lUtouna iriJmae. ALTOONA, PA SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22,1864 PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION Union Dem. Union Dem, Adams. 2088 2917 Allegheny... 17708 10063 *lOOBB 9016 Armstrong... 3140 2977-.... *9O Beaver 3087 2056 *745 Bedford 2130 2704 Berks. 6005 12627 Blair - 8283 2386 *325 Bradford 6722 2954 3000 Bucks... 6266 6830 Butler .... 3328 3054 . *42 Cambria 2164 3000 Cameron 318 216 69 Carb0n......... 1542 2119 Centre 2714 3058 Chester 7983 5498 *2049 Clarion 1618 2598 Clearfield 1531 2483 Clinton, 1807 1311 Columbia... 1801 3343 Crawford 6141 4236 *1147 Cumberland 3434 4075 Dauphin 5065 3875 *684 §ware 3462 1789 1260 336 723 6259 3260 *2364 •Fayette 3091 3791 Forest 91 58 Franklin 3876 3710 Fulton 761 1023 ......... Greene 1484 2960 Huntingdon 3200 2167 *517 1ndiana......... 3961 1955 *1607 Jefierson. . 1754 1668 ..„ Juniata 1456 1737 , Lancaster 13341 7650 *4037 ¥ Lawrence 3063 1251 *1516 Lebanon 3658 2653 *716 Lehigh 3696 5526 Luzerne.. 7022 9808 Lycoming 3414 3865 McKean 727 622 Mercer...: 3907 3408 Mifflin 1709 1620 Monroe 684 2712 Montgomery 6238 7489 lll2 1447 Northampton. 3465 6538 Northumberland... 2649 3356 Ferry 2328 2296 Philadelphia... .... 44274 37193 *7341 Pike 270 1180 Poner... 1470 619 *312 Schuylkill 6506 8547 “ Snyder 1758 1331 188 Somerset 3064 1738 g„o Sullivan 359 713 .5 Susquehanna 4134 2932 ' *BO4 Tioga 4504 1617 *2169 Union 2024 1250 *440 Venango 3295 2979 250 Warren 2274 1386 *6OO Washington 4627 4371 *lB7 Wayne 2211 3152 ' 900 Westmoreland 4494 5581 *3702 5180 Wyoming 1379 1418 York 5512 8069 T0ta1.... •Official. ,269486254171 ! Official returns, it is said, have been re ceived at Harrisburg from coun ties, which give a Union majority of 1,952, leaving the counties of Clarion, Forrest, Jefferson, York, Wyoming, Mer cer and Venango to hear from. The five first mentioned counties give an aggregate Democratic majority, official and estima ted, of 4,332, while Mercer and Venango O give an estimated Union majority of 600. These figures would indicate a Democratic majority on the Congressional vote of the State of 1,768, But it is not absolutely certain that such is the fact, for there may be errors in the reported official ma jorities received at Harrisburg which would determine the result in favor of the Union side. The soldier vote will un- doubtedly insure a Union majority in the State of from twelve to twenty thousand. Sixteen Union Congressmen have cer tainly been elected, and two are in doubt, the remaining six districts having returned j Democrats. This is a positive gain ofi four and probably six Union members of I Con grgss. The following is the list : 1— Sami J. Randall, D. i 2 Charles O’Neill, U. I 3 Leonard Myers. U. j 4 Wm D. Kelley, U. j 6-r-M. B. Thayer, U. | 6—E. L, Acker, D. - 7—J. M. B.oomal, U. 8— S . E. Ancona, D. 9 Thaddeus Stevens, U. 10— Myers Stroose, D. 11— Johnson, D. 12— *W. W. Kctchum, U. 13— Ulysses Mercur, U. j 14— George F. Miller. U. ! 15— A. 3. Glossbrenner, D. 16— W. H. Koonti. U. j 17— A. A. Barker, U. 18— S. A. Wilson, U. j 19— G. W. Schofield, U. I 20— -Clias. W. Culver, U. 21— *Smilh Fuller, U. ! 22 J. K. Moorhead, U. 9.WIW Williams. U. 24—GIw*TLawrence, U. JHT The following is a description of the way in which the people of Kansas obeyed the procla mation of the Governor calling Tout every able bslied man, black or white, between the ages of 18 and 60 years :—“ vVll labor is suspended and places of business closed. Militia men, by squads, platoons and companies are hastening to their designated places of rendezvous. Horsemen are rp ~ c . , o , ■ _ . galloping in every direction. Baydnets gleaming To the Slate Senate, twenty Union all along the highways. It reminds ns of the Senators have elected, and two are Evolutionary time when the gallant Putnam left . j u ' , , his team in the field and hastened to avenge his in while the i,)cnu>cnite have elected country's wrongs. * ; eleven. There' is certainly a clear ma- “ Men of even- station, m the eve of fame joritydp the Seriate of seven, and pruliably ® ere ’ arc '’ er - v T" ck, T °9 miu S !io the same.” nine kirtv Union mn, 1,.,., re. i j I l‘ eo P ,, ‘ of Kansas have dciermined that no j nine. »ixty Union men have been elected more bands of heartless and murderous guerrillas | to the House of -Representatives, and , fl| idl desolate or destroy in their fair State. Be- i thirtv-Mven Democrats. The a | M .; An r f, ‘ re theimn *«• to-night, (October 11), twenty, tinny seven uemocrats. Ihe eleetton of , W o thousand militia will be armed and equipped, {hree Union men in the districts of Union, ; » n d standing shoulder to shoulder.with the tried Snytor pod Incoming is in doubt, but tlu j •The soldier's rote will in all probability secure the election of Messrs. Keichom and Fuller in the 12lh and 21st Districts. 1863 1864 400 660 •6338 •993 •1070 •512 ♦962 980 •1252 •690 *1375 •554 *437 *Bl4 *5O 250 *1434 400 *2047 •1945 98(J *lO 350 •I *1752 1400 •473 •2983 *867 . *79 •170 *320 2800 soldier vote will carry them through, it is believed. This would give & Union ma jority in the House of ; twenty-three, and a majority on joint ballot of the two houses of thirty. Changed Hands. —We notice that our namesake, of Johnstown, has passed from the hands of Mr. Bowman: into those of his former partner, Mr. j. M. Swank, and that the latter has enlarged the paper, making it seven columns to a page. We hope friend Swank will not find his im provement a losing experiment, allhough we confess we would consider and figure for some time ere we should attempt any thing of the kind in these days of high prices. The newly arranged paper makes a very creditable appearance, and is reada ble, as Mr. Swank is an excellent writer, and understands the wants of his readers. The retiring editor has our best wishes for success in his future enterprises. Annual Fair.— The ladies connected with St. John’s Catholic congregation of this place, have in contemplation the holding of their Annual Fair for the benefit of the church, in the course of a few weeks, and are already at work making the pre liminary arrangement* therefor. Most of our readers, we doubt not, visited the Fair given by our Catholic lady friends last Winter, and there fore we promise enough when, we say that the coming one will equal if not surpass the last one in every particular. We shall announce the time when it becomes known to us, but in the meantime would say let all prepare to encourage the ladies liberally. •’ Tbb Eubctobal Vote.—Tim Electoral Vote of the States entitled to cast their suffrages at the coming election is as follows Maine, , 7 Kentucky. 11 New Hamshire, 5 Ohio, - ’ 21 Vermont, 5 Indiana, 13 Massachusetts. 12 Illinois, 15 Conccticut, 6 Michigan, . 8 Rhode Island, 4 Wisconsin, 8 New York, 33 Missouri, 11 New Jersey, ; 7 lowa, ’ 8 Pennsylvania, 26 Minnesota, 4 Delaware, 3 Kansas, 5 Maryland, • 7 California, 3 West Virginia, 5 Oregon. 3 \ Letter from Ft. Wayne. Ft. Wa tni, Ist) 15, 1864, Messrs. Editors ;—-An examination of tbe map of States will show that Indiana is Shaped like Penn sylvania and near abont the same size, the only difference being in her lying crosswise in the bed. The bed being large, however, ■ and there being another sturdy gentleman between us, he serves as a protection against your powerful kicks; and it becomes necessary, for this reason, that we all kick in the same direction, thereby preventing in jury to either. Do you congratulate the Booster State on the 9#nd she has taken, politically, or do you regard niVvitb a scowl on your countenances? While political excitement runs rampant over the land, the calm thinker remains unmoved, and is uot en tangled in the complicated meshes of political demagogues. The world moves on, seasons come and go, Spring with her robe of green; Summer with her heat and ripening grain; Autumn with her mellow fruits, brown nuts and yellow leaves, with Indian Summer’s smoke spreading over the rallies; and away in the dim distance you may discover the soldier’s camp,fires blazing and wink ing by passes and repasses, which reflect and glit ter like a ladies’ necklace. While the world moves and the seasons follow each other, the war still goes on, and must go on, until our country is made purer and better, or the last hope of republican government is lost in gloom and darkness. On thp reception of the election returns ot the State, the Union party celebrated their victory by a grand torch-light procession. : The peace party gathered in crowds along the line of march and endeavored to break the procession by throwing clubs, brickbats and stones, in tome instances striking and demolishing the transparencies, and at the same time using all kinds of low epithets for the purpose of aggravating the Union men and provoking them to acts of violence. But thev failed, and retired with the scorn and contempt of all good citizens of both parties. ' Business here still continues brisk and will con tinue so until cold weather puts a stop to building enterprise. The P. Ft. W. & Chicago R. B. Co. are using every effort to get their vast shops under roof before winter sets in. This company have shops at Pittsburg, Crestline, Ft. Wayne and Chicago, but their principal shops are Ft. Wayne, this being the only point where new cars are built. ; While I think of it, if not impertinent, let me ask you “who is Augustus Sontag?” the accom plished correspondent of your valuable paper. Is he a son of the celebrated actress and singer, who produced such a sensation in New York, in 1852 ? Were the capricious squalls of his infantile mo ments first heard in his mother’s arms in Castle Garden? or on board the vessel.’bound for Cali fornia, where he was left an orphan ? But enough of conjecture, suffice it to say his contributions to the Tribune have established his reputation as a first class writer. His. descriptive powers are of the very finest, with brilliant wit and truth, like a golden thread running through all his writings.— I In picturing a scene, whether imaginary or real,' he is nneqnaled. So much for young Sontag, the son of Madam . J. H. SHEBIDAN AGAIN VICTORIOUS Lieutenant General Grant, City Point : I have the honor to report that my army at Cedar Creek was attacked this morning before daylight, and my left turned and driven in confusion, with a loss of twenty pieces of artillery. I hasten! from Win chester, where I was'on my return from 'Washing ton, and found the army between Middletown and Newton, having been driven back about four miles. There I took the affair in hand and quickly united the corps, and formed a compact line of battle quite in time to repulse an attack of the enemy, which was done handsomely at abont Ip. ra. At 3p. in., after some changes of the cavalry ' from the left to the right flank, I attacked with great vigor, driving and routing the enemy, capturing, accord ing to last report, forty-three pieces of artilleiy and very many prisoners. I do not know' yet the number of cansualtfes or losses of the enemy. Wagon trains, ambulances and caissons in large numbers are in our posses sion. They also burned some of their trains. Ramseur is d prisoner in our handsj sev erely and peihaps mortally wounded. 1 have to regret the loss of Gen. Bidwell kiled, and Generals Wright, Grover and Ricketts wound ed. Affairs at times looked badly, but by the gal lantry of our brave officers and men, disaster has been converted into a splendid victory. Darkness again mtervend.-d to shut off gi eater results. I now occupy Strasburg. As soon as obtained I will send you farther particulars. [Signed] P. H. Sbebidan, Maj. General. What the numbers were opposed to Sheridan are not yet reported to the Department, but the boldness, vigor and success of the attack strongly indicate that a heavy reinforcement had been sent from Richmond with the expectation of fulfilling Longstreet's boast, to “smash up Sheridan." Longstrect was known to be in the valley and had assumed command of the army, and Confed erate hopes of an overwhelming disaster to the Union; army were boastfully expressed for several days hack by rebel adherents in Washington and Baltimore. E. M. Stanton. A dispatch from Quebec, Canada, of the 19th, savs After a long discussion the Canadian Con federation has been decided. Its main principles are arranged, and only about the settlement remains. The great difficulty was the proportionate repre sentation of the Colonies in the Upper House. I is now decided that Arcadia, that is Nora Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward’s Island, are to Save twenty-four members, of whom eleven are for Nora Scotia, and ten from New Brunswick, and three for Prince Edward’s Island; Newfound land is to hare four, and Upper and Lower Canada twenty-four each. Total seventy-six. These ijtre to be selected from the existing members of the Upper Houses of the crown, which is to fill up vacancies occurring by death. Representatives in the Lower House of the Federal Legislature are to be according to population, periodically re arranged. The Constitution will be such that the chief power will reside in the central Legislature. The Provinces will have few separate rights. It is decided that the whole scheme shall be sub mitted to the existing Parliaments in all the Colo nies without a direct reference to the people, which is a summary measure, as none of the Parliaments were elected with reference to this question. The local Legislatures will not necessarily be alike in their Constitutions. There is no decision, as yet, whether the local Government shall be nominated or elected. This point will likely be left to the Imperial Government. It is believed that Ottawa will be the seat of the Federal Legislature.— The only difficulty remaining is as to the Consti tution and power'of the federal judiciary. The question as to the militia or army to be main tained by the colonies will likely be settled by convention with England. Hon John Macdonald has been the leading man in the conference. His views have been adopted in almost all cases. Mr. Galt and Mr. Carter are also much looked up to. 4*-' — Franz Muller’s Conduct in Prison.—After Muller, says the London Telegraph of October Ist, was committed by Mr. Flowers, sitting magistrate at Bow street police court, at the examination on Monday last, upon the charge of having willingly murdered Mr. Briggs, he was removed in the usual way to the prison of Newgate, where he now wails his trial at the next sessions of the. Central Criminal Court, which commences on the 24th instant. The prisoner, who is confined in an ordi nary cell, conducts himself in the same manner which has characterised him since the moment of his apprehension by Detective Reman on board the Victoria, at New York. An officer is kept with him day and night, so that from the time of Ins arrest be has never been left alone for a single moment, an officer having been stationed with him in the Tombs prison at Hew York, on board the Etna during bis passage to Liverpool, and since his custody in England. This close observance of a prisoner’s actions is only made in the case of a person charged with a crime the commission of which was attended by very remarkable circum stances, or of a criminal awaiting ln ordinary charges of murder the prisoner is left by himself before condemnation, every care of course being taken against escape or suicide. Muller eats, drinks and sleeps well, and occasionally con verses with those who watch him. He makes no allusion, however, to the situation in which he is placed or to the crime with which he is charged. Upon this subject he; maintains a strict silentie, as advised at first by Inspector Tanner and subse quently by his solicitor. The New Constitution of Maryland. The Maryland Free Constitntion makes some veiy important charges in the law of the State.— It declares that all men are created eqnallv free, and end tied to the enjoyment of the proceeds of their own labor ; that hereafter there shall be neither slavety nor involuntary servitude, except in punishment of crime, whereof the party shall have been duly ionvicted : and all persons held to service or labor as slaves are declared free. It prohibits the General Assembly passing any law to compensate masters or claimants of slaves emancipated by the Constitntion. Lott cries' are forever abolished by the Constitution. It affirms that the Constitution and laws of the United States are the supreme law of the land, to which every citizen of the State owes paramount allegi ance. The Legislature is to make provision for taking the vote of soldiers in the field. An im portant feature of the Constitution is that which renders, inehgiole to office and incompetent to Vote at any election, unless restored to citixenship hy a two-third vote of the Legislature, all persons who have aided the rebellion in any way, either by ser vice. money, goods, letters or by information. This will disfranchise a great many of the fortner citizens of Maryland, and is the first attempt made by any State to punish its citizens for lending aid { o the rebellion. An Old Mas who has Shot Simt Persons Ibe Cairo correspondent of the St. Louis Re publican tells this story: j one point of the Tennessee Kiver there is a place that has become a terror to steamhoa' men, and in passing it they always find some place to s.-cure themselves until the boat passes. At this point, an old man sixty odd years of age, has made his headquarters for a long time, and the peculiar crack of his gun is fhmiliar to river men and sends a thrill of terror wherever it is heard.' He has a long, heavy-barrelled gun, originally a squtrrel rifle, which has been bored out three different times, until now, the largest thnmb can be easily turned in the muzzle, and the aim of the old man is one of deadly ceitainty. The murder- ’ ous sentinel is always faithfully upon his watch and his retreat has so (a-baffled all attempts to ; caich him, from the he is so surrounded I with dense swamps and deep ravines. Well informedl river men estimate that this old man has murdered in this way nqt less than sixty-persons • and ye: he performs his murderous work 1 with as • much earnestness and vigor as when he first com- I roencei." , < BATTLE AT CEDAR CREEK. Cebab Ceeek, Va., Oct. 19—10 r. u. The ’Canadian Confederation. The Draft Resisted —One Han Shot! As stated in oar local department, a battnllion of hundred days’ men arrived in Jonstown a couple of weeks ago for the purpose of enforcing the draft —a large number of the drafted men of this county having failed to report to the Provost Marshal, anil some of them having threatened that they would resist any efforts made to compel them to perform military services. In compliance w ith orders, on Monday night of this week a squad of twenty-five mounted men, commanded by Lieut. Oberlin Ram sty. of this place, proceeded to Hi-bland township to arrest several drafted men who had not reported and were known to entertain no intention of re porting. Near midnight they arrived at the house of a German named Francis Fox, residing about nine miles front town, two of whose sons, John and Joseph, had been drafted, and, as we are in formed, bad threatened they would shoot any one who would attempt to wrest them. The soldiers were at once around the house in as quiet a manner as possible, so us to prevent the inmates from taking alarm and making their escape; bat the barking of dogs awakened the sleepers before (he investment was completed. As a portion of the command approached the font of (lie house, some person came to one of (he win dows and said distinctly, “ 1 shoots.” Immedi ately afterwards, one of the men in the bouse, opened the front door and did shoot, the ball whistling close to one of the soldiers. Simulta neously, a great commotion was heard inside. About the same time the whole party of the house was called upon to surrender, but whether before or after the shot was fired by the man in the door ; way, we are not satisfactorily informed. Presently, one of the men mode an attempt to escape by a back window, but when he was about half way out : he was discovered and warned to go back or he would be fired upon. He went back, but in a minute or two either he or another of them again appeared at the window with the evident intention of getting out of it. , The warning was repeated by one of the soldiers, and in reply returned— “ Shoot and be G—d d d.” The soldier tired, but the ball did not take effect, and the man re treated from the window. About the same time a second shot was tired from the front doorway, by John Fox, without hitting any of the soldiers, but as he turned his back to re-enter the house, a ball was fired at him which tookcffecl in the back, under the left shoulder-blade, and lodged in the opposite lung. The party were then again called upon to give themselves up, Lient. Ramsey saying to them that, if they made any further resistance, he would burn down the house. But instead of surrendering, the oldfnan,liig son Mike, and John, the wounded man, rushed from the house, and made a desperate effort to escape. They fought with at least one clubbed gun, and probably others. But they were finally overpowered and tied, and a guard ptaied over them. While this was going on, Joseph Fox came out by a second story win- roof of the perch. Being discovered, heWnss notified lo go back into the house or be fired' He promptly retreated. The house was WMI entered, and a thorough search was mode for Joseph, but for a long time he could not he found. At last, however, he w’as discovered be tween the bed upon which his mother was lying and the bed-cord. Previous to the discovery! the daughter of the old woman told the soldiers that her mother was very sick. Joseph was secured in the same manner as his father and brethren, and a guard placed over the whole party while the balance of the command proceeded to make other arrests. Upon reaching the house of a man named IJum gordner, who had' been drafted, his wife opened the door and stated that she did not know where her husband was. A little child gave a similar an swer. Search was instituted, and the missing husband and father was found in a closet under the cellar stairs. He offered no resistance. A man named Kroft was next arrested, hut upon bringing him to town in the morning it was ascertained that this arrest was a mistake, he having already reported and been dismissed. The house of John Horner was next visited. John, it seems, has a son, Jeremiah, who had made threats similar to those uttered by the Foxes. But Jere miah could not be found. The night being far spent, no attempt was made to effect further arrests, and the command re turned to the house of the Foxes. After daylight five of the prisoners, Francis Fox. Joseph’ Fox, Mike Fox, Bumgardner and Cioft—were brought to town. John'Pox could not be removed, and medical assistance was promptly sent to him. On Wednesday the Foxes and Bumgardner were ta ken to Hollidaysburgj by Lient. Moorhead add six men, whence, we presume they will be taken before a court-martial for trial. We will not here comment at length on the facts above set forth, but we will say this, that the re sistance which the Fox family madd to the enforce ment of a United States law was the llfeical con sequence of the teachings of the leaders of the Peace Democracy in our midst. They have en couraged ignorant men like the Foxes' to believe that the Governmt nt should not be obeved, and that the enforcement of the draft should be re sisted. They, and they alone, are responsible for the affair in Richland. The blood of John Fox, who cannot survive his wound, is on their hands’. Had they preached loyalty*and patriotism to the Foxes, they would' not now be where they are. JoKmtoum Tribune. Blockade of the Bebels Porta The Uockading squadron now and then, says the Liverpool Pott of September 30th, capture a blockade runner, but the captures have not been sufficiently numerous to prevent a very confident addition to the trade. People new to the business are generally the people caught, and a Liverpool gentleman details his experience of his own treat ment. He was part owner of a blockade runner, he was caught. In obedience to the rules of the service, himself and all on board he had to go below. An officer accompanied him. and the offi cer and himself naturally enough entered into con versation. They had similar tastes, their knowl edge and pursuits were not dissimilar. As thev grew famUiar the captive part owner expressed a wish to breathe the purer air accessible on the i deck, and asked could it be done. “ Certainly ” was the reply. “If y oa pay for it.” •• How much ?” So much. The money was paid, and the Liverpool Gentleman found himself pacing the deck with one of the first officers. He was de lighted with the change of air, he was delighted with the scenery in going down from Wilmington, and when the darkness began to steal round the coast, he expressed a desire to be exempted from a descent below, “ Can I stop here ?” “Nothing more easy, if you can piy for it. ” He paid, and he was not sent below. Walking on the decks uper induces fatigue ; sleep became urgent and he m imated how delighted he would be if he could lie down. “ Yon can have my bed," was the replv “if you pay for it.” He paid for it, and he slept soundly. Seeing that money was all potent, he inquired of his friend, the officer, if he could not be allowed to slip into a passing vessel. “Bv no means,” was the reply ; “ that would cost me my epaulets. But, if you can pav for it, 1 calc a- I late yon can escape imprisonment.” “How? - I “Leave that to me.” On arriving at Boston, the j Marshal was found to be a perfect gentleman. He ’ had a great taste for art and for minerals. He ’ adored the Queen’s portrait in little, particularly when it was stamped on aurigerous metal. Fifty sovereigns were not too much for liberty, and the i Liverpool gentleman relumed bv the next mail to 1 the Mersey. Quick Wobk. —The Eighteenth Corps’ corre spondent of the Philadelphia Pres, chronicles the fact of a fort being constructed in one nicht bv the Fourth regiment. United States colored iron,,: bo silently was the work conducted that-'those inside the breast-works knew nothing of it. and in the tnomiug were astonished at what appeared to be the work of magic. The number of :‘Odd Fellows’' in the North ern States is estimated at 31,000. In Canada Wert there are 661 ; In the Sandwich Islands 3*5. INVASION OP ST ALBANS, VT St. Albans, Vt.. Oct, 19. An invasion of this to\>u took place to-dav. Some twenty-live armed desperadoes, supposed'to be in rebel employ, from Canada, made an assault on several banks uliout four o’clock this af.ernoon. The National Bank was-robbed of about tii'tv thni sand dollars, mostly in bills. The St. Allans Bank was robbed of about seventy thousand dollars, and Franklin County Bank of a considerable amount. Iwcnty I'.O'm's were also seized bv the des;*er.uloes and carried off. Several citizens who resisted the robbers wcie deliberately shot'. Two wore woun ded, it is feared, fatally—K. J. Morrison, contrac tor, and 11. Huntington, jeweller. Several others are rc|Hiited slightly injured. The milters tbreutened to burn the town,'and left in the direc tion oto.au.ida, A large party of aimed citizens have gone in pursuit. Bcbumjtox, Vt., Oct. 19.— A party of twemv five armed nu n rode in o St. Albans' this after noon, and ro.died the three'banks there oftjloO.- 000. It is snjqiosed they were (southerners, from the bolder of Canada. Five citizens were shot ; one, it is thought, fatally. Haying accomplished their object, the band lett immediately for Canada. Later. — The man Morrison, who was shot, h-i-t since died. i St. Albans, Vt., Get. 20,— Later advices from the parties who are pursuing the raiders confirm ihe nows of the capture of nine of the freebooters and $.50,000 of the stolen bank bills. Considera ble excitement still prevails, though all apprehen sions of any further danger at pK-sent Com the marauders is entirely removed, Capt. Nicholson, of the Veteran Reserve Corps, is garrisoning the border, with 115 convalescents from the.hosp'uals at Brattlehuro'. Judge Aldie of the Supreme Court has just re turned train Montreal, where he had a satisfactory interview with tiie Canadian authorities, and is now preparing ihe necessary papers to bring .he captured, raiders before onr- courts, under the ex trodiiion treaty. Maj, Austin has dispatched Maj J. L. Burstoow, to bt. John’s, C. E. in order, if passible, to secure the arrest of a [tarty of the rai ders who are appriiaching ithat place from Sum stead. The banks of this place suffered severely, but lire St. Albans Bank announces that they will redeem their bills. We learn that in a vkirniish' lost evening at font 'of die raidets : were captured. Wiitlom Hum, one of the bailiff’* of that niutiiripaJiiyj-jTeli mortally wounded gallantly eiuleavoitrfyg to capture the raiders. The provincial authorities of the frontier towns did everything'in lh«# power to accomplish the arrest of the raiders. Six of thq.hqrses taken bv the scoundrels have Ijteen capture^ M - —Cajit Tongei’s pariy have just return ed, and report that they captured the leader of [die raiders at Hand Bridge, and recovered >loo,Otto in. addition to the S 5 J,OOO recovered this morning. The Canadian authorities ate all qftertltc villain*.’ and there is a good prospect of the capture of the whole gang. The Governor General of Canada has telegraphed that-lie will respond to ;i requisi tion from the United States Government for the surrender of all the raiders already arrested, and such as may be hereafter arrested. The St. Al bans Bank lost $75,000, the Franklin Comm Bank lost SSo.OOO, and the first National B,nk $54,000. Boston. October 20.— The stables at Riverside trotting patk, in Brighton, were destroyed bv lire lust night, with twenty-three horses, ’ including some of the best trotting stock in tiie country. The following are some of tiie famous horses lost : Young Sutton and .Major Kimbell, both owned In, ■I. E. Maynard ; Beele, of Hanford, and match. Lady Litchfield; the wed known horse Frinee, and a splendid hav horse; six horses belongin'' to Mr. Breckwiih, of Hartford; Black Hawk aud it legtaph, owned by Reuben liana : Buchanan and Far, owned by Mr. Osborne, of New'York : Grey Eagle, owned by C. 11. Blanchard, of Bos ton ; Albany Maid, owned by Mr. Whitcomb ; a magnificent bay gelding, owned bv Mr. Stephan Hays ; a fine colt belonging to Mr.’ Helium : and the gedling Rapid, which, trotted on the track yes terday in u five mile race. Tiie loss of voting and \ doable stock is also great. This fire spread so rapidly that very few of (lie horses in tin; stable eottid be saved. BUTLER IS PROMPT. Major-General Butler is a man of notion a= well ns r,t words. His decision of character, and prompt, business-like method, arc uiiiike the red tape tardiness u inch thwarts cxjteditious move ments atitong many of our officers. On tin l2:lt he notified Major Ul ld, the Rebel Commissioner of Exchange, .that, as he had been informed that from one hundred to one hundred and fifty United States colored soldiers, taken prisoners, had been • laced at work n|ron the fortifications- in front ol Richmond, and where they were exposed to the file of our batteries, and that unless thev were dis charged from that labor he would pm an coital number of Rebel prisoners in out- hands to work under sitmilar cx|«isure. Ae notified the Rebel General Ewell of the same determination, and the latter promised an answer by eleven o’clock on the 13th. It did not come. Butler waited until noon, when, not desiring to be trilled with be ordered that one hundred an. twentv-seven o! the Virginia Reserves should he picked our to perform the labor intended. The negro prisoners have been put to work hy the Reserves in front of ti c Richmond And it is a just plan of retaliation, to subjew- the Reserves, who are our prisoners, to the resjioiisiliilitv, and thus relieve other Rebel prisoners. The Reserves are compos ed ot the “ first families of Virginia, Vnen who ha\c hitherto escaped fighting, “because thev ■ °' v, 'ed .niggers”, but they are now called into ser vice, in consequence of the pressing wants of the Reliols at Richmond. They are the pionde.st most aristocratic, and most pretentions advocates of the Rebellion, and this act of making them hos tages lor the good treatment of the “Yankee ifo gers, must seem to them so hard a tale as to be monstrous. Not only have these scions of nobili ty been condemned to work, but thev have been send to Dutch Map, where, wish the black Ft deni soldier, they may help to excavate that celebrated canal, and at the same time he tauriit Ait the poor negroes have suffered under lhVci™ties of Rebel battery at Rowlett's House. The brave hearts of these men sunk within them when thtf were informed of their fate. It was bad enough for “ gentlemen” to be pm to work—it was ~-orec to lie compelled to work in companionship with the “ niggers”—bin it was the worst of ail to be put under tlie malicious lire 61 their own friends. In the agony of the prospect, manv of them ofie cd to take the oath of allegiance ; but this suden con version into loyalty at the twelfth hour did not avail them. Butler is not to be deceived bv unv “ dodge" of that kind. They were marched off under gard, and on the 14th thev were pm to wok m the mot disagreeable situation that thev we-e ever placed in during their lives. Thev are'order ed to work ten hours a day. or as long as th’-ir comrades ot the Reserves compel the United States prisoners to labor. orders were is sued that any of them who attempted to escape I should he shore Their predicament, it mav he 1 Saul, is peculiarly propping ; but by such means tuny is it-possible to infuse proper ideas of human- 1 ity. and ot their duties to prisoners, into Con fed crate min-Js. A Rwtßt 1) si C'.vtTL’itKn.—An officer who yaniii up troni Ci*v Point to-dav, savs tlic Wash ington Stnr of Tuesday, had with !dm an m-lv lonkitip specimen of the genus canine, which lie guarded very carefully. The dog. it was a great p. t witli both onr own and the rebel niche’s in front ot Hancock’s Corps. The dog had been trained to carry messages between the pickets V rebel paper would be.„placed in his month and he would scani-KM- rtf to the Union hues, deliver or, the paper utul return with a northern [u,,er. jp, has been pnirnsted with Jwckages of coth-e and. to liatx-o, and always dchwred them pffiLptJv aiid sateh. iV rebels, however, tried to make Ve of of their fronl portion t thur lines lo another, and the fonr-legg«l mes senger haviAg beep caught with one of these mes sages, he was confiscated and brought North ClOXI>mOX OP THE “FIIiST NATIONAL BANK AT ALTOONA," of the stare of IVuasjlvauu, i»u th<* runaiug «f tha ft ret Monday of Oc*n lK. i r, Ibdlr CJR Capital rsocfe pain m~ Ho tvs rv oivtvl r'iom Comptroller luiliviihmj Dnpusiu ..... .... 'Cuii«sl th» Profit ami L> DR. Sol'-?ai’.'J ?‘iIU A-- Du > Naii-MKil n»»ks *' ’ l DtlilT Jliinfe*,.... U. *K>; -is it I ai;h Treasurer to stintru Ci; |r..; cs., L ; . S. with Treasurer to secure *T.JW- 00 <-V’t mi h.ia.l ia cir culali .filiis Hank la.?, 1-5 00 • oi Hanks l.iiOO 00 * ? 300.00 C.i>h on hand mi circulating Tender not>'3 W.4V4 00 SjK‘d>.* 1.-4-J 70 I. l>. T. CaMwcU; w'First National Dank At A\~ tooini, d*» sob-muly ullirm tii.it tin* above statement id Ira* to the bestcl inv knowledge and belief. 1). T. CA bDWELI*, Cashier. SUiU of IVnnsy’runia, County of Jituir. Swum to and Mtb.-cribed before me this 3rd day of Octo ber lyfU. Oct. 8, I*ol —3t T H E Altoona Academy WILL BE OPcHtbioX *■', Wednesday, Oct. 12. 1864. FOU THE TEKM OF FIVE MOXT H S. All the branches usually (aught in such Institutions will bo taught in this. UEV. M. C. WILSON', Principal. Gi;o. W. Patton. Secy Hoard of Trustees. Oct. Ist. t'f.t. 1804. SPRING 1864. CIRCULAR. I take pleasure in issuing this my Spring advertisement. thmuirb which I would inform iny friend* ««d the public generally that 1 hare just returned from the Kiwi where I haw purchased a fre*h Stock of HATS AND CAPS of the Latest Styles, and ad to quality, color and price can not fail to please all classes. I have also bought uu Immense stock oY BOOTS AND SHOES, the majority of which are city-'make and will be guaran teed. My assortment of Ladies’ami Childrens’ Shoe* u complete, all of which. I am now offering nt a small ad vance on wholesale prices. lh*'public will be greatly Ix-nciu-d by gDing this tle ir attention and cail and examine my rtock. a* 1 feel cunfi dent I can pleas - all. JAMES S. MANX, Main street, Altoona, Fa, apD-tf FRUIT TREES' f rHE I aDEIISIGNKD WILL SELL JL at Public Sale, on the F>>nr h tf.ty of Xor'nib’ r. Iso-i. his entire stock ot YOU Nil FKUIT TULLS, now grow ing in his nursery, near Altoona, cut.si of Apple. Peach, i’c-ar. Pin o. Apricot tin.l such other Fruit Tree- a- are generally found in a nursery. Sal- lircomue-iire at 10 o'cl.-ck. A. - on the Irh ot November and emiLutm’ until ali Tie—are su’d. U. B. TAB,i *!l, Sepr. 10. I'OL-lim. AV-vf.-VM m A DM IN I;-n KATi) R’S NOTICE;—The undersign;--! having tak-a on: Letter* of Admh.is i lation o:» tii- e-c/.te of Chri-tiaUT Wayne. lafe «>f A it-aia. iu the county ot IMair, and state of i’-.-nn-vivani.i. d-.t 'd. all persons indebted to said estate are notified to c ;li ;u,d piy their indebtedness. nod 4ill p- having d dais against the estate of said decedent are notified to niak'i known the same to the under-igacd with >ur delay. I.ULIS i b.U lv. Aibiiiiii-trator vf OiifiatLiua Wurrt.i, dccM. Altnonii. o-t. t. 1m;;. ut.s 4 DJI IN ISTRATOIt’S NOTICE.— Am. Xutkv i' livrrby -iwn il, it Lrtters of AUsaiiiKtra on ths TAOMAS -McDtUMll i', i..:- ..f L-.pin township, n« r’,l. hay., h v , u t-j the und-r -n—alni'' as .vi-jjvsaul. All persons tluai in«lt.‘litvl to naiil .-r.it* arc i equt-stiMi f.» i.j ; . :u':Jliat■• payiiK 1 ■ ii-t. ami thu-o bavin-T claim* will pit—vLt tlu* sanm. -itilj uuth-'Utitxil- l-0.-ks and accounts of the firm at.- in the hands „t John Hickey. «1,„ will receive all m..nev dun tin- firm mol pay all dehts. lie will continue the biiMncu •it the old stand. A ! to JL pi. IsGl.-Ut.* IV/f ftLliOOL’—i ho winter rerm t,r the Memorial School, adji.iniij.Mh* Zi■:*. Church. Za*t Altoona. will op«?u ou MONDAY nvxt ■Jet. and continued tin; usual p*i Kni. .as* lu-rctnluiv oct - MAUY £. SfZWAKT. VTOTIGK TO GAS CONSUMERS.— ■ L n . 'TI aft . , : r l£. and Helper* from $2 to sist>. Ort 1 ' j Se -; t FOK valuable lot, situate id vl to ?D*' For further iuforuiation imjuirvof an e M ~ tr E- It. McCRCM. Haik, hat, tooth, SIIA vino Paint, Saab ami Varnish brushes at S- TAHBW ARE OF ALL DESCKIT il tiona just received and for sale br * Oct, 15-tfi J.B. HILEMAn 1V EW AND improved styles XI of Tranks. Valises ami Car(iet-B*g», at LACGIIMA.VS PURE WHITE LEAD AND ZINC I‘aint, also Chrome. Green. Yellow, I'aris Green: irj »ua irraniid oil at H-Sf.j KKSStKK S SU poll SALE.—A BUILDING LOT situated on Branch Street. Altoona. Prict* «125 Au*. It, 186Mf. IiITTXHI JUST RECEIVE])— A Lot ,>f IVui.c cir.Ans~»t J in. 1.*3. 7 64.] PLAIN & I 1 AN LA \ I'-S’l’S, ot" every ■‘ire nml stvlast LAOOUMAX'S." A i'iNE OIA OVK K -AV* - 1A ts can b.- f.n-.n,' at LAt&RM.IX'* A rAN]) HU\> COATS. ol every ’-M- -“‘>l' au;l color, of go.*! quality. at __ 1_ ’ LAUGUMA.Vj* j. *’> aureus "t ami f..-r -uU h{ ■« pill'JC'ilKY"? N!A\ STOKE, corner A. «.»aufj Virjriira *?t». /A HEAT DIKES OF PANTALOONS Al tor Men »nj B«y«. U um.nlliyt .str ; r»..sfo co . !:; • i»d . tc-ti.v;; JS !O.M«S If 4i 150.000 00 ss4n: JOSEPH (5. APLjI’M. Notary Public, KKSSLKR' ItEIOART’S Dnijt St.«. |Utjjaaa local r Blair County Elect OFFUMV Oi ltl .n miuked itm (J). * Aitoon*. I. ... W.w:,;.. ■ w Uollid»T»bttrg, K W 1W v w. w uw •JIH IU AoUe*, Alletfb<‘&y, Bhilr, QUhartatV .... Vrcwtani** Vl-nUkito.ru, Ci«X i 't H,rt ; Urt*ertfle)il,....‘ HUSt.'D JunittdT * Snyder.... Tyrone tp., T»> lor, Tyrone Imr., >Vy....v Bbur,'.. C'uthai jut*. FiVfdom , frankßtown,.. /.... Huston,. Juniata, Sin deT 1 Tyrouu tp. Tntlor,., Tyi.m«» b0r....... \Vu. Adlum, [no opposition. Prothonotnn A. .S. Morrow, [no opj>osition. Commisionr? Robert Waring, [no opposition. • Trasurrr. Duvid Stitch?!*, [n-» op^tosiiion,. Poor Direrto Samuel Moore, [no Coroner. Ja - >{. Wcidensall, [no up|»oslti Auditor. M. I>. Thacher, Juries Claubangh received t( m North WiynlbeiTy towns l’i?e soldier** vote on Sheriff Luafkicism.—The term “gen to be applied .with ijnalificatio many who know how to-put on the gentleman who possess cdu plishments, and yet take ad van f'hiii on which such conduct n piny the loafer and the boor. spirit exhibited in two or tl | r.-eiou minstrel exhibition, aiui , im , "i ings. The faults which . ic complain of are, wearing i. [ Indies, loud talking and lau. I making boisterous and ancon . I fee. (applause should Ik; t I hands,) slapding up between p I vin-e and the stage, changing m I nvlse.i&e, The error with the- to lie in the supposition that tie the occasion which will admit i Now wo contend tiiat there is ti lie nature, however iitsigniik-a mini hers, in which a man has tilt! he is a gentleman. It tnij throw contempt upon that \vh teinptiblc, but it is ratber dirtici >nn exciting the disgust of oilier himself the most contemptible r We hojie a 'void io those t vh< defrv.t will be sufficient toreim the A. M Itn- lecture on “jiaradoxes in cl bv Tlicodoro I>. Hand, of I'tui i Library Association, on Thins was worthy of a larger uudier upon it. Chemistry is very sin stood and-cxcecdingly useful, v Lave less knowledge on this siil tithers which are of no henclit t performed the experiment oi liquids and producing some fiv coiors ; also, of mixing two coh jpnxlucing one almost color!; .ligitled a candle with a piece of tnmter, by the way, when you k made water boil morn raph ; l0 . !l,e ' w ttle containing it, and boiling by applying,heat. Bv ingredients, in different qiLti them t.i produce' ice in one ca the miter. These and many wefc performed and explained. L-lt ashamed of the array of etiij greeted the lecturer, and we 1 exhibition of slight-of-hand, Kurtz’s Hall, (Frida attended. Mass Mektwos.—A Uemoc will be held in ibis place, on next, October 25th, whjcjt, wi! Hon. H. I). Sntton, of NewW A grapd Union mats mectii this place, on. Saturday, Koven and evening. Jndgo Knox. Hon. Edward McPherson,and , l) re«nt to address the md arrangements Are being made and it is expected to be a grand j a®. Wo do not publish tho rn thw district, for the reason whe official A ; urns of Centro < I lames, Union, are undersioo. |the soldiers’ yore. ■ . CONOR * >