C|e Critaaif,
ALTOONA, PA*
THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1858.
■«§. Wlwf«i parties are unknown to ttsjotirnilofor «drer
liting (■ to require payment in advance, ora guarantee from
known persona. It ia therefore uaeletu for all each to send
• (U •dTartiaemeota offering to pay at the endof three or six
iuontln. Where advcrtiHemenU are accompanied with the
tndoay. whether one, lire or ten dollars, wo will give the
•dTMtuer the full benefit of cash rates.
%he New Bird and Game Law.
Perhaps it is not generally known that
a new law for the better presoryation of
•game and'insectivorous birds was enacted,
at the hist session of our Legislature, we.
therefore publish a synopsis* of tbc law, as
nmattor of to all,- and particularly
-to the sporting* community. It is one of
to every. farmer and lover of
nature, and we hope the good sense of onr
tntissenswill make it. generally observed.
'i|ie penalties arc quitestringent*—enough
.(o make the law a terror to evil doers ; in
‘ •
= -The first section provides that it shall
'not.be lawful for any person within this!
Commonwealth to shoot, kill, or in any:
way trap of destroy any blue-bird,: swal
low,, marlin, or other
anyscahon of the year, under penalty ot
, two/dollars.
Section sccond provides that no person
shall shoot, kill or otherwise destroy, any
pheasant between the hrsfc day of January
. and the fpjt day of September, or any
troodeooh between the first day of January
mid the first day of October, in the present
year, anid in each dnd every year thereaf
ter, nnttertho penalty of five dollars for
hacdi, and every offence.
. -iSefltibn third provides that no poison
.shall buy or cause to be bought, or carry
9pt of this State, for t)ie purpose of sup
plying any private house or market, any
pheasant, partridge, woodcock or rabbit,
unless tho same shall have been shot
nr taken in the proper season, as provided
for in apid act, under a penalty of five dol
lar for each And every offence.
Seotiqu fourth provides that no person
•Shall, at any .time, wilfully destroy the
eggs or nests of birds, mentioned ih the
different sections of this act, within this.
under a penalty of two
.eaoh and every offence.
... Section fifth provides that the possession,
nf any person, in this Commonwealth, of
any of the game and birds mentioned in
the different section of said act, shot, killed
,nr otherwise, destroyed, shall be prima
/acta .evidence to convict under the said
aot. i
Thesixth aectioo -provides that any per
jsfln against Any of the provisions
jof ;ttoact,andbeiug thereof convicted
•befoace any alderman or justice of the peace
9^Mrd ; or by the oath or affirmation of
.pore witnesses, shall, far every of
fejqqe, jfoifeit the fine or fines attached to
.the juone; pne-half to the use of the:conniy.
un which the complaint-Is made, and the;
other half to the informer ; jmd if the of- ,
fender shall refuse to pay said forfeiture,
ho shall be..oommU,ted to the jail of the
proper county for every .such offence,
without bail or mainprise: Provided,
however, .that such- conviction be made
BO days after the committing of
the offence^
~ ; accounts received
ftom tho West and Southwest of the dam
age to the crops by the heavy nunis which •
have lately fallen all over the country, are
discouraging. More especially is
this true, says the New York Journal of
Commerce, of the advices received by our
merchants from their: private correspon
dents, §nd we notice that there is a grow
ingfoeling of apprehension as to the re
aidt. Pie price of corn in our market is
sensibly affected by the reports, and flour,
ibcgins tp advance, owing to the same
danse. The season,, however, is 'much
earlier this year than last, as many of our
readers will remember that on the 3d of
July last, overcoats and fires were in re
quest. Should the weather, therefore,
for the remaining part of this season, be
favorable, the damage which has accrued
so far, we do not doubt, will be overcome
jby an increased fertility of the soil under
ihe excessive irrigation which it has rc-
oeivcd.
A! ’• "V • ' *
The Atlantic Monthly.—We have
J % nwnbortf this valuable
. P* h* &n unusually good num*
TSbe Atlantic is now regarded as one
of the of America. It is
published by Phillips, Sampson. & Co.;
at $3 pet year. ; T 7
HAS THKP*HK , AEAILKOiL»()oMPA»T
s a Suepeus or Pixin»B ?---At foe meeting
of the Board of Trade - and Oify Conneils,
held on Tuesday -evening, the subject of
discrimination in favor of western trade;
by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
was argued by members of the Philadel
phia Committee, and the assertion was
made that the Company had not the means
to do more than pay her liabilities, and if
they discriminated in, favor of western
trade, it was from sheer necessity, and not
a matter of choice. The idea was ad
vanced that; the Pennsylvania Railroad
Compahy Was barely paying expenses, and
the failure to pay the four per cent semi
annual dividend was alluded to.
The following, which is credited to a
Philadelphia paper, as a reply to the as
sertion of Sir. Moran, President of the
Erie road, that " there is no profit accru
ing to any railroad in foe United States,
for any business they are now doing,”
seems {p .put quite a different x facc upon
foe matter. The article is as follows:
“ The great Pennsylvania. Railway,-that con
nects this city with Pittsburg and theforweat,
was last year annoyed by largo floating liabili
ties—probably a million or more. This Co. has
now a surplus in Book of over $400,000, and
ftom its[ current receipts takes op every note as
;it falls due. With these evidences of prosper
ity, this jgreat work should bo especially exempt
ed from | the sweeping charge! of bankruptcy and
unproductiveness preferred against all Bailway
Companies, by its broken-ritai at New York.”
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Violent Hail Storm. —On Monday
afternoon last one of.j the most furious
.storms jof rain, wind, lightning, hail and
thunder passed over New York city that
has been known for many years. t It was
not more than twenty minutes in duration,
bat within thpt time a vast amount of
;damagei was done. A church was blown
down, Jfind several other buildings were
unroofed) struck with lightning, and oth
erwise damaged. In Brooklyn a woman
was killed by lightning, and at Hunter’s
Point a glass factory was demolished, two
men killed and five’wounded.
Kansas. —A despatch in a Cinoinnati
paper, dated Leavenworth, Sthinst., says
that the funeral of Col. Jenkins, shot by
James H. Lane, took place on the Sunday
previous, and was very largely attended'
Lane’s condition is both helpless and criti
cal. He has frequent attacks of spasms,
with symptoms of look-jaw. It is now
thoaght that amputation will be necessary
to save his life. The excitement in Linn
county continues. Gov. Denver, Gov.
Robinson, and others, are about to start
to the scene of difficulties to exert them
selves to quiet-the troubles.
The Ladies* Home Magazine for
J oly is on our table. Its reading matter
is excellent, and its engravings are equal,
if not superior, to any of -the $3 Maga
zines. Terms, $2 a year in advance; or,
four copies for $5. T. S. Arthur & Co.,
publishers, 333 Walnut street, Phila.
AST The Mammoth Pictorial Brother
Jonathan, for the Fourth of July, is out.
It is rich and spirited in Engravings, as
usual, .and is sent by mail, post paid, for
12 cents per copy. B. H. Day, New
York, ;is the publisher.
Moths ih,Carpets.— An ‘Experienced House
keeper’: writes as follows, “ Camphor will not.
stop the Ravages of moths, alter they have com
menced; eating. Then they pay no regard to
the presence of camphor, cedar, or tobacco—in.
fact, I rather think they enjoy the latter, Lf any
thing else than humanity, can. Nor will-the.
dreadful and inconvenient taking up, and heat
ing, Mwayscusnre success, fqr I tried it faith-
and while nailing it down, found •several
of the w.om» * alive and kicking,’ that had re
mained under the pile unharmed. I Conquered
them wholly in ihiaway; I took a coarae,craah
towel, land wrong it out of clean water and
spread it smoothly on the carpet, then iron it
(toy with a good hot iron, repeating, the opera
tion on all suspected places, apet those least
used. -It does not injure the pile or color of the
carpet inthe least, Os it is notneceasarytopress
hard, heat and the steam being the agents; and
they do the work effectually on worms and eggs.
The eomphor will doubtless prevent future'dep
redations by the miller.’’
The ATZAKTioTELKaHAPu Cabo*.—St. John’s,
N. T., Monday, June 21, 1868.—The Govern
ment will dispatch a steamer to Trinity Bayrto
pilot in the Niagara as near os practicable to
the point where it has' been decided to Iy»d the
cable. i The Niagara will be expected momen
tarily On and after Saturday next, but from the
fact that the fleet would use no liteam in reach
ing the middle of the Atlantic, it is quite possi
ble that the Niagara may not reach this coast
before the Ist of July. This office has been
placed in communication with the office in Trin
ity Bay, and it ia understood that the’Tetegraph
Company will place their wires hence to New
York at the service of the press and public for
the transmission of such communications con
nected with the great event os may be handed
in fora few days subsequent to the arrival of
the Niagara. ;
JJ®* A chief of 'the snake Indians, residing
near Utah, lately died, and his relatives, in ad
dition to .the killing of his favorite horses over
his grave, buried with him, alive, a little boy,
of whom the deceased was very fond, in order
that he might accompany him to the spirit land.
They wrapped the boy up alive in a
and placing him in the grave with the corpse,
buried them together.
J®* There is a capital story in circulation
.about that Indiana Congressman, Foley.upon
whom so strong a spell was laid by Msfamous
letter. Oue of the. New York members said to
him, “Well, Foleys they rather had you in that
letter, did’t they!” “ Yes,” said Foley, “ rath
er so. Well, I rerii it, that’s a fact ; hut they
rnucUaled it most d—-bly in publishing it!”—
It is thought that it will require a good deal of
mucn.age to work Foley again down the throats
of his constituents.
nor AHD SdSSOBfi.-g
i t&*Oh hand—-the Fourth of July Brother
Jonathan, at Price i2|«itB.
; aQu There is a Quaker in Philadelphia *» op
right thathe won’t sit down to hirmeals. -
jQr Tbe best tinxe for a nnUi to speak is
when he he: something to say. '.-i.
: company'set a" guard npou your
tongue, and in solitude, upon your heart. ;
: figj^Kofreshing—a drink of ice-water, these
hot days. Mr. Jphn. Allison has plenty of ice.
Very friendly—our constable. Every
now and then wo seehim walking np street, ann
in-arm, with somebody.
jgy-The Harrisburg ' Telegraph the
rjttmA of Gen. Simon Cameron for President in
1860. . ' #1 v
The, best way to treat slander is to let
it be and say nothing, shoot it Jit soon dies
when fed on silentobntcßnpt
j .jgggf»- Virtue nejeds more admirers, wisdom
more supplicants, .tenth more real friends, and
honesty more practitioners.
B9u The mind of a bigot is like the pupil
of on eye, the more light you pour upon it the
inore it contracts.;
| jjgy* Prayer was not ■ invented: it was born
with the first sigh, the first joy, the first sorrow
of the human heart. ; |
'I AST 1 New wheat lias been sold at Athens,
sfonn-, for 65 cents per bushel. Old wheat will
hardly cbnunadd any price.
| jpy* On Sunday lost ja heifer, belonging to
Mr. Daniel Young, of Holiidaysburg, this coun
ty, had four eedvea at ont birth.
A baby is'flbuii|hing in Union county,
N. C., only eleven months old, and weighing
sixty pounds. ‘
It costs twenty-six dollars an hour to
light the new hall of the House of Representa
tives at Washington, with gas.
:#Qk,“Atole of terror” —a spaniel’s contin
uation with four "bunches of'fire-crackers and
three tin pie pons fastened to it
. . tfcS~ Several ladies of fashion at - Washington
City, are introducing lager bier into their houses,
as nrefreahingmoming beverage to offer visitors.
Hon. John J. 1 Crittenden is to have a
public reception, by Ips; political friends, on his
arrival at Cincinnati froin Washington.
Leavenworth in Kansas, haa N a popula
tion of 7,000, two daily papers, two theatres,
and several churches and schools.
jggF> Behind the times—the people of Johns
town., The new law in relation to the empan
nelingof a Coroner’s Jury has not yet reached
that place.
Kgfe»’A small chap walking in the street with
a-big hat on, stranger sees him, and cries ont:
“Hollo, hat, where are you going with that
boy?”
Some people turn up their noses at this
as if they were |n the habit of keeping
company with a better. Whom that cap fits let
him put it on. ; x
Troth is like a torch—the more it is
shaken,;the more it shines. But it sometimes
boms people’s jnoses. ■ Can’t help that—such
noses had better! keep out of the way.
The annual consumption, of tobacco in
the United States, according to the latest sta
tistics, is nearly three pounds to every inhabi
tant What a filthy people.
Xlo you eatoniona ? A few grains 'of
rousted coffee, eaten immediately afterwards, or
a teaspoonful or two. of vinegar swallowed, -will
atonce remove the odor from the breath.
The Louisville Journal says; “Bill En
glish got up a bad substitute for a good bilL
We hope his constituents will, at their next
election, get up a good Substitute for a bad Bill. ”
The preacher whose daughter is the sub
ject of some attention by a young printer, will
shortly deliver a sermon from the text, “My
daughter is greviously tormented with a devil.”
,; Scared to death.—Mrs. Keller, residing
near Middletown, Md.,: died suddenly in con
vulsions, caused by her terror v at the storm which
swept oyer that region, last Friday.
The combined production of the gold
mines of California abd> Australia, for the past
seven years, is six hundred and eight millions
of dollars. What a heap of dross It would niake
if all together. . ~ \
Bgk. The Democrats of M’Kean county, .op
posed in the Lecsmpton swindle, have called a
meeting to appoint delegates to the State Con
vantion which is; to assemble at Harrisburg on
the 14th of J.ulj;
Changed—the subject of controversy
between the Lewistown and Mifflintown papers.
It is-not now where shhll the Pa. B. B, shops
be located, but who is : the greater villain and
foulest blaokgeuud. i i , •
)9* A Southern; Methodist minister on a
yearly circuit,ootmtfid twenty-biz children that
were named after hhh, and- during the year: re
ceived as compensation;for bis labor thirteen
dollars. . V: ; 'v.-v
x J®" The distance from Salt Lake City to
Fort Leavenworth i 51,131 miles. From Leav
enworth to Fort Lftramio, 619 ; while Fort
Bridger is only 118 jpiies on this side. df the
Mormon capital.
8®- An infant child, fourteen months old,
of Evan Griffith, of Chester county. Fa., had her
leg amputated the otheir day. This will be ah
unusual thing—a child a little over a year old
learning to walk with an artificial leg.
Mrs. Bugg, a widow, having taken Sir
Charles Price for her second husband, and being
asked by a friend how she liked the change, re
plied; “Oh, I have got rid of my old Bugg for
a good Price.” ( ■ . "
SQk. The most awkward thing in Or out of
all creation is a woman trying to run. They
can't do it. If there; are two! arrangements in
the world that were never, made for fleetness on
the pedal, they aro women and ducks.
AST* An interesting breach of promise case
was lately tried at Louisville. Miss Maria Cum
mings sped Mr. Alien Sutton for courting, her
for three years, and then marrying another
sweetheart. The ju>7 gave MissMariadomag.es
to thcamoimt of S2;iCK)O. -V
Indian chief, being asked his opinion
.ofa cask of Madeira wine which bad been pre
sented-to him, said that he thought that, it was
juice extracted from woman’s tongue and lion’s
heart, for. after, he had drank of it he could, talk
forever and fight anybody. v *
JOT Mr. Dnrkee/ofCouneaut, Pa., lost a valua
ble mare, a few days since in a singular manner.
She was addicted to kicking, and while in
dulging in that spirited exercise. She broke her,
own back !--tbe spine near
the middle, from the sheer violence of her exer
tions. ; , ■■■■"' v" ■
In a race at Detroit last week two horses
wore driven twenty miles in 66 minutes At
the end of the twentieth mile, one of the horses
fell from sheer exhaustion,- and died the next
morning. There is quite a difference between
“ improving the breed of bones’* and running
thedt to death.
jg* A gentleman of Mifflin town was recent
ly “taken hi’’ and “ done for” - id the purchase
of a cow which he observed an Irishman driving
through the streets. Shortly after the animal
had-been purchased, a-gentleman arrived froin
Huntingdon county and claimed the cow as one
which had been stolen from him a short time
previous. Thu Irishman, had “decamped.”
The three barber boys who recently mur
dered Hugh Downie, at St. Louis, by choking,
committed the deed for the purpose of obtain
ing spending money, as Gartner never gave
them any, and was very harsh to them* keeping
them on a short allowance of food. The boy
who suggested thq murder by . choking said he
bad often seen it done in New Orleans'
A.novel suit has been brought by a man
in Baltimore, against the Gas Company. It ap
pears that the Company fills their meteors with
whiskey, to prevent freezing, and charged the
man who brings the suit, thirty cts. for it. He
in return sues them for selling liquor without
license. This is “ diamond cut diamond” with
a.vengeance.
The late high-handed assumption of au
thority by the Vigilance Committee of New Or
leans, was more destructive of human life than’
was at first reported. The Coroner, since the
breaking up of the Committee, reports'that du
ring the time .the Arsenal was in the hands of
the Committee, he had held eleven inquests
upon persons slain in the entrenchments belong
ing to the Vigilants. Besides these dead a large
number were wounded.
* KST’ The weather is again warm, and the
thermometer is nearly up to the highest notch.
But there’s no use of becoming excited over it;
Just keep cool, keep children from eating un
ripe fruit; preserve your equanimity, cat and
drink moderately, go to bed early, get up ditto,
don’t work any harder than you con help, earn
as much as you can, pay your debts, go to
church,' buy your wife a new hat, and read the
Tribune, and you may enjoy yourself comfortably
enough here or elsewhere during the summer.
A Piattobm or Hands —At a recent fire in
Boston, a Mrs. Hickey was caught in the third
story, and could not escape by the staircase.—
She thonrwent into the room immediately under
her own, and on her presenting herself at the
window, the persons below called on her to
take courage and observe their directions, and
they would Save her. They then, to the num
ber of six or eight, or as many as could join,
farmed a circle, each man extending his arms
horizontally, and grasping with bis right hand
the right, and with his left band the left hand
of the man opposite, their arms crossing. They
then told her to kneel upon the window sill,
and to incline her body in such a way as to free
her head from the wall, and to full sideways.—
All being ready, she threw herself from that
third story, window! Not a man drew back
from the-imminent peril to which each man was
exposed ; All stood firin, and this poor woman
was received in safety on the platform of hands
and arms—without any injury either to them or
herself.
A prisoner escaped from the Wisconsin
Penitentiary, last week, in a very ingcuius man
ner. He pretended to bo sick, and was there
fore allowed the privilege of walking in the
yard. He then made a sort of on image, cut
the from his own head, decorated the top
of the imago with it, and deposited it carefully
in His own bunk and took his customary walk
in the yard.- At night the watch looked into
his cell and noticed him as he supposed, repo
sing quietly in his accustomed place. The next
morning when his cell was visited he was still
somnolent, and on account of his sickness was
farther, indulged. At noon, however, it was
thought about tube h§ made some sign, and the
watch proceeded to stir him up. But he wasn’t
there.. '
Operations of the Philadelphia Mint.—
The deposits of gold at the U. S. Mint in Phila
delphia, for the month of May were, from all
sources, $348,400. The deposits of silver for
the same time were $200,690. The number of
old cents received in exchange for the new were
equal to $3,970, making the' total deposits for
the month $553,960/ The gold coinage for tlie
same time was $333,180 in double eagles and
$12,291 in gold dollars, in all $351,471. The
silver coinage was $48,000 in half dollars $159,-
000 in quarters, and 83,000 in half dimes be
sides $6,720 in three cent pieces—in all $246,-
720. There were, coined daring the month
2,200,000 cents, of the value of $22,000. To
tal humßer of pieces of all kinds coined durine
pio month, $3,845,200.
; Russian Gallantry; — A celebrated cantrt
trice, now “starring” it in Paris, lately re
ceived from a Muscovite \prinoe a handsome
brooch in diamonds, in acknowledgment of ad
miration ; but not wishing ft accept a gift, the
motive of which mightbp misconstrued, she re
turned it with warm thanks. Next day she re
ceived a letter from the prince, approving high
ly of her decision, but the writing in this letter
had a singularly glistening appearance, and it
was afterwards found that the magnate, not to
be outdone in generosity, had reduced the re
turned diamonds to fine powder, with which be
had besprinkled the wet ink, and had thus in
sured the acceptance of his homage.
' Tub Unemployed vst THB Wbbtkks CyriEs
Buffalo, Chicago, mid other Western cities, jfc
appears, are overrun with loborors and mechan
ics, who.are suable to find employment, the re
amt of the collapse of the credit system and
free trade. In the former place, last week,
several hundred of this class paraded the streets,
demanding “ work or bread.” In Chicago, the
for labor for poor people has been so
great that the street commissioners have been
enabled.to supply each man' with but two days
twk in a week, at seventy-five cents per day.
ft is now thought best to out wages down to
fifty cents, and put one-third moTSto
mtJ At fifty een.ts per day say* the
Terrific Tornado in lillne|»*
We copy the following ac
count of a Tornado which ffccently pawed
over Ellison,: llh, ;
a correspondent of tihe Monmouth Ailas:
Dub Sib I have just returned from'Elli
son-r-or rather the plate where Ellison was.;
I bare seen railroad disasters, and read of many
more, but never hare 1 seen or heard of such a
terrible calamity as baa fallen on the communi
ty in and around Ellison. ,No tongue can tell,
pen portray, or imagination picture the utter
ruin of that plbcc. 1 took some pains to ascer
tain the main features of the'storm and the ex
tent of the damage it had done to property*, and
of the number dead and wounded. And. in or
der that the country may be as correctly as
possible informed, I give you in brief such an
account as I could gain from persons; ip. the
neighborhood, about which I presume there will
be many mistakes. ■ 4
The storm came' up about five o’clockj and
was attended with a slight rain and somejfaail.
As near as I could ascertain, a black tunnel
shaped cloud arose near Pontoosao on the rirer.
Those who saw it described it as being in ap
pearance about the size of a man amMndving
rapidly towards- the E<ut. I could not hear of
its doing any. damage until within nine miles of
Ellison. It there apparently struck the ground
and entirely tore down the house-of Air. Frank
lin Foote aud instantly killed his wife. | The
cloud then rose and moved directly East, and
next struck at the house of David Thompson,
injuring a young lady, hteiering
her a mile into a slough and breaking some of
her limbs. Mr. Thompson, as I was informed
by Mr. Erskine of Henderson C 0.,, was ott Tues
day dying and Mrs. Thompson dangerously
wounded. A man unknown to my iuforinant
was lying at a Mr. Clark’s in .the aamoneigh
borhood with hislicad almost cut off, who must
die. A boy of Mr.McDermitt was also danger
ously hurt. Near here was also found in the
road a man, apparently a traveller, with his
hood so badly bruised as to be insensible;, and
in all human probability is by this time dead.—
There were no papers on him by which ho could
bo identified. ■ \ . I v
I was also told by Mr. Erskine, who gave me
all my information to this point, that two men
had been out hunting in this neighborhood and
were returning to avoid the storm, when, they ;
saw a woman just before them and saw the cloud
strike her; it took her up out of sight ahd at
last accounts nothing could be beard of her,
'although diligent search has been made. j
The storm or. whirlwind" next struck, at Win.
Thompson’s some five thilcg west of Ellison, kil
ling Mr. Thompson instantly, and injuring Mrs.
Thompson. The cloud then rose and -passed
over to the stone quarry about tiro miles west,
of Ellison, where it struck the house of Mr
Johnson and entirely demolished it, killing Mr.
Johnston and a child. Mrs. Johnson: was
thrown about a hundred yards into a creek; and
while laying, there with one leg broken twice
and an arm broken, she saw one of her children
floating by; she caught it but it was already
dead. It was said by some that they lay out
until next morning and by others until 12o5olcck
at night. Either would he horrible. Mrs John
son is still alive. The. house of Mr. Hurd, a
brother-in-law of Mr. Johnson, was blown;dowu
and Mrs. Hurd killed instantly, and a son of Mr.
Hurd. Another son is so badlyAmrt that he is
not expected to live. Mr. Hurd had a horrible
gosh cut in his side, so that his,lungs'w«jre pro
truding and the pulsations of his heart cbUld be
distinctly seen. Physicians said he could not
bo saved, and no attempt was made Jo do any
thing to the wound uatU Tuesday. Whbnl left
Dr. Webster had dressed the wound and was
watching with him,. with faint hopes of Saving
him.
The cloud then rose and next struck Ellison,
which was a nice little place of thirty buildings,
of which but two remain standing. No one that
has not been there can imagine what that-little
cloud accomplished in one minute. Busings,
timber, fences, trees, furniture, provisions, keds,
bedding, store goods, hogs, cattle, wagons, arc
lying in one broken mass. Locust trees six
inches iu diameter are as completely striped of
their bark os if peeled with a knife, not a leaf
or a twig left on them. I saw a house on the
north side of the street which was moved direct
ly south from its foundation, and directly appo
site was a large tavern which was thrown across
and upon the north sido of the street.; vl have
no doubt that the reason there was no more kil
led outright was on account of the bindings
being token up and carried off, leaving the
floors near where they stood ■
Here follows a list of some fifty names of the
killed and wounded, and the correspondent says
there are others of whom he could get po ac
count He then goes on to say: 1
Of property I beard no mention, en
gaged in taking care of the wounded anil fur
nishing themwith food and clothing. Tpolmuch
praise cannot be awarded to the citizens bf the
country around, and of Young America and
Monmouth for their prompt and efficient aid.
Without any call fop aid they went immediately
to their assistance taking with them wliat food
and clothing they thought would be of service.
The condition of those livlug in the village
before the tornado is beyond all description.—
Their houses are levelled to the ground,' their
beds and bedding totally destroyed, and whole
familes ore without clothing enough for a change.
I saw several young men laying bruised,' with
broken limbs and features so entirely disfigured
that they could hardly be recognized, who told
me that they bad nothing to wear, not oven a
shirt to put on. Women and children' are in
the same circumstances.; 1
In the midst of such desolation it was Cheer
ing to sec load after load of provision and cloth
ing arrive at the platform arranged for that pur
pose, whence they were distributed andsont to
where the wounded and destitude were# ■
Never did I see as much suffering, kltbough
everybody must have been comparatively com
fortable on the'day I Was therej (Tuesday.) in
one house, and that with only two rooms, were
five, in another four and in another three.
Some had been carried away two or three miles,
where they could be taken cape o£ -I do not
believe that there was hardly a whole piece of
furniture loft. 1 Beds were hanging in the trees,
and Sodding lying in the Sfteeg
Everything had been done for the suffering
that could be done; but when the excitement is
past.and those that are now confinedl|b their
beds are able, if they ever arc, to go oat j what
will bo. their, feelings! Who pan restore the
dead—wherei will be their -fathers, nfttllers,
children, brothers,' and sisters—perhaps hll in
tiie gravel Wherewill be their hard; earned
homes,' with all their comforts? Forever fcpuo
—they left desolate and alone. I will not at
tempt to repeat the terrible things that, were
told me, many of which "were no doubt exag
gerated, and of many, alas, ihc evidences were
too convincing. ■ ■.;f ;
I left the place with different feelings from
any I ever had, fblly convinced that lift is ua
certwn, and lhat the ways of *royidenij|ire in
sorutabft. PHILO E. REED.
r ' )
Mississippi Railroad is
Mid to be involved in great pecuniary difficul-
An election of a board of directors took
Monda y- 7th inst > which
resulted m favor of the contractors’ ticket over
the stockholder*’ ticket._ • The net earnings last
receibfe^CaVr-n 36,274, and the actual
I . Tlie Brass expenditures
, ttl >d ihe actual 567?,-
gfe bmng a loss on the year's operation* <*f
JgyThe Baltimore and Pennsylvania
road has been completed through to Banbury*
The laet rail of the last- unfinished
Hamburg to Stmbury, was spiked down on
Thursday last. This is ono of the fewndlroads,
if not the ouly road in the country, ia coarso of
construction, that aid not sasped operations du
ring the late monetary revulsion. The cennec
tiou of this road with the Williamsport and El
mira railroad, must tend materially to improve
the business prospects of the latter.
Worth Trying. —The French Gazette Medfcal
states thatcharcoal has been accidentally dis
covered to be a euro for burfidT - By laying *
piece of charcoal on the burn the pain subsides
at once. By leaving it for an honr the wound
will be healed. It is certainly worth trying.
fST According to Monsieur Qenin,’ a French
Serrcne, the sex of eggs can bo distingnished.
AH containing the germs of male have
wrinkles on their smaller ends while female eggs
are equally smooth at both extremities.
INTENSE EXCITEMENT’—
McCOBMICK'S NEW GOODS HAVE ARRIVED And
ARR.NOW BEING OPENED TOBIN SPECTION
AND SALE.
“Hilloo, neighbor, I’kn here on the ground again. Per
haps you recollect wheal, hut rear, asked yon- to hold m .
faorso amoawnt and tell me where the CHEAP STOSS
was.' But It is different now. It reminds mo a little nf
the campaign of ISM, when Gen. Harrison was elected Pr*.
sideut, Yon have only to go with the crowd -and you will
have no difficulty in finding MCCORMICK’S STORE. From
the excitement down the valley, and the quantity of goods
I nee curried away, they mist bo selling off. very rapidly
and very cheap.”
■** You are right, my friend; I would say to yon,, sir. go
ahead and your anticipations wlil bo fully realised, lie
has a very largo and well selected assortment of Goods.
•He'll sell yon a dress ibr JS/ty cents ami give the trimmings
Into tho bargain, I’m told, and alt other goods in propor
tion.” x
“Good bye, neighbor, that’s where I am going to boy
my good*.” . : '
“ That’s right, and bo should! every body else. Goodbye.”
DRY GOODS, , J
GROCERIES, ; !
HARDWARE,
QUKENSWARE,
STONEWARE,
CEDARWARK,
Hats and Cape, very cheap Bonnets, Miuet’ flats, Ac.; La
die*’ Gaiter*, Shoe# and Sltptier*,w»th Boy* and
Men’s Boots and Shoes, and every other articls kept in a
first class coontry tick*, can bo had -.CJteop jfcr cot’i, at
McCormick's.
All articles of country produce tokea htjercb tu
Altoona, Maylß, 1868.-ly
TVTBW firm and new goods.—
JfA.d.tOVrpnßßhaToJostrotutned from the Oily
and are now receiving their stock of
SPRING GOODS,
■which they fccl awnred aro as HANDSOME and CHEAP,
if not A UUlt cheaper, than', any yet brought to this place.
On account of going ta Philadelphia lota in tho season,
wo have boon abltTfo hay oar goods at greatly reduced pri*
ccs, and wo aid determined to sell them st very small prof
1U for cosh or to prompt monthly paying customers.
Wo have as usual a splendid stock of :
LADIES’ DRESS GOODS,
such n* LAWN'S, ROBES A’ QUILLS, CUALLIES,
BAYADERE, LARELLAS, DOCALS, POIL.DKCUEVRE9.
PEL.USS, PRINTS, GINGHAMS, Ac.
Also, Shawls and Mantillas in great variety, together with
o'good stock of Domestic Dry Goods. Straw Goods,
BOOTS# SHOES, HARD WARE, QUEESS
WARE, GROCERIES, #c., #c.
The citizens of Altoona will find it to their advantage to
examine onr stock, as we arc not to be Uudersuld-
April 29. im
CHEAP GOODS! CHEAP GOODS!
—The subscriber would respectfully inform the citi
zens of Altooun and rlciuity that he has Just received hi*
stock of
SPUING AND SUMMER GOODS,
consisting, in i>art, of
LADIES' VLAIN AND FANCY DRESS
GOODS,
such as Silks, Satins, Bareges, D’Lainos, ChaUlrs, Dncah,
Lawns, Ginghams, Prints,Ac, together with all kinds gf
Dry Goods, ail of which will be sold cheap tar cosh.
He has also on hand a largo stock of ‘
GROCERIES, QUEENS WARE, HARD
WARE, BOOTS AND SJtOES, .
amt all other goods usually kept in shoos in this place.
Having adopted the CASH SYSTEM iifniy business ««d
Icing resolved to carryit out, I have' marked my goods st
CASH PRICES, and Invite inspection and comparison, la
regard to. prices and (joality, with those of any other stuto
in the town. Give me a cnlland jndgoibryourselves.
Co an try produce token In exchange A* SOOds, at tlx
■highest market prices.
April 20-ly] J.B.IHLEMAN.
APRIL, 1858.
GREAT INDUCEMENTS OFFERED AT TUB
HALL OF FASHIONS.
THE subscriber has the .pleasure of an
nouncing tt» the citizens of Altoona, nod the “ rest of
muikin J,” that ho is Just receiving from FhlUdclphLv an l.
New York,' n bountiful assortment of BRITISH. FRENCH
auj AMERICAN DRY GOODS, consLrtlnr, Inport,of.
ROBE A’QUtLLF, CRAPE DIESFANGE,
FANCY OPHDN BAREGE, PLAIN OPHUN BAREGE,
CHALLIE3, DECALS,
FRENCH' LAWNS —BEAUTIFUL STYLES,
SCOTCH) “ ' “ from 61s npironls
FANCY DRESS SILKS, BLAGS DRESS SILKS,
FIGURED BRILLIANTS, GINGHAMS, PRINTS, 4c,
in groat variety. Uo wuiiW cull especialattentiontohh
stock of SHAWLS, which fur and turieln,
cannot be eorpossod, and must be'seen to ho oppredati.il.
Tiia nssortmaut of White Goods and Ladies’ Dross trim
mings arc alt that Cudiion coaid desire. Among his stack
of Ladles’ Misses and Children’s Gaiters and Shoes will be
found a full line from the best city nmiinCtctarcrs.
ULs stock of Groceries, Qnccnswnre, Hardware, 4c, ii
complete. ' r . i
He hopes liD Goods and raids. (which;by the way defy
competition,) will meet tho approval of aU who call upon ■
him.' Your potronage’is respectfully solicited.
April 29,5 m. ' CHK3. 3. MANN.
rfvHß SUMMER SEASON—JESSK
,J|.. SMITH would respectfully inform the dtiim#
of Altoona and the public . geDi'ruUjvbmt ho has Jest
returned from the East with «large assortment
HATS 'AND CAPS'I ,’ B
Which he purchased at low price* for cash.
and will sell at ; '
WHOLESALE AND. RE’SAIIa
«‘ l ';‘‘““oU the original cost. His stock comprises HATS
and CAPS of every description, also and shape. All
•’t® tj l anything in his Uno will do well togfvohiw
a call, as he ice la confident he can siiitl'Uv) most fcstldioiu,
In quality and price.
Ho is alwaj-s ready and willing to exhibit his stock fru
of charge, so that none need fear to call and examine briers
purchasing.olsewhere. ; , _
Remember that his store Is on Virginia street, dbrctlf
opposite the Lutheran Chnrch. : {AptQMm.
HFETTINGBR'S t r
• GREAT CENTRAL LITERARY ZMRORini.
N wk3’ .ALTOONA HOUSE," AtTOONA.M,
Where maybe had nit the popular Publications of tie*
day, such as Dally and Weekly Papers, Magazines, North
and Romances, Miscellaneous Books, School Books, Copy
Books, Slates, Pens. Pencils, Inks, Cap anil Letter Paper,
Envelopes, Drawing and Tissue Paper, Blank Books and in
fact everything in the Stationary line. Toys, Notions and
Games of every variety, Pictures and Picture Frames, To
bacco and Segars of the best quality, 4c, 4o
N- B- —We are sole Wholesale and Retail Agent, in this
county, for ROHN’S CELEBRATED SALVE. It doefijx*
tbedg cure all sores to which it is applied. Try it. ff-tf-
Blair c ounty insurance
AGKXCY.—Tho undersigned, Agent of the Blalf
Lonnty Mutual Fire' Insurance Company, Is at all
tinica ready toinsure Against loesor damageby fire,in* H
tugs, Merataudisr, Furniture and Property, of orrry <fc*’
cniition, in town or country, at os reasonable rates as * n X
in the State. Office in the Masonic Temple.
Jan. 3, ’56-tf] JOHN SHOEMAKER, Agent.
/'IOAL! COAL! COAL! COAL I
Thejmbucrihcr would rciujcct- Z •
Jully inform the consumers of » €MO A L
in Altoona, that ho Is constantly re-Kftil"' “TflwiH
ceinng nfl kinds of COAL, which ho^^
•** deliver at all times and to any part of the town
- Office at residence, in North Ward.
Junol7-2m]
O YESI 0 YES!—GENTLEMEN
draw High and hear. JOSEPH P. TROUT innonn
ccd to tho public* that ho is ready to discharge hb ®J*V
as an Auctioneer whenever called nj>on. [ jan. % 'W*
pONVBYANCING.— ALL KINDS
v f of writing done at the short net notice.—DecdS)
gng<», ic., executed in the neatest manner hy
JOHN.SUOKMXJBB.
Slavonic Temple, Altcoo*^
Jan. 3,1857-tf.]
■A LMONDSy WALNUTS, CREA3I
JL JL. Nuts and Filbert* in (tore and tor sale by
WM. V- SHIHiABD.
March 25, ’5B-ly] 191 North 3d (treat, Phli»dclrt- J
KAjVIQZfe FliESl? JIGGS JUSI
o'WLi*' t££ *n < 4 aadjfJt &a!s hy < iJ, -t JCJpIP-
JOHN ALLISON
UOCAL I
[Public Meeting.— Purau
I pos ters, a number of the
Livened in the old Town £
L last, to make arrangem
lobrstion of tho eighty-tl
k.National Independence.
|[jn motion, Taos MoMix
i Chidi% and E. B. McCuu
Tho President invited son
Mont to state the object
iichL. W. Hall, Esq., res
ect and making a few wc
late remarks, concluding'
Let that a Committee of
pdng of two persons from
[ntod.
pr, C. J. Hirst moved to
| inserting the names of
b township,
the amendment was aoocf
pried, whereupon tho foil
mod as the Committee:—
Bast Ward—George B. C
I.' , .
Perth Ward—John Allis
it. Green.
ITesl Vrurd—Di, C. J. Hir
iOgaa township—John Tr<
In motion, tho members
® empowered to select &
h Word and tho Townshij
in in. getting up the cclcb
tfr. Hull stated that, in or
iation worthy of the day i
money would bo ‘require
Ire works, &a, and ho he
irality and patriotism cue
Litants of Altoona to iedi
willingly for this p
hto contribute to this
ing upon any of the mo
:00. The Committee, or
i also wait upon all per
wards and township to s
soney or other materials
ision.
It was suggested that the
Irt os tho day to be observ
k general invitation is to
unite in the celebration.
Da. motion adjourned.
[ THO 3. J
B. B. McGbcm, Sec'y.
After the adjournment of
[mbers of the Committee
t same place, on the next
bn their duties.
PROCEEDINGS Of TUB
Altoona
According to previous noti
pointed to mako arrangemc
t approaching anniversary
bendence, mot in tho Mu
lock, P. M.
)fdcr being 1 observed, on m
was called to the Ghoir
D.r'elected Secretary.
)a motion of Geo. B. Cratr
■itation was ordered to I
izoifs of Altoona, Logon
blic in general, to meet o
July, at an hour and pla
ptioned, for tho purpose
taming niauucr, tho 83d a
lional Liberty.
In motion, .tho Committee
uu on Tuesday afternoon
[pose of viewing and sc
ivo in which to spend the
Bed. '• . •
Scc'y Cot
pmmittde met according t
tr viewing several of the
plightful one on tho fnrn
nt a mile from tho centre
ie is a beautiful spring of
bio arrangements in tho
lons sources of amusement
[ground.
■he Committee strongly de;
Bent display of fite-works
sona, in the evening. Xh
iplished without nu outlay
refore it will depend upon
lity of the good citizens o
Sther such an interesting
rot up. A trifle—GO cen
n voter in the town and i
it oil demands, and who i
le bis liberty, annually,
(dollar. It will be uccet
lee to know by tho 29th
Which they cau venture t(
[therefore it is hoped tha
Id to have a display, alike
Bting, in tho evening of ti
jr contributions to any cm
po the time above mentioi
BO Committee deem it onl
peetho fact, to a patriotic
»ke ours, that a pleasant
pd and the necessary arm
pnemorate that great and
[ers, who, under a dark
Iged their’‘lives, their 1
m honors,” to have this ;
pent Nation,” to secure <
p and hearty co-operation
land contributing largely
rJ and pleasure of tho occ
was directed
fv," al ‘» Esq., and reqncs
jauress on the occasion,
gnely notice will bo gir
r*- c. jj
coannspoNDEs
n, Ai.TOO^A,
f W. lUil, Esq —Dear S,
Nwemngi of the Commits
Mpropcr observance of
Ehwr 7 -° f . our Ntt «otial
S“ f °;„ “oatb. I was
r° favor the audience v
i occasion.
B will be pleased to hear <
(ur earliest convenience.
Yours most res
I Scc'y Com. c
R -C. J. llinsT, — Dear Sir
P*i °* Committee, desi
iWWM at your intended <
ithat gave us birth as a fre
p handed to me. 1 shall
Pto your request. I will
remarks i shall make
rrobable Future of tJ
f; I am, kindly aad t:
Utoona, Jmjo 23, iB5B. Ijt>
he -t