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ALTOONA, PA.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1860.
* Where pArtle* are hnknown to ng, ear role for adrer 1
| '/Whig -tt-tffrtqjnlrt
j known persona. It is therefore useless for all such jto send
| osadrertlsements offerlng to pay at the end of three or six
|Wonths. - Where advertisements are accompanied with the
.■fliefcey, whether one, fl.re.Or ten dollon, we Will glre*the
-adrertiserthe fall benefit of cash rates. . \
8. H. mTM€OI.Ii & :
■jiWTOttta* Agent*, llfl Nassaustreet, I New York, and
. 10-State street, Boston, .are the Agents for the Altoona
Tribune, and the most influential and largest circulating
1 Newspapers In the United Slates and the Canadas. They
•ate authorized to contract for us at our lotifest rates.
1®“ Our thanks are due Bon. S. S, Blair fop
« copybf the “ Covodo Investigation.”
The Slave Trade and Coolie Trade
Lord John Bussell hu issued a dispatch from
,th® foreign office i&relation to the slave, trade,
flic purpose df which is to enlist Christian na
. tions in a more energetio effort.to suppress it.—
The document, >U ig said, will be. officially laid
: befpro, Congress at the commencement of the
session, as the basis of legislation, if our gov
; orament shpuldopprove of thoiplan. He states
; it ns a lamentable facttbiitthis trade bos groat
jy increased in the last two years, and ascribes
it to the demandwhich exists in Cuba and simi
lar countries,for labor adapted to hot climates;
. This he proposes to supply by Coolies from
• China. HP thinks that the trade in Coolies may
be put under snob regulations as to . remove all
its objectionable features. Under the regula
tions which have been introduced by the agent
in China of her majesty’s government, in con
junction with the aliied authorities at Canton,
it has been found practicable to induce whole
families to emigrate. A considerable' num
ber of such families have emigrated to Demara
ra, and be thinks there is. every reason to hope
that with time and care the prejudices which
have hitherto prevented the Chinese women from
•migrating may be entirely overcome. He makes
therefore, to the Christian Government and the
world the following propositions, with a view to
the.final extinction of the slave trade.
.Ist. A systematic plan of cruising on the coast
of . Cuba by the vessels of Great Britain, Spain
And the United States.
2d, Laws of registration and inspection in the
Island jof Cuba, by which ihtf'employment of
|slaves imported contrary to law might be detec
j ted by Spanish authorities. ‘
i Bd. A plan of emigration from China, rega
jlotedby. the agents of European nations in con
jjanctipa with the Chinese authorities.
f pick up exchange after exchange
land find nothing but politics, politics, politics.
«The leading editorial articles are political, the
[oeieotions are political, the pen and scissors are
Imainly political and the local items are calls for
|or notices of political meetings. Nothing but
(politics is thought of or written about. You
hear politics talked in the morning, at noon,
and evening; 'pn>Sunday and week day; at home
and at church; in.tfio rail car, in the work shop, :
in the hotel, in the counting room ; wherever
you'go it is Lincoln and- Uomlin, Brekinridge
and Lane, Bell and Everett, Douglas and John
son, Curtin and Foster, or some other equally
prominent politician. We have read, and heard,
and talked politics until we almost immagihe
[ourselves politicians; but then we remember
jthat our subscribers expect something else than
from us; but how ore we to give them
else when there is nothing else.going. .
fit can’t be did; so we’ll.just “ dry up,” editori-
this week, and give them the best soissor
! mgs we can find among the political items of
lopr exchanges, hoping to be able to find sonde
?thing worth noticing in onr next.
I Nominations.— The Democrats of Hunting
don county have made the following nomina
‘tions for county officers :—Assembly, J. Simpr
|Bon Africa; Prothonotary, David Caldwell; Asso-
Ibiate Judge, John Long ; Reg. & Reo., J. R.
I Hard ; Co. Commissioner, John Jackson.
She People’s Party of the same county have
'made the following nominations:—Assembly,
[Price X. Blair; Protbbnotmy, Wm. C. Wagoner,
-Reo., Daniel (Womelsdorf; Ass. Judge,'
; Wm. B. Leas ; Co. Comm’r, Jno. (Jammings.
Vithdbawal.— H. Erysingcr, Esq., one of the
[etfiiorß of the Lewistown (Pa.) True Democrat,
P*P er » bas aeyered his connection
fiitiji forthp MMon that he can no longer
[support Mrl JD., but will Tote for Breckinridge.
| The paper resasins in charge of Jus brother,
j Wm.’ Frysingcr, wfcj ui a Douglas man. The
jretinng editor holds a clerkship in one of the
j public offices at Washington City.
JHg?“Tlie Democracy of Juniata county are
family quarrel. -The True Dem
jecfdf ())ouglas paper) refuses to hoist the name
]of $!. S. Doty, Esq., (Breckinridge) recommend*
|«ft bythe County Convention for Congress, and
• tb.® ftejitter (Breckinridge paper) Retaliates by
■Pulljnjg down the county ; ticket because all the
jWn .upon it are Douglasltes. This is hormony.
i Tax Japanese.—Neva os late as the 16th of
i j&jfyrbvie been received from the Japanese.—
their way home. 3|h ey had but little
tins far, consequently but little (tea-sich
jaeas. The Embassadors are preparing a full
their yiaU'td, Arnica to be presented
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Dr. Cahill on American Progress.
Dr. Cahill, 6f Ireland, recentlymadea tour
through this part of the country, Mid while in
Pittsburgh wrote a very interesting letter to his
old home. The letter is mainly descriptive! of
his trip from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, arid
although there are some inaccuracies, such as &
traveller might easily fall into if he did not tike
notes as he passed along, yet he painty oar sub*
lime "mountain scenery in , the most glowing and
gorgeous colors; A few extracts will suffice! to
give tlw reader an idea of the learned Doctors
impressions of the great State of Pennsylvania:
“There was an additional reason for staying
at Altoona on Friday night; because if I had
proceeded to' Pittsburgh' by the night mail I
should bave lost perhaps the very most gorgeous
and snbiime mountain scenery in America. And
moreover; I could not have seen the allnost in
credible fact of the steam carriage with five cars
attached ascending the summit of a moimtam.se
■ienhundredfeet above the level of Altoona. There
is the feat of American: go-a-headism in steam
locomotion; there it is to be seen by the Euro
pean ; viz: the iron horse galloping against the
hill, at the rate of twenty miles an hour, the
metal-laugh of the cylinders puffing and panting
, as two hundred passengers ride up a gradient or
elevation of ninety-six feet in the mile. This pro
digious feat our metal steed performed in iny
presence without whip or spursometimes creep
ing over, dry ravines two hundred feet deep;! or
again hanging on the side of the perpendicular
mountain-; at least one hundred and fifty feet
above the sticky, deep, yellow river Joniata be
low- I shall write those two days’ journey ip a
regular order | presuming that no description of
mine con adequately paint or express the'mar
velous, novel and wealthy .landscape which pre
sented and spread out its natural and cultivated
beauties at efrery turn of this enchanting pass.
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“ All ,Europe goes in a slow coach, as com
pared with this American progress; and it is true
to say that the entire genius of this country
seems to bp forever on the stretch to devise a
more expeditious and a'newer mode of arriving
at the goal of all civil, social, commercial and
political enterprise. And when one studies their
institutions narrowly, it will be found that they
ore singularly successful in thoir originality of
plan, and rapid movement. And whether it be
that this country being a new world and evpry
one in it learning all he can in this new school,
in the short space of time, one cannot decide;
but, beyond all doubt, no one can deny that this
American generation are oatstripping their Eu
ropean sleepy cotomppraries in arts, in science,
and even in professional, celebrity.
; , “ After having lost sight of •Philadelphia, and
•being quite cleared away from the exquisite
suburbs and villas of this great city, the line !of
railroad lay through the richest agricultural
valley I , have ever seen. This valley, for the
distance of one : hundred and six miles, till we
reached Harrisburg, was one uninterrupted
chain of fields, sown under all kinds of grain,
vix: oats, rye, wheat and Indian corn. The
valley, each side of the road, varied
from one mile to two miles wide ; beyond these
limits a chain of low planted bills run parallel
with the railroad. But whenever a break oc
curred iathisicbaia, we could see in the distance
of" miles and miles beyond, the same immense
plain.of luxuriant growing grain, spread out as
far os the eyfe could carry. When we know that
a squpre mile contains six hundred and forty
acres of land, and when we know that ten miles
wide by one hundred miles long contains oho
thousand square miles, or 644,000 acres of laud;
and if we say that each of these acres produce
ten barrels of wheat, we have hero upwards of
six: million barrels of wheat in this Valley, :in
one narrow strip from -Philadelphia to Harris
burg. Being dll fee-simple estate without tithes,
rents, or taxes, save the small local taxes of the
district, oho can well comprehend the wealth of
this State, and again the prosperous commercial
position of tho neighboring city.
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“We crossed the Susquehanna river at Har
risburg by one of these wooden bridges which
the Americans sink, construct, and finish in. a
month! Of all men living, the American
tradesman is most skiilfal in works of wood !i
An American is born a carpenter, a coach maker,
a builder, and architect; his whole genius :is
wood, be is all wood, except his head, and I
pledge my word he has no wooden head.”
After describing the wild, romantic scenery
of the Jnniata Valley, with the pen of an en
thusiast, the Doctor adds.
“ This Scene of beauty in Nature shall never
be effaced' from my memory, or be forgotten by
.my Irish heart as long as I live-. On arrivjng at
Altoona and conversing with fellow travellers, !
•learned from them that the universal impression
made upon all travelers of all nations is—name
ly, that there is nothing of this kind, of landscape
more beautiful in the whole world.”
The Doctqr next finds himself upon the Alle
gheny mountains, and describes what he saw and
fell as follows:
“ The Ravines so beautifully planted beneath,
and the tallest trees, not reaching half the
way up to our own iron pathway, was, indeed,
a thrilling sight; and tho passage where the
tramway Was cut into the side of the almost per
pendicular mountain, ; with two hundred feet Of
a peak oyer our heads, and nearly two hundred
feet of a iglen, with, a deep river below, is one'of
those nervously chilling experiments which, for
the first time and trial, do tost the courage of
the .tourist. But there has not been even one
disaster on this line of road since its opening,
such has ; been tho caution of the officers, and
snob has been the perfection of the .carriages
and horses. At-one point of tho road, called the
“Pack Saddle,” (so called from tho shape of
the opposite mountain) there is a vista doubly
sablimo--that is, it is that description of sub-
June which partakes equally of the terrible and
beautiful. And, indeed, to any one who can
fancy a.steam carriage moving round a narrow
gutter under the eaves of a house, where the height
of the wall is one hundred and fifty feet, and
where .a deviation of the machine precipitates
the ravished tourists into the fatal deep without
the shadow of an escape—this pack saddle vista
will be admitted hy all poetical traveling men:
to be a true and correct exemplification of the
“ doubly sublime.” For my part I was rejoiced
when I learned that the pack saddle experiments
bad been ( cqnoluded.. This passage was partly
serial, partly terrestrial and partly aquatic; and
altogether, this successful engineering of the
American genius over the air, land and water,
does raise considerably in my mind even my for
mer favorable impressions, of progressive, ad
venturous Americanism.
Hg/ltsd Wind Stobhs.—A heated wind storm
passed oyer a.portion of Kansas recently, which
proved nearly as destructive to animal life as
the recent tornadoes that visited with such ter*
riblo effect portions of lowa. The' wind rose
about half past ten o’clock, in the morning, and
continued untilthreo o’clock in the afternoon.
At one o’clock the mercury rose to 119 J°, and
continued so for about an hour, and then gradu
ally began to decrease. The effect can scarcely
be imagined. The wind blew a brisk gale, car
rying with it a sulphurous smell. Two men in
attempting to cross the country from lola to
Humboldt, (distant eight miles,) were overtaken
and perished. , There were three others at Hum
boldt, who were caughte\it with teams, which per
ished, the men alone surviving, and ore now in
a fair way to recover. There was scarcely a
chicken left in the country. Hogs and cattle
fell in their tracks and were suffocated. Yari
oos conjectures and reasons as to its course are
given, hut *ll unsatisfactory.
Democratic Ctotmty Goiwontioii.
■ i Agreeable to call by theGonnty Committee, the
Delegates from the Several Wardsj Boroughs
and Townahipsof Blair County, convened in
County Convention, in the Coari House, in Hol-
Udaysburg, on Wednesday, August 15, 1860.
!: The Convention was permanently organised at
11 o'clock A. U., by electing the following offi
cers:— < ~ ' ■ /
: W. CHRISTY,
i SferOaria —WM. FORBES, H. MdNTOBH,
and J. P. THOMPSON.
:: The following named delegates presented cre
dentials and were admitted to seats in. the Con
vention:
; Antes—Turner Glasgow, Wm. A. Beily.
; Allegheny—George W. Knee, R. W. Christy.
; Blair—Henry Mclntosh, Wm. Conrad.
•; Freedom—Wm. McGraw, C. B. Malone.
;; Frankstown—Geo. L. Koon, Chas. Curry,
i Greenfield—Jos. Walters, EliasDelL
; Houston—George Smith, D. L. Martin.
: ‘ Juniata—Henry Shaw, Jas. Dearmond.
i Logan—John Mills, Samuel Gaily.
, Snyder—Wm. Donnelly, E. B. Isett.
; Tyrone—R. C. Galbraith, Wm, Wilson,
. Taylor—Wm. Forbes, J. Faulkner.
;j Woodberry—Wm. A. Fluke, J, P. Thompson.
] North Woodberry—A. J. Crissman, F. Nico
detnus.
Mortinsbnrg, Borough—J. C. Everhart, John
Shoemaker.
Altoona, E. W.—Jas.,Kearney, D. McCarne.
W. W 4 —Ralph Greenwood, E. P.
Epler.
* l N. W.—Daniel Laughman, P. Morris,
Hollidaysburg, E. W.—Jas. M. Kinports, -T.
■ Hartsock.
“ W. W.—Jos. Gibson, Capt. F.
1 P. Minier.
Gaysport—Wm. Douglas, Thos. Herd.
; Tyrone Bor.—Wm. Brown, Jos. Hagerty.
On motion, M«j. A. J. Crissman, E. B. Isett,
jos. Gibson, €. B. Malone and 8.. Greenwood,
were appointed a Committee to report resola-
of the .sense of the Convention.
> Qn motion, the Convention adjourned till 1A
h’olookP.M.
;: The Convention met at IJt o’clock, and on mo
tion: proceeded to nominate a ticket for County
.Offices. |
. The following named gentlemen were nomi
nated:
f; Assembly —Col. Wm.-JACK, ofHollidaysburg.
Judge* —SAMUEL ISETT, of Cath
erine, and Col. JOHN WOODS, of Altoona.
District Attorney —SAMUEL T. MURRAY, of
pollidaysburg.
v County Commissioner —GEO. B. CRAMER, of
Altoona. .
) Treasurer —THOS. McFARLANE, of HolU
daysburg.
* Director of the Poor—WM. WILSON, of Ty
rone.
County Auditor—ROßEßT TODD, of Taylor. 1
The nominations, were, on motion, unani
mously confirmed. ' .
j The Convention proceeded to make choice of
for Congress, for this Congressional
District, and Archibald McAlister was declared
.to be the choice of the county. On motion,
Snyder, 0. A. Trough and Samuel
'H. Bell, were appointed Conferees, with in
itrdotions to use all fair and honorable means
to secure the nomination of Archibald McAllis
ter.
Maj. A.- J- Crissman, on behalf of the Com
mittee on resolutions, reported the following:
! ’ Whereas, It is vitally important to prevent
the Old Keystone State from falling into the
hands of a sectional party, whose only aim
seems to be aggressive warfare upon particular
states of the Confederacy and their domestic in
stitutions, therefore. * 1
Resolved, By the Democracy of Blair County,
in County Convention assembled, that we cordi
ally approve of aud affirm the platform of prin
ciples agreed upon by the Democratic State Con
vention which assembled at Reading in Febru
ary last.
1 Resolved, That in our candidate for Governor,
Henry D. Foster, we have a gentleman of un
tarnished reputation, enlarged experience and
eminent ability—a nominee of whom the party
may in every sense feel proud. We, therefore,
invite to his support, not only the Democracy,
but the conservative men of all parties, believ
ing that his election would be a death blow to
sectionalism, and go far towards restoring peaoe :
and good will to our country,
j Resolved, That the County ticket nominated
this day is worthy of the confidence and sup
port of the people, and we pledge our individual
exertions in its behalf.
On motion, the resolutions were unanimously
adopted.
; On motion, the President of the Convention
was authorized to appoint a County Committee
for the ensuing year.
On motion the Convention adjourned sine die.
■ ' 11. w. CHRISTY, P raft.
WM. FORBES, -)
H. MoINTOSH. I Secretaries.
JAS. P. THOMPSON, J
Constitutional Union Association.
The Constitutional Union Association of Al
toona mot pursuant to adjournment in the room
adjoining the “ Tribune” office on Saturday last,
Aug. 11, —Ur, W. R. Finley, in the chair. The
minutes of the preceding meeting were read
and adopted. The Secretary announced the
number of Signers to the Constitution of this
Association to be almost 200, whereupon the
President entertained the Association with some
felicitous and encouraging remark^.
, Appropriate and well-received addresses were
delivered by Messrs.,Stansbury Hooper, David
T. Caldwell, Wm. Fox And others, members of
the Association. On 'motion a committee was
appointed to ’ draft resolutions expressing the
status which this'Association mantains respect
ing “ fusion” with other parties,
i The proceedings throughout were character
ized by excellent feeling, and the prospects of
Success which everywhere are steadily increas
ing, seemed to animate with new zeal every
member present. /
On motion the Association' adjourned to meet
in the same place next Saturday evening at 7
o’clock. W. S. FINLEY, Pres’t
S. A. ALEXANDER, "i „ .
D. T. CALDWELL, / * ecr “ ar,M -
;[The following proceedings were handed in in
time, and should have appeared in last week’s
paper, but were mislaid.—Eds.]
Dbstewction of Cattle bt Hydrophobia
Twenty-one cows have up to Saturday exhibited
symptoms -of hydrophobia in the vicinity of ihe
Two Bridges between Little Falls and Patter
son, New Jersey. 01 these nineteen have died,
but the other two .are not yet. dead. Besides
these, six cattle of Cornelius Tan Ness and a
strange cow feeding with them Were bitten by
the same dog that bit the twenty-one referred
to; but Mr. Van Ness’ cattle are still apparently
Well, but momentary expected to exhibit symp
toms of that fatal disease.
Hon. 'William Pennington, of N. Jersey,
Speaker of the HouSe bf llepreaentatives, has
declined nomination for re-etectibu to Congress
after serving but his present term. Ho wishes
to retire. v:
A FeimsrtvardAn Killed by a Grizuly
Bear in California. L
On the 25th of Jane last, a youngman named
Berkeley Woodward, a native of Pennsylvania,
was-killed m an encounter with ,a grizzly 1 bear,
near San Antonio, Monterey bounty, California.
A companion narrates the particulars of the af
fair as follows : ;
“It Was on Monday, the 25th of June, that
this man left the-plaoe where he was encamped
to go in search of some cattle, which appealed
to be missing; While on his rambles, he came
upon the tracks of a grizzly bear, and followed
them into the mountains as far as he could ride.
Then he dismounts, ties his horse to a tree,
takes his rifle .and follows in the tracks of the
dangerous animal until he overtakes it; then be
goes to within twenty feet of it and fires from
behind a rock. He leaves his rifle leaning
against, the rock and makes for some trees, but
the bear is too fast for him; he has not even
the time to nse,his revolver. The bear throws
him to the ground and chews bis head and face
nearly to pieces, he being left entirely blind.—
In that most horrible condition he .wandered
for about three quarters of a mile down the
creek, towards where his horse was tied, at
times walking, at times tumbling and rolling
down the rough rocks, until through exhaustion
he lay down and died. In that state be was
found four days after being missed.
“ I have taken the pains to send you this com
munication, hoping that you will insert it or
part of it in your paper, with the request that
all Pennsylvania papers will copy , so that Mr.
Woodward’s Widowed mother may learn-of her
ton’s untimely end. 1 was one of the persons
who went in search of him, and 1 can vouch for
the truth of what is written. He had but lately
come to this vicinity to live, and none of his
best friends know that he has any relatives in
this State. Ho mentioned that be had a mother
living in Pennsylvania, but we cannot recollect
in whst part.” Feunois Sylvester.
A Philosophbu’s Pbedictio.v at Fa^lt.—
Nearly one hundred years ago Voltaire resided
at Geneva. One day he said to some friends,
in a boastful and sneering tone :—“ Before the
Nineteenth Century Christianity will have dis
appeared, from, the earth !” Well, in that same
house, in that eame room where these impious
words were spoken, what think you there is to
day ? A large deposit of Bibles ! The snored
books fill the house from the floor to the ceiling.
So much for Voltaire’s prediction.
PEN AND SCISSORS.
49* Maine does not gain more more than about 20,000
in its population since 1850.
9H, Paul Morphy, the chess -king, says there is no truth
in the report that he is going to Paris to reside.
45. A now .hotel, at St. Anthony, Minnesota, cost $2*10.-
000 in the construction, and its furniture soo,ooo’more.
49* The library of Harvard College, Mass., contains 91,-
500 volumes, which occupy more than three miles of shelf-
room.
£3- The Chicago Zouaves, it Is said, will return home
with about $l,OOO in the treasury, the profits of the exhibi
tion they gave.
The latest returns from Texas indicate the election
of Geo. M. Fleurney, Breckinridge Democrat, for Attorney
General, by a large majority.
49* A Disease known as the putrid sore throat has made
its appearance in the upper end of Huntingdon county,
from which a number of children have already died.
A new military company has. been formed iu Hun
tingdon, and is now under the training of Gen. Watson.—
No better officer than the General conhl be found.
f®*Tho affairs of the Grand Trunk Railway,'according
to the Montreal Witness, are approaching a crisis, and it
is generally anticipated that the whole concern will have to
bo sold for debt.
49 Five hundred ■ tents and two pieces of brass ordi
nance, captured in Mexico, have been taken from Harris
burg to York, Pa., to he used at the military encampment
next mouth.
A daring hut unsuccessful attempt to assassinate
the Hon. John A. Poor, Mayor of the :ity of Carhondalei
Pit., by shooting, was made on Sunday evening lust. Four
slugs passed through his hat.
93h- Dobbs, the portrait painter, says that everything
should he in character. For instance, search warrants
should be printed on “tracing paper/’ and wedding notes
on “ foolscap.” , '
4®* Moliore was asked the reason why, in certain coun
tries, the king may assume to crown at fourteen years of
age, and cannot marry before eighteen?—"lt is,” said
Moiiere, “ because it is more difficult to rule a wife than a
kingdom.”
Man Killed. —The mail train West on the Pennsylvania
Railroad ran over and instantly killed the watchman at
Lilly’s Station, Cambria co. T on Tuesday night last.' It is
supposed that, feeling tired he sat down on the track and
fell asleep.
43" A wild child is roaming through the forests of lowa,
and exciting much discussion among the primitive natu
ralists of that section of the country. The nearest approach
made to its capture was to find the place where it had slept,
aud the remains of a frog, whereupon it had dined.
tES, Wc read in the newspapers that a Mr. Glue has mar
ried a Miss Holliday:
Most happy of men, who, in taking a wife,
Has a Holliday now for the rest of his life!
' Be constant and faithful, and tender and true.
Love her dearly and well, and stick toiler like Glue.
4QS“ The returns of the election in Missouri, from eighty
eight counties, as officially reported to the Secretary of
State, give C. E. Jackson, Douglas democrat, 01,732; Orr,
Union, 59,382; H. Jackson, Breckinridge democrat, about
9,000, and Gordonhire, Republican, 0,009. Twenty-one
counties yet to hear from.
43“ A letter from Port Cobb, Texas, dated July 20th,
speaks of the heat there as being almost incredible. On
tlie day previous, tho 25th, ths thermometer stood at 114 in
tile hospital, tho coolest place at the fort, and tho heat had
averaged for some time 110 deg. in the hospital. In the
open sun the heat was of course, almost intolerable.
O, Three of the choir of young girls who, dressed in
white, greeted Washington as he entered Trenton in 1789,
on his way to assume the Presidency, and strewed his
pathway with flowers, still survive. One yet lives in Tren
ton ; pno is'the mother of Sonatot Chestnut, of South Caro
lina, and one, Mrs. Sarah Hand, resides in Cape May, N. J.
WJU They have an organization iu Greensbnrg, known
as the “ Little Giants,” which is inteudedasa set off to the
Wideawakes.” It is made up of mere lads, whoso uni
form is a pink muslin cape, trimmed with white, an oil
cloth cap, with the words “Little Giant” around tho front.
Each member is provided with a lamp.
ttJL, The original cost of tho Great Eastern was $4,500,-
000, She stands charged, to the present owners at $2,150,-
000. Of this amount $500,000 is preferred stock. The
holders of this stock will doubtless soon own the ship, and
they are likely to find her an elephant which they cannot
manage, and Which will be to them ottiy a great bill of
costs.- i .
bS* A profane swearer was recently Indicted in Pitts
burgh, The informant testified that he swore fifty-eight
oaths in his hearing. The Alderman sentenced the defend
ant to pa; a fino of thirty-eight dollars and sixty-eight
.cents, and in default of payment committed him to the
county jail for thirty-eight days, All prolane swearers
should be served in like manner. ; '
. W The officiating Catholic Priest, at Huntingdon, pub
lishes a card In. the last Huntingdon American, denying
that he caused the removal of a young lady from the Cuth
bllc cemetery at that place, because be discovered she tiad
been a protestoat He says Be did not Bhow her friends in
tended to remove her, did not know that she had been a
'protestant, and never asked for her removal.
•3-A gentleman who employs a great number of per
sons In a manufactory lii the "West of England, In order
to encourage his workmen in a due attendance at church
on a late fostefoy, told them that, if they went to church,
they would receive their wages % fur that day, in the same
pumaw as If thejr had been at work. Upon which a depn
tatloh wfis app<dnfod to wgaalhttheir employer,' that If he
would pay them for over-hcmrs, they would attend, Uke-
Wiw, thsJUlhodistehapelintheerening.
Hobsiblx Mcudeb. — George Aldrich, a con
vict, wfcp bad justferved oat a term of five
yean in the Virginia penitentiary, for killing a~
man in Logan, left Richmond a few days since,
and on arriving at Logan county, found that his
family hid moved across the river to Warfield,
Lawrence county, Vo. The Kanawha Republic
can says: He followed them. He murdered
his sister in the most shocking manner, literally
cutting her to pieces, taking out her heart and
hacking it to pieces; and then throwing her body
into Satndy river. The body of his son, a lad
of. about thirteen old, was found in aby
place, nearly eaten up by the hogs—but was
readily indentified by a remarkable scar on one
foot whioh had bcei preserved by the shoe ond
stocking. The son was by a wifo who had ob
tained I a divorce. After the perpetration of
these horrid deeds, the fiend, with his gnn in
hand, fled to the woods, saying that he intended
to kill bis father and mother and two other per
sons—and then the people might take him, and
burn him at the stake, or do what they pleased
with him. The excited people are after him.
Those Peophkts of old. — How rich the fol
lowing paragraph appears, whioh was originally
printed in the English Quarterly Review, .in
March 1825;
“ We ore not advocates for visionary projects
that interfere with nsefal establishments. Wo
tcout the idea ofa railroad as impracticable.
* * * What can be more palpably absurd,
and ridicnloos than the prospects held out of
locomotives traveling twice as fast as stage
coaches? We should as soon expect the peopln
?f Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off
upon one of Congreve’s ricochet rockets, as to
put themselves at. the mercy of such a maohino
at such a rate.'* ?
tt@“ The Great Eastern sailed Friday -after
noon for Halifax ana MilfqrdHaven, in aooord
ance with the announcement of her consignees.
She takes out one hundred and ten passengers
—twenty-five of whom go to Halifax only—no
freight. During the day two attachments, one
against the ship and one against Cox, the well
remembered steward, were issued. The one
against the ship was upon a claim for $270 for
supplies, and the olio against Cox was upon a
claim for $284 71, also for supplies. She was
bonded by her consignees to meet all judgments
against her, and the sheriff seized poor Cox’s
goods in payment of his indebtedness.
B®,. The contest; in Pennsylvania is waking
up. Gen. Foote Shortly takes the ,field for
Douglas. Hon. Wm, L. Yancyand Hon. Henry
A. Wise will, it is Said, come here to advocate
the claims of Breckinridge. Among those who
are to address the people in favor of Lincoln
and Hamlin, the Philadelphia Press hears the
names of Hon. Wm. H. Seward, Hon. Horace
Greeley, and Hon. Daniel Ullman, of New York;
Frank Blair, of Missouri; Hon. Ben Wade and
Hon. John Sherman, of Ohio.
Mail Baq Found.— Last week, whilst the
landlord of the Mansion House, in Clearfield,
Was searching for a-pair of saddle-bags on the
attic story, he found an old moil bag, which was
delivered to the Postmaster and on opening was
found to contain soyeral packages of letters, the
post-marks dating back three' years.' How the
mail bag happened to be put on the garret is a
mystery. r
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“ Grievances of Hungarian Catholics,” Ac. We could not
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keep up with those given them. The literary matter fur.
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way of flirnlshlng fashions and patteifhs for the ladies he is
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hope to catch np. has the confidence of his snb>
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SPECIAL NOTICES
Dr. Eaton’s
It must be obvious to ever, attentive
first disease of infents arise chiefly from the bow!] 01 **
thU connection we know of» medicine which can
upon with perfect confidence In all infentlle b * r,li *J
whatever their nature may be. We speak of
Infantile Cordial. It ,contains no opiate of an v*** o*’* 0 *’*
paregoric, and relieves the sufferings of
magic. Mothers! by all means try thls-even u.n UU
remedies have felled. See the advertisement ,
column of Mean*. Chnrth A Dupont, Brncrist. \
who arc the sole proprietors, and'.alio
the world-renowned “Dm Branco's
Is a preparation for the relief of all * hlc4
deficiencies of the blood, from whatever -.—t, “?*
endesmay proceed. It is withont exception*^'** B '*'
strengthening coidlal any InrsUdconld taka. Ji ® < * t
mediately absorbedhy the bipod withouMuiH
through the process of digestion ; and as blbod ta uL I* **
the human body, by nourishing and ptodneins i. . * *
restores to perfect health those even who have Isw ***
ingfer years. Wooonstder the shove («»
decidedly the beet of their kind ottered to
Chronicle, QuOw, C. Jt, WguSee PnUk ~
Por sale by A , Itonsh, Altoona.
A Great Kediotae for pemalee»
Hundred have been Invented aniJu
porting to be specific in tho various . " ,Wr>
msnts to which m delicate form 0 f woman rwd^
subject The result of these stlmnlante hss been
part momentary ocftWty to the nereou* .Jr*
vigor toMte^«d«^bntlhi. relict ha.
a depression and prostration grater thanbefore; taiZ
repeated., ttempta of Invalids to build themselves , 7*
those folse remedies, haveflnallycndcd ip destroying*!?
little vital orglnotlon was loft .But fat “LL •
BdQandt Siitert" ypu will find no such, disastrous rajJ
Its purely vegetable compound, prepared on strlcd
tiflo'prlnciples, after the nunadr oif the cMebrated Uoiu-i
Professor, Bcerbave. Under its Influence every nen, j
muscle receives new strength and vigor, appetite M a J!!
return, and finally, perfect health. Sea *
another, column. *
Persona afflicted with tho lever andAgutiW)
not spare either time, trouble or expense, to procaniw
Hostetler's Celebrated Bitten, whose beneficent
upon tho human, systenThaa been clearly pruT(d
who have been stricken down in a short speeeoftlak
this droadfhl curse, who* cheeka’aro wan and «aeagt»,Vj
whose nights are aloeplees and restless, and .t.'vTnu
dim and sunken, with death staring them in the sL
compound most prove a blessing; snatching them u I!
were Cram the very mouth of the grave. Nonecsafem,
its true value until theylmre tested it. Wheasilothm
have failed, arise Bitters have! restored tbeiaSsrtn loZ!
tine health. Their popularity In aU the Wests™
Southern parts should Introduce them to all fsmiii*,
Sold hy druggists ami dealer* generally,
OS. Bee advertisement In another column.
IMPOBTANT TO FEMALES
DR. CHEESEMAN’S PILLS.
The combination of ingredients In them pm, w , u
suit of a long and extensive practice! They ut mild u,
their operation, and certain in correcting si] IfrtjuUtUiM
Painful Menstruations, removing all obstrutUoas, vhsOut
from cold ot otherwise, headache, pain In the sUs, perils,
tlon of the heart, whites, all perrons affections, hymriu
fatigue, pain in the backandiimbs, Ac, dlstmUd sU..’
which arise from interruption of nature.
HE. CHBESBMAN’B PILLS
was the commencement of a new era in the tmtmsst sf
those irregularities and obstructions which iurectraiijaC
so many thousands of the yhung, the beautiful, snithi t*.
loved to a premature grave. No female. can enjoy pad
health unless she is regular, and whenever an
takes place the general health begins te decline.
DR. CHEESEUAN'S Prr.i.a
ore the most effectual remedy ever known Cbr ail
peculiar to limales. To ail classes they are Invaluable, is
ducing, taWi certainty, periodical regularity. They m
known to thousands, who have them at dideteut pe
riods, throughout the cbnnlry, baling the Motion of tomt
of the most eminent Physicians ii? America.
Explicit directions , stating when, and when VuyAoidi
not he used, with each Box,—Me Price One Dollar uA
Box, containing 40- PUlt.
A valuable Pamphlet, to be had free, of the AgenU.-
Pills senthy mail, promptly, by enclosing price to the Om
eral Agent. Sold by Druggists generally,
R. B. HUTCHINGS, QxsouL Asm,
■ 14 Broadway, New York,
Sold in Altoona by Q. W. Kessler; in Holildaysbari fcr
Geo. A. Jacobs. (Dec. 8,1869,-ly.
1 - r r - r
INPECTINE.
THE PEESIAN FEVEB GHABU.
For the prevention and cure of fixer and Ague ondßi
ious livers. This wonderful remedy was brought to da
knowledge of the present proprietors by a friend whoMi
been a great traveller In Persia and the Holy Land.,
While going down the river Euphrates, ho experience»
severe attack of Fever and Ague*. On discovering bLa con
dition, one of the Boatmen took from bis person an Amu
let, saying, “ IRar this and no liver -iviU touch you.” Al
though incredulous as to Us Virtues, he compiled, and ex
perienced immediate relief, and has since always lt
ah ’effectual protection from all malarious complaints.
On further investigation he fdnnd that the boatman attri
buted to it miraeutous powers, and told that It could on!;
be- obtained from the Priests of tbo Sun. Sometime ste
wards, the gentleman in conversing with a Priest ohtoinad
from him the .secret of its preparation, and ascertains!
where the medicinal herbs were Sound, of which It «u
compountlod. The wonderful'virtues of this article han
induced a full belief in the minds of the natives In the mi
racnlons healing powers of their Priests.
Since his retain to America, it has been tried with tl»
happiest effect by several ladies and gentlemen of high
character, who have given it the most unqualified prate-
Tbia remedy baving.been a specific In Persia for bnnditdi
of years, for the prevention and cure of Fever and Agu,
and Bilious Fevers—ls now offered to the American peopb-
It will be sent by mail, prepaid, with fail directions b»
use, on receipt of one dollar.
Principal Depot and Mannlhctory, 188 Main Sfi, Mth
mond, Va. Branch Office, Bank of Commerce tending
New. York. Address ■ i JOHN TFILCOI * CO-
June 38,18«0.-ly. :
fra," Oh thai ihb sx» ot an innoeenteheepehottU hs
made into parchment, and written on to the making of*
man!” quoth flbakspeare. Ho might also havedepto**
the ruining of men’s form* by the Uncouth aissner in
which Some ungracious tailors butcher np the cloth msd*
from the wool grown by these same harmless sheep
see the perfection of the art of working np cloth
.and well, and so aa to set off to the best
forms of. its wearers, call at the Brown Bfen» OoUw
Nos. «03and AM <S*** *
above Sixth, Phila. and examine their etoek of jams**
fer gentlemen anil youths.
; ICttQ. wpiSLOW, .
An experienced nurse and fcnjato-pbyiicisii, ba»a w o ®"*
Syrup for children teething, which greatly hcflinM* ,
process of Welldng, By sotening the gums, redacts
flanunation—will allay all pain, and is sole to
bowels. Depend upon it, mothers, it will ghe
selves, and relief and health to your.infonM. r
safe'ln all owes. Seo advertisement in snothw coin®*-
H P. CONBAD, M. I)-, iwll
• Respectfully offer*!”* P c 3
aerricoa to the citizens of Altoona ana y‘ c . un *lnr»
Kailrondstrect, two door* coat of the ReJ bion ~ .—writo
he may bo consulted at all hours, except anon p
ally engaged. i? 1
pAUTION.—ALL PERSONS^
hereby notified not to'purchase or sell
kegs with the stamp of the ALTOONA BBE” jrfi
ou, as such kegs never have been and nerer
from the Brewery, Ail kegs containing an? n ropri <£i ' ri
be claimed and taken, wherever (band, by tn p
‘ hey WOP Wh»^-
Btf. KOIKE, M. »,
• Offers bid professional services to t»
Altoona ami vicinity.
The best of references can be given If.r*9“j t hre*
Office at residence on Branch street, East 5i jg'JP-lT
doors above Conrad’s Store. •
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