NEWS FBOM ALL NATIONSi
—Prof. Agassiz is delivering a course of
lectures before the Imperial family and the Brazil
ian magnates respecting his discoveries in his re- j
cent tour np the valley of the Amazon. He won I
very high commendation from his royal auditors j
on his opening lecture, May 7.
—The wholesale plunder of the White
House, after the assassination of Mr. Lincoln, has
prompted the creation of an officer to lie known as j
the steward of the President's household, who is
to be responsible for the plate, and who is to give j
bonds for the faithful discharge of his duty.
—Elias Howe, the inventor and patentee I
of the sewing-machine needle, has declared his I
purpose not to apply for an extension of his pat-!
ent, which runs out this year, on the ground that j
he has made a million and a half dollars on it al- j
ready, which he regards as fortune enough for one j
man.
—Bensou J. Losing, Esq., who has just )
completed a three-months' tour through such of j
the Southern States as were the theatre of aetive 1
operations during the recent war, collecting mater- :
ials and making sketches for his history, has reach- ;
ed home.
Judge llanria, of Fort Wayne, died on
the 10th inst. He was at one time President of
the Ohio and Indiana Railroad, and afterwards of
the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Rail- I
road.
Hou. E. B. Washburue has been unan- |
imously nominated lor re-election by the Repub
licans of the Third Congressional District of Illi
nois.
Cotton in Georgia has commenced to
blossom. The recent rains have overwhelmed the j
crop in many places with grass. Wheat through- '
out the State is harvested, and although the crop
turns out better than was feared some time ago, it
is by no means excellent.
—One of the objects of Get). Grant's vis
it to SL Louis was to dispossess a tenant occupy
ing some property belonging to the General, and
who refused to give it up, being determined to
'•fight it out on the line all Summer."
—Rev. Wm. Blythe, a Methodist preach
er at Greensboro, Ga., undertook to beat a negro
in the old-fashioned style, a few days ago ; but the
negro fractured Mr. lilythe's skull with a heavy
stone, so that he is not expected to survive.
—The Chicago Post announces the name
of Gen. Hasbrouek Davis as one of its editors and
propi ietors, the firm name being Blakely Brothers
A Davis. Mr. Davis is a son of the late Gov. Da
vis, of Massachusetts, and was formerly a Unita
rian minister.
—There were only six persons in Mem
phis in 1861 that voted against secession. Now j
there are not less than 600 persons each one of j
whom claims to be one of the six.
—lnformation has been received a' the
office of the Lighthouse Board that the lighthouse j
at Bay Point, Port Royal Harbor, was entirely de
stroyed by a tornado which v.sited that vicinity on j
the 20th ult.
—The House Committee on pensions are
preparing, it is reported, a bill which will give to
the widows of soldiers and sailors $2 a mouth ex* j
tra for each of their children.
' —A National jCemetrey is to be estab
lished at Fredericksburgh for the interment of
12,000 Union soldiers killed near there and at
Chancellors ville.
—Gen. Tilotlson telegraphs to Gen. How
ard that he has not suppressed the Loyal Georgian
at Augusta, but that it is published as regularly as
usual.
—John Minor B tts has accepted the in
vitation to deliver the oration before the City Gov
ernment of Baltimore on the 4th of July.
—Vigilence Committees have been orga
nized in Southwest Missouri to exterminate the
horse-thieves,two of whom were hung under Lynch
law last week.
—A girl twelve years old has been arres.
ted and sent to jail for attempting to murder a
whole family in Penu township, Chester county,by
pnttiug pounded glass in their food.
—Probst, the murderer of the Deerir.g
family, was executed, in Philadelphia, on Friday
of last week. The audience to witness the affair
was very select, and everything went off very qui
etly.
—The firm of Buckalew, Cowan aud
Johnson don't succeed well in finding Union can
didates for the post offices in Columbia county.—
They want Republicans who support Johnson, but
there are none thur.
-—Capt. Levi C. Lieb, a wouuded soldier,
lias been removed from the Postmastership at Ash
land, Schuylkill county, and the daughter of the
copperhead Sheriff of that county has been appoin
ted instead.
—Henry Breckenridge of Middletown,
Delaware county, is twenty three years of age, and
weighs four hundred and one pounds His height
is five feet, seven inches. If all flesh is grass, he
will be a large hay stack when cut and dried.
•—John Strole, a highly respectable far
mer of Cook township Green county, was murder
ed last week by being shot through the head. His
son Joseph, a young man of about twenty years,
has been arrested on suspicion of being the mur
derer. The circumstances are very strong against
him.
-—A young man on bis way from Titus
viiie to be married, about six miles distant from
that place, on Sunday, was shot through the body,
and died next morning. A rival for the hand of
the lady bad threatened to shoot the accepted lov
er. and officers are on his track.
—Major General Hancock visited Gettys
burg on Tuesday, accompanied by General Stan
uard. General Mitchell, and others. In the eve
ning they were serenaded, and General Hancock
made a brief speech, acknowledging the compli
ment. A local paper says the party visited there
to get different views and points of the battle-field
for the great State painting.
—E. B. Woodward, an accomplished mu
sician and teacher of dancing, died a few days
since near Stroudsbnrg, after a brief illness, caus
ed by eating rhubarb or "pie plant."
—Colonel Ralph MeOlay, formerly a
member of the Harrisburg bar, died in Milroy,
Mifflin ccmntv, on Monday last. He commanded
a company in the three-months' service, afterwards
a company in the i'.th Regiment, and later a reg
iment of State troops during Lee's invasion.
I lie Easton papers announce the sud-;
den death of Mr. Edward Ijawall, of that place.— i
While standing near his house, in the full enjoy
ment of health, he stooped down to remove an
iron-hoop which was lying in the road, and at the
same moment experienced a severe pain in his
back he immediately became unconscious, and
died the same night.
—Dewalt Reefer, at one time county com-'
missioner of Franklin county, and always an ar
dent lover of his country, died suddenly, recentlv.
at his home in that county.
- The Fenians at Buffalo are receiving
transportation home, conditioned that they will
not again assault Canada. About 2500 men will
return home by United States conveyance. Presi
dent Roberts' last letter closed the flghb
The American aud \\ esteru Union Tel
egraph Companies are about being consolidated, j
Ihe election in \\ ashiugton territorv is
believxd to have resulted in favor of the Demo
crats.
Bradford Importer.
Towanda, Thursday, June 21,1866,
Union State Ticket.
FOB GOVERNOR,
GEN. JOHN W. GEARY,
OF WESTMORELAND COUNTY.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Many things have been said and written,
respecting the poor fare furnished JEFFER
SON DAVIS at his prison quarters at Fortress
Monroe. The copperhead press, and cop
perhead orators, have been eloquent in con*
demnation of our niggard and revengeful
government, as they are pleased to call it,
in its cruelty to a fallen foe. These presses
and these men, have ever distrusted the in
telligence of the common people, aud in the
above accusation, they distrust them more
than ever. Would any fair-minded man
believe, that the administration could de
liberately starve to death a prisoner of war,
even were he a traitor of so black a dye aa
JEFFERSON DAVIS ? We have seen, within
the last few weeks, his daily bill of fare,
and we venture to say, that these gentle
men, whose sensibilities have* been so
shocked, and whose tears have flowed so
freely, do not fare so well at home, in their
own domicils, and at their own tables, as
dues this poor victim of a nation's reveuge,
as they please to express it. One thing
more, we venture to add, this state prisoner
has never, in our belief, had his private ta
ble so well supplied with healthy and taste
ful food, as that is from which he is served
at the expense of that people whose gov
ernment he sought to wreck, and the blood
of whose sons he shed daily, without com
punction, through a four years' war, —we
may say even more, and that the worst of
all, at the expense of a people whose patri
otic defenders he shut up in loathsome pri
sons, without food, fire, and water, so that
they rotted in their own filth, and died of
absolute starvation, when an order from
him would have supplied their wants, and
have permitted them to live.
There is proof positive of this, —the trial
of WIRZ told the horrible story of hale,
hearty men entering those reeking prisons,
and pining, emaciating away, till death re
leased them, or till WIRZ himself murder
ed them in cold blood. Aud tor all this,
the whole of this, JEFFERSON DAVIS is direct
ly responsible to the American people. He
was the master spirit of the rebellion. He
planned it, inaugurated it, directed it,
placed himself at the head of it, appropri
ated its honors when it seemed a success,
received with a complacency which Lucifer
might be proud of, and yet despair of equal
ing, the lickspittle commendation from over
the water, that he had "created a nati n."
Ah, JEFFERSON DAVIS, cruelty has no excess
thou hast nt committed, nor history a
crime of which thou art clear.
Are not things taking a direction which
may yet permit himto escape punishment': Is
not the aduiistratiou conniving at his es
cape ? There is no justice under the sun,
nor among men, if this man comes front his
prison unwhipptd of the d ie retribution of
his crime, and takes a place in our midst
secure from the just vengeance of the law.
We hung WIRZ, aud yet that man was an
innocent compared with JEFFERSON DAVIS,
for he was but aii instrument in the hand of
his principal, and Providence permitted his
execution, not only as a criminal, but to
pledge tbe nation to equal justice to great
er oflcuders. Treason of so deep a dye has
never in the history ot men, escaped pun
ishment, the highest the law knows, and it
never should, never, for how sacred should
be the life of a nation. Every interest of
humanity is pledged to its preservation,
every beat of its heart should be guarded
from violence, every man who owes it alle
giance should be willing to die in its de
fence. The sou, born to its soil, who wars
against it, except in a righteous cause, is a
monster, who tramples upon society and
bids defiance to all law, both human and
divine. How ardently did WASHINGTON
strive for the capture of ARNOLD, but ARNOIJ)
only betrayed a cause whose life was yet
doubtful and immature, while DAVIS struek
at the life of a nation lull grown and per
fect, and one dispensing all the blessings
of civil government and free institutions to
thirty millions of happy freemen. Even the
great body of Southern people thought the
frame.work of our government good while
they could give it its whole direction, and
they did not think of Secession, until poli
ticians like DAVIS, tired the Southern heart
and fomented rebellion. The proof that
the South was sat sfied with the govern
ment of the Union, is in the fac', that they
organized almost its exact counterpart at
Montgomery, and administered it during
the four years they were able to carry on
the war.
Is it to be supposed that our administra
tion will be seduced from its duty to the
whole people of these states by the bland
ishments of Southern men yet imbued with
the spirit ol Secession, and will it a andon
one inch of the high ground it took in the
early days of peace, when it declared that
" treason must be punished V Can the sy
ren song of A 11. STEI HS.VS, the late (Juu
federate Vice-President, so change the con
victions of men in power at Washington,
that no " conditions precedent " should be
insisted upon from the South, to qualify
them for a participation in the Government?
Suppose then we ask for no conditions pre
cedent. Let us stand, then, upon the Con
stitution, since Southern men insist upon it
—the Constitution as it is, in its whole let
ter aud spirit, and just as it is. Let us say
to them we will administer to you the Con
stitution, the whole Constitution, and noth
ing but the Constitution. It has been our
wish to turn aside from the path of impar
tial justice and to be merciful by admitting
you as our equals in the Government, with
out exacting the aver, d penalties of your
crimes, but you refuse our mercies, vou
scoff at our forbearance, you spurn any
conditions precedent by which we would
secure our future peace, take then now the
coust juences of your folly. The Constitu
tion you insist ou defines treason, empow
ers Congn - to fix its penalty, which it has
already don , and that is DEATH to the trai
tor. Your right under the Constitution, is
to he hung—take, now, the right the Con
stitution gives you.
llad this been the language of President
JOHNSON through the whole period that
Congress has spent in re constructing the j
Union, we should never have heard of Mr j
STEPHENS spurning the mercy of Congress, j
and denying the obligation of precedent.
conditions. Never. He and hit compeers |
would have made their peace on their knees.
We have never asked them to sacrifice their i
mauhood or their self-respect. But we do '
demand security for the future, and by ev- j
cry consideration we owe to the ages that j
are coining, and to ourselves, we are justi- j
fietk in exacting THAT. Henceforth, let no j
politician expect favor from the people, j
who seeks the dishonor of his age and
country by yielding a principle to those
whose hands ate red, even now, with the
blood of their brothers. Mr. JOHNSON, in
seeking his friends from the ranks of trai- ;
tors, has forfeited his place as the true rep
resentative of the American People. And I
our representative in Congress, by his firm
purpose and loyalty to our best interests,
has commended himself to our trust. May
he have his reward.
PASSAGE OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT.
The House of Representatives, Wednes
day, adopted,by an overwhelming majority,
the constitutional amendments recommend
ed by the Reconstruction Committee as j
modified by the Senate. They now go to j
the country for the approval of the requis
ite number of the State Legislatures before
they can become part of the fundamental
law. A well-defined issue has been estab
lished. Every member of the patriotic or
ganization which, bearing aloft the banner
of the Union during the armed struggle
of the rebellion, should be proud of the
ability Congress has displayed in grapp
ling with the difficult question of recon
struction, and the fidelity with which it
has protected the interests of the Repub
lic. The clamor for the immediate re-ad
mission of the rebellious States will be eff
ectually answered by the justice and ne
cessity of the provisions which the Repub
lican party affirm to be necessary pre
requisites, and which the Democrats unani
mously oppose, viz. :
1. That the guarantee of civil rights be
made constitutional. Without this safe
guard repeated efforts would be made by
the South to restore wiiat they consider
the "good old times" when a "negro had
no rights which a white man was bound to
respect.'*
:2. To deny to those States which deprive
any male citizens over the age of 21 years
of the right to elect Congressmen without
constituencies. Practically this measure
is absolutely necessary to prevent a num
ber of the rebel districts from having twice
the power at Washington which loyal
' States with an equal number of voters now
possess.
3. To exclude from all offices of honor or
profit, under the Federal Government,every
prominent rebel who violated his oath to
support our Constitution. This is a prac
tical way of making treason odious. It
will indict merited punishment upon the
worst of the traitors for past offences, and
provide security for the future.
4. To forestall every movement having
for its object the repudiation of the nation
al debt, or the payment of the rebel debt
j or of claims for slaves.
These provisions are brief, but very ef
fective. They provide against real dan
gers. Let the people remember that the
Copperheads are a ixious to deprive them
of the vitally important guarantees we
have enumerated, and to allow unrepent
ant rebels to commence at once their in
trigues to reverse the verdict won by our
gallant soldiers, and to snatch from the
loyal people of this nation all the fruits of
, victory.
feg 1 * The Richmond Whig comes out in a
long editorial in opposition to emigration
from tin. Northern States and the introduc
tion of Northern capital. It says : ''Ala
bama, within one year of peace, begins
with live thousand Northern cotton plant
| ers. It is frightful to think where she will
end. There is not a siugle Southern State
in which this process, this fatal process of
New-England colonization is not going on.
We must stop it, and, from this hour, we
j must resolve to stop it, before it enwraps
and crushes us in its anaconda folds. We
do not mean that it must be stopped by a
resort to violence or any unwarrantable
j means, but by refusing, as we have the
right to do, to sell our lands or any part
1 of them, or lease or tenant them out to rad
ical enemies of the South."
B®, A writer in the Boston Medical Jour
j nal expresses the opinion that the colera
! in its present developm. Nt in Europe is in
many respects unlikt- .be epidemic of for
mer years Though t-uvere in some places,
it has not been so wide-spread and gener
ally prevalent ; it did not continue to show
itself through the winter in England and
France as in the winters of 184 and 1853 ;
; as the spring opens it has not appeared in
England, and has not appeared so gener
ally n emigrant vessels as in those years.
I: it does obtain a foothold at all in this
country, he believes it will be to a limited
extent only, and will not be severe except
where the local causes are unusually bad.
tor A copperhead boasted the other day
that the combination of the Johnson Re
publicans with the democrats would result
in defeating Judge MERCVR for Congress !
This reminds us of the old soaker up North,
who when asked if he took his liquor
strong, replied : "Not very ; water 1,
whiskey 99." The fusion in this District'
will prove, "Disfranchisers" 1, Copper 99.
That is all.— Columbia Bepublican.
DEATH OF GEN. CASS. —Hon. LEWIS CASS
died on Sunday at his home in 1-' troit, '
aged nearly 84 years. His long,vat .ed,and
honorable career is well known to the peo
ple. When 25 years old he was a member
of the Legislature of Ohio ; was afterward
appointed marshal of the State by Jeffer
son ; served as a colonel in the war with
Great Britain, and rose to brigadier-gener
al in the regular army ; was General Har
rison's aid at the battle of the Thames ;
was made Governor of Michigan by Mad
ison, and had a powerful influence in har
monizing aud regulating our Indian rela
tions ; was made Secretary of War by Jack
son in 1861 ; sent as minister to France in
1836 ; elected to the United States Senate
in 1845 ; resigned and ran as the Demo
cratic candidate for President in 1848 ; re
elected to the Senate in 1849 ; appointed
Secretary of State by Buchanan,and finally
returned to private life by resignation in
December, 1860.
So serious have become the threats
of the people ou Staten is laud, in reference
to the proposed establishment of a quaran;
tine station at Seguine's Point, that the
authorities have despatched thither the
U. S. revenue cutter Crawford to the Point
to aid iu resisting any attack which may |
be made on the buildings now in possession I
of tiie health officers. The work of cleans- j
iug and repairing the buildings is going
forward rapidly, and will soon be complet- j
ed. If it were deemed necessary the well i
passengers on the hospital ships might be
received immediately ; but the accommo- j
datious ou the ships now in the bay are
ample, except in the event of the arrival
of another cholera-infected vessel.
RECEPTION OF STATE FRAGS.— At a meeting
of the Committee appointed to make ar
rangements for the reception of the State
colors on the Fourth of July next, it was
resolved that Commanding Officers of regi
ments late in the service of the United
States he requested to furnish their color
bearers and guards who design participa
ting in the cermonies on the Fourth of Ju
ly, with such credentials as will satisfy the
Committee, to whom they report, that they
are authorized to receive the colors and en
titled to quarters and subsistence.
Gen. FISK has made an elaborate report
to Gen HOWARD upon the condition of af
fairs in Tennessee aud Kentucky. He
says that during the month of May 77,177
rations were issued to white persons, and
7,409 to freedmeu. He has ordered the
distribution of an aggregate ot 80,000
rations for June, at least two-thirds of
which will go to the whites. The people
of Kentucky, he thinks, are indisposed to
| properly care for the aged and infirm freed
men, and their support will for a time be a
j burden upon the Government.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, June 17, 1866.
The House of Representatives on Wednesday,
by a vote of 120 to 32, concurred in the Amend
ments made by the Senate to the "Joint Resolu
tion proposing an amendment to the Constitution
jof the United States." Both Houses having pass
ed the Joint Resolution by the requisite constitu
tional majority, the proposition now goes to the
| people for ratification through the Legislatures of
the several States, its acceptance by three-fourths
j of said Legislatures being required by the Consti
> tutiou, to make it part of the organic law.
In the final vote iu the Hoose, the notable fact
is presented, that not a vote was cast against this
| proposition by any member elected upon the Un
| ion or Republican ticket. Messrs. Raymond, N.
i Y- , Smith, Ky., Phelps, Md., Latham and Whaley,
: West Va., who have defended the President # Poli
i ey, all caved in and voted for the proposed amend?
J ment. W hat has become of the great third party,
j that was to be built up, having for its chief corner
! stone the peculiar policy of the President, and
I overwhelm the great National Union Party of the
| country? Mr. Rosseau of Ky., made an angry
| speech on Tuesday against the amendment, but
| failed to come to time on Wednesday to vote either
j way. An ill feeling has for some months past ex
j isted between Mr. Rosseau and Mr. Grinnell of
; lowa, growing out of language use! iu debate by
the parties iu February last, Mr. Rosseau revived
| the difficulty by the use of offensive language in
; his speech of Tuesday, and at its close Mr. Grin
! Nell, rising to a personal explanation, responded
| in language not well calculated to cool the ire of
the chivalrous Kentuckian. No more was heard
j of the affair until just after the House adjourned
yesterday afternoon. The House having under
consideration during the afternoon, the biU report
ed from the Joint Committee on Reconstruction,
entitled •' A bill to restore to the States lately in
insurrection their political rights." Mr. Harris of
Md., smarting under the triumphant passage of
the Reconstruction Resolution, took occasion to
reiterate his treasonable sentiments, (his language
you will find reported at length in the New York
i papers of this morning). No other evidence than
Harris' speech is needed, to show that the con
quered rebels are totally unfit to be trusted with
any participation in the affaire of the Government.
As a fitting finale to the excitement created by
Harris, and the difficulty stirred up by Rosseau on
Tuesday, Mr. Rosseau fell upon Mr. Grinnell yes
terday, upon the steps of the Capitol, immediately
after the adjournment of the House, and, after the
fashion of "Bully Brooks," gave him a severe
caßing, and to-day, a resolution raising a Commit
tee of Investigation to look into the matter, has
been passed by the House. I think a due respect
to the union sentiment of the country, requires
that both Harris and Rosseau should be expelled.
At the close of the calling of the roll on Wednes
day, on the final yas'sage of the Reconstruction
Resolutions, Mr. Eldridge of Wisconsin, very
facetiously rose, and announced that, "if Mr.
Yoorheos and Mr. Brooks had not been expelled,
they would vote against the Constitutional Amend
| mendment.' Mr. Schenck of Ohio, replied that "if
! Jefferson Davis was here he would probably vote
! with the gentlemen named."
The passage of the proposed Constitution Arnend
| ment, as a basis of re-constructing the govern
| ments of the states lately in rebellion, will have
! the effect to quiet tho anxiety of the loyal people
| throught the Union.
If the President persists in his effort to force
j his policy upon the country, the issue will be fairly
! made up ; but it is generally believed here that the
| President is becoming much softened in his tone
1 and that his friends who claim to belong to the
' great Union Party of the country, yet have sup
ported his policy, are ready to come to the standard
• erected by Congress.
I present the following table, showing the Dis
| triets in Pennsylvania now represented by Repub
. licans, (fifteen in number l and the majorities by
which they were elected in October, 1864 :
I. The Ist, 7th, sth, 9th, 10th and 26th Wards
of Philadelphia—Charles O'Neill Wm.
Reily, dem 4447
HL The 12th, 13th, 16th, 17th. 18th and 19th
Wards of Philadelphia— Leonard Myers over
Charles Buckwalter, dem., 1475
IV. The 14th, 15th, 20th, 21st and 24th wards
of Philadelphia—Win. D. Kelley over Chas,
Northrup, dam., 3744
V. The 22d, 23d and 25th wards of Philadel
phia and Bucks county—M. Russell Thayer
over Henry P. lloss, aem 278
VIL Chester and Delaware—John M. Broom- j
all over John C. Beatty, dem., 3077 j
IX. Lancaster county—Thaddeus Stevens over ■
H. M. North ....4460
XIH. Bradford, Columbia, Montour, Sullivan
and Wyoming—Uiysses Mercnr over Victor
E. Piollet, 1001
XIV. Dauphin, Juniatta, Northumberland,
Snyder and Union—Geo. F. Miller over W.
H. Miller 527 ;
XVII. Blair, Cambria, Huntingdon and Mifflin
—Abram A. Barker over Root. L. Johnson, 609
XVIII. Centre, Clinton, Lycoming, Potter and
Tioga—Stephen F. Wilson over Theodore
Wright, 852
XIV. Cameron, Clearfield, Elk, Forrest, Jeffer
son, McKeau and Warren—Gleniu W. Sco
field over Wm. Bigler, 1717 ,
XX. Clarion, Crawford, Mercer and Venango
Chas. V. Culver over Wm. L. Corbett, dem. ,1414 i
XXIL Part of Allegheny—James K. Moorehead
over James H. Hopkins, dem., 4220 |
XXin. Part of Allegheny and the counties of
Armstrong and Butler—Thomas Williams
over Wm. J. Kountz, dem., 3558 f
XXIV. Beaver, Greene, Lawrence and Wash
ington —Geo. V. Kawrence over Jesse La
zear, dem 1615 ;
As the Congressional Canvass in Pennsylvania,
is to be fought over again within the coming lour
months, it may not be unprofitable to take a pros
pective view oi the situation in the light of politi
cal developments since the close of the war, to as
certain as near as possible, how her delegation
will stand in the Fortieth Congress. The only dis
tricts now represented by Republicans, which are j
considered in doubt, are the sth, 14th and 17th. j
Suppose they are carried by the Democrats, the j
Republicans stand an equal chance of carrying the
10th, Schuylkill and Lebanon, which returned My
er Strouse by a majority of only 475, and of carry
ing the 12th, Luzerne and Susquehanna, which re
turned Charles Dennison by a majority of 515.
Our friends in those districts are determined the
next election shall be held .above ground. We al
so stand more than an equal chance of carrying
the 16th district, represented by Coffrotb, demo
crat The delegation will then stand the same as
now, fifteen Republicans to nine Democrats, with
a chance of gaining three. I don't believe it can
possibly be reduced.
Congress will probably adjoum about the mid
dle of July. Yours respectfully,
COMBE.
P. B.—Since writing the above, a telegram an
nounces the death of Judge Underwood, of the
U. 8. District Court, at Alexandria, Va., by the
hand of an assassin. There is a conflicting rumor
in regard to it. I doubt the correctness of the
telegram. C.
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS
WASHINGTON, -Friday, June 15, 1866.
In the Senate, the joint resolution for
the representation of the Uuited States at the
Paris Exposition was taken up. The ques
tion was upon the amendment of MR. HARRIS
to appropriate $25,000 in coin for the erec
tion of buildings iu Paris for the accommo
dation of the United States. This was
agreed to by a vote of IS against 17. The
resolution then passed by a vote of 21
against 13, and goes to the House for con
currence in the amendments. A veto was
received from the President, containing his
objections to the bill enabling the New
York and Montana Mining Company to
purchase certain public lands.
In the House a resolution was adopted
appointing a Committee to investigate the
late case of assault committed ou Mr. GRIN
NELL, of lowa, by Mr. ROUSSEAU, of Ken
tucky. The Senate bill to regulate the ap
pointment of Paymasters in the Navy was
passed. Mr. BINGHAM asked leave to offer
a concurrent resolution requesting the
President of the United States to transmit
forthwith to the Executives of the several
j States copies of the articles of amendment
| proposed by Congress to the State Legisla
j tures to amend the Constitution of the
United States, passed June 13, iB6O, to
| the end that the States may proceed to act
|on said articles of amendment. Mr Le
j Blond objected, and argued that it should
; not be adopted until the joint resolution
! proposing the amendments were submitted
|to and signed by the Executive. The
; Speaker made a lengthy decision, to the
effect that the joint resolution pre posing
! amendments to the Constitution should not
I be submitted to the President.
Saturday, JuDe 16, 1866.
In the House, Mr. Garfield gave notice
that he would to-day offer a resolution di
recting the Committee on Mileage to ex
amine and report what discrepancy, if any,
there was between the amount of mileage
secured by members of the last Congress
and the amount claimed by them, and di
recting the Committee in future to allow
only the amount claimed. Mr. G. stated
certain facts in this connection, and, no
other business being in order, Mr. Juliau
addressed ;he House in favor of the Con
gressional plan of Recostruction. Mr.
Stevens then gave notice of his intention
to offer a resolution that the Committee on
Foreign Affairs be instructed to inquire in
to the propriety of loaning the Rupublic of
Mexico, on proper security, $20,000,000, to
enable the said Republic to maintain its
Government and to prevent the establish
ment of monarchical institutions on this
continent, supported the resolution in a
speech. Mr. Xiblack also spoke on gen
eral politics, Mr. Davis 011 the tariff, and
Mr. Kerr on railroads and Congress. The
death of the Hon. .Tames Humphrey was
then announced, and the H"use immediate
ly adjourned as a token of respect to his
memory.
The Senate was not in session.
OUR CANDIDATE. —The whole career—pub
lic and private—of Major General Geary,
stamps him as a man of decision and firm
ness ; endowed with indefatigable perser
verance and industry. He has never re
cognized such a word as fail. He has been
able to triumph over every obstacle in his
course,ai.d to win distinction aud eminence
unaided and alone. He has met danger
face to face, and no man lives who could
say that he ever shrank from meeting a re
sponsibility that justly belonged to him.—
His private life and character are above
suspicion ; and wherever he is known he
is highly respected and implicity confided
in. Not a single act of his life reflects the
slightest dishonor, or sullies the lustre of
his name. Open-hearted, candid, gener
ous aud magnanimous ; kind, benevolent
and hospitable : true, noble and honest :
unbane, soeiabl?, affable and gen ; ai. G.-n
--eral Geary has won the undying friendship
ot those *ith whom he has mingled, and
has secured the lasting respect and esteem
of all who have ever come within the circle
of his influence. A name thus honorable, a
character so pure, a reputation so spotless,
a career so full of success, we meet only
once in a life-time. This model citizen, this
incorruptible public servant, this patriotic
and gallant officer, will make a Chief Mag
istrate as honored and useful as any that
has ever presided over this grand old Com
monwealth. Let every tine man labor ar
dently and earnestly for his election.— York
True Democrat,
HON. M. F. ODELI., Naval Officer of the
Port of New York, died at his residence,
in Brooklyn, Thursday morning.
Ncu) 2li)D£rtiscments.
JEFF DAVIS ESCAPED!
How many hearts will burn with indignation on read i
iug thin announcement. But we counsel yon to spare :
your feelings of Indignation for a future period, (or al- ,
though this arch traitor has escaped being hung or shot i
the Public are requested to call at
WARNER'S JEWEI.HV STORE,
And examine his splendid stock ol Watches and Jewel- ;
ry or the latest designs and elaborate finish, which are i
being sold at
VERY LOW PRICES.
He also keeps the celebrated Scth Thomas Clock and
American ami Stop Watches. Other article® usually
kept in a store of thl* kind. Beraewber the place, lat
ton's Bio k N. B Watches, Clocks and Jewelry te
paired and warranted.
1 A. M. WARNER.
Towanda.Jnne 20,1866. —6m.p.
FLOUR ! FLO UK ! FLOI'K !-I view
ol the high price of wheat we have been endeavor
ing to produce an extra quality of Rye Flour for those
ol our customers disposed to economise. We now make
it so white as to be scarcely distinguishable from good
wheat flour. Try some. i
Flour Irom White Winter Wheat, also Buckwheat
flour, Corn meal and diflerent kinds of Feed lor sale.—
Cash paid for all kinds of grain.
H. 1). IM'in AM.
Cascade Mills, Camptown, June 11. lsoo.
yy HOLES ALE MUSIC DEPOT.
1,. H. POWELL,Scranton. Pa., Deuler in CUicker
ing's 1 iauos. Deckel's Pianos. Mason A liamliu s Cabi
nei Organs, Treat 1-ii dsley A Co's Mclodcous, and all
kinds ol Musical Instruments, Sheet Music and Music
Books. Oiders Irom Dealers and Teachers especially
solicited. Address
L. B. POWELL,
116, Pennsylvania Avenue, Scran itn, Jr.
June ll,m-yl _
AUDITOK'S NOTICE. — J. /'• Kirbtfs use
t-s. the Administrators of Iluchat Murray, deed
No. 346, December Term, 1866.
The undersigned an auditor appointed by said Court
to distribute moneys arising from Sherifl s sale of de
cedents real estate, will attend to the duties ol hio ap
pointment, at his office in Towanda boro', on Wednes
the lbth day of July, 1666. at 1 o'clock p. rn., at which
time and place ail persons interested cau attend it they
think Lionet or be torever debarred from the same.
v JOHN W. MIX,
June 14, 1866. Auditor
ADMINISTRATRIX'S NOTlCE.—Notice
is hereby given, that all persons indebted to the
estate of Gabriel Davis, dee'd, late of Albany twp., ai ~
requested to make immediate payment, and those hav
ing demands against said estate will present them duly
authenticated for settlement.
HARRIET E. WILCOX,
June 14, 1866. Administratrix.
HEALTH IS TIIE GREAT NEED OF
THE AGE.
A NEW SYSTEM OF' THE HEALING ART.
X. J. COGSWELL. M I).,
HYGIENIC PHYSICIAN AND BURGEON,
May be consulted in person or by letter, at his tesi
dence, Fiast Spring HilL Bradford county. Pa.
An intelligent community require a medical doctrine
i grounded upon right reason, in harmony with and
( avouched by the unerring laws of Nature and of the vi
tal organism, and authenticated by successful results,
j Hence we solicit an examination ol onr system. Claim
ing that all diseases can be successfully treated with
I truiy Hygienic Agencies.
No Drug poisons will be given. As a graduate of the
; only College in the world where health is taught, we
shall take especial pains to explain to the patients the
nature ol the diserse. The laws of life and health, why
I it it is unnecessary and dangerous to take drugs, and
how to preserve health and lung life. Will visit pa
tients, and give directions tor home treatment, when
; desired.
| Hast Springliili, May 1.'66—1y.p.
I X.OA BONDS —THE MAY COUPON
*J V / ol the 5-20 Bonds purchased at the highest
j market price by B- S.RUSSELI. A CO.
Bankers.
i U. S. Securities of all kinds bought and sold by
B. 8. RUSSELL A CO., Bankers.
1 Petroleum, Venango and Craw lord Co. Bank Notes
| bor.gbtby B. S. RUSSELL A CO., Bankers.
rpilE NEW 4 KUXN GRIST MILL AT
_L Camptown is in operation, furnished throughout
with he most complete, thoroughly tested, and highly
' approved machinery and fixtures, now in use in the
| United States ; uninterrupted by
HIGH on LOW WATER
Flour, F'eeJ and Meal, always ou hand at prices cor
responding to the cost of Gram.
H. B. IXGHA
May 7, '66.—t
Tf ALU ABLE FARM FOR SALE.— The
T subscriber offers for sa'.e his Farm Saw Mill, Cider
Mill, and Feed Mill, situated on Towanda Cieek. known
as tue White property, 3nu es troin Tw-v.ia it. F'r par
ticulars address or inquire of the undersign d on the
premises. G. W. WHITE.
Monroe. June 4, 1e66.
DISSOLUTION.; —The co-partnership
heretofore existing betrwoen J. A S. Beidiemun,
is this day difrived by mutual consent. The a, counts
will he settled by John Beidleiaan.
J. BEIDI.EMAN,
Towanda, June 4. U66. S. BEIDI.EM AN'.
The business will be continued hereafter by John
Beid leman.
A THEN 8 EXCHA N GE.
This large well known and favorite hotel, has been le
I opened for the accommodation of the traveling public
It has been refurnished and refitted with every conven
ience for the comfort of guests. The table and lar are
supplied with the best the market affords, and no effort
will be spared to give entire satisfaction to ail who pat
ronize the house. A lew desirable rooms tor summer
borders. G. E. SMITH, Prop'r.
Athens, Pa., March 22, 1866.
Xf" I s s~iTs UPII A M -
DRESS MAKERS, TOWANDA, PA.
Would invite the attention of the ladies ol Towanda
to their Spring Styles just received irom New York.
> They teal confident that they can please ail who will
give them a call.
The latest fashions received regularly from Ma drone
Dentcrest s shop, New Y'ork. Stitching done to order.
' Rooms ove; Eddy's Clothing Store, 3d story,
j April, lath.'66. 3m.
UISS H. C HUN T
: Will open the Fourth Terrp of her School, on second
Street, on Monday. May 4,
j TERMS PER QUARTER.
j Common English Branches $5 50
j Higher " '• 625t0 7 00
I French (extra) 2 50 to 4 00
i No extra charge for Latin.
j School year of 42 weeks,divided into four eoual terms
Much experience, and considerable opportunities for
• observation in diflerent methods of teaching, enable
' Miss HI NT to offer her services to those interested with
a certain deg.ee ot confidence. Unexceptionable referen
; ces jj.v6n it required.
Towanda, April 17,1866.
! WAGONS, SLEIGHS!
j THE OLD ESTABLISHMENT STILL IN OPERATION.
FELLOWS, CRAN*DALL A CO.,
I Successors to Reynolds, Fellows A Co., are now offering
I and are prepared to furnish on short notice. Wagons.
\ Carriages and S eighs, ot all descriptions and of the la
i test and most approved style, and of the best material,
j at tire old stand opposite the Union House, in the cen
| tral part ot Alba Borough. Bradford County. Pa.
The public are assured that the reputation the shop
| has acquired during the last six years under the snper
i irrteudence of J . H. F'ellows. will be more than raain
' tained, as he will superintend the work as heretofore he
f having long betn and having had mnch experience as a
Carriage and Sleigh Buiidei wonld assnre the public
j that 10 pains will be spared by the above firm to make
! the establishment worthy of 'heir patronage. Thanklul
j as one of the old firm for the patronage thus tar exten
j ded_, we hope to merit a continuance of the same.
N. B. —We, the undersigned, being practical ue.ii,in
i ics.ran manufacture and offer to the public at prices
j that will dely competition. JAMES H. FELLOWS
D. W. C. CBANDALL,
J G. MERITT,
j Alba Borough, April 15. 1866. ly.
ATTENTION FARMERS AND DAIRY
MEN !
CHEESE FABTORY IN HERRICK-'
j The subscriber will be ready about the 10th of May,
j 1866. to receive and rnanulactare into a prnr.e article of
i Ctieese all the milk tnat may be delivered at his Fact ry.
The follow.ng is the proper manner in which to pre
j pare rennet: Let the cab suck the cow for at least tonr
I days, then take him off. and pat him in a clean piu-e,
1 kill the caif in 15 hours alter sucking, take ont the ren
net. fill it with salt, bang it in a dry place The rennet
■ must not be washed.
j Feb. 27, '66. A. A. SrJOHN.
ARDEX SEEDS.—AS THE QUALITY
Fand age of seeds cannot be told bv their appear
• uce. it is ol course desirable to purchase ouiy such as
are known to be reliable. It <yiil reqnire but little re
flection I think to convince any person that a house
that sends seeds all over the country to be sold on com
mission. taking hack aii unsold, is less hkeiy to fnrntsb
good seeds, than one which sells their seeds outright
1 thus having no old seeds on hand. Last season I bought
; a quantity of Bunt s Celebrated Seeds and those who
I trtcd them 1 think will not be satisfied to return to the
oid stock of commission seeds,
j 1 have t his season a large stock of the same kind ol
j seeds, and 1 hope to be able to supply all who will try
them irith first class frtsk and reliable setdtt.
March 7, *66, E.T. FOX.
fttis£clianeou3.
I TC"EW MILLIXAR Y SHOP !\ a- v
1> PA. ' X A ) -Yjv
MRS. 11. VAN BRUM
1 Respectfully announces to the ladies ,< u
| vicinity, that she has just received a seWti'i
of new style Hats, Caps, Ifonnet-, \ ' ,k *r.
! vaiiety of Ribbons, Laces, Flower", QTV 4
I Veils.and numerous other art i p.. '
who favor her with a call. Custom w - •
i done, and satisfaction given, f:,-,;.;,..*' ,
1 York Homestead, near M.J. (loo!b„<i • ' "' tb "
Wysox, May 1, '66—4w
r|HE MEDICAL SOCIETY o
A State of Pennsylvania, will n: ., ■ v - ~ I:
the 13th day of June next at !ti - *
upon arriving in Wiike-u,,,,
immediately at the ofli e of the W y '
where the committee on Re option ' * : ' i H...
Effort* are making to aceuie eornu: ,- . '/"'-c
the various Rrilroada leading from
the State to Wiikesbarre. U * rfcm Iru
; By order of the Com. of Ar-
J> LA N* Ift , G R APE \ N
i EVER-BLOOMING ROSES, Y " i. ,
j DAHI..
Ac., for sale at the
GARDEN OF IIALLY MIX
' larly Winningstaddt. Ox heart, s'.g ir •
Y'rk < abbage, 8 1 pet
flowers, 8 cents per dozen : Large -r 'J j' ,
perfected, red and yellow Tuinat.,. p, '
Egg nlants, and weet and hell sh.q.r '• p,'V " • 11
per dozen ; Melons and Cucumber- - c •
. lmluding pots ; Celery and a.l kini..' ""
cents per 100. are
All plants will lie nicely packed r mo„
sent to any part ol this and adjoining " " < •
feet salety. • *•' *
A SECOND HAND DEMOCRAT W
For sale Cheap. Enq.iire at ti. c iat
Towanda, Apt il 17, 1860.
rpilE SUBSCRIBER W'ANTs \ r,
A Miller to tend a Grist Mill. Apj,.-- •
Dushore, Sullivan Co., Pa.. ' ' M ' ■
J J. NEW E L 17. "
COUNTY SURVEYOR,
Orwell, Bradford Co., Pa., will prot; Pv*-
business in his line. Partieurr af.-n't'/a* '•
niug and establishing old or disputed' uDes' C
surveying of all unpatented Undo a-, soon a- •'
are obtained.
May 17, 1^66.
OOLL CARDING S ...
it INC. ■
\v. G. LOVELAND k CO
j Would inform the public ir. gencml tint ■
: prepared with well fitted aachinery and Yv~*'•
water privilege, to do
ROLL CARDING AND CLOTH DEES- '-
i
At the Fail Factory, North T wanda. ;
• Wi.l be taken to Go work I*, u -at.-'jict.jry n.;' - ■
- ail who desire gocd .v ik done -un cot "" ,
i v.eil to give us a call. W c; I OVE' if
a v ,, ... , . , , . WM. BARffKB
N. B. > o•. i* • •• i. ; ;
S J Beidlemao's, T-.-wauda.
s I North Towanda, A. ril 23, "66.—t;.
1 PIES FOR THE R.ULU'AY FKoV
; : A WAN'I-A Tu STATE LINE.
We wish to contract for tie lor taU road a!
be delivered n the lice of the road along "
- during the winter. We prefer to have them ti.
Ed at and above i'owinda, out will buy ties d
t 1 the Canal at all points n irth of Meshopnen, Wj -
i county, at rates that will eqta! those paid : : ~.Z
! siong the rail line. We wish all white and rod
; but we will buy hemlo- k, and young, Ut...
j chestnut ties, ail to iss 10 t-et long! aotfiitz ■■
; inch face in iull length. For whit-. ,:.J ■ .. ... .
i K inches thick, full >, ta - v.- ,
For the same wood, 6 inches tl k. ..."..
3 Hemlock 6 "
do 6 "
" | Chestnut 8 •
1 ; do 6 "' •• if;
t ; Delivered on bank of Car. .', ibove T wanda haiij /
y unloading in parcels of 3.'r ie i h : .e. : y-_.
e ; oil the 15th to 2bth of each mouth tor alt Utsiiirsd
! up to the first of the month) ami j..
rected by our ..gent who itisp' " rhem. W ;
| need a quantity ot pine o; ong .e:.s - h- .
oak in various shapes. YVi; li .Vlorzaa. .t .
- I will contract forties, and wii'. i : 'he ant .
John Baiim, David Fh hm. Pat M Ay In
C. Smith, of Athens. . r, WEILm
Athens, Dee. 8, 1663.
COLU M 0 N A SOX.
O
Have made large addition* to :LU
STOCK or WINTER CLOTHIXI
Men and Boy/ we..:.
CuliJHt'.ug ut ail the latest My.es. 5 . ; ,•
BUSINESS SUITS,
PANTS ai;YEY"
SHiRTS,
CuLLAiS
TIES,
suspen: i:.-
GLOVES aud MITTENS,
IIANDKERt'ii-E:*
WRAPPERS,
DRAWER
and HATS A CAPS.
' Which we are ofierisg at (rat '
! would solicit an early call and examination .' -
sortment. Call and "get the w- rt!i -t ; "" •
SOL.'Mt'X A ~ ■
Dec. 12,1*05. X ■'
EVERYBODY
Are Invited to examine a ■ tw
BOOTS AN D s HOES
In tvwn.
BEFORE PURCHASING OF
In order that they may he
SATISFIED
That we are rfliia- good? a"
REASONABLE PRICK.-
\S
ANY OTHER MAN
A splendid sUx. ft
SUMMER GOODS.
Ji:jt arrived,
TO WHICH
We would invite the atter." a
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I about 30 toM. Addict with part '• '
j April iMit..— it r..\•
BATH BRICK t
jpRESH GOODS I FRESH '
JgllSH OF .ALL KINDS FOR S^Li