I*B* v y ;.;|- ><3apitoi, J^mdepy, Ift I4ANUFACTOBV IBfiSt, flarrubury, fa. #»S«t ia .chiefly devoted i.. Book* for ji&trttf , WMd Companiea, JltlLfTt. ale. in all «■« tbaduSSssiaf' ■ iworkmanabip may KOTMbaW ißook* printed, paged and bound'to Sheriff*, Attorney* mk) Jurticr nate and ruled to order, Trhenninl tba. Duplicates, Ac., for county pnrpo > ; lwd and bound to order. Conntr beet Upen paper. ■ Pld, dealring to bare their Book* veil Wprie«a,atioulri given* a tall. New*- : -*Haer Harper"* Weekly, Gleaaon’a CiepHte American, London Newt, MMnenqeM. Harper'* Month Mel|«r, Black rrood’B and Graham’* dy** Book, Lady'* Repository, Peter- Slnalc, Ac.Jbooad in extra etylee, or halaullil btf binding, delect Pam !*, Pamphlet lam, bound in good t,|. moderate pticee. Penan* haring a >WwJ, will receive a liberal discount. Aept to ucfrom a distance byKi. phtroatod to our care will be speed Inaaked andereturned by Kxpreaa.-. I Address F. L. UIITIKR, ■ : i , Harritbury, Pa. IN, at the Tribune Office, are m> vicinity. They will giro inform* Bg, and receive and return book* , ffir all who ent.net their work to [March 9.1862-ly CO >1 i w * S .si , W.S m 3 i O Stf--S a’ S:- *■ &| JS o v ■I Es 3 M « .« W> j ■£‘B ■. S ■ft sC! -S'« a. C HS Cu cd o I Sf mi I 3 I Sm If S I ss< 2 s K rK O 25 • fr 'w ,a m W 03 * e» £■& ft ps|<-|S I# pg d? si , gSrstSJl ■P* ? If Qss3zs! j>sf3ll r-ggi-il . il EVER ONWARD ! BY STEP! ISIGNED DESIRES TO uetomert and the public generally r gone Into the Pry, Ooo4(malnas* i largo and entirely new stock of S GOODS, ctng.ill the latent, prettieetand mui \BIiEj PATTERNS. v bei found every quality of goods, would be too tedious to enumerate.- • *f pure, fresh and; cheap 3S‘& PROVISIONS er” to any of my competitors. In sure that I can render natWfoction. y produce -taken \ln exchange for market pried'allowed, r of Annie and Helen streets, Kant THOMAS HESLOP OB WEIS, D CONFECTIONER. . dram. Auoosa, Pa., fSTANTLY ON HAND , OAKES, CANDIES CREAM >» of his ovm manufacture, which he tflesale or retail, at the meet reason*, 9tEla N FRUITS, each in bmons. pine- apples. RAISINS, NUTS, &CV, &C„ lr respective icmsons. cKED TO ORDER, is, on short notice and In the neat- C art. ; :e m 7 stock aod you will find a be purchased elsewhere. id Sheet Iron Ware tINGr, &C. MLD RESPECT. [•the citiicns of Altoona peps comrtsutlyon Niw, PMmr, Qgiee aifafMHfi cyloaand sizes, to suit the T ' p will self at low prices, an reason* a Urgft stock of Tin and Sheet fill articles for culinary pm-pos#*— rife. . . H ; the r : gbt of sale in Blairrcmiiiy SAUSAGE STUFFER, at* only to be seen to be apprecia. ■>7 every farmer, bntcher or tboee io» paid to putting up SPOUTING y~ Spouting palntHtand put np jKtn«. faprU «, IMMy iTINGER’S pews Agepcy, so. T, MAIN STREET >KB, BLANK BOOKS, CONFECTION ARIES & TOBACCO, ONSIN GREAT VARIETY ..SILT ON BAND. yd & co.; ‘ altooA’a. pa., : N, JACK & CO., SOLZJVATSSVSe. PA. KEES, oAnatou. Jack ft Co.”) |N THE PRINCIPAL and Gold for sale. Collections Kl on deposf te, payable on demand, in time, with interest at Ikir rate* IkLER PRACTICAL k i aj*cti l ally ahdoudc« " ; ft* sod the public ta he keep* constantly |M?ao(Utetofl,D£Uas ■■ . OILS, VAItNJSH- '■ aod a dcvire to render anr r wto and quality, ‘he hop** t ; ofpablk: patronage, ate applied on teaeooable term* aaco promptly attended to. >« camdny compounded. [I-tf. lUEN-DS WOULD DO I aa die 'and chute uitort* i GOODS now dbtplared upon the <A UPHPHT k yicPXK% .or of Virginia and Cuollo* sta. : [• McCOEMICK'S Store irmunt of Re*tty-M«de clothing ' Sot.SS^K EOXOGNES. - POM un.Toftet Soaps tei for (ale by •- c.y. iv-msu. ‘—A LABGE Asp *t of Onaiin htn Mat Man fa r- J B. HtLgMAR, •i’heundersigned h»Tii>£ dmirnttobufumiD lieMteor, #*- K themselves indebted tohnntu e MUlementoß or before tbe lStb rwu baring cUinu ■cabnt'Ufo '' *' ~ \ P "" ■’ *■* ~;^* t ;■*"• 1 "' McCRUM & DERN, vbi. 9 . save the per cent age BY BUYING YOUR CLOTHING FROM FIRST HARDS. ETTINGER & TUCK, Manufacturers of and Wholesale and Retail dealers in Ready-made Clothing, would respectfully invite the attention of the public t» the following focta in inference to their stock. Ist. We maonfacturc our owir goods. f up in oar own Store, in Phihuielphi., nuder oar supervision, and wo know, they are well made apd can be warr»ate<l ' ' EQUAL to the best, »ud superior to tlie largest quantity of Ready-made cloth ‘tig in the market. . , , indi : IVe boy our Cloths directly from the Importers and Manufacturer)*, consequently we save the per centage put on by middle men. llrd -We sell our Clothing at a reasonable percentage uvei tho cost of our Cloths, thereby saving the purchasers of Clothing the percentage which must be added by those who bin from second hands to sell again. We retail our Clothing at the same , price which other merchants pay fur theirs at wholesale, consequently those who,buy from ut get their g exls at the same price which other Clothiers pay furwheir* in the city, thereby saving said Clothiers’ per ceiitrtge. . We have branch Stores in ALTOONA AND JOHNSTOWN, where !goods may'll had at the same figures at Which we •ell them here in the-city. ’ If auy person has been told, or IntsgiuM, that Tucks Store, in Altoona, is * played out.” let such person drop luto his establishment, on Main Street, and examine his goods aud prices. ) ■ . . Wholesale House, No£t«2 Market Street, Philadelphia. Dec;:2. 1863.—tf ■ NEW GOODS. fllfXK undersigned would respectfully in -1 Jbrm the citizens of Altoona and surrounding coun try, that he has just returned from the East, where he has been selecting hU stock of FALL AND WINTER GOODS, which.'for style, quality and price, cannot be surpassed in ilii« u«*ok of * Hie stock is much larger than ht-rotofoce, and as It is quite an object, in these exciting war for every one to parches* where they can get The Best Good* and at the Lowest Prices, h* would say that he can and will sell a>| low. if in*t a little lower than auy other house iu this places lie wishes all call ami see his stock before' purchasing elsewhere, us lie feels confident-h* can offer inducements which will defy competition. His stock consists of LADIES’ DRESS GOODS'of even* description, >li;\ AND HOTS' WINTER WEAK. : LADIES AND MISSES’ DUESS SHOES, MEN AND BOYS’ BOOTS AND SHOES. MEN’S UaLF HOSE ! WOMEN’S AND MISSES’ WOOL HOSE, HATS, AND CAPS, BLEACHED AND UNBLEACHED MUSLIN. (UNOHAMS AND HEAVY DRILLINGS. Hu will sell Ludio S'*wed, Heeled Bootee* at $1,5U(ai1.7& Kip Pritg*d l.o7(Si!.di) MeuVßooti, •ti.70('ai3,50 BALMORAL SKIRTS, very low. GROCERIES. Whrte and Brown Sugar, Rio Cofieee, Syrujw,.Tt-as. Ac. 1 'and • v>*rything that is usually kept iu a Dry Goods Store «n!d mi cheap as the cheapest. J. A. SPRANKLE. Alt.iona, Oct. 7, 1863. CITY DKUG STORE. DR. E. H. REJGAUT would respect fully announce to the citizens of Altoona and *ur romidhig country,«that he has recently purchased the Drug J?tore of Berlin k Co., on Virginia Street, opposite FrirV Hardware Store. His Drugs are Fresh mid Pure, and. he hopes by strict attention to busiues*. to merit a •hare of public patronage. - Call>ud examine his stock. He has constantly on hand, DRUGS, MEDICINES and CHEMICALS, FIXE. TOILET SOAFSy PERFUMERY, BRUSHES* * GLASS, PUTTY, PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, ; CARBON OIL AND LAMPS, : NOTIONS, CIGARS, and fttpry article, usually kept in a First-class Drug Store PURE WINES AND LIQUORS ; for uumU inal use. DOMESTIC GRAPE WINE—PURE—WARRANTED. PHYSICIANS' PRESCRIPTIONS accurately compounded, at all hours of the day or night Altoona, Sept. 30,1863. MORE COMPETITION! A NEW DRY GOODS STORE ON VIRGINIA STREET rpHE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RE -M- SPECTPULLY ANNOUNCE to the public tliat she has mlded tc her stock of iVIILLINERY GOODS, A FULL LINE OF ■ a®» mt y g oom r Coi)ni,ttng of PRINTS, DELAINES, ALPACAS, REPS GINGHAMS. muslins, etc. BLEACHED MUSLINS from 23 to 45 cents oer yard YELLOW “ ,** 24 035 * * - CALICO ** 16 to 25 u DELAINES •• 30 to 35 “ And a|l other articles in proportion, I haTfi also a full assortment of GLOVES, HOSIERY, COLLARS, and NOTIONS generally. My stock of Mflllnery Goods embraces everything in that line usually kept In the country. I have marked my goods down to the lowest figure FOR CASH; Believing that my goods and prices will prove satwwctory, I ihvite a call from nie public. ' ! i rebkcca McClelland. Uec. 23d, 1863-ly. •iBil SPRING 1864. CIEOULAR. Ltske pleasure in issuing this xny Spring Jvertißelnent, through whicUl would inform iny friends «ud the public generally that I have Just returned from the ba*t where I have purchased a Stock of hats AND CAPS Styles, and a, to quality, color and price can not fail to plcaae all classes. * I have also bought an immense Block of BOOTS AND SHOES, W&SSS& awSWBIS tzi complete, all of which, I am now ottering at a amaSTml vanre on wholesale prices. Thi public will be greatly'benefited by giving thin their JAMIES S. MANN, Main street, ■ Altoona, Pa. apft-tf ANDREW ECKEL. ; ' MALAR IX Tobacco, Cigars, Snnff, Pipes, &c., &c.. ■*»cie ttrnt, Altoona, i*u. AGE NEB, AL ASSOBTM EN T "■ of Gqods in hie line constantly on hand at the lowest PrIC T- ,fSeb,7,lB6S "MtUSIC!— INSTRUCTIONS GI^EN J-tJL on the Piano-Forte and Melodeon, 'by; Miss M. SUARMAKKR. , Tsana, $lO per quarter. Noicharge for theta* of the Instrument. Residence on Catharine Street, West Altoona. fjan. 167|862.-tf. A [COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF / J3®®t*« Model Improved SHIRTS— and Moaiin Blurt*— fine nod coarse—white and colored— at ~ ; I/ADGlljtf AN'S. Boston ckackers—a large jJL* p S ° r ltlMe ‘'ellcioDi trackers joist' received •uu tot sate by PRITCUEY THE ALTOONA TRIBUNE. E. B. McCRUM. - - • - • B. C. DESK, editors ash fEOFBIJtOH. Per annum, (payable invariably in advance,)...... $1 60 AU papers discontinued at the expiration of the time paid tor. • ■ „ TgKMS Ojf ADVEATISIIIO I • 1 Insertion 2 do. S do. Four lines or less ♦ : 35 $ gH $ 50 Three (2* “ h- ; ,! »( ? <*> ~ 2 «* Over three weeks and.leas than three months, 25 cents per square for each insertion. F n :3 mouths. 6 months. 1 year. Six lines or leas .-...-I I 50 * * jjjj * - 00 One giDL'iri) »••• ••• 2 SO 4 00 • 00 Two e 4 00 « 00 10 00 Thrw, a ‘ ‘ 5 00 8 00 12 00 , : ow woo u«o Half a column.... W 00 14 00 30 00 One column 14. 00 2o 00 40 00 Administrators and Executors Notices 1 Merchants advertising by the year, three squares, with liberty to change.., ■•■•#■■■ 1U uu Professional or Business Cards, not exceeding 8 lines with paper\per year..... o Communications of a ijolitical character or individual Interest, will be charged according to the above rates. Advertisements not marked with the number of mser lions desired, will be continued till forbid and charged according to the above terms* • Business notices five cents per line for every insertion. Obituary notices exceeding ten lines, fifty cents a square “ AM I FOR PEACE-YES !” i Hon. IMNIEL 8. DicKlXSdn, -that old Democrat of Now York, being written to by a lady, and the inquiry made of him if he was for peace, returned tins ringing reply:—lkun Platform.]. For the ••peace which rings out from the cannon’s And the suasion of jihot and shell, [throat, Till rebellion’s spiritis trampled down Tto the depths of its kindred hell. K„r the peace which shall follow the squadron’s tramp Whore the brazen truoipets bruj. And. drunk with the fury of storm and strife. The blood-rod chairs neigh. For the peace that shill wash out the leprous stain Of our «lavery-rfoul and grim— ‘ And shall sunder the fcttsrs which creak and clank On the down-trodden black man’s limb. I will curse him us traitor, and fsilso of heart. Who would shrink from the conflict now. And will stamp it with blistering, burning brand. On his hide-ms, Cain-like brow. Out.' out of the way! ;vrith your spurious peace: Which would make.us rebellion’s slates: We will rescue our land from the traitorous grasp, Or cover it over with graves. * t>ut! out of the wuyPwith yourkuavlsh schemed, You trembling nmUtrading puck ! Crouch in the dark like a sneaking hound. That its master had beaten back. You.would barter the fruit of our father’s blood. And sell out the Stripes and Stars, To purchase a place with rebellion’s votes, Or escape from rebellion’s scars. By the widow’s Wjail, by th£ mother’s tears. By the orphans, who cry for bread, By our sons who fell,'we will never yield, Till rebelliou’B soul is dead! THE BROKER’S HOHEWLIWDEW. In Wall street when the stocks <u-e high. How quickly do the brokers And thick as greenbacks they draw nigh Unto the Treasury'. But Wall street sees another sight, The u bears” are In a “bnll-y” plight. The “bulls” in truth are rather tight, Aiml stocks are riijketty. But while the stacks are very low, How quietly the brokers go. No exultation o’er some foe— They are Wailing bitterly, How frightened bow they ail appear— The stocks that Were to them so dear Will go to uaught they really fear, | And gold is slippery. Few, few shall gain where many lose. So, brokers, tremble in your shoes. For Chase can ruin you should he chouse! So wall on bitterly. For the Altoona Tribune. THE AMERICAN CHURCH OF CHRIST. nr AuekiGANDA CHAPTER IV Prophetic Description of America. The discovery of America, by Columbus, may be recorded a? oneofihe roost illustrious events in the annals of the world; In searching the word of Inspiration, that great man solved the problem of four thousand years, and opened up to man the sublime mysteries of astronomic science. Fixing his great eye ’ upon the page of Holy Writ, and reading that God “ sitleth upon the circle ot tlie earth,” Isaiah xl. 22, Columbus saw that' the earth was round. Ascertaining its form, he counted its revolutions, discovered its latitudes, balanced its continents, and announced to the world that a whole .'hemisphere of undiscovered land lay waiting the. mariner’s sail, beneath the horizon of the west. Assured of the correctness of his theory, this great navigator began at onco to put in execution the.menns that Utouljl demonstrate to the world the truth of his system. But the ignorance and superstition €f the arrayed themselves against him, and, although he pleaded his cause in person before almost every court in Europe, and solicited funds from every throne, to carry out the enterprise of his genius, yet after years of toil and travel, lie returned, unsuccessful and discouraged, to his native land. ‘ But Queen Isabella, struck with the vastness of his scheme, the magnitude and glory of its con sequences, as well a* the small amount of funds required for its completion, at once resolved to assist him, although it should cost her every emblem of rank m the chain of her titled ancestry. Divesting herself of her crown jewels, she gave them to Co lumbus, and bade him pledge or sell them for the amount required to carry ont his design, which he, with tears of joy, in gratitude to the Creator, and thankfulness to his sovereign, accepted, and con verted into funds sufficients to* consummate the greatest human enterprise recorded in the history of the world. Ifa falling sparrow, or. a floating hair, arrests the attention of thq Almighty, how much more will Re look upon tRe rise, the progress and the destiny of a great nation, especially when its gov- ALTOONA, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIE 27, 1864. eminent and laws harmonize with the economy of God. To allow that America is not only under the watchful eye of the Creator, bat that He has de signed her to be the great nationality qf restoration, we heed; only call to remembrance a few of the many scriptures that refer to our great country, whose liberty, progress and is now arresting the attention of mankind. To understand those prophetic predictions, which are all attired in Hebrew costume, we have only to divest them of their Mosaic regalia, and America, dressed in all the drapery of prophetic glory, comes into view, her summit in the clouds, and her base embracing the continent. If, then, a great kingdom or nationally is pro mised to the Israel of God, in the last days of the world’s monarchy, and the Republic of America Alls the description as to time, place and character, as well as the spirit gnd power, of the promised kingdom, and no other nation can fill the descrip tion of its landmarks, then perfect coincidence would be perfect fullfiiment, and America, the na tionality of Christian liberty, be proclaimed the Canaan of the world. The first scripture we shall notice is that in re lation to the discovery of America by Columbus: “Sutely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Torshisb first to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, nnto the name of the Lord' thy God, and to the Holy one of Israel, because be hath glorified thee.”—Jsaiah Ix-U. “ Surely the isles shall wait for me,” that is, they should remain unknown until. God was ready for their discovery; when the Reformation had pre pared the way for civil ahd religions liberty, and the invention of thmPress. the freedom of s|iee< h, and the light of the Gospel, had educated the people for the reception of the crowning nationali ty of the earth. “ And the ships of Tarshish first to String thy sons from far." Tarshish is old Spain, the land from which Columhus sailed. Tarshish was the first to bring her sons from far to America. “ Their silver and their gold with them." Co lumbus and his friends not only invested all their wealth in their great undertaking, but the proceeds of the crown-jewels of his magnanimous sovereign were expended in their stupendous undertaking. “ Unto the name of the Lord thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel.” For days and months, far out on the waste of ocean, did the conscious navigator make tiis way until at last the blue mountains of the new world appeared in view.— Then from every tongue on board went up a hymn of praise, at the close of which, Columbus dressed in his robes of state, and followed by his compan ions, went on shore where they bowed and in sol emn prayer dedicated the continent to God, upon whose soil they, reared the cross, and in the Saviour’s name took possession of America. Thus unto the name ff the Lord and to the Holy One of Israel was America dedicated by the sons that came from afar in the ships of Tarshish, which not only proves the truth of Divine Revela tion, but malms our country the land of promise and the star of empire for all nations. The land of the restored Israel was to be located between two seas, one on the east and one on the west. ‘‘From the border unto the east sea. this is' the east side. The west side also shall lie the great sea, from the border, this the west side."— Ezekiel xlvii-18, 20. This is a perfect description of America as she lies between two seas, the Atlantic on the cast and the Pacific on the West, and it can never be ap plied to the land of J ndab, for no great eastern sea can be found within four thousand miles of Pales tine. Nor will the description apply to any nation on the globe but America. We are also taught that the promised land of restoration was to be divided into thirteen parts or states. “Ye shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel. Joseph shall have two portions’I’—Ezekiei 1 ’ — Ezekiei xlvii : 13—which makes the thirteen divisions. So it Was in the beginning of our Union ; had but twelve States (or near twenty years, or until William Venn obtained the charter for' Delaware, which gave us the thirteen, and these charters, according to the original reading, embraced all the lands between the Atlantic and|Pacific Oceans, or the two great eastern and western seas. • Thus have we in all the grandeur of prophetic Revelation a complete survey of America, with the identical number of States in our original muon, which should not only convince us that our endpared country is the land of promised restora tion, but that it should cause us to become a more wise and heaven devoted people. Although the Aborigines, the descendants of Abraham, or Israel's lost tribes, claimed this con tinent as their own inheritance, yet the Almighty, from the lips of His holy prophet, declared that tire entire land should become a desolate land. “Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel spoke saying, Abraham Was one and he inhabited the land: but we are many ; the land is given us for our inheritance, say thou thus Unto them. Thus saith the Lord God, as I live, surely they that are in the wastes, shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field, will X give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in forts and in the caves, shall die of the pestilence. For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of their strength shall cease; and the moun tains of Israel shall be desolate and none shall pass through.”— Ezekiel xxxii: 24, 27 and 28. This can never be applied to Palestine, as she has never been utterly desolate. Her lands are still cultivated ; many of her cities and towns are still existing, and people from all nations still con tinue to, pass through her territory. They who inhabited those wastes were the Indi ans who lived in the deserts America, and claimed the land under.the right of that'Abraham possessed it under the Jewish promise. But the Supreme Arbiter of the work declared that they who are in the wastes should fall until the land should be most desolate, without a city, a road or a civilized family iu all their borders, which : has been fulfilled to the very letter in America, and can be applied to no oilier land of country on the earth. The land of restoration is described as being an uncultivated waste, until the latter years, when it shall be brought back from the sword and restored to more than its primitive grandeur. “After many days thou shall be visited : it* the latter years thou shall come unto the land that is brought back: frdm the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel,, which have been always waste but is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.”— Ezekiel xx.vnn: 8. This cannot refer to the land of Judah, for she is not an uncultivated waste. But it is a grand description of our own primeval woods and wilds on the arrival of our ancestors on the continent of America. They were not to come into this land until “ the latter years”—that , is, the latter years of the world’s monarchy, which can be applied to none Other thari our own great nation as she “is gatht ered outof many people” and “ brought forth out of the nations,” forming one great brotherhood for the restoration and happiness of map. Notwithstanding the land was to be made a desert, the cities laid waste and the whole conti- [independent in everything.] nebt changed to a solitary rain, yet in their deso lation they were to set np enduring waymarks that thegenerations of after ages might know the land “ Set theel up way marks, make thee high heaps, set thy hear! toward the highway, even the way which thou wehtest; turn again, O virgin, daughter of Israel, turp again to these thy cities." Jeu. xxxi : 21. I This cannot refer to the land of Judea. There arc no set up way marks in Palestine, no high heap* that point to the ruined cities of Israel. It is only in America that those mighty indexes lift their heads and point to the dead generations that lie beneath them. Those high heaps and mounds were always raised near the site of some long lost city, os their fort’s walls and other mins fully prove, and they have been set up on more than an hundred land scapes throughout our continent, for the purpose of directing the Church to the true land of prom ise, where her cities wijl not only be restored, but where she will begin the jubilee of man. . Palestine, the long believed land of restoration, although no larger than a single territory of our Republic, and can contain but a handful of people in comparison with the'Vast continent of America, still lies wrupjied in thelmantle of desolation, with all the marks of perpetual ruin around her, with out a single prophetic description to prove her the promised Eden, or a solitary sign of her recovery trout the desolation into which the sins of her people has plunged her; Although the promssed time is here for the beginning of the restoration and the last days of the fourth great monarchy expiring, yet the land pf Israel, the little barren province of Asia, still lies in the charnel of Iter ruin, with no sign of restoration from the tomb of her slumber, while America crowned with prophetic glory and covered all over with the types and em blems of die great fifth kingdom, is moving in tri umphant achievement tp her promised destiny. An army correspondent writes as follows : Horn ing after storm. Sloruing on hill tops, shorn by army axes of woods where once the breeze of mot n ing made music that is lost, and where the few birds that call are wandering minstrels, bearing faint burdens of forgotten songs. Far away on the western horizon and southwestern horizon, “like a mirage lifted in air,” the mountains of the Elbe Ridge, dark beneath with forest, shining above with snow, rest under broken clouds. Nearer, on ly eighteen rallies distant, the famous Thorough fare mountain is a spot of gloom upon the land scape. To the southward, nearer still, Cedar mountain is just apparent through the mist, and further to the left the' crest of Fony Mountain shakes a plume of pine against the sky. On these heights are the signal-stations of the army. In an unseen valley beyond, thb dark current of the Rap iJan, swollen by recent j storms, is watched from unapproachable heights pn die south bank by the rebel army under Lee, and patroled on the near side by the cavalry pickets of the Union. Yonder, six miles South of w here we are stand ing, two or three brown roofs are seen through the foliage. That is the villiage of Culpepper, where General Grant has his pieadquarters, and where tiie Hag of the sth Corps, General Warren com manding, droops from the balcony of the old “Vir ginia Hotel.” The camps of the corps are scat tered around and beyond the villiage for miles, hidden from present view. On the left, away to the East, and even North of the Rappahannock, the 2d Corps, under General Hancock, has its en campments. General Kilpatrick is at Stcveusburg. Around—we are in thq midst—the 6th Corps, commanded by General Sedgwick, has spread hun dreds of tents nmong the pills. Hero is the human life of a great city ; and vet hero is the desolation of a great desert. Homesteads there are none un spoiled ; no fences divide estates trampled by the heel of war into one broad, undulating, unproduc tive waste. Congress has now set jto work with a determi nation to strengthen the hands of the Government. The tax bill, the tariff pill and the gold bill, all measures of the highest importance to the country, are now .receiving the earnest attention of Con-' gress, and they will be (speedily passed in some shape conductive to the present wants of the coun try. It has become apparent to all that there is, a principle involved in the present struggle to main tain the Union of far greater importance than the mehns which may be njade to pander to private individuals and the schemes of speculators. The late panic In the stock market is a premonitory symtora of the course which events are now likely to take. The Government should be as strong to protect itself against the speculators at home, as it is to defend the Union against the Rebels, and equal facilities should be given by Congress for both objects. The continual depreciation of our National currency, and the consequent rise in the prices of all the neqessanes and commodities of living are now forming a most serious embarrass ment to the Government, as well as working a deep injury to the people bf all industrial pursuits. With the currency of the country restored to its real and legitimate value, and the price of com modities brought down tqa reasonable figure, the people will.cheerfully pay the additional rate of taxes that should be assessed. If Congress can, as they have the "power to |do it, help the Govern ment and the people in thb present important crisis of our National affairs, itj is their bounden duty as our representatives to c(o so. Everything else should be laid aside until! this matter is fully and speedily completed. Pass the proper laws, and the people will see them carried out, and all our pres ent difficulties will bo happily and smoothly tided over. i Halp a Ton - op Silver foh a Jam. —The Ter ritorial Enterprise, publisliedat Washoe,- is warmly interesting the inhabitants of Nevada Territoiy in the Mississippi Valley! Fair. The matter has been taken in hand by citjizens of that place, with the following result: i Almarin B. Paul, President of the Storey County Sanitary Fund Committee, will ttiegraph to-day that we' hare two hundred pounds of silver bullion on hand for the Mississippi Valley Fair. The bullion has collected upon the hands of the treas urer of the committee, : J.| L. Black, since the last contribution was made to the N. Y. Sanitary FnntJ: We would like to see the Territoiy wake up now and increase the weight! to half a ton. It is not much of an undertaking; Storey county has done such a thing by herself before now, on two weeks' notice-. She would dp it again under sufficient provocation; if the balance of the territory were to step forward suddenly with a thousand pounds of bullion, you would probably see blood in her eyes. She would' “call” that bet if it swamped her. Mr. Paul will isSne a circular in a few days, for distribution throughout the territory, asking the several towns and counties to collect contribu tions, and forward them to the Storey Committee, or to the Treasurer of the Mississippi Valley Fair| If sent here these contributions will be turned into ! separate bare, each inscribed with the name of the town and county making it. TO BE OOSTISCED. View of the Potomac Camps- CONGRESS. Account of, the Plymouth, Affair. The Navy Department baa reoecrallbe fblknr ing information pf the destruction of the gunboat Southfield: About 5:80 p, x., April l7Ui, Fort Gray, above Plymouth, was atteekedily the rebel* from the battery of sue field pieces on asandbank, some thousand yard* up the river. Lieutenant Commander Flnsser dispatched tho Oerato eon* muoicate with the Whitehead, which was doing picket duty on the river. In passing by the rebel battery she received a shot through her port gang way, killing two and wounding seven-men. The bring' on the fort ceased at about nine ’o’clock.— The Ceres returned about that time. At early dawn oik Monday the enemy charged upon fort Gray and were repulsed. The Bombshell, an ar my gmiboat, under command of Ensign Thomas B. Stokes, steamed up the river to communicate with the fort; she returned and sunk at the Wharf. Latter in the day the enemy appeared in fence in the rear of the town, and at snnset commenced a vigorous attack on Fort Williams and Wessell, at which time the Miami and Southfield, previously chained together, were cast loose. The Southfield steamed up the river to. protect Fort Wessell, while the Miami, dropped down and shelled the enemy in front of Port Williams. During the evening the eneipy assaulted Fort Wessell and ware repul sed three times, the Southfield throwing shell among them. “ | Abofit 10:50 p. m., the Southfield dropped down the over and reported to Lieutenant Commuder Flusser who ordered the vessels to be lashed togeth er with hawsers, the Southfield being’bn the port side of the Miami. About midnight the White head came down the Cachie, and came alongside the Miami, and reported the rebel' ram coming down. A: 3 a. m. on Tuesday, the ram dropped down alongside the Miami under cover of the shade of the trees, and when near ran oliquely across into the starboard bow of the Southfield. The vessels had been firing all the previous evening at the en emy op shore, and were loaded with. shell, which there was not time to draw The Lieutenant Com mander fired the first shell, and on its bursting, some fragments, either from that or the South field's shells, rebounded, which caused his death, the fragments piercing his chest and skill), and also wounding the following officers and men : Acting Ensign Thos. G. Harris, Acting Third Assistant Engineer Hannington, and some eight men—none mortally. Upon the approach of tbs ram the Southfield fired at her. The prow of the ram running into the Southfield caused her to fill with water, and she sunk inside of fifteen minutes. The forward lashing were parted by the pressure of the ram be tween our vessels, and the after ones were cut, and as many as could get on the Miami did so, when the Miami retired and was pursued a short distance by the ram, which was considered slow, making hut four knots per hour, throwing solid shot at her as she retired. Some of the men of the South field took to small boats, and were picked up by the Whitehead and Ceres. A Successful Bit of Strategy. A letter from Little Rock, Arkansas, April 7th, says : “On the 2Cth ult. Clayton marched from Pine Bluff with five hundred infantry, six hundred cavalry, and five pieces of artillery, in the direc tion of the rebels’ fortified camps at Monticello, where there was known to be a force of about four thousand men under Colonel Dockerey. Arriving at Mount Elba, a little place 'on the Saline river, leaving five hundred infantry and the artillery to guard their crossing, he advanced with the caval ry southward to a point at which the roads leading from Camden, Monticello and Long View—the latter place only aforty miles south—converge, throwing out scouts in either direction, and sent Lieut. Greathouse, an officer already known for his daring and intrepidity, ad low down sa Long View, thus placing himself between Price’s at the Camden, and Dockerey’s at Monticello.— Greathouse, with between twenty and thirty men, marched rapidly to Long View, and, on arriving there, discovered a large forage train crossing the river on a pontoon bridge, guarded by a brigade of rebel soldiers. And here took place one of the boldest specimens of strategic coolness and auda city we ever read of in the history of this or any other War. “Greathonse, perceiving that he was not taken for an enemy, the rebels supposing him to belong to Shelby’s command, on account of the similar ity of the uniform, at once assumed thc air of the friend they took him to be, and also the command. Hiding up to the bridge with his little force, and stationing bis men at each side thereof with due insructions, he called out in the most commanding :tono to ‘hurry over the train !’ Each relief, as be got over was disarmed, and told that a load word from him would danse him to be instantly shot; and thns were marched over the bridge three hnn T dred men, whose gnus were as (list as: they arrived, ‘chocked’ into the river, and the men themselves were: made prisoners of war, and all this without the firing of a gun or the loss of a man. It is pre sumed that Greathonse conki have been taking prisoners till this time, but when he bad got as many animals and men as he could manage, he burned the bridge and wagons, and by an unpar alleled march rejoined CUyton in safety, haring accomplished his brilliant success anda distance of eighty miles intwenty-four hours. We leave this feat bf the gallant Greathonse, with the simple re mark that wo do not believe the equal of it, for coolness, courage and tact, can be found in the his tory of die war; and thus believing,, it is respect fully submitted that he deserves prompt recogni tion at the bands of the Secretary Of War.” A Neat Tubnoct.—A Paris letter, describing , the parade at Longchamps, recently, says: Now and then came a turnout, so very exquisite that all eyes were fixed upon it; onein particular, a pheeton, looking as delicate js a sea-shell; the coachman and footman in white lively, faced with scailct. The occupant, afair creatine, looking almost too fragile to be trusted out of a glass case, but all in keeping with her surroundings, wore a pale violet silk dress, edged with ruches of shade : darker; paletot of the same color as the dress,: trimmed in the saine way; a white lace bonnet, with a softrxnOwn, a spray of delicate dow ers, falling backward towards the cape, and hold ing in hef delicate lilac Idd-gldred bands a para sol of'lilac silk of‘exactiy tite some shade as the dress.' ’ . EcPxout.—A farmer in Canada recently lost, his wife, and on the day appointed for the funeral, when. the guests assembled, he persisted in_ post poning the funeral. Several sympathetic friSnda, whh endeavored to. reconcile hm td a Inal leave of the loved remains, elicited, frorathe distracted man the fact that he bad been disappointed in the attendance : of a professional gentleman, lo extract several -feeth containing gold filing, which had cost him $l2 some years previous. ; What a lau dable instance of economy 1 gaf ‘T think, wife, that yon hare a great many wavs of calling, me a fobL’ “t think, husband, that you have a gnat many way* ef bring one.” ill llw centre of * lw»f i|A ope 0$ them had broken. It wps at pet thought that the 6og was dead, bat aooa and hOHriW Um taken in charge by a bystander, and placed in' a host inthe be! baa.bw Jr* -JPfST cation* M such matters. The stone in which he was found was origtaaßy hrnken 6ne»a toas* Otoock of eOo-i rtwWSWP . bad been used for over thirty years m a wall aipnk the canakwhenSnit was emptoyedin the coostructioa_oftUeL blacksmith shop ahudedto above- The stone presented no appearance of previOßafraettti«, «td ’tbe presenteof the place where hf was siaadlran o»h- he accounted for on the hypothesis that he buried .himself in the sand or motion the approach of akmgago winter,' there to await tbecoming qf.ipdag,,** lathe habit of the animal, Bnt before his spring; came, some ’ convulsion of nature or aetkmof the elements im : prisoned himao.dTOly, .that bp.could not get out, and the mud or aaoq in which he had hid himself, was subsequently converted to solid stone, by PflWfth) »hM«“ Md W through poewasive ages, and there he remained; until released by a stroke ef the mason's haatfflhiy in this latter Saif of the nineteenthapntMty- ’ Milor to a watchmaker, and pre senting a small French Mfatch, demanded tokooie what the repairs would cost. Thowatchnnkcr, after examining it, said t “It will be more expenserepairing than the original cost.” “ I don’t mind that,” said the tar, “I will .even give you doable the original cost, for I have a ven eration for the watch." ‘ “What might you have given for it?” said the watchmaker. “Why,” replied the- tar, “I gave the fellow a blow on the bead for it; and if you repair it, I will give yon two.” Patkxotic Fasulv. —The Providence, B. 1., Press states that among the recruits for the Fourteenth Rhode Island Regiment, on Dutch Island, arefourteen brothers, all the sons of the same father and mother. A still more remarkable circumstance con cerning these ‘boys’ is, that there are among them two pairs of twins. The aver age height of the fourteen is six feet two indies, making an aggregate of eighty five feet. There names are Postley, and they are all members of Company I. They came from the town of Deposit, Broome county, in that State, where their mother is still living, their father being dead, and where, also, they have two sisters, also twins, one of whom weighs two hundred and eighty-two pounds, and the other about two hundred and twenty. A sailor was called upon the stand as a witness. “Well, sir,” said the lawyer, “do you know the plaintiff and defendant)’’ “1 don’t knowthe drift-of them words,” replied the sailor. “What, not know the meaning of plaintiff and defendant ?” con tinued the lawyer; kt a pretty fellow. to come here as a witness I ‘ Cain you tell me where on board the ship it was that tbis man struck the other manl” “Ahas the binnicle,” said the sailor. “Abaft the bia nicle,’’ said the* lawyer, “what do, you mean by that ?” “A pretty felloW’,” res-' ponded the sailor, ‘Ho come here as a law yer, and don’t know! what abaft the bin uicle means.” Mother andChiud —The greatest pain ters that have ever lived have tried to paint the beauty of that simple thing—-a mother with her babe, apd have, failed. — One of them—Rafi?elle—to whom Clod gave the spirit of beauty In a measure in which he never gave it, perlmpsj to any man, tried again and agaln for yean, painted over and Over that Simple subject —the mother andiier. babe, and cpoldnot satisfy himself. Each of his pictures is most beautiful—each in a Afferent: way ; and TOt ijohe m them are perfect’ There is ihOre'beauty in that simple,-every day sight than he or any other man could ex preas-by his pencil and his colon. *r“Jim,” inquired a school-boy of one of his mates, “what’s the meaning of re lics 1” “Don’t you know t Well, t’,ll tell you. You know the master licked me in school yesterday ? “Yes.” “Well, he kept me in and licked me again.' This is wbail call rerlick.”. Some fellow, enamored of a young lady named Annie Bread, dropped the follow ing—from his pooket we presume; “While belles their loyely graces fpreyd, And fops around them flutter. I’ll be content, with Annie feread. And won’t have any Jtttfar.” Sound ApyrcK.—-If you wish to rehab your food, work for it; if you would enjoy your raiment thoroughly, pay for ft herore you pdf It on; if yon wduld sleep soundly, take a clear conscience to bed with you. g3* The greatest fall im rwEd was the fall of Satad. The next greatest dras the faUof Adam. The next will he thelaU of Southern rebellion. CT At public sales of negroes in differ ent parts of the State of Maqdjmifedast week, not one commanded»or»xthftp.livo dollars- Slavery dead!» i NO. 9.
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