Altoona AJBBia« Irjbtttte MoCRUM & BERN, VOL. C. New grocery and liquor undersigned would beg leave to an nounce to the citizens of Blair county and vicinity that lie has u|tvned his new Store on Virginia street , thru, doors Ulow the Superintendents Office, where ho has Just received from the East and West a largo anaortmcnt of " Foreign and Domestic Liquors, consisting os follows: French Otard Brandy, Cognac Brandy, Peach Brandy, Cherry Brandy, Old Burgundy IFtne, Old Port Wine, Jamaica Mum, Holland Oins Old Rye Whiskey, Monongahela Whiskey, and Rhine Wine, which be has himself imparted. Retailers of Liquors and farmers will Audit to their advantage to bay of him. as ha will sell at CITY PRICES. Ila will alio keep constantly on hand an assortment of GROCERIES, Suth as Flour, Bacon, Salt, Fish, Tobacco, Se g<*rs. Syrup, Sugar, Coffee, se., se.. All of which wiJJ,be sold cheap for cash or Country Produce. Our friends and the pnblic generally are respectfully in vited to give us a coll before purchasiug elsewhere. LOUIS PLACE. Altoona, May 20, !559.-tf De Forest, Armstrong & Uo«, DRY GOODS MERCHANTS, 76, 77, 79, 81, 83 & 85 Duane St., NEW YORK, TITOUU) NOTII-T THE TRADE T* .that they are opening Weekly, in new and beau tiful patterns, the WAMSUTTA PRINTS, ALSO Till AMOSKEAG, A Eew Print, which excels ovory Print in the Country for perfection of execution and design in full Mudder Colors. tJwH'tluts are cheaper than any in market, and meeting with extensive sale. Orders promptly attended to. Peb’y 2,18C0.-ly 1 1 Literary Emporium and News Depot CONFECTIONARY, SEGAR, TOBACCO, JEWELRY & VARIETY g T O FV E. The subscriber continues to keep constantly on hand all tire best literary papers and periodicals, daily papers from Philadelphia, New York and Pittsburgh, together with a good assortment of Books. ,411 th« School Books used in this placo aud vicinity always on hand?" ’ Also, a choice tot of Confectionaries, and knick knacks of all kinds for children. Also the best Tobacco & Segura to be hod in town, together with a fine assortment of Cold and Silver Pencils, Gold Rings and other articles of Jewel ry. Call and examine. 11. KETTIN'QER. Altoona, July 26, ',OO-1 y. .Vo. 1 Jllooua t/uia*. f ANDS ! LANDS I! LANDS!!! 1 J TUe.undorsigned in prepared to locate,LAND WAR RANTS' in the Omaha and Nebraska City Laud odices. Good Selections can now bo mado near the largo streams and settlements. The Lands of this Tot ritory, now in Uarket. are of the best quality. •jj. Selections carefully mode. Letters of inquiry re quested.. alky.V MeKINSKY. . Okeapous, Oats Oun..ty, a. 1. • July 14,1859.-tf ssfsbbxois: Rot. A. B. Clabk, Altoona, Pa. ff*. M. Blots A Co- Banker*, Altoona, Pa. HgCncK A Diu, Editor*, ,l Tbos. A. Scott, Sapt. P. R. R., D. McMciliail, Esq- Iluutingdon, Pa. W. M. LLOYD & GO., ALTOOXA, PA., , JACK & CO., • HOLLLDA TSDUItp, PA., Q34XS3rs^£3m@3 e Bell, Johiuton, Jack Co.”) TVRATTS ON TJHE PRINCIPAL I * Ciiifc*,';md Silver and Gold for sale. Collection* made. Money:. received on depoaite, payable on demand, wliliout intore*’ or upon time, with interest at fair rate*. F,b. 3d,1359;' S. WOODKOK. ATTOINEY AT LAW, ALTANA, BLAIR CO., PA., \\T .ILL P\iCTICE IN THE SEVE ' T HAL of Blair, Cambria and Huntingdon countie*. * Haring had severtjrears’ experience in tlio practice of th« 1-iw, ho cxpect»a m orit public patronage. ’’Hjffico on ANNIE «iEET, 3 doors above the Post (Mice. ' Sept. 6, ISCO.-tf. 1 ' v American Life Wrance and Trust Co. Capital $500,000. Company Uuiljiny, hlnut St., S. E. corner of ithila, B. F. JlOSi AGENT, ALTOONA, LIFE INSURANCE AT I; USUAL MUTUAL RATES, OR AT JOINT STOCK IlAg AT ABOUT 20 PERCENT. LESS, OR AT TOTAL ABR A NCE RATES, THE LOW JJBT IN TU E WOllLli. f a. WHILLDIN. Prn'l. J. C. SIMMS, See’y. [Oct. 27th, 1859-ly. ’ D. ». GOOD, X, D. TV lIS. GOOD j I r INO entered into 1 Medicine, respectfully tene In the several branches oft] Calls will be answered eii —which isx the same as lie A Good,—or At the LogauT April 21st, 18593 m and sm dersignod ban now on* sen cheap at his store in the* 'pie. a large and complete oißorS AND SHOES, ready niodO, or n Overshoes, Ladles’ Sandals, Own Soles, and everything In his line the best quality aud r on the mo* custom work warranted. dan;2,-’5»-tt] The Root and OFPIIILADELPHI« for the Itocky Mountains, for a lie will return agamandcan be.eonjl Hotel.’Altoona, on the 21st day of. Kl JBth day of December. ! Also, oho day several months thereafter, notice of wl this papir. Wt. I Ant. 20. 1860. iTtfi;- COUNTY II 1 ‘ AOBNCf^—The mulerslgned, A| donnty Mutual Fire Insurance Con® times ready to Insure against loss or dam® JFurriiture and ProptM criptfon, tstows or country, at as reason* Company in the State. Office with Bell, Jo D. I. CALDV Jan.27,’63-tf WM.6. BITTNB SUKGEON DENTI OFFICE IN THE MASONK PLR. [Dec. 2 Student wanted. T^ ks * CONBAD & CAMEIIONi y / FPECTPUIiIiY offer their professional service! cttixeo* of Albtona and vicinity. Office on Railroad 1 two doors cast of tho Rod Lion Hotel, where they n cob suited at all when professionally cn -Bent. 6. - ' iT WESTERN INSURAN^I COMPANY.—lnsurance on " ~* be effected on the most rca«ono*M (f i°yii n° r 'i?iii ** '■"* | ri|ft j. 11 OCMinUap M. D EMMILL HAV trship In the Practice of blr services to thel’ublic iofesslon., r or riiclit at tbelr office occupied by Drs. Hirst ..—THE UN tnd will '~jm, j^v ■ Order, M Bess, of Bible terms. All SHOEMAKER Doctor, LEFT jnnly of Boot*. 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Great work on the horse. —TUB HORSE AND HIS DISEASES : By Ebunw Jin.msqs, Vr. 8., Professor of Pathology and Operative Sur gery in the Veterinary College of Philadelphia, etc., etc. trill TtU You of the Origin, History and distinctive traits ' oftho various breeds of European, Asiatic, African and American Hones, with the physical formaton and peculiarities of the animal, and how to ascertain his age by the number land condition of his teeth ted with numerous explanatory engravings. THE HORSE AND HIS DISEASES IF»B TtU You of Breeding, Breaking, Stabling, Feeding, Grooming, Shoeing, and the general man agement of the horse, with the best modes of administering medicine, also, how to treat biting, kicking, rearing, shying, stumbling, crib Siting, restlessness, and other vices to which he is .subject; with numerous ex-’ plauatory engravings. •' THE HORSE AND HIS DISEASES trill TtU You of the causes, symptoms, and treatment of strangles,, sore throat, distemper, catarrh, influenza, bronchitis, pneumonia, pleurisy, broken wind, chronic cough, roaring and whistling, iampas, sore month and ulcers, and decajcd teeth, with other diseases of the mouth and respiratory organs. THE HORSE AND lIIS DISEASES ' WiU TtU You of the causes, symptoms and treatment of worms, bots, colic, strangulation, stony con cretions, ruptures, palsy, diorrhata, jaun dice, hepatitahoea, bloody urine, stones in the kidneys apd bladder, inflammation and ocher diseases 'pf the Stomach, bowels, liver J and urinary organs. • I THE HORSE AND HIS DISEASES / ™ TtU Tim of the causes, symptoms and treatment of bono,;blood and bog, spavin, sweeuie, ring bone,, strains, broken knees, wind galls, founder, sole bruise and gravel, cracked hoofs, scratches, panker, thrush and corns; also, of megrims, vertigo, epilepsy, staggers and other diseases of the feet, legs and head. mr, J ll2 HOBSE AND HIS DISEASES trui TtU iou of the causes, symptoms and treatment of fistula, poll evil, glanders, farcy, scarlet fe ver, mango, surfeit, lucked jaw,rheumatism, cramp, galls, diseases of the eye and heart, x Ac., Ac., Ac., and how to manage castration, bleeding, trcphinnlng, rowoling, firing, her nia, amputation, tapping, and other surgi cal operations. THE HORSE AND HIS DISEASES IRH TtU You of Rarpy’s method of taming horses; how to approach, halter, or stable a colt; how to accustom a horse to strange sounds pnd sights, and how to bit, saddle, ride and break him to harness; also, the form and law of Vi ahhasiv. The whole being the result of more than fifteen years’ careful study of the habits, peculiarities, wants and weaknesses of this noble and useful animal. The book contains 381 pages, appropriately illustrated by nearly One Hundred Engravings. It is printed in a clear and open type, and will be furnished to any address, postage paid, on receipt of price, half bound, 81,00, or, in cloth, extra, $1,25. : $lOOO A YEAR ? an bc ma,U ‘ l, y enterpris ... ... , mg men everywhere, in selling the above, and other popular works of ours, Our inducements to all such are exceedingly liberal. single copies of the book, or for terms to agenta. Irltb other lufurmatlon, apply to or address „ • „ % JOHN E. POTTER, Publisher, Not. 8.-6 m No. £l7 Soosom Street, Philadelphia, Pa. r PHE PEOPLE’S COOK BOOK. JL MODERN COOKERY in all its branches, by Miss Euza Acro.f. Carefully revised by Mrs. S. J, Hale. II Ttllt Tou How to choose all winds of meat, poultry, and game, with all tho various and most approv ed modes of dressing and cooking beef and pork: also the best and simplest way of salt i"g, pickling and curing the samp. It Ttut Jon All the variops and moat approved modes of dressing, cooking, and boning mutton, lauib, ▼enl. poultry, and game of all kinds, with thodifferent dressings, gravies, and stuffings appropriate to each. It Telit Tou How to chocs clean, hud preserve Kish of all kinds, and how to sweeten it when tainted; also all tho various and moat approved modes of cookihg, with tho different dressings,sauces »ud Ihivoriugs appropriate to each. It Ttut Tou AH the various and most approved modes of preparing over fifty different kinds of Meat, rish, Yowl, Game, and Vegetable Soups. Broths, hud Stews, with tho Belhdxes and Seasonings appropriate so each. '« Ttllt Ibtt All the various and most approved modes of cooking Vegetablcs ot every description, also how to prepare Pickles. Catsups and Curries of all kinds, Potted Meats, Fish, Game, Mush rooms, Ac. 11 Telit Tbu AU tho various and most approved modes of preparing and cooking all kinds of Plain and Fancy Pastry, Puddings, Omelettes, Fritters, Cakes, Confectionary, Preserves, Jellies, and Sweet Dishes of every destriptloo. II Ttut Tou All the various and most approved modes of making Bread, Rusks, Muffins, and Biscuit, the best picthod of preparing coffee, Choco lat*, and Tea, and how to mako Syrups, Cor dials, and Wines of various kinds. ( U Ttut Tou How to set out and ornament a Table, how to Carve all kinds of Fish, Flesh qr Fowl, and in short, how to so simplify the whole Art of Cooking os to bring the chuiceS luxuries of th« table within everybod’s reach. » i con ,V li “ 118I 18 P“S O »i *“d upwards dftwclve hun dred Recipes, all of which are the results of actual experi ence, having been fully and carefully tested under the per sonal superintendence »r tho write™. It is printed te a' clear and open type, it Illustrated with appropriate cn gravlugs, and will b« forwarded to any' address, neatlv cteth extrafsß2& C pa^’Ol ' rcci]pt of tho I>rlce > S l - 00 . or in $lOOO A YEAR C , Rn randchycnterpri , , , sing men everywhere, In selling the above work, our inducements to all such beinir very liberal. r b Foj single copies of the Book, or for terms to agents, witli otlicr information; apply to or address JQIIX K. POTTER, Publisher, ' No. 617 Sanson Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Not. 7, ’60.-6m. • CONFECTIONERY AND OYSTER SALOON. 3r*Hß SUBSCRIBER WOULD IN- L' "FORM thacitizeus of Altoona and vicinltythat his NFRCTIONERY, NUT and FRUIT STORK, Jo always supplied with the very best articles to be bad, and in great variety. He has also an.. , OYSTER SALOON attached to his store, In which Business notices five cents per line for every insertion. Obituary notices exceeding fen lined, fifty cents a square. JSclcd ||)jdrg. THE DYING SOLDIER. On Buena Vista’s battle field, A soldier dying lay ; His thoughts were on his mountain hom6 Some thousand miles away. He sailed his comrades to his side, For much had he to say, In briefest time of those that wore Some thousand miles away. My lather, somnuies, you will W 1 About this bloody fray; My country’s standard, say to him, ■Was safe with mo to-day. I’ve made a pillow of it now On which to lay my head— A winding sheet you’ll moke of it When I am with the dead. I know it will grief his inmost soul, Xe think that never more I’ll set with him beneath the oak That shades his cottage door. But tell the time-worn patriot. That remindful of his fame, on this bloody battle field - ' I sullied not his name. ' i My mother’s form is with mo now— Her wails are on my ear; As drop by drop, as flows my blood. So flow from her the tears; Oh.’ then when you shall tell to her The tidings of this day. Speak softly, comrades, softly speak What yon may have to say. Speak not to her in hurried tones, When this blighting news you hear ; The chords of life may snap to soon— So, comrades, have a care. I am her only cherished child; But tell her that I died Rejoicing that she taught mo yonng To take my country’s side. But, comrades, there is one I fain Cnee more to look npoh; She lives upon the sloping hill That overlooks the lawn; The lawn where I shall never more, In spring time’s sunny hoars. Go forth with her in many wood To gather woodland flowers. TeH her, when death, was on my brow. And life receding fast, Her face, her form, her parting words. Wore with me to the last. On Bnena Vista's bloody field, Tell her I dying lay. And that 1 knew she thought (firae Some thousand, miles away. P^fellanj. THE WINER’S FEARFUL RESOLVE. A TALE OF CALIFORNIA. BT WJI. JARED ITAtL, iat Drawer of Life, as it (that city; anti; in doing iso ike. readier hack to. a dark i the month: of September, to roluiarso one short At that period there was a small frame , building, conveniently located, being hut a short distance from the wharf) where ! steamers landed their passengers. The house was occupied aa a boarding estab lishment, and like many others;of a similar character, the bar-room constituted ' the most prominent feature. <' . The tenement was one story and a half high, and about eighteen by twenty-four feet on the ground. It stood : upon four large blocks of wood, one at each corner, which raised the first floor about three feet above a pool of stagnant water, and the entrance to-the building was effected by means of a dry goods box t turned down in front, answering the purpose of more convenient steals. The lower pbrtibn of the structure con? l aine< l but two apartments—a bar-room and dining hall. The latter was also used for kitchen and larder. The attic or loft I was partitioned off into several! small dor-f mitories, with fragments of o d canvass, hanging at the entrance, as suicedancum for doors. r ■ The furniture of each apartment con sisted of two coarse dirty blankets, spread on the bare floor, a small tick filled with straw for a pillow and one wOpden stool. These articles constituted the entire ac commodations of each chamber; and the price for the luxury was one dollar a night. • ’ In one of these attic rooms, on the night to which wc allude, was .a! man, who; wa& walking slowly two and fro yrith a sad, I dejected countenance. On a istool near the hlanket-bed was a lamp which filled 1 the little room with a pale flickering light, yet sufficient to reveal the expression upon, the man’s features. •* I His arpis were folded, his eyJ a steady gaze on'the floor and hii seemed busy wrapping his soul] profound meditation. ; His habiliments were course Jong and his beard thick and he his high brow, keen black eye, d cut lip, denoted a man of intellig his movements evinced on nirn ment far above his present posit It was evident that somethin had befallen the man—some su< fortune which had taken a deep l] his thoughts. 1 Having continued his walk I time, ho halted abruptly, rera lamp from the stool and floor. He tlien seated himself, | face forward in his hands, restej on either knee, and gave uttcraij following strange soliloquy;— 1 u Fate has followed me since the days of my childhood. At eighteen] years of age I fell in love with it beautiful young lady. She was poor in worldly goods but superlatively wealthy in goodnesj of heart and disposition. She was a seamstress, and obtained her living by going from home in the capacity of a sewing girl. I loved her with all my youthful fondly and truly j but my parents were nch, aristocratin, and forbade Ojtir union, simply because Opposition were married. Father became <|esperatc, and cast me off. Ho vefused me to visit my former home. Anticipating ibis, I had previously provided myself a situation ® clerk in a store. And for aj year we lived in the most perfect happiness. If I had continued there, I might havl avoided these misfortunes; but the California gold fever broke uot, and everybody was going to the land of promise where they could scrape up shovel falls of the precious metal without an effort. I caught the flattering contagion, and pictured. In tho fafore a palace home, with the luxuries pjf wealth, opulence and ease. Mary wodlji some times lean over my shoulder, and [whisper in my ear: “Better let well enough alone)” hut I wanted to be rich, and im|||gincd if I could only,go and remain afowJnonths, I should he worth even more tpian my father-—a desideratum greatly to pe desir ed. After many tears and entreaties, she consented to my proposal, and I left: her at her father’s, where she was to | remain until I returned, little -dreaming! that I should never see; , again. That was fouryears ago. IJyerjr expression of her at that time & indelibly in pressed upon my heart, and will never ho effaced. With hopeful anticipation I came country, expecting to return in ot e year; but, O/hpw disappointed I J - - ■ ' “ There’s icing/ of what fcJloi** ■' day an i night, -trtfOSiited on the coarsest diet, and slept on the cold, damp earth, with nothing but the broad starry canopy of heav m for a .co.Vcnngyct with all this X could :iot earn enough to pay my board bill I “ A few weeks after my arrival I was foken sick, and,for one year lived, God only knows how. The dogs at home fared better than I did. Finally I recovered my health, but my garments were [reduced to rags, and money I had hone, i In this condition I worked my way bacx iqjto tho country, and commenced in the mines. Days; weeks, months and -years I continued my labor incessantly, but gained nothing above a scanty subsistence. In this manner I became ,ahtt many dark ;Peeamppdtly.:| frofoh(|mej and these letters were far more preoip . itjvvV'jr' •tC./Vo : EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. than gold. 0, that I had wings and could fly, how soon X would return! “ In this X Uved tiling weeks ago, when I chanced to wHI of gold sufficient in value to take Vo®' I did not patue. to consider, but j| my tools, came directly to this pll V * oulating totako the first steamer York. Unfortunately I found tfaercV Jj be no ohahee of leaving Under ten uapg Last night, while sitting ip the bar-room* I was robbed I had accidentally failed asleep on. a bench,' and in this condition my money was takoh from me. I as, the thief was levying my side, and J||l cused him of the theft, but ho only drewg I revolver, and asserted if I repeated tlMm words again, he would blow my brains qaf%i I knew 1 the man to be a professional bier, and 1 knew where he lodged.. Thcrajl was no law which could be brought tojfl bear in vindication of ray rights, and I rc-nj solved to avenge myself. , Tbs night ho d dies 1' To-morrow there will bn O, Mary! Mary! forgive mo, and may God bless you!” Having given utterance to these words in a scarce audible tone, he arose, wrap ped an old shawl around his Shonldbra, extinguished the lamp, and passed frpm the chamber. •' A few moments thereafter, he was walk ing briskly along through a dark street in the direction of a large hotel, heforb which he paused, and gazed earnestly around" him. It was nearly, midnight, yet the - Streets, hotels, saloons and gambling hells were thronged with people, as a steamer that evening had- landed a largo pile of passengers. _ ' The man to whom wq allude did not pause long, bat quietly entered the hotel, and without apparently noticing any per son, though the office was moitrded with loungers, ascended- the stems with the air Of one familiar with the locality. •The moment, however, that he had reached the landing above, he gazed, along the narrowUall, and IwtonS*? attentively. Then drawing his cloak around him, ho crept cautiously forward. Again he paused j this tiiae in front of a door, and ho held his car cldse $o a crev ice. In this position he could hear the labored breathing of a person apparently ■asleep, and carefully he tried the door.— . It and he stopped into theapart ment. Every object was shrouded in to^ . t r y et th® man moyed forward with a Bowie-knife grasped in:hls hand. ; He stood by tho side of the bed, yet not a .muscle moved, or a nerve shook,—- Hm’lip were comprssed, his teeth net; £ and wuth a firm grasp he.held the »ur- Merons weapon. ; .. Cautiously he:removed a darklantern .from his pocklt, and turnoditso as to af lord him the means of making a fatat stroke. As the light vested upon the fea tures of the sleeper, he started beck. Th o movement awaked the intended victim. Wbncaacd wildly upon the intruder. | . , e knife fell from the would-be assas sin s hand, and exclaimed: “My God! hlary! you here I” - A piercing scream was the respohsei when, springing from the bed, were clasped in each others arms. , This was a fortunate as well as nn&K- 5 meeting, for it not only saved M lives of twff-pei3on« j -.l^|.^L^f^W^!^-' *ndwife, after an absence (tffouty^ - S “° h “ d despaired of hir retorn, . fearing the worst had come to seek hih bnngj with her sufficient money to both hack to Now York. first steamer that sailed from San# ! f carried with her two very haiK is fixed in 1 thoughts in silent. I his hair [avy; but Ind finely tenco, and of lefine on. : unusual idea mis old upon for some oved the it on the sowed hig an eibdw po to the iorfcvf T °* —A oa.', i S?i*w bab t? a , aro t 0 their mothert what MP“ *» to a little gW—-something to dtesa of f.f?V in g °dds anf ondB of * finery, and exhibiting one's tastes. Iffhi . fants were treated on the principle pn which a good farmer treats lambsigbsi* hnp, chickens, pigs, &c., viz i Well fed anrd kept warm, they would live and grow, just as well-cared for * goslings live and'. ’ grow; and we never knew one die; Batch babies wear caps; and how coaid any lady of taste have her bady look-like a Hatch ' baby ? dost soand Dnteh ba%atff”Y erally live, lan^h.-and gfew and kept all m“a sweat:” Dutch moth ers do not keep, their babies for model ar tist exhibitions. They cover them up, ' keep them warm and quiet, and raise a wonderful number of sturdy boys and girls. We treated our baby on the Dutch jW and never lost a night’s sleep with - A- married lady’- ™lu gave the fo»l o .i ne :, P . »wer : ~> ■ , ■ ■, . : ,-■■■ :■ v~ . ■, , i thank you, sir* £ bare asmtich hugging at home as I oaa atfeod \ fcSUThero is a girl o£tWQDtyrone i*t il prjsoft at Morgantown, V|,-' B@uTho vr t.' *■ . * • 1/ - ■ -"«li ;V-. 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