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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 <fe Caps.
r ‘PHE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RE
JL BPECTFULLY announce to the citixens of Altoou
and surrounding country that be has Just returned iroa
the city with bis '
Spring & Suibmef Styles of
HATS, J| CAPS,
&IISSES’ PEATS, &C.
His Stock of Hate and Cape are of the very best selection,
ofeveiy atyle, color and chape, for both old and young. ‘
; All he aakc to that the people call and examino his stock,
and he feels confident' that he eao ceud them away r *•
hdoing, If not in the purchaae of such an article as they
wanted, at the remembrance of having looked upon lb*
handsomest stock of Bata, Cana, Flats, *c., ever «hiliM
In this town. ’
on Virginia Street, opposite the Lutheran Chureh.
Oct 3,1*61. JKSSB SMITH.
9 TIMBER LAND
FOR SALE IB
OR TRADE. L
rpHJE UNDERSIGNED DESIRES t»
A sell, or trade for property in the Borough of Altoo
ACRES Off GOOD WHITE Pft*
ASiD WHITJS OAK lIMBBS LANR. situate in Clmu* 11
two miles freia Qlob Mom. one ®itb from
field Creek, imd within thirty rods of an excellent SAW
MILL. It is within Wsrtletorytpton, by the Plank Ro»i
i tnUe *J ro » Tyrone har Turnpike, and 9 miles from o**
th « Tyrone aadPhfl) ipabnrg Rail Road— the
*«d from Oten Hope to Oeeola running within
of the land. -
* A? 2 "I 6 * of this tract will be my good
** Wren off, and the balance go™
2VEAPOW LAND.
*•» of IhU piece of hard om many o tb « rk
e *l liD « °» »• anderelgDed in ARom*-
May 15,1862-lm] OKOEOB H. OALKBs
X? ARLY Eli ANTS.—THE SUBSCRI
- 4 E<-r would toforui the cltixeoi of Altoona and dof
jv Jh»*t he is prepared to furnish any number of the m**
lo*!og varieties of
GARDEN PLANTS,
from bis hot-beds, In
COLLINSVILLE, NEAR ALTOONA-
He bu the Lan- Red Smoothe and ffegee Wand Tmat-
Kariji and Karly Blood -firmip Heel
~s»fiy York, Early Winnlßmtadt. Large talc
•“> «« 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