IPtttfltta iriktic. ALTOONA, PA. | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3,1864 i The News Within thfe past week, 1 we have been living {thro’ the excit&pent of July of last year. On Saturday morning we had intelligence that’the rebels bad entered Chambersbuig in force, and the general impression seemed to be that they, contempla ed a raid upon the Penn's Hail Road. Later inj the day we bad information of the. burning of Cham* bonburg and other towns in the Cumberland |val ley. It turns out, however, that only Chambers burg was destroyed by a band of some 3,C00j cav alry, nnder command of Bradley Johnston { and McCausland. " They entered the town early in the marking, and on some of the prominent citizens presenting themselves and asking what was wanting, k de mand was made forsl(Xj,ooo in gold, or $500,000 in “greenbacks,’’ in defiuilt of which they \yonld bum the town. They were answered that the moneyicoukl not and would nor be paid, whereupon orders were given to fire the place; and immediate ly the torch was applied in some iforty or fifty lo calities, and in a few hours the entire centre ejf the town, embracing near three hundred buildings, ho tels, churches; county buildings, printing offices, stores, &c., was laid in ashes. The rebs remain ed in the town and prevented any effort being made to save property. | The people were driven out of their houses with out warning, or being allowed to tals with them •ny of their personal effects other, than the clothes on tbeirbacks, which, iti many cases 1 owning do lhc early hour in the morning, consisted of only their night clothes. -The scene is said to have [been heart-rending. Women: were running frantically through the streets, calling for lost and children were seeking parents. To the appeals of the aged and helpless a deaf ear was turned btv the invaders. While some the band of incendiaries appeared to glory in their work of destruction, there were othem who knew they were doing wrong and so expressed themselves. We give this Short sketch of the affair-at present, bbt shall give our .senders a full account of it when we find one on which we can rely. ! On Sunday morning we received the newsj that Gen. Avcrill, had driven,the invadhrs out ofCham bersburg and was panning them lin the direction of McConnellsburg. Later the day a despatch was sreceived stating that he had overhiuled the rebs at McConnellsburg, where anengageinent took place, resulting in the defeat; of the plunder ers, and causing them to retreat id the direction of Hancock. Thus matters in reference to the) raid remained, and we have no information as to their exact whereabouts. ' " On Sunday afternoon, a telegram was received announcing a grand', opening! at Petersburg, one of the largo rebel forts in front of that place baring been blown up and a general engagement ragiqg along the whole line, with every propped of success to Gen. Grant, But. on Mondajy the 'news changed somewhat. The charge of tire 9th corps under Burnside, did not result as was looped for, he hating failed to carry the only remaining point to Insure a grand victoiy. :What advantage has been gained or lost, the accounts from tf|e en gagement do not definately infoon us. Thje loss is said to be heavy on both sides, as the figjbting was most terrific. The first fort blown up j con tained 16 gnns and a regiment of men; the guns were'all thrown from their positions and many of the men buried in the ruins. ; I Fierce figbting has been going bn in front pf At lanta. Qen. Sherman,has invested the pla(|c and will ultimately reduce it. Geh. Johnstoji. the rebel commander of that department, has been su perseded by Gen. Hood, who appears [to be more dashing. He has made several attempts to break Gen. Sherman's .lines but has been disas trously repulsed. . The Governor has called for an extra sesson of thafogislature, ou the 9th of August, to frame a militia law which will pot the State on a fooing to to. protect itself from ; the frequent incurs ons of plundering parties. We hope something io the ' purpose will be passed.; 49* The Franhten Repository Printing Of ice, in Cbambersburg, was'totally destroyed by the reb els—all the presses, books, type, subscription list and accounts; nothing being saved. informed by Messrs. McClure & Stoner, that as soon as material and presses are supplied, they willreaumc the'publication of the Rfyository mi also The VU Flag,—a campaign paper th tit has attained a veiy large’circulation. Thesnbsc ription lists of both' papers are destroyed. Four copies were secreted in different parts of the town, rat are burned. 1 With their lists, their subscript! «mnta were also destroyed, and subscribers at once inform McClure & Stoner of tfieir a and the State of their accounts,’and all subs should promptly remit arrearages and advan i Ktiptions to aid the publishers. In add: their offices, both of them had their res • burned, wife all their furniture and personal —Tithe rebels hot allowing them Jo save tbeii’ igg. ' Mr. Btoner Was fired at in his own he attemptiagto save the firm bdbks, and th wbo huraed Mr. McClure's residence had orders that nothing belonging to him sb( saved. g"*M • Aitas-Fiece Finished. —The e, wliicb we few Weeks ago, a s led by, G.W. Fisher, of this place, ii .Catholic Chuch, at Kewry, is now finished; perhaps the finest tvprk of .art ever compli: this place,. We do not profess <o be judges eurqlytl‘e characters in thill Jpg dpdfwknatpral.attd the .finish is of .tty nature. We shall not attempt to desorfi the painting, see it for yourselves. | Letter firomthe West. Fobt Wats*, Ind., July 25th, 1864. Messbs. McCjOk £ Dbbs Thinking that a few lines from the land of “hogs and hominy,'* horses ami heroes, would not be uninteresting to the readers of the Tribune, I hare concluded to jot down a few rough notes, in a rough manner, from; a rough section of the country, where there are some rough people, who say rough things in a rough way about the war, the Rebels and the Adminis tration. To begin, Eon Wayne is a place of considera ble importance, situated as it is in a fine agricul tural section of the State, and having superior ad vantages to any inland town between Chicago and; Pittsburg. The great drawback to most Western towns,and cities is the scarcity of fuel, which, do ing a part of the year commands ezborbitant pri-' ces. But here wood is plenty, and coal ma-jr rea dily be had. Previous to the construction of thft Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad, and the Toledo and Wabash B. R., this section of the, country was sparsely settled, and Fort Wayne was an isolated village in the wilderness, liaving for its connection with the lake only the Toledo and Wa bash canal, owned by a few English capitalists.—’ Now the case is different. Instead of a solitary canal, we have two first class railroads connecting" with New York, Philadelphia and all the Eastern and Western cities. Although midst of a terrible fivil war, which is- taxing the energy and industry of the nation to its utmost extent, this place is rapidly filling up, and the day is not far distant when this section of the State will be ns densely populated as any part of Pennsylvania. In this city there will be erected, daring tire present summer, some three hundred first class houses. In addition to the building of private residences and individual places of business, the P. Ft. W. & C. R. R. Co. is build ing extensive shops, a Round House, £c., in the latest style of architecture, and when completed they wilt compare! with any buildings of the kind EastorWest.. The company employ a great noth of mechanics, and many of these are Eastern men, Altoona being well represented, better, perhaps; than any town or city in the East. We have had an extremely dry season, but twej showers since the first of May. Previous to that time it was very wet, consequently the wheat crop has yielded very well. Hay, oats, com and pota toes mil be failures unless we have rain soon; In fact tile hay and oats are failures now. Oh ! for a refreshing rain to drench the thirsty earth. -Uncle Abe has again called ns to arms, and un less we respond ia sufficient numbers, be will resort to the machine. We can always tell, out here; when yoii are running the " machine in the East, for then it is that the passenger trains, on the Western roads do a thriving business. .It has been carried on to such an" extent that the towns and cities are overflowing, and mechanics’ and laborers? wages arc lower here than they are with you. In fact we are full to the brim. Indiana has filled her quota under all previous calls, but we are de ficient this time and the machine will be set in motion unless wd hurry up the volunteers. This is as it should lie. ■ If we do not go willingly, then that compelling or propelling power must make us go, that’s all. ; In my next I will tell you more about the coun try, our city, its population, churches, religion; public buildings, institutions of learning, together with a sketch of the manners and customs of the people, which contrast very strangely with your habits in the East. 1 Proclamation of Governor Curtin. Habbisbcrg, August 4.—The following Proc lamation has just been issued by Che Governor Pennsylvania, ss. • - In the name and If the authority of the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania, Andrew G. Curtin, Governor of said Commonwealth. A Proclamation Whereas, An- extraordinary occasion requires that prompt legislative action be had, to make the military powers of the Commonwealth immediate ly available for State and National defense; Therefore, I, Andrew G. Ccrtin, Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, by virtue of the power vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby convene the General Assembly of this Commonwealth, and require the members of tile Senate and House of Representatives Co meet in their respective Houses' in the Capitol, at Harris burg, on Tuesday, the ninth day of August, eigh teen hundred and sixty-four, at twelve o’clock noop, of that day, there and then to deliberate up on and adopt such tneasmes as may in their wis dom be demanded by the exigency of the occasion- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the great seal of the Commonwealth to be affixed, at Harrisburg, this first day pf August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, and of the Inde pendence of the United States the eighty-ninth. A. G. CURTIN.; Eli Sufeh, ' Sec'y of the Commonwealth. Loos of a Mississipfi Steamer.—Cairo, July 25. : —The steamer James White, from New Or leans on the 6th, arrived here to-day and reports that the steamer li. 31. Runyon, from Natchez, struck a snag when off Griffith’s landing fifteen miles below Greenville, Mississippi, on the 21st inst., at ten o’clock at night, and sunk to the hurfi-' cane root in five minute-. She had nearly six hun dred people On board, including four hundred and forty of the Tenth Missouri Cavalry, fifty refugees apd furloughed soldiers, and quite a number of cabin passengers. About fifty lives were lost, and half of that num ber belonged to the cavalry. The remainder with two exceptions, were refugees ami negroes. But two cabin passengers, a young man named Chap lan, of Alton, Illinois, and a boy, are believed to have been lost. Gun-boat No. 11 came up about twenty minutes after the disaster, and ‘ rescued about forty persons. The others swam ashore. There were also on board one hundred and eleven mtiles, sixty-two horses, and fifteen wagons, con taining the camp equipage of the regiment, all of which, with the boat, are a total loss. The steamer James White brought up most of the rescued, except the cavalry, who were brought up by the Marine . Brigade boat to Memphis. ion ac sbonld lidrcss, icribers i cesub- lion' to dences effects cloth- use for War the Bebex.9 are Called ‘Johnnies. 1 — In 1861 the Federal soldiers called the rebels “Se cesh;”in 1862, “Confeds;” in 1863, “Greybacks, ” and in ’1864 they rail them “Johnnies.” 'A correspondent gives us the following information about the origin of tlie last named sobriquet-. The name of Johnny originated in a quarrel between a couple of pickets, which began by the Federal tel ling the rebel that they “the rebels ” depended on England to get out of this scrape, which the re|>cl denied emphatically, saying they were able .to scrape themselves out. One word brought on an other, until the Federal said opponent was no bet ter than a Johnny Bull, anyhow; the rebel swore that he would shoot Yank If he called him a Johnny Bull again. The quarrel was stopped;by another picket, and they soon cooled down; but the rebel kept muttering : “ I'd as soon be rial led a nigger as Johnny Bull.” t men special old be Alter ibeing or the and is ited in i of ar i paint s finest be the The Maryland Convention. This body appear disposed to take a firms stand in regard to the Rebel sympathizers in this State. On Tuesday of last week Mr. Sch ley of Frederick, submitted the following: Ordered, That this Convention representing the people of Maryland, hereby respectfully request the President of the United'States and the Com mandants of the Military Departments in which Maryland is included, as an out of justice and pro priety to assess upon sympathizers with the Rebel lion,- resident in this State, the total amount of all losses and spoliations sustained by loyal citizens of the United States, resident in this State, by reason ; of (he recent Rebel raid, to compensate loyal suf ferers. This order was passed by a vole of ayes 33—nays 17. On Wednesday the following preamble and resolutions were offered by Mr. Stirling, of Balti- I more, and after some debate, also'passed; i . Whereas, There is in Maryland a class of persons I whose desire for the success of the Rebel arms is a matter of public notoriety; who have been demon strated more clearly by the recent invasion to be the.inviters of rebel raiden>, the guides, welcomere and entertainers of Rebel soldiers; who have rejoiced at the burning of onr houses and the plunder of our property; who only want the opportunity to place the lives and property of loyal people at the mercy of their Rebel friends by pointing them out for destruction, and under the protection of the Rebel army usurp the Government of the State; and whereas, the experience Of the past two weeks now clearly shows that the presence of such per sons in onr midst in time of war is no longer to be tolerated, and justice to ourselves; our families and country, no less than to weak minded disloy alists themselves —the only hope of whose reclam ation is in a vigorous policy—requires that the stern est justice should at once bemetedont to thoselwbo persistently refuse to obey the laws, and the active and dangerous be separated from the peaceable and loyal by the exercise of the undoubted power of the Government to arrest and detain dangerous persons during times of war: therefore. Resolved, That this Convention on the part of the loyal people of Maryland demands of the Government of the United States, that all adult citizens of this State who shall refuse to register on oath their allegiance, submission and obedience to the United States, and thus persist in the position of public enemies, and all persons who shall be proved to have taken part with or openly expressed their sympathy with the recent invasion of the State, shall be banished beyond the lines of the army or imprisoned during the war. Resolved, That the President of this Convention transmit certified copies of this preamble and res- the President of the United States, and to the commanders of the m ilitary departments in which Maryland is embraced. Who is Col. Jaquess ? . Qdixct, 111., July 21, 1864.—C01. James Fra zier Jaquess is a native of Indiana, aged forty-four, graduated at the Indiana Asbury University in 1845, was admitted to the bar in 1846, joined the Illinois Annual Conference Methodist Episcopal Church in 1847, was elected President of the Fe male College at Jacksonville, Illinois, in 1849 and resigned in 1855; was elected President of Qnincy Colege in 1856, where he remained until war commenced. He immediately took the field in defence of the Government, assisted in raising sev eral regiments, was commissioned Chaplain of the Sixth Illinois. Cavalry just before the battle of Shi loh. While his regiment was stationed at Paducah he became apprised of the intended attack, went to Savannah and communicate with General Grant The attack came in the dirction, and within six hours of the time predicted. He remained umil after the battle, and rendered efficient service in many ways. Governor Fates, learning these facts, offered him a colonel’s commission, with the privilege of raising a regiment from the State at large. He soon suc ceeded in raising what is known as the preachers regiment, Seventy-third Illinois volunteers. Three weeks after leaving Camp Butler the regiment was in battle at Perry villc, subsequently at Stone River, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, and during these engagements he was distinguished as a brave, cool and skilful commander. In one of these en gagements he had two horses killed under him For some months past he has commanded a bri gade. He was summand to Washington about three weeks ago. In politics Colonel Jaquess was a Whig, afterward a Republican, and always anti slavery. He is an eloquent speaker, a successful educator and hearty abolitionist; a brave soldier, and an earnest, energetic man; has a remarkable power over men. When in college he could always get out of a scrape easier than any of his class mates. I. H. A Man Lost. —Great Excitement—Fifteen I Hundred Persons in Search of Him.— The Pitts- ! burgh Post says that last Saturday a week a young man who lived with his parents in Somerset county, near the Cambria county line, by the name of Wertz, took a bucket from home and said he was going out to the mountain near that place to gather some whortleberries. He did not come home that night, and the parents becoming alarmed, gathered some twenty or thirty of the neighbors the nc.x,t day and made a search for him, without however discovering any signs that might lead to his recovery. The alarm spread, and the next day two or three hundred persons went to the mountain in quest of the missing man, but with out avail. The search has continued every day since, the numbers still increasing. Yesterday, not less than fifteen hundred persons from Johns town and vicinity started' early in the morning for the Laurel Hill, determined, if possible, to learn what had become of him. His father, John Wertz, and his mother, are almost distracted during the fekrful suspense in regnard to his whereabouts. The Laurel Hill is a dense wildeness running through the State, full of deep ravines, whose tortuous windings form a labyrinth in which any one may be easily lost. The thick underbrush, too, makes this wilderness still more solitary and dreary. The men in search at night built fiires at different points in the woods to attract, if pos sible, the attention of the missing man, which communicated to the leaves, and the whole moun tain is now one extened field of fire, leaving but the charred remains of young Wertz to be recov ered if he is ever found. Blackberries or Blood.—A few days ago, siiys a letter from Sherman’s army, a number of our soldiers who had grown tired of inactivity in camp, with no fields of ripe, delicious blackberries to appease their cravings, took their guns and sal lied forth on an expedition into the enemy’s coun try in search of these delicacies and “ Johnny Reb.” Boldlv striking out in skirmish line, With pails and guns, the boys.proccded half a mile ere they found a berry-patch in which rebel cavalry men were fora ging. A few well-aimed shots scattered the rebels to the four winds, leaving the Yanks in possession of the field. When all had been stripped from the bushes another advance was made, until another field was found, when the same formula was gone through. Thus the enemy was driven a mile and a. half, deserting their pails of berries and oar daring berry-hunters returned to camp with their pails filled and a few prisoners as their trophies; Desperate Man.—An arrest was recently made in the Tyrol. A man named Gasser had threa tened to kill his wife. She fled to a neighbor, whose dog thereupon was shot •by Gasser. Two gens formes were sent to arrest him. These he shot. A person, coming up to take away the corpse of the one killed, was also shot. This aroused the neighborhood and authorities, who laid regular siege to the culprit in his house. Sev eral of them were also shot and mortally wounded. One hundred balls were fired nt His house daring the day and night but Gasser still remained un injured. The next day two cannon wets brought up and discharged. Still without results, until a storming party, taking courage from the lull in Gcssar’s fire rushed into the house, and found their roan bleeding and wounded on the floor, en tirely exhausted, his veins opened at the wrist, and pouring forth his life-blood. The scene took place at Lauteiich. Death of Maj. Gen. McPherson. The possession of Atlanta was purchased by the life of one of the ablest and most successful of our general commanders—Maj-Gen. James B. Me- 1 Pherson. He was killed on Friday morning, be fore die attack of the enemy on bis lines, his for ces holding the line of railroad from Decatur. He had gone forward to reconnoitre, and was some dis tance in front of his forces—in fact was in. advance of his staff—when he fell by a ball from a rebel sharpshooter. To him the rebels gave all the credit of the Sherman expedition through Missis sippi, and acknowledge him to be a dashing, talen ted and intrepid general, and one who'gave prom ise of a more brilliant fntnre. He occupies no in ferior niche in Federal army estimation. Although only thirty-fire years old, he has left a reputation for skillful generalship, which officers of forty years experience might hare envied. Since the commencement of the present campaign his corps has been in constant and arduous service, and it is bard that its adored leader should be cut down while about to enter upon the enjoyment of all his labors, and while in sight of the city for which he bus for two months so skillfully manoeuvred and gallantly battled. . ' , General McPherson was bom in Sandusky county, Qhio, in November, 1828. He gradnated at West Point, first in his class, in 1853. Shortly afterward, in the same year, he was assistant in structor of practical military engineering at West Point, and was engaged on the defenses of New York harbor and the improvements of the Hndson river in 1358. He was next charged with the construction of Fort. Delaware in the early part of 1857, and with that of the fortifications in San Fracisco Bay. together with military survey from January, 1858, till August, 1861. In 1861 he was put in chaige of the defences of Boston har bor. He was appointed aid-de-camp to General Halleck, November 12, 1861, and was chief engi neer of the Army of Tennessee in the ex peditions against Forts Henry and .Donelson, in the operations up the Tennessee river, and in the battle of Shiloh. In 1862 he was again appointed Aid-de-camp to Gen- Halleck, with the rank of Colonel, and was on his staff during the operations near Corinth In October he was promoted to the position of Major General of vol unteers, and with his troops reached Corinth on the 14th of October. He subsequently served in Grant's campaign os corps commander with dis tinction in the operations against Vicksburg. When General Grant became commander of the District of Mississippi, he commanded at Vicksburg. His command was afterwards joined to General Sher man's department, when he distinguished him self once more. He stood in the highest favor with Gen. Grant, owing to his soundress of judg ment ant energy of acton. With Sherman he was not second to any one, but might bs deemed his most reliable General, both m advice and in ex ecution. A Gallant Fight-Capture and Mur der of union Prisoners. . Several days ago. Captain Wilson, in command of a detachment of Federal troops, numbering thirty-four men,made a scout through Ohio county. At State Rifle hill, one mile below Hme’s Mills, on the Rough Creek, twelve miles north of Hartford, the Captain came upon a band of guerrillas, said to number seventy-three men. The Federals for med in line and made a fierce attack upon the guerrillas. A spirited fight was the result, and the guerrillas where routed. Their Captain, a notorious outlaw named Yates, was shot dead, and many of the band killed and wounded. Two- bo dies were found on the hill where the fight took place by the citizens residing in the neighborhood. It is presumed that some ten or twelve dead men were carried off by the guerrillas in their retreat. Eleven horses and a number of arms were captured by the Union scouts. Captain Wilson had three men wounded and four taken prisoners. It is stated that the four captives were deprived of their arms and shot by the cowardly fiends. When Captain Wilson made the attack upon the guerrillas the band was retreating from the neighborhood, loaded with plunder, and mounted on horses stolen from the citizens. The Union scouts, after the fight, were reinforced by a com pany of the Adams Fork Hume Guards, and both detachments, under the command of Wilson, were closely pursuing the guearrillas. It is to be gang hoped that they may meet with success. The of horse-thieves, by their deeds of blood, proved themselves cowardly assassins, sailing under the terrible black flag, giving no quarter, and of course expecting none. Let them be pursued into their secret haunts. Let every man be captured and visited with the punishment due his fiendish crime. Let them be shot and gibbeted. No quarter is the cry. Vengeance, terrible, swift vengeance, j the blood of the mudered unarmed prisoners de mands—Lousville Journal. Thomas Boyle, a Union soldier* who re cently escaped from the rebel military prison at Americas, Ga., says that the sufferings of the pris oners confined there are almost incredible. At the time of his escape, there were 19,000 Federal pris oners confined in a stockade enclosing twelve acrCs of ground, of which three actes, in the centie, were covered by a swamp. They have no tents or shel ter except holes they dig in the ground with their hands. For a roof, they set sticks np and lean them together at the top and cover them with dirt. Their rations consist Of three ounces of meat a day (and this is frequently not served) and a piece of com bread four inches square. In lien of toe bread they sometimes get a pint and a half ofcom meal, which they bake without salt, on a board before a camp fire. Two-thirds of the prisoners are suf fering from scurvy in consequence of their priva tions and exposures, and many of them have be come crazy. Yet the greater number of prisoners bear their sufferings with patience and resignation more heroic than the courage that has sp often faced a thousand deaths npon the field of battle. Fish Stout.—The following story will do for a yam, but it is quite as large as we can swallow; “ The following anecdote was told many years ago by a gentleman of Eastpoit, respecting a cat’s fishing that mayhap you have heard. The gentle man alluded to had his shop over a wharf, under which the tide ebbed and flowed, and in the floor was a trap door used for various purposes, and thro’ which he was accustomed to let down a line, now and then, to catch a fish for pussy’s dinner. One day having to leave the line to attend to a cus tomer, he was surprised to see pussy go to it and touch it gently. This led him'to watch her, when presently a fish caught hold, and Mistress Grimal kin immediatly commenced hauling in the line with- one paw, securing the slack hauled in by placing the other paw npon it. In this way she at last secured the fish. After that, the gentle man baited the hook and let her fish for herself, and hundreds have seen her catch her own din ner. ” <3TA Cabin-Boy on board a ship, the captain of which was a religious man, was called up to be whip ped for some misdemeanor. Little Jack went crying and trembling and said to the captain : “ Fray, sir will you wait till I say my prayers ?” “Yes,” was the stem reply.—“ Well then,” replied Jack, look ing up and smiling triumphantly, “I’U say them when I get ashore ?” i HICKEY & CHERRY] CABINET-MAKERS | The above firm have opened s new Cabinet Shop and FURNITURE WABE ROOM, on • | JULIA STREET, OPPOSITE EPISCOPAL CHURCH, East Altoona, where they will be lutppy to fill all orders In their line. They have on hand a good supply of FUR NITURE just from Philadelphia, which they offer at th > lowest prices for cash. They keep a HEARSE, and are prepared at all times to attend promptly to orders In Undertaking. They will always keep on hand a good assortment METALLIC COFFINS. Altoona, Jane 15,18M-3m, | BUT ONE PRICE. I . AMO THAT A CASH PRICE FOR ALL OUR GOODS! AS STATED AT THE OPENING of the •: | ‘ Union Store, the object 6f the company ii not to undersell other sieve* ; keepers in • few articles and make it ip on others, ' hat ;simpir to sell every article at a certain percentage above |coet, let that percentage bring the pries above or below that of other store*. By selling ! FOR GASH ONLY, f ■we are enabled to place our percentage at the my lowest .fijgnre, because we have no loss to make up. We shall at all times keep the best quality of all aritcles offered for sale. Onr present stock consists aof choice se lection of . ; SUGAR, COFFEE, TEA, BTRUPS, SPICES \ and everything in the grocery line I The best brands of Floor from the Phoenix. Mount Union and other Mills. SUGARS. Pniv riled 18 cU-, White IT ct»., Tel low and Brown wy fine. ' * ial and Black Seas from 85 cts, to 1.50 per lb; COFFEE. iVillitnuport kio, Franklin Mills Rio, Nooptreifßio i EsxeUioi, Dandelion, Essence, Browned Rye. I Spitv* )f all kinds, Chocolate and Cocoa, j ih use, Ground Allom and Dairy Salt. * I Naw B •pan* Flounder, Congress, Natural leaf and 80 i lace Chewing Tobacco, also a good selection of SmAi ng {Tobacco, and Cigars. { ■ { Franklin and Lovering's Sugar House and other Synipa, | Ranch Raisons 30 cts. Seedless Raisons 86 cts , nor lb. [Corn Starch. , | Carbon Oil 65 cts. per gallon. Candle*. ‘ SOAPS Rosin, German, French Castile, American Castile;Baw er’* and other Toilet Soaps. - CRACKERS. \ Cream, Wine, Sugar, Batter, Soda and Water Crackers, j rerina Biscuit. WOODEN AND WILLOW WAK|E, Broome . Hand, Dust, Scrub and Shoe Brushes. ' We would call special attention to oar Boots and Shoes iaa onr stock ia fresh and (elected with gnat care is to qn £ lity .U MANAGERS, f Dec. Z 3, 1863. , EMPORIUM OP FASHION!! Virginia St., Altooaa, Pa. D. W. A. BELFORD, Proprietor. The proprietor of the “emporium OF FASHION” wonld respectfully announce io the public that he haa received a large Invoice of CLOTHS, I CASSIMERES, VESTINGS, aud a general assortment of GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS, Collars, Neck-Ties, Suspenders, Hosiery, Handkerchiefs, Ac., Ac., Ac., exactly salted to this locality and intended for the SPRING AND SUMMER TRADE. The proprietor of the Emporium invites an examina tion of faia stock, feeling confident that his shelves present a greater variety of plain aud fancy goods than can be found elsewhere in the country. An examination will convince any one of this fact. He has also received the LATEST FASHION: and being a perfect “ Gutter,” he has no hesitancy In say ing that he can make ap clothing in the fashion, and in a manner that con not fail to prove satisfactory. It has passed into a proverb that : Btlford's the very man that can make, Clothes in the fashion, strong and cheap; : AH that have ever tried him yet, Say that he really cant be beat. Remember the place, Virginia street, first door above Jaggard’s Hall, Altoona, Pa. [April 17* ’62, Manhood: how Lost, how Restored. Just published, a new edition of DR. CUIi \ JffgJga VEBVPELL’S CELEBRATED ESSAY on >E=SS9§H the radical curs (without mekicine) of SPzrmatoe H<Xl, or seminal Weakness, In volantary Seminal Losses, ImPOTONCT, Mental and : Physi cal incapacity. Impediments t<r Marriage, etc.; alsb, Con sumption, Epilepsy, and Firs, induced by self indulgence or sexual extravagance. ■ 4®- Price, in a sealed erelope.only fi cents. ; Tire celebrated author in this admirable essay pleariy demonstrates, from a thirty yean successful practice, that the alarming consequences of self-abuse may be n&lcally cured without the dangerbus use of Internal medicine dr the application of the knife—pointing out a mode of care, at once simple, certain and effectual, by means of which every sufferer, no matter what his condition nfay be, may euro himself cheaply, privately, and radically. 49* This Lecture should be )in the hands of every youth and every maujp|| the land. Sent under seal, inja plain envelope to any address, post paid, on receipt of six, cents or two post stamps.— Addree the publisher*. v CHAS. J. C. KLINE k 00.. 127 Bowery, New York, Post office bov 4586 Jul» 13,1861. \ W. M. LLOYD & GO., I ALTOONA, PA., JOHNSTON, JACK & GO., BOLLWA TSBUROi PA., BANKERS, (Late “Bell, Johnston, Jack £ Co.”) Drafts on the pbjncipal Cities, and Silver and Gold for mm. Collections made. Moneys received on deposits, payable on demand, without interest, or Upon time, with interest at fitirrates Feb. 3d,1859. ; , Dividend notice. | Office of tk* Aitoos* Oaa A Warm Co, ) Jane 20th, 13®. J The Board of Managers have this day declared: a Bemi Annual dividend ofFOCR PKK CENT, on this Capital Stoca, of the Company, clear of State tax, payable on and after July let, 18M. i . ■ B. jP. ROSE, President. lune 20-st. VTOTICE.—The following regulations JLlv of the Alt*oll4l Gas and Water Company will go into effect today, Jan© 15th: ' All Photographer* having water conveyed to their rooms will be charged |2O per annum. - All Hotels and Saloons hiving fountains, or b|bhcocks at their bars be charged $2O per annum, th* sis* of nozzle and pipe to be in accordance with the regulations of the Company. B.P.EOBE, fifec’y dpTrta*. Je 15-tt : . [ For rent.—a house and lot, situated about two miles from Altoona, wi£h privil ege of fire wood and a portion of the fruit on] the lot, is offered for rent to a small family ' that conies well recommended. Possession given Immediately. Apply at this Office. [May, 18,1864. : RAOSUBAGSI! RAGS!!! ptASR paid for RAGS, at BABY’S V/ MILLINERY BTORK, Virginia fit., Altoona. June, 29,2854-ly. WATER NOTICE.—AII persons hav ing Hydrants and tuing water for Qardenaiwhether by Ho*e or otherwise will; be Merged $3 extra. j B. T, ROSE, St&tiary. Altoona, June 22-tf. A FINE ASSORTMENT OF QVER CO ATS can be found at LADGHiIAN’B FOR SALE- —A valuable lot, situate in Kut Altoona. For farther IsfonaftlloK inquire of Jan* tt, ’84,-tt ■ E. B, McSBCM. FRIES & WILLIAMS. Hardware, &c. The subscribers baring taken charge of the Hirdvm Store and Stove and'Tin Shop recently under the charge of Samuel I. Fries, on Virginia street, opposite Keealer** Drug Store, and baring added largely to their stock are now prepared to supper anything in the Hardware and Cutler; line, such as Handsaws, Axes, Augers, Adaea, ChiseU, Squares, Rule*, Hammers, Plasee, Hinges, Locks, Latches Files, Knives and Forks, Spoons, Ac., alt of which they offers on the moat reasonable terms. Persons wishing anything in the Hardware line art requested to call and examine their stoca. they hare alsoadded Oils, Paints, Carbon OH, etc., to tb*U stock,mid will dispose of all these articles ata small ad vance on first coal. The will also continue the STOVE BUSINESS, and will keep on hand an assortment from whkh fny person will be able toaelect an article to pelase their fcjcy In the line ot * TIN AND SHEET IRONWARE, CEDAR and WILLOW-WARE, they will always hare a large supply,and|wUl makejto order anything that may be called for. Job work in ton line promptly attended to. ROOFING AND SPOUTING pat ap oo shortnotice in the best style. . April 27,1864.-41 FAMILY DYE COLORS Patented October 13th, 1863. Black , Back for Silk, Dark Blot , Light Bluty French Blue Claret Brown , Darklßrown, Light Brown , Suyf Sraurs. Chary, Crimean, Dark Drab . Lip At Drab, Linen Z>rai, LtpAJ Lb ten di For dyeing BUk, Woolen and Mixed Goods, Shawls, Scarf*. Dresses, Ribbons, Gloves, Bonnets, Bats, Feathers, Kid Gloves, Children’s Clothing, and all : kinds of Wearing Apparel. I®* A SAVING OF 80 FEU CENT, “©t ; For 25 cents you can color as many goods as would oth • erwise cost five times that sum. Various shades cau U* produced from the same dye. The process is simple ami any one Pan use the dye with perfect success. Direction* in English, French and German. Int ide of eack package, For further information in Dyeing, and giving a perfect knowledge what colors are best adapted to dye over oth ers, (with many valuable receipes,) purchase Howe A Ste vens Treatise on Dyeing and Coloring. Sent by mail uu receipt of price—lo cents. Manufactured by HOWE k STEVENS, 260 Bboadwat, Bostos For sale by druggists and dealers generally. Nov. 18,1863>~1y. STOVES, TIN AND SHEET-IKON WAKE. The undersigned would RE SPECTFULLY Bounce to the citizens Altoona and vicinity tl he has taken the ate and shop recently occ pled by Fries A Wintei on Annv. street* ;£iut . toon*, where he has hand a large supply . STOVES of all TatUm*, such as Cook, Parlor Office and Shop Stove which be will soil at the most ’reasonably prices. A large aupply will always U kept on hand. TIN AND SHEET-IRON in great variety, always on band; ROOFING & SPOUTING pat up on, shot* notice. He has also attached a copper-smithing room to hia establishment Vpd will beep on hand an assortment of cop per and brass battles, Ac. All kinds of job work promptly attended to. April 21st, 1863,-tf STEPHEN WINTERS Tthe undersigned respect folly inform* the public that be tinue to'keep a BOOT & SHOE STORE, W in the room recently occupied by Roberta and Rutherford. The business, heretofore carried ou by them will, in the future, be' in the name of JOHN U. ROBERTS. He will keep constantly on band a complete assort ment of Boots & Shoes, GAITERS, SLIPPERS, Ac., &c., &c which ho will offer at fair* prices and warrant to be o the best material and manafectnre. Particular attention will bo given to z ' -W OEK, in which he warrants to give entire satisfaction, as be boys thebeefcstock and employs none but the best workmen. Remember tjie old stand, on Virginia Street, one ioor East of Keesters Drag Store. Oct. 10 1862-tt. Stoves, Tin and Sheet Iron Ware SPOUTING-, &C. SRtGG WOULD RESPECT- au, • folly- inform the citizens of Altoona and vicinity that he keeps constantly on band large assortment or Cooking, PtrUrr, Office and y9HB Shop Slovetj of all styles and sizes, to snit the wants of all, ; Which he will sell at low prices, en reason able terms, He also keep* on band a large stock of Tin and Sheet Iran Wart, consisting of all articles lor culinary purpose*— Cbol ScuttUii Stove Pipe, <fc. He has also purchased «the right of sale in Blair county B. Y. JONES’ * IP ROVED SAUSAGE STUFFER. an invention Which needs only to be seen to be apprecia, and should bw possessed by every farmer, butcher or those requiring such a machine. IS* Particular attention paid to patting up SPOUTING either in town or country. Spouting painted and put up on the most reasonable terms. fapril 14,1859-1 y H. FETTINGER’S General News Agency, OAK HALL, No. -X* MAIN STREET SCHOOL BOOKS, BLANK BOOKS, stationery, confectionaries CIGARS & TOBACCO, TOYS AND NOTIONS IN GREAT VARIETY ! CONSTANTLY ON HAND. October 24.J861. Howard association, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Dlseaaes of Hi* Ncrvou*, Semfual, Urinary and S«xnKi System »—n6Vr and reliable treatment—in Reports of the HOWARD ASSOCIATION—sent by mall injealed letter envelope*, free of charge. Address, Dr. J. SKILLIN' HOUQHfOK, Howard Association, No. 2 South Ninth St.. Philadelphia, Pa. [Janl 30 T W-lr. IF YOU WANT GOOD COFFEE, pare Teen, the beet of Chocolate, Byrnp« aod Sagan goto ?- . PRITCnETT. / 'IREAM CRACKERS! A fresh sup ply of these delkiona crackers Just received and for »*«»»* FHITCHBY’S SUPERIOR CREAM CHEESE AT S V PBXTCHBY’S. ALL STYLES CARPETING AND 011-Cl<ith« can be found a LAUGHM AN’S. F RITCHEY’S NEW STORE, corner of Caroline and Virginia BU. ' Great piles of pantaloons far Mba and 80/e.at LAVOBOUS’S JOHN U. ROBERTS gltintt intern*. X.OOAL ITEMS. >jo mper waa issued from this office bit k Cause— of compodtor*. Wo have heen able to «U the places of those who ritooe into the service of Unoie Sam. To the Borough Council of Altoona- Herewith we hand you a stale- wceiots and expenditures of the ,un ° J procuring volunteers to fill tho quota » U “ l,s Previous to the last f MO 000 men. men were recruited Committee, to whom the sum of $18,600 by, ““dd M bounty. Th«f expense, of recruiting *“ *946 86 The receipts were-from aobserip- WCre *i<i 053 «; from Government certificates, • *rr *--«r J won.-, i„ uncollected certificates. lour * c*h ans *&> , ong , number oJ citiae (. There are yet some snh I" o. the parties ref mu, Sf-"* A list Wi« he furnished yon. The fund Z £ hands of the Committee are at the dtsposa rf lhe Council, and wiU be M to any perso, they may designate to receive them. Hespectfully submitted JAMESACiSnY.I Committee JOHN LOUDON, > Altooxa, July 22, IBfit. s**~* »/■ a * j of Aao ° i Bounty Fund Comuutlee. maoKirts From Subscription* .1 . Government Certificates.— Total Kxwwortoires 80.,.,,,»» ««o «K « 7 .i » 205 “ 1,435 ( ;; „89 .. 2do “ - ?.#» ‘ 89 men, V ‘ To B. Knrtx, for board. *” ( » Wood* & McClain, for board.. » “ Jesse Smith, expenses self and tnon, “L. V, Work, “ “ “ Fred Hesser, time and expanse*..... 1J < J. K, Kly, expenses and collections, I- ■ Discount on check. i 1 “ Counterfeit money received... to “ Femi’aß. B. Co., fare........ , •• J. W. Humes, office rent, Ac. *«. “ Jacob Alleman, expense* \ “ John O’Donnell, board....- ■ 1 “ James Cherry, time and 1 8 “ John Dougherty, boaid paid 1 “ John Shoemaker, time and exp’s... 10 “ John Loudon, expenses self k men, 40„ “ James Kearney, “• “ “ 8 “ John Beilly, “ “ » Cash on hand ...$2lO 09 Gov’t Certificates on hand... 225 00 -485 FBuraiunox. —Our people seem disposed awake to a realization of their danger and prepi to repel | the invaders of our State, and prev; them from visiting our town or destroying a portion pf the railroad. The men of the Jnnii Valley can, if they will, prevent the invader* fn ever setting foot npon their soil. The proper ph to stop the invader is at the border and not at < doors. They can be stopped on the border, p Tided every man capable of bearing arms wil) once enroll himself in a military organization t bold himself in readiness to march, on short: tice, to the threatened locality. It is not requi of those thus enrolling themselves that ti leave their daily avocations, but simply that t: be enrolled in companies and select their offici and the officers thus selected report to the offi . ,i«r charge of the district. By so doing, the c < manding officer wil 1 £now upfra whom to call , men will know where to report, and the delay, confusion of forming organizations, when ther no time to be lost, wilt be avoided. Equipmt and subsistence will be furnished to all so enro whenever they are called into service. Should the citizens of all the towns and tot ships effect such organizations there would be difficulty in. calling out a largo force on short tiee, and there would be Ims danger; of invask Five companies are now .being organized in place in accordance with Gen. Conch’s recomm dation, under the following Captains, viz; J M. Clark, R. J. Crozier, A. C. Devlin, And Kipple, Wm. Boy den. Corses Stone Latino. —The religious se ces connected with laying the Comer Stone of German Reformed Church, in Altoona, tookp on last Sunday morning at 10 o'clock. These ces at the foundation were conducted by Rev. Cort, the pastor, according to the form prescr in the provisional Liturgy of the Reformed Chn The “Philharmoic was present sang very beautifully the piece entitled “ V About Zion.” The attendance was quite li and the services interesting. A copy of the Sa< Scriptures, Minutes of the last meeting of Class!* and Synod, witfi which the Church is < nected, with religious periodicals of the denom tion, and the Heidelbnrg Catechism, were dep ted in the Comer Stone. After this the congregation adjourned to Presbyterian Church, where the Rot. H. I h*ugh, J). D., preached a sermon appropriat the occasion, from Ist Tbessalonians, 1: 8-8 ses inclusive. The-Dr. dwelt on the analogy between founding of IheChurchatThes. and the Refot Church in, Altoona. He also showed that qualifications necessary to snowed in sue ■ laudable Undertaking were those commands the Apostle, vix; ‘-Their labor of faith, their 1 of lore and patience of hope." * At the close of the services, a Election wa ken up, amounting to upwards of $llO. ' '.Dr. Gerhart of Lancaster, Rev. Lore of A andrla and Her. ——, of Martinsbiirg, port in the exercises. JQT Inasmuch as there was no paper ii {rum this office last week, we didn’t hare ai portnnity of telling everybody • what .every ought to iknow; so now, open wide yo«r eye read:— Even -nan who enlists in the army •scape ’.be present draft, and ereryman who his groceries and provision* at Fritchey’s wi just wbap he borgains foc, and be sadsfied. $18,052 1,229 19,281 $19,281
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