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B. 11UTCJIISON,
RATLROADS
MIFFLIN d CENTRE CO. Branch R. It
NoirrnwArtn.
No. 1. leaves tewitdown at 7.20 a. ta., and
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JITTiVCS at Milroy 5.15 n. m.
No. 2. leases PCIIII . O , H. R. 11.15 a. 113,
rives :it Milroy 12.15 p.
No. 3, leaves Pen. R. 4.05 p. m., ar
rives at Milroy 5.00.
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No. 1. leaves Milroy 5.40 a m., and arrives
at Peon'a. It. R. 0.40 a . m .
No. 2. !eaves Milroy 115 m., anti arrives
Peon'a. It 11.2.10 p. m. '
No. a leaves Milroy 5.01 p. in. and arrives
at Pentea. It. R. 6 . 00 p. m.
Stage leaves Bellefonte every nay (except
Sunday.) at 11 a. tn., and arrives at Mui
r y 4 ,30 p tn.
Stage leaves Milroy every day (except SIITI -
d ay) at 5.30 p. rr.. and ;mires at Belle
fonte 10:10 p. ru.
Stage leavus Bellefonte fer Pine G ‘•eve \i ias
every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
mornings at ti a. re.
Western,nrul closes at, 4 00 p.
Leek Haven mail closes at . 10.00 a. re. _
p AND ERIE •R
'INTER TIM TABLE,
Throng-1i and direet route between Phil
adelphia, Baltimore, Harriahorg,
port. and the
GREAT OIL REGION or PENN'S.
ELEGANT SLEEPING/ CARS
n n night Trains
On and after 'AIOND.Y. NON'. 23th IF.P.s
the Trains nn the-Philadelphia and Eri;, ,
Rail Ruud will run its follows.:
WESTWARD
Mail Train leaves Philadelphia 10 45 p.m
• " Lark Haven—. 9 31 a. in
" arr. at Erie 9 50 p.
Erie Express leaves Phil:, 11 50 a
" " Lark Ifaven... 9 50 0. la
" " arr. at Erie 10.00:
Elmira Mail !eaves Phi'adelphia 5 00 e. a.
" " " Lock Haven.... 7 45 p.l
'• " arr. at Lock Haven 745 p.
EASTWARD
Mail Train leaves Erie 10 55 a. ni
• " '• Lark haven... 11 21 p. m
" " arr. at. Philadelphia.. P.' 00 a: In
Eric Express leaves Elie 0 25 p. m
" " " Leek II a ven 0 1u a. m
" " err. al Phila 4 20 p.
?stall and Expres: , connect with Oil Creek
and Allegheny nicer ]hail Road. Baggage
Checked through.
ALFRED L. TYLER.
Cenert,lSnperintel•dent.
p ENNSYLV.AIS'IA R
BALD EAGLE VALLEY
',ND
TYRONE 4: CLEARFIELD BRANCHES.
OPENING OF TYRONE t. CL - EARFIELD
BRANCH TO CLEARFIELD,
41 MILES NORTH OF TYRONE
On-and-after Atrinday. FPbruary Ist. ISfin
two Passenger Trains will run daily (oxeopt
Sundays) hezween Tyro e and Loch itaren.
and one Passenger Train between Tyrone
and Clearfield—as follows
BALD EAGLE V ALLISY
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Mail Leaves LAek Haven at 9 ' , O p in
. " ".....NlDesharg - , " 1 55 p in
"......".....Bellef.aits " 4 12 p in
Arrive at Tyrone at IT 05 p in
B. E. Express leaves L Haven at. 10 20 a tu
48 a m
55 a 'ln
1 20 p
A rrivcs at Ty Tolle at
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Mai', kart: , S Tyrttao
" to at
" '....Mtittsbarg at
Arrive at Tr‘eit Haven..
B. E. Express leaves Ty r”ne
...liellefonte st.. S 51; j, ra
...... at.. 9 05 p m
Arrives at Leek Ilaven at it.) gtt p m
TYRONE AND CLIIARFTELD
NORTHWARD
Clearfield Mail /eaves Ty:-urie itt.. 9 RO S m
" v.. 10 40 a in
" 10 a in
Arrive at Clearfield at 1 00 p ui
SOrTII
Leaves Clearfield at
Arrive ht Tsr.ne at
CON?.CECTIO - NS
Passengers le acs Clearilel.l at 2 rile:lock
p. m , at 2a5 p. 111 o , ittemta at
4 15 p to . arrive at Tyrone at 5 5 ,, p.
making tainnention with Cincinnati Espie-s
Bait at 617 p m., nud ,vitti
ti 4.. p • .. Main Line; ids , with B.t ii
EX)1r1 . . , . ICilVilig Tyrone at 7 00 p.
arriving at Bellefonte at S 45 p. ut., at Lock
ll.Lveri at II) all p 111 ennui eting - with Erie
Eir.t on the Elttliol.Opliiit and Erie roa i
at 11 21 p. in. arriving at Bitillitui•purt at
12 40 a. in.
Re•nrning. passengers leaving . Williams
port at S 15 a in. on Erie Mail West. arrive
at Lock Haven at 0 31 a in, connecting with
Thad Eagle Express leaving Lock Haven at
10 20 a en, arriving. atßellefonte at I i 55 a
m, Snow Shoe City at 5 35 1. in, and Tyrone
nt 1 20 put. connecting with Way Passen
ger West at 140 p in, and Mail East at 3 31
p in, on Main Line
Passengers leaving Imeg Haven at 2 30 p
m, and Bellefonte at 4 12 p m, arrive at Ty
rone nt 6 05 p m, connecting with Cinein.
nati Express East 6 17 p in, and Mail West
at 644pin.onSlainLine.
Passengers leaving Tyron , on the Clear
field Mail or the Lock Haven Mail, connect
from the Day Express East and the Phil'a.
Express West—and on the Bald Eagle E -
press, connect trom the Cincinnati Express
East and Mail West.
GEO. G. WILKINS. Supt.
EbWARD IL WILLIAMS,
6e”.
MEDICAL
pI:SO'S CURE FOR CONSUMPTION.
That the Science of Medicine has reached
a period of its history, when may ha said
that CONSUMPTION can be cured, is a
most gra tifying,although unlooked-for event,
PISO'S CURE FOR CONSUISITION,
is a jnst]y celebrated medicine. It is pre
paled by ifazetten Co.. Warren, Pa.
It is fur sale Whole-ale and ItetalL
ITIRAM LUCAS .t BRO.
no w ril v Ile, Centre Co. "q.
lot • C 4 tyre ,o...nty
0 Itz.li FOR S,-LE.- -Any per6oll
rr
ing t.i pa
• h trai] driving . er id;
jug 'Dirs.-. ran I,r, aceuinar.dated by c. Hag
at this iace. The heri..e is well and sit a
The purchaser can have hie en.iive of too,
mare or nurae. A a u it roW far
p , iiiieuiars, Cali at the ”illep at the.
it2ti '6l.Ltt• " REP 0.P4.1CA5."
OUR TERMS
FOR SIII3SCRIP I'ION & ADVERTISING
The "El - LLEPONTE REPUBLICAN"
is pehllihed every WEDNESDAY i\/WINING,
in.Belle/WItG, Pe, by.
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at. the following rates
One year (iuraria:ly in ailrance,),s2.llo
- Six Mon , 6 $l.OO
Throe Mont 50
Single Ciipie..."
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the Agricultural, Manulacturing and Alin
ing iliteies . ls ot ecuirai Pennsylvania.
Papers discontinued at. the
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the opJion.of the publishers,
wise agreed upon.
Special notices in-ierted in our local vol
ume at 2tl eta. per lie for each
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Editorial N 1 ices in our locai columns. 25
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free td eharee. ()hitt., try notices pub
lished free. sot et -to revii ion and e(mdch
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Ad e, rtisonwnts u t 10 lines, Into.
for , we int , ertion. nnci 0 cts. per ii c for each
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ar year received, and liber.tl dcducidohs
In:lde in propertion to length of adveltke
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-1.)1:,s:
..?CL neCkS:VISTS
i11,11(.,r 10 line:, 1.1!1: , type)
Ttc~i iin•ho~
TJrre'n'he
Four inches
Qoarier ooloom (or 53 incite: )
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One eoloorn (or 22 inches)..... I
Ail ;of yertisegients. v...l , ether di-played or
blank meo,oied by lines or Il t ti type.
All advertisemtuts due the Itn-t,
Job Xtrork of every variety. stivh as Pos.
ten , . Di 1-heads. Lett( r hea , ir,Card , Cheeks,
Enveloper, Paper Be;lcs, Programmes.
Blanks, Ste.. Ste.. exerntc•d in the be-t style
irbb Promptness : and at the must reasoner
hie rater.
Altiress a:1 cntnrannicat'ons relating to
business of this offivo. to
A. B. IIUTCIIISON it CO.,
Bellefonte. Pa.
Bellefonte :Thtsonic Lodge. No 263. A.Y M.
meet.; on Tuesdny evehing of or before th?
Full Mon.
Con-tins Communaety. No, 33, K. T.,
meets FeCOMI ni.lny of each mouth.
I. 0. 0 F. Centte loolee.• No in. meets
every Thursday evening at their MIL
Busies Arcade.
Forth° conferring of Degree ,. the Ist Sat-
Imlay eveninz of enela m nth.
For Degree of Between, secand Saturday of
every nv nth.
L 0. G. T.—This Lodge every Mon: ny
evening.
Bellefonte Church Directory
Presbyterian church, Spring St-, services at
at I I a. tn., rind 7. p. to ; No pastor
at prt sent. This eongregation are
now credit's:* 0 :u.sw church. lit consequence
of which the ressular religious ;et:Vies:WWII
be held in the Coutt llout.se until further
notice.
Methoiiist Episcopal Church, 'High St.. ser
vices 10A a. to.. and 71 p. in. Prayer
meeting on Thursday nigh:. Rev. II .C.
Pardue, na-tor.
Episa•pal Church. high St.. ser
• vices at 101 a. m., and 7A p. ni. Bev.
Byron McGann, pa-tor.
Lutheran Church, Linn Sr., services 101'a.
rr . and 7/ p. tu. :Rev. lhaleuberger,
pastor.
11,,;.formed Church, Linn St:, no pastor at
preent
Catholic tnl;trell, Fii•:hop St ; se.rview 101-
;Ind 3p. tn. ilev. T. .Mcl;uvetin.
Ute , liren rhurel), 'High Stteet, west
S 5 0 't m
IS DO a m
11 02 a L
l 2 111 p 717
,ido of Pr,elc; Fsrviees
Afe;r:ln AI, J. Church, ive:4 si:e of creek
n; nod 7/ 2 hey
Isnac 01,
7 0,1 p ni
IRECTORY
tYrsideor— S. CI, r;;nt.
lice l',:vide,•!—Sehuy ler
.'"seeret , r7/ ‘i Ste te —thuniiten i>b_
r„„,y -{ tyre!!
--t;enend
Surre:ary of 5. Berle.
Seeret , ,T inte or—Jae.•b Col.
l'clbor :lett erg I—.l. A. A. Cres,well.
Attor,:ey Gzae/rd—Eben Rockwood Hour
p m
2 o 5 p in
4]sp nn
o 0 p m
ST A T
Go re Tri deoiy.
•Nec'll of Cmimi,thiceollth—Fkank
Depaly S cc , T tury,,iConintconece(thh—L,:tao
A hador Oc;ocea/—Jolin F. liirtranft.
rre . ,lo, rperlll,-J acob Cs:1111)4W
TH,fm,rer----",i'• W. Irwin.
A Ito, Go,,e3,ll—!:et)j. 11. Br!ws.f er.
Pep N- .1 a, .7/ CI,/ W. M. INa w 1 i n .
Sup IV . . .`cioax—J. P. Wicla•rshstrn.
Dt-p t h Sup': r f 'om..•schoolv—C.R,
Sop't f Suidi, , r'e Urphpu
F. McFarland.
Preeident Judge—Charles A. Mayer
John Ilugerma it ;
A isoci a tee-- i R 'i lliam
Alltson,
'Prothmiotiry—James H. Lipton.
Regigter d; it eet» der—J . P. tiephert
Sheriff— D. Z. Kline.
Delity Sheri ff—D Woo4ring.
Dist. A try-11. V. Stitzer.
Tretzeurer—A.
Wm. Keller,
Commissionerg,{Ww. Furey,
John Bing.
Clerk—John ,Moran.
BELLF:FONTO zonoGn•
Chief Br:rum—B. M. Blanchard.
.A4B't ‘• .0 'pt. C. T. Fiyherger
Chief of Police—Wm. Shortlidge.
Felly.
" Amos Nuaen.
" Charle Cook.
Town Council—Wm. P. Wilson. Pres'f.
" S. M. Irwin. Clerl.•.
Robert Valentine,
fi A. S. Valentine, -
tt Jas. 11. McClure,
it F. P. Green,
•c Jolin Irwin. Jr..
it Elias W. Hale,
Jacob V. Thomas,
Gen. A. Bayard,
High enaßtable—Jarnes Green,
RlWoirgh Coll4l , lble—.lnures Furey.
School Director —John I1.•1I'cr. Prvet.
41{ Goo. H. Weaver. See'll.
Mer: Tre'e
;I S. T..'hazart,
c. D. M. Potts.
tt 31,-Ginic.r.
B ELLEFONTE MEAT MARKET
BISHOP STIIEEP, BELLEFONTE P?
The obleFt 'Aliirl;et in Ile;le`onte,---.
Choice Meal, 111 all /Saida ala n3:4 t'n
ja6 . 69.1y. Is. V. 13L.ICli.
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i
CSS $l2
7 I 0 I 15
15 i 20
lI 117 25
1'2.120 30
2o I :t5 i 55
n 5 55 I ICO
LODGES.
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MEM
"Let us See to it. that a G vernment of the People, for the . People, - and by the Hople, shall not Perish from the Earth."
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
1 - G. LOVE, Attorney at Law,
0 - %8r11.44,nte, Office eu Jligh St.
5:11i.F9- -
1 A.ME:; .11. HANIiIN, Att.,rtiey
Bellefbble, Pa.. Office in Armory
2nd juiVg9
E. C. MIMES. Pre4 . t• ILA ERE:. Ccosh..).
Ti'll.RST NATIONAL BANK Of Bellufonte
A Ileghehy St , Bellefonte Pe. ja6.69.
SANTUF.I. I. 7. A. 0. FUUST
INN• fi FURST, Attorneys-at-Law
111.11eropt• , •. : i. from'.
EDMUNI , BLANCISA PI) EyAs SI. DI. tNellAIII)
1 . 1 lILANCE AMY, Mott - tie:vs at
IJ. I. w, Allegheny St.. Bellefonte,
.itte,'llo ly.
.Ts; M J.OIES .4. BP:ArEIt.
111 1 .4 LLISTER BE•AvErt..Aitoinzyr
ra. at. Law. Bvllefonto j..IVG9
- 177 W. 13 0 W.V. A t(,l nny- .1 - ;:t ty.
V 11, B. I iel"tit VI in I.ltend
1 ,,,, ;n0 tiy to all 1 1 :3
Cai P. ja13 . 1",9 ly.
S.
J' 1;! ,,, •CY - . T. ALI:XANIuIiI.
R
.17 .AI.EXANDEI:. Attorney:'-at
3,iw. Oilire in ri.nroi
If mart, .111f.“11orty St. jan't.l !v.
ANTa. K I;ALSI-1, At oiriluy at,-
. Evilert.tite, Pt„ will ut.telot
f: iiLfnl;A to ail Ltlsiti“ , s rittin,ted to hi::
Deed:, i„ die
MEM
TTltrAir STOVE:It. ficenFea A utiom•er.
h t" to hi,
Ch., Pg C. 1 Adthebs, Uriab
Stove;', ilitl,erVil 10, evil! I e C" ,
j:s rm.
E() It F. It A V.lt IS. itt. 1)..
VI .and S rUPt.i); p. ni.Ma S rl/: C •il
t.ct county, will vttetwl Front; t y all la ,
fess:tonal calls. 011icc on Bigot . N
Side. j...,27 . 69 Iy.
D. \VINO ATE D. D S., Denti,t Of
lice ott tie corner of Swing:lntl I i Atop
streets, Belk f alte. Pa. At. home. except t
lin=t two week , of each month. T. e• h eX
traete.l p jpft'ittt I v.
r ti S. H. DOBBINS, p; y-icinit ; 11.!
It/ Stiee.e.m. n .1 IL Me
Clove's. nrw Bu Odiug. 8;5h..1 St. , !'el
P;:. Win attend to HD bin-ine:s in Ills 1;r::-
fest ion, faithfully ex all times, nzololl hours..
j31.3*09 y.
All. HUTCHISON a, CO'S. .Intl rrint
. ink Offie , , •• Remit.) ean"
Ilidinp Dellefente, Peun'e. Ever} - De,
Eaription ..111ain and Fumy printing &ne
in the neatest wanner, and at priee, 1 - t elow
city rates. jar,°49.
1) G B USU. 0 F:O. M • YOCUM'.
I U: 4 TOCUNT, Attorrols-w-Law,
f.nfr, will attend to Al 1)s/fi
ne's entros.'ed to them. Intl' promptneis
otri, on NontinNisq Cornerof ttn! Dinotond.
in AD -F. Trviri's ' , nom j 1:1'69 v.
NI/ I ITN!! !SON, Ar ornet
:It Lave, Poill.s.ronte. Pa. Collo:410ns.
till other and legal business in Conire' and
the ailjuininz Conwies. promptly amended
tn. Office in Blanch trd's Law I uilding Al
leLthony street. j •
WU. 11. 3T.AIR. U. Y. z•T!IZS!!
r) LAIR d: STITZEII, Attnriaeys-at L iiv,
enn he Inaisnit oil in
both the English and Gel m:in Lingua,es
(„ftice. ihe 1 tßnsoud , nett door
tell] 0'39.13'.
lENUIE CO. BANKIN4 C'i.liP.\NY.--
Ll (*posits and allow Interest:
Miscount Note-; flity and Sell tiorernuteur
Securities. Cold and Couletus.
usuy ItticeKunti , trp. Pre.. i den I.
J. D SHLTGP,Aer, etrxhidi ;1:113'69y.
P0'171 , ;11.. 31. D.; Pily6i
ruin ;11t1 Surget.o.uff,ls his proles:4 •n
-al service, to the ttitizons or 13e1ler ,, ote and
vkinity. (Illicit row-red to b 5,0,0 !nobly
~e vt ipie I by Ain:. 1.11-Ingston. nu Spriwg ,t,
two ,b,ors South of r%ozbyterilta 1.1111111:i1.
NAT)I. 8110 \l'N,l,icimsed Auction,
v
cer. litreny inlnnus the public thtl
niniself in retniniess et all I inito=, to
:.tread Auction=, Venditts, or I.lo , ritt
Sa'e, of i trsonnl n IR,II Ch:i.rges
Cali .11. or adart.::::.
B: ilefontu, Pa. war I 1 CO- ly.
t; ik A ITA in
1.t.1 • .134 - anent ..f" ttiu (2,wnia n‘
Tht: I,i2z,t, Ebalp tutu
gn:troh ice, a
St' Wllll.llll, inlill.
Pkritini•aly. "lair psis. Ifair 11 tor:I lives,
Paper CollaTF,
:re:!).! v.
AA!i. R. r. J. T. 3.11. - 30...N.i. 1.1:1"!
DAIT, CO„ Contrl:et •r
a d flriehluyer-, iltdiduuto. a d“ i di
this inetiu.d w bdii ng I.
build ;bat they ivill lurni,b Brick und
them, by thej,th, er by the thnu aod. Will
set 11. - •aier.i. anti do all hinds or w.,11: iu
their bruhelt Nt tlieduess. ja:VW I. Iy.
T P.-TOLBERT. A riCTION EBEL Would
e.) . respect:loly infor the citizens icic•
to y 1 7
...tley in particular, tel the people of
Centre nutty in general, that he has taken
out a Jim ,e ;Hui holds Itim,e't in lead incss
to cry A tictum:;, or (alter .sale at all time,
and at a ll plaN•s with in the limits of Veil
4111.? S. Centre and Clinton counti,,.. Charges,
to t-armLle. ja27l . 4l.l v.
r W. RHONE., DENTlsT.a.:flomr,„. cen
. Ire Co.,l'a.,mst restte"tfullyinforms the
pithliv that. he is prepared to extmite any
tiescriwion f work in Ili poles:4.n Sat
isfaction rendered. and rotes es moderate
as may be expeeted be found in
his 14bre ituritc . the week. conitnneing en
the first Monday of arch month. :nil at
such other times as may be agreed iron
INSURANCE—LIFE & PERE —Joseph
A. Rsokin of It is Borough, insures trop
erty for the foilowinit Stock nod Mutual
e”tnitutiies.. viz: Lye:online. Mutual. York
Company. Pa., Irffurance of North America,
Enterpi and Girard of Phila . Pa., thane.
of New Haven, and any other reliable com
pany desired. Also, Provident Life Compa
ny of Pbil'a., and other good Life Compa
nies. j.6'69.1y.
PTT. F. HOLAHAN . , Physician and
Surgemi, having removed from Emmmi
um, Cameron county. has located in Miles
berg, Centre county. Pa.. where he will
faithfully attend to all business entrusted to
him his Profession. Office in his residence
on Main St., where be can always he Been
unless professionally engaged. In his ab
sence from home, orders may be left at the
store of Thos. Holahan. mar10.69-Iy.
0. W. VAN VALIN. 0. R. LAMBERT
VANVALIN et LAMBERT,
PLASTF.ItERS: Pr, -15TF.RE11.S. !!
IVo 1011.14 this method of informitvr the ehi
zoos nt Beller.nte and vicinity that Ice have
enured into partnct ship in tho
PLASTERING BUSFN F:SS
An j enilust. ti 11S will he done in the
slim test time and in the woes workmanlike
manner. From ollr Jong c xperience in the
htt,iness wefeel confident that w: can give
Elul t et.t,e t inmev ravuy
with their work. A.dress, or eall on
VANVALUS & LAMBERT.
feb 17'G . J.Q.14 Jiellufunte, Pa.
BELLEFONTE, PA., MARCH 31, 1869.
Select Poetry.
SONG OF THE PRINTER.
- Pick and click
trues the type in the stick,
As the printer sta •ds at. his (use,
His eyes glance quick, anal his fingers hick
The typo at a rapid pace;
And nne by one as the letters gn,
Words are piled up steady and slow—
Steady and slow,
But i•titl they grow,
And words of fire th•y soon will glow;
Wonderful words that without a soled
Traverse the en, tit to the utmost hound;
Words that shall wake
The tyrant, quake
And the fetters cattle oppressed shall hteak,
Wu ds that can crumble an artliy . 6
Or Lieble its stren,th in a righteous fight.
Yet the type they look hut leaden and dumb,
As he puts them in place with finger aria
thumb;
But the printer smiles,
And his word heguites
By chanting a sung as the letters he piles,
With piek and click.
Like Ihe world's chroutmeter, tick! tick!
MEM
0, when: is the nine with 1 , u h simple tools
Cao iziivern the wori,l like I?
I zi;;rltrt;U
With a printiug prta- - F, an i (11l aiicly
A'nd a)itt e leaden
With paper of white, and ink of black.
I .sial ft, rt, tl e Eizht and the Wrong attack
Say where is he, or who may he be,
That can iival lh printer's power?
To no monarchs that live, the wall cloth be
Their sway lasts only :An hem
While the printer still grows, and God only
',flows
When hi. iniglit shall cease to ti tTet
History of the 49th Pousylvallia.
EY A. 11 oute.:11$0:1.
Lat.: Coptaiu of Cou'ipuoy 'C.'
FirNt dflfs . flyliting '4l
. front of
onr experience ou Jone'lith— Ftwn Mir old
line to s ne ..ye .st ,ricui Jane 2Sth and 29th
--3b , rel, to 11 bite Ooh Stromp--11 . 11)1W).
h ite &camp—March to Molt:ern
.11olv , rn
1.4 fjoll,B ill the gct;it--. 1 / a rdt . to
it(glet rn are ilnd--General
tie LcrAinfi—s:heliedili the
islthe nen, I , ,, s ;ti mi _ li e
fined Gold Urcte ,- --Cieiterta MeGlellan'e
Urder.
Juuc 26 h. 1862, wris the eventful day
oh cb ii-hereii in the seven days of b•rt
tle, dtra-ter• and reset-at in front of Rich
... Hid I was Thursday. and n bright
stainer d ty. Ali set sued quiet as 'usual.
till the sun began to sink i❑ the wrst ..ver
the spires of Richmond. an-t her,, away
tip :1,1141 hey , nit the Cnieltahominy, firing
of Cifllll ii iVflf4lleflifr:' - is . 11:1 yu tiii ii " C lll l l7
51,0 the white •f stneke where shells
were bursting, awl hem•, iu the lati-es
of the C the low, dull rattle of
the musketry. Thebattle of Meehanies
viVe tv,is in preiglies4, in full view of us,
but far away—sou far for US to get any
i.e-t as to its ext,nt nr fortunes. But we
were 80011 under o tiers, :red held in
readiness for a movement, which might
be ordered, anti stacked our arms where
every man could find his place iii line of
bat:le is a moineut. Anti now we began
to receive dispatches from General 11c-
C!ell.•ut's headquarters. announcing that
our troops wee e suee,s-1111 at all points,'
and excitement to , e speedily tonninttAi
fp:a,. The men 1%01 to their anus to hest'
the i rat ches read. as they came, one
Retie:tether, and cheers, time Hod main.
were given ion ii a 0 Onfergy !tad voice
found only attiongsabliers. Bands were
playing in al! direciions, and every one
was ,;illy convinced tiro. tiro great bat
-1;0 had been inaugurated with success,
:111 , 1 an were confident flint we would el,
t-r Ilielittiond in triumph next day. As
darkness cline on, :cc c u ll still hear the
s.ionds of the didaut battle, and see, is
sterol or ihe little whits tubs of smoke.
the 11 ashes of cannon and bursting shell.
But I lie dispatches all told an txrravit
gant'y joyful tale, and we went to sleep,
late at night. feeling confident of a near
triumph, nod an end of tehellion; with
the end of the slim - tier. Weslein hut lit•
Ile that night, asratioas were to be cook
ed for a march, and all was excitement
and p reps rat ion. Very early in the
mot bine:. before daylight, we wee': all up
and ut,d,r arms; and, stilt believing what
we had heard of the great StletleSS of the
evening before, were coritideer of victory.
as we were also sure of bottle, and that
speedily.
Accordingly, on June 271 b, we rntrob
,d out to out• picket. liees, where, during
the night, a detachment of our brigade
had commenced an earthwork. Bet wren
o•ir camp ami this place was a ravine,
with a small stream of water in the bot
torn of it, and a dam, and erosAng thrown
over the stream by out• troops. This
stream was a considerable distance in
front of our line of rifle pile, but some
.distance in rear of the picket line,which
was on the edge of the woods nearest
the rebels, beyond the ravine.. Beth
sides of the ravine were wooded. Oa a
bluff near the dam, we built a redoubt,
in which were planted a number of heavy
guns, thirty-two pound parrots. Our•
brigade was moved over the ravine to
the picket line,lnd formed near the new
works we bad thrown upduring thenight,
A. yet, all Willi quiet, and not. even a
cannon had broken the stillness of tbi
beautiful morning-. The enemy soon be
g-in to mike demonstrations, however,
and we were then, moved back to the edge"
of the woods, being on the side of the
ravine just OPPoSi' C our heavy gunsond
directly in their range. The wood-'had
been cutaway, ill the nteaut hoe. to give
them range, a fact which the enemy were
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CHAPTER VI
not 1-Mg in discovering, and which gave
them their first.'view'of our °imps and
posit.iort„All things were now ready,
and it was already nearly noon. Clouds
of titist.in„our front:told us our enemies
'were not idle. The pickets were order
ed In shoW fight. and give us timely no
tice. The men were 'commanded t o lie
down. Rumor, right. for. once, said se
cesh were going in open a battery On us.
to maintain that line and position at. all
hazirds. Scarcely had the men all got
into their proper places, and down to the
earth. when the enemy's first shell burst
above Both -batteries now opened
with fury. and in a few minutes the
Forty-ninth was hugging mother earth.
with a warmth of affection that would
have been suggestive in the. eyes of a
disinterested spectator, if such a one
could have existed in that vicinity. Now.
a shell would fall into the water behind
quivering•tdreatly with the canon
sions of the atmosphere, :intl. bursting,
would send the spray in all directions
with-its own fragments, then a half doz
en, in rtlpitl succession, would come
tcaring-t (trough the woods. bursting and
whizzing 4 tiliove our heads ; oral, shower
ing leaves. and their fragments and con
tents, down amongst us, while our own
guns, Vollailing their fire right over our
heads, seemed as terrible, or even more
an, than-the shells of the rebels. The
noise of the clrmonatle was terrific. The
rebel batteries, and our own, were firing
ail at once. they at us, and ours over tit.
Men were being wounded, some quite se
and their cries smote painfully
PD the ear. Grape and canisto. now came
tattling through the wood,s, uncomforta
bly I• w. round shat having struck
and passed through a tree. against which
Lt. McClellan. of the regiment, was re
clining, so stunned that officer that he
did not recover from the effects of i,. for
ri long time, and his health afterwards,
in consequence of this injury, prof ably,
totally failed him. and he was compelled
to leave tit,: set vice. I noticed at 'hi ,
time that the regiment religiously ob
served tha oft repeated direction of the
C , ..10nel to "lie down,' although one man
appreciating the force of our circum
stances in a ddFtrent vein, sang 'cut :
“Yes, lie low, and keep daik, boys. And
and you'll see the biggest fight you ever
did :see!"
I noticed ft Corporal wit) sat. gnietlp
rending it. newspaper, even while the
firing was lt"test, :4:moiling of which, I
believe, few men. under such cireutto
slonees, could be capahle. I could nut
!lame rend a eulogy on NlcOlc..llan himselt
under those eiremintioner , . The noise
was the worst of it, however, as com
artlivo • f e w of 118 were hunt in the
•
course' ir/t.-4 he shelling,- wideb-•lasted
about an hour and a (ratter. I can com
pare the noise to nothing I ever heard,
unless we can imagine that a sudden
clap of thunder close by, should be re
peated with the regularity of a forge
hammer. varied by the reports of burst
ing vitas, the echoes roaring along the
woods, the whizzing of fragments. pecu
liar whistling of canister. the singing of
the contents of .spherical case, and the
infernal buzzing of Entakiss
round shot. The battle of Gains' Mills
was going. on all this time, just across
the river, yet we lisard nothing of W—
it seemed to make the solid earth shake
beneath us, and did certainly make our
heads ache with the terrific din. Our
hearts werent:being with anxiety. tory°,
the scene.; were new to us, and, after
each close explosion. we looked about
among our comrades with a vague fear
11,111 some . I) I . !hem inighl be among the
unfonumtte, where it seemed so certain
that all could rot escape. Butt the ene
mie•s, batteries became silent , asalso did
oar 01V1), and we ate our dinner's, jok ng
abt.ut the scenes we had just passed
;hit:100, and forgetting our dings, its I
fear we did also those of our comrades,
whom we bads eeti'carried agony agony.
%V learned now that. many of the shells
and shot. had passed over us, into our
camp, causing the maimed and sick, whom
we had left :here in the morning. to
take up their bedt :Lod wAlk," in an
a l ums ; miraculous 111711111er. About 5 P.
31 , our "erring southern brethren . ' be
trail shelling its again. This was not so
heavy a tire, and did but little injury,
both parties having Blighty changed po
sition. Very few closeshots were made,
compared with those of the morning,and
the cannonade soonneased on both sides.
Posting skirmiSheis a few rods‘ahead of
the line. in the edge of titer contested
wheatfield, we lay down in the edge. of
the wood awaiting the course of events.
As the sun went down behind the hills,
firing could he heard both on our right
and left, while all remained quiet. with
us. As yet. weknew nothine•pf the dis
aster.to nur right wing beyond the river,.
or of the retreat of that part of the arm:,
though we soon afterwards discovered it
was already in our roar, and the enemy
in position
.right across the river, .where
we bad seen our camps in the morning.—
Just as it b!gan to grow dark, our pick
ets opened• fire, and, retreating rapidly
into the line, apprised us of an advance
of the enemy. Our right, •who caught the
first view of them, opened in fine style,
and as fast as they appeared, the fire ex
tended. until the whole line was engaged.
They were somewhat covered by the
crest of the hill, nod darknei , s, but
tie filbh of their pieces pointed out their
pot.ifion, and guided our aim The tiring'
was - constant and heavy on both side 4.—
S.metintes we Mould wait for a minute,
till they Came up cl•trer, or we could get
o better view of them, when we would,
fire upon them by volleys from the whole
regiment, or particular'azAripanies, speed-
—[A. LucoiN.]
ily sending the greyceats back to their
corer. Here and there a man would drop
out of Our line, which remained steadily
in position, end crawl back,..wounded or
dying. or dead, be laid aside by some
comrade. In the pauses of the firing wc
would bear, very clistincoly, the• sharp
hiss of the baPs of. the enemy, as they
Passed u', or hear them strike among the
trees behind. Our men behaved with .
great coolness, one I noticed who, failing
to discharge, his piece, quietly asked his
captain for permission to leave the ranks,
and sitting down, removed . the tube.
remedied the difficulty, replaced it,. and
took his place in the rauk4, firing as long
as It rebel retna'ned in sight. Four men
acre killed, and about sixteen wounded,
a very light loss, and much less than
that r f the enemy, according to the sto
ries of our prisoners. The enemy with
drew from our fronf„and we lay down to
rent, hesing collected our dead and
wounded; and sent ti.em to the camp.—
About midnight we marched back to
camp.
• Our cooks bad teen notified of our
speedy return, and, as shells had ceased
to trouble them, Enid prepared for us a
hot. supper, which was-duly appreciated
by all. Our tents seemed like houses in
deed; and, beet of all, we found awaiting
its a mail, and read at midnight many a
kind and anxious message from home,
sonic of them written with the foreboding
that they might he left unopened, because
'they should come after the battle, and no
one can e-timate how-many of these rues.
sages from home were unread in that
army that night, bee-ruse they name after
the battle. We had but little time for
sleep, for we were aroused early, and di
rected to pack up our beggage. Still no
news of disaster had reached us, except
a few Wes of atroggiere, to which Welted
already le.arned to pay no heed, and we
were still confident and in high spirit.
It was Sa urday morning. June 28th,
when we left old Camp No. 20; and mov
ed forward to our old picket lines once
more. A few inquired where -we were
going. as we left camp; to whom no one
could give answer, but most were as in
dill'. rent. as soldiers generally are, as to
destination, or duty.
.IVe were informed
that we were to picket our former line
in company with the Thirty-third N. Y.
Vols. As we moved to our assigned po
si.ion, we discovered, for the first times .
evidences of our retreat. Men were busy
destroying our fortifications, and evi
dently something had gone wrong. The
truth in regard to nenirs north of the
. river began to be known among the troops,•
and we went to our duty with sad hearts,
and fetrful that our disasters were not
halt known. even yet. We could - see the
- eziem.y!s_striiile.ry_crassing, the Chicka
hominy, over a bridge we ourselves had
built. evidently moving to the support
of troops across the: river. Just opposite
us, on the other side of the river, was a
battery, concerning which there was
great discussion na to whether it. wits
Uni ,n or rebel. As we were in full view.
nail in range of it.. it is strange we did
not discover its politics sooner than we
did, for it was a considerable time before
we were certain of its character. Wild
rumors began - to errculate about the
junction of ,11cDowell, nod even of Fre
mont. with our araly, and,still around us
thickened the evidences of speedy re
treat, and dire disaster. A battery far
up the river began - throwing shells
amongst us, much accelerating the move
ments of a regiment near by, which was
juat leaving :their • camp, but doing no
great amount of damage. The battery
on the other side of the river opened
also. and decided the dispute about
its sympathies. They were treasonable.
without. doubt. A line of battle moved
down through the mendows lowaide
HO we anxiously awaited their coming.
Just as they were about to come over a
slight. crest, in good range, as we sup
posed, they discovered us and, moving
rapidly by the fl ins, disarpeared in the
woods on our-left. Here they came upon
our pickets, who were rapidly driven
hack, firing as they retreated. Toey at
tempted to flank them, and reach our
rifle pits. but were foiled, as our men
were'ahead of them, and they only suc
ceeded in securing the redoubt in which
our heavy guns were day before. At- I
tempting to charge the line of pits from
that. point, both sides, opened once more,
and, for a short time, the fight was des
perate, but the rebels were repulsed,and
left many of their number dead, wound
ed and prisoaers in our hands, ..mong
others, their commanding officer; Col.
Lamar, of Georgia. of the Slaver Wan
derer fame, who was mortally hurt. Af
ter sonic fitful shelling, the troops were
all placed in the fort. and rifle pits, and
evening came on once more, and now
most gladly welcomed, for we hoped for
rest, though hardly expecting it. The
etu-my sent in a II tg. asking permission
to remove their dead and wounded,which
Was granted. They acknowledged a loss•
of about 230 in each day's fightiug att his
point, a number much exoediug our los
ses in all the engag. meats thus far.—
Leaving a picket line in the works, we
moved a short distance to the rear, and
bivouacked within view cf our now de
sert ed camp. Here 'were buried our dead,
and also some of our tools, ammunition
and supplies, and wearied out with care,
and labor, lay-down to a fitful and un
resting sleep,-each falling into slumber,
bringing back to our ears, in dreams,
the . whistling balls and bursting shells,
and all the horrorS of our last two event
ful days At daylight, on Sunday morn
ing, we moved off, all our teams and ar
tillery buying already disappeared. We
knew now for a certainty that we were
retreating. Piles; of supplies, ready for
the torch, were an evidence we could not
.get over, and we began to feel a deep
anxiety for our cause and Our army, for.
although conscious of no defeat ourselvee,
we c•-•uld not tell how terribly the rest
of our army might have suffered. Neither
could we learn anything of its position
or fate, although the stories of strategic
movement, and change of front, and that
our left would be in Richmond before
night, were already put in circulation in
our ranks. We halted at the house known
as the Trent House,where Gaul McClel
lan bad his headquarters. Here our bat
teries were posted so as, to command the
road and bridge over the Chickabominy,
much to thesurprise of many of our men,
who then, for the first time, learned that
the enemy were in possession of the
country north of the river, and that our
duty was to guard the flanks of our army,
and prevent their crossing that stream.
After waiting for our trains to get under
way, and our pickets to join us, who had
nearly been forgotten that morning, we
moved on down the river, marching rath
er leisurely. Raving halted and stacked
our arms, we werepermitted to cook cof
fee, and then passing through a wood,
came to the railroad, at Savage Station.
The heat of the sun was so great here
that some of the men were near dying of
its effects, - and had to be cirried from
the ranks to the hospital, which, was es
tablished there. We found men busily
engaged at the Station in destroying
arms and supplies of different kinds,
burning cars and exphding ammunition.
One engine was started down the road
under full head of steam, and thrown in
that manner from the pier of the bridge
into the Chickabominy, car loads of am
munition beirg exploded at the same
time to complete the work of destruction.
Altogether, it was a strange Sunday. We
soon resumed our. march, and after get
ting about two miles from the railroad,
halted. Just then we beard firing in the
direction of Savage Station, and were
speedily retracing our steps to the rail
road again, nerved anew by the prospect
of a battle." We were soon placed in po
sition near the right of our line, and
waited till long after darkness had come,
but although on some portions of the
lice the firing was heavy, we did not en
counter the enemy. We then withdrew
and commenced our weary night.march
to White Oak swami - t, to us then, how
ever, a journey whose length or object
we knew nothing of. - We passed by hos
pitals filled with wounded, and men,sick
and exhausted, were lying by the road
side. An order in reference to the po
sition of a battery in the line of march,
gave rise to the impression that we had
a rebel battery to puss, and we were com
manded to - carri - our bayeneti- fixed.—
Seven miles to the bridge, some said,and
we should rest. Others said twelve miles
more to the river must be marched that
night. Some imagined that a pontoon
was thrown across the James, anti that
we should be compelled to cross it to find
safety. All seemed anxious end dispirit
ed, but still the-query frequently arose:
Wby do we retreat? We have repulsed
every attack of the enemy., Where is
the rest of our army ? Have they been
defeated—and when? And again, wild
stories of think movements, and "one of
31cOlellau's peculiar inoves,"promieed to
end with the capture of Richmond be
guiled the credulous from their despon
dency, and afforded a ray of hope to all
We were assured that our retreat was de
signed, and that while we thus lured the
enemy from Richmond, our comrades,
passing around our left, were even then
at the very gates of the city. But the
night-march came to an end when we
crossed White Oak swamp, and weary
.soldiers and careworn officers found a
resting place on the ground, and had a
brief sleep till the morning dawned.—
.
Here the morning was employed in get
ting men in their proper commands, many
of whom had lost their regiments during
the night, getting a new line formed to
check the enemy, and prevent his cross
ing the swamp. and distributing supplies
which must be abandoned unless men
can be found to take them.
[CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.]
MATRIMONIAL' LOTTNItY.—At a wed
ding party in South Carolina, a young
lawyer moved that one man in the com
pany should be selected as President,
that this President should he duly sworn
to kelp entirely . seeret all the communi
cations Galt should be forwarded to him
in his official department that night,that
each unmarried gentleman and lady
should write his or her name on a piece
of paper, and under it. place the name of
the person they wished to marry, then
band it to the President for inspection,
and if nny gentleman and latly,had re
ciprocally chosen each other, the Presi
dent, was to inform each of the result,
and those who bad not been reciprocal
in their choice were to be kept entirely
secret. After the appointment of the
President, communications were 'a:cord
ing ly handed up to the chair, and it was
found that twelve young ladies and gen
tlemen had reciprocal choices, and eleven
of the twelve matches were solemnized.
A LIVELY urchin accosted a traveling
dealer on Market street, the other day,
and cried, in an earnest voice : •
"M r .—, please give me an apple;
my brother goes Willi your sister."
He'll do.
AN frisliman '•No printer should
Publish a death unless itatacueot of the
fact by the parry decaaseJ•"
Le ladies were sdritt on the sen.wbere
would they steer.tb? The3sle of man.
VOL, 1, NO. 13
- For the REPUBLICAN.
The Student and His True Position:
BY F. R. C
In the first place, let us canaille the
meaning of the word; which we find . to
be, One who studies. Not he alone who
nightly pores over his Greek and lietio; .
not he alone who has given himself
to the investigation of mathematical .
truths; not he alone who numbers thea
planit , , and is familiar with the laits - by .
which they are governed, but he &1at . :6510
delights to revel in the sunlight of all
Eicience; whose school-room is the wOrld,
and whose teachers are nature, and na
ture's God.
To the contemplative mind of the sin;
dent, everything affords a. valuable lee-
son. Nothing seems to have been crest- .
ed in vain; but "811111:10115 are found in:
stone, books in runningtrooks, and good'_
in everything." In examining works of
art, it is impossible for one to deterniine
what degree of merit shall be . tiAtolied
upon the author, unless one is acquaint=
ed with the particular use forwhich they
were designed, or has perceptive facul
ties sufficiently large to discern or ap
preciate the skill displayed in their con
struction. It is impossible for any one'
to appreciate the Creator or His works--•
to look to Him, unless be first acknowl
edge the exaltedness of His position,and
the infinite wisdom, skill and goodness
displayed towards man, in the creation
of all things. And to be the more con
scious of this, he must possess a mind
disciplined by study. . The student thus
led to behold the beauties of nature and
of art, pursues his path through life with_
increased delight. The comprehension
.of every new truth unfolds additional
beauties. The investigation of each law
of nature opens wider the gates of her in
exhaustible store-house of knowledge
The contemplation of the starry heavens
to his philosophic mind, is rich with un
fading beauties, in which. he reads the
wisdom, greatness, and the power of Him
who created and governs this mighty
universe. From the smallest living fibre,
to the Wordy oak; from the smallest per-
ceptible insect, to man, the noblest work
of God; from the merest particle of dust,
to this stupendous universe, he disco's . -
ers one unbroken chain of beauty and de
sign. One boundless whole, in which
the wisdom and goodness of its . author
beams forth from every object, pointing
his mind aloft, and forbidding him to ti, ,
too tenaciously, his hopes on subtlitaryr
things, which vanish at the touch, like'
glittering due-drops before the morning
4 .
MU.
The true standing of the student is
lightly appreciated by the world at large
—by the gay throng who pass theirdays
in reveling and mirth. He is looked
upon as a hermit, excluded from the
world. Secluded from all that gives.
pleasure, he is looked upon as one de
prived of all thoseadvantages which tend
to make life agreeable. This is not so.
The life of the true student is one of
pleasure. It is made up of those pleas
ures that expand and ennoble the soul.
Like the bird of prey, that leaves the'
world below, and soars aloft, far above
the highest clouds, and then sports in
unceasing sunshine. So the mind of the
true student is elevated far above those
glittering shows which, for a moment
gladden the eye, but sadden the heart;
whose touch is pollution, and whose'
friendship blunts the soul. His mind
rises high above the clouds and perplexi-'
ties of this transitory life, to realms un
limited, and there revel in the unceasing
sunlight of science. Little does the world .
seem to consider that those productions
of art and science with which it is at
present flooded, flow from the energetic
brain of the student. latle do they seem
to think that those gems of thought that
are 'daily echoed from the pulpit, and
are constantly pointing out the way to
heaven, are the fruit of a mind disciplin
ed by study. Yet it is so. The present
generation owes its position—its pros
perity—to those exalted minds that have
passed from earth. And the prosperity
of future generations depends mainly
upon the students of the present. Were
the student to sit idly down, fold hie
hands, and avow that, henceforth, the
powers of his mind remain dormant,what
would be the consequence? All our in
stitutions, both civil and religioue.which
we contemplate with so much satisfaction,
and upon - which the welfare of mankind
—the welfare of our country depend—
these institutions would soon be buried
in oblivion. And the tree of knowledge,
whose lofty top ascends tobeaven—whose
widespreading branches encircle the
earth, and the fruit of which has appose-.
ed the hunger of starving miltionfi,would
be substituted by the barren fig tree,and
extreme wretchedness would take - the,
place of peace and happiness.
All agree, that is, if they have ever
permitted their minds to linger fora mo
ment upon the subject, that knowledge
is of inestimable value; that that post
tion the true student ranks among the
highest of the land. Then, why are not
all students? Simply because it costs au
effort! Energy and self-reliance are,re.
quired.
•
[CONTINUED NEXT WEjnra.
A local poet indicted it:" toihriet r . to)-his
mistress entitled, "1 - kiese! lier - std? rosa."
The compositor-linecibeiter ..than that, •
and set it upt.'in printer's Latin, "I. kissed,
her inubiloia."
-A. : typogrophical mistake of a C . forort''
me..lv a raper say. "A. locomotive' ran •
over a oow and cut her inn, calves."
Wnbzr itia law) er !ike a donkey ? When
he ie drawn .& COLti r epoilq().;
r.t