U1GMT OU WKOXS. WHES RIGHT, TO BE KEPT KIGHT, 'wBEX WRONG, TO HE PCT RIGHT. THURSDAY::::::::::::::::JANUARY 23. Sell Asgraiitllzenicnl. It is a fact generally conceded, because it cannot well be denied, that the govern ment of the United States has secured to its citizens, both native and adopted, a much greater amount of freedom, order and prosperity than has been afforded un der the institution of any other nation. Indeed it would not be possible to lorm a government where the rights of the citi zens could be better defined and protec ted, where liberty, in its true sense, could be enjoyed to a greater extent, or which could be better intended to advance the interests and promote the happiness of all living under it. For it was the people themselves who established our govern ment, and it is the people themselves who control it. Our system recognizes them alone'as the Sovereign Power, aud when ever they are fully satisfied that a change in our institutions will prove beneficial, they alone have the right and the poer to make it. That such a government should have most deadly enemies amongst the poten tates of the old world, need not excite our surprise. Naturally the enemies ot the people, they must needs be the euemies of that government which respects their rights, and acknowledges and asserts the great political postulate that "all men are created free and equal." Rut why is it that we find, in our own country, men of intelligence and experi ence, who are endeavoring to destroy our free institutions? Whj is it that men are amongst us who are ready to risk the overthrow of what has been tried, and proved to be good, in order that they may enter upon the doubtful experiment of forming another government ? Why is it (hat men who have occupied some of the highest and most honorable positions in the councils of the nation, are among the first to seek the utter destruction of a government to which they owe so much Y 4 We were a long time realizing the sad reality, that there were such characters within the bounds of our hitherto united aud happy couutry. We could not be liee that such deep-seated enmity could be harbored by an' set of men against a government which has been so kind and indulgent, aud which has heaped so many favors and blessings upon their unworthy heads. It was hard to believe that the government has for years been nestling in its bosom, a pack of poisonous vipers, which only awaited an opportunity to pting it to death. We say it was difficult for us to believe all this ; but, however disagreeable the fact, its realization was forced upon us. Whatever of doubt re mained iu our mind upon the subject, it was speedily dispelled when the news reached, usj that our glorious ensign that flag which had been honored and respec ted everywhere had been dragged thro' the streets of Charleston ; that our brave and heroic soldiers had been beseiged, and with fire and sword driver, from Fort Sumpterj and that the Federal Capital itself was menaced and threatened by a lanre and powerful Rebel army. Yes, there have been and are $uih men in our land, aud why ? With the clec- j tion of 3Ir. LINCOLN, they discovered that j their power to control tlic affairs of slate j must Cf.asc. They could not tolerate the j idea of being deposed of being lurried j from places of trust and profit, which j they had so long occupied and enjoyed. I oi the ".-acred soil"' of that State. For ytars they had ruled our country,!' Ifilh. denounced the suppression and now they would ruin it rather than j jf treasonable, newspapers, as a blow at submit to the will of the p"o-'c. If they ! the liberty of the press. had lost dominion, they must, at leut dia-'j ' Kith. He denounced the arrest aud im- regard the popular expression which had ! prisonmcnt of Traitors, as a blow at the pronounced them unworthy of it. ri hey . liberty of the citizen . must ignore the glorious memories of the j 17th. He is in favor of patching up a past, despise the teachings of our patriot peace on any terms, instead of eonquer fithers; trample upon that blood-bought i ing an honorabia one. charter of our liberties; and rcrv.l auiu- 18th. He wauts the Administration to der that union which has so long been j let the Rebels alone just exactly what the hope and safoty of a free and happy j the Rebels wanted themselves. , people. What if it cost blood yes nv- i 19th. He applauded the "neutrality" era of blood to accomplish this ; still j of the Rurder States. (Douglas said : they cared not. They must set up for i "There can be no neutralities in this war. themselves ; they mut. have a govern- i There can be uoue but patriots and trai im.nt f their own. 1 tots. ) Ambitious aud selfish men like the leaders of the present Rebellion, usually pursue that course by which they most readily secure distinction and official po sition. What care they for the masses if they j themselves can gain position and power, and that which they mistake for honor Reckless and unscrupulous, they would at any tyue willingly sacrifice their coun try's welfare, and bring bloodshed and ruin upon the people, when by so doing they can gratify their own unholy spirit of arrogance and. ambition. Such is the character of Jeff. Davis, of Floyd, of JJreckixiupue, and of all that, diabolical clan. They seem to think that "it is better to reign in hell than serve -in heaven," and acting upon that idea, they have entailed untold mis eries upon a people, which, but for them, might now be in the enjoyment of peace, instead of being engaged in an unnatural and fratricidal war. And now, while ci lam i ties press upon us, and distress and euibarrasment pervade the land, let us endeavor to profit by our sad experience ; and when we shall have crushed out for ever the iniquitous Rebellion now raging, let us see if we cannot !earu a useful les sen from the tiouble which wicked and designing men have brought upon our country. ISroilier JHurray. Our amiable neighbor up street last week paraded before hisreadcrs what he called "a tew facts" concerning our hum ble self. They were, of course, nothing more nor less than the same old, eft-re peated and oft-refuted charges done. up in a new shape. Iut lest it may be forgot ten what manner of man Carl IUzzahd aIuuuay is, let "a few facts" be submitted to a candid world : 1st. He believes that the Constitution is a Pro-Slavery document, and that Free dom is sectional and Slavery national. 2d. lie regards the negro as being noth ing moie than a brute,. and "as having no rights which the white man is bound to respect." od. He attempts to justify Slavery on principle, and argues that it is "a social, moral and political blessing." 4th. lie is in favor of openiug the Af rican Slave Trade, regarding it as a great missionary movement that "will bring Af rica to the Bible, and thus save the trouble of taking the Bible to Africa." 5th. He ignores the teachings of the Fathers of the Republic, and pins his faith to the coat-tails of such men as Da vis, Yancey and Biveckixiudgk. Gth. lie would (if he had the courage) capture a fugitive slave and carry him back to Slavery, in order that he might get the reward offered for him by his master. 7th. He would rather see the army of the United States engaged in putting down Slave Insurrections, than to see it employed in crushing out the infamons Rebellion of slave owners and slave dri vers. 8th. Tie would rather see this glorious Union shivered to atoms than see it saved by the emancipation of a single slave. 9th. He holds the administration of Mr. Lincoln responsible for the war, and not the Rebels. ICth. He prophesied that if Lincoln was elected, the Union would be destroyed and herein gave encouragement to the Rebels to make the attempt. 11th. He boasted after the election that his prophecy had come true and herein he gave the Rebels to understand that they had sympathizers in the North. 12th. He said 3Ir. Lincoln was a sec tional candidate, and would be a sectional" President just what the Rebels said about him. 13th. He denounced the efforts of Prcs- ident Lincoln to put down Rebellion, and save the Union, as an attempt to coerce sovereign States. Nth. He regarded the transportion cf Federal troops through Maryland, for the protection of the Capital, as an iuvasion ! 20th: He has a great deal to 3ay about the peculations of Ilepublican office-holders, but not a word about the stealings of Floyd. 21st. He voted and did all in his pow er for Joun C. Brecilinriugk for Pres ident a man who is now a General in the Rebel army. 22d. He denounced Stephen A. Doug las as a traitor to the Democratic Party, but he didn't denounce Bueckiniudge as a traitor to his country. 2Cd. He has said a great deal in favor of Bueckiniudge, and never a word against him, thereby showing that ho is still his friend. 24th. He hates anything that has the name of Union to it as for instance, he abominates Union Democrats. 25th. He never published an "Extra" when the Union forces were successful, but he did publish an "Extra" when they were defeated. 26th. He goes to a great deal of trouble ever week to prove his loyalty, thus showing that he knows the people have doubts on that subject. 27th. He ii the author of all the scanda lous, malicious, vapid, stupid, drawling, prosy, intolerable, stale and unprofitable editorials that appear in the Democrat & Sentinel. 28th. lie is all this, has done all this, and would be and do a greai deal more, but for the fact that he has a holy horror of "mobs," and frequently ha visions of Fort Lafayette. There, JMr Murray ! You have given seven "facts" concerning us we giye four times that number concerning you, and our stock is not yet exhausted. And the beauty of it is, every body who knows you, and reads your paper, knows that these twenty-eight fac3 arc true. Put them in your pipe, and sinokp them ! We are Sustained. The up town" Rebel sheet, after char ging in several consecutive numbers, that we had declared in a stump speech at Chest Spring?, that "we were an Aboli tionist from the crown of our head to the soles of our feet" a charge which we al ways denied, and still deny finally came out last week, with an article headed with flaming capitals, as follows, to wit : A. A. BARKER. HE IS AN ABOLITIONIST. THE PROOF IS HERE.- Whereupon the editor goes into rap tures, as he introduces in a few appropri ate and feeling remarks, the following letter from Daniel Litzinger, Esq., in support of the charge : Chest Simcixgs, Jan. 11, 1SG2. C. D. Mcueay Hear Sir: You, stated in your paper, several voeks ago, that A. A. Barker, Esq., of your place, said iu my pres ence, on a certain occasion, that lie was an "Abolitionist from the crown of Lis head to the soles of his feet." I understand that since hen, .Mr. Barker has denied having ever ut lored such a sentiment, and I believe I also saw Ins denial published iu the Allrghanian. Now, Sir, all I have to say in this matter is this : Mr. Barker while delivering a stump speech in this town, on a certain occasion, did ay, in my presence; "I am an Abolitionist from the crown of my head to the soles of my feet.'' These were his word?. This, sir, is an honest statement of the fact. I have no more to say on the subject. Your friend, Daniel Litzinueb. We don't wonder that our neighbor "felt good" over this 'joaimuiiieation, as it was probably the first time m his life, that a statement made by him was corrob orated by any body else. But happily tor us aud our posterity, Mr. Litzinoeii is not the only living witness as to what was said on that "certain occasion." There aTe others yet extant whose recollection of our remarks is quite as vivid as his own ; and new that the attempt is made to "condemn us out of our own mouth,'! it behooves us to save ourscif, on the same principle. We make no apology, therefore, for introducing in our defence, the following letter from Henry Nutter, Esq., a seutleman well known throughout the county-, and whose character for hon esty and truthfulness, 'no one will for a moment question : Chest Strings, Jan. 18, 18G2. A. A. Barkeii, Esq., Sir : I notice iu the last Democrat cjr Sentinel, a coiinnunicat ion from Dauiei Litzinger, in which he states that, in a stump speech made by you in this place, on a certain occasion, you made this expression : -" am an Abolitionist from the crown ff my head to the soles cf my feet." As such a charge, if believed, might operate to your injury, I feel myself called upon to re fute it. I do not know what ''certain occasion" Mr. Litzinger refers to,- but I believe I heard every political speech you made in this place, and there were but two. One of them was made in the campaign of 1SGG, in the grove near Mr. Litzinger' s residence, and the other in the fall of ia:S, in Dr. Stroheckers Hall. 1 listened attentively to both speeches, and ara confident that you made no such remark as that imputed to you. Mr. Litzinger is mistaken. 1 do not wish unnecessarily to thrust my name upon the public, but feel it my duty as a good citizen to vindicate your character from what I believe to be an unfounded charge. Yours respectfully, . Uf.SKT NLTTER. If we institute a comparison between these two letters, we have a most striking proof of the old saying, that "men will differ." We regard the one as a full an swer to the other, and coupling it with a solemn and emphatic denial of the charge made against us, weTeel that we may here safely submit our case to the great tribu nal known as the people. And notwith standing the fact that Mr. Litzinger has appeared as our accuser, yet we wish him distinctly to understand that we entertain no unkind feelings towards him. On the contrary, we will give him the credit of beiug entirely honest iu the statement he has made. Though our acquaintance with him has been but limited, yet we have always understood him to be a "pret ty fair j?ort of a man," aud we caunot think that he would wantonly or mali ciously misrepresent us. Hut he is mis taken and thi3 he will discover when the trump of Gabriel shall summon him be fore that awful tribunal, where truth is known and discovered through better and more certain means than human testimony. Cliaisge in tle Cabinet. Simon Cameron ffaving resigned the ofuce of Secretary of War, Edwin M. Stanton has been appointed in his stead. Mr. Cameron has been appointed by Presideufc Lincoln Minister to Russia, in place of Cassius M. Clay, who desires to come home and engage iu the fight now goiug on iu Kentucky. Both these ap pointments have been confirmed by the Senate. The labors of Mr. Cameron have been so arduous that his most inti mate friends state that he long since de termined to resign his position in the War Department so soon as he could do so without prejudice to the service. He will make an able and influential Minister to the Court of Russia a Power with which our Government desires to maintain its present friendly relations. Mr. Stanton, the new Secretary of War, has been a Douglas Democrat; he is a man of splen did abilities, and has the entire confi dence of the loyal portion of the country. He is a warm personal friend of Mr Cam eron, and also of the President, and is in favor of a vigorous prosecution of the war until this unholy llebellion is crushed out. His appointment, we believe, will give universal satisfaction. Address of Speaker Hall. On our outside this week, we present our readers with the epeech delivered by the able Senator from this district, Hon. Louis W. Hall, on the occasion of his as suming the duties of the Chair of the Senate.. It is replete with patriotism and good, solid common sense, and will well repay a perusal. Inciter From ZSarrlsbur?. IlAEBisBCRr., Jany. 20, 18G2. Correspondence of The Alleghanian. Nothing of interest to the people of Cambria county has transpired in either branch of thp Legislature since my last, except the preparatory steps toward the repeal of the Dog Tax Law, which seems to be unpopular in the rural districts. I am informed that that enactment will be stricken from the Statute Book wheu the time arrives for final action upon the bill for its repeal. Very few bills have been reported back from the Standing Committees, to which tkey had been respectively referred. In deed, very few of any importance have been read iu place. It will be some weeks before the proceedings will be of interest to you readers. The Legislature adjourned over from Friday until Monday, at 11 o'clock, A. M. If any question arises of consequence to the good people of the Mountain in par ticular, or of general importance, I will endeavor to ventilate it in my next. This brief "messenger" does not deserve the name of a rcg'ular letter. I sond it merely as a remembrancer, to satisfy you that you and your readers are not forgot ten by HUGO. SO- The Dem. & Sent, of last week con tained the following: A. A. llarfatr. He is an Abvlitionht. The j'roof is Here. In response to the above, we ofler the fol lowing sentiment with the understanding, however, that our neighbor shall not drink to it till the Commissioners get out of town namely : C. I. Murray. He is an Abo-lie-lionist. The J'roof is Everywhere. BSurunkins claims to be the original in ventor of the following important con ; Why is the State of Maryland like Dizznrd with his eyes shut and an car of corn before him ? Because the one can't ncede. and the other can't se tetd.' ASaUsticaI Sketch oftlie Ilelli odit Episcopal Cliurcli In til United States. To the Editor of 2 he Alleghanian : The first Methodist Society in the United States wa3 formed in the city of New York, A. D. 176C, u&der the labors of ilr. Philip Embury, who preached the first sermon in his own private dwelling. In the yearl7C8, the first M. E. Church edifice was erected on John St., in the city of New York, which still stands there as a sa cred memento of the rise of Methodism in America. Now there are 9,751 churches, worth $20,000,000. The first regular annual Conference held in America, was held in Philadelphia, July 4th, 1773, composed of 10 ministers, who reported 11G0 members. Now the M. E. church North holds 51 conferences, annually, composed of C,937 itinerant ministers, who reported for the year 1?G, &88,388 lay ministers, 8,352 local ministers an aggregate of l,O03, C77 communicants. Then, taking into account the nine distinct additional branches of the Methodist church in America, we have a grand total of 1,912,102 Methodist communi cants in America. Add 3 non-commuuicant3 to its congregations for each communicant, and there is a population of more than seven and a half millions attending its muiistrations upon this continent- EDUCATIONAL IXST1TCTIONS. The first adventure in the work of educa tion was inauspicious. Cokesburg College, founded in 1789, was burned to ashes 179.5. The next college was founded in 1824 ; since that period 154 institutions of learning have risen up. classed as follows : Universities and Colleges, 24 Biblical Institutes. 2 Seminaries, Female Colleges and Acade mies, 128 PUBLISHING IXTF.PKSTS. In 1789, a Book Concern was established at Philadelphia, on a borrowed capital of $G0o. On the 17th of Aug., 1789, the first book was published. In 1 830, the building, machinery, and most of the stock were destroyed by fire. The Book Concern 13 now divided into The New York and Western Book Concern. Thi3 Book Concern is the foundation of a denomi--national publishing interest of immense mag nitude and resources, and issues the most extensive catalogue of religious books in the world. During the last 4 years the New York Concern alone printed 3,800,300 bound volumes, making 950.125 volumes a year, and 27,S02,000jages of tracts, making 0,050,500 per year. Tkis gives the astonishing result of over 2,000 bound volumes and 19.00C pa ges of tracts per day, and about one and four fifths volumes per minute, and 11 and four fifth pages of tracts in a minute. PERIODICALS. The first Methodist newspaper was publish ed in 1823. After a lapse of 39 years an enviable list of 16 weeklies, monthlies aud quarterlies are finding their way to the homes of the rich and the poor. SABBATH SCHOOLS. Under the auspices of the M. E. Church, there are 13,147 schools, 148,032 teachers, 807,988, scholars. In the libraries of these schools there are 2,075,373 V6!umes composed of 1,300 different kinds of books. The amount paid the la-tyear forthe M.E. Sabbath Schcol Union was $11,490. MISSIONARY SOCIETY. There are 100 Missionaries in foreign fields, viz., 27 in Africa, 1 in South America, 5 in China, 33 in Germany, 22 in'lndia, 3 in Bul garia, and 7 in Scandinavia. 341 missiona ries supply the domestic missions. For the year 1801, the church contributed $225,003, for missionary purposes. All this is the re sult of less than a centurv. VICTOR. "Wilmore, Jan'y 17, 1802. Sentiment ofEIoti. K. Jl. Siutiton. About one year since, at the time Hon. Edwin 31. Stanton accepted a seat in the Cabinet ot President Buchanan, Gen. Win. llobison addressed him a letter, an"d received the following truly patriotic re ply. "Washington, Jan. 1C, 1861. ''Dear Sir: Your kind Ittter was re ceived this morning, and I thank you for the confidence and regard it expresses for myself. You are right in supposing it to be my determination to do everything in my power to preserve and maiutaiu this Government, and the Constitution under which the United States have been fo prosperous. The means you indicate, I agree with you, are the proper ones for this emergency; and, so far as it is possi ble, they will be exerted. I have an un doubtiug faith that this Government can not be orertkroicn that it was ordained of God, and that the powers of hell cannot prevail against it. We have trouble ; the City of Washington may be captured, but every effort will be made to prevent that catastrophe, and even if it does happen, the revolutionists will be as faras'ever from accomplishing the destruction of the Government but much nearer to their own destruction. So far from being in different to your advice, any suggestion of your wisdom and experience will be thankfully received. My aim is to x?r fot )ii my duty in the post to which 1 am called, aud 1 shall be happy of any light to guide me in the the true path. "With confidence aud hope of the fu ture, I remain yours, truly, Edwin M. Stanton. "Gen. Wm. JZolUon.". JfcSf-Aelam. l'hule, Esq., undertook to con vince us the other day that the editor of the Dem. & Sent, vras a tory, simply because he read his-lory, writes edi-iurw-als, and some time? geta tore-y. BV-See new advertisements. Pennsylvania and Xer York The long contest a3 to which of the tw great States of Pennsylvania and e Vork has contributed the largest force the army of the Union, has at last be-10 decided by the governors of these 1 respectively. According to OoTerno! Morgan's last message, there ere now in the field, from the State of Ne y I 89,034 soldier?, and if there be addedV this the volunteers now in the state iut an available force of 103,S07 is fchotrci. According to the last message of Gnv. urtin, there are now in the field from the Slate of Pennsylvauia, 93,577 nJe and if there be added to this force th ' volunteers now in the State of Pennsyh-a,8 nia, an available force of 109,015 men is fchown. This is a highly gratifying fa,. when we consider that the population of Pennsylvania is one million-smaller thaa that of the Empire State. It will be recollected that much coir, plaint was made by the Western peopU that so many of the troops from that re gion were forwarded to the line of the Potomac, when they might have been be' ter employed in the military districts c'n the Ohio, Missouri, aud 31i5Bissippi r;T crs. This complaint can no louder t justly made, for in all the distaut fields of service the sons of Pennsylvania arefouni iu iunuen.se numbers. Two ofhe-r Cnot regiments are serving under General Sherman, in South Carolina. At let two brigades have been lr.ustered into the army under General Ijuell, asd undoubtedly forma poitiou of the advance upon Nashville, under the command of General ( Jrant. It may be claimed bv the good oU Keystone, that, bavin? been tie first to send her sons into the national capital, to ueiend it from the traitcrs, she is also the first and only Eastern State that has contributed cf her strength to the great army of the Mississippi valley Glorious Victory in Kentucky. Cincinnati, Jan. 20. A eombind attack was made to-day on ZoIiicufTir's entrenchments by Schoepf and Thouia?. resulting in a complete victory. The "stars and stiipes"' no v.- float over the reb el fortifications. We have cr.ptured !1 their camp property and a large quantity of provisions. The loss is heavy. Zolli coffer's dead body is in the hands of the Federals. The Lexington correspondent of the Commercial gives the following account of Saturday's battle: Zollicoffer learning that the FeJrnl force had appeared in his rear, marched out of his entrenchments at three o'clock on Sunday morning and attacked Sclocpf in his camp, whose pickets were driven in at an early hour and the attack was aaJe before daylight. The battle is reported to have rajred with great fury until three in the af't-.t-noon, when Zollicoffer having been tillii, the whole rebel force fled in confusion to their camp. Their loss is not stated, but it is thought to be bcavv. Osr victory ! has been very decisive, and vill result iu the rout of the whole force defending me riirht flank of Bowling Green. i? CM 1 T 1 1 AN N U A L 11 Kb 0 III OF THC ruOTECTlOX MUTUAL HRF. INSURANCE COMPANY OF CAMKIil A CUl'XTV. AuH. property insured a jer fourth anuual report ?16C,PS7 $ Anit. property injured since fourth annual report. 12,35 u1 Total aint. property insured. Sr.'H.MOi Amt. premium notes in force :i3 per fourth annual report, it 12, IS ! Amt. premium notes taken since fourth annual report, ,"0i Total amt. premium notes in f ine, i'J0.4;fJ No. of Policies issued as per fourth annual report. No. of Policies issued since fourth annual report, Whole No. of Policies i?ue.i, STATEMENT SHOWING THE orER.ATI 1 N OF THE COMPANY, AND ITS lT.lt CONDITION. Bal. in Treasury and in hands of agents, as per fourth annual re- .... port, v Amt. ree'd on premium notes since fourth annual report. . Amt. j ( t due ou premium notes, Amt. incidental expenses ot past ye.ir, 5 Amt. compensation of of- ticers, agents, ic, TS "o 'J, Total assets of the Company, SlS'S i- At tlia onnnil tnpplir.f cf the Cc1I",,.,' held ou the second Mosidaj XC:U lR i Januarv, lb02. the following named pet-- j were duly elected Directors tor the e- veur : Johnston Moore, Edward Koberb, John Thompson, A A. Barker, Isaac Crawford, John I.lovd. E. Shoemaker, Win. Murray, JoLn Ueise, N uner. John V. llhains Wni.'ll. Uufc'lits- And at a meeting ot sai.i u - lt tors, held ou Tuesday, evening Jnu- - fuf 1802, the following o'.ikers were cK. the ensuing year : Presidents-John Williams. Vice President Edward Koberts. Secretary and Treasurer A. t . General "Agent A. A. Barker. ,eS. Executive Committee John u ' Isaae Crawford, John Lloyd. nucb's Agents A A, barker, Wm. B- 11 fc Evan lloberts, Henry Nutter. .;jtnt. JOHN WILLIAMS, Preu A. C. MULLEN. Secretary. Ehensburg, Jan 23, ltt32.3t OT1CE. , .Brf 1 All persons indebted to IS. r. requested to call and make settlement ( diatelr. Otherwise their aoc-.ouxit lirn. left with the proper author Ucs tar c Ebensbure;, Sept 2t.:.
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