Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1866-06-14
NEWS FROM ALL NATIONS.

Generals Steadman and Fullerton had
conference with the freedmen at Augusta, Geor-
gia, Monday.
An adjournment session of the United
States District Court of Virginia will commence in
Richmond, Monday. The counsel for jeff. Davis
arrived in that city on Saturday. 1t is said that
Davis counsel will announce their readiness for
trial, and in the event of postponement will ask
for the release of their client on bail.
Leonard Hyck, President of the Mer-
chants National Bank at Washington, has been
arrested for violating the National Currency act.
He was held in 5000, 600 bail.
-- The internal revenue receipts during
May, amounted to nearly so, 900, 600.
The destitution in Alabama is increas-
ing.
The Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton for the United States and British Provinces
met in Albany Saturday.
The shipment of specie to Europe on
Saturday amounted to So, 100000.
The Statement Department has receiv-
ed official notification of the extension of privileges
to vessels along the coast of China.
The receipts from customs at the sew
eral southern ports last month were unusually
large, those at New Orleans alone amounting to
about two millions. The total receipts from this
source, when all the ports heard from, will
amount it is estimated to nearly seventeen mil
lions of dollars in gold.
The contractors are fast progressing
with the Lancaster branch of the Reading and Co.
lunbia Railroad The Company expect to have
passenger trains running over the road on the
4th of July. This will put the cities of Reading
and Lancaster in direct communication
The Grand Jury of Common county,
Texas, has indicted ex.Maior General F. J. Heron,
United states army, for kidnapping and delivering
to the Liberal General Cortina a suspected Imper-
ialist named Rejon, who was subsequently shot by
Cortinas order.
One Chas. S. Dunlap got himself into
jail the other day, at GAINESVILLE Ohio, for going
through the country and poisoning the mouths of
horses, then suddenly appearing as "horse doc
tor" and offering to cure them for 80 much"
During the month of May there were
shipped from New York to the lately rebellous
States 30 496 pounds of gunpowder, "a, 539 pounds
OF shot, 212, 600 percussion caps l56 72l ball car
tridges and l, les guns and pistols.
--Pickpo ckets took advantage Of the
throng attending the funeral of General Scott and
piled their vocation with success. General Grant
and Speaker Colfax were relieved of their purses
by the ight-fngered rogues.
The returns thus far received from the
r.oaot yot;pr II, Wet Tiroipio
al amendment denying the right of suffrage to reb-
els indicate majority in favor of the amendment
of about 5000.
Franz Joseph Christ was killed by in
juring his spine, while attempting to turn sum-
merset Ill Pittsburg, Pa, ON Monday last. He
fell upon his head, and lay senseless, with his
lower extremites paralyzed for forty-eight hours,
when he expired
DR.. G. R. Sweeting, of Berlin, Wiscon-
sin, died May 80, from the effects of slight pune
in the finger with needle, received while
sewing up body after post mortem examination.
"A young lady, of Lafayette, Ind, who
had been in the habit OF eating arsenic to improve
her complexion, took too much the other day, and
came near dying.
Eight or ten millions of logs are block
ed up on the Alegash river, i'll Maine, for lack o,
water, and will probably not be got out this year
The street railroad drivers are on a
strike in Cincinnati. They demand increase
of wages and privilege of sitting down while driv
ing.
In Patterson, n j., the locomotive
shops are busy. In one of the shops they eEpec
to turn ont eleven locomotives each month for tn,
next three months.
President johnson and Cabinet will VS.
it Chicago to participate in the cermonies attending
the laying of the cornerstone of the Douglas mon
ument.
Col. Beauchamp Wilker informs TIN
Royal Geographical Society of London that tn
population of Pekin China is not more than on
million two hundred thousand.
Governor Curtin has appointed Charlie
Il. Coburn Superintendent Of Common Schools 70
the State Of Pennsylvania.
About 500 colored couples were mal
ried last week at the freedmens village OH Arling
ton Heights
In Brooklyn, on Tuesday, jury CAV
a colored man $780, indemnification for loss sus
tained by him during the riots of 1868.
Commissioner Theaker, will issue du
ring the week ending June 18th 165 new patents.
1t appears that John Var Buren, VIII
is now in England, has special mission from tn
owners of American yachts to those Of Great Bril-
ian, regarding international competition, an
there Is some hope that the proposal will resul
successfully.
The New Bedford Mercury says tha
some eff the old whaling captains in that city ar
very much downcast at the prospects of Fenia
defeat in Canada, their desire being that John Bu
should have some punishment a set-off of tn
bate piraces
The case of Clark Dodge d Co. agains
the United States, the question being to the va
idity of the bankers tax law, has been argued be
fore Judge Nelson of the United States Circuit Court
at New York The decision was reserved
Several thousand Norwegin immi
grants afe expected to arrive in Chicago within
few days. large proportion of them will locat
permanently there.
"A man was recently arrested at Cor