f|t gUtama Critone.
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ALTOONA, PA.
. THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1860.
j Where parties are unknown to ni,onr ni{efbr adrer
> to require payment in advance, oragnarantee from
vUownpcnons. It ir therefore ueeleee for all anch to aend
advertisement* offering to pay at thn end of three or six
j’ months. Where advertisement* are accompanied with the
v money, whether one, five or ten dollars, wo wIU give the
' advertiser the full beniflt of cash rate*.
8. M. PETTEUGIIiL & CO., ;
' *Ad vertWng Agents, 119 Nassau street. New York, and
30 State street, Boston, are the Agents for the Altoona
f IWba»i!, aadthe most influential and largest circulating
; Newspapers In the United States and tke Canadas. They
’ are anthorised to contract for us at our lowest rata.
s Bailroad Arrangements.
, The Pittsburg Pott soys that a Convention,
A composed of the representatives from the grand
'-.trank lines from the seaboard west, has been in
-session at Saratoga. It adjourned on the 2d, —
■We gather from the New York and Philadelphia
'f papers an abstract of its proceedings, which
S - were as follows :*—The Convention was com
! posed of Hr. Thomson, from the Pennsylvania
: who acted as President: Mr. Sbonley,
General Manager of the Grand Trunk, of Cano
t 4a; -Mr. Vibbard, of the New York Central;
! Mr. < Marsh, of the Erie, and Mr. Garrett, of tho
Baltimore and Ohio. There was also a large
attendance of railway men, but the five gentle
men named were a|one in session, and laid down
the laws of railway management in< future.—
! This .was, without doubt, the most important
railway congress ever held upon this continent,
its notion being harmonious, to the smallest de-
tail, nor were the debates throughout the pro
tracted session interrupted even by an unpleas
ant word. A permanent association was form
ed, of which Mr. Thomson will be the executive
i for the next three : months, and will be succeed
cd in turn by his four associates. Stated meet
* ings are to be held,and hereafter no rates made
i by the association con be changed without unan -
imons consent.
; Hereafter, to common points beyond each
other's lines, fares or freights are to be uni
form, thus leaving to each road its natural busi
ness, while along; their own lines each company
will manage os its interests demand. The vari
ous transportation and express companies ore to
stand with the nojads the same as the public, and
rates will not in fjiture be “ out” under the cloak'
of an express contract. On Wednesday, tholst
of August, the rites were advanced to theories s
of April lost, anci another adv' " be made
towards the middle of theuoi /followed
by saeh future advances and os the in-
terest of the roads and equity toward merchants
Ji&ay make proper. Cattlekre hereafter to be
carried by weight and not per car—a very just
change to all parties—ahd excursion trains over
long routes at reduced cost abandoned. No
drawbacks, commission or abatement of any kind
js to be made p/either company, and at an early
day ft whole army of expensive agents, who
have fattened upon the road; arc to be dispensed
with. The five members of the Convention re
presented full one-quaver of the railway capi
tal of the United ; Stqtes, and will manage their
property upon the same theory os that practiced
by the sqven members forming the “Associated
Press of New York," “ fair play for services”
rendered, and “no unfair compeiion.” Railroad
property under the proposed plan of manage
ment will acquire new value, and will soon ad
vance to points where stockholders and bonded
creditors will alike consider their property os
valuable and certain of income as any known
investment, Nor will their prosperity be secured
by any unfair tax: upon transportation of persons
or property. An important matter •will also be
secured by this ending-of competition for trade
beyond each company’s line—it will give to each
company time and opportunity to encourage, by
.accommodation, the locol trade of .the
respective -lines, which, after all, is the Support
of all railroads.
tlSr The following tabular statement of the
votes of all the States, oast in 1866, for the
Presidency, will. found i highly interesting at
this time, as a matter of reference:—
, ! inecfl Buchan- Ft* Bill
. States. vote./ an. moat. more.
Maine, ' " . B<L 88,035 06,614 3483
K.-Hampabtre, 5 £ K&ar 28468 414
Vermont, . 6 >WIDA77 89.571 611
Massachusetts, 13 304 M 108400 19,660
Bbodelaland; 4 0480 UM 0,976
Connecticut, 0 31495 42,744 2,615
New York, 85 196478 274,705 124404
NewJeraey. 7 40443 , 28,861 21416
Pennsylvania, 27 230461 147,850 82478
Dataware. 3 8403 300 ' 6475
Maryland, 8 89415 281 47*02
Tiiidatt, 16 89,876 291 00,039
North Carolina, 10 48,340 .... 88X86
aSoath.OKOUna, 8 ..... .... ....
Georgia, 10 60X17 .... 12472
PlotS* 8 x MBO .... 4443
Alabama, " r 9 '48417 .... 28457
Louisiana, 6 22,109 .... 20,709
585855, K 7 35,065 .... 24,490
lew, . 4 ' .28476 > ... . 16444
Aritansas, 4 21,908 , ,yi. 40440
llbaonH, 9 68404 .-.A 49424
Tennessee, 12 78,638 ..... 00,178
Ktmtacky, 12 -72417 800 05422
23 170474 187,497 28426
Indiana, 11 118,072 044 W 23486
lUhfofe * 13 404479 00480 87.451
TtfjriMfi., 6 52439 ,74462 1400
Wisconsin, 6 52,807 50,092 579
* 40441 41427 9,444
Minnesota, 4
California, 4
Oregon, 8
TOtsL ' 803 1,860,960 1,331,563 888,960
v-- ' '\’ '
OBP Th« Penns; Irjwia State Agricultural
Sodet;. we learn, are making active prepara
tions for their coming annual exhibition on the
joining battle-grounds. In addition to the
.prttjeatbitildingß, the; invite proposals for the;
eTMtipn of such other saloons. &c., as will be
yond doubt' accommodate the vast. concourse
of people from all parts of this and adjoining
-ib« fn (Mffrendane e.
«Cmo 1 iejm 28,327
The Presidential Question.
The Erie Dispatch in commenting oh the elec
tion of a President by the House- ;of Represea- i
ta lives uses the following language Every
manwho reallyioves bis. country above party,
should bo cast his vote at the approaching Pre
sidential elections os to keep the eleotion out of
the House of Representatives; It is thegenius
of liberty and of all free institutions that the
majority should rule; hence we regard any pro
visions to destroy or modify this great principle
as inimical and weakening to the superstructure
upon which rests all our cherished hopes. It is
thus that we view the Constitutional provisions
for the election by the House of Representative j
of President of the United States, where each |
State, large or email, has an equal voice. That;
Is to say, three States, viz: Deleware, Oregon:
and Florida, with only a single Representatives; j
six States, Rhodfelsland, Arkansas, lowa, Cali-;
fornia, Texas and Minnesota, with only two
Representatives; three States, New Hampshire,!
Wisconsin and Vermont, with only three Repre-1
sentatives i'Tour States, Connecticut, Louisiana, |
Michigan and New Jersey, with fpUr Represen-!
tatives; one State,. Mississippi, with five Repre-;
sentatives; and three other States, Maine, Mary-;
land and South Carolina, with six Representa- i
tives—twenty States, a majority, with only six- i
ty-two Representatives, actually controlling;
States with pne hundred and seventy-three;
Representatives, and electing a President for;
them !
Such an election can in no. sense be called a I
popular election; and we doubt if there is pne;
voter in one hundred, throughout the country,;
who in bis sober, deliberate senses, would pre
fer that the election of President Should be
taken out of the hands of the people and be giv
en to the House of Representatives under such,
a provision as'this.
With the New York Times, we believe that no
greater calamity could befall the country at
this time than for the selection of our chief;
magistrate to be given to a body of men who
have so long been wrangling and quarreling;!
with each other, with some of whom money is
more an object than principle, and who would '
have no scruples in setting aside the wishes of;
theirconstituents to obtain place, power or lucre..
By all means let the election be kept oat of the |
House or Senate. ' \
LETTER FROM TEXAS.
/•
Oirrtspondenct of the Altoona Tribunt.
Austin City, July 30, 1860.
Messes. Editors. —Presuming that a word
from the far off State of Texas would not be
amiss at this time, I therefore ask the indul
gence of your readers whilst I endeavor to state,
briefly, how affairs stand in the “ Lone Star.”
i I, in company with ft gentleman from Ohio,
'arrived in. this State on the third of July, after
h long and {odious journey-of five hundred miles
on ponied We spent the Fourth in Sherman, a
little town fourteen miles from Red
River, and the county scat of Grayson county.
/The day was celebrated in a becoming manner,
barbecues being the order of the day all over
the countryt We next passed through Dallas,
where we arrived On the morningof the Bth. Here
we stopped for the purpose of resting ourselves
qbd our ponies. We had not been there long
before the citizens were alarmed by the cry of
tire. Many persons were promptly on the spot,
but their exertions to oheokthe fire were in vain,-
an in less than an hour almost the entire town
was wrapped in flames. ' Every business house
in the place was burned, and the loss is estima
ted at $200,000. It was supposed at the time,:
and has since been proven, to have been the
work of an incendiary.
I did not find Austin as large as I anticipated.
It is but little larger than Altoona, and there is
much less business done. My. trip was not
pleasant, from the fact that it is very warm, and
our ponies gave out and died 60 miles north of
this place. I would like Texas better than any
part of the country I have yet been in, were it
not for the drought which has burned up every*-
thing. Grain and provisions of all kinds are
high, and board cannot be jiad for less than' $5
a .week. I
In the memory of the oldest settlers this sea
son has never been equalled for drought and
heat. There has not been any rain here sincci
March, and the prospect of the country is not
very .flattering to a stranger. -The crops, as rt
matter ofcourse, were almost a'failure, and pro-*
visions are high. Labor and money .are scarce
pud times ore hard.
The heat for several weeks past has been sp
intense that it whs almost unendurable. The
thermometer ran os high as 112° in the shade
and 180° in the sun. This is pretty hot for a
northern man. s All the .small streams and many
of the rivers have gone dry, and in many places
people and stock are suffering from scaroity of
water, and unless it rains soon the whole coon*
try will suffer.
I would not advise any one to come to Texas!
at present, who desires to nuke it his home, or
wishes tp : travel for pleasure, for it Is unpleas
ant as well as dapgerous for a northern man to
he in this State daring the excitement that is
now pretalent all over her wide extent, fires,
robberies, murders and the hanging of those
supposed to have a hand in them are every day
occurrences, and every man froin the north,
whether a Republican or a Democrat is looked
upon with suspicion. The fires are all laid to the
credit of the .Abolitionists, and the people arc ip
constant dread lest their lives and property
should be destroyed. Vigilance committees
are being appointed all over, the country mid
the strictest watch is kept over the slaves, for sit
is through the agency of the negroes that they!
suppose the Abolitionists are trying to destroy
the country by fire, Harpers-Ferry-like they
magnify every report and to.their excitedvisious
an ant hill soon grows to the prodigious size of
a mountain. My companion and L like all
others from the north, were; not free from bos'
pioipn, but we found, one day, to pur surprise,
upon emerging from the dining room of the
hotel, a dozen or more of the prominent citizens
of the town collected around the door anxiously
awaiting our exit. Gentlemen,” said .they
upon our making our appearance* “we will bo
much obliged to you if you will step into, the
parlor, where we wish to hold a private conferr
satiou with you and to propound a few
tionsi which we deem oar privilege ha well as
onr duty.” Well, of coarse, we walked into the
parlor, unable to surmise, the tneaning of their
conduct. “ Gentleman,” they continued, 5 “we
have been appointed to inquire of you, in order
to strengthen or destroy a suspicion which rests
nponyou, where you came from, what your
baseless is, and where you are going!" Having
answered these to their satisfaction; as well as
many others of less importance, but still more
impertinent, they requested ns to bringforward
ouri baggage to be searched. We told them
where' it was, and if they were anxious to have
it, they should go and get it themselves, not
feeling disposed to humor them, in any way.—
After examening all onr effects, reading all the
letters they could get their fingers on, and find
ing nothing that would condemn ns in anyway,
they departed satisfied that we were not Aboli
tionists. *
Political excitement runs high here now, and
Breckinridge and Lane or “ disunion,” is their
cry, and it is mot safe for a Lincoln man to make
hisjprinciples known, for fear of being driven
oat of the country. 1 think Breckinridge will
carry this State, bat the people here have little
hope of his election. They regard Lincoln as
their most powerful opponent.
There is no yellow fever in New Orleans or
Galveston yet. More anon.
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LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
Otrrapondencc of the Altoona Tribune. ,/
New Yoke, August 10, 1860.
The news is almost burnt out of this good
citjTi The thermometer ranges through the day
from 80° to 95°, without the influence of bricks
and pavements, which are ‘orful.’ Be-thankful
and rejoice with exceeding/ gladness, all you
who lie down in green pastures, and hear the
breeresin the leaves and ‘ tree see.’
The Great EaasterU made the quickest trip on
record a few days since. She sailed out of
■ Popularity iuto Oblivion in less time than any
! other craffthat was ever on that sea. She
must have had paddles, screw, sails, tide and
i everything else going to have made the trip so
quick. But Monsicr Tonson is coming back for
>oroe more Yankee quarters. It will exhibit
bets for three days next week, and all thosC'who
have never been to a mock auction or seen the
elephant had better go aboard.
The Japanese are better remembered, espe
cially by those who have the taxes to pay for
that 10,000 bottles ojf cider the Aldermen put
\in their “ pockets.” A gentleman asked me to
| day what could be done to get rid of such ter
i rible public swindling. Why, said he, the peo
< pie lore becoming so corrupt that the officers of
our city will take our coats. Fye, the people
ore; no more corrupt than they ever were ; but
the false pride, selfishness or cowardice, of you
and those like you prevent you from attending
the; primary assemblies and conventions, and
therowdiea therefore nominate the men they de
sire and elect them while you stand by and do
the grumbling. '
Dull as the city now is there are an average
of |BOO omnibuses and 7,000 persons on fob t pass
the Astor House every hour.
Forest, the great tragedy man, is to come on
the stage again after an absence of five years.
; It; is bard to give *up the applause of the par
; quette, the glory of the buskin and the glare ot
| the foot-lights, when they have., once been en
| joyed. The manager at Niblo’s brings him out
I and he plays 200 nights here and elsewhere. It
! is likely that notone-third of those who will go
; to see him now saw him when he last appeared,
| five years ago. The life of the the theatre hab
j Hue is short, some'have gone down and some
|upto a higher scale of life. The average life
■ of New York merchants is but about seven
years. So fast do they live, so fast die.
The fences and blank walls are covered with
anhounccmsnts of a festival to Heenan', the fis
tiquff man, and Barnujn’s “what is it?” The
idiot nigger with his head shaved and arms in
dqrance vile. Barnum is wise in his estimate
of; the value of printer’s ink. When your cus
tomers ascertain the true value of this article
they will have laid,the foundation of their for
tunes and yours.
The flag of Lincoln, and Hamlin floats from
the Tribune building, that of Breckinridge and
Lane from .the Day Book office, adjoining, while
a Douglas and Johnson flag floats across from
Tammany. The Tribune is the tallest, and it is
said that knocks the We shall see.
The excise commissioners have issued over
1,000 licenses to sell liquor, but there are thou
sapds who sell without license, and death and
madness stalk abroad at mid-day.
The receipts of wheat and corn are large and
prices are tending down on account, mainly, of
high prices of freight to Europe. Sales of flour
are made-to-day at $5 50 for superfine up.to $8
for l extra. Pork is active with sales averaging
$2O for mess.
Sugars are firm with large sales.
Money is abundant at 5 to 6 percent on call.
* Yours, \ W.
Arrival or LadvFranklin. —Among the
passengers ■ arrived by the steamship Adriatic,
which reached New York on Saturday, was Lady
Franklin, accompanied by her niece. Miss Cra
crofl, and her waiting maid. Lady Franklin
will temain in New York two or three weeks, as
thp guest of .Mr. Henry Grinnell, through
Whose liberality theGrinnell Arctic expedition
wa| fitted out, and whose son, Mr, ,C. Grinnell,
accompanied her on her voyage to this country.
She proposes to make a tour into Canada, prob
ably in time to witness the reception of the
Prifcco of Wales, and will then travel through
the; Northern States, and very likely extend her
journey into California. She desires to avoid
public attention as far as possible. She has had
a pleasant voyage, and is much pleased with the
Adriatic and her officer. - '.
Thb Census Returns. —The census returns
areirapidly pouring into Washington, and by the
first of September, the limit fixed for their re
ception, it is expected they will be fully com
pleted. From the figures, as they at present
show, it may confidently be assumed that the to
tal population of the Union will hot fall short
of thirty-two millions, beingon increase of near
ly One-third since 1850, when the last census
was token. The history of no either
in ancient or modern times, has exhibited the
same extraordinary rapid multiplication of its
people,' and in none have the agricultural and
industrial resources developed in the prog&ss
kept such even pace with their numerical
growth. - . ■
DawocßArio Stats Committee Masrura.—
The Democratic State Central'Committee met at
Creseon on Thursday last, and after considers-,
ble debate, the following was agreed upon :
Retained, That, the action of the committee of
the 2d of J uly be rescinded, and the following
substituted: .
Retained, That the Democratic Electoral Tick
ets be headed with the names of Douglas and
Breckinridge as the Electors at large, and in the
event of success of said ticket, if the greater
number of the v'otes shall have been cast for)
Douglas, then the vote of the State shall be cast
for Douglas and .Johnson ; but if for Breckin
ridge, then for Breckinridge and Lane for the
same offices; mid that the Chairman of the Com
mittee be directed* to require a pledge from the
electors, and if any refuse, his, name be omitted.
After a long debate the first portion of the
proposition aboat heading the electoral ticket
was agreed to. Ayes 49; Nays 22. The se
cond part, throwing the vote for the candidate
who has a chance of election, was agreed to viva
vece. The resolution as finally adopted reads
as) follows:
Retained; That the Democratic electoral ticket
be headed with the names of Dougins or Breck
inridge, as hu elector at large; and in the event
of the success of said ticket, if the greatest
number shall have been cast for Mr. Douglas,
then, the vote of the electoral college of the
State shall be cast for Douglas and Johnson,
bat if for Mr. then for Breckin
ridge and Lane. If the vote of Pennsylvania
cannot elect the candidate for whom, the majori
ty of thevotee are cast, and can elect any other
man vanning for President, claiming to be a
Democrat, then the vote of the electoral college
ghall be cast for that candidate. If it will not
elect cither of the candidates for whom it is
cast, dr any of the democrats who are voted for
in the State, then the vote shall be cast for the
candidate who has the majority of the votes of
the State, and the chairman of the convention
be required to obtain their several and distinct
pledges of acquiescence in the foregoing resolu
tion, and report thu result of his action at a fu
ture meeting of the convention. The conven
tion then adjourned tine die, with cheers.
No Amu avion. —Messrs. Taylor, of Louisi
ana,. Pugh of Ohio, and Rust of Arkansas, in be
half of the Democratic National Executive Com
mittee, have issued an address of explanation
and counsel to the Democracy of the United
‘States. They declare, as the universal senti
. ment of the supporters of Douglas and Johnson,
that no compromise whatever is admissible;
that they have made no proposition for a joint'
electoral ticket in any State, and that they ex
hort the rejection of such propositions indig
nantly whenever and wherever made. They
say; “If wo Lave any friends in any State, let
them call a State Convention at once and nomi-.
nate a full electoral ticket, pledged to the ex
clusive support of Douglas and Johnson. We
can agree to nothing else; because to acknowl
edge the right of a factious minority to dictate
their own terms of co-operation, to suffer them
to violate the solemn professions of the Demo
cratic party, and trample under foot our Demo
cratic usages, would be to disband the national
organization. ”
The Democracy held a County Meeting
at MoGonnelsburg, Pa., on the 11th inst., at
which a regular skirmish was indulged in be
tween the Douglas and Breckinridge parties.—
Much bitter feeling prevailed, aud the meeting
broke up with a row.
During the absence of the editor of the Demo
crat, Mr. Sansom, at Cresson, the Breckinridge
party entered the office of that newspaper, mul
tilated the forms, run up the Breckinridge flag
and issued an edition of the paper under that
banner.
A RAMBLER.
The affair has created considerable excite
ment. A personal rencontre also took place
last night after the meeting, between- Mr. San-.
som and G- A. Smith, a Breckinridge attO/ney.
Sansom gave Smith the lie, when the latter col
lared him.' The parties were then separated.
JgSy* The Douglas Democratic State Conven
tion met at Louisville, Ky., August 11th.—
Eighty-seven counties were represented by sev
en hundred delegates. W. I’. White presided.
Archy Dixon and John C- Mason were nomi
nated electors at large, and a full electoral
Douglas ticket was formed.
Resolutions repudiating any coalition with
the Breckinridge wing, and re affirming the Cin
cinnati platform, were passe J with immense ap
plause.
LATEST POLITICAL ITEMS.
Missouri Election.— The St. Louis Republi
can says that John B. Henderson, Dcm., for Con
gress, in the Second District, is defeated by
James A. Hollins, Opp., by 249 votes.
Clairborne F. Jackson, Douglas Democrat, so
far as heard from, leads Sample Orr, Union, for
Governor, by 6,290 votes.
Withdrawal of Sam Houston. —The Hous-
ton, Texas,-Telegraph says that Gen Houston
will doubtless withdraw from the Presidential
race after the August election. It .thinks that
most of his supporters tall go for Breckinridge,
as several of the most influential papers in his
favor have come out for him.
Hon. John Bell has written a letter in
which bO\declines to make any new declaration
of principles. He refers the public to the record
of bis public life and states that a collection of
his speeches and votes on Controverted topics
has recently been printed.
New Paper.—A new evening paper has made
its appearance in Cincinnati. It is named the
Evening Tost, and comes out in favor of Bell and
Everett.
An Indian Funeral.— A Fort Kiley corres
pondent of the Pittsburg Dispatch gives a de
scription of. an Indian furneral:
There was a procession of wagons, drawn
mostly by small Indian horses, called ponies.—
The first wagon contained a rough coffin and six
old squaws, three On each side of the coffin, all
kneeling with heads bowed in mournful silence;
the horses walked slowly along, with their heads
near the ground, as' if conscious that their last
sad duties werb being performed for another of
the native sons of the soil. The second, third
and fourth wagons contained children, (the
youngest in front.) all silent, some with down
cast eyes, and others gazing at the scene in.
wonder. Then followed quite a number of the
Indians on their ponies, all in single file, no two
riding abreast. In the rear were several old
Indians, bn foot, tottering along as if they, too,
had nearly blossomed for the grave, Theycame
to the entrance of the graveyard; the coffin was
carried to the grave, a ring was formed around
it, all kneeling, Us it descended, a low moaning
chant' was commenced which seemed to swell
until it became sweet but mournful to the ear,
then it died away in the same low sounds with
which it began; all arose, add one by one left, a
few of the near relatives of the deceased re
maining to ponder over his untimely death,
A Vowajjo ra Wisconsin. —One of the strang
est phenomena in nature has recently developed
itself near the Horse Lake, Polk county, Wis.
Flames of fire came up, through, the earth in
several Idealities, and one man’s bam has been
burnt down by it. Strange to say, the fire cut
only be seen fn the daytime, the ear Ain the
evening bearing a close resemblance to phospho
rus. The air smells as if impregnated with sul
phur. The jnost remarkable feature In this
case is the fact that woolen articles in the houses
located near by toko fire, although their is noth
ing visible to Ignite them! This is a fact, says
the Chicago Journal •• ‘
. hy the
i 1? Peing «n fcomsb of 2,500
ranlew,‘ V" 1 ‘ ■ ■■■■■'■
Hard Times in Kansas.
We bare had frequent reports within a few
months of the terrible dirduth prevailing in the
territory of Kansas, more particularly in the
southern section. For nearly or quite a year
there hiss bat tittle rain fallen in the territory,
end in sodtheraKansas it is stated that not more
than four or fire inches of rain have follen du
ring the yeari The. consequence is there will'be
no crop, and how the people of that unfortunate
section of country are to be fed daring the con*
ing winter becomes a question of tlio gravest
importance. , A letter fron} Mound City, dated
July 7, published in New York Tribune,
says:—‘‘Our corn is near! or quite dead; onr
grass for hay is entirely out of the question, for
there is none; the hot snn| has entirely destroy
ed it.” The letter speakAalmost bitterly of the
impending rain staring; the people in the face.
The writer says:—Hark!; hear me tell God’s
truth. Ab I write in my "house, the wind flaps
over me; the sun heataiit sO that the wind air
most burnt me; my wife is nsw roasting eggs on
the stone steps in frontLof my house; the store
and tin boiler are too Udt to bear my hands on
I- them ; standing in the house where the snn can
not touch them ; they arc hot by the wind blow
ing upon them through f-the open door. Why,
every flap of the wind is like the heat of fire
from a ourning building. „
I hare just shut the door to keep the hot wind
from blowing on mo, so that 1 can write. To
Say that it has not rained for twelve months
would not be telling the truth ; but to say that
not more than four or ; fire inches ofrainlhad
fallen in that time, would be nearly or quite
true. Now, for God’s eake, what are the .peo
p|e to do ? We cannot stay here without food
for onraelves 1 and Many of ns hare not
got money to pay for our land, or to get away
with, to say nothing :of baying food for onr
wives and children, either here or somewhere
else. .It is now timefojrlall kinds of green sauce,
yet none is here. Oar last year’s crop is all
gone, or nearly so. ITnless the great God of
Heaven sends ,ns manna from some place, some
of ns thust starve. Yon remember the potato
rot of Ireland. The Mildness and liberality of
the opep.hearted Americans saved poor Ireland
from starvation then; afad may not the people of
poor, down-troddeh, 'lojpg-suffering and now for
saken Kansas, have a ifaint hope that some eas
tern American will make the more to have pro
visions and clothing forwarded to the suffering
poor of this territory ?! Many of us live on milk
and Indian bread— almost gone—the
former will soon dry ujt for want of grass.”
Lucky Editobs.: —James Gordon Bennett id
the richest of the New York editors. His prop
erty is put down at $OOO,OOO. He has a mag
nificent residence in Fort Washington bn the
north of the island, add maintains an establish
ment of luxury in Pains, where hid wife resides
a good share of the time. Gerard Halleok, of
the Journal of Commerce, stands next on the
list, though he spends! five days of the week in
New Haven, Conn., where he offers for sale a
single estate for which he asks $lOO,OOO. The
Journal yields him and: his two sons from $30,-
000 to $40,000 a year. He can command $400,-
000. Horace Greeley' is not 'a rich iqan. He
makes plenty of money! but he has not tho fac
ulty of keeping it. [The Brooks’ ake worth
$200,000 each. Each married a fortune at the
South, and the Express is a paying
Bonner of the Ledgcr.who is the Midas of the
metropolitan press, and converts almost every
thing he to uches into gold, has a pile over $200,-
000, and it is growing fast. Morse of the ob
server, has also about that sum. The fortunes
of the other members of the class kre moderate.
Racy. —Describing a school teachers’ meeting,,
the Cincinnati Commercial says: Professor
Harrison, of Hamer, {Bead a two .hours’ address
upon all things on thej earth, id tbs earth, and
under the eitrtb, according to the ancients.“ In
the midst of it a member moved a recess of five
minutes for rest, and jtherc was a little scene
Courtesy predominated over comfort, and the
speaker finished it oncl the audience both. As
nearly ns 1 could arrive at its character, it was
designed to demonstrate the mysterious opera
tion of the disintegration of the etomplogical
formula, in which the. ctomological element pre
dominates in logical form, by a mysterious.con
formation of sympathetic authenticated integra
tion of vernacular phenomena, terminating in
intricate material resolutions of spiritual nature,,
in referential, indirect'and' objective analysis of
the ego and non ego of the individual, which re
sults in three cognotive epochs of miscellaneous
things. 1
A Woman Shot. — on Saturday evening, Au
gust 4th, at about 5 o’clock, John Cathcart of
Knox township, shot his wife with a gun. It
seems that he came home under the influence of
liquor, but what wag the direct cause of his
committing the deed does not appear clearly.—
He a’leges that he did it accidentally. As there
are a numb?*’ of contradictory reports in circu
lation, we withhold expression of any opin
ion in regard to the platter. The woman died
at about 11 o’clock the same evening, Dj. Fet
zer was called in and jsxtracted the fc?Uet before
she expired. A coroner’s jury was held and a
verdict rendered that Mrs. Cathcart died from
the effects of a gun shot wound inflicted by her
husband. Cathcart was brought to (town on
Monday and lodged in jail.— Clearfield] Journal.
Destructive Flood.—A most violent storm
passed over Staunton, (Virginia, on Saturday af
ternoon, flooding the; town and doing an im
mense amount of damage. A correspondent of
the Itichaiond Dispatch says: “The streets of
the town are literally :torn np in many places.—
The cloud piver to the East, but was
driven back over thp town, and burst upon it
with great fury. Tpp streets were flooded, and
in some places have h«:en torn up so that a horse
might be bidden in them standing. It is hard
to form nn estimate of-the loss,’hut it is suppo
sed that not less than $lOO,OOO will repairthe
damage.” : i
Tuk Bn ought in Texas.— A letter from San
Antonio, Texas, date# July 21st, says :—The
weather continues perfectly dry, and besides the
faille of the crops, is causing great inconveni
ence by hindering transportation between the
coast and San Antonio, Freights have risen so
mnoh that flour, within a week or two, has gone
up from $lO to s2o.pCrbaiTel, and corn is now
selling here for three dollars pet bushel. 1 Wa
ter, brought from the .' Mississippi riVer, is sel
ling in Indianola and Lavaca for twmty-five emit
per gallon.
s : \
' Fwobtfci. Occubbkhcb.— At EusscirsFonn
dry, id Chicago, on Thursday last! a number of
men .were engaged in'dusting, when one of them
accidentally spilled his ladle of molten iron into
ithe boots of another.; I The agony of the burn
caused the second igab' to drop his ladle, the
scalding contents of winch fell upon the man
who hod charge of ! the• crane. He let that fall,
and in an instant the fluid spread throughout
we shop, severely burning about twenty. Some
of them were horribly burned in the breasts and
legs, bat not fatally. J
use job Doos.— Edward Sydnor, of
Hanover, Ta., has twp pointer dogs, which can
vrdrm more tobacco m ia day than any two hands
b® owns. The dogs run along the furrows and
show the greatest sagacity in deteoting worms,
hDuiDg them by the scent and eye. They never
uyoretbe plants and the field hands pyor*
the insects the dojga are sure to find them.
The animals devour the insects eagerly, and
SSW? B*T9 ®P the chase until they become com*
j»letely gorged. 'iT • ‘ •
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Dr. Eaton’s Infantile Cordial
. It must be obvtont to? every attentive person that th
first disease of Infanta arise chiefly from the bowels, and i*
this connection wo know of a medicine which can bercllsd
upon with perfect confidence In all Infantile complaint,
whatever their nature fishy be. If® speak of Dr. g, lo ,
Infantile Cordial, It contains no opiate of any kind— **
paregoric; and relieves the sufferings of infanta aa lfi°
magic. Mothers! h'y alt means try this—even jf|J , *
remedies havo failed. Sea the advertisement In aj)o f *
column of Messrs. Church fa Dupont, Dmggbta, ScwYsrt
wlio are thd sole proprietors, and also ante agent* of a
the world-renowned “Dm. Brossox’s Bums s—. w *
to a preparation for ofallcomplaintoartoinafaZ
deficiencies of the Uood,_ftom whatever eitntm
onctca may proetjett It to without exception th* m
strengthening cordial, any invalid could «■*-, as HU u!
, mediately absorbed by' the Wood srilbont having to'*'
through the process of digestion; and aa blood to th*
; the human body, by nourishing and prodndiig It kJ*
restore* to perfect health those even who have been
togforyiiars. Weeonalder tho above two tntmiuu
decidedly the beat of their kind offered to thaUnNi
ChrtmicU, Quebec, C. K. **. See advertisement.
For sale by A. Bewsh, Altoona. ■-
A Great Medicine for Females \
Hundred of riimiAfatahave been invented andspld.L.
porting tobespocfacto the various disease*
mento to which the delicate form of woman
subject. -The result of these atlmnlanta has been JhL
port momentary octmty to the sms, mfcm.airi.iZ
vigor to the muscles; bat this relief hat beensnoceededt!
a. depression and prostration greater than befiwa -and th.
repeated attempts of Invalids to build themselves Un h
theee false --ciuediea, have finally ended fa destroying
little vital orgination was left. Bat fa min g «B KT^arr .
Hollands attars’* yonwill find no nchdisastrous remdts* '
It a purely vegetable compound, prepared on Strictly «cfc„!
tiflo principles, after the manner of tba celebrated Upton*
Professor, Bmrhave. Under It* Influence every nerve #„*
mnscle receive* now strengthand vigor, appetite aadsfap
return, and finally, perfect, health. See advertisosMat
another column.
Persons afflicted with the Peter and Ague .kooij
riot spare either time, trouble or axpenae, to procure p r
Hostetler's Celebrated Btttta, whose beneficent effect,
upon the human system has been death Proved to ty,,.
who have been stricken down in a short space of tins by
this dreadful curse, whose checks are wan and meagre, snd
whopo nights are sleepless and restless, and whose tjH art
dim and sunken, with death staring them la the Gee, this
compound must* prove a blessing; snatching them as a
were from the very month of the grave. None can know
its true value until they have tested it, When aU others
have fulled, these Bitten have restored the sufferers to pris
tine health. Their popularity in all the Western snd
Southern parts should introduce them to all families.
Sold by drnggkta and dealers generally, everywhere.
See advertisement in another Column.
IMPQBTANT TO FEMALES.
Dll.' CUEE3EMAN’S PILLS.
Tire combination of ingredients in these pills «c the re
sult of u long ami extensive practice. They am mild i„
their operation, arid certain in correcting all IttcgaUriUe,
Painful Menstruations, removing all obstructions, whether
from cold oi otherwise, headache, pain in the sitlo, palpiu
tiou of the heart, whites, alt nervous affections, hysterics
fatigue, pain in the hack and limbs, 4e, disturbed sleep,
which arire from interruption of nature.
DU. OQBESKMAN’S PILLS
was, the commoncemont of a new ora In the treatment uf
those irregularities and obstructions which hare consigned
so many thousands of the young, the-beautiful,ju>d the be
loved to a premature grave. Ro female cok enjoy pod
health unless she is regular, and whenever anj obstruction
takes pluco the general health begins to decline,
du. cnaesEMAN’s pills \
are the most effectual remedy ever kpowri for au complaint*
peculiar to Hmales. To all classes they ore invaluable, i«-
ducing, wiUt certainty, periodical regularity. They «r«
known to thausnuds, who have used them at different pe
riods, throughout the country, having the sanction of sums
of the most eminent Physicidns in America,
Explicit directions, staling when, and when Otey shoM
tint be used, with each Box, — the Price ton Dollar each
Box, containing 40 Pitts.
A valuable Pamphlet, to bo bad free, of ths Agents.—
Pills sent by mail, promptly, by enclosing price to ths Gen
eral Agent. Sold by Druggists generally,
B. B. HUTCHINGS, Ounui Aoor,
14 Broadway, New York.
• Sold in Altoona by Q. W. Kessler-; in - Uollidayslurg by
Geo. A. Jacobs. , [Dec. 8,.15&.-ly.
INPEQTINE.
THE PEBSIAN PEVEE CHARM.
For die prevention and care of fiver and Ague anUS
tout Fever*. Tills wonderful remedy wu brought to the
knowledge of the present proprietors by a friend who hu
been a great traveller in Persia and die Holy Land.
While going down tbe river Euphrates,' he experienceds
severe attack of Fever and Ague. On discovering hie con
dition, one of the Boatmen took from bis person an Amu
let, saying,' “ lifcar this ami no fiver will touch you.” Al
though incredulous as to its virtues,, he compiled, ini ex
perienced immediate relief,and has since always (band it
an effectual protection from all malarious complaints.
On fhrtkerdnvcstigation he found that the boatman attri
buted to it miraculous powers, and said that it could only
bo .obtained from the Priests of the Son. Sometime site
wards, the gentleman in conversing with a Priest obuiaed
fp>m him the secret of its preparation, and ascertains!.
where tbo medicinal herbs were (bund, of which it wu
compounded. The wonderful virtues of this article have
induced a fall belief in the minds of tho natives id the mi
reculons healing powers of their Priests. ,
Since }iis return to America, ft has been tried with the
happiest effect by several ladies and gentlemen of high
character, whohavo given It the most unqualified pralee.-
This remedy having been ft specific in Persia for bnnlrede
of years, for the prevention and core of Fever and Ag«,
and Bilious Fevers —is now offered to the American people-’
It will ho sent by moil, prepaid, with foil directions fit
use, on receipt of one dollar.
Principal Depot and Mannfecfory, 188 Slain Si, Bkh*
mond, Va. Branch Office, Bank of Commerce BolWiag
New York. Address JOHN WILCOX* CO.
June 28, 1860.-ly. .
fi£9»“ Oh wa* rag bon of an Innocent sheep should he
made Into parchment, and written op to the. undoing of a
man!” quoth Sliakspeore. He might also haw deplored
the ruining of men’s forms by tho uncouth manner to
which sonde ungracious tailors butcher up the cloth made
from the wool growi by these same harmless sheep. 1*
see the perfection .of the art °f working up cloth wiw'J
and well, and so as to set off to the best advantage *h»
fprms of its wearers,.call at the BrotrnStone Clothing
Hall ofßockbill* Wilson,, Nos. 603 add 604 Chettnnl St
above Sixth, Phils, and examine their .stock of gsm« ltl '
forgcntlemen and youths. '
MBS. WINSLOW,
An experienced nurse and female physician, basa soolhtog
Byrnp for children teething, which greatly ftciW****
process of teething, bjr sotening the gums, reducing all
flammatlon—will allay all pain, and is sure to regulate
bowels. Depend upon it, mothers, it will give re«ttoyo«'
selves, and relief and health to your inflmts. Per*«iJ
safe In all cases. See advertisement in another column-.
H F. CONRAD, M D., .■■ .
• BcspitftUly offer, .hjywjgfg
services to tho citizens of Altoona and vicinity.
Ball road street, two doors east of the Bed Lion
he may bo consulted at all hours, except when
ally engaged. Jy 28, l aWl
CAUTION— ALL PERSONS ARB
hereby notified not to purchase orscjl
kegs with the stamp of tho ALTOONA BHBWEKJ'jj
on, as such kegs never have been and never inu
from the Brewery. All kegs containing Mid
bo claimed and taken, wherever found, by the pjrop
T> F. RQYER, M. D.,
II m Offers his professional services totheci
Altoona and vicinity. • ,
The best of references can be given tbr*
' Office at residence on Branch street* B«t j.iSisa.lj'- '
doors above Conrad’s Store. ’ April»
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