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ALTOONA, PA.
THURSDAY JUNE 20, 1861
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Army Appointments.
We notice that the press throughout
the country are speaking out in" reference
to the appointment of inexperienced men
to high positions in the army, to the ex
clusion of men who have served for years
in ■*&« regular army, and seen actual ser
vice on the field of battle. This ehould
i*ot be the case, and if it is continued,
will result disastrously. We would not
question the patriotism of those who are
thus promoted, and it may be that some
of them will be found fully competent to
discharge the duties of their position, yet
we submit that it would be safer to appoint
to high positions old veterans who are
known to be capable. Patriotism, braver?
and education are not all; the essential re
quisites to a successful (Commanding offi
cer; it requires presence (of mind, strategy
and perfect military discipline, combined
with a knowledge of may be expected
in marching to attack s foe, such as ditches,
masked batteries, and various other sources j
of annoyance, which, if not guarded against, j
become formidable barters; and these things |
are only thought of by those who have en-1
countered something of the kind. It-will 1
not do to lose one or two-engagements, and {
a number of precious lives, in order to ac- i
quaint the now commanding officers with
the routine of war. It is a business, and
must be followed to be understood practi
cally, because in it there is a vast differ
ence between practical and theoretical!
knowledge.
Some of the regiments from this State
are already complaining that they are im
properly officered, and give this as their
reason for not entering the service for
three yean instead of three months. It
is highly important that men have confi
dence in their officers. If they have not,
it is not to be expected that they will fight
as well under them as they would under
°ther circumstances. There arc many
good men in the ranks of the regular
army- who are fit for higher offices than
they now hold, and whom it would be
right and proper to elevite. Let civilians
take a lower position at first, until they
learn the rudiments, and give the old vet
erans the higher positions.
We sincerely'hope that all favoritism
in this matter will be discarded. Where
the lire® of our friends, the honor of oar
country and the upholding of our govern
ment, is at stake, it will not do to bring
such considerations into the account, and
nothing will more surely arouse the indig
nation of a loyal and brave people.
As a matter of course, all the officers of
the army cannot be taken from the regu
lar service, nor do we desire that they
should, but we would like to see in the
higher offices men whom, we know to be
qualified to fill them. In the lower ranks
of officers let there be a suitable mingling
of regulars, old veterans and civilians, and
we have no fears of the result.
Here is somelntc news from Washing
: ton, hearing on this point : '
There is a petition up in private circulation
among the officers 0/ two or three regiments of
the regular army, praying that the practice of
exalting uneducated military men above old offi
cers be discontinued. Over fofiv-six names
are now attached to it. The signers aiJf whe
t“er *ttight to ignore promotions in time pf
war, that oiviUians may be made distinguished.
.“J™ “ » paragraph from the document :
OD ® hundred and sixty men known
to eight signers of this petition, who have grown
gray as Lieutenant*— nine-tenths of them hav
£*.J’ eara “ the field. Can the
feebngs of these men be still when a citizen
d them the salute of
return * hlCl * he <ioM Wtsknow how to
Kwe gentlemen hare resigned since the 28th
of Msy, because they vets ordered to serve
under persons of no hnown military «fe;ii
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The S 3-006 000 Iran .v. I The Habeas Corpus smm. ]os rapprae that Jeff Dav-AGeo- Beauregard, i HtopMfreuy. r Trade ffigxw at the Sooth.
, , loan, authorized by the . Jsne TO IRri I «ad»thonaand others, (traitors as | We copy the following frees the “special den- ■
recent extra session of the Ledfthtore - «**»*, Jhw M. 186 L , aiet j H . j M tnred in • fieht. «nd ’ » *__ , T***™ 1 “** i. ASt * Orienns Pnte Currmt, far j na « 9..
v__ I „ __ “TIT* 6 ’ I To Enron or Thx Pubs:—Eaeloeed I; that n judge in the wai« 0 f the a 1 P atciie *> 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.
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' 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
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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 <mtor
prise is suffered to fall through, there are eeri
oue reasons to apprehend an entire suspension
of newspaper publication, and also great incon
venience will result from the want of oven com
mon wrapping paper. In our judgment, there
never has been a better openjogfor the employ
ment of capital— Xrw Orleans B-e '
A Chick upoh Kipoktebs.— Although wo
have several correspondents in the division of j
the army now moving southward from Chom
beraburg, they have furnished ns with nothing
in the shape of-news since that movement com
menced. The following dispatch will explain
the reason of this reportprial remissness.
Wasdisqtox, June 12.—A special reporter
was detected within the lines, near the village i
of-Rockville, in Maryland. He was arrested !
by order of Col. Stone, and was confined in the 1
guard house until his word of honor wss given
not to publish any information relative to the
forces er their movements. He was then re
leased, but orders were given for the shooting
of any reporter who was found exposing any
movements of the troops, cither by telegraphic
dispatches or correspondence
Loss of the Steamship Canadian.
St. Jobss, fi. F. June It.—The steamer
Canadian, from Quebec on the Ist inst. for
Liverpool, struck a field of sunken ice eight
miles south of BelleUle o.n the 4th inst., and
sunk in about thirty-five minutes. One hundred
aai eighty persons were saved in the boats and
landed at Capt Canid The survivors arrived
here to-day in a French bark. From twenty to
thirty lives were lost, including six cabin pass
engers, but, as the ship’s papers went down
with her, it is as yet impossible to ascertain the
exact number drowned. A portion Of the moil.
was saved. ,
Among the tiamber drowned was the mail
officer and the second officer of the ship.
The Canadian struck the ice under her fore
mast, and her three compartments were all
broken in at once, whereupon she filled rapidly
and soon sank. The ice field did not attract
much, attention when first discovered, as it
locked small, and was scarcely above water.
The steamer was going slowly. She had 49
cabin and 71 steend cabin paesefignrs, with a
crew of efcont 89.
A Valuable Human “Costbababd.”—An
clbony speciment of “contraband,” who says
he ‘Missed his ole massa ’bout tree weeks ago,
one dark night in Virginia, an’ ha.vi’t seen him
since,” is employed in Fortress Monroe, and
came up with Lieutenant Butler to Washington.
He ran away from Virginia, and has boenln the
fort some weeks. He was sent out some days
being acquainted with tbe country beyond
Hampton, and reported the existence of a bat
tery at “Big Bethel,”—having eluded the pick
ets, and got where hocould spot the rebel forces.
He reported several companies in and aronnd
Great Bethel, and, subsequently to his discov
ery, lay some twenty-four hours in the bushes
concealing himself from the foe. He at last
escaped, was shot at, received a ball through
the sleeve of his jacket, another shot away a
pistol from Lis belt, yet he returned to the fort
unharmed. When the last expedition went for
ward this negro accompanied Lieutenant Butler
and Major Winthrop. The Major left bis horse
with him, when he .disappeared. This colored
boy is a most intelligent sample of his race,
and is said to be very useful at the fort, asscout
and servant. He goes Tally armed, r al ways, and
says he “can smell a rebel fnrder dan he ken a
skunk.” He was in 1 thickest of tbe late fight,
and was highly serviceable to Lieut. Butler
throughout the conflict.
Lexington. April 19,1773
Banker Hill Jana 10, 1775,
Flotlnuh, Ativan 12, 177~
White Plain., August, 20, 1774......
Trenton- I>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*. w<wk *"* t * n UtmVbtttuitn aW
~qoireHcClelUod, or call npontbs sataHbor >t hia rw
<W Emms itrset, a few Own front <h« Motkoillat
t*?** 01 ******
T’WO SMALL HOUSES AND LOTS
4. App'j l» JOBJf BHOJSMAKKK
, Sept- SO, a th» Po*t on-:*.
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ALTOONA * AIL SCHEDULE.
MAILS CLOSE
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f«w» y«r-
V«M*rnThrooA
guttra Thrtmgh
HAILS ARRIVE.
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Arou|h •••• * 10
SSS W«I 11 001
Euwra w»y o so r
dmh: —During the week, from 0 46 A. V.
. if. W On Sunday*, from 645 till 745 a. *.
• " JOHN SHOEMAKER, P.
RAILROAD SCHEDULE,
OS AND AFTER MONDAY, JCNEIO.
Train Kut artlTea 4,10 A.M., leave* 4.45 A
“ Wart “ 7,10 A. M. ■> 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. \ '
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