U8 H !i H pa. y ' raw raj- k3L II li f4 NL ((A m, kl Mi, f.i t& a
vvv v.2.00 I9)
TE1"U-$i.50IX
Kit A XX IT 1)1.
1. B iCftElt, Editor and Proprietor.
I WOULD RATIIER BE RIGHT TIIAN PRESIDENT. XIksbv Clay.
ADVA.VCL.
1 U-' JSl'"i,':"'1 "
VOLUME 8.
DIRECTORY.
TREPAIIED EXPRESSLY FOtt "THE ALLEGII ASIAN.
MT O
post Ojices.
Tk-nn's Creek,
Bethel Station
C.irrolltown,
Chess Springs,
Cresson,
Ebensburg.
Fallen Timber,
(Ullitzin,
Hemlock,
Johnstown,
Loretto,
Mineral Point,
Muastcr,
Perching,
Tlattsville,
RoaeUnd,
St. Augustine,
Scalp Level,
Sonman,
Surnnierhill,
Summit,
Wilmore,
r IOST OFFICES.
Post Masters. Districts.
Joseph Graham, Yoder.
Joseph S Mardis, Elacklick.
William M. Jones, Carroll.
Danl. Litzinger, Cheat.
John J. Troxell, Wa3hint'n.
John Thompson, Ebensburg.
I3aac Thompson, White.
J. M. Christy, Gallitzin.
Wm. M'Gough, Washt'n.
I. E, Chandler, Johnst'wn.
P- Shields Loretto.
E. Wissinger, Conem'gh.
A. Durbin, Munster.
Francis Clement, Conem'gh.
Andrew J. Fcrral Susq'hnn.
G. W. Bowman, White.
Wm. Ryan, Sr., Clearfield.
George Conrad, Richland.
B. M Colgan, Washt'n.
Wm. Murray, Croyle.
Miss M. Gillesplfc Washt'n.
Morris Keil, S'mmerhill.
CI5U51CSXES, MIMSTERS, &C.
Prslyterian Rev. D. Harbison, Pastor.
Trenching every Sabbath morning at 10$
o'clock, and in the evening at 3 o'clock, bab
b.Uh School at 1 o'clock, A. M. Prayer meet
ing every Thursday evening at 6 o'clock.
Methodist Episcopal Church Rev. S.T. Show,
Preacher in charge. Rev. J. G. Gogley, As
sistant. Preaching every Sabbath, alternately
8t 10J o'clock in the morning, or 7 in the
evening. Sabbath School at J o'clock, A. M.
Prayer meeting every Thursday evening, at 7
o'clock.
Welch Independent- Rev Ll. R. Powell,
Pastor. Preaching every Sabbath morning at
10 o'ciock, and in the erening at G o'clock.
Sabbath School at 1 o'clock, P.'ll. Prayer
.meeting on the first Monday evening of each
month ; and on every Tuesday, Thursday and
Friday evening, excepting the first week in
each month.
Cdvinistic Methodist Rev. Jons William,
paitor. Preaching every Sabath evening at
2 aa 1 6 o'clock. Sabbath School at 10 o'clock,
A. 11. Prayer meeting every Friday evening,
at 7 o'clock. Society every Tuesday evening
t 7 oYJock.
Disciples Rev. W. Lloyd, Pastor. Preach
ing every Sabbath morning at 10 o'clock.
Particular Baptists B.zv. David Jenkins,
Pastor. Preaching every Sabbath evening at
3 o'clock. Sabbath School at at 1 o'clock, P. M.
Catholic Rev. M. J. Mitchell, Pastor.
Services every Sabbath morning at 10 J o'clock
mil Vejpers tit 4 o'clock in the evening.
ES5EXSHUBC MAILS.
MAILS ARRIVE.
Intern, daily, at 12 o'clock, noon.
Western, at 12 o'clock, noon.
MAILS CLOSE.
E.stfrn, daily, at 3 o'clock, P. M.
Western, " at 8 o'clock, P. M.
The mails from Butler,Indiana,Strongs
town, ic, arrive on Thursday of each week,
ct 5 o-xlock, P. M.
Leave Ebensburg on Friday of each week,
at b A. M.
BgUThe mails from Newman's Mills, Car
rolltown, &c, arrive on Monday, Wednesday
uiid Friday of each week, at 3 o'clock, P. M.
Leave E"bensburg on Tuesdays, Thursdays
Ku-1 Saturla3Ts, at 7 o'clock, A. M.
2TPost Oince open on Sundays from 0
to 3 0 o'clock, A. M.
IIAILHOAD SCHEDUL
WILMORE STATION.
West Express Train leaves at
9.
10.
4.
8
2.
C.
44 A.
.03 P
.01 P.
.25 P.
.23 P.
23 A.
M.
M.
M.
M.
M.
M.
' i ast Lino
" Mail Train
East Express Train
Fast Line
Mn.il Trnin
it
it
it
CRESSON STATION
West Express Train leaves at
" Mail Train "
East Express Train "
" Mail Train "
The Fast Lines do not atop.
9.
22 A.
.31 P.
13 P.
M. I
3
8.
C.
M.
M.
M.
COUA'TY OFFICERS.
Judge of the Courts President, Hon. Geo.
Tkylor, Huntingdon ; Associates, George W.
Ensky, Richard Jones, Jr.
Prothonotary Joseph M'Donald.
Register and Recorder Edsvard F. Lytic.
Sheriff. Robert P. Linton.
District Attorney. Philip S. Noon.
County Commissioners D. T. Storm, James
Cooper, Peter J. Little.
Treasurer. John A. Blair.
Poor House Directors. David O'Harro,
llichael M'Guire, Jacob Horner.
Poor House Treasurer. George C. K. Zahm.
Poor House Steward. James J. Kaylor.
Mercantile Appraiser. II. C. Devine.
Au liters. Henry Hawk, John F. Stull.
Jolm S. Rhey.
County Surveyor. E. A. Vickroy.
Coroner. James S. Todd.
Superintendent of Common Schools. James
M. Swank,
EnKXSni'RG IJOR. OFFICERS.
Justices of the reace. David II. Roberts
Harrison Kinkead.
Jlurgcss David J. .Evans.
Town Council Evan Griffith, John J. Evans,
William D. Davi3, Thoma3 B. Moore, Daniel
to. Evans.
liorough Treasurer George Gurley.
M'eiyh Master William Davis.
School Dirertf.rx William Davis. Reese S.
L!o.vl, Morris J. Evans, Thomas J. Davis,
Hugh Jones, David J. Jones.
Treasurer of School Hoard Evan Morgan..
Constable George W. Brown.
Tax Collector George Gurley.
Ji"lje of Kltetion Meshac Thomas. -
Injectors Robert Evans, Wiu. Williams
Aimi.jr Richard T. Dart.
EBENSBITRG,
gckft f)octrg.
Closing tlie i.cdger.
PREPARATORY to the advent of the new year.
Close up the Ledger, Time I
Slowly and sadly, but let it be..
Mournfully passeth by the- year ;
What are the records for you and me
Left by the falling fingers hero I
"What for passion, what for lovo ?
What for avarice and crime. ?
What for hope and the- Heaven aboTc ?
What of the Ledger, Time ?
Close up the Ledger, Timet
Many a name, for good or ill,
Fills to the margin your blotted scroll,
Many ft high and haughty will,
Many a low but humble soul ;
Yet one page to each is given,
Marking the changing path we climb,
Holding the balance of Hell or Heaven ;
What of the Ledger, Time?
Close up the Ledger, Time I
Say, are wo creditors for anght ;
nave we a store of noble deeds,
Springing from high and generous thought,
Such as our fallen brother needs?
Have we laid up for coming years
Words to wave in a funeral rhyme
Names that will call up grateful tears ?.
What of the Ledger, Time ?
Close up the Ledger, Time !
Say what promise hope has drawn
Say what drafts stern truth has paid ;
Say what bankrupt hopes have gone
In the grave with memory laid.
Say if the heart has kept its own,
Gathering beauty with lure and lime ?
Saj'what fabrics are overthrown f
What of the Ledger, Time ?
Close up the Ledger, Time I
Hark! the knell of the year goes by ;
Have I run out my golden sand ?
Where shall I be when the next shall die?
Where shall the 30ul within me stand ?
Naught beyond may the Ledger tell,
Nautrht be known but in guilt and crime;
Listen 1 I hear the New Year's bell
Shut up the Ledger, Time 1
THE CHRISTMAS TREE.
Br. Grantley.Fat alone in his office, his
head resting on his hands, thinking deep
ly. He had not been thus solitary many
minutes, for a frail, delicate girl had just
left him, his eldest daughter and hU dar
ling, -who had filled the place of mother,
and sister, too, to the younger children of
the Doctor. Marion Grantley carried
from this interview a heavy heart. It was
the old, old story she loved, was beloved,
and her father frowned upon her lover.
There Tva3 no personal dislike between Dr.
Grantley and Morton Loring; but in
years long past, Amos Loring, the young
man's father, and George Grantley, rivals
in love, had sworn an undying, bitter ha
tred, and for this old quarrel, though
Amos Loring was numbered with the
dead, Dr. Grantley wa3 breaking the heart
of his gentle, dutiful child. Her last
words, as she left him, uttered in low,
pleading accents, were : ''Father, you
know 1 will never aisoocy you ; dui k is
Christmas eve : for the day's sake, by the
memory of my mother, who was taken into
heaven seven years ago this evening, by
the love I have ever tried to show you,
forget this old quarrel. Let me bring to
you one who, for my sake, will be a son
in your old age, who loves and respects
you. Father do not break my heart I"
In reply, the Doctor merely waved his
hand toward the door, and quietly, sadly,
with no violent outbreak of passion to tell
her bitter grief, Marion passed out. From
the ofiice, across the entry, she went into
the parlor. There was a blaze of light
there, and round the centre table were
clustered four little sisters. and one broth
er, her mother's legacy to Marion. Grace,
the one next Marion, a pretty blonde, just
entering her nineteenth year, looked up as
her sister entered. There was no discon
tented, fretful glance to throw back her
loving one; gentle, serene, and tender,
Marion smiled back her own sorrow to
"ive them a Christmas greeting.
"Oh,-1 wish it was to-morrow !" cried
Eddie, the youngest, a boy of eight years
old, the pet and darling of all the five eis-
tcrS. '-n't
"To-morrow evening !" said Fannie, the
next in order, "to-morrow evening 1 O
such fun ! A Christmas tree I"
"I amporry I did not have it this even
ing," said Marion, "if j'ou are so impa
tient ; but Aunt Lizzie's box of presents
from New York always comes on Christ
mas day, and we can make a much prettier
tree if its contents are hung upon it."
"Won't it ,bc fun to dress it I" whis
pered Grace, who was to be the only one
admitted to this delightful task.
PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 186
"Oh, Marion, will it have my work
box V cried Hester.
"And my doll V said Fannie.
"And my set of china-tea things ? You
know you promised me a new set?"'
And, fairly started, all the children
joined in the list of demands, making a
perfect "Babel of the parlor.
The little mantel clock struck nine.
As the last stroke died away, Marion
pointed with a smile to the clock, and the
children rose, kissed their sisters, and
went merrily up stairs to bed, Fannie
leading Eddie, while Hester and Lizzie,
little girls of eleven and twelve, went up
arm in arm.
"There is so much to do to-morrow,
Gracie," said Marion, as the chamber
door closed, shutting out the sound of
merry voices, "there are so many things
to attend to that I think we will dress the
tree this evening. "We can shut the fold
ing doors, and keep the children from the
back parlor to-morrow, and it will not
take many minutes to hang Aunt Lizzie's
presents upon the tree, when they arrive
m the morning.
"O yes, we will dress it now. I'll call
father." And the young girl danced off
to the office, humming a merry tune.
Marion, in the meantime, went out to a
closet in the entry, and brought in a large
baize covering for the centre of the floor.
It was green, and meant for the founda
tion of the beautiful show Marion's, tree
always made. Grace and the Doctor soon
came in, and the process of making a
Christmas tree commenced in good ear
nest. The square of green baize being tacked
down, a large stone jar was placed in the
middle of it, and in this the tree stood
nobly erect. Damp sand was put round
the stem till the large green tree stood
firmly in its place. , A flounce of green
chintz round the jar concealed its stony
ugliness, and over the top, round the tree,
was a solt cushion of moss. It was a large
evergreen, reaching almost to the high
ceiling, for all the family presents were to
be placed upon it. This finished, the pro
cess of dressing commenced. From a
basket in the corner, Marion drew long
strings of bright red holly-berries, thread
ed like beads upon fine cord. These were
festooned in graceful garlands from the
boughs of the tree, and while Marion was
thus employed, Grace and the Doctor ar
ranged the tiny tapers. This was a deli
cate task. Long pieces of fine wire were
passed through the taper at the bottom,
and these clasped over the stem of each
branch, and twisted together underneath.
Great care was taken that there should be
a clear space above each wick, that noth
ing might catch fire. Strings of bright
berries, small bouquets of paper Cowers,
strings of beads, tiny flags of gay ribbons,
stars and shields of gilt paper, lace bags
filled with colored candies, knots of bright
ribbons, all homemade by Marion's and
Grace's skillful fingers, made a brilliant
show at a very trifling' cost, the basket
seeming possessed of unheard-of capaci
ties, to judge from the multitude and va
riety of articles the sisters drew from it.
Meantime, upon the wick of each taper
the Doctor rubbed with his finger a drop
of alcohol, to insure it3 lighting quickly.
This was a process he would intrust to no
one else, for fear the spirit might fall upon
some part of the tree not intended to catch
fire.
Marion, unconscious that her father's
eye followed her in every movemont, tried
to keep up a cheerful smile, for her sis
ter's sake, yet sometimes a weary sigh
would come up from her overcharged
heart as the contrast between these gay
preparations for festivity and the weight
of her own sorrow struck her. At last,
all the contents of the basket were on the
tree, and then the jaore important pres
ents were broughrdown from an upper
room. There were many large articles,
seemingly too clumsy for the' tree, but
Marion passed around them gay-colored
ribbons till they formed a basket work,
and looped them over the branches till
even Hester's work-box looked graceful.
Dolls for each ot the little girls were seat
ed on the boughs, and a largo cart for Ed
die, with two horses prancing before it,
drove gayly amongst the top branches, as
if each steed possessed the wings of Pe
gasus. On the moss beneath the branch
es Marion placed a set of wooden animals
for Eddie, while from the topmost branch
was suspended a gilded ' cage, ready for
the canary-bird Dr. Grantley had purcha
sed for the pet-loving Lizzie.
Various mysterious packages, wrapped
in paper and marked Grace, Marion, or
Papa, were put asride, that all the deli
cious mystery of Christmas might bo pre
served. At length all was ready, and, carefully
WV.nr th ilnnrs. the trio went UT to
their respective rooms.
It was Christmas evening. All the
presents were on the tree, and Mariou waa
alone in the back parlor, waiting for the
Doctor s return lrom a proiessionai visit,
before she lighted the tree. The chil
dren were in the sitting room, and their
eager, merry voices came faintly to her as
she sat sadly waiting there.
Hark ! A voice in the entry. The
door of the large closet opened and shut
again, and then her father's voice sum
moned her to open the door.
"Marion," ho said, taking her hands
in his own, "you have thought for all the
others this Christmas evening ; I have a
gift lor you."
She ' said "Thank you," quietly smi
ling, yet without inuch appearance of in
terest. "I wish to place it on the tree myself,
and then this year I will play lamplight
er. You bring the children into the next
room."
Dancing feet soon sounded on the stairs,
and eager voices shouted, "Merry Christ
mas," as the little ones followed Marion
into the front parlor. It was entirely
dark. Standing them in a row, at some
distance from the folding-doors, Marion
spoke to tell her father all was ready.
The doors flew open. The tall tree, one
blaze of light, covered with tasty gifts,
stood in the middle of the room, and be
hind it was a figure which Marion at first
took for her father j only for a moment.
Dazzled and confused as she was by the
sudden blaze of light, a second glance sent
a full tide of happiness to her heart.
"My Christmas gift," she said, softly,
stepping forward.
"And I claim mine," was the reply, in
a deep, manly voice, from behind the
tree, and Morton Loring came forward to
where Marion had paused, awaiting him.
Christmas was surely not a time for
quarrels, sanctified, too, as it was to the
Doctor and Marion, and Dr. Grantley re
paid long years of devotion to himself and
his children, by making Marion happy on
Christmas.
;L,eiter from Missouri.
From the Altoona Tribune.
Through the kindness of Dr. J. M.
Gcmmill, we are permitted to copy the
following extracts from a letter received
by him, a few days since, from an old
resident of Alexandria, Huntingdon coun
ty, but more recently of Ebensburg, now
residing in Missouri :
Btsc3ville, Chariton' Co., Mo-,
November 21st, 16G1. j
Da. J. M. Gemmill Dear Sir:
It was seven years on the 11th
of this month, since we left Ebensburg,
and in that length of time I have had to
pass through many trials, some of which
wero rather severe, but nevertheless, I
have had some sweet with the bitter.
"We have all had good health, and enjoy
ed ourselves very much, most of the time.
I have worked hard in opening up and
enclosing about ninety acres of ground,
and putting up all necessary buildings,
and was just about fixed, as 1 thought, to
live comfortably ; but alas ! how uncer
tain is everything in the calculation of
some men. This unfortunate .war has
blasted all my hopes, so. far as Missouri
is concerned. You are, no doubt, in
formed that our State is in rebellion
against the general Government, and, s
a'nectrjz-ry consequence, is at war within
herself. We stand, at present, pretty
equally divided loyal and rebel anil, as
?a tho nnse in all civil wars and rebellions,
we are very bitter, one against the other,
so much so that in many places it is un
safe to go about alone. Indeed, Doctor,
you, (who I trust are living in peace and
harmony in old l-cnnsyivaaiaau unu
no idea" of how baa it reany is in tnia
Rto. The rebels, in soino instances,
have shot down citizens while at their
work. At one time they siot tico children
icJtile at their plays, and at another time a
young girl of seventeen was shot down
without cause I
I have been living m suspense since
August last. For six weeks I watched
every night." I have saved myself and
horses thus far, and as things look now,
and have for some time past, I expect to
weather it through, at least until I can
dispose of what I have, and then I will
bid good-byo to Missouri.
This State is financially ruined, and, in
my opinion, will be a battle-ground for
rfirs tn mine. Indeed. I cannot sec how
it can be otherwise. The people arc of
.. 1. 1
that material that Know no sucu woiu as
surrender, and one will not give up to the
other. Nearly all the large slave-holders
are Union men, while four-fifths of the
others at least that portion in the rebel
army are men and boys who never did
and never will be able to own a slave. In
a neighboring county it has been ascer
nP.l that three out of every four that
are in tho rebel army can neither read nor
. 1 1. A
write. This county is, l navo no uouur,
about like the one referred to. The reb
els arc lanrelv in the luaiority here.
There are not more than two hundred
loyal men in this county, and more than
half of them are in this township. We
have about thirty men in the United
States service, among them my son Mar
shall. They are taking a trreut deal of
contraband property, breaking up rebel
camps, and killing some of them as a
matter of consequence. The regiment is
commanded by Cof. John D. Forster, a
native of Missouri and a slave owner, who
has no mercy on the rebels with whom he
comes in contact. The rebels call him
as they do all Union men an Abolition
ist. The. headquarters of the regiment is
at Macon City, about twenty-five miles
from this place, on the Hamilton & St.
Joseph Ftail ltoad, which, by the by, has
suffered considerable loss from the depre
dations of cowardly rebels, who are afraid
to go into the army and fight manfully.
Among them i3 a certain old Jimmy Vin
cent, a Presbyterian preacher, who was
shot in the back while he was endeavor
ing to burn the Thayer bridge. (Pity it
had not been his old head !) Just here
I will remark that the preachers of the
M. E. Church South, are rebels, to a man.
A "few weeks since, when the Conference
was in session at Glascow, a man came to
the door of the church and told the
preachers that the U. S. troops were com
ing. Immediately the preachers left the
stand, and all broke and ran ; two of them
left town without their horses ! It was
a false alarm, but shows that "the wick
ed flee when no man pursueth." Such is
secession in these parts,
I have heard of several secessionists, or
their sympathizers, in the North, but I
trust you are not cf that number, and I
therefore will venture to make a few more
remarks on the subject of this unfortunate
war, by the way of opinion ; and first let
me say that I am in no way responsible
for assisting to bring on this trouble, hav
ing been a warm supporter of Stephen A.
rDouglas, and I would to God that he had
been elected and lived. I am not the
apologist of the party in power, but I am
the friend of what I believe to be the best
Government on earth, and thus believing
I must be .allowed to support the present
Administration in helping to save it. I
must admit that in my opinion it is weak,
and in some instances, I fear, reckless at
least manages badly. I fear it will (but
I ardently hone it won't no, never !)
agree to a compromise. Wc roust save
the old Flag and Government, or let her
bo struck from the map of nations. Let
us spend the last dollar and give the last
man before we submit to the latter, for
neither arc worth saving it this Govern
ment is either lost or divided. To divide
it is to loose it in subdivided fragments
(see Mexico,) which will become an easy
prey to the vultures that are hovering
uround it. I fear the rebels have been
underrated thus far, but for the future I
look for better. I am still unchanged in
my opinion as to the length of the struggle;
it will bo long and dreadful, but cheap at
any cost of life and .treasure if the Gov
ernment is only saved, as I firmly believo
it will be.
Our old Legislature, that was decapita
ted by the Convention, has met again, near
the Southern line of the State, and passed
another act of secession, and sent on an
acrc-nt tc be admitted into the woull-be
Southern Confederacy. Hut this matters
not: wo have a I'rovisionai government
that is loyal to the United States.
lours, truly, liUir.iA u.vu.uu-n.
The Nouthekn, Southern, English
and Mauine iMcaooLio. England was
heard from last week, and according to
the files received, somebody or other in
its vicinity had made a remark about
- r i 1 ni m .
Messrs. Mason ana bhdeil. lue irent,
the San Jacinto, the Nashville, the Ad
oor. the Harvev Dirch. Captain Pe-ram,
and Captain Nelson. We say somebody
made a remark tho lLcral i says -England
is aroused' and leads us to infer by
a sort of drunken frenzy, as it afterwards
appears, that the nation is to indulge in
some Sober second thoughts. After rea
ding attentively several reams of editori
als en the absorbiug topics of the hour,
we begin to see that the London Times
thinks' the "3Iashville was right in burn
ing Nason and Shydell, and that the Eng
lish people are to be considered belliger
ants and hunky boys, unless Captain
Wilk-rs arrests the Trent and keeps a
blockade ; because cotton is doing a great
1p.i1 for this war. which is one of necrrocs,
and entirely beyond the control of the
German princes they representing a
maritime power, which according to Lord
Stanley, entitles Mr. Liucolu's govern
ment to run a3 long as it can, so long as
the merchants of Liverpool and the Cot
tnn Sninnrrs obtain a control of tho new
id pas now beimr worked out by this fratri
cidal war, with it's coucomitant confusing
infliipurw ui.on the fate ot rations. anwj
liir.
NUMBER 14.
Tlie 3Iotlel liody.Guard.
"Drick" Porneroy, of the Lacrosse
(Wis.,) Democrat, on being invited to
assist in forming a body-guard for Presi
dent Lincoln, and, after due considera
tion, decided to "iro in." provided tho
following basis could bo adopted, and ri"r-
idl' adhered to throughout the war :
The company shall be entirely compo
sed of Colonels, who shall draw pay and
rations in advance.
Each man shall haea commission, two
servants and white kids.
Each man shall be mounted in a cov
ered buggy, drawn by two white stal
lions. Under the scat of each buggy shall ba
a cupboard, containing cold chicken, poun
ded ice, champagne and cold chicken a la
members of Congress and military officer
at Dull ltun.
Each man shall have plenty of cards
and red chips to play poker with.
I he oniy side arms to be opera glasses,
champagne glasses and gold-headed canes.
The duty of the company shall be to
take observations of battle, and on no ac
count shall it be allowed to approach near
er than ten miles to the seat of war.
Behind each buggy shall be aa ambu
lance, so arranged as to be converted into
a first-class boarding-house in the day time,
and a sumtuous sleeping and dressing room
at nitnit.
The regimental band must be composed
of pianos and guitars, played by young
:adie3, who shall never play a quickstep
except in case of retreat.
Levoille shall not be sounded till late
breakfast time, and not then if any one of
the regiment has a headache.
In case of a forced march into an ene
my's country, two miles a week shall bo
the maximum, and no marches shall be
made except the co.untry abound in game,
or if any member of the regiment shall
object.
Kid gloves, gold tooth-picks, cologne.
hair-dressing, silk underclothes, cosmetics,
and all other rations, to bo furnished by
the Government.
Each member of the regiment shall be
allowed a reporter for some New York pa
per, who shall draw a salary of two hun
dred dollars a week, for puffs, from tho
"incidental" fund.
Every member shall be in command.
and when one is premoted.all are to bo.
Commissions never to be revoked.
Tlie Future or Washington.
Says tho Washington Clironicln : Tho
advent of winter, and the convening of
Congress, has added, as usual, to the life
of our city ; but a new feature is apparent
m the business, activity, and air oi enter
prise which characterizes us at present.
Washington is becoming Isortfiernized ;
and now for the first time, we realize how
cramped we were with by Southern senti
ment how inadequate to the development
cf the natural resources of our city, as well
as insufficient to tho gratification of New
England tastes, was the rule under which
we lived in tacit acquiescence few natures
earnest enough to foresee the future. But
what a contrast already! Many will
maintain that Washington is a busy city
only S3 the headquarters of tho army, but
we feel assured that the spirit of entcrpriso
infused from the great North and West
will not rest itself when an honorably
achieved peace shall annul these "military
necessities."
The war which ha3 touched with tho
blight cf ruin more southern cities ha
lent to Washington an impetus which
shall develop, under peaceful influences,
the incalculable advantages of tree labor,
broad-hearted liberty, and generous intel
lectual culture.
E3uThc photograph was put to a novel
use lately. A London house wishing to
purchase a particular quality of raw silk,
samples of which had been received, sent
to their correspondent in Japan a photo
graph of the original package received,
showing the Ktyle of the skciu or hank,
and the peculiarities of its twisted fabric.
The Japanese merchants, seeing the faith
ful representation of tho original, at onco
declared what the nilk was, and its place
of growth and manufacture.
Don't marry too smart a girl, for
she will outrun you ; nor one too simple,
for children take their talents from their
mother ; nor too rich, for she will remind
you of it ; nor too poor, tor she will act
the beggar on horseback.
SSvuThe effect of character is always to
command consideration. Wo sport and
toy and laugh with men and women who
have none ; but we never respect them.
r55""The worst kind of tent for a soldier
to dwell in: Discontent.
Continental currency : Nary red.