! S f 4. BiRREU, ISdltor and Proprietor. I WOULD .RATHER BE RIGHT TIIAN PRESIDENT. Hexey Clay. A. J. a'i.5o iv advance; 11' ? 1 VOLUME 3. DIRECTORY. MST Oi? I'OST OFFICES. Post Ojfi.ce. Post Masteri. Districts. Benn's Creek, Joseph uranara, iu-i. Enoch Reese, lilacklick. William M. Jones, Carroll. Danl. Litzinger, Chest. AVm. W. Young, Washint'n. John Thompson, Ebensburg. Isaac Thompson, White. J Ml Christv. Gallitzin. Bethel Station Curolltown, Chess Springs, Oresson, ensburg. ..-lien Timber, Xillitzin, -Hemlock, okiistown, "Loretto, Mineral Point, Munster: Win. M'Gough, Washt'n. I. E. Chandler, Johnst'wn. V. Shields Loretto. E. Wissiager, Conem'gh. A. Durbin, Munster. Francis Clement, Conem'gh. Andrew J Ferral, Susq'han. Pershing, i'lattsville, Koscland, (. W. Bowman, White. Win. Ryan; Sr., Clearfield. GeorgeConrad, Richland. B. M Colgan, Washt?n. B. F. Slick, Croyle. Miss M. Glliespitj Washfn. Morris Kcil, S'nierhill. f?t: Augustirie, JScatp Level, fniuimerhill, Summit, Wilmore, fcrit llCIIKS, 3IIXISTE11S, &C. Presbyterian-. D. .IIaubisox, Pastor. Preachiug every Sabbath morning at 10 o'clock, and in the evening a'. 3 o'clock. Sab bath School at 1 o'clock, A. M. Prnver mect-iu-' evcrv Thursday evening at G o-clock. "Utthodist Episcopal Ch nrch Rev.S.T . Snow, Preacher in cha-rge. Rev. W. Long, Assis tant. Preaching; every Sabbath, alternately ht 101 o'clock in the morning, or 7 la the evening. Sabbath School at 'J o'clock, A. M. I'rayeAiiecting every Thursday evening, at 7 o'clock. Welch Indi pendent Ue ht. R. Powell, Pastor. Preaching every Sabbath morning at JC o'ciock, and in the evening at d o'clock. Sabbath School at 1 o'clock, P. M. Prayer xr.oetia" on the first Monday evening of e.ich month ; and on every Tuesday, Thursdayaud Friday evening, excepting the first wee, in each month. Cal viiti tic Methodic Rev. John Williams, Pastor. Preaching every Sabbath evening at 1 aud 6 o'clock. Sabbath School at 10 o'clock, V.. M. Prayer meeting every Friday evening, r.t 7 o'clock. Society every Tuesday evening .at 7 o'clock. Disciples Rev. W. Llotd, Paster. Preach ing evcrr S'abbath morning at 10 o'clock. "Particular JJapixts Rev. David Jexkins, Pastor. Preaching every Sabbath evening at S o'clock. Sabbath-School at at 1 o'clock, P. M. atholic Rev. M. J. Mitchell, Pastor. Services everv Sabbath morning at 10J o'clock and Vespers at 4 o'clock in tbe evening. i:bes!iurg masses. mails arrive. Eastern, daily, at 12 o'clock, noon. Western, at m 1 0 o'ciock, P. M. MAILS CLOSE. E -steru, daily, at Si o'clock. P. M. Western, " at o'clock, P. M. tcBTho mails from Butler, Indian a,Strongs-i.-.vn, it-., arrive on Thursday of each week, At r o'clock. P. M. Leave Ebensburg on Friday of each week, at s A. M. C".The mails from Newman's Mills, Car rolitovvn, i-c, arrive on Monday, Wednesday .r.i Friday of each week, at li o'clock, P. M. Leave Ebensburg on Tuesdays, Thursdays .aad Saturdays, at 7 o'clock, A. M. UAILUOAW SCII5: 15 CRESSOX STATION West Express Train leaves at S.31 A P 7.35 P 7.4 P M. M. M. M. ' Fast Line " Mail Train List Express Train " " Fast Line " ' Mail Traiu : WILMORE STATION West Express Train leaves at Fast Lino " Mail Train " E.ut Exore?s Train " 12.17 P. M C.50 A. M 9.13 A. M. J. 18 P. M. 8.09 P. M. 7. -20 P. M. 11.55 P. M. o.3 A. M. Fast Line Mail Train COl:STY OFFICERS. Judges of the Courts President, Hon. Geo. Taylor, Huntingdon ; Associates, George W. 'Easier, Henry C Devine. Prothonotiry--Joseph M'DonaM. Register and Recorder Ed.vard F. Lytic. Sherijf John Buck. District Attorney. Philip S. Noon. County Cumniscioners 1). T. Stujni, James Cooper, Peter J. Little. treasurer 1 nomas Calhn. Poor House Directors Jacob Horner, Wil xiaru Douglass, George Delany. Por Huase Treasurer. George C. K. Zabni. Poor House Steward. Jame3 J. Kaylor. Mercantile Appraiser John Farrell. Auiitors John F. Stall, Thomas J. Xel Jou, Edward It Donni'gan. Cou,ity Surveyor. E. A. Vickroy. Coroner. James S. Todd. Sjp't. of Common Schools Wm. A. Scott. ESOSBIRG IIOR. OFFICERS. Justices of the Peace. David II. Roberts, Harrison Kinkead. Burgest George Huntley. School Directors E. J. Mills, Dr. John M. Jones, Isaac Evans. east wj.r:. Constable Thomas Tod 1. Toicji Council Wm. Davis, Daniel J. Davis, U. J. Waters, John Thompson, Jr., David W. Jones. Inspector John W. Roberts, L. Rodgers. Judge of Election Thomas J. Davis. Assessor Thomas P. Davis. WKfiT WAUU. Constable M. M. O'Neill. Toicn Council William KitteU. If. Kinkead, K. L. Johnston, Edward D. Evans, Thomas J, .fViiiiuQis. Inspector J. D.Thoma". Robert Evan. JuJjt of Election John LloyO. -Jtnemur Piichard T. Dai, Select 3octrji. Katie's Secret. The sunlight is beautiful, mother, And sweetly the flowers bloom to-day ; And birds in the branches of hawthorn Are caroling ever so gay ; And down by the rock in the meadow The rill ripples by with a song ; But, mother, I too have been singing The merriest all the day long. Last night I -was weeping, dear mother, Last night I was weeping alone : The world was so dark and so dreary, My heart grew heavy a3 stone ; I thought of the lonely and lovely All lonely and lovely was 1 1 I can scarcely tell you why, mother, But, Oh ! I was wishing to die ! Last night I was weeping, dear mother, But Willie came down by the gate, And whispered, "Come out in the moonlight, I've something to sav to ou, Kate 1" Oh 1 mother, to him T am dearer Than ail the wide world beside : He told me so, out in the moonlight He called me his darling, bis bride ! So now I will gather rue roses, To twine in my long braided hair ; And Willie will come in the evening, And smile when he sees me so. fair. And out in the moonlight we'll wander, And down by the old hawthorn tree ; Oh ! mother I wonder if any Were ever so happy as we ? mm Report of tlie Supcriaitendent of Common Schools of Cambria County, for tlie Year ending Jsssie 1, 1SG2. Hok. T. II. Bcriiowes, Supt. Com. Schools: Sir : The fact that I was not commis sioned Superintendent of Cambria until the Cth of January, when the school term wa3 more than half over, and that I was consequently unable to visit all of the schools, will, I trust, be sufficient apology for any failure on my part to comply witlx the instructions to County Superinten dents, published in the Journal of 3Iay, 18C2. "While the official acls ot my pre decessor are an record, his observations are not ; and if I fail to give the Depart ment all the information it requires, a connection of only four months with the County Superintendency must be my ex cuse for any imperfections in a report intended to embrace the operations of a whole jear. I shall not attempt to pre pare the tabular statement asked for by the Department, as it could at best be but approximately correct, but will endeavor to Give the required information in the. order suggested, and to make it aa com plete as circumstances vrill permit. Nojc School Jlovses. This year, Alle ghany, Jackson, Clearfield, Summcrhill and lvichland each erected a new house five in all. Of the one in Clearfield, nothing is known ; but the remaining four are of a much better style than the old fashioccd, uncomfortable structures they replaced. They are all frame buildings, .sufficiently larire to accommodate all the pupils in the districts in which they are located, well ventilated and comfortably and tastefully furnished, but, with the exception of the ouo in Alleghany, ns yet unpainted. Those in Alleghany and Jack sou are built aller the plans of tlie Penna. School Architecture. School Houses. The whole number of school-house3 in the county is 143. For reasons already given, I am unable to state the exact number unfit for use; but we have a great many that arc objectionable, either in themselves or thar location.- Thc most prominent of these that have come under my notice are two in Jack son, one in Summcrhill, and two in Chest Have heard of no houses being refurnish ed durinir the year. The Directors of Carroll ton district intend to furnish their building the present summer, according to the plans ot the l'enna. b. A. The number jet with wholly unsuitable furni- turo cannot be given, but is very large A majority of the school-houses in Cam bria are without suitable furniture. Have heard of no houses being furnished with suitable or considerable apparatus. About one-half the school-houses are furnished with good black-boards j the rcmaindcTr are either without, or are furnished with black-board surface too small to be of any service. One-fourth are supplied with Orthographical Charts, and these, with the additiou of a few maps and globes in Johnstown, and maps in Ebensburg and Wilmore, make up the sum total of school apparatus in Cambria county. Schools. No Graded, Schools were es tablished during the year. T-he only Graded Schools in the county are in Eb ensburg and Wilmore boroughs. About vnc-foui'th of the schools are well classi EBENSBXJRG, PA., THURSDAY, JULY fied without being graded; the remainder are neither graded nor classified. This want of proper classification will continue to exist until Directors not only adopt uniform series of books, but afterwards observe carefully that no other kind is brought into the schools. Some Boards have failed to comply with the require ments of the Common School Law to adopt a uniform series of books, while others, having adoptedsuch series by res olution, have failed to exact compliance with it, and the schools in such districts have derived no real benefit from the ac tion of the Board. Duriug the summer and fall, the necessity of observing this section of the School Law will be urged upon all Boards that have hitherto failed in so doing. Examination of Teachers. The whole number of applicants examined publicly by Mr. Swank from the 1st of June, 18C1, until his resignation cn tho 13th of No vember, was 188. Number examined privately, 7. Total, 195. To 180 of these applicants, Provisional Certificates were granted ; the remaining 15 were re jected. Since my appointment, 1-i teach ers have heeu examined privately, at tho request of the Board of Directors employ ing them, and received certificates. At public examinations, 4S Provisional Cer tificates have been issued. Acting under instructions from the Department, I also issued, at the County Institute, Profession al Certificates to 9 teachers holding first- class Provisional from Mr. Swank. It thus appears that," during the year ending June 1, 18G2, 257 applicants have been examined, 242 Provisional and 9 Profes sional Certificates granted, and certificates of any kind refused to 15 applicants. Visitation of Schools. Previous to his resignation, JUr. bwanic hatf visited lc schools. Since my appointment, 90 schools have been visited once and 14 twice, ma- kinjr a total of 101 visits. Whole num ber of schools visited once during the year, 108. Number visited twico, 14. The average duration of these visits 'Was two hours, a part of the time being ipent iu observing the teacher in the discharge of his school-room duties, and a part in hearing classes myself. H ith a few ex ceptions, an address varying in length from ten to twenty-five minutes was deliv ered in each school. In my visitations m the different districts, I was" accompanied by 41 Directors. I found no troublo in securing the company of Directors, the only difficulty experienced being want of time to hunt them up. District Secretaries and Superintendents. I am unable to give the exact number of Secretaries who acted as District Superin tendents during the vear, but it was small not more than four or five. Some Sec retaries said they had no . arrangement with the Board as to salary, and did not know what they would receive. The sal aries of these officers Ecem to range from three to twenty dollars. Tlie amount paid Secretaries for services as District Super intendents varies from ten to thirty dol lars, the latter being the sum paid by the Johnstown Board to the Secretary, who is required to spend one day in each week iu the schools. This duty has been faith fully performed the pa3t winter by James Potts, Esq., and seeras to have been atten ded with beneficial results. No District Institutes were held in the county during the year. Tho new sup plement to the School Law makes the organization of District Institutes a part of the duty of both teachers and Directors, and every cfiort will be made to have its provisions faithfully observed. Moral Instruction. The Bible wa used the past winter in about one-fifth of the schools, and the Catholic Catechism in about one-third. All of our teachers pro fess to give oral moral instruction, but with what success I am unable to say. Am inclined to think that teachers gener ally do not pay sufficient attention to this essential part or their dutie3. Examinations. Of the two public ex aminations held, one was oral and the oth er a combination of the oral and written methods. The questions propounded to each applicant were similar in nature and number. Examinations will hereafter be a combination of the oral and written methods. 1 am enabled to irrade more accurately, and by making it partly oral, Directors cau more easilr and judiciously make their selections from a larjre class of teachers. " Summer" and " Winter" Schoo7x. Two districts, Wilmore Borough and Susque hanna, had summer and" winter schools The time of opening these schools, imme diately after the beginning of the school- year, appears to be suitable. Ihe u more schools are kept open four months iu Summer and Fall for pupil under 13 years of age, and four months in Winter and Spring lor scholars over that age.- This arrangements is rather popular in the district. Iu Susquehanna, oac-half of the schools are kept open in Summer, and the other half in Winter. Have had no means of ascertaining whether this ar rangement is popular or otherwise in the district, but it seems to be objectionable for the reason that in those districts hay ing summer schools the larger pupils, obliged to work at home at this season of the year, and having no opportunity to attend school in winter, lose their school ing entirely. The better plan would seem to be to keep all the schools open in sum mer for small pupils, and all open in win ter for large dnes, the summer and winter terms being of the same length. Effect of the War. The educational in terests of the county seem to have been little affected by the disastrous condition of public affairs. Last year a few districts" had shorter terms than usual, and the sal aries were smaller in nearly all- This year Johnstown will have eight months three more than last year. Conemaugh ei:ht months three more than ever be fore. Millville eight months two more than heretofore. And Summitville six months an increase of two months on the usual session. All of these districts pay "liberal salaries. The prospect now is, that next winter all of the schools in the county will be kept open four months, and that the term will be considerably lengthened in many districts that last year only had their schools open long enough to secure their Appropriation. Quite a number of subscription schools are now open, come ten or iweive oi these have been visited, and the remain der will be as soon as possible. My vLi- tions cf winter schools will commence about the middle of October, and contin ue until every school in the county has been visited once, and as many twice, as time will permit.. J'ullic Sentiment. Although in some districts there is considerable opposition to the system, and only a lukewarm feel ing in its favor in others, the prevailing sentiment is favorable, and that opposition is fast dying pway is indicated by the dis position of the past and present fear to build better houses, pay better salaries, aud have longer school-terms. W. A. Scott, Co. Spt. Tlie I'exmsylvania Reserves. A correspondent of the Philadelphia Press, writing from before Richmond un der date of June lGth, says : On Wednesday last, Gen. 3rCail, with his splendid division, arrived at his place iu the army of the Potomac. By gradual marches he huscome from White House, stopping on Tuesday evening, at the cen tre of Gen. M Clcllan s army, and on Wednesday, early in the morning, leaving for the right wing. The extreme right is the position assigned to the Heserve Corps, and they will hoid Mechanicsville and the line ot the Chickahoiuiny to New Bridge, relieving Gen. Franklin from this duty. No body of troops in the army are superior to the Pennsylvania Reserves. Excellent health, strict discipline, and a complete armament, qualify them, under the lead of their gallant general, to meet any number of troops the enemy can bring into the field. Experienced officers are in command of all the regiments and com panies, and the whole division is capable, if necessary, of reproducing the gallantry which, amid gloom and despondency, elec trified the country at the battle ol Drancs vii'e. Col. Simmons' 5th Regiment wero on the march to the picket lines within five minutes after their arrival at the ground, and the. colonel, whose military ability has been of invaluable aid on the l'oto mac and Rappahannock, stationed his sen tinels with unequalled skill. It were in vidious to mention any of the officers of this corps, but perpaps the friends of some would be gratified to learn their whereabouts. Col. March, of the 1st, and Lieut. Col. M'Caudles, Major Woodward, Adjutant Cross, and a host of others, were all of them on the ground when the corps arrived, and, though ot course somewhat sunburned and swarthy, wero ready to perform their duties on au instant call. The Reserves hold a most important post, and no one knowing their high character is fearful of their not holding it well. 55"" A Louisville Union lady, the oth er day, called upon a, secesh lady friend, and felt obliged listen to her tirade. Ou rising to leave, she noticed and praised a portrait of General Washington, where upon tho Rtiballe remarked that she was goirig to get "fine portraits of Jeff Davis and Beauregard, and hang them up one on each side of it." "Do 1" quietly retor ted the Union lady ; "we read in the Bible that our Saviour was hung between two thieves!" Old maids are fond of pairs, but cau never endure datee. 3, 1862, ?Iot!iers of Distinguished Men. William Cowper, of whom Lord Thur- low said, "If there i3 a good man on earth, it it William Cowper," had a delicate and extremely susceptible constitution a mis fortune that was aggravated by the loss of his affectionate and devoted mother, who died when he was quite youn?r. Tbe in tense love with which he cherished her memory, during the rest of his life, may be known from the most affectinjr poem which he wrote on contemplating her pic ture, "Faithful remembrancer of one so dear." "But the record fair. That memory keens of all thy kindness therej Still outlives many a storm, that has effaced A. thousand other themes less deeply traced, Thy nightly visits to my chamber made, That thou inight'st know me safe and warmly laid." "All this still legible on Memory's page, And still to be so to my latest age, Add3 joy to duty, makes me glad to pay Such honors to thee as my numbers may." John Randolph, of Roanoke, wa3 deep ly attached to his mother, and her death had a melancholy and striking effect upon him ever afterward. She was but thirty- six years old when she died. Cut off in the bloom of youth and beauty, he always retained a vivid remembrance of her per son, her charms, and her virtues. He always kept her portrrit hanging before him in his chamber. The loss to him was irreparable. She knew him she knew the delicacy of his heart, the wayward ness and irritability of his temper. "I am a fatalist," he said ; "I am all but friendless only one human being ever knew me. She only knew me my moth er." He always spoke of her. in terms of the warmest affection. Many and many a time during his life did he visit the old church yard at Matoax, in its wasted sol itude, and shed tears over the grave of his mother, by whose side it was the last wish of his heart to be buried. Henry Clay, that great man, the pride and honor of his country, always expres sed feelings of profound affection and ven eration for his mother. A habitual cor respondence and enduring affection sub sisted between them to the last hour of life. Mr. Clay ever spoke of her a3 a model of maternal character and female excellence, and it is said that he never met his constituents in Woodford county, after her death, without some allusion to her, which deeply affected both him and his audience. And nearly the last words uttered by this great statesman, when he came to die, were, "Mother, mother, mother." It is natural for us to feel that the must have been a good mother, that was loved and so dutifully served by such a boy, and that neither could have been wanting in rare virtues. Benjamin Franklin was accustomed to refer to his mother in the teuderest tone of filial affection. His respect and affection for her were manifested, among other ways iu frequent presents, that contributed to her comfort and solace in advancing years. In one of his letters to her, for example, he sends her a wwidore, a cold piece of the value of six dollars, "towards chaise hire," said he, "that you may ride warm to meetiugs during the winter." In anoth er he gives her an account of the growth and improvement of his son and daughter topics which, as he well understood, are ever as dear to the grandmother as the mother. Thon:a3 Gray, author of "Elegy in a CVautry Church Yard," was. most assid uous in his attentions to his mother while ?he lived, and, after her death, he cherished her memory with acred sorrow. Mr. Mason informs us that Gray seldom mentioned his mother without a pigh. The inscription which he placed over her remains speaks of her "as the careful ten der mother of many children, one of whom alone had the misfortune to survive her." How touchicg is this brief tribute of grateful love! Volumes of eulogy could not increase cur admiration of the gentle being to whom it was paid her patient devotion, her meek endurance. Wherever the name and genius of Gray are known, there shall also his mother's virtues be told for a memorial of her. He was buried, aecordingto his directions, j by the side ot his mother, in tho church yard at Stoke. After his death her gowns and wearing apparel were found iu a trunk in his apartments, just as she had left them. It seemed as if he could never take the resolution to open it, in order to distribute them to his female relations, to whom, by his will, he bequeathed them. Amos Lawrence always spoke of his mother in the strongest terms of venera tiou aud love, and in many of his letters to his childrca and grandchildren are found messages of affectionate regard for his mother, suh as could have emanated only froxu a heart overflowing with filial gratitude. Her form, bending over his bed in fcilont prayer, a the hour of twi NUMBER 4k light, when she was about leaving him for the night, was among the earliest." and most cherished recollections of hia early years and his childhood's home. A Confirmed Grumbler. Some time ago there lived in Edinburgh a well known grumbler named Sandy Black, whose often-recurring" fits of spleen or in digestion produced some scenes of sense less irritability, which were highly relish ed by all except the brute's good, patient little wife. One morning Sandy rose, bent on a quarrel ; the baddies and eggs were excellent, done to a turn, and had beeu ordered by himself the previous evening ; and breakfast passed without the looked for cause of complaint "What ' will you have for dinner, San dy ?" said Mrs. Black. "A chicken madam," said the husband. "Roast or boiled ?" asked the wife. "Confound it taadam, if you had been a good and considerate wile, you'd have known before this what I liked," Sandy growled out, and slamming the door be hind him left, the house. It was iu spring, and a friend who was present heard the little wife say, "Sandy's, bent on a disturbance to-day; 1 shall not please him, do what I can." The dinner-time came, and Sandy and his friend sat down to dinner ; the fish was eaten in silence, and on raising the cover of the dish before him, in a tower ing passion he called out, "Boiled chick en I I hate it madam. A chicken boil ed is a chicken spoiled' Immediately the cover was raised Tot another chicken roasted, to a turn. "Madam, I won't cat roast chicken," roared Sandy ; "you know how it should have been cooked !" At this instant a broiied chickcu, with mushrooms, was placed ou the table, be fore him. "Without green peas !" roared the grumbler. "Here they are, my dear," responded Mrs. Blaek. "How dare you spend my money in taat way i" "They were a present," said the wife, interrupting him. Rising from his chair and rushing from the room, amidst a roar of laughter from his friend, he clenched his fist and shout- . ed, "How dare you receive a present without my leave I" . - Not "That Other Max." A story is told of an old Cleveland deacon, who, just after Lincoln had started on his jour ney for Washington, went to an evening prayer-meeting, and being somewhat i a hurry, went down immediately on his knees and made an earnest prayer in be half of the President of the United States, asking that God would strengthen him. and bless him in all his undertakings. Rising from his knees, he left the church, apparently having an earnest call else where. Presently he returned in a great hurry, and going down upon his knee again thus addressed himself : "Oh ! Lord, it may be as well for me to add as an explanation to my prayer just uttered, that by the President of the United States I meant honest old Abe Lincoln, and not that other chap who is yet sitting in the national nest, aud for whom I don't care shucks." KB An old lady, hearing it stated by a schoolboy that the world was round and revolved daily on its axis, replied, "Well, I don't know anything about its axes, but I do know that the world don't turu over, for if it did we should bo tumbled oft, and as to its being round, any one can see that it is a flat piece of ground, aud stands on a rock." "But what docs tho rock tstand upon V asked the boy. "Why, on another one, to bo sure." "But what supports the last ?" "Whv, la! child, it's rock all the way down!" This Is what might be called a solid argument, JtSy An elderly lady who Was handling a pair of artificial palates iu a deutal office; and admiring the fluency with which the dentist described them, asked him, "Can a body cat with these things V "My dear madam ; mastilication can be per formed by them with a facility scarcely' excelled by nature herself," responds the dentist. "Yes, I know ; but can a body cat with 'em '" replied the womau. A vouncr man who applied at a recruiting station for enlistment, was as-ked, "If he could sleep on the point of the bayonet," when he promptly replied that "He could try it, as he had often slept oa a pint of whiskey; and tho kind they used where he caiuc froiu would kill farther than any shooting-iron h ever saw." . . - . ". II
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