|Ut#oaa Wokmt. j ALTOONA, PA. THURSDAY, MAY 29. 1862. flat. Butler in New Orleans. A rajnd and wholesome reaction is ta ku% plaoe in the famous city of New Or leaaselnce its occupation by the Federal forces under Gen. Butler. The mass of the«itiaens seem to regard the esteblish ment of law, order and stable government with anything else than disapproval.— The loyal sentiments of the people have beep so long repressed by a petty but bru tal despotism, that it could not be expected that they would at once find free and spontaneous expulsion. Yet the tone of the Gity Press even now, is far from un friendly to the Federal authority. The waves of popular, tumult are gradually subsiding. Business is seeking its wonted channels;; the citizens are gradually be coming reconciled to Gen. Butler’s martial rule. Gen. Butler unquestionably pos sesses administrative talent of a high or der. He is the right, man in the right plpoe. He seems to understand instinct ively how to manage the heterogeneous elements be has to deal with. Too much : has it been the fashion for our authorities to treat conquered cities and people as if the latter were the conquerors, allowing the National Flag to be insulted, the sol diery to be spit upon by masculine women and cowardly blackguards. All such mouths should be gagged. Gen. Butler has shown a determination to suppress such disgraceful demonstrations. These Southern women are a strange mixture of pride, vulgarity and heathenism. Butler has put them down to their proper level, i No. position can be too low for such mer etricious elements. Beauregard tells the chivalry” that they ought to burn for an opportunity to resent this indignity to the defiant dames and spit-fires of the South. They will soon have an opportu nity. Our gallant “Pea Ridge” and “Donelson” boys regard the “chivalry” as far less dangerous than - their women. Butler also very unceremoniously clipped the wingp of Hon. Pierre Soule’s chivalry in its defiant flight. We have no doubt that under the present wise and judicious administration of affairs in that late crip pled and prostrated city, all the citizens who are worthy of the name will soon re turn to their allegiance; those who are not, will be kept where they belong—un der foot of power. Then will she in u short time prosper as in days of yore under the old Flag. Her restless and combust ible spirits who erewhile jubilantly sanj. “ Picayune Butler’s coming to town," may now change the tune to “Picayune But ler’s cone to town.” fIT The County Committee of the Peo pled Party met on Tuesday at Hollidays burg. We understand they bad a iuli turnout and that their proceedings were marked with a-unanimity of feeling and sentiment, that looks well for the future of the organization. The Committee called aCfluntyConvention for Tuesday, the 17th day Jmjte, at 11 o’clock A. M. at Hullidyshurg. We appenn the card be low. It will be seen it is broad enough' forjall loyal Union men to stand on. This is as it should be at a time like this t PftOigK*’# JTnion County Convention Of Blair County. The people of Blair county in favor of sustain ing the present National and State Administra tiomvda thejrpatriotic efforts to maintain the in trpigr.pf.thel Inion and to crush out this unholy ifhemoe, by evety power of the Government, are reijoeated to select two Delegates from each Ward, Boroqg|i,orTowQihlpia the county, to meet in County Convention, at Hollidayshurg, oh Tues day, 17th day of June,. A. D, }Bff2, at 11 o'clock A. M.of aaid. day, to nominate candidates for county officers, appoint Congressional and Sena torial Conferees, as Weil os select delegates to the Harrisburg Convention, and take such 'other steps as may bn deemed advisable for the honor and wel fare of our State and oohnrry. The Delegates meeting Sjo be held the Saturday preTkma, in: lhe Boroughs between the hours of 7 andti.o’clock P. M., and in the Township be tween the bom* of If and? o’clock I’. H , CEA.WFOBD lEWIN, Chairman. A aqob Bc»l.tr, Sec’y. jprThfc horse contractor of the Whig is oatin* Jong -article again on the sins of the Juet the world beware. He is to throw some oae off their guard. The horse thief is always the first one to hoilow. Watch the old hypocrite. f |Jfe||kM|il|ieiline talks About persons ,de efWMttitnentH. &ot po in your Y ®l aerer got that far.— «J.way» crpelly deceive or ftt tbe gpUa, ThAl's »o jSiajf, moH itl The “Unkindest Cut of all.” I > Mr. John Brotheline, editor of the Blair County Whig is given to making mistakes —to speak more plainly, he is considerably of a liar. He seems never to avoid a chance of falsifying where he has an even show of doing so. A week or so ago he published a long, and of course; well written article stating that the Pennsylvania Rail Road Company had raised the freight on coal from the mountain to Hollidaysburg from thirty to fifty cents a ton, and wind ing up by a bitter and silly attack on the Rail Rood Company. This brought out the coal shippers from, the mountain in the card we insert below, taken from the Hojlidaysburg Register of May;*2lst. Did ever a; fellow get a more withering rebuke? They publish the card to preserve their “own interests and the interests of our town,” from the attack made on it and them by this trickster and demagogue. — Verily,. Mr. Brotherline, yon have a hard i timedrawing the “hard cash.” We in sert the card: To the Ectitor of the Register .—As citizens of this , borough, for some time since, and now en gaged in the shipping of coal from the Allegheny Mountain to Hollidaysbnrg, we cannot let the arti cle in last week’s Whig pass unnoticed, it is so unfair to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and in justice to our own interest anclthe interests of our town, we wish to publish the following: The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, had con templated raising the toll on coal from 30 to 50 cts. per ton, to take effect on the Ist of June next, but the undersigned hod a satisfactory interview with the officers of said company,' and. thev agreed to let the toll remain as it is at present. We'favored the Repeal of the Tonnage Tax, and will further state that the Pennsylvania Railroad Company have given us the benefit inf it, which Is a considerable item in our business. SAMUEL LEMON. ; JAMES M. COOPER & CO. WATSON, DENNISTON & CO. Government Expenditures.-—Numer ous exaggerated statements have been pub lished in reference, to the current expenses of the Government. They were reiterated by Mr. Voorhees, in his violent speech against the administration,, placing the present expenditures at three million of dollars per day, and the present debt at one thousand and five hundred millions, with twelve millions more to be added for the emancipation of slaves. This astound ing announcement occasioned several calls upon the Secretary of the Treasury for ac curate ibformation on the subject. An examination of the Register’s accounts shows that our expenditures, from the Ist of April, 1861, to April Ist, 1862, do not average more than one millibn“bf dollars per day, and that the total expenditures for the fiscal year will not exceed the estimate made in the able report of the Secretary of the Treasury. There is reason to believe that the actual figures will hot vary ten millions from that estimate. Interesting to Teachers,; —Section first of the supplement to “ An Act for the regulation and continuance of asystem of education by Common Schools,” passed by our last Legislature, and approved by the Governor, provides that the word month, in all future agreements with teach ers, shall mean twenty-two days, of which, twenty, exclusive, of Saturdays, are to be devoted to the instruction of the pupils in the schbols, and two Saturdays, to be des ignated by the Board, to the improvement of the teachers, by means of the District Institute, or other appropriate :exercises, t makes it obligatory on both the board and teachers to .observe these Sat urday ex ercises. The Ate antic Monthly.— The June number of this most welcome monthly vis iter is before us. The article “On Walk ing,” by Henry D, Thoreau, is full of pleas ing fancies and happy suggestions, but it makes us melancholy to reflect that the hand that penned them now lies cold in death. “The Health of Our Girls,’’by F. \JT. Higginson, will of course be perused. The first portion of “The Horrors of St Do mingo” Is given in this No. Agassiz con tinues bis valuable papers on the “Meth ods of Study in Natural History,” apd there are a dozen of other articles and con tributions, all good, which we have no room to specify. v OfThe editor of the Whig don’t know how to spell his aunt name. In noticing the fact that some, ope broke into Squire Bowers’ groceiy store in Hullidaysbiirg, he spells rogue, “Rouges,” Can he spell Forgery correct? j g3*The Whig man says he is,for “ 2ulC or Kuin.” You might get both ‘J. 8.,” because any one who permits you to rule will be sure to be ruined.. ■- 9* ■ - /'■ the pious editor of the Whig please answer qur questions putrto him weeks ago! Tint WA>rrF4>.--QiuirterniasterGe ti er*! Meigs has just issued the folioSdog order: By virtue of Hie authority vested by the* act of Con gress, the President takes vdptary possession of all the miroa/ft in the United State* fmn ahd after (hie dale, until further orders, and direct* tb»t the re, Spective railroad companies, their officers and ser vants shall hold themselves inreadlhes* for the transportation of troops and monitions of war as may beordered by tit* ndßtaiiy authorities, to the exclusion of all other business. By order of the Secretaiyqf VTar, / PEN AND SCISSORS. M"We learn from the Jnniata county papers that the small-pox is raging in some parts of that county. Cf-Now that the Merrimac is destroyed, the rebel navy is reduced to one steamer, the Nashville, one tug, the tog of wan Missourians say' that the State Convention, which meets on the first Monday in J une, will adopt the gradual emancipation policy. <3T Something of a fall,—The Harrisburg mar ket opened, a few mornings since, with hotter at 25 cts. per lb. Before the market closed it retailed at 14 cts per lb. There is a deed on file hi Cambridge which describes a piece of land as bounded by “stumps and stones, where Daniel Harrington licked Wil liam Smith.” <3"The Nashville Union of the 18th inst., says ; “Yesterday the streets were alive with drays and wagons hauling cotton from the depot to the nver.” late news from abroad is healthful. It is ascertained that the rumors of foreign interven tion have been creations of the secessionists, with out foundation in fact. Three iron-clad gunboats are in course of construction at St. Louis, by Messrs. Brown. McCord ■& Sanger. ; They are to cost altogether $450,000, and two of the hulls now on th.e stocks at Cairo are nearly completed. <3- A Washington dispatch says that Captain Ericsson has planned a large seagoing Monitor, with a single turret, plated with iron 24 inches thick, and armed with two guns, carrying a ball 1,000 pounds in weight. A train of seventeen wagons, laden with Government stores, which left Rolln, Mo., on Mon day, waf overtaken, when about twenty miles out on the Springfield road. ; by a band of rebel guer rillas. who burned the wagons and contents, and carried of all the mules, cighty-six in number. O' Letters from Port Royal announce the ap pearance of a dangerous disease among the horses there, .which threatens to become contagious.— Twenty had been shot, and a large number re moved from camp to prevent the spread of the disease. On the 23th of August, the one thousandth anniversay of the Empire of Russia, the govern ment will be declared changed from an autocratic to a constitutional form. The Grand Duke Con stantine is the initiator of this movement. Prince Gortzchakoff is a|so in favor of the plan. I®* Some scoundrel recently entered the office of the Johnstown Tri/time and stole the editors tiles of that paper, for three years past, and carried them to a store and sold them for wrapping paper. We can s\ mpathize with Col, Bowman, in his misfortune, and ho|x; that he may be able to discover the thief. Strange coincidence.—The Harrisburg Tele graph and Pittsburgh Chronicle, of Thursday last, contain exactly the same article in reference to the politeness of an Irishman on a railroad car, with the exception that the Telegraph locates the inci dent on the Reading R. R,, while the Ch-onlcle locates it on the Penn’a R. R. Both stole the item, we’ll bet a hat. I»sronc of a party of Congressmen who visited Norfolk recently, seeing the stars and stripes near a place where the Government was feeding the poor of the city, a great throng, cried out, “ three cheers for the old flag.” An old man, who subse quently explained that he fought for the flag in 1812, alone responded. All the other recipients of I'ncle Sam’s bounty were doggedly silent, und one ted faced woman shouted, “ Three cheers for Jeff. Davis.” , a. ■"* ' Latest from Memphis Papers.—The Argus '>{ the loth has the following despatch from Natchez, dated the 13-h : Two schoone-s and hree gunboats anchored in the river opposite this olace. We have a farther re|iort to the effect that ; he gunboats had sent a yawl with a flag of tmee, md bearing a demand for the surrender of the city. As the yawl landed a number of people had 1 ‘lathered to witness the proceedings, and the men from the boat requested that some one in the crowd 1 honld take the despatches and deliver them to the I Vlavor. None could be found willing to accom- : tnodafe the Yankees, until at last they prevailed •tpon a fisherman to carry the note to the Mayor. : When he delivered the documcn’, and it was found ! •o contain a demand for the surrender of the city, ! a crowd of exasperated citizens took the fisherman and hung him. The Mayor refused to surrender, ; tnd the gunboats gave them to ten o’clock to-day ' ’o determine what they should do. , j A special despatch from! Corinth to the Mem- ' phis Appeal, of the 17th; says:—Two Federal i orisoners, captured by our pickets to-dav, on the l Purdy road, state that Halleck Is/walting for us to 1 make the attack. The prospects for a genera] en- 1 gagement seem to grow distant. This has been I observed as a day of fasting and prayer by our : army, as far as was consistent with military duties. , Rev. Dr, Palmer delivered; mast stirring and elo- ; qnent sermons to onr tioops—in the morning to i Gen. Hindman's division, and in that of General i Hardee in the evening. The heated term and ! drouth have set in. The Tennessee is falling fast. I Distress in EsopANit.-Tn the last number of 1 Once a Week, them is, a curious article entitled I “ Where the flag, there thelFamily,” which begins ! by 'pprtraying the miseries in England resulting ! from the war in this country, and ooacludos hy an ! appeal for the poor women of England. Herd are ! a few of the writer’s facte. He says that many of j the Lancashire mills are closed 'for the want of i cotton, and while there is an abundance of silk at ! Coventry, there is no demand for ribbons. The I workhouses are filled to overflowing with young ; wontep and girls. Out of three millions of English ■ women, of fitting years fqr v;'Qrk,-twp millions are ; at work for their living ; arid the number of mar- ! riagcahle women, who have no prospects of obtain- I ing husbands at home, is six hundred thousand.— | Those who enjoy the privilege of sewing for a liv ing, usually only fihilqt fifty dollars per annum; and the writer states that, out of one hundred and : eighty-fonr ladies whom lie knew to be thus sup- i ported, one hundred and twenty-four were unmar- j ried daughters of professional men. As the remedy ! for all these cyils, the writer suggests that the poor I women of glorious and proud England shall bo I herded together and sent off to New Zealand, Brit- : ish Columbia and other Inhospitable regions.— i From all this it would seem that England is op- | pressed with something quite as bad, and very ! ranch like slavery. ' An Unprecedented . Run at Billiards.—A great game of billiards was played at Owens’ bil- \ Ijard saloon, Syracuse, last Wednesday. The j game was one of 100 between a Mr. Way and Wm. ; Owens, the keeper of the billiard saloon. Owens I v played caroms and discount against bis opponent’s ' Before Corinth os a . . ful} game, Owens numtf the balls, got them in i party from the jam, and retained them there till ha had made ! yestrday, rasultine i!T thi> “ sfarmish the unprecedented run of 4,fioh points, mostly npon i ?ehel 4SL ' Vhh i ?4-T^VS'iT"- FROM GEX. BAMS’ ARMY. THE EIGHT AT FRONT ROYAL Official Account of th.e Attack , and. Retreat. Baltimore, May 26. —The following is the statement of the fight at Front Royal by Captain George Smith, of the Ist Maryland'Regiment, who succeeded in making bis, escape:—About 1 o'clock on Saturday afternoon a negro, mounted on horse back, came dashing into camp, crying out that the rebels were coming in great numbers, and they will .surround you and cut you otf. At first the men laughed at him, stating that they had waited too long for them, and they did not believe a word ot it—as soon, however, as Col. Kenlcy saw the man, he became satisfied of the ’ rebels’approach. The long roll was beaten, the i men responded,, springing heartily to their arms land forming iu line,by company, and very soon | the rebels mddc then 1 appearance. Strange to say, not a single gun was fired by the pickets of the regiment. It may have been "that in consequence of a sudden turn in the road they were surprised and captured. Company A was ordered to deploy as skirmishers and support a sec tion of Knapp’s Pennsylvania battery, which mus tered about forty men.' In the meantime the Lieut. Col. of the 29th in fantry, with a small detachment of his men, who had been acting as a pioneer corps, also formed and prepared to receive the enemy. Oar battery was soon engaged and discharged shot and shell for nearly two. hours, and until their ammunition had almost been expended. The fir ing was spirited, and there is no doubt of its effi cacy. Unable however, to withstand such an over whelming force, the order was given to retire, which was .done, and the entire column moved over the Shenandoah river, the retreat being cov ered by a company of the sth New York cavalry, about eighty strong. ' ’ Whilst passing over the bridge the Captain dis tinctly saw the rebel force. There was a very strong column of cavalry, say four squadrons of eight companies, and five regiments of infantry.— Of this force two regiments of infantry and two of cavalry wore fording the stream, the’water being very low. Ihe order “double quick” was given, and the Union troops took to the pike, where another stand was made, Colonel Kenley addressing the men and telling, them that their only chance was to stand and fight to the last, especially as the rebel cavalry were fast pushing on anti dispiaving a black flag. Gapt. Smith states that he did not see them dis play the white flag, as was. represented in a previ ous account. A second stand was made and many shots exchanged, when the New York cavalry, who were still in the rear of the column, broke and retreated, riding pell-mell through the ranks of the infantry. A party ot the Maryland command retreated to a wheat field and then made still another stand, firing rapidly and with deliberate precision. 1 reseully on came the rebel cavalrv, cutting right and left, terribly yelling like Indians. In some imriances neither the dying nor wounded wore sHbd, and in two instances the Captain saw the rebels draw their pistols and shoot them in the head whilst lying on the roadside. The Captain told the men they had better return to the pike and escape as best they could. He had not proceeded far when a cavalrv officer rode up to him and demanded Ins sword And pis tol. 'which he threw upon the ground—the rebel at the same time drawing a pistol ujron him. In the contusion, however, he succeeded in regaining his pistol, and observing a rebel shoot one of the First Maryland regiment, he drew it and shot him. and succeeded, with the aid of Lieut. Camphor, in se curing the rebel’s horse and riding off. After proceeding about two miles, they came across the ambulance in which Col. Kcnley lav, attended by Surgeon Mitchell, of the regiment.— The vehicle was passing along the pike, and had been repeatedly fired into by the relicl cavalrv.— Finding themselves closely pursued thev abandoned the horse, and leaping several fences' took to the woods, where th-y ? managed to conceal themselves, and the enemy gave up the chase. There were bat six companies of the First Marv lalid regiment engaged in the nght, the remaining fonr being on picket duty and acting as provost guard at Front Rural. Baltimore, M'ay 27.—Private accounts from Martinsburg represent that only a few rebel scouts arrived in town yesterday, and shortly after retired w ithout doing any damage to the town ‘ The indica - tions are that the rebels are retreating to Win chester. asiiisgton, May 27.—8 y despatches received at the War Department wc learn that affairs are quiet at Harper's Ferry and its vicinity. A message from Ge’n. Banks, dated I o’clock this morning, says Capr. CoMis, of the Zouaves d’Afnqne, has brought his command into Hancock having had bat two killed. A later despatch from Gen. Banks savs all is quiet-at Williamsport. OFFICIAL REPORT OF GEN. BANKS. Williamsport, May 2G—l p. M. To the President :—I have the honor to report the safe arrival of my command at this place at 10 o’clock, and the passage of the Fifth Corps across the river to-day with comparatively little loss. The loss of men, killed wounded and missing in the different combats in which mv command has participated since the march from S trashing, on the morning of the,24th instant, I am unable now* to report, hat I have great gratification in being able to represen* that, although serious, it is much less than might have been anticipated, considering the great disparity of the forces engaged, and the long matured plans of the enemy, which aimed at nothing less than the capture of onr entire force. A detailed statement will be forwarded as soon as possible. My command encountered the enemy in a con stant succession of attacks, and in the well-contest ed engagements at Strasbnrg, Middletown, Newton, at a point between these places and at Winchester, the force of. the enemy was estimated at about l. r >,ooo men, with very strong artillery and cavalry supports, while my own force consisted of two bri gades, less than 4,000 strong all told, 1,500 cav alry. 10 Parrot guns, and C smooth bores. : The substantial preservation of the entire supply train is ti source of gratification. It numbered about fire hundred wagons, On a forced march of fifty-three miles, thirty-five of which were per formed In one day, subject to constant attack in front, rear and and flank, according to its position by the enemy in full force, notwithstanding the panic of teamsters and the mischances of a river passage of more than three hundred yards with slender preparations for ford and ferry, mot' more than fitly wagons were lost. A full statement of tins loss will be forwarded forthwith. Our troops are in geod spirits and occupy both sides of the river. N. P, BANKS - Maj. Gen. Commanding, From the Mountain Department. Cincinnati, May 25.—C01. Hetli, with 3,000 men, attaokwl our forces under Col. Crook yesteidav morning at Lewishuig, ' After a severe fight the enemy was driven back, and completely routed. Colonel Crook’s force numbered 1,300. Our loss was 10 killed, 40 wounded and missing. The enemy’s loss is much greater. ' We captured four cannon, two of which were rifled pieces 200 stand of amis, ‘and about 100 prisoners, including a lieutenant colonel, a maictr and several captaijis and lieutenants, ’ From Gen. Halleck’a Army. From Gen. McClelland) Army. Headquarters Army of Potomac,! Saturday, May 24. 1862. y • The driving of the rebels from the vicinity of 1 New Bridge by our artillery yesterday, was foj -1 lowed np to-day by a movement wholly unexpected •to our adversaries. A reconnoisancc, composed of the 4th Michigan Regiment, Col. Woodbury, ; and a squad of the "2d Cavalry, Ca|itain Gordon, was made, which is worthy of mention. Five | companies of the 4th Michigan, under Lieutenant i Bowen, of theTo]rographical Engineers, and Lient. i Cnster, of the sth Cavalry, acting with the Topo ; graphical Corps, crossed the Chickahominy, a short ; distance above Newbridge, with thirty men of the I 4th Michigan. This small command succeeded in getting between four companies of the sth Louisi ! ana regiment, who were out on pieket duty at the , bridge, and a brigade of the enemy who were sup , porting thorn. In the meantime the balance of ; the regiment and the squadron of cavalry ap | preached the bridge from this side, thus attracting ! the attention of the four Louisiana companies, and j the first knowledge the rebels had of the near ; presence of an enemv was the firing from thirty ! muskets, at short pistol range, making havoc in the ranks, and causing a serious panic, while the | main body advanced in front and opened a deadly j fire. The result was that thirty-one of the enemy i were taken prisoners, fifteen wounded, and between | sixty and seventy left dead on the field. Among : the prisoners was a lieutenant. The casualties ort ; our side was one killed, one mortally and six j slightly wounded. Lient. Bowen had his horse : shot under him during the skirmish. I The light brigade under General Stoneman, and | the brigade of Gen. Davidson, of General Smith’s division, to-day advanced from Newbridge, up the : Chiekiihominy, to Ellison's Mills, on Bill’s creek. Here they encountered four regiments of the ene i my’s infantry, with some pieces of artillery, and a ; command of cavalry. Of these, two regiments of | infantry and three pieces of artillery were on the ! opposite side of the creek. The balance of the j infantry, which, was composed of the Bth and 9th, i Georgia Regiments, under General Howell Cobb, : were posted in a favorable |rosition to resist onrad | vance to Mcchanicsville. Fitlnr’s and Robertson’s i 1 batteries of the 2d Artillery were quickly brought j into action, and, after firing some 150 rounds, the j rebels withdrew with their guns, not, however, j ' until one of them had been dismounted, to the vil- I luge, covered by their infantry and cavalry. Four regiments of Gen. Davidson’s brigade were i then sent around, but night eoming on, they went; into cam]) within six hundred yards of the enemy, j At day-light the batteries on both sides opened, ] Wheeler confining his guns to shelling the houses,. ; behind which the enemy’s infantry were concealed, ; The fife was so liot for the rebels that they left the ; village, a portion' retreating across the’Chieka-j hominy. I Col. Mason, of the 7th Maine, was slightly in- i jured by the explosion of a shell. j General Stoneman then >cm two squadrons of ! the Bth Illinois Cavalry, under Major Clendenin, i three miles timber up the river, and caused to be ! destroyed the bridge of the Richmond and Freder- I icksburg Railroad. Mcchanicsville which is now | occupied by our troops, is live miles from Rich" ( mond. . I The War in Arkansas. t U'l: Girardeau, May 24.—Despatches from Colonel Daniels, of the first Wisconsin Cavalry, dated Camp Dunklin county, contain accounts of the capture of the rebel steamer Daniel E. Miller on the St. Francis river, taken with' stores of provisions and a company of troops for Memphis. The colonel captured the rebel pickets,’ and came upon the boat itself before it was out of. rifle shot distance from the shore. In return to a: command to lay to, the enemy sent a volley of musketry. Me then brought to bear ujron them a brass ti-ponndcr, which, after sending one shot through her hull and another through her wheel house, killing Lieut. Col. Lewis and one private, and wounding three others. This caused the steamer to surrender. About 6() prisoners were: taken, among whom was one colonel. None of our troops were hurt. Confession of How They Lie. Why the reporting of a battle by telegraph, by; letter, or hy word of mouth, says the Kichmond Whip, should deprive a man of every particle of common sense, or every spark of principle, we know not; bat the fact is so. A battle is no sooner begun than we are notified bv a “reliable, source, that the whole army of the enemy will cer tainly he killed or captured.” This we’ heard in regard to Donelson, Elkhorn. Shiloh, and nearly even- other battle that has been fought. It hite been claimed that the people of the North are liars, and that we of the South are truthful. This is a delusion. We are fast learning to tell as many lies, as big lies, as foolish and self-evident lies as the \ ankees. Everybody knows “the whole anttv of the enemy will certainly be killed or captured" means that the Confederates will be defeated next day. Another piece of stupidity on the part of onr newspaper and telegraph men is the inordinate pair ing of this or that general. Endless ridicule has heeiv heaped upon Sir. Davis bv comparing him to Washington ;.and we harp been.pained to see MrJ Bteckmndge viciimized by dispatches from the battle field of Shiloh. Hindman had his leg shot off, tint that is a small matter,when we consider that Breckinridge “ won immortal honor” bv hav mg evm- mg of “clothes shot away," his “horse riddled, and even “his hat swept down”—not witstanding vyhich (the frightful deprivation of hl S r nar,; he fought undismayed. W e mean no-disrespect to Breckinridge—quite Ti"!™?'; We ar ? ou lr angry that his friends should let him cut a jackassical figure in history. On ess we can ;,o fact to the old habit o/telling the tnuh and using moderate language, qnit “shaking Savannah with an earthquake” from a fort that surrenders after four men are wounded, and cease' to mutate the borahastical and mendacious lingo of a u d i lle Chinese, wc had better shut pera te^ offices and suppress the ne\vspe- Th ® E "‘ Orleans Bombardment.— The Navy Department has received full reports from commands of ressek at New Orleans, accompa hW l> ' “II elabarat< r Phm, on a large scale, of the OufofUtm the bombardment.—’ 1 ' 213 were runted on solid ground an the forts; 1,68 G exploded in the’ wr OVC J! the forts; 3,339 in ditches and overflowed: (bran.™ 110 t° rt - S- The drmvbriJ ge and hot shot: furnaces and cisterns were completely destroyed wmer R th !C i oBSem i“ and P* lB3 *® 6B "ere filled with: Water, the levee having been cut; the platforms for tents were burnt up; casemates all cracked [ r “ n . e,ld '° end > and the roofs of many werebrol ken m. Four guns were dismounted, and eleven: carnages and traverses injured. The outer walls are in many places cracked from top to bottom S T r th ® forts, save three ™all „. Th f ace " here each homb stack is marked on the plan. A semi-official statement is P “>bBhed ’ fort h (he real facts li Affauis in New’ Oeleaks.—Col. Demming of ectl , cut ’ " ho has arrived from New Orlops reports the existence of considerable Union semi’ mentm that _ city, iwhich developed hnsT i A CU il Zen * ho des ' refi to servo onr troora has to do so by anonymous notes, or by d roman tri a . IQW tone he passes officers or skiers 1 IV people are gradually coming out toseed* ress parades, and it is presumed that, - in progress of intercourse and trade, the despite classes may be repudiated hy the laboring Sanborn, the present agent of the Adams Express ? iwUfh^l 6 :«< Ae Potomac. C; rimac “ once ’ 11 * 8 «aid, on the Uer- The Eo« Trade.—Some idea mav of tlie magnitude of the egg tmde in \ to| >i from the following statement: produce commission house on Friday °*N( ceived 320 barrels of eggs; 165 baiwls w U ' * j signed by one man in Peoria, 111., ami j fbtward m one shipment. These were i buyer’s risk, at 8J cents a dozen, picker’, S ° 1 ' 1 *■' i'jthie best fresh eggs counted out being plO cents a dozen. The same honse.had n . 7 : received two shipments of 120 barrel ! the same man, and sold them at 10 to inT 11 lrr a dozen. On being advised of the last s |,j ■ Wli: ’i bouse telegraphed the shipper that e»g s bl’ 1 dined to nine cents or less, asking inorJl- ; The ship(icr replied, “Go ahead; it ; s Vo tl0 ® s '" I n«s to sell eggs. I will take care of ’ n ,~ r 7*- i tlie line. Lots of hens in Illinois; plenty'of ’ i and eggs are cheap.” ' • 1 ONWARD! ONWARD!! ! EXCELSIOR OLIt MOTTO I now open ■ ; On the corner of Branch and Aniiie EAST ALTOOXa. AN ENTIRELY mw STOCK OF GOODS I Having disposed op Tln : entire stiwk ofold goods in the akivt* stun,! , lion, we desire to nay to the public that w* hs* • ‘ opened out «n Ws ENTIRELY NEW STOCK to which we invite the attention of the pnbHr \c determined to sell at the ’ *u. VERY LOWEST PRICKS. i Our Hock a large and complete iw-ortm-rn; LADIES’DRESS GOODS consisting, in part, of plain and fancy Silks. all-wiy,i J lainea, AI paean. C bailie Delaines, plain and figure.lß-. Lawns, Ginghams, DucaUs-De Barge. Travoliinr Goods, and all the * LATEST STYLE PRINTS, Men’s Wear. We have received a large and well selected stock «f r.s* TLBMKN-8 DRESS GOODS, such »Tctth“ Pte'i ftuicy CMSimeres. Cnshmereta, Tweeds, J«inC Teens, Velvet Cbrds, .ml other, fuhionable-A lor men and boys. WHITE GOODS. Irish Linen, Cambrics, Victor* I*wn«, plain ~„d , Swiss, Bobjnets, Edgings, Ac. ’ We have a large a sortment of Ladies' Needlework ej l»r» and Sets, Dress Trimmings, Ribbons, Gloves. Gait lets, Mitts, Hosiery, Silk and Linen Handkerchiefs, vIV Ties, Veils, 4c. Also, Ticking, Checks, bleached id ~ blenched Muslins, Cotton and Linen Diaper, Crash, lr , Also, a fine assortment of SPRING SHAWLS Wt* have teceived a large lot of BOOTS ANP SHOES, LADIES' CAITKIN HATS & CAPS, SHAKER BONNETS, i.. which we are determined to sell cheaper than evpr. QUEEENSWAHE, CEDAR AND WILLOW-WAKK, HARDWARE, Groceries, Flour. Bacon, Cheese, Symps, Molasses, Mackerel, Herring, Carbon Oil, Fish Oil Drugs and Medicine*, and. in fact, everything usually kept in a lind-dnss Str.rt *>■ As we make our purchases almost entirely fur cash, and as we will sell for C A Sff ONL Y A?iD KEEP NO, BOOKS, it will enable us to sell Gootbu moderate prices; and by fair dealing and strict a; tentlon to business we hope to stcure a liberal share d public patronage. Altoona, April 16,1862~tf ONWARD! EVER ONWARD! STEP BY STEP! r PHE UNDERSIGNED DESIRES TO 1 iuOirm his old' customers and the public generally that he has thia Spring gone into the Dry Hood buiinm, aiid baa just received a largo and entirely new stock of Dress G-oods Fyr the Ladies, embracing all the latest, prrttiestaud most I FASHIONABLE PATTERNS. And anmug which may be found evury quality of good*, tlje names uf which it would be too t stoma ttf enumentr. I hare also largely increased my atomic of BOOTS & SHOES and Imvr now a tall asaortmrnt for LADIES, MISSES, CHILDREN, MEN AND BOYS. Id the Hue of pore, fresh and cheap GROCERIES & PROVISIONS 1 will not “knock under” to any of my competitors. Id »®P**** m *i*t 1 feel an re that I can render satU&rtioD. i kinds of country produce taken in exchange fef and the highest market price allowed. >Btore on the corner of Annie and Rebecca streei?. Eut Altoona. THOMAS lIESLOP ; Altoona, May 22,1862. EVERYBODY CALLS AT JESSE SMITH’S when they want fashionable Hats «« Dtdeh Cabbage PlanU, Celery, EjK*'> al *V varieties. Persons dSinng «“I of the shore plants aboald Have their orders early that GELS & CO, Srihi PRINTED ON Oaapbelt’s $660 “ Country Pi tribune power-pr ca if. PRINTING OFFICE Having, within the past two years, made cooal uidlUoa to our establishment in the way of net type. Screw Press, Paper Cutter. Can! Cutler, Kul chine. Card Power Press, and large Newspaper Pressl (a cut of which we give above) we am now p to ezechw anything in the line of printing or n , ,tyic equal to any establishment in the State, prices equally low. We ban execute, on short no styles of Wadding, invitation. Visiting, Ball 4 Business Circulars, Programmes, MAMMOTH posters, sale si HBOIUL m® LkSWltMlAiP' Pamphlets, Pay and Check I BLANK BOOKS, manifests, and blanks of all k 1 Ali ve ask is a trial, feeling confident that we . satisfaction If we have the opportunity. -Offlce in Lowther’s building, corner of Virginia ole streets, opposite Superintendent’s OlBce. LOCAL ITEM! Eoo.ot House.— Wo take pleasure in c the following complimentary notice of the House, in this place, ftw* Ih* June nun Godov's Lady's Book:— “A visit to A simply to take a look through the immense shops of the great Pennsylvania Kail Road, be agreeable enough, particularly ag yon ha a ride the whole distance through the roost I ful scenery on our continent, passing through lons towns, over a most substantially : laid i winding around mountains and through tutu [This, we say, woidd be enough; hut when y< [ put up at such a house Logan, situa I the foot of the mountains, and nearly snrro [by hills, from the top of which you have deli [views, this certainly adds to the pleasures [trip. The Logan House was built and for | by the Pennsylvania Bail Road Co., and is [the hugest hotels in this State. It is kept [most admirable manner by Messrs. D. U. M I Co., whose attention to their guests is unren [The rooms arc as ; well furnished as those < [private house, and the table not to be excel Ic [where. The constant arrival and departure [trains make it a lively spot. Arid now, afte [ing spent a week,or more with our triciu [Millers, jump into the cars in the morning a [over to Cresson, less than an hour's ride: bou go up the mountain at a -speed equal t ucrel; and here you witness one of the most [did specimens of engineering in the world—cr [a mountain in a rail road car, hitherto thong [possible until the Petmslvania Rail Road Co., [mined to conquer every obstacle, * went an jit.' Arriving near the summit, yon go thru [tunnel, and then comes your descent on the [side. The scenery surroundings are majesti beautiful, and a sojourn at this mountain ho the summer months is something akin to an e [paradise.” The Wounded Soldiers. —ln looking ovt txchanges, we notice that the citizens of towns ate continually at work providing t accessary for the comfort of the brave men lave been wounded in defence of the Star Stripes, our glorious Union, and all tliat w American citizens, hold dear. Why has no »ona done something towards relieving thei prings and cheering their hearts ? Is it be ?ur citizens have not been asked ? If so, the: [hat excuse no longer. Urgent appeals |een made from the hospitab at Philadelphia more, and Fortress Monroe. At Phibdi hey want everything that will contribute I Welfare and comfort of a sick or wounded m: M the military hospitab at Baltimore they a: b much in want of delicacies, but they do iospitaT shirts. Many of the wounded arri bat city before the least attention has been b their wounds, and the first thing they wa lean clothes. At Fortress Monroe they btter and eggs, sponges, oiled silk, rags, kges, lint, and dried irnit. Now,, cannot tnily in our town send something ? If the e too busy to move in thb matter, -let some o ergetic ladies of the town “put their head' ther,” and see what can be doni, and wc tain they will be promptly assisted in thb t iertakmg, by the men. Battles are occm nost every day; onr friends and neighboi Ing disabled by thousands, and shall we gratefcl as not to render them the littk i ce which they beg, for fear, as we have h ne say, “our William wouldn't get it, anyh hat if our own relatives do not enjoy the Ik the self-same articles we send ? .Some paring soldier, just as brave and just us wo ps enjoy them, while “pur William," or N” » Mndly provided for by somebody eb I there be. no more of thb quibbling. Sufi' «nity calb for prompt action. Let us doing. ddmm of D. J. Nbff, Esq.—On 8 ling last fire Hall of the Sons of Terni tt* place, was densely filled by as inteil once of ladles and gentlemen, to hear D R deUvcr his address on Tempen Bobject is one that has been so frequently bandied tbat we wondered what new m irator conld find to dwell upon, but we i I satisfied that this fruitful theme is i itiMe. The address was most beautiful, it and interesting, and the audience seemei Mr. Neff is a very pleating talker Mhinker. The soiycct of his remarks I - *y B* Ten careful thought and study, |tmt and believe the meeting will be p f much good in our community. Lahujs Coxnto No«th !—Siuc 60 of the South so freely contributed all watches and jewelry for foe purpose of ai »went unholy rebellion, we need not be after the war is over, if a whole train aforesaid chivalrons females should riti “8 town ft* the purpose ot replenfakin. ■ of valoables af foe cheap jewelry sto ow Shimon, on Virginia street, above ( - . ° W? coiwtaotij? om band aay watches; and jewelry of alt «sfo footiraraoßeWem