Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1858-12-23
News from all Nations.

to be more abundant than in California. The miners 1t
appears have taken the first steps towards crectnga
territory and have elected members to the Kansas legs
lature. Mr. Davis, the new delegate to Congress from
Kansas, is now on his way to Washington.
An active emigration to the gold and sill
mines of Arizona is setting in from Texas ard Arkan
The hostile disposition of the Camanches WILL how
check the movement unless the Government takes
for their pacfcaton Many of the frontier set
tiers have abandoned their locations for fear of the sava
ncs, who have already committed various excesscs.
The Pacific Telegraph line has been com
petcd to Lexington Mo- three hundred miles west Of St
Louis 1t will be extended to Kansas City this week
A general jail delivery occurred at Roch-
ester Prison Sunday night. Fifteen prisoners among
whom Manley Locke recently convicted at RocheS-
for the murder # Benjamin Starr made their escape
by cutting off five iron bars with a made of watch
spring and letting themselves down into the None
of them have been recaptured.
Across the face of PruSsian bank notes
printed fifty times in very small type, the penal
ty for counteretng that convicted counereters can
not plead ignorance of the law.
The Chicago (Ill.) Press says that mails
received daily in the post Office of that city by about
twenty arriving trains $500 mails made up each day
Over of letters and 900 600 papers were han
died during last quarter.
On the night of the 3rd inst, John II
Brownson Esq, of Q. A. Brownson of the " Review
jumped while in a state of somnambusm, out of an up
per window of his residence St. Paul Minnesota and
was instantly killed.
AT Columbia, S. c. in the case of the
Echo Judge Magrath has refused to discharge the prs
oners and they are remanded for trial They are conn
ed III Charleston Jail.
A destructive fire has occurred at Cairo,
III. The Springfield Block" was burned and the total
loss is about 5000; partly insured.
A correspondent of a Southern paper
nominaes Henry NJ. Fuller of this State for President
and Benjamin G. Ill., of Georgia. for Vice President.
Mr.. Cass, our Minister at Rome, has OBJ
tanned a special dispensaton from the Pope to allow
beautiful young lady in the Convent Georgetown to
renouncc the veil and return to the world.
It is proposed, in New York, to use coal
oil for fuel instead of coal 1t is computed that six gal
Ions of oil would be equal a of coal The oil in
New York would cost So 9S; the ton of coal 81 80.
The BerkS county Press says: cone of
our courts decided the other day that German was in
sane, because he paid money to lawyer without taking
a receipt.
Moses Bailey, an employee at the Wash
ington Foundry Baltimore Nd was roasted alive the
furnace of that establishment Tuesday afternoon He
had been sent into the cupoa TO attend to something and
fell into the furnace, it supposed by the fumes
of the charcoal.
"A few days ago, the wife of a farmer re-
cilip ID,
violently, went out and found them worrying a large
buck She took knife and sezng the buck by the ant
lers, cut his throat
The whole Of the remaining victims of
the Gouldy tragedy have recovered except the ser
want girl who is still at the New York Hospital and is
slowly improving
The President has nominated F. W. La
than Esq of Texas to the Colcctorshp of the port of
Brazos Santiago, rice burst deceased.
A fire occurred in Carlisle, Friday morn
ing destroying five dwelling houses.
The Mississippi Legislature adjourned on
the Sd inst and the Legislature of Georgia the 18th.
The friends of Dartmouth College are
making effort to raise fund of 500 GOO forts benefit
The opening of the Gettysburg railroad
was celebrated Friday.
There are now but thirty Indian warriors
in Florida, and they will probably emigrae two months
The horse Flying CIond," of the Shcr-
man family Of Morgans, sired by old I" Black Hawk has
been sold by Col. G. Y. Cook of Addison County Vt.
to Minor B. Williams, of Missouri for $4,000
The Rev. Thomas X Bcccher of Elmra,
hls just been appointed captain of militia Captain
Beecher is quite original pulpit orator though his rep
ntaton is not quite wide his brother Rev II. W
Beecher.
The United States steam frigate Niagara,
has returned to New York. Seventyone of the negroes
died on their passage out to Liberia The balance were
safely landed
Col. Forney, in letter to the Press says
that he has the best saying that the President
counscled the attack the Senator from Illinois, recent
y developed in the cton of the Senate Commit
tee on Territories.
Mr.. Glenn and son, Americans, of North
Carolina travelling to Monterey, from the interior of Mex
co murdered the 3D. and robbed of some $4,000
in gold and silver.
-Gerrit Smith has been ciphering up his
expenses in the late election and he estimates that his
votes cost him four dollars each.
The ISrae:es do not like the cold reply
of Cen Cs to their petition in the matter of the Mortaa
The why the venerable Secretary does not
interest himself in the matter they say that the Jews
have not many votes to give.
The Republicans of St Louis have organ
lied central Democratic Republican Association" de
signed nucleus Of efficient State organizations 1t
proposed to extend branches into every section of the
State.
-IIeenan, the whipped bully, has been re-
stored to his old post in the New York Custom House
which he vacated to go into training for his light with the
fellow that whipped him. Heenan is one of the heavy
men of the Administration.
A little girl, nine years of age, daughter
of Benton Pihott of Crosby townsIip Ohio want 10 Id