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CERTIFIrATEUF AUTHORITY.
TO expire on th@3lst day Of .l,splulry, 1866 J
AFDtrOR OF STATES OFFICE |
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ATDtroR or STATES OFFIcE,
INsCRh&CE DEPARTMENT.
foLUHBcS, ONO. Jan.5, 1868.
WHBfsEAs, The PlItENlX INSURANCE
COMPANY, located at Hartford, in tho
Stateo of Connecticut, has filed in this offfeu
n sworn statement of its condition, RS re-
qHircd by the first section at the act TO
regulate Insurance Companies rot irlcerpo-
rated by the State of Ohia,F passed April g.
1856, and amended Ft.bresrry g. l@Ss; and,
whereas, said Company hlNs furnished the
undersigned satisfactory eN,leuce that it is.
possessed Gf at least ONE HUN NDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS; of aatual capital,
invested in Stocks or Bonds or in MOrtga
geS OF Real Estate, worth double the amount
for which the same is mortgaged; and
whereas, said Company has fled in This
office written Instrument under its, e0fpo-
rate seal, signed by Tive President and Sec
retary thereof, authorizing any agent or
| agents of said company i'll this State, to nc
Knowledge service of process, for and i'll be-
half of sad company. according 70 theternlj'
of said law. f-
NoS, therefore, in pursuance OF tiie Fl rat.
section of the aforesaid act. I, JAMES II.
GOODMAN, Auditor Of State for Ohio, do
hereby certify that said PIIeENIX lNSU-.
RANCE COMPANY, Of Hartford, Confiec-
tcut, is authorized to transact the BUSINESS,
of Fire Insurance in this State, t1ltia tths'
thirty-first day of January in the year ono
thousand eight hundred and sixty six.
In witness whereof, have liereunto sub
scribed my name, and caused the seal Of
my Office TO be affixed, the day and year
above writton.
JAMES I. GOODMAN.
CsEAL,l [sTAMP.l Auditor Of State.
&a4Agencies at all the cities, towns and
principal PLACES in the United States.
Branch OffiGe, CincinnMtl, Ohio.
III. vi. MAGHEL. Gen'I Agent.
va. Policies promptly issued and renew
ed without reference To the Company, by
| JESSE q, THOMAS,
Resident Agent, Cadiz-
Feb. .i5, 1861. @
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saTOil has been found u Guernsey coun.
ty. See 'NeIehtorhood News in this
column.
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INSURANC CEAG NCY.

u. O. THO MAS, Cn6fi&.
rs Resident Agent for the following old.
established and reliable FIRE and
LIFE Insurance Companies:
FIRE INSURANCE.
-ETNA, Of Hartford, COnnectieut.
METROPOLITAN, Of Nctr York City.
NORTH AN ERICA, Of IhilddeIpAia, Pa.
LIFE INSURANCE.
MUTT Al LIFE, Of Npw York City. .-..
TRAVELLERS LIFE; Of Hartford, Conn
Ia5s- Office, corner of Main and MarE0s
streets, over National Bank. Entrance--
Market street, first door below National
Bank.
Cadiz, Nov. %, lSG4-lyr
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WASHINGTON, Fob. a. The following
has Just been received at the Navy Depart
ment: af 't
FonTREss MONROE, Va, Feb. "a
To Hon G6ieoa EifiiS,.
The Cuyler has Iust arrived from Cape
Fear and reports our forces having taken
possessian of Wilmington ON the morning of
the 22d, Washington $ birthday. The reb-
els retreated, leaving large number prison
ers in our hands.
ISigned STEPHEN d. TRENcuARD,
t'Si 5Jl' Commander.
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sGrTbe "Neighbofhood NeNw in tl;a
week paperis nterestiDZ, Read it,
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WAsHINGToN, Feb. "a.

WAsHINGToN, Feb. "a.
The Navy Department has received the
following:
UNITED STATES FLAGSHIP MALVERN,
CARE FEAR RIVER, Feb. %.
via. FORTRESS MONROE, Feb. "a, DAN
Hon. Cidcon H,cHes, Secretary IF Nary:
have the honor to inform you that VIII
mington is in possession Of our troGps.
DAVID u. PORTER,
..H5 Real Admiral.
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WAsIuYGroy Feb. 22.--I'he Navy De
partment has received the following from
Admiral Porter +

partlnent has received the 1ouo"lnS IRON
Admiral Porter , F.
- fLA,i-Hl'Ip - - AN EiN' .t
CAPE FEAR RIVER, rep. ~;
SIR; have the honor to report the sur
render or evacuation of Fort Andets on
General Schoileid advanced from 0nlithvllle
with 5000 men onthe ia. NJ the same
time Eattacked the works by water, placing
the monitor Nontauk close to the works ana
entiiadng with thefa"tucket, Lenaice, II
adilla and Pe4uot, the tide ana WIND not
allowing more vessels to get under hre.-1
down by sunset. On the ISth, at clock,
! moved up closer the Mon'ank leading
followed by the huron, McMan' I2osS9cns'
ponatuSe, Maratohga' Senaiee. nadL''s'
| DoSrtucl OF tl.,po1o ShurIlut Snpnpa
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OffitiaI At1M alems,
Gen. S,hoaold mikes ths fallowing re.

pot
FoRr ANDERSON, Feb. 10. 1850.
To LjCui. Gea. Gndnt, (Uy IDiht.
have the honor to report the success of
our operations against Fort Anderson and
adjacent works Oh bath sides of Cape Fear
River yesterday. While our guns main
tanned heavy fire on Fort Anderson, press
ed the enemy OIL both sides of the river, and
sent force under ten. Cox, about l6 miles
around the swamp, to turu the enemy 5
right This fiirce made its way along nar-
row dufile, between two swamps. and com
pletely turned the enemy IS position. As
soon as the movement became known to the
enemy he abandoned his works and retreat
ed towards Wilmington. We captured 10
guns, uniniured. and a considerable amount
of ammunition. We have about 30 prison
ers. The loss in killed or wounded is small
on either side. The troops are pursuing
the enemy and the gunboats moving up the
river.
Fort Anderson and its collateral works are
very strong and rendered almost inaccessl-
bic by swamps. \ small force could have
held them till their supplies were exhaust
ed My information is that the rebels have
a line of defense behind Tom Creek, where
they propose to make stand and if 50 it
can probably only be short one. am.
General, very resp tly,
j. NJ. SCIIOFIELD, Maj. Gen, Com Dig,
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WAs1IINaToN, Feb. 24--9:45 a. NJ.
Mqtor Ccnrrui Uir: urt
dispatches just received announce that
Wilmington isin possession of our troops.
.H. lns f. NJ STANTON,
oa Secretary of War.
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rs Agent for the. sale Of United States
Treasury Notes, bearing seven and
three-tenths per cent. interest per annum,
known as the l..r.,..s. ..
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1865-08-31
NUMBER IA.
AN ALGERINE WEDDING.

| Moorish ladies are usually married at OF
before the age of thirteen and | was in.
! formed of some curious particulars by an
| English lady who was present at one OF
| these marriages, the family on both sides
| being Of the highest Moorish birth. The
young lady was very lovely, and under the
age | have mentioned above. The compa-
ny of ladies headed by her mother
amounted in all to upward of sixty, among
whom were my informant and a few French
ladies, surrounded the bride, whose head
as usual, was wrapped in sack, and led
her, few hours after dark, to her future
home, where they were received by the
mother and female relations of the bride
groom.
The poor child, weeping bitterly, was
then undressed, carried by her attendants
into bed, where she was commanded to
sleep for ali hour or two while they ate
their supper The European ladies were
served apart with coffee, cakes, and confec-
tionary while the Moorish ladies (some of
them very beautifully were closely seated
in circle on low cushion, and on their
knees long napkin which was extended
round the whole party in the centre was
a sort Of low circular table which moved on
a pivot, and on which the slaves placed a
dish at a time, out of which each lady took
a mouthful with her fingers, and with a
slight touch made the dish revolve to her
next nelghbor.
The dishes succeeded one another to the
number of more than twenty, when the
whole was carried off, and at eleven a
slight refreshment was taken to the bride,
after which the ceremony of dressing her
commenced. Every lady present was re-
quested to take some slight part in this i'm
portant operation, and my English friends
consisted Ia plating one of an immense
number of little tresses into which her long
black hair was divided, with diamond
trembling at the end of each Her face
was then e,aameled, and star of gold lead
fixed on each cheek, as well as on her chin
and the tip of her nose. Rows of finest
pearls were hung round her neck, increas-
ing in size until the lower row reached to
her waist, and which were of the size of
small nuts. Her dress was of cloth of sill
yer, with the usual muslin trowsers, and a
sort of crown of diamonds on her head
By two in the morning all was ready and
the room prepared, when the finishing
stroke was put to the whole by cumming
doaon her eyes, which were not to be opened
until the following morning when she might
see her husband, and not till then.
At two o'clock the slave introduced the
bridegroom, a handsome youth of nineteen,
dressed in a pale gray silk protusely orna-
mented with silver and diamonds. He took
his place under canopy, to which the
bride was also gu ded by her mother and
nlaced bv his side His mother then DOur-
ed few drops ofrose water into the brides
hand, which the bridegroom drank and
then her mother poured also few drops
Tito his hand and guided it to her daugh-
ter's mouth, and she drank it ; upon which
they were pronounced man and wife, and
the company Immediately separated.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1865-08-31
FORMS OF SALUTATION.

Most modern forms of salutation and civ
ility are derived from chivalry, or at east
from war. and they all betoken some defer
ence, as to cOnquerOr just as in private
life we still continue to sign ourselves the
very humble servant of our correspondents
The uncovered head was simply the head
unarmed the helmet being removed, the
party was at mercy. So the hand un-
gloved was the hand ungauntleted and to
this day it is an incivility to shake hands
with gloves on. Shaking itself was but a
token of truce, in which the parties took
hold each of the others weapon hand, to
make sure against treachery So also the
gentleman's bow is but an offer of the neck
to the stroke of the adversary so the
lady's courtesy is but the form of going on
her knees for mercy. The general princi-
pie is marked, as it ought naturally to be,
still more strongly in the case of military
salutes. Why is the discharge of guns a
salute? Because it leaves the guns empty,
and at the mercy of the opponent. And
this is so true that the saluting with blank
cartridges is modern invention. For
merly, salutes were fired by discharging
the cannon balls, and there have been in
stances in which the compliment has been
nearly fatal to the visitor whom it meant
to honor When the officer salutes, he
points the drawn sword to the ground; and
the salute of the troops is, even at this day,
called presenting arms that is, pre-
senting them to be taken.
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a4 Miscellaneous.
SQUIRE PITMAN'S PEACHES:
\ STORY FOR BOYS.

school was over for the day Armed
with satchels and dinner-pails, the scholars
lied out of the schoolhouse, and in merry
goups wended their way homeward The
ist to go were two boys of twelve, who
Lad been kept after school" for deficien-
les IN geography Their names were re-
sg.ctivcly, Tom Grey and Frank Green.
Tom,' said Frank, 'have you had any
peaches this year ?"
Only one Uncle Ben brought us one
apiece, when he came from Boston, last
saturday. Wasn't it prime, though p
Then you are better off than am, for
haven't had any. But know were there
are some, and | mean to have more than
NE this very night"
lyon do - exclaimed Tom, eagerly
Whereabouts are they?"
Frank looked carefully about him, to
. make sure that no one was within hearing,
and whispered, "in Squire Pitman's gar
ltu"
Butt said Tom, little obviously, "that
would be stealing"
., said Frank, "he'll never miss 'em
lHe trees are ever so full. 1t made my
mouth water when l passed there this
morning. They're more than he can eat
anu we might as well have 'em as leave
,A 10 rot on the trees"
- We had, p" said Tom, who was easily
..'saaded. Are you going to night ?"
,. les there isn't any moon so that it
VIII =. be IN our favor Will you go?'
Yes. When will you be ready ?"
ldII for me at halfDast eirht rll be
u. 'Ac corner of the orchard Mind and
gII4S bag with you. We shall want to
''.fy away few"
III right I'll be on hand"
squire Pitman, the owner of the garden
.s.rTred to by the boys, had recently re-
+''ed INTO CedarviIIe. He had spent most
HIS HE IN the city, where he had accumu-
.t'E' a fortune, a part Of which he invest
IL a ine old place which chanced to be
' SAFE The former proprietor had paid
F''ucuIaE attention to the garden, intro
-o'n9 choice varieties of fruit-trees of var
.1S Kinds, which were now in excellent
'@aHng condition. Squire Pitman (he was
.'re0 squire out Of Difference to his wealth J
..'' moved into the village too recently to
lave made any acquaintance. He was a
Es'SaSSant- looking old gentleman, rather old
.->m'1ed .->1 IN his appearance, who usually
~,'Aed with the help of a gold-headed
c.- AI'er supper that evening, the gardener
f,r ,'' IN and requested to speak with hin
wen, James" said the old gentleman
,. suspect sir" said James, "that an at
,.-., .'py VIII be made to rob your fruit-treei
think 50 ~ nav "A'' w.
happened to overhear two boys talk
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MATRIMONY.
4" | did p

al did |"
''You didn't !"
"You are the plague of my life !"
And you of mine |"
Aha young folks-what, at it again?
Fie fe ! Now are you not ashamed of
yourselves Tell me-you sir--is not that
the maiden whom you singled ont from all
the world, because you priced and loved
her most? And tell me wayward girl, is
not that the youth upon whose bosom you
leant, and wept tears of JOY but six short
months ago? And it has come to this al
ready !--Have you both forgotten so soon
those moonlight walks, those hours of rap
ture When-locked in each others arms and
soul communing with soui-you were all in
all to each other in this cold, selfish world?
We know nothing of your squabbles
and do not wish to know. 1t is six of one
and half dozen of the other you are a
couple of young idiots, and that is all about
it. Are there not inevitable sorrows enough
abroad in the wide world that you must
manufacture gratuitous and artificial ones
to hug them to your hearts Be assured,
youthful couple, it is not always under the
load of heavy cares that we poor mortals
sink These come but rarely ; we summon
up extra courage to oppose them, and
united together, you may brave them to
the last. No, no, it is these silly, idle, pal
try bickerings-these ill-tempered little
words and acts which gradually wear the
heart away piecemeal, as water-drops cor
rode the hardest granite.
You foolish creatures have you ever
sat down quietly to view the long road be-
fore you? And if you thus commence life's
painful Journey, what will it be before you
reach the goal You have often sighed,
perhaps, on viewing criminals chained, two
by two, wearing their lives away and
you have seen wretched dog, when cruel
persons have tied tin pan to his tail, run
ming and bowling in an agony of terror
Now don't be vexed-but man and wife
like you always remind us of these things.
You are like two criminals chained together
for life, and either ofyou resemble the little
puppy dog and the other the tin pan at
| his tail
Look YOU, sir, she is weeping Now
| throw your manly arms around her neck
and kiss those tears away. In you, as the
stronger vessel, it is noble to yield first
And you, sweet girl, with sunny smiles
running through falling tears. Oh from
the union of those smiles and tears, beam
forth the rainbow of promise to thy welded
life The storm is past Now you pre-
sent a spectacle in which angels may delight
a moment ago you were the sport of demons,
A SENTIMENTAL young man thus feelingly
expresses himself.
Even as nature benevolently guards the
rose with thorns, so does she endow women
with pins"
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A SCoTCH parson once preached a
long sermon against dram drinking, vice
prevalent in his parish, and from which, re-
port said, he was not free himself
"When ye get up, indeed, ye may take
a dram, and another just before breakfast
and perhaps another after, but dinna al
ways be dram drinking.
If you are out in the morn, you may
brace yourself up with another dram, and
perhaps take another before luncheon, and
some, | fear, take one after, which is not
very blameable, but dinna be always drink
ing.
Naebody can scruple for one just before
dinner, and when the dessert is brought in,
and after it is taken away, perhaps, and one
or it may be twa, in the course of the after
noon, just to keep you fra drowsying or
snoozeing, but dinna be always dram
drinking.
Afore tea, and after tea, and between tea
and supper, is no more but right and good,
but let me caution you, brethren, not to be
always dram drinking.
Just when you start for bed, and when
you're ready to pop into't to take dram oil
two. is no more than Christian may law
fully do. .... ... ....
But, brethren let me caution you not
to drink more than Pve mentioned, or may
be ye may pass the bonds of moderation
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THE OLD SCHOOL HOUSE.

In summer, when the days are long,
And tlowery groves were filled with song
When crystal dew drops fell at morn
On snowy flowers from beauty born
When orange clouds enreathed the sky,
And zephyrs sung a lullaby, .".."..
We used to wander meath the blue
And balmy skies of crimson hue
The school house, with its painted door,
Its rows of desks and sanded floor;
The grassy plot and sloping hill,
Those school boy scenes will haunt me still
The dusty wood and sylvan nook .....
The rock that stood beside the brook;
We used to fish from off the side
And cast the pebbles in its tide.
And when our school was out for noon
We'd gather in our little room,
And with our basket by our side
We'd eat our dinner and divide;
And then the little crystal spring
Where the water mosses used TO cling
That bubble up within the glade
Beneath the naples purple shade,
We used to play around its brink
And oft its silver liquid drink;
And then we'd sport within the wood
Where mighty pines in grandeur stood
And gather from the hidden tower
Its starry drifts of wildwood flowers
Our teacher too, with words of love,
Would teach us of n land above;
The buds he nurtured in those hours
At last have blossomed into flowers
The golden dreams of those sweet days
Still haunt me now with their bright rays
dream again those dreams of yore,
And wish myself child once more.
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in -
I've got handkerchief" said Tom.
!" And Pve got bag" said Frank.
Bless my sou, how thoughtful you were
to bring bag 1t will be just the thing.
You're welcome to the peaches in that bas-
ket, If you can stow them away"
" We are very much obliged to you, "said
Tom, gratefully.
"Oh, don't say word. 1t is a mere tri-
fle, and like to make some acknowledge
ment Tor your kind call. VIII you call and
see me again p .. .
. Yes, sir, if you would like it." ...-
8 should be most happy to have you
come. l get lionel y sometimes, and young
company cheers me up Perhaps, though,
you had better come 10 the door, as it is u
little dangerous climbing over fences" adj
ded the old gentleman, little silly.
The boys laughed rather consciously, land
were shewn to the door, Squire Pitman
shaking them both by the hand, aud kindly
repeating his invitation.
&" Amt he trumpT calculated Frank,
when he had closed the door behind them.
That's 50. / felt awful mean to have
him treat me so, when had come after his
peaches.
$50 did l. You won't catch me III such
business again"
The story of the boys visit to Squire
Pitman leaked out, and made quite a sensa
tion among the schoolboys, 1t was unan-
imously agreed that it would be the height
of meanness to make any further attempts
upon the property of one who had treated
their companions SO handsomely. The
gardener kept watch for a few nights, but
from that time Squire Pitman's trees We're
as safe as if bulldog had been chained
at the foot Of every tree. -Studem and
jSchOOImate.
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GREAT EASTERN, August 2, 1865.

A sad, a memorable day in the annals of
Atlantic telegraph. After midnight the
wind arose accompanied by heavy showers
of rain and dense drifts of fog, and increas-
ed to a strong gale to the southwest; but
the ship scarcely felt it, and went on pay
ing out the cable without hindrance at a
high rate of speed-seven knots an hour.
About daybreak the wind suddenly shifted
to north northwest, and fell to a light breeze,
and at four A. NJ the course was altered to
northwest by west half west, the sea fol-
lowing Morning broke in beautiful, and
the cable ran out easily at the rate of seven
miles an hour
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1865-08-31

WE smile at the ignorance of the savage
who cuts down the tree in order to reach
its fruits, but the fact is, that blunder Of
this description is made by every person
who is over eager andimpatient in the pur-
suits of pleasure. To such, the present
moment is everything, and the future is
nothing he borrows, therefore, from the
future at a most usurious and ruinous in
terest and the consequence is, that he
finds the tone of his best feelings impaired,
his self-respect diminished, his health of
mind and body destroyed, and life reduced
to its very dregs, at time when, humanity
speaking, the greatest portion ofits comforts
should be still before him.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1865-08-31

BARNUM's NATIONAL FREE MUsEUM-Mr P.
T. Barnum designes to establish in New
York city, Free National Musium, which
shall be to America what the British Muse
um, the National Gallery and the Zoologi-
cal Gardens are to England, and the Bilio-
theque lmperiale, and Louvre and the Jar
din des Plantese are to France. To that
end he solicits contributions from all sources
and hopes that public institutions in this
country and abroad will give him their du-
plicates, and that the War Office, Navy
Department and Patent Office will loan
their models and trophies to his collection.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1865-08-31

ENGL1sHNEN have a mania for ascending
the icy mountains of the Alps. They seem
to seek a foolish death among the avalan-
ches and in abysses, and three tourists have
just been gratifed in that particular. They
and their guides tied themselves together
to decend a difficult part of the Matter
horn one slipped and pulled two others
after him, the guides managing to resist
the strain The three unfortunates bump
ed from rock to rock down some four thou
sand feet, and were dashed to pieces
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1865-08-31

No DOUBT OF Ir-As one of our deputy
sheriffs, day or two since, was speaking
of taking a man to Jail. he said he would
much rather take lady.
What, take lady to jail ?" said one OF
the company
"Oh, no, not take her to JAIL" replied the
man. ua## t1 ..H. F.. ..Ha
"But," lady quickly replied, lyon
would have been glad to take her to court"