Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1865-07-13
NEWS FROM ALL NATIONS.

President to suspend the writ of habeas corpus Is
only given by Congress during the continuance of
war
AS the Presidents car reached Balti-
more from Gettysburg the evening of the 4th, it
ran on misplaced switch and collided with
freight train standing in the depot. The Chilian
Minister and c. ]. Halpine seriously and
eral others more or less injured.
The Savannah Republican of Satur-
day. says that Gen. Gilmore has been relieved
from the command of Georgia, which is now inclu-
ded in Gen. Thomas district and that tie State is
hereafter to be under the immediate control of
Gen. Stedman.
james Dundas, a well-known citizen of
Philadelphia, died at that city on the Fourth. He
President of the Horticultural Society of Penn
sylvania and formerly President of the Pennsylva-
MIA Bank.
John r. Callahan fell from a window in
the Gayeso House, in Memphis, and was instantly
killed. Mr.. Clanahan was widely known as one of
the editors of the Memphis Appeal,
Two expeditions are going west from
Red River. One has its base at Shreveport and
the other at Alexandria, and the river is alive with
boats conveying supplies to these points
The Post-Ofice Department is now
self-supportng. Its profits for the last six months
of 1864 were S732, 23O G3, and for the first six
months of this year will be much larger,
The work of the Pacific Railroad is
progressing rapidly. The road will be completed
to Topeka, % miles west of Lawrence, by the 1st
of November.
"A block of frame buildings on the cor
ner of Mechanic and North Water-sts., Chicago,
was destroyed by fire Thursday night Loss
$40, 900
Governor johnson, the Provisional
Governor of Georgia, arrived at Savannah on Fri
day, and received warm reception from the cit
izens.
A stevedor named Magraw was stabbed
and instantly killed in Bangor, Me-, on Tuesday
by colored barber named Williams.
Cen Cox has received orders to retain
the command of the Department of North Carroll
na until the return of Gen. Schofeld.
The population of Lawrence, Mass, is
q. 500; in 1860 it was IT. 639 The males number
1929 :; females, u, 772.
While the steamer Chocorda was lying
at the wharf at Centre Harbor, N. H., on the 9TH
inst, some unknown person placed keg of pow
der on the furnace, when an explosion took place,
blowing up the front deck and shattering the door
panels, but not injuring the machinery. No one
was much injured on board.
The Fourth was patriotically celebra-
ted i'll New-Orleans, Gen. Banks pronouncing an
eloquent oration in which he advocated negro
suffrage, and Freedmen's torehlight procession
winding up the ceremonies. In addition to this
there another celebfation, during which Will
liam Reed Mills delivered an address.
"A party of colored persons left Fort
ress Monroe to celebrate the Fourth at Smithfeld,
but were refused landing by the denizens of that
locality whereupon "A disturbance ensued, i'll which
one of the accompanying guard shot, and
Robert Searle of Norfolk wounded.
-Advices from Spain state that before
the news of the raising of the blockade reached
there the Government revoked its recognition OF
the Rebels as belligerents.
Hon Henry Winter Davis delivered an
address in Chicago the 4th instant, taking
strong grounds in favor of negro suffrage and the
Monroe doctrine.
-Rear-Admiral Dupont has bequeathed
his prize money! amounting to $175, ,000-to found
Il national asylum at Washington for the orphans
of soldiers and sailors
The New-Oreans Times is informed
that the rebel portion OF the Cherokees near
starvation and Gen. Stanley appeals to Texans for
relief
The American flag which was hauled
down by the Rebels from the New Orleans Custom
House is to be restored with all the honors.
Mr.. Ford at Washington, announces
the opening of his theatre on Monday evening 10TH
with the play of the Octoroon.
The heat in Cincinnati has been intense
for the last few days, the thermometer ranging as
high as 9S deg in the shade
lit is said thar the guerrilla, Champ
Ferguson, now in prison at Nashville, has commit
ted no less than 100 murders.
--Ex-Gov. Vance has been released from
the Old Capitol Prison paro and is to return to
North Carolina.
About 1875 pardons-mostly to North
Carolinians- have been granted during the past
week
"A locomotive exploded at Centrala
H., on the 18th instant, killing the engineer and
fireman.
1t is reported that the Ninth Army
Corps will be mustered out in few days.
A dispatch from Lacrosse, Wisconsin,
saws that n tornado passed over Union Co., in that
State, on Saturday week, which killed II persons,
injured 100, and prostrated fifty dwellings,.
Maj Gen. Meade, on Saturday week,
issued from his headquarters at Philadelphia his
official order on assuming command of his new
department. the Military Division of the Atlantic.
The receipts from Internal Revenue
for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1865, otci-
ally reported at S2O6, 81, $50 SO. This does not
include the tax on National Bank currency.
The Globe Oil Works, at Pittsburg,
were destroyed by fire on Monday week. Damage,
$4,000 Cause accidental explosion of benzola,
with an antagonistic gas in the refuse well.
Mr.. Mason Jones, well known in this
county a popular lecturer and friend of our
Government, is of the candidates for a seat in
the British Parliament, with Il fair chance of sue
cess.