Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1865-04-20
NEWS FROM ALL NATIONS.

people very decidedly decline to elect him to that
Il Office.
I One hundred and nine pouches of Reb
el mail matter from Richmond, and twenty-five
4 from Petersburg, were sent through the New York
post office to the War Department for examination.
1t is ascertained that 800 hogsheads
Y of tobacco, belonging to the French Government,
u was destroyed by the fire at Richmond The rest
n was saved by the exertions of the Union troops.
q The President has issued supplement
! tary Proclamation stating that Key West was mad
vertently included III the list of closed Southern
i ports but that it is in fact open to commerce.
N Special advices from Goldsborough to
April 10 states that positive information had been
y received at Goldsborough that Johnstons army
Il was within Is miles northeast of that place.
! -Lynchburg, Va, surrendered on the
4 18th to Lieutenant of Gen. Grifns forces at the
head of a scouting party. Mackenzie's Brigade of
ii Cavalry will occupy the town,
Il During the past five days, 3,400 Reb-
y ell prisoners have arrived in New York from City
u Point, Va, and quartered the Rebel campon Harts
ii Island.
II In the last Congress there were three
y Democratic members from New England-one
each from Maine, New Hampshire and Connecticut.
!. In the next Congress there will not be The
g Congressional delegation from every New England
d State will be unit on the side of freedom.
q The Cincinnati Gazette says that Gen.
Darlington, at indianapolis, is charged with being
& defaulter to the amount of S30000 and also gull
q ty of frauds in wood contracts.
III Former officeholders under the United
RI States are said to be arriving from Richmond and
8 already becoming applicants for fat berths at Wash
n ngton.
n The bearing Of deserters who pass
81 through Washington is said to be very abect. The
IS spirits of these poor fellows broken by years of
n hunger and suffering Many of them, for the first
~ time in their lives, are seeking for work
b Superintendent Latham of the Grand
81 Trunk Railroad who tore United States flag
HI from a train Monday, waited upon at Port
b land by an orderly but determined delegation of
citizens and made towalk through the city dressed
81 in soldiers uniform salute the national emblem,
s. make patriotic addresses, and have the flag nailed
81 to his dwelling.
Fs The aggregate value Of the property
sA DESTROYED in Richmond foots up So 146 240 I'm
81 posing as these figures appear, they far short
81 of the truth for the reason already stated-that
FL real estate was before the invariably assessed
sl much below the value which it would have COM
n mandedin the market
81 The Missouri State Convention has ad-
A iourned. The new Constitution has passed Mon
q day by vote of 80 to 13. 1t is to be voted upon
n bv the people on the 9Th of June, and if ratified
R will 90 into effect on the 4th of July. The sol
81 diers will vote upon it in camp.
81 The Richmond churches were open and
81 well attended Sunday. In those of the Episco-
IA pal denomination the Prayer for the President of
n the Confederate States of America omitted and
"a that ''For all in authority substituted
e The Regents of the Smithsonian lnsti-
81 tuition have decided to rebuild those portions of
81 the building destroyed by fire, and to make them
E fre-proof at cost of sl20000, which will be paid
e from the surplus fund of the institution.
s. Hon. HENRY s RAYMOND and family
5 will leave for Europe in few weeks, to be absent
n during the Summer.
The New York daily news announces
"a Charlotte, N. c.
Il There has been a heavy decline in the
a wholesale provision market in New York during
III the past week.
Il 1t is reported that the Georgia Legis-
A lature will take measures for the return of
Ell that State to the Union.
q 1t is said by refugee Georgians that
5 Vice President Stephens left for his home imme
"a diatey on his return from the peace conference,
E and will have nothing more to do with the Confed
H Hercy.
"a A white deer was recently taken alive
n near the town of Franklin, \. Y. The deer is as
H white as snow, all except his and spot the
~ top Of his head and a slight tinge of gray each
A side of the shoulder
M The blockade-runner Banshee, with
Il one thousand bales of cotton, arrived at Nassau,
" n p, on the Both ult., from Galveston. She re-
H ports Galveston garrisoned by twelve hundred
@ troops Twelve union ships We're off the bar
" Six steamers had sailed recently from Havana for
IA Galveston.
"a The Richmond Wing publishes the
III oath of allegiance, which it says citizens will be
~ required to swear and subscribe to- The Provost
ID Marshals office is crowded with people anxious to
take it. and the only question among citizens seems
wi to be who shall be first to their citizenship
N -Advices from Goldsborough states
IL that Gen She,1nans army was to move on the 10th
"a of April, with only pack mule TO each company
n and a single wagon to each regiment. The whole
VI army had been abundanty supplied with provis-
81 ions and the requisites 70 a long march.
U The Rebel Col Forrest and staff have
81 arrived at Memphis under flag OF truce granted
~ by Gen. Wright for the purpose of comforting with
"a Gen. Washburne upon the subject of extermna-
W ting guerrillas The result of the conference is
n not known.
81 Gen WcitZcl has been removed from
I'd the command of Richmond, and Gen Ord sue
q ceeds him. Various reports are atoat to the cause
N of the change but nothing definite seems to be
3 known.
IN --General Johnston is reported to have
u retreated southwark toward South Carolina, on
M on learning of the surrender of General Lees ar
Mmv.