j To5I sVrTCIIIXSOT, Publisher. I "WOULD RATHER BE RIGHT THAN PRESIDENT. Hexby Clay. TERMS f S2.G PER AV.I. IX ADVAXCE. VOLUME 2. EBENSBTJRG, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1861. NUMBER 80. DIRECTORY. eepabed expressly for "the alleciiaxias." LIST Or POST OFFICES. Post? fix' rost Masters. ' Districts. iean's CVeek, bethel Station, Chess Springs, frisson, Ebeasb'irg. Fa;en Tiuiber, emlock, Johnstown, Mineral Point, Pers'.iiti;!, ri;tu.;vil!e, .St. Aagisline, S?iip Level, Soanian, Samiaurhill, S'imrait, Wilmore, josepn (jruuani, i Oder. Joseph S Mardis, Blacklick. Benjamin Wiriuer, C;:roll. Daul. Lilzlngcr, Ciiest. John J. Tro::ell, Waiint'n. Mrs. II. M'Cague, Ebevsburg. Isaac Thompson, White." J. !.. Christy, GaL'.lzin. ffra. M'Gough, Washt'n. II. A. Boggs, Win. G w inn, E. Wiainger, A. Durbin, Johusiwn. LoreUo. Concm'gli. Munster. Fiances Clement, Concm'gli. Andrew J. Fcrral Snsq'han. G. . Bowman, Wm..Eyan, Sr., George Conrad, B. MGolgan, Wm. Mm ray, Utie. Clearfield. Richland. "W'asht'n. Croyle. Miss M. Gillespie Washt'n. Andrew Beck, S'rnmevhill, CIIFRCIIES, JIIXISTE31S, &c. Presbyterian Rev. D. Harbison, Pastor. Preaching every Sabbath morning at 101 o'clock, and iu the evening at 3 o'clock. Sab bita School at 1 o'clock, A. M. Prayer meet ing every Thursday evening at G o'clock. tf: 'ttJi.it Liscopal Church Rkv. J. Suaxe, Pr;tcher in charge. Rev E. II. Baikd, As jinnt. Preaching every Sabbath, alternately '. lit o'clock in the morning, or 7 in the tveriing. Sabbath School at 'J o clock, A. M. Pr,ior meeting every Thursday eveniug at 7 o'clock. H' Ich Independent Rev. Ll. R. Powell. P.ntjr. Preaching every Sabbath morni.'g vt 2 -J o'clock, and in the evening at 0 o'clock, i ibbatii School at 1 o'clock, P. M. Prayer neeting on the first Monday evening of each .1 1 . rf 1 'r 7 1 moan: ana on every l uesaay, xiiursuay eil Friday- evening, excepting the first week n eaen monin. dli'inii.'ie Me!odisl Rev. Jons W !.: iams. P.itor. Preachinsr everv Sabbath even-n? at ! iad 'J o'clock. Sabbath School at 10 o'clock; A.M. Prayer meeting every Friday evco'ng it 7 o'clock. Society every Tuesday evening' at T o'clock. D tch'n Rev. Wm. Lloyd, Pastor Preach in? every Sabbath morning at 10 o'clock. Partkubir 12aplit: Ut:v. David Jknkixs, Pastor. Preaching everv Sabbaih evening at 3 a'clock. Sabbath School at 1 o'clock. P. M. Ci'hnlSr Rnv. M. J. Mitchell, Pastor Srvire every Sabbath momiog at lOjo'clock tai Vespers at't o'clock in the evening. EnF.T.SlIUKG 32 AILS. - MAI J S ARRIVE. EisWn. daily, at ' 12 o'clock, A. M. tVtstera, ""at 12 A. M. MAILS CLOSE, ta-fic-rn, daily, at 7 o'clock A. M. Weum, " at 7 " A. M. &?The Mails from Buller.lndiana. Strong:. -tOTn. kc., arrive on Thursday of each week, st j o'clock, P. M. Leave Cbensburg on Friday of each week, S l M. -BThe Mails from Newman's Mills, Car rjlItC'.vn, ,tc, arrive on Monday, Wednesday al Friday of each week, at 3 o'clock, P. M. Le.ive Kbensburg on Tuesdays, Thursdays -l Saturdays, at 7 o clock, A.M. !L. Post Oflicc open on Sundavs from 9 to 10 o'clock, A. M. IIAILROAX) StllEDl'Li;. WILMORE STATION, fresi Express Train leaves at 0.37 A. M " Fast Line " 10.0 9 P. M " Mail Train, " 3.1 P. M list Express Train, " 8.10 P.M. '' Fast Line, " Co9 A. M. " Mail Train, " 10.01 A. M. coi.vrY urniTRS. July of the Courts. President, Hon. Geo. ;!or, Huntingdon ; Associates, GeorgeW. 4l-5'ey, Richard Jones, Jr. i'roihonotary. Joseph M'Donald. y t.Vr and Recorder. Edward F. Lytle. Sktr'rT. ftobert P. I inton. btput'j Sheriff. William Linton. fc'lrkt Atior.if. Philip S. Noon. Count; Commissioners. Abel Lloyd, D. T. itorm. James Cooper. CUrk (o Commissioners. Robert A. M'Coy Trcavtrer. John A. Blair. 7Vr Jf.iune Directors. David O'llarro, hael M'Guire, Jacob Horner. I'oor Ifonse Treasurer. George C. K. Zahm. l'oor llmse Stetca.-d. James J. Kaylor. .Vfreontile Appraiser. II. C. Dcvine. -4 u for.. -Henry Hawk, John F. Stull. Mr. S. Rhey. Coudi-j Surveyor. E. A. Vickroy. Coroner. James S. Todd. Superintendent of Common Schools. T. A. "iguire. EBEXSIIURC B50R. OFFICEItS. wtices of the Peace. David II. Roberts, Prison Kinkead. Vurgc David J. Evans. IWh Council Evan Griffith, John J.Evans, ihiaia D. Davis, Thomas B. Moore, Daniel u- '-vans. Clerk to Council T. D. Litzingt r. Uoroujh Treasurer George Gurley. geigh .Vaster William Davis. School Directors William Davis, Reese S. "0v'l, Morris J. Evans, Thomas J. Davis, ""Eh Jones, David J. Jones. Treasurer of School Board Evan Morgan. LonitahleGeorgQ W. Brown.' yz Collector George Gurley. J'H3e of Election Meshac Thomas. 'ntpectors Robert Evans, Win. Williams. !or Richard T. Davis. Tb AuceBJUiAx $1.50 in tdfo Tlirce Roses. Just when the red June Roses blow, She gave nic one a year ago. A rose whose crimson breast revealed The secret that its heart concealed, And whose half shy, half tender grace Blushed back upon the givers face. A year ago a year ago To hope was not to know. Just "when the red June roses blow I plucked her one a month ago; It3 hulf-blown crimson to eclipse, I laid it on her smiling lips ; The balmy fragranccof the South Drew sweetness from her sweeter mouth Sweetly do golden hours creep To hold is not to keep. The red June Roses now are past, This very day I broke the last And now its perfumed breath is hid With her beneath a coflin-lid ; There will its petals fall apart, Andwithc-r on her icy heart: At three red Roses' cost The world was trained and lost. H 0 Hi E RE CjE A T I 0 M S . Anions' the most pleasing of our recre ations arc those afforded by the arts and sciences. A collection of engravings, which every one can make gradually and at a trifling expense, affords an inexhaus tible source of not only iuuocent but also improving recreation. The stcreoscjpe, a recently invented optical instrument, is oue cf the most beautiful. 3Iicroscopes are male so cheaply that one might vreil be found in every parlor; and the col lection of iusects, curious vegetables and miueral productions for examination, would pleasantly occupy many an idle hour. But, if you have not a microscope, a very good one can readily bo made of a prett3' high power, 'and sufficient for the examination of small objects, thus: fake a sheet of lead, about a sixteenth of an inch, in thickness. Make a perfectly round hole in it, of from aa eighth to a Quarter of an inch in diameter. Drop in this hole a drop of perfectly pure water, and you will have a double convex lens as perfect as can be made by art, and a high magni fying power .Narrow strips of jrlass, such as glaziers cut from panes in fitting them, may al.so he moiled at the end into little globules, which answer' very well for examining small objects. One of the prettiest things in the world the camera-obscura. It may be con structed in various ways. Make a room perfectly oark, except an. opening in the blind an inch acros?, and -ou will have an inverted picture of the external landscape in all its beautiful colors, on the opposite wall, or on a white curt:;in. A more t.er- fect picture, but on a smaller scale, is found by placing a convex lens an odd spectacle glass will answer m the open ing or over it on the outside, and veceiv- in"" the picture on a sheet of thin oiled O A.. ... paper: or with a looking glass it may be thrown down upon a table, which should be covered with white. The camera-obseura is formed on the same principle as the eye; and the picture of external Nature is like that painted ou the retina. There are some experiments in physics', T t 1 1 il "11 - Tl ! t . J. as nioumeu ry uie win, vruicn are iuii Oi wonder and amusements. Here is one which science has never been able to ex plain. Let o.r.e person lie down upon the floor. Select four others, who must stand, one at each shoulder, and oue at each thigh. They all stoop, and placiug the foreHngcr of each hand under the shoulders and 4 thighs, attempt to raise the person from the floor. If he is of the ordinary weight, this cannot be done except by a particu lar process. At a signal given by one selected to di rect the experiment, the five persons, in cluding the one to be lifted, draw in their breaths together, and breathe out in the s;.uie way three full inspirations, followed by three full expirations. If all has been done properly, at the third expiration, the person on the floor may be lilted slowly, and with scarcely any apparent effort, upon the points of the eight fiugers as high as they can reach. The persons lifting are not conscious of raising more than a weight of two or three pounds, while the person lifted has a sensation of buoyancy, as if he were rising on air cushions. If a person outside touches one of those who are lifting, with so much as the lightest touch of the finger, it appears to break the spell, and the man who was reposing so pleasantly on the air, fulls through the fingers suddenly and violently upon the f!oo 2nto scientific man has given any expla nation of this phenomenon ; and if' any of our ingenious readers can give a satisfac tory one, we shall be very happy to make it public. It does not matter in the least how heavy the man is who is lifted. There is no perceptible difibrcr.ee between a man of a hundred weight or a man of three hun dred. Nor does the strength of those who lift appear to make any difference. They must be in earnest, and follow the direc tions and the signals of the leader. AVe have seen it tried scores and perhaps hun dreds of times. A piece of pine of half or three quar ters of an inch thick, twelve or fourteen inches in length, and made, to taper to the ends, may be made to rest, each end on a wine glass. Now, if struck down with a cjuick blow, the stick may be bro ken in two without breaking the glass es. On that principle a man may lie on the floor, or across two chairs, place a heavy rock or a light anvil upon his stomach, and allow it to be hamered with a heavy black smith's hammer, when it looks to the spectators as if every blow would take his life. These experiments are of easy cxplana nalion, as they depend upon the inertia of matter, and the gradual distribution of fo"ce. But who can explain the action of the boomerang 'I a crooked stick which the native Australian will throw around a house or a tree, so that it will come b;,ck to his feet. You cau make a sort of a boomerang with pasteboard. Take a piece four or five inches square : cut ft so as to leave two sides an inch wide, like the let ter L. Lay this on a book so that one end will project over the sides about an inch. Strike it smartly with a small ioii and it will go flying a short distance, stop, hover in the air a moment, and come back to your feet. An instantaneous and intense light lias sometimes been sprung upon a parly so as to produce consternation and amaze ment, according to circumstances. Sup pose the room darkened for any ostensible object such, for example, as the magic lantern. Have in a small plate a few grains of equal parts of powdered loaf-sugar and chlorate of potash mixed together. Touch the powder with a drop of sulphu ric acid, and you have a light so intense that the eyes can scarcely bear it. "What such a light would disclose, would de pend of course upon the party present! There are hundreds of beautiful exper iments, in chemistry, magnetism, and clcc tiic!y, which afford a fund of amusement and food for thought. A French natur alist said he could spend a whole lifetime with pleasure and profit In examining so much of the earth as he could cover with his hand. With the vast domain o sci ence open to us, we can never waut for amusement. Tltc EJcst tied. Or the eight pounds which a man cats and drinks in a day, iti thought that not lessthanfivo poundslcavehisbodv through the skin. And of these five pounds a considerable percentage escapes dining the night while he is in bed. The larger part of this is water, but in addition there is much CiTete and poisonous matter. This Icing in great part gaseous in form, permeates cvciy art of the bed. Thus all pari.s of the bed, mattress, blankets, as well as sheets, soon become foul and need purification. The mattress needs this renovario.i quite as much as the sheets. To allow the sheets lo be used without washing or changing three or six months, would bo regarded as bad housekeeping ; but I in sist that if a thin sheet can absorb .enough of the poisonous excretions of the body to iujLc it unfit for use iu a few days, a thick mattress which can absorb and retain a thousand times as much of these poisonous excretions needs to be purified as often certainly as once in three months. A sheet can bo washed, a mattress can not be renovated In this way. Indeed there is no other way of cleansing a mat tress but by steaming ft, or picking it to pieces and thus in fragments exposing it to the direct rays of the sun. As these proccssci arc scarcely practicable with any of the ordinary mattresses, I am decided ly of the opinion that the good old fash ioned straw bed, which can every three months be changed for fresh straw, and the tick be washed, is the sweetest and healthiest of beds." If in the ' winter season the porousness of the straw bed makes it a little uncom fortable, spread over it a comforter or two woolen blankets, which should be washed as often as every two weeks. With this arrangement, if you wash all the bed cov ering as often as onccintwo or three weeks you will have a delightful, healthy bed. A Gold Watcfi in a Ia?-2a. Fortunes do not always spring from great investments of ten thousand dollar capitals. Small savings are oftentimes the germs of wealth and independence. Cent upon cent dime upon dime dollar upon dollar these are the foundations that most frequently uphold golden struc tures. Be economical and saving. You will never grow rich by piling money to gether, so Jong as you do not understand the practical meaning of the good old pro verb, "Waste not, want not." Perhaps a little anecdote a simple re latiou of facts that really hsppened may serve to illustrate this subject better thau auirht else. KJ A lady iu the vicinity of Bridgeport, Conn., was in the habit of cutting out shirts to make, for a large clothing cstab lishment, to a number of women in the neighborhood. . In the cutting of these there were a great many little odds and eilds of cloth left over pieces too small to be of use, and the first thought was, of course, to toss them into the fire. "Xo," she reflected; "I will save theci as' they accumulate, and perhaps I may get enough to exchange with the tinman for some kitchen article or other." So she let them lie, housewife-like, and iu a few weeks there was quite a pile. One day a neighbor came in, and on heal ing the destination of the scraps, ad vised that they should be sent to a paper mill, at some little distance. "The will give you three or four cents a pound for them," said he, ''and that is better than exchanging them for tin." She asked her husband's advice. To him a few rags more or less seemed a trivial affair. 'Bo as you like," said lie laughingly, "3"Ou may have all the money you can make out of the rags." She took him at his word, and in two or three months, some half dozen barrels of rags were sent by some one who was going in the direction of the paper-mill. To her. surprise and pleasure, a new rust ling five dollar bill came back. Again the impulse to spend it for some little ornament was checked. ;Xo," she resolved, "all my rag money shall go into the savings bank." And into the savings bank it went, ac cordingly. Year rolled by more rags were saved aud sold interest and princi pal accumulated. At length an unusual opportunity presented itself for the pur-cha.-e of a beautiful gold watch. Forty dollars was the pi ice. "I will not ask my husband to with draw any necessary funds from his busi ness," she thought, ''but now is the time to make my rag money useful." The gold watch was purchased lit erally with rags. We will not pause to chronicle the envy and astonishment of those ladies of the vicinitvto whom a irold watch was a.s unattainable as the Kohi noor diamond, 3-ot who thought it was '-not worth while" to save the clippings from their work tables. Yet this was not the end of it.! The bank fund, of which the bundle of rags was the orig'n,.now amounts to oxcvticc.t- ij'fii:' hit)tli '(l 7;!ii'g ! "I do not know how it has accumulated, indeed," said the lady to us. "A few cuttings and scraps laid aside whenever I cut out shirts a few dollars carried to the bank when I went to the city a little interest added on from time to time it has grown up, almost without thought or care on my part." Beador ! is not this an example worth following? Our moral is a simple one save the trifles if you would be rich. A Touching Incident. A Southern gentleman, au ardent Union man, wrote to his friend in Xew York that he had lost a child. He could not bear that it should die under the Palmetto flag. It had boon born under the stars and stripes, and the patriot father wished it lo breathe its last under the same national emblem. He procured a little flag, que of those so often in the hands of our children and in use on festive occasions, and as his dj-ing child was sinking into the arms of death, waved above its head the mimic -standard of a yet loved and powerful though as saulted Union. Best assured that man ca be safely trusted with his country's hon or. t,"Ah !" said a pious Sunday School teacher, "ah, Caroline Jones, what do you think you would have been without your good father and pious mother?" "I suppose, mum," said Caroline, who was very much struck with the soft ap peal, "I suppose, mum, as I should ha' been a horphan." It i3 better to love a person you cannot marry, than to marry a person you cannot love. Pen and luls. SiLctcIa of Lincoln. The following sketch of Mr. Lincoln is given by the correspondent of the Xew York '1 irn.es, who accompanied the Presi dent party on their late journey from Springfield to the Federal Capital : The mental, moral and physical condi tions of 3Ir. Lincol.i are matters which interest the entire country, and I propose to glance for a few moments at them for the benefit of those exercised concerning them, and wind up for to-day. For a pe riod of two weeks it has been my dut" to be near and about him almost continually. No one, of the most ordinary caliber, could fail in that time to form with tolerable correctness an estimate of any person, much less of one whose position and fu ture demand the closed scrutiny. I am satisfied that Mr. Lincoln is far above the ordinary standard of human capabilities. His mind works clearly, quickly and with great directness, lie is a shrewd judge of character, can penetrate the film of mannerism and polish, and delect at a glance the sincerity or double intent of those who approach him. In spite of the great draught made upon hi3 thinkincr Owl w powers since last May, he has brought to the present exigency oue of the most un prejudiced, calm, philosophical and vigor ous minds to be found in the county. "lloncsc Old Abe" was all very well for an electioneering rally, but '-Shrewd Old Abe" is much more to the purpose about these daj-s. He cannot be fooled, he can not be led unwillingly, and he cannot be swerved from an oniuion of the houcslv and policy of which he is convinced. ?dr. Lincoln is not what is technically known as a "ChrisUau," that is, he does not hold fellowship with any particular Church, has not made any public profes sion of faith, or announced his adherence to any sect or dogma, still he is a good man. lie docs rot sit in the scat of the scorncr, nor does he walk with the ungod ly, or run riot with the pleasures of the world. "His word," say his neighbors, "is as good as his bond, and his nolo needs 110 indorscr." lie is truthful, regular and temperate Tobacco and strong drinks aie tabooed from h:s bill of fare. He is generous and open handed he loves the good and despises the evil and has never 3-ct been detected in a meanness, a profan ity or a breach of honor. He professes to entertain a profound conviction that this country is in the hands of God, the Maker and Buler of all men that all things aie ordered by His hand, snd UkU lo II im alone can he, as President of this people, look for aid, guidance and ultimate suc cess. If those things are so, what better leader do we want? Physically, he is a icmarkablc person. Strong-limbed, strong-boned and sinewy, rather than muscular, he can endure great fatigue with wonderful case. To many he seems ill, cr at best, greatly worn. This is not the case. He sleeps well, eats reg ularly, and relishes the constant labor that is put upon him. The multitudinous hand shakings, ihe inccssaut bcud'ng of his body, the everlasting small talk, ?nd the long, long ride from SprhigGcid, thou;:h temporarily wearying him, have put fleh upon his bones, and he stands to-dav a heavier man than when bo left his West ern home. Just at present he feels un settled. Hotel life docs not agree with him, and he is anxious to be settled, with his family all about him, where he cau shut out inquisitive bores, welcome those who love him, and attend uninteiruptedly to the business which he finds at hand. In one of our exchanges appears a statement from a correspondent in Japan, that "Tommy" is dead. According to the report of the Japanese, the cause of the death was thJtriam tremens; a disease which, we believe, he introduced into that country. The foreign residents, however, doubt this statement, and strongly suspect that the gay youth has been beheaded. It is hoped that the rumor is unfounded. g5u. Floyd, as Secretary of War, had a salary of eight thousand dollars per annum. lie was poor when he entered office. He held the place about three years and six months. From his savings, he shipped by Adams' Express lo his home iu Yir- ginina, one hundred and twenty thousand dollars. This is an extraordinary example of thrift and economy. C2i A sweet girl is a sort of divinifj to whom even the Scriptures do not forbid us to render "lip-service." tj5u A kiss is like some sermon two heads aud an application. 55"" An alderman should wear a tartan waistcoat : to keep a check on his stomach. E3u. A boarding-house keeper adverti ses, "Board for two gentlemen, with gas." Fan and Fancy. "A little nonsense, now and then, I3 relished by the Lest of men." C O NSI derab ltDisouis ED. A n ed i tor out Wet, who loves a good joke, lets slip the following: "We have lately got a new suit of clothes, and no man could be more cflee tually disguised. We look like a gentle man. Upon first putting them on, we felt like a cat in a strange garret, and for a. long time thought we were swapped off.. We went to the house and scared "the baby into fits; our wife asked us if we wanted to see Ihe editor, and told u.s that we would aud him at the office. Went thre, and pretty soon one of our business men came in, with a strip of paper in his hand. Ha asked if the editor was in ; to! I hiru we thought not; asked him if he wished to see him particularly; said he wanted hini lo pay that bill; told him we didu't be lieve he would beiu; businessman left. Smarted to the house again ; met a couple of young ladies; one ot them asked the other, 'What handsome stranger is that V In this dilemma we met a friend and told him who we were, and got him to intro duce us to our wife, who is now as proud of us a.s can be. The next time we get a new suit we shall let her know beforehand." The WnoNo Max Locked in. Our old ftieud T. descended from a primitive colony that, ou leaving the "faderlandt," pi inted themselves at Waldcborouge, had the usual German slowness of comprehen sion, as well as the proverbial correctness of the Teutonic race, when lie once fairly got hold of au idea. T. kept a small store and dealt in "all sorts." One day a verv genteel man came in professing to be in the utmost haste and wanted twnniv small bills, to break a double X, where he had made a trade hard by. "Yy," said T. "I dqesent know ye. Vat for I let you have twenty dolarsh of mine inonish I" "Oh, don't bother me," said fhc stranger, "here give me the twenty aud 'I'll give you a dollar for the use of it, and I will lock you in till I get back and that'will make all safe." T. cogitated a moment. The chance of making a dollar was good he was con fused, and so hesaid "Yaw, das is goot!" and then passed out the money. After some half an hour, T. began to concludo that the wrong man was locked in the security had been iven on the wrong side. The stranger was gone with the cash and T. never lent any more money without considering with great deliberation the matter of security . Squibs from "Vanity Fair." The Southern cross an Octaroon. Why is Britannia like a bad school-boy ? Because the former rules the waves, and the latter waives the rules. "Hie, hece, hoc." Grammarians are wrong the Hie always comes after the Hock. The cross stitch. When a woman in tends giving a man the mitten, she ally btc:ins by knitting her brows. gener- One great advantage of Fort Sumpter it can never get out of water. Why is South Carolina like amattrass? Because it is full of woolly hair that must be kept down, while the whole concern is supported on lick. ' Why can't you live a day in Pensacolaf Xo P. M. there. How the Cotton States can save their credit by giving heavy bale. CiT Lord M., with no very large por tion of either wit or wisdom, had a very exalted opinion of his own powers.- When once in a large company, and expatiating about himself, ho made the fvllowiug pointed remark : "When I happen to say a foolish thing I always burst out laughinir." "I envy you your happiness, my -lord; then," said Charges Townsend ; "for you must certainly live the merriest life of any man iu L'urope." JCSyA fellow, was once asked what in-, ference he could draw from the text of Job "And the asses snuffed up the east wind." "Well," ho replied, "the only inference, I can draw is this, that it would be a long: time before they would grow fat upon it."' ECGen. Drcd Scott commands the Uuiled States Army. English paper. Hardly correct. . It is true, however, that a General Dread of Scott has, great influence over those opposed to the United States Army. jty-Teach your children to help them selves but not to what don't belong tq them. ,Thc man who is fond of puddings and .pies places himself fearfully in th power of his wife, s ... 1 1 i
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