Crite. ALTOONA, PA. _ jmiBSDAY. JUNE 16, 1859. ■ are unknown to ni, our rule for adver ting! ]■ to require payment In advance, ora guarantee from SSSrtk person*. It is therefore useless for all each to Md ,*L»dTartlsemeats offering to pay at the end of three or eix ‘TPhere advertisements are accompanied with the jgoaey, whether one, five or ten dollars, we will give the advertiser thefullbeneflt of cash rates. 8. M. rETTESGILI fc CO., Advertising Agents.llO Nassart street, New Torts, and XS State street. Boston, are the Agent* for the AUoaaa JVOims, wdtho moat- influential and largest circulating Newspaper* in theOnltrtfitatoeaad the Canada*. They aw «rthori«rt to eontotot'ttr ws id car lowest rale*. Tw*i«Kfl:—-H. A. ifoPike, of the Johns town acoejrt for a iongravipg of the Cambria .Iron oaid to bo the lar gest wrtla dl*(!hb lcl£d in the country. Peopled Ceunty Caiiventlon. Pursuant to previous notice? the Amer ican and JRopoblican County Committees met in thf Court-House, at Hollidayaburg, on Friday-of dost week, and from wbat we can lea?% we believe tbe meeting was very harmonious. , A resolution was pas aed calling a-Peoples’ County Convention, to be held in Hollidaysburg on Tuesday the -27 th day of June, (Delegates to vwjfioh aro to be elected on Saturday pre vious, 25th, in-tho township between the hpt|tB of 4 and <7 P. M., and in the Bor- OUgbsbetween the hours of 7 and 9 P. M.,) to nominnte candidates for county offices, and - appoint - Senatorial Gonferrees. A resolution fixing the basis of representa tion at tiro delegates from each Borough, Ward, and election district, was also passed. Should that hanuoney which prevails among the opposition in other places char acterise - the coming Convention in this - eonnty,'there can be no doubt of the suc cltf ,of ■tlmt party at the ensuing election, - especially whelp the present divided and distracted condition' of the Democracy is taken: into consideration. From pres ent indications, we do not think the breach ■in - the ranks of the latter, can be suffi ciently healed to enable it to poll a united • vote for any officer. Opposition Convention. —The Pco ' pies’; Party State Convention met at Har risburg pn Wednesday of last week, to candidates,for Auditor .aid Sur- veyor General. Hon. David Taggart pre sided, assisted by a number of Vico Pres idents. On taking, the Chair, Mr. Tag gart delivered a short address, which, from its character, we think was well received by the Convention. A number of gentle men - were nominated for tbe offices to be filled, and -after balletting for a time, the bhoice fell upon Thosv E. Cochran, of ..York, county, for Auditor General, and ; .Gen. W- H. Keim, of Berks, for Surveyor ' General. Resolutions condemnatory of the course of the National Administration on the Kansas question and its wonton .expenditure of public money, in favor of . *the passage of the Homestead Bill giving one hundred and sixty acres of land to every citizen who settle upon and im prove the same, in favor of legislation to counteract the frauds upon the Naturali zation "and approving of the course „ pursued by jEJon. Simon Cameron on the quefilioo of protepTion to Anaer.oan .Man - nf4otureB ; were passed unanimously. &TB IdoUNX VEENbN FUND.—prom ' the Scbrotary’a report 1° the Mount Ver non Record, ire observe that another in- ; stalment of ten tbonsand dollars has bben ; Mid oyer by ■ Mr. Biggs, the Treasurer, to ||r.* Wiahington. o,nt 5200,000 pur- money, only.abont 20,(K)C| £qw re *:Jnwrth»' to. be paid. But, “ apart froth the ' Stmt requisite fmr its proper maintenance and guardianship, the Regent ascern '‘'.tiC^ie^jrrom, reliable sources that it will yeqnireabout 510,000 to restore the rapid decay pow going on." It will, therefore, i jetjpure' ’a. very" large sum in addition to : the purchase money, to place and keep | theestatem proper order. Subscriptions c >uonijintte to pour in freely from aU parts f.-uf tfce Uniftn. ; « Goon for this daf only-”— A case i of 'soffio interest to railroad travelers, as > settling a principle, has been recently de ioided. James H. Hotchtin, of Pratts »J .sss§>> county, bought a ticket on ,V: ; Railroad at New York for Ro- Sj|A«iter- It was marked “ good for six After the expiration of “six ? ■ v .■jdays-* Mr- H. presented the ticket between And, Rooster. v lt was refused,And 1 ? ejected from the cars. Ho-com* |uit, which was recently tried tihteea designated by the Supreme have awarded the plain • dami^M. : ' i Railroad Com petition . tral 1&e» of Railroad, connecting the West) have been engaged in a eompetitioa for the trade and travelpas ring between those points, which most have tested the foundations of their super structures if it had been continued. In their efforts to undermine each other, the rates on freight and fare had been reduced to a point below the actual cost of carriage, and as a matter of oomrse it could not hq expected that such estate of thingesbonld long continue. The New Tork Central was shipping first class freight from New Tort city to Chicago at the rate ,of 35 cents par 100 lbs,- —25 cents below the actual cost of carriage. This Bbad had also reduced its rates of fare In like man ner, but in doing so found a rival in the Pcnn’a Central with which it oonld not hope successfully to cope. On the Bth inst the Pehn's Central aid Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne & Chicago, reduced the fare from Chicago io Boston to $l4, to New York $l2, to Baltimore and Philadelphia $lO, from New York to OinoinUati $10,25, to St. T.ouis 823^5 X and to other points in like proportion. This was a niche be low what the competing routes could stand, and they had either to “ come down*” come to terms, or go without business, and the consequence was a meeting of the dignitaries who preside over the opposition lines at the St. Nicholas, New York, qn Thursday last, at which an amicable dis cussion was had and a satisfactory basis of settlement .agreed upon. The new schedule puts passenger fare hack to old rates, and the freight tariff is on the basis of 112 cents per qwt, for the first claqs to Cincinnati. The New York roads wish ed to reduce speed and desired, as one of the, stipulations of the agreement, that the Pehn’a Central should acquiesce, bat; it being the shortest line, desired present fast schedule to remain in force, as it can make the; time with ease. For the present, then, there is an end of railroad competition, but how long the truce will he observed remains to be seen. PEN AND SCISSORS. Try to let everybody’s faults be forgot ten as you would wish yours to be. The pleasure of doing good is the only one that never wears oat. ggp* The lost invention in Ohio le an India rubber meat-saw. Progressive age, this. g®, An artillery company of Boston, cele brated their 21st anniversary on the 6th of June. ■ Three cities—Chicago, Boston and ]gew York—have been the scenes of forty-four mur ders since the first of January last. There is on exhibition at Augusta, Go., a double girl, a mulatto, yritb two heads, four arms aud four legs and butfoue body. ygg* A fellow named Nathaniel Ding was re cently hung in Liverpool for hilling and eating his grandmother. A bad JV. Diog.—LauiivUle Courier . jggj- After the late terrible tornado in Illi nois, a horse wasfonpd in the neighborhood, dead, with a rail run through him lengthwite, so that both ends were visible. ggk, Sarah Jane, in the Springfield Republi can, recommends to bashful ladies who are stared out of countenance - by horrid men, to stop the practice by thawing the ankle / It is a singular fact, that the number of emigrants now going from the Eastern States to California is, by actual count, greater than it wjss daring the height Of the gold fever. tho blindncss of his sptire, has termed tbo people of the United States al “ nation of bores.” Ho .had forgotten that his | own countrymen are|» “nation of bulls.” * i | gSgT A man named Han Major, fid years old,; 6 I feet k inches high, and weighing B6i pounds, is on exhibition at Bangor, Maine; he| commenced losing bis flesh when be woo 17. , gentleman named Botyatniu Ginning; recently presented the poor of the city of Liver-; pool with one thousand dollar*. A flood B. Ginning [G. D. P. • iJbur- { Ksu The Johnstown Tnbunt contradicts the report that a child was found sieved aw«y iu a. crook'at that place, and charges the fabrication: of the Stray upon the editor of the Mpunt&neer, gbensbupg. ■ ■ 1? fl®-Hewbe goes to bed in anger, has the devil? for a bed fellow. A wag desires us to ssy -thatp he knows a married who though he goes? to hod meek and gentle as aland), is in the same predicament. ■ .■ ; I wett dressed shoe-mdcen being io[ the company of some gentlemen, were; aakedj their profession *, says one of fbeat, “IpUctice? the hedging art “aiyd for the good otmep’teduti. The Tro; Whig says there is a girl resi ding with her. parents in the Ifffftf part of the eity who is 12 years pnd d months of age, and is mother of a child about a month aid ; its father is only in bis sixteenth year. j fgp* A great deal is written atpment about the seat of war. Byron, In one of the stanzas of his XJhilde Harold, personifies War and der scribes his hair, his eyes, his bands, and his feet, but says nothing about the seat of War. ? ggy From the Johnstown tribune we learn 'that the cellar of sev. D. Speck was entered i few nights rince/andeverythlng it contained in the shape of provisions. wilh the exception df half a loaf of bread, carried sway. Mrs. apeckhadmdssomeeatrapreparsdonsiaan tioipation of a visit from the Presiding Elder* but ;bn goiig to lhi cdlittVoS th|p»iw»|| the] robbery, she found that been made, and there was not ettdogh left for breakfast. | ’ v; : - • jiSTA Jpfent, apparently ahouttew old, ins fouad neatly wrapped hi; cotton in a box, at the gate of th« Mifflin House, a short tine einoe. It was taken in and cared for land afterwards christened Geolge Mifflin. . i- T’" Iff- At Tottersville, Pennsylvania, bis Aw eiuißg, -of June 2d, Mrs. Mary Potts, neice of Ex Vice President Dallas, was so frightened by a gash of lightning and a deafening peal of tbimder, that she fell back and died in a low minutes. x - Yon nay insert' a thousand excellent things in » newspaper, and never bear a word /of approbation fromthe readers, bnt let a par agraph slip in (by accident,) of one or two lines, not suited to their taste, and you will be sure to bear of it ifir Two Facts. —Henry Ward Beecher says, «* ah impudent clerk can do almost as much in jury to hisl store as the neglect of the proprietor to advertise his goods,” Two undoubted and significant facts, which every one interested will please beat in mind fibiftf Justice Taney has come to the conclusion that though a slave is “ subject to the same law as other property,” it can yet steal. He refuses, therefore, to reverse the sentence against the slave girl Amy, for robbing the U. S. Mail, in Virginia. jQT We learn that on Saturday, the 14th a resident of Oakland*, Maryland, on the tide of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, filled hie ice house with ice fire inches thick 1 We should thibk that in to cold a country an ice hOuae was an unnecssary luxury. ■lft. The Northwestern Christian Advocate denies the paragraph going the rounds stating that Bishop Janes gave the Masonic sign, and thjos dispjersed the Texas mob, and terms it an “idiotic statement.” He did no such thing, for the best of reasons— he didn't know how . A slavs belonging to Dr. Sanders, of 1 Holly Spiings, Louisiana, was scared to death, a short time since, by an elephant; the animal embraced, the darkey with his trunk, which so Lightened the poor fellow that, ns soon as re lied, he ran a shot t distance, and fell dead. I; The Bynod of Pennsylvania of the Lu theran Church, composed of between ninety and a hundred members, will hold its annual meeting ih Salem’s Lutheran Church, in Lebanon, com njencing on Saturday, the ISth inst., and con tinue its sessions until tbo following. Tuesday evening. ■: USST Easily cured—freckles. Take a nut jseg grater and rub the' skin entirely from your (ice aud neck; then, with a hot iron, make the surface perfectly smooth. Rub well with oil of titriol, and cover the parts with onion tops. — The next skiu that grows will b£ white, and per fectly trie from freckles. g£jy~ Lynn, the Local conductor of the Erie City Dispatch, visited Columbus, Ohio, a few days since, for the purpose of making a balloon ascension. After trying Iho experiment, he gent the following dispatch home to the editor of the Dispatch Started up, came doten against a house and tore balloon all to pieces.” ' f. Edgar Thompson, Esq , President of the Pennsylvania Central Eailroad, has recent ly been elected one of the Directors of the Du buque and Pacific Railroad, running west from Dubuque. This railroad has one of the richest land grants in the Union, and frill run through tme of the finest portions of lowa, to Sioux city on the Missouri. fgg* Various estimates have lately been made as to the present population of San Francisco. ■.They vary between .60,000 and 00,000, and a few place the number as high as 100,000. — Buildings are going up very fast, and it is quite likely the census to bd taken next year (1860) :?will surprise people in other parts ef the Union. Singular Coincidence.—Deacon Tqkes bury, of Salisbury, Massachusetts, had a sister fwhq setae few years ago, fell dead near her own door. A brother had met a similar fate. The deacon, has long dreaded it for himself, and on ijiSunJny last, as he was returning from church, !;Do fell dead just as he got within sight of his house. He was in the 66th year of his age. gghiA Serious Accident occurred in Bonls hurg, on Monday last, by which a lad aged four teen years was horribly snd'it is feared fatally injured. His name is Bitner, and he lives in the vicinity of that village, tie was passing a horse hitched to a post, when the animal kicked and struck him in the face, catting his nose en tirely from his face, taking with it part of his upper \ lip, knocking put a number of teeth and seriously shattering bis upper ja w. Morphy’s European Victories,—The Cheu Monthly, gives a table showing Mr. Mor phy’s pCores in Europe. Oat of 149 even games, he wdn 117, lost 19, and 13 were drawn. Of 33 blindfold games, he ;wen 20, lost 1, and 12 were drawn.' Of 35 consultation games, he won 17, lost 2, and 16 were drawn.. Giving the pawn ;ond move, he won 18 games, lost 2, and 5 were drawn. Giving pawn and two moves, he won 14 games, lost 2, and 1 was drawn. Conspiracy to Assassinate Napoleon. —Tbs Paris | correspondent of the London Star com* menta on the efforts to preserve profound secre n; I concealing nil unpleasant he ws, and adds j In Paris, unless through treachery 6b private means, We'cannot know the truth or falsehood of the war bulletins. ’ No foreign paper posses sing the least contradiction to these Is allowed to enter. Yesterday seventy papers, principally English and German, flourished oh the list of prohibition, and the employees of the postofihe derived much amusement from the bitterness of the claimants thereof. The increase of vigilance and zeal is owing to the occurrence which has just taken place at Alexandria, and which it is most'urges to keep secret. Two priests, both Italian, belonging to Tortone, hove been arrested and shot, having been detected iu a conspiracy on the life of the Emperor. The news cannot be doubted, al though the incident in itself proves nothing, save : the dread which has seized upon all true Catholics concerning the intention of Lonis Na poleon to destroy the temporal power of the Pope, which has evidently been turned to ao count to 'mirk upon fionatio ignorance, and has ‘been-ffiade ni* pf tp pern a political purpose. ;t %S®W PBBI.ICATIOXS. Israel in Bondage. —ThHi ‘ f£ t . a_ Scrip just issued by house. Wd4s Resting vith anextensiTe sale. Wo claims bpo'b tho phtTonagoOf the < * r “^^£ ee * pie of every oountry, andto apiaed tifT‘ brary, upon the simple by tho Author of the; **Pr»ttae Bf th« Btuntf Psrld," sad isa work similar to it In ereryroo pect. It contains an aoconutoftherytOnderful seeaes In the life of the sou of Pharaoh’s Daugh ter, (Moses,) from his youth to the ascent of Sinai; comprising, as by an eye-witness his miracles before Pharaoh, passage of the Bed Sea, and . reception of the law on Mt. Sinai. Containing ab eleborate and richly colored do- j Bcription of the Architecture of the Egyptians, j their Manners and Customs in Peace and War, in the Temple, the Family, the Mart, and at the Tomb; ahd also of the'lsraelites, while in the land of Bondage; together with picturesque sketches of the Hebrews under their Taskmas ters, of scenes, processions, and spectacles upon and beside the Nile, and Legends of the Obelisks, Sphinxes and Pyramids, and of their Pounders before the Flood. Delineations of beautiful women, of Miriam, Amense, Luxora, and Oairia, and of wonderful men, Aaron, the Prince of D« (Job,) and Berneses (Moses.) Narrated in a series of letters from a Syrian Prince travelling In Egypt, to his Boyal Mother, Queen of Tyre. The volume abounds in characteristic passa ges of highly wrought beauty, in Dramatic In cident, and in ornate descriptions of Female Loveliness. Mr. J. M. Burkett, of this place, is agent for the sale of this book in Blair county, from whom they can be had at any time. Price $1,25. The Ladies’ Heed Book of Fancy and Orna mental Work. —Comprising directions and pat terns for working in Applique, Bead-work Braid ing, Canvoss-work,' Knitting, Netting, Lotting, Worsted-work, Quilting, Patch-work, ic., &o. Illustrated with 2G2 new Engravings. Complied from the beet authorities, by Miss Florence Hartley. Published by Q. Q. Evans, 439 Chest nut Street, Philadelphia. 1859. This is the most complete and thorough work of its kind. By writing in a simple, straight forward style, and rejecting all irrelevant top ics, the author has been enabled to embody in this volume an. immense amount of useful and valuable information, and by far the most ex tensive collection of elegant patterns that has ever been brought together in one book. These patterns are engraved by the best artists and printed on excellent paper and beautiful style. Of course such a volume is the rage with the la dies, who can appreciate tasteful patterns for adorning their persons and their dwellings.— They know the value of “Hartley’s Ladies’ Hand-Book,” and are ordering it with a perfect rush. It is an indispensable book for all who would be perfect in ornamental work. Besides the subjects named on the title-page, we observe that the volume embraces descrip tions and engravings of all the various kinds of stitches and descriptions, with illustrated pat terns, apd a multitude of other matter inciden tal to the subject. The number of useful pat terns for working in this book is greater than can be obtained in any other way, by paying ten times the price asked for “ Hartley's La dies’Hand-Book.” This valuable book for the Ladies will be sent by mail, for the low price of one dollar. Evans will mail a copy and a handsome present to all persons remitting one dollar for the book and twenty-one eonts for postage. , A new Classified Catalogue of Books and Gifts, with inducements to Agents, will be sent free, on application. Address G. G. EVANS. 439 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Stkps Towaed Heaven ; or, Religion in Com mon Life. —Written by T. S. Arthur, the well known author, of whom it has been truly said, “ That dying, he hat not written a word that he would wish to erase.” His graphic pen never tires, and in'this new volume we perceive that he is still successfully laboring to benefit while he pleases, and while he cnchans with master hand tho attention of men, to make them bet ter. This is more decidedly religious than his other works, though it is not doctrinal nor sec tarian, It is a work well calculated to do good, and is designed to show, that the beauties and endearments of Christianity are to be developed amid the etera realities of every-day life, “ and not to be put aside at the tranquil close of Sab bath evening.” Published by G. Q. Evans, 439 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Price $l,OO. Evans will mail a copy and a handsome present to any person remitting one dollar for the book, and twenty ,cents for postage. A new Classified Catalogue of Books and Gifts, with inducements to Agents, will be sent free on application. Address 0. G. EVANS, Publisher, 439 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. A $25,000 Dilltaed Match.— Porter's Spirit ofthe Times says that a movement is on foot in Detroit to comply with the demands of Mr.Phe lan, in relation to the amount of money .requisite for a new encounter between* him and Secret ter; and that a private subscription will shortly he set oh foot to post the necessary sum for a match of $25,000 aside, and theChampionehipof Ame rica. This movement will proceed from pure pify pride, and not from any love of gain; and it trill be conducted in the main by gentiemeri *hp, ordinarily. do not take much interest in wagets M any kind. Having dearned tb&t Mr. Phelan is determined not to play again for a less slake than $25,000, and being confident in Die ability .of their champion to redeem his laor . they. are determined to come up to the mark of Mr. Phelan’s declarations, and give their representative Anothep chance.' mSP**At Rosenberg, Oregon, on the 7tb insi, tho Depaty Sheriff of Douglass county, attempt*' ed toArresta deeperadonomed McPherson, for shooting a man' in the bond. McPherson re sisted, and the Sheriff ordered several citizens to assist him. McPherson then drew his juatol and fired several shots, killing Bmd Robinson, and Wounding two other men, hat was finally arrested on toe 9th. Daring the examination before a Jastice of the Peace, the prisoner at tempted to’ wrest aknjfe from the witness, who Was at the time testifying against him, and to eeoapp. This so exosperndsd thepopulace that they hung Mmwithout farther ceremony. mops. A company of retorßiiig ?fc«’ 8 “ , sed their taken fro* * Mormon irain, a few “^** n «f 'ttoimrtm* «** p^® 08 -' it^SS that, oa list lliinday morning. 'Pwk boya 'wefi ; crossing Shank Bottom, they passed uM on the continuation of the sale by the Court on the first day of July Tom, 1859.’ MICHAEL RASTSH,- Adm’r of Henry Kagtoer, b>te cf logau ip, tor'l May 26, 2860.—1 t - . \ mail. - , DR. TELLER bat devoted a lileUme tolfce ec*d» ram on which W* hooka treat. Addreia J. TELlft*-" No. a Beaver street, Albany, K- Y. . ... Dr. Ylchcls’ Female Pill*, Jl a boz. with Married ladlea ebocld batkn t#m>. -Sent by smj- a drese Dr. Teller, Aeabote. ' April ITtb. BY ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.- Did iron bear the nows from Europe! If T*JS not, we will tell you what 1t1*., ; tils that yhNltf"'* has Jnst returned froth cities with slatpP? Pl/ ° f CLOTHING. consisting of All styles ami qtnlUlesof Orercosß, £• Coats, Vests, Pints, Boots and Shoes, and everjih®* , in an establishment of the kind, all of which be unprecedentedly low prices fcr cash. Having-ps™*! his stock at cask prices, he is thereby snabieJ to IOW. ' , He Invites all those'in want of anything tx hie w give him acall, feeling rare that ho will be ®r satisfaction. . ° . ’ HZhEttO Altoona. Sept. SO, 1858.-tf ■\rOTlCE.—Wrerkas, Letters mentarytd the Estate of JOHN QKOVE. of the Borongh'ofAltoona, Blair county, has to the subscriber, si I perrons indebted to the are requested to make; immediate payment; tboetwj claims or demands against the estate Will maht same without delay. , JACOB >• * or hi>v to clioow »Ptj r; it com plot* work osW* Ifcry. 11 contaic* wamviitfd to I* for it, Slcr:»Mln»P«!*s ■ectiw a copy bj rttw»» %\ .****• [•#*! ss** Lml'* 1 Lud**** Lrtrf* I * " U mQi^n W-W»**P Mass )*£* * u ■moult Oi f jroM O**' Tfashlngto Hoilldapbi Tyrone Art Wayne Qui Juniata Ri gurnet Ou Tyroae Cat C»pt»« Ist Lie 2d Captaii lit Ll* 2d Ciptai lit Li) 2d CapUl Ist Lii 2d Captai litli 2d Capfr.i lit Li 2d 2d 2d C’apta I*l Li< if 11 CapU l»t Li 2d Ctpt* ’ Ist L 2d 2d 21 Cfipt Utl 3d 24 «i flupli Ist M t»n: in nut! Mbit Ri imt* ku coi Jset, in this (T ■to **y X«atlet to int( pr« |>Ucs this re this o| Ht, jenno last. 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