavor to awaken attention to the dan
gerous doctrines of his school of politicians,
on the score of State sovereignty,and which
he and his party are still striving to popu
larise, Under this theory it was held that
the general government could do nothing in
; self-defense until actual war was made up
!on her. Hence the rebels of South Carolina
were permitted, unmolested, to build re
doubts in Charleston harbor, until Fort
Sumter was completely surrounded by
works, whose erection the little garrison
might easily have prevented at any time.
| They were careful not to commit what Mr.
j BUCHANAN considered an overt act of war
until the fortress was beleagured on every
1 side, and reinforcements and relief were
I impossible, of courso, when the time for
! overt action came, it fell and easy prey in
to the rebel hands. Until their toils were
i fully laid, they kept within what was then
deemed law, and when all was ready, they
struck the blow that secured to them an
important point, and the advantages of the
lirst victory. This happened because the
government, as then administered, failed
to arrest the incipient proceeding, which
could have no end but rebellion and war.
It is not, however, from force alone that
the government ia called upon to protect
the country. A cotemporary justly remarks
on this head, that " The agencies that pre
cede force, and that render it necessary,are
as carefully to be provided against as is
force itself. The State Conventions that !
voted for secession—the revolutionary as- j
scmblies that lorined the Confederacy—the
local elections at which its officers were
chosen, and every session of the Confeder
ate Congress—all were so many embodi
ments oi treason, that led directly to the
wat. \\ itliout them, indeed, the war could
not have begun ; and had they been stop
ped, even after they were commenced, the
war would also have come to an end. They
were, one and all, so many assaults upon
the life and sovereignty of the Republic,
and against them the Republic ought to
have protected itself with its utmost effort.
For the loose views of government, which
then prevailed so widely ; for the incapacity
and want of energy which then presided
over our affairs ; for the daring adroitness
and desperate cunning which rebels and
their abettors were then allowed to exer
cise in our politics, we have had to pay an
untold cost of treasure and blood. Let us
never repeat a mistake that has once prov
ed so nearly fatal."
True bills against the late rebel offi
cers —General McCausland, Major Gilmor,
aud Captain Smith—for arson, have been
returned by the Grand Jury of Franklin
county. Others are pending against Smith
aud Gilmor for highway robbery, and
against McCausland fur murder. Governor
Curtin has issued requisitions upon Gov
ernor Boreruan,.of West Virginia, and up
on Governor l'iorpout for tire delivery of
Smith. It is thought that Genera! Early,
of the late rebel army, will aiso be indicted
for arson, highway robbery,and murder, as
hisjorder was shown, iuChambersburg,direct
ing the freebooters' tribute to be levied,
and that the town should be burnt in de
fault of payment.
Additional details of the ravages of the
pirate Shenandoah are gleaned from the
latest San Francisco papers. The barque
Susan Abigail was destroyed near the
Gulf of Anadyr. At St. Lawrence Island
the ship Gen. Williams was burned. The
crews of seven vessels have arrived at San
Francisco. Some thirteen vessels turned
back, as they were notified of the proximity
of the pirate. It is thought that fifty more
vessels would be destroyed. The Captain
of the Shenandoah would not believe that
Lee had surrendered, and exulted when
told of the assassination of President Lin
coln. An English vessel laden with coal
was seen en route for the Shenandoah.
fiea?" All ordinances passed in Mississippi
since the act of secession, not inconsistent
with the Constitution of the United States,
have been ratified by the State Convention.
President Johnson has telegraphed Gover
nor Sharkey, congratulating the Conven
tion on the good work it has done. He
promises them to remove the troops, and
restore the writ of habeas carpus as soon as
the State makes sufficient progress in re
turning to its allegiance. Judge Fisher
was nominated for Governor ; after which
the Convention adjourned sine die.
It has been announced at the Treas
ury Department that the fractional curren
cy of all denominations has been counter
feited, except the notes last printed. It
has also been ascertained that the legal
tender notes of about every denomination
which were printed in the city of New
York have also been counterfeited. Ifr is
denied at the Department that there are
any counterfeits of the currency of the na
tional banks.
ggs-The Republicans of Lycoming county,
on Wednesday evening, Aug. 23, and nom
inated the following ticket : Assembly, S.
C. Wingard, of Williarnsport ; Sheriff', Lew
is Martin, of Williarnsport ; Prothonotary,
A. J. Foster, of Newberry; Treasurer,
Sam'l 0. Brian ; Commissioner, Capt. Rob't
Brown, of Jersey Shore ; Surveyor, Thus.
Lloyd, of Muncy.
PERSONA L.
Newton Edwards has been appointed
Governor of Deeotuh territory.
—Hon. Preston King has been appointed
Collector of tlie Port of New York to succeed Si
meon Draper.
—Hon. G. W. Schofield, of Warren, has
been invited to deliver the annual Address before
the New York Agricultural Society this year. The
Fair is to be held at Utica.
—Mr. Geo. E. Pugli, of Ohio, is reported
by the Chicago Times to lie preparing to spread
himself in a most extraordinary style in defence off
•Jeff Davis. lie is to join Charles O'Conner in New-
York in a few days.
—Morton McMichael, proprietor of the
Philadelphia North American, has been nomitated
j for Mayor of that city by the Union City Conven
tion.
—lt is said that Mr. Robert Lincoln, son
of the late President, is shortly to be married to a
daughter of Secretary Harlan.
Hon. Hannibal Hamlin, late Vice Pres
ident of the United States, has been appointed
Collector of the Port of Boston.
—Qov. Brown, of Georgia, is canvassing
his State vigorously in favor of the Constitutional
Amendment.
—Secretary Stanton arrived in New York
on Wednesday evening last, from Washington. He
at once embarked for West Point, where he is to
spend several days for the benefit of his health.
—Gen. Beauregard, it is rumored, will
soon ask for pardon, that he may go to Europe and
take a position in the French uriny.
—Moses Thomas, the well-known real
estate auctioneer, died at Philadelphia recently at
an advanced ago.
—Hon. D. S. Dickinson is able to make
his appearance occasionally in the streets of the
village, and his health has so far been restored
that he is able occassionally to visit his oflice.
—lt is reported that Gol. A. I). Streight, j
whose escape from Libby Prison gave him a na
tional reputation, is about to become the editor of j
the Indianapolis Sentinel.
—Judge Warren Powers died at Winona,
Minnesota, on the 17th inst. He had held several
important civil offices, and was a leading member j
of the societies of Masons and Odd Fellows.
A OIT AIR KOK PRESIDENT JOHNSON.—Our
! readers will rcmomlier that Seth Kinman,
j the California hunter, presented an elk-horn
| chair, of curious construction, to Abraham
Lincoln Mr. Kinman has now constructed
I ;l chair, to be presented to President John
| son—a chair that surpasses all his previ-
I ous efforts. It is made of two grizzly bears,
captured by himself. But we almost des
pair of giving anything like an inteligent
description of the article. Suffice it to say
that the four legs, with the feet and claws
in perfection, are those of a huge grizzly
bear, while the anas are the arms and
paws of another grizzly ; the back and
sides are also ornamented with immense i
claws, the seat is soft and exceedingly
comfortable, but the great "feature" of the
"institution" is, that by toqohing a cord,
the head of a monster grizzly bear, with
extended jaws, will dart in front from un
der the seat, snapping and gnashing its
teeth as natural as life. It is wonderful
in design, wonderful in execution, and a
worthy souvenir from the hunter of the |
Rocky Mountains to the Chief Magistrate of
the nation.— Montour -.jwrtcflij
DEMOCRATIC STATE OONVENTION.
Thf Democratic State Convention met at
llarrislmrg, Thursday 24th inst., and was
temporarily organized by electing Robert
L Johnson, of Cambria, President, and A.
D. Doileau of Philadelphia, Benjamin Whit
man of Erie, and D. 11. Nienian of North
ampton, Secretaries. Recess was taken to
permit delegates to indicate the Committee
on Organization.
The Committee, after a short consulta
tion, returned and reported Richard Yaux
of Philadelphia, as permanent President of
the Convention, with a Vice-President for
each Senatorial District,and 29 Secretaries.
.Mr. Yaux, on taking his seat, made a
spirited address.
A Committee on Resolutions, composed
of one from each Senatorial District,was ap
pealed, to whom all resolutions on Nation
al and State affairs were referred without
debate.
The Convention proceeded to ballot for a
candidate for Auditor-General. Col. W. 11.
11. Davis ui' the 104 th Pennsylvania regi
ment received 8(5 votes on the third ballot,
and was declared unanimously nominated.
A series of resolut ions was reported and
! adopted, of which the following is a digest:
j* The preamble asserts the betrayal of
their trust by the party in power since 18(51.
! The resolutions affirm the fidelity of Penn
' sylvania Democrats to the Union, and de
! chtre that the slaughter, debt and disgrace
1 of the civil war was a consequence of the
j counsels being disregarded that the Con
| stitution ought to be obeyed at all times,
■ under all circumstances, and in every part
! of the country, the oath to support it being
' universally binding ; and it is only by a
rigid enforcement of its provisions that we
| can hope for liberty or peace. The palla
i dium of all our Constitutional rights con
! sists of trial by jury, the habeas corpus, a
tier press, free speech, immunity from pun
ishment, and the right of white citizens to
; vote at the State elections, according to
State laws.
! The Convention concurs with President
•Johnson in the opinion that State ordinan
! ces of Secession are nullities, and the
States, therefore, are all as much in the
Union as ever, the people owing the same
duties, and being clothed with the same
rights as before. The resumption of their
old position shall not be impeded by that
portion which always opposed the Union,
which now declares it legally dissolved,
and is malignantly laboring to prevent res
toration.
The resolutions are strongly against ne
gro suffrage as a high crime against the
Constitution and a deliberate attempt to
degrade the white race to the low level of
the black : express willingness to support
President Johnson in restoring the States,
giving them a representation in Congress,
and saving them from the curse of negro
equality ; but can only give full approval
to the administration if he adheres to the
Constitution and the laws, punishes kid
napping and robbery when committed by
his own officers and suffers no person to be
murdered by military commission.
John P. Linton, of Clearfield County, was
unanimously nominated for Surveyor-Gen
eral.
On motion, the President was authorized
to appoint one person from each Sentorial
District as a State Central Committee, and
the Hon. W. A. Wallace of Clearfield Coun
ty was chosen by the Convention Chairman
of the State Committee.
After addresses by Judge Black and
Richard Yaux, esq., the Convention ad
journed sine die.
A ScEXE IN" COURT—A MAX ATTEMITS TO
SHOOT THE SEDUCER <H ins WIFE —GREAT EX
CITEMENT —FUNNY SCENES.—A bold attempt
at murder was made on Tuesday last, in
our Court of Quarter Session, by JOHN B.
GORKY, a returned soldier. JUEI. SAXKORD,
who was 011 trial on a charge of winning
the affections of GOLDY'S wife during the
husband's absence in the army, came near
being the victim. While Mr. AM.EX was
speaking in behalf of the defendant., GORKY,
who sat some distance from him, walked
around in front of the Clerk's desk, and
suddenly drawing a pistol held it just back
of Sauford's ear and attempted to fire, but
the cap did not explode. He was about
firing a second time, in the same position,
when some one knocked his arm aside and
the pistol was discharged, striking the hea
vy oak railing in front of the bar, glanc
ing and hitting constable Keyzcr, of Arm
strong township, in the shoulder. Happily
the force of the ball was too much spent by
hitting the railing to do more than inflict a
slight bruise. San ford sprang to his feet,
siezed Goldy and threw him to the lloor,
but he fired two more shots before the wea
pon could be taken from him, one of which
entered the ceiling and the other the floor.
The would-be murderer was then secured
and taken to jail. This is one of the out
rages becoming far too common, and shows
that the law of the State against carrying
deadly weapons should be rigidly enforced.
At the time of the occurrence,the courtroom
was full, and it is murvelops that all esca
ped so well. Sucli an outrage should he
visited with the severest penalties of the
law ; and an example made of the offender
that would teach men that they cannot take
the execution of law from the hands of a
court and inflict summary punishment them
selves. Hundreds of lives were endanger
ed by this outrage, besides the one sought
to be taken.
This outrage had its ludicrous side. Such
another skedadling of legal gentlemen has
not been seen since the Buckshot war. The
whole audience were on their feet at once.
Some rushed forward to see who was killed,
some rushed for the door and tumbled pell
mell down stairs, reporting that two men
and a woman were shot. The judges sud
j denly felt a lowering of their dignity and
incontinently squatted behind the august
| bench ; tiio clerk of the court in trying to
j escape danger, tripped and fell, measuring
j his extensive length on the floor, which
j gave to the report that was shot ; one law
yer was taking a quiet snooze, holding a
j pen-knife in his hand. At the discharge of
i the pistol ho started up, sticking the knife
in his breast, drawing the claret, and he at
1 once prepared to say "good l>yc to Black
: stone," supposing he was shot and done for.
! About a dozen of the fraternity were seized
with a sudden desire to go out, and all met
at a common rendezvous, showing the oper
ation to be quite uniform, Heads, arms
and boots suddenly appeared in the win
dows, and the street rumors were as w Id
as the people inside. Quiet was finally re
stored and the offender taken to jail to
await further action in his ease.— William-\
]Mjrt BullUine.
C'mcAfio.—The full official report of tlie
census of Chicago, just published, makes
the population 17t,9f5, instead of the 22b,
000 recently estimated by the compiler of
the city directory. This, however, shows
a very handsome increase since 1860, when
the population was 109,200. It is a much
larger gain than has been made by any of
the large cities of the republic. Chicago
scorns now to be about equal in population
to Cincinnati, and St. Louis, Boston, Balti
more and New Orleans still take rank above
those cities.
OUE DEAD AT ANDERSONVILLE.
( 'apt. .James Moore has returned from his
Andersonville mission. The expedition,un
dertaken by direction of the Secretary of
War, for the purpose of identifying and
marking the graves of Union soldiers who
died in the vile pen at Andersonville, has
been a gratifying success. Twelve thous
and five hundred graves were located and
marked by neat head-boards,inscribed with
the name, regiment, and date of death of
our heroes, live hundred only being mark
ed •'Union' soldier, unknown." Fifty acres
were enclosed by a neat fence, and sever
al streets taken in the adornment of the
forest cemetery thus enclosed. The work
was completed on the Kith instant, and the
resting-place of the brave dead informally
dedicated by the raising of the stars and
stripes upon a Uagstaff erected within the
enclosure. A guard has been stationed
at the cemetery. Mr. Griffin, an unmistak
able Union man of the neighborhood, has
been appointed superintendent, and Ander
sonville Cemetery prison pen ai.d the acces
sories will be kept intact lbr the inspection
of those who desire to make a pilgrimage
there in search of the remains ot relatives.
Captain Moore reached Andersonville on
the 2<>th of July, after a tedious trip from
Savannah, byway of Augusta, Atlanta and
Macon, with his detachment of forty two
men, and immediately commenced his task.
ThrVh ad were lbuud buried in several
trenches, distant about three hundred yards
from the stockade, and laid with some re
gard to regularity None were found bu
ried within the stockade, as reports have
stated. The men worked witli zeal, al
though the weather was insufferably ho*.
Considerable sickness ensued, resulting in
the deatli ol four of the party, among them
Mr. E. Watts, a clerk of the expedition.—
I lighted denizens of the sparsely settled
forest occasionally the working par
ty, and expressed surprise at seeing so ma
ny Federals in their neighborhood. Improb
able sis it may seem, many of them could
not be convinced that the confederacy was
out of existence.
Oapt. Moore is convinced that the stories
of cruelties practised upon Union prisoners
at Andersonville were not great exaggera
tions. The bloodhound pen is still stand
ing on the road from the stockade to the
cemetery, and the green, stagnant, foul
smelling water of the prison brook, the
cramped and wretched burrows, the dead
line, the slaughterhouse, refuse and miser
ies of the stockade, may be inspected even
now. Miss Clara Barton returned with the
expedition.
TRIAL OF WIRZ. —On Monday the trial of
Captain Wirz was fairly entered upon, by
a long argument on various legal points,
involving the jurisdiction of the court, ect.,
on the part of the defence, and counter ar
guments from the Judge Advocate. The
Advocate's position was sustained. Wirz,
out of three counsel lie originally had, pre
served hut one--Mr Schade, a countryman;
but Mr. Baker, who was in the court-room
at the time, volunteered, and began ally
to assist Mr. Schade. The testimony of a
Union officer, Captain Xoyes, was taken to
prove the genuineness of a letter written
by Captain Wirz to General Wilson, ask
ing for a safe conduct to some seaport,
from which he could embiH'k to his own
home, admitting his command at Ander
sonville, but pleading the orders of superior
officers for the course of brutality towards
the prisoners confined in the stockade. G.
C. Gibbs, an officer in the late Confederate
army, was called to show the position of
Wirz, the character of the prisoner, and of
the food furnished the prisoners, the num
ber of deaths, etc., and the fact that suffi
cient food was always furnished by the
Confederates ; if it was not good nor suffi
cient, the witness testified, there were
means of officially improving its quantity
and quality. This part of the testimony
was a direct rebuttal of the statements of
\\ irz in his letter, and the counsel tried
hard to shake it ; and in doing so, there
were some sharp interchanges. The same
witness said that the bloodhounds said to
have been used tor the purpose of pursuing
the escaped prisoners, were not " blood
hounds, but ordinary farm or plantation
dogs. A surgeon, Dr. John C. Bates, who
was stationed at the prison from Sept. 22,
l>a4, to March 2t'(, 1865, testified to the
liltli and misery tormenting the men in the
prison, and spoke of his kindness towards
the men ; of his endeavors to get a little
salt, or a little meal, or a potato, now and
then. This sworn testimony adds no new
feature to the horrors, over the narration
of which in our own journals, our people
h > e shuddered for months and months.
WRECK OF A PACIFIC STEAMER
'Hie California steamer yesterday brings
intelligence of a fearful disaster on the
, Pacific coast.
ihe Brother Jonathan, on her way from
ban I rancisco to the Columbia River, was
I lost near Camp Lincoln on the 30th of July
last. Between 200 and 300 passengers
were lost—only 14 men and momen sur
| viving.
j The Alia California of the 3d inst con
tains the following particulars :
1 lie steamship Brother Jonathan had
the engines which were in the steamship
Atlantic, which dragged her anchors, drif
ted on shore and was wrecked at Fisher's
i Island, Long Island sound, on Thanksgiv
i ing night, November. 1848. She was °cut
! down and rebuilt under the supervision of
; Capt. Aaron M. Burns, in this city, two
j years since, and was considered one of the
( st,inchest. vessels afloat in the waters of
; the Pacific. The Brother Jonathan was
! owned by the California Steam Navigation
j Co. She left here on Friday last, at 10 a.
' m., under command of Capt. S. J. De Wolfe.
: A\ c learn that the only staff officer who
; went up with Cen. Wright was Lieut. E. 1).
Waitc his adjutant Mrs. Wright accom-
I panied her husband The General, as has
j heretofore been announced through the
| columns <>f this journal, was on his way to
Fort Vancouver, to take command of the
Department of the Columbia, to which he
had lately been assigned by the General
Government.
Lnv AKII I>. K KTCHCM, accused of forg--
ing gold checks to a large amount was ar
rested ( n Friday last, near the house No.
223 West Twentieth street, New York city, I
where it appears he has been conceale<i
ever since the forgeries become known
I he sum of was found in his posses
sion. Ketchum takes his arrest very cool
ly. During yesterday he had interviews
v illi the different members of his family.
District Attorney llall has entered a com
plaint against him, on behalf of the people,
at the First District Police Court. The date
for the examination of the pase, has not 1
vet been fixed. Home correspondence was
found in Ketchum s possession, which seems
to implicate other parties.
The Ohio Democratic State Convention
(regular) assembled at Columbus on Thurs
day and nominated Gen. G. A\ . Morgan for
Governor ; \\. Lang for Lieutenant-Gover
nor ; Geo. Spencer for State Treasurer, and
D. M. \Vilson for Attorney-General. The
resolutions, among other things, indorsed
the famous "Peace" negotiations of Gen.
Sherman.
COLLISION ON THE OIL GREEK RAILROAD
Em£, Fa., August 24, 1865.
An accident on Oil Creek, near Titusville,
was caused by the engineer of the freight
train running up on the main track to get
on the switch about the time the mail train
was due. The latter,coming round a curve,
could not see the engine until within a few
yards of it. The two trains came together
witli such terrific force as to throw passen
gers from their seats and stave up every
j car in the train. It is astonishing that so
few were injured.
The following is a list of the killed and I
injured, as near as can be ascertained : j
Gideon Lightall, of Belport, killed.
Win. Baldwin, jr., East Cleveland, killed.
Edgar J. dough, of Fredonia, killed in
stantly.
Steele Greene, of Hydetown, both legs
broken.
One man, name unknown, killed.
Eloin Pratter, Groveland, N.Y., both legs
broken ; cannot live.
Randolph Phillips, Hastings,Oswego Co , j
N. Y., leg broken.
Fred Joselyn, Corry, Fa., leg broken.
Geo. Coley, Corry, Fa., bruised.
Marvin Dyer, Corry, bruised badly.
One other is badly bruised and injured
; internally, who refuses to give his name.
STEAMBOAT CATASTROPHE
LoriKvuxE, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 1855.
The steamer Argosy, No. .'4, Cupt. \ ande
i grift from Cairo for Cincinnati, with i tie j
70th Ohio Infantry, about 300 strong, was
i blown ashore in a rain storm on M uiday ;
. evening, near Halfields Landing. v 0 miles
S below Louisville. The concussion exploded i
i the wind-drums, and the steam coming alt,
j scalded 12, two of whom died, and two
more are expected to die. Between 30 and
40 jumped overboard, eight of whom were
drowned.
The steamer Argosy No. 1, formerly a
Government gunboat,' 'apt. Shank s.im night
the regiment to this city and transferred
them to the steamer General Lyttle lor
Cincinnati,
j The names of the unfortunates, were :
i Scalded to death.—Martin Long. Co. K,
i and a discharged soldier of an Indiana reg
iment.
j, Drowned—Herman Behians, Huge Tay
lor, Aaron Fixcus, John Rodrick, Amos
Rose, Alfred Rader, J. Mi-Daniels.
Severely scalded—Wm. Egelshoff, Mi
chael Murray, Norton Shelby, M. Bushee,
i Isaac Taylor.
AN EXKCCTIVE BIREAI; CREATED. —The Pres
ident, having become satisfied that be is
physically incapable of attending person
ally to all the business which daily comes
before him for consideration, has concluded
to organize an Executive Bureau, before
I which certain business will be disposed of,
j included in which are applications for per
! dons which do not actually veijnire the per-
I sonal attention of tho President. This
; Bureau has at its head the able Third Au
j ditor of the Treasury, John Wilson Esq.
New 3Utoerttotmtiiio.
MCKEAN & FA YXE - ATTOUNE YS
ASI) COUNSELLORS A T LA IV, Towanda,
Penn'a. Particular attention paid to business in Or
j phans' Court.
| H. B. M'LTFAN. S. B. J'AVKE.
| Aug. '2B. 1865.
LUST.— BETWEEN THE STORE OF V.
E. &J.E. Piollet, in Wysox , and the Towanda
| Bridge, ou the 2Sth inst., a Black Morocco Traveling
; Sat IHI L. Containing one calico dress, a pair O f slippers
and a quantity of infant's clothing, 'xlie finder will be
suitably rewarded by leaving it at Piollet's Store, in
Wysox. MATILDA MILLER,
Aug. 2s, 18G5.— 3t
PENSIOXS.-FEXSION CERTIFICATES
jJ. Cashed on and after Sept. 4IH.
J. N. CALIFF, Pension Agt.,
I To Wanda, Aug. 24, Ho 5. Office over "Post Office. - '
\ DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE - Notice
-A*- is hereby given, that all persons indebted to the
i estate of MARVIN McCRKERY, late of Warren twp.,
| dee'd., are requested to make immediate payment
and those having demands against said estate will pres
: entthem duly authenticated lor settlement.
JOS. F. WHEATOX,
Aug. 31, 186.3. Administrator.
; A I'M INISTRATOR'S NOTICE.-Notice is
i -ti.hereby given that ail persons indebted to the estate
of JOKI. FIN TON, dec d, late ul Bradtoid County.
I are requested to make immediate payment, aud those
; having demands against said estate will present them
| duly authenticated lor settlement.
JAMES 11. WEBB,
Aug. 31,1865. Administrator.
: A DMENISTRATRIX NOTlCE.—Notice
1 il is hereby giveu. that all persons indebted to the
j estate of EDMUND L. COBB, late of Pike towp.
dee'd, are requested to make immediate payment, ami
| those having claim against said estate wiil pi t sent them
, duly authenticated iur settlement.
SARAH E.COBB.
I tug. 31.1866. Administratrix
; J J. GRIPF I Til S
SUCCESSOR TO
COWLES CO'S BOOIC STORE,
NEWS ROOM AND EXPRESS OFFICE,
Which are all in the Post Office building,on Main street,
directly opposite the Court House. We have the largest
aud most elegant assortment of
BOOKS, STATIONERY, BLANK aud LAW BOOKS.
MAGAZINES, PERIODICALS, SINGING
BOOKS, SHEET MUSIC, LITHO
GRAPHS, PHOTOGRAPHS,
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS,
DIARIES, FOR 1866,
AC., AC.,
to be found anywhere in the country. We are eon
| stantly receiving, from New York and Philadelphia
j such as Harper's and Atlantic Monthlies, Young Folks j
j Godey's Lady's Book, Peterson's Magazine. Scientific
! American, Ballou's Dollar Monthly, Chimney Corner,
! Hours at Homt, The Nation. Budget of Fun, Mrs.'
j Grundy, Dime Novels. Song Books, and News Papers :
! also the Daily Tribune, Times, Herald, Journal of Com
j merce, Sun. Ledger, Mercury, Clipper, Boston Pilot, Ac.
BEST GOLD PENS,
! ever brought to this market; Port Monnies, Pocket
| Diaries for 1*66 ; Bank Note Reporter's and Description '
i I.ists, describing all the counterfeits aud broken bank !
i notes now afloat in the conn try.—every man should 1
j havejonc. We also have the largest stock of School Books
ever brought to thismarket,which we offer at a very low
figure for cash.
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS,
FAMILY BIBLES,
WRITING DESKS,
Methodist, Presbyterian and all kinds of
HYMN BOOKS.
ALL THE POETS.
LAW,
SCHOOL,
BLANK.
And all kinds of Booke.
: Everything in the Book and Stationary line.
| ANY BOOKS OK OTHER MATTER PI'HUSHED CAN BE ORDERED
TFIitOI'GH US PROMPTLY, AT CITY PKICKS.
Our Express runs to Waverly every morning (Sundays
excepted) and returns every evening, carrying passen- '
gers and Express Goods. The hour fur starting from j
Towanda is 7 in the morning, and returning leaves Wa- i
verly at 5J o'clock p. m., on the arrival of the Express :
from New York.
IVe pay special attention in sending and receiving
Express packages to and from the army.
JOHN J. GRIFFITHS.
Towanda, Aug. 28, 1865.
J7AGLE HOTEL IN TO\VANi)A,~~
FOR SALE.
Location, on the south side of the Square, by the Presbv
terian Church Apply to W. A, PECK, office. Union
Block, north side Ot Square. May 18, 186.5.
KX)O SALES ME N WAN TEn
FOR THE LIFE AND TIMES Of
ABRA II A M LI N C OLN !
By Dr. L. P. Brockett, the eminent historian. 750
Octavo I ages. Sold exclusively by subscription. The
best Biography. Terms unusually liberal. Sales are
immense. Those only desired who are competent to
sell from 20 to 100 or more, ot this superior work in
each favorable Township, where as tpanv other similar
books have been delivered- v
If. H. GURU AN. Publishers.
Aug. 21,1865. Main A Water Sts., Rochester, N. Y
UpfccgrafTs Inßtitnte.
Y E AN I) EAR I\s'Jl'| |•, ,
DR. UP DE GRAFF,
OCULIST, ACKIHT AND GEKEKAL SIBOKON, KI.MIKA X
Treat* all Disease* of the A'ye, Ear and 77, u ...
THE EVE.—He will operate upon Cataract, a
Pupil, Cross Eyes, Lachrymal Fistula, Pteryg.um'E'." 1
pion, (inversion of tin: eye-lid,J and treat.'*!! i
••SORE EVES,' - such a* Oranufated Lid,, p,V '
Ophthalmia, Opacities of the Cornea, Scrofulv
eases of the Eye, and all diseases to which ti,', j..,
subject. '
THE EAR.—Treats successfully Discharges ,
Ear, JVoises in the Ear. Difficulty of Hearing, \,l. "
[even when the Drum is entirely destroyed.
an artificial one, answering nearly all the purou..!
natural.
7'HE THROAT.—Ulcerated Throat, Enlarge i
sils, together with
CATARRH
in all its forms, permanently cured.
GENERAL SURGERY.—He will operate u; (1 (
Feet. Hare Lip, Cleft Palate, Tumors, Lamer:- j
Growths, Deffir; .itics from Burns, aud lien,
forms PLASTIC OPERATIONS—Where the N'osLf
or any portion of the face Is destroyed through 1,.. '
or otherwise, by healing them on anew.
jew Will attend to the Amputation of Limb- -
aud General Surgery in all its branches. "
INSERTS ARTIFICIAL EiES.—Giving them„
motion and expression of tin natural, defying cc-i. '**
they are inserted without removing the old one or . 1
ducihg paih.
The Doctor's collection of instruments comp.u
the latest improvements, aud is the largest in the -
the superior advantages he has had in perleci.u*
, sell ui all that u new and valuable in Surgery, u
him iu saying that everything within the bourn; '
piolessiou may be expected ol him.
The institute has been greatly enlarged, so if,*-
can now accommodate an increased numoer ol i
ln,m a di.-Lauce. Lomtortahle Boarding iiwuse.- a;
ed to the cslaoliahiuenl.
.Vo iin ui at/It cu*ts received fur 7, lulmtnl o, O ,
linn*. 1, a Cuj-e is lUcuiable he will be so lhloimcj
Institute on vValei street, opposite We ifraiuaiu 1
Eiitiiiu. A. Y . l*eo L 1--
fflisccUamous.
mll E A M ERIC ATN p Soul
FOR THE
AMER IC A X WAT CH 1
AND THE
AMER IC A N WATC II
FOR THE
AMER IC A X PEOF L£ •
Ail styles of movements, in all styles o! *->
kinds of prices, except outrageous pi-Res,
JOHNSON'S,
28 Lake Street.
(Sigh of the Amu. .m rug.,
Aug. 7. 1-A. Elm;:.,. X ■
QRO C K ER Y AX D G L Ass A .
AT
REI) l T 0E I) FRIC ES '.
I take pleasure in announcing to the chine:,
ford aud vicinity, tint I have purchased t..
Crockery and Glassware heretof-re
Payne, which added to my former sto k
CROCKERY,
GLASSWARE,
PLATED WARE,
TABLE & POCKET CUTLE
Makes as good an assortment as can be found it-
New York. My stock of Crockery consists i :
fcS I X DIFP ER E N T P A i XEit X
Plain and Figured
WHITE G R A N 1 T E W A I! K
You will also find a choice lot of
| GROCERIES AND PEOVI-I'LP
Wood, Willow, Stone Ware, and Scl: Seal
Jars at low prices.
My motto is small profits utiick returns and u-L
All kinds of Farmers Produce wanted, 1 r v
highest Market Price Kill lie paid.
w. B. CAM:
WAVKRLY, N. Y., June T. 1865.
'CI SQI EIIA NX A COLLEGIATE
kj TL'TE.
TO IV AND A, BRADFORD CO.. I'.i
Rev. JAMES McVVILL'AM. Principal, Proles-.-
ctc-nt Languages, and Mental and ifor*: -
] JOHN HEWITT, A. B. Professor of Mat
| aud Natural Science.
! JOliN W CRAWFORD. Teacher of V. D M..-:
Mi-s CLARA A. STOCK WELL, Prc.cptK—
Ml-M JULIA STEVENS, Associate Preceptress,
i Miss SUSAN D. Wool), Teacheiol Instrum* ... 1 ■
LUTUEIt H. SCOTT, Steward, Mrs. St'oTi V
The Fall Term commences WEI)NE>!'AY. -
1:1, and will continue 14 weeks.
TUITION, PEB TEKM :
i [Payable invariably iu advance, or one-halt ut •
the school,and one-half at the middleot the ter;:.
aud contingencies included.]
Preparatory .. . I"
i Higher, Ist year, per term '
Higher, 2d aud lid year, per term
Collegiate, I
N. li. Pupils will be classed by the mu-l auva;
branch they respectively pursue.
Pupils using scholarships are charged 12 pern r"i •
fuel aud contingents.
EXTBA EXPENSES :
' French *
; Drawing
j Board in the Institute per week,
; Washing, per dozen
, Use of Furniture iu rooms, per term
! The Collegiaie year is divided into three tents
weeks each. The Anniversary exercises will • •
the close of the Spring term.
No deduction will be made for absence, excel '■ a
of protracted illness of over two weeks.
Boarders will themselves find fuel and light, but '
cases, arrangements can be made with the Steve
furnish them. Where bedding is not furnished -v i
pils themselves, they will be charged *3 .70 per t.
Normal Department —Special exercises are
without extra charge for those preparing tlicia- "
as Teachers of Common Schools.
| No pains will be spared, on the part of the Fa
; aud Trustees in sustaiuiugthe high reputati the
tutiou has hitherto eujoyed, and iu render,e.. 6
worthy of future patronage and support.
JAMES Mc WILLI AM. I*i in .
Aug, 21, 1864.
A" GE' N T S WANTE 1>
FOR THE
NURSE A SPY..
The most interesting and exciting book crei .
ed, embracing the adventures ot a. woman iu :'
army as Nurse, Scout and Spy, giving a moat v:v..
ner picture ot the war,
Teachers, ladies, energetic young men, and e-i
returned and disabled officer* and soldiers, in un
profitable employment, will find it peculiarly
to their condition. We have agents clearing •
month, which we will prove to any doubting apr'-■
Send for circulars. Address
JONES, BROS. A CO..
N. K. corner Sixth and Minor SW\
July 10, 186.5. PhiladelpliiaTj,
PAR M S FOR SAL E!
The subscriber offers two Farms for ssle, < 0
Acres with buildings, do acres inipio\ed, and *1
fruit of all kind.-. One of 50 acres,with log building
improve i and splendid timber, all within tlm*' 1
ot a mile oi Leroy. For lurtber iuforinatiun l ': .
Leroy, July 24, 1565. 1.. Ik
TysSOLI'TIQN OF I'ARTN •
The partnership heretofore existing, im to the
April last, between A. V. Cowlesand John J- I '." "
under the firm of Cowles A Co., has been diss. -'Yp
mutual consent ; and the Book and Stationery. *
press business, will hereafter las conducted by tu
signed. to whom tlie debts due to the late firm ■ • 1
A Co. have been assigned and arc payable.
JOHN J. GRIFFITH-,
Aug. 8. is6s. Oneotoaor ofCowlesj
QTOLEN—CAUTION. —All persous
U hereby cautioned against purcha-in, a
meut note (so called) made at Orwell. Brae; iy
Pa .by J W. Pa vsos for the sum ol I1Ml•> w '
and dated April 27th, 1864, and payable t" l ' ie
signed or bearer six months alter date, as the
been stolen from the subscriber. „ ;
Aug. 7. IMLY _ _ WM. !'• Y—
( R S A L E .
One Open Spring. Iron Axled Buggy. ' o
Sprout Springs, 1 Bett New Doable Haraee*>
Single Harness. ,i
June 27,1565. CH VS. M- H4J