Itlteoua irikac
ALTOONA, PA
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1864
Proclamation by President Lincoln.
THANKSGIVINGON NOVEMBER 24.
Washington, Oct. 21.
The following proclamation was pro
mulgated this afternoon :
By the President of the United States of
America.
A PROCLAMATION
It baa pleased Almighty God to prolong
our National life another year. Defend
ing us with His guardian care against un
friendly designs from abroad, and vouch
safing us, in His mercy, many and signal
victories over the enemy (who is of our
household,) it has also pleased our Heav
enly Father to favor as well our citizens
in their homes as our soldiers in their
camps, and our sailors on the river and
seas, with unusual health.
He has largely augmented our free popu
lation by emancipation and by immigra
tion, while He has opened to us new re
sorces of wealth, and has crowned the la
bor of our workingmen in every depart
ment of industry with abundant reward.
Moreover, He has been pleased to ani
mate aud inspire our minds and hearts
with fortitude, courage and resolution sufi-
cientfor the great trial of civil war into
which we have been brought by our ad
herence as a nation to the cause of free
dom and humanity, and to afford to us
reasonable hopes of an ultimate and happy
deliverance from all our dangers and afhio
.tions.
Now, therefore, I Abraham Lincoln,
President of the United States, do hereby
appoint and set apart the last Thursday in
November next as a day which I desire to
be observed by all my fellow citizens,
wherever they may then be, as a day of
thanksgiving and praise to Almighty God,
the beneticient Creator and Ruler ot the
universe.
°Xc And I do further recommend to my fel
w<!c 0W citizens aforesaid that on that occasion
they do reverently humble themselves in the
dust, and from thence offer up penitent and
fervent prayers and supplications to the
Great Disposer of Events for a return of
the inestimable blessings ot peace, Union
and harmony throughout the land which
it has pleased Him to assign as a dwelling
place for our posterity throughout all gen
erations.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this
20th day of October, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and six
ty-four and of the Independence of the
United States the eighty-ninth.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President :
Wu. H. Seward, Secretary of State.
The Oreat Contest.
On Tuesday of next week will be deci
ded one ot the most important political
contests of which this country was ever
the theatre. That it should be conducted
- »
fairly and honestly, is the desire and prayer
of every true patriot, but rascality, treach
ery and treason are becoming so mixed up
in the contest that we almost despair of a
fair expression of the will of the people.
We might refer, in this article, to instances
wherein the most barefaced infractions of
law, intended to be practised, have been
brought to light, and to cases in which the
prejudices of men have overcome their bet
ter judgments, and led them to acts and
expressions which, at other times, they
would be ashamed of; but this is not our
intention. We believe there is an over
ruling power which will bring order out
of confusion, if, as a nation, we have not
plunged so deeply into transgression, and
became so ungrateful that the Ruler of
Nations has determined to permit our de
struction.
The result of this contest affects the
whole civilized world, and the.eyes ot all
nations are upon us. A portion of the
people of every country are with each of
the political parties, of this country, but.
their desires in reference to the issue of the
struggle are vastly different, just as differ
ent as their situations in life, or as phi
lanthrophy, agramlisement or jealousy
animates them.
Our only hope is in the success of the
party which will the most speedily and
effectually crush the present rebellion.-
We do not want a subduing of the ele
ments, laving stnouldering coals which
may at any time re-kindle a llamc more
difficult to master than that with which
we are not battling. Let this rebellion be
effectually extinguished and we shall never
have another. Let the elements of dis
cord be forever removed, cost what it may.
It will cost no mote, to remove them now,
Ilian at some future time.
Let each voter decide for himself which
of the candidates are most likely to effect
this object, in case of election, and vote
according to his convictions of right, and
not according to party dictation. In this
event we have no fears of the result, and
no apprehensions, of disturbances at the
polls or charges of corruption when the
returns are footed up.
The Lady’s P trend
We learn from the November number
of this New Magazine of Fashion ~and
Literature, that it has already attained a
large circulation. The aim of- its pub
lishers is to rival the three dollar maga
zines in the qualify of their engravings
and contents. Hius it has given during
the present year, in every number, a finely
engraved and colored Double Fashion
Plate, while its other numerous engravings
are of the best quality.; The. long and
brilliant away of the literary contributors
to the Lady’s Friend, nearly all of whom
are ladies, is highly creditable to the
Magazine, and also to .the country, as
showing how large and cultivated a class
ol lady writers it possesses. Many mav
wonder how any magazine can be got up
in so handsome and lavish a manner as
this is, at the low price of §2.50, saying
nothing of the reduced rates to clubs.—
The publishers say that it is only done by
having a very large circulation, as money
would certainly be lost on a small edition.
We have scarcely left ourselves room to
speak of the_ November dumber, but we
may briefly state that there is a beautiful
and touchingvteel engraving, called “The
Empty Cradle”—a very handsome Double
Colored Fashion Plate—a quantity of
other engravings, some of them very pret
ty, and all very useful, to the ladies—a
piece of music, and the usual assortment
of interesting stories, poetry, &c.
Price $2.50; 2 copies : $4.00 ; 9 copies
$10.00; 21 copies $35.00. Single num
bers sent, postage paid, for 25 cents. A
Sewing Jkachme Premium is also given on
certain terms. Address Deacon & Peter
son, 319 Walnut street, Philadelphia.
Now is the time to begin making up Clubs
for 1805 '
Blair County—Official
On Friday last, the soldiers vote of Blair
County was returned, and the Official vote
of the county now foots up as follows :
Congress;
A. A. Barker (Union)
K. L. Johnson [Dem.J
Barker’s maj. i
Senate.,
L. W. Hall (Union)
Kirk Haines “
H. J. Walters [Dem.]
R. W. Christy, “
Hall over Walter, 835; ■over Christy,
T3T. Haines over Walters, 700; over
Christy, GO2.
Sheriff
M. L. Bechtel [lnd.] 2759
Joseph S. Robison [Union] 2300
Bechtel’s maj. 399
Semmes Again Afloat
The last European steamer brings news that
the pirate Semmes is again at sen, in command
of a swift and strong steamer named the Ranger.
The Liverpool correspondent;of the London Daily
Sews says; “Captain Simmes, of. win m since
the sinking of the Alabama we have heard
so little, and that little so erroneous, sailed
from the Mersey on Sunday last (October
9th.J on board the; hark -Laurel, under the
command of Captain S. F. Ramsey, The ■ des
tination of the Laurel is rather mysterious at
present; but, as far as the customs bill of entry
shows, the vessel has certainly cleared for ports
where Confederate proclivities predominate, viz;
Nassau, llavanna and Matamoras. Her cargo is
of such a mixed nature that no beligercnt state
would have the slightest doubt, as to its usefulness.
It consists of some large gnnsfe, small arms, shoes,
leather in bulk, ammunition, clothes, blankets,
drugs, &c. But the Laurel must not he supposed
to be intended for a cruiser; she is merely a ten
der, and carries out to a certain latitude puns and
ammunition for a new screw steamer, of which
Captain Semtncs is to take command. This ves
sel is supposed to be a new screw steamer which
was lying at Madeira on the instant, and was
there’known under the name;of the Ranger, The
Ranger is largo and very swift. To show that
Captain Semmes does not go unattended, we
may here stale that he took with Idm on hoard
the'Laurel eight officers, and one hundred men,
most-of whome served with him on hoard the Ala
bama."
John Bright
An excellent friend of the Union, well known
nnd highly respected, whose identity we shall not
further disclose than'to suggest that he may be Mr.
John Skirving, of Geitnantown, has recently re
ceived a letter front Mr. Bright, M. P. of Bir
mingham in which he says that, in a public speech
which he lately delivered in '.England, he had oc
casion to remark that the United States had given
to the world in the last thirty years, a greater
mttr.lter of useful inventions than the combined in
tellect of Europe had been able to produce. Mr.
Bright further says : •
“I watch your great struggle witjt undiminished
interest. I hope it tnay now he deemed approach
ing its end.
“If this campaign should he as successful! for
the North as was that of last year,; there will not
be much left of the Confederacy byghe end of this
year. ! _
“ I ho)>e to live to sec the day when the integri
ty of your country is restored with Shivery a thing
of the past. Such a result of your great conflict
will do ranch lor freedom—not for 'your continent
only, hut for the whole world.
It is gratilying to me to hear so many proofs
of the good will of your countrymen. —I have en
deavored to do what seemed to mo just, and cal
culated to promote peace between your people and
ours.”
The opinions which Mr. Bright has here ex
pressed are those of a true citizen of the world and
advocate of the rights of man. —Philadelphia Press.
—A Major-General in the English army, Lord
Stanhope, is on a visit to the Army of the Potomac.
—Miners in Idaho get SI 2 per day. Shoeing a
span of horses cost $l3.
—Thirteen potatoes to the half bushel is the
measure down in Maine this vear.
—A boy of eighteen, named Eads, employed in
the Quartermaster's Department at Nashville, has
obtained $50,000 by forgery, ami decamped.
—The Cripple is the title of a weekly paper
published- by the inmates of the United States
Army Hospital at Alexandria.
—Decent statistics prove that among the cabmen
of Paris are several University men and bacheliert
det lettres.
—Governor Cony has appointed Thursday, the
24 th day of November, as a day of public Thanks
giving and Prayer in Maine.
—Bonaparte said once, “clergymen consider
this world only as a diligence, in which they can
travel to another.”
—ln England the Bible is now supplied for
twelve cents, the New Testament for four cents,
and the Gospels for two cents each.
—The majority of the railroad companies have
agreed to construct new cars for the purpose of
putting into effect the new railway postal system.
—A blockade-runner, recently arrived at an
English port, reports that the Wilmington blocka
ding squadron now numbers one hundred and
seventv vessels.
—The Hon. Israel Washburn, one of the fa
mous Washburn brothers, has presented the town
which bears the name of his family, in Aroostook
county, Maine, with a large and valuable public
librarv.
—A Mrs. Harrison, in Driffield, England,- had
her maid servant prosecuted and punished for not
attending the Eslablishcd Church on Sundays, an
old statute bearing on the subject being in ex
istence.
—A man in Chicago, who had acquired the
bad habit of taking drinks and not paying for
them, was recently shot dead by a har-tcader to
settle the account.
—Minnesota boasts the finest corn crop of any
State in the Union. A much larger number of
acres were planted than usual, and there is a most
wonderful yield.
—An old lady lately died, in Connecticut, aged
ninety years. Her descendants who gathered
around her during her lost illness numbered 219
people, of all ages.
—The Charleston Courier says:—“All of us
perceive the intimate connection existing between
the armies of the Confederacy and the peace men
in the United States.”
—A gentleman has placed one hut&red dollars
in the hands of a professor of Amherst College, to
be given by him to students who are helping them
selves to obtain an education in these hard times.
—ln Illinois a young man having.been drowned,
his father and some friends fired a cannon pver the
water to raise the body. The cannon burst and
killed the father.
—A man who had taken an unlawful young
lady companion out to drive in Washington the
other day, was met on his return by his wife, who
cowhided the female severely.
—Early in November the citizens of Boston are
to hold a National Fair, today the foundations of
a home for seamen and marines disabled in our
naval service.
2895
2317
578
2984
2849
2149
2247
—A man in Weston, Me.,; found a hive of wild
bees in the woods, a few days since, from which
he made the sweet haul of one hundred pounds of
honer.
—There are now building for the through
broad-gange routes from Hew York to St. Louis
(1200 miles) one hundred and fifty locomotives,
five thousand freight cars, and elegant passenger
cars in proportion.
—The Metropolitan horse railroad in Boston
has been fined five hundred dollars for refusing to
make returns of manufactures for Federal taxation,
the road having established a manufactory of its
own ears and furniture.
—A frightful accident has just taken place at
Ulm, from petroleum oil. During a representa
tion at the theatre, twenty-four lamps attached to
the chandelier suspended from the roof burst in
succession, with great rapidity, and the burning
oil fell like a shower of fire on the spectators,
among whom were a number of ladies. In a
moment the dresses of twenty of them were in
flames. Several died within a few hours after
wards.
Sheridan at Cedar Creek
The graphic account of the New York Times of
the battle of Cedar Creek, contains the following
description of the coming up of Sheridan just in
time to turn into great victory a most disastrous
defeat;
The hour of ten o'clock had arrived, and Win
chester, to outsiders, seemed to he the only halting
place, when all of a sudden—no man present will
forget the moment —cheers were heard in the rear!
What was it ? queried every one ; reinforcements?
No. Cheer after cheer filled the air, and all eyes
were turned to the rear. Stragglers were seen to
turn about and move to the front as if danger
threatened them. The mystery was speedily
solved: ‘‘Glorious Phil. Sheridan,” an the sol
diers call him, mounted on a favorite horse, now
almost jaded, hove in sight, and hearing of the
contest, ho started from Winchester, with an escort
of 275 men, and when ijrst seen near the field he
had less men with him, so rapidly had
he traveKu. Hiding through the fields to the loft
of the pike, he passed along in front of the Gth and
19th Corps. Such cheering, such wild enthusiasm
I never heard or had any conception of before.
Talk of popular favorites—Sheridan was the most
popular man in the world at that moment: his
presence inspired confidence more than what be
said. Hiding along the line, recognizing the
greeting he received by waving his hat, he uttered
modest words of encouragement and good cheer.
Hundreds of eyes, unused to the melting mood,
were dimmed with tears ar that moment, and all
thanked God for the return of General Sheridan.
Th is should not he considered as any disparage
ment to General Wright, who, up to this time, had
tieen in command ; he, personally, had been vigi
lant and active, but circumstances were against us,
and at the right moment the real commander
arrived, A man not grateful for such a welcome
would be less than human—his heart must be stone.
Gen. Sheridan did appreciate, not only the situa
tion, but, if never befepe, the love the troops un
der his command have for him. It was a period
of triumph—a point In a man's career when the
object of life had culminated ; all other honors
which mere officials can confer would not weigh
in that balance with (hat one triumph. Love,
adoration, safety—all expressed in shouts and huz
zas. God only knows how individuals prayed for
the arrival of the hero of Virginia Valley. Their
prayers were answered,
Address of Qen. Early.
Gen. Early has issued an address to his soldiers
on the late disaster. He says: I had hoped to
congratulate you on the splendid victory won by
you on the morning of the 19th at Belle Grove,-
on Cedar Creek, when you surprised and routed
two corps of Sheridan’s army, and drove backj
several miles the remaining corps, capturing eigh- |
teen pieces of artillery, one thousand five hundred'
prisoners, a number of colors, a large quantity of
small arms, and many wagons and ambulances,
with the entire camps of the two routed corps, but
X have the mortification of announcing to you that, j
by your subsequent misconduct, all the benefits of j
that splendid victory were lost, and a serious dis- j
aster incurred. Had you remained steadfast to
your duty and your colors, the victory would have
been one of the most brilliant and decisive of the
war; you would have gloriously retrieved the re
verses at Winchester and Visiter's Hill, and enti
tled yourselves to the admiration anil gratitude of
your countiy. But many of you, including some
commissioned officers, yielding to a disgraceful
propensity for plunder, deserted your colors to ap
propriate to yourselves the abandoned property of
the enemy, and subsequently those who had pre
viously remained at their posts, seeing their ranks
thinned by the absence of the plunderers, when
the enemy, late in the afternoon, with his shattered
columns made but a feeble effort to retrieve the
fortunes of the way, yielded to a needless panic
and fled the field in confusion, thereby converting
a splendid victory into a disaster. Had any
respectable number of you listened to the appeals
made to you and made a stand, even at the last
moment, the disaster would have been averted,
and the substantial fruits of victory secured: but
under the insane dread of being Hanked and a
panic-stricken tciror of tbe enemy’s cavalry, you
would listen to no appeal, threat or order, and
allowed a small body of cavalry to penetrate to
our train and carry off a number of pieces of ar
tillery and wagons, which your disorder left un
protected. You have thus obscured that glorious
name won in conjunction with the gallant men of
the Army of Northern Virginia, who still remain
proudly defiant in the trenches around Uichmond
and Petersburg. Before you can again claim
them ns comrades you will have to erase from your
escutcheons the blemishes which now obscure them .-
and this you can do if you will be but true to your
former reputation, your country and your, homes.
Fellow soldiers. lam ready to lead you again,
and I appeal to you to render a cheerful and wil
ling obedience to the rules of discipline, and to
shoulder your musket again with the determina
tion never more to turn your backs upon the foe.
Gen- Devin’s Reply to a Rebel
Woman
\ The following note was recently addressed to
General Devin by a rebel woman in the Shenan
doah Valley. It was accompanied by a basket of
fine fruits and fiowers : Home, September 23,- ’64.
—General Devin will please accept a trilling gift
from a southern lady who, together with a helpless
family, have, by his presence, been deprived of al
most the last means of subsistence, and permit het
to say if instances such as this add lustre to the
cause he serves, it promises to stand unrivalled in
the annals of civilized (?) warefare.
With due respect,
General Devin returned the following repiv
Headquarters Second Brigade, First Divi
sion, September 2G, 1804.—Madame: Your fiuit
is respectfully returned. With regard to the com
ments in your note I would simply remark that
they sound ill in the mouths of those who laughed
at and approved the burning of houses over the
heads of our unoffending woman and children, and
whose soldiers murder ours in cold blood after
surrender.
I have always endeavored to alleviate the mise
ries ot war as far as lay in my power. Certain
abuses 1 have been unable to prevent so long as
custom tolerates them in an enemy’s country, but
I have always furnished safe-guards, even after
they have been violated and robbed of their horses
and equippments by your own thieving cavalry; but
1 certainly never before received such a gratuitous
insult, even from a “ southern lady”," in return
for the courtesy. I shall retain your note as a
curiosity, and as a specimen of a “southern lady’s"
estimation of the customs of civilized warfare.
Very respectfully,
Thomas C. Devin, Gen. com’g B’gde,
Mbs. E. B. Peale.
Breech-Loaders at Last.
A portion of our armies is to be supplied with
breech loading rifles at once, or at’least as soon as
the weapons can be manufactured. The Burnside
Rifle Co., of Providence, Rhode Island, have con
tracted to furnish tljiny-five thousand breech-loa
ders, of the Spencer pattern, and are glow making
extensive alterations of their works for the purpose
of delivering them as soon as possible. From the
well-known efficiency of these weapons, and of
good breech-loading small arms in general, we
may look for excellent-results. Although breech
loading artillery has never proved itself of much
value, small arms on the same principle have re
peatedly given proof of their utility, and their story
is well told by the terse telegraphic reports of cor
rcspondfcms, who give regiments with
breech-loading weapons tin: credit of repulsing
twice their numbers when assaulted, or of putting
them to flight when acting on the offensive.
This action on the part of the Government in
making this contract is highly commendable, but
had it occurred earlier in the war we should have
been spared many disasters. The English Govern
ment has taken a, contrary course. Recognized
the efficiency of the breech-loading princigie it has
issued orders, through Loud De Giiet, for pro
posals to alter the Enfield rifle into a breech-load
ing weapon, at an expense not to exceed $5 per
gun. The Enfield rifle is the Springfield rifle musk
et we use, and the result will probably he to spoil
both weapons —to ruin a good rifle and make a
poor breech-loader. Our Government has taken
the wisest course and are on the safe side, for the
record of the Spencer rifle is already made, and,
not to perpetrate a witticism, will now he repeated.
What Gen. Sheridan has Accom
plished.
The results of Suebidan’s campaign are thus
summed up :
Prisoners captured at Winchester (we 11).... 2,209
Prisonars captured at Winchester (wounded) 2,000
Prisoners captured at Fisher’s Hill 000
Prisoners captured on the march beyond and
since and before the battle
Prisoners captured at Cedar Creek
Total prisoners
Cannon captured near Martinsburg
Gannon captured on the Opequan..
Cannon captured at Fisher's Hill..
Cannon captured in cavalry battle..
Cannon captured at Cedar Creek 50
Total.. 80
Small arras captured at Winchester 6,000
Small arras captured at Fisher's Hill 1,100
Small arms captured at Cedar Creek [say] 5,000
Total
Caisons captured at Winchester
Caisons captured at Fisher's Hill 9
Gaisons captured at Cedar Creek [sav] 13
Total
Wagons captured at different points
Wagons captured at Cedar Creek...
Tosal
—A few days ago a farmer of Andover, named
Morse, was arrested at Lawrence, charged with
haring stolen a harness. Since his arrest it has
come out, by his own confession, that the man has
been a professional harness thief for years.
Infondntion direct from the Valley to-day shows
that no new movements have taken place. TBe
enemy have asrumed no position in the Valfsy
since their abandonment of Fisher’s Hill on Friday
last. The prisoners captured will amount to about
four thousand. The enemy claim about thirteen.
hundred captured from Sheridan. Among Sheri
dan’s prisoners are over three hundred officers’, and
among Ids artillery are twenty new guns, taken
from Kershaw’s read division. The capture of
smtdl arms is also large. - The wounded shave all
tieen removed to Martinsburg and Winchi ster.—
One of Lee’s staff'was captured yesterday qn-route
tothe Valley, ani committed topnson here to-day.
His rank'is that of Captain.
A dis|«tch says the details of General Sheri
dan's brilliant victory in the Valley on tbe Iffth
are now coming in. The pursuit endqd .for
the present, and there is now time afforded to
count tbe spoils of the gallant achievement.—
Prisoners are being sent to places of safe custody
in rear, and the trophies of war adorn the gimps
of the gallant victors. General Custer has already
brought to Washington the flags taken from the
ciiemv.
A Harper's Ferry letter, dated October 21, con
tains information from official sources, and there
fore entirely reliable, that 3,(iOU prisoners have
already been captured. 1,500 arrived at Harper s
Ferry,on Monday, and 1,000 were left at Win
chester. '■
Our cavalry is still engaged in picking up rebel
stragglers and deserters, who are glad to escape
from the rel>el army after it hits sustained so
crushing a defeat. The rebels candidly admit
that Sheridan is the best General against whom
they have ever fought, and that his dashing tac
tics are more than a match for Jubat Early., It
is ascertained from rebel prisoners and deserters,
and other indisputable sources, that the loss of the
enemy wid reach 10,000 in killed, wonnded and
prisoners. Among the guns taken were 20 new
brass pieces, which were recently turned out from
Kichmond, and with which Early had been sup
plied only a few days before the battle ,- 12,000
small arms were picked np on the field and along
•he track of ihe flying enemy, exhibiting a stale of
demoralization not often witnessed among veteran
troops such'as those with which Early was jiro
vided. The rebels had live infantry divisions;and
live cavalry brigades in the engagement, and a
large poriion of them embraced the flower of Lee's
anny, Our wounded are being rapidly removed
to Martinsburg from Winchester. '
Gen. Sheridan is putting Ins army in order for
another advance when Gen. Grant shall give the
signal. He is already beiligsupplied with material
for another campaign, aiid will not long remain
passive.
Press Pollock, confined in the Nashville pen
itentiary, ami convicted of bushwhacking, and sen
tenced to be hung by a courtmartial, made his es
cape about the lime of the execution of Geessltt,
several months ago. A few days ago he was dis
covered in the neighborhood of the Tennessee
Iron-Works, on the Cumberland river, and a de
tachment from a company of Home Guards, or
ganized in that neighborhood, attempted to cap
ture him, and pursued him so closely that he ran
into the cellar of one of the buildings, gnd draw
ing his revolver, defied those who were upon his
trail. Tbe Home Guards continued to watch his
hiding place, until the arrival of a squad of Fede
ral soldiers, who, upon reaching the spot, imme
diately demanded his surrender. Pollock replied
that he would give himself up only on one condi
tion, and that lie should he shot in the body, and
afterwards decently interred. He then remarked
that he had been sentenced to bo bung for crimes
which he had committed, and he had resolved nev
er to die that way. The terms were agreed .to, he
came out and gave himself up, was shot through
the brest. and buried according to his lequest.
E. B. Peale.
Since the campaign in the Tally has been opened
by General Sherman, he has had five of his staff
officers killed or 'wounded. A month ago Lieu
tenant Meigs, of the Engineers, was killed by
guerrillas. A short time afterwards the Chief
Quatcrmaster and Medical Inspector of army was
shot by these same ruffian?. The latter has since
died. In the battle of Crdar Creek, on Tuesday
list, Major Lawrence Kip, Aid-dc-Camp, was
slightly wounded in the arm by a piece of shell,
but is not off duly. Major Kip had but two months
before returned to the front, having just recovered
from a wound received in June last. Capt. Mc-
Guniple, Assistant Quartermaster, was baoly
wounded in the same battle. During a battle
General Sherdan is always in the front line, per
sonally superintending, A sergeant belonging to
his escort was killed on Tuesday last while stan
ding directly in the rear of the Gc-neal.
—The late quarries near Bangor, Me., have
been worked about twenty years, and are now pro
ducing a quality of slate superior to that from any
other quarries, Americans foreign. It is a little
singular that the slate is all cut by Welshmen ;
Yankees are not patient enough to learn the
process.
The subscribers would re
sppctfully inform the citizvns.of Altoouaand vicinity
that they have opened a large wholesale and retail
TOBACCO STORE,,
in the room fir nierly occupied by John H. Roberta m a
Shoe Store, on Virginia street, next door to Kessler’s Drug
store, where they have on hand a large supply of thefiuest
brands of inported and domestic
TOBACCO,
such an
LIGHT PRESSED NATURAL LEAF,
HARD PRESSED NATURAL LEAP,
NAVY, CAVENDISH. CONGRESS
FINE CUT by the Paper or PoomL* 0 FLOD *' iDER ‘
The very best and fluent
SMOKING TOBACCO,
««».« TURKISH, VIRGINIA. KNJST.N 10, and LYNCU
BURG, line fancy papers, with a largo assortment of
» . bucco * Cut Dr >' b 3‘ Oio pound. All kinds
ofSNUFP.
Also a large a»sortment of the ,■
1,500
2,000
FINEST PIPES.
Meerschaum, Sweet Briar, and India Rubber, Double
Tube and German China. Also, all kinds of
FANCY GOODS,
B,GOO
Come ond see for yourselves. Wo are nble to sell at
low I,rices, for the reason that wo bought our Tobacco
before the great rise in the price of that article in the
cities. \Vo are determined to sell cheaper than any other
tobacconist in the town. Our store is the largest of the
kind ever opened in the town. “ ■ *-
.12,100
PE.tuia ht
Tobacco, Cigars, Snuff, Pipes, &c., &c.,
■Annie street, Altoona, Pa.
A G f n EIIA L ASSORTMENT
cash nri?e" "* ‘ S lh “’ con9tu «>yoa hand at the lowest
wn.prices. (Feb. 7.1883
200
Fruits of the. Great Victory.
r WasniSGTOX, Oct, 25.
Death of a Noted Guerrilla.
Fatality among Sheridan’s Staff-Offl-
cera
BEAD! READ I READ!
CIGARS.
They have also the largest and choicest variety of
such as Pocket Books. Tobacco Pouches, Ciffnr Cases
Cijjar Holders, Snuff Boxes, and eveiythinc •
iu their lino.
GEORGE BRUNNER k CO
Altoona, Sept. 17,3 m. * cu<
ANDREW RGKEL,
J. G-. APLUM,
Notary Public,
ALTOONA. BLAltt £O., PA.
(vfliheM. l"« U f ° M " J “ th ® ‘f° re 0f J ‘ “• I™™* l *'
UAIli OIL, UULIiGNES, POM'
ado., Shaving Cream, Toil«f Soap. Ac, (hr tala bj
, O.W. KKBBIKB.
cjl A N, : :
|, i EiLKlf IN l'«
11/ Histic Hardware, ; .*.■*«
.WOOttS-V WAKSjJWQOMS.
-. a .. r , 4 .,JKe»OW SH AUKS,
■ ■"* ■■■>• DOOR Mi*
UPIIOLSTEIUNO GOODS
-•»- SHOK FINDINGS,
COFFIN TRIMMINfI
MOULDERS' TOOLS. I
WINDOW. OLA«
pcrrr, wniTE lead, 4C., *e. ' • v- '• *
,«B- Kv cry description of in fys lino will bo At
nished at short notice, and at low rate# for cash. ¥■■
lltrt remaining stock of DRY GOODS on band will «
closed out at remarkably low prices, iu order to reUaqujß
that branch of thy business. s
Agent lor Willson's ‘‘Telegraph Fodder Cutter.” |
;—Aictiewt/'Msgr'■awft,-iWB, t * ••>*^*******>m
THE
Altoona Academy'
WILL BE OPENED 0$ ’ '
Wednesday, Oct. 12 L 1864,
FOR THE TERM OF"
FIVE MON T MS.
Igf All the brandies. nsualty taught in Arc))
Institutions will be taught in this.
REV. M. C. WILSON, Principal.
Geo. W- Patton, Scc't
Board of Trustees.
Oct. let, ISC i.
1864. SPRING 1864.
C 180 ULAR.
¥, take pleasure in issuing this my Spring
-ladyertNemcut, through whicht would inform my frieadi
and the public generally’that t haye Just returned from
tli* Kaat wrli»r» t i»ivy{WT<ihwd*i famdg Ateckstf
lIAIS AND QAPS
of the Latest tityle*.«hd a« to quality, color and prisa cau
Dot fail to please all classes.
I Lavo alw bought an immense stock of
BOOTS AND SHOES,
the majority of which are city, make ami will be guaran
teed. My assortment of Ladles’ and Childnms’ Shoes it
con*plete,ail of which, lam now offering at a Wjalt ad
vance on wholesale price*.
The public will be greatly benefited by giving this thslx
attention ami call and oxamino my rtyck, as lire! confi
dent I can please ail. '
JAMES S. MANN. Main 'treat.
Altoona, Pa.
apb-tf
FRUIT TREES» |||
THE UNDERSIGNED WILL SELL
at Public Sale, on the fhurihdaif qf -Aopeigber, 1&64,
his entire stock of YOUNG FRUIT TRAIKS, now growing
iiu htehursery, near Altoona, couri-diiigof Apple.Peacb,
Pear, Plu.n, Apricot and such other Fruit Trcjp as are
generally foumi in a nursery. Sale to' commence atiO
A. on the4th ot November.Amtc>itiUuue.uiilil
ail Trees are sold. ELvTi. TAYLOR,
Sept. 10, lS6t.--m. • \vrseryrittn.
A D-MINIS'J KATOIi S NW!;[('£.- -The
-i*. undersigned haviugtaken oarlAfttVra of Adminis
tration on tbe escate of Christiana Wayoej late of Altoona,
in flu* county of Blair, and stale of Pennsylvania, dec’J,
all persons indebted to Said estate are notified to call and
pay their indebtedness, and nil, persona having, claims
against the estate of said decedent nte notlfledno males
kuown the same to the undersigned without lietaj.
LOUIS PLACK,
Administrator of Christiana Wayne, dec’d.
Altoona, Oct. 1,15U4. Ot.*
* DM IN 1 STRATOK’S NOTICE;—
a.TL Notice is hereby given ttmt Letters of Adminjstrfe
ion on the e*U»te of TAOMAS J.3IcDKRMITT, lute of
Lngtm township, aec’U, have been granted to UitLStwler*
signed, residing as aforesaid. All persons knowing them*
selves indebted to said estate are requested to mike im»
moniate payment, am! those, having claims .will, present
the same, duly authenticated, for settlement. '
CAROUNK McUKR>HTT, .
Administratrix,
Sopt. 17—61,
Dissolution of partnership.
—Notice is hereby piven that the her**
l«»fnre exi-titik' between HICKEY A CUEKKY. Cabinet
Makers and Undertake!*, Kasv Ward, ha* this
day been dissolved by mutual consent. All (Wlon*! know
ing themndwa indebted to said firm will pl«toe call and
settle immediately. JOHN HICKEY,
ANDREW Cnt&RT.
The books and: accounts- of the firtti ase io ih*
hands of John Hickey, who will receive all rp«»ney due
the firm end pay all debts. Ue will continue the ifaaJuess
at the old stand.
Altoona, Sept. 20, 1564.-3X.*
Memorial school-—Thewinter
term of the 51ekwu*v§cu,ooi, »4joinuiig,tb»
copal Church, Ka-t Altoona, will open on MOSuAY next,
Oct. 3d, and continued the usual period, as heretofore.
Oct. i, ib6i:; •... ;M4ny, b. stRWAHT.
Notice to gas consumers.—
On nn<i after Sipl'mlter price. of Qu
will ho $3.50 per 3000 cubic fret. jliut off if bill* are
uot paid within 5 days after presentation.
By order of Board of Manager*,
B. F. ROSe, Sec. <t Tran.
Scpt.3-’M,
For sale—a valuable bay
family -and riding horse. eight years old -ami 16
Imnda high, is perfectly safe and geulte, will stand witimnt
heing tied mid U not afraid ofa locomotive. Sold for want
of use. Addre-s • n. D. ROF.DKL,
Oct. S, 1861.—2 t Tyrone.l'a,
\V' r ANT E D.—Three Blacksmiths to
... karn Al< ' M;i hlng, and SIX OR MORE MKN u
Helpers, are wanted immediately at Mann’s Axe-Factory,
near Lewjstown. Blacksmiths can thorn *2.50 to
i-'h and Helpers from sd.to Ji6o. Oct. i, 1864.
SALE—A valuable lot, situate in
. Bast Altoona. For further information ihqnireof
June 9, ’Ci.-tf. E.B.McCRCM-
Hair, hat, tooth, shaving-
Painty Sasb anil VaruisU Brushes *t:
Hardware of all desckip
tions just received and for sale bv
- Oct, 15-tf] j. B, UIIiKMAf
New and improved" styles
of Trunks, Valises and Carpet-Bags,: at-
LAtJOUMAS’S.
PUiIE WHITE LEAD AND ZINC
Paint, also Chroma. Green; Yellow, Pari* Green, fr?
aodcronnd oil at [I-tf.] KESSLKK’S.
FOE SALE A BUILDING LOT
situated on Branch Street, Altoona. Price $425.
Aug.lT, 1864-tf. W. S. BITTNER-
JUST RECEIVED—A Lot of Prime
CIGARS)—at
Jan. 13, ’64.]
PLAIN & FANCY VESTS, of every
size and atvJe at LACGUMAN’S.
A FINE ASSORTMENT OF OVER
COATS can b« fount! at LAUGH MAN’S
MEN AND BOYS’ COATS, of every
style and color, of good quality, at
LACGIIMAK’S
1 BARRELS PURE WHITE LARD
“t jost received and for sale at TRITCUBY'Sf
KHUTCHEY’S NEW STORE, corner
and Virginia St*. • '
( 1 HEAT PILES OP PANTALOONS
V T for Men and nova. at LAW-lIMAN’B.
AGE NERAL ASSORTMENT OF
.Jewelry, Hair rvn 1 Clotbea 'BnishoH, Combs,
Ac., at LACQIiUANS
RAGS! RAGS 11 RAGS!!I
riASH paid foy RAGS,
V V MILLINKKY STORK, Virginia St., AltoSua.
Jnna, 29,2*M-ly
KKSSLKIT
KKIGART’S Drag Stora.
Mooiia
LOOAIi
AT ALT
SATV&DAT NOV,bTI
.voter £
A Grand Mass A
friends ot LINCOL.
STGN.Vn be held i
plajfe above named.
QXOBKFRAKC
whew masterly deter
cause, in England, ii
of the. rebellion, att
attention throughoi
States, and who wii
the, Chicago Conyc
since renounced th
Democracy, will cert
and address the i
HON. JOHN KNO:
SHANNON, HON. 1
PHERSON, PROF.
HON. A. K: MeCLI
Let there be a Gn
Frignd B .of the L T n
Town and Township
• Come iii delegatibi
join in the Grand
Freemen.
ii
i ,:5|
1 3
A large and Hand
CAN FLAG, will b
the Election District
tooa»> sending the la
in proportion to the
ion Voters.
[The ’flag can be
Rose’s department <
ent&Office, at Altoc
To. accommodate
stance who wish
eeting, u special t
iluptiiXgdon at 9 o’«
that day, arriving at
A. M., and return
after the close of the
evening.
A special train w
daysburg at 1 o’cio
return after the cldaje
in the evening. -
BENJ.F.
Chairman ofCfomu
ments. ''
Cgunasor Schkdcli.—
ing, the Winter Arraugemct
operation on the Penn’a R.
ther*:«re fire ; passenger tra
The passenger business has i
in tbe pasl fair months ren
trains absolutely necessary,
road bed and rolling stock c
superior, at this time, to tha
route from East to West,
safest route, and the travt
This conditfonof affairs is <
menton the part of the of!
road, with whomi the Compa
possibly find fault., ?
Mittri. Editor? .—On r
home, on iast Mondsy mon
called. bfcop. letter lit yq
>ng, if.
reply-T would Kfflhat I D
friendship, fwrsrontd much
it in some pther way than I
lade's pictures, at the corner
streets, opposite my samples
tures, I hare no objection wl
placed beside mine, for my
my pictures, and I am not a
them together, as in that ca
decide for themselves wl
sharpest and most perfectly
Very Respectfully yours,
Rails©*!, Accident.—t
of last week, an elderly m
Philip was run over
•was deitceoding the mountai
;and so severely injured' tin
ionr afterwards. His rig!
* wo place*, and .the engine
if;- batk threw him down an en
fc?! eet ** bight, canting sen
|£ ceased was a resident of ?ai
|g; county. An inquest was he
* ataL-a verdict rendered in
* —Cambria Tribune ,
Cocjrrr Reuet.— The P
inede the bedewing new rcg
no Relief orders will be issue
in November next, (23ih) (
in each month thereafter,)
meet to hear and decide
which may be made by ti
either in person or by writit
applicants, number offami!
and claims they may have i
JOS. It
% P<Wi»|U._We are
I Mr * T; of Lo*ai
i d°*enpotatoes which near a
I woo *f hwfcn, and which,
s "nflhdent meat Sor a dozen
i &ave seen this \
Ito tIS ewn.- v '‘. '
fte&m
Axioo