Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1865-03-23
NEWS FROM ALL NATIONS.

death by hanging Gen Palmer has approved the
finding and ordered that he be executed on Friday
week. at Louisville.
Secretary Seward on Wednesday week
issued circular directing that all nonresident for
eigners who have, shall have been engaged IN
blockade-running shall leave the country within
twelve DAYS or be arrested and detained IN custody
until the end of the war.
The Union State Convention of Rhode /
Island on Tuesday week, nominated Hon. James
Y Smith for reelection as Governor, and on We'd |
nesday Jacob Dunnel of Pautucket for Lieut. Gov
olnor John r. Bartlett, for Secretary of State
Horato Rogers, jr., for Attorney General and Dan
iel A. Parker for General Treasurer
The Washington Chronicle expresses
the hope that those whose business will possibly
admit of delay will refrain from visiting the ffesl-
dent until he has had time to recover from the Ia
tigue occasioned by recent severe pressure OF Oh
fetal duties which has caused his present illness.
An extensive fraud on the Government
has Just been discovered in Washington ; some
$50 900 worth of transportation tickets having been
purloined and sold by several of the employees
AT Providence R. l., Thomas j. Jem-
kas was nominated in the Eastern and N. F. Dixon
in the Western District for Representatives in Con
gress by the Union District Conventions.
The Secretary of the Treasury has not
yet determined whether to anticipate the payment
of the MAY interest on the $40 Loan-a measure
he is reported to have under consideration
The Canadian Parliament voted ST.
100000 for permanent 'efense also, $35OOOO for
expenses of volunteering on the frontier.
The New Jersey Legislature last week
elected John P Stockton United States Senator,
after two postponements.
There will be no more three-cent cur
rencv issued, as new coin of that denomination
is to take its place
Rebel news from Mobile via Richmond
indicates an early attack upon that city by the land
and naval forces of the United States. Large num-
bers are ap Jroaching Mobile in transports, four
teen yessels-of-war have been added to the feet,
making twenty-one in sight of the city, great ac-
tvity prevails, and there is every indication of
an early attack" The date of this news is March
11th.
John P. Stockton (democrat) was on
the 10Th elected United States senator from New
Jersey, in place of Mr.. Ten Eyck The vote in the
Joint session of the legislature stood 40 for Mr.
Stockton to 81 for Mr.. Ten Eyck.
Professor H. E. Peck, of the Oberlin
College Ohio has been appointed commissioner
and consul-general to the republic of Hayti, vice
B. F. Whidden, resigned The salary is seven
thousand five hundred dollars year
The Thirteenth and Sixteenth Army
Corps, having been reorganized by Major-General
Candy, by direction of the President, Major-Gen-
eral Gordon Granger is assigned to the command
of the former and Major-General A. j. Smith to
the latter their assignments to date from February
18th.
The President has issued a Procama-
ton ordering that whereas hostile Indians, within
the limits of the United States, have been fur
nished with arms and munitions of war by persons
dwelling in foreign territory all such shall be ar
rested and tried by court martial at the nearest
military post.
A dispatch from Major-General How
ard dated Fayetteville, March 10, states that Gen
Sherman is there and well, and that although
many of the men are in need of shoes and clothing
the army never was in better condition.
the department of Oregon and Nevada, a sub mil
itary district has been formed, comprising Nevada
and the Owens River County, under command of
Major McDermot
Gen Grant has Just issued an impor-
tlnt order relative to trade with Rebel States. He
announces that all permits, by whomsoever gran
ted to trade within the States of Vrgnia(save the
Eastern Shore) North and South Carolina, and that
portion of Georgia bordering on the Atlantic, IN
cludimg Savannah, are suspended until further or
ders Supplies of all kinds are also prohibited
from passing into any of said States save such as
are absolutely necessary for the wants of those hv-
ing within our lines
From an official statement of the re-
suits of blockade-running at Wilmington, publish
ed in Tie Manchester Eng Guardian, We learn that
the total ventures made by English spectators a.
mount to more than $780, 100000 The quantity OF
cotton exported from Wilmington in p months
was 1871 937 bales and the total number OF vessels
which ran the blockade in 10 months, 397.
The district of Georgetown, S. c., now
occupied by Admiral Dahlgren, is the richest rice
growing section of the Union, and must have beer
of great importance to the rebels 1t was also one
of the heaviest slave districts only 1884 of its peo
ple having been whites in 1850 while 1928 were
slaves.
The recent cavalry expedition from
Baton Rouge has been heard from. There hat
been some heavy skirmishing in which our loss wa
considerably less than that of therebels The roads
were horrible.
Information received from Meridian
Miss. is to the effect that the Rebel Gen. Forres
was at Macon, Ga, last month, with Ii, 900 men
a force he was rapidly adding to and organizing.
The Union State Committee of Con
necticut offer banner valued at 5000 to the tow
within that State which shall make the creates
relative gain over last years vote.
The boiler shop of the Washington
iron works, Newburg, N Y, was destroyed by fr'
Wednesday morning.
james McCann, Republican, has been
elected Supervisor in Elmira over Judge Gray by
nine majority. The rest of the ticket is closely
divided between the two parties.
At Greenland, \. H., Friday week, the
town meeting took the form of general row, and
broke up in a disgraceful manner The ballot-box