Crihrat.
ALTOONA, PA.
THURSDAY. AUGUST 2, 1860.
C®. Where parties “t® unknown to os, our rule for adrer
toing to to require pajtaont in advance, or a guarantee from
knewn peraons. It is therefore uaeleaa for all inch to aend
«a adrartiaementa offering to pay at the end of three or alx
■uxtttia. Where odrertiaementa are accompanied with the
mo»«y, whether one, fire or ten dollars, we will give the
advertiser the lull benefit of caah rate*.
8. Bf. PCTTENGDAL&«O., ;
Advertising Agents, 119 Nassau (treat, New York, and
10 Slate atreet, Boeton, are the Agents tve the -Altoona
fW&e»e, end the moat influential and largest circnleting
■ Newspapers in'theUoited States and the Canadas. They
v are authorized to contract tor ua at our lowest rata.
•SL. WeTrnve frequently boon asked what
part we intend to take in the present political
campaign. To all snob inquiries our, answer is,
that we mean to keep aloof from all parties,
haring noconnection, our paper is con
cerned,.with any of them, and leaving ourselves
free to .oensnre or applaud the acts of either
party as, in onr judgement, they are deserving.
We shall at all; times publish > the proceedings of
rail political meetings, provided the secretaries
| Will furnish us with the minutes of auohmeet
' ings. This is matter of information os much to
the other parties as the one holding the meeting.
In publishing such proceedings we ahali-give no
more than is furnished us bj the secretaries, and
just as it is handed in.
We intend to publish a column of political
items occasionally, probably weekly, culled
from papers of al} parties, for the edification of
those who desire a little news of this kind. In
makingjtbese selections we shall eschew all those
containing personalities and .seek to give news
alone.
J9*The New Yorkers are in a stew about the
amount of money; expended by the authorities
-for -the entertainment of the Japanese. They
cannot, by any rule in arithmetic they axe ac;
quitted with, foot up the cost to the great
sum total it has reached. Some of the daily
newspapers are, however, throwing a little light
upon the subject, which shows where the arith
metic of the citizens is at faul t The wiqe bill
alone costs $20,000; and it appears that this
was not only for they Japanese, but for the en
tertainment ofthe Aldermanio committee, ten
or fifteen in number, who took up a suit of rooms
at the Metropolitan, and invited all their friends
to come and feast at the public expense. The
champagne not only went down their throats,
but It wentopt,of the window to certain out
side agents, who sold it around at fifty cents a
bottle to the admiring crowd. The yellow kid
gloves which evexy Councilman displayed, as an
unusual mark of gentility on the reception, en
larged themselves in the most extraordinary
manner. 'Bhe members, having a thought to
future exigencies, ordered seven dozen ajpieie,
with a special agreement that they should be
exchanged for ladies’ cream colored gloves when
the ceremonies were over. This is the way the
bill was stretched out, and the people are ex
pected, as usual, to forget it after payment.
The Postmaster General is about to is
sue an important circular to postmasters, requi
ring, among other things, that in all cases post-*
age-stamps and not money be need in the pre
i payment of postage, and prohibiting the use of
'the dating stamp in cancelling the postage
.stamps. A neglect to cancel postage stamps
effectually, or to post mark letters plainly, will
be regarded as a cause for serious censure, if
not of removal; and all postmasters are requi
red to report every instance of such neglect to
.the.appointment office. Instructions.ore also to
, ,1m issued in execution of the recent provision of
J Congress for the return of letters to .the writers
thereof, when they are gpt taken out of the of
fice by tboseto whom they are addressed. '
Steamship Bdbnbd.—The 'Steamship Penn
sylvania, of the Philadelphia and. Biohmond
linmwas destroyed by fire on the night of the
Jamestown. Thie passengers
atai mew had barely time to escape in their
night-clothes on rafts. Three children of Mrs.
Belts, ot Philadelphia, were lost by the oapsiz
ing of the raft on which they had embarked.—
These,were all that were lost. The remainder
of the passengers and crew were picked up .by
another steamer which came to their rescue.
IQU The Atlantic Monthly for August con
tains the following articles, “The Carnival of
the Semantic;” “ A Legend of Maryland,”
“jPnnce Adol,” “ Victor and Jacqueline,”
“hJidsnmmer,” “ Tobacco,” “ Shakespeare
done Into French,” “ The Poets Singing,” “An-,
no Domini 1860,” and continuations of the
’‘PrefißßSor’s Story” and “ Darwin on the Origin
of Speoies.” None but the very best literary
aad.scientifio'articles find a place in this stand
feradication. Price $3 per annum. Tick
norat lHelds, Boston.
Ladiee Home Magazine, published
& Co., Philadelphia, is one of
little periodicals ire receive. It is
suited to the ladies, and the price at
it is published, $l,OO per annum, places
-it'Within the reach of almost every lady.' The
fame of T. 6. Arthur as a novelist is too wide
lyknown to require a notice from us. Send for
the Some Magazine.
The foreign demand for American but
ter and cheese is rapidly increasing. Dnring
the drat six months of 1858 there were expor
ted from New York 685,116 pounds of butter,
and 2,940, 684 pounds of cheese; for the same
period in 1860, the export of these articles was
—of butter, 3,686,888 pounds; of cheese 7,-
167,266 pounds.' - - ‘
People’s Party Heating.
Agreeably to previous notice a meeting of the
People’s Party of Altoona and vicinity was held
in front of the Post Office, on Wednesday even
ing, July 25th, and was organized by appoint
ing M. T. BILL, Esq., President, lK
Hon. Henry D. Moore, of Philadelphia, Hoh.
Samuel Calvin, of Hollidaysburg, and Qen,
Williamson, of Huntingdon, addressed the meet
ing. They were listened to with attention and
freqently greeted with rounds of applause.-*-
Their remarks appeared to infose new life into
the party in this place and a determination is
now manifested to go to work for Lincoln, Ham
lin, Curtin and the whole County Ticket
Hr. Moore is an argumentative and earnest
speaker, and his remarks had considerable ef
fect Hr. Galvin’s theme was, the Tariff, on
which he is fully posted. Gen. Williamson en
tertained the meeting with a nnmber of ajaeo
dotes, and their application to the pjreaentpoli
ticalpartiee, after which th? meeting adjourned
in goo 4 order.
ANkw Chabk—WhatisjtT —Weaeehyour
Exchanges that much attention is being excited
in the medical world by a newly discovered Am
ulet or Charm, which is worn.next the skin<as a
remedyand preventive against Fever and Ague,
Billions Fevers, &o. u is called the“ Persian
Fever Charm,’’ and is said to act I‘die magic.—
The history of its origin and operation is as in
teresting as any romance. It was discovered,
as stated in the advertisement by one of the
greatest travelers in this country, -whose name
is familiar to most of onr readers, and who is
tiie last man who would be suspected of either
enpentition or deception. Wherever it is known,
this Charm is rapidly supplanting all other
remedies for .Fever and Ague, not only on ac
count. of its wonderful simplicity -and efficacy,
hut because being simply « something to wear,”,
it obviates both the inconvenience and annoy
ance (to say nothing of the expense) of nau
seous medicines.
Why don’t some of our enterprising merohauts
order a supply of an article which is exciting so
much attention in medical circles all over the
country ?
The “Jam,”- at .Danville.— Some wags in
Danville had a burlesque reception of the Ja
panese on the 4th inst., by which, however,
many were actually “ sold,” believing that they
were gazing on slmon pores. The thing was
well done, it seems. The Japs, personified by
some young DanvUites, arrived in the cars;
were conducted to carriages, with a crowd pres
sing up to see them; there was a grand pro
cession, and receptibn ; by the Borough
ties, and final disappearance’ into the “ Mon
tour House,” where apartments were prepared
for them. There they appeared fir a short
time at the windows, making bows to and ex
changing salutations with the crowd, and then
quickly doffed their clothes, and slipping oiit of
the book doors, soon mingled, one by one, among
the .crowd in the streets. Messer, of the Ban
bury American, was slightly taken in and done
for, as it is stated that he was on hand with one
of his bran new ice-cream freezers, ready to
present to the Embassy. It is stated that Dan
ville has not witnessed such a crowd since the
reception of the “ Columbia Guards” on their,
return from Mexico in 1848. Near the bridge
the crowd was'so dense, that it was with diffi
culty a;passoge could be effected.
19* The Supreme Court of Illinois lias deoi-.
ded that an Express Company is liable for pack
ages until an offer to deliver is made atithe
place of business of the consignee, an offer to
deliver at the Express office not being a suffi
cient excuse, except under peculiar circum
stances. The case was of a package of money
sent from Chicago to Madison, Wis., to D. J.
Baldwin, whose authorizod agent was the (cash
ier of the Dame County Bank. The Bank and
Express office are substantially in the same
room ; and an offer was nude to deliver by the
Express messenger, at its "counter, (asking, “if
he wanted it ?”) but the Bank clerk replied
from his chunter that he did hot, not feeling, au
thorized to receive it. That night the Express
office was robbed, and the above foots were put
in, unsuccessfully, os defence against payment.
Residence and Ages op Presidential Cah
niDAißS.—We find the following in an exchange,
the Richland Democrat , which may be useful
for reference:— 1
BOIUXESB FOR THE PKESmENCV,
Saidenee. Sam. Age,
Abraham Lincoln, lllinolß, Feb. 12,1809, 61
JohUSeJb Tennessee, Feb. 13,1787, 63
Btephen A.Donglas, .Illinois, April 23,1813, 47
J. C. Breckenridge, , Kentucky, Jan. 18,1821, 39
NOMINEES FOR THE TICE-PIlEaiPEgCt.
Setidence. Son i. Age
Hanniballlainlin, Maine, Aug. 27,1809, 61
BdwdKrereta Mass- AprU 11,1797, 63
H.T. Johnson, Georgia, Sept. 18,1812, 47
Joseph tone, j Oregon, Deo. 14,1821, 89
since, while the girls at the
ot. Charles Hotel, Sjrkpaae, were washing pat
the dining-room, the head waiter accidentally
flirted some water over the spotless pantaloons
of a well dressed gentleman, Who stood airiug
himself on the sidewalk, opposite the window.
The" enraged bean immediately jumped In at.
the window, and proceeded to “pitch into” the
waiter, but the girls' stuck to their "colors, and
attacking the assailant with mops and brooms, i
soon converted him into a pitable-looking ob
ject and compelled him 'to cry enoughwhen
they let him go, looking as though he had been
Well washed in dirty water, and never wrung
bat*
The Grandpa or all Trees. —Among the
late discoveries in California is a monstrous pet
rified tree. It is lying in a desolate region
about sixty miles north of Black Bock, near
iihat is called High Bock Cannon, and is partly
1 buried in the soil. Its length, so far as meas
ured, the top being deep under the ground, was
666 feet, and the general opinion of the compa
ny looking at it, was that is was from 40 to 60
feet in diameter. In the same place, the com
pany found the shin bone of a man petrified,
and the upper jaw of a grizzly, but twice as
large as the jaw of any grizzly ever seen in
modern times.
Fatal Mistake. —Mrs. Myers, wife of Mr.
John Myers, of Bayne township, Indiana coun
ty, who had been for some time in delicate
health, used as a remedy a tea made of a green
plant, known to botanists as Pipsissiwa, which
grows wild in the woods. Going out on Iffst
Thursday to gather-the plant, she mistook for
it some other evergreen, boiling which she
drank the decoction as usual, but unfortunately
this plant proved poisonous, and caused the wo
man’s death.
These are sweltering times for St. Lou
is. The thermometer is as high as 107 degrees
in the shade, and already there have been,forty
deaths from the heat. The oldest inhabitant
does not remember to have seen the present
state of the weather ever equalled.
LATEST [POLITICAL ITEMS*
i' Hob. Miles Taylor, ofLonisiana,
having returned to Washington, the Douglas
Executive Committee hare fairly commenced
:their document distributing labors. As an item
of political literature, it may be stated that they
are printing an edition of one hundred thousand
copies of a tract entitled, “ Lincoln and his Rec
ord.” The Breckinridge Executive Committee
ire preparing for extensive circulation, an ad
dress on the Territorial question, and in oppo
sition to the views of Judge Douglas. The Re
publicans are not idle as to the printing and
distributing of campaign documents, while the
pell and Everett Committee are industriously
employed in the dissemination of their own po
litical light.
- Jfip* His announced, on, the authority of pri
vate advices received in Washington,' that the
terms of a union between the Douglas and Bell
men in Georgia have been agreed upon. Each
candidate Is to Lave five electors, and if the
-whole ten votes will be sufficient to elect either,
they- are to bo oast for him. Ho doubt Is en
tertained that this project will result in the de
feat of Breckinridge in Georgia, and In several
other Southern States where it is to be 'tried.—
lit is ' believed also, in Washington, that the
Breckinridge ticket* will be withdrawn in New
■York, and that the whole vote of the Democracy
will be cast for Douglas—this step being ton
ipidered necessary for the defeat oif Lincoln,
i- Parson BrownlOw of the Knoxville Whig,
has a list of thirteen States whiohLe is confi
ijlent will go for Bell and Everett. He oon
ieludes bis remarks on this topic with the foi
llbwing paragraphln neither of these thir
teen States will DonglaO or Breokenridge be
Successful, unless it be in Georgia, where the
Statute calls on the Legislature to settle the dis
pute. Democracy is on its way to its grave,
; luid in November next, either by the friends of
Bell or Lincoln, will be precipitated to its doom*
in hell, where it ought to have been years ago,
[and where, with rogues and liars, it will spend
Jan eternity of just such enjoyment as it hod a
foretaste of at Charleston and in Baltimore.”
-i The hostility between the supporters of
pouglas and those of Breokenridge has become
[exceedingly, bitter in that part of Illinois known
[be Egypt. In the town of Jonesboro the Doug,
las men have resolved not to trade at the Breck
inridge stores, and the Breckinridge families
[have determined not to vuit the Douglas fami
lies, nor to recognize them, as respectable mem
bers of society. There seems even to be dan
ger that the animosity will come to blows. It
has become much more* savage since the recent
Convention at Springfield, where a Breckin
ridge Electoral ticket was nominated.
; The state Convention of the Douglas
Democrats, which was well attended, every port
of the State being represented, assembled at
Hamstmrg on Wednesday, to take action in op
position .to the State Committee, which has rec
ommended a fusion of the two wings of the
democracy in the State. The proceedings were
strongly opposed to any such movement. The
State Convention of the Democracy of Vermont
also convened on Wednesday, at Montpelier, and
selected an electoral ticket. The Convention
iwas unanimous for Douglas.
Iffi- The Cumberland (Md.) Telegraph, an
American organ, referring to a statement that
iithe Opposition .party of Alabama had, in Con
vention, repudiated Bell and Everett, and de
clared their purpose to support" Breckinridge
and Lane, says: We prefer Lincoln before
either of the Democratic nominees, and, if driv
en from our support of Mr. Bell by the treach
ery of our leading men—if our party is to be
sold out to either wing of the Democracy—then
,we are for Lincoln, with tens of thousands of
iothers in good old Maryland.”
i; |@* St Louis is now the arena of the most
desperate straggle ever made for a 1 single seat
In Congress. The successful Contest of Mr.
Barret’s return to the present House by Frank
Blair, , has intensified and embittered their can
vass. Monster Meetings are held by both par
ties nightly, and the poll on the first Monday in
August will be tremendous. The vote of the
District in 1868 was declared to stand thus
Blair, Republican, 6,681; Breck, American,
6,668; Barrett, Democrat, 7,057. - Barrett over
Blair, 426. 1
: B®. The Northampton Correspondent, a Ger
man organ of the Democracy, published at Eas
ton, Fa., after having the name of Stephen A.
Douglas at the head of its columns for two
Weeks, has declared for Breckinridge and Lane.
Pther papers in the “ Tenth Legion, ’’ that we're
Cither doubtful or for Douglas at first,' are now
for Breckinridge; and in that famous strong
.gold, which gave Buchanan 6,000 majority over
Freemont and Fillmore, there are now six
Breckinridge and four Donglas papers.
I The publishers of the La Crosse Union
And Democrat challenged the proprietors of the
La Crosse Democrat to bet office against office
each valued at from $3,000 to 4,000, that Doug
las would carry the States of Illinois and Wis
consin, and also $2,600 worth of real estate
that Douglas would be the next President.—
These bets have been promptly accepted by the
proprietors of the Republican, and they further
Offer $6OO in cash to go with the printing office.
: s®f“ So anxious are the Republicans of Cali
fornia to possess a rail of thej Abe Lincoln stamp
:that at a late enthusiastic meeting of the party,
ft was voted to send on to Illipois to obtain one,
;ahd in case the supply of 1 the original article
Was exhausted, it was suggested that Mr. Lin
coln be requested to split one more for their
especial benefit
r_ JSuGerrit Smith is put against Lincoln.—
|He has written a very bitter letter, denouncing
bun as a supporter of the Fugitive Slave Law;
and deolanng that no true abolitionist can snp
■port him. In this be repeats the movement of
1858, when he made a small experiment at ran
ging for Governor against the Republicancan
didate.
i telegram from Danville, dated 28th
.sayS that the first political meetings of the
season in that section was held there, on the
evening previous, by the Douglas Democracy.—
The gathering was large and tin unusual amount
of enthusiasm was manifested. Resolutions were
passed favoring a straight-out electoral ticket.
: lOf* Senator Fitzpatrick, who was nominated
for Vice President by the Douglas Convention
and declined, has written a letter in which he
pays; “ According in sentiment with the plat-*
form upon which Breckinridge and Lane have
been nominated, I shall, as a matter of course,
■yield them my support.” ’
At the Breckinridge ratification meeting
at Washington, twelve hundred clerk* attache!
to the Departments, marched in procession. A
wag carried along a transparency—a three-sided
thing—with the “B” on each side. On being
asked the meaning, he replied; “ Breck, Bread
and Batter.”
S&" John Young Brown, member of Congress
from Kentucky, writes that he Supports Mr.
Douglas, and that, in the county of Hardin in
that State, there are not above thirty Democrats
for Mr. Breckinridge out of 1,000 Democratic
voters.
BOU The Opposition Conferees of the Con
gressional district composed of the counties of
rawford and Erie, met at Conneautville, on
Thursday week, and nominated Hon. Elijah
Babbitt for re-election to Congress, by acclima
tion. '
■ The Hon. John Hickman addressed a
large meeting of the People’s Party at Concert
Hall, Philadelphia, on Tuesday evening, in which
he announced himself in favor of the election of
Lincoln and Hamlin.
; i The Opposition Convention of Cambria
bounty endorsed the nomination of'B. S. Blair.
Constitutional Union Party.
1 The friends of John Bell, of Tennesee, tot
President, and Edward Everett, of Massachu
setts, for Tice President, of the United States*
held their fiyst meeting in Altoona, on
Thursday evening last, in front of the Post office,
and organized by, the selection of Dr. WM. B.
FINLEY as President
Col. W. P. Seymour, of Philadelphia* and fi.
C. Peehin, Secretary of the State HotflttiUee,
were then introduced and addressed the meeting
in eloquent and argumentative, speeches, which '
were received with repeated rounds of applause.
The assemblage was large and enthusiastic.
The meeting was kept up till a late honr and
a patriotic determination and spirit manifested
to pat an extinguisher upon the sectionalism and
demagogueism, whether North or South, which
have been agitating the country and threatening
the disruption of the Union.
A Constitutional Union .Club was organized
by the election of. a President and two Vice Pre
sidents—the remaining officers necessary to a
complete organization being deferred to a sub
sequent meeting.
After three hearty cheers for BeU, Everett
and the Constitutional Unloh Party, the crowd
dispersed.
BXU AKD EVBEKTT CLUB. '
Altoona, July 27tb, 1860.
In accordance with thb' public notice given,
the Bell and Everett Club convened in the room
adjoining the Tribune. Office, and perfected their
organization by the election of two Vice Presi
dents, two Secretaries, a Treasurer, and an Ex
ecutive Committee of five members.
The following Platform and By-Laws were
unanimously adopted and signed by every one
present:
Whereas, Experience has demonstrated that Platforms
adopted by the partisan Conventions of the country have
had the effect to mislead aud deceive the people, and at the
same time to widen the political divisions of the country,
by the creation and encouragement of geographical and
sectional parties; therefore.
Retained, That it is the part both of patriotism and of
doty, to recognize no political principles other than “ Tat
Cobsiiiutiob or to* Coustrt, tbs urfios or iar Scans,
abb thb Kxfoecenkxi or thi Laws,” and as the represen
tatives ot the Constitutional Union men of the country, in
National Convention assembled, wo here pledge ourselves
to maintain, protect and defend, separately and unitedly,
these great principles of public liberty and national safety
against all enemies at homo and abroad; believing thereby
that peace may at once be restored to the country, the just
rights of the people and of the States be established, and
the Government again placed in tliat condition of Justice,
fraternity and equality which, under the example of the
Constitution of oar lathers, has solemnly bound every citi
zen of the -United States to maintain a more perfect union,
establish justice, and secure domestic tranquility; provide
for the common defence; promote the general welfare, and
sec|tre the blessings of liberty to ourselves and to our' pcs-
. We, the undersigned, pledge our hearty and united sup
port to John Bell, of Tennessee, and Edward Everett, of
Massachusetts, for the Presidency and Vice Presidency.
Article I. The name lof this Association shall he the
Constitutional Union Association of Altoona.
Art. 11. AU citizens endorsing the above declaration of
principles, and signing the Constitution and By-Laws,
shall be entitled to membership in this Association.
Art. 111. The meetings shall be held at such time and
place as the Association may determine.
Art. IV. Tlie officers shall consist of a President, Vice-
President, Secretary and Treasurer, and on Executive
Committee of live, to be elected by the Association.
Art. V. Each Association, as soon as organized, shall
elect one of their number to serve on the County Execu
tive Committee.
The following resolution was introduced, fully
discussed and unanimously passed:
Resolved, That the Constitutional Union Party, taking
their stand upon the Constitution, the Union and the Laws,
and duly regarding the rights and privileges of all tfaeir
fellow-citizens as members of one common country—with
out regard to former distinctive name and parties—do ex
tend a cordial invitation to oil, to unite with them in put
ting an end to sectionalism, fanaticism, and all that tends
to disturb or endanger the peace and perpetuity of this:
glorious Union of free and equal States.
After free conversation on the subject, no de
sire was manifested to withhold their support
from the State and county Opposition nomina
tions already made. * s
Adjourned to meet on Saturday evening, Au
gust 4th. J
LETTBB PBOM PHILADELPHIA.
Correspondence of Hie Tribune.
Messrs. Editors; —The lost shipment of Fashion has been
made tp gte Beach and other watering places, ail who re
main in town, after this date, are nip weed to belong to
that segment of society called the “Commonalty,” whose
means are not adequate to the expense of fashionable in
dulgence. Hence a great many persons with meagre finan
ces, and Who are'yet anxious to preserve their connection
with the “Charmed Circle,” have closed their houses, and
retired to the privacy of their chambers in therear of their
dwellings, their servants in the meantime replying to ques
tions of visiters, that “ the family is out of town.” The
pervading desire of this portion of humanity to leave tie
city, at this season of the year, does not, I am sorry to say,
arise from a love of rural scenery, of the majesty and gran
deur of the ocean, nor from any desire to promote comfort
and health. Any one at all familiar with the places of
fashionable report in the height of the season,
wonder at the extravagance, the display, the
dissipation, and the utter disregard'of all rales of moral
propriety, and law* of healthful recreation, that prevail.
Nearly all the vices, with hut few of the virtues, are
practiced without any of the safeguards of moral restraint
of city lift.
The nights are season* of revelry, “ hops,” and the gaudy
display of Jewels, laves and brocade, when haughty belles
dispense their charms for general admiration In the
of mirrors. Bio days are divided between epicurean de
lights,'novel reading, and the wmr-coaslng round of per
sonal rivalry.
But while the drones of this social bee-hire of oars
are thus recklessly squandering precious time, and the
money left them hy their ancestors, a great many are Im
proving a few days of leisure,.that reenr like annual jubi
lees la the intervals of business, to steal away to the sea
side, and to the seclusion of mountain retreats, pass the
time In fishing, bathing, sailing and other aquatic sports.
One class of our population squanders its leisure, another
improves it, whilst a third and by for the largest class has
▼ary little, if any leisure, either to squander or improve.—
But all Its time Is occupied, year in and year through
summer and winter, In the foetid air of the cellar, garret
and court, straggling with poverty and pinching necessity
to sustain life. “ •
1 No one unacquainted with city life can form an adequate,
idea of the angering that exists in all great cities, both in
summer and winter. Thousands who lire by the scanty
wages afforded to day laborers, lira in garrets and cellars,
or in the narrow courts and alleys, where, to save rent,
many fomilles sre sometimes crowded Into one tenement
house, barely sufficient to afford comfortable shelter-ta
one. Thousands of men, women end children! wotk at the
various trades, in cellars and tire: upper rooms of stores,
where, bending overthelr work all day, inhalihgthe sickly
heated air of their prison houses ; with Insufficient foM
■'Very frequently, they lose allhealthy animation and vlva
of spirit andjwheh they emerge, therefrom of evenings
they bear foarftil evidences of premature/ decay. A great
dml of maudlin sympathy has been expressed for the slaves
on'the southern plantations.'. Those philanthropists who
would sever the national bond of Union on aceotmt of the
wrongs inflicted upon the negroes, would do wall to look
at home, and endeavor to find a panacea for tboee great
soOtl wrongs that exist in 'onr very midst Here isKfleld
wide enough to employ the energies and engage the sympa
thies of every true philanthropist.
We have scarcely yet recovered from onr surprise, plea
sure or fright, occasioned by the appearance' *>f'the laio
brilliant meteor. It was certainly one of the most remar
kable of the kind both ae to its appearance and the appa
rent slowness of its movement, that has been Been by tho
oldest inhabitant. Onr astronomers are at fault in giving
us a satisfactory explanation of it. One thing, however,
1s certain; the expaneel ees domain of space above ns is a
vast magasine of combustible elements, as yet very Uttle
knowntous, and which only require tit’o fiatof Jehovah
to malm of our globe a funeral pile. WjtHßMa/
PLATFORM
BT-LAWB.
Philadelphia, July 27th, 1860,
LETTER FROM HEW YORK;
fU Chicago Zomiu—A Xomanct—Elopement Expected—
The Great Saetem Eteeunion—Elirtationary Oppoifn
nttiep—Crime and Crinoline—Tack Beenan, the ‘Cham
£um of the World”—A Kern Game—Pretty and Unpro
tected Girlt versos Wealthy and Uncharitable Merchant!
—The Aihiomfar the Shason, Etc.
Hfretptmltenee of the Tribune.
Tin numerous excitements of tba last vieek ere gradn- -
ally foding from tfrepubUt mind. Perhaps the visit of the
Chicago Zouaves Isfl the in‘o6( lasting impression, for Nevr
York takes a llvelyjntereet in military matters, and the
young Westerners tiers really extraordinarily perfect in
their drill manual. Hie citizen-soldiery cheerfully ac
knowledged this snp.rio'rity; and even the Herald, which
spends mneh time and space in exalting oar own Seventh
Regiment,' gracefully confessed that nothing like the Zou
ave parades had ever been seen before in New York. Of
coarse, there are eeveral propositions on foot for the organ
isation of one or more similar companies here; but lit re
main* to b|e>seen whether or no our young men willj come
to time on the arduous and fatiguing requirement! of the
Zouave regulations.
And apropos of our martial guests, their stay was not
unmarked by episodes df a romantic character, if we may
trust the whispers of public rumor. Miss D—— Is the
daughter of a retired bnjker, living not a thousand miles
from Madison Square, where the red-legged gentlemen held
one of their show parades. This young lady, ilrod by
an epidemic military enthusiasm, watched the parade from
her papa’s front windows,'and, with the aid of destiny and
a double-lens achromatic-lorgnette, distinguished a certain
handsome officer of the oorpe,-whose greoe and manliness
attracted her special attention.. Among the thousands
who thronged the sqnan! he only left the imprint of his
face and form upon her susceptible heart It is said
that she dreamed o£ht& but I don’t know that the asser
tion could be substantiated. Probably pot.
When it was announced—though ftilsely—that tba Zou
aves were to drill oh the deck of the Great Eastern, Miss
D— took care to be there. The parade did not come oO;
but many of the company were present, and among them
the gallant young officer who had captivated the broker’s
daughter horn a distance. Nobody knows how ft happen
ed. Maybe he tendered his assistance to her on the narrow
and perilous engine-room stairs. Maybe she allowed affec
tion to triumph over prudence, and “scraped acquaintance”
boldly with him. Maybe they met on the lofty paddle
boxes, and bis heart suddenly found it good to respond to
hers. _At all events, when her carriage was driven up to
the forward gangway, to convey her home, it was a Zouave
Jacket-sleeve upon which her fair arm rested, and a Zou
ave’s strong hahd lifted her info the vehicle.
Many little notes, full of the perfuine of sentiment and
of Frangtpauni, passed between them thereafter, .and the
most gorgeous bouquet thrown upon the stage on the occa
sion of the drill at the Academy of Music, was Cram Ur.
D——’s box. Ibis was alt very pretty, but, unfortunately
the'little maiden has been finances, these four years, to a
bald but gentlemanly cotton-broker in Wall street. The
father learned-his daughter’s passion fbr the “ Zoo-zoo” of
ficer, and, .os the vulgar saying fatftt, "shut pan” there
on, so that a charming little plot for the purely accidental
introduction of the loyer to the parent, fell dead' to the
ground, and the Zouaves went off to Boston, without ano
ther meeting having been compassed by the Pyramus of
Lake Street and. the Tbisbe of Usdison Square, It la re
ported, however, that yben the company returned on their
way home, an interview between the lovers took place and
arrangements were made for a private correspondence, to
be kept up with all the vigor of true devotion, un|U such
time as the young officer-can again visit the metropolis.—
Then, i'suppose, we may look out for an. "elopement in
high life,” and an appropriate newspaper sensation.
The second military excitement was the visit of the Sa
vannah Republican Bines, an old and wealthy company
from Georgia. They are a soldierly set of men, but of no
striking perfection in drill.
Everybody is new on the qui vice concerning the cxcuf
sion trip of the Great Eastern to Cape Uay. There will be
a tremendous Jam on board, notwithstanding the some
what lofty price of tickets, and a good deal of discomfort \
will doubtless be mingled with the fun. Nearly. all the
practicable berths willb* occupied by ladies, and the mas
culines will be forced to camp down anywhere ou.mattres
i sea in the saloons. The noble art of flirtation will prosper
largely, during the trip,' ■
For all the state of excitement in which our city has been
kept daring the summer, the “governing classes? have
contrived to keep the criminal calendar pretty foil. We
average about two homicides and seven " found drowned”
cases—half of which ntean the same thing as murder—
every week. The last great tragedy was the Waiton-Map
thews shooting, wherein the coroner’s jury, found Charles
Jeffords guilty, somewhat hastily. Ths young man is a
eon of Mr. Walton’s wife, the trait of a former marriage;
' and as the family was in a perpetual state of internal foud
some curious developments of social life in New York may
be expected at the trial;, Among other sanguinary affairs
now talked ot, are sundry stabbing, shooting and fistic as
saults, growing out tbe.Ueenan-Morrissey quarrels. Ueo
nan himself has behaved very modesty and peaceably since
bis-Arrival, and complains much of the lionizing to which
his so-called “ friends’’Subject him. ' There is some talk of
a fight between him and Morrissey, to take place in Florida,
or Havana, where neither will be disturbed by the other’s
partisans. Ido not believe, however, that Morrissey means
to fight at all. He saw too much of the mQI at Farnsbor
ough, to care about trying Jack’s quality again. The
“ Benecian” has not yet got his duplicate belt, but there is'
on exhibition at Tiffany’s, a beautiful silver vase, presented
by some Englishmen at Stepney, to “John C. Keenan, the
Champion of the World.” All this pugilistic mania is con
fined, in New York, to the lower circles, and Va sad com
ment on the want of popular refinement and culture.
Speaking of crime and criminals, a few sentences back,
reminds me’ of ah infamous but ingenious game that has
lately been practiced with success upon some of the down
town merchants. A very pretty young girl goes into a
business office bite in the afternoon, ostensibly to sell bocks.
If she finds the proprietor of the'jplacq alone, she begtf a
dollar to bny show aud stockings at. the
time, a pretty foot ondockle in jntrit 'naluraUhuj. The
virtuous merchant begins to inspect, and his fear* ore eon
firmed, when the girl demands an increased sum. “Leave
my office I” cries the indignant gentleman. “Don’t touch
mel” replies idte; “er l?ri call for help, and complain foot
yon have token liberties with me]” The WbvinV,
baek agbaatat the bit* idea, and the nnbluhing young
woman demands ten dpUara for a copy of “ Mother Qooee,’’
or some such valuable work, repeating her threats until
she goto the money. The only course is for the gentleman
to call a policeman at once—os an.lnterview with due ls an
ordeal that few professional swindlers like to stand.
The weather here has been alternating; of late; between
too hob too wot, and tod much of tioth together. This has
our promenades somewhat vacant, especially as eve
rybody Is ont oftown a| this season. The seaside watering
placet are more patronised this year than the inland hotels
and the ladies are having a capital time among the beaux
and breakers of Newport; Cape May, Long Branch, ami
other places. Jam happy to see that the little English bat
is gainlngfovor as a seaflde head-dress. It is a small straw
fabric, turning np closely all around, and ornamented on
the left side with a rosette of ribbon, of any color to suit
the complexion—thonghthe hew'pnrpte, mauve, is very
fMh|onable, for yonng inisaes eapccially. The round hat,
with a fell of lace from jtho brim, is not so mnch worn,now
aalaat year- ‘ \
Anipfoet yery pretty head-dress for the coubby is the
rigolette, made of crochet-work, in colored wools, which is
renewing its old popularity. When made with lively col
orijj.haraohlously shaded, it is a charming andpicthresqne
ornament. ' '
The colors for dresses ore very brilliant tbia summer, and
th«re U aninflnlte variety of styles. Crinoline still holds
lts own, thtrag{» eomefcliat diminished from last Vinter’s
proportions. Full robes, a douMe Jupe, of light and airy
ihbrics,' with’ Tory plalntrimmlngs of ribbon, andthePom.
padonr corsage, are among the prettiest.
the large flaring bbnnjst, of the coal-scuttle pattern, did
not obtain favor. American women have too mnch' taste
to fall into a hideous feahlon merely because it isa frisbion,
•o they have wisely made a compromise between tlie ridi
cnloasly small and the ridiculously large,.the fronts being
slightly pointed. , ;i .
The bad weather has somewhat Injured business at the
theatre*, as also'll as the incoming political excitement,
which has just begun to, display itself in big banners, «"<t
torchlight processions and free whiskey. The campaign,
notwithstanding the plurality of candidates and of inter
«**•> #• usual, turn ‘the city topsy-turvy. Of course,
each voter confidently e*) poets to elect his favorite, but po
litical prophecies are out of the line of your
:’*■ A, "■■■; EABCEBK.
Nxw York, Jiily 26th, 1860.
special Notices.
Dp. Eaton’s Infantile, Cordial
It must be obvious- th every attentive per**, th *
first disease of infante arise chiefly from the bowel*, '* h *
this connection we know of a medicine which can
upon with perfoct confidence in all iofonti). co
whatever their nature may be. We speak of Dr
Infontile Cordial. It contains no opiate of anv'k' k" '*
paregoric, and relieves the sufferings 0 f InOtnts
inagic. Mothers Iby all means try this—even iftn
remedies have foiled. Sco the advertisement in * " Ul ”
column of Messrs. Church A Dupont, Drafts,
who are the solo proprietors, and also sole ‘ ' wk >
the world-renowned “Dn., Bno.vson’s Bcoqd Fooa» ° f
is a preparation for the relief of all complaints arisf- k!l
deficiencies of the bfoctl, from whatever causes nS*
ancles may proceed. It is without exception tv.'*'*' 1 '
strengthening cmdial any., invalid coutf take
Itoedfotely absorbed by the Wood without haviiw'
fhrotlgh the process of digestion; and as blood is tv. I* 80
the human body, by boorish hig and ptoduein* 1/! * of
tesfoies to perfect health’those even who have b~J * *° o<>
Ingforytare. WetenaMe* the above tiro ivT*** 1 '
decidedly the beet of their kind offered to
Granule, Qnebec, CVJE fiak SeeodTertlsenteeL^^ 0 "’
Tor sale by A. Roush, Altoona. ,
A Great Medicine for Females t
Hundred of ettoulauta have been invents and
porting to bo specific In tho various diseases uj a ,Wr ‘
raents towhichthedeilcate fe rm of
subject. The reeWof these stimulant, ha,
part momentary activity to the nefiou*
ylgor to the mmefc, ; but this «u3h£
a depression and prostration greater
repeated attempt* of invalid, to build theLdv^t*
thee, foies remedy have finely ended hi
little vital orginatfon was left.\ But in
Hollande r you wU. find no
It s purely vegetable compound, prepared on strictly
tlfic principles, after the manner otthe celebrated HolhoJ
Professor, Bcerhave. Coder its influence cseiy nerve asd
musclo receives now strength and vigor, appetite and aim.
return, and finally, perfect health. Su.XrISS
another column. .
«!U Persons afflicted with the Fever and Ague shoutl
not spare either time, trouble V expense, to prccCfc
Hostetler's Celebrated Blttors, who* beneflLTt^« u
upon the human system has been clearly proved to thJ.
who have been stricken down ft a short apace of mTu
this dreadful cures, whew cheeks aw wan and meagre. J
whose nights ate sleepless and restless, and whose emZ
dim and sunken, with death staring them la the bee, tih
compound must prove a blessing;, matching them mi,
were Item the very mouth qf the grave. None can km,
its true value until they Have tested it. When all otter,
have foiled, these Bitten have restored the sufferers to pro.
tine health. Their popularity to all ths Western and »
Southern parts should introduce them to all family
Sold by druggists and dealers generally, everywhere.
WB- See advertisement in another column.
IMPORTANT TO FEMALES
DK. CUEBa*MAN’a PILLS.
The combination of ingredients in these Pills _
suit of a long and extensive practice.' They un aiW („
their operation, and curtain in correcting alt Imgehritlee
Painfol Menstruations, removing all obstructions, whetW
from cold oi otherwlhe, headache, pain in the sH», jalplia
tion of the heart, whites,all norroas sffectiahi, hysterics,
fotigne, pain In the backj and limbs, Ac, distorted sleep’
which arise &rom’lnterruption of nature. ’
DB, CHEESEMAN’S PILLS
was the commencement of a new ere in the treiimeil of
those irregularities and obstructions which have consign*!
so many thousands of the young, the beaUtilhl, and the be
foved to a premature grave. No female can good
health unless she is regular, and whenever an obstruction
takes place the general health begins te decline.
DB. CUEESEMAN’S PILLS
are the most effectual remedy ever known for all complains
peicnlinr to Hinales. To all classes they are invaluable, is
during, with certainty, periodical regularity. They era
known to thousands, who have used them at different pe
riods, thronghout the country, having tbeasncfiou orient
of the most eminent Phyticiant in America.
Explicit directions, elating when, and when OuyAaSi
not be used, with each Box,—the Price Ont Dollar t»A
Box, containing 40 JHBs. •
A valnable Pamphlet, to be had free, of the Agents.—
Pills sent by mail, promptly, by enclosing price to the Ota
eral Agent. Sold by Druggists generally,
B. B. HUTCHINGS, Gcxebai. Aoext,
„ 14 Broadway, New York.
Sold in Altoona by 0. W. Kessler; in nogldayalmrg by
Geo. A. Jacobs. fDoc. 8, 154».-ly,
INPECTINE.
THE PERSIAN CHABM.
For the prevention and cure ot finer and Ague and Bi
tout Fevers. This wonderful remedy was brought to the
knowledge of the present proprietor! by a friend who hu
beep a great traveller in Peraiaandthe Holy Land.
While going down the river Euphrates, he experienced s
severe attack of Fever and Ague. On discovering his con
dition, one of the Boatmen took from his person so Ann
let, saying, “ Wear this and no Finer, will touch you,” - Al
though incredulous as to its rirtnes, ho complied, pnJ
perienced immediate relief, and has since always simid it
an effectual protection from all malarious complaints., .
On forther investigation he fennd that the boatman attri
buted, to it miraculous powers, and said that it could onij
he obtained from the Priests of the Snn. Sometime after
wards, the gentleman in conversing with a Priest obtained
from him the secret of its preparation, and ascertained
whore the medicinal herbs were found, of which it wi»
compounded. The wonderful virtues of this article tew
induced a fnll belief in the infaxls of the natives in ihe mi
raenloim healing powers of their Priests. ‘ t
Since his return to America, it has been tried with the
happiest effect- by several ladies' and gcntleroeo' of high
character, who have given it the most unqualiSed prate.—
Tills remedy having been a specific in Persia for hnndrtdi
of years, for the prevention and cure of Forer and Ap»,
andßUious Fevers—is now- offered to the American peoph-
It will be sept by mail, prepaid, with full directions te
use, on receipt of ohe Sollor.
Principal Dqpot and Manufactory, 188 Main St,, lUch
mond, Va. Branch Office, Bank of Oommerea Bnildiog,
Jfew York. Addrepa JOHN WILCOX * CO.
June 28, )Bfio.-ly. ,
•3U“ Ob tbAt *ax wqiof an Innocent shesp steaM te
mkde into apd written on totheundtisgef*
man I" qnoth Shakspeara. 1 He might also harsdcplond
the ruining of men’s forms by the uncouth manner la
which some nngracions taQnrs butcher up the cloth mte*
from the wool grown by these same harmless eheep. Te
see the perfection of tiw art of working np cloth
and well, and so as to aef off to the best advantage the
forms of its waareni,' i»Il at the Brown Stone Ootwl
Hall of Rockhlil A Wnson, Nos. 603 and 605 Chestsat »•
above Sixth; Phiia. and extuiine thair stock of fsnatsis
for genttemon And youths,'
MBS. WINSLOW,
An experience nurse )md female physfdsn, hasa soetiW
Syrup for children teething, which greatly faciytatw
process of teething, by sotening the gums, reducing »*>
flanimation—will allay all pain, and is sure to regulate v
bowels. Depend upon it, mothers, it will girersettof'®'-''
selves, and relief and health to your infanta. PerfeW
safe In alt cares. See advertisement in another Colud*-,
H P. CONRAD, M. D.,
• Respectfully offers bis on
services to the citizens of Altoona and. vicin tty. v tr .
Knit road street, two doors east of the Red blou ““A-wjnn
he may be consulted at *ll hours, except when pro .
ally engaged. Jy
/CAUTION.—ALL PERSONS
vA hereby notified not to purchase or red ■H,SS?»h>rc
kega with the stamp of the ALTOONA BRKWtK
on, fta such kegs never have been and neTe T. vill
from the Brewery. AU kegs coutalnging' saw
bo churned and taken, wherever found, by the
of the Brewery to whom they belong. . n no.
July 2Sth 1869-tf.
EP. ROYER, M. D.,
• Offers hla professional services to the
Altoona an* vicinity.
The beet of references can be given if requires
Office at residence on Branch street, East
doors above Conrad’s Store. ; Apru ——"T
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