lUtflflua Waste. ALTOONA, PA SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5. 1864. Send in the He turns We hope that proper arrangements have been, or will be,, made to send in the re turns from every district in the county as •oon 145 they are counted off. If this be done in all places, the result in the state will be known by Wednesday morning. Fraud on If. Y. Soldiers. Some time since it was discovered that a number of persons bad been tampering with the proxy votes sent home by New York soldiers, and had also been forging soldiers names and signing fictitious names to proxy ballots. The charges were that the'envelopes containing the ballots had been opened, the Lincoln Electoral Ticket taken oaf and that of McClellan substi tuted, and forging real and fictitious names to proxy ballots. The extent to which the forged and fictitious ballots were manufactured may be judged from the {apt that they were shipped by the store box full from Baltimore to New York and Albany. It is supposed that there were at least 40,000 or 50,000 of these illegal ballots prepared, folly enough to turn the election in New York stale. But the leaders in this fraud were doomed to disappointment and disgrace.—- A Government Detective got on the track of the rascals and finally overhauled •evend of them. A military commission, of which Gen. Doubleday is President, was appointed fib investigate the case. One of the parties arrested turned State’s evi dence and implicated several prominent men in New York and elsewhere. He made a full confession of the plan by which it was expected to c|rry New York for the McClellan ticket. Two of the men arrested, viz: ’ Donahue and Terry, have been convicted by the commission and sentenced to imprisonment for life. —. The sentences have been approved by the President and will be immediately carried into execution. Others arc yet to be tried. Notwithstanding the arrest and convic tion of these parties, it is quite likely that many of these fraudulent ballots will find their way into the ballot boxes, in New York, on Tuesday next, but whether in sufficient numbers to effect the result it is hard to tell. The discovery of the fraud intended to be practiced will serve to put election officers on their guard and they may be able to detect some of the illegal documents.. They can only be voted in large cities where all the voters of a dis trict and the soldiers who have gone there from, are not known to the election board. It seems a little inconsistent that those who opposed giving the soldier’s the right to vote, on flie ground that fraud would be practised, should be the first to practice the fraud which they appeared to dread. Honesty, in the end, will be found to be the best policy. Northern Frontier Said. from information received, it appears to be the design of Rebel emissaries in Canada, assisted by traitors who are liv ing in disguise along the Northern fron tier of New York State, to destroy some of the towns and cities in that locality. Ogdensburg, Williamsburg and Buffalo have been threatened. Thus far all the plana of the raiders have been frustrated, bat the fact that they have escaped cap- ture, with one or two exceptions, may smite foem bold endugh to attempt some thing more openly. The people on the border are awake to their danger and may ipopeed in disappointing these assassins in tiwir gaine of plunder and destruction.— officials have not been sufficiently stringent in their orders respecting ingress lynw from and to Canada, but it is likely that they will now wake up to the danger and effectually put a stop to the visits of all evil disposed persons. The ■Behtls mil leave nothing undone to carry oat their schemes. We are glad to notice that the Canadian Government is disposed jtp keep the peace and prevent, as far as tbs organizing of unlawful bands on tbs* tide of the stream. We expected Incur wont from that region long since, but Ibe delay may prove fatal to designs of the rniders, in giving the people time to pre pare for them. ■■ 'X r<«n to Connecticut raised tbit season over *»• hawked pamjdtim from two aeeda, which were ponfantaUy aown.. Congress. The following is the Official home and vote in this District; Blair, Huntingdon, Cambria, Mifflin, Barker’s majority, 504 Senate. The following is the official home and soldiers’ vote for this Senatorial District: Hall. Haines. Walters. Christy. Blair, 2984 2849 2149 2247 Huntingdon; 2829 2810 3131: .2113 Centre, 2443 2443 ; Bl4t 3141 Mifflin, 1539 1559 1603 1616 Juniata, 1231 1250 . 1594 1007 Perry, 2152 2179 2213 2220 13,178 13.092 12,891 12,942 Hall over Walters, 267; Over Christy, 236, Haines “ “ 201“ “ 150. SHOBT ITEMS. There is a boy in Qoincy, Mass., two years old, that can call all the letters in the alphabet, spell three or lour words, and do a sum in arithmetic. The second annual squirrel hunt of the Rock ville, Massachusetts, hunting: club, came off last week, and the count on both sides was two thou sand eight hundred and nine. A post mortem examination of a celebrated trotting horse showed that a fifteen thousand dol lar animal had trotted in 2.24, with only two thirds of a lung to do all his breathing. Following is the official soldiers’ vote, received at the Secretary’s office up to October 81st: Union, 17,888; Democratic, s,232—Union ma jority, 12,656. A hotel is up at raffle in St. Joseph, Missouri. It is valued at one hundred and twenty-five thou sand dollars, and the tickets are one dollar each. Slim chance for getting that hotel 1 ; ■ Some kind friend of the editor has given him a riding whip. He'intimates; that nothing but a saddle, bridle and horse, and the free use of a barn and fodder, is wanted' to make his turn-out and bis happiness complete. '. A philosopher writes to a tailor who bad failed to get ready his wedding suit:—“ It was no se rious disappointment; only i should have been married if I had received the goods.’’ That man will never be seriously disappointed. A regiment of soldiers passed through Coving ton, Ky., a few days ago, the members of which were worth $1,500,000, when our currency was at par value with gold, ft was the 117th United .States (colored) Regiment. ■- At a family party at the hoose of Widow Pow ers, in Princeton, Mass., last week, there was present Mrs. Powers, aged ninety-eight, her daughter from Leominster, and her grand daughter, great-grand-danghter,. and her great great-grandson—in all five generations. A despatch-bearer in Missouri, finding he was surrounded by some of Price’s meti, and that he would be unable to escape or conceal his de snatches, placed them in his revolver and fired them away, thus destroying them, and enabling him to conoeal his business from them. Gen. Custer, who has so distinguished himself in the battles won by Gen. Sheridan, and who has been made a Major-General, is but twenty-four years old. He’s “ one ot the boys,” and his mother must be proud of him, like ,that other mother of his, his country. A Brooklyn livery stable keeper let a span of horses and a carriage on Sunday for a nde. The team ran away and the vehicle was smashed. The stable keeper brought suit for damages and carriage hire, and has been non-suited, the court holding that the letting of horses for pleasure traveling on the Sabbath was an illegal act. fgk. The Teller of the Mercantile Bank of New York city, absconded a short time since, and an examination of his cash account shows him to be a defaulter to the amount of $207,000 in currency, and $34,000 in gold. A reward of $5,000 is offered fpr his airest, and $15,000 for the recovery of the money. Mr. Whiting, Solicitor of the War De partment, said, in his speech in Boston on Monday evening, that there could be no impropriety in sta ting that on the first day pf October we had re ceived under the last new call over one hundred and twenty thousand volunteers; and he had,becn informed by authority to which he gave the highest credit, that the last draft, when completed, would, furnish all the men that would be needed for the war. pp* A steamer is running on the Connecticut river, owned by parties ip East Windsor, Ct. which is only, thirty-three: feet long. The most curious feature is the little engine and the water wheel, the latter located at the stern, on a princi ple somewhat original, since by its position the paddles strike the water in an oblique line, which, while it prevents any lifting motion of the light little craft, is well calculated to give it speed. The distance by river to Hartford is about seventeen miles; yet the little craft goes the whole distance in forty to fifty minntes, and the fuel consumed is but one good sized old fence-rail! ggf Major General Birney left but a poor pro vision for his large and Interesting family. In going into the army he gave up a large and lucra tive business, and'his pay has never beert such as to enable him to lay by anything. A movement has been set oh foot by his friends in Philadelphia to raise a fund for his widow and family, and the subscriptions already made are so large as to ren der it certain that an ample sum will be obtained. The project to erect a magnificent monument to his memory has been, abandoned. A proper monument, however, will be put up, and the bulk of the fund contributed will be set apart for his Widow and children. W&m It has been widely reported that there is to be another draft immediately after the election. This story is false. It was invented, of course, for electioneering purposes by the party which gu^t now makes it its principal business to let the peo ple know a great deal about the horrors of war and the beauties of peace. The party has spread the fiction industriously, in the. hope to frighten a man here and there, and thus to influence a vote against Mr. Lincoln, who is understood to be the father of •U the drafts—though, we believe, there is no doubt that the man who first urged the enforcement of the draft was General McClellan. — Xiv> Tori BtraU, Oel. 89 th. Babkeb. Johnson. 2896 2317 : 2832 2144 i 1886 : 2688 1610 1507 9228 8716 Destruction of the Albermarle. | \ Washington, November 2d. j Admiral Porter has commnnicated to the Sccre- 1 tary of the Navy the following from Lieut. Cush- I ingas to the sinking of the rcuel Ham Albermarle; Aibekxable Sound, October 30. Sir ; • — I j have the honor to report that the rebel iron clad Albermarle is at the bottom of the Roanoke river, j On the night of the 28th, having prepared my j steam launch, I proceeded towards Plymouth with i thirteen officers and men, partly volunteers from | the squadron. The distance from the mouth of j river to the Bam was eight miles, the stream aging a width of some 2CO yards, and lined with j the enemy's pickets. A mile below the town was the wreck of the “ Southfield," surrounded by schooners. It was understood that the gun was mounted there to command the bend. I, therefore, took one of the Shamrock’s cutters in tow, with orders to cast off and board at the point if we were hailed. Our boat succeeded in passing the pick ets and even the “ Southfield” within 20 y’atds, without discovery. We wore not halted until by the lookouts on the ram. The cutler was then east off and ordered below, while we made for the enemy under lull’head of steam. The rebels sprung i their rattles, rang the bell and commenced firing, ; at the same time repeating their hail and seeming much confused. The light of the fire ashore show-, ed me the iron clad mads fast to the wharf with logs around her, thirty feet from her side. Pass ing her closely, we made a complete circle so as to j strike her fairly and went into her bows. By this time the enemy’s fire was severe, but a dose of'ean nister, short range, seemed to disturb their aim. Paymaster Swan, of the Otsego, was wounded near me, but how many more I know not. Three bul lets struck my clothing. The air seemed full of them. In a moment we had struck ihe logs just abreast of the quarter port, breaking them in some feet, our bows resting on them. The torpedo Boom was then lowered and I succeeded in driving the torpedo Under her and exploding it. At the same time the Albcrmarle’s guns fired and a shot went through my boat and a dense mass of water rushed in from the toqiedo filling the launch and com pletely disabling her. The enemy continued his tite as 15 feet range, and demanded our surrender which I twice refused. Ordering the men to save themselves, ana removing my overcoat and shoes, springing into the tgater, I swam wiih the others .into the middle of the stream, the rebels failing to ■hit us. Most of our party were captured,and some drowned. Only one escaped besides myself. He went in another direction. Completely exhausted I managed to reach shore, but too weak to crawl out of the water till daylight. I managed tocreep into the swamp close to the fort. While hiding close to the path the Albermarle’s officers passed, I judged from their conversation the ship was do stioved. Some hours traveling in the swamp proved to bring me out well below town, when I sent a negro to gain information and found the j ram was truly sunk. Proceeding through anoth er swamp I came to a creek, captured a skiff be longing to a picket of the enemy, and w ith this by eleven o’clock the next night made my way to the Valley City.. The ram is now completely submerg ed and tlurenemy have sunk three schooners in the river fo construct the. passage of our ship-., j f I am, respectfully, - • f W. B Cushing, Lient. U. S. N. A Curious Case in Louisville A Louisville paper tells a story of a Kentucky planter from Oldham countv, who came to Louis ville accompanied by two slave men, who were desirous of entering the army. The master was willing that they should don the uniform and be come soldiers, and desired to have them enrolled and mustered into the service, and receive thecom mutaiian allowed by the government for such a j transaction ; but not being acquainted with the | mode of proceeding, in order to guard against j accident, he placed his two boys in one of the slave-pens until he jcould ascertain the proper I course to pursue. It required two hours to obtain ! , this information. At the expiration of that time I he promptly called at the slave-spcn,' had his two i boys released, and asked for chores. The keeper ! put on a bold face, and made a modest demand ! for the sum of sixty dollars. ' ! TUe owner of the chatties disputed the bill, but i j was terrified into the payment of the same, by j . being told that the confining of the slaves was a | violation of military orders, that ihe detectives j . would soon bo around, and if the fact became known to them, all parties would'be arrested and thrown into the military prison, that the easiest way to escape such a calamity was to hand over the sixty dollars without further parley and qui etly hush up the matter. This harrangue had the desired effect The money was handed over, the bill receipted, and the gentleman, with his two black-boys, hurried from the place as fast as possi- f" ble. The negroes were duly mustered into the j seivice by the Provost Marshal, and the vouchers i properly made out and signed After thinking over the matter, the gentleman came to the conclusion that he had been victimized at the slave pen, and, seeking counsel, asked if there was any chance to recover the money. On examination, it was found that the receipt for the payment of the sixty dollars was minus a revenue stamp, properly cancelled. The upshot of the matter was, that the tax-collector was informed of the transaction, and the keejier of the slave-pen arrested and fined two hundred and fifteen dollars for neglecting to use a revenue stamp. Southern News-Negroes to be Armed. A dispatch from New Vork of the 31st says; By an arrival of the mail, via Fortress Monroe, we have North Carolina dates of the 27th nit. The late frost has materially cheeked the yellow fever, which is abating. The modical authorities say it will not be safe for parties to return who have not been exposed to fever, until cold weather sets in ]>erraanently. The reported death of Col. Heaton and son is incorrect ; both have recovered. The number of deaths from fever will not exceed 2,000, consisting mostly of citizens and refugees. The fever originated from the slip at the foot of Craven street, Newbem, which was tilled up laril June by Cuplain Madley with barrels of rotten meat. Rebel papers appear to he unanimous in favor of arming the blacks. The editor of the Southern Confederate, writing to Ins paper from Richmond, says: The pressure brought upon the authorities here favoring the arming of the blacks has been too strong to resist. Hence it is with gratitude that I am able to stale officially that arrangements are now-being made to arm for the spring cam paign 300,000 slaves, whose masters are to bo compensated by the Confederate .Government. The slaves thus armed are to have their freedom and fifty acres of land each, which insures them permanent homes in the South. War in Clearfield. —The threats which have been made to resist the draft in Clearfield county culminated, on Monday, in the shooting of Col. Butler, Deputy Provost Marshil, while in the dis charge of his duty in '.he arrest of a deserter. A great many people in that region, are armed and equipped and -organized in squads to resist every effort of th« aulhoriiics to gather in the drafted men. Col. Butler was one of the most exemplary and unassuming men in that county, and retalia tion for his death will he visited upon those who caused it in thOynost desperate manner, .os bis friends have vowwd to take the law into their own hands and hang every one of them. This motive is not advisable, as the military authorities of thtf State sent seven hundred troops to Brookfield yes terday, who will immediately arrest all who have in any manner been concerned in this outrage, and at the same time pick up all those who have been drafted and refused to report themselves.— Erie Ditpatch. Shooting and Stabbing at Washington Pennsylvania. From the Wheeling Register we learn that a : murder wast committed in Washington, Pa., on Tuesday. * The particulars are given ns follows : Mr. Benj. Brady and Mr. Richard Fitxwillianis j got into a dispute while standing on Main street. One word brought on another, when Ftlzwilliatns gave Bradv the lie. .Brady struck at I itzwilliams, when the latter drew a knife and stabbed Brady to the lieaft the first blow. The knife was drawn and plunged into the other side of Brady, killing | him instantly. . . ; Bradv's friemls-soon heard of the affair, and a ; desperate mob was soon in motion. It was said , timt Fitzwilliams hurl entered the Fulton House ; | quick as thought some twenty or thirty men ran i into the hotel. Doors were broken open, land a j number of rooms searched, hut the murderer could not be found. One of the mobbing parry ran across a negro as he wits coming out ot the hotel. The darkey was struck a terrible blow, and left-to ll is fate. A rush was then made down Main street, some forty or fifty men, flushed with rage, and arms in their hands, running and yelling as if mad. When tiny reached the dwelling of Mr. Sweeney they were joined by about one hundred more. A rush was made into Sweeney’s store, and the building was soarcheii from cellar to garret. The murderer was finally found in a coal vault in f ont ot Sweenev's store. When brought out he was set upon by the angry mob, and literally beaten into a jelly. He was struck with stones, clubs, re volvers; then kicked and dragged around the street. Cries “Hang him,” “Shoot him,” “ Kill the murderer 1” rent the air, and (or a time it was feared he would be hung. He was finally rescued and placed in jail, where he remained when we left town at half-past seven o’clock last, night. It was thought the murderer could not live over night. While the murderer was lieing heatbn, he cried—“ For God’s'sake have mercy-, gentlemen. Sweeney - gave me the kaife. or I should never have done the deed.” We never be fore saw such a desperate mob. and hope that we j mav never again be pained by such a horrible sight. Brady leaves a wife and three children : Fitz williams is a single man, aged about thirty years. He resides in Franklin township, adjoining the borough of Washington. From the Wheeling Intelligencer we have the following particulars of a shooting affray in the same village on Monday, which- resulted in t.-e death o' a man named Robert Morrow ; | There was a large Union meeting at the Court House on the evening in question. During the { meeting, Morrow, who is u War Democrat, got into an altercation with his former political asso j ciates about j-olitics, but withdrew from the psrly and went into a hotel. He was followed to the j hotel by some of the men with whom he had quar ; relied, and was compelled to take refuge in the | office ot Col. Byers, the Sheriff of the county, j While sitting in the office, some one came and i called him interfile street, and soon afterwards a 1 shot wt.s fired at him. Morrow drew his pistol i and commenced firing at the crowd, and some ten |or a dozen shots were fired. One ol the shots passed through the fleshy part ol the atm ot a man named Brady and entered Morrow’s right side, passing out at his left. Morrow was in a critical condition yesterday morning, and no hopes were entertained of his recovery. The shot which took - effect in Morrow’s side is supposed to have been fired by a man named Lennox, though tins is not certainly known. When our informant left, no j arrests had been made. j Horrible Treatment of a Union Man. After I’rica Ipft Glasgow, Missouri, the guer- I rilla fiends Qnantrell and Anderson entered the | place and committed all sorts of outrages. The [ following is a sample, the natrator being Benj. W. | Lewis, a L’niou man of great wealth aud in | fluence; “ Anderson, accompanied by a Captain from Callaway County, went to Lewis’s house and de manded his presence. Upon being told he was not at home, Anderson said unless he was imme diately forthcoming, he would burn the house, hut if he made his appearance his life should he spared. Upon-this assurance Mrs. Lewis sent for her hits hand. Mrs. John B. Clark, mother of the rebel General Clark, and I>. C. Yorth, brother-in-law i of Sterling Price, were stopping at Lewis’ house, neither of whom, nor Mrs. Lewis, were allowed to | say a word. When Mr. Lewis appeared, Ander- i son said, ‘ I have heard of you. and old Price has heard of you, down in Arkansas and Texas. You have damaged our cause more than any ten men in the State.’ Anderson then demanded Lewis' money or life . declaring he had vast sums, that I Lewis gave him about a thousand dollars’, saying j it was all he had. But this did nut satisfy him, I and he commenced a series of outrages upon Mr. | Lewis, which are almost unpara Helled in the arr- | nals of even savage warfare. He first knocked i Lewis down by a blow on the head with hlasphe- I mous and obscene curses Anderson then stood Lewis on his head, doabled’him up, and jumped .upon him, and Anderson and this Captain put the muzzles of both their pistols iu his mouth, and afi once crammed them down h s throat, choking him terribly, asking him how he liked that. This was wei>cated several times. Anderson also made Lewis stand against the wall and shot at his legs across the room, hitting them. He then placed his pistol to Lewis’ kneP, fired down at his feet, the powder burning his legs. This was done twice. He also choked Lewis several times. Then taking his knife out, seized Lewis by the neck and felt fur.his jugular vein, prieKing it with the knife, and giving an Indian yell, said : ‘This old fellow thinks mwe of his money than of his life, and I'll cut his throat.’ After this Lewis was taken from ids house guarded by Anderson, who went to hunt up what money he could in town. He found two ladies, who went to work to raise money fur him. While the money was be ing raised, Anderson laid L-wi- on the counter of a store, and with his knife ripped his shirt collar onen and slit his vest and pants in pieces. This was about four o’clock in the morning, and Lewis having suffered for four hours, was seized with a chill as he lay on the .counter. Anderson told his orderly to pile some chubs on the legs of the old coon to keep them still, which was done. Finally Mrs. Thom|)soii. cousin to Lewis, who had raised all the money left in the town, it having been previously- stripped by Price's army, asked the Callaway county officer with Atuler-oii how much money it would take lo release Lewis. He re plied six thousand dollars. This sum she -pro duced, five thousand being in pajier and one thou sand in gold. This being done Anderson turned Lewis over to Mrs. Thompson, remarking as he did so that he would rather have Lewis’ life than his money.” The Camels ,abb Coming,—A Southampton paper gives this account of the shipping of a female camel and her young one, which lately arrived there, to be sent to New York by the Bremen steamer New York; “They were accompanied by an Arab keeper.— By no contrivances could the older camel he in duced to cross the gangway from the duck to flop, rlthough the Arab tried bv blows and by coaxing with a bag of oats to get her o:i board.— The young camel—about the siz; of a pony and covered with beautifully soft silky hair—stuck to his dam. As the tide was about to ebb the pilot on hoard the ship became impatient, and called out ‘ Have the animals ship|ied ' A num])er of the German passengers on hoard the New York rushed on shore, and amidst shouts of laughter took the young camel up in their arms and carried him bfldilv on to the steamer, and the ship was obliged Deleave the side of the dock immediatalv, leaving the she camel behind. The young camel began to cry in the must pitilul manner on being separated front his dam, and the latter hearing the erics moaned distressingly; her'eyes were moistened with tears, and her head was slowly and solemnly moving to and fro, looking for her; young one.— At length she’was put into a horse box and,slung on board a steam-tug and taken out to the New York, which waited in the stream, for her.’ - Tragedy at Old Windsor, C. W. On Snndaythc inhabitants “Of the little village of Old Windsor Were horrified by the discovery of a dreadful crime, involving the deaths of tour per sons, w hich had been committed in the house of a man named John Cook, a barber, at Old Windsor Green. A man went to Cook's house on Sunday afternoon for the purpose cf being shaved, but, on knocking, could not obtain any answer. This at tracted the attention of the neighbors, who tlrcn recolUctcd that they had not seen anything of Ceok or his family during the morning. Tim assistance of a police constable was obtained and on the hon-e being entered the evidences of a frightful and cold-blooded murder were revealed. ] lit the trout room the bodies of three little girls aged respectively about four, six and seven years children of the man Cook, who ha i, it is believed, poisoned the little innocents with sulphuric acid or vitriol, diluted with tea, were discovered undressed and laid o u t. These, from the appearance of the bodies, had been dead several days, probably a week. In the front room up stairs Cook himself was found, with his throat cut in two large gashes; he was still alive and undressed, while by his side with her throat cut was a little girl, Ins daughter, eight years ot age also alive. Proceeding to the upstairs hack room the party found the eldest daughter, a girl twelve vcai-s ot age. whoffiad been poisoned with sulphuric acid, hut was still living, w-hile in the down-stairs back room was discovered a pail containing blood, over which Cook bad evidently held his head while attempting to commit suicide. A’ messenger was immediately despatched to Windsor for ihe assistance of Dr. F. Pearl, High street, who hurried over and did all that medical science could administer lor the sutvivingsuflereis. The gill whose throat had been cut is or was still alive. The eldest girl, who was poisoned, was likewise living. Cook, who was about thirty eight, exj ired about seven o’clock on Sunday evening. Although the three youngest children would ap pear to have been murdered nearly a week back, it seems that Cook did not attempt to take away the lives of the elder children till about Fpdtiy •last, while the murderer himself was seen out in the village on Saturday, so that it would appear that Cook had hesitated till the last moment be fore he attempted to commit suiciJb. The razor with which the miserable man cut his own throat with that of his child, together with a ves sel-containing a mixture of vitro), tea andcreacle, the remainder of the poison which had destroy ed ihe three youngest children, have been found. No motive has as yet been ascertained for the com mission of the murder. The house bore signs of poverty, though food, bread ami butter, was found. A subscription hud, it is understood, been raised in. Cook’s behalf, which, it is stated, was not ex hausted. Several county court orders and d “ no tice to quit ” were, however, discovered, and this coupled, probably, wiih the death of the unfor'.u nate.man's wife,’ which occurred in July, may have affected his mind. —Montreal Gazette of Oct. 20M. Important Order by Maj. Gen. Couch. Headquarters Dep't. of Susquehanna,) Chambersuuro, Pa., Nov. Ist, 1861.) General Order No. Go. I. That the interest of the Government and the welfare of the Department may be maintained, it is ordered that all refugees and deserters from the rebel lines, and citizens from States in rebellion, who are now wiihin this Department, or may en ter it, before tlteeiglit (Bthj day'ofNovemberinst., shall report to the nearest district or town provost marshal, that the.v may be registered, their resi dence ami description recorded, and to receive pro per certificates and passes; Persons belonging to any of the classes herein mentioned found within the limits of this Department, on and after the date named, without authority, or who, by pillag ing, counselling outbreak, destruction of. life, or p'openy, or in any manner acting ns enemies of the Government, w ill bo regarded as spies and subjected to summary punishment. 11. In view of the approaching election, deser ters from the army and the draft may return to their homes, and every effort must be made to ar rest and bold them to the service they owe their government. 111. Military commanders, District Provost Marshals, their deputies and assistants, within this Department, will be held responsible for the faith ful execution of this older, and will adopt such measures as will best secure the desired object. IV'.“All law abiding citizens are earnestly re quested to act in ’conjunction with the proper au thorities. and to aid them, if necessary, in the en foicenient of the instructions herein set forth. By command of Alaj. Gen. Couch. (Signed) I oils S. Schcltze, Assistant Adjutant General. T. Brent Swearingen,’ , Captain and A. A. General. Official The Horrors of a Eebel Prison. The Erie Dispatch publishes the following letter of a soldier, which reveals a new feature in the horrors of Rebel prisons : Is Camp at Atlanta, Ga., \ September, 21,J8G1. } Dear Brother : lam as well as can be expect .ed after being a prisoner two months and having nothing to eat. I was. exchanged the 22d of this month, and O 1 what a happy day it was to me to get hack where I could get something to eat. I tell you I would rather be shot dead than to be taken again. It Is au awful place, Onr men are starving to death and are so hungry that they al most cat one another up. They don't think any thing of cutting a man's throat for his rations that he draws for a day, and that is only a half pint of corn meal ground up, coh and all. It is worse than we feed to onr hogs at home, and about two mouthfuls of meal for a days rations. The.e weie about one hundred und six'y dying per day wh.n 1 left the prison, the 2Gth of this month. We had to'Vomi a police to keep the men from murdering one another. We hung six one day for murder and found men where they had murdered them-and cut them up and buried them in their tent. 1 O ! brother, I can’t find words bad enough to explain the place to you, hut I have thought, if there was such a place os hell on earth, that was one of them, for some were praying, others preach ing and others damning them for making a noise. Some were dying, others cursing their Maker— some murdering, others gambling—some stealing, and others calling for God to help them, and oth ers culling for some one to come and prayfdrthem. ' Such a place I never want to see again as long ns 1 live. * • • I am so weak that I can’t write long at a time. •* * Yours truly. 43“ The late Judge Taney clung to life with wonderful tenacity in spite of his illness. As long ago ns 1810, a gentleman in Maryland having some interest in a disputed land case, in which there was considerable more feeling than money involved, inquired of a merchant in Baltimore for the name of some able lawyer to be employed.— The name of Mr.- Taney was given. The gentle man called on tlio latter, bur. after talking with bun a wbilp. declined engaging bis services, giving after ward as his reason that lie intended his case should stay in court at least five years, that Tanev would not live half that time, lin’d then be would have to engage new counsel. Pif.v years have passed since then, and ten years ago’tlitH individ ual and all the other parries to the pmtraflted suit, as well as the lawyer's on both sides, and the judge whq tried the cause, were ail dead, and Taney was as hale and hearty as he had‘ever been, but still moving about with his apparent feebleness. CRACKERS'! A fresh sup- Pi}' of these delicious crackers just received and for a “ llt FKITCHKY’S CLTERIOR CREAM CHEESE AT \ FRITOIIKY'S. All styles carpeting and 011-Glodn can be found a LACOfIMiN’S, L German* Economy. A late tourist in Germany describes the econnm T practised by the pennant* ns follows: Each Gcr man has his house, hts on-hard, his roadside trees so laden wifji fruit, that did he not carefully prop them up, tie them together, and in many plaits hold the boughs together by Wooden clamps, die, would be torn assunder by their ow'n weight, ‘lit has hi* ow%eorn plot, bis plot for mangle wnrzei or hay, (or potatoes, for hemp, &c. He is his own | master, and therefore he and his family have the strongest motive!) for exertion. In Urnnnnv nothing is lost. Jlie produce of the tree and the cows is carried to market. Much fruit is dried for winter use. You see wooden trays of plums, chcr- I ries, and sliced apples lying in ihe snn to dry You sec strings of them hanging from the win dows in ihe sun. Tile cows are kept up the greater part of the year, and every green thing is collected for them. Every little nook where the grass grows by the road side, river brook, is carefully ent by the sickle, and carried home on the heads of the women and children, in baskets or tied in large cloths. Nothing of the kind is lost that -can be made of any use. Weeds, nettles, hay, the very goose grass that covers the waste places, are cui up ans#akcn for the cows. You see little children standing in the si reels of the villages, and in ihe streams which generally run down them, busy washing those weeds before they are given to the cows. They carefully collect the leaves of the gioss, carefully'cnt their potato tops for them, and even] if other things fail, gather green leaves from the woodlands. •«*» A Mabvkllocs Escapk. —The Wheeling Inlet. Ugeneer saysA young man named Pettigrew, of this city, while hunting chestnuts a few miles East of town, on Saturday, climbed to the top of a large tree, and, in the act of shaking a limb, the blanch to which he was clinging broke, and lie fell to the ground a instance of nearly sixty lyet. He de scended about half the distance head foremost, but laid sufficient presence of mind to seise a friendly limb, which not only turned him end for end hu; considerably eased h>s fall. He was badly stunned, and lay at the root of the tree ih an insensible con dition.' He was accompanied by a young lady, a woman of great physical strength. She picked him up and carried him nearly a mile, to the nearest house, where he graduall y recovered, ami retut ned to the citv on Saturdav. READ CAREFULLY! SoSli.rui.NO INTERESTING TOTUE PUBLIC. NOW IS THE TIME TO'BUY YOUK SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS. THE largest stock of Dress Goods fver brought to town h«u* just be<*o ppeu?U at the * Greeu Comer,” fcxat Altwuu, aud will be sold fur CASH at prices that defy competition. Wearedrterpuacti that our aide of towu shall take the lead, aud (hat ih ‘■Green Corner” shall be foremost in the van. o%if stock of Dresa Good* couaiats of ' ' Plum aud Fancy Drew* Silks, Merino*?, Palmetto Cloth*, Cobutgs, Fancy Alpacas, All-Wctd Plaids, Plain and Figured Dehuues, Fancy Prints, arid a great variety of other goods, of differ ent styles and textures, lu fact there is nothing the laditt cau desire for wear that wo cannot furnish them with.— We have also a large assortment of C)oat«, Shawls* Balmorals, irloop Skirts, Shoes, Gaiters <&c. 4®*Yea, and we were almost forgetting to mention om large atoerf of Carpets, Groceries, Quunswaee. etc., etc. Everybody should know .that money cau be saved bj baying Goods from us. Fur Instance, we are selling gounJ Calicoes as low as 16eta per yard. Muslins as low as ISct* Brown Sugar for 11 eta. per lb., and good Teas for 00 ct». Altoona, April 8, *64. tf. JOHN J. MURPHY &CO. HARDWARE I CHARLES J: MANN. i .ealer in foreign and do JL * MESTIC HARDWARE* WOODEN WARE. BROOMS; WINDOW SHADES, DOOR MATS. UPHOLSTERING GOODS. SHOE FINDINGS, COFFIN TRIMMINGS MOULDERS* TOOLS* BIRD CAGES AND WIRE GOODS* WINDOW GLASS, PUTTY*-WHITE LEAD, AC., AC. Eveby description of«G<i*>ds in hU line will be fur- at abort notice, and at low rates for cash. Ilia remaining »toclc of DRY GOODS on hand will b« cloned out at remarkably tow prices* In ofder to reliaquUb that branch of the buninena.. Agent for Willson’s “Telegraph Fodder Cotter.’* Altoona, May 29th, 1862. THE Altoona Academy WILL BE OPENED ON Wednesday, Oct. 12, 1864. FOR THE TERM OF FIVE MONTHS SSf All the; branches usual!; taught in such 'nstitutions will be taught in this. REV. M. C. WILSON, Principal. Geo. W. Patton - , Sec’y Board of Trustees. *7 . Oct. lit, 1864. 18W. SPRING 1864. C lEOULAE' Ltake pleasure in issuing this my Spring through whichl would inform niyfritndi snd the public generally that rimve just returned from the East where 1 bare purchased a fresh Stockof HATS AND CAPS of the Latest Styles, and aa to quality, color and pries can not fail to pleaSe all classes. 1 hare also bought on Immense stock of BOOTS AND SHOES, the majority of . which are city make and will be guaran teed. My assortment of Ladies* and Childrens’ s*b<*e* ** complete* aft of which, 1 am, now offering at a small vance on wholesale prices. • • The public will be greatly benefited by giving thirf attention and call and examine my rtuck, as 1 feel confi dent I can please all. JAME 3 S. MANN, Main street, Altoona. I’»- ftp9-tf A D.MINIS'] RATO R'S NOTICE.—The ■Hi undersigned having taken ont Letter* of Admit i*- trationmi lhee*cate of Christiana Wayne, Utcof Altooii*, In the count; of Blair, and state ofPennsylvania. dec'J. all persons Indebted to said estate are notified to call aud pay their indebtedness, and all persons having claim* against the estate of said decedent are notified to m** l known the same' to the undersigned without .Ida;. LOUIS PLACK, Administrator of Christiana Wayne, dec’d. Altoona. Dot: 1,1864- Bt.* _ EN AND BOYS’.COATS, of every if 1 style and color, of good quality.at 'IaCOOMAVS- A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF Jewelry, flair and Clothes Brushes, Comb*. Porket-knlves. 4c„ at LAPOfIMAN’S IT AIR OIL, OOLOHNES, POM; ades, Shaving Cream, Toilet Soaps Ac., for sale ly lsf.- fI.W.KKSSLKR VTEW AND IMPROVED STYLES 1 V] of Trucks, Valises and Carpet-Bags, at . r LAtOUMAN’3 PURE -WHITE LEAD AND ZINC I Paint, also Chrome. Green. Yellow, Paris Green, fry and ground oil at (l-tf.l KKSSLKKS- For sale—a building lot situated on Branch Street, Altoona. Price Amj. 17. 1884.tt W. S. BITTNtR JUST RECEIVED—A Lot of Pri>» c CIGARS—at Jan. 13,'«.] PLAIN & FANCY VESTS, of every .i»«.drtTi..t labohjuv*- 'KBTQAIVPS Drug Stmt- JUtocma LOOAi* ThsPoutbcai, Mitrnsoi er prove fi»vx*»ble, tho V»«" held in this pUce to-dar wil " largest meeting ever belt information received from i the turnout promises to be v miry for the flag, to be pre presenting the largest numb portion to the number ofv The ground selected fir the the Altoona Gas and Water Julia street. [ : The Democratic meeting next, will be a grand affair i er be favorable, G reat pw and it will be a grand effort evening meeting. Our pec ties, know how to gel jipcru and a good natures! Spirit ( able, adding to the attract! The speakers announced foi ing are Hons. George Non Robt. Lambert®!, C. L. He Win. A. Wallace, Phili S Oar town.has always t* and order observed on all monstrations of any kind, a meetings of to-day and Mon be preserved. In several been disturbances nt politic; in some instances, in raui disgrace of the town and p '»ro may hot have to chronic frje law at, the meetings re rowdies will attempt a tRs no sensible person should pi A -Fashionable Pablo do wo call no from year toy of their/eelings, habits, ts ways, then if they lived why ? Because the room parlor is-made expressly s They sit in a back room— haps. "After a servant ha; a crack in the shutters, am for'them to change their <it speculate as to what they n distant region the laugh ot canary bird, and then a do< they love plants ? Do they bjepider, crochet ? Do they What books do they rc:n paint ? Otall these possibi fled room says nothing. A sofa, six chair*, two o: npholslcr’s, a Brussels car] four gill hooks of beauty ot i Paris, two bronze vases—a frigid tones. “ This is the and nothing more; and s clothes, and aimlogties fo asks you how your mother it is a pleasant day, and progresses from year to yet tie hack room where the pi and children are, might ha for life; but as it is, yoi tbau fur the gilt clock on t Oil Excitement. —-The bids fair to rival that of th Peak gold regions. Stock nevertheless there are ram bn short notice. The nu now organizing will run u the grertay* fluid tosoraewii of $50,000,000. Onp c ■tarts with a capital of $ While many are destined large number will get thei care should be exercised an evidence of thfe yield o on Oil Creek, we copy Pittsburgh Commercial morning:— A dispatch was receive announcing that on T«es< oil well of the eapdeity of per day was struck on the about eight miles up Oil ( property of the Maple t ■Uek l» principally held patch containing this ne < i lion concerning the striki witnessPp, who have no ii heard yesterday'of largo Virginia oil region, but cc , M Compliment to the A The Huntingdon Globe, t the attendance upon |>ol music at each, says: “ 1 was at Wurriorsraark, at Band was at Moorsviltc. but the Altpona ‘a little i l|n fg‘ Jas. H. Dysart & 'SSB coal mine of Messrs. Cooj at Lilly's Station. They ■aß . * u Pl>ly milled at all tim WS orders for large or sms ■ aotice. Lasts ass, Badges.— fonnd a full supply of la cessions. Also, apprppri cot political parties. If- you want a { Will Patton’* in front' sample the fimsrambo 1 ! can’t be beat. «- Key. J. W. Curr •PP°jp ,e d a commission fcceire the soldiers vote 1 his post on Monday morr Awmttkd.—On Mom UcCamant was admiye* -several Courts of this com he passed a creditable ex The following is old bi .to one of the country c< to»POrtant and honorabl floral years, said the pr .salted with him only o r ** .!*>■< uing to tbi «■ hoar’s length each he this bench j Add him ** j ihonght it v
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