, “*
FeUout-nHxms of thsJSamte I#*’* i \
and House qf Rtftresentatives :
~s Called by the,p«utiaUtT of myfellow-oitizeus to
A? dfipß'Of GilluuoF of Pennsylvania Tor another
terta, I appear before yon to Wtknnnly renew the
preMiftwt obligation to support itfce Constitution
of tbeUnited States and the Constitution of the
State of Pennsylvania, and to discharge the jespon
sible trust confided to me wjitb fidelity. When
finrt summoned before you, three years ago, to as
sume the sacred duties of the Executive office, the
long gathering clouds of civil war' were about to
'break upon our devoted country, For years trea
son had been gathering in mights—had been a|c
propriating to its ,fiendish lost more, and more
bountifully of the nations honors—bod grown
steadily bolder in its assnnption of power until it
bad won the tolerance, if not thei sanction of a
formidable element of popular strength even in the
confessedly loyal States. The election of a Presi
dent in 1860, in strict conformity .with the Con
stitotion and the laws, though not .the cause; was
deemed the fit occasion for the organized attempt
To,overthrow the whole fabric of otir free institu*
tions, and plunge a nation of thirty millions of
people Into hopeless anarchy. The grave offence
charged against the President; elect seemed’ alone
to consist in his avowed fidelity fo the Govern
ment, and, his determined purpose to fulfill his
solemn covenant to maintain inviolate the Union
of the States. When inaugurated,die found States
in open rebellion, disclaiming allegiance to the
Government, fraudulently appropriating its pro
perty and insolently contemning, itsnuthority.
Treason was struggling for tupremacy in every
department of administrative power. In the Cabi
net it feloniously disarmed us—our arsenals were
robbed to enable The armies of prime. to drench a
continent' in fraternal blood—our' efiasts were left
comparatively defenceless to fall an easy victim to
tnutore—onr navy was scattered upon distant seas
to render the Republic helpless for Us own protec
tion-officers, educated, commissioned and .sworn
to defend the Government against any foe, became
” B f r *? rB >^ffi e< l Heaven in shameless perjury, and
with fratricidal hands drew their swords against
the country of their allegiance,; and/when treason
diad thus completed its preparations, wanton, wicked
waf was forced upon our loyal people.
Never was war so Tfie North had
sought no sectional triumph. Invaded no rights,
inflicted no wrongs upon the South. It aimed to
preserve the Republic not to destroy it, and even
when rebellion presented the sword as the arbiter,
we exhausted every effort consistent with the ex
istence of our Government to avert the bloody
drama, of the last three years. The-insolent alter
native presented by treason of ; fatal dismember
ment or internecine war, was met bv generous ef
forts to avert the storm of death Which threatened to
j i > but *he leaders of the rebeßionspumed peace,
üßlesS'tbey could glut their infernal ambition over
the rains of the noblest and freest Government
ever devised by man. >
Three years in bloody, wasting war, and the
horrible sacrifice of a quarter of a million lives
attest the desperation of their purpose to overthrow
our liberties. Mourning arid sorrow spread over
the entire nation, and oefeat and desolation are
the terrible trophies won by the traitor’s hand.
Our people have been sorely tried by disasters,
but in the midst of the deepest gloom to the great i u.
cause of onr common country, relrina unon the I i, ■. , “***
ultimate triumph of the right/ they - -
themselves equal to the stem duty, and worthy of I ™ ~n a troo P s ure so much disaffected that | flaw x
their rich inheritance of freedom. ' Their fidelity * ... ,i„. lln( j the | Shirting, 10 c
has been well rewarded; fp God’s own good r "■ g 1 ’ “ ‘
time, He has asserted His avenging power, and
if this war is presisted in bv the leaders of the re
bellion, as-has become evident, then slavery and
treason, the fountain and stream of discord and
death, must soon share a common grave.
In this grand struggle for our honored nation
ality, Pennsylvania has ' won immortal fame.—
Despite the teachings of the faithless, and the
hesitation of the timid, she has promptly and gen
erously met every demand made upon, her, whether
to repel invasion or to fight the battles of the
Union whenever and wherever her people were
demanded. Upon every field made historic and
sacred by the valor of our troops, some of the
martial youth of Pennsylvania have fallen. There
is scarce a .hospital that has not been visited bv
our Ltind officers to the sick and wounded, there is
not a department in which brave men do not an
swer with pride to the name of bur noble State,
and wfide history endures, loyal hearts will turn
with feelings of national pride to Gettysburg, where
Iheoommon deliverance of Pennsylvania and the
Union will stand recorded in the unsurpassed ttiorv
of that bloody field.
I need hardly renew .my pledge, that during the
term of office on which I am about to enter, I will
give my whole moral and official power to the
prosecution of this war, and in aiding the National
Government in every effort to secure early and
complete success over our malignant foes. For
the preservation of our national life,- ,11 things
should be subordinated. It is the first, hightest,
noblest duty* of the citizen—it ishis protection in
person, property, and all civil- and religious privi
leges, and for tts perpetuity in form and power,
he owes all bis efforts, his influence, bis mains,
and his life. To compromise with treason would
be but .to give it a renewed existence, and enable
it again to plunge us into another causeless war
In the destruction of the mllilaty power of the
rebellion is alone the hope of peace; for while
roarch over the soil of any State, no I Wls h all to understand that these prices are
authority, consistent with t^geniM 6^™™ e R|^ UI . BEI> FOR Bounties.—Mr. Chase I ff SH ONL ' —tha< lhe . v are made toaccom
mstitutjons, can properly operate! The people of 'f '®* ter , of Stanton touching | ™ dae porsons of 9mal! lnpans . to whom j t is an
eveiy State are entitled, under the Constitution, to who are’to £ m l lundred thousand men | ob J wt pnrcliase where the can save a few cents
the proection of the Government; and to give that ans nvriufnr ‘. n the dla ™tor of veter- l on each article-and that they will (mi adherll
protection dully and fairlv. rebellion mi.sf he Hi. ’ recruits for old regiments and recruit- for u. e ,u tntj win be adhered to
armed and trodden ip the dust. By these means Ch^‘^ tlon m ® 5C ’ 759 > 000 "ill be wanted. | 3 7 the P resent ’ and so long, in the future,
and these alone, pan we have enduring union, retard ofWar“ S “V 1 understand the Sec- l as " ly sa]les w,i H justify. After making the redi.e
prospenty apd peace, As in the past, I will in incites *5 o^tranr 3 ’ su "’ of $ 2 1.600,000 ! tlon 1 miist d oublr my sales in order to make'as
the future, in faithful obedience to the oath I have man as allowed bv few $ lOO *° B ' m "ch monov ns I did at the old prices The nnh
taken, spare no means, withhold no power which 1"“ ~7 , , W la .w, (estimated for regularly I ~ * , . pmes ' lhc Pnb
cah strengthen the Government in this couflict c ‘ x|ac " ore d, whether volunteers or drafted.— ' ! once discover tout it is to their advantage
To the measures of the citizens chosen to admin- to ’ old’retim!!."! a!e - of i $ . 15,750 ’ O<W for recruits : to extend me their patronage/thereby enabling me
Ister the National Government adoptedTp promote bounties, wfoile rl.e ,nclo s*' $5,000,000 special j to mafce still further reductions for their 1 benefit
onr great cause, I will give ray cordial approval i l*'”" of . $20,000,000 fur 200,- R A 0 K ERR
and earnest co-operation. It is the eatise of con- 1 i • is wholly made ~ . ’ A> , K^RB
stitutlonal liberty and law, ureasin^to^ 0 "" 11^' ■ Mr ' chas e concludes bv ex- . , Slreet <
Povyers wbich are essential to our common 1 correct? that°«t‘>fi! aboTe s, «tcments be 3ec ' 1863.—tf,
sMert should movv be vvisejy a„d fearlessly admin- 1 hotmtiei to ’l “ ‘H that “ " anted ;
istered.andthat Executive would be failhlcss, ami i that but Slu 01 »0 orsl estimates, and PAMTTV HV Id ftfUftbo
held guilty before the world, who should fail to ' present veL 'J' 111 l)e wanted during the : f A ILi 1 DX ih COLORS
wrrid tbomight of the Government for its own . UmCd aLZ T' 00 * '. hat Mr ’ Cllaae ‘ Patented October 13th, 1863.
preservation The details of my views on the MyinTSl" the . firat Bu eKestion of the idea of.
measures which I recommend are contained in mv must an . d ilUiraa red that be
| ■» S
I beg to return to the generons.people of mv nu- i that the demand on bounty account i rmwh mi,
live htate my Jiearty thanks for their nnfalter i■ U " 0t ■7 80 ? reat to impair the value of pub- 1 C J are , t Brm o n <
ing support in d continued Z& I on aI.T
-have, sustained me amid manv ttying hours of i Cm ° US ’ ,e B islatio " for increased taxation. * ' AriS.’
official entbarassment. Among all these peoole I r ! JJfrsr.
dScrB°o? tVn l il,del)ted than t 0 the *>l- ’ latter 86BVIt \ DB Bk * tisg Pahties.—a New York JterkSmti.
fliers of Pennsylvania, ami I here pledge to , U ys: A Ile ' v loatore of fashionable life are Li^hl
Those brave men my untinng excrtions In their I the masquerade skating parties that occur almost ; ,
behalf, and my most anxions efforts for fhoir f u . ever , v evening, on what are known as private - :
: . I' r» / „ _ ? re ’ Tr 1 co “ mcn ‘l heii, as I have fre- ~ h e «»*i*e r port of the island, but more 1 For dyeiug.silk, Woolen and Mixed Good., Shawl. Scarfc
Wam uotw*p*iiiD(o. —The Richmond q ue ptly done boforo, those dependant upon them cs l*'Oially m Jersey Cltv and the Jerseys. The DrM ??f> *J l ’hon«, oioves, Bonnet., Haj», Feathers, ’
are we ,0 ‘be fostering care of the State; ; pnbhc at largo are not admitted to the 'charmed K*dGiove,,chiw r eu;. Clothing, and air
drtfringJTbeteadenciesofthe hour are danger- I cannot close tfiis address without an earnest wW o>‘ nim to be voiy select. The expense \ <?AVTvr° nw'arf
ona. Tim ftodwjliligg at jjicfamond areweil worth P ra ycr to Ihe Most High that He kill preserve f* f fit »m« U P and fencing in the ponds is defrayed '*7 SAVIJ,G 80 PER CENI.
the mWtaßofiiv people at this moment. .!»««« a ? d gwutf. onr beloved couittfy,‘ guidimr . by subscri P fi °n. and nobody is admitted who is riot cr wi«coft’Am .Sj," “ “*W f* « »«u« oth-
Cowy hqMs ii jtp haofis the destiny of the Dirine: power and wisdom our iSffli known !»*»»*“? “* tl!0 committee -of arrange- tamSSfr^S'
The deterpfinatiQn of the ques- Smte and Nattoosl, and I appeal to mv fellow ; ments - In some instances the pond is entirely any «jn us* the dye with pvrftet neeMi. £££.££*
“n**. B«f»n five ay djel Tfie fiebates and citizens, ht»e andjebewhewL In our exlstfna embar- c ? vered over with canvas, so that not even the cn- farthefmtoL^‘i d . G ! rm i. an -. inU,l * of « , *kp«kage.
u. tohtyksideall "Sd " aa * of the vulgar can view the spectacle be
fer MfefeMe. I Drt evince panic, mher ?»««in « hearty and earnest effort to snirort the , M^ al “ nlld faac - v ‘J l ** BB *. *° meet *»» novel »■ (with many valuable rewipe.,) pnrehaw tiotn tat
thaa tfaecooi end gra vedeliberztlon becoming such common cause which inyolm the welfaruof us all ' tl ‘ U! ' created, are m bnsk demand, there- an i c * ,, " rin f ; S* ll * hy mail ™
i .Gentlemw of die fore, and the people whose business it is’ to furnish P Hc 6 _looenr.. Ma,mf«t«redhy
daoger Is imminent that ?ntatives, I P ray”ou, in GoffS tumT let i *** are I « akin B » t' ,Jod ‘lnqgof it. , ! BOWS * strvisss,
ConWwf hjmtfifittbe comrtty apd p Vort arn 1 era in the histon- of the worU ancxamnle 1 >rr*‘ PorM , . , . _ 200 Beoauwav, Boston.
tte fta» kf Sdeftt. rSs ! 5 f^nI V <»“««« in the sipportdaU rt&Sres Pjuces.—Tlie Richmond Sentioet, of the Ly,% “ “ ud de *! crB gßnor * ,, >-
“• specie* committee on finance, to tiix the i 7or tbe pteaertafion of thia great Republic. ■ , 11th inst., gives the expenses of a Lieutenant in 1
(feMttynlMConfederacy to the amount of 1 A, G. CURTIN the Army of Nordiern Virginia, for the month of 17011 11EXT.,—THlv STORK -BnmT
’ A- | December, as follows: Servant’s hire, $25; my f' ua a». ta V 8
M aMtWn, toes, kli the real ! , pwn and servant S rations, $65,36; cabbage, pota- pranch Street, Bast Altoona, 1. offered S ~..- _
the oklfedenKy to who hO™ : _,. A 1 PACa.-rWyhoe must be a yciy 1 tpes and other vegetables qt sutler’s, $27 ; daily n tf|ru .
and ton kr. r - I » tmtd.man, according to newspaper, $3 ; envelopes and writiua paper #7- Aroiv tTmTam^■SßS
m ft f* Virginia' City 'OuttObt, kWbh says &pn one Lrof ImoU, I Cornw of Hf:
ha might i Saturday last we iaw arohnJ the stove at dm then- bl.-tci benner. Ac., at sutler’s. *Bl 1 ! J«ni3-3t] ' !
ZKSlri an .Z m !^* bie &****'*>> 06 leu tod fire: men water eraekeiv, #4. Total. SThe Heut' ~'
.| tot killed aropn wpthin the past ifive remarks that he will need aliform coat soon'
,■» wormy. . months, ; ; which will cost him #350.
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ALTOONA, PA
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 20, 1864.
HqvrAKDAsaoouaioM, Philadelphia.
— We iwrifo.attention to the card of this
well known Association. We have rea
son to believe that it is a highly useful
and perfectly ratable Institution.
The Second Army Corps, for Special
I . ■ Sonrioe.
Maior-QeoeraiHancock has issued thefollow
in* spirited circular, which will, as it ought,
reeeiTe a hearty response from all parts of the
Commonwealth:—
■ Haar-qbAßcaßa Bacomuo Service Second
Coare, .Hmwubdbo, Pa., Jan. 16, 18^4.—Au
thority haying been given me to recruit the
Second Cora tofiftythonsand(so,ooo) men (of
such special sor* ice, under my command, as mav
be designated by the War Department, I appeal
to the eitinns of Pennsylvania to aid me in filling
np ihfl regiments and batteries of my command,
which owflj their origin to the State.
: They ani as follows: .
Eighty-first, One-handred-and-fortieth, One
hondred-and sixteenth (batallion), One-hundred
and-fiwjhrwjghth, Fifty-third, One-huodred-and
fotty-ftftb, | Seventy-first, Seventv-second, Sixty
ninth and: One-nondred-ami-slxth Regiments
of Infontry, and batteries F and' G, First
Pennsylvania Artillery, and O and F, Indepent
dent Pennsylvania Artillery.
■ Vofil the Ist of March next, the following
bounties wiu be paid, by the General Government:
For veterans, $408; for others, $302.
All volunteers enlisted for this ofganation, wHI
be accredited to the city, county, town, township
or ward which they may elect as the place to
which they desire the credit given.
When no such election is made the enlisting
officer will give credit to the place of enlistment.
Each locality is, therefore, interested in increas
ing the nnqiber of enlistment to the extent of its
quota in the draft, and any stimlus given bv local
bounties or Other efforts will have the eflect of
preventing those who desire to volunteer from
halving the places of their residence and enlisting
elsewhere, where the inducements offered may be
greater.
The same regulations that have hitherto gov
erned enlistment in this State, as to the persons
empowered foenlist, the rules for mustering and
for furnishing transportation and supplies will
apply in this] case.
Any one desiring to enlist in' either of these or
ganisations may do so in any part of the State'by
making application to the District Provost Mar
shal, or any recntitiiig officer from the Second
Corps, no matter to which regiment said officer
may belong.| ■
co, * ie wnOD B yon as a Pennsylvanian,
for the purpose of endeavoring to aid yon in stim
ulating eoJiet|Dents.
this is a matter of interest to all citizens of
this State, its quota being nearly still 30,000 defi
cient, I earnestly call upon you all to assist by ex
erring the influence in your power in this impor
tant matter. To adequately reinforce our armies
in the flaid isjto insure that the war will not reach
your, homes, and will be the means of bringing it
to a speedy and happy conclusion, and of saving
the lives of many of our brave soldiers, who
would otherwise be Ipst by the profnogation of
ihe war and in indecisive battles.
It is only necessity to destroy the Rebel armies
oow in the field to insure ft speedy nnd permanent
P 8- W all act With that fact in view. Let
it not be said that Pennsylvania, which has al
ready given tso many of her citizens to tbis
righteous cause, should now, at this-eleventh
hour, be behind her sister States in furnishing her
quota of the nfen deemed necessary to end the
Rebellion. Some Starts have filled their quotas;
others will do so; a little exertion pa our part
will soon fill all the decimated regiments of the
State, and obviate the necessity of a draft. 1 '
l>t it nbt be that those organizations which
have won for themselves and their State so much
honor shall pins out of existence for the want of
patrfotiun ?n (be people. Unless these regiments
are filled to foe minimum strength they will soon
cease to exist.; It will be necessary to act quickly
to insure success. Other States, by having used
greater exertions, and by (be inducement of local
bounties, draw away your young men. By giv
ing bounties at home, and stimulating the State
will secure to vour regiments that por- :
tion of the male population Whose circumstances 1
readily permit them to take the field.
Wnnsu) S Hancock, j
i Mffi’-Gen. U. 6. Vojs.
Oscr Xaxxx Little Thinos Wanted.—The
Richmond correspondent of the London Times, in
his last doleful fetter, which has recroesed the At
lantic, says that if the rebel Congress, “ which, it
must be owned,; has hitherto shown Rule grasp or
earnestness oroapacity, foils.to rise to ;foe height
of the great argument before it, then may he ex
pected such miser}- as upon earth has never been
known.” But what is required of this rebel Con
gress, to prevent this unexampled misery ? Only
three things; bni three things which Jeff's Congress
could not supply If it possessed all the Wisdom of
the four quarters of the globe. These three things
are t Pint, a passable rebel paper currency—as
difficult a Job as; the filling with water a tub from
which the bottom has been knocked out; second,
large reinforcements to the rebel armies from half
a dozen Starts j already exha stated by merciless
conswiptfops ofj their able bodied men; third,
f Ol1 ™ cottfribtttioiß from the people pf these
half doaett States, when they themselves are star
ving. This |» Vjthe heighl of the great argument”
to which this English philosopher in' Richmond
Such are the ravings
of John 801 l on jm empty stomach.
Strike on the Fort Wayne Railroad.
! tha * “ strike, extending from
I Pittsoufg to Chicago, has taken place among the
engineers of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chi
cago,BaAroad, compelling for the prtaent at feast
the stoppage of all traffic on the line. They de
mandan increase of twenty per cent, upon the
wages now paid them, and, as the company refuse i
to accede, to the advance, they haver struck in a :
and declare their intention of remaining idle
until the road complies with their request. The
officers of the company were notified some two
weeks ago that, unless the required advance was
given, the men -would "strike, and, yesterday after
noon, failing to get a favorable reply, they quit
yrork, so that last evening the company • was una
ble to send out the usual trains, and the mails :
and passengers had to go by the Cleveland and
Pittsburgh road. The strike continues to-day, i
butthe company Succeeded in sending out a tram !
with the mails this morning in charge of one of the ■
machinists in their employ.. Business is, however ;
virtually suspended along the road, nor can it be >
again resumed until new hands are|procured, or a ;
settlement is effected with the old ohes. i
The officers of the road claim that the men have '
had their salaries raised within a short rime and
now receive a full equivalent for their services.
However this may be, it is certain that the strike -i
wtil not only greatly inconvenience the public
should it continue for any length of time, but will
also result in heavy pecuniary loss to the company,
whose business just now is exceedingly heavy and
cannot well afford to be thus interrupted. ’lt is
aso said that very many of these engineers are
old firemen and not machinists, and are now ear
ning far more than they could in any other position •
also, that the engineers make other demands
which, it granted, would destroy all the discipline
or the road, and subject the company to constant
ami most tyrannical dictation from their employees,
i* rom what we can learn,, the company arc pre
pared and determined to withstand these demands,
and will not resume business in full until tliev can
manage their own road. So there is no knowing
when the regular traffic of the road may be resum
ed, although the mail, accommodation and passen
pr trains will he running, it is hoped, in a very
few days. The number of engineers on (he road
is probably between two and three hundred.—Pittn
hunjh Chronicle, lsth imt.
.Reports from the South.
York, January 13.—The Herald contains
the folidwing special dispatches: Army of the Po
tomac, January 12.—The guerrillas made a dash
into the camp of the First Massachusetts cavalry a
night or two since, near VVarrcnton, and captured
seventeen men and thirty-live horses. The same
day another party struck upon the male train of
the x 1 irst Maine cavalry-and captured four or five
men.
Deserters do not come in quite as frequently
just now as they have done. J. B. Slaughter of
company G,l4tb Alabama, who came into ’our
lines a few days since, reports that rations are
short, and that tea, coffee, and sugar, are unknown
in Jjcc s army.
He deserted because he was tired of the service
and because he and others who had served with
ham .regard the rebel chance of success as hopeless.
He says that men are shot;almost every- day. In
rebel pickets, while in the act of deserting. ’ The
JNorth Carolina troops are so much disaffected that
they are not trusted to do; picket dutv, and the
t™p B dlS “ fteCtiUn hlvs a| '' ,t “ UlL ' (J «'«ong the Georgia
One entire Georgia regiment had made arranec
ments to cross over into our lines last Friday
mghtif they were placed on picket. 1 1 is presumed
their mtemion was known to the rebel military
thei l pii:ket iine ’ w!licb lla <l extended
below Uapidan and to Robinson's ford, was drawn
in to the south side of the Eapidan, so now the
nver is between the pickets of die two armies.
A Repoet Coxteadicted. —The Washington
corresponpent of the Philadelphia Udgtr writes:
There is not the shadow of truth in the report
telegrapheu from St. Louis to the effect that the
K K ‘. J’<‘ 10rlt !S a had ,nada ‘ proposition to the
L mted States Government, for the exchange of
cotton in the Red nver district for a given amount
of greenbacks. Instead of any such ‘proposition’
having beeii received, we have intelligence that
the rebel auth Duties are engaged in the removal of
all the cotton likely to fall within our reach next
spnng and summer, the object being to have the
cotton to fall back upon as a reserve . cash fund
when the war w over.
That such a movement is a sh rewd one can lie
seen at a glance. At four hundred dollars per
bale, die cotton now in the 'South, estimated at
three millions of bales, is worth twelve hundred
millions of dollars—a sura sufficient to pay up at
a moderate discount from par, all the rebel prom
ses to pay that have been issued. In the event of
f^r at, .^ inistrado " next >’ ear - peace,
the rebels, with the cotton, tdbaco, naval stores, fcc
now m their possession, would have a fine lever
wherewith to wipe out the expenses of the war, and
enable them to set out anew comparatively trifling
embarrassments This idea is known to be largdv
entertained by the rebel leaders, hut as the pro
lnclud f* the independence of the South,
f ° Und m . orc difficldt of execution than
is, at the present time, imagined;”
A Check os Abut Contractobs. —One of the
best measures introduced in Congress this session
is the resolution of Mn Wasbburne I investing the
Committee on the Conduct of the War with power
*o examine into all contracts made or that shall
be made up to the time of the committee's making
its report. Armed with authority to meet during
; the session or in the recess, and to send for persons
1 and papers, it will be difficult for any suspicious
operation to escape its notice; provide*! the com
mittee be thorough and honest in its investigation.
Of course the efficiency of the committee will very
, much depend on the elements of which it is to hie
composed; but, as all parties will have to be
ap|Kiinted on it to give it a complexion of fairness,
it ought to lyork well for the public intrests. A
body like this, sitting en jtenumancr, cannot hut
exercise a wholesome influence over both govern
ment officers and contractors. When the latter
find that detection is prompt and punishment cer
tain, they will make up their minds; that honesty
is the best policy. 1
GRAND VICTORY!
THE CASH SYSTEM TRIUMPHANT!
Two years experience has convinced me that
when goods are sold for Cash, they can be qold at
a very small advance on first cost; therefore I
have determined to make amotheu reduction in
my prices, to take effect
« O.V AND AFTER DECEMBER 4th, 1863,
j In taking this step, I have been actuated solely
iby a desire to benefit the laboring classes. While
l there has been but a small advance iin wages, the
i necessaries of life have advanced enormously, and
j the prospects are that they will still go higher,
j Believing that the additional amount of goods
1 which I can sell, at the, reduced prices, will justify
j me in my undertaking, I respectfully invite the
j attention of the public to the following figures.
Almost every person is aware of the prices at
which the goods specified are now selling, hence
they will readily note the reduction, and can easily
j figure up the saving to them in them in the course
jof a year. My prices have heretofore been as low,
1 if not lower,, than those of any other merchant in
the country, hut I now make the following reduc
tions in
DRY GOODS.
Calicoes,
Delaines,..
Alpacas,
Mohair
Keps,
Merinos,
Irish Poplins,
Lustres,
Cashmeres,
Shawls
Flannels,
Kentucky Jeans,
Tweeds, to ID-; •<. “
Cottonades, o‘Wpjts per yard,
iSattinetts, sto 15 *• “
Cassimeres, 15 to 25 “ “ “
Plaid Flannel, s “■ .*
Shirting, sto 8 “ “
Linseys...... sto 8 “
Canton Flannel, 2to u “ “
Linen Table-Cloths, 10 to 12 » li ' “ . ••
Cotton, . sto It) “ *• ”
Ladies’ Cloaking Clothf 12 to 25
Shirting Check, 2to 1! “ ••
Ticking, sto 8 “ ■■
Muslin, oto 5 “ “
Gloves. Hosiery, Opera Hoods, &e., ledneed ae-
eordingly.
groceries.
Syrups,
Sugar,
Coffee,
Tea,
Pepper,
Ginger,
Starch,
Ess. Coffee,
Candles,
Soap,
QUEENSWARE.
White Stone Tea Sets,.., .50 cents per set.
“ Plates, 10 >» « “
“ *• Dinner “ , .12 “ “ “
.„ tOQe So«P Plates, 12 cents pci set.
China Tea Sets, $ 1.00 to $2.00 per set.
CARPET & OIL CLOTH.
Rag Carf«r, 6 cents per vanj.
List, , £ it ti *tt
ri" •• 10 «>“»«• vard.
Floor Oil-Cloth, 5 .1 11 ‘.l
SHOES.
Ladies’ Custom-Made Sewed Shoes, 12 cts. per pair,
“ Pegged “ 10 to 15 “
10 to 12 cents “ “
sto 10 “ “ “
Misses’ Shoes,
Children’s Shoes,
EKJ^ , l ou, ’ s genuine jjuOhu
jT. 1-f " Planto,lon Bittern, at P ’
• KEIfIABT’S l>rny
.2 cents per yard.
2J “ “ “
.8 “ < “
.8 “
.20 “ “
.5 to 8 “ “
f» “
.5 ti> 16 “ “
.60 cents to $1.50 each.
'» to It) cents per yard.
,j 44 .4
10 cents per gallon.
I “ 1 :pound.
h> to ir. ■
lO -
10 cents per isniud
O U:j U ..
• i-l “ . “ box.
l “ jiound
1 to u “ “
rk Green,
jht Green,
igtnia.
vro&n t
rpU.
yal Purflt,
(man,
fen tty
F^« y 000I)S & Toilet Articles, for
Jan. 13, »(>4. > REXGAHT*S Drug Store,
D ' CAtL at »«»•
"lware B “re* Virginia Street, oppodto Krl«-
——■■■•-*• [Jan. 13. ’64*
A nothek large lot of the
iMf EBRVrKU -W*'
■ ' ■ - - f'RITOIIKr’S
J L cioL^ CliiVKiJ -“ A L<jt uf Fri 'fP
Jim. 18, ’64.J 1
WIHIAM oon:
QFECTACLES A'XI? kvk phesek
lore New Goods!
GREAT and positive
REDUCTION IN PRICES!!
Murphy & M’lfikk iiavk jirsT
ndded to their st**ck of Slerchanilta ;» targe amt
wf'll selected »to£k of
SEASONABLE GObDS^
Funning, iiriti) ; thrtr <«Td sbick.one of the* finest and
varieties now offered f»r sale.-in Altoona. copsisling of all
shades. qualities ajid texture* of
LADIES' DRKSS GOODS,
St ch an French M«riiux-s al|«cm, Barathea Clotha. Co*
borgs, (watered and plain.) Wool Deltinei and Ptaidm Repn,
Cashmeres, Figured Del-tines* Calicoes, and an .infinite va*
riety of other Drew Goods. Our stock of
LADIES’ FURNISHING GOODS
Is the handsomest and most varied we hat* yet had in store,
and is well worthy the examination of the fair sex. We
have a moat beautiful assortment of
BROCHE AND DOUBLE WOOL SHAWLS,
Cloaks, Circulars, Cloaking Cloths, Kura, Malta, Opera
Caps, Sontags, Nubias, Hosiery, Gloves, Oollirs,
Handkerchiefs, and in tact everything necessary to iho
adorumenl and comfortable outfit of the LADIES., The
GBNTLRMEN, too, will find many needful arliclea’coni*
prised in our stock, which they will do well'to take a peep
at. In the .way of STAPL# GOODS, we are Well sup*
plied with Caa«imeres. Satiuetts, Jeans, Plain and Twilled
Flannels, all colors, Dress, Miners’ and Fancy Flannels,
Canton Flannels, Muslins, Tickings, Drillings. Denims,
Ginghams. Carpets, Hoots, Shoes, Ac., Ac. In tact, what
we haven’t in this line is not: worth keeping.
OUR GROCERY DEPARTMKNT
has just been recruited with a Urge and fresh stock of
Groceries and provisions, such as Wheat and Buckwheat
Flour, Corn Meal, Syrups. N. O. Molasses, Sugars Cotfee.
Teas, Tobacco, fete.; etc , to which we invite the attention
of housekeepers.
*Sr Such iaa partial description of our stock, bat what
is of more importance to purchasers, let it be home In
mind that we have
DEDUCED THE PRICE,
more or Jess, upon everything in our store, and are detero
mined not to be undersold by an> other establishment.—
All we ask Is an examination of our goods awl prices, and
we have no doubt of meeting the wants and suiting the
tastes of. every person.
Remember the place-Htho Old Store, corner of Vir
ginia' and Caroline streets.
Thankful for past favors, we shall endeavor to merit all
future ones. MURPHY A M’PIKE.
Altoona, Jan. Is. 1861.
Call and “See It!”
Corner of Harriet and Julia Sts.,
East Altoona.,
CASH!— CASH!!— CASH! ! !
Notwithstanding the rapid ad
vHuce of every article of trade, the undersigned
have determined to REDUCE THEIR PRICES o» theii
entire «tork of
DKY GOODS, GKOCERIES. QUEENSWARE
BOOTS, SHOES, iC., &C.,
On and after January 11th 1864.
I u order to enable them to do ho successfully, they will
sell exclusively for, CASH, lie will not pretend to Say
that we are adopting this system solely for your benefit,
but long ei|)erieuce in business teaches us that tbe bene
fits will t.e reciprocal.
We will not intrude by giving long lists of reductions
that we intend to make, but respectfully invite you to call
and examine onr iJtock. Tell us you have the Cash, and
you will certainly go away satisfied that you have found
THE PLACE. We are determined to sell a little lower
than the lowest, if wo should do it ou "half rations.”
*B-To our prompt-paying patrons on the oid system,
we can say that if you will continue vour patronage on
the new system, oqr word for it. it w’ill prove more to
your advantage than our owu. Those who have not been
so punctual', may not he aide to “see it."
•*-We keep constantly on hand a large stock of
Family Flour, Buckwheat Flour, Com Flour,
Feed, &c.,
All of which we hare facilities for Belling at prices which
defy competition. TRY VS,
Altoona, Jan. 13. 1804.
WITHOUT
BLOWING OF TRUMPETS
OR
Beating of Drams!
I WOULD SIMPLY ANNOUNCE
that I have Just received a stock of
NEW GOODS!
EMBRACING
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES,
QUEENSWARE,
BOOTS AND SHOES, &C., &C.,
which I intend to sell
FOB CASH ONLY.
for both*setler'antHmyer!* “ 1 «* **“-
Those who have unsettled accounts are respectfully
A ‘ NB SKTTUS - “ I to'mjeup
sume'' n '' flll f ° r lla,t &vor8 ’ 1 !l ? k a continuance of the
Call and examine my stock,
, Respectfully yours, •»
Jan. 13, 64. J . J. a MILKMAN.
AVOID THE NEXT DRAFT'
rpiIERE IS A PREVAILING EX
~T CITEMENT among the people 0 f Altoona ami vi.
S.; "' 1 f TUE SECOND DRAFT— not so ranch about
the B.aft as for making the Three Hundred to pay cxemp
f'"'!; , AII Patriotic I but choose rather to stay at home
With their beloved ones, for their support, than to risk
their ives in this bloody war. Now, to brink the matter
to a close, we will Inform the public that by buying their
(joods at the OKKKN STOKE, Corner of Branch and Annie
street, Last Altoona, kept by OEIS 4 CO., they will
SAVE THE THUEE HUNDIIEI)
in a short time. They have just received a large Ad well
selected stock of DHY GOODS AND GROCERIES; which
they are selling for Cash at the lowest living prices
r A l ?' 6o ““rtmont of LADIES’ COATS AND fil Ill'll.
LABS, ranging In price from *4.60 to *Aoo CII ' CU :
“f public Is particularly drawn to the
lafto’jA ccom* r r’i'ii i " g r ßro ’ ~n Rnd Whi * e Muslin from
25
H Al.^n f ; Ct bc‘t Y , e 77l t m B kt ‘ Pt “ «-‘-c-^o;e BHOb8 ’
®r eat CauBe o' Human Misery
PuWthed in a Sealed Envelope. Price 6 ft,,/,
Nature, Treatment and Radial Cure of
Seminal Weakness. or Spermatorrhoea, Induced bv Self
: I ?? lah S r 7 Emissions, De
The world*reuowned- author,- in.this admirable
clearly proves from his own eaperience thatthi„Ll
'cZ\?*lV-r D l" ltnr wl «“t hia condition nlavYe may
f c,,e »P‘>% Privately and radically. 'This
tU S T 1 H* 0 * 6 * boou to thousands «od thousand*
.he n^;' atB - or »:Tc!^E b i^ rM - in «
127 Bo ** r y> Xew York, Post Office Box 4680,
Trusses & sfioyi.derbr
ar« wiling very low a» ' CUAOhb
J»n. 13. MU.] ; BKIOAUT’B Drug Store.
D. M. BABE A CO.
RKIOART’g- Drug’ Store.
HOSTETTEE’S
CELEBRATED
STOMACH
BITTERS.
A pure ami powerful Toole, correct!™ and alter,ti, ,
wonderful efficacy In dlaeaae of the
STOMACH. LIVER AND BOWELS
Curt* Orapepai,, three Complaint, M«d«he, Q '
Deiillity, NerTouaneaa, Depression of Spirits Conn
Htiun. Col#;. Intermittent Perera, Cramp, ami
Spasms, and all Complaints of either Sex
arising from Bodily Weakness, whether '
inherent in the ay. tern or produced
by special canaea.
Nomiso that i. mu «hol«mme, .
in Its uatureinters Into (bo compoaltiouof HOSTkTTkn v
STOMACH BJTTKKS. This popular preparation
no mineral of nnykind; do deadly botanical
flery excitant; but It I, a combination uf the exlraci, „
rare balsamic herb* and plant* *,th U ,e pure, , nd Uliw
e«t of nil tlUhuiire stimuiauU.
It is well to-be forearmed ogainat dilute,....a, *, fet
the human system can he p. elected by human mean*
« K .lost tnaladie, engendered by an unwboZue am,:
»phere, impure water and other external came*. HOST!,
Tkß’S STOMACH BITTERS may be.relied on a* „ „ u ,„
guard. » 1
In '.liatricta infected with Steer and Ague, it ha* 1..-.,
found infallible as a preventive and irreaiatlble a. tem/
dy. and thouaanda who reaort to it under apprehension „i
au escape tbo scourge; and thousand# wlm i
to avail themselves uf -its protective omUitiee l in N a
are cured by .. very brief ? u «rsV of iu
ciue. tevt-r and Ague patients, after, being ulied «;*)
quinine for iu«ntbs in vain, until lairlv *?*)*
(bat dangerous alkaloi«l } are dot unfreuuentfv * lt, ‘
ailThß< hi “ “ frW '***•* ' >y “ 1B “** of HOSThTTKIt'e
geaUve and .ccretive organa g 81 l,r J ‘
Peraonaof feeble babit, liable to JVejrnnr Attack,
* 8 ™ 08t conclusive. and from both aexea. ■■
The agony of Uuaious Colic is immediately w ,se,i
a single dose of the stimulant, and by occasion?, vil 7
lug to it, the return of the complaint s may be prevented"
As a General Tonic, UOSTETTER’S Wnm », i
effects which must be or i
jaattsaaras--as «*=
ales as a jieligbtfal mvlgorant. When the iniwer.-. »}V'
fifb ic™ rel,xeJ ’ l£ °P e «te« to reinforce iud ri-eetap.
Last, hot not least, it is The only Safe Stimulant l-o.
manufactured from sound and innocuous materials and
in I rlh fr **. frora tle ac “l elements present more nr I.”*
in all the ordinary tunica and stomachics of the day
ho family medicine has been so universally, ami it mat
nTirtm y “r 1 .? 60, de * emdt u popular with the intelligent
portion of the community, as UOSTETTER’S HITTVis
Prepared ItyIIOSTETTUR & SMITH, 1-Rtsbu
whSrc Brugg'sts, Grocers and Storekeepers even
HELMBOLD’tJ
Genuine Preparations,
IXfMPOUND KLUJO EXTRACT BUCIIU, a Posili.e
»n.i Speed Remedy fur diseases ..f the Plodder, Kidney.
Or»Tel ami Dropsical Swellings.
This Medicine increases the power of Digestion, and ex
cltes the Absorbents inter healthy action, by which the
Watery or Calcereous depositions, iud all Unnatural En
largements are reduced, as well as Pain and Inflammation.
HELMBOLU’S EXTRACT BUCHL.
from Excesses, Habits of Disaiiia
feMjmptomi?- 0n ° fAbn ' 6 ’ I, " eUd " l wi,h “»«'*■
Indisposition to Exertion, of p„_. r= .
saass"’
Honor of Disease, Wmliliif,
of the MnscaUr * the fit
»otthe SU n
. I allia Countenance,
cine W»“.i n ;f 0ms ’ if alluwed wtfcli this medi
ate invariably removes, soon follows
i hnpotency, Ihtuity, FptlepUc FUt;
In one ol which the Patient may expire.
those “ DDeSf^es?- ar “ “ U * frw * uen,l s' l.y
" INSANITY AND CONSUMPTION."
Many are aware of the cause of their suffering.
BUT NON* WILL CONFESS THE RECORDS OP THE INSANE ASTLtMS.
Consumption boar ample wit
nets to the Truth bf the assertion.
; The OoitUUuUon once affected with Organic ’Wtaknat:
tte'system* *** of to Strengthen and Invigorate
tehie* H*utßou>'s EXTRACT BCCHU invariably
A Trial will convince the most skeptical.
FEMALES— FEMALES—VK\f AI .Ks
3 ' p«™«»r to Finales the Ejibact
by “ Dy other remedy, as in Chlorosis
, ti r^krity,Paii I nUBe«B, »r Suppression of
tiie Ulcerated orScinhons state of
Leochorrhma or Whites, Sterility, and for all
dise?sti,,,, * t ' I > »•“*>>«■ arising fn.u. In
discretion, Habits of Dissipation, or in the
DECLINE OR CHANGE OP LIKE.
H£LMBOLD>B EXTRACT BUCHF AM) UIPROVtU)
KOBB VABU CUKES
SECRET DISEASES
At little
No inconveuience
In all their Stages,
Little or no change in Diet.
j AiuX no JSjepotUTe.
nate C ‘tW»h. fr< u“ eUt , deci * e “ nd B lTea strei.ptli t<> Uri-
CoHn* Ignoring Obstructions, Bml
SSSn ®J?S2?* °/ the Urethra,ellaying Pain and Ihflnui
all of <••««»«. «n<l e»)ielliiig
Oueattd and womoat Matter
n»for Oc?rnf POS i WHO " AT,: «“• Vl <-
in « ?ho«S t nJ W ?° h V*P“ w /«* to be rured
the“ Qlld ‘ be y w «r» deceiTßil, ami that
beet, „ “**.“* of “ *™**vtA**M,mh.-
*“ >s “”-
“** anecll L u f *“'*
MALE or vii'u it p”, * WKQANB, whether exbrlug nr-.
■rtj&oftffisss SSSSKS"* orisi,,!,t ' l ' g “ d -
10 «" •* of»BJ6KKT
PRICE $X PER BOTTLE, OR SIX FOR ffi.
B»li»ered to any Addmu, .sorely packed from obmrts.
‘ i>«cri6« Sj/mpionu in all Ommunteationt. . -
CniES Guaranteed! Advice Gratis : •
Address letters for information to.
ff.B. HELMBOLI). Chemist
ItEI.MBOLfB Drug and Chtmiaal Karrhotitr
594 BROAWAY. NEW YORK
BBWARIS Of COtNTKBVvin.O .f" IVBK
PI.BP OBAI.BKB wfco ® B^PRINCI
and “ OtAer” artMa on tte ■'"/ ‘harotm''
« . Kxtract Bnehn.
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i, , , I mproTeJ Rose W(u,h.
SOUKBT
ASK IWRKVRM!WH*We.
ft., ont t£ . . TAKKNOOtHKK
ANn ""'i wn<l for '*•
AND AVOID IMPOSITION" AND KXIOSTHK.
Atawu
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TRIBUNE FO
% V ■ A
PRINTING
ll ivittft, within (ha past two ye
eMtteiu to our eetahltshanml in
, Vi*.;. Daw;Pteee, Auer Cutter, I
cliiue. Oard Power Press, and hr
Press, (a oat o( which we give abo<
to execute anythiug in the Kie u
a Stylo to'any eslabluhuw)
nrleae equally law. We can exeon
style, of i
Wedding, la.IUUno, Witting,
Oironlaru, Pro
MAMMOTH POSTS*
soba Affs® oigwii
Pamphlets, Pay and
BLANK B(
WANIPCSTS, AND BLANK!
All we jwk is a trie), feeliug c out
• iifdfHetiofi if we bett* the opportu
• Nftool'i lK»wtber , « baildittjf, corr
. • -tpAets, op|MMlto Bu|».‘rmiomle:ii
LOCAL I 1
Thurible Rail Road Aeon
morning last oar people were »
formation that the Philadtlipl
Westward, had been precipisa
from Bridge No. 8, between I
Birmingham, and that all on b
less injured. The most extra
concocted and retailed, preview
the extra train, sent down to
jnred. One story had tine I
killed ; another “ nobpdv hart
wore drowned or banted, and t
The correet version of the affim
. The rear axle oi the engine ten
oil, just as thelrniti approached
axle fell on the track, throwing
tine baggage car and three pas
Ihe track and over the abntmer
The Express cars fell into the it
car about half in tin: river, a;
cars on the ground between thi
abutment. Two ol the passengc
ground and the third stood on ci
last car, which remained on the
gine broke loose from the tender
over the bridge. The falling <’(
the stoves therein, which were v
jjfcthe course of ten minutes all t
who were nut disabi
set to work, and cn
Wmod any headway, removed all
sons from the wreck and conveve
of safety. The report that one
were burned is incorrect, as we
jiassenger that was in the wreck
not a passenger left in any of the
car remaining tightly coupled
'which did-not leave the track, pr<
tram being removed from the co
scqnently all were burned. The
a considerable amount, of baggag.
attention for the time being givt
lau-sons injured from the jutssenge
As soon us information of the ,
graphed to this place, an extra
seicians to attend so the injured a
clear up the wreck, was sent dim
the sufferers attention they wcv
extra trijin and brought to the L
Ibis place, where the most sever
remain.
The following is a correct IU:
injured, with their residences, ai
injuries:
f Frederick Mosel, Ist Pa. Arl
Blair Ccd, Pa., shoulder fracture.
Samuel Hilius, Battery F, Pc
fractured.
James F. Kennedy and Williai
linmsbmg, Blair Co., slight injui
W. H. Wise Express Messci
bund cut and bruised.
Robert D. Brown, Pottsville, 1
bruised.
Gilmore Shirey, Clearfield, Pa„
John Downing, Yellow Sprin
and thighlburised.
Wm. Hall, Uniontown, Fayct
badly cut.
Samuel Kyler, Williamsburg,
bruised.
Levi L. Bowers, Martinsbiirg, 1
cm and shoulder bruised.
John Maffit, Allegheny City, ri
hip bruised.
A. D. Heiser, Butler Co., Pa
•md head and thigh bruised,
Benj. Crosly, 28th Pa. Vols.
Westmorland Co., leg cut and bn
John Shawlev, same regiment
cheek bruised.'
A. Stinemyer, Pittsburgh, inter
Michael Bdhannah, Co. D,
bruised.
F. Lindsly, Newark, N. J., sidt
Pfailbert Mathews, Philadelphia
Andrew Pratt, 6th Tenn. Caval
badly..
Henry S. Hersber, 45th Pa. Vo
Thomas Light, sth Tenn.
sprained, knee bruised.
T. S. Leisenring, Conductor of'
cut and otherwise bruised.
; W. Kilpatrick, Brakeman, brui
T. J. Howard, Lowrencevilte, J
We learn that the injured are d
■ hat none of them will be pennat
The bridge from which the ears
uliout 26 feet from the ground,
wreck to the cars, those who were
time attribute their escape with
special intervention of Divine Pro
the accident which occurred near
week, it was one which could n
against and no blame attaches to a
netted with the Road. Every atte
for the comfort of the injured pers
by the officers of the Road who we
the spot.
; The burning calk set fire to the
span was burned. Mai and mai
hand immediately, -and by Wed
- the trains passed over it.
School Exhibition. —The atnd
Academy wilt gfra two exhibitions
Lutheran Church,, in this place, on
Friday evening* of next week, for
the Church. These who take pur
bifion hare been preparing themst
time past, and, judging from their
they aMoared lastyehr, we shall ux
good.' The Altoonaßrast Band ha
fur the occasion.