v. i - t : X (1 m Mi m m i p pa m Prl M &4 fc v 5 N'lta I kiln.' C-"55 J isa I M I frV Pi f.VS V l-vj A'M! ? -1 I . a ninKURt Editor and Proprietor. A .iftrris isri. I u 1I Ik tier . I WOULD RATHER BE RIGHT THAN PRESIDENT. Hesrt Clay. T E F M S &2.00 PER ax.mmj. 1..'0 I. ADVANCE. XODU HUTCIIIXSOX. VOLUME 8. EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1802. NUMBER 22. DIRECTOR. PREPARED EXPRESSLY FOB "THE ALIEGIIAXIAS. LIST OV POST OFriCES. Post OJices. Bena's Creek, Bethel fetation Carrolltown, Chess Spring, Cresson, Fbenslii'rg. fallen Timber, GillLtzin, .Hemlock, Johnstown, Loretto, Mineral Point, Minister, Pershing, PUttsville, Koselaud, St. Augustine, Scalp Level, Somuan, Sarauierhill, S'jar.nit, Post Masters. Districts. Joseph Graham, Yoder. Enoch Reese, Blacklick. Williai M. Jones, Carroll. Danl. Litzinger, Chest. John J. Troxell, Washint'n. John Thompson, Ebensburg. Isaac Thompson, White. J. M. Christy, Galiitzin. Wm. M'Gough, Washt'n. I. E. Chandler, Johnsl'wn. P. Shield Loretto. E. Wissinger, Conem'gh.- A. Durbin, Munster. Francis Clement, Conem'gh. Andrew J. Ferral Susq'han. G. W. Bowman, White. Wm. Ryan, Sr., Clearfield. G e o r g e C o n r a d , Richland. B. M'Colgan, Washt'n. B. F. Slick, Croyle. Miss M. Gillespie Washt'n. Morris Keil, S'ramerhiil. ciiraciiES, ?riixisTEiis, &c. rrcsivterianRnr. D. Harbison, Pastor. Preaching every Sabbath "morning at 10 o'clock, and in the evening at 3-o'clock. Sab bath School at 1 o'clock, A. M. Prayer meet--lav evening at 6 o'clock. Methodist Episcopal Church Rev. S. T. Srow, Preacher in charge. Rev. J. G. Goglet, As ";su:it. Preaching every Sabbath, alternately l(tS o'clock intlie morning, or 7 in the evening. Sabbath School at y o'clock, A. M. PrareAneetiug every Thursday evening, at 7 0VU"r.vi fnd-penJe.nl Tzr Ll. R. Powell, p.utjr. Preaching every Sabbath morning at o'clock, pad in the evening at G o'clock. SJob.na School at 1 o'clock, P. M. Prayer :aee:;n? on the first Monday evening of each rao&th : ani on every Tuesday, Thursday and Yt1 evening, excepting the first week in c;'.ch month. C-h-iaisiic :J:i nllstV.zr. Jonx Williams, ra.-stor. Pleaching every Sabbath evening at 2 and 6 o'clock. Sabbath School at 10 o'clock, A. M. Prayer meeting every Fridr.y evening, ui 7 o'clock. Society every Tuesday evening : 7 o'clock. ,.-.,-,.' ,nEr. W. Lloyd, Pastor. Preach iag everv Sabbath morning at 10 o'clock. - Particular Bap'ixts Rev. David Jexkins, Pa, ror. Preaching every rnbbaih evening at 3 o'clock. Sabbath School at at 1 o'clock. P. M. Citholic II ev. M. J. Mitchell, Pastor. Services every Sabbath morning at 10; o'clock aai Vespers at 1 o'clock in the evening. MAILS ARRIVE. F.r-Urn, daily, at 12 o'elock, noon. Vt'esu-iii, ' at " 12 o'clock, noon. MAILS CLOSE. Extern, daily, at 8 o'clock, P. M. 'Vc-tcrn, at 8 o'clock, P. M. L5T"Thp mails from Butler, Indiana. Strongs-o-.v!i, &c, arrive on Thursday of each week, m 5 o'clock, P. M. Leave Ebensbarg on Friday of each week, at ;? A. M. tThe mails from Newman's Mills, Car roih.j.vii, &e., arrive on Monday, Wednesday f-r:i Friday of each week, at 3 o'clock, P. M. heave Ebensburg on Tuesdays, Thursdays ar.l .Saturdays, at 7 o'clock, A. M. tiy Post. Oilice open on Sundays from f 'o l'J o'clock, A. M., WILMORE STATION. c-t Express Train leaves at Fast Line " 0.44 A. 10. on p. 4.4r P. 8.25 P. CJiO A. 10.31 A. 0.22 A. 4 .1G P. P. 11.01 A. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. " Mail Train 2?.jt Express Trair " Fast Line " " Mail Train " CRESSON STATION est Express Train leaves at Mail Train " East Express Train " " Mail Tra'ui " The Fast Lines do net stop tOUMY OlTICEilS. J'-tJ-j's of the Courts President, Hon. Geo. Ttylor, Huntingdon; Associates, George W. a?ley, Henry C. Devir.e. l'rothonotary Joseph M'Donald. J!?q,rT and Recorder- Ed.vard F. Lytle. SAenVT John Back. Ditr,ct Attorney. Philip S. Noon. Canity Commissioners U. T. Storm, James Cooper. Pt-tc-r J. l.iiflp. treasurer Thomas Calnu. I'oor Ifjust Directors Jacob Horner, Wil am Douglass, George Delany. J'oor 7use Treasurer. George C. K. Zahm. 1'oor House Steward. James J. Kaylor. Mercantile Appraiser John Farreil. AnH'ors John F. Stnll. Thom.ia J. Nci- 03, Edward R Donnegan. county Surveyor. E. A. V ickroy. Coroner. James S. Todd. uncrinte7id'nt of Catnumn frhnn7 W A . Scott. cBCXSDrRG ROR. OFFICERS. "wrisoa Kinkead. i'ryats David 'J. Evans.. Tijlrn di-.linfil Vva n ri ft"! til inlin .1 F.MIU ... ..... v.. . . , . , ''Uaam n Tlavia Tlinmm 15 Mnnr. Il inw 1 - trough Treasurer George Gurlcy. Wdgk Master William Davis. ;lor4, Morris J. Evan3. Thomas J. Davis, ua?Q Jones, David J. Jone.?. Jre?surer of School Hoard Evan Morgan. jjeGeorge W. Brown. " jx Collector George Gurlcy. i JIgt of Election Meshac Thomne. '"P-forRobert Evhds. Wm. Williams j H"'rtr Kicbard T. Davii. 0cicct 'Doctrn. 97 BY TOM HOOD. We watched her breathing thro' the night, Her breathing soft and low, A3 in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. So silently we seemed to speak So slowly moved Tfout, As we had lent her half her power To eke her living out. Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied We thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died. For Tvhen the morn came dim and sad, And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids closed she had Another morn than oars. THE DYING SOLDIER. A TRUE STOUT. The chaplain came at last to a cot, set somewhat by itself outside the wards. Here, reclining at length, was a young man, whose face hore flight traces of suf fering. It was flushed with a hue like unto health; the eyes were undiuimed, and only the position of his hand?, which were thrown over his head and locked in almost spasmodic tightness, told that he was in pain. He was unusually noble in countenance. Ufa brow was broad and fair, and the thick locks that clustered back from the temples, curled like the ringlets of a boy. He knew not why, but the chapluln experienced an unusual and sudden sympathy for this young man, struck down in his beauty ; still he felt that there was uo immediate danger in his case. "How is he wounded?" be asked of the surgeon, us the two approached the bed, softly. "In'the- right side, below the ribs," was the reply "Is he in danger ?" Dot at present. O I no: that is, ( T nn ; t!i The case may taxe a tuu turn, but it looks very well now. take to be sure : Charles," he added, addressing the sick man, familiar ly, "the chaplain is going the rounds, would you like to see him ?" "O! certainly I" exclaimed the. young "J am very giaa to see hel l oat his ban J. His hnc, voicy vr is strung :: ringing, as H?i the highest he l;h, his chiM' was vigorous. "I stm si.'rry to find you wounded, my friend," said the chaplain. () ! only the casualty c-f war ; we must some of us expect it, jou know." "Do you suffer much ?" "At time?, sir, very severely ; I fed so well, only the distress here," and he pres sed his hand to his side. "You will be up soon, I hope." "I trust so, sir; the uoctors-say it is a had wound, but will yield with eare. I only wish I had my mother here. She has heard of ir, and, doubtless, started be fore this. It will seem so comfortable to see her; you don't know how I long for r. Ah ! mothers, you are first thoitcnt of when the hardy soldier rcl3 the pang of uain. It is your name he calis, yout form he sees through the mists of deliri um, your voice he hears in every gent word that is spoken. He knows whose touch will be tenderest, through the sym rtnthv nf sfTcrinrr. he knows who has borne the mcst for him ; and on the ten ted Held, the holy name of mother receives a fresh baptism of love and beauty. "f can imagine how you fee.1," said the chaplain, "and I have no doubt you will see her oon. Meanwhile you know there is a Friend who will be to you more tha inother or father, sister or brother. "I realize that, sir," said the young man. "I am a professor of re.igiou, and have been for years. When Iwas shot, aye, and before, I commended my soul to Hira for life or death ; but I confess I have much to live for. I am not brought yet where 1 am perfectly willing to die." "It may be for the reason that you are not yet called to die," replied the chap lain, "but in life you know it is the one important thing to be prepared for death " After a short prayer, the minister and th sick man parted. "He seems very strong and sanguine," he said, as he met thc surgeon again, "and likely to recov- "No doubt of it, sir, no doubt, was the hasty reply of the surgeon, as he pas sed on ! The hour of midnight had .'truck frm the irreat hall. Slowly and solemnly it knelled the departing moments, and the echo rolled through the halls, vibrating on many an car that would never hear the sound of the striking hours aciain. :he chaplain still sat up in his own room, wri ting letters for three or four of the woun ded soldiers, and a strange stillness fell around him, as he closed the last sheet and set back with folded hands, to think. He could not tell why, but do what and go where he would, the face of the young volunteer with whom he had spoken last, haunted him. He arose to move to the window where the breeze was cooler, when a knock was heard at the door, and a rapid voicecalled "Chaplain." He hur ried to lift the latch. The surgeon stood there, looking like a shadow in the dim moonlight that crept into the passage. "Chaplain, " sony to disturb you, and more sorry still to give 'OU an unpleasant duty to perform." "Why, what is it?" was the quick re join er. "The fine 3'ouhg fellow whom you talk ed with is going." "What ! you do not mean " ''Won't live an hour or two at the most. I tried to tell him, but I couldn't-; and j . IT T.I t -n-r I nnaiiv i inougnt or you. iou caa ease it, you know." A great shadow fell on the chaplain; for a moment he was stunned and cho ked, and his voicj grew husky as he re plied : "It is a sad errand, but none the less my duty. Poor fellow ! I can't realize it, indeed, I cannot. His voice was so strong ; his manner so natural ! I'll be there presently." And left :done, he threw himself upon his knees to wrestle for strength in prayer. The atmosphere was filled with low sighs from the struggles with pain and disease. Going softly up to the couch at which he had stood before, the chaplain gazed upon the Tace before him. It look ed as calm as that of a sleeping infant, but he did not sleep. Hearing a slight noise, ins eves new open ana rested in some surprise upon the chaplain. "I felt as if I must see you again be fore I retired." said the latter, striving to steady his voice. "How do you feel now '" "O ! belter, I thank you ; in fact almost well. The pain is gone, and I feel quite hopeful. 1 rather.thiuk the surgeon docs, though he said not! nothing. Again that fearful welling in the chap- Iain's throat. How should he tell him of his dan cr ? how prepare the mind so calml resting on asmost a cerraintv : the poor, hopeful soul that would never look with earthly eyes on the inother he so longed for. Another moment, and the young man appeared to be struck with some peculiarity in the face or movements of the chaplain. The largo eyes sought his with an intenscness tha: was painful, and strove to interpret that which made the difference between this and his former demeanor. "Your cares weary you, chaplain," he paid quietly; "you must be very faithful, for it is past midnight." "I was on the point cf going to bed when I wa3 called to prepare a dying man for his last hour," was the tearful response. "Indeed ! what poor fellow goe3 next rejoined the joung man, with a look of mournful inquiry. Thero was no answer ; for the wealth of the world the chaplain could not have st-oken now. That tone so unconscious of danger; that eye so' full of sympathy! Still a strange silence ! What did it mean ? The sick man's inquiring glance changed for a moment to one of intense terror. He raised both arms let them fall heavily upon the coverlet at his side, and Hi a voice totally altered by emotion, he gasped : "Great heaven ! you mean me." "My dear friend !" said the chaplain, unmanned. "I am to die, then and how long ?" his e3'es once more sought those of his chaplain. "You have nradc yeur peace with God, let death come as soon as it will, He will carry you over the river." ," Yes ; but this is awfully sudden ! aw fully sudden !" his lips quivered ; he look ed up grievingly "and I shall not see my mother." "Christ is better than a mother," mur mured the chaplain. "Yes." The word came in a whisper. His eyes were clo&ed ; the lips still wore that trembling grief, as if the chastisement were too sore, too hard to be borne, but as the minutes passed, and the soul lifted itself up stronger and more steadily upon the wiug3 of prayer, the countenance grew calmer, the lip steadier, and when the eyes were opened again, mere was a ngnt in their depths that could have come only from heaven. "I thank you for your courage," he said, more feebly, taking the hand of the chaplain. "The bitterness is over now and I feel willing to die. Tell my moth er" he paused, gave one sob, dry, and full of the last anguish of earth "tell her how I loncred to see her. but if God will "permit me, I will be near her. TcU her to comfort all who loved me, to say that I thought of them alh Tell my lath er that I am glad he gave me his consent, and that other fathers will mourn for oth er sons. Tell my minister, by word or letter, that.I thought of him, and that I thank him for all his counsels, 'i-ll him I find that Christ Yvili dot "desert the passing soul; and that I wish him to give lay testimony to the living, that nothing is of real worth but the religion of Jesus. And now will you pray for me ?" O ! what emotions swelled the heart of that devoted man, as he knelt by the bed side of that dying volunteer, the young soldier of Christ ; and with tones so low that only the car of God and that of Lira who was passing away could hear, besought God's grace and presence. Never iri all his experience had his heart been so powerfully wrougnt upon ; never had a feeling of such unutterable tenderness ta ken possession of his soul. He seemed already iu the presence of a glorified spir it ; and after the prayer was over, restrain ing hi? sobs, he bent down, and pressed upou the beautiful brow, already chilled with the bieath of the coming angel, twice, thrice, a fervent kiss. Thev might have been as tokens from the father and the mother, as well as himself. So pc haps tiiouiiit the uyiug soldier, tor a heavenly smile touched his face with new beauty, as he said : "Thank you ! I won't trouble you any longer ; you are wearied out go to your rest." "The Lord God be with you !" vras the fervent response. "Amen " trembled from the fast whi tening lips. Another hour passed. The chaplain still moved uneasily around his room. There were hurried sound?, overhead, and footsteps on the stairs. He opened his door ; encountered the surgeon, who whis pered :;e little word "Gone!" Christ's soldier had found the Captain of his salvation. mm Secretary Stanton anil llae Con grcMxaien. The Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer relates a few inci dents of the visits, on a recent occasion, of members cf Congress to the r.ew Sec retary of War Stanton : Tha Secretary seems to know nearly all the Senators and most of the Kepresenta- , however, called, there njt being over a half dozen in his room at any one time. Foremost in the room was the grey haired patriot of Kentucky, J. J. Crittenden. He was warmly greeted by the Secretary, and introduced to him a 3"ouug man whom, he said, he would like to have appointed in the army. Mr. Stanton took him by the hand and asked him his age, where born and raised, his occupation, and of hid family. He was the oldest, boy, and his father died sonic year or two vjo, while in the navy, in the service of his country. "Ah," .said Mr. Stanton, "I knew of him ; he was o Jm-hv man. What position would you like to have?" "A lieutenancy in an infantry regiment." "I will try and arrange it for you, and write to you at New York." Judge Kelley came m with a youttuul looking ofaccr, whose empty coat-sleeve hung from his left shoulder. He was in troduced to the Secretary as 33revet Lieu tenant ltoekafellow, of Philadelphia. "My friend," continued the Judge, "left a situation worth $800 per year, three days after the President's proclamation for troops, to carry a musket at eleven dollars a month, with his regiment, the New York Seventy-first. After the term of his en listment expired, he marched with his regiment to Hull Ilun. Larly in the day he received that ugly rifle-ball in his mouth, (pointing to a Minie ball that was hung to a watch-key,) and for two hours and a halt carried it m ins iracrured yivr bone, fighting like a true hero, until a cannon ball took off his arm and rendered him powerless. "He was captured, and for three months laid in n mangled condition in a tobacco house at llichmond, without proper sur gical treatment. He - was brevctted a Lieutenant by his Colonel for his bravery, and is now filling a small cleikship. I beg of you to appoint him in the regular service." "Dut where could I put him if I were to appoint him ?" said Mr. St in ton. The J udge was about to reply, when the young soldier raised his arm, and said with au imploring look: "See, I have my ri-ht arm still, and Gen. Kearney has only his left ; end me into the line, where there is fighting to be done ! I have let ters from" here he tried to 'draw a bun dle of l2tters from his pocket. 31r. Stan ton stopped him, saying, "Put up your letters, sir you ha. q spoken for yourself. Your wish shall be granted. The country cannot all'ord to neglect such men as you." lre the soldier could thank him fjr his i kindness, his case was noted. He turned to leave, and remarked to the Judge as they left, "I shall be proud of my commission, for I feel that I have earned it ! This day is the proudest one of my whole life." His heart seemed so light that we doubt if he then realized the loss he had met with, or remembered the weary nights, and the long, long days he had suffered in the vile prisons of the traitor crew. Congressman Ely came in just as he passed along the aisle, and re marked, "there goes the noblest and most heroic of all our prisoners. He was the pride of the boys all loved him as though he were a brother." A member from Missouri complained that the loyalists in his district were plun dered and oppressed by small bands of rebel guerillas and he wanted two hun dred cavalry to protect .them. "It shall be done," replies Mr. Stanton. "I will inform Gen. Hunter of 3"our request, and direct him to order it carried out, unless there is some military necessity which prevents. I will inform you of his reply as soon as it is received." A member from Maryland complains of the action of Gcu. Dix in Baltimore, iu placing some embargo on one of his con stituents. "There certainly is some good reason." A statement of the case was made by the member. "Ah, that is trea son in disguise," replied the Secretary ; "I will, however, call for the facts, and put them before you." A Kansas Senator came in with a young man from Philadelphia, who wanted a clerkship. He was introduced and reach ed out a number of papers. "Which is your handwriting ?" "This one." "Then you need not trouble yourself any further bout it." "JJut 1 can write letter than that ; it was don a great deal better than that ; it was done iu a hurry. That, is not my Lest." "It is no matter, my clerks mu;t write rapidiy and well. You will not answer." And the youth retired, looking around as he passed out to see if any person heard the conversa tion. The rapidity with which the Secretary seems to read the wishes of every cue, even before he ha3 time to express him self, is astonishing. He seems to com prehend at a glance everything, and quick 06 a ikif h comes an answer that satisfies civilians and Senators. It is useless to argue tue natter lurt;:er. ha retn har talent, his powerful and active mind, enable hini to grasp successfully with the whole operations of the Depart ment, and the thousand cares that would prostrate the mind of an ordinary man, seem to have no effect upon him. lie al-wa-s seems in good humor, his perception always bright, and his memory never fail ing lorcau instant. With hi3 hand at the helm wo feel the shin is safe : the clouds that seem to have been gathering thick and fast around us of late, lose their porieruor.s aspect since v.e nave secured a pilot that will s-ve us, even though he t A " 1 must blood drire the ship through a sea of CfSu A Fair Hit. The South Caroli na fuss-makers talk about Icing coerced to "stay in the Union. The anxiety to be eocrced is of the same kiud as the strict propriety of the single beau. After sit ting up a long time, at a respectable dis tance, she suddenly squeaked out : "Quit squeezing me !'' The startled Kentuckian exclaimed : "I. havn't touched you." 'Well," said ain't you ?" she, "you're a going to, Western New York farmer writes as follows to a distinguished agri culturist, to whom he felt under obliga tions for introducing a variety of swine : "llcspectcd Sir : I weut yestcrdjy to the fair at M . I found several jigs of your species ; ther ws a great variety cf beasts, and I vas astonished at not see ing you then: Virginia papers formerly delighted 1 to quote the fullowiug catechism : J -Who seUled Virginia ? John Smith. ' Who unsettled Virginia? John Drown. Who settled Jehu Drown? Governor! Wise." j j hey may now add to these queries another: Who settled Governor Wise ? General Duru.ide. EgX- King Richard III., iu the hour of battle, cried out in despair, "My kingdom for a horse;" but General Wise, less ambitious and less brave, was content to seek safety by cliDgvng to a Xgi W. A fortunate ILIss. The following litt'.o story i narrated by Frederika JJreiuer, who vouches for its truthf'ulnes . la the University cf Upsula, ia Swe den, lived a nolle youth, with a great love for studies, but without the means of pursuing them. Ho was poor, and with out connections. Still he studied, living in great poverty, but keeping a cheerful heart, and trying to look at the future, which looked so grimly at him. His good humor and excellent qualities made him beloved by his young comrades. One day he was standing with some of them in the great square of Upsula, prattling away an hour of leisure, when the attend tion of the young nun became arrested by a young and elegant lady, who, at the side of an elderly one, was slowly walking over the place. It was the only daughter of the Governor of Upsula, "living0 in the city, and the lady with her was the gov erness. She was generally known for her goodness and gentleness of character, and looked upon with admiration by all the students. As the young men stood ga zing at her as she passed on, like a grace ful vision, one of thein suddenly exclaim ed "It would be worth something to Lav a kiss from such a mouth !" The poor student, the hero of our sto ry, who looked on that pure, angelic face, exclaimed, as if by inspiration "Well, I think I can have it!" "What!" cried his friends in chorua, "are you crazy ? Do you know her ?" "Not at all!" he answered ; "but I think she would kiss me if I asked her " "What: in this place before all our eves '!" m- "Yes, in this place, before your eyes." "Freely ?" "Yes, freely." "Well, if fehe will give you a kiss in that manner, I will give you a thousand dollars !" saidone of the party. "And I" "and I," exclaimed three or four others ; for it so happened that sev eral rich -oung men were in the group, and the bets ran high on so improbable an event. The challenge was made and accepted in less time than we take to tell it. Our hero my author tells not whether he was handsome or plain, but I have my peculiar ideas for believing that he was rather plain, but singularly good-looking -at the same time immediately walked off to the young lady, aud said : "Meia fruuleia, my fortune is now ia your hands !" She looked at him in astonishment, but arrested her steps, lie r.rocooJrii tt tiut his name and condition, and aspirations, and related, simply and truly, what had just now passed between him and his com panions. The young lady listened attentively, and, tit his ceasing to speak, she said blushingly, but with great sweetness : "If by so little a thing so much good can be effected, it would be foolish for ma to refuse your request ;" and publicly, iu the open square, she kissed him. Next day the student was sent for by the Governor. He wanted to see the man who had dared to seek a kiss from hi daughter in that way, and whom she had consented to kiss so. He received him with a scrutinizing bo-, but, after &n hour's conversation, was so pleased with Li:u that lie ordered him to cine at hi table during his studies at Upsula. Our young frieud pursued his Btndie in a manner which soon made Lim regard ed as the most prominent student ia the University. Three years were now passed since tha day of the first kiss, when the young man wa3 allowed to give a second one to th daughter cf the Governor, as his intended bride. He beenme, later, one of the greatest scholars in Sweden, and was as much re jected for his acquirements as for his character. I lis works will endure whila time lasts, among the works of science. From this happy union sprang a family well knowu iu Svvcdeu even at the present time, and whose wealth and high positions in society arc regarded as trifles in com parison with their wealth of goodness and ! iOVC. Hergyuian consoling Youn Widow on the death of her husband, ra i - marked that she could not find his equal. "I'll bit 1 will!" remarked the sobbing fair cr.e. Tnr. DtriNsiDn Vecsion- or an Old Sayixo. Hue you are. Wise you be, but you are cot Wide enough for me. 2? Wo hope after this wur is over that "C. S. A." will be the motto of ib South "Cau't Socouh Again." V (- h ir
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