NEWS FBOM ALL NATIONS.
—Mrs. Dennis, mother of the family
afflicted with trichina at Marion, lowa, died on
Sunday. The father died on Saturday. This
makes the sixth death out of the ten afflicted.
—The steam-tug Red Jacket exploded her
boiler at the mouth of the Chicago ltiver on Mon
day, tearing the vessel to pieces, killing two men
and wounding one, there being only three on
board.
—A case of murder too horrid for rectial
occurred near Medain. N. Y., on the 18th inst. A
clergyman, named Lindsley, whipped his son, a
child three years old, ao savagely that it died un
der the infliction. In the statement before the
Coroner's Jury the father confesses to have contin
ued the chastisement for more than two hours.
—The fuueral of Gen. Cass took place on
Wednesday, at Detroit, business was entirely
suspended, and all the organizations of the city
took part in the ceremonies. The sermon was
preached by liev. Dr. Duffleld, and the body was
deposited at Elmwood Cemetery.
—The Bank of Bowdoinham, Me., was
robbed on Thursday night by a gang of despera
does, who seized the Cashier in his home, and af
ter gaging his family and placing a guard over
them, took him to the bank and forced him to un
lock the safe and hand over the funds.
—Dr. Fisher, who for so many years has
presided over the affairs of Hamilton College, giv
ing careful and earnest attention to its interests,
has accepted the pastorship of the Westminster
Church in I'ticc, well known as formerly having
been the scene of the labors of Rev. Dr. Dick
son.
—A monument to the memory of the sol
diers of Illinois is to be erected at Bunker Hill,
Macopuin County. The corner-stone is to be laid
on the Fouith of July next, and Gov. Oglesby has
been invited to deliver the address on the occa
sion.
Ex-Gov. Joseph A. Gilmore, of New-
Hampshire, was seriously ill last week.
Governor Browulow, of Tennessee,has
issued a proclamation calling the Legislature of
of the State to meet at Nashville the 4th of July,
for the purpose of ratifying the amendment to the
Constitution of the Cnited States, just proposed
by Congrt ss.
John Augustine, a respectable citizen
of C'arondelet, Mo.,was murdered at Columbia, 111.,
Sunday. The murderer, Lane,was taken from the
guard having him in charge, by the exasperated
people, and summarily hung.
—The gold fever is creating some excite
ment in Georgia. A letter from Dalton, says one
company took out enough, on Saturday, to make
over SIO,OOO. The mines in'Forsythe and Carrol
Counties are being worked vigorously.
—Farmers in Northern portion of Ohio
suffered heavily from the storm of Sunday and
Monday, in loss of stock. An estimutc made in
Huron County fixes the number of sheep lost with
in a circle of ten miles at ten thousand.
—Anson Burlingame has purchased a
tract of land near San Mateo, 1,100 acres, and pro
poses to become a resident of California as soon as
his mission to China is ended.
—Recent reports render it certain that
the fruit crop in Central Georgia and Alabama will
be a lailure. There may be half the usual quantity
of apples and pears, but peachas and grapes are
destroyed.
—Five murderers wbo were recently con
victed in Effingham Count}-, 111., and sentenced to
be hanged, made their escape from the County
Jail Monday, and at last accounts were still at
large.
—The President has already being over
run with applications for the Cadetship at Large
to West I'oint, just authorized by Congress.
—Specials from St. Paul report the dis
covery of more very rich mines at Vermillion Lake.
Thousands are rushing to the new Eldorado.
—At the Union State Convention of
Maine, held at Bangor yesterday, Gen. J. L. Cham
berlain, of Brunswick, received the nomination for
Governor.
—The Treasury Department has com
menced a small disbursement of the new five-cent
coin recently authorized by Congress.
—The Denver and Virginia City markets
are declining under the influence of heavy receipts
of provisions and merchandise.
—The Nebraska City papers claim that
the State organization ~as been carried for the
Union State ticket, and that a Union majority in
both branches of the Legislature has been elected.
—The veto of the New York and Mon
tana Mining and Manufacturing Company Bill will
be complained of by nobody but the gentlemen
concerned in the prospective enterprise.
—A swindler, professing to be an Eng
lish gentleman of high respectability, has been
fleecing the banks of St. Louis and Cincinnati out
of large sums of money.
—The Richmond papers announce that
Dick Turner was on Monday released on parole
from confinement, by order of the Secretary of
War. He was arrested a few days after the sur
render of Gen. Lee, aud has been from t ;at day in
confinement, first at the Penitentiary and then at
the Libby. It is said that during his imprison
ment his hair has turned from black to gray.
—The closing cOrmouies of the American
Sharp-shooters' Association at Chicago took place
on the 17th iiist. The number of members is 1,299.
Fourteen States are represented in the Association.
The total number of shots fired during the present
meeting was 87,306. The total amount of prizes
was $6,390. Not a single arrest was made by the
police during the four days of the festival.
—George Peabody is so bothered by
beggars and begging petitions tlrnt. us a relief, Lis
servants are ordered not to answer the door-bell at
all, and only those who are intimate enongh to en
ter without ringing can have a chance at the mil
lionaire. Misssionary agents and church commit
tees are particularly liberal in their requests.
—Last Monday night, the residence of i
Dr. Webb, at Little Rock, Arkansas, was entered
by some one knowing his safe contained over $75.-
000. The Doctor was at the time sleeping in his :
bed with his son, a boy of twelve years. Both I
were brutally murdered with an ax. The assassin '
theu procured the key of the safe, but could only I
open one door.
An old man and his grandaughtcr were j
brutally murdered on Sunday evening last, near
Kossville, in York County, Penn. The grandmoth
er was also terribly injured, and, at last accounts, ,
was in a dying condition. An Irishman named i
Donovan has been arrested on suspicion of com- j
mitting the deed.
—Hon. James W Patterson has been
elected U. S. Senator from New Hampshire for six
years from the 4th of March next. He is now a
member of the Honse of Representatives, and is
one of the truest radical, loyal men in Congress.
'•My Policy don t flourish among the granite!
hills.
A strong effort is being made to nom
inate Hon. John Covode for congress in the West
moreland district.
—At the last meeting of the Union State
Committee, the reports from all parts of the State
satisfied the committee that Gen. Geary's majority
>4ll be an overwhelming one.
fßtadfflttl Reporter.
Towanda, Thursday, June 28,1866,
Union State Ticket.
FOB GOVERNOR,
GEN. JOHN W. GEARY,
OF WESTMORELAND COI NTY.
Republican County Committee.
The Republican County Committee arc request
ed to meet at the Court House, on MONDAY the
"2d day of JULY next, at 1 o'cioek, p. m. A full
attendance is requested, as business of import
ance will come before the Committee.
G. D. MONTANYE, Chairman.
The persons composing the Committee are —W.
H. Carnochan, Jos. H. Horton, Benj. KtiykeudaU,
H. N. Williams, W. H. H. Gore, N. C. Hurris, O.
K. Bird, Eugene Keeler, L. L. Moody, Robert M.
Pruynie.
The recurrence of the Auiversary of
our National Auiversary will be celebrated
in this office,by omittiug the publication of
the REPORTER next week. The next num
ber of the paper will issued the 12th day of
July.
IRELAND AND THE FENIANS.
Never since the Rebellion of '9B lias the
Irish element in our population been so ex
cited as now in this Fenian movement. In
every State of the Union, in Canada, in
Ireland, in England, even, men of apparent
ly sound mind, capable of forecast and sa
rious thought, are praying for, and expect
ing the dawning of liberty upon the land
of their birth and of their fathers. It would
seem as if those ardent patriots had a light
which others do not see, —some assurance
of success which does not appear to others.
The Irish are an excitable nation, the Cel
tic blood is easily warmed, easily thrown
into a tumultuous movement, but if history
asserts truly, it has no persistent force.—
There is a wide difference between nation
alities, or to speak more correctly, between
races. The Celts to their latest deseend
ents, are brave and ardent, but in every
period of their history, they have given
way before the cool persistence of Anglo-
Saxon energy. Add to this inherent con
stitutional weakness, their constant dissen
sions with each other, their love of feud
and combativenoss, all springing from an
inordinate love of self aud desire to ruie,
and we have one reason among many oth
ers, why the quiet disinterested spectators
of this turmoil, prophecy their utter aud
disgraceful overthrow.
Since the days of Emmet and Curran,
Ireland has had no true disinterested pa
triot to lead her, —no man, or men, of suffi
cient grasp and talent, to harmonise con
flicting views and direct her e it-rgies to
the point of independence and success.—
They were honest men, but they failed be
cause Irishmen themselves did not second
their efforts, and who has led them since ?
For years O'Oonnell was their hope, but
we know that he, their hero and idol, was
selfish and dishonest, and that while he,
with one hand, pocketed the price of Ire
land's continued subjection to the British
ministry, with the other, clenched the hard
earnings of servant girls, freely bestowed,
to help in the great movement of Ireland's
redemption. How nearly does O'Connell
resemble Stephens and O'Mahoney, except
that the latter are deeper died in villainy
and deceit, and where O'Connell filched
cents from honest toil, they have dollars.
How men of common sense, such as we
every day take by the hand, can be delud
ed by so monstrous a humbug as this Fen
ian movement, passes all comprehension.—
It is the wildest of all wild projects devised
in the brains of madmen to be executed by
fools. It proposes nothing less than the
dismemberment of the British Empire by a
mob of silly Irishmen, gathered together
at the call of men steeped in iniquity, hun
| gering for notoriety, and greedy for lucre.
The rebellion of the Southern States offer
, ed a thousand chances of success where
i tin's does not a ghost of one. That against
British rule in India, might have been suc
cessful as (so far as the commerci .1 pros
perity of England was at stake, her trade
with that far off region would have been
just as prosperous, free, as subject to the
home government ;) but that it attacked
the integrity of the British Empire, and
was a blow at the proudest and most pow
erful sovereignty the sun shines on.
Is it to be supposed that this same sov
ereignty which has betn now more than
fifteen hundred years in building up, will
forego all the advantages of her situation,
and strike that flag which lias waved over
so many victorious battle-fields, to the re
doubtable General Sweeney, with his band,
the command of which, even Falstaff would ;
resign ?
j Xo, it is not in human nature, and John
| Bull has as stubborn a human nature as
j Pat or Mike. England will never resign
her rule in Ireland. Canada she might
surrender to herself or to the United States
i even from motives of policy, but from force,
never. But from neither motive will she
part with dominion in Ireland. Ireland is
too near her coast, and would ever be her
euemy if she were free, ihe first war Eng
land should engage in with a Continental
Power, Ireland would oper her ports to re-
I ceive her enemy, and, perhaps, furnish
troops to help in her subjugation. Besides,
Ireland is necessary to complete her;
sway. She is the necessary and natural I
appeudage of England. England does not
hold her grasp of Ireland so tenaciously
from mere love of power, but that together, 1
they are stronger and more prosperous, and
also, because in the event of a separation, !
Ireland will most surely gravitate toward '
1- ranee. A Frenchman's veins circulate !
Celtic blood as does an Irishman's and
Louis Napoleon, true to the instinct which
cariied him to Mexico, would soon estab
lish a relationship. The truth is, Ireland '
from her own constitutional fault, can nev
er be an independent nation. She must be
a satelite, revolving around a centre which
is without herself.
English law is founded in justice and 1
civil right, and tyranny in its most revolt
ing form, can never exist as a permanent]
condition where it prevails. It would have
taken Ireland thousands of years to estab
lish permanent civil institutions, such as
jury, the writ of habeas corpus,
&c , those great conservators of individual
right, of her own free volition. Without
English lafr, Ireland would have been as
Naples, or Portugal, or Spain are, the
homes of bandits of the deepest depravity,
where property would have been' nsecure,
and life an accident. Every free and noble
impulse of humanity would have been
smothered by the incubus of a eon opt,
bigoted, ecclesiastical despotism.
People may say and write what tlp-y
please of the tyranny of the English C! ureli
in Irelaud. No one denies that it is an un
popular institution there, aud that a large
majority of the Irish population detest it,
but there is a respectable minority who pre
fer it to the Catholic, and that to them,
and lor them, it is a savour of life unto life.
But it is not to them that iisgood influence
is manifested. There is not a bog-trotter
in Ireland who is not, to-day, in a better
condition than he would have been without
it. It does exert an influence for good,
and that influence is diffused over the length
and breadth of the whole country. If it
does not confer positive benefit on all, it
restrains positive evil from crushing all
It is a shield and a protection, the suin of
which may be made apparent to any one
who will consider for a moment the hapless
condition of those countries subject to the
exclusive sway of the Roman Priesthood.
It is not our intention to apologise for
the wrongs which have ground an ardent,
generous, whole souled race, in the dust.—
By nature an Irishman is a prince. In his
native character he is brave, generous, pa
triotic, sincere, gentle and noble in bis as
pirations and impulses, but these qualities
have too often rendered him the dupe of
artful men, aud he has been the victim of
more duplicity and chicanery, than all oth
er men, and it this fault of his nature which
is, even now, leading him with his eyes and
ears wide open, into the toils from which
he cannot escape scatheless. He may be
leauger Canada over every rod of its su
perficial area, and Ireland is still in bonds.
He may cast every dollar of bis earnings
into a pile, and every dollar may be honest
ly expended (which it wil not be) in this
mad attempt, aud is the sum tot 'I of this
war fund the thousandth part of the sum
the British Ministry can easily command
to secure Ireland as appendage to the Brit
ish Crown ?
It is acknowledged that Ireland iias le
gitimate cause for complaint, fully and
freely. In sorrow do we write, that the
statesmen of Great Britain have always
treated the Irish as a conquered people,
without, for a long time, granting them the
right of representation in Parliament, or
any other right they were bound to respect.
Through the whole period of their union,
subjugation rather, their hard earnings
have been carried to England in the shape
of tithes and rents, and there they have
fostered the interests of their hated ene
mies, and have been bestowed upon the
hired service of English shopmen, English
milliners, and English boot blacks. No
portion has ever come back to bless the
humble hand that earned it, and so far has
the drain been carried as to impoverish the
native population, and to crown the horrors
of a famine unprecedented in the history of
modern times for severity, when men,
strong men at its commencement, and fee
ble women, and helpless children, have
cried in agony and starved for the bread
they had earned in tears, but which at that
moment was filling the mouths of a bloated
pampered service abroad.
1 And still this attempt to conquer Ireland
in America, can not, will not, succeed.—
■ Where are your munitions of war, —your
• guns, and powder, and cannon, and ships
to carry you across the water ? How are
; you to be fed and clothed while absent at
t war, and how are your wives and little ones
• to suosist while you are away ? It is well
■ known that even here, there are those who
' contemplate leaving home in this wild
1 goose chase, —this most egregious folly,
ihiuk well of it before you go. You have
given money, and it is understood, so have
j those even who find it hard to subsist with
out extra calls upon your good nature, and
kindly feeling toward the land of your
birth,—your sons and daughters out at ser
, vice. We say again, give no more—no
I more—not another cent. It will be either
■ spent or wasted, or go to enrich some ras
: cals who will jaugh at your credulity, and
1 mock at your bitter disappointment. You
love the green isle where you first saw the
I light, but be assured, this effort to do her
good, will work her ruin, rather.
A Georgia journal says: " We hold
that there is absolutely no obligation on
any btute in the Federal L'uion to be what
is termed ' loyal' to the Government of that ;
• Union, be that fetate in the North or in the !
! South, or known by the name of either i
Massachusetts or Florida, South C'arolira :
; or Wisconsin. The thing is a free will thing
| altogether. The South has a future before
her, and if now cast in the pit by strong
and wicked brethren will yet, some day,
like Joseph, come to bear sway iu a mighty
I land.''
A novel insurance case has been de
cided in Missouri. The question arose up
on the following facts proved : A building
is insured against loss by fire. It falls
down, being heavily overloaded with mer
chandise ; the fall occasions a fire, which
destroys the fallen material. Query-—is
the Insuiance Company liable ? The Court
decided that the building insured, having
fallen, ceased to exist as such, and that it
ceased to exist by reason of a peril not in
sured against, and hence that the Company
was not liable.
I'he Legislature of Tennessee will
be convened in special session, and will
ratify the Constitutional Amendment. That
done, loyal members from that State will j (
be admitted to seats in Congress. | I
EUROPEAN NEWS. —The arrival of two
steamers at New York, on Tuesday lust,
brings later and important news from Eu
rope. Hostilities had not formerly com
menced, but had been brought one step
nearer by the severance of diplomatic, rela
tions between Austria and Prussia, and by
the lauding of Garribaldi in Italy. The
Austriaus had completely evacuated llols
tein leaving that Duchy to be occupied by
Prussian troops. At the sitting of the
French Corps Legislatif on the 12th inst.,
M. Rouher read a very important letter
1 written by the Emperor to his Foreign Min
i- er, M. Drouyn de Lhuys, on the lately
projt cted Conference. Had the Conference
; met, the Emperor says that France would
have repudiated all idea of territorial ag
grandismeut so long as the European equil
ibrum remained undisturbed, much
preferring a good understanding with her
neighbors to any territorial acquisition.—
France would have desired for the Gerrna
manic Confederation a more worthy posi
tion, for Prussia better geographical boun
daries, and for Austria the maintenance of
her great positiou in Europe, alter the ces
sion of Yenetia to Italy in exchange for ter
ritorial compensation. Though the Confer
ence has failed, France,the Emperor thinks,
I will not have to draw the sword, but will
j continue to observe an attentive neutraly.
; The letter was received with loud cheers
; by the members, and, on the suggestion of
M. Roacher, the Chamber, by a large ma
jority, decided against entering on the de
| bate upon the affairs of Germany and Italy.
| The general news from Europe is of alto
| gether secondary interest.
Great excitement prevails at Fay
; etteville, in the town of Mauuils, Onondaga
! county, over the supposed poisoning of
| more than forty persons in that village.--
Reports were in circulation that the chol
! era had broken out there, but upon investi
! gation the cause of the sickness was traced
| to some cheese sold by a merchant in the
| village. The deaths resulting from this
I poisoning already number two, while seve
i ral others are not expected to survive.
PROF. 11. 1). ROGERS, the celebrated
j geologist, is dead, lie was burn in Phila
| delphia, of Irish parentage, in 1809. llis
j chief work was an elaborate survey of
: Pennsylvania ; which caused his recogui
| tion abroad, and procured for him a Pro
j fessorship in the Univesity of Glasgow, in
Scotland. He was in this country last
year ; but his health commenced failing
j soon after his return to Glasgow.
THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE - HIS OBJEC
TIONS TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT,
WASHINGTON, Friday, Juue|22.
| The President to-day sent the following
j message to the Senate and House of Rep
i resentatives :
1 I submit to Congress a report ol the
| Secretary of State, to whom was referred
i the concurrent resolution of the 18th inst.,
' respecting a submission to the Legislatures
; of the States of an additional article to the
j Constitution ol the United States. It will
j be seen from this report that the Seen tary
I of State had, on the 16th inst., transmitted
j to the Governors of the the several States
certitied copies of the joint resolution pass
j ed on the 13th inst., proposing an ainend
j ment to the Constitution. Even in ordi
j nary times, a question of amending the
j Constitution must be justly regarded as of
; paramount importance,
j This importance is at the present time en
hanced by the fact that the joint resolution
! was not submitted by the two Houses for
I the approval of the President ; and that of
| the thirty-six States which constitute the
; Union, eleven are excluded from represen
tation in either House of Congress,although
j with the single exception of Texas, they
have been entirely restored to all their
' functions as States, in conformity with the
j organic law of the laud, and have appeared
j at the National Capital, by Senators and
! Representatives, who have applied for and
j have been refused admission to the vacant
I seats. Nor have the sovereign people of
j the nation been afforded an opportunity-of
' expressing their views upon the important
question which the amendment involves,
j Grave doubts, therefore, may naturally and
| justly arise as to whether the action of
, Congress is in harmony with the sentiment
I of the people, and whether State Legisla
! tures, elected without reference to such an
| issue, sould be called upon by Congress to
j decide respecting the ratification of the
| proposed amendment. Waiving the ques
! tion as to the constitutional validity ot the
j proceedings of Congress upon the joint res
j olution proposing the amendment, or as to
i the merits of the article which it submits
through the Executive Department to the
Legislatures of the States, I deem it prop
er to observe that the steps taken by the
Secretary of State, as detailed in the ac
companying report, are to he considered
as purely ministerial,and in no sense what-
I ever committing the Executive to an ap
j proval or recommendation of the amoud
j meut to the State Legislatures or to the
people ; on the contrary, a proper appreci
ation of the letter and spirit of the Consti
tution, as well as of the interests of nation
al order, harmony aud union, and a defer
ence for an euli htened public judgement,
may, at this time, well suggest a doubt
whether any amendment to the Constitu
tion ought to be proposed by Congress,
and pressed upon the Legislatures of the
several States for final decision, until af
ter the admission of such loyal Senators
and Representatives of the now-unrepre
sented States as have been, or as may
hereafter be chosen in conformity with the
Constitution and laws of the United States.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
THE RATIFICATION. —Counting nil, there
arc thirty-six States in the Union, and the
concurrence of twenty-seven of them in
the new Constitutional Amendment will he
requisite to its due ratification. Twenty
one will doubtless ratify as soon as oppor
tunity shall be offered. These are, Cali
fornia, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, lowa,
Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan,
Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, Mis
souri, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsyl
vania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Vir
ginia, Wisconsin, New Jersey did not rati
fy the Anti-Slavery Amendment until her
vote was no longer necessary; and her
present attitude is one of doubt. Of the
other States a reasonable dependence may
be placed on, Arkansas, Maryland, North
Carolina and Tennessee, This will make ,
twenty-five. If New Jersey and Delaware !
can be added to these, the full number will j
be obtained.
PROCEEDINGS OF OpNGRESS
Washington, Wednesday dune 20, 1 800.
lii the Senate, yesterday, Air. GRIMES re
ported the House bill authorizing the ac
ceptance of League Island as a naval
station. The House joint resolution for
the distribution of certain surplus copies
of the American State papers was passed.
The Senate, ly yeas , nays 2/>, refused to
discharge the Finance Committee from the
further consideration of the resolution fix
ing a day for the adjournment of Congress.
The tax Bill was next taken up The Sen
ate agreed to the rcc nnnendation of the
Finance Committee to fix the tax on cotton
;at two cents a pound. The reading of the
1 bill was continued until about one-third
was completed.
In the House, Air. EGOJ.ESTON, from the
Committee on Comnieice, reported back
the Senate amendments to the bill to fur
ther provide for the safety of the lives of
J passengers on board steam vessels, with a
j recommendation that they be non-concur
i ltd in. The amendments were non-concur
red in, and a Committee of Conference was
asked. Air. BOCTWELL introduced a bill
making it lawful to sell munitions of war,
vessels, Ac., to any Government, or the
people of any country with which we are
at peace. The bill to increase the pensions
|of widows and orphans was passed. The
first section extends the provisions of the
I pension laws to provost marshals, deputy
| provost marshals, and enrolling officers,
I who have been killed or wounded iu the
i discharge of their duties. The second sec
j tion increases the pensions to widows of
j deceased soldiers and sailors having chil
dren, at the rate of two dollars per month
| for each child under the age of sixteen.
The Senate bill granting lands to aid in
j the construction of a railroad from the Cen
tral Pacific Road in California to Portland,
Oregon, was next considered and finally re
committed. The bill grants eleven mill
ions of acres to the Company. The Senate
substitute to the Paris Exhibition Bill was
| then taken up. An amendment providing
that the bill shall not take effect until the
French troop s are withdrawn from .Mexico
was lost ; yeas 33, nays 83. The substi
tuie was non-concurred in, and a Commit
tee of Conference asked.
Thursday June 21.
In the Senate, yesterday. Air. SHERMAN,
from the Committee on Agriculture, report
ed adversely ou the bill to establish a
National Repertory in Germany. A joint
resolution was passed giving fifteen hun
j dred dollars to Airs. ABBIE GREEN lor her
services in assisting one hundred and nine
I nion prisoners to escape from Libby Pris
on. Air. Wade offered a resolution, which
was adopted, instructing the Committee on
Public Buildings and Grounds, to inquire
into the expediency of purchasing the land
; between Alaryland-avenue and Peuusylvan
i ia-avenue, east of the Capitol, for a Na
tional Park in which to erect a Presiden
: tia! Mansion The Tax Bili was next tak
len up. The Senate refused to adopt tire
j Finance Committee's amendment to tax
' reapers, threshing machines, mowers, Ac.,
1 three per cent., by iliu following vote:
| Yeas, 10 ; nays, 17.
In the House, Air. MORRIU.,from the Com
mittee of Ways and Means, reported a bill
jto reorganize the Treasury Department
and fix the pay of its employees. The bill
i was recommitted. A resolution was adopt
; ed to consider the expediency of a revision
i of the existing law in reference to mileage,
isoas to make the payment of mileage
I more equal and mure in accordance with
the actual cost of travel to and from the
national Capital at the present time. Air.
j PAINE, from the Committee on Elections,
made a report ou the contested election
! cace of FI'LLFR against DAWSON, from" the
j Twenty-first Congressional District of Penn
| sylvania. The report closes with a reso
-1 lution that Mr. DAWSON is entitled to re-
J tain his seat. The bill granting lands to
J aid in the construction of The Northern
i Kansas Railroad was amended liy reduc
ing ten sections to five, and was then pass-
J ed. The Army Bill was next considered,
J and was finally passed—Yeas 72, nays 41.
i\~ciu vUtocrtiscmcnts.
! Q.R A N 1) F A I R A N I) F E S T I V A L
ON THE
F Or II T 11 0 F J r I, Y .
J A Grand Fair and Festival will be held at the Borough
j ol Towandu on the Anniversary of our National Birth-
Pay, under direction of the I.adie of the Presbyterian
Church, a.v-i ted jointly by the Ladies of the Borough.?
A SPACIOUS FLORAL HALL
Is being erected for the occasion . capable of accommo
dating nvo thousand people. The Hal! will be elabor
ately and beautifully decorated with exotics, evergreens
and flowers.
in addition to many beautiful and amusing tableaux,
will he presented to the curious, a
- MUSEUM AND CURIOSITY SHOP,"
Containing many very rare and curious relics of the
wars of the Ancients and other historically valuable ar
ticles.
On the evening of the 4th an Inflation and
ASCENSION OF A LARGE BALLOON
Will take place. During the Fair a
BEAUTIFUL FIREMAN'S TRUMPET
Will be presented by a gent leman of the borough, to be
given to the Fire Company in favor of which the largest
number ol votes shall be polled. The price of votes
will be published at the Fair.
The Departments for the sale of
FANCY ARTICLES AND REFRESHMENTS,
Will be large and complete, and abundantly supplied
with fruits aud other articles from the city market.
The Hall will be brilliantly illuminated, aud the occa
sion enlivened by tine music.
It is intended to make this an occasion for general en
joyment and pleasure tor the people far and near. The
best attention will be paid to persons visiting the Fair
from other townships. The Fair will be opened on Tues
day the 3d of July , and eontiuue until the nieht of the
Fourth.
US. INTERNAL REVENUE.—NO
- t'ICE TO TAX PAYERS.— Notice is hereby
given that the annual assessments of Taxes iu the 13th
district of Pennsylvania, comprising the counties CL :
Montour, Bradford, Sullivan, Wyoming and Columbia,
upon Incomes lor 1865 , and licenses, carriages, pianos,
etc., lor 1866, is neaily completed.
COURTS OF APPEAL
for the correction of erroneous assessment will be held
as follows :
IN MONTOUR COUNTY
on FRIDAY the 6th day ol July, 1866, at the Montour
House in Danville.
IN BRADFORD COUNTY
on WEDNESDAY the 11th day of July. 1806. at the
Ward House in Towanda.
IN SULLIVAN COUNTY'
on FRIDAY the 13th day ot July, 1866, at the house of
D. A. Vaughn in Dushore. .
IN WYOMING COUNTY "
ou WEDNESDAY the 18th ot July, LSOO, at Baldwims
Hotel in Tunkhannock.
IN COLUMBIA COUNTY
on FRIDAY the 20th of July, 1866, at the Assessor's
Oflice iu Bloomsbnrg.
ALL APPEALS MUST BE IN WHITING,
and MUST specify the particular cause, matter or thing
respecting which a decision is requested, and shall state
the ground or principle of error complained of.
Appeals may be made at the office of the Assessor at
any time previous to the days above fixed for he ariug
appeals.
*3, 11 any person liable to Income ta\, or OWNING
carriages, watches, pianos and other articles liable un
der schedule A of the Excise law have not yet reported
they are hereby uuiiiicd to do so at once or become lia
ble to the penalty. The excuse that the Assessor has
not called npou hira will not avail. IT is tl.e duty of ev
ery one amenable to the law to seek the Assessor of his
District and make his return.
PALEMON JOHN,
Assessor 13th District, Pa.
Assessor's Office, Bloomshurg. Pa.. June 21, 1866.
HENRY PBET, JUMhksy at Laic, Towan-
P®- jun27,66.
&£UI 3LIH)CRTISCMCNTO.
1 MPORTANT TQ SCHOOL BOARDS -
X The law requires that each Hoard of School Direc
tors shall on or trehire the first Monday in June, make
to the County Superintendent ita annual r< port and cer
titicate. Failure to have these documents on file at
Harrisburg on or before the 15tli of July, forfeits the
State Appropriation. They must tie forwarded to me in
time to iie examined and recorded before the 10th of
July. They have not been received from the districts
here named :
Albany, Asylum, Athens twp., Burlington Vrro', Bur
lington twp., Burlington West, Canton twp.,Columbia,
(report received) Franklin, (report not received) I.e
Roy, Litchfield, Monroe IJOIO' Orwell, Rome bpro' Rome
twp.. She.-bequin, Sylvan la, Towanda Wo' (re|ort not
received) Towanda twp., (certificate not received) To
wauda North, Troy twp.. Wells Wilmot, Windham.
O. J. CHUBBUCK,
Orwell, June 25, 1866. County Snperintendeut.
rNT AI N li A K E :
The subscriber respectt liy inf rms the public that, the
Pleasure Grounds conucettd with Monntaiu Luke, have
been put in complete order, and that lie is prepared lor
the reception oi parties.
His Buildings aud Boats have aii undergone thorough
repair, and parties will and everything provided for
their comfort. A more delightful place of resort can
not be found in the county than tins lake and the adja
cent grounds, affording shady walks, good boating, aud
excellent fishing.
HARBISON DODD.
Burlingtou , July 2, 1860.
LHilc SALE —The Bubecriber oilers for
JD sale a valuable Building Lot, situate on Franklin
street, about one hundred aid fifty feet from Main st.
There is a bam on the lot aud a foundation and frame
work for a bouse It will be sold as it is, or witli the
house linisbed. For further particulars enquire of the
subscriber at his residence on ihe premises.
0. M. HALL.
Towanda, June 20, 1866.
IJLARMERS ! HAYING! HAVING !-
Ixtok at the Light Hubbard Mower, improved lor
1860, which took a one hundred dollar Gold Medal, at
great trial of 18 machines at Syracuse last Summer.—
Also the Gremiuin Wheel Independent Tooth Horse
Hake, which we offer to give to any man who will give
us the gleanings oi wheat oi a thirty acre wheat Held
r.iked clean by it, after having been r.ikrd ia the ordina
ry manner of harvesting. Also the (' ml,infd Hay
lvnite and Horse Fork, a most perfect and valuable im
provement. Terms reasonable, goods cheap. Farmers
it will pay you to come and examine any one or all of
them before buying elsewhere, at the Metropolitan
Hardware Store.
5. N. BKOXSON.
Orwell, June 27, 1866.
Grindstones, Cradles, Revolver Rakes. Agricultural
Tools, Spinning Wheels, Reels, wheel heads, fliers, iron
aud steel, hubs and felloes, spokes, springs and axels
hardware, and tin, Ac., Ac., in large quantities Cadi
for wire AT BUON'SON'S.
MICHIGAN PINE LANDS FOR SALE.-
Havingthe agency for the sale of several thou
sand acres oi the choicest Pine Timber Lands in the
State of Michigan, I am prepared to offer great induce
ments to those who wish to invest.their money v. herait
will pay. These lands are among the best pine tracts
in the Saginaw aud Muskegon Valleys, located on good
floating streams, and are now needed f r lumbering
purposes. Business men and capitalists will do well to
examine them before investing their means elsewhere.
For particulars inquire of or address
HUMAN MORSE.
June 22, 1866. Litchfield, Bradford County, Pa.
TE F F 1) AVIS ESC AP E I>!
How many hearts will burn with indignation or. read
ing this announcement. But we counsel you to spare
your feelings oi indignation for a future period, for al
though this arch traitor has escaped being hung or shot
the Public at requested to call at
WARNER'S JEWELRY STORE,
And examine his splendid stock oi Watches and Jewel
ry of the latest designs and elaborate finish, which are
being sold at
VERY LOW PRICES.
He also keeps the celebrated Setb Thomas Clock and
American and Stop Watches. Other articles usually
kept iii a store of this kind. Remember the place, Pat
ton's lilo k N. B Watches, Clocks and Jewelry re
paired ; nd warranted.
A. 51. WARNER.
Towanda, June 20,1866.—0rn.p.
IALOUR I FLOUR I FLOUR!-—ln view
of the high price of wheat we have been endeavor
ing to produce an extra quality of Rye Flour for those
of our customers disposed to economise We now make
it so white as to he scarcely distinguishable from good
wheat flour. Try some.
Flour from White Winter Wheat, also Buckwheat
flour, Corn meal aud different kinds of Feed for sale.—
Cash paid for all kinds of grain.
H. 11. INGHAM.
Cascade Mills, Camptown, June 11, 1866.
WHOLESALE MUSIC DEPOT.
L. B. POWELL, Scranton, Pa., Dealer in Chicker
ing's- Pianos Decker's Piaiios, Mason A Hamlin s Cabi
nei Organs, Treat Lii d.-ley A Co s Melodeons, and all
kinds of Musical Instruments, Sheet Music and Musk
Books. Orders from Dealers and Teachers especially
solicited. Address
L. B. POWELL,
116, Pennsylvania Avenue. Scranton, Pa.
June 11, 1866.—y1.
HEALTH IS THE GREAT NEED OF
THE AGE.
A NEW SYSTEM OP THE HEALING J RT.
N. J. COGSWELL. M I).,
HYGIENIC PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
May lie consulted in person or by letter, at his lesi
dence, East Spring Hill, Bradford county. Pa.
An intelligent community require a medical doctrine
grounded upon right reason, in harmony with and
avouched by the unerring laws of Nature and ol the vi
tal organism, aud authenticated by successful results.
Hence we solicit an examination of our system. Claim
ing that al! diseases can be successfully treated with
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 of the diserse. The laws of life and health, why
it it is unnecessary and dangerous to take drugs, and
how to preserve health and long lite. Will visit pa
tients, aDd give directions tor home treatment, when
desired.
East Springhill, Slay 1,'66. —lv,p.
FLOA BONDS.—THE MAY COUPON
a—'of the 5-20 Bonds purchased at the highest
market price by B. S.RUSSELL & CO.
Bankers.
U. S. Securities of all kinds bought and sold by
B. S. RUSSELL & CO., Bankers.
Petroleum, Venango and Crawford Co. Bank Notes
bought by B. S. RUSSELL & CO., Bankers.
RPHE NEW I RUNN GRIST MILL AT
X Camptown is in operation, furnished throughout
with he moat complete, thoroughly tested, and highly
approved machinery and fixtures, now iu use in the
United States ; uninterrupted by
• man on NOW WATER.
Flour, Feed and Meal, always on hand at prices cor
responding to the cost of Grain.
H. B. ING HA
May 7, '66. -t
VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE.- The
T subscriber offers for sale bis Farm, Saw Mill, Cider
Mill, and Feed Mill, situated on Towanda Creek, known
as the White property, 3 miles from Towanda. For par
ticulars address or inquire of the undersigned on the
premises. G. \V. WHITE.
Monroe. June 4, 1866.
DISSOLI IION.—The co-partnership
heretofore existing betrwaen J. & S. Beidieman,
is this day disoived by mutual consent. The accounts
will be settled by John Beidleinati.
J. BEIDLEMAN,
Towanda, June 4, 1566. S. BEIDLEMAN. !
The business will be continued hereafter by John I
Beid lemon.
/TARRLAGES, WAGONS, SLEIGHS!
THE OLD ESTABLISHMENT STILL IN OPERATION.
FELLOWS, CRANDALL & CO.,
Successors to Reynolds, Fellows & Co., are now offering
and are prepared to furnish ou short notice, Wagons,
Carriages and S eighs, oi all descriptions and of the la
test and most approved style, and of the best material,
at the old stand opposite the Unien House, in the cen
tral part ol Alba Borough, Bradford County. Pa.
The public are assured that the reputation the shop
has acquired duriug the last six years under the super
intendence ol J . H. Fellows, will be more than main
tained, as he will superintend the work as heretofore he
having long been and having had much experience as a
Carriage and Sleigh Builder, would assure the public
that ,io pains will be spared by the above firm to make
the establishment worthy of their patronage. Thankful
as one of the old firm for the patronage thus far exten
ded, we hope to merit a continuance ol the same.
N. B—We, the undersigned, being practical mechan
ics, can manufacture and offer to the public at prices
that will defy competition. JAMES H. FELLOWS,
D. W. C. CRANDALL,
J. G. MERITT,
Alba Borough, April 15, 1806. ly.
ATTENTION FARMERS AND T)ATRV~
MEN !
CHEESE FABTORY IN lIERRICK!
The subscriber will be ready about the 10th of May,
1860, to receive and manufacture into a prime article of
Cheese all the milk that may be delivered at his Factory.
The following is the proper manner in which to pre
pare rennet: Let the call suck the cow for at least four
days, then take him off, and put him in a clean place
kill the calf in 15 hours after sucking, take out the ren
net, fill it with salt, hang it in a drv place. The rennet
must nut be washed.
Feb. 27, '66. A. A. STJOHN.
LMSH OF ALL KINDS FOR SALE BY
A E. T. FOX
fllisfelianeons.
TTII EN 5 KXC II A NG K
This large well known and favorite hotel i
opened tor the accommodation ot the travrv r.
It has been relurnished and refitted with II * i''
ience for the comfort of guests. Th e tlt . - v - r y con,.
supplied with the best the market affords arm" 1
will be spared to give entire satisfaction to In 00 f " -
ronize the house. A few desirable room r W j
borders. 0. j.; BM "man
Athens, Pa., March 22, - Prop',
J ISS K S uPH AM g
DRESS MAKERS, TOWAN'RA
Would invite the attention of the ladies
to their Spring Styles just received iron v .
They feel confident that they can 1 t,
give them a call. "™ *ka
The latest fashions received regularlv f.
Demorest's shop, New York. Stit. bin* dm . 4
Booms over Eddy's Clothing store, :;d storv >•
April, l.jth, '<!<;. 3m.
PL A N TI, GRAPE Vl\ G ~
EVER-BLOOMING ROSES, VERBENAS, l MHl)
&c., for sale at the
GARDEN OF IIARRY MIX
| Early Winningstaddt, Ox heart, sugar loa!
j York Cabbage, 8 cents per dozen ; Early and i. Y ,r2
flowers, 8 cents per dozen ; Large smooth K,,.„ v
! perfected, red and yellow Tomato, lo cents r •
! Ef?B plants, and sweet and bell shaped PermerTi
per dozen ; Melons and Cucumbers, in .„,L
1 including [rots ; Celery and all kinds ol 'a u- r >
i cents per 100. ' i;
All plants will be nicely packed in moss an,r .
sent to any part of this and adjoining countie .C *
: feet safety. ' Wlt " per
A SECOND HAND DEMOCRAT W A ,; ON
For sale Cheap. Enquire at the Gar.l..,
Towanda, April 17,1800.
AMERICAN HOT E L
T O W A N D A , PA.,
Having purchased this well known Hotel
Street, 1 have refurnished and refitted it a* 1 '
convenience for the accommodation ol all when" "
ronize inc. No pains will he spared to make
agreeahT-. J. S. PATTERSON , Prop
riHIE SUBSCRIBER WANTS A GOfih
A Miller to tend a Grist Mill. Apply to
CHARLES cp k'
jjiMiiore, Bullivan Co., Pa.,
J -J. NEWELL,
COUNTY SURVEYOR,
Orwell, Bradford Co., i J a., will promptly attend ■
business in his line. I'aiticuiar atlentiou given to •
niug and establishing old or disputed lines ('!.'■
surveying of ail unpatented lands as soon a- warra- ■
are obtained. ' 1
May 17. lRCfi.
I T>OLL CARDING AND CLOTH DRESG
Ai ING.
W. G. LOYELAND A CO.,
Won Id inform the public in general, that the-, ar
i prepared with well lilted machinerv and a nerman< •
| water privilege, to do " 1
ROLL CARDING AND CLOTH DRESSING.
F actory. North Towanda. Special can
will be tdkc'ti to GO work in u satitilactory manner *. u:
| all who desire good work done on short notice, wii :
! well to give u a call. W.U. LOVELANii
WM. BARNES.
N. B. W 00l received and delivered semi-weeki-. -
J Beidlemaa's, Towanda.
North Towanda, Aril 23, "GO. —tt.
-TIES FOR THE RAILWAY FROMIo
A WANDA TO STATE LINE.
j We wish to contract for ties lor this road at oiite :
: he delivered on the line of the road along the (MlI
during the winter. We prefer to have them all deliver
ed at and above Towanda, but will buy tie- deliver?. s
the Canal at ail points north of Me- ; .; •\Vy, ■. j
' county, at rates that will equal those pr.'i :--r dei.-.-;!
: along the rail line. We wish all white and r a'k.
hut we will buy hemlock, and young, free-gr win.-
chestnut ties, all to lie 10 feet long, nothing Its- -ha.
inch lace in full length. For white and r. b -ai. •
i 8 inches thick, lull (1 inch lace, we will pay 40 cts each
i For the same wood, 0 inches thick ,3a ■
i Hemlock 8 " "
i 'lo ...G " •' 25 "
| Chestnut 8 " " 35 - ■
do 6 " •• 30
I Delivered on bank of Canal above Towanda handy : r
i unloading in parcels ol 3,000 each mile, (payment"aate
j od tire 15th to 20th of each mouth for ai tiesdehvsred
up to the first ol the month) and placed and piled... .
< rected by our ..gents who inspect them. We -h. a >,
i need a quantity of pine of ioug ieDg'.hs lor bridges, ii
j oak in various shapes. Wn H Morgan, at Towards.
will contract for ties, and will inspect tie- same, also,
! John Itahm, David ltahm, Pat Mahony, of l.am ie: H.
1 C. Smith, of Athens. C.F. WELLBS, Jr.
! Athens, Dee. S, 1805,
' '
QOLOMON A SON.
Have made large additions to their
'STOCK OF WINTER CLOTHING FOR
Men and Boys' wear.
Consisting of all the latent style-. -r: ir a
'
BUSINESS SUITS,
PANTS and VESTS
SHiKTS,
COLLARS
| TIES,
SUSPENDERS
GLOVES and MITTENS,
HANDKERCHIEFS
WRAPPERS,
DRAWERS
! and HATS A CAPS.
.Which we are offering at Great Reduced Prices. We
would solicit an early call and examination ol our -
sort merit. Call and get the worth oi vour money at
SOl.'tjlON A 80N
Dec. 12, ISUS. No. 2 Patton's Block.
JgVERYBODY
Are Invited to examine all the
800 T S A \ I) SIIO E S
In town.
BEFORE PURCHASING OF US
In order that they may ba
SATISFIED
That we are selling goods at as
REASONABLE PRICES
is
ANY OTHER MAN.
A splendid stock ol
SUMMER GOODS,
Justarrivod,
TO WHICH
We would invite the attention ol the
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HUMBHREY BROTHS
June 13, lsbb.
TAT ANTED.—A CANAL BOAT, IN GOOD
v v condition, and with tight hatches—to
about 30 tons. Address with particulars as to pr ce v
April 9, ISGG.—tt Box 12S. l'ittstou la.