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-7ro& post OFFICES.
.. ir.--.. Districts.
1 Joseph Graham, . cder.
"ui.m Enoch Reese, Iilacklick.
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Datil. Rltztngcr, Chest.
John J. Troxcll, Washiut'n.
John Thompson, Ebensburg.
i.i.ic T!cin')ou, white
J. M. Christy,
Giillitzin.
I. E. Chandler,
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E. Wissinger,
V. Durbin.
Johnst'wn.
Eoretto.
Concm'gh.
Munstcr.
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Francis Clement, Couem'gh.
Aavircw J. Ferra! vSusrj'han.
G. W. Eowraan, White.
Win. Cvan, Sr., Clearfield.
George Conrad, Richland.
T. M'Cofcrari, Washt'n. -15.
F. Si':'.-':. .Croyle.
Miss M. Gillespie- Washt'n.
Morris Keil, S'mmerhii!.
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j F-i'-'-hi ' every Sabbr.th morning at 10i
j ""vi.i in the evening at 3 oVloek. Sab
? iZT-hovl at 1 o'clock, A. M. Prayer uieet
! "'c.-r.- Thursday evening at G o'clock.
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.!-.k in the morning, or i in iie
S-.hb.:h School at y o'clock, A. M.
.ioctlaj every Thursday eveuir.g, at 7
.i7 !;: If its V Lt. roWELT-.
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" .'-r-.-iuouUiTlcv. Jatis Williams.
: !':oa,-h'n; evc-rv S'abbath evening at
: i. i o'chu-k. S ibbath School at 10 o clock',
Vr-.vr iu-et:u-' evcrv Friday evening.
0hnk.
i-.iwt-.- everv Tuesday evc-ir.ng
.tev. W. Lloyo. Pastor. Prcacb
h.'cro'"." Sabbath morning at Vb o'clock.
"iV-jc'-i.-ar Ii.i:its III: v. David Jexhix?.
r..--r. I'ro i?L:ng every -T.b'.ath evening at
3.''c:'jck. Sabbath School at at I o'clock, P. M.
r.vvi.Vc Ret. M. J. M:rcHri.i.. Pastor.
5?. "icti evt-ry Sabbath niornhig at 10i o'clock
-i Vc-i-ers at 4 o'clock in tbe evening.
CO'SBVRG MAII.S.
MAILS ARRIVE.
Intern, daily, at
12 o'clock, r.otn.
ei'.era, at 1 - o cioct, noon.
:iAILS CLOSE.
F. .?:-.!. dally, at o'clock. P. !I-
b titt-r:!. ' at fc o'clock, P. M.
?o"T;i "HaRsfromRa ll c- r . I n d : a n a ,S : r c n g
tD'n, arrive on Thar- i-iy of e tch -week,
s; 5 o (. ')' , P. M.
le-.vc: Kbensburg on. riiday of cch veck,
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5., T; mails from Xvvtnan's ?!ill?. Car
rj!i:o'.va. ic, arrive on Mondav, We'insd.:y
12 1 Fri. !.:;,- of each week, at 3 'o'clock, P. M.
L?;ive F. .jenibiirg pn Tuesday?, ThureJays
Si'.urday., at 7 o'clock, A. 11.
WILM'Jili-: STATION.
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CRESSO: STATION.
'it Express Train leaves at 9.02 A.
." Mai'l Train " 4.10 P.
East Ext.ress Train ' " 8.53 P.
Mill Train 11.01 A.
Tut Fast Lines do not stop .
OVrJCE313.
'u-ljts "f the Courts President. Hun. Geo.
IV.or, Huntingdon: Associates, George W.
Eisby, !itn:y C. Devinc.
1'r LyjH'j!,iry J o s v h M ' R o n a 1 d .
,md Ilr.crrhr Ed.rard F. Lytic.
Shf.-if John buck.
? D-slrst Ati-jcne;. Philip S. Noon.'
C'j-int.y Cu,:i:nii!sion'rs D. T. ijtoim, James
C?ot.r, I'ctcr J. Little.
JV i r, r T ii ow a s C a I ! i n .
vi 'T'" l,'i"tors Jacob noruer, Wil'
bam. I" ; jl.isa, George Delnny.
r-lT ll. use Treasurer. .George C. K. Zahm.
1 -,r Jl,:l.-e St'uurd. James J. Kaylor.
7 it He Appraiser John Farrell.
An ;".r.t-Jo!m F. Stall, Thomas J. Nel
,J l; -'--'rd R l)cnngan.
''"' Surveyor. E. A. Vickroy.
Corn,r James S. Todd.
''l't. cf Common Schools Wm. A. Scott.
-David II. Roberts
liison !Cint-o. I
JJ ovy ( j e o rg e ITuntler.
T A'cAw I'irrrtor E. J. Mills, Dr. John 11.
-ont?. is.iac Evans.
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Y.ri Cjunril'm. Davis, Daniel J. Davis,
Waters, John Thompson. Jr., David W.
I-i,-ee!.cr John W. Roberts, L. Rodgcr3.
Ju'lJi f EUcti'jn Thorn a3 J. Davis.
s'rjjrThoma3 P. Davis.
WEST WART.
ConHtc'eYi. M. O'Neill.
p Torn Cnunejl William Kiffell, IT. rTinkend,
- j. Jocnston, Edward D. Evnas, Thomas J.
7foT .7. D. Thotnas, Robert Evsns. !
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Select PoclriK
31?CIeIIuu to tlic Army of tlie
siARcn 14th, 18G2.
Soldiers, who thirst for fight f
Not purposeless has been this long delay:
Your discipline, perfecting day by day,
Slowly but surely has prepared the way
For deeds of nutchlcss might.
Not to your fricnls in arms,
Who far away have late done noble thing?,
Has been reserved the giant blow that rings
Loudest in listening ears, and soonest brings
The foes mcst rcul alarms :
To you is given the blow
To you, as proud an army as e':r trol
The earth : behold, 'tis you, who, under God,
Wilt shortly wield the dread avenging rod
That shall destroy thc foe.
As through your ranks I ride,
Your glances give sure prestige of success.
Your willing heart3 my plans will surely bless,
In souls like yours, I feel with thankfulness,
Our country may conCde.
I brlnr von f.ice to faeo
With desperate men, who nee is mustdo or die.
Whate'tr I do, you know you may rely
Ou one who loves you one who'll never fly
Except from deep disgrace.
Soldiers, the way is hard :
Hut God smiles ou us triumph fciust await !
Courage like yours will ti-.ke control cf fate.
Your to'Is and trials, comrades, will be great,
Rut greater your reward.
ra n ily Ta ir .
THE ViSSAKiKOFi CLIFF.
EY GtOP.GE LIPPAUD.
There are days in VvTntor vlion the air
is very soft and balmy, like the early days
of Summer ; when, in Fact, ihat p,lad mai
den M;3 seem? to blow her warm breath
in the g;rim Face of February, until the
rcmli ohl warrior lauglis again.
It vras en a d:iy like this that the mor
nin sunshine was streaming over a high
rook, that Frowns there, lar above the
Wtesaliik.cn.
A high rock, attainah'e'cnly by a long,
winding ath, iei.-ced in by the trunks of
giant pines, whose lough, in the coldest
dav of winter, form a canopy overhead.
This rock is covered with a carpet of
evergreen moss. And near this nook
ti;"u cLamber in the forest, for it was noth
iiw j-ss .iUt an o!J man, separated IVoui
it by trunks cf the pine-?, whose boughs
eoacealoi Jiis- form.
That edd man had conie here r.Ione, to
ih'kuk over his two son?, now freezing at
Valley Forge fur, though the father was
a Tory, yet his children were Continen
tals, lie was a well-meaning man, but
some half-crazy idea about the divine
right cf the Jiriti.-h Pope, Gorgc the
Third, to rule this continent, ami murder
and burn as he pleased, lurked in his
brain, and kept him back from the camp
of Washington
And now, in this bright morning in
February, he had come here, clone, to
think the matter over.
And while he was pondering this deep
matter over, whether George the Pope or
George the llebel was in . the right, he
heard the tramp of a war-steed not far off,
and looking between th; trunks of the
piiitr, lie saw a man of itobbi presence dis
mount from his grey horse, and then ad
vance into the quiet i.ouks ot moss-covered
rocks, encircled by "giant pines.
And now. leaving the tory to look upon
! this man for himself, let us look also on
him with our own eye?.
As he comes through those thick
boughs, you behold a man more than six
fct hi'h. with his kinlv form enveloped
in a coarFC, grey overcoat, vn-Imitftmi .n his
bold forehead and beneath the bkiria 01
that grey coat, vott may t-ee the military
boots and the end of a scabbard.
And wlio is this" man of kingly pres
ence, who comes here alone, to pace this
moss covered rock with drooped head and
lohh d arms '!
Come, my friends, end look t:pon Mm
let" me fchow you not this figure of
mi.-t and frost-wo:k, which some histori
ans have called Washington but Wash
ington, -the living, throbbing ficsh and
blood of Was.hiugton! Yes, Wmlunj
ton, the. man. Look upon him as he pa
ces that moss-covered, rock see that eye
burn, that muscular chest heave under
the folded arms.
Ah, he is thinking of Valley Forge !
Of the bloody loot prints, in the enow of
those three hidden figure that Fat down
in the hut of Valley Forge together
disease, and starvation, -anti nakedness.
Iiook. a those dark thoughts crowd on
M. soul, he falls on hia knees," he prays j
th God of heaven to Uko his life m aa '
ebensbuhg; pa., Thursday, april
Offering for his native land. And as that
prayer fctartles the still woods, that grey
coat falls open and discloses the blue gold
uniform the epaulette and the sword
hilt
Then the agony of that man, praying
there in the silent woods praying for his
country, now bleeding in her chains
speaks out, in the fia!iing of thf eye, in
the beaded swet dripping Irom l is brow.
Ah, kind's of the world, planning so
coolly yoir s-iN.ifcs of murder, oiue here
and look at George Washington, as he
offers his life a sacrifice for his country I
Ah, George of England, Pritish Pope,
and good nut red idiot that you are, now
coui.ti:ig in your royal halls ho.v many
more Lion it will take to murder a i'cw
thousand peaceful farmer, :ui 1 make a
nation drink your tea, come hero to this
rock of the Wissahikoti, and soo, king and
pope as you are, George Waohiitgtou in
council with his Go l.
My friends, I can never think of that
man in the wilds of Wissahikon praying
there, alone praying for his coantry,
with the dtvp agony iu his brow with
out also thinking of that dark night in
Gethsemane, when the blood drops start
ed from the brow of Jesus, the blessed
Redeemer, as he plead for the salvation of
the world.
Now look.! As a?htngtcn kneels
there on that moss-covered r. ck, from
those green boughs step forth another
form tall as his own clad in a coarse
gray coat, v,ith the boots and scabbard
seen below its skirts, und a chaj cuu oil h's
brew.
That stranger emerirofl from the bo"ghs,
stands there uu perceived, gazing in silence
upon the kneeling wariior.
A moment pass !
Look ! Va-:h!n "ton lias risen to his
tcet : he confronts the stranger.
Xow, as that stranger, with a slight
bow, uncovered his forehead, tell me, did
you ever see a stronger or strange! resem
blance between two men than betweoi
these two, who now confront each other
in silence under the shade of tho?c daik
pines ?
The same height, breadth of chest,
sinewy limbs, niy, almost the same faces,
save that the face of the stranger, shar
per in outline, lacks that calm conscious
ness of a great soul which stamps the
countenance of Washington.
.That resemblance is most strange
their muscular forms are clad in the same
coarse grey coat their costume is alike
yet h.dd
The stranger throws open his overcoat ;
you behold that hangman's dress, the
liritish uniform, flashing in g'ld and stars!
Washington starts back, and lays his hand
upon his swerd.
And as these two men, so stranghy alike,
meet there by accident under that canopy
of boughs one wandering from Valley
Forge, one froui Phii.-tdclphia let me tc-il
you at once, that the stranger is none oth
er than the master-butcher of the idiot
king Sir William ilowe.
Yes, there they met the one the im
perscnifieatiou of Freedom, the other the
tinselled lacquey of a Tyrant's 'will.
We wnll listen to their conversation ; it
is brief, but important.
For a moment the Pritish general stoo l
spell-bound belore the man whom he had
crossed the ocean to entrap and bring
home; the rebel, who had lifted his hind
against 'he riucht divine of the Pjiti-h
poj
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! To that Pritish geueral there was
something awful about the soldier who
could talk with his Cod as aihingtou
hud talked a moment ago.
I cannot be mistaken !" at last said
Sir William Ilowe; 'L behold before me
the chieftain of the rebel army, Mr. Wah
lugton. Washington coldly bowed his head.
"Then this" is a happy hour, for we to
gether can give peace and freedom to this
land."
At this word, Washington started with
surprise, advanced a step, und then ex
claimed :
"And who, sir, arc jou, that thus bold
ly promises peace and freedom to my
country V
"The commander of ITis Majesty's for
ces in America !" said ilowe, advancing
along that wood-hidden rock toward Wash
ington. "And oh, sir. let me tell you
t Lit the king, my master, has heard of
your virtues, which alone dignify the re
volt with the name of a war, and it is to
you he looks for the termination of this
most disastrous content."
Then Washington, whoso pulse had
never quickened before all the panoply of
Pritish arms, felt his heart flutter in his
bosom as that great boon was before his
CyK& peace and freedom to his native
land!
"Yes," continued Howe, advancing an
other step, "my king looks to you lor the'
termination of this unnatural war. Let
rebellion ouee t crushed ; let the royal
i n-itT lif finr. lie fMt:i?i!iluil bir vrmr Jtiln-
eiices, and then, sir, behold the gratitude
of King George to 31 r. Washington 1"
As he spoke he placed in the hands of
Washington a massive parchment sealed
with the broad seal of England, and signed
with the name of King George.
Washington took the parchment open
ed it read his face did not change a
muscle.
And yet that parchment named 3Ir.
George Wahingtou "Gkoiiok Dufii'.
WASrilNT.TON OF 2d0UNT Vl.KXOX, our
iTiJl-fttloviil servant, YlCKItOY OF AMLK
1CA !"
Here was a boon for the Virginia plan
tor here was a title and here a power for
the vounir man. who was one dav sstrug
gling for his lite aw;y thert amid lioatiu
ice on t'-.e dark Allegheny river.
ir a moment the fad of Washington
was buiied in the parchmeut, and then, in
a low, deep voice he spjke :
1 have been thinking" he said, "of
he ten thousand brave men who have
been massacred in this quarrel. I have
been thinking of the dcadot Puuker Hill,
Lexington, Quebec, Trenton, yes, the dead
of Saratoga, Jlrandy vine, eruianto.n "
"And, cried ilowe, starting forward,
"you will put an end
to this unhappy
quarrel V
"And your kins," continued Wrshigtmi,
with a look and lone that would have cut
into a heart of marble, "would have me
barter the bones of the dead for a ribbon
and a title '"
And then, while Ilowe shrunk cower
ing back, that Virginia planter. Washing
ton, crushing that parchment into the sod
with his warrior boot yes, trampled that
rirval liume into one mass of rags and
dust
"That is my answer to your king."
" And then he stoo l with tcoru on Ms
brow and in his eye, his outstretched arm
'dinting at that minion of Kiug Gecrgc.
Wasn't that a picture for the pencil of
an angel ? And now that Pritish geueral,
recovering from his first emotion, grew
red as his uniform with rage.
"Your head," he gasped, clenching hi
hand, "your head will yet reddeu the
traitor's block !"
Then Washington's hand sonuht his
sword; then his tierce spirit awoke within
him ; it was his fir.-t impulse to strike the
braggait into the dust. Put in a moment
he grew calm.
"Your3 Ls a good and great king," he
said in his usual stern tone. "At first he
determined to sweep a whole continent
with but five thousand men, but he soon
finds that his five thousand men must swell
to twenty-live thousand before he c.i.n even
b;?giu his work of murder. Then he sac
rhiees his own subjects bv thousands
and butchers peace' ul farmers by tens of
thousands ard yet his march if victory
is not even begun. Then, if he conquers
the capitol city of the continent, ictory
is sure I Pehold ! the city is in his grap,
yet still the hosts of freedom defy him,
even from the huts of Yal'ey Forge! And
now, as a last xcsource your king comes to
a man whoe head yesterday was svmght,
with a high" cward to grace the gates of
London. And yet that rebel crushes into j
atoms the name of such a king !"
Ah, never spaniel skulked from the
kick of his master as that General Howe
cringed away from the presence of Wash
ington mounted his horse was ore !
One word with regard to the ancient,
torv, who beheld this scene from vonder
bu.-hes witti alternate wonder, admiration
and fear. That tory went home.
I have seen General Yv'asln'ngton nt
prayer," he said to his wife. "The mm
who can tranitlj upon the luanc of a km:
as he did pray to God :is he prayed
that man cannot be a rchil or a bad man.
To-morrow 1 will join my sons at Valley
lorge
Yivf. Nk.lson
Gen. Nelson has a i
summary way of dealing. with vociferous
shecesh. On one occasion, recently, as
he was riding at theTiead 1 his command,
a female secessionist thrust her head frm
a window and .screamed, "Hurrah for
Jeff. Pavis ! hurrah for Jeff. Davis!"
This was too much for the temper cf the
General, and ridiug close to the fence, he
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shotitod, "Madam, if you d ire repeat that
again, I'll be cursed if" 1 don't quarter a J
man in your house who is covered all over j
with the unall-por. !" j
This threat, it is needless to add, had
the desired effect, and sheccsh retired in
to obscurity until the soldiers were out of
sight.
57 Wisconsin is evidently "coming
out." An exchange paper says that a
Poard of Kducation out there ha resolved
to erect "a building large enough to ac
commodato five hundred students three
etoriesliigh !"
jo, jsg2.
Letter Iroin tlzc "Silver Grars."'
Camt CciiTis, April 2, 18C2.
Correspondence cf The Allcghanian.
Since I last wrote you, there has been
little or no change iu the routine cf events
in camp, each day being a counterpart of
it3 predecessor and a precursor of that
which' is to follow. As I have , already
informed you, this military post, is now a
regularly established depot for recruits,
wlm are first assembled here, and tLcn
distr'.buf.cd to their respective commands.
There is, as a consequence, i-o fixedncrn
of numbers, the recruiting oCicers m dif
feretit portions of the State sending in
large numbers daily, and there being a
regular depletion going on, in the way of
forwarding the recruits to the Pegiinents
in the field.
Under the direction of Capt. Podge,
the Superintendent of the recruiting ser
vice in Pennsylvania, the quarters lor the
men have undergone a complete overhaul
ing. 'J hese have been thoroughly reno
vated and improved. Pi.stioct apart
ments have been arranged for cooking,
eating aud sleeping, which sspaiatiou has
conduced much to tiie comfort of life iu
camp. 1 he gentlemanly Superintendent
lias likewise made provisions for having
all he tllicers connected with the post,
quartered uithiu the camp. Puiidmgs
are being erected lor their accommoda
tion. In a few days, each officer will
have his own little home or "snuggery,"
in which he may practice iu the domes
ticaeeimipiishments conr.ee ted wiih house
keeping, without tear cf being annoyed or
treated Co a curtain lecture rbr any and
every violation el strict propriety. I
have, no doubt that our mess will be dis
tinguished a th.u mess of the camp no
ted lor the neatness of its iipartujents, and
the hospitality of its members. That jou
may be sate in endorsing this assertion,
suppose you "come along," by way of a
visit, and then judge for yourself.
The new order of things here has been
followed by new associations A num
ber of oiTicers who had been detailed for
the recruiting service in Philadelphia and
elsewhere, have been ordered to this
camp. A more agreeable, open-hearted,
out spoken, and chivalrous body of gen
tlemen can not be found anywhere. My
brief acquaintance has already attached
me to them, one and all. 1 will very
much regret our separation, when the
time shall have arrived for saying adii-u.
'lhe latit week has been one of mingled
irjoicing and sorrowing rejoicing at the
contemplation tf the distinguished victo
ry aebiced by the Federal army at Win
chester sorrowing for the death of the
noble, heroic martyrs for Liberty, whose
blooi attested their devotion to their
country and its flag. Wheu the news
was received here of the engagement, of
Shield's command with tbe rebel forces
under Jackson, the most intense anxiety
was manifested to hear of the result. !
Quickly upon the heels cf the first reports.
came the news of victory aud death. Tl
intelligence of the pai ticipation of tl
He
he
gallant S -lth in the hottest of the fight,
was accompanied by the sad announce
ment, that its vul'iant Colonel had fallen
upon the field or battle. How can I de
scribe to vou the gloom and evidence of.
desolation of heart which at once seized
upon the community, in which the hero
and martyr had been known from his
boyhood ' Obd and joung gae vent to
the feelings of ueep sorrow that came up
f rom their hiart of hearts the j tnpathy,
whose depth, like the stream's current, is ;
known by its stillness, was whispere'd into j
the ear ot the Mother aud tne fcisters.
The Peptcsciitutives of the People the
Jlxecutive of the State the Heads of!
Departments thoc who had been com
Tiaitions of . the deceased in the halevon
.i..v r v.wh. viod. with ? h nthr" in i
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giving testimony to their appreciation ot
the worth, virtue, and patriotism of him
whose corpse spoke his h&c tor his. coan- j
try snd his devotion to the Union. j
Put why mourn a death, such as was !
that of William Gray Mlkuay ? It :
was such an one as he himself would have :
chosen. Had he not been prevented by i
eiii no. stances over which ho bad no con- 1
trojt lfS WOu!d have drawn his sword in !
tlti defence of the "Stars & Stripes," at
,J:e Vcry out.et of this war- against rebel-
lion. Death freed the sord to his iron
grasp, and death has glorified it in vie- j
tory. What was life to such a man .when
duty beckoned "i nward." There is every
evidence that he reckoned its value dt a j
less figure, than that which he had set up-!
on the performance of his obligations to the
land of hi.s birth, lie gave it up as a
k ilhng, sacrifice upon the altar of Liberty.
When in the agonies of dissolution when j
hi noble eoul was about leaving th ten-'
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emant of clay, to go to its reward beyond
the skies, lie even then forgot self, and
ordered "to the charge-" . ,
There are incidents connected with the
death of Col. Murhav which stamp him
as having been "born to command." I
have net space to speak of more than oncj
but that one is, of itself, sufficient to es
tablish a character for coolness in conflict,
thought! ulues!' in the adoption of causes
for effect, and indifference to personal
danger, which may be envied by those
who were his compeers. It is this : In
th death struggle with the foe, when the
bullets whistled wildly around, overhead
and throng h the ranks when the col
umns were being thinned out by the fire
of the enemy numbering two toone when
victory hovered between the contending
hosts at that moment, the bravo Muit
iiay turned to his men. at whose head he
was, crying out in a voice that arose abovo
the roar of aiti.'leiy, "JAn falter not if
yoa ftrl Ukr. uiwt ri,ij, Ickjc vj,on that Flag
it trill verve you vp; on on."
The ashe of the fallen ..Hero will rest
at the base of your mountains. His mem
ory will live in the iiearfs of the inhabi
tants o'that region in which Liberty de
lights to dwell." His virtues will be spo
ken of" in terms of praise by the old,
who will point to theni a3 worthy of cm,
illation by the young. His fame will out
live his Country's travail. His children
and his children's children will revere las
memory, while seeking, at his tomb, the
inspiration to do right. The time has ar
rived. "jLty hU rjlofh he written."
High Px:ivatz.
raisou Ri oh niou's Speech
An C3thuv!at!c reception wss recently
given to Prowulow, Johnson and Kthridge,
by the Union citizens of Nashville. The
followiug characteristic speech was made
on the occaiou by Parson Prownlow :
Gf.NTLF.MHN : I', am in a tad plight to
say much of interest too thoroughly in
capacitated to do justice to you or myself.
My throat ha3 been disordered for the
past three years, and I have been compel-
led to almost abandon public 6pcaking.
Last December I was thrust into aa un
comfortable and disagreeable jail for
wdiat ? Trjoaon 1 Treason to tne bogus
Confederacy ; and the proofs tf that trea
son were articles which appeared in the
Knoxvillc U7y in .May last, when the
State of Tcunessee was a. member of the
imperishable Union. At the expiration
of 1 our weeks 1 became a victim cf the tv
phoid fever, and was removed to a room
in a decent dwelling, and a guard of setf
cn men kept me company. I subsequent.
Iy became so weak that 1 could not turn
over in my bed, and the guard was in
ciea el to twelve men, for fear I should.
su-Menly re-over and run away to Ken
tucky. Peing convalescent, iu a meas
ure, I was removed to my former place of
confinement. One day was visited by
some Confederate officers, who remarked
"Prowulow, you should not le here. .
Take the c ith of allegiance to the Confed
erate Government, which will not only
entitle you to a speeuy release, but insure
your protection." 'Sir !".said I, "before
1 would take the the oath to support such
a hell forsaken institution, 1 would sutler
myself to rot or die with old age."
Whj-, my friends, these demagogue
actually boat that the Lord is on their,
side, ami declare that God Almighty is
assisting them iu the furtherance of their
nefarious project. In Knoxville and sur
rounding localities, a short time since,
daily prayer meetings were held, wherein
the Almighty was besveched to raise Lin--corn's
blockade, arid to hurl destruction
agiinst the Purnsdde Expedition. Their
prayers were partly answered the block
ado at Koaiioke Island was most elTectu-.
illy raised, a reciprocal of their sacrilege
divinely tendered.
Gentlemen, 1 am no Abolitionist. I
applaud no sectional docrines. I am a
Southern ian, and all my relatives and
interests are thoroughly identified with
the South and Southern institutions. I
was born in the Old Dominion, my pa
vents were bom in Virginia, and tbev and
their antecedents were all slaveholders.
Let me assure you that the South has suf
fered no infringement upon her institu
tions ; tlfe slavery question was actually
no pretext for this unholy, unrighteous
conflict Twelve Senators from the Cot
ton Slates, who had sworn to suppoit and
preserve inviolate the Constitution fra
med by our forefathers, plotted treason at
night a fit time for such a crime- and
telegraphed t. their State despatches ad
vising them to pass ordinances of secession.
Yes, gentlem'-n, twelve Senators swore
allegiance in the day time, and unsworo
it at night.
A short time since T was called upon
by a little Jew, who, I believe, is the
Secretary of War, of the boi-us Confeder
acy, lie threnteuftd o tang me, and X
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