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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 <iccam|ied.
| JIBC A singular Cuineijlcnce occurred among
the clergy of Chicago on Thanksgiving day. Two
ministers, of the same name, one a Methodist and
the other a Unitarian, selected the same subject
for discourse, and singularly enough made the
same conclusions.
jsr- It is said that Admiral Renaud, of the
French fleet, has written from New York to Paris,
that his position, owing to fhe festivities offered to
the Russians, is highly embarrassing; that, al
though the most stjidiod politeness is shown him,
he can see there is ao he.art in it, and that all eyes
and hearts are, for the Russians.
Young boasts that he can see
more gold and silver from ’the door of his house
than would equal the whole currency of the world.
These mines are not allowed to be opened. The
effect would be, according to Brigaru's ideas, to
bring near the “ Ci tv of faints” a large mining
papulation, which he would find exceedingly hard
to rule. v
O" A young man in California. whose friends
had eeakod to correspond with him. woke up'their
interests by sending letters to business men in his
{native place, inquiring the price of a tolerably
' sized farm, Seven affectionate letters came from
the friends by return of post, and two or three a
day have come over since, Including one from an
old (and coldj sweetheart.
Jkjjf* Two government Horse contractors have
been convicted in Cincinnati, by Court Martial, of
fraud upon the government, and not only been
sentepenced to the penitentiary for five years, but
have been fined $20,000 each. If all the swind
ling contractors were; made U> 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.
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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'
'**& "*<l «fc«»Pfjtand mont beautiful of a i, > "’’
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 , <n-j '
•II kinds of timed. Breht ami recent ,
; make oar Family gawtug Machine o lu ,t Pwj,i,,, ’
‘ meet dnitihlo. andlnortcertalu id .cti.m us ,1] r> . ’
»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 <ldcs
of head dark brown.
The owner Is requested to come
ward, prove property, pay charges and tali 1 b* r
otherwise she will be disposed of according t" !-ov.
‘ . I DAVID SKAltlh"* 1
iypy. 23th, 18E3.-T-at*
r PEAS! TEAS! TEAS'—FKITCHFA
X Is selling superior to «nv ever t»fftT«*t» - '■
t*»ua. They are free of adulteratUm. oeK.rl;.-;- f; :x
tore of any kind.
Boston crackers—a- lar<>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