ptuima Iritoiw.
ALTOQNA, PA
WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1864
N kv Map op the United States.—We
have been shown by the Agent, a new Slap
Of the United States, got up by the Su|>er
intendent of the National Observatory, at
Washington, and published by S. Taintor
& Col, which, for variety and extent of in
formation, far surpass any map heretofore
published. It is a richly colored and beau
tifully illustrated roller map, 64 by 67
inches, embracing, besides the whole of the
United Stages at one view, Central Amer
ica, Mexico, the British Provinces of New
Brunswick, and the larger portion of Noya
Scotia, together with the inhabited por
tion of the Canadas. It also contains all
the islands in the Gulf of Mexico, and
Around ihejcoast of the United States.—
The marginis embellished with the like
nesses of all the Presidents, from Wash
! ington to Lincoln. The dates of organiza
tion are marked upon every county in the
United States. On this map is a smaller
one, r giving all the principle rivers, and
their length. Also, one exhibiting, by
shades add colors, the coal beds, lead, gold,
and silver mines, and other' principal for
mations, as far as -they are known, all of
Which are folly explained by the map itself.
Also a Botanical Map, showing, by colors,
and at a glance, the staple productions of
any part of the country. Plants and trees
are also shown, as well as the animals and
fowls of the country. There is also a Hye
tographic and Thermal map, showing the
amonht of water falling in different local
ities dorihg the year; also the mean direc
tion of the and dry, and, along
the coasts, the usual set of the currents.
Bat we cannot enumerate all that this
.! really meritorious work contains. It must
be seen to be properly understood.
Henry Colcloteer has been appoiute<l
agent for the sale of the Map in this county.
He will shortly visit all parts of the county
and take subscriptions. Price $7,00, apd
very reasonable at that.
Enlarged and Impbokd.- —The Pitts
burg Commercial has been enlarged and
otherwise materially improved. It is now
a thirty-two column paper, printed on new
and dear type, and the proprietors are
apairing neither pains nor expense to make
ita first class newspaper. We look to it, as
readily as .any of the Philadelphia or New
* dailies, for the latest news and find it as
, correct as its competitors. It has a large
list of correspondents throughout the
country and in the army, thus making it
interesting. Terms $B,OO per annum.
Th* 10-40 B<»n>s. —The First Nation
al Bank of Altoona has been designated
by the Secretary of the Treasury as one of
the depositories for United States funds,
and is the only depository in
this District, consequently
it is the proper place to apply tor bonds
of the 10-40 loan. All National \Banks
receive subscriptions to the loan, but the
designated depositories are the proper pla
ces to apply, in order to secure prompt at
tention, and the speedy return of bonds.
Xtatter from Capt. Findly, 76th P V.
[Through kindnew of Dr. Win. B. Findley we
are permitted to copy the following letter from hie
son, Cant. Jos. B. Findley, Co, F, 76th F. V.,
now with Oen. Botler, South of Bichmqnd It
will prove interesting to those who have relatives
or mends in that company.—Fips.]
Camp 76th Fa Vpls., __ \
. Bk*mci>a Hcsdred, Va., May 17th.)
Mt Deab Pabests : —When I last wrote
you from on board the Steamer Ben De
ford, I said I did not know when I could
write you again ; however, I an now, af
ter Wo iwoeks hard campaigning, and five
days continuous fighting, seated , on the
ground, beneath a shelter tent, writing
jtlals on the lid of a cracker box. I have
piped ihrougb all the fights without a
jczslch-i My health is excellent and spir
its good- On Saturday, the 7th, our Bri -
occupied the rail road mnning from
Biehmond to Petersburg, the colors of the
76th bring the first planted on the road.
We had h sharp, in&ntry fight but drove
the Bebs in style. After destroying the
road we returned to camp. Co. F lost
Capt. Martin arid Jos.Huges killed, and
Are wounded, and one wounded and taken
prisoner. This was the fight of Port Wa(-
shall Junction. ! On the 12th inst., the
whole .force moved, to the front, and skirm
iahing commenced The same day, the. 76th'
' doing roost of it during the day. On the
18th line of battle was formed in front of
Aha rebel entrenchments, the first line of
dlftmii flf Biehmond, but during the nigh t
oer skirmishers pushed them so hard that
fIW WWunted end retired to thrir second
hQne. We immediately occupied the first
line and poshed skirmishers to within 800 ; For thf A
yds of their second line. On the night of THE
the 15th they sent about 15,000 reinforce-: AmtolO.Att CHUECH
ments from Lee, who they report, has fal
len back to Richmond, and at daylight of
the 16th. in the midst of a thick! fog,;'
launched their whole force against our >
right, but were repulsed, not, however, un
til they had Almost annihilated General:,
, Heckman’s brigade. Five times in suc
cession did'they charge our right, sbtdn|?j
repulsed each iiniie but the last, when they"
drove our right back and brought a flank’
fire to bear oniour centre. They threw a
! heavy mass against our left and pierced;;
our left centre coming through our lines i
within twenty; paces of the left of-our reg*; |
intent, causing us to retire in some disor- ;
dqr. Wequickly rallied and together with |
the 40th MAss. drove them to the woods*
Onr whole line thenretired. I consider:
that it was an undefcWed battle, though
theTebels held the ground we had occof
pied. During all the morning I hud corns'
mand'of the line of skirmishers in front of
our. brigade, and'held it until we were
completely flanked and were subject to a
severe cross fire. Once I.succeededin dri»
ving them back handsomely by bringing my
reserve into action when they had almost
turned our left. In this skirmishing Rich*
ard M. Bell, Co. F was killed. He was a
brave soldier and died fighting bravely.-**
The rebels suffered severely, lostug many
in killed and wounded. I looked over
field where they had made the desperate
charges and it was literally covered with
“greybacks.” Their loss exceeds ours,
which was tolerably large. Many of our
regiments were armed with the Spencer
Repenting Rifles, which fire seven loads in
succession. They were literally mowed
down, whole , ranks going down like_g(s.Ss
before a scythe. One prisoner taken said
that his regiment, from Virginia>had not
20 men left. They did not attempt to fol
low us, which shows *hey were badly crip
pled
So we have been inside the entrench
ments of Richmond. L have had a view
of the city itself about 8 miles off, have
had five diays of continuous fighting—the
company has lost two killed am! six woun
ded, and here we are back safe in camp.
Our object has been gamed;—Lee’s coin
munications with the South have been cut
off, a large force drawn from his army,
and a grand diversion made in favor ;bf
Grant. What will be the next move. I
cannot tell. My* health is good, also that
of the company. I have received ten new
recruits, and the company now numbers
ninety-four men, many of them—about
twenty-six—are away sick or are pvtsdh
/>■ '
ers of war.
You must excuse the manner in which
this letter is written, as my facilities are
poor. We are so hard worked that I have
but little time for writing. I never tho’t
I could endure the exposure I have for the
last week: out without shelter, sleeping
in the fence corners and woods, in the (sold
driving rain, and marching through mad,
wading creeks and facing bullets ; and I
have been through,all most wonderfully
preserved.
The following is a list of the killed,
wounded and missing up to date;
Corporal John V. Martin, killed May 7;
private Joseph H. Hughes killed May 7 ;
diiehard M. Bell killed May 14; Luther
E. Fleck wounded in the hip May 7 ; '\V.
D. Burkhart wounded in the shoulders
May 7 ; John W. Young left am May 7 ;
Dallas Shrfltz ankle May 7 ; James Eom
baugh, thigh May 7; Caradon Weeks,
head. May" 7, and a prisoner; Henry H.
Butter, groin, May 7; Geo. W. BoWser,
arm, May 7; Tyler Coggsdale, face, slight
ly, May 7; Beasin Smurr, left arm, May
13: W. Smith, head, May 14, since dead;
George W. Miller, leg, slightly. May .16 ;
Alva B. Baker, elbow, severely, May -IG;
Tyler Coggsdale, foot, severely, May 10;
Michael Jennings, knee, May 7, missing ;
I am your affectionate son.
JOSEPH R. FINDLEY.
A correspondent of the Phila. Inquirer, under
date of the I,2th May, pays the following compli
ment to theyeth Reg’t, in speaking of their at
tack upon the Richmond and Petersburg vEail
Road :
Our troops behaved finely. When the order
for an advance was given, in they went at adou
ble-quick, tinder a galling fire. The Seventy
sixth Pennsylvania's colors were first planted oh the
railroad,* the iregiment forming line alongside of
the track, soiled hold of the ties, and completely
overturned the track and ties, while others cat
down the telegraph poles, cutting and carrying
the wire off. The object accomplished, theyyvere
then ordered;to fall back, and were escorted .from
the field with bands pitying.' The loss iff the
Seventy-sixth Pennsylvania was 65 in killed,
wounded add missing. The noble boys did their
work well, and truly represent the State . from
which they hall-
Proclamation of Governor Curtin.
Whereas, circumstances render it not improb
able that'the President of the United States taay,
within a short time, call on Pennsylvania for vol
unteer militia for a brief term of service, and,
Whereas, .the example of the brave men now
in the field from Pennsylvania, heretofore in'eve
ry battle distinguished for courage and efficiency,
but who in; the recent, battles in Virginia. have
gained an enviable distinction by their deeds of
valor and endurance, should stimulate their broth
ers at homo to increased effort to sustain : their
country’s flsg, and terminate the rebellion : *
Now, therefore, 1, Andrew G. Curtin, Governor
of the] Con|inon wealth of Pennsylvania, do jnake
this my proclamation, earnestly requesting the
people ofrhe Commonwealth, willing to respond
to snch caR of the President, to form military
organ,s*otlohs without delay, that they may aot be
found; unprepared to do so. And I do farther re
quest'that commanding officers of all military or-
which may be formed In compliance
with this Proclamation, do forthwith report the
condition oflheir respective commands, that prompt
measures rohy be taken for getting them into the
service in case a requisition should be made by the
General Government.; Snch call, if made, will be
for a term uif not less than 'one hundred days
The troops'will be clothed, armed, subsisted and
paid by the United States, and mustered into the
service thereof.
Given under my hand and the great seal <|f the
State, at Harrisburg, this.eighteenth day of ;May,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, and of
; the Commonwealth the eighty-eighth. _
By ffie Governor,
ELI SLIEEB,
Secretary of the Commonwealth
BY AMEKICANDA
CHAPTER VIII
TheiGreat Rebellion ajcainet Con
stitutional Liberty.
Again we are told by the prophet Daniel that
u At the time of the end' shall the king »! the
South -push at him : and.the king of the North
shall come against him like a whirlwind, with
chariots, and with horsemen, and with many
ships ; and he shall enter into the countries, and
overflow and pass over. He shall enter also into
the glorious land, and many countries shall be ;
overthrown: but these shall escape out of hi?
hand even Edom and Moab and the chief of the j
children of Ammon. He shall stretch forth his 1
hand also upon the countries: and the land of I
Egypt shall not psciipe. But he shall have power j
over the treasures 1 of gold and silver, and over all ,
the precious things of Egypt : and the Lybian, j
and the Ethiopians shall be at bis steps. Bat j
tidings out of the North shall trouble him : there- i
fore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, j
and utterly to make away many. And he shall
plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas
in his glorious holy mountain, yet he shall come
\o his end and none shall help him.”— Das. xi:
40th to 4oth inclusive.
“ And at the lime of the end shall the king of
the South push at him.” Not the end of the world,
nor the end of time, but the time of the end of the
world’s monarchy which has so long crushed the
world. The king of the South shall push at him";
j that is, the loyal powers of the Southern States
I shall make an exertion to assert their rights by
the elective franchise against the power of despot
ism,. but being in the minority, they were forced
to yield and the whole South embarked in the
ship of secession, drifted away from the Ame
rican Union Into the voitex of anarchial revo
lution.
“ And the king of the North shall come against
him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and horse
men, and with many ships.” That is, the loyal
ruling powers of the Northern Slates shall hurl
their impetuous legions against the forces of des
potism and rebellion in swift and terrible succes
sion. There is no record in the registry of the
world which has equalled the power of our Federal
Government in raising, equipping and forwarding
to the scene of conflict such an embattled host, an
army of five hundred thousand men within eight
months from the time the banner of our Govern
i ment was first assailed by the minions of rebellion,
and that without the drafting of a single soldier.
Well may it be said that they came like a whirl
wind.
“ With chariots.” The wheeled vehicles, or the
railroad cars, came thundering on from every loyal
State burdened with constitutional armies, until
pur capital trembled with the march of embattled
logons.
“ And with the horsemen.” To this vast unn
of our national defence there seemed to he no
end. Thousands, treading on the heels of
thousands, of well trained cavalry came rush ing to
the rescue of our insulted standard. from every
loval Stale in the Union came the eager thousands,
until the proud chiefs of rehellion trembled before
the sweeping host.
“ And with many ships.” No tied has ever
pressed the ocean with such a number of ships of
war as were called into existence’ Slid sent forth by
the loyal Slates to drive the armed genii of an
archy and rebellion from both sea and land and
finally from the world.
“And he shall enter into the countries and
shall overflow and passover.” The armies of the
North, or loyal Slates, shall enter into the coun
tries, or States, of the South shall overflow and
finallv pass over all her vast expansions of land
and ocean, until the treason of her chiefs shall be
subdued and her rebellion stilled in death forever.
“ He shall enter also into the glorious land, and
many countries shall be overthrown,” He, the
genius of monarchial usurpation and rebellion
shall enter also in the glorious land, or flie de
lightful and lovely Sooth, where the crystal foun
tains pour their streams, and the vales and groves
forever bloom. And many countries, or States,
of the South shall be overthrown from the allegi
ance to the constitution and the Union.
“ But these shall cscape'out of his hand, even
Edmen and Moab and the chief of the children of
Ammon.” Edom or ancient Maryland, and
Moab, or valiant Kentucky, could not be borne
out of the Union by acts of secession, and the
chief of the children of Amnion, the son of the peo
ple, or faithful Missouri, could not be sundered
from the Union, so that these States escape out of
his hand.
“ He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the
countries and the land of Egypt shall not escape.”
This power of anarchy and rebellion stretched
, his hand over the countries or States of the South,
and the land of Egypt, or the land of oppression,
did not escape but by acts of secession eleven of
the States were sundered from the Union, so that
Egypt, or the land of bondage, did not escape.
“ But he shall have power over the treasures
of gold and silver and over all the precious things
of Egypt.” The powers of treason control and
command the funds of the Confederate States of re
bellion, together with all the gold and silver and
all the property of the United States within her
borders.
j And over the precious things of Egypt.”—
1 The grasping hand of the tyrant was laid bn all
the precious things of the people, not only their gold
i and silver, but the great staple of their commercial
\ existance Their cotton, was seized and its value
appropriated to the promoting of the rebellion
| against the Constitution.
“ And tho Lybians and Etbopians shall be at
his steps." The Lybians, or the furious people,
\ are those of the South who are driven by persecu
tion and war to want and despair, and 'who, from
their robbed and ruined houses, shall pursue his steps
with deadly vengeance. And the Ethopians, or
Africans of the South, from their quarters of bon
[ dage will follow with bitter retribution.
' “But tidings out ofthe East and out of the North
| shall trouble him.” The powers of rebellion had
counted largely on receiving aid and comfort from
the East and North, sufficient to overthrow the Gvo
emlnent and disolve the Union the moment they
should strike the blow, but 'the booming of their
cannon against the walls of Sumpter awoke fte
nation and half a million of warriors sprang to
1 arras in support of the Constitution and the Union.
These were the tidings that troubled him.
b Therefore he shall go forth with great fury to
distroy and utterly to make away many.” That is,
he shall raise stupendous armies and in great fury
rush into battle with the hosts of liberty, until the
destruction of life and property shall be awful, and
the; fields of strife strewn with swarths of dead and
lakes of blood will make the South a desolation
and her blooming landscapes a sanguinary desert.
“ And he shall plant the tabernacles of his
palace between the seas in the glorious holy
mountains.” Tabernacles or tents are the tempo
rary habitation of wanderers, hence the planting
of the tabernacles of his palace is the setting np
a temporary Government of anarchy and rebellion
in the “ glorious holy mountain,” or the glorious
nationality of America. And 'he shall plant his
poster for a seson between the seas, the Atlantic
on the East and the Pacific, including the golf of
Mexico, on the West, which, cln a line from the
North-East to the South-West; would place his
tabernacle in Central Virginia, the very point from
which he issues his mandates of cruelty and rebel
lion through all his Confederacy of treason and
crime.
Yet he shall come to his end and none shall
help him.” The loyal powers of the Constitbtion
put on their strength and assert, by the sword, the
intention of our fathers to make this continent one
vaste sisterhood of States that all the corabind
forces of despotism Shall never be able to dismem
ber or destroy. The world has never beheld such
stupendous prepern tions for defence of human lib
erty and the preservation of the Union and the
Constitution. Not the slrill of Alexander, the
wisdom of the Ctesars, no?the strategy of Napo
leon have presented snch a battle line of defence.
extending more than two .thousand miles on land
and sea, is the living cable of iron, brass, and
steel, g irdling itself around the monster rebellion
that shall soon writhe like the dy i n gtiger in the folds
of the huge Boacon stricter, from-whoee crashing cir
cles noearthly power will ever be able to relieve him.
“Ho shall come to his end and none' shall help;
him.” He may send his commissioners to the
courts, of kings and his ministers to the thrones of i,
• emperors, and call to the nations of monarchy to
aid him, yet none shall help him, and as he passes
away, the anthem of an emancipated world an
nounces the the jubilee of earth and the restoration
of man to the true digntiv «f his manhood and to 1
all the rights of civil and, religions liliertv.
ilnona Tribune.
OF CHEIST.
Miss Dix Describes the Returned Pri-
I met Miss Dorothea Dix this morning (sisteror,
Major-General Dix,) the guardian-angel of ouf
hundred hospitals, d glorious woman in a sublime
causer. She was in n flutter ot patriotic excitement,
over the barbarous treatment of our heroes who
fell into Rebel hands. She bad jnst returned from
Baltimore, she said, where she had been at the re
quest of the Secretary of war, to see our returned
prisoners, and she wanted to tell all about it. She
stood over the table where we were gathered, and
her tongue ran on, as an indignant woman’s will,
the sad rehersal interlarded with fierce gestures in
the right place. I will tell you the story as she
told us.
“I had just got to the wharf,” she said, “when
our flag-o-truce-hoat, the City of New York, came
in, and soon the poor fellows began to land, four
hundred and fifty of them fiom Belle Isle. Such
a sight! It was a regiment of skeletons ! Most
of them had to be carried off on stretchers. Sev
eral died on the boat as they were lifted up. Nine
died on the wharf, lisping their gratitnde to God
that, after all their privations, they were per
mitted to die under the old flag! A majority were
so weak that they could scarcely speak, and iu a
hundred the brain seemed to be implicated. First,
as near as we could learn from the few jrho could
tell the story, they bad been starved, systematical)-
they thought, only a meagre scrap of musty bacon
being brought to’ them, with water, so" that they
gradually lost their strength, and became mere
skin and bone.
“Then they were left exposed in cold weather to
freeze. They were in such a condition of hunger
at the time that a man would give his blanket or
his shoes for a bit of food, so that they baearae al
most deprived of clothing. A majority of them
had their feet frozen more or less. Many had lost
their feet, and several nad to have their legs am-_
putated after their arrival in Baltimore.
“Besides they were absolutely covered with ver
min, and in the most distressing stale. I never
saw any of our boys so filthy, never. They had
been luiddled together like sheep, and their minds
fitiled them and . they became deletions, they gave
loss and less attention to themselves.
“ Immediately on their arrival they were or
dered to have a thorough bath. It was pitiable hi
refuse their cries for‘food I' ‘food!' ’ for God's
sake give me something to eat!’ and our great
strong surgeons whom I never saw shed tears be
fore cried like children when they were obliged to
deny the appeals and coniine their patients to a
| simple diet and a bath.
; ‘ Most of them had to be carried to the bath
; room, but I saw one, apparently sturdier than the
| rest, standing alone in his blanket, and I ordered
I him to go along to the bath. Without a word he
went. In half an hour he was found their uncon
scious and helpless, his mind and strength having
failed him together. An attendant lifted him up
and supported him as he got out, and accidently
trod on one of his feet, when it came off 1 having
been frozen to that degree dnring the dreadful ex
posure of the winter.
“ A majority of the poor fellows are named or
invalided for life; many of them are hopelessly
insane, also.' It seems to have been the deliber
ate policy of the Behels to return our prisoners in
siicK a condition that they can never be of service
to us.
“ Oh, sir," said Miss Dix. “ if your paper could
only stir up the Administration to some adequate
retaliation for these awful crimes agaiust humanity
uud if that cau not be, fell your people of Roches
ter to send their soldiers even more freely to con-
quer these savages, and secure protection through
victory.
A correspondent of the Pittsburgh Commercial,
writing from Virginia City, Idaho, under date of
April 18th, says:
1 have spent the past winter in traveling around
over the country in search of deposits of gold, put
was not successful in finding any sufficiently rich
to satisfy me, so in March I came here, and pur
chased a claim near this place. This is the richest
mining camp I was ever in. It is nothing uncom
mon to take out a. pound of gold, or $216 worth
to the man in one day. Wages are from six: to
.welve dollars per day, bu: all seem, very well sat
isfied to pay that much, and should hands become
scarce, no one will find fault if we have to pay ope
third more than we now do. There is every rea
son to believe that the gold mines will prove as ex
tensive as they are rich; as good prospects have
already been found on the head waters of the Yel
low Stone. A town has been laid out at the heajjl of
navigation on the Yellow Stone, called Big H|prn
City, It is at the junction of Big Horn and Yel
low Stone rivers, and bids fair to become a large
town.
This is decidedly a fast country. If a woman
becomes dissatisfied with her husband, or finds a
man she likes better, she states her case to the
President of the mining ’district where she resides,
he calls a miner’s meeting, they nntio the matri
monial knot, and she is at liberty to take whoever
she pleases, provided she can get him. !
This country was infested last winter with a bilge
and organized band, who called themselves, find"
were called by the people generally, Road Agmts.
They would have been called highwaymen in; hny
oilier place There were over one hundred ini this
baud, as their own books showed. Nearly every
man who left this place in November and Decem
ber, with any amount of gold dust, was robbed,
and some of them were munlered. There is a .man
here now, “ broke,” who left this place in Novem
ber with upwards of eighty thousand dollars all in
gold dust, which was taken from him by the “Rood
Agents.” In January the people concluded they
could stand it no longer. There was no law to
which >0 appeal, and so a vigilance committee was
organized, and soon men were hanging on frees,
unfinished bouses, and every other place jlfigh
enough and strong enough to hold the weight hf a
man. They gave their victims no warning. ' The
hanging business was decided by vote, and ;the
majority ruled. Wherever they caught their vic
tims they were hung. The Sheriff and Deputy
Sheriff of this place were Road Agents, the Sheriff
being chief of the gang. Both were bung. The'
Judge was also one of them, but succeeded in cs
caping out of the country. Everything is now com
paratively quiet, the last man having been hung
about a month since. [ I
• Thb Biggest Well is Oildoh. —On theUub
ject of big flowing oil wells, the Oil City Betnster
remarks of the Hammond well, recently opened:
“ At first, so great was the amount of water,r ihat
there was considerable trouble in exhausting it.—
But now it is flowing oil, and clearing itself r icely
from the water. It is estimated to flow nearly 600
barrels of oil per day, and over 750 barrels of' rater
and 9il,%vith a‘ fair prospect of an increase. This
makes it the largest producing well in the oil re
gion. The Noble well is producing scarcely 500
barrels per day. The Maple Shade scarcely X5O
barrels of oil. The principal owner of the new
well, Mr. Hammond, has been laboring in the oil
district for years, with Very indifferent suttees*,
but now his perseverance will be handsomely' re
warded. '
ST” Insanity is on the increase among women, tl>ecause
being the loss of relatives by the war. This has he*ri no
ted In other wars. Men take such losses fs.ler, iteing Ism
impressionable and less affectionate.
To be Continued.
goners
Idaho Territory.
Louisiana a Pres State.
[Proceeding* of Convention from the New OrleAne Trne
. Beits, Msr 12.'
On motion of Mr. Henderx-n (lie rule* were
then suspended to., pass the rejiort of ihe Commit
tee on Emancipation to its ihifd rending.
The previous question was then called and all
debate cut off.
The Secretary commenced calling the yeas and
nays on the adoption of the two first; sections of
the Emancipation Act. which provides that “•Sla
very and invulnuiaiy servitude, excel* for crime
after due cqnvietioa, lie anil are hereby forever
abolished in Louisiana; .and ild, that this Legis
lature is forever prohibited from (ntssing any law
recognizing property in man.''
Mr. Abell wisltni to explain his vote, but as he
was branching off into a speech he was called to
order by the President, who said ins remarks wore
instilling to the House, and he then voted “no” in
a very loud and energetic voice.
Mr. Campbell voted no!_no! in a thundering
tone of voice, adding; “In the name of the wrong
ed people of Louisiana, I vote no!”
Mr. Edwards said: “In the name of the ;h*o
ple of Louisiana and freedom, I say yes !"
Mr. Thomas—l have long been in favor of im
mediate emancipation. When this Convention
was called I went before my constituents and told
them my sentiments. They elected me by a large
majority, and that I may neither violate my own
conscience or the pledge I made to my constitu
ents, unlike some others in this body, I vote ye*.
Mr. Wells—For the good of the white'as well as
the black races, and for the honor of that flag, 1
vote yes.
Mr. Montamat explained that he had opposed
it on the ground of compensation not being grant
ed, hut would vote yes.
On motion the rules were suspened to allow the
President to vote.
President—l vote yea with all my soul.
The vote stood—yeas 72 ; nays 15.
In announcing the vote the President said ;
“The first and second sections of the report having
passed their reading and been adopted, are now a
part and parcel of the law of the land.”
The announcement was received with great ap
plause and loud cheers.
The Bouse then, on motion, adjourned, and
three cheers were given for the Free State of Lou
isiana.
Strength of Grant’s Cavalry
A prisoner brought in last night, whose account
is to be taken with due allowance, says the Rich
mond Enquirer , states that, there were in Grant’s
army thirty thousand cavalry; that fifteen thou
sand attracted Stuart’s attention above Gordons
ville, while the other fifteen thousand came down
the telegraph road from Petersburg, their object
being to tup all the railroads around Richmond,
crossing thariver above and joining Butler in Ches
terfield, having no idea of making an attempt iqion
Richmond. They would have made ho demon
stration ,on Richmond at all, he said, if we hadn’t
tackled them.”
The column was commanded by General Sheri
dan, with Brigadier-General Gregg, Col. Gregg,
acting Brigadier, and Brigadier-General Curtis,
commanding brigades. They had eighteen pieces
of artilery and were completely equipped, being
provided with every facility for convenient travel
ing, including great mills and corn shelters. This
prisoner says the column had not lost over two
hundred men since their departure from Grant’s
hriny. He aljjo states that fifteen thousand w'ould
come to the relief ot his command. .
Persons who have had the fortune to come. in
the path of the’ raiders, state that they are most
admirably, equipped. The force consists almost
entirely of mounted infantry.
Ges. Guant—A "Little” Incident. —The
Nashville correspondent of the Chicago Journal
relates the following: “ Speaking of Gen. Grant's
campaign, I wish here to put on record a little in
cident, which I have never yet seen in print, and
which was communicated to me by an officer some
time, since, and which might have been contraband
once, but is not now, since the plans of the Eastern
campaign have been developed. While General
Grant was in front of Vicksburg, he was conver
sing with several officers on the subject of the cap
ture of Richmond.’ ‘Can it be taken,. General?’
asked one of these. ‘ With ease,’ was the response.
‘By the Peninsula?’ continued the qaerest. ‘ No,’
replied the General. ‘lf I hod charge of die mat
ter, I would want two large armies; one to move
directly on Lee, and the other one to land at City-
Point, and cat communications to the soutbwatd.
Lee would then be compelled to foil back, and the
army from the North could press, and, if possible,
defeat him.
“ ‘lf he would again open up communication
with the cotton States, be must fight the army
south of the James; and to do this be umst cross
iiis whole force; otherwise he could be defeated in
detail. If he did so cross, the Northern army
could take Richmond ; if he did not, that from the
south could move up the heights south of the James,
and shell and destroy the city. I communicated
this fact to two confidential friends the day Grant
was called to Washington; and now, for the first
time, make it public. At the time the remarks
were made, the Gen, had no thought of being
called to the position he now occupies.
Important to Pennsylvania Soldiers.—ln a
letter to the Pennsylvania State agent, Francis Jor
dan, in Washington, announcing his commission as
Colonel, and that of his assistant. Major Gilleland,
as Lieut. Colonel, Gov. Curtin says ; “In thus reor
ganizing and enlarging the powers of the agency
heretofore established by me, the Legislature in
tended that all the pay, bounties, pensions and
gratuities of the government should be collected
for the Pennsylvania volunteer, or his family, with
out charge or expense to him or them. You; will
immediately prepare the agency for the perform
ance of these new duties, and on yonr requisition,
the usual blanks and -books will be provided by the
Quartermaster General of the Stite, As hereto
fore, Dr. J. A. Phillips, Assistant Surgeon Gen
eral of the State, will remain on duty at the city of
Washington, and voii will continue so for as pos
sible to provide in every way for the comfort and
efficiency of our volunteers, the care of the sick and
wounded, for sending home the bodies of those
who may die in the service, .and to perform all
other services that in your judgment may Impro
per and necessary for the benefit of the citizens of
Pennsylvania now in the military service of the
Government.” From the above-it will be ;seen
that all soldiers’ claims will be collected free of
charge by Col. Jordan.
OS- Before crossing the Rapldan, Gen. Grant, wrote the
President a frank, manly, letter, telling him that this Ad
ministration had granted him everything that he could de
sire, and that the responsibility of the prest 1 nt movement
was entirely his own.
ANDREW ECKEL,
DClUft IS
Tobacco, Cigars, Snuff, Pipes, &c., &e.,
An z ie itrtat,Altoona, Fti.
Agkneral assortment
of Goods In bis line constantly on hand at the lowest
cash prices. (Peb. 7,1863
MUSIC !—INSTRUCTIONS GI^EN
on the Pinno-Forte aud Melodeon. by ALtba M.
SHOEMAKER. Tuns, sl6 per quarter. No charge Ibr
the use of tbe Instrument. Residence on. Catharine Street.
West Altoona* .* fJaD.1«,18«2.-tf.
A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT pp
Gent’s Moddl Improved SHlRTS—Caasimere and
Mutlin Shirts—fine and coarse white and colored—at
LAUGHMAN’B.
Boston crackers—a large
sapply of these deliclona crackers just received
and for sals by : FRITCHEY
All styles carpeting and
fWI Cloths can ba fonnrt a T.tFOHMAV’S.
HOSTETTEK’S
CELEBRATED
STOMACH
BITTEB&
A pare and powerful Tonic, corrective and alterative, oi
wonderfal efficacy iu disease of the
STOMACH, LITER AND BOWELS.
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- atiou, Colic, intermittent Fevers, Cramps and
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arising from Bodily Weakness, whether
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Nothing that Is not wholesome, genial and reatorxlm
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STOMACH BfTTKKS. This popular i»reparation contains
no mineral of any kind; do deadly botanical element; no
fiery excitant; but it is a combination of the extract# of
rare balsamic lierba and plants with the purest and mild
est of all diffusive stimulants.
It is veil to be forearmed against disease, and, so Car at
the human system can bo protected by human meant
against maladies engendered by au unwholesome atmo
sphere, Impure water aud other external causes, HOST FT
t:
'£K’S STOMACH BITTERS may bo relied on as a talc
guard.
In districts infected with Abner and Ague, Ik has been
ound infallible as a preventive ami irresistible an a reme
dy, and thousands who resort to it under apprehension ol
an attack, escape the scourge; and thousands who neglect
to avail themselves of its protective qualities in advance,
are cored by a very brief course of this marvelous medi
cine. Fever and Ague patients, after being plied with
quinine 4br months in vain, until fairly saturated with
that dangerous alkaloid, are not unfrequenlfcr restored to
health within a few days by the use of HOSTETIER'?*
BITTERS. e
The weak stomach is rapidly Invigorated and the appe
tite restored by this agreeable Tonic, and hence It works
wonders in cases of Dispxpau and in less confirmed forms
of IgDtossTXON. Acting as n gentle and painless anperient.
as well as upon the liver, it also invariably relieves the
Co2fsn*ATioN superinduced by irregular action of ths di
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Persons of feeble bubit,liable to Kervott* Lawn*
of Spirit* and Fits of Languor* find prompt and perms
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a single dose of the stimulant, and by occastonauy resort
lug to it. the return of the complaint may be prevented
As a General Tonic, UOSTETTRU’S BITTERS product
effects which must be experienced or witnessed belorr
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Weakntu, Immature Decay and Debility and Decrepi
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ence. In the convalescent stages of alt diseases it op?r
ates as a delightful ibvigorant. When the powers of m*
tore are relaxed, it operates to re-enforce and re-eetuh
lish it. *•
f Lust, but not least, it is The only Safe Stimulant, being
mauulkctared from sound and innocuous materials, and
entirely free from the acid elements present more or lesa
in all the ordinary tonics and stomachics of the day.
No family medicine has been bo universally, and, it may
be truly added, deservedly popular with the intelligent
portion of the community, as UOSTETTKR’S BITTERS-
Prepared by UOSTKTTRH k SMITU, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Sold by all Druggists. Grocers aud Storekeepers every
where.
HELMBOLD’S
Genuine Preparations
COMPOUND FLUID EXTRACT BCCHU, a Posith*
and Speed Remedy for diseases of tibe Bladder, Kidney-.
Gravel aud Dropsical Swellings.
Thir Medicine increases the power of Digestion, and ex
cites the Absorbents into healthy action, by which tb»
Watery,-or Calcereous depositions, and all Unnatural En
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UEIi&IBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHL
For Weakness arising from Excesses, Habits of Dissipa
tion, Eearly Indiscretion of Abuse, attended with tbe Ibl
lowing symptoms:— --
Indisposition to Exertion. Loss of Pow*-r.
Loss of Memory. Difficulty of Breathing.
We&k Nerves, Trembling.
Horror of Disease, Wakefulmw.
Dimness of Vbion, Pain in the Barb.
Universal lassitude of tbe Muscular System,
Hot Hands* Flushing of the Body.
Dryness of the Skin, Eruptions on the Fare,
Pallid Countenance,
These symptoms, if allowed .to go on, which this niedi
cine invariably removes,' soon follows 9
Itnpotency, IXituily, •Epileptic Fits;
In one of which tbe Patient may expire.
Who can say that they are not frequently followed b*
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“ INSANITY AND CONSUMPTION.’ 7
Many ace aware of the cause of their suffering.
BUT ICONS WILL CONFESS TUX RECORDS OP THE INSANE ABTLrXS
And Melancholy Deaths by Cbnsumptionheav ample wit
ness to tbe Truth of the assertion*
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requires the aid of Medicine to Strengthen and Invigorate
the System, : '
which Heim bold’s EXTRACT BUCHU invariably t/'*
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or Retention, Irregularity. Painfulness, or Suppreeskm oi
Customary Evacuations, Ulcerated orScinhous state of
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coiqplaints incident to the sex, whether arising from In
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DECLINE OR CHANGE OF LIKE.
Take no more Balsam, Mercury, or unpleasant Median*
/or unpleasant and dangerous diseases. -
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ROSE WASH COKES
SECRET DISEASES
In all their Stages, At little Expenft.
Little or no change in Diet. Norlhconvenieiice.
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, nate, thereby Removing Obstructions, Preventing ana
Curing Strictures of the Urethra, allaying Pain and Inflam
mation, ed frequent in the elan of diseases, and expelling
aU Poisonous, Diseased and toomottf Matter.
Thousands upon Thousands who bate been the Vk
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the 44 POlfiON” has. by the qse of** POWEEPULAsraiNOERTB.
been dried up in the system, to tyreajt out in an aggr*
rated fbi rk, and perhaps after Marriage.
Use UttJIBOLD’S Extxaot Bdchd for >ll affections an.',
diseases of the URINARY ORGANS, whsthsr existing in
KALE orEEMALK, from whatever cause originating and
no matted of ROW LONG STANDING.
Diseased of these Organs requires the aid of a DIUREI
10. HBUMBOLD’B EXTRACT BDCaU |8 TIIROREAT
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DiseasesJbr wife* tf u Ktontmauled.
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wlll aocompany the medicine,.
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Address letters fur ioformstioii to. <9
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LOCAL ITEMS.
The Draft.
M. ITte draft to ■*»*
ihn «il»» for 700,000 raw, wW own** B **
Hrad Qnwrara of the District P»vo* MarihsU o
,lu- 17« h District of Pehn's, M Hollidayrimrg, oo
Monday the 80th day of May. ,
2d. The assignment of credits for volunteer* wil
be tw«inne<V notwithstanding the draft.
UollidaysbuTg,) ALEX. M. LLOYD.
May 28, )864.) Cap*, ft Pro. Mar, 17 Dw. Pa
V*or*3irrt » thu Cars.—A writer to °w <
our exchange, hu tbefoUowing to toy abont wto
lias been olxerved by many persons, ▼».: the raj
i.l increase of profanity and vulgarity on the can
“ Phns polite have been shocked by profanity in «
ears running on different railroad*. To so gre
an extent has this come that ladies having tespe
for themselves have been compelled to ebangaca
because of the shocking and fcmentabhs, want
common decency, as exhibited by some of the pa
sengeri. If a gentleman out of polite defteren
to the ladies, should happen to oven gently rep
mand the uncouth and vulgar tellows, instead
having a desirable effect it seems to make th«
worse. In such, cases the conductors should tu
the self-condemned immoralists out of the cars
The boaidsof railraods have tong since pass
stringent resolutions to prevent smoking in t
ladies’ car and a special car is attached, for t
smoker's benefit. The smoke of a cigar is not
tensive to people, as a general thing, but the smo
of immorally suggestive of ‘fire and brimston
is eniirelf too! stifling to everybody except the to
ihc vulgar, add the vile; and it should not be p
milted to impregnate the atmosphere of a pob
passenger car; or any other place where promise
mis crowds of people are apt to collect. It is
intolerable nuisance, and with a view to its abai
nioiil we Would suggest the propriety of attachi
a profane car in front of that occupied by smoke
ft.rtlie . accommodation of, those who have no
Irani for the laws of God or for the feelings of tic
who may be within the sound of their voices.”
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They Say. —“ They nay 1" Who ure
who are (he cowled monk*, the hohded friars. v
Xli.le with shrouded faces in the procession of 1
muttdring in im unknown longue words of royi
rious import? Who are May * the midnight
sassins of reputation, itho lurk in the by-lane
society, with dagger tongues sharpened by inv
iiop and envenomed by malice, to draw the-hi
of innocence, and hyena-like, banquet on the d»
Who are tha/f They aro a multitude no man
n intibor, blnck-souled familiras of the inquisitiu
slander, searching for victims'in evety city, to
and village, wherever the heart of humanity thr
or the ashes of mortality find rest.
Oh, coward, coward world-skulkers! give u>
hold brigand who thunders along the hig’.n
with flashing weapon that cuts the sunbeam
the shades': Give ns the pirate, who unfurh
black flag, etnbleiq of his terrible trade, and si
the plank which your doomed feet most tread ;
save ns from tho tkey sayers of society, w
knives are hidden in T«l?« sheaths, whose hi
of death is woven of flowwa, and who spread,
invisible poison, even the spotless whiteness o
winding sheet.
I
Pistbict Quotas. —Cupt. Alex. M. Lloyd.
, vost Marshal of this District, furnishes ns
I the following correct statement of the nnmh
i men required from the different
this comity that have not filled their qnot;o
tier the (jail* for 701),000 men.
Allegheny Township
Hollidaysbnrg Borough
Gaysport “
Tyrone Township
Snyder “
North Woodberry Township
Taylor ,
Huston
Blair
, .1 naiata
Logan
Amis .
Grenefield
Freedom
Total
The able-bodied draliable men of this ph
quite comfortable over the fact that Altooi
an excess of 80 over her quota, sufficient,
■ fraction, to clear her of another call for JK
A Ngw Issxmmos.—Our enterprising
gist; A> Koush, has just put tip an arrangeme
the accommodation of our citizens, which we
will prove a paying investment. He has pu
ed,.at an expense of some $3OO, one of tl
soda fountains now in use, and has it all fix
engine &c., in the celler and fountain on his
tor, and is now dealing out the delicious ic
beverage at the low price of five cents a *g
Everything about this fountain appears at
and inviting .that it is considerably harder I
than a counterfeit 50 cent postage currency
has a variety of syrups, such as strawberry,
pine-apple, grape, raspberry, vanilla, 4c
which to flavor the drink. Call and trv a g
:# •
Lkotdb*.—The Rtr. J. Wellesley done
tor of the Episcopal Church, in this pluc
lecture on Thursdayevenhig, June 3d, at 8 c
in the Methodist Chureh.inbehalf of the 1
the Sanitary Commission soon tq be held in
dclphia. The subject oi the lecture is “T 1
lignthpis of a Country to bet Mechanics a
Admission 25 cents.
- This is the only opportunity which our
have had to contribute, as a town, to thh
It is hoped that a just pride in the good nan*
town ■ for,, benevolence and patriotism, ■
terest iiv'the eloquent speaker and his
will combine to secure a large attendance.
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So|u>l£bb’ Aid Socibtt. —Wo learn
Managers of the Ladies’Soldiers’’Aid So<
: thisjflace, that they have just shipped to th
! of the Sanitary Commission a box contain
following articles*:—
Seven new quilts, 9 pairs slippers, 8 pai
5 pairs new drawers, 5 new shins and 3 <
I dcden new linen towels, 230 yards b
USftackages compresses, together with ti
Kigutso bt Lights lNO.—Capt. James
of Petersburg, Hontiogdon county, was k
lighting, at Norristown, Montgomery co
rbel»th inst. He was running aca
which was In motion when be was struck
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