i r - if vv: 5 ! v; : BOLSI.GER &, IICTCniXSOX, I WOULD RATIIER BE RIGHT THAN PRESIDENT. IIenry Clat. 1'iuusucns. flu!. YOL. 1. ALLEGHANIAN" DIRECTORY. LIST OF IOST OFFICES. Post Ojfices. Post Matters. Districts. Benns Creek, Joseph Graham, Yoder. Bethel Station, Joseph S Mardis, Blacklick. Carrolltown, Benjamin Wirtner, Carroll. Vhess Spring?, Danl. Litzinger, Chest. C'resson, John J. Troxell, Washint'n. Ebensburg. M. U. M'Cague, Ebensburg. i'allen Timber, Isaac Thompson, White. Gallitzin, J. M. Christy, Gallitzin. tilen Council, Joseph Gill, Chc9t. Hemlock, Win. M'Gough, Washt'n. Johnstown, H. A. Boggs, Johnst'wn. Lorctto, Wm. Gwinn, Loretto. Mineral Point, E. Wissinger, Conem'gh. M inster, A. Durbin, Muneter. Pershing, Francis Clement, Conem'gh. I'latHville, Andrew J. Ferra! Susqhan. Rowland, G. Bowman, White. 'St. Augustine, Joseph Moyer, Clearfield. Scalp Level, George Conrad, Richland. Soum.in, B. M'Colgan, Washt'n. Sum!nrhill, Wm. Murray, Croyle. Summit, Miss M. Gillespie Washt'n. Wilraore, Andrew Beck, S'mnierhill. CIU llCIICS, MIXISTERS, &.C. Presbyterian Rkv. I). Harbison, pastor. Preaching every Sabbath morning at 10J o'clock, and iu the evening at 2 o'clock. Sab bath School at 1 o'clock, V. M. Prayer meet ing every Thursday evening at 6 o'clock. Methodist Episcopal Church Rkv. J. Shane, Preacher in charge. Rev J. M. Smith, As istant. Preaching every Sabbath, alternately tit If o'clock in the morning, or 7 in the jtrccing. Sabbath School at 9 o'clock, A. M. IPrayer meetinir everv Thursday eveniuer at 7 clock. Welch Indcnendent Rev. Li. Ti. Pnwrn. Pastor. Preaching every Sabbath morning at iIO u'clock. and in tli evpnirifr nt n'rhwl- ISabbath School at 1 o'clock, I'. M. Prayer liaeetmg on tne nrst .Monday evening of each r.ioiuli ; and on every Tuesday, Thursday Jhnd Fridav evening, ereentirifr the first wppV- i: , " ., ' O a eacn moiuii. CtUinistie Methodist Rev. John Williams. 'astor. Preaching every Sabbath evening at and ij o clock. Sabbath School at 10 o'clock, A. M. Prayer mcctiuir everv Fridav eveniner i o nock, society every l uesday evening W- " o'clock. ag every Sabbath morning at 10 o'clock. t'artieular JSiptists utv. DAVID JENKINS, 'astor. Preaching every Sabbath evening at o clock. Sabbath School at 1 o'clock, P. M. Catholic Rkv. M. J. Mitchell, Pastor. srvicea everv Sabbath mornincr at lOi o'clock jaJ Vespers at 4 o'clock in the evening. EBE.VSnillG 31 AILS. MAILS ARRIVE. J.strn. daily, at 12 o'clock, A. M. "tern, " at 12 " A. M. ! MAILS CLOSE. tt"rn. dailv. at 61 o'clock. A. M. e.-nern, " at 6 " A. M. D5w The MaiU from ButlerJndiana.Strongs n. Ac, arrive on Tuesday" and Friday of arh week, at 5 o'clock, P. M. Leave hbensburg on Mondays and Thurs- kv-8, at 7 o'clock, A. M. The Mails from Newman's Mills, Car- lltown, tc, arrive on Monday and Friday of ach week, at 3 o'clock, P. M. Leave Ebensburg on Tuesdays and Satur ivs, at 7 o'clock, A. M. S Post Office open on Sundays from 9 10 o'clock, A. M. it 4ii.ro a i schedule:. WILMORE STATION. West Express Train, leaves at 9.45 A. M. -M ul Train, " 8.43 P. M. fast Express Train, " 8.24 P. M. .Mail Train, " 10.00 A. M. Fast Line, " 6.30 A. M COl'XTT OFFICERS. JuJye of the Courts. President. Hon. Geo. ylor, Huntingdon ; Associates, GeorgeW. asley, Richard Jones, Jr. Prothonotary. Joseph M'Donald. Clerk to Proihonotary. Robert A. M'Cov. Register and Recorder. Michael Hasson.' Jteputy Register and Recorder. John Scan in." SWif. Robert P. Linton. Deputy Sheriff. George C. K. Zahm. District Attorney. Philip S. Noon. Luunfu Commissioners. John Bearer, Abel o.vi, I)avid T. Storm. Clerk to Comntim nlw. Ocorce C. K. Zahm. Counsel to Cowiv Janers. John S. Rhey. treasurer. deorge J. Rodgrrs. Poor House Directors. William Palmer, vii O Harro, Michael M'Guire. 3 oor House Treasurer. George C. K. Zahm. Poor House Steward. James J. Kaylor. Mercantile Appraiser. Thomas M'Connell. Auditors. rRees J. Lloyd, Daniel Cobaugh, ary Hawk. County Surveyor. Henry Scanlan. Coroner. Peter Dougherty. SuDe.rintendent of ft. i - -j w..raV UV'VW W - 1 Corniick. RC$RURG HOR. OFFirrRjii. Justires of the Pence. David IT nnv.-. orison Kinkead. ' vurgess. Andrew Lewis. Totcn Council. -Andrew Lewis. Jnclmn n Parish, David Lewis, Richard Jones, Jr., m rr. Clerk to Council. 3 antes C. Noon. "''rough Treasurer. George Gurley. n'y Masters. Davis h Lloyd. "ehool Dirrtr,m 1 C XT V' 1 1 Ffker, Thomas M. Jones, Reese S. Lloyd, r-ru i.jass, uiiam Davis. treasurer of School Hoard.-. Evan Morgan. ""tbU. George Gurley. r""4"- Richard T. Davis. r'l,tf f'f Mertion.Tiatul J. Jone. .... i'i ii Kober., Daniel O EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 18G0. SELECT POETRY Tlie Old-Scliool-IIouse. BT PARK BENJAMIN. On the village gretn it stood. And a tree was at the door, Whose shadow, broad and good, Reached far along the floor Of the school-room, when the sun Put on his crimson vest, And, his daily labor done, Like a monarch sunk to rest. How the threshold-wood was worn ! How the lintel-post decaj-ed ! By the tread at eve and morn Of the feet that o'er it strayed By the pressure of the crowd Within the portal small By the ivy's emerald shroud That wrapped and darkened all. That school-house dim and old How many years have flown Since in its little fold My name was kindly known ! How different it seems From what it used to be, When, gay as morning dreams, We played around the tree ! How we watched the lengthening ray Through the dusty window-panel How we longed to be away And at sport upon the plain To leave the weary books And the master's careful eye, For the flowers and for the brooks, And the cool and open sky. Alas 1 where now are they My early comrades dear ? Departed far away, And I alone am here ! Some are in distant climes, And some in churchyard cold Yet it told of happy times, That school-house dim and old ! INTERESTING TALE. Jly Merry Wtllc Wife. I cannot remember the time when I was not in love with Kitty l'leasanton. It must have been when we were babies. I am sure I loved her as we sat together by the road-side, soaking our dandelion steins in the little puddles of water to make them curl. My passion was in nowise abated, when, somewhat later, I climbed cherry trees at her bidding ; nor, later yet, when at dancing-school, I awkwardly made my newly-learnt bow, and asked her to be my partner; nor, I am sure, was my boyish passion at all damped, when, on my return 1'rom college, I found my sweet little Kitty changed, by some undefinable alteration, from a lovely child to a bewitching young woman. She was almost the same as when I parted from her three years before the woman was like the child; there were the rosy cheeks, the same pouting, innocent mouth, the same curling hair, but some charm, grace, or sentiment was added, which made my heart thrill with new emotion as I gazed at her. "Kitty," said I to her one day, after I had been home a week or two, and I found I could restrain myself no longer, "Kitty, I'm very much in love with you, as you know as well as I do. I hare always been iu love with you, and I fancy you are iu love with rue; but now I want you to promise to marry me." I paused, but Kitty made no answer, and I said, "You like me, don't you, Kitty V "First tell me," said Kitty, blushing, and with an odd mixture of delight and bashfulnesa in her face, "if you have made me what is called an offer '(" "To be sure I have, my darling," I re plied "an offer which 1 trust and hope you'll accept." "Don't be too sure of that," said Kitty. "Kitty, do you love me ?" I exclaimed. "That's my secret," replied the provok ing little thing. "IJut, at any rate," she continued, "I could not think of accepting the very first offer I ever received ; I should be mortified all the rest of my life if I did. No, indeed! no girl of spirit would dream of accepting her first offer, as if she were afraid she should uever have another. Excuse me, James, I can't pos sibly accept you till I've had at least one offer."' "But, my dearest Kitty," I began. "Kitty, Kitty, Kitty!" she exclaimed. "Mr. Urant treats me with proper courtesy, giving me my proper name, Katherine; but now you've gone and spoiled it all." "Oh, I Buppose you wanted a stiff, cer emonious proposal in form," I observed; "but I am no Sir Christopher Grandison, Kitty Katherine, I would say ; therefore don't be foolish ; be content to know, in plain terms, that my whole heart is yours; and have the good sense to accept your first offer, since your second may not be so. good." But in vain were my arguments and reasoning. Kitty was determined not to accept her first oiler; and finding her reso lute, I changed my tone, and acquiescing in her views, confessed, that after all, I too had a certain pride on that point, and should be rather mortified to know that my wife had never had an offer but that I had myself made her ; and so I promised to suspend my suit till Kitty should be so fortunate as to receive an offer from some other quarter. Now, not far from where Kitty dwelt, there was a favorite dell, or bower, or something of that kind, to which she daily repaired with some chosen volume to sit and read. All my endeavors to per suade her to allow me to accompany her thither had alwaj-s been in vain. Kitty was firm in preferring her undisturbed solitude, and I was daily doomed to an hour or two of the mope3 during her wood land visit. In pursuance of this custom, Kitty set out soon after the conversation I have sketched, declining, as usual, my offer of companionship. Not more than half an hour had elapsed after she had reached her favorite seat, ere her attention was attracted by a young gentleman who was fishing in the brook which flowed near by. Kitty drew back a little on seeing him, but her curious eye occasionally wandered towards the stran ger. The latter no sooner perceived her fair observer than he bowed with an air of great politeness, and advancing a few steps, ventured to address a few words of common-place greeting to her. The young man's words were indeed common-place, but his eyes were more eloquent than his tongue ; they plainly informed the fair Kitty that she had found a new admirer. Kitty, highly flattered, received the stran ger's advances graciously, and the youth being by no means bashful, half an hour found them chatting easily and gayly on various topics of interest. Kitty's stay in the woods was something longer than usual that afternoon. "What is the matter, Kitty?" I asked, on meeting her soon after her return home. "Your ejes sparkle, and you look as pleased as though you had met a fairy in your afternoou ramble." "It is better than a fairy," cried Kitty, breathlessly ; "it's a 3roung man." "Indeed !" I ejaculated with a whistle. "Yes, James," she replied, "and he is so handsome so agreeable so delight ful, that I can't say how things might go if he were to make me, some of these days, my second offer." "You can't impose on me in that kind of way, sweet Kitty, so don't attempt it," I exclaimed. "I'll be bound the impudent fellow, whom I won't object to speaking a bit of my mind to, is not handsomer or more agreeable than myself." Kitty laughed aloud in derision. "ITe's a thousand times handsomer than you are," she cried scornfully, "and as much more entertaining as he is more hand some." "Come, Kitty, don't be too cutting, too cruel," I began ; but Kitty drew herself up with dignity. "They call me Katharine who speak to me, sir" she said. "Katharine, fiddlesticks!" I ezclaimed. "Kitty is the sweetest and prettiest name in the world, and comes most natural to me don't bother me with your Kather- yp ines. "I dare say you may like it," said Kit ty, pouting, half angrily. "But I don't. It's too free. How would you like if I persisted in calling you Jim ? I declare I'll call you Jim, if you go on calling me Kitty." "Do so, if . you like," and it will soon seem to me like the sweetest music in the world. But may I presume to beg from my fair and gracious Lady Katherine a description of this wood-Adonis she has been encountering?" "He's tall," began Kitty. "Taller than I ?" I interrupted. "By at least half a foot, and of an ele gant figure," she continued with marked emphasis. "He was dressed in a graceful fishing-costume." "I have an old fishing-blouse up stairs," I muttered, aside; "I think I'll get it out." "The young man's manners were un commonly easy and gentlemanly, and withal perfectly respectful and deferential," con tinued Kitty. "Having ascertained my name, he never once forgot himself so far as to abrcviate it; he contrasted himself favorably in that respect with some of my friends." "Well Kitty," said I, "what other per fections have your hero, or have you ex hausted your list ?" "Far from it." said Kitty, indignantly. "He wears his hair parted down the mid dle like a poet, or that charming Signor i'OZZOlim in ine pari. 01 uie jujaruu . "Or a Methodist parson," I observed. . "And besides all that," continued Kitty, "he has a moustache." "A last best gilt," said I; "but, Kitty, that perfection, I hope, will not be very difficult of achievement. I'll begin to morrow. Let me see tall handsome agreeable good manners elegant man ners, and a moustache ! On the whole, Kitty, I think I'm not very much afraid of my new rival." "You have cause," Kitty replied, with grave dignity. The next day when Kitty reached her little retreat, she found the stranger again in its neighborhood. I must do the little coquette the justice to say that she did look startled, and indeed vexed, when she saw him ; but perhaps thinking it too late to retreat, she advanced timidly. The youth met her with many apologies, and a plausible pretense for his intrusion, which she could not gainsay, while something flattering in his manner made her blush- ingly devine that the hope of seeing her again had been the true cause of his re appearance. Be that as it might, the stranger, perhaps to give Kitty time to recover her confidence, immediately saun tered off in pursuit of his sport, and Kitty, fancying that she had seen the last of her new admirer, drew forth her book, and reclining in a mossy corner, began to read. he, however, had scarcely suc ceeded in fixing her attention on it3 pages, before the pertinacious stranger re-appeared, and declaring that fishing was dull work, and that the fish would not bite, he composedly seated h'mself at Kitty's feet, and begged to know the name of the book she was reading. "Tennyson's 'Princess,'" replied Kitty, curtly. The impurtablc stranger declared the book a great favorite of his, and began to talk so entertainingly of books and authors, that Kitty, warmed by the subject, forgot to be dignified, and an animated discourse on favorite authors ensued. Afterwards the young man begged the privilege of reading a few admirable passages from the book she held tn her hand ; and it so hap pened that the passages he had selected were the very ones Kitty loved best. He read them well, too, and Kitty's bright eyes sparkled with delight as she listened. Turning last to the exquisitely concluding interview between Ida and the young prince, the stranger's voice became more and more earnest, aud he read till the coming words: "Indeed I love thee ; come, Yield th3"self up; my hopes and thine are one. Accomplish thou my manhood aud thyself; Lny thy sweet hands in miue and Irust to me." lie suddenly fiung the book aside, ex claiming, "What words! what words ! What would I not give for courage to utter them to the being I love best ou earth!" The stranger paused a moment, and then broke lorth impetuously: "This forced silence is all in vain ; the words I would repress will come. In vain have I striven to be prudent cautious to allow you time not to startle you lovely, be witching Miss Katherine you are jour self the person of my secret adoration, to whom I would say much if I dared ; and thereupon the youth, rather melo-drama-tically, fell on one knee, and forthwith proceeded to make Kitty a very plain offer of his hand. Meanwhile Kitty had risen from her seat, and recovering from her astonish ment, she drew herself up with dignity, and replied, "I hardly know, sir, what you mean by your very strange words and couduct. The liberty j-ou have taken has made me very sensible of my own im prudence in having allowed the advances of a stranger so presuming an error I shall be careful never to repeat." So say ing, my proud Kitty turned from the stranger with a distant bow, and walked directly home. I did not see Kitty till some time after her return; perhaps she was recovering her spirits iu her own room, for when 1 met her she was as full of mischief as ever. "Well, James, why don't you ask me about my adventures to-day ?" she inquir ed. "Because," 1 replied, "I didn't suppose you would be so imprudent as to get again to-day where you would be like to encoun ter the insolent puppy who presumed to address you yesterday." "I didn't in the least expect him to be there," said Kitty blushing, and somewhat confused, "but he was there. "Of course," I replied gruffly. "Well, was your Adonis as handsome and agree able as ever ?" "More so !" cried Kitty, recovering her composure ; "he looked more Massaniello- hke than ever in bis ushing-dress; and tor entertainment, he first read me all the finest part of Tennyson's lrincess and then made a marriage proposal, and I don't think any man could be expected to do more in one afternoon." "I should thiufc not, indeed," said I; "pray what reply did you make to the rascal? that you "had a friend at home that would be happy to kick him well for his insolence ?" "Far from it," said Kitty ; "what my reply was is my secret and his ; but for you, my poor J ames, I'm sorry for you it's all over with you and your offer." "Why you good-for-nothing, little, de ceitful puss cried I !" losing all patience, "there never was a more arrant dissem bler living. Behold how plain a tale shall put j-ou down ! for lo I myself, disguis ed merely by a little paint a fishing blouse, a false moustache, and a change in the arrangement of my hair, was in my own person this elegant, handsome, and agreeable stranger, whose praises you have so lavishly sounded." Poor Kitty was completely confounded. "How could I have been so'stupid ?" she murmured, "and the voice, too, which sounded so familiar all the time ! "Yes, Kitty, j-ou're caught," said I ; "and to punish you for attempting to palm a wicked falsehood upon me, I shall im pose a two-fold fine, rirst, you shall kiss me ; and then fix our wedding day, which must be very shortly, for I'm going to Paris in a month, and you must go with me." Kitty gave a little scream and declared that she could not think of submitting to either of my penalties ; but iu vain she ifruggled aud protested I had her in my arms, and finding at last all her efforts to release herself fruitless, her jests and laughter suddenly changed to earnest ten derness, and closing her arms, around me, she said, "As you will, dear dearest Jamie !" "One month from to-day. then, my own, sweet darling Kitty," I began. "Katharine, then," I repeated, smiling at her pernacity on this point, "one month from to-morrow, my Katharine." "You never put any adjectives before Katharine, murmured Kitty, evasively, hiding her blushing and pouting face. "My own dear, gracious, winning, be witching, most Kissable Katharine," said I, "shall it be as I say !" "If mamma chooses, whispered Kitty. And so I persuaded the sweetest and pret tiest girl in the country to accept her first and only lover ; and though this day my merry, little wife often complains that I defrauded her by my tricks of her natural womanly right of breaking two or three hearts at least ere 6he made one man supremely blest, still she generally con cludes her reproaches in a manner most flattering to my vanity, by declaring that she had two offers after all, and that each of them was worth a thousand common ones. Female Conversation. An English writer declares the fact that the women of our-day do not "con verse," and then attributes it to the mul tiplicity of studies and the evening con finement to books and school companions. He says : "It should be as much a matter of duty and of conscience to insist ou out door exercise, and in door social recrea tion, as upon any of the regular exercises of the school-room. School studies should be confined absolutely to school hours. To allow them to encroach upon the la ter hours of the day, and upon the grace ful household duties, and recreations, which either are, or ought to be, provided for every girl at home; in other words, to subordinate the home-training to school training, or to intermit the former in fa vor of the latter, is a most palpable and ruiaous mistake. It is bad even in an intellectual point of view. "To say nothing of other disadvantages, it deprives girls of the -best opportunities they can ever have of learning that most feminine, most beautiful, most useful of all accomplishments the noble art of conversation. For conversation is an art as well as a gift. It is learned best by familiar intercourse between young and old, in the leisure unreserve of the even iug social circle. But when young girls are banished from this circle by the pres sure of school tasks, talking only with their school-mates till they "come out" into society, but monopolized entirely by young persons of their own age, they easily learn to mistake chatter for conversation, and "6mall talk" becomes for life their only medium of exchange. Hence, with all the intellectual training of the da)r, there never was a greater dearth of intel lectual conversation." la A handsome young fellow in New York, in great distress for want of money, married last week a rich old woman of seventy. He was no doubt miserable for the want of money, and she for the want of a husband ; and "misery makes strange bedfellows." t&m Reading matter on every page. NO. 24. WIT AND WISDOM. Selections from the new book of the edi tor of the "Louisville Journal," entitled "Frenticeana." Price, $1,00. Derby k Jack son, Publishers, 119 Nassau st.t New York. t& A man who attempts to read all the new publications, must often do as a flea does skip. I-The "Beaver Argus" records the marriage of man only three feet high. No wonder he wanted to get epliced. J>'The editor of an Indiana paper says, "more villainy is on foot." We suppose the editor has lost his horse. CSS- A party of our friends, last week, chased a fox thirty-six hours. They ac tually "ran the thing into the ground. B-A Mr. J. Black declares for the dissolution of the Union. Let him have a traitor's reward : 'Hung be the hcaven3 with Black." were considerably amused by an account that we lately saw of a remark able duel. There were six men upon the ground and six misses. Q-A father and son, Anthony and Thomas Screw, escaped on the 25th ult, from the Wetumpka jail. There are two Screws loose. & A Newbern paper says that Mrs. Alice Day, of that city, was lately deliv ered of four sturdy boys. We know not what a Day may bring forth. fi'S?" A Buffalo paper announces that Dr. Brandreth has introduced a hill into the Legislature. Is the editor sure he minded his p's in the announcement? B- The common opinion is that wo should take good care of children at all seasons of the year, but it is well enough in winter to let them slide. " " A Mr. Archer has been sent to th Ohio penitentiary for marrying three wives. "Insatiate Archer ! could not one suffice ?" Mrs. Charity Perkins, of New Or leans, came near dying of poison a few days ago. A sister of Charity was sus pected of having administered the dose. A Southern lady has abandoned the Shaker establishment near Louisville, to marry Mr. James Bean, aged seventy-, five. She must be fond of dried beans. pft,Mr. Henry A. Rhule says, in a Mississippi paper, that "he has worked zealously lor the administration, let him turn and work against it. vr iOW poor ltule that won't work both ways J&SF" The editor of a western paper re cently fancied himself "a live ox ;" hut since our rough handling of him, he is beginning to conclude that he is onlj jerked beef. A writer in a Virginia paper de votes three columns to describing the great Blue Ridge Tunnel. We hardly know which is the greatest bore, the tun nel or the description of it. fitay-W. H. Ilooe, a postmaster in Vir ginia. Publishes that tWO hundred dnllara of the public funds are missidg from his onice, ana ne asts, "who nas got the mon ey ?" Possibly echo may answer Ilooe, ttThe New York "Evening Post" says a man "cannot be active and quies cent at the same time." There m&j be some doubt of that. Some fellows bustle about terribly and yet lie still. tgl. A. K. says that he expects to be able iu a short time to pay everything that he owes in this world. Aye, but there's a heavy debt that he has got to settle in the other world. There'll be the devil to pay. C3iMr. Z. Round, an old and -valued friend of ours, was recently elected magis trate in Wisconsin. That, we suppose, is what our Wisconsin friends consider soui- ring a. circle. A Rocky Mountain correspondent of the "New York Post." who VritM My self "Henry E. Land," describes Oreron .1 . as ine most aeiigntlul country in the world. Our citizen, if i 7 - vuvaijvj vau go out there and see "how the Land lies." B.S- I he Ohio river is getting lower and lower every day. It has almost ceased . &11 ii ... to run. ah wno loot at it can at once erceive that it exhibits very little speed, but a great deal of bottom. JfcaT" A lady in Montreal lately recov ered S2,000 of aMaj. Breckford, for hug ging and kissinsr her rather rouchlv. Sh o o J outfit to set a high Value on the money- sue got it ny a t gnt squeeze. Clue for Corns. If "a poor cripple will take a lemon, cut a piece of it off, then nick it, so as to let in the toe with the corn, tne pulp next the corn, tie this on at mgnt so mat 11 cannot move will find the next morninsr thai blunt knife, the corn will co ETeat extent, lwo or three of this will make "a root e a for life;" and we shall be gla result. t ; 1 . "r ! I, r . 1 ir