IPtimu IrUmac
ALTOONA, PA
THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1862.
Th® President of the United States,
and his Policy.
President Lincoln in his annual message
says, f‘l have in every case thought proper
to keep the integrity of the Union promi
nent, as the primary object of the present
content,” Around this declaration and
with this policy, do loyal man—who truly
lores the Union—can fail to rally. In
every word and deed, so far, the President
has shown himself firm and decided, wise,
patriotic, and honest. He seems to be
God> especial instrument in saving our
beloved land from the wicked and brutal
secessionists on the one hand, as well as
the false, philanthropic abolitionists, on
the other. The heart of the great Amer
ican people is with him. All admit his
desire-to do right, his honesty of purpose.
True, some of the theoretical of the
North: object that, as commander in Chief,
he has not issued a decree of general eman
cipation to all the slaves; but they are
few in number and do not stop to inquire
whether it is either necessary or expedient,
as an effective agency, in suppressing the
rebellion. They do not take a practical
way to arrive at the result they seem to
desire. Neither do they, stop to look at
the Constitution or its clear intent and
meaning, as they rush madly along with
their one idea. Some men of this stamp,
as also others whose secession sympathies.
, clearly appear, ina sneaking and cowardly
manner, show their disapprobation of the
President’s polity by their course in Con
gress. Old Abe minds them not. With
one object in view, the crushing out of
this rehellion and the sustaining the integ
rity of the Federal Union, he pursues an
even and determined course, that in the
end will serve our land and preserve to us
this heritage of freedom our fathers handed
down to us. ' Future American genera
tions yet unborn, will sing p;eans of praise
to Abraham Lincoln, the preserver of his
Country, as tliey will to George Washing
ton, justly termed its father.
The People’s Convention and the
Swindle of the People.
Since Our last issue we have learned
reliably the manner and means used by
which the people of two districts in this
Conner, who sent delegates to the Con
vention) instructed for Col, Hall } were
cheated. The people in these districts are
enraged, not only at the traitors whom they
sent to HoUidaysburg, but also at the lit
tle clique of negro equality favorers, who
aided in the fraud. That any man should
carry a Convention of delegates instructed
by the people,,by such means, is. an out
rage qn oar Republican institutions and
Democratic form 'of Government. The
tutors may receive their reward, but
they will find that the honest freemen they
live amongst .will treat them with that
scorn and contempt they so richly deserve.
So far as Cel. Hall is concerned, we think
it is a matter of no great importance.—
He can well bide his time. The people
with him, and should ever chance
olfer, will sustain him as a talented and
faithful public servant. It is not his de
feat weare annoyed at, as we think, with
out the votes of those sent for him who
sold themselves, he had a majority of the
Convention. He chose to withdraw,
against our wish and protest at the time.
What we have said on the subject, we
have done of our own accord, as neither
Col. Hall or any of his friends have ever
talked to us about the matter since the
Convention. The 'manner in which his
withdrawal was effected by his opponents,
is what we condemn.
Maevlajcd’s Qcoxa.— TheuVaftona/ Jn
tdiigenoer ‘iWe are gratified to learn
that Bobertfowler, Esq., the Treasurer
of Maryland, has tendered to the Govern
inent her quota of the war tax, under the
act of Congress of August sth, 1861
Mwyland, we believe, has the credit of
ranking as the second State which has thus
promptly tendered the war tax—Pennsyl
vania having been thefirst.”
, * ~ //‘V : Close Qeahteiis.—An officer just from Gen
A baa Devil.—After the battle of Williams- McClellan sa, my states that Ids pit has f® i
buri;, a ictleral soldier who hud,been wounded in : timelleen so close to the rebel eanital that on a
the feet, -was sitting on the steps of one of tlie calm night, with the wind favorable he could i
houses m that town. Presently (he door opened hear the clocks in Richmond strike’ the late i
• „ • , .. and a woman made her appearance. She asked hour. It must lie impressive to stand on a !
gentleman him if he could nut walk, and he replied that he post, with three or four handled thousand human i
WHainated lbr Auditor at the late “Peo- could not, Pretending to be a IHend, she asked beings around, within a circuit of fifteen miles '
hi*’. CrmnVr- rv, •» • i-i ■ . liermtsstou to examine his revolver, which site bb- and everything as quiet as if von were lost in o
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think hjr aid of it he can do'a thriving «TGen. Siget, who has now a division in Gen. . but had,hardly got ten paces from the door night wfuds. would lie awfully imnreW at s. ib
trmAa Hv >ll , Banks’ command, regards (he retreat with his ’™* t® 6 .female deni aimed twid filed : her vio- a time the lonelv sentinel wo’nld see ,
this arrangement 4500 men M IDOgt reL in a tew minntes And yet visions which would Lfceh sS“k a 1
te mtoM once. . ; , treat „f i„e war. P 'I. “ nd t wd send a thrill along his ]ike :
The Besson Why.
When the public ear is shocked by start
ling developments of “ corruption in high
places,” everybody admits that such will
ever be die case until honest men are
; elected to fill the various offices in the gift
i the people. Then, in the name of all
: that is igocd, why are not honest men
i elected ? Because the people can only vote
for candidates placed in nomination by the
various party conventions, and the delib
erations of these conventions are always
controlled, and perverted by a
set of political demagogues, tricksters and
; wire-pullers, for the purpose of accomplish
, ing their own selfish ends. Hence, for a
j candidate for office to pursue an honora
; ble and upright course, is to insure to him
j certain defeat. If he is too conscientious
: to take a bribe, or too honest to sanction
i corruption of any kind, “hiacake is dough
j the tcires are so shrewdly managed that he
| can’t come . in.” This we saw verified
|in our last county convention. We know
| of a candidate from this part of the county,
who, though poor, could not be bought or
bribed to do a mean action. Too high
toned to stoop to any low, contemptible
I political trickery, be was cast aside as
j unclean” by the petty demagogues who
| controlled the nominations, merelyhecause
he was guilty of the dreadful sin of il po- :
litwal honesty!” He was sacrificed, too,
by those who have held and now hold of
fices to the elevation 6f which they are, in;
a great measure, indebted to his perse
vering and untiring energy. Doubly dark
and damninjg ingratitude! Their names
should be held up to public scorn and con
tempt by all good and loyal citizens, and
such will eventually be their dootri.
The Homestead Biel. —The homestead
bill as passed, provides that any person
who is the head of a family, or who has
arrived at the age of twenty-one, and is a
citizen of the United States, or who shall
have filed his declaration of his intention
to become a citizen, and who has never
borne arms against the United States, or
given aid or jeomfort to the enemy, shall,
after January 1, 1863, be entitled to enter
one-quarter (160 acres) of the unappropri
ated public lands, upon which said person
may have filed a pre-emption claim. It
is also provided that all commissioned and
non-commissioned officers, musicians, pri
vates, &c., in the military or naval service
of the United .States, during the present
war, shall be entitled to the right of home
stead secured by the act, without any limi
tation. The other features of the act
simply relate to the legal course to be pur
sued in entering the land.
IS" " M Inch is the most solemn and awful mo
ment of a naval battler asked a ladv of a naval
Mw,«nLET*x ES .-Tbe storekeepers I ~V* “T" I**™ ,hc ’ baU,e l'om
r. . * menees .Madame, when thev sprinkle sa lid on the
of our county are interested to know that ! decks to absorb the blood that is soon to How." to
by an act ot the last session of our Lcgis- ! plied the officer.
lature, it is declared that it shall be tlie I A certain editor, not a thousands miles from
duty of every city and county Treasurer I hero, recently attended a public meeting, and
to sue for the recovery of all licenses duly i moved ‘bat ‘be proceedings thereof be published in
returned to him. by the mercantile apprais- • hisl ■ alpcr- J ' obotl . v seconded the motion: nobody
ers, if not paid on or before the first day i vo,t ‘ d ,br **> “ ud tlu ‘ 11001,I 1001, fellmv " ,<lk h '"~ »'<« and
O T , , , - limited out: That was 100 bad.
ot July, m each and every year, within
. s. .. . , ~ . ’ ‘ A woman at Newark. X. J.. whose bus
ten days after that day. and said Treasurer a , , , „ , ~, , ,
* *’. ■ Ar^ urer ; band had gallantly laid down his life in fighting I
o , c S “ aU DOt ** discharged from any such li- ; for the Union, became so indignant at hearing a
• *HI tr n ma e USe ° cense, unless he brings suit to recover the : rebel sympathizer slur the volunteers who were ;
against Mr. Hall by his opponents, about game within said date, and presses the thro «gl> in «hc cars, that she seized’ the I
Hollidaysburg and in the South of the same to judgment and execution as soon i foll,l ' v l "“ K beard be wore, and beat him!
county, were, that if he was elected to Con- thereafter as practicable and pays th’ e i unta ter *»«*'«“• "as exhaasred.
gress, the National Foundry would belo- amount of all such licenses received bvhlm , Pope ““ d , S ‘ atl I T ed ' ll)rough llere !
cated in Altoona, fa thine no one here , ' ! >st mght en route for St. Louis, nays a Memphis ;
ever dreamed m treasury, on or before the .-correspondent, and from there to Washington j
dreamed of,) and that he would un- day of October ensuing. Our mer- . and «» * thought that as soon us transportation «mi
mediately introduce in Congress a bill chants, therefore, will take notice that! u ‘ l'«>vidcd for so large a force, his entire army i
to remove the Seat oj Justice Jrom Holli - this new law is very rimd and requires all i is w ** scnt K®**—whether to the assistance of!
daysburg to Ms place. Rather piling it on licenses to be paid at once Fremont or McClellan is not known to the unin- |
stiff, that. Of course Congress would' . _ _ itiated. I
ere is essed with a brain fertile Major D. M. Hayden, one of Gen. John- attempted to haul down the American Hag. Gen.
enough to haye ever thought of any such ston’s aids at the battle of Pittsburgh i Bh(1c1 ' improves upon this precept. v Instead of
stuff. Humbug. i Ending, publishes an account of the last I * ooti,lg the offender he hangs .him up; and, that
t Important to Owners of lowa
, Land. —Such of our people as own real
estate in lowa will be interested to know
that the State having levied a tax of two
mills upon the assessed valuation of 1861,
to meet her direct tax of twenty millions,
apportioned among the several States, by
Act of Congress, passed at the extra ses
sion, the said tax is now due, and will be
come delinquent if not paid immediately.
Our citizens, therefore, who have land
there, should attend to this matter at onqe,
as the penalties are heavy, and the pro
cess summaryy for collection after the time
specified-
State Faih. —The next annual Exhi
bition of the State Agricultural Society
will be held on the grounds of the East
| Pennsylvania Agricultural and Mechanical
i Society, in Norristown, commencing on
| Tuesday, Sept. 30th, and ending on Fri
i day, October 3d.
| Pjetebsos’s Magazine- —Peterson for
July is out in summer attire, and looks
splendidly. We hope the ladies’ dear
hearts will be cheered at the light of Pe
terson and cease to complain that they do
j not know what to purchase for summer
j wear.
i * The North: Western Bask.—Accor
| ding to the Warren ‘ Ledger,’ the North
| western Bank, is paying off bill-holders as
fast as assets can be converted. It says;
“We hare assurance from the Directors of the
Bank that our citizens shall not lose anything, and
, ■ would therefore advise no one to sacrifice upon the
' bills at present.’' . ■ • r
New Orleans.
The N, O. Sunday Delta, of May 2oth
, contains the following in relation to that
j city since its capture and occupation by
;U. S. troops:
i In our long career of journalism, we hare never
j seen anything so sudden and marked as the cheer
j fill change which has taken place in this city du
ring the past two weeks. The people are abroad,
the shops are open, and the city seems ns natnml
as the Mississippi herself. This is the result of
natural causes. Gen. Butler whom the enemy
had described as a monster —whom the New York
scavenger Lovell, had falsified—has proved him
self a judicious ruler—impartial between man and
man, and ambitious only to do justice, re-establish
order and law. We are justified in this interpre
tation of his motives by the fact of his expulsion of
Monroe, the Mayor, and the scoundrel Chief of
Police. We see also in every proclamation of the
General a manifestation of such justice as the peo
ple of New Orleans have known little of for years
past.
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The Provost JVlarsluvl, too, is a happy change
from the Chief of Police. Under him the wicked
•flee, whether pursued or not. There has liceu no
such scampering among the villains since the in
corporation of New .Orleans. Even body admits
that a gentleman sits in the Mayor's’ chair, for the
first time for ten years. Gen,. Shepley is efficient,
able, and, like the General-in-Chief, means noth
ing in his visit hut the Union and the Stars and
Strijies.
The Eighty-fourth Ofkioei{ed.— On
Saturday last Governor Curtin appointed
Samuel M. Bowman, formerly of Colum
bia county, Colonel of the Eighty-fourth
regiment.
The antecedents of Colonel Bowman
are such its lead us to believe that he is an
excellent afficer and will give great satis
faction to the command. He was Major
of an Illinois Cavalry regiment, and en
gaged in five battles, including Shiloh and
the storming of Fort IXmelson, and for
braven - was promoted. His regiment was
cut up at Shiloh, and afterwards disbanded,
and he was awaiting a new command
when the present position was olfered him.
and u hich he accepted. He is unques
tionably a good and brave officer.
Major Walter Barrett has been pro
moted from the post of Major to that of
Lieutenant Colonel.
Adjutant Thomas H. Craig lias been
appointed Major of the regiment.
The old Eighty-fourth has earned a
name, and being thus fairly in the har
ness again, it is to lie,hoped that its ranks
wiU soon be filled up, when the boys will
speak for \themselves.
moments of that noted rebel chieftain,' in i ft**. ff* t °* i
*? »■**«. (Ml®.) CW, as follows: ! *t2£££JfZ* “ i
-«?;,rc : ,l. „•* o. t , *„ i^‘±ssl^i£z
e 2f eS ?f^ Wen Breckinridge, and gave the " ere out m tlje >»°niing to recover the wounded, gard turned over the "command of his annv to
w bayonets.” The last moment I saw a Federal and a rebel soldier were wounded who i General Bragg, and on the loth left for Mont
" f T ‘T**" 5 "? 'f troo »*’ had takeu l«teinK* in the follen top of an oak— | e ° nie T’ *** where he arrived on the 17th inst.,
inecharge was made with a shout and the enemv nn i. . . , . . , . accompanied only hv his Derail*] „„.i \^A
fled in confusion. I was hv the side of Bowen,' T,,e >" had discovered others Atari*. made j immediately for Riehraondf ‘ feft
and the Minnie halls flew so close that fhev clipped h eiue - and >miicably swapping such articles j Two reports have been received here stating the
ms hair. I started to the right to see what had ! as the one could spare and the other needed. | cau^e of his departure: one that he so** tn
become of Chalmers, when I met Capt. O’Harra, | command of the army at Richmond, ahd Mother
Gen Johnston was wounded. The Day of Trial at Hand. : le *«? to explain the evacuation of Corinth.
We followed him down into the ravine, where we | The latter is most plausible, us it is known that for
tarnul him recljmng m the lapot Gov. Harris, who The Charleston J fercnry of a recent date says: i so,nc time past Beauregard and Jeff. Davis have
had gently lifted him from his horse. —From the number of gunboats and vessels ’off i’een on antagonistic terms, 1 ■ 1
I was told tliat the only and last words he ever the harbor of this city, and in the Stono river, with -
spoke were some minutes after he was shot, “Gov- the lauding of troojts and tlte continued firing kept How Gen. Ashby was Kili ei. ti... c- n
crnor, I heheve lam senonsly Wounded.” Pres- up upon the shores of James’ Island, it seems that mond Examiner gleans from a nrivate
ton, in an agony of gncf. threw his arms around the attack upon Charleston is imminent It is following particulars of theate letter the
him, and called aloud and asked if he knew him. believed that die Burnside fleet is here™ id tha He leading Z chlnlnfT 01 ; ***% :
I caught hold of his hand and saw that he was the day of trial is us. The guns of our forts near . c ?« h T “ade
still breathing. : \\c administered a little stimn- and the courage of onr troops are about to come of Sir Percv Worsen the Brit! i®*} m ca i?”l e
, he ."“. tota| ly "-oaseions, and quietly into requisition. The g.n.lxL of the enemv hat" 1 in* he en mv hv IT
breathed Ins last. not, we,p.dge, been ye. sulgec.ed to the:firerfsueh | fell back to
• batten . es onr harbor. Unless they have ! ced Ashby rode ahead to ppimont the nLrioTof
As Order to Encourage Enlistments—The ?• nnm,wr of Monitors, which we by no means be- the enemy. While so doing, a Yankee vino in
following order was issued on the 21st inst., bv the . ve ’ .- v are , •' to , l“. v d « lr for the venture ! anilmsh in his path, shot him dead The h.frt n i
War Department: ‘ ui running such a gauntlet. With the breastworks :of his remains took place on Saturday last In th.,
Pureuant to a joint resolution of Congress to :.^ (1 Ja “fL 1 *| and onr "PVl®. n,aka « strung; Univewity Buiying Ground, near Onutotesrille
encourage enlistments in the regular army, and ttlnd ’" L tru> . t - a successful defence. even against His tomb will lieeome a Mecca.
volunteer forces, it is ordered that a premium of ? supenor nmnliers. which is not very likely, 1 - - , r ,
two dollars shall be paid for each accepted recruit. I V® are r, g| l,l . v informed. • Onr peu|4e are calm i A Genebvl Rush—The Memnhi j , . ,
That-volunteers for three years, or during the war a , nd P rc l>ared for a des[>erate resistance. Except ’ last week savs • Them : en ’P tll! ' ' a J uf >che of
and every soldier who heriatW enlists oiC lnX the frol “ ' VOrksl, °'*’ arid | !iav IltlSS; "f 1 ! r *
regular anny or the volunteers, for three vears, or IK "rl' a l’ er? ' and the foreign i>opulation, few are oath. There were fust fonr W ! ake ‘J 16
during the war. may re.-eive lus first month* ,«v ,n * he . r ? nks ° ,be a ™-'- have even-- account XSk 1 S ,en * b - v
m ailranre, njion the mastering of his company * hmg !?* * n th y tra ggl<-, and little to hoi*; some to get ih and take it Wer^
into the sen-iee of the. United States, or after he of ,“ mf ‘^eitefence of Cluules- , he np river "mund w ! ° f
shall have tieen mustered into a regiment already ,on t 1 ! 1 Ulll ,li ‘ memorable lm- it, heroism I the iron railing fo get in tK, '!' •> uiu l*^ d ov, ;r
in the sen-ice. . ’ and.ts ertect upon iheeountn. Tt.must he worthy i Aho.it two-tfords .of j
This order will 1* tmnsmitted to the Governor tbe * nd <* ** «> d ® <>f the Palmetto Whig
i the latter were not natives of tbe States fa.'which I
they had enlisted. \
PEN AND SCISSORS,
fi?*Tlmv secession Kpiseojiai churches haw
been seized in Washington for hospital purposes
fiS* Daring the late hood in the Lehigh aver,
the water actually rose fifteen feet in ten minutes.
KT The Nashville Umm terms the rebel gov
ernment " the great Southern skednderary."
O'A rat hunt took place in Washington coun
ty. I’a.. last week, and fourteen thousand nine
hundred of tin 1 vermin were killed.
fi*“A Government I‘ontoon Train of sixty-eight
boats is built at New York by Stevenson, the rail
road car builder.
fit* The wages of the workmen in the U. S.
Springfield armory for the month of April amount
ed to I*loo,ooo.
S3-T1 re statue of Freedom for the dome of the
Capitol is nineteen leet in height, and weighs
nearly 16,000 pounds.
O*.CoI. Ellet, of the ram fleet, died at Cairo
111., on the 21st inst., from he received
in die engagement before Mempliis.
*3*Five hundred rebel prisoners taken by Gen.
Banks, have been furnished accommodations at
Camp Curtin, near Harrisburg.
fiT " Rather queer way, that, of nominating a
man by acclamation. — Standard.
Whafs ”queer’" about it, ueighlror?
O* A special to the Chicago Tribune , from Cairo,
says;—General Hindman, of Arkansas, is among
the prisoners at White river. .
Asa. I'. 1 ill who was recently hanged at
Xaethcz. lieeause he did not complete hisret>el ram
in time to save New Orleans* was a former resi
dent in Mystic. Conn.
«®*The IT.l T . S. (government has contracted 50,.
000 tons of pig lead to he turned into Minnie rifle
htdlets. It will make one hundred and fifty mil
lions of halls.
Light Governors ot reliel states ate now out
ot oflieial employment, wandering up and down the
eiirlh, like so many frightened deer which have
shed their horns.
IS* It is intimated in foreign papars that at the
great Catholic Convention about to meet at Rome,
the question of the Pope's emigration to America
will Ik- seriously discussed.
*3-Not to Ik? Frightened—Gen. Hurler i- more
than « tramp; ’ When threatened with assassina
tion in New Orleans, he hloeked that game bv
coolly telling the rebels his successor would ho
Gen, Phelps, the banket* Ahtilitionisl I
" When I can read my title clear—Good
God! here is a Yankee’." So sang and exclaimed
a female rebel, in a Norfolk ehureh the other Sun
day. The congregation had just commenced sing
ing, when -he noticed a Federal officer in a seat
near hv.
Canada Must Defend Herself.
It is diftionlt to read without emotion of some
kind, says the London Times, of June 6th, the
announcement that at Ihe present time, and under
existing circumstances, the Canadian Parliament
has refused a second reading to the bill for estab
lishing an efficient militia for the defence of the
province. Thq militia bill which was rejected
proposed to raise a force of fifty thousand men and
a reserve of fifty thousand more. .Such a meas
ure could not be carried out without a very heavy
ex|iense, and at a great amount of private loss and
inconvenience.’ Let Canada look carefully at her
circumstances;-let her statesmen study the tone of
the American press; and the strange and momen
tous position of affairs on the American continent.
How tony wilt the present civil war afford emptoy
ment to 700.000 armed men t Or, if the war itself
should not abate, how long wilt the American
government lie able to bear tbe vast strain on
their finances which the payment of such an army
implies ? And, when the time has at last arrived
when, either from the termination of civil strife or
the failure of money and credit; the United (states
are no longer able to support their vast army, i chat
is to prevent that army from marching towards the
Northern frontier, and satiating itrf revenge, its
love of plunder and of conquest, in the rich and
uuwasted provinces Of Canada.
I-et not the Canadians deceive themselves by
supposing that these things only tlireaten them be
cause they are a dependency of the British crown,
and the moment that link is broken the danger of
invasion is destroyed with it. The danger will be
exactly in proportion to the prospects of a success;
and Canada will be just so much the more likely
to be invaded as an independent province as she
would lie more likely to lie conquered. Let not
the Canadians on the other baud, believe that they
have in their present courwrtion with Great liritain
a sufficient protection against invasion without tak
ing any trouble to defend themselves. Such an
opinion Is founded on a mistake both of our / tower
and our will. It is not in our power to send forth
from this little island a military force sufficient to
defend the frontier of Canada against the numer
ous armies which have learnt anus and discipline j
in the great school of the present:civil war. Our !
resources are unequal to sc- large u concentration 1
of force to a single jioint; our empire is too vast, j
our |»(pulation tod small, our antagonist 100 pow- j
eifui. But if we had the power, it is quite certain
that we should not have the will. j
I tpinion in England is perfectly decided that in
the connexion between the mother country and the
colony the advantage is infinitely more on the side
of the child than the parent. We no longer nice
nojolur the trade of the colonies; we no longer
job their |«trouage. We cannot hope from them
any assistance for defending our own shores, while
we arc bound to assist in protecting theirs. We
cannot even obtain from this very colony of Canada
reasonably fair treatment for our manufactures,
which arc taxed twenty-five per cent on their
value, to increase a revenue whieh the colonies will
not itpply to our or even to their own defences.—
There is little reciprocity in such a relation. Should
the colony wish to put an end to it, we w ould never
draw the sword to defend it, and, if Canada will
not tight to protect its imie|iendence from foreign
invasion, neither will England. The question is
not one with Canada of dissolving or maintaining
its connection with Great Britain. That it mav
dissolve almost at pleasure. The cptestion is of
destroying or maintaining its own liberty and in
dc[iendence—of being a self-governed common
wealth, or a member, or, perha]*, as is talked of
tor the South, a subjugated territory of the United
State.-. The question is much simpler than the
Canadians seem to think. If they arc to be de
fended at all, they .must make up their minds to
bear the greater put of the burden of their own
defence. 1 his will be the case if thev sejiarate
from a-. This will lie the case' if thev remain bv
us. ' ' :
M Clexx.vx Ceulaim.v Rkiskokckh.—There
can no longer he any doubt that, at last, General
M Clellan has been generously reinforced. The
Pennsylvania Reserve Corps, t-. 000 strong, is now
with him; so are ten regiments which have, dur
ing mii-t of the year. I>eeu in the neighborhood of
New [sat News. Old Point, &c. ; so is McDowell's
eoris- at least 30,000 strong. In additional all
this, the Syruernse Journai says that.it has jtottilire
mjurmatiun that several New' York regiments in
cluding the ienth and One hundred and first regi
ments. with others, have joined Gen. McClellan's
lotees within ten '-lay-. This is glorious news for
those who have friends, in the army licfore Rich
mond. Indeed it is glorious news for all. Huff
ofo Adrrrtiztr.
Gi.m.iiai. Johnston's Wocnu. —A distinguished
gentleman sojourning in our citv for a time past
has permitted us. says the Atlanta, (Ga..) InteUi
i/i nct,-, to make the following extract from a let
tei received by liim oh yesterday from his accom
plished daughter, dated at Richmond, June •>
where she was during the recent battles before
that city, on Saturday and Sunday last.
al Johnston was wounded by a Minnie ball in the
shoulder. The ball |>assed down his back, and
has not been found yet. At the same i time, a
spent shell struck him in the breast. He fell from
Ins horse and broke two of his ribs ; so, of course,
he supers very much. I spent all da}- yesterday
wnh him. To-day he is tuuch better, although
the hall has not yet been extracted.”
; BE\R« I,K * SE ,“ V< ?« AXB BOTH
'!•? A. ri ' tlr, 'J Clergyman having been restored to
j •'faith in » frw days, after many years of great suffering.
' r.., ass gf; J ™ r »•
ITT ALL PAPER AND RORDKR
nJ„! Mte °“ OU <>f ~er* , na fn !"«“ “ f the
IMMENSE SIOCK, JUST RECEIVED -
ujrect trom the niarujactnrers in New York, Whirb ena
• ns „ u ; **» " n mn?h better terms lima those who bnv
ill snmll l.its ;r.)iu seeond hands, Oor stork consists of ’
sVLL 1 HE N EWEST STYLES & PATTERNS,
and ranging in price Yr.un six rents np to fifty rents ner
PTT; ! J. * J. LftWTHSB/
Altoona. March >stb. ISSS-tlmuS.
JU HOUSH, Druuoist,
J.JL Ukw tlii*Djiportnnitjr of returnine hi,,,
to ttie citlteD* of thM place ud ▼fcinltr, f.. r th
patronage they hare bestowed on him. an< j ~|,Jr
form the public in irt-nuiaL that be still contimiPs *'
At hfs Old Place of Business.
few Doors above the
where he le at all times prejuuva toattoml i„
in but line of haiinm. consisting of. a!|l '
DRUGS, MEDICINES. 01Ls
; PAINTS. PUTTY.
VARNISHES,
DYE-STUFFS, PERFUMERY
PATENT MEDICINES.
EXTRACT..,
CARBON OIL AND LAMPS.
SWEET-BRIAR PIPES,
CHOICE SMOKING TOBACCO
LIQUORS,
FOR MEDICINAL CBK, ALWAYS O.N Hand,
Physicalns Prescripts »n s
CAREFULLY COMPOUNDED.
AT ALL HOURS OF THE DAY OR ni GHt
Altoona. Pa., April 17, JB<ii!.
HARDWARE—HARDWARE;
ISS^iOvallP
CH AiiLES J. MANX,
\ .kalkk in foreign AND DO
11./ MKSTIC HARDWARE, '
WOODRX WARE. BROOMS,
WINDOW SHACKS
DOOR MATS
UFIfOUtTKKINO GOODS.
BHOK FINDINGS,
MOULDERS* TOOLS,
BIRD CAGES AXD WIRE GOODS.
WINDOW OU».
PtTTV. WHITE LEAD, AC., *O,
Every description of Goals In hi« line will h t - inr
nlflhrd At short notice, and at low rates lor cash.
His remaining stock of DRY GOODS on band will i*
closed pot at remarkably low prices, in order to retiugui«h
that branch uf the business.
Agent for Willson's u Telegraph Kodder Cutter."
Altoona, Hay 29th, 1862.
T-T 8- ARMY.—WA_NTEI> iMME
• DIATELV, FOR THE TWELFTH REGIMENT
U. 8. INFANTRY, REGULAR SERVICE, a few more aife
bodied men, between the age* of eighteen and thirtv-6v
Pay range* from *l3 to *33 per month, accarding to ibe
rank of the soldier. Each man will be furnished with
equipments, ample clothing and subsistence. Qnariwt
fuel, and medical attendance free of charge. The navof
each soldier commences as soon a* he is enlisted.
By an act lately passed, the term of enlistment has bees
changed from Are to THREE TEARS, and every soldier
who serves that time is entitled to
8100 BOUNTY
from the Government. Attention is drawn to the (set
that tlie Government has wisely commenced to promote
soldiers from the ranks. Advancement is. therefore, open
to all:
For further information apply at the Recruiting Office,
on Virginia street opposite Lowther’s Store, Altoona.
Lieut. J. S. CAMPBELL.
13th Infantry. V. S. A. Recruiting Officer.
W. M. GOHMLV,
WHOLESALE GROCER
DEALER IN •
FLOUR, GRAIN, SEED. BACON, SUGAR-CURED HAM?
MESS PORK. REEF. CHEESE. IRON. NAILS.
WHALE. TANNERS’ A CARBON OIL,
NO. 271, LIBERTY STREET.
(Opposite Eagle Hotel ,)
TJ AtING PURCHASED THE INTEREST OF HIS LAIt
•‘- 1 partners, will continue the basinets at the old stand
and will be pleased to receive the patronage of his old
friends and customers. r
Pittsburgh. June 5* 1662—80 i
Ip All Li' PLANTS.—THE SCBSCRI-
J her would inform the citizen* of Altoona and vicin
ity that he is prepared to famish any number of the fob
lowing vartetiesof
GARDEN PLANTS,
from his bot-bcda, in
COLLINSVILLE, NEAR ALTOONA.
He has the Large Red'Smoothe and Fegee Island Tomato
Plants— Extra Early and Early Blood Tornip Beet Plants
—Early Tort, Early Winnings lad t, Large Late Drumhead
and late flat Dutch Cabbage Plants, Celery, Egg and Pep
per Plants—all improved varieties. Persons desiring any
of the above plants should, leave their orders early thal
they may receive the first rosdy for transplanting.
May 8-Xm. JOHN - RUTHERFORD.
GOAL.
IVTpW IS THE TLME FOR EVERY
*° K 6 * * u their supply of coal for the Winter,
ami toe snbeeribhr would therefore inform the citizens of
Altoona and vicinity, that he i* prepared to supply them,
on short notice., with a superior article of ANTHRACITE
and ALLEGHENY BITCMIXOCS COAL. He will sell it
by the Train, Car, or Cart Load, or by the bushel, deliv
ered at toe door of the purchaser.
on the North aide of the Railroad —upper pud
of Altoona lard. K. E, MYERS.
July 25, X8«l.-tf.
NOTICE .—Whereas, Letters Testa
mentary to the Estate of ROMAN RIKBENACK.
late of .he Borough of Altoona, dec'd. have been grsnltd
to the subscribers, all persons indebtes] to said estate ars
requested to make immediate payment, and those listing
euums or demands against the estate of the said decedsni
will make known the same, without delay, to
ADAM ODEXWALOEIS,
JOSEPHINE RIEBENACK.
Executors of Roman Riebensck. drcM.
Aiiopsa, Pa, May I, XB«i
/"'IARPETS, OILCLOTHS,
V' v- «t-.?X NDOW - SHADBS - CURTAIN-FIXTURES,
01751 CLOTI I GREEN * BUFF HOLLAND, XO.
A full line on band at all tiroes. AT TBB MODEL.
Jane: a. 1862—3 t.
MUSIC!— INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN
u °“ PUnoFdrte and Melodeoft. by Mias M
biiuIMAKER, Tiaxs, $lO per quarter. No charge fcr
the ose.of the Instrument. Residence on Catharine Street.
West Altoona. t [Jan. 16, 1862.-tf.
PASTURE. — Persons wishing Pasture
fcr CATHE, or )tf«dot*6risa for Hay. can b*
by applying to LEWIS Q WIN.
two miles North of Altoona.
Maj 27th. 1562.
'V'EW SUMMER GOODS, of superior
-*.* style and material, just rec'd at LACOHUAVS
/'i BEAT FILES OF PANTALOONS.
VJ for Men and Boys, at LACIiHMAVS-
MEN AND BOYS’ COATS, of every
and color, of good quality, at
LAUOHMANS
PEAIN & FANCY VESTS, of every
•toe and style at LACGHMAVS-
A Com plete assortment of
Gent's Model Improved SHlRTS—Cassimere and
MoffHo ghirtt—fine and coar»»—wbfte and colored—at
; LA COMMA VS
New stock of boots & sjioes
for Men and Boys, Ladfca and Misses, juet Vtc‘d
UUPOHMAN*.
All styles carpeting and
Oil-Cloths can be found at - LA.COHMAVS-
A general assortment of
XA. Jewelry, Hair and Glotbes Brashes, Comb*-
Pocket-knives, 4c, at . LAPGHMAh r
UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS,
fit endleas variety, at LACGIIMA.Vc-
A) tooiut, May I,ISBJ.
XfEW AND IMPROVED STYLES
it df Trunk*. Valises and Carpet-Bag*, at
lahoiimavs.
COFFIN TRIMMINhs.
|Utooaa iritome.
PRINTED ON
I'aßpbeirs $650 * Country Press/*
tribune power-press
si
printing office. ,
within the past two year*. made
, lokmpr oor eaUbllahmeut lu the way of new fencj
jJ Paper Cutter, Card Cutter. Ruling Ma
‘PS;” Card Power Preea, and large Rewapaper Powa
7°*: .. cut Of which we gi»e above) weave now prepare.
to the: line of printing or ruling h
w to any eatabU.hmei.t in the “State, and a
prS»*'lJtally low. We can execute, on abort notice, al
WeTdlnfl, InviUUon, Visiting, Bell * ButineM Cardj
Circulars, l J i-ossr«iiiine»,
MAMMOTH POBTBHB,BAUI BIU.B
■mu, m® iliwimia®®..
pamphletg. Pay aiid Chock Bolls
blank books,
MANIFESTS. AND BLANKS OF ALL KINDS.
*ll «e wait 1* a trial, feeling confident that we can giv
*•
uieatreeta, oppoaite 0«c«.
local items.
Fourth or July Programme— After bavin,
patently waited in vainifor the men" t
ihe town to make some (movement in legat'd toth
proper celebration of the coming National Aunt
versary in Altoona, we have concluded to take tb
responsibility of announcing the following pro
gramme: j
Those of our citizens:-who have not been on
s))ye the night before, Will arise cm the morning o
the 4th, wash their feeest comb their hair, andthei
cat their breakfest. After this important ceremo
ny has been performed, various little househok
■•chores” will be in order and- should bo prompt!)
attended to. Vonng America will then be at lib
erty to sally forth with his pockets full of squib
and a cigar in his mouth, to join his comrades ami
indulge in any kind of recreation or amnseraen
which his fertile imagination may suggest.
■‘The boys" all being out, of coarse the “ok
folks” will be tempted tp follow the bent of thei
own inclinations, thus reversing an old couplet:
“ When the mice are away
The eats will play.”
Of coarse, many of them-will “dine out” in th»
woods, where different denominations and associa
lions will hold pic-nics; land for this purpose they
will be seen forsaking the town like rats do a sink
ing ship. 6W-lant lovers and their pretty lasset
will either assemble in crowds of fico, and repair u
come secluded spot, there to squeeze each other')
lingers, and talk soft nonsense to their heart’s con
tout;.or, attend some one of the numerous rnra
larties, there to “trip the light fantastic toe” unit
the perspiration oozes from every pore and tbe pul
-aliens of the heart keeps time'to tbe music of Mm
violin. \ . '
In the meantime, “fast- young men” and “ok
soakers” will imbibe freely of those popular bever
ages known as “lager,” “rot-gut,” etc., when
those of this class who are not too heavily kxukja
twill swagger about the streets, informing quie
■ people thqt “this Is a free country,” and that “th
[ fourth of July comes but once a year.” In at
probability some of them will be “ spilin’ for a
I light’” therefore, allow pa -to announce tbe fan
1 that our good old friend. Uncle Sam, can give em
ployment to all experts Jn that line of business. ‘
After the day has been spent in the mannei
above stated, evening will be at hand, and all wht
Icel inclined can take tlieir sappers. After wbkl
the events of the day can be talked over and dis
cussed until twilight, when it will be in order t<
light a few roman candles —those who can’t afim
these, may use tallow candles. The youngsters
after having bought out Fettingcr, Clabaugb, Per
cival, Qeslop, Weis, Rossi and others, ran tuucl
off their fire-wheels, spit-devils and chasers, ant
then retire to bed, there to dream of the happy
i days when they shall be men and take the places
■ of the selfish “old fogies’! who cannot get np a grand
; united celebration on that day, which pit all the
days in the year, shook! be appropriately honored
by every true American citizen.
Van Ahburgb’s Menagkuip. —According to
previous announcement, this institution visited oar
town on Friday last, and gave two of the grandest
zoological exhibitions that it has ever been onr
privilege to witness. This is the only real Me
nagerie in the United States; it contains some of
the rarest and most splendid specimens of the ani
mal kingdom that have ever been exhibited on this
continent; and, unlike many other travelling
shows, every man connected with it appeared to be
a perfect gentleman. All were willing and anx
ious to answer, satisfactorily, the hundreds of ques
tions propounded to thotn concerning the animals.
Mr. Frost, Manage):, is the personification oi
[politeness, und waA ever on the alert, finding seatf
[for the ladies and children, and otherwise con
hributing to the comfort! of all—high and low,- rich
land poor—alike. The man who stooped to stan
|der the monies, and who said that “nobody bul
jboys, darkies and fools, ever visited an animal
phoW)’’ should have been there. He would have
in the labdience, more intelligence, beauty,
P™®®> and respectability—aye, and piety, too—
P an it is ofthn his lot ;to look upon. Wo know
»f a number of persons: who were present at both
Exhibitions, and we have, yet to hear of one being
phssatisfied with the entertainment, or with any
■ ‘nff concerning it. Pice la Van Ambmgfa I
Remember the Soldiers. —We are requested
announce to the charitable citizens of this place
ln _ v * c * n *ty, that a latjge box is now being filled
*' , necessary for the comfort andweliare
P 1 e sick and wounded soldiers at Beading, Fa.
I nj ' tll ‘ n 8 o*eful to persons in their distressing
|)f M t *° D ** th^kfuU y received at the store
t. r ‘ D. Kerr, ptd promptly forwarded tr
I 0 for wl >om it is intended. We hope that thh
L* 1 ® n 4 fflnqy others, may soon be on their wav
t. 6 bufferings and cheer the hearts ol
L„" h * Ve been dhjaWed in the defence of tbt
L and Stripes and onr common ctrife
r ' , )on t fie backward, friends.
Lr • 81 ' Ea ‘ BtONE LAtoq.— As noticed in a for
SenT" l^ 0 * f” P^er ’ f 1 * 6 c °rner-stone of the nev
L !“!*" L «!fiemn Chnjch, in the Eastward, wU
K M the 29th instant, at 2 oVdocl
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