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.
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. 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<t abd ltd divisions respectively in _ . J
Corps, divisions and brigades are dwtingu
the field by the shape and collor of the wa^SThto
method, generally used I believe
armies, was adopted by the gallant
hia division, but more fully adopted by ttetMOoa
for this army, when he had command. Metal
badges are generally badges of honor. ?
Bayonets Radical.
welcoming the returned
St. Louis, said;
I and many others lur
sentinels over every mat.
rebellion in older to open tl
were afraid of the gror
grand breadgrowing cot
tract under which we
when they broke that com
iqake a-new contract whir
[Cheers.] I never shot
a Conservative in times
been a Conservative,
gave me a trade, and •
skid he was putting a
I never; asked for a pni
live ; 1 felt like snstaii
quietness between our
came, I said we will 1
and before this war is
cause of it. You may
the line of politics; but
not talk without getting
la political, and hayone'
wr.
BLOWING
Beating
IVVOULI* St^IPLr^ANNOUNCE
that I have joiit rewirrf ulock of
NEW C(tODS!
uhbuciJK
J GROCERIES,
DRY GOODS,
QDEEVSV
BOOTS AND f>«(
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, </ I
Drench BbU \ I
Claret Brown. ,1 i
Dark,Brown. \V ■
• light Brown.
Snitf Brown. H
Cherry, ■
Crimean,
Dark Drab.
Light Drab ,
| Riwn Drat, JW
Light fhvrUrtb,
Ken and Mixed Goods, Shawls, Scar*,
; Gloves, Bonnets, Bats, Feathers,
Children’s Clothing, and all
of Wearing Apparel.
1 OF 80 PER CENT, -0|
tan color as many goods as Would otb
les that sum. Various shades can be
same dye. The process Is simple and
> 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<ogen tp„ Jan. 21,15H4-M1 JdmMtm
r ti
SE,
» f~\ a />
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
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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
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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
£ '
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‘ boqWtoderj U no* toed
p- ,-«A«we«» «M *«ytet of bi
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.htdgtof Election* ■ E. Wai
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Junpteton —E. Ward-—B.
“ W. “ Jo
“ K. “ P«
.4 ni*e**ot‘ — -Joseph B. Hile
AufStor —l>a»i4 Iron*.
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