Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1861-12-05


fiscate property snd for insurrectiouary pur-
poses. If new law upon the same subject
Shall be proposed its propriety will be duly
considered.
The Union must be preserred, and hence all
dspensable means must be employed we
should not be in haste TO determine that radl-
cal and extreme measures, which may reach
the loyal as we'll as the disIoyal, are indlspen
sable. The inaugural address at the beginning
of the Admins lration, and the Message 10
Congress at the late special session, were botn
mainly devoted to the domestic controversy out
of which the uSurrection and consequent war
have sprung. Nothing now occurs TO ADD 10
or subtract from, the principles or general pur'
poses stated and expressed IN those documents
The last ray of hope for preserving the Union
peaceablv expired at the assault upon Fort
Sumter, and general review Of what and ac
Cured since may not be Improbable. What
was painfully uncertain then is'much better de-
fined ant more distinct now, and the progress
of events is plainly in the right direction.
THE SLAVE STATES OF MARYLAND, KENTUCKY AND
MISSOURI MECHANICALLY RANGED ON THE SIDE
OF Lac UNION.
The insurgents confidently claimed a strong
support from north of Mason and Dlxon's
line, aud the friends of the Union were not
free from apprehension ou the point. This,
however, was soon settled definitely and on the
right side. South of the Iihe noble little Del
aware led off right from the first. Maryland
was made to seem against the Union, our
soldiers were assaulted, bridges were burned
and railroads torn up within her limits, aud we
were many days at one time without the abili.
ty to bring a single regiment over her soil to
the capital Now her bridges and railroads
are repaired and open to the government. She
already gives seven regimentsEto the cause OF
Union and none to the enemy, and our people,
at a regular election, have sustained the Union
by large majority aud larger aggregate
vote than they ever before gave to any candI-
date or aBv question.
Kentucky, too, for some time in doubt, is
now decidedly and l think, unchangeably
ranged on the side of the Union
Missouri is comparatively quiet and | be.
lieve cann0t again be overrun by the insUrrec-
tioniSts These three States of Maryland,
Kentucky, aud Missouri, neither as which
would promise a single soldier ct first, have
now an aggregate Of not less than 40, 600 in
the field for the Union while of their citi-
zens. certainly not more than third number
aud they Of doubtful whereabouts and doubt
existence, are in arms against it. After
somewhat bloody struggle of months, winter
closes on the Union people Of Western Nir-
ginia, leaves them masters of their OVID roun-
try.
EASTERN VIRGINIA RETURN TO HER ALLEGIANCE
An insurgent force of about 1900 for months
dominating the narrow peunsular region CON
stituting the counties of Accomac and North
amptoD, aud known as the Eastern Shore OF
Virginia, together with some contiguous parts
of MARYLAND, have laid down their arms, aud
there have renewed the ALLEGIANCE to and ac'
cepted the protection Of the old flag This
leaves no armed nsurrection north OF the Po-
tomac or east Of the Chesapeake.
OCCUPATION OF HArTERAs, PORT ROYAL AND TY-
BEE ISLAND
Also we have obtained footing Mt each OF
the isolated points on the Southern coast of
Hatteras, Port Royal, Ty bee Island, near Sa
vannah, and Shid Island, and We likewise have
some general accounts Of popular movements
in behalf Of the Union in North Carolina and
Tenness e. The things demonstrate that the
course Of the Union is advancing steadily
southwark.