ptaa Irilttse.
ALTOONA, PA
TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1868
®pOne of the meanest slanders and
,ißpst infamous charges against the Hones
ty of the Soldiers of the Republic, who are
enduring and sacrificing so much for the
preservation of the Union, we find in the
Harrisburg Patriot and Union of Saturday
morning last, based on the order of Gen.
Bqmside placing Kentucky under martial
law. It is known that the election fur
members of Congress and other officers
dune off hi that Stabs yesterday; and it is
known, also, that the State was invaded
by rebel bands for the purpose of overaw
ing the judges of electians and intimida
ting loyhl voters and keeping them from
the polls. ■ To secure the right of franchise
to all loyal voters (and none others were
entitled to it) Gen. Burnside ordered that
all military officers should aid the consti
tuted authorities of the State in support
of the laws and the purity of suffrage, and
directed that nodisluyal person be allowed
to vote, and to ascertain who were loyal
and who were not, the oath of allegiance
was made the test. This is the whole sub
staneg of the order, and certainly there is
nothing in it which will nut meet the full
approval of every loyal man of every par
ty. But hear the wailings of the Patriot
and Union over the disfranchisement of the
rebels of Kentucky:
“There its in oar judgment, not a chance for
the success of the Democratic ticket. The admin
istration has brought the bpynnet to its snppon
there, as will be seen by the order of Gen. Bum
side, declaring martial law, and the election will
be a military rather than a civil om—that is, will
be a force, so for as fair play and legality are con
cerned. We may'safely conclude that eve y Stau
in which the.ntilitarydominatesoverthecivil power,
will be carried for the administration. They havi
determined it shall be so, and their armed legions
trill see that it is dune. In both Kentucky and
Maryland the majority is hugely against the ad
ministration; but arbitrarily determining who an
loyal and who disloyal, the military satraps of th>
administration will penult only those to vote who
ate known to be in fovor of its policy, or thos<
whose opinions nut being known, have kept then
lips added, so that no shadow or excuse exist fui
their proscription."
What! no chance for the success of the
Democratic ticket when none hut loyal
men are.allowed to vote? Are there no
lojal Democrats in Kentucky? Must un
happy admission —most infamous slander ?
What! are all the soldiers now in Ken
tucky members of the Lincoln party ?
Are there no Democratic soldiers in the
West? Is not Gen Burnside, who issued
the order, a life-long Democrat ? Are the
Western soldiers all ballot box stuffersand
political election poll rioters ? Dare nut
the purity of the ballot-box -be entrusted
. toFederal soldiers? Ob! base ingratitude.
Dh! vile calumniator. Is this the soldiers
reward at your hands? We tllink they
will esteem it highly.
Is:there anything arbitrary in demand
ing of voters, in treasonable localities, that
they prove themselves true tp the Union
ere they exercise the righto! suffrage with
in it ? No sensible loyal man would so con
sider it; but on the other hand be would be
thankful to the authorities for instituting
the test and thus preventing the enemies
of himself and the Government from de
priving him of his voice in this his most
sacred privilege under the Constitution
And by this test alone can the Govern
ment know who are its friends and who its
enemies. Loyal men may, from pruden
tial motives, seal their lips, but traitors
cgp do the same, and if allowed 7 to vote
jpifelj because they have said nothing, they
do file more damage by their votes, by de
feating -Union candidates, than they could
accomplish by open hostility. Further
reasoning on this point would be surper
fluous. No friend of the Union desires
the test abolished, and the loyal voters of
Kentucky demanded the order of Gen.
JSurnside thaLthey might not be overawed
.by their enemies.
; Ait the admission of the Pat. xtnd Uv
*<**, that making loyalty a test leaves no
efafcnce for the success of its party, isveiy
humiliating, and will meet with no response
fepfp the loyal portion of its readers. To (
•ay that the Democratic party of Ken
tooky can only succeed by allowing every
Tom, Dick and Hairy from rebeldora, who
might to there by chance or iorthe pur
pose, to vote without being tested, is pla
ting the party in an unenviable position,
fcr which the members will not thank it.
Ho loyal »«n of any party desires
»««*» by such agency, because they could
not trust the men elected thereby. The
admission is a slander, and the whole arti-
The insult offered to the soldiers compo-
sing the army in Kentucky, by charging
them with dishonesty toward any party of
men loyal to the Union, is so false and con
temptible that it is not worth a contradic
tion. ; There is no getting around the im
peachment. It is boldly'and fairly made,
without reservation. Hereafter the pub
lic will know how much confidence to
place in that paper’s protestations of friend
ship for our soldiers. Out upon the hy
pocracy that will traduce our best and bra
vest to manufacture political capital.—
The curses intended for the authorities fell
upon others, and the effect produced will
not be desirable to the opponents of loyalty
as a necessary qualification to secure the
right of suffrage.
P S. —Telegraphic despatches from Cin
cinnati and Louisville announce the elec
tion of Bramlette, the Union candidate
for Governor of Kentucky, by 23,(L0 ma
jority.
Richmond papers were jubilant
over the New York riot, hailing the riot
ers as their friends, and predicting a gen
eral uprising of the opponents of the gov
ernment throughout the loyal States. The
chagrin with which they must have re
ceived the news of the suppression of the
revolt may be imagined. Had Lee been
successful in his raid into Pennsylvania,
undoubtedly the rioters would, have been
aided by him and the war, for a time at least,
been transferred to Northern soil. This
is what the rebels calculated upon—what
they sent their emissaries ahead to prepare
for. But all these nice laid plans have
been disarranged by the stubbornness of the
veterans whom they met on the heights
around Gettysburg, and the overthrow
of the Union has been postponed.
But we hear another sound like the
turning of tables. Away down in Missis
sippi iwe hear the returning prodigals, ask
ing to be received into the Union again,
and Grant, and Sherman, and Herron, and
Bankjs are there to bid them welcome arid
offer them protection. From North Car
olina comes a voice, through the Raleigh
Staiida d, denouncing' Jeff. Davis as a re
pudiator in whom no confidence should be
placed, and predicting that his efforts to |
establish a Southern Confederacy will be j
a failure. For speaking thus plainly, that j
liberty-loving, free-speech-advocating con
cern the Richmond Enquirer, calls upon
its idol of liberty, Jeff. Davis, to suppress
the Raleigh Standard and wipe out the
Supreme Court of North Carolina. Hist!
Did we hear correctly 9 is free speech
and a! free press dangerous to the interests
of great and free Southern Confedera
cy? According to the Enquirer, Lincoln
is a great usurper, and th» military arrests
for incendiary speeches and publications
were most flagrant violations of liberty of
speech and the press. Ah! it was our ox
that was then being gored. But how the.
tune is turned when his ox gets a prod or
two. And he goes a length beyond
the suppression of speech and press, and
calls for. the wiping out of the Supreme
Court of North Carolina. Oh consisten
cy I thOn jewel! If such things may be
done in the shadow of the Confederacy
what might not be done by the great “ re
pudiator” when the reality is secured ?
But the Standard “ will not down” at the
bidding of the hireling of the inquirer.
Who Js an agent of Great Britain, and has
long sought to divide the Northern and
Southern people. It says that Gov. Vance
will stand by. the Supreme Court and the
Standard also, if necessary, and if Jeff
Davis attempts to use physical force to sup
press that paper he will be met with phys
ical force and a revolution in that State
will bg the result. The Standard says, also,
that North Carolina has furnished 95,000
soldiers for this causeless war, 40,000 of
whom are either killed or wounded, and
advocates the sending of a delegation to
Washington at once to see what terms can
be obtained. Should matters become se
rious down lliat way, and the phystcal for
ces; alluded to, come in collision, Gen. Fos
ter would no doubt take great pleasure in
settling the difficulty. In the mean time
the Enquirer c&n continue to advise. Jeff,
how to make the rebellion successful and
how far he should respect liberty of speech
and of the press, and may meditate on the
difference between “ twedledum and twe
dledae.”
Of The Union State Convention meets
in I'ittsburg to-morrow (Wednesday) to
nominate a candidate for Governor and
Judge of the Supreme Court. ; Prominent
among the candidates for the Gubernato
rial jnomination are Gov. Curtin, John
Cuvode, Senator Ketcham and others.—
l ive nomination for Supreme Judge is con
ceded to the Western part of the State.
jV* Up to Thursday last, some 400 of
thd grafted men in the Pittsburg district
.had jpaid in their commutation money (or
the procuration of substitutes, amounting
to :$120,000.
The $3OO exemption clause of the CT-The report that 7.000 French troops
Conscription Law has received, and is still are marching towards Matamoras, copied
receiving,. considerable airing at the hand»(Cwith.lfae anaouncement .ihat Mxrffllrillmn
of the editorial fraternity, stomp speakers has been tendered tlie Emiperorsh ipofMex
and the public generally. After having’ico by Napoleon,.if hftwill acoept it, has
read and heard much pro and con-on the ! aroused considerable s#picion in
subject, we are firmly convinced of the 'of our people. To establish an empire in
impossibility of framing a law of this char- Mexico is the revealed object of Napoleon,
acter that would exactly suit everybody, but there may be a hidden design, the de-
Almost every roan has a particular case, veloperoent of which if would I* well for
and he would like a law that would cover out authorities to closely watch. With
bis case, whether it suits others or not.— the assistance of the French, the smaller
The $3OO clause was railed against as dis- j faction of the Mexicans have succeeded in
criminating in favor of the rich and against I overcoming, foratime, but not in conquer
the poor, but when" the Provost Marshal; ing, the majority. Although an Empire
General decided that the payment of $3OO ’ may be proclaimed, we do not believe that
only exempted a man from serving under the mass of the Mexicans will ackuuwl
fhat draft, but not from any subsequent edge it, and the Emperor, whoever he may
one. even should it be made within three ’ be, can only maintain his throne while he is
months from the time of the first, that al- ■ surrounded by French bayonets. The ma
so met the objections of the fault-finders, jority of the Mexicans arc not subdued,
Some men have, of late, became so adicted nor can they be in a day, or by a dozen
to fault-finding and grumbling, that no ac- proclamations of Emperors over them, and
tion of the National or State authorities N,apoleon will find, if the subjugation of
can pos-ibly pafls without an objection be- the Mexicans is all he intends, that he will
ing raised. Many of the acts of both the “ pay dear for his whistle. - ’
authorities referred to do not meet our ap- ; Did not the present difficulty exist in
proval, but when we consider whether, if the United States, Louis Napoleon would
we were in tbeir places, we couldplease not be in so much of a burry about gob
ourselves or the people any better, we see ling up Mexico. Had we not been invol
the impossibility of the thing, and feel satis- ; ved in internal strife, it is doubtful wheth
fied to let those in authority rule out their er a French soldier would ever have set
respective terms, provided they do not foot on Mexican soil. Knowing our situ
transcend the power delegated to them, 1 ation, he has made the most of it and par
and when they do this, the Supreme Court tially secured a favorable location in the
will tell us and the usurper will soon be event of certain contmgenries in our pres
removed. We hear much, lately, about ent difficulties. In these contingencies he
the unconstitutional acts of Congress and will, we hope, be most sadly disappointed,
the President, but believing that both the We can afford to wait, we think, until the
powers named are as likely to understand rebellion is put down, unless greater en
tbe provisions of the constitution as the croacbments are made, and then we can
many self-constituted expounders, we give settle several little points with Ixmis, in b
but little heed |o their ravings, feeling sure satisfactory manner. Our people are op
that any overt act would soon be brought posed to the establishment of an Empire
to the notice of the Court before referred on this continent.
to. and a decision obtained, after which, if
the act be condemned, we would resist it
to the last. Until we are sure that an act
is unconstitutional we are not justified in
standing in the way of its execution. It
may appear arbitrary or useless to us, but
we at;e not the elected judges of
and may not know the requirements of the
times or the particular case. Let those
who would impede the execution of the
laws, or resist an autbortative order, be
sure that they are not resisting imaginary
evils only to bring real and greater ones
upon themseles. Eschew mobs in all ca-
ses. They invariably act without law and
bring their votaries to grief and shame
without accomplishing anything for their
good. Resistance is only justifiable when
offered to unconstitution acts, and the Su
preme Court should so decide them ere that
resistant* be offered.
learn from, the Huntingdon pa
pers that the Monitof office, in that place, !
was entered on Saturday morning week,
by a party of soldierk from one of the
camps near the town, and several eases of
type thrown into pi. Hie Provost guard,
doing duty in the town, came on the de
stroyers ere they had made much headway,
and compelled them to decamp, else they
would have made a general demolition of
the concern; the aggravating cause be
ing the publication of a communication in
the Monitor, abounding in false statements,
and reflecting severely upon the President,
Governor and the soldiers. We read the
article and must say that we could find
nothing in it calculated to allay the feel
ing that has been stirred up in that local
ity, or in any way benefit the cause of our
country and cheer up the soldiers who are
sacrificing so much to preserve it. 'i here
was much to aggravate, in the article re
ferred to, but nothing which would justify
the proceedings of the soldiers in attempt
ing to destroy the material of the office.—
Ihe use of unlawful means to redress real
or imaginery evils or injuries, always fail,
and we hope this will be the last attempt
to destroy the Monitor. The Courts are
open to those aggrieved, and we have faith
eno.ugh in the honesty and loyalty of the
officers of the Court and citizens of Hun
tingdon, to Ik Hove that treason or slander
would be duly punished, should either
charge be sustained.
■(£. A Vicksburg correspondent of the
New York Tribune says that our officers
were making a very superior guerilla cav
alry out of the negroes, and setting them
to hunt their masters, instead of being
hunted by them as heretofore. This is
rather reversing the things in that
region. Not long since, slave hunts, with
fast horses and blooded dogs, was no un
common occurrence. But the scene has
shifted. A British officer who had hunted
in the jungles of India, remarked: “Gen
tlemen, tiger hunting is a royal amusement
and avery stirring one; but if the tiger
should take it into his head to hunt yon—•
as he sometime does—it alters the case
very much, and becomes anything but
agreeable.” Doubtless the slavs-ownere
of Mississippi and Louisiana are realizing
the truth of the simile.
Order No. 252. — The President has is
sued an order, by way of retaliation for
the Indignities offered Union soldiers by
the rebels, which must meet with the ap
proval of every loyal man in the country.
It is just the kind of retaliation which will
bring the Southern clmdlry to their senses,
and teach them that they cannot act the
part of barbarians After
stating that it is the duty of every Gov
ernment to give protection to its citizens,
of whatever class or color, and especially
soldiers in the public service, and the usa
ges of war, among civilized powers, per
mit no distinction as to color, in the treat
ment of prisoners, he says tiiat the Gov
ernment of the United States will give
protection to all its soldiers, and that the
selling or enslaving of any one because of
his color, shall be retaliated. The order
concludes as follows;
*■ It is therefore ordered that for even - soldier of
the United States killed in violation of the laws of
war. n rebel soldier shall be executed ; and for every
one enslaved by the enemy or sold info slavery, u
rebel soldier shall he placed at hard labor on the
public works, and continue at such labor until the
other shall be released and receive the treatment
due to a prisoner of war.”
The placing of a few “ high-toned South
ern gentlemen” to work upon the Hi praps
would soon cool them down and make the
refined inhabitants of the Southern Con
federacy act like civilized folks. A few
applications of the retaliatory prescription
will effect a radical cure.
The CHOiCE.-4-The choice which lies
before those who' are disposed to grumble
at a few hardships of war whicl are
known to our people, is thus fairly stated
in the Louisville Journal:
“ If anybody is dissatisfied with Federal
money, let him go South and get Con
federate humey. If any body is dissatis
fied with United States taxes, let him go
South and pay Southern taxes. If any
body is dissatisfied with the United States
enrollment, let him go South, and enjoy
the benefits of the Southern Conscription.”
&• In the ranks of Co. F, 36th Reg’t,
P. V. M., now at Gettysburg, is a veteran
of the war of 1812. by the name of Peter
Hilcman, who is 74 years old. When
asked by the mustering-officcr whether he
thonght he could do service, the old hero
told him he tould kill a rebel as well as
any body else.
From the Army of the Potomac.
Aoodst I.—Gen. Buford's cavalry, artillery,
and a supporting infantry force, crossed the Rap
pahannock at the railroad station yesterday, and
thence, with his cavalry and artillery, lie proceeded
towards Culpepper, driving Stuart's cavalry force
before him.
When near Culpepper Gen. Buford encountered
a large rebel force of infancy and artillery, and a
fierce fight ensued, lasting until dark, when he
withdrew to a strong position east of Brandy Sta
tion. The loss oh both sides was considerable.
This reoonnoisance confirms the reported concen
tration of .Lee’s forces near Culpepper, and indi
cates that his present headquarters are at Stevens
buig four miles southeast of Culpepper.
The 29 sutlers wagons, captured near Fairfax
on Thursday night by Moscby and his band, were
recaptured, with all their contents, on Friday
rooming near Aidiu, by the 2d Massachusetts cav
alry.
•aT 1 Governor Harding says that Brigham Young
is probably the richest man in America. The
whole Mormon tribe pay tribute to him at the rate
of about $4O per head annually. At the proper
time of ihe year, immense trains are: sent out to
gather in the share of site harvest belonging to the
Lord,l. e„ his prophet Brigham.
From Orleans Era, Jah/ 24 tk
Important from Matamoras.
Jibe foUinijt is extracted a lettenMCrom
Mpgamoras gentleman in this
dated on the'ifSdMff June: *|S
‘•There iya rumor here'that 7,000 French‘nek;
dfers are ott tbe war here from Vera Crm. Hr
naiads t?(»#rmitt>o»,. if true, the anthontiaMß|f'
Endeavor to meet aad fight them with such tßpjifii
as they can collect. They will surely disjmtc with
an earnest struggle for the possession of Tamauli
l»is. and of course this must important town would
be The principal prixe to be fought for. The Mex
icans are resolute, and will fight the French to tiie
last. They are united here in their opposi.iun to
the invaders.
Mimn.o tis the lion of Fort Brewnof late. He
has atiemp ed to tamper with the authorities here,
but has utterly failed. They say that Mexico
wants none of the services pf: men who have already
betrayed the nation. The people are essentially
loyal and patriotic.
The Texas people are desirous of playing into
the hands of the- French. They are up for any
thing that will embarrass the United States, and"
flatter European monarchy, They are playing the
part of adventurers to the fullest extent.
A great many Texan rangers are coming here,
as they have been coming here for the last eighteen
months. Some are deserters, some liable to con
scription in the rebel sen-ice. but most of the 5,000
or «,000 who have passed throgh this place, were
cum (jelled to leave the State ip save their lives, be
cause our “mistaken Southern orelhren” suspected
them of being in heart, anddn tact, “citizens ot
the United States." Many who were skulking
from bill to hill, in the forests of Northern Texas,
seeking to gel out of the country, and only desirous
of-being let alone, have been trailed by assassin
and murdered outright. Ido not doubt that 2,600
nmnleis have been committed in two years in
Texas, every one of which' has.heen for a ispevted
sympathies for the old flag; but the new arrived
are all radicals—sill intend revenge.
Sixteen men from near Austin, only a week ago,
arrival here, and two of them (one a nephew ot
Gen. Hamihom) is on the way to New Orleans. —
There are hundreds of as good men in Texas as
there is ont of it. The Germans and thousands ot
Americans in TexMJH«<k9»k afl4 T«MW J(oaW
be loval if the reign of terror; was at an end.
Sufferings on Bragg’s Betreat.
A eoneSpowteiW of tfc Mobile iJapater writes on
the 7th from Bragg's camp near Chattanooga,
Tenn.. die billowing account of ihc sufferings on
dured bv the men during their retreat: The Ami;
of the Tennessee, ben. Braxton Bregg command
ing, has arrived thus far on its relieat from the ad
vancing amir of Ros crans, ■ After thirteen duv.-
of unparalleled suffering, consisting- of forced
marches, hard work, sleepless nights, drenching
rains. Imre foot walking over stony roads, hunger,
famine, heat by day end cold by night, we have
succeeded in escaping from the terrible Yankees.:
and put as a peace-maker between them and us th
surging current of the deep, wide and majestic.
Tennessee. Here we rest our broken-down hodie.-
for a brief and hope to recuperate onr ex
hausted strength, and repair in some degree om
heavy losses in articles .of clothing and camp equi
|iagf. On the 26:h, abjnrf S) o’clock onr retrea
began. Our brigade dm not see the signal to re
treat, and was nearly ent oft", a targe force of th
enemv living abreast with us before we retired. —
We hastened on to Tullahpma and off.-red a haul
there, but the enemy declined it, and for fear or
being Hanked we retired to Chajtanooga.
Our sufferings have been awful, beyond descrip
tion: For seven consecutive days and nights w
laid wet feet and wet shoes, which were not one.
dry during the - entire week. Our clothes, 100
were wet all the time. The roads were horiibh-.
Without sleep, without adequate food, often with
out water, we marched, worked, stood in line oi
battle in mud and water, stood guard all the night,
and si ftered for thirteen days all that hnmanit;
could si ffer in the flesh. It is ended now, but i
will require weeks to restore us to our forme
morale, for we are greatly exasperated and demor
alized.
Our loss in baggage, clothing and camp equi
page, can never be repaired. None of us have hu :
one suit of clothes, and many are almost nuked.—
Nearly one-tenth of the army is barefooted. Th
singl- suit of clothes that the luckiest of us luiv.
are wet and fermenting with the aceumnlated rail
and sweat that have soaked them for thirteen days.
Morgan’s Men in their Proper Uni
form-
Columbus despatches annouuce-thc arrival then '
on Thursday of JohnMorgian and* wen tv-eight bi
his command. : They were immediately taken ti
the Ohio Penitentiary, where they will remain un
til further orders. Fourteen are commissioned and
fifteen are non-commissioned officers and privates.
They weie delivered over IpCapt. Motion by Gen
Mason, and put through the same mo ions as other
criminals—persons searcher!, hair and heard,:
shaved, liathed and did jn clean suits. Morgai
and Clukc submitted very quitely, but some of tin
younger thieves demurred bitterly, until told they
must submit. Morgan had his belt filled will
gold, greenbacks and Confederate notes. On,'
who had before broken his parole, refused to strip,
when it was <}one for him, duke begged for lit
moustache, but it was no go—it was razored.—
They will be compelled to submit to prison disci
pline, but confined apart from the convicts, ami
guarded day and night by military. One or two
talked about retaliation, but the Tula against speak-,
mg was instantly enforced.: A negro convict did
the bartering for the chivalty.
The prisoners seem not to hare been aware who'
disjiosiiion was to be made of them until they wen;
in sight of the prison. Some of them were ranch
downcast at the: prospect of serving an indefinite
term there, while oihers .were not at all affected,
but on the contrary were joking s with each o'her a>;
to what Trade they would learn. One fellow-who
was searched Had a watch concealed in bis panta
loons leg between the lining and the cloth. Quite
a number of them had money thus concealed.—
One prisoner had an old newspaper which, he said,;
was of no accmmt, and was only wanted by himit
place in his hats which was too huge. On unfold
ing it an excellent map of. Ohio was discovered, of
which he was, of course, deprived. The article
taken from the prisoners will lie. returned when
they are released.
Strange, Vert. —On. Saturday last, Robert
Kitlen, a drafted man in West When'field town
ship, Indiana county, went out to shoot squirrels;
He had noj proceeded far when he saw one op; a
tree: he says, “the'squirrel was silting an a knot
ot the hddy of the tree,” and in order to have a
(air shot at it, it was necessary ■ for him to get di-5
rectlv under the squirrel ami shoot straight up;
which bq did, apd strange to relate, the hall re
bounded b»cli,pusring through the brim of his hut,
nit'/ hikjoot. We did a not’ascertain whetherjt wa
off the Ktuirrel or the knot that the bullet rebounded
hack and injured Mr. Killen.
We also hear of a Mr. Tiger, of Montgomery
township, same county, who, since he was drafted,
cither fell on an ax, or an' ax fell on the fore-finger
of his tight hpnd, severing ii entirely, not cveti
leaving flesh ’enough for the surgeon to form a
“flap.”
Tub Drafted Colored Men, —All colored
men enrolled under the present draft are.- to lie
separated front the white conscriptsby Provqst
Marshals, and consolidated into the! nearest col
ored regiments or companies being organized in
the several States. Instructions to this eff.-ci
have been seat to the officers of Pennsylvania add
Rhode Island. Colored conscripts_in Pennsyl
vania, are to be rendezvoused at Philadelphia,
111 the tamp commanded by Col. Wagtier; id
O iio, at Camp - Delaware; in tthode: Island, a;
the camp .of the Firal Company Colored Heavy
Artillery; land and Uetcwisrei at Wash
ington. , Colored troops froth New York, it Is
thought will be rendezvoused!at Washington.
; Foray' '
jdklJnwiMlii. <d&<*«ap|rv in (ien. s, v .
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Agfrnttfepn the IB%*e JSrJohusonV,.,' ~
pieces „f
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Fail
Otar-forces consisted of 1,000 of Basse,'. 0
•mi t.lmO infantry, commando] b_r ■ 'ol, H lloi ]' t
andDith Ohio. Theydestroyedirailruad b -, '
over the Big Bhui at Canton, humed \v S
Bluff Station, hurried six miles of railroad ittu-i'
thie Jackson, New Orleans and Mississippi
Railroad. Five locomotives, fifty oars,
large manufactnring establishments and
buildings were destroyed. *
; The Dixie works were burned, and also one h
dred thousand feet of lumber at Canton, -p*
■;afeo destroyed two miles of traek, burned
■locomotives, twenty-five cars in 'he depot also,
a very large lot of cotton at Calhoun. Xhov
.homed the pontoon bridge on which John
crossed fflff division over Pearl river, destroy'
ferrv at Oram’s Mills, and horned several W,
on the milroad. I,?l '
: We captured about one han Ired prisoners ~
low is twenty killed an i wounded. T ievd o . “■
the propirtv distroyjd is x iimiinsj. T.i.-raii n ,
is complyly destroyed for forty miles. JohnC
army is fftiMWftligd and in fall retreat to Mend, ,
Mississippi is completely conquered, an j >
pie lor deliverance from SouiC
rule. 6eHe«ltlßtee)e ir stiff in pandit of th.. A,i
ing enemy towards Meridian.
ISP* One of the greatest curiosities of „ , llaii
kind we have ever sawn was r witnessed tj "
Qn while the
train was on its way to this place, one of thehr»v,-,
men discovered a young copperhead with s sn , ai
black snake about half swallowed; the,- evider
had had a fighti, the copperhead succeeded in ~
; lowing abont half of thetaacksnake when the ■;
ter commenced an attack on the inside of the co
pet-bead and succeeded in eating a hole clear throur
• him. We would venture to say that a similar n
■dance has seldom been seen.— Central Press, &
fe*te.
For Balia Mice, Roaches, Ants, Bed Bug,
Moths in Furs, Woollens, &c. Insect.*
on Flams, Fowls, Animals, &k.
Put op : n 26c, 60c. and $1 00 Box*'*, bottles,: ..i - f ;5 .,,
atHts6 ateesf r il jTifiLS, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS 5
“Only in fall ble remedies known.’’
“ Free from Poisons.*’
Not ftttUKi'rvns t*> the Human b’ar.iih '
*• Kata com-r out oTtheir holt? t*>
49“ in all large cities
49“ 8 ■ld'h y all DttuuoMr au-1 HeriiLeus evrrywum
49 IU BfcWAKK’!; jf all worthies* imUnlii-us.'
49 Be*that **■COSTA U'S' uame is uu each Box, Be
tail Klaak, befo e y«»u buy./
<9* AU<l esh
49E > rinci al Dep..t Broadway, N. Y
49* SwW bvG U . KKSBLER, Altoona, Ha
April 7. 1863.-6 m ♦
A JOINT 'RESOLUTION PUUH
SING CERTAIN AMENDMENTS T>» Tli*
M.vSTITCTION.
Be it rtuAetd bjf the Senate and U«ia, <•/ lirprf<rn:
•/ the CbiHimmweuUh of l\:nnsylrania in General Av*
•ly met, Tlmt the following be v>r»ij>,iv;
lie Cop*litnti>>n uf the CumiiiMiiwnilth. in hc'.ik,:,
with the p 4)viait>u*<*f the tenth aititle thereof:
There shull be an a«Mit onat Becthm b* the UhtA »m.
■f the Cunetitation, tu be ileaigu.ttrU ji» -*vtiu!i i..ur
•illown:
Section 4 Whenever any of the qualifi-l fi.vt ••• .
fliia Cuiiiinunwealth shall la*in any actual imhur> I-:'-
•unlet a reqpiaition Ch>nt the l*reoi<leut <>f the Cuited
r b.r authority of this Commonwealth, surh i-w-tnr- ,>
•xeiciaethe rijjht of sulTnieu in all electi- ns i.y tit- u
iietu*. under wucb regulation)* as are. or shall be. (>re»crfl -
•»y law. as fully as if they were prevnt at their u«uai ;<lki
•I eh-ction.
There shall be two additional -fctimw to the elf*
inicle «f the Coiistitmi**!:. u, b> desigualed ae
•igbt and nine, as follows:
Stcnoy 8. No bill shall be passed by N lbo
viitainih}; m re than one -übjeci. whieh -hall bp
•xpreesed In the tit.*, except appropriation bills.
jSbctior 9. No bill shall'be passed by the UcNi »;
rranting any powers, or privileges, hv any ci><*. *Vr-
intlibriftr to grant such powers, or piiyilegea. h** 1»”
may hemtft**r l»»*, conferred upon the oi.urt* "f it
monwealtb. .ItillN CESSN
Speaker of the House of Revrrifnt'.iy*
JOHN F.>EXNf.V.
Sj*ok-'T ■’/ :)‘ r
Office or the Secretary or the Communvui
II.AT.RISBt'RO. July 1«. I*’-'
fISSSTLVAMi 88.
I do hereby certify that th«* w-.
and annexed i- a fall. rru«- i 1 •
rect copy of the urigi al .1 >i:;: •
( skaj. Y lution of the General A—en.bl.'
y—' tied "A Jo »t Keseluth-n |m* •
cert tin Amendmen ? to tin-
lion.” a* the same U’hihjiu on fil*
this office.
In Testimony wher»*of. 1 haver.*”-'
set my hand, and rau«*ea lb**
the Secret**ry’s office b l*e a3i*>-i
-day and vear above wntte <.
KLI SUFKL*
Secretary of the Chninon^.-^
July 7^1863.“te.
ESTABLISHED 1700
PETKR LORILLAKI*.
Snuff <fe Tobacco
manufactuheh.
16 & 18, CHAMBERS ST.,
(Formerly 42 Chatham Bt., Sew York.}
would call the attention of Dealers to the article' •
manufacture, vis.:
BROWN SNUFF.
Mucab.iv. Ifeniiffroti. Fine It.ipp'- 1 - C..vr.c ‘c i
Pop) Virginia, tiachitnclw*. American
Gentleman, Copenlmp-n.
SNUFF.
. Scotch. liom*y ItcirJlSatCli- IliKll
‘ > sFre«h .Ili.pey|nS|pft»tcb. IHfb
' * To*<t. or- Scnteh.
*9* Attention is called to the great redaction «p p
if FimKJnt Ch«wing%n»l Smoking Tobaf<v*- vhrr ‘ :
be found of a superior quality.
TOBACCO.
SMOKING.—Long. No. 1. No. 2, Nos. 1 and - » 1W -
Qxaoolattai. 8. Jago, SpanHb, Canaster, Tnrki'b-
FINE CUT A. 1., or plain.
or Swort. Sweet Scented Oronorn. Tin Foil G'™";.,
N. B—A circular of pi ices will be sent on '
April 14. 68.-1 v.J _
I'ilE DXION_FOEEVEB
goodltewsi
Godfrey wolf would regwcg
to the Clt|tc*oB of .AlDwoa T
that he hae opened a ~ '
CLOTHINGETORE.
On Garner of ihin and CiroKne itrtd’
wberrbe will krep on band a larjte stock'd
clothing •‘OQuUtia* V»f- DKtfSa *'COAW. , p .
VIWTtf. OVERALLS, KNIT JACKETS. Ac.. * **
phit prtem.
HATS & caps:
I have a large anil v tried atock of bate ami ■
It will be to we advantage of all to namin'' if ■ - .
chasiiis: elsewhere. Also,* fi„e slock of ( enf V fcr: ri
lug goo to. »Och its shirts. collars. neck-ties baud
Su-pend'-ra; CUut««, Hosiery. *c. ,• ■>-
to sell, I-hare marked mj -
very lowest figures. nnd lee! confident that «*
sHtiefied pries usd qfusllty of my .-me*
Altooim.li IBC3.
\TOi ICE.—Whereas, LeUenlfff
iM tftfy'lu tbft BmMb if ALBKBT BKj» ‘ . f
Into ofAltooo*. Bfclr county* deC ?f* d * JL
tr»tbe»«b«?rtbrt-: ttunfM* »U 6 ;
:■!»» *UI *«•** nr* reGQMtitrd k» nwk* I*>t« *
and ifaino* havlofc cliMms or demand# tititoo' •**
the Mid decedent, will ro*k» known *p rL*BS
Uy to * AKT F Vxecom*
A] too mu July 28. 186^t
HENRY K. COSTAh
srii
- ******
raiBORE powp-pri
RRINTINe opnei
a*, in*. Within the past VH9 jew* “«*« court
«»t eaUWWuaant loth. way of nee
freu, Paper Gutter, Card Cotter. Kal
. ,!□* Card Power Pteea, and Urge Jievtpaprf
(a cat of which w* give aU>»e> wo are now
rd anything in the Uuo of printing or r
Aivic Mttd u> any nUbliduotKt in tke ’ tale
anally low. We call execute, on ehcrt m
rjtwieeof
Wedding. InelUUon, Visiting, tali A Buttnen
Circulars, Programme*,
NtAMWOtW PO»T«BB,BAUM|
iSiyL ass® k'InrFJ^KUSAe
pampbleta, Pay and Check I
BL.ANK BOQKP,
MANIFESTS, AWO BLAMM Of ALL «
«»• a<k (f a ttlaii teeUug «*«■•«* that »-
if! ere li»*. the opportunity.
iffiw ii LoWther’a building- tOWBJT «f Vhgipt.
wreets, opposite aßpetla>»»oaaP«ap.-a.
LOOA.I< ,I^'
Xbbl)kMT-~ City
Ist itut., contain
-.»; ihis’Wpn
rhe draft for this j>B
any*, wbenj-tho fW
n9 t M go. Thegreft ijibby whk* near!]
now riding jia the iclanatvj art^J^r
wiihontmdch iri«ho
while noth word U Mid about iniirfihitg.
wrong, then the other is also, for ifutta
hoy ekemp|ionmt idl, #sot 600.pad***
uie Isjpirtjits wrong a* #Boft fine. Bew
■semptions according ie the reasoning now i
must be wrong, because the matt who hap
mve some ailment which by law disquaiit
:or servioe,yetenable*hiiu to follow his t
at home, ran arouml electioneering, or tnnk
.ilical harangues at country schoolhouse
ought‘also to go. He is of for Voss use a
than the sound man,and yMbe -wry, Win**,
opiiuon, ongbt to be. shot at, hpraiate
will be of Bttle account. Again, if the
wrong, then onr whole system of
wrong also., Two men conrioted %0f
and sentenced to a line and payment of co
>o the amount of $100; the one pays (dp fi
other, havijng no money, goestqjail.
Now, if instead of all’this palavering id
inw, this talk were turned- into dpyising w
means to help poor raeri and others toward
ring substitutes, or if qnable to do so to
,ine, there, would be a great deal more c
sense exhibited titan there is. To rail aga
government, to throw obstacles in the wa,
laws, or to deride their authority, is hot ail
rebels, and extending the war. lan tin
classes then who are between 20 and 86 V
-ether by fives, or tens, or twenties, ralst
mon fond,, and agree that the proceeds sha
vided among those drafted dot of each bet
rest the ovet £5 blatherers against tbecon
act, get qp such papers and ask there to {
names and cash among yours, and jiertn
will, and.ijerbaps they won’t, .as there a
migtbty. liberal men among them—with oil
pie’s money.
TKANKaotviNO. —Thursday next, <stb
the day set apart by the president as
ihankgiving. We have much for whir
'hankful. The people of this region es
should be thankful that, while heavily ih
with rebel raids, they were spared such a vi
the consequences of which they can aloqe
hood and appreciate by visitng thelocalit;
dieted. Again we should be thankful that
overrule* all things so overruled the strife
tysbnrg as that the rebel army was disasttx
feated ami compelled to leave the loyal Sta
victoty crowned the arms of the Union ai
burg, Helena, Port Hudson, and the hem
Rosecrans in Eastern Tennessee, and nn
more before Charleston. And again we
be thankful for a plentiful harvest, no*
housed, atid fair prospects of the harvest
secured. Fet us all remember the soun
whence bur blessings come, and return to !
gratitude pf thankful hearts.
A sermpn appropriate to the occasiot
preached in the Methodist Church, at Ip*
by the R iv. Wm. B. Mills. i
Rev. Ullman will also hold service* in
theran Church at half-past 10 o’clock.
Loo.—The above Strang
Helong*' to a native pf Btirmah, who was c
to chjpjtianity under the labors of Dr. JT«
ofthsHrst Missionaries to thal land. Ji
pursuing a course of studies at the Baptist
sity,. at Lewisburg, Pai, preparatory to p
the gospel to his own people.' He is is *
eeasful add wimest student—soeakv the
language fluently, and ean converse an
3yp different oriental dialects.
Daring the vacation at the University
pones to make a tour westward, in order tt
acquainted with .our manners and habits,
a spirit of: missionary enterprise, and ai
fund* to aid him in his collegiate course.
He will visit this place, and lecture ne
day afternoon and evening. The aften
tore' will |w free to all who may wish to
At night he will appear in hi* native ccei
loctnre oo the manners and habits of
aocl some of their Gods I
th him. An admrttance fee
taradnlttabd 10 cents fbrchihJren will
»t night.: The place and hour will be di
tieed by haridbiUe, and from the varioas
the place.' Go see ami bear.
Hssmo.—A V CUmp M»tin
Church wilt be hekl 01
Broondj Biioiinghatn, Hunlmgdo
commenting ■on Friday August Uth
of Altoona, Uo&4«ytibtorg,
jputcr Hill andHwrtingdoo*
c^*ti fiWW charges* an cordWfr
,^l4
1863.
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