SNpil iltiftnte. , ALTOONA, PA TUESDAY, JANUARY 27. 1863. The Hews. We do sot fed inclined, to-day, to (peculate up onarrayappointments, resignations or movements. The news of Gen. Bnnuide’s resignation, and the reported relieving of Gen*. Stunner and Franklin of their commands, mint take the public by sur priae. The came is unknown to os, and with oth ers we await anxiously the desired information.— It appear* to os like a suspension of operations in the direction of Richmond, but it may be just the reverse. The command of the noble Army of the Potomac now devolves upon the man who has won for himself the appellation of the. “fighting Gen eta!." It 1* reported that Gen. Butler is again to as sume command of the Department of the Golf, and we hope the report Is true. He is the man for that position. If the Government will give him the men he will give the rebels a “ fire in the rear" which will soon silence them. He is in favor of organising and arming the blacks, and be is just the man to cany it through. Let the government second him in bis ondertakings and he will have Jeff. Davis,in bis power long before Jeff's minions will be able to carry oat bis proclamation against the Yankee outlaw.' From the West we have the news that Gen. Gorman has ascended White River to Duval's Bluff and Des Arc, taking about 150 prisoners, two colnmbiads and; 200 small arms. From New Orleans we have reports that one of onr. Gunboats, the Winona, had been snnk by the Sooth battery at Fort Hudson, below Vicksburg. Also, that Stonewall Jackson had reinforced Vicks burg with 40,000 men. ; The New York Legislature has at length effect ed an organisation by electing, Mr. Callicot, Union Democrat, the Republican candidate,' Speaker of the Honse. From the Army of the Potomac. Nbab Falmouth, Jan. 21, 1863. At last the army moves. Yesterday the follow ing order was read to all on parade, and we ai once took up the line of march for Dixie. Where we go first I cannot now tell you, but the Rebels know we are moving. It is, however, now too late for them to avert the impending blow.. Perhaps, ere this, you have heard of oui having struck a blow. The storm, last night, wa fearful, bat it is not yet vety cold, and wc hope it wilLnot be the means of again saving the Hebei hordes. Head-quarters Abmt of tub Potomac, Camp near Falmouth, Va., Jan. 20, 1863. ) General Orders No! 7.—The Commanding General announces to the Army of the Potomac that they are about to meet the'enemy once more. The late brilliant actions in North Carolina, Ten nessee and Arkansas, have divided and weakened the enemy on the Rappahannock, and the auspi cious moment seems to have arrived to strike a gnat and: mortal blow to the Rebellion, and to gain the decisive' victory which is due to the coun try. , Let the gallant soldiers of to many brilliant battle-fields accomplish the achievement, and a fame the most glorious awaits them. Hie Commanding General calls for the firm and united action of officers and men, and, under the providence of God, the Army of the Potomac will have token the great step towards restoring peace to the country, and the Government to its rightful authority. By Command of Major-General Bnrnside. Lewis Richmond, Assistant-Adjutant General. Burnside's address to his troops was issued about noon on Tuesday. Immediately afterwards, Franklin’s and Hooker's Grand Divisions moved off ty the rear of Sumner's Grand Division, on the Rappahannock. The rain commenced im mediately after they began .their march, and they tniide tJmr progress. Since the above wee pieced in type we learn that the army did not move, in consequence of the heavy tain storm which set in about the time the orden was issued. (The following news from the papers of this morning, will doubtless take the people by surprise: EEBIGHATIOH OP OEJ. BURUBIDE. ForeweU Address to the Troops. Bumortd Semovai of . Gens. Sumner and franklin. Hkasocabteb* Abut of ibr Potomac,! January 26th, 1863. f This forenoon Gen. Burnside turned over the command of the Army of the Potomac to Gen. Hooker, who came■ to the headquarters for that purpose. As soon as the change became known, a considerable number of superior officers called on Gen. Burnside and took their parting leave with many regrets, ; The following is Gen. Burn side'* address to the army: Headqoartexs Armt of the Potomac, Camp near Falmouth, January 26.—General Or ders N0,9.—8y direction of the President of the United States, the commanding General this day transfers, tire command of this army to Major G-trend Joseph Hooker. The short time that be has directed yonr move ments has not been fruitful of victory, or any con siderable advancements of onr lines, but it has again demonstrated an amount of courage, pa tienee and endurance that under, more favorable circumstances would hare accomplished great re unite Continue to exercise these virtues. Be true to your devotion to your country and the principles yon have sworn to maintain. Give to the brave and skillful General who has long been identified with your organization and who is now yonr commander your full and cordial support and yon win demrve success. I take an affectionate leave of the entire army, from which he separates with so much regret, he may be! pardoned if he bids an especial, farewell to hi* long tried 1 associates of the 9th corps. His prayers are that God tnay be with you and grant yon continued success until the tefaelUpu is crashed. By command of i MAJ. GEN. BURNSIDE. Idtwts Richmond, A. A .G. It is understood that General* Stunner and TnnUia hare also been relieved from the coth ■gods of the right and left grand divisions, but the mirt* of their successors hare not been divulged, General Burnside with most of bis u£itoha,rt been allowed thirty days leave of Thtj wiH go to New York. The wabafari* wjtim and ffeasant and the mod is fast A Remarkable Editorial. “THU YANKEES BOLD ALL THEY HATE*EVER HELD"—“ ANOTHER TEAR'S PROGRESS TOMAKE THEM MASTERS OF THE SOUTHERN CONFEDE RACY. ’’ From the Richmond Examiner of Jan, 20. It is mot altogether an empty boast oh the part of lie Yankees that lha/ bold ali they ever have held, and that mother year or two of such progress as they have already made will find them masters of the. Southern Qmjederacy. They who think indepen dence is to be achieved by brilliant bnt inconse quential victories, would do well to look with the natural eye at the magnitude of Yankee possessions in onr country. Maryland, Kentucky and Mis souri are claimed as constituent parts of the Con federation ; they arc as much in the power of Lin coln as Maine and; Minnesota. The pledge, once deemed foolish by the South, that he would “ hold, occupy and possess” all the forts belonging to the United States Government, has been- redeemed almost to the letter by Lincoln. Forts Pickens and Morgan 1 : we will retain, but with these exceptions, all the strongholds on the seaboard, from Fortress Monroe to the Kio Grande, are m the hands of the enemv. ; ’ ~ _ Very consoling and very easy to say that it was impossible to prevent all this, and that the occu pation of the outer edge of the Kepablic amounts to nothing. Dre wry's Bluff and Vicksburg give the lie to the first assertion, and the onward move ment of Bosecrans towards Alabama, the presence of Grant in North Mississippi, and of Curtis in Middle Arkansas, to say nothing of Banks at New Orleans and Baton Bouge, to set at rest the silly dream that a thin strip of sea-eqast only is in the possession of our foes. The truth is, the Yankees are in great force in the very heart of the Confed eracy ; they swarm on all our holders, they threat en eveiy important city yet belonging to- us, and nearly two hundred thousand of them are Within two days' march of-the Confederate capital. ;This is no fiction. It is a fact so positive that none can deny it. Nor is this ail. The President tells us, in his message, that the troubles witli the Indian tribes have been removed, and no further difficulties is anticipated. The intelligence we obtain from pri vate and trustworthy sources does not confirm the President’s sanguine assertions, ..The trouble with the Cherokees was, in great part", due to the fact that some seven or eight thousand of them, now in arms, had not received a cent of pay for fourteen months. It is true that paper money has been sent them, and ere now, it is to be hoped, has reached its destination. But Indians do "not like paper money. Still it would answer the purpose tf General Albert Pike remained to disburse it, and to allay their prejudices, which he, of nil men in the Confederacy, is best able to do. Pike, however, has resigned, for good reasons; doubtless, and a person said not to be the most, competent is left in his stead. Under these circumstances, we shall be fortunate indeed if wc escape further trouble with the Indians. Moreover, wc get from Missouri tjierahers and others, distressingiaccounts of the condition of affairs in Arkansas. - General Hindman is very far from-being a favorite, even among his own people, and so desti tute arc some of the new levies who have volun teered to come out of Missouri to join onr armies, that whole battallions of them have been seen marching barefoot through snow three inches deep. Add to this the fact that, so far as the public is permitted to know,' New Mexico and Arizona are, for the time being, lost to us, and that the state of disaffection in Tennessee and Mississippi (growing out of the‘appointment of incompetent officers and the fancied neglect of that country by the Confed erate Government—not far from any laekof fervo; in the cause,) which President Davis' visit whs intended to heal, is likely to revive under the de pressing influence of Bragg’s retreat add his con tinuance'in command—add all this to the forego ing, and it will be seen that the Yankees have mpth to encourage them in the prosecution of the war, and we not a little to excite serious appre hensions.as to the future. The remedy for this state of things is obvious. It lies in the extension and rigid enforcements of that law to which, we owe Our salvation. We must bring out the conscripts and diminish ex emptions! ; If this is done, the chapter of failures in the Southwest will come to an end. The his tory of the battle in that region lias been sufficiently uniform to justify a conclusion which shall not he chargeable with the vices of hasty generalization. It has hot heen-so muel) for a want of brains os for a want of men that we have been conqiclled to lose the fruits of some of the best fighting that has been done in this war. At Domflson, at Shiloh, at Perryville and at Murfreesboro, the story has been always the same—victories, achieved against great odds, snatched away by overwhel ming reinforcements to the enemy. As the past has been so will the future he, unless something is done, and that speedily, to fill up the shattered ranks of our armies in the West. Ex emptions must be diminished. The system of de tails mnst be adopted. Young men most not be permitted to evade their duty by slipping into shfe places. Complaisant friends must turn a : deaf car to their entreaties. Able-bodied men must not he allowed tostay at home on the pretext of attending to twenty negroes. Here in Virginia there are, in many places, contiguous plantations, numbering in the aggregate hundreds of slaves, without a solitary white man left to guard them. The geritle authority j>f ladies has been found amply sufficient to control the obedient African population. With toe first opening of spring comes! the last tremendous shock of this war. Many of the Yan kee troopsare nine months’ men. More are enli,-t-*d for two yeiors, their time expiring in May next. Up to that time they will be available, - and „we may be very sure that all the fighting that enn possibly be gotten oat of them will be had before they are allowed to go home. They outnumber us two to one. ' There is a limit to the endurance of the brave men at Tullahoma, Grenada and Vicksburg. They must be sustained, strengthen ed, reinforced. If within the next two. months we do not add seventy-five or a hundred thousand men to onr forces in the Southwest we shall come to grief. If we do add them, we are safe; beyond peradventure, and next summer will witness die final triumph of our arms. ’ PrESEST CONDITION OF THE MONITOR. FI.EET —Of the nine ironclad batteries of tlie '“ Moni tor” class, the Passaic, Patapsco, and the Montauk are awaiting active operations in the waters of North Carolina. Two others; the Nahant and lhe Weehawken, a re m voyage to join them at the rendezvous at Beaufort. The remaining four are situated as follows: The Sangamon is to he ready to sail on the 17th instant, and the Nantucket about the 10th of February; the Catskill will lie finished in a week, and the Lehigh was launched on Saturday Inst, at Chester. Thus it -will be seen that the first series of nine iron-clad Ericsson batteries arc all afloat; five of them being in sen-ice, and two more about to go into commis sion. - This is certainly good progress. All of the five that are in service have been tried in severe weather at sea, and every one has proven bctself equal to the emergencies of our stormy Their next ordeal—and we hope to hear of St soon—will be the trial by bajttle, out of which IWe feel confident they will come in triumph. The Armies, or thb World.—The peace establishment of Austria consists of 740,000 solr diets, and yet Austria has a population only five millions larger than that of the United States, counting id all its provinces. Prussia maintains a still larger army in proportion to her population; having 720,000 soldiers in time of peace in a pop ulation of j 7,000,000. France with a population of 37,000,000, has a military peace establishment of 630,000 men. The army of Russia is relatively the smallest, being but 850,000 in a population of 70,000,000. These European armies are'not rair litia, occupied in productive pursuits in times of peace, but soldiers,'kept" In constant equipmehtWnd preparation for service; The>-e are so many thousand men taken constantly fibre pro ductive labor, and maintained by the labor of the remainder dl. the people, and so are the citizens under arms in this country. From Captain Palmer, of Anderson Troop. Fhe following letter has just been received from Captain Palmer, by a gentleman residing in Phila delphia : Baltimore, January 22, 1863.— My Dear Sir: I have succeeded in making my escape from rebel dom, and will be at home in a day or two. after a visit to Washington. lam much ugrieved to hear the troubles existing in the Anderson Cavalry, and all the more so when f think that they might nev er have occurred, had I not unfortunately been ta ken prisoner before the completion of its organi zation. I have read General Rosecrans' Field Order, No. 0, and approve every word of it. Noth ing can excose such an act of insubordination, and no extenuating circumstances prevent history from recording that over half the regiment “ marched to the rear to the sound of the enemy’s cannon.” Remembering the character of the men, most of whom I recruited personally, and the admirable manner in which they behaved when Longsteeet threatened the Cumberland Valley, I find it diffi cult to realize that, in four months, they could so utterly have lost ail patriotic spirit and soldierly pride; and cannot bat believe that they will yet prove themselves worthy of their colors, and of the name of “ Pennsylvanians.” Better material was never Summoned to battle, in any age or country, than that which composed this regiment at the time of its organization. But it would appear that lack of discipline'has produced its usual and nor mal effects. ■ If it were possible for the gallant conduct of a part to atone for the defection of a majority, it has been fully done by “the noble three hundred.”— Their heroism has shown what the regiment might have been had the spirit of discontent and insubor dination not entered into it. I heard of the death of Kosengarten and Ward from the rebels while yet in captivity. They had been my companions in-arms for a year, and no one knew better than myself the gallant stuff they weie made of. I fondly hoped the news untrue', but on my return the unwclcomed confirmation is forced on me that these brave soldiers have perished in their gener ous rivalry—each to outdo the other in deeds of da ring and loyal self-devotion. I hear that some of the friends of the insubor dinate members of the regiment have, in my ah since, charged that there was some deception in the representations made at the time of recruiting the regiment. After I reach Philadelphia I desire that all such individuals should call on me, and present personally, any charges of deception, and any othet complaints-or charges whatsoever; or, if they prefer, make them public through the news paper press, that I may have the opportunity of satisfying their authors of the injustice of them.— But as the condition of the regiment requires my immediate presence at Nashville, I request that ail such persons should prefer their charges during tnv stay (of a few days) in Philadelphia, or else, by implification, acknowledge that thev were mista ken. ' • The regiment was authorized by the Secretary of War, in consequence of an earnest request made to that effect by Gen. Buell, who then command ed tlte Department of the Cumberland. That General considered the- “Anderson Cavalry,” from the character of its material, &c., peculiarly well fitted to be attached to his headquarters in the field to act as escort, scout, make reeonnoissan ces, and perform such duties as the old Troop had done, together with other and still more honorable service wiiich the old Troop could not perform from its inferior numbers. Gen. Bcell not unlv intended it for this purjiose, hut stipulated express ly that it should he comjKjsed of the same quality ot men as the old troop, in order that thev might be tit for the intended (losiilon. It is true that the whole regiment is -not needed fora "body guard." so called—hut daily alternate details would have been made and the tchoic would have been attached to headquarters, and have been on hand (or any service requiring intelligence and spirit. After my capture, and before the regiment reached the \V est, Gen. Bcell was relieved, and Gen. Roseckaxs took his place. Commanding generals always choose their escorts, and assign regiments to particular duties in their departments as they think best. The War Department usual ly litis nothing to do with this. Tliis, the old Troop was recruited for General Uoeut Anderson, hut before it was fully organ ized, both he and Gen. Sherman, his successor, .who had. taken command, also chosen the Troop as his escort, had been relieved, and were followed by Gen. Bcell, who, only because it suited him, ratified the choice of ids predecessors. In the present case, General Rosecrans, who had a perfect right to choose his escort, did not, it appears, select the Anderson Cavalry. Kvery man in it knew when he joined the regiment that it was to be attached to Gen. Buell's headquarters, as it would undoubtedly have baen. But if the War Department or the President chose to remove that General the men had no right to believe that they would descend as a legacy to his successor— who was yet unknown as such—although there was a reasonable probability that the same quali ties which induced Gen. Buell to select them for the post of honor would influence him who suc ceeded. Thin only wot beyond question Every innn knew that he was talking an oath to sene the United States for three years or the war, to ohev his superior officers, and to fight the rebels'; which, if done well, would earn them os high hon or as the world erfn give. Hoping to see you and all my friends by Satur day, I am yours, very respectfully. Gov. Bradford firm for the Govern ment. On the 9th inst. a secesh sympathizing citizen of Leonardtown, Md., addressed a letter to Gov. Bradford, of that State, asking him to “ use the poworof that State to protect and defend the laws." ; . Edward Everett’s SoN.-At the Union So- Ihewnter goes onto compimn that the United | ciety i„ Cambridge College, England, there was WsvlnmT r hospi,a at i-eonarftown is an j recently a public debate on American affaire, in l . ay negroes ’“V d r demands that, i which a son of Lord John Russell and a Mr. d l>een exempted from the opera- | Trevelyan spoke ajainst the Union cause, and in h n .l7. T proclamation, the Gov- slippor £ of the A son of Edward Ev e™° f r J h “ ! Z the slaves of Maryland are not , ero ,t, who is a student at Cambridge, followed in tteatod as the slaves of Vingima and the Caro- defence of hiscountrv and Government; and an "'*l of H i P 7"fi U ln lU f O . "’ ords : -‘; The English clergyman who participated in the debate, people of the country can and will protect them- writes- “ Ator him m .m .In. fv«N,n nri selves against Point Lookout (the hospital) if the | ward FjVe '4 t t’s son,) who, bvL bye is consioe^l of°tlm SmT|t : m ThTr n ngh v b> V he P °-’ er i one of the most distinguished men hi Cambridge, of the The Governor replies by saying I whole house against him, hut cool and wr that under ordinary circumstauces there would be I fectlv collected He took TravelvanV anm-h SSfcr'» ° f Wal - f" der • m P n ‘? t,ca “« die : and he had it all his mvn y way It was * | FSiSEi = vF? 1 ** in selHdefence the Government of the nation lias been forced to take up arms. The Governor says | ~ ’" * ‘ — : ~ tbat loyal sufferers will no doubt bo reimbursed at ; The WebhaWken is a Gale.—The Wee the end of the war, characterizes any attempt to j hawken has arrived at Hampton Roads, three days bring out the militia fo r the protection of slave ; from New York, having ridden out one of the most property as preposterous, and declares his intention | terrific gales experienced along the coast for manv to support the Administration in its efforts to sup- . months. Capt. Rodgers telegraphs the history of port the Union, even if he agrees with it on no { the voyage to the Navy Department. When off other points, and sometimes doubts the expediency 1 the Delaware Breakwater, the tug which had the of the means it uses. It is notices ridiculous than Weehawkcn in tow—frightened by the coming gale impracticable to call upon the militia of the State —put. in, but Capt. Rodgers stood his course, to cornel the army or tte nation, engaged in the saying he wanted to see what stuff his vessel was war for national salvation, to disregard the laws made of. Tho.storm of Tuesday night was ahm - cstahlished for its government, and abide by those rjeane. The waves ran thirty feet atid rolled over prescribed by the Maryland code. the deck. A little water leaked in at some of the t-a-e*-* ’ i portholes, and there was a slight leakage forward. Distressing Occurrence.—Lieutenant Ford, u - n “ damage was done, and no repairs are re of Cp. C. Captain James, Frovoat Battalion, of » uire this city, was shot and mortally wounded on , *-**«■ ; Wednesday last, at M’Connelsburg, Fulton county, 1 New York, Jan. 2').—The steamer British by a deserter named John Fortney. ’As far as Queen has arrived with Havana dates to the 27th we are able to learn Lieutenant Ford, with a and Nassau to the 30th. The Bahama Herald of squad of men, attempted to arrest Fortney, when the 17th announces the arrival of the British war the latter turned upon him with a rifle and gave j Steamers Galato, from Bermuda, and the Spiteful him o mortal wound, Lieutenant Ford was from ! from Havana, and says il is reported from a high- Warren I’a., and was well known in this city as a ly creditable source that the commander of the young man of unassuming manners and kindly : Galata has received positive orders to taho Adrai- ! disposition. At the last accounts no hopes were ral Wilkes when and wherever found and convey entertained of his recovery from the wound.—flbr- j him to Bermuda, whore ho is to be detained until ntbtoy Patriot and Union. further order* from England Gen. Fitz John Porter, whose trial has been going on at Washington, for some time past, bas been found guilty, and the finding has been ap proved by the President. j The charges, on all of which Gen. Porter has , been found guilty, may be briefly stated aa follows: | Disobeying, on the 28th and 29th of Augnst last, : sundry orders of Gen. Pope, then his superior offi j.ccr. Pennitring certain of his brigades, in defi | ance of positive orders, to march Back to Centre | ville, thus greatly delaying the arrival of Pratt's ; brigade on the field of battle of the 30th August. | When peremptorily ordered into battle, he “did there shamefully disobey, and did retreat from the advancing forces of the enemy without any at tempt to engage them, or aid the troops who were already fighting greatly superior numbers, and were relying on the flank attack he was thus or dered to make to secure a decisive victory, and to capture tlie enemy’s army, a result which must have followed from said flank attack, bad it been made by said Gen. Porter in compliance with the said order which he so shamefully disobeyed. In that, “ being with his army corps on Friday, the 29th of April, between Manassas Station arid the field of tattle then pending, add within sound of the guns, and in presence of the enemy, and knowing that a severe action 1 of great consequence was being fought, and that the aid of bis corps was greatly needed, did fail all that day to bring it on to the field, and did shamefully fall back and re treat from the advance of tbe enemy, without anv attempt to give them tattle, and without knowing the forces from which he shamefully retreated.” That “ being in the belief that the troops of Gen. Pope were sustaining defeat and retiring from the field, did shamefully fail to go to the aid of said troops, and did shamefully retreat and fall back with his army to Manassas Junction, and leave to the disaster of a presumed defeat the said army, and did fail, by any attempt to attack the enemy, to aid in averting the misfortune of a dis aster that would have endangered the safety of the capital of the country.” I hat being commanded to “engage the enemy’s lines and to carry a position near their centre, and to take an annoying battery there posted, did proceed in the execution of that order with un necessary slowness, and, by delays, give the en emy opportunities to watch and know his move ments ; and to prepare to meet Ins attack, and he did finally so feebly fall upon the enemy’s lines as to make little or no impression, and did fall hock unnecessarily, and without making any pf the great personal efforts to rally his troops to meet the sacrifices and to make the' resistance demanded by the importance of his position and the momen tous consequences and disasters of a retreat at so critical a juncture of the day.” Gen. Porter was defended by the Hon. Reverdy Johnson and Charles Eames, Esq., with such em inent ability as to make the defense especially notable, and it lead to tiie opinion that he would be acquitted. The hearing was long and patient, and the largest latitude was allowed to the accused consistent with the rules of war. The record of the trial, made, up by Judge Holt, was laid before the President on Wednesday, was by him ap proved, and the sentence ordered to be’ forthwith executed. The findings of the court were that Gen. Porter was guilty of every one of the charges (we think the last one above quoted was abandoned in the outset,) and the sentence was, “ Dismissed from the service.'' The news of this sentence was com municated to Gen. Porter Wednesday evening. He was painfully affected, and greatly astonished, evidently not having anticipated such a result.— Indeed, it is more than probable that he counted on a fall acquittal, as but a day or 'two since he applied for temporary leave of absence. Hear as Irish Patriot. —“ Let the politicians who have been using us long enough, stay at home if they will, but let us go and fight the battles of the nation, and when we come home, a grateful nation will extend to us sufficient to meet our wan ts. I have always been a Democrat. I was going to sav that lam still; but I will not allow any politics to interfere with the discharge of my duty. I take the know nothing hij the hand as adirolher if he carries the musket or sword alongside of me in this con test. Ido not care where the man comes from, or what may be his shade of politics, whether he is a republican, an abolitionist, or something else —it is a perfect matter of indifference to me. I only want to sav that I know no man but as he discharges his duty to that flag ; and, as I said in Baltimore, men were never called upon in this world to jierform so sacred a duty as yon are, mv countrymen, not only for your own sake, but for the whole country with its coming generations of men.”—[Speech of General Corcoran at Philada. The Price of Printing Paper.— The Phila delphia Xorlh American says: ■‘Printing paper of ordinary quality sells at this moment from 20 to 23 cents a pound. Its legitimate price is about 0 cents. Between the pirce of paper materials and the manufactured articles there is nothing like adequate proportion. A large commission house this week received a consignment of rags from Havana. Knowing the exorbitant price of paiper, he expected to realize a handsome return to the consigners. He visited successfully all the paper makers in this section of country, ahd cor responded with those more distant. The utmost he could obtain for them was 5J cents per pound. All the paper mills are stocked with material: waste paper for remanufacture has been- thrown upon the market by thousand of tons; and yet the price of printing paper is kept up by speculation, or something else, to 22 cents per ’pound. Here is a mystery that requires explanation. Who will give it ? Wm. J. Palmer. • Conviction of Gen. Porter. Important from Mexico. Advices from the: city of Mexico to the 21st of December, represent the Mexican [>eople as being thoroughly united in their determination to resist their, invaders. Tlierb has been no movement whatever upon the fortifications of Puebla. The French still occupied their position at Palmar, some thirty miles from Puebla. The Govomorpf Tluxcnla had left for Puebla, with a body of troops, to join the Mexican forces there. On the oth of December the Mexicans celebrated the defeat of the Spaniards at Ayacucho in 1824, with great tciat. The Mexican Congress bad passed an act to treat all French prisoners as the French shall treat Mexicans. Gen.-Negrete had issued a pa triotic uppeal to the army to stand by the unity and independence of Mexico. It has been ordered to punish nil priests goilty of insubordination by fine and imprisonment. The Mexicali Congress had adjourned at the pe riod fixed by the constitution, and the speeches of the President and Vice President on that occasion show that the honor and patriotism of the people are being folly aroused. The high dignitaries con tend that Mexico is a free and independent nation, and that with her inexperienced soldiers and citi zen Generals she will face the renowned armies of France and hand down fresh laurels to history.— The Congress passed an act denouncing all the'acts of the authorities appointed by the French, desig nating them as traitors and usurpers. So far from there having been any advance of the French on Pnebla, that stronghold was every day increasing in strength, and new troops were pouring in for its defence. General Ortega, a skilful and indefatigable officer, is in command, and the labors of the soldiers on the fortifications were continually increasing. Hospitals were be ing established in cobvenient places, and the ladies were collecting money, clothing. &c., for the.nseof the wounded. The times “give note of awful preparation.” Important. Religious Movement. — A move ment of considerable importance is now going on in England, looking toward a union of Congrega tionalists, Bahtists and Presbyterians in one denom ination. The London Patriot, the organ of' the Congregnfionalists, recently published an article in favor of such a union. The Baptists generally have long been in favor of open communion, and Spurgeon has more than once made the public declaration that he considers Presbyterianism to be the government Scripture has ordained. The movements will be watched with deep interest in this country, ’ where there lias long lieen a desire among the most intelligent and devout Christntns to find some means of reuniting the scattered and feeble fragments of the Protestant Church. The difficulties in the way of such a movement will be greater here than in England, because here our Baptists are mostly close-com munionists. ’ A Fast Fleet about to Depart While New York was busy, other Navy Yards were not idle last week. The following squadron of fast steamers has been sent off, or commissioned to go, within a few days, on most important busi ness Lackawanna, steam corvette, navy built; Iroquois, gunboat, navy built: Pawnee, gunboat, navy built; Monongalicla. gunboat, navy built; Ticonderoga, preparing. These are all new 1 , fast vessels, and only one of them, the Paw nee, was ever at sea before. The Ladouna, Hend rick Audson, and Giber useful purchased vessels are sent away. The work to be performed bv these ships, and the fleet whose names we printed cd a few days since, will soon be heard of. A Big Hanging.— lt was thought that the thirty-nine Indians hung in Minnesota was one of the most extensive executions of the kind in modern days, but the English have one which ex ceeds n. An officcr.and fifteen seamen, from the British gunboat Henguin, having landed on the ejast of Arabia by invitation of the natives, in or der to procure provisions, were harberously mur dered. Seventy of the natives who were princi pally concerned in the murders, had been cap tured and were to be hung. Early Physical Degeneracy of AMERICAN PEOPLE. JUST PUBLISHED BY DK. A. STONE, Physician to the Troy Lung and Hygienic Institute. A Treatise on the. Causes of Early Physical decline of American People: the cause of Nervous Debility, Con sumption and Marasmus. This wmk is one of high moral tone, written in chaste, yet thrilling language, nn 1 appeals directly to the mural consciousness of ALL PARENTS and Guardians espe cially, detailing scientific and reliable aids and treatment for curt*. it will be sent by mail on the receipt of two (3 cent) Stamp*. 93. Parents and Guardians: Fail not to lend and ob tain this book. men! Fail not to send and get to it book. You too should at ouce secure a copy of his book. A Word of Solemn Conscientious Advice to those who will reflect. A class of maladies prevail to a fearful extent m the community, dooming at least luu,oou youth of both sexes annually to an early grave. Those diseases are very Im perfectly understood. Their external mani.estatfuu, or syraptons are Nervous Debility, Relaxation and Exhaus tion; .Marasmus or wasting ami consumption of the tissues of the whole body; sliortuest cf bresthing or hurried breathing on amending a hill or flight of stairs; great pal pitation of the Heart; Asthma, Bronchitis and sore Throat; shaking of the Hands and limbs ; aversion to so ciety and to business or study; dimness of eye sight, loss of .Memory, dizziness of the Head, Neuralgia, i'aiu In va rious parts of the body; Pains in the back or limbs. Lum bago, Dyspepsia or Indigestion, irregularity of the bowels, deranged secretions of file Kidneys and other glands ol the body, as Leucun h<*a or flenr Albua, Ac. Likewise Epilepsy, Hysteria and Nervous Spasms. .Nowin ninety-nine cases out of every one hundred, all of tlie above named disorders, and a host of others not named, as Consumption of the Lungs and that most in sidious and wily form of consumption, of the Spinal Ncrvw, known u T>tbn Dortnlen, and Tslki have thnir seat and orlgrp in diseases of the Pelvic Viscera Hence {he want of snuce*i on the pait of old school prac tice iu treating symptoms only. Dr. Andrew Stone, Hiysiciau to the Troy Lung and ||y gituic Institution, U now engaged hi treating this clast ot modern maladies with the iuo»t astonishing success The treatment adopted by Hie Institution is new: it is based upon wdentifle principles, with new dlscor ml mu. edies; without minerals or poisons. The facilities of cure are such that patients can be cured at their homes. In any part of tha country, frdtn accurate descriptions of their case, by letter; and havb the medicines sent by Mall or express. Printed interrogatories will be Ibrwarded uu an plication. r V*- Consumption, Catarrh and diseases of the throat cured us well at the Home of tiie Patients as at the In* stitution, by sending the Cold Medicated InbaUßO Hal* BAMIO Vapors, with inhaler and ample direction* for their use, and direct correspondence. ta. Patients applying for interrogatWaa or advice, most enclose return stamps, to meet attention . , Tima,tending Physician will be found at the In stitution f r consultation, from 9 a. tn. to 9n. m each day. Sunday iu the forenoon. Address _ DR. ANDREW STONE. Phys'cian to the Troy Lung and Hygienic Institute, and 9^Fm,' R St^t D^:N° f Y fll - U,art ’ Altoona, Dec. 30th. 18Q2.-1 y. 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SWEET’S INFALLIBLE LINIMENT IS THE Soldier’s Friend, And thousands have found it truly A FRIEND IN NEED! CAUTION. To Avoid imposition observe the nfcMtare •»K Sweet'e Infellihle Liniment” blown in the fUwof«« bottle, without which none ere genuine. RICHARDSON k CO. ~n Solo PropSietan, Norwich, w- MORGAN k ALLEN. (fractal Age" l *;, 43 Cliff Street, N»* * or *' M, Sold by *ll d#*lere ererjwhere. Omnbwl,lHL-I). pniMi «• "CsutiT h»’ TRIBONE power-pres q cc PRINTING office. . witbid ilw |Mwt two ywrie msde coiwidrn KlStoour esUblishuicut in the way Of new fit * IJ ‘SrS» PreSTl*»* > * r Cu ' t ' r ’ Canl Cut,, r - “•«»« l,l> * Card Power Press, and Urge Newspaper Po i ’" l4 ’ isnt of which we give above) we are now prepi ITrss, i anything in the lino of printing or rnlini w t' tec ~~T .i pa- any establishment in the .-tale. an W.c« execute, mu short ootictu ! - mi*** invitktton, Visiting. tall A Business Cat Circulars, Programmes, •IAIIMOTHi POSTERS. SALE BILL Pamphlete, Pay and Check 80l BLANK BOOKS, and blanks of all kind 111 ws ask is a trial, feeling conldent Dial wo can infection If we hl»ve the opportunity. “'wale i i Luwiheifa building, corner of Virginia and uiestreets, opposite Superintendent’. OM-w. LOCAL ITEidES. Paul Sharp’* Medal.— We were shown few days since,-‘he medal got up for Paid (her fore spelled Powell) Sharp, by the passengers ,he train horn Pittsburgh, on the night of Utb November. In circumference it is about common siae of gold watches, and about the thi ness of a gold eagle. Around the outer edge ca ch side is a raised wreath. On one side is following inscription:— Presented to PQWELL SHARP, Engineer on tbe Pennsylvania Rail Road, iiv the Passengers on the train from Pittsbiu Nov. 14, 1802, Id testimony of their admiration for his nobl and heroic conduct in saving their lives at the risk of his own. On the reverse is an engraving of a locomoti It is certainly a beautiful and valuable testimot snd will be highly prised by the recipient. ’ medal can be seen at the Motive Power Offlct ;he P. R. R While heroes ore now. daily rising from ranks of our armies, and are entitled to our res| and gratitude, yet we venture to say that greater hero than Paul Sharp lives to-day, and name will be cherished with more warmth t mentioned with more respect, in tbe homes those whose lives he saved, than will those of brightest Generals of the age. The childrei mie of the Sunday Schools of Philadelphia w mi highly pleased with his actions on that memo ;>le night, that they at once contributed f2."> make him n life'member of their Missionary i-icty. Tbe certificate of membership was sect .aided by a touching letter, expressing their probation of bis conduct. Handsome Testimonial. — Wo were to ►liown a neat rose-wood box, containing a full f the most improved mathematical mstrumc Liivfcnted to bur late townsman, S. Alexander, more recently Foreman of the H stone Loootno Ive Works, of HopcweK, on the H ringdon and Brood Top Railroad. On the to ihe box was tbe|followiug inscription: Presented to , S. A. Alexander, Esq., By the Proprietor and Euydoyees of the Khistone Locomotive Works. .1* a mark of their friendship and esteem. ' Hopewell, Jan. 15. 1863; Accompanying the box was the following amble and resolutions: Whereas, it; has seemed expedient to Mt •V. Alexander, (o dissolve his connection with Hopewell Machine Shop of tbe 11. & B. T. 11. Resolved, That we deeply regret the never wMcb deprives {ns of bis'kind supervision friendly society. ; ' Resolved, That we assure Mr. Alexandei our confidence in him, as a skilful mechanic competent master-workman, of our esteem for a gentleman and a friend, and of onrbest w vs for his welfare and success in life, and that -ball ever cherish for him a grateful remembrai Resolved, That a copy of these resolution.-, presented to Mr; Alexander, and that they be p »sbed in the Huntingdon and Altoona papers. Hopewell, Jan. 16, 1863. The testimonial is well deserved. Mr. Alex Her is certainty a skillful mechanic, and most clc and friendly companion, and we- are pleased ootc that his abilities and gentlemanly deportm tave met with a handsome reward. Trclt * Patent Lock; —One day last-wi our townsman, Andrew Clabangh, exhibited U a patent lock of his own invention, which we c drier one of the most ingenious affairs of tbe k ever got np. He has foi warded a specimen ; he Patent Office and mode application fo patent, which wlll be readily granted, the dep roent considering’it a truly meritorious invent We wi.l not attempt a description of the affair, could we give lit if we desired. With all the »iruction and. Insight we have had into it don’t believe wei could unlock it, even with the and uncovered lock in our possession. We * a . v , however, that it is so arranged with spri 1 *c., that we believe it impossible for any one acquainted with its construction to open it « with the key, and utterly impossible for the i I ‘ngenious lock-picker to pick it. It is .very c I loc^e d, and likewise easily opened, by one who | derstands it, hot the least false torn of the I “loping, returns the bolt lo its original posh I . yis not considered a Yankee, but he has j , a . m ?y played a Yankee trick on lock-pieker», I w invention will undoubtedly prove profitabl A “ Bow-wow” Stopped.—A “yalier” i the cnr species, came in contact with the wh a car op engine, at the crossing on Annie sti ° n at <*rday morning last, and not being ah tUm 'k® opposing body from the track, said ' “jlaller” dog over on the track, *d« a divide: of his carcass, giving one po e tail, and the other the head. The vain cr portion will be about the same to the c : t the tholt animat was, ere the dogastr oor c *ti*en» will not regret less iha “ hereafter be one nightly “ bow-i Jaf AlJ> Valley R. R.—Onand after! “ *Wrf«!r passenger train will tc n ««*•. Mi,ianvingTjiotw at S.Ofr A. M 1 £“* “ mt A. M., retn R. M„ and amvu