NEWS FROM ALL NATIONS.
—Justice Agnew, of the Supreme Court,
is quite ill, bis sickness preventing him from occu
pying his seat on the bench.
—A friend who has justcomplotod a tour
of observation through a dozen of the midland
counties of Pennsylvania, reports that the pros
pect for tell republican-State ticket is better now
than it was last year.
—The Hon. H. S. Lane,U. S. Senator from
Indiana, peremptorily declines being a candidate
for re-election. Increasing years and failing health
are given as the reasons for retirement.
The Delaware County Republican has a
long and ably written article, urging the election
of Colonel John \V. Forney to the t'uited States
Senate in place of Mr. Cowan.
—So far no answer has been made to the
incrimination of President Johnson in the matter
of selling military railroads on credit and then re
fusing to enforce payment.
—Brevets having been conferred on all
officers now in service, the President has com
menced on a class who were mustered out two years
ago.
—The anthracite coal trade of Pennsyl
vania is now 700,000 tons larger than at the same
date last year.
--A tornado on the 4 lb nearly demolish
ed the freedmen's village on Port Royal island, S.
C. Forty houses were demolished, and thirteen
persons were severely injured—two mortally. The
damage on St. Helena Island was reported severe,
St. Helenaville being nearly destroyed, with sever
al lives lost and many injured.
—A hail-storm which occurred at Roches
ter and vicinity on Sunday proved very destruc
tive to the young vegetation as well as to buildings,
and it is said that several animals were killed. The
lightning struck the chapel iu Mount Hope Ceme
try, where many persons had taken refuge, but no
one was seriously injured.
—Great distress is said to prevail in ma
ny parts of Louisiana overflowed by t e recent
floods. The Acadians who reside along Grosse
Tete and the neighboring bayous lost their crops
last year from the same cause. This year they
were struggling hard to make up in part lor the
mischances of the previous season, but author
flood has swept everything away.
—I he Grant House, at Franklin, Penn.,
was destroyed by fire on the 10th instant. One
waiter-girl, in her fright, leaped from the fourth
story of the hotel, and was taken up dead. Two
other girls are missing, and it is feared have per
ished in the flames.
—T he Washington Republican (organ of
the President) intimates that General Hancock will
be placed on the Johnson ticket for Governor in
Pennsylvania to defeat Geary.
—Captain Ap Gate- by Jones,who left the
United States navy to join the rebels, and com
manded the iron-clad Virginia, has been appoin
ted chief of ordnance of the Peruvean navy.
A desperate baud of "Knights of the
Road" are reported us prowling through Georgia,
committing outrages of the worst description.—
Several arrests have been made and summary pun
ishment inflicted.
-—A slaughter-house has been erected
near Chicago, to do the entire slaughtering of that
city. It is 270 feet long by 175 wide, and is three
stories high, and can work off daily 15,000 head of
cattle, hogs and sheep.
—A man in Nashua, N. H., recently lost
his "beloved companion" on Saturday. He bur
ied her on Sunday, procured a certificate on Mon
day, and on Tuesday was again enjoying the pleas
ures of married life.
—A Copperhead editor exclaims, in view
of the increasing strength of Republicanism. "Un
less the pieoplc respond we are lost!" Then by all
means, good people, don't respond. Let the fel
low be lost, for the country will be none the poor
er.
—The Maine Legislature has passed a
law allowing any person who shall place a trough
by the roadside, into which a stream of water shall
be kept constantly running, a deduction from Lis
txs. Cannot our Pennsylvania Legislature do |
the same tiling?
—The Government have a warded a con
tract for raising the vessels in the river and harbor
of Savannah, which were sunk by the rebels to ob
struct the channel. The gunboats and other ves
sels were scuttled and sunk at the time tkp city
was evacuated. There are in all about twenty,
some of them valuable, with all their gnus and ar
mament on board.
—ln Bedford county, Tennessee, whole
fields ot corn and cotton -iave been laid waste by
the cut worm, causing hundreds of acres to be re
planted. Recently the army worm has made its
appearance, and is committing extensive ravages,
many farmers arc becoming thoroughly dishear
tened .
—lt is reported at Nashville that the
body ot a noted guerilla, named Tom Morrow, a
leading in. uibcr of Harper's gang, has been found,
riddled with bullets, by a road in the woods near
Gallatin, Teiin. His horses was found galloping
over tlie country. It is unknown who killed him.
—The merchants of St. Louis gave a
great banquet to the representatives of the mer
ehunts of Mobile on Monday, May 21st. The
guests were numerous, and it is expected that
the festivities will be followed by tangible results.
—The east front of the State Capitol at
Harrisburg, is rapidly approaching completion.—
When finished, it will add to the beauty of that
part of the city. The new iron fence for the Fonrtb
street front of the Capitol grounds is now being
made, and will be reltdy for erection in a few
weeks.
—li has been decided that no bounty or
back pay can be paid men who deserted from the
army, or to their representatives, notwithstanding
the deserter may have subsequently served out
his term of enlistment. The Rill which has just
passed Congress excludes deserters from the bene
fits thereof.
—The House Judiciary Committee is
still engaged upon the case of Davis and Clay and
their complicity in the assassination and other
plots. *Considerable testimony has been taken
dnring the last few days as to their guilt. There
is no doubt ot it in the minds of leading members
of the committee, and all reports to the contrary j
are untrue.
—A highly respectable young man, John
H. V oster, committed suicide iu Green township,
near South Bend, Ind„ on Tuesday, by shootiu"
himself. The deed was inspired bv the fact that a
young lady to whom he was engaged to be married,
refused to consummate the engagement.
—The laying of the corner-stone of the
Douglas Monument at Chicago has been postponed
from the 13th of June to the 4th of July, when it
is intended to make a grand affair. The Masonic
Fraternity will conduct the cermony.
—The boat with which the four boys
started for the C rib in the lake at Chicago on Sun
day last has been dii/.id ashore, badly broken in- '
to pieces. Nothing has l>een heard of the boys,
they were undoubtedly lost.
The Canal hoard have directed the
Canal Commissi',ners to temporarily appropriate
the aten ot Owaar.o reek, at I'ort Byron, and
conduct such a maybe required tonus-I
U "<* Ofc IU Jordan ami I'ort Jlyrou
!*'*-* 'A Ik* Brie Csmd
JStadfotd . JUprtjet.
Towanda, Thursday, May 31,1866.
NEC Titans os RECONSTRUCTION.
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Two articles on re construction recently
met our eyes, in both of which an argu
ment is attempted in favor of the i tamed i aha
admission of the rebel States, and a full
restoration of all civil rights to the people
thereof. These are leaiug editorials in pa
pers professing to be neutral in poletics, or
perhaps, as they would rather havb it, in
dependent of partisan organizations ; and
as both are moderate in tone, and generally
correct iti sentiment on the main issues of
the day, we propose to point out some of
the errors they have fallen into in the pro
ductions referred to.
It is bold in one of these articles, that
the rebel States are doing wrong to the
blacks in withholding from them the right
of voting, and wronging the Free States in
claiming representation for their whole
population, thus securing Congressmen and
Presidential electors, in many cases, with
half the votes required in the Free States ;
but that it is better, ou the part of the Un
ion men, to allow the rebels to inflict these
wrongs, than attempt to correct them. The
reason assigned for this is, that this wrong
doing of the rebels, in these particulars,
will be a standing condemnation to them,
and that they never can succeed in elec
tions while the charge of these wrongs
rests against them. This is a singular
doctrine fur a paper of character to advo
cate, and is strongly refuted by the recent
experience of the country.
When the southern people, as was the
case up to the hour of the rebellion, were
in the constant practice of the wrongs here
referred to. they never failed in their elec
tions. indeed, in later years, none other
than the most violent propagandists of
these wrongs could succeed at the elec
tions. All ought to know this fact ; and
in the face of this, we are now told that
that the southern people cannot succeed at
elections so long as they withhold from the
blacks the right of suffrage, and hold rep
resentation on a non-voting population,—
Marvellously sagacions that. Then the
same paper tells us, that the republicans
can succeed in politics, and carry the elec
tions, by having these wrongs to charge
upon the rebels, while if the Union men, by
national legislation, do away with these
wrongs, they will lose this advantage, and
be inevitably ruined as a political organ
ization. In lßoti, the Republicans had
these, and many more and greater wrongs
to charge upon the South, and still failed.
What does the Pod say to this ? It can
not have forgotten that important election.
Besides, whoever before heard, that doing
right hurt a man or a party ? According
to this theory, the putting away of slavery
will work ruin to the Republicans. Some
school boy in experience must have written
this article. The moral power of doing
right is of no avail in politics, tested by
this standard. Out upon such moonshine.
For ourselves, we like the standard of
right, and desire that our party be guided
by no other If, as the Post sajs, it is a
great wrong to deny to the blacks the right
of voting, lot the republicans legislate the
wrong out of existence as speedily pos
sible ; so too, ot representation on a non
voting population ; and so of all other
regulations of the slave code. The recti
tude and moral sense of the people will
sustain such action. As a party, we had
rather go before the voters of the nation,
having had the power, and corrected these
wrongs, than having refused, or neglected
to do so, merely lor the sake of having
these charges to array against our polit
ical opponents ; and with what kind of
consistency, and effect, could the Republi
cans chaige these as wrongs upon the op
position, after they had the power, and did
not correct them ? Surely some neutrals
are wiseacres in politics.
The other article referred to in the be
ginning of this notice, appeared in the Ex
aminer and Chronicle, the New York City
Baptist paper, which has been publishing
popular essays under the head of "Thoughts
on Current Events," and under which this
appeared. This production is the more
plausible, and is penned by a clearer head.
It sets out by asserting that the country is
impatient for a settlement of the re-con
strnction question ; and, that the people,
North and South, are suffering in their bus
iness affairs by its continued agitation. In
making this assertion this paper is prob
ably guided by what is known of the sen
timents of those engaged in commercial
pursuits, or those immediately influenced
by them ; hut this is only a small portion
of the people of the country —perhaps one
seventh —and we do know that away from
these marts, and among the great mass of
voters, no such feelings prevail, except
among those who sympathise with the
South. In addition to this, it is only a few
months since the writer • t this article con
tended that there was no necessity for hnr
ry in this matter—indeed, that haste would
be fatal in settling such grave questions as
are involved in the re-adjustment of the
country after such a terrible conflict, ami
such sweeping away of old laud-marks
for the reason that time was required to
learn the temper of those we had to deal
with, before proper measures cenld be ma
tured ; and the experience of the last tive
mouths has clearly proven this to have
been a correct view of the case. Besides,
the evidence from all sections is that at 110
tune has there been more general prosper
ity. in peace times, both North and South,
with limited exceptions, than we have had,
in town and country, since the suspension
of hostilities. Whilst therefore,as a general
rule, it holds good that the agitation of
questions affecting the organization • f so
ciety, is detrimental to general prosperity,
the present controversy about re-construc
tion, is certainly an exception, and the Ex
aminer's averments to this effect fall for
j this reason
But. it is objected, that by the plan of!
the ou. Re-construction, the ad-'
justmeut ot the question is virtually post
poned until ■ 4th of July 1810, because
by one of tin roposed conatitntioual ani
eiidmepts, those who voluntaiily adhert d
to the it aid
comfort," shall te excluded from the right
to vote-for .members of Congress and Pres
idential Electors, until" thafr datei*wldch it
is alleged will' effect nedjdy the whole
population of the South, thereby protract
ing, in - place of removing, the present
trouble*. We caunot think so. It is the
very way to arrest agitation. In the iirst
place, to allow unpunished rebels to return
to their civil rights, will vex into severe
censures, if not provoking agitation, two
thirds of the nation; and, in the next
place, the restored rebels will be so inso
lent and overbearing in assumptions and
demands, that the country will be driven
into new commotion. The present conduct
of the rebels places this beyond doubt.—
While on t e other and, the denial of po
litical rights for u few years, vyill teu4 to
bring sober reductions to the turbulent
spirits of the South, and it will be in con
formity with the wishes of the loyal people
of the entire country. Then whose fault is
it, il' by this disfranchisement, in uy of the
southern districts can send no Congress
men ? Their people committed the most
flagrant crimes, and is it wrong to punish
them for this ? And is the punishment, in
all conscience, Dot mild enough? Again,
is the Examiner not greatly mistaken in
the supposition that this denial of franchises
for four years, will exasperate and tend to
aleniate the rebels from the Union? Surely,
no people can display more bitter and
deep-seated hostility to an enemy than the
southern people have exhibited towards us
and the Union, ever since the close of the
rebellion ; and that which is of more ac
count in this argument, is the fact, that
this feelin,. has been intensified since the
President's policy of forgiving all, and
bringing all back with honors, has been
developed. This is inferenf ially admitted
by the Examiner, when it asserts "that the
feeling of the South proves that uncouditon
a! restoration would be attended with too
manv risks."
The report of the Committee on Re-con
struction would have suited us better if a
provision had been inserted amending the
constitution again tt the pretended right of
of secession ; but we could not agree to
substitute it for the four years probation
provision. The only argument favoring
such a change that has force, is that the
Hresident would agree to this, and this
would terminate the existing disagreement
between him and Congress. It might do
this, but judging from the temper of the
Executive, if this change was made to suit
him, h- would seek some other pretext to
continue the controversy. Resides, the Ex
aminer admits that the President's policy
has not been strengthened by the evidence
tukci),hefure the Committee on Re-con
struction as to the temper and conduct of
the Southern people, and that his speeches
and vetoes had rather done his canse harm
than good. This is true to the letter, and
shall the Committee, and Congiess, in ma
turing so important a me - sure, adjust it to
suit the policy of the President, when this
is proven to be unwise and unsafe ? There
would be 110 wisdom in this, if it was not
down right folly.
Again. Suppose, that by the immediate
restoration ol the rebels to all civil fran
chises, and their political union with the
democrats of the North (and this is just as
certain to happen, if now admitted, us the
the coming of election day), a President
and a Congress, according in sentiment
with such a condition, should be elected
for the next term, and such a contingency
; may happen, as all must admit, what
would be the hope of the country ? Would
Iwe not be overwhelmed, either with the
I rebel debt, or repudiation of our own, and
j the restoration of slavery, with a host of
I concomitants ? Surely these would he the
j measures that would be struggling into ex
j istence, if such a party obtained power.
! Now, is it wise, is it right, in view of the
| intcrestß of the nation, in the Republicans,
|to allow such a contingency to happen ?
i I)o they not <>we it to the nation, to tliern
' selves, to posterity, to prevent so sad a
1 calamity to the nation ? Is it not a duty,
j an over-ruling duty to all that is right aud
j noble in man, to prevent it ? And what is
i so likely to prevent it, so far as human
! agency is concerned, as to hinder the reb
j els from voting at the next Presidential
j election. They have committed grave
j crimes against the government and the
i people, (and they are threatening to coin
! niit more so soon as they get the power,)
| and should be punished. This is right be
i fore God and man ; and, if in their punish
i ment, especially as it is so light, we can
relieve the nation from further evil, what
| so popular and just as to disfranchise the
I rebels until the dangers of flic nation are
past? In view of these considerations,
does not the assertion of the Examiner,
" that a wholesale disfranchisement of this
sort is sure to he regarded as a measure
for keeping a particular party in power"
fail to have any weight? That paper
knows the nation has been saved by the
republicans, and it knows as well, that ruin
must come any how, if their opponents get j
power. Yet despite of right and duty in
the premises, the Examiner fears the con- 1
temptible charge of seeking to perpetuate, 1
power. Why, the m<>st faithful minist< rof
Christ, and the most earnestly devoted
journal of the Master's Kingdom, have of
ten mercenary motives laid to their charge, j
Are these to be regarded ? The Examiu-1
er's emphatic reply will be never, no never
and so is ours.
A NEW COIN.— Mr. Kassou's bill, which
has just passed both Houses, provides for a
new five-cent coin, which shall weigh five
grammes of the metric system. Three of
them will weigh about half an ounce, or
the weight of one single letter. It will also
serve for weights at apothecaries and else
where.
FROM WASHTNaTON.
WASHINGTON, D. C. May '2s, 1 T>.
The House of Kepresentative's passed to-day
(two votes only dissenting), the '' Bill to equalise
the bounties of soldiers, sailors, and marines, who
served in the late wo* for the Union," as reported
by General Schenck, Chairman of the Committee
on Military affairs. As this is a subject of much
interest, I give, you a synopsis of the Mil as t
passed the House :
SEC. 1. Provides that there shall be allowed and
paid to each and every soldier, sailor and marine,
who faithfully served as such in the army, navy
or marine corps of the United States, and who
has been or who may hereafter be honorably (lis
charged from such service, the sum of eight and
and une-third dollars per month for all the time
during which such soldier, (sailor, or marine ac
tually served between the. twelfth day of April,
eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and the nineteenth
day of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. And
in case of discharge from service on account of
wotin ds received in battle, the said ullowance of
bounty shall be computed and paid up to the end
of the term of service for which enlistment wus
made. And in case of the death of any such sol
dier, sailor, or marine, while in the service, or in
case of his death after discharge and before the
end of his term of enlistment, if discharged on ac
count of being wounded, the allowance and pay
ment shall be made to his widow if she has not
been re-married, or if there beno widow, then the
minor child or children of the deceased who may
be under sixteen years of age.
SEC. 2, Provides that there shall be deducted
therefrom any and all bounties already paid, or
payable under existing laws, by the United States,
or by any State, county, city, town, or other mu
nicipal organization, or by any voluntary organ
ization.
SEC. 3, Provides that 110 bounty shall be paid to
or on account of any soldier, sailor or murine who
served us u substitute, or who was a captured
prisoner of war at the time of his enlistment, nor
to any one who was discharged on his own appli
cation or request, unless obtained with a view to
re-enlistment, or to accept promotion, or to be
transferred from one branch of the service to an
other. And no bounty shall be paid to any sol
gier discharged on application of parents or guar
dians, or other persons, or on the ground of mi
nority.
Sue. 4, Prescribes the form of application for
bounty made under this act, requiring the appli
cant to disclose under oath, and under the pains
and penalties of perjury, what amount of bounty
from any source has been paid or is payable to
him.
SEC. S, Prescribes rules, where application is
made by any claimant through an attorney or
agent, limiting the fees or charges of agents, or
attorneys, to live dollars for any one case.
SEC. C. Provides that an attorney or agent who
shall receive a greater sum than five dollars for
the prosecution of any claim under this act, shall
upon conviction, pay a fine not exceeding five
hundred dollars, or be imprisoned for a term not
less than one year, or both, as the Court may ad
judge.
SEC . 7, Provides that when payments are made in
the form of a check, or draft, the claimant must
establish his identity ; and in no case shall such
check, order or draft, be made negotiable until af
ter such identification.
SEC. 8, Prohibits the transfer, assignment, bar
ter, or sale of discharges, final accounts, descrip
tive lists, or other papers, and such sales are made
null and void as to any rights intnended to he con
veyed.
SEC. 9, Limits the time of filing applications un
der this act to two years from the passage thereof.
The settlement of accounts under this act to be
made in the same manner as now provided by law.
The " Bill to establish a uniform system of
Bankruptcy throughuot the United States," passed
the House on Monday last by a vote of 80 to 59.
This proposition was twice defeated by the Thirty-
Eight Congress, and has been once rejected dur
ing the present session, and would scarcely have
passed the House now, had the members all been
present. The Senate will b ardly consider it this
session, to the exclusion of more important and
pressing legislation.
Mr. Eliot Chairman of the Select Committee on
Freedmen reported on Tuesday last, a bill to con
tinue the Existence of the Freedmon's Bureau for
three years. The House had it under consideration
during the morning hour, on Wednesday and
Thursday, and postponed the future consideration
of it until next Tuesday. It will beyond a doubt
pass both houses. Several of the features to
which the President objected iu the former bill,
are materially modified in the present one. If it
is passed, the President will be afforded another
opportunity of approving this measure, or of de
nouncing Congress, and illuminating the public
mind upon "my policy," in another veto.
The it (.construction Resolutions, are being dis
cussed by the Senate, but a final vote upon them
will hardly be reached within a week. No doubt
is entertained of the ir passage.
The responses of the Cabinet officers on Wed
nesday evening last, to Mr. First Assistant Post-
Master General Randall's Serenadere, is regarded
here as exhibiting a disposition on the part of the
President anil his special friends to come down
from the high position upon which they have been
perched. The almost unanimous rejection of "my
policy" by the party who elected Andrew Johnson,
may gradually bring him to his senses.
I am Yours, Truly,
COMBE.
ug- Secctury Stanton did not, either iu
Cabinet meeting or any where else, give
his assent to the Presidential programme
of reconstruction. The report to that effect
was prepared in the Executive Chamber
and sent to f he Associated Press. This re
port was followed by another from the
same quarter, stating ii the Secretary was
not there consenting, it was due to himself
and the public to come out and say so. It
was simply a trick to draw hint into a posi
tion where he could be charged with "de
nouncing the President." It did not suc
ceed. What next ?
{ftaju On the night of the 22d, three men
entered the house of Mr. Levi Harbour,
about three miles soth of New-Berlin, San
gamon County, 111., and, after binding him,
his wife and son, who were asleep at the
time of the entrance, robbed the house of
$750 in gold, about SBO in Rilver, and
$1,020 in greenbacks and decamped, leav
the occupants of the house bound. They
remaihed in that condition until released by
the neighbors next morning.
8®- Gov. Brownlow writes to the Nash
ville Press that the people throughout
East Tennessee, with the exception of a
few localities, are quiet and peaceable. In
some cases discharged Union soldiers have
been killed by bushwhackers, who are be
lieved to be returned rebel soldiers. Ly
ing reports of the persecution of former
rebels by Union men have been sent to
Washington, and persons have been sent
by the Government to ascertain the facts.
Among these commissioners is Gen. Gran
ger. The Governor says nine-tenths of the
people are for the Franchise taw, and will
see that it is carried out.
EUROPE. —The steamship City of Boston
ft nd the Aleppo reached New York Sunday,
with one day's later news from Europe.—
The war question was still unsettled, luta
general impression was prevailing that the
maintenance of peace was somewhat more
assured than at previous advices. Rumors
of an approaching Congress continued to
circulate ; but Italy and all the German
Powers showed no signs of relaxing their
warlike preparations. An interesting de
bate on the bombardment of Valparaiso
took place in the British Parliament on the
15th iust. The financial panic in England
was rapidly subsiding.
The Conservatives are fussing be
cause Chief Justice Chase will not go down
to Richmond and call on the trial of Jeffer
son Davis for treason, until the President
shall restore the Civil Law to its proper
supremacy in Virginia. How does the
case stand ? The President, some weeks
ago, formally proclaimed Peace as existing
in all the revolted States, except Texas.
Upon what plea, then, does he maintain
martial law outside of Texas ? Was his
Proclamation a sham, for some low party
end? Ii martial law is still rightfully su
preme in Virginia, why does not the Presi
dent order Mr. Davis before a military com
mission ? If Peace actually exists, then
Chief Justice Chase is right in refusing to
hold bir- Court uuder a cannopy of bayo
nets.
WHAT STARVATION MR DAVIS ENDURES.—
The dispatch from Fortress Monroe, (riving
the regular hill of fare furnished for .Jeffer
son Davis, is perhaps the best possible an
swer to the nonsense of the Copperhead
Press about his dreadful sufferings. Here,
for instauce, is his Sunday "starvation
BREAKFAST—VeaI cutlets, poached eggs, (two.)
wheat and corn bread, butter, sugar, milk, and
coffee.
DrNNT.n —Broiled chickens, stewed oysters, pota
toes onions, bread, butter, coffee, sugar and milk.
And so through all the week. Not one
in ten of the honest workingmen of the
country can afford such a hill of fare. It is
about time to stop the manufacture of sick
ly sentiment over the condition of a man
who is treated more like a prince than a
prisoner.
WSL- At the time of the explosion of the
nitro-glyceriue iu the yard of Wells, Fargo
A Co., in San Francisco, a lad was sitting
at liis desk writing, while plastering and
timber fell around, without so much as
hurting a hair on his head The sarue boy
was sitting on the paddle-box of the steam
er Yosemile, when she was blown up, on a
trip to Sacramento, and was blown entirely
across the river, when lie coolly swam
back to the wreck to offer assistance to
the less fortunate passengers.
Reports have been received at Chat
i tanooga of the murder at Resaca, Ga., of a
| Union man named Willis, on his way home
1 from church with his wife. Six men, armed
with guns, suddenly appeared on the road
side and ordered him to halt. One villain
levelled his gun, when Mis. Willis caught
the assassin's hand and the ball passed
over Mr. Willis' head. The rest immedi
ately fired, all the shots taking effect, kill
ing Willis at once. After cursing and
abusing his wife, the murderers fled.
RING OK THE TRUE METAI,. —The call of the
Republican Central Committee of Illinois
for a State Couv. ntiou, is addressed to the
j "Republican Union voters of Illinois who
| are in favor of keeping traitors out of the
halls of Congress, and of asserting and
maintaining the right of tbo loyal people,
through their Representatives in Congress,
to fix and determine the condition on which
States lately in rebellion shall he permitted
to participate in the government of the Uni
ted State s."
PROCEEDINGS OE CONGRESS
WASHINGTON, Thursday, May 24, 18G6.
SENATE.
The Senate directed a Select Committee
to inquire into the condition of National
Banks throughout the country. The West
Point bill was discussed, but not reached.
The Reconstruction resolution was taken
up. Senator Stewart of Nevada made a
speech, recitiug his objections to the Presi
dent's plan, and contending that universal
amnesty and universal suffrage formed the
only pla lof reconstruction. The people
should be trusted. The ballot was neces-
Bary to the self-preservation of the blacks,
lie would chain the disloyal whites to the
ballots of the loyal blacks. Mr. Johnson
moved to strike out the third section, dis
franchising the Rebels, —when the further
consideration was postponed. Mr. Sher
man offered an amendment to the Recon
struction Committee's report. Mr. Wil
son's resolution, appointing a historian of
the War, was considered, and relerred to
the Military Committee, when the Senate
adjourned.
HOUSE.
The House considered the joint resolu
tion passed by the Senate confirming the
rights of the negroes to their Sea Island
estates, but it was met by the morning
hour and sent over until Tuesday next.
Mr. Schenck announced that the Bounty
Bill had been revised All local bounties
paid to soldiers arc to be deducted from
the sums due them. An amendment was
adopted to the Freedmen'B Bureau bill con
firming the right of the negroes to their
Sea-IsTaud lands. The Tax bill was fully
considered. Ground coffee, spices, photo
graphs, ambrotypes and daguerreotypes
were relieved from taxation, while cigar
lights were taxed. Pending the considera
tion of the bill the House adjourned.
Monday, May 28.
In the Senate, Messrs. Wilson, Hender
son, Van \\ inkle, Johnson and Bnckalew
were appointed a Committee to investigate
the condition of the National Banks. The
bill to icinove land grants to the States of
Missouri and Arkansas, to construct a rail
road from the Mississippi River to the Tex
as boundary, was passed. The bill to facili
tate railroad communication was taken up.
Mr. Creswell's amendment that Congress
may at any time alter, amend or repeal
this act was disagreed to, bv yeas, 12 ;
nays, 1 J. Mr. Morrill made a speech against
the bill.
Iu the House Mr. Williams offered a res
olution, requiring the President to inform
the House whether any of the employes of
the Government have assisted in the rendi
tion of public honors to any of the traitors
either living or dead. Mr. Stevens iutro
duced a bill to enable the States lately in
rebellion to regain their privileges in the
Uqion, which was read twice and referred,
Mr. Stillwell offered a resolution, which
was adopted, direction# the Committee on
Invalid Pensions to report a hill extending
the provisions of the pension laws to Pro
vost- Marshals, Deputy Provost-Marshals
aud enrolling officers, killed or disabled in
the line of their duty. Mr. Schenck offered
a resolution, which was adopted, instruct
ing the Committee on Military Affairs to
inquire into the expediency of repealing all
laws authorizing brevet rank. Mr. Ashley
offered a resolution in favor of reducing
the number of District Courts. Mr. Julian
offered a resolution inquiring into the ex
pediency of providing a national militia
instead of a standing army. The Tax Bill
was taken up and finally passed, yeas ITI,
nays 11. Mr. Wilson introduced a resolu
tion of inquiry into the Government trans
actions in Gold since, Jan. 1, IX6O.
Jt'DOE Barreti' to be the Coppebhead Can
didate !—Cowan, Doolittlc and Clymer in
council. These distinguished Copperheads,
under the lead of that arch-traitor Cowan,
Doolittle (whose constituents liave also
asked him to resign his seat in the Seriate),
and Clymer had, as we are credibly in
formed,a mutual "admiration society rueet
ing," at the Continental Hotel, in Philadel
phia, a day or two since,at which timeCiy
mer was affectionately inplored to decline
as a candidate for Governor of Pennsylva
nia, and accept the position of Minister
Plenipotentiary to Some foreign court, for
the benefit of his health. Cowan was the
chief spokesman and ready to all the dirty
work—anything to distract the party that
made him respectable in life.
The appeal to Mr. Clymer to withdraw
was a bitter pill,but Cowan is said to have
been more earnest, solemnly assuring him
that it was an impossibility to elect him,
and Mr. Clvrner is represented to have fi
nally yielded. If this should prove true,
the majority of General Geary will be in
creased to one hundred thousand.— llarrix
burg Telegraph
Nero
A LIST AND CLASSIFICATION OF
■'A. persons engaged in the sale ot' Gods, Ware
and Merchandise, in the County of Bradford, lor the
year 1860 :
Townships, Names, Class. A't License.
Athena, I>. I>, Parker. 14 17 00
S. W. Simmons, 14 7 00
McGofly & Co., 14 7 00
D. Gardner fc Co., 14 7 00
A. Beidleman, 14 7 00
1 tbens boro', Wells A Page, 10 20 CO
E.Herrick, 14 7 00
C. A.J. W. Comstock.LJ 10 00
J. M. Ackeruian, 111 10 00
G. A. Perkins, Id 10 00
E. Aver ill, 13 10 00
Bpaulding & Wright 7 40 00
I). F. Park, 9 20 bo
Mrs. Hoyt, 1 4 7 00
George Voorhis, 13 1! 00
11. A.Kifl, 1.1 U 00
GeoL. Easterbrooks, 14 7 00
Carner A. Hull, 14 7(0
Asylum, U. Moody, 13 10 00
Albany, A. A S D. Steriger, 14 700
Miller & Quick, 14 7 00
Thomas Broun, 14 7 o<>
Burlington bo', R. Morley, 12 12 03
Long Broth rs, 12 12 00
L. W. Swartout, 14 7 00
C.D. Boss, 14 7 Oo
C. W. Cratimer, 14 7 00
D. H. Sweeny, 14 7 00
Burlington w"t. Ed h. Luomis, 14 7 00
Alba boro 1 , J. X. Wilson. 14 7 0u
Audreys A Palmer 14 7 (o
C. G. M.u Jy A Son, 14 7 00
Columbia, C. 11. Decker, 14 7 OO
A B Austin, 12 12 00
J Watkius, 11 7 00
CL Strait, 14 7 0o
Canton boro', O Rockwell, 14 7CO
H B Paisons, 14 7 00
Henry Morgan. 14 7 00
J Turner A Son, 14 7 00
Mix A Hooper, 14 7 00
H T Beard sley, 14 7 00
J B Granteer, 13 10 0y
S Dre i lu>s. 13 10 00
Wm H Braiue, 12 12 50
A Doty, 12 12 .-,0
J C I'latt, 14 7 00
J K Bullock, 12 12 50
H Tuttle, 14 7 00
A V Trout A Son, 14 7 00
J O Randall, 14 7 Ou
Spaulding & Dart, 10 20 00
J VanOyke, 11 7 00
B Woicott, 14 7 00
Canton twp., J M Poster. 14 700
| Franklin, Barclay Coal Co., II 15(0
Totvanda Coal Co., 13 lu 00
Fall Creek C. C., 13 10 00
M H Kilburn, 14 7 00
Granville, I. iJTiylor, 14 7 00
J T Learned, 14 7 00
C W McMnrry, 13 In 00
Herrick, Stewart Bros, 13 lu 00
Litchfield, John McKeau. 4 7 00
| Leßoy, H M Holcomb, 14 7 00
J Hart man A Rros, 14 700
C H Lamb. 14 7 00
A Roysc, 14 7 00
Leßaysviite, Mrs H M Nichols, 14 700
J F Bosworth A Son, 13 10 00
H Little A Son. 12 12 50
I Bosworth A Co., II 15 CO
L L Bosw'u-tb, 14 7 (hi
Miss C s Bosworth, 14 7 00
W 1. Robins, 14 7 00
Bailey's, 14 7 00
Lines A Vauderpool, 14 7 00
J P Carl, 14 700
Monroe boro, N S Cranmer, I I 700
A L Cranmer A Son, 14 7 00
H C Tracy, 14 7 00
Rockwell A Smith, 14 700
! Orwell, If J Taylor A Co., , 13 10 00
George Norton, 14 7 00
Kimball A Son. 14 7 00
H Gibbs A Son, 14 7 00
I. H Bronson, 11 15 00
S X Brousou, 12 12 50
Cass A Sibley. 14 7 00
! Oyerton, Wickerman A Co., 14 700
} Fike, J Burrows, 12 12 50
.... . E B Stone A Co., 13 10 00
Ridgbury, 1, B Gardner, 14 7 00
T L Woodruff, 14 7 00
A H Voorhis, 14 7 00
J C Robinson, 14 7 00
Evans A Hill, 14 7 00
Rome boro,' 1, I. Moody, 12 12 50
George Nichols, 13 10 00
Rome twp., 0 s Park, 14 7 00
South creek, C O Pitt. 14 700
J M Young, 14 7 00
L W Hammond. 14 7 00
Sylvanu boro.' Peter Monroe, 14 700
Smithlield, C B Biggs, 14 7 00
Friteber A Durfey, 13 10 00
E S Tracy, 13 10 00
... , E C Tuthill, 13 10 00
bhesbequin, Ralph Gore, 14 700
Kinney A Brigham, 14 7 00
Spnngheld, John MeKee, 14 7 00
W P Daly, 14 7 00
N S Matson, 14 7 00
M Phillips, 14 7 00
Standing Stone, I, E Bush, 13 10 00
C S Taylor, 14 7 00
H W Tracy, 14 7 00
James Espy, 14 7 00
Troy. Reuben Styles, 14 7 00
Troy boro.' S \V Paine, 12 12 50 •
X Rockwell, 14 7 0(j
Mrs C K Spencer, 14 700
Long A Hopkins, 9 25 00
S L Leonard, 6 50 00
B B Mitchell A Co., 12 13 60
M A Gates A Co., 13 lo 00
Jewell A Pomeroy, 12 12 50
F J Cjnklin, 14 7 00
C F Merry A Co., 13 10 00
SN A spin wall. 10 20 00
C Grohs, 14 7 00
G F Reddiugton AC0.,13 10 00
Maxwell A Leonard, 12 12 50
O P Ballard, 14 7 00
J Jacobs, 14 7 00
E C Oliver A Son, 13 10 00
Grant A Humphrey, 14 7 00
E H Rewey, 14 7 00
Newbcry, Peck, A Co. 6 50 00
Pierce A Seymour, 14 700
F L Ballard, 14 7 00
Towanda boro'. J O Frost, 12 12 50 !
Montanyes, 10 20 00 \
HC Porter. 1.? 10 00 !
H Mercnr A Co., 10 20 00 1
Wm K Hill, 13 10 00 i
A M Warner, 14 7 00 1
Barstow A Gore, 13 10 0o |
G W Coon A Co., 13 10 00 j
Solomon A son. 12 12 50 !
Wm A Rockwell, 11 15 00 1
Geo Stevens, 8 30 00 j
John Beidleman, 14 7 00 j
J A Record, 13 10 00 j
A M Bley, 13 10 00 I
J M Collini. U 15 00 j
Codding A Russell 8 30 00 ■
R M Eddy, 13 10 00
Wiekham A Black, 12 12 60 1
Powell A Co , 3 100 00
C B Patch, 7 40 00 <
Marshall Bros, A Co., 12 '? £0 '
J J Griffiths, 11 15 00 1
J W Taylor, 12 12 50
Pettes A Hovey, 12 12 50 !
Tracy A More, 11 la 00 '
ET Fog, 11 15 00 i
W A Charaberlin, 14 700 I
Mrs E Taber A sister, 14 7 00 i
Humphrey Brothers, 10 20 00
L C Nelson, 12 12 50
Wener A Dimant, 13 10 00!
John Shlam, 13 10 00 j
Terry, J L Jones * Co u
Uhrtwr. A WntJrtrt*, ' 7>
Jav/u ountil,
A Newell * f'o. ,1
Wysox, I. E Whitney, ' w
Newell * Jones, 1, j
W J! 7
VEt J K Piolett, l'i i f,-
Wellea, C L Shepherd *Co i ! L
:S B Beargwmt. ' ] ;
Windham, Wn. It Russell, u 1
Warren, Andrew Jarkwm tf ; '
John Murphey,
Hubert Cooper, m 7 y.
George W Talinadge. u U
Wyalusing. C 8 Lattrty,
Bishop * Taylor, j] 15
Clark Holleaback, li Hi.
A l.ewi,
J G Keeitsr, 17 15
G M Bixby, ... 7 i W
JPChambcrlin u L "
Wijinot, C 8 Stillwell, Trustee, It
Michael Kingsiey
BE Barnes. }, 7 o
Samuel Norconk, jj i
Israel Van i.urance, n
A list and cloaaigcation of Pensona , '
salt of Patent Medicine., Nostrum • w ■
of Bradford, for the year u l ' J ® Cot
Athens, RHerrichjr., 4
(• A Perkins,
Burlington, i) H Sweeny,
hong Brothers, . 5 .
Columbia, A B Austin, j ; i.
Canton. J B Oranteer, ,
GrauvUln. L D Taylor.
LeraysvUle, J F Bosworth, . 5 On
Orwell, S N Bronson, I
Bidgbnry, J C' Robinson,
Smithfield, E S Tracy, , 51„
Troy, 158 Mitchell k Co.. < it
G II Heddington, 1
Towaoda, It C Porter, j ' •>
Barstow * Gore, <
Sheshequin, Ralph Gore,
A list of Beer and Eating Houses ar.il t!
a;" —a ; S'" 4 • u ".-fe: ■■
Thomas McCarty, c
Burlington, B K huther, ' t
L W .Swartout. s
CIV Cranraer, . ;<
Bnrlington w'st, Jacob Grace,
Canton, IJenry Mougan
A V Trout a. sou, .
H Tuttle,
Fianklin, E Packard,
i Granville, P S Bailey,
J T Learned, H
Litchfield, S B Uarmcr,
Monroe, W 8 Cranmer, ,
A Mullen, .
S R Meri hew,
South creek, G W Dickerson, .
Springfield, John McKec, ' s
Troy, Henry Schumann, 3
Charles Grubs. V
Morgan k Wolf, S
J Joraiemou, >,
Cole* More, , 1"
Amos Pierce, <!
Tov.anda, Thomas Moore, g
I> B Bartlett, ..
Thomas Jones a
J S Allen, s
J O Ward, S
John .Sullivan, v.
| O II P Disbrow,
j She-hequin, Kinney * Brighan
Wysox, Wm Post.
List of Bankers inn] Brokers in t.i oautvo:
| ford, for the year 1-oG.
, Troy, * Pomeroy Brother*), ~.
| Towanda. B S f: -ei). y '
1 List of Distilleries and Brewer:. m ' '
Bradford fin- the year ItaiO.
Troy, J.GR F telje, DJs'yA
| Towunda, A I/Oiicr, Br" wei-v, . 7, '
. .A. Pitcher, aidutntnu Appr., .er ui la--
,of Bradford for the year i-'j'), do .hereby certify t '■
going to lie a correct list, of said oprah-we
. cTa-t Si. atioD ol tire a nv fa lie year tag,,.
bei iat the Treasurer's o;:i e in To J
Ls..i,,at 1 o'clock p. m. it. PIT' HL!
May 7, '00. Merchant) e Apprai—
A GENTS WANTKTt FOR OUR \
and beautiful work, lira Pic' Jfiai work ola ■
dotes and Incidents of the Rebellion ; Hetoi , l'j '
P bit' al,Romantic, Houinrous and Tragieai. Sale'
illustrated with over JuU tine Portraits aud htauti ■, i,
gravif.gs. This work for genial humor, tender , .
stailling interest,and attractive beanty. stand? p-■
and alone among nil >u Oonipeti'.on-. Tie afa v
Brave Hearted, the Pictaiv.-que and Lit
ty aad Murvcifnn®. the Tender and Path t: r .
oi i-nme and Story, t aaip, Picket, Spy. Sc mt. hivo■*
•uni Siege; .Startling Surprises; Woadtiia, iAao %
l-'amoos Words and Deed? of W.mi-a , -ti ~_J.
Panorama of the War are here thnliingiy anj •
ly i ortrayed in a masterly uianttet, at ontc
and romantic, rendering it the most anrpl
and reliable book that the war has called forth,
i aided officers aud soldiers, leaehtr.-. energew, .
men, and all in want oi protitable tin: iayoeat.it ,t
I this the best chance to make money ev-r ffertd. - .
i tor e ire alar and terms. KATiuNAL l'LßLkliiy.,
No. 507 Minor Street, Philadelphia, Pi— ..
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTR'E.-V
j TA. is hereby given. that ail persons in.eoitii tit:
! estate of E. RODABAUfiii, late ot Cantoa tj.. U
I cea*d, are requested to make immediate paymcu'
| those having claim against said estate will pretest vi
: duly authenticated for settlement.
CHAS stockwe;..
I May 31, 1860. Adininiiirt' *
1 /TAUTION- —Wliqreas, my wife Patitu .
I vR has left my bed and h< aril with, si any
i or provocation, 1 hereby forbid any person vivis. •
on my account, as 1 will pay pay no debts her
traction alter this Jute G. R IWCK.WES.
I Home, Pa., May Is, pSOO.—4w.
; V 11. ITIAI'IN. D. D., OF NEW YUKa,
Lit will Lecture belore the V. M. C.A., I
AT THE COURT HOUSE,
THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 7t'i.
Doors open .it 75. Lecture to commence at ■-> >/m t-
JTJiHSaION 50 CIS.
IP S I E R A I LW A Y
i JLi On and after Monday May 14th. 1 <tk>. Trains *
leave Waverley. at about the following hours, viz
qoisg wtsr.
5:27 a.m.. Night Express. Mondays except*.:
Rochester, Buffalo . Salamanca and Dunkirk. laas-tr
rriT connections with trains of the Atlanta ilia 1 ..
Western, Lake Shore and Grand Trunk Railways. •
points West; also at Elmirn for Catundaijtua. Sti : s
at Waverly on Mondays only.
5:57 a.m., Lightning Express, Dailv, for R
Buffalo, Sa!amn, n. Dunkirk and the West.
8:28 a. 111., Mail Train. Sundays excepted, f r uftu
and Dunkirk.
2:40 p. m., Emigrant Train, Daily, for the WeF.
3:43 p. in , Ehuira AcOMMkl datlon. SsndiV- *■*?
ted.
5:25 p. m., Day Exprt - . Sundays ex epted, for Bod
ester. Bntliilo. Salamanca, Dunkirk and he West,
nects at Elmira for Cauandaigua ; at Salamanca * ~
the Atlantic aud Great Weitern K.i'i-vuv. juJ at IR
with the I.ake Shore and Grand Trunk itrllvrays, t
points West or South.
10:34 p. 111., Express Mail. Sundays ex>epted..-
Buffalo, Salamanca and Dunkirk, eonnc- ting with tri-.
fertile West.
GOING EAST.
5:02 a.m., Cincinnati Express, Mondays ex-.' re
connecting at Owego for Itntra :at Binghir..' r. :
.Syracuse ; at Great Bend for Scniuton aud Fn
phia : a' Lackawnxe 1 f >r Hawley, and at liraycau.•
Newbnrg and Warwick.
8:4( a. m., Binghamton Accommodation. Sundays ex
cep ted
11:50 a. m., Day Express, Sundays excepted. -
ting at Gt. Bend for Scranton. Philadelphia an I > h
8:10 p. :u.. New York and Baltimore Mil., ru-a. 1 '
excepted.
8:31 p. Mr, Lightning Express. Sundays ey.-.e; >
1:35 a. m.. Night Express, Daily, cool - •
Gi-aycourt for Warwick.
WM. R.BARR, H.BID'dU
•1 (Bcn'l Pass Ag't, New-York. Gent Sapt-
PHILADELPHIA AND ERIE RAIL
A ROAD—This gre.it line traverses the N
Northwest, counties of Pennsylvania to the city oi ~:,f
--0:1 1-ake Erie.
It has been leased by the Pennsylvania M" 1, '■ J
Cir.npany, and is operated by them
Time of Passenger trains t Wilßamsport
LEAVE EASTWAKP. „ „
trie Mail Train 9.55 J
Erie Express Train .4:29, A A
Elmira Mail Train,.............. .... 5:45. A.*-
I.KAVK WESTWAKD. .
Erie Mai! Train "tJO.A. ,!
Erie Express Train t':od. B-"-
Elmira Mail Train, . 8:59 i'A
Passenger cars run thiough without charge K'A * s - f
between Philadelphia and Erie.
Sew- York Connection. a
Leave New-York at 9:00, a. m. arrive at Erie 9'
Leave Erie at 4:45.p. m.. arrive at New.York at L 7
-Vo tAuugi of Cars betv-ren Eric and Xcu-V®"
Elegant Sleeping Cars on all Xlght Trains. ,
For information respecting Passenger business aL •
at Corner 30th and Market streets, Phii'a. „.
And for Freight Lusiness of the Cotupuiiy s .'G e11 ..'
S. It. Kingston, Jr., Corner 13fh n- 1 V
Philadelphia; .1 W. Reynolds, Erie; Wm. brcm. M -
N. C. R. I!. Ba 1 imore. ~..
11. 11. HOUSTON. Guu l Freight Agt. rh}|'-
H. W. GWINXER, Gen'l Ticket Agt. Thb*-
A. L. TYLER, Gen'l Manager, Erie.
IMPORTANT TO BUTTER MAKEIL^
A The under signed are now fully prepared t
the public with an " Inclined Dog Power ;
a superior quality and pattern at the folk) wing w .
Machine suitable far Daii ies of trout 3 to 10
•• •• " 10 to 15 :, 5
f .< ■ 15 to W ' jIL
• • • <• 20 to 25 '
<1 ■ •• •< 9) or more
Every machine delivered aud put iu running
and warranted to give entire satisfaction ir mot| -
funded. All orders by mail promptly attendc> J
LU i HLK m
Burliugtun Loio", May 8, 'tiG.
We, the undersigned, have each had in n! *
the past seasou, uue of Luther & Iios ■ w
Power Machines," and cheerfully recommeuJ
the nublie as the best Churn Power yet introdaoeo.
11. M. Pruyne, D. ri. Luther, David Strope, Je. r
Campbell.
May 8, '66.—3 m.