C|t 51 Crihwe.
ALTOONA* PA.
THURSDAY, JDLY 19, 1860.
putiM mre unknown tons, oornilefor adrer
thing Utp require parent luadTanre,or«(rettrantrefrom
toMwa&tttpru. Itia Uierefore useless forallTOcb to send
as *df«Urementa offering"£o pay at the end of tfipseor six
souths. adrertisemeiits are accompanied fhe
u»o*ey, whsth*r one, flroor ten dollars, we -will&ralhe
•drertisertliefaUbeQjEfltof cash rates.
9.-1 K; PEITEW6ILL & CO., ■
Naauuistwet, NewTorit.snd
16 Btote street, are the Agenlfc for the Altoona
and the most! Inflqeatlal aml largest circulating
Newspapers in the United. States! and the Canadas. They
are anthortsed to contract for us at our lowilrate*. '
tSf The Democracy of Cambria held
their County Convention on the 9th lust.,
and succeeded in making a split about
equal to that of Baltimore. The Douglas
wing of the party had the majority anu
they dealt rather unceremoniously with
their opponents. Some 15 or 18 of the
delegates seceded from the convention. —
Those who remained, nominated George
Nelson Smith, of the Johnstown Echo, for
Assembly, and James Griffin for Register
and Recorder. A resolution was offered
endorsing the action of the State Central
Committee proposing a Union electoral
ticket, which was not adopted. Another
■ resolution was offered requiring the candi
date for Assembly to give a pledge that if
elected be would oppose the repeal of the
three mill tonnage tax, which motion was
also rejected, The Democrat and Sc7iti
nel, a Breckenridge paper, in an editorial
on-the Convention says : “
Wf place ourselves in an aotagoniatlaal position
to the ticket nominated, and bid defiance to any
earthly arm dial would drive us from bur posi
tion. '
The Mountaineer and Echo , Douglas
papers, support the ticket.
The Great Eastern— The troubles
of the proprietors of the Great Eastern
steamship, now lying at New York, ap
pear to be increasing. *lt is reported that
the Grand Trunk Railway Company in
tend suoing the Directors of the Gteat
Eastern for breach of contract. The
agreement to bring the ship to the East
ern terminus of the Grand Trunk was
specific, and on the faith of it the Railway
Company made a large Outlay for harbor
accommodations at Portland. The coun
cil of that city also expended some 860,-
000, and an immense amount of capital
was invested by private citizens. The
newspapers of Portland and Canada are
urging the Railroad Company to prosecute.
It is reported that the Great Eastern will
make an cxcusion trip to Cape May and
Philadelphia, in the course of a month or
so. Hope the report may prove correct.
Bgk.Heenan, the great, arrived in New
York on Saturday last, but according to
the Tribune, - the reception he received
was far from being as grand as was
his departure. The fact is, the excite
ment occasioned by his late contest in
Europe .has died away, and those who
would have swelled the throng to meet
him at the wharves had he returned' im
mediately after his fight with Sayers,
would, not now make one of such an :as
semblage. The sober, second thought,
always gives men.right views of such sub
jects, and that which they would do in a
moment "of excitement they would feel
ashamed to do afterwards., The glory ac
quired by Heenan, like all glories of th,e
kind, is short-lived. It is right - that it
should be so.
The Farmer and Gardener.— This
valuable'work appears this month in a
new and much morejionvenient form than
heretofore, and is now a decidedly neat
publication, The July number contains
many usefol articles, which should beread
by eyery farmer gardener. The
agrioultuxal department is under the con
tfplbf A. MiSpa^er^ ; and
under the car*of TVio.
Saunders. The low price at which it is
published; $l,OO per annum, places it
witMn the reach of the class for whom it
is intendedV Published at Philadelphia
by A. U. Spangler. ■
. act. Peterson's Magazine for August is
before ns, with a beautiful frontispiece
*‘Tbe Summer Time,” a handsome
selection pf Fashion plates, and do j amount
needle work, &o. The Ut
nyifopm' ‘as Peterson never goes
3Wqe • ppr .A4&ew 0. J.
Peteraon|Philttdeljdiia. ’ 1 •
Mansion House; Pittsburg.—While
on a yisit to the Smoky City, a few weeks
sin os* we jint up at the
house, kept, by .Ed.;
houseisdtimtedatthedepot'ofthePenn'a
Bail Road, and passengers can almdst step,
from the care into the house. Mr. An-.
rants is one of the most • aodommodating
hosts we ever met, and made us feel as]
much at home: as it is possible for a man ;
to feel, outside of his own house. Those;
of our citizens who visit Pittsburg will
find this not only a convenient, but one
of the most orderiyUnff agreeable stopping'
places in the city; and if they put up
there once they will be sure to call again.
. 1 :HSL 2%e Methodist is the title of a new
religious paper Just started in New York
City under the editorial control of Dra.
Crooks and MoClintook, and published by
Lemuel Bangs. As its name indicates,
it is intended principally for the - edifica
tion and benefit of the Methodist portion
of the* community. The number before
us is an exceedingly , neat specimen of ty
pography. Itia put up in doable sheet
form, which is much more convenient
than the old form of large pa'pers. That
it is edited with ability, the names of the
editors fully insure. Price $2,00 per an
num.
The Blair County Whig is in er
ror in stating that 1 a paper to be called the
Blair County American is shortly to be
issued from this office. We never said so,
as the Whig asserts, nor have we anything
whatever to do with the publication of the
American. The projectors of that sheet
have rented a room in the same building
with us, but they are not in our office any
more than the Whig’s next door neighbor
is in his office. Will you correct, Major?
“ Every tub should stand on its own bot
tom.” (
The Tyrone Star shines again,
having ma.de its appearance on Saturday
last.- It comes out flat-footed for Bell,
Everett and Curtin, but ignores the coun
ty ticket without giving a reason. In his
first editorial, friend Jolly promises to
indite a hymn of sorrow to those who sang
pseans of rejoicing over his editorial grave.
Should the Blair County American see
the light, we shall .then have six papers in
“ little Bl|T enough in all conscience to
enlighten the inhabitants.
jfcg, Godey for August reached us in
advance of all cotomporaries, and is in
.point of attraction as in publication, ahead
of all opposition. .This number contains
an elegant steel engraving, a good wood
cut, a highly colored fashion-plate, and
some 67 patterns of different styles of
needle work. No other work contains so
many attractions for ladies. Price 83 per
annum. L. A. Godey, Philadelphia.
JtSf* Major R, Crawford, the elec
tor from this district, on the Democratic
Electoral Ticket, has written a letter to
the Chairman of the Democratic State
Central Committee, announcing his deter
mination to support Douglas, considering
him the regular nominee of the party, and
refusing all association with the Brecken
’ ridge party of the State.
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Letter from Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, July 14th,1860.
Messes. Editors;— The city at this season of
the year affords very little to interest one in
search of material for the press. This -toeing
the. season for the annual exodus of that vague
ahd inexplicable thing called in fashionable par
lance Society, all matters of interest, as well as
points of attraction are supposed to be transfer
red for the, «once, to and the va
rious .watering places of celebrity.
The great Japanesl pageant, with its semi-,
barbarian costumes and regal paraphernalia, has*
passed from our vision, and we contemplate it
"now with as little concern as we do the rockets
that exploded- to do it honor. The “-Glorious
Fourth” too, has paged with its usaal accom
paniament of cosud|Kes t fights, explosions and
pyrotechnic, displays, i Even the GreatEostern,
with its huge proportions moored at a~ point so
convenient of access, is already looked upon as
an exploded sensation. Everything is flat add
stale, and general lethargy pervades everything
excepting that veritable institution denominated
Society, which is agitated just now from centre
to circumference. The season is here when it
is .made a forfeiture of caste and an everlas
ting disgrace to. be found in .the city. The
Smiths and Joneses are making superhuman ejt-
porters and cabmen.are dispatching
luggage and superintending the embarkation :qf
the fashionable birds of passage. The. dust:is
fast aciyimalating cn the imposing,fro/ats of now
deserted mansions iu the aristocratic localities
of the city. | ;
The crush of crinoline and flaunt of Brooade
have ceased on the promenade and in the fash
ionable Churches. Sensation sermons are' ho,
longer announced in the trumpet columns of the
secular press, such preachers having all gope
with their exclusive flocks to air their dignityin'
the country, or to wash the dust and-film from,
their haughty crests in the briny waves of the
old ocean. The thoroagbiares'bf traffic arecon
verted into Sleepy Hollows" With
any number ofßip Yan Winkles pa the soft tide
of stove boxes. The places which were want to
the clink of specie, .and the ariu
tirnyphraseof cent percent, flstfeboen-traps ••
formed into places for the
ternal sentiments, and
political controversy. There! almost uncon
sciously I have beau led into polities, jnst
now shconly,absorbing them* with us., Nvery
ni|^l«ui^»hi w« » r ®
th heUeve the roports*of . those- -.interested,.are
held in differentportions of the cityall 1 pre
sume, eqnally ardent in the caase. and as equal
ly hopeful of success. ; 451 are profusejn prom-
Kee, as they are in transparencies; political de
vices, and the land dilate of red, whiteand bine
firds. Designing demagogues toB- often thus |
lead captiye the reason while they appeal-to ,
passion and excite enthusiasm. «
It cannot be disguised that the disruption of <
ihe democratio party has given a powerful im
pulse to the Bell and Everett' cause. . Thou
sands of anti-Douglas mjsn, seeing no chance for
the;success of Breckemidge and Lane, will vote
Beil and Everett. The knowing ones predict
that they will carry almost every 1 Southern State,
and tbe prospect of a Union between that party
and the Douglas democracy in New York, makes
thejdefeat of Lincoln and Hamlin almost a,cer
tainty. There are other influences at work
which will, tell against the Republican ticket in
all conservative. States. It is knowjn that Sew
ard 1 was sacrificed at Chicago, iin order to ap
pease this conservative sentiment. But the rec
ord-of Mr. Lincoln shows him to be more ultra
than Seward, without his ability or statesman
ship. Indeed Mr. Lincoln first promulgated the
doctrine of the “ irrepressible conflict,” the ad
vocacy of which so damaged the^fortunes of Mr.
Seward.. Besides, Mr. Sumner the author of
the lt Sacred Animosity” doctrine, is stumping
for the Republicans and distributing bis speech
over the country. If we realize but the one
thousandth part of the good promised! us by
these professional politicians in case they are
successful, we will be the happiest people this
side of Paradise. * I
An agent from the Eastern-has been on
here to-ascertain whether the Delaware is navi
gable for ships of that capacity, it is therefore
provable that the “ Big Ship” will e’re long be
moored at our wharves.
The weather here thus Air this summer has
been pleasant, and excepting a few hot days, has
been unusually cool. I confess a strong predi
lection for the shady dells and the liibpid
Streams of the mountains, and when I inhale the
dust kicked up by the passage' of numberless
vehicles, it is then that I long for the seclusion
of your mountain home, where Heaven’s free
air can play with your locks, bathe your fevered
brow, and whisper its soothing melody to your
spirits, untainted by the devices of men. We
haVe much beautiful scenery in the vicinity of
i Philadelphia. The Schuylkill; with its green
and sometimes rocky bluffs has a charm of ro
mantic wildness, which is a favorable! contrast
with the low sandy banks of the Delaware.—
But mountains in my estimation arc ihdispensi
ble to the beauty of a landscape. They bound
its perspective, relieve it* monotony, afford
landmarks for the eye, and are so potent in their
influence on local attachment, that the moun
tains we have known in our youth, still fr.om
landmarks in the recollections of maiturer years.
wiLIIELM.
PEN AND SCISSORS.
jgg- Hon. S. S. Blair lias our thanks for a pub. doc.
ii®” About being finished—the new drug store put up by
G. W. Kessler. »
On a high—the chaps who put up the lightning rod
on pno of the high stacks, last week.
4Sb- buy what you have no occasion for, you will
soon havwto pell wliat yon cannot spore. I
The German population in this country is estimated
at f,600,000.
The population of. Huntingdon, census just
completed, is only 1951.
Hon. John Sherman has been unanimously nomi
nated far rc-electionto’Congresa by his own constituents.
tt3U Neighbor Flack, across the way, is about erecting
a building on the lot between his store and divclling.
iftjt. Xu iB6O the town of Patterson contained 00 inhabi
tants—in ISGO it contains 510. The greatest increase yet
reported. ■ u
: J®. A lady, sixty years of age, eloped from Buffalo with
aback driver, arrived in Albany, was' arrested and sent
back again.
fS, The occasioned by ho bombardment of Pa
lermo is estimated by the journals of that place at more
than 20,000,000 of ounces—£lo/5.10,000.
JJ5g» The tlireo candidates for Govcrnor of Arkansas are
Tllomas llubbard, Richard H. Johnson, and Uonry M.
doctor—“ Tom, Dick and Harry.”
’ J. Edgar Thomson announces that he bos concluded
a contract for the graduation and laying of* fifty miles of
the Southern Pacific Railroad. '
; iK5* Hon. Francis P. Bialr was, on Monday last, rfc-nom
jhated by acclamation, by the Republicans of the First
District, for Representative to Congress from. Missouri.
v - iggr_ Tlio Huntingdon Journal and American and Shir
lejsbnrg Herald are likely to have a little editorial scrim
tpago. Keep cool, gentlemen, the weather is a leetle too
ijdt for high words at present. .
I The old log school-house in 'Winchester, Illinois, in
vyluch Judge Douglas taught school about thirty year-sago,
ip About to ho adopted as a political emblem. It is fully
equal to Xincoln rails, at least*
j ift*f“ A party of Pike’s Peaker<, returned to state
ttilt,.by actual count and record, they met 5,488 teams on
the road between Donver_City and Fort Kearney,-and.1,500
more between Fort Kearney and Omaha,City, making d to
tjd of 6,OSS teams on the road, and all going west.
- ; The Chicago Democrat chronicles an important dis
covery which has recently been made in phot vicinity.’ It
soys, a large quantity of ‘•pmirj stone,” hear the western
suburbs of that city, has been found to yield immense
quantities of gas and saltpetre.
i A sheet of tissue paper has been exlubiting at Coyl
ton, England, It. measures in length four miles, being
31,000 feet long, and is in breadth six feet three inches.—
Th« weight is but 106 pounds. It was manufactured in
twelve hours. . 5
®* The followinganswer to the over-carious alxmt mat
ters relating purely to God’s own prerogatives uiouldoftcn
ho in place St. Augustine was once asked by some one,
*? What the Lord.-was doing before .the creation of 'the
World?” to which the great doctor replied: “Making a hell
Inquisitive people.”
| IS®- A girl, aged 14 years, the daughter of John Grove,
of Jackson township, Cambria county, was bitten by a
rattlesnake on; the evening ol the 4th of July, and,Tjot-
everything was done which could bo sugges
ted, she-died on the sixth of July, oiler having suffered
intense agouy for two days.
! A cl&gynum-in England, not long sines, represen
ted to the Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol that a
pfotber clergyman was in the habit of preaching in uncon
ijeenated buildings, and otherwise similarly violating the.
rnleSof-the Church of England, to which the Bishop re
tdrned the unexpected, but doubtless wholesome reply 4
jGo and do. likewise.’ ’ ‘
! Mr,; George Hoover, of Brothersvalley township,
Somerset county, ylsited a rattlesnake deh, bn jdie
Mountain, about two miles from ids house. Ue desjMitcheiL
imrty-four of them-theshortest four feet in length, the long-
feet and a half. One of the largest had twehty-twc
fittlea and a button upon his taflfe Mr, Poorer, who Is a
■s&**•* , sayr he could have hilled a barrel
ff them but forth* poisonous exhalations front (he den. -
The Tiarst TBrip by. a Locomotive on
thejContinent.
Msjbv Bdr&lio' Allen, the engineer of the N.
Yorlt and Brio Railroad, in a speech rtado du
ring the xteent festival/occasion, gave the fallow
ing account ef the first'trip made by a locomo
-rive on this-Continent: ■
Vnkfii it T-t?:.lWho was it T And who awa
kened Its-energiesand directed itimovements?
was in ti»o year lB2Bi oa the* banks of the:
Lackawaxen, at the commencement of the rail
roads connecting the canal of the Delaware and
Hudson Canal Company with their coal mines—
an.d he who addresses you was the only person
on that locomotive. The circumstances which
Ihd to my Being alone on the engine were these:
The road had been built in the summerthe
structure was of hemlock timber, and rails of
large dimensions notched bn caps placed far
apart. The timber had cracked and warped
from,, exposure tp the sun. After about 300 feet
of straight line, the road crossed*the Lacka
ifraxeu Creek, on a trestle-work about 30 feet
high, with a curve of 855 to 400 feet radius.—
The impression was very general that the iron
monster would either break down the road or it
would leave the tr||j| at the curve and plunge
into the creek. My reply to such apprehensions
was that it was too. late to consider the proba
bility of such occurrences; there was no other
course than to have a trial made of the strange
annimal, which had been brought here at great
; expense; but that it was not necessary that
| more than one should be involved in its fate;
'that I would take the first ride alone, and'the
! time would come when I should look buck to the
| incident with great interest. As I placed my
{ hand on Uje throttle-valve handle, 1 was unde
cided whether I would move slowly or with a
fair degree of speed; but, believing that the
road would prove safe, and preferring, if we did
go down, to go handsomely, and without any
evidence of timidity, I started with considerable
• velocity, passed-the curve over the creek safely,
and was soon out of hearing of the vast assem
j blage. At the end of two or three miles I re
j versed the valve and framed without acccidcnt,
i having thus made thewfcrst railroad trip by jo
j confotive on the Western Hemisphere.
The Cambeia leoh Woeks.—A writer in the
Worth American, in dcseiibing the Cambria Iron
Works, the most extensive of the kind in the
country, says: “The entire establishment at
present comprises nearly three thousand opera
tives, twenty-seven thousand acres of land, a
rolling mill covering 83,375 square feet, sixty
four puddling furnaces, twelve heating furnaces,
| fourteen pair of rollers, twenty-nine steam en
| gines, giving an aggregate of 2,500 horse pow
er, two locomotives, a complete domestic mar
! ket, including separate dry goods, grocery, feed,
j meat, shoe and tailoring establishments, one
j hundred and forty head of foundry, a
1 draught and, pattern making shop, whcelright
| and blachsmithing establishments, machine
I shops, powder-housef three hundred railway
| cars, etc. Last year 32,000 tons of. railroad
i iron were turned out. The’retail stores alone
i make sales amounting to $400,000 per annum.
■ During" the past year there have been slaught
: ered for the meat market '5BO beeves, 600 head
,of sheep and 600 Jitjad of hogs. The mines are
; superintended by James Murley, one of the
j most thoroughly practical miniug engineers in
j this country. He employs one thousand men
j and boys, eighty mules, and horses, and four
i teen miles of railway funnelling. He keeps
1 constantly on hand 120,000 tons of ore, with a
I corresponding amount of coal, and delivers to
1 the clamping and roasting, and coaking masters,
: 455 -tons of coal and 500 tons of ore per diem.
All foe the Union. —Whatever diversity of
opinion there may be among the four Presiden
tial candidates as to slavery and th% power of
Congress over it, they all are united on one
point—every one Is in favor of the Union. The
accepting speeches and letters of each of the
candidates prove each man to be very sound on
this question. Mr. Breckenridgo says: “We
intend to strengthen and lenghten the Union.”
Mr. Douglas says the “ Union must be preser
ed,” and through the Douglas party. Mr. Lin
coln says he will “ co-operate for the success of
the principles declared by the Convention—the
inviolability of the Constitution and perpetual
Union.” Mr. Bell says his efforts will be di
rected to the promotion of all the great objects
for which the government was instituted, but
more especially for the maintenance of the Con
stitution and the Union against all impairing in
fluences and tendencies. Here are four distin
guished gentlemen, representing every shade of
political opinion in the country, all zealously
devoted to the preservation of the Union! Un
der these assurances, the people must feel per
fectly easy in their minds in regard to the fu
ture of the country, no matter how-'tho election
may turn. The fact that they all refer to the
Union sentiment of the country proves that the
Union is a little too strong yet for either of
them to destroy, if they were so disposed.
Murder and Suicide. —Richard Madden, of
Springfield township, this county, killed his
wife, on Friday evening last, by striking her
several blows on the head with a piece, of the
bead of a hogshead: after whicji he dragged
her under the porch of the house. A siqall son
was the only human witness to the terrible deed
and he said, “ Voppa you have killed mother to
which the father replied, “7 know 'I have." lie
then left the house, and search being made for
him the next morning, he was found in a corn
field near by, having hung himself with a bri
dle. - An inquest was held over both the dead
bodies on Friday night and Saturday, and on
Sunday they were both buried—Mrs. Madden
in the Baptist grave yard, and the murderer un
der the tree upon which, he had bung himsblf.
No cause can bo assigned for this terrible oc
currence, unless Wpi attribute it to insanity.—
It is said that Madden, although a well doing,
industrious man, has frequently exhibited symp
toms of insanity ; and it is probable that a fit
of derangement having suddenly seized him, he
unconsciously committed this horrid deed.—
Hunt. Union, 11 th inst.
Prize Fight is Pennsylvania'.— On Satur
day week a prize off in the vicinity
of Scranton, Pennsylvania Two men, on En
glishman and Welchman j contended for a purse
of two hundred dollars, j The fight commenced*
at 7 o’clock in the morning and lasted three
hours r.Tesul ting in the defeat of the Welchman
by his giving what the fancy tefm a “foul
blow.” One liunlred and ninety-five rounds
wore fought-v The men, we are informed, have
been in training for the last two months, one at
Pittsburgh and the other at Scranton, and the
contemplated “ mill” was kept very secret.
Both parties suffered severe punishment! one of
them .feavihg been entirely blinded. Between
one and two thousand spectators are represen
ted to have been present.. It is said that the
origin of the match was a difficulty wbich'oc
curred between the parties some time since about
a woman.
EgL. The Senators whoso terms expire, in
1861, and whose plac.es are to be filled 1 by the
next Legislature of their States, are Fitzpat
rick of Alabama, Johnson of Arkansas, Gwin of
California, Foster of Connecticut, Yulee of i’iorl
ida, Iverson of Georgia, Trumbull of Illinois,
Fitch of Indiana, Harlan of lowa, Qrittenden of
Kentucky, SUdelLpf Louiaana, Pierce of Mary
land,: Greene of Missouri, Clark of New Hamp
shire* Seward of New York, Clingraan of North
Carolina. Pngh of Ohio, Lane of Oregon, Bigler
of Pennsylvania, Hammond of South Carolina,
Collamer of Vermont, andDnrkee of Wisconsin
li Democrats,? Republicans, and one American.
Bnasin to Dxath in a BosTim.—A frJgbtfbl
accident occurred atAkron, Ohio, on the Fourth.
A young man named Samuel O’Neil, 'carrying a
barrel to the pile, which wac already blaring
with tar andplrie .boxes, by incident
fell headlong Jnto the flames. He lay for sotno
seconds iathemidst bf tha' fire-,’ and cane out,’
orawling on his honda and knees, -with not a.
shreadofraiment onhini; «• Kilt «e!” ho"
shrieked ; ** far God’s sake,- kilt Cat my
throat—anything—onlykillme!” After all the
aid that medical or surgical skill could give bad
been rendered, be died the next , morning, after
suffering physical, distress unspeakable. * His
sufferings were absolutely frightful; and pro
duced the most painful effect on aU'that were
present.
The Tornado.— The lowfi City Reporter has
the following summary of the great atom:—
Hardin county—Killed, 7; wounded, 27; houses
destroyed, 87; estimated loss, $75,000,
Linn county—Killed; ISj wounded, 85; houses
destroyed, I®;' estimated Toss, $150,000.
Cedar county—Killed, 3; wounded, 13; houses
destroyed, '8; estimated loss, $15;000.
Clinton County—Killed, 75; wounded, 150;
estimated loss;- $400,000.
Jones County.—Killed, 9; wounded, 80 ;
houses destroyed, 18; estimated loss, $BO,OOO.
Besides the above there is to be counted the
loss of life'and property at Albany and other
places in Illinois. s
An Item tor Mothers Drs. Bohrend and
Sieber recommend tbe medicinal use of sugar as
a curative means of grcatvalue in Tharrhoca—
one in a child aged four years—in which half
an ounce of powdered white sugar given every
hour, soon gave a favorable turn to symptoms
of extreme gravity,-which bad long resisted all
the ordinary means of cure. Other evidence of
a similar character is promised, and it is be
lieved that there are many conditions of diar
rhoea, particularly in those in which there is a
putrefactive tendency in the secretions, where
sugar will, in all probability,prove a most val
uable remedy.
Tornado in Tennessee. — *A letter from Free*
doni, Tennessee, dated the 16th instant* says
that during the continuance of the gust, the
plowed earth was whirled through the air by
car loads; a quanty of bar iron, at Hall’s, was
picked up and carried a quarter of a mile, and
some of the bars, which were twisted round
trees by the force of the wind hpd to be pried
off with handspikes. In the baru of Mr. Day
were two hundred bushels of wheat, which were
carried off, and never heard of since. Sheep
and stock were also seen away up in the air.
Bearded Woman. —The Maysville (Ky.)
Eagle gives ah account of a'bearded woman, re
siding in Lewis county, in the same State. It
is said she had no indications of beard until
last September, when the hair commenced grow
ing upon her face, growing very fast sometines,
as much ns half an inch a week.' She has now
a heavy black beard, coarse like that of a man.
A space of about an inch in yvidth. from the
mouth, over her chin to her neck, is, free from
hair. v
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
IMPORTANT TO FEMALES.
DR. CHEESEMAVS PILLS.
The combination of ingredients in these Pills are the re
sult of a long and extensive practice. They are mild in
their operation, and certain in correcting all irregularities
Painful Menstruations, removing all obstructions, whether
from cold oi otherwise, headache, pain in tbeside, palpita
tion of the heart, whites, all nervous affections, hysterics,
fatigue, pain in the back pud limbs, disturbed sleep,
which arise from interruption of nature. v
DR. CHEiisEMAN’3 PILLS
was the commencement of n new era in the treatment of
those irregularities and obstructions which have consigned
so many thousands of the yomig. the.beautiful, and the be
loved to a premature grave. No female can enjoy good
health unless she is regular, and whenever an obstruction
takes place the general'health begins te decline.
DU. CUEISSEAI.AN-S PILLS ■'
are the most effectual remedy ever known for all complaints
peculiar to Females. To all classes theyare invaluable, in
ducing, with certainty, periodical regularity. They are
known to thousands, who have used them at different pe
riods, throughout the country, having the sanction of some
of the mast eminent Physicians in America.
Explicit directions, stating when, and when they should
not be used. With each Box, — the Price One Dollar each
Dor, containing 40 Pilis.l
A valuable Pamphlet, to be had free, of the Agents.—
Pills sent by mail, promptly, by enclosing price to the Gen
eral Agent. Sold by Druggists generally,
R. B. HUTCHINGS, Oeseiul Aoest,
14 Broadway, New York.
Sold in Altoona by Q. W- Kessler; in Uollidnysburg by
Geo. A. Jacobs. [Dec. 8, X859.-ly. '
ikPECTINE.
THE PERSIAN FEVER CHARM.
For the prevention and cure of Pever and and Bil
ious Fevers. This wonderful remedy was brought to the
knowledge of the present proprietors by a friend-who bos
been a great travellorin Persia and the Holy Land.
While going down the river Euphrates, he experienced a
sc cere attack ot Fever and .Ague. On discovering his con
dition, one of the Boatmen took from his person an Amu
let. saying-, “ Bear this and no Fccer will touch you." Al
though incredulous as to-its virtues, he complied, and ex
perienced immediate relief, and has since always found it
an effectual protection from all malarious complaints.
On further investigation he found that the boatman attri
buted to it miraculous powers, and said that it could only
be obtained from tho Priests of the Sun. Sometime after
wards, the gentleman in conversing with a Priest obtained
from him the secret of its preparation, and ascertained
where the- medicinal herbs were found, ot which it was
compounded. The wonderful virtues of this article have
induced a full belief in the minds of the natives in the mi
raculous healing powers.'of their Priests.<
Since his return to America, it has been tried with tho
happiest effect by several ladies and gentlemen of high
character, who have given it the most unqualified praise.—
This remedy having been a specific ini' Persia for hundreds
of years, for th& prevention and curi of Fever and Ague,
and Bilious Fevers—is how offered to the American people.
It will be sent by mail, prepaid, with full directions for
use, on receipt of one dollar.
. Principal Depot and Manufactory, ISS Main'St., Rich
mond, Vo. Branch OlBce, Bank of Commerce Building,
New York. Address ‘ JOHN & CO.
Juno 28, 1860.-ly. v
MOTHERS?
Bond the following testimony to the success of Dr- Ea
ros’a Invastii.e Cordial
“ Eatox. Dear Sir l have much in cer
tifying to the perfect bannlessness and efficacy of your Is
faxtile Coedlal, and cheerfully recommend it to',those
who have children teething. I'-havo used it in’ my own
family, and have sold oyer two hundred bottle* the past
yea.r. All those who halve'ever used it unite In its praise
for all diseases for which yon recommend it; Yours, Ac.
BLOOD I BLOOD FOOD ! I
u Db. Bbonsox. &r:-r-lt may not be valueless to yon
to know that I bare need the different preparations of
Blood Food in several cases, and uniformly with success;
and that I am convlncodthcyare a nearer approximation
to the means of a radical euro of those Cnaoxio Diseasks
for which they are prepared, than any other hledfcinal
Agencies known to the the PbormacopUeia, ‘
“I recommend these Preparations, os l am naturally de
sirous that they should he most widely tested and adopted,
; B,K. BROWN, M-.D,
$0 West Broadway, New York.”
Ecpt, 18th,1859* 3' ! \ , 1
See advertisement, for sals-by A. Roijsb, Altoona.
B. V. LAXHEOP.
SAVB YCtaFB HOUSES.
“JFe takegroat pleasure in recommending the K«xfa* '
Mustang Idntinent ata‘ valuable and indispensaWemfn
tor Spmlns.Sores. Scratches or Oalda onWonea. Oar J*
have used It tor severe Bum*. BruEee.goreslgtur joim
and Rheumatic Paine, and all say it acts like magic W *
ose no other liniment. JT. yr, HEWITT *
Foreman for American, Harnden’s and Well's r, ' .
Co.'# *
, I had#. h
cold from a bad hurt, and was useless tor ovw onay t# T*|
liod used everything I could hear of without benefit, w»
I tried the Mustang Liniment. It has perfectly cured him
aiulXcan now take the above price br hhn. rn 11 [Tq
Youw, JAVDMUunc*
Every Planter, Teamster apd Family should h* t *
invalivfhlo article. Sold by all respectable!dealer,
wfiero, f BARNES * Park!" 1 '
Proprietors, New York.
THE GBSAT HOLLAND EEItEDY
B«RftATS*S
to net Tons or, slckh«i»d«qbe,wUl findjaßoerham'. jJ’*]
-Bitters a sure, and|pkstsant remedy. If i
throbbing head, correrteapidlty of (bo stomach, tmhi a,*
gestlon, and ccogteen healthy appetite. It
doubt, & moat deUgktltt preparation, end an elfcetZi
medy. The fact that It is now a ,very popular
throughout all the nollaod settlements In WisconliTv
York, Michigan, lUiaob .and Indiana, spoeks natch in lu
tavor. Soo advertisement in another column.
• «. COMMONI SENSE Hike the m«r of ** p«*, c
whatever the misnamed amf misanthrope pWiosoph«sm.T
say to the contrary. Show them a good thing; let tamL
rite be dearly demonstrated, and they will aokhmiuts to
give it their most cordial patronage. The mosses haw af
ready ratified the Judgment of a physician, concerning the
virtues of lIOSTETTKH’S BITTERS, as may beaeenla the
immense quantities of this medicine that are annually sdA
in every section of tho land. It Is now recognised a* great-'
ly snperior to all other remedies yet devised fordisee#ee- u f
tho digestive organs, such as diarrhea#, dysentery, dytpep.
sia, and for the various fovera that arise from derangement
of those portions of the system. Uo«tetter's name is ,»
pidly becoming a household word, ftom Malno to Tew,
from the shores of tho Atlantic to the Pacific. Try the u!
tide and be satisfied. 1 ‘ t>
“ Or MAt tnk win of on innocent sheep should b«
made into parchment, and written on to tbc-undoingof»
roan!” quoth Shakspearo. lie might also hare deplored
the. ruining of men's form* by the uncouth in
which some ungracious tailors butcher up the cloth m~| r
from the wool grown by. these same harmless sheep, tv
see the perfection of the art of working up cloth wisely
and well, and so as to set off to thp best advantag* ihs
forms of its wearers, call at the Beown Stone Clothing
Hallof RockhlU k Wilson, .Nos. 603 and 60S Chestnut St.
above Sixth, Philo, and examine their stock of garments
fur gcutlemen and youths.
MRS. WINSLOW,
An experienced nurse and female physician, has a soothing
Syrup for children teething; which- greatly facilitates the
process of teething, by sotening the gums, reducing !]) In-
Oummatiou—will allay alt pain, and is sure.to reguUtsihe
bowels. Depend upon it, mothers, It will give rest to Jim
selves, and relief and health to your infants. PetfecUj
safe in aIV coses. Sec advertisement in another column.
TOOTHACHE.
This disease can be. cured by Dr. £eyttr‘i IMhackt St
mtdy, prepared by him in Pittsburg, Pa., which is put up
in bottles and sold at 25 1 ' cs'nts each.. It Is an excellent
medicine, when diluted, for spongy and tender gums, snJ
ib worth ten times Us price to all who need it. Sold hers
by 0. W. Kessler, Druggist,
Altoora. Jan. 12, Iboil.—Cm.
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Cheapest! Rest! Largest!!
S 3 5.00
Pays for Tuition ih Single and Double Entry Book-Keep
ing. Writing, Commercial Arithmetic and Lectures.
Board 8 Hec/.-j $2O, Stationery sT, SVffion $33, tniirt £>
* penset $62. • ‘
Usqai time to complete a tell course, from 6 to 10 weeks
Every Student,- upon'graduating, is guaranteed to.be con
potent to manage the-Books of any Business and qtudifled
to earn a salary of from ; *
$5OO to si,oo&. ;
Students enter at any time—No Vacation—RerU* H
pleasure.
First Premiums for Best Business Writing fir IM9 t»- -
ccived at Pittsburgh,,Philadelphia and Ohio State Fairs.
Also, at the principal Fairs of the Onion, tor thepast tour
years. '
misters Sons received at half price.
For full information. Circular, Speclmrntof Basinewand
Ornamental Writing and Embellished View of the Colt»|*,
enclose five letter stamps to 1 F. W; JENKINS.
Sept. 22, 1859:—1y . Pittsburgh, Pc.
RAIL ROAD LANDS FOR SALE,
dN LONQ CREDIT,
AND AX LOW RATEIS OF INTEREST
milE HANIBAL AND ST. JOSEPH
J. RAILROAD COMPANY, haring over*soo,ooo ACRES
of LAND lying In the State of Missouri, which was grant
ed, by Act of Congress, to aid in the construction oi their
Road, offer the principal, portion thereof Ibr sale, on the
most'liberal terms.
The greater part of these lands are within six. »»d oil
within fifteen miles of the Railroad, which it now
ted, and open for use' throughout its entire length (aw
miles,) and runs through a country which is unsurpassed
by any in the salubrity of its climate, the fertility of 1“
soil, and the extent of Its mineral resources. . -
For further information, apply at the Land offices‘
Company, or address by letter, JOSIAII HCNT.
Land Commissioner, 1L 4 St. Jo. R.
Feb. 2, ’CO.-iy *
i Hannibal, Mtj.
Administration notice.-
Noticc is hereby given that letters of Administration
on the estate of CHARLES. BO YEK, late of Lopn »«»"•
ship, Blair county, dec’d, hate been granted to the
signed, residing as aforesaid. All persons knowing
selves indebted to said estate are requested to
medtatc; payment, and those having claims will praseo
them duly authenticated for settlement.
June 21,1860:-dt CAROLINE BOYER, M» * .
American Life Insurance and Trust Co*
Capital Stock, $500,000. >
Company.Building* Walnut St, S. S- corntr °/
* Fourth Vhilit.
B. F. BOSE, agest. altoosa
LIFE INSURANCE AT THE USUALMCTCAL “"S’
OH AX JOINT STOCK RATES, AT ABOUT
LESS, OR AT TOTAL AUSTIN ANCB UATK. TM*""
ESI XX THE WORLD. A.
J. .0. SIIIMS, Stc'y. [Oct. 27th, 18W-»X^
House and lot at private
SALE.—The Gate-House and lot .. ,
belonging to the ALTOONA AND HOI- ■■
LIDAYSBtJBQ PLANK ROAD CO, tit- j
nate mile from Altoona, is offered Mp
Private Sale. ' For terms and furtherlßSWSPjJ*C
1^ UirB - JOBEPa
j. G. ADLUM,
NOTARY PUBLIC*
Al/tOOSA, BBAIE CO, PA.
Can at alt times he found at the store of X B. HU*n*"
October ly 1867
IVfOTICE.—ON AND AFTER^^.
1.1 15th, 1860, all monies duo the Altoona G#»
ter-Corapany will bo paid to the understow,
of jha Qeu'l Supt. Penaa. Bailroad.- "tS*.
dope 28,'1860.- > . Tfdu.
tJOR SALE.—-A HOUSE AND IOL
located to tho
Altoona, Feb. 9,1860^tt
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