ALTOONA, PA. THURSDAY, OCT. 14, 1858. - wwf J .!« ■•■S^SSSSSS!S^T,S££S; SSSSL?^* 008 ' thereforemolaeg tor ailench to e«nd <'*S«S2ißf* ~t“ ? <1 ® rla « to P*? »tthe end of three ortix ■JWWM. Where advertisement* arc accompanied with the flection In Blair County. , Y pto the & our wejp to pros, the fol* Jawingreturne have -ifeeii. received from ■ SUB CQQOtV : ' ■ ' :U '' *■-' ' . Allegheny, 80* Aftw, m 12 lO 3Pm«l«toiir», 188 Frmdom;. 24 Greenfield, 4* / ■ ; Aogan; f N. Woo^riy, Htutoo; gwj**r fwmeßor.. 61 WpWbeny, 07 86 W.W. « 86 ’ .tie “ -E. W. tie Wo give the ia die Mljtopiae.flie official !*#iy thatefrom. ferity. wSU t be alKMrir4Soo jn 4ho «miMy, ana neighbe r-1000 ■■■■ •'i >*■: -r' ' : *”’£*»* tfcfcetis 000 to candidate C^*^Be **“* he . :■ of the W& W,e.jmited ipr this as they ; iiahdk, of a jug, /afl on one afde) ifto deem It wdca?: : ' "' : ; ■’ filectloa to tbe gfaoe. as wo have boon abletoaacer '*•“» by telegraph foU gl tho election on giv*« 0383 majority for Seadj-the People's fitodidirte for Supreme The ’ eame «arncd all ihetr candidates i<» Congress in lie city, dxpcpt jl«t dipnoi# whiA is still in .##&-• jV-_ -V. • . 4000 minority f<» top 'People’s ticket. Thad. Stevens Is ®°®pty gives about 1400 ma jority lb* .the People's ticket. , |i*r Congress Oeutre county gi ves flt is undoubtedly •Sjot^od..; .Allison Whitel)em.,the pres* entmember, Was his opponent. . , ■People’s candidate ibrClou ■ gOßmlpthelOth district ■ ■••.->: Megheny county gftes lOOCmajority for the Peoples Ticket.' Moorhead' the Congress in,that JBOO majority. Congressional district, Go- the Pcople’a 1460 ma jO“ty. in Indiana county. Foster flie- candidate has 1000 majority? m jyertmoreknd county, aad claims 450 majority in Armstrong. : • j J(V;a Schw .vizj.Opp. oan.| for Congress, 813 J is a gain of 1231c0m- the vote of 1858.. . ;' countj gives about SOCmajbriiv %%:^eople , s ticket. f •; •• " ’ presumption is that the'Peopled State, ticket will- be elected by 30,000 or 40,000 majority. SKoiJd the returns .$ of tbo .State showthe same, as (hose that have .been heard iron, will over-reach the figures set desne-si:'-.- -. «*agmiloßiii District. I ®*® following nre the reported d«B of the several counties in this Con grtsnontd district; m: ■ Mr . ««o 1000 &aafaa# of 1600— AaenoiT. r/Anrtey, Chrutp, 105 150 i 80 ‘t m 16 107 10 148 .* 104 , 08 102 M *B7 2fc According to Astronomer*, the comet W«we sky, was tttfaiimt., being at Ite distance on the 12th l was fifky4womillionß of miles. According to Mr. Hall’s computation, the tail of this comet, on .the 2£d of Beptember,extended to the length of fifteen millions hf miles. This comet is known as that pf Bonati, being discovered by him•; June 2d. It was first supposed to have an elliptic orbit, hence it was infenrcd.that ikis -the eame comet' which appcaredin 1827 But more accurate observations lead 40- the opinion that% parabolic mdnt will better represent the motion of;the ooinet than an elliptic. If jbo, this oonspicions visitor does -not belong if> pur solv is now within 'it probably for the first time, and niU soon leaveit to visit £pme other. Bbt j withstanding the progress that has been mdde in astronomy, as little is known about comets now as when astronomy was in ite infancy. 1 The most that has been donelsto detorminethe periodicity of some of them, hnt regarding th'ciroharacter, and the causes of the angular appearance they present; science Is as flinch at fault as when they were -first Observed. Over twenty of them are known to .be periodical, ® r ponging to pnr solar system, with va rious periods pfrevolution. Atthis time there are three visible, only one, however. Donates, without Ithe aid of the telescope. Poe of the telescopic come.ts is Epck’s, revplvce around thekun in : fihe sltprt. period pf 8$ years (forty months) wsth; oopriy the reghlfUEity of a planet, ap<| wbiot, when most distent, or in apheHon, m npt beyondthe print of Jubiler. 'The third is.a comet, and is said by astrouo ■mers to have no resemblance to that of 1886, or die famous “comet of Charles the sth/'’ with which it was first thought identical. It ia now in the circle of porpetualapparition in our latitude, or re volves mound die Polo without setting There have -been recorded by astroppinets, •M? l * sbveu comets in all, of jvluoh theorbitsof about one hundred and fiighty have been calculated. The period ic revolutions vary ■ from three yean to several thousand yeup. Some approach In tkeirperihelipn so hear .to the sun as to be heated to a white heat, as some suppose, though possibly, like a great many other suppositions, this may Although the number of comets ia so large, theire are comparatively few which .appear to the naked pye j only about fourteen in a century. But, to the telescope, hardly a year passes without .the observation of one or more. In 1810 four were seen, in 1818 there were eight. 62 12 " Amoosa, Oct. Bth, 1858. To the EdUort of the Tribune: , r flraii.EsiKS—I was sorry to «se, iit jonr leese of Be P t - «0Ui t my name at tho head of your pa- V** »3 Aesosuxteßditor. My proposal to assist yon, bo far as my time would allow; m * n J r engagements might require, vale .without the moai remotfl idea of being publicly known in connection TribuM. Tobepublish «*£*■ Anpcfota wonld be |o make me ' the jeyes of the P .fi*ffipenrs In :^|i3ie ? tay keeping op the nkoral mad literary .tone of the : mFr- c~'. ‘ ‘."'r, :- V ’' Ilnd,yon proposed to me suoLaconnecfion withthe ffiibunerl would at onoehareprotnptiy declined; or .had you consulted': me, before my name at w forbidden it. f bl«»- or reflect upon yob for haring done so, far I,«m doubtless at fcult for not more py: batvhotl ask iethatyonccafirm tie facta [ as heiWsUted, and juuneas* after ftp ■. ••■•:; v. : .r~ - ■.- , ; ; £»jcmbk. : .v corroborate all thfit iH p o^ifaend wwsq he Inade;.s£.' proposal to assist did not task , his -consent to raise his name as n&4ojute edkoy, from the ftetthat we aevw dreamed of 13s heing Afereby assmled as a politician, and presume that had it appeared at any other time than on the e?o of election, no such assault would have been made. We were aware that his contributions added much interest to the Tribune, and we had no' desire to elaim the paternity of that which did not belong to us, and therefore wished to ~fre | him tlm credit. We ask pardon for pja- ia the unpl-asant position ijre did; and believe that his letter; will fully satisfy those who have laid our error to his charge. As we stated in a previous article, we afe vfejponaible for all political articles whidi appears in the Tribune, :?md Impe they wili.nbt be eharged iipon to their detriment. ", * AtMNrt ftinti Thb Scalpel. —The of this highly •ensured ing,as usual, in" salty” ofigsat themsdi •^“qpmefcaj*l andhumoroimarticlea on lw one entitled "Nptiuog—by Nobody.” AB parties, sects and persons are alike in the cyea of thie editor, : !Ehr. Bixon, and aQ come in for a share of his praise or condemnation, as thecase nay be. He cares hot for the censure of any m He expresses his opinions #ree)y and does not desire to control others. I We deem the Scalpel: one of the ;b»t publications oh ourexohangelist, and would-not do with out it W&do not agree with the Br. on : aU subjects, but as that makes no differ ence to him, and are do not imagine our selves capable of reasoning him oukpf his nptionSjWe pass on to admire the boldness, and vigor of his style,; which is equalled .by few and surpassed by nofne. Price 25 cents per number. Sherman & Cp 7 New: York. . j Bloody Affray Piumyers at Courier, of Lou- Kyi, of Hie 24th tit., gives the of a Bhpotirig affair at foot lo cality. On Saturday afternoon, an affray ? oooonred in front of Wm. I! Biller’s cigar, Store, on Third s(Yeet,whi? iK ■’* £vp- : -Tf $ *fz~ a s$ bni; aboundsin fiftnjnd|>^^ ingvaluable informatloa to allitsxeadero.; : published by Oakeaith A Col, New York, : j ~• ~ ■ '"' f ’ ~' K at Pittobufg, Aw been greeting n? for Itia a good pnbUcation the kind, and would be;a.ple»Baut companion for every scholar and teacher. it 5 1 monthly at 50 cents per year.: '**' • Florida fcoja the Florida election give lion. Qeq. Q. Hawkins; Democrat, 20(H) majority' for Congress. Mr. Walker was Kegister. The is ’ forgely Democratic. 'V MRNxioN;—lf! the Btfelntfgh Chronicle Would credit the local Items copied from this paper, it would notice citizens of this place in that city, and would give more satisfaction, r municipal .eleotioii at Sayan* the success of thw v ( fiprlngadd, Qbie. . and. met mik £M a W % ho’MSe wSi ever for h& reeoyery, and dewed a*t ie A ?fW»U> PISTOL. .—Tha Pi,,,--., iSSiS?^^*y tsss t\lZtA** HR-Rather premature—th* slight sprinkle etoetteawonldga. tSf* Ditto—gMte Sa tM tidaßy rf IST Qea.' Dtnrer refoses, it It said, to with* draw his , Latz, who m to km been hanged on Friday last, baa been respited the present, byGo-roowr Fadwe*.,-, ■A. A new post office lum beeneatabliahed at Station, to be salted * Pershing,” and Fronds Clements to f be postmaster. 19* See adrerdsement of J. Snyder, Tailor, in another edldmii and thto gire biyn a call ■«»* he’ll giro yon “fits.” J A creditable job—tbe painting on thy new stote-room of Messrs. Lowtber & Plack.— Walsh was the contractor. Some one has defined an editor aa beuig a poor fellow who empties bis brains to fill hi* stomach. ■ • r - ' |Qr Glad—we are—that the political cam paign is over for this, season, and doubtless everybody else is also. *®“J. T. Headley, author of “ Sacred Plains” and other interesting works, .died at Buffalo, last Tuesday. \ 19* An Irishman named James Harkins way instantly killed, "on Tuesday evening of last week, in one of the coal banks, near Johnstown. He leaves a wife and two children. VSST In demand—Punk and Cramer tickets on election day. If people didn’t'know who else were running, they knew Funk and Cra mer were. r ;. ■€6- A dandy lately appeared in lowa with legs so attenuated that the authorities had him arrested because he had no risible means of support. fi®*An English paper, peaking of the American light pleasure-wagon, says: that the wheel consists of tear circles of cheese rind, fil led in with spider-webs. - •ffi- A fire broke out recently in a broken bank in Illinois. The cashier smothered it with bank rags. The flames were po match for their weight in “ wild cate.’’ MST Dermal Dempsey, tie wealthiest man in Maoon, Georgia, died last week. In his will; be gives his two children each $3,600, and the Catholic church of that cityst9o,ooo. Thirteen objections were once given by a young lady for declining a match; twelve of them being the suitor’s twelve children, and the thirteenth the suitor himself. Mrs. Partington thinks that old Hotter Ocean is no better than she ought to be, or else she would not allow the Atlantic cable to la; in lt«r^osom! wishes that the indiTidoal who invented what called the *> payvtg ow/ mn chinte” for iho' Niagara and Agamemnon, would get op a little machine of the sort to be -hied in the case of every newspaper snbacriber. »P A Kegne Itiohards, of Georgetown; Ky., has determined to purchase the celebrated En glish race horse. Fisherman, and bring him to ibis country. The price to fee paid for him is $BO,BOO. ' ‘ '' ' ” Efforts have lately been made by the Patent Office, through Mr.Heade, pea- minister to Brazil, to obtain tea seed ftomthat wuntry* where it has teen successfully cultivated for 80 years. ■„ tail is the canine indicator of joy. In caressing a strange dog yes sWu& i&lrays ‘‘wait for the wagin'l” The reader wfflit a glance be fully alive to the danger of stroking a dog without atail. s Tr *'' - Pir.'A.Ny? waked “P. PM morning andfoandhet self ip bed with a serpent “A * great many lar baTOfound, in thepamo medic, ament—-and some gentlemen. „ . Josrrous. BS. la rowa, Uie other da7, a hroie of a man kicked bis wife. The indignant neighbors assmnbledand made‘n Jackaßa ha*'^ wife-was kicked by much the baserbeastof the two. ■ ;; On Sunday l«st» While Dt. Burrows, pntor of the first Baptist chnrth in BiOb^d; £ *> to imptise pewone at the second Baptist church, |ie hg stolen ftom a .hn thick |e iij^id Wfr Edltorial Goarention—A m^» ngT>ftllf) Otiion Will be *#l*l* Philadelphia, on Wednesday.-the 20th of Octo- »r«f«eted4hat. the press of theßfctt Philadelphia, is President of the Assou&ti«aP f®"? ho General has decided that -!saassßi®^ state. r' 8 ••; '•hlle the other end vaa m the «J| i|ftoe, made saoh a hideout astoalanathewholaneifhbofhood #t«j d r ll b&»h;j of these ilj [ tSons has been to frighteneveiiybodj tte premises, and-lh«a» hat t» prunes, CITRON I , and Currants m store- and for salo by I March 25 *sR.ivi tm x* SIIUfMRD. s _ - f NorthB*J street,Pbllsdctj % A ¥l° NDS > WALNUTS. CREAM I XA. Md Filberts lu store anil for sala bv 1 March °5 ’iR-tvi ' J™- N. BHU&ATUV a -3, 08-ly ] 101 J, orth 3j atreet> pjjjijdaipiu*. g ■DURE WHITE LEAD AND ZINC 1 2Sfc %i? bnm ' | lOVERING AND NEW ORLEANS i J Synm Molasses, at feir prices, at : ‘ m Jana 18, ST-ly] HENRY LEHR'S- Jaj riKOCWUKS A LARGE AHBi saagjg** ° f °^.^",plsr.y' ■■^ss^aigSßsg^- Crib U? A .4" tm LOCAL ITEM Night School.— ln man] tfcgat Hid cities, ib this State, 1 bave caused to bb opened a public i fyp |ba benefit of apprentices and ■ ■ daily Wploybients prevent them inf the day schools, and who are < deprived of the blessings and bci eystem of popular education, and ft and to work admirably. AYcdon ' wchoiiideft has ever been broa< 'glace, bat wo thipl; if there bo a eeanty where each a school is i wbiald b* well attended, it is Alto . area peat many young men and 1 '•d in the shops and throughout th few not leave their work to att webooli) who would gladly embrat tonity, such os a public night soho ford* to improve their education. I Jgiihithoni with the means of spendi 'iaesme thing more profitable and r pufing tobacco smoke and loafing corners and drinking saloons. We lochia school to the Directors in knowing them to be men who have of thooommunity and the best inti yidqg generation closely at heart, , CihMd by all their actions, and t lhalifaaoh an institution can be q will do it. If it can be, let ' and It will, soon bo apparent thi MBlber Will'avail themselves of the liiy and gladly exchange a seat on box or in a drinking saloon, for one loom where they may improve the attained in their younger days; o'r : amends for the time they have mi when they had tho opportunity bt ■valae the privileges of a day school. subjeotof general interest; and we S -that It will meet with the bean/ coi * vof nearly if not all of our citizens. ’“CaiATBCXPIAJi” Skoxxadk.—l night of hot Week, our ears were j thedbfi-oot strains of melodious mnJ datiagly extracted from about a horns, a bottle drum, any number of 00'S bells, shingles and other instrun l»l«l with the vociferous barking of hi >h tOfim, and the loudest yelling thn portion of the party could cx«x together! t was a fine effort—that is, i siding in the vicinity of the scene of at*partial to medleys. The affair w np in Jionoi of the arrival of Mrs. Sm is to say, our good, kind, clever, get bid colored friend, Billy Smith, who 1 oyster saloon and restaurant, on Roilro doors above the Exchange Hole place, did, on tho Sunday previous to sade, take unto himself u wife, from ai colored people of one of the towns d road, with whom ho arrived in this phw train on said Monday ' morni have not learned whether tho musician “treat” or not, but presume the pid Billy never wants people to work ing. ‘Wc embrace this opportunity of -our aged friend many years of joy and With his new partner. fftoww FunBHED.—The Carpenters a puttjng the finishing on the ne room and Town Hall, erected by Hess Iw iiuUdlug ia an oro; a» town, nnd creditable to the owners painter. The carpenter work was < 1? *?* JtCob Hcsser, of this place, tha 1 *f“F better workmen can be found. Th j T*W the work of our young friend, r and need only be seen to bo admired/ | ato? y of the building, fronting on Anni [ ‘Ooatalna three large windows of four ligh [ and the panelling between and undern fS^T 8 ’ “ d th ° doors ’ ar,J oak grain! a style which can not bo surpj , tb° second floor will, we'pi now four and five hundred and will be a great addition and decided **& to the town. All that is now req toWfW thistho centre of attraction, is a fit -w fqods, and we know the proprietors w l "W® l on hand in a few days. I CocatEWEit Moset—A contempora ftfty-two now counterfeits of ration bootee haro been put in circulation ain rf I®® 1 ®® -—a pretty certain proof that the tlabor and risk of thoso persons conccr [this illegal trade meet with a substantial r were counterfeiting unprofitable, meu M engage in it: but, when it is fout yanking institutions arc careless about tb and the commercial public general!; p indifferent on the subject, counterfeitc torocaad with their work at all hazards, poly way w account for the lukewarmne: prally manifested towards propositions gbe flood of worthless money thrown into Rtion. w to believe that the losers by cc p. 9 !», e persons , tljo work for mass of vbom the taxation el L Ulg> iu tL o aggregate, falls with gr | oty several millions of dollars annual |*g made and scattered throughout thcco a Tf nioa things that reoJ feeedy and effectual remedy. ■>l flolWayslA h r,„, C “ *“■ fCoU Jim (W ,Tl°" “a ““ k DioUTunts jta Ttlt" 16 ' p-W«ten>Pc TO , a short Ito. dLPV Ln of F™' ioUld l ° !,CMtelte « the PStf.^V" o’’ 0 ’’ Bop, be ma, r? f tte ,oUo. I„ Hisslay