EMANCIPATION IN TENNESSEE.—The JwlfXoo Jls- Merjphis Bulletin publishes a card signed g~> by three hundred of the best citizens of the city, and addressed to the people; of Tennessee upon the subject of the re-or i ganization of the State, and re-establishing [ its relation with the National Government, i It recommends immediate and uncondi i tioual emancipation as the best and truest | policy and only alternative, and calls upon i all to support the same by meeting at i Memphis on the 22d inst. ALTOONA, PA WEDNESDAY, FEB. 17,1864. Xhe Tongue and the fen. It has been well said by one who is en titled to attention from the whole race of man, that the “ tongue is an unruly mem- ber.” We all know this assertion to be true, and the' pen :as the silent tongue, though not given to so much clatter, never theless requires a ■ faithful guard. We have been led thus to moralize, by no ticing the disturbance in a community that a few words, unfitly spoken, have caused, and also by reading some of those vile productions of the pen, that come to us with guilded coverings and beautiful -headings, and sometimes by such as would cry unclean while uncleanness lurks within. To be more particular, we have known individuals to speak the truth in words, who would put sueli a coloring on their phrases, by the tone in which they were uttered, the holy horror depicted upon the countenance, and the whispered “ this is confidential,” as to make the hearer really think there! was something awfully ' serious at the bottom of the matter, and cause him to shun the implicated one in all the intercourse of life for years after ward. But Kuheindividuals do not pause at simply deceiving by tone and ac tion, but, because they desire to talk, and are so fond of the exciting, will tell won drous storys that have not the least foun dation in fact, but which, as a little fire kindled a mighty matter, sometimes des troy the’ peace : of neighborhoods and rend the social; circle. But beyond this all, ibe particular evil of the tongue, to which;our mind is turned at the pres ent time,! is the low and vile conversation that we so frequently hear on the streets, conversation in which there is nothing pleasing, nothing elevating, nothing enno iing, but which-falls upon the ear of the ;ung passer bye and enters his heart, v ,th a more deadly effect than the poisoned as grove. Oh! that the.days of blas *• ,-rny and obscenity were passed away, . might men; employ their tongues in Sensation instructive and pleasing. Con ation that might be listened to, not ■» viy young men, but such as would not ■ even the chaste ear of virgin pnri- Tben might men find delight in i * " ,;.j,eg of the; beauties pf nature —the jus works of God. «£.. Si£v I . sus we said in the outlet, the pen as ’wefTas thfrtongue has been prostituted to an: unholy purpose, in consequence of which tire find polluting literature flooding the country and poisoning youthful minds, thus preparing the young hearts for the reception of the unclean rather than the clean. And: so frequently our newspaper and periodicals are filled with low billingsgate, that it becomes unsafe to place them in the hands of children. We love to see men .maintain their principles by sound argument and logical reasoning, but we think tbjß cause, a weait one indeed, that can be sustained: only by black-guardisra. Escape of Col. Stbkight.—One night last week, some , 110 of the Union officers oondned in the Libby Prison, at JRicb mond, made their escape therefrom, and a dispatch from Gen. Butler, at Fortress . Monroe, stales that. Col. Straight and seventeen others had entered the Union lines on the Peninsula. A number of the officers were, re-captured before they could got to the lines. We are es pecially glad that the brave and dashing (svabj officer, Col. Straight, is sslfe. His escape is a fair offset to that of Morgan. Emotion.— The special election for State Senator to fill the vacancy occasion ed by the resignation of Senator White, of the Indiana district, will be held on Friday, Feb. 19th. We leam that Dr. Thos. St. j Clair, an old physician of the borough of Indiana, has been selected as the Administration candidate for the State t® fill the vacancy. enlistments at this At this rid* - lt _of 2000 daily.— to bring op our armie*. '**TH, , ** ort ‘‘me offered are having the demreA nUes Should the spirit of enlistment be k^ t up ' for another month, the army will be fully recruited. All the veteran regiments re «wn their tanks almost filled’ From the Rirkmmul Di*palch,Feh. 8. A Southern Bishop on the War. Dr. Elliot, the patriotic Bishop of Georgia,' in a late sermon preached in Savanab, exhibits the alternative before us, in a few sentences pregnant with all the fire of a prophet and patriot. These are, indeed, wonS that bam : Forward, my hearers, with our shield locked and our trust in God, is our only movement .now. It is too late even to go backward. We might have gone back a year ago, when our army were victoriously thundering at the gates of Washing ton, and w’ere keeping at successful bay the Hes sians pf the West, had we been content to' bear humiliation for ourselves aud degradation for onr children. .' i; \ But| that is no longer left us. it is now victory or unconditional submission ; 'submission, pot to the conservative and Christian pepple of the North; but to a party of infidel .fanatics with an army of needy and greedy soldiers at their backs. Who shall be able to restrain them in their hour of victory ? When that hour approaches, when the danger shall seem to tie over anil the spoils ready to divide, every outlaw will rush to fill their ranks, every adventurer will rush to swell their legions, and they will sweep down upon the South as the host of the Attilla upon the fertile fields of Italy.* And shall you find in defeat that mercy whiclt’youdidnot in victory? • You may slumber now, hut yon will awake to a fearful reality. You may be upon your beds of ease and dream that when it is all over yon will be welcomed back to all the privileges and immu nities! of good citizens, but how terrible will be your disappointment! You will have an ignoble home overrun by holds of insolent slaves and ra | unions soldiers. You will wear the badge of a conquered race. Pariahs among your fellow crea tures, yourselves degraded, your delicate wives and gentle children thrust down to menial son-ice, insulted, perhaps dishonored. Think you that the victorious hordes, made up in the large part of the sweepings of Europe, will leave you anything ? As well might the lamb ex pect : mercy from the well. Power which is checked and fettered by a doubtful contest is very different from power victorious, triumphant! and irresponsible. The friends whom yon have known and loved at the South, who,- have sympathized with,you in your trials, and to whom yon might have looked for comfort and protection, will have enough to do then to take care of themselves. — The surges which will sweep over us will carry them away in its refluent tide. Oh! fur the tongue of the prophet to paint for you what is before yon, unless yon repent and turn to the Lord, and realize that “ His .hired is upon ail them for good that seek him.” The language of Scripture is alone adequate to describe it : “ The earth inouraeth and languished! ; Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down; Sharon is like a wilderness. They that did feed dcliciltoly are desolate in the street; they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills. They ; ravished the women of Zion and the maids in the cities of Judah. They took the young men to -grind.— The joy of our hearts is ceased ; our dance is turnbd into mourning. The crown is fallen from our head ; woe unto us that have sinned !” A Picture of Charleston under Fire. A correspondent of the Augusta (Ga.) Constitu tioua'Ust, writing from Charleston, gives the follow ing picture of that city under the bombardment of the enemy:— ‘ The limited dcstruction-of property by the pro tracted rain of shells is us wonderful as ihc small loss of life. I walked through the; streets where the effect of the shells is most apparent,' Here a comice is knocked off, there is a small round hole through the side of the building, and at remote intervals the earth is tom where* shell exploded, and looks like the work of a porker ‘in search of some hidden treasure. Venders of the staples of the market sit serenely by their little stores, un mindful of the pyrotechnic salutations of their Yankee deliverers. I bought'delicipus apples and cakes at one-fourth the price charged two hundred miles away in the interior, where abundance and extortion seems to go hand itv hand. r In reply to a question if she were not afraid, one of these old women repliedLor marsa, we no leered now—we’s usoti to eth. Pey make big noise and fro trash all all—de good Lord perfects ns.” Thus is the reliant trust of these people exemplified even is the spirit of this simple African. I confess that I could not feel thus indifferent to these pissijes of destruc tion, and as they came screeching across the bay X felt an instinctive inclination to change my base of observation. Extending my nimble to'other portions ot the city, the track of shells was here and there discernible, bnt they have not effected a tithe of the injury sustained by the ; great fire of two years, ago, whose blackened outline stretches across what was once the heart qfthecitv. In only two or three instances have fires been occa sioned by them, and then the loss: was trifling.— In localities most exposed to the shells the old tide of business is suspended. Here and there a pedes train moves hurriedly along, and the rattle of a cart or dray is beard for a whole spoare. The blindsrare closed, * vases of rare exotics droop and wither on the lonelv win dow sill because there is no tender hand to’ twine or nourish them. The walks gliiten with frag ments of glass, rattled thither by the concussion of exploding shells, and little tufts of bright green grass iare springing up along the pave once vocal with the myriad tongues of busy trade. If this be food for exultation to the malevolent foe, lie is welcome to the tender morsel. Ido not mean to say that any part of the city is abandoned. Here and there stores are opened, machine shops are active, and labor incident to the public, defense is poshed vigorously forward, even in the .most ex posed districts. Still many branches of ordinary business and most of the - residents are: removed because it would be foolhardy for those-not impel led by special duty to remain. Vetbbass.—The following is a dispatch from Capt. ,B. J. Dodge, mustering-in officer at Harris burg, In reference to re-enlistments of veterans : Habbisbobo, Feb. IX, 1864. Veterans re-enlisting must be credited,to same township as on first enlistment. ■ This has been done by commissaries of muster in the field, and lists of credit sent to the War Department. A credit given here would, therefore, be a double credit for same man. Some veterans on furlough' have received money to allow themselves to be credited to sub-districts paying local bounties; hut it being manifestly contrary'to orders, and giving two credits for same man, the credits given here will not be allowed by the Provost Marshal Gener al, and the sub-district paying will dose its money. 1 st. All veterans on furlough arc alreadv cred ited.' 2d. Two credits cannot be allowed for same u f * oca * koumieK to veterans, for tricta, onW* 1 tod to suh-dig such payments. 11 lows to districts making 4th, Therefore, let Veteran* k RICHARD j; alone * s The IT ewCo ascription Bill Thq new conscription bill passed the House of Hiltow Hbm>. South Cabousa.l Representative, at Washington, on Friday last. February 2d, 1864.- ) After meeting with all sorts of obstacles from the Messrs Editors Allow me through the col sri'iTCk.“S,"Sr.b?s%a -p- »w;a. he too late for the new bill to have its proper ef- friends of the soldiers to a few facts, and let them feet in regulating the enrollment, and the cany- draw their own inferences as to their datjri. ing out of the draft ordered for the I nth of March, g ince t j, e f a n of jggj there has been two com the hiU has at bat been passed by a majority Co. F and C 7Bth Fa. which clearly indicates the Administration strength ; *** . . in the House. The vote on the passage of the Vols., in the service of the conntiy and doing duty bill, was ninety-three yeais against sixty nays, iu the sands of Carolina. Tneir term of service and this decided majority on this, which ma\ w ||| expire during the i'ali of the present year.— Ik; considered a lest question concerning the . r . .. ,. ro. * Ihe draft is impending in roor county. Altoona vigorous prosecution of the war, signally ueieats t~ * * • the tactics of the Opposition, and war is Called on to fnmisii 65 men and the other hor policy of the President on a firm footi* in the , oughs and townships in proportion, legislative branch of the Government. The General Government has offered large The first section of the bill eaacls. “ 1 hat the „ _ “ President of the United States shall be authorized, boonues to all three year men who re-enh«t, huie* » whenever he shall deem it necessary, during the and Counties have added largely to this, and in ; “ present war, to call for such a number of men gome places re-enlisting is going on rapidly.— “ for the military service of the United Stales as ftlassaclluset , s gives .$3OO to every veteran and «-w *- w.ww. —■» bill, and their effect will be Insecure the full num- ' long as he remains in service. Beaver County, ber of men required by the Government, either by p a gives $250 to everv recruit, Lawrence County the diiaft, or what wilf be better still, by exciting ; Weg Laacaster ’ $3OO, &c., &c. And what redoubled and renewed exertions on the part of ■ ” ... „ . the people to fill the quotas of the various Wards Joes little Blair with all her patriotism and love and Districts by voluntary enlistments. The three ,of country, her wealth and her energy, offer to hundred dollar clause is retained in this bill but those of her sons who have already born the heat .rs dment .fd° ptcd the cold, the hunger and thirst, who have sed bv-ihe House, the paymeut of this commuta- , . , , „ , tion does not exempt the person paying the same mantully faced death in the deadly assault an for throe as before, but only for the draft , the open plain, for two long years, to indiice them which is 'now pending, or ordered for the time ; gtill \ ongeT to su bmit to and patiently and bravely '“The following is the language of the sixth see- th « d “ “ nd h ™ of war? In tion, as amended, on this subject-And it any : have we searched the county papers to see of the - drafted person shall hereafter pay money for the i doing of those at home. Shame on a county that “ procuration of a substitute, under the provisions | wl ,j a)low slloh things to tie. private parties some -44 of die act to which tills is an amendment, such [ , , . Ka»w»vo i “pavmont of motley shall operate only to relieve times remember that we are here hut the beuevo -41 such [torsons from draft in filling that quota, and lent organizations never knew us. Not a box or 44 his name shall he retained on the roll in filling parcel has been received as yet, by either of these - future quotas ; hut im no instance shall the ex- Comlanies from any Soldiers Aid Societies of the “emotion ot any person, on account «t Ins pay- i ~, , , ~ . ~„r..ii, “ mem of commutation money for the the procure- j county, while the other Companies are gra J “ tion of a substitute, extend’ beyoml one year; i remembered from time to time. “ but at the end of one year, in even- such ease, jf people desire to avert the impending “ the name of any person so exempted shall be j j gay thcra now is vour time . Be on the “ again enrolled, it not before returned to the en- ’ ; . * ll3t “ rollment list under the provisions of that sec- I alert. Veterans can be re-enhsted until the Ist “tion.” of March. Make a move, appropriate o( your abundance to swell the premiums paid to true and tried soldiers who toil and sweat, and if need be are willing to sacrifice their lives at $l3 per month. If yon move quickly the draft can bo averted, and those of you who prefer the ease and comfort of home to the hard fare of a soldiers life, can 1« privileged still, to enjoy it. One word by way of explanation and I leave the matter to yon. Ido not speak for myself.— 1 speak for the soldier in the ranks, the men who do the work, and the men who deserve the most at the hands of the people. Coming trora the ranks myself I know their position well, and hav ing left the ranks I feel privileged to speak for them. Ido not expect to be the gainer by your adopting the course I have advised, but I do think the county will gain in honor, in credit, and iu having the draft averted. The men will re-cnlist if encouragements are offered, and they find that they are not forgotten at home. All who re-en list are credited to tjic quota which the county has to furnish, and every veteran re-enlisting reduces the number to be drafted proportionately. Do justice to the soldier, and in so doing show vour appreciomjon of their services. JOSEPH R. FINDLEY, Capt. 76th Pa. Vols. Section 4th enacts that the person enrolled un der this net may furnish, at any time previous to the draft, an acceptable substitute, who is not liable to draft, nor at the time in the military or naval service of the United States, and such person so furnishing a substitute shall be exempt Irotu draft during the lime for which such substitute shall he exempt; not, however, exceeding die lime for which such substitute shall have been accepted. By Section oth. the following persons are made liable to the draft under this act :—All persons who shall arrive at the. age of twenty years before the draft; all aliens who shall declare their inten tion to become citizens; all persons discharged from the military or naval service of the United States wl|o have not been in such service two years during the present war; and all persons who have been exempted under the provisions of the section of the act to which this is an amendment, hut who are not exempted by the provisions of this act. Section 13 makes the following exemptions : Such as are rejected as physically or mentally un lit for the service ; all persons actually in the mil itary or naval service of the United States at the time of the draft, and all persons who have served in the military or naval service two years, and been honorably discharged tliereform. The fol lowing are further exemptions under this section as amended ;—The Vice President, the Judges of the various Conns of the United States, and the heads of the various Executive Departments of the Government, and the Governors of the sever al States. Section 14 consolidates the two classes in the act of March, 1863, as follows :—“lt shall be the “ ditty of the Board of Enrollment of each dis “ trict to consolidate the two classes mentioned in “ the third section of said act." This makes all persons between the ages of twenty and forty-five, except those specially exempted, liable to the draft. Section 26 enacts that all able-bodied male per- | sons of African descent, between the ages of twen- . ty and forty-five years, whether citizens or not, ! resident in the United States, shall be enrolled i and form part of the national forces ; and when a I slave shall be drafted and into the ser- I vice his master shall have a certificate thereof; • and the bounty of one hundred dollars, now pay- 1 able by taw for each drafted man, shall be paid to‘! the person to whom such drafted person owes ser- i vice or labor at the time of his-muster into the I service of the United Slates, on freeing the person. 1 A separate vote was taken on this latter section, which yas adopted by a vole of eighty-two to ! sixty-seven. Tho bill makes soine important ar rangements with regard to counting the quotas. — Section 2d says that the quota of each Ward of a city, town, township, precinct or election district; shall be, as nearly us possible, in proportion to the number of men resident therein, subject to draft, taking into account, as far as practicable, the number which has been previously furnished tbere : from; and in ascertaining and filling said quota there shall be token into account the number of men who have heretofore entered the naval service of the United States, and whose names are borne upon the enrollment lists as already returned to the office of the Trovost Marshal. This is a' most important bill, and the few ex emptions will cause the people who wish to avoid the draft, from which nothing but chance can avoid, in the turn of the wheel, their names being drawn, to go to wbrk in real earnest to fill the quota by procuring volunteers. J. G. Foster, The Sheet Picturk of the Proclamation of ! Major-General Commanding. Freedom.—The first week in January, 1863. and ’ Heaiq’rs Dep’t of Ohio, Knoxville, Tenn., within five days after tlie Proclamation of Eman- ! Jan. 8, 1864.—General Order No. 7.—Oar out cipation was issued by the President of the United posts and pickets, posted in isolated places, having Stales, Mr. A. Kidder, formerly of Chicago, now ' n many instances been surprised and captured by of this city, commenced illustrating it in an elab- die enemy’s troops, disguised as Union soldiers, orate and articstic manner, so that from a blank : the commanding general is obliged to issue the sheet of pafer there appears a beautiful picture of i following order for the protection of hisicommand, tlie Emancipation Proclamation, done exclusively ! and to prevent a continuance of this violation of with a pen. When finished it was enclosed in a the rules of civilized warfare, heavy ornamental and costly gilt fraime, exhibt- Corps commanders are hereby directed to cause ted for a day or two in an office window, around to be shot dead, all rebel officers and soldiers wear which crowds of citizens thronged to look at this mg the uniform of the United States Army cap work of art which called forth their highest ad- tured in the future within our lines. By command miration and in which they took a noble and emit- °f Major-General Foster. lative pride, that such a meritorious work of art : H. Goans, Jr., Ass’t-Adj’t Gen. should hail from the resident State of the Honora- i Official: E. N. Strong, Maj. and A, D. C. bio President of the United States. This picture 1 —■»«»» was duly forwarded to aud received by the Presi-j Was Heenan Drugged?—The manner in dent of the United States. The tardy success 0 f ! which Heenan disappointed public cxpection'in the war retarded until the success in East Ten- \ the late match for the championship hsls led many nessce the engraving of the picture. ' to believe that ho was drugged on the morning of Good business men wanted to'take the agency I the fight, and both the English and American in every county for this picture. ■ sporting papers are now dircoting considerable at- Editors are requested to make note of the fact i * fcn . t ' on 10 tho question. Jack M’ponald, his as above stated, and forward a paper containing j ViSJlf V , °P e |jty chaiged with treac.iery by the same to Mr. A.; Kidder, 483 Broadway, N. y“ I s;«nt, and m reply he has written two let and be will forward by mail prepaid, a genuine copy , ff rs ’ m . w h ,ch he .claims that he acted fairly of the sheet picture presented by him to the President I throughout with Heenan, that be bet .heavily on of the United States, and which will be handeddown i h ,8 , 6 “ e and that his losing the fight was no to his children’s children a keepsake to all future r Bo ]* °f his. He pronounces Wilkes a falsifier, time, and to the American people who will place it i avers , ‘hough professing friendship for among their household gods, and teach their chil- ■r . nan ’ r e .^ er >een als worst enemy. In a dren how a nation was delivered from Umdage in lett , er Ll Jf' l '° 9,atM that Heenan was a ,] ay under Ins care till a day or two before the fight, Price #1.50 |»r mail, Liberal dis- * hen to Lo ? d ? n . and stopped from court! to agents! , en niml . lhe mornln f tie conflict with a gen- I tleman who was one ot his backers. What may have been given him during this time [McDonald does not know, nor should he bo held I responsible for it. Heenan himself says that he lost all recol lection after the thin) round, nnd states that ho cannot account .for the feeling which came over hlm.*v He was to a great extent paralyzed. This, wi|h the condition in which his system has re mrniiod ever since, leads to the belief that he was foully dealt with; and the general [impression among his friends now is that he was drugged. New Counterfeit. — 'A counterfeit bill on the Bank of Gettysburg has just been issued. It is of the denomination of $-0. It is so well executed that the best judges are apt to be taken in by it, the vignette being posted on the centre of the note. The signatures on the counterfeits are VV. G. Mc- Pherson, Cashier, and B. Smith President, dated 1815 ; while the genuine are signed by 6. Swope, President, and T. D. Carson, Cashier. Letter from the 76th Pa- Vole. Gen. Foster to Gen. Longstreet. The following letter ~completes the correspon dence between General Foster and General Long- Street, of which the first two letters were published some time since : Headquarters Department of the Ohio, ) January 17, 1764. ) Lieutenant General Longstreet. commanding Con federate forces. East Tennessee —General : I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 11 th insl. The admonition which I yon give me against trilling over the events of this : great war, does not carry with it the weight of au j thority with which you seek to impress me. I I am, nevertheless ready to respond in plain j terms to the suggestions conveyed in your first I letter, and which you quote in your second dis ' patch, that I communicate through you any views ) which the United States Government may enter- I tain, having for their object the speedy restoration 1 of peace throughout the land. I These views, so far as they can be interpreted, j from the policy of the Government, and sustained by the people at their elections, are as follows : First—The restoration of the rights of citizen ship to all now in rebellion against the Govcrn ' ment, who may lay down their arms nnd return I to their allegiance. : Second—The prosecution of the war until every j attempt at armed resistance to the Government i shall have been overcome. ■ I avail myself of the opjiortunity to forward an I order publishing proceeding, finding and sentence iof private E. S Dodd, Bth Texas Confederate ■ cavalry, who was tried, condemned, and executed j as a spy. j I also enclose a copy of ray order which I have I lound it necessary to issue in regard to wearing j the United States uniform by Confederate soldiers. I have the honor to be, General, very respect fully, your most obedient servant, From tbe Toronto Giohe, f’eb. 10. j Frightful Accident. TWO CARS RUN OFT A B BLOCK oSK HUSDBBO ANO TWBSTt-FIVE FKKT HlnH. One of the bum frightful mil wav accidents it ! has been our duty to record for a length, of time ' occurred yesterday morning on the Grand Trunk Radway. resulting in the instant death of three person, employee* on the road. The following are the particulars of the atlairThe Grand irunk Railway, a short- tiisiam-t- west of the Georgetown station, entases over the river Credit by one of the largest bridges on the road. It is one ot the highest, if not the very highest, bridges on the road, it being no less than one hundred and twenty-five leet front the surface of the river to the floor of the bridge. The river at this point is very shallow, being at this season ot the year' not more than two or titree. feet in depth, and al most completely froacu over. About 6 o’clock yesterday mottling, as No, lo freight train, from Sarnia, was approaching this bridge, it was noticed ■ by those on the train that an axletree of one of the rear cars was broken. The engine driver, on being notified of the fact, at once whistled “ brakes bown," but owing to the ice on the track, and the train being on the down grade, the train conld not be stO|>ped as un der ordinary circumstances. At the time the de fect iu the axletree was discovered, the train was within about two hundred yards of the bridge, and going at the ordinary rate of speed. The persons on the train did all in their power to, stop it. All the efforts, however, were unavailing, as the train still kept moving,- and in a few moments entered on the bridge. The engine and the ten der and a number of the cars passed onward m safety, but just as the last two cars came upon the bridge, the coupling of the forward one broke.— In these cars were the conductor of the train and two brakemcn. Immediately on the parting of the train, the last two cars ran off the track, dashed through the side rail of the bridge, took an awful leap into the air, and fell, with a tear ful crash, into the river beneath, a distance of one hundred and twenty-five feet. They w ere, of course, smashed to atoms, and the three unfortunate nlen were mangled in such a horrible manner as to be scarcely distinguishable as human beings. Their arms, bodias, beads and legs were cut, smashed and crushed into one sick ening, awful mass of creeping, jellied fiesh and bone. The head of the unfortunate conductor could, at first, nowhere be found, but after search ing awhile among the ruins, pieces of Skull, face and brain, all that now remained of it, were picked up and gathered together. There can be no doubt that the accident resulted from theaxle trcc, as all that portion of the train before the broken car passed safely over the bridge. Ihe bridge was not very much injured by the affair, only a few of the rails and the portion of the side rail thtough which the cars run having been damaged. Enormous Whisky Specut.ations. — A Wash ington dispatch to the I'hiladelphja Inquirer says: It is currently reported that the whisky operators, now here to prevent the Senate from concurring in the House araendments'to the tax bill, represent over five million dollars worth of whisky and liquors that will be affected by this taxon stock on hand if sold. It is to prevent the taxation of this large stock, which has been bought up during the last ninety Jays. Jhat the lobby is now brought into play. One firm are known to have nearly a mil lion dollars engaged in this scheme. Their method of operations may not be plain to all. It costs, to make whisky, about twenty-five cents a gallon ; the present tax of twenty made it sell, tax paid, at forty-five or fifty cents a gallon. Last fall shrewd operators, knowing that the tax would have to be increased, commenced to buy up all the whisky in store, and pay the tax where it had not been already paid. The next move was to have the Commissioner of Internal Revenue lecommend a largo tax. This was done, and this official announcement was made after the stock had gone into the hands of speculators. Whisky went up to seventy-five and eighty cents. When the rewrt came into Congress and others found it out, it advanced to one dollar a gallon. The Ways and Means Committee recommended a tax of sixty cents a gallon. This, added to the first cost, would make about ninety cents, but the House voted, by nearly a two-thirds vote, thpt all whisky would be taxed, whether in store or in the hands of distillers. This has thrown the operators into tribulation. If whisky in store must pay revenue to the Gov ernment, then their stock is only worth about for-, ty-five or fifty cents a gallon, for the additional forty cents a gallon goes either to speculators or to the United States Treasury. It will make a dif- ference of from two to three millions on the stock On hand. There is but little doubt that ;the Sen ate will adhere to the House bill, and throw the tax into the Treasury. The Greatest of Rat Hunts. —Everybody has heard of the vast system of sewers which un derlies the great city of Paris. Through these subterranean intricacies, according to Victor Hugo' in the Miserab/es, Jean Valjean carried Marius oti his back for miles, from the barricade to the banks of the Seindb It seems that during severe frosts/ the vast multitudes „of rats which abound in; Paris, take"to the sewers as a refuge from the cold. Latterly, the weather has been more tliah usually severe, and the conditions being favorable, it was resolved to have a great rat hunt. Ac cordingly the authorities, assisted by a number Of men, gamins and dogs, entered the sewers at vari ous [daces, and began a grand drive towards a common centre. Just as the beaters in an In dian jungle, with tom-toms, gongs, horns, drums and frightful yells, send all the animals, from the tiger to the Smallest antelope, towards the hunters, the subterranean drivers soon had millions of rats massed together, struggling, j squealing and fighting with extraordinary ferocity- i At length they were driven into a large sever near the bridge of Asnieres, and forty dogs were let down among them. A royal battle ensued; which lasted over forty-five hours, and at the end of it victory remained with the dogs. But the latter had paid dearly for their triumph. Four were foufad in the drain killed outright, and quite a numbel - were totally blind and helpless when re covered by the gamins, who at length ventured to exploit the profound depths of the battle-—I Most of |hr rats escaped in the melee ; but vet no j less thanj 100,000 were found dead. As the finish Parisian! AW gloves sire said to be made out of the skins of these animals, there will be material fIT many gross. i Run hi. Highway - Robbers.— The rumor that prevailed in the city yestereay of a train on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad having been robbed by guerrillas, Turns out to be well founded. The tfaiu which left Baltimore at six o'clock on Thursday evenihg reached Harper’s Fern' ahpnt 11 o'clock, and moved on towards Martinshurg. having On board a goodly number of pas*e B l>?” i bound West. When at Kearneysvillc, about tune miles beyond Harper’s Ferry and ten miles tny side of | Martinsburg, the "train encountered as pile Of rails oa the track; and the IocoB»« re thrown off, but going at a slow speed, no dauumf was done. I As soon as the train was stopped a cn>''d Rebels, aliout forty in number, surronnd«‘ it ¥ took possession of the passenger can 1 - T ‘ lc Lj. went around and searched and robbed ger, commandijig each to “ stand and X their watches, pocket-books and other '''“‘l - The work is said to have been done m l *' " ly, with all grace and *nng frail! Ind highwaymen. ; Even their ]joeke' »“* toothpicks did not escape the pluoderej*- who did the robbing were accompa"'” 1 t j, e laaU holders,; who thrust the mimics ' m . der D i„oJred. of the victims whilst thev were being P X m ‘ „ They did not the bagg»g e , ,r ?!"uh«dltheir Express; car, and when thev h»d ■ jr | or9Cg work with the passengersV ibounte" the and left, Thblocomotive track, and proceeded on t« f;,,m I Aiwinui, SntarHng. I ami fnrluiiged naan have oueatioorif much annoyrd at bring *» their a* tutUa meaning of..h»Upa /l*r |t( «P* and warn, For the intbrmriSw who may be inquisitive «« *• furnished the following explanation ofthe badge*, turn hj an array re*V| •* A fit* word, in regard to the badge* the: army may be of some Uttte , vl) , white i rinns. lien wish to know what t he ’ and bine * patches’ am for. be dideiem corps and division* to which so longi aTmltho*jrp*UdUun«a'»M^/ c budge of flannel, the ‘id by a clow Ja*», g by a'loxengc or dimoned, the olb oj ' cross, the 6th by a common cross, the t orescent or uew’moon, and the 12th . . , • The colers red white and blue, designate 1 2«( which / iou FOE CM t have adopted the Cuh Sj foe both feller and buj?r JfST Those who here v&t requested to COMK i>D S| my books. 's Thankful for pant frvr%j same. I Call and examine bjtiio R«{» Jan. 13. ’«.] FAMILY Patented t Stock, M Stack for Silk, iYi Dark Slat* Jf 1 Light Blue, dye vith perfect success. Directions i and German, im ide of each package.-*- - rotation in Dveing, and giving a perfect olora are best adapted to dve over oth- Unable receipes,) purchase fcowe A Ste ering and Coloring. Sent by mail ou >lO cents. Manufactured by. For dyeing SiJk, DreAse*. Bil»M EldflfoH Jfcg“A SAVJ For 25 cents jo' erwjge jj produced from *Jj »ny on* »d ***l Id Knglfrk : For further in| knoirWS'*' 11 *! ers, ®* B . yen* Tr*’Rti^o receipt I BOWK t STKVKN'B, 260 Bboaswat, Bostob. rngglsts and dealers generally. for »*l e til Snr. !*• Isj -ly. THE NEXT DRAFT ! IS A PREVAILING EX EBNT among the people of Altoona and vl- THE SECOND DRAFT—not so much about for miking the Thru Hundrtd to pay ainip itriotic I but choose rather to stay at home Moved odm, for their support, than to v risk ■ n this bloody war. Now, to bring the matter re wiN Inform the public that by buying their i GREEN STORK, Corner of Branch and Annie Altoona, kept by QEIB A CO., they will [VE THE THREE HUNDRED time. They hare Just received a large and well lock of DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES, which elllng fur Cash at the lowest living prices, assortment of LADIES’ COATS AND inging In price from S4AO to $12.00: tention of the public U particularly drawn to tW they are selling Brown and White Muslin fr-afc cents; Calicoes from to 25 cts.; DHaitfi* I to 36 cento per yard. f have always on hand a large assortment of MfILV OYS’CLOTHING, HAJB, CAPS, BOOTS, BHOp f tact, everything kept in a first-class Store. ¥ »na Oct. 7,1869. | . AV'OIi rpHEH 1 CITKj finitr »bo I ibf tion. AH with theiT their to a clqwJ floods *t I «r^t» in »»hoj wlecttf th*r*r ' A l«j bAB&i ; The | fret ttd IS to! from f EELLENT NEW ST< FVINTER GLOTHIN( low that the season for: donning heavy wlni bts Is at band, GODFREY WOLF «ld inform the public that be Is prepared *o who may cal! with a new Suit of wiater clof cea as low as any bouse In the country, all who give him one call ar* sure to call «omo permanent customers. I am now selling (lack Cloth Coats ’ants fV?*" 1 and everything else in proportion Feeling sura that X call render foil salisfoc: who may gira me that* patronage, I request an sttbn of ray stock and prims. [Dec. 17 16 IWT OTlCE.—Notice is hereby give|i that the following roeolation wu adopt«t it * frac ing of the Boird of Utaigtra of the Altoonl 'm|| m Market Company Retolvtd. That the second instalment of 10 per e**t the stock subscribed for, be made psysble oo ttgrfrit, of the present mouth, (May) and that the babacs rf the subscription be unde payable Id ninthly —Wlliii. of 10 per cent each, on the 16th dayof«*ch «*****•; month, until the whole amount is paid In. S c Persons wishing ta fake stock In the company be. accommodated, there being a few *h*n* Altoona, May 19tb,_tf. B. F. 60SK, TVagWr. f A DMINISTRATORS’ .NOTICE^ A., -mLiuH Loimorn Notice in herein given that Letters ufAdmMJ o« the estate of William London, Isteof lfS»“ M Btatt county, dec>d, have been granted fo 0» •0 persons knowing themselves indebted to sawee requested to make tmaiediate payment.’and thiem cUims will present the ssms without delay. dmw floated for settlement. • JAMBS WON 4 ‘ JOHXLOUP^ l I wv«f wL'-i to sell ONLY. as 1 consider it better I accounts are respectfully 'LK. as I wish to close up ask a continuance of the [folly yours. J. B. HILSMAS COLORS. «r 13th, 1863. ' S^» Dark Orem, /light Oreen, I *£#***» <* lifaWi I an ’ MBTOO n, . Orange. 'PS*k, -Purple. RajaX Acrpte, •Stai.Acn, &arfc, knotet, fTeUow, $7.00 to . 2.00 “ . 1.25 “ fto.oo I 9.06 I 8 -0 O la til % t IBUHE POWE A * PRINTING :jg*« ug, «rithi» lb* pwt «• ;«•». totui.u t.* oar nltklUaMl in Dm (m. •vuv* Press. (utt Cwtsr, (M Ku«. Pemr firm, mm) ton* ba» > • ini uf whtcb w« gin wythtog to rhs bo* oI pi iTmjU to u> MttUishamt i priM. tuw. Wc can rvnb. «lfU“ ••! ■Wedding, InviUltoß, VttUtof, Ml r ' Clroolgra, Frogra I MAMMOTH PO«T»W». [/. WSJL AM® UITSTSB pamphlets, Pay and < BLAMK BO MANirfiSTS, AMO BLANKS , i AH w» uk ts atrial, feeling wniJc totWheth* If wa havo tha opportuai i Oltti-* it LaatW* budding. «wr | to oppoajis !*«[Mrißbitoii‘* XiOOAL I H' : :r Homicim w Jomwtown.— K ■ ‘Johnstown wheni horrified, on B ;lam, hr tbu occurrence of ■ sho B their raitUl—lhe parties concern B |»tiMeDtial citteens. The parties h' are briefly these: Mr. Jvapfc 3 Johnstown, on hi* recent Bb|&4 month’* service in the arm;, we B': domestic happiness had been deni F ■ h> Mr. Jordan Marbonrg, a wea |& dm town. On bearing of the in H ‘ fag daring' hi* abaence, hetwee ■", Mnt. Moore, who is reprasentad k appearance and of a gay and di ' Moore called upon the former, ■ . pUuultton, told him he would ■ - Marhourg, bearing of Moore'* li E ' him not to take her husband * lil E ‘ husband would not listen to her B On Friday morning last, i B* and, leaving hi* honse, visile I near the Fostoffice, where he r P : tween eight and nine o’clock I. . passed by.. Moore started ont f caught Marbonrg by the collar, [ _on your knees; lam going f with made a * clean breast of it r told me all, and gave roe a port : * ; which you paid her." • Saying t volvcr and fired—tha first shot ■ ngion of the beam Marbonrg Moor* discharged two balls iot bp.- ..fired which took effec p ' ' Marhourg fell over and almost Moore, walked to a magistrate’! bbnself'and was committed to ■ ;; action of the authorities. The deceased roan leaves a i Bk|' and eight or cine children— K» about twenty years old. The Kfe-feana one child, the latter a pruu f >s' . Usion Tmjjhct.—At * tw , - party, to make nomination* f< ■C beW on Friday evening tan,- tit-men were placed in nomina - t'/iief' B*rgw —Benj. F. B !'■' Town Cbwcii—DanW I Kindt. , ■ Ward. K' :■ , : AepoiKTMßST. —Thio*. Vie If : " v engaged in the Motive tow Railroad, at this ptace r h«« [; mental Clerk in the taien fe' ' at Washington and I* orders ■ ?] ETJ of March. We scarcely ki r” I nlate on tbil appointment; Bj, < Halloway on haring MCnn J- ftiewl Viokroy on haring le i pgi|lment. We may rein Cjj-.. district, however, to the feU’, hi« remembrance of tbit poi |||cStale, and at tha mine lime hewam of hli moral* whe (Ml j«B«- i* : ‘ Quotas.— The AltooruTlti paying $2OO bounty to i credit (q the Boi K?.'PnC'ieftfar Harrbburg, laJ to recruit a full] |,fl I?t »qeeeed in his mission, we fl feC Altoona, which b 103 men, Ist of March. - |s_' Lagan Township is, we fS;i|rfsiPOO bounty. the townships in the 'X' -etwnty are paying $2OO bo .. have filled their qaota* I■* A- . [-"if "••»> v - Gtm Pwjkmo.—This 1. : '4 Mwqr penoM . i- '. by pranini *“* onden,ood ’ “ “ pipr experienced persot ■mmoo, bom- whom the ■ _ I* *» **«er *»«»* v Ittfe the Cooeorf, Diana, chwely pruned; white *te Mmn, Bebecca, 4c~ «h £&****- juJ £ ' kL- B*hk> Audio Yoc* 31 ‘ boqWtoderj U no* toed p- ,-«A«we«» «M *«ytet of bi » * tao'M • So "'■f a»i4 Iron*. jjurei •••■ -i ;.(r-