The Somerset Herald. ESTABLISHED 1827. JVrm of Publication. jMMied every Wednesday morning at . ,vr annum if paid in advance, otherwise I .. ,) K ill iiivsrialily rtiAmvA. subscription will be discontinued until M .rrvanui' ar0 UP- Postmasters, no- . to notify us when subscribers do not -.out ll-'r fipT will be held rvsK)nslble rli:'u,,"ri!'tion subscribers removing from one postofT.ee to 0 j..-r should give u the name of the fonu- , . vl l!ie prescil ofnee. Address fcOMEKSET, Pa. c. y. UHL, Jr., AlR'tlM-V NOTARY TUBUC. Somerset, Fa. Sets'' u,vtO'Jroth & Ruppol, irFts v . MEYEILS, ATlVHN t Y-A T-LA W, 1 i clii-eiu . sMit s pstinerxei, rain s. i iu l'.uilitii'S, 2d riiior. , i i.uiii. entrusted to hiK care will be at- .Iweu m n" pronipUK and nut-nty. . i if AY. C W. WALKEB. HAY A WALKER, ATTOKN K YS-AT-LA W, and UTAUV 1'I BUC, tSouicrsct, Pa. p. oi iKr-'U'Coiirt House. ifi I. AiT-'iiNKY-.T-L-W, Nu. 1TJ Fourth lU, Tiltsburg, Pa. J v. berkey, . A I iXUl.VEY-AT-LAW, Somerset Fa. Vii-x ali' o Kislit r's book Sslore. UKYEY M. BERKLEY, A 1 I'oK - t Y-A 1 LA W, Ssmicrsct, I"a. VS. iu First National Bank. a c. holbert, J AIli;.Nr.Y-AT-LAW, Somerset, Pa. t,jic ith John H. I'M. (.IHiE It St I'LL, JT AiTuUXEY AT-LAW, Somerset, Pa. KLI). V. r.IESECKER, 2 ATiKXEY-AT-lW, Somrset, Pa. ":. in Printins House How, opposite Court s( OTT, AliOUNEY- A T-LA W, Somerset, Pa. KOOSER, A ll KX E Y-A T-LA V, tMI.KT!-t, Pa. l. li. t'HlSli J. G. OGLE. 1 'it V E YS-A T-LA W, svmersxt. Pa. V; iiv. fromi't attention to busim-ss en- t ii-t'M to tn. ir I'jr.' in s.lIl.raI and adjoining r.'jiiii's. 'Hu e in l'rmt iious-e IU-i, oppocuLu taci-.'urt House. VALEXTIXE HAY, Ai i't'l'N EY-AT-LAW, Somerset, Pa. K -ti Ik id. r in R.l Isu,te. Will attend to :. i.jsiii.-s.' en trusted to Ills care with proinpt U itliil liileillv. TtHlX H. I HL, J AiiViiX EY-AT-LAW, Sotuerx-t, Pa. tt i'.l promptly attend to all business en-trust.-.t lo liini." -Money advanced on eoilec Ui's. iiilux- iu Mammoth Block. TUiiN O. KIM MEL, 0 AOviiiXEY-AT-LAW, fcsumersct. Pa. attend to all business entrusted to his c.-v I Sl Somerset ami adjoining CUUIlUn., with t,i i fcii.l iiueluy. ndnvnu .Mam Crow :rveL, aiot" I ottroltiV c.ruecrv More. JAMES I.. I'l l ! II, A i TuUN E Y-A T-LA V. ss.nicrsct, Pa li:';. in Mammoth Block, up stairs. Ku lr.i::ir oil .M.1111 'r.. street. Collections lu i.. estates w lil.il, title exiuilusl. and all l.y.i. t.usiuesc attrnued to with promptness sua uaelny. A. J. i Vl.lfc 'KX. L. C. tX'LBoIiX. COLBOltX & CX)LIK)ItX, AliuKX E v nAI-LW, Somerm-t, Pa, All I ininrwi entrusted to our care will be J rvjl:ijil .y and Lilllllully allellded to. t'ollec liu.f ituide in Hiiiefvei. lietllord and adjoin i: ix'uuih'. rurveyim; aud touveyaticinjf (ivtir uil rtlix (liable lei Ills. HL. BAEIt, Ai TUUXEY'-AT-LAW, Somerset, la. Vi iil pmctiiv in smicrs l and adjoining e.u:ui.f. AU I'Usiiiet entrusted to him will rr.Viie I a l tell 1 1 in. A. U. O'KEK.'TiL W. 11. UUPPEL. vm:vni & r.rri'EL, AlTuKXEYS-AT-LAW, Sknnerset, Pa. .K'. l'Uin-s entrust'1 to tin ir cure will be and puiieiuuilly utteiuh-d to. Uttii-e a i...u .ror tre!, opp".iIx' Mammoth ijtii. v. rAiurniEiis, m. d., PliYtxIflAX uMlll.bUX, Somerset, Pa. UITii(in Patriot Street, near K. IL iSLation. bui cuiis at oi!u-c DI'w I'. F. SHAKFEJi, l'HYiClAX iMisrUijEOX, Somemet, I 'a. T.n.i-r ir.s pnf.-sionaI s-nta to the citi I'aml Mini iv l and u-lllty. Uthee next 6't to Lolulilrn uil Hotel. D J. M. LOlTIIEIt, l'HY.-liI V i vn ITti;KOX OXwon Main strvet, rear of Iimg store. jyi II. S. KIMMELL, 1. n !-i his prvfeMiional services to the citi-i-:is i-t k iil vn mity. I'nless -ro- i'-s4.n.a;: tnii;iHl tiecsiu In- lound at his of tt (..II Mail! l u,si f iiuimotid. DL J. S.Mt MILLEX, 'raduate in li-iitiMry.) uue i-u4i htt-utiou to the .rei-rvation w tt'e natural t.vtu. Artitleial w-ui itis ried. A.i '-nill..ris j;u.irallte-d sutlstaetofy. lt!ice liu.t n!i.rciirr h H. liavis A i'o's store, c-i.-jer Maiu Cross and i 'at not Mreets. c H. COFFHOTH, Kuneral Director. 0:rutui.i Main St. Iiiidi'iu, V.it Patriot Sl 1' "wI, r. J. F. n.cl y. Real Estate and Collecting Agency. lVrv.ns wishing to buv or sell turns or town jvi(.j--r4y in . tiH-rsi euiit irelsewlten are ! it'll loeaii at our o!tl-e 111 KlleppaT bka-k. """pt an. in, .in iil U K,eii to all mail In !'n' r;'aruii:i: pno-s and hantioii ol prot- ''' I .."use l-ll'-it..' ti liTim-nl .runii. In lin. Isiy atisurr. isVVEllZEK Jt P.EAiHY, Kn.-pix r Hloek. ts.imer.et, 1'a. Oils! Oils! The At !itio R.'flnlngro Plttsbunt fWrmrt ""i.t. I'utst.urs. IV. mak.a j-iMlty of nianuuuturmg for tlie Ikmiealic trade the nnet brands of & Lubricating Oils Naphtha & Gasoline, fcwila he made from Petm'.eom. We chal leiifecumparisoa with every known Product of Petroleum If you wish the most onifonuly Satisfactory Oils -IX THE American Market, r our. Trade for Somerset and vicini ty supplied by .K ft BEEKITS and t'UEASE ft KuOtER, bumerset. Pa. I fl id VOL. XLIV. XO. o. -THE- First National Bank Somerset, Penn'a. Capita!, S50.000. Surplus, S2O.O00. DCOSITmECCIVCDIN LARGE ANDSMALl AMOUNTS, PATABLC ON DEMAND. ACCOUNTS OT MERCHANTS, FARMCns. STOCK DEALERS. AN D OTHERS SOLICITED DISCOUNTS DAILY. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. LaRI'E m. hicks. GEO. R, SCULL, W. IL MILLE1L K 11T. S. SCl'LU P.liisECKEK. JAMES L. Pl'tiH, JtiHX IL SOliTT, FUEU YV. EDWARD SVCLL, : : PI1ESIDENT. VALEXTIXE HAY, : VICE PRESIDENT. HARVEY M. BERKLEY", . CASUIE1L The funds" and securitii-s of this bank are se curely probated iti a celehmted Corliss Bi-b-gi.au PmxiK Sake. The only safe made abso lutely burglar-proof. 1b Somerset Cccitv National OF SOMERSET PA. Established, 1877. Orpsbcd is i National, 1890 -O. $50,000 CAPITAL, SURPLUS AND UN DIVIDED PROFITS S16.000. Chas. I. Harrison. Pres't. Wm. H. Kocntz, Vice Pres't. Milton J. Pritts, Cashier. Directors : SAMUEL SNYDER, JKSIAH SI'ECHT. JOHN H. SNYDEIt, J(SEriI It. DAVIS, WM. F.NISLEY. JONAS M. tXHiK, JtiHN STfKFT, NOAH S. MILLER, HARRISON SNYDER, JEROME STUFET, SAM. B. HARRISON. Customers of this bank wiil roceive the most llt-ral tn-alment consistent witli siifeli:iiikiii)t. Parties wisiiinj! to s n.l money eiist or west can le uccoiiiintMlatcd by drufl for any amount. Money and valuabU secured by one of Die In. id's celebrated saft-s with most improved time lock. Collections made in all parts of the United Stat's. Chary.' moderate. Accounts and d. onils solicited. Wild & Anderson, Iron & Brass Founders, Engineers and Machinists and Engln Builders. -Manufactttrers of- COAL CAR WHEELS and AXLES, New and stfH'ond-liand Machinery, Sliaftintr. Hangers and Pulleys, Injectors, Litbrii-ators, til Cutis. Ktc ERECTING OF MACHINERY A SPECIALTY Strictly First-Class Work Guaranteed. Shop on r.road St., near P.. AO. In-jxit i Johnstown, - - Pa. Til ART AMATEUR, i Best and Ltrgest Practical Art Magazine. (The ouiy Art rr!.s3il awarded a Medal at the Wotld s Fair.) JnnHulitU to aU vhn . male thrir I'rirto nrl rUn lUCi we l'l send to any one no: EieiiH..ii!i.c this (uU'.ealion a speel men mm aith siinerb f.oit t. I for cot v iir o- Iraminr and s sunpie mecurr ;es of dtlcus j regular pr.ee Sic). Or FOR 25c. we will send also "Painting l'or Beginner lge). MONTAGUE MARKS, 23 Union Square, New Yert. ARTISTIC JOB PRIMING A SPECIALTY. IIARKY M. BEXSIIOFF, MANUFACTURING STATIONER BLANK BOOK MAKER IIAXXAM IJIJOCIv. BAN K Johnstown. Pa. The Magic Touch OF Hood's Sarsaparilla You smile at the idea. But if you are a sufferer from Dyspepsia Ami In.Hsertion, try a bottle, snj bs. fore you have taken half a dozen doses, yon ill involuntarily think, and no uottDi excuaim, "That Just Hits It!" "inai sootninj rnect u a m atria touchr HooJ's SatrariarilU pently tones an.l 6trenit!n-ns the stomarh Ahi digestive orpins, invicoratcs the liver, creates a natural, healthy desire for food, pivei refresliint; sleep, and in fiion, raises i ne neaitlt lone Ot thS entire system, l.'cmcihber Sarsa- Hood's Pills enre liver ills, constipstlon. iliousness. Jaundice, lick headache, indlgestloa Campbell & Smith. "THE PEOPLE'S SI0,1E," For nearly a tjuartcr of a ccntu rv our store lias been known as headquarters for Ladies' and Miss es' Suhs. We are still prepared to maintain our reputation. Largest assortment and lower prices in ev- ervtliinir new and desirable in wash and cloth suit At. tt 4: id. Ijidi.-s" IVinti'd Ijiwii ltrcsses in pink, black and blue, trimmed with e:...,n.l J. r'; full sl.-. s mid wide skirt, ail sii.es. ; At $3.S3. I jui.-s' tine Dimity Urosrs in pink, black mid blue, trimmed with eiiibroidury and insertion, stock collar, full elecve nud wide skirt. At $3.23. ljidU' I'hiln white Luwn trimmed with in- sn tion; full nkwts, wide skill. At $S S3. Ladhs" all-wool Scnre Blazer Suits in black or blue. Neat and stylishly made. At $3.43. Ladies' a!l-w.K! Ser.'e Blazer Suits in black and l.'u-. skirl lined throtighoiit and Jacket lined with siitln. At i $12.23. Wa. I-idii-s" tine all-wo.il Mohair Blazer Suit black only. in At SS.33. Ijidies' nil-wool si-r.'e Eton Suits la blin k and blue, skirt lined throughout. Jacket lined with Satin Rhadame. At S3.2S. Iidi.-s" all-wool Cniuui skirts. Made in hil.-sl style, skirt liiusl ihrouhout. ! At $112S. Extra tine uality Crepon Skirt, t liroiijibotit with silk. lined Hundreds ci Children dresses in Lawn, Puck, Dimity, Fcrcale, Gin- frhains arm twiss: prices ranin? from SSc to $7.50. A full line of Ladies' Wash Waists and Wrapj.ers. Order goods by mail. Send pos- tal card for samples or ani mation wanted. infor- Campbell & Smith, Fifth Avenue, PITTSBURGH, PA. i Jacob D. Swank, Watchmaker and Jeweler, Next Door West of Lutheran Church, Somerset, - Pa. I Am Now prepared to supply the puMic with Clocks, Watchi-s and Jew tlry of all ltsstriiitiiiH, ad Cheap as the Chtwiicsit. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. All work puarantoed. Look at my stock U-fore making your purchases. J. D. SWANK A. H. HUSTON, Undertaker and Embalmer. A GOOD HEARSE, nd everything- pertaining- to funerals furn ished. SOMERSET - - Pa 1 1JHJMSL? parilla cures (Somerset SOMERSET, Xm AN,) - Eistorioal Address Delivered at ths Somer set County Csatsnnial Celebration. ST JOHK G. OGLE, Esq. Fklixw Citizens : In 17!s that part of Redford county lying west of the Allegheny iiioutitaiii by Act of Asseinblv, t-reaUil a new county and cn'.ltsi Mtin'riuf. Forty years had cluiisied mikv, on his wav t retliK Fort Du'tUt-Mie and drive Iwk the French and Indians, (ieiu ral Edwnrd Rraddock, at the head of tiie Rritish ami Colonial forces, with ( Jeorgc NVa.sh' inton as one of his aids, marched from Alexandria, in Virginia, through that part of our county now known as Ad- disrm township, us far west as the pres ent Itorough ot Rraddoek, in Allegheny county. Arriving at this point the t'encral fell into the ambush prepared for hint hy the enemy. The Rritish and Colonial trtjops being routed, lied, licnring with them their commander, niortallv wtiunded. It was not until 17-S that (len. Forties, who mareheti through the northern part of ourcoun ty, nettr Stoyevstown, finally tHik the fort and named it "Fort Pitt," in hon or of the English prime minister. The city of l'ithsliurg, occupying the site of this fort, continues to ln-ria-tuate the tame of the great Eiiglishinan, Wil liam 1'itt, Earl of Chatham. Nineteen years after the eolonies ltad deelaretl themselves free and independ ent states in that immortal dccLirution, lenned hy Jefferson, adojtel ly the Colonial Congress, July 4, 177'!, enforc ed bv ("en. Washington at the head of the American army, and acknowledged y Englinnl to lie true after InHVirn wallisi had suriviiilcrctl his vorl to ('cncral Washington at Yorktown, vc, as a county, U-v-ame a separate csist- ciitv. The administration of President Wtushington had been suve!sfully in- atiunited at New York on the Srtth of pril, ITS!). History had already re corded the story of the Whisky Insur rection in Western Pennsylvania, which commenced in lT'.d and fulmi nated in 17l hy the disperscntent of the opponents of the excise tax and the arrest and punishment of the ring leaders. Among these were Herman Htisliand, who died in custody at Phil adelphia, and Robert l'hilson, after wards released, both of whom were from what was then Itedfnrd, but now Somerse t county. Our forefathers were brave and stur dy men, well acquainted with the use of arms. With an axe to hew down a few acres of the forest and build him self a cabin, with a rifle, a little seed dm, and a wife, the hardy froulicrss- nuiti was reaily for housekeeping. Arms were necessary for defense against wild animals as well as against the treacherous red-man who took un kindly to the westward course of em pire. 1 lie rule was also an important factor in supplying the table with ani mal food. The wild turkey, pheasant, rabbit, deer, and game of all kinds was abundant, and familiarity with the use of the gun was as essential as the knowledge required to plant seed ami harvest corn. The state hud no sttnding army at the time of the formation of our county, but we had the citizen soldiery the militia. The very Act of Assembly creating the county provided for the collection of the militia lines. The system of the countries of Ku- roje, whicn requireU every anic-ixMiicii man to serve a certain number of years in their standing armies, was very uisiastciui aixt iKirueiisome to many of their citizens, and for that rea son, together with love of adventure, cheap lands and a desire to esi-ajie from the severity of the rule of kings, immi gration to America was constant, and was then, as now, oneof its chief causes of rapid increase iu -opulation. In 17!t" the war of the Revolution had closed but little more than a de cade. The military fpirit of the true American was still as ardent as that which impelled the Imttles of Concord and Hunker Hill, that endured the hardships of Valley Forge, or enjoyed the capitulation of Yorktown. He stood ready to tight for his country at call. Theeountry, unable to bear the ex pensive ourucnoi a standing army, aim being new and in need of every man she could put into the forest, field, mill, workshop and conduct of her infant industries, the system of the citizen soldiery was established. An ollieial enrollment of all men able to Unrarnis was made and the state was divided oil" into military districts which were un der the command of their proper Major (Jenerals and subordinate ollitvrs. Hon. Itobert l'hilson was a Major ("eneral as early as lstiO. Horn in Ire land in 1T!, he emigrated to America and became a citizen of IV-rlin in lTS-". When this ounty wa organized, he was made our representative iu the legislature. He was one of our early assKX'iate judges and was elected a memU'r of the sixteenth congress in lslS. He was the father of the now venerable Samuel Philson, f lk rliti. C Alcxauder Ogle, then a Hrigadier (eiieral, was commissioned as Major General as early as the 3d day of Au gust, 1S11, by Governor Simon Snyder, and again as late as August 3d, 1S2S, by Governor Shultz. He has been de scribed tome as a tall man with hand some features and much originality of dress, speech "and manner. As the rep resentatve of Somerset county, in one of his speeches delivered iu the Senate of Pennsylvania, he refered to his con stituents as the "Frosty Sons of Thun der," iu reference to the high altitude of this mountain count y. The appel lation has clung to us front that day to this and given us a state if not a na tional reputation. When G. A. IL It 210, from Somerset, apjieared in the pa rade at the National Kucampment at Washington in lxi3, with the inscrip tion the "Frosty Sons of Thunder" on iU banner, it was cheered all along the line of march, was pictured in the great dailies of the country and was read and heartily enjoyed by the people from Xew York to San Francisco. It was a gala day when the militia was ordered out for annual iuspction and drilL The compauiesof the differ ent township were brought togetherat ESTABLISHED 3827. PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1895. a giveu time and place. Slouch hats, hunting shirts, and pants stuffed in lioots, made a tolerable uniform for the men. For arms, each man's own rifle musket, smooth bore, and in many in stances in the absence of these, such as could be improvised out of wood were used. Later commands were better uniformed aud equipped, and the dress of the officers was gaudy. It woa not my pleasure to see the ante hrllum mi litia iu the heyday of its glory, but I did come upon the scene in time to witness the l.tst few of the parades at Somerset. The knowledge aud aeiulre- meiits of military tactics of sonic of the commanding officers was as meagre as their acquaintance with the hardships and dangers of actual war. Hy way of illustration, I reinemlier on one occa sion a parade at KmicrseL The Som erset company inarched out to what is now layman's hill to meet and escort to town a company front Lavausville. Coming down the hill the Somerset coniany was in front. The captain having given the command, "Kight shoulder shift arms!" was promptly olicyed. The captain of the Lavausville company, after meditating upon the movement for some time, and ln-ing full of admiration fur jt, desiring his company to carry their arms in the same manner, but not having catmlit the words of the command, and U'ing unfamiliar with the movement, iu sheer desjieration called out to his company : "Do as the Somerset bovs lo!" whereupon the ltvansville men immediately came to a "right shoulder shift arms" to the great satisfaction of their captain and theuulxiuudcd admi ration of the small Uys trudging by their side. Hut they were gtxal old lays. We ne'er shall see their like again. The state now makes ample appro priations for its militia. The National Guard of Pennsylvania is uniformed and equipped the same as the Regular rmy of the I'nited States. It is an nlisted body of men and can lie made fleet ive when actually 'needed to sup press insurrection, foreign invasion or to preserve the public peaec. In 11:! occurred the first war after the organization of our country. James Madison, of Virginia, was PresidenL The government of the L'nited States was not looked ujon with favor by the rulers of Europe. It was a departure, they believed, which boded no good for ctowihhI heads. Iu consequence. iu the difficulties occurring and then existing lietween England and France, our neutral rights were violated and our national sovereignty was attacked, insulted and despised. In less than twenty years occurred the insult of the French ambassador, Genet, to President Washington, the impress ment of American seamen, the attack on the Chesapeake, the British orders in Council and the French, Iierliu and Milan decrees. The l'nited Stab's closed these scenes of contempt forever by the war of 11:1 a war made necessary to sustain na tional honor, interests and indejtend etiee against continued aggressions and undeserved contumely. General Wiiitleld Scott was promi nent in the north. He met the British at Luuday's Lane, and for his gallantry and success at Chippewa and Niagara was voted the thanks of congress and given a valuable gold medal. Genera! Andrew Jackson fought the famous liattle at New Orleans, January s, lsl", defeating t'encral Packcnham, who was killed in the battle. The British stiffi-red the loss of two thou sand men, whilst the Americans under Jackson lost only seven men killed and six wounded. The liattle was fought after the treaty of peace had !cen signed. It was a memorable victory and made Jackson the hero of the hour and, eventually, President of the l'nited Stales. Notwithstanding the fact that inlSH) Somerset county had only one thou sand, nine hundred and twenty-live taxahles, she recruited and sent to this war no less than two companies of soldiers, which were commanded re sjiectively by Captains Frederick Holt" uiiil Jonathan Rhoads. Our older citizens still renieinU-r a iiuinhcrof these patriots. One whom I KTsonally knew was Jacob Finccy, a blacksmith in Somerset and an old man when I was a child. He was an object of much curiosity and reverence to me then, for it was told of him that he had been with Perry on Lake Erie and had fought bravely in that famous victory, cleaving with his own sword the head of a British sailor who at tempted to board the ship. The admission of Texas into ' the Union in l4'i led to a war with Mexico. There was considerable division of sentiment upon the annexation of the state the South Iu favor of it because it would add slave territory, the North, for this reason, not so enthusiastic. The northern congressmen, however, voted for men and supplies to cj,rry on the war and the North sent a fair imm ler of volunteers. A company front New York State, on its way to Mexico, encamped in the wood directly cast of Simerset. Iu coming down the hill just beyond the forks of the road east of town, one of the soldiers, Samuel ltouchcr, fell from the carriage of the cannon, was run over and killed. He was buried in the cemetery at Somerset. The citizens of the town raised a tombstone bearing an appropriate inscription to mark the sjKrt of the patriot' grave The only men from Somerset county in this war, of whom I can learn, were HezekiahP. Hite, of Stoyestown, who died in Philadelphia, and Charles J. Heyer, who died from disease contract in the senice, both of whom were memliers of the Somerset county bar Eli Shockey, of Greenville; Dr. Smith Fetler and Samuel lvaiu worthy, of Ad dison ; and Henry Rink, of Berlin the three hist named killed at the bat tle of Bueua Vista a man by name of Bird, another named Kidner, and still another Johu Leighty who was kill ed at Cerro Gordo, and Charles A. Kim mel, born in Berlin. When the war broke out Kimmel was a young man seeking his fortune in the then West, and enlisted at Newport Harraeks, in Kentucky, on the Ohio River, opposite Cincinnati. He was a member of Ringgold's, afterwards Captain Bragg's famous battery of artillery, and waa with the remnant of Taylor's army, about five thousand men whom Gen. Scott had left at Hueua Vista to take care of ami hold Northern Mexico whilst he with the main army should jHMictrate from Vera Cruz to the City of Mexico aud thus capture the entire country, which feat he successfully ac complished. Iieiijamin Parke Kooser, a brother of Curtis Kooser, dee'd, who served in the Company commanded by Captain afterwards Gen. W. T. Sher manalter the wnr settled in Califor nia, was Centennial Commissioner from that State iu IsTii, and editor and proprietor of the Santa Cruz .V nli.utl at time of his death in 17. At the battle of Bueim Vista the Mexicans under Gen. Santa A una nuin tiered about twenty thousand men and were sorely pressing the handful of Americans, when Bragg's artillery was ordered to the rescue. Without any infantry sujijsirt bedashed up to w ithin a few yards of the crowded masses of the enemy. A single discharge made them waver. "A little more grape! Captain Bragg," shouted Taylor. A second ami a third discharge followed, when the Mexicans broke and fled iu disorder. After the war Kimmel returned to Somerset where he afterwards became an associate judge and is now court crier. v lien t lie constitution i.r t tie gov ernment of the I 'nih-d States was framed there was one suhjtct, human slavery, which the statesmen having the matter in charge could not handle, so they left it alone to take care of it-flf and to work out its owu solution. It is idle to sjieeiilate what might have lieen and what might not have been had they resolutely taken the matter in hand ami settled it by constitutional provision. They did not and it remain ed a continual source of trouble until it was wiped out by Mood. The South, for years ehielly dejicndcut ujxm its cotton crop. iH'lieved it could not le cultivated without slave lalmr. Every movement ujsm the -tolitical chess txiard was watched with most jealous eyes by the southern statesmen. The admission of a free state required the admission of another, a slave state, that no advantage might be obtained iu the Senate. As settling the question the Missouri Compromise was enacted by congress in is:?, providing that sla very should never exist north of the southern Ismi Hilary of Missouri. But all compromises of any great moral principle come to naught. Any law to lie respected and enforced must have liehind it the gxl opinion and moral support of the people. The Supreme Court of the l'nited States might say, as in the Dred Scott decision, that a slave had no rights which a white man was IxKind to respect, yet it fell as a dead letter because the jicople did not U-lieve it. There was no institution of the ountry more strongly entrenched than the slave power. Iu addition to the Missouri Compromise it had the fugitive slave law, the Dred Scott de- ision an ! the control of the three branches of the national government. '.tit the growing sentiment of addition iu the North, fanucd by the Garrisons, the Lovejoys, Fred iMuglas, Mrs.Stowe and the managers of the underground railway gave birth to the young; Re publican party, and in 1V!, under the lianner of John C. Fremont, although Icfcatcd at the isills, it made such a bowing and cast such a shadow as to fortcll coming events. The contest in Illinois U-twceii Ste phen A Oouglas and Alrah:tni l.iiiit'ln for the seitatorship attracted the at tention of the nation. The debates le tween them involved the whole ques tion, and the arguments for either side were so admirably and c2oUcnt!y pre sented as to excite the admiration of friend and foe of the res tied ive cham pions. Although Lincoln had a major ity of the popular vote, yet, owing to the way in which the state had been districted, a majority of the legislators Were elected for D.uighis, who was made senator. Lincoln, however, had made a national reputation. He was invited to speak in the Academy of Music at New York and there Uld!y declared that a "house divided against itself cannot stand"' "this country cannot exist half slave and half free." The Republican Convention of 11 made him its nominee for PrvsidcuL This alarmed the South and notice was giveu that his election would result in the disruption of the I'niou. lietween the squatter sovereignty ideas of lKug- las and the unconditional slavery ideas of Iireckenridge the adherents of the slave power were torn in two, and in the election following Lincoln was successful. In the month following, South Carolina passed her so-called or dinance of secession, which wasquickly followed by the other reliellious states, and in February, lsiil, Jefferson Davis was announced President of the Suth ern Confederacy. On the l:!th day of April Fort Sumter was fired ujon; on the 14th it was evacuated by Major Anderson, and on the lth President Lincoln called for 7o,UJ volunteers. The civil war was upon us. No one dreamed of its magnitude or the terri ble sacrifice of Mood and treasure which was to follow. The first soldiers enlisted from Som erset county were those of Company A, 10th Regiment of Pennsylvania Re serves. This company was mustered under command of Captain R. P. Cum mins, June isiil, and after thrv years' exposure to the hardships of war those who escaped the rain of reliel bullets at Hull Run, Fredericksburg, Mechauicsville, Gaines' Mill, South Mountain, the Wilderness and their numerous other battles and casualties of war, were given a hearty welcome home Captain John C. Gaither, who enlisted as a private, King then in command of the company. In the fall of 1S31 Somerset county also furnished for the 5 Ith Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers Co. B, ('apt. John il. Hite ; Co. C, Capt Enoch I). Yutzy, afterwards promoted to Major; Co. G, Capt. Frank H. Long, and parts of companies D and 11. The original field officers of this regiment were CoL Jacob M. Cauipliell, Lieut Col. Barna bas McDcrmit and Maj. John P. Linton, all of Cambria county, brave and gal lant officer. The ranks not only of the 54th regiment, but throughout the Union army, were filled with men able to command their company or reg TUT 1 1 iment, who modestly carried a musket and performed the duties of the com mon soldier many of them filling un known graves because they were truly patriotic, fighting for principle and the preservation of the Union. As an example I need only mention John W. Mostoller, of (Juemahoning town ship, a private in Co. B of this regi ment, who at Lynchburg, in the ai senee of the company's officers, rallied all the men he could, and lea-ling a charge ujioii a reU-l battery, capture.! it, for which gallantry he received from the national congress a medal, a slight token of his country's appreciation of this brave deed. In the fall of lml was also recruited in Somerset county Co. 11, soth Rcgt. Pa. Vol., Captain James B. Trcdwell, afterwards promoted to Major. Norman II. Ream, of Lower Turkey foot township, now a Chicago multi millionaire, the wealthiest wm of Som erset county, was a Sergeant, afterwards 1st Lieutenant in this company. This was also the Company of Captains Henry Jackson and Ross IL Samicr. The regiment was under command of Col. Joshua B. Howell, of I'niontown, and for three years fought its way tnroiigli lrginia, at hair Oaks, in front of Richmond, Petersburg and North and Smtli Caroliuas. Col. How ell was killed SeptemU r li4 by bis horse falling iimii him. In mm2 were recniiied companies C, D and F, Captains John II. Boyts, Ad am Grimm, and Francis A. Edmunds, of the H21 regiment. This regiment was under the command of the intrepid and daring Colonel RoU-rt P. Cum mins, who had received his introduc tion to war a Captain of Co. A, loth Pa. Reserves. Col. Cummins was the highest officer in command from Som erset county daring the civil war. He was a man of undoubted bravery and every inch a soldier. Sick iu the hos pital at Washington, he hurried to the battle at Fredericksburg in time to le with, encourage and lead his men iu that frightful slaughter in which the regiment lost two hundred and fifty men killed, wounded and missing. At Gettysburg, on t lie first day of July, Is.!, after having his horse shot from under him, he himself fell mortally wounded on the second he died. mourned by his regiment and regretted bv all who knew him. Companies E, H and K, Captains Wiliam Maurer, Martin L. Statlcrand rge C. Shultz of the 71st Regiment were also from Somerset county. Also companies D and E, Captains Ed. M. Sell rock and George F. Bacr, I'.V'A Penn sylvania Volunteers, also an independ ent company commanded by Captain W. M. Sehrock of Somerset borough. Besides these distinctive commands there were a great many of our citizen, who as individuals volunteered in or ganizations raised outside of our county Charles Henry Ogle, was graduated it West Point, and served in a regi ment of dragoons from 14 t,( is.,1. t the ojeliing of the civil war he was commis-ioncd major of a volun teer regiment of New York cavalry. He died at Harrisburg in li-'". John Rufus Edie Jr., graduated at West Point in Wll, was assigned as 2 Lieutenant il U. S. Cavalry and was present on the stall of f tcneral ne.x at the first battle of Bull R in. After wards served on the stall" of General Meade as ordinance otlicer of the Army of the Potomac from August, is ;;;, to D.svluU-r, lst'4. lie was brevet ted Major, March 1.5, !), for faithful and meritorious services in the Ordinance Department and in the field. He com manded the D.-tMit Arsenal for a year or more and wa samihI in onttmnd at the Pittsburg, Washington and pringfield Arsenals, at which latter place iu ls74 he contracted a fever and die 1. He was a son of Col. J. R. E.Iie. Colonel Johu IL Edic, who as a ly had spent a couple of years at West Point, was elected luemU-r of congress from this district in ls4-l ";. When the war broke out he offered his services to the government and was ap points! Major of the loth U. S. Infant ry, iu which regiment and the t!i he rved during the war, and for several years thereafter, with honor and dis tinction, lis was honorably dis charged as Lieut. Colonel. Henry II. Kuhn enlisted as a private in Co. A, 1'Hli Regt. Pennsylvania R - serves, June b, 111 ; promoted to Ser geant June 1", Is.!; wounded at the battle of Charles City Cross R iads, Vu., June 30, WiJ, and at Fredericksburg, Va., I ec. 13, !':!; was honorably dis charged id April, 14, by the Secreta ry of War, to accept commission as 1st Lieutenant iu the - 1 1 lL'girnent of U. S. colored tnxijH ; wounded at battle of the Wilderness, Va., May 0, 1A. and at the battle of Mine Explosion, Va., July 3 ), 11 ; was honorably discharg ed by order of the Sectary of War November 24, ls'.4, for physical disa bility caused by wounds received in battle. January 5, Is 1, was commis sioned by tlie President 1st Lieutenant Veteran Reserve Corps and assigned to special duty, and retained in military service until December 1, Is - Janu ary !,- lSoT, was commissioned 2d Lieu tenant in the421 R.'gt. U. S. Infantry; December 31, 170, prom ite.l to the rank of Captain by President Grant and placed mi the retired list of the U. S. Army. Is at present a successful attorney in the city of Johnstown, Pa., and serving on the staff of Governor' Hastings with rank of Lieut. Coloiu-L First Lieutenant Alexan l.T, sjn of Andrew Jackson Ogle, graduated at West Point in 172. He wa-s a--.igued to the 17th V. S. Infantry and serv ed on the frontier, principally in Daktv ta an! Wyoming, until lJl, when he was detailed as military instructor in the university at Columbus. Ohio. In May of that year he came home to Somerset on sick leave and in August he died. Lieutenant Charles E. Tayman, son of L. I). II. Tayiuau of Lavausville, was promoted from the ranks in 1) and is now serving in the 24th regi ment U. S. Infantry at Fort Bayard, New Mexico. An inland and mountainous county, we have uot furnished many men to the navy. Our motst distinguished and consp'unious representative is Captain Henry F. Picking, son of the late Wil liam H. Picking, of Sjmerset. As a boy of seventeen he was sent to the WHOLE NO. 221)1. Naval Academy in 1."7, when? he graduated in lol. He has had a long and honorable r.trcer as an officer of the U. S. Navy, embracing a wide seojie of duties upon shore and at sea. II? ivas on the steamer "Swatara"' when she brought a a prisoner from Alexandria, Egypt, to Washington, John H. Surratt, one of the conspira tors against President Lincoln. His duties have called him to the fx.rts of EuroM, Asia and Africa, North and Smth America :,nd to many of the islands of the sea. He has lvn by drographer for the navy department, light bouse inspector, and has com manded a niiinU'rof our finest vessels, including the "Kearsurge," the "Charleston," and is at present in com mand of the Minnesota. Iist year as the chief ollii-er in command in Brazil ian waters his communications with the state department kept our govern ment advised as to the condition of the insurrection in that country. In 112 as an acting master on the frigate "St. Lawremv'' he was a witncsswtf the bat tle lietween the Monitor and Merri mack, one of the most famous and Lm portaiit of the naval battles of the world. Rev. David IL Ellis now of R M'kwno.l, was one of the forty-three brave men comjHsing the crew of the Monitor nii.l r the command of Lieut. John Woideit. The reU I ram, Mer rimack, an iron-clad, mi the th of March, W.2, had sunk the I'. S. frigate Ciimix-rlaiid and burned the frigate Congress, and on the morrow p'.irixsed distroying the steamer Minnesota, as well as the R iat.okc un-1 St. Lawrence. All Ix'iug wixslett vessels their destruc tion was inevitable, but the timely ar rival of the liltle Monitor changed the fortune of the day. Single-handed and alone she fought the Merrimack so that bv tHM.it Lieutenant Catoby Jones was glad to withdraw to the Norfolk Navy Yard for the repairs now necessary to the saving of bis own vessel, as the un precedented p -tumiing it had received had lxsene l her plates and she was fa-t Iiccomtng leaky This imttle not only demonstrated that the day of wooden sailing vessels for naval war fare was over, but it put an immediate check upon the terrible work .if de struction that otherwise would have lieen accomplished by the Merrimack, for there was nothing to prevent her from .-.inking every vessel in the Union navy and laying waste every city on the coast Congress immediately made liix-ral appropriations for the construc tion of other vessels of the Monitor pattern, and in a few months we were fully protected upon the water. Other representatives in the navy are the two sons of Oliver Ku-pper Esq., of Somerset. E.isigu Chester M. Knep per, who grad dated at the Naval Acad emy in ls4, w;kxr a time attached to , the 1 :;il t.lel)!ii. and was present at iionoi.nu, Hawaii, during the transfor mation of that island kingdom to the pr-'iit Republic. Returning to San Fra:i: l-co he was transferred to the I. S. S. Yorktown, di-patc!ied ft Chinese waters to look after American inter ests iu the troubles lx.-twecu China and Japan, and is at present at Chcc-foo, China. Orlo S. Knepper graduated at the Na val Academy in June ls:r. As Past Midshipman he has Kv;i assigned to the double turret ted monitor, "Amphi trite," now at Fortress Moiir.su. The great nuitiVr of enlistments from Somerset county and different or ganizations we sent out forbid my fol lowing iu detail tiie history of any. Each is ilitlVrent, yd all have much in c itimon. We remember in 1-;! of the stirring news from the seat of war; how the firing ujxm Sun.ttr, the attack upon the Massachusetts soldiers in Baltimore, and the killing of Colonel E 1 1 s w or t h a roil sed ou r di v jiest el not io n s. Tiie nuisic of the life an i d.ti.n rUlcd the land. You w ho were soldiers re solved tit put down trea-sin. You en listed ; your company went into camp at Pittsburg or Harrisburg; you were there uniformed and drilled ; your reg imental organization was completed and then you were hurried on to Wash ington. You cr.tssed the long or tiie chain bridge to lie swallowed up in the Army of the Potomac in Virginia. There you were in camp drilling, doing guard duty, standing picket, or, in a skirmish, or, standing iu the thick of battle as you saw your comrades fall ing lifeh-ss about you or borne away sorely wounded, you experienced war in its most terrible aspect. If unfort unate enough to have fallen into the hands of the enemy then the horrors of Andersonville, Libby or other prison pens of the S mth had to be endured for in tilths before you could escape, In' p.m. led, exchanged and sent back to your regiment or discharged and sent home a physical wreck. Afier thirty years, as you call to mill 1 the scenes of th'tse days, you re-meniU-r many of them with pleasure an.l are ready to a I. nit there is no cloud without a siver lining. The letter frjm h :n, the newspaper with all the war news, h;tw eagerly read ! What an appetite you had for Itean soup and hard tack! II w you enjoyed that tin-cup full of coiTee after theilay's march, and how s tuudly you slept w rapped in your blanket under the ojx'ii sky ! Tiie stories around the cfinqt-tiri', the foraging expeditions, the raids on the camp sutler and the practical jokes you played on the awk ward squad and others- of your com rades, are pleasant n-collcctiotis. The honorable mention of your name in the rep.trt of your superior officers, and the brevets and promotions that followed were gratifying to you. And the day that you were ordered hoiu your heart was as light as on that you marched away to the tune of "The girl I left behind me." These experiences filled up the sum of the soldier's life. The name of every soldier and sailor is Ixtrne on the roll of honor is in the eushxly and keeping of the state and national government. Their deed are history, their achievements the proud legacy bequeathed to their grateful countrymen. Ltx-al monuments commemorative of their lives and deaths have Iwen erect ed all over the land. The survivors of the veterans of Somerset county to gether with our patriotic citizens have erected in the Court-httuse yard at Somerset a handsome iron monument mi which are cast the names of all who were killed in battle and of those who died of disease, and this 1 inscribed and dedicated to their perj-tual mem ory. 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