t y pi pT fer y m fe & m m m Mil P Ms fW f lplif It TO IIUTCIIIXSOX, Publisher. I WOULD RATTIER BE RIGIIT THAN PRESIDENT. Hexey Clay. TERMS: r S2.00 PER AXKITSI. $1.50 IX ADVANCE, J. VOLUME 2. EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1801. NUMBER 36. DIRECTORY. rpARED EXPRESSLY FOR "THE ALLF.GIIANIA.V." rs list or post ,ornci:s. r.t O'Jkei. Post Masters. District. Jean's L'reek, 6.thel Station, Clrrolitowu, Chess Springs, j-jilctt Timber, Cillitzin, Hemlock, Johnstown, Lorctto, Mineral Point, Minster, Pershing, Plattsville, n.jseland, Sl. Augustine, Scalp Level, Sounian, Sunimerhill, Summit, H'iltnore, Joseph Graham, Voder. Joseph S Mardis, Blacklick. Benjamin Wirtner, Carroll. Daul. Litzinger, Chest. John J. Troxell, Washint'u. Mrs. II. M'Cague, Ebcnsburg. Isaac Thompson, White. J. M. Christy, Gallitzin. Wm. M'Gough, Washt'n. II. A. Boggs, Johnst'wn. Wm. Gwinn, Loretto. E. Wissinger, Conem'gh. A. Durbin, Minister. Francis Clement, Conem'gh. Andrew J. Ferral Susq'han. G. W. Bowman, White. Wm. Ryan, Sr., Clearfield. George' Conrad, Richland. B. M'Colgan, Washt'n. Wm. Murray, Croyle. Miss M. Gillespie Washt'n. Audrey." Beck, S'mmerhill. CHURCHES, ElSSriSTEKS, iC. PrtthuterianVizv. D. Harbison, Pastor. Preaching every Sabbath morning at 10 J o'clock, aud in the evening at 3 o'clock. Sab b.it'a School at 1 o'clock, A. M. Prayer niect iuj every Thursday evening at G o clock. thoUst Episcopal Church Rev. J. Sp.ne, Preacher in charge. Rev E. H. Baiuo, As-i-istaat. Preaching every Sabbath, alternately M MJ o'clock in the morning, or 7 in the tvenifig. Sabbath School at y o'clock, A. M. Pr.iver meeting every Thursday evening at o'clock. " Welch Independent Rev. El. R- PowecL. I.iUor. Preaching every Sabbath morning at H o clock, and in the evening at 6 o'clock. 5ii,bath School at 1 o'clock, P. M. Prayer meftin on the first Monday evening ;t each uoath? and on every Tuesday, Thursday nJ Friday evening, excepting the first wee: ia each month. Ci'riaiHc Methodist P.ev. John ilt.iams, P.t,u-,r. Preaching every Sabbath evening at 2 in-i 6 o'clock. Sabbath School at 10 o clock. A M. Prayer meeting every Friday evening it 7 o'clock. Society every Tuesday evening i 7 o'clock. Di,f;,,UtRKT. Wm . Ltovn. Pastor Preach in every Sabbath morning at 10 o'clock. )'rtic'ilir n-'pthtsVizr. David Jkxkixs, P.-t-,r .Preaching every Sabbath evening at 3 o'.-iocV. Sabbath School :it 1 o'clock, P. M. rt'h .'lc Rzv. M. J. M itch ell, Pastor Service- evt-ry Sabbath morning at 1U o'clock sad Vespers at 4 o'clock in the evening. MAU S ARRIVE. Cistern, daily, at 12 o'clock, A.M. Vv'esteru, at 13 4: A. M. MAILS CLOSE. Extern, dallf. at 4 o'clock P. M. Western, ' at . 4 " V. M. &5TThe Mails from Dutler.Inliana,Strong;s iiwu. ic. arrive on Thursday of each week, at 5 o'clock, P. M. Leave Eoeusburg on Friday of each wee-c. at S A. M. ETlie Mails from Newman's Miils, Car-r'tlito-.vii. e., arrive on Monday, Wednesday Tri I:iv of each week, at 3 o'clock, P. M. Leave r-bensburg on Tuesdays, Thursdays S-iturJays, at 7 o clock, A. M. ??2-Post OGIce open on Sundays from 9 to i'J o'clock, A. M. RAILROAD SG'SJEDITI.C. V.'ILMORE STATION. "st Express Train leaves at 11.08 A. M. y.17 p. M. 7.30 r. M. 1 2.S5 P. M. C.23 A. M. " .nail lram, .-t Express Train, IV.st Line, Mail Train. The Fast Line west does not stop. COUXTY OFFICERS. ' J'i'-jcs of the Courts. President, Hon. Geo. l:'!or. llunting'ion ; Associates, GeorgeW. laslty, liichard Jones, Jr. I'-'uUionottirt. Joseph M' Donald. ft jitter and Recorder. Edward F. Lytic. Shritf. Robert P. Linton. iMpnty ShtrijT. William Linton. D'-nricl A'tomey. Philip S. Xooa. Vvtnt'r Commissioners. Abel Llovd, D. T. -tonu. James Cooper. Clerk to Commissioners. Robert A. M'Coy Trtasurtr. John A. Blair. Poor Jlmst Dirrdors. David O'Harro, lidiael M'Guire, Jacob Horner Poor House Treasurer. George C. K. Zahm. Poor House Steicard. James J. Kaylor. I'reantile Appraiser. II. C. Devine. A'tiltor. Henry Hawk, John F. Stull. jlir. S. Rhey. Cou,it;t Surveyor. E. A. Vickroy. Coroner. James S. Todd. ( Sxi'trintendent of Common Schools. T. A. JaguLre. EnEXSRURG BOR. OSFf t'ERS. JutHcet of the Peace. David H. Roberts, Jnison Kinkead. Burgett David J. Evans. TWn Council Evan Griflith, John J. Evans, William D. Davis, Thomas B. Moore, Daniel - Evans. rk to Council T. D. Litzinpcr. B'jrouyh Treasurer George Gurley. g't!3h Master William Davis. School Directors William Davis, Reese S. J'J'df Morris J. Evans, Thomas J. Davis, acZh Jones, David J. Jones. f'tasurer of School UonrdEvan Morgan. y1 Collector George Gurley. :je of Llectton Meshac Thomas. ''yeclort- -Robert Evans. Wm. Williams 't.or- -Richard T. Davis. TaE AuEttiiiMAx $1.50 in advance National Di)c. THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER. Oh 1 say can you see by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaminjr ? Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we hailed were so gal latnly streaming; And the rocket's red glare, the bombs burst ing in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag wa3 still there ! Oh, say does the Star Spangled Banner yet wave, O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave ? On the shore dimly seen thro' the mists of the deep, . . - Where the foe's haughty host in dread si lence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the tow ering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half dis closes ? Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam, In full glory reflected now shines on the stream ; 'Tis the Star Spangled Banner! oh, long may it wave, O'er the land cf the free and the borne of the brave ! And where is that band who so vauntingly swore, 'Mid .the havoc of war and the battle's con fusion, home and a country should greet us no more ? Their Hood shall wash out their foul foot steps' pollution ; No refuge can save the hireling and slave Trom the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave ; And the Star Spangled Banner ! in triumph shall wave O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave ! Oh ! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand Between their loved homes and the war's desolation. Blet with victory and peace, may the l.eav'n rescued land Praise the 'power that hath made and pre served us a nation ; Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just, Let this be our motto In God be our trust And the Star Spangled Banner 1 in triumph shall wave, O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave ! OUR NATIONAL CRISIS, OPINIONS OF THE PRE; From the New York Tribune. April 17. Let no one feel that our present troubles arc deplorable, in view of the majestic: development of Nationality and Patriotism which they have occasioned. But yester day wc vcre esteemed a sordid, gra.pin, money-loving people,' too greedy of gain to cherish generous and lofty aspirations. To-day vindicates us from that reproach, and demonstrates that, beneath the scum and slag of forty years of peace, aud in spite cf the insidious approaches of corrup tion, the fires of patrioic devotion are still intensely burning. The echoes of the cannon fired at Sumter have barely rolled over the Western hills ere they are drowned in the shouts of indignant free men, demanding to be led against traitors who have plotted to divide and destroy the couutry l'arty lines disappear par ty cries are hushed or emptied of meaning men forget that they were Democrats or Kcpublicans iu the newly aroused and intense consciousness that they are Amer icans. The ordeal now upon us may cot our country many lives and much treasure, but its fruits will be richly worth them all. Hut a few weeks have elapsed since babbling demagogues were talking of an Eastern, a Central, a North-Western, and a Facitic" as well as a South-Western and a Border-State Confederacy; let them now be silent a little and note the cost of divi ding the Union barely once, before they talk further of shivering it into five or six fragments. The experience will 'be con clusive. Let but this trial be surmounted, and no one will again plot the dissolut:on of the Union for at least half a century. Wre feel confident that the President's call for Seventy-five Thousand Militia from all the loyal States will be responded to within thirty days by proffers of more than One Hundred Thousand from the Frep States alone, and that this number can be doubled upon a mere suggestion that the additional number is desired. Any number that may be required will step forward as fast as they may be called for, even though it should be judged best to confront the Secessionists on their fron tier with Haifa Million Alen. But the llebels also can muster men enough, while they are as yet far ahead of us in arms and munitions; their weak point is that of Finance. With a notori ous and abusive champion of l'epudiation at their head, the' cannot borrow a dollar outside of their own limits, and their first loan of Fifteen Millions will exhaust the resources of their Banks. That sum will just about suffice to put One Hundred Thousand men in the field in fighting ar ray ; it will bo utterly exhausted before they shall have been two months on foot. Their Banks arc already two-thirds broken, aud their notes selling slowly in our Nor thern cities at fifty per cent, cf their face; whence are their next funds to be obtain ed ? How arc they to defend their two thousand miles of mainly exposed sea-coast aud navigable inlets against an undisputed naval asceudency without more men aud unlimited supplies of money ? It is a plain case that they must hurry matters or succumb, and that they must make an immediate dash at our weakest point, the Federal Metropolis. If Jeff. Davis and Beauregard are not on the Po tomac within sixty days, their rebellion will stand exposed a miserable failure. They must back their allies iu North Car olina and Virginia by a prompt display of force and daring, to which end all their energies must first be directed. We do not believe they will even stop to reduce Fort Pickens if it should be' so hfld as to compel them to besiege il in form. T'w j cannot icail; we can; and they will show that they cannot, by a speedy advance on Washington, uuhss they shall despair cf success, and desist from serioiTs effort al together. It is cheering, then, to know that Wash ington will be defended hy ten thousand men before the close of this week, aud that the number will be doubled the next, and quadrupled the week alter. That will be enough until we have tidings that A'irginia has seceded and Jeff. Davis is this side of the lloanoke; thenceforth the number of volunteers pouring into Wash ington for its defense will be limited only by the ability of the Northern and West ern liailroads to convey tliein. We have a Civil War on our hands there is no use ia looking away from the fact. For this year, the chief business of the American people must be proving that tb.ey have a government, and that Free dom is not another name for Anarchy. Hundreds of thousands must be tempora rily drawn awar from peaceful and pro ductive avocations until this point is set tled drawn away just at the time when Labor is wanted to sow and plant for the ensuing harvest. But those who will be left behind must work the harder and plant the more, since years of war are usually years of dear bread. Farmers ! employ all the help yon tan pay, and put in all the crops for which juu can season ably and thoroughly prepare the ground, for a season of scarcity is probably at hand. Let ,eaeh do his best toward pre paring for it. From the Pittsburg Post. The war has begun. The first blow has been struck. The aspect of the ques tion is uow'.wholly changed from what it has hitherto been. Before, it was a po litical one, and all the conservative Lieu, deprecating the horror.? cf civil war, have earnestly urged a fair compromise, grant ing to the South her just rights under the Constitution. But the South has deter mined not to wait for an adjustment of the difficulty lawfully and constitutionally, but has struck the first blow, a successful blow, but one which will unite the North as one man for the Union. The author ity cf the government of our country must be maintained and supported by every loyal American citizen. The wrongs of the South are now a matter cf minor con sideration. The integrity of the Govern ment ar.d the authority of those who hold its power is now the great object of .na tional consideration. A civil war has actually commenced between the sections of this once glorious Union. The heart of every patriot bleeds at this solemn truth. The true men of the country have now a great duty to perform. The preliminaries arc over revolution has taken arms and proceeded to the last extremity and now every man who reveres the memory of Washington must use his efforts aud devote his wealth, his personal services, and his life, if ne cessary, in defending the integrity of the Government which the patriots of the revolution handed down as a l'EurETUAL BLESSiNd to their posterity. However much we may deprecate the political causes which have driven the South to this insane madness this fratri cidal war 4hc time is past for crimination and 'recrimination as to what might have been done. The Flag of our Country the glorious stars and stripes must be supported and defended by every Ameri can, lhe light has now begun. An ap peal has been made to the God of Battles. The past must answer for itself. Those who have caused the war must answer to their country aud their God for what they have done. The American flag the Hag of our Union and the honored banner of a gov ernment which is bound to protect the interests of the whole 'country the North as well as the South has been fired into by American citizens, disloyal to the Gov ernment of the country. We have appre ciate! their wrongs we have advocated the restoration of their rights we have not spared their enemies. But, no w, they have fired upon the flag of their country, and of ours. No Amer can of true heart and brave soul will staud this. No America n ought to staud it. The integrity of a great government must be maintained. Its power to pun ish as well as to protect its children must be used. Political partisanship must now cease to aovern men on this is sue. Penns3Tlvania and Pennsylvanians are for the Union. T he government which the people have appointed, and which is responsible to the people for its every act, would be direlict of its duty as a govern ment if it did not protect its property, its citizens, its flag, and its granted rights, against all usurpers, ail rebels, all traitors external or iutercal foes, of whatever character. Wc were born and bred under the stars and stripes. hrve been taught to regard the anniversary of American inde pendence as a sacred 1 ty. For our whole life we have -looked upon our national em blems as tokens of salt ty to us and to our children, aud no in a tier what m:iy have been the wrongs of the South in the Union, we would have resisted them to the extent of qur ability ; but when the South becomes an enemy to the American system of government, takes an attitude of hostility to it, and iirc3 upon the l!:ig which she, as well as we, are bound to protect, our influence goes for that flag, no matter whether a llepubliean or a Demo crat holds it, and we will sustain any ad ministration, no matter how distasteful its policy may be to us personally, in proving to the world that the American eagle the proud bird of our banner fears not to brave the wrath of foreign foes, or the mad rebellion of its own fostered children. From the Ilarrisburg Telegraph, When the first gun was fired at Lex ington, by the hireling soldiery of a titled tyrant, our fathers did not organize thorn solves into orpositc parties, for the pur pose of discussing the merits of the cause. They did not propose false questions of humanity or impracticable issues or policies. They rallied at once to the standard of the Stars and Stripes, and around that banner they swore to maintain the gov ernment against which the Itevelutionary War was waged. - They swore to maintain the government of their own creation, which was thus ruthlessly assailed, because it sought the establishment of free insti tutions by the equalization of men their interest, their labor, their influence and their power for self-government. The small revenue deiived from the American Colonies was of smaller importance in the e stimation of the British aristocracy, com piled to the prestige of their sclf-anointod power. It was for die vindication of such p-iwer that King George precipitated his troops upon our shores, aud swore to del uge the laud with the blood of his subjects. rihe present attempt of the traitors at the South bears a strong resemblance to the efforts of the British aristocracy to mould and use the people of the American colo nies for their own purposes, and therefore the duty which our fathers discharged in the devolution becomes incumbent now on us, during the threatening of the pres ent rebellion by an aristocracy as insolent and as overbearing as that which has borne England down under a load of debt aud matte her laboring masses the mere toys aud instruments of their will and and pleasure. We must support the Gov ernment in all things tending to the suc cess of its own vindication, and we must give it the confidence aud the obedience which are its due in the hour of peril. If aay man hesitates to do so, he is uot of those who are lo'al, and cm only be re garded as a traitor. If any man fails to see in the movements of the traitors at the South, a conspiracy to changer the form and principle of free government, he is blind tu his own iutercsts, unworthy of his citizenship and should not be trusted. The case is too plain and the facts too appareut and startling to be misapprehen ded, and therefore the duty of every man is set before hinij and he can as clearly manifest his willingness in its discharge. The restoration of the peace of this Union can only be accomplished by the most complete and confirmed enforcement of -the law. To do so on any other prin ciple to readjust and reconstruct without asserting the power of a fixed nationality would be to bind these States together with a rope of sand, and leave the admin istration of their affairs to the presumptive promises of every p "owling political demagogue and mountebank in the land. In its efforts to vindicate the laws, aud to stay the progress of re bellion, the Administration is only attempt ing to assert this nationality. They are only attempting to protect the lives and property of the people against the aggres sions of rebellion when they seek the en forcement of the law. These two declara tions constitute actually the policy of the Administration and in the enforcement of the law for the protection of the public property7, the people are called on to defend their position and sustain their acts. He who declares the government incapable of enforcing its own laws, is not loyal to that government. lie who refuses to aid the government in the enforcement of its laws, is a traitor, and can oiler no excuse for his treason. From the Pittsburg Journal. The crisis is upon us; the question which has divided the two civilizations of the Union for years, has been transferred from the forum to the field; the prediction of the veuerable John Quincy Adams, pronounced in this city twenty-five years ago "This question cannot be settled but with Uood" is at length fulfilled; the furious and bloody spirit of slavery has precipitated a collision the rightful and constitutional Government of the Union finds itself to-day face to face with the dark usurping spirit of medireval barbar ism. Vhieh shall prevail? In the' first interchange of shots, the first hostile dem onstration, the United States suffer a re pulse. The GO fighting men who have been cooped up for the last five months in Fort Sumter, have been taken. The five months' preparation of batteries, the collection of vast munitions, the iron-clad batteries and the fury of five thousand have succeeded against the little pale band of vigil worn men, and Fort Sumter is in the hands of the enemy. .The conduct of Anderson is, "in our opinion, irreproacha ble. Men quietly sitting byr their hearth stones, hint suspicions of him, but they forget that in the little garrison there was no rest or change of meu; that day and night the 00 had to woik and handle those husro guns, until exhausted nature gave wav Meantime, against each one of that GO more than GO were engaged. Ay, the odds was a hundred to one ! The guns in their nineteen batteries never stinted for want of fresh hands. In that little fort, fire, shot and sheil were doing their worst; provisions were low; sleepless eyes watched without rest. Let us wait for authentic news before we condemn that gallant soldier, who, had the taint of treason been in him, has had now live months to yield to it. Tell us whv he stretched the base instructions of that vile, damnuble traitor, Floyd, who intend ed to betray him to Carolina in an unpro tected fortress Moultrie and at dead of night, drew off his little force to the gran ite walls of Sumter ' lie iu.t and sav why, if treason werp (he word, lie did n,t lie o:i his arms and suffer tiic mustering forces of rattlesnakes-, pelicans, alligators and turkey-buzz'iriis to take him from the hind side of Fort Moultrie? Nav, Maior Anderson is still the gallant and the brave Keuucky lido tu us, and we pray that we uiav never have occasion to change that opinion. But as we were saying, in the first on set the Government has met with a reverse. Shall-this be so again ? Where is the man iu our miusr who does not rally to the Stars and Stripes? We glory in the noble declaration of our neighbor of the ln?.f. "We have had our friendly bouts with him in the political arena. That is over. Wc meet now as lovers of our fia-jr. We say with him we' know no party but that of patriotism. And we hope .that any man in this community whoso sympa thies t are with tueasox if any such i there be we hope that max wiL be quiet, I that he will have regard to his own, h' he has none to the interests of his country. Aid and c.vmfort to the enemy there muse be none. The crisis has been forced upon us ; we must all meet it like men with sorrow but with sternness. Tnr. Exact Distances of tiif. touts. Fort Sumter is three and throe-eights miles from Charleston, one and one-eighth miles from FortMoultric, throe-iburths of J a mile lrom Lumnungs Joint, one and three-eights miles from Fort Johnson, and two and five-cigth miles from Caslle Pick uev. The city of Charleston is entirely but of range of the guns of Fort Sumter ' Tiic I'ort Sumter Heroes. MAJ. ANDERSON IN NEW YORK. New York, April 18. The steamship Baltic,- Capt. Fletcher, from Charleston bar, came up to the city and anchored off the Battery, at one o'clock this afternoon. The Baltic had flying from her main mast head the flag of Sumter, and at her fore mast head the flag from Moultrie. The Harriet Lane, Capt. Faunce, sailed in company with the Baltic; also the Paw nee with her troops, and the Pocahontas for Norfolk. The PowhattaD was not, nor has she been, at Charleston. The Pawnee did not nriive at Charleston until after the surrender of Fort Sumter. During the whole time the fleet remained off the bar; the wind blew a gale from tha southeast, rendering the- fleet useless as far as Sum ter was concerned. Maj. Anderson landed at the Battery, and was received by an immense crowd. His carriage was surrounded by the peo ple, who expressed in cheers and other demonstrations their congratulations". Capt. Doubleday's statement was as fol lows : The demand to surrender at Sum ter was made on the 11th inst., and re fused, not only by Major Anderson, but by the unanimous force under his com mand. On Friday morning, at fhree o'clock, the rebels sent word that their fire would be opened in an hour, and at four o'clock a fire was opened on us from every direction, including a hidden bat tery. The fire opened with a volley of seven teen mortars, firing ten-inch shells, and shot lrom thirty-three guns, columbiads. We took breakfast, however, very leisure ly. The command was then divided into three watches, each under direction of the officers. After breakfast they immediate ly went to the guns and opened a fire on Moultrie, Cummings' Point and Sullivan's Island. The iron battery at Cummings Point was of immense strength, aud most of our shots glanced off. Maj. Anderson refused to allow his men to work their guns on the parapet, on account of such a terrifuc fire being directed against that point. There was scarcely a room in Fort Moultrie left inhabitable. Several shots went through the floating; batteryr, though it vas but little damaged. Two guns on the iron batleryr were dis mounted. A man was stationed, who cried shot or shell when the rebels fired, and he garnsoa were thus enabled to UOOgO i i The barracks caught fire several times on Friday, but the flames were extin guished. On Saturday7 the officers' quar ters caught fire from shell, and the main gates were burned. The magazine was surrounded by fire, and ninety barrels of powder were taken out and thrown into the sea. When the magazine was encir cled by fire, all our materials were cut off, and we had eaten our last biscuit two days before. The men had to lay on the ground with wet handkerchiefs on their laces to pre vent their smothering and a favorable eddy of wind was all that saved our live. Our cartridge bags gave cut, and five men were employed to manufacture them out of our shirts, sheets, blankets, &c. It will take half a million dollars to repair the interior of lort Sumter. Most of enemy's shot was aimed at our flag. The following is the conversation the be- tween fall : Maj. Anderson and Colonel. Wlir- Wigfall Gen. Beauregard wishes to slop this sir. Anderson Well, well. Wigfall You've done all that can bo done, ami Gen. Beauregard wishes to knovr upon what terms you will cvucu-ite tho fort. Anderson Gen. Beauregard is already acquainted with terms. Wigfall Do I understand that yon will evacuate the fort on the term pro posed ? Anderson Yes, and only on those. Wigfall then returned. Ten minutes after Col. Chestnut and others came from Beauregard asking if Major Anderson wanted any heip, and stating that Wigfall had not seen Gen. Beauregard for two days, and had no authority for his demand on Anderon Major Anders m replied: 'Then we have been sold. We will raise our flag again." ECU Bog r A Fryer has raised a com pany of volunteers in Virginia, and ten dered them to Jefferson Davis. John F. Potter, of Wisconsin; Pryor's old antago nist, is in Washington, and is equally ready to stand by the government. These are among the terrible signs of revolution. t3-The New York Express says it has reliable information that forty-uiue were killed, and one hundred and thirty wounded in Fort Moultrie. I : i f
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