NEWS FKOM ALL NATIONS.
—Early on Saturday morning last, says
the Oitawa (C. W.) Citizen of Jan. 22, we had an
extraordinary change in the weather in this vicin
ity. About 4 o'clock in the morning rain began to |
tall in torrents, and what is somewhat singular it 1
this season of the year, about 7 o'clock we were 1
visited with quite a thunder-storm. The lightning ,
was blue and vivid, and the thunder heavy.
—The Council Grove Democrat is in
formed by Col. Leavenworth, Indian Agent, that
he succeeded in recovering two white women. Mrs. ,
McDaniel and Mrs. Spriggs and six children, who ;
were taken captives by the Indians in Northern
Texas last summer. The Indians have yet three :
white children, which they promise to deliver up.
A terrible steamboat disaster occurred ;
on the Ohio River Friday morning. The boiler of :
the steamer Missouri exploded, near Evansville, ;
Ind., causing a great destruction of life. The num
ber of the lost is not given : but, out of one linn
died on board, only twenty survivors had been ta- j
k.-n off at the last accounts.
—The large cut-stone church belonging
to the Wesleyan denomination in Quebec, and sit
uated oil the corner of Ursula and St. Anne streets,
Upper Town, caught fire on Friday morning, and j
was almost entirely destroyed. It was a fine strae- i
ture. finished with much taste, and cost the con-1
gregation £OO.OOO. It was insured, but not to the i
full value.
Col. Burton N. Harrison, formerly pri-!
vate Secretary to ex-President Davis, has been re
leased by order of the President, from Fort Dela
ware, where he has been confined since last spring.
Col. Harrison's imprisonment was based upon no j
special charges other than snch as might have
been suggested by his official and personal attach- ;
ment to Mr. Dans.
—The Georgia Legislature Friday elec
ted Herschel V. Johnson to the United States Sen
ate. On the first ballot, Alex. H. Stevens was
chosen by 152 to 39, but as he had positively re
fused to take the place, (and as he could not take
it without being formally pardoned,) other ballots
were held, resulted as above stated.
—lt is said to be true that Mrs. Robert
Lee is bringing the influence of many leading men
of Virginia and the South to bear upon the Presi- j
dent in favor of the restoration to her of the prince- i
ly Arlington estate, and there are some of the
opinion that she may be successful.
—There has been quite an excitement
caused in Canada by an attempt to transport from
Quebec to Montreal two cases containing twelve
human bodies, which had been resurrected for sur
gical purposes. An investigation, the purpose of
which is to ferret out those engaged in the under
taking, is now in progress.
-In the official correspondence just pub
lished between Gens. Weitzel and Mejia on the
Bagdad affair, the former states that he sent three
hundred men to that place purely as an act of hu
manity, without partiality to cither of the contend
ing parties.
—A destructive Jire took place at Malone
on Jan. 20.
—The Georgia Senate, by the casting
vote of the President, has decided to postpone the
election of United States Senators till the loth of
February, and the resolution was to have poen con
sidered by the House on Friday.
—lt is rumored that Judge Coursol, (of
Canada,) who was suspended in consequence of his
action in the St. Albans raid ease, is soon to be re
stored to office.
—From New-Orleans intelligence is re
ceived that Gen. Sheridan has interdicted emigra
tion to Mexico. No interference with the sailing
.>f vessels has been exercised.
—Lord Monck is expected immediately
at Ottawa, when, it is believed, the Canadian Par
liament will be called together.
—The war against the Apache Indians
of the Plains is about to be opened by Gen. Mc-
Dowell with great vigor. Other Indian tribes are
cooperating with the national forces against the
Apaches, and some of them have done excellent
service, especially the Maricopas of the Gila. A
grand council of the Marcopas, Pimos, Moliaves
and Yumas was to be bold on Gen. McDowell's ar
rival in Arizona, to concert measures for assisting
biui. >
—Re potts are received from Utah that
the Mormons contemplate the abandonment of
that Territory, and a wholesale emigration to the
Sandwich Islands. It is said that Brigham Young
has purchased or secured the refusal of tw o of the
Sandwich Islands for future colonization by the
Mormons. The motive for this is the growing
popular and official opposition t<> the system of
polygamy.
—lt is said that if the bill for giving
litn. Grant the rank of full General becomes a law
it will be followed by another bill conferring the
rank of Lieutenant-General upon Sherman and
Sheridan. Admiral Furrngut will likely be made
a full Admiral, the Vice-Admiral in the navy being
equal to the grade of Lieutenant-General in* the
army.
—-A serious disturbance iti a free con
ceit saloon in Hartford, C'onn., occurred on Thurs
day night, terminating in the murder of one of the
parties. Both parties were Italians, and the mur
derer is said to have served four years in Sins
Sing.
—The bodies of Union soldiers who lcl
at Falls Church in the first year of the war, are be
ing taken up and brought to Arlington for burial
This extensive cemetery, upon Gen. Lee's forme
place, is being rapidly filled by the bodies of the
Union dead. *
—it is reported that Gen. Forrest, nude:
tin guise of retiring from business in Memphis ti
his plantation, has gone to Mexico, inconsequent
of having been notified to appear before a militar
commission in Washington.
—The total number of army, navy am
other claims, revised in the office of the Secont
Comptroller during the month of January last, wa:
9,073, involving the large sum of 555,559,n;1.
—The Secretary ol \V ar has receivet
from friends in England, principally in Birming
ham, $5,000 for the benefit of destitute freedmen
It has been turned over to Gen. Howard's bureau
-Fort Lamarie dates, lo the 22d,
that the Sioux Indians having been frozen out
have made a treaty to keep the peace, and no
steal mules and stock.
—The Union Pacific Railroad bridgi
over Kansas River having been completed, pass
cngers now go through from St. Louis to Topeka
Kansas, without change of cars.
-The Free School Bill, making equal en
dowments, but separate schools for white and col
ored, hies passed the House of Representatives o
Missouri.
—Lieut.-Geu. Grant has contributed tin
nun of £5,000 to aid in the erection of the Metro
politan Methodist Episcopal Church, at Washing
ton.
—The Richmond papers state that War
rcn Newcomb, of this N. Y. city, has given to:
thousand dollars toward the endowment of Wash
ington College. Virginia.
--Ground was broken Friday for a rail
iond between Alexandria and Fredericksburg, Va.
and the event was duly celebrated by those direct
h interested.
-Small-pox prevails at Mobile and is oi
the increase at Montgomery. Ala. It i very fatsi
•onong the freedmen.
JBtadford Reporter.
Towanda, Thursday, Febuary 8, 1866.
! UNION STATE CONVENTION. —A State Con- j
. ventiou will be held in the Hall of the House of
' Representatives, in Harrisburg, Pa., on Wednes
day the seventh day of March, A. D. 1860, at 12 o'-
1 clock, M. , for the purpose of nominating a candi
| date for Governor, to be supported by the friends :
of the Union.
i The ordeal of war has tried the strength ot our j
Government. Its fire has purified the nation. The •
I defence of the nation's life has demonstrated who
| were its friends. The principles vindicated in the
1 field must be preserved in the councils of the NU-
I tion. The arch enemy of freed IM must be struck
once more. All the friends of our Government,
■ and all ,;ho were loyal to the cause of the Union,
! in our late struggle, are earnestly requested to '
i unite in sending delegates to represent them in
| said Convention.
Bv order of the Union State Central Committee.
JOHN CESSNA, Chairman.
■ Attest:
GEO. W. HAMERSIJEY, T ~
j A. W. BENEDICT. S "' LETAN, S
HON. H. J. RAYMOND ON RECONSTRUCTION.
Mr. Raymond, of the NeroYorl- Time*,
who is one ol the new members of the pre
sent Congress, has opened his legislative
j career, by replying to the late speech of the j
• Hon. Thadeus Stevens, on the question of,
Reconstruction. In thus stepping forward
! to take the lead in the most important dis
| cussion we have ever had in Congress, Mr j
; R. lias shown a good deal of confidence in I
| himself; and, perhaps, this confidence is j
not misplaced, but it is unusual for a mem- ■
ber just entering the National Legislature, (
! to assume the leadership in a great debate.
In this his maiden effort, Mr. Raymond
has not only made a very readable speech, j
but a good argument as well; and while
the general manner of the speech is unex
ceptionable, it is nevertheless, not quite fair
in some of its statements, and inferences.
He says, for instance, that Mr. Stevens
holds "that what we have to do is to create !
new States out of the territory of the rebel
States, at the proper time, many years dis
tant, retaining them meantime, in a territo- j
rial condition." Now, this is a gross exag
geration, not warranted by any thing Mr.
Stevens said in the speech to which Mr. Ray-
I mond replied. Here it is intimated that the
geographical lines of the rebel States are
not to be respected in their re-admission in
to the Union, and then only alter many'
years have elapsed : while Mr. Stevens only
holds that the rebel States shall be re-admit
ed as we admit new States, which have
been formed out of the public territory ;
and it will be readily seen from this, how
Mr. R.'s additions perverts, and exagger
ates this position.
It was not our purpose however, in call-1
ing attention to Mr. Raymond's speech, to
pick out its weak spots as a logical produc
tion, but to notice some of his assumptions. .
Mr. R. holds that the rebel States were
never out of the Union, and therefore, never ,
■ a separate power, or nation. If the rebel
States were not out ol' the Union, human !
. | power can not take them out. But what,
. | was it necessary for tlieni to do to take j
: them out ? Mr. Raymond says, if they had ;
established the confederacy, or we had fail- j
' ed to conquer them, then they would have
' been out. Did they not establish the con
federacy, and for four years resist the pow-'
51 er of the government? And what differ-'
ence does it make whether we failed to sub-1
due them for one or for four years: so long
t as they did this, according to Mr. R.'s own
k showing, they were certainly out of the
s Union. If, by successfully oombatitng us
! would take the rebel States out of the Un
ion, under any circumstances, it follows, as
a matter of course, that so long as they did
f this, they were out. So that Mr. Raymond,
e by implication, at least, admits that the
I rebels were out of the Union so long as we
e j failed to subdue them.
e And then he asks, with a triumphant air,
° as if it could not be answered, " When did
these rebel States go out of the Union ?
There must have been a time, a place, when
~ and where this occurred." We reply on Mr.
e R.'s theory, when we failed to subdue them,
,1 at Big Bethel, Rull Run, Ball's Bluff, Ohick
e | ahominy, Chancellorville, Ac., &c.
" Again, Mr. Raymond endeavors to draw
a distinction between a State, and its citi
zens, just as if a State could exist without
people ; and he goes on to say, that the
ie people of a State can be tried and hung for
r- treason, but a State cannot. This is mar
ig ( vellons. A State cannot exist without citi
! izens, all know this, therefore according to
II Mr. R." s notion we can hang the people, but
can not hang nothing. For lake away the
people of a State, and nothing o! the State
ET .
ip remains. (Hear as mud, that is. Further
more, Mr. Raymond says the iaws of the
general government were obstructed in the
(f rebel States during the rebellion. A mild
et . term indeed, by which to designate the vil
rv lianons conduct of the rebels. Besides, the
horrible inflictions of the war itself, they
nj 1 sent pirates out on the high seas, to rob
id and burn defenceless merchantmen, bands
as of guerrillas all over the country to plunder
and butcher our people, endeavored to de
•d stroy our armies by placing torpedoes in
g- their marching routes, starving, by a sys
u tematie process, our prisoners who fell into
1 their hands : and not content with .these
y outrages upon the customs of modern war-
U , fare, they made ittempts to burn whole
}t communities, men, women children, old
and young, indiscriminate!}', by the hun-
I dreds and thousands,by well devised schems
s- % *
t to fire and completely destroy the large
cities of the North; and when foiled in this
hellish plot, as if taking counsel from de
j mons themselves, they set on foot a project
of to destroy us by introducing, and inocula
ting the whole country, with fatal and in
ie fectious diseases, and all this, Mr. Ray
o- numd calls obstructing the functions of gov
s' erement in the seceded States. This is
what the Copperheads have said of the re
r" hellion long ago.
II Then Mr. R. holds that the seceded States
did not cease to be States of the Union, be-
cause they did not destroy the constitution
of the general government. Another sing-
ular proposition. By this theory, if the
Manhattan Banking company should fail,
)n it would nevertheless still exists, because
nl 'n breaking it did not destroy the constitu
tion of the State of New-York
A TRIE, AND VET HORRIBLE PICTURE. '
Mr. Shellaberger, of Ohio, recently made :
a very able speech in Congress on the ques
tion of the reconstruction of the rebel
States ; and in it occurs the following
graphic account of the rebels when going
out of the Union, and their subsequent con
duct during the war. We commend this
sententious paragraph to (he reader's atten
tion. It will refresh old memories. The
fiendish conduct here described, it has be
come fashionable of I ale, in certain quar
ters, to call obstructiny (he f unctions of'gov
ernment. Out upon such perversion :
•' Does the gentlemen yet ask for ' the
specific act' that deprived these States of
all the rights of states, and made tlieiu
'enemies'?' 1 once more answer him in the
words of the Supreme Court the specific
acts were, they causelessly waged against
their own Government a ' war which all t ie
world acknowledge to have been the great
est civil war known in the history of the
human race.' That war was waged by
these people 'as States,' and it went tino'
long, dreary years. In it they threw oft'
and defied the authority of your Constitu
tion, laws, and Government; they obliter
ated from their State constitutions and laws
every vestige of recognition of your Gov
eminent ; they discarded all official oaths,
and took in their places oaths to support
your enemy's government. They seized, in
their States, all the nation's property ; their
Senators and Representatives in your Con
gress insulted, bantered, defied, and then
left you ; they expelled from their laud or
assassinated every inhabitant of known
loyalty ; they betrayed and surrendered
your armies ; they passed sequestration
and other acts in flagitious violation of the
law of nations, making every citizen of the
• United States an alien enemy, and placing
in the treasury of their rebellion all money
and property due such citizens. 1 hey train
j ed iniquity and universal murder into law.
They besieged, for years, your capital, and
sent your bleeding armies, in rout, back
here upon the very sanctuaries of your na
tional power. Their pirates burned your
unarmed commerce upon every sea. They
carved the bones of your nnburied heroes
into ornaments, and drank from goblets
made out of their skulls. They poisoned
your fountains, put mines under your sold
iers' prisons ; organized bauds whose lead
ers were concealed in your homes, and
whose commissions ordered the torch and
i yellow fever to be carried to your cities,and
j to your women and children. They planned
one universal bonfire of the North from
Lake Ontario to the Missouri. They mur
dered by systems of starvation and expos
ure sixty thousand of your sons, as brave
and heroic as ever martyrs were. They
| destroyed in the five years of horrid war
another army so large that it would reach
' almost around the globe in marching oul
i umiis ; and then to give to the infernal
drama a fitting close, and to concentrate
; into one crime all that is criminal in crime,
1 and all that is detestable in barbarism,they
killed the President of the United States."
THE GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE.
The message of Governor (lurtin abounds
! with interesting information and recoinineit
| dations in regard to the ate war and the
) duties it has imposed upon us. The total
1 number of troops furnished by Pennsylva
! uia, exclusive of militia and enlistments for
the navy, was 3(52,284. We are glad to
I learn that " arrangements progress
! to have a complete history of our regiments,
i such as is contemplated and provided for
| in an act of Assembly already passed," and
; hope it may be written in a style worthy
) of the magnitude and grandeur of the sub
ject. A nobler theme has never been fur
j nished for the pen of a skillful historian.
| He also advises that a historical painting
i of the battle of Gettysburg be procured to
! be placed in the State Capitol ; an excel-
I lent suggestion if the services of a talented
• artist can be secured. We are gratified to
learn that 1,242 orphans of our soldiers are
' now maintained and educated by the State,
■ | and arrangements are being made for in
' creasing the number of these deserving re
' • cipients of assistance. The State finances
are shown to be in a good condition. Not
- i withstanding the expenditure of more than
■ 1 $4,000,000 for military purposes, the State
1 ' debt was decreased $2,555,570 12 during
1 the interval from November 30, 1860, t<
December 1, 18'i.j. A reduction or repea
- ! of the ordinary State tax ol two and a hall
■ ! mills on real estate is recommended, ii
- j view ol the large space devoted in tin
2 , messages of most of the Northern Govern
1 i ors to national politics, Governor C'urtii
- shows good taste in abstaining fron
? | lengthy comments, and in briefly remark
' 1 ing that the principles expressed in tin
j message of the President, at the commence
s j ment ofthe session of Congress, will re
r oeive bis cordial support.
, REPUBLICAN MASS CONVENTION.
At a meeting oi ihe Republican electors
3 of the County, held at the Court House, in
®! Towanda, on Tuesday evening, Feb. 6,1806
'" in pursuance of the call of the Chairman ol
e the County Committee, Hon. V. M. Lox<
1 was chosen to preside, and \V. A. PF.CI
" | elected Secretary.
s On motion, M. C. MKRCTR was recommend
L> ed as delegate to the Union State Conveu
8 tion from this Senatorial district, and N. C
'* EDSBREE and Gen. H. J. MAIUI.I., were electei
f Representative delegates.
l " | On motion, the Chairman was authorizei
'• to appoint the necessary Senatorial am
'- Representative Conferees.
'* j On motion, adjourned.
8 ' (SIGNED BY THE OFFICERS, I
@rThe Pennsylvania State Commission
s ' er appointed to visit the South and exam
i- iue into the condition of the cemeteriei
n ' wherein Pennsylvania soldiers lie buried
has made a report through General Gregg
e which reveals a condition of affairs any
I, thing but comforting to the relatives ol tin
e ; deceased. The ground occupied by tin
i- Andersonville-cemetery is an area of aboui
two and a half acres, on xvhieli are buriei
; three thousand bodies, while altogether
I there are not a dozen graves marked. At
Danville, Ya., the total number of Union
soldiers interred is one thousand two hun
dred seventy four, eighty-four of whom
were Pennsylvanians. The graves eon- j
taining the Union dead who were buried i
prior to October 21, 1 s<4, at Danville, are
all marked withthe name, rank, company'
and regiment. No difficulty can attend the
recognition of bodies buried in this cemete- j
l ry. At Petersburg all the graves are >
marked with headboards bearing the name
ot the soldier, rank, company and regi- j
incut, tendering recognition practicable. !
From this it will be seen that the probabil- 1
ities of removal being possible and ex
tremely slight. The State is endeavoring 1
tojjmake arrangements whereby such as
desire can have the identified bodies re
moved to this State without any great ex- <
pense.
A letter received in Washington from
San Domingo gives the substance of a con
versation between Secretary Seward and
President Baez. The latter was anxious to
obtain from Mr, Seward an assurance that
the United States would recognize the Re
public of San Domingo. Mr. Seward, in re
ply stated, that he could say nothing offici
: al, but that he believed that a minister sent
by the President of San Domingo to Wash
ington would be received with all the at
! tention and consideration customarily awar
ded lv the Government of the United
1 States to the representatives of friendly
powers.
" r
Gen. Weitzel lias replied to the pro
test of the Matamoras merchants by charg
ing them with being instrumental in aiding
the Confederates during the war, with arms
and other necessaries of war. Gen. Weit
zel disavows the capture and pillage of Bag
dad He has ordered the arrest of all en.
gaged in the affair, and appointed a com
mission to investigate it. He has also or
| dered all persons to be arrested who are
discovered lurking in the district of the
Rio Grande. President Juarez is again re
; ported to have arrived at Sail Antonio,
| Texas.
FROM HARRIS B URO.
H.UIBISBCBG, Feb. 3, lMiti.
Mr. EDITOB Being in Harrislmrg during tbe
! det>ate on tbe Resolutions commending the course
1 of the Republican delegation in Congress, in ref
erence to the bill proposing to give to tbe colored
residents of the District of Columbia the privilege
I of suffrage, 1 availed myself of tbe opportunity of
j hearing the discussion. Their considerations be
' iug made the order of the day for Wednesday of
this week, the Hon. Mr. London. your Senator
• and the framer of the Resolutions, opened the de
. bate in a speech as to whose argument and elo
| (pienee both friends and foes unite in uiujn dified
commendation. Until long after the hour of ad
: journment he held the Senate, and the large audi
ence, assembled by their interest in the discuss
-1 . ion, almost spell bound. Many a face at his close
j was wet with tears, while the murmur of applause
1 was universal. It was a speech worthy of the
British Parliament in*the days of Burke, Fox and
• Sheridan : of that greater body the American Se.n
-j ate when Webster and Clay spoke from thence to
j the whole American people. I have heard many :
gentlemen say since its delivery, that had the
I speech been made at Washington, it would at once
1 j have placed the eloquent Senator in the front rank j
" | ot American orators, securing for him a national '
: reputation.
1 Presuming that you will favor your readers with
the privilege of reacting this most eloquent effort,;
I refrain from any attempt to give an outline of
I Mr. L's. most eloquent utterances. His brief his- j
' torieal argument at the opening showing that stiff- i
' j rage was the result of the war, not as in the pur- !
, j pose of man. but us in the will of God, was most 1
, j conclusive. He based his argument upon the !
I ' rit/hi rather than the expedient : made the great ]
I speech of his side, and of the session, a speech uu
' ] answered and unanswerable.
- j Speeches were also made in favor of the resolu
- j tion by several members, and a number of essays,
stump speeches Ac., on the inequality of the races,
_ 1 the impossibility of improvement in tlie Anglo
' i African, were delivered by the opposition. The
' ; chief of the speeches were made by Clvnier, of
I- Berks, the standing candidate of the sham Deinoc-
I i racy for the Gubernationul nomination, and Wal
hu e of Clearfield, the Chairman of the State Cen
! tr.d Committee. Mr. C's., was a labored statisti
cal effort founded upon McClellan's vote to show
' , that the Democracy should have more members in
I- both branches of the Legislature and in the Xa
>- tional Congress. I could not but think of an hun
s gry man, out of pocket and out of credit, sitting
down to an empty table and arguing to his own
satisfaction that it should have a turkey upon it,
II and fee ling himself with the imagination.
e Mr. Wallace's speech was an evidence that revo
g lutions go backward, for although lie made the
~ same speech that he would have made a few years
ago in of Shrery, and a speech whose mora/
. was in favor oithi. re-enxfomnent <■' the run ; vet he
nevertheless declared himself as accepting, and as
b being ever reconciled to the abolition of slavery.
C He desires that the Negro simply be kept back
from any of the legitimate results of emancipation;
that incapable of developement, tliey should lie de
prived of all opportunities to demonstrate the fals
-11 ity of the learned Senator's position,
v- The Resolutions were finally recommitted for
it! the present to the Committee on Federal Relations
by a vote of 18 to 13, Mr. L, voting with the ma
jority. Should I chance at Harrisburg when it is
brought up. 1 may write again. Hastily,
A LOOKER ON.
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS
WASHINGTON, Tuesday, JAN. 30. 1866.
11 IN the Senate, tuesday, Mr. WILSON
1, introduced an important bill for the reor
,f gani/.atiou of the volunteer militia oi the
country under the general government, in
stead of the present separate State system.
K It was referred to the Military Committee.
The Post-office Committee were asked to
1- report as to the expediency of building or
j. hiring telegraph Imos along tin- principal
, mail routes, in effect making the telegraph
' a branch of the postal service. The I'res
" ident was asked to send in a copy of Gen.
SHERMAN'S report of late observation in the
d South. The Judiciary Committee reported
( j in favor of the legality of the election of
JOHN I'. STOCKTON as Senator from New-
Jersey. (lie was chosen by less than a
majority of all the Legislature.) The bill to
protect all people in their civil rights, re
gardless of race or color, was discussed by
I- MR. HOWARD and others until the honr of
q. adjournment.
In the House, documents in reference to
the surrender of the Shenandoah were sent
> in by the President ; also, a report coneern
ing the enlistment of hundred days' men.
y- A bill was referred for the bt ttur organize
ie tion of the Navy. A motion to admit "to
lt , within the hall the as-yet-unrecogni
zed members from Arkansas, was lost 64
lt to 1)4. The usual deficiency bill was re
■d j ported. It was voted to print twenty thous
and copies of the detailed report upon the
manufactures of the country. The Consti
tutional amendment came up in order, but
at It r but after a brief colloquy, Mr. STEVENS J
moved to recommit without instructions, ;
and the House so voted. An important j
resolution in regard to claims of Southern !
citizens was adopted, it is as follows : j
"That, until otherwise ordered, the Com
mittee on Claims be instructed to reject alii
claims referred to them for examination by
citizens of any of the States lately in rebel
ion, growing out of the destruction or ap- !
propriation of or damage to property by j
the army or navy while engaged in sup
pressing the rebellion." The House met in
the evening to hear speeches on reconstruc j
tion, but only half a dozen members came,
and they adjourned without delay.-
Wednesday. Jan. 31. j
SENATE. —Petitions were presented from
tli" women of Kansas for the right of stiff
rage. A bill to extend the benefits of the
pension law to artificers of the army was
refered. A bill was introduced to regulate
suffrage in the District of Columbia. The
resolution of thanks to Admiral Farragut
and his subordinates was passed. Tin
bill for the protection of all persons in their
civil rights was taken up and debated.
Adjourned.
HOUSE.— A new rule was adopted declar
ing that the hall of the House shall be
used for no other than legislative purposes.
A bill to repeal all lishing bounties was re
ported by the Committee on Commerce
The constitutional amendment was reported
by the committee with the clause in tela- j
tion to taxes struck out, and in that form
was finally passed—yeas 120, nays 40. The
bill to enlarge the powers of the Freed
ineu's bureau was taken up and discussed.
Adjourned.
Thursday, Feb. 1. 1860.
In the Senate, thursday, Mr. SUMNER
I offered a bill to abolish in the late rebel
| States legal and political distinctions bas
ed upon class or color, and declaring all
persons equal before the law, both in the
court-room and at the ballot-box. He :
gave notice that this bill, presented in con
form since to the second section of the amend
ment abolishing slavery, would be pressed j
, as a substitute for the amendment which
has just passed the House. A bill was re
\ ported to increase the pay of appraisers of
imported goods. A bill was offered to
give lands in aid <>f a railroad and telegraph
from California to Oregon. The bill lor
the sale of stamped envelopes was passed.
After a sharp discussion and the voting
down of two or three amendments, the •
Senate passed the bill for the protection of
civil rights by 33 to 12. The Senate ad
journed to Monday.
In the ll(.use there was a long discussion
upon the question of BROOKS . DODGE, the
latter being a claimant for the seat occu
pied by the former as representative from
the Eighth District of New-York. The point
at issue was a complaint that Mr. BROOKS, .
, who occupies flic seat, had not promptly
furnished his evidence to the committee.
During the talk, Gens. MF.ADE and THOMAS j
, came in ; business was suspended ; they
wen- escorted to tin- Speaker's chair, and
some complimentary remarks were made
by that officer and replied to by the Gener
als. After a volley of rousing cheers they
retired. The talk about the Contested seat
was kept up for some time, but at last the
affair was dropped. A bill was refered to j
: provide warehouses at the port of New-
York for goods arriving in vessels subject
|to quarantine. After the presentation of
i some petitions, and a little discussion on
| the Freed men's Bureau Bill, the House ad
journed.
Ncm nbnertiscnicnts.
IpIRK, LITE, and ACCIDENTAL I N-L 1 1-
ANCE.
CAPITAL REPRESENTED
OVEII SEYEXTEE A' MU.UO. V DOLLARS'
C. S. RUSSELL, Agent,
I HIR THE FOLLOWING NAMED RELIABLE COMPANY'S :
1 61 H ARD FIKF. A MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY [
Phihuletphia, )
• Capital and surplus,over . *3.50,000
HOME INSU ANCE COMPANY I
Of Net'- Yak f
Capital mill surplus,over $:>,7.50,000
I INSURANCE COMEANY OF NORTH AMERICA, i
Phi aili tphia. [
Capital and surplus, over $1,700,000
j MANHATTAN INSURANCE COMPANY, I
Of Xetc-Vorl. j
I Capital and surplus, over $900,000
ENTERPRISE INSURANCE COMPANY, >
Of Philadelphia. i
Capita! and surplus, over . 4J.50.000
Anno IS-u KANCE COMPANY,
Of Xtto York. (
Capital and surplus, over ..$7.50,000
PRTNAM INSURANCE COMPANY, (
Of Hartford, ('unit. j
Capital and surplus, over $704,000
! MUTUAL L,IFK INSURANCE COMPANY, )
Of Xetr- York. j
Capital and surplus, over $s ,000,000
( TRAVELLERS INSFKANCK COMPANY, I
Of Haitioiil, Conn. \
Capi'al and surplus-, over $OOO,OOO
llisks taken on all kinds of Property, at as low rates
as by anj other reliable Companies.
*3T Policies issued ami bosses, if any. adjusted at
this Agency, thereby saving the trouble and expense ot
going elsewhere lor settlement.
W office at the HitrdwlK'e Store of Codding fs
Russell (!. S RUSSEbb.
Townnda, Feb. 7. lStiti. tf
J \OMESTIG GOODS AT REDUCED
r i; l c k s i
**- ( ALL AND SHE, AT
MONT ANY F.'S.
reb.lB6b.
£AYUGA GROUND PLASTER,
AT MONROETON.
The subscribers have leased the Crist A Plaster Mills,
or S S. Hiuman s i > terest in them, lor a term ol years,
and they would inform the public that they will grind"
all grists entrusted to them in a workmanlike manner
and that they have constantly on hand alt kinds of Flour,
j Feed, Corn-meal, and line ground Piaster for sale.
„ . J b. ROCKWEbb,
: Feb. 8, UM —I in H. w. WEbLS.
TAISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP !
The Partnership existing between the undersigned is
this day dissolved by mutual consent.
A LI. It LUIS It CD IHE LATE FIRM
, Mi st HE PAID IMMEDIATELY
C - B. PATCH A CO.
i ovum da, Feb. U, 1866.
niSSOLI TION -NOTICE IS HEREBY
given that the partnership heretofore existing be
tween the -übsiriliers, under the firm names ol M. C.
lIEKITR and MKIECFK A FRISBIK. in the Coal business at
Pittston, Elmira and elsewhere, is this day dissolved bv
j mutual consent.
All debts ot llit- late linns are to he paid by the new
tirm ot Welles, Frisbie A Co., v ho are also authorized
lo receive all monies nnd settle all accounts due the said
old tiruis M. C. MERCUR
. CF.WKbbES.Jr,
Elmira, July ,5. Hti E. N. FRI-Bf E.
THE NATIONAL INK CO'S
SCHOOb AND COUNTING ROOM INKS.
Business office Ist Washington Street, New York.
C. I..VAN AbbEN, Actuary.
This ink has been in general and i .instant u-c lor the
■ las' Wye rs.and is warranted tr< t>e a!! that we as-ert of it
1. It is indelible.
It will not corrode lop pen.
V j- It flows with perfect an ility,a line never is broken.
> 4. It will not collect on the pen'nor mouth'of the sta d;
all litis is warranted This Writing Fluid is black with
a rich and glossy tint of blue.
i This Ink is loi sale, wholesale and retail, by SOLO
MON STEVENS. Ilenickville. Bradford County. Pa.
Orders liiied on short notice.
Oct. 23, 186.1.
County .finances.
A NNL'AL REPORT OF TIIK RECEIPTS ANI> KXPENIiITI'UKS OF KJM IH ,
1\ County, from the Ist of January to the :l*t <>l December, 1865, inclusive.
EXPENDITURES. i
Auditors 1 >
Assessors 1 j
i Bridge Contracts '
Bridge Views - \ " ,J
Bounties to Volunteers and snppoil <d unities 673 30
■j Commonwealth Snits 1127 99
I Civil Suits <j' J*'
| Counsel to Commis-ioners •>() 00 .
Constables malting Returns and aten.li!u' ..nrt 59j 30
I Crier ot Conrt 106 Oo
! District Attorney
I Elections 7;' ' *
! Fuel and Lights
j (Irani Jurors tit *6
I Traverse Jurors '698 { '
Incidental expense* _ * ; M)
Insurance upon Public Buildings IJ7 '0
Justices inquisitions •'■ j
] (illice Books and Stationery "29
Amount trUhthesrrtr-tl Gtßmtors of County 'Jus for the Cou/.f;/ of Jirndfor'l for ///,• 1864 ■
s/ii>n A- Borough*. Namt* of Collector*. Y'r Charged J Rtrtietd. Extmoi'tl. I',, fVf , ;
U r .si Borough M. Terwiliigtr 'Bs* 1 jjl
...tclitnld .. .. ... David McKinney .. 1860 2 73
v'onri e Borough R. K Rockwell ... 28 ..
(I. W. Northrop 1862 147 ID 10147 y
Suiitii'tieh J. W. Phelps 130 42 130 42
Asylum 'm M Decker IM3 ! 1 13 1 13
Athens Borough B. S. Powers 2100 95. .
Bnrliocfton Borough <jeo. C. 11 ill JJJ* 25 11 , , r
ibn .itigUm Wet Amasa orceno 94 72 94 72
Granville. .. J- K. Vanness -/I 31. .1 .14
Orwell W. P. P.iyson 23 66j j. ...
Towanda Borough Ira A. Smith.... ■'•> "9 o*l p, %
SI'ECtA/. COUNTY 1863.
Alliens Borough .. . U. S. Powers 1863 31 94 k *3 sj n
Burlington Borough <!eo. C. Hill .. ... ... 29 0* t. .13
Burlington West Amasa Greeno .79 58 39 58
Franklin D. W. Cokely .. 20 47 20 47
Granville '• 11. Vanuess 4 14 4 II
Orwell W. P. Pay-on. i ■
Towanda Borough It aH. Smith ' 314 89 290 24 .4 4, (V
COUNTY TAX FOR 18C4.
A tliens 80r0ugh..... . '/.■ B. Spalding 'l*64 10 00 10 too
Burlington Township... . it. M. I'ruyme ... ' 195 3.. 195 3;
Biiriiugton West . .. E. E. L-mrui* 357 1* 347 7s
I Canton Township. .. J.J Scudder 835 37 112 88 ; * ..
l.L*it'*v t. J Walters 217 12 19.. 49
Monroe Township... .. Samnel Lyon.
Monroe Borougf James Magill . .. 11l 21 in.*, 62
Sylvania. ... . Fiuley Furman 10 82 ."> 17
Towanda North Roderick Granger ' 105 831 85 81
Troy Borough .. J.ioi*s An*.?i■ *■> 142 0.3 i, 70
Tuscarora. . . Melville illick. 77 78 77 7*
Warrenlt G. W. Brown , . 17
Wyalosing Clark Biowu I*9 (.! 147 04 ~ .
Wilniot iO. 11. Morrow 33 80 33*0
Wjsox .. . .. E. R. Bishop. , 27 4u 27 40
STATE AND COUNTY TAX IN FULL FOR 18.15.
Armenia ..iXathan Sherman ;1865! 193 52 I*l 76 1 2 19
Asylum j Frank Hannan 893 25 *2l 27 18 23 4i -
Albany. ■ John Brown ufin 99 503 11 37 40 ..
1 Athens two | Abram Snell Jr 3315 29 3130 05 14 18 j.
At cusboio" It. C■ Sensabaugh 1(1*0 81 1.20 40 0 32
AI ha boro\. N. M. Reynolds ... 107 55 102 17
i Burlington twp Willard D. Lane. 902 45 85 2 7* t 7s .
I. iro' (CharlesD. Ross 218 3* 205 5o 2 fKi ; .
West i.)am°-s A. Compton. . .. s OB 94 761 7* 707 4,.
Canton twp Wm. S. Jayne 1408 09 13*7 56 74*
•• tjoro' .. itlrrin Brown 312 34. 593 27 2j- j
■ Columbia ~,R. F.Knapp 1*34 84' 1730 5* 13 1* ~
Franklin Hiram Faircbil.l 504 96 532 *4 4 09 ....
Granville. *amnel *impkins I'l7 70 950 12 17 03
Herritk ' J. J Anderson .01 39. COO .4 *, -7 t, -
. Leltiy.. 'B.C. Vandyke 085 *2 | 050 It Ip,
Litchfield Adelbert Mnnn Mil 07 1052 6-
Leßayaville Stephen Brink 23.3 0 0 210 *4 475 p
Monroe twp L E Griggs ... *lO 25 74* 73 22 11
boro It. R. Rockwell . . 17 79 15* 79 64
Orwell ... M L. Ellsworth 1313 21 1245 04 •> 04
Overton iJames Molyneux.. 249 9. 22* 1 1 9 7.1
pike . Batisford Brink . 1077 90 1500 *7 •>>
' R me twp . B L. *mith 909 7o 910 42 .*, 11 4.
boi Christopher Hiney. 119 27 112 4* *7
Ridgbury . t. E. Chamherlin... 1222 99 1152 19 10 !>
PpiiugtielJ ... Oscar Harkness . .. 1594 15 1513 41 1 - i
South' Creek Peter J. Dean 7 0 07 o*l 22 la -1
j Sylvania Peter Monroe.! 100 22 151 12
, Sinithlield. .. .. V.S.Vincent I*;7 } 1778 2s 1, J ■
Shesheqoin. . . .. Horace Hoi ton loT* 11 1592 73 1 . ■
Standing Stone. C. 8. Taylor . *34 . J 7*o .* 44 >.
I Terry I> S. David 00 7 :M; 94 In 5. .
Towanda twp Geo. 11. Fox 725 4o o*o *2 •> 49
bora* IV. H 11. Gore ... 100* 9o 1838 85 30 u3
North ...Roderick Granger. 56* 94 540 11 4n ..,
Troy twp .. - John Giist ..... 17i0 55 1677 i 2 I>4 ..
Troy boio' ... Eleazer Pomeroy ... *39 7t 778 ss j, ,
Tuscarora ... C.H.Newman *o*J 95 7.4 95 15 27
Ulster S. R Hill 975 *0 920 90 6 43 j. !-
Warren Harrington Whitaker . . 1 •"(" 09 1421 93 •< 21 74
Windham .. ... Alrel Boardman .. 132* 32 1257 2* 4
Wyalusing L. JL Camp 1375 4*l 129(1 63 In 37 _
Wysox E. R. Bishop . 14*2 45. 1339 04 'in 30 7
! Wells A. C Brink 1112 93 1023 68 ;y 3;
Wilniot Geo. H. Morrow 689 27 - 636 3 9 0 77 c
Reassessments 116 34 57 'l4
41*949 23 $45744 73 S4SoT 7. :
Dr. SRphm D. lTm-knr.vs, Trtwrrr, f rwoomt icith the founty BrmlfoM for I*'s
To amount due upon duplicates of State and
County tax for 1864 and previous .. >iT 1 it!'
To amount el duplicates ot State and County
tax lor 1865 4525t> 8s 1
To cmonnt received from Reassessments 41 71
" " Incidental receivals 007 5.1
•• •• •• Military Fuup .. .. 237 03
" in Treasury January 1, 1 *65 2401 28 j
(55007 nt '
. On'iti/ Offers Account irith the County of JWnyorrf for 1865. I
To amount ol orders is-ued iu 1565 30117 60
" " outstanding Jau. 1, 1865 28 2L
idolls 80
Bit \DPORD COUNTY. ss
We tlie undersigned Commissioners of said county do hereby certify that the ibove i- a true and -
ment 01 the receiv Is and e.\|ieiidituies UL *aid eocnty fiom the first day of .T.miiuvv t • the tl-' "In '*•••
(inclusive) A. D. 1665. W.'B. PUDGE.
\ JOHN BE4KI>6I.E£. -.-i
Attest—K. B. COOI.BAUGH.CIe k. STERNE MtKEE. I 1
UCAL (ESTATE.
UOKSALE ON REASONABLE TERMS
That valuable property studded with white oak
hemlock acd titer valuable timber on Brown's c reek
the laud when cleared is good tor farming purposes—
Containing 2so acres. 60 ot which is partly cleared. The !
j improvements are : I good steam saw mill, also one
with little repairs to the dam can run by wa'er, one good j
birn. and reveral dwellings around the mill. The prop
! erty is only a lew miles west ot Ulster, a good ship
ping point on the North Brunch Canal, uud Susquehan- 1
na Hirer, to a capitals! this would be a valuable invent j
ment. For blither particulars address
PETER BHADY , Agent, 1
Sept. Is. 1885. Sparta, Sussex Co., N.J.
"17" ALU ABLE FARM FOR SALE.— The j
V (arm known as the "Char ts White Firm" situate
in Franklin township is for sale. It contains oue hun- j
dred and thiriv-two aeres.over one hundred ol which art ,
improved. It is one oI the best watered farms in the
county, and is within seven miles of Towaada. On the
same arc two good frame dwelling houses," one very
large (haviug been recently impioved). the other is
well calculated tor a tenant house ; two framed barns,
one 36 by 46 feet, together with cow bouse, corn and
smoke house. Ac. There is a good sized apple orchard
, U ariug excellent iruit, a large number ol peach trees
which have yielded fifty bushels during the present
season, also fruit bearing grape vines. The larm is
weii adapted to graiu and grass.
For further particulars inquire of Adams A Peet.
WFXLIXt iTON lilt AMH AIX.
1 Tow.inda.Oct. 14,1865.
IPO R S A L E .—THE UNDERSIGNED,
X having became impaired in health, wishes to change
his business, and therefore offers lor sale his well known
, premises in Shcshequiii. This is undoubtedly the beat
location lor a Blacksmith in Northern Pennsylvania.and
tlie premises are well fitted up for carrying on that busi
sine-s. Good Shop. House, Ac.
II not sold before the Ist of April, will he for rent.
For further particulars, ml! on or addiess
G. W. YINCEN r.
Jan. 20, bit- lapr. Sheshequin, Bi-adford Co., Pa-
PIANOS, AMERICAN ORGANS AND
i 1 MELODI AXS.
The undersigned most respectfully announces to the '
. citizens of Towanda and vicinity, that he has purchased i
the Music business of G. T. Coi.k, and will hereafter j
supply any of the above articles, together with
VIOLINS, GUITARS. ACCORDIANS, STRINGS. AC.,
! on as good terms as ihe.y can tie had elswherc.
W. A. CHAMBERLAIN.
A ISO AOENT FOR TIIE
R CELEBRATED AMERICAN WATCH, j
and lias always on hand, a good assortment of Swiss I
Watches, with a general assortment of
JEWELRY AND FANCY GOODS,
' Silver and Plated Ware of the BEST MANUFACTUR
. : BBS. which will lie sld at unusually low figures. A 1
large variety of Clocks Just received, among which may [
' be found theSeth Thomas, which has no equal.
REPAIRING AND JOBBING,
i done with neatness and dispatch, and wan-ante d. To
those who can't see, we would say go to Chamberlain's j
I and get a pair of glasses that will make you see as weil ;
las ever. Don't forget the shop, nearly opposite the '
Court House. W. A. CHAMBERLAIN
Towanda. Nov. 6, 1865.
. JIANOY GOODS AND TRIMMINGS !
Mrs. 1,. M. TABER calls the attention oCthe Ladies of
Towanda and vicinity, to her stock of
FANCY HOOI>S AND TRIMMINGS '
- Comprising a large assortment of the most fashionable
. and desirable articles needed by Ladies, selected with
great care, and which will be sold at tea-liable !
prices.
Her stock will be kept constantly supplied by the most 1
; fashionable articles in the New York market, and tv '
1 pains wi 1 lie spared to accommodate those desiring to |
purchase.
*r Store on Main S ~ next door below Patch's Gro- |
eery Store where she solicits the patronage of the I .ad- j
ies.
( Towanda, Nov. 7.1865.
Prisoners support in County Jail
Prisoners support in Penitentiary
Conveying Pi isoner* to PenitenMarv
Public Printing
Prothunotary and Clerk o! Session- -t
Repairs upon Pnblic Building,
state Lunatic Hospital
Summoning Jurors t; : ■'.
Twps. schools and town 'a* ( ,n -< ite. ! :
Township Line Views
Wild Cat Certificates
Borrowed Money paid
Joseplms Campbell, late Coinmissiot,,.,
'Vm.-ti. Dodge, commissioner
John Beardslee "
Sterne K'Kee,
E. 11. Coolbaugh, Clerk of Commission*,-. '■
Bum Total , .
is ;•
By amount returned uncollected fnrJN: ar.l
previous years..
Exbonorated to Collectors.
Percentage " "
Orders redeemed
2 per cent commission up >n $lOl *1
1 - (4*655 67
State Treasurer's receipts July '.'"). an.i 31. i-
In Treasury January 1,1867* 4/
I
By amount of orders redeem- d iu lor, I
outstanding Jjtinary 1.-- I
I
Xeui 3i>ocrtisrinrnts
Or M I* H RK Y k ' 0
Would resp cttully icvitt the attenbun ■
their very extensive si.,, k 01
M ENS' BOYS' all -I V ''' TK '
800 T S
WOMENS' MISSES A CH I' '
SHOE-.
LAB ROBES.
BUFFALO ROBES
j
HORSE
THINK
VALISES,
TRAVELING BAGS.
RETIBI'I'Es * 1 "' 5
Towanda, Oct. 16. HiO C