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Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1867-02-14
SENATOR IN 1869.

The Columbia County Republican
having been the first journal in the
State to bring out the name of Sena.
tor LANDoN as a candidate for the
United States Senate to succeed
Buckalew, the Pittsburg Gazette dis
courteously insinuates that the sug.
gestion of Mr.. LANNON'S name, in
this connection, is part of the pro-
gramme under which General Gamer
on was elected this year. The Scran.
ton Republican comments severely on
this programme, declaring if what
the Gazette alleges be true, Mr.. Lam
don will not be elected. To all this,
the Columbia County Republican thus
manfully replies
There are few journals that do Sen
ator Landon injustice. We did not
consult with him nor with the friends
of Gen. Cameron on the subject, and
until they saw the announcement in
our paper neither of them knew it
was our intention to urge the name
of the faithful and eloquent Senator
from Bradford as Mr.. Buckalew's sue
cessor. There has been no under
standing, no arrangement-no "po-
litical buying and selling nor aciH
there be. George Landon is as pure
and incorruptible as he is eloquent
and able. We have urged his name
because we know the man and be.
cause we believe the best interests
of the party and State will be pro.
noted in our rallying around him and
making his election sure.
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bates in Congress from the Giobs to
the Chronicle. Considerable discuss.
ion followed, and the further consid-
GRAFTON of the matter was postponed
until to-day. The Legislative, Exc
cutive and Judicial Appropriation
Bill, as reported from the Committee
of the Whole, was taken mp and
passed. The bill to admit Nebraska
into the Union, which was vetoed ty
the President, was called up and
passed over the veto by vote Of 81
yeas to 8 nays. The bill goes to the
House for it's concurrence. The Sen
ate then adjourned
After hearing the reports Of Com
mittees the House yesterday resumed
the debate ON the bill reported from
the Reconstruction Committee by
Mr.. Stevens, providing for Military
Government for the Insurrectionary
States. Mr.. Shanklin opened the de-
bate by speech in opposition to the
bill. He was followed by Mr. Girls
world and Mr.. Raymond on the same
side, Messrs. Thayer, Harding and
Shellaberger speaking in favor of it.
Mr.. Stevens moved the previous
question, but the House refused to
sustain him, and the subject will be
further debated tomorrow.
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which pulsates the. llle-blood OF the
nation, is all overlooked. This is like
the man, who, in ancient times was
sent ilto a far country to learn the
cause of the great abundance of good
food and clothing, which was report
ed to exist there. He learned how
they prepared both, but never thought
of ascertaining whence their abund-
ance came. OF what avail is the fact
that heavy city banks require but
little circulating medium to the farm
er or manufacturer, who have mate
rials to buy and hands to pay? If
currency is scarce, there is little mar
ket, and if there is no mrrket, there
is no money to pay with In 1850,
the currency was sound, but there
was so little of it, that every body
ran in debt for want of it j.; and. was
this a healthy condition of things?
But again says Mr. MORRILL,;
Is 1t not, however, source of mortifca-
| ton that Massachusetts five per cent. stock
brings more in London than United States
skies? Or that Virginia five per cents. brings
only twenty per cent. less? Are we quite
content that Egyptian, Quoted at 81, Turk
ish (98,) Brazilian (93,) and even Moorish,
| (93,) stocks shall be quoted much higher
| than the best of United States Stocks Some
of these loans at fonr per cent. of govern
ments greatly inferior, as We think, to that
of the United States bring higher prices than
our six per cent loans.
Why are we not in the least troub-
led by this state of things? Indeed,
we wish our stocks had no valne in
London, or elsewhere in Europe
Then there would not be enough
there to give us uneasiness. A great
deal of miserably poor land in Massa-
chusetts, is held at an hundred dol
lars per acre, while good land in In
diana, Illinois, &c.-one acre being
intrinsically worth three acres of that
in Massachusetts-w will not sell for
twenty dollars per acre, but ia that
any reasons why the hoosier or suck
er should be ashamed of his land
Not bit of it. 1t is said that Chi
nese thinks more of good fat rat for
his breakfast, than a beef-steak or
pork-steak, but is that any reason
why we, who indulge in the latter,
should hang down our heads !?
1t appears singular to US that Mr..
MORRILL, should go to Europe and Asia
for illustrations against paper cur
rency. In England wages for labor
are higher than in France and simp-
ly because the former has more pa.
per money than the latter, and France
has more paper than Spain, and wa
ges are higher in one than the other |;
and when we go to China, where no
paper money is used, wages are far
below those of Spain. The people of
the United States do not want the
currency standards of any of these
countries. 1t is the same argument
which JAMES BUCHANAN made years
ago, that gave him the cognomen of
"Ten Cent Jimmy" The logical in-
ference from his speech being that
ten cents day in coin, was better
than dollar i'll currency. The peo-
pie did not swallow the idea, and will
not now
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1867-02-14
Thursday, Feb. 7. 1867


The resolution allowing 90 per
cent. increase of pay to certain en-
ployes of the Government was called
up in the Senate yesterday, and gave
rise to a lengthy debate The amend
ment appropriating $4,000 for COM
pensation of temporary clerks in the
Treasury Department met with much
opposition, but was finall y agreed to-
The Senate adjoured at 4:30 O'Clock,
In the evening session, the Legisla-
tive, Executive and Judiciary Appro-
priation Bill was considered in Com
mittee of the Whole An amend
ment appropriating $4,000 to facili-
tate telegraphic communication be-
tween the Atlantic and the Pacific
was agreed to. Also one authoriz-
ing the employment of eighty addi-
tional clerks in the Pension Bureau.
Several other amendments were offer
ed, the bill was reported to the SEN
ate, and that body then, at 10 P. NJ,
adjourned.
In the House the session was taken
up, to great extent, by the discuss
ion of the bill, introduced by Mr..
STEVENS on the previous day, provid-
ing for the government of the lately
rebellious States by the military pow
er. Mr.. STEVENS desired to have
speedy action taken ON the bill, and
proposed to have speeches limited to
twenty minutes. This was objected
to, and the House was addressed by
Messrs. BRANDAGEE, PIKE, FARNswoRTH
and others in support of the bill, and
Messrs. LIE BLOND, FINcK and ROGERS
in opposition to it. In the course of
his remarks, Mr.. FARNswoRTH said
that this bill was in accordance with
the views of Gems. SCoFIEID, BAINE,
SICKLEs, WooD, and other prominent
officers who had served at the South,
and he believed that Gen. GRANT fa.
vored it. Mr.. ROGERS spoke for up
wards Of an hour, during his speech
remarking that the attempt to force
military Government upon the South
would lead TO resistance and blood
shed, and such resistance would
meet with his approval. The debate
was interrupted by recess from
4:30 o'clock until Z, at which time it
was renewed, Mr.. BINGHAM having
the floor. He desired to submit an
amendment to take the place of the
preamble in Mr.. STEVENS bill. The
debate was continued until 1870
O'Clock, at which time the House ad-
journed. During the morning session
Mr.. ASHLEY rose to a question of
privilege, and denounced as false the
statement which had appeared in
print to the effect that Gen. BUTLER
had suggested the impeachment reso-
futions offered by him. And also the
statement that it had been his inten-
tion to call for the impeachment of
Gen. GRAyT. .
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root in my mind that l could not
lightly discard it, the officer laughed
it to scorn.
Yet even at this distance of time,
when | read and hear strange stories
of second-sight, of prophetic dreams,
and warning visions, doubt crosses
my mind, and l ask myself whether
my adventure with the two sisters Of
Cologne was not, perhaps, of the ma
ture of these But you now know
as much as l do, and l leave you to
decide the point for yourself
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1867-02-14

The PENSION FUSD.-The Pension
Fund of the United States, which was
less than q million of dollars in 1862,
is now over thirteen millions, and
there are now l25,000 mutilated
young men in the nation deriving
support from this fund. The entire
expenses of government from 1924
to 1928, was less than our present
annual appropriation for Pensions.
In 1860, when the war broke out we
had only few hundred old revolu-
tionary soldiers, and FIVE or six thou
sand of the war of 1879 and ls47, on
the government pension list. .e
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1867-02-14
Friday, Feb. s. 1867,

Friday, Feb 8. 1867.
In the Senate yesterday, after re.
ports of Committees had been receiy-
ed, Mr.. Creswell introduced bill to
regulate the disposition of fines, pen
alties and forfeitures imposed under
the laws relating to customs. Mr..
Dixon introduced bill relative to
letters detained in the Post-ofice.
providing that when the name of the
writer appears on the face of the
letter it shall be returned to him, and
not sent to the dead letter Office.
Mr.. Ross introduced a resolution pro-
posing to transfer the printing of de-
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1867-02-14

ENARM FOR SALE.-The subscri.
l. Der offers his farm for sale, situated il
A sylvm township, throe miles from Towauda
along the Susquehanna River. Containing
about $50 acres, ll0 improved with two hou,s>
Two barns, two COED orchards good fences AID
well watered. The whole under a good state
cultivation. Rope Ferrs belonging to tle.
iarm. For terms apply to the subscriber on the
place, or E. NJ. BIS HOP, Wyalusing.
J. NJ. BISHOP.
Jan % 1S67
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1867-02-14
Saturday, Feb. 8. 1867.

'odlulNG GU .. ICof'
Mr.. Yates on Saturday presented
to the Senate the petition of the wild
ow of one of the victims of the New
Orleans riot. 1t was referred to the
Committee on Pensions The motion
to reconsider the vote by which the
Bankrupt Bill was lost few days
since, was adopted by vote of p
yeas to IA nays. The further con-
sideration of the subject was post
poned, the Senate having set aside
the day for the transaction Of other
business. Mr.. Wilson introduced
bill providing for the ira lsfer of the
management of Indian affairs from
the Department Of the Interior to the
War Department. 1t provides that
the commanding officer of each mil
itary department shall act as Super
intendent Of Indian Affairs in his dis
trict, and shall detail officers to per-
form the duties now performed by
Indian agents 1t was referred to
the Cummittee on Indian Affairs
The Committee on Post-offices report
ed a dill proposing to pay 100000
to the owners of the patent instru-
ment for marking letters and cancel
ing postage stamps This sum to
pay for past and future use Of the
patent. Mr.. Morrill, introduced a bill
which, among other things, provides
penalties for prize fighting
The House was occupied nearly
the entire day in discussing the re-
construction bill of Mr.. Stevens, pro-
viding for military government for
the Southern States. Mr.. Banks
opened the debate by a lengthy argu-
ment in favor of the bill. Mr.. Ray
mond spoke in favor of referring the
whole subject of reconstruction to a
select committee, in the hope that a
plan might be reported in which Con-
gress, the Executive and the people
could coincide. The debate was in
terrupted by Mr.. Ashley, who called
up the bill vetoed by the President,
providing for the admission of Neb-
raska. The bill was passed over the
veto by vote of 120 yeas to 44nays.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1867-02-14
Real estate.

TOR SALE.-The subscriber offers
l. for sale his farm situate in Wyalusing tgr
about one mile from CamptOwn and three m.l,s
from Rummerfield, ol the road leading from
Montrose to Towanda. The farm as well va
tered and we'll timberei with a good house
and fruit trees thereon. For particulars enqu!r:
of VIM, GRIFFIS, Towanda, or the proprietor
at Camptown, Pa. JAMES FEE
Feb. A. lS67.-tf
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1867-02-14
Jan. 20, 1861
VALUABLE FARM FOR SAIL

VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE
' The subscriber offers for sale his farm f.
Wyalusing twp, Bradford County. It cou,is.
of 73 acres, of which IS is improved. and b.
upon it a new house, large barn. with she 3.
tached, and about $50 young fruit tIees 1t.
well watered and well fenced, and situated
the midst of good neighborhood, with chur.a
es and school houses convenient.
The farm will be sold at a great bargain aal
Terms made to suit the purchaser. II not sold
by first of April next, it will be rented
Z. o. VAUGHAN.
Wyalusng, Jan. l. lS67-3m*
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DARN FOR SALE-Thn snhscr.

kNARM FOX SALE. The subScr,,
Il scriber offers for sale Ehis farm in Orge.
township. near the road from Orwell TO smith
boro' containing about liG acres, 80 acres in.
proved. with good framed house. barn and shed
a young orchard in thriving condition, aDl
large sugar bush, well watered and under go.4
improvement.
Terms made TO suit the purchaser. Posse,
sion given the lSt Of April next.
PETER LAYTON.
Orwell, Jan. %. lS67-3w*
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1867-02-14
Feb. IL, lS67.-3m

IT S. BONDS.
~ $40 TREASURY NOTES,
COMPOUND INTEREST NOTES,
Bought and sold by
B. s. RUSSELL & co.
The Treasurer of the United States is now con
vertingthe first Series of $40 Treasury Notes
In the $40 Bonds of 1865. Holders in this
vicinity who wish to have their Notes convert.
ed, can do so by calling ON US.
B. S. RUSSELL & CO.,
aug 20, 1866. Ban kers, Towanda, Pa.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1867-02-14

DARN FOR SALE.-The subscrl-
II Der offers his farm for sale, situate in Ter
ry township, one half mile from Terrytown ho
tel, on the Susqueh anna River. Containing u,
acres, all approved with a good house, ir4mf,d
barn with cellar stables, and cow sheds attalE
ed, horse barn and o her necessary outbuiIdings
Good fruit OF all kinds, ru ming water al tns
door, and barn, the rm being well watered u
every respect. For further particulars enqHire
on the premises, or address
A, Fl. PLACE.
Terrytown, Pa, Jan. 90, ls67.-wGs
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Nem advertisements

THE SPRING TERN OF MISS
l. HUNTS SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES
will commence on MONDAY. FEBRUARY 4
1854. Apr eciating the confidence with Will.
she has b-ea hgnored thus far, Miss Hunt hss
great satisfaction in being abe a present 70 ~,
fer those who may be intru ste 10 her ere. She
aGvsnt-g: ot spacious. cOnyeaien. end ~,
trac'ive school Room.
TERMS Lower English Brs nches GO .0n : High.
eg English 3 ,aHches 81 to s. 90 ; French g o.
Latin $2 80 An extra charge is made ipr fuel
Towanda Feb. II. 1867.
FARMERS TAKE NOTICE Tine.
Il subscriber having purch ased the riy.t .,
Hermances Improved Farm Gate, Tor tha ...
lowing towns, 70 Wit Albany. Armenia Col.
umbia, Wells, Spin gfeld, Smithdeld, Eidgbuly
Troy. TowanCa, South Greek, Stanciug S.qGy
aud Terry, is now prepared to sell Town All
Farm Rights on reasonable terms.
This gate is durable and cheaper tran b.T..
Any man can make it and any boy "A u,. II.
Those wishing TO purchase town or farm right,
will address WILLIAM DURAND, Herrick, p
n. B.-Gate Trimmings kept for sale
Feb II 1867.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1867-02-14

L. 4. RIDiWaT.
Rome, Jan 80, 1867.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-07-11
To all whom it May Con.
Germ.

Frank Johnson, a colored man
in Williamson county, has become
disguised with the Radical party,
and thus writes:
BE 1t kaoaon, That | withdraw
my support, and whatever infu-
Ience | may have, from the Radi-
cal Party, "so-called," and will
hereafter support and vote for the
candidates of the National Con-
servative Party. Ny reasons for
this are as follows:
First. l am disguised with
Radicalism, "so-called," to con-
siderable extent.
Second. have been charged
with having sold my vote TO get
out of Jail. | denounce this as
an infamous lie.
Third. | cannot get my con-
sent to give my vote to place men
in power, who | fear will use that
power to my disadvantage in the
future.
| Fourth. l love hepeople among
whom ! was born and raised, and
| think it is TO my interest to vote
with them and for them. And |
| had rather trust them than to trust
strangers who are expressing my
best friends.
Fifth. | am Conservative IN
thought, feeling and principle.
FRANK JOHNSON.
FRANKLIN, Tenn, June Is, 1867.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-07-11
Congress-.

Met on the Sd. The devil.
ment is embodied in the follow
ing:
Mr.. Wilson entered ILL in adj
dition to the several reconstruc-
ton acts. 1t consist Of two sec
tons. 1t first vacates all civil
Offices in the Southern States with
in thirty days, and authorizes the
commanding General to retain the
resentincumbents, makes appoint
ments, and orders elections. The
second authorizes boards of regis
tration refuses to register persons
applying to be registered when
they have just grounds to believe
they are seeking to evade the re-
quirements of the law, and strike
from the roll within twenty days
all persons registered and after
wards proved disqualified. The
bill was ordered to be printed and
lie on the table.
Mr. Sumner introduced a bill
for universal sufrage-the same,
with slight amendments, as that
offered last session.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-07-11

A correspondent of the CHA
Farmer gives the following curious
account of the method adopted by
him to prevent his sheep from
jumping the fences Of his pasture:
Il want to tell you about my
jumping sheep and how |. broke
them. got them in a pen built
sufficiently large to hold them
| then caught the ring leaders,
one at a time, and made a small
hole in each ear. l then took a
cord or string and run through
the holes in the ears together,
close enough to keep them from
working their ears; | then let
them out and they were as quiet
as any sheep"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-07-11

the complaints laid out in the Dec
laration of independence, and what
we were now enduring. He also
referred to incidents in English
history. 1t has remained for
Brownlow and his associates to
copy all the crimes of ancient or
modern times. We are slaves,
and we know it. You may put
the yoke upon the Anglo,Saxon
race, but can you keep it there?
No verilyl 1t is easier to hurl the
firm mountain from its base.
He appealed to the old to forget
the past. Let us learn an instruc-
tive lesson from childhood. Every
good man prays for mercy. We
must forget and forgive. He is
above any man who says he is bet
ter than he. The Radicals cannot
control the eocial question. He
will not visit such a man, nor shall
such visit him.
A word to the black man! The
Radicals are My for getting the
offices and robbing the people
Say there are 500 of you in Lin
coin, and you join yourselves tc
200 mean white Radicals, what
can you do towards controlling
5000 intelligent white men, with
wealth and standing. Be not de
luded by these bad men. They
tell you you can get 40 acres OF
land you can get so or 100 by
going West. The government ha'
it for you, and it will rob no one
Go then and get it like homes
white men have to do! But be no
deceived by yourpretended friends
Mr.. Els close was pathetic ant
touching, and brought tears to ma
, ny an eye, He babe one and al
an afectionate GOODBYE!
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-07-11
The Light Breaking In.

The Light Breaking In.
The following extract, which
we clip from the Atlanta CORES
pondent of the New York Times
(Republican,) shows that the true
character of the old relations
which existed between master and
slave in the South, is beginning to
be realized and admitted, by some
at least, of the Northern Repub-
licans:
81 had no idea, until / saw and
heard for myself, to what extent
the confscation humbug has ia
ken hold Of the negro mind, es-
pecially in towns, and how con-
fidently they look to being presen-
ted with a neat farm and stock
when Congress meets The
delusion has penetrated the rural
districts, and Ihave been frequent
ly asked by negroes to tell them
'the straight of the story When
l have explained to them that
confscation means taking the
lands and other property away
from the white people who now
employ them, and who formerly
owned them, and dividing it out
and selling it to the colored peo-
pile, | have seen very few of
the plantation negroes who wish
ed for the operation. They would
like to get land and own a house
but if they could only get it by
stripping old master of the little
he has left they prefer to remain
as they are. At least this is the
way they talk, and am credulous
enough to believe them.
"In the towns the negroes feel
and talk very differently. They
are for the most part uproarious
Radicals, and damn the rebels
with as much JUNCTION as Wendell
Phillips and Parson Brownlow.-
The plantation negro is a very
different animal. lie has beer
: born and brought up where he
!, now lives. He has played with
1.-THE children Of his old MASTER
, He has been nursed when sick by
: his old mistress. He has always
: talked of the place as our plan
| tation.' He has shared the Joy
) and sorrow, the prosperity anC
: adversely of his owner, and though
: conscious of his freedom, retain
the old attachment and admiration
| for de family and alludes feeling
: ly to de heap O money Mars -
lost when all his niggers war SO
| free These people, as a mass
t would rather aid their formel
s masters and mistresses than de
prive them of anything. No de
: pendent laboring class in tn
4 world is treated with the sam'
familiarity and kindness as ar
e the negroes by those who used t.
hold them as slaves.
: "This was caused by the impass
/ able social gulf between them
e and the negroes now cannot chang
| their habits and ways of think
t ing. What another generation
Y or two may think is another thing
They have always despised tn
q poor white folks who never own
ed the hair of a Niger and nov
when they see these very mel
:. pretending to be their devote'
friends, and asking them to 'vot
agin their old masters they smell
: the mice, evidently, and halt t
: reconnoiter in front. In the CT
ties (this one, for instance) man
: hood is asserted in various ways
: which are more demonstrativ
: than pleasant. / think that tn
Radicals may count confdentl.
: On a large negro vote here; bu
e when they fail to present the wei
e stocked farms, and it is fount
: that they were only 'foolin d
e Niger | think that revolution
: is not improbable"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-07-11

In Galveston, Texas, the other
day, a negro boy was set upon by
a crowd Of infatuated negroes
and pursued with cries of akilI
the id Rebel Niger" merely
for saying that his father was an
old STAKEHOLDER, and that he
would respect any man, Northern
or Southern, who treated him
kindly.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-07-11
During a recent wedding

During a recent wedding in a
village in Ohio, when the clergy
man asked if anybody knew any
reason why the ceremony should
not proceed, a woman rose in the
audience, and forbade the bans On
the ground that the groom had
promised to marry her when her
husband died. The clergyman
decided that she had no right TO
look so far ahead, and went on
with the performance.