Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1865-03-09
NEWS FROM ALL NATIONS.

of Columbia, have discovered that seventy persons
committed to the District Jail have been recently
bailed out and sold to substitute brokers'
Jacob. Little, the great Wall-street stock
operator, is said to have become deranged His
life for the last forty years has been one of contin
ued excitement
Those who are interested in the Erie
Canal are exercised about the proposed ship canal
around the Falls, fearing it will divert traffic.
"A Paris letter says General McClel-
Ian intends to proong his soourn in Paris for
weeks, and thence go to Rome and Dresden, with
the intention of spending in the south
of France and returning to America next autumn. ="
General Grant writes that if General
Shermans success continues few days longer the
country may safely indulge in exutation." In
private letter from the Lieutenant General he ex-
pressed the opinion that peace is not far distant.
Gen Mosquera, President of the Re-
public of Columbia and its Minister to London
have arrived
Gen. Grant, the War Department con-
curing has declined an offer of Gov. Fenton of
ten regiments of the National Guard for 100 days
service III SdTTlSOnlnS lne lOrtS at oaNanndi
Charleston, Wilmington, and other rebel ports
The Louisville Journal says, editorially,
the rebels expecting soon to startle the whole
country, and astonish the world
"A naval expedition of considerable
magnitude is said to be fitting ont at Cairo The
feet will comprise 30 steamers.
A telegram from Memphis states that
Major-Gen. Washburn has been assigned to that
department.
Of all the coast forts seized by the reb-
els, and which Mr. Lincoln in his inaugural, de-
clared it the duty of the Government to repossess,
not one, since the possession OF Fort Sumpter re-
mains in their hands.
One hundred paroled officers and nine
hundred and seventy-fve men reached Annapolis
from Richmond last week. All were in a wretched
condition and three hundred were carried to the
hospital
Mr. John Overton, the Tennessee mil
lionare who it is said gave So, 000 900 to aid the
rebellion has deserted the cause, taken the oath,
and is once more peace-able citizen of Nashville.
The Grand Jury at Rochester have re-
turned two bills of indictment against coal monop-
olists The contents of the bills will not be made
public until the parties indicted have been brought
up to answer upon bench warrants.
Nevada produced ST., 900, 900 in silver
last year. That is about twice much as the av-
erage annual production of the mines Of Peru or
of the mines of Mexico for the last two or three
centuries.
The Springfield Republican states that
Gen Banks, not to permit the government or the
public or himself to feel that he superflous
appendage to either the military civil list has
offered his resignation TO both the Secretary of
War and President, and both have declined to ac-
cept it.
Estimates of Gen Lees strength, made
from the best authority, prove him to have from
60 900 to Is 1000 men, of which it is supposed, he
has sent South to Beauregard from 10 600 to $1,000
1t is not considered probable, in mill
tary circles, that troops would be sent North to
Join Lee, as they would not be sufficient to enable
him to attack Grant with any prospect of success,
and their only hope is to impede and harass Sher-
man on his march northward, whose movements,
so far, have been so completely enveloped by his
miles of where he will strike next, and, eonse-
quently, have been unable to concentrate on his
front.
From one Of the returned prisoners, we
learn that the Rebel prisoners sent back by ex-
change are sent south to join Hardee and Beaure-
gard The other day before leaving Gen. Lee
made a speech to about 500, telling them that it
would only be necessary for them to postpone their
furlough for II few days, when Sherman would be
driven from their soil and his army scattered and
destroyed. They responded with more enthusiasm
than do those troops who have been in such state
of destitution all winter in the rebel camps
-Adyices from Mazatlan represent the
surrounding country rs thickly infested by Mexi
can guerrillas, on whom the French make constant
reprisals, seldom taking any prisoners
There are said to be at present about
154 900 tons of ice varying from II to l6 inches il
thickness, stored on the Hudson River,
The Hon Johnathan l.. Woods, an old
aud prominent lawyer of LockPort died at that
place Wednesday morning last.
In the New Jersey Legislature W edns
siav the election tor United States Senator was
postponed until the 18th inst.
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania OF
Wednesday Feb 18th, decided that unless there is
positive stipulation between the parties 10 tn,
contrary, the party selling property and furnish
ing the deed must likewise pay the stamp duty i'm
posed by Act of Congress upon the same. i
would therefore be well for parties buying and sell
ing to have clear understanding upon the subject
About 3 o'clock "Wednesday morning
Feb 22d n fire broke out in the second story o
Asa Austin's store at Upper Lisle. and spreading
rapidly soon destroyed the entire building. Only
about $500 worth Of goods were saved Total loss
5000 or $1,000. Insurance = 7W Nh Anstir
was absent at the time.
BY virtue of the Constitution Of Della
ware. Gov Salisbury, President of the Senate, he
comes Governor of the State for the nnexpireC
term of Coy, Cannon.
On Wednesday of last week about 81
guerrillas dashed into the town of Paoh Tenn.
burned the depot and robbed the families residen
there.
DR. Gwinn's San Francisco organ de
nies emphatically that the Emperor Napoleon has
Withdrawn from the Sonora colonization scheme.
The Richmond Dispatch confirms the
;nt;r,a+ion that sheridan il advancing down the