|Ut#otta Srihuie. ALTOONA, PA. - THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1862. the People’s Union County Conven tion and Mr. Blair. By the meanest fraud and trickery, several dele gates elected to the County Convention, which met on Tuesday at Hoflidaysburg, instructed by the people who they represented, to vote for Hon. L. W. Hall for Congress, were induced to violate those Mutmctioai and vote for Mr. Blair. Learn ing this, Mr. Hall refused to let his name go be fore the Convention, and Blair was declared the choice of the party in this pounty. Seventeen delegates refused to vote for him or to make his nomination unanimous, altho’ there was no other name before the Convention. A majority of the whole Convention were positively instructed by the people to vote for Col. Hall. We leave' the traitors who betrayed him in the hands of the people they also betrayed. This day Louis W. . Hall stands nearer the hearts of the masses of our county than any man within its borders. His ability, integrity and popularity, can well stand a a temporary defeat brought about in such a cor rupt and dishonest manner. As to the men who induced the traitor delegates to so misrepresent their constituents, we will have a word to say again.. The published proceedings of the Conven tion show the utter detestation With which his friends view the manner in which his opponents effected the withdrawal of his name. Notwith standing the treachery of the delegates referred to, we thought, and still think. Col. Hall had a ma jority of the Convention with him, and we were pained when he refused to let his name go before it—but on reflection we think he was right and" honor him all the more for his manly position.— We will speak our mind more freely on this sub ject again. Those who think that Mr. Hall can be struck down in such a manner, are sorely mis taken. Ouk Govzbmment and Mexico. —The llondon a ays: As for the United States Gbvem ment,k need not be said that it lost no time in making Jta opinions known. Although the Senate had refused to concur in Mr. Seward's scheme for an advance of money to Mexico, in order to ena ble her to pay the sums due to the intervening powers, yet Lord Lyons states his belief that the Senate’s only reason was a desire to draw no fur ther on die pecuniary resources of the country, and to avoid interference in Mexican affairs at a time of intestine trouble. “ I believe,” said Lord Ly ons, “ that the allied expedition to Mexico is ex tremely unpalatable to the American people, and that the establishment of a monarchy in that country would be regarded by them as extremely offensive; but) nevertheless, it is felt that the in tervention of the United States sbonld be post poned until it can be effectual.” 4hF~ We understand our kind friends and neigh bors, of the Peoples' Party of Holliday sburg, are quite excited and disposed to be very angry. We are sorry. We pity them. Verily we commiser ate their, condition. Sorely; no men were ever more unhappy—no men were ever more miserable. They have a right to complain. They have been treated badly. The late County Convention neg lected them. They claimed the Auditor and they should have bad it. Besides they had a merchant of falrproportkms and an accountant fine, who could split a hair twixt west and north-west side in any arithmetical calculation. Nay more than this, Altoona was to get the National Foundry and Hollidaysbnrg was entitled to the Auditor. Tis trnethey did get everything else, and that a very wnemble delegate thought'that the town should Did have all. Still we insist they were treated bad —very bad. They, should have had the Auditor. X>kaXh op Hon. B. M. Paekeb.—We learn with regret of the death of Hon. Eobert M. Palmer, United States Minister to the Argentine Confed eration. He died at sea on the 29th of April, and his remains were committed to the deep on the morning of the 27th. Mr. Palmer suited from Buenos Ayres, with his family, for home, about the 13th of April, his health, which was bad when ||e country, having become still worse.— He was a citizen of Potterille and had represented SefanylkiU comity in the Legislature with decided" ability, having been Speaker of the Senate for one or two sessions. He bore a high character and ’**• mtcellent and useful citizen. His age was .abort fifty yean, and he leaves a wife and family. President Lincoln appointed him Minister to the Atgentine Confederation soon after his inangnra tion, and he sailed from this country in May, 1861. HoaeßWEs, Ho!—The Great National Horae Fair |a to be held at the Keystone Park, Williams port, Pa., commencing on the 2nd and ending on the dth of September. It is said that arrange ments hare been made to secure the finest assem blage of Imported, blooded and native breed of k° l ** , that has ever been collected in this conntty. Thy of premiums will be large, ranging as high as <2OO. Liberal arrangements have been jfcd yrill be made with the different railroads Williamsport is situated in the beautiful vaUey of the Susquehanna, and accessible by railroad from all parti of the United States, and is well suited for the exhibition. «TThe two legally elected delegates from Qajnport Borough, at |he « People’s Union County Comrott*," were excluded and declared to be ißhgjtyp-elected because some voted for them who ddmeA to be members of the People's party but did not call themselves BepehUcam. Whatdpthe Conntythinkqfthis? Zoological.—Among the captured rebels at wo fow Typers ami two Allgfttnrs. They are said to be mote tame. County Convention. Agreeably to the call of the County Committee of the People’s party of Blair county, the delegates from the several townships, boroughs and wards, met in Convention, in the Court-House in Holli- daysbnrg, on Tqgsday, 17th inst. Martin Bell, Esq., of Antis, was called to the Chair, and Geo. Koon, B. F. Bose and R. B. Johnston were chosen Secretaries. : The delegates presented their credentials and were admitted. There being two sets of delegates claiming seats from Gaysport borough, a vote ires taken to decide which were entitled to their seats, which resulted in favor of Blair’s delegates by a vote of 23 to 21. The delegates from Snyder Tp., who were instructed for Mr. Hall, voting for Mr. Blair. Altooiia, N. W.—H. C. Bern, Peter Marks. “ W. W.—B. F. Bose, John Looden. “ E. W.—Wm. Fox, B. F. Custer. Antisi—Martin Bell, John Campbell. Allegheny—Daniel Gibboney, L. £. Joy. Blair—John Ulleiy, George-Koon. Catharine—John Wertz, Geo. W. Reed. Freedom—F. Harlan, L. F. Butler. Frankstown—Jicob Brna, J. Slippy. Gaysport—Jacob Berry, John Tippety. Greeenfield—J. G. S. Black, M. Simpson. HoUidaysbnrg, E. W.—B. B. Johnston, R. B. Rorabacher. “ W. W.-J. H. Bell, - S' John Dipner, Huston—Mason Howard, John Clapper. Juniata—G. P. Kelly, F. Wilt. Logan—Sami McG lathery, John Louden. Martinsburg—Jacob Graffius, Wm. Bloom. Snyder—Wm. Akin, Wm. Plummer. Tyrone—Thus. Fleck, David Crawford. Tyrone Boro’—Wm. Stoke, J. H. Burlev. Wood berry—J. D. Ross, Jno. K. Neff. " North Woodbeny—J. S. Nicodemns, H. Butler. Taylor—John Allenbaugh, Michael Grabill. On motion, adjourned to meet at 2 o’clock P. M. AFTERNOON SESSION. Convention met, agreeably to adjournment, at 2 o’clock P. M. On motion, the Convention proceeded to nomi nate a candidate for Congress. Hon. L. W. Hall’s name was, at his own request, withdrawn, when a motion was made to re-nominate Hon. S- S. Blair by acclamation, which was agreed to bv a vote of 29 to 17. Mr. Blair was then authorized to appoint his own conferees, by the same vote. On motion, the Convention proceeded to nomi nate a candidate for Assembly, which resulted as follows: Ist ballot. 2d bal. 3d bal J. G. Adi uni, 15 22 17 F. Hyle, - a withdrawn S. Morrow, 7 2 R. A. McMurtrie, 14 22 Martin Roll, T withdrawn R. A. McMurtrie, of Hollidaysburg, having re ceived a majority of all the votes cast, was de clared elected. On motion, the convention proceeded toTiomi nate a candidate for Register and Recorder, with the following result: Hugh A. Caldwell 2!) L. Lowry Moore, 17 Hugh A. Caldwell, Esq., of Hollidaysburg, having received a majority of oil the votes cast, was declared nominated. On mbtion, the Convention proceeded to nomi nate a candidate for County Treasurer, which re sulted as follows; John A. Crawford, 29 David McKellip,.... 5 G. Lowrie, 1 12 John A. Crawford, of Hollidaysburg, was de clared the nominee, having received a majority of all the votes cast. On motion, tjie Convention proceeded to nomi nate a candidate for County Commissioner, which resulted as follows: Dquiel Shock,.. 26 David Henshey 11 Jnb. F. Beigle, 2 Daniel K. Ramey, 7 Daniel Shock, Esq., of Greenfield township, having received a majority of all the votes cast, was declared nominated. On motion, the Convention proceeded to the nomination of-Director of the Poor, which resulted as follows: John Young, ; ....,, lf> Geo. Weaver,......; 6 Jacob S. Nicodemns, 25 Jacob S. Nicodemns, of N. Wood berry, hav ing received a majority of all the votes was de clared nominated. On motion, the Convention proceeded to nomi nate a Candidate for County Auditor, with the following result: A. L, Holliday,, Jacob Brna, David Henshev, M. Grabill, David Henshey, of Antis, having received a majority of all the votes cast, was declared to be the nominee. On motion, the Convention proceeded to nomi nate a candidate for County Surveyor, with the following: result: H. C- Nicodemus, 30 J. M. Gibbony, 16 H. C. Nicodemus, of Martinsburg, having re ceived a majority of all the votes cast, was declared to be nominated. Messrs. Wm. M. Lloyd, Bcnj. F. Bose and j. K. Neff were chosen Senatorial Delegates.- , Caleb Guyer, of Tyrone, was selected, as Dele gate to the State Convention. On motion, the Convention adjourned. PENUstLVAKiA alwats Ahead.— On Saturday morning last, our efficient State Treasurer, Hon. Henry D. Moore, paid to the Assistant Treasurer of the United States the sum of $350,000, being, the final instalment .of the State’s quota of the direct tax imposed by the act of Congress of last July; the whole amount paid by the noble old Keystone State being,nearly two millions. Bv making the payment at this time the Common wealth saves the fifteen per cent, authorized bythe act to be deducted from the total amount, Penn sylvania is the first State in the Union that has complied with the terms of the law. She was first to fly to the rescue of the capital when it was me naced rebels, and she is first in contributing j her share of the expenses of the war. Mr. Moore i and the Slate authorities are deserving of much i praise for the excellent manner in which they have I managed this business. «r The Hampton Legion, of South CaroW went into the battle on the 31st ult. with]*2l men, and in charging one of Casey’s batteries, retired with a loss of 154 men killed and wounded. Fsexoht nr jhk Fight.—General Fremont wm in the thickest of the fight on Sunday last, •ad foo«ht desperately. He himself took two prisoners, • ■ 1 This celebrated old Union war-horse was appro priately honored with a grand reception at the Academy of music in Philadelphia, on Friday eve ning last,’ at which time and place a Union flag was presented to bis daughter, Mrs. Sawyer, who is traveling with the old gentleman. After the presentation ceremony, the Parson was introduced, when he immediately launched out on his favorite theme, the Rebellion, and entertained his hearers with an address, from which we propose to make a few extracts. After alluding to the disease of his throat, which, forttmately for him, the rebels had not “ operated” upon, he referred to his arrival at Cincinnati, where be suddenly and unexpectedly found himself able to address audiences of from 35,000 to 40,000 persons, and be heard half a mile off! He then savs; I attributed this sudden restoration of my voice to its full power and volume to the fact that I was engaged in making war upon this infinitely infer nal rebellion, [Laughter and cheers] —the work of the worst men in the whole Southern Confederacy; a set of corrupt, depraved, disappointed, and am bitious leaders—the most unmitigated scoundrels that ever breathed the air of Heaven. You hive better men in Philadelphia, to-night, in your pen itentiary, than the leaders' of this rebellion South, and I know there are letter men to-night in hell. [Great laughter.] • - He then spoke of the wickedness and the inex cusableness of the present rebellion. He did not scruple to say that we have some men in the North who have been and are continually harping about the “ peculiar institution," and with all their boasted philanthropy, they had done the negro more harm than good. The speaker was not there for the purpose of pandering to any Northern feeling, prejudice, or temperament, but as a frank and honest Southern man, he would say : We of the South, and not you of the North, brought on all this deviltry and all this destruction. We did it, and we are main)}’ responsible for it; and the gallows will never receive its due until the leaders of this rebellion are hanged. [Great cheering.] The devil will be cheated out of' his just rights until ho has the exquisite pleasure of roasting the rebel leaders in hell. ‘ [Laughter and renowned cheers.] The speaker then, comes to notice the origin of the existing unhappy state of affairs, and in speak ing of the Presidential campaign of 1860, he re marks: Wc-brought a variety of candidates upon the track—we had a sort of four horse team as it were. Some supported 1 one candidate, and some another. It fell to'my lot, as it did to the lot of many who hear me, to support Bell; the Union ticket as I believed, and ns many believed. We were unsuc cessful, we failed to elect our man, and the great leader upon our ticket has gone, since that time, not exactly the way of all earth, but the way of all the South. Colonel Bell has delivered.” under threats of violence, a Secession speech, mid turned out to itinerate and electioneer in favor of breaking up the Union. He is joined to his idol. I have nothing harder to say of the old man .in his ab sence, and in his declining years, but to ask you to pity the sorrows of a poor old man. [Laugh ter.] The other member of my ticket, wherever he is, is right side up, and marked with care. [Laugh ter and applause.] He is a glorious man wherever you come across him; I allude to Edward Everett, and when I sum up the whole thing, I am brought to the mortifying reflection, that the ticket which . you and I supported had all its virtue all its strength in its hind legs, like a kangaroo. [Laughter.] ■ 29 The Douglass ticket is then mentioned and “the Little Giant” eulogized, after which the Parson proceeds qo notice— A third ticket, and, begtre God, permit me to say the meanest ticket that was. ever put forth. I allude to the Breckenridge and Lane ticket—[de risive laughter] two men who lent themselves to this infamous, this infernal disunion party, and who were used as catspaws, as tools and instruments to help break up the Government. Many of yon sup ported that ticket. You ought to be ashamed of it here to-night. [Laughter and applause.] This Breckenridge party, if elected, only intended to steal all your money and arms they could, and, at the expiration of the four years, take command of the Republic. That was their purpose—the hell-deserving vagabonds. [Laughter.] They in tended this and nothing else. Did not Mason— :that whiskey, rotten-headed Senator—bow; in the Senate and say, no matter what the North may concede to us, the South will reject all—out of the Union we intend to go, and out of the Union they have tried to go. These rebel Representatives pre tended to go through the form of their oath in the day-time, hut at night they were holding caucuses as to how they could break up the Union. Not the least important of this class were Mason and Slidell, whom you boarded for a short time at public ex pense in Fort Warren. Instead of giving them up, we should have tied a millstone to their necks and thrown them into Boston harbor. The fourth and last ticket on the track was the Lincoln and Hamlin ticket, and the Parson ex pressed his gratification at its election. In referring to Hon. Horace Maynard, Brown low says: . ....... 31 He is a true, loyal and courageous man, and who together with myself, Johnson, and others, will fight the, rebel crew of Jeff Davis, and their hosts and push them to the bitter end, where we will still fight them ; and we intend, by the grace and help of God, to pursue them to the gates of hell, and, after they have entered, to make months at them. [Laughter and cheers.] We have no desire to pursue the rebels quite so far, but we can scarcely wonder at Brownlow’s bitterness, when we read the accounts of tire dia bolical crimes and outlandish wickedness which he has witnessed among them. He next refers to the privileges which the South ern States enjoyed in the Union, and their deter mination to secede, no matter what further con cessions were made to them, and expressed the hope that the rebels might be driven into the sea, as the hogs were in ancient times. After relating a horrible tale of the manner in which the Union men of East Tennessee have been made to suffer by the rebels, the Parson adds— . And yet you have men at the North who sym pathize with these infernal murderers. [Applause.] If I owed the devil n debt, and it was to be dis charged by the rendering up to him of a dozen of the meanest, most revolting, and God-forsaken j wretches that ever could be culled from the ranks | of depraved human society, and if I wanted to pay that debt and get a premium upon the payment, he would make a tender to his Satanic Majesty of twelve Northern men who sympathized with this in fernal rebellion. [Great cheering.] Why, gen | tlemcn, after the battle at Manassas and Bull Run, ' i the officers and privates of the Confederate annv I parsed through our town on flieir way to Dixie, : exulting over the victory they had achieved, and some of them had what they called Yankee heads, or the entire beads of Federal soldiers, some of them with long beards and goatees, by which.they would take them up and say, “See! here is the ‘ head of a damned soldier captured at Bull Run." That is the spirit of Secession at the South. It is the spirit of murder of the vile untutored savage; it is the spirit of hell; and he who apologizes for them is no better than those who perpetrate the deed. [Cheers.] - ' In conclusion, Browidow congratulated his au dience that the South,could not hold out much ! ■longer; that there are thousands who are sick and ■ tired of fighting; they are destitute' of the nece*- Parson Brownlow. saries of life, and also of arms and ammunition.— Then referring to the different rebellions which have taken place in different ports of the Union, he says: _ Bat the great conspire*? of the nineteenth cen tury and the great rebellion of the age is now on hand, and he believed that Abe Lincoln, with the people to back him, wiU crash it dot. [Cheers and applause.} It would be done, it must be done, and it shall he done—[great cheering]—and, hav ing done tlpat thing, gentlemen and ladies, if they will give us a few weeks’ rest to recruit, we will lick England and France both, if they wish it— [loud applaose]—and he was not certain but we woujd have to do it—particularly old England.— [CI real laughter.] She has been playing a two listed gome, and she was well represented by Rus sd, for he carried water upon both shoulders. He did not like the tone of her journals, and when this war is finished we shall have four or five hun dred thousand well-drilled soldiers, inured to the hardships of war, under the lead of experienced officers, and then we shall be ready for the rest of the world and the balance of mankind. [Applause.] We might Have to give old England what Paddy gave the dram, “ a devil of a beating.” [Great laughter and applause.] The Canada Thistle.—Many of our readers, says an exchange, ore probably not aware that Senator McClure’s bill to prevent.the spread of the Canada Thistle was passed by both branches of the Legislature last winter, and now is the law of the State. It provides that hereafter any individual or corporation allowing the Canada Thistle to ripen seed on their premises, shall be liable to a fine of ten dollars, upon each complaint that is propierly established; and any one who may fear the spread of the Canada Thistle upon his premises from the lands of his careless or thriftless neighbor, may, after five (lays' notice, enter upon any lands where the weed is found growing, cut it, and recover full costs for the labor and trouble. This isa wise Jaw, and the farmer who fails to enforce it strictly is not awake to his interests.— The Canada Thistle is perhaps the most dangerous weed to agriculture we liave in this section. Its massive roots so completely occupy the gftmnd wherever it once gets a ((Kiting, that nothing else can be grown ujion the soil, and the seed is so light that the wind will carry it for miles. There is, therefore, no safety to any tanner, if the Cana da Thistle is anywhere within twenty miles of him. for it will spread in any direction with most aston ishing rapidity, and wherever it starts, it will in a little time completely pre-occupy the land against any and every other crop. We especially invite .the attention of corpora tions to this law : The Canada thistle owes its existence to our transportation lines, and it is most abundant along our railroads, and in towns about depots, &c. Every corporation and individ ual who has this dangerous weed must dig it out as soon as possible to make his work available; and it must be renewed each year, for it will re quire the most careful digging out for several years to destroy it. Let every farmer resolve to enforce the new law rigidly without fear or favor; and we shall be saved from the further spread of one of the most fatal foes known to successful agriculture. A PtiorosAi. foe Negroes. —The Danish Min ister at Washington has made a formal proposition to our Government, through Mr. Seward, Secre tary of State, in relation to negroes who have es caped from rebel masters, and who are now under Federal protection. He proposes to take them all off our hands and remove them to St. Croix (a Danish West India Island), free of charge. They will there be apprenticed for three years, to make sugar and him, receiving stated wages for their support, and after that they are to be uncondition ally free. The proposition certainly looks well, and we hope it may be accepted. St. Croix, or Santa Cruz, as it is sometimes called, is a small but fertile island, about 30 miles long by 8 miles broad. The climate is just suited to the blacks, and it would doubtless be a paradise for them. Great Flood.—A terrible freshet occurred in the Delaware and Lehigh rivers, after the storm of Wednesday week. The water reached the se cond stories in the lower part of the towns of Eas ton and Mauch Chunk. All the canals were over flowed, and the railroads submerged. The iron works were stopped, and many people drowned in their houses, by the suddenness of the flood. The freshet in the Delaware was equal to that of 1841. Large quantities of furniture, store goods, bridges, houses, cattle, &c., went down the river. The damages to the Delaware, Lackawan na and Western railroad is great. It will take a week to repair. Stroudsburg was inundated on Wednesday night, and the damage is very great. A dispatch from Easton in the evening says the flood commenced to recede shortly after noon. It is impossible to arrive at anything like an accurate estimate of the damage, but it is reported at ten millions of dollars worth ! The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company is probably not so much in jured as it was by the freshet of 1841, but it will require several months to place their canal in navi gable condition. The rail road bridge at Mauch Chunk has been swept away, and the iron furnace in the valley of the Lehigh stopped. Boats with their crews were swept from their moorings and dashed to pieces, many tenements with their occu pants were carried away. The town of Weissport, on the Lehigh river, containing three hundred houses, was almost entirely swept away, drowning many families. Identity or a Leo.—The St. Louis Democrat says;—Lydia Cooper, a feminine bijied of very ex pansive and brilliant plumage, was yesterday morn ing placed at the recorder’s bar for alleged distur bance of the peace. It transpired that, on Tues day, she ordered a carriage, seated herself regally therein, protruded one of her legs conspicuously out of the window, and in this posture rode in state through the principal streets of the amazed metropolis. As indignant citizens and stars at tempted to arrest her progress, she only extended the member farther and rode the faster—bnt sud denly found her steed halted and herself in severe custody. While a witness was giving testimony to this and similar purport, Lydia eyed him with an air of supreme fearlessness' and contempt, and when Jie had concluded, triumphantly demanded of him whether he could identify- the leg which he saw out of the window! Could he swear it was her leg? This annihilating inquiiy she put with an emphasis and volubility that would certainly have .residted in her discharge, had hot the Re corder terminated the case by imposing upon her a fine of $lO. Tcepestixe from Petroleum.—A tecent London paper states that scientific experiments made have resulted in extracting turpentine from petroleum. The process is said to be a safe one, and it is added that the turpentine obtained bj it can be produced at one-third the price that has heretofore been paid for the same article from the Carolinas. This would seem to be confirmed by the fact that painters in this country, have, since the war began, used naptha, one of the products distilled from petroleum, for the purpose to which turpentine was formerly applied. hundred and two Representatives and thirty seven benators have signed a paper, started by \Vilson, of lowa, asking the President to make j an arrangement for releasing by exchange all Union prispneiu in rebel hands, 1 FBOX GEE. EREXOFTS ARMY. Jackson believed to be Reinforced by 12,000 Men. Gen. Fremont in Danger cf being Overwhelmed. Mount Jackson, June 18. . Reliable information has been received at Head quarters that Jackson has been reinforced a second time by 12,000 men. Gen. Fremont is in a very exposed condition, in danger of being overwhelmed by a vastly superior force. No reinforcements are on the way to him.. It is believed that much of the Corinth army is about to be sent to hold the Shenandoah Valley, with its immense supplies of wheat, until after har vest time. Winchester, June 17. P. M.—There is noth ing worthy of note transpiring here at present, but we hear a multitude of rumors in regard to Gen. Fremont’s army. The latest report, coming through a rebel channel to Strasburg, is that Jackson had fallen back to some defensible point, where he had bee% reinforced by 70,000 men, 10,000 of whom he would employ to keep Fremont engaged while the remainder were to march down the valley west of North Mountain, cut Fremont off, and sweep him from the vallev. The mail messenger from Gen. Fremont’s army to Strasburg rejKjrts that fighting was continued between the two armies on Monday and Tuesday, and another rider says that Fremont has fallen back to Harrisonburg. A targe portion of the prisoners curried off by Jackson have effected their escape. The latest intelligence from Gen. Fremont is of a jubilant character. The report that 1,500 to 2,000 rebel prisoners are now en route ifom Fremont’s division is not confirmed at headquarters. Winchester, June 15.—Advices from Front Royal this evening report everything quiet there and no signs of the enemy in that neighborhood. Nearly all of Gen. Shield’s men had found their wav there. A few stragglers of the brigade which was forced back from Port Republic had found their way into •Gen. Fremont’s lines at Mount Jackson. The tenqiorary .excitement among the citizens caused by the appearance of a few rebel guerillas near Castleman or, Smycker’s Ferry has subsided. The only effect it produced at our headquarters, was to strengthen our pickets along the line of the Shenandoah. Officers from Gen. Fremont’s camp this morn ing report some heavy firing in the Lumy Valley, op|»sitc Mount Jackson, last night. They express the opinion that Jackson’s reconnoisance had over taken the rear guard of Gen. Shield's command. Gen. Fremont’s front rested on Mount Jackson, his line extending from the Mnssannetten to the foot of the North mountain, south of Mill Creek. It is stated by secessionists here and from above, that Jackson has been reinforced by Gen. White’s Division, 15,000 strong, and that he is advancing down the Luray valley again, keeping only a small force in the Shenandoah valley t,o amuse Fremont. The tiring last night is partially confirmatory of the statement. More About Fremont’s Battle. From a Port Republic special, of date £th, to the Cincinnati Gazette, we glean some items about Fremont's late bloody fight. We quote: Jack son took his trains over the river here on Friday, and returned and gave us battle yesterday, five miles from this place, on the Harrisonburg road. The battle for two hours raged fiercely. Schenck had the right, Milroy the centre, and the Blenker Division the left. Schenck was not assailed ex cept by skirmishing fighting.; Milroy was in the hottest of the fight, and drove the enemy back from point to point. The first brigade of the Blenker Division under General Stahl, fought well and held the enemy back for some two hours, suffering a great loss from a destructive fire from the enemy. The left wing finally gave way, and our whole line was ordered back half a mile, to a more favor able position. The enemy, did not advance, but commenced a retreat, as we leant here previous to' our falling back, and by ten o’clock this morning their whole army had crossed the river and set fire to the bridge. We pursued, but not in time to save the bridge. Stahl’s brigade lost in killed, wounded and missing, 405 privates and 22 officers. Several Colonels and Captains were wounded and one Captain killed in the Blenker Division. -Bohlen’s brigade lost ten killed and seventy wounded. The Bucktails lost one killed and ten wounded. Our total loss will be from one hundred to one hun dred and fifty killed, and from four hundred to five hundred killed and wounded. The enemy’s loss was very heavy. Four hun dred of their dead, by actual count, were found nnburied on one field. From the numbers of their dead scattered in other parts of the battle ground, it is believed that there are two hundred more of their dead on the field; making their loss in killed six hundred, besides officers, who were carried away-. Gen. Stewart was killed, Gen. Elsie wounded, Colonel Haugbton mortally wounded, and Gen. Jackson wounded in the leg. A Military Editor.—Col. Nixon, formerly editor of the New Orleans Crescent, recently came into Gen. Mitchell’s camp, in Alabama, with a flag of truce from Beauregard to effect an exchange of prisoners. A correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial says The Colonel is a fine type of Southern Chivalry, has a fine Opinion of himself, a good deal of contempt for “Yankees,” says Gen cral Butler did “just right” in suppressing his pa per, that it was a “ rebel sheet,” drinks good whis key, and waxes warm upon the subject, of the “ last ditch.” Take him all in all, he is worth a score of the sneaking, cowardly wretches who lack the courage to take op arms, and, while professing Union sentiments, ate , acting the spy and trying to betray those whom they fear to fight. luoil the Nashville Union.—Memphis, says the Union of the 10th, was taken on the 7th inst. by our gunboats. She yielded as quietly as a kitten as placidly as a dove, as softly as a dying zephyr! as quietly as a lamb, as noiselessly-as an exhausted trout, as passively as a played-out rabbit, as unre sistingly as a buxom damsel who falls back pant ing into the arms of her pursuing lover after a run of five hundred yards. Theimopy-Im Memphis, Gibraltar Memiihis, she whose igniverons chivalry were to shed the ultimate sanguinary current of their veins in the last ditch, has bowed her head to the peerless Stars and Stripes. Huzza for re deemed Memphis! Nine cheers and a tiger for the disenthralled Bluff Citv! Caution to Boys.—ln Milwaukee, a short time ago, some boys were playing with marbles, which had been bought in the city, and which were nicely {minted. The day was Verv hot and the hands of the boys got moist, in consequence of which the paint dissolved and attached to the fin gers One of the boys wiped with his hands his forehead, wncreby the poison contained in the paint detached from the marbles was communicated to the face. In two hours his eyes began to swell and continued to swell, so that after two davs he could not see through the swollen face, and it was twelve days before he was able to use his eyes. 6“'ln France, since ( the beginning of the pres ent century’, there have been committed not less than three hundred thousand suicides There were 3,903 in 1858, and 3,059 in 1859. *3- A gentleman direct from Corinth, reports at Cairo that among the prisoners captured In- Gem Pope, and now at Pittsburgh Landing, is the famed guerilla chieftain, Col Morgan. hhypS HB . NE S T 2 , S ANB OONSTJMPTITK OP BOTH hflut! aL rot ’/ Clergyman baring been restored to i.-m; ? fRW ****• of ***** offering, Ur willing to assist others by sending (free) on the receipt °* * P°«s-?*ld directed envelope, a copy of the prescription nr*«, Brooklyn, N. Y. • [June 12,-fa, What General Milam Sayg. On Saturday last, Gen. Prim and suite, tw their departure for Spain.”visited Camp Ws-v' ton and witnessed the trial of the Union rejf”*’ gnd. The Herald thus reports the opinion r v’ ,lc? Milans, the chief Spanish General with iv The conversation next turned to the hue 1 n ‘ : ' General Prim and suite to the army of the p" * mac before Richmond. Gen. Milan* Wi3 ‘ enthusiastic on the subject. He had seen armies of Europe; hot never had he witnes«ed U ’* thing to surpass the discipline, spirit General McClellan’s forces. He witnessed view of 30,000 Union soldiers, and stated their bearing and intelligence were those of v ans of ten years experience. For Genemuf' Clcllan not to conquer was an utter impossihr ' The spirit of the soldiers and the their leader were such as rendered success h», 15 the shadow of a doubt. McClellan's plan of jJi? ations in General Prim’s opinion was perfect t was impossible for the leader of the armv ,f Potomac to lose one inch of ground, and tfie Jr plete subjugation of the rebels was, he thoJfl only the work of a very few days at furthest ' ' Capt. Chauncey remarked, that of course it, not to be expected that .our soldiers could be * perfect as veterans. General Milans, with an 'Jf mense and peculiarly intelligent shrug, tended “I do not care whether you believe me or nut have seen thirty thousand of your troops in tuie, and they are as perfect as veterans of ten vea* service." Capt. Chauncey stated that the „L,, tunitics to see our troops to advantage wit,T t n meagre. General Milans answered that he Jij not care for show. He hud walked about man to man, and found they fully understood b.« to use the anus in their hands, and tliat their it, telligence and courage were of the highest Such soldiers would suffer no defeats of any con,! qneiice.. Shooting Affaib. —Atax collector called on, fanner at Wilton, lows, for his dog lax, 'l\ fanner refused to pay and the collector shot fc dog, whereupon the fanner immediately seized b gun and shot the collector dead an the spot. Qgeby. —Why should the rebel General Petti grew, captured in the battle of Fair Oaks, be si lowed to go upon his parole of honor, when Cor coran, and other gallant fellows, are enduring fo hardships and discomforts of a Southern prison-. 83* The Richmond Examiner says that it leans from undoubted authority that the news of the assassination of Hon. Andrew Johuson bv George Brown, son of Hon. Neil S. Brown, is continneJ g3**Tho Union losses iu the late fierce battle a; Port Republic are partially reported, and show c; killed, 3AI wounded, and 574 missing. Total I 1)02. ROUSH, Druggist, i takes this opportunity of returning M, tbua. to the citiiena of this place and vicinity, for the libera; patronage they have bestowed on him, and diWMioit form the public In genetal, that he still continues At his Old Place of Basinets, A/eiv Doors above the Fosl-o[fict. where he is at all time* prepared to attend to their in his line of business, consisting of DRUGS, MEDICINES, OILS. PAINTS, PUTTY. . VARNISHES, DYE-STUFFS, PERFUMERY PATENT MEDICINES. EXTRACT j, CARBON OIL AND LAMPS, SWEET-BRIAR PIPES. CHOICE SMOKING TOBACCO LIQUORS, FOR MEDICINAL USE, ALWAYS ON Hand, Physicains Prescriptions CAREFULLY COMPOUNDED. AT ALL HOURS OF THE DAY OR NIGHT Altoona, Pa_ April 17,1882. TJ S. ARMY.—WANTED iM.ME VJ • diately, for the twelfth regimem U. d. INFANTRY, REGULAR SERVICE, a few more abl«- bodifed id on, between the ages of eighteen and thirty-tiif- Fnyranges from $l3 to $23 per month, according to tbs rank of the soldier. Each man will be famished witii equipments, ample clothing and subsistence. Quarter*, ftielfand medical attendance free of charge. The paycf each soldier commences as soon as he is enlisted. By an act lately passed, the term of enlistment has been changed from Are to THREE YEARS, and every soldier who serves that time is entitled to $lOO BOUNTY froth the Government. Attention, is drawn to tbt* fact that the Government has wisely commenced toprcoo'f soldiers from the ranks. Advancement is, therefore, op«a to all. For farther information apply at the Recruiting on Virginia street opposite Lieut. J. S. CAMPBELL. 12th Infantry, U. 8. A. Recfuitlng Offi^r. PLANTS.—TH ESUBSCR- I her would inform the citizens of Altoona and viril ity that he Is prepared to famish any number of the fol lowing varieties of GARDEN PLANTS, from bis hotbeds, in COLLINSVILLE, NEAR ALTOONA. He bus the Large Red Stnoothe anti Fegee Island Tomsia Plant*—Extra Earlv and Early Blood Turnip B«1 Planb —Early York, Early Winning*tadt, Large Late Drumhead and late flat Dutch Cabbage Plant*, Celery, Egg and Pep per Plant*—all improved varictiei. Persons desiring uj of tbo above plant* «hontd leave their orders early tb»i they may receive the flr*t reiav for transplanting. May 8-lm. N JOHN RUTHERVOKD. NOTICE ."Whereas, Letters Testa meutary to th« KaUtc of ROMAN RIEBEXACS. late of »he Borough of Altoona, dec’d, have ben gnnW to the subscriber*, all person* Indebted to said estate tn requested to make immediate payment, and those bseiDg claims or demands against tits estate of the said decedent will make known the same, without delay, to ADAM ODENWALDEE. JOSEPHINE RIEBENACK. Executors of Roman Rlebenack, dec a Altooxa, Pa., May 1,1882. COAL. IVTOW IS THE TIME FOR EVER* -L1 family to get in their supply of cosl for the Wl»t» and the snbscribbr would therefore Inform the citizen* Altoona and vicinity, that he it prepared to snpply twa on short notice, with a superior article of ANTiIBAC* and ALLEGHENY BITUMINOUS COAL. He by the Train, Car, or Cart Load, or by the bushel. *«'■ eredat the door of the purchaser. i AW-Yard on the North side of the B«llroad-npP«f' of Altoona Yard. H. K. MYKR>- July 25,18d1.-tf. WM. S. BITTNER, Dental Snrgeon, IN MASONIC " next door to the Post Office; Teeth extracted without patn by the Current Magnetic Machine. J. G-. ARLUM, ISTotary Public. ALTOONA. BLAIR CO, PA. Can at all times be found at theatore of J. B. lli!em» B - CcWbar 1,186 T. MUSIC!—INSTRUCTIONS GIVKJ XT I- on the Plano- Forte end Melodeou, by y l ** fcr SuoIMAKRH. Tun, $lO per quarter. the ate of the Instrument Rruldeoo* on Csthsrtof Wert JUtoone. fJsn. 16. TRIBUNE power-pre 0$ ' -1 PRINTING OFFICE. T ._ e _ within the pant two year*. mule consider isolontooar establishment in the way of new fa Screw Presv. Paper Cutter. Can) Cutter, Ruling vfll Card Power Press, and large Newt pa per po _ /, nut of which we give above) we are now prep* anything in the tine of printing or rntin '"jvlc equal to any establishment in the State, an *rire* equally low. We can execute, on short notice ftrlea of Wedding* Invitation, Visiting, Ball A Business Cat Cironfars, Programmes, MAMMOTH posters, sale bili gfllUL AM® JUEWIIMEA®® pamphlets. Pay and Check Bo] BLANK BOOKS, MANIFESTS, and blanks of all kind -n wc ask la a"trial, feeling confident that we can -.i.fceUan If we have the opportunity. o«ce la Lowther’s building, corner of Virginia and nie street*, opposite Superintendent's Office. |pOBM Irilmni PRINTED ON Campbell’s $650 “Country Press local items. FOB THB FOUBTH OF JutT.— Foi of July* follow each other much more rapidl; we grow older. To tfee juveniles of the pre day, we presume, it is as it was with us, when were passing through that happy period, the Fo of Julys are on age apart, and they would Uk have at least two: a year. On that day ei youngster is privileged to do as he pleases, sc thinks, and in too many instances he docs i Fire wheels, chaser*, spit-devils, sky-rockets, pedoes, bcngal light*,; squibs, etc., are his deli and be can find them all at Fettinger’s Oak H where may also be found a large assortraen flags and other decorations for the coming at vereary. Fet. has just received a decidedly ha some stock of fancy notions, such as china ma ornaments, largo, china dolls, children’s toys, s hooks, novels, violins, photograph albums, a be tiful article, a largo stock and great variety walkiqg cades, fishing tackle, and other aiti “ too tedious to enumerate.” If yon want to v the beautiful, call at Oak Hall. Van ASbubgh & Co.'s Menagebie.—To-na row (Frid*?,) this great collection of living bet and birds—‘the only exhibition of the kind in United States—will arrive in town with its cr moos golden chariot,' the great. elephant Hanni and all the animated wonders which will be fo described in the advertisement. The grand rode to be given in the forenoon will be a page of great splendor, and all will have an opportui of witnessing it gratuitously. The colossal t which is described as being an exhibition of iti will be open both afternoon and evening, am each exhibition a variety of astonishing perfo anccs by highly trained animals will add to attractiveness of the show. There is instruct as well as . amusement, to be derived from a i to such an establishment, and hence, wherevi goes, it draws out immense crowds of the very portion of the community. Brown-low's Book.— \Ve have been rent] Parson Brownlow’s Book; and, although we previously read a number of the articles co therein, which were published in his paper. Knoxville Whig, during last summer, yet we rased them again with interest and still more mired th« courage and loyalty of the man w surrounded by such a cut-throat band as Infe Knoxville. It will pay to read this book, as I it will be obtained a correct knowledge of the gin of the rebellion. The proof is given with arguments. All who are able should purchu copy of the Book, and learn what it was, am some places is yet, to he a Union man. Few i would have, borne up under the pressure as Bro low has done. Nothing bnt bis true courage sa his life. They were afraid to kill him or h him. ° The Book can be hpd.at Andy niahaui store, in Brant Row. Counterfeit Coin.—The Baltimore Sm sa “ A large quantity of half and quarter dollar c are now in circulation in the city, and they generally so well executed as to entirely escape notice of those not familiar with metal. Som< them are said to be composed of a portion of silt and ring almost as well os the genuine c( though they are utterly worthless. They heavily plated by aid of the galvanic battery, are light, and more easily detected by scraping surface than otherwise.” We publish this for the purpose of patting citizens on their gnard. Doubtless the same i rious coin will be circulated here, if it has not ready been done. Be»p.—We wool no better evidence of the n growth and prosperity of our town, than the that—although a great many new buildings are i stantly being erected—almost any kind) of a hi commands an enormous rent. This being thee why do not onr capitalists get their eyes opt awake to their interests—and erect more hi Mowy infested ip this way pays .well —much tcr tUq patting it in Bank, or hoarding it m old stockings. Then, get to work—erect stantial buildings, and improve yoor lots—t yon will add to the beanty of the town, (which the way, wont hurt it a bit,) you will inci your own income, and you will contribute to welfare and comfort of families less prospe than yon hare been. 1 / _ Gas & Water Stock. —By referring to a nee in another column it will be seen that ®o»rd of Managers of the Altoona Gas & W Company have declared a semi-annual divider J°*r per cent on their capital stock, clear of! ,ax ’ payable on and after July Ist, 1862, at office of the Treasurer, B. F. Rose. Gas & ter Stock is surely a safe and profitable invest u Serious Accimwt.— -Quite a serious act occurred on Tuesday afternoon, at a ham-n * t r - Wm. KeUerman’s, near Hollidaysbui which two men were badly injured. ’Squire 1 nan had his shoulder broken, and the other n tnjured to such an extent that his life isdespaii fW Andy Clabaugh still keeps on h«nA e y® e Uent platina-pt writh stauonery,periodical*, daUy aod w notions io profusion.