Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1861-01-24
Rems from all 0attoms.

In less than fortnight nearly 81 ,OOO,-
900 have arrived at New York by steamers from Liver
pool, California, Havre and Havana.
The latest mention of the Golden State
is plan to make white dogs useful Your San Francis
can seizes up his white cur and with stencil plate and
backing nscrbes his business card upon each side of
the wretched pup and sends him forth quadrepeda To-
comotive adverser-a doSerotype of the fast people of
fast country in fast age. 1t is reckoned that lively
dog will be worth at least five dollars day. equal to
oneourth of a column in a newspaper.
"A wedding in "high life" took place in
Philadelphia last week. A romantic couple were
ried iu the steepe of Independence Hall.
- The detailed reports of the North Allan
tic Telegraph Expedition which lately returned to Eng
land shortly to be made public. In the meantime
the London papers publish preliminary reports to-
gethe with letter from Sir Leopold McClintock to Sir
Charles Bright, giving very favorable opinion respect
ing the proposed route for the cable.
- The gold which came to New York by
the Persia from Liverpool during the time of the panic
a week two ago, upwards of s3,OoO,OOO weighed IL
700 pounds loaded express wagons. twas quite
consoIatory sight to the cramped merchants, in the
height of the hard times to six horses each pulling
a wagon load of gold along Broadway.
- The Governor of Massachusetts was the
recipient of small box enclosed in brown paper, re-
Gently which brought from Baltimore by the Adams
Express Company and directed to THE Governor
of Massachusetts,. On opening it, his EXceency found
that the box contained two dozen Minnie rife balls
but not word as to who sent them.
- Gen. Scott was lately burnt in efigy by
the students of the University of Virginia.
- The Chicago Tribune says that during
the progress of the play at the theatre in that city on
Saturday evening casual alusion to the gallant Major
Anderson the occasion of of the most striking
witnessed in that city. The entire audience
rose to their feet ladies waved their handkerche and
cheer after cheer resoundcd through the edice There
is evidently but sentiment pervadng the great North
west-"THE UNION IT MUST BE PRESERVED ~
- The Southern students of Union College
at Schenectady " " have resolved to scccde from that
institution they shall learn that the respective
states in which they reside have seeded.
A New York paper is informed on good
authority that the story going the rounds Of the
press that ,r. BeecheF insuted and rotten eggs
thrown at his carriage after lecturing in New Haven last
week is utterly untrue. Nothing Of the sort occurred
far as Mr. B. himself is aware. The whole story is a
pure fabrication.
A recount of three boxes for Congress in
the infamous Moyamensing district, Philad., where
frauds yearly committed show loss Of %
for Lehman and gain of l39 for Butler-proying
that the latter was fairly elected.
- Hon Lyman Trumbull, Rep, is re-elect-
ed to the L. S. Senate from Illinois.
- Col. Forney speaks kindly again OF Pres
den Buchanan since the latter has discarded the traitors
who so long msed him.
AT the close of business letter from
Springfield the writer says awe have lived eleven years
on the corner opposite Mr. Lincons house, and have
heard him speak angry word. Let us pray for
who will in the future, if God spares his life, be bur
dened beyond measure" This is high tribute to the
President elect And who will not join the writer in
prayer for the who, at such time this is brought
to the Presidency.
A revolving case of barbarity has been
brought to light near Willksbarre, Pa, An old
named Isaac Bsbng, living in that vicinity, quarreed
with his Andrew and in fit of rage he seized gun
and shot the boy in the back from the effect of which
is feared he cannot 1t seems that the old man
perfect demon and of his acts of barbarity
towards his wife and children would have shamed the
widest savage He would frequently hang the younger
children up by the neck until life almost extinct and
until they struggled in the agOnes of DEATH One of the
boys fed to the house of neghbor day, badly burnt
and stated that his father had thrown red hot poker E
to the bed in which the children slept, just to the
roc they would have gettmgIout At another time he
nearly drowned his wife by holding her head in crock
of butermk. 1t would be just retributon if this
should come to the galows and he bids fair to end his
career the scafJld.
Mr. Buchanan has withdrawn from his
official organ, The Constitution all the Executive adver
tsements and has given them to the Integencr which
will hereafter express the views of the Administration
The late attack upon the President and Mr. Secretary
Holt, which appeared in The COnsttztiOn and the ultra
dsunion sentiments advocated by its alien British ed
itOr, have caused this change. In the venerable old
telgncer the President will have what he has
had before, respectable organ.
When Senator Baker, Of Oregon, was cor
rected the bunder calling the Louisiana Senator the
Senator from South Carolina he apologzed with the say
ing OF Shakespeare that substitute shines just well
king when king is standing by This allnsion to
the absent senator's and to Benamns vicarous position
provoked general laughter.
An efigy of James Buchanan was found
on Monday morning hanging from rope, stretched
Milwaukee avenue, Chicago, with copy Of the
Chicago Times in its pocket.
The Washington correspondent of the
Press says the Disunonists are waiting every day to
hear of riots and boodshed in Philadelphia, New
York and Boston.
1t is said that forty tons of shot, shells
and powder forwarded from New York city recently
by Adams Express for New Oreans-reported to be de-
stined for Mexico but believed to be for Louisiana.
Gold is so plentiful in New York that
English sovereigns there at discount, and the
banks will not take them. This is of thousand
facts that show that the panic experience got