NEWS FROM ALL NATIONS. Uapt. Hunter telegraphs from Grenada, Miss., to Gov. Brownlow, of Tennessee, ttint he has capture.! the man, or one of the parties, who weie icported to have formed a plot to assasinate the Governor. Gen. Thomas at once ordered the accused to l>e sent under guard to Nashville, for trial before a commission. The Matamoras lianchero of the flTth •ill. sajs that a railroad is to be btiilt from San 1 ernando to Monterey, so as to have a port entire ly aud unmistakably within Mexican territory, aud rapid through communication with it. The port will probably be at the Barra de Jesns Maris, not many league sonth of Bagdad. —A military post Known as Cottonwood, on l'latte River, will be known in future as Fort Mcpherson, in honor of the gallant Gen. MePher - son, who was killed in the campaign in Northern Georgia. It is in Nebraska Territory, between Fort Kearny and Jalesburgh. -Anti-monopoly meetings are constantly held through West At Orland, Cook County, .11. the farmers have tormed a league for the pur ine of working in concert toward the relnetion ot the present evil. They insist that the only rem edy tor overcharges in freight is a ship canal around Niagara Falls. -At St Louis, on the 10th, George .Starr, under sentence of death for the killing°of William Smith, was taken out of his cell in the county jail for the purrpose of being baptized by immersion, which eermony was performed at the ('hristian Baptist Church. —Mr George Parry the. resident secre tary of the English capitalists interested in Minne sot i railroads, in a speech at St. Cloud to a Mon tana meeting, said that the British capitalists are now considering the propriety of build ing a rail road from Minnesota to Montana. —The statement that there was a plot to assassinate Gov. Brown low. of Tennessee, was ujt a canard. The prime mover in it has been ar lested at Granada, Miss., and is now on the way to Nashville, where he will be tried by Military t 'ommission. Richmond paper mentions a rumor that Gen. Terry proposes soon to pay a visit to Fortress M< >nroe, and states that the gossips are already linking this report in connection with the distinguished prisoner now confined there. The petroleum refiners of Cleveland, j ( >liio, are seriously damaging the water supply of the city. Even the ice which has been cut for use next Summer is impregnated with oil. It is pro loosed to extend pijres far out into the lake, in imi tation of Chicago. 1 he Paymaster of the Schulkill Navi nation ( ompany, was robbed 011 Monday of six thousand dollars in money, and twenty-nine hun dred in checks, in a hotel in Schulkill Haven. A strict quarantine of the Georgia! coast, against i < ssels arriving from the West In- j dies, has been instituted by the military authori- j IKS. 1 lie work on the Union Pacific Kail-J load is pushed with vigor. Sixty miles are now j completed west from Omaha, the eastern terminus, j —An excursion sleeping ear, named the '■ Silver Palace, and which cost #16,00(1, lias been i built by Josiah \\ oodmfl. Esq., of Pittsburg, for running between that city and Chicago. Hiram Wolf, President of the First National Bank of Mauch Chunk, committed sui • ide < Ezra Thom , as. A bold, but unsuccessful attempt was recently made to set fire to the Mansion House and "tables at West Chester. Brevet Major.-Gen. Pennypacker, who was so terribly wounded while leading a brigade at ihe capture of Fort Fisher, recently tendered bis resignation, which was refused. He is worthy to l>c kept in service. The council of Bellelbiite has banished slaughter house from the corporation. Mr. Philip Nicklin Dallas, the only son of the late George M. Dallas, died on Thursday in Philadelphia, in the 41st year of his age. He was a member of the bar. and while his father was the American Minister to England, he was Secretary of Legation. Mr. Dallas was a very estimable gentle man. and his loss is niiuh regretted. —Cotton growing this year was unu sually lucrative in Southern Illinois. Jefferson County produced one-half million pounds, which at Western prices (forty-live cents per pound) is worth sJIo.OOO, while some of the counties ladow , aised lour times that amount News from Montana says the Black !■. t iuiliaus are retaliating for some of their tribe . who wire killed by whites hist Falh The Governor has called out live hundred volunteers, to rendez vous at Port Benton. —Dispatches from San Francisco report the probable discovery of the remains of Prof. T. ' G. Pomeroy, of Pennsylvania, who has been mis-1 sing since September last. -lho lonian scarce in Canada is work ing mischief in the newspaper offices. The Lou- ; don (C. \\.) Free J'ress hasten compositors in the volunteer service, and requests its patrons to l.e l.obearing until after St. Patrick's Day. —Two hundred United States soldiers are at l'ort Porter, lieaj Buffalo, N. Y. It is sup posed that they are there to see that the neutrality laws are respected. —The recent rumors in Canada of assas sination, arrests for treason, and the meeting of Parliament, are declared to be without foundation. Heavy defalcations in the public money are said to have been, discovered in Idaho, and one of the suspected parties is under arrest. —The city election in Sacramento, Call., recently, resulted in favor of the Union ticket, by a handsome majority. Governor Hagiilton, of Texas, is ex-1 peeled in the North some time duriug the present i month. JJtadfotil Towanda, Thursday, March 22, 1866. A CONTRAST. Nothing is more common than to hear eopperht uded democrats tell what wonder ful things the democratic party has done fur this country. Why, according to the accounts these benighted people give of our nation, it is very doubtful whether we wonld now be in existence as a govern ment, at all events, not as a free people if it had not been for the democratic party ; aud so often has the story been repeated that the great growth in population, in de veloped resources, in material wealth, in the arts and sciences, in short, our entire progression in civilization and national greatues, was altogether attributed to the fact, that the democratic party generally, that the whole party, believes this to be the truth; yet a greater falsehood was never crammed down the throats of gulli ble devotees. Besides the fact that the early administrations of the government were under the rule of Federalists, it is well known to those familiar with our po litical history, that federalists ruled the democratic party, and through it the coun try, from the Presidency of Gen. Jackson to that of James Buchanan, in whose ad ministration the policy of the party culmi nated in rebellion. "This is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth." Nor will any well informed man, who is free from democratic prejudices, gainsay it ; and from the time that Thomas Jeffer -6011 tricked the legislature of Virginia and Kentucky into the passage of his famous resolutions, for the purpose of bringing odium on his political rival, and making himself President, the democratic party carried the elections of the country through popular frauds. The Washington Globe newspaper, for many years the organ of the democratic party at the Federal Cap itol, in important election contests, was al ways issued twice in a day. The one is sue being for the Southern democracy, and the other for the Northern democracy, be ing essentially different, aud made up to suit the respective localities. It was b\ tricks of this description, played upon the people of the country, that the democratic party managed to keep the ascendency. It is a well settled axiom in political economy, that in order to facilitate the ad vancement of a people in material pros perity, the laws of trade must be uniform, and must encourage the industrial arts ; and perhaps no government of the world, at least no modern government, has been more vascilating, has trifled more with the interests of the people in these matters, than has ours. In saying this, we desire to be understood as blaming the political opponents of the democratic party as much a* the democrats for this mismanagement. Some of this doubtless grew out of a want of experience, and some out of the political animosity of the times. Still, with an ill digested, vickettv financial system, of uncertain value, and differing in each locality, and a tariff of imports on for | eign importations, which was hardly alike alike in any two years, our country grew beyond all precedent Indeed, its rapid trides in all the elements of national great ! ness, has been the marvel of the world. And why this amidst so much misgovern ment? Simply, and possitivaly, because I we were, during all this time, the most in i genious, and the most industrious people of the world. That is, more profit ac crued from our genius and labor combined than was ever before accomlilished by the same number of people, in the same length lof time. Despite therefore, of unwise leg j islation, and political wrangling of law makers, the country prospered. Politicians did nothing to advance its interests. Nay, they only threw obstacles in the way of its advancement. They were an hinderanee, no benefit, except that they kept the ship !of state on the great land marks of free government marked out by the Constitu tion. The thrift of the people was the cause lof the thrift of the government, and not as is alleged, the corrupt machinations of the ; democratic party. Strangely, and strongly in contrast with this past history, stands the republican ! administration of the government during tiie four eventful years of the war made up- I on it by the slave-holding democracy ot the j South Besides achieving an acknowl edged and unmistakable triumph in a mil itary contest which has had no superior, if j an equal, in the world's history, and in the midst of its progress, a financial system was created, giving a national, stable and secure circulating medium to the country, of almost incalculable value. When its unitormity, safety, cheapness, and conven ience are placed in contrast with the old State Bank system of democratic origin and memory, and the horrible condition it brought the country to in a number of in stances, and particularly the crisis running Hum l*3i to l*4ti, we wonder that the t people bore with it. If our people could have had such a currency as the present, ; during the long rule of the democratic par ty, our people and country would have been the entire amonutot our national debt, richer than they were when the re publican party cams into power in 1861. This will not be questioned by unbiased people and for the creation of our present admirable system of national currency, the republican party will receive the lasting gratitude of the nation. It is enough of it self to immortalize the political organiza tion. Then slavery, the darkest spot on our system of free Government, a fearful ! wrong, and the cause of continual local an tagonism, finally terminating in a most wicked rebellion, and an incubus on the moral and physical devclopcineut of peo-' pie and country, that belied our humanity, ' Christianity, and civilization, has been, j through the wise conduct of the republican administration during the war, removed, i we hope, forever from us. When we add i to these gic it measures, the system of in ternal revenue, devised by the republicans, and which yields more money than the ex traordinary necessities of the country te quired, the improvised navy it created, Jund which excited the wonder of the world, and revolutionizing the whole system of naval warfare, and then climaxing the fwhole by raising and surplying the largest and most efficient army of m >dern times, the republi can party presents an administrative rec ord as far above any thing the democratic party has ever had accorded to it, as Grant's generalship stands above that of McClellati. The fact seems to be clearly estab lished by numerous witnesses before the Committee ou Reconstruction that when the rebel armies were finally overcome they had not even a remote expectation that they would be entrusted with political pow er and privileges for a long period, if ever. They understood perfectly well that their defeat implied the downfall of the Confede racy and the perpetuity of the Union. They feared, too, not unnaturally, harsh punish ments from a Government against which they had battled so vindictively. But they were totally unprepared at that early pe riod for the "lame and impotent conclusion" with which our Democratic politicians now propose to adorn and embellish the victo tories. of our armies. It will be news to the soldiers of both sides that when shot and shell were dying fast and furiously,the one great object of the brave boys in blue was to force the grayjackets to send their colonel or general to Congress or the Sen ate, and that the declination of this polite invitation was to decide to be expressed in any manner less emphatic than by opening the deadly fires of musked battery or a murderous volley of musketry. VETOED.—A message was received in the House on Monday, for the Governor, veto ing the act allowing the Philadelphia A Erie Railroad to build branches. The Gov ernor says he approved the general princi ple of allowing the Company to build bran ches to develope the counties adjoining those on its main line, but objects to the fourth section of the bill, which might be constructed so as to give the Company the exclusive right to any route which it might designate by any map found in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth. For this reason, although approving of the gen eral plan of the hill,the Governor withheld his signature. A bill will, probably, be framed that will meet the views of the ex ecutive. FROM EUROPE. —The steamship German io, from Southampton, March 7, arrived at New York, Sunday, with three days later advices. The rumors of a settlement of the Mexican question, on the basis of the evacuation of Mexico within one year, are again repeated, but remain without official confirmation. Meanwhile reinforcements are still going out to MAXIMILIAN. There is nothing new in regard to tin; Fenians. STEPHENS had not been captured, and Hie oft-repeated story that the police "expect to catch him very soon" is becoming rath er stale. One effect of the agitation is a remarkable increase of emigration from Ireland. Every ship leaving the United States is filled with passengers. Prepa rations to manufacture another Atlantic Telegraph, under the direction of a new company, are rapid'y progressing. The Prince Imperial of France was ill, but not iu danger. The general news from the Continent is unimportant. Gen. B. H. Griersou, the hero of the famous raid in the Southwest, testified before the Committee ou Reconstruction that he believed "there is now an organi zation existing throughout the South for the renewal of the rebellion," and that if we were engaged in a foreign war "the enemies of the Government throughout the South meditate and would not fail to seize the opportunity to attempt again its des truction."' Do the people of Pennsylvania think any of their interests can be serious ly injured by extending the probationary term of constituencies which are animated by motives like these ? Secretary MCCLLLOCH received a tel egram on Tuesday from the Canadian Min ister of Finance, requesting that the pro vincial authorities ho permitted to station officers along the railroads on the American side of the border to examine baggage and freight destined for Canada. The Secreta ry, in reply, sent the following telegram to the Collectors of Customs on the Northern frontier : "Allow the Canadian authorities to place officers at railroad points on out side to examine baggage and freight des tined for Canada. Tt is understood we have similar privileges iu Canada." DEATH OF JARED SDARKS. -The death of Jared Sparks has removed from this world another American writer whose fante was not confined to the country of his birth, for his writings gained for him a trans' atlantic reputation. A few days since Mr. Sparks wan attacked with pneumonia, and the disease battling the skill of his medical advisers, terminated fatally, at his resi dence in Cambridge, between 9 and 10 o'clock Wednesday forenoon. NEW HAMPSHIKR. —New Hampshire held au election for Governor and State officers on the 13th inst., whieh resulted in the tri umph of the Republican ticket by a major ity of over 5000. This does not look like the "breaking up" of the Republican party, especially when it is recollected that Lin coln's majority was only about 3800 ! Dis loyal men and their sympathizers, North or 1 South, will not see in this election any ray ! of hope, but the I nion men every where will hail it with profound satisfaction. Cot,. J. W. FORNEY announces that the weekly Press will be issued as a cam paign paper of the Union party, on and af ter the 17th int. The terms till October will be only one dollar a copy,with reduced rates to clubs. On Thursday evening last, as Ex- Gov. Ritner was entering the house of Mrs. Ritner, his daughter-in-law, iu Cham bersburg, he fell on the pavement, lacerat ing the back part of bis bead and was so severely stunned that he lay insensible for some time. The accident was a very pain ful one to a man of the Ex-Governor's years for our venerable friend must be well-nigh eighty-five years of age, and though re taining his faculties in a remarkable de gree, can ill withstand the shock of acci dent superadded to the shock of years. On March 7th the home of Mr. TODD, j near Paris, in Jennings County, Ltd., was entered by rubbers during the temporary absence of the husband and wife. Three little childred.aged six, four,and two years, left in charge of the house, were beaten by the robbers and left for dead. Two have recovered their consciousness,but the youn gest died. The oldest informed the parents j that the robber and murderer was a man | named WASH. SAGE, who bad been at work ! for Mr. TODD. He was at once arrested and made a full confession. Iba&~ The platform of the Democratic party of Pennsylvania, upon which Mr. Clynter has taken his stand, declares that, ; "in order to vindicate the maxim 'that tax- ! ation without representation is tyrrany,' j such representation should he forthwith ad-1 mitted ; meaning thereby representatives j from the Southern States. The true Cop- I perliead construction of this maxim, as ven erable as it is venerated, is that the taxes should be paid by the loyal masses of the South, and the representation enjoyed only by the traitors. ECLIPSE. —There will be a total eclipse of the moon ou the night of March 30. It be gins at fifty-three minutes past 9 o'clock, is at its total at fifty-nine minutes past 10, and begins to disappear at thirty-nine minutes past 12. It is visible throughout the Uni ted States. PROCEEDINGS 0E CONGRESS WASHINGTON, Thursday, March 15. 1800. In the Senate Thursday, the morning hour was taken up in the discussion of a resolu tion to print 10,000 copies of the report of the Reconstruction Committee, and a mo tion to amend it by reducing it to 0,050 copies. The amendment was disagreed to, and the original resolution adopted. The Civil Rights Bill was then taken up, and the House amendment agreed to. The bill having passed both Houses, goes to the President for his signature The Deficien cy Bill was next taken up, pending ti.e consideration of which the Senate adjourn ed. In the House the Senate bills granting aid in the constitution of a railroad and telegraph line from Placerville in California to Nevada were read twice and referred. Mr. SMITH obtained leave to make a person al explanation, which gave rise to sotue de ; bate and excited personal remarks. Mr. | MCCVLLOUGH introduced an act authorizing \ the construction of a railroad iu the Dis ! trict of Columbia. The Habeas Corpus Bill J was next taken tip. Mr. UONCKLING sug gested an amendment which should secure a more complete indemnity to the Secretary ■ of War front such litigation us might cuine front his public acts. The Loan Bill was : next considered. Mr lit LBI/RD and Mr. WF.NTWORTH addressed the House. Friday, March 10, I SOB. In the Senate Friday, Mr. WILSON iu j trod need a joint resolution providing that I pensioners or their heirs may hold office un i der the Government, the salary ol which I does not exceed SBOO. Also, a resolution appropriating $50,000 for the publication jof the Medical and Surgical History of the War. The bill reorganizing the Judiciary was reported with amendments,which were | adopted. Mr. STEWART introduced a joint I resolution on reconstruction, in favor of un ; iversal suffrage, a general amnesty, and ! admission of the seceded States. The Bill i was referred to the Committee on Recon- I struction, after some explanatory remarks by Mr. STEWART, and expressions of appro ! val front several Senators. Consideration jot the Deficiency Bill was resinned. After i the adoption of several amendments, the bill was read three times, in the House. I Mr. 1 'RICE asked leave to otter a resolution j appointing a committee to investigate the j cause of the difficulty existing between the ! Secretary of the Treasury and the Conip j troller of the Currency. Objection was | made, Mr. KELSO introduced a bill to au tiiorize the establishment of ocean mail ! steamship service between the ports of Charleston, S. and Liverpool, byway of : Queeiistown, Great Britain, which was re ferred. Mi. ID liHAitn, of lowa, offered a j resolution which was adopted, instructing ; the Committee on Indian Affairs to inquire into the expediency of concentrating the ! different tribes of tin Dukotah or Sioux j Indians en one reservation. Mr. II AYS in trod need a joint resolution to construe the ■ the fourth section of the Army Appropria j tiou Bili for the year < tiding June 39, 18(, i so as to entitle to three months pay provi | ded therein, all officers of volunteers, be j low the rank of Brigadier-General, who were in the service at least three years, ! and whose resignations were presented ami I accepted after the surrender ol LEK in , April, 1 805, which was read twice and re i ferred. Consideration of the Loan Bill was j resumed, and continued tit the evening j session. A substitute offered by Mr. STE [ YENS was rejected, and the bill itself was j finally rejected by a close vote PASSAGE OK THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL The Senate of the United States having con curred in the amendments to the civil ri'dit bill, as they were adopted by the House, that measure only awaits the approval of the President to become a law. It pro vides : "That all persons borne in the United States, and not subject to any foreign power, excluding the Indians not taxed, are hereby declared to be citizens of tin- United States, without distinction of color. 1 But the inhabitants of every race and color, without regard to any previ >us condition of slavery or involuntary servitude, except as a punishment ior crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall have .the same right to make and enforce contracts, sue, be the party to suits,give evidence, and to inherit, purchase, lease sell, hold, and convey real and personal property, and to have the full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the 1 security of person and propertv, and shall' he subject to like punishment, pains and ' penalties, and to none other, any law. statute, or ordinance, regulation, or cus tom to the contrary notwithstanding. RECONSTRUCTION. Official ad viced have been received at Washington from South Carolina to the ef fect that a band of outlaws, led by an ex rebel major, has been committing depreda tions and murdering Union men and negroes on account of their devoted loyality. The information furnished is to the effect that the Edgefield district is one of the largest and most rebellious districts in that State, and is controlled by two organized bands of outlaws—oue consisting of eight men, and the other of thirteen, led by an ex-rebel major, named COLEMAN, who lias been raid ing liiai district ami committing with impu nity the most fiendish outrages on Union ' men and freed people. They have already 1 murdered a number of negroes and one j white man, with the slightest provocation ; robbed and driven from their hones several j Northern men who have property there.— ' The leader of these guerillas is a desperate character, and erhibi's hi trophies prows* eight cars cut from colored persons. The property owners regret that tin -■ • outrages are allowed to occur,and in rna:iv instances have exerted themselves to pro tect the lives of Northern men who have incurred the displeasure of these villains. It is the opinion of all loyal persons in South Carolina that nothing will restore the supremacy of the law's,and render the lives of Union men safe, hut the hunting down and extermination of these desperadoes by a respectable force of cavalry, as they are mounted in the best manner, and are kept I well posted by many of the inhabitants.— i All efforts made by the infantry guard to | secure these assassins have signally tailed. Sfiuing itliuljincs. |Q. R A X 1) T 11 1 A L of SK W I x G MAc JI I N ES, AT ISLAND DARK, NEAR ALBANY, X. Y. SKD'T. 'OO. THE WILCOX A GIBBS MACHINE T 1! I r M P II A X T ! THE TRIAL. At tlic Great Union Fair, heitl at Island FarL, between i Albany and Troy, September l'J, 20, 21, 22, and 20, 1865. two Premiums were offered on Sewing Machines, one ! for ihe Best Sewing machine, and the other tor the | Second Best —competition being open to the State. On the first day of the Fair, 'he Troy agent of the : Florence Sewing Machine Company, having jointly with i the' Albany Agent ol the same Machine, entered it for competition, published In the Troy daily Times a chal lenge to other Agents ol < ther sewing Machine*, to I meet them at a id Fair and compete with them for the | Premium i The challenge '.is accepted • . the Troy and Albany j Agents ot the A'iilcox and G! *>* M ichine. And uo i other kind of Sewing Machine bei . comp tiiion, it j was left tor these -.w.. Machines, ( ,n- representing the ! old double-thread, "lock" or "shuttle stitch class, and ! the other the new. single-thread, "twi-ted loop stitch'' class ) by this single-handed contest, to deride the re lative merits ot these two i lasses ot Sewing-Machines. The competitors being allowed to choo e the Judges, each party selected one, and these two selected a third— all oft hem pieictical machinists, and two ol them sew Dig machine experts', who, being approved by tilt- Offi cer-- of the Fair, were appointed Judges, as will be seen by the Official Certificate below. before entering upon the tiial, the following pro gramme for conducting it was mutually agreed upon be tween tie eoute.-tants. and adopted by the judges: Each j party was to prepare and submit to the judges a list ol ! the several je.iah of merit ou account ot which ■ujte/i --| ority was claimed, These pain's were to 1 separately i considered, thoroughly investigated, and practically • tested, by woik done then and there, upon each o! the ! machines; and then decide in i.ivor ot the machine j which was adjudged to excel on that'•point." j It wa- also agreed th t each party should be at liberty i to expose defects in the- competing machine, and have i the right to t ail fir test t prove tic- same. I Finally, it was agreed that the machine which, at the conclusion of the trial, should be found to have the j greatest number of these "point s" decided in its favor , should he declared the "BEST SKWINI; MACHINE." and , awarded the "First Premium." The Agents ol the \Yillcox and Gibbs Macnine were j as-isted by Mr. Ratty, one of the U uupany's general Agents, as Manager at the trial; and the Agent o! the Florence Machine, by Mr. Tucker, one ol the bc-t Sew i ing Machine-experts"in the country, in the same ta ! racily. Mr. Tucker was formerly connected with the ; Florence Manufactory, as an Adjiustuc of the machines, ! and was probably as ci mpeter.t to represent their ma chine Judges. JOSEPH WUEKLOCK, ) | The Florence Machine claimed superiority over the | Willcox and Gibbs en ten points, on which only two of ; minor importance were sustained. While the" Willcox j and Gibbs Machine claimed superiority on thirty-five different points, all of which were sust .-ined. | LIST OK POINTS ON WHICH SUIERIOBITY WAS CLAIMED FOR THE WILLCOX AND GIBBS MACHINE. L. It is the simplest. Claim Sustained. i 2. It is the least liable to get out ot order. Sustained. 3. His the best made machine; c-veiy part being an i exact duplicate—which is not the rase with the Flor ence. Sustained. 4. It is the cheapest. Sustained. It. It ruus the stillest. Sustained, o. It runs the easiest. Sustained. 7. It runs the lastest Sustained. K It has the best device to prevent the wheel running ' backward. Sustained. | NOTE —The Florence Machine has no such devioe. 9. It requires less mechanical skill to operate it. ' SuMuiucd. 10. It requires less time and instruction to learn to use it. Sustained. 11. It is the most certain and reliable in operation. Sustained. NOTE.—It i*> a fact worthy of remark, that during the i entire trial—which continued without intermission for - nearly seven hours—not a stitch was missed, nor the tin cud once broken, nor a needle broken or beat, by the , Willcox and Gibbs machine. No kind ol work was at : tempted to he done on it that was not accomplished, and done in a perfect and workmanlike manner; and no' effort was made on it that way not entirely successful; while neither o! these statements can be truly made iu | favor of the Florence. i 12. its needles arc the shortest Sustained 13. The needle is also straight, ami less liable to be ; broken than one curved like the Florence. Sustained. 14. It is beveled, and therefore stronger than one with a small shank, like the Florence. Sustained. 15. The needle is secured in it.i place by a patented device, which renders it self adjusting , so that neither skill nn- experience is necessary in setting it. It is not . .-.o with the I'ioic.'ice. Sustained. NOTE —This claim was Lilly concede! bv the Flor ence Ageuts, so lar as ivlues to the capacity of the • \\ : ox and Gi: m: bine, li lt they claiming that the Florent e machine has the sell adjusting capa ity ot the needle also, nd a test being called lor, a needle was set in the Florence machine, without the usual adjust incut ol its point alter setting; and on attempting to sew with it, the needle was broken at tlio first stitch. Another needle was then set, with a similirr result. In. it uses hut one tin lad, and thus avoids the neces sity id complicated machinery, which is required for tvro thread--, as in the Florence. Sustained. 17. !; sews directly from the spool, thus making it un ite* esaary to rewind the thread and adjust it in the shut tle. .-sustained. 1 s- It mukis the "ll'illcox and dibits," or "twisted loop stitch —a stitch orig.rtil with this machine, and; made by no otter— which for general purchase is supe- ' ior to either made by the Florence. Sustained. ! NOTE.—The trial upon this claim was very thorough, and ti ejo actic 1 tests minute and accurate Each ma chine was requited M use thread Irom the same spool,' make the stitch ot the same length, and perforin the i test work on the same piece ol goods, with the lines ot ' sewing side by- side. The results were all decisive, and ' in < very test in favor of the Willcox and Gibbs ma chine. ID. It-, -cam has the peculiar advantage of being readily iakett out when it is desirable, while it is less i liable to rip, iu ti-e or wear, than the lock-stitch. Bus- I taiued. NOTE.—This claim was also very severely tested, in' the same manner as the last, and v.ith equally positive results-all in layer of Willeox and Gibbs machine. 20. The ream is more elastic and stronger than the , lock-stitch. Sustained. 21. The seam is also the more even and beautiful Sustained. 22. The seam is always .*> If-fastened thus avoiding i the necessity of a "reversablc feed," or any other com-1 plicated devices for that purpose. Sustained. 23. Its tension is more simple and more easily adjus : ted. Kustuincd. 24. It will do n greater variety ol work than the . Florence can do, in equal perfection. Sustained. 23. The machine is more easily and speedily changed from one kind of work to another. Sustained. 26. More work can be done with it in a given time than with the Florence. Sustained. 27. It docs beautiful embroidery, which the Florence can not do. Sustained. 28. It has a shield to the wheel wtilcb the Florence lias not. Sustained. 29. The needle being carried in a perpendicular bar, it lias important advantages over machines with curved needles attached directly to the needle-arm, as in the Florence—one of which is ifs non-liabtity to derange ment from alternations of temperature. Sustained 30. Ja consequence of the shorter sweep of the nee die, there is much less wear ia the thread from its vi hrating through the needle's eye in the act of sewing. Sustained. . . , 31. A smaller needle Can be used with the same size | ol thread, which adds to tbe strength and beauty of tlie . .-earn, especially on linen or other hard goods, -us ; tamed. 32. It has the best hemmer. Sustained 33. It has the best teller. Sustained. 34. It has the best braider. Sustained. 35. It has tbe best belt. Sustained. NOTE.—The advantages claimed lor the \V idcox and , Gibbs belt consists in its non-liability to get out of or- , ii. i and tbe facility with wlii. b it can be Mortmed v. in u necessary. It was shown that the tlat belt is vc 11 j li.ii.h .in a sewing-machine, by the unequal stretching] ,i ic r ( i edges, to get out ol adjustment, so as to run j to on. Ie of the pully, c using the machine to run heavily : a difficulty to which the round belt is never , liable, s u e, as it mns in a groove, it is impossible lor it to get out of place. Official CERTIFICATE.—This certifies that that the Union Fair, held at Island Park, in the county ol Al bany, In the month of Sept., 1865, was established by the joint ettbris ol the "Albany County Agricultural Society," and the "Konsselaer County Agricultural unu Manutac'urer's Society." That only two kinds of Sewing Machines were enlei ed for premium at the Union Fair ; and tl at one kmd was called the Florence Sewing Machine, and the oher kind was called the Wilicox and Gibbs Sewing .Machine, i Tliat by some error in compiling the ' premium-lints ; (or said Fair, Sewing Machines were classilied uudei : "Farm Implements," and complaint thereof was made ! to the Officers of said Fair, who immediately withdrew i Sewing Machines from the examination ol the Judges on Farm Implements, and decided upon tli appointment i of Special Judges, and determined to permit the agent ' of each kind el sewing machines entered tor premium ! to select one judge, and to empower the judges thus chosen to select a third judge. Whereupon Mr. C.ar rence \V. Waters, ot Troy, N. Y., claimed to be one oi : the agents ol the Florence Machine interests, and as 1 Mich agent reported to said Officers tU;t be bt'l c.iosen Mr. Sydney 11. Tucker for judge. Dr. N. D. Boss, of Troy, N. Y-, claim' 1 to be one oi the agents of the Wilicox and Gibbs achine interests, > and as such agent reported to said Officers that he had chosen Mr. Joseph Wheelock as judge;'an I Mflnn. Tucker and Wheelock, with the consent and approval of ! said agents, and in presence of said Officers, selected 1 Mr. 1,. C. Champney as the third judge ; and said Offi i cers appointed said Tucker Chairmen of said Commit tee ol Judges, and these judges made a written Report 1 to said Officers, and awarded the First Premium to the Wilicox and Gibbs Sewing Machine, and the Second Premium to the Florence Sewing Machine; and no awards were authorized or made lor Sewing Machines at said Fair except those reported by Messrs. Tucker, Chapney and Wheelock, as aforesaid. in testimony of the loregoiug (acts, the undersigned, Secretary of the Albany County Agricultural Society, I has hereunto subscribed bis name, and caused the seal said Society to be affixed, this fourth day of Januaiy. \. : u . ISM, " J. M. BAILEY, Secretary Albany Co. Ag'l Society, in witness of tbe lacts stated in tbe foregoing certili i oate, i have hereunto subscribed my name, an 1 caused the seal of the "Rensselaer County Agricultural and Society ' to be hereto affixed this second day January, A. i lsoo. CHARLES A MOTT. Secretary Ren-.selaerCo., Ag'l and Man. Sue. STATEMENT of" MR. Ticker-—Mk. JAMES WILLCOX : viK : In reply to inquiiies made oi me respecting my ; connection with the Florence Sewing Machine Mauufac ; tnrv and the diuiacier of my engagement there, I ! would here -tatethat in the month oi September, lskd. ! was employed by that company, at an advanced salary i to act as Inspector ot the different paits ol their ma chine.- ; and at that time, the necessary preparations lor ! the inspection oi work not being completed, I turned i my baud to adjusting the machines, which had been a j familiar occupation to me during the past eight years ■ j reviou-. I continued in that branch ol the business lor • more than three months, became thoroughly acquainted, i and l must fay not a iutle prejudiced in its lavur, so tar as some ot'its features were concerned. At the Albany and Rensselaer Counties' Union Fair, 1 served on a Committee to adjudge the merits oi Sewing Machines—the contest being between the Wilicox and i Gi '.-and the Florence machines. I was selected by ' niv friend, the agent of the Florence Company, to as sist in conducting the trial of their machine, which, re gardless of my sympathie- with it, I endeavored to uu l in an impartial manner. The trial resulting greatly iu favor ot the Wilicox and Gibbs Machine, it was awarded the First Premium. 1 think a similar decision could not fail to be made in the minds ot practical men on i any thorough trial of the above machines. S. D. TICKER. \ REMARKS. —By this trial—more thorough than any oi j the kind ever previously attempted: a trial before an ! able and impartial juiy, the justice of whose verdict nunc can dispute—tl has been proved, decided, aud pub lished to the world that the Wilicox and Gibbs Machine !is just what it has been claimed to be—on improvement j un double-thread machines. The relative merits of the two kinds of stitches made by these two clas.sts of machines were there subjected i to the most rigid tests, by work done upon each ma- I chine, on the same piece of goods, and with thread ! from the same spool: and the result was au unanimous | decision that the "Wilicox and Gibbs," or "twisted : loop" stitch, instead of being less reliable than the "lock" stitch,as represented by its opponents, i- even mo:c so: that while it may be raveled by a certain pro ! cess, when necessary, it ia /os liable to rip than that , stitch, in use or weai. Previous to the introduction of this machine, the ! country had become so flooded with cheap and worth i less ones, and ihe public mind so generally prejudiced | in favor of the high-priced, double thread machines i that most people were prepared to accept as truth the i teachings ol those interested in the latter class, without i ques.iun ; and since many ot these cheap machines were ! single-thread ones, it was no difficult task to educate - tlie public into the belief that all single thread machines, i as well as all cheap ones, were necessarily worthless. Aud so faithfully was that task periormed, that the i double-thread interest was thereby enabled to a .quire, 1 and lor a time maintain a monopoly, and to keep their \ prices up io the point which forbid the use ol sewiug- I machines to thousands ol persons ot that cla-s who j most need them, but are least able to buy. • In ihis manner has the Wilicox aud Gibbs been sys | tematicaliy, persistently misrepresented by the entire ' double-thread fraternity. Scarcely could a more palpa- I ble untruth be uttered than is conveyed is the spirit' oi j those tour words "only a single-thread because, ] though it does use but one thread it noes not make tbe I oidinary single-thread stitch : as these words, in the sense there u.-ed. imply ; but it makes a new and wffcr | ent stitch—One that obviates the viry detect iu the old I single-thread or chain-stitch to which so much object i ion is made— its asserted liability to ravel. Moreover, ] the 1 1 illcox and Gibbs sti:ch is Jar better than any made : with two thicads ; and hence is de-tined, so soon ;,s its | merits are generally known, to supercede all the various ; double-thread stitches now in use. And this is the rea ' son why the Wiilc. x and Gibbs i 3 so much (cared : lor who will want to bothei with two threaes, when they lind that one is better ': Again, whenever the Wilicox aud Gibbs company sent out canvassers to introduce their machines ia new localities, and establish Agencies for their sale, they were sure toencouuter the same kind oi opposition. And now that the fraternity, in the last desperate el fort of one of their number to bolster up their waning popularity, have signally tailed ; DOW that their bold ness has furnished the long sought opportunity for an honest and well-contested public trial,and put on record the r suit oi that trial for the enlightenment ol the pub lic , it requires, we think ,no prophet to forsce the ac celerated progress of the Wilicox and Gibbs in the fu ture, or to forteil its ultimate triumph—as the* recog nized standard Sewing Machine oi the world I POWELL A CO. Agents for the Wilicox and Gibbs Mm bine. To wan da, March 23. 1800. \ TIIE X S KXCIIA X (I E . This large well known aud favorite hotel, lias been re opened for the accommodation of the traveling public. It has been refurnished and refitted with every conven ience for the comfort of guests. liie table and bar are supplied with the best the market affords, and no effort will lie spared to give entire satisfaction to all wlio pat reuize the house. A tew desirable rooms for summer borders. G. E. SMITH, Prop'r. Athens, Pa., March 22,18G6. STOLEN. —From the subscriber, March Hth, 1m! i. TWO NOTES, signed E. M. Bishop, one for $520. dated Sept., 12. 18G5. due March 12th IHGO. One tor SIOO, dated Sept. lGth, 1n65, due March 10th 18i;c. Payment having been stopped. EZRA ALLEN. ft Browntnwn, March 14th, 1866. AUDITOR'S NOTICE.—/* the matter of the estate of Hanford Kinney deceased. In the Orphan's Court of Bradford County. The undersigned, au auditor appointed to distribute the monies in the hands o! the administrator, raised by the sale of decedent's real estate, will attend to the duties of his appointment at the his office, in Towanda borough, on Friday, the 20th day of March, 1866, at 1 o'clock, p. m., and all persons having claims upon said monies must present them or else be forever debarred from coming in for a share ot said funds. S. R. PAYNE, March. 16. 1866. Auditor. AUDITOR'S NOTICE.— In the matter of the Estate of Alanson .Miller, dee'ed. fu the Orphan's Court of Bradlord County. The undersigned an auditor appointed by said Court to distribute moneys in the hands of the administrators, will attend to the duties ol his appointment, at his office iu Towanda boro', on Satnrday the loth day of Apr. '6O, at 1 o'clock p. m., at which time and place all persons; interested can attend if they think pi oner or be forever debarred from the same. W.T. DA VIES, March. 19, 1866. Auditor. HAY SCA L E S FO II SA L E : [Patent Applied For.] The Subscriber having spent time and money in per fecting a New, Simple, Cheap, and Durable Hay Scale, warranted correct for five years or longer, now oilers it to the public, on tbe following terms : One 12 feet platform Hay Scale, weighing 4,000 lbs. (the purchaser furnisning ami framing timbers) $1( 0 00 One 13 it. platform, weighing 5.000 lbs, 113 00 One 14 " " " 6,000 " 125 00 j Address, U. W. JACKSON. Jan. 25, "fifl—tf Wyalnsing. Bradford Co. Pa. j fU) 3bt)crtisciiu,it s n H K A P S T O |> K , < w > (D SPALDING k Whioht Have opened their batteries on high nri. it out o*i thi lii.p' GO TO TIIE CHEAP KfOk K DRY GOODS! I CO TO THE CHEAP ,| () p J; GROCERIES ! GO TO THE CHEAP s T ,|: t ; K O It | ROOTS AND SHOES' GO TO THE CHEAP STOIiF I HATS AND CAPS, 1 READY MADE CLOTHINf; • I HARDWARE, CROCKER 1 Our -tock is always we!! iss.rtoi at! j CO TO THE CHEAP SToiiF 1 ECONOMY I> WJ.AI.Tii I The way to MAKE MONEY 1 IS TO SAVE I'l i BUY VOI R GOODS AT j Athens, Pa.. March la, 1860. I AUCTION! AI'CT In \ • I The partnership heretofore existiuc uei - I der-igned, under tiie tirra uf fi •I. ]>. HUMPHREY kCO I ! Expires by limitation, the 25th ol this m nib W I therefore, in order to ck-.- at oar >• - I ioFFER FOR SAI. E A T A U I! I ON FRIDAY AND SATI'RPAV I MARCH 23d AND 24th, I | A large assortment ot 1 ROOTS AND SHOErv I Sale to commence ..t 10 oM t . ■ I ARAi!KCIIANt E F0 II it A!. I TERMS (As H I Also A NEW TWO HORSE WAGON Fin: - 1 IRA B. HI'MI'HKK': .! ■ I IRA it. BI'LL. I J. E. DAYTON. | A. R. MOE, Auctioneer. S March 15th, 1866. 1 Ucal Qrstatf. 1 fjURM FOR SALE. - I offers fur >.i a his I j ern part ot the twnship ot Ridgb rv I I live acres, about thirty acres ol wh ii i- ' I j the balance ol twenty-live acres, v d-iai I value. Upon the property is a!■ -i. ise, Z 1 and an orchard ot 50 young and ?!. fl I creek runs through the la rat all : 1 X i ileges. A grist-miil i within 1J miles. I Terms, reasonable and easy to the ; - ' I I made known on application to me. .. I Mi.HAi i-' l '' I j Ridgbury. Match lsoii.—iiw I TTALUABLE FARM FOR SAU I f subscriber oflieis lor sale out- . I , and pleasantly located larms iu t; - - ' - fl ! situated in Orwell township, fl I leading from Towanda to tiie Turnpike, an- !*'■ ■ jaboutonemilelromPotterviile.il ikui l ■ 1 Til is farm comprises two hundred "ami i-.-venty- ■ , tw o hundred improved ; one large apple or I on, as well as a good variety of other in. •' ■ sugar-bush, 11 >use and Bain, we!! ;*i-u - ■ dious, comparing with farm and !>>< H two hundred acres whii h will in- I or the whole in a lump, to mil the i • '••• ... I Terms made easy. MIXER TAW H Orwell, Feb. 19. 18 < 6 _ B ; PORSA LE . - THE UNDER* I X. baring became impaired in I his business, and there I sofferst fl premises in Sheshequin. This i- and • •' f' I : location for a Blacksmith in Northern Peine;' -™ ■ ' tiie premises are w ell fitted up for carrying '- ■' fl j siness. Good Shop, House. Ac. 1 I Ii nut sold before the Ist ot Apt:!. V.o.i oe i ■ For further particulars, call on ot .i ll . I G. W VINCENI | Jan. 20,'till—lupr. Sheshequin. Bradfowl 9 HOME FOR A MECHANIC orJJJI FESSIONAL MAN.- The I i property i:i Caraptown. for -ale. ' ... I j house and barn, a few large Lo.o m.-, J j'i ,". 1 1 pea ii. peat, plum and cherry I ' grape vines and a i ursery of young f; fl i lage, with aboip 33 acres of kind a ij-iceiit. ■ ; improved, with wood convenient. I'rice ••- I ' dollars with time on a part of it. if wanted- ■ _Feb. 27. *. ®l! ' I IpARM FOR SALE.-VENDUE: j Will be sold at Public Outcry, on t'o I ! pied by Andrew Shiner, in Sooth Towanai 1 , ■ Berwick Turnpike, about one mile from , fl MONDAY*, the 2.lth day ot March. 1- • 1 J .. j• B m., the following property belonging fl : born : D Dairy Cows, ti Two y. ■ some Sor 10 Tons of Hay In the barn. ■ j Grain. consisting ot Buckwheat and Ba. ■ B j lity of Potatoes. I ALSO -At the same time and !>' a ' . y fl : sils of various kinds, Household Fornitntr i - fl AUSO—At the same time and place, B . for sail the said I FARM CONSISTING OF 1-7 ACKI-> J 150 acres under improvement, with >w, being mte of the heat Duiry Farms ta _ , • ■ of the country. It sold, an unijuesti to ' 1 : given I TERM 6; I Upon sale ol Farm, f 100 to be pad da*' l U. . I execution . f Deed—balance in in-t.ilment.-. ■ eat,on such time as might be agreed <'l' 1 >. ■ sale. On sale of Personal Property all cash on day of sale. Over $lO six men ■ B security nnd interest. ontTH -U''* R KI.HANAN sMUn- | Towanda, l'a., March 15, IS.iO. # fl p. S.—Possession of the Farm w>; '>l ' I Ist of April next 9 A. 1!. MOK, Auctioneer. I BUISrS PHILADELPHIA GARU I SEEDS lor sale by .. y. pONj ■ March 7. 'OO. I RUTABAGA TURNIPS, sWRI ?];W I aisi Beet and Carrot See's l.v fh ' g