Itltonaa iritomj. ALTOONA, PA. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 14, 1863. THE ELECTION. Below we give all the returns of the election, held yesterday, which have pas sed over the wires up to the hour at which we go to press, 1 o’clock A. M. They are ~ considerably after' the jug handle style, and indicate that Curtin has carried the State % 40,000 or 50,000 majority.— BLAIE COUNTY. Altoona, West ward, Woodward 12 maj.; E. Ward, Woodward 62 maj.; North Ward, Curtin 5 maj. Hollidaysbnrg, West Ward, Woodward 20 maj East Ward, Curtin 3 maj, Antis township, Curtin 177 maj. Allegheny township, Curtin 34 maj. Blair towhshift Woodward 3 maj. Catharine township, Curtin 24 maj. Freedom township, Curtin 33 maj. Franks!own township,' Curtin 173maj. Gaysport, 23 maj. for Woodward. Greenfield township, 36 maj. for Curtin. Logan township, 166 maj. for Curtin. Snyder township, 68 maj. for Curtin. Tyrone, 46 maj. for Curtin. N. Woodbeny tp., 34 maj. for Woodward. ALLEGHENY COUNTY. Wilkins tp, Curtin 339 maj, being a Union gain of 160 ovrf last year JUnion gain in Pebbles and Collins «tpe over last Governor’s election 49. Gain for Curtin in ten districts 400. Curtin’s maj. in Allegheny city is 1816—a gain of4oB over his rmy. in 1860. His maj. in Pitts- burgh is 1784—a gain of 403 since 1860. The county will give about 9,000 maj. for Curtin. JUNIATA COUNTY. Curtin has 96 maj in Delaware tp, six districts heard from Curtin gains 130 over Cochran’s vote of last year. Patterson Borough, Woodward 45 maj. Mifflin, Woodward 1 maj. PHILADELPHIA, Ist, 7th, 9tb, 10th, 13th, 14th and 16th Wards give Curtin 6367 may. 20th ward, Curtin 500 maj. 10th ward Curtin 1275 maj. 24th ward Curtin 400 maj. This is a democratic ward and is a large gain for Curtin. CAMBRIA COUNTY Curtin’s majority in Wilmore is 30—a gain of 15 over the vote of 1860. Washington tp, Wood ward 169, Curtin 139, Johnston, Curtin 169 maj. Conemangb, Woodward 136 maj. Millerville, Curtin 108 mqj. Cambria City—Woodward 163 maj; Union gain over last years vote in Johns ton, Conemaagh, Millerville and Cambria city, 176. Snmmerfaill tp, Woodward 30 maj. Union gain 12. MIFFLIN COUNTY. r 'Woodward 14 majority in Wayne tp, McVey town gives Woodward 5 maj. Oliver tp, Wood ward 36 maj. Bratton tp, Curtin 21 maj. W. Ward, Lewiitown, Curtin S 6 maj. Derry tp, Woodward 20 maj. Brown tp. Woodward 35 nuy. - WESTMORELAND COUNTY New Florence, Curtin 89, Woodward 88, a gun of 12 for Curtin over vote of 1860. Fair field tp. Curtin’s maj., 96, a gained 62 over Coch ran’s vote -last year. Latrobe, Curtin one maj., being a union gain of 16. Youngstown, Wood ward 88 ingj., a union gain of 3. North Hun tingdon tp., Curtin 74 maj. Greensbnrg Bor ough, Hemphill and Lndwick townships give Cur tin 81 maj. Deny tp., 29 mty. for Curtin, being a union gain of 19 . MISCELLANEOUS. ' Cmtin gains'l76 in Snnbny as .compared with his vote in 1860. Curtin gains 117 in Valley tp, Chester county, over his vote in 1860. Erie county gives Curtin 3000 majority'. New Brighton,' Beaver county, gives 300 maj. tor Curtin. The probable maj. for Woodward in West morland county is jBOO. Lancaster county gives abont 6,000 maj. for Curtin. Dauphin Coeixt. —Harrisburg gives Wood ward 82 maj. The county will give Curtin 120& 'maj, ‘ Pnsnr Codktv. —Newport borough, and Oliver, Howe and Miller tps. give Curtin 22 maj. Bar nett, for the Legislature, 20 maj. Returns -indicate that -Cnrtin will have 2500 nug. in Chester county—a gain of 800 over 1860. West dispatches from Johnstown place Wood ward’s majority in Cambria at B®. . Curtin's majority in Philadelphia will be about 9,000. FROM OHIO. The returns from this State indicate the election of Brongh, the Union candidate, by 40,000 migoi^ty. Prize Claims. —lt was wise that Con gress, at its last session, passed a law prohibiting speculators from buying up - the prise-claims of sailors. It is said that a single speculator of this hind bus in bis hands half a million of dollars worth of which he probably obtained ! ofsailonfbr fifty thousand. Under the pceeent law he cannot obtain a dollar of the departuteot, and should not. A heavy! lobby ildefest is growing up to secure the i repeal of the Jaw. As itnow is, the sailor; alwe obtainfi the money due him, and no ope ban cheat hi® out of it in advance. ■■ :1 ' ' ' Rebel Cavalry Confessed Inferior. The Richmond Whig, oif Oct. 2d, comes down in r the following style in reference to the superiority of the Federal cavalry over the boasted cavaliers of the Confed eracy: v A special dispatch, dated Orange Court House,' Sept. 22,1863, says; “A considerable cavalry fight occurred to-day, beginning near Madison Court House. Our forces fell bade some three or four miles.” Tree, in this instance, “we captured 70 Yankees,” and there may have been good reasons for “falling back.” But this tune of “ Our Cav alry Fell Back,” is becoming i too familiar in the Army of Northern Virginia. Nobody expects “our cavalry” how to do anything but fall back; Time was when Stnart’s cavalry was the pride of the country. It was never dreamed that the clum sey Yankees, unused to horseback, could rival, much less surpass it. But such is the lamentable fact. Since Kelly’s Ford, and the great review at Culpepper Court House for the benefit of the la- v dies, our cavalry has gone under, and we have been' forced to the shameful admission that Yankee tai lors and shoemakers on~ horseback are superior to the cavaliers of the South. Certainly the cavalry engagements of the last six months have ended with the same old songs, “ Our Cavalry Fell Back.” , The cause of this deterioration is unknown to us. It‘is alleged that the enemy’s horse is invari ably supported with artillery and infantry ; but this js denied by competent authority in regard to the most famous cavalry “fall back” of the war—that from Middlebnrg to Ashby’s Gap. But be that as it may, we alsohave artillety, comprising some of the best batteries in the service^connected with our cavalry, and the artillerists fight bravely—so much so, indeed, tliat their gnns are captured for want of support. If this painful state of things be not past cure, we suppose the commanding General will apply the necessaiy remedy without delay, else our cav alry will become a disgrace to the country and be scoffed at by the people os they now are by the in fantry. What makes our mortification over these i .Docent “failings back" tenfold more acute is the fact that the vast majority of the cavalry are Vir ginians. It has been long since we heard of any thing brilliant achieved by our cavalry-, and now would be a good time to give the country a pleas ant surprise. As apropos to this subject, we quote the following extracts from a letter to the Examiner, dated Abington, Va., detailing the results of operations in the vicinity of Bristol, Tenn.: , Straggling parties of our glorious cavalry, with out gnus, pistols or sabres, are now slowly wending their way to the front—a mighty good sign there is no dangerin that direction. They are the laugh ing stock of the women; but the farmers who be hold them tremble for their hogs and cornfields. At Bristol there was not a Confederate soldier, ex cept the flying cavalry, who inspired pity and con tempt rather than confidence. Under these cir cumstances, any resistance on the part of the citi zens would have been worse than useless, as, being hopeless, it could only have resulted in the certain destruction of the town. Had the Confederate authorities made any show of fight, the citizens, almost to a man, would have stood by them. Tim uninitiated may think that the panic at Bristol, and the desertion and destruction of prop erty there are new things—unusual circumstances. Not so, unfortunately. These same panics, mad flights of caVahy and Government officers, with their lamentable consequences, have occurred in hundreds of places where the Yankees have ap proached, but there has been no one to tell the dis graceful tale. Mqjor Annie E- Jones. Shortly after the Department of Washington was formed, there appeared at the headquarters'of General Stahl, a woman, or rather a girl, who gave her name as Annie E. Jones, and wfro pro fessed to have just emerged from a boarding school in the good city, of Boston. She was a flippant talker, and ingratiated herself into the favor of the general, and recived an honorary ap pointment as a member of his staff, and rejoiced in the subrjqnet of “major,” and, as “Major Jones,” became on institution in the army. She eat with the general, rode with the general on all his hazardous forays, chatted with the general, nursed the general when he was sick, fought the general’s battles when she heard him aspersed bv jealous understrappers, and when night drew the starry flog over the heavens, she slept with her beloved colored maid in the neat little , tent which the general had assigned to her. She thus lived and florished. Her orders were wont to be obeyed, because she was recognized as a staff offi cer. She always had the countersign, and could pass the pickets at pleasure. She was said to be a girl of great dash and daring, and would fre quently. venture out beyond our out-poats and for days, watch! the movements of the enemy, and bring in whole budgets of information from the rebel camps as proof of her shrewdness. Evety one new Major Jonesj officers would doff their ' hats, and privates would stand at a full “ present” as she rode by in military" femenine dignity.— The visiting officers from other, commands were introduced to Annie and admired her, and she reigned supreme as the “ she major of cav alry.” When General Hooker marched into Maryland, and Stahl was -relieved, Miss Major Annie joined her fortunes with the young and gallant Custer, with whom she remained, retaining her rank and title, until a general order from headquarters rendered it necessary for him to despehse with her valuable services, and the major was compelled : to search for a field of usefulness elsewhere. For a few days she wandered about the catmts, havjng no paitiediar abiding place until Colonel Sharp, then acting jprovdst marshal general, thought the in terest of the services required that she should he removed to Washington. Accordingly a pass was granted her to travel as far as the military railroad would carry her. and a sergeant of the 93d New York was detailed to accompany her, to guard against any accident on the way. Arriving at Washington she stopped, at the Kirkwood House, where I met her sonic two weeks ago. I was then cn route for New York, whether site said she was going iti the same traiq which was to convey me. She left New York the next day, since which time I had not seen or heard from her until yesterday, when I learned shd had again visited the army, and after perambulating abont the camps had been brought up at Gpn., Patrick’s guard house, charged with be ing a rebel spy, and it is said the proofs against her are most conclusive. Foreigners in the United States.— It appears by census tables (not yet prin ted) that Ithe entire population of the Uni ted States, bom in foreign countries, was in round numbers, in 1860, four millions one hundred and thirty.gix thousand.— This aggregate was distributed in States and territories, in round numbers, as fol lows: Alabama, 12,000; Arkansas, 4,000; California, 146,000; Connecticut, 80,000; Delaware, 9,'b00; Florida, 3,000; Georgia, 11,000; Illinois, 324,000; Indiana, 118,000; lowa, 106,000; Kansas, 12,000; Kentucky, 59,000; Louisiana, 81,000; Maine, 37,- 000; Maryland, 77,000; Massachusetts, 260,000; Michigan, 149,000; Minnesota, 68,000; Missis sippi, 8,000.; Missouri, 190,000; New Hampshire 20,000; Ngiv Jersey, 122,000; New York, 998,- 000; North! Carolina, 3,000; Ohio, 328,000;-Ore gon, 5,000; Pennsylvania, 430,000; Rhode Is land, 37,000; South Carolina, 10,000; Tennes see, 20,000 ; Texas, 47,000; Vermont, 32,000; Virginia, 86,000; Wisconsin, 276,000; Colorado, 8,000; Dacotah, 2,000; District of Columbia, 12,000; Nebraska, 6,000; Nevada, 2,000; New Mexico, 6,000; Utah, 12,000; Washington Ter ritory, 8,000. Letter from “ August Sontag.” Niagara Falls, Oct. 12, 1863. Siriotis had ascended the Eastern hills'- and' dawned upon ns, the the temporary residents -of the “-Forrest City,” with a new lustre, while breakfasting at the “ Angier House,” and contem plating an eight mile drive along the baric of the lake, via Enclid street. Breakfast was disposed of in the manner characteristic of a Mohamoden going to prayer—on a “ double quick"—and then little “ Blossom” donned the Solferina Garabaldi, with her shawl of the Stewart Tartan, while Son tag assumes the garb of the “ Grand Sultan,” and drew the reins upon a grey-matched team that would do honor to a Penn’a E. E. Fast Line on a down grade. visited the Hon. T. W. Morse, escorted bv his son, Thed. G. Morse, and his kind and most estimable lady, with whom we have whiled away so many pleasant afternoons in the city of “ Brotherly Love,” and around whose family board we hope to see the “ olive branch” cluster. T W. Morse owns one of the largest vinyards in the Northwest. He grows, annually, from 40 to 80 tons of grapes, and manufactures Catawba wine which competes with the best brands of Cincin nati wines, or even the famous “ Heidsick.” His enclosure contains 200 acres, which is beantifully laid out with ■ mounds, arbors and serpentine walks, decorated with evergreens, and a residence in the centre that excels any mansion to be found in the East, in point of architecture and location. We heartily endorse the opinion of our little “ Blossom” when she says ‘‘ it is the Eden of America,” and concludes by asserting that she ‘•would not be at all surprised if Sontag would be completely captivated by the grandeur of the suburbs of the ‘‘Forest City,” and come here, sometime, not far distant, to live out his three score and ten years with she and little “ Sun shine.” We now, very reluctantly, bid adieu to this pleasant family and returned to the city by wav of the late Commodore Foote’s plantation, where his brother still resides, just in time to step on board the good steamer “ Morning Star,” the evening boat for Detroit, The bells are ringing, passen gers hurrying up the gaug-plank, luggage being wheeled and trundled on board at the forward gang-way, and the promenade deck was thickly enough scattered over with temporary residents to indicate that come sunshine or-storm, moonlight or thick heavy set darkness, the lake is to have a host of admiring travelers skimming over her broad bosom. The ‘‘calliope” is sounding—that singing tea-kettle of the Titans—that mad giant of music—playing polkas, schottisches and waltzes with the'nimble grace that a polar bear may be supposed to exhibit while dancing to such musical compositions. Back on the promenade the music of a harp is tingling, and marvellously well-han dled, sounding the preparatory notes indicative of promenade music while on the passage ovar the lake. “All aboard! In with the gang-plank!’ shouts the Captain, who is a modern Fallstaff in person and somewhatAjf a wag, and we arc off, narrowly missing a barge that comes in at the wrong moment, and that seems to have had an idea of trying conclusions with the steamer, but thought better of it. Only a few turns of the wheel and the North-west wind comes up' freshly, and there is occasion for drawing our cloaks and wrappers close around us to shut out the cool breeze, for the boat is springing at once into a flying speed. We feel somewhat anxious to as certain the age of this steamer, but it being an impertinent question to ask in regard to a ladv, it may also be considered impertinent concerning a steamboat, so we will, at present, defer the ques tion ; but in the event ot this boat blowing up an occurrence which we do not for a moment an ticipate—would I ever be able to obtain the for giveness of my devoted “Blossom,” or that of merry “ Sunshine” for my timidity ? Quiet and almost complete loneliness are some times necessities to him who would study the language of the waters, and drink in their sooth ing and sublime influences, yet we prefer our present situation, for isolation is always tiresome as its opposite. The glimpse of a sail vanishing into the distance, and the sensation it causes, is yet more sad and lonely than utter isolation.— Then we think of separation 'from friends and associations, long absence and the hope of return, and the thousands who watch to catch the lust glimpse of the white sale as it speeds away, car rying with it the dearest ties of earth, and vanishes into the darkness of the deep. We remember with what perfect fascination we once hung upon the lips of a friend while he related the incidents of a day he had spent upon the rock-bound coast of Terra del Fnego. He had loft the boat, in which he landed with his companions, miles away, and wondered on alone until he stood where' no human foot had ever before pressed, with the bleak, bare rocks rising three thousand feet above him, a narrow ledge a few feet from the water upon which lie kept bis perilous footing, a cove of rocks curving around for a mile at his side, with the heavy surge beating around them with a thunder like the basso of an organ upon which the hand of omnipotence hud played since the dawn of time. As we glide around, the bow of what was a 'stout vessel comes to view, with the waves placing upon it ns if in triumph over the wreck they had made months ago. All else of the vessel is hurried in the treacherous sand. A fallen war rior on a battle-field is scarcely a sadder sight than a broken wreck on shore. 'There is the same suggestion of broken pride and ruined strenth— the same reminder of a conflict long sustained but given up at last. We feel the same grief ! over wasted capabilities—the same hopeless pitv : when we know that they cannot be revived and I fill ttyeir plaaes'as of old; and: the man who can pass a shiveied wreck, with the waves heating over it in cruel mockety, and plank after plank swept away by succeeding storms, and fee! no sensation Of sorrow, is heartless, and we should not care to trust him with a hold of the heart strings of those we love, nor wish him a watcher bv our bedside when we die. r , Daylight has. gradually faded while we have been musing upon the wreck and the fatal shore, knd when we look again the waves on the horizon and the skv are almost blended into one. It does not grow dark, however, for the stars come out i one bjf one, and as the night has fairly set in, little “Bldssom," who has thrown hey arms affection ately around ray neck, points ont a thousand white. Spectres that start into being and ride in on their* ghostly coursers, glimmering through; the gloom with a strange wierd beauty, add then shatter into thin air With the shock of .their coming. How naturally the grand and romantic grows upon ns here, Al| tjiat history has known of the glorious ■ and fascinating—all that has been romantic of our i past lives—come back to us. - Our conversation | loses die frivolity of common librand settles into ! a deeper channel. We gather the hues that be- I longed to earlier youth from the winds that have scattered them over a thousand waste places, and they dwell with us for the time, as bright as if they had not faded. And to all this the deep-voiced hike makes undertone, ever harmonious, ever grateful, and the evening freeze bears pleasantly away— where? we neither ask or know. ' ■ r Bnt another change is coming, the sky that has , for some time been so blent with the color of the lake, grows light now, and the dark line looms up almost against it, the stars grow pale as the blue of the sky is tinged with silver, and we know that the moon is coming. Nearer comes the light, and the gloom on the water lightens ip the re flection of the silver sky, and the glare dies out beneath it. A little longer and the whole broad lake lies calm beneath the flood of light, bathed in the liquid beauty that belongs to that place and hour. Then comes fitful phosphorescent gleams from the water, and starry eyes, as if myriads of water spirits sparkle up to ns. Then the white rider of the wave of an hour before, becomes clothed in a harness of gold. Calmed by that glorious light, soothed by the gentle mnrmur of the waves, shut out from all the world, and all at peace, what wonder that the sweetest slumber of a lifetime descends upon us, as we sink away to rest with these thoughts lingering on our minds and sealing our lips in a delicious silence. Six o’clock, and we are landed in Detroit, i a beautiful city which presents many attractions ito strangers whether on pleasure or on business..— The streets are well paved, and shade on each side—not unlike our famous “ Quaker City with elegant and handsome dwellings, cottage style; and on Fort street the gothic residences! Gen. Cass can be seen. The General is now well advanced in years and we notice that he has dis posed of his congress wig, which adds much to his personal appearance. He has, for some years, turned his attention to collecting specimens of the fine arts, which have already cost him more than $lOO,OOO. One of his most costly specimens of sculpture represents Venus, and was originally taken from the ruins of Pompeii. As a general thing we are well pleased with Detroit. We will not tire your patience, dear reader, with a des cription of our return over the lake, or say much in regard to the lake shore route from Cleveland to Buffalo, only that it is well managed and the conductors are kind and gentlemanly, and speedy in their attention to passengers. “ 1, that should have been Niagara, am Buffalo!” quotes “Sunshine” of the name of the city, as she goes to bed, after horrifying the guests at the American Hotel with a series of performances on a valetudinarian piano. But she had quite for gotten Curtis’ fancy of why the waves moan so heavily against the break-waters at the mouth of the harbor, when her morning namesake breaks brightly over the wide streets of the town, and she sallies out, dragging lazy Sontag with her, very much after the manner of Dickens’ little human steamtug “ Pancks,” for a few moments view of the harbor and the commercial part of the town, before nine o’clock sounds and the train on the Central Hoad steams away toward Niagara. It is indeed but a few minutes, but what views the young eyes catch in that short time, of that part of Buffalo lying at the edge of the lake—of the entrance of the Erie canal, with its wilderness of canal boats lying idly in the basin—of the iron bridges which seem to be scattered hither and thither, and one to be travelled over every two minutes—of the high-sided and heavy lake pro pellers looking so unlike anything on the Eastern waters—of the immense grain elevators, ready to scoop out all the grain from a thousand lake schooners within the next half hour, and transfer it to the holds of the canal boats waiting to bear it away towards tide-water. All these, with glimpses of the blue lake and its light-houses, the young eyes see and the little bead stores away for future reference; and then the bell sounds and we hurry to the depot and skim away down the bank of the lake Niagara-wards. " ' It seems that all the way to Niagara new omens are to be solved and new features of the route to be discovered. “ I would not ride this route daily for the revenue of a queen,” says “Blossom,” with a sod look coming into her eye, and a pout playing upon her arched lip. “And wbv?” we asked with some eagerness, as we have seen no thing more objectionadle than dust and cinders, “ Because those dead trees would keep me always out of spirits,” answers the little one, pointing to the long, bare white trunks that stud thedields on evety side, lifting their splintered and ragged points to the heavens, the ghosts of living trees that once waved their branches in the summer air, and made welcome shade for the earth and pleas ant refuge for bird music. ' “ How could one help being melancholy with these tombstones of nature standing all around ?" and with a low, sad voice, yet sadly sweet, she murmured this quotation from words long ago breathed over “A Dead Tree in the Graveyard— “Above the graveyard, desolate and bare. It stands a withered monument of death, Telling a story to the summer air, Of those who slumber iu the graves beneath. And speaking in a voice of lonely grief, 1 Of hearts whose bleeding ceases not with years. Of Hainan bosom and of fallen leaf Whose cheerless borrow this lone aspect nears. There is no blossom at returning spring Upon the branches, and no summer ruin Comes back our withered memories to bring Or bids the perished beds to bloom again. Yet on the leafless branches at eventide A lone bird pours its sweet and mellow song, Such as our hearts sing over those who died Beneath the world’s unkindneas and its wrong. And may we in after years forget That o'er our naked heads the blast sweeps by, And like the bonghs so sear and leafless yet J ' Point up through storm and sunshine to y tho pky. Right, dear “ Blossom a dead forrest is not a cheerful thing to look upon, so we will dismiss the thoughts as we glide on down .the 'road, pay ing little attention to Grand Island, stretching its wooded length in the lake, or to Navy Island, smaller bat more important, when the moment ous events of the Canadian Rebellion and the burning of the ill-fated steamer Caroline, at Schlosser, are considered. The attraction docs not now lay along the dull waters of the lake but ahead where the great fall thunders; and here as always and everywhere the one leading attraction dwarfs all others. Half-past ten, and we arc in the crowd of carriages and loungers at the iViagara •Falls depot, and the Ultima Thule of our pilgrim age is reached. The Cataract House is about full, for who ever knew that portentious rival of the International to he otherwise from May to October. So, when we have washed the dust and cinders from our eyes, we hasten out u)Km the balcony to muse upon the landscape and the Up per Rapids. Yours truly, 1 A UGUSTUS 50N 7.1 <; . i de3truc *' on of transport steamers on j the Mississippi is increasing at an alarming rate. h the usages of good society, or evTn of civilised life, dose not exceed tweenty Ses ? ho .™ e ‘ h % cul ‘ ure ™>i refinement to Lr ahUt'u £ °'m N . UW E "S land f ‘‘tmer £ Caffre or a Maon to an English jiarisb clerk.” 1 FROM EUROPE. Speech; of Sari Bussell. The steamer Columbia, with Liverpool dates to the 29th ult., has arrived at New York. Euro pean politics are unimportant. The latest reports show that Earl Russell made a speech at Gwnri, in Scotland, on American affairs, which was on the whole conciliatory and friendly to the North.— He referred at considerable length to the Ameri can question, and justified England in recognizing the Confederates as belligerents, and answered some of the imputations brought by the people of the North, particularly the speech of Senator Sum ner. He also replied to the compliment Of the South in regard to the recognition of the blockade, and asserted that although self-interest demanded that England should break it, she prefers the course of honor, as it would have been infamous to break it. He showed that the Government bad not sufficient evidence against the Alabama to deny her until after she sailed, and explained, the difficulties in the way of interference with such cases. He drew a lino between ordinary vessels, equipped for way purposes, and steam rams, which are in themselves formed for acts of offense, and might be used without ever touching Confederate shores. The Government was ready to do everything the duties of neutrality required— everything that is just to a friendly nation, and such as they would wish done to themselves, but would not yield one jot to the menace of foreign powers. He complimented the Federal Government and Mr. Seward upon the fairness with which they have discussed the matters of difference, but said there were others, including Senator Sumner, who had acted differently. He denounced the efforts of those who sought to create trouble be tween America and Europe, and with expressions of friendship towards America, asserted that all his efforts would be to maintain peace. Speaking of Poland, he defended England’s position against that of Russia, but did not think England should go to war on the subject. As regards Mexico, he thought that if the Mexicans approved of what was being done for them they should be allowed to do so. The London Times, referring to the with drawal of Mr. Mason from England, suggests the grounds which have probably prompted the gov ernment at Richmond to address themselves at least wholly and exclusively to France. The in ferrence is that the withdrawal of Mr. Mason is preliminary to some action on the part of France. The presence of Mr. Mason in London, making an unsuccessful appeal to the Angol- French alliance, has no doubt been considered by the Confederates as unfavorable to the South. It appeared so to two powers, and it would not bp a matter of surprise that one of them should hesitate to decide what course to pursue without the other. Now things have changed. One of these powers has taken a position on the American Continent which actually enables this poor, hurrassed, unno ticed Confederacy to confer a favor. The South, a new neighbor to the distant neutral State to which Slidell was sent two years, is now a govern ment of a neutral ally with a common antago nism to the Federal poWer. Can it be a wonder, then, that the Confederate politicians desire to free the French Einperor from any shackle that may repress his liberty of action ? The appeal of the Confederates is to France also as proprietor of the Mexican monarch, and a bold challenge of Federal supremacy on the American continent. The Paris Journal Memorial Diplomatique writing On the Polish question, denounces strongly the course of England and Austria, and speakes in tones of strange hostility. The Journal ties Debate also points to the possibility of France be ing left to settle the question alone by the sword, and points out that England and Austria would have pledge themselves to friendly neutrality. The Times says that Earl ’Bussell, in his speech relative to the Confederate vessels in the Mercy, is interpreted as meaning that the vessels will be detained, even if the existing law is in their favor, so that Parliament may be called upon to pass measures for the purpose. The Directors of the Great Eastern have issued a report, show ing that more capital must be provided, or the company Will be disolved. Lutherap Church on the Rebellion The following preamble and resolutions were passed, without a dissenting voice, by the clergy men and laymen composing the Allegheny Synod of the Evangelical’Lutheran Church recently held in Williamsburg this county: Whereas, Our country is imperiled bv armed traitors, whose avowed purpose is to overturn the fabric of free government, bequeathed to us by our Fathers, and, in lieu thereof, rear another, whose great statue is tbqt capital shall own labor ■} and. Whereas, We -hold such purpose to be a crusade against God and man—civil and religious liberty, whose success would be barbarism in poli tics, and atheism in religion; and, Whereas, We believe that to crush this in famous conspiracy is the will of God, and the mis sion of our nation; the work which, when done, will break yokes and fetters from the necks of slaves and become the 'terrible argument of the religious Lord against all oligarchies, aristocracies and slave powers—the_, seed which, under the gospel, is to grow up through the ages into bloom and beauty of millenium ; therefore. Resolved, That we as ministers in Synod as sembled, do ploge our hearty support to the Presi dent of the United States for the suppression of this most atrocious beseeching him to use the whole nation, money and men, blackmen and white, bond and free, tor the nation’s defence. Resolved, That, believing Slavery to. be the cause, animus and power of this rebellion, we re gard the Proclamation of Freedom as the “ axe laid to the root of the tree,” and rejoice in it not only as a measure of war, but as an act of eternal justice which a Christian nation owes to the slave. Resolved, That wc believe in the use of negroes us soldiers, not from the mean spirit that now obtains, that they shall be employed to save white men. but because, in the divine providence, it educates them into a noble manhood and compels tlie respect of the nation that has hitherto enslaved d hem. Resolved, That much as we deprecate war, we will still pay for the triumph of principle, truth and liberty, though they come through the path ot Mood ; that we despise forever any compromise w - ith an insolent slave power, that we desire the end of this war also to be the end of slave!y here, and the knell of its doom in all the world, so that the devil of discord being cast out and destroyed, God may grant us permanent peace—the peace that cat; only come of justice and mercy and dwell with the people who are willing to be merciful and just. v b ree Speech. — In his elopuent address at the gt-rat Chester county meeting, Major-General Butler said : “ It is complained that the President suspended the habeas corpus. Now, tho suspension of the habeas v °rt‘«* is essentially a Democratic idea. It never was recommended to be suspended until by Ihomas Jefferson, in the Burr rebellion. Who actually dii suspend it? General Jackson; and he was a good Democrat. General Jackson not only suspended it, but arrested the offender and imprisoned the judge. [Applause.] The suspen sion is therefore, according to Democratic prac tice. But, without stopping to defend it upon that ground, how can we get rid of it ? End the ro bellion. Do not interfere with the government. If it is feeble, give it your strength; if it is weak, give it your power, if give it your pa triotism. Go with me and end the rebellion and there will be no further Suspension of the habeas corpus. End the rebellion, and all our woes are ended. There will be no further drafts, no more increase of taxation, no more infringement of the liberty of speech,” vith them. Prom Missouri ‘J'f • Oct, 10. Blnnt w a . by three hundred Rebels wearing the Unity's,' klM uniform. near th u stranger/* To fill up this picture of horrors, there is one bakehouse at the West End in which the space between the kneaking-trough and the wall was used for a nameless purpose. How the Rebels Treated oite Wursoun. —-Indianapolis, October 7.—Dr. Clippengar. who recently visited Chattanooga, in charge of flu surgeons who were sent by the Government the day follo.ving the battle of Chickaniauga, has re turned. He reports that they were the first p r sons who went to the front from Nashville alter the battle, and arrived at Chickamauga four day* in advance of die Surgeons from any other State. Their arrival was most opportune, most of the surgeons of Indiana regiments having been taken prisoners. Only six of them have returned so far. and thirty-two still remain and are doing good service. The wounded recentlv paroled and re turned to our lines by Bragg, had remained sygbf days upon the field without having their wound' dressed. Our surgeons, who were prisoners, were not allowed to touch one of our wounded during the entire time they were there. The enemy bad no supplies, and many of our men suffered terribly. Rosecrans* Situation. —Lookout Mountain, from which Bragg endeavors to tambani Ru*- crans, is eighteen hundred feet higher than Chat tanooga, three miles distant by wagon road, and less than two miles in a direct line; Missionary Ridge, where the rebel disjatrlies are dated, is one thousand feet high, three miles from Chattanooga by road, and two miles by air line. Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge nearly encircle Chattanooga, which lies in a basin formed by the mountainous ranges around it. Bragg has an Open railroad communication with Home, forty miles, and Atlanta, one hundred and thirty-six miles, whence he can bring up the heaviest siege guns cast at both of those points. The Etowah shell works are sixty miles from Chattanooga, also connected therewith by railroad. Arrested and Held to Bail.—Jno R. Foivst. post-mastea at Perrine, was, iu connection with his wife, arrested on Monday last, on complaint of S. B. Row, Government Detective and Special Agent of the Post Office chargad with de taining letters passing through the office and taking from the same money and other articles. On search, various packages of .letters were found in the house, and upon subsequent examination letters containing nearly $l5, among which was. two I dollar bills marked by Mr*—Bow, and mailed » s J lort since at Franklin, purposely to discover the omce where money was being abstracted. Upon hearing before ’Squire Hubbard, the parties word held to bail to the amount of $1,750 each. ■The evidence clearly shows tliat the parties have been opening and robbing the mail for some time P^t. —Mercer Disjmteh, %ltmM iritom friststl m CwjWTi “Csutry Pnn.” TRIBUNE PRINTING OFFICE. *l*ving» within the past tyro year*, made considers i.litioo to our establishment in the way of new. In * Screw Prt«t» Paper Cutter, Card Cutter, KuUag '•hiiws Card Power Preiw, and large Newspaper Po (a*eot of Which we give above) we arc now- pre{>* , anything in the Hue of printing or ruliuj 'style equal to any cstablishmeut in the .state, am equally low. We can execute, on short notice 'tvMof Redding, InvlUlion, Visiting, EallA Business Car Circulars, ProgrammeH, MAMMOTH posters, sale bill ®oul, ami® iurinnicB“i>aiA®B pamphlets. Pay and Check 80l BLANK BOOKS, MANIFESTS, and blanks of all kino Ai) we ask Is a trial, feeling Confident that wo can ( , it idflkctlon if w« have the. opportunity. ' (iffit'e la IfOwther’a building, corner of Virginia ami , streets, oppoaito Superintendent’s Office. local items. M. L & K. R. meeting of li.uird of Directors of the Altoona Mechanics' l, r „rv and .Reading Room Association was h . (etcher stlf,. ,1863. Present, Messrs, Lambo Ueiily, Keller, Kessler, Savory, Irons, Reibena llofecker and Elder. The report of the Treasurer showed a balat ~i $36,43 iu the treasury-. On motion, ;Mr. Isaac Worrell was uuanimot lv elected to fill office of Librarian, until t next Regular Annual Meeting of the Associltt The following gentlemen were proposed a elected to active membership, viz; Messrs. Dan liilchrist, Chus. McCormick, J. N. Postletlnvn ,I, MeKechun,; Samuel Lloyd, J. Pringle ami Moore. The Corresponding Secretary was, instructed write to the publishers of the Evenimj Eii/letin a ~rder that the sending of the i«|ier to the Lib. r. Ik! discontinued. On motion, !t was ordered that the Comitlitt .m Library Room be required to furnish the nn with spittoons—expenses to be paid out of In i,.r furnishing room. On motion of Mr. Keller, an order on the Tr.. nrer, for $2O, Was granted to the Chairman Committee oni Books and Publications, for t in.rckase qf new books. On motion, adjourned.. E. ELDER, Sec'y October.— r Welcome golden month of rev. . ing years. The cquinoxial storms have swy over the land and their purifying effects have pi l«ircd the atmosphere for the lovely days of tl loveliest sister of the twelve. Nature i.- nuwel.a •-'ing her robes of green and decorating Iturselt h. atiteous hues of russet and crimson. In tin l.alray days wo would roam over the fields a run template the lessons which nature leaches, rat rr than drag oltt the hours wearily in a |>em l.rintcrs’s den, amid the clatter of presses, whi -eldom ceases in this establishment, -the cry • copy," when every exchange is filled with ele inmeering falsehoods, and the petulant demun of every jobbing patron that his job be done fin I u the reflecting mind this glorious month says imple language: Man, thou art like the rollt 'ear— meny Spring-time is the youth, the bn Summer is thy season for industry m the drama life, and the golden Autumn of which October 'lie queen, represents thy maturity, when loan with the experience of youth and middle age. th inayest well be-honored for the position which tii .iost occupy. Learn further also that Autm represents the evening of life in which thou should! ■lothc thyself in sober garments and to look t. w ard with joy towards the setting sun. Errata.—The price, per mouth, of tuition die Altoona Academy, is $2.50 instead of $2,0 ■ |s heretofore published iu advertisement dim institution; It will be found correct in ai dier column. Han Rick Still Lives.— The distinguish* naveler, Dan Rice, is to visit Altoona on Sato day, Oct. 24tlt, with his great show. The repi ation of this institution is thoroughly establish* the best traveling exhibition in the world.- Ihm appears at every performance and iutroduc d*e wonder of the ag*, bis Blind Talking Hon I’xcelsior,. which is admitted by all to be the im; r, *markable exhibition of animal instinct eversee 1 lie educated mules still hold a prominent [to? rum in the' great show. Mr. Rice will appear bis usual happy style, hh the American Hnmori: and drive dull care away. The great show w W at Tyrone Oct. 23d, Altoona, 24th; John 'own, 20th ; Greenshurg, 27th; and close its s« '“ii for 1803 at Pittsburgh. €3* A fine lot of ladies’ purses, port monaie photograph albums, pen knives, sjjectacles, wale guards and all kinds of notions going cheap j Uoush’s Drug Store. Provision Store.—We don't like this tbit "f chronicling the departure of so many of ui "wst enterprising citizens. Of course we desii >licir prosperity, yet we are sorry that they find neeesaaiy to leave our town to secure it. Anna the late departures is that of our old townsum j T. Dill, who yesterday morning left for Ch-v •and, where he goes into the beef and pork pae I lu B business, rln this Tie is in company with A IM. Lloyd, of-, this place. 1 They intend opeuin; | large provision store in Cleveland, and also c I 'a this place; which they will keep supplied w I cv ery thing fo- the prevision line, and sell ai I ttl#st reasonable prices. well selected stock ’of tobacco, cig; P'pes, &c., at Rough’s Drug Store. WT We acknowledge ourselves under obli ” 0D * to our Sinking Valley friend, old Joe M J**’ ** >r 9*r*(ral yards of excellent sausage, ■ M on Saturday morning .last. Such tr y* not hard take. The sausage was excell Rrav y Pltjnty, and all we lacked vraa the hi cat cake*.| We hope to secure a supply of «l«nt in tljaie to eqjoy the next present of m ' WfchjS she nexi customer. | ■■ I' I Mil II S • hair oil fancy soaps and H:t * extract* Belling cheap at Roush’s Drug St