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VOLUME 8. EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1861. NUMBER 8.
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DIRECTORY.
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Post Masters
Districts.
Yoder.
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Carroll.
Chest.
Joseph Graham,
Joseph S Mardis,
William II. Jones,
Danl. Litzinger,
John J. Troxell,
John Thompson,
Isaac Thompson,
J. M. Christy,
Wm. M'Gough,
I. E, Chandler,
P- Shields,
E. Wissinger,
A. Durbin,
Francis Clement,
Andrew J. Ferral
G. W. Bowman,
Wm. Ryan, Sr.,
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Wm. Murray,
Washint'n.
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Washt'n.
Johnst'wn.
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Conem'gh.
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Conem'gh.
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White.
Clearfield.
Richland.
Washt'n.
Croyle.
Washt'n.
S'mmerhill.
Miss M. Gillespie
Morris Keil,
CHURCHES, MINISTERS, &c.
rrhtrrian Rev. D. Harbisos. Pastor.
Preaching every Sabbath morning at 10J
o'clock, and in the evening at 3 o'clock: Sab
bath School at 1 o'clock, A. M. Trayer nieet-
in everv Thursday evening at 0 o ciock.
Metho'dist Episcopal Church Rev.S.T. Show,
Poacher in charge. Fev. J. O. OoGLfi, as
siitant. Preaching every Sabbath, alternately
i: 10J o'clock in the morning, or 7 in the
fvemnf. oaooaiu otuuui m vwv.,
prayer meeting every Thursday evening, ai t
o'clock.
Welch Independent V.EV LL. 11. 1 OWELL,
Pistor. Preaching every Sabbath morning at
13 o'ciock, and in the evening at G o'clock.
Sabbath School at 1 o'clock, P. M. Prayer
tin? on the first Monday evening ot each
month ; and on every Tuesday, Thursday and
Friday evening, excepting the first week in
each month.
Calvinistic Methodist Rev. John Williams,
Pastor. Preaching every Sabbath evening at
land 6 o'clock. Sabbath School at 10 o'clock,
A. M. Prayer meeting every Friday evening,
at 7 o'clock. Society every Tuesday evening
t 7 o'clock.
Disciples Rev. W. Llotd, Tastor. Preach
ing every Sabbath morning at 10 o'clock.
Particular Baptists Hev. David Jenkins,
Pastor. Preaching every Sabbath evening at
3 o'clock. Sabbath School at at 1 o clock, 1. il.
Catholic Rev. M. J. Mitchell, Pastor.
Services everv Sabbath morning at 0 o'clock
aad Vespera at 1 o'clock in the evening.
EBEXSRl'UG 9IAILS.
MAILS ARRIVE.
Eastern, daily, at 12 o'clock, noon.
Western, at 12 o'clock, noon.
MAILS CLOSE.
Eastern, daily, at c6 o'clock, A. M.
Western, " at 6 o'clock, A. M.
EsfXhe mails from B utler,Indiana,Strongs-
town, kc, arrive on Thursday of each week,
t 5 o'clock, P. M.
Leave Ebensburg on Friday of each week,
a: b A. M.
BBl The mail frnm Newman's Mills. Car-
rolltown, &c, arrive on Monday, Wednesday
ui Friday of each week, at 3 o'clock, P. M.
Leave Eben.ahurc on Tnftsdavs. Thursdays
O - 7
sad Saturdays, at 7 o'clock, A. M.
J Post Office onen on Sundays from 9
to lo o'clock, A. M.
RAILROAD SCHEDULE.
WILMORE STATION.
Cst Express Train leaves at 0.44 A. M.
Fast Line " 10.09 I . .M.
Mail Train ' 3.31 P. M.
EastExpress Trair " 8.25 P. M.
Fast Line " 2.04 P. M.
Mail Train " 10.06 A. M.
COUXTT OFFICERS.
Jwlaes of the Courts President. Hon. Geo.
Taylor, Huntingdon; Associates, George W.
slev. Richard Jones. Jr.
I'rothonotartf Joseph MDonald.
Register and Recorder -Ed yard F
Sheriff. Robert P. Linton.
Lytle.
Deputy Sheriff. William Linton.
District Attorney. Philip S. Xoou.
Countu Commissioners. Abel Llovd. D. T.
Storm, James Cooper.
llerk to Commissioners. Robert A. M Coy
Treasurer. John A. Blair.
Poor House Directors. Da-vid O'Harro,
Michael M'Guire, Jacob Horner
ior House Treasurer. George C. K. .aum.
J'oor House Steicard. James J. Kaylor.
Mercantile Appraiser. II. C. Devine.
Axlitor llpnrv HnirV John F. Stull.
W. S. Rhev.
Cou,ity Surveyor. E. A. Vickroy.
Coroner Jame3 S. Todd.
ixlDerinlfiitirnt nf t'l.mmi.ji Krhnnl TiltilPS
RKYSRURC IIOR. OFFICERS.
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Burges I)vid J. Er.ins.
. Town Council ETan Griffith, John J. Evans,
"lUiam D. Davis, Thomas B. Moore, Daniel
't to Council T. D. Litzinger.
borough Treasurer George Gurlev.
igh Muster William Davis.
SchorJ r:4 ir:n;m n ,n-;? Tscn 2
'Io, Morris J. Evans, Thomas J. Davis,
BlLSh Jones. David J. Jones.
Treaturer of School Hoard Evan Morgan.
CwutaiGeorge W. Brown.
Tax Collector George Gurlev.
Judge of Election .Me shac Thomas.
pecior Robert Evans, Win. Williams
A"or Richard T. Davig.
rt": Au.taniMA 1.30 iu advanct.
Select epoetin.
Tlic Sougr of Hatred.
TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN.
Yes! Freedom's war! tho' the deadly strife
Make earth one charnel bone-yard 1
The last kiss now to the child and wife,
And the first firm grasp of the poniard!
Blood soon shall run in rivers above
The bright flowers we to-day tread;
We have all had more than enough of love,
So now for a spell of Hatred !
We have al! had more than enough of love,
So now for a spell of Hatred!
How long shall the hideous ogre, Tower,
Rear column of skulls on column?
Oh, Justice ! hasten the judgment-hour,
And open thy doomsdny volume!
Xo more oiled speech ! it is time the drove
Of despots should hear their fate read
We have all had quite enough of love
Be our watchword henceforth Hatred !
We have all had quite enough of love
Be our watchword henceforth Hatred !
Cold steel ! To that it must come at length,
Nor quake to hear it spoken !
By the blows alone tee strike in our strength
Can the chains of the world be broken !
Up, then ! Xo more in city or grove
Let Slavery and Dismay tread ! .
We have all had more than enough of love,
Let us now fall back upon Hatred !
We have all had more than enough of love,
Let us now fall back upon Hatred !
My friends! the tremendous time at hand
Will show itself truly in earnest!
Do you the like! and take j'our stand
Where its aspect frowns the sternest!
Strive now as Tell and Korner strove!
Be your sharp swords early and late red !
You have all had more than enough of love
Test now the talisman, Hatred !
You have all had more than enough of love
Test now the talisman, Hatred!
TO THE LOYAL WOMEN OF AMERICA:
AX URGENT APPEAL.
The following circular has been handed
us by Maj. Thompson, Postmaster for
this borough, with the request to lay it
before the public through the medium of
our columns :
Post Office Department, "
Washinyton, October 15, 18G1.
To the Postmaster at Ebensburg. Pa.
Sir You are requested to take measures
to effect an organization, if none exists, among
the women of your district to respond to the
accompanying appeal of the Sanitary Com
mission. The Executive Government here very much
desires to obtain the active cooperation of the
women of America for the holy cause of the
Union in this appropriate mode, and relies
upon you to make known this wish to them
and aid a3 far as possible in securing its ac
complishment. lours. re?pectiully,
M. BLAIR, Postmaster General.
CIRCCLAR.
"Washington, D. C, October, 1 SGI.
Countrywomen In the extraordinary
enlargement of the whole structure of our
National Government, which has this year
been forced upon us, the wants of the sick
and wounded of the Army and Xavy can
not at once be fully provided for by the
ordinary means.
Whatever aid is to be given lrom with
out, must, nevertheless, to be effective, be
administered systematically, and in perfect
subordination to the general system of ad
ministration of the government, lo hold
its agents in any degree responsible for
the duties with which they are charged,
government must protect them from the
interference of irresponsible persous.
Hence, an intermediate agency becomes
necessary, which, without taking any of
the duties of the regular agents of govern
ment out of their hands, can, nevertheless,
offer to them means of administering to
the wants of the sick and wounded much
beyond what could be obtained within the
arbitrary limits of supply established by
government, and in strict accordance with
the regulations necessary for maintaining
a proper accountability to it.
The Sanitary Commission, a volunteer
and unpaid bureau of the War Depart
ment, constitutes such an agency.
The Sanitary Commission has estab
lished its right to your confidence. The
President, the Secretary of War, General
Scott and General M'Clellan have each
recently acknowledged, in the warmest
terms, the advantages whL'h have already
resulted from its labors, and the discretion
and skill with which they, have been di
rected. Its advice has been freely taken,
and, in several important particulars, acted
upon, favorably to the health of the army,
by the government. -There has scarcely
been a company of volunteers in the field,
with segard to which some special defect,
error or negligence, endangering heahh,
has not been pointed out by its agents,
and its removal c-r abatement effected.
There has not been a single instance iu
which'its services or advice, offered thro'
all its various agencies, have been re
pulsed ; not a single complaint ha bceu
his duty, or of its interfering with disci
pline in the slightest degree. Its labors
have, to this time, been chiefly directed to
induce precautions against a certain class
of diseases which have scourged almost
every modern European army, which dec
imated our army in Mexico, and which,
at one time, rendered nearly half of one
of our armies in the war of 1812 unfit for
service. It is a ground for national grat
itude that our present armies have passed
through the most trying season of the year
wonderfully escaping this danger. That
there are grander causes for this than the
labors of the Commission cannot be doubt
ed, but that, among human agencies, a
large. share of credit for it should be given
to those labors it is neither arrogant nor
unreasonable to assert. In this assurance,
what contribution that has hitherto been
made to the treasury or the store of the
Commission is not received back again
ten fold in value ?
After full and confidential conference
with the Secretary of War, the Comman
der of the Army of the Potomac, and the
Quartermas!r General, there is reason to
ask with urgency for a large iucrease of
the resources ot the Commission, espe
cially of that class of its resources upon
which it must chiefly draw for the relief
of the sick aud wounded.
The experience of the Commission has
so well acquainted it with the earnest de
sire of their loj-al countrywomen to be
allowed to work in the national cause, that
it is deemed unnecessary to do more than
announce that there is a real and immedi
ate occasion for their best exertions, and
to indicate convenient arrangements for
the end in view.
It is, therefore, suggested that societies
be at once formed in every neighborhood
where they are not already established,
and that existing societies of suitable or
ganization, as Dorcas Societies, Sewing
Societies, Heading Clubs and Sociables,
devote themselves, for a time, to the sacred
service of their country; that energetic
and respectable committees be appointed
to call from house to house and store to
store," to obtain contributions in materials
suitable to be made up, or money for the
purchase of such materials ; that collec
tions be made in churches and schools and
factories aud shops, for the same purpose ;
that contribution boxes be placed in poet
offices, newspaper offices, railroad and tel
egraph offices, public houses steamboats
and ferry boats, and in all other suitable
places, labelled, "lor our Sick and Woun
ded ;" aud that all loyal women meet at
such convenient times and places as may
be agreed upon in er?h neighborhood or
social circle, to work upon the material
which shall be so procured.
DESCRIPTION OF ARTICLES WANTED. (
Blankets. !
Quilts, of cheap material, about seven feet !
long by fifty inches wide- J
Woolen or Canton Flannel Bed-Gownj,
Wrappers, Undershirts, and Drawers.
Small Hair and Feather Pillows and Cusli- j
ions for wounded limbs.
Knit Woollen Socks. j
Slippers.
All articles should be closely packed in
wooden boxes, or in very strongly wrapped
bales, and clearly directed. On the top
of the contents of each box, under the
cover, a list ofwhat it contains should be
placed : a dup'icate of this list should be
sent by mail. Arrangements for free
transportation should be made, or ireight
paid in advance. (The expres3 companies
will generally convey goods for this pur
pose, at a reduction on the usual rates.)
Packages may be directed and sent, as is
most economical, from any point to any of
the addresses below, ('-'For the U. S. San
itary Commission :")
Office of the Woman's Central Relief Asso
ciation, Cocper Union, Xo. 10, Third Avenue,
Xew York.
Care of Samuel and William Welsh, Xo.
218 South Delaware Avenue, Philadelphia.
Care of Dr. S. G. Howe, 20 Bromfield st.,
Boston.
Care of Russell M. Lamed, Providence, R. I.
Care of Dr. W. II. Mussey, Cincinnati.
Office of Soldiers' Aid Society, 9G Bank St.,
Cleveland.
Care of Dr. C. D. Griswold, Wheeling, Va.
Care of Dr. J. V. Z. Blaney, Medical Pur
veyor, Chicago.
Care of F. L. Olmstcdfjm F. st., Washing
ton, D. C.
Acknowledgements will be made to all
those who forward parcels, and a final re
port to the Secretary of War will be pub
lished, recording the names of all contrib
utors, so far as they shall be known to the
Commission.
Herny W. Bellows, D. D., IVcsL
Signed. by Prof. A. D. Hache, L. L. P.,
George T. Strong, Fred. Law Olmsted,
George W. Cullum, U. S. A., Alexander
JS. Shiras, U. S.'A., Robert C. Wood, M.
I)., IT. S. A., William II. Van Uuren, M.
D., Prof. Walcott Gibbs, M. D-, Elisha
Harris, M. D., Samuel G. Howe, M. I).,
Cornelius IT. Agncw, 31. D., J.'S. New
berry, 31 P., Horace liinney, Jr., Kt.
er$ under authority of the Sec'y of War.
The Sanitary Commission is doing a
work of great humanity, and of direct
practical value to the nation, in this time
of its trial. It is entitled to the gratitude
and the confidence of the people, and I
trust it will be generously supported.
There is no agency through which volun
tary offerings of patriotism can be more
effectively made. A. Lincoln.
Winfield Scott.
Washington, September, 30, 1SC1.
m mm.
General Yt Infield Scott.
HIS retirement from the command of the
UNITED STiTES ARM 1'.
From the Harrisburg Telegraph.
Some time since, the busy quid nuncs
around Washington city, whenever they
becaine barren in sensation news, or when
ever they were also prevented from prying
into the secrets of the departments, inte
ested themselves in the veteran soldier
and hero, Winfield Scott, by allusions to
his health, or insinuations as to his pur
poses, both in regard to himself personally,
and his official duty in the service. We
were told one day that his health was de
clining that disease, old age and the
bruises of battle were telling on his life
and, when these reports became stale, that
he was fretted by the negleet of Gen. M'
Clellan, tbut the Cabinet refused to reuder
him the respect which was his due, and
that, incensed and indignant, the old hero
had determined to resign and leave the
struggle for the preservation of that na
tionality which he assisted in creating, to
the direction of other minds and the con
trol of other hands. The fact of the res
ignation of Gen. Scott is now officially an
nounced, but that resignation was induced
by higher and more patriotic reasons than
those attributed to him by a portion of the
press of the country, and the veteran hero
carries with him, therefore, into retirement
the regret, the respect, and the solicitude
of his countrymen.
We briefly refer to some of the leading
events in the life of Winfield Scott. Born
near Petersburg, in Virginia, June loth,
1785, Winfield Scott entered the army as
captain of light artillery, 3Iay 3d, 1808,
and has served his country with unvarying
success for more than half a century. In
that time he has proved his right to rank
with the first commanders of the age. His
campaigns have been carefully watched by
the ablest generals of Europe, and have
won the praise of every one, from Welling
ton down, lie has twice been honored
with a gold medal from Congress for dis
tiri2uished services, and retires from active
duty with the reputation, after fifty years
of command, of never having lost a battle
when he was present in person.
Gen. Scott in one sense is not known to
the American people, as those are who be
come popular with the masses. As a he
ro and a soldier, his name is connected
with the most brilliant portions of our
history, but when that is omitted Winfield
Scott appears as the stern disciplinarian,
which, in the popular mind, inspires a sort
of cold and stilF respect, instead of that
wild and enthusiastic regard in which
public favorites are generally held. And
yet he is a generous and magnanimous
man, with genius strengthened by industry,
sternness softened by kindness, an indom
itable will governed by reflection, ability
and vigor in war, combined with a love of
peace and order, and respect and obedience
to the Constitutional authorities of his
country, unimpaired by an unshrinking
maintenance of his own rights. In these
days of rebellion, when the armies of the
republic arc being recruited with unprece
dented celerity, and when officers and men
are being summoued from professions,
merchandising and trades, to the tented
and the battle field, there is a coincidence
in the fact that the Lieutenant General of
the Army also left a civil profession to
fight for his country in one of the periods
ot its peril when his services were required.
He was educated for the business of the
law. graduated at William and Mary col
lege, Virginia, and at the time he entered
the army was engaged in the practice of
that profession. The early career of Win
field Scott as a soldier was very brilliant,
and at the commencement of the war with
Great Britain he was promoted to a Lieu
tenant Colonelcy of Artillery from a Cap
taincy of Light Artillery. During the war
of 1812, the promotion of Scott kept pace
with the regulation of the army. He soon
became Adjutant General next Colonel
of Artillery, then Brigadier General, and
o'a the 25th of July, 1314, "ror lus dis
tinguished services in the successive con
flicts of Chippewa and Niagara, and for
his uniform good conduct as an officer in
said army," he was brevetted a Major
General. lie attained this high rank
when he was only twenty-eight
M'Clellan is now, and rivaling meu in
command who were veterans in the service
and the heroes of many battles. After
these promotions, and after he had also
also partly recovered from wounds received
in the battle of Niagara, General Scott
asked and obtained leave to visit Europe
"for professional improvement" At this
period "the holy alliance" had been form
ed for the purpose of crushing Napoleon,
and, from an inspection of fortifications,
witnessing the movements and discipline
of the allied forces, he returned to the
United States improved in many respects
as a disciplinarian, and stored with a fund
of military knowledge which gave him
that self-confidence for which he was dis
tinguished thereafter when at the head of
the. armies of the Republic.
From and after the return of Geu Scott
from Europe, he engaged in study and
the publication of a volume entitled "Gen
eral Regulations of the Army," containing
the necessary instructions for troops in
garrison, in camp, and in the field. The
war commonly called the Black llawc
War, was brought to a close by the battle
of Bad Axe, August, 2, 1S32, the day
before Gen. Scott had joined Gen. Atkin
son, under whom the operation against the
Indians had until that time been conducted.
After the battle of Bad Axe, the army
was attacked with an enemy more subtle
and powerful than the savage Indians,
the Small Pox, and during all that time
Gen. Seott was in the hospitals, as nurse,
physician and religious comforter of the
sick soldier. Gen. Cass, then Secretary
of War, made the conduct of Scott in this
relation the subject of comment in one of
his official reports, in which he refers to
and applauds him "not only a warrior but
a man not only the hero of battles but as
the hero of humanity !"
In 1832, Geu. Scott appeared again
before the country, in the difficulties ari
sing out of the attempt at nullification by
South Carolina, a position which required
him to exercise all his judgment and
discretion. He was perfectly successful,
when the least imprudence might have
involved the whole country in a serious
collision. The passage of a compromise
act by Congress caused South Carolina
to rescind her ordinance of nullification,
which relieved Gen. Scott of his duty in
that rebellious state. His connection with
the Seminole war in Florida, and his influ
ence during the up-rising of the American
Canada Patriots, was of that character
which has always distiugutshed the sol
and reflected credit on his country From
183S 'o9 .he was on the north-eastern
frontier, where he appeared as a pacifica
tor in the settlement of our boundary with
Great Britaiu. In 1839 he was before
the Whig Convention which assembled iu
this city, as a candidate for the Presidency.
Gen. Harrison however became the nomi
nee of that body, and was afterwards elec
ted President of the United States. In
1841, upon the death of General Macoinb,
Scott was appointed the commander of
tho Army. Between this period and 1840
Gen. Scott was occupied with many re
forms in the army, when the war with
Mexico broke out. It is not our purpose
to refer in detail even in the limits of our
brief article, to the connection of Gen.
Scott with that war. The incidents which
attended his march from Vera Cruz to the
city of Mexico, are now a portion of our
couutry's most glorious history, and are
still fresh" iu the memory of American
citizens. From the treaty of peace with
Mexico to the present hour, also, the
career' of Gen. Scott is known to the coun
try. And to-day, then, he is again before
his countrymen and the world, full of
honor and full of years, struggling with a
wicked rebellion, concocted to destroy a
government in the defense of which he
passed his youth, his early manhood and
his ripened age. No soldier that the
world ever produced, presented a more
sublime appearance than docs Winfield
Scott present to the world at this day.
He asked to be relieved from service, not
because he loves his country less, but
because he is less able to discharge a duty
which others are ready and anxious to
assume. He goes into retirement amid
the applause and gratitude of his country
men. pi
. xgt. A good story is told of the late W.
E. Burton, which wo have never seen iu
print. While traveling on a steamboat
down the Hudson, he seated himself at the
table and called for some beefsteak. The
waiter furnished him with a small strip of
the article, such as travelers are usually
put off with. Taking it upon his fork and
turning it over and examining it with one
of his peculiar serious looks, the comedian
coolly remarked, Yes, that's it; bring
some.'
me
A femile recruit was detected by try
ing to put her pantaloons on oTer her head.
The following order was issued by Major
General M'Clellan, on assuming the com
mand of the armies of the United States :
Headquarters oe tiie Army,
Washington, D. C., Nov. 1.
General Order; Xo. 19. In accordance
with general order, No. 94, from the War
Department, I hereby assume command of
the armies of the United States.
Iu the midst of the difficulties which
encompass and divide the nation, hesita
tion and self-distrust may well accompany
the assumption of so vast a responsibility;
but confiding, as I do, in the loyalty, dis
ciphne and courage of our troops, and be
lieving, as I do, that Providence will favor
ours as the just cause, I cannot doubt that
success will crown our efforts and our sac
rifices. The army will unite with me in tho
feeling of regret that the weight of maDy
years, and the effect of increasing infirmi
ties, contracted and intensified in his
couutry's service, should just now remove
from our head the great soldier of our
nation. The hero who, in his youth,
raised high the reputation of his country
in the fields of Canada, which he sancti
fied with his blood, who, in more inaturo
years proved to the world that American
skill and valor could repeat, if not eclipse,
th exploits of Cortez in the land of tho
Montezumas whose whole life has been
devoted to the service of his country,
whose whole efforts have been directed to
uphold our honor at the smallest sacrifice
of life.
A warrior who scorned the glories of
the battle-field, when his great qualities
as a statesman could be employed more
profitably for his country. A citizen
whose declining years has given to the
world most shining instances of loyalty in
disregarding all ties of birth, and clings
till to the cause of truth and honor.
Such has been the career such the char
acter of Winfield Scott whom it has long
been the delight ot the nation to honor,
both as a man and a soldier.
While we regret his loss there is one
thing we cannot regret, the bright exam
ple he has left for our emulation. Let lis
all hope and pray that his declining years
may be passed in peace and happiness,
and that they may be cheered by the suc
cess of the country and the cause he has
fought for and loved so well.
Beyond all this, let us do nothing thafc
can cause him to blush for us. Let no
defeat of the army he has so long com
manded embitter his last years, but let our.
victories illuminate 'the close of a life so
grand. Geo. B. McCiellav,
Major General Commanding U. S. A.
Major General Hunter. Major
General Hunter, the successor of Gen.
Fremont in the command of the Western
Department, is a native of the District of
Columbia, but was appointed to West
Point from Illinois, iu 181S. On gradu
ating in 1822, he entered the army as sec
ond lieutenanant of Fifth Infantry ; was
promoted first lieutenant June, 1828 ; was
made captain First dragoons March, 1833;
resigned July 4, 1836. He again entered
the army from Illinois in November, 1841.
as temporary-paymaster j he was appointed
paymaster 11th March, 1S42, and was
connected with that department of the
service up to the breaking out of the re
bellion, when he was promoted to briga
adicr general and placed in the field. He
had been recommended by the Illinois
delegation in Congress, for promotion as
major general. He was acting major
general in charge ot the Third disvision
of the United State forces at Bull Run.
The Yankees. The New England
rule, of doing whatever is to be done well,
is carried out in everything. Nothing
is slip-6hod, or half done. A Washington
correspondent of the New York Time
says :
"In meeting the army wagons I was
struck with the superiority of tho teams
brought on by the Massachusetts regiments
over those supplied by the Government.
The former were fat, strong, handsome
animals, the driver sitting in bis seat with
the four in hand like an old fashioned
ftagc driver. The latter seem ill-cared
for, and are urged along by the driver,
who sits ou one of the wheel-horses.
Massachusetts has a finished way of doing
up things, from the arrangement of a
farm house to the equipage of an army."
55 Blessed is howho has nothing, for
he shall not lose it. A poor Frenchman,
when his wife aroused him from his sleep
with the cry, "Get up, Baptiste, there is
a robber in the house," answered sensi
bly : "Don't let us molest him. Let him
explore the house, and if he should find
anything of value, we will take it from
ihim:"
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