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ASTOGNA, PA.
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Ihk Qtnwndi? Sbttleo—-By reference
loa deewoDiof Provost Marshal General
Fry, published in another column, it will
seen thatthePresident has ordered that
“ every dtieen who has paid the $3OO
commutation shall receive the same credit
therefor as if he had furnished a substi
tute, and was exfaoneratOd from military
service for the time for which he was drafted,
toyrit: for three years.” [This,then, settles
the question as to whether a man who
has been drafted and paid his $3OO is
lialde .to be dtpfied a second time, ere the
three yaarajhave expired. We ;have al
ways been of the opinion that the pay
ment of $BOO exempted a man for the
time -for which he was drafted, but as
there was considerable dispute on the
point we did notVcare tomix in, as argn
ments amounted to noticing, and we felt
sure that we should soon have a decision
from headquarters in reference to the
matter. Those wbohave paid their $3OO,
but were still trembling in their boots,
lest the sth of January draft should catch
them again, may now sleep soundly.
WThe mjlitia force of the Northern
States is pat down by the Washington
Chronicle at 3,000,000, or that many males
between the ages of 20 and 45,
however, to a deduction for exempts. The
enrolled militia of Pennsylvania are as one
to six of the total population. This pro
portion would give 400,000 of men be
tween the ages of 18 and 45, This, .in a
call for half a million of men, would take
one in eight liable to militia duty. The
rebels keep proclaiming that they; will ex
haust the North and end the war for want
of material to cany it on. But the. work
of exhausting, as these facts show, will
use the rebellion up, taking its own fight
ing popnlation into account, before they
have gone half ,through with it. '
The Govkbmob’s Peoclamation. —We
publish to-day a proclamation issued by
Governor Curtin, in which he earnestly
calls .upon the people of Pennsylvania to
enlist in the service of the United States,
so that the quota of our State may be made
up before the fifth of January, and a draft
avoided. The qnpta of the State is 38,
268. Feterans who enlist will, receive
$4OB bounty, and one month’s advance
pay; others than veterans will receive one
month’s pay in advance, and $302 bounty.
Information can be obtained from the pro
vost Marshals of the various districts. It
is earnestly hoped that the. Governor’s call
will bepramptly responded to.
Thakkbgitiko P.
CurtinhaSissued a proclamation setting
apart the last Thursday of November as a
day of thanksgiving. This day having
been selected by Resident asa national
thftwlragfging day, we presume it will be
observed as snob in all die loyal States.
A number of Governprs have already
named it in tteir,prpfilamation, and urged
iteob«rrance.Nodouhtthe citizens of
Pennsylvania will abstain from all labor
on said day, and unite in a general,
gdyingfor the numerous blessings that
have beepbestpwed upon us as a people.
Nw 'SVfcfK Ewscnos I .—Special defl
patcheeto ; the. Pittsburgh Commercial an
aoonoe that the New York election has
gone in favor of the Union party. In
three wards in New Tori: City the Union
increase is seventeen hundred, < From
25,Q00 tp £o,QOp:jnfyoritjt is claimed by
tta Uu*mp<K<ty-.
MAaaAt^gsrrs.—The election in this
State goes fyt thpUpon by a ma
jority above the expectations of the most
aan*wme.
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fin 4 the fallowing, which we copmeadto tbeat
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Oor trip over tie Erieß. R.—Getting Of) stairs at
tie St. Nicholas i tftel —Going op thcßadsoa I
Viftw West Point Calliope music and the echoes. -1
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Catskbu. Modbtain House, Oct., 18®.
With deep regret tnj bid “good bye” to the tm
equoled scenery, variety and realities ofNiagara,
to seek new objects of 4terSt along the Erie Rail
road, the “Hudson,* the “Catskills,”and the hills
of “ Ulster.” We left Hu Halo by the morning
train, for JJew York city, and had a delightful
trip. The New York and Erie Railroad is a com
fortable route, andtbe scenery cannot be sur
passed, especially on tfaht portion of the route pas
sing over the “ Gennessee Falls’?. Its conductors
are gentlemen of the “ first water,” especially Mr.
Harris, who is a “ Budget of Ftm” that need not
be published oftenand, i who, in passing’ through
bis train bestows a pleasant smile upon every at
tention paid, winning the admiration of all his pas
sengers. We were sorry when he left iis at twelve
o’clock, midnight, and; we were ushered into the
noisy and bustling streets of Gotham. Coming to
New York just now is something like going to
►Newport, Saratoga, or any other fashionable water
ing places during the heighth of “the season,"
When yon may count yourself lucky if yon Imve
the first week’s chance-to sleep under the dining
tables, trusting that the second week yon will be
promoted and “git up, stairs.” We got figures
placed in front pfour names that would, decidedly,
be a caution to the gentleman who “viewed from
Fisgah’s heighth the promised land.” Little
Blossom’ remarked- “that the dav was very
fine, ’ and was somewhat anxious to know what
kind of weather they i had down in New York.—
But her reverie was soon interrupted by the en
trance of a Frenchman from Belfast— bearing upon
his shoulders the “North River trunk,” ip which
“Blossom” was soon—by die aid of a step-ladder
—emerged, and in pursuit of—we don’t know
yvhat. We are informed that die bt. Nicholas
Hotel actually clears $lOO,OOO a year!
But while theses speculations have been indulged
in, the fog of the morning had cleared away, and
the prospect of a “golden day” on the “Hudson”
river grows brigther; so my dear reader we invite i
you logo with ns on board the elegant boat “Dan
iel Drew” andspend the day skimming over the j
beautiful and picturesque “Hudson.” We have
now passed Fort Lee, of the Picnicks, and Fort
Washington of the Bennetts, and the grand old s
palisades throw out every chink and crany of their
bold, square summits to the cloud-shad owed sun.
Here a range of rocky pinnacles' lie in a dnsk al
most like night, and there a group have caught
the fall glow of the sun and stand warm and yel-,
low under view. The frees on their tops look like
stunted shrubbery, and the houses iat their (feet
nestle down close to the Water as if the rocks be
hind them were a terror that at any moment might
topple over and they would then be obliged to take
to the softer element for protection. Little “ Blos
som” brings into requisition the opera-glass with
which she used to scan Medon at the opera, and—
oh, fie, that such budding lips should tell such ter
rible stories’—declares that she can see them
cooking the late breakfast in one of the houses,
detect |he sputtering of the griddle-cake and see
an old woman shelling::the podded green peas, in
one ofthe coiners, for;dinner! TJhen there is a
shuddering reference to the Reindeer and Henry
Clay cajgpity, and a quick glance at the remains'
of thelittle dock at “ Ypnkers,” and a thought how
the church scorns and tiwafrs the Theatre, as the
nunnery on the beigtjis is seen frowning .down
upon Forests belittled .and abandoned castle.—
Then we sweep on and on, the sunlight growing
brighter and brighter and the river widening to
wards “Haverstraw Bay,” while pleasant groups
of persons, who have never met itefore, gather at
the port side of the steadier and exchange notes of
travel, banting up intimacy throngh an ppera-glass
meanwhile; and the harp, (when the landings
are not in sight) and the caliope—which makes a.
little better mnsic than its twin sister on Lake
Erie—is kept in requisition, keeping little “Blos
som” all the while humming over snatches of fa-'
vorite operas and fragments of pet ballads. There
are but few boats on this river, though occasion
ally a cumbrously-loaded lumber sloop will sweep i
by, throwing back the reverberatioas of our wheels
from her deformity of cargo, and at still larger in
tervals, one of the tallrpiped river tow-boate will,
conie laboring down surrounded by such a swarm;
of barges and canal boats clinging to her that she
seems to be temporarily in the rebel ma
king a raid into the floating commerce of the ca
nals and the Hudson, and conveying “ away down
South to Dixie” everything that can be eaten, or
worn, or burned. And here comes the Highlands,
little “Blossom”—the Rhine and clifisof America,
one of the noblest and -grandest passes of rivers
through mountains thait the geography will show
yon in many a long day of study.- They have;
been looming up darkly before us for the last hour
; —now we are at their feet and beginning to thread
the tortuous course of the Rock Gate of the North.
Look to the left and see that low, comical knoll,
scarcely too large for one of the humpbacked rocks
of tfae Alleghenies, and covered with stunted herb
age and shrnbbery, a white dwarf light-house and
straggling groups of arbor >itte. Not much to
charm the eye or command attention, in the view, !
and yet the sudden start which little “Blossom”
gives when the magic word is uttered, has been
shared in by many a thousand of those who love
the history of our, nation's birth; for this is “ Stony
Point,” and no nobler work of valor was ever
done, oven at Monterey! Cfaapultepec, Roanoke-
Island, Pair Oaks, Fredericksburg, or that glori
ous fight on the Pennsyjvania hills near Gettys
burg,* from which the shrieks and groans of tor
;ture have scarcely yet ceased to go np to Heaven
than ope dark and stormy night of .the Revolu
tion saw, frhen Mad, Anthony Wayne and'his
handful of men scrambled np those slippery rocks
under a plunging fire and made themselves doubly
immortal; Now weareipthe midstoftbe “High
lands” proper, with the rocky giants enclosing us
aronnd op every side and that sensation growing
upon evdry - passenger which has so often been
commented upon, and yet so difficult to describe.
Were I a Macatdey I would write volumes upon
this scene to hand down to the coming generations.
Were I a Boms or a Btyon I would weave son
nets to its {anise that Italy or-Switzerland would
covet. The old remark is beard over and over
again,, “.that there cannot be a passage through
these mountains,” and that the little steamer rpnst
intend to make a tunnel borer of herself and go
plowing throngh the side of some one of them.—
To the left and ahead lies “Cro' Nest,” with the
shadow lying warm in its bosom. On either hapd,
to the right and the left, rise Breakneck and But
ler hills'; while farther on to the right is the bold
front of St, Anthony's nolm, with a turned np pro
pensity in the saint's nasal organ, which seems to
have increased with years and may be induced by
disgust, at the condition of national affairs genet ally.
A Utile farther in the middle of the “ Horse-Race"
the tunnel of the Hudson Kircr Road showing like
a gigantic rat hole rhroiigh the base of a sharp
ion.—Gov.
,cl(ff ahead, to the right, and the hoc kg round
totheleft fading away into first glimpses of the
faraway hills of “Orange." And sec I—to mate
the resemblance to an old painting we once seen
more perfect, at this moment a sloop ««l a
schooner working slowly up the river drop info the
exact position there indicated, and a train at the
railroad—a la “nona sigma"—that his been snort
injg and puffing for half an hour at the different
stations below, dashes into view, gives a shriek, a
roar and a rattle, which may be intended for defi
ance to any kind of moving body that cannot go
any faster than a steamboat—then plunges into
■the tunnel and disappears, throwing out a long
wreath of smoke that comes’ whirling back and
floats, tangled in the trees, up the side of the moun
tain. And now “West Point” comes into view,
and the first glimpse is eagerly sought after by
some of the voyagers who have never before as
cended the Hudson, and that wonderful opera-glass
win great demand to catch better glimpses from a
distance of that ruined line of sloping, cream-col
ored wall with the sharp corners, grown up inside
with arbor vita;, which crowns the hills far ahead
and to the left. Then the new castle of tne giant
Spairowgrass breaks into view, saucily crowning a
height where it seems to hang over the river, and
looking very much, loan observant . possenger, as
if )t might be an extensive summer hotel, kept bv
a tasty wine merchant with literary tendeficies.—
Behind it and farther on stands a cluster of brown
buildings, one' of them surmounted bv a dome,
and tripi roads sweeping up towards them from
the river. This is the West Point Military Acad
emy, a name, so intimately connected with the
military glory of our countiy that little “Blossom”
reddens with anger and pats her foot ominouslr,
aiid Sontng has a serious intention of making' a
fool of himself by throwing somebody into the
riyer, -when a thin young man, with simdv mous
tache, on a short leave of absence, intimates that
“ West Point and the officers it raisesare nllhum
bngs. ’ The remark may be true, perhaps, but if
there is any greater humbug in nature than the
fact of that young man being in personal existence
at all, some of us have failed to make the discov
ery. Anoft, we sheer sharply in to the left, almost
under the overhanging “ Cozzens,” and approach
the little dark, that lies at the foot of the steep
toad that comes down from the Military Academy.
A few loiterers, one or two in military undress
are on the wharf, and two or three stages, labeled
for “Roes” and “Cozzens” are waiting to toil up
with visitors who wish to sojourn in a military at
mosphore. Now it is that we first begin to dis
cover what the Calliope is made for, as the dragoon
Gen. Hamey did what was the use of his long, gang
ling trooper when he sent him out lt is
especially designed as company through the “ High
lands.” Two or three times, while: coming up
through the “Horse Race,” it has given fitful and
temporary sqneals; but now when approaching the
dock and while lying at it to land and receive pas
sengers, it shouts and bellows awav with an energy -
worthy of its antique namesake. The steamer lies
immediately against the bank, her twin pipes so
near to the verdore-clad, perpendicular cliff that
the branches of the trees almost sway; upon them
and the organist peals out wild snatches of melodv
of even-description, varying from the “ miserere”
to the “Devil’s Dream.” and to each such a reply
is made in echo that all previous experiences of re
verberations grow to be trifles. The notes rattle
against the rocks, and peal through the branches,
and tangle among one another as if t|tey had the
leap with which they are representepted 'on the
mqsical scale, and go oft into wild, truant absences
among the higher crags, and come hustling and
shouting back again like so many school bovs, and
play altogether snch fanatical musical' tricks
that little “Blossom,” v/bo has had years of fun
with the echoes among the Cove mountains, finds
a qew sensation here, albeit there is ohlv one rep
etition of each note—claps her hands in delight
and begs to be taken immediately to ‘Woodbury,
without waiting for the steamboat, so that she and
Sadie Kiny can commence carricattiring the new
discovery upon the piano. Then the musician
ceases any attempt at playing and merely runs up
and down the scale, pausing an instant between
each cluster of notes to allow the echo to be heard
and there is no more entanglement of : confusion’
hut every remembered sound in the universe, from
the, hunters horn to the wail of the funeral trum
pet.and the ringing of choir music through the
great trees of the backwoods or the' columned
aisles of old St Clements, is heard in a perfection
that only Echo Lake can pretend to rival. The
last trunk is on board and the steamer swings
away from the dock, and is once mote ;in motion.
The Calliope ceases ejecting music discursively and
plays a connected melody. Bnt—shades of all
the : departed heroes of all the American wars!
what is it that the* Calliope plays under thfe eaves
of the Military Academy? Nothing more and
nothing less than “When this Crnel War is
Over,” at which fairy “Blossom” ponts, and con
siders the melody a reflection on “West Point”
and the war for the Union, and marks down the
musician Us a more o» less intriguant copperhead,
according to sex. She has occasion to notice an
other striking incongruity in the management of
the instrument, when high up the river it bellows
ont:“ Rock me to sleep Mother” in such anUn
reasonable burst of melodies as would waken all
the babies—to say nothing about the whining of
curt—within twenty miles radios, instead of sooth
ing one to slumber, whereupon she recalls her
opinion of the invisible musician, and sets him
or her—down as merely a severe satirist who vents
rough reflections, that might be cruel in words,
through the more harmless medium of the pipes of
a steam-organ. And speaking of “ Bock me to
sleep Mother,’’'that almost comes to us like a rev
elation when we think how tenderly our mother
cared for Us. We thank “Florence Percy” who
Wrote this song—and whose wedded life has been
so bright and brief—for this noble effusion of sen
timent. Ah, well! sculptors were hqrn todie and
poetesses to grieve, or neither w’ouid become im
mortal.
A short run across “ Tappan Bay” or more
, properly “Tappan Z,” then a stop at Newbnrg,
that “city set upon a hill,” looking up the steep
street of which “Blossom” remarks that she never
before knew the blessing of being something else
■ than a dray-horse, while a corpulent chap over on
the . other side of tlie boat remarked that “ he once
got the best dinner and ale the best fjrange county
butter there that he ever tasted fn bis life,” and
Sontag makes a mental note that someof the cars
standing on a parallel to'the river have the letter
ing of the Erie Bail way, which have a branch ex
tending to tin's point. We cross the;“Tappan”
and the river narrows, and the brown hills of “Ul
ster” loom to the left while Poughkeepsie sits en
throned on the lulls of Duchess to the right—that
partiof the town which is visible from the steam
boat-landing, seems to be written ail over with
magjc words, similar to what we were brongt in
contact with on “Goat Island.” A few minutes
afterwards we round “Crumb Elbow,” a bold,
rocky point extending into the river on the left,
when—what is that- long blue line, “ Blossom"
that long bine line, irregular in heighth, and im
palpable ns the clouds in substance, laying far
away on the west of the river, and seeming to still
event voice as one after another of the passengers
catch it and realize what the vision must be.
That loom is the Catskil) Mountains forty miles
away—a beautiful and yet stately presence that i
haunted some of us in by-gone years, like some
; thing divinely awful, - looking down on the errors
and vices of humanity and forbidding the hand
.when lifted in vice or violence. A few miles fur
ther and the line becomes less misty and indistinct.
The dim bine surface becomes flecked and broken !
hf, shimmering Indications of foliage and the
.duskier spots made by deep ravines. Then, with
ith’e aid of the inevitable opera-glass, and at length
•with the naked eye, a white speck is seen two
thirds up the height and relieved against the north-.
ernmost mountain of the range. It broadens rap
idly ns we near it, and soon the naked eye can
.trace; the sharp outlines of roof and of corner and
even of the heavy white columns that stud the
front, ;■ This is the Catskill Mountain House, and
not ojdy ope of the most elevated of the resorts of
pleasure seekers on this continent, but a monument
W taste and enterprise. And we halt here fur a 1
few Honrs, so ad ien for to-day, j
< AUGUSTUS SOSTAG.
Attempted Insurrection in Ohio.
Cincinnati, Nov. I. — An extraordinary case
of treason has recently come to light, implicating
•everal persons in thist city, Columbus, Covington
l and Newport, in conspiring to release the prisoners
; at Camp Chase and overthrow the SUte Gorern
( mem. The conspiracy was brought to light by
United State detectives, who were supposed by the
* parties implicated to be spies from the Rebel army,
and ttcrc treated with full confidence.
The plot, ns disclosed to the detectives, w that
an attack was to be made on Camp Chase, release
the prisoners confined, 3500 in number, to seise
the arsenal at Columbus, take possession of the
Penitentiary, release John Morgan and other
officers confined there, and then to commence
the Rebel campaign in Ohio.
United States Marshal Sands and Provost Mar
shal Major Heaney, arrested the following priso
ners, implicated in the plot:—phas. W. H. Cath
cart, of Columbus, formerly School Commissoi|er
of Ohio; J. D. Crossop, of Columbus, formerly sut
ler, Eighteenth Regulars, who were to lead in the
attack on Camp Chase; James D. Patton, of
Covington, regular agent of the Rebel Govern
ment, who famished money to the detectives un
der the impression that they were, spies and
according to the agreement were to' meet Oath
cart and others at Camp Chase, and to
mature the plan of attack on Camp Chase ; Ruth
McDonald, of Covington, who acted as mail
carrier through the Rebel lines, and whose house
was the bead-quarters of the Rebels; Samuel P.
Thomas, a merchant tailor of Cincinnati, and his
wife, and Catharine Pannenter, of Cincinnati.
Information has been obtained that an organiza
tion exists in Illinois, awaiting the out break in
Ohio, to procure similar results in that State.
Mrs. Parmenter was. a washerwoman at the
United States barracks in Newport, and a go
between of the prisoners and outside emissaries.
The detectives gained her confidence and that of
Mrs. McDonald and became parties to their plans.
They all m e ® freqently at Thomas* house.—
Thomas furnished money to buy axes and chloro
form to release the prisoners, and furnished a
disguise to the detective who traveled between the
Coiambus and Cincinnati confederates. He vis
ited Columbus frequently and conferred with
Cathcart and others there, and was in conference
with him when arrested. The plpn of release at
Camp Chase was as follows: When the ‘prisoners
saw a beacon light at a certain point, they should
be ready. The guard would be shot by, their out
pide friends, and axes would be thrown' over to
them. Once out, with axes and arms provided,
they were to storm the Penitentiary, release Mor
gan and the other officers, and strike for the Ohio
river and cross near Maysville. Cathcart was to
go along, receiving a commission in the Rebel
armv for his reward. 1
Cathcart was arrested at Rev. Sabin Hough's
house. Hough is the secessionist to whom Vai
landigham wrote in 1861 that “ the Union was
hopelessly divided.” Cathcart was from Dayton
and one of Vallandigham’s particular friends and
admirers.
Wild as the scheme is, there seems to be abun
dant evidence that it was to have been tried a
week ago; but the plans miscarred them. Other
arrests are to be made. It is not known how ex
tensive the organization for this infernal business
was.
A Proclamation,
Whereas, The President of the United States,
by Proclamation, bearing date on the Seventeenth
day of Oct. inst., has called for THREE HUN
DRED THOUSAND VOLUNTEERS, to re
cruit the regiments now in the field from the
respective States; And whereas, By information
received this day, the quota of the State of Penn
sylvania under said call is declared to be THIR
TY-EIGHT THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED
AND SIXTY-EIGHT MEN, (38,268;) And
whereas ; The President, in his said Proclamation,
requests the Governors of the respective States to
assist in raising the .force thus required :
Now, Therefore, I, ANDREW G. CURTIN,
Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
do earnestly call on the good and loyal freemen
of the Commonwealth, to enlist in the sendee of
the United States, under the Proclamation afore
said, so that the quota may be made tip before
the Fifth day of January next, on winch day the
President announces that a draft will commence
for any deficiency that may then exist in the
same. ' .
The freemen of Pennsylvania enlisting under
this call will be attatcfaed to regiments from this
State. All who are willing 19 enlist are requested
to present themselves at once; for that purpose, to
the United States Provost Marshal, recruiting and
mustering offices, in the respective cities,' towns
and counties. They will rdeeive the following
sums as allowance,pay, premium and bounty, viz :
To every recruit who is a veteran volunteer, as
defined in General Orders of the War Depart
ment of June 25, 1863, No.. 191, for recruiting
veteran volunteers, one month’s pay in advance,
and a bounty aud premium amounting to $402..
To all other recruits, nth veterans, accepted and
enlisted as required in existing Orders, one
month’s pay in advance, and in addition a bounty
and premium amounting to $302.
Any further information desired can be ob
tained from the Provost Marshals of the respect
ive districts.
In making this appeal to the good and loyal
freemen of Pennsylvania, 1 feel entire confidence
that it will be effectually responded to. The ap
proaching expiration of the term of enlistment of
the men now in the held renders it necessary to
replenish our regiments. Let hs maintain the
glory which their valor and conduct have reflected
on the Commonwealth, anil let our people show,
by their promptness and alacrity on this occasion,
that they have not abated in courage or love of
country, or in the determination-that the unholy
rebellion, already stunned and staggering, shall
be utterly crushed and extinguished.
Given under my hand and the Great Seal of
the State, at Harrisburg, this twenty
eighth day .of October, in the year of
l. s. our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-three, and of the Common
wealth the eighty-eight.
By the Governor: ‘ A. G CURTIN.
En Slifeb, Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Andrew Johnson’s Views.— The New York
World’s Nashville correspondent says: ✓
“ At a meeting held at the Capitol on Satunlay
evening last, to congratulate on the Republican
election in the North, Gov. Johnson spoke of the
freedom of Tennessee in the future. He adduced
many facta to disprove the assertion that slavery
was necessary to the culture of cotton and sugar,
and advocated the policy of leasing or letting out
in small leaseholds the extensive plantations on the
lower Mississippi. Hedilated upon the fine natural
advantages of Tennessee and remarked that ‘ the
war would contribute to purge- the State of the
great curse of slavery, and throw its borders open
to the immigration which free labor invites.’ He
regained the defeat of Vallandighan as a ‘ national 1
blessing,’ and concluded with advocating a more
vigorous prosecution of the war, so that a perma
nent peace might be entered upon within the earn
ing year.”
How They Pass their The.- I The rebel
prisoners nt Port Lookout pass their time in bar
tering with each other. This traffic is significant
only as to the comparative value of the United
States and Confederate money, the prices of small
articles being among them s'cents in greenbacks
or $2.50 Confederate script. 6ne of the prisoners
having erected a mud-briek chimney for an officer
charged $3O in Confederate money for the job’
but willingly compromised for 50 cents in United
States currency. They sell everything they have,
even the shirts and clothing which are furnished
buying tobacco principally
with the proceeds. They also buy Confederate
money of each other, undone sergeant has thus
accumulated $lB,OOO of Jeff. Davis’s currency
’ Important Deeiaion Relative to the ‘
Draft-
HOSTRT'FKR'S
WAsbinc.tom. Nov. I. CEtEBBATED
fSiSVf** ** 4 * /w ‘STOIM APU
The representation* madebv Dean Richmond j A VJr iTji x3L V_>i X X
i and Peter Cagger, in a printed circular dated Oct.) - 1 -^ 1
j 27th, 1863, in respect to the action of the Frovuet i~S I 1| : 1 1 I-?. R
i Marshal General, arenntrne. it is nut true that! • •
| the State of New York is charged with a deficiency
I for every citizen who has paid the three hundred
! dollars commncation money receiving no credit
) therefor. On the eomrary.'lhe (state receives the
same credit for a man who has paid couunuta
| tion. as if the drafted citizen, had gone in person
j or furnished a substitute, and in like planner
: towns which have raised the money to pay their
j quotas, receive the same credit as if actual substi
tutes had been furnished; and'the President has
ordered that evety citizen who has paid the three
hundred dollars commutation shall receive the
same credit therefor as if he Had famished a sub
stitute and was exonerated from the military ser
vice for the time for which he • was drafted, to
wit: for three years. As the misrepresentations
of Dean Kicbmond and Peter Cagger have been
published and circulated, therefore it is proper
that you give them immediate correction.
(Signed) JAMES B. FRY. .
Provost Marshal General.
»
WS~ The ravages caused by the war in Ten
nessee are thus graphically described:—‘i There
is a portion of this State so devastated by the civil
war as to be practically abandoned by the foot of
man; - The men are slumbering at Shiloh, Corinth
and Stone Hiver; the servants have gained th'eir
freedom; the women and children have fled to
more retired precincts. Falling in behind the
retiring footsteps of humanity come the four-footed
beasts and creeping things, The fox mokes his
burrow under the ruined dwellings where a happv
people once dwelt. The serpent crawls under the
floor of the church and the school-house.' The
squirrel chatters and builds his nest upon the lo
cust trees in the old yard, once noisy with the
mirth of children. The gum is rotting in the cool
spring—the partridge whistles from the ridge-pole
of the cabin. The wild bee seeks a storehouse
for his honey, fearless of detection by the human
eye. All is returning to a state of nature. What
a monument of the ravages of war.”
tar A handsome young lady,' named Pauline
Coshjman, said to be a member of the secret army
police, stopped a few days at New Haven last
week. She has had adventures of the most varied
and exciting description. She has crossed the
army lines on several occasions, has been in. Rich
mond two or three times, once as a prisoner ; has
visited Nashville, Chattanooga and Huntsville,
Alabama; was once taken prisoner by John Mor
gan, and advertised to be hung in Nashville as a
Federal spy, from all of which perils she escaped
by singular cunning, daring and courage. She is
an adept ot drawing, and has frequently obtained
sketches of the enemy’s works.
The Match between Heenan and Kino foe
$lO,OOO. —This event is creating extraordinary in
terest in sporting circles, the like of which can onlv
be found during the anticipated “ mill” between
Heenan and Sayers. At jattersall’s (London,)
about two weeks since, a bet was made on Heenan
of $3,000 to $2,000 and taken. The sixteenth
deposit of $250 was made at Jemmy Walsh's, in
the Borouli; the seventeenth, of s2sof was to be
made on Thursday last, at Hariy Dime's, Shore
ditch, It is the intention of Heenan's friends to
give him a complimentary benefit before he goes
into strict training at Newmarket.
* Going to Russia.—The Philadelphia ledger
says it is authoritatively that J. Edger
Thomson, Esq., President of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, now in New York city, Will
in a few days embark for Russia with his family,
where it is said he goes to fulfill an appointment
tendered to him by the Russan /Government,
through their Minister at Washington. . The
position is similar in its character to the one he
now holds on the Pennsylvania Railroad. Col.
Thonas A. Scott will be the acting president of
the Company, ad interim. .
WT The principal summits of the White Moun
tains are now covered with snow. Persons who
ascended, after the first fall of snow, says the Bos
ton Transcript, were richly repaid for their trouble
by the magnificent views obtained, and by the
striking contrast between the glittering snow on
the mountains and the brilliancy of the autumn
landscape spread out beneath and around them.
An elderly female of an unprepossessing
appearance recently applied for “ her rights" at
the Bow street police office, London. She said
that before he wedded Alexandria, the Prince <*f
Wales had married her; that she lived with him
two days; and that the Government had promised
her compensation, which she could'not get. It
was “funny” insanity.
_*3*The supply of poultry and game in New
York markets, just now is very large, but prices,
like the prices of almost everything else, are reach
ing a beautiful altitude. Turkeys are quoted at
19@Mc ¥ lb; chickens 18c.; ducks, 18@20c;
partndges, $1,12 per pair; quails, $3 per dozen
woodcock, 62@75c. per pair.
Stewart, the New York merchant prince,
will sell $30,000,000 of goods this year.' The
September, sales of cloths for men’s wear alone
were $700,000; and for the last year in that
department alone will be from six to seven mil
lions.
MRS. KING’S SELECT SCHOOL
iy-oJ H; u In the Lutheran Church in West Al
toona, on MONDAY, OCTOBER 19th. 1 **
Tuition from $4 to *6 per term of 12 weeks.
oSMIMa" P&lntiDE “ d Embtoider * «««*
T OTS FOR SALE.—The undersigned
in LOGAVTOWN, offer, a
P ?.°f t fe m J r “ follows, to wit:—tots Noe. 2 3
n D . d wif Noe. 1 and 4 in Block C; No. 3 to Block
SJ a *8 in Block F. Also, the following half,
lota, No. 1, Block A; Nos. 4, S, 6. and 7;\Block B;i Nos. 6
e, 7 and 8, Block C; Noe. 1, 2,3, 4, fi, 8,, 7 and 8 Block K 1
N05.4,5,6,7,8,13and 14, BlockP: Noe. I, f1,’7,12, is’
VMI iS-Ts s : 7 NO *,; I' JfA u > l2 •“4 W, Black
“ • „ 3 ' !• *’.?' A 7 an d 8, Block I; Noe. 1 2; 3 4 s
li 7 i2 8, 14 % V 16 ’ ir& K
lod ls'm&T ’ k *’**■ *’ - 3 ’ 4 ’ 6. 7. 8. 12
. 811 "“P*? J n bOGANTOWN, adjoining Altoo
na. andore very desirable for persons wishing to pnrehase.
fording eligible sites tor building, and wilf g be oßmihr
sale on reasonable terms. As Altoona is improving. nd
are cnnBta ntly increasing inralne
and will in time become Quite valuable ■ * ■ ' ■ • *■
pW MW
Oct. 14, ’63-lm. - MAHOAIIKT B. MOWRV, .
AVOID THE NEXT~ DRAFT»
T HERE IS a PBBVAILING'ifiX.
«a t «o'
with their beloved ones, for their rapport, than to risk
their lives Jo thin bloody war. \bw to iirinw »ho »
Street, East Altoona, kept by GUIS A CO., they will
SAVE THE THREE HUNDRED
they are «lUng for Cash « the lo"«t liS/S ’ lhl< *
I aV« g ® “■»;“»“* -® f LADIES’ COATSWDCinCD-
L 455 s * In from $4.50 to $12.00. ’ i., V
The attention of the public U particularly drawn ts* aua
" e U«8 MnTna
rro.L 0 l 4 8 s tolS t o a, cn?s a, pTy 8 ar f ™ m ‘° 25 ■
** Assscsajrsa
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that
a heretofore raistlng betwserr John
Riß^n l u-k 11 2.^ 08 tj5 i,^ R vV* n,lck ' soto devisee of Roman
Riebenark, deceased, has tbu day been mutually dissolved
, A p '' r * on " •“'''UK claims against the
“25 rtih“sA *° John Sohmldt ftr settlement,
hVn ’' h “ mtliebo °k> and papers of thefirmwiU be found,
■bt the old stand on Julia Street, Altoona, ’
JOHN SCHMIDT,
.lOSBPHINE RIEBKNACK
Sept, 1", IStl'l,
A pure and powerful IVmie, eorrrctire sad «it» r «ti„.
r. woudcrfal efficacy In iHseaw of the
STOMACH, LIVER AN® BOWELS.
Core. Dr.pep.te, Liver Complaint,
Debility. Nervousness, Depreadon of Spirits, r.. u ,ti
ntiou, Colic. Intermittent torn, Cnunp.
Spasms, .nit an Complaint. of either Sex
arising from Bodily Wsakness. whether
inherent in' the ayetom or prodnceii
• by special cum*.
Noinuro that is not wholesome, cental and metornlre
in it. nature enter, into the composition ofHOSTBTTKRs
STOMACH BITTRE|. This popular preparation contain,
no mineral of any kind; no deadly botanical element „„
fiery excitant; bnt H is a combination of the extract, of
rare baUamic herbajand plant. with'the pnreu ami niilu .
Mt of all diffusive stfmalaoU.
in. well to be forearmed against disease, and, so &r a»
the human system can be. protected by human mean,
against maladies engendered by an unwholenome atmo
■phere, impure waterand other external causes HOSTPT
Tiai-8 STOMACH BITTERS may be relied in as . « f l
guard. •
In districts iniecfcd with fiver m d Ag tie, it ha. been
fonnd infallible as a preventive and irresistible as a reme
dy, and thousands who resort to it under apprehension ~i
an attack, escape the scourge; and thousands who neg|„.,
to avail themselves of it. protective qualities in advance
are cured by a very brWf course of this marvelous medi
Fever and Ague patients, after being plied with
quinine fcr months'ln vain, .until fislrly saturated with
that dangerous alkaloid, are not oofrequently restored n.
health within a few days ,by the use of HOSTETTRR’s
BITTERS.
The weak stomach U rapidly invigorated and the App.
“t*- reetored by thia agrMable Tonic, and hence it worka
wondera in caaee of prmvsiA and in leas confirmed form,
oflroiounos. Acting as e gentle and painiew appertain
as well at upon the Bmr, It also Invariably relieve. Dm
Constipation anperipdocod by irregular action of the di
gestlve and «ecrctir«organs.
Persons of feeble habit, liable to JVenwns dttocfar. Uncnem
0/ Spirit! and Fit, of Languor, find prompt and perms
nent relief from Uie Bltters. The testimony on thi. polm
is most conclusive, and from both sexes.
The agony of Bouous Couc is immediately assuaged by
a single dose of the stimulant, and by occasiofially resort
ing to It. the return of. the complaint may be prevented
As a General Tonic, HOSTBTTEH’S BITTERS pro. ce
effects which must :be experienced or wituesmtd fcSre
they cau be fully appointed. In cases of CmutUutivmn
Weakntu, Premature Decay and Debility and Decrepi
tude arising from Old Aox, it exercises the electric inllu.
encc. In the convalescent stages of all diseases it oper
ates ttjj a delightful invigorant. When the powers of na
ture are relaxed, it operates to re-entorre and rwatui.
lisb it.
Lust, but not least, It is The only Safe Stimulant, bein.
manufactured from Sound and innocuous materials, and
entirely tiff from tips acid elements present more or 1,,,
in all the ordinary tonics and stomachic, of the day.
N o family medicine has been so universally, and, it may
bo truly added,' tUxervedly popular with the intelligent
portion of the community, as HOSTETTBH’S BITTERS
Prepared by HOSTETTRR i SMITH, Pittsburgh, Va.
Sold by all Druggists, Grocers and Storekeeper, every
where.
HELMBOLD’S
Genuine Preparations
COMPOUND FLUID EXTRACT BUCIIU, a Positive
pud Speed Remedy for diseases of the Bladder, Kidney.
Gravel and Dropsical Swellings.
This Medicine increases the power of Digestion, and ex
citesthe Absorbents: into healthy action, by which the
Watery or Csicereon* depositions, and ail Unnatural En
largements are reduced, as well as Pain and Inflammation.
HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU.
For Weakness arising from Excesses, Habits of Dissina
tion. Learly Indiscretion of Abuse, attended with the fob
lowing symptoms-
Indisposition to Exertion, Loaa
fc-asr 1 ' :
tvi-sss , ~.wssS
Universal Lassitude of the Muscular System,
Hot Hands, Flushing of the Body,
Dryness of the Skin Eruptions on the Face.
Pallid Countenance.
cin T e h if •**""**» K° which tbl. me.ll
oine invariably removes, soon follows
htipouncg, thtuitg, JCptleptic FUt;
!n one of which the Patient may expire.
thl” not followed by
“ INSANITY AND CONSUMPTION.”
Many are aware of the cause of their suffering.
SOT MOSX WILL COKFESS THE BXOOXbS 0» TBS UllajlX ASILCKS.
* aa ” etu *U DeaUuby Qmtumption beer ample wit
nessto the Truth of the assertion. "
Tlte Qmttitutum ones affeetedmih Organic Hkalwco.
of M,dlclne "> lnvigorate
tahM nEUTOouj I a EXTRACT BDCHC inrartabiy
A Triai wul eoßvlDco thamoßt skeptical.
FEMALES—IhEMALES^-FEMALES.
/»many Affectiont peculiar to limaitt the Exrairv
Boobu is by any other remedy, as in Chlorosis
«*«hollon, lr regiilitfty, PalafUlnoaA, or Suppression of
SSB22 SS « Ws.°SS«d«
froni In
DECLINBOB CHANGE OF UKK.
Medicine.
»»*»■
SECRET DISEASES
Lltni ~ ™ L : ru At little Expense.
Little or no change to Diet. No inconvenience,
r* __ . ’ • Andnt* Exposure.
**** ** VM strength to Uri-
Be “°; lD K Obstructions, Preventing and
®*fs*" res the Urethra, allaying Pain and Inflam
gte» I “.the class of dte«ses,«nd expelling
ZKkoml findtwmoui Hotter.
JJJJWM-'nw.'MnN :«ao rat* bxkmihbTks
?“ ® t nd w h° have paid Aeary fee. to be cored
the « pnraov-f i. h * T v fi \ und the J were deceived, tind that
been drhSno theUOTo^“ rowrarm,abtbisoehis.’ >
P the system- to break out in an aggra
vated fot m, and ptrhapt after Marriage.
anS"* HxurtOLß-s Exjnucr Bttcnv for all affections and;
MaTe o°/ppw i U , R J N i R Y OHO AN A whelhsr existing in
whatever canse originating amt
no matter of HOW LONo STANDING. ‘
IC of» diukkt
mbSv;^ 8 extract bucbu is the great
d “ ired ,n " u
wif&^; h rb”^ct bl ‘ ttnd rwpoMibu: * h^
PRICE $1 PER BOTTLE, OB SIX FOR $5.
Delivered to any Address, securely packed from observa-
Utteribt Sympttmu in aU .
Cures Guara steed 1 Advice Gratis ;;
Addrws letters for Information to.
H. B. HELMBOLD, Chemist.
Wo«W
594 BROAWAY, NEW YOKK.
*3BIS&
“* “SidS'S”,' S^SUfSJlg^"^
nelmboM’s Genuine Preparations. • : -
.. , “ Extract Boeho.
, “ Sarsaparilla.
“ Improved Rose Wash.
aOLDST
ASK KOatfKLMM^F 8 KVItEYWHIWe;
Cat iSSSL. and
AttD ATOfp. XMPOSITION AND EXPOSURE.
1 Creas *“7 *•&
i DertY M wSho^.° TO .^* nW ““ 6 “ f pro
; afl^erJb«fe'J 1 ,MWWity or eowßt, f Wpbj waro
i topuretM, any oftny Cowa/orottif p«r
-' SSm S.Ti'rtS m l “W wlfa. Ootfielnuno authority,
will AmniL* Rnrt t* lo *® who onrch&ae front
A»«K,T«?J*S:' ABSAIOM SINGKR.
lrihuw.
" pniM * bmfrt* : ¥» fsutry Pnsfi"
tR IBUNE power-press
s>_ ■
s_,
so
PRINTING OFFICE.
ilAfftitf«vithin the past two yean, miuW considerable
iHthA tb oar eetabUehment iu the way of new fancy
v £fer* v Cutter. Card Cutter, Ruling Ma
rui* C*cd Power Prose, and large Newspaper Power,
Pt-rt*. (• cat of wh|ph we give above) we are now prepared
anything in the line of printing or ruling in
lU |vle equal to any establishment iu the dtate, and at
* *Jft equally low. Wo can execute, on short notice, all
arleaof
Weddlefli lavlUtion, Visiting, Balt A Business Cards,
Civoulai-n, Progi’amiuen,
MAMMOTH posters, sale sills,
S3IUL.ASS® Bninrffgß-KllSA®®
pamphlets. Pay and Check Bolls,
BLANK BOOKS,
MANIFESTS, and blanks of all kinds.
. U we ask is a trial, feeling confident that we can give
H ,Hfectiontf we have, the opportunity,
difice In Lowlher’s building, corner of Virginia ami An
;,,treats, opposite Superintendent’s Office,
local items.
Railroad Speed. —Man; fatal accidents oc
cur on railways by persons attempting to : drive
Jc . cr o*g when a train is approaching. The dan
ger.iies in miscalculating the rate at which 'a
,ar moves when under full headway, which ig said
to be about seventy feet, -or twice its length in a
•econd. ;
At thi* velocity, a locomotive driving wheel,
Ax feet in diameter, makes four rercdhtiona in a
second, the piston rod thus traversing the cylinder
eight time*. If a heme and carriage should ap
proach and cross the track at the rapid rate of six
miles an hoar, an express train appriiching at
the same moment would move toward it two hun
dred and flfty-ebven feet while it was in the act
of crossing: if the horse moved no faster than a
walk, the train would move towards it mure titan
Are hundred feet, which fact accounts for the many
accidents at such points. When the locomotive
whistle is opened at the post, eight rods from the
crossing, the train will advance near one hundred
feet before the sound of the whistle traverses the
distance to, and is heard at the crossing.
Sad Accident— Qn Saturday afternoon, says
the 7)prone Herald, while the Bellefonte train was
leaving the station, a number of the boys jumped
upon it for the purpose of getting a ride, a habit to
which they seem very much wedded, notwithstand
ing the repeated warnings and expostulation of
many mothers. Upon the train getting beyond
the engine house they jumped off, in the act of
which, one, son of Dr. McVey, was injured by the
passing of the wheel over his foot, causing a gash
from the toe to the heel eight inches or more in
length. Fortunately no bones were broken, yet
the point of his heel is very much lacerated, caus
ing intense pain and probably requiring weeks to
lied. We would advise all boys in rho habit of
mdnigingdn the practice of jumping on and off
railroad core while in motion, to pay little James
McVey a visit and while witnessing hfc suffering
resolve never again to engage in so a
practice.
A Pleasant Arr.ua.—A few days ago our
friend, Rev. A. IP Serabower, stopped at the
clothing store of Tack & Etinger, to purchase
-ome little article in . their line, and when about
to retire was requested to cany home with faint
one of the best overcoats in the establishment,
which Mr. Few, the gentlemanly young salesman,
informed him the members of his congregation
bad paid for. Mr. S. says the surprise was com-,
plete, bot he does not Seel annoyed, as the coat
will he -.no encumbrance to him daring- the cold
winter days which are fast approaching; He de
sires ns ! to return thanks to the donors, and to
assure them that their gift will be prized, not only
for its real worth, bat also for the kindness mani
fested by the givers. .*
United States Hotel, Harris bubo.—-This
convenient and popular honse has recently under
gone extensive improvements, and has been thor
oughly renovatedaud refitted in handsome style.
The gentlemanly proprietors, Messrs. Coverly &
llutcbenson, seem determined to do all in their
power fey the comfort and entertainment of their
guests. The table is furnished with every luxury
the will afford, and prepared in theiiest
styler Booms ate well furnished and ventilated,
thin making it a first class hotel, and the home of
the traveling public, and also of permanent
hoarders. This house lias a peculiar: advantage
in location,' contiguous to business, immediately
letween the two' great depots, only ; a few steps
trom each, and perfectly easy of access.
The Catholic Fair,—The fair in aid o£, Sf.
■loho’s, Catholic church in this place, will, we im
ucraland, commence on Tuesday next, the I Oth
inst., in the beseroent of said chnrch, and contin
ue, we doubt not, so tong as it meets with proper
encouragement. The ladies interested in the get
ting up of the Fair have met with the most liberal
; >id from, the citizens of this and neighboring
towns, and in return are determined to make the
festive one of the most attractive that has ever
been held in this place. Many beautiful and val-
I fable articles, useful as well as ornamental, be
-1 -ides several curiosities heretofore unheard of
amongst ns, will be on exhibition- and for sale.—
I We bespeak for the Fair a liberal patronage from
I all classes. •
Charges.—S. B. Kennedy, Esq., for some time t
•slTrain Master of Pittsburgh Division, P. K.
l»ia resigned hie situation, and' our clever
fncndj Dttvid Garrett, recently conductor on the
has been appointed to Mr.
Kennedy’s place.. We welcomeDavidto Altoona.
*ad hope bis sqjonm with wf may prove agrees- ]
to him. ' , ■ '
In this connection we are pleased to note that
•Kedy. Gibson, recently Baggage Agent at this'
has received the appointment of extra
and reported at Philadelphia. Andy
“* •hofe-souled, clever, merry fellow and will
l#^8 popular conductor. Success attend him.
Si-DDsw Death.—Joseph P, Trout, the Aac
two«er, well known to most of. the citisena of this
died suddenly. of cramp-colic, on Monday
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