Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1861-03-07
Seems from all RatfoGs.
An amusing incident occurred at Wells

Al LnlS lAOIleHt u stepped lOTWaTu OAVAou
couple of apples to the President elect. little boy in
the crowd yelled out, Say Mr.. Lnkn, that man is run
ming for Postmaster The donor Of the apples collapsed
amid screams Of laughter.
The London Daily Netcs in remarkng up
on the madness the South thinks the proposition that
barbarc slaveholding community has prospect of
spendor and wealth, in virtue of its barbarsm while
free and thriving people will become rump of the
Republic is treason to political principles in any cvi
aed country in the world"
Robert r. Lincoln, the eldest son Of the
President elect and who is accompanying him to Wash
ngton student at Harvard and will shortly return
to s class. He is young of fine abilities and much
dignity of character The reports in various papers inti
mating that his of life is what is popularity denom
mated fast are strictly erroneous and less painful
20 him than to his excellent parents to whom he has ever
been dutful and afectonate son.
There is a sublime insolence about John
Chnaman unsurpassed except by the seeding mutual
admiration coterie running the Southern Confeder
acy. Over the house assigned in Pekn to Mr. Ward the
American Ambassador the Chinese authorities placed the
following inscription Lent to American Barbarian
Ward, Tribute Bearer"
Gen. Butler, Of Lowell, is a wit. The
Boston Courier reports the he in Washington the
other day. and during conversation with southern men,
one of them Georgian said Il do not believe there is
an honest man in Massachusetts, After moments
Election he added II beg to assure you, Mr.. Butler
mean nothing personal The general responded : !"
believe there great many honest in Georgia;
but in saying 50, sir do not anything personal"
An official statement laid before the Lou
isiana Convention shows that Louisiana realized 1884,
$50 by her thefts of public property at New Orleans
This includes the value of cutters the
McCleland and the Washington which surrendered
by their officers.
"A letter from Milwaukee says-The
country is full of wheat All the warehouses in the city
full and they shipping off all the time in bar
rels and bags, by railroad, to make
The Banks in New York are now nearly
gutted with specie. They held $50 100000 with
prospect of a future increase.
The family of Hon. j. Clancy Jones,
Minister to Austria, comprising Mrs Jones' two daugh-
ters and Richmond arrived at Reading Wednesday
of last week Mr. Jones will remain his post until his
successor is appointed.
A member Of the Illinois Legislature had
the satisfaction of creating decided sensation few days
since. Having expressed himself with much emphasis
question before the house attempted resume his
seat, but forgetting that he had moved back aston
shed at finding himself the floor Above the shout Of
laughter which ensued his voice heard asserting that
he still had the floor"
There is an actual scarcity of provisions in
Smith county, Miss. resident of that section Maj
Hawkins recently deputed to visit Illinois, to pur
chase On his arrival at Springfield, the people
vened spontaneously passed resolutions denouncng
sion and pedgng themselves to give the destitute all the
corn they needed
From the fact that SIS, 900, 900 who bid
for the United States per cent loan of 900 900,
may be inferred that confidence in the
not entirely gone OF the sum- $l3 500 900 was bid in
New York city alone The award was made in Washing
ton on Saturday.
Speaking of the number and variety Of
names suggested for the Southern Confederacy' the
Milwaukee Sentinel says: Sanboania Niggeria and Cot
tonaia are all very pretty but suggest that they
the Of one of their leading men-take Rhett for
instance. How appropriate this would sound-"The
RhettChed Confederacy.n
The Smartest young butcher in New York
Is named German. He can kill and dress a sheep in four
minutes and twenty seconds and did the other day
for wager. His competitor, veteran butcher named
Darby, occupied six minutes and twentysix seconds in
performing the operation.
"A most desperate affray took place in
Carbondale Luzerne county Saturday night during
which George Brennon was killed Andrew Farrell was
fatally stabbed, and - Berole dangerously injured by
named Martin Gibson who used bowie knife
with fatal execution Gibson when arrested expressed
regret that he had not killed all his victims.
The Republicans of New York State
beve gained in the County Elections for Supervisors
far heard from. John Brownsm aud Secessionsm
alike impoten to inspire any love for Slavery among
hay art
gently.
In the recent food on the West Branch
at Youngwomansown, the gorged ice piled fifty feet
high destroying houses and bridges and doing great
damage to many persons.
The returns of 1850 show the militia of
the Northern States to be 255 573 and of the South
ern States, 77s,864.
The Charleston Courisr is moved to an
ger because, Washingtons Birthday, Fort Sumter
A" belched forth its saucy salute p" of "a guns.
Missouri has decided by 10000 major
ity against Convention to consider about Seces
sion. They are sensible in that.
The Congress Of the Southern Confed-
eracy has adopted resolution in favor of the free nav
CATION of the Mississippi tbs evidently fearful of pro.
voking collision.
The Baltimore Sun, rabd secession pa
per openly conesse that the sole purpose of the South
Carolina ebellion TO break the Republican party
into pieces and that the failure of the Border Slave States
to side with South Carolina and go out the Union has
blown up, not the Republicans but the Cotton States.
The Town Elections in New York State
strongly in favor of Republicanism, they were
last year--in some instances they even show gains
The oldest of all gifts to the President