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Morri3 Keil, S'mmerhill. CIIFRGIIES, MIXJSTERS, &C. Freslgterian Rev. D. IIakbiso.v, Tastor. Preaching every Sabbath morning at 10 J o'clock, aad in the evening at 3 o'clock. Sab b.it'a School at 1 o'clock, A. M. Prayer meet-in-' evc-rv Thursday evening at G o'clock. ' J h o di t Episcopal Church Rev.S.T.Seoiv, Preacher in charge. Rev. J. G. Gogley, As-sls-int. Preaching every Sabbath, alternately at 1)1 o'clock in the morning, or 7 in the ev-.nii'i. Sabbath School at y o'clock, A.M. Priyc Aaeetiag every Thursday evening, at 7 o'clock . V,',.lch Lid-pendent Rev Ll. R. Powell, fajtor. Preaching every Sabbath morning at Vj o'ciock. and in the e'veniug at G o'clock. j'a.i:h School at 1 o'clock, P. M. Prayer meeting on the tirst Monday evening of each mouth 7 and on every Tuesday, Thursday and Vriiiy' evcuing, excepting the first week iu ejeh month. r.i!s;.i.,iic Methodist Rev. Joux Williams, IVit-jr. Preaching every Sabbath evening at 2.-.:A o o'clock. Sabbath School at 10-o'clock, A.M. Prsyer meeting every Friday evening, r.t 7 o'clock. Society every Tuesday evening tt 7 o'clock. ...tv,.REv. W. Lloyd, Paster. rreach every Sabbath raoruing at 10 o'clock. l':.rtlc'i far Baptists Rev. David Jexkixs, Pastor. Preaching every Sabbath evening at Z o'clock. Sabbath School at at 1 o'clock, 1. M. Cuholic Rev. M. J. Mitchell, Pastor. Scrii. es every Sabbath morning at 10 o'clock Vespers at 1 o'clock iu the eveniag. EiiEXSUx'Kc; ji .ixls. MAILS ARRIVE. Eastern, dailv, at 12 o'clock, noon. Vi'csura, at 12 o'clock, noon. MAILS CLOSE. Eastern, daily, at 8 o'clock, P. M. Western. at b o'clock. P. M- CyTiiPia3ilsfromButler.lu l"iana,Strongs lo .vu. ic, arrive on Thursday of each week, at I o'clock, P. M. Leave F.bensburg oa Friday of each week, fcl O A. M. BtaThe nails from Xowman's Mill--, Car-r-jlUown, kc, arrive ou Monday, Wednesday au.l Fridav of each week, at 3 o'clock, P. M. Leave Eoensbucg on Tuesdays, Thursdays an a Saturdays, at o-clocic, A. .'I. UAILROAD SCHEDULE. WILMORE STAT I' . VTeit Express Train leaves ut 9.4-1 A. 10.01 P. lAo P. .25 P. G 30 A. lu.d-i A. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. I'a.-t Line " Mail Train last Express Trair " Fast Line 4i Mall Train tt n it CUESSON STATION Wfit Express Train Ic-aves at ; Mail Train " F.ist Express Train " ; Liil Train " 0.22 A. 4.10 P. 8.53 P. 11. Oi A. The Fast Liuts do not stop COIXTY OFFICIOUS. J'i i-jes of the Courts President, Hun. Geo. T.ilur, Huntingdon; Associates, George V.'. h.'-l.-y. Henry C. Devine. Proihonotai-;; Joseph M'Donald. ' ll-yittrr and Recorder Ed.vard F. Lytle. Sheriff John Buck. District Attorney. Philip S. Noon. C'juntn Commissioners D. T. Storm, James Cooper, Peter J. Little. Treasurer Thomas Callin. P.jor ll,tst di rectors Jacob Horner, Wil Earn Douglass, George Delany. d'oor House Treasurer. George C. K. Zahm. Poor lljuse Steward. James J. Kaylor. Mercantile Appraiser John Farrell. Auditors John F. Stull, Thomas J. Nel son. Edward R Donnegan. CoitAty Surveyor. E. A. Vickroy. Coroner. James S. Todd. Sap't. of Common Schools Win. A. Scott. EREXSSL'RG I20R. OFFICERS. Justices of the Peace. David II. Roberts Harrison Kinkead. Barge George Huntley. School Directors E. J. M1II3, Dr. John M. J ones, Isaac Evans. EAST WARD. Constable Thomas Todd. 7own Council Wm. Davis, Daniel J. Davis, K. J. Waters, John Thompson, Jr., David W. Jones. Inspector John W. Roberts, L. Rodger. Judge of Election Thomas J. Davis. Assessor Thomas P. Davis. W EST WARD. Constable M. M. O'Neill. Town Council William Kittell, II. Kinkead, L. Johnston, Edward D. Evans, Thomas J, Williams. Inspectors J. D. Thomas, Robert Evans. Jndjt of Election John Lloyc. Aztessor Richard T. Davi." VOLUME " .Select fJoctrn. Victory. BY GEORGE PERCY. ITuzza, the brave old Banner Moves on its conquering way ! Its foes go down like shadows Before the blaze of day! O, mark its glorious coming Above the stormy fight! The Bow of Heaven's Blessing: The stars of Truth and Right! What shouts and tears of gladness, When the blest vision comes ! How-thrill the brave to see it Unfurl above their homes ! Sun of all joy to freemen 1 Bright glory of the sky ! Pledge to the slave and exile, Of hopes that shall not die! Speed on thy course triumphant! The thrones of despots fall ! Thy lightnings rive the shackles ! 'And men are brothers all ! Wave iu thy glorious splendor ! O'er earth thou e'er shall roll, While a star illumes the heavens, And a noble hope the soul ! m mm THE BOY PATRIOT. A ST0UY CF THE EEVOLL'TIOX. History is filled with the deeds of the men of the licvolution, nor are the patriot women forgotten in the burning words of the till D ti Is of '70, but where is the hiatory which tells of the patriotism of the boys of that gloomy period ? "Who writes their biographies ? There were boys in the "Revolution boys of noble patriotism and dauntless spirit beys who would not become trait ors though the rank and gibbet confound ed them boys who toiled with an endu rance and boldness unerpualled in the an nals of a nation for the independence of 'Old Thirteen," and had they their just desert, the brighest star iu America's constellation, and the widest stripe in her broad canvass, would be dedicated to the "Hoys of '76." Let us relate an instance : It was in the -!- 11 M 111 j vear J 1 0. j'tuiaacjijuia was in me hands of Howe and his inhuman soldiery, .while the field of 'Brandy wine gave the American people an evidence of British humanity. The inhabitants of Pennsyl vania and Delaware were at the mercy of their foes. Bands of IIesian dragoons scouted the vicinity of Philadelphia fir miles around,- and committed aels which would disgrace a Vandal. On tha evening of a delightful autumn day a group of boys, ranging in age from twelve to seventeen years, were gathered together ou the steps of a tenantle.-s store house! in t lie-lit Lie village of Newark, Del aware. The town seemed lonely, and with the exception of the band referred to, not a human being met the eye. All the men capable of bearing arms had left their homes to join the criny of Washington on the Schuylkill. A youth of six teen years mounted on a barrel, was giv ing an account of the disastrous battle of Braudywine. Jame Wilson, the orator, was a bold boy, cnthusiasti-j in his love for the Americau cause, and possessed of no little intelligence. His bright blue eyes and flaxen hair gavg him an effem inate appearance, but beneath that plain liGiuespuu jacket throbbed a heait that never shrank before any obstacle. II is father was the commander of the Delaware troops, and his mother was dead. The bov concluded his narative and was la mJuting that he could not join the army 4I aUi not old enough," said he, "but had I a good musket I would not stand ill ie here with my hands useless by my side." "Are there no guns of any description in the village ?" asked a listening youth. "No. I have spent nearly a week try-in"- to find one, but my efforts have been of no avail. I strongly suspect that the old tory Livingston has several in his house, but as he allows no one to trespass ou his land, I am unable to say positive ly- "Why nat take a party and search his dwelling?" said Frank Howard. "He has no one to assist him but his c)wardly son George, and I can thrash him as easy as that," and the boy snapped his fingers to announce the readiness with which he could trounce old Livingston's cowardly, ton. James Wilson's eyes sparkled with joy at the thought. "If there are any three boys in this crowd who will help me, I will search old Livingston's house this night. All who are willing to go, just tep forward three pace?. " EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH Every boy in the crowd stepped for ward without a moment's hesitation. James' eyes flashed fire. "Now by the death of Bunker Hill, I will search old Livingston's house, though death stands 'u my path." With firm tread, and with the utmost silence, the young heroes took up their march for old Livingston's. Livingston had long beeu suspected of harboring British spies, and some of his former la borers had reported that he kept up a regular correspondence with the British commander. At all events, he was gen erally regarded by the Whigs as a dan gerous man. His housq was situated on all sides by tall trees. It was just such a plaoe as one might suppose suitable for the purpose of plotting treason. At the time James Wilson and his lit tle band left the deserted storehouse in the village of Newark, dusJc had given place to the tlark shades of night ; still it was not dark, the new moon was shining brightly through the clouds, and every object was perfectly discernible. The boys walked firmly, maintaining a solemn silence. At length they gained the bank of the creek aud slowly following the winding- path, oon came to a little bridge which crossed a shallow rivulet, leading inr.o u 111 tec-iay, anu dames oraercu tnem to halt. ''Let Frank Howard and myself recon noiter the premises first, to see whether any danger may be apprehended. All the rest stand here uutil we return. Make no noise and keep a constant watch." James and Frank silently departed, and were soon lost iu the thick woods through j which the path ran. Scarcely had they gone from their companions, wheu the quick ear of Wilson detected a noise. "Hist !" said he to Frank, as he pulled him behind a gigantic beach tree. 'rcs- ently George Livingston came in sight. James Wilson darted from his covert and tightly grasped the boy by the neck. The cowardly youth trembicd like a reed. "Speak or.e word," whispered his cap tor, "acd I'll toss you into the creek." The tory's son, struck dumb with fright, found himself in the midst of the whole group of boy heroes, with the vice like grasp ol James and Frank on cither arm. "Now," said James, "answer me truly and promptly, or I'll make your position uncomfortable. Do you hear '! -Who are iu vour father's house at this moment V "I I cannot tell I" stammered the half dead boy. . "You shall tell, or" "Spare me, and I will tell everything. Wheu I left the house there was no one there but our family and .Major Brad stone." "Who is he?" said James. "I don't know 1 don't indeed," said George. "Tell I" threatened Frank. "He is the captain of the Yorkshire dragoons." The blue eyes of James glistened with iov, and he soon gained from the torv's sou a revelation which stamped er a traitor of the most anpallii his fath r eharae- ter. lie soon discovered that old Livings ton not only kept up a correspondence with the British commander, but that ho had so plotted in his traitorous design that the little village of Newark was to be burned to ashes, and women and chil dren left exposed to the pitiless foe. The old tory was to receive, as his reward, the land whereon the village stood, and an annual pension from the British Govern ment. But, stranger than all, the plot was to be consummated on the very night the tory's sou had beeu captured, while he was going on an errand to a neighbor, about two miles distant. The little baud of heroes learned, too, that the British troops had secured their horses in Liv ingston's stable, aud intended to descend the creek, iu a large boat. There" were twenty of tlrein besides their captain. Major Brad? tone, the leader of the band, was iu temper and heart, a thorough de mon, aud scrupled not in his cruelty to destroy the slumbering infant or the sick wife. Not a few in that youthful band trembled for a widowed mother or a de fenceless sister. Some were for departing immediately, but James Wilson, still re taining his grasp on the tory's son, order ed all to be silent. The prisoner was tied hand to foot, a thick handkerchief bound over his mouth to prevent him from cal ling for assistance, and a stout cord fast ened to his breast and wound about a tree. All hope of escape forsook George Liv ingston. Wilson motioned his little band to follow him, and in d fcwvminute3 they stood ou the summit of a high precipice which overhung Whiteclay Creek. "Now boys," said Wilson, "the narra tive which we have just heard is tiue, and as we have no muskets er ammunition, we must make the best of the occasion. The British band will pass this spot in their boats, and as we have an hour to work, let us busy ourselves in rolling some of these large rocks to the edge of the prec ipice, and when -the men and boats pass below, let us.sink them to tha bottom." Bach boy immediately set to work, and in an incredibly short space of time, nine huge rocks, each half a ton in weight, were balanced upon the edge of the giant precipice. The creek at this point was not more than twenty feet "wide and was directly overhung by the mass of rocks on which our heroes stood. If the British descended the creek they would certainly pass this spot ; and if they passed it death was tli2ir certain fate. In about an hour the quick ear of James Wilson detected the measured beat of inufiled oars. "They are coming," he whispered, "let no cue drop his rock until I give the word, and then all at, once." It was a beautiful night to wreck a work of death. The heavens were spangled with innumerable stars, and every object which the moou beams played upon, spar kled with silvery radiance. Closer and clearer came the doomed royalists, and the hearts of the boy patriots beat wildly within their bosoms.. Peeping cautiously over the cliffs, Jas Wilson saw the tory boat slowly but sure ly approaching. An officer stood on the bows guiding the oarsmen, by the orders and the epaulets on his shoulders told that he was the identical friend, Major Bradstone. "Don't drop till I give order. again whispered Wilson Wheu the boat was about twelve feet from the rock, the boy leader fell secure ly behind his stone defence aud shouted : " u ho goes tnere " Iu a moment the oarsmen ceased row- ing. and gazed with astonishment above tnem. iiie impetus winen tne noat nau acquired, caused it to drift slowly beneath the ruck, aud just as it was fairly below, came forth the loud doomed words : "Cut loose iu the name of Liberty I" Each boy pushed his rock at that in staut as if with one impulse ; the" gigan tic stones fejl. A loud shriek from the dark waters tlI how well the plan had succeeded, and as the exultant boys again looked over the rocks nothing, was seen but a few pieces of wood. The boat had been burst to pieces, and the occupants found a grave at the bottom of White clay. A cry of victory burst from the joyous lips of the youthful patriots, aud it was echoed alonir in solemn grandeur. "Now for our prisoners!" cried Frank Howard, bounding ahead ; but what was the astonishment of the boys to find that in his efforts to get free, George Livings ton had been caught by the fatal cord and choked to death. There was no time for repining ; the traitor aud his son had met I their deserved doom, and there was no one to mourn their lo-s. "Such be the end of America's foes for ever !" said James Wilson. Old Livingston's house was searched, and to the surprise of every oiie, not mere ly guns, but three brass field' pieces, sev eral barrels of powder, and an abundance of balls, were found concealed in the old tory's cellar. The military stores found here were given over to the American j troops, and lounu a joyous welcome at their headquarters. Had not the Lutish party been so signally defeated along the banks of the Whitecjay, the town of New ark, and the whole- northern part of the State of Deleware would have been over run by predatory bauds of British sol- diers. James Wilson and Frank Howard both joined the army of Greene, aud ser ved with distinction in the Southern cam paign. Frank fell at the memorable bat tle of Eutaw Springs, bewailed by all who knew him. James lost a leg at the siege of York town, and retired to his native vil lage, but mortification ensued, and he ex pired with the ever to be remembered words on his lips "Cut loose iu the name of Liberty !" The village of Newark still stands, and lias become a town of some celebrity. The scene of the defeat of the British by the boy patriots is still pointed out, 'and is a sacred pot in the annals of Newark. Such, readers, were the acts of the boys of '7G, and though they have no- monu mental pile to preserve their memories, they live in legends, songs and verses, whfre thev will exist when history has been swept into obscurity. Let our liter- j ary men redeem from darkness the deeds j of American youths, and while they re count the achievements of our Bevolu tiouary patriots, let tlreni not forget the boy heroes. mm m Eg? The Japanese embassy to England will comprise sixty members, many of them princes and others belonging to the highest aristocracy. Tommy is not mentioned. 20, 1862. ".resident Lincoln's War Or ders. The following orders by the President were published by authority in the Ldd Vrjmctr of March 12. Their importance and beariug are manifest : WAli GAZETTE PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY. Executive Mansion, Washington, Jany. 27, ISG'2. j ruESiPKXT's General War Order, No. 1. Ordered that the 22d of Februa ry, 1SG2, be the day for a general move ment of the land and naval forces of the LTnited States against the insurgent for ces. That especially the army at and about Fortress Monroe the army of the Potomac the army of Western Virginia the army near Mumfordsville, Ken tucky the army and flotilla at Cairo, aud a naval force in the Gulf of Mexico, be ready for a movement on that day. That all other forces, both land and naval, with their respective commanders, obey exis ting orders for the time, and be ready for additional orders wheu duly given. That the heads of Departments, and especially the Secretaries of War and of the Navy, with all their subordinates, and the Geu-eral-in-Chief, with all other commanders and subordinates of laud and naval for ces, wjll severally be held to their strict and full responsibility for the prompt ex ecution of this order. Signed. Abraham Lincoln. Executive Mansion, ") Washington, March 8, ltsC2. President's General War Orders, No. 2. Ordered first that the Major General commanding the army of the Po tomac proceed forthwith to organize that part of said army destined to enter upon active operations, including the Heserve. but excluding the troops to be left in the fortifications about Washington, into four army corps, to be commanded according i to seniority of rank, ns follows : I irst corps to consist of four divisions, and to be commanded by Major Gen. J. McDowell ; 2nd corps to consist of three divisions, and to be commanded by Brig. Gen. E. V. Sumner; 3d corps to consist of three divisions, and to be commanded by Brig. Gen. S. P. Heintzleman ; 4th corps to consist of three divisions, and to be commanded by Brig. Gen. E. L. Keys. 2d. That the divisions now commanded by the officers above assigned to the com mands of-corps, shall be embraced in and form part of their respective corps. 3d. The forces left for the defence of Washington will be placed in command of Btiir. Gen. James Wadsworth, who shall als 3 be Military Governor of the District of Columbia. 4th. That this order be executed with such promptness aud dispatch as not to delay the commencement cf the opera tions already directed to bo undertaken by the army of the Potomac. fjth. A fifth army corps, to be com manded by Major Gen. N. P. Banks, will be formed from his own and Gen. Shield's (late Geu. Lander's) division. Signed. AiiRAHAM Lincoln. Executive Manion, Washington, March 11, 1C2. j President's War Order No. 3. Major Gen. McCleilan, having personally taken the field at the head of the Potomac army, until otherwise ordered, he is relie ved from the comniaud of the other mili tary Departments, he retaining command of the Department of the Potomac. Ordered further, that the two depart ments now under the respective commands of Generals Ilalleck and Hunter, togeth er with so much of that under Gen. Bu ell as lies west of a north and south line indefinitely drawn through Knoxville, Tenn., be consolidated and designated the Department of the Mississippi, and that, until otherwise erdered, Major General Ilalleck have command of said Depart ment. Ordered also, that the country West of the Department of the Pot, -mac, and East of the Department of the Mississippi, be a Department to be called the Moun taiu Department, and that the same be commanded by Major General Fremont. That all the commanders of Depart ments, after the receipt of this order by them, respectfully report, severally and directly, to the Secretary of War, and i that prompt, full and frequent reports j will be expected by all and each of them. 1 LfclgMCU.J -ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Top and Bottom. "Is there much water in the cistern, Biddy?" inquired a resident of Brooklyn, of hi? servant girl, as' she came up from the kitchen. "It is full on the bottom, sir, but there's noue j at all on the top," was the reply. E3uA down East paper speaks of the findimr of a skull in a well, and iunocent- ly remarks that "the person to hom the skull originally belonged is dead. NUMBER 26. The Great Xaval right. We condense the following account of the naval engagement off the laouth of James river from the daily papers : The contest between the two iron-clad steamers, as seen at a distance by specta tors is described as intensely exciting. At one time, when they were grappling with each other, they were wlully envel oped in smoke. Separating again, and coming out into a bright sunshine, their iron armor glittered brilliantly, as flash alter flash broke forth, followed by deep reports like distant thunder. It is said, the attempt by the Merrimac to run her steel plow into the Monitor was a dea.l failure. She rebounded without producing the slightest effect. The experiment wua tried but once. Subsequently the fight was altogether with the batteries. The sharpshooters on board the Monitor, aiming from the nu merous small gun holes, took advantage, when the port holes of the Merrimac open ed to run out her guns, to pour volleys of rifle balls at them, doing, it is thought, considerable execution. Occasionally fa ces could be distinctly seen at these open ings for a fchort time. As soou as the rifles were discharged they appeared to fall lack. The Merrimac at one time had careened considerably, and at this junc ture it is thought two or three balls from the Monitor's guns struck her wooden works and went through. Immediately after this she- hauled o!T, abandoning the contest, evidently disabled. Such is un derstood to be Lieutenant Worden's opin ion. In the Tribune we find an account by eye witnesses of the contest. At half past eight o'clock: on Sunday morning tho Merrimac, accompanied byT the Jamestown and Yorktown, anid steam tugs,-came in sight, heading for the Minnesota. A shot from the Monitor, which had steamed up to meet the Merrimac, surprised her, and she seemed to start back, as if finding an unwelcome assailant. From half past eight till ten minutes past twelve the battle raged the Pig's Point and Sew all's Point batteries joining the rebel fleet in the assault upon the Monitor and the Minnesota, which was assisted by tho gunboat Whitehall, once a ferry boat, and one or two other vessels. The interest in the contest entered in the struggle between tho two iron clad vessels, as the rebel wooden boats kept, their distance, and only manifested them selves by an occasional shell, and tho Minnesota's broadsides glanced off harm lessly from the Merri mac's mailed planks. The -Monitor for nearly two hours steamed round and round the Merrimac, sometimes at a distance of half a mile, sumetimcs touehiug her, constantly hammering her with immense shot from her two guns. The effort was to hit her stern, which was believed to be the heel of this Achilles; but the Merrimac, aware of this, kept turning, also trying to strike the Monitor with her beak. Once only the Monitor got into position behind the Merrimac, but, unfortunately, the curreut did not stop rotating at the right moment, and their shot missed their work. In the course of the fight tho Monitor discharged from eighty to ninety shots, and the Merrimac, flying as soma officers think, a black flag, some two hun dred. At length the Merrimac retired with her cousorts. A Triumph of Science. The tele graphic Hue to Fortress Monroe from Washington has more than paid for itself by the first dispatch Cashed over the wires. It was that which told of the providential interference of the iron clad Monitor in the Naval fight off Hampton Iloads. Withmt the comforting assu iance of that dispatch, every seabord city in the North would have passed a day cf extreme gloom and anxiety. Many a person, indeed, went to bed that night in despondency to dream o"f a great iron mon ter making its way through the deep to Washington, or Philadelphia, or Slxt York, in order to vomit fire upon those unprotected cities. A blue Monday in every sense would it have been under the apprehensions awakened by the first re ports iron Fortress -Monroe. Stocks would have fallen, and a general state of uneas 11 ess prevailed fur twenty hours at least. But our fears have been happily disap pointed, aud all that remains 10 us is to derive such lessons of wisdom as wc can from the evtnt. Seeing Not Believing. A rounz man meeting an acquaintance, said : 'I htard you were dead." "But," savs the othir, "vou 6ce ma alfYc." "I do not know howtuat may be," re plied he, "yon are a notorious liar, 'ani my informant wa a person of credit."
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