Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1861-01-17
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the army going to fail the country at the moment need
ed No, sir. Furthermore, allow officer or man un
der my command to admit the possibility Of disunon and
if hear thai any has spoken in favor of it, will
court martial him with all possible expedition, and Gen.
Scott feels as | do sir"
Judge Parker of Massachusetts, in eX
pressing his opinion that the Personal Liberty Law of
that State is unconstitutional incidentally declares of
the bred Scott decision by the Supreme Court that
doctrine which has been promulgated by of the in
cumbents of that bench, that the constitution
right to carry slaves into the territories and protects
slavery there is utterly indefensible."
the Bev. Wm. o. PrentS, rector of an
Episcopal Church in South Carolina, lately preached
Sermon which he said that cotton had become much
of necessity among all classes of people, that their
prayer would soon be changed to Giye this day
daily cotton!' -
Says the Springfield Mass Republican.
One Of enerprsng citizens has gone South Caro-
lima take the contract to build mint for the king
dom, if he get it. We hope he will calculate that the
only mint he will be likely to have anything to do with in
South Carolina wiz be a mint julep.
Major Jack Downing remarked to Gen
era Jackson during the troubles in South Carolina thirty
years ago. that he had always observed that persons who
their blood amazingly particular about their first
The n. Y. Herald has table of the
Militia ofthe respective States from which it appears
that out of the aggregate 800 enrolled and organ
lied men, about 900 may be safely counted on as
the side of maintaining the existing Government
The Louisville papers state that a regi-
men of volunteers has been formed in the lower part OF
Indiana who have rendered their services to the people
of Kentucky should any slave insurtecton occur.
"A sharper case is now pending before the
Supreme Court of Ohio. One smart rogue traded off
tract of land upon another for gold chains put in at $50
EACH The land three feet under water and the gold
chains sold at 80 dozen.
BY the ancient law of Hungary, a man
convicted of bigamy is condemned to live with both wives
in the house; the crime was in consequence, exre
mely
The schoolmistresses whom Gov Sla de Of
Vermont sent out to Oregon, to pay fine of $500
if they married under year. Most Of the girl, paid
the fue.
E. B. Ward, the Napoleon of lake steam.
boat owners writes to the Detroit Adre!iser that he
has iron sufficient for 700 heavy cannon and 20 600 stand
of rifles which he will sell to the State of Michigan on
twenty years time if they will make in guns to be
used to preserve the Union.
Oil has been discovered in large quantities
in the immediate vicinity of the town Of Cuba Allegheny
county, n Y. and great excitement exists in
quence. The location Of the wells is within mile OF
the Erie Railroad.
Some waggish young fellows raised a
Palmetto flag Fort Hale New Haven haFbOr, Saturday
night and there it waved defanty in the breeze Of Sun
day morning till the citizens removed it.
MIR. Lincoln is expected to start for
Washington about the middle OF February. The route is
yet uniixed. The Pttsburg Fort Wayne and Chicago
road have rendered special train.
The flag adopted by South Carolina has
fifteen white stars a marine blue cross, the Of
which extend vertically and horizontally to the edge
The star which is supposed to represent South
Carolina, is much the largest The have red
ground. On the upper right hand corner is placed
palmetto tree and crescent The tree is without rattle
snake
The Detroit Tribune learns from relia-
BILE that the guncaiagcs at the arsenal at Dear
boro have been destroyed by fire. In reply to question
the officer in charge stated that the carriages of
use and had been destroyed preserve the old iron,
which was alone valuable. An explanation is asked of
Secretary Floyd the affair being considered rather sngu
lar at the time.
The Montonr Iron Works, at DlnvlIlp,
Pa have suspended operations thus throwing out Of
employment several hundred hands in mdwnter. The
nelfgencer says in consequence of the hard times the
company proposeda reduction of wages which the work
men refused to accede to, ami hence the stoppage.
1t seems that Floyd ordered Major An
derson to Fort Montrie even if he should die
in the last ditch and that the later aconically replied
"Iprcfer TO die at Fort Sampler -
During the past six months, large addi-
tons have been made to the Pacific Mills, the Pemberton
Mil has rebuilt enlarged scale and the Everett
Mills have also been prepared for the Manufacture of
ton All these establishments, situated in Lawrence,
will into full operation during the first quarter OF
the present year. and will require about two thousand five
hundred operatives 1t has been supposed until recently
that it would be difficult to find operatives in New Eng
land for these establishments but the boot and shoe
business has been overdone for time past it is
presumed that enough operatives will be found in the
vicinity, without advancing the rate of wages.