iriUnme. ALTOONA, PA SATUBPAY, SEPT. 3, 1864. Win order to secure a Carrier during the scboot term, inthia place, we have been compelled to change our publication day from Wednesday to Saturday. —. i, . - Three candidates for the highest office within the gift of the people of the Uni ted Stales, ate now in the field. Each represents a different political dement, and yet a portion of oar people are not satisfied. I t is scarcely posable to suit everybody in a candidate, and then hold an election which will result in giving a majority of the whole to any one of them; and unless the successful aspirant ap proaches a majority pretty closely, his opr ponents take every occasion to publish the feet and make the most of it in the way of thwarting his designs, no matter how laudable they may be. They do this, not always because they think his policy a mistaken one, bn* became he belongs to an opposite party, and their prejudices will not permit the acknowledgment of . anything right or proper from thatqnarter. In reference to the nominee of the first ' convention, held at Cleveland, we have hut little to say* The whole affair was a piece of spite work, designed to have an influence upon the Baltimore convention . which assembled a few days afterwards.— Hailing in this, the feet that the Cleveland convention was held, and that a candidate was nominated, has almost passed out of recollection; at least it is seldom referred to. except in ferns of derision. There are hot few, if any, instances wherein a candidate for Presidential nom ination received the same with so much unanimity as did the nominee of the Balti more convention. Long ere the assembling of the convention the voice of the party had indicated him as the standard bearer in the present contest. This unanimity, considering the position which he occu pied—one wherein it is impossible to sat isfy all the Hungry office seekers, who care for self only —has added materially to his prospects. His policy is known, and we need not allude to it. Whatever may be our opinions—and they are not secret —in reference to’the conduct of the-war, we would prefer leaving the administration in hfe hands, rather than give it to another who might wield it for the benefit of a fanatical party, or might agree to the set tlement of fee war on terms in the least humiliating : or. any other basis than that of the Union. It is better to let well enough alone. Whether the evils com ' plained of exist or not, it would be better to endure'them for a. time than to fly to others that we knuw not of. In the nominee, of the Chicago conven tion, we findthe man who, for two years past, has been the announced candidate of that party. In the platforms adopted by the Baltimore and Chicago conventions —published in another dis cover a wide: difference, but when we fake the as they have spoken and acted, in refenee to the present straggle with the minions of slavery, we can find hot tittle dissimilarity. They differ some what in the conne to be pursued, but they arive at the same conclusion —the suppres sion of the rebellion , by force, and the res toration of the Unipn. There are many men who go with their party, regardless cff consequences. They condemn to-day, in the policy of an op ponent, what they will land to-morrow, if it be the act of a member of their par ty. Blind prejudice rules them, and they never stop to reason. In this way they are led by their leaders, and they may al ways be calculated upon on election day. They scorn the name of “ turn coat,” be- Hering it to imply* instability, while in they prove their weakness by their Hulun to reason. . They may not be aide to refute the arguments o£an opponent, yet they will not admit then, because he does not belong to their party. One par ty is no more to blame than another in i, j „ _ . _ Darnt SOS VotcsTKEßS—Fall in: To good tins respect, . ways and habits, which will be likely 1° conduce . _ . . jto roar benefit. Attention: To yonr own bnsi- Taking the recent speeches, of tne Chi- neTer mind other people’s. Bight face: CtSp nominee as an index of his course in 1 Manfully do yonr doty, and don't faegtad ofsjpetty , . ... J. „.i „„ excuse for shirking it. Quick march: From eoodneting the war, we cannot find where- , tempuuion w doTffythingwhich is mean or un jn be would wary from the course now be- i manly- Halt: When conscience tells yon that . _ L- . . , XT- . yon sro sot doing as yon would like to he done ing pursued, were he to be elected. He aboqTfacerFrom dishonesty and fitlse ■dgbt withdraw the Em aneipatioa Proc- hood. Present arms;, Cheerfully, when yonr wife i-*-. KS*h tUtnUoa of slavery. That abomination tarfyodij advancement in the world. kdeath—itapoliticalpownt Haem tamheiL The Beren-Thirtiaa—What an they f Knowingthe strength of the rebellion and Wetronthote of oar readers the reqmiements of the anajr, more . here pondered the Appeal of Mr. Fessenden, oar then liltely that his fire! net wootd be to »w Swaoy of the Treanjnr. The porport of it call for raoK men and means to pint down “ *•* Peo t* ! "f the UniiedStates, acting u the rebellion in the only war, at be am vs, it j * *?**, * i T m * ** ** aa ' GoTerMMU wifh ; *v "F dare Cor three jaw, at aeren and three-teaths per cent animal ioterat, pajabkererr six months. Fv»r 'From the War. The Army of the Potomac mill main- «doned % «r«r man in the j tains its hold upon the W tMan Ttailwiad coontt -- The *>“ “ w “«* d for a great nationaj/j and appears to be now immoreably fixed ( ’T*’ •«*“»«* wwy.taa, nnie« he b/a | .tTVi ■» ' ; traitor at hem if not m act, is soiemlr pledged, m that locality. In eonseqnenoe the robs Appeal k adores*! not merely to a few ! are compelled to wagon their supplies a | great capitals,bat also to the many whose ag-! good portion of the road between Rich- KRgate mean* constitute the maw of the wealth of | mood and Petersburg- Besides hfing m . j-th? h«d. The notes upon which this loan is | handy it is rather dangerous, thus the i * SO T™*' Er ” 7 ““ who i xit r D-.u , . , , r , has fifty doßare can take pm in this loan. Apart £aU of Richmond is slowly but surely ap- j fattio6su ** dmy which P ro * c * j their country, no investment is so deniable as Early has taken the hack track again through the Sbennandoafa Valley, under orders from Lee, it is believed, to return to Richmond. Sheridan is arranging his forces at Charlestown, in order that be may hare no more retreats to make. He is being reinforced. At Atlanta Kilpatrick has made a cav alry raid completely around that dace and the rebel arniy. He was gone feL days. He did immense damage to the en emy’s lines of communication. ■ Farragnt is closing in upon Mobile.— Fort Morgan has surrendered to him and the rebels themselves despair of holding the city. The Last’s Feiexd, foe Septhcber.— A touching steel engraving, called “ The Blind Piper.” opens the September num ber of JAe Lady’s Friend. This is follow ed by the usual double steel Fashion Plate, richly colored. By the Way, we note that one of the ladies in the plate is wearing the Bnssion boot, with high heel, now so popular in Paris. Then follows the usual numerous engravings of ladies’ and child ren's fashions, which so delight the fairer portion of creation, and ofiep so puzzle us gentlemen. The music of this number is, “Who Speaks First?” a gallop. The lit erary contributions areas varied and in teresting as usual—including “One of Many,” by Aunt Annie i “ A Spinster's Story 5” “Cousin Winifred:” “ Pouline’s Vision;” “First and Last;” “Letty Hague:” “The Transformed Village,” (winch we now see is by Mrs Henry Wood): “My Blind Hero:” “ Shadow and Sun light,” &c. Of course there is the usaal Work Table, Editor’s Department, Re cipes, etc. Price $2.00 a year; twenty cents, a .single number. Address Deacon & Peterson, 319 Wal nut Street, Philadelphia. How They Will Do It.—-The Atlanta (Rebel) Register, of a recent date, contains the following sweet morsel for the uncon ditional peace men of the North. “We can gain nothing by denouncing them (the Northern peace' men.) *We may lose much by presenting a hostile front to their peace move ments. ; Live Kith them under the eami Govern ment, tee never trill. Bat in the mean while, if they tetU use the ballot box against Hr. Lincoln while we use the cartridge box, each teili be a hei fer to the other, and both co-openue.in accom plishing the greatest work which the conn try and this continent have witnessed.’’ The “ greatest work” here refered to, is the dissolution of the Union. Are the people of the loyal States ready to enter upon this “greatest work.” AH who know enough to entitle their words to consideratin are well aware that peace secured by acknowledging the Southern Conferacy would only be the beginning of the strife. Ko man who is loyal to the Union desires peace on such terms. ‘ff The Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer states .that re ports place Pennsylvania in the lead as to the number of recruits raised nhder the last call. ;-A Peace Speech.— J- H. Woodward, a young , man, resident of this State, and at one time Adju tant of an Indiana regiment, was called oat at a recent peace meeting, and responded as follows ; GaUieuat .- The great cry that 1 haveheard to- ; day has been peace, peace. . I tell yon that there is not a man in the nation who desires peace more than I do; a permanent, lasting peace. [Cheers.] | And, gentlemen, 1 will tell you how we will get it. light this war out. Take .very negro in the rebel States, and exterminate event d...,..d rebel, no matter where you find him. [[uses.] Gentle- : men, you need not try to hiss me down; for 1 am i an old soldier, and have faced as mean it looking i Crown as is now before me. I mean the thieves i and bushwhackers of Tennessee. I knew that I ; was called upon to make a speech oat of derision, : and I intend to tell you what I think of you. When God said be would save Sodom if ten i righteous men could be found there, I’have no j doubt hh would have done U; and, to-day, if you J all stood upon the brink of bell, and he were to | say that he would save yon if one loyal man could be found among yon, 1 have not the least doubt but there would be a great many strange face* in , hell for supper. Gentlemen, when you wish to bear from me \ again, you have only to call upon m e - Is™ al ways at home. this they offer Traanny Notes? —that is, in reality, thk. Ii is secure. Every dollar of every man’s prop erty is pledged for the punctual payment of the Interest, and of the debt when doe. The security is increasing in value. For some years before the l*ar we were earning 1000 millions a year more than we spent. Daring the three years of the war, owing to the high prices and constant demand j few labor, we have earned more than ever before. I No man who could or would work has been idle : j and, except for the war, wc hafe spent less than ! before. The total valuation of the United Slates, i according to the census of 1860, was 516,159.- 000,000, of which $10,95",448,966 was in the Loyal States. This valuation, according to the usual role of assessment, was not more than two thirds of the actual cash value of the property, — The increase of property in the Loyal States during the last ten years was over 126 per cent.. or an average of 12 6-10 per cent, per annum.— In three years of the war we of the United States have certainly earned 3000 millions more than we have spent apart from the war. The cost of the war may be set down at 2000 millions. Deduc ting this from our net earnings, the People who are security for this loan are 1000 millions richer j to day than they were when the war broke oal. No other investment can be so easily convertible. I The man who has a Treasury note for £5O. or | $lOO, or $lOOO, can turn it into money more rea j dily, and upon better terms, than if it were in | vested upon bond and mortgage, or in railroad stocks. The interest offered is higher than can be reali zed from any other sale and convertible invest ment. It is, moreover, readily collectable when doe. To each note are affixed five "coupons." or interest tickets, due at the end of each successive half-year. The holder of a note has simpiv to cnt off one these coupons, present it at the nearest bank or Government Agency, and receive his in terest ; the note itself need not he presented at all. Or a coupon thus payable will everywhere be equi valent, when dne, to money. Thus, while this loan presents great advantages to large capitalists, it offers special inducements to those who wish to make a safe an- 1 profitable in vestment of auall saving. It is in every way the best Savings'Bank; for every institution of this kind must somehow invest its deposits profitable in order to pay interest and exjences. Tfaev will invest largely in this loan, as the best investment. But from the gross interest which they receive they most deduct largely for the expenses of the Bank. Their nsnal rate of interest allowed to dt _ "s posters ts o per cent, upon sums over $5OO. The person who invests directly with Government will recieve almost 50 per cent. more. Thus the man who deposits* $lOOO in a private Savings' Bank receives 50 dollars a year interest; if he deposits the same snm in this National Savings' Bank he receives 73 dollars. For those who wish to find a safe, convenient, and profitable means of investing the surplus earnings which they have reserved for their (fid age or for the benefit of their children, there is nothing which presents so many advan tages as this National Loan. It is convertible into a six per cent, gold-bear ing bond. At the expiration of three years a hold er of the notes of the 7.30 loan has the option of accepting payment in full, or of funding his notes In a six per cent, gold interest bond, the principal payable in not less than five nor more than twenty years from its date as the Government may elect. For six months pest, these bonds have ranged at an average premium of about eight per cent, in the Nejv i'ork market, and have sold at 109 to day (Ang. 12), thus making the real rate of inter est over ten per cent. ;■ and besides, to made the inducement even greater. Congress by special act exempts its Treasury notes from stare and muni cipal taxation, Could Shylock ask more ? Was patriotism ever so liberally rewarded ?— Harper's Magazine, Bebel Appeeciatios or Stjcpthizees. —The Washington Star says that Mr. C. W. Thomp son, formerly of the Metropolitan Police, who is now managing a farm about fourteen miles out on the Seventh street road, was under the especial attention of rebel officers daring the recent rebel invasion, and had a fair opportunity of judging of their appreciation of sympathizers. His first in troduction to them was in his corn house, where be was surprised hy four of the rebels. They com plimented hb'corn, but took only six bushels They asked him how he stood" ,l on the goose ?" and he told them he was an “out and out Union man, for the Union forever.’ - The chief of the party remarked “ you are the first upright man we have met, and shall be paid as far as we can nay you." They then gave him a dollar greenback— a rather cheap price. The officer visited him fre quently, and took his horse and a colored man, but before they , retreated sent back bis horse and servant. They told him that whenr ever they met a man who came crying and plea ding sympathy they took his horses and cattle and poultry, for they knew him to be a d—d sneak, especially when he shouted and cheered for Jeff - . Davis A Tijx ‘■Yans."— It would hardly do to tell the following story to the marines, bat the Belfast Age gravely relates it as a feet: “Calvin Aldus, I a soldier of the 7th Maine, while advancing on the I rebel fortifications near Petersburg, received no Jess than fifteen ballets through his clothes without having « scratch. As he mounted the breastworks a ball struck his skull, and glancing off left him senseless on the ground. Wbije lying there, n > less than four charges, back and forth, were made over his body. Coming to his senses, and the rebels seeing him move, they put several balls into rations parts of his body, and to finish him, bit bint o» the bead with » musket. Every one sup posing him dead, he lav for some boors, but finally reviving, was sent to the bospitj and brought to Augusta, from which place he made his escape, and got as far as Baltimore on the way to the front again, when a surgeon seeing - his unfit condition, sent him back.” Calvin must not only be bnllet I '’proof, but have one of the hardest beads on record, i Party Platforms. PLATFORM OF THE CLEVELAND CON VENTION. The following declarations were made'by the Coocenlion which nominated Fremont and Coch rane, at Cleveland, May 25, 1864: First. The Federal Union dial! be preserved. Second. The Constitution and laws of the United States most be observed and obeyed. Third. The Rebellion most be suppressed by force of arms, and without compromise. Fourth. The rights of free speech, free press, and the habeas corpus most be inviolate, save in districts where martial law has been proclaimed Fifth- The Rebellion has destroyed slavery, dad the Federal Constitution should be amended to prohibit us re-establish men L, and secure to tall men absolute equality before the law. Sixth. Integrity and economy are demanded at all tunes in the administration'of the Government, and in time of war the want of them is criminal. Seventh. The right of asylum, except for crime, and subject to law,'is a recognized principle of American liberty ; any violation of it cannot be overlooked and most not go unrebuked. Eighth. The National policy known as the “Monroe doctrine" has become a recognized prin ciple, and the establishment of an anti-republican Government on this continent by any foreign power cannot be tolerated. Ninth. The gratitude and support of the nation are due to the faithful soldiers and the earnest leaders of the Union at my and navy for their he roic achievements and deathless valor in defense of our imperiled country and civil liberty. Tenth. The one term policy for the Presidency, adopted by the people, is strengthened by the force of (he existing crisis, and should be upheld bv Constitutional amendments. > Eleventh. The Constitution should be so amend ed lhat the President and Vice President shall be elected by a direct vote of the people. Twelfth. The question of the reconstruction of the Rebellious States belongs to the people, through their representatives in Congress, and not to the Executive. Thirteenth. That the confiscation of the lands ot' Rebels, and their distribution among the sol diers and actual settlers, is a measure of justice. PLATFORM OF THE NATIONAL UNION CONVENTION. The following are the resolutions apopted by tbe Convention which nominated Lincoln aqd John son, at Baltimore, June 9th, 1864; Reach ed, That the highest doty of ereiy Amer ican citizen to maintain against all their enemies the integrity of the Union, and the paramoont au thority of the Constitution and laws of the United States ; and that, lying aside ail differences and political opinions, we pledge ourselves as Union men. animated by a common sentiment and aim ing at a common object, to do everything in our power to aid the Government in quelling bv force ot anas the rebellion now raging against its an thority, and in bringing to the punishment due to their crimes the Rebels and traitors arrived against it. Resolved, That we approve the determ ipaiion of the Government of the United States not to com promise with Rebels, or to offer any terms of peace except such as may be based upon an “uncondi tional surrender’ ot their hostility and a Return to their just alleigance to the Constitution and laws of the United States, and that we call upon the Government to maintain :his position and to pros ecute the war with the utmost possible vigor to the complete suppression of the Rebellion, in fall reliance upon the self-sacrihce. the patriotism, the heroic volor, and the undying devotion of the American people to their country and iis free in siiiions. j Resolved, That as slavery was the cause, and j now constitutes the strength of this Rebellion, and j as it must be always and even where hostile to the j principles of republican government, justice and the National safety demand ns utter and complete extirpation trom the soil oi the republic, and that we uphold and maintain the' act- and proclama tions by which the Government, in its ow n de fense, has aimed a death blow at this gigantic evil. We ate in favor, furthermore, of such an amend ment to the Constitution, to be made bv the peo ! pie in coniormity with its provisions, as shall ter | minate and rorever prohibit the existence of sla j very within me limits of the jurisdiction of the ■ United Stale-. | Resolved, 1 hat the thanks ot the American pecw | pie are due to the soldiers and sailors of the army and navy, who have periled their lives in defense of their country, and in vindication of the honor of the dag; that the Nation owes to them some permanent recognition of their patrio tism and valor, and ample and permanent provi sion for those of their survivors who have! received disabling and honorable wounds in the service of the country ; and that the memories of iho-e who have fallen in its defense shall be held in grateful and everlasting remembrance. Resolved, That we approve and applaud the practical wisdom, the unselfish patriotism and un wavering fidelity to the Constitution and the principles of liberty, with which Abraham; Lincoln has discharged, under circumstances of tjnparrel leled difficulty, the great duties and responsibili ties of the presidential office; that we approve and endbrse, as demanded by the emergence and essential to the preservation of the nation, and as within tlic Constitution, the measures and acts which he has adopted to defend the nation against its open and secret foes; that we approve especially the proclamations of emancipation, and the employ ment as Union soldietsof men heretofore held "in slavery; and (hat we have full confidence in his determination to carry these and other constiln tianol measures essential to the salvation of the country into full and completeeffect. Resolved, That we deem it essential to the gen eral welfare that harmony should prevail in the national councils, and we regard as worthy of public confidence and official trust those only "who cordially indorse the principles proclaimed in these resolutions, and which should characterize the ad ministration of the Government. Resolved, That the Government owes to all men employed in its armies,jyithoat regard to distinc tion or color, the full protection of the laws of war, and that any violation of these laws or of the usa ges of civilized nations in the time of war by the Rebels now ip anq-S should be made the subject of full and prompt redress Resolved, That the foreign emigration which in the past has added so much to the wealth and de velopment of resources and increase of power to the nation, the asylum of the oppressed of all na tions, should be fostered and encouraged by a liberal and just policy. Resolved, That we are in favor of a speedy con struction of the railroad to the Pacific. Resolved, That dhe national faith pledged for the redemption of the public debt mnst be kept inviolate, and that for this purpose we recommend economy and rigid responsibility in the public ex penditures, and a vigorons and just system of tax ation ; that it is the duty of any loyal State to sus tain the credit and promote the use of the national corrency. Resolad, That we approve the position taken by the Government that the people of the United States never regarded with indifference the attempt of any European power to overthrow hr force, or to supplant by fraud, the institutions of any re publican Government on the western continent, and that they view with extreme jealonsv, ns men acing to the peace and independence of this onr country, the efforts of any such power td obtain new footholds for monarchial governments, sus tained by a foreign mpitaty force in near proxim ity to the United Stases. PLATFORM OF THE NATIONAL PEMO CBATIC CONVENTION. K j The resolutions adopted by the Conventio a which nominated McClellan and Pendleton at C bieago, on the 31st of August. 1864, are as follows : • Jiaohtd, That in the fmore, as in the | ast, we will adhere with unswerving fidelity to the Union i under the Constitution as the only solid fonsda- lion of onr strength, sreurity and happiness aa;a I* IIHIHIHMMI peopic, and as a framework of government eqaally .- : - «-- ■*__ . conducive to the welfare and prosperity of all the . irsWi v* Stales, both Northern and Somhert , i ?* h ' Boohed, Tk* this cotrrentkm does exp&idy ton relnlim rf md.vtd declare as the more of the Amencm. people that -» *?* fn< " after foor rears of More to rewore theUtomi I * *?”** tm P uL *”?■ *rT e< Lj° M I " ,, ‘ ,:h . wtl » - the experiment of nr, during which, »nder the ■* ** pretense of a milttary «c£s,tv or war P°-« adartres to. hare Ibehmomd wtthont Intw> higher than the Cogitation, the Coorfitutico Srnwt t .tnriws are of eoomderable ,n.e itself has been discarded in every put, and paWic BichmPnd there a <me dung that can libertr and private right alike trtxidea down, mad hydfr **y, ?* ?”** observation, the materialprosperity of the eoamttyimwiriaßy i The people fear Got. Grant. When* nannoanced impaired,JustioeThnaLuty, Hberty2d the pnbße that he b moving on ****£*** : welfare demand; that imaiediate 'cdbrtt be made tntantlr aammm asenomtone IV cfatmthr, ♦ for a cessation of hostilities with a view to an id- , are thronged and the tbeaDns deatrwdL Pobk ; dmate ,-onrentioa ofafl the Stales. or other pence- ; —mj Wenti ateoa «*■ co ? Uflo * 1 °nttl • alle means, to the end that, at toe endfeat prsc- theory is deameel safe man eytae far the tune. 1 ticable moment, pence may be restored on the ha- : »hen the old b»itf agnn j-si»*Ja. Fainea, fere*, sis of ti« Federal Unk*. of toe Stiles. ; and theatres consaae the time of the people. Boohed, That the direct interference of the ; and rehgMO —«eo aa itcanfaeftrend at the Soutl miliurv authority of the United Sttw * Ao n~ J —» °f cent elections held in Kentacfcv, Maryland, life-! ehorefae. beragdenerted far frrretonawcwatwß. soon and Delaware waa a violatsonof f As has been already itawd, the popnlar appre the Constitution, and a repetition of sach acta m i emtiosj of Grant reeogntaeshwf miilsai wai, grai the approaching election will be held as revolts-i *l» of propone, and marreUoaa command of re tioosrv, and resfated with »I$ the mesM «ad power, j *weeE. Heeee» wkb an yt apnaaq ty h? under our control. ' trha dead, them wan n giant and yrenljahilalloa j Boohed, That the aim and object of the Dear- t h Keheoed, nad eonseqaw* dcpe—on as the ocratlc parts Ulo preaerre the Federal Union and [ tnah became known. It a bsßeved byto* rebel, the rights of the Stales unimpaired, and they here- j that Gtare tmwrethr antaguatst of thor pc,: by declare that they consider the administrative eat General, Hubert E. Ire Tat piiureof all ar nsnrpation of extraordinary and dangerous jwwers treies are enonzaooi; fedfea uppers, |lWpw fair: nor granted by the Constitution; the subversion dries bbaacta, $5OO each. The neeeeaaaes of life of the civil by military law in States not in i&ssi- ■re sold at rates proportionate to the a>Powuig : rection; the arbitrary military arrest, imprison- Brow* sugar, $lB per pound; ran *<ysr. from ment, trial and sentence of American ciriaens in sB® to P° p««d. A welt furnished table. States where civil law exists in full force; the it wiß; be_ seen, com something in Secenua, if suppression of freedom of speech and of the press; ; bought, with Confederate scrip. I the decial of the right of asylum; the open and | avowed disregard of State rights; the employment lof unusual test oaths, and the interference with | and denial of the right of the people to beer arms, . j as calculated to prevent a restorattoo of the Union I and the perpetuation of a Government deriving its I just powers from the consent of the governed. Boohed, That the shameful disregard of the Administration in its duty in respect to oar fel low-citirens who now and’ long have been prison ers of war in a: suffering condition, deserves the severest reprobation on toe score alike of public and common humanity. Boobed, That toe sympathy of the Democratic | pony is heartily and earnestly extended to toe ! soldiery of onr tinny who are and have been in toe field, under toe flag of onr country, and, in the event of our attaining toe power, toes will receive ail the care, projection, regard and kindness that the brave soldiers of toe republic so nobly earned. A Decided Babel Bepolse. To congratulate oar readers every morning, says the Richmond Sxamiatr, of August 23, upon some brilliant success of the Confederate arms would be, indeed, delightful, althongh monotonous. Unhappily, each is not oar privilege to-day. Die fighting on Suoday aontb of Petersburg has gone against us, and the possession of the Weldon Rail road yet remains undecided. It was perfectly ev ident, for some time past, that Gen. Grant met make some extraordinary effort to break out of his present most fetal and most <Hmnl position. Ac cordingly he put his troops in movement fee other duy with the utmost activity, both by the right and Iclt dank. .Ou his right, if successful in de feating fee forces opposed to him, he might have advanced up to the fortifications of Richmond.— On the left, if be could break through the line of the Weldon Railroad, be could mafcg some further progress in isolating Petersburg, could stretch out his band towards the Sooth side of Danville roads, and begin really to interfere with the communica tion of Richmond with the South. It was known that although Grant had sent ofi considerable forces for the immediate defence of Washington, he still bad a large army in front erf Petersburg: and plainly he could not let it lie idle, rotting in the low grounds of fee Appomattox and Jan.es rivers. His plans are now revealed, and all the energies and all fee gallantly of the army under Lee and Beauregard will not be too much to beat back bis hold movement to the south of Petersburg. Die main body of Grant's whole army is now on or near the Weldon Railroad.- Their centre rests upon feat road, about three miles from the city, and fee left stretches west ward to fee "Vaughan road,* 1 which is, we presume, the wagon road lately used to make fee connec tion with the interrupted line of fee Weldon and Wilmington. Around this position, says a Petersburg paper, works of great strength have sprang up like magic, armed wife heavy guns, and guarding every ap proach. Warner’s corps has been reinforce! by Hancock's and Burnside's, and fee enemy’s work* on that side are now occupied by 30,000 men.— On Sunday a portion cf our troops was thrown against this strong position,.but not in such force as to effect the main object of driving the enemy completely out of their works. We have met with a repulse, and have lost some distinguished nKrm and many brave men ; bnl the affair is not ova'. Grant's designs are now apparent, hot be has vigilant and able adversaries, and a Confederate army in bis front unused to see Yankees stand firm before them. Grant's new fortifications and their defenders must be stannch indeed if they can hold that position against Lee and Beauregard. It would be foolish to deny or disguise our npttlse of Saturday, but fee end is not yet. The Last of Poor Poland. London, August 13.—The last of Poland for this' generation probably, as I wrote in my last, has been strangled on fee glasis of Warsaw. I see no use in writing the names of the five lead ers selected by the Russian miliary authorities for death, while their followers, by tens of thousands, have teen transported to Siberia. I cannot spell them, and'not one in a thousand of my readers could pronounce them. ' The revolt is over ut terly crushed oat. The feeling ia France is verv strong and deep about it, and the blame, as nsoai, is laid on England. The Emperor was readvto fight for Poland. England refused to do so. The Emperor wanted a compromise to save Poland.— England refosed-fej enter the conference. When England wanted Tiejp to save Denmark, France bad the satisfaction of refusing, and France mav also have the farther satisfaction of refusing a similar aid to save Canada. Bat the feeling fe France and all over Europe against England is not a pleasant one for Englishmen to think about. Ax Awkward PnjoatA.— Three years ! one of the married residents of the Nineteenth Ward entered a Philadelphia regiment and left for the seat of war, from where be communicated freely with his wife. In about six months his let j ,era ceased mid he was reported dead. Hia com i panv officers also reported the&ct of his death to ! “ e War Department, and in due course of time hw wife drew hia arrearages and pay. Time rofi en around, and the widow received the address of ; Another man. About six months ago the two were married, and have been firing happily to ’ ee*« «nce. This Week their happiness was con sideraWy maned, and the wife found herself in a I very embarrassing situation. One day her for mer hatband walked into his former home, a 1 r"? ng ’ l , he tL*l m “-, woaum has noTtVo i lor.ru husbands, and how the matter is to be set ' tied we hare not heard.— paper. Chax.se of Fashion.— Late Paris mennon a general vanishing away airidfeanoMr ance of bonnets. Birds, boughs of treesTfciHwfo gardens, all, all gone! In April ever? lady wore th f folU « e ’ the fraiC th | ng r ,°f , an “l«nd in the Pacific. In Junethe I °"*f ! l ed °P en » glass explore* the brilliant crowd ln rain fo find one vestage of a bonnet. J 1 *® , bo s ne * has retreated to the extreme rear *lt riBht wiags of Totmiit Cansisaia.— On Taeaiar of lw week ff Patterson, New Jersey, S—« J. Long, a girl of thirteen, and her attfapi iiae, wad a bide giri of two jean who waa playing in the unset by her Bother's nsddewee, took her into the woods, tripped her of her clothing aad threw her into a; well. The Lot« girls were children of ren poor dad drunken parents, aad their object in kid nappiag the ehiJd waa to get the..; doduag for s aster Of theirs about the came aga. Bot they did not know what to do with the child after they b*l lakenthe clothing, aad so they wrapped it ap in a drawl aad threw it down the jrelL respondent, writing from Adaawri Paragon gee:, says that the ram Teaeemee wimadered became her Admiral was wounded. She eonld hare made a long fight had not the men bean to dispirited by Us lota. Her tern waa so jammed by the same shot that woomded Bnrhaaaa that the gnaconld not be rah oat, bat she still bed fire heavy Brookes' rifles to use. Her stem and sides were very much battened by our shot. Bat one bad penetrated her —this sns a 15,ipch solid shot from the Manhat tan, the /only shot of that axe that strnek her.— The battle was finidted three horn? and a quarter from its commencement. A DMINISTKATOES NOTICE.—Let ■LM- ton of edmuiiarratlon kinfig born |miW to tbi mdereimed-edmlnletnlor af«n mJ.miA.iio. ri.n. udcndittvUdi wen of BUea Hickey, Uto of Altocco, ii. the ooaatj of Blair, and Stole of Penney Iranie. deceased. All perrone Indebted .to eoid estate ore reqneatedto pet the wu, mad all penoaa harlot daton or deKan-it *t»M tbs eetato of the mal decedent are reqanted t Bake known the eame to the vadendaaed withowt delat NICHOLAS BICKKT. of KBeo Hickey, deceased. Altoen*, Julj, 30,1564. XTOTICE.—The following regulations of the AlteoesOse sad Wster Compear will gg Inu, effect to-day, 3 one 15th: AU Photographers hariag va‘«r-coorej*d to their ixxxb* ’ will be charged $3O per eoatuoa. AU Hoteb *o4 SeJnone baring fcwUim. or UUicuch* it their ben will be charged $3O per lanus, the iim of oczxle end pipe u- b- in tcconkm vstk the of the Company. B, P. ROSE, Sec’s 4 Trms. j« 15*t 4 D3IINISTRATORS NOTICE—No tice m hereby Hat Letters of AdmiaistrstioL oin Um Mtite of JftßM Sckkn, tate of AUocnu Mteir dec'd-, lut« been gnut«d to the wndenigaed naidtef u afonaaid. AU penooe kaowiag Thera* Itw fahtted to «w reqaaeted to aaka iraraedief pay—at, >d4 U»pae baring cUiraa will pcreeot the mm wj ■nthrnti ceted <br eetUemenL CATHAEIKX X. July 22,156t-?L ithnaMw. 1864 SPRING 1864. CIRCULAR. T take pleasure in issuing thi« my Spring AatoMtlamßt, through wbkblwaUl intern my Mbs* •oithtpMSc nmlljiWlten last mmßrd free tb* XHt vhcM I hu* pvdaaad • bMh Kacfc of HATS AND CAPS of tba L*>*K Styles, tad *• to quality, colar aad pric. ,-ai. not fMUoptMM alt daana. I hata abo bought u Ira—■ atocb of BOOTS AND SHOES, the of which an city Bate and will b« gwu tMd. My wortMUof India’sad Chlldma’gboM b «qMt,tllofiUch,l ■■ bow rtTinlas vaadsoa wholwats prieea. Tlw pabtlc wm bo greatly baaeStod by siring this tb*b oUMitloa udaUuil mnlM my rtoek, ai IM »nB - I can phaar all. JAMBS & MASK* Mate etreet, Attonn, Pa CITY DRUG STORE. DH. E. H. REIGABT would respect fbll; annoßßco to tbo citizaiw of Altoona sad w rouadisg country, that bo baa neoatly parchaard t!» Drag atoro of Bwlla A Co, on Virginia Strast, oppodu frwr BiifßiwHtef. His Drufijs are Fresh and Pore. by strict attention to basiatm, to wt:> GUI and axaadtoahiaMock. Hafaaaooastaß«iyoc>bac.i. DRUGS, MEDICINES and CHEMICALS, font TOILXT SOAPS, PXRTCMXRT, BMXTSBI' GLASS, PETIT, PAINTS, OILS, rjagTorrt CARBON OIL AND LAMPS, NOTIONS, CIGARS, ««d «*nr art** , PURE WINES AND LIQUORS 6* vssdtrtnal Baa. pomanc okaps wtsb-pcrs_waaaa>tsi. PHYSICIANS' PRRSCXIPTIONS ‘'SKSSTSJt&J* *“ h ~” of ***” ■*' HARDWARE! BSBsBSP S™? LES J - MANN. I IN FOREIGN AND Pu JLJ mbbxic Hurnrui, WOODEN WABA,BKOOMB, S WINDOW SHAHS, DOOK MATS CPHOUTKUXQ GOODS. SHOE TODDifIS, corns IRDMCU' XOlUng’ TOOLS, BIRD CAGES ASD WIB« GOODS, WINDOW ftkASK POTTT, WHIT* tup, 40, *C. -.S *1?? ■tMeriptioo of Gold, in H»«« *Ulb» hr ■<**“. «ad it la» rmte* far prie “-*"*** MK,<n "* ' oddw Cn **“” MUSIC!— INSTRUCTIONS GI V EN „°P, Ptoo-Port* ud V*kxfeo*. by Kim U »AK*». Twin, >lO per qurter. So ctarf« *>' BwMHmniCnWiiMSaMi. wntAJloooa. ■ fj»n.l«, JUST RECEIVED—A Lot of Prime CIGARS—»t Jml U, •*».] ITKLMBOLD'S GENUINE BUCfIT Brakes PlaaUUm DUm. at _ ». my üßslvrs pfta»“" MEN AND BOYS’ COATS, of every Stjlswdcotor.ofpvxt 4<^ttr^» caHS(AS , s XSXOASfS Bra* Stow JUtoaita M tocAL xte: To the o* Altoosx.—The nr[ -»j from the Worsen 1 * Peuftt Beau U. S. Satdtnry Commission. should be n *i once. It >* nnneeeemry, m this co u> urge this matter. Our Udies always with liberality to the calls foraW In this Mae thi» instance be no exception. T 1 *t , ’r the. articles asked for, is well known, once. Too, ladles, may have wade it for use, but will not the knowledge that the von sent to the Sanitary Commission.* i,* „f a soldier, add to the Barer of theh vo<* resene. Certainly it wilt Bead Ik Usnsa Mans Hun**** Ojamssroi, Pfrt iMLMii. AngaatSd. T n tkt Aid Sod»iit*<md ImUruM* Co * I to Me Women'* Paai'a BrOaeA. The need of Blackberry Brandy, for „«r military hospitals, i* great and immed are losing lives valnable to home andit •or the want of this remedial agent. W all our Aid Societies to exert, themselve atmoat in meeting this demand. It wi to invest a part of their foods, if o o6 *"** preparation of this articles. We append ihatnoone maybe at a loss as totbe oreparingit. What U done must be don belay brings death, derela-es home*, we trmv’s stength. ... Old linen and muslin and bandage* needed in large with wounded men aresrfbnng foreran Act promptly; send largely to the office o im.T Commission. ISOT ChesUmt Street , MARIA C. GBU Cheirtaa* A Kkcopb.—To one gallon of Btackba a.ld four pound* of white sugar. Boil, U. Then add one ounce of ground c ounce of ground clnamon, ten grated T*t Boil' again. When cool, add one qua whiskev. * Oown ON Intkblofwu.— The repre fr>m several borough* and towreihipa it mot, who aw in attendance at the Prot »hal’« Office, in HolMdaysborg. for the j paying bounty to volunteers to fill thei came to the conclusion, at the opening muling business, that they wonkl not be with by interlopers and bounty sharks I' districts, and when such characters have thev have been quickly sent adrift wi Urge flea in their eat. l A* .soom as t known to be about they were waited npo length of their stay iu town assigned— hot being Over ten minutes.. One of ih< appealed to Capt. Lloyd, Provost Mi protection, and was informed that the 1 as. much business in his office as he con to, and if the former got into a scrape have to help himself out of it. The lie keep ont of a scrape was to get out of tor adopted that plan. / lupoaTAirr, in . Harrisb graph of Monday gives the following speci from Washington: “It is understood ti after mature reflection Provost Marshi Pry has concluded to reverse a former < relation to the $3OO commutation paid who were drafted during the last const The deceslon shortly to bej promulgate empt alt those who paid the commntatk hundred dollars for three years. This portant decision, slike just in its cbnract flueutial k its tendency.” The above • what it is worth, but in case it should rect, it might be pertinent to enquire win men who paid $3OO commutation on tin and have since put iu a substitute to g the impending draft, will get their raon There are hundreds such ; and, as in do acted under a former decision of Mr. Pi seem only fair, if this (tension Is to U that they should have their money retu; Rkuonaticd* - akd Arroisxxmr.— Dysart, Eaq., has resigned the office of Freight Agent of the Peim’a, B. B. ( station, and Jqhil Shoemaker, Esq., hi pointed to fill the vacancy. Mr. Dyt acryimmodating and competent officei resignation will be regretted hy ait wh.’ ness relations with him. ■; His- success competent for the position. The chai tect on the Ist inst. } Lko Smashed. —On Thursday event boy about 16 years of age, son of Henr Jer, of this place, attempted to jump oi Line, as it was palling np through the missing his footing, fell upon the track foot on the rail. A car wheel ran over ing the foot and ankle in such a roanne potation was rendered necessary. Opßtmto op me Schools.—The pnl of this place will open on Monday nes her sth, and be kept open for the ter months. John Bntherfoid, selected all of the Primary Department, in West enlisted in the one year’s service.Hi? ha? not yet been appointed. 1$ Pkachrs. —Notwithstanding the rep pa(«rs that peaches mo a drug in the F and Baltimore markets, they scarcely . tn a pnrchoseable price in this market, been sold as low os $1.25 per basket about about $2.50 per bushel. This, * the present price of sugar .and cans rather an expensive luxury. f9* What has become of the pota ways abundant is this region ? Has it infection tend “ gone tip" along with else. Thy price at which they are no —65 cents a peck—should certainly into-market. I . feF’Two companies, recruited, in tb portion of this county, left for Harri week. They were under command of Ci " and Shollow. Tobacco and Cigars, Tobacco am tobacco and Cigan, Tobacco ah* tobacco and Cigafe, Tobacco an. ■ ‘ . Spectacles, , Spectacles, Spectacles. Perfumery and Notions, Drugs and Perfumery and Notions, Drugs and Perfumery and Notions, Drags and Together with a splendid stock of Supporter* and all goods found in a Drug Store. For sale cheap for cash a Store of ’ - - r x Second door (tom the corner pt VI ■A-nuia Streets, Altoona.
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