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    C|« Jltflirna Critome.
ALTOONA, PA.
MfSsUAY, JULY 29. 1858.
WX> Where parlies aro unknown to us, onr rule tor odvcr
tlslDgil to toquiro paynicnt iu ad vanca, or a guarantee from
known pend ns- It le therotoro useless for nil such to send
u 4 advertisements offering to pay nt the end of throe or six
months. Where advertisements arc accompanied with the
money. Whether one, five or ten dollars, we will give the
advertise): the full benefit of cash rates.
V%e “Whig” in for a « Foss.”
“A from Blair County," and our
comments thereon, which appeared in the
lostnumbcr of. the Tribune, upset the
cquiliblinm' of-;tlie pliant Major of.the
Whig, and knocked bis calculations into
“ pi,” and forthwith he .pitches Into the
candidate put forth for congressional hon
ors by the delcgaies to the American Coun-
ly Convention) and also the delegates them
mjlvcs, in a style which will.not advance
the proSpccta of bis side iof the house.
flis article starts' out with an assertion
which the writer knows to be false, and
concludes with one equally remote from
truth. The editor of the Whig knows
perfectly! well thqt the neverpro
fcsHcd neutrality; hut we excuse his scein
ing ignorance, op the ground that it is
ouly-by perverting truth that he ccluld
make a show of opposition to that “Voice”
which 1 is now grating so unpleasantly upon
his cars. As to the explanation he ask§,
we think the “ voice” explains itself in a
easily misunderstood—only a
little to plain tb be agreeable. Wc care
nothing about the proceedings of the Con
' vention. - Other men have been rejected
by Conventions, and nominated and elec
ted afterwards; and it may be so again.
With the action of the Delegates to the
American Convention, we think the Whig
has little to dp, and the less said about
them the better for his cause, or that of a
Union between the opponents of the na
tional and State Administrations. Wbch
he mentioned his favorites in connection
with the nomination in this district, no
opposition was made to, them by the other
wing of-the party, in an open manner;
but as soon as the Americans express a
preference for a candidate, and one, too,
against whose popularity and qualifications
he dare not say a word, he is the first man
to endeavor to create dlssehtion. Such
incendiary attempts 4f to ignore the wishes
of the Americans of Blair, will not ad
vance the claims of the gentlemen presen-
tcd,through the columns* of the Whig.-
A difficulty between the American and
Republican parties in this county is all
that the Administration party desire, and
the Whig appears anxious to play into
the hands of the common opponents of
bothparties. '
Mr. Brotherlirie has certainly as n&any
claims on the conferees- and the people of
the District, as those 'mentioned through
the columns of the Whig. To say that
he is not entitled to the last consideration,
is about-equal to proclaiming that the fif
ty-seven delegates to the American County
Convention, who signed the recommenda
tion, are nobody’s, and the vote of the
American party in Blair is not worth con
sidering. . We should likp to know how ]
the editor of the Whig figures up a ma- ;
jority for cither of his candidates in the
district, by leaving out the American vote
of Blair County. He insinuates that the
manifesto wa* gotten up for the purpose
of producing more trouble. Well, that's
cool. -There was no trouble so long as he
could sebthe track clear for bis favorites,
but immediately on the entry of another
candidate, he creates the trouble an&then
attempts to charge it upon others, yho
ate only pursuing hie example and doing
what they had a perfect right to do. But
we axe not.astonished at the course of the
Whig. Men who entertain but one idea
are ever anxious to display it when an op
pqrfunity offers, and consequently the ed
itor qf the Whig, who is one of this class
of individuals, could not' pernut-a man to
be named by the Americans in connection
yaflx flic nomination for Congress, without
displaying bis ultra Republicanism in an
indecent attaok upon the candidate and
those who recommended him.
There-is no division among the oppo
nents of the Democracy on the Congres
{fional question, in the other counties in
tlte district, and there should he none in
jHaiv; hence we consider the article in the
Whig exceedingly impolitic, entirely un
.for and- destined to decrease the
Xiuws for nomination, by the union Con
terence, of those recommended through
dm columns of that paper, unless it is
tKo to-elect without the aid of
American votes.
Editorial Excursion.
*Qn Friday and Saturday last, our town
wte honored with the presence of a num
ber of editors and other distinguished men
from Philadelphia and vicinity, prominent
among whom was Morton McMichael, of
the North American ; . JohnW. Forney,
of the Press , and Chief Justice Lewis.
The cntiic Company numbered about 40
persons. They came up on invitation ex-,
tended them by the Board of Directors of
the Allegheny Mountain Health Institute,
at Cresson. While in this place, they
visited all the shops and places of interest.
Wc copy the following extracts from a
long article in the jßnen,,of Monday last:
At Altoona the tourists were glad to be onoe
settled comfortably on tom firms, and to eiyoy
the hospitable shelter of the Logon Honse.—
This hostelry at the great centre of the opera
tions of the Pennsylvania Baiiroad Company is
almost colossal in its proportions, and fora
town of five thousand inhabitants 1 may be con
sidered a wonderful sample of American-pto-
gress.
The internal economy of the honse is com
plete in every department, and in all the ppints
of a well-ordered hotel, of the first-class, it
challenges comparison with eny in -the great
seaboard cities. That it should be superior ta.
even the first-class hotels in Europe need not be
Wondered at, for everybody knows ~that even
the best of these are only tolerable when coin'
pand with the noble caravansaries which abound
ail over the Union/hat it. is verydonbtfal
whether it is hot almost superior to even the
most celebrated in; our great cities.. The mar*
vel is to fiud sucha house, provided with all
the elegancies and substantial comforts of the
most luxurious and palatial residences, on the
summit of the AHeghanies—on a fable-land
some elevenfiqndzed-ftoi above .the level which,
wc bad left only a few hours before.
After a good night’s rest, Which was the more
enjoyed as the thermometer indicated a temper
ature of 68 degrees, the excursionists rose, and,
prepared to make a personal inspection of the
immense network of machine-shops connected
with the .Con.tnd Bead, The whole place, in
fact) owes its existence to this railroad compay;
for within the last eight years there was only a
single, log cabin, (which still remains, and ought ■
to be preserved) on the sito where now are com- 1
fortablo homes for several thousand people,
with all the necessary' civilizing adjuncts of a
large town, including a good newspaper.
The next step set down in the programme'
was a visit to Grosson, a point about fifteen
miles west, and about twenty-two hundred feet
above the level of bur Delaware. The railroad
from Altoona to thia elevation is certainly one
of the greatest triumphs of engineering over
achieved. Gradual as tho ascent appears, itis
at the rate of ninety-fire feet to the mile, or
about one in fifty-five. There was only one
feeling among the tourism on this point, namely,
of delighted admiration. Several who had tra
versed the beaten and now familiar roads of
European travel emphatically declared that
even Napoleon's? far-famed road of tho Simplon
was inferior to the wonderful path over which
the iron.steed passed, with as much rapidity as
safety. |Tho solid mountain cut through, the
iron rails securely laid down, the most pictur
esque scenery, the most exquisite blending of
the beautiful and the sublime—these formed a
combination most marvellous, we might have
said most overpowering.
It is usual to compare tho mountain scenery
of one locality with that of another. We may
therefore say that the difference, as it struck
ns, between the AUeghanios in Pennsylvania,
and the mountains in Switzerland, can be sta
ted in a single sentence. Wc do not compete
i with Mont Blanc, poetically immortalized as
“ the monarch of mountains,” but this railroad,
along wbiob we were whirled, gives us a new
point of view. In Switzerland, the roads are
in the valleys and the traveller, driven along
them, looks up at the mountains which surround
him. But, from tho Alleghanics which we as
cended, wc .looked down upon the lovely vallics,
surrounded with lofty hills, and surely such a
succession of scenery we never before bad seen.
, Grandeur and beauty were charmingly blended.
At every new view, of particular attraction,
where the scenery was boldly grand and origi
nal, Mr. Foster made the locomotive pause, to
permit all to feast themselves with snatches of
such rare beauty. Nothing so overawing in
pointof sublimity, can be Imagined without
‘ seeing it. Wo fhril not attempt to describe
the indescribable. ■■ .
One very grateful and well-deserved act was
performed at Altoona, on Friday evening, name*
• 1/, the organization, under the presidency of
Chief Justice Lewis, of the tourists into a
‘Tneeting,” at which thanks were voted to Mr.
foster, Vice-President of the Pennsylvania
Central Railroad, to the directors of the Cres
ses Health Institute, and to Dr. Jackson; to
Mr. Campbell, of the Mountain House, and to
D. B. Miller & Co., the proprietors of Logan
House, Altoona.
■ As these resolutions will be published in our
own and other Journals, when drafted by the
Secretary of the meeting, we only here have
stated the fact that they were unanimously and
gratefully passed. Hot we mnst add that the,
visitors are under the. greatest personal obliga-'
tiona, hot ontyto Mr. Miller, butto.Mr. Waite?
C. Hoe, of Logan House, who gratified aillheir
wishes, and actually seemed to anticipate them.
He is one of Hid most courteous, 'attentive,.in
telligent gentlemen We have ever met, and Hie
opinion we thus express is shared, we know, by
ollibe party. He has their best wishes and
thanks. -
The Logan House, which the party quitted
with regret, at noon'on Saturday, merits a more
detailed description than we can new give.—
Xhe following statistics, however, will convey
some idea of its extent and completeness:
Xhe whole length of * the boUding 286 feet, ''
depth of wings 88 feet, back buildings 158 feet
The principal floor contains 1 dining room 140
feet long bySSfeel wide.. Hast wing contains
8 drawing rooms 26 feet by 34. West wing, 1
gentlemen’s parlor, smoking-room, ■ and offibe.
The centre of the building is two stories high..
The’ wings are four stories high. The back
buildingjTarc 8 stories high. The verandah, 12
feet wide, extending 450 feet around the bail
ding, and is constructed of best styles of iron
work.
The second story contains forty-seven cham
bers, four parlors, six bath-rooms, with cold
and hot water, and four sets of water-closets.
The third story contains thirty-one chambers,
two parlors, and two bath-rooms. The fourth
story contains thirty-four chambers.
Mr. Thomab Burchinell, master builder to the
Railroad Company, superintended the erection
of the Logan House. The design, we believe,
originated with Mr. Strickland Eneass, of our
city. Design and building arc admirable.
ggk. The Junior Sons of America will
hold their , Annual State Convention, in
Lancaster city, on Thursday, sth pf Au
gust. We understand that the Pennsyl
vania Railroad will issue excursion tickets
to all the regularly elected delegates who
may wish to attend. Their National Con
vention will be held in New Yprfc city oh
the 10th of August.
DisSth op an Editor.-—Wm.' I*. Por
ter, long knoWn. as the editor of the Spirit
of ike Times , and of various sporting pub
lications, died in New York on the 19th
inst. Mr. Ported, after leaving the Times ,
in which he had gained a wide reputation,
established, about a year or two since, a
new periodical Entitled Porter's Spirit,
of which he was editor at the time of his
death. He was a man of much cleverness
asa writer Ih Ms department, and of a
highly social and convivial temper. Mr.
Porter was attacked on Friday previous
with chills and] fever) and died on the
above day at 9 o'clock. He was fifty-six
yeArsof age.
Ladjeh Home Magazine. —The Au
gust number »f this excellent Magazine,
now graces our table. The engravings
are superb. Published by T. S. Arthur
& Co., 828 Walnut street, Phila., at $2
per year in advance.
PEH AOTBCISBOES.
Lceflier, the Cincinnati murderer, is en
deavoring-to starve himself. On the 18kh inst.
be had neither jeaten nor spoken for five days.
it is stud, will be
the anti-Lecomptoh candidate for Congress in
the thirteenth district of Pennsylvania.
BQu A ladyuptoWn refuses to wear a watch
in her bosom because it has bands on it. Mt
Moriah.
Edgar Thompson, Esq., President of
the Penn’o. Central B. R., has just been elec
ted President of ' the Pittsburgh, Chicago and
port Wayne road also.
: -$& Rev. Mr. Spurgeon, the preacher, who
has created so much excitement in England,
will shortly leave that country for a visit to the
United States.
Iff* Mr. Henryßills was recently married
jin Michigan, to Miss Mary Small. Wonder, if
the laws of th&t State prevent the issuing of
mall liiUt I
What,are the four qualifications that fit
a sheep to a member of the Jockey
Club?—Because he.is bred on the turf, gam
bols in his youth, associates with blacklegs, and
is fleeced at lost.
A man in Kentucky killed a cow, a few
days since, in whose stomack were found a
large brass ring, a hair-pin, and a quantity of
hooks and eyes, i “ Brindle ” had probably
swallowed the milk maid.
, The India News possesses some interest.
The British troops meet- with success every
where except in ' the climate. The sun and
summer are slaying far more than the enemy
have or can.
J®* At a foot race in Bangor, Mo. , James
Small, of Albany,, run. around the mile track
four times, drawing a light sulky, in 34 min
utes and 87 seconds, and then on Indian .ran
five miles in 80 minutes and 12 seconds.
gQy* Alfred, a slave, aged about 14 years,
was hung on the 16th inst, at Mobile, Ala.,'for
the murder of the son of Mr. Gomez, about two
years ago. The victim was four years old, and
his murderer twelve, at the time.
B®> The , Democrats of Schuylkill county
have divided into'two factions, each of which
claims to be “ the party,” and denounces the
others as disorganizers. They have called sep
arate county conventions and delegate elections.
B®» In a late . Mississippi row, one of the
rowdies “ shot at a man and bit a horse.” If
a rowdy were to make a bad shot at our neigh
bor of the New Albany Ledger, he might possi
bly hit a horse, but if he made a good one, he’d
hit an ass. ;■ I
■ A Lawyer in one of the Western courts
lately threw a cane at the head of another.—
The Court required him to apologise for it.—
He did so, and added: “ While lam about it,
I may as well apologise beforehand for throw- N
inganother coneat him the first chance I get.”
is stated /hat there is not a county in
the United States that produces from her own
soil more wealth than Washington county,
Pennsylvania, jjtn ordinary years, she
$230,000 worth t of wool, $BOO,OOO wheat and
flour, $500,000 cool, and $350,000 sheep and
hogs, making a total of $1,400,000.
$9“ Extract from Mrs. Steel’s “ Residence
in Switzerland,”, showing what Various basiles
the Swiss girls wear; —“In order-to ease the
labor of milking; the cows, the maids sit on lit
tle low stools, which they cany about with
them ready strapped to person, producing
an effect more characteristic than poetical.”
,*&-A married resident of Bristol, Conn.,
has been fibed six dollars and costs for pinch
ing his wife when in bedi His defence Was
that die threw her leg that way and hit a boil
from which he Was suffering, and that he mere
ly struck out ha save himself.' Tiro lawyers on
each side were engaged.
—This is one of the Boston Travelers stories,
was nominated for Congress, by the Democrat
ic, conference: Which* met in Greetuhtus last i
Thursday. : Mr?-Foster is a. statesman, whose 1
reputation is not confined to hia own district ox
State, but is national. He was formerly in
Congress, where he was an acknowledged leader
of the Democratic forces.
understand that Horn Stephen A;
Douglas has accepted the invitation tendered to
him by the Board of Managers of the State Ag
ricultural Fair, and will deliver an address at
its next annual meeting, in Pittsburg, in Sep
tember. It will be a fine opportunity for hear
ing the “ Little Giant,” and we have no boubt
that thousands! will embrace it. %
The region of the West recently sahmer
ged by the overflow of the rivers, is now afflict
ed by miasma, caused by the decaying matter
left upon the subsidence of the.fioods. Droves
of hogs turned out upon the reclaimed lands
along the Illinois shore, are dying off rapidly
from an epidemic which has suddenly broken
out ; the health of the inhabitants is beginning
to suffer.
\
■ ■' tie Altoona Tribune.
New and Valuable Invention.
a B. OaOa’t Patent Setf-Q*t*ectingSe}f-DiKe*t**i*9
Cttr Cbvpting and Friction Bumper. :* .. . .
Misses. Editors Since the issueing 6t this
patent, it has received many flatteringooU***
and universal praise. The newspaper* hare
spoken of it in the highest
ing will show. The Harrisburg JSentld, of the
13th Inst, saysi' • ;
Valuable Ixvxsnost.—Great Lft9a*mgl»-
provenunL —We have at several different pen*
ods spoken very favorably in regardtothe inn
protement which ear fellow dtixen, Mr. C. B-
Cotter, has made and received a patent for, in
reference to the coupling of railroad care. The
merits *f this invention are of so, peculiar and
useful a nature, that we feel it a duty that we
should give a 'more lengthy description of it
than has yet appeared in print. The new coup
ling consists of two distinct (pieces, which are
fastened separately into the ears in the same
manner almost'as the ordinary coupling, and
can be fastened into anySortof cars. The rear
section is a solid piece of iron, with a spear sha
ped head, back of which the iron tapers gently
to a greater thickness. The front section, or
part tn the rear of the front ear, consists of two
-heavy springs, double the width of the rail on
which the car runs, with a “ ketch ” on the end,
that receives the spear shaped head above- men
tioned. By this arrangement, two cars coming
into contact with onelanother, wall immediately
become connected, and cannot be cast apart un
less in case of an accident, such as the improve
ment is principally intended to obviate, or by
the regular manner provided for. To discon
nect the cars, regularly, the exceedingly dan
gerous practice of going in bettreon thqm is not
required, but all that is needed is to step upon
the platform, move a “right and left*’screw
which unite the springs, and by a slight turn
they are opened widej enough to allow the coup
ling to become detached. By means of the
spear shaped head, and the peculiar form of the
“ketch” in which it! is received, the coupling
is,jiWith unavoidable {precision, immediately de
tached, in case of either car running off the
tracks the breaking flown of one or the other,
or the overturning of either.
The great advantages of this invention may
bfe perceived by any {person of ordinary talent
at a moment’s thought. Nothing that has ever
been produced in railroad inventions surpasses
it in the mighty consequences which its intro
duction must effect; The inventor has had a
very extensive experience in railroad life, and
the present effort has been the result of a long
and earnest study upon the subject.. Mr. Cot
ter has received letters of the most favorable
character relative to his invention, from rail
road men high in authority in this State, and
wc hope before a period of much length passes
by, be may have toe proud satisfaction of seeing
his labors crowned With success, in the general
introduction of his improvement upon the rail
roads of the country.
The Harrisburg Telegraph of the 7th Inst.,
says:—
Cottkb’s Patent Cab Couplings.—Our fe!
low townsman, C. 8.-Cotter, Esq., who was en
gaged for a number of years as Weigh Master
and State Agent on the Allegheny Portage Rail
road, ond more latterly as Mail Agent on the
Philadelphia and Reading and Dauphin Susque
hanna Railroads, and having, consequently, a
large practical experience in Railroad matters,
has within a few days completed and patented
a most important improvement in Car Couplings.
The peculiar advantages of this invention are
said to consist in the fact that it is self connec
ting and self adjusting, while upon any disar
rangement occurring by the cars running off
the track, the breaking of a wheel or an axle,
it Instantly detaches and disconnects itself.—
This invention basJ we are informed, been care
fully examined by p largo number of scientific
and practical railroad men, <uid pronounced by
them, a most valliable improvement. Among
these we are advised is H. J. Lombacrt, Esq.,
late Superintendent, and now Vice President of
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, R. C. Cul
len and Geo!. A. Ricbols, Esqs., President and
Superintendent of the Philadelphia and Reading
Railroad, with many others. Wo congratulate
Mr. Cotter upon bis good fortune in completing
on invention, on which he has spent much time
and thought, and which promises such impor
tant results in safety to life and property on
our railroads,, and likewise such substantial ben
efit to himself. We ore the more pleased to
make this announcement os Mr. Cotter, is we
believe, a practical printer, and for a number
of years printed and edited a paper in the nor
thern part of this State.
The Lykens Journal of the 15th and 22d inst.,
says:—
“ Valuablk Intentios. —Wo have within a
few days, had much pleasure in examining a
new invention which is destined to effect a
great saving in lifis and property. Tho inven
tion referred to is'an improved car-coupling in
vented by Mr. C. B. Cotter, of Harrisburg. It
is so arranged that in case of accident, by run
ning off the track* upsetting or breaking down,
the train is disconnected at once, so that but
one car leaves the track or is damaged, The
operation of making up trains, which is attend
ed with much danger with the present couplings,
is by this improvement rendered an automatic
operation, the simple backing together of the
cars being all that is nepessary. The cost of
the improved coupling is but little greater than
the common while its simplicity, efficiency and
safety mpst render it by far more economical
and commend it to the attention of railway
companies.”
“Mr. Cotter, whoso now coupling we no
ticed last week, was here, a few days, exhibi
ting his invention to the managers of the Ly
kens Valley Railroad. Wo learn tnat Mr. Fos
ter, the superintendent, intends trying the In
vention as soon as he can spare the cars long
enough to have it fitted. Had this coupling
been in use on the New York and Erie roads,
but ene ear would have left the track in the
late accident”
Mark the Reference to the New York accident!
The Harold calls it a u life-taving Improvement I’’
The results of this Improvement in saving pro
eri>/, aB well as life, arc startling when properly
contemplated. The inventor made aiT-ex
hibit to CoL T. A. Scott, GenT Snpt of the
Pa. B. It, at request of H. J. Lombaert,
Esq., on the 21st inst, and ; $o A. Ward, Esq.,
Principal Car Builder for the Company, on the
22d inst, preparatory to introdudng it upon the
Fenruylvania Railroad; Col. Scott Is at once I
one pf the greatest Railroad managers in the
world, and no man does more for the benefit of
both a Company and the public than he docs.
The saving ofcobtfiy the breaking of cars, (as
done-by the present mode by drawing them
along when off ithe track,) together with the
saving Of human life and the cost of penonot
damage, are objects of too much importance to
escape bis sagajdty and economy, Mr. Ward,
who stands high! for scientific and mechanical
skill, will undoubtedly coincide with Col. Scott
This will be inj muson witix H. J. Lombaert,
Esq., eix ytartago, when he was Superinten
dent, and within three toetie past—now Vice
President ' VERITAS.
. WST He wbo-thinks- becan find witbib him-'
selfthe meansofdoing wilboutotheralsmttcb
mistaken; hat he who think* others oannot do
wiUiout him, is still more mistaken.
Terrible A«cHe*toii «i££rl*
ndMMix Urea IdNrt*
The most serious accident that has ever oc
curred on the happened
Express train (which leaves Jersey City at 5.80
P. M.,) on Thursday, six miles east from Port
Jervis, at about 9 Vcloek P. M. The train con*
•isted of a locomotive, six passenger cars and
one baggage crate. There were about 150 per
sons on thetrain. They had just stopped at
Comer where passengers .take tea,
and then proceeded westward at the rate of
about 85 miles an hour. - On approaching a
i place, known as “Shin Hollow,” where the road
Is straight, with a “steep embankment, some for
ty feet in depth on one ride, the locomotive
struck a .broken rail, which it jumped, carrying
along the crate and the first four passenger cars.
The two rear cars, however were thrown from
the rail, and, after being drawn over the sleep
ers for some distance, de coupling broke, which
connected these, two cars with the rest of the
train, and they were both thrown over the em
bankment. The rear ear turned two or three
times completely over, while the other made bpt
one turn and a half, remaining bottom up. The
last car was torn to fragments, one ofthe heavy
iron trucks passing through the bottom and
crashing to death sereral of those ,^ithin. All
the deaths occurred in this ear, fflil* -In this,
os well as the other, a largo number'tristo seri
ously injured. A number bad dpi* limbs bro
ken, ana were pierced by splinters and fragments
of the wreck. Six persons were foondj to
been killed, vis.: three men, one ,wom|n, (col
ored,) and two children. Two or. three were
living last evening whose injuries areso serious
that it is thought they cannot recover.:
For over on hour a scene of the wildest con
fusion prevailed around the spot. All delights
having been extinguished, de surrounding
darkness added to the horror of their situation.
While some labored industriously to extricate
dose who Were buried beneath de wreck, od
ers piled portions of de fragments together and
made bonfires to give light, andptiiersibroaght
water from a spring near by to revive dose who
were fainting from pain and loss -of bipod. AS|
soon as possible after de full^ extent of the dis
aster was known, the locomotive, with one ear, |
was despatched to Port Jervis to 1 bring assist
ance. and in about an hour [IIJ P. it re
turned, having from four to five physicians,,
with such medicines and restoratives as were at
hand, and a number of citizens, who promptly
came down to offer drir assistance. By this
time, a\l the living but iiyured persona werp
placed in de remaining" pars; dose most seri
ously hurt reclining upon double seats, and de
dead being laid in oneof de cars together. The
train reached Port Jervis about midnight, but
the news of de disaster had been circulated
among the citizens, who rose, lighted their
houses, and made every arrangement, to receive
and care for the wounded passengers.:
Logan hotel.—the under
signed respectfully Informs the '
citizens of Blair county and others,
that he has opened up the LOGAN
HOUSE, formerly kept by Sheriff
at the west end of HolUdayibnrg, for
reception of 'strangers and travellers. — ;
Everything connected with the honse has been refitted in
the new with the choicest furnltore,-Ac, Ac.
The house is large and commodious, and well calculated
for convenience and comfort.
His TABLE will he furnished with the very best the mar
ket con afford, and no pains or trouble Will be spared to
render those who may choose tofovor hjshsrltl) their pa
tronage comfortable and happy during their stay with him.
His STABLING is ample, and an 'obligiog and careful
hostler will always ho in attendance! •
Ur<L. The Williamsburg stage, which makes daily trips
between this place and Williamsburg, stops at the Logan
Hotel. J
Dec. 17,1857,—tt] JOHN KEIFFEB.
Blair county daguerrean
ROOMS. —Mr. O. W. FISHER, the Uollidaysbnnc
Artist, begs leave to inform our readers that he is prepared
to take ' .
Photograph* of deceased persons,
from Daguerreotypes, at the shortest notice and on the
most’reasonable terms. He has Just received a large stock
of durable and neat cases, of all sizes and styles, including
a new pattern of Family Case for four persons, and is pre
pared to fill them with perfect likenesses,. ■
AMBROTTPE, DAGUERREOTYPE OB PHOTOGRAPH.
Give him a call. Rooms on the corner of-Montgomery
and Allegheny streets, Hollldaysburg, Pa. fJnnel7-tf.
Notice to teachers.—the
Board of School Directors of Altoona-wish to employ
FOUR MALE and FOUR FEMALE TKACAERB to take
charge of their Public Schools the enuring term. The
Schools will he graded.
The Term -will commenooon Ist of September and con
tinue eight months. 'The County Superintendent will be
in Altoona on Thursday, the 12tlf of August, for the pur
pose of examining applicants, at which time all persons
applying for any of these schools will be. expected to be
. iresent. The Board ore desirous of procuring competent
1 teachers, and none need apply only those who can come
well recommended. By order of the Board.
Altoona, July 15,1858.-td G. W. PATTON, Stc’y.
FARE REDUCED.
STATES UNION HOTEL
606 and 608 Market Street,
ABOTX SIXTH,
rniLADEDFHIA . :
Terms—sl.2s Per Day.
G. W. HINKLE, pKOPBXIIOE.
July 1,1858.-4 m, ; !
ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE.—
Notice is hereby given that letters of Administration
; estate of Archibald McCachbax, late of Altoona,
Blair county, deic’d, have becn_grantcd by the Register, *&,
to tlie undersigned, residing in said county. All per.
sons knowing themselves indebted to said estate are re
quested to make Immediate payment; and those haring
claims against it will present them duly authenticated for
settlement. JOHN THpIIT, '
JOHN J. BORKHOLDER,
Adm’rt.
Jnly I, X858.-6t
LIME! LIME! LlME!—Duncanavillc
lime Kilns. near HoUldaysbnrg, j>a. :
The subscriber has now in operation, four large Lime
Kilns, producing ciiily large quantities of tbe
BEST QUALITY OF WHITE LIME.
lie is prepared to fIQ all orders, front I bushel to ten
thousand bushels, at the lowest rates. :
*B_Limo delivered at any point on tbs Perawylvania
Rail Road; also, at Altoona, or any poidtlh the surround
ingcountry,by wagon, or at the Kan- Address x
aAMSS FUNK.
JnnelT-6m] Duncanmßt, Stair Cb. jRx.
Restaurant and; lager
BEER SALOON.—Tbe subscriber would respectfully
announce that he win keep constantly on band, athtssaloon
Under the Masonic Temple',
a supply of refreshments, such as Cakes, Cheeao, Sardines,
Pretrcls, and an excellent article of LAGER BEER, manu
factured at the Altoona Brewery, which is pronounced the
beet in the country. His saloon is fitted np in good style
for tbe comfort and accommodation of His patrons, and be
bones by strict attention to their wants to merit and receive
of rntronipy.
May 13,1858.-ly] FERDINAND NOTHWANG.
■pLANK BOOKS AND STATIONA-
I| ART. WM. 8. BATON, ‘
JosPawrxm, StAtroma Am Busk Book
SUlTOTAcmjnt, , i
ComerMarlcHttStamdSU.lNUdmrg,Fa. MBkIUUW
retpectfaOy invites attention to his Urge and Well selected
stock of
Blank Book, Paper and Stationary, Rail
Road, Mercantile and Book Printing,
of eyery description, promptly executed. ;
Agent IbrXk Johnson A tU, lypo Ponndczs, PhiUdcl-
Phto.' - j [Jane U-jy.
PRIVATE SALE.—THE SUBSCRI
BBE lias on hand a few articles of Household Prop
erty, among which ate a condo of excellent STOVES,
which ho trill dispose of diem for cash.: The articles ran
bo seen at J. k 3. Lo aether's Store.
9alyl,lBSBe-tf
■\TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO
jL\ persons, not to pay money or give stock to anv
person on our acctmnt,unless the Individual demanding the
written certificate of agency from ns.
July 15,1858.-3 t ' ABMSTEONG & COLLINS. -
fIONFECTIONARY.—PLAIN AND
\J flnoConfcctiOMryjnannfiKlnred and lor sale by
March 25,’SMy] 101 North Sdst^e^b^de^hia.
A BPOWINAL SUPPORTERS, Ttus
XV m.Md EJteuJder Bractr for rale at
•- ■ ’ ; : MbSUB’S.-;
fflHB LIVER INVIGORATOR i
I PREP ARID BT DR. 9ANRORD,
COMPOUNDED BSTIRBLY FROM tfUMB^
I*omof the bMt PnfpH« uidUnr M
fore the public, that nets •• a Oitkarffe, **»**jS*“*Ji«pd
more dfeethal than any other medicine wof|i .It U Jot
only a OUAorftc, but a Livtr remedy* acting Sm fij the
hirer to its morbid nutter, then on thsfewA sad
bowels to carry off that matter, thn* accotnmlWtn*two
purposes effectually, without any of the patofalfeellnsi
experienced in tho operation* of most taljwffics. it
strengthen* the system at the same time tballt purge* It;
and when taken dally in moderate doses, will elrwugthsn
and bond it np with onasnat rapidity.
Tho Litsk is oao of tho ; principal regnlatoreof tb«r
human body; and when it | perform* its function* wsU,
the power* of tho system ,;«rc fully developed. Tbs
stomach 1* olroDSt entirely , dependent on the healthy
action of the Liter for the CC; proper porfonnancs of its
functions; when the atom* ;ach la at fhnlV tot boteli
are at fault, and tho whole 1 . Q iayateia wfci »
queue© of ono organ—the* ; UTtEp-hAtioffcened to do
its duty. For the diseases; £4: of that organ,, 000 of th#
proprietors baa mode it his I j study. In a practice of pmi
than twenty years, to And | ieome wherewith to
counteract the many de-[ .rangements to which ft it
liable.
To prove that this rente
son troubled with Livtn
forms, hod bat to try a bot
toin. '
These Gams re more all
the system, supplying in
of bile, invigorating the
digest well, rcuFrcio tut
health to the Whole machl
of the disease—effecting a
Husoes Attacks) are cur
paxVKMTrn, by the occa
tmokatok. .
One dose alter eating is
iparh Mid prevent the food |
Only one doee taken be-;
Nigitmare.
Only one deep taken at,
els gently, snd cure* Cos-
One dose taken after each
; J®* One dose of two tear
Ueve Sick Hkadach*.
On* bottle taken for fo
the aanse of the disease,
Only one dose Immediate-
One doae often repeated
Mouus, and n, preventive,
49* Only one bottle b
system the etteta of modi-]
ft®* One bottle taken for!
lowneas or unnatural color
One dose taken a short
Tiger to the appetite, and!
One dose often repeated]
its worst forms, while Sum
yield utmost to the first
• One or two doses cures;
lit dhildren: there is'no
remedy in Ike world, as it!
Afow bottles cures Dropsy
W* taka pleasure in re-;
as a preventive for Fever
all Fevers of aftilkrus typo,
and thousands are wilting
virtues.
AU wltouse li tre-giving their unanimous testimony in
Its few;
'M, Mix Water in the mouth with the Invigoretor, snd
swallow both together. ■ '
THE UVEB INtIGORATOR
IB A SCIENTIFIC MEDICAL DISCOVERY, and Is daily
working cures, almost too gnat to believe. It core* as if
by magic, even tht }nt dote giving benefit, and seldom more
than one bottle la required to cure any kind of Liver Com
plaint, from the worst Jaundice or Dgtpeptia to a common
Headache, all of which are the result of a Duuan Uvea.
rates oss dollar ras Mn^is.
DR. BAKTORD, ttroprfator,- MS Broadway, New York.
Bold by 0. W. KMM.tft) Altoona; and retailed by
all Druggists. ' [May 27,1868,-lx
The great beautjfieri so
Long unsuccessfully sought,
FOUND AT HAST!
808 it RESTORES PERMANENTLY GBAY HAIR TO
its original color; covers luxuriantly the bald head; re
moves all dandruff, itching and all 'acrvftda, scald bead and
all eruptions; makes the hair soft, healthy and glossy; and
will preserve H to any Imaginable, age; removes, as U by
msgic, all blotches. Ail. from the fllceand cures alt neural
gia and nervous headache Bee circular and the following;
Dover, S. IL, Feb. 2d, 1867.
Pftor. 0. J. Wood A Co.—Gents: Within a few days we
have received somany ordersahdcalls for ProtO.J. Wood’s
Uair Bcetorative, that to-day wo were compelled to send to
Boston for a quantity, (the 0 dowen you forwarded all being
sold,) while we might order a quantify from yon. Xrery
bottle we have told torn* to ffSce yrodmetd (Am or font new
cudomert and the approbation, and patronage it recslvee
from the most subetantial and worthy , etttaens of our vi
cinity, dolly convince ns that it Is A MOST VALUABLE
PREPARATION'.
Send ns as soon as may be one grass of|l tise;snd on*
dozen $2 site; end believe us yocre very respectfully.
~ (Signed) BANIKT LATUORP A Co.
mckotyGrove, St Charles Co.. sor. 18, ISS&
Pftor. O. J. Wood—Dear for: Some time last summer m
were Induced to use some of your Hair Beeeoratiw, and
Us effects were so wonderful, we ; focl It ear duty to yoa
and the afflicted, torqport.it . '
Our littlo son’s bead for some time had been perfectly
covered with sores, and some called- it scald bead. Tbs
ha'r almost entirely came off in consequence, when a friend,
seeings hie sufferings, advised us to nse your Beslorativo,
we did so with little nope of success, but to our surprise,
and that of all onr friends, a Very few applications remove 1
tho disease entirely, and a new and luxnrient crop of hair
soon started out and we can now say that our boy has si
healthy a scalp, and as Inxurfctat a crop of hair as ssy
other child. .We can therefore, and do hereby recommetd
yont Restorative, as a perfect remedy for sll diseases oftha
scalp and hair. We si e, yours respectfully,
ororgbw. htooinbotium,
SARAH A. HIGGINBOTHAM.
. Gardiner, Maine, Jpne 22, ISM.
Pbof.O.J. Wood—Dear Big ; I hare nied two bottles of
Professor Wood’s Bair Restorative, and can truly say it b
the neatest discovery of the age for restoring ami changing
the Bair. Before using it I was a man of Seventy, Ily
Bair has now attained its original color. You can recom
mend it to the. world without the least leer, as my case
was one of the worst kind.
Yonre BeeMeifatly,
DANIELS. MUKrHY.
O. J. Wood A 00., Proprietors 312 Broadway, New York,
(In the great S. Y. Wire Rallihg Establishment,) and HI
Market St., St. Loots, Mo.
For sale, by Q. W*. KESSLER, Altoona, and by all good
Druggist*.' [June S, 18S8-1 j.
A BEAUTIFUL ASSORTMENT OF
PERFUMERY, such as
EXTRACTS FOR THE HANDKERCHIEF,
Pomatums, Hair Oil*, Colognes, im
ported and domestic; Oriental
Drop*, Cosmetic*, Pftsugi
panni Sachet*,
1 Toilet Soap*, Hair
Brushes, Tooth Brashes,
Dressing Comhs,Ptocket Combs,
Purses, Bay Leaf Water, cie., etc., tic.
JUST BKCnVKD ASO pO» AT
QPERA y
'( ■ THREE ,
NEPTUNES, •
FOBTAUZAS, 1
SODA WATBBI
SODA WATER!
THIS PLEASANT AND AfIBNkABMt HKTMUfII
CONCENTRATED LYE, FOB MA
KINQ Soft Soap, and Soap Powder f>r WasWnfr «*•
TOundequal to six of eomwon Boap; CMUIe Sw>P. F*®
soap, Chemical Soap, ota- o» haad «oid Sir talc at
June 10,1858.-tf] - A. BOUSH’9.
SOLUTION OF CITRATE OF MAG
NESIA—a cooling Cathartic, mild In its opcrii*’ o3
and agreeable to the taste, prepared and for sale by
June 54,18W.-tf A. KOVSII, Drm^-
wm. McDowell.
riAMFHENE, BURNING FLUID.
linseed Oil, Spirits o{ Turpentine, \Thite he* l *°
Alcohol, for sale cheap at A. BOUSIi »•
>
z
H
>
A. RQIJSp’S.
Jane 18, ISuS.-ff
I*A ROSAS,
XAABUIiAS,
For toe by ’
June 34,1859.-t( '
AX.WATBPHDKAUOBT
AT ROUSES DRUG ATOMZ
Virginia Strut, abort IM Itt/OUran
June34,lBSB.-tf '. . : ' ■
T EVFS PREPARATION FOR EX;
1 1 terminating RATS, MICE, ROACHES, ANTS.**
Bed-huge without danger in its use under any circa®*-*-
sat, for solo at tho Drug Store of
Jam 24, *56-tf] \
T?LOUE —THE BEST QUALITY Of
JP FAMILY FLOUR frr «*!«, Whelewl*
Apply to . J, BBOBMAES*v
dy ia at test foand, say per-
Coxpuust, u> sny of tu
tic, ami convktkm h car*
morbid or bad matter from
their place a healthy tkru
stomach, earning (bod to
mood, giving tone nig
nery, removing the tows
radical care.
cd, asp, wmt U win,
sional use of the Ltrn Is-
sufficient to relieve Iba sto
from rising and soaring,
i fore retiring, pretests
night, loosens the the bo*.
Tirana*.
meal will care Dyspepsia,
spoonsful will always re-
male obstraction remove*
and makes a perfect car*,
ly relieves Cholic, while
is a sore cure for fWj "‘
of Cholxxa.
needed to throw oat of Uw
cine'after a long sfcbwss. ,
Jacsdjci remove# iUml-
I from the skin.
time before eating gives
makes the food digest well.,
cures Chronic XNarrhwa in
pier end Bowel complaints
dose.
attacks caused by Wow
surer, safer, or speedier
nertr/ailt. ,
by exciting Ihs absorbents.
Commending the medicine
and Ague, CbiU Paver, and
It operates with certainty,
to testify tb its wonderful
A. SOmU Drags*-
a. w. kessW”
rtpCAL
UNIONCAS
1
yggflrnS*. mWwftj
and people o
*3jfgßtin*don and
“ffegJrtfßOly invitee
in the t
j «EO. BERKS
I SAM'L A. w
' JOHN H. C.
-JrfyWr*B6B
; pgOCMDINOS
at the pi
n 0S g ta ftwi hut those t
U- or witnc “
jjjji fh* case of Je»
was arrested in th
ia May last, and who, 5
theoellar pilfering 1
iria) on Tuesday. morn i
Urn was that (
from the hack porch o
this place. Hewit fc
daft. The ease was su
but little argument, an
lomedlfe fifew minute
Com. ft- James Lai
cions Mischief. This v
a man named Fraxior n
god killing three hogs n
; |( gppean that Frailer’
jrjefteld and destroyed
that Ungl endeavored t(
the Wd, but not succe
getkis ttw anl * “ hot th
I timed. It was proven!
|uo«n In many places, ni
■beep hop out of the Ac
[a verdict of guilty- H
for deft.,
Xb« ouo of the Com
indieted tor assault am
kin, oa the person of SI
placvh* l "* been re;
was eipsdtta to come u;
FaaaoKAiM—The now
to the' Conductors on
Feat Uoof bee thrown i
foretime, Gept. B. R. I
train on the PhiladolpL
cometfeiCaptaid to our
it andtifeltkensmay pr
as done t
under Ua etytrge while t
of Conductor.
Otur jovial friend, Dick
aflyingvisH last week,
fHenda,‘*orer tho mot
hearty aa in “ days of y<
■elf la a> ‘‘pcifcct stat
and" bound to win” on
frieadft wore rejoiced to ;
udga firota their cr-prcss
godd tm-preasions on tho
the V mountain lassies,’
ber.” The beaux hcrea
stars that, this is not a
Dick vast therefore coc
“angel,” else we feel
come of then minus a b<
| ThsUxiox-Camp Meei
lUceting, a notice of win
upr oar local head, p;
[latgaaterer. held ia UtL
jlt«~location ia easy of
land will no doubt indue*
m the ehonb, both in tl
Iborg, to attend, who wo
kbaent. We understan*
in thia place orb making
their toots In the grove
Jordial invitation is extc
ither churches to unite
rould give us pleasure
Itaooe of it. In Altoona
[hare heretofore divided
■denominations have bcci
r° * lev#!, nod we shoul
pmivtmlly. There is
bo bock-biti
miniatera and people joi
Itha good of the church i
jplß, let thls be the caa
in all jUeea, and the i
K® tni accomplished wil
Wwly tod pleasantly./
BoMtanr.—Oh Satur
ftwmidnight, Rer. A.
®»hia slumbers by the
room which ho remembe
jbefblin retiring. Think]
•Mae to discover the <
door, hia surprise may b
ling a man yx the room w|
were deeping. The b*
jMB th. stairs, on boin
IT* ** CIL P® by the same v
v *ordng the door of
[followed Urn a short dis
believe, identify him f u
• negro, was painted bit
I Soma qf our citizens
I® 1 * light-footed gentrj
Spring, bad all left tot
[about their.bolts and ba
[them that there i„ no 8e
cause them to pay more
of their houses. The vi
[•Waiting opportunities.
Libeabt Assoqiatioj
held in the Basement U
CVrch in this place, on
lor tb ® purpose of orgai
tion. We are pleased
adrice given to the you:
toe* Wend, "T. N. K.,
e right spirit and his
** acted upon. We ba
***** the enterpria
wn^* of u,<> beet li
!'»«ye to see it ftOI at