The Altoona tribune. (Altoona, Pa.) 1856-19??, May 18, 1864, Image 2

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    C9E f A dorsement of Mr. Hall. A week ago the
1 -Kditorofthe “Register” favored the nom-'
; ; ; : : ■ ___ - ! ination of a gentleman'in this county —nowi
he ie in favor of anybody out of it. And
yet towards the gentleman who is declared
the choice of this County, he does not “ en
terUtm a single, unkind feeling." We die--
miss the subject, and with it the Editor
of the ‘‘Register,” by again referring him
: to the proceedings of the Convention. Isy
!i proper study of the action of that body,
he will led n a lesson, ami it is—that •‘hon
; esty is the best /toliey,” and in the long run,
j truth the easiest road to travel. The Coun
|ty Convention has answered his chart /es
against Mr. Hall, by passing the following
ALTOONA. PA
HTEPNiSSDAI, MAY 18, 1864
The Situation.
The crowd of telegrams have somewhat
abated in the daily papers, during the past
few days, in consequence of the cessation
of hostilities, for a.liine, oh the road to
Richmond. I After ten days of the most
terrible fighting ever known in the annals
of war, Gen. Grant has paused for a few
days, partly on account of the almost im
passible condition of the roads, in conse
quence of tiie late rains, and partly to al
low his men a season of rest after their i
herculean, heroic and victorious labors |
Ere he did so, however, be had succeeded S
in pushing Lee from all hie strong positions |
and sending his arfny bode on Richmond
defeated, confused and dispirited. We
have looked over the lists of killed and
Wounded, hut they are so megre and imper
fect that we cannot make out the names of
any from this section who have fallen. —
Among the officers killed, we notice that of
Col. 'Geo. Dare, :of the fifth Reserves. Col.
Dafe was from: Huntingdon county and
was known to many of our citizens. No
better officer led his men into that fight,
no truer gentleman oould be found, and no
braver roan or firmer patriot fell in that
sanguinary strife.
i Gen.ShCridan, in command of tlie cav
alry forcesj has been entirely successful in
his raid ii|»on Lee’s communications with
Richmond, having destroyed several miles of
railroad, recaptured six hundred prisoners
which were being , sent to Richmond, and
' destroyed one million ratiops gtored at Bea
ver Dam. We also stormed and carried
the first line of entrenchments around Rich
mond, bi|t finding the force within the
• second top strong to be overcome with cav
alry, he. -{withdrew .and made his way to
the Peninsula where he joined Gen. But
ler’s forces. During his raid befell in
with Stuart’s rebel cavalry with whom he
had a fight, whipped them and Killed Gen.
Stewart, the leader. Of this latter fact
there can be' no mistake, as the Richmond
papers give an account of his funeral.
Qen,'Butter; has Beauregard penned up
at Petersburg, and seems determined to
keep him there. His forces, under Smith
andGihnore, are operating against Fort
• Darting jwith every prospect of finally car
ry fitat strong hold and opening the way
for our .gunboats to Kiehmond. A num
ber nf OausualtieS ir. the 76th regiment
are reported, showing that in this, as in all
other fights where it has been engaged, it
has taken a leading part.
Gen. Sherman is still pushing Johnston
back intoGeogia. Gn the fifteenth he hud
a fight at Resaca in which he was success
ful, The details are not given, but Gen.
Sherman says that our loss is in the neighbor
houdjqf Jailed wounded and missing.
' Everything whs progressing finely. The
railroad has heenrepaired; to within seven
miles of .the army.
It i£ reported that Lee is receiving hea
vy reipfprcenienps from Carolina.
This may be so, and again it may not be.
Gen'Grant is also being heavily reinforced.
When npjct he moves it I will be with an
anpy as large, .if not larger, than that with
•** rein ’
forcemeatsexcedd hif losses. He tele
graph the Secretary of War that he has
not lost ia single organization, not even a
conrpany. sinoe the fight commenced. This
evidences superior generalship.
Hnion County Contention,
publish in another partof our pa
per the proceedings of the Union County
Convention, held inHollidaysburg, on last
Tuesday. The Congressional contest re
sulted .ip L. yt. Hall carrying t}je county
tty a very large majority,—the delegates
from nearly every township in the county
Iravlhg bpen instructed for him. The del
egate.elections of the proceeding Saturday
were unusually well attended,and the choice
of thh County fairly expressed- The peo
' pie have thus spoken on the course pursued
by the Hollidaysburg “ Register.” Not-
withstanding thfe,lhe Editor of this party
oroav, in this tj?eek’* issue, again renews
I At# attack on Jffr. Hall, and again seeks to
divide pad distract the party with which
to;i#H«g. Be, for week after
weak, cpllod on the people to attend the
delegate elections, and express their choice.
! Fprour.an
gwertohia lasi malicious and slanderous
article, we respectfully refer him to the
proceedings of the Convention, and the en-
Resolution
Resolved , That' we repose implicit
confidence in Hon. L. W. Hall, in his un
flinching dovotion to the Union cause : in
his integrity : and his known and tried in
dustry, readiness and ability to serve suc
cessfully a constituency in any representa
tive body ; and for these reasons we des
ignate him as our choice for the nomina
tion as the Union candidate for Congress
from this District, and empower him *o
select his own conferees to the Congression
al Convention.
| Comment Is unneccesary!!!
Latest News
Tiie latest from Washington is to the
effect that information received at the War
Department leave: no doubt that the re
bels are receiving large reinforcements from
the South to Lee's army. Both armies ace
actively preparing fur the next conflict.
The weather is good for military opera
tions.
It is reported that an. order will be is
sued to-night for the draft for 300.000
num. The time fixed Ibr the draft is the:
Ist of July.
The rebel prisoners [captured by Geh,
Grant have been sent n|orth by steamer.
VERY LATEST.
Washington, Mat 18,
Although this morning there was no
official promulgation of the fact, it is con
fidentially asserted by knowing Congres
sional friends of the Administration that it
has been determined on to call for 300,000
more troops.
(erThe editor of the ‘Register’
attacks Mr. -Rose, of this place, in this
week’s issue of his paper. He charges him
with untruth. Mr. Dean risks a great deal
when lie raises an issue ot this kind with
B. F. Rose. The one lias been proven a
libeller and a slanderer. The character of
the other, for sterling integrity, a strict re
gard for the truth, and in all walks of l|fe,
as a Christian and gentlemans is too well
known, to be injured by this malicious
charge of the tki tufci. editor.
Pay as You Go
The limes are prosperous.' Money is abundant,
and labor is well requited in every channel of indus
trv. Trade has an impetus hitherto unknow with
in the experience of the present active men; and
fortune seems :o smile hpon every one whose hand
is put. forth to welcome her. Our farmers have
had a succession of bountiful harvests, and their pro
ducts have commanded more than remunerating
prices. '
The present is ,u good time to guard agonist fu- ]
ture disaster. It is well lor all to pause at times i
and take their latitude, lor prosperity is as capri- 1
cious as the morning mists, and may vanish when ;
we least expect it. We do not predict early or cer
tain revolution ■ but as surely as night succeeds
dav, revolution, more or less terrible in its power, 1
must follow inflation : and if We rush on as if rich
harvests were to be and as if money <
were to be eyeti abundant, it needs no prophet to
foretel that disaster will come with the first depres
sion of the great business interests of the country.
Let the thoiightfnl man compare the present
with tlte habits and prudence of our people live
years ago. Then we shunned debt as the fruitful
'parent of ntiu—now every species of debt is re
garded with singular indifference. Counties, ipwn
shijts and boroughs, do not hesitate to contract
debts of startliiyj; magnitude to pay bounties to vol
unteers. True, jwc arc but doing our duty to our
government in exhausting our resources to sustain
its supreme and protecting power; but it should
not I’Of a moment lie forgotten that nmris the f!un
to pay! i 1 • , 1
Every districiau Franklin county has contracted ■
a largo debt to iill its quota of troops. \Vo honor j
them for it; Out the whole of these debts could be
paid just now without being seriously felt by the ;
people, while ifallowed to remain unsettled under .
the mistaken notion that they can 1* better tpaid i
in light instalments, they may entail a bitter lega
cy' upon UHj in -after years. Suppose these debts
should be to pay in the midst of revolutions isncli
as 18i)7 and 18(10 witnessed, or with a deranged j
currency such as 1838-40 produced, would they )
not bring terror to every door? bear in mind that j
several iliousait|d millioits of National debt ,|p)v« I
been imposed upon us by murderous treason, und
it must be susujiued and eventually paid. It will i
be a heavy tax 'upon our resourses and industry for i
I generations tojeome; and it is unwise to mid to
tlte necessary burdens, the demands whiclj the i
present times sliould provide for. , ;
" We wottld earnestly urge every district now load- j
ed with bounty] or debt, to pay it at once. It can
be done witholit hardship upon any class of people j
at this time; and every dictate of prudence points
to the wisdom i)f employing the superabundant re
sources of the! country, to relieving existing em
barrassments as far as possible. It is the safe rule
always to pay when able to do so; we subniit to_
the people whether they can ever hope to-be in a.
better position;!© pay than just now? We hope,
indeed, jthat thjs currant year will extinghisli every
such debt, audjleavo the people prepared 'for every
sacrifiee the preservation of our sacred Nationality
may impose upon them, without being crippled by'
local obligations. Let] every township, wrffd or
borough, adopt the motto—-‘pay as you go."—
(Jhambertb'y Repository. ’
This article may not apply to any of the town
ships of this County, so far es township bounties are
concerned, hut we have a county bounty matter yet
ion hand whicli shouldjre wiped out at once, and
now is the lime to do it. Wo believe h dan be
done more easily within the .next six months than
any time in thejfuture. Too be sure, it rs:hot heavy,"
but where's the use in earrying'a light weight all
the time, when by taking on a little heavier load
for a short tim|e we get clear of the weight; alto
gether. The [‘pay as yon go” motto is applicable
' to all businessltraitxaetioas, and we have no.doubt
i; all our subscribers conld now pay us what they owe
I more easily th|ra they can a year hence. Do nut
* let your liabijiittes increase when yon nave the
numiw to get ilid of them entirely.
Rebel Treatment of Our Prisone is The Manufacturers of Farm Impli- a bat’s labor.
mente and Machinery.
Washington, Mav '■*
The Committee on the eo.uinet of the ’ War. Tim Commit^ chmrecJ
who have teen to Annapolis, to investigate the of Agr.cultuial m the Great
condition of returned Union prisoners, have made Fair, to open on the sth of June, m the cty ot
iCTt we lean, that it appears the Philadelphia, begs leave earnestly to
rebels have determinal to subject our soldiers and five co-operatton of all who may be aWeto con
officers who fall in their hands, .o physical and . tribute, wherever resident, but especially th<»e lo
mental suffering impassible u. describe, many of cated m New Jerwy, and Delaware
Tern preparing now the. appearance of living . I' > s ihe ambition of the Commute to make tins
skeletims. literaflv little more than skin and hone Department worth,dy represent n ..« m sphere,
-some frozen bv Ivtng without ten. or covering. , .he eon.rollmg .ndastna tt thejountri;
on the bare ground, at Ilelle Isle. The general : The s.n.ptest article will We eq.m ly Hweptahle
practice is show., to .he the roWa-ty of prisoner as with the most elaborate, Ihe Impleiitent lowest
loot, as taken, of all moaev, valuables and good m monev value. w.th the
clothing. The food allowed was totally insoffi- peoples hair, expressive ot sjmjwthy and affection
cient to preserve the health of a child. It eonsis- for the suffering «ohhem oflthe L .non.^and aII1 coa
ted of two pieces of bread made of corn and corn- ! dutUy invited to cooperate in the good work
meal.badiv cooked, with about two ounces of meat ; Let each one contn m e .“ llse " ii^rukc,
, each to eat, and occasionally a few black, worm- \ to bis means, "A
eaten beans. Thev were obliged to sell the cloth- ! the hHnwho to » for daily
| mg they received Iron, home to buy food to sns- dUplayias the most
hospitals were little he** «. - j
| their wounds rcmmned tor days One testimonv of , Ue
“Hungry ? I could eat anything in the world that !
charge ot them. 1 nev were shot and killed lor . * 171 , the V,,;,-
. , , c i..'i s therunec of the benevolent object to the ran.
violating laws of which they j t is suggested that greater money results may
When they arrived at s nnapo is j t attained if the "machines be furnished in the or
was so filled with vent.... that " 1 dillurv wav o „lv_thus no special effort will be
troyed, and repeated washings tailed lo relieve . • ■ Jlt ion, and larger gifts mav he af
their heads and bodies ot their 'presence. Ihcv | '"“eu
are dying rapidly, and the physicians in charge j *•«>«>■ ' " a vn«rrxH n, •
entertain no dnnbt that their emaciation md DAVID LANDBLIH. Chain,mu.
death are clearly caused by the brutal treatment Jons H. Graham, Secretary.
received while prisoners ot war. The testimonv f OI - wa rding contributions, please observe the
shows that tlio treatment received at Columbia and t followinß directions :
Dalton was far worse. ■ Ist. Mark each bos, package, or bundle, clear-
Tlte committee cannot resist the conclusion
that these inhuman practices are the result of a
determination on the part of the rebel authorities
to reduce onr soldiers by privations and exiios
ttre to such a condition that they never will again
he able to render effective service in the field.—
The result is like the late tnasaore of Fort Pil
low—a pertnediated policy. They deem it evi
dent that the rebel news(iaper accounts claiming
tor prisoners the same treatment as their own sol
diers. are glaring and unblushing falsehoods.
No one can for a moment lie deceived by such
statements, who will reflect that our soldiers, when
taken prisoners, were stoat, healthy" men in the
prime and vigor of life, yet they have died by hun
dreds under the treatment they have received
General Meade’s Congratulatory Ad-
dress.
Dispatches dated Headquarters, Army of die
Potomac, May 13th, have been received by the
Associated Press. Among them we find the fol
lowing congratulatory address of Gen. Meade ;
Soldiers: —The moment lias arrived whin you-
Commanding General feels authorized to address
you in terms of congratulation For eight days
and nights, almost without intermission, in vain
and sunshine, von have been gallantly fighting a
desperate positions naturally strong, ami ren
dered doubly so by entrenchments. You have
comjielled him to abandon Ids fortifications on the
Uauidun and retire. He has attempted to stop
your onward progress, and now he hiis abandoned
his last entrenched position, so tenaciously held,
suffering a loss in all of 18 guns. 22 colors, and
8,000 prisoners, including two General officers.
Your heroic deeds and endurance of fatigue and
privation will ever be remembered. Let us return
; thunks to God for the mercy thus shown, and ask
earnestlv for its continuance.
Soldiers, your work is not over; the enemy must
lie pursued, and, if possible, overcome. The cour
age and fortitude you have dis|iluycd renders your
Commanding General'confident your efforts will
jesnlt in success. While we mourn the loss of
many gallant comrades, let us remember that the
enetnv must have suffered equal if not greater los
ses. We shall soon receive reinforcements, which
he cannot expect. Let us determine, then, to con
tinue the work so well begun, and under God’s
blessing, in a short time the object of our labors
will he accomplished. G. E. Mbadk,
' Major General Commanding.
8. Williams, A. G.
Liauility Of Telegraph Companies.—A
verdict was rendered in the New York Court of
Common Please, on Saturday, which establishes,
so far as the Court is concerned, a principle of
much importance in regard to the liability of
telegraph companies'for the accuracy of their dis
patches. It seems that a firm telegraphed to their
agents in New York to sell five hundred shares of
Southern Maehigan stock at the morning board,
and buy five hundred Hudson in. the afternoon.
The word “ Hudson” was omitted in the dispatch,
and five hundred Southern Maehigan were
bought. Tile result was a heavy loss to the ]un
ties who gave the order, and this loss was directly
due to the mistake in the transmission of tlte dis
patch. The.rcsidt was a verdict in favor of the
Claimants, thus establishing the principle that
telegraph companies are responsible, like other
common carriers, for the accuracy with which
they transmit the messages intrusted to them.
Bishop Simpson in Washington. —This dis
tinguished prelate, the loyal Bishop of the Metho
dist Episcopal Church, at the request of the Indiana
delegation, preached in the House of Kepresenta
tiies, on Sabbath last, loan immense throng—every
part of the vast hall being crowded, and hundreds
failing to obtain admission. The President, Mrs.
Lincoln. Secretary Chase, and a large number
of Senators and Representatives heard the great
effort. He is represented to have spoken for more
than an hour, with an eloquence, logic and force,
and with a fervid patriotism that proved how well
he deserved his reputation as one-of the most emi
nent pulpit orators, and one of the most devoted
friends of the Republic, of these warlike times.
Conference and the President. —ln the Me
thodist Conference, at Philadelphia, the Commit
tee on the State of the Country submitted the fol-
lowing report
Tbe Committee upon the State of the Country *
have considered the following subject, submitted to i
them by the General Conference, viz: I
Wuereas, It is a well known fact that, the Me- |
thodiut Episcopal Church was the first to tender its j
obligations to the Government, under the Court!- |
union, in the days of Washington ; and whereas, :
the fair record of the Church has never been tar
nished by disloyalty; and whereas, our ministers
am\ people are truly and deeply in sympathy with
the Government, In its effort to put down the Re
bellion, and set tlir cat live free: therefore, '
Resolved, That a committee of three be appoint- .
ed, whose duty it shall be to proceed to Washing- i
ton, and to present to the President of the United !
States the assurance of ohr Church, in a suitable ;
address, that we are with him in heart and in hand !
in the present struggle for hitman rights and fre? I
l institutions. . -
The “Fenian Brotherhood” has alt offset,
which, thus far, is supposud to be confined to
England, in what is styled the “Southern Ridepen
dence Association," over which Lord Shamcliff, a
peer of the realm, presides. Another peer, the
Marquis of Bath, leads the list of vice presidents,
followed by a long list of associates, titled and
otherwise, including about twenty members of the
House of Commons. Niita few clergymen of the
Church of England in the list. The
inevitable Roebuck arid Lindsay are there,
and so is professor Aytoun, of Edinburgh, and of
Blackwood’s Tills organization, un
like the Fenians, appeals directly and openly for
sdhiiort, pi behalf of “Southern Independence."
and publisher it* proceedings in the papeis.
To DAVID LANDRETH, j
Ckntkal Fair Warehousk, j
Fhii.adelimiia.
■' I
2. On one corner mark your nnme and county. |
2d. Send by Express or Railroad Company, or ;
prirate band, but do not pre-pay charges. j
6th. Mail to the Chairman the bill of lading or i
receipt from the Express or Railroad Company,
and also a list of articles, together with the donor’s
name. #
6th. Let all contributions be forwarded so as
to be delivered at the Warehouse, in Philadelphia,
before the close of May —the earlier the heller.
Oth. Let each article be labelled or marked,
with its reasonable value.
(ith. Let every hox. parcel, or package, be
well and securely put up, and the contents care
fully packed. It will only be necessary to guard
heavy or bulky machines against breaking or.
i abrasion.
1 On receipt of each box, pared, or package, a
| proper imknowledgment will be sent, duly attested.
The Strength of the Contending
Armies,
The Boston Traveller, in discussing 1 ‘ the sit
uation,” mingles s|)cculation with fact as follows.
We think some of its figures are erroneous :
The weakness in numbers which the rebels
manifest elsewhere, leads to the belief that Lee's
army has been stronger than was supposed at
Washington. When General Grant moved across
the Rapidan, it was ascertained from what was
deemed good authority, that on this side ot the
Mississippi the rebels had about 260,01)0 men un
der arms. It was not supposed that even with
Longslreet’s reinforcements, Lee had more than
85,000 men. If he had not more than this num
ber, fully one-half of them must have been used
up before lie retreated on Thursday night from
the lino of the I’o river at Spottysvania.
It is quite probable from the desperate resistance
which Lee made, and the good order in which lie
retreated on Thursday night, after a hard day’s
fight and the wreck of Hill* corps on the morning
of that day, that he must have been more largely
reinforced than was supposed, and that he had
100.000 men. If the troops from Carolines had
reached him, which seems possible from the fact that
Beauregard is demonstrating so feebly in Butler’s
department, he may have had 110,000 men, but it
every available man within call had joined him, it
is not supposed that he could have had more than
120,000.
As the plan and condition of the campaign have
now passed to such a stage that new combinations
ami new organizations will be made, it is not im
-1 pru[H‘r to say that Grant’s array was divided into
j four eorjis. w hich, as they had been newly organi
i zed. were undoubtedly full, aud in round numbers
may be set down at 40,000 men each, or 100,000
in all. Assuming, however, that they were not
full, and it is almost impossible to keep even a
regiment full for even forty-eight hours after it is
organized, we may call the corps 36,000 each and
reduce the total from 100,000 to 140,000.
Of the whole number of Grunt’s army, probably
40,000 have been, as the military men say, put
hors da combat, or out of the fight. He has, how
ever, lieon reinforced, since the battle of flHors
day, by 12,000 Western veterans sent from Wash
ington* on the morning of Wednesday, under Crit
tendon, accompanied by five other capable gen
ends—Tyler, Lockwood, Roberts, Grose and Dc
Trobraid’. As there was a good supply of gener
als, the six who go out with these reinforcements
will be sufficient to fill the places of the twelve
who have l>ecn killed, wounded and taken priso
ners, though the loss of so many brave and veteran
generals as have fallen, is a very serious and mel
ancholy event.
| The Lady's Friend For June. —The j
I June number'd’ this handsome monthly ;
i opens with a tine steel engraving of “The
| Young Brood." This is followed by a hand
i some colored Fashion Plate, double the
| size of those usually given by two-dollar
magazines. Then cornea number of well
executed wood engravings of the fashions,
needle-work, &c., such as ladies alone know
how to properly value. A number ot en
gravings illustrating “Archery for Ladies"
is an interesting feature of this number.
Among the literary articles we note the
“Marriage of Convenience," “The Heiress
of Nettlethrope” (illustrated), .“Mabel's
Mission,” “Shadow and Sunshine,” “Mar
garet's Cross,” “Richard Garham’s Love,"
“The Transformed Village” (illustrated),
&c. &c. Altogether this is a very inter
esting number. Price $2,00 a year, (back
numbers furnished) ; 20 cents a single
number.
;/ Published by Deacon & Peterson, 319
| Walnut-St. Philadelphia-
The Danish engineers have discovered an inge
nious contrivance for keeping their opponents ex
posed to a heavy fire; by a sort of inrisable fence, '
ipade of strong wire, supported at stated distance ( T'Oil SALE. — —A two-stoiy Frame House
by limber posts inserted in the ground. It must and Lot ef ({round with stable Uiereon. Forjurthw
J ° ■ : information inquire at the Banking IfonMof Wm. SI.
jtake, at all events, some precious minutes to over- , l.lnyd i Co. 8. B. HENRY.
cotac this which tlie attacking Feb. l ,18e4-tf —;— ;
troops would be open to a destroctiveTire without 1)U RE W HITK LEAD AND ZING
any shelter. The intrenchtnents at Doppte a« ,1,
surrounded by these formidable barriers. _ - ; 1
\TKN AND:BOYS’ COATS, of every
.A new plan of ascertaining the strength: of conv* . 1T I ststeand color, of good quality.; at
i jevceut soldiers iu the hospitals, is to establish ten-pin al- -• • - ■ LAUOHMAS’S. , lOU) it
„„ for their .cement, and .hen .'bd to their regiments AND IMPROVED STYLES 1 ABK BOR ST “So OTHBF
all those who c»» moke “trines of a hundred and fifty or of Tnlnks Valles hm.l Carpet-Bam, et Out out the Advertisement and aandfor it
npwsnh, , hAUOHMAN’.e. . ANT) AVOID IMWWTION ANT) F.XPOMJM:
GKKAI* CENtRAL SANITARY FAIR.
(Vmimittee on ~ Labor. I Drome# and KeveniiM,**
Office JVb. HH Sncnih stmt.
JOHN W.-CL.UiIIOKN. Trtantrrt.
Thli Committee h*s a special work, to wit: to obtain a
day’s “labor,” a day’s “income*’’ and a day’s ‘T^vviiut 1 .
from every citizen of the ?t«tes-of Pennsylvania, New Jer* .
««*y ami jKdawure, for the benefit of our sick and wounded *
soldiers 7 ~ ' j
The Committee are fully Organized at th* above addr**".
aud calls for the co operation of all chine* iu the community
Wo want to show what the industrial cla-s*** c:in do tor
their wdtliois.
What the people can do in theic srpatatc trade
What Pennsylvania can do !
Whut New Jersey can do!
Wh«t Delaware can d<»!
Whut each county am do!
Whut each c ity and town can do!
What each profession call do!
What each trade cun do J
- What each occupation can t(«
What e#wh manufactory can d*» !
W hot each bank, insurance company ami railroad candol
What each mine can do I
What each workshop can do!
What each family can do! *
1 What each man can do !
I' What each womaii can do!
1 What each boy and girl can do!
* We want to show to the world American freemen
; are ready to do for their soldiers I
! This is a great work aud the time is short.
The way (•> do so e> to ORGANIZE!
Organize in your workshops—in your families.
! Let the men organize.
{ Let the women organize. *
Let the trades organize,
j Organize everywhere.
Let the workmen give with their employees, aud enipfoy
, ers with their workmen.
It is easily done. 1 f the workmen will authorize their
employers to deduct one day from their week’s or month's
earnings, and the employers will add to it a day of their
profile, the whole sum will be acknowledged together to
the ciedit of the establishment. We say to alt, go to work
at once'.with us in this great work. Hurry forward your
contribution.-.. Every acknowledgment will stimulate oth
ers to follow your example.
Circulars with full instructions will be sent upon appli
cation, by mail or otherwise, to the undersigned. To work!
to work! L. MONTGOMERY BOND, Chairman.
Mrs, K. W. HUNTER,
Chairwi>man of Latiief (hmmiUte. m
9iJ J. MITCHKSON, Secretary. [April 20-M.
READ CAREFULLY!
SOMETHING INTERESTING TO THE PUBLIC.
NOW IS THE TIME TQ BUY YOUR
SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS.
fIMIK largest stock of Ladies’ Dress
1 Goods ever brought to town has just been opened at
Hhf ‘-Green Corner. ’’ East Altoona, and will be Hold for
CASH priced that defy competition. We are determined
that -mr side of town shall take the lead, and that the
• Cretin Corner’ shall be foremost In the van. Our flock
irf Dress Goods consists ot
Plain and Fancy Silks, Merinoes, Palmetto Cloths,
Coburgs, Fancy Alpacas, All-Wool Plaids,
Plain and figured Delaines.
fancy Prints, and a great variety of other goods, of differ
ent stylos fad textures. In fact there is nothing the ladies
can desire for weacglwt wo cannot furnish them with.—
We have also a large assortment ot
Ladien* Coat*, Shawls* Balmorals,
Hoop Slcii'tH, Shoes, Graitera dec.
4®-Voh, and wo wore almost forgetting to mention «>ur
large stock of
Cwiplts, Guocleiks. Qule.nsvtuu;. etc., liv
Kver\ body should know that money can be saved by
buying Goods from us. -For instance, we are Belling good
Calicoes us low a» Diets per yard. Muslins an low as iHcts.,
Brown Sugar for 11 cts. per lb., and good Teas for DO eta.
Altoona. April 8. ’G4. tf. JOHN J. MDKPHY & CO.
CHANGED HANDS.
SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS!
.). w. CURRY
WOULD MOST RESPECT SULLY
inform the public, that Ue has purchased J.-B.
MILKMAN'S slock of Dry Goods. Groceries. Ac., and w ill
continue the busioaas at the old stand.
To the block purchased from Mr. H . I have just added
a large ami select assortment of
DRY GOODS, DRESS GOODS ;
SII.KS, NOTIONS,
800 TS AN D SHOES,
HARDWARE, QUKEESW A RE,
WOOD AND WILLOW WARE,
GROCERIES,
FINE VARIETIES OB’ TOBACCO!
And iu fact everything usually kept in a first class coun
try store, which was bought low for cash anil will be sold
at corresponding low prices for cash or country
and request the publicto give me a call before purchasing
elsewhere, feeling satisfied I can offer superior induce
ments to cash buyers.
Altoona. April 27,-tf
ONWARD! EVER ONWARD!
STEP BY STEP!
THE UNDERSIGNED DESIRES '£o
inform his old customers and the public generally
that he has this spring gone into the Dry Good muriness
aud Ims just received a Urge and entirely new stock of
DRESS GOODS,
Hoi the Ladies, embracing all the latest, pvettiustaud mos
FASHIONABLE PATTERNS.
Ana umofig which may be found every quality of goods,
the names of which it would be too tediooa to enumerate.
In the Hue of pure, fresh and cheap
GROCERIES & PROVISIONS
1 will uot '‘knock under” to any of my competitors. In
this department 1 feel sure that I can render satisfaction.
All kinds of country produce taken in exchange for
goods, and the highest market price allowed. -
Store on the corner, of Annie and Helen streets. East
Altoona. THOMAS HESLOP.
Altoona, May 22, 1862.
JACOB WEIS,
BAKER AND CONFECTIONER,
Virginia Strxet, Altoona, Pa.,
Keeps constantly on hand
BREAD, CAKES. CANDIES
ICE CREAM
AND SWEETMEATS.of his own manufacture, which hr
if* prepared to 8311, wholesale or retail, at tile moat reason*
able prices. Also, FOREIGN FRUITS, such as
ORANGES, LEMONS, BINE-APPLES,
FIGS, PRUNES, RAISINS, NUTS, &C., &C.,
always on baud in their respective seasons.
CAKES BAKED TO ORDER,
for particular occasion*, on short notice aud in the neat
est and best style of the art.
Cull, examine aud price my stock and yon will find
it as good and cheap as cun be purchased elsewhere.
Jan. 27, 186$r
CONFECTIONERY
'PHK SUBSCRIBER WOULD IN-
I FORM the citizens of Altoona and vicinity that his
CONFECTIONERY, XUT and FRUIT STORE, is always
npplied with the very best articles to be had. and in great
variety. He has also an
OYSTER SALOON
attached to If Ik store, in which he will serve up OYS
I’ERS in the best style during the season.
FRESH-BAKED
BREAD, CAKES, & PIE j,
always on hand, at reasonable rates.
, Ho Is at ail times prepared to. supply cakes, candies, Ac n
i lor pic-nics and other parties. lie invites a share of public
1 patronage, believing that he can render full satlsfectfont o
! all. x
v Remember, his store and saloon hi on Virgini»*treet.two
i doors below Patton’s Hall. OTTO .ROSSI.
Altoona, April 18dS-tf. '
WM. S- BITTNEH
Dental Surgeon.
OFFICE IN M ASONIO ggjsss^
TEMPLE, next door to the' Poet
Office.
HOSTBTTEH’S
CELEBRATED
STOMACH
BITTERS.
A pure and powerful Tonic, corrective and alterative, of
wonderful efficacy iu disease of the
STOMACH, LIVER AND BOWELS.
Cures Dy«H>ep«ia, Liver Complaint. Headache, General
IMdlity.'Nervousness, Depression of Spirits, Const!
Htion, CoiUc. Intermittent Fevefs, Cramps and
Spasms, and all Complaints of either Sex.
arising Irom Bodily Weaknens, whether
inherent in the system or produced
liy special causes.
Nothing that is dbt wholesome, geui U ami restorative
iu lu nature enters Into the composition of HOSTKTTKK'*
STOMACH BITTKRB. This iiopular preparation contain*-
no mineral of any kind; uo deadly botanical element; uu
fiery excitant: but it is a combination of the extract* ol
rare balsamic herb* and plants with the pureat and mild
est of all diffusive stimulants.
It is weli to be forearmed against disease, and, *o fisr as
tbo human system can be protected by Truman queans
against maladies engendered by an unwholesome atijio
sphere, impure water and other external causes. UOSI'F-1
TKU’S STOMACH BITTBHS may relied on i.s a saft
guard.
In districts infect**! with J»Vt*/• and Ague, It ha* btvn
oond infallible a* a preventive a*d irresistible a« a reme
dy, and thousands who resort to it under apprehension of
an attack, escape the scourge; and thousands who neglect
to avail themselves of its protective qualities in advance,
are cured by a very brief course of this marvelous modi
due. Fever and Ague patients, after being plied with
quinine for mouths in vain, until fairly soturaled with
that dangerous alkaloid, are not unfrequently restored to
health within a-few days by the use of lIOSTKTTKH S
BITTERS.
The weak stomach neap idly invigorated and the appe
tite restored by this agreeable Tonic, and lienee if works
wonders in cases of Dyspepsia and in less confirmed fonm
of Indigestion. Acting as: gentle and painless appertain
as well as upon the liver, it also invariably relieves the
Constipation superinduced by Irregular action of the di
gestive and decretive organs.
Person* of feeble habit, liable to Nervous Lovnif. *
of Spirits and Fits of Languor , find prompt and perma
nent relief the Bitters. • The testimony ou this point
is 1110*1 conclusive, and from both aoxes.
The agony of BiLUot's Colic is immediately u unged by
a single* dose of the stimulant, arid by occasional,y resort
ing to it, the return of the complaint may be prevented
Asa General Tonic. UOSTBTTER’S BITTERS produce
effects which must be experienced or witnessed, belore
they can be fully appreciated. Incases of CbnrfifittMMUi /
HroA-wew, Premature Decay and Debility and Decrepi
tude arising from Old Age, it exercises the electric influ
ence. In the convalescent stages of all diseases it oper
ates as a delightful invigorant. When the powers of na
ture are relaxed, it operates to ro-euforce and re-estab
lish ic.
Lust, hut hot least, it is The only Safe Stimulant, being
manufactured from sound and innocuous materials, and
entirely freq from the acid elements present more or less
in all the ordinary tonics and su-machics of the day.
No family medicine has been so universally, and, it may
be truly added, deservedly popular with the intelligent
portion of the community, as HOSTETTER’S BITTERS.
Prepared by HOSTKTTRH k SMITH, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Sold by all Druggists, Grocers aud Storekeepers every
where.
HELMBOLD’B
i
Genuine Preparations
COMPOUND FLUID EXTRACT BUCUU. a- Pooitivv
and Speed Remedy fur diseased »-f tluf- Bladder, Kidney*.
Gravel and Dropsical Swellings.
This Medicine increases the power of Digestion, and ex
cites the Absorbents Into healthy action, l>y which lb*
Watery or Calcareous depositions, and all Unnatural Ed*
largements are reduced, as w ell os Pain and laflatnxutulou.
HELMBOED’S EXTRACT BUCHU.
For Weakness arising from Excesses,Habits Qf Dissipa
tion, Eearly Indiscretion of Abuse, attended with the fol
lowing symptoms: —
Indisposition to Exertion. Lobs of Power.
Loss of Memory, Difficulty of Breathing,
Weak Nefves, Trembling,
Horror of Disease, .Wakefulness.
Dimness of Vision, Pain in the Back.
Universal Lassitude of the Muscular System,
Flushing of the
Kruptiona on the Face,
Pallid Countenance,
Hot Hands;
Dryness of the Skin,
These symptoms, if allowed to go on, which this tnedi
cine Invariably removes, soon follows ' _ „
Inxpotcncy, Epileptic Fit<;
In one of which the Patient may expire.
Who can say that they ore not frequently followed b?
those “ Direful Diseases,”
A * INSANITY AND CONSUMPTION.”
Many ore aware of the cause of .their suffering.
SCT NONE WILL CONFESS THE RECORDS OF THE ISRAKE JUJTLL'MS.
And Melancholy Deaths by Consumption bear ample wit
uesa to the Truth of the assertion.
The Constitution once affected with Organic Weakness
requires the aid of Medicine to {Strengthen and Inrigofate
the System,
which liED(Bou>'B EXTRACT BDCHU mranoWy does.
A Trial will convince the most skeptical.
FEMALES—FEMALES—FEMALES.
Innany Affections peculiar to finales the Exntacr
Bcghc la nncqnaied by any other remedy, a* In Chlorosis
or Retention, Irregularity. Painfulnesa, or Suppression of
Customary Evacuations, Ulcerated or Scinhone state of
the Uterus Leuchorrhoea or Whites, Sterility, and;(br all
complaints incident to the sex, whether arising from In
discretion. Habits of Dissipation, or in the
DECLINE OR CHANGE OF LIRE.
Hike no more Balsam, Mercury, or unpleasant Mrdicir. >
for unpleasant and dangerous diseases.
UELMBQLD’B EXTRACT BDCHC AND IMPROVED
ROSE WASH CURES i‘
SECRET DISEASES
In all their Stages,
Little or no chaoge in Diet.
And no Exposure.
It causes a frequent decise and gives strength to Uri
nate, thereby Kemoting Obstructions, ’Preventing and
''Curing Strictures of the Urethra, allaying Pain and Inflam
mation, so frequent in the class of diseases, and expelling
>oß fbUonous, IKmased and tecmout Matter.
TaqnsAKps upox Thousands who have thk Vu*
i tins or Qcaces, and who have paid heavy feetio be cured
in a short tlme,have (bund they were deceived, and that
I the “ POISON 1 ’ baa, by the use of * powxßPCt AmixoßXW.'’
been ’dried up in the system, to break out in an aggi n
rated foim, and perhaps after Marriage,
f Use Ujclkbold'h Extract Bcchb for all affection* and
diseases of the URINARY ORGANS, whether existing in
UADIS or FKWALB, from whatever came originating and
no matter of HOW LONG STANDING.
■ Diseases of these Organ* require* the aid ofa'DIDKKT
IC. HELMBOLD‘B EXTRACT BCCHD IS TItiSGBKAT
DIURETIC, and U ceruin to have the desired eflhct in a)
Disease*/or iehich it is Recommended. .>
JStldence of the moat reliable an I responsible character
wiU'aecompany the medicine. '
PBtCE $I PEE BOTTLE, OH SIX FOE »6.
Delivered to an, Addreea, aecnrely packed from obeerve
tion. '
Dacribe Symptom* in all Qimmvnication*
Cukes Guaranteed ! Advice Gratis • '■
Addreaa letter, tor information to.
H. B.HELMBOLD, Chemist.
104 South Tentir-et.. bel. Chestnut. Phil*
iIKLMBOLD’B MeOieol Depot,
HEL.UBOLD'B Drug and Chemical DMntut,
694 BBOAWAY, NEW YtiEK.
BEWARE OP COUNTERFEITS AND DNPRINCi
PLED DEALERS who endeavor to dlipoae “ of thfiT toot;'
ahd•tH*o > ” articUt on OunpHtaUm atUkti bf
: Helmbold’a Genuine Preparations.
“ •' Extract Dacha.
“ “ - Sarsaparilla.
1 •* Improved Roes Watb.
■legates presented their credentials
illed to seats in the convention.
JL,the Convention was fully organlaed, Jacob
Mrlcy. Esq* following iduHb
"Mich was adopted ; *
Wn*fc»( That we repose Implicit confidence
5i10,,. L. W. Hall, in his
Mile U nion cause, in his
Ml tried industry, readiness and ability to serve
iScvtsafulW a constituency in «y
' w3|v and for these reasons we designate him ■ *
' Slunion candidate for Con*ress from
til. and empower him to select his own Confer*.
V*tthi‘ ! CnngtfttfcdoiiAl Convention. x
~■*)„ motion Of of p. K. Katucy, Hon. Seth U
tO tine, of Jb’ranksiown, was nominated tor Stat
i,nor by’ acclamation, with the privilege o
#*“"iiiK In* ow n conferees.
Ton motion, the Chairman ’appointed Messrs
fa,-,,h Burley, JohnLottdon and V). K. Mm®*;
\ Committee to inform Hon. To W. Hall of hi
KMnination. .
T Mr. Hull soon after appeared, and made a tfev
J.p»,prime and well-timed remarks, thanking th
invention for the honor conferred npon him
T The Convention then proceeded to die nouina
.'Mo,, „f n candidate for Assembler. The followini
' ■l,llll,si gentlemen were placed in nomination ;
lf»t 3U 4th i>l J
i adlum. if *»‘l“g *1
r■!»•«. 5 I- • ! » s 4
fcu„ l McCamawt, Ul2li M 13 '*
■ 4 After the Oth ballot, Samuel McCamant. Esq,
ititlidreiv his name, when’Jos. G. Adlum, Esq
. |fns nominated unanimously,
f l)n tKe Convention proceeded to ih
loniinnti.nj of.i etmdklltte for Sheriff, resulting*
fellows
> On motion the nomination of Joa. Rohison w
jtonile unanimous. -
Hut Convention then proceeded to the nomnu|
of candidate for County Commissione
, %mh the following result
t l ( l !ly|p.
Im C. Biiirtte.
4nlm 0. Smith.
!. B. Kephmt.
iiilip Bwnrr.
11m D. Smith.
iVt WaritlK
.riatlyin Hamilton
'■l Kobert Waring having received a majority
:all tlie votes cast, was declared the nominee
unity Commissioner.
Anthony S. Morrow, Ksq., was re-nomina
, f >r Prothonotary by acclamation.
On motion the Convention proceeded to
'nomination of a candidate for County Treasm
r.-nltintt as follows:
N Ihivirt Stiller,
. tiiirld R.ChrUty, •'
-iimuel Kimmell.
Jones RoJUn,
,rt On motion, the Convention proceeded to ;
JAinmiuatiop of a candidate for the office of V
resulting as follows:
Albert WHbod. J’ t
- Moort* i -i
-' D. 8. Longoecker. ’’
\t. D. Thatcher was unanimously nttminu
for Auditor, and Jacob Weidensall for Coront i
Jacob Burley, Esq., offered the following n
In. mu, which was adopted.- I
Unsolved, That Adam Moses, Caleb Gnyer
icoige W. Patton be chosen, confer roes, to n
t t'i- sinie number of conferrees from each ot
enmities of Cambria, Huntingdon and Mifflin
-sonic suitable place in this Congressional Dhnt
fin dip purpose of electing a Congressional U
gate to represent die 17th District of Pennsylva
. »n ilm National Convention, to be held in Bi
time on the 7th of Jane,
r B. F. Rose, Esq., offered the following prei
‘.-ole and resolutions, which were nnanimo:
|iid ipieti : ' , *
t l lie loyal men of Blair County, in conven
...■milled, disclaiming all partisanship, and kn
ng no cause but that of the country, declare
Ist. Their inflexible purpose to maintain,
verv necessary effort, service, and sacrifice,
National Union as the first, highest, most sol
sfand most important of all political duties.
2d. Tlval the infamous Rebellion which iht
niN the existence of the Union, was without cn
eriiiceived in wickedness, organised in perjury,
-• ’ j:*,developed in reckless violence, is stained with e
V- Is?detestable in object and infernal in pur)
mortbe suppressed by the bayonet* ana bt
, ihe people of the Union—at the destructii
institutions it is now iiijirrioiLsly aia
■-
if Resolved, That Abraham Lincoln, Preside
Sine United States, by the discharge of his mot
-e* luoi« duties in the dark days of civil war, di
:%-,h<> past three years, has won for himself the ;
. clkioii »nd regard of the whole American people
HAnpc fish able renown, as the champion of Ji
- ' find Liberty, and always (rearing himself just
•lis high Office, has maintained the integrity <
Cnlou, kept our honor nntamisned throughm
ar-.ild, and to. him, his administration, its p:
ypes aud its policy, we givtoorheartiest appr
. rind pledge one earnest, enthusiastic and Con
»H]i|S>rt.
: Resolved, That tlie amendments proposed t
puiiMitiitipn in gjvijig soldiers in the field the
of suffrage, meet, our hearty approval, and w
ebivn our cordial and united support
' . Resolved, That we fender to the gallant s«
.—iMmiisrirania, now in fhe army and navy o
>Pe)miihe. the heartfelt thanks of a graieful p<
. ' "£r their unselfish and heroin; valor : that we n
1 -ffir those who have scaled with their ‘blood
AhvotioH to their country, and will cherish
Memories tenderly and friendly, while to the
Sous survivors, we give assurance!that the las
; .-Ar and the last life shall be given to reinforce
V ifnril the old Sag floats in final victory.
’» Resolved, That Governor Curtjm, by the cfl
.Sjmpport he has given the Federal Govennn
lllthe prosecution of the war, ana his vigQau
' sH for our soldiers, alike in the ficlq, in camp.;
hospitals, has gained foi Pennsylvania, prou
foremost pre-eminence among the loyal Stan
./JH entitled - himself to the everlasting gratitude
-Hm her loynl citizens.
J&m Resolved, That the County Ticket, as no
mm ted, is entitled to the cordial and hearty s
»U loyal, union-loving men, and we uppn
confidence in all who love the best interes
country, all who entrustly desire th
suppression of this hell-boni rebellion, to.gi
KlB ticket their hearty support. ' '
]WSS On motion, Convention adjourned.
JOHN HATS, a-rfn
At little Expeou*.
No iocoDTeiiiene«
osma Irftnuw.
GAL ITEMS.
-ion County Convuutloll
it m mnice. the Union CotnlJ
>n lift in Hollidawhnf*. on Thttnetoy.
IKtt4, John H*yN E«q..of riollhU,*-
to the chair •. H C. Dem chow®
»,,() Borimnt Lnren* Awirtant See-
Joseph Bol'iscu,
Krse/.lcr tlnrhoj.
Wm. Stok«
Ja*. U. Dell,
Jt.hu McClure.
tiw>rice Port.
In? 2d W -Itil Mh «
7 10 10 14 12
10 US W *2 20
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Bf.rvapd Lorvnk, ,S«*Y
4 2
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0 2
7 I 10 « 12
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