l|e pWra Cnlrani ALTOONA, PA. THURSDAY, FEB. 17. 1868. .. ■•/• -w • < V V-J i.-f'r' part lea Arp unknown to n*. our role for adrer* tajfoEJMo.Wydie payment inadeOnoe, or aanereateefroa Itiy therefore, nwleii (brellrech tooeod WWWiftheaent* offering to pay at the end of time of (ix tWhereadrerUaement* are accowip* wind with that ■Sfc wether one, f.rc or ten dollar*, w* wIU alre the ■dtMMHrfiae fall benefit of caah rate*. *i M. PETTEKGILL fc 00., tAeMll(iii&Agent«, 110 Kaaa&a rtreet, - StwTork, and 1 !)<>«»-Obeet, Barton, ai» the Agent* forth* -jUWmh' WMttmfi qialthe-*oo*t; InlTuaotial ml l*t|iirt ntiniA*H*| Nevtpeper* tn tbe United State* aad.th* jO*naja*. Xbey ■re aathorized to contract for os at oar fowtrtrrtu. , NolPiqi.-—As wo desire., f 0..& Wuear a cash business as possible, wo hopeour subscribers wiHoonie ly and their sfosaiptioDS for the, cqip|^^B|wr : JjjlPe ;bayw‘ not .publisbed a' fear tbe.last yea r, nor dojweiv< tend ftW rid Qfjds; ; waadmit,aflireinowmen Ottenhotrow money ibr the purposeof ydjflifion who eonM td pay fc^^-gble^ .paylt, y»n.wM4i^ten > ,ifnot.twenty > whonrenot, W&t: pp jg* qidy applies to Banks, andllidmda&is who hare money to lend ean M»t wy in opposition to them with a success. We do n6t innoh the bill, .as we believe tlffWMßh right thinldng men in ttaLegiilatare now assembled to put a fttfeturnpon it. 'u SxAifc,--<)n Saturday passed the Senate bill for to 103. Hie Republicans, •ifeatJ? f .My> voted against the bill, 0» Ao (P*jfU»d that it was wrong to admit ok»g(ftl and not Kansas. Kansas is held dtt of Union under the provisions of ber to have a demonstrated BWj4»tioii of at least 93,340. Oregon Jim notoriously less than that number Itijfff than Kansas. The recent elections in ifaetiro, territories show that Kansas 18,1)88 votes and Oregon 10,049 ; Kansas was better entitled to ndniianpu than. Oregon. Oregon is consi- State and will he a ftry m the qoming jPreai jyo doubt earned mmi thwngh.. ■ t&* The news from Utah shows a la mentable state of affairs existing there: The United States authorities seem to be almost powerless, so far as carrying out the law is concerned. While the “ earn ts” do not array themselves in open hostility to the federal officers, a series of petty annoyances is indulged in that renders the positions of Judge Sinclair and Ujcable - | haughanything.but jdeaaaat. S- \\ i-.* lawyers and Witnesses. article, in ra odious, whfcn visitiug what arejterined obaracfeTiiefl xottci bf tlie conduct of lawyers towards witnoßßM.-r -baa made ibis grievous wrong the subject of an able lecture, which is hoped, may result rnsome good. "Mr. Phillips glances at the period when it was considered to be as bad as the criminal to bear wit ness m his favor, and wh|nwitnesses w:ere breaded like brutes. many who would rather gUre ahundred dollars thaheee a wife or a female relative .placed : Ject to often practiced-;. He giw» thefollowing aeacasein point: v.^:- “ One*, In-Boston, wyonngeervant girl, gen tle andduinest, sawa.transfer of money and some Crtwdulent afFoir owning in connection ww’oanuaooed, in .all her timidi ty and innocence, into a Boston court ofgea tie men. 'She gave; her tntimonj truthfullyand wifi. ‘ Hhtß theoe come to cross-questionher one ■ born, ofonc ofthe first families, a lawyer possessing aU,scholarly acquirements, a grad uate ofHaywrd, and a pink of fashion. He -knew of no rebuke from any bench.. Sohepro oeeded to institnte the vilest insults that oyer ;nU|a -uttered! towoman, and asked socb qaea tions;tilltthe poorgirl almost fainted. Yet that cour t of insTw .said oworf of rebuke. Th®. poor, girl wenthomealinost heart-broken, to hold dbwn herheadfor years at |thb remem brance of that-iitfabtibe and insult. ■ The lawyer went to -alargor -city, to obtain s wider-field for JtarM ns Be was.” ' lYfragteq with the .Jfew York “Ex presSi” ;that nothing can be .conceived morederogatory to the character of a gen tleman than ebnpdot such as that we have ■quqted- (generally a witness is dragged from bit private business to perform the disagreeable duty of testifying against ;a_ fellow creature, and consign him to ah ig nominious punishment, if found guilty.— To a sensitive mind, this ordeal, pure and simple* is distressing enough, and the wit ness naturally betrays some reluctance in testifying to all the facts. When these facts are of a delicate nature, the hesita tion— particularly in case of a female—is increased. Is it not inbumam, then, to throw out insinuations derogatory to the. witness who happens to* be on the stand— not from oh(h6e, not through the commis sion of any offence, but in obedience to the laws, for the furtherance of the ends of justice ? K there were any provocation which could justify a breach of the peace, We certainly tliink the lawyer who should pursue such a line of conduct towards a helpless female would richly deserve the application of a good stout cowhide, held by a strong masculine hand, over his shoulders. We do not object to cross-ex aminations. Thoy are, undoubtedly, ne cessary to elicit truth, in cases of hesita ting witnesses or others with baid memo ries. Nay, sometimes, when the witness is notoriously of bad character, the ques tions maybe put in a form of severity, and the terrors of the law may be held oyer him with good effect. But we do condemn the too prevalent practice,’among some members of the bar, of apparently regarding all wittneasea on the opposite sidcos liars, and so framing their questions as to render it palpable fo every one pres ent that foe are so ympeidered. • Such conduitjs neither professional por gentlemanly. €t belongs rather to petti foggers/’ A Race Between STATES.r-dn 1836 two young States wereadmitted into the constellation of the Union. Michigan, with one-half the extent of territory of Arkansas, challenged hersister State fora twenty years race, 'and ■ named as her rider, " Neither skycry nor involuntary nidess fpr the punishment of crime, shall ever be toleretedin this State” Arkansas accepted the challenge, and named as her rider, “ The€kneral Assem bly shall hive ho power to pare laws for the emancipation of slaves, wjithdut the consent of the owners/’ Thus .mounted, these two States, the Qn& and the other Slave, started - twenty-two years ago; and now* having arrived at ihe Cndof proposed race, let us review and mari the progress of each.; Michigan comes oal in 1856, with three times the population of slave Arkansas, with five times the assess ed value of farms, farming implements and machinery, and with eight times the num ber of public schools. • :K [dpeci&l Corxe«pondeno* of th*' LETTER FROM HA RIIXSJBCRG • &Jg . Jyb&loe Vnpmber or^f^u-rf : boilrbttit tax may be extended IkioW on file *» • general law which Ifik collector, sad change the mode of oonectiog taxea in all (he BOTHtSeiJathe'State. Among the petitions pre rated in the Haase on Monday, I note the fol lowing:—[ Mr. Buiriey, one firom citizens of Blair county, for aa npifornn inoreased appropriation to the Polytechnic Uollege-ofPenßsyltanla. Also, two from citizens of Bodfordacd Blair ry aiding, <• *h* Allegheny- Portage Kailrdad, to,thototmoflfewiy.. Mr.Piroudfoqt, onefrpmcitisens ofCombria county, ft>r the removal of Hie seat hf Justice firom Ebensborg to the borough of Wiimoris.' If the Nowry bill passes, I hope it will hare a tendency; fo infuse new life into that ancient viHagp. 11 1!he proposed line would be only a little over a mile in length, and yet it might »Q6AN. A A* Wwfcwh piper ooiotaiaa thefollowlng advertisement Wants * situation, a practical printer, who is compe te?* fafake charge of any department in * printing and publishing house. Would accept a professorship in any of the acadaniies. Hap no objection to teach ornamental painting and penmanship, geometry, trigonometry, and many other sciences. Is particularly suited to act as pastor to a small evangelical church, or as a local preacher. He would havo.no objection to form a small put select class of interesting, yo.ung ladies to instruct in the highest branches. To a dentist or chiropodist ho would be Invalu able, as he pah do almost anything. Would board wi|h a family that is decidedly pious.— jwp farther particulars inquire at Bropn’s'.faj.;. scissors. BA. In a Juicy condition—our: streets. BA» Ditto—the headaof a number of young “bloods” of -this place. . i > tSfT Hiring—considerable excitement afrtife Spring election draws high. - I®. It has been ascertained; thattheman who “held on to .the last,” was a shoemaker. ;' 49* Some on bragging about their circula tions—acouplo of Harrftbnrg papers. 1 jtSS“ Beneficial effect of sympathy—that ex hibited to friegd Trough, a few days since. B®. “ I’m getting /at,” as the loafer said, when ho was stealing lard. WSf* Interesting—the fifth article under the editorial head of last week's Tyrone Si two saw logs in the water, and With one foot upon each, sees them gradually recede from each other until he dropsheipipsk into the cold bath beneath.” That will dp. r of the neatest replies ejey heard in a legislative body,- "was lately made by Mp. Til son, of Booklamh .Me. . A member hadreplied fa sometbipg Mr. TUson had said, pnd pausing amoment, he mquired if he saw- faetfapad of ¥* faßfaaodt, « bin Speaker,” said he, ‘‘in aosvpr fa the gnntleman, I Would pay, the 1 donotseoany ; •<;. /n,... ... a eWßiroalled the: Ifa man knowshot tho expense tiil he 1 gets them. Beoanfa faey are uselesa vnthodt em ployment. Because they look; best when /fell -rigged. Because their value depends upon their age. Because they are upright’*W in stay*. Because they bring news from abroad, ' because they wear caps and bonnet*. -Bfaiuserthey are often abandoned. Because ths*Weffa&pai»i 8. H. Packard, Esq., an lowa editor and law yer, was recently' lost In a show storm between Sioux lUpMfcVand ForLlladge. Abcait .three hours after I»,stajteda fjfikTy snow storm burst upon him, Ataompaniedby-high wipd -from northwest. r Knoyp|hg the dadger of attempting Across tbobtlaige prairies In such a storm, he turned backand attempted to retrace bis steps, but soon fiWndthat it wseimposaiblo for man _ beast BT face the atom; he therefore pro heeded on his Journey, confident that he could ride! to the next house (10 miles) by nightfall. finitluzknN having broken through the ice several times, became:afraid to go upon the ice, end he was delayed many times at sloughs until night overtook him at a slough, about half way across the prairie, here he fimnd it impossible to induce the horse to go upon the ice, and while searching for a better crossing, the ice broke with him and let him into the water above his knees He : endeavored to get to the shore, but-the lew broke Ah every step, and he strug gled on through the ice, snow and water a dis tance of twenty'or thirty feet before he came to firm tee.- - .. ' Terrible Advent are ana Prairie. Pace Attempted to remove bis shoes and bat they wore so encased in ice that jossible. Convinced that he must re- was until morning, and that his ty wos in keeping in motion, he com inning upon the ice, and continued to til daylight the next morning, when, ocbeded in getting his horse across the ;h, .ho started on foo£ os be supposed, to ts Fort* Dodge. After walking about two m and a bolf he found hej had turned around was going back; he immediately retraced Steps, and walked all day, dragging his fro | feet through, snow ankle deep, and at times ee deep, hia horse following him and was sin overtaken by night abbot three miles from souse. Here he left bis horse, and started on, iping to reach the hoaso in am hoar or two, it be was so faint and weary that he fell fre lently, and was nine hour* in walking the lut . roe miles. His sensations daring tibia time, i described by him, were peculiar and strange; t e road appeared to be Embroidered in with I dutiful colors, and ho stooped and reached to Ick up a specimen several times. Satisfied 1 at his mind was wandering, ho endeavored to c irekt bis mind from the consideration of this : s inject, but in vain; if he iqoked .at the side of t e road it appeared to be up, and to he c vered with bogs lying oh their backs! Raising himself, no proceeded, and at length r aqhed the house of a M&' Welch, about 4 o’- T c jck in the morning. ' Ho was taken in and c red for until the arrival of friends from #ort E t^ e - , ' . . \R*tpioriosAßT Asecdois, —One’ of the re gipeuts in the-battle of Bennington wasoom nunded by a Colonel, who- when at home, wp® apeacou. He was a cahn.Badate, determined nnn, and wentto the battle because be waslm puled by the sense of duty. Hie whole parish wis in his regiment; so was bis beloved pastor, with out whose presence and blessing they scarce ly thought themselves in a tray to prosper.— The Colonal was entered by Gen. Stark to rein force one ojf the wings, which was suffering se verely. Ep marched at the instant with bis for ces, bpt as slowly and composedly as if he had been marching to a conference meeting. The officer in command of the corps to be relieved, fearing be should be compelled to give way, sent to .hasten the Colonel- “Tell ’Cm we’re coming,” pid he, and marched steadily on. 'A second mpsenger came, with the intelligence that the ping was beginning to fall back.— *• That nil moke room for ns. Tell ’em we’re coming,” ’replied the Colonel, with unmoved countenance and unacoeleirated pace. A third message reached him, just as histroopsemerg ed from [behind a oopprice, in full yiew of the enemy, whose balls now began towhlstteabent them. *i Halt!” commanded the Colonel; .“ form column andaticnd prayers.” And there, in the face of the enemy, did the regmehtpaosO, while solemn prayer wasoffered for theff suc cess in the dcpdly struggle they weje about to begin. Praytys being ended, tUp Colonel ad dressed his m«p in a speech, which, for brevity, conciseness did vigor, may bearoomparison with any ttyt Caasar or Napoleon ever- addres sed to their xoops. ” Soldiers,” said he, “ our wives and iiildren are in the rea»:the_Hea sians are in front; give ittothem I”! They did “give it jtythem, and that band o£ mercena ries melted away before these Christiansbl diers, as tty hosts of the naoircumsised Philis tines meltw away before the armies of Israel.— Rev. White, i ? >! ’ i ■ ■■■■ —~ ~ \ Pbicks/in Correspondent at fireal Lake, to dive an idea of the price of living there, furnishc|thc following rates of “tariff?? choir ed by tbs merchants of that city: , • s3 per poind; sugar.6s®7oo, per poujd; coffee 80c.®$I per pound; ricodOc., per pojnd; candles, mottlds, 75®800. per pound citron $1 2$ per pound; raisins SI per mound ; dried-apples and peaches flOo. per potfnd; green apples $8 per dozen; com mpn whiskey $3 per gjiHbtt; Oommoq Mederia wine $l2 per gallon; cognac brandys2o'per gallon;' mo!asses>sB' per ’’gallon; vinegar $6 per gallon; canned fruits sB@4per cab; but ter $ I per pouid;lardso®6oc. per poiS ; cheese Tso- per pound ; pork 600. per pound; beef 15@20c. per pound; •floor $12@15 per wood slB@2o pir cord. . ; V- Dry Gtoo*.—Bleached shirting mnsEn/dS® flOc. per yard; Domestic! unbleached, 40®S0c. Pit yard; domestic checks, 40c. peryard; tlok iift, 60@750. per yard, d&ling, 60@6(te. per yard; towelling. yard; coming ctiicoes, 40@50c. per yard; flannds, red’ and Mhite, $1 25@2 per yard; coarse satinets,s2 per yard ; common ploth, slO®Uper yard; merinoes, $2 60@8 per yard; linen, $1 60@2 per yard; bommoh siltaL 5Q Pto yard; common delfihe, sl@l 25 per yard; men’s coarse boofei $l2 per pair; fine do.s2oper pair ; gum shoes, §B@3 50 per pair ; ladies gaiters, $5 pto pair; common In gram carpeting, sB©4 pm- yard. Wages are about the same as in theJStotes-' so yon can judge how thi'doinmoh pWple hmfce their ends mieet. . WiF*, Mistmss aud Lad*.—Tfaunaraeranh aa Writ;— » Tiifa who lady. Ton are by yonr ““tress, tolerated lady. You have a wife for yourself a, Unstress for your house and its friends, and* lady , for the world. Your wife W 1“ *Kree with yon, your mistress will acbom- .faWfaaiiige yofa tour wife will fake care of your household, your “ yoa are sick your wife will nurse you yoUrTnlstress will visit you, your lady" will ini tLft *"* fore, charged the amount of the oridnlj ecription to the Marietta and road, and the Income Bonds received as intoT”* for that company, together with tWertSS subscription to the Springfield, Mount vSz and Pittsburg Railroad company with™* 11 other items, to Profit and Loss account vs* road carried during 1858, 1,013.808 first passengers, and 16,822 emigrants, inalL is a decrease of $75,213 for find e &» aS»|SI. 073 for emigrants during the year. Ung off is not greater than on moat of thTnitT roads, and is duo to the general business. Less than halftho grants arrived at United States ports, ! “ 3,? “ 1857, so thut the diaS ' tion will be deemed very small. The r», earnings for freight during the year weraM 586,206 31, «f which aU but tolls, &0.,) was for freight carried in. the oan!^ 3 the company. The eittira aimmaTof fS, { mclttdmg lumber, &c.» for was hP 189 tons. The inXiZ^;^ *s®. £ a F T sl6^c so 06, whUe theSES earned in the cars of the company, wastoMh £?f* r “to The coal delvlrSt Pittsburgh amounts to 99,540 tonain 1«68.Z. To protect the New Broad Top ColliervtUjtftdh were reduced to a,point w*u& SZZV. mprtase their Although these tolls are toc fovjr, kn. Sf trado wiflbe «Jemdy val 2! We to the company. Not a single life has bZ lost out of over one million of ned over the road, and hut one accident occur red by which passengers were injured! Tk, claims for lost freight during the year mV. amounted to $8,014. u were «wiippl«d during jtheyeuu, about the same* as last year. Cars for livestock and coal and lumber transportation will soon u required; bat in other respects ‘he road jj fioiently equipped for the business of the w*»* Pwengers now travel, from PittaDurg without change of cars. Ihe roIKn» stock of the road is full. There are 209 W motives, with about 2890. passenger, frefcht lumber and coal oars.; li| closing, theßoiri acknowledge the effidesit services ofThomas A Scott, Esq., to Whom,'hnd bis snhCrdinateof noors and credi t is due for Um favorabtaresnlts obtained daring the year. . ■' ■■ - -‘ 1 Feabfoi. XUuboad Accidkht,—An aecident occurred on tto JElmita m »6ad on Friday] aat, some fifteen milesbslo* thE former place thetrain passCd-overa broken ml while of the mountain. On the loft was a preoipitou the. river. Tk* ehgine> and ott* thegap and ’ kept thotrack, butthofirat paaaoaeoe car.ia wnfcn were CoLj Peine, : the postnjaster of Bo cheater, and aeteh' other gentlemen, nncdnplei both in and rear, left the track and start ed down the precipice. It tamed once ud «, half in going twice its length, And then breath: up against lay at on anrio* ttto passengers ftnq all the fixtures iu-it, including the store, U a promiscucua pile at the lower end. Colonel Paine writes that he dung tp his out, and in all the leaping hod soiling of the cat, never let go.of hia hold. Seeing' thehot stove coining down the aisle towards him, hf (ihe«k& it With hia foot, and prevented it fron'.mhdlwc Aose below with as much violence maitottwr wise would have done. The car trokfitebefon any of th? paasengen Qpidd.extricatotheWwlTW, but they finally broke through the windows sod made their escape; . Xyptfav of Corning was seriously bruised, and Col. Paine fears ft. tolly injured; A Sir. Beebe, “of Bath, was alto hart severely, and £ jpfjpg mm Baltimore who wpot into fits afterwords, owing probibW, to; the fright A Catholic Priest, whose nami ln’ ftet no body in the bar, save Paineescapsd. fis did not get a scratch, but writes that he ia a little sore and tab?- ' ‘ Bor from th& railmwl.meii that auadopted son of Mik Gibbs,- foreman io '■> the Niagara Falls Piper APU^TO,.tekW N the .Cauliwjt o.a afternoon last. -The vibtitn t was ■a. promising hl|le boy of about eleven years of age, tad » ill Who know liiml The Niagara Falla Taper Mill is situate*! «o. Bath between Goat Island and njainltiid, and the machinery la driven by wittier pewit. On Saturday aftexpoon a number of m«u ww engaged clearing away the ice which obstructed thptiw pf water in 'the race, and Mr. Gftfir boy was playing about fa the vicinity. la one plate the* race ia spanned by a narrow ftot; bs(dg e - pf plank, destitute of a railing or oilier protection oh either atde, and somehow, in one* Birtfe this, he lost his balance and fell into the wttter.' The current was very ’ strong, and It aniinstaot the child was carried but through tS» bnlKfaeadat the tail end of the race and jw f?®? into the foaming flood » short dlstoooe above the bridge connecting Uta two islands. The rapids were fall of floating blocks of ice, and mingled with these 'the poor little fellow was carried down'thy atrtam. Help «mld * be afibrded, and. th® horrified spectators wattl ed him till he was lost to sight; He was obe yed to raise his hand! once, as if to remon something'froth his' face, and that was all. Tie distance froththo race cannot be over fifty rodi. And the N fatal leap was not long delayed. It b not probable that'any vestige will ever be '<&■ oovered of the remains. , The rcznorsless vortex behsath the falls seldom returns to land sap thing committed to its mysterious depth*.-" Soehuter Feb. 1. Caupokitca.—According to the Qovfrn'or’i message ihe' State of California has a population of persons. There are 766,734 u*a under cultivation, and in grazing 1,159 81t acres. The sheep ih the State number 660,000; horses, 43,000; cattle, 120,000. The exports ox hides was over half a million of dollsrt past year. The crop of wheat for the year IBst is set down at 8,568,Q69 bushels, and that tf barley at 6,882,717. This is 218,798 bow bushels of bariej than the amount raised fa whole Union in 1860, according to census. But# hundred and eighty-five thousand gallon* « wine and ten thousand gallons of brandy **** manufactuicd in that State last year. IhegoW yield in 1557 was $65,560,000 and the tow yield since the discovery, $600,000,000. I®» State debt is $4,150,000. " ‘ Juvenile Bragging.— A little of this city was Holding a very aniniato* conversation with one shout its own year*) a. few days since. A portion Of jt ff* 3 overheard, and it appeared to be a dis| as to what their u mothers could do.- After naming over various meritorious acts of which their maternals were ble, the one ih question put an end to tw dispute by cxclainiing; “ Well* thg*?, 1 pne thing my mother can do that i- ■£ ■ a?»s ,»g*S? iftCBUM i£.*- jot A •> - ■ • 2-2 M-f '•*'•■ BOM tho« . . .. r v- .-sX.-ic ' "fSto.n** lKti>«Cl •srt«e» kou I farrow* ta