jSiiaa inftiae.
ALTOONA.
WEDNESfiAf; itJtJUSt 19, TScC
CV* We wivh bo ,better evidence of the
hopelesenewi and helplessness of the rebel
' caua« than the feet that gold is on the in
• rease awl script on tlie decrease in price,
in and Confederate bonds
rapidly declining in Europe, notwithstand
ing the tremdndour efforts of ihe leaders
on this side, and the sophistry of agents
on the other side qf the Atlantic, to pre
vent such of departing strength
and and sure approach
cy andrain.
WapgAypdd to this the decline on gold
states and the unabated de
maadifcr the five-twenty United States
bonds. Gold has been a pretty correct
theimometer of the state of |he country
during the entire rebellion. The darkest
days of the Bepuldic were those wherein
gold stood at 179 cent#. Ihe faith of the
most ardent Union men was then put to
the test. The credit of the Government
was shahen to its foundations and but a
few more notches gained by a set of unholy
would have driven the hope
ful tp ejeepair and, perhaps, undone ns for
ever. gut fortune favored the right and
the br&ve, gold tumbled, and hope revived,
and to-day the- precious metal is quoted
at 124 cents in New York, equal do about
120 cents here. The credit of the Gov
ernment is fully established, and its abili
ty to crush the rebellion clearly demon
strated, if there be no unnecessary delays.
If we .can place any reliance in the re
ports we receive from the South, the sol
diers in the Confederate army have no
hope of success, and are desertingat every
opportunity. The Confederacy is divided
by the opening of the Mississippi, conse
quently the soldiers now in the .Eastern
armies, who belong West of the river, no
longer havp any interest or heart in the
tight, but want to get home, it possible,
before their lives are sacrificed in what
they now discover tp be a fruitless under
taking.
We believe the end of the rebellion
close at hand, although the strokes which
are. to knock the life out of it may require
to be heavier and delivered faster than any
heretofore. The officers now at the head
of our armies are competent to the work
tieforc them. ®
The -WAKT—The news from Charles
ton, papers, is encourag
ing. Glen. Gilmore has now several pow
erful batteries in position bearing on Fort
. Sumter, and.report says that a breach has
beem.effffltod iu the side opposite the Imt-
rTfm whole fleet consisting of some
15 or 20 ironclads and gunboats are
pouring in a constant stream of shot and
shell All, officer; and privates, are san
guine of spepeas. Ere another issue, we
feelconfident -that we H'ill have news ot
the fall of .this stronghold and birthplace
of sedOMon. Gharlestpn will soon le in
..pusession of the Union forces and perpaps
the nmet effectual blow given the re
bellion.
Later accounts of heavier desertions from
the rebel army reach ns every da: - At
the rate the confederate army is being de
pleted Jhy,deletion apd the Union army
fillednpAgr the draft, there seems to be
hut adewmon'lhs more of rebellion - God
speed the good work and may peace soon
smile .upon pur land, and then, let our
neutral friends across the water beware.
We would not seek, a war with England
and Fjsnce, 4Htt Justice to ourselves, and
our standing «s a nation may demand
that theM pdiyers hc repaid for their Kind
ness tbtheUyuqn in Ute hour of its trial.
A Wuiias Dbaftep.—Jij the list of
drafted ; a township in. New York
State, appears Hie name of G race Bulif
son. the wife of Mr. Bulison, and
gave her opme With, or instead of, that ot
her husband. As the natne lias been
drawn from the wheel, it becomes a ques
tion, if this is so, whetbfer the husband
will not have to go in pitted of his wile.
Kchakge of PttisOKEßs. —It has been
ascertaiued, on equity .at the Bureau ot
the Coounissary General of prisoners, that
it is propose# to exchange 18,000 of the
parole# jgrugpers for i*n equal number the
Soos.Jw |b 4? , iMtfnging <«
ouranmeß.' It
the wi*t>f?eroenfrWp«ife**wl
A Strong [
There are different ways of putting any subject
Itefore the people. ' This has lieen speeinlly made
manifest by those who have written or s|miken on
Ihe Conscription act. The New Nork IforW has
its own manner .of - (Hilling it. Irsavs; “This
draft is the first-ever enfu eed iqion a free AngKt-
Snxon ptopJo,” liniit which same statement, if
mie. it follows that our fathent of 1812, oiirseh'es
of 1862, nqjj the ! Ri-bels who are now warriiig
against us have no claim to be a free "'Angltr-
Siixon tteojtle;’’ for it is tine that there was draw
ing during the lastiwur; that there was drafting
one year ago, and pint there has been a terribly
stringent scries of'drafts made by .1 ff-rsmt
Davis. Without it. tile K hel imnios would have
dwindled to nothing long ago.
(Jenit Smith made a speech in Albany a few
■lays since. Ho has also Ids way of putting the
Conscription law. : It is a strong way. “ Was
there ever anything so shameless as to see (teonle,
when Hehels in a. bis are stalking up to their vuty
doors, intent - on the disruption oftlteir country
and Ihe overthrow of its instiinlions, to see tltem
sneaking up to the Constitution and {string over
its provisions, that tnev may find some way by
which they can ronxliiul'oiuiltii avoid doing any
thing for its protection?" The venerable orator
has lost none of his former tsnver over thought and
language, if we imiy take this as a fair sample of
his present ability to use wools in order to tmike
his thoughts felt. :
PA
Some persons jgissibly will not agree wi.h him
when he says, *• Had there m;yer lieen an an|si
tripiic breast, tiicr6 never would have been a
question as to the constitutionality of this law."
But all must concede that his way of putting the
thing leaves no room to doubt the nature of hi
feelings towards the Rebellion, or the sincerity of
itis desirs to sec it put down thoroughly and speed -
ily. The way in which men choose to put it,
■ hough, will always.show unmistakably bow they
feel and what they wish for. Mr. Smith said and
evidently meant it all, “I would we were all one
idea men, in the whrk of putting down the Ke
bellion. I wonlil not allow any other idea l«
intetyiosc. *• J'hm ve should conquer—vunquei
sutedilt/ —compter grandly
The Washington correspondent of the Phila
delphia Inquir* r, under date of 16. h Aug. says.-
Mr. Wm. H. marks, who escaped from Lexing
ton, Va„ last week, saw in one body more than
one hundred deserters from Lee’s army, composed
of men frpjn North Carolina* Texas, Alabama,
Georgia and M’ssissippi regiments, going home
: hrough Rockbridge county, and the provost guard
was afraid to.opjiose them. Coming up the Viil
.ley he learned that four hundred or five hundred
men from different: regiments had left for home
with their arms, and a fight occurred near Snick
*r’s Fern' lietweeii these deserters and Stuart's
Cavalry,, in which the deserters routed the cavalry
and made off.
Both the Blue Ridge and the North M aintains
were full of Rebel deserters going home with their
arms, and so many passing had worn pathways
along the mountain sides. The general opinion
at Lexington and Stanton, among the ciliz ns and
soldiers, was that ;the Confederacy was “ played
out.” At Lexingfou the Keitel Conscription was
going on, and nil tjhe males between sixteen And
fortv-five were drafted.
There weie not many left fit for service, and
hesewvere leaving,a.- fast a» they could, or joining
he Provost Guard to escape going to the I field.-
Union scniinem va> rapidly developing itself and
if Union troops! were to occupy the Valley, the
ciiiz - ns generally,; would l>e found strongly fur the
Union. The Ixdiifar Lxington was, that Lee
finding the Rebel cause hopeless, had offered his
resignation, t.o escape and save his own neck, hut
Davis would not except v. Lee’s mam army wa>
at Orange Court House, encamped on the lower
•ide of the Rnpidan River. Ewell's Corps was a !
Gordonsriilc, and. it was rejiorted a portion of
Lee's tropjfi* had rpocenpied Frcdericksbii*g.
Th? Rebels suffered very much in the lute
tight with our cavalry at Brandy Station am! Cul
peper* ami were obliged to retire talow the Rapi
lan iu consequence. The only Hebei It oops in
lit* Valley, except; straggling bushwhackers, a e
ImbodcnV Cavahy, fwo small brigades, and nvo
batteries at StraSljurg.
How Grant Looks After His Soldiers
Immediately after Vicksburg had fallen a largo
number of steamboat* cleared from the northern
ports for that i>lace, and were in the habit -of
charging soldiers; going home on furlough from
fifteen to thirty dollars fare to Cairo. In refer
ence to this subject the Cleveland Herald says:
A, friend relates to ns that the steamer Hope
was compelled by Gen. Grant to disgorge its ill
gotten gains the; other day, under the following
circumstances Phis boat had about one thou
sand end-ted soldiers, and nearly two hundred-and
fifty officers, aboard, on .their way home on short
leave of absence, after the fatigues of their pro
tracted hut glorious campaign. The Captain of
the-Hope had charged these men and officers (tom
cn to tweny-fiye dollars apiece as fare to Cairo.
Just as the boat was about to push off from the
‘he wharf at Viekshjtig, an order came from Gen.
Grant requiring :lhe Captain to jwy hack td his
jjassengers all money received by him as fare, in
xcess of five dollars to, enlisted men, and seven
loilars to officers, or submit to imprisonment-for
iisubedienee and have his boat confiscated. The
order astonished the Captain, but the presence of
i guard rendered it useless to refuse, and so, amid
he shouts of the soldiers over Gen. G ant’s care
>f their he complied with as-good grace
as possible, and paid back the money. Our infor
mant, himself a .passenger on the Hope: was pres
■nt when Gen. G ant issued the order almve re
ferred to. The -General, when informed of the
imposhions pra til iced npon furloughed men and
officers by steaiinlioatmcn, was very indignant,—
"I wilj,teach them, if they need the lesson,"said
he General, “ that the men who have perilled their
lives to op-fl Mississippi- river for thoir benefit
cannot be imposed on with impunity.” f
Talking or Wan in Canada —The_ pcojile in
Canada appear to be in a bad w*y. Up|ier and
Gower Canada are at swords points ggiiin, and
separation is • talked of. -A' panic is under way
also touching the probability of a war- with; the
United States. The Kapncks and Bine Noses arc
convinced that the terrible Yankees intend; to
overrun and conquer their frdt.-n and sterile
•onntry. That un.-asy agitator, Thomas D’Ahchy
McGee, is out it) a lens' in whk-h he: imtemnly
warns the Canittians that the Yankees'are pre
paring for an invasion of Canada with an army
of one hundred thousand men. He wjjs ,that
there is a conceiitrafion of stores at Fdrtj Mon -
gotnery, Rouse’s Point, for an immense army, and
that he has positive information iof the hodtilein
rentions of thp, Washington ■ cabinet, .Of course
all this bosh is limply to keep the name of McGee
before the jieoplfe of the provinces, so that, .when
die kingdom bejpndkw arriyesdie may be one of
:he chief flunkeys to the new sovereign. It isjiro-
Imhlo that, as oijr civil war draws to a clhse, (here
will be intermittent war panics springing np : in
Canada. Onr unsettled controversies with Kng
iand. the exposed condition of the provinces, and
the assumed grepd of the Yankees, will all be in
citements id keep onr neighbor- .in constant fear
of an invasion,:with its attending scenes of deves
u ion, and suffering. r .
Sthanok Mepeorooxcal Fact.—A French pa
per, published A( a fashionable watering place, says,
wiring in the ;momh. of July:—‘-Af.er several
«e ksof suffocating heat, the temperature sudden
ly went down! ! On Thursday (no date given),
after a very coolijdar, the mercury went dtnvn during
he night to mapy degrees below **»., Exposed
lipcn was fni*-n jiiw as in the depth of- winter.—
Vege vhles sffa T& very considerably. * Such ran
Occurrence at bis penod of the year is so strange
that it onght to be recorded.”
[Way of Putting It
Interesting Statement
The New Ironsides
Ev< rv report from tiie tieet before Charleston
speaks highly of the great iron-clad trigale New
1.-oumiKs, which has thus far taken n leading part
in the operations of Admiral Dablgren. Attempts
have been made, in New York and elsewhere, to
disparage this ship, because die happens to have
been built in Philadelphia: bur she is vindicating
herself, and in ihe language of a hue letter to the
//pm/d from Morris Island. “when once brought
imo position, she is worth the fleet „of Monitors
here/* Her plating has hithcnoWen proof against
the heaviest guns of the rebel-am! her own but
teries of he*vv guns iiave done more damage to
the rebel works than ai! rlie rest of the fleet pur
together. She is under command of Commodore
Siephen C. Rowan, *in officer who will test all her
powers of otf slice as well as defence. Tae New
Ironsides is ths largest ironclad; ship built for our
navy. But Though, thus an exp ;rimmini craft,
sttch'.good judgment was exercised in planning her,
and the contractors, Messrs. Merrick & Sondid
their work so well ami >o faithfully, that she has
proved a splendid success. The triumph of the
first-Monitor over the Merrimac set the country
Monitor-mad, and the building-of Monitors was
clamored for everywhere. We do nor mean to ds
parage those vessels; bnt they carry but two guns
each, and in several eases one or both of these have
become disabled or has hurst, which makes the
vessel useless. It a half dozen iron-clad ships of
the style of the New Ironsides had been built, they
would have probably done the work which the
Monitors have failed to do. Unless some unfortu
nate accident. to the New Ironsides occurs, wc.diall
expect to see tins splendid war vessel take the
princi{*al part in the conclusion, as she has already
done in the beginning, of the naval work before
Charleston.— BuiJetin.
An Ohio Catholic Bishop on the Riots \
Tl»e Cleveland Herald says: Bishop Rappel
praehed in the cathedral on tl\e s ihjec: of
the riots in New York. He was unsparing in hii- ;
ter denunciations of the mob that bad comm it usd
such outrages. He wanted bis bearers against
any act that tended in any degree to provoke such,
scenes here. He said that the laws must be obeyed, j
and the conscription law must be quietly submitted \
•o among the rest. He urged flic. members of his ;
Hock to attend strictly to their business* and not
even todUcuss the question of the dralt. If any
of them were drafted am! could not procure ex- !
ctnption, they must do their duty to their country I
as soldiers. 1
If the drafted man was poor* and no provision ;
was made by the cry or county for the relief of bis
family, they should be cared for by the Church.
He warned them no; to ill-treat the colored
people. A colored man has as much right-to live
and to labor for his living as a white man had, and
their rights must be respected. It was cowardlv i
ami sinful to molest those people because their :
*kin was of a different color.
He also spokr* against the practice of demanding
extortionate wages. It was wrong and wicked to
export from their employers more than the fair
price of their labor.
finally* he warned them not to provoke breach
of the peace in any manner.'*
A Sußa-mims Hkfuskd —Tin Gfcensburg lie
ftuLiuxm tells the following :
A man in this routin', he nameless,
was drafted. His wife was sorely distressed at the
hare idea of parting, and was vainly endeavoring
to invent some excuse for getting him exempted,
when a knock was heaVd at ner'door. On opening
;he door she fount* rather a rough looking chap,
who accosted her. thus: “Madam, I hear your
husband lias been dratted." ** Yes. sv," site re
plied, “he lias: hut goodness knows how 1 am to
spare him.” “Well, ma'am, I've come to Uf r
my services as a substitute for him.’* “A u'ho.t f"
asked the now excited lady. “I wish to rake his
place,” answered the man. “ You —you take the
place of my Jiushand, you vagabond ! I'll teach you
to insult a pour lone woman in distress, you mean
dirty wretch," cried the prusjieetive widow, aerom
paming her remarks with a discharge of dirty
water at the head of the astonished substitute, who
tied hastily down the sairs, just in time to escape
the pail which iollmved the tVater. The lust heard
of him he was living at u double qtick to parts un
known lather than venture again to offer hi? ser
vices as a ‘•substitute.”
1)1.8 UK RATI. Flf, UTINGpM 1 11 INDIANS.— TiIe war
Department on Saturday received the following
dispatches ;— Milwaukee, August 16. IfjCS
Tile following dispatch from General Sibley, dated
Aug, i ih. isjust received; “We lift,l three desperate
engagements nil. two thousand two hundred
Sioux warriors, in each of which they were routed,
and finally driven across tin- Missouri river, wiih
ihe loss of ull their subsistence, &c. Onr loss was
small, whiltaat least one hundred and fifty of the
savages were killed and wounded. Forty-six
bodies have been found.
(Signed) “ F. SI BLEY. Brig. General. "
General Stitley marched from Fort Pierre for
the Big Bend of the Missoni i, on the 20th of July,
with one thousand two hundred cavalry, and wili
doubtless intercept the flying Sioux. Little Crow,
the principal chief and instigator of the Indian
hostilities, has been killed, and his son captured.
The Indian hostilities east of, the Missouri river
may be considered at an end.
(Signed) JOHN POPE, Major General
Bitten ut a Rattlesnake.—On Wednesday
night J. A. MeKnight, of Liverpool. Perrv coun
ty', was dangerously bitten in Harrisburg by a rat
tlesnake, under the following circumstances; He
had captured his snakeship over in Perry county,
and had caged him in a box which had. a small
circular opening in the lop, ovet which he placed
a piece of glass. In tfits he brought the snake to
Harrisburg, nti.l exhibited him to his friends ns a
curiosity, the reptile iieing a very large one.—
While earning Ihe box along market s.reet, about
ten o’clock that night, the glass was broken by
some means, and the reptile contriving to get out
his bend; bit Mr. MeKnight on the hand. HU.
hand commenced swelling, and although the usual
remedies were procured he was at last a 'conn's in
1 a precarious condition. The sitiike was despa cit
ed immediately after giving the bite. He mast
have been a patriarch among the rattlers, being
ornamented with fourteen mules,-which would in
dicate that his age amounted to seventeen years.
A Leak that Should be Stopped.—A New
berit despatch says that concurrent testimony con
tinually arriving there from Wilmington. N. C.,
es üblishes the fact that the enemy are daily «ceeiv
ing an immense amount ut supplies into that |>ori,
in spite of the blockade. Machinery of oil kinds,
locomotives, railroad iron, guns ot the heaviest
calibre, blankets, medicines, shoes, and everything
which the reliefs require, are daily faroiighc in by
the cargo, as if no blockade cxised at all. Officers
and crews are constantly leaving Wilmington for
Englnnd to man the privateers which are being
built there for the rebel navy.
Killed. — A youth mimed Michael Hughes,
font Wilmore, who Was engaged in battling or
loading bark near Portage Stu'ion, perished in a
tornado which passed up in the di ee.ion of O reason
on last Friday. Seeing the aijiroaching storm,
he and the teamster who was with him. sought
shelter under the pr. jeering end of a bark pile.—
The falling trees frightened the mi lies and the di i
ver sprang forth to secure them, when a tree with
a te rihte crash, fell across the end of the bark pile,
crushing and killing the above named lad. So
horribly wits he mangled, tnat in palling iff his
hoots, one of his legs came with it,—.Sentinel
Cheap—Substitutes for drafted men finely of
fer in Washingi' n city at iw low a price as one
hundred and seventy-five dollars. : One substitute,
called on to <w.;ar tnat he not a deserter, re
plied that lie could not do SO, as he had deserted
from the rebel anny. The olfMr warned him of
his danger if he should lie captured hv the rebels.
He coolly replied that they might hang him if they
caught him, and was received. '
Rebel Barbarity.
If any one desires to naui a cogent reason for i
the iswne of the l J res*i(lem’s late order for the pro- ij
tec,ion of nil cltuwea cf irooj*, he can find it in the I
subjoined- letter from Lie nr. Cole, of the Missis
sippi Marine Brigade (Union), to Ibe Chicago |
Po*t : i
“ The day af.er the battle of Milliken’s Bend,
in June last, the Marine Bigade landed some ten
miles''below the and attacked and routed
the guerillas who had been rejmlseri by our troops
and gunboats the day previous Major Hihlnud's
cavalry Imitalum of ibe Marine B igade followed
the rctreariug rclu*U lo Tensas Bayou, ami were
horrified at the finding of skidefuns of white offi
cers conmuding negro riginieuls, who hiu! bee’.i
captu.'ed hv the'rehds at Millikens’ R-nd. In
manv <‘ases these officers had been nailed Ij rhe
tree;* —md crucified; in this situation u fire was
built around the trees, ami they suffered slow
dr*«th from broiling. The charred and partially
burned limbs were still fastened to the stakes.—
O.her nmtances were noticed of charred skeletons
of officers which had been nailed to and the
slibs placed against a house which was set on fire
by the inhuman demons, the poor ButfWej**-4iav
ing been roasted alive; nothing was left bfit'char
red remains.’'
irieut. Cole adds the following .estiinony, in a
statement made to the St. Louis Jjeutomtt i
Negro priso* ens recaptured Loin the con
firmed these facts, which were amply corroborated
hv the bodies found as above described. The
negroes taken were-to be sold imo Slavery; while
the white officers were consumed by fire Lieut.
Cole holds himself responsible for the truth of the
statement ”
in the face of such statements it is rather un
blushing in Jiffjrson Davis or his newspaper or
gans to complain of Northern. 1 ‘ violations of the
rules of war.”
Affairs in Tennessee.
An intelligent gentleman, who basrecently'Been
a prisoner within Bnggs lines at Pulaski, in
forms rhe edi or of the Nashville Press that the
hatred of the Tennesseeans agaiiist the Missippi
ans was so hitter at Pulaski that when Gan. Van
Dorn was killed, people said on the streets of Pu
laski that they wanted his entire command served
in the same way. The people are deplorably des
titute of provisions. Government wagons go about
peddling off a few pounds of salt and sugar for a
few pounds of bacon. Most of their provisions and
stores are at Atlanta.. The wi hdtawal of B agg
fell wi h a crushing effect njjon the rebels. When
he left Tullahoma he had bnr fifteen thousand in
fantrv. This fact is well ascertained. The rebel
cavalry is being greatly weakened; when Forrest
left Shelbyville he hail but fif.een thousand soldiers
nil Onr informant states that before the
troops f.-ll back, changes were taking place among
the people in favor of the Union. They are fast
losing all confidence in the ability of the (south,
and concede that Tennessee is lost.
Scene in a Church in Indiana.
H. P. Tuttle, of Eiglesvllle, relates an occur
rcnce in a -church in Indiana. Several women
were in attendance rlircc week* ago, wearing the
secession badge* : On coming out of the church
ar noon a Miss Jumper remarked to an iniimate
fiend whose name was Dollarhidc, that she would
ap|)ear much letter in church without that butter
nut pin, whcreujmn Mis* Dollarhide drew a huge
di k and struck at her: hut the blow was warned
off. She then advanced and struck again. This
blow cut off ail the cords and nerves on the inside
of the left arm. She struck a third time, a part of
the dirk striking on the breast hone. At rhw mo
ment they were separated by the f tends of Miss
Jumper The preacher stood in the door, witness
ing the whole scene. When ii was over he swung
his hat and shouted ar the top of his voice, ‘three,
cheers for Miss l>ollarhidc.’ The next Sabbath
af er the above scene was enacted, t\vcn*y-two la
dies apjs*ai‘cd at church with pisiois and bowie
knives in th,eir l»oit.‘'
Gtx. Burnside UN Kentucky Loyalty
General Burnside imide a speech ai L •xiitgton on
Monday night Inst at the Phoenix Hotel, having
previously been serenaded. He slated that martial
law had been d.-elared in Kentucky preceding the
recent election in view ol the fact that an invad
ing foe was on iis 001 ders, and with a design to
give all loyal men a chance to east their suffrages
unmolested. Th e disloyal had no light to ap
proach the hallot-hox, and therefore have no right
to complain. He complimented Kentucky in a
highly Haltering manner, staling that he had
found it the most loyal State in his department;
and had s:o reported at Washington. He has
foanil more strictly loyal men here than in Ohio
or Indiana, though the latter was his birth place.
Colored Troops. —Over six thousand colored
troops tire now on Mortis Island, to be engaged in
the attack on Charleston. The reason why those
troops Ate concentrated there is that they liest
stand the climate, the diseases which affect the
white troops not usually attacking them. In the
hospital report of deaths, at Port Royal, for the
month of July, the names of six’y-six persons
were given. Of these, fifty-seven were white,
nven’y-six of whom died from typhoid fever; nine
were black, and died of wounds. The black sol
diers front M issachnsetts stand the climate just as
well as the negro Jkmth Carolina recruits.
During a divorce suit in London, the wife tes
tified that upon one occasion Iter husband put his
hand on her head, in the presence of her mother,
and cursed her. He said; “May you suffer such
agonies, both of body and mind, on your death
bed, that no one pmy Sl ay with yon, and that there
may tie no one to close your dead orbs.” Her moth
er said it was dreadful, anti that they* had better
separate. The Conn took a similar view, and re
lieved the woman of the brute’s name.
Temperance & Morality.
[From the CiUrch AdcocMe.
ANNUAL CIRCULAR OF • 1
Poverty, Ruin and Death,
Dealer* in Brandies, Hows, and Malt Liquors.
The above old and established firm again an
nounce to their old friends, and ns many new ones
as they can induce; td call upon them,' that they
still continue the trade of making drunkards, ma
niacs, bankutpts, beggars, widowed wives and fa
therless children at the old stand.
All this they will do, and more too, nt the short
■est notice and on the most reasonable terms.
Tne altove Si m would return their sincere thank
to their numerous and fast increasing customers,
and the whohyip|>ling )tart of the community, for
the extensive patronage they have had and tire
now receiving ; and they trust that the many proofs
now to be fennd in many communities of their suc
cess in making drunka-ds, &c.. will secure to them
the support of the n-yhiss-uoic= md-then-witt-do
us-qool-drinkers, as well as the occasional and
confirmed drunkard ; and they further trust that
the above proof will forever silence the advocates
of total abstinence,* those hitter and fatal enemies
of this long es.ahlialted trade. '
Poverty, ruin ami death would invite the spe
cial attention of dealers and drinkeis to their recent
article of Rifle Woiskey, made ftom. rotten edril.
anil strengthened with strychnine; is warrantcdjto
kill forty yards off-hand! Those who ate tired of
life will please bear the above in mind. They big
leave to assure the public and the balance of man
kind, that the articles in which they deal are the
most pleasant anil the most insidious poisons in
the known world, and they will warrant them cer
tain death in every ease, where the individual will
persevere in their use.
Poverty, Bam and Death place themselves un
der Obligations to make more miserable families,
corrupt public morals, cause more profanity, bhis-
phemv and obscenity, nun more constitutions,
send more persona to the poor-house, the prison,
the lunatic asylum, the gallows and the grave-yard,
than any other firm of. whatever name or occupa
tion in the world, ana they will do it with the
greatest dispatch.
Their article* to the novice >n d. inking may not
seem pleasant at first, hut a short trial will over
come all natural repugnance And to accomplish
this desirable and glorious end, it is on ly necessary
for the individual lo take a glass occasional!;. . tins
will soon overcome a arson’s natural distaste tot'
ir; and this quantity will soon prove insufficient to
gratify the craving appetite created by it—bus
creating a craving brandy, gin, rum or beer npjie
titc. and von will be prepared lo brave misery, tem
ttoral and eternal for miother yK:xs.
Your wife is apt to he meddlesome. Though
von inomised ttefore heaven to iovc, cherish alml 1 .
protect her, it is now your duly to neglect her. —
And though she should, by all her powers of love
try to win you onck, and though she should weep
and pray for you, pay no heed to her. And if her
pleadings prove annoying to yon, we will justify
yon in speaking in anger to her or even laying vi
olent hands upon her, for yon are drunk and there
fore more or less insunc and not responsible fur
vo tracts.
If our customers should neglect their own busi
ness for the purpose of unending to ours, their
children may my for bread and clothing. and in
cold weather, for fire to wn. m their cold and star
ving bodies, but our delirious jsiisons have
craz d your brain, these cries and meliorations
will effect upon you, and without a pang
of conscience you can see these little ones suffer < n
iu rags, starvation ami cold. What a blessed po
sition you now occupy! - •
Should a customer at any time leave off the use
of our wO-destroyiny jmixon, the state of his fam
ily will trouble his conscience if he has any ; but a
return to the neglected poison will silence all these
scruples. In short, the above firm will spare no
means to tiling the wives and children of their
customers to misery, degradation and poverty, and
d.ive to delirium and death as many of them as
the public good .may require. These wives and
dhildren are enemies to' our trade, and should he
got rid of.
Poverty, Huin and Death are constantly receiv
ing new sup,dies of these poisons, especially Rifle
-Whiskey, which we will sell liy the hogshead, bar
rels, gallon, quart, pint «r glass, so that all may
be uccunimoda.etl. None of our customers need
fear to call upon us lor supplies, as your bdng
drunk already will not d.-bar yon from obtaining
more. If you can make out to crawl up to our
counter widt a five eeiu piece in your hand wojivill
wait upon you with the greatest alacrity. Ami
further if you have no money, bring along sonic of
the actual coarse necessaries of lift—which things
your family so much need at home—bring them
along and we will take them in exchange for our
poisons. Ifihe above means fail; yon might, hv
keeping a close watch, bA' yonr. fingers upon
the pennies earned by yonr wife’s midnight toil,
with which she designed to purchase bread to keep
Iter’s anil yonr children's souls and bodies together.
Bring them along. ’‘Small favors thankfully re
ceived."
The above firm for the better aceomnuxliuion of
their numerous customers, and for the dispatch of
their business, have appointed a sufficient number
of active agents throughout the country in delight
ful places, such sus distill’ ties, taverns, saloons,
beer shops, groceries, &c. These places or stations
may be known by the riotous conduct, the gam
bling. obscene language, blasphemy, and the
squalid and fibby of customers who
congregate around them. For the satisfactory
manner iir which the above firm do their business,
they v.rfuld refer those interested in this matter to
the jails, work houses, houses of correction, luna
iie asylums, hospitals, penitentiaries, insolvent debt
ors. or the wives an i children of those whom the
above firm had the exq tisite pleasure of nuking
drunkards.
Ft;i thennorc. Poverty, Uuin and Deithwoufil
caution all dritm d.inkers and tipplers from giving
any heed to their wives, children or friends or ad
vocates of total abstinence, as these panics arc.the
great enemies of the son! and body destroying
business. Those wishing to see specimens of out
woi k .can lie accomimxbtted bv catling on out
agent.-, who will show them drunkards of all grades,
from the tippler to the bloated sot, at all hours of
the day, Sundays not excepted. Those wishing to
travel swiftly down the road of disgrace, poverty
and ruin, will please givens a call before embark
ing on any other road, as we will warrant quick
time, ami entire satisfaction. No missing connec
tions. Trains always on time.
U. H. BOLTON,
Acer Bethany, Pa., May 2oth, 1863.
SINGER & CO.’S
Letter “A” Family Sewing Machine.
W ITH ALL THE RECENT IMPROVEMENTS,
la -*- 1 ’ BEST »iiJ CHEAPEST ami MOKT BEAUTIFUL oi
sill Sewing Machines. Thi* Machine will sew anything
from the- running of a tuck in Tnrlolau to, Jhe making m
;m Ovei coat—anythin# from! Pilot or Beaver Chith. dowi.
to the softest Gauze or Tio-tJe. And is ever reftdt
to do it* wrk to perfection. It can PHI. hem, hind, ge.thei
tuck, quilt. ami Ima capacity lor a great variety of Ornn
mental work Thi- i» not the nly machine that can fcl
hem. hind, Ac. hut it will do ko better than any other M«
china. The letter •* A” Family Sewing Machine may b*
had in a great variety of cabinet cases. Tlie Folding Cam
which is m.w becoming eo popular, is, as its name imp!te*
"H'- that can bo folded into a bok, or ca*o, which, whej.
'bpeti. makes a beautiful, substanclal. and spacious tabb
fw tiie work to rest upon. The cases are of every ima
ginablo design—plain as the wood grew iu its native for
est. or as elaborately finished ni art can make them.
The Branch Offices are well supplied with Mlk*Tvist
Thread Necdl»*B. Oil etc. of the verj best quality.
Send for a copy of-SfNOKtt A CO.’S AaZETTE.”
I. M. SINGER & CO.,
458 Broadway, NT. Y.
PHILADELPHIA OFFICE—BIO CHESTNUT ST.
Mr. D. W, A. Uelfbfil, Merchant Tailor. Virginia Slreet
Agent in Altoona.
Altoona. Nov. 13, 1862. [i y r<
' LARGE SIZE
PHOTOGRAPHS
AND
AMBROTYPES,
Gilt and Rosewood Frames,
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS,
GA R TES-DE- VISITES,
ALL STYLES AND SIZES OF
■ CASES, AC.,
CLABAUGH’S BUILDING.
Julia Street, between Virginia. and Emma,
ALTOONA, PA.
ELIAS A. BONINE.
Ang. 4,’65-3UI.
\T O. ICE.—Whereas, Letters Testa men
’ ’«r.v t.. the Estate t-f ALBEKT BKoWN CLAKK,
wtt? of Altoona. Bhiir cniiiitj« ! Jlht.. deceased. having been
granted to the Bub«rrn>er: ihrrefbrts nil pe *o»s litdehlet*
h> e«t) are requ» , *te<rts.mnk'< immediate jmyim*nt
and those having claims or demands againxt the estate o.
the said decedent, will make feuuwn thenami* without d«*-
lß yj”, * MAUY F. CLARK*
Altoona. July «8. IRO3-6t - KxecntHx.
U AHDW ARE OF ALL oESolUP
tlous jut*? received am! for sale hy
IMfl .V. B. IIILBMA«
For Hits, Mire, lloni'lios, Ants. Bed Hugs,
Moths in Furs, Witoilens, &t\ 1- '
on Flams, Fowls, Animal-,
t*nt uf o Sso..»<h-. an-l *1 (.Hi Bust*. Iluttb*. ■,l Fi,„
$T* nu-J jfe >-JKt-s r r II I*rBLIC INSTi fTTIoVs
"lAniy inlull bit* kmmn “
'* Flrom P -la Mis "
Nitt i,. the Huniitij FnmiJv."
Kat« uut of their limw to ".lie.’'
££-£ »{.) Whoh fm'e in nil 1.-irp* cities
J®* S ‘hi by allDauioiST an.l RtruLBRS evt rvwlu-r
-!!I BMVAUI&!!! »f all worthless imitations'
that "COSTAH’S” name i« on each B«\. Bj*rk
aii't b‘lH*k, bt'fu p v<m buv,
tS-Ad.lfW ' UKNKY U. oktil
9*)' Priitci al 4-It Bnsulwav. N. Y.
*5- S"W by G W. K KSSLEU, Altoona. Pa.
Aoril 7 1803.-Om *,
SAPONIFIER,
*' OR
CONCENTRATED LVt,
THE FAMILY SOAP MAKER
Th« PUBLIC ar« cautioned attest the SPURIOUS
article* uf Ll’iS fm making aoap. Ac.- oi»w offered fm ej .i.
The only OKNUJNh end PATENTEDLYK i* that n..i P
‘VANtkACIUKV.NG
COMPANY, their tn»de-umik lor it being** SAlNjmkiki
OH OUNCENTIi TtD LYK.” The great SUCVKS* *.••
thi* article he* led unprincipled PARTIES to t-w U-av,.;
to IMITATE it, in violation of the Company* a PATtVfs
ALL MANUFACTURERS, BUYERS or SELLERS u
t-heee SPURIOUS LYKS, are hereby ijoiiiu-.»
that the COMPANY have employed
their ATTORNEYS. \
GEORQE HARDING, Esq., ot Phi!«*Jc|pfii a
imi WILLIAM BAKEWELL, Esq., of Pi ;l j >|r .'
AND THAT ALL M V \ LiKACTLItEUS. UsKKS, 01!
Op LYri. in violation of the rights
of the Cotppanj will be
at unco.
Tilt SAPOMFILR. or CONCENTRATED LYE, i.
tor sale by all DRUGGISTS, GROCERS AND
COUNTRY STORDS
- ISToWce!!
The Unit 'd States Circuit Court Western Di-trict u.
Weste/n District of I’emuylvunm. No. I of May Term in
IB6i in suit of the PENNSYLVANIA SALT MANUKA*'
HIRING COMPANY vs THOMAS 0. CHASE, decreed u
the Company, on November 15. 1562. the t..\< LUSIVfc
right grantvd by u patent owned hj them for the SAPuV
IFIEK. Patent dated October 21, 1856. Perpetual in.
junction awarded.
THE 1 ENNBYLVANIA
SALTMANUFA CTURING CO
OFFICKS:
127 Walnut Street, Philadelphia,
Pwt St. anti Duquesne Wav. Pittsburg.
[‘■A 111.. ItJ-jilr.
May 12; '62.
NKW FI HM.
HENRY TUCK. DAVID ETTIXGEK.
Ttk sense inkrs nee i.kavk
t«< inf-eui ti:-.- puMV tli’it U>--y mr> •.
|!«rr riff-j-!: ]> in tl.v
CLOTHING BUSIN r'Sb,
ni;<i wu! ! '*Ti! him* ;m ti:»* ■'ti.rul .r
-t:ck. cm Mi:in o ft w .
lintel AU«H*uri.
•ni.-y-ililV ,iUr- ••’lllijnfiu!*' (illd T'/t lli 't i
.V'> 702 Market Street, I'iih'uilelplna.
will 1 .!-' tlif-V will SO 11 fill klmU •.! !’i*i .• * V 1
items inr. >,!!.■( at the v**: v i , -i
Tht*y will lit- Hiiii’ 1;mI t*. tifl! *-it*- «.r«.-r rim uihiiv -»ihe-rr
from the fact that thev uiinuf.'.rt a;-:h* i;- nwii n:; i
iliu?* hbav the miinnfiivtunTr* ■ ‘ itUu. -. an.l ah d-jll* u*:
will Be w nunti d well
Auk. 4. IHKBIf
NOTICE. —Notice is hereby p r lvcn vital
thf f-iiIOW»UK resolution Wtc* Htji'jrt-il Ml a la r .f nift’-
niK HouV'i of Managers uf the* A'lloona Hall utfi
Market Company;—
That tut* instalment »•: u> par r-m. <ii;
fhe Htt»ck Hulvscribfd "h>r. b«* made payahh* on tuo in;
lay .if thf preedit month. (May uu'l that the lihlhkc.*
r*!B Huhrfcription In* m;uh* payable in monthly hndahii-nr
•f 10 per Ct-nf s-ach-oir’ thii 15th day of «*ach
month until thf wlmlr ani'-aut id paid in.
{Vrßofi.s wi«hiiiK to take stock * r thf company can --i 1
»?« nrcoQimo<htte<j. then* hemp n f«*w nhare* yet inn*..M.
Alt*»••!}», May 19th -tf. B F. Ko**K. T
ESTUAY— CAMK TO THK RK>l
deuce «»f the «ub •('riber., residing
n Allegheny towmdiip. Blair county, on
'he tun (lav of May, 1*63. h HEIFKEH, |
bout four yean* old, white and redcolor
rather mixed, white WUv. moftkod i r lfl innm
he left-ear by a slit and a pb ce cut ont^* -
•f the lower part—has a calf about two weeks uiu. Ti»e
♦writer i* requested to come forward, prove property, }»*'•
■lmrgen uml take her away. otherwise she will be ;I
if according to law.
July 28 1863-31.*
irALUABLE PROPERTY I-(IIISALK
T The pubscriher offer* at Private Sale £__c
i valuah]** property, situate mt Branch St. JgSßtl*
last Altoona, immediately mmu«ite thfoH B I llw
Machine Simp*. - -i HfefltfgJK
I'he !h»u*« in well built and nearlv new
tud contain* 1
Fifteen Uooms with Goo.i Cellars
It i* calculated for HIRES FAMILIES, and at thenioet
reaaoruilde terms will hrloic $Ai per nmrrrh rent. There !«
i well of good water in the vard. Term* ea*y.
Apply to MICIIAEL WYKOUGti: bn the
to JAMES KEARNEY, at hi store, in iviut Altoona.
July 28. 1863-tf.
SUPERIOR STOCK- OF J IQLUIiS
-JOHN II SRITCHKV U u« able t« offer tc
their cn>{uiiiers amt the public at large, a stuck of
itnrest lujaurs ever hrunght iuto this market, c.m;p:
•it part Inn tbibiwlng varieties
WHISKY—IKISII, SCOTCH, OLD BOURBON
1 WINK—POUT. SHERRY, OLD M \DEIUA.
ITARjP. DOPEY A CO. PALE BRANDY.
These liqimrs can all be warnmted; ami in ari iitiun t >
these. FRITC'I I Y has or hand a large variety uf Wine.
Wirsky and Bramlv. to which they invite the partied*”
attention of the pnhllc.
A 1 oona. May Id IRR3.
MAOKKUKL— NOS 1, 2. AND 3,
in a)I slziti packMjrPs new. an«i each package
wariented. jtnat received and for tale low by
pOAL 0 I,!—\ NO. 1 COAL OIL
Just received and for sale, at 48 cents per pal! i» K v
V PBlTt-HfcV.
Bli iO.MS BIiUSIIhS i UDS AM-
Basket* of all tl» scrintiona, Qualities ami 1 rlo** far
*ale by r ■ ■ * * FK ITCHBY
JLRdISY PLAIN HAMS y SHOO--
BKllSfJust received ami for sale by
FIMTCH^V
BOSTON CIiVCKEKS—A l,AKtit
supply of these iltiliciuus cracker* jn*t }«*■'»*»*'■'•
uni for sal;..by KKITCIIKV
E-VMJA IA >ll ),X Pl,ulK, IP"' 1
the > ove. j»lMuy« tut baud and. fur «ab* ’** J‘ ,v *
•is the lowest by . F|fITCIIEY.
COKFEKS SrGAR-5. AND SYUl'i*
of IUI grades, and at returnable price". f«r sale I'”
: ' FRiTTir v.
FRESH BUTTER & EGO* K.V KltY
Thursday, for sale by FKITCHKY. _
WORR ELL’S PR KPAH E D (’OFFKE
V? ju.t rrodval and fur wtV l»y , yniTTHl’^-
FRl'J’U HK\’S NKW STOKE, comer
vrCmullue miU Virginia SU.
Iv h
i ■
NANCY HIT*AN
FKITCIIO'
ptflflua Mhm,
n iM « r«fwn wtoms Pw»" ;
Ti UBJNE POWER-PRES
tc
PRINTING OFFICE.
. U) & within two yeni' - . matin' consitWahlc
f," tooiir *stahli*l«p**«»t In the w£y >.f urw fsucy
>' Pr****. P«rf»**r Cirt*-r. O.nl Cutter. Kttlmtc .Mi*
' * P-> Wt ‘ r NvWi*prtJrt*r
" V *icirt“f whicH \f «* givh ;ilr.jve; «owp?viwvr<n
aiiythfuK th M Hiic «»r ruling U
■ # *l eouil to «wy • oulrblsahuun t in tb«* Ule. umla
low. • W«> vxvcutc. t«w short uotic*. at
' t ,jjfntoWuuiou* Visiting, Ball* Business C*rds
Oironlarst -
If 09TER3, SALE BILLS,
IJHLt '
Pain phletS, Pay and' Check Boll*
blank hooks.
4 *nif<sT9, and blanks of all kinds
~ wt a . (rwl. feeling conflH.nt tint wc crut giv
liibcth") W ’** h “t" th* oppurtonlljj.
3 '«,>■ 1 1 Luothi-r'a balMii-g. corner «f Vlrgiok »u<l Ar
opposite (MB e.
LOCAL ITEAdIS.
An lok House —We believe there are a pea
i;anv families and businem. pfatcfs ta Aitoona fhai
vouid make use of ice during the summer months
divided they could got it regidarlv every monr
in each quantities os they might require, am.
.. reasonable price. In fact, ice is adesidera
;,u, intho way of preserving fresh meats arid veg
■iaides in a healthy state, that' no one would forego,
aiild the price be brought down to a tkir figure, and
imnv would use it more extensively than they now
i„ at the present tariff.. The beet way we know
„• to secure a proper supply of ice for the town,
r vi to bring it to a priee which would enable me
lianics to purchase it, and the seller at the sami
miic to make money out of it. would he for norm
...i sm, or a company Of persons, to erect an ic*
muse large enough to hold the full amount requi
~j bv the town, and have it so u mange-1 that tht
-ire could he increased as the demand increased
I he objection which might be raisetl to investing
jiutal in such an enterprisers the difficult* in Sap
ming ice, which would have to lie brought front
uistiiiice upon the cays, and the rales of freight
i; ihe winter season are higher than in the s|iin
„er. But wo think this objection might he over
•me bvoihtaining special rates for the hauling'ot
■. few train iuads. While the Company might re
use such rates' on a few car loads, we think they
, .mid grant it where so large a quantity is to be
hipped. We hope some of our manic*) men win
uve on hand capital seeking investment, will fa
■liiiilv consider this matter and appropriate their
aphis change in a manner which will meet the
.sms of our citizens, and prove a source of revc
no to themselves. We might say more on the
uliject, hut our intention is merely to call alien -
...:ti to it, have it discussed, now while the want
: ihe luxury is felt, and he ready at any time to
u'lu on the enterprise. ,
From Jim Moobk. — A day or two since we re
lived a letter from that "guy boy," Jim Moore,
o-.v -.vith Cajft. Jno. M. Clnrk, in. eontjiany F, 2l!
i’s. Reserves. Jiicjs just ihe lively lad he was
■ lien he left us. although he has srieu about -as
much imttl service as any man in the army. H.
ins had the good, fortune to escape Rebel bullets
ims far, arid we hop*' he may see the light out anl
attain witu a whole skin. .Samuel B. Stewart, i
•nember of Cupt. Clarks company, who he lunge'
■i this neighborhood, was kitted at the buttle >■<
■etiyslmrg. The Fifth Army Gorjis, to which li:
■ 'a. Reserves are; attached, are encamped armina
liupliahannock Railroad Station.' Jim says th.i
>ne division of the First Corps is'over the Kappa
mnock, but they hug the bank very close, as tin
it bel infantry ciun]«,can plainly seen about i
idle and a half'distant. Buford’s caralry is do
ig picket duty between the two armies, i Severa
ontuon bridges have been thrown over the river,
• he in readiness for a quick movement of troo|*>
'tier over or hack. He says the Veather ha-:
«en very wamtidowii there making long marches
liter dangerous. On a march of eight miles, on
"■e Bth of August, many men gave out. In two
rigndes of the Reserves some 20,were sunstruck.
* 'if whom died| the same day. Jim thinks if
Bint he the h,avy draft up here that makes it
a down there, i Guess he's mistaken, as those
'ho have been Hit by the draft up here.' think it
dually as hot as the sun down there.
Tub Draft.—As noticed in onr lust i-stte, the
i; a(t for this Congressional district comes, off at
Huntingdon thii week, i-omntenciug with Hum
-gdon county, jwhich was to be yesterday
mil to-day. In the order of drawing Blair coun
■ comes last on the list, and the Ittcky recipients
- I ' tickets to Huntingdon, from this locality, wilt
lie announced until next Saturday. Between
■'is and that tiftie, how hope nml fear will chase
null other through the mintis of thane with
" ’he bounds oif 20 and 35 yearn, who have no
•’re misfortune* on which to claim exemption.—
' “ions-of “ stilts of bine,” with musket, cartridge
"x - knapsack and harersack actSdmpaoiraents. or
'■parting piles of “ greenbacks,” will disturb ihcit
''mted clumber. Fortune may send the tickets
’ ’liose roost able to answer the sginttrons, but it
' >' respecter of persons. From what we havi
n of drawings in other districts, we be|iirt-ever
j, done Curly. It strikes us that a very good
" a . v 10 exhibit' the fairness of the transaction and
'«’w that there has been no partiality shown am
10 skulking allowed, would be to allow those'dislrh-t
hat ask it to take a list of the names that remaii
j 1!l the box after the drawing. An examination o
[ ' ai 'h list would give satisfaction to all. >Ve thinl
j Wind Campbell would not refuse it. ,
lo Be Mciltkrkd Oct. —The meuibersot tb
•> P.|V, M., who were on detached dm
,n - e shops, ijj this place, have betel ordered t
’ re *' mcnt l which has returned from Fhiladel
r, f ~ R .*** B arn 4>arg. fur the purpose, it is presume
iiffl""' 1 "* must r d ®? t * j" <h erc a|ipeara to be n
Ber * n y titejessiry for keeping tliem in the set
ibw ywprtnl'ea- from this place, Caplin
, .' C **Wl iral Gardner, are attached to tb
vfe,? 1 ' WO expect them home tbfc wopi; an
v e (j welcome them, hot not half togjf*
tsi •*** o( nnr Wy readme, the long
{oa*l!L?Hfes fiW w>U thsubobroog;
•CtOtn.',n I
B i