$ P£gm a [' m and scissors. MnlU'« J »fi. The bosbftod who derOured his wife with i kmn, fonnd afterward th«t -jihe dingreed with! i! Win. ’ 1; I ALTOONA, PA. WEDNESDAY DEC. 9, 1863 IguOiiving secured additional help, we aipiuoabled to issue our paper on time this ; !WSek.; ■ .-Sffe shall endeavor to be s mure punctual in future. Organisation of Oongreas. .Congress met on Monday last and or* gaoised by electing Schuyler Colfax, of indiana, Speaker, on first ballot. An eljfbrt,wa« made by Emerson Ethrigde, clerk, lo prevent the organization of the Hpnse by the majority, by attempting to r»|le out the members elect from several States, tnoonsequepce of alleged informal itiaa in their certificates. This matter * was soon, disposed bf by those who were admitted, by a vote admitting all who .presented credentials properly authenti- cated as heretofore. The majority for Col itis, for Speaker, teas twenty. The Presi dent’s message would be read and given to tijc public on Tuesday. Capture of Gek. Meaghek : —Gen. Meagher, who was with the army as a visitor to his old brigade, was captured in! citizen’s clothes, near Mine run, during the recent engagement and is now in the bands of the enemv. Attempt to Surprise Gen. Burnside. ■A special despatch to the Louisville Jout-nula&ya that Gen. Wilcox has tele graphed from Gen. Burnside’s head-quar ters, at Knoxville, the following: At eleven o'clock on the evening of. the 38th, the Rebels euempted to surprise his force, and succeeded fat driving our skirmishing line of the right wing, which wag posted on the Kingston rood, and forced, it bock to fort Saunders. ;We afterWairds regained our pwiaiou, and had sharp skirmishing with the enemy all night. Du Sunday morning at seven o’clock the Rebels moved a force of three brigades against Fort .Saunders, a! portion of which, notwithstanding our heavy fire, gained the ditch, but could not ascend the parapet. We .took; three hundred prisoners and three stands of colors. The Rebel loss in killed and wounded was over three hundred, while our loss 1 was about twenty. Loogstreet thcn accepted Gen. Burnside’s offer for a cessation of hostilities to enable the Rebels to attend to their wounded. ; 'The wotmded soldiers were exchanged for loyal soldiers Wounded in previous engagements, and the Rebel dead sent through our lines. \ Colonel Russ, commanding the assaulting party, Colonel McElroy and Lieuienanr-Cnlonel Thomas, of'the enemy, were killed. An assault was sufiuhuneously made on the right of our Jiqe, but the Retails were drivcnl back. , \ ' ' lOiir loss on that side was about forty, while the enemy's loss was much greater. Onr supplies are ample for the present. [The Eobels have been reinforced by one or two regiment* of Busbrod Johnson's Division. A correspondent of the Cincinnati writing from Knoxville on the 29th nit., says:— The great rebel blow; anxiously anticipated so long, was struck this morning. Reinforced by the; trfiops of Sam. Jones, Jackson and Williams, Gen; Jheogstreet sought to annihilate the Army of the Ohio by a single blow; for which purpose bo selected seven picked regiments. Skirmishing V-ommeOeed last night 4t ten, and continued sharply; ( until near daylight on our left front, before Fort Saunders, commanded by Gen. Ferrer, and defen ded by the 79th Kew fork, Benjamin’s 3d U. S. arfiHery. and Buckley’s Rhode Island battery,— Otlr pickets were driven in, and the enemy liadi’j possession themselves of some rifle-pits, but the j. Masmchuaetta hoys drove them back. Suddenly, the wbel storming party, led by the 16th and 17th l3th MisSissipi, under cover of Quit own retreating men, came to the assault, and ap-| proochcd to within one hundred yards of the fort anjhanned. Then ensued a scene of desparatej daring, stnbbom resistaneG, death, carnage and honor scarcely equaled during the war. These mtjn, veterans of the Potomac and the flower of! IxmgstreetV army, confident of the promised vie- | tntjy. plunged into a hailing hell of lead? Wires;' had been stretched from stamp to stamp, in front of the wuiks, by Captain Poe. Over these tliei; advancing enemy fell in confused heaps with tin? j kilted afid Wounded around them. Our artilleryj | min hurled shell hy hand forward upon the fallen tied doomed robefs. Uoi and hotter caaic the storm of shells. The ground over which they passed was carpeted with the slain. The ditch was filled with the dead, wounded and dying. Not oneof thejr side faltered; not a, acute (if the gallant stonners escaped. The mm rising looked down through the cold mist and chill of that November morning upon the remains of an anujr. One thousand killed and wounded nod prisoners was the cost of the assault of fort Ntodeni. JS'oblv has it sustained the reputation of . itviname-wdte, fearfully revenged his fall. Our National Finances, The Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer, under date of the Sdjinst., sayst— . Consul cmWe discnssion having arisen as to the wants of thi Government, as to additional legisla tion to procure money to cany on the war the coining year, the following will show that Secre tary Chase wisely procured enough legislation from the last Congress to last for the next fifteen months. His revenue.'for the coming year will be—■ from Internal Eevonue. 3(80,000;000 Tariff; .'. 100,000,000 Balance of 15-20 Loan., ;.. 11.5,000^000 Balanoa of $50,000 Lctan 10,000,000 Balance mine Treason? u...,. 86,000,000 7endi BaiuJee of Legal'lc 1ira..... 40,000j000 JB^S«i»cßXrpa»’y l Wterei!M>earing n0ic5.350,000.000 10-ito 10HH,.;,.. 400,000,000 51,120^00,000 .■volfcirlll-lieneendhat Jhe Treasury li »w f in an eS*jt condition, and in no prospect of immediate want. It is believed in high financial circles tluu Soeretaiy Cliase will not ask Congress to (rive him any *j.litioii»ilctrisl»ii'm at present, ■ A Hbqae in Waahitogton, two stories high, worth about ”(10,000. rentatbis season for (4,000, -jl famished. ~y- ' i ' ij ' r ? -s ■ 1! m* Women should that men would | oftener ring their lender Angers only in wring their tend beam. £7“ Kamnel Minniehan was run over by an en gine, at the Patterson depot, on Tuesday evening of last week, and badbrlnjqred Forty in the Italian amiy have been degrad*! to the ranks for having married contrary to the regulations. IftaT- The Marquis of Westminister's income is $5,006 a day, ami that of the four: leading Roths child's $l,OOO an hom - ! Precious boars those. | A little child jof 8. R. Notesline, proprietor ! of the Patterson House, was so badly scalded, on | Saturday week, that if died shortly afterwards. | ' The farmers m the vicinity of Middletown, i Ohio, distributed, oh Thanksgiving day, eighty wagon loads of wood lamong the soldiers’ families of the town. , tgß,Last year 1,000,*100 hogs were slaughtered and packed in Chicago, worth $10,000,000. The number for the present year, it is said, will reach the value of $20,000,000. fSf The Legislature of Alabama has passed a law that any man who sells salt tor more than $l5 per bushel, shall be at once placed in the ac tive class of the militia of the Slate. The Louisville Journal says: “If any great artist wishes to get up a jiainting to be called .the picture of desolation, he had better gel the Rebel Confederacy to sit fur him." ■gk. Governor Curtin lias- submitted for the approval of the President a plan for raising troops in, Pennsylvania, which, it is said, if acceded to, will place this State among the foremost in filling the required quota. Jgk- A Hew York letter says :—Parties in a position to know something about it, says that Gunther spent about $50,000 to carry the election, Boole about $BO,OOO and Blunt not less than $25,000. Tatal $105,000. gjg-The manners of the Brazilians, according to a recent traveler. are_ but so-so even among the highest ranks. In Rio, ladies of quality amuse themselves by spitting from their balconies on the heads of the £oot-|iassongers below. g3t-A lady in Boston was rcecutly poisoned by green wall paper. On examination, the walls of ! the room were found to be covered with paper rich in green coloring matter which, living analyzed, ■yielded large quantities of arsenic., ; JffiC A chap named Clark, confined in the, jail of Juniata county tor stealing money from a i man named Smith, was released for the puroose of going as a substitute for Smith. After being sworn into the service lie disgorge in this manner, the demand for diamonds would consid erably lessen in the raSrket, tST' Some unknown reporter states.that a lady wl)0 died last summer of fever, and was laid out by her friend*, was-discovered the night following, standing atthe cup-board, CJi'ing encumber pickles, or in other words ; They left her “a Laving in'whitc, Prepared for the,grave’s qniet slumbers ; But they found her the very next night ••A laying in” pickled chcumhen,: | BQH. “ Two Boards of Yankee officers, a i paper, have been organized for the || proper distribution of fee clothing and provisions If sent by the North, for the prisoners In fJelJe Jjle; ; one for the quartermaster's and one for the co lu ll missary’s deportments Col, Sanderson, a former •j! hotel keeper jp New York, was chief of the pro ij ceeding. and managed,fee distribution in a business j fike slvle. i The £a Orottß Utmoanu tells a remarka ble oat story. A German who in 1861 volun teered for the war, told bis wife not to kill any of the kittens of bis favorite cat, but to keep them and their Increase until Ms- return. The .faithful woman has now on her hands the aid put and her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, etc., etc., to the number of two hundred and nine cats, cadets and kittens !, The Government ought to gh'e that soldier a furlough. | The Shlrleysburg (Huntingdon Co.) Herald says John Jacobs, of this place, a conscript by the last draft, hired u substitute, who was accepted by the Exam ining Board, and Jacobs discharged. The substitute has proven to be a deserter,, and been arrested as such, thns .reclaiming the service trom Jacobs by revocation of his discharge, ff the position _of tbe.Boanl is'tenable, Jacobs must either go into the service, hire another f ulwtitule Or pay ijirpp hundred dollars eoramiitatidn—a drawback on Jacobs ; General Butler in His Office, Mr. Parfon has written the life of Gen. Butler, in which we find the following, taken from the a» count of hie administration m Mew Orleans; ■‘The offioewas a Urge room, furnished with Httte more than along tabto and a few chair?. In one corner, behind the table, sat, unobserved, a short hand reporter, who at a signal from the General, take down the examination of an applicant or an informer. The General began business by placing his pistol upon the table within easy reach . After the detection of two or three plots to assas sinate him, one of the aids caused a little sbeif so Is- made under the taCfe for the pistol, while another pistol, unloaded, lay upon the table, which any gentlemnn disposed to attempt the game of assas sination was at liberty to snatch. i “That single loaded pistol, carried in a pocket or laid upon a shelf, was Gen. Butler’s sole pre caution against assassination in a community of whom a majority would have treated his murderer as a patriotic herb, and rewarded him with- honor and wealth. Butthat precaution sufficed. Chance gave him the reputation of being a dead shot, aud every man who oliserved tits movements could in fer that his handling of his pistol would be quick and dexterpus. He was riding along one day with a numerous retinue, where some orange trees, loaded with fruit, bung over a wall. As he rode by he took out his pistol, and aiming, at; a. twig which sustained three line oranges,-severed the twig and brought the game rolling on the ground. It was a chance shot, which, probably, lie could not have equalled in ten trials. But'it answered the purpose of giving the impression that he was the beat shot in New Orleans. Vet it was sur prising that no ope attempted iris assassination.— He went,everywhere with one attendant, or with none. His apparent carelessness was a daily in vitation to the assassin. “ Another member of the staff, of a mischievous turn, had exercised his talents in printing, in large letters, the following sentence, legible to all visitors, on the wall of the room : ‘ There is no diffeaence between ahe mid a she adder in their venom.' Mrs. Phillips and other ladies of similar disposition would glare at the legend indignantly, as though the simple statement of a fact in natural history hod some special reference to them. There was another little contrivance which I believe was an achievement of the general’s own genius. Some ■of his Creole visitors and some of the Israelitisjt money- changers who came to him were addicted to the use of garlic—a fact which did not render a close confidential interview with them so desirable as a conference from a point more remote. Con sequently. the chair provided for the use of such persons was tied by the leg to.the leg of the table, so that it could not be drawn very near the one oc cupied by the general. The anxious petitioner, not observing the cord, was likely to open the con ference by throwing the chair over. Others, who succeeded in seating themselves without this em barrassing catastrophe, found all their attempts to edge tip confidentially to the general’s ear unavail ing. This invention saved the general from the fumes of garlic, and compelled the visitor to speak loud enough for the reporter to h -ar him." A Magmuckm Railway Caiuiiaok.—The directors of the Great Eastern Railway Company are constructing a specimen of railway carriage which, for luxury and lie-iuty. can only 1»‘ com pared with .Cleopatra's galley. Talk ot "purple sails, anil oars of sliver, and isuiliou of cloth of gold'.’' the carriage which is being built at Strat ford for the Use of the Prince and Princes of Wales is quite as line ! "X wish I were a princess." the little lady plaintively says in the nursery story ; “then 1 could have sugar candy for breakfast." — So we almost wish that we were a prince: then we should ride niton quilted satin, with our feel in ches deep in a yelvet-'pile carpet, and hang our hats upon frosted silver pegs ! Let our readers only realize the splendor of the draw ing room ,on wheels which is to travel to and fro between Sand ringham and London. First of nil, it is twenty six feet long, in separate compartments, so that royalty can stretch its legs. Then it is seven feet high, so that royalty’s traveling mfi, or royalty's head inside of it, will not knock against the roof, or try unwilling conclusions as to relative hardness witli the glass of the carriage hqnp. The interior of this mansion in miniature is hung with blue silk, brocaded and bordered with silver, %nd studded with the same metal. The handles and furniture are all of silver also, designed to exhibit every i where the triple plume of the Prince ot Wales.— Intermingled with the same emblems on the inside panels, the Danish Cross appears in all directions, and the carpet, woven adhqc, reproduced the. same I ornaments.' Even the outside is gorgeous, for it |is to be painted in lake and gold, with the royal j arms and the badge of the Order of the Garter hi j thosd spaces where vulgar railroad carnages carry the description of their class. A Sflexhid Military Pageant.— From a | tleseription of the battle at Chattanooga, by a cor l! respondent of the Cincinnati Gazette , we extfact the following :—Gen. Howard's corps was formed in' rear in line of battle as a reserve; and at a given signal the entire body moved forward into the plain open ground in front and to the right of | Fort Wood. The day was bright apd beautiful; I the rays of the sun, reflected from ten thousand bayonets, dazzled the iteholder’s eyes; the men were dressed as if for a holiday; proud steeds 'near ing gallant riders, galloped along the lines; every eminence about the city was crowded with specta tors ; and for the first lime in my experience, 1 saw the soldiers of the Union marching to battle to the beat of the spirit-stirring drum. This was, : indeed, the “pomp and circumstance" of war ; and | it is no wonder that tiie rebels whom we afterwards -captured declared they did not think we were going to make an attack upon them, but had our troops out for a review or dress parade. I was glad Co see this splendid pageant, for I think that, ; us a general thing, We lire apt to underestimate the i moral effect of military display upon our soldiers. I The masses of men are strongly moved by pomp and glittering symbols; and I am sure that even I the man of giant intellect feels himself more a hero when in Iwttle, if he fights with shining ban | nefs waving above his head, and the sounds of martial music tingling in his ears. flow to Invest a “ Greenback.” If yon wish it to pay you ice// and often, subscribe for the Pittxlmryh Weekly Chronicle, the people’s favorite, containing each week no less than thirtys solid columns of fresh, varied, carefully condensed, and more carefully selected news for the farmer, the merchant, and the family. It is independent in politics; knows no party but that of the Union; admits but few. advertisements, and is brim full of news; special” and general dist-alches; army correspondence, and entertaining family reading'. 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What a Volunteer Ukceivis.—The- follow ing facto are giren for the consideration if those who are volunteering, From them it vyill bp seep that it is us pro(iltihlc nspatriotic to enter the unny under the call lately made for 300,000 volunteers. Suppose the war lasts three years, a recruit will get $24 43 per moutli, with rations and ail neces sary medical attendance. If the war lasts only one year, lie will receive $73 15 per month ; und If It shall close ip three-months he will'receive $165 96 per month. Veterans will receive, un der the sanjc contingencies SIJ3 96. $33 and $176 95 ]iergnoi)th. Thus it will he seen tlmi the inducements to volunteering are great. A Brilliant Cavi Tlie battle of Chattanooga wsjs fought and won without the co-operation of anjj cavalry on the Federal side. The cause of this was partially owing to the impossibility of obtaining forage, and partially to the fact that the ridge was too steep to permit a cavalry' force to render! any material aid in operation from the front. Blot 'Grant did not permit the cavalry to remain idle. On Tuesday they quietly crossed Sherman's pontoons, and while the enemy's attention was attracted by Sherman's Batteries, they moved, under cbvcr of night, to the rear of the enemy 's right. j The force was under the command of Colonel Lung, and consisted.of the First and Second Ohio, and part ot the Fourth Ohio. F°urth Michigan, Seventeenth Indiana Mounted Infantry, and the Nineteenth' Illinois Motmted Infantry'. A few hoars after dark they arrived three, miles in the rear of Bragg, where a train of sixteen teams laden with forage was captured. Thd spoils were taken to Tyners, where they cut the telegraph and cap tured two couriers, with important dispatches from Joe Johnston to Bragg. Six miles below a halt was made until four o’clock in the morping, when they received intelligence of a i train of supplies belonging to Cheatham «a route from' Longstreet to Bragg’s army. After a rapid ride of ten miles, the train of eighty'wagons with Quartermaster's stores and a Paymaster's box, were captured. In the train was a paymaster’s box containing $BO,OOO in Rebel currency, and $5OO in gold and silver.— Thg guard and horses and mujeswere all captured. Retracing their steps, they approached Cleveland, on the outskirts of which they took six teams, and soon after three Quartermaster's wagons loaded with valuable booty. Charging into the town the residents were astonished to see, the Yankees, and a regiment of cairaliy (Second; Kentucky) were not long in plan|K some distance between the town and themr At Cleveland one thousand bushels of grain aud three thousand barrels of flour and other valuable plunder were taken. Wednesday night was spent in Cleveland. On the following morning, a detatchment was sent to Charleston, where a sharp [flight took place, with the loss of one private, Easpon, Second Ohio. The track of the railroad connecting Bragg and Longstreet’s communications was torn up for fifteen miles, the telegraph cut, and the enemy otherwise harrassed. This morning, three infantry regi ments and two of cavalry entered the town, and after a brief skirmish our cavalry retreated with all their captured supplies. This raid was one of the best of the war, and its execution was intrusted to [worthy bands. They are a brave force, who have rendered signal sendee to this army, and never foil in accomplish ing what they may attempt.—A 1- , y. Herald. Uxtox Fkklisg in Arkansas.— The Little Kock Democrat, of the 24th ulr., says a successful scout under Colonel Caldwell into the mountain counties west of Arkadelphio, had just returned to Benton. Several hundred Union men came into our lines with Caldwell. A large Union meeting was held at Little Rock on the 21st ult. The Union men are working hard for the restora tion of their rights under the old; Government, and the people from the country are daily coming in, taking the oath of allegiance and enrolling themselves into companies for home defence. Re cruiting for t(te United States service was also quite active in various parts of the State. The Unconditional Unionists, representing 20 counties of Western Arkansas, held a convention at Fort Smith, on the 30th, at which patriotic speeches were made, resolutions passed, and Col. Johnson, of the First Arkansas infantry, nomi nated to represent that district in the next Federal Congress. The election occurred on the 23d of November, and Col. Johnson elected. The con vention also voted that-Arkansas be declared a free Stale after the war. Owing to numerous guerrilla attacks on steamers, Adjutant Genera! Thomas issued an order to furnish all boats in the Government employ, plying an the Mississippi river, with arras and ammunition to protect thein .selves. An Old Sinnkr Foilrd. — A man fifty vears of age, the proprietor of a rag shop, attempted on Thursday (Thanksgiving day)| to elope with a' y*ung miss of thirteen years, the daughter of a wealthy resident of Chicago. He 1 called at the house and took her out to ride. The carriage drove leisurely round two squares, and finally stopped in front of the Catholic Church. A brother of the young lady, a yonng man, was on their track, intent upon protecting his beloved sister from any snare. The bifother stepped in front of the old deceiver, as he j. was approaching tiie. church door, and presenting a revolver, told him that if he did not return ibis sister to her home at once he would blow hiijh through. The trio got into the carriage together, the brother and sister upon the back seat,) the disappointed lover sitting alone. After the jlprty alighted from the carriage, the old man took 'from his antici pated bride some of the articles Of dress which he had presented to her. and made tracks for his shop. . Substitutes is EiCHMo.sn.-Thc Richmond Enquirer says that two substitutes have been re cently purchased in that city, one for ten thousand, another for eleven thousand dollars. The En quirer remarks Considering the manifest destiny of the substitute system, this is rather a heroic temptation of fate, provided the. principals design remaining in the Confederacy to luxuriate upon the surplus of their fortunes. But while so many are departing the country, and ’leaving hatants behind to take care of their property, it is not probable that such gentlemen will ayvait the action of Congress on the substitute question. To mass n fortune, convert a portion of it into real estate, and another portion of it into gold, then to set sail tor Europe to await the termination of the war, while the wife stays at hoi,;e as a locum ienens of the projierty is a scheme becoming vastly popu lar just now with substitute men, Tuf. Cheat Phize Fight.— The English prize ring is Intensely excited by a match that is to come off between Heiman—the Benepia Boy, as he is called in our prize ring vocabulary—and an Eng lish champion named King. The stakes are $5,- 000 on tiiich side—the tight to come off during the coming Holiday season. An announcement lias just been made through Bell’sllA/e, in London, under the signatunwTjf the leaders of the prize ring, that fair play will be enforced in tins and all future fights. The betting on the coming mill is largely in favor of the American champion, his backers all offering their thousands .at the rate of f6O to $4O- Outsiders can scarcely comprehend the intense anxiety these brutal ieneoumen; excite in the attendants upon these fights. Hundreds of thousands of dollars will be slaked upon this fight in England, and no small amoi pt in this country. Carbon County Rioters Ahhestkh. —A dis | patch from Philadelphia on the sth says:—Lieut Laverty, with a detachment Of fourteen men, arrived in this city this morhirtg from Beading, having in charge sixty men wlm were concerned in the recent outrages in Carbon county. Bv order of Major General Sigel ite delivered the pris ,■ oners to Major General C,’u4vh3ladcr. hv 'whom they were sent lo Fort Jliffiiri fjir safe keeping.— These sixty men mv the worst most danger ous of the rioters The rest, .ahyut fortyiin num ber, will be kept at Reading, ijhe prisoners are jeharged with conspiring againsf the government, |murdifr, arson and rioting. Sonic of them are im plicated iii the murder of Mr! Spilth, at Summit »H‘! yarjoiis acts of incendiarism, Thu number of invalid jiciisioiis granted by the Pension Office during the month of Novem ber just closed, was 3.065. 'l'h 3 number of pen sions to widows,mothers atufor ihans, allowed du ring thei sarnc period, was 2,ofe. r flie number ot invalid allowed exceed* the number of en-e-i fileil for the month 1,0*50, y Raid. . Atlanta has a population of 20,000 inhabitants, among whom (tee «; liberal sprinkling of Nbrth erneres, who are the most dcmustrative tfod ex treme Secessionists in the town. It is iocatcdin an elevated and salubrious section or :htt State, upon fbedividing line, in Fnlton county, between the cot ton growing and grain producing regions, and is 810 miles from Savannah, .107 from Charles ton.! 75 tnilo tfom Montgomery. Ala., 136 mils from Chattanooga, 313 miles from Knoxville, and 700 miles front Richmond. Four railroads cornu id eate' with Atlanta, aad form a junction there—the Western or Georgia State Railroad, the Macon and Western Railroad, and the Atlama-Moutgomcry Railroad. ■ ' In the spring ; of 1850 John C. Calhoun, On his return from the Commercial Convention at Mem phis, stopped severaldays at Atlanta, and predicted then that it would be the gratest inland city of the' South, and at no distant day Che eapitol" of the Southern Confederacy; the coner-stane of which, he maintained, would be African slavery. Al though the Rebel capital is at present in Richmond, the public sentiment of the South bos already loca ted it permanently at Atlanta, provided the',Con federacy does not collapse: There are quarries, of the very finest, granite at Stone Mountains, sixteen milesjrom Atlanta, on the Georgia Railroad, arid the people of that city deter mined, when “this cruel war is over,”to rear struc tures more magnificent than those of Greece or Rome, tall as the Tower of Babel, and moreduta bie than the Pyramids. Atlanta is the great military dep&t ofUeboldom, ami it is here that the naval supplies are stored, There is an armory at Atlanta, a chemical labora tory, and a sword factory. Shells, solid shot, siege guns, field pieces and mountain howitzers, are cast there. Percussion caps, cavalry saddles, artillery harness, gun carriages, ambulances, army wagons, tents, and all the shoes and clothing for the West ern department, are made at Atlanta. Theariuory tuin out muskets of the Springfield pattern, and rolling mills stretch the plates for the Rebel iron clards. Large quantities of meat are packed there •for the army. It may well be termed the most flourishing, city of the Southern;Confederacy, though the first house was built there as lately as 1843. : An aristocratic blood, a Captain belonging to a First Family—not Of Virginia—(l wish he did)— was for a while sojourning at WUajtd’s. This Captain, anxious to make the most of his furlough, kept himself nearly perpetually drunk. . There was this one pleasant feature of his drunkenness ; in stead of being cross and surly, be becomes exceed ingly affectionate, pitched upon persons who never had the pleasure of his acquaintance, and. not withstanding the protestations to the contrary, vehemently swore they were his dearest and best friends. . . The Captain—we will call him Captain A. —in tins affectionate maudlin state, took a ride tin horseback down the avenue, and. saw riding in an open carriage a gentleman adorned with extensive hirsuit appendages, that attracted his attention. — He rode up to the carriage and with, "Well, old bov, bow-are you?” Glad to see you!" stretched out bis hand to the venerable occupant.. The gentleman gave him his hand, but said to the Captain he thought lie “ was mistaken, as tie could not bring him to remembrance." " No, old coon, you can’t come it over me that fashion and he held on to the hand with a grasp like a vice. "1 love you very much, indeed and he drew himself closer to the stranger, and leered into his face, almost touching him. The gentleman, evidently, did not wish to get up a scene, and tried to free himself in a quiet way from the grasp and company of the Captain, ijut he tried in vain. Captain A. became more affectionate, took the old man by the heard, patted him in the face, with sundry endearing terms, until the other was forced in desperation to break forcibly away from the drunken officer, as persons began.to col lect around the carriage, looking on in amazement and laughing. Towards evening of that'day the Captain was placed under arrest for drunkenness. ;Tt did not add much to the pleasantness of his reviving sober ness. when told that the nice looking old fellow to w hom he had been so affectionate, was none other than Edwin if. Stanton , Secretary of Wptr. Mr. Beecher and Kkuel Muskets. —The Boston Commercial Bulletin relates the- following incident of Mr. Beecher’s experience on his return home from his recent trip to Europe; “When the steamer Asia, on her last trip over, reaehfcd Hali fax, and the crew, had begun to break out the portion of the cargo which was to be latjded there, (but which it afterwards became 100 evident was to go much further South.) Henry Ward; Beecher aud a few others got ashore to stretch their legs by a walk on the pier. The first case of goods came hard, and the force on the (all and tackle was in creased by the voluntary offer.of Mr.: Beecher, whose additional muscle on the rope soon brought oat the case, bang, on to the wharf. He was somewhat aghast, however, to find as his 'friends gathered about to examine it, that he bad dent a hand' to land a ease of muskets for the' Southern Confederacy." Remedy for Diftiiehia— The New s York ‘ Tribune’ says: we have just received a receipt for the cure of diptheria, from a physician who says that of 1,900 cases in which it has been used not a single patient has been los.t. The treatment con sists in thoroughly swabbing the back of the mouth (thd throat with a wash made thus : Table sail, 2 drachms; black pepper, goldemseal, nitrate of pot ttsh, alum, I drachm each. Mix and-pulverize, put into a teacup half full of boiling water; stir well, and then fill up with good vinegar. Use evert half hour, one, two and four hours, asreeov ery progresses. The patient may swallow a little each time. Apply one ounce each of spirits tur pentine, sweet oil and aqua ammonia, mixed, every hour to the whole of the throat, and to the hreas't bone every four hours, keeping flannel to the iw.i t. A Practical Joke. —“ Tom Ferguson,’’ a member :of the Canadian Parliament makes long speeches now and then. He’d been at Work latelv for an hour, and was good for a cOople more, when he was cut short by a letter, said not to be a genuine document, thus; *‘lHy dear Fhrgnsom I want to see you in the library immediately, to renew your usual pass on the - Grand - Trunk > ours, faithfully, C. J Brydges.” The bait took and Tom “hooked it,” and has since been almost ’roasted to death” by h;j brother law-makers. Victory Wonl Subscribers would respectfully * »? Un ? UUCo - lo tij " Altooim vicinity, tha4 they Uavejost returned from the Bast wfth their • FALL AND WINTEU STOCK OF HATS & CAPS, BOOTS Sc SHO£S. : a caps har e 1 ,., t .„ - It-cteU a ijh great giifaliiJ witli tlwviewof salting all who ipqjjSwor them with their patronage. Their line of Boots haid Shoes i«:cGjnph}te. .< • s • ThfHv fiADIES' JUS&ES' find CHILPHEA'S SHOES are .of Uty make. iwi Wnrrauhi.l, Thuir Ualntor*! £hr«r fm and arc Jun tho thiujf for uet weather liml saving ho»Uh v * lhaukfol to tho j.ublfcf,.i chair verj patron,*** htw-toforb. they hope; to merit r t contiuuancy t»f she same. ii 'fit * " * ST, ,Dv,lr fn Kowmau-B K\ch«n^ ; " o jW;* I „ SMITff * MANN. • . May is, ik«k i HAltfS! HAMS! . re i fcb e-l, a large lot ol Canviutoed gugaixuWd Hams , Oftbv bsp brands in market. Kverr (W soli) Is guaraa tueaiat - • KHlirCMtirs ■ TIfACKKHKL -JsOS. I, AND 3, 1 “AS- i'l all sigei) )|wofcages new. and rath package warmnfetl.jqat re.-ei ,->d and I’M sab- lew by ' . : - ; i I J ' - Kiimninv. ABIiMJM [N ; AL .S.UFP(diiTEli,a, frus- Brinv# for sale at :Aw. Kfcfeh|.kß\s. The City of Atlanta, Ga. The Drunken Captain, THE SINGER SEWL\GM\('Iii Nl;s .mr I.WTTBK A FAMILY RRWl\(Vm\,h ; N , gaining • World-widc reputation. It fe bryono J' '**& "* "’’ iug Machines yet .oireiaal to the public. r ~ Sowing Machine iuw so tawny uMhil appiimr-i f ; ' »ing. BintHnr. Felting, Tucking, Oath.Tiiiy / Bralrtlitgvßmhroidering,Cording,and vi f r ij, - ; Family Sewing MachliWlia*oomtif li:ri,|,,, -I ,i , ’ variety of worts It trill srf ell kind. ..f.-i, ,| f , . ’ »peetl. It mokes the interlocked stitch .whi.-h , stlu-li known. Attf one,even ofthemost.. rdin>,ry c „ t c * n see *t. glance, how to sue the letter \ K ' , Sewing Macnine. Bar Family Sewing Machine. I tshed in chute and exquiste style. ,1 " ! The folding Cue of the Family Machine is a I euaniag workmanship of the moat oaetul hind. ’ tects the machine when not in noo, and when »g, m ; operated may .be opened u a specious and wulwtstnt 1.1 ■ tajile to sustain the work. While some of n, ’ msdeont of the choicest woods, are tinisb-r i hi t i,. plostand chastest manner possible, others ar> . aJ and embellished In the moat oostly and supnrb nt ln ; It la afaaolntely ntcaseary to apo the Family Maebb,,. ' operation, ao as to Judge of Its great capacity and h It isftstt bectwlng aa pop alar for family sewinit ..l Maun&eturing machines are tor manufacturing nun The Branch Ofllcera are welUupplied with »nw thread, needles, oil, Ac., of the rerv beet quality ' Send fora Panraur. THK SINGKH MANUFACTURING COMP AM 1 x - 4SB Broadway, New York • <9U Pmunsirau Ornca, 810 Chestnut St. j Mr. D. W. A. Belfbrd, Merchant Tailor, Virginia a,. Agent In.Altoona. irunm ~r „ I Altoona, Nov. 13,1863. , SAVE THE PER CENTALK BY BUYING YOUR CLOTHING FROM FIRST HAND* PCTINGER & TUCK, Manufacturer. .M-4'*bf and Wheleaale and Retail ilealem In , Clothing, would nwpectfhlly Invite the ittoi.tiot. on public to the following facts in reference to tli„i r * lat. Wo manufacture onr own goohs. They an- . up in onr own Store, in Philadelphia, under our'lium-,t' supervision, and we know they are wall made and can,'' warranted , EQUAL TO THE BEST and superior to the largest quantity of Ileadi mado cl, o, ins in the market. 2nd. W« boy our Clothftdirectlv from tho Importer* a. Manufacturer*, consequently wo sare the bur contair. n.,, 'on by middle men. _ y 3rd. We sell onr Clothing at a reasonable pare, nm over.the coat of our Cloths, thereby saving the pirrcln-’r of Clothing the percentage which must be added hy iho who buy from second hands to sell again. We ni„i| „„ Clothing at the same price which other merchants a,, (or theirs at wholesale, consequently those who i, uv i, us get their g.wds at the same price which orh.o Ci '.ilr.V. pay fur theirs in tilt' city, thereby saving ri. rni per mintage. * W„ have branch Stores in ALTOONA AND JOHNSTOWN, where goods may bo. had at the ‘■anv- fuiurnt w hi,*i. sell them here In. the city. Ifuoy person has been told, or iiuacrhjt;*.. tlmf iu a Store, ia Altoona, Is ~ played out.” let ««uch per-on |j> ilitre his establishment, od Main Strive, and V goods and prlrew. yrholesah* Hon*-*. No. "02 Market Street. TMiih.i. , r » Dec. i. if. CITY DRUG STORK DIL E.-U. RKIGART would nsja-i -fully auuoudco to tho citizens of A It-/-jhu .-u,.. „■ rounding country, thit he has rect-mh pun-T... ,| • Drug S*ure of Berlin £ Co., ou Virginia '-ti- • i. Erieir* Hardware Store. His Drugs are Fresh and I'm , . and ho hope* by strict attention to b«>in--v t* mm share of public patronage. ThU ami examine his stock, ll*-r l>;« ;i l l v.-i« m, DRUGS, MEDICINES and CHEMICALS. FIXE TOILET SOAl’S' i'KHh'l'.MLI; r. IllILSIH: hla.sk rrirr, faints, oils, r.immv CARBON OIL AXJ> LA Mrs. NOTIONS, r if;a ls. out/ every article usually kept iV a LSrst-clacf lh-mj \ , EC RE WINES AN D LIQUORS for rneiiiciiml use. . DOMESTIC GRAPE WINE—PURE—WAHRANTKD PHYSICIANS’ 2'KESCti fJ>TIO.\s accurately compounded, at all hour* tl* * ia\ - i i.i. Altoona, Sept. 30, 1863. OH, YES! OH, YES: THIS WAY 1 rpd THE UOMMUNITY AT LA RGt, JL THE PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR, or ,i:i wanting Choice Family Groceries. A PRIME QUALITY OF FLOI H, OR ANY KIND OP FEED. will Bav« money by calling at the Grocery', Flour and Feed Store m M’(XJNE & WILSON. Corner ot Clara and Virginia Streets, in the store r • ■ known mb Johnston Moore’s. The highest cash prices will he paid for Flour* FcM -.i all kinds of country pro luce. Altouua, Pa-, Nov. 4th, IbttS. ORPHAN’S COURT SALE BY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER dl the Orphan's Court of Blair conu-tv, the Administrator of Mary McCrea, late of Logan t OWDfthif dec'd., will expose to sale, bv public ontorv. <-u th“ pr ;t. lees, on * * TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15th 1863. A TRACT OF LAND. 3 ACHES, mm Situate In Logan township, Blair county. l*oond.Ri '•' lands o?Caleb Delaney, Edward Bell, and William Heis.-i having thereon erected a Log Dwelling House and Stable. The land is all under cultivation. There Is a ipri: of Rood water at, the door. TERMS—One-half of the purchase money to be pai-i r conffhnatlon of sale, and the balance one year then':* ■■ to We secured by bond and mortgage of the purcha?. i Sale to commence qt 10 o’clock A. Mu of said «inv. • Nov. 21i3t, JOHN FARRKLL. Aih.df. VALUABLE PROPERTY FO USA i. K T The subscriber offers at Private Sale a valuable property, aitnate on Branch St., g BaeT Altoona, Immediately opposite I Iw Machine Shop,. The house Is well built and nearly new,gHh9BßH and contains • i ■ ■ Fifteen Rooms with Good Ceilar> It to calculate*! for THREE FAMILIES, aud a» ih* reasonable terms will bring $2O |>er month vtii;. >' a good water in the yard. Terms easy. Apply to MICHAEL WYHOCGH, on the •• ' to JAMBS KEAKNEY, at hi-store, In Ea*t Aln> '!“ Jnly 28,1803-tf. STRAY HEIFER CAME TO THE IIESIDKNt’K 0i , the Subscriber, in AutU township, ' f*,,*-* about the 20th of October*last, a year* ling REIFBB, with led sides, ucliite wtißsKl breast- and belly, and white fac«i i supply oi those delicious cmck* r, r» Just rt-'tO-' and fcrsale by VRITCiIKV. I T AHDVVARE OF ALL RESCUE’ A X tionajust received and i«r sale by , KK'I l>tf- - J. B. IIILKMA s Extra family flour, from tb* Coya, ulwhvh oyj hand and for■ sale ;i ' I ’ l w ‘a* the West by VRITCHM ( I heat PILES of pantaloons \ X for-'Men and 80ya. at LATT<*HMAN > •I. MILES MVUM ALBERT WILSON. I", in.; JTtoeua row* m CkOfWt’t TRIBUNE P 0 isS'T PRINTING Hactog. within the past two t.Mition to oar establish meat 1 ■ype. Screw Press, Paper Cutset ■bine. Card Pqwet* Prtvr. and prase, (a cat of Which we give s to eitsouto anythiug In the lln .* vtylo equal to any estaMtsfai uriceaeduallydow. We can sx ,tyl«e or WedtUßf}, Invitation, VlaiUop Cipoutar*, Pp MAMMOTH POSTS pamphlets. Pay ax BIaANK ] M ANIFCSTS. AND SLA All we salt Is *trim), feeling i if we have the opp Offtfce in Lowlier** baiUUag, ,i - street*, opposite Saperioieu LOCAL Ran. Hoad Sdskd.—ln iiuig Bn&tin, of Saturday I nication detailing the recei opening of the railroad row tc Washington without chi the running «f the train bel Philadelphia, on ihr l return “fastest time on record." ’ not posted on the running tii and especially that ottheP would not have made hU at a flourish of forgo letters an age and minutes. He states that the- distant and Philadelphia is ISA m hoars and 23 minutes, inc stops, leaving the actual rnt I" minutes. Tho distance between Al is i 62 miles. The regnfot East Line East, between ti hours and 25 minutes, iucitn for wood and water, leaving 4 hours. Not nnfrequently . station -from 30 to 40 min nr fired at Harrisburg on tii time than that made by- tl tween Washington and Phi But test this should not U convincing, we call up the. h tween this place and Harris! three years since, hy the Mi Weitsel, conductor, Michael the occasion referred to, the the points was a hours and left this station ui! ininittcs only 4 hours and 12 minim on time. Twenty-five st»t route, at ait average loss i which reduced the running •>7 minutes. The train arr time, having traveled at tin iionr. - The New York uml W travel considerable: faster th Aon of the recent excursion rim on the Tenn’a. U. It. 136 miles in 3 hours and I are with 132 miles in 2 ho Provost Marshal’s N ever posted in this place h. attention as those of the T district, pot np on Saturday of all-Altoonians enrolled i classes, and notifying all w emption from the coming ti: ■life, physical disability, unsi to band in their papers, on December, in order that stricken from the list. In i iir their exemption claims | we presume it is the intemh away with examinations aft facilitatc the business. All fifth of January will be req dialely, either in person or in $3OO, if the cotnmntatio not altered previous to that ahree months’ time will be requests persons knowing military duty, whose name.' list, to inform him of the measures to have them pnq In consequence of the m is a grest demand for exert lawyers and justices of tin nm of custom. Assessment. —The anm under the Excise Laws of th been completed for the XVk trict, we give an abstract of in the Hollidaysburg Segisl ' AMOUNT or TAX < IShtir county Huntingdon county. Mifflin county.. flamhrii county...,. ucExsa Blair county.... Huntingdon c0unty....... I Mifflin county......' /;■ Cambria countv CAttBIiOES, BILIRARH X j Blair county Huntingdon comity i Mifflin c00nty...... CambcjS countv.... W* Total amount of tax assess Monthly a®e»snients a. clndcd, in the above. A SKw -duSB roa Tii American blackbird, so amoang the river rushes, |n*tty Jmrpose. The miili into service.- The wings ' W®fh of vivid vermiliion - ®t plaCnd, folded nn notim If miaMca and young child , Jnnnty. the pur ‘ f'-napdj-aaaS >wn by thc taslij lOf the red; winged blackhiu