ALTOONA, PA
iffltttSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1862.
She Hews.
For cereal days past (be War Department has
«sPBB«*ed all official infonnation in reference to
bMe movements of the anhy, and Gen. Pope hasi
dismisaed ail newspaper correspondents from his
command, conseqoentlywe have but little news
apon which we can place any reliance. We know I
Iwwpver that Gen. Pope has fallen back to the ■
North side of the Rappahannock, and formed a \
junction with the forces of Gens. McClellan and j
BOrirtkfri and that they are now prepared for any
movement the rebels may make! and are also pre- 1
paring to advance upon the rebels sboold the latter
not show fight. There was considerable skirmish
ing, daring Gen. Pope’s retreat, with losses and ad
yentpas on both sides. A late report stated that
the rebels held Warrenton and that Gens. Lee and
Jackson were at Sulphur Springs, about six miles
from Warrenton, with a force of 80,000 of their
best men, and with these they intended to make a
nid into Maryland, by way of Harper’s Ferry, but
the arrival of McClellan’s forces rendered that a
rather hazardous undertaking. A later despatch
says that ouranny attacked the rebels at Warren
ton, on Sunday last, and drove them from the
.place. Another account states that Gen. Sigel
captured a whole (rebel brigade. He permitted
some three or four regiments to cross a bridge and
then bettered down the bridge with bis artillery,
after which he made a descent upon them killing
- some four hundred and taking the remainder pris
oners. The rebel cavalry made an attack upon
Pope’s wagon train, at Cartiett’s Station, and
gained possession of some 600 wagons. They
tried to fire them, but a heavy rain falling at the
time they could not get them to bum. Only six
wagons, two of which belonged to sutlers, were
destroyed. Col. Kane, and 200 of the Backtabs
were taken prisoners while guarding a baggage
tram, but Col. K, and a number of his men, after
wards managed to escape, in the darkness of the
nlght and tire fearful storm which raged at the
time.
What may be looked for next we cannot con
jecture, but we think the number of men massed
in front of and around Washington, is sufficient to
accomplish something of a decided nature.
The Posxai. Currekct.— The new postal cur
rency went into circulation, in Washington, on
Thuradaylast, and it should be along here about
this time. The bills are about quarter as large
; as Treasury Notes, and are of four denominations:
five, top, twenty-five and fifty cents respectively.
They aw isused in sheets of twenty for the fives
and lens, and sixteen? for the twenty-fives and
perforated like postage stamps, so as to be
easily separable. All are formed of five and ten
cent stamps, the fives and teas each consisting of
a tingle stamp with a Iprge circle on each side
containing the Bqman numerals V or X in geome-'
trical lathework. Tire twenty-fives and fiftys are
Hfde by over-lapping five or ten cent stamps.
The groundwork of the fives and twenty-fives is
JBS? w '.£iW , * nt PMographing, which would be
!’ r P wn stamp alone, and they are
the best bank note paper. . The green
flf.tbe tens aod fiftys is not readily susceptible of
pbfitograplrliig. Of the daily issue 20,000 bilk
will,he.fiyes, 20,000 tens, g 2,000 twenty-fives, and
32,000.fiftys. The public must be cautious w hen
separating this currency, and not mutilate the
their receipt and redemption by the
Treasury aresobject to the same regulations now
taMvee«* United States notes, namely; if any
to missing a proportionate airount
finm;she nominal value.
Important from the Southwest.
- . v Caiko, August-24.
Acacia ran on a snag sixty miles
Wow Memphis, at one o’clock'on Thursday mom
lafc-ahtt sunk in ,a fewminotes. She had 150
ii r *ix of whom were ladies, and also a
su^er8 ’ UPpda. In five min
\TmAP&. W*? 1 * ™® capsized, \and the upper
d«a: floating off, many of the passengers clung to
it aaa wars saved. _ i
FudywOrhalf of the passengers Wen: in their
hntths asleep, and were lost.. Most of the passen
gen were soldieiß returning to their regiments. A
number of die survivors have artived at Helena
Sot less Aan seventy-five or eight! persons per-
W*- , captain and most of die crew were
row. The list of the lost has not yet been re-
the Jackson Mu*u«Wanaays that the Federal
»m -bianpter grounded opposite Bayou Sara.—
fthwities. demanded lier surrender, but the
p^JdSlKnp. Pnt ° n *“*’***’ and
Ordett have been issued forbidding the travel
«g_«r civilians ovier the Mobile and Ohio Rail
~HMK|a '
~A irom Smithland says that Honkins
was taken on Friday by the rebel John
n*en ’ ant * *&•* be is now moving on
Smi|Blluia.:
? flen- Hoaencranß Moving.
St. Louis, August 25.
that Gen.Bosencrang, with
an tony of 80,000 to 40,000 inen proceeded, on
*Muia»y, southwest toward* Junction, where
about 16,000 rebels are lying under Armstrong.
X«spelo os the Mobile end Ohio Bail
% at 25,000, It is
protoa^m^osbeing threatened Priceand Ann
wateonttnne to give Boedncrnns battle. The
withflrewmi of the foree* under Bosencrans does not
Wfe .mgpoged, ae enough remain for all
We shall htelv hare stirring news
tram GeiL Crtsnt's armj m a few days.
** A i^ttAKjs,—-Maggie Kemmerling,
fonrteai jeaw, while out
by a blowing
I Wf r > c »?y.to lij nutionilv stepped,
ATdoK which was seized and
m as another viper dose by. The
W®®? drtliegb'l applied tme of the dead snakes
W the poison from the foot,
hot, it would «K»), wtth fodigbfont success. Af.
returned to town medical' aid was snm
mqned,hnt although a week has' closed, the girl
ffFmibt a jwecanow «ptfiti*nL^a«tow
f President's Boply to Horace Greeley.
A few days since Horace Greeley, of the New
. ; York Tribune, addressed a long lettefr to President
' Lincoln headed “The Prayer of Twenty Million”
j in which he set forth what those “twenty million’’
i j expected of the President and what he ought to do.
j The “prayer’’ is well written bnt rather dictational
j and-pnsnmptnons, and not exactly the sentiments
j of twenty million of the inhabitants of the loyal
; Statep, and the Presidentjmight justly have passed
; it by without notice, as in his official .capacity he
I | is not caUed upon to notice such communications.
■, But as he choose to answer it, and did it so brief
| ly and satisfactorily to the majority of the people,
, and stated his course so plainly, we deem it prD|»er
jto publish his reply. 11 is as follows.:
Executive Mansion, i
■ Washington, August 22, : 1862. |
i Honorable Horace Greeley:.
Beak Sie :—I have just read yours of the 10th,
i ■daressed to myself through the* New York Tri-
I b ! me - •If there be in it any statements or assump
; dons of fact, which I may know to be erroneous, I
■ do not now and here controvert them. If there
! be in it any inferences which. I may believe to
I he falsely drawn, 1 do not now and here argue
i against them. If there be perceptible in it an im
j patient arid dictatorial tone, I waive it in defer
; ence to an Old friend whose heart I have alwavs
: supposed to be right.
As to the policy “I seem to be pursuing,” as
j you say,’X have not meant to leave anv one in
doubt.
I would save the Union. I would save it the
shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner
the national authority can be restored, the nearer
the Union will be “the Union as it was.” If
there be those who would not save the Union un
less they could at the same time save slavery, I do
notag»e : pith them. If there be those who would
not save the Union unless thev could at the same
time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them.
My paramount object in this struggle is to save the
Union, and is not either to save or to destrov
slaveiy. If I could save the Union without free- '
; ing any slave, I would do if; and if I could save it
by freeing, alt tbe.slaves, I would doit; and if I '
could save it by freeing some and leaving others 1
; alone, I would also do that. What 1 do about 1
islavery and the colored race, I do because I he
;heve it he|ps to save this Union; and what I for
bear, 1 forbear because Ido not believe it would '
help to saye the Union. I shall do less whenever 1
I shad bejieve what lam doing hurts the cause. 1
;aml 1 shall do more Whenever I shnll believe doing 1
more will help the cause. I shall trv to correct Cr- '
.rots when shown to he errors, and" I shall adopt !
•new views so fust as they shall appear to be true ]
views. v f
I have hero stated my purpose according to mv
iView of ojjida! duty ; and I intend no modification
of W oft-expressed personal wish that all men
eveiywhero could be free. Yours, '
; , ,A. LINCOLN.
DTOIAIr TROUBLES IN MINNESOTA.
! Men, Women end Children Rolled.
: ' St. Paul, August 22.
„ trustworthy information from Fort Ridgelv con
“rras. without doubt, all theprevious reports.' Mr
Wickoff, the Assistant Superintendent, on his wav
to the upper Agencies, met a messenger six miles
from Fortißidgely on Monday morning, announc
ing an outbreak fit the lower Sioux Agencv, and
the murder of all the whites except a few, Cain
Marsh set . out immediately with fortv-five men!
: At a ferjy opposite the Agency lie encountered
a large body of warriors, who opened fire on them,
And after a few volleys a large body of ambushed
Indians in, the rear fired upon them,‘killing a uum
ber of men. , A retreat was attempted across the
nver. While in the water the Indians killed the
captain, three sergeantsiand four corporals. But
seventeen returned to the fort.
On Monday night the light from burning build
ings and grain-stacks was seen in all direction*.
■Kscaped citizens came into the post during the
pjight, giving accounts of horrors too terrible for
imagination to conceive. Mothers come in in
barefooted, whose husbands and children
"fere slaughjered before their eyes. Children came
who witnessed the murder of their parents, or the
burning of their homes. |
The roads in aU directions to New IJlm ure
lined with murdered men, woihen arid children.
Sorter, of Waukato, a member of the last
Minnesota Legislature, arrived here last evening
tor arms. He was one of the Committee sent to
New Ulm to learn the truth of the reported mur
ders. He arrived at New Ulm on Tuesday
morning, and found the people prepared to biirv
five persons murdered.
_Others were being constantly found, most hor
ribly mutilated. He saw four persons wounded in
one rooin, cat with hatchets in their heads and
aims.. A Uttlegirl was ent across the face, breast
and side. A bttle boy was dreadfully cut m;
“SO- a middle aged woman in an adjoining room.
He saw a chdd with its head cut off, and twentv
sevcn othere matilated with gashes. The people
rfNew Ulm are drilling with what arms they can
to their danger, and.are
determined to defend the town to the last.
Mr. porter left New Ulm Tuesday morning
and overtaken by a man who reported that
the Indians attacked the town, 200 strong, at 6 p
m., find burned several buildings. Several eiti
zcns were seen to fall The penile had gathered
together and barricaded the streets.
letters to Governor Ramsey say that hundreds
areinpwn to be killed, and it is believed thou
sands.
Gov. Bainsey yesterday ordered the militia with
horses to the scene.
I Teukutc Advemcke with a Boa Constbic
| tob.—One Of.the most .thrilling incidents which
halt ever come to our knowledge, occurred a few
*»ys since m a“Mde show” with Van Araburg &
■ g Menagene, where two enormous snakes-i-an
anaconda and a boa ’constrictor—are on exhibi-
h 1* the huge re P tiles kept in one
case with a glass toft opening at the side, and the
keqper was engaged in the act of
When the event occurred. The longerTf the
snakes, the bqa constrictor, which is some thirty
feet long and as large around the middle ns a man’s
thigh, hadjnst swallowed two rabbits when the
keeper introduced his arm and body into'the cage
for the pnrpqpe of reaching a third to the anacon
da, at the opposite comer. While in this position
tlteboa, not satisfied with his share of the rations
made a spring, probably with the intention of sel
curing the remaining rabbit, but, instead, fasten
' «l»n Ae keeper’s hand, and, with the
rapidity-of lightning, threw three coils around the
Siqr fellow, thus rendering him entirely helpless,
is snouts of distress at once brought several men
■to his assistance, and among them, fortunately,
was a well known showman named Townsend‘a
man of great tpascular power, and what was ’of
m^ h .^ no f^ port “ 1 . ,ce ’ one w h° had been familiar
with the habits of these repulsive monsters all his
hfe,rhavtng oiwned sothe of the largest ones ever
brought to this countiy. The situation of the
keeper was now perilous in the extreme. The
first thing to tie done was to uncoil the shake from
if in attempting this the reptile i
should become in the leasf degree angered, he’
Wo ~i ,n R second > contract his coils ‘with a pow
er sufficient tq crush the life out of an ox. A sin
gle suick convulsion of tho creature and the J^eei>-
in etemit y : This Townsend
without attempting todis
tnrb the bt»q bold upon the keeper's hand, lie
by;;i»werfnlly yet extremely cautious
Bim en fv HtS U . nc ° d the strike without exciting
the united exertions of tw o
« c^ a r! . wc re pried open and the roan
ex kaustedcondition. The
th«.l nB ‘u rict^ r U not Porous, and al
though the bitten hand was immensely swollen
the Best day, no serious results were apprehended
trom amort horrible death
Our 4rmv I'GrPPQTtmi/lurtuA departure, I saw our gallant Col. Sweitzcr, who
VUJ JXI 11I\ Ul I t^pouaeiice. had been a prisoner at Richmond. He looks hale
-■ ■ , . . .... ' and hearty, apparently in possession of his usual
Camp Weeles, Va., near 'Washington D C > light-hearted and happy disposition. When with
August‘>s 1869 f the boys I used to think that Col. Black and Ma-
Messhs. Editors .—At this late dav I take up ,1“ (no,f C X V f weit * er^ re , th f. onl f
, “ - e HP | knew capable of successfully leading or command
tny pen to comply with your jrequest, and fulfil ray j irig the 62nd, and I hare no cause to change my
promise, made before we left] our : peaceful homes. ! opinion. With Col. Swcitzer in command, and
This Should have been attended to sooner but cir- I 1116 melm >ry of the Rented Black to inspire them
. ... ■! ... i with energy, the 62nd will never falter or waver
huorahle, and this is all the j n t j, e of their duty, but like the “Old
apology I have to offer. Guard''of Napoleon,'who cared for naught but
It is, perhaps, needless tor me to describe to the safety pf their beloved commander and the
vou our trip from Altoona to Harrisburg • suffice of France, ' vi H the 62nd feel and fearlcss
it to snv- we wem - ije „„ . f- ’ , .ty meet the enemy, heeding nothing save the
, *’ . g ;at every station along j presence of their brave Colonel and the . inward
tne road with vociferous cheers and the waving of promptings of revenge for the murder of Colonel
hats and handkerchiefs. , The ladies (God bless ! Black. Sergt. Kress, Tom Green aiid a little fel
them) turned out en wrasse and encouraged our I low they “Reddy," returned with Col. Sweit
i..- . ~ . ■ .. , , i zer from Richmond. Thev all eniov good health
hearts by their sweet smiles and pleasant words. Our Reamer has been anchor* out, in the
.Mrtnj were (lie blessings invoked upon us by our j Rhodes fOr several days, anxiously awaiting or
aged matrons and young maidens, and manv were j dere, and from the number of boats I see moving
the tears of sympathy shod by those who knew us i abo . ut ’ 1 su PP°fe our stay here will be short. Since
only as volunteer for the defence of the Constitnl I -
tiqn and the.union.' Some of our men think we ■ cessively hot as along the James. The only oh
were treated rather shabbily hy the P. R. R, Co.. ! jeetion to the wind is that it makes the sea'very
in lasing shipped off in diHo coai-mrs, and without i r ?" gh and is P roductivc of sea sickness, vessels are
StertinS " 1 W^Sd
nut wtiat right has asoljier to expect decent treat- j to.where we lie, opposite Hampton, for about three
ment? Is lie not (Sormnnenl stork? ' Of course. I miles, and as far back as the eye can reach, you
Well, then, I shall say no more, hut merely ex- 1 SG ? nothing but bare poles and ropes, presenting
press the hope that other human stock mav fare ! the appearance, of a forest of dead trees. It would
better—or, at least, no worse; , ’ ; he quite as difficult to sail through here without a
We sojourned in Gamp Curtin eight davs, and i s WHful pilot as for one to pass through the woods
were not sorry when we received “marching or- j blindfolded. At nightffie sight is really beauti
ders." Whiter was scarce and dust was plenty ; i tld - p he signal-lights suspended from the masts
besides, there was no room for men to drill, aiid j and B“ ird ‘arms of the vessels causes the bay to
we could do little else than loiter around and i l ,r^? nt 'he appearance of a very large citv. ‘
waste our precious time. On Saturday lust we I We are suffering very much from confinement
were armed with Springfield muskets, ’ and fullv : here, with nothing to amuse us but reading and
equipped for active servica In the evening wo 1 fid > sn K- Many kinds of fish of fine dimensions are
struck our tents, packed up and took passage on caUBl *t hy the men, and also large sea crabs in
board a train of freight cars, with the engine i ehtmdauce. We throw out a small scoop net
headed towards “Dixie." About daylight on Sun- ! haVln g “ piece of meat and a weight fastened to
day morning we arrived at Baltimore. Leaving | t ie k° ttom ‘ The crab goes in for the bait and is
the cars, the whole regiment formed in line four I secured * They at* boiled in water As pota
company bearing the colors) and marched through I toe ,'!’ and dressed " ith a I‘tUe salt, making an ex
the city to the other depot. ; where we were to cm- j ccllell ' dis!l
bark for Washington. "Here we were provided ! I,vas told to-day that the mills aud other works
with bieaktast by the Union Relief Association I at Bolliduysburg. were fast becoming deserted bv
What we had for breakfast I won’t sav, but it was : , " orkm eu enlisting in order to avoid being
considered good enough for soldiers, ‘ and we felt ■ draftad - At tllis s'Sge of the game I think there
better after it was down, for many of us had no I s itt,c dlffercnce Jjftween volunteoring and draft
supper on the evening previous. After resting for 1 ’ lg ; rhe one voftnteers through fear of being
a time we got on board another train of freight drafted alld the other prefers to take his chance
cars and were soon on the road to Washington ; 111 ‘ he draft one be as brave as the other
at which place we arrived about noon. Forming ' llnd “o doubt they will all make as good soldiers as
in line again, we marched up near the Capitol and i anv in ,h e field.
stacked arms in the street.. After resting a short i Correspondents should address their letter ns
time we were marched down to the “Soldiers’ Re- ! . llsulU - Tllis movement will not effect their ,-eaeh
treat,--where we were.provided with dinner. Rc- ' Jn g the anny but will delnv their arrival,
turning again to our aims,,we spent the afternoon ours Respectfully, \V. 1. Unix
in the street, wondering what the next move would - ~
be. Towards evening our minds were relieved hv Important Correspondence
an order to return to the d Retreat,.” take simp* ,—, '-urresponaence.
and spend the night as comfortable as possible!— nv-wrei!i Jlr.Y’ Injft n ES - CHAIRMAN OF
Each man (excepting the General) made bis bed TO SFCRmn^ I »t S I-‘\^ C ¥, TRAl '“ Msuwlil! -
by wrapping his blanket awund hitn and hW M>Im»PONSE BBWAHI> - AIfD THE
down ujxm the floor, where I believe all Ifieiit
soundly (at least your humble servant did) until GETTER OF MR. HUGHES,
morning. After breakfast' we took up the line ’ Hr *.a Quarters or ike Democeitk: Sutel
qt march for .the *‘.«acred soli” of the old ‘•Bomiu- central Committee op Pexx’a. L
ion,” upon which we had the -pleasure ofsettim- u tT Pi,i “beephia. August n. ISS2.J
our unhallowed Yankee feet “as soon as we had n Seward ' Secretary of State.—
crossed the long bridge over the Potomac The Vtar *"•••—With some hesitation. I take the-lib
moraing was ven-warhi. and we wx-rc all more ui ! mu' °*i i° n - lle tp - vou tllrce documents viz:
less impressed with the importance of Ihd.t hwo- add «:ss ot the Democratic State Central Com
siu-lcs. I believe only one man in die whole regi- mit,ee .°‘ State: an Address this dav issued hv
merit gave out, although several entertained seri- m - vselt ’ a ! Chairman, and the form of' a call for
ous thoughts of “caving in. " After marching five a >' reat Wl *ss Meeting, alamt to lie held in this
or six miles, we reached the site of our present „
camp, where we pitched oar terns aud commenced 1 T 0 sa - v ,hat tllc “ddress of the Com
making ourselves --at home." The oulv incun- mittec has been much assailed In- leading and in
venieuce we exjiorience here, is scarcity of water 1 nucmialjomiials conducted by those who claim
and what we do get is not what a Pennsylvanian 1 I°Jn ■ VOUI ' , l ' oli ' il ' al fricnds - The denmiciation
would call good. It is all obtained from’wells by : wnw sodcc "? cd as t 0 l»«>nounce it treasonable.
means of a rope and windless. The ground upon ’ v hetner or not it is treasonable, you can best de
whicli wo are encamped was once a splendid farm * C [ 7l ' me i f .v°n read it. It is lengthy and may
Alas! wiiat a change ; There are no fences to be i l‘ P to ° m '. lc lof volir tinl( ’i but the address js
seen, even around the little patches of sickly look- ,•• m - vseli . this day, is comparatively short,
ing corn which some families have planted" The ft 11 sta,c ' s pnsdions sufficiently to determine
celebrated “peach orchard” ; has disappeared and 1 , character of ‘be former, it will relieve vou of
all looks desolate. The once beautiful*fields -ire ' ab ? r 'f- vo " W||J 1-63(1 t,le latter,
now splendid drill grounds for Union troops, and I ,c . I °f »•>« Committee, as well as
they have lieon and still are lieing faithfully used U ‘ lU >y '■ i 1? Chairman, are Imth from mv
for that purpose. Almost every- dav some new °'' n I>eU ’ 1 sllonld I)ear the greater part of what
regiment pitches its tents nedr us, remains a dav c m rc K roach s,loldd attach ,0 tlleir publication,
or two and then packs up aud moves .Southward. ] allow ™ e t 0 “-^uv 6 . von that they contain the
Sometimes several regiments pass us in one dav of not less than three hundred thous
while others halt and occupy - the ground but ‘ a,KI of the men of Pennsylvania, and I believe of
cently evacuated bv their brothers in arms one million of men in the central States
Onr regiment is already becoming slightly af- i t v . Pe unsylvania, New York, Ohio,
I'ccted yvith soldierly why shouldn’t it ? iaaa and Illinois. . I will add, too, that I bc-
We know our officers, we know,one another and i ICVC * ler ? Is 110 otber mi,lion of men in the"whole
we have reason to believe that we are making as ' f ' oan,r y. 01 t"°re devoted'patriotism and lovaltv.
rapid progress in military efficiency as any other I "’‘ll add, too, that I believe this million of
regiment under the same circumstances, ’it has I ™ Cn f, ’ amid P°htical cnanges, remain patriot
been decided to drill five companies, of. this regi- ' , »- v j, w ill r6a<l one or both of the
ment two hours each day, in the use of artillery ] ?“???? addre * se ®» .““d If, m connection with the
in the different forts surtounding our present camp! ! m, f. la T e stated ,n ,x> g ar( i to their supporters, it
In order to determine : yvliich: companies should I W,U s ‘ lm,, l a te you or serve you iu any degree to
handle the big guns, and in which fort eaefi com- : p fT ot f, a P° ll6y °" 'be part of the Administration
pany should receive Instruction, it was found no- !ak J^ 1 - nt inco n,O P"' down the demon of
cessary to cast lots. Ten tickets, five of which ',, ! 10l , ,tloai - m m .v sole object in addressing vou
were blank and five of w hich were numbered were i.a (~P r haP s presumptuous) note, shall be more
placed in a box, and each Captain then proceeded! ! "f!f, a ,u Und T nn x'! obtained - At all events, rest as
to draw one ticket. This was h fairwnv of deeid- ' s,ir e <l that 1 Mdress you with the profound ros
ing the matter, and Company D, Captain Hostct- i I>eCt dne - vonr h, S h personal and official charac
ter, drew No. 1, which i entitles ns to the use of 1
the big guns in the nearest fort—about a mile :
number to l tlie
those companies who drew blanks will have to Department of State. 1
content themselves with field duty; Company H, ; w , "’ASHi.voTov. Ang. 19th, 1862. |
Ciipt. McKeage, is one Of these. I have been un- p io *' W- Hcghes, Esq., Headquarters of the
unable, up to this time, to ascertain any further par- I State Central Committee of Pennsvl
ticularsjn regatd to the “drawing,” but you shall I c” 1 ' 9 ’ p ™lMdphia.—Dear Sir:—l have had the
lie informed in due season—of this, as well as . T° f giving your letter of the Uth ’inst.,
any other items of interest which may Iran spite in i i ? three papers to which it refers,
the “course of events.” ' * j two ot them being appeals written bv yourself
Company A, Cnpt. Bell, left us on Saturday -o'^ ressed , by » h « Democratic State Oentrai
night last, having been detailed* guard the Lone- ! f? the Democrats and all other
Bridge. g ! f £ enda °f the Constitution in Pennsylvania,” and
I , .With raan .V thanks for a lafo copy of our old I -5 other ? el "?.? («■ • ma «* meeting of the
friend, the Tribune, I will close iby subscribing niv- 1 < ? ltlz ® ns °f p htladelphia, the objects of which
self Your humble sen-’t. ! Brevier ’ 1 j? 66 ? 1 ! 8 w ,* ll he “to express a firm purpose to
J ’ | *«nd by the maintenance of the NAonal Consti-
Hamptok Rhodes, Ang.Thth 1869 : tutioit with devotion to tlie American Union,”
m,»». mccr.m w d™ ,-s™, i
letter to yon quite a change has taken place in the 'o the purposes of Abolitionism, and formally to
Army of the Potomac. The commanding Gen- ® x press the intention of tl|e Democratic jparty to *
eral has seen j.ropcr to evacuate our recent posi- s , alw f ys hitherto done, namely, to sup
tT *• l ™“ »• 1-8.
w hitlier. Various are the conjectures as to our ever peril, against the insidious and treasonable
destination, bnt we must all rejnain in ignorance ; tea ehinfs of Abolitionists.” ;
for the time being. On Friday] last a portion of i d I® 11 me some influential journals, con
<Jfe prin r g office ,
embarked on board the Ariel. The General and { °thers are conceived in the same spirit with the
staff remained behind intending] to come overland ! Pne wbicb is 80 harshly judged. You desire me
to Old Point. For several' ilays previous the j J; nd ,r igh , thpn l for m . VBe l f - Yon
7 Ja^T^ y k“ d ii° m “ rch ’ haYing i will have of ijrtrfud^'lxOTions
placed their, knapsacks on boardithe boats, retain- : ?» to induce the Proddcnt to ffivor a tcU I
mg notliing but their canteens aiid haversacks con- ; lcy . *? P 1 do J n 'he demon of Abolitionism !
mining three days rations. The sick from the Ime wlffi ‘1 doc ‘™ en ' s th us submitted to :
ia a. ,ho „ „„ h tafa&st i
placed on board transports and (jakeii to the hos- : tbe .sincerity of (he devotion to the Union which i
pital at old point. The hospitals here were taken : as '' leir aa 'ho r - J'°u have avowed. ‘, ’ i
all aback by the arrival of so many sick, as they : engaceff 1 not fnJ 06 *r ?“ y , tbnt tbis nntlon is now j
had been packing up and preparing to follow tlie > posing pki-ties \
general movement. While locking around the hp ?> N in » efril war, carried on by opposing aJi i
Hospital, tlie oilier day, for members of company mi £? Pn an Issue of national life or death/
M I found Jonathan Ginter, a tidan named Potts, tions ofYdrainUtratfoT '/m K" 0^ 04 *- '■
and another pained Brindio. thby seemed to bo j there will be time enough tOKtfltesi sSsho 1
m tolerable but I presimie not able to en- 1 tio T ns ’ I
dure the march. They will probably join i suefothT *°^ a 00urse for others to par
tite company when/It arrives at jits destination. : that. neiAer iwT mihlfo sa T myself, ]
Uieut. AMurnty has been | very ilnweU for some j ean I know with favir or °ffisffivor° r citizen ’ ■
Third. The Govenors will cause an immediate
enrolment of all able-bodied male citizens (includ
ing of course in several New England States the
colored citizens) between the ages of eighteen and
forty-live years, giving the name, age and occupa
tion of each, together with such facts as mav de
termine his exemption. The expenses of this en
rolment will he paid by the United States.
fourth. Where the law exists in any State for
carrying out this draft, or where the laws are de
fective, the following regulatiohs will bo observed :
1. As soon as the enrolment is completed the
lists are to be filed in theoffice of the Sheriffs of
the rcsiiective counties.
-■ A commissioner is to be appointed bv the
Governor in each county, at per diem, to su
perintend the drafting and to determine the claims
(or exemption. _
Ihe enroling officers shall immediatelv. niion
the filing of the enrolment lists, notify said Com
missioner that said lists have been so filetl, and the
' oraimssioners shall therefore give notice bv hand
lulls jiosted in each township of his cpuntv, at
the time and place of which claims of exemption
will lie received ijjid determined by him, and shall
hx the time to be specified in the order aforesaid
within ten days of the filing of the enrolment at
which the draft shall be made, and all persons
claiming to lie exempt from Military duty, shall,
before the said days fixed for the' draft, make
prool ot such exemption before said Commissioner,
and If found sufficient, his name shall be stricken
nom the list by a red line drawn through it Icav
mg if still legible. The commissioner shall in
like manner strike from the list the names of all
persons now in the militaiy service of the United
States—all Telegraph operators and contractors
ac nally engaged on the -3th day of August
IM.- engineers ot locomotives on Kailroads.
tic Vice 1 resident of the United States,
the officers, judicial and executive, of the Govcrn
nicnt otthe United States, the members of both ■
Mouses ot Congress and their res]ioolive officers
Ail custom house officers and their clerks, all
i ostofficers and stage drivers who are employed in
the care and conveyance of the mails of the post
offices ot the United States, all ferrymen'who arc
employed at any terry on the post roads, all pilots,
all mariners actually employed in the sea service
ot any citizens or merchants within the: United
Mates all engineers and pilots of-registcred or li
censed steamboats and steamships, -and all persons
exempt In the laws of the respective States from
military duty, on sufficient evidence, or his ikm
sonal knowledge that said persons belong to any
ot the aforesaid classes, whether the exemption is
claimed by them or not. Exemption will not be
made for disability unless it he of such prominent
character as to render tire person unfit for service
for a period of more than thirty dais, to he certi
. b - v a s, "J eo '[ appointed by the Govenor in
county for that purpose.
! “S* fi , xed the commissioner, the
Sheriff, or in his absence, some one appointed by
nl?-I?^‘ n “t lor ! Cr ’ in llis presencapublicly
I lace a wheel, or in a box similar to those used
for drawing jurors, the names of all persons iwt
stricken from the enrolment list, and a proper ner
foldedPP°| int i? d the colnm >ssioner, and^blmd
folded, shulU thereupon draw from the:box or
\whcel, a number of ballots equal to the number of
men to he drafted as the quota of the county.
the . , .r , f ed i ,otlee of his l>ein ? Crofted, and of
tlie place of rendezvous, must be served m»n each
jierson so drafted. “ '
griss
fv men nu,st “serable at the conn
dnveo f .il he J r , r ? s P e^tlv « counties within four
daj s aflerThe drafting, whence transportation will
be furnished them to the place ofrendezvol*
9. A copy of the draft most be sent bv the
Commissioner to the coimnandant of the rendez
vous, and another to theatdjotant General of the
htate, who will immediate]/ organize the drafted
men mto companies of one hundred and obe nmn
and regiments often such companies.
uJLi 1 the expiration of the time allowed the
drafted men for reaching the rendezvous he
are ap^inbS™ 1 ! 0 *^ 1 '
filthy AuguT o'** T atl U - teer q , UOtaS not
shall bfcon^oHdat<^ ! bv he r on,p ete re « i,neDtB
number thra are and *■»
ta drafted 10 fill volunteer quo-
' F. W. Hughes,
, Natubalieatiov op Aliev Solmers;— We
! IS . *° r the benefit such as are not aware of
is entitled”* ° f SKn * *’ le follow 'ng ;which
: certahi Imy aud emoluments of
i sj^&K.iasr 4 r " «■” h*
i a^'!?f! )Cit l Thitt'anv
; mu any previous declaration of his intention to
, become a citizen of the United ZL r V
1 he shall not be retired to Zh **'
rtf w «hin the United States pwio™*
thing effectually it one time. It cannot wisely T TNPSET'S IMPROVER
turn aside from, the ease of the fearfni demon of I j 1
disunion, to pursue any inferior demon, whether
imaginary or real,
I think that the wrangles which occurred among
the Crusaders abont their respective creeds, when
they sat down to tlic siege of Jerusalem, were
Just as rational and Just as wise as disputes about
Abolitionists would now lie in the Army of-the
Potomac in front of Richmond. What is unwise
in the camp ot such a moment cannot lx: wise in
the Cabinet! or in the assemblages of the people. |
I am occupied here either in meditating be- I
tween diifering parties and jealous sects, or else in !
watching and conntemcfiug-thc intrigues of trai- I
tors in Europe, But I sometimes think that if. i
instead of being charged with these duties, I were
at liberty, as you seem to lie, to servethe country
in my own way, I could make an ajipSil to Dem
ocrats and Republicans, Abolitionists and slave
holders in behalf of our distracted country that
would bring the whole people at once under arms,
and send treason reeling back into the den ot
darkness from whence if sprung. I do not know
how this wonid be, blit I do know that if I,were in
your place, I should try.
I am, very respectfully,
Vour obedient servant,
William H. Skwakd,
Regulations for the Draft.
On the Oth of August the following regulations
for making the draft were telegraphed from Wash
ington to Gov. IMerpoint, of Virginia. We give
a full abstract of the provisions:
First. The Governors of the State will proceed
to tu„nish their quotas of the militia, under the
call lor 300,000 such troojis. (Under both requi
sitions the State is called upon to furnish 92,841
men.)
Second. The Governors are forthwith to desig-
the plan of rendezvous, as few in number as
jjossihle, and name the commandants of such
posts.
BLOOD SEAItC'Hj, |
a sens: .xju; h.h
Cancer,
Cancerous Formation-,
Scrofula,
Pimples on the Face.
Sore Eyes,
Tetter Affection,.
Hwhl,
Old and Stubborn Ulcers
Rheumatic Disorders.
\ Jaundice,
Salt Rheum,
Liver Complaint.
Loss of Appetite
Low Spirits,
Female r oraplsim
i'.pllcpsy p
Paralysis or Palsy,
Syphilitic Diseases awl
' of tl, ( . ft,
: Together with all other disease, hau
ongin in a depraved condition of the hi,,, *
dilatory system.
CASE OF DANIEL A. BOV])
I Pittsburgh, December 31 i
»«.G. H. Kexsxs : 1 take pleasure i„ „ latl V'
notary statement in favor of a uieciidu,,
, failed “ Liasgn’a Blood Searches.' i i laJ ‘ '
Bve yean with Scrofula which broke out a , T'
forehead so as to disfigure me very much. i' Wt ’ ’*.'1
hijir when the dieease made its appearance; ii also ;■* f
en my arm above and below the elbow, ami ei r * '
fkin and flesh so as to expose a fearful sort il- '
if“ W >*ead went so far that several small
Came ont. 1 was very.week and |., w SJ , ir ; leii
:yiven up all hope of ever getting well, „ j h,j
Oral skillful physicians and they did ulJ , '
tembor last, 1861.1 was induced u> irv - D '
iaovED Blood Siarchke.” I must C oufr« i * a '
db patent medicines, but after 1 had used tk,Z hC!*'
Blood Searcher, the ulcers on no head and ,in a ;* •
I have now taken eight or ten With,.' ,‘j
apd arm are entirely well except the scar, '' "*
tjio sores. I will also state that I had ih.
■fpy bad ' u ‘ ni y arms and legs. Xho Bl«.i
bitred the rheumatism. I a», il 4 -‘t,
yhars of age, and I feel as suple and y„unx l4'. 4.
Jiwas twenty; and have increased in weight t»cmi'44
I;would also state that the disease in mv fcrehwa’ 4.
'bkd that when I stooped andljft.xi anything b„>,
Mood run out of the sore. Ur. Ke.vs.-r had a
ot me by Mr. Cargo, tbs artist, after I 4
well. It does not show my appearance as bad ;i ,
before I commenced taking the medicine, V™, ...
ttjc photograph, one of which is u-,w it. ,„ v |„..4„
s)|d also at Dr. Keysere Ido Wood ftre-i. I ueul.,.
stjtte tiiat 1 took the Blood Searcher w hich wa, a:,i-
Idte Ur. Keyver commenced making it. Alii.
hdlped me some, I did not recover fast until 1 c.. i
utjide by Dr. Keyaer himself. One bottle i lii- i. ii
iubre good than two of the old. I believe it „., ~.j ;. ,
Stronger and better. 1 have recommended 4 4 ’
to a great many of my friends tin ~
cutes.and 1 believe it has helped the whole ~f ii ; ,... ,
may publish this if you wish, unde I am ainuuu- :i4.
who are afflicted ns I was may be cured. I live i. l;.
S'f. d Pino Street, and am employed at Colivih, i (
sop-s Union Marble Works. 54 Wayne street.
A BLIND MAN' CURED
X live in Sligo, nt Clinton f?l„ have
bjijnil in both eyes for nearly four years. 1 called ~c
Kaysor abnut three months ago and naked U im 1.,
directions to, the Indention for the blind /„ fuihuM gl,"
XJtj told me that I need hot go to Philadelphia to got
03 M h,M > medlcino that would cur.. ~i... a s he widni. ,i.
ease Was in the blood. I was treated w it two or
5a flw hospital in this city, ami was ii;
my disease always returned after a month or two lit,, ,
capie out the hospital. I found my disease .
turning aud I called, by tbo advice of a good friend ■
mino, on Dr.Keyser. who has restored my sight, jd.l
eyhs are neatly as well as ever. The Doctor gai-i
-‘ Idndsoy's Blood Searcher” and a wash. v
Pittsburg, July 5,1861
Tpnew—E. F. M’Elroy, Andcrwn street, Allegfctt
Cfajr.
A BAD SOKE LEG CURED
ftlrrucxcH, September 18, 1861.— 1 hereby certify
* *° re for over a year. It was cp\ei'-:
W *M* Ulcers and sores to that I could not wort for Death
a JMh My leg swelled so that 1 was unable to do ac;
,hta .K ?> r » long tipi*, (tjt at least hix mi'Dtllr. I in*
several of the best doctors in, the city, but without an;
benefit; finally I called on Dr. Keyset*. at Xo. 140 Woai
rtf H» only attended me about two aud r»' r
UJ€? but two bottles of medicine, and I am now cotireh
we|l and have confined so for six months. lam employ*
at ihe Eagle Engine House., on Fourth Afreet, where «.v
unican see me/ ‘
CANCER CURED
n * M ‘ awwiq,.—Mr. John pope, of Bis*
soo, near Montypool, vMontuontfdtire, England, V. *"■ l
follows;
-t l3 bid woman ia this place has wi-iini nu- :
. you respecting ‘ Lisdsey's Blood Seakcheb. : ;
whiisli she found great benefit, and wishes to have s I*" 1 '
morn.: She has been suffering from a disease of a carve
oos nature for the last six or seren years. Her dangW«
living in America, obtained it for her, and soot Ia
eighteen bottles. She is now quite out of it. and 1 usl '
written to her danghter twice and hare received .
e wee ;j of course she Is anxious to get more, to get O '
pietply cured. I told her I would write to you ; - r '■
agency In this country, and she feit very much pleased
liear me say so. I now beg to ash you on what term, J*
will supply me; yon will please bear in miud tie.'*
tinge, and supply me as cheap as possible. Tic carnst'
on thr one doaen bottles was £1 8s 6d. The medicine «>■
a preifont from.hsr daughter. 1 would like to life *
BhwdEearcher in a jar or small cask, if you mb** l ;'
in tbit vgy, or in pint or quart bottles. I " ill wb j 3tc
through bank or registered letter, which ever will ■»
convenient to you, if yon will send me earners recur l •
the jnkjvtel as security. I wonld wind you a stamp n*
awer this, but as it ia uncertain of tiiis reaching J OO,1
account of the country being iu six and seven., a
which is commonly used, yon will he klod tv>*& '
charge pie with the postage. '
• Vows*, resfM‘<rfftilly
[Siknedj JOBS M-*'.
[Wo; have seen the letter which is published in h" u ’'
Dirpeacn, from John Pope, and believe it to he gen' l!L- '
Xtiitnri IHtpatrh Pittsburgh.
Vt&iJipok/or Dr. Kegttr't name onr the corks to y 1 tr *
hemp irhpottd upon. ,„o
Prepared « D d sold by Dr tieoxoc U. Kktsek, Pittsw
_Boj<t lj> Altoona by A. Bocbh and 0. " ■ '
H J. K. Pantos and Jaco» £»»»*
Omanrous
K rysi|*laT a .
Mercurial Di*. as ..
Genei >'i Dfbj£.
DANIM. \ tiu\
DAVID KINNOLLV
Clinton Mills, Sli
THOMAS PABRkU
Iffiuiia -JMSSm
PRINTED ON
Campbell's $650 “Country Press
TRIBUNE IPOWER-PRE
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PRINTING OFFICE.
Having, within tho nasi two yoavs, made corvnio
Addition to our estsbli#hm»iDt in th* way of new
rvp«t Screw Preas, Paper Cutltr, Curd Cotter, Kolioi
ohine, Cord Power P*e*s, ami lur*v .Newspaper I
Pre«K (a cut. of which We give ulk.vv) we are now pre:
10 execute anything iu| the line uf printing or rail
stylo equal to any raUbliahiuer.t in the State, a
price* equally low. We can execute, on short noth
•tylee of
Wedding, Visiting, BaU A Business C
CirhtilarSf Programmee,
mammoth posters, SALE bil
OBCIUL
Pamphlets, Pay and Cheek Bo
BLANK BOOKS,
manifests, and blanks of all kin
All we wk i« a trial, feeling confident that we cm
malefaction if we have the opportunity.
Office in Lowtber', building, corner of Virginia an
nie streets, opposite Superintendent’s Office.
LiOO-ApLi ITElhtlS
Thk Dhaat. —The enrollment of the ntilit
this county will bo jftnfcihfld in * few days it
will then lie seen whether Blair hits furnished
quota. We leant t|hat 'the quota of this cot
under all the; calls, Excepting that fcr three m<
men, is 1852.tnen. | 'Whether the enroll mem
show that we have exceeded or fell short of
amount, we have as yet no means of oscertait
It can only be known after the Deputy Man
have made their returns and the lists have 1
compared. The manner in which the enrollt
is taken prevents ope county from imposing t
or claiming the men who have gone from aho
county and enlisted in companies raised in the 1
The Marshals take the name of every man
has gone to war from bis district, with the lent
the company and the regiment in which he en
ed. no matter whether the company is from an
er coimty or State. : Thus every county, and
trict in the county, receives credit fot its <
This county will receive no credit for men t
Huntingdon county who enlisted in compa
from this county, although they may have rec
ed the bounty given ,by Blair. This is right
far as exhibiting the patriotism of a county is .
cerned, but wrongTi) reference to the,bounty.
When it is known exactly how many men
lacking in a district,; to make up the quotas,
think it would be an easy mattqr to raise vol
teers sufficient to Ail it. It.is done in the foil
ing manner in other’ places.. A meeting of
citizens of a district is called and the annout
meat made that so many men are wanted to AI
the quota. A bounty fund Is immediately ra
by those whose business will' not admit Of t
leaving and this bounty is offered for volume
In every case it is accepted and
lieved from a draft.; In this way the burden 1
equally upon all who will pay, and at the s;
time enables those who volunteer to leave eno
behind (hem for the support of those who are
pendent'upon them. jlt is better for those who
not wish to leave their business to contribute
erally to thisTund ft*v volunteers and not run
risk of being drafted, and it b also better for tb
who can leAe lioffio to take die Isniuty, and g,
volunteers than to island their chance in aii
and have to go without bounty. It may he ,
that this wonld shield the rich, and compel
poor to volunteer. do not so consider it.
this stage of the gamje, when a draft is to be m>
all are equal, and jf a man who stands a
cfiance to be drafted! can, by volunteering, s
himself from being grafted, and receive a c>
peusation of $6O or $lOO dollars, it is ccnaiuli
his advantage to takie it. Besides, it fa not p
ing for a substitute. The man who pays tow
this bounty, no matter how liberally, might not
drafted, and therefore have no substitute to t
nfab, but he pays thermoney directly for the fa
efit of those who volunteer, and in order tost
the district from a draft. We do not know h
others may view this, or what action may be tak
on it. We note it as the manner of procedure
other places where it is found to work to the advi
tage of all. There are many men' in thfa> pit
who wish to go into the army and would gladly
so if such inducements be offered, provided
shall be fonnd that Altoona has not furnished I
quota. ' ■ ■ '
Proportion of Churches.— The Christian
teitiyencer has compiled a table showing the p
illation and somber of churches in the cities
New Philadelphia, Baltimore and Boat
s from which we learn that in New York there
one cbmth to every 2,641 of a population, in PI
adelphia one to eveiy 2.056, in Baltimore ont
cvery 1,249, and in Boston one to every 1,586
Brooklin, Newark and Elizabeth city, have es
ows church to every 1,000 inhabitants. ' Wl
the ebnreheg in the cities are much larger a
more expensive than in country towns, yet
country towns far exceed the cities in the awn
of churches compared with the population. It
Altoona, a new place, and we find that we ht
nine churches completed and in use, and t
building, malting eleven, viz:—2 Catholic, IPr
byterian, I Lutheran, I Methodist Episcopal
Baptist, 1 Protestant Episcopal, I United Bre
fop, X African Methodist, completed, and 1 f»
Mlßn Lutheran, and 1 Winebrcnarian in course
erection. Taking the population of Altoona
®,QOp, (his would give us one church to every 4
inhabitants. Several of our churches 1 will h<
more than 600 persons comfortably, and most
them will hold 400, consequently we have chni
fbr eveiy inhabitant of the town. Tbeeit
cope with country towns in this respect.
I‘DCAi, Bagoagb Agent. —Wo team that i
Kail Road Company is about to erect a baggi
room at the depot, ih this place, amLthat J. M
zaree > formerly a brakeman ou the Mail Tr»
* >etween *hi» place ind Harrisburg, has been
pointed baggage agint. This will throve a gt
to persons departing or arriving
VVhen departing they can take their baggagt
the depot, place it h nder the care of the baggi
hare it cheeked to their destination
no farther tVojtble in looking afterit
ofi (hoee arriving win be take)
“‘a** 6 <*r to garKold of tj^^^r