Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-02-17
ITEMS OF NEWS.

The Committee on Banks in the Seno+o
have reported bills charter the Anthracite Bank a, T.
maqua and the Allentown Bank The House have a.
pointed committee to investigate the charges pefea
against the Bank of Northern Liberties for violating II.
usury laws.
"A report is in circulation at Harrsbura
that Col Brandt has been politely requested TO resign M
Post Mastership in favor of Andrew Hopkins Esq elo
of the Patriot.
There is an application before the I,epis.
ature erect county of parts of Dauphio 10
banon and SchnylkiIl counties, to be named Polo,t
county! :"
"A Prohibitory Liquor Law State Conyep.
tion is called to meet at Atalana Georgia. February p
to nominate candidate for Governor
"A bill has been introduced into the lower
House of the Legislature of Illinois to allow certain No.
gro, therein named, to testify in courts of justice
-Strang, the Mormon who is member Of
the present Michigan Legislature is said to have three
wives. He is said to be good speaker.
Recent letters from Europe report the
health of the Rev. Dr. Duff of the Free Church Of Scot
Land, as hopefully improving
"A late Collector at Columbia, in this
of Mr. Bnchanans pets, and induced to purchase quite
largely of certain kinds of Corporation Stock.
On Monday last, DR.. Kimball, of Lowell
Mass removed from the abdomen of lady in Lenox an
ovarian tumor weighing fortyiye pounds! She is now
in comfortable condition with fair prospect of recovery
The State Agricultural Society announces
that its next exhibition will commence the 18th ofSp
tember next and the Society say that they will receive
prop osals till the first Of Aprf next from the many
and cities of Che State relative to the location of the
hbton Harrisburg wants the exhibition held there and
efforts will he made present such inducements that the
Society will choose that place
The New York Herald makes the follow
ing political classification of the vote by which Mr. Sew
ard reelected to the Senate In the Senate he
ed Is votes-thirtecn Wing ard five Know Nothngs In
the House the House he received 60 votesfy-ve Wings
seven Know Nothings; and three Democrats.
The level of Lake Erie, at Cleveland is
scventysi feet below the surface of low water in the Ohio
river at Well~rc. The level of The lake and river a;
Gaipos is about equal This sets al rest forever the
idea of feeding the river from the lake.
The Russian Losses in the Crimea, by Of
fetal accounts, have been &c 16, of which 1900 kill
ed or died from wounds and 40l9 from disease There
The friends of Senator Seward, in New
York exult his reelection in most extravagant man
At Albany, Rochester, Syracuse and other places
they had bonres and fired guns for every he received
-Gen Houston, it is said is now actually
going Boston to deliver of The of lectures up
slavery. correspondent of the Detroit Advertiser
says that he win take the ground that the South is
aggressive, and that all she requires is faithful obery
ance of her rights under the constitution
Major Isaac Means, of Taylor county, Va
native Of Hampshire has fourteen children hundred
and grand children, and foryour great grand c
dren. He is now in his eighty first year.
1t is understood that j. n T. Tucker, for
mery editor of Brooklyn paper who recently found
guilty of the murder of his child will be committed 10th
Lunatic Asylum the ground of insanity.
The Utica (N. i. Herald says, a moose
killed in the wilderness day last week. This an
inal is very in this part of the State.
An American Hotel, third larger than
the ST. Nicholas in New York, is in progress of erection
1T Paris.
The Lavaca (Texas) Commercial of the
10Th u reports delightful weather, and vegetation begin
ming to spring u2, an indication of an early spring
The Adjutant General of Pennsylvania
estimates the militia force of this State at 50oO0O
Elder Knapp, the celebrated Baptist D-
vine, baptsed between 10 and 81 people at Penn YAM
Yates county ". y last week the fruits of his preaching
| there.
The New York Board of Emigration est
mates that money has been brought ntothe
country in the last year by German emigrants.
Henry n. Wise is battling very determin
edy in Virginia for his election as Governor He expires
scs himself sangune of election but the Know No
| things are just as sanguine.
The Act for the repeal of the law requr-
ing the Registration of Births Marriages and Deaths Of
Pennsylvania has passed both branches of the Legislature
! Il bill is pending in the Legislature to in
the salary of members from $3 per day to $500 for
the session. and 10 mile Travelled to and from the
seat of government Under the old per diem allowance
(even four months session. the pay of each member did
not reach 800.
-Ex-Mayor Maury and John H. Pleasan-
ton ESD Fifth Auditor of the Treasury both died during
the last week. at Washington. The latter had been IN
| employee of the Government for fifty years
Gov. Pollock has nominated A. X. Ne
'uFe Oh thahoerSourg as superintendent OF the Pub;
Printing
The Senate of Michigan which contains
majority of fusonists," has instructed the Senators
Congress from state to vote for the repeal of the Fugitive
Slave Law. and for law prohibit Slavery in anv Of tie
Territories, and especially Kansas and Nebraska.
HE KINNEY EyPEDIrox-TheS Secretarvo Of
State at Washington, has replied to Col Rim
neys communication of the 2Sth, stating the
purposes and objects Of his Central American
enterprise, and asking if the government pur.
posed to arrest it by public proclamation. Mr.
MARCY SAYS" If the enternrise of which Won