PACER’S , E CAPITOI, : Bindery, BOOK MANCPACTOUY. ESt. IlarritbuTg, p„. , m b dhiefly #a d bound to . Sf)tita% Attan*y»and j u i l.w". «„f * | «£at B ® o * --2“ Eg! S||i [I j I! S| E?s = OO 85 e » * a • ► W Ph *^Sk I, [ktSfava b- 3* is si f S s |s,ll P B|S-£ : CO* -3” ■EO+-* if GOB WETS, ND CONFECTIONER, .m Stuxt. Altooxs, Pju. INSTANTLY ON HAND J. CAKES, CANDIES XS. of hi* own manufacture, which h* or .retail, at th* most reawin- EOUKIUN EIICITS, *uch ** LEMONS, PINE-APPLES, 15, RAISINS. NUTS, &C„ &C„ s j'fj'r respective neas-ons. iAKED TO ORDER. •i"ns..on short notice and in the u*«t~ -.‘thwart. xA price my stock ami yon will-find :p as n and saloon Is on Virginia.ttwtiijfM mMlall. OtTOUOSIT ). IS6I-tf FETTINGER’S i\ News Agency. L. No. 7, MAIN STREET BOOKS, BLANK BOOKS, iIY. CONFECTION ARIES iS & TOBACCO, OTIONS IN GREAT VARIETY XSTASTLY OX UAJiD. I,OYJD & CO., ALTOONA, PA* TON, JACK £CO.. nOLLJDA rSBCBSj PA- NKEBS, trll. 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JOHNSON has discovered the most Certain, Speedy and only Effectual Remedy in •arid for all Private Diseases. Weakness of the Back Stricture*. Affections uf tlie Kidueya and Blad . i n(o iaaury Discharges, Imputency, General Debility, Vmmness. Dyspepsy. Languor, Low Spirits. Confusion Ideas Palpitation of tlie Heart, Timidity, Tremblings, i sisGef Sight or Giddiness, Disease of tlie Heed, I "7, ,1 Wor Skin, Affections of tile Liver, Lungs. Stum ■\ r Bind- —those Terrible disorders- arising from tile ■ iur, 11 riots of Youth—those secuet and solitary prac ... mire fatal to t tie i i victims than tlie song of Syrens to i-i Humors of Clysses, blighting their most brilliant jr anticipations, rendering marriage ,4c., impossi- YOUNG MEN •Mcikllv. who have become the victims of Solitary Vice, mi dreaUful and doalnctlve habit which annual.y sweeps m uniimetvgiave thousands of Vouug Men of the moat • ul:! 1 talents ani brilliant intellect, who might other |iaV(. entranced listening Senates with t l * thunders f ■Dqueoce, or waked to ectasy the living lyre, may call ,i',i toll rouDdence, MARRIAGE. 'lirn>-i Persona, or Young Men cotemplating marriage, HWA r,j uf physical weakness, organic debility, defor . \<\. kc.. speedily cured. 'lie wjio places liimselt under th* cure of Dr. J. may re ijU’ly couft le in his honor as a gentleman, and confi ;'utlv rclv upon hU skill os a physician. * ORGANIC WEAKNESS icmeJinUilv Cured, and full igor Restored, liiis Distressing Affect ion—which renders Life miserable v ; mirriago impossible—is tin* penalty paid by the yf improper indulgences. Young pern, ns an* to m commit oxcea es from not being await* uf the dread j .;.;nw-pjifnCo!i ih: t may eu«u-‘. Now, who -thut under :,iih the subject will pretend t» deny that the power of vreati-m is lust *.» *n»r by tho-e falling into improper v.;f; thin be the prudent! Besides being deprived the .. 4 , U sv9 jf healthy off-pring, the most serious and de* jvo symptoms to both body and mind arise. The • :-m heroines Deranged, the Physical and Mental Func ;.-n< Weakened. Loss of Procreative Power, Nervous Irri. ability. Dyspasia, Palpitation of theTliwt, Indigestion .'■institutional Debility, a Wasting of the Frame, Cough. >!«aaiption. Decay and Death. OFFICE. NO. 7 SOUTH FREDERICK STREET, land side going from Baltimore street, a few doors •■i:u th- comer. Kail not to'observe name aud number. L iters must be paid and contain a stamp. The Doc* >r’s Dii'laruas bang in his office * CURE WARRANTED IN TWO DAYS. Xo Mercury or ATustons Drugs. DR. JOHNSON, „ b aiber of the Royal College of burgeons, London.. Grad .on from one uf the most eminent Colleges In the United and the greater part of whose life has been spent in :!.<> hospitals of London, Paris, Philadelphia and else srhere, has effected some of tho most astonishing cures : i;t were ever known; many troubled with ringing In the >1! and cars when asleep, great, nervousness, being Armed at sudden sou ids, . boshfulness, with frequent Mulling, attended sometimes with derangement of mind. * -re cured immediately. TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE- Or. J. addresses all those who have injured themselves t improper indulgence ami solitary habits, which ruin ■j.th b.xly and mind, unfitting them for either business, •tii'lr. society or marriage. Thise are some of the ead and melancholy effects pro by early habits of youth, viz: Weakness of the Kirk aud Limbs, Pain* in the Head, Dirur ess of Sight. Muscular Power, Palpitation-of the Heart. Dye - r*>i Nervous Irritability, Derangement of the Dipes :»'* Functions, General Debility, Symptoms of Cousump ; »n. Ac. Mextallt.—The fearful effects of tho mind are much to > dreaded—L «ra of Memory, Confusion of Ideas, •■ j s*ion of spirits, Evil-Forebodings. Aversion to Society. ' If-Diitrun, liove of Solitude, Timidity, Ac., are some of 'devils produced. Thjcxasds of persons of all ages can now jndge what is r- cause of their declining health, losing their vigor, be -‘ ling weak, pale, nervous and emaciated, having a flin polar appearance about the eyes, cough and symptoms ol •r.samptioD YOUNG MEN have injured themselves by a certain practice Jn ia!;ed in wlum alone, a habit frequently learned from 'il companions, or at school, the effects of which are :.: lh« unskillfnluess of igno • jut preten:l*«ra. who, by the use of that Deadly /bison. JTr;*rj/. ruin the constitution and make the residue of miserable. STRANGERS , ■' |/o*t not your live*, »»r health to the care of the many lokirosti ami Worthies* Pretenders, destitute of knnwl t4 --> fivms or character, wh > copy Dr-Johnston s adver* hiemshtt. or stylo thein the blind, tread to the hungry, talents to the fools, and honor to the thieves and robbers ; it is asked to cover up the in firmities of the weak, to hide the faults of guilty men, and wink at the fraudulent schemes of scoundrels it expected to flat ter the vain, to extole the merits of those .who deserve nothing but the scorn and contempt of all good citizens; it is re quired, in a word, of the newspaper press, that it become all things to ail men ; and if it looks for pay, or sends out its bills for subscriptions or advertising it is de nounced as mean and sordid, and its con ductors as wanting in liberality. There is no interest on the face of this green earth that is expected to give as much to society, without pay or thanks, as the newspaper press of the country. The lit tle-souled man, who inserts in your columns a fifteen shilling advertisement, expects you to write out at least five dol lars’ worth'of editorial noiices. And the obscure niggardly man you have written into a position of importance far beyond his meiits, considers that his name adorns your columns, and gives circula tion to your journal. —Louisville Journal. Humors of thf. Draft. —The other day a tough-loot ing customer appeared before one of the Military Commissioners in New York, and said: “Mr. Commis sioner, I am over forty-five.” , “ How old are you t” “1 don’t know how old I jun, but I am over forty-five.” “ In what year did you make your first appearance in this mundane sphere ?” “ I don't know what you mean, but 1 am over forty-five.” “When wore you born?” “ I don’t know, but I am over forty- five.” “ How am I to know when you are over age?” “ I don’t know, and I dont care, but I am over forty-five.” “ When were you forty-five ?” “ I don’t know, but I know I am over forty-five.” “ You must give me some proof that you are over age.” “ I have been in this country thirty three years; I am over forty-five.” “ That does net prove you are too old to be drafted.” “ I don’t care; I know I am over forty- five.” “ I shall not erase your name until you prove your age.” *• I tell you I have been in this country thirty-three years, and I went a sparking before 1 came here ; lam over forty-five.” “ Will you swear to it ?” “Yes, I’m over forty-five; d—d if I ain’t over forty-five “Well, I will exempt you.” “I don’t care wliether you do or not; I am a foreigner—besides, I have a wooden legand he went stumping into the street, swearing oaths not called for by the Commissioner. — Tribune. ■ A Human Body and the Hour op j Day.— Seat yourself at a table. Attach a piece of metal (say a shilling) to a thread. Having placed your elbow on a table, hold the thread between the points of the thumb and fore finger, and allow the shilling to hang in the centre of a glass tumbler, the pulse will immediately cause the shilling to vibrate like a pen dulum, and the vibrations will increase until the shilling strikes the side of the glass ; and suppose the time of the experi ment be the hour of seven, or half-past seven, the pendulum will strike the glass seven times, and then lose its momentum and return to the centre ; if you hold the thread a.sufficient length of time the cf | feet will be repeated ; but not until a suf i ficient space of lime has elapsed to con- I vince you Hie experiment is complete. | We need not add that the thread must be held with a steady, hand ; otherwise the I vibratipg motion would l>e counteracted. At whatever hour of the day or night the i the experiment is made, the coincidence 1 will be the same. [INDEPENDENT IX EVERYTHING.] Finding Money. — 4 Queer Incident. — A Scotch paper tells the following:— While a farmer named Stephenson was wending his way to Forfar market, his daughter, who sat facing the rear of the wagon, suddenly exclaimed that she saw ‘‘ some siller in the road I” The farmer stopped the vehicle, dismounted, and went back to the place indicated by his daughter, when he discovered it to be a half-crown. After picking it up and showing it to his daughter, lie put it in his pocket among the rest of his money, mounted his vehicle and drove on again. He had several times to stop and pick- up money before they got half a mile out of town, the daughter keeping a sharp look*out, and the farmer, as he picked up the other half crowns, remarked: “ Odd, lassie, the’ve shurely sawen the ground wi’ siller herea bouts.” Presently the daughter exclaimed: “ There's a knife and some money lying together!” The farmer was not long in picking it up, when he remarked that the knife was very like his own; so after turning it over in his hand to look at it, he thrust his hand into his pocket, where he kept'his knife and his money, when to his ufter astonishment, bis fingers went through the bottom! Ho had been drop ping his own tn>ney all along the road and rejoicing in his good luck in finding ft. On casting up accounts, he found himself minus three-half crowns that his daughter’s shaVp eyes had not detected. Ikfluexce of a Hoi.t Life. —There is an energy of moral suasion in a good man’s life passing the highest efforts of the orator’s genius. The seen but silent beauty of holiness speaks more eloquently of God and duty than the tongues of men and angels. Let parents remember this. The best inheritance a parent can be queath to a child is a virtuous example, a legacy of hallowed remembrances and as sociations. The beauty of holiness beam ing through the life of a loved relative or friend, is more effectual to strengthen such as do stand in virtue's ways and raise up those that are bowed down, than precept, command, entreaty or warning. Chris tianity itself, I believe, owes by far the greater part of its moral power, not to the precepts and parables of Jesus Christ, but to His own character. The beauty of that holiness which is enshrined in the four biographies of the Miin of Nazareth, has done more and will do more, to regenerate the world, than all other agencies put to gether. It has done more to spread His religion in the world, than all that has ever been preached or written on the evi dences of Christianity. Religion.—What advantage can be derived from a course of rebellion against the King of Heaven? Lo.;k forward, we pray you, to Nature's dissolution— when the world will have no more at tractions for you—when the sun will look dim, and the grasshopper be a burden— when friends in vain will watch around your bed to comfort and console you.— What would be more precious to the soul at such an hour, than the blessed hope of a glorious immortality beyond the grave? Had you words to give, they would freely be exchanged for this. But no ;if you reject the way of life, and ponder tlie dark course of sin; if you heed not the voice of parental counsel and friendly admonition, and urge your step in the mazes of folly, you must reap the reward of your iniquity in that world where hope can never come. ' A Long Prayer.—The following story is told of Rev. Walter Jackson, a Scotch Presbyterian preacher of the last genera tion : The prayers of even godly men at that time were very long and heavy, com prehending sometimes a system of divinity. Jackson was notorious for length. He was'attcnding a funeral at HaUmyre. — The company had assembled in the barn to get some refreshments, and having par taken, he was asked to return thanks.— He commenced in right good earnest with the fall of Adam, and was going down from one great Bible doctrine to another till patience was exhausted. Significant looks passed among the mourners; one by one they left, the funeral procession started for Newlands churchyard. When Walter came to a close, and opened his eyes he found himself alone, and on inquiry dis covered that the procession was fully a mile away. His conceited soul was chafed. Trr.i. the Truth to Children.—A I gentleman of nervous temperament once I called on Dr. Dwight, President of Yale College. One of the doctor’s boys was rather boisterous and pestered the nervous gentleman somewhat—whereujKm he said to him, “My boy if you will keep still while I am talking to your father, I will give you a dollar.” Instantly the boy hushed down, gentle as a sleeping lamb. At the close of the gentleman’s remarks, he attempted to leave without giving the boy the dollar ; but Dr. Dwight was too fast for him. He put a dollar into the man’s hands, saying, “ You promised.; my boy a dollar for good behaviour. G ive him that as you promised. If, sir, we lie, our ' children will be liars.” Didn't Want to Drink it. —Tho com mon sewer? of St. Louis, are led out into large ducts that discharge into the Mis sissippi. At low water, along the levee, you may find the outlets flfrery square or two, where the aqueous deposit of filth flowing down from the hidden sluices oozes out, and is washed away by the sweeping stream that generally overflows the open ings. Walking along the margin of the stream one day, ‘ a friend of mine' ob served two specimens of hoosierdom dressed in ‘ butternuts,’ apparently search ing for something. Their motions excited his interest, and caused him to watch.— Pretty soon one in advance of the other stopped, and called to his fellow, as he stood over one of the outlets. ‘ 1 say'Bill, here’s another spring, plum down here!’ Bill responded, with some disgust in his countenance, ‘ Wa’al doggon it all, if '(ain't better than (other J don't want, to drink it P The river rippled on, and even the waves laughed. A Slight Misunderstanding. —“Oh I love you like everything.” said a young roan to his sweetheart, warmly pressing her hand. “ Ditto,” said she, very gently return ing the pressure. The ardent lover, not happening to be over learned, was sorely puzzled to understand the meaning of ditto, but’ was ashamed to expose his ignorance hy asking the girl. He went home; and the next day, being at work in a cabbage-yard with his father be spoke out— : “ Daddy, what’s the meaning of ditto?” “ Why,” said the old man, “ this here is one cabbage-head, ain’t it?” “ Yes, daddy.” “ Well, that ar*s ditto.” “ Rot that ar* good for-nothing gal 1” ejaculated the indignant son, “ she called me a cabbage-head, and I’ll never go to see her again,” and fortunately for the girl he kept bis word. No Bettfh.— “ Sam” said a minister to his man of all work, you must bottle the cask of whisky this afternoon ; but as the vapor from the whisky may be in jurious, take a glass of it before you begin, to prevent intoxication.” Now Samuel was an old soldier, and never was in better spirits than when bottling whisky: and having received from his master a special license to taste, went to work most heartily. Some hours after the minister visited the cellar to inspect the progress ; and was horrified to find Sam lying-- his full length on the floor “Oh, Sam!” said the minister, “ you have not taken my advice, and you see the consequences.. Rise Bam, take a glass yet; it may re store you.” Sam, nothing loth, took the glass from the minister’s hands, and hav ing emptied it, said: “ Oh, sir, this is the thirteenth glass, but I'm no better yet.” Father and Daughter.—There is no prettier picture in life than that of a daughter reading to her aged father. The old man, while listening to her silvery notes, goes back to other times, when another one sat by his side, and whispered words he will never hear again, nor does he wl«b to do so, for in the soft evening light he sees her image reflected in her child; and as one by one gentle emotions steal over him he veils his face, and the daugh ter, thinking him asleep, goes noiselessly in search of other employment. Vjrgin innocence watching over the cares and wants of old age, is a spectacle fit for angels. It is one of the links between earth and heaven, and takes from the face of the hard and selfish world many of its harshest features. , Hard Times in the Backwoods.— The difficulty of obtaining money in the new settlements in Canada may be infer red from the following remarkable letter received at the office of the Montreal Witness : — “Dear Sir: —Since the term of my subscription ran out for the Witness, we have been contriving different ways to raise the funds to renew our subscrip tion, but have failed until now. We never drank any alcohol, nor smoked any tobacco; we have given up tea for the last vear, so there was no retrenchment in that direction ; but as it is somewhat of a mild winter, I thought, by keeping my coat always buttoned up, I might do very well without a shirt —so please send on your Weekly Witney, to cheer the fireside of a backwoodsman.” He Surrendered. —An amusing inci dent occurred during the battle of Newto nia, Mo. The fight being hotly contested, an officer became veiy thirsty and repaired to a spring near by to get a draft of cool water. Kneeling down he drank from the spring without the aid of a cup. As he arose from his refreshing tod, be sat fair and square upon his own heels, which were armed with a pair of tremendous Mexican spurs. The instant he felt the prick of the sparp rollers, he thought the enemy were upon him and « bayonet entering his flesh. When some of his men arrived, he was bawling, “ Oh I _ surren der! I surrender 1” at the top of his voice. EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. Incidents. —The following interesting incidents are said to have occurred during the battle near the Blackwater, Va. One of the Pennsylvania conscripts—“ Invol untary volunteers'*—cane out of the woods he had entered to avoid the rebel shot, with a horse and three rebels ahead of him, and three rebel muskets in his hands. A 13th Indiana soldier was tying his shoe in the woods, and when he looked up two bayonets were pointed at him.— He went a little way with his captors, watched his chance, and seizing the guns, brought both his custodians intp camp. Pkatixg Machixk.—ln the Indian de partment of the great exhibition is a red praying wheel from Thibet The prayer is written on a piece of paper and fixed to the wheel, which revolves on a spindle held in ihe hand. The idea of the wor shipper is that every time the wheel turns the prayer is made. Frequently the wheel is fitted to be turned by a small stream. In the mountains of Thibet travelers see considerable numbers of these praying machines thus driven by water power. M a King Oct a Scfpes.—Mr. Brown called in at a neighbor’s and was urged to take supper, which he did, the old lady all the while saying—“ I’m afraid, Mr. Brown, you will not make a supper; you have eaten nothing—do eat some more.” After he bad stepped out, he heard the old lady say to her husband, “ Why, I do de clare, I should think Mr. Brown had not eaten anything for a month.” W 4l Halloa, my little man!” saida gentleman from a window in the second story of his country mansion to a little urchin passing by, who was gazing up with much apparent wonder, “ I guess you thing there is a little heaven up here, don’t you bub?” “ Well, yes, sir I should, if I hand’t seen the devil stick his head out of the window!” C 3" A Yankee down east has invented a machine for corking up daylight, which will eventually, supercede gas. He covers the interior of a flour barrel with shoema ker’s wax—holds it open to the sun, then suddenly heads up the barrel. The light sticks to the wax and at night can be cut in lots to suit purchasers. 0* An Irish waiter complimented a salmun in the following manner: “Faith, it's nut two hours since that salmon was walking round his real estate with his hands in his pockets, never dreaming what a pretty invitashun he’d have to jine you gentlemen at dinner.” (3*Prentice, of the Louisville Journal,. says: “ Those who talk of a reconstruc tion of the Union, with New England left out are no better than the other reb els,” which statement tersely sums up the whole question. 0* Speaking of the brilliant feat of the Queen of the West in running the block ade at Vicksburg, Prentice says: “As a Queen she has won the crown, and as a ram he bears off the horns.” 0*“ Mynheer, do you know what for we call our boy Hans 1” “I do not, really.” “ Well I will tell you. Dor reason we call our boy Hans—it is bis name.” O'* “You want a flogging, that’s what you do!” said a parent to his unruly son. “ I know it, dad, but I’ll try to get along without it.” O* Somebody said the other day that a stick thrown at a dog, in front of a Wash ington Hotel, hit five Brigadier Generals! O” There are two reasons why we don’t trust a man: one because we don’t know him, and the other because we do. CVHe who loves a lady’s complexion, form and features, loves not her true self, but her soul’s old clothes. figg- A Beau dismissed by a belle, and an aiTow dismissed by a bow, are apt to be off in a hurry. , BgL, Though death is before the old man’s face, be may be as near the young man’s back. of duelling—a sangui nary game of fighting for a funeral. OrThe experience of many a life;— What a fyol I have been. Or The sunset clouds are the visible song of the day that is dead. CP* Zeal without knowledge is fire with out' light. iST Short items make long columns. NO. 3.