G=> ' ALTOONA, PA SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1865 OUB QUOTA ■' At last we have intelligence in reference to the quota of the State and District, but sub-district quotas have not yet been as signed. . The quota of the State is 49.761. The quota of this District is 1,604, a ire duction of some 700 from that first an nounced. The quota of Blair county will be in the neighborhood of 600, as she has the largest population of any county in the district. VTajking Altoona as qne teyentb of the county, as it was in |Uie last draft, we will have from 90 to 100 men to furnish, j It now behooves our citizens to bestir themselves at once and have the quota fill ed up, as less than three weeks remain in which to avoid the fortunes of the the wheel As .it is likely that a number ot sub-districljs will endeavor to fill their quotas by paying bounties, those who at tend to the matter first will fare best. The Bounty Committee of our town should have the assistance, as far as possible, of every man liable to the draft. They should not be left to do all the work themselves. The committee is a good one and will do all that can be done to fill the quota, but the time is so short that they will neetfall the assistance that can be given? Many bands will make light and quick work, and ail will feel the better when the responsi bility is removed. There should be no de lay, and we .believie that none will be al lowed, in filling up the armies. From the progress now being made oy the armies in the field it is evident that the reinforce ments which this call will give, will be sufficient to give the finishing blow, to the rebellion. ABUT NEWS. Last advices from tfe Army o' the Po tomac represent activity w,hich denptes something, to characterize the whole Ijne. Undoubtedly the garison of Kichmond has been weakened to reinforce the army in South Carolina and stop Sherman’s pro gress, and Geh. Grant is not.the man to allow such an opportunity to attack the Rebel stronghold to pass unimproved. The activity represented, in connection with the fact that Gen.jThomas’ Corps, of 15,- 000 to 20,000 men, is now on its way East, evidently means something. Whether Gen. Thomas Corps will stop with Gen; Grant or go to Sherman is now publicly known, but with either good work will be done. Every member of the rebel ex cept Trenbolm, have gone out, and j the rebel Congressmen are withdrawing home ward. Johnston refuses to take Beaure gard’s department. Lee has declined to take charge of any army but his own.! The news from Wilmington are to: the effect that Gen. Terry has demanded the surrender of the place. * Kebel news from that quarter represent everything in con fusion. All the public pooperty was being removed and the fall of the place was con sidered certain. | Toe 18th Tennessee Cavalry (Rebel) about 600 strong, under Col.) Johnson, now'encamped at Clifton, Tenn., have sent word into the Un|on lines that they wish to surrender, take the oath of allegi ance and go home. j9“Tbe Canadians do not seem inclin ed ito TBisc a disturbance with the Unjited notwithstanding this would be tjheir most favorable time to do so. The Gov 'enor-G*neral recommends that Parliament pay to the banks of St Albans $90,000 in Gold to replace the money stolen by the and given up to those outlaws fay justice Cooisai The Justice, who did this aide thing for the robbers, has been suspended and will most likely be disgraced. ' Well Doke. —On the 23d inst, in Con gress Ur- Washbnrne called up, on j the previous question, the bill repealing j the duty lon paper. It was put to vote and carried by a majority of fifty-seven. The bill has yet to pass the .Senate, ; where the paper manufacturers are making every ef fort todefeat it We hope they may be no inure succeeefbl in the Senate than Were in the House. j * Senator Hall and Represents live Adlom, Will accept our thanks for conti nu adfavora A The chav who does op the -‘Small Talk,” j«c.. ofthe WtHera Bail Road Oaxttle, ia a on a parody. Here U t sample:— A Hub Fucbo Amicus, —We find the fol • lowing rich nugget in one 'of tmr exrhanges —; It appears that Thadwray’« Maguirn j, in.Lon don,'pal i Tetinyaon, the Popt latm u ot'Kns land, sixteen hundred dollars for apo m. an” me following rwo V'Vw» u v ntie-Hiitf dr i- t ■ >r eight hundred :dollars ■>'>- tii : “What does little href- »»> In her neat at r»- r £ Let roe fly. “ ■ : Mother, U- me ny sway Birdie, rear a lifie lose- TUI thy li: •' - ; So she re*i-- « h f Then 111.-.- A .‘•VTtiv iul-jr -ay. In ht .Ld *t of tV. :v ■ Baby mae btruic. Let me rise and hasteaway. Baby, steep a little lodger. Until her little legs; gynw stronger, And. after waiting tike the birdie. Baby, too, shall fly jaway!’’ Imi t that grand ? Isn’t Ui the quint* —of poetry ? Here's sixteen line* of our own, same style,'same measure, and embodyingabont as ranch sentiment, for wWi we will willingly tak- uomir ter : “What does little froggie say. In bis pond at peep ofday ? Let me swim, says little froggie. Bullfrog, let me swim away Froggie, wait a little longer, Till your little legs are stronger. So he mounts, upon a*stump, And then into the pond ker-ch-u-n-k. “What does little piggie say. In his sty at peep of day ? Piggie says, like little froggie. Let me go and root to-day. Piggie, wait a little longer, Tiilypnr snout grows hard and stronger, If yoh sock a little longer, Piggie then may root away.” The late King of Prussia once sent mi aid-de-camp. Colonel Mahwjhowki, who \» < bmvv but poor, a smalt hound like a book, in which were deposited fire honored crowns ; some time afterwards he met the officer, and >aid to him. “Ah, well, how did yon like the new work; which I sent you ?" “Excessively, sire,” replied the Col.. I read it with such interest that I expect the second volume with impatience." The Ring smiled, and when the officer's birthday arrived, he presented him with another portfolio, similar in every re spect to the first, but with ; thesc words engraved upon it:—“This book is complete in two volumes.” IfSr A Boston hackman recently drove a cou ple of Englishmen to see Bunker Hill Monument. Having satisfied their curiosity so far as the Mon ument was concerned, they returned to the hack, where they found the driver sitting quietly upon his seat. “1 say, driver,” says one of the English men, “this is the place-where we Englishmen gave you Yankees a dem’d thrashing about eighty years since." “Well,” says the driver, “don’t know as I ever heard tell about that ; hut who owns the land now ?" ' Oce Resocbces. —The United States own up ward of 1,000,000,000 acres of public land suscept ible of cultivation. They ! own at least 2,000,000 acres 1 of gold and silver bearing lands. The ara ble lands are worth at least $1,200,000,000; the mineral lands, $800,000,000; aggregate, $2,000,- 000,000. These are national assets, from .which the expenses of the existing war may be ultimate ly reimbursed, if Congress shall apply them to that object. A Heavt Tajc.—The “Cambria Iron Company.” of Johnstown, have an excise tax for December last of $11,563 2ft. For the month of June last it was $14,000 00 per month, or $132,000 00 a vear. The entire taxes of this company including State. County, Poor, School, Belief, Borough, In come, Bounty and Revenue taxes is enourmons. That’s the way the money goes. progress ofVie war keeps map makers busy. So rapidly have the limits of the Confedera cy contracted, that it is believed no map extant has the slightest pretension to accuracy. Grant will be held responsible for having spoiled several editions, which otherwise would have been reliable maps. §BT" A gncrnlU attacked the sltop of a lonely widow in Hawesvillc, Kentucky, the other He broke the window, and poshed his head in, when the widow laid him put with a billot of wood, called, for an axe. and deliberately made mince meat of the body, leaving the pieces for the swine to devour. tract of {and situitp in Jackson township, Cambria county, known as the -Burkhart CatmeK Ci>al Tract', and containing about 80 acres. has been porchasedby a Company of New fork capi talists tor the of ;f3S|OOO, who intend going to work forthwith to develops its hidden treasurer jjyThe King of Siam; whose full mime is *rpr. Bart Somdetch Phra I’ammenpc Malta Akpugii, Phra Chanm Kiow Chowi Yu Han,” r.-ccmiy eel brnted his sixtieth birthday, the ccrcnT.Tn of the most gorgeous character jlflrA company has born birint-ti ami is about procuring a, character to build railroads through Allegheny, Washington and Westmoreland coun ties, for the purpose of bringing tin* oul in ;h<w counties into market. Tint caun.o -i' vi. i* mi-, million of dollars. ' Geo. Butler has hmnoroiisiy suggested tin epitaph fc> r himself, as follows : "‘Died at Fortress Monroe, on the 7th inst,' the military career of Maj.-Getw B. F. Burma, of malignant attack of of the regular army.” Jackson Haines, the American skater, has made $15,000 by his sharing tests it London, and has gone to Paris, at the- peq e»t of Louis N«po utott. fgf A cotemporary tells us of the sad case of a man who was shipwrecked and cast upon an unin habitable island, without a shiling in bis pocket. The Directors of the Poor <f this county, at their late annual meeting, re-elected O. E. Crisaman steward, and fiied his salary at $6OO. BST A Waterbary man lost his whip while out hunting in the woods, and his dog stood guard over It for two days and night* without food or water. a man with a scolding wife, when inquired of in relation to hi* reenpation, said he kept a hot house. i'\ fgp Dr Franklin said; —“A good kick out of doors is better than all thefrich uncles in the world.” . gtf John Marks, of Uollidaysbnrg, has been appointed Mercantile Apjpraiscr. '■ flilb. TUe column is AdL 1! t! a.-' »>.'v -run**-' •.i!" M ’>■ : - A n*mp»ipn with the Rebel Army. The gmithsoman Institute Burned. ; <ittri>eeeroter..jigt published, con- ' Wxshisotox, Jan. gA tain, the fing part of the storv of an English par- Aboutthree o'clock this afternoon nre w*»»hen. alrr Sw'h experience in ’the Sotoi t0r1863. tjbeißin* 6om fi* itetcf th* main bmlding Of the Hewriwat, the night after the battle |3mith*oman IlHtltate. A jbenerat fire alarm was of Gettysburg, nt this strain; It was a denial Vtmg, tnd the engine* wereaocm oc the groand, night. The fir® was kept no and protected, from bat no water could ba obtaiaed, and for two Kwra the rain piling on fresh wood, and , the Atones roared and biased, aided by a high it was a roaring one, vet I wondered that it was ; wind,consaming bH the main folding except the not extinguished. It lighted up the 'scene with a first stoir, which contains the collection of beasts strange glare. Leeand Longstreetstood apart, enga- and birds, known as the Smithsonian Museum, ged in earnest conversation, and around the fire. The west wing, containing the library of over in various groups, lay the officers of their staffs, thirty thousand volumes, was.not injured, it being Tired to death, many were steeping, irespite of the . separated by fire-proof walla, mud and d-eUbhing rain ; and I well remember It appears that the workmen were engaged ro om? log of wood—a fence rail—which was much : Stanley’s collection of Indian paintings, coveted as a pillow. Once Major Moses, unable hhom two-hundred of which were valued at $20,- sleep, got up and politely offered me bis shkre'i'tWO, and he being in negotiation for their sale to ■ X ii. I accepted and lay "down, but the eslges i the University of the State of Michigan, the cont ain- v.-.T sharp, and each time I fell off/foto a ' tpittee having examined them for that purpose ■i>x 1 tegan to dream so vividly thaj/my head e«(hont noon to-day. It being very cold to-day a Is ine cut off that at last I cpuW stand it no ! stove had teen put up for the workmen, and it is long. ■. and returned the Major his pan of the bol- 4 supposed the pipe had been inserted in a defective with thanks. Again md again during the ; flue. I night reports came in from Hill, McLaws, Ewell, | Professors Henry and Rhees were in the Pro- j lefc., stating that the enemy had retreated, and i lessors' rooms, and on the alarm being given,! ? that thev had nothing but cavalry in front of them, j rushed into the lecture-room,’ and found the plas- Gt-nCriil Lee said, a few days afterwards, that I tering tolling from the ceiling. The workmen he had hesitated whether he should not counters | had but just left the room, where the pictures had mand his own retreat, which he certainly would ‘ been hung, and it was so filled with smoke that no not have commenced if he had anticipated such ; one could enter it. But about a half dozen of the dreadfully bad weather. But the wagon trains | portraits nearest to the door were carried out were now well on theft- road to the rear, and their I All else is lost, including a statue,iu marble of the safetv might have been compromised if the army “Dying Gladiator, ” belonging to Mr. J. McGuire, had not followed them. By eight o’clock, next of this city, valued at twenty thonsand dollars.— morning the whole wagon train had got past us. The apparatus-room, on the east side of the main and the troops began to move. It had ceased building next caught, and but little was saved trout raining, but the road was a sea of slush and mud, j here. All tit Jie.-iviest pinions are lost, but a few end wc got along verv slowly. - ; small and invaluable telescopes, 4c., were saved L and I visited General Lee in the after- jby being throVn out of the window and slid down noon, and he spoke very openly on the subject of | the ladder. The valuable apparatus donated br ibe late campaign. Had’he been aware that Meade ! Professor Baird, of Philadelphia, is entirely lost, had teen able to concentrate his whole army — Professor Henry’s room, near the main tower, was for which he deserved gieat credit—he certainly soon caught, and hut few of his papers were saved, should not have attacked him ; indeed, it had-ir.t A few of the meteorological observations were car teen his interest nor his intention to bring on a ried out first, but nearly all the records of years, great battle at all; bnt, led away, partly by the correspondence, &c., are lost. Many were thrown success of the fifst day-, believing that Meade had out of the windows and scattered in all directions only a portion of his army in front of him, and by the wind, never to te collected again, seeing the enthusiasm of his own troops, he had The trophies of Wilkes’ exploring expedition thought that a successful battle wonld cut the knot were in the museum, and are mostly saved.— so easily and satisfactorily, that he had determined Some were injured by being carried our, but the jto risk it. His want of knowledge of the enemy ’s fire did not reach them. The “Hibernia" and movements he attrfauted ro Stuart having got too “Meigs" Steam fire engines .were early on the far away from him with his cavalry. ground, bur were unable to get water for over an Had the strong position of Gettysburg been stor- hour, and nothing saved the two wings except the med, no-doubt cannon and colors and prisoners construction being fire-proof. About three and a would have been token, but at a great sacrifice of half o'clock the fire got into the wooden stairway life. The Federals w.ould have fallen back, and of the main tower, and soon ran to the lop, the probably taken up a still stronger position a few flames shooting up through the top, makiug an miles to the rear. Lee would have had to retreat enormous pillar of fire.- all the same, especially as, after the thi.d day's The anomeler, or wind register on the top of fight, ammunition—particularly- small arms am- the main tower, whirled away until about four munition—was getting short. Had there been and a half P. M., when it fell through to the bot only a portion of Mead’s army at Gettysburg, and tom. The masonry remains standing and is not that portion had been overwhelmed, of course it much injured by the fire. The capping on one of would have been a difierentwhing : and ns General the south towers fell about four P. M., but tio one Lee.said himself, it was under the impression that was injured. The lecture room, capable of seal- he had only a part of Meade's army to deal with that be fought the battle.' Increasing Revenues. If the returns of internal revenue from all sour ces increase throughout the country as wonderfully as those under the Excise law have done in the city of New York from October 18C2 Jg the close of 1864, the theory of one of the Colfeefors there “that the revenue of fifty other similar districts would pay the entire national debt with interest in three years," may not be so wide of the mark as would seem probable at first thought. The collec tions there are surpassing the original estimate, as some who evaded payment have since paid' with more titan sounding damage-. The collections for three months in iS62 were $750,000. or at the rate of s3,ooo,ooo per annum. The collections of 1863 were nearly $8,000,060 about 12d per cent, increase. The income tax yielded $lB,OOO, 000 in 1864—the amended law having gone into operation in 3 uly, increasing the tax imports 33 ]>er cent, and adding the war income. Within the twenty-seven months in which the law has been in operation, $27,000,000 have been collected in the city ; of which more than $3,000,000. excluding the war tax, were paid into the treasury in De cember, 1864, against $400,000 in Det ember, 1862 ; this is an increase of about 800 per cent The collections in 1863 were $7,002,005,85 "and in 1864, $18,242,917,10, being an increase of $10,330,911,84. Nearly three quarters of the in "crease of 1864 occurred in the last half of the year. The estimates of revenue collections in the city for 1865 amonnt to $?0,250,000; but if the increase which is recorded should be preserved, the amonnt would swell to $40,000,000. The revenue from the income tax in two districts of the city last year was $4,500,000, and the total collection s6,soo,ooo—where now the former assessment equals the highest figures. As the amount for in comes under the new law will nearly equal the as sessments under the old regulation concerning in comes less than $lO,OOO and must include the largest part of the special tax, it is thought that the revenues of two districts will reach about $9,000,000 and $11,000,000 in the city. These are very gratifying facts to be shown.—; They prove the unexpected ability of one section of the, country; they show that the ability has grown during war, and that rascality has been opened ; they show that better things may be ex pected from other parts of the land, as the laws are better known and better applied. It is a great change of base, however, for any citizen of New York, where so great opposition was encountered two years ago, to say that in three years the reve nue of New York alone will pay one fiftieth of the whole national debt, with its interest. For we can cipher out, in the nation, fifty times the wealth am>thc population of New York city alone; and can, in the terras of the statement, therefore, pay ourselves free in three years. If so, they who have defended the Union most earnestly have not Keen less wise or prudent than their opponents. The Assaulting Column That Carried J Fort Fisher. Of the many deeds of daring heroism performed | by tiic Union soldiers during the present war, ; tiour .tand out in bolder relief than the successful j -minting of Fort Fisher on Monday last. While profound'military then were showing the impos sibility of succeitlly storming so formidable a de fensive work as FoH Fisher, our ma'chless soldiers had ac’ itally carried the fort. Of the manyprond and historic names which adorn the battle-worn banners of our veteran regiments, none will be pointed to with more pride than that of Fort Fisher. In the assaulting column the Two-hundredsmd thtrd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, Colonel John \V. .Moore, rendered itself particularly con spicuous for its courage ami heroism. Its list of casualties, amounting to two hundred, gives the best evidence of the terrible ordeal through which it successfully passed. The Forty-seventh Penn svlvaiiia, Colonel Thomas H. GoodpaMy seconded tlie cti'oris of the heroic Two-bundred-and-third. The Fortv-ejghth and Seventy-sixth Pennsylvania, Colopels Scjgfried an in the same brigiwe with the Two-hnndred-and-third, were among the first to scale the ramparts of the “im pregnable” fort. The Third, torty-secofld, One-hundred-and seventeenth New York Volunteer Regiments ably seconded the efforts of the Keystone Brigade. And shonldcy to shoulder, through the ram of fire and death, die soldiers of the Keystone and Empire States planted the emblem of our undivided nation ality on the bastions and ramparts of Fort Fisher. The entire Second Division of the Twenty-fourth Corps took partin the assult. Ant} General Paine’s Division of colored troops rendered jnost impor tant service, they having been placed in position across Federal Point, were thev prevented rein- ; .forcements from reaching the Rebel garrison of For; Fisher and contiguous works. file estimated losses by fire in Philadelphia daring the year 18C4, amount to $999,249, upon which there Wa» an insurance of $546,377. ing about two thousand five hundred persons, was peculiarly adapted for acoustic properties, and be ing thoroughly ventilated was the fairest ball in the country The damage to the building can be repaired in six months, but the records and results of years’ research are gone forever. Annual Conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The Bishops of this large and influential de nomination have arranged their plan of visitation for the purpose of presiding over the annual con ferences of the Church. These Conferences are fifty-nine in numlier, and are held not only in near-: ly every State and Territory in the Union, but in foreign lands, including India and Siberia, There arc nine Bishops, viz: Reverends Messrs. Clarke, Baker, -Scott. Morris, Janes, Ames, Simpson, Kingsley and Thompson. The work has been dis tributed as follows : Bishop Clarke will preside at Baltimore. Philadelphia, Maine. Vermont, Cincin nati Michigan and Ohio—7. Bishop Baker at Danville, Cambridge, Mass. ; Wyoming, Pa.: E st Maine, Jamestown, X Y.; Waterloo, N. Y.; North Ohio, Milwaukee and Wisconsin—B. Bishop Scott at Missouri and Arkansas, Kansas, Nebras ka, Delcware, Northwest Indiana, New Albany and Southern Illinois—7. Bishop Morris at Ken tucky, Central Ohio and Southwestern Indiana —3. Bishop Janes at Wheeling, Newark, N. J. ; Ger many and Switzerland and Decatur, Illinois—4. Bishop Ames at Canton, Ohio; Trenton, N. J. ; New Hampshire, East New York, Michigan, Cen tral Illinois and Warsaw, 11f.—7. Bishop Simp son at New Bedford, Mass. ; Skaneatcles, N. Y.; New York. Dcs-Moines. lowa ; Upper lowa, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa; and Washington, D. C.—7. Bishop Kingsley at Troy, N- Y ; Potsdam, N. Y.; Colorado, Oregon and Nevada—s. Bishop Thom son at North Indiana, West Wisconsin, Northwest Wisconsin, Minnesota and Rock River—s. The most onerous duties which these prelates have to is that of meeting the Presiding Elders of each Conference for the purpose of making the ministerial appointments which the Book of Dis cipline requires. The Baltimore Conference will meet at the Light Street Church on the Ist of March, and that of East Baltimore on the same day at Danville, Pa. What of the Future of Mexico. The Boston Port says : “This question touches the qnick of our nation's heart. We have not the least doubt but that a hopeful answer is the true one. The Maximilian dynasty most be regarded as a temporary one. We have no idea that the American people have or will ever abandon one iota of the Monroe doctrine. The American con- -.'parted from Europe by a wall of fire and an ocean of water, was ordained by nature for the home oI free republican governments. We are the natural goardians of this Continent. The first step towards assisting Mexico will be to, protect ot/rseives and allay our oWn strife. Thehonrof refiress will come soon enough; and we have some confidence that it will come in due time by peace ful diplomacy rather than by warlikk demonstra tion. Louis Napleon knows he has no right there, and with that shrewd, crafty and skilful national pilot, wise discretion is esteemed by far the bettgr part of valor. 'll is not entirely safe to assume that the Maxi milian government is firmly established. The sings of opposition are not few, and the seeds of a terrible retribution must bo deeply hidden in the Mexican b;isora. The peaceful slumbers of a peo ple subjugated by foreign arms are -more danger ous portents than noisy opposition. Important from City Point. Washington, Jan. 25.—The Star, of this eve ning, says ; , . 't “Despatches received here state that yesterday morning; nr two o’clock, a Rebel fleet-of five ves sels (the Richmond squadron) came down the river to' destroy our depots and works at City Point. “The high water of the enrrent freshet enabled them to pass the obstructions which our comman ders had placed above City Point for the better protection of the place. A‘battle quickly ensned between the Rebel fleet andjrar nearest battery or fort, in which one of the Rebel vessels was Mown np and instantly entirely destroyed, while two others were so damaged by shot and shell as to compel them to seek a speedy flight back in the direction of Richmond, accompanied by the other two, which escaped with no damage to speak o£ “Admiral Farragu; left here yesterday evening for the, scene of the action. It is understood (that he will at once assume the naval command there.” 44" I* is stated that in the late memorable con-, flict at Fort Fislier, the agents'of the United Stales Sanitary Commission effected a landing on the day of the battle, and: were on the hospital gnmnd with ample supplies several boars; before the woandod arrived. ; Courtalupjn^Australia. STILL: - When a ; oung warrior.is desirous of procnnng ~_ : '’ ■ Wife, he generally obtains one by giving *£XCEELS It change for her a sister or some other frraslejWa?' A f> ~ Vsi a. tire of his own; but if there shook! happen i! llii'btfc£ itjt&lS CSC OtOl‘6. ofwme otter blacks qntil he gets an Sn.Xwb.ilT. of seizing one of their features, whom perhaps bo bw aowyn Wad a buaa'asesauy J—■ >rt»wnt oi has seen and admired whenl attending one of the n i-ciitASTt ui’t*' crpxrr rst or grand corroborries. His mode of paving his ad- FAhHIOISABUi. blUhh OF dresses is simple anti efficacious. With a blow of tt a M| fH » Tx/-s his war club, he stnns the object of his affections, LI j\ I I \O V and drag* her insensible body away to re- 11. fl JL k/j J LLjL lj» tired spot, whence, as soon as she recovers her sen- . 7 sea, he brings her home to his own *unyah in tri- - umph. Sometimes two join in,an expedition for the same purpose, apd then for several days tbev His Stock bos lw.u Minted with great car* and vabr*. watch the movements of their intended victims, ; every color, .bane and quality, fer the accomiSWaiwa , , ~ . . of grave or gay. oM or young, neb or poor. using the utmost skill m concealing their presence. J *,], , mk uf ud M «w-. Fore of all «yiv.ai. When they have obtained the knowledge they re- ( *ayaon band. quire, they wait for a dark, svindv night ; then : All pe a»kt is an examination irf bla »t><-k. feeling an quite naked, and carrying only tlieiir long jag j *»*“'»• <tatidfao »- D w ALg spears, they crawl stealthily through the bosh until ' they reach the immediate vicinity of the camp-" - fires, in front Of which the girls they are in search of are sleeping. Slowly and silently they creep close enough to distinguish the figure of one of those leubras ; then one of the intruders stretches out his spear and inserts its barbed point amongst her thick flowing locks ; turning the spear slowly round.- some of her hair speedily becomes entan gled with it; :hen, with a sudden jerk, she is aroused from her slumber, and as her eyes open, she feels the sharp point of another weapon pres sing against her throat. She neither faints nor screams : she knows well that the slightest attempt at escape or alarm will cause herinstant death, so, like a sensible woman, she makes a virtue of a necessity, and, rising silently, she follows her cap tors. They lead her away to, a considerable dis tance, tie her to a tree, and return to ensnare their other victim in like manner. Then, when they have accomplished their design, they hurry oflF to their own camp, where they are received with uni versal applause, and highly honored for'their chivalrous exploit. Occasionally, an alarm is given, bnt even then the wife-steaiers easily escape, qraidst the confusion, to renew their attempt at some future period General Thomas. —Referring to the recent rumors regarding the movement of troops in the Southwest, the St. Louis Dtmoeral says: “Gen eral Thomas will now join General Shbrmas. The corps under General Scuot ibld and the force mentioned as belonging to General Mbaghre,' are all the troops that are detached from General Thomas. Uis business is to remain in the West and take care of Hood’s army. For this purpose his force is ample. The transportation of a full . corpse of troops to General SuehmajT, by rail and water, may occupy some weeks. The ■ accession will make’ General Sherman strongenough to go anywhere, or do anything along the Eastern coast. ’ KdVaEH L RCda. 8. C. MBTLEWAIT. .NEW J’XBM !. NATIONAL GROCERY ! ! TTHE I'NPEiISiGNED RESPECT FULLYannounce to the citizens of Altoona and vicin ity. tluit they Luv-i- just opened a splendid lot of FRESH GROCERIES, CONFECTIONERIES, NOTIONS, WOOD AND WILLOW WARE, &c., &<•., in the new Store ou Virginia street, two doors from the McClellan Iloav, where they will take pleasure in wailing upon all the Cash Customers who may favor them with the-ir patronage. It i* oar intention to keep on band a general variety of Good* in our lim*. and !»ell them EXCLUSIVELY FOR QAiSH ! Those *bo know how to appreciate A CUP OF GOOD COFFEE OR TEA. would especially do well to Live ns a call, os ours have already gained the reputation of being the Lest in town. Altoona. Jan. 21. RUSS A POSTLBWAIT. Paper Warehouse. No, 513 Minor St , Philadelphia j LEDGER PAPERS. FLAT CAPS, FOLIO POST. DRAWING PAPERS. HARDWARE do. FOOLSCAP. LETTER.' NOTE. PACKET POST. EXCHANGE CAP, BOND PAPERS, Ac. I STRAW do. 4c., . PAPER of every description made to order. . Altoona. Jan. 21, ’65-ly. C. C. SERVER A SON, PUBLIC SALE 9P Valuable Real Estate. Will be sold at Pt&Uc Sate on the premise*, on Saturday the 4th day of February, A. D. 1865, at 11 o'clock A. M. of miH day, that Valuable farm property owned by th« Hein of Graham McCamant, decVL located In Pleasant Valley, one mile s?outh East of Altoona Borough, Blair Cbuuty. The Raid farm contajuff247 acre* of good Limestone land, in a gw*i State ofCultiv&tion and under good fence, with a large Bank Barn and large two Story frame dwelling bouse—Also a good Apple Orchard and good water and m small but neve** failing stream of running water passing close by the Barn and House. This farm con* siderod one of the most desirable in Blair County on account of the good quality of the land and its close proximity to a good market. Terms of sale *£ln band ind the balance in two equal Annual payments with approved Security. PoeseeiMn given April let/ . • For farther information,concerning the property address Samuel McCamant, Sabbath Rest, Pa. or Thus. McCamant Esq, Hollidaysburgb, Pa. A NEW OIL WELL DISCOVERED ! Many are the Start ee told of great discoveries of Oil. Of fortunes mode in a day—Of flowing well* and wells pump ed by steam. ■ But the well discovered by London A Smith is not an nil well exclusively. Neither does it flow Spon tanoasly, nor yet pnmped by ste an. If you don’t believe it. just call at their Store on Virginia Street and examine their new Stock of goods, consisting of Ladies Bren goods, such as Alpaca’s, Merino's. Detains, Silks, Balmo ral Skirts. Ac., Ac. Of Gents wear. Cloths. Caanlmeree. Sattinnte. Ac„ ts-sidee a great variety of Boots, Shoes, Gaiters. Hoods, Nubias. Comforts, Gloves, Spices ofall kinds. Sugar. Coffee, Tea. Syrnps, Soap. Candles and Qoeensware. Ac., with a little of nearly everything usual ly kept in-a variety Store. - Call and see ns, as we are determined to sell as cheap as the cheapest. Don’t f. rget the place, at the old stand for inerly occupied hy John London, on Virginia Street. Altoona. Dec. 24. ’64. LOUDON A SMITH. HOWARD ASSOCIATION. PHILADELPHIA. PA. Diseases of - the nervousj SEMINAL. URINARY AND SEXUAL SYSTEM— new and reliable treatment—in repprta of the HOWARD ASSOCIATION—Sent by mall in sealed letter envelope* free of ctiai ge. Address. Dr. J. SKILLON HOUGHTON Howard Association, No. 2 South Ninth Street, Phlladel phia. P«. „ [Jan. 21,186A-tf ] ALTOONA ACADEMY. Notice is hereby given that on and after February let, 1865. the price oftnitloh *c., will be in proportion to the nntaberof Scholar*. The tuition free, and contingent expenae* will be aaaeaa •o, equally upon the pupils. WM. R. FINDLEY, iVei„ Board'# TnuUu. WANTED.-ALL KINDS OF COUN JV Prodac ». a,th e .VaTIOXALOROCERT, Vfr ginia 81, Altoona, Pa. • . Janyfll, ’te-tf. RUSS A lOSTLBWAIT. HOOP SKIRTS AND LOOKING GLASSES *t _l)toonv Not. 18. *64 opera caps a hosie- FINE PRINTING, NEWS do. MANILLA PAPER, ENVELOPE do. j COLORED do. ;BINDEEB' BOARD. [TRUNK ; do. ! >■ C. StOTR. 0. c. MOTH. MISSES AND CHILDREN’S FLATS STOVES, TIN' AND SHEET-IRON WARE. rpHE UNDERSIGNED WOULD UK J, mmnfß to the Citizen Altoona and vicinity he has taken -the » and shop recently < pied hy John Shveaii on V\rgini-i strut. the McClellan H* where he has on hr targe supply of STU of all Pattern*, aoc Cook. Parlor, OflSi and Shop' Stovea, which - be will sell at the moat reason., ply will always be ktfpt oh hand. •TIN AN 7> SHEET-IRON WARE la grnt vartoy. J alwava on-hand. ROOFING & SPOUTING 1 put up on short notice. $1 He haa also attached a copper-smithing roon to bt» |j establishment and will keep on hand an aaaortmsat of coy -1 par and brass kettles, Ac. || .VU kinds of Job work promptly attended to. 1 . January 14,ISdk-tf STEPHEN WINTIRI. j| SAVANNAH TAKEN! I New Firm in an old Stand WOLF & PETFHSON Beg leave to inform the citizens ot Altoona and vicinity that they ba»v uki.u charge of tut* GROCERY & PROVISION STORE j lately occupied by Kickabaugh k Patterson, and former!) occupied by Joe. Berkowitx, where they‘will k*-vp au slant!) unhand a large stock of Groceries, Proves tin, uul food, comprising Superfine, Extra, and Extra F.»m>l) Flour. Bacon —Hams Plain and Sugar Cured. Ribb.-1 and Plain Side*, Shoulders, Ac, Dried Beef, Mackerel and Herring by the Barrel, Half £anel and Quarter Barrel. COFFEE—-RIO AND EAST INDIA. Sugars—Crushed, Granulated, sew Orleans, and P- ru Kico. Huiar) and Golden Syrups. New Orleans and House Mola-'se*. Black. Young Dyson, and luip-rul Tens. Sperm. Adamantine. Star, and Mould Candles. P...*. Rosin and Fancy Soaps. Navy, Spun Roll, Honey D * and Cut and Dry Tobacco, Cigars. . Also* a goof ui. ut of Bro'Di.H. Buckets, Bed Cords, and Queenf ware FEED AND PROVISIONS. (;orn—Shelled and in the Ear. Oata, Corn and Gain. a:.J WU-iit Chop, Ship Stuff, Coru\M*al. Sifted and I*unified Also, Closer and Flak Seed. BUTTER, EGGS AND LAUD. Please give us a call and aare expenses. Dec. 17.1864—If WOLF * PETERSuN IRELAND TO AND [ROM BT THE GALWAY LINE OF STEAMSHIPS, MONTREAL do do Washington Line of sailing Vessels. And the North German Lloyd Line of Steamships sailing between N. York Havre, Bremen, Southampton, and London. AiF- Drafts at right, for One Pound and upward*. National Dank and Branch**, payable in all the and Towns In England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. f;s« of discounts June t*. 1964-tC H. A. CAMPBELL YC'OULD INFORM THE CITIZENS Of Altoona and ricinltj that he baa this da; opened up ft new BOOT, SHOE AND GROCERY STORE On Julia Street, Eatt Altoona , opposite the Kptscoptl Parsonage, formerly known as ths Conrad corner. I snail say nothing in regard to price*, bat request a small share of the public patronage, feeling confident that afteran examination of my stork and pri ce*. my easterners will be .satisfied. Please give me a call. Small favors will be thankfully received. Altoona, Jan. 10.1865, MUSIC INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN- ON THE Piauu lsUe and Melodeon, by Miss MARIA SHOE MAKER, TERMS SXO PER QUARTER. Residence on Emma street, three doors below Annie *i. No allowance will be made for the neglect oflessont t-' the loss bf the teacher, except in case of sic knees. Jan. 21,1865-ly. . T7ALUABLEHOUSE AND LOT FOR T 3 AXE.—The undersigned, intending to. remove frbns the town, offers, at private sale, his bovse sndlot, situate on data- street, Altoona, a few dSors shove Catbarin street anda4foinlng the House” The bon** iaaWell built two-story frame, containing three room* and abalt and a stonbroffice room, on firstflobr ahdfiv* rooms on second floor. The lot Is well enclosed qnd ba« oaitastable and other conveniences. Possession' gi**'- April first. - ;' • • “ Jan. T. 1865-tf. A. P.OALpERWOuD 4 DMINISTRATQB’S NOTICE—No- Jm. ticc ie hereby given that Letteia of Administratis on the estate ; of 'Elias Baker, late of Allegheny Blair County, hate been granted to the unde - signed. residing as aforesaid. All persons knowing them selves indebted to said estate are requested to nuke imme diate payment, and those having claims will present th* same duly authenticated for settlement. . ' \ S. C. BAKER. ®ec 22 1864 Administrator. ; A Dll IN ISTRATO R’ 3 NOTICE. No -•TXtlct* is hereby given that letters of the estaleof John Uoraing, late of Altoona, Blair countv. dec'd, hate been granted to the ncdersigmd reaidinc si aforesaid. All persons knowing themselves indebted t<> said estate are requested to make immediatepaynieut, R»d . tho*ehaving 'Maims will'present the same without delsr. dal; antbeutlcatSd for settlement. J«o,7th, ls6Mt. r MERCKLIA HORNING. Adm For rent.—the situ ATE oh Ihe eorner.'.of Main apd Kffitban ue -tnets. imm*‘diaVly r above thel*enn’a R. H. Warthous**, Altoona.' fc offered for.rent from the first of April n*xt, for one year or longer, it desired. The bouse contaia4*pine rooms, and at present «njon a lair share -of custom, jfbr further par ticulars apply to Mrs. Orady, residing: next door to the property. , \ (Altoona, Jan. 14th. 1965- 'M *) Extra, family flour, cheap FOB CASH at tt>« Altoona,Jan. fl, ’6S-tf. NATIONAL OBOCEBV Boot's AND SHOES PLAIN AND fancy at SHIRTS UNDER CLOTH- X iNa Ac. at fJIRIINKS AND CARPET-SACKS EAIR, HAT, TOOTH, SH A V IN< ; Faint, Saak aaATaralak B. A O. KERR, ALTOONA, PA 0. C. SMITH. O. C. SMITH G. C. SMITH. £ * v liQOAL Goon, WiM. i'iH» Go*»»«l of having agotrffire plainlv apparent on drew**! old Good Will Company tanhl „P by 4 removal* from in "““H oeedinglv anbdon* to fcfto A H mam-nt rerident* of the phco. I enough of the oW member* toI fiie, consequently, If it is.to 1 hereafter, there must be « fiUi| ny . 'rUa engine,one of *hehJ been recently overhauled,andl der, read? % 886 on any OCC H Company have also a fine q m oat be manned, Will no * °j have property in the town ail (created in hav’inf a good, rel join tbia compauy add aoqoal the working of an engine, sol some service, in case of a 4 , neighbors, property if not theij being in good order, ready foi men to man die topes, etc., afl hose op the spot where they are the company ha* been made uj person* who bad no property. I srhiie those interested -lookel not be the case. One. Other I mention,, and it is this. Whl ers have allowed others to W carry the hotoat fires, thus ti risk, they have not even snppj for the engine. We learn ftj company that there is still sod on the engine. This amoun for some five years, and it I paid. And who should pay I who are to bo benefilted. Noj because he is insured he need fire insurance company that in the (own should contributj believe they will, if a good c<j Then let us have a good cj make the effort to wipe out t Citizens take hold °f this mi stand in ite house hereaftet. j cannot run it, to a fire. ! Death o» Robert M Ifcnce was received in this decease of Dr. Robert M, S Cresson, Cambria- county, died at Chattanooga, Tenn time' the position of Med Twenty-third Army Corps, Director of the Department sou wis widely known throt distinguished for great force opinions, and some ecceutr a man of strong and genero in his pairiotism. As a sci sui' -iiora in T«nnsylv»nia. versed in all departments botanist waa i He. was a mcroiies of the P Commission, of which 1 chief, and very much of th are due to the skill and im He ~was an enthusiastic mo that in the pore air of the A and listless inhabitants of i would find health strength lished some years ago a fvc tain," which is distinguish and by a scientific bandlin without being tod technici elevuic the human mind look from nature np to t Dr. Jackson’s views are b< fine command of langoag oob style, place* the book ; able of it* kind ever writt member of the American of Satural Scie tntioriii ■ His 1 character friends yvherever he was k death \vili not be nnlsmen What Blaib Cotnrrr the Auditor General’s 1 mounts paid by the eoqftt the State Treasury dorin) Altoona Gas ft Water C Corporation Stock Hollidaysburg Gas Comp (■oration Stock Tax oa Real and Persom Special yax Enrollment of Laws Brokers and Bankers Tax on Writs, Wills, Di CollecteraUnberiunce Tavern Licenses Retailers *- Billiard Rooms, Bowlins Eating Bouses, Beer Be B«fter»tieense» IMstJttery and Brewery 1 Charter Blair Conatj I Company Accrued Interest During the same peri out of the Treasury for 20. From the spme Bepoi property of the county a population to 27,555, of R. Hi Crahoss.—Tl of Tuesday, was slighth rnent of some of the i Fehn’a Rail Road. Ti week, and those publish ' yet been officially ma has, been appointed I>i at this station, in room moted to Supt. of Te taken the position of c tendent. Vacated by Mr O. Kelter has taken 1 c Office, in robot of Mr. tions are in the regnlar fhloosi and business . former sithations. ■Kaiao.—Weregre inson,:«dn of James i do, was kilted in the a was. pot 20‘ years o in wjuch’branch of li mofllhsago. His w pathy of aU i n their b
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