Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1866-03-08
NEWS FROM ALL NATIONS.


snow-storms, continue to come in. Capt. A. r.
Fields and several of Company A, Second
Minnesota Cavalry, during the night of Tuesday
the 18th inst, while ON the march from Fort
Wadsworth, d. T., to Fort Abercrombie, D. t.
en- route to Sauk Centre, Mimi, were frozen to
death.
The Pittsburg Gazette, speaking of the
strikes at the rolling mills there, say The iron
manufacturers held meeting yesterday and re-
solved not to resume work until their men would
accept tn reduced schedule OF wages. The work
men seem equally determined many of them hav-
ing already gone to wo;K at suca empoyn9nt a'
they hnd, while others are casting about for
something to do.
The enforc 4ment of the Registry Law
in Missouri which DISTINGUISHES those who aided
the rebellion, is likely to be attended with difficult
ties and serious collisions. The ex-rebels are COM
bining to resist its execution, and it is reported
Gov. Fletcher will call upon the Legislature for
authority to reorganize the militia with a view to
be prepared for un emergency.
The Lincoln (D,laware) Herald con-
graduates the people OF that State, that OWING to
the killing OF the peach buds in New-Jersey the
Delaware peaches will command good pnce this
year. 1t says that although many of the peach buds
in Delaware were injured by the last cold weather,
vet there are enough unhurt u insure q large
crop.
Three of the Tortugas convicts have
succeeded in escaping from the island in On open
boat and reaching the Cuban coast They were
found by Spanish vessel off Matanzas and taken
10 Havana. They gave their names as Berry,
Adams and SSlngton, though one was reported to
be Spangler
Secretary McCuloch has issued cir
eular to the Treasury agents on the Canadian IRON
tier warning them TO assess and collect legal du-
ties on ali articles i'm ported into the United States
from Canada, on and after the 18th OF March
The Mexican Times, Published at Vera
Cruz by Henry W. Allen, late rebel Governor OF
louisiana says that number of Southerners have
settled in an American colony near Mazatlan, and
are planting cotton with success.
The story of the wounding of General
Grant recently printed and minutely detailed in
the New York papers, Is now said to have been q
hoax.
-Thc Texas State Convention, now i'll
session at Austin has added article to the con-
sttutlon abolishing slavery or involuntary servi-
III except for crime protecting the blacks In theiI
rights of property, and allowing them to testify in
the courts.
On Saturday the ice gave way in the
creek at Oil City, Pa sweeping away derricks, en-
gine houses, workshops, bridges, etc. The water
nf he toIV frpm To
deep A steamer was torn loose from its moor
ings and broke to pieces. The destruction OF
property was very great One man drowned.
--Washington specials reterate the as.
sertion previously made that Secretaries Stanton
and Harlan and Attorney General Speed viii re-
main in the Cabinet until they brought to the
official guillotine.
-VaIIandigham Copperheads, misguided
brethren who have professed to see the error o.
their ways, and deserters, have good opportunity
10 secure Government patronage at the nationa
capital.
The Virginia Senate has passed the
bill providing that all testimony given by colored
persons shall be oral and another one confirming
Ill acts passed during the war not inconsistent
with the Cons tuition and laws Of the United
States
-Rnm0rs are again aflpat that a bill
viii speedily be introduced in Congress providing
lur the recognition Of the State of Tennessee, anC
.hc consequent admission Of the Senator's and Rep
lcsentatives elected there.
Official adyices received at Washing
ton from El Paso say that the French column
which had left chihuahua TOR that place had taker
he back track and retreated to its starting place.
In the interior of Texas, it is reported
that the freedmen are being oppressed by ex-sol
iiers, and armed forces have been sent to the
protection.
Three men entered the dwelling oi
Milton Whipple, a wealthy old farmer living il
Riga, Monroe County, \. Y, on Wednesday night
and robbed him of S26 600 in bonds and stocks
-G"n. Grant has been presented will
SlO5, 900 by the leading citizens of New York city
is n testimonial OF appreciation in which his emf
nent services are held
--Thr Bank Of Lima, n Y, was broker
only raised S170.
"A terrible boiler explosion occurred a.
Middletown, Pa. on Monday week. Five mel
we're instantly killed, and six seriously injured
The furnace completely demolished anC
many of the dwellings i'll the vicinity shattered
On Thursday last, son of Adds Boyct
OF Brandon, Franklin Co, n Y, 16 years of age
playfully snapped borrowed revolver at his moth
er, when the charge exploded, the ball entering he
head. She died on Saturday.
A large and enthusiastic Union meet
ing has been held at Springfield, Illinois, and
series Of resolutions passed, strongly condemnin
the recent action of President Johnson, and heart
ily indorsing the action of Congress,
On the 23l inst, Frank King of Wi
iiston, Vt, lost his life on the railroad betwee
Northield and Montpelier, while endeavoring t
save comrade who had fallen between the cars
Gen Stephen Elliott, the Rebe! Com
mander of Fort Sumpter daring the memorabl
Gilmore seige, died at Aiken, South Carolina o
The 21st inst.
Three steamers were burned at ST Loui
on Monday night, week. The loss will probabl
Exceed $500, 600 much valuable freight being dt
stroyed.
The Hon. G. W. Smythe Of Texas, die