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TKJHBMY, JUIY 22, 1858.
WSuWlmre parties are unkuown to us, oar rule foradTer
tbSfiito require payment in advance, praguaranteefroin
kuowu persons., It is therefore useless far all such to send
us Mrertisements offering to pay at the end of three or si*
months. Where adTertisements are accompanied tritb-tbe
money, v w)wlber one, fire or ten dollars, wo will give the
Wtrertlserthefull benefit of cash rates. >
Sharp Electioneering Dodge.
-Jt is generally known to those who keep
themselves postedon jpoliticalnffaire,that
Bill'Moptgomery, the
of the WaAington District, in 'tKis'State,
in Congress, was a candidate for.re-nomi
natioo. . Gen. Lazear, of the same district,.
Was also a candidate for nomination, With
a pretty prospect of distancing Mont
gomery. Mr, South, to whom the foUow
ingletter wm addressed, is a heavy-distil
ler and an influential Democrat, and al
though heretofore -a supporter of Mont
gomery, Was understood to favor the nom
ination .of Lazear at this .time. in order
to win South over to his side again, Mont
gomery addressed him the following letter,
Which wc clip from the Brownsville Clip
per. It was furnished to that paper by
Mr.:South: P;
; Wasßisoton, Ba., May 21,1858.'
Esoou South, Esft..-r-Jfy Dear Ikiend:—!
hoped to have visited you prior to the primary,!
election; bat it is now more than probable that
1 cannot do so. 1 wanted to converse .with you;
and to ask your advice and assistance in the!
contest now going on for nomination. ]
I have learned from others that yon were*
stiti rny. friend, and that yon considered it un
fair to deny me a second term, and you do not
.know how profoundly grateful I felt when I
heard of it You have been my friend so long,
that I wanted to see you, and to | grasp once
more you* hand, and to thank you from the
core of my heart 1
It is now years since iUie custom of
giving a faithful democratic representative two
terms, began. ,To deny ' this to me; would be a
reflection on.my conduct, and should disgrace
the forever. Let Gen. Lazoar await his time,
and lie shall have his two terms wilhoutopposi
tion from me or from our I only ask
ode more term, .and then I will withdraw from
toe field. Please speak to your neighbors for
we; do not let diem strike iqo down. All you
do* tor me shall be treasured up in a grateful
memory. .
•I remain .ever, sincerely your friend,
Wii. Mosiooueby.
- P. S. President Buohnnun drinks nothing
stimulating except old xyt whiskey., I told him
tbat.you .'uaed to lure tho best that was ever
distilled in our region,, and he made me promise
to see you and get him some if you bad it.
Could you let me bare a barrel, or even a half
barrel, of the best you ever ,nude ? Write me.
I will send s kegof it to the bid oheif, if I can
get it. ■ 'H. .' ‘W. M.
• Matotgomefy ! received the nomination,
t biit whether thfe. purchase of the whiskey
for Old Buck, had anything to do with it,
we are not informed. It is decidedly one
of the sharpest electioneering dodges we
have heard of lately. It may be interes
ting,to the World to know that Old Buck*
“idrfoks nothing, stimulating except old
rye Whisky.” Atthe risk of being con
sidered inquisitive, we would venture to
ask wlutther.Old Buck ever got the whis
key'so Iwndly; ~ordered for hva by Mr.
Montgomery.
Qcsstion. —By
xtferenroto the local columns of to-day’s
p|aper, it will be seen that the Delegates to
the late American Comity Convention,
hiaye. instructed the Congressional Con
ferees dien appointed to support the nom
ination of John Brotheeune, Esq., of
Hhllidayshurg, as the choice of :the Ame
licanspf.this coufity for Congress. We
believe this to be tto wish qf the entire
party in the county. No man stands
or -has iqore warm and devoted!
fricnds, both at home and abroad, than
f m■■•B. Without wishing to disparage
dtfierfywe mitst be permitted to bay that
. ,||p. j£o confident no man in the district
pan poll more votes or' unite better tfie
opponents of the National Administration.
fe is emphatically the man for the times.
0.4 s Republican enough for the Repub-
Roans and American enough for the Ame
ricans.” Let the respective conferences
itontixiate him, and success will as certain
I If follow as election day.
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fjGpDEY’a Lady’s Boojc.—-Stillunrivall
edas&dfidies’ Magazine ; stands this much
mught after publication, The August
- Plumber contains an innumerable quantity
, of engravings, fashion-plates and patterns,
some of which are most beautiful. To
«cel\Godey in his line, would, we think,
t jbean impossibility. He understands ex-
Hqily what the ladies want, and spares no
|«in» or money to accommodate them.
Terms of the Lady’s Book, $8 per annum,
in advance. \
£' ■?! nV. ■*■ll i I < ■■ ’i. I. •■II 1 . ,
Mobile paper's say that Coi
▼ana, is dead..
> state
In ;pptsuance of by the
Chairmen of the' BepnbUean, . American
and People’s ’State Committees, a Conven
tion assembled at Harrisburg on the 14-th
instant, for the purpose of mospdnating a
candidate for Judge of the Supreme Court,
and also for Canal CommismOner.
A. H. Boeder, ex-Govemor of'Kansas,
was selected as Jicridußt .-ofr-the ConvenT/
tion, assisted by a number of Tice Presi
dents. Gov. Boeder, onfbeing conducted
to the chair, made* a fej# remarks, appro
priate to the occasion. ?
v nom-.
apididata for SnpremeJndge, and
thofollowing gentlemen-wcre uomioated
before the Convention Oswald Thomp
son, John M. Bead, Jas. J. Lewis, James
Todd, George Taylor, John J. Pierson,’ J.
Pringle Jones, David Agnew, Wm. B.
McClure, S. B. Johnson. %' '
On the; tenth ballot, John M. Read was
nominated,, haying received 65 yotes.
The Convention then proceeded to nom
inate a candidate for Canal Commissioner,
whereupon Wm. E. Frazer was nominated
on the first ballot.
The following .is the report of the Com
mittee bn Resolutions:
’ This .Convention, representing the freemen pf
Pennsylvania who are opposed to the leading
measures of the National Administration, moat
especially (hose which seek to stifle the voice,
and ignore the rights of a large majority of the
citizens of Kansas; and those which have pros
trated the industry of the country, and are fast
driving onr Govemmentinto national bankrupt
cy, do hereby declare and resolve .:
1. That the Federal .Constitution, the sove
reign rights, and union of the States,‘and the
liberties of .the people, must and shall'be pre
served. ■ v -
2.That we protest against the Kansas policy
of thfr! National Administration, as at war with
the rights of the people, and subversive of the
principles of opr government. j ,
B.| That- (he reokless and profligate extrava
gance of the Rational Administration, causing
a necessity for continued, loans,. without any
meads provided for .their payment; gives evi
dence of a want of that ability and integrity
which should characterize the government of a
free people, and unless checked will lead to in
evitable bankruptcy. !
4. That the purity and safety of the Ballot
Box', are to. be preserved at all hazards, and
that all frauds upon the naturalization laws,
which have been so much resorted to, to pro
mote the success pf the party we oppose, ought
to be counteracted by wholesome and proper
legislation.
-6i That this Convention do most heartily ap
prove of and endorse the course pursued by bur
able and distinguished Senator in Congress, the
Hon. Simon Cameron, as well o$ that of those
Representatives from this State, who have stead
fastly opposed the tyrannical policy of the Na
tional Administration in their attempts to impose
Upon the people, of Kansas by fraud and force a
Slavery Constitution, in opposition to the knovrn
and oft expressed sentiments of the freemen of
the Territory. j ■
6. That the National Administration, daring
all the late long session of Congress, evinces an
entire disregard ,of the great industrial interests
of the country, and indulged in a most wasteful
and lavish expenditure of the public money. .
7. That the revenue necessary for a judicious
and economical administration of the Govern-:
meut, should be raised by the imposition of du
ties upou .foreign imports, ,aud in laying them.
Sa(|h discriminating protection should be given
as |rill secure the rights of free labor and Amcr- J
lean Industry.
8. That in presenting John M. Bead to the
people of Pennsylvania, as a.candidate for Judge
of the Supreme Court, wo recognize the man,
L scholar and jurist, eminently qualified to fill
and adorn the place.
8. That IVm. E. Fraser is well and favorably
known to the people of Pennsylvania, as an
ablp and correct. business man, and peculiarly
qualified to discharge all the duties pertaining
to the office'of the Canal Commisridner.
10. That we approve of the enactment of
proper laws to protect us from the introduction
6f foreign criminals in our midst by returning
them at onoeto places from whence they have
been shipped to bur shores.
We are pleased to learn that our
old friend, Chas. J. T. Alclntire, Esq., of
Bloomfield, Perry county, is a candidate
for nomination for Congress, on the Dem
ocratic ticket, in the District composed of
the counties of York pnd
jPerry, now represented by John A. Ahl.
WO hope that he may receive the nomina
tion, as that may be considered equivalent
to an election in that district, Ahl, we
consider, has made, sufficient out of ohe
term,in the .way of speculating in mule
flesh, -to satisfy a reasonable mam We
know that qnr friend : Charley has the
ability to represent thedistrict with much
mpre credit to and his constitu
ents, if elected, than did his predecessor.
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Important Law Cask Decided;.—
The. case of ChahceUor p«. Gill was again,
at the late temi the Coart in
Ebensburg. Thiscaseis thn same in
every partimdar with the famous ease of
Boss vs. Barclay, or as it is sometimes
called. Boss t>«.’ Shoemaker. The jury,
after being out about ten minutes, re
traced with a verdict in favor of the de
fendant, which is another verdict, estab
lishing the title of the Barclay heirs, and
is adverse to the claims of Boas. It is to
be hoped, for the welfare of that section
Of the country, that this .will bnd all trou
bles arising out of the protensions of Boas
to the ownership of the lands in contro
versy. . ' ■■■■ ;
Graham’s Magazine.— The August
number of this welcoraeanonthly visitor is
on our tables It bears evidence of im
provement with each number, and must,
if it continues to improve in attractive
ness, soon lead the column of monthly
periodicals. 'Price $3 per annum, in ad
vance. Watson £ Go., publishers, Ph^a.
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The Soamel.—The of
this exceedingly spicy l^o re
ns, abounding as usual in capital bite, at
and sxpo|itionß of Quackery in-the Medi-
Dr, Dixon, tbe editor,
wields one oifthe readiestpens of any wri
ter ever" a pleasure . and,
ricb tttiat- down and wad'bkeffd
aions/and )<% are all equallyentertain
ing. There is an originality of style, a
r but ©cutting vein of saraisxn, ahTa
plainness in his writings; Which makes
them Attractive and instructive. We
know there, are those whoentortaiu e very
poor opinion of tbe Doctor, but they are
■ ef bis
sarcasms ahdf the truth of nis assertions.
We hope to Receive the Scalpel Regularly,
for we don't believe we could do without it.
Dbath G-bn. Quitmah. —General
Quitman died at his residence near Nat
chez, Miss., on Saturday morning last, of
the disease jwhich he contracted at the
National. Hotel last fall. He was born in
the State of 'New York, but when quite a
youth emigrated to Mississippi, which
State he lias served in many important,
positions, being a Representative in Con
gress at the time of his death. When tbe
war with Mexico broke out he volunteered
to fight the battles of his Country, and
served with distinguished ability until
peace was declared. His, death. will be
universally regretted throughout the ooun
try. !
Late f&qm Mexico.— Late aud high
ly, interesting intelligence has been receiv
ed in New York from Northern Mexico.
The forces of Gen. Miramon were ap
proaching | the Constitutionalists, under
Begollado,.at Gaudalajara, to whom that
city was about to capitulate. The army
of Gen. Znazuawas in pursuit of Miramon;
while Gen. Vidaurri was marching on San
Louis Potpsi, the rendezvous for the pro
jected march upon the capitol. From
these; movements, a severe conflict, it was
believed, must inevitably occur. The
siege of Vera Cruz had been abandoned.
Sargent’s School Monthly. —We
have received the July number of this
valuable School Journal. It is designed
for pupils ahd teachers, schools and fami
lies, containing exercises in reading and
declamation, original articles, educational
news,.. etc;"' Each number is beautifully
illustrated. Published by Epes Sargent,
Boston, Mass., at $l.OO per year, or 10
cts. per number.
Rabey the House TamEa. —Rarcy, the Amcr- ;
lean horse tamer, thus closes a letter to his
nephew, in this country:
I wish you could be here just one day to see
how enthusiastic the people arc. This morning
when I stepped into the school, and took off my
bdt, they set up suoh a cheering and clapping
of hands that made everything ring, so anima
ting to-mie, that I was full of eloquence, and
addressed them with ns much enthusiasm as
though I wa!s a second Kossuth. The streets
outside the building were crowded, and when 1
rode out on the back of a vicious stallion that
no man hadbeen able to mount for three years,
they too set up a loud hurrah for the ghat
American that' they think I am. They don’t
know that lam nobody but your Uncle Jack,
that used to horses in the little town of
Grovfeport.
Well. thp name American sounds well, and I
think I would be justifiable^in being prond of it,
if lam not of myself. I wouldn’t like to be
called the'great Frenchman, or the great Eng
lishman. Nothing carries with it so much mu
sic oS the hiking of American.
As ever, your friend and ancle,
AS Oqeaw Tnn* in a Baixoos.—J. Steiner,
of Ilarrisbprg, proposes to cross the Atlantic in
a balloon 100 feet in diameter. Ho says in a
letter to the telegraph: I am satisfied in my
own 1 mind jthatwith suohi oh apparatus I could
cross the Atlantic in 75 hours, and the whole
cost would'not be more than $2.0,000. The
balloon, net work and valyo’ would weigh about
.2,000 lbs., and the boat and trigging 3 ton and a
half—thiswill leave about three tons ascending
power, for passengers, and ballast.
It would inquire three good ocean navigators,
and one astronomer, besides myself. I would
suggest New Fork os the storting point, and am
pertain Jwould strike within 200 miles of any
given distance in Europe. I woold suggest
May as ths timo for making the experiment,
and would "make the attempt In 1859, if I could
get the government or others to assist me.
A. yoxJCJBSiOBT.—Jho Allegheny (Pa.) Moan*
tain Echo vouches for the truth of the following:
“Ahoy, tp or 12 years old, was ineptly found
siokahd exhausted, lying on tixefowpath near
Johnstown,' Pa Ho appeared to- be in a dying
condition, and" aphysicianwas immediately sent
for, who promptly administered a powerful purr
gative; In due time the de
sired effect, and brought fromthe.boy a double
handful of young crabs —real. bona, itde river or
brook crabs, with claws, legs, broad tails and
nil. The mother of the boy explained tpe cir
cumstance by stating that her son was to the
habit of spending much of his time in .the water,
and that while diving he had swallowed a nest
of crab eggs, which had hatched id his stomach.*’
Something or a Sell.— The Chicago Evening
Press and Tribune have been in the habited
stealing despatches from the daily Journal of
that city. Lately a wonderful announcement
appeared in the former paper, that the Atlantic
Cable had:been successfully laid and Louis Na
poleon assassinated. The Journal issued a sin
gle copy, pretending to have received especial
despatches with the nows, and arranged to have
the copy left at the office of the Press and Tri
bune. The latter cribbed the despatch, and pub
lished it in its whole edition. That was a capi
tal “sell. 1 * . ‘ *
#SL. ‘ I declare, mother, * said a petted
little girl in a pettish little way, r tla too
bad, mother;you alwaysbed
when Iwu hot sleepy, Vyoa always
make me get up wheal ‘
*ar ?? Bob&!ng wrttS?’-— I The Tax (Jollector.
Miars.>xerr nicely coated with
sUxer, are uid to be in circulation. VTe.aeldoni
see good or bad odea* ; f v
i ■ Sportsmen should tcmember that they
'render themselves amenable to a fins of $5
for every insectivorous turd they kflU
tfSß'" There are reyen hundred cells in the;
Ohio Penitentiary, and rix h n h*od and ninoty-
Qat of twenty-one furnaces in the val
ley of the Schuylkill, only tour or five are in
bloat,'' and one or two of these propose stopping,
unless the demand for iron improves.
Bgfc, A wife sacked her husband in Harris
burg, on the' Ifith nit. She tied him np in a
sack when he was .drunk, nnd him till
he got sober.
The Now Caslle Courant appears with a
new head this weeL lho editors say they are
now. trying to get new heads for themselves.
Both were badly needed. ’
-f&L Simple Remedy.—ln order to get rid of
the smell of oily paint, put a hitndful of hay in
a pail of water, and let it stand in a room newly
painted. •
BgU Odoriferous.—Some wag, writing .from
Cairo, IU., since thelsubsiding of the flood, says
there arp now in that city 452 distinct and dif-
ferent smells, and several Wards yet to hear from!
B®, Wheeling people call -things by their
right names—Whisky is familiarly known there
ns “ Busthead” and Ginger Pop as “ Rattle
belly Pop.” 1
jgj“ Here’s Webster on a bridge,” said
Mrs. Partington, !&s she banded Ike the Dic
tionary. “Study it contentiyely, and you will
gain a great'deal of inflammation. ”
A dutch woman desired to advertise her
poney, which had 1 ‘ lost his Self, mit a tail frisky
ver mooch, and s xike ver hard mit his hind
fists!”
Another seducer. Dr. Mitchell, was
killed near Lake Bolivar, Miss., by Parker Wil
liams, whose daughter was the victim, and whose
family physician tr. Mitchell was. .
‘ Miss Julija, allow me to ilose the blind;
the glare of the sup must be oppressive.’ ‘You
are very kind, sir,: but 1 would rather have a
a little ton -than nq heir at all.
Charley Fleck was the engineer on the
Locomotive “ Tigdr',” which was so handsomely
decorated on the S(th iust We printed it Mike
Cook. !
Jgg* P.obert McKnight, Esq., of Allegheny
county, has been nominated by the Republicans
of Butler and Allegheny counties, as their can
didate for Congress.
ggy There ore; about one hundred artesian ■
wells in Iraquois county, Illinois. Their avc- i
rage depth is abofit one hundred and twenty
five feet, and theif cost about $2OO.
Iffl 1 Captain Hawkey informs the Bergen
county (N. J.) Journal that 1,100 wagons, con-‘
fainiug 1,500,00 U 'baskets of strawberries, pass
ed over the turnpike in one week.
A meeting of the Blair County Agricul
tural Society will po held in the Court House,
at Hollidaysburgf bn Tuesday evening next,
27th inst.
ou’ll have to bear the responsibility,’
said a mother to a bright-eyed joung daughter,
who thought of marrying without the maternal
approbation. ‘I expect to .bear several, ma,’
said Fanny.
The Union, of Pittsburg, hitherto n
Democratic papery has been purchased by Mr.
J. D. Kennedy, late of the Evening Chronicle ,
of the same city, raid will hereafter be an inde
pendent paper, entitled the True Frees.
ggy* - ’ Paddy’s description of a fiddle cannot be
beat: “It was the shape of a turkey, and the
size of a goose; he turned it over on its back,
and rubbed its bblly with a crooked stick, and
och, St. Patrick Ij how it did squalc!”
Henry Watkins, a young photographer
of London, has originated the idea of visiting
cards with the caller’s portrait photographed in
a circle smaller [than a too cent piece. The
idea takes well apiong. the fashionables.
J. S. Rabet
Ou the Pennsylvania Railroad, on Mon
day, the sth instant, there were 8,654 tickets
sold attho inner stations; 256 at Brin ton’s sta
tion, and 146 at East Liberty. 17,888 passen
gers passed overithe road to and from Pittsburg.
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A “boss,” doctor in Clean, made a bet
of $2O, that he would remove from any horse
anything nature had not placed upon the beast,
ringbone, spavin, etc. A wag took the bet,
showed him a mortgage for $l5O on a favorite
horse, and pocketed the $2O.
N J®" Only the 11th Division of Pennsylvania
Militia is ordered to the Gamp of Instruction at
Williamsport in! September, and will bo paid.
Other companies! 'are only invited and will re
ceive ho pay. So says a writer in the Harris
burg telegraph. ' ,
tfSf* The Newport Gazelle states that a Sab
bath School Celebration recently held in the vi
cinity of that place, “ marched to town on the
boat." Either the grove must have been very
close to the town, or tim.hoai must have been a
a very long one.
■ The Dem.ocrats of Cambria county have
nominated Thorns H. Porte;for the Legislature
apd Japes Myers for Sheriff. The'Congres
sional Conferees! were fostructed to support the
nomination of Cyrus L. Pershing, Esq., and
pledged themselves to ratify the nomination by
a majority of 1500. Setyther steep, that. .
9SS* In France the. wildcbesnnt tree is graft
ed when three or four year- old, and the product
of the tree is a farinaceous out, which the poor
pie cook and serve as a dessert at their mods,
finding it not, pnly palatable, but ' nutrioipus.
This bee becomes very graceful, and is planted
|®u An EngUsh paper says that Wm. I mge
code, of Bradford, - uodertookto walk tew miles
mid throw five tonsweight-over hbr heed in the
space of twohonji.
traordinsry feat in. fony donates less than the
tipe-, ,• jathe first bour b* ; Jjaßqed miles,
and threw a half cwt over his head 120 times.
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PBH Jj^SCKSOBS.
Standard- man tbinksjiwo were not;
Id a condition to see intoxicated persons, on the
evening of the sth insi. Well, we presniho be
knows when a ****
condition. We »t
catod persons im|gintj| every ' onO -else td he in,
that condition ithllwrelvcs ; we feel con
tent to take the others v&hput tejing:
the ’• s"' ~
tSS* The Western States arc literally swarm
ing with wild, pigeons, making sad havoc
among the grain'.' Onp man In Ttfsrion'eShniy,
Ohio, lost sixteen acres, another : eighteen, an
other ten, and so on. They cannot be driven
away,, for when fired at, they only rise to light
again within a few 'rods, hundreds and thou
sands have been slaughtered within a few days,
Iby thcTcitliens, but the lxtS nWaeeSd
to diminish in the least. ; ~ ." .ju %
ggy-The “Sohk of
that has sprung into existence Within the last
seven years, and upw numbers its members by
tens of thousands.. ’ At present is no city
of any importance in the Union that has not
one or more lodges of the latent Order of the
secret societies. It originated in the Sooth, and
in that section of the Union they are very nu
merous ; but recently the wumbeif of lodges and
members at the North have increased with great
rapidity, and the preponderance Will doubtless
soon*be with the North. J|
But few people are aware of the im
mense falling off in the staple agricultural pro
ducts of the older States, as exhibited by the
census reports. New England, for Instance, in
1840, raised over 2,000,000 ‘buShela of wheat,
but in 1850 she yielded but 1,000,000 —a de
cline of fifty per cent, in ten years. The pop
ulation, in the mean time, hud considerably in
creased. There has been a considerable decline
undoubted!}', since 185 J. Tha States of Ten
nessee, Kentucky, Georgiy and Alabama, which
raised 12,000.000 bushels of wheat in 1840,
raised but 5,000,000 bushels In 1850. The
number of sheep in thej State of New York had
decreased so that there were! nearly 300,000
less than tbqro were thirty years ago. Within
the period of five years* the decrease in the num
ber of horses, cows and swine is above fifteen
per cent. In 1815 the produqt of wheat was
13,301,770 bushels. It hits steadily declined
since, and the product of the past year did not
exceed 0,000,000.
The older sections of our Country are becom
ing more and more dependent upon the granary
of the northwest for their supplies of leading
agricultural products. Their (and is getting
wont out nhd unproductive, and the people are
turning their attention to manufacture andcom
merce. In time, scientific agricttlthre, directed
by the resource of wealth, will jeclninl, in al
most all its old fertility, those districts ; but for
the present they must look elsewhere, in a mea
sure, for the great supplies of the Staff, of life.
The opening of the new Territories, soon to be
come States, in the West, is thegreatest of the
blessings to the old Atlantic States, not only as
relieving them of considerable population they
can well spare, hut as assisting; to keep down
the price of agricultural products to a reasona
ble figure. v.;
Laws of Divorce. —We lis.ve thirty ttfo
Stales and there are almost as many different
laws of divorce as there are Slates. Th£ rcrad
ermny see some of these differences by the fol
lowing statement: ,
1. In the States of Georgia, Alabama and
Mi ssiasippi, two thirds of the Legislature must
concur with a decision by the Court to ufake a
divorce. iu
2. In Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, South
Carolina, Louisiana and Missouri, no divorce
cun be granted, but by a special act of the Leg
islature, and South Carolina has never granted
a divorce. *
.3. In the States of Connecticut-and Ohio nil;
divorces arc total.
4. In Massachusetts, New York and North
Carolina, nothing but adultery is cause of di
vorce.
5. In Illinois two years absence, only, is a
cause of divorce. s
6. In Indiana, we believe,;anything, is a
cause in the discretion of the, j Court. la the
recent Presbyterian Assembly;it Chicago, an
elder from that State rose, on ; the trial of Mr.
Shield, and said that as be came from (Indiana,
he desired to put on record that Amos Davie
goes agaiiusi divorcee '—Cincinnati Gazelle.
The Boy Hero. —A correspondent' of the
Pittsburg Feet relates the following interesting
incident: “As we left Pittsburgh in the cars,
we observed a small boy nanied Stitt!, 1 about
twelve years of age, poorly clad, but vciry intel
ligent, having with him an infant tea months
old, the child of bis sister, whp died a few weeks
ago. The lath had brought I the infant from
lowa City, where the mother find died, and was
on his way to Harrisburg. The young uncle
had cared for and nursed it aIV the way—a
weighty charge for.one so youpg. It would not,
perhaps, have been so much ' remarked, ,t&d-a
young girl been the custodian of tite. orphan
babe, but here was a mere |>py, putting away
childish things and ! assuming all the cares and
responsibility of a parent/diSibg a journey of a
thousand miles least. Th& passengers mani
fested the greatest interest in the little way
farer and his j charge,, the lilies especially, in
turn relieving the lad of his burthen, as ho ap
peared to be -almost exhausted with his long
journey. Such constahcy and manliness in bne
of such youthful years is not I often exhibited,
and certainly well deserves the name of hero
ism.” ’ ■ -'" ;: |T. . ;• -
Ciiaace rOB AW Editob.— The Petersburg In
telligencer wants an assistant ! editor, and says
he mast bo “ a gentleman cbhstriicted imatnly
of wrought iron, having a ! motalio skin, em
bossed with ferruginous warts.ond a sfomajsh
adapted to, the digestion of: glazing ligbtwood
knots and boiling water—import, a steam man.
Such a gentleman, or any person dcsiruqs of an
ticipating the - pleasures of Hades below, can
find congenial employmeat iatj this office until
frost. Apply ! -
There sap individual nMji Cape Cod who
can squeeze a steamboat bofler so. tight as to
keep it from bunting, that might prove a suc
cessful applicaht for tocfcitttotion. " - i
■ ■' r-1 1 . ■ nil- r-
A* Teemendiotjs Idea.— A| member of the
Aondcmie des Sciences of Rafis) Whto is also mi
eminent chemist, has invented an apparatus
whip he thinks will, enable Shuman beings to
breathe as freely at the bottmh 'of sea as on the
surface of the earth.. Ho proposes to form an
association for collecting all the treasuries now
lying « the bottom of the Ocean, and estimates
at about eight hundred million pounds sterling
the harvest of treasure to be gleaned on the
route between England and India only Paris
paper. ' \ ‘ v -''V ' , ;■
_ FuntMEß. |woh Saw Lake.—A dispatch from
St Joseph, dated the 17th, eays.tbat the Salt
Lake mail, with dates to the 26th ult, had ar
command entered the city on
; %wy, With head quarters,
min the city. The Mormons have been invited
fo retura and take possessioirr of their deserted
hemes. Prove is still tho rallying point of the
Mormons.' ?;! v ■
gig* The Chambersburg "Valley Spirit
jhr. Bemheisel, the Mormon delegate in Cog,
grass, is anative.bf Perry county, in StUt,
where he has brothers and; sisters new TfUg*
He is well known to many people in Pem
Cumberland.' and Pauphin counties. The edi*
tor of that paper has seen him at Wash,
ington. Ho is a ligbtbuilt, bnldheaded, mild
looking old gentleman, with a face and head
not unlike Gov. Walker’s. He has a clerical
look, and with a white cravat would
clergyman who had grown gray and bald in the
service of the Christian church. His count*
nance is not indicative of sensuality or inunoN
tallty.
Great Exploit op aTles. —The ‘local* of the
Philadelphia Inquirer, saw a hen the other day
which had recently hatched out fifty six chick
ens at one batch!' of which all but twenty an
’alive. Theladiwho'had charge of the fowl
made h iSrgehest rhtße'gronbd.ihd’iadthe
lien sitting on home wads of cotton foraday or
two previous to putting in the eggs. Ho then
placed the eggs, fifty-six in number, under her
in two tiers, placing the upper one bensath tha
other tier. In twenty one ■ days.the. entire
batch was hatched out safe and bound..
Electioss.— Between now and the eighth of
November next, the Free States will elect 12?
of the 286 members of the next Uaited State*
House of RepresenUtive«,leaving nine to he
elected in March, and April next—three in Net
Hampshire, four ip Connecticut - and two
Rhode Island. Vermont will commence the
electing of members of the next Congress, Sep.
tember 7th, and Maine will lblljbw six days
later in the same, month. The Middle and We*,
tern States will elect their UB,in October u 4
November.
Sklf-Posskssioh. —A correspondent of tb«
Lynchburg (V«.> Virginian,.writing Drain Now
market, Tcnn.\ relates the following; A Ufy
'near this place was bitten the otherdajr by i
rattlesnake, after which, she undid her aprea
string, iind tied it over the bite. She killed thi
snakes qqkoff- a piece aodappliedit totln
wound,>nd drank a quart of whlaikey. At
last aoccuinta she was dping wIU £htswu
some spi\nk.
A blast was recently made fat - Ireland,
on die line; of the
railroad, 'in which S.OOttlbe. of gnn-powdn
were used, and 80,000. tons of material w«e
thrown from the lino of the works.
' ' '
ggy- Whilo an officer was* bowing, a cannon
ball passed over his headand decapitated a sol
dier who, stood behind him. ‘You see,’ sakt tho
officer to those near him, ‘that a man never lo
ses anything, by politeness.*
■\fE\y FIRM AND NEW GOODS—
J. J. aJ. LOWTHER luvrejnsl returned from IhoCitj
and ore now receiving their itocfc •>!
SPRING- GOODS,,
which they fed assured are as HANDSOME and (.HEAP,
if »n| a UtVr duapen than any yet brought to this pi* f.
Ou account of going to Philadelphia hit* in the tossog.
vru have been able to boy our goods at greatly reduced pi*
ceu, aad we are determined to sell,than at very email prof
iu fur rash or to prompt monthly paying customers.
\Ve have a* usual a splendid stock of .
LADIES’ DRESS GOODS, ;
•-arch as LAWNS. ROBES A’ QUILLS. CHARLIES.
B.VVADER K. LAHELLAROUCALS, POIL, DECUE VIIE3,
DEL A INS, PRINTS. GINGHAMS, '
Also, Shawls and Mantillas in great variety, togdhtt vlti
a go al stuck of Domestic Dry Goods. Straw Goods,
BOOTS .f SHOES, HARDWARE, QUEENS
WAKE, GROCERIES, }e, \
The citizens of Altoona wilt find It to their advantage b
examine our stock, as we lore not to be undersold-
April iS),ISoS,
pUEAP GOODS! CHEAP GOO^’:
—Tlie subscriber would respectfully inform tW fill
lens of AUuoiu and vicinity that he has Jhst rCcelfril Id
stock of 1 - ‘ijn.-s’
SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS,
consisting. Iu part, of ;•••' \
LA DUES' P LA IN AND FANCY DRESS
GOODS,
such as Silks. Satins, Bareges, D’Lalnos, Chatties, Don’.*,
Luwn a , Ginghams, Prints. «c„ together with all Undid
Dry Goods, all of which will be sold cheap for cash. .
. He has alwi on hand a large stockof
GROCERIES r QUEENS WARE. BARD
WARE, BOOTS AND SHOES,
and all other feofsls usually in stores An tbit piss,
H iving adopted the CASH SYSTEM in iny Winea «it
being resolved bvcarry it out, X hare marked my gwhc
CASH PRICKS, and Invite Inspection ami eowpvriion j
regard to prices and quality. With those of any. other ikr*
in the town. Give nw a Call and Judge for yourselves.
Cuuutry produce tokeu in exchange for goods, at th
highest market prices!
April 2My] J. 111 LEMAN.
INTENSE EXOITBMENT:-
McCORMICK’S NEW GOODS HAVE ARRIVED I'd
ARE NOW BEING OPENED FOR INSPECTION
! AND SALE. ;
“ Halloo, neighbor, I'm here un thecromul again. IV
hapsrecollect when I, Inst year,; asked you to told c<
horse a moment anil tbll me tnen the CHEAP STOW I
m But it Is different now. It remlndsine a little ■.']
the c.\nipnl fc -n of 1810, when Qeu. Harrison’ Va* elected Pn
sldeut. V,ra hare only to go with the crowd end too
have’ no dlfflcnUyin fitwling McCOEMICK’BSTORE. IW
the excitement down the Talley, and the ouantity of c* 1 ';
lace, carried sway, they most be selling'off very raj-ii.
and very cheap.”
. “ Vonnro right, my friend; I vronW nr to you, rir, F
ahead and your, anticipations wiUj be fully reahted. W
lias a very large gnd welt selected assortment of.(hf“ l
He’ll sell you a dress for Mtg otnu ohit jflro the trbnautv
into the bargain, Pm told, ondollothur good* hi prep*
tion.” - , ‘
>‘Good bye, neighbor, thatV whore lam "fcoim to to!
my goods.”’ ' ■’
v “ That’s fight, and no abottld everybody else. Oooibyr
DRY GOODS, . . ; . . .
. ' h"
HARDWARE,
1 QUEEXSWARE.
Hats and Cape, very cheap Bonnets, Miasm’ flats, Ic.: b
dire’ OaiierSrShoßsSnd SUpporivwftS l Mimes, EoytW
Men’s Coots and Shoes, and every other , article kept i» >1
first, claws country store, can bo had’ dmr/f jur ca«M|
McCormick's. . . .---l . ,1
All articles of country produce token •
goods. »?»MbOOEMia
Altoona, May 13, WSR-Jy \
BLAIK COUNTY' UAOtJBKRBAi
ROOMS. I —Mr. G : W. FISHER,' the HiSUdsjtM
Artist, begs leave to inform bhr readers that he is prtpE<|
to take ■
Photographs of deceaged jpersons,
from Daguerreotypes, at the shortest notice and on*
moat reasonable terms. He has jnst received a large*'’'l
of durable and neat cases, of all store and styles, IncloN
a now pattern of Finally Case for four persons, and is FI
pared to fill them with perfect likenesses,
AMBROTYPE, DAGUERREOTYPE OB PUOTOGBAB;
Qlve hlm a call. Booms on the comer of Montgon>-|
anil Allegheny streets, Uallldnysburg, Pa. fjunc 174-
TWE! LIME! LlME!—DuncansvM
liliine Kilns. near nollldaysburg, P«. J
Ibosubiicriber has now in operation, four, Urge o*]
Kilns, producing dally largo quantities of the
BEST QUALITY OF WHITE LIME I
He is prepared to fill all order*, from X bn«hri t° , i
thousand bushels, at tlie lowest rates. , J
WS-Llmc delivered at nay point on tbe
Rail Rood; also, at Altoona, or any point in the
Ing country, by wagon, or at tho Kiln. Addrr«
JTAMBB TtbK-
June 17-6m] . DunctxuniUe, Sl&iT f* 1 - 1
Blank books and stations
AEY. WJfoS. UXXhX wTaTsM
Job PRiKTOt, Stationhe awn Blank Book /7 Jg
MANinrACTtnuat, '
fbmerMarlei it Second Sft.lHtttburg, Fa. T
respectfully iuvltes attention to his large and well
■ stock of ' p
Blank Book, Paper and Stationary,* 1 *
Koad f Mercantile and Book Printing
of every description,.promptly executed. .. i.
Agent for L. Co., Type Founders',
l»la.- [Jane lbj>
COAL! COAL! COAL : d
\V Thesubscriber would
rally inform the consumers of rfo* i,M P** iMM
in Altoona, that be ii constantly rr-KSBTBW
cel vine all kinds of COAL, which . v t «-
is ready to deliver at all tfame and to any part of to*
Office at residence,in North Ward. I
Juno 17-2m] JOHN AlU £ "‘J
• J -- - - u :jL --f ■■ —I
TTAIB OILS, COLOGNES, P$
Charing Cfeam, Td&t
i...
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- uooa
foION 0.
Woodberry Circv
AimeshStationa wi
Grove, mid'
Sd Altoona, comm,
OO Thursday
yjretitafe and pcopl
Im and members
ftlse’ coidiolly inyitet
and pwtw*!* 10
GEO. BE!
SAM’I- A
JOHN H.
.July 21, 1858. *
Saw RsaotAtm
new legislations la i
tbs Express and Ta<
jtead*' went into op
aeot, the Conducto
Km mi tire length of
'to Pittsburgh, with,
doubt bo & great coi
gets, as it .Will obvii
(heir tickets so oftc
With Urn Conductor;
We arc sorry for tb«
prive us of the wgu
those wholo-souled
Col. Book, Giay, nn
visiOßi end Col. Irvi
Division, bat we an
lie all to bexontim
gad we may be enal
in our travels,
that the Conductors
aro the best in the
agement to any of
mast by permitted t<
men than those al
placed in their posi
whom It ie * pieasi
tiavelr-men who e
feei comfortable an
yiyKthg themselves i
by.theb eere sad co
Inead; all wit
ftcO* safe,
roadto travel for soi
tottie taal
the duty assigned th
We-hopcthej may
theirpreaeat positio:
popularity i
(erpnse, the Central
fort ef passengers w
&IT Under their care
1 •; So»IU.THIKVINO.-
weeks
mon
: |iglpi9.76 from
who hlcpt ia
. fiver’s Hall, Peua.
-Howard Cj
thi?tal*alng money w
butcj
testified he art
accuse
Occupied by bin
their root
hadbcc
1
Allegheny. Other
miiitiCii
.^PH'^#» Belr :
thatmoming, in tin
or&t&ght the cviJ
tho detention of the
Diipatek, 17 tk inil. |
I A Fact to be Re:
I m«lf sad 'mechanic,
I tion of the true mod
to here impressed \
that no man should
trhM is properly |>i s
•o» tot is deficient in
Which he Should ol
Rights are rights, ai
| The scl
I to js»f# one his own.
to claim it, T:
M>i* ptincip
* “tosand reputation
less a gentle
Q&h*t|ghty airs and
tog ditoned for mo:
fwtftliong before. J
Voshy of his hire,
and e<
other .people: nevert
tintos; require that ■
Ttonld bo sorry to g<
ougsorho asked us fi
*~-y - • tK- *.. \ .
Bill * rosy small po
.ho demat
Hotel, He
▼Wt to the town ‘
Ire enjoyed tb
Corporal
the Hotel above me
W»le we most sayJ
down to a better om
tela, on extraordint
informed that it was
things !on the day in
We 3o not wonder n
and table aro so fa
who patronize him,
who stops there one
Every luxury that tl
afford, grace his tab
to procure the first
can be had, and we
CQtcrprise-is suitabl
Corporal, say we.
Hkuoiobs.—Rev
tUo Lutheran Cbm
; at
• 3Cberewi
• in