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Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1866-04-05

A NoToMETY HUNTER.---The story of Ster-
ling King, who is in prison at Louisville,
that he was the man who killed President
Lincoln and attempted to kill Mr. Seward,
is curious instance OF the thirst for no
toriety which afflicts certain weak minds.
1t was clearly shown on the trial, at Wash
ngton, by Laura Keene and others, that
the assassin was Booth, they knew him
well, and could not be mistaken 1t was
also shown that the person who attempted
to kill Mr. Seward was not Booth, or any
one who resembed him. Taking it for
granted that this King resembles Booth,
which is not even averred by the Western
papers, and allowing that Miss keene
might have been mistaken, it is certain
from the time at which each assassination
took place, that the same person could not
have perpetrated both. If King was the
man who attacked Mr. Seward, he was
not the person who killed Mr. Lincoln. In
addition we have the fact that on the trial,
at Washington the counsel of Payne ad-
mitted that he was the man who attempted
to kill Mr.. Seward. and the defence was
that he thought the murder would be iusti-
fable. 1t is suggested that King made
these confessions" in the hope of escaping
from civil custody, in which he now is,
upon the charge of stealing horses and We
hicles, in expectation that he will be turned
over to the military authorities, hoping
either to escape from the latter or to be
discharged upon his assassination story
being proven false But the idea that he
could gain release in that manner is so
unreasonable, that unless we accept the
theory that he is insane, the only hypothesis
must be that he expected in some manner
to make himself notorious as the perpetra-
tor of the infamous crime.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1866-04-05

pea. A son of Sheriff j. T. Barnes of
Wayne County, Pa, came to his death by
poison on Thursday of last week. The lad
who was 6 years Of age, is supposed to
have mistaken medicine, one of the prin-
ciple ingredients of which was laudanum,
for some harmless drink, and to have par
taken freely. The fatal error was not dis
covered by his parents until he was found
dead.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1866-04-05

nA- Very recent advices from Florida
represent an excellent state of feeling pre-
vailing there between freedmen and en-
ployers, and several papers in that State,
as well as private letters from two leading
members Of the Legislature, all declare
prejudices against free labor are rapidly
passing away. Members OF the Legisla-
ture give it as their belief that negroes
will certainly work, and say all right-think-
ing men are coming to same conclusion.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1866-04-05
Nem advertisements.

TREASURER'S SALE OF UNSEATED
L LANDS IN BRADFORD COUNTY-In pursuance
of an Act of Assembly passed the 18th day OF March
lsl5 and other Acts of Assembly, will be exposed 10
Public Sale at the Commissioners Office in TOwaIsla
Borough. on the second MONDAY in JUNE, A. D.
1866 the tracts of unseaed land described in the follow
ing list unless The taxes and costs upon the are
paid before that time.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1866-04-05

ALS0.-In pursuance of the provisions of the Act of
General Assembly, passed the 10Th day of April A D..
1874, Section 4lst at the same time and place will be
exposed at Public Sale the tracts parcels of land or
real estate designated in the following list unless the
taxes due upon the costs are paid before that
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1866-04-05

Bay A disastrous tornado passed over
portion Of Montgomery County, Ind, on
Tuesday night Of last week The wife of
Mr. Henry A. Foster who resides near
Parkersburg, two of his children (the third
sleeping), and Miss James, daughter of
Matthew James, visiting at Mr.. Fosters,
were instantly killed. The residence of
William Myers, one mile west of Ladoga,
was unroofed, his barn badly injured, and
about 100 acres of fine timber totally de-
stroyed The brick house of William
Frame, north of Ladoga, was badly injured
and his barn totally destroyed His loss
is reported at some $4,000. NJ, B. Ander-
son also sustained considerable loss in the
way of timber and outbuildings. Further
east the dwelling of Mr. Zach Petlley was
DESTROYED
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1866-04-05
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, Wednesday, March 28, i5G

WASHINGTON, W euneSuhy, hltiiNh ~ i''''
SENArE.-1Immediately after the reading
of the journal Mr. Sumner announced the
death of Senator Foot, and moved an ad-
iournment, which was carried.
HoUsE.--The bill providing for the settle
ment of the accounts of public officers, and
the resolution in regard to trade with Cana
da were passed, as was the bill to amend
the internalrevenue act. ArcsOlution IN
structiDg the Judiciary Committee to re-
port upon the propriety OF providing by
law that no new members shall partlcl-
pate in any business Of the house until ne
shall take the oath of Office. The bank
rupt law was taken up and rejected
yeas 80, nays 73 1t will be reconsIdered.
The Committee on Public Lands were III
structed to inquire into the eXpediency OF
extending the operations OF the laws regu-
latinp the sale of United States coal lands
to the sale of the iron lands OF the Govern
ment. The bill to subject Indian lands in
Kansas to the laws of the State was deba-
ted ard then tabled. Consent was asked
70 introduce an amendment to the Constltu'
ton declaring the power of Congress to lay
an export tax on cotton, but objection was
made Adjourned.
Thursday March %.
SENArE.--It was ordered that copy OF
the proceedings in reference TO the seat o
Mr.. Stockton be sent to the Governor Of
New Jersey. Mr.. Poland, Of Vermont, an
nounccd lhedeath Of his colleauge, Senator
Foot. and offered a resolution, which was
adopted, that the Senate attend the tuner
al and wear the usual badge Of mourning
during the remainder of the session. Al
ter the ceremonies the Senate adjourned
until Monday.
HousE.--The death of Senator Foot wa,
announced by a message from the Senate
and after resolving to take part in the fun
eral ceremonies, the House adjourned un
til Monday.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1866-04-05

i563-i i3 il,i ia,hamdy ~ @Iiah, Gitli, 9Oo 800 81
l7'4 -'''-i'""' & 'i''Li'n' 'to r" H.
mo. Acres returned by Collector
N.B Notice is hereby given that an aa3,,r, 4
ctent TO pay taxes and cost wi be required IN sr.
case where the land is sold, at the tine OF ,Ia .'
less terms are complied with the land, vii. h.
posed to sale. }. PERRY YANFLEET Ira..-.
Treasurer's Office, April ?. l>5G.
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L. 0 r ; \ l. L
$685. ACRES CHOICE PINE TIMBER L4y5
miles from Towards.

LAND UNSURPASSED FOR FARNING PURr,.
Pine timber estimated a. 3 600 600 ,es, H..
2,GG0, 600, besides oak, maple, and 0t4-. hardwood
For particular inquire Of JNO ,ALTHAR,H
April 4, 1866 Atheus ?.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-04-11

Superintendent Hanford, of the
Lanslngburg IN. W gas works, has
recently made some interesting ex-
periments in the manufacture of gas
from peat taken from bed in that
State. The peat used was dried in
the sun, without pressing, and then
thrown into a retort. The-~yas was
pronounced to be in every way supe-
rlor to that made from the best coal
1t gives winter, clearer, and much
stronger light, and stood The chemicr !
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heal-they think they are soaring not
only France, but all creation besides.
Do they realize that unless the South
is in the Union, the victory of the
late war has brought them weakness
instead of strength?
Talk about alarming France. or
even q second-rate power, with the
dread Of war! We cannot do so until
we have q restored Union. And Louis
Napoleon, who is better posted in the
politics, condition and prospects of
this country than the radicals are,
knows the exact extent of our weak
ness. He no doubt laughs heartily
at the idea of his being frightened,
when really there is nothing to be
scared about.
The boot is OH the other leg. It
would be we'll for Mis country to be
alarmed, until it's locks have grown
out again-until the Union of our
fathers, in its justice, strength and
affection, shall be restored. Then,
indeed, nations will dread us, but not
now.-Richmomd Times.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-04-11

New SUBSTITUTE FOR CoTToN-
CHINA GRASS. The Agricultural De
partment has just received through the
State Department, from G.. j. Abbott.
Esq, United States Consul at Shelf
field, England, Il number of very
beautiful specimens of raw and manu-
featured fibre of China grass (Rhea, J
grown in the East Indies, and attempts
to cultivate which are now being
made in England. OF all the Indian
tibres the one that attracts the most
attention in England is that of the
Rhea. AS soon as arrangements have
been effected for its production, along
with other species of nettle which
abounds III various parts of India, it
IS anticipated that tibres from this
class of plants will eventually occupy
a position second only in Importance
to that OF cotton and flax Late ex-
perlments have shown that the fibre
Of the Rhea can be turned to account
for the manufacture of variety of
fabrics Of very valuable and useful
description, and its extended cultiva-
ton IN India is said to be worthy of
every attention and encouragement.
The desideratum is m efficient ma
chime for the separation Of the fibre
from Its parent stem. Some bales
OF Rhea fibre, lately put up for
sale IN England, realized at the rate
OF eighty pounds per ton. The speci-
mems sent to the Agricultural Depart
ment have been arranged by Mr..
Glover, and placed in q glass case for
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-04-11

The New York Times, of the 2d
inst, discourses very sensibly touch
ing the relations of the South to the
present Congress. Characteristicallv
however, it leaves unmentioned the
r1ght-the constitutional right-of
the Southern States to representation
and voice in the legislation of the
country. That paper has been pursu-
ing course in regard to these ques-
tlons by no means commendable for
candor. 1t supports the President,
and opposes the radicals, but it does
so on the score of policy merely. It
does this ably and conclusively, but
there is displayed manifest indispo-
sltion or timidty, we know not which,
to go down to the granite-to discuss
and declare the principle involved.
1t says that many questions are
constantly arising in regard to which
only the Southern members of a
Congress, constitntionally organized,
are able to give the requisite and
reliable information, and it cites the
export tax on cotton as one of them.
There are many of the subjects Of
equal Importance, not to the South
ern States only, but to the whole
country. which cannot be disposed
of properly and justly, without that
conference and consultation, under q
due sense of responsibility, which is
the right and duty of members of n
Congress representing all the interests
most directly involved. Legislation
by part for the whole is wrong in
principle, and in practice can produce
nothing but evil. 1t is violate of one,
If not of the leading feature of Repub-
lican institutions, and the attempt to
administer the Government under
such system will prove failure and
produce interminable discord.
There is no objections to argu-
ments against the impolicy of a
r1.nap Congress like that sitting at
Washington, but such papers as the
New York Times should attack it upon
the other and higher ground. It is
clearly unconstitutional, and if such
influential presses as the Times would
but boldly declare it such, the work
of restoring the Government would be
greatly facilitated -NnsAciRe Tniou.
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What is Uszrp.tIon.

The radical orators and organs
having accused the President as q
usurper, the New York Herald, of
Friday, publishes the following
pithy paragraphs:
The Constitution provides that the
President shall veto all bills of which
he disapproves. Is President John
son ga usurper" because he has vetoed
two bills out of the forty-two pre-
sented to him by this Congress?
Politicians are SO accustomed to
corruption and rapacity that when a
President declines power and patron
age, they call him "a usurper. They
do not know a patriot when they see
him, but the people do.
The civil rights bill would have
enabled President Johnson to impri-
son all State judges who disagreed
with him about the negro. Yet he
vetoed the bill Was thatasurpation?
Thousands of new Offices could
have been created by the Freedmen's s
Bureau bill, and under it the Presi-
dent could have filed these offices
with his favorites. He refused to
take this immense power and patron
age. Was that the act of "a usur-
per?'
Civil war is favorable to the pro-
jects of a usurper President John
son has just proclaimed peace. But
the radicals accuse him of <surpa-
tion.
Congress opened the Treasury of
the United States to President John
son, and authorized him to take out
as much money as he liked, and dis
tribute it among his political friends.
He declined to touch penny of it.
Is he a patriot or "a usurper?"
A usurper is O person who seizes
power which does not legitimately
belong to him. President johnson
sternly declines all such power, even
when Congress urges him to take it.
How, then, can the radicals call him
"a usurper?"
Grant is ga usurper," according to
the radicals, because he disbanded
the greater part of the a-my, and de-
clared that the war was ended. Pre-
sident johnson has only restored us
to peace policy, and if he be Ga
usurper," so is Grant.
Aggrandizement, both personal and
political, is the motive of ga
nsnrper. :" BY his yetocs, President
Johnson has voluntarily deprived
himself of the golden opportunities
for such aggrandizement placed with
in his reach by Congress. If this be
usurpation, make the most OF it.
Supreme control of the Southern
States was placed in the hands of the
President by the passage of the Freed
mems Bureau and civil rights bills
He vetoed the bills. And yet he is
called ga usurper.
Violations of constitutional rights
distinguish all usurpers. President
Johnson obeys the Constitution to the
letter. Is this usurpation
President Johnson has restored the
right of habeas corpus. Does ga
nsurper " relinquish despotic powers
in that way?
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-04-11
BACHELORS HAIR DYE.

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SPECIAL NOTICES.
coLGATE's HONEY SOAP.

This celebrated Toilet Soap, in such
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and extremely beneficial in its action
upon the skin. For sale by all Druggists
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March % IL
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-04-11

Several radical papers are frequent
ly harping upon the idea that Louis
Napoleon stands in great dread of
war with the United States. 1t is
both ,lnwise and dangerous to incul-
cate such an idea. The time has
never yet been when this country was
in condition - bully France, and it
is in that condition now less than on
any previous occasion. We have
several times bullied England, and
may do it successfully again; but bull
lying France is very different mat
ter, and we do not want to see it tried.
It is dangerous.
What, pray, is there in the present
appearance of this country calculated
to frighten France, or any other first
class power? Have we q Union, the
source of all our former strengt /?
We look in vain for it, because we find
the exclusion of eleven States from
all participation in the Government
< q thoroughly dismnites North and
th.
e radicals have effected dsuion
y completely than secession did.
n yet, with divided household
~ THIS trouble at home--with
49, Il. - sAx y,lf, not a1loxy~to
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IUST received lot of SODA, CON-
~ GRESS, SEED, Sugar, Wine, Lemon,
Butter, Picnic Biscuits, and Pilot Bread.
Jan 81 JOHN G. SEEGERS.
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-03-23

The EXPOSITION OF 1s66.-The New York
World argues that it is inexpedient for Con-
gress to make a large appropriation for the
Paris Exposition in 1867. The following are
among the reasons given:
This country is as certain to represented
at Paris without Congressional appropria-
ton as with Represented, probably, much
more to its credit without than with. The
amount of space assigned to us is so small,
that the State of Illinois alone, as Gen. Banks
informs us, has applied for an amount equal
to the whole Of it. q IAt# 49,.
If our Government should make an appro-
priation, as is proposed, to erect a new build
ing, our expenses would be proportionally
larger than those of any other nation-and
incurred for the privilege of being a mere
satellite to the main exhibition, like the little
side-shows that erect their separate tents out
side travelling menagerie.
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STRIKES.

Besides some thousand and more workers
in iron in Albany and Troy who have disa-
greed with their employers, the caulkers in
Brooklyn are on strike, and there is trouble
also in several other branches of business The
New York World says of all this
'There are hard times ahead for the work.
ing classes if they insist upon as high wages
as they were in the habit of receiving during
the period of extreme imitation. There has
been heavy decline in the price of all COM
modities, and business must cease if workmen
insist upon wages which more than swallow
up the profits of the capitalists who employ
them. The most foolish and wasteful of all
expedients to increase wages are strikes, and
it is to be hoped our people will. generally,
have good sense enough to avoid following
this bad English practice. Instead of using
funds to support one another in idleness, let
the money be appropriated to sending some
of their number West or South where all
kinds of labor are in more demand.
The Troy and Albany iron-founders would
do we'll to study the example of the proprie-
tors of the Wadsworth Iron Works, near Buff
falo. There, wages are proportional to pro-
fits. The workman, with the market quota
ton of mallcable iron before him. knows just
how much he is making. He shares in the
prosperity Of his employer; he realizes the
folly of strikes when times are hard, and has
direct personal interest in the success Of the
works in which he is engaged.
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MISSISSIPPI.

In the country about Vicksburg, both in
Mississippi and Louisiana, 8 Union generals,
between 80 and go late colonies and majors,
and several hundred non-commissioned officers
and privates, discharged at the close of the war
from the Union army, are now living in this
region, engaged in various occupations, many
of themin partnership with officers and soldiers
of the rebel army. So writes q late Colonel in
the Union army, who also says: .-
"Both officers and men of the late rebel ar
my show very commendable spirit, and are
doing all they can to restore good feeling
Those who incline to insult or abuse Northern
men are invariably of the class called "bomb-
proofs in the South; men who left the country
for Europe or Canada, and by that or by other
means kept out of the army-and who were
too cowardly to face the danger they had been
instrumental in bringing on. Great induce
ments are offered to energetic and enterprising
men, as also to capitalists, to invest money,
and considerable numbers of Northern men,
principally officers and soldiers of the Union
army, are settling. Gen. Wood,
who commands the Department, does not in
terfere with the civil courts unless there is eyi
dence that the freedmen are not getting equal
rights before the law, and the courts, in the
majority of cases, do justice to white and black
alike"
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The JAMES RIVER AND KANAwHA CANAL.
The New York Post says: eff we are not
very much mistaken, the arrangements which
have recently been completed in Virginia by
Messrs. Bellot DIES Minieres & Co. will do
more to restore the prestige OF the Latin races
in America than twenty Maximillians. The
interests of both America and France lie on
the side of industrial, and not military, glory.
And the people of the latter country are we'll
aware of this, despite the policy of Napoleon
Ill. We see, therefore, in the project Of
Messrs. Beot des Mnieries & Co. peace
movement of gigantic proportions, and one
that will be very helpful toward a wise So
luton of the diplomatic difficulties now ex-
listing"
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-03-23

SHARP PASSAGE IN THE FRENCH CHAMBERS.
In the Chambers on the 2Sth February, M.
Glais- Bizoin indulged in sarcasm and ridcue
of the Government and Minister Rouher, when
that gentleman cried out: This is not politi-
cal discussion; it is mere bufoonery."
Very considerable excitement ensued-in
which GARNER Pages asked the Minister to
withdraw his words, which he did not do. M
don't insult NJ Glais-Bzoin"
M. Glais-Bizoin-"I repel the words of the
Minister with supreme contempt"
The motion to close the general discussion
was put, and announced as carried.
M. Jules Favre-Of this incident there re-
maills an insult aud an act of improperly
from the Ministerial bench. No. no..
NJ. Rouher- There remains the duty O.
causing the Government to be respected, and
we will do it. [Hear, hear.]
M. Glais- Bizoin-You will not do it by in
sulting the deputies.
NJ Rouher-The Government is not to be
turned into rdicule as you have been doing
for half an hour. [Hear, hear.]
NJ Ernest Picard-The Minister for his own
sake, as well as that of the Chamber, should
withdraw what he said. prolonged Interrupt
ton.
Numerous Voices-Enough. Adjourn. And
tie adjournment followed.