The Altoona tribune., July 01, 1861, Image 2

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ALTOONA, , PA
MONDAY, JULY 1, 1861
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THE NEWS.
Believing that by culling from the tel
egraphic despatches and rumors those por
tions which are confirmed, or bear the sem
blance of truth, we shall give more sat
isfaction to our readers than l>y copying
contradictory despatches, we will hereaf
ter give the latest and most important
news under the above head;
A serious riot occurred at Milwaukic,
Wis., on Monday last. On Saturday pre
vious the banks of that place threw out
the notes of a large number pf banks in
that Statcj which ‘action is supposed to
have caused the riot. The attack, which
appeared to be regularly organized, was
upon the banking houses and real estate
offices. Nearly all of these institutions
were assailed with brickbruts, stones and
clubs, the windows and doors demolished
and the books and furniture thrown into
the street and destroyed. Policemen were
on the ground but wore utterly powerless, I
A military company of 40 men, the Mont- i
gomery Guards, were ordered out, but de- j
elined to do anything for fear they would I
i:-e overpowered. The Zouaves were then I
ordered out and made a bayonet charge
upon the mob which immediately broke
and run. About 50 of the rioters were
arrested and placed in jail and tbc streets
soon cleared. In the evening the mob
collected again and, having secured a can
non, threatened to attack the jail unless
their friends were released They were
prevented from doing this by the military
guard placed around the jail. The Gov
ernor proclaimed martial law and tele
graphed to other points for State troops.
Quite a number of persons were seriously
injured.-during tbc riot. All is now quiet.
, A distressing allair occurred at Wyan
dotte, Kansas, on the 23d lust., by the fal
ling of the. walls of two four-story build
ings, burying all the inmates, .some 40 in
number. The buildings were used as the
bead-quarters of the First Kegimcnt of
Kansas volunteers, and at the time it fell
a company of 40 men were drilling in it,
number of whom were instantly killed,
and one died shortly alter being taken out.
Twelve or fifteen were slightly injured and
a number escaped without a bruise, |
The officer.; of the State Agricultural I
Society have decided not to hold a Fair I
this season. In many counties the usual j
local exhibitions will be dispensed with. I
A despatch from Washington cilv, da- I
ted June 24th, says that Mr; McDonald, !
a native of Worcester, Mass., who has been i
working in Mississippi, escaped, rand was i
three times impressed on his way hither, :
the last time at Acquia Creek, from.which |
place he fled at great, peril, swimming eight j
mils-, and reached the U. S. steamer Paw- j
nee, at Maryland Point, completely cx- j
haustod. lie states that .the rebels at !
Acquia Creek were reinforced, and were j
3,000 strong, and in the kite engagement!
with the Freeborn and Anaeosta the Con- \
fedyates lost fifty men killed, and as many |'
wounded. i
An escaped slave from the vicinity of
Acquia Creek reports that many of tire
slaveowners have sent their slave.; into the
army and that all free negroes arc being
impressed* He says the white people arc
in great terror of Gen. Scott.
John Ross, Chief of the Cherokee na
tion, lias iisued aproclamation to his tribe,
reminding them of their obligations to the
United States, and urging them not to take
part on either side, thereby keeping from
thqir borders the desolation of war.
There is no truth in the statement that
Gen. McClellan has made any negotiations
with Goy. Magoffin or Gen. Buckner, of
Kentucky, not to enter or occupy that
State. Gen. Buckner has repeatedly as
sured Gen. McClellan that no Secession
forces will be allowed to pass through that
State, and ho would like to draw Gen. Mc-
Clellan into an agreement of neutrality,
but the latter will make no arrangement
restraining the Govcrnatcnt or himself.
X4ie report that commissioners from the
“outhtru Confederacy hayo-becn in VTash-
hoax
that city
The ’Washington reporter Tor Fcracj'e
I*rfr* t who, perhaps, is well advised, says
that die President's message to the extra
se«<ioK of. Congress, will not recommend
i any compromise -having Toe its object the
reconciliation oi those now in arms acainst
the Federal Government. In this he. will
be sustained. e want no backing out or
half done work. We have the men and
means to effectually crush out this rebel
lion, and the people demand that it be done.
Some persons cry “ peace,” but it was by
heeding that cry that Sumter was lost and
out National Capitol came well nigh fal
ling into the hands of our enemies. Gen.
Scott will bring peace at the proper time.
The Federal Government has recognized
the provisional government" of Virginia,
established by the Wheeling Convention,
by having regular intercourse with Gov.
Pierpont, communicating to him the ap
portionment of Virginia for the XXXVIII
Congress.
The troops under Gen. Patterson are
making nightly marches Southward, from
Hagerstown, and Gen. McClelland’s uivi
i sion, 15,000 strong, is steadily -advancing
through Virginia from the West. The
regiments sent from Harrisburg to rein
force Col. Wallace, at Cumberland, have
arrived there, and he is now anxious to
revisit Piomucy. .The Second and Third
Pennsylvania Regiments, in -which are
the 13lair county companies, accompanied
by Perkin’s flying artillery, have broke
campatFunkstown, Md.,andmoVcdJSouth.
I The aspect of affairs in Baltimore has
been quite changed within the: last few
days. On Thursday last, Marshall Kane,
Chief of Police in that city, was arrested
by order of Gen. Banks, commanding the
U.\S: forces, at that point, and conveyed
tohortM’Hcnry, and Col. Kcnlyappointed
Provost Marshall of the city, thus placing
it under martial law. Marshal Kane, in
stead of acting in concert with the U. S.
forces, as he protended, has been secretly
aiding the secessionists, and was at the
head of an armed band in that city. The
Government waited until they had suffi
cient evidence to convict him, and then |
took him in charge. The Board of Po- •
lice Commissioners arc very indignant at |
the arrest of Kane, and have disbanded j
the entire police force in the city. Col. i
Kenly has, however, appointed Captains |
of Police in all the wards, and is now
swearing in a new police force. The
Union men arc jubilant over thq action of
Gen. Banks.
In another column will be found
an account of a skirmish at Matthias’
Point, in which a party of 40 U. S. troops
were attacked by some 800 or 1200 seces
sionists. Another warnin'*.
O
It is said that a misunderstanding has
occurred between Gen. Lee and Jeff Da
vis,and that the former would like to have
his old position in the Federal army. We
do not know whether"to believe the report
or not; but of one tiling we arc; certain,
and.that is, he will- never get Ids eld place.
Iherc are others who will be sick of vol
unteering in the rebel army,-ere the. war
is over.
John Minor Botls, of Virginia, is
in Washington £ity as a member of Con
gress from the Tlichmond District. lie
says, “1 announced myself as a candidate
for the Kichmond District, and received
]<d votes, which, there being no opposi
tion, elects me.” Mr, Bolts'is a strong
Union man, and reached Washington by
disguising himself.
Catholic Opinions on thk Oath or Allegi
ance.~-A correspondent of the Cincinnati Cath
olic Telegraph asks the question “whether a
naturalized citizen, even in the South, can take
part with the Southern Confederacy without Iho
guilt of perjury, to which the editors reply :
“An oath binds a mau under penalty of per
jury, to What lie conscientiously considered his
words to promise. Apart from ignorance, pre
judice, or false representation, we believe that
every naturalized citizen has, according to the
intent of the form of naturalization, sworn to
support the legally constituted Government at
Washington. Many a poor man may have been
taught however, that his obligations were not of
this character, und may therefore, without wil
ling to perjure himself, bo carried away by the
waves of public opiniou about him to the wrong
side.” "
Tu this rfcpiy, the Boston Pilot adds the fob
lowing
“It becomes the duty of every clergyman in
the seceded States to abstain from any act that
may lead their people to believe that they arc
released from the obligation of tbeir oath of al
legiance. The to a chaplaincy in
a rebel regiment does not imply that tbo chap
lain sanctions tbo violation of the ontb. lie
only lends his services to' reconcile with God a
dying soldier who may have been guilty of per
jury/’
Suspicious Ghaut on our Coast;— tA. large |
sloop, apparently a stranger in our neighbor- i
hood, has been seen cruising for the past week ;
from Dewcc’s Inlet, along the ‘coast Of Long :
Island, disappearing occasionally for five or six ,
hours, and again returning towards tbo shore, i
As many as twenty-five oc thirty men wore seen i
upon her decks, and it is supposed that sho is :
engaged in sounding and reconnoitring along i
our coast in that neighborhood. Her occasion- :
al absence is probably to report to the Vaukcc |
blockading fleet. That portion of our coast is i
entirely unprotected, and depredations could bo ;
readily committed upon the property and cattle ■
to be found there, without mooting with oppo- i
sition. It is to bo hopc.d the matter will bo ex- I
amined into at encc. —C/m'.’: -V; Cr/-'—, I>u
Travel Worth and South. | From thi Baltimore American.
The Military Punishment at Fortress
Monroe.
The Anerksn liethec# Smew says that the
present disturbed state cf society in the Sonth
• inducing many families to leave for the North,
: aou many others departing for Europe. It is
I refreshing to learn by the following extract
; from a ..Vicksburg (Miss.) paper, that it is still
; safe for Southerners to come North. Is it as
safe for Northerners to go South? What a com
mentary on condition of affairs in the two sec
, tioce of the country. The rebels will arm
'■ themselves with ail kinds cf death-deaiinc im
i picmer.te and array themselves against the North
| eru Union men, and, fearing that their families
; are not safe at home, will send them up here to
■ be protected by these same Northerners;
“We leant from the best authority, and by the
most recent date possible, that the excitement
in New York city has entirely subsided, and
that the reported‘Terrorism’ has been greatly
exaggerated. We do not suppose that many
gentlemen of the South purpose to summer in the.
North this season ; but as there are many ladies
in the South who are obliged to go North ou ac
count of the climate, we have been requested to
state that they will find themselves ns safe ami
comfortable as usual -in New York.”
TheNortbern tendency of the Southern families
is confirmed by the following extracts:
The Memphis Appeal says;
“A great many Southerners are sending their
families North for the summer, and as the boats
on the river are mostly laid up on accountof the
blockade, this travel is taking the rail.”
The St. Louis Ucmocrat , referring to this
travel, says:
“A great many Southerners arc sending their
families North for protection, yet they talk
about the horrible and barbarous war of exter
mination the North are wagiumagainst them.
Will any gentleman ofSeccssioS'Troclivitiestell
us whether this isn’t the first instance on re
cord where a party at war have sent their
women and children to their enemies for protec
tion ?”
The Louisville papers speak of the large loads
of people coming into that city daily, ou their
way North, over the Louisville and Nashville
Road, and by the new rout via Cowling Green,
from Memphis.
The Cincinnati Gazette says of the roads in
that State:
“Our own roads, the Miamiand Hamiltonaud
Dayton, already begin to feel the effects of this
travel, and have wisely concluded to keep on
their Cincinnati Express. The Ohio and Missis
sippi, Indianapolis and Cincinnati, andtho mail
boats, are doing a fair business—the latter, in
particular, are making good trips between this
city and Louisville. Our hotels arc also show
ing, in their registers, the presence of many
Southerners who are traveling North.
“The routes that will be mostly patronized
this summer, will, we think, be the New York
Contra! and Pennsylvania Central. Most of the
Southern travel will North through Louis
ville, either by boat or the Jeffersonville and
Ohio and Mississippi Railroads. From what we
hear, the Cairo route will r b« given the go-by.”
As the scat of war has been transferred to
Virginia all summer resorts In the mountains of
that btatc will, as aeofiatter of course, be closed
or at least they will have uo visitors. The same
may belaid of Kentucky, her Mammoth Cave
and Blue Lick Springs will be neglected, as their
proximity to the camp at Cairo, and to the
camps at Columbus and Paducah, might render
them unhealthy. ; °
Bjiirmish at Matthias Point,
Wasiiisotok, June 25.
The steamer Pawnee arrived at the navy yard
this morning, bringing interesting but painful
intelligence from Mathias Point. According to
the statement of persons in the expedition,
Capt. Ward, of the .freeborn, yesterday obtain
ed from Capt. Rawar of the Pawnee a reinforce
ment of about twenty men, united with others
from his own vessel, comprising between thirty
and forty in all, started in several cutlers for
Mathias Point, taking with them about 250 bags
which were filled with sand on shore, and with
which earthworks were soon erected, the pro
ceedings being under the direction of Lieut.
Chaplin.
While in the act of returning to the Freeborn,
for the purpose, it is stated, of obtaining can
non for the battery, a force of Confederates,
variously estimated at from 800 to 1200, sud
denly emerged from the thick woods in which
they concealed, a'nd ponred a volley
of shot mto the Federal party, who made a
hasty retreat, several of the men by swimming,
to the Freeborn.
Capt. Ward, on the freeborn, protected his
men as far as possible with his guns and fired
twelve or fiften shot among the rebels, with
what effect it could not be ascertained. While
in tlie act of firing a gun after, it is-said, the
gunner had been wounded, Capt. Ward was
struck in the breast by a bullet, and in the
course of an hour thereafter died from internal
hemorrhage.
A sailor named Wm. J. Bess was wounded in
i four places, it is feared mortally. Several others
i were also wounded, among them Jacob Williams
! the cox swain, a ball entering his thigh. ’ The
: flag he carried was completely riddled. The
men all reached the vessels without further
damage.
It is said that after the federal force retreat
. ed Irom Mathias Point, the breastworks were'-
■ immediately occupied by the confederates, and
I that information had early in tho day been
j communicated by a negro belonging to l)r. Howe,
j whose bouse was burnt by a party from the
j Resolute on Tuesday, that the enemy wore i
in the neighborhood at least a thousand strong. |
, Tho negro had approached the Federal party i
ns a fugitive with his shirt on a pole as a kind
of flag of truce, lie has been brought to Wash
ington ‘}uitc happy because of his escape from
the neighborhood. .
How a Rebel Spy was Arrested
A special dispatch to the Pennsylvania Tdt
gruph, dated Hagerstown, Maryland. June 22,
says: “A man was observed 1 fording the river
yesterday, dressed in a peculiar stylo, and upon
reaching the Maryland side one of Capt. Mc-
Mulliu’s Hangers arrested him. lie was search
ed at once, when it was discovered that be had
very important letters for a lawyer ofthis place
named Alvcy. The prisoner was quietly con
ducted to a place of safe keeping and divested
of bis clothing. One of Capt. McMullin’s men
disguised himself in the same, and represented
himself as the genuine bearer of despatches to
Mr. Alvey, who fell into the trap and divulged
important matters to his supposed Virginia
friend. After everything had been Surely ac
complished, Mr. Alvey was arrested, and sub
sequently sent to Washington City. His arrest
created quite a sensation in this town, as he
was never suspected of treason, and stood high ;
in the estimation of the citizens hero. A‘trai
tor’s doom awaits him.” Not a bit of it. Ho
will ho released after taking the oath of allegi
ance, with mental reservations, j
Brs?” Parson Brownlow, in the Knoxville Whig
of the Ist inst., thus disposes of certain rumors;
One report is that wo have determined not to
publish after the June election, and another is
that wo arc going to remove to the North. We
ate going to stay in Knoxville, and nowhere
else, and when we remove from the dwelling we
own and occupy, it will be to tho cemetery in
this vicinity. And ns to tho paper, wo shall
edit and publish it until our office is destroyed,
ar wlr.divre eo*. *
The following sentence was passed by a conrt
-1 martini, at Fortress Monroe, on three soldiers
i of a regiment of Sexr York volunteers:
| “To be drummed out of the regiment, and
| through the entire brigade, stripped of his uni-
I form, with a rope about bis neck, and a pla
card, witu the word ‘Thief’ on Lis back, Fur-
I ther, that he forfeit all pay and allowance now
1 due him, or to become due him at the time of
: the promulgation of his sentence, and to be dis
honorably discharged from the service of the
United States.”
| General Butler approved the sentence. An
other volunteer of the same regiment was sen
tenced to “three days’ hard labor, with ball
; and chain attached to the right leg, the ball to
i weigh twelve pounds.” In approving this sen
tence, Gen. Butler said:
The proceedings and sentence in the case of
Lawrence Merriman,. Company D, Second Rcgi
'ment, Now iork V olunteers, are hereby ap
proved and are to bo carried into effect before
the general court-martial is dissolved. While
the severe and disgracing punishment awarded
may at first thought seem too sercre, for being
“a mile away from camp without permission,”
it will be seen by the evidence that be was so
absent, aiding and abetting a band of plunder
ers. B. F. BUTLER
These sentences, it will be seen, are for plun
dering, and aiding and abetting the plunderers.
The tren were seut to their homes with the fol
lowing free passes on' the steamboats and rail
roads:
Fortress Monroe. June 72, 18G1.
The bay line steamers will pass D. I>. Cam
eron and Patrick Thornton, two thieves, com
pany D, Second Regiment New York volunteers,
discharged by sentence of court-martial, and
drummed out of camp.
THOS. A. SCOTT, GenT Manager.
By S. F. B.vnu.
War Department, )
Fortress Monroe, June 12, 1861. >
Mr. Cran-ford, Agent Philadelphia, Baltimore
Wilmington R. II: Co., Baltimore, Ml.: —Please
furnish D. D. Cameron and Patrick Thornton, of
Company D, Second Regiment New York Vol
unteers, with passes, free of charge to them,
from Baltimore to New York, on Government
account.
Relieved from duty upon sentence of court
martial; cause—theft, drummed out of camp.
By order of the Secretary of War.
TUOS. A, SCOTT.
Gcn’l Manager Gov’t Railways & Telegraphs.
By S. F. Barr. b /
An Item for Volunteers.
W'e find the following item floating about on
the great sea of uewspaperdom, like “Japhet
iii search of a father,” and print it for the benefit
of our soldier friends, many of whom are read
ers of the Tribune. It contains excellent sug
gestions and good advice by which they may
profit.
Bcj.lets Less Dangerous than Fevers
Recruits going to the war always talk of their
return with a proviso, that the enemy’s bullets
do not prevent them. Yet it is an established
fact that in the modern . campaigns the danger
to life is three to one greater from disease than
from the bullet.
The British army in the Crimean War lest
33,0-lC out of 94,000 troops. Of these, only
2,058 were killed in action; and only 1,701
died of their wounds. But 10,298 died of dis
ease at the seat of War, and nearly 13,000 were
sent homo on account of their sickness. Where
one man was under the surgeon’s hands for
wounds, twelve were under the doctor's hands,
fur tyhus fever, dysentery, or some other of the
diseases. brought on by bad food, improper or
insufficient camping arrangements, or the dissi
pation incident to a crowded camp, in which
men have much idle time, 7,500 French sol
diers were slain in battle: 50,000 perished of
disease, and 05,000 more were discharged and
sent home from the seat of war. ns invalids.—
In our Mexican war our army lost nearly 13,-
000 men, while quite as many were discharged
fur sickness. Only 1,848 men were-killed, or
died of their wounds, in all the battles fought,
as numerous ns they were. Those facts, while
they should inspirit the soldiers in battle, should-,
also make them cautious of their health when
lying in camp, or on long marches.’ Good plain
food, oaten at regular intervals, healthful and
amusing exercises, sufficient clothing to protect
the body from the sudden changes of weather,
and the avoidance cf all excess in eating and
drinking, especially intoxicating stimulants,
will do much to preserve the good health of the
soldiers.
Fearful Tornado in Illinois.— On the 19th
inst. f a terrible tornado swept over Cb ampgain
county, Illinois. A correspondent of the Chic
ago Tribune says that, after the wind had tested
the moving capacity of everything variable, then
came a shower of hail, which converted our im- {
niense crops of ripening wheat and waving corn
into a barren waste. There are many farms in
the vicinity of Champaign city upon which there
is not now a green leaf or a blade of grasp left.
Vtheat, oats, barley, and rye are cntirely : ruin
ed. I visited many fields to-day, and found the
small grain mown to the ground ns withascythe
and the stalks were beaten and shivered, look
ing as though they had passed through a thresh
ing machine. Corn which was one and a half
feet high was cut off even with the ground, and
the stalk beaten to a jelly an inch below the
surface. Up to this date we have heard of five
persons who here killed, and'tuiteanumberwho
were more or less seriously wounded.
, Auks'of the Generals.— -Lieut. Gen. Scott
is 75 vears old; Gen. Wool is 7.1; Harney Co;
Mansfield GO; Totten, (bead of the Engineer
corps,) 80: Thayer, (Engineers) 80; Craig,
(head of tho Ordinance Department,) 70; Ripley
(Ordinance,) 70;Gibson, (Commissary General,)
Churchill, (Inspector General) and Thomas,
(Adjutant General,) are all old men, having en
tered the army in the beginning of the present
century—Gibson in 1808, and Churchill in 1812.
Ocu. McLcllan is not yet 35; Gen, Fremont
is under 48; Gen. Lyons is about 44; Gen« Bu
t is 43; and Gen. Banks is 44; Gen. McDowell
is about 40. —Boston Tranycript.
JJSa?“ The following is the oath which all yol
unteers and regulars, mustered into the service
of the United States are required to take before
the final enrollment
“I
, do solemnly swear that I
will bear true allegiance to the United States of
America: that I will servo them honestly and
faithfully- against all enemies or oppressors
whatever; that I will obey the orders of the
President of the United States and of the offi
cers appointed over mo, according to the rules
of the armies of the United States, so help me
God.” ‘
A Combination Against Tobacco. —An an
ti tobacco organization is now forming through
out Franco, anil the men that give tone to soci
ety there belong to it, such as physicians, law
yers, savans, academicians, State councillors
all resolved to wage unceasing warfare on that
enemy to the health and pocket of man, the
weed. If these reformers curtail its consump
tion, the result will bo speedily felt in the pub
lic revenue, for the annual income from this
source alone comes ycry near $10,000,000.
Muj. Gcu. Commanding,
Searching fbr Contraband of Waif. I
A correspondent of the Boston Journal relates
] incidents attending tbe search for contrabands
iat the Relay House. We quote:
( You hear the whistle of the train bound for
I Harper’s Ferry. As it comes rounding the curve
| the guard is drawn up on enchsideof thetfack.
j Soon as the train stops, a soldier steps on each , ■ VATtJ to the Ladies.
1 platform of every car, and see that no one gets i -d’- DCPOXCO’S GOLDEN pills for fkjh L( .
i off or on. 'The one, whose business it is to ••«!«- I «a eawfiei?; rtfndaUnj), and nmavine
! T , e, °P” «ny contraband articles or persons, enters | '
the forward passenger car. He looks on and under | them is not a tady living but wh««t‘.Ja 9r ,-
the first scat and finds nothing but a very sas- [ „ fo DeeiU jlut 6Uch a J^ kial , „.. D
O b ?°P a * r * nT / ar ? C - a " d I Pills.” One of .ho first ladies of Chester Lid
: B, { e . ,<>o V aboUt th ® ™ lSt as tb ° u S b sbe IQdu) S- 1 there that .he had received « much bvm-fi, f “
iedin a free use ot cotton, or else is a walking | f tI „ 10 wooltri><! aUlf , to
I frei S bt b e service of>h 9 rebels. Tue be without them, if,i ;e could .got th™ not?*'’*
i ff arCber louka * but Josa Kr.-di.mts composing those pills arc made kno Ba - “
:He cannot, of course, treat a A „ nt T) ,„ v * , fc ,_ , r „
man, for everybody would cirffliim a brutefand ", „,K 'h y . , p^ rfec<,y fc «BSl
besides, he has no taste for such things.’tu I auJ ? ,wm doah cUuM f I fer th Tl F “ U aa >
lust, he timidly requests that she wilUiseta tn Tc * P ° r V
the hope that some treasonable article may fifyi ‘ MI j,/‘ ’ ' ’ SB ° e s«at L r y
and discorer her character. \ V- \
tJa«. a ;<* M u i i , ,;■ \ • Lathed by sending Uim ?I.» to tho Altfviu 1V...
Here is a man wbo looks a little confnsed, or)i „ |A . ... . . . , , u •
» . i-j . , ■ ,*i can liavt? tho twlld senttoauv part of the inn-,.,,.
else puis on a stolid expression, as though heLiV. .... .. „ . f ' * .. , , u -*‘ *
_ «, ** i • j-xr . r .~ »* ♦ /. i» >drtitKillT) bv mail, ‘-five of postage. Sold ulm., i.. >•
were utterly indifferent. After having carefu y i ....... „ , , , ”
♦ .• .Ixl* . . ®. , . J \ KKAI). JluntingJon, «:ul bv one i*i .
investigated this seat, the searcher politely asks i , ° '
. V . . , i ... f town uud cay in the Mate,
the individual to empty his pockets. Mnu! you ■
this is really done politely, and while asking a
thousand pardons for the demand. All letters
directed to individuals south of the Potomac are
confiscated. Ofteu-times they have been found
to contain valuable information. If the man is
very suspicious the search is correspondingly
rigid. The hands are passed over his coat, his
vest, and woe be to him if anything is discov
ered that stamps him as a spy. So the cars arc
looked through one by one. Some of the pass
engers laugh, some grow mad aud swear, some
at once see the reason of the thing and yield at
once, others bluster and threaten, and have to
be shut up by the fear of immediate arrest if
they open their mouths again.
The searcher then says, all who have baggage
will please step into the forward car. He then
asks each man to open his trunk, and passes liis
hand as corefully as may be through tliebundles
of varieties with which human beings 611 their
traveling apparatus. One’s luggage does not
undergo one half the danger which it is subject
ed to in a Liverpool Custom House. 1 have
seen both classes of operators, aud I would
much prefer to go by tbe Belay tbau to laud in
Liverpool.
Suddenly the searcher comes across a common
looking, red, wooden trunk. It is marked Maty
Birkett, Wheeling, Va. There is nothing sus
picious about it. It looks in keeping with some
village aunt who had forsaken the company tof
the coarser sei, and had just returned from! a
visit to some relations who bad lately thrown
themselves away by swearing in thepreseucejof
a parson toLeep house, neatly and economically
for some one of those worthless creatures call
ed men. The searcher calls out for Mary to
como and display her dry goods; but no Mary is
to be found, lie colls again, but with the same
result. Tbe conductor is questioned, but iae
knows nothing about the matter. The thing
looks all right, but it won’t do to let even Maty
Birkett’s trunk go on without knowing what iis
in it. So after having sounded another call for
the spinster to make her appearance, the sear
cher calls for a hammer and chisel, and opeps
the thing. Nothing alarming is presented.—
On the top is a very white, nnd ;nicely done iip
pair of sleeves. Then comes a themisette, and
then a dress, and then—two millions of percus
sion caps. Ah ! Mary, that was a sorry dodge.
No wonder you didn’t answer when your name
was called. Why, my dear Mary, you have here
more caps than you could wear iu a dozen life
times. The trunk is confiscated.
Col. Jones was once going through a train On
the scent of suspicious articles. He saw be
tween two seats a small basket. The top was
partly raised and discovered some sandwiches,
gingerbread. &c. It was of course nothing sur
piising to see a luncheon baskeVin the cars.—
The conductor came up and said: “Colonel, an
old woman ovais that basket, I believe she bis
stepped into the forward car.” .Well, that whs
very reasonable. However, just as he was go
ing to leave it, the Colonel put his little fingier
ufider the handle, to see how much a basket of
luncheon weighs, you know. .But the thing
did’t come up. Somehow it stuck So the floor.
Ho then applied his whole hand, aud after re
moving the gingerbread, he discovered about
half a peck of bright brass buttons, which were
on their way to adorn the uniforms of Virginia
rebels
Captain.— Dr. Howe’s re
port upon the sanitary condition of the troops
at Washington, contains the following incident:
‘■There will be many captains like one whom
1 could name in the fdassaehnselts sth, the
stalwart man, every inch of whose sis feet is of
soldier stamp; the captain who eschews hotel
dinners, and takes every meal with his men,
eating only what they eat; but who is their re
solute and rigid commander when on duty, but
their kind and faithful companion mid friend
when off duty; who lies down with them upon
the bare ground or floor, and if there be not
blankets enough for nil, refuses to use one him
self; who often gets up in the night and draws
the blankets over any half covered sleeper, and
carries water to any one who may be feverish
and thirsty ; the man who is like a father (is
well as a captain to his soldiers'.:.
Ho is the man who administered that stern
rebuke the other day to the upstart West Point
Cadet, sent to drill the company. The first day
the Cadet interlarded his orders with oaths—
ids commands with curses. Tlie men complain
ed io„thcir captain; “Unstop that to-morrow.”
says he. The next day drill begins, and the
cadet begins to swear at the soldiers. “Please
not to swear at my men, sir," says the captain.
“What do you know about the drill,” says the
Cadet, “and what can you do about my swear
ing?” “Sir,” says the captain sternly, “I know
this, and you ought to know it, —swearing is
forbidden by the army regulations, arid If you
continue to break tbe-rule, I’ll order my men to
march Off the ground, and they’ll obey me, and
leave you to swear alone.” The Cadet took tlie
rebuke and swore no more at that company.”
The captain to whom Dr. Howe refers was
Capt. George L. Prescott, of Concord. This
glorious Concord captain likewise uttered the
noble sentiment that ho considered himself res
ponsible for tbc moral department of the young
men under his charge as well as for theirhealth
and good treatment.
Sound op Balls,— An Albany Zouave who
was in the Bethel. says: The enemy soon
found out where we were, and began to throw
their fire into the wood, but, fortunately for us,
they aimed a little too high. instant we
could hear the balls whizzing through the air
and crashing among the trees. AVe could tell
each kind of ball or bullet by the sound it made
in passing through the air. There wasono rifled
cannon, the halls from which rushed along
with a shrill, angry shriek, as it may he called,
like the sound of a steam whistle; the bigballis
and shells wenthumming along, and there was al
so the hiss of grape shot and rifle and musket balls.
Secp.etahy Chase is engaged: in. maturing
business for the extra session of Congress. lie
proposes to borrow money of tha people at large
instead of the bankers, which is Louis Napo
leon’s style. The smallest denomination of note*
will bo twenty dollars and preference given to
small note takers. The notes will hear seveiji
per cent interest. Postmasters will probable
be made agents for the sale of the notes. A
mollification of the tariff will be indispensable!
Care will be taken not to offend great interest*
that have claimed protection, butdhe tariff wilj
he so arranged that its paramount object shall
be the raising of the revenue.
B®- Reader, hive you; seen Prof, yjw
advertisement in our paper. Read it; ; t °.,
interest yon.
SPECIAL NOTICES
P. t>. UOWE. \
Sole ProprWfor, Notv Y. f-
N. H.— The above PilTa liavo bee a coanlmViv \ iVv ,
Ladies ftt juices ranging from £.'» cents r,
dour at that.) Look out for them. The gvnuiei' h*.,
ter, Mi'll bear the signature of S. D. Howe, soU*
Price—sl. Purchase of the above gentlemen, an I t j,
find the genuine article, aud one you may relv
Juiuary 31. ISGI. —ly.
To Consumptives.
And llio.se afflicted with
DYSPKrSIA,
NERVOUS' DEBILITY,
HEART DISEASE,
FEVER & AGUE, ou
CONSTIPAThr;
. Tlie undersigned, now govcuty-ftve year* old, < ■
years devoted his time to curing his Parishca. rs a;/ /
poor in New York of these droadfulcomplaints. which -,r
thousands and thousands to an untimely grave;
seldom failed to curt 1 all who have applied to him f
Hef, and believing it to bo, a Christian’s duty U> r ; i
thou abroad, os well as athonio, ho will send to 1ie..... ; ;
require it, a copy of Prescriptions used, (Free if
vith directions for preparing aud using the mx-. r
rules ou Diet, Bathing. Ventilation, and Kxcrdse f. r ;
Soil;, they will fiud these remedies jv sure cureferC :>;■
tion, and all diseases of the Throat and Lungs, F, v r
Ague. Constipation, Heart Disease, Dysp.pda. N,- : t
Debility, and Female Complaints, and he hope*
filleted will send for a copy, as it will cost nothing,
those MitTering should apply before it if, tvo late. T l
Prescription are and by the most eminent Pliy:.;:;;.;.,
London, Paris, and New York. Those wishing th-ix v
pleuse mldn.‘Sd KEY. DR. CHAMBERLAIN.
Nov. 15,V>0.-Ty. Williamsl>urgli. N ■„ y :
Dr. Velpeau’s Cankerinc.
DR. VELPEAU'S CANKKRIXE cures Putrid jk-reM
DR. VELPEAU’S CANKERIXE cures So.re Ni; ; us.
DR. VELPEAU’S CANKERIXE cures Ulcorab ■.! S ;
DR. VELPEAU’S CANKERIXE cures Cuts.
DR. VELPEAU’S CANKERIXE cures Burns.
DR. VELPEAU’S CANKERIXE euros Sores.
DR. VELPEAU’S CANKERIXE cured Chapp-i Li, -
DR. VELPEAU'S CANKERIXE cures Ulcer;
DR. VELPEAU’S CANKERIXE is the best Purifr-rt-ff
Breath of anything known. .
DR. VELPEAU'S CANKERIXE cure* Caul
Mouth-, Tl roar. c-r r resulting from icar'uth.i
Tyj'bU' IV-cr*.
, Ladle;*, if «o 3 iMigM iv. s c white to.-lh, aw t!i •CA
KLIUNE. and yonr dvHjoa wil? bo realize*!. AVc j]%;
•nir word that it i» entirely free from acids and all y.:-
mid substances, and can bo giren fo an infant with y ;;
safety. , It will preserve tlie and keep the
from ulcers. 11 is equally efficacious ft r nur-in:
mouths. Ir; all the thousand* remedies llmt hawk,
forth for the cure of the Tarions diseases ahore, n l
equaltlie Cankorinc. Sold by all druggbts. V
cents per bottle
j. BinmiLL Si co.
Pn-prietorrt, 93 M:iul?n L:ir,?,!
For saW in Altoona,by G. W. KESSLKU.
To Consumptives,
Thr advert is*?. having ixen restored to l-.ui'tl. i*.?. f
wevUf* l»y a very remedy, after having s-:>Q‘ r-'!
oral years with n severe long affcrticn. ami C.
ease con^tiiniitioii—is ansiotw tu make know a t.< Li- 5 ‘a.
snflVrtTs the in cans efeuro.
To all who desire it ho will send - erpy of ; o
tion (free cf charge,) with Iho directive.s 1V:
and u?ing the same, which they will furl a mi; ' r
Consoiptico.*. Asthma, Ac. The only
the adverti>cr sending th-a Prescription is t■!
aflllctod, and spread inf filiation \vhlo]» be r r .' .'o- *
iorahmldo, and he hopes every suUVrer will
«Jy, as it will c<*t tlu-iu nothing, and irusy prove a ;
lonics wishing tne proscription will j taiao ad U\i>.
RSV. UPWARD A. W!LS«*N.
King* Co:;:.ty. * V
Oct. i, ’oo.—lr.
The following id a sample of tho ■■•fo’i-' ’ at;
constantly receiving for Hostetter’s Stomach Iht:,:-.
} CANAXDAfiCA, July 15. l ; h : .
J&tirs. TlosUt'er <C Smith* Pittsburg. Pa ;—b -
As we arc stratigors, I herewith enclave you nwatv-'h'..:
dollars for four dozen Hostel Stomach Pin•;:
pfeasefonrard via Michigan Southern Pai’: -o’, T.-M
Ohio, ami Clayton Station. I Lave parch:..: l : i v> t.i!
cd bottles at Toledo this Summer, 1 ut the .-v.Io is oat!,
ens'seso much that I wish to o’v-n a
L y.'ns induced to try your i'ittvra by my \<
tin.* Liver Complaint, and r-H’.jiv-dd kuca inatur
have recommended it to others aiul Inue (l-jU nUui - v
dozen per -week for bocio time. I have all Kt
icim* in my store, but there is none that I can ?o -1.
and truthfully recommend as yofir Bitters-, for I k:.‘ - - - T
huYe helped mo beyond my expectation. :- •.
rillLO WlhtvlX.
A Card to the Suffering.
The Rev. Wm. Cosgrove, while laboring a.« a
in Japan, was cared of Consumption. nh':nalliti; : r;.*
had .failed, by a recipe obtained from a i v -. v:
residing in the great .city ofJeddo. This ire Ip- bii err
great nambers Who were suffering from Cor-vrl-
Bronchitis, Soto Throat, Coughs anJCcIK an-: !ho’-’-
and ncrvoiy depression catuwd by these disrol- r. : .
Desirousof benefiting others, I will send tlm
which I brought homo with all who need it.
charge. Address .-
HEY. WM. COSGBQVK.
. -430, Fulton Avrinie-
Brooklyn. N-*■
Great CLotnixo Emporium of tiik
Philadelphia possesses the most splendid Clothing h-I 1 '
Hum in the country. It is *j>rouilrtl as regard* the !■■’"■
tial structure in which the iinmcnseybusino..' r, f tli '
lif-hmcat is conducted, and it is equally (.plomiM in :v "
to its greot facilities and vast resource* hut to it- I r -‘
transits chief attractions are, first, the clv- ioo' f" :
garments for Gentlemen and VSuths; manufactur 'd tVo'r: ■
Secondly, the beauty and durability of the mat. ri*. K
the superior excellence of the fit, and lastly the cto i t ■ '
prices at which the goods are i»!d. We refer, in this ■
cription, to none lithyr than the Brown Stone C’ot’-iut
Uall of Rockhifl £ Wilson, I?os. 60S and CO5 Cli .-tnutti
cbore Sixth, Philadelphia,
c*- We invito special attention to tho advert!* a: e 1
Prof, Wood's Kutoralh: Omita! nnrl llluotl Ucno 1 :--
another column. For wcakuejs and general debility lh- :
is nothing like it: it will strengthen. exhilarate, cre»«-
appetite at once, rcgulnt,, she hili..uc system, aid diga-t
and in short, restore (ho weakened organs to all theirvh
inal vigor and strength. So valuable a Tonic
should bo In tho bands of every invalid and in every fr;
ily. Header, try it.
MBS, WINSLOW,
An experienced nurse and female physician, has a route-
Syrup for children teething, which greatly facilitate' t
process of teething, by sotening the gums, mlueiag a! 1 '«
flamhsation—will allay all pahr, and is sure to regulated
bowels. Depend upon it, mothers, it’ will give rest my"*
solve!), and relief and health to your infante.
safo.iit all cares. See advcrtltemenl in anoibe:
Eastern Way
Western Way
ftnllidaysburg
Western Through.
Eastern Through.
JfoUW®y A lNU‘S•• , *• ,
Wcrtern Through
ijuit. rn Through
Western Way •—•
Kaittru Way
Optics Houks During the week, from 645 ,i
V 30 P M* Ou Jfmnlny.r, Irom 0 45 till 7 45 \. M.
’ JOHN SUOKMAKEII,
OS’ AND AFTER MONDAY, JI’NE 10. ISO
Pvnreso TrniiVEast arrives 4,10 A.M., loam 4
« •* West “ 7,10 A.M. “ -
•* Knst “ S.oOl*. M
“ West 4i 7.00 I*. M.,
" Eiwt “ 11.00 A. M
« W, st •* ‘(>.3o I*. M.
iv«t
Mall
XI, p UOLLIDAVSHUUd BRANCH foniwU w
liri’sa Train West, ami Mail Train Hast ami West.
INDIANA BRANCH TRAINS connect with .Toh
AccomniOiiatioii Trains Kiust tuul o*t, K\j»tCid >
Fast Lina ami Mail train East ami West,
ARHASdUMESTS I - OH TUB FOURTH.—UpI
time the following arrangements have been
for the observation of the Fourth of July i
place:
Between the hours of three and fiveo'cb
the morning, 31 roiiHuls will he fired fror
swivel, uuiler the manogcbient of the Fire
aves, (Company D.) Gapty'A. A. Smyth;
31 rounds by the Uiflcraci£ (Company A,)
Boyden, from the fop of" the hill above
Ward. At 7 o’clock in tho morning, Com
B, Capt. Turner, will meet nt their armory
from thence proceed to the Episcopal Churc
compliance with adiinvitation extended tat
to attend the services to be held there at i
o’clock.
Tho Catholic picnics will come off a
places named in last week's paper, viz: in
Cartncy’s Woods and Beales’ Woods.
The Select Club will hold their picnic in
grove adjoining West Ward School property
Wo have bad intimation that Capt. Crissm
company, of ‘‘Homo Guards’’ from Siul
Valley, will pay the “Home Guards” of
place a visit on that day. Hope they arc
in tho notion of doing so.
Arrangements arc to he made to-day,
day.) which may lead to a (setting of the A
gheuy Cavalry, of Duhcansville, and the '• 11
Guard” Cavalry of Logan township, at this ;■
lf that be accomplished, wo :
expect ipiito a military display.
Another Scott.— Our cotemporary of
Eric City Dispatch pays the following, just
merited compliment to Col. Tlios. A. Scott, I
General Superintendent, now Vice President
the Pennsylvania Hail Road, and also (Jem
Manager of all tho rail roads under the com
of theOeneral Government. The Dispatch sa
—When the history of the present war shall
written, it will show that more than one Sc
deserves honorable mention. When the fi
rush of soldiers found their way to the Pet
sylvnnia rail road at different points, all cage:
clamoring to go immediately forward, Timm
A. Scott, having first erected a telegraph !i
into tho Governor’s apartment at Ilnrrisbn
sat, with watch in hand, telegraphing to
points to prevent trains from interfering t,
each other. While those around him were a:
ions and excited, fearing -accidents from :
great rush, he was cool and collected as ii
business was on his mind. But lie kept
post, day and night, tiring out those ,who f
cicd they bad greatpowers of endurance. A
during that unprccedeuted rush not a sin;
accident occurred to life or property. We
not believe there is another man in the count
who could have accomplished so much busiui
in eo short a space of time, without occidc
Mr. Scott’s abilities were appreciated at Was
inglon, and we now find him in charge of :
the rail roads leading to that city which arc
possession of the Government. No man is rc
<!ering more important service, and none cou
he found so admirably adapted to the place.
d.vi'j
Ifow TO' Proihti: Civil War among Hat
—As there arc: any quantity of these “shav,
fail - ’ quadrupeds in these “ diggins,” the f. ,11 a
mg .manner uf producing civil war among the
might ho tried will; amusement and success
Take a barrel with one head out, put in wat;
of sufficient depth to drown the rats. Paste
over the top some thin elastic covering—a drun
head or sheep-skin with the wool off will do.-
When they have git well'halted, slit the cov
transversely with a thin knife, so that the i
cision will meet in the centre. A brick shou
be set ou its end in the water, or some sol
substance of sufficient height to allow of o'
rat only to stand upon it. When alt this
rightly prepared, the rats as they go ou t
barrel will bo let down by the trap-door in
the water. A struggle will commence to obta
possession of the islamb Their cries for he
Will be heard by other rats about the premise
they will rush upon the top of the barrel ni
be precipitated into the water together, and
tegular Kilkenny fight will ensue.
•t t-.'.-I-: y
B@-The editor of tho Cambria Trihunt, wi
is well acquainted with Messrs. Murphy & M
Pike, the gentlemen who have opened a sto
in Feme & Morrow’s old store-room, pays the
the following compliment, which is well merito.
I p"-‘A 68 , 3 / 3 ' dohn J - Murphy, late of tho firm
tho S l, and H - A - McPikc, late Junii
Imereo ff ha - VC cst °Wlshed themselves in lh
e 1 w husmess at Altoona, under the fir
name of Murphy & McPikc. Wc wish the
over 6 vTb’ 1 ° ntl they are saro to attain, hov
Altrnno bUt in . dUo ° thc E oed People .
L„ I ft cultivate their acquaintance. Abe
L ti ““ tban Murphy, or a more accomm<
[to find ticmnu than McPikc would be bar
* SSUC ° Ur P a P er this week cousidei
I 1 f m advance of our usual day of publication
Pn or cr to give all hands a chance to get a lit
f o recreation and enjoy themselves as they fet
!Um ‘ n^ d ° Q tba el-wious Fourth, antiat tbesaia
f S ly e out subscribers their paper.
I ARADE -—Company D. will meet at their ar
L. arj at “ o'clock, P. M-, on Wednesday next
i Parade and drill. It la desired that ever
uaiform * ih *» ■««*• i’ :
2Utomm Cribun
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