Critew. ALTOONA, PA. THURSDAY JUNE 20, 1861 , to «e,oernle lor »i -io ediiece, er » eoaiantee 2525HC25 ft *•*•«*■* «d«« for al] rath '***?* of this. . Z^Ji^ aua,, m teemtanM ®MlaBf OBt, Uti or tOO «jff|kfy ■« vflf ythoadtortUT u» faa benefit of aS ateT' •• >«. PETTIiieiLL & CO., A f’’ U ’ 114 K “*»o street, X«* Tork, izd »sSeL£Tttf^?*i^« e te * A S™“ *» »w AlUxma ”"**—*» —", »* »o»t inflaraua! am] l«;«t eir-uiatinr Kl—»M fro* Washington, to the Philadelphia renehed os, sad in ita eolnmna, atu s ;;, It njj. . (send you for pablkatiana copy of alctter to the'j hsbeaa corpus, and is informed by the retarn ; ofMoaday lit; j j th< T e *P cei » 1: 5 Bnßettn, m Bpwkingof the natter ttys;— Secretary of War, embodying my views of the ; tlult are pri** B " of war. wiU any *o* t J h * dej«nußt received des4 | ?s***. ****** « *? d * ?e» jT® CODf “ B to * de *P feeUn S ° f PlMewd I W«r (OTM difficulty. I think it presentss I M I the”i !Lf| *■“*•* “•"r® B44 of iiT pleasure in onr noble old state. It (the j “5 44 * oiuli O n of the question, and wiU satisfy set them St liberty » And if he cannot do this,' i ferl J b J the Confederate troop*, and anririj IF” * nt . h** B3 - so ae to get it oat b~ loan') is when the 1. 4118 minds of many men Who wish to believe ; why cot* If the retarn is conclusive upon him tier ® of 0,8 advance eolnma of the Federal 1 me . we ° *7. ?* *i«*dron eiy;^, )- A7~ I that this remstonceof Judicial an then tr was in CDe * b T 484 «& 8 other* Icannot * ar s? y ' moving via'Chambersburg. ' * ISSSldU>be i ,D de^4 near fort J ntillions of dollars. It! _-_ ht , ... „ j beliere that a judge could be found who would _ Tte froops landed on the Virginia side of the ! S*” mor * * etlTl, 7 in ja?a r is token evidently by somethine like a 'S'? ****** U * oa ;be bmdy go beh'md the mtnm to o’cloei/ P. M. ‘ bobtai^; 1 ,J.. . 3 3 . elmn s UJE;e a I think it a a correct eolation of the question, in • commit so gross an apt of naked usurpation, or P 4 ** B * l oTer to the town, and found it nearly S5 P v !? v ° r! * ana ’ “ a shipn^t. .pro rata division among the banks. In- | a legal point of view, will yon do me the favor ; 40 executive officer silly enough to execute his i desolate, Thare was nothing of value left, and 1 * ta . a s:i s w Richmond. Of y i!4 i stead of taking advantage ! of the necessi- !to endorse and approve it? 1 , lr , th *J sho “ ld attempt it there is a way •b* and surrounding country presented }-S -I?" 4 * th» 1«r A-o. .• - , utxKßßi , w ,to deal with them quite effective, and ouite : 4 forblddln S“d dreary aspect There was not 1 * ■ > 4 "» t was quoted at *2o per iCO a* vty of the State, inasmuch as money mast j Yoare touly. AH. Kiidex, ■ within the bounds of the law. 9 ! * solitary soldier visible. The better class of * ® 26 ‘ there have been “no’-j' j had for the troops, ihe people come for-] ' Eaeros.Pn. Jane 7, 1860, i Respectfully yours, AH. REEDER. ! «*>' the only individuals i *** t LATEST WAR SEWS. i ' wnnlrl 4..1. , - ! lens > bare to lawyers an additional and especial i nate took place last night on the Lon- ; !!?“ J oa! djeopardiie other property, which it j Orleans F c»n exwet to h-ro * n I WOal . d h * 7e hf 60 without mflnence | interest, because of the professional chapter 1 don and Hampshire Railroad bv a masked i w “ deau4ble «* Preserve. j a l of h, § h » patriotic motive. can | qne ? io -X? Tol s T< i d - 4 s * Uw - Ter * 1 b4Te ! battery opening on a train ©fem contain- 1 Kifl5 e w^2£TS?^7 ,B i* ed “? lil,er ! «l*« “/ the week raag^A^ j more strikingly than the fact j ever stoL toej c^kT whidTThlr^ j“8 f ° ur h ? ndred otio troops. i haul, were thrown' into the river,;probLbfy f‘r : ° f e ° aiM ’ ; that State 6’s sold yesterdav at 77. This 40 friends, who suggested that I ■ Beforethe troops could rally, the guns I au ®ci en t» , eam to get theta away. Five ito 2 per cent for fi«t'^« UOt * <1 K 1 represent* the «Jni„ • •bould communicate them myS After some I from the battery or batteries fired in quick I ,rae J? ““ked “Richmond.” and loaded with j mould tJ jiSfii? W *?*' b « : «jl. d »>, b , i ssw i seft i ! A«,m»jondi« s 01 per «,»(. .Hock, it i. j ri i »" • Mr. Brme., editor of the j “re” bhllll« ““ “ j very evident would fall much below par J “ doe not at aU to the actual or legal merits of ; Cleveland Herald. Some of the killed, it * musket 0U > t0 retain as mementoes. There was ' w“*®? h ;“ yet here is three nulbons of money fteelybut, °n the contmry, to theerro-, b beheved, have been left on the fieltl. - j “ 15,3 i ♦ ,i.„ c, * . . 3 ’'l neousand defective shape in which the other ! It is impossible to obtain details of th* ’a- * who , “ 4 PP® 4 « remained be- j , oaownm. ! offered to the State at par to pay onr sold- nde of tne case was brought into court and put : u aetau * of the , hind the retreating column, reported oOsoldiera j t> * - jiera, to promote their comfort, and to carry ea,* 8 record. Every lawyer knows that any mitafdistant ° 0 ' P^ 6 ten | from the Mississippi and Alabama troops sick i °*’ TH ® Bevolciioji, —Lou i a* • • , J ■ : * m a hsbess corpus msy be pat in the i t S . ■ - B^e i with measles. r \of Idi/e A correspondeDt ba« l on “ e war Wltil support the { wrong if the strong point of his case is not well f ** reported that the South Carolina I , T 4 b . e «"ere twenlj-fonr hours behind - taken the pains to compile the following • Government- s set forth in the return, with aU the necessary \ troops commanded the batteries. ■ rtbe time they wete ordered to evacuate, and I table, showing the eomnantive Luu. ' Iw. b^i “• p n bi » rr n, r“ ?r •? in «? «* the mercenary North, of men who iropld j eTer J h*? 8144 bas an instinctive conviction that f ’ ?■, F ot€et “e telegraph ; they entered; and at Point of Rocks sixty- i Mon - Ile “J* he may have made ■ seil tbeir mnulet* for * f -*be mflitary authorities were right, and yet, on I Corp ? s“tie erecting lines. There was no foDr cavalry-were reported still there, on the some trifling ( errora, but that the Statistics ‘ J .7®“ , 10 do - ofmen j reading the case, is at a loss to teU upon what i suspicion of any battery being near. They °PP cs ‘ te side of the Potomac. are mainly Correct to ’the figure T), I sacrifice everyOung for money. The/fect j l«»«0e or for what legal reason. It only j were stationed on the hills and in the °“e °f Johssoh-s siaff informed pur troops Üble should be preserved ifor° future « w™, i., yto Sb«»» Wh .0.1 r ES^m d l 4 FeJml { ° r '» * ere 1 w“. ftreA; taken, and that the rebels are in great j has drawn hastily, and upon the careful S ah'• . „ j off; and that their object was to get previous straits for money Our Federal Govern 1 anal * Bis £nd digestion which it should have be- i Al * 18 < l uiet at the £Cene °f yesterday’s ! P o£Se£S, °n l and be reinforced from Richmond. 1 ... , , , * i fore being used, is doubtless susceptible of im- ' engagement. This morning the batteries i . The mea are ed'-Uj uniformed, as salted their ; ment ODtiuns au that it needs, and when j provemem, but it nevertheless presents the main i were still there. It is understood thev 1 , I cy 0T the purse of lhe State from which ; further out State comes forward and asks ■ that the party detained is held as a ! will be taken durine the dav 3 i cam ®' N ? ride ' 4r, ? s , were allowad in the f . ... i prisoner of war, and also contains the aver- n„_.„ .-v - •{, ~ , camp, except for commissioned officers The for three millions in addition to half a ' menu necessary to show that the defendant his i Bumors are quite nfe that the rebel Kentucky and, Mississippi trroops said they i million already expended, Pennsylvanians • i ke r ‘S bt 40 capture and detain prisoners of war. ■ 4 “°P S “ ave commenced a retreat from came to fight, and were eager to go up and take j , j •, ' j Some of these averments are such as the maeis- ! Jlanaasas. | Washington ou their own account iCometorward and take the entire sum, onto would probably be bound to know judi-i General Pattersdh’s division it is cur ! The inhabitants are rejoicing at: the evacua without asking a man out of the State to wuh ° u4 the ’ r 884 forth, but it is as j rcntly reported, has been ordered to occa- i UG . n ' „ ■ , . „ i.__j . • rj .1 ; . ,we.l to include them especially before & I xr ft —_t?_ j a . -A- small piece of tne Coufederata fiai? raised help, and at par. Honor then to the Old judge given to caviling in the case. It is easily > and t 0 remain there ,in April, remains on the flag-staff; there is no I Honor to the State that never altered 40 Bnit 4118 cese of a writ directed to the untlJ tur “ er orders. other flag of any kind in the place. f-ii!a in time tt„„ successor or inferior officer of the commander A young man came | down at 9 o’clock from tails in time of need. Honer to the pco- under whom the aryest was made. the Relay House, with a sword and two trunS pie who become more and more reliable in ' to&h or axicaa. —the latter evideutly filled with percussion proportion to the pressure upon them To ‘he lion Eoger B Tan.y, Chief Juitxc' 0/ caps, as their weight would indicate. He said t F p tot Supreme Court 0} the ImUd Stalee:— The te 5783 6°: a g to Richmond, wheip he was in undersigned, to whom is directed the within command of a company of Baltimore men writ, in obedience thereto makes the following our troops found I5,0(J0 to 20.300 musket b'ar retum: That the said, J. M., in said writ men- rc!s P iled U P tn the ashes of the buildings bum tioned, is in the custody and keeping of this cd in defendant, and is restrained of bis liberty] as in said writ set forth, for the following cause, to wit: That when r the -said. J. M. was first re strained of bis liberty as aforesaid, and from thence hitherto, a war has existed between the Government of the United States and a go vernmen t called the Confederate States of America; that hostile armies, were, and still are] in the field on either; side, between whom engagements have already taken place; that when the said J. M. first came into the custody of this defendant and from thence hitherto, this defendant was a brigadier general in one of said hostile armies—to wit: in the army of the United States—and in the actnal command of a por tion of said army, and of the military depart ment of ———, as created and defined by the i President df the United States, through the De partment of War;" that the within named J. il. I has not been arrested or detained under any | civil process or pretence of civil process, or for | the purpose of committal into the hands of the i civil tribunals for trial, but that, being friendly i to and'connected with the hostile army, he was 1 engaged ih assisting their hostile operations 1 against the army of the United States, and for ! that reason was captured in the said military i department under my command, by the troops i under my command as a prisoner of war, of the ; army of the United States.” . j A return substantially, of this tenor (whilst it | would not atall prevent ihehandingoverof Mr. J. I M. to the courts, for trial fortreason oranyother j offence, when the Government was read” to do ; so,) would, it seems to me, at wonce paralyze i the judge for the further action on the habeas ■ corpus, and put on end to the controversy. The opinion of the Chief Justice, which, with much | plausibility, assails the nummary action of a i military commander in arresting and detainibg j a citizen without process, for the commission of j gn offence indictable In the courts, would be- j come so inapplicable that he would be ash amt j > to use it, for the point ©resented Tor his decis- | ion would be entirely changed. No judge could 1 gainsay or controvert the force of such a return, it seems to except upon absurd and untena ble grounds. He would be compelled to thrust his judicial Authority into the camp of a fight ing army, and dispute with the commander the { right to decide who are and who are ntot proper 1 prisoners 0/ war; and, having usurped the pow- ! to judge of that question, he must then, upon evidence given before him, decide that J. M. had not committed any act to! justify his being captured and detained as a prisoner of war.— AU this he must do before he could escape the force of the facts stated in the return; and he would bewrong at every step. First, (to reverse the order in which I have stated these points.) the return is true in desig nating J. M. as a prisoner of war. To put a man in that category, it needs not; that he be cap- Bl lured in a fight. A sentinel, a scout, a picket. President Stearns, a spy. a party building or destroying a bridge cent letiL to friends dare, or road for the benefit of a hostile army, or ..VrJl * £ *~ providlng means of subsistence or transportation, since as far as Sholanore and* 0 ? * 6 ?!? 8 i *“V or facilities of attack or defence, or in any way “L 8 » »k P ’ f d L /?? D(i tbat ,hc j 4 devotBd nttacum^. giving aid and comfort to the enemy, beinfecap* | trouWre^Aneri^^nd” 0 /^**. ° f . lh % P f t; h , 4T!ngdearI y loBBd 48 to*., tured, is as legitimately a prisoner of war as if ' tro “ b l 88 / 4 Americaaod thattbe amount e _f | his life to ils Support, ana . stricken down in the thickest of the fight. He ut and P lant « d hy | dying in a distant field of duty found it his no- I Reined may, or may not, in doing this, be a traitor, J l “” : — ••>««* mv Hfo contented i ; Best Brown “ but if he is, that, of coarse, cannot exempt f ' nKl “ 7 “ him from military capture as an enemy. --•-■•an u « Secondly, whether the civil officer does or does not consider him a proper prisoner of war, is of no sort of consequence. He is not the judge of that question, and caunot inquire into it It is enough for him to know that the pro per military authority bos passed upon it, and he must treat it as a rem Judicatam. When an unexceptionable retarn informs him that a mili tary commander, in time of war, in a fighting army, in presence of the enemy, has acted in J the case within tiio bounds of his militaiy juris- t diction and antbority,' and passed upon the] merits, the function of the judge if ended, the 1 return is conclusive, and the law says : to him, j “bands off.” There can be no-divided empire | between the general and the judge, in passing upon these merits, nor can a judge follow the army and hear appeals from the general’s cap tures and decisions. The latter mast have the exclusive control of his prisoners. He may find it necessary to bang them as spies, to re lease them on parole, to hold them as hostages, moke exchanges with the enemy, or execute them in reprisal. If a civil magistrate is allowed to supervise and restrain this universally con ceded authority and control, the power of the general is broken, his command disorganized, and the camp becomes the scenoe of puerile ab surdities, If civil magistrates have such a right it extends, of course, to all prisoner*'of war | Peterson’s Magazine. The July | number of this popular Monthly isakcadj jon \ our table. In addition .to its usual | quantity of Stories, Poetry, Receipts, &c., j it contains two splendid colored patterns, j one of which is a “ Stars and Stripes” Bed- Quilt. Every lady ought to have a num ber, so as to work one of these Quilts. — As a new volume begins with July, this is a good opportunity to subscribe. The | price of “ Peterson” is only two dollars a year, or a dollar less than magazines of its class. It is just the one, therefore, for the times. To clubs, the terms are still cheaper, viz; three copies for five dollars, or eight copies for ten dollars, with a su perb Premium to the person getting up a club. 'Specimen copies sent gratis to per sons desirous of getting up clubs. Address Cha&Ti£s/J. Peterson j ; * 306, Chestnut street, Philadelphia. _f- Our National Expenses.— According to the verbal statement of General Scott last week, there are now under arms and in pay of die government of-the United States 280,000 men. To maintain this army, after its equipment, will require 61,- 000,000 annually to each regiment, or 6220,000,000 a year. The navy will re quire, in addition, at least half that sum, so that with the ordinary expenses of the government, we may safely put down our national expenses at this time at the rate of 6365,000,000 per year.. Cheap Maps.— Mr. G. W. Findlay, agent for Mitchell's New Military Map of the United States, is now in this place, stopping at the Altoona House. The' map shows all the forts in the United States, military roads, railroads, &0., and has also separate maps of several States and localities—especially those to Which attention has recently been attracted on account of their being the theatre of the present difficulties. The price of the map is only 25 cents, and is worth, for refer ence, four times that sum. Bbadbkoabd vs. Capt. Ball’s Cosuvurr.— We have positive information that General Beaure gard has'ordered the Fairfax horse company of Capt. Ball, recently prisoners here, to leave the State of Virginia, because they have taken the oath of allegiance to the United States, Those of theC who tn»y be induced to violate"?! will of course, bo excepted from the operation of.the order in question. leam that they will all, however, leave the State, including Captain Ball, who has no ides whatever of forfeiting his alle giance to the Union, as alleged in some (J tho newspapers. Beauregard condems them for'de cliniog to remain prisoners until exchanged, his object being, if possible, to induce the Govern ment to regard disunion late captusra in arms against tint .United States as prisoners of War; in which he-will not be accommodated.— Wash. Star. Goon fob the Pabsok. —Parson Brownlow, of the Knoxville,' (Tenn.) Whig, still holds out nobly. In a late number he says.—“ That all may understand as, we take occasion to say, free from all excitement, that to destroy onr of fice or stop onr windpipe, is the only way in which we cut be prevented from denouncing se cession, and advocating the Union. There are now bat three Union papers in Tennessee, as we consider, and unless we are assassinated; or or onr office is destroyed, we shall soon have the honor of standing alone. And there we shall stand—neither the gates of hell, nor the pressure of 4 secession riots, being able to prevail against our conviction of right.” St. Lons, June 17—As a part fcf Colonel Kailman’s regiment of the- reserve corps were * returning from tbe North Missouri Railroad, i about 11 o’clock this morning, when opposite tbe Recorder’s Court-room, on Seventh street, ! between Olive and Lcenst, a company near the i rear of the line suddenly wheeled and discharg- | ed their rifles, aiming chiefly at the windows cf tbe Recorder’s Court and the second story of the adjoining house, killing four citizens, mor tally wounding two, and slightly injuring one., The statements regarding the cause of the fi- i ring are very conflicting; one being that a pis- ■ tol shot was fired from a window of a house on I the corner of Seventh and Locust street, which ! took effect in the shoulder of one of tbe captains I when he gave the word to fire. Another is that I a soldier accidentally discharged his rifle in the ‘ ranks, at which:-.tbe whole company became! frightened and discharged a full volley into tbe ! crowd on the sidewalk and windows of the : houses. V The Recorder’s Court was in session, and tbe room was crowded with prisoners and specta tors. Policeman Pratt was shot in the side and died in ten minutes. Deputy Marshall Franso received three balls in his legs. acd will undoubt edly die. The names of the other persons who were killed on the pavement below have not been ascertained. The window just behind the Recorder’s desk was riddled with bullets, and the broken glass was scattered over his desk.. The bodies of the killed were removed to the residences of their families. A thorough invest igation of the affair will be had, when fall par riculars will be given. Visiting Rebels under a Flag of Truce i The President of the Chesapeake and Ohio | | Canal has been to the rebel camp at Harper’s • i Ferry, io endeavor to stop the destruction of ' the property of bis Company. He reached Dam ; ■ No. Four, near Williamsport, while the fight | i was going on between the Marylanders and the : | Virginians—the latter endeavoring to destroy ! I tbe Dam, and the farmer to defend it. He cross-■: | ed the river under s flag of truce, and demand- j jed to betaken to Harper’s Ferry. Tfaerebels sent j i an escort of twelve men, five marching on each i side and one each in front andrear. In this I order he entered Harper’s Ferry, and was pre-! sen ted to Gen. Johnston, the commander of the ‘ rebel forces. He remonstrated Against the des- j Unction of the dams, boats and other property ! of the Company, claiming that they were the | property of Marylanders, and should be exempt I from seizure and destruction. General Johns- i ton replied that his orders were positive to des- i troy all property that Could in any way be made I to benefit the United States forces, and that it 1 was all nonsense to talk of the property os be- i longing to Maryland, for it belonged to New York, Vermont, Conneticut, Massachusetts, and i every other Abolition State engaged in fighting i for the. Union. He should therefore obey his j instructions, and destroy everything that ho 1 could reach | Me. Dallas foe the Usioh—George M. Dallas, late American Minister in England ro m „ ceifred bis friends in Philadelphia a few davs The Cottos QcistioS— lV. F. Stearns, of ago and made a Union speech, concluding Stearns Hobart & Co., Bombay, and son of J follows: “Let us then be firmly linked as a Wad President Stearns, of Amherst ConSge, in a re- t of brothers around this unchanged standard _ cent letter to his friends, dated 12th April, j For my humble self, bom beneath it, having says: “I went into the interior* few weeks ' imbibiJ from a vecersted father’s inculcations since, u far as Sholapore, and found that the ' a devoted attachment to its comprehensive im natives throughout the country had heard of the port; having dearly loved to the last a brother troubles in America, and that the amount ef who gallantly gave hL life to its .nd laud that had been laid out and planted by dying in a distant field / 8 and them, icith cotton, was something astonishing— U My word for it, founded on personal observation and happyVu “Lwinns it the secession movement continues, in fire years its Protection f i inglorious, under India will export 4,000.000 bales. The q/ality by my citiTen7and eanecianv e \°v t L W7 I'""' 8 is constantly improving, and the means of trans* tain whose equality shrank ft™ portatjon are becoming so easy that the South no t a n ®“r * Bbrfta* from will not be able to command the monopoly of tlemen filled it is een ' the staple out of the Union England the-cotton c r op, P ve/y lU so o onVcM U te 0 mo Bved 8 ved contoVbiU nn^tterabr/by^rfiago^Amer 1 :sn.^s.'. a s?** the Eed Sea to the Mediterranean, shortening - , , f ■ t^elve^monUis 6 ’ 000 W * U b(J in Pa ? eb S ° ABC * AT ™* South— As so many questions have been asked us recently in regard to thene w enterpmfe, a paper mill, we Will endea j vor to give a faint outline of its absolute neces ( sity. The supplies of paper have, hitherto, all j been drawn from the North, but os paper has recently been declared Contraband of war, that source of supply is destroyed, and we will have to look m our own Confederacy for pur future supply. There are in the Confederacy some 15 paper mills, which produce daily about 75,000 pounds, while the consumption is over ISO’ooO pounds daily, or just double the supply. Now if this war is to bo ft long otto, and ihis seemlier 25, 177 a. Princeton, January 5, 1777 Hubbmrdstewn, A nr- In. 17.1777... Bennington, Ahgoa IS, 1777... Brand;vine, September 11. 1777.... Stillwater,-September 17.1777 Germantown, October 4. 1777 Sarafjgo, Ort. IS. 1777, (surd.) Bed Hook, October 22.1777 Monmouth, June 25, 1773 Rhode Island. August 27, 1773 Briar Creek. March 30, 1779 Stan;'Point- Jib; Id, IT7S Camden: August Id.JTTO King’. Mountain, Oct 1.1750 Cowpena, January 17,1T51 Guilford C. JL, March 15.1751....... Hobkirk liiiis, April 25, 1751... Butaw Springs. September. 17.i1,..,, Varktown, Oct, 1731. (rorVLli ‘•Our actual Commaruler-in-Chief, tho Lieut, General of the Army, though as bravo a 3 Achilles, is as serene as Agmemuou and as pre dent as Ulysses. From his youth he has tees 1 soldiers and' 3 victorious one- He has acea more service than any, man under his command, and was never known to bo disconcerted by danger. A strict disciplinarian, snd something of a martinet, it Was said of him ta his younger days, that he would drill a batuH ion under fire. Yet General Scott is as chary of men’sjttes as a miser of his gold; and to was the Duke of Wellington. He never moves, if he can avoid it, until he sees not only the*.be can accomplish a good purpose; but until is can adcomplUh it at the least possible risk 0; his men. It is his avowed belief that an office: who exposes troops” to needless peril is guilty of a degree of manslaughter.. And he not oaiy thus regards himself as responsible for the Ut« of the menjmder his command, but he locks after their health and comfort. M Ascpactcb* of Heavy Osdsascb.— At tbs South Boston Iron Foundry over two hundred operatives are now employed in manufacturing heavy ordmmoe and projectiles for the Govem ;m«>s. At this foundry are now making not oc ily twelve and thirteen-inch shell for mortar!, but shells for tca-ln'ch calumbiads, andshotand v ;shell for twelve and six pounders, with caoisur ;and grape. From two to three hundred of shot and shell are made per day, and abont twelve guns per week Many persons suppose that morlars and heavy ordnance are cast hollow, ready, after finishing, for use. This is a mis take. The gun is cast solid and then bored. The Government inspection is of the most character, and for the slightest deviation, ■even the thousandth part of an inch, the gen is rejected. IVe saw one heavy nine-inch Bahlgrcn navy gun which was eat in three pieces for the furnace, simply because, in finishing the outside, where it could not be turned, the wort man fiad ehippetf off a bit of iron as big only ss U ten cent piece. The gnn was just as good as iany one that had been made, but the inspector had rejected it Cheap ! Cheaper I! Cl^eapgst' ■'■ Huzza for north ward.— The uedersigned would wepectfaily Inform th? citizen* of Altoona end the surrounding country that h*« rented the store room formerly occupied by Jecob Burkhart, on Virginia street, oeer A. McCormick* ttcr*. where he is about opening a Grocery, Flour , Feed and Provision Store. He has just returned Cram the East where he feu !*« selecting bis groceries with gnat can mad baring exris sivel; for cash, which enables hint to wfl ms tew, if set s little lower, than an; bouse in the place. Be woeW therefore smy to all who wish m good 'article of oecsrhk and at a low figure, to call and examine htS stock befcr* purchasing elsewhere. His stock consists of J3aU and tops, Mm and. Bbtsm’i Shots, Sata*ttf£ ' Koitj, Extra Family Flour, Suptsrfint, Corn Meal, By and Com Chop. Extra Lorering Syrup Motaww, 98 cents per «! Golden « a *45 u * Pennsylvania **► a 55 M u « Baking « gyiv « « Whit* Crush Sugar jj .*• jb. White ** jo « « “ Keflned “ 10 “ tl u Beet Brown “ g « »' Cuba “ 7 « « * Bid Coffee 15 to 16 14 “ “ B«t Imperial Teas • 80 “ “ “ 2nd quality 75 « « 4S Black « • (o « « “ . Hoata and Castile Soap, figs, Alnaondsi Fil . Walnuts, Cream Nats, Mackerel, Herring. lAke Trout, Dairy Salt, Cheese, and everything that is neceeaarily kept In a good fiuailj grocery. April 4, J. A. BPKASKLE ASSIGNABLE MILLINABY 4 ’P t P , PP° on Virginia ttreet, AltooM, op 'B. HU ©man's store. The tttbacrlb«r having p«r wit* great ewe, an entire near stock ofWi* drees goods, and Trimmings; also .a Urgeasoortaset rf Bonnets and Ribbons, Bln© JTrenfeih Work, OoIUA and Us* denlceres In sots.* Gloves, Mitts, Hosiery, Skirts, 4c., alt of Ae latent stile©, and in great vaHetfee/aretOTopenfi* SSta m£S 2s> PU MPS ! PUMPS f—THE UNDER . J . tofbn » °» <*«*»“» Of *>• wu “* «W Tfclmty that he is prepared to pat in , . PUMP STOCKS, ‘ ah ”l” tice » ■** «• TusnasWt Urm* tart^b * Wl ““ , »r2Ssf*. wt hia rw Lm 273 s , • M« *si 400 an,. *» *>, lOO5 - - too , 100 vo soo mo i:s —■■ *?’ ZU, 7.30 A b,. •* Kart “ B,JO P. SI. “ 8,50 P « « Waal “ 7.55 P. M., “ S.lO P Man “ Kart « , 11,00 A. M. “ 11.20 A .. “ Watt “ 6,30 P. M., “ 0,50 P The UOLLIDAYSBURO BRANCH conned* with nraa Train Watt, and Mall Train Ks*t and Wait. ” INDIANA BRANCH TRAINS connect with Johns!, Accommodation Trains East and West, Express West. Fast Dina and Mail train Ease and West: LOCAL ITEMS. Tb* Comimo Focrth.— Whilo there appei to bo a desire on the part of our citizens to p proper respect to the return of our natal d; they are disinclined to enter into an arrant meat, which will involve the outlay of mu money, and we, think they are right. Just' this time it would be highly improper to sqiia der money in useless demonstrations. O brethren and friends now upon the “tent field,” almost' in the face of the enemy, ha need of many little luxuries and comforts whu the money recklessly spent at a large oelebr tion would tarnish them, and we think it woul be much more patriotic, and afford much mot pleasure on all siijles, to send it to our bras -volunteers than to spend it for fireworks an other etceteras. While we favor this diepos tion of the money that would otherwise be spot uselessly, we do not wish to see rbo day pas unobserved in this place, and from present indi cations, we think it will not. It will not n quire the outlay of means to have a generc union of all onr citizens at some given point, I the morning, have the Declaration of Indepcu dense read, a few national airs by tije band, hav an address delivered, and then allow all t spend the day as they feel inclined, We Um.i sa arrangement shoqld be made to have alt th< bells in town rung at five o’clock in the morning and a salute fired, at sunrise, by the differtr. companies. We have nothing definite as to wbr. will be done here on the Fourth, but by ncx week we shall probably be able to announce a programme. Exoitbmknt Among tub “Hour Guards.” —On Tuesday morning last, quite an excite ment vu created among the members of Com panics “A’.’ and “B.” of tbs “Home Guards,” iu this place, by the arrival of Ed. H. Gardner, of Hollidaysbnrg, with instructions from the Adju tant General, to collect and forward to Harris burg all the State arms and accoutrements in Blair county. “Company A” is equipped with the rifles belonging to. the “Logan Rifle Ran gers,” and “Company B” with the muskets of the “Altoona Guards.” The members of both companies have gone to the expense of uni forming, and the Bail Road Company has bad a man employed for several'weeks past in over hauling and repairing the guns, and they arc now in first-rate order. It may well be ima gined that an order, such as Mr. Gardner bro’t would not be received with a very good grace by the Bail Road Company, or by the members, of the different military companies, who have spent considerable time in brightening up their pieces, and we are not sure that some of them did not swear a little. But to cap the climax, Just previous to Mr. Gardner's departure, a. dispatch was received by W. 11. Wilson, Esq., from John A. Wright, Esq., Aid to the Gover nor, (in reply to a letter of Mr. Wilson in which he set forth the fact that the Company bad repaired all the guns at iu own expense,)-au thorixing the State arms now in this place to be left in the possession of the companies. This calmed the storm that was rising, and our boys can now go ahead and prepare their cartridges foragrand salute on the morning of the Fourth; and let them remember, also, that this result is due to the energy of Mr. Wilson, whose watch ful cate of Altoona’s interest would not permit ‘ bim to see the guns removed and the companies 1 lisbanded, without using bis endeavors to pre- ; rent-It ' A Healthy Sion. —lt will be seen by refer - pace to the notice of the Treasurer of the Altoo pa Gas and Water Company, in another column* lhat a dividend of four per cent, has been de (lared on the capital stock for the six months pudieg dune 15th. This is aq increase of one per cent, over the previous sixmos., and equal to pghtper cent per annum. This certainly exhibits t healthy,state of tho finances of that institu tion, end proves that it pays. With such a pesnlt at this time, we may infer that it will pay pt least ten or twelve per cent, within another pear. Query.—lf gas and water slock, which has so lustily cried down as a sinking invest ment while the works were in coarse of con struction, will pay so handsomely, would not peek in a market-boose knd town-hall, which VI admit that this place greatly needs, pay Rqnally as well? Suppose somebody figures;up f * cost of such a building, and the income thit Would he derived, and give it to ns for pnblica ■on. FAMILIgg QT VotUJJTBSM—We understand ■ * Commissioners of some of the innbee bare decidedthat thecotmty in irhioh r of VToluotew resides, isboond for F* support of that family, although the rolun fermay hare been enrolled in a company from u ” county. For example, if a man living r T u, B » family in Blair county, joins iy Huntingdon oonnty, B]a!r, and l > m!» mnst provide for the family. ■ “•*"*’ tide decision will become a general I w ® caa ’ t Sky.no* hare woenmined the . a *t npoa- the subject, bat it looks reasena g * *? nooeeeary, a* soldiers are fre ft. fc«a one company to anstber r '»r they enter ihe set-rice. \ ' lO M\A 7 00 , 7 DO A. M. *uJ 6 00 I 6 00 P 7 20