Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1865-02-02
NEWS FROM ALL NATIONS.

was on his way from Canada to the South, via
Washington. The importance of his capture con-
sists in the fact, that he was for some time In
charge of the prison at Andersonville where our
brave soldiers suffered much torture.
Counterfeit ten dollar bills on the
State Bank of New Jersy, and two dollar bills
altered from ones-on the Bellinger Bank, of Her
kimer Co.. have just been put in circulation.
Some Canadian girls attending school
in Detroit having been refused transportation
the river for want of passports, Mr.. Seward has
decided that they not travellers under the rule,
and need no papers.
"A steamer from Mobile arrived at New
York Tuesday, bringing 1000 bales of cotton on
account of the Rebel Government, to be disposed
of here and the proceeds to be invested in blankets
and other creature comforts for Rebel prisoners
now held in confinement in the North That
amount of cotton ought to bring two or three hun
dred thousand blankets, which in case of an imme-
date and full exchange of prisoners, would make
a handsome addition to the wardrobe ofLee's army.
Gen. Grant reports that our casualties
in the taking of Fort Fisher prove smaller than al
107 men killed; As officers and 400 men wounded
There were 1872 guns in all, captured by forces
Senator Wilson has introduced a new
Consumption bill In most respects it is like the
House bill Principals, however, are made respon
sible for the desertion of substitutes. Deserters
forfeit the rights of citizenship
On the 2lst detachment of oul
troops from Memphis crossed the river and attack
ed band of guerrillas at Mound City, killed and
wounded the Captain and five others, without the
loss of a man on our side.
The Rebel Gen. Foster is reported tc
be concentrated his force at Houston, Miss. with
the view of making a raid into Memphis.
The Black Laws of Illinois (prohibit
ing negroes from settling in the State) have been
repealed by the State Senate, and the House OF
Assembly will without doubt concur.
Gen. Mcclellan, with his wife and
child, sailed for Europe Wednesday, in the steam
ship China. He attended to the vessel by a
number of personal friends and relatives.
The explosion of some powder on Mar.
ket-St., in West Philadelphia, Wednesday morning
caused the death of three persons, and annother
was seriously injured
The American Hotel in Buffalo, with
several adjoining buildings, destroyed by fire
Wednesday. The loss amounts to nearly 81, ,000,-
600.
The residence recently purchased by a
committee of gentlemen from Philadelphia, and
which has been gratuitously rendered to Gen.
Al
north side of Chestnut-st., west of Twentieth The
building occupies front of % feet extending back
to the distance of 16S feet with thirtyfoot street
in the rear. 1t is four story double front, with
three-story double back buildings 1t cost over
$780, 000
On Wednesday morning, Jan. 18th
Owego visited with fire for the first time in
two years and four months. The confagration
was of a barn belonging to Dr. E. B. Sprague-
OwegoT has a population of about 5000, and its
freedom from fires for the few past years is worthy
of comment
According to a report in the Richmond
Dispatch of January %, the rebel General Sterling
Price is not dead but has just captured Fort Smith
Arkansas, with its garrison of two thousand men,
The rumor lacks conformation.
The old revenue cutter Harriet Lane,
captured by the rebels and renamed the Lavenia
was burned at sea on the 18th instant while on
her way from Galveston to Havana. 1t is sup
posed she was fred by a sailor who had failed to
get his wages.
Official reports from Admiral Dahlgren
received at the Navy Department, show that by the
sinking in Charleston harbor of the iron-clad Mon
tor Patapsco the night of the 10Th instant six
ty-two officers and men lost, while forty-three
We're saved He has ordered board of inquiry
into the of the disaster, which is supposed
to have been the explosion of a torpedo.
General Sanborn, commanding the dis
trict of Southwestern Missouri has banished forty
eight families and one hundred other men and wo-
men, to a distance of fifty miles outside his lines,
for feeding and harboring guerias and bush
whackers. They are to leave the district by the
Goth of February, on penalty of arrest and impris-
onment.
A despatch from Louisville, KY, says:
The authorities have been officially informed that
Mndy's gang this evening killed at Samsonyille
thirty negroes who were in charge of one thousand
head of government cattle No further particu-
lars have been received.
The Canadian Attorney-General on
Wednesday placed before Parliament bill for the
prevention and suppression of outrages on the from
tier, and the manufacture and shipment of arms
for unlawful purposes and providing for the seiz-
and examination of suspected vessels, and Civ
ing notice to persons proving unworthy of the hos
pitality of the country to remove from it.
--latest advices from Eastport confirm
the report that the 18th Tennessee Cavalry, about
six hundred strong, under Col Johnson, encamped
at Clifton Tenn, had sent word into our lines that
they wished to surrender take the oath, and go
home.
The crews of the blockade-runners
Stag and Charlotte, captured off Wilmington few
days since have been brought to Fortress Monroe
Another steamer was captured off Fort Fisher on
Sunday but her name was not known
There seems to be an unusual amount
of small pox now in the cities of New York and
Brooklyn. Many persons we learn by exchan-
ges, through the country have recently visited
those cities and returned home with the seeds of
the disease in their systems, which have broken
ont and thus spread throughout many families.
An interesting ceremony took place at
the White House on Tuesday morning. The occa-
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