Neros from all Nations.
—The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany has agreed to assist in extending the
Tyrone and Clearfield Railroad to Clear- j
field. The offer is a liberal one, and the
people immediately interested regard it as
such.
--The proposed alliance by mar
riage between the reigning families of Rns- j
sia and Greece obtains peculiar significance
from the agitations existing among the |
Greek population of the European Turkey.
—The Philadelphia Ledger claims
the largest daily circulation, except one, in
the United States, and the largest advertis
ing receipts except one. Last year it re- j
ceived for advertising, $311,37 90
—The project of an air line railroad
between Washington and New York is again
before Congress. Among the corporators
are Simon Cameron. John W. Forney and
Morton McMichael.
—"Brick" Pomeroy is out on a lec
turing tour. The atmosphere of the South
ern cities is so pleasant to him that he will
hardly venture this way.
—The Chicagoiaiis call the killing
of a man out of jealousy only "Trussel
work '-—in honor of Mollie Trussel, the par
doned murderess.
—Friday,the twenty-second of Feb
ruary. is to be observed as a day of prayer
and fasting by the Methodists of St. Louis.
—A New Vork Court has just de"
ciied that a gift presentation concert is no
lottery and cannot be prosecuted as such.
—Robert Lyon, a soldier of 1812,
died on Thursday last, at Lewisburg, Pa.,
in his eightieth year.
—John Patrick undertook to ride
over the Utica and Black River Railroad
last week,on the snow plow,but was knock
ed off, ran over and killed.
—Rev. George T. Wiliiams the Vir
ginia clergyman, who picked a lady's pock
et in a New York omnibns, has been held
for trial.
—The house of Secretary Seward
is now a resort for fugitive rebels. His house
at Auburn was formerly a resort for fugitive
slaves.
-—Rev. Joseph M. Redding,of Prov
idence, R. I.,has been arrested for indecent
exposure of his person.
—Rev. B. 11. Cheever,writing to the
New York MeUtodi.it, proposes to erect a
memorial church on the battle ground of
Gettysburg.
--By a general consolidation, the
C'amden and Amboy Railroad Company, has
gobbled up all the railroads in New Jersey.
—Garibaldi has written a letter of
sympathy for the heroic and suffering
Greeks in the Island of Crete.
—A severe thunder storm visited
New York city,[on Saturday last. The thun
der shook the city like the explosion of a
powder Magazine.
—lt is postively announced in
France that all the French soldiers will
leave Mexico on the 25th of February.
—Rev. Luther Lee, the leader of
Wesleyan Methodists of the United States,
has issued a call for a meeting of all Wes
leyans in favor of returning to the M. E.
church.
—A singular accident happened on
the Atlantic & Great Western,last week. A
gentleman was sitting with his feet resting
on the sill of one of the windows, which
was open, and while the train was passing
a truss bridge both his feet were taken off.
—Meadville has a new 1,500 pound
tire alarm bell.
—The Atlantic Hotel,at Titusville,
is the only temperance house in that city,
and is said to be quite popular.
—A man who represented himself
as the Cashier of a National Bank at Wash
ington, insulted a young girl on the Atlan
tic and Great Western cars, between Sala
manca and Cleveland, on Wednesday even
ing of last week. The girl asked protection :
of the passengers, when two or three of
them seized the blackguard, took him to
the rear end ot the train and dropped him
off.
—Three men, accused of forging
bonds of Buena Vista County, lowa, to the
amount of $40,000, have been arrested in
Chicago.
—The recent warm weather has
occasioned destructive freshets in many of
the Western States.
—Four of the crew ol the steam
ship Cdyetf B//<,from Boston for Savannah,
have arrived at Charleston, S. C.,and report
that their vessel was burned at sea off' Cape
Hatteras on Sunday morning last, and that,
of twenty-six persons on board, they alone
escaped.
—An accident on the Hannibal and
St. Joseph (Mo.) Railroad, on Wednesday
night, caused by thej breaking of a wheel,
resulted in the death of one passenger and
the wounding of fourteen others more or
less seriously.
—The Canadian Government have
decided to place Government Police at Ni
agara Falls, to protect visitors from ex
tortion, and has given a general hint to Mu
seum keepers.
Joseph Miller, a prominent citi
zen of Perry county, died at New Bloom
field, last week. He had held several pub
lic offices.
—Alderman Reefer, of Ilarrisburg
a captain in the war of 1812, and at onetime
county commissioner, is dead. He was 78
years of age.
—The Shamokin Herald says : John
McEwen, whom we mentioned last week as
having been injured by a fall of coal at the
Burnside Colliery, has since died from his
injuries.
—-A woman in York county, died,
last week, to all appearances, but subse
quently returned to mudane life, and rela
ted strange stories of what she hail seen.
—George B. Nensteel,a German
music teacher, was killed in Washington
township, York county, on Thursday week,
by being struck by a tree which others were
cutting down.
—Mrs. Raber, of Chapman town
ship, Snyder county, ended the year 18CC
by presenting her husband with three fat
babies—one boy and two girls. "Tell Chap
man to crow,"
— E. W. McGinnes, Esq., a well
known citized of Pottsville, and identified
for many years with the coal mining inter
est, died suddenly at his home on Tuesday.
—Mr. and Mrs. Blackburn, of Col
umbia, who are charged with fiendish abuse
of their little daughter, have been commit
ted to jail in default of $3,000 bail each.—
The little victim is ut a hospital, and is re
covering.
—Threo distinct shocks of an earth*
quaks were felt at Sun Diego, California, on
the Ist ingt.
§ naifod gUpotttf.
Towanda, Thursday, Feb. 21,1867.
THE IMPEACHMENT.
It is well known that this paper
does not favor the proposition to im
.peacu the President—not because it
doubts the right and Constitutional
power of the two Houses of Congress
to exercise such authority—not be
cause it even doubts the guilt of the
President, but it fails to discover the
of the measure, and believes the in
terests of the country can be better
protected against bis encroachments
upon the rights of the people in some
other way. And we have reason to
suppose the views of the REPORTER
on this subject are substantially in
harmony with the great majority of
the Rpublicau press throughout the
country.
But notwithstanding this attitude
of the Republican press,which doubt
less reflects the views of a great ma
jority of the party, the prospect of
impeachment is more imminent now
than at auy other time. Why ? Be
cause of the attitude and action of
the Democratic party. The criminal
folly of the friends of the President
who at the Democratic Conventions
and such papers as the Washington
Constitutional Union and the Demo
cratic press generally, openly threat
ened armed resistance if Congress
should exercist its express Constitu
tional right of impeachment, has
done more to make an impeachment
probable than all other causes to
gether. If Congress can not take
an undeniably Constitutional step
but a faction in opposition must in
voke civil war, we ought all to know
it. And if it be necessary to im
peach the President in order to prove
that fact, while we are opposed to
the plan naturally, we say by all
means let him be impeached. From
1860 to the present time the Demo
cratic party has tried to carry every
election and to secure all its meas
ures by a threat of civil war. JOHN
VAN BUREN at the Cooper Institute,
in 18G2, and JAMES BROOCS at New
Haven, and EDMUND BURKE at Con
cord, in 1867, resort to the same
menace. It should not be disregard
ed. Such men should be taught,
whenever they invite the issue, that
the people of the United States are
not yet Mexicanized,and that they in
tend to settle all questions by peace
ful methods until they are openly op
posed, and will then forcibly over
come the opposition, that peaceful
methods may be resumed.
If the evidence laid before the
Judiciary Committee shall show that
the President has unquestionably at
tempted to subvert the Government,
directly or indirectly, by usurpation
or by corruption, or by inaction,
whatever may be opinion of this or
any other Journal, he will be im
peached and tried, and if convicted
he will be removed from offioe. And
whoever undertakes to resist by arms
the process or the decision will fare
as other rebels have lately fared. It
is one of those great and grave
measures which only extraordinary
public emergency can justify. It is
indeed strictly Constitutional, as the
war-power is Constitutional. If the
Constitutional authority be offensive
ly denied, the country may demand
that the issue be raised. But no
sensible man can be iudifferent to
the importance of such action, aud
will therefore neither passionately
nor flippantly invoke it.
This is undoubtedly the attitude of
the country at this moment. Nothing
will change it but the continuous fol
ly of the President's party. If they
and he are wise, they will paitently
await the action of the Committee.—
If the Committee report that ample
grounds for impeachment exist, aud
state their nature so that the country
can clearlj comprehend them, the
President,if wisely advised,will abide
by the Constitution and the methods
it prescribes. That, aud that only,
will be proof to the country that he
sincerely believes in the justice of his
position. That, and that only, will
incline the country to judge dispas
sionately the evidence of the defense.
Mad and reckless as his words and
measures have been, fatally encour
aging to the rebellious spirit,and de
structive of the hopes of loyal aud hu
mane citizens, his acts are not of ne
cessity to be interpreted as conceived
with an intent of overthrowing the
Government. An obstacle to the loy
al and generous purpose of the coun
try he plainly is ; but not aud obsta
cle, obviously, to be removed by im
peachment. But tiie moment he re
sists a simple Constitutional process,
that moment he judges himself. And
when the Democratic party declares
that it will resist Congress in its Con
stitutional authority to try the Presi
dent,the people will see to it that the
Democratic party comes to grief as
thoroughly as it did in the late war
it made upon the nation.
IHE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.—
The following are the States which
have up to this time ratified or reject
ed the constitutional amendment:
Ratified by Connecticut, Illinois,
Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Michigan,
Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennes
see, \ errnont, West Virginia, Wis
consin. Total, 19.
Rejected by Alabama, Arkansas,
Delaware, Georgia, Florida, Ken
tucky, Louisaua, Maryland, Missis
sipppi. North Carolina, South Caro
lina, Texas, Virginia Total, 13.
.from Harrisbnrg.
Special Correspondence of THE BBADFOBD
REPORTER.
HABBISBLBO, Pa., Feb. 18, 1867.
The anniversary of Washington's birth—
the 22d of February—Mill doubtless be se
lected as the occasion upon which to place
the old Declaration of Independence table
and the celebrated Hancock chair in Inde
pendence Hall, Philadelphia. For many
years past these venerable relics have occu
pied quarters in the Capitol buildings in
Harrisburg. Recently the chair met with
an accident,by which it was somewhat brok
en, and the present Legislature passed a bill
directing the table and chair to be removed
to Philadelphia. Henceforth they will form
a part of the collection of old-time relics that
will in after years be looked upon by genra
tions yet unborn, with pleasure and venera
ion. No more fitting place than Indepen
dence Hall could have been chosen in which
to deposit these articles, which were so close
ly identified with the consummation of our
independence. They will be in the honored
structure from which "Liberty" was first
proclaimed. The 22d is a suitable day upon
which to place them there, inasmuch as it
is the anniversary of the birth of the Father
of His Country—the immortal Washington
whose achievements won for us the indepen
dence we have so long enjoyed. As it will
also be a legal holiday.no doubt many mem
bers of the Legislature will participate in
the exercises intended to be held in connec
tion with depositing the articles named in
the place referred to.
On Tuesday last the Legislature resumed
its duties after having had a most delightful
excursion to Pittsburg, for the purpose of
visiting the Penitentiary, House of Refuge
and other institutions dependent upon the
State for support. The trip was enjoyed by
all who participated in it, and no doubt the
Penitentiary and House of Refuge will be
benefitted by the visit.
The Constitutional Amendment having
been ratified by the Legislature is another
evidence that Pennsylvania is loyal to the
core. There was a great amount of speech
making in fiiror of and against the Amend
ment —speech-making that will hereafter
damage and improve the strength of parties
and the prospects of politicians. The Re
publicans in both branches took lofty and
comprehensive positions during this debate.
Their speeches show that the Republican
leaders have marked out a straight line, for
partizan progress, and that they cannot de
viate from it without doing violence to their
own sense of right and injustice to the fair
est hopes of the nation. On the other hand,
the Democratic leaders clearly proved their
determination to resist the logic of events. —
They will neither see nor learn, accept or re
spect the truth that the power of the nation
al government is destined to become the su
preme law of the land—that that power is
lodged in the people—that the people dele
gate it to their representatives, and that no
movement on the part of the Government,
no act to promote its prosperity, and no blow
to defend its life, can be provided or struck
without the sanction of Congress. This is
all that this amendment really seeks to es
tablish—by punishing the treason which es
sayed the destruction of the Government,
and providing unfailing guards against a re
currence of the same evil. Let us hope that
the requisite number of States will speedily
ratify the amendment notwithstanding the
opposition it receives.
Gov. GEARY'S prompt approval of the
joint resolution ratifying the Constitutional
Amendment has caused considerable swear
ing in copperhead circles. This was to be
expected. No act of a loyal man, looking
towards milking "treason odious," meets the
approval of traitors, and the signing of the
resolution referred to gave the Democrats a
splendid opportunity to exhibit their indig
nation in the most profane manner imagin
able.
The Legislative Committee, consisting of
three members of each branch, appointed to
investigate the truth of the charges of "cor
ruption " circulated about the time of the
election of aU. S. Senator, has concluded
its labors, and handed in its official report,
in which it is stated that "No evidence was
produced to implicate any member of the
Legislature in the alleged corruption, nor
were any of the distinguished persons nam
ed in connection with the office of Unit
ed States Senator in any manner involved
therein."
The Legislature has instructed the Com
mittee on Public Buildings to enquire into
the propriety of enlarging the Governor's
residence, and to present an estimate of the
cost and plan, if found desirable. The Ex
ecutive Mansion, in its present shape, is en
tirely unsuitable, for the purposes to -which
it has been appropriated, and the Governor
cannot receive any of his official or political
friends without encroaching upon the apart
ments intended for the use of his family.—
The proposed improvement is highly neces
sary and should be made without any delay.
The Senate has passed finally the House
bill repealing the provisions of an act relat
ing to the fees of District Attorneys in eer
tuin counties of the Commonwealth, so far
as they relate to the county of Bradford.
Also, a supplement to an act to change
the mode of criminal proceedings in Erie
ami Union counties, extending the same to
Bradford county.
Also, the bill to authorize the borough of
Troy to increase taxation for borough pur
poses.
Also, an act relating to the sale of lands
for taxes in Bradford, Warren and Potter
counties.
In the House, the act to incorporate the
Sullivan and Pocono Summit plahk road and
turnpike company, was, on the 12th, refer
red to the Committee on Roads and bridges.
The Senate Committee on Corporations
has reported, as committed, a supplement to
an act to compel the manufacturers of firk
ins, kegs and tubs, intended for the packing
of butter or Lard, in the counties of Erie,
Crawford and Warren counties, to mark the
weight thereon, extending the same to the
county of Bradford.
The Senate has passed finally an act rela
tive to the road laws in certain townships
in Sullivan county.
Also, an act changing the time of meeting
of the Auditors of Hilisgrove township, Sul
livan county.
Tho Senate Committee on the Judiciary
has reported, as committed, a bill to
change the venue in the case of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania vs. Jesse Mc-
Carty, Joshua McCarty and Charles Norton,
from the Court of Quarter Sessions of the
Peace of Sullivan count}-, to the Court of
Quarter Sessions of the Peace in Bradford
county and the bill passed finally. When
brought up for final action the following lit
tle debate took place:
Mr. LANDON. Mr. Speaker, there was
one election board in Sullivan countv that
had the hardihood, under the law of Penn
sylvania, to refuse deserters' votes; that board
has been prosecuted ; they do not wish to
be tried in Sullivan county; they pray,there
fore, to have their trial in a more Christian
county than Sullivan county.
Mr. DAVIS. Mr. Speaker, I shall not no
tice the mistakes and abuses of the Senator
from Bradford [Mr. LANDON] in relation to
this bill. I simply ask that the bill be post
poned to give an opportunity for a minority
report.
Sir, JACKSON. Mr. Speaker, so for as I
am concerned I do not wish to throw any
thing in the way of having this bill consider
ed at any time. lam opposed to the pas
sage of the bill, and am ready to meet it at
anytime.
Mr. LANDON. The court in Sullivan
county meets on the 26tli of this month; the
case comes on, and if this bill can be delay
ed here then it is of no use. If the venue is
changed, this bill must be passed at once;
and i press it upou the consideration of the
Senate.
The SPEAKER stated that it would take
a two-thirds vote to suspend the rules.
On the question, Will the Senate suspend
the rules and proceed to the second reading
oftlie bill ? the yeas and nays were required
by Mr. JACKSON and LANDON, and were as
follows, viz :
I'EAB—Messrs. Bighani, Billingfelt, Browne
(Lawrence), Brown (Mercer), Coleman,Con
nell, Cowles, Fisher, Graham, Haines, Jack
son, Landon, Lowrv, M'Conaughy, Ridg
way, Rover, Shoemaker, Stutzman, Tay
lor, White, Worthington and Hall, Speak
er—'22.
NATS—Messrs. Burnett.' Davis, Donovan,
Glatz, James, M'Caudless, Randall, Schall,
Searight, Wallace and Walls—ll.
So the question was determined in the af
firmative, and, the bill afterwards passed fi
nally.
Affairs are unusually quiet at the Capital.
It is expected that the Legislattue adjourn
on the 21st of March. REX.
Personal and Political.
—John Landes, for a number of
years President of the Lancaster (Pa.) Bank,
died on Monday last. He had attained the
ripe old age of eighty-eight years.
—Gen. B. F. Butler, in a published
card, denies that he has brought suit for li
bel against Mr. Pomeroy, the editor of the
La Crosse Democrat.
—Mrs. Emily M'Tavish, a grand
daughter of Charles Carroll of Carrolton,
died at Baltimore on the 2d inst., aged 74
years.
—The Representatives of
Kansas has refused to concur in the Senate's
resolution to amend the Constitution so as
to allow negroes to vote.
—An attempt to pass a bill restor
ing rebels to the right to vote, failed in the
Senate of Missouri, by a vote of 6 to 22.
—L. 0. Baker, late chief of the de
tective force attached to the War Depart
ment, has been before the Reconstruction
Committee as a witness, and in the course
of his testimony, said he had a letter which
was written to Jeff Davis by Andrew John
son, while the latter was Provisional Gover
nor of Tennessee, offering, for a considera
tion, to place that State in the hands of the
confederacy. The signature of this letter
had been exhibited to and carefully examin
ed by a private secretary of Johnson, who
pronounced it genuine.
—A call is published, addressed to
the workingmen of Connecticut, for n State
Labor Convention at New-Haven, Feb. 22,
to consider the expediency of nominating a
State ticket, to appoint a State Central Com
mittee,and to do any other business proper
to be done at such Convention.
—The temperance men of Michigan
at their State Convention, on the Bth inst.,
resolved not to organize a distinctive party,
but to labor to secure the election of tem
perate men to office, under existing organiza
tions, and with this view to attend more
generally the primary meetings.
—The so-called "Bolting Bill," to
prevent the breaking up of a Legislature by
members remaining away from the sessions,
has passed the Indiana Senate by a vote of
26 to 16. It had previously passed the
House.
—A Republican State Convention
is to be held at Lansing, Mich., on the 7th
of March next, for the purpose of nominat
ing a candidate for Chi if-Justice, and two
candidates for Regents of the University of
Michigan.
—The Minnesota House of Repre
sentatives, on the Bth inst., adopted an
amendment to the State Constitution, strik
ing out the word "white," by a unanimous
vote.
—There was a well-authenticated
rumor last night, (says the Washington
Chronicle) that the president had finally re
solved to abandon his costly Copperhead al
lies by proposing impartial suffrage and the
ratification of the constitutional amendment.
"Was that thunder ?"
The President has withdrawn
the nomination of Hon. George Bancroft as
collector of the port of Boston. The great
historian could not accept.thc proffer.
—Hon. P. T. Barnum was Thursday
nominated as the Republican candidate for
Congress from the Fourth Congressional
District of Connecticut. In the First Dis
trict Hon. Henry C. Deming was re-nomi
nated by acclamation.
REPORT OF THE INVESTIGATING
COMMITTEE-
Below we present to our readere
the unanimous report of the Investi
gating Committee appointed on the
United States Senator question. It
will be observed from the report,that
the committee has not been able to
discover any evidence which impli
cates any one with using improper
influence,notwithstanding all the per
sons who made frequent charges of
bribery and corruption, were invited
to appear before it, and many were
compelled by the strong arm of the
law to testify ; but their evidence did
not implicate any one. The follow
ing is the report :
A committee appointed under a
joint resolution by the Legislature,
passed January Bth, A. D. 1867, and
charged with the duty of investiga
ting alleged improper influences in
connection with the election of a Uni
ted States Senator, on the loth ult.,
report the following as the result of
their investigation in the premises :
On the day upon which the commit
tee was appointed, they met aud or
ganized, and at once proceeded to the
examination of witnesses. The com
mittee continued to meet from day to
day until all the witnesses,suggested
to them, had been examined.
They then gave a general invita
tion to any person to appear before
the committee, and give such infor
mation as he might possess touching
the subject under inquiry, and after
waiting some ten days or more (no
one appearing),tlie committee ceased
their labors.
No evidence was produced to im
plicate any member of the Legislature
in the alleged corruption, nor were
any of the distinguished persons
named in connection with the office
of United States Senator in any man
ner therein involved.
The evidence in detail taken by the
committee is herewith presented for
the information of the two Houses.—
All of which is respectfully submit
ted.
LAW 0 HANGING- THE MODE OF
OEiMINAL PROCEEDINGS.
The provisions of the following act
to change the mode of Criminal Pro
ceedings originally passed for Erie
and Union counties, has been extend
ed to Bradford County, by the Legis
lature, and only awaits the approval
of the Governor to become a law.—
It will be seen that it enlarges the
powers and duties of Justices of the
Peace very materially. The law
will be found in Pamphlet Laws lor
1801, page 082:
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by th>' Sen
ate and House of Representatives of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in
General Assembly met, and it is hereby
enacted by the authority of the same,
That the several justices of the peace
of the County of Erie and Union, be
and are hereby authorized to hold
monthly courts, with jurisdiction to
hear and determine, in the manner
hereinafter provided, the several of
fences and misdemeanors mentioned
in the thirtieth, thirty-first, forty
fourth, forty-sixth, sixty-ninth, seven
second, ninety-seventh, one hundred
and third, one hundred and twelfth,
one hundred and fortieth, one hun
dred and forty-eighth, and fifty-six
sections of the act of the thirty-first
day of March, Anno Domini one thou
sand eight hundred and sixty, enti
tled " An Act to consolidate revise
and amend the penal laws of this
commonwealth."
SECTION 2. That whenever any per
son shall be brought before a justice
on a warrant issued by said justice,
tounded on the oath or information of
the party aggrieved, or of some one
acting for the party aggrieved, the
complaint or information shall be ful
ly read aloud in the hearing of the
defendant or party accused ; and if
the defendant shall plead guilty to
the charge against him, the justice
shall proceed to inquire into the cir
cumstances of the case, so far as he
shall think best for a proper under
standing of the defendant's guilt, and
shall proceed to pa s sentence upon
the defendant, which sentence shall
have the full force and effect of a
sentence pronounced by the court of
quarter sessions in like cases, and
the defendant shall be committed to
the jail of the county until the sen
tence be complied with.
SECTION 3. If the defendant shall
plead not guilty to the offence charg
ed, and shall at the same time signi
fy his determination to be tried by a
jury of six, before the said justice,
the justice shall make an entry to
that effect upon his docket, and the
defendant shall then enter into recog
nizance with good and sufficient sure
ty or sureties, conditioned for his ap
pearance before the said justice, at
the ensuing monthly session, and not
to depart without leave until dis
charged according to law ; hut if the
defendant shall not enter into such
recognizance as aforesaid, it shall be
the duty of the constable to keep
him or her safely, until duly dischar
ged by course of law ; and in either
case the justice shall proceed to the
trial of the cause, in the manner
pointed out in the following sections
of this act ; but if the defendant
shall not signify his or her determi
nation to be tried before said justice,
the said justice shall proceed with
the said defendant as if this act had
not been passed.
SECTION I. Whenever a defendant
shall signify his or her determination
to be tried by a jury of six, before
the justice of the peace, for any of
the offences of which a justice of the
peace shall have jurisdiction, accord
ing to the provisions of thy first sec
tion of this act, in the manner point
ed out in the foregoing section, the
said justice, upon such demand, is
hereby required to continue the cause
to the ensuing monthly court, aud to
issue a venire, directed to any con
stable of the proper borough, city,
or township, where the said cause is
to be tried, commanding him to sum
mon six good and lawful men, citi
zens of said township, city or bo
rough, and having the qualifications
of electors therein, who shall be in
nowise of kin to either defendant or
complainant, nor in any manner in
terested, who shall be chosen as fol
lows, to wit: The justice shall write
in a panel the names of eighteen per
sons, from which the defendant or
his agent or attorney shall strike one
name, the complainant or prosecutor
one, aud so on alternately until each
shall have stricken six names ; and
the remaining six shall constitute the
jury, to be and appear before such
justice at the time to which said
cause shall have been adjourned, to
serve as a jury for the trial of such
cause : Provided, That in case eilier
party shall neglect or refuse to aid
in striking the jury as aforesaid, the
justice shall strike the same in be
half of such party.
SECTION 5. That it shall be the duty
of such constable to make service of
said venire, and to return the same
same with the names of the persons
by him summoned, at the time ap
pointed for the trial of the cause.
SECTION 6. That it shall be the
further duty of stich constable, to be
in attendance on said court, at the
time appointed for said trial, and
during the progress of the same ; and
if by reason of challenge for cause,
sickness or other disability, the per
sons whose names shall be returned
by the venire, or any of them, shall
not bo empauuelled as jurors, the
said constable shall fill the panel
from the bystanders, as is done by
the sheriffs, in the courts of common
pleas ; and the said constable shall
be allowed for his attendance on said
court, one dollar per day, to be tax
ed in the bill of costs ; and at the
close of the trial, the jury shall be
conducted by the constable to some
private and convenient place, where
they may deliberately and without
interruption cousult upon their ver
dict.
SECTION 7. That the competence
and credibility of witnesses, the form
of the oaths to jurors and witnesses,
and the constable who shall wait up
on the jury, shall be the same us in
the trial of the same offences in the
court of quarter sessions, and. the
jury shall have the same jurisdiction
and control over the payment of
costs : Provided, That the county
shall in no case be liable for either
the prosecutor's or the defendant's
bill of costs ; and the justice, in case
the jury shall, by their vordiot, di
rect that the prosecutor or the de
fendant shall pay the whole or any
part of the costs, shall proceed to
puss sentence accordingly, and the
party who shall be thus sentenced,
shall be committed until the sentence
be complied with.
SECTION 8. That the verdict of the
jury shall be final and conclusive up
on all the questions of fact involved
therein, and no writ of certiorari, or
of error or appeal, shall be allowed
for the review of such case of fact
so tried by the jury ; and in case the
proceedings shall be removed to a
higher court upou certiorari or other
wise, the district attorney shall there
after conduct the proceedings in be
half of the common weal tii, and bis
teed shall be the same as upon indict
ments formed by the grand jury, to
be taxed and paid as the other costs
of the case ; and if the proceedings
shall be reversed on any certiorari or
writ of error, sued out on behalf of
the defendant, 011 account of any de
fect in the statement of the ofience
with which the party is charged, the
court shall send the proceedings back
to the justice for a new trial, and di
rect the district attorney and sworn
to by the prosecutor, and thereupon
the defendant shall be required to
enter his plea to such amended infor
mation or accusation, and thereupon
the new trial shall proceed before the
justice as on the former hearing.
SECTION 9. That whenever the jury
shall render a verdict of guilty, the
justice shall proceed to pass sentence
upon the defendant according to law,
and with the like effect as if the de
fendant had plead guilty or been con
victed in the court of quarter ses
sions ; and any sentence of impris
onment which may Lo imposed, shall
only be inflicted in the jail of the
proper county ; and all fines imposed
shall be collected and paid into the
school fund of the school district in
which the offence was committed ;
and it shall be the duty of the justice
to receive the amount of the fine and
pay it into the treasury of the proper
district, and neglect to pay the same
us aforesaid shall be considered a
misdemeanor in office.
SECTION 10. That in all cases which
shall be tried by a jury under the pro
visions of this act, the justice of the
peace trying the same shall be enti
tled to a fee of two dollars, and each
juror shall be entitled to fifty cents
per day, to be taxed as costs.
SECTION 11. That when any person
shall be summoned to attend as a ju
ror, and shall lail to attend at the
time and place specified in the venire,
having no reasonable excuse to as
sign for such failure, every such per
son shall be lined in any sum not ex
ceeding ten dollars, for which Hue the
justice of the peace shall render judg
ment in the name of the common
wealth,ami issue execution th refore,
and when collected shall pay the same
into the township, borough or city
school treasury, for the use ol the
common schools therein.
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
Tuesday, Feb. 12, 18C7.
In the Senate, yesterday,the Bank
rupt Bill was called up by Mr. I'olaud.
Mr. Sumner said he wished an amend
ment adopted,prohibiting rebels from
becoming voluntary bankrupts. This
led to some statements by members
regarding the treatment of Union
men at the South. The bill was final
ly passed by a vote of yeas 22, nays
20 —absent or not voting 10. The
bill now goes back to the House for
concurrence in amendments. Mr. Wil
son introduced a joint resolution to
provide for the payment of claims of
loyal persons for supplies furnished
to the army. It provides for the ap
pointment of Commissioners, named
in the resolution, for each one of the
Southern States, who are to examine
all claims presented, and ascertain
whether or not the persons present
ing such claims were loyal during
the war. All claims to be presented
within six months, and the Commis
sioners to report to Congress. The
resolution was referred to the Com
mittee on Military affairs. The Sen
ate took a recess until 7:30 o'clock,
but no quorum being present in the
evening, no business was transacted
In the House, Mr. Darling offered
a preamble and resolution, which
were adopted, setting forth that our
commercial marine is in a languish
ing condition, aud that great depres
sion prevails in the ship-building in
terest, and instructing the Committee
on Ways aud Means to inquire into
the expediency of amending the Ta
riff Act by allowing a rebate of ID
per cent, of all duties imposed on
goods imported in American bottoms.
Mr. Eliot's bill providing civil gov
ernment for Louisiana was taken up,
and speeches were made in opposi
tion to it by Messrs. Buyer, Harding
aud Fiuek, Mr. Eliot closing the de
bate in support of it. The question
was then put, and the bill was pass
ed by a vote of 113 yeas to IS nays.
After a short recess the House met
again in evening session to discuss
the bill providing a military govern
ment for the Southern States. The
debate occupied the entire evening,
Messrs. Kelley, Maynard,Garfield and
others, speaking in favor of its adop
tion. It will be farther considered
to-day.
Wednesday, Feb. 13, 1807.
In the Senate yesterday the Cierk
of the House announced the passage
by that body of Mr. Eliot's Louisiana
Bill, whereupon Mr. Wade moved to
postpone all other business aud take
up that bill. His motion prevailed
by a vote of 23 yeas to 19 nays. It
required unanimous consent, howev
er, to proceed to its consideration,
and as Mr. Hendricks objected, the
bill will come up for action to-day. A
number ot bills relating to army mat
ters were reported from the Military
Committee. A dispatch from Denver
City was read, informing the Senate
that a large mass meeting assembled
there had declared that the people of
the Territory were largely in favor of
a State organization. The bill pro
viding for the purchase of League
Island for a naval depot came up,
and gave rise to a lengthy debate,
participated in by Messrs. Foster, in
opposition to the proposed purchase,
aud Messrs. Grimes and Cattell in fa
vor of it. Pending the discussion
the Senate went into executive ses
sion, and then took a recess until 7 j
o'clock. At the evening session the j
House bill providing military govern- j
meut for the Southern States was re- j
ceived, but objection being made to j
its immediate consideration, it goes ,
over. A number of bills relative to ;
the District of Columbia were receiv- j
cd, after which the Senate adjourned, j
The bill providing for military gov
ernment for the Southern States came
up for discussion in the House yes
terday. Messrs. Van Horn, Schenck
and Boutwell spoke in favor of the
bill,and Mr. Eldridge in opposition to
it. Mr. Stevens, at 2 o'clock, moved
the previous question, but the House
refusing to sustain him, the debate
continued, Mr. Bingham having the
floor. Mr. Spalding moved to lay the
bill and all the amendments offered
on the table, which was disagreed to
by a vote of 39 years to 115 nays.—
The question then recurred on refer
ring to the Judiciary Committee,
when Mr. Stevens being entitled to
close the debate, took that opportuni
ty to do so,making an impressive ap
peal for the passage of the bill. The
propositio i to refer included a provi
so instructing the Committee to re
port an amendment offered by Mr.
Blaine. This amendment was to the
effect that when any State shall
have declared in favor of the Consti
tutional Amendment and impartial j
suffrage, it shall be relieved of mili
tary restraint. The vote being tak
en on the motion to refer, it was lost
by 09 yeas to 85 nays. The bill was
then passed by a vote of 109 yeas to
55 nhys. Tne bill has received some
trivial amendments, but was passed
substantially as printed. Tire House
then took a recess until 7 o'clock. At
that hour the House reassembled,
when the Internal Revenue Tax Bill
came up for consideration, and Mr.
Morrill addressed the House at length
j on the subject.
Friday, Feb. 15.
After numerous reports of Com
-1 mittees bad been received in the
Senate, yesterday, the House bill
| providing military government for
j the Southern States was taken up. —
Mr. Stewart spoke in favor of Mr.
Blaine's amendment, which provides
: that whenever a State shall accept
the Constitutional Amendment and
i permit impartial suffrage, military
; restraint shall be removed. With
j out that amendment, Mr. Stewart
' contended, the bill was harsh and
unjust. The bill was debated, near
: ly every member participating, until
4:30 o'clock, at which time a recess
until 7 was taken. At the evening
; session the bill was again under con
j sideration, several amendments were
| offered, and elaborate explanations
| :>f their import given. At 12:30 a
motion to adjourn was lost, and the
| debate continued until the Lour of
| our going to press.
I'Le House, yesterday, after dis
posing of a large number of private
claims,proceeded to the consideration
j of a bill, reported from the Military
Committee, providing for the equali
. nation of bounties. The bill propos
j es to pay all soldiers who did not re
! ceive a larger bounty, a sum equal
to 8100 for each year's service. Mr.
j Schenck, Chairman of the Committee,
; explained the bill at length, stating
; that it would require from $75,000,-
! 000 to $100,600,000 to pay the sum
proposed. Numerous amendments
were suggested, but as Mr. Schenck
had moved the mevious question, he
refused to accept any of them. The
vote having been taken, the House
seconded the previous question by a
vote of 74 yeas to 72 nays, but on a
subsequent vote refused to put the
main question, thus leaving the bill
open to amendment. Several amend
ments were then offered and acted
upon, after which the bill was passed
by a vote of 95 yeas to 08 nays,
i After the transaction of considerable
! business of minor importance, the
I House took a recess until 7 o'clock.
J At the evening session the House, in
Committee of the Whole, discussed
the bill to amend the Internal Reve
nue Laws. The question was ou an
amendment proposing a tax of five
dollars per thousand on cigars, and
the subject was fully discussed, fif
teen or twenty members participat
ing in the debate. At a late hour a
vote was taken, but there not being
a quorum present, the Committee
rose and the House adjourned.
THE INDIANS. —Since the advent_of
the Pilgrim Fathers, the Indians have
dwindled down from 15,009,000 to
297,774 persons, and maintaining
their nomadic and intractable char
acter, require each a mile square of
territory for support, while a few
acres, at most, will keep a white man.
Besides this, we have a perpetual an
nual expenditure of $3,500,000 to ap
propriate for their support—but it is
only fair to state, that the govern
ment agents, who have the handling
of this money, get full one half of it.
Then we have to thrash them for dep
redations committed on the agents
and trappers, who cheat and provoke
them to wrong doing, which costs
one or two hundred dollars each more.
Last year, 7,909 Navajoes were held
by us as prisoners in New Mexico,
at an expense of $1,500,000. Valua
ble population, these Indians !
RENEGADES REJECTED BY THE SENATE.
—One of the best acts of the United
States Senate, during the present
session, was the rejection on Tuesday
last of the nominations of William
F. Johnston, as Collector of the Port
of Philadelphia, and Joseph R. Flani
gan, as Naval Oflicer of the Port of
Philadelphia. This is the second
time that Johnston lias been rejected
by the Senate. The President nomi
nated him last summer, and the Sen
ate rejected him, and then Andy re
appointed him after the adjournment,
and the Senate has thrown him over
board again. Now for the renegade
Cowan. He has recently been nomi
nated by the President to a foreign
mission, and there is not a true Re>
publican or a Republican paper in the
State, that does not urge his rejection
by the Senate, and we hope that body
will gratify their wishes.
A State Temperance Convention is
called to meet at H&rrisburg, Pa., on
the 26th of February. The call is
issued by the chief officers of the
order of Good Templars aqd Sons of
Temperance in the State. One ob
ject of the meeting is the organiza
tion of a State Association that shall
be auxiliary to the National Temper
ance Society and Publishing House
in New-York.
Nrto
QJR AND PKIZ E<'o\ CE Hi
AND
PRESENTATION FESTIV \f.
In aid <-f •he maintenance and education of t
destitute children of oar Soldiers, Sailor* 7
all others that may come to us lor protection !
A.V APPKA I,
TO THE AMERICAN PEOi'lj-; •
We, the Officers and Managers of the " o,
phan's Home,'' located at Elmira, N'. Y j or
education and maintenance of the destitute
dren of our Soldiers, Sailors, and all other nee> c '
ones,earnestly solicit the sympathies and t, . !
eratioc, in our Conceit and Grand Presents'
Festival, ol all who desire with us to
" Orphan's Home " enabled to receive and c
for all the needy, who seek its shelter and Z
tection.
Mrs. DAVID DECKER, President
" P. A. LAFRANCE, Viee PM
" LUTHER CALDWELL, Sc
The Concert and Festival will open at
ELY HALL, ELM IRA, N. y
ON
TUESDAY, MARCH 19th. 1867
Or as soon as all tickets are sold, and c,v , •>
for three days, on which occasion a Coac
will he appointed by the Ticket holders to 77
120,000 in prcaents in such lawful manner", j
they may determine. For the Concert and : ~
tival there he i sned 20,000 Tickets at <>■ y ,
lak KACiJ and 20,000 Presents, being on p.,
Cut tor ever tieket.
LIST OF PRESENTS TO BE AWARDED
1 Prize of U. S. Greenbacks, s2,oi
1 " Grand Piano,
i u M
i ' " " **
1 " Fine Rosewood Melodeon. 1,.
1 " Gold Hunting Eng. Lever Wai.u .7
6 •' Gold Lever Hunting Watches.Sljo . .
1 " Fine Sewing Machine,
10 " Silver Hunting LeverWatchesL.,
10 " " •' Escapement " $2.1, :
10 Fine Silver Plated Ice Pitchers, sll, |;
10 " " " Cake Baskets, sls, p,.
10 " " *' Castors. sls
200 " Si ver Plated Goblets,
200 " " •' Call Bells, 401
COO " Setts ol silver plated Tea Spoon-. 1.; 1
500 " Pearl Handle Knives, K>
500 " Desks,Pens,Ebony holder A box. 1(:m;
500 " Pair silver plated Napkin Rings !<•
1000 Pair silver plated Butter Knives, ;
1000 Ladies' and Gents" Pencil,
1000 ' Pocket Knives, i. . EK
1000 " Pens and Holders,
13,436 Large Engravings, .14'il
Making in the aggregate 20,000 Pres. \
ents, valued at t2u,OW •
HOW TO OBTAIN TICKETS :
Orders may be sent to as by mail, in Di ■
Express, or Post Office orders, enclosiu- •
cent stamp for return postage. Sincle 1
sl. Ten tickets $9.
REFERENCES.— Hon. John I. Nicks, E'srir*
State Senator : Hon. E. P. Brooks, Elm :
A. Scott, Mayor, the Common Council 0: K ;
ra. and every business man in the city,
All orders for tickets mast be addie--* :
120 Water street, Elmira. X. Y„ or ALE::,
EN, Agent, Towanda, I'a
Feb. 19, 1 M7. W - BmyK ' Ma " a - inC A?em
BEWARE OF DECEPTION- .
have been informed that certain pa
have been traveling the country offering t
at a discount, a certain promisory note. m.
by T. Humphrey, for 11,000, bearing ,
March 1566, payable to Piatt A Co., -:>■
irom date, and under-signed by me. My:
having been obtained under such gusran:.
that 1 have valid reasons for refusing t ;
farthing on the same, and having realv-i'
value I once more forbid any and ail [ t --
buying said note expecting me to pay a!! •-
part thereof. J, w. PAYSON
Orwell. Feb. 14,1867 3t*
"jVTOTICE.—AII persons indebted:
X 1 the firm of Henry Mercnr ACo , a
pay up before the first day of M-rch,
TO SAVE COSTS.
All accounts unsettled at that time •;: be,
in the hands of a proper officer for collti tioa.
Towanda, Feb. 21,1867.
rpHE SPRING TERM OF ML
-1 HUNT'S SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LAI/"- £
will commence on MONDAY. FEBRUARY
1567. Appreciating the confidence with si.
she has been honored thus far, Miss Runt:
great satisfaction in being able at present'
fer those who may be intrusted to her we.
advantage of a spacious, convenient aui
tractive School Room.
TERMS —Lower English Branches $C 09 ; H ;
er English Branches $7 to SB,OO : French ?
Latin $2,50. An extra charge is made for"
Towanda. Feb. 14,1667.
FARMER'S TAKE NOTICE .
subscriber having purchased the ri.l
Hcrmance's Improved Farm Gate, for th
lowing towns, to wit : Albany, Armetia.
umbia, Wells, Springlield, Smithfield. Hid.
Troy, Towanda, South Creek. Standinc
and Terry, is now prepared to sell T v-
Farm Rights on re asonable terms.
This gate is dur able and cheaper than h.
Any man can make it. and any boy cm re
Those wishing to purchase town or tarn: ri.
will address WILLIAM DURAND. Herr. :
N . B—Gate Trimmings kept for sale
Feb 14, 1867.
W STORE IN ROM:
The subscriber begs leave to call the tt
tion of the citizens of
EASTERN BRADFORD,
To the fact that he has opeued a
DRUG AND BOOK STORK
In the
BOROUGH OF ROME.
Being intimately acquainted with leading
ufactnriug, Importing, and Jobbing Hou.-e
his line, and having had extensive exper...
in both city and country trade, he flatters
sell that, by low prices, and prompters
accuracy in business, he will merit the
denee and patronage of the public. A thor...
knowledge of
PRACTICAL PHARMACY,
Enables him to manufacture in the W-t
ner and keep on hand all the leading preu
tions of the Pharmacopoeia.
Extra inducements offered to the Me
profession.
Prescriptions caretully and accurately
pounded.
L. A. RIDGWIV
Rome, Jan. 30,1867.
DRUGS, MEDICINES, CUE'
CALS and Patent Medicines, at
RIDGWAY'S NEW DRUG STOBi |
TLXTRA BARGAINS IN PAINT?
Oils. Varnishes. Benzine and Turpc'-'
at MPgWArs NEW DRUG SIOBB
PAPER, ENVELOPES, FLAX
Books, Writing Fluid, Ink. Pens, I'f- J
Slates, Pa per Slates, Visiting Cards. St-
Card s, Writing Desks, Ac., at
RIDGWAY'S DRUG A BOOK
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS OF
kinds for sale very low, at
RIDGWAY'S DRUG A BOOK STi>B
PERFUMERY, FLAVORING *
tracts, Tooth and Hair Prepar.it A
a vaiiety of Toilet Articles, at
RIDGWAY'S NEW -1 '
QOAPS, SPONGES, PAINT, VA
O nish, Sash, Cloth, Hair, Tooth,
other kinds ot Brushes, at
RIDGWAY'S NEW -TOP
A PINE ASSORTMENT
and Diaries for 1867. for sale at ■ M
RIDGWAY'S NEW STO
MANUFACTURERS an:
. porters agency for Genuine Italia''- '
Strings, Pianoes, Melodeons, Cabiimi' - <
Brass, Silver and all other kinds ot M > ,
struments. Also Sheet Music and Muscl*"
of all kinds procured to order, at
RIDGWAY'S NEW STO>
ALL THE LEADING wkkk"-?J|
and Monthly Publications, tor \
RIDGWAY'S NEW STOP ■
BATHBRIOK, CORKS, BOTTI
Vials, Breast I'umps, Nursing
Nipples, Nipple Shells, Syringes, Ac..t , -:m
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