Cribune. ALTOONA, PA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31,1861. * Jftr W l**® pMtIM are unknown to u», our role lor >4- JMIMOC i* to require payment la advance, or a guarantee 'peraonß. It in therefore uaeleaa for all aucb “•f offering to pay at the end oft;. re „ Where advertiaemeuta ore accompanied with Ute money, whether one, five or ten doiium, Jo win *»»# the adrortlaerldte full benefit of ouahratea 8. M. PETTisgiu & CO., Aivattlaing Agents, 119 Naaaau street, New York, aud ID State street, Boston, are the Agents for the Altoona Tribunt r *n& the most influential and largest circulating Vewapapera Jn the United States aud tlio Cauadas. They •reauthorized to contract for ns at our lowest rates. A Day of Thanksgiving and Praise. stn.nX3lfcanta, %s, ■ it 1 name a*a tho lioundeo duty of every ptojfle to reLder thanks ror Ills mercies; Therefore I, ANDREW O.CUUTf N,Gov erobf of tho Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, do rocom* mohd to tho people of this Commonwealth that they set •part . ®i>ur*traj, tit 28ti baj of Nobtmbtr ntxt, •• a day of solemn Thanksgiving to God, for having pre pvad oar corn and watered our furrows,'and bleaaod the labors of tho husbandman, and crowned the year with ilia goodness. In the increase of tho ground and the gathering mof tho fruits thereof, so that our barns arc filled with plsnty: And: for having looked favorably on this Common-, wealth and atreogtheuod the bars of her gates and blessed tho within her, and made men to be of one mind, a&d preserved peace In her borders; Beseeching Him aiso on behalf of these United States, that our beloved country B»y have deliverance from these great and apparent dan gers wherewith she is compassed, and that He will merci fully »UU the outrage of perverse, violent, unruly and re oelftods people, mid moke them clean hearts; abd renew a »Tight spirit within them*, and'give them grace that they sdhy see the error o r their ways and bring forth fruits maet for re, wntauce, and hereafter, in all godliness and honesty, obediently walk in Ills holy commandments, and In sabmission to thejust and manifest authority of tho re public, so that .we, leading a quiet and peaceable lif*, may continually offer unto Him our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving. . , tkw Orvix under my band and the great seal of m 1 the State at Harrisburg, this sixteenth iffnnii f day of October, in the year of our Lord, 7~;-- one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, a&d Of tho Commonwealth the eighty-sixth. j Bt thx Govcexor : ELI BLIFER, Secretary of Vie Commonwealth. The Naval Expedition Sailed. The despatches from Fortress Monroe state that the great natal expedition, which has been .making preparations for some time back, sailed from Hampton Roads on Tuesday morning at daylight. The flag-ship Wabash took the lead andfired a signal gun, when the entire fleet, con sisting of over fifty vessels, were put in motion, and formed in line a few miles down the Roads. The fleet is said to have started out in bcantiful style, the steamer Cahawba bringing up the rear. Now that this fleet'has gone forth on its important and mysterious mission, considerable spec ulation will no donbt be indulged in as to its destination. It is said that Gen. Sher man, who has command of the expedition, will not confine his attention to one port or one State, but swill strike at several points, and with rapidity that the rebels will be ht a !loss to know for the benefit of what rebel Governor to deplete the Manassas army. One reason that the, secret of the destination of the expedition is so well kept is, that much is left to the discretion of the commander, who is at liberty to be governed by circumstances in his operations. 35he objects expected to be attained, sKould' this raid upon the Southern coast be successful, are fourfold, and may be stated thus First- To carry the war into the cotton States, which are chiefly re sponsible for the rebellion, and, by doing so, to produce the disorganization and dis persion of the immense rebel army now collected in Virginia. Second. To secure Winter quarters for our troops, and harbors of refuge for our naval and mercantile ma rine. Third: To open one or more South ern ports to commerce, and thus satisfy all demands and obviate all difficulties I about the supply of cottoh aud the effi ciency of the blockade. Fourth. To form a nucleus in those rebel States near which the Jongsuppressed loyalty and good sense of the people may find safe and appropri ate expression, and to encourage and stim ulate this reactionary feeling, of which we have seen such, a remarkable and encour aging manifestation in North Carolina. A' Thousand Union Men Hung— The Mt- Sterling, Kentucky, Whig, of last week gives an account of made in that place on Monday of last week Cjpnatj,Court week: The Whig says: •— -Geaeraral Dick Williams, late of Texas, Sebisfellow-conntry men a true and narrative of the effects of secession as Witnessed by him in a travel of some sev enteen hundred miles, over land. Ho teld-of some of the most harrowing scenes of otttmges anddemon-like atrocities com mitted by tUo fiend Secessionism, as wit nested by himself- and family; neighbors of bis, for no other crime than that they were loyal to the government of their fa thers t he averred, as a fact, from his own knowledge, that the number thus hung OOnhJ not have been less than a thousand in the States of Texas. Arkansas, and Ten noaaee! ' ■ ' Realizing thkie Condition. —The Richmond Enquirer acknowledges that the rebels can not defend their seacost and that it is useless to attempt it. It says::— “ Our true policy of defence lies inavigorous push for the banka of the Ohio. We can afford to suffer raids on the; Southern : seaboard if we can succeed in reaching with a large force, the enemy s own thresholds and homesteads in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Then if he lands and rava ges onr coasts, we will invade, pillage and burn his villages in letaliation. Until we shall have reconquered the Southern Territory that has been surrendered to him, and planted ourselves right upon the border of hia own country, we shall not be safe from his raids upon our South ern coasts. It wouldrequire an army of a million of mm to Unt mtr coasts in inch a manner as to protect them from their naval excursions Ori the contrary, 60,000 or 76,000 men penetrating the banks of the Ohio at a few different points will effectually secure our coast from aggression, by giving him alarm and employment at home, and by patting it in oat power to retaliate upon him with a vengeance." That is the programme’ we should like to see carried out. Let them abandon their sea coast and approach the borders of Pennsylvania and Ohio, and they will meet with a handsome reception. Their attacks upon Pennsylvania and Ohio’s towns and villages will not create more alarm and employment at home for the Federal army, than attacks upon their sea coast will create in the Confederate army. Distances in Missouri.—Below we give a table of distances between the sev eral points of interest in Missouri, prepa red by the St. Louis Republican. The variations from positive correctness are thought to be few ; St. Louis to Jefferson, ,125 do to Sedalia,. 189 do to Lexington 239 do to Cape Qiradean 160 do to Cairo and Bird’s P0int....... 200 do to Pilot Knob.... 87 dp to R011a....V. .113 do to Springfield .233 Lexington to Worrensburg 32 Sedalia to Wa'rr&nsburg ..’ 85 do ! to Clinton... 88 do to Warsaw....... 36 do to Independence 98 do to Kansas City 100 Clinton to Osceola 28 do to Fapipsville 28 Osceola to Fort Scott 50 do to Bolivar 35 Bolivar to Springfield ; 30 Springfield toCartbago 55 do to Neosho 70 do to Fayettsville, Arkansas .108 do : to Rolls .122^ do to Lebanon...... ...: 50 Columbus, Ky., to Cairo..,i 20 do to Charleston 20 Cape Oimdeau to Pilot Knob ... 60 Pilot Knob to Pocahontas, Arkansas. .108 Hard Times for tue Newspapers.— The New York correspondent of the Phil adelphia Inquirer, writing under date of the Ist, has the following newspaper gos sip : The Tribune, like many : others ofjt Q cotemporaries, has been compelled to sue cumb to the “pressure of the times,” and accordingly it makes its appearance to-day in materially curtailed dimensions. One of its rivals, the World, I see, chronicles the fact with a chuckle—albeit, if it he true that the Tribune is in a bad way the World may well fear that it will come to an end. I suppose there can'he no doubt of the prevailing impression among Jour nalists that no paper in New* York will more than clear expenses this year, and not a few of them; I happen to know, will be well content if they do that. The religious papers are not exempt from the losses incurred by'the war. One of them reputed the most prosperous and independent, would probably be in a bad way but for the crumbs that are thrown it from Washington, “for sweet charity’s sake.” It may be added here that the Sun was sold at auction to-day for the sum of 835,000, to satisfy a mortgage. A few months ago the establishment changed hands for $lOO,OOO. \ An Important Movement Frustrated. It is said, on good authority, that Gen. McClellan had resolved upon a movement upon Leesburg, in which he has been most unfortunately defeated by the injudicious advance of Gen. Stone. Gen. McClellan’s plan was this: He ordered Gen. McCall to reconnoitre from Drainville towards Leesburg, Gen. Stone from Edwards’ Fer ry towards the same point; aiid if the re ports brought back proved favorable, Gen. McCall was to move upon the Virginia side, while Gen. Stone advanced from the river. McCall performed his duty, and returned to quarters; Stone, in making his: reconnoisance, saw thirty rebels, an insignificant number, which he proposed to capture, and gave .orders to that effect; but in the movement to do so, he discov ered that the number had been slightly increased. To meet this increase, he strenghtened his reconnoitering party —- still, with no intention of inviting or even expecting a general engagement. But the pursuit of these led to the discovery 'of more rebel troops. At this juncture, he found himself involved in the prospect of an engagement, and strengthened him self accordingly. In this way, as lam informed within the circle of the depart ments here, he was brought into that en gagement, which has resulted in the defeat of his men, and in the breaking up of a Well-laid plan for a decisive and a glorious victory to our arms. The result has been terribly aggravating to the commander of the army of the Potomac. Ho however, makes the best of it, and is now Arranging his cards for a; move in another direction, as confident of a triumphant success as he is that he is in command of the army. Brigadier General Burns, late Com missary at Cincinnati, has been ordered to command General Baker’s brigade. By Telegraph from Salt lake. The Pacific Telegraph Line hasbeen comple ted as far as Great Salt lake City, and on Fri day last the first' messages through from that far-off elation were received in the States. As a matter of record, aside from the interest which attaches to it, we print below the correspondence which occurred on the: opening of the line. The first message dispatched over the extended wire was a brief announcement of the comple tion of the line to Salt Lake, as follows: Foet Biumoee, Utah, Oct. 18 —The Pacific Telegraph Line was completed to Salt Luke at one o’clock to-day. The line between Salt Lake City and Son Francisco will be finished in a few days. Following this came a message from the Act ing Governor of Utah to President Lincoln, which was immediately responded to by the President. Here are the messages: Geeat Salt Lake City. Oct. 18, 1801. To the Resident of the United States .-—Utah, whose citizens strenuously resist all imputations of disloyalty, congratulates the President upon the completion of an enterprise which spans the continent, unties two oceans, and connects re mote extremities of the body politic with the great government's heart. May the whole sys tem thrill with quickened pulsations of that heart, the parricidal hand of treason be punish ed, and the entirp sisterhood of States join hands in glad reunion around the national fireside. Feank Feller, Acting Governor of Utah. The President replied: Sir;— I The completion of the telegraph to Salt Lake City is auspicious of the stability ami Un ion of the Republic. The government recipro cates yoqr congratulations. The following dispatch from Brigham Young was also received at Cleveland on Friday even- Geat,S.u,t Lake City, t rr , Friday, Got 18, 1861. j x/on. J. H. Wade, Preeident Pacific Telegraph —Sir: Permit me to congratulate you on the completion of tbeOverlnnd Telegraph Line west to this city; to commend the energy displayed by yourself and associates in the rapid and suc cessful prosecution of a work so beneficial, and to express the wish that its use may ever tend to promote the true interests of the dwellers on both the Atlantic and Pacific slopes of our con tinent. Utah has not seceded, but is firm for the Con stitution and laws of our once happy country, and is warmly interested in successful enter prises as the one so far completed. The Philadelphia Bulletin, in remarking upon tie first message above quoted, says : “ These few words were spoken over wires at least sev enteen hundred miles in length, for the distance between Philadelphia and Fort Bridger is not less than that. The line coming from San -Francisco, to meet the line from the eastward, will be not less than a thousand miles long.— Thus we shall have, in a little while, a telegraph lino across our continent, nearly three thousand miles long—probably the longest line in one di rection in the world. We presume that the great Scbetqe for connecting America with Eu rope by carrying wires across Bhering’s Straits, is still in progress, and the completion of the telegraph to the Pacific furnishes a most impor tant section of the work, and one that will at once become incalculably valuable to the peo ple and the Government of the United States.” Brilliant Exploit of Fremont’s Body Guard. St. Louis, Sunday, Get. 27. The following despatch was received here this evening : Headquarters, in the Field, 1 Near Uarmonsville' Mo., Oct 20. J Caj>l. McKeever , Asst-Adjt s -Gen : Yesterday afternoon, Major Seagoni, at the head of my guard, made a most brilfant charge upon a body of the enemy, drawn up in'lino of battle, at their camp at Springfield, 2,000 or 2,200 strong; He completely routed them, cleared them from the town, hoisted the Na tional flag on the Court-house, and retired up on a reinforcement which he has already joined. Our loss i.- not great. This su.c. isful charge against such a very large odds is r, noble example to the army. Odr advance will occupy Springfield to-night. (Signed) J. C. FREMONI'! Major General Commanding. General Frcmonts body-guard numbers 300. [Ever since the battle of Wilson’s Creek.it will be recollected, Springfield has been in pos session of the rebels, and they have thus bden able more readily to keep communication open between Arkansas and Missouri, where, until recently Price has been operating. They have also hud possession of Lebanon, some dis tance north-east of Springfield, and it is said they have collected there a large quantity of army stores, which will of course, now full into the hands of General FREMONT. Editor Times. Official Report of tub Victory. Springfield, Saturday. Oct 26. The following is a special dispatch to the St. Louis Republican-. “The following dispatch has been received, announcing a most brilliant victory at Spring field by Gen. Fremont’s Body Guard, number ing 150 men: Five milks out of Bolivar, Oct. 25—10 A. M.—General: I report respectfully that yester day at 4 P. M. I met in Springfield about 2,000 rebels formed in line of battle. They gave a very warm reception but your guard with one feeling made u charge and in less than three minutes the enemy was completely routed by 150 men. We cleared the city of every rebel and re tired it being near night, and not feeling able to keep the place with so small a force. Major White’s command did not participate in the charge. I have seen charges, but such brilliant bravery I have never seen, and did not expect. Their War-cry, “Fremont and the Union,’’broke forth like thunder (Signed) Ciias. Seagom, Major Commanding Body-Guard. Col. John M. Richardson, who rode over to the:vicinity of Springfield last evening, says Major Seagoni was guided to the town, from the Jefferson to the Mount Vernon roads, by Judge Owens. The camp was just outside of the city. - Maj. Seagoni was compelled to pass through I a lane and let down a number of fence rails be- j fore be could charge on the foe, thus drawing their fire. There was a good deal of fighting in Spring field, and from the bouses, two secessionists, who ran out of their dwellings and fired at the body guard, were killed. } May. Seagoni was advised of the force of the : rebels, but he was determined to have a fight. Col. Pearce, said to be from Arkansas, com- | mantled one of the rebel regiments. It is thought that the cause of that increased rebel force at Springfield was the large amount of plunder gathered there for some weeks past, [ which, it is slated, they intended to take South i with them, but which will of course fall into ! our hands. 1 Abbauam Lincoln the rebels were found dead in one heap. Maj. Arnold arrived after daylight to the assistance of Capt. Hildt. The command proceeded to the point where the rebels had disembarked. Their steamers were just leaving, and a destructive fire was opened on them. The rebels left behind them, on the island, twenty-two killed, five wounded and thirty-three prisoners. Many of their wounded were carried away on the boats. Capt. Bradford and Lieut. Elms were killed. Three of their officers were captured. One of them is Lieut. Jaynes, formerly of the United States marines. He is badly wounded. Brigham Young Gen. Anderson, who was in command of the rebels was wounded in the arm after disembark ing. The enemy acknowledged their loss to be over 100. In addition to the loss on our side above stated, the Zouaves lost nine killed in their camp, and eleven taken prisoners. [second dispatch ] The details of the fight at Santa Rosa say that the rebel forces, 1,500 strong, landed on the Island from three steamers about four miles above Wilson’s camp. Their landing was effec ted at about 2 o’clock iu the morning The night was very dark. They rapidly formed in three columns and proceeded silently towards the Zouaves camp hoping to effect a total sur prise. They were but partially successful in this.— The picket guard, about six hundred yards off discovered and fired upon them and gave the alarm and saved the regiment from annihilation. The attack by the enemy’s forces was simul taneous and volley after volley was aimed upon the Zouaves who were forced to fall back, loav : ing the camp in the hands of the rebels The rebels then commenced burning the camp. Fort Pickens was by this; time thoroughly aroused, and three companies of regulars came to their assistance. The rebels retreated to the boats, closely followed by regulars and a small number of volunteers, keeping up a destructive lire upon them killing and wounding a large number. The rebels finally reached the boats, but the steamers were over five hundred yards from the beach, and our men poured repeated volleys into the crowded mass Every bullet told, and by the shouts and confusion of the rebels it was evident that we had obtained am ple satisfaction for the insult to our flag. The regulars behaved nobly. Great credit is due to captains Robertson and Hilt and Lieuts. Seely and Taylor. The Zouaves were badly mentioned, and Col. Wilson is very much cen sured for inefficiency. Ho did not reach the scene until all was over. The camp was almost entcrely destroyed. The officers and mou losing everything. Major Newby bad a narrow escape from cap ture, being confined to bed from dangerous ill ness. One of Lis servants was killed and the other taken prisoner. Major Newby shot a reb el with his revolver, and getting out of the house escaped through a storm of bullets. ; Wilson’s regiment lost 10 killed, 10 wounded and 9 taken prisoners. The regulars lost 4 kil led, 20 wounded an 1 10 taken prisoners.. The rebels lost by their own statement -350 killed, wounded and missing. We took thirty prisoners, including three doc tors who were released. The steadier McClellan also brings a reliable account of the fight at the mouth of the Missis- sippi. The rebel fleet consisted of six gunboats, the Ram and Manassas and a large number of fire ships filling the river from shore to shore. Our squadron was composed of the Richmond, Huntsville, Water Witch, Preble, Vincennes and the steamship Nightingale. They were at an chor inside of the south-west pass. The Manassas drifted foul of the Richmond, knocking a hole in her quarter and stern, doing but little damage. To avoid the fire of the ships the squadron got under weigh immediately and drifted down the river. ] Tbc Richmond, Preble, Vincennes and Night ingale got ashore on the bar and 1 while ashore they were attacked by the rebels, but only one of tbree shots took effect and that struck the Richmond in the quarter. They were beaten off by the Vincennes with only two guns. The test of her armament, with her chains, anchors, etc., having been thrown overboard to lighten her, she beiug much exposed to rebel fire. Not one person was killed or wounded in the squadron | The Richmond, Preble and Vincinnes were towed off tbe next day by steamer McClellan. The Nightingale was still ashore but would probably get off tbe next day. The steam frigate Niagara arrived at the mouth of the Mississippi on the 14th inst. Tbe slcop-of-war Dale was spoken on the 19tb, coming in the Gulf Stream. A Leap of Seventy Feet.— The Wheeling ! Intelligencer says that a soldier, attempting to escape from a squad that was endeavoring to arrest him leaped from the Suspension Bridge into the Ohio, a distance of seventy feet. He i struck the water feet foremost, went down, but I soon came to the surface, and struggled for life i A boat put out and rescued him. after he had I gone down the second time. Whisky caused i his troubles. { AST - John Brown, Jr.’s sharp-shooters, num bering sixty-six men, passed through Chicago on Tuesday, en their Tray to Kansas. I FROM FORT PICKETS. The Brie Boilroad on Col. Wilson’s Zouaves. The Attack The Enemy Repulsed with Great Loss I Naval Battle at the Meath of the Mississippi. THE REBELS bRIVEN OFF! Reliable? Accounts of bothEEngagement,t t, from Loyal Sources. We have for some time past been regaled with rebel accounts of a fight between the rebels and Billy Wilson’s New York Zouaves, at Santa Rosa Island, ia which the Zouaves were badly used up, and the Confederates claimed a gre^t victory. Also, with accounts of a naval engage ment at the mouth of the Jdississippi, in Which a small Rebel fleet had played the deuce with the Federal blockading squadron, sinking one vessel and driving the others aground. We thought there was a smack of Munchausen about these accounts, aud patiently waited for further details, which we now have, and. which put a different face on the result of the engage ments: New York, Oct. 24, 18G1. Tbe steamcr McClellan, formerly the Joseph Whitney, has arrived from Key West. She brings advices ‘South- West Pass to. the 14th, from Fort Pickens to the 16th. Tortagas to the 18th, and Key West to the i9th■»•*. - On the morning of the 9th inst., about half past three o’clock, the rebels attacked-GotOTiel Wilson’s position on Santa Rosa Island, 1 in force. Company E of the Third Infantry, Capt. Hildt, and twenty-seven men of Company A, First Artillery—eighty-five men in all—under Major Vodges, met the enemy above Camp Brown. Major Vodges was taken prisoner immediately, and Captain liildt assumed the command and engaged the enemy. The loss in this struggle was four killed, twenty-one wounded and eight taken prisoners. The enemy’s loss is much ,larger. Eleven of i The terms and conditions of a lease of the i Philadelphia and Erie Railroad, by the Penn sylvania Railroad Company, have been passed . upon and concurrently agreed to by the respee ' live Boards oC Dircctora of the two Companies; ! and, acordiugito these terms and ! contract is being prepared, jointly by the solici- I tors of the twoGompanies in negotiation, under j the super vision of their respective Presidents; ! when framed and duly signed, the contract will j be submitted to the stockholders interested in i provisions for-their final ratification, j The matter of the lease, therefore, has passed ! out of the deliberations of the two Boards of ‘ Directors, and has only to receive the formal ■ approval of. stockholders, to become invested ! with the force aud effect of law. The decisive step in the negotiation was taken ftSJ the Board of the Directors of the Pennsylva rfiia Railroad; Company on Saturday last, when 1 a proposition,: understood to embody, substan j tially, the ultimatum of the other Company, by j whom it was tendered, was agreed to by a large j majority vote, in a shape which,’ on Monday : last, was formally approved ’by the nnanamous | vote of the Board of Directors of the Philadel phia and Erie Railroad Company. | When signed -by the Presidents of the two j Companies, the Specific terms and conditions of ( the lease will of course he made public for the | information of stockholders; meantime it is said | that the lease stipulates that;—the Pennsylva ! nia Railroad Company are to guarantee the in terest and principal of $5 000,000 of bonds se { cured by a first mortgage on the Philadelphia i and Erie Railroad, of which bonds $3,800,000 arc to be reserved by the Pennsylvania Rail- I road Company for construction uses, under con- I tracts hereafter to be made; that the remaining I $1,200,000 of Said bonds are to bo appropriated , to the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad Company, to be used in funding contractors scrip, by com promise, and in extinguishing all other unfund ed indebtedness, which bonds, added to other available assets, are said to be ample for that purpose; that for equipments now the property of the Philadelphia aud Erie Railroad Company the Pennsylvania Railroad Company are to pay cash $150,000, that all contracts for work or material chargeable to construction or capital ac count, executed or allotted by the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad Company, are abrogated and annulled; and that the Pennsylvania Railroad Company are to equip and operate the Philadel- j pfiia aud Erie Railroad for seventy per centum j ot the gross receipts, which leaves to the Phil- | adelphia and Erie Railroad Company, for the use of their roadway thirty per cent, of the gross receipts, with which to p;iy interest, ex penses of organization, and Dividends. The terms agreed upon are the result of long, patient and frank negotiation, and are believed to combine the utmost that the Peunsylviutia Railroad Company would give, and the utmost that the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad would offer or agree to, the first named Company hav ing its own credit to .protect, and the last named Company having to trust to that, credit for means to complete thuja” own ■unfinished road.— From ail Pennsylvania stand points this lease is a rosy omen' and a gladdening fact. By it Philadelphia, the seaport of the State, will en joy as friendly icommunica-ion with Eric, the iakeport of the State, as with Pittsburg the Ohio riverport of the State. And thus betweeu the seaboard, the Mississippi Valley, and the basin of the lubes all upon Pennsylvania soil, an iron trunk with twofforking iron limbs, operated by a single organisation, will compass grand results to the people ol the State, and achieve impor tant ends to fho parlies to the compact,'Which could not have been secure 1 by competition: now creditors and stockholders of both Company’s are insured against ruinous opposition, for under the lease, their interests are identical and their unity unquestionable. 1 hiladephia will now indeed have on iron arm outstretched to Erie City, a portal of the lake basin, the fellow and counterpart of her iron .arm to Pittsburg, tbe eastern gate of the Mississippi \ alley — V. S. Railroad and Mining Register. i , Charleston Convention Members , Killed. —Major Gavitr, the Federal offi | cer killed hi the fight at Frcdcricktown, ; Mo., was a Douglas delegate from Indiana ;to the Charleston Convention, and also I attended the adjourned session in Haiti j more. Incut. D. A. Nelms, of Georgia, j a Confederate-officer, killed at j the Santa liosa fight, was a member of the | Charleston Convention, and a most devb | ted Union man. - When twenty-six of the | Georgia delegates seceded from the Coni I ventton, hb was one of the ten who refused j to vacate thcir scats, but 1 remained in the Convention Till the close. On his return home, Nelms was accused by one of his seceding colleagues with being untrue to the bouth, on account of his remainingln the “squattersovereignty convention.”— A duel was the consequence, in which Nelms was badly wounded in the arm .with a bullet. When the convention re assembled at Baltimore, Mr. Nelms though still suffering from his wound' again appeared and remained till the Close of the convention. Bight Kind of Patriotism. —Dr. Clarkson T. Collins, a wealthy’ and cele brated physician of Great Barrington, Mass., declares his readiness and desire, in defence of the Federal Government, to be one of a thousand men, or one of three hundred, to arm and equip themselves,— each takiugtwo horses and a servant—to enter the field; to give their lives if need be, or to continue in service till the close of the war, beqt for one year or ten, and all at their own expense, not to cost the Government a cent. , That kind of patriotism has the true grit. STOV E S , TIJT & SHEET-IRON WARE. T HE undersigned wouldrf A SPEOTFULLY an- - oouiice tp the citizens r Altoona and vicinity th he has just received large supply of STOV o/ all Patterns, such Cook, Parlor. Office ai Shop Stovesi which 1 will sell at the most re? sou able prices. A larr supply will always kept on hand. *^ifSJS!? B * ntoir WAX£ - in «*-» ««*>* ROOFING- & SPOUTING put up on short .notice. Ho ilirto ihanniactures I.F- tin.‘ ald *° ** “ ach »"P«ior to gal • ,w“K lu,a l* > "ttnclu-d a copper-smithing room to his eis. ° nhaad a " Ail hintls of job work promptly attended t 5. ml'un,™ i!!! b l C P ,tron »B e is respectfully solicited. wJr7 ’ bCtWet '“ a ” rlet •«* Ada- Altoona. Sept. Ist, 18G1. STEPHEN WINTERS. J- Q- ADLUM, NOTARY public. ALTOVA. BLAIR CO., PA. Cttob* iss” j UUd atth ' ,to,e of J - B. Hiteman, Hello I This Way RelAWl NEW FALL and WINTER all AT OLD PRICES. V^l rpHE UNDERSIGNED WOTJLn J I spcctfnlly inform the citizens of Altoon. U ®l| rounding country t hat bo liu Just returned w hi where he he* been selecting hie stock of Fall ™ Goods with the greatest care and exclusively fa? which enables him to tell as low if not a little if "-Un any bouse In the place. Ho would therefor* M those who wish to purchase their Fall and lyo., y 14 < I to call and examine his new stock before purrw' ® : <»| where, as ho feels satiefled that he can gire eutir. s “■*! tton. His goods are of the best quality and very C "f c, b] AD Cotton Goods at Old Prices Bit Stock coiuitis of Lad Us' Brest Goods of shade and color, front a plain Delaine at 12 air**! to Plaid and Plaid Delaines, alt mot, at ’> *> 57) J <*«- Figured Delaines from 12U t 0 25 J** Xursian ctotks, Conestoga and American Prints 10 yards for $l, Lancaster and Domestic Ginghams from 10 to cts., 01l icool Flannel from 25 io 37 els., heary Sheeting Muslin I2le et. Bleached Muslin from &A to rti.,'Sihiitj I all toool Taseedt and Jeans of every ninety anlpr,. Men and Boya’ Boots and Shoes; Women, Mlswaur*. drou’s Shoes; Hats and Caps. Coffee at 17 CUtis»> SERIES# White Sugar 11 els, Btc„t gar from 8 to 10 cts.; Imperial, V. Hyson and BlarkT* ♦Syrup from UO to 05 cts.; Cedarand Willow Wan* n? Feed, 4c., 4c. ; J. A. SPKAN’kIi ’ October 3d, 18dl. i THE LATEST ARRIVAL OP FALL & WINTER GOODS< AT HILEMAN’S STOKE. The subscriber informs hu customers, and the public generally, that he Ui« received a large and beautiful assortment of m FALL AND WINTER GOODS. which, for magnificence, extent and variety, hare before boon excelled in Blair county. Particular attenn is Inviled to our'stock of LADIES’ DRESS GOOD^ Such as Black and Pitney C hall its, Btrtges, BriB± LaxpnSy Iklaim #, Chintz*, Dtßegts, Oopcs, iW Crape and Stella Shawls, Mantillas, Undenteetttad Hosiery, Bonnets and Ribbons, Cbtiart, Hand, kerchiefs, Kid Gloves, Hooped Skirts, Skirt ing, Lace Mitts, tfc. FOR GENTLEMEN’S WEAR, We have Cloth*, Cassimores, Vestings, Tweedy Hoad* of families'would do well to dill and examin » stock of Winter for Bojrt. Bools, Shoes, Hardware, OlaMvan, Qaesnsvar*. Vos aud Willow Ware, Oil Cloths, Carpets, Ac., io aa; qukstih aad at prices that caauot foil to please. GROCERIES. Our t4ock of Groceries is more extensive than ewr consists of llio and Java Coffee, Crushed, Loaf and K q Sugars; Green. V. 11. and Black Teas; MoUimaSmu Cut'Uk'tt, Suit, fish, Ac. ™ Thankful to the public for the very liberal patrona Heretofore received, he hopes by strict attention to uess, and uu endeavor to please, to merit a continoaoci 4 the same. %• Cudntry Prodace,of all kinds taken la Goods nt market prices. Oct. 10, 1601 GREAT EXCITEMENT AT JESSE SMITH'S! rpiTE UNDERSIGNED WOULD BE I- SPECTFULLY announce to the citizens of Altoua and. surrounding country that ho has just returned fr the city with hla PALL & WINTER STYLES OF HATS Sc CAPS. Uls Stock of flats and Caps are of tho very best oelectiea, ofeveiy style, color uud shape, for both old ami young. FURS! FURS! FURS! Ilia stock of Ladies and Missea’ Fura is the hat tt* brought to this place, consisting of every variety, whki will be sold -at prices to suit the times. All ho asks la that the people call and examine his stock, and he feels confident that be can scud them a«a; re Juicing, if not in the purchase of such an article as U,*r wanted, at the remembrance of having looked upon i» handsomest stock of Hats, Caps, Furs, Ac., ever exhibits in this town. . J2*Sfor« on Virginia Street, opposite the Lutheran Church. Oct. 3,1861. r JESSE SMITH. CAMPBELL’S Six Hundred and Fifty Dollar NEWSPAPER PRESS! THE ABOVE SUM IN GASH 1. I will furnish one of my superior NEWSI’APM PRESSES, that can bo driven by band with cart; at tb< rat* of SEVEN HUNDRED SHEETS PER HOUR, on any kind of a Job from a colored poster down. &eJ itd work as well as any cylinder Press in the world. _ Bed 31 X 40 inches, rolls a form with two rollers of £? X 42 inches, weighs only 3,300 lbs, and can be pul up a:i set running by any ordinary printer. 1 bare issued a specimen done on this press, in pus phlot form, containing a cut of it, and will tafee gr«j pleasure in sending a copy to those tfho have not ucetud it, ou the receipt of a paper from them. Any publisher inserting this advcrtucmriu, M tbs amount of $lO. and sending mo a paoer containing it. will be allowed tbo amonnf of their bill towards pave?:: on one of my presses, if ordered after one year from St;- tcmbfcr 1. 1801. If ordered within one year, $iQ will allowed for the bill. If ordered within six months will bo allowed. And if within three months, <-»0 will u allowed for the,bill THESE ARE WAR TIMES AND WAR PRICES You will find .It : for your interest to communicate di rectly with mo, ns I warrant the press to bo ; II I repre sent it, which your merchant can easily find out fur jea If yon are a total stranger in New York. For further particulars please address A CAMPBELL, No. 10, Spruce street, N- Y. Sept. 19,1561, ALTOONA HIGH SCHOOL! Prof. JOSS’ MILLER, Principal. nniE FIRST SESSION OF THIS X SCHOOL will c immenco on jVO.YD.4I', Nov. , The established reputation of Prof. Miller as an accom plished scholar and successful/Teacher is a sure gnaraat* to parents, guardians and others, that the school will b* so conducted as to give fall satisfaction. TERMS PEIi SESSIOX OF TWEXTY WEEKS. For English Grammar, Geography, Composition. Natural Philosophy, Mental and Advanced Arithmetic, Geometry, Trigonometry, Latin and Greek |l5» For German or French .V.’.’,.'..;....-.... 5^ For Mnsic S # d®* Payment of subscription to be made monthly tad* School Directors. DR. CALDBRWOOD offers his Pro fesaional Services to the citizens ofAltooaa vicinity. Officoon Virginia Street* nearly opposite C.J- Mann's Store. ; REFERENCES J. B. Luden*. M. D., Huntingdon. . Jno. McCclloch, M. D., “ 11. X. CorrET, « Pittsburgh. * Rev. J. B. Crist, Birmingham. Rev. Thomas Stevenson, Tyrone City- Jacob Sublet, « C. Guteb, « W. Bublet, « M. H. Jollt, « Altoona, May Oth, 1801-ly* s2sl] EMPLOYMENT! »75(, AGENTS WANTED! Wo will pny from $25 to $75 per month, «nd »11 so», to octiro Agent*, or giro ■ commission. Psrtkolsn sent free. Address Erie Sowing Machine CompsoJ, *- JAMES, General Agent, Milan, Ohio. Jept. 12-ly.] PURE WHITE LEAD AND ZINC Paint, also Chrome. Green, Tetlov, Paris Own, irj ami ground oil at [l-tf.] KKSSLEH'i A BDOMINAL SUPPORTERS, Trus *«« and Shoulder Braces for sale' at Q. W. kesjleb s* Hair oils, colognes, pom ados. Sharing Cream, Toilet Soaps, *c. for mleW ‘""•I 6. W. KE9SLEB. Hair, hat, tooth, shaving, Paint, Saah and Taruiah Brushes at -KES3LKB'B OPEGTAOLES AND BYE PRESEB kj rerafor sale at [l-tf,] KISS LEV’S- A Ui THE STANDARD PATENT xl. MEDICINES AT 1-tf. KESSLBffS. Blanks of all description 3 neany and expadicionaly executed at this offles. CMtarn WW ■ jr—tem Tfij..- {SST TmIMTI Twroogn «5w»S! — wguKrs W*J — gmi:—During the week, from * i 2?! Qn g outlay*, from 04j till T 45 a. I*' * JOHN BHOKMAK ANfrARKR MONDAY, JUNK 10, Exjmm „ 7,10 AM. “ « Ewt •■« *,30 P. M. '*.!* ■* WMt « 7,55 V. M., “ “ . « K«t « AM - i **J?* « We*t “ 0,30 P. M., " . ~nn inAYSPURO BRANCH connect T&* m_f an 4 JI«1I Train E».« ami W TRAINS Mnn«t with aioSmodatlon Train. M and W«.«. Kxpre. iStLlna and Mall train Eaat and W. 1. B. HILESUV Crib ALTOONA MAIL RCMCOULI mails close. MAILS ARRIVE. 7 00 A. M. w railroap schedule OUB APOLOGY. For some time past we have be ising our readers that if those wl debted to us would come forward tie up, we would, on or about th October, show them something nc in this section of the country. 1 first of October has gone by, and not announced our show as opei course you want to know the ca to begin with, wo would say that and mbst important condition of tl upon which wo promised to fut exhibition, has not been compli vis; but few have called to set bills, and thus supply us with tl to purchase it. Now it is not t posted that we,can get up ft she looking at without money. Wo “on tick,” for it, and could not gt tick” if we would. Again, the gt who is engaged in getting up th> tion has given us notice that he have it completed in less than si from the Ist inst., which will be a Ist of December. Delinquent frit have still time enough loft to so. ''accounts and get in to see the sho first day that it is opened to spec Como right along, and make no settling up. The show iscominj mutt have the money to pay for it delay payment because the tin weeks in advance. It will be t ye arc aware of it, and then you’l about not having paid us —at ought to, LOCAL ITEM The Sweet Little Mai [Here is a very appropriate poem, i ly dedicated to the “ Stay-at Home The truthfulness of the picture pren DOt be questioned, aud the poiut wiU arrived at. Let ail the 11 sweet little; it:-] - Now-while the soldiers arc fighting our bat Each at bis post to do all that he can, Down among rebels aud contraband chult What are you doing my sweet little xna; All the brave boys under canvass are sleep All of them, pressing to march with the ' Par from the home where their sweet-hearts What are you waiting for iny sweet little You with the terrible warlike moustache?. Fit Tor a Colonel or chief of a clan, You with the waist made lor short belts an Where are your shoulder-straps, sweet li Bring him the buttoulcss garment of wema Cover his face, lest U freckle and tau ; Muster the Apron-String Guards on the coi That Is the corps for tho sweet little man Give him for escort a file of young misses, Each of them armed with a deadly rattan They shall defend him from laughter and h Aimed by low boys at the sweet little me Ail the lair maidens about him shall cluste Pluck tho white feathers from bonnet an Make him a plume like a turkey-wing dust That la the crest for the sweet little man. . O, but the Apron-String Guards arc the fell Drilling each day since-our troubles beg-. “ Handle your walking-sticks I” (i Shoulder That is the style for the sweet little than Have ire a nation to savel In the first pla Saving ourselves is the sensible plan. Surely the place where there’sshooting’s th Where I can stand, says the sweet little Catch mo confiding my person with strong Think bow the cowardly Bull Runners n In the Brigade of tftay-at-homo Rangers Marches my corps, says the sweet little Bach was the stuff of tho Ualnkoft takers, Such were tho soldiers that scaled the II Truculent housemaids and blood thirsty Q Bravo not tho wrath of tho sweet littjLe n Yield him the sidewalk, ye nursery maMcj Sauaeguipent! Bridget, and right.abou fierce as a shark in a school of menhaden* Beo.blm a'lvauctng, the sweet little man When the ted flail* of the tattle field thra Beat out the Continent's wheat from its While the wind scatters the chuff; Scceslu What will become of our sweet little ms Whcn thobrown soldiers comeback from - HoW-witlhelook when his features the llow will he fi.-ul when he gets marching c Signed by bis lady-love? Sweet Uttlo n Fear not for him, though the rebels expec LlfnU too precious to shorten its Span; Woman her broomstick will raise to pruU Will she not fight for the sweet little ro Now then three cheers foi the Stay*at ho Blow the great Fish horn and beat the First in the field that is farthest from da Take your white feather plume, sweet 89* The JBlair County Whig, of speaking of Qon ? - Sherman's body g **lt was originally intended for ( er( Anderson, and the suggestion, steam bieouitbakery has been ktion at Honolulu, Sandwich lalai Why the tuyfftetion should bo co at Honolulu < 'wlofa | B more than wo can Wfltonr friends of the Whiff expb T 00 A. M. aiwf