NEWS FROM ALL NATIONS. ?
—IV Commissioner ul' Custotna, a day
(>v two since, received a report from u custom offi
cer station on the St. Lawrence River, to the effect
that a party of smugglers had succeeded in laying
pipes at the bottom of the St. Lawrence, through
which they are engaged in pumping liquor from
'anada into the United States.
—The new iron bridge crossing the Ohio
ltiver at Steuben ville, is completed, and trains j
cross regularly. This road is called the (treat Pan i
Handle route, and connects with the Pennsylvania '
Central Railroad to Pittsburg,and from Harrisburg |
to New-York via the Allentown route. By this
route there arc only two changes of cars Ist ween
Chicago and New-York.
—The Brownsville (Texas) Courier, of,
the Nth inst., records the death by assassination of
Mr. EBKN ( oiiii, a native of Portland, Me., but a
resident of Texas for several years. His body, j
with bullet holes in the head, was found four or |
the miles below Brownsville, on the Brazos road.
Gov. FI.ETCHRR, of Missouri, HAS sent
n to the Legislature a message, in which he rep
resents that the peace and quiet of the State are
endangered by preparations of malcontents and
banditti to resume operations this Spring, and
.iskiug for an appropriation of money to provide
igainst the danger.
—Jacksonville, F a., has been visited by
t destructive tire. Among other buildings the \
newspaper establishment of the Florida Union was
burned to the ground. The town is destitute of a !
tire department.
--The Norfolk (Va.) Post newspaper es
tablishment, which includes a complete .job-office,
•ffered for sale.
Both Houses oi the lowa Legislature
have passed the resolution demanding the trial of j
Gen. CVSTEB having two lowa soldiers flogged. .
—The Kansas City Journal learns that
the Missouri Pacific and Union Pacific railroads '
have the contract foT the transportation of some
1(1,000 troops destined for the plains, and for vast
imonnt of supplies and Government freight for Fort
Riley and western posts in Colorado and New Mex
ico. The transit of these is to commenee about
he first of April.
—The Democratic State convention of
Rhode Island met at Providence. They made no ;
nominations, but a committee was appointed to
•.■ring forward a ticket, if hereafter deemed expedi
ent. A resolution was adopted supporting Andrew
Johnson.
An arrival fioni Havana brings an offi
ial denial that the cholera existsjthere. The usual
story of the defeat of the Tnarist forces is luruish
-d by -'lmperial" authority.
Boston sells its house offal under a con
tract tor $5,500 per annum ; the ashes collected by
;he city at $3,000. and the street iliri and sweep
ings for 52.000.
—lt is reported at Fortress Monroe that
Clement C. Clay has been allowed the freedom of
rbt- grounds, on his parole of honor, during the
•lay.
Nearly all of the civilian agents of the
iivtdmen's bureau have been removed. Their pla
•es are being filled with officers ot the Veteran Re
serve Corps.
—Deserters will tiud it difficult to es
cape the clutches of the military authorities, as de
scriptive lists are forwarded every ten days to the
Provost Marshal's office.
—A German grazier proposes petroleum,
. ti iiially and internally administered, as a rem
edy for the cattle plague.
—Honolulu dates to the titli of Febuary,
received at San Francisco, state that, the eruption
of the great volcano had ceased.
The new issue ■>f twenty-five cent frac
tional currency has been counterfeited.
—A grand mass meeting was called in
Pittsburg, for Tuesday evening. Four thousand
peoph were present. One man, an office holder,
addressed th< meeting, and no other.speaker could
In induced to take the stand. A vote was taken on
;ite question : "Which will the people sustain,
:b President or Congress?" and decided, by a
large majority, in favor of the lattei.
-The Governor has signed the death
warrant, of Christian Burger, the murderer of Mary
Watt, at Germantown. He will be executed on
die 27th of April. Burger evinced no emotion
when the death warrant was read to him, and
•• hen told that there was no hope of pardon or a
respite by the Governor, he replied that his only
nope was in Jesus,
-Martin 11. White, a colored soldier,was
ejected from a street car, in Philadelphia, some
lime since. He sued the company for damage and
ibe ease, by consent of all parties, goes to the Su
pivme Court for a decision, which will settle the
question.
-The l'oint Coupee ( La.) Echo says the
small-pox has been raging in that parish for sev
eral months to a fearful extent, especially among
the negroes. The disease is so scattered that cau
tion is of little avail.
The New Orleans Times assert that
riicjt i-- not sufficient labor or force in Mississippi
to produce three hundred thousand bales of cotton
1 iour hundred and fifty pounds per bah
. —"Iwo boxen of muskets have arrived in
>f. Clair. Schuylkill county, for tlie Fenians.
An explosion in the Pine Knot colliery,
inst week, killed three men. A similar accident at
the Duncan Colliery killed one man.
The office ol an agent of the Schuylkill
Nawgiitiou Company, at Selinvlkill Haven, was en
ered -.ud robbed of about s6,lX\i. A reward of
-.l # iioo i-, 1 the recovery ol the green
backs.
-- A le\v days since, as Mr. \\ illiain T
Snell. wile and little daughter, were welkin" the
street- ot Philadelphia, when a pistol ball, from
some unknown hand, was tired mid penetrated the
head ot Mrs. Snell. and fractured her skull. She
was taken t<• her home mid lias since died.
A difficulty ocom icd in Mciccrsbnrg,
oil Monday of last week, between Harvey Mayhew
.1 nit a mini named Hoeflitcb. The former was
smirked down and Litter shot. The pistol shot
produced . dangerous wound.
Ibe iioiics of Frcnckc, the Boyd Hill 1
murderer, have heeii neatly put together with
wiiea. and his perfect skeleton occupies a promi
nent position h on,. r>t tin medics) offices (if Pitts- '
bnrg.
Hon. f i aiicis Joidan bus been selected
Chairman tin Union State Central Committee of ,
the .Stati.
—1 he authorities ol Burlington. Vt re- 1
•Used to allow a procession of United Irishmen in
their city, on Saturday, it being well understood
that tin- Fenians had threatened to use this suni-
as an occasion for demonstrations that
could not be inndi without a v iolation of our neu
trality.
Major-Gen AVOIR,in command at Wash-1
iugton. Las issued an order to dismantle the fol
lowing forts of the defences north of the Potomac :
lotts Carroll, Stanton, ILiker, Wuhan, Lincoln,
I often SlocuHi, Steven*. Reno and Suruuer.
Reports from Canada indicate a sub
siding of the Fenian excitement, the dreaded St.
Patrick's Day having passed with mt an invasion,
in crthqnnke, or even a torpedo explosion.
Resolutions upholding Congress have
jsise.J tb. of I *liforni*
Bradford Brportrr.
Towauda, Thursday, March 29, 1866.
lIOV. v. It. BI'CKALEWS SPEECH.
On the 21st ol February last, Mr. Buck
alew, one of this State's Senators in the i
Congress of the United States, made a !
' speech, ostenibly on a proposition to alter i
; the federal ConstitKtiou, but in reality on j
I the re-construction, or re-admission of the j
j late rebel States. Mr. B. has always borne
the reputation of being a man of brains,
logical, eloquent, moderate in his political
: bias, and temperate in his language. If
we except the last, the speech before us
, does not well sustain these antecedents ; j
j and when we bear in uiind that it was
carefully written out, and then read to t;ie
Senate, the reputed greatness of the author
is still more diminished.
He starts out by drawing a comparison
between the senatorial representation of
the six New England States, and the other
States of the Union, showing that the one
has a senator for 250,000 of Ler population, j
while the Middle and Western States re
quire 500,000 inhabitants to secure a sen
-1 ator ; and in the seceded States it used to
take nearly 400,000 to get a senator. Ag
gregating these, lie shows 450,000 to be
the common ratio of all the States, the New j
England States having 183,000 less popula- j
tion en each senator than the common ratio. 1
Next Mr. B undertakes to show that the
New England States, owing to their pre
; ponderance, have most of the honors and
offices of the Senate, while the State of;
New York has none, and Pennsylvania only
one chairman of a seutorial committee, j
Yet the former has more population than
all the New England States united, and the
latter only a few thousand less. Then, by j
multiplying the 1*3,000 deficiency on each
senator, by twelve, Mr. B. makes over two
millions deficiency of population on the
twelve senators from the New England >
States. This is terrible in our senator's
eyes ; but he forgets that these six offend
ing States, have sent more than two mil
lions of their population into New York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana,;
Illinois, lowa, Wisconsin, &o. ; and, that,
besides making the rugged, barren hills—
the poorest portion of our country, in the
most uncongenial climate—the richest and j
most productive, they have aided in sub
duing and enriching the majority of the
other States, thus fully entitling themselves '
to the advantages they possess.
The obvious purpose however, of this,
comparrison and its resulting deductions,
is to excite prejudice against the New En
gland States. This has existed in the dem
ocratic party for many years, especially in
the Southern wing of it, and it has been no
credit to the democrats, and great damage
to the country, and it is not clever, to say
the least of it, in liiin who would continue
and extend it.
Mr. B. does not take particular pains to
show up the fact, that the sole cause of the
preponderance of the Northern States in
the senate is owing to the withdrawal of
the rebel senators Previous to this, and j
for forty or more years, these Southern [
States held this preponderance, but demo- !
i eratio senators did not complain then. It
was all right when slave-holders were at j
, the head of the chief committees, and their j
backers held all the offices. This could ex-1
ist for half a century, and awaken no ruur- j
j inurs from Pennsylvania democratic sen- j
utors. Now, however, when through the j
villianous conduct of the cotton States, the j
Eastern have the power thrown into their
hands, it is a great wrong, according to
Mr. Buckalew's sage inferences. He for
gets too, to tell that the party in power in
the senate never gives the chairmanship of 1
tht important committees to their oppo
nents. The democrats never did this : and
the republicans having the power, and the j
Eastern senators being all republicans, it '
follows, as a matter of course, that they j
would have important influence. Again, ;
Ihe senators of the most experience in a i
party are placed at the head of committees, .
and it has happened that most of the old
senators came from the Eastern States.— j
This is accidental, as is also the fact, that
both of the senators from New York, and
those from Pennsylvania, arc new, and the j
latter both in the opposition. So that the
attempt ol our senator to inake a significant
argument out ot the slight put upon these
two States, turns tip a failure. But. the ;
only thing Pennsylvania complains of, is >
that she is misrepresented in the senate.
There is, however, another view of this
case Mr Buckalew croaks considerably <
because the six New England States, with
i a population of three millions, have twelve
senators, while New York and Pennsylva
nia, with double the population, have only
four, and no influence at that ; and how
stands this matter in the South ? In I*6o,
i when the census was taken which gives
the New England States their three mil
lions of a population, the six States of Del
aware, i 'orida, Arkansas, South Carolina,
' Louisiana and Texas, with a white pop-j
illation of a little over a million and a half, 1
j a mere trifle aver one-half ihe amount the
i New England States had. Yet democratic •
senators never complained of this advan- j
tage of the slave halders. It was all right
i o
then ; and it is all right now to admit the '
twelve senators from these rebel States,
traitors as they are, though it is wrong to
allow the New England States twelve sen
ators, on double the population, and loyal
at that !
Mr. B's argument on minority and per- i
sonal representation would have weight if
urged when his party was m power, but
urged now when in the minority, savors of
expediency and insincerity, and is evidently
used to reach power
' o us, the fact that personal rcpreseuta- 1
tion will keep uien iu Congress from ten to 1
thirty years, is its greatest point of objec. j I
tion, and if adopted, would result in a com- 1
plete subversion of our democratic princi- ! i
pie of representation. Tin- idea that it re- j
quires long xperlence in the national leg
lislature to lii a member to serve his con
stituents properly, is false in theory and
worse in lt originated with the
; Southern slave holders, and Northern
■ dough-faces preach it up, and practice upon
j it, so far as they can. This idea carried
into practice, was one of the chief instrn
| mentalities by which a few leading spirits
i were enabled to carry the whole South
with them into rebellion. Had these lea
ders not been kept in power until they had
the control of all the political machinery of
their respective States, they could not have
taken the people with them. This is obvi
ous : and they obtained this power solely
through their long continuance in Congress.
The member of Congress who cannot learn,
in two mouths, all that is required for him
to know to serve his constituents well, is
not fit to be there : and it is a well known
fact, that most of those who are there after
li
the second term, spend more time in efforts
to keep themselves in position, than they
do for their constituency. It is known too,
that the new members are the most faith
ful, as a rule ; and the best legislation we
have had in this country, was enacted in
its early history, when those; who composed
our National and State legislatures, had no
experience, and no places to look for either.
Let those, if there be any who have doubts
on this subject, look to the history of the
first legislation of this country, and they 1
will see conclusive proof that Mr. Buck-,
alew's inferential averment, that in order
to have good legislation we must keep men j
long in Congress, is erroneous.
But then, if it is better for the count ry to
have men in Congress for a great number
of years, and the more years the better,;
the principle must apply to other officers,
for many of the necessary positions under
the government require skill and experi
ence even more yet than that of Congress
men. W hat becomes of our republican j
i form of government'( If men permanently
in office, make a better government than
when changes takes place, why u monar
chy, or any other system of government,
that keeps men in office for life, is better
than our democratic form. This is Air.
Buckalew's postal at uin legitimately carried
' out, and is not its tendency towards a sub
i version of our government'! and this comes j
from the Senatorial representative of the
democratic party of this State, in the ranks '
of which we hear su much about pure de
mocracy '
.'IK. LAXDOA'S SPEECH.
On our outside, will be found the com
mencement of .Mr. LANOXIN'S speech, deliver
ed in the Senate of this State, on tin? 30th
of January last. We need hardly invite
for it a perusal, as the speeches of tin; gen
tleman are always read with avidity. This ;
one will add to his reputation as an able ;
and eloquent man, and a bold and earliest
thinker, who meets the questions of the
day fearlessly and squarely, and levels his
blows at wrongs with a determination tode- j
j mulish them, if' possible. The conclusion
I of the speech will he published next week.
i toy The Washington correspondence of
' the New York Herald has the following :
"A new claim Agent named George K.
Lemon called on Speaker Colfax recently
.
, asking authority to refer to him—which
I was flatly refused. Whereupon Mr. Lemon
floods the country with a cirrular offering
j bounty land to all soldiers who immediately
apply to him and he very coolly refers to
' the Speaker who has received scores of
letters the past week from different States
i inquiring as to lemons reliability. Prob
ably many more have been deceived relv
j ing upon the reference as genuine.
j it is expected that the President, in
accordance with his recently developed
"policy," will veto the Civil Rights bill. The
s Tribune correspondent says that " many
j statements and theories are in eirculation
j in regard to its points and its authorship.
! Henry Stansbury of Ohio, is its reputed au
) thor. The Intel/igeneer of Saturday, by
general acceptation, is understood to fore
shadow the Executive objections. A sinii
i lar leader preceded the veto of the Freed
men's Bureau bill, and the Editors of the
Intelligencer are knows to enjoy the Presi
dent's confidence. An amusing fact has
leaked out in connection with its oracular
statements It is known that a leader was
put in type the fore par' of last week fully
; indorsing the Civil Rights bill, and i proof
jof this article was duly sent to the White
House. A change came over the spirit oi
I their dream, and Saturday's leader, too,
clearly indicates the fate of the bill.
The Boston Advertiser publishes an
intercepted letter,in possession of the State
Department at Washington, indentified as
being written by CJ.EMKST (.'. CI.AV, under
date of St. Catherine, C W , November,
ISO 4. The letter sb ws the complicity of
the writer in ihe jobbing and murdering
raids from Caua.fi into the United States.
It is under* t< "d to furnish the veal grounds
for CI.AV'S prolonged imprisonment at For
tress Monroe, The letter is addressed to J
j P. BRNJAMIN, and urges the official sanction
j by the rebel Government of the aets of
Lieut. Bennett and H. LOVNT.AVP, the other
desperado, who made the raid on St. Albans,
in order to prevent their being given up
under the Extradition treaty. CIAY justi
fies their nets as being legitimate warfare
The passage of the bill now before j
Congress to protect officers of the army j
from suits at law in the various states for
acts done in compliance with military or-!
dors is imparatively demanded by the log- >
ic of events. In Kentucky and throughout i
the southern states, suits are daily entered
against United States officers for perform
ing their duty under orders issued by their
superiors, the intention being to use the
force of state laws to punish these officers
for acts distasteful to the Rebels. The gov
ernment should certainly be able to protect
its own officers in the discharge of the duty
it imposed upon them. <
',r " 1
ISF" 'I he Heading- Journal, published at
the home of HIESTER UI.YMEH. the Democrat-j
ie nominee for Governor, says :
'Against Mr. CLYMEB, personally, we '
have nothing to say—against him politic
ally, we will have much to say in the
course of the campaign. Hie record, for
tunately for the people, is a public one, and
he cannot hide it. He uax (he Y'ALLANDIOHAM
of J'ennxi/lvania throughout the war, and
when his votes, his speeches, his acts, are
thoroughly ventilated, and the people—and
especially the returned soldiers—come to
know his political status, he will meet with
a coudcmnfttioii scarcely less overwhelm
ing than was that which befel VAI.i.ANKIG-i
HAM, when he ran tor a similar office two i
years ago, in the Buckeye State."'
In the late disaster to the steamer
General Hooker, which was burned off Snl- ;
livan's Island, S. 0., several lives were lost, j
Mrs. Rhodes, of Georgetown, S. C. ; Miss
Belle Rissely, of Philadelphia, sister of Mr.
Rissely, of Georgetown, were among the
passengers saved ; .Miss Carrie Bush, a
beautiful ami interesting young lady, the
daughter of the Mayor of Georgetown ; ■
! and several colored persons, were lost.
jftaT- The Quincy.Fla., Commonwealth says
that the citizens of Florida are raising
money to defray the expenses of Major
GEE'S defence before the Military Comniis
j sion at Raleigh. The Macon, Ga., leleyroph
| says that if Georgians would also like to
| throw in their mite,the Governor of Florida •
will thankfully receive all stuns that may
be sent him for that purpose.
It is reported that two engagements
have taken place in Northern Mexico, in !
j the first of which the Liberals were defea
ted ami in the second victorious. In the
I second engagement the Imperial General
But AS was killed.
The Empire (La.,) Parish states that
I the property in the Parish of Plaquemines,
belonging to the estate of the late Li VIEN
BONAPARTE, sold last week for $30,800. It
had a front on the river of two and two"
thirds arpents by forty in depth ; and there
i are at least fifteen hundred orange trees up-
I on it.
3a- Tiie Selma (Ala.), Mesxtnger, states ,
that Gen. YV. J. HARDEE, has, at the request
of liens. GRANT and SHERMAN, received from i
President JOHNSON an assurance that he i
may continue in the pursuits of civil life
life without fear of molestation by the Urii- j
ted States authorities.
tfh..- It is reported that Lieut.-Gen. GRANT j
,is shortly to sail for Europe. Capt. AMMKN,
i an old schoolmaster of the General and now '
iof the iron-clad Montana, is to be transfer- j
1 ed t<> the man-of-war that convoys the noli- j
tary chieftain across the ocean.
. ,
RAILROAD MEETING AT WAVERLY
Agreeably to notice a large number of
j people, interested in the construction of a
railroad from Ithaca to Towanda, couveu- j
ed at YanDuzcr's Hall in the villiage of i
• YYaverly on Thursday afternoon the loth I
inst. There was a large delegation pros-1
| ent from Ithaca : also from Spencer and i
Yan Ettenville. The meeting organized
1 by the election of the following olficers :
i PRESIDENT, GF.N. ABRAM YYESTHROOK ofi
Athens ; Yice President, J F. HIXON,
i Chaunccy Grant of Ithaca; Lyman Brad-j
ley, J A. \ icliols of Spencer ; Mr. YYilsey
.I of Van Ettenville ; J. L. Sawyer of YYa- 1
' verly, Francis Tyler. D. L. F. Clarke of
Athens. Secretary, 0. H. P. Kinney of
YYaverly.
The PRESIDENT stated, that though not i
apprised of the special object of the meet-1
ing, he supposed it to be to talk up and
consider generally the necessities, the ad*
I vantages, and the prospects of the project
ed railroad from Ithaca to Towanda.
MR. GRANT of Ithaca was called upon,
! who gave an elaborate and interesting ac
count of the doings of the company thus j
far, and its hopes and prospects for the fu
ture. He said the many unpleasant less-
I ons which railroad building in the past
had taught the world would not be lost on
the present enterprise. The Company
would not take the last step first, nor leave
! the essential preliminaries for the last. They
were going to-work right end foremost.
I They had effected an organization with
| the necessary means for the preliminary
work. The right of way was being secur
ed in a satisfactory manner. The advan
| tages of the road arc being carefully sought
out, and the evidences that it would be :t
paying road when completed were, being
. i obtained from reliable data. A prelirni-
J nary survey and a careful estimate of the
! cost would soon be made ; and when these
| tilings wen done the taking of the. stock
j would not be hitching and hanging on
numberless unknown contingencies, but
would be taken or refused promptly, and
! the fate of the road at once decided. He j
spoke very encouragingly, indeed, of the
j prospects before ns
MR. NICHOLS of Spencer, one of the com
mittee to obtain right of way, reported in
a brief speech the result of his labors.—
Through the town of Spencer, and a por
tion of Danby, he had met with no opposi
and had found scarcely a man who did not
freely grant the right of way at a men?
nominal cost.
MR. SAWYER of Waverly. another ( ,I the
, same committee, said that through, the
town of Barton the feeling was tjiiiyersal
for the road, and the right of way p.oniised
with scarcely an exception. In the imme
diate vicinity of Waverly he had made no
effort, but believed the road would meet
with no serious obstacle in this locality.
Gen. Dowe of Ithaca made a very line and ! ;
effective speech on the inevitable advanta
ges of railroads to the people along their
routps. An instance was not ■ >ji recotil in j
which a railroad, or like improvement, did
i not enhance the value o! the farming dm- ,
j tricts through which it passed. Men were j
j frequently driven from their farms by the ,
I growth of villages which railroads created
! and expanded, as might,, and probably
i would be the case iu the immediate vicini
ty of this village. li" men desired to double J
aud quadruple the value of their lauds he . *
would advise them to encourage ihe build- *
ing of railroads in their vicinity.
The remarks of the various speakers 1
were well received and frequently cheered
by the large crowd of farmers and others
present from along the line of the road. fi
Right of way in some important cases a
was obtained, when the meeting adjourn- i:
ed H
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS
WASHINGTON, Thursday, March 22. IHOC.
In the Senate, a resolution was adopt- j
ed inquiring into the expediency of exempt
ing disabled soldiers from paying a ped
dler's license fee. The bill making the
States of Louisiana and California one j
Judicial District was passed. The bill au- j
thorizing the construction of a bridge across '
the Mississippi River at St. Louis was
passed. The New-Jersey contested elec
tion case was called up and the report of
the Judiciary Committee read, which fa
vored the claim and credentials of Mr. j
STOCKTON. The Sei ate adjourned without;
coming to a vote on the resolution of the I
Committee.
In the House, Mr. K ASSON presented a
memorial of the General Assembly ul lowa,
for to the extension of the luwu branch of;
the Union and Pacific Railroad ; which was
referred. Mr. K ASSON also introduced a
bill to establish a port of delivery at Coun
cil Bluffs, ou the Missouri River ; which
was read twice and referred. Mr. WISDOM
introduced a bill for the benefit of certain
half breeds and mixed bloods of the YYiniie
bago tribe of Indians ; which was read
twice and referred. The House proceeded,
as the business of the morning hour, to the
consideration of the resolution reported
yesterday from the Committee on Agricul- ;
ture, to amend the Agricultural College
Bill qf July 2, 1862. Mr. BIDWF.LI., of Cali
fornia, submitted some remarks iuexplana- •
tion and advocacy of the measure. After ,
a discussion extending through the morn
ing hour, the joint resolution was recom
mitted to the committee on Agriculture.
The Senate amendments to the bill author
izing the sale of marine hospitals and reve
nue cutters, being taken lip were not con
curred in. The Senate amendments to the
joint resolution placing certain hulks and
vessels at the disposal of the Quarantine
Commissioners, were adopted. The Senate
bill to encourage telegraphic communica
tion with the West Indies was next taken
up, aud after considerable debate the bill
was referred. A report 011 the condition
of affairs in the Republic of Mexico was
received from the State Department and
ordered to be printed. The deficiency bili
being taken up, the Senate amendment
striking out the proviso that no portrait <>i
any living person shall he placed upon any
of the issues of the Treasury Department
was debated at some length, and the Houss
refused to concur with the Senate.
Friday, March 23, 180>>.
In the Senate, Friday, a Committee of
Conference was appointed on the amend
ments to the Civil Appropriation bill. Mr.
WILSON introduced a joint resolution se
curing bounties to colored soldiers in cer
tain cases. Mr. CHANDLER introduced a
bill to prevent smuggling. The New-Jer
sey contested election case was "taken up,
and after a full debate was decided in fa
vor of Mr. STOCKTON ; yeas 22, nays 21
In the House Mr. PRICE reported bark a
bill to aid in the construction of the Kan
sas and Neosho Y*alley Railroad, connect
i ing the Croat Lake, lowa, Missouri and
Kansas with Texas and the Gulf of Mexico.
Mr. ASHLEY, of Ohio, introduced a resolu
tion. which was adopted, requesting infor
'■ mation as to the amount of money necessa
!ry for the improvement of the harbor at *
, Maumec Bay and Manmoe River, at the
I City of Toledo, Ohio Mr. GRISWOI.D intro
j duced a resolution, which was adopted,
instructing the Committee on Naval Affairs
to inquire into the propriety of locating a
Navy-yard on the Hudson River, opposite
the Village of Hastings. Mr. STEPHENS,
i introduced a resolution, which was adopt
i ed. requesting the Secretary ot the Inter
ior to report the expenditures made in con- j
fortuity with the filth section of the Indian
j Appropriation Bill, of March 3, 1860. At
I joint resolution was passed providing for
full pay to all officers who, without fault
; or neglect of their own. failed to be mus
! tered in when entitled to be. Mr. BINGHAM
! reported back, adversely, the resolution to
pay to officers and soldiers the moneys
I withheld by sentence of eonrtrnartial. Mr.
! PERU AM reported a supplementary Invalid
! Pension Bill, which was passed. A motion
to reconsider the vote by which the C'on
| stitutional Amendment was referred to the
; Judiciary on the 13th of March, was lost.
The House then went into Committee on
the Pennsylvania Reimbursement Bill, but
a vote was not reached. The Loan Bill
was then taken up, and alter a long de
bate was passed ; yeas 83, nays 53.
Monday, March 20, LSOO.
In the Senate, Mr. SCMXER moved to
amend the journal by striking out the vote
ol Mr. STOCKTON ou the question of his seal
iin the Senate. After a long debate Mr.
SUMNER offered in lieu of the pending mo
tion a resolution declaring that the vote of
Mr. STOCKTON be not received in determining
the question of his seat in the Senate. Mr.
SHERMAN moved to refer this resolution to
the Judiciary Committee, with instructions
to report this morning. The motion was
lost ; During the debate Mr. STOCKTON ask
ed leave to withdraw his vote. Mr. CLARK,
in the chair, dicided that he could not with
out the unanimous consent of the Semite.
The Senate adjourned without further ac
tion.
In the House, the resolutions offered
last Monday by Mr RODDERS in regard to
the Federal and Confederate debts, came
up as the first business in order. Mr. ROG
ERS spoke iu support of them, COM* dining
the hour. Mr. GKINNKLI. introduced a bill
to establish a manufacturing and statisti
cal division in the 1 reuse ry Department.
Mr. KELLY offered a resolution, which was
not adopted, requesting the Secretary of I
the Treasury to communicate a statement
of the trade with the British North Ameri
can Provinces. Mr. STEVENS introduced a
bill to authorize the building of a military
railroad from Cumberland, Md., to Pitts
burg, Pen 11. Gll motion of Mr. STEVENS two
members were directed to be added to the
Special Committee. Subsequently, .Ylr.
FRANCIS THOMAS called the matter up, as
suming that the increase ol the Commit
tee would bring up, de novo, all the mat
ters already decided by it, aud moved to
reconsider the vote ordering the increase.
ALO'I considerable debate ihe lluuso ie-
Insed to suspend the rules to allow the rno-;
tion it consider to be, made, the vote be-,
ing 43 to 04. Ihe Speaker thereupon au-!
II u need the appointment of Mr. YVASH
HIRNK, of Illinois, and Mr. YY'ILSON, of lowa l
as the two additional members. Thf bill
amending the post;;! lawn, on a vote of re- i
consideration, next came before the House,
and alter receiving some amenanionts was !
passed. In Ihe New-York City contested
election case the Committee reported in
favor 1 Mr. Down: The report will come
up for action 011 Thursday next.
Ail the prisoners, some fifteen in !
number, broke out of prison at Fort Tot:
ton, Newborn, X.C., on Thursday night,
by knocking the guard down when he en
tered with water for them, and making
their escape over his body.
Gold has steadily declined in price t
For some days past, aud on Saturday sold [
as low as I,^4£, 011 Monday l,sti. Money li
is quoted in tlm New Y'ork market as easy 'J
-> per cent
X"ero dbDfrtisfnient3
LIST OF LETTERS REMAINING IN
the Post Office at Towanda, Ha., lor the week end
iug March. 24 1860 :
Burnett Charleu {Kennedy Thomas
Bell Edward ILow Phile 2
lirlggs Elnora Little Sarah
C'bicgchiatar Henry S Overton Bartly
Cunningham John Firkins Frank
Clewelt Samuel Richards Charles 1'
Decker Henry Snover Jane K
Hulett Geo E Tilstead Geo
Hart Lida VanDyke H Mrs
Hnrritorn Mary Mrs Vail Will 2
Kirviue Bridget V\jlcox liacbael Mrs
Keeley John
UT Persona calling (or any ot the above letters wil'
please say "Advertised.'' and give the date of the ad'
1 vertisemcnt. S. W. AI.VORD,
March lb. 1866. post inaser.
QIIEAP FARM FOR SALE.
In Pike township, Bradford county, on the South side
1 o( Wyalosing Creek, about 1 4 mile from Stevensville,
known as the Titos Farm, containing 110 acres, about
acres improved, with asm II dwelling house and
barn, and a lew peach and apple trees thereon. The
timber land is ot Pine, Hemlock, Chestnut Ac. This
Farm is well situated for schools, mills ami other pi iv
' ih yes and is believed to he of a good quality of land.
Will ee sold cheap and terms of payment made easy,
l o--v-sion to be delivered on the Ist of April or imme
diately on purchase. f
1 erro- of sale and full particulars can' lie had ol my
.■gent Solomon C. Stevens of Heirick, or of me the
owuer at Towanda. EDWARD OVERTON.
Towamh. March 29. 1860.
(>M)R SALE —The undersigned oflers for
. sale his HOUSE and LOT situated on Main street,
|ii the south end of the borough ol Towanda Teuns
made known by calling on the .subscriber,
0. 11. DRAKE.
Towanda, March 28, 1866.
PHILADELPHIA AND KRIE RAIL.
ROAD This great line traverses the Northern and
Northwest counties of Pennsylvania to the city of Erie,
i on Lake Erie.
It has been leased by the I'ennnylcaniit /tout
Company, and is operated by them
Time ot Passenger trains at Williamsport
I.EAVR EASTWAKD.
Erie Mail Train '.".40 P. M
Erie Express Train ■ :<ib A. .V
Kimira Mail Train 8:43 A.M.
LEAVE WESTWARD.
Erie Mail Traiu 7:Jo,A.M.
Erie Express Traiu 9:25, P. M.
Elmira Mail Train 6:30 P. M
Passenger cars run thiough without charge both way
bet ween F'hiladelphia and Erie. .
NEW.YORK CONNECTION
Leave New-York at 6:00, r. M. arriv'- at Kne 3.37, A. a.
Leave Erica*. 1:55, P.M.. arrive atNew.Yoikat I:15p. in.
NO CILANOK OF CARS BETWEEN ERIE AND NEW-YORK.
Elegant Steeping Curs on all ight Trains.
For information respecting Passenger business apply
at Corner 30th and Market streets, Phil's.
And for Freight business of the Company's Agents :
S. B- Kingston, Jr., Coiner 13th and Market streets,
Philadelphia; J. W. Reynolds Erie: Wm. Brown, Agent
X. c. It. R. Baltimore.
H. li. HOUSTON. Gen 1 Freight Agt. Phil'a.
H. W. GWINXER, Gen"! Ticket Agt. Phil's.
A. L. TYLER, Gen'l Manager, Williamsport.
A DM INISTRATRIX'S NOTlCE.—Notice
XJL is hereby given, that all persous indebted to the
estate of t.'harie-i Janfes, dee'd, late of Rome borough, at*
requested to make immediate payment, and those hav
ing demands against said estate will present them d :!y
authenticated tot settlement.
LUCY JAMES,
March '27, iB6O. Administratrix.
A DMINISTRATOR rf NOTlCE.—Notice
J t is hereby given, that all persons indebted :o the e
tate of Charles Drake, deceased, late of Granviile,
are leducated to make iujiuediute paymeut, and those
having demands against said estate will present them
duly authenticated for settlement.
LUMAN PUTNAM,
B.S SMILEY.
March, 27, 1866. Administrators.
QIIKAPS T 0 R E !
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SPALDING & WRIGHT
Have opened their latteries on high prices,and will fight
it out on this line.
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GO TO THE CHEAP STORK
F 0 R
DRV GOODS!
t
GO TO THE CHEAP STORK
F 0 1!
GROCERIES '
Go TO THE CHEAP STORE
F O K
ROOTS AND SHOES 1
GO TO THE CHEAP STORE
FOR
HATS AND CAPS,
READY MADE CLOTHING,
HARDWARE, CROCKERY, AC
Our stock is always well assorted and complete .
GO TO THE CHEAP STORE.
ECONOMY IS WEALTH!
The way to M AKE MOXE\
IS TO SAVE IT.
The way to SAVE IT.
tU'V VOI R GOODS AT
SPALDING A WRIGHTS
Allien.-, Pa.. March 15, 18f.j.
Heal (Estate.
EV\RM YOR SALE. —Tito undersigned
A offers for sale his farm, situated in the north east
ern part ot the twnsbip of Ridgbury, contaiaiug fifty -
five acres, about thirty acres of which is improved and
the balance of twenty-five acres, wood-land, of much
value. Upon the property is a log house, ami log barn,
ana an orchard of 50 youug and thrifty fruit trees. A
creek runs through the tarm, affording tine water priv!
tleges. A grist-mill is within 1£ miles. * I
Terms, reasonable- and easy to the purchasei will V*- 1
made known on application to me. ■
MICHAEL LOON BY. 1
Ridgbury, March 6, 1866.—bw <
FOR SALE .—THE UNDERSIGNED, >
having became impaired in health, wishes to change '
his business, aud therefore offers for sale his well known
premises iu Shesheqniu. This is undoubtedly the best \
location (or a Blacksmith in Northern Pennsylvania.aud
the premises are w ell fitted up for carrying on (hat bus}• 1
siness. Good Sljop, Uouse, Ac.
If not sold before the Ist of April, will be for rent. 1
Fur further particulars, call on or address
G.W.VINCENT. I 1
Jin. 20. 86 -lapr. Sheshequin, Bradford Co.. Pa- j'
HOME FOR A MECHANIC OR PRO- ;
FES.SI ON AI, MAN.—The subscriber offers his 1
property iu Camptown for gale, consisting of a good c
house and barn, s, Igvy large bearing apple tree, also v
peach, pear, plum and cherry trees, and a few choke J
grape vines and a nursery ol youug trees, all in the vil- L
lage, with abou 33 acres of laud adjacent, about twelve
improved, with wood convenient. Price one thousand n
dollars with time on s part of it. it wanted.
Feh. 27, V>6. S. F. BROWN. J
f wtcltanrons.
/ 1 M ORAN DA L L .
\ " i f)
MAN! FACTI:HKRS OR
FLAX WHEELS, WOOL-WHKFIn v-
WHEEr, HEADS,! ; Vv " fu. .
MONTROSE, l\.\
FLAX-WHEEI.s
AY J'HF
I MONTROSE WIIKKI ! ,
' -1 iji.
Wholesale and R, t .,i!
HHAXUMOTIIFR JIFUSJ |( T
We can furnish you with a Whc-i t
ant to give entire 'satisfaction an e bi. .
say is fit to " I'"'irjt)i,
URACF. YOirit V Alt I.nit
FATHER
if you wish to hear the music ol ladafln
my iu your house, remember the best
OR A Xl> MO I'll FIVE in.t u
MOTHER!
11 you wish your daugnter to k
mental, teach h<-r to divide tier -o.oe > *' e
Melodeon and the ' ft-.
r.rrri.F WUFFI.
BROTHER !
Buy one for your sweetheart, and thus
her an "elegant present,'' convey ' ~
what yon shall expect of ber when'von in
' SEW fAH.iI '
SISTER :
Ask your father to give you a W;...
don't want to be a
I.HA' OF 77/A I'AU.i y.
LITTE BOY '
Show y.ui mother how your pant- •
buttons come off when you slide ;- -
she wil 1 U-e
" STORE THHF Ah.
LITTLE GIRL!
It your folks get one of Ciandai ~,
can do some ot the work, for tin : . , '
purpose to hold the Spool, so tha" it y,
• an
ho THF RFFr.IXt,
EVERYBODY
Ought to buy a Wheel and ten u i; ; e t .
to depend on their own refloat Thenim "i
shall the American people he a gn.,t a , V. v ; '
nat 'in—and may the inheri'aii i- .
ien be ONE FLAG, ONE CUI XT BY m'
TITO I I AX ir/IFFI.s ■
X. B—Merchants and De . 'ers wis , n2
■a:ll again,will please addte-s .e> • : , ."
caul tawtpltt will be stnt. Ml g; ,
shipping order : and all orders w ill i
tention, i V (•;• >, •
Montrose, l'a., iter. 20, Ik. ..
UIS H. r II r\ T
Will open the Third Term ot ie-i s,-. ;
Street, on Monday, Feb. 12, m,-
TfilM- PEE GL AKTI.!:.
Common English Bran Tie- . .
Higher " " , .
French (extra)
No -Kt i charge tor Latin.
School year of 42 inti (oa
Much experience, and considerate,
oiisi-rvation in ditlt-reut netboda
Miss Hi'sr to offer her -erv . ...
a certain degree of eonfiden-'e. Unev . ;
:es given it required.
Towanda,Feb. 10. 1866.
GOODS VT
I' R1 C K :
•- i'ALL ANF' SEE AT
MONT.tVi-.
Feb. 5, 1860.
YEW \ND FRESII GoOlk
■l4 Just received.
A FELL STOCK OF GROI'KRIE<
Bought for ('ash.
WHICH WILL BE SOLD AT A SMAU AbV. v
Thankful for past lavots, I would rcspe:
my old triends that I hope by strict attention .
prices to merit a coDtinnance of thi-i- favfr-
Towanda. Feh. 2. E, T. ;
issEsr r II \ M -
DRESS MAKERS, TOW ANit.i. i.l
Over Eddy's Clothing Store. 3-1 Stop r-f-r • -
vices to the latdies. confident that a knr nwf--
the most desirable facilities, with or. n
tesy will ensure satisfaction.
The latest fashions received regul.uTy . a •...
Deaorest's shop, New York. Part
Bc-qnining. Btitchisg done to order oct.t4
REMEMBER THAT GOOD .:
Seeds only, produce g• id vegetal It-. •. •. •
wil! sell ge od seeds just as cheap a- you i
and buy your supply at .- IX:
/AAUTION-ALL PERSONS ARE HE!
\J bv cautioned against puirhasii ■ v '
Alexander Keete and H. 1.. PatktoH.l". it . -
bearer, dated Feb. 3,166. i-t $lOO paya . ••
after date. We have not re eived any ••• t
-aid note, and shall net pay the -ante unless
by law. of which all persons will lake uut: r.
A LEX AN DEIf KEE-
Orwell, Fen. 9, kdO. H. L. PARK.
\ NT El! ESTIXG TO FARMERS
I
From the various Agricultural prim-.a -:
most farmers have become aware o* the va-t -
oi the Guodrith Sitdimg Potato'' 1 ' • • .-
in their immense yield, exceedingly <x
use or for feeding stock . and free iT-ia.-
disease. Such well knowu qualities are inn -- -
win for the Goodrich Seedling l'oiait - -
than any other potato heretofore kii 'wn.
ply can now be obtained by applicati at It i'
Drug Store, at the hMowing rates :
Early Goodrich -
C.leason I "
Calico 1 50
Cuzco Ik
Pink Eyed Rusty Coat
Garnet Chili at "about the market j-rh-e.
The Cuzco has been known to vi.l tfm-heis '-
acre in drills; the early Good:! 1 : '
er- fietween 300 and 100 busiu '- tfcf
soil in Bradford, with proper tiliase. t--' v vi'.l o
over Job bind;.!- to the a ic. Whoever • J ->
plants any of the above varities, will <
fortunate in having sei-nred !.- seed at -
high prices. DR. H. C. D'kTE'
Towanda. Jan. 1. "6.'i
\ TIIK N S EXCHA N■ K
This large well known and lav rite hole.. " '*f
opened for the accommodation of the trsv
ityias been refurnished and refitted wi:it
ieirce tor the (-"nilort of guest.-- the table —;
supplied w ilh the best the market all ic> :
will be spared to give entire satisfaction u *
rotiize the house. A tew desirable ro< :! -
ljorders. ri. E SMITH. - :
_ Athens, Pa., March 32, iB6O.
QTQLEX. —From tlie subscribe!
O 6th, 1666, TWO NOTES, signed K M ?> L~
I for $420, dated Sept., 13.1865. dae Marc! .
6)ne tor f 100, dated Sept. loth, 1-6). n ,; " ■
1566. Payment having been stopped. , .-s
Browntown, March 14tb, 1566.
t GARDEN SEEDS,—AS THE Q' 1
T and age ot seeds cannot le told D : ', r ,
ance.it la of course desirable to parcha-e '-J\.
are known to be reliable. It will "
fiectlott I think to convince any per- a '
that sends seeds all over the country to be
mission, taking back all unsold, isle- tiW? ! .. .
good seeds, than one which sells their sere
thus having no old seeds on hand La-i ' Ti
a qnantity ot UuM't CeltkraUd Stetif a u
tried them 1 think wjllaot be satisfied to r-'
old stock o! commission seed-.
T have t his season a large stock of rite 4 .
seeds, audi hope to be able to sutyt.v >"• *"
them with fit *t elasx frrtk and . 'o- ' . T
March 7,'66. ® -
TIES FOR THE RASLWAY fbom 1^
WANDA TO STATE LINK.
We wi-h to coutract for ties tor ih - 1 :
be delivered on the line of the road alon- .
during the winter. We prelci to have them .
ed at ami above Towruda. bat • ill :<rj ' ' il '• gH
the Canal at all points north of Meslmpl*® j e ;
county, at tates that will equal tlrosc P l '-'i ■
along the rail line. We v;ih a'l white . ,
hut we will buy hemlock, and young.
chestnut ties, all to be 10 feet long. nothruß i:: -
inch lac; iu lull leugtu. For wliitc auu ! " l '., ,
S inches thick, full 6 inch face wcwilll'J)
For the simn wood. 6 inches thick
Hetnloi'k 8
('o. 6
Chestnut 8 " M
do. .........6 . hand v
Delivered on bank j Carral above 1 waui
unloading in parcels of .'bono en U imlc- • jg , *
Oil the lath to 20th of each month 'or >-
up to the first ot the month) and ]
recte-i by our agent-who inspect thetn ~
need a quantity ot pine ol long letm'h- -
oak in various shapes. Wn H M-ig-'U- ...
will coutract for ties, and will inspect
John Kalrnr, David Raliin. '.hit M itianv-' 1
C. Smith, of Athens.
Athens, Dee. 8, 1865.
RUTABAGA TURNIPS, swkd -
i also Beet and Cairo! See - by the P" 1