Cjje llltoiui Cvilmitt. ALTOONA, PA MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1861 552- Whero i»artics are unknown to u?. our rule lor ad vertising iff to require payment in advance, or a guarantee from known per?ona. It in thereloro uselepa fi«r all «uch Xu eoDU us advertisements offering to pay at the end of three cr six months. Where advcrtSjeuiMits aro accompanied with thomoney, whether one, fivo or ton dollars, wo'will 4jivo the- advertiser the .full benefit of cash rates. S. M. PETTEVGEEL & C'O-.j Advertising Agents, 110 Sjusau street, Kow York, a3 a KtatiUo street, Boston, aro the Agents fer'tho TVtfrvne, and the most influential and largest circulating Nowsiiapers in the United States ani the Canadas. They are authorized to for us ut our hived rate;. Rights—The Difference. the right to -go where one chooses, to speak, think and act as one pleases, provi ded it is so done as not to interfere with any law.of the land, are privileges which the American people for four score years and more have boasted, and are incidents that should follow a Republican form of government. Whenever all subjects may __ be freely discussed, all wrongs and abuses freely exposed, it is morally certain that the right must prevail. The liberty of tlie Press is the palladium of all true liberty; with it despotism is impossible, without it inevitable In this great State of Penn sylvania the widest range is given to this interchange of opinion, the greatest free dom.-is enjoyed by all. How different in that part of our country, wherein open re- hellion to the Government that sustained and nourished them, now defiantly floats the new Secession flag, under which the liberty of the Press is muzzled and any thing hke freedom of thought, speech or action .crushed out unless directed iu a peculiar channel—where the raising of the American flag, that has protected them in years gone by,’would bo certain death—where no man from Pennsylvania could with safety travel, and where an ut terance of a loyal sentiment would be just cause for arrest and punishment! Wc havo been led into this vein by seeing Congressman Burnett, of Kentucky, qui etly and pleasantly moving, through our place in the Express train of Monday morning last, on his way homo. No one thought of molesting him, and he was permitted oven here to express his rebel lious sentiments—to utter his ‘traitorous views. That this man, enjoying the opin ions that lie seems to do, would be unprin cipled enough to take his scat at our Na tional Capital, at a time like this, seems strange —and stranger still, that he.should he permitted there to express those opin ions, treasonable in their character at least. However, no doubt ti.e riahts wc enjoy here should bo extended to him, so long as no actual treason is committed. That this difference of tac rights of individuals —of personal, liberty and security—exists between our brethren and ourselves, is the most powerful argument wc could adduce why our cause should prevail, and the surest guaranty that the great mass of the people of the Southern States, now igno rant of the cause of the war, or the pur poses of the Government, (ucinu pur posely kept in ignorance by such men as Burnett, and the Press of his District.) when rightly informed of the true posi tion of affairs, will, gladly rally ■ again arpuud the old Stars and Stripes they hare so woll assisted in defending' and sustaining in past times. Woe thou be to the leaders ana unfaithful public ser- vants, who, to gratify their own selfish ambition, sought to destroy. the best of Governments, dedicated in freedom’s name by our fathers and theirs, to all of us, as the richest legacy we were capable of in heriting. Among the worst of these, judging by bis recent course and conduct, we would class Mr. Burnett, of Kentucky’ Southern' Cotton and Northern ■Shipping. —ln one of his recent letters to the London Thnc S , Mr, R usse i ro i atca a curious suggestion made by a French gentleman now in New Orleans, to some ardent cotton planters there. lie stated to them that even if the blockade were broken hj England and France, as they hoped it would be, she available shipping of these two nations would not suffice’" to carry the cotton crop to Europe, and that without the aid of the immense mercan tile marine of the Northern States, South ern cotton would lie and rot in southern ports, even were they open. This is a calculation more curious than useful; but U is another instance to show how accu rately the ties were fitted together which th'-se rebels are endeavoring ‘o t.or es,un der. • - Thomas A. Scott, It has been with no small degree of I pleasure, that ,; the numerous friends of Thomas A. Scott, in this place and elsewhere, have noticed his rapid ad vancement fn?m one post of honor and I responsibility to another, until lie lias ■ arrived withiu a step of the head of the I nation, his station being that of Assistant Secretary of',War, but now,, in reality, ■Secretary of War, as Simon Cameron is absent recruiting his health and energies. And this position has been gained not turougn the intercession of influential friends, but solely on the ground of merit; neither have political considerations had anything to do with his selection, as it Is known that his predilections differ from those of the Administration, although lie has never been a politician. His promotion affords pleasure to his friends, not only out of respect for the man, but because they have every confi dence in his ability to discharge the duties of his office with credit .to himself and the best interests of the country. TheSeere-. tary ot v\ ar inis heretofore acknowledged his indebtedness to Mr. S. fur valuable as sistance rendered as Superintendent of Transportation, and the Administration i well knows that, in all probability, there is no other man in the country so well qualified to take charge of the affairs to be committed to the care of the Assistant Secretary of .War. He is emphatically the man lor the times and, place. No man I is more, familiar with the capacities of the ! different Railroads in the country, a knowl edge essentially necessary at this time, when large bodies of men, and heavy stores of provision and ammunition arc to be mo- i ved with rapidity, and his perlcct under standing of Railroad management enables him to direct these movements without confusion. ! It is a pleasure to us to note that true worth and merit has been rewarded, and, from the complimentary manner in which Mr. Scott’s appointment is noticed by all our cotcmporarics, wc believe it one of the most popular That could have been made. JSdT* Wc were shown, a few davs ago, a very interesting, and well written letter from Dr. J. (.'ooper McJs.ec,■■ formerly of this place, but for several years past Sur geon in the U. S. Army in Nqjv Mexico, to Hoii. L. "VI. Hall. It will gratify the Dr. s numerous friends to know that he is well, —the rough, wild life necessary to his position agreeing with him. Although in a .part of the territory where secession rages he is manfully battling for the Union and says the Bcbcls will be driven out of that country by the force of public opin ion, —that the Union .sentiment is fast gaining ground. Dr. McKee rants high as a Surgeon with his brethren iu the Ar my. Wc hope soon to hear .of his promo tion, as his worth and talents unite iu war ranting it. MuxiriCKM Donation.—lt was an nounced at the late meeting of the Alum ni of Yale College, that the Scientific-De partment of that Institution had received, during the Ooliogatc year, a second dona tion of $50,000. from Joseph K. Sheffield, Esq., of New Haven. The course of ed ucation in this Department is cssentiallv that of the Polytechnic Schools of Europe, and is designed to fit young men for com mercial and other practical pursuits, as well as for the direct applications of Sci ence. BRETiIUF.S',, LET ILS — WLcn the news of the repulse at Manassas had reached Camp ddecting at liesj.lalncs, 111., ilev. He ary Cos, the large hearted paster of Wabash Awciiue, 31, H. Church—-who was preaching ail the time intelligence was received—remarked, on closing his scr '“Erclhrcp we had Letter adjourn cainpi meeting, and go home and drill.’' mon. It appears by an examination of tbs two volunteer bills, one being supple mental to the other, that the President has the power to ca.il cue million of wen into the field,■although that extent of au thority Was not, it is believed, designed. It is not thought, therefore, that wore than 500,000 will be accepted. £aV By an 'ordinance of Virginia, the I property ot Gen. Scott, in that State has ! been confiscated to the public treasury, j As a cotemporary well observes, before j the Slate can realize it, Gen. Scott will | probably make good his title with his ! sword. i , £vV*Thc PiUshui-yh Gazrllu says that j when Genera! Garnett was killed by our i troops in western Virginia, his body was | taken care of, embalmed and sent homo to ! his friends; but .when Colonel Cameron I was killed by the rebels, the men that were sent after his body were imprisoned, j “ Cast not your pearls before' swiuc, lest j they turn again and rend you.” R. C- Todd, brother-in-law of Mrs. Lincoln, was arrested in lii.ni 4uond on the 23d u!t , for u?ing incendia ry language, but on being taken F ibre the Mayor was '.■■'■!■ a, .;■ d, •'■ ■■ 1 jore being sur toim 3. - ' Ac Act to Provide Increased Revenue, On Saturday last Congress pasted an Act to The rebel steamer "Sumter,” within the past increase the revenue from imports, and to pay * ew 'weeks, Ims captured a dozen or more of our the interest on the nnbiic debt, and • for other P ut Pf ize crows on board, aud . . . „ seat them to rebel ports. On one of these P g us nre rates of prises, a crew of five pirates was placed. The duly as follows: ship’s crow remaining an board consisted of It illiara Tillman |p. colored steward,) a Gorman sailor,.another seaman and a passenger. Fifty miles tram Charleston, Tillman (the colored man) proposed to the German a plan for the re capture of the vessel., lie talked to two of the men hut they declined; he then thought the matter over for two or three days, and then appealed to the Gorman, sayinu, "if you are a man to slick to your word, wo can take this vessel, easy,” Tillman pave the following tes timony before the District Attorney of Kew Pork City; Ou raw sugar 2 cents per pound; unrefined *-- oeat.v. ref; no ■] -I cents: cloved and tinctured sugars 6 cents; molasses 5 cents per gallon; teas lt» cents; almonds 4 cents; shelled almonds 0 cents; crude Unu-stoneSSperson; rolled lime stone sd; coffee 4 cents per pound; cocoa 2 cts.; cocoa berries and shells decaf;;; chocolate Gets.: cassia 10 eeuts; eassui buds 15 cents; cinnamon -O' cents; cloves 8 cents; cayenne pepper 6 cts; cayenne pepper, ground, 8 cents; currants 0 cents; ■ tartane acid and Rochelle salts 10 cents: dates 2 cents; figs 5 cents; ginger mot 0 cents; ginger ground S cents; liquorice paste and juice 5 cents; mace and nutmegs 25'ceuts; nuts 2 cents; pepper 0 cents; pimento 6 cents’; plums, prunes and raisins 6 cents; Russia hemp $lO per ton; Manilla and ether nemos §25; lead in pig $1,50 per can.; lead in sheets $2,25 per cv, t.; white am! red lead $2,26 per cwt.; salt in sacks IS cents per cwt.; salt in bulk 12 cents; soda ash 1 cent per pound; bicarbonate of soda 1 cent; chloride ol iunc OU cents nor cwt.; crude saltpetre 1 cent; refined saltpetre 2 cents: tur pentine 10 cents per gallon; oil of cloves 70 cts per pound; brandy $l,l o per gallon; spirits of grain 50 cents per gallon; gum copal and simi lar gums 10 cents per round. The following articles are also rated at co much per centum, ad valorem; Arrowroot 2b per cent.: preserve ! ginger 30 percent,; limes, banuuus and other tropical iruit 20 percent.; I'eruvian bark 15 per cent.: quinine 30 percent.; reps ]0 per cent ; leathers CO per cent,; bides J oper cent.: sole leather 30 percent.; India rubber r.iw 10 per cent.; India rubber manufactured 30 per cent.; vegetable and unmanuiaciaued ivory 10 tier cent.; wines of all kinds £o per cent.; gum silk and partly manufactuied silk 30 per Cent,; silk and partly velvet 1-ilks £3 per yard, or Go per cent.; silk ribbons, etc., -io per cent. Ad importations beyond the Cape (0 Good Hone 10 tier cent. Aill duties in store or bonded warehouse, will be tunject to these -autie.s. If not withdrawn in three years, to be taken by the Govcrument and eold. ECT 'i'AX.VTK The bin also apportions a direct (as of $20.- 000.000 among the States, as follows: Maine, cl 2 ! OOiludiar.a $004,874 33 N.llap.nvro 2!8.406 CO Illinois 1,1-Iglool 30 Vermont, 21J.ih'3 WjjMissoori 761,127 33 Massaeb’ts 8 : U,551 30 Kansas 71 ’t-1o 33 Uiiode 141'd 116,063 GO; Arkansas 261,886 00 Connecticut 50?,214 00 [Michigan 001*703 33 cw 1 ork 2,G08,01S CGlFlori.ia 77,522 66 Xcav Jersey 450,131 00 | Texas 355,106 60 I’enna. 1,016,710 33 : 10wa 452.088 00 Delaware 71,683 3Si Wisconsin 510,088 66 Maryland 436,823 03, 'California 251538 66 .Virginia 037,551) C6| Minnesota 108,521 (M M Carolina 576.104 OOiOregon So’lli {l6 S. Carolina 363,570 68 •J-f.utl/ u-jlt till Gcorgi;; Alabama 729,313 Sill V,Millington ' 7,755 33 Mississippi •!J8,03l 66’Kcbraska 1t),312 00 Louisiana 335,336 GOiXcvaUa -llooi 66 Ohio Lo'JT.O-' j 33;Colorado 22,005 SB Kentucky 715.G05 38| Dakota 3AMI 3;'. Tennessee 660,403 OO'Dist. of Col. •19,437 33 Death, of Bishop Bowman. By telegraph wo Icarndhat the Bight Bevera cd Samuel Bowman, Assistant Bishop of 1 the Protestant Episcopal Church, of the Diocese of Pennsylvania, died cuddeniy on Saturday last, while on a trip from Pittsburgh to Butler, in this State. Wo have not learned the csact cause of his death. The Harrisburg Ttlcgrapk, of last Monday renders the following tribute to bis memory: For more thou a quarter of a century, wo be lieve, he was the rector of St. James’ Episcopal Church, in the city of Lancaster, where he had gathered around him a congregation unsurpass ed in extent, devotion and learning, by r.ay oth er parish of its dimensions in the"country, and os on evidence of the strength of devotion be tween the Bishop and his oIJ congregation, they would not give up his pastoral care, even while the pressing duties of his Bishopric called him to a wider hold and more enlarged out ova Bishop Bowman was an eminent scholar, a learned divine, and a Christian man of most ex emplary character an ! unblemished rormtat:.-n. He was the friend of the pour, the counsellor of the rich, the admonishes of the erring, and the prayerful synipathhor with the re feu taut.— From a position of lefty re tiuguished eminence, 1 man in the church as i;is eoua! acknowledge no superiority or csclurivencss-in the circles of a Christian brotherhood, rave that v. hioh Vi a t aciiievca oy a lost of hath, ora me lico of good v.vrhs ami h >iy pneeMs. In the death of'Dishop Bowman, the .Episcopal Church lias lost a representative whose*JaU-M hail uis tinguishcii its already worij-whic reputaiion, anil added to religion ai least the glory of too sincerity and the success of one mo.u’j devotion to religion. gpsiMM: GevesiJ!:.—TiiO ire dj&jjlitcr of A:nri'erd,;;n —Van S cautccl 1 ;v Lii ( : of Mviihot" 3d, ous mcmbcv of r-nc oi the volunteer rific corp> of that il.it but handsome city, vrbo, when pr;;c- Uciug at a target, unluckily shot tiio cat of Madame Van S. Though full of rage anti grief at the loss oi her iuvonte, and bent upon rc vengo, the lad;, 1 anxious not to any anything that could implicate her liuabar.'] in the affair! dreading lost a duo! between the two gentlemen might bo the result, am! accordingly determined Madame D. the, tragic death of animal. She ■ therefore rout to avenge upo:i tho unfortunate private orders to her buTuands foreman—; liter Van S. is one of the most ’ extensive ;ddp ownors in the city—desdrinj; him to Love the bolls of their ships searched for rats, road to send her fifty of the finest specimens of those creatures thut he could succeed 'in causing to bo taken alive. The order was promptly executed, and the rats safety shat up in a largo che.-t, were des patched by the bereaved Vrau to the country house whither tie D- s had Ictakcu liiu.i’- selves for the summer. The chest reached its destination in safety, arriving just as the own-, ers of the place were enjoying the beauty of a lonely summer evening. .Madame D , who wan expecting a box of dresses from town, and supposing the chest to contain the looked for fitlcry, caused it to be brought into the dining room anil opened under her own eyes. Her “ reelings,” when the lid was ■ raised and the avenging army leaped forth from its ambush, may be irnmagined. Nailed to the under aide of the lid was a letter addressed to the dis mayed a;id astonished lady, and contained these words: “ Mntuv.n.-.; Vour husband has killed my cal, I have thddionor to send you my rats.. “Tours, etc., US'iW. Since the battle of .Manassas, writes a -Southern correspondent, Richmond is lib:rally Mv or ns mg with CM-otllce holder;; in Washington. They held on there until they were kicked out, took the oath of allegiance to Liuooln’s despot ism, and now have crawled do\vn to Richmond, since Sunday, asking f r oliice because Line du turned them out lor uu ir Southern V ill you Le'uv. e i;, ach r o m -,iM ; c;v" l! or'’ • in oiboo here n-w .'•view Mexico 20,C'F2 Oi iporsiMUt;,- <.;:J u rcgr.r'iod ;ho !,>.iru>’. , v,h:lq ho of n Kci —vra a real Adela Va;; S 1 A Daring Exploit. ■‘Then we mane a plan that I should go to my berfn, and when most of them were asleep, lie was to give me some sign, or awake mo. We , tricu th;s for two nights, but no good chance ; offered. Hut last Tuesday night wo caught . them asleep, and we went to work. The mate comes to my berth and lie touches me. He says I ‘now is your time.’ 1 went into niy room and i s ot y l 3' natcher. The first man I struck was : the Captain. Ho was lying- in-a. state-room on . the starboard side. 1 aimed for Lis temple, as ; near as 1 could, and hit him just below the ear ; with the edge of the hatchet. .With that he ; made a very loud shriek. The passenger jump.-d | up, very much in a fright. I told Inin’ to be i sfill 1 'that -I wouldn't hurt a hair of his head. : The passenger knew what I was up to; be: [ iiciei said ,a word more. I walked right across - tiie c.ioia .o tue second mate’s room, and 1 gave ; him one severe blow right across the middle of : tint head. I didn’t stop to see whether ho was dead or no; Imi I jumped ou dock, and as 1 - Uk. so, tiie mate, wno hail Leon sleeping on the ’ coni;; anion-way, started from the noise he had , heard in tne cabin. Ja.-t as he roso upon ins feet, I struck i.irn in the back of the head.— : 1 hen the German - chap jumped over, and we ; ‘nntteaed ou to him. and iiung him over tho i starboard quarter. Marshall— “What did you do then ?” i _ Tillman—‘‘Then we went down straight into ; the cabin, ihc second mate was net quite j dead, ilo was sitting leaning .against the berth, i I ‘catcher’ him by the hair of the head with my left hand, an i struck him with the hatchet I had in my right hand. I told this young Gciman, ‘Rcii let s got him overboard as soon ,as we can 8o tve hauled him over ou to the 1 cabin.” MarHiall—“Was lie Quite eicnfl Tillman —*• No; ho vras not quite dead, hut he woul' 1 not have lived Dug. We dung him over' the ctarhoard quarter, " Then I told this German to go and call that man Jim, the south ern chap (quo of the pirates) here. He called him aft. .tayd I ‘Jim, come down• here in the C..101H. Do you know that I have taken charge cf th.a teasel to-night? lam going to put vou in irons. 1 VScii, 1 says he, 1 1 am willing.* He gave right up I kept him in irons till S o’clock the next morning, I then scut the German for him :m. 1 ashen him io join u.s and help take the vessel back. ‘But muid, (he least crook or the 3ea.it turn, and ovrrooaad you go with the rest. 1 eii, said he, I will uo the best I can,’ and he worked welhall the way back. He couldn’t do othorwia*. It was pi; or Gink; *• Tnoy didn’t have any chance to beg. It it as all do no in five minutes. In seven minutes and a half after I struck the first blow, the vessel was squared .v,vey before the wind, and nil sail set. We were fifty miles to the south of Charleston, act! one hundred to the east ward.” Marshal! ‘-I guess you have been in the habit of killing hogs?” I:l.man—”l never killed but one before, and that was a pig.” Tillman said tnat at first he had thought of securing ail the men, and bringing all of them to 2\cw York alive in irons; but he found this was impractioaole. Xo use his owu language— “ There were five of them, and only three of S!3. After this I said, ‘well, I will get all back I can, alive, and the rest I will kill.'” Tillman says he went away as a steward, but came back as a captain. I j O ce Macktnnon, a passenger, and others on beard recount the same story, in different sij. .o, but ail confirming Tilltnanas simple narra tive. The schooner now lies off the Battery, where she attracts great attention. ' itarper’o- Perry, Harry Coggshcli, direct from Harper's Ferry, has given us several items nf news of-impor \ which we print for the benefit of our ■3. Cion. Hanks has removed the main body cf his troops to a ravine about a mile south-east of Harper's Ferry, whdo Do able day’s batterry commands ■oboppard's Ford and Per kins’batterry common Is Leesburg. (ion, Hanks lias about eighteen thousand men in las command and is being reinforced daily, and expects in all this week, to have abont twenty-live thousand men in his column, He occupies Harper's Ferry now ’.vita three companies of the Massa chusetts Ninth, which arc ouanered in what »l>e!ter is afforded by what, remains of the gov ernment buildings. 1 lie town is completely desolated, the government work.shops having been destroyed, till labor stopped, while the uwecs'-Uics of life cannot be purchased at any price in the town. tanee reader hihooid the on any attempt to aptyroach or at tack Harper's Perry from Leesburg or .Shep pard’s Ford, the three companies quartered "in the work-shops would »f course retreat to the other side, ran! the reception of the enemy left to Pouii’oday’j and Perkins’ batteries. Our informant espressos the utmost sonfj.Jcr.ee in Pen. Bonus ability to repulse the enemy, should he appear in double the force of the fed eral troop;, and the more 0; Genera! Banks in 00-unvinr Ujo present, position if fpoken of in the highest terms by the odd cat army oikCCVo in that column, showing a sagacity equal to the most enpericnecd commanders in* the field. A Re.nut, for or a Patriotic Father.— lion. .Lanes L. Ciay was a member of (I;ogres t. He U the son of “ Harry of the Weal.” but lie lias inherited from the “old man’’' only the old homestead, which iic sold, in the shapc'of canes a= mementoes, and the name whose'lustre he has dimmed. The Hon. James 15. has lately gone to speculating in less honored articles, and for an r-I. 0. lias uovoloped into a smuggler.— With ten wagons loaded with bacon, Clay under took a trip to Tennessee via Cumberland' Gap. The wagons started and the owner followed im mediately. By show approaches the Gap was neared, and the fearful passage of this neutral State ali:o'vo...T-oi;!ydrOe 1 without any fata! acci dent to ilia bacon. Clay began to congratulate himself on his success, lie hud passed the more rapid Union counties and was ijcaringtho Gap when a small company of Union men. hav ing the fear of God in their hearts, the good of the nation in their minds,' and a desire for good bacon in their stomachs, marched out upon the rood and ordered the teamsters to disgorge. Tho wagons were delivered of their burdens uud the bacon slacked by the wayside. The wagon ers ami the Hot James 15. Clay were compelled to take the oatli of allegiance to tho Union and then, ea/;j bacon, with their courage cozed out of their angers’ cuds, they were allowed to re turn. I-.T’-An interesting incident of the surrender oi i.’ol. I’etiraui is thus ruined. When Pegram advuaeod to hand his sword to Major Lawrcnco HiiHaws, t.'ieli instnntiy recognized tho other, and hotli wore moved !o tears, and turned ; , Wft y enab’o to speak for several minnlvs. Tiicv had Co.iK,e-elo,- • e, Cius. V • ■ - r I A REBEL WAE-VESSEL SUNK! 1 TEIRTY-SIX PRISOXERS TAKES'. Tho United States gun-boat “Flag,” Com mander Sartori, (formerly called the “ Phineas Sprague,”! arrived off the Powder Magazine at Fort Miliiin this morning, from Savannah. She brought thirty-sis pirate prisoners, taken from a rebel vessel of war off Charleston, on the afternoon of tho first instant. The rebel craft was mink by a broadside from the United States frigate St. Lawrence. Five of her men were drowned, but the remaining thirty-six were saved, and are now prisoners. They were nut on hoard the “Flag,” where they have been heavily ironed and under a con stant guard. Wo ara informed that they arc a viilianous looking set of fellows. The vessel that was sunk was formerly the United States revcnuccuttcr, “Aiken;” she was seized by the Secessionists at Charleston, last November. The officers of tho “Aiken” evidently did not understand the character of the St. Lawrence. She came boldly out of Charleston harbor, and fired two shots at her. Tho St. Lawrence re turned the lire, and sunk her at the first dis charge, but rescued moat of those oh board, as we have already stated. The rebel vessel, wo are informed,, was called the “Petrel,” under her now commission. Tho Bt. Lawrence’s -shot are said to have cut her completely in two. St. Louis, Mo., August O.—A battle has oc curred to-day at dug spring.- nineteen miles south of .Springfield, Missouri, between the Federal forces under-General Lyon and the Rebel troops under Ren McCulloch. Eight of the Federal -troops were killed and thirty wounded. Tiie rebels lust Tony killed nud forty-four wounded. General Lyon took eighty stand of arms and fifteen horses and wagons. A body of U. ?. Cavalry, two hundred and seventy in number, made a charge ou the rebel infantry, said to have been four thousand rtrong, and cut their way through them, and re turned with a loss of only five men. Tho charge is described as most gallant as well as terrific. Several of the rebels were found with their bends cloven entirely through by the swords of our dragoons. The enemy retired during the night, and Gen era! Lyon took poscsston of the field. Another battle was momentarily expected, the enemy being in large force west of Spring field. ' The particulars of the fight will be transmit ted as soon as possible. ■ Mac. Gem. Brimr.'Aar.nsTEj).—Gen.M’Olci- lau’s reforms teem to hu working like » charm. Previous to his arrival, and especially since the battle of Dud Run. Washington city was iiiltd with officer:: and soldiers, who were absentwilh out leave from their ■encampments. A patrol was appointed, with power m arrest, and' place in the guarJ-uouse every, officer and private found without a permit. ' The city was divided into petrol districts, and -:v s-p.n.i uf from ten to twenty soluiers, under a iientenant, assigned to each district. They marched round upon the sidewalks, and fill the privates who were found without a permit were sent to the guard-house. Having disposed of the privates, and returned them all to their regiments, the patrol paid their attention to officers, Many were found without the necessary paper, and among them a number of cavalry- and mounted infantry officers, who were obliged to relinquish their chargers anil march to the guard-house. Among the arrests made on the Avenue, on Sunday evening, by the provost patrol, was lhatof Maj. Gen. Butler, v.dio had within a few hours arrived from For tress Monroe. The General had no permit to produce, and was held until he was satisfacto rily identified. He expressed himself in strong terms in favor of this system of military police. C©” The latß just passed by Congress, giving to the President power to close certain ports, presents a now question to European diplomat ists. This government docs not admit that it blockaded any of the ports of the South, or that it is now blockading any of those ports. It clo sed the ports in the absence of Congress because the laws of the United States coaid not bo ctm cutcd in lhem,_nnd Mr. Lincoln to-day takes the groucdtb.it, without;; solitary vessel at Charlcs ton. the English government 'would ilo guilty of a violation of the lav.* of nations if she attempt ed to carry on trade with that port. The .Sec retary of the Navy will use all his forces to me the lav; of Congress is respected, hut he .locs not consiaer it blockading those ports but an cialvigo, u.m the Government wiil consider .any foreign vessel a lawful prize, at a:sv place when ever and wherever found, if it has at anv time entered one of our dosed ports, after due notice thcreoi. Kii.i.kd no Lioirstnve;.—A terrible occur rence transpired one day last week, near Win cnesfer, Cnvvfcnl county, 0. A farmer narrmd Harney and his wife were out in a fioM, making nay, ween a thunder-shower coming on, they nett lo a tree for shelter. ■ Mr. Hainey stood near tac trur.it of the-tree, holding in one hand .. .or,. T7i..i the tines pointing upward. While in this position tne fork wos struck by lightning, and Mr. 11. instantly killed, and, sad to relate his wi.c, who was but a few feet distant,shared tno same .ate. _ The handle of. the fork was to pieces, but otherwise very little trace of the electric fluid rras left behind. . rJnc lC Fire Zouaves, who had been m tno battle of Ihill Uun, and vamosed verv soon was recognized near Washing- .Jacket, New A ork, a day or two ago.—- ■_‘Vihat the devil arc you doing hero ?’’ .asked tiie acquaintance when lie recognized him— “ Got leave of absence?” “No!” thundered tnc Zouave—“ 1, got the word to ‘fall back’ at Bull Han, and nobody has told mo to halt! so I have kept on retreatin’ ever since, and got away herel” Who nays that Fire Zouava U not under thorough discipline? A detachment from the New York Twen ty-eighth Regiment, stationed at .Sandy Hook, Jld., on Monday crossed the river and surprised a squadron of rebel cavalry at/a house oppo site the Point of Kooks. They killed three, wounded five, and captured seven. Thev also captured the _ horses and re-crossed the river Without suffering any loss whatever. It is re ported that a considerable body of rebel cavalry iiuvc occupied Murtmsburg. . Erigham Young lias thrown off hia alle giance to the United States Government, and declared the independence: of the Territory. The Mormons were arming in.every direction, to maintain their independence, at all hazards. The Fife Ffonaves are caged at Rich mond in a factory, with bars through which the pcopia stare fit them as a Curiosity. w « Invito special attention to tin- advertisement of I'rof. Weed's l;c:twliu Ordikl and Hind Jk'atoietor, in another column. For we.iltness ami g< ncial Uebilitv the to U nof,jia « like it; it Win .(rcuvthou, exhilarate, create ah upprlli-ateae... regulate the; o iliou= system, aid digestion amt in t. r-: ; Iw,. trie wraU-iwl organ, to ail their orig mat v.;-or and strength, ho •-•iht.iht.. a Toni.- -iwoiU . th, inn is in ea I,d J ~, •1 1m Phii.adei.phia, August 7, 1861 BATTLE IN MISSOURI. FEDERAL TROOPS VICTORIOUS. Reader, have you seen Prof. Wood’* advertisement in onr paper. Rend it; it*;;; interest you. SPECIAL NOTICES. To Consumptives. An 1 those elSittdd with DYSPEPSIA. NERVOUS DEBILITY, HEART DISEASE, FE\ER &. AGUE. oil CONSTIPATION The undersigned, now seventy-five years old, haa i\- yoara devoted his time to curing hia rarhhen.'rs and iLj poor in New Wrk of those dreadfulcomplainti?, which car.-? thousands an.! thousands to an untimely graTejhohae seldom f.tih-d to cure all who have applied to him for rc ii* f, and believing it to bo a ChristianV duty to relievo thor abroad, ad Will as athome, ho will send to those require it, a copy of Prescriptions used, (Free of Charge with diuctious for preparing and using tho same. Als-j rules on Piet, Lathing, Ventilation, and Exorcise for th« hoik, they will find those remedies a tmro turn, and all diseases of the Throat and -Lung*, Fevpr an* Ague, Constipation, Heart Disease, Dyspepsia, Debility, and Female Complaints, and he hopes cvtrv filleted will tend for a copy, as it will cost nothing, those suffering should apply before it is too late. Xhc*« Prescription aro used by the most eminent Physicians London, Paris, and New York. Those washing *;;• pious.-address UEV. PR. CHAMDERL\IN, Nov, 10,*C0.-ly. tYilliamsbureb, New York A Card, to the Ladies £r. puponccts golden* pills for female?. Inj'al'ibte in crrcrUuff, regulathig. and rcm'-iTrsg z'd oi j'roiii whatever couec, and always siwar.'/ul cs a preventative There in not a lady living but what at somo period t -f h*: lifo needs jiirt such a inodicim' an "Duponro’s Uol'Da i il!.-:.'* One of the first ladies of -Chester told the Ager,; thero that she had received. so milch benefit from the »f thorn, she would be willing to pay $5 a box, rather tin.-, bo without them, if she could get thorn‘no loss. Tho D. gradients composing these pills are made known to ow» Amnt, Th y w ill tell yeti they arc perfectly h.'irrui-si and y-.t will do all claimed for thi-:n. Full and exphE*. dircctiviH accompany each box. Price $.1.00 perl;c.t E-.-hl f y G. W. KESSLER. Druggist, solo Agent for Al toona. Pa. Ladir-B by sending him $l.OO to tho Altoona Post ofliv*•. can have tho pills sent to any part of tho country (octf)- ueutially) by mail, " fro-' of postage.’’ Sold also by JOHN READ, Huntingdon, and by oao X>ruggi=t in every villas* town and city iu the State. N. P.—Tho above Fills have been counterfeited, and aro oHVrcd to Ladies at prices ranging from 25 cents to 75 ct«. dear at that.) Look out for them. Tho genuine, hereaf ter. will bear tho signature ol’S. I). Howe, solo proprietor Price—? 1. Purcha-so of the above g» nib-mca. and you valit find the genuine artid-o and e-no you may rely upon. J tnuitry 31, leOl,—ly. Dr, Volpeau’s Cankerinc, PR. VELPEAU’S CANKERINE euros Putrid Sor-s Mouth Pit. VELPEAU’S CANKEIUN'E cures Soro Nipple. . DU. VELPEAU’S UANKEiiIMI cure.- Ulcerated cVr-,-? DU. VELPEAU S CANKEP.INK cur-.-s Cuts. DU. VELPEAU’a UANKEUINF. cures Burn*. DU. VELPEAU’.-: CAMLEIUNE casts Sore;. DR. VELPEAU’S VANKERIN T. curve Chupp-d l,i ra PR. VELPEAU’S C.VMKKKIM: cures Ulccrat- • Gum* Dll. VELPEAU'S C ANKERINH L- the best Putifi-r olbi* Rruidh of any'thin.: kcv.vn. : DU. ’> ELPEAU’S CAN KE FINE cuc-b I'ae.k -r :s th» Month. Thro.it. or othoma.'h, roiiiltiug from .vM.rlutitn or Typhus Ft- Ladies. if you delight in c white b-!h, ns* thrs.C AN KERIN E. an I y-ur di.Eivs will bo realized. Wo pi our word that it is c-ntirdy froo from acids and all polo ons Bubstunces, an I cm be giv-n to nn iuforil with porf-.et .‘•iu'ety. It will preserve the teeth and keep the gturn f:- j from uIoTS. It is equally cfhcadons f.-r nnrung foM mouths. In ail the thousands remedies that have b-- arut firth for tho cure of the various diseases above. n~nc cm e pual the Citnhorine. Sold bv. all druggists. Price iii cents per buttle. ” J. BUKRILL & CO., Proprietors. 03 Maiden Far.-, N. V For sale in Altoona, by (i. W. KESSLKK. Even those who ore ir; the enjoyment of p-. health froquoutly have noed to l;aw> r«'coun:o to t.-ciir* as preventive's of dUoa?o. We are never too v.-./il am-T-I against the assaults of “ the ills that fle.-h h heir to.”— ?noh an invlgoratcr they may find io JIOirTXTTLIVS PIT THUS—a medicino that cannot ho taken regularly withc-iit giving vitality and elasticity to tho sy.-iern. At this son, particularly, the strongest man is not proof again?: the malaria, in certain j-etiuns of tho ceutitry. hi i' cases of fever ami nguo, the Hitters is more potent iwn amount of quinine, v.-hllo the rnc?t dang-'rou' c-.;-.? bilLua fever yield t o .? ’.vond-rful proper: have tried the medicine v\ iil never ain'inor, hr any f the ailment.' which tlm Host-tier Hitter? prof. who have m;t made the exp-rian-m. w -i ordially re commend an early hrplic.fUimi i t ihe li.i: n. never they are stricken by di.sea.-e3 of the dig.'-:. v :-SnU by <h iirghts and dealei s <v-;\ whe •r^ius SO- adverli.o--racnt in ar.o-h VA- TVV •.ik' - ' gn a; jil.-asure in railing tho attest, -j ■ •r readers to the adver!i--cm»nt of prof. Wood's Ferfleo'. (.’orniai and Eiood H'm-va;or, in another colnt-n ■> our paper. It h seldom wo hike ar.y not*'”' of pal ioim.S. hut vr.->. cannot refrain fr«-m speaking of ihV.V.'ia and d l '* ju.-tice to the afflicted as iv.-ll as ouvs-Irc 1 -'. ’A' have watched the- progress, of this Cordial oin.’e its rtrrl <r-:dnct;.-p. ’Oldie, and wo nr. ohirg in us? f-r ck-ani: •r the r/.0-.n an. Moi-.j, that eon he camp xirh prof. W,v Any oia- puf-Vring f -m g.-rt'ral ility i-e'th’ \vi;l ir.s 1.-nc-ficial rfTecfs. We hav? l-mg vn qu.’iatanre with the proprietor, and know him tob°rhU>-: in th l ' seinicc of me-.Mcine; and anything compounded 1} him the puhdic can roly upon .as being j ust what it is :••• immmend--d. Wo would advj-e all sick hr wall to g-‘i '• hoitle. It i; pleasant tn tlio {.iJr.--, f«cd exhilarating to f'" cyst*'::!. But we refrain from further comm*' nt- 3 , a* an* one, after using one bottle, will bo satisfied ns to its c:Tr.::? To Consumptives Th-“ advertiser, having been rt-e’ored to health in a f:» v. ecus by a v.ry simple remedy, after having :<utT-'v.’ i oral years with a sev-'ro lung .auVction, and that droad dh eas-: consumption—is aasi'-ua to make known to his r sufferers tho. means of euro. T-j ail wuo desire it ho will .roa-i a copy of the prejrr.v tiou uk'.,i(f:vn of charge.) iritis the directions for preparing o.nd using the Kamo. which w[H £nd a sure euro f r Consvmptios, ASTfIMA, Bronchitis. ic. Th-' only ohjeclot lli" advertiser in s-ending tho Proi-oription is to benefit th'< adhered, aud spread information which bo conc-'ivo* t' b • invaluable, and bo hopes every sufferer nil! try bia dy, as it will cost them nothing, aoif may prove a blcrhc* Parties wishing the prescription will please address. I\t7. EEWAIU) A. WII.cON, Williiun«hnr?h. Kdngt County, Non Var. Oct. a. i j. A Card to tlio Suffering, Xii l ' ilev. \\ m. Cosgrove, while laboring as a tniieioairj in Japan, was cured cfConsomptioD, whcnciUothorcK— 3 sud failed, by a rccipo obtained from a iearned phyeH** redding ia tho great city ofJcddo. This rccipo has cur-d great numbers who warn suffering from Consuiui'■tian. Bronchitis, £oro Threat, Coughs and Cobb,and tbedebilh ■ ami nervous depression caused by these disorders. Desirous of benohtting others, I will send this r*Hp?. which I brought home with mo, to all who need it. fr« c! charge. Address bkv. wm. cosnnovr. •WO, Fulton Avenue. Brooklyn, N mi: Great CioTnisa Eupoeu’m er the UniI*’ 1 *’ Philadelphia possesses the most upkudiii Clothing top* rium ia tun country. It is splendid as regards the pa! v tial structure ia which the imracuso business of the ojtab lit-hment- is conducted, and it ia equally splendid in rc-P'- I'* 1 '* to. its great facilities and vast rosourcen. But toiUP' troua it? chief attractions arc. firrd. the elegance of th* for inatlonien a:v.l Youth;., mouufarturi' 1 ! tlit 1 r■■ : fccondly, tho VnMuty and .Inribilitj- of th.'- mtcri.il.’. !ho ruperior osr-.-ll?iic« of tho ut, and lastly th* ntido.'.. , i nriof: a; u’.,oh tho so-'ds ar-> ;:'M Wo. rofor, da :oi l i; '•riptioa, tt> noito oth.-v thin th* Soto Smu Clothi" Hall of KoohatU i V.., on ! 't,. .; : ■b',' .'iatii, VbHad-'nhH S. I>. HOWE. Solo Proprietor, New York ‘olumn, •nti-thi that hr. -.v.iti.-g ’? C Td; udea P Extern VT*T • WMtora way.. ■Jhroc Thro, cuuid rh«™ wMtw n • Kiat«ra w«y * ornc* Hoe* ; jor.*- ™ ON' AS Eipre»» Train fut Moil « Th« IIOMT nr«B Train W INDIANA 1 Arcoiaiuodatlo Fart Li» fl ninl Regular Present, . Hostettcr, D The bills i rent of Wat laid on the between tbo On motio were oppon neat with I An order plank furnis An order Gw inn. for An order f of Streets ap Tho follow granted, viz: Daniel Coyle $24; toCha John M’Cull Tha Supei street below On motion requested to on Annie at sneb pine sary. Adjourned August, ISO from .Minute: Kail Roa ing last, tbi composed of with a scriot ately below 3 by which one injured, and pletely vircc bound freigb become disa track, above in order 1 1 1. hindrance, t the main tra caps on the engineer to : close to th. time to cbcc quence woo track when engine and ; came in co when the t tiding and d feet. The f: The person sf the platfo off, struck I under the < probability, Petty Ro last week th ncr, in this absence of t of boots stol the window which bnppc On Frida- H. Bell was watch were i Tobias’ nsal lever, 13 jei door and doi wbero Mr. P could find * book was in tbero was nt valuable not ding interest Good Me- by tho sorro at Manassas when thewo. and men win with gay stni fullooks; b and when oi to one-tenth gas to assn things west welcome. to good tidl *UI be gli B tUl keeps * Feints, Pet thing that i ot which hi hi* store, a Huntingdoi ’’ill take a ture labors Ey> ability, tnssfoiad benighted I &. 5 preached b Uuntingdo Uating for called as C R-cserfcd c
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