% w % C|t Criknt. ALTOONA, PA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1861. tYS-Where parties are unknown (o.us, our rulo.Jorad- Tertlsing is to require payment in advance, or n guirantao —from known perrons. It is therefore useless for all such to send ns advertisements offering to pay at the eiid ofthree or six months. Where advertisements are accompanied ■ with the money, whether one, five or ten dollars, wo will gjvc the advertiser the full benefit of cash Yates. S. M. PEraXGILL & CO., Advertising Agents, 119 Nassau street, New York, gnd ,10 State street, lloston, are tile Agents for-the Altoona Tribune, and tlic most influential and largest circulating Newspapers United States and the Canadas. They* - arc nuthorlzed'to contract for us at our loicest rates. Thanks. —Our thanks arc due Messrs. Blair, Hall and Roller for public documents. Oca StNATon. —We notice that Cpl. L. W. Hall, Senator from this district, Juts .taken a po sition in' reference to the Union, .which meets frith the approbation ofhis friends, and his sentiments nre, to a great - extent, those .enter tained by, the. people of hiß diattict. ooijseqnent ly ho has ...remained true to : hh| OQDfitUueats, a charge that win not'.be laid, at tho door of nil .members of that body. His remarks during the debate on a rcsolution offcreid by Mr. McClure, of Franklin, to refer-that part.of the Governor’s Message which referred to National affairs to the Judiciary Committee, to which Mr. 11. ob jected aud advocated a Special Committee, were Impartial and statesmanlike, as were also bis - remarks during the debate which the introduc tion of Mr.- Smith's resolutions called up. Col H. has placed himself right with his constitu ents. and shown that;he has more love for the Union than for party, nud-that hc;dqes not con sider it beneath the dignity of men when they fiud they have done wrong to acknowledge their error aud endeavor to make reparation. Olu Diitjcclty Spain’s Opn >bton it y. A p4Lvnte letter from Madrid, writes Mulakoff from -furls, speaks of the joy that reigns there in po ditiohl circles at the present embarrassed state of affairs iu the United States, and declares that 4he;GorgrnrocDt is sect oily making,preparations for a descent upon Mexico so soon us Mr. Lin coln' is inaugurated, and the threatened diaso ’■ lution takes place. Spain appears to undcr- . stand too well tbe value of Mexico as a pendant " to Cuba to let such an occasion slip for the en forcement of her claims upon her ancient colo ny, and with such a fleet and such an army ns now at her command, the contest would hot be a long ono. England might, perhaps, - - Interfere, but it would be to gaiu a share in the I/, spoils. If Sara. Houston has any pretensions to ft (he conquest of the Hulls of the Montesuma, he 1 had better commence his . march before the | Union is dissolved, or he will meet other and I more dangerous obstacles than those existing to-dny. . , - - v -h : :! . Solon Borland Wa.kbB.jU> lon Borland made a speech in NMhyHJp!, tiay night, lie said, in Uie v coarse re marks, that the “ Constitutional Union.party,” and its acknowledged champion, John Bell, had held the doctrine that .the. electionof Lincoln would be a just cause fur,the dissolution.of the jEJnhn. John Beli,.who v, was in &e audience, rose and denied the chaise. Upon this, says the National Democrat, tbe cheers “ rang again and agaih through that vast hall, satisfying us of the predominant Union feeling in that assem blage—notwithstanding the Disunion element mustered Ua strength.” Mr. Bell before he sat down, expressed the hope and’;, conviction that all would yet be well with the Union, and this declaration was received with a; great shout of applause. The country will be glad to hear this from Mr. Bell and the city of Nashville. . >f. aft r'^v . Unreal: io CARRY Warlike Stores. —She Hudson River Railroad Company now . refuse transportation to all cannon and other arms and warlike stores . destined ..to South • Carolina.— Quito a number of cqnnou were offered at Troy on Friday morning, and peremptorily Refused. They will consequently hate Jo seek,some other mode of triiiisportatiou. The “ treason”-charge of Judge Smalley, it is presumed, has frightend cd them. '' . . ’ Lock Havkn asm Txnqjtß Railroad.—This ' road is again.advertised fe? sale -on the 29th day-of January, 1801, at the "Merchant’s Ex •r cbaogo. TBiladelphia. On the 27th of last No vember it was sold for the sum of $55,000. .jylri Samuel Brady, this former contractor being the purchaser, t his gentleman failing to com - ; ply with the requisitions of the sale: It will be • submitted for bids at the Merchants' Exchange, EhUqdelph'm, bn the 291 b pf Ibis-month. The Iluatiogdon Union is -no mote.— With the issue cf last-week it ceased to exist , The ed itor says.iu his. valedictory that his tliiist - for editorial: lift- lias been satisfied, and his vision for Itspleasurer gone forever. What ed itor can pot say the same. Really vie arc sorry to loose the Union. from our exchange list, nud its handsome editor from the.corps editoriaL— Wo hope our loss wilKbe bis gain. ' ~ , 1&I.AB0£I)1 —The Huutingdotx ,Qlol>j: made ila appearance. a few weeks Bippe enlarged,aud, ip pur fipib'on, tmrch improved. IVe know tbe editor to bo cmc of the most enterprising-fellows in lie Juniata Valley, and wo liope tUa^tbis •’ Ccrt«jply"l^^ a^e, ' B .canuol bow complain of i>a«liBa ers» site ofti»ain* ■; ■; : J V t'o§ ':*• ,r. V ,. ■ '■ I‘~ -'„ ‘ Civ?, Governor. Patter and the Pennsyl vania Bail Boad . ? Tj|e following article, which we copy from the PhiltdelphiabSundery Ailat, shows very plainly, Wo think, tb&t there is no longer any necessity for hardening and crippling tho Pennsylvania Rail'Hond Company with the unjust Tonnage Tax. IVe hope and confidently expect to see this tax removed from this Road during the present winter, or else see it imposed on all other Roads in the State. If it be necessary, in order to pay the State debt, to impose such a tax on one toad, would it not be still more ad vantageous to the State, and a great help in re ducing the debt to impose a like tax on all other roads ? Is there anything like justice in the present discrimination? Read tho following, ■think over it, and then answer In bis last message to tho Legislature, the Governor comments at considerable length on the subject of the Tonnage-Tax due, as he con tends, from the Pennsylvania Rail Road' Com pany, and which has remained unpaid : for a pe riod of two years and a half. It is but just to this company to state, before contmentingon the portion of the message referring to thissub jeet, that the refusal to pay this tax has not been on account of a disposition to defraud the State out of any revenue justly due her, or through a want of ability to meet all its legal obligations. Tho Company, has been advised, by the best legal authority, that the tax imposed upon the business over their road, is unconsti tutional: and that, -since the sale of the main .line of public improvements, of which it became the purchaser, the tax bas\ nb equitable .exis tence, even so far as the authority of the Com monwealth goes., Tho Tonnage Tax has, there- j fore, been withheld on principle —a fact which | the enemies of that great improvement most ! carefully ignore in commenting upon the case pending between the State and the company.-: Governor Pucker states, that during the past three years,, the indebtedness of the Common wealth has been reduced the sum of $2,286,- j JJ52,.15, and that, during the same time, all the ordinary liabilities of the - State have been promptly mot. Mr. Slifer, the State Treasur .er, also informs the Legislature that V wilh or dinnry receipts, and economical appropriations, three-quarters of a million of the State debt.can be paid; annually.” In . these figures the two distinguished gentlemen agree; and, the intelli gence they furnish the people, of the ability of the Commonwealth to pay her defat thus prompt- | ly and rapidly, ixouxordinary sources of revenue, j is highly gratifying. The Governor still fur ther says: •! “When it is remcroherad that far flic last three years the tax ou real and porsuiial estate liiw hem ;but two and a half uiflU ou the dollar, while from 18« to. 18oT it was three millsr-that fur the iwlsttwo years and six uiimtty the State biurreccivcd no part uf tlu; tax on tonnage due from tlio’PefUisjlvaiiia Kail Kuad Csntpany. and that since July,,lSso,,tho interest ou the bonds held by the State against the Sunbiiry mid .Krie Hail Hoad Company has _re . iuaiued dun’ add impaid, it is cutainly cause for Ifiiiirly congratulation that Without aid from .these .important sourcesof revenue, eo great a reduction ol the puhlic deht ! has been accomplished in comparatively eo short a period. I iXhu funded debt of the State is now less than it has been 1 sinceilWi and the unfunded and floating debt. which at | that time amounted to. upwards of two millions of dollars, ! baa been almost ctitliely redeemed. It is. now reduced to $12'J,721..«8-—and of this sitin'more than ninety-nine tfacq ■ mind dollars consist of relief notes, most of which' areuu- I doubtedly.either lost or destroyed, and will, tin reforivneV-' j ef bs presented for payment. The claims against the Stale, s accruing from'the construction and nmiiitcunuceof her ! cuuals and railroads, are now reduced to a mere nominal : sum; and, in the future, after providing for tiro ordinary ! expenses of Ills Government, her revenues and her energies nmv be exclusively applied to the payment of the interest, and the discharge of the principal of her public debt.” Here we have the highest authority for the announcement, that the revenue Jerived from the tax laid upon the business of those using the Pennsylvania Railri&d is unnecessary to en able the State to pay her debt and meet all hfer j ordinary obligations—that without thia incomo, and without the interest due .on bonds to the | amount of $3,600,000 held-by the State as purt payment for tho canals sold to another great improvement, three-quarters of a milliop.of jiol-' fairs of the liabilities of the Commonwealth ,can be paid annually. The pripcipal part of thi revenue with which the State is enabled to meet : >W obligations, is derived ftdm the two-aud-a half mill tax on real and persoual .estate, and the property. thus taxed is rated, as Mr.'SUfer states, not at a “ fair 'and just' yalpation," :but at “ from fifty to sixty cents on the dpllitr prob ably less”—the wants of the Treasury, in the opinion of the Board of Revenue Commiasiour ers, not requiring any higher estimate. ; ; ; From a review of these facts the deduction is inevitable, arid forces itself upon that the Revenue derived from tho can readily bo dispensed with, and the State still remain in a, most prosperous financial con dition. «* The Governor himself admits as . much, evsn while he shows some hostility to the Pennsylva nia Rail Rond Company, 'because he argues to prove that “ a liberal policy on the part of the Government” toward the Sunbury and'Erie Rail Rond Company, which owes the three-nnd a-half millions due for the sale-of the Canals, and the interest on which some has not been paid for a year and a half, “ will promote alike the interests of the Commonwealth and the railroad company." In other words, the Lcgis : lature can release that company from the pay ment of this interest, amounting to $175,000 per annum, and by so doing “ promote the in terests of the Commonwealth." This, we be lieve, is true, and if it is true of the Sunbury and Erie, it is equally true of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Both these improvements are of,vast importance to the business prosperity-of the Commonwealth, and both should be encouraged by the governffrg power. It is hard, however, to make a case‘for the 1 Sunbury and Erie, that will nof apply with double force to tbe Penn sylvania. The last named company pays the State promptly for the main line of canals and railroads which it'purchased, and pays thojn- . tercst due on that purchase with- the strictest punctuality.. It received no aid from the State [ln the construction of its road, ahd .it has paid taxes into the treasury of the Commonwealth 5 nmcianting to over a million of dollars.iu the | short space of nine years. The Sunbury and Erie has. as the Governor says, “ already been i largely aided fay the State,” and in return has i'pnid comparatively nothing. If this company ' can be still further favored by tbe Legislature,' without injury to the Commonwealth, it appears reasonable that the Pennsylvania Railroad can also be .relieved from an onerous burthen. AVhilc on the subject of the financial condition I of the State, there is another part of the Gover nor’s message well worthy of consideration.— He says: . . «• The rapid IntreMO of private hanks throughout tho State makes it eminently rig 't that they shunldbomaced itQtlcr proper legislative restrictions! uiul that tno lurge amount of capital thus employed should bo made to coo tribute its fair proportion to the revenues of the Common wealth- Their business, in the aggregate, Is now believed . to amount to a sum almost, if not quite, equal to tlie_wjiole business of the r- gulaily chartered banks : and yet it is •cutlrelv unrestricted, and, with tiro exception of u merely nomiuilnicousc fax, is free from taxation.; Ihjs « to every other cla-s of taxpaying citizens, ;uid (vqxcmlly , hj to ti7o banking institutions bolding charters Horn tiro I Commonweal'll, tor which they have cad. paid a nbernl ; tmuS iirc., i,.-addition, subject to a very Urge tax on' ■ their dividends. ; I vesiiectfnlly commend this subject to . the attention of thc'Lsgiidature. j . J By reference to the figures m the report of the State Treasurer., it will be seen tl.ut the : revenues froth incorporated>tuks is joI,- I 72, and if, ns the Governor declares. t.ho busi ness of these private banks are “ almost, if not I quite, equal to the whole business of the regu ! fairly chartered banks,” then the tax which, in his opinion, they ought justly wfluld be iauahto’it&'Sum given above,; ■aii^tlis-l/. eisuty .? justly, ,aj»i f&tyf. tbe 'amoiiotJ> 0 anuuaUyj - ■aaij xofitaiued-iu : ;lh9 > ? l er s'; message sstfKSSJJSsis^C^* «<-\ V -V' of his excellency, to allow'thnt ibc time lias rived when tbe tonnage lux on tbe Pennsylva nia llnilroad can be repealed, without in the least embarrassing the financial condition of tire • Commonwealth. That tax ia a restriction on | the tfhde of Philadelphia, and other parts of the . State, of the moat unjust and grievous cbarac- , ter, end it should not bo continued upon our j statute books a day longer. If our Common wealth was in need of money, such extraordina ry means of relief might be resorted to. But the Governor and State Treasurer prove "her to be rich and prosperous—able to meet all her ob ligations promptly, and that, too, without bur- S theninp her people by heavy taxes on their prop. ! erty. They point out sources of revenue, legit imately and justly open to her, by wbichiSbe can be made more rich and prosperous, Why, then, should a large portion of our local and western trade be taxed ? Why\ > should provi sions be rendered more dear to fbe consumer i and why should burthens be imposed upon our people nsing one railroad, which' are imposed upon no others ? Fi-obida.— The commander of the Florida forces bos telegraphed to the Mayor of New Orleans for twd thousand to aid In the capture of Fort Pitkens, now! in possession of the United States' troops. A large number of volunteers frqmi Mississippi and Alabama ore already there to assist in taking the Fort. The Mayor of New OrletU»i replied to the request for troops from Florida, that 2,000 naeq could be raised in forty-sight | hours, if Fiorida wonld equip them. Tp this the Governor of Florida answered,'.send immediately. The pilots, at PensacMai httve been No tified not to bring in any Uhited States vessels,; under penalty of death. Fort Pickens is expected to surrender to the Floridaforces, who twenty-five heavy gmm. Mb. Hptr and the Chaelestos Postmaster. intemtipg.corrbspondeucc hustnken place between Mr. flolt and the postmaster nt Charles ton. The former firotinquu-ed whether,' indeed, Governor Pickens had subjected the correspond .deuce of. Major Anderson to surveillance.—-Post-* master Huger rcpUed that when the communi cation between the fort-, and- the city was first .interrupted, jdlstidctioa was inode in two in stances between official and private letters for Mojor Anderson. Since that, he {the postmas ter) seut all letterß Fort Su ; nteii under seal* ed coyer! tbVfacrtbiat Go.verhor , Pickens, who baa.ubtil recentlyi been our min* ister in Russia, bos \ there studied despotism with advantage. - Wp. Holt has, after r'cccipt of this news; written 4p -Mr. linger that, if mail matters lire not strictly and ‘punctually deliv ered at the Fort," the mail in tho v State will be stopped altogether. 4 And. ns everybody knows, Mr. llolt.is the man to keep his word. Let. therefore, Mr. Pickens be on bjs guard. He is njt yet in ildssia. Stop the mail now. and the “ Independent Republic of South Card Una” will |be os much benighted'and in darkness us the in* ! terior of AfHcOr ] Austria. Tire authorities 1 cannot exist' very long .by 'Stenlihg and robbing ! the property of thejeitizens of the State; for it is downright robbery,to compel governor Aiken, las they have done," t 6 pdy, agnipsthiawill, ! J wheleesta tS ! will be confif catcd.i- That is worse than in Rus sia and Turkey. . t hope confidently '- that the citizens of South .Carolina will soon get tired of this “ Liberty and Independence.” BgjU The following we think may he justly set down to the. credit of the Secessionists of the Southern;Btate|3 : \ f On SnndayV ult., William English, a Wealthy planter ofMonroe county, AJti. , in a fit of insanity cut the throats of three of his chil deen, amllhen killed himself in the same than- 1 ner. A fourth child was. saved by a negro-girl snatching it up and running from the house. Mr. Ithett. ip the South 'Carolina Senate, on Friday, stated that the expenses of that State for the comihg yohr were estimated at two mil lions, total resources amounted to only one million fire hundred and fifty five thousand dollars! ' H. W. Smith, pfthefirm of Montgomery & Smith, at New Orleans, committed suicide by cutting his throat on the 7th inst. Propertylatelyvalued at sixty thousand dol lars in New Orleans sold a few'days ago for nine thousand dollars, on twelve months’ time, Jtey.,Dr. A'. J- Brown, President of, the La? theru College at ;Hewhury, S. hoe resigned and returned to Turk, Pa. Major-Akdjsbsos' akd tab.. Star or the Wkbt.— lt hdw seems,to be well understood that Major Aftdewpu pm hot 'awareat-the time the Star of the W^|ent?r®i : hnrhbrtliat she had oh hoard any reinforcements or for his relief, lie bad been led to suppose by the repiescntatioUs made by his brother that he would receive no aid; aridf he is said iohhvere peatedly telegraphed to the that it would he useless to send down toJlort Sumter any vessel which was .not armed, as;, it would certainlyhe attacked, but those despatches never reached their proper destination. Had he known that the steamer desired.to leave him, be would .doubt)os have returned the fire of Fort Moultrie, and thus nojmmenced active hostilities against .-the rebellious Sputh Carolinians.: •,=■ y, - . Coxmtios or. the Tke effort is now making to ascertain the real cohditidii of i the Treasury, under an inquiry ordered by the | Committee of Wjays pdMenus; ? Mr. Conb en deavored to conceal the facts, anu would givpx no saiisfacfory information. Mr .'Thomas proim ised to answer tlio call made for this purpose, but did not, and then was brought to the i President’s notiee, which was one of tbe causes | of his sudden [retirement■ wlllco- I operate with the Committee in the investigation, i so that the country may know what aro tho ac i tual wants of the Department and its obligations, i If is better to know the worst at once. • JgSf* h corrjespoudcnt of the Jvurnpl gives some account of the. ancestry jof liuwiibiiJ ilafn ]in, Vice President elect. It seems that the re port that .Mr'.’tHamlin bad negro blood in his veins; sprang from the fact that his father was named Africa Hamlin. His grandfather, a pa triot of the JJ-eryolution, took a fancy to; name a part of bis nine children after the several con tinents, find Europe Hamlin, Asia Hamlin, Af rica Hamlin, and America Hamlin were dcsig nnTious which jfour sens were obliged to carry i to the grove. 1 !> The CohTESTEn Congblsbional Elect iox ■The contested .'election case of Butler vs ten-- nii»n. in the First Congcssiohul district in IMiila delphia. Las been closed on both sides. By a re-count of the ballots, Mr. Butler claims to W elected by a majority of 45, but? Mr. Lehman alleges that the ballot-boxes have been tampered with. The evidence taken is to bo transmitted to Washington for the uso of the committee of the Jlouse of : r - i: , ... mi. _ki» 1 and uslnji the same, which they will fiod a, sure cuw fpr Jhere; IS fta ‘ C ?^\ P L \ CovscMritos. JtowinS*™™' ib; -Wie only object (if among tbc Missoun mihtm tlxat jate.j tllo . aaver^iser ronroh W&O aujtf OQt v o f it. 1 afflicted, and 8 £° State Treasory between $40;00B and $50,00, i . ■ ;;? v ± 7 : • ■■■ 4 SfeSeiE&a -^aiwiTnuiir A Poem for the Times. We Jo not know the origin of the, following rtfim » bnt to we find them in the Charleston Churitr, with the prefa tory remark* »f UlO editor which occompocy they are worth copying:. We have been requested by many friends togireinser tion to the following, as a fair specimen of the ** StaoJW* dUng" poetry.—[Etu. Oocaica. / ;; . TOCAROLUSA, BT ojes of sit Jlttlll Sister Carrie, my deer, lamasery to bear That yon ere intending to leave n», x , Tbeyjmy it’s a fact , That your trunk is all packed, And yon hope by such conduct to grieve us. Yon have always been naughty, And willfuT and haughty, ' Like a spoiled m but aa you are; < Sovainoryourheauty, j Forgetful pf doty Ton owe (o indulgent papa. 1 am aure you can!t aay , You’Ve not Uad.yout way. In each ofourtomUy broils; While I vow and declare You’ve had your fullyltare ■ In etch of the National spoils. Just waif tor a season And listen to reason, Nor believe; what youir false lovers say; ' For tboir pray era and taeb sikhs, , And their flattering lies, ' Will lead you to ruin some'day. v Though they promise so fidr, ; Gay deceivers they arc, From the one whom last evening yon kissed, To Hammond and-Khott, And chivalrous Keitt,. “ t Orr, Mommiugur, Pickens and Gist, ' Some day, all forlorn, Bedraggled and torn. Liko tbo prodigal «ou ip hi» need, , You will knock at the door, And como horfio ouce more, Nor venture again to secede. Nowb? warned of jour fat# Before it's too late; Llki a dear Uttle iunbeent I*mb, Come outvfcf your pot, And do not forget All thekiudness Of good Undo Sam. The Palmetto tree No shelter vi ill bo When the dark cloud* of anarchy lower; ’ You will tong for the rest _ Of yotor pirn Eagle’s nest, And tUe.Strong pirn of federal power. , ' Then! dear little Sis, ' ■ Now give me a kiss, ' To'make up these family jar*; Secession shall never , : .. Our Union dissever — ■ V', Hurrah for the Stripes and the S tar*! PEN AND SCISSORS. • ' r.rcsideht Breckinridge Is not acting with the but with the border States. . jKSuGeu. Scott was burnt in effigy on Saturday night by HientddeuW- ofthcUn iv e» it/of V ihsui la.; ' \ ' C®. K pair of torn unmentionables are like * delinquent tenant, .when there’s “ a rent behind.” yy.n..ui.» thinks that instead of giving credit to whom credit is dn«, jthe cash had better.be paid. •*. 1 Slavery in Bnssia ended on Kpw Year's day. The serli, 40,000,000 in number, were then to b«S freed.. - *3U Many beautiful women; while walking In thestreet, seem very angry if they are gated at, and sadly disap pointed if they are not. tSB-The Legislature of Bhode Island assembled on Thursday, add ois the same day resolutions were offered in both branches repealing the personal liberty bills. fly Balpli Fumham, the last survivor,of the battle of Bunker UUI, died lately, ht the residence ofhfct son, iu Ac- tou, Maine. His age was 101 years, 5 nionths, 19 days. g®. The popular vote of Alabama at the late election >rus: Fit ioiniediato secession, 29,2361 .tor cooperation, 20.915. Not so wide a difference as wasexpected. 4®- Mcitoatcrs.. of the Freeman's Journal, tells ,hi» Southern friends, if a Southern Confederacy i» inevitable, wlistevcr they do, to keep South Carolina out ofit, for she will alwaysbc a peat to it. jp®- An Alton, 111-, mlaer named McLnhe, in purchasing laudanum with which to commit suicide, first having kill ed hia wife, higgled with the apothecary “bout the price, and claimed a reduction for having purchaser} the vial. Davis, M- C. from Mississippi, lately mode a sWni Secession Speech in Knoxville, Teimease, in }u whirmi# frankly that the tariff and not the slavery huestiop, warlhe principal cause pf the dlschntept ! iulth?Cpt}pjn J}hi«i; v . ■ -are 30,000 American* in Europejnnd that they spend among them a sum of $l5O - per annum. Thla accounts to some extent for thp lorgp .shipments of gold made to Juropo over and above liioamuunt credUedtomcrcantllotransactiona. . 4®-A Pari* Dodge.—A dealer in dry good* in jpari* »n -gnged the services pf several well-dressed ladies, who prom enade near bis s'tore, and when they see / any lady looking Into the window, two of them’approach and exclaim, “Oh, iarpt it sweet I - ’ orHow cheap 1 Let n* go In and buy ft!” ( 4®- Indr.reuicnti to increase.—The Cincinnati Gazttti says that Mr. L’Ubmmedieu,: X’resldSnt of the Cincinnati, Hamilton And Dayton railroad, recently issued an ordef that alt persons living pit the line of tho road, whenever they hivd a 6hUd horn to thcmshpuld he entitled to a free ride to Cliicinnatl and return. ' : •Ra-’A follow went Into a- stora at Troy, on Saturday evening, apd requested tisi bay* hi* pap filled with molasseg as it was for a Wager ;' when the full cap was handed to him, he complained that it, was musty; when tho grocer went to smell It, the thftfdaslied it Into Ids face rendering him tiling and theV thl of ‘idx dbllare. - 43*A Valuable Cushion.—The" treasurer of the Hart ford (Coup.) Carpet Company, oh Tuesday left in the care a package of stO,oi)o,Vhmh Itevra* canrylbgtoThoinpion ville to pay off the help. Discovering bis)qs», he rrachal Springfield by fast horseflesh in hnlfan hour, and found hi* money to be all safe, one of the hrakemeh sitting upon it while rating bis dinner:' ! .-i. , N ' ; Governor of Massachusetts tens tlio recipient of ft f.pn'l l>nT t encloted in brown paper. recently, which was brought from Baltimore by thV Adams Express Company, dnawie;fflwt«to“lboaoTer&;^t'WßS«dchu»etts” ■ On opening it, bis Excellency found that tlie Ikjx con tained some two dozen Minnie rifle balls, but not a word as to who scut tlietn. , way- Word has been forwarded Gen. Scott from Baltimore that two‘thousand young men are .fully organized nnd ready to come on from that,city at the shortest notice to assist in the defence of the District and the Federal Capitol. The commander himself communicated - tUo proposition of the company to Gen. Scctt. SPECIAL NOTICES. To Consumptives. The advertiser,' having been restored to health in a few weeks by a very-timplo remedy, after haying suffered sev eral years with a scyero lung affection, and tliaj dread’dis «iso cbljisamjjtion—is anxious to luakc.ituowa to his fellow sufferers the means of cure. .. To nil who disiire ibh* will sv'udVcopy of- : (he prrecrip tidu'uscd (free of charge,),with the dinrfttonif^ ■ *C - : „'■ . >'^r Crying Babies!! Crying Babies 111 * A J'BKSKMT FOR THE LITTLE OSES.- In conseqoence of the superiority of Dr.llrfoa’S Igraa ttiß OonnuLover every other preparation of the kindL tho druggist oflhif town have almost all Ordered-and received • supply of fit; so cheer up. Mothers 1 No .non crying babies! Don’t berput off with ady other preparation by : any druggist who may not have rudeived Dr. Eaton’s Infan tUc CordmL.or on accoalrtof getting soma worth leas articlo.at a cheaper rate ha rabre interested in selling it. Get UM beet; it is for sal* in town—search till you find it. , - Dr. Bronson’s Blood Food, for diseases of the organs and j nil pyimonary com plaints. is also for sale.ln town;and If imwsnltoing from tbs abovs complaints neglect to try this j ’preparation, they arc guilty of suicide. There are five •different Nos. of the Blood Food—all on tho same grind-, pie, bat graduated to the different deficiencies of the;blood arising irom the different organs affected. No. l|is for Colds. Bronchitis; CWUsumplion, and other chronic com plaints arising from over-use, general debility, or nervous prostration. No. 2, &r Liter Complaint*. No.*, ft tDys pepsia. No. 4, Woman's Restorative, ltd. 6, Ma4* Re generator. Ask 'for ;the;Novinia;wadfc - ;; *O«T -tiscineut. For sale by A: Booth, AUomid, amlC. D. Qott 4 Son, Philadelphia. To Consumptives. ? AQd those afflicted wlfh DYSPEPSIA, A NERVOUS DEBILITY. HEART DISEASE, 4 FEVER & AGUE, 0 V QONSTIPAjCION. Tlie undersigned, now seventy-fire year* oM, •*»;*« year* devoted Ilia time to curing his Portahoners Ud the poor in New York of these dreadful cbmplaints.whh beany thousand* and tlsousiinds to an untimely grave; he baa seldom .'foiled to euro all who have applied to bin ifor re lief; and believing it t» be a Christlnii’s jluty -W those abroad, as welhos at home, ho will send to tl require It, a,copy of prescriptions used, fPrco of with directions for preparing and using the ; «am rube on Diet, Ralhiug< Ventilation, and Kxerefoe Sick, they will find tlieserenifdies a sure cure.for C tiph, and all dlseases'of tho Throat ; and Lungs, ¥« Ague, Constipation, Heart Disease, Dyspepsia,- Debility, and Female Complaints, and be holies c afflicted will send for a copy, as it will cost itiotb those suffering should apply before it is bfd-lati Proscription are used by the most eminent Phya ' London. Paris, and New York. Those wishing t ’please address- . iIEV. Dll. CilAMlibl Nov. 15,’00.-ly. Williamsburgh, Ni i - -« ■»»*-* ■ Dr. Velpeau’s Cankerino PR. VELPEAU’S CAKKERINE cure* Putrid 801 PR. VELPEAU’S <&ANKEBISE cures Sore Xipp DR. VELPEAU’S CAXKEBISEcure* Ulcerated sDR. VELPEAU’S CANKERINE cures Cut*. PR. VELPEAU’S CANKERINB cures Burns. DR. VELPEAU’S CANKERINE cureb Sores, DR. VELPEAU’S cure* Chapped DR. VELPEAU S CAN KERISE cures Ulcerate.: DR. VELPEAU’S CAN KHUNE iatlic best Puri Breath of anything know n. s ' DU. VELPEAU’S CAXKEBINE cure* Cankc Uoulli, Throat, or Sthoiimch, resulting from S« Typhus Fevers, Ladies, If you delight in pure vrhlte teeth, um KEKIN’E, Mid your desire* trill be realized. ’ our pord that it b entirely free fromacids’and ous suhatauces, and can be given to su infant w safety. It will preserve the teeth and keep the from ulcers. It U equally efficacious for nr mouths. .In nil the thousands remedies lhatba forth for the cure of the various diseases »bor< equal the Chorine. Sold by all druggists. cents per bottle. J. lIURRILL Proprietors, 03 JLi i Jon . For sale In' jiltokma, by O. VT. KESSLER. ■Weakness of the Stomach an* .gestion. Another VreatCurv effected by Barhavt'i iJWb nd,BUUrs. The nifa of Pieter .i»o Witte, Ihlng in 80l end Town, Shebbygau county, Wisconsin, suffered Imueli: rom-Weak oees of the Stomach andJndigcstlon ' She had been under a physician's care for some time, hut the dp(et ereemedto baffle even' his skill, She purchased-some MOthAND ' BTTTEUS at our office, which lias given tone 1 o her stoirp ach: her appetite ami strength are returning, ind we firm ly believe that this is another •great dure effcrtedby yout . {Dcdlciue.' : . W> hare etill to xccbnl many %rdnderlhl> this remedy, hut must jvait " anothyV ‘ thing yon pan roly upon, uhat wohavf persons much respected in our commi ally true. . . (Ed. Sheboygan N ionwihodi jjgy Tlio peculiarities of the fofnale various to which the sex is'subjected,'* al recourse to stimulants. It is impoi theseshnUbc of a harmless nature. at accomplish the desired end. Hostetler ach Bitters very article. Its eff> debility ore almost magical. r It reStoi digestive organs, Infuses fresh ifitaH?y tom, and give* that cheerfulness t, which is the most valuable of lemihii proprietors feel flattered front the lac , , post prominct medical gentlemen fit the Vi ion hare bo stored enconiums upon the' Bitters, the virt tes of which they have frequently tested and 1 there are - . [ numerous counterfeits offered fbt sale; ail if which ore destitute ofmerit, and positively injurious t< the system. The American Medical a: BECEIPT BOOK. This book contains Jtecipa and DirttUont br making all the mpst valuable Medical preparation* in use; cipes and fall and explicit directions for » siting •U--*** most popular and useful Cosmetic*, Perlun es, Unguents, Hair r.cstorativea, ond all. Toilet Article*. 1 f yon sir* *uf eriug with any chronic disease—lf you wis i a l*cautiful complexion*, a fine bead of hair, a wnooth A e, a clear akin, a luxuriant heard or moi£tache—or If you triah to know anything and pvcrytliingin the Toilet wtd should, by all moans, peruse a copy of Tor full particnlnrs. and a'sample of the 'work totfrgnwatXfrt*,) addrssa the publisher, T; Fr-CpAPJIAi,- Kov. 1.-3 m \ No. $3l Broadway, hew \ptk. MBS. WINSLOWy Ain jiujee soothing Sjmp forVhiWMn JJ* prode»oiicuJ npon ft, mothers, It will give rest toyour selrci, and relief and health to your Infcnt*. Vcrfcctly safe in all cares. Sco advertiscaient ih anotlier column •\TbTIGE I—ALL PERSONS ARE j ill HEREBY warned against purchasing or in any way receiving the three following described ' PROMISSORY ! NOTES, drawn by Richard McLain and Joseph Bi-rkowitz ■lttavor of John I). Vouch or oriler, payable at the *• Bank ing House of Win. M. Uoyd & C 0.,” each dated the Ith of January;- IfcOI: .One being drawn lor $125.00, j>ayablc nine days after date; one for $275.00. payable sixty-thtys aftet date; and die for $400.00, payable ninety days after dkte—as: these notes wete given by tin for tlio payment of money on a contract, wliich is colorable and fraudulent, — All persons arc notified that we shall not pay them unless required bv law. ItIGHARI).McLAIN, Jau. 14,’C0. JOSEPH BEIUvOWITX. I ABSOLUTION. Notice is hereby § f giventhat the Partnership lately existing between John 1», Vcacli ami 'Richard McLain, of Altoona, under the firm of VKACIX4CO., was dissolved by mutual consent oh the 7th day of January, 1861. All debts owing said partnership are to bb.received by said Richard McLain, mid all demands on th»said partnership nru to be presented to hi iii fur payment, nt tlio business bouse the late'Him, where the business will bo continued by Richard McLain. All persons indebted to said firm, or having claims against it, arc requcsteif to ihike immediate settlement. JOHN D. VKACH. RICHARD McLAIN. Jaij.lo.lS6l.-0t ESTItAY.— GAME TO THE UESI DUNCE of the Eubscrib'T, In l-o-l , . prtn'M'oyirnship. some time during last! (PWwijjH fall, a' White and Urowii’siwttrd Bin.E; CAW', about one year old. No distinguishable marks about him. owner is requested to eomo forward.' prove property i’pay charges and take him away,oth' he will bo disposed of according fa law. Jan. 10, ISOI.-3t W A large nod fcdiiouaUe imaortwf»t, ” ltJi)lA K^ KOBJSSI HOBBS ! i ' j —— ~Jual v rocclve4 a fine lot of which we ' t A BDOMINAL SUW’mK 1 f jai. d ? is 1?- •-" . ~v - ' ./;•■' ■N , relieve Use who ihirgo), i Atop 'for the insitmp ver and Nervous ‘ery one ng, and . relieve iciitus in Icm will LAIS', w York. Moi^th Sores. fip*. Gums. iei; of fKe r in the rlatiua or the CA-N- Ve pledge rlt poiso tli perfect gums free r'sing' »*>r* ebeenput , none cm Price 25 *CO, |iane t K< V* 1 1 Indii .nd d Toilet TO*. BKLL. Lit- * - ■ ?i "V .. v -•, ■-■■■■■ mmm*- ■ ■ BOHRBR’3 aeniuiß’9 ■ KOIILfcRS . bpurer’R PiACTKAt CALCULATOR PRACTICAL CALCULATOR PRACTICAL CALCULATOR. PRACTICAL CALCULATOR. ■ ' . PRACTICAL CALCULATOR. [ -frOHRRR’S PRACTICAL CALCU IA IWH. A Batik r,j I‘tain Bubs end Calcalaiitmt for Batineu Ope rations, by -Vhrtin 3f. Botircr, Practical Suntpor, ami Omrryuncer. -Veu- Edition, pubiidud fry /, KI if pin eott di-o>.\ PbUadttphia. This work contain* 2M4 pages, and upwards of 60d Raisa and Examples, entirely and thoroughly practical, inch m ariseerery day in tho common pursuits of Uudueas. It luu already passed through a number of editions in rttpbl spcv’esslon. and la pronounced by all clatse* of busiaeea men to be tbo handiest-book of reference, pertaining to cal culations, that lei* ever Peon published. Every example in the b,x>li is worked out in full and sea ted in a, plain manner, so that when a parallel case arise*, those re furring trv tho work will find no difficulty in solving It; in a word, the general arrangement of tbo CAT,CURA TOR 1* simple, that any oue who know s bow to add, sub tract, multiply and. divide. can easily solve any ordinary example that arises in business, or urrlvc at the truemolt of any estimate required. . The chief aim of the author has been to eschew theory ; and philosophy in figures, aiming only at facta und simpli city, believing that business men care little about spending. time In discussing tbe philosophy of rules, or thesclenceof . figures, dooming it sufficient for their purpose to bo abtcat •' / 'a moment, by reference, to arrive at the true result, th* ' toVMJVLATOK dilftrs.io this respect from all oilier Arllh uietica oC tho duy and kindred works—it is a key to prac tical business calculations—it is, in tbe bauds of tha MMi. ue«« man. what'the key ; to mathematical work* it lath* hands of the teacher in thv.«chuvl room—it facilitates time and Insures correctness, THE WORK TREATS OK TUB - Measurement of hand,- of I.umber, of thick and Brick Work, of atubo and atone work, of grai u and grain bins, tf coal-aud coal bins, of wood, of solids, of liquid*, eTcityn lar.aqunro or irregular vessels, of cisnunsand mvuf rent ing, of plasterer’s, painter's, glazicr’a. paver’s, plumber?*, paper hanger's and upholsterers’ work. It treat* of "car runey ami of foreign aud domestic exchange, of tho deci mal system, of reduction and its extended appiieat>en v> business, of simple and eomimond Interest, and-that* «•- tire appUcatiou. to business transaction*, with the law*and • Usages governing and regulating tho same, together with nit merou*-commercial form#—of legal tendet, of partial payment oil notes, of banking and bank discount, of *qu*- ■ thin of payment and of jiartnciahipaccounta, of aasesnasnl of taxes, Ilf weights and measures, of square and.cnblo ■ measure, of the square root and Us application to buttnan \ of surlaees, of excavation, an 1 of many other: Importoul ! practical matter* Dpt within tho scopo of an adTertUettieht Ito mention. . \ ■ ■ IT IS AI'ST THE BOOK lOE.THK Farmer, the merchant, the .mechanic, the art mead, or the professional'man. 'lt has proven a valuable auxiliary to the lawyer, the Justice of the-peace, the conveyancer, and real estate broker, to the assessor. the banker, the ctcrk, to the Civilenglnoer Soil tho surveyor, tuthecurpen ter and bricklayer, to the btonruiavon and the plasterer, to thp paper hanger and upholsterer, to the paver and tit* tiler, Ac., Ac.; each and nil will And it miapted to their va riutia wants butter than any book published. 43-Mailed (|K»t paid) to any" pun of the Vnited States, up' ll receipt of the money. Price of a tingle copy, in cloth, 80 emu, or two copies foe. jl.bO. Louhdia pocktVboek form, morocco, $1,1)0-per copy. Address, M. M. HOHREE. ; • Dec 6, ISPB-Ctu.}; Box 19U Philadelphia P. 0, Pa. A , tiWAYS HEN SEASON I r\ • The undersigned wouSinforni his old cuntmucrs nnd the public naeotto, that he Uasjust relented frem the tost with hto tall nook, vrUlclpis tho. , Vt ■: :isAiIC©ST;OP *pfe KKU) - ever brought to litis place. He has every variety to Price, Size and quality, of 'M"E-N -HI HATS 1 ANOD Hfl AND BOY S 1 vJBL> CAP S. For Fall arid Winter Wear. ’ Arid, all sizes, colors, shapes, and qualities ’of Ladle* and Misses and Children's HATS and FLATS, to whlchthf ap tentlon of those in wont of anything in this Une to special ly invited. ■ FURS S FtJHS! BtfflS !- | have ribW the largest and handsomest assortment ef fats ever offered to the ladies of Alt*ona, embracing CAPES, MUFtS, GUFfS, and everything ini that line, fir Lad let and Children, of American and European manufacture; and of every quali ty of Furs. ’ Pei sons in wont of anyth toe in the abevilisa on Virginia three doora above Julia afreet, wbert 60 bas on liaifd a flue MKWtmeut of HATS AND CAPS of the latest and most foshiouahle style*, for med and hoys, BONNETS AND FLATS FOR LADIES,- HISSES AXJ> CWLDBEX Gibtes,' Hosiery, Heddjf-Made Shirt*, GOW.ARS'FOn GEXtS ASCXAfeIES, TEIM3UEGS AXJ> XQT/OXS OF ALL KIXLX • . ' STATIOXAnr, JXK, PEXX <*■, 4* He invites a cnlLdricrmined, by Setting atasmsl! profit bnd returning valuv fur merit ■ Dec.o,‘oo.-tfv JOHN AIcCLELLABD. . HO! F«B THE HOLIDAYS! Tab uxbeksigned assoux ces to rho cittwiis of Altoona and vicinity that k* lia* just received a largo invoiccu of Fruit, Confectionaries, Nut*, Spice* and notions for children Ac., expressly fur the Holiday*. He will also keep always on band a good stock of plain and Ctncy cake*, of bis own manufacture. [ LEMONS, PRUNES, BAISINS &C., always on baud at all seasons of tlie year. ; Coffee, Teas, Sugar, Molasses, BiPr, EGGS, GOOD WHITE WHEAT FLOVR, BCCKWJIET FLOUR, CORN MEAL, *C-. always in atore and for sale In largo or small quantWr*- Call, examine and price my stock and you will bail It as good and cheap u* any la town. „ trra»‘ ’ Bee. 20,’00-ly.] JACOB Wlgf- SOMETHING NEW. SIJBSGIUBEII HAS JUST returned from the east wbero Us has purchase * wry.larg© muJ flim stock of - EfQOTS Mary ft. Ncwhard, the Respondent above by notified to npi'cnr on the day above named, reqn by the art of Assembly and the order of the Court, answer the cotoplalut of Sh’ff. ■ Sncturr's Orncr, .mji. Holliday bhurg, Ecc. 24, 1800./ Jqu. > . ■- . BOOT & SHOE ESTABLISHMENT. rpHK undersigned annojcsc* I. (o t V citizens of Altoona and vicinity that they 6» BOOT ANI> SHOE SHOP igsssstffiUßXs^gf^ Of Boots and Shoes of tftciV own Shott, «S- Particular attention given xo f ft* Gailen. dv. They invite a share l' I ' ,li = Ufction. lug satisfied that they can rendcr.entlro » CO. Altoona, Jan. 10, ’ol-tf * ——— V ' J : - v-1 & \ £ ?5: mm % ' aV Y" -• Sr'S S£ kii Wsr "v fttTOOIJ tea’ll’'” *.«**• *»*V< \Sh% M *«* m* :—-D® «H S*A» RAItR ■fc»l.. K-t»» MTI Vrtt k* K»->« to ffmt B«. Kant if.ii Went ,«ut uu4 Went- SjjA BU ANI; 1 Sf.i.tlnn 1't““ dTond tj3tprc«i LOO :. tt. l. • |i An« ual roe ' Library »ud 1 in the Librfi January « ar frtnd(ni —C. J- Bpcfijry—Horn S*,m.rsr—l’- 1 Skramn-Fret c. v, ■ K. F. I .. A. W I .. ',i. U I .. W. 11 I Jus. Lditort—ri. C. | C. T In Jnjuc B: % ‘‘3 port of Trcas ice oh hand J mt received 1 ntal, lies of the A pslanco ok h landing; fees i Stcnf debts, Ljport or Boar f*L . eport of Libra J»EAt>llio Hot (As PratJenl KccAantci' JLibrt Kicn. ISKthkiUH ; r meeting to m following slat jqprplnltioa u tks in L par “ don; tal Xo. of bouk . Hi books circu f•< <• rctut " “ lit ft rtge No. take: 'h# following ispaycrs men IAOiXIXEI: ft Book, At ita,Kuickcrb |j*WtPAPEU« Ittin, Inquir ■W^kly— N. Y. Triber: fcer, Cnttgresai ntioo, Wonliin; iIU If ora o Jour liitille Jouriia HIS J lh i Altoona Tt |W, u .ma.-i k4Xq -502, < • Saute,” we! HD, ( 'l’opuln; -E-iops f ri&tr I, cin i made Co: t«j prob; Busdi of son HtCtfiilly solici ■pbiog for tii<•: No. GDS. c last caccthi ■ “.now iu the ■ r > tl g, Scott,.". IJbe most pep pwsopbiul woi ifew, ; TUe in* by'the membe as it k worthy ?*>*!», slowiy, SW cases, one { we been added «■ V. Custo jmroiuoe, an j ( essrs. Homer H yn -particularly tarred me. \y N degree of si pw mo rema Librarian lost books in* IVota 11. to be filed, gerctary ode 11*8 priutc; P oaotiou tie Mrtctc-1 tt^bt **■ A, Rofc; rc *pectft! viciaitw, llprices, a $); paints. | J( Euabca, pcrftuae fusses, sbouller. w WeJiciaal L, it toedicincsl f pills| iv Jfrthiag Syrup, Physicians’ p. >4 at all fcyurs