Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1861-01-03
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their presence and that if they attended church oftener
1t would do them no harm.
- The Chicago Journal does not agree with
cotemparary that South Carolina is like the prodigal
about to leave his fathers household but thinks it
the "fatted calf" that is about leaving.
- Another English Prince will shortly visit
this country. 1t is Prince Alfred the second son OF
Q cen Victoria who has left the ship Euryaus and will
Join the St. George larger vessel which will sail early
this year for the West Indies and North America
The wearers of the Palmetto cockades
10 Washington on finding that they were mistaken for
the iootmen Of the foreign minister's dropped them
and they decidedly at discount May they
speedily retire to the limbo Of contempt, in South
Carolina.
A paper published at Bridgeton, n j.,
notices organization of young in that town styled
Zouavc Oddities who have banded together for the
purpose Of saving and splitting wood for destitute iami
lies the ensuing winter With woodsaw astrde Of horse
and in hand they proceed to the premises, and
duce the wood size with aacFty unknown to
those who labor for money.
They have invented o new term OF re-
proach down South. They contemptuously call the
Northern who in favor of peace, Concession
ists.n
- The ST. Louis troops have returned from
Kansas where they found nothing attack Everybody
laughs at them. The ocrat says the expedition was
undertaken by order of drunken Governor the rep
resentation OF drunken Judge, before any e1onnois-
had de ermned its necessity. letter from Mont
gomery published in which he Indignantly denies any
intention of assalng the Government The proSavery
rufans organized to kill of the Free State men
and when any Of their number arrested the trials
had before ures of their class when acquitas
resulted, of The assaed combined tried and
hung several If the murderers and declared their nten
tion of driving all from the Territory. Fort Scott
not menaced all and instead of Judge Williams court
being broken up he away three days before the time
for it TO assemble.
- Cameron County, composed at present Of
three sparsey settled townships elected its first county
officers at the recent election. 1t is said these officers
will organize the CouDy-so that it is failure or
only county in embryo.
A decrease of 2700 in the population Of
Charleston S. c. within ten years is revealed by the
census A A"Northern outrage-Secession the only rem
edy' There should he Union-savng meetings called all
the country and Chicago be required to stop grow
ing until Charleston should catch up
= In addition to the Cora and Bonita sla-
vers recently captured learn that letters received at
Salem Mass from Zanzibar the capture of the
Sunny South with s46 negroes board. The vessel
taken Mozambique by the British steamer Brisk and
sent to Maurtius The SLAYER 7O2 burden and
cleared from New York for Havana.
The State of Wisconsin has now one mil
lion of acres in actual cultivation. From the report Of
all sections of the State Agricultural Society has
eraged twentyeSht bushels of wheat per acre. which
makes the yield of the State twentyeight millions of
bushels which equals thirtysix bushels to every man.
woman and child in the State or about two hundred to
every voter.
- A merchant in San Francisco estimates
that California will produce this rear 100000 bushels
of wheat which after deductng for consumption and
seed will leave surplus of 525 00o for export. The
barley crop of the State said be greater than the ag
regae of the entire crop throughout the United States
and is estimated for the present year 500 900 bushels
which will leave a surplus Of 1888 900 bushels.
- Official information has been received in
Washington that Holland has made arrangements for
emancipation of the slaves in all the Dutch Colonies
the principle of English emancipation making compen
sation to the masters. This is regarded important
news in view of the political events stirring around
The policy of all Europe to be faVorng the abol
tion of slavery.
- The London Times Of Nov Dist regrets
that Mr. Lincoln will have the services neither of Mr..
Webster Mr. Everett in his Cabinet these gentlemen
having allied themselves with his opponents. Thereupon
the Boston Transcript observes II Lord Derby
made Prime Minister OF England, understand that
neither Fox, Pitt Burke will into has Cabinet.
- Lord Lyons has communicated to the
Department of State the expression of the feelings Of
her Majesty Queen Victoria relative to the treatment
perenced by the Prince Of Wales in his recent tour
through the United States The Queen highly appreci
ates the kindness and courtesy shown him by citizens
and expresses the most profound sense OF obligation
- The statistics which have lately been put-
shed in England OF the longevity of the peers of the
realm and particular classes of the wealthy, have awak
ened curious piece of information 1t Is found that the
united ages of 90 inmates Of one of the English work
houses amounts to 5533 years average of so each
that the paupers of Great Britain ouve the arstoc
racy ten years at least.
Mr. Shaw, the inventor of percussion
caps died Bordentown n jersey recently having at
tanned the age of eighty six years He was born in Eng
land. few years ago our government granted him
quite large sum for his invention for loading.
The Coal operators of Pittsburg have
recommended the suspension of operations in the mines
until the lst of March This will throw several thousand
miners out of employment.
- Five hundred and fifty persons met their
deaths Lakes Erie, Michigan and Superior, between
the 23d of March and the 25th of November period of
eight months
- The Italian sympathy meeting at the
Cooper Institute. New York. on Tuesday night
grand affair. The house was crowded and several eo-
quent and appropriate addresses were made.
The great novelist, Dickens, INDUCES in
some petty afectations ag above his house
top like the Queens Buckingham Palace, sig
nal to all interested that the distinguished occupant at
home.
AT most of the polls, in California. on