Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1865-10-12

=. Sixty miles OF the Union Pacific Rail
road west of Lawrence Kansas, are to be COM
pleted by the first of May next Arrangements
have also been made to build railroad between
Leavenworth and Kansas City at once.
The State election in Mississippi, took |
place on Monday The vote was very close be-
tween Gen. Humphries and Judge Fisher but the |
latter is probably chosen Governor. The Legisla- |
ture will meet ON the 18th inst.
Recent intelligence from Columbus, |
Ga is to the effect that cotton sells there for 20
cents per pound, and in Goldsborough at 2S cents
in currency.
The gunboats Victoria and Gen. Price
were sold on Tuesday at Mound City. The for
mer brought SO, 900 and the latter $4,000.
Unsuccessful efforts have been made in
Richmond to secure a revocation of the military
order suppressing The Commercial Bulletin.
"A Kentucky delegation, headed by Gar
rett Davis, is its way to Washington to request
the President to remove Gen. Palmer
"A plot among 225 white and black
criminals to escape from the Washington Jail was
discove red Monday, just in time to prevent its
success.
Spring Brook, the splendid mansion OF
George H. Stuart near Philadelphia, was sold at
auction Thursday to Edwin Forrest, the actor, for
S76,0 600.
Hon. Ezra Cornell was Thursday unan-
imously nominated by the Union Convention
State Senator from the Oswego (21st District.
Col Robert johnson, the Presidents
son, has gone to Tennessee ON brief visit.
Maj Gen Hooker was married to Miss
Olivia Groesbeck at Cincinnati on Tuesday even
ing.
The receipts from the Internal Reve-
Thursday amounted to 81, 882, 453 81.
Gen Slocum's resignation has been ac-
cepted
The statemt Mt III regard to Gen. Grant
telegraphed from Philadelphia on Wednesday night
to the New York morning papers, was made on the
authority of Mr. H. NJ. Smith, editor of the Chica
go Tribune who received it from Justice Cation of
Illinois, who had the conversation with Gen. Grant,
special train from Cincinnati
The election of Gen. Humphreys as
Governor of Mississippi is now considered as
tain as it is unfortunate by true Union men. He
is elected to Congress from the IV;h (Jackson)
District and G. E. Walker, an eminent lawyer
Attorney General
Among the most important applica-
tons for pardon lately filed in the Attorney Gener
ais office those of Gen. Peck of the late Rebel
army, who fought at Gettysburg Col Ould, Rebel
Commissioner of prisoners and Mr.. Watts, Attor-
ney-General of the late Rebel Confederacy.
Cen Rosseau, member of Congress
elect from Kentucky, has written letter to the
President sustaining the course pursued by Gen.
Palmer in the administration of affairs in that
State.
1t is said that Mr. Russell. Postmaster
at Davenport, Canada West has been removed
and that George n. Sanders has been appointed in
his stead
Brig. Gen. Palkhurst, Provost-Marshal
General of Pennsylvania, has been mustered out
of the service, and Gen. Johnson appointed his
successor
Secretary Seward, who left Washing
ton on Wednesday afternoon, with his family, for
Auburn, n Y, is expected to be absent about ten
days.
1t is rumored in Washington, that a
lady friend of Gen. Beauregard is exerting herself
to procure for him the exercise of the Executive
clemency
The circulation of the Wisconsin banks
has been increased during the last month $780, 755.
The whole amount now in circulation is S274, 734.
The steam frigate Neshaming-the
largest vessel afoat-was successfully launched at
Philadelphia Thursday.
Nearly 1000 National Banks have
1896, 579, POI.
Snow fell in the northern section of
Philadelphia ON Wednesday.
.-Gold continued firm Thursday, opening
at l465, selling as high 147i, and closing 1865.
Gov. Brownlow has sent in mes
sage to the General Assembly of Tennessee
He recommends amendments to the franchise law,
but by no means advocates its repeal Guilty
Rebels should be treated with severity in proper
ton to their otfenses. Emigration should be fos-
tered. He advocates the setting apart portion of
the national territory for the colonization of freed
men. He recommends that the testimony of ne
groes be taken in the Courts and heartily endorses
President Johnson reconstruction policy.
1t is not true, as reported, that Messrs
Douglass and Christian have withdrawn as candi-
dates in the first Congressional District of Virgin
ia. In the Lynchburg District the candidates hav-
ing declared that they could not take the test-oath
the citizens have called on them to withdraw and
nominated in their stead the Hon John Minor
Bolts
The Alabama State Convention, on
Friday adopted ordinances ordering the election of
State officers on the first Monday in November, le-
galzing the marriages of negroes, authorizing the
County Commissioners TO provide for INDECENT and
helpless negroes and directing judicial officers to
continue agents of the Freedmen's Bureau
Col. Wells, the Superintendent of
the Southern Indians, Friday last concluded an
important treaty with the Ossage tribe. The Os-
sages cede ], 900, 900 acres to the Government for
S3000O0 Other lands also ceded, and the
rights of settlers thereon protected The land is
all in Kansas.
1t seems that the council for Capt.
Wlrz were under wrong impression in stating
that Gems. Lee, Johnson and Howell Cobb, and
Others notoriuos in the Rebellion had been subpoe