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 <<n Monday of last week, liy shooting himself, ■
with a pistol. He left a letter, stating that the act
was caused by slanders which had been circulated
agnins him. and whicli no donbt so weighed upon 1
his mind as to cause temporary aberration. He I
was a captain in the Mexican war, and was one of
tin most esteemed citizens of Maneh Chunk.
—Dr. Jayne, the wealthy medicine ven
der of Philadelphia, died in that city last week.
-The counsel for Christian Berger, cou
victod of the murder of Mary Watt, of German
town, made application to the Supreme Court for a
rit of error, which the Court on Saturday refused.
The Governor wi 1 now. it is presnmed.fix the time
lor the execution.
—Michael Maxe was waylaid and robbed
near Pottsville, last week, by four Irishmen. They i
took about s'.M) from him.
-A drunken negro, named Ewing was'
confined in jail in Chester county, last week, for
shooting a man at Dowington, because the bar
tender refused him (Ewing) liquor. The man shot,
died the next morning. His name was King.
1 he children of John Sheuburger, who
resides in York county, nearly opposite Columbia,
were killed by the explosion of a shell, last week.
It was one of the shells thrown by the rebel Gen
eral Early's forces, near Wrightsville, in 1863. it
was in the house as a relic. The childred were
.igeil si\ and eight years.
A barn was recently burned in Chester
■ "iinty, and twenty-two cows seveiq horses
jierished in the flames. It belonged t<> 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 <iently,"both in working it and in advocating
' its claims, as any person onnected with that establish
, inent The result ol the trial was, that the Willcox and
| (jibiis won the victory aid the prize, by the extraordi
j nary superiority of thirty-fiot paints, decided in its fa
, vor. against two poin's in favor ol the Florence.
LIST OF POINT-. — To Ihe Office is of the Union Fair:
1 We the undersigned, appointed a Special Committee to
inspect the merits ot the several Sewing Machines en
tered lor Premiums, would respectfully report. That
; two Machines were entered—the Willcox ami (libbs and
j the Florence St-wing Machines.
In pro-ecnting the examination, it was agreed by the
1 Agents repusi utir.g the two Machines to render t /your
Committee, iu writing, the peculiar points on which
I tin y based their claim oi superiorly, and in testing the
I in.:- bines each point was to be taken separately, and
atiei a fair trial, adjudging to the bes" ol our ability.
Each Agent presented their claims in due 'arm, copies
- ol which will lie found below.
j For the Willcox and (libbs Machine, thirty-five dis
i liiret claims were made for its superiority, ALL of whicl.
j were sj.-taiiieu. Whereas tor the Florence Machiue.but
ten were pie-t nted. lint of which were sustained.
Alter a thorough and impartial trial, your Committee
i have decided to award to the Willcox and tlibhs Ma
chine the FUST Premium, on the ground ot its exeell
: ing in the greatest, number of points pre-ented. To the
; Flounce Machine, for having the advantage ot a "te
I versuble teed," and using the least thread, we award
■ the Second Premium.
I Sept 22, lstio. SYDNEY D. TUCKER,I
L. C. CTIAMPNEY, > 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 ,
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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