i .4 Aft; .3 a 4. n VRK.ER, Editor and Proprietor. J'XODB UUTCIflXSOX, Publisher. I WOULD BATHER BE RIGIIT THAN RESIDENT. Uesry Clay. TF1,uc.. f S2.00 PER AXXV91, 1 Sl.SO IX ADVANCE. o DIRECTORY. LIST OF POST OFFICES. n ?. Post Masters. Districts. Bean's Creek, Bethel Station Uarrolltown, 'Chess Sprites, Cresscn, h'bensburg. Fallen Timber, Gallitzin, Hemlock, Johnstown, Loretto, Mineral Point, Minister, Pershing, Plattsville, lioselanJ, .St. Augustine, Scalp Level," Somuan, Summerhill, Summit, Wilmore, .Tnsptih Graham. Yoder Enoch Reese, Blackluk. William M. Joner, Carroll. Daul. Litzincer, Cnest. John J. Troxell, John Thompson, Isaac Thompson, J. M. Christy, Win. M'Gough, I. E. Chandler, P. Shields "E. Wissinger, A. Durbin, . Francis Clement, Andrew J. Ferrul it. W. Bowman, Win. Ryan, Sr., George Conrad, 15. irColeran, Yv 83hint'u. Ebensburg. White. Gallitzin. Washt'n. Johnst'wn. Lorttto. Conem'gh. Munster. Conem'gh. Susq'han. White. Clearfield. Richland. Washt'n. 1J. F. Slick, Croyle. Miss M. Gillespie Washt'n. Morris Keil, S'mmerhill CHURCHES, MIXSSTERS, &C. Presbyterian Rev. D. Harbison-, Pastor. Preaching every Sabbath morning at 10J o'clock, and in the evening at 3 o'clock. Sab bath School at 1 o'clock, A. M. Prayer meet ing every Thursday evening a't G o'clock. "Methodist Episcopal Ch arch Re v. S. T . Show, Preacher in charge. Rev. W. Long, Assis tant. Preachfug every Sabbath, alternately at 10 o'clock in the morning, or 7 in the evening. Sabbath School at U o'clock, A. II. PrayerVaeeting every Thursday evening, at 7 o'clock. Welch Independent Rev Li.. R- Powell. Pastor. Preaching every Sabbath morning at 10 o'ciock, and in the evening at G o'clock. Sabbath School at 1 o'clock, P. M. Prayer meeting on the first Monday evening of each month 7 and on every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday evening, excepting the first week in each month. Cul.vinistic Methodist Rev. Joiis Williams. Pastor. Preaching every Sabbath evening at 2 aud 6 o'clock. Sabbath School at lu o'clock, A. M. Praver meeting every Friday evening, at 7 o'clock. Society every Tuesday evening ut 7 o'clock. Disciples Rev. W. Lloyd, Pastor. Preach ing eveVv Sabbath morning at 10 o'clock. Particular Baptists Rev. David Jenkins, Pastor. Preaching every Sabbath cveniugat 3 o'clock. Sabbath School at at 1 o'clock, P. M. Catholic Rev. M. J. Mitchell, Pastor. Services every Sabbath morning at 10 j o'clock aud Yesoers at 4 o'clock i the evening. EDEXSni'KG 3I.11ES. MAILS AUUIYE. Eastern, daily, at 12 o'clock, noon. Western, at 12 o'clock, noon. MAILS CLOiE. F.HStern, daily, at 8 o'clock. P. M. Western, at 8 o'clock, P. M. JJSfThe mails from Butler.lndiaua, Strongs town, Jcc, arrive ou Thursday of each week, at 5 o'clock, P. M. Leave Kbcnsburg on Friday of each week, at a A. M. M2kThe mails from Newman's Mills, Car rolltown. kc, arrive on Monday, Wednesday uni Friday of each week, at 3 o'clock, P. M. Leave Kbeniburg on Tuesdays, Thursdays w: l Saturdays, at 7 o'clock, A. M. EMIfiROAD SCBIEEJSJi.E WILMORE STATION. st Express Train leaves at 9.-U A. M. P. M. P. M. P. M. " Fast Line Mail Train " East Express Train " Fast Line ' " Mail Train " 10.0') 4.45 F.'i: G 30 10.34 A. M. A. M. a.'m- P. M P. M. A. M. CUES SON STATION. West Express Train leave3 at Mail Train " Lust Express Train " " Mail Train " The Fast Lines do not step, j 9.22 4.16 8.33 11.01 COl'STY OFFICERS. Judjesofthe Courts President, Hon. Geo. Talor, Huntingdon; Associates, George W. Eashy, Henry C. Devine. Prothonotury Joseph M' Donald. Jleyitter and Recorder Ed.vard F. Lytic. Sheriff John Buck. I tDistrict Attorney. Philip S. Noon. Count' Commissioners D. T. Storm, James L'ooper, Peter J. Little. Treasurer Thomas Callin. , Poor liaise Director Jacob Horner, Wil iam Douglass, George Delany. Poor House Treasurer. George C. K. ZaLm. 'Poor House Steward. James J. Kavlor. 'Mercantile Appraiser John Parrel". 'Auditors John F. Stull, Thomas J. Nel son, Edward Ft Donnegan. County Surveyor. E. A. Yickroy. Coroner. James S. Todd. S'ip't. of Common Schools Yvm. A. Scott. ' EREXSKFRG KOR. OFFICERS. Justices of the Peace. David II. Roberts Harrison Kiukcad. g. Jlurgens George Huntlev. School Directors E. J. Mills, Dr. JolnrM. Jones, Isaac Evans. EAST WABD. CuiutalleUxomAs Todd. Town Council Win. Davis, Daniel J. Davis, K. J. Waters, John Thompson, Jr., David W. Jones. ' Inspectors John W. Roberts, V, Rmlgers. Ju.lye of Election Tiiorrcas J. Davis. Assessor Thomas P. Davis. WEST WAKD. Constahle M. M. 'O'Neill. Town Council William Kittell, II. Khifcead, H L. Johnston, Edward D. Evans, Thomas J. Williams. . i sj,ecjisA. D. Tbomas. Robert Ernn i .f'Jjc of EUction John Llm-c. j 1 .1 :- nichaid T. Davis," 1 VOLUME Waiting for May. Ah I jny heart is weary waiting, Waiting for the May Yv'aiting for the pleasant rambles, Where the fragrant hawthorn brambles, With the woodbine alternating, Scent the dewy way. Ah. ! my heart is weary waiting, Waiting for. the May. . Ah ! my heart is sore with lhui, Sighing for the May Sighing for the sure returning, When the summer beams are burning, Hopes and flowers that dead or c!in All the winter lay ; Ah 1 my hcait is sore with sighinj Sighing for the May. Ah ! my heart is pained with throbbing, Throbbing for the May Throbbing for the seaside billows, ' Or the water-wooing willows, Where in laughing and iu sobbing, Glides the stream away ; Ah ! my heart,, my heart is throbbing, Throbbing for the May. Waiting, sad. dejected, weary, Waiting for the May Spring goes by with v. astn. warnings, Moonlight evenings, sanbright mornings; Summer comes, yet, dark and dreary, Life still ebbs away ; Man is ever weary, weary, AYaiting for the May. THE P&RSOrS'S LESSQfl. The small parish at Fallowdale liau becu fcr some time without a pastor. The members tvere nearly all faruiers, and they did irot have much money to be stow upon the support of a clergyman, yet they were willing to pay for anything that could promise them any clue returu of good. In course of time it happened that the Rev. Abraham Surely visited Fallowdale, and as a Sabbath passed during las so journ, he held a meeting iu the small church. The people were pleased -vrith hi3 preaching, and some of them proposed inviting him to remain with them, aud take charge of their spiritual welfare. Upou the merits of this proposition there was a long discussion. Parson Surely had signified his willingness to take a permanent residence at Fallowdale, but the members of the parish could not so readily airree to hire him. "I don't see the use of hiring a parson," said an old farmer of the place, "lie can do us uo good. A parsou can't learn uie anything." To this it was answered, that stated re ligious meetings would be of great bene fit to soma of the younger members, and also a source of good to all. "I don't know about that. I've heard tell of a parsou that could pray for rain, and have it come at any time. Now, il e could hit upon such a parson as that, I would go in for hiring him." This opened a new idea to the unso phisticated minds of Fallowdale. The farmers often suffered from long droughts, and after urging a while iouger, they agreed to hire Furson Surely, on the con dition that he should give thf.m rain when ever they wished for it, and ou the other hand, that he wouid also iue them fair weather when required. Deacons Smith and Townsend were deputized to make this arrangement known to the parson, and the people remained iu the church while the messengers went upon their er rand. "When the Deacons returned Mr. Sure ly accompanied them. He smiled as he entered the church, and with a bow he sa luted the people there assembled. "Well, xay friends," he said, as ho as cended the platform in front of the dek, t4I have heard Vour request to me, aud strange as it may appear, I have come to accept your proposal, hut 1 do it only on one condition, and that is, that your re quest for a change of weather must be unanimous." This appeared very reasonable, since every member of the parish had a deep iuterest iu the farming business, aud eie long it was arranged that Mr. Surely should become the pastor, and that he should give the people rain when they wanted it. AVhen Mr. Surely returned to his lodg ings, his wife was utterly astounded on learning the nature of the contract her husband had entered into, but the pastor smiled, and bade her wait for the result. 4Jut you know you cannot make it rain," persi.-ted Mrs. Surely; "aud you know, too, that the farmers here will be wanting rain very often when there is none for them, lou will be disgraced, Ar. Surclv." - EBENSBURG, PA-, THURSDAY, MAY "I will learn them a lessoD," returned the pastor. "Ay, that you canriqt be as good as your "word and when you. have learned it to them, they will turn you off." 'We ?hall see," was Mr. Surely's ic ply, and he quietly took up a book and commenced reading. This was the signal for her to desist from further conversation on the subject, and she accordingly obeyed. Time flew ou and the hot days of raid summer were at hand. For three weeks it had not rained, and the young corn was beginning to curl uj beneath the effects of the drought. Iu this cxtreiuity the people bethought themselves of the prom ise of their pastor, and they hastened to him. . "Corae," said Sharp, whose hilly farm was suffering severely, "we want rain. You remember vour promise." "f!ortiinlv " returned Mr. Surch. "If! j i you will call a meeting of the relish, I will be with them this evening" "With this the applicants were perfectly satisfied, and they hastened to call the flock together. "Nov, you'll see the hour of your dis grace," said Mrs". Surely, after the visi tors had gone, ;'Oh, I am so sorry that ycu ever undertook to deceive the variah so.". "I did net deceive them." "Yes, you surely did." "We shall sec," added the pastor. . The hour of the meeting came around, and l'arson Surely met his people at the church. They were all there, some anx ious, the remainder curious. "Xow, my friends," said- the pa?tor, rising upon the platform, l'I have come to hear your request. " "What is it ?" "We want rain," bluntly spoke farmer Sharp, "and you know you promised to give it to us." "Ay rain rain," repeated half a doz en voices. "Yery well. Now when do you want to have it V "To-night. Let it rain all night long," said Sharp, to which several others iame ftly assented. fNo, no, not to-night," cried deacon Smith. "I have six or seven tons of well made hay in the field, and I would not have it wet for anything." "So have I hay out in the field," ad- ded Mr. Feck. kWe won't have rain to- night." 'Then let it be to-morrow." "It will take me all day to-morrow to get my ha in," said Smith. Thus the objections came up the two succeeding lays, and at length, by way of compromise, Mr. Sharp proposed that they should have raiu iu just four days. "For," Kiid he, '-by that time all Uio hay which. "ia new cut can bo got in, and we need not cut uny : " " "Stop, stop," uttered Mrs. Sharp, pul- I ling her worthy huiband by the sieove. "That is the day we have set to go to Snowball. It mus'nt rain then." This was law for Mr. Sharp, so he pro posed that the rain should come :u one week, and then sat down. But this would not do. "If we can't have rain before then, we'd better have none at all," said they. In short, the meeting resulted iu just no conclusion at all, for the good people found it utterly impossible to agree upon a time when it should rain. "Until you can make up your, minds on this point," baid the pastor, as he was about leaving the church, "we luust all trust in the Lord." And after this the people followed him from the church. Doth Deacon Smith and Mr. Feck got their hay saiely in, but on the very day Mr. Sharp was to have started for Snow hill it began to rain in good earnest. Mr. Sharp lost his visit, but he met his disap pointment with good grace, fur hid crops smiled at the rain. Ere another month had passed by, an other meeting was called lor a petition for rain, but with the same result as before. Many of the people had their muck to dig, and rain would prevent them. Some wanted it immediately some in one, some in-two, and tome iu three days; while other parishioner wanted to put it off longer. So Mr. Surely had no occasion to call for rah). One year roiled by, and up to that time the people of Fallowdale had never once Lecu able to agree upon the exact kind of weather they would have, aud the result was, that they began to oppu their eps to the fact, that this world would be a strange place if its inhabitants should govern it. Ou the last Sabbath in the first year of Mr. Surely 's settlement at Fallowdale, ha oQcred to break up his connection with the parish, but the people would not lis ten to it. They had become attached to him and the meeting, aud they wished him to stay. "Dut 1 can no longer rest under our former contract with regard to the weath er," said the pastor. "Nor do we wish you to," returned Mr. Sharp. "Only preach to us, and teach, us and our children how to live, and help us to be social, contented and happy." "And," added the pastor, while a tear of pride stood in his eye, U3 he looked for an instant into the face of his now happy wife, "all things above our proper spheres we will leave with God, for lie doelli all tJttnjs icell." Wlay lYaSiainCon I rvlnjy never 31arriec!. Much mystery ha3 attached to the cel ibacy of Washington Irving. "While upon every other point or peculiarity of the great writer's character and career his familiar friends have taken pains to inform the wide circle of his admirers, an aggravating reticence has alwa3S met the questionings of those who were curious r.s to why matrimony made no part of his experience. There were occasional and Tory vagus references made to a "lang syne" love so dimly distant in the past as to have the air of tradition and the manner of mentioning which made Irving appear the model of constancy, if not the hero of romance. Dut the circumstance of his bachelorhcod remained a simple, patent, unexplained fact ; the theme of many wonderings, the warp and wool of much imagining nay more, the super structure of a thousaud sweet sympathies outgushing from other hearts whose loves had not been lost but gone be-fore. It 13 doubtful if a secret of the sort all things considered was ever before so carefully aud completely kept. For once the im pertinent were held at bay, the prying were baulked, and the sympathetic, even discouraged. The set time for its dis closure had not come, and surely, wheu his intimates and relatives were debarred from the remotest reference to the subject in thejialioweu home circle of the liter ary bachelor, it was but proper that the truth should burst forth upon the world, if at all. in Irvine's own selected time and his own pathetic language. It was while engaged in writing his "History Of New York," that Irving, then a young man of twenty-six, was called to mourn the somewhat sudden death of Matilda Hoffman, whom he had hoped to call hi3 wife. This young lady was the the second daughter of Josiah Ogden lloflaian, and the sister of those two tal ented meu, Charles Fen no Hoffman, the poet, and Ogden Hoffman, the eloquent jurist. In her father's office Washington Irving essayed to study law, and with every prospect, if industrious, of a part nership with 3Ir. Hoffman, as - well as a matrimonial alliance with Matilda. These high hopes were disappointed by the de cease of the youn;r lady on the ICth of April,' li'UT, in the eighteenth year of her ago. There is a pathos about lrving's recital of the circumstances of her death, and of his own feelings, that is truly painful and tear-impelling. He says "She was ta keuill with a cold. Nothing was thought of it at first ; but she grew rapidly worse and fell into consumption. 1 cannot tell you what I suffered. . "I saw her fade rapidly away : beautiful and more angelic to the very last. I was : often by her bedside, and in her wander- i incr state of mind she would talk to me with a sweet, natural and effecting elo quent that was overpowering. I saw more of the beauty of her mind in that delirious tate than I had ever kuowu before. Her malady was rapid in its ca reer, and hurried her off in two mouths. Her dying .struggles were painful and protracted. For three days and nights I did not leave the house, and scarcely slept. 1 was by her .when she died, all the family were assembled round her, some praying, others weeping, for the was adored by all. I was the last oue she looked upon. I cannot tell you what n horrid state of mind 1 was iu for a long time. I seemed to care for nothing ; the world was a blank tome. I abaudoued all thoughts of the law. I went into the "couutry, but could not bear solitude, yet could not enjoy bo ciety. There was a dismal horror contin ually iu my mind that made me fear to be alone. I had often to get up in the night and seek the bed-room of my brother, as if having a human being by me would relieve me from the frightful gloom of my own thoughts. Months elapsed be foic my mind would resume any . tone, but the despondency I had suffered for a long time in the course of this attachment and the anguish that atteu Jed its catastro phe seemed to give a turn to my whole character, and throw some clouds into my disposifiou, which have ever bince hung about it. "1 seemed to drift about without aim or 8,-1862, object, at the mercy of every breeze ; my heart wanted anchorags. I was naturally susceptible, and tried to form other at tachments, but my hcait would not hold on ; it would continually recur to what it had lost ; and whenever there was a pause in the hurry of novelty and excitement, I would sink into dismal dejection. For years I could not talk on the subject of this hopeless regret ; I could not even mention her name ; but -her image was continually before me, and I dreamt of her incessantly." Such was the language in which Irving poured forth his sorrows and sad mcmo-rie-?, in a letter written many years ago to a lady who wondered at his celibacy and expressed a wish to know why he was never married. Can words more graph ically describe the shipwreck of a faith ful, lover ? How sweetly, too, does Irving portray with I113 artist pen the lineaments of his loved one! He says in the same letter, "The more I saw of her, the more I had reason to admire her. Her mind seemed to unfold itself leaf by leaf, and every time to discover new sweetness. Nobody knew her so well as I, for she was generally timid and silent ; but I, in a manner; studied her excellence. Never did I meet with more intuitive rectitude of mind, more native delicacy, more ex quisite propriety iu word, thought and action, than in this young creature. I am not exaggerating; what 1 say was acknowledged by all that new her. Her briliiant little sister used to say that peo ple began by admiring her, but ended by loving Matilda.- For my part I idolized her. I felt at times rebuked by her su perior delicacy and purity, and as if I was a coarse, unworthy being in compar ison." Irviu seldom or never alluded to this sad event, nor was the narac of Matilda eVer spoken in his presence. Thirty years after her death, Irving was visiting Mr. Hoffman, and a grand-daughter, in drawing out some sheets of music to be performed upon the piano, accidentally brought with them a piece of embroidery which dropped upon the floor. "Wash ington," said Mr. Hoffman, "this is a pieue of poor Matilda's workmanship." His biographer describes the effect as electric. "He had been conversing ia the sprightliest mood before,1" says Pierre M. living, "and he sunk at once into utter silence, and in a few moments got up aud left the house." Do any of the pages that record the "loves of poets" glisten with a purer, brighter halo than is thrown around the name and character and mem ory of Matilda Hoffman by the life-long constancy aud the graceful tributes of one whose name, destiued to a deathless re nown, may not henceforth be dissevered from that of the early lost and dearly loved, whose death made Washington Irving what he was and what the world admires '! JJostvn I'ozt. A Kentucky Governor. Governor Powell, of Kentucky, was never an orator but his conversational, story-telling and social qualities were remarkable. His great forte lay in establishing a personal iutiiincy with every one he met, and in this way he was powerful in electioneering. He chewed immense quantities of tobacco, but never carried the wectMuraself, and was always begging it of every 010 he met . His residence was in Henderson, and iu coming up the Ohio past that place I overheard the following characteristic anecdote of him. A citizen of Henderson corning on beard fedl into conversation with a passen ger, who made inquiries about Powell. 'Lives iu your place, I believe, don't he t "Yes, one of our oldest citizen." "Yery pociitble man ain't he ?" "Remarkably so." "Well. I thought fo. I think he is one of the most sociable men I ever met with in all my life. Wonderfully bociabie ! 1 was introduced to him over at Grayson Springs last Summer, and he had not teen with me ten minutes when he begged ail the tobacco I had, got his feel up in n:v lap and pu' till over r.ic .' rc-tnarkuilj sociable." A letter from the Tenncsce river, contains the following paragraph' ttbeut the loyalists who have appeared on the Tennessee river : This invaluable class io composed ac cording to a careful analysis made by an eminent chemist on" the spot of ten parts unadulterated Andy Johnson Union men, ten of good-lord, good dovil-ites, five of spies, and seventy-five scallawags, too la zy to run, therefore disqualified tor service in the secesh army, aud too cowardly to steal on their own responsibility, but wil ling to bo enrolled "Home Guard," so as to plunder' their neighoora under the Uuiou flag. NUMBER 33. luciilcnf n of'tlie ISattle or I'Jtls buis JLauIiii:r. A correspondent writing from Pittsburg Landing says : I am so overwhelmed with incidents of the battle, that it puz zles me to select the most interesting. I will give 3-ou a few by way of variety : A member of Gen. Ruell's staff had a srholl to pass so close to him that it took eff ohe-half of the skirt of his coat, and the head, of a soldier iu his rear. Yet he was uninjured. Gen. IJnell had a horse shot from un der him, and several shells exploded near him and Gen. M'Cook without injuring cither. The color sergeant of ono of the regi ments was shot down, receiving five balls in less than a minute. The standard wu3 immediately seized by a youth, about nineteen years of age, who, amid a perfect shower of balls, rushed about eighty yards ahead of the regiment, and waved his flag defiantly at the rebels. His clothes wero torn with bullets, but he escaped unhurt. I endeavored to get his name and failed, but I learn that he will bo mentioned iu the official reports. Oue company in an Illinois Regiment ha-d every officer, commissioned and non commissioned, shot down. Dy consent, a. private cscunied command, and conducted them handsomely, through the fight. Among the wounded rebels was a youth from Alabama. Doth of hi3 legs wero shattered. During the battle he asked for water, and was supplied. He theu said : "This is my mother's fault. I did not want to fight against the Union, but she called me a coward, and forced mc to en list." : - He gave the National soldier a ring, and requested him to send it to his moth er, and to sayto her that he died a brave boy, but regretting that he had taken up arms against his country. "What will be the pangs of that mother's heart wheu sho receives this message) ? There were few Colonels who were not struck with balls. One of the most re markable escapes was that of Col. Mun gen, of Ohio. - His horse's mane was nearly cut'rrway with bullets, and several passed through his clothing, yet he was not even scratched. The rebel sharpshooters aimed constantly at our officers of all ranks. Some of the regiments have scarcely an officer on duty, but have- plenty of good material in the ranks to fill all vacancies. A national and a rebel soldier were found dead, side by side, with hands clasped. lt'is sujiposcd that they fell near each other, mortally wounded, and making friends, died iu peace. The killed and wounded in the Second Kentucky were all shot withiu five min utes. The experience of the regiment in Western Virginia enabled them to dodge balls; shell and bullets, while for several hours they were protecting a battery, and, during that time, not a mau was wounded. They charged, however, in the face of a heavy fire, when they suffered severely. One young Ohio volunteer, who had been recently wounded, and died befora being picked up, was found with the min iature of a young lady friend to his lips. His comrades state that he had an idea he would be killed, and was several times seen looking at the daguerreotype the' regiment was in reserve. whi lo Ilani.-ouburg, where the advanco of Gen. Ranks was on the 22d, is the present southern tenniuus of the Manas sas Gap Railroad, aud the county-town of Rockingham county, Virginia. It is au old place, laid out in 1700; and had, at the breaking out of the war, about thir teen hundred inhabitants. There is a turnpike road from there to Staunton, which is distant nly twenty-five miles. Staunton is one hundred and twenty-five miles from Richmond by railroad, and iu j cssession i-? important to our operations on the rebel capit al. Sun ay, to which point the General says he has pushed for ward a force, is a tillage, the capital of Pag3L'eou:)ty ; and. about fifteen miles by road e?.st from New Market, where the main body of Gen. Ranks' army is en camped. It lies err a branch of the She nandoah river, a-ud its possession protects two bridge?, one across the branch and one across the main ttreuui of the She uandoah. .31, Since the first of January the Union foiCca havs Captured from the rel-; els five hundred an I ninety siege guns, and field pieces.' Thra artillery woulu equip a grand army, and when it is"- re membered what pains the rebel have had to procure thes-c guns, .tho severity cf tuo loss will be fully apparent. . , tu?" Why is.thc Southern Confederacy like a beautiful young lady i' , Rccaue upon the wholo it is a per' feet dain-stl ' in
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