NEWS FKOM ALL NATIONS. j
—CHRISTIAN* BERGER, the murderer of Miss
WATT, at (ioniumtown, and who was sentenced to
lie hung on ther 27tli of April, was found dead in
in his cell 011 Thursday morning. It is said that
his death was the result of natural causes.
- -The returned soldiers and citizans of
Pottsville, will celebrate the first anniversary of
the surrender of Lee, on the Uth of April.
The Borough of Pottsville has no debt
and has a surplus in the treasury au enviable
state of things, truly.
—The railroad from Emporium to Buffalo,
N. Y.. has been place under contract It will be
au important feeder from the whole Lake region
through this city to Philadelphia and New 1 ork.
—The Lawrence County Journal says
that Louisa Blackburn, the girl found in the hay
stack, in North Beavertown, has been removed
from Mr. Rodger's t<> Mr. Wilson's, in Mount
■Fackson, and when last heard from, she was sitting
up sewing. Her limbs were almost healed.
On Saturday last, John G. Molliuger,
Mail Agent 011 the Reading A Columbia Railroad,
was arrested by S. 15. Rowe, special agent of the
I'ost Office Department, for tampering with mails
in his custody.
-The Lebanon Couriers ays: "We un
derstand that the iron ore deposits in Deny town
ship, Dauphin county, on the Lebanon comity
line, is now attracting much attention, and from
tbe accounts we have of it is certainly deserving
the attention of iron men. The quality of the ore
liemetite. Extensive ojieiations will commence
again as soon as the ground is fairly open.
—A youug man named George Grub
was drowned near Columbia, last week, bv going
over the dam in a boat.
Lydia J. Fetter has been appointed
mistress aC Southampton, Bucks county, to fill
the vacancy caused by the disease of her father,
Casper Fetter.
—llou. George Cliambets, one ol the ex-
Judges of the Supreme Court of this State, died at
t hambersbnrg, on Sunday last.
Robert Toombs, of Georgia is prepar
ing to settle in Mexico, and will, perhaps, become
one of MAX'S noblemen.
M rs. Elizabeth Ball, of North Carolina, j
lias been sentenced, by a military commission, to
one year imprisonment in the Penitentiary I'm kill
ing a negro.
Recent rains have washed the cover
ing from 12,0(10 Confederate dead on the fields of
shilo and Corinth. The Cnion dead were proper
ly iuterrei and were not uncovered.
The house of the arch traitor Pierre j
Snule, of New Orleans, has been restored to him
l>\ (ten. Howard. It has been used for two years i
is a colored orphans' asylum.
—The colored children stolen in Lottisia- j
11a, and sold into Cuba, have been reclaimed and j
recovered by the Secretary of State.
—The important enterprise, inaugurated i
last year, of connecting the Minnesota Central !
with the North Missouri Railroad, by the construe- ;
lion of a new line, called tlie lowa Central, across ;
lowa, thus making a continuous line of rail direct i
from St, Paul to St. Louis, .seems to be under j
full headway, with every prospect of a successful
consummation.
—Gen. \\ W Wood, the leader of the j
Brazilian emigration scheme, has renounced -his j
adopted country." and become again a citizen of i
Adams Country, Miss. The Natchez i'vurkr, of!
tin 21st, announces him as having been elected j
County Attorney, in the place of John S. Holt, i
Esq., resigned.
The Supreme Court of Ohio lias deei-'
ded the highly important case of the City of Clove- '
land is. The State Bank of Ohio, for the recovery !
••1 sgoO.iMMi of Lake Shore Railroad stock, lent by '
(lit city to the Akron branch of the Cleveland and
Pittsburgh Road. The decision was 111 favor ot
the city.
\n attempt was made on the night of
the 2llth to burn the freight depot <>l the Indianap
olis and Cincinnatti Railway Company at Indian
apolis. \ discharged employe, named Dennis
I.aiigely. was arrested in the net of firing a mass
•f eoniliustibh matter which he hail placed under
I lie Building.
Mi \ nlk, Ihe ( liicago sculptor, has
completed the xuarbh bust o! LINCOLN, upon which
he has been engaged lot sonu moiit • and which
he intends to -••ml l'or . \hibition to the great
World's Exhibition of Industry and Art at Paris in
lsi.7.
—llou Cave Johnson, one ol the oldest
citizens of Tennessee, tor many years a Represen
tative hi Congress, and Postmaster-General under
.billies K Polk, is now a candidate for the State
Senate from the I'lnrksville District.
Stime smugglers el' cigars at Boston
w. re so unlucky, the othsv day, as to offer for sale
.1 choice lot. just l'rom Havana, to the Government
Inspector of the article.
Col. Dalilgren, son ol the Admiral,
will shortly head a scientific party, to explore the
mineral resources of I'tali and Montana.
—By a late order of the War Depart
ment the Military Dopar ment of Missouri has
been divided into two parts. Maj.-Gen. John
Pope will command that portion designated as the
Department of Missouri, with headquarters at
Fort Leavenworth . and Brig.-Gen. MeCook the
Department of the Platte, with headquarters at
1 finaha, Nebraska.
The Newark AJeerli.ee states that
.Senato 1 Wright is till confined to his house. He
had intended going to Washington to vote on the
Stockton ease, and had a carriage at the door to
take him to the depot, hut Lis lnalth would not
permit the join m\. It is doubtful ii he ever ri
mes his seat in the Senate.
-—Tim Galveston papers say that real
date Las greatly advanced in that city. tene
ments and lots ait selling for more than thret
times what they cost ton years ago. Meanwhile
trade is good, and the grain market is rapidly fill
ing up by importations of corn. In thousands of
bushels from New-Orleans.
The Galveston JtuUetin says a large
part of three companies of tilt Forty-eighth Ohio
Regiment stuck, d their arms the other day slid re
fused t" do duty. 011 the ground that orders from
Washington for th-ii muster out had luen disre
garded. Colored troops arrested and now guard
the insurgents.
-Green, tin Maiden -(Mass.) murderer,
lavs made a second confession of his guilt, but
denies having long premeditated the killing of his
victim.
—lntelligence comes in of heavy tires at
the South, tin* town of Darling. S. < ~ having been
almost totally destroyed.
—The remains of the late Senator Foot
. have reached Rutland, Vt.. and were re rived with
appropriate ceremonies.
—AII antimony mine and deposits of
chromic iron have been discovered in the town
ship oj Garthlv. Cal. Gold has recently been dis
covered in the same vicinity. Access may be ob
tained to tin locality in question by following the
Gosfard roai.
111 ' ' • Uhainplin, a well-known
and respected mtizeu ot Wlutestowu,Oneida Coun
ty. N. V., committed suicide by banging himself
in Li- bam on Wednesday morning last. He Lad
.airly been in pool health and low spirit*.
Galvaston advices o! tb<- 2'JtL report
fßrattfoiil Reporter.
Towanda, Thursday, April 5, 1866.
WOTHEH VETO.
The loyal people of the country arel
shocked by another veto message from
President Johnson. The propriety of vest
ing the Executive of the nation with the
veto power has always been questioned by
many of our soundest statesmen, and those
of mil Presidents who best understood their
duty, have been the most careful in exer
cising this power, believing that it should
never be called into requisition, except in
extreme cases, and then only when doubt
ful measures are adopted by doubtful ma
jorities for doubtful expedients Indeed,
the express object of the veto power was
to prevent corrupt and unconstitutional
legislation, and not for the purpose of en
abling a vindictive Executive to gratify
the personal spleen he holds towards cer
tain members of Congress, or to thwart
honest legislation because it does not suit
his peculiar whims, and no President of the
Cnited States has ever had the hardihood
to veto two measures in so short a time,
tl at passed by such large majorities, as
did the Freedmen's Bureau bill and the
Civil Rights bill. The presumption which
leads our Executive to veto a bill that has
passed both Houses of Congress by a vote
of two to one, must be excessive ; and none
other than one thus surcharged, would talk
to the Congress of the United—two-thirds
of whose members are his equal in intelli
gence in ability, and patriotism--as does
President Johnson, in this veto of the Civil
Rights bill. It sounds as if its author re
ally thought no one had ever before under
stood the constitution.
But, it was our purpose in referring to j
the veto of the Civil Rights bill,to examine S
the chiet objections urged by its author to ;
this measure. He sets out by questioning j
the propriety of depriving the rights of j
federal citizenship, because it ha.*> never hern !
dune he>'<>ee ! (pieer inference. According j
to this theory, a principle of right, or a law |
to protect light cannot be adopted, if the j
right and the protection were not in exis- i
tence before ! This puts an end to all law- j
making in future.
Then it is held, that as all native born :
persons are citizens of the ( nited States
by the .constitution, it is not necessary to j
declare this tact by law. And pray, Mr.
•Tohnson, what harm will this Civil Rights i
bill do, if it only expounds, or conforms to j
the constitution ? But says the President, :
if this is a mistake, and the persons made j
citizens by this bill are not such already, is j
it sound policy to make them citizens in j
view of the fact, that eleven out of thirty- i
six States are not represented in the gov
ernment when this law is enacted ? This '
is quibbling. For the President knows j
very well, that if the clevi 11 rebel States j
were represented in Congress, they could !
not hinder the passage of this bill, the re- j
publicans having a majority over copper-I
heads and rebels combined. And, inde- :
pcndonPuf his consideration, there remains !
i the important fact, that when the eopper
: heads and rebels get a majority in Con
gress, as thev sav they will before the
. n ...
next President is sworn in, they can repeal
i this law if they see proper. But above and
beyond tiiis, the President declared, shjrt
ly aftei taking the oath of office, " that
i treason was a great crime, and should be
punished and the citizens of the eleven
States, which lie now claims are not repre
sented in Congress, committed the boldest
and the most outrageous treason that was
cvei laid to the charge of any men. This
is unquestioned. Nor have they been pun-
I ished for this : and instead of punishing,
the President, who wasso fierce only a few
months ago to "punish treason," now com
plains that laws are passed without the
purtieipuiioii ol tin rebels, thus coinplain-
I ing that criminals are not rewarded instead
of punished. What a change has come
over this man's dreams? Why does he not
complain thai the jails and penitentiaries
I are not represented in Congress ? More
wicked and villianous crimes were commit
ted in any one of the eleven rebel States
during the rebellion, than were committed
in the whole country from its organization
to tin present time; and we have a Presi
dent who complains that these monstrous
vidians are not represented in Congress!
Well, we do not admire his taste, let alone
the justice of the tiling.
Then he objects to making the treedmen
citizens because he doubts whether they
have tin requisite qualifications ; and ar
gurs that as foreigners are placed upon
probation before allowing them the priv
ileges and immunities of citizenship, the
Civil Rights bill discriminates in favor of
the blueks against the foreigner, as by this
law this probation is not required of the
freedmaii. \\ e hold th.s discrimination to
be right. first, and chicliy, because thisis
the freedmail's native land, as much so as
President Johnson's. The white man holds
citizenship as his birthright, and we exact
probation aud sworn allegiance from foreign
ers because no immunities inhere to them
when born : therefore the negro slave has
just what the foreigner has not, to entitle
him to citizenship, and needs only its ac
knowledgment by law ; but in his zeal to
strike at those members of Congress who
will think and act for themselves, our Pres
ident overlooks this marked distinction.
Besides, the freedmeu gave the nation ma
terial aid in its death struggle with the
rebels : it is even believed by many who
saw and know most of their heroic devotion
and sacrifices, that their assistance turned
the scale in our favor, so that the natiou
was saved by their timely valor, thus earn
ing, and proving themselves worthy of cit
izenship. for it he who otters his life as a
sacrifice lor his countiy, is not entitled to
citizenship, no man is.
Next the President attempts to draw a
comparison between the freedmen and the
foreigners as to then respective fitness for
citizenship, and although he lauds the man
Iv virtues (•'' ho latter, and depreeiates the f
heroic bearing of the former, is singularly'
unfortunate in lii.s comparison. So strange
ly short-sighted is he, that he seems to en- ]
tertaiu tlie idea, that those who have intel- j
ligence and interest enough in his message j
to read it, will believe that the thousands
upon thousands of the poor, oppressed vic
tims of British tyranny, who flock hither
from the bogs and fens of Ireland, who
have never slept on any other bed than that
made exclusively of straw, never saw a
common knife and fork, a chair, a house-1
floor made of boards, or any other common
necessary of civilized life, know more than
the negro who was lately in bondage in
America. The President may believe this,
but no man who is fami'iar with the pover
ty, degradation, ignorance and oppression
of the Irish people, does; and, in our judg
ment, a man who is not lamiliar with these i
facts, is not fit to be President.
Further, the author of this veto message I
is much exercised because the Civil Rights |
bill attempts to make the black-man, the
soldier and all, the equal belore the law, of
the white man, the muscle-eater of Ireland
included, and assumes, that because the
federal government passes a law to inter
fere with the State laws which discriminate
against the black man, it may make laws
to interfere with another, or all the civil
regulations of the States. This is a far
fetched inference, and the argument drawn
.
i therefrom, is unfair. Now, what are the
1 tacts of the case ? By the Proclamation of
the President, and by the Amended Consti
tution, the slaves were made free men, and
the government positively promised to
protect them in their freedom. It is, there
| fore, bound to secure to secure to these
frecdmen their liberty. But, if the federal
! government cannot pass a law interfering
; with the State laws which enslave them,
! her promised protection is of no avail. It
is known to the President, that in the
; States where slavery obtained, laws have
j been passed virtually re-enslaving the
; blacks, and by what authority is this to be
prevented, if the federal government can
j not interferelie asserts by inference,
! that if Congress passes a law interfering
witli State laws which discriminate be
tween the races, it may pass a law to in
! terfere with other State laws, and there
fore, Congress can do no such thing. Queer
logic for a President to chop out by whose
act the right of habeas cor pas is suspended
in these very States where the freedom of
j the blacks is interfered with, because of the
! lawless character ot the people. The priv
ilege of the writ of habeas corpus is the
most sacred of the freed men's lights, and !
is a part of the States organic laws, and it
can only be suspended in time of rebellion
or invasion. None of these conditions ex
ist, yet it is suspended, and by the Presi
dent's authority. Then according to his
own logic, lie can suspend all other State
laws, and his act suspending the habeas
corjti's is therefore illegal. Vet, we believe
t.;e suspension of this writ in the more re
fractory rebel districts is really called for,
but his particular aigunients against the
Civil Rights bill, stultifies his act in the
premises. Resides, it ignores the whole
| power ol the general Government over the
States, the worst State's rights doctrine
j that was ever preached.
Aside from all this, the rebels in a great
! many of the districts of their respective
I States, are treating the freedmeu most vii
! lianously,defrauding them out of their wages
| for work, whipping and killing them, and
the white perpetrators of these outrages
| go unpunished, in some cases because no
laws have been enacted to protect the
i freedmeu, and in others, because the judges,
juries, and all the whites, make common
J cause in screening the criminals. .lust as
\it was in Utah after the rebellion was
j quelled there. The government officers un
! dertook to punish offenders. Hut all were
Mormons, and Mormau jurymen would not
I convict Mormon criminals. So now in the
j rebel States, only more so ; and for every
j case of criminal violence in Utah, hundreds
I occur in the South against the poor blacks,
' and hence the necessity for the provisions
jof the Civil Rights bill. The President
j however, is alarmed for the safety of the
i country, because the graceless scoundrels,
; who commit these outrages upon the freed
men, and the traitorous jurymen, judges
j and law-makers, who connive at and screen
I the criminals lrom punishment, are all to
| summarily dealt with by the law he vetoes.
|lt is not the nigger that is in the fence
now, but Thaddeus Stevens. What a mis
j serable perversion of justice is here exhib
ited. The poor black man is at the mercy
of his hateful, revengeful, criminal master,
who has earned the gallows a dozen times,
j and is inflicting on his helpless victim cru
elties which a double died traitor alone can
conceive and execute, and when Congress,
in conformity with the promise of the Gov
; eminent to protect the freedmen, passes a
j law to this end by a \ ote of two to one,
I and among its supporters many of the
' ablest constitutional lawyers of the land
this sage President of the United States,
; whose antecedents on the goose question,
peculiarly lit him for legal disquisitions,
raises constitutional objections to a meas
ure called for bv every consideration of
duty and right ! He is afraid that bad
men may pervert and abuse this law, a
thing that is done every day, with almost
all laws. Better pass no laws at all, be
cause they will be perverted and abused.
Sage adviser ! he holds that the laws
which regulate capital and labor will ad
just the difficulties between the late mas
ter and slave. Yes, the slave does the
work, and the master cheats him out of his
wages. Pretty adjustment indeed, and the 1
laws passed to compel capital to pay its
labor, will, according to this message,
tend to widen the breach between these I
two interests, and finally leave the latter
out of employment. We suppose that by |
this is meant, that the black man had bet- j
work if he don't get pay than be idle.
And the following, one of the concluding
sentences of this message, deserve special j
notice, and is befitting the whole document, j
'Tn all our history, in nil onr experience as |
as a people living under Federal and State |
laws, no such system as that contemplated
bv the details of this bill, has ever before
I
been proposed or adopted." Remember, j
this is one of the reasons given why this j
bill should not become a law Nothing like c
it has ever before been done in our coun- 1
try, therefore, it should not now be done. 1
Oli, profundity of logic ! We never before
had a si ive-holder's rebellion to suppress. ;
We never before had hundreds of thons- j
amis of masters of slaves bereft of their 11
chatties, spiteful because of their loss, and
revengeful to the last degree because their ■
chatties were loyal, attempting to reek ,
vengeance for disappointed ambition and {
loss of property, on poor defenseless freed- '
men. We never before had four mil- 1
lions of freedmeu, as destitute and ig
norant as it is possible for so many people ■
to he, needing food, clothes, protection and j
employment, thrown on the government. 1
Therefore, no such bill as the Civil RifHits '
]
hill, was ever before needed. But the
President does not see this, lie only sees (
that never before was such a measure pro- ]
[ posed and adopted, and therefore, con
! eludes it ought not now to be sanctioned. 1
THE CONNECTICUT ELECTION.
The election which took place in Connect
! icut, on Monday last, resulted in the sue- j
| cess of (Jen. lIAWi.Ky, the Itepubl can can
i didate for Governor, by a majority of about j
1000, and the election of a Legislature j
I strongly Republican in both branches. The [
! glorious result is achieved after a most!
j spirited contest, and in spite of the most i
; adverse circumstances. Gen. 11. was what
jis known as a "Radical," sympathizing j
I with the people and Congress against the j
j the usurpations of the President, and the
! power and patronage of the National Ad-!
j ministration has, to say the least, been un- j
j friendly to his success. In the cities where
| this influence is most powerful, it has been
j unmistakably exerted against the Republi- j
! can candidate, but the rural districts have
j nobly stood by their principles. The New
! York Times, edited by RAYMOND, has been j
I engaged in a guerilla ware fa re upon HAW-
J I.F.Y, occasionally sending a poisoned shaft,
| or occasionally doing worse, by saying a '
I word ol faint praise.
We trust that the Connecticut election
! will do much towards stteling the unhap
| py difference between Congress and the
I President, by showing the latter how ob-!
j noxious his "policy" is to the masses who
j elected him Vice-President, and the deter-'
! initiation of the people to sustain the men
I and measures which put down the Rebel
| lion.
THE Pit ESI DENT'S PROCLAMATION.
President Johnson lias issued u proela
! mation announcing the final closing of the
j war. the complete achievement of the ob
jects for which the war was begun, the
full recognition by tlie Executive of the !
Southern States as part of the I'nion, the j
termination of military jurisdiction in all ;
but one State of the South, Texas, and the j
restoration of the writ of halteaa corpus. J
The effect of this Proclamation will be
the withdrawal of our armies from South-j
! era territory, and the recognition, by the '
j President, at least, of South Carolina, as a j
j State on the same footing with Pennsylva-1
! nia.
I B&" it is well known by the Georgia j
J authorities that the Frcedrneu's Bureau 1
I takes cognizance of cases ill which freed- .
| men are concerned, notwithstanding which
■an attempt was made in Macon, a day or !
! two since, openly to resist the Bureau au-1
thority. Judge Burnett ordered two freed!
men thrown into jail upon the same charge, j
Capt. Lock, representing the military, or-1
dered them brought out, that the case !
might be investigated. The keeper ol the j
prison obstinately refused to obey the |
summons and would not give up the freed- j
men until a tile of soldiers was sent to re- i
lease them, if necessary, by force. Judge j
Burnett was informed that no case in which j
freedmeu were concerned would be finally
adjusted without investigation by the mili
tary authorities.
Very I event advices from Florida
j represent an excellent state of feeling pre
-1 vailing there between freedmeu and em
-1 ployers, and several papers in that State,
as well as private letters from two leading
members of the Legislature, all declare
prejudices agaiust free labor are rapidly
passing away. Members of the Legisla
ture give it as their belief that negroes
will certainly work, anil say all right-think
ing men are coming to same conclusion.
A disastrous tornado passed over
a portion of Montgomery County, Ind., on
Tuesday night of last week. The wife of
Mr. Henry A. Foster, who resides near
Parkersburg, two of his children (the third
sleeping), and Miss James, daughter of
Matthew .Tames, visiting at Mr. Foster's,
were instantly killetT. The residence of
William Myers, one mile west of Ladoga,
was unroofed, fiis barn badly injured, and
about 100 acres of line timber totally de
stroyed. The brick house of William
Frame, north of Ladoga, was badly injured
and his barn totally destroyed. Ilis loss
is reported at some $4,000. M. |>. Ander
son also sustained considerable loss in the
way of timber and outbuildings. Further
east the dwelling of Mr. Zach Pel Hey was
destroyed.
THE GREAT RAILROAD CASE.— .Justice John
M Read, Jon the 2tßh of February,(made a
decision in the matter popularly known as
the suit brought by the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company against the Atlantic and
Great Western Railroad Company.- The j
points of decision are : 1. That the Atlan
tic and Great Western Railroad Company
is null and Void. 2. That the Atlantic and
Great Western Railroad Company has no
authority to contract to build the railroad j
specified in that contract ; nor has the I
Western Central. Decrees were ordered
to be drawn accordingly.
FROM WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, D. C. March 2!, IMUU.
The breach between the President anil the domi
laut Party in Congress is continually widening,
iis veto of the civil rights bill, which upon its
iassage received almost the entire Republican vote
if both houses, has given new cause of alarm to
he friends of the Union, and has caused a fresh
aspiration of hope to its enemies of a 1 phases
;hroughout the entire Country. It is t a he ex
pected that the democratic party who supported
VlcClellau for the presidency upon the Chicago
platform, which declared the war a failure, will now
is they see that the country is about t he robbed
jf all the moral results of the triumph of the
["nion arms by the treachery of an accidental Pres
ident, rejoice over the prospect, and became elain
. rous Johnson men, notwithstanding their virulent
dulse of him while he manfully sustained the Un
ion cause as Governor of Tennessee. This course
is consistent for them, and is in perfect keeping
with the action of the party ever since the war be
gan. It is not surprising either that every ex-guer
illa chief, and every rebel of lesser note should be
found now singing praises to Andrew Johnson.
Opposition to the friends of the half million union
dead who gave their lives that the country might
live ; to the millions of loyal Union soldiers who
have survived the shockof[the rebellion and return
ed to their homes,thousands of them maimed for
life : to the entire loyalmasses who stood around
President Lincoln during his entire administration,
and aided in carrying the Country safely through
the storm of war,is now the bond of union l>y
which every phase of hatred against what they
please to designate "radicalism, is to be united
in favor ol President Johnson.
The President announced early, and reiterates it
almost daily, that "no man will be considered my
friend unless he supports my policy of reconstruc
tion, therefore it follows that us the. returned 1 n
iou" soldiers, the friends of the Union dead whose
bones lie bleaching upon a thousand battle fields ;
and the great Union party generally,do not protess
to support the peculiar policy of the President for
restoring the rebel states to the Union ; and the
democratic party and the ex-rebels do profess to
support it, they are his friends and he their friends.
I believe their is a fair statement of the ease ;. cer
tainly this appears to he the condition of affairs at
present, and looking at them from this stand point.
I am led to believe the contest must he "fought
out politically upon this line. ' and therefore every
man may as well prepare to take his place as his
convictions of right and duty seem to dictate. I
might perhaps have more respect for President
Johnson and think him less a usurper, when he
dictates to Congress that "my policy and none
other must be supported, were he not exercising
the Presidential prerogative by mere accident.
It is a fact worthy of note that the President is
not supported in his policy by the Union men
elected to Congress front the State of Tennessee.
Messrs Maynard, Stokes. Leftwitch, and the real
Union men of the South \vh J have never at any
time been rebels, are now opposed to the Presi
dent. It seems strange that he sh<>uld commit so
base a betrayal, but so it is, and so it has been with
every accidental President.
From present indications there is little doubt
that the Civil Itigkts bill will be passed by a Con
stitutional majority notwithstanding the veto.
The case of Stockton claiming a seat as a senator
from the State of New Jersey, which was decided
by the Senate on Tuesday last, adversely to his
claim, has excited much interest here for the past
week. The Legislative Convention of Xew Jersey,
which gave to Mr. Stockton the certificate of elec
tion by which he claimed his right to a seat, was
composed of eighty one members, and a standing
rule based upon a provision of the State Constitu
tion, theretofore that it should require a majority
of all the votes cart to elect a quorum being pres-
ent. This convention foreseeing that it would be
unable to elect in accordance with that rule, an
nulled it, and proceeded to elect and declare Mr.
Stockton elected, which he had only received a
plurality over any one candidate,he having but for
ty out of the eighty-one votes cast. The whole
question of Mr. Stockton's right to a seat, turned
upon the Constitutionality of the action of the Con
vention in annulling the majority rule: and al
though there was a difference of opoiniou among
lawyers in the Senate upon this point, the Senate
decided adversely to Mr. Stockton's claim, and lie
goes out.
This afternoon both houses of Congress have ad
journed to attend to the funeral obsequies ol' lion.
Solomon Foot, United States Senator, from Ver
mont. who died at his residence here, yesterday
morning at eight o'clock. The Country now
mourns the loss ot five members of the JSth Con
gress, who have died since the adjournment 4th of
March, 1805, and all of whom voted for the Consti
tutional Amendment abolishing Slavery through
out the nation viz: Hon. Jacob Colhuner and Hon.
Solomon Footeof Vermont, oftheSemite, and Hon.
James T. Hale of Pa. Hon. Henry Winter ]>avis of
Maryland, and Hon. Orlando Kellogg of New Vork
of the House, have followed the lamented Lincoln
to. their last resting place, leaving behind them,
like him, a "record which will live forever in Ameri
can History.
Who that heard the eloquent eulogy of Mr. Foot
upon the death of his late Colleague, Mr. Collanier,
delivered in the United States Senate on the 14th
of December last, thought that lie would follow
him so soon? Yours Respectfully,
A NOTORIETY HESTER. —The slory of Ster
ling King, who is in prison at Louisville,
that he was the man who killed President
Lincoln and attempted to kill Mr. Seward,
is a curious instance ol the thirst for no
toriety which afflicts certain weak minds.
It was clearly shown on the trial, at Wash
ington, by Laura Keene and others, that
the assassin was Booth, they knew him
well, and could not be mistaken. It was
also shown that the person who attempted
to kill Mr. Seward was not Booth, or any
one who resembled him. Taking it for
granted that this King resembles Booth,
which is not even averred by the Western
papers, and allowing that Miss Keene
might have been mistaken, it is certain
from the time at which each assassination
took place, that the same person could not
i have perpetrated both. 11 King was the
man who attacked Mr. Seward, he was
not the person who killed Mr. Lincoln. In
addition we have the fact that on the trial,
! at Washington the counsel of Payne ad
| mitted that he was the man who attempted
!to kill Mr. Seward, and the defence was
■ that he thought the murder would be justi
! fable. It is suggested that King made
| these "confessions" in the lope of escaping
from civil custody, in which he now is,
upon the charge of stealing horses and ve
hicles, in expectation that he will be turned
over to the military authorities, hoping
I either to escape from the latter or to be
' discharged upon his assassination story
being proven false - But the idea that he
could gain a release in that manner is so
unreasonable, that unless we accept the
theory that he is insane, the only hyothesis
must be that he expected in some manner
to make himself notorious as the perpetra
tor of the infamous crime.
BA son ot Sheriff J. T. Barnes of
Wayne County, Pa., came to his death by
poison on Thursday of last week. The lad,
who was 0 years of age, is supposed to
have mistaken a medicine, one of the prin
ciple ingredients of which was laudanum,
for some harmless drink, and to have par
taken freely. The fatal error was not dis
covered by his parents until he was found
dead. ;
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS
WASHINGTON. Wednesday, March 28, I HII.
alter tin: READING 1
of the journal Mr. Sumner announced the
death of Senator Foot, and moved an ad- i
jouinment, wtaich was carried. !
HOUSE. —The bill providing for the settle
meat of the accounts of public officers, and
the resolution in regard to trade with Cana
da, were passed, as was the bill to amend
the internal-revenue act. A resolution in
structing the Judiciary Committee to re
port upon the propriety of providing by
law that no new members shall partici
pate in any business of the house until he
shall take the oath of office. The bank
rupt law was taken up and rejected
yeas nays TJ. It will be reconsidered.
The Committee on Public bands were in
structed to inquire into the expediency of
extending the operations of the laws regu
lating the sale of United States coal lands
to the sale of the iron lands of the Govern
ment. The bill to subject Indian lands in
Kansas to the laws of the State was deba
ted :ud then tabled. Consent was asked
I to introduce an amendment to the Constitu
tion declaring the power of Congress to lay
an export tax on cotton, but objection was
made. Adjourned.
Thursday, March 2'J.
SENATE. —It was ordered that IT copy of
the proceedings in reference to the seat of
Mr. Stockton be sent to the Governor of
New Jersey. Mr. Poland, of Vermont, an
nounced tin/death of his colleauge,Senator
Foot, and offered a resolution, which was
adopted, that the Senate attend the lunei
al and wear the usual badge of mourning
during the remainder of the session. Al
ter the ceremonies the Senate ad journed
until Monday.
HOUSE.— The death of Senator Foot wa
announced by a message from the Senate,
and after resolving to take part in the fun
eral ceremonies, the House adjourned uu
| til Monday.
jay The National Fnitarian Conference j
i has postponed its annual meeting till the
j next Autumn. The Western Unitarian j
! Conference meets in Buffalo during the
■ present month. The Southern Methodist
| Conference will hold its session in Xcw-
I Orleans, beginning on Wednesday of this
week.
Xctu
TREASURER'S SALE OF UNSEATED
X LANDS IN BRADFORD COUNTY*.—In pursuance
! ol an Act of Assembly passed the 111 th day of March, i
: Islo, and other Acts of Assembly, will be exposed to
i Public Sale at the Commissioners Office in Towutidi
j Borough, on the second MONDAY in JUNK, A. I)
! IstiC, the tracts of unseated iand described in the follow
ing list, unless I lie taxes and costs tip : 1 the same an
I paid lietore that time.
; No. Acres. Warrantee names. Taxes
ALBANY TOWNSUM'
111 Andrews Joseph, 8 90
107 Barrow John jr.. 10 40
84 Rear Able 8 19
93 Rush Moses * 9 ll*
250 Wagner & Hints 34 On
COLOMBIA.
10,s Welling Charles, ; 28
FRANKLIN.
100 Kdge Samuel, 73 lo
171 Edge George, 50 80
400 Hardy James, 73 10
400 Hcrdy Andrew . 72 10
409 Hardy Simon. 72 10
400 Hardy Nathan, 72 10
400 Hardy Paul. 72 10
400 Siddons Samuel. 72 10
400 Siddons Joseph, 72 10
32.7 Siddons James. 38 SO
17."> Siddons Peter, 31 50
LITCHFIELD.
120 Beck Frederick, :: 00
I.EROY
300 Antis Henry, 03 45
202 Betis Frederick, 14 24
387 Douglass Andrew, 81 78
407} Morgan Jacob, so 28
413 Pleiler George P- 29 05
417 Price John, for 1802 and 1803. 27 24
417 I'rice John, for 1 sr.j and 1855. ss 13
524 Wi4ter William. 09 30
181 Witzell John. '.B 21
200 Beck Henry. 11 lo
MOXBoK.
: 400 Anderson Samuel. is 40
i 391 Ander4n Joseph. 29 55
361 Benner Jocob, 14 09
390 Benner Jacob jr 37 45
78 Castator Frederick 7 48
172 Ellis Marcy, 10 50
97 Gray William. 9 03
400 Hampton Robert 18 40
50 Hopkins Robert, 4si
200 North Samuel. 19 20
400 North Teter. is 4'
400 Shotts Peter. 38 40
400 Shotts Frederick. 38 40
400 Shotts George, 98 40
2-o Wallace Mary, 20 -s
100 Woodruff Hannah 9 60
• OVERTON.
343 Bet/ Henry. 63 87
343 Betz John. 63 87
343 Betz Joseph. 63 s7
34.3 Betz James, 63 -7
f 400 Bjson Henry. 74 40
373 Coo'.ey Samuel. 09 Ot.'
400 Cooley Joseph. 74 40
i 400 Castor Harmon, 74 40
400 Castor Joseph, 74 40
342 Edge Peter. 63 87
100 Ellis Marcy, 18 60
172 Edge George. 31 99
343 Fritz Samuel, 63 -7
400 Hardy Samuel, 74 40
375 Hardy James, 09 66
225 Hardy Henry, 40 66
1 390 Harris Ann. 72 52
400 Hollinsworth Stephen. 74 40
375 Moore George, 69 65
400 Moore Paul, 74 40
393 Moore John, 73 16
200 North Samoel, ,37 20
100 North Johnathan. 74 10
200 Palmer Thomas, 37 20
400 Seeley Peter, 74 40
' 400 Seeley Joseph, 74 40
400 Seelev Henry, 74 40
225 Siddons Peter, 41 79
75 Siddons James, 14 00
400 Tempte George. 74 40
400 Temple Samuel. 74 40
400 Temple Peter, 74 40
180 Woodruff"Hannah, 33 48
TL'SCARORA.
72 Keeier John & Co., owners. 1 84
150 Shumway & BarrowclifT, owners. 3 -3
56 Tidd Henry, I 42
35 Porter James, 88
TERRY.
272 Baldwin James, 15 lo
337 Cortright Cornelius. 13 18
383 Cortright John, 21 28
231 Davenport Daniel, 12 84
301 Davenport Cornelius, 16 69
ALSO—In pursuance ot the provisions of the Act of
General Assembly, passed the 29th day ot April, A . D-,
1844, Section 41st, at the same time and place will be
exposed at Public Sale, the tracts or parcels of land or
real estat%designated in the following list, unless the
taxes due upon the same or costs are paid before that
time.
-t 2= X r- < a >
£? i> ° > o e S c p
5 > F £• 3 g g
ll i.3 §. §.s ' I
ATHENS
1 1864—A lute J A H, 1 lot, 1 lot, 45
I .... Beebe Arthur, 32 32 45
I .... Camp H W., 14 It 42
ALBASY!
j 1863—Boyington O. G., 100 100 900
Nichols Edward, 100 100 9 00
j Wyman Orlando, (19 60 165
I 1864—Babcock William. 10 10 34
| .... Boyington OG, 100 100 24 50
... . Beeraan John B. 106 100 14 54
] .... Gard John, 148 2 146 26 96
| ... Nichols Edward, 100 100 22 00
! .... Hinman J. B. M., 100 ino 17 50
ARMENIA.
i 1863—Ballard O. P., 313 j
: .... Stockwell Charles 200 * 200 300
1864—Stockwell Charles, 200200 30 60 '
Ballard F. L." 80 80 10 05 .
i Boyle Michael, 30 30 374 J
| .... Cain Michael. 30 30 .3 60
: Strait E. 8., 60 50 826 |
ASYLUM.
' 1863—Ward C. L., 100 400 9 90
1864-Cook Joseph, 50 50 90
Hewett Charles. 49 15 34 1 29
I .... McAffe, 134 134 180
, Foster John. 50 50 1 35
I Vanderpool William, 24 24 65
.... WardC. L.. 400 400 8 10
lit Rl INOTON.
1868—Ward C. L.,* 35 35 61
1864—Woodruff J. F., 54 54 2 04
BUHL INOTON WEST.
1864—810w James, 37 lo 27 1 54
CANTON.
1863—Armstrong Geo, 27 27 88
i Cuugblin Michael, 50 14 36 193
llorten John, 40 15 25 3 12
| .... McCarty John, 30 30 160
Tubman Henry, 25 10 15 78
' Walsh Thornrs, in 40 15
Nero
GRANVILLE
1863—Ibtxton Clarenden, \\j,
.... Kellev J. 8., L<;
LITCHFIELD. V '
1863—Kellogg Moses A H. C.B ,0
OVERTON. "'' 7
1863—Campbell G. W., 50
llinman A Park, 400
.... Wilibime Augustus, 50
1864—Camp Henry. 50 i„
.... Hinman & Park, 450
Willhime Augustus, 50
.... Camp Ij;vi. 50
ROME.
1863—Camion J. L.. estate 20 | ,
mwaaaax.
1864 —Brooks Solomon, 5
.... Brighara Charles, H'seAlt ilLu , 1.
.... Fay Justus, jr, , IM ,
.... Hunt B T 25
Powers John, :;o w, ■' j.
.... Ricky David, 1 | - 1 ' | ,
sMITIIEIEI.iI.
186J—Baker S S 49 ;
1864 -Griffin John, 25
.... WJlhelm Henry. 50 f,,
BOOTH I TEKK " 1
1863—Clymer Thomas B 90
.... Marshall James 50 I.
.... Harwell W B 100 I"
.... Hathaway A Griffin, 410 .i
Boughtori E F 50
1864 —Clymer Thomas B 90
.... Churchill Orvillc, 52
.... Callan Eliza, 10
.... Gustin Samuel, 34
.... Hathaway A Griffiin, 440
. Marshall James, 50 '6
.... Preston Ebenezer. 100
Sullivan Dennis ' 50 . 2:
.. . Webber Ira, 4
TROY BOKO.
1863—Boyce James 1 lot 1
TROY TWIN
1864—Bakter Charlotte 20
TOWANOA TWC.
1864—Bishop Andrew, 13 ~
TERRY. ' li
1863—Crow Edward 100
.... Chapman E G 32 j. ' ' ! 1'
.... Yctter Gabriel, 100 .
1864 —Bennett Charles. 50 " - .
Crow John, 100
Dodge Wallace, 32
.... Johnson Rjy
Johnson Charles, 9 >
.... Shoemaker Ira, 50
.... Yetter Gabriel, 100
. . . Crandall Edward, 00
TUSCABOKA.
1864—Overton Nelson, 2o
W'ILMOT.
I 1863—Adkins F B 50
! May Wiliiam, 6 lo
Shaffer Jacob,
1 1864—Barnes Dovatha 16Q
j .... Churchill Asa. 56
Dickerson Perry 4o
j lakcson Elias, 25
j May William. Kn In -
Lewis Abram, ] 4<>
! .. McKemon Thoinos 50
j .... PhelpsS D il4
j .... Shoemaker Mary A I . ••
WELLS.
1863 —Hathaway A Griffin, 900
1 kB4 —Hathaway A Griffiin, 900
—*No. Acres returned by Collector
N.B —Notice is hereby given that an a;a
i cleut tu pay taxes and cost wi 1 be repaired '.7
, case where the land is sold, at the time 01 -i...
less term- are complied with r!n- land.- w. .
! posed to sale. •) PERRY VAXFLEET Tr.,7..
Treasurer's Office, April 2. l-oo
j p O R S A L K
1 350 l ACRES CHOICE PINE TIMBER BAN ,
4 miles from Towauds
LAND UNSURPASSED FOR FAIiMLV. PUK; •
Pine Umber estimated a' 3.000.060 feet, Hi
. 2,<;b0,000, Besides oak, maple, and >th
For particular-, impure 01 -JNO -ALTiHR-H
April 4, lsG'i. Athei, r.
DIS*SO L U T ION. -The c
heretofore existing under the nam. ". j;;
phrey A Co.. expired on the 21th day 01 Mar 1-
j limitation. The Book-. Note-, and v.aa:-
I firm have been assigned to Humphrey li:v.
alone are authorized 10 collect and settle the MM
persons indebted are hereby notified that m •.
men! mil I Ite mode. IRA I!. BL'l.l
J.E. DAY TON
Surviving partner- <.i ih late firm >•' J I>. U
1 A Co.
CO PARTNERSHIP.—The busiuc-s
/ by the undersigned under the unme : H: .;.i
--1 Itrotliers, at the old stand formerly ujiied
1 Humphrey A Co. IRA B. HUMPHREY
CHAb. D. HUMPHREY
' Towanda. April 2, 1*66.
' piIOTOG RA FII IF CALLER:
1). W. HUGHES
1 Informs the public that he has removed his Phot-...
; ic Gallery, to Montanye's lot east side 01 Main St..:
doors below Beidleman's Block, where be i- a.-
1 pared to take Photographic Likenesses in the h -
1 style of the art.
' Ambrotypes, Melainotypes. aud Fereotypes .a (
'aken in a superior manner.
A good assortment of Photograph Ainu 111- el -r
--style, kept constantly on hand. Aiso Plutograpii
-1 distinguished puhli "men, military and civil, f-.c >/■
Being now prepared to take Likenesses in th -
1 manner, he is confident that h>- .-an jive -U '. :
' all who may call.
' Towanda, April 3. 1866
r IST OF LETTERS REMAINING IN
AJ the Post Office at Towanda, Pa., lorth
, i:>g M uch 31 1-66 :
Cranmer J F -l atin-.n Ah e (Foreieo)
1 Condon Jamc- Suuds E B
Dunham E M Schriner - .e .:;.
t Hart .fared 'SeamunMary
1 Prentice S Tumbler Charle
-1 Shoemaker Alice Weber John
ay Persons calling lor any -d the v. Ic.te
. pletuse say "Advertised." and give the date of ft '
vertisement. S. W. AIA OR.
_ March 31. l-t-6.
TO THOSE ( ONCKLNEc
O Having changed my businc—, lam
1 all matter-that arc due me, either by
,* judgment or otherwise. : ho-o concerned c
. pay up without further notice. L I- MJOP:
1 Rome, April 2 IB6C.
The business will hereafter lie continued ind
-1 firm of
t
j MOO D V A C 0
! Who are now receiving a large ~ad sp'. .!
! meat of
)
; x k w <1 0 o i> -
j Which has been purchased since the
1 C. 1! EA T DE C LINE IN f. 1) 1. I 1
' Which will he sold at the veiy
t
I LOW ES T M A l{ KF. T PR I
1
J FOR
1 CASH OR PROIU'CE
t
| Consisting of everything that is kept .n a
Store. Such as
STAPLE AND FANCY DRV COOPS
READY MADE ci.oTiil v '
HATS AND OAFS.
ROOTS AND
CROCKERY, STONE-WARE
WOODEN AND WILLOW W\!' 1
GROCERIES,
PROVISIONS
PAINTS. 01124, OYE STUFF,
DRUGS AND MEDICINE- LEATfIU''
FLOUR, PORK, FISH FARMING TOOh-
TIN WARE, SASH, GLASS, HARD n ' Al:
CUTLERY', IRON. STEEL. CI Ofi -
AC., AO.,
moodv A
Rome, April 2,1866. —3m. ——'
J i TU E N S EXCH AN 0 E
This large well known and favorite hotel, b -
opened for the accommodation ol the ,ra%t a vet-
It has Ih'CII refurnished and refitted with ft
ience for the comfort of guests. Ihe table • .y ;
supplied with the best the market affords, ano
will be spared to give entire satisfaction "■ •
ronizethehou.se. A tew desirable j, ri ,ii'r
borders. G. L H.
Athens. Pa., March 22, 1866.
LA OR SALE -The undersigned
T sale his HOUSE and LOT situated oa iu ■
j i the south end of the borough of lowat.ua.
made kuowi< by calling on the subscriber, v KC
fowanda. March 26, 1666.