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"«W» *•“.!* WiwWw^W.^ UHOiUjta we Bunaks ~ TljftTu^j with WAX,- r —-’-rift li.lul -gy—, «uiljr opened—the coeimti takoi ou itead to tide, yind we will f - nlHt -rCKMEKTSTOAOKHtt. ingas Ascot, who win aeni scats* ro « 0»U rraatinK-tfcwWatcfc, ntH. g«U l^vcrWatefc. Surer WaJrh. » article eeloctedbca tk»ab«T«.Utt *1 5 by mail mui «wf $1 and U owtata 'JIVE 03 A TRIAL. iotttauut be addrefpalte , WU.ui»JMirP. , / Ko. 897 Mwktt StreM, ••/ 7, ISSI-Sm: PUBLIC.—TB E M&B -—** ‘TlrThhniniiifMiinlm i ESALE AKD JHK »nu?£ i snxrKsiWKpg^* «eo Annie (treat, Ixlama H—t** —r* t-t Altoona, wlitm he vQI irwpriiaxffi f Maortment of grrrrtldoy n OMi of ob reaurmnUe taAna.? CG & SPOUTING notice. Be abo MUnbcteat laxao ifch la aaid to tie sad njlltrint or tin. ' ctwit a ropperamltli&te raw toUtea ■l**? 1 00 *““ d Aaaortawnt fC o* rurk promptly tttaxM I* lh; bMO. Iff- I4T QUESTIOSr : th* mind at ■„ r-t the best ertfcto " to other mourn, tWoito^W £lBl5 bßt "**^L. B OR SHOES . -PUP* P- whfch he offers atfofrnMi; ' - cUU atfcm&ifc to ttwtqMpjAafl iß< ■ 3S y.Me.,w.Jßf» PJ ; jlillftl band . ’ * lot ~-~ ACOB .MBy, o£ BsiAßugaatiOEr. itfIGNED ANNOUNCE Of Altoon, «od .Watt, tort toy >*» 'Hi?' saoßitt' cotioß gfoato ■oiri»f rtte« share oarnfcr 1-tf : DOUCE GA r^alßdmamAi **•»»«. Mt to: .mm wg.y.ny >?>.<* K«*Terk FDfiaoß&--j paw v^tmituA-n > «wtiSsnsiBi *>ldEttyr«l milmmtM JuvMuat -.• - .-a!.. Fisa BASJ&. LEAD OJLg, . | | MdCRUM k BERN, VOL. 6. < X> IC 4 . advice free. v New-York Benevolent Infinnary, ESTABLISHED 1866, to The Chute of Medical Reform,; to the Dif c/Midiad Krundedge for the Trmntion of Diotate, • to th« relief of thoaa suffering eoi afflicted with Chro -t u 4 Virulent Disorders. To Uifi end this Infirmary u endowed, to enable the aiclt and antferlng throughout the and breadth of our land, toaruUtbaJhaonour Pngt, Retortion, and Ignorance of yrofexted Phyncuuit, toi*h which tbonaanda and teaa of thousands annually are acme of the diaeswa we cure, not only tbo InSrmarv bat in all parta of oar country : Consumption'and Pulmonary Complaints, Fevers, Scrof da. Dyspepsia. Ey“ and Ear Disease, Cancen and other Tumon Jaundice and Liver Complaint, Seminal tVaaltcMa, u d all diaeaaea of the Urinary Sexual Organa, from whatever Caaae or wbatarer nature. Our object will be to cite jut to tbo afflicted by effecting in all cases agpeedy core. * Out rule It to charge nothing for advice and written pro- K-rinttotti: but will furnlah when requested the very beat nediciaee at the lowest rates. ; These remedies an prepared In our own Laboratory, nn : ow can of able Chemists, and are the mbit reliable hauitn to aciance. Including all the recent diecSf erica. Xu all addressing ns by letter, containing full account of ..mptoins and appearances of disease, age, ~wi:l write a candid riply, with advice and directions hr rate. Any fees sent os when Bending for advice will be diluted to furnishing medicine for the poor. In a)I cates nitdiclnt can be tent by mall or express if desired, bend hi uns or more of our works and Judge for yourselves. , .j pcUished at the Infirmary, to aid tbeae objects, THE FAMILY PHYSICIAN, L', simple remedies easily obtained for the cure ot pjeMM in all ite forms, with fall explanations of the ctsiffi, symptoms, diet) bathing and exercise. Price SO eta. THE LADIES' MEDICAL FRIEND. AND THE PHYSIOLOGY ON MARRIAGE. A work on the cause, symptoms and treatment of all u>apU!utt peculiar to the sex, on marriage, its duties, nUruiiD and Its results, on Children, their Ills, and on the pr«T iad beantifal pipn-, and contain. tbe>nxwt 'ilu»Sl»lß»rmation as Spermatorhaa, or Seminal W«t -?"*• C s U **' e??ct * cure i •bowing tho awful «t iccti cf the rliioani, Do all other di»«M of the Sexual Organs, a fall cxplo &«k»n of the origin of Syphilis, the means of prevention wi cure. i ' On Consumption, that fearful disease. <>n the Livar, Uehrt, Stomach and Skin. Oa Female Complaints. on the radon* Schools of Medicines. On the oTTkmftmant now practised. On the false Treatment of Diseases. On the various Medical Humbugs. , on the Physiology of Marriage. On the Common sense of Medicine. On Diet, Exorcises, and Ablution, uow the Physician should be/ How to prevent Pregnancy. And many other things, gem tor if. Tui* journal should be in the hands of every one. Deism, M.D, A. M., Chief Physician. S. S.Morem, Sargeoa. Dr.J. Boyle,Chemist. OOcs Id New Ton, 144 Chamber* street. Office la WOHamstrargh, South Bth and Stfa streets, will please enclose two or three stamps hr atom postage, and address ££. A. BEBXEV, S«retary, Sot.li.'isSil" 0 ' WUUlm,bm ' & - Vcw Voi ' k ' BEAUMAN'S POCOMEtALIC PAINT, PQUAL TO BED LEAD AND 75 per COO degrees heat—warranted water proof and will neither tale nor wash. For BOLC£RS A2i 2) PfPW 1 GAS TTOLDPP v JtJUL MOjU> BRIDGES AA PLASTPP 3 * pA&USt FENCE 4 WAGO VS PLUMBERS' JOLXT^ IROJ FOUND£E3 TATlIJiyz dc. * ■ For grdining and ttaining equal to Turk ith Umber. E COLONS ate Cmbcr Brown Lot*, Oliro Indian Bc^a aSSgSgnsacw Mtroh 21-to, So. 133 S. KdlaSphia. COSFECTIOSERT &YSTER SALOON. TSfSf CBIBER WOULD IN ™p££ '££&****» «• *SS!Se iSS .luaiSSjEß SALOON OTra^toin^ 1 wtkll h * »ui*rt’««pp»mi! *. C u?2i£ E meat. fcr »«pwrt tonpply cake*. cudl«, Jtc^ «tooa i. ir n k . M(i||er. jnHjMnM, k raMtbinc *». ° a>rtd *° *«"»». wbe an S« : •"* *UTtn '■* A CtAWt, ®M4saftfd ( Slue*. AND C W «MI C ToM. gTZKT ONE. M^RI ESCED NURSE AND FEMALE PHYSICIAN, presents to the attention of mothers her, * SOOTHING SYRUP. FOR CHILDREN TEETHING, which greatly facilitate, the process of teething, by soften mg the gums, reducing all influnation, will allav pain and spasmodic action, and is sure to regulate ihe BoweU iLmoU&tyU viU pm rattoyourseb «, tad /fell and Health to ytm infante. We have put up and sold this article for over ten Tears, ,and can say, in confidence and truth of it, what we hare never been able to say of any other medicine—never has it 'tailed, in a single instance, to effect a cure, when timely used. Never did we knowan instance of dlsaatls&cUon by any one who used it On the contaary, all are- delighted r*ith its operations, and speuk in terms of highrat common - datum' of its magical effects and medical virtues. We speak of this matter “ what we do know,” after ten years* expo rien.de, and pledge our reputation for the fulfilment of what we here declare. In almost every instance *rbere the in fant is suffering from pain and exhaustion, relief will be found in fifteen or twenty minutes after the syrup is ad ministered. Tbla valuable preparation lr the proscription of one of the most experienced end nkfllful uuneeln New England, and has been used with nsver-failiiig t access in thousands of cases. It not only relieves the child from pain, hut invigorates the stomach and bowels, corrects acidity, and gives tone and energy to the whole system. It will almost instantly relieve Griping in the BoweU and ffiud Coiic, and oVer como convnleoins, which, if not speedily remedied, end in death. We believe it the best and surest remedy in the world, in,Ul cases of Dysentery and Diarrhoea in children, whether it arises from teething or from any other cause.— Wo would say to every mother who has a child tahfering from any of the Ibregoing.complaints— do not let your pre judices, nor ths prejudices of others, stand between your suffering child and the relief that will be sure—yes, abeg. luteiy sure—to follow the nse of this medicine, if timely used. Pull directions for using will accompany each bot tle. None genuine unless the lac-simile of CEItTIS A PERKINS. New York, is on the oatelde wrapper. Sold by Draggwt* throughout the world, and by Q. W. Eeesler and A. RouaL, druggist*, Altou&a. Price *25 cent* per buttle. MS* Principal Odea, So. 12 Codar' street, N. Y. July 12, ISOO.-ly. _ i' WHEELER 8b WILSON’S | SEWING $ gMMBmESj - pp n R. A. O. KERR, 1 ALTOONA, PA.. |? % Agent for Blair County, » S.NOSIIM W H3I33HM These machines are admit to be the beet ever offered to the public, and their •nperiority ie satisfactorily established hy the fact that la the but eight yean, '* Over 14,000 More of these Macbioee have been Hold than of any other man ufkctnred, and more medal, have been awarded the pro prietors by different Fair, ami Institute, than to any oth ers- The Machines are warranted to do all that is claimed for them. They are now lonise in several fantfliei in Al toona, and In-every case they give entire satisfaction. The Agent refers those dealring Information as the su periority of the Machines, to Col. John L. Piper. Rev. A. B. Clark, George Hawkesworth, BenJ. F. Rose, and E. II Turner, Esqrs. , The machines can ho seen and examined at the store of tile Agent, at Altoona. Price of No. 1 Machine, silver plated, glass foot and new stylo Ilemmcr—sCs. No. S, ornamental bronze, glass foot and new style Ucmmer—ss3, No. 3, plain, with old style Ueinmer—sJs. [March Si, 1861-tf. *35,00 Pays the entire cost for Tuftion in tho most popular and successful Commercial SchOol in the Conntry. Upward of twelve hundred young men from twcnty»eight different StAtc*. have been educated for business here within the past three yean, some of whom have been employed as Book Keepers at salaries df> $2000,00 per Annum, immediately upon graduating,, who knew nothing of ac counts wfaea thoy entered .the-College. 149* Minister's eons half price. Students enter at any titoe. and review when they please, without extra chara? iror Catalogue pf 84 pages, fipecira» n§ ofTrot Cowley’s Business and On.omental Penmanship, and a large engra ving of the. College, inclose twenty-five cents In Postage Stamps to the Principals, > JENKINS A SMITH, BJUsbursh, Pa. Altoona, Jan. 24, *6l-ly. VALLADE 4 STEWART WOULD KESPEOTFULLY IN FORM the public that they have fitted up a neat PHOTOGRAPHIC GALLERY, On Caroline £ Virginia £S* n Altoona, Jb. f where they *re prepared to take the best PHOIOGRAPHS ever taken in this part of ihe country, and oa. the most reasonable terms. We make any kind of a-picture from a SMAU* AMBROXVFE up toUPE-SIZE PHOTOGRAPH, painted in Oi Z, ‘ Jfbtef Odor or India Ink, khd also the MINIATURE. Every tyjjo and large sire Oil Painting on Canvas. SbUrt saiis/actiOn given or uo charge. We have also on hand a Urge assortment of fine GILT FRAMES of diffejbnt sizes and prices. We respectfully Invite the public to call and examine our specimens before going elsewhere. V*. Jtemember lit* niece, PfyarCt Building, corner of Caroline and Tirglaa Street., [April 16,1861,-am GLEN-ECHO MILLS, GEEMANTO fT.V; PA McCALLUM & GO., ■. v MANOTAOTCRBns, IMPOETEBB 4 WHOLESALE DEALEES IN Carpeting, Druggets, Oil Cloths, / MATTINGS, &C. WA&lBODBE, Ko &09 CHEBTKCT BXBERT, (oppoalte tbeKate Hone*,) PHILADELPHIA. [maril.’ei-ly. Xaonua T. Ra0aM............ Ctuaixn auwm. ItEViBUE IiOXJSE, (LATE £AGI<£ HOTEL,} Third Street, above Bee, - PHILADELPHIA. RXIOAJDS * BAILOB, Proprietors. TEEMB, SUB PEE DAV. ; Mafcß 7, lS«-ly LINCOLN, WOOD ft HICHOIi, XuTDnetvsaU ass Ikfoktem or STRAW AND, MILLINERY" GOODS, Silk Bonnets, lienck FJovezs. Pauma, J'aim Ltqf, Ltghoni and Straw Mat*, 1 No. 725 Chestnut Street, AK»T2*'Xci« ititst, THE ALTOOJNA TRIBUNE. Ee.B. McCECM, i ELC. »£ES, rtrßuwma and nop&xsroßs. Per annum, (payable invariably in advance,) $1,50. All papers discontinued at the expiration of the time paid for. 1 insertion 2 do, 8 do. Pour lines or less $25 $ 3TU ' $ 60 One square, ( 8 Unas) 60 76 1 00 Two “ (Id m ) 100 160 200 Three « (24 « ), 150 200 260 Over three week* and less than three months, 25 cents per square for each insertion. 3 months. 6 months. 1 year. Six lines or less .41 50 $8 00 s#oo Ons $ 50 4 00 7 00 Two “ C 400 000 10 00 Three * v 5 00 8 00 12 00 Four “ 600 10 00 14 00 Half a coluxha 10 00 14 00 20 00 One column.,.!; „ 14 00 25 00 40 00 Administrators and Executory N0tice.......... 175 ■Merchants advertising by the year, three squares, with liberty to change, 10 00 Professional or Business Cards, not exceeding 8 Unas with paper, per year.- 6 00 Communications of a political oharacteror individual in terest will be charged according to the above rates. Advertlsemen m not marked with die number of inser tions desired, will be continued till forbid and charged ac cording to the above terms." Business notices five cents per line for every insertion. 47 Obituary notices exceeding ten lines, fifty cents a square JVmrt Qu JohnUown Tribune. [Mrs. 0.. whose sons, four; in number, left their homes with the Johnstown volunteers, to defend their country, in parting pith them, ouly uttered the words ** Be Brave.” TV hen mothers Urns their Jewels giro Upon their country’s shrine, country cannot cease to live lier mission is divine. And, Cambria, such thy matrons are« And where the coward slave Would loiter when her virtuous Fair Bids all her sons—“ Be Brave?” Ebunsbcho, May 6,1861. R. L. J. |pstdlaiij). Chesapeake Bay—lts Bivers and Im portant Cities. After making the entrance to the Chesa peake, Hampton Roads opens to tlyr-fight, a< broad estuary, with a deep channel a mile and a half in width in its narrowest point. Eight miles from the buoy which marks the entrance to the Roads, on the north side of the channel, is Old Point Comfort, otT which is Fortress Monroe, whose guns command the channel. This fortress is the largest 'hnd one of the best constructed in the United States. It was built likh all the coast forts, for defence against a foe approaching from the sea, and is cascmated only on the aide facing the channel, haying simple wall masonry only to the landward. Against an attacking force from that quarter it .will need protecting out-works. Its walls en close a parade ground of about seventy acres, making it ah admirable school for recently jrecruited regiments. Opposite the fort, in the channel, distant about a mile and a third, are the walls of a small fortification commenced by government, not finished, called the Rip Raps. Farther up the Roads, and four nudes in a right line across westerly from fortress Monroe, is Caswell’s Point, where the Virginians have attempted to erect batteries. At this point to the south, opens Elizabeth chan nel, the'cntrance to Norfolk harbor. For tifications at Caswell’s Point, although too far distants to threaten Fortress Monroe, would effectually guard this entrance. Elizabeth channel, from its opening into Hampton Roads to the city of Norfolk, is eight miles long, direct in its course, very deep, and scarcely a quarter of a mile in width. Craney island lies close to the channel, on the west side, about three miles from Norfolk, on which are the re mains of an old, fort, which-the secessio nists are rebuilding. Nearer to ths city bn the other hank of the channel is Fort Norfolk, also being improved and moun ted by the Virginians. The city of Norfolk', located upon an al most level site, presents but few natural defences agaiast in attacking force. The city and Portsmouth lying opposite, can be approached from several points. Tropps could be landed from the Hampton or Lynn Haven roads within seven miles of the city ; thh approaches being easy and indefensible. An approach could be made front London bridge on the south, with an easy march of ten miles. Norfolk is important for jte railroad fs-uaursa ALTOONA, PA., THURSDAY, JUNE ?, 1861. txxxi or am JS'tlfd Ipoctrg. “BE BRAVE” 44 Be Brave!” the patriot mother'said. When direful war's alarms Across Columbia's valleys spread, And called her sons to arms. “ Be Brave I”—no more heroic word The Spartan mother gave, When at rhermopyle was heard The din of war—“ Be Brave!” do forth, ye gallant Volunteers, Though dangers may be rife, To fight for all that man reveres. For !tis your country’s strife, And Heaven propitious smilee on all That die their land to save; A nation mourns you, If you tall; Then forword.-aud—-Be Brave!” near your mountain homo Your serried hosts shall tread, Or by the wild Potozqac room, j Near Vernon’s mighty dead; Or where the sultry Southern sand The sweet 'Santee shall lave; At homo—abroad—on sea or land, Press forward, and—“Be Brave:" FORTRESS MONROE. NORFOLK AND THE SUBURBS. [independent in everything.] connections; as tie location of a navy yard, whose dry dock and machine shops are proving nsefull to "the Virginians, and as the Chesapeake terminus of the Dismal Swamp canal through which passes the commerce of Albemarle and Familico sounds. Into Hampton Hoads empties the James river, a large stream affected by the tide’one hundred miles from its mouth, at which point the falls and rapids, with a descent ot one hundred feet in two miles, effectually block further navigation, giving at the same time an unlimited wa ter power. At this point is stituated the city of Richmond, beautifully built on se veral elevations, the most noted of which are Shockhoe and Richmond hills, be tween which flows Shockhoe creek. The city is handsomely built, the streets inter secting at right angles. On Shockhoe hill are the capitol and other prominent public buildings, and about them are clustered the aristocratic mansions of the city. Ves sels drawing ten feet of water fasten to the wharf of Richmond, and those drawing fifteen approach within three miles of the city. Lines of steamers, before the seces sion difficulties connected Richmond com mercially with New York, Philadelphia, Norfolk and Baltimore. Richmond has been the great depot of Virginia wheat,, which its mills have converted into flour. Five Lines of railroad diverge from Richmond. One line running due north, passes Fredricksbnrg on the Rappahan nock, and terminates at Aquia creek, near the Potomac. A line running east, termi nates at Whitehouse; on the York river. A third line runs due south to Wilming ton, North Carolina, having indermediate stations at Petersburg, Va., and Weldon, N. G. The Richmond and Danville rail road extends in a southward direction to the latter town, near the North Carolina boundrj line, beyond which it is unfinish ed. The Virginia Central runs nearly west, being finished as far as Covington, beyond the Blue Ridge. At Gordansville it forms a junction with the Orange and Alexan dria road running northeast," and the Lynchburg road running southwest. This city is thus the military as well as the commercial centre of the State, and a point of great strategic importance. From the buoy at the entrance of Hamp ton Roads to the lightship at the mouth of York river, the distance is about fifteen miles. From its source at the junction of the Pamunky and Mattapony, its deDouch ment into the Chesapeake, the York river flows forty piles, being an estuaiy with a heavy tide/ varying from two to four miles in- width. It is navigable by the largest vessels to York.town, and by vessels of se condary draft to its source. A land spit separates the mouth of the York river from Mob Jack bay, which sets inland about fifteen miles, with eighteen feet of water. Into this bay empties the Severn, North and Ware rivers, inconsiderable streams, navigable a short distance for vessels of light draft. From the lighthouse at New Point Comfort to the lighthouse at the en trance of the Rappahannock, is' twenty miles. A space of four miles to the south of the light comprises the entrances to the Rappahannock and a small bay and river called the Piankoetank. The Rappahannock, like the James ri ver, rises in the mountainous portion of the State. At one hundred miles from its mouth, navigation is stopped by falls and rapids. The river below the falls has the character of an estuary, being broad and affected by ,the tides. At the head of tide water is the city oP Fredericksburg, a great tobacco depot; lying on the line of the Richmond and Pontomac Railroad. Twenty-two miles from the lightship, moored at the mouth of the Rappahannock, is the lighthouse at Smith’s Point, guid ing the entrance to the Potomac. s Seven miles below Washington lies the of Alexandria, the most important town on the Virginia side of the river. The shores of the Potomac below Wash ington have "tout a few < slight elevations, add would be difficult to impede navigation bf hastily constructed batteries. The width for the same distance varies from one and a half to five miles.—Acio York 4 Commercial. Forbidden Fruit. — M. Noel, a French agriculturist, speaking of the introduction of the potato. says:—This vegetable was viewed by the people with extreme disfa vor when first introduced, arid many expe dient* wore adapted to induce them to use it but without suceess. In vain did Louis XVI wear its flower in his button hole and in vain were tubercles distributed among the farmers; they gave them to their pigs but would not use them for themselves.' — At last Farmenticr, the chemist, who well knew the nutritive properties of the pota to, and was most anxious to see it in gen eral use, hit upon the following ingenious plan: He planted a good breadth of po tatoes at Sablons,close to Paris, andpaid great attention to their cultivation; When the roots were nearly ripe, he put notices around the field that air persons who stifle any of the potatoes would be prosecuted with the utmost rigor of the law, and gait d' arsnes were employed to watch the field RAILROADS FROM RICHMOND YORK RIVER. THE RAPPAHANNOCK. day and night, and arrestiall tresspassers. No sooner wen the roots thus fordid den, as it were, by authority, (ban all persons seemed eager to eat them, and in a fort night, notwithstanding the getu armet, the whole crop was stolen, and,; without 1 doubt, eaten. The new vegetable having been found to be excellent food, was soon after cultivated in every part of the king dom. How Secession works. The ostensible purpose of the Southern conspirators against the Federal Union is, the ;better protection of .slave property, although no reflecting mittd can, for a mo ment, believe that this is the real object. How completely such purpose, however, would be defeated, in case of the actual and permanent separation Of the North add South, may be deduced from the following circumstance, which occurred in] this vi cinity within the last fortnight: In one of tho townships of Montgomery county, within ten miles Of Philadelphia, resides a prominent and influential citizen, of unimpeachable probity and high intel ligence. For more than thirty years he has taken an active part in the polities of Pennsylvania, and has been elected to im portant civil trusts, municipal and legisla tive. Daring all this tinie, too,] he has been a consistent Democrat, and an un wavering friend of the South, battling manfully for all her vested constitutional rights. 6* On a recent Sabbath aiternoon, this welltried and devoted friend of the South met, in the immediate vicinity of his resi dence, a colored man and his wife, both young and athletic, clad in coarse home spun, and weary with dust and travel. He interrogated them as to whence they had come, when they frankly admitted that they were fugitive slaves , from the coun ty of Prince George’s, in Maryland, and that tho intense war excitement had affor ded them an opportunity to escape, which they had gladly embraced.; “ Was not your master kind to you," asked the Montgomery county Democrat. “ 0, yes; ” responded quo of the fable strangers, with a tear of gladness starting to his eye, “ but we thought we bad work ed for nothing long enough, and, as free dom is sweet, we took the first chance to get ours, and God in Heaven be praised, we have it! But for the par, we-would still be slaves. Bless God; for the■ war ? Six months ago the upright and con scientious Montgomery farmer, as die him self religiously affirms, would have lost not a moment’s time in imparting to the Uni ted States Marshal intelligence pf these fugitives from labor, and bad them retur ned to their master. But note, since the South is engaged in an i unholy crusade against the Union and the Government, he could not find it in his heart to do anything of the sort. Qn the contrary, he “ took them in ” cared for them hos pitably, and then seftt them rejoicing on their way to a farmer close by, where they would be sure of receiving both work and wages, and the “ Prince George’s ” Seces sionist may now whistle for his