iItODM Iritom*. ...
I : tacked the rebels at Tnsonmbia, Ala., on the_ 22d,
*— ( •eapMijaUg twojttmdred prisoners, one ptece of ar
| tiHerjf,-* provision train, commissary stores, See.,
and investing the tom.
The Mississippi river pilots gay that the Lake
Providence canal, when finished, will be a com
plete' meeess. Vicksburg i* likely to fhllby ih
i vestment and starvation.
A special from Murfreesboro says there is no
prospect of an' immediate advance. Gen- Van
Dorn’s force occupy Columbia.. The health of opr
army is improving.
Yesterday the Republican members of the In
diana House of Representatives w ithdrew, Iteeattse
of an attempt to pass a bill stripping the Governor
of all military power. It will probably put-an
end to further legislation this session.
The Kentucky House of Representatives, yes
tcoiav, passed Soaos-Rights resolutions, re-aftirm
ing Kentucky'sjoyalty; making a distinction be
tween the Administration and the Government;
protesting against the Proclamation as ujtconstitu
tional ami void; declaring the suspension of the
habeas corpus as unconstitutional: hailing the ev
idence of a conservative North with delight, recom
mending a National Convention and a Mississippi
Valley State Convention, with the ■ view of pre
serving the «iAo/e : govemroent,.&c.
The rebels have disappeared from the Blue Grass
Region, Kentucky, and the Kentucky Central Rail
road is running as usual. There was and is no
serious invasion pf Kentucky.
Nkw York,. February 28.—The steamship
Africa, from Liverpool on the 14th, via Queens
town on the loth has arrived here. The Timm
ridicules the laud Mayor tor bringing Mason into
prominence, and shows that the affair was without
significance. It says that Mason’s, remarks about
an early recognition gofarohead of the facts; that
when theFoderals find themselves obliged to leave
the Confederates,i(n quiet possession of their States,
it will be time to, discuss the question of recogni
tion ;,aod that Mason has received no assistance, or
encouragement, except from irresponsible person*.
Liverpool, Feb. 14.—A mass meeting to adopt
an address of sympathy to Lincoln is fixed tor the
19th. The French Minister, writiug from Wash
ington, enforces, as a necessity, a continued culti
vation of cotton.; Peace roast become probable
before the end of ;■ March: otherwise cotton culture
Will cease, and it,is impossible to say when it may
be resumed. Polish insurgents show continued
activity. Austria prohibits arms and warlike
stores crossing her frontiers,
New York, March I.—Special despatches from
Cairo of yesterday's date contain tne following
items:
ALTOONA. PA.
TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1863
A. Boost to* Small Pox.— The German
Beformed Metumgtr, published at Chambersbnrg,
has received A private letter from a friend in
China, in which i» stated a great discovery is re
ported to have been recently made, by a Surgeon
of the English army in China, in the way of an ef
fectual curofor the terrible and lokthsome disease of
small pox. The mode of treatmenfua* fellows:
When the preceding fever is at its height and just
before the eruption appears, the chest is robbed
with croton oil and tartaric ointment. This
causes the whole of the eruption to appear on that
part of the body, to the relief of all the rest. It
also secures a fell and complete eruption, and thus
prevents the disease from attacking the internal
organs. This is said to be now the established
mode of treatment in the English Army in China
by general orders and is regarded as a perfect suc
cess. As this disease now prevails in different
parts of our country, it would be well for our
physicians to put this remedy to practical test,
and if found as successful here, as it is to be
in the .Enliah Army in China, it will certainly
prove a great blessing to the community in general.
An Illinois Faesc.— The largestfann in Hli
noif is that of Isaac Funk, whose speech to the
Illinois Legislature, has created considerable at-
tention, on account of its severity upon the traitors
wjf that Assembly. Mr. Fnnk resides near Bloom
ington, McLean comity. The total number of
acres occupied and owned by him is thirty-nine
thousand—one {arm of twenty-seven thousand
acres, said to be worth thirty dollars per acre, and
three posture fields containing, respectively, eight
thousand, thirty-nine hundred and one thousand
acres. Hiatgreat drop is core, aU of| which he
consumes at home, and is thus able to market
about seventy dumsand dollars worth of cattle per
year at New York. His stock on hand of horses,
nudes, bogs and fat cattle, is said to be worth one
million of dollars.
Killed in a Coal Minf. —A miner named
Patrick Jones, was killed, on Saturday afternoon
last, in one of the Cambria Iron Company’s Coal
Mines, at Johnstown, by the premature discharge
of a blast. The unfortunate man’s head was al
most entirely blown from his body, and he was
otherwise terribly mangled. He leaves a wife and
tour:small children without aid or protection. Sev
eral others of the workmen were more or less in
jured. '
fjjf We have many tiroes been placed under ob
ligations to Capt. J. K. Findley for copies of the
New Sooth and Free South, papers published at
Hilton Head, S. C. We were in error, a few
weeks since, in stating that the New South had
been merged into the Free South. The Captain
has, we believe, sent ns regular copies of both pa
pers since the commencement of their publication.
O*oodey’s Lady’s Book for March is punctu
ally on our table, with varied embellishments and
reading matter. “ The, Expected Letter,” is
reduced from an original $l6 engraving, and is a
very suggestive, pleasant picture. The Boofc and
the TVifcwte will be «ent for one year (or $3,50.
Deafness ,and BumdNESS.— Dr. Jones of N.
Y., th« celebrated Eye and Ear Doctor, has pro
..kNjjißd- his/tay at the St Charles Hotel, Pitts
i bmgh, till April Ist 1863.: Dr. Jones will visit
no other place in this State—therefore, all who
. need his sendees most visit him at Pittsburgh.
Bataliation
Prom the free South, of the Tth'ult., we copy
the following item, showing the manner in which
Gen. Hunter is disposed to.deal with the rebels in
his department. He has the firmness to meet
them on their own ground, and it only requires
his retaliatory measures to bring tltem to their
senses. If United States officers are to be .pun
ished with death for their supposed interference
with slaves,' let examples. equally severe be made
of those'who fall into hands of our forces.—
Eight the devil with fire:
Gen. Mercer, commanding the Confederate
forces at Savannah, forwarded a request last ,Sat
urday.by a flag of trace tip Gen. Htmter, for the
release of one D. McDonald, of Melmosb County,
Ga., who is now in confinement at Hilton Head.
He based bis application upon the ground that the
prisoner was a non-combatant and hii'family
greatly neieded his services. By Ibis same flag of
truce there came also a letter from Lieut. Virgil
H. Cate, of Co.C, Seventh Regiment New Hamp
shire Volunteers, representing that he had been
captured by the enemy’s pickets, near St, Angus
tineJFla., early last month, while riding in the
suburbs of the town, and was then in confinement
in Charleston jail. Cate also staled that jhe had
been notified by Gen, Beauregard, that being a
commissioned officer, he was not subject to ex
change, but would be turned over to the civil au
thorities of the State of Florida, for trial under the
statute of that State, providing for the punishment
by death, of -prisoners engaged in inciting negro
stares to insurrection. Under these circumstances
Gen. HOder replied to the rebel officer, that sup
posing the.decision in Cate's case to result from
the declaration made by Mr. Jeff. Davis in his re
cent message to the Confederate congress to the
efinet that '“hereafwt. nnless congress deem jpme
other epurs* more expedient, be will cause all
commijetioned officers of the U. S.. Army, token as
wiMMis of war, to be turned over for punishment
to Authorities of the State in which they may
bef|inr.’ , hr should not comply with the request
(or MMlonald's release. He also, gave Gen.
Mercgr to undentand in explicit terms, that if this
in violation of all rales of civilized warfare
should be carried oat in a single instance, be was
determined- that all commissioned officers in the
rebel service now prisoners nr hereafter falling into
his hands, should ho kept in close confinement and
-held ansyrerable with their lives for the safety of
his officers who .are prisoners. Hereafter, then,
so long as the enemy adheres to the rules of. In
dian warfiue, no citizen of Booth Carolina or
Gem* whojW be capWwd in this diriment,
will be' exchanged, as * hostage. There
is nothing like fitting Satan with his own
After kll-
Cairo is full of startling rumors. It is said that
on the 2t>th the -Vicksburg “cut off" was com
pleted, the digging machines' being at work far
several days. ;
It. is asserted that the have gone
throngb, and tbetransports arc preparing to follow
after. ...
The rebel batteries at Warrentorriare reduced.
The whole force .is to he sent against Port Hud
son.. It is also stated tliat the small gunboat fleet
have reached She Yazoo river via Uuion lake, and
ore playing mischief in the rear.
It is also reported tliat the baits have got into
Red river via Lake Providence. There are re
ports of serious disasters to the Union troops and
of some of onr forces and gunboats being captured,
but these are not credited.
How the Germans Talk.
We most heartily wish that all Americans
would set the same glorious example of unswerv
ing devotion and loyalty to their ualiiv. which
Germans do to their ado/iteJ country. It is rertllv
bcautiful to see with what-unanimity they uphold
the Union and detest treason. We observe that
at the celebration of the 22d in Carl Selmrz’s di
vision. the German officers, speaking for their sol
diers, have written a letter to the President, from
which we take an extract or two.
We have learned, sir, with the deepest concent
dial efforts are made in the loyal States to de
moralize the consciences of the people by false rep
resentations, to undermine, the sympathies of the
masses with the great cause which is the subject
of this conflict, to embarrass the government in
the prosecution of the war, and thus to deliver the
Republic into the hands of her enemies. We can
not find language strong enough to express our
abhorrence of the factious men who cany on thebe
treasonable machinations.
They have taken advantage of certain measures
the Government adopted for the purpose of putting
down the rebellion, and, as just in themselves, wc
hail the measures as evidences of that energy and
determination which alone can lead us to victory.
We are as ready as ever to fight, suffer and die
for the sacred cause of the Union, which is the
cause of human liberty and progress, and more
ready than ever th punish traitors at home just as
well as the rebels in arms.
Wehope toseea day of reckoning between those
who went into the field willing to sacrifice their
all for their country, and those miserable hypo
crites who at the commencement of thewar cringed
before the majestic uprising oif popular enthusiasm,
and now avail themselves of an hour of misfortune
and danger to defeat our efforts, to barter away
the great future of this Union, and to trifle with
the Wood of the people.
On ns, sir, yon can rely. By the memory of
the illustrious patriot whose.birthday we celebrate,
by the blood of the many brave men whom we
saw dropping from our ranks on the field of battle,
we renew to-day the oath we once have taken, and
will fight against the enemies of theconntry, North
and South, to the bitter end. Whatsoever hard
ships and privations the war may bring upon ns
we will endure, we will think of "no peace but the
peace.which will spring from a final and complete
triumph of onr arms.
Cambria Colnxv. —Destructive t~m.~On Fri
day evening of last week, at about midnight, tjiie
extensive planing mill establishment of Mr. JBery.
F. Williams, in the western end’of Ebensbiifg, by
some means caught fire, and in a short time was
reduced to a smoldering mass of raids. It is sup
posed to have been the .work of an incendiary.
Besides the planing apparatus, the mill also con
tained a flouriug-miU and corn-corh crusher, ro
tated by steam, both of which were destroyed.—
Carpenter tools lo the value of about/!j2OD, the
property of Mr. Thomas Rodgers, also fed the
.flames. Mr. Williams’ toss is estimated at $5,000
—insured fpr $3,000,; Melancholy 4 ccijeal.
—On Saturday )apf£ a man named M’Combic,
resident in the northern section of this county,
met with a stiddep death under the following cir
cumstances: He was coming to Ebensburg, with
a wagon-load of lumber, by way of the Ebensbnig
and Susquehanna plank road. When some ftnir
miles oat, .the wagon ran oyer an embankment,
precipitating him from the top of the load and
overturning/ the lumber upon him. . He was U&-
ribly bruised, and survived but a few minutes.
The Mexican, - Invasion of Texas. —Our
Government has been officially informed of the
action of,the Mexican Government in relation to
the invasion of Texas by bands of Mexicans. The
Minister for Foreign Affairs has instructed the
Governor of Tamaulipas to make solemn declara
tion to the rebel, authorities that such incursion?
are not only discountenanced by the Mexican
Government, but meet with their stern condemna
tion; and the Governor is farther required, as far
os possible, to prevent such invasions ofthe neigh
boring soil. Should the Texans, or other rebels,
retaliate, by in turn; invading Mexico, as is threat
ened, they are to he treated as bandits, while those
from the Mexican *|dc, passing into Texas, are to
forfeit all protection of the Mexican Government
Large Sale or Coal./— Coal is going down
in price, in spite of the gold rise. There was an
auction sale in New York on Wednesday, of 30,-
000 tons, at $5 70 to $5 92 for stove size, and
$5 10 to $5 15 forlumpcoal, The coal was from
the Scranton (Pa.) region, and the prices obtained
were $1 7S@s2 per ton less than th&sSEtlie coat
sold for in December, ” _
Bipsecrans’ Official Report
Gen. Rosecrans, publishes a lengthy official re
port of the battle of Stone River, or Murfreesboro,
in which he makes the following statement of the
forceaengaged and the amount of ammunition
expended on our side :
} “It may be of use to give the following general |
: summary of the operations and results of the series ;
of skirmishes, closing with the battle of Stone
, river and occupation of Murfreesboro'.
*We moved on the enemy with the following
4 force**;—
. Infantry
Artillery
Toml.
41,421 I Cavalry
We fought the Ixittle with the following- forc-s ;
Infantrv 37.977 1 Cavalry 3,200
Artillery ....... 2.223
Total
•We lost in killed :
Officers.
Total
92 | Enlisted men
We iost in wounded :—'•
\ Officers I 384 ] Enlisted men
' Total, , 7,245
’ Total killed and wounded 8.778
. Being 20.1)3 J# cent, of-tlie entire force in
!• action.
Our loss in prisoners is not fully made ont, but
the Provost Marshal General says, from present
information, they will full short of 2,800.
If there are many more bloody battles on record,
considering the newness and inexperience of the
troops, both officers and men, or if there has been
more true fighting qualities displayed by any peo
ple, I should be pleased to know it.
As to the condition of the fight we may say
that we o|ierated over an unknown country
against a position which was fifteen per cent. I let
ter than our own, even' foot ot ground and ap
proaches being well known to the enemy, and that
these disadvantages were fatally exhumed by the
faulty position of our right wipg.
■The force we fought is estimated as follows:
We have prisoners from 132 regiments of infantry
(consolidations counted as one), averaging from
thpsclin Gen. Bushrod Johnston's Divisions, 411
each, say, for certain, 350 men each, will give :
132 Regiments Infantry, say 350 men
each
12 Battalions Sharp-shooters, say 100
- men each
23 Batteries of Artillery, say 30 men
each
2‘.) Regiments of Cavalry, and) 400
24 Orgauizatious of'Cavalry./ 70,
Their average loss,- taken from the statistics
of Claybum. Breckinridge and Withers’ divisions
Was about 2080 each : this, for six divisions of in
fantry, and one of cavalry, will amount to 1 +.660
men. or to ours nearly us 15.5 to 100.
Of 14,500 Rebels struck by our missiles, it --
esti mated that—
-20,000 rounds of artillery- hit 728 men.
2,000.000 rounds .of muskerty hit 13,832 men.
Averaging 27 cannon shots to hit one man. 145
musket shots to hit one man; our relative loss uli
as follows:
Right wing, 15.083, musketry £ artillery, loss 20.72
Centre. 10,8(!(>. musketry and artillery, loss 18.4
Left wing, 13,288, musketry & artillery, loss 21.0
On _ the whole, it is evident that we fought
superior numbers on unknown ground, inflicting
much more injury than vve suffered, were alwavs
superior on equal ground with equal numbers, and
failed of a most crushing victory’ on Wednesday
by the extension anti direction of out right wing.
The Cargo of the Princess Boyal.
The prize steamer. Princess Royal, says the
Philadelphia Ledi/er, lias beet) unloaded, and most
of her cargo is in store ready for sale Besides
the guns and ammunition and ordnance stores, the
cargo consists of coflee, tea, dry goods, shoes, steel
iron and a very valuable assortment of drugs.—
Twenty-seven days after the capture the cargo
had been removed, 500 tons of it having been
taken out of the hold m twenty-four hours. The
three Whitworth guns which were on board the
steamer, unlike those found in the Bermuda, are
boxed up. ttnd are accompanied with carriages,
slides, handspikes, .rammers, worms, sponges tie.,
all complete, and ready for immediate use. The
guns are all rifled, and each weighs fiOOff pounds,
the estimated value of each bojng $2,500. The
shot and shell. designed for these guns are in
boxes, and consists of 300 shell, 250 square and
rifled' shot, and 150 steel pointed shot, rifled also.
The conical shot are sixteen inches long, five and
a half in diameter, and weigh seventy-six pounds.
The shell ate twenty-two incites long and five
and a in diameter. They ore not rifled.
Thtre is altout an >nch of steel upon the pointed
shot, which were evidently designed to be used
against our iron-dads. The guns were for the
iron-clad rams at Charleston and Savannah, and
the'steam engine on board, with all. the necessary
maphineiT. was also intended for one of diem.—
In order that the guns might not lie valueless
when : the shot and shell were expended, a lathe
was sent over to turn the shot upon, and it was
boxed up, with some of the shot fixed in the lathe
so as to give an idea of the manner in which they
are brought to the required shftpe. Bars of iron
were also sent to make the shot with. The lathe,
like tlnl other machinery, is of superior manufac
tory. The guns and ‘shot and shell will be hand
ed oyer to the Navy Department at their appraised
value.
Cromwell ox Destructive Conservatism.—
In a speech to Parliament in 1656, thy Great
Protector, defending his administration, - touched
upon a doctrine which is-popular just how with
the friends of secession and the enemies of the na
tional life, and exposed its fallacy, almost as if by
amicijiatiori-! “if nothing should ever lie done,”
said he, “hut what is “o txordini) to'hw" the
throat of the nation may be cut while we send for
some to make a law! Therefore, certainly it is a
pitiful beastly notion to think, though it he for or
dinary government to live by Jaw and ride, vet if
a government in -extraordinary circumstances go
beyond the law even for self preservation, it -is to
be clamored at, and blattered at. When matters
of necessity come then, without guilt, extraordi
nary: remedies may, he applied. And I must say
1 do not know one action of this government, no
not one, but it liath-heen in brder to the peace and
safety of this nation.”
A East Blood.— Prince Paul Dcmidoff is a :
wild young man, well known about town in Paris
for IN intrigues, duels and extravagance. He is
now in possession not only of the enormous for
tune of the Dnmidoft family, but also, besides
other; gems of price, of the celebrated diamond
Jcnowii as the “ Sancy, ’’ of historical repiite, and
estimated at 2,000,000 francs. Recently ho ap
peared at the Count De Persigtiy’s and Count
, Walewski’s fancy balls with this matchless stone
fastened in front of a velvet cap. The sensation
produced when the “Sancy” was discovered to
have dropped from its conspicuous position, until
it was again fortunately found under an arm chair,
may be easier conceived than described.
Uniox Cavalry Raid.—Copt. Sumner, of the '
First Alabama (Union) Cavalry, recently made a
liold movement from Corinth full ninety miles into
Northern Alabama, with about sixty men, and !
relumed in safely with over thirty-prisoners. The ;
services of these citizen soldiers ate indeed valna- j
ble. Added to their intimate knowledge of the
country, they have knowledge of the men, and an :
experience of tire practical working of rebeldom, j'
which brakes them the best of soldiers. They are ■
joining the Union standard quite rapidly, and. it j
only needs an. opportunity for hundreds more in i
Northern Alabama to join us, !
®TThe entire immigration last year into the i
United States was 114,475. nearly 100,000 ar- !
riving at New York, and over 2,300 at Balti- I
more. ■■ ‘
The New York Herald in commenting upon the
rise in gold says:— - ' '
Gold rose yesterday to 171. In other words,
one hundred imd seventy-one dollars in paper
money were required to pnrctiase one hundred dol
lars in gold. Many people, reading this qnota
tion on the bulletins or in the Herald, •fmjwT up
their mouths, elevate their eyebrows, shake their
heads, and walk away with hearts depressed and
a general feeling and air o f what a shrewd physi
cian calls " goneness ?” But wltat of it ? What
if gold is atl7l ? Wall street is not the nation l»y'
anv manner of means.
3.25)6
If yon ask any Wall street broker n-lnj gold has
risen to a premium of seventy-one cents,on a dol
lar, he will probably tell you that it is because of
our depreciated currency. If he tells you that, he
talks nonsense. The rise in gold dies not in
dicate accurately yhe depreciation of the currency.
The currency is just the same to-day as it was a
week ago, when gold stood at 153. Cold has
risen heewtse Wait street lias been disrounting the
future again. Congress may pass the Finance bill,
hundreds of millions more of paper dollars may be
issued, and then the currency will He awfully de
preciated, says Walt street —and then up goes gold,
hot because the currency has depreciated, but be
cause it mag depreciate at some future period.—
This is speculating in specie and probabilities.
Wall street seldom deals with solid faces, but gen
erally with wishes, hopes and promises.
Who wants to buy any gold at a high premium ?
Very few people beyond' those who buy it to sell
again when it rises higher. But even these
dealers in gold seldom handle the substance.—
They biiy and sell the shadow of gold on paper.
Out of the millions of gold bought ami sold weekly
in Wall street, not one million of dollars’ worth is
ever seen or owned by the seller or the purchaser.
Paper fakes the place of gold in these transactions
as in the currency. If the United Stales received
its custom duties in its own money, instead of in
gold, there would be no demand for the precious
metal except in a very few cases, whore persons
arc obliged to send money abroad.
In all ordinary transactions gold and silver are
unneessary, and the jjeople get along very well
without them. The rise in prices hurts everybody
more that the rise in gold. The quotations from
Wall street no longer show ns what gold is really
worth, hut only at what price the speculating,
gambling money changers are buying and selling
if for their own aggrandizement.
4(1.1)40
40,400**
1,441.
1,533
0.861
46 000
1 200
1 840
Goon Amin; on Sindry Sonniers.—Never
cut .1 piece out of a news]iiper until you have
looked on the other Mile, where [xirhaps you mar
find something more valuable than that which you
first intended to appropriate. Never put salt into
your soup before you have tasted it. We have
known gentlemen very much enraged hv doing so.
Never burn your fingers if you can help it. I ’co
llie burn their fingers every day. wli-n they might
have escaped if they had been careful. Don't pul
your feet upon the table. True, the members of
Congress do so. hut you are not a mcmlier of Con
gress. If you form one of a large mixed com)mny,
and a different stranger enters the room and takes
a seat among you. say something to him. for
heaven s sake, even although it be only, •• Fine
evening, sir I" Do not let him sit bolt upright,
sufleriug all the apprehensions and agonies of
hashfnlness, without any relief. Ask him how he
lias been ; tell him you know his friend, so and so
—anything that will do to break the icy stiffness
in which very decent fellows arc sometimes frozen
on their tklmt before a new circle.
13 250
62,490
!‘er n-ut
•* No Stomach for the Fight." —Several da vs
ago one Thomas Black, a deserter from the 196th
regiment, was arrested at Pittsburgh by the
provost guard and placed ill the guard house pre
vious to his removal to Harrisburg, but attempted
to escape, and was so badly injured that he had to
be sent to a camp hospital for treatment. After
remaining a few days there he broke away, got
drunk, was picked up again by the provost guard,
and locked up for safe keeping. The following
day. while on g visit to the water closet; and al
most in view of one of the sentinels, he forced his
way through a lioard partition, and connived, be
fore his absence was discovered, to make his escape.
The provost guard were again put on his track,
and found him at his house, when? he was once
more arrested, securely Itandcuffed, and sent east
on the afternoon train, lint, when near Johnstown,
he jumped off the car, and though the train was
hacked to the sjait where he mode the leap, he was
nowhere to be found.
&3!“ The New York Utrald says; —
“ Since the introduction of Sewing Machines,
several of the New York houses confine a great
deal of their attention to the making up of fine
shirt trimmings almost exclusively, nnd arc, by the
aid of the machine, enabled to do the work much
cheaper and with greater uniformity then could
otherwise be done; as, for instance, while one
female operator on a machine, such as is generally
used by shirt manufacturers [Wheeler & Wilson's]';
can with ease stitch from two to three dozen shirt
bosoms per day, the same woman, although she
might be an extremely good nnd quick hand at
the needle, would have great difficulty, by constant
w ork, to stitch three of the same kind of bosoms
in the same time, if indeed she could do it at all."
11. A. O. Kerr, of this place, is agent for the
sale of these machines in Blair and Huntingdon
counties. See advertisement.
Affairs at V icksbcbo. —lt seems probable that
the rebel connections with Louisiana arc interrupted
by the Indianola, and that the Vicksburg garrison
is consequently suffering greatly from scarcity of
food. A corresiiondent of the Chicago Journal,
writing on the loth, describes the passage of the
Indianola by the Vicksburg batteries on the morn
ing of the preceding day. She started about one,
while it was still very dark and raining. The
rebels opened fire but at irregular intervals, the
Indianola returning the fire from the U-ineh gun
in lier turret. She was not struck by any of the
shots, 'flic rebels seemed confused nnd bewildered,
and did not fire dnefourth the number of shots that
they did on the Queen of the West. A Vicksburg
correspondence qt the Mobile A Jnertiser writes on
the 4th that the presence of our mortar fleet
had rendered the place untenable by nou-cbm
batants, and that most of the private property has
been shipjied away".
A Nbcessaby Work.—General Hooker is
about to have thirty deserters ahof. He will un
doubtedly shoot them if the President does not in
terfere, and recently the President is not so tender
hearted as he was. He begins to perceive that was
is an ugly business, and that discipline in an army
demands the enforcement of severe penalties,
without any'squeamishness about it. It will bo
necessary to shbot a good many deserters, and we
might as well begin now. One life thus lost may
save the life of the nation. 1
Another Steech.’ —Mr. Bright has made an
other remarkable s|ieeeh at Rochdale, England, in
the course of which he said the rebellion hail
arisen tluongli an infamous conspiracy against the
rights of human nature pit principles such as could
not be found in the pages of any heathen writer of
olden times, or in the practice of savage nations in
our limes. It was the doctrine of devils and not,
of men, and all mankind should shudder at the
guilt which the conspirators have brought upon
their heads.
s3*The Richmond Whiy urges that not a plant of
tobacco be raised this year in Virginia or North
Carolina, as, to support their armies in those
States, it is absolutely necessary to cultivate the
whole tillable area of each in breadstuff, &c.
•aPSome of onr pickets in front of the Rappahan
nock have been in (lie habit of trading negroes
with the enemy for sheep’. This contraband trade
in wool has been stopped.
Bise in Gold.
A Letter Which Explains Itself.
Of ftp*, ,\RHX OF TFK CUMBERLAND, \
T<>nii t Ffih 19. i
. Gks, Jos. E. Jhoxstos, O. S. A.— Central—
Yours of the 12 Inst., dated: at Tnllahotna, by tliS
flag of trace, isjtwt received. I very much regret
that you have not the power to redress the out
rage and punish the perfidity which compels me
to ovojd communicatmg with Gen. Bragg by flag
of truce.
I was it; hopes, hv onr \ joint efforis, we should
have been able to pm the sacred claims of justice
and humanity high above pqssion and revenge in
the estimation of the troop’s of nur respeciive
arums. and thus reduce the terrible amount of
human suffering to the necessities of a state of
war, and those resulting from individual acts of
crime and outlawry.
I know that no success would compensate for
the degradation and shame that I should feel, in
allowing my troops to sneak in behind a flat; of
trace to make a capture ; or allowing them to go
into battle dressed in your uniform and carrying
your coldrs; or in robbing yonr sturgeons of their
private property, all of which was done by General
Bragg’s troops before and at the battle of Stone
River.
Inclosed is a copy of a list of thirtv-eight (38)
medical officers robbed. Inclosed, also, is the
statement of the Rev. Chaplain Gaddle, showing
that under the tacit, if not active sanction of Gen.
Wheeler, a hospital hdat, loaded with desperately
wounded and sick soldiers, was fired into by mus
ketry and artillery. 1
Now, General, rhy difficulty is, that while- these
outrages acMiallv occur, it seems from the official
statement of your officers that the different reports
come to them. Thus .Gen. Bragg, in one of his
voluminous epistles to me, complains that yonr
prisoners were robbed of their clothing. I did not
think it projier to say to him, but I do to yon, that
in all my experience I have neither seen nor heard
of any ihing of the kind. They have- seldom if
ever imd blankets or clothing enough, and have
been provided with such things by my order, when
possible.
I only ask what I. feel hound and resolved to
observe, tliat which is right and humane, accord
ing to the usages of cival ized war. I appeal to
you and i (trough you, if you have not the power,
to your superiors to know if ray efforts and wishes
in this matter can not be met in a spirit of frank
ness and cordiality? ;
Hoping that in all official intercourse we may
preserve mutual respect and feelings of personal
kindness. I remain General, your obedient servant,
’[signed] W. S. Hosecranf, Maj. Gen.
••Tikkev Dave,” of Tennessee. —Times,
writes a Corinth correspondent, of.en make or
dev elope the-men needed, lieliel iron rule in East
Tennessee, in disarming Union men—driving out
those who would not join them, and in hanging
and ii--assinating all that stopped their ; rogivss,
hits no; only sent thousands of recrai s into the
ranks of the I nion army, hut has raised within
then midst a fearless troop of avengers. A man
by the name of Beattie, but heifer known its
••Turky Dave,” is the leader of aliout 600 fearless
men. They drop down on Morgan's guerrilla
b inds mid wipe them out as quietly as the nngvl
of death. 1 have heard the opinion- expressed,
that rebel cavalry will not agaimventurc into the
coun ics of Fentress ami Barton. Those who
have done so recently have not ictumed to give an
account of their exploits. ‘'The devil must be
fought with his own weapons,” is the maxim of a
certain class of warriors, and the kind of warfare
encouraged by the rebels during the last year is
fast raising up a class of men who will meet them
on their own ground; and, with better weapons,
will give them mountain, rock and bush fighting
to their beans* content ! At present, I am not
l«‘i ini;ied to say anything more bn this topic, but
you will hear again from “Turkey Dave.”
What has uken Pair to Uaieroads.—A
letter from the Secretary ot War, in'answer to the
House resolution of January 18, shows that there
has been paid for transportation, since the reltell
ion commenced, to railroads connecting Washing
ton with New York, $2,922,048—viz : Bal i.nore
& Ohio. $ 1,213,601); Camden & Amlioy, §'.18,-
576 :■ New Jersey, $377,914; Ohio, Philadelphia,
W. & Baltimore Railroad. $202,392: N. Central,
$203,77.1 ; Pennsylvania Central. $192,427; New
Jersey Central, $189,632, and about $B,OOO to
Expresses on the same routes. There has been
paid $123,673 to the New Jersey Central, which
is not designated, exclusively for transportation
over the New York line. There are claims by the
Philadelphia, W. & Baltimore Railroad Company
for $36,019 that is not yet added.
A Word for Our Soldiers. —A correspon
dent of the London Daily News, commending the
British Government for honoring the New York
relief ship with a public salute, proposes to recipro
cate onr expression of friendlv feeling by sending
luck the Griswold with a load of medical stores
for the federal army. The writer says: “ The
honor done thus to the American nation is not
more thf j it deserves. lit time of deep distress
thus to overflow with bounty is a public testimony
as to ibeir deep seated generosity. Can nothing
be done to send back the Griswold latjened with
medical stores, for the benefit of the fedcal soldiers,
now fighting against the very impersonation of
evil—slavery ?"
Firf,. —On last Saturday morring about one
o’clock, Ragle Foundry, the property of Mr. J. W.
Scott, about three miles from Broad Top City,
was di<covered to be on fire, ’ The flatties spread
with rapidity, ami notwithstanding the efforts
made to extinguish if; was soon entirely consumed.
The propei ty was a good one, and " the loss is
heavy, as there was tio insurance. It 1 was sup
posed to be the work of an incendiary.— Hunt.
Globe.
Fortifications,— The fortification bill which
passed Congress last week appropriates; $200,000
in aid of Fort Carrpll, Baltimore; sso,ooofor
Fortress Mombe; $200,000 for Fort Wool, in
Hampton Roads; $200,000 for Fort Delaware;
$lOO,OOO for permanent work for Delaware Break
water, and $200,000 for completing fortifications
and erecting*new Ones for the defense of Washing
ton. ;
Printing Paper.— A letter from the Secretary
of the Treasury, transmitted to the Senate to-day,
says that no’printing paper was included in the
recent" statement of imports of -paper' from the
Collectors of New York, and Boston, and that none
whatever has been imported under the present
tariff.
tgf The notorious Belle Boyd, the . rebel spv,
was serenaded not long since at
and said in reply‘‘Gentleman—hike General
Johnston, 1 can fight, but cannot make speeches."
, A Word to Married People.—
It it lie true that “A penny saved is two-pence
made,” the shortest way to get rich is to buy your
Groceries at FRITCHEY’.S, comer of' Main and
Caroline streets, Altoona. ; i
Browned Rye constantly on band.
Pickles, ready for : table use, by the dozen or
hundred. '
Shrivcr’s Baltimore Oyster Ketchup/
Pepiier Sauce and Tomato Ketchup.
Fresh Tomatoes, Quinces, Peaches, Pears and
Plums* in cans.
The American Excelsior Coffee, superior to
anything in the market—good as Java i and
as Bve. Tty it. ' ,
His stock of Groceries, Fruits,, Confeetioneries,
&c., cannot be excelled in the place.
Cigars and Tobacco of all brands.
Call and he convinced that it is to ypur interest
to buy at the New Family Grocery. !
Attempt to Ausasmxatb Gexbral Basks _
The New Orleans correspondent of the E,« Vv
Journal, writes, under dale of February 12th
Tliiß as Gen. Banks was (Kissing , 2U .'
-thtrMdiep; entrance to tile City Hotel, for the
poseirf aiteniding the Snatch Opera, and h.f.ir
he stepped into his carriage, a pistol wasdiw
from the recess in trie wall, and a'ball whi Z2ec
close to the person: of Geri. Banks and close , 0 ar
officer who attended him, .The General wa , '
hurt, ami the assassin escaped through the c riiw |j
The police are on his track, and he cannot loan
escape capture. From thc .sonnd of the reucn
made by the weapon it is -supposed to have belong.
eJ to tile, claw known as the “ Monte Christ,, ■■
pistol. The affair has paused a great deal of talk
and just indignation in the community.
The following is from the Picayuncof the 13th
. “ We regret to learn that an attempt was made u,
shoot Major General Banks as he was about en'
tcring his carriage at the ladies' entrance to .j,
City Hotel, about a quarter past seven o’clock lavt
evening. The weapon used was an air gun, a! 'u
- the bullet, after passing near where the General
stood, was found on the opposite sidewalk. i'h e
person who made the base attempt disappeared «
: once, and at. last accounts the police had not bees
I successful ip tracing out bis identity."
Eves the Rebels Despise Them.—We woo
dier how the peace men. who favor a Northwestern
Confederacy and “peace upon any terms,” win
stomach the following response to their proposals
which we extract from an editonl of the Rich’
moral f'ivptirer, printed in full elsewhere :
‘•lf they repudiate the debt they have contract
ed, and abandon the Government they have es
tablished, and recant vows, and break pledges
and eat dirt, it is well; we shall be charmed ; the
movement will suit ns perfectly ; Knd. although ,v< :
shat) not exactly respect the actors in that affair
yet we shall not be unwilling to trade wirh ih un
—holding oinr noses a little—not to show ihni,
all suitable civiliiicss-bnt at a proper distance.'
“Dirt caters,” “contract breakers,” “ Kepudia
tors!" Appropriate names, truly.
Tin? Tennessee Secessionists. —Gov. John
son,: of;.Tennessee, has issued a proclamation
warning all persons holding, 'renting, occupying,
or using: any real or personal estate in his district',
or the rents, issues, and profits thereof, belonging
to persona who have gone into the Confederate
States, leaving their property in the hands of
agents, not to pity the same over to said person,
their agents, but to retain the same until some per
son suitable has been appointed in behalf of the
United States to receive the same, and hold it sul>-
ject to the order of the federal government.
R. A. 0. KERR,
ALTOONA, PA.,
Agent foir Hlair & Huntingdon Counties
r pHKSji MACHINES AUE .v.OiiT
-1 to be tjie best ever offered to the public, ; .
superiority -ii satisfactorily established by th»* £««: tiitt i
the lust cl*.bt years.
OVER 1,400 MOKE
of these Machines have becu sold than of'any other auu
iifactured. aqd more medals have Imen awarded the pro
prietor* by different Fairs and Institutes than to anv oth
ers. The Machines are warnmted to do all thatisoUiiaii
for them. They aif now In use in several families in Al
tana, and in every case they give entire satisfaction.
The refers those d«*siiiog information as the su
periority of Che Mach ices, to Col. John L. k’iper. Kev K
B Clark, tivorge'lhiwkenwortfa. IV-aj. T. Rn>-e. aud t. U.
Turner, Kmjr*..
The niacbjueii can be seen and examined at the store c.
the Agent, at Altoona.
I’rici at No. 1 Machine, silver piutui, glass toot an n-»
stylo lli-mmcr —s6s. No. 2. ornamental bronze. gU-= fooi
Htnl new style Ileumier — sss. No, U, plain, with oil styb
llcnmier—Jjts. - [March 31, ISOI ti.
FOR OR EXCHANGE!
A VALUABLE GRIST MILL SIT
UATS on Black tick creek, three*
fourths of a:m ile from Black Lick Stntion, '4
on the Indiana Branch. P. R. R„ pro*
pelted bj- patent Iron water wheel!,
ran of barfs and one first quality flint.
two smuUers and screens, 3 holts and a com breaaer. rU
in good running order. Alan* first rate water SAW MILL,
also SEVEN HOUSES AND LOTS wiih outbuildings; cns
of said houses containing a good STOKE ROOM. Al
t'ched to the shore property are SIXTY ACRES OP LAND
finder f-nce; also a timber tract afijoi -ing. containing 17e
acres more or less, nnimpnived. The above will be sold
at s great bargain or exchanged lor a good farm. Apply
on ihe preaiiaes. SAMUEL M'CAKT.NKY. '
Peb.SMt.* -
FOR >SALE OR EXCHANGE!
THE UNDERSIGNED OFFERS for
sale, or exchange for property in Al
tomia. ahonse and two lots of gruqnd. sit
nate in tlH> village of New Waaliingtmi. HI, J lli
I ndiana comity, Kg. The home la a TWO- Mle }cK
STOKE FRAME BUILDING. 19 by 30
feet, fronting on two streets, with
stable and other out bnUdlngsf There is also a variety of
FRUIT TREES and SHRUBBERY on the premises, tc
gether with a well of excellent water at the door. Ihe
lota are fiO feet Inmt by 190 feet deep. Possession given at
auy tfme.; Anv further iafbnuatiou can be had by apply
-1 X to. Juba Biandon, of Armagh, or the a LscritMT. at AI
t(X ’ D t • L.IWESNXK P. WORK.
THANKS. — The undersigned, being
aUmt to remote from Altoona, .deelrea to reimc
hi* titankf to the cillxens of the town'and vicinity wbo
»*> liberally ]«truui2M( and piotnptly paid him; and be
would *l*4*? in thfi public manner* rrturn biucero iliaukt
to M«*sr«. ; John-Hickey, John Mcßride. Thomas Farndi.
Thomas j Lynch. Wm. Boychm, Wm. A. Buyden, John
Hrhlte, Georg© McDonough Patrick Pawley and wifi;.
Widow McConnell. Adam Gleaius. Conrad KisseL. Can* ’
ICeigel, Bernard Kuvtx and brother* and others, for aiwn
tlou during protractedsickness in my family.
1 desire; all persona indebted to m*, whether much of
little, to dead the »iuoant to me. at Johnstown, or jwv ii
M<**r4 Oeie A Oh, within two .months from this d lp >
and they will thereby save cuato.
Feb. 24* 1563-2t*
THE COMMERCIAL LIST
iSS
LETTER-SHEET “P|UCE CURRENT.
are publi-hed every Saturday, by
STEPUgN X. MIN SLOW. No. 2*2 Gold Street, Pl.liaJ »
Biographical sketches of the MERCHANTS i MAN
UKACTURKHS ( f* Philadelphia. the opulent and
Indipet.t, SECRET OF TBKIK SUCCESS
AND ADVERSITY, will he con tinned
Feb. 24.8t*]
RENT.—Thei basement of Work’s
new bnOdlng. on Virginia street, adjoining Kessler’*
property, is offered for rent. Possession, given Immedi
ately, Bor further information, apply to
j _ LAWRENCE P. WORK-
Feb. 24. l8«B-tf
RENT.—M’Cormick’s store room,
A in North \t ard, la offer®,! for rent: Possession glee* l
at any tinie. For farther particulars apply to
K. H. MCCORMICK.
Feb. 2t. 1563-tf.
INSTRUCTION IN MUSlC.—iboon
deraigjned offers his services as an instructor on sll
musical inktruiaeuta except the piano. For further infor
mation a;iply:at Kegiey’s llotel.
Fell. 17. 18«3-3t.« , JOHN KRETCIfMi
\ ROOM INAL SUPPORTERS, Tru
•°d Sho,U<lwß '““ for “'w“KKBSLER S.
NEW STOCK OF ROOTS & SHOES
for Men and Boys, Lad Ist and Misses, just rtc'i st
* UVOBMAN’*-
J
|ir
|i
GROUGK KOIILEI’.
IttoBjia iiStoe.
ftIBONE POWER-PRESS
• -SC--
PRINTIMC office.;
* within the imst two made
m the w»y «f n»*w
Vaper Cu*tcr, Card Cutter. Killing Mu
~ '°fj o jWe r Frees* ami large Newnpaper |*<»wei
we giv* sbwvc) we »re now prepared
' • the yf pciutiug ur ruling In
t eßtahiuhmei.l m tb«* -talc, and ai
execute. ua *bort uotic«.all
i r?-s
1 “ 4a, Invitation, Visiting, Ball * Business Cards,
>w ‘' 1 /seculars. Programmes,
UhMOTH posters, sale bills,
r"i a* AKS®
Lmnhiets, Pay and Check Bolls,
BIaANK- books,
.-vests, and blanks of all kinds.
I n w trial, te«H«(t confident that we can give
*?■ n if wn have the opportunity.'
L,:,tr.rti,'D f’, UuilJlug, curlier of Virginia and *o-
[opposite Superintendent's Offi.o. *
S)CAXf ITEMS.
boLOUiss’ Mosmuort Eosd.—A meeting of
L Committee of the | AUoooa Pair View Cemc
r Association, and the Committee appointed a
I Iretiug of 'he citizen* of the borough, to act it;
[function with that: of the Cemetery Associa
te was held this (Wednesday, Fo,b. 25,) evening,
[4e Good Will Engine House, for the organise-
L ( ff a Board of Trustees of the Soldiers' Monn
lat Fund. ' j
v H. Maxwell wal elected President,
~i. \Vip. B. ef-cted Secretary,
'i F. Bose, was ejected Treasurer.
>n motion,
Resolved, That ft committee of three, U appoim
,,,« prepare By- Laws for the government of the
ustees. 1 '
Hie President appointed B F. Bose, A. A
„,ih and William Boyden, said committee.
An motion.
That a Standing Notice be kept in the
L nata Tribtatr, that contributions for l hi* fund
[, 0 at anv time lie made to the Treasurer, B, F
b and'that the amount contributed be pulilish-
L neckly.
Resolved, That the Secretary and Treasurer pro
lix- suitable hooka for projierly recording the
Lnssctioua and finances ofthe Board of Trustees.
,m motion, adjourned to meet at the call of the
. .idem. A. H. MAXWELL. Prvs't.
w. K. Fixm-wr, See’e/.
ihe Treasurer reports the. following contribn-
L, s «p to and including Saturday, Kei>. 28,
■a
I rxeeds of Exhibition by pupils of Prof.
Mm Miller’s Academy, $lO9 CO
Mis-; Lizzie McCoy, collector pf Ladies'
ViJ Society .
A-iuoua Division, No. 311, Sons of 'l'em
crance
siDrt 07
B. F. ROSE, Treasurer.
I-U-afness and Busiinks-. —Or. Jones of
k v York City, the skillful Eye & Ear Doctor,
I - jjiolonged bis stay at St. Charles Hotel, Pitts
p:;rgh. until the 22ml of March. He has been in
liu.-al to do so on account of the great number of
1 eicnts who flock to him from far and near. All
► . need the services of a skillful Ooculist and
li. risi, will do well to. call immediately. Dr.
[i nos is a graduate of the Old and the New School
pti iiieal Colleges, and of an Eye and Ear college,
lb' diplomas from the same hang in his office.—
In J. straightens cross eyes in one minute. He
I stales for Catenet,' Club Feet, Hate-lip, Hernia,
I iypus in the nose and ear. He inserts artificial
■ m move naturally. Hecnres stuttering in a
hour. He introduces artificial ear drums
f '-li improve die hearing immediately where the
[' 'mat organ is destroyed. He cures discharges
pi 'lie ear, and noise,in the Read, and partial deaf
■> and blindness, weak and sore eyes, and ncr-
I ns diseases and those diseases of the organs “•
p ' se, ic., which are not‘successfully treated by
I- oily physicians. He performs all difficult opera
f "is in surgery. Office St. Charles Hotel, Pitts
'"ifh. Consultation free.
"'TAMPS os Promissory Notes. —As the sca
► m for sales of jiersonal property is approaching,
'J.rn large numbers of promissory notes are exe
"ited, it'may bcinleresting to the public to know
scale of stamp duties which the law of 1862
•m posed ugpn such notes. ! It is as follows:
prom $2O to $lOO ..
“ 100 to 200 .
200 to 350 ....
■ 350 to 500
I " 500 to 750 .'. f
750 to 1,000
1,000 to 1,500
1.500 to
• 2,500 to 3,000 ..........
fhe penalty for violating the law is $5O, and
' r,K instrument is rendered invalid and of no avail.
1 " se stamps can always be-procured at W. M.
‘•loyd’s Banking Bouse, Altoona.
AcctDKJiT. —A serious accident oc
l,rred to ibe Expcess Train Westward, yesterday
""ming, at. the end of the mooiuiiin between
'l'pcico and Perrysville station, in Juniata
"uaty. A portion erf the end of the raoun
alu slid down upon the track, after the watch
man had passed and before the train came along.
1 i*'' consequence was, that the engine, express car,
; '““Usage car and one passenger car were thrown
i '"-“ r •be embankment and into the river, leaving
i:l;m perieet wrecks. Strange as it appears, the
r x l>ress messenger and baggage master escaped
“"injured. . One; passenger, by the n tn' of
I John Shearer, from Greensbnrg, Pa., was kill
* ’
engeiuasly we believe. The Engineer, Jacoi
er, was baby scalded about the legs, but tb<
1 •> r eman escaped uninjured.
a Sk-Cabbage if aluxuiy this season, and sou
riH, t “ not in moat bilk of fore. Our old tuck
er Toy Metxgnr, froui Sinking VaJlej
1151 have found out that we were eating our pots
Jav i*”*' wit|ioutcaWjage, consequently, on
the ft I*l 1 * 1 w **k he presented us with a couple <
,'finest heads he could And In the valley. “bi
i n ° W 8 Wber * to tnrkeyt, fre* Utte
bnt .u^, 6 brings to market nothin
of r * be * t> W k* n we get onr Market House w
U 1 have plemj of customers/ .
a
1 07
25 00
$ 05
10
15
20
30
40
60
1 00
i 50