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ALTOONA, PA.
THURSDAY, MAY 13,1858.
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Using is to require payment in advance, or a guarantee prom ;
known persons. It is therefore useless for ut-sneb ta send;
, ns advertisement? offering to pay at the end of throe or-six
'months. Wheroudvertiscmentsaro accompanied With the
anbnay, whether one, five or ten dollars, we Will .give the
Advertiser tho full benefit of cash rates.
TVISSOLUTION. ' —The partnership
1 Eheretoforn existing between E. B. MeCrum and Wm.
nTAUlson, In tho Printing and Publishing .Business, haa
4hl» day been dissolved by mutual consent. All parties
■ knowing themselves indebted to sold firm will please make
HKDUIC ti.'lMfitt to Wm. 11. Allison, at Tribune
Office, to whom the Books and accounts faaVeibeen trans
ferred. i E. B. MoCRUJI,
Altoona, Ijlay Ist, IS4B. . W*. M. AUdSOK.
pRTNERSHIP.—The underaign-
Ic thXs daf uaoclatod itbemselTa* together In
c and PublUhing Batlaeu. 3fti«y reapectfolly
btranage of aJI tdo; friend* of the old firm, and
.in gonarali No pains wiH bo (pared to give
liaction.
rioPA
'\7 Jut
tlifl Prinlin;
roUeittbe. i
of tbs pobU
.general nti
Altoona,l
, K to. KcCfttrSl.
Sy let,'lBsB. ; U. CLAX DKRN.
LcordmcteforiUbscrlptipn or rulvtrtlsinj; made
; flrm o/ ,McCrum 4 jAU terra, for the preseat
racing paJfebnrary 4ta, 1858, yet com
bo by its.
K.-B.—All
with tU*olil
;jW, oonuor
pleted, will)
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>Xpßkia Municipal Election
The e
troller, j
came off
action for Mayor, Solicitor, Con
olect ahd Common Council, &c.,
in Philadelphia on Tuesday week,
ahd-ne<cd. id the defeat of the entire
Demdciptjc ticket and triumphant election
efthe *•'people’s” picket, by a larjje ma
yoiity. ! jin the Select Council the Demo
nrate have 18 to 11 opposition. In the
‘Clomiuon Council there are 65 opposition
; to 25 Democrats. By the Douglas wing
of the Democracy this is considered a de-
eidedvi<ftory over the Leoomptonites and*
-a jnSt rebuke to the base fraud attempted
on Kansas. B' the . administration wing
. .—.y -
itiseontended that tliore were other and
j'parambdni issues which swamped the
jticket,\ prominept among which was the
unpopular selection of policemen by Mayor
Vaux. They contend that ho man can so
this part of the patronage of the
sfayor as to meet die approval of all sec
tions mid cliques, and that unless he does
he can nptbe elected to a second term. —
ThePrew says that a man would not be
more insane who would attempt to prove
that Chestnut street docs not extend from
the Pelawjsure to the Schuylkill, than one
Hrho would undertake to prove that Lc
compton was not the controlling element
in jthte late City election.;' The Douglas
and Forn,ey wing of the Democratic party
datermined' to make the Kansas
the. in the coming cam
paign; Forney calls it an absurdity to
talk to Democrat* about when sa
cred and £ indumenta! principles ore sacri
ficed. Bet this is a- fight among; politi-
w i- •
which we have little to do ex
acts as they occur, and we leave
itle it as Best they can, hoping
s time, that the cause of right
, now Jin ’the ascendency, may
triumph in October .next, and
who have; betrayed the inter
:ir constituents and endeavored
%
'ccpt note 3
d ifen* to se
- i -
aththesann
ami jostiet
gfcr|ously
that those
cats of th(
c cone df slavery upon the
Kansas,-may be to
their planes be filled with hon
> matter o£. what party. ■
,t o. .entail tjj
people of
retire, and
cst men, n<
v . ''
L',of Shnajoe Byars.—The
o£ South <3att>-
in ’Washington;
of the tsok
iturday tyas attended
tident andHCabinet. the Heads
• .. . <f N ' .f . 'V •
tents, the members of both
■•* -I'- '• ..*•**. *•. ;
i a large Bitiseng.—
ifc ; Jtfr. Btms’; collcaguej front
dina, Mr. Hammond; ! pro
eloquent eulogy upon the
t deceased.., A number of
followed in cikraoteristic
. Hale .of sfcw ’Hampshire,
tribute tp the deceased, said
reminded him of his ideal
Jenator; he Bad been ghth
ock of eorp fuUy ripe, and,
ip the j^veifuU of honors.”
FtJsisiiA
funeral of
last >eek,
place on S
by the Pre
of Depart!
'House?, ani
In the Sen:
South Cai
nounced
virtues
other
■^poar)
that
of«,
'fill
SpAi^r.—Th« late^idirices
front by.i|s. Vanderbilt, which
ajrnxed »adaybnorning last, exhibit
aspeck v between the United States
and SpniO; account of inquiries ,w|uch
atoheing -as to the relations of toe
Wo These thrcatcnings of war
are,old songs, and more than likely this
trail be toe! W* fc bat will bo heard of it/or
toe present
Sunday Leadeh> is ihe ti-
a new candidate for public favor, re
in Philadelphia, by Messrs.
CbrQ&shaah; Pepper & MoHvain. is
«ight column paper, is neatly
printed, aa< tjg&e* eyhlencc bfcwMttdoifWie
ability,
ijcpoaTAin? Mxxitakt O&dk&s.—Maj. '
General ' Persifer F. Smith, lias issued |
elaborate orders relativeto themovement
of the trains and troops of the Utah forces.
The trains are to be divided into divisions
of two hundred and twenty-six wagons
etch. The troops will he organized into
columns, each column constituting an es
cort of‘the Division general supply train.
The first column, under command of Lieut
Col. is 'already organised and;
ordered to march. The second column,
under Col. Monroe, composing the escort
to the first division supplies, will march
from Leavenworth on the 15th inst The
third column, under CoL May, marches
on .the 20th. The fourth column, under
Col Morrison, will inarch on the 25th.—
The fifth column, under CoL Sumner,
marches on the 30th.. The sixth .column,
under Major Emory, marchess on the 4th
of June. These columns for the present
•constitute the First Brigade of the Utah
forces under command of Gen. Harney.
Each column will be supplied, with four
months provisions, which are to be re
plenished in passing Forts Laramie and
Kearney. Gen. Smith is yet in St. 'Louis
—-the state of his health , being such as to
require his remaining there a short time
longer. The companies of the Sixth In
fantry left Leavenworth on the 6th inst.
One company of Infantry, from Fort Ri
ley, join them at 1 Fort Kearney.
Great Flood in the Mississippi.—
For soma days past, the daily papers have
contained accounts 1 ofdamage now being
done to the cotton plantation! and several
towns along the J Mississippi, by the
late rise in that river. Several crovassesl
have broken out and much valuable landj
has been entirely wished away. At Bayou 1
Sara, at last accounts, the river was with-;
in a foot of the tow of the level. Unless
the river falls speedily, it will be impos
sible to estimate the amount of property
that will be destroyed.
•The AmericanJFarmer. —This valu
able agricultural Wort, for the month ©f
May, is on our tal|e, filled as usual with
carefully selected i|id well written origi-;
nal articles, oni work for the month. It !
is the very best publicatioo of the kind in
the country and sholdd be in the hands of
every farmer in the? county. Jt is worth
three times the of the subscription.
Price 83.00 per A. J. Nash, New
York.' f
f We -notice by the last number of
the Johnstown Ectfio, that Henry A.
McPike, Esq., has associated himself with
G. Nelson Smith, in the publication of
that paper. Mr. P. is said to be a good
poetical printer, and will no doubt prove
a valuable assistant to Mr. S. in the pub
lication of the Echo. May prosperity at
tend them.
Letter.
Hoixidatsbuko, May 11, 1868.
Msssns'Enixons;—l eee by your last issue
that your paper has changed hands, Mr. H. C.
Dem having purchased the interest 'of Mr. Alli
son. i wish the present proprietors the same
success which attended the * former, and that
they may conduct the Tribune as ably and moke
it as valuable a country paper os it was under
the management of MoCrum & Allison. To the
retiring partner I desire to express ray approba
tion of the noble and manly tone which charac
terized his editorial career. He wosiny college
mate and my-friend, and I desired 'his success,
and take delight in that he now enjoys the fa
vor of your citizens and harpleased and satisfi
ed the patrons of the* Tribune. Talented, ener
getic, generous, industrious and gentlemanly,
he will doubtless succeed 1 in whatever he un
dertakes. N
The high school in this .place commenced its
first term lasi week.. It opened under veiy fa
vorable auspices, the number
ing encouraging to the PruSlpah who is a mas
ter of his profession, Barely does a teacher en
ter upon his school-duties with brighter pros
pects of success, the'good-will and res
pect of his sch(dw»,in the same degree.
•While on the school,subject, it m&ht as well
be mentioned that ifrs. E.iKraytoiCof the fe
male department of the common' sch|olB, of this
place, has resigned (her situation. Whatever
may have been the motive which prompted htr
resignation, -the loss of her valuable services
wiUhe regretted i>y 'many whose Respect and
confidence she had won daring her stay among
h£ Miss M. E. Hoover, who passed a credita
ble examination before the' County Superinten
dent cmd Board pf Director?, is to fill herplace.
: I regret to disgracefnl fights
whidl;;nccum Capt.
as the inci
ting, pjpvoking and urging oh the qaaricls.—
When will bis proud, daring spirit be jpvCrcpme
and confined in itapzercifie or Qnti>umtB?j Who
.that is possessed of the.trae heart pfa mpn does
not desire the speedy overthrow of this mon
arch? ' ■■■;'
YeatewUy the military of the comity;:were’
inspected in our tojrn l presenting a very pleas*
ing appearance. Notwithstanding the inclem
ency of. the weather the different coptpaotea
turned oat in goodly numbers and performed
the duties of a soldier in a praiseworthy man
ner. Each company gave evidence that it had
been drilled by officers who understood wen the
science.. I noticed several soldiers of the. Me
x who; by their carriage
axwi.movenieiitß shoycd,
at home in the military service, and kneVr bj
expcrienoe wltat it was te servo fa battle, r
The Central Bank is on its legs agftfa and; fa
likely to keep on them, having diiseni»edwlth
the Buffalo crutches and nuide arrangements
with etlsirsltd Philadelphia props ; in other
words,the Bank stock : has «U been taken by
PMladelplua moneyed men, - and will soon go
into operationwithjout the fear of failure. '
Many penMns facl confident that the present
effort will'prove sucoessfuL It is even, stated
that the stockholders are able to advance the
whole capital in and silver. This speaks
well for tire success of the -institution and shows
that it will have the moans |to redeem its notes
in specie whenever presented. Experience,
however, is the heft teacher, and whenever the
Bank is in successful operation, it will be. time
to speak of Us certainty and permanency.
PEH Altf) SdSSOES.
... ucq_ The mines have again resumed work on
Broad Top. •
Loganßifle Bangers turned hut on
Saturday evening last, and made a fine appear
ance.
Bgk»The Charleston Mercury says the reli
gious meetings in that city continue with una
bated interest.
' i g®* Cowles, in his excellent history of plants
notices the virtue of hemp thus laconically: “By
this cordage, ships | ore guided, bolls are rung,
and rogues are kept in awe.”
JBThe Johnstown Tribune says there is
hardly enough business doing oh the Western
Division of the Canal to justify the expense of
keeping it open.
B@u Sentence of Tuckerman—Win. S. Tuck
erman, the moil robber, was on Tuesday mor
ning sentenced tq twenty-one years' confinement
at hard labor in the Connecticut State Prison.
A New Bootb.— The Knoxville (Tenn.) Whig
notices the arrival ; ln that city of a car load of
ice iff cm Boston,: Mass., through Savannah, Ga.,
in 38 hours, by the railroad recently completed.
Bgk- Hold Over too Long.—Six thousand
bushels of Canadian wheat that bad been in
storage at the mouth, of theGenesee river were
sold,on the 80th ult., for $1,02 per bushel. It
would have brought $1,20 jser bushel last fall.
Sentenced.-—On Monday last, Benjamin
Ogle, convicted of manslaughter, at Washing
ton,©. C., for shooting John Webb, a lad of 11
years of age, was sentenced to 8 years imprison
ment in the penitentiary.
Bgk. Trial of Jos- H. Tucker, at Cumberland.
—The trial 6f Joseph H. Tucker, late President
of the Mineral Bank of Maryland, indicted for
embezzling the funds of the institution, com
menced at Cumberland on Monday last.
I tST" Damages for Slander.—A. D. Young, of
Flat Bock, Ky., sued Laban Lctton for $lO,OOO
damages on account of the wife of the latter
charging Young’awife with infidelity tocher
husband. The jinjy gave him $4,000,
: The Governor of Alabama has actually
written to a representative from that State, ask
ing if the time is dome for him to call a State
Convention to take measures to get out of the
Union. Fanny Governor, tl^at.
A large proportion of houses are now stand
ing empty in New-j York, and tents have fallen
on the East Kiver side of the city about 26 per
cent. In Brooklyn alone there are some two
hundred houses, without tenants.
BgL. The Grand Jury of Philadelphia have
found an indictment against Thomas Allibone,
President, and Thomas A.iNewhall, one of the
Directors of the Bank of Pennsylvania, charg
ing t|hem with defrauding the Bank pf $240,000.
80= A colony of 700 persons, about 600, from
Pennsylvania and the balance from Maryland,
have procured a large body of land on the Platte
river, in Nebraska territory, and thiey are about
to establish themselves on it and build a city of
their own.
AST* A clergyman was rebuked by a brother
of the cloth, a fenj days ago, for smoking. The
culprit replied that he used the weed in moder
ation. ‘‘ What do: you call ?” in
quired the other. j“ Why, sir,” said the offen
der, “ one cigar at a time.”
tST The Popalation of some of the principal
cities of Ohio is as jfollows: Cincinnati, 200,000 j
Cleveland, 60,000; Columbus, 25,000; Dayton,
16,000; Toledo, id,000; Zitnesvilie, 12,000;
Steubenville, 10,000; Chiliicothe, 10,000; San
dusky, lOjQOO ; Springfield, 8,000. No other
city has over 5,000.
A peadly jColo,r.—The new Azof green
of the Paris spring fashions is dyedwith such
poisonous lhat seamstresses who prick
their fingers while sewing it lose the use of their
hands; and ladies nave been taken violenty ill
from wearing shawls of this color. The tint is
very brilliant. ;
lt isstated that a new. Hotel is projec
ted in Washington, by Mr. Corcoran and other
wealthy citizens, to he erected on the corner of
Pennsylvania Avenue and Lafayette Square.—
The land will cost §170,000, and the house and
furnitare-$200,000 more. The location is near
ly opposite the Prebident’s House.
fi@t»The Governor of now gets a
yearly Income of $1,200. A proposition hav
ing been).recenUy introduced in the Legislature
to increase the salary to $2,000,
[ notified the members pf that body that, if adop
ted r he would veto jthe measure; whereupon the
proposition^was dropped. i
tST" Rich.—The London. Times says of “ the
sable gentlemen 6n| tjie coast of Africa”—
“ There is a never; ending discussion whether
they should be shot or sold, or earned off to sla
very, or encouraged ip emigrate, or apprenticed
to planters, or enlisted into the Indian army, or
taken into oj» navy, or taught to grow cotton
and palm-trees, or let alone.” •
tSF" Violations iojf: the Sunday Law in New
York.—According to partial returns from the
various police captains of New York city,' tip less
than nine hundred and twenty-five places in
that city were open joh Sunday last, for the “ sale
ofliquors, dry goofy and cigars. . The six wards
from which no retains were received would prob
ably swell the number to near'lsoo.
Thp body dif a man named John Watson,
of Shaver’s ■ Creek, | vfos found floatihg on the
water, in the Homingdon dam,\ on Saturday
week. The body $ Supposed to have been in
the water Lor weeks. No marks of vio
lence could'be discovered upon his person, and
jury returned al verdict of death by acciden
ts J'it"/" ‘ ■■■ ’’l-'”
BguThe third knnual Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal .Church In Kansas and Ne
braska was held at STopeka from the 15th to the
19th of April, Bishop Jones presiding. Thp
churches retained members in Kansas,
fnd 787 in Nebraska—an increase of more tbafi
half iu 185<. Theme - are 59 -local preachers'in
the two Temtoriea. Forty-one itinerant preach-’
era were stationed In’ Kansas, and twenty in Ne
braska, for the ensuing year.
Effect of the Reduction of Tolls on Flour.
—The Buffalo Cornier says that the Western
Transportation Company shipped more flour by
canal oh Saturday than during tire whole sea
son of 1857; and, further, that they, will ship
during the present week at least 10,090 barrels.
We are satisfied,! ftpm what we learn of con-
I tracts already made and to be rhade, that mere
flour will be sbippec from Buffalo by dur
ing the month of Mi y, Uian ‘during thewjiole
’1:r;
Evbeieq Hotnjajroa Mechanics.— M hat have
evening lioursdonf Wjir mechanics who had only
fan boon’ toil! Hearken to the following facts;
-4«Ch»l of thh best fcUfaw the Wntmtotisrjt*-
vine could ever boast, and one of the most bril
liant writers of the passing hoar, was a.cooper
inAberdeen. . One of the editors of the London
Patty Journal was a .baker in Elgip i perhaps
the best reporter of the London Tims, yas a
weaver fa' Edinburgh the Editor; of the IFfaiw*
was a stone mason. One of the ablest minis
ters fa London. I 'was a blacksmith fa Dundee;
and another was a . watchman fa Banff. The
late Or.; Milne, of China, was a herd boy fa
Rhyne. The principal of the London Mission
ary Society’s College at Hong Kong was a sad
dler in Huutly; and one of the best missiona-
I nes that ever went to India was a tailor in
I Keith. The leading machinist on the London
and Birmingham Railway, with £7OO a year,
was a mechanic in Glasgow ; and perhaps the
very richest iron founder fa England was a
workman in Morap. Sir James Clark, her Ma
jesty’s physician, was ft druggist in Banff. Jo
seph Hume was a sailor first, and then a laborer
at- the mortar and pestle fa Montrose; Mr.
McGregor, the member from Glasgow, was a
poor boy in Boss-shire; JamesW’ilson, the mem
ber from Westbury, was a ploughman fa Had
dington, and Arthur Anderson, tho member
from Orkney, earned his bread by the sweat of
his brow in the Ultima Thule.
VERITAS.’
’ The New .Militia Law. —One of the acta of
the last Legislature was to pass a militia bill,
which we find put into the following condensed
form by the Reading Democrat:
“ Its provisions require every able-bodied man,
between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years,
with some specified exceptions, to be subject to
military duty.. He is to provide himself with
the necessary equipments under the penalty of
a fine of One dollar for non performances, if a
resident of the rural districts and one dollar and
fifty cents if living in a city—the fund thus
raised to be appropriated to the support of the
“ enlisted x and; equiped” militia men. The mil
itia enrolment] is entirely dispensed with, and all
volunteer companies parading, are allowed for
every person on parade each day, not exceed
ing six times during the year, one dollar and fif
ty cents per diem out of the fund. In addition
to this,: the commanding officer of a regiment
may order, out the companies composing it fur
an encampment parade, not exceeding six days,
once during each year. Those provisions are
intended as an inducement to youngj men who
desire to gain a knowledge of military duty, but
cannot afford to lose the time which gratuitous
parades necessarily require. The new law will
suit tho citizen soldiers very well, and go far to
increase tile military spirit throughout the State.”
Washington Morals. —ln a letter, dated
Washington City, April 15th, Joshua 11. Qid
dings says:
“It is due to my junior associates to say,
there is less intoxication and less appearance of
vice among the members of tho present, than of
any Congress with whom I have associated. It
is now the fifth month of the session, and I have
neither seen nor heard of intoxicating l|quors
being brought to tho capital or kept there; nor,
with two exceptions, have I seen any member
on the Republican side of the Hall give evidence
of intoxication. It is. true, however, that men
of observation with I Lave conversed,
uniformly attribute this improvement, in a
great degree, to tho fact, that almost every mem
ber is attended by a portion of his family; and that
man has lived to little purpose who, at the age
of forty, fails to notice the salutary and sancti.
fying influence of the domestic tirclc. That
member of Congress must be depraved indeed,
>vho can bo seduced from the path of rectitude
while surrounded by the holy influences of the
family circle. Northern society is already ex
erting its moral power upon Washington city,
and upon the councils of the nation.”
Canal Boakd Abolishing Itself. — ln con
sequence of the passage of a resolution, by both
legislative branches, says yesterday's Harris
burg Telegraph , forbidding the payment of any
money to them for the prosecution of repairs
and other work, after the passage of the bill for
the sale of the State Canals to the Sunbury and
Erie Railroad, the Cana! Commissioners have
taken umbrage, ahd have given notice that they
will cease to exercise control over said works—
their hands being emphatically tied. The com
pany to whom the works have been transferred
are making arrangements fur the projection and
completion of all necessary repairs, and for the
successful operation of these important improve
ments. The defeat of the bill for the abolition
of the Canal Board, will be produc
tive of no good to those whose pecuniary inter
ests were thus sought to bo c4red for; and Mr.
Buckalew’s advocacy of a necessity for the con
tinuance of the Canal Commissioners does not
appear to have been well predicated, for a
Board of Public would be aide to accom
plish but little with their hands thus muffled, to
keep them out of the treasury.
Tub Atlantic Telegraph.— ln the experi
ments through the entire cable at Devonshire,
considerable obstacles to rapid communication
arises. With the symbolic alphabet at present
used, about two words and 'a half'per minute
on}y can bo transmitted through the whole
leilgth of wire. This rate of transmission is
only equal to 16C words, or about fifteen lines
of the Ledger an hour—very little'over a col
unin in twcnty-Tour hours.! This would be the
extent of the transmissive ‘power for a single
newspaper for the entire day. But when it is
considered that the business of two continents
Is to be accommodated by it, and the govern
ment to use it besides, it wojlild practically bo of
but little use to the public! unless the rate, of
transmission can 'be greajly increased. The
magnetic telegraph, on » single wire, will trans
mitoverland at the! rate of more than one thou
sand words per hour. Even at this rapid rat
of transmission, it has been found necessary to
put up seven working wires between New York
and Philadelphia, equal to almost eight thou
sand words per hour, for the-accommodation of
the ; business between those two points; six
wires from Philadelphia to Washington, and be
tween Washington and New Orleans two wires
nearly the entire distance.
As Mr. Darling’ if Ridgway, Elkco., Pa.,
was going through the woods about three miles
from that village, he -discovered some cloth,
which had been a coat, and under it some hu
man bones. A party visited the spot, who ex
amined the remains, and found in the pockets,
of-the garment a silver pencil cose, watch-guard,
keys, and bullet moulds, which served to iden
tify the remains as those of a man. named Wil
liam Reed who was lost in the woods in the
winter of 1855. Bled, and another man started
out on a hunting excursion up Elk creek on
the 10th of December, 1853/ A short distance
up: the creek they separated, ahd Reed was
never seen olive.,afterwards. The woods were
searched, but no trace of him was discovered.
The manner, of his death remains q i^ystery.
The Payments fob- Mount Veb.vo.n.—The
between John A. Washington and the
“Southern Matron,” for the sale of Mount Ver
non, was put on record, .in Fairfax County
Court, on Monday last The following are the
dates of the payments at the execu
tion of the contract • $57,00(L0a the Ist day of
JanqaiyV|Bs?; on the 22d day of
February,-I860•, $11,666.67 on "the 22d day of
Pcbruury. JBB2, wvith interest on the several
payrae»te frowthodatebfthocontract. 1
Imtobtast fbom Utah.— The Independence
Messenger of Saturday, mentions tifa a ™ val ° f
three men direct from Camp They re
port that the troops was fa good health, but
provisions were senwe, except .poonbeer. Loi.
Johnston would not--be able -fa mpyO fprimrd
till a fresh supply of£animifa Mf
They met an exprets messengw fram. Sit*
Mexfao, at with ne# Jhnt €ftpt.
Marcey would not he able to reach Gamp Scott
before tho Ist of June, in consequence of the
great quantity of snow on the mpuptains. iA
man arrived at the camp from Salt Lnke, a few
days before the party left, who : reported that
tho Mormons were equipping cempaniOs, to
take the road, cat off supplies, ana harrass the
troops. They mot Col. Hoffman with two com
panies of Cavalry, and 150 with sup
plies, 120 miles east-of Laramie, :oO the 16th
of April, ikbont 10B[ wagons wotU; ready to
leave Laramie as soon as CpL Hoffinan would
arrive. These trains would reach Coil. Johnson
as early as May Ist. The ox-train* started this
Spring were nut just beyond Big jßluo, but fa
consequence of the bad . weather, were
making but slow progress. Somß |ofthc trains
have stopped, and are waiting for better roads.
A Cbazt Monarch. —The
dent of the New York Tribune says:— “ The
King of Prussia has become stark - mad. He
occasionally believes that he is a private soldier
who has just received his commission as ensign,
but has since lost the parchment, and therefore
Le anxiously seeks fa all the hidden ’corners of
tho palace and nooks in the garden! lie dislikes
to be watched by his aid-do camp, Whom he be
lieves to be his commanding officer. Though
his mental aberration is hopeless, the question
of the Regency remains unsettled, ia* the Queen
prevents any step fa this direction, and the
Ministers do their best tor delay it 8;ill more,
well aware that the first measure of the Regent
would be to turn him out of office. The question
becomes still more complicated by the fact that
the English Court wish for the abdication of the
Prince of Russia, and that |the Queen's young
son-in-law. Prince Frederic, may try his hand
m governing the country.”
Shocking - Accident. —We learn from the
Johnstown Echo, that on Friday afternoon last
a young Irishman named Lnuigao, whs crashed
to death, near the second lock, about one mile
below Johnstown, in the following; shocking
manner: He had been assisting in trimming a
birch tree which bad been felled daring the day,
and sat down on the trunk of the irep, immedi
ately under tho stump, which projected from an
embankment some eight or ten feet tibove him.
While in this position, and before tie could man
age to escape, the stump and a largo mass of
earth gave wqy and descended upon him, crash
ing the lower part of his body to a jelly. When
extricated from his awful position life was ex
tinct. Ho leaves neither family nor relatives
in this locality to mourn his untimely end.
: Terrible Accident.— A serious j accident oc
curred on tho New York Central Railroad, near
Whitesboro, on 11th fast. Whitpsboro is a
station four miles from Utica. Seven or-eight
persona were failed, five or six fatally injured,
and over forty others injured.
The accident occurred in, consequence of the
Cincinnati Express train, due there at;6.20, be
ing behind time at Whitesburo; uqU it was com
ing at a high rate of speed whoa it.overtook, on
the bridge over Sanquoit creek, the Utica Ac
commodation train for the west, when the bridge
gave way, precipitating the freight cars into the
creek, and piling the passenger cars one above
another. They are a complete wreck. Those
seriously injured, were all upon ithe Express
train.
figy It has been intimated by the Eptnuij
Pont that the scientific, persona interested in
laying the submarine telegraph, are well aware
uf the futility of the project, aud that it mast
end in failure. It charges that the iuiended at
tempt at relaying it is a mere pretext to keep
the stock at selling mark in market;land that
it was discovered, at the last attempt, before
the cable parted, that all electrical communica
tion with the land had ccasqd ; and to prevent
this fact from becoming generally known, the
cable was suffered to break. It farther states,
that on '.and no circuit over six hundred miles
in extent has<ever been successfully worked.
fifar" It is stated that a few ;days ago, in I
Richmond county, North Carolino/a negro man, I
belonging to Britain Chapel, armed with an axe, i
entered his master's house, and killed:bis master j
and mistress, and so dreadfully mangled two of
bis children that they cannot survived Dr. J.
Ewin was sent' for, and while attending the'
mangled children, was attacked 'by 1 the negro
with his axe. Fortunately, a loaded gun was i
at hand, with which the doctor shot tlie negro, j
killing him instantly. It is supposed the negro
was iasune.
Some little light has recently, bcjtn, thrown
upon the question Where dogs tU e uncur
rent money go V’ & man was arrested In Chi
cago, the other dajl, having in liis possession
uncurrent bank notes,, representing over $lOO,-
000, which he said he had purchased of a Bos
ton broker, at ten cenft on the dollar,-with the
avowed purpose of selling it at a large advance
to Santa Fe traders, who would in turn realize
still further by selling it' to the h Greasers" In
New Mexico..
The great buffalo hunting-party in Min
nesota will leave St. Cloud about middle of
July. Mohammed Pasha, with a Bevy of Con
gressmen, are to take part in it. : The head
quarters of the expedition will tie at Brecken
ridge,. on the Bed River of the North jMr. Goo.
F. Boot, of Minnesota, offers to, convoy- all edi
tors of the press throughout the l-nion iwho de-"
sire to accompany the expedition, fi’om SL
Cloud to the hunting grounds, and back to St.
Cloud, free of expense. J
Sad Gaiastbophi;.— -Last Friday bight, Ja
cob-Gregory, of Union township, Luzerne coun
ty, i’a,, while watching for some dogs which had
been worrying his sheep, fired at a moving ob
ject, which he mistook for a dog. j It proved to
be his brother, Peter Gregory, wh<j hadilefl the
house for the same purpose, without the knowl
edge of Jacob. The unfortunate!’youbg man
died in less than twenty-four bourk. !1 ; *
A band of fourteen Mississippi pirates
were caught a few days, ago by jlie Vigilance
committee of Prairie dnCliien, and;'stolen goods
to the amount of $5,000 recovered. | With a
ha]tcr around the necks of some Of them, with
death staring them in the face, jhey ntnade a
pretty free confession,* implicating? amimber of
persons who hate hitherto stbodhigh in the
community. r ' i' ;-i ! '
A few days since, a man; lifting near
Galena Illinois, carried a Ioad : of potatoes to
that place. The highest offer he cjould get was
ten cents a bushel, and rather thaaiscll them
at that rate, he tippled them into FfcvW river
The result was, that ho thus obstitifted navi
gation, and was fined sli. "i"!
BSsU An qld suit, commenced, n6ari|yjtwcnty
eight years ago by the United slattjs' against
genera! Harrison, upon on official tyild which
he had signed for a public recently
ordered-to be; struck frpm the
Pnitcd States Circuit Court at Cis^naati.
Hm JLmcarter Baah,
The Commissioners appointed to hwestieif, *1
the affairs of andthenaS,! ||
which led to its foilure,havo made a ||
which states that of the notes in, circulation**
the date of the failure, $466,024 hare been rc. W
ceived by the bank in payment of debts due H
leaving still outstanding $624,015 f rom 3
which is to be deducted $306,910 redeemed at 'H
the Qiraxd Bank. The capital of the - bank.was .a
probably impaired before ISdO.'-'The mjnutej W
of the Board of Directors show that in 1845 % 9
short time after declaring a full dividend, 4e W
intrinsic value of the stock, was declared to be 9
$5 per share less than its par value of $5O, and 9
on the 3d of the following November the game H
operation took place. One-third of the capital 9
was thus lost.. The process of its ruin waj ||
equally certain as if effected by bold theft, but 1
more adroitly. The means employed an thna M
classified in the Report: Ist The discounting If
of. worthless paper by the officers, a practic* S
which commenced under the former charter
and continued anti! near the failure. The )os« M
on paper of this character la equal to the whole -1
capital of the Bank. Bd. Exchanging good p». :|
per and reliable securities for. doubtful, depre- 1
dated worthless paper. 84 Re-discounts and 1
sale of, its best discounted paper in philadej. i
phla. Other practices are mentioned including fl
numerous and large loans to banks and ad- J
noy dealers at low Interest, and in some cases
without interest, merely to increase, and keep 1
at a distance the circulation of the bank.” The 1
officers who managed the Institution constantly '4
Succeeded in obtainingthe sanction of the Board %
of Directors to the most questionable acts, and J
the Report does not pretend to exculpate them M
from their negligence, by which the bonk was ||
broke up. , :v I
Tub Siamese Twura Nowhere.^—A .con^s*
pendent of the Louisville writing jboa /'
Henderson, Ky., gives the following account of ■■f:'
a “ lucus natura" in. that place, that sarpasaei ’
| all freaks of that occasionally wUittricsl lady,
Dame Nature, that was ever heard oC
I have just returned from a visit to one of the
most extraordinary curiosities ever known in
the history of the human rac& ; A negro vro
i man belonging to' Mrl Samuel Stitcs, of this
; place, gave birth, eight) days ago,-to four living
1 children, joined together by pairs in a still more
| peculiar manner than the Siamese Twins.. The
! two boys are connected! at the shoulder, and
! from the hip to the knee Joint, leaving the low-
I er joint of the legs and the ftet of ftsen perfect
;!y free. The girls are Joined at the shoulder,
[ with this uHTerepee; from the boya, that they
i have bot one arm issuing from the junction of
| their shoulders. They ;are joined from the hip
1 down to thsfodt—the 'two legs ending in one
, foot. _ | , • i ■ .
In regard to the cohtf of the children, nature
re ms to have been {quite |as eccentric l ns ia
i their formation, one of tbeboys being black,
| and the other as white ias the cmld of a white
i woman, and so with the girls. They all «eeu
j to be perfectly healthy, and the mother is doing
! uncommonly well, i
A Negro Slave Suot by A Cut boYs a h.—
The New Orleans Picayune pf the 18t|Ault, can
tains the following paragmpUr . “ Rey. Dr. Tay
lor, who recently married the widow of the late
S. \V, Downs,, shot a few days since, says tbs
Onhcbite I La.) P.egistet, one of his wife’s" ne
groes. The negro killed was one noted for in
aubordination. having previously bear'shot two
or three tiuie&. Mr. Taylor attempted to cor
rect him, when be drew a knife, attacked the
overseer and defied his master, who shot biu
on the spot ”, ! ' >
ON -MANHOOIX ANl} ITS PIIKMA
TI'UE DECLINE.—-J ust faltoitoL Gratia, tht SHh
Thousand; ■ ■ ' -
A FEW WORDS OX THE RATIONAL TRKATWP.W.
without SI.-iicine, of Spermatorrhea ‘or Local Weakness,
Nocturnal Emir-ions. Genital and NervouslHhlXity, Itu po
tency, aw! ImpcdmentA to Marriage geafctalty.by
H. 0E tANCT, M. D.
Tliu important fact that-tho many alarming complaints,
originating in the imprudence audwdUtode of voutb, xnsr
1..' easily removed WITHOUT MEDICINE, la InthU Hitmil
tract, clearly d-itvostrated; and the aatirely new atul high
ly‘succeasuU treatment, a* adopted Ay the Author, fully
explained, by means of which every, one la enabled to cori
HIMSELF perfectly and at the least possible cost, then.by
avoiding all the advertised nostrums of the day.
Senfto any gratis and post free lu a scale,!ta
velope, by remitting (post paid) two postage stamps t(i Dr.
B. DE LANEY, 8S East 31st strcet, No\r York City. ■
May 6, XS5 K . !
CHEAP GOODS! CHEAP GOODS!
—Tii? subscriber would respectfully. Inform the citi
zens of Altoona and vicinity that he has just received Ids
stock Of ■ y
SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS,
consisting. In part, of *
LADIES’ PL AIX AND FAXCY DRESS
GOODS.
»nch as SiEw.-Satins, Bareges, DLaincs, Challka, Dneals
Lawns, Ginghams, Prints, Ac.* together witli nil kinds of
Dry Goods. all of which will be sold cheap for cftsl\. 1
1I« h** also on baud a Urge slock'of
GROCERIES, QUEENSWARE HARD
WARE, BOOTS AND SHOES,
and a.I othr'r .goods n-utlly k--pt In stores in this place.
Having adoptoii the CASH SYSTEM la mr Inuinew and
S& r £^i]i£SlJ 0 C^i r ,- ** on *j I have marked wt goods at
CAsH PRICES, and invite Inspection and comparison, In
regard to prices and fioiOJty. with those of any other store
ifl /, * * own * «lve mo a call ond'jqtlge for rourfolTes.
Cuuutry'produce taken In oxdiaag* for goods.* it the
highest market prices. I
April 20-ay] 1
]VTEW FIRM AND NEW WODS.- I
J. 4 J. LOWTIIEU h-i Ti-just 4
and are now receiving their stock Of «
SPRING- GOODS, -
which they feel a*mr*Uro u CDEA?, £
»/K«< a IMU cheaper, than any yet brought tothttphu-e. «
°" aCC ?™ t °f ? oin S W Philadelphia hitc bSi, M
wo have boon oWo to buy our good* at greatly reduced t.ri- I
cm. and wo arodct->raltj*d to «*ell ttiem (it my mtSl prof if
“'«»««* or loprompt monthly paying customers. " -I
W o hnye as usual a splendid etockof * ‘ ‘ v *“r s - s|
I PAPIES’ PRESS COOPS. I
nnnT? Dl r Goo<^ StrawQoods, I
BOOTSA SHOES, HARD WARE, QUEENS- I
WARE, GROCERIES, sc„ Ac. ' -i
The cltizous of Altoona will find ft to their advantage to '<
?* not t 0 1
BARGAINS M3ARQAn*S! I
A NEW STOCK OP READY-MADF I
_ ' CLOTHING : ■ ■ 1
SUITABLE FOR THE SEASON JUST RECEIVED BI
EXTINGER & I
ASU XOW BEING DISPOSED OF AT PRICES WHICH I
y " DEPT OOMPETOTOXV J
A/FB. ULtllAlN announces that he is ?
XTJL 1» always on Laid and will M&'fl«*rire fa
wiring upon all who,may &vor him with a call. iße feels
li able to render fetfafctfon both
in quality and price. - fAprt lfro.u
MAP QP BLAIR COUNTY—THE
propose to publish *-J.>w Map of Blair
; T n n .^’^ >,l V, actn3l lrarT qj'*. Containing all
S2. 1 Koa , f l 8 ’ C,,nal8 ’ .the actual localities of
*r houses of 'Vorsblp, School Houses,
~“^r^ 0r l e i. liMmi * [cB ’HoteU, fibres. Farm Hons
oa, ntimot of Property Owners, 4c. :
■?* **«' W«W Villages a Table of
Sutaucee, and :i Business Directory, giving the name and
u *2? Sl, bscrlber, will' be engraved on the tear
gin. The plotting will be to a suitable scale an as tVmahs
a large an* orn-anrnba Map, which wit! ba col re* and
Jaqnatca ju the beet style, ami delivered to subscribers at
S 5 per cony. 'B4MOW. 02IIV
April 16,185 ft. ISAAC
fe s. must, m. n. ». ju doop, *. s. . S
f\RS. HIRST & GOOD TMDEII I
I / their professional services to the citizens of Aitoota S
and vicinity in She* several branches of . c'' ’ ' 5-1
MEDICINE AND SURGERY.
Country calls regularly attended to.
BttaeßlßM&«** ** **■
- Me&uutife Pfe
J, R Liidert, H. !>.. '* - v ■■■*•» - ■
iOffice advice and 'prcic
fee, for a
Subsequent visits in sat
■%| Services in natural lu
•n . t0wn..... a;
tiWScrrlces lit. difficult I>
**■% town* requiring the u
:tyaotlon'-of Vincent a
, air visits after labor, c
in ordinary cases, :
In cases of labor, out I
mileage ! will bo chai
cording to the usual i
Eor riding one mile m
J.B.HILEMAN.
Sffi
SUiflona
LOCAL
Pat Upl— As I nisi
possible, but cannot, v
counts of the late firn
which have been trar.
up, I b<>P e »H partie
dotted on said books, (
means small) will ma
up immediately Icu
Tribune Office.
MsoiCAt.FsßB.--Fr
Fee Bill of the Blair
which lately fell into
following extract of cl
it would be well for i
plum to Out out and f
that they will kuow e:
peet to be charged for
persons are astonished
is presented for pays
they have no knowli
and have kept no q<
visits, consequently i
nn extortioner, while
taken separately, in m
the following standard
ter of information to <
we give it. There i
charges specified in ll
inch as are of general
Every accessary visit,
-"When detained, fur on
When to more, than! o
in a fhmily, for each ;
patient •••••
For a single visit in a
For rising at night un
without leaving hou;
Night sertico, from 10
0 A. M . .....
Detention at patient’s 1
diem
town luOlts* ....
for e?ery additional lui
Uedncing simple fractu
41 I il ■ 44 ,
Reducing simple fractal
lacßono.
Reducing ample fractur
JaeN. r
Reducing ipinple fractal
For various other fractc
for and nttcntiu
ssky after reduction,
ns usual. ;
Reducing simple dislocnt
Reducing simple dis'loc
Knee or Ankle.
Reducing''simple disloc
Shoulder .J
Reducing siniple dislo«
Elbow, ot Wrist...
Reducing siniple dibloc
Fingers, dr‘Toes
Reducing simple' dislix
Clavicle a......... ...... <
iducing raople dialoc
’•aWec Jqwi...
icing sample dislocu
tt visits And nttentio
sarj after, dislocation
as usual, I
ien a frac
attended |
tional ebs
■ amputai
iture or dial)
irlth a worn
ifgo may be
tiob of Ting
“ Leg i
don of Knee
er Joint
of Arm or f
ion of Fingei
uputations..
ampataj
irSbould
nitation
omputal
! other ai
ccinotion
piping......
meseotion
.trading i
T00tb.......
PEBrORMA
MIUTAB’
today last
the ooigb
eulyect t<
ee in oor
; an old fieri
i borhood of J
: fits of insa
streets, dres
erforaed su
in front of t
[tala, and j
Snry tactics
no small an
and boys «
riral of the
part of Cap
and high pi
i usement of
10 had'congr
s Express tn
Ain, Lieu ten
iiyste, nndfle
knlifa Tory 1
itora gave
manucL Y
the day, in
opsely, so mi
lira ample i
o observed h
different pa
manifested
nevertheless
fag his fits o
hat injury be
A an opporti
though he
||Bity person,
|*coiifined dm
kh6 telling t
Bothersshon
RzxpvAf
toil excellt
removed h:
fonicr of tl
000, mad ii
(U’moldßtm
\ splendid i
Irnsiae*
| the beet
toy where, -
—■’We notice
at artist, Jo
> nparntus fa
0 alley oppos
mediately all
id. John hajf
■asortment of
1 perfectly, pi
rooms for th
«rp expect to
> take plea
istronage of i
tsiton. V
iu to the-
; CaAsas
lew wren*
mins op tl
T SCHEDULE.
moat In the
s Central xrpr
imodatiojn , train from
'it taken 'toff, and the t
e time ,o|r iho Express
is not been changed..
iriTes at 480 and leav
|g,r- leavcq Westward \
ail Train Kastward nrrii
.12.30 noop—leaves Wi
'epmns iutcpding.to take
) .note this jshange.,