Cjjt Critane. ALTOONA, PA. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26,1861 tjr>ffbire parties aco unknown to qs, oar role lor ad* tartwog is to require payment la ad ranee, or a guarantee front known persons.. It is therefore useless for all sach to ossa us advertisements offering to pay at the end of three orsix months. Where advertisements arc accompanied with the mo ney, whether one, five or ten dollars, we will giro the advertiser the full benefit of cash rates. 8. M. PCTTINCiKLL & CO., Advertising Agents, 119 Nassau street, Nef York, and street* Boston* are the Agents for the AUoonn and the most influential and largest circulating Hewspapsrs ln the United States and the Canadas. They are authorised to contract for ue at our lowest rattt . v From Kentucky. The scenes of civil war that arc now being enacted in Virginia and Missouri, are about to be repeated upon the soil of Kentucky. Her desire to remain neutral has only for a time averted the calamity. knowing persons easily foreseen that she could not successfully maintain that position, and her loyal people have at last waked np to the fact that they were only thereby playing into the bands of their enemies, and feel now that it will require the greater effort free themselves from the grasp of the ''Southern monarchists. The Legislature of the State now stands firmly by the Union and has demanded of the General Government that assistance which it is in duty bound to render, by sending a force of men which, in conjunc tion with the loyal inhabitants, will be sufficient to expel the lawless minions of -Jeff. Dayis from the State. Brig. Gen. Anderson, who has been appointed to the command of the military forces of the State, has issued the following yroclama tion to the people thereof: Kbstucktasb: —Culled by the Legislature of this my native State, I hereby assume com mand of this Department. 1 come to enforce nut to make lavs, and, God willing, to'protect your property and lives. The enemies of the country base dared, to invade our soil. Ken tucky is in danger. She has vainly striven to, ksep peace with her neighbors. Our State is now invaded by those who professed to be her. friends, bat who now seek to conquer her. No true son of Kentucky can longer hesitate as to his duty to bis State and country. The inva ders most, and, God willing, will be expelled.— The leader of the hostile forces Mho now ap proaches is, I regret to say, a Kentuckian, ma king war on Kentucky and Kentuckians. Let all past differences of opinion be overlooked. — Every one who now rallies to the support of our Union and our State is a friend. Rally, then, ray countrymen, around (be flag oar fathers loved, and which has sbeilded us so long 1 call you to arms for self defence, and for the protection of all that is dear to freemen. Let us trust in God, and do our duty as did our fathers. (Signed) ROBERT ANDERSON. Brig Gen. U. S. A. Gov. Magoffin has also issued a procla mation ordering Gen. Thos. L.Crittenden to execute tho purposes contemplated by tho recent resolution of the Legislature in reference to the expulsion of the in vaders. (Jen. G. has ordered the military to muster forthwith into service. Gen. Buckner, the commander of the rebel forties in that State, has likewise is sued a proclamation to the people, where in he promises that if the Federal forces are withdrawn the Confederate forces will also leave the State, and also pledging the use of his army to maintain the neutral position of tho State. But the loyal peo ple well know the treachery of the leaders of the rebellion and arc hot disposed lon ger to play into the hands of Jeff. Davis & Go., by hugging the delusive phantom of hope, in- tho shape of neutrality, while these wily Southern serpents arc increas ing the length and strength of their coils by singing Syrian songs of peace. There is noneutrality in this was. Men are either patriots or traitors. There is no : peace save that which shall be attained by the complete triumph of the Federal arms. The fight must come in Kentucky and the sooner the better. Wc confidently believe that the loyal men of that State, with the aid of the troops that , are now pouring into it from Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, will make short work of Secession. The conflict may be bloody, bat right and liberty, truth and justice will prevail. WSTL- Among the moat interesting features in _ theoomposUiou of our army is the number of ' fbrelgn officers who hare proffered their seif l oes as Tolnnteers, and bare been accepted by the President Ihe following list,. wo believe comprises the whole of them : Prince Balm-Balm, Prussia. Colonel; Llebenhoff,... ....-Prussia. ■ Lieutenant Oscar Brendeuer,-... Prussia. . Lord Adolphus Vane Tempest England Lieutenant Colonel Fititoy de Courcy. England Count'de Paris, ..France. Duke do Chartres, .....'.France. Captain Vegesaok,..... .Sweden. Sweden. ; Major W. A- Kirk, Canada- Colonel R. A Rankin, ....Canada. Biohmond papers are filled with so wouni* of highway robberies, stabbing! in the • DtmtiaaAhurglariea. Ih* Richmond “ Whig” six more federtd prison- ——-—r 1 — The War in Missouri. The war for the Union now wages the hottest in Missouri. Every day brings us accounts of desperate rencontres between the Federal fortes and the rebels. For a week past we have been "kept in suspense as to the issue of a contest for the town of Lexington, oh~ the Missouri river. The town contains aboict 5,000 inhabitants and was-occupied by Col. Mulligan in com mand of Irish brigade of 900,600 cavalry, 500 mounted Home 'guards and 500 in fantry home guards—in all 2,500 men. Ho had thrown up entrenchments all around the town and felt sure that he could hold the place against ten times his number. On Saturday Or Monday week, Gen. Price, with ,a rebel army of about 25.000 men, appeared before the place and demanded Mulligan to surrender. Mulli gan replied by telling him to go to a rather warm climate. Price then stormed the works, but was repulsed with heavy loss. Again and again he assayed to take the fortifications, but was always driven back. Reinforcements were dispatched to Mulligan, but from lafte accounts it is evident they did not reach him. For five days, Mulligan held out against Price’s army. On Friday evening last, however, he was compelled to surrender. His men were utterly exhausted and had fought for more than a day without water. Mulli gan’s defence of Lexington is one of the most heroic on record, and it is with sor row that we announce his surrender The report says that Mulligan lost 37 in killed and 140 and the rebels about 1.000 killed and wounded. Gen. McCulloch is now marching on Jefferson city, the capitol of the Staftc, Jrith a large and well equipped army.— Every preparation has been made to meet him, and if he carries out his design, a warm time may bejexpectcd. Gen. Fremont has now a well equipped army of over 30,(100 men at St. Louis, and it is constantly being increased. With this army it is believed that he can make short work of the rebellion in Missouri. All the members of his staff have been or dered to report themselves ready for im mediate service. THE SURRENDER OF CQL. MULLIGAN Hudson, Mo., Sept. 23.—The following ac count of the siege of Lexington isTurnished to the St, Louis “Republican'’ by Henry Brad burn, onc jof Gol. Mulligan's Soldiers, who left Lexington on Saturday morning. The fort was surrendered on Friday afternoon. The men fought for fifty-nine boors without water, and bad only three barrels of vinegar to quench their thirst during all that time. There were no springs or Wells n Camp Cnrtiu. Capt. K. will make an efficient and popular officer. The Rebel Scheme At Harper's Febrt.— The Washington “ Republican" gives tbe fol lowing account of tbe deception need by tbe Virginia Rebel leaders to poseesi themselves of tbe armory buildings at Harper** Ferry. The statement is furnished by ohe wboee veraehy is vouched for, and who has beena sufferer by tbe theiveing depredations committed by tbe Vir ginia outlaws. It appear* that the passage of the secession ordinance by~ tbe traitor conven tion of Virginia wae at first a secret, and before its promulgation' at Richmond, the delegates from the Harper’s Ferry region had returned to their homes. The instant of their arrival there they summoned together the militia officers of their neighborhood, -told them that another “John Brown raid” had been made at Harper’s Ferry, and that they had been sent by Qov. Letcher, in obedience to a requisition made by President Lincoln, to call out the militia to repel the invasion. This appeal was promptly responded to, and Harper's Ferry was taken possession of by a body of men who believed they were acting under authority of the United States Government, and who never understood their true position, until, after a few days, they fotind strangers, secession leaders from the South, superceding their officers, ami strange soldiers from distant parts looking with suspi cion upon themselves. Or. Fiinsten, of White Post, Clarke county, at present distinguished as a proscriptive and cruel officer, of the rebels in that region, was peculiarly a lroit and ener getic in consummating this great act of villainy, which, like utmost every act as yet performed by the rebel horde, is characterized by mean ness, falsehood and fraud towards tho loyal and peace-loving portion of their own citizens. Lances foe tub United States Cavaebv. —lt appears that the lance is: to be once more used as a weapon in the American army. A prominent manufacturer of Cincinnati baa been ordered to make a sample weapon, and bid for the manufacture of a large number. There has always been a kind of romance attached to this weapon, and its adoption will Serve to render Abe cavalry service additionally popular- Tile lance is composed of a sharp Steel blade, from eight to ten inches long, shaped much like the common bayonet, which is attached to a handle, of light strong wood, from nine to twelve feet long. The whole weapon weighs frotn four to fivo pounds. It is bung to the arm of the rider by a swiveled strap, so that when mot grasped it swings to an upright positioh, l the lower end fitting into a leather boot. Lancers arc more formidable than any . other cavalry, because of tbeir longer reach. This arm has not been used much in' the United States service, because of its utter uselessness in Indian fighting, and on the Plains, where a hickory club is as formida ble a weapon. But for charging on infantry, who resist with the bayonet, nothing can equal it. In close quarters the lancer depends upon bis sabre. Rejecting their Gold. —An amusing scene occurred in the camp of a Pennsylvania regi ment last week. Our troops were engaged in a brisk skirmish with the rebels at LewiusviUc, just above'the Chain Bridge, pearly opposite, on the Washington side of the river, Gen. Mc- Call's division was in camp, and the paymaster was counting out tbo gold due the troops for their services. Word was received of what was going on over tbo river. The men spring to tbeir arms anticipating an order to march. The regiment among whom the money was being dis tributed turned tbeir bucks upon the paymaster and his treasure, as if it were a matter of no account One man was signing a receipt for his yellow heap then lying on. the table; he dropped his pen and rushed for the camp, leav ing pen, paper and gold to take cure of them selves. Another hastily shouted, “hold on to mine ’till to-morrow," and darted from tliotent. The paymaster was left alone with the gold, With, time to contemplate the curious incidents of war. Db&ftixo in Mew Yobk.— Letters from the highest military authorities at the Elmira ren dezvous, state that recruiting goes Ob so slowly that the Governor of Mew York will be com pelled to resort to drafting. A a order to that effect will soon be published. Of the necessity for this step there can be but little question, when it is added that of 25,000 men recently called for by the Governor, six weeks since, only some 7,000 bave responded. SQL. Reader, have you seen Prof. Wood’s advertisement in our paper. Bead it; it will interest yon. SPECIAL NOTICES. To Consumptives. And those! afflicted with DYSPEPSIA, NERVOUS DEBILITY, - HEART DISEASE. FEVER & AGUE. OR CONSTIPATION. Tbo undersigned, now seventy-fivoyear* old. baa for year* devoted his time to ctiring his Parishoners and the poor in New York of these dreadfulcomplainta, which carry thousands and thousands to an untimely grave; he has seldom failed to cure all who have applied to him for rc* lief, and believing it to be a*;Christian's duty to relieve thoe abroad, as well as athome, he will send to those, who require It, a copy of Prescriptions used, (Free of Charge), with directions for preparing and using the: same. Also rules on Diet, Bathing. Ventilation, and Exercise for the Scik. they will find those remedies a sure cure for Centum* tion, and all diseases of tHo Throat: and Bungs, Fever and Ague, Constipation. Heart Disease, Dyspepsia, Nervous Debility, and Female Complaints, ind bo hopes every one filleted will send for a copy, as it will cost nothing, and those suffering should apply before it is too late. These Prescription are used by the most eminent Physicians in London, Paris, ted New York. Those wishing them will please address RBV. DU. ’ CHAMBERLAIN. - Nov. 15,’60.-ly. WHUsmsburgh, Now York. Military Uifiro*M3.—There is, perhaps, no department of military business in which thorp has been a more marked improvement than in the clothing of soldiers.— Not many yean since, officers and private* were clad in garments which were almost skin-tight. They wore leather stocks, which were worthy of tbs name, for they kept thp wearer In tribulation; while their; padded breasts and tight sleeves made volition a matter of great difficulty. During the present war,, such of our volunteers as pro* curs their uniforms at the Brown Stone Clothing Hall of Bockbili A Wilson, Nos. 693 and 605 Chestnut street above Sixth. Philadelphia, obtain clothing that is perfectly easy, substantial and becoming. The firm named brve gone largely into the business of making Military Clothing, ted their facilities enable them to-fill the largest orders in the shortest possible time. *5- A* onr reader, know, it i* not often we notice . patent medicine of any kind, bat there is something so good in the keetoratire Cordial of Prof. Wood. and it is so pleasant withal, that we step' aside! from °nr usual prac tice to recommend this scientific tonic Cordial to our read ers It will no doubt do all that is claimed for it. The name and world-wide reputation of the inventor is a snO cicnt goaantee for that, bat we have tried it, and know It will exhilarate and strengthen by toning up the weakened organs, and enabling them to perform all their ftmcttoiie. Beader try it, and we fear not yoat verdict. See adver. tlsoment. W - We invite special attention to; the advertisement o Prof. Wood’s Satoraiice Cardial and Stood Rnumtlor, in another column. Par veeknees and general debility there Is nothing like it; it will strengthen; exhilarate, create an appetite at once, regulate the biilonaayitem, aid dlgection and in short, restore the weakened organa to all their orig inal vigor and strength. So valuable a Tonic Cordial should be in the bands of every inrsJM and in every fam. ily. Reader, tvv it. , ' i Dr. Velpeau’s Cankerine. DR. TKLPEAITB CASKERISEcuns Putrid tee Mouth. DR. VELPXAIPfI CANKRRIHE emeu Son Hippies. DR. TELPXAITS CASKEXXRX earns Dlsmmlsd fens. DE.TXLPXAIT»CAHKBUNXcwtaOt the advertiser iu tending tho Prescript lon ia to benefit tbo afllictud, and spread informatiob whlch he' conceives to b„ invaluable, aud he"hopes ovary snflerer will trybiireme; dy, as it will cost them nothing, and may prove a blessing. Partka wishing tnc prescription will please address. Hit. £I>WAED A. WILSON, WHllamabargb. Elngi County, New t vrk Oct. 1, '6o.—ij. A Card to the Suffering. Tins Rev. Wm. CoagroTo, while laboring aa a miaaicaary iu Japan, waa enrol of Couanraption,' when all othar mtani bad failed, by a recipe obtained final a learned phyaician raiding Id the great city of Jeddo.' Tbia recipe baa cured great number! who were an Soring from Conanmptlon, BrontliitU, Sore Throat, CoUgha andColda, and the debility and norrous depresaion canted by there diaordera. Dosironaof KuofitUng others, I will aend tbia recipe, which ! brought borne with me, to all who need it, free of charge. Addreee KEV. WM. COSGROVE. . 459, Fulton Arcnnc. Brooklyn,N. Y. WHEELER ft WILSON’S | SEWING : * I MACHINES. I ** 9* jg R. A. O. KERR, * *S ALTOONA, PA., f Agent for Blair County. g. SiNOSIIM *9 83133 HM These machines are admit to bo tho bwt ever offerod to the public, and lb«lr superiority is satisfactorily established by the feet that la the last eight years, Over 14,000 More of lUceo Machines have been sold than of any other man ufactured, and more medals bare been awarded the pro prietors by different Fairs and Institntes than to any oth ers. The Machines ore warranted to do all that is claimed for them. They are now in two In several femiHes in Al toona, and In every case they give entire satisfeetkm. The Agent refers those desiring Information as the su periority of tho Machines, to Col. lohn L. Piper, Bev. A. B. Clark, George Hawkcaworth, BcnJ. P. Rose, and B. II Turner, Esqrs. The machines can be seen and examined at the store of the Agent, at Altoona. Price of Noi 1 Machine, silver plated, glass foot aod b«» stylollemmer—No.2,ornanwntol cron**,gtsssfoot and new style Hammer—sss. No. 8, plain, with old ityl* llemmcr—s46. - [March 23,1861*tf. *55,00 Pays the entire cost .fbr Tuition in the most popularsnj successful Commercial School in tho Country, upward of twidre hundred young men tram 1 twenty-eight drawee' States, have been educated for bosloeas here srithln the past three years, tome of whom have been employed at Book Keepers at salaries of *3000,00 per Annum, immediately upon graduating, who knew nothing of ac counts when they entered the College, eoni half price. Students enter at any time, and review when they please, without extra charge. ' Tor Catalogue of *4 page*, Specimens of Prut Cowley’s Bosineot and Ornamental Penmanship, and a large engra ving of the College, Incloee -twenty-five cents la Pottage Stamps to toe Principals, . JKNEIS3 * SMITH, Pittsburgh, Fa. Altoona, Jan. ; THE ROOT & HERB DOCTOR, FROM PHICaOCLFHIA, "WHO HAS HAD $0 TSARS CON ff STAJfT practice, cam beoonrolted etthe Altoon* House, Hr. John Wood'*, viz.;-. On tkt Tthof Jhw. Btt ««7<* ofAmuit— he wUI then racmM for 8 month*. Notice will be given In thfe neper when h* eommeeioe* hi* Winter's Termsjnin. , He treat* *ll dieeexn tbel UeStahelr to. He invite**n female*whomay be raftrtawjlwtth diMeme petnßert® their »ei, to cell end examine!* new mod* of treatment, »• thonaend* hew been to heeitb who here b*« ebendonod by other*. Be b in poeaeeeioQ of p«*ct in atnrmento fbr *onadioc the la&» end dieet end I* there fore able to determine the exedTooodltioo of the vital « gen*—coneeqnently een treetiQch compliant* with greets end oertefat? then It I* pomihle ferbOM who com* •* the dirnwe end ezpenmeetTfcr It* oar*. He believe* thet ferermy meiedy,there le (bond in onr eofl * ** r * Pattent* can receive treetmentfbr $i per month, excep* In case* ofCmoerr end TnmoA, '■ they very from ** »MO. Cxeaftetino free. 1; PR. W. LKTINSSIOIt . N.BeettendMJl*. [Meyßi’H. ipi altowma <■ ■ ■ ■ MS 4. Moltthy*****"-!'" as^Sfe «rni sstt wiy *•* JSS, War 1 — f»rics BocM -—^ ; » Oo Sa»d*T* SAILS «M sn» Atraa *•* vf& • “» u :; wS‘. • a branch . nm i«iiil»tlon TfaUw M»u tral LOC/ , TO O kind patrons, have addressed y and we feel sure will beat 1 us oat have dunned les than any other j In fact we have our paper, for m reason is, b'ecaus •« dunned,’’ consc dunn others. I for s particular runs who are in t yertising and jol will have enough poae, and that p to onr aubacriberi ourselves. Now our patrons to i his indebtedness will psy up and i about bis mite, shall not succeed due ns. If our promptly, Wc sba the first of Oct shall extend an that will asluni&l nest, friends, am should, we will, •how you sometl this section, of I arc all mads out, lay. fconrucxi.sa He surprised on read! graph, of last week by Major Williams, cron. In which Cap and hi* company o as deserters from given was thatCa bis company to U. sworn into the sert burg they took the and joined CoL (I meat, which la atti brigade,’ end Gen. with inducing Capi tbia course. In tt ’ ning last, we find a in which it is Stott pany bad been reft eta or straw, by U cron, and that the sworn in, positive!; Cameron, declaring they ware not alio, Jam CoL Hambrigh under marebing ok whether Major Wi! men before they i whether he has an; deserters. What i culty we do not ki men will do their ( : question is wbethc ; to choose for them into the service. To the Mothers , Friends of th na and Vieir The Quarter-Ma having given noth ficieat supply of diers daring the c cannot be had at t the country, those brothers or frienc home-life for tho camp and field, 1 again manifesting the great cause tl supply each meml ny with two pairs They should be o sixes, tea and twe heels and toes, at ponied with a bai Let Um friends their naponw to provided for la ot Btoolda gamy Dr. Findley, or a and Alexander 1 ! forwarded direct I Through vm ia *aq., had boaonx >iahmm> t< adyi MlUtof i* f «■»«»*«*, -r.