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ALTOONA, P£.
IISURSDAY, MAY 12, 1859.
.. f®"X here «e nnknown to u*,our rulefor *drer
to require payment inaSvnnce,or«eaanuitMlrsm
Maown pereone. It u therefore ihclom (br ail apebto tend
offering to pay at theend of threooreix
— | tlw. Where advertisement* are accompanied with the
■janey. whether one, flvoor tendollan, wevrillgive the
fOwllier the foil benefit of coah rate*.
fl. M. PETTEHUZKA. & CO.,
AflmtMng Agonta, 110 Naaaau street, New fork, and
M State atreet, Boaton; are the Agents fin- the Altoona
’3HMM4 and the moat influential and largest circulating
N*jn*papen in the United States and the Canadas. ; They
ara aathdriged to ns at our lotettf mitt. &
Oaverr Mob In Texas.
the action of a body of slave-holders at
Timber Creek, Fannin county, Texas, du
ring the holding of a Conference at that
plaOe, at which Bishop Janes presided,
has reyived the shivery question in the
Methodist Episcopal Church, and excited
to.a high degree the feelings of those of
its Ministers and members who are oppos
ed to the cause of slavery. When we
first read the account of the doings of the
mob, we thought it might be somewhat
exaggerated, but recent information leaves
no doubt as to its truth, if in reality, a
fair account of the proceedings can be
conveyed in a written statement. Art ex
change in referring to the affair says that
the Conference was composed, as is uni
formly the case, of the regularly ordained
itinerant ministers laboring within a given
region, theft only object being to preach
the Gospel. But these ministers belonged
not to the M. E. Church, South but to the
Methodist Episcopal Church, and the slave
holders of Fannin county resolved that
their presence should not be tolerated.—
They therefore appointed a vigilance com
mittee of fifty to wait upon them and
warn them not to prosecute further the
business, of their Conference, and to order
their departure from the county on pain
of having lynch law applied to them. The
foUowing appears to be a fair statement of
the way in which these gentlemen per
formed their mission: On the Shbbath,
the great day of the Conference, Bishop
Janes was in the pulpit, and the intro
ductory services were in progress, when,
from the windows of the obnroh, far away
on the level plain, might he seen some
horsemen approaching. The house was
about two-thirds full, when they knelt in
prayer; on arising, the horsemen had ar
rived, tied their horses, and crowded into
every open place in n tlie house. As the
Bishop arose to anhouce his text, the
leader of the mob, about three feet;from
the Bishop before him, exclaimed, “Ihave
spme business, shy rather unpleasant to
me, and more so, to yon ; we have resolved
fn public meeting that yon shall not preach
or hold meetings in these regions.” The
Bishop replied that it was not his place to
decline to preach; it was for the society
living there and owning the house to de
cide whether it could be occupied that
morning according to appointment, and
unless the trustees or proper authorities
forbade him, he moist preach. The leader
of the mob replied threateningly, declaring
that in all that region Methodist societies
should no longer be tolerated. The' firm?
ness of Bishojp Janes enabled him to
finish his sermon. The Conference, we
understand resolved to disperse rather
than provoke such a breach of the peace.
We regret that the New Orleans Christian
Advocate approves of this gross outrage
upon a body of Christian ministers, and of
its own denomination to! Whom the
Gods wish todestroy they first make mad !
Slavery is working its own cure! \
Feabpul Mortality.— -In a boarding
school for boys located in the village of
Orange, Haven, county, Connecticut,
aoine fear weeks.since, a malignant disease
made itci appearance, which Has since pas
sed like a, simoon over the whole town,
Jifce *hc plague of Egypt, carrying off
whole families, and almost depopulating
the. village. It commences a swel
ling in the throat,and so qniokly andsud
denly does it work, that ther victim ex
pires m a fhw hours from the time of its
first appearance.
Opposite Decisions.—A short time
amcs, Postmaster General Brown decided
thst a pencil or pen mark on a paper In
tended to eall attention to any article, Wb
it to letter postage. Assistant
Postmaster General King has decided
that marking a paper with pen or pen
oH,'fo?'the purpose of attracting at
tention, does not subject it to letter post
age. jtv which , decision, are we to be
goTemim? ': ">• • .
Philadelphia Municipal Election.
•^h®,, Philadelphia Municipal 'election bn
Tuesday of last weet, vaulted in the com
plete |riumph of the People’s Ticket,f
the majorities ranging from 2,000' to
8,000. y j [
A Steangk Cohcmt.—The insane often enter
tain the most Indiorcons' ideas of them own con
dition. ' There is a man. in an asylum in one! of
theneighbofing states who became insane in ccjn
■eqnenee of a failure in business. He explains
tbs reason of bis incarceration as follows: *'» I
ain here because of a mere mistake in business.
I was engaged during the winter in making mos
quitoes' wings, which I expected to sell in the
summer. I had ten thousand of them on hand
when the season opened, but unfortunately I had
forgotten to make them in pairs. They were all
wings, and consequently I lost the sale
of them and was compelled to suspend payment 1 “
He relates thu stoiy with a gravity and eanest
testifies to hie sincerity of hie own
beun m the explanation. I ’
foom the Pittsburgh Dtapofci of Mon
dsy ;W» leers that at noon os Saturday
fept,ailre broke
Market and Smithfield streets, in fchat
city, and In the dioit apaee of anhonr
and ten mmutes ten steamboats fell a prey
to the
which is estimated at $llO,BOO, $79,00$
of which was covered by insurance- |The
boats binned were named, Belmont, 'Cref
Commerce, Potomac, Panola, Jen*
nie Grey, Heniy Graff, Council Bluffy
.James Wood, J. H. Conn. The rapidity:
with which the flames spread rendered it
impossible for the crews of the burning';
steamer to save anything on hoard; sbme;
not even having an opportunity to save
their waidrobes. Some of the warehouses
along the wharf were on fire at different;
times, hut the flames were promptly check--
ed by thefire department,* although pon- ;
siderahle damage was done by water.; A*i
quantify of freight was thrown overboard
from the burning steamers and floated;
down the river. The scene on the wharf-;
during the - fire is said to have heen'dis- ,
agreeably animated. 1
Death of Mr. Church.— We regreat
to learn that Joseph M. Church, Esq.,
member of the late Legislature from
Philadelphia,, died in New York city a
. few days since, of congestion of the lungs.
Mr. Church was highly esteemed and the
announcement of his sudden death will
cause universal regret. The Inquirer
says that for many years he was connec
ted with the press as a writer of no ordi
nary industry. In 1838-he was connec
ted with several of the weekly journals
and subsequently came to that city, after
laving taken some part in the “ Dorr war,”
in Rhode Island. Mr. Church is the
third gentleman elected to the late Legis- 1
lature who has died. The first was his
colleague, Mr. Wood, of Philadelphia, and
the second Mr. Balliettof Carbon.
Fining a Juror. —The Pottstown
Ledger says that a Mr. Samuel R. Ellis,
of that place, was summoned as a Juror in
the U. S. Circuit Court for the Eastern
District of Pennsylvania, and was fined
850 by Judge Cadwalader for having ex
pressed an opinion after having been em
panneled as a' juror. The case in trial
was that of Jndge Vondersmith, of Lan
caster county, for committing pension
frauds. Mr. Ellis asked to be excused
from serving as a juror on the case, as he
had expressed an opinion. The Judge
asked how long since he had expressed the
opinion, when he replied about a week
ago, and since he had been put on the
present panel of jurors. The-Judge di
rected the clerk to mark the juror excu
sed, and also to mark him fined 850 for
expressing his opinion publicly about a
case which he was empanneled to try.
Contracts Falling Due on Sunday.
—The Superior Court of New York has
given a decision of importance upon this
subject. The particular case was that of
a policy of life insurance expiring on Sun
day, the premium upon the renewal of
which was not tendered till the following
Monday. The Court decided that when,
from accident, or mutual error, the day of
fulfilling an agreement falls on Sunday,
there is enough of principle and authority
to justify the party in deferring his per
formance to the Monday ensuing, without
impairing a right or incurring a forfeiture.
The Wheat Crop in Ohio.— -The
prospects of the wheat crop throughput
Central and Eastern Ohio, were never, it
is said, more promising than they are. at
thiis time. ' The Wheeling Intelligencer
has been informed by Mr. Garrett, Presi
dent of the Baltimore sod Ohio road, that
the people everywhere he has been are
jubilant with the expectation of an abun
dant harvest. !
S&* Ex-Judge Vondersmith, convicted
of forgery, has been sentenced to twenty
years imprisonment, a fine of five thousand
dollars, and make restitution to the GhW
ernment to the amount of thirty thousand
dollars. Vonderemith is fifty-six years old.
Boned at Pitta-
PEH AHD BCIBBOBB. • -
big- “devil”—cur wwapprentice.
Bg£»Eead the advertisement bended “Eight
Seasons Why.”
BQU 'A man behind the age should be fed on
“Mtdwiip.” -
fl9* Wanted—the name ofthe Irishman who
got to: the “ top o’ the'morning.
' I|M>L What Is that which flies bight lies loir,
boa no feet, and wears shoes T Dost.
'ffigr > The worst feature ona man’sface is his
nese—when stock m other people's business.,
of rain-—to see a notice, of Battal
ion Training. The bvm&-ladd}ft t&m»,jß fetch it
•gt»An eld resident of the Loop, named
James Mathers, was found dead'in fiont of bis
residence on Friday morning last. ’
gj 9. B. H. Geary, Esq., fas, on Friday last,
admitted, to practice law in the sereral courts
of this county.
g®“Gov. Packer has pardoned James Davis,
convicted some two years since, of the murder
of J. R. Johnston, at Holliday sbutg.
BQ&» About the only person we ever heard
of, that wasn’t spoiled by being lionized, was a
Jew named Daniel.
£9“ It is not generally known that a piece
of loaf sugar will instantly stop the most trou
blesome hiccough. N
S&“ The case of Jacob Foust, convicted and
sentenced to death, in Erie county, has been
carried up to the Supreme Court bn a writ of
error. .
J 9" The locomotives on the Pennsylvania
Railroad were draped in mourning for a few
days, in respect to the memory of tie victims
of the late railroad disaster at Greensburg.
A Cincinnati paper considers a grocer’s
wife of that city a very remarkable woman, be
cause she has had 21 children in 22 years.—
Poor grocer.
19* Instead of retaliating upon the man who
calls you a villain, a liar, a thief, cooly inform
him thatyou have not sufficient confidence in
his veracity to believe him.
B@L> Went Couri-vag last week—the Joes,
consequently their adver did not appear. It
will be found in another column of to-day’s
paper.
The town of Milesbilrg, Centre county,
was lately visited by a band of burglars and
horse thieves. A number of stores were broken
into and several horses stolen.
Slifer, Esq., the new State Treasurer
;of Pennsylvania, entered upon the duties of the
office on Monday week, and has appointed as
cashier of the Treasury, Thos. H. Nicholson.
Michael Scaalan, of this place, was, at
last Court, found guilty of keeping a tippling
house, and sentenced to pay a fine of $lO and
hosts of prosecution, amounting in the aggregate
to $43,06
’■fiSJ"’Pronouncing. “La! ma, here’s a
heagle.” Ma, (reproachfully)— *• A heagle!
Oh! you bignorant gal. Vy, it’s a howl.”—
Keeper of the menagerie—“ Axes parding, mum
'tis an awk!”
Muggins says he don’t believe in the
appearance of sprints in this world as strongly
as be does in their disappearance. He lost a
gallon of brandy and two baskets of campaigns
on the last election.
SSS* A family in Manchester, N. Hampshire,
homed Chamberlain, have for the last five years,
kept the corpse of an infant in the house as a
pet. They were forced to inter it by the au
thorities a few days since. ' \
: The lost number of the Hollidaysburg
Whig says that Gov. Packer has pardoned James
Davis, the murderer of James R. Johnston, by
shooting him. .It appears to us that shooting a
convict ir a new way of pardoning him.
: The Ohio Farmer speaks encouragingly
of the fruit prospects in that State; peaches,
cherries, and apples all look well. Ohio .is now
the chief source of supply for the eastern mar
kets.
i B®. A piece of wood forced down into the
flea tp the depth of .two hundred fathoms, be
comes eo compressed, that when drawn up again
it is foujud to bo so heavy as to sink like a stone
When thrown into the water.
A Western lawyer thus advertises: To
be sold bn the 10th of May, one hundred and
ten suith at law, the property of an attorney
Who is about retiring from business. The cli
ents are rich and obstinate.
! County Postmasters are allowed 101
Cents a jyear out of the Post Office funds, or two
mills for each number of the paper, for every
county paper received at their offices, as a re
compense for their trouble in delivering them.
Alexander J. McKee and Edmund Mc-
Cabe, indicted for larceny of money from a
jiquor agent, while in Hollidaysburg lust winter,
|verc at last court, found guilty and the former
sentenneed to two years and six months and the
latter to two years in the Western Penitentiary.
; B®—The Vevay, Indiana, News gives an ac
cent of a lady who visited that town, for the
first time, on Thursday last, though she has
been within four miles of it forty-five years; nor
has she ever visited any other town, city or vil
lage.
i 8®» An Editor who has been visiting the
United ;Stat«s Supreme Court at Washington,
says of the nine judges he saw there, ‘figth of
them looked for all the world like a vow of worn
btit nurses, sitting in an ‘ Intelligence Office,’
waiting ;to be hired.*
I B®- : The Western Railroad Gazette ia sound
on the Sickles question. It says:—“ In our
Opinion Sickles was guilty of murdering a great
for a low minded woman who was
;Uot worth making such a fugs about. True as
jpr caching. ”
; S&* la Salem, Mass., every person who
bn the street is fined $B. Were such a
||aw enforced in*this place, we would soon hare
?moD«y enough to Macadamize all our streets.
'We preauro? tfto Jftdies Vfould pot object to its
passage. _
, The Lawyer who filed a bill, shaved a
note, out an acqointance, split a hair, made an
‘entry, got up a case, einpannelled a jury, put
■them into a box, nailed a witness, hammered a
abd'bored the court, all'in one day, has
given up law and turned carpenter,
s S i®- Better than the Sickles Plan~A iner
i? Bucyrna, Ohio, having detected his
;,wjfe in intrigue with one whom he had regard-
Sbd as his friend, out off the seducer’s ear* for-
lfiS wife fo*. the sake of his young child,
;bnd returning home, preserved the ear in spir
its, and Saved his family from disgrace.
11 VVv and at Him Again I”—John Set-
Obiter, the&ate antagonist of Michael Phelan in
the billiaromatchat Detroit, has challenged the
to play a hew match for $6,000, within
finely days. A forfeit of $l,OOO hasbeenfor
ffardcd from Detroit to this city, and it is pro-,
posed that the match be played here.
On a Visit.—The Tyrone Star says the
wribme arrived at that place on Friday morning
last, in' the train from Philadelphia. ' Seeing
■fP® editors pre always so busy that they can not
go visiting, we suppose bur papers thought they
would run down and see how sur friends in the
P ttaker City were getting along, and let them
know we are still about.
Handling Notes.'—Peterson's Detector
wmns parsons who are compelled to handle
bank notes, not'to wet their thumbs while coun
ting bank notes. It remarks that if the thumb
cpmes in contact with the tongue after iufttdling
Anote from the pocket of a man infected with
jpg? po* is as sure to take affect
af the inoculation of a child.
A singular occurrence, says the Knick
erbocker, of the 271 h, was discoveradin a vault
attached to one' of outburial grounds on Sunday
hut. It wms that of » female, wbo was deposi
ted therein for dead some two months since,
being found, on opening the coffin, to be lying
op her side with one hand under her head.—
From tide it was evident that the woman was
•live when placed there, and awaking from the
trance into which she had fallen, endeavored to
extricate herself from her entombment. This,
of course was an impossibility; the cover was
not only screwed down tightly, but the space :
was toA contracted to allow of even ah.efforL—
It was evident, however, that the unfortunate
woman became convinced of this fact, and con
cluded to die. She therefore took the easy
posture in which she was found, and breathed
her last. The thought that they had buried
her while yet alive set her friends almost crazed.
The body was that of a woman who formerly
resided in the Bowery. The father and mother
of the deceased had just arrived from the old
country last week, and were brought to the
vault to see their child. The scene is related
as heart-rending. This is another instance of
too hasty burial.
Law is' North Cabohsa. — A man named
Elias Newville has been convicted, in Halifax
county, N. C., of the murder of a man named
Phillip's, and sentenced to be hung. A corres
pondent of the Petersburg Express says : That
the conviction of Newville was the result of the
cruel hardship of the law, as our Supreme Court
has laid it down, all admit. That he ought to
be pardoned, if a new trial is not granted him,
all concede. He is a poor man with a large
family. He killed one because he had made a
base proposal to hie wife, and when she rejec
ted it, seized her with great violence, (she
far gone in pregnancy,) threw her down, and
endeavored by force to accomplish his object!—
For killing such a brutal and New
ville is guilty of murder. Sickles killed Key for
adulterous intercourse with his wife—that wife
being willing and consenting to the act, yet he
is guilty of no crime, and the verdict of his ac
quittal is received with shouts of applause, and
a burst of enthusiastic apptov&l. But what of
all that ? The one is a poor, humble man—the
other, a member of Congress!
A Cube fob Sueep-Killinq Doqs. —An agri
cultural writer gives the following recipe to cure
vicious dogs from killing sheep, which may be
pf some importance to our wool-growing readers.
The writer says: Select the stoutest and most
vicious old nun in your .flock, and shear'him
close; then get a small Manilla rope thirty
five feet long, tie one end around the ram’s
neck and the other end around the dog’s neck,
and turn them into a ten-acre field well cleared
of stumps, and let them remain two hours; and
if that old ram don’t knock all the sheep-killing
propensities out of that dog, why then, as
Samuel Stonestreet would say, “ I hope I may
never see chinkapin time again.” That dog will
never have the courage to look a sheep in the
face again. This may be an excellent way of
effecting the object, but for our part we think
it might be accomplished with far greater safety
and expedition through the agency of three cents
worth of striefanine administered to the canine
in his food.
Eissi.no. —The editor of the Memphis Enqui
rer says that a man should never attempt to
kiss a lady’k*hand without knowing whether it
would be agreeable to her. Upon this Prentice
remarks: But pray how is he to ascertain
whether it would be agreeable or not ? Mast
he, as a preliminary, or rather as a feeler, squeeze
her hand a little to see how she likes that ? or
should he make a direct and formal proposition
to her ; my dear creature, please let me kiss
yonr hand? or should he gaze steadfastly into
her eyes until he sees, written distinctly upon
the retina, “ please kiss me, sir ? or until she
presents him with the little flower "jump up
and kiss me ?”
G heat Walking Match—The Pedestrian
Beaten.— On Monday last, on the Union Course,
Long Island!, the walking ma tch by Mr. Addams
against time for $2OO, the pedestrian to walk
four miles in thirty minntes. a fair heel and toe
walk, took place. The day was fine, and the at
tendance was large. From the start Addams
walked his best, making the first mile in 7 min
utes and 28 seconds; the first two miles in 16
gninntes and 35 seconds, and the four miles in
ol minutes and 44 seconds, losing the match by
1 minute and 44 seconds. Previous to starting,
betting was lively, Addams having tne call at
$lOO to $BO.
Killed bt a Wolf.— The Tuscola (C. W.)
Pioneer relates that a man a few days since,
while chopping in the woods some miles west of
Lexington, Lenilac county, nedr his own bouse
was attacked by a wolf, which at the first sig
nal grasped his victim by the throat. The wife
standing at the door of the house, sow the posi
tion of her husband, and running up, seized his
axe, and with one blow on the back of the wolf
so disabled him as to make him release his hold.
A few more blows finished him entirely, but not
until the wolf hod succeeded in cutting the
throat of her husband so that he died almost
immediately. *
French Flour. —Several samples of French
wheat and flour were lately exhibited in Balti
more. There were three grades of flour made
at Paris,: and Abbeville, which were ex
amined by miller, and pronounced superior ,to
best city flour The samples-of wheat were red
from Layon and Nantz, and white Belgium from
Antwerp. The flour, it ia said, will pay a duty
of fifteen per cent., and can then be sold for a
less price than that made by the mills of Balti
more. To import flonr is a novelty, when the
United States for years furnished bread for a
largo part of western Europe.
The Suicide “ Dodge.”—A man, calling him
self Lamartine, is -wandering through the West
and raising funds, by pretending to commit sui
cide. He takes laudanum and sends 'for a doc
tor and clergyman. They come to him and find
a letter in his room in the most pathetic style
of suicide literature. He states that his pover
ty is the cause of the rash act. He is restored
•with difficulty, and sympathetic people raise A
purse for him, and he departs. He raised $26
in this way last week at Dayton and $4O at
Sandusky, and departed with a “free pass’* on
-the railroad, to commit suicide at some other
place.
In Paris a large number of girls, selec
ted for their beauty of form and face, ore hired
by the dry goods dealers to show off goods. It
was formerly the custom to use a wax figure, or
dummy of some' sort, whereon the shawl or
dress might be seen to advantage. But , the
beauty of a live figure was fohod to be sober
twn an addition to the apparent value of the
dress—each lady easterner, of course, fancying
it would look quite as handsome upon herself—
jiedien Ten^erB bftTe an i Te rsally adopted the
thJfi&tw 8 * tot n b 7 th ® New York Tima that
next spring. During the Interval, it is expected
thatHeenan will practice constantly will? John
Mr Ottignon. SlnM the spar
be“elfc •fthe widow bf
Moi £ 8s l ej and Beenan have become
tbe fora fight
Tin FatalDati™ an atHajto.— The time !'
for the execution <>f Jacobi and Brans, wife mar*
dmn ii dmriiigiiHu. On the 20th of May,
those unfortunate men will bo called upon to
oxpiato the penalty of their atrocious and in
human conduct on the gallows. They are pre
paring to meet their maker, being constantly at
tended by Ministers, and devoting a great deal
of their tinie to exercises of a devotional charac
ter. They will be executed in the Jail yard at
Pittsburgh.
Dahoxsoux Pkxachxx.— Dr. Cross, in a letter
to the Richmond Advocmte, dagnrreotypes a
southern preached in part, thus: “He encom
passes himself with rainbows, and meteors, and
earthquakes, and cataracts, and hurricanes, and
water-spouts, and showers of gems, and torrents
of fire, and boondiesa conflagrations, and mar
shaled philosophies, and trooping seraphim, and
the stupendous wheels of Providence, and the
silver ehlming of the spheres, and the weltering
chaos of demolished worlds.”
Youthful TiuAuta —A shocking case of de
pravity is that of two young men named Ariel
French and .Hoary* W. Moran, who are in jail at
Syracuse, Hew Ybrk. They had put obstruc
tions on a railroad track and hid behind a tree
near by, with a rib* of plunder, which the dis
aster would give them a chance for. Luckily a
hand oak came along, and the danger was re
moved. Hanging ;is too good for the scamps,
by half.
Loko Pastorat*. —The Prttbyterian Magazine
says: “In the Presbyterian Church we kno wof
ho pastorate of longer duration than that of Dr.
Spring, which is nearly half a century.” We
know of one which is probably still nearer to
the half century. { Rev. James Linn, D. D., was
ordained and installed in Bellfonte, Pa., in the
Autum of 1809; and he hadbeon preaching there
some months previously. He still serves the
same congregation: and with great acceptance.
JK&“ We have received a copy of the Milton
Democrat, a new paper published by A B. Hall,
formerly of Mileshurg, Centre county, Pa. The
proclivities of the; paper, like the out at the
head of it, is decidedly one-sided on the Le
compton question; supporting the Buchanan
dynasty. To make the paper neat and accepta-
the position ef the cut in the head and the
position of the editor on the Lecompton ques
tion most be changed.
The artesian veil in Kentucky discharges
230 gallons of water per minute, or about *BBO,-
000 gallons in twenty-four hours. The water
flies with such force that it rises in pipes, by
its own pressure, ,170 feet above the surface.
Its force is estimated to be equal to that of a
steam engine of ten-horse power. The water is
perfectly limpid, with an invajible temperature
of 76} degrees.
IS9* The editor of the New England Farmer
says that charcoal placed around the roots of the
diseasob peach stock is' serviceable. He remo
ved the soil from around the trunk of a sickly
tree in bis garden,; suppled its place with char
coal, and was surprised at its sudden renovation
and subsequent xapidify of growth, the tenacity
with which the fruit held bn to the branches and
tbe*unusual richness of its flavor when matured.
SSS* The Western and Worcester Railroad
Companies have placed upon their lines between
Albany and Brighton a novelty iq the shape of
a drover’s oar, fitted up at oneetfcl with sleep
ing berths, and at the other with tables for
reading, and proper ventilation for smoking
purposes. In this car the drover can accompa
ny his cattle, and is thus on hand in any emer
gency that may oCcnr.
I®* We learn that the publUhcrsof Webster’s
Unabridged Dictionafy have in press a new ed
ition of that work, with fifteen hundred pictorial
illustrations; several thousand new words added
to the vocabulary, aitable of synonyms by Prof.
Goodrich, and other new features. It is to ap
pear, we understand, at an early day, and will
be looked for with touch interest.
BSU A Great Earthquake occurred at Ecua
dor, South America on the 22U of March, which
shook the mountain range of Chomborazo, for
the space of four minutes, almost destroying the
City of Quito, and killing-from 5000 to 12000
persons. All the principal buildings of the
neighboring town* were also almost utterly de
stroyed. : - ' *
--Bishop Jakes a JPbsb Mason.— According to
one of the Western Methodist papers, Bishop
Janes, during the recent noisy Conference in Tex
as, had, in the hour of extremity, given the Ma
sonic sign, when the rabble and the
Conference was permitted to close its session.
Bffi.The highwayman’s serenade—“Oh! lend
me, by moonlight,:loan!”’ .
HATS ! HATS 11—SpRING AND
SUMMEB STTIiES.
Tt\p subscriber has jnjrt returned from the city with a
large and well selected stock of Hen and Boys’
HATS -mm OF
AND ALL
GAPS, yjp, STYLES.
FOR SPRING S SUMMER WEAR,
of every color and shape. Also, a good aewrtment of
LADI£S A2O) MISSES FLATS,
of different varieties, all of which will ho sold
• CHEAT FOR CASH. ;
■roots and shoes
of BOOTB 4
Men's Cnlfßoots, from *3 50 to t 5 00
Men’s Oxford Uss fotiMt DO. ’
Men’s Calf Goiters Jbr |2 62.
s3 00.
Boys’ Qdf Gaiters froth $1 62 to SS 00.
a ®’h > d upwards,
f"”** MoroccoHeeFd Boots *! 60.
ladies’Kid SlJppen 7$ cts. * "
and cotered Qalters from 90 cts, to *2 00
HPP? E > N ? LOT at PRIVATE
■» Sale, hu
?. nd hMa fr»« of« fort
WAMBUTTA PRINTS.
nugr m« the Bert Cellcort yrt offered to the Public for the
; DIOIIOT.
1 * Aassig,
■■
H °T CAKES”
and S 0 - Call In LUle.
™ssr
B XJ Y
IXHB
F AT PtPTS.
Th« snteerQMr would mpwtlbltt i. ißte
ftrm tfaaettteus of TT
that ho la nowwoeklyrccelrinr Ui
assortment at FUIINITUSE at his wT!? I I
• treot - n«*t door tod
W. Kwaler’s Drugstore, which he ban WMb
directly from the Wholesale Manufacturer!
for Cash, thereby enabling him to sell .iJSfcvM
Pittsburg Retail Prices, including freight
Hi» stock consists of Dressing Bnresi
Card Tables, Sido Tables, Centre Table. 5vP a
Wash Stands, Sewing and Toilet
Spring and Common Bedsteads; Crib Creal*®’
Lounges; Walnut, Maple and Cano Scat BofcTS
Arm Rocking Chairs, Ac., ic.
He would also inform those persons who
home manufacture that ho still «*ntinn*« Pt*.
at his old stand in East Altoona. Chair* of Ml
Persons wishing to buy anything in thn
would do well by calling and
porcbasing.olsewbere.
Altoona, May 3d, 1859-3 t ktSf*
THE UNDERSIGNEDWor?;
respectfully InWvr l^
tsmcia and the *"*»«» hi.,*,
that bo has Just * ,*»«**;, .
end haxmojh as- * Uki.
Mat of** *
Cl 2J?®'
which ho' is now iri , n t Nas >
and is prepared to 'rs.** ak
the latest style & . «Ph
ner, as none but
are employed, and
be warranted to
He has also a good
Ftjasismso Goods, “• Gcr»
laris, Undershirt*,
Wes, Stocks, Snspj KuitCi,
assortment of RRaui-maoo vnoiniAu *nV '?'*»
he is determined to sell as cheap (u they’
this side of Philadelphia. The public art
rlted to.call and examine my stock, w I shaJUaW?' 1 **■
in showing them. Doors open at Si time,
until 9 I>. M. Admittance free. wwaftJLjt
May 5,18M-tf
EI GHTI®ASONS
EVERYBODY SHOULD GO TO,
O. B. SINK’S STORE
1 HE HAS A LARGE AND WEli
1* selected assortment of Dry Good*, which
golcgtoaae. woni
2.U0 has an tmequAlled stock of GROCER)** <l.
4. He ha* a lime case of Boot* and Shoes for n. M .'
an^pricc* 1 “ ld ° hUdrB “>. embracing aU
6. UohM a fine stock at HATS for Summer »«r
the pink of the fashion—ell very cheap, *“
®- *l™-™°“ han(l ««ortjneat ot foWi-
Made Clothing, to salt the season, «a»|<
7. Uo has <n hand a lars* stotk.of Cloths, a
F«h»m which he wiUnmkeupW order on
in a fashionable style, and at prices which must rim
faction. • - ■* »
8. Ue don t ask people to come and buy—onlr to mm
and examine hi* stock, feeling eonSdont that If
examine they will bny without aaklnp.
May 5, V869,-tf
WEST BRANCH
FUtl4 LIVE STOCK AND
HEALTH IHS U RAN C E COMB A\T
OF LOCK UAVE.V, PA. ‘. ’
R. A. O. KERR, Aobwt, Aitoosi, Pa.
Capital, $300,000 I Premium Notes,
Chartered, 1840—Charter Perpetual
Will insure against Fire and Sickness. Also, onflntdia
Hones, Males and Cattle at reasonable rates.
HEALTH DEPA S TMKJtT.
The weekly payment of this Company to those iacspeci.
tated for active life 'by sickness or accident, enoaktlu
annual deposit. For instance, by paying at the rate of
$ 6 00 per year, draw weekly t h ta
io oo do do io oo
20 00 do do jo 00
30 00 do do 30 W)
35 00 do do J 5 m
40 00 do do in ns
80 00 x do do ' MOO
cfEccions:
G C Harvey, Pree’t, T T Abram, Vice Prcs’t,
Thos Kitchen, Sec’y, Wm Pearson, Treat.,
D K Jackman, Peter Dickinson. •
Wm White, Chat A Mayer,
Samuel Christ, John B Hall.
The Board of Directors submit the following testimony
from Governor Wm. P. Packer, showing the rcuutatloa of
the Company at hornet
, ' WIUUMMIrt, Pa, August 5, 1557.
x I am personally acquainted with the Directors sjjiQft
com of the West Branch Insurance Com pony at Lock Hi
Ven, Pa., andcheerfully bear testimony Co their high due
actor as business men. A company under their control
will undoubtedly bo safely and prudently mansrei ml
all losses wbieb it may sustain honorably adjusted.
May 5; 1859 mm
NEW GOODS,
WMWMim
Brown Sugar 8 cts.
Calicoes for 10 cts.—Worth 12*.
Heel’d French Morocco Lace Boots at
AND ALL KINDS! OF GOODS
MY STOCK IS m)W LARGE
And will be Kept FULL at AU Timet.
Altoona, Hay 6, 1859.
CHEAP GOODS „
AT McC OR MICK'S STORE
JUST ARRIVED, AND NOW BE-
W ISO opened, a very extensive assortment of
SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS,
of oil the different varieties usually kept in country flora.
carefully selected in quality and style to suit the eeium,
consisting, In the Dry Goods department, of Prints,'La*®,
Shallys, Delaines, 4c, 4c, in all their variety.
Alwv—Ladles, Misses and Gent's Gaiteht, Boots i
Hats/Capa, Bonnets, Ac, 4c.
Hardware, Queemieart, Ceiarvare,
Leghorn. Aha Leaf and Panama Hats, Coffee, Sugar, Jh>,
Mtkatit, Rice, Dried Peaches, «fc, Dried Beef,
Sugar-Cured Hams, Moulders, Sides, <fc-. ■ ,
all of which will be sold or exchanged for all kinds M
dace, such as Butter, Eggs, Lard, Tallow, Rags, Soap, ari
Grain of any kind, as low if not lower than any ota*
hottsein town. Being very thankful for past patron***,
w TJIU consider it a very great favor to receive a visit two
odr friends, and be much gratified in having the pleas®*
of showing them onr Goods.
Altoona, May 6 1859.
Stoves, Tin & Sheet-Iron Ware, Spouting.
TAS. W. RIGG WOULD RESPECT
JLr FOLLY inform the citizens of Altoona and TicinJtT
that ho keeps constantly on hand a largo assortment «
tooling, Itirlor, Office and Shop Stoves, of all styles M*
lizes, to suit the wants of ail, which ha trill sell »t
prices, on reasonable term*. ’ ,
Ho also keeps on hand a largo stock of Tin and Slua-
Iron IKire, consisting of all articles for enliuary
Choi Scuttles, Stove I'ipe, dc. Also, a large lot of Out Im
lorco Pumps. ..
jKS-.Fartieular attention paid to putting up
oitlier in town or country. Spouting painted and P?!
on tho most reasonable terms* - [april lt» ISwldy
A STONE & CO’S GLASS PBEr
■£|l» SERVING jars, for preserving aU kinds of
yruito, \ egc tables, Mince Meat, Oysters, and all 6ttcil 1*
tollable articles. ■ ,
HES»The main secret of preserving fruit in a fresh con' •
Uon, consists in having it thoroughly heated when
np, and in expelling ail the air there may bo in the re®* •
so that when the fruit cools it will form a vacuum.
We are now manufacturing the above Patent Jsr, I®*
log bought the right from Messrs. A. Stone 4 Co., ana
Prspared to Oil all orders at short notice. . , . jj.
We tarnish Coven, Wlree and Cement, with prj°'fLi #
rcetions with each Jar, Manufactured and sold Wnoi*’*
* Retail by
CTOJfIXOHAMS * ca,
April 28, , St., fitttJw* I 4 '
> r»
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Rio Coffee 12 i ct&
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