.1 ft 31 i m VVW WW V.W A J 4. BUtRER, Editor and Proprietor. XODU llir TCIIISO, Pnbllsuer. I "WOULD RATIIER BE RIGHT THAN PRESIDENT. Henet Clat. IS1.50 IX ADVANCE. 3, DIRECTORY LIST OF POST OFFICES. I Post OJiccs. feenn's Creek, -JJethel btation fcarrolltown, tChesa Springs, 3resson, . Ebensburg. V alien Timber, Uallitzin, llemlock, Johnstown, ,oretto, llineral Point, Iunster, Pershing, Plattsville, Roseland, . 8t. Augustine, Scalp Level, Sonaian, im-nerhill, Summit, jVilmore, Post Master. Joseph Graham, Enoch Reese, William M. Jones, Danl. Litzinger,. Wm. W. Young, Districts. Yoder. Blacklick. Carroll. Chest. Washint'n. Ebensburg. White. Gallitzin. Washt'n. Johnst'wn. Loretto. Conem'gh. Munster. Conem'gn. John Thompson, Isaac Thompson, J. M. Christy, Wm: M'Gough, I. E. Chandler, P. Shields E. Wis3inger, A. Durb'in, Francis Clement, Andrew J Ferral, G. W. Bowman, Wm. Kyan, Sr., George Conrad, B. M'Colgan, B. F. Slick, Miss M. Gillespie, Morris Keil, Susq'han. WThite. Clearfield. Richland. Washt'n. Croyle. WTasht'n. S'merhill. I CJSITRCIIES, MINISTERS, &C. Presbyterian Rsv. D. Harbison, Tastor. Preaching every Sabbath morning at 10J 'clock, and in the evening at 3 o'clock. Sab J.;Uh School at 1 o'clock, A. M. Prayer meet In every Thursday evening at 6 o'clock. ? "Methodist Episcopal Church Rev. S. T. Spow, I Preacher in charge. Rev. W. Lose, Assis tant. Preaching every Sabbath, alternately lit 10J o'clock in the morning, or 7 in the ii-vening. Sabbath School at 9 o'clock, A. M. Prayerraeeting every Thursday evening, at 7 fo'clock. I Welch Independent Rev Ll. R. Powell, Pastor. Preaching every Sabbath morning at VJO o tiock, and in the evening at 6 o'clock. kUbbath School at 1 o'clock, P. M. Prayer meeting on the first Monday evening of each rmonth 7 and on every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday evening, excepting tne nrst vseeu in each month. CalvinixUc Methodist Rev. John Williams, I Pastor. Preaching every Sabbath evening at 2 an i G o'clock. Sabbath School at 10 o clock, A r Praver meetiner every Friday evening, lat 7 o'clock. Society every Tuesday evening at t o clock. Disciples Rev. W. Lloyd, Pastor. Preach ing every Sabbath morning at 10 o'clock. 7 i tjriicuiur j : ij o i- . 7 ..... - 1 Pastor. Preaching every J-aboatn evening at 1 3 o'clock. Sabbath School at at 1 o'clock, P. M. i fUtholic Rev. M. J. Mitchell, Pastor. Services every Sabbath morning at lOi o'clock aad Vespers at 4 o'clock in the evening. ES5EXS5JLTR 3IAIL.S. i MAILS ARRIVE. f Intern, daily, at ' 10 o'clock, A. M . fWesteni, " at i o'clock, P. M. I MAILS CLOSE. E:i?tern, daily, at o'clock, P. M. I Western, ""at o'clock, P. M. I teajfThp mails from Bntler,Indiana,Strongs- f town, ic, arrive on Thursday of each week, at 5 o'clock, P. M. s Leave Ebensburg on Friday of each week. rt 8 A. M. i fcft The mail from Newman's Mills, Car- i rolltinvn Atc.- arrive on Moadav. Wednesday and Friday of each week, at 3 o'clock, P. M. Leave Ebensburg on Tuesdays, Thursdays aal Saturdays, at 7 o'clock, A. M. R.1ILROAD SC2IESJUI..E. VOLUME CRESSON STATION. West Express Train leaves at 8.51 A. M. Fast Line " S.36 P. M. " Mail Train " 7.3" P M. East Express Train " 7.42 P. M. 4 Fast Line " 12.17 P.M. Mail Train " G.30 A. II. WILMORE STATION. West Express Train leaves at 9.13 A. M. Fast Line " 9.18 P. M. " Mail Train 8.09 P. M. EastExpress Trair " 7.20 P. M. Fast Line " 1 1 55 P. M. 44 Mail Train " . 0.23 A. M. COUXTY OFFICERS. 1 Judges of the Courts President, Hon. Geo. J Taylor, Huntingdon ; Associates, George W. v Easley, Henry C. Devine. Prothonotary Joseph M'Donald. J -liegixtcr and Recorder Edard F. Lytle. Ste.ijf John Buck. 2 District Attorney. Philip S. Noon. f County Commissioners D. T. Storm, Jaines 'Cooper, Peter J. Little. I Treasurer Thomas Callin. J Poor House Directors Jacob Horner, Wil- s 'viam Douglass, George Delany. I Poor House Treasurer. George C. K. Zabm. Poor House Steward. James j. Kaylor. f Mercantile Appraiser John Furrtll. I Auditors John F. Stull, Thomas J. Nel- son, Edward R Donnegan. I County Surveyor. E. A. Vickroy. I Coroner. James S. Todd. &''. of Common Schools Win. A. Scott. EllEXSBITIlG IS Oil. OFFICERS. Justices of the Peace. David II. Roberts Harrison Kinkead. Burgess George Huntley. School Directors E. J. Mills Dr. John II, Jones, Isaac Evans. EAST WARD. Constable Thomas Todd. Town Council Wm. Davis, Daniel J. Davis, E. J. Waters, John Thompson, Jr., David W. J ones. Inspectors John W. Roberts, L. Rodgers. Judge of Election Thomas J. Davis, Assessor Thomas P. Davis. WEST WARD, Constable M. M. O'Neill. Town Council William Kittell, II. Kinkead, K. L. Johnston, Edward D. Evans, Thomas j! Williams. fnspectoisJ. D. Thomas, Robert Evans. Judge tfrEection John Lloyc. Aitessor U'uhttrd T. avis.D Our Country Calls! The following eloquent Address was delivered at a late Mass Meeting in Alle gheny City, by Rev. Samuel J. Wilson, D. 1). It is the heart's utterance of the true Patriot and sincere Christian : Fellow-Citizens: I am a minister of the Gospel. I ani no politician. If I looked upon this struggle as a mere polit ical issue, I should not be here, but I con sider it as high above mere party politics as the heavens are higher than the earth My allegiance is first to my God, next to my country. Is this issue worth all that it is costing us in blood and treasure? I solemnly be lieve it is. In the balance over against the interests at stake, money is lighter thau a moth eaten feather. Let debt come. Out of the vital energy of your sinewy arms, Farmers and Mechanics, you will pay it. Let every acre in our farms, and every stone and brick in our houses be mort gaged. "We will pay the debt, or we will bear it without a murmur, and when we die we will roll it over on our children, who will be worse than craven if they do not assume it cheerfully, and bear it bravely. To estimate this issue in dollars and cents, would be as monstrous as it would be to barter away a mother's love for husks that the swine do eat, or as it would be to trade and traffic in the affections of a wife or of a daughter. Gold is trash, silver is dirt, real estate is dung when once thrown into the scales against an un divided country, an unsullied national honor, an unstained and an untorn nation al flag. But is it worth the blood, the tears, the agony, the maimed bodies, the broken hearts that it is costing us? Yes! and a thousand times more thrice told. There are worse things than death, or bloodshed, or war. Cowardice is worse. Dishonor is infinitely worse. Let blood flow until it reaches the throat-latches of the horses, rather than have one star plucked fioin the galaxy of States rather than have 'one inch of American soil alien ated from the Constitution which our fa thers gave us. Let no man 4lay to his soul the flatter ing unction," that there can ever be two peaceful republics on this continent. In the language of Holy Writ, Say ye not a Cuveileracy. We had better fight it out now than have incessant and interminable war hereafter. Secession consummated is the infernal Pandora Box from which will issue all imaginable and monstrous politi cal evils for us, and for our children, and for the world. Let one rod of American soil be wrested by force from the jurisdic tion of the United States, and we may as well tear our flag to ribbons and sell it for rags. We may as well. take the parchment on which the Constitutiou ii written, and make lighting-papers of it. That proud banner would then no longer float on every sea and on every shore, the unchallenged emblem of republicanism triumphant; but it would be jeered at by every despot and aristocrat on wrtli, as the tattered, despi cable symbol of the utter failure of popular government. The hour we fail in this struggle, the sun goes back fifteen degrees on the dial. Men of Pennsylvania! shall it be so? No! over the smoking blood of Ilippey and of Black, swear to-day that it shall never be as long as there is in Allegheny County a man to ram home a cartridge, fix a bayonet or pull a trigger. If it must be so, let this laud be deluged with blood. Out of that red and clotted ocean, civil liberty will ari-e regenerated and purified and respleudenf, a? Minerva leaped in full panoply from the train of Jupiter, There is no election left us in this mat ter. The bloody issue has been forced upon us, aud we must meet it manfully, or lie down like whining spaniels at the feet of a treason-dyed aristocracy. Are ye ready for that, ye sons of Benjamin Franklin ? We call Heaven to witness that the loyal people of this country desired not blood. To a man they were for peace. While you were goiug on with your farm- 1 ing, your merchandise, and your mechanic i art, perjured traitors were secretly plot ting tne Obstruction of the best Govern ment on earth. The conduct was so atrooious that you would notyou could not believe it. While you were at home quietly pursuing your peaceful callings, these perjured traitors were rifling our arsenals, drilling soldiers, and even train ing their guns on the flag-staff of Sumter. Still you could not credit the atrocity. At last came the consummation of the blackest villainy, perfidy and treason in the record of all time. Men who all their lives had been dandled and fondled I by the most indulgent Government in the EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1862. world, delibeiately shot down the Stars and Stripes, shouting and cheering as they fell. The heroic Anderson and his gal lant band left the hot and smothering walla of Sumter, carrying with them their colors riddled with rebel shot. Then you and I, and all of us, started from our sleep. Pennsylvanians ! will ye ever sleep more until that outraged flag shall float again on Sumter, and over every nook and corner from which treason, for a time, has dyven it ? The leaders of the rebellion have, of late, a very pious horror of bloodshed. But we all know perfectly well that there was scarcely any other word in their vo cabulary but blood until the spirit of the North awoke. Their horror of war and their let-us-alone policy were developed simultaneously by the "Uprising of a Great People." Mrs. Jeff. Davis had engaged a cook for the White House. Wigfail was to have been dashing up Chestnut street, Philadelphia, on his prancing charger, last June one year ago. Their meekness of spirit wa3 induced by the determination and the sublime battle-cry of the united North; and if ever that meekness of spirit is to return to them, it will be through the same de termination and the same battle-cry. In the sight of high heaven, we protest that the loyal people of this nation are not responsible for this bloodshed. Upon the heads and souls of the rebels will cling with damning tenacity every drop of blood shed in thi& struggle. They would have it so, and now that the issue is fairly made, let us not shrink from meeting it. We must meet blood with blood steel with steel. Never did a Government bear so much from impertinent traitors as this Govern ment bore. The sword of retribution slept too long, but now that it has leaped from its scabbard, never let it again be sheathed until the very odor of treason is purged from the land. With you, fellow citizens, rests the set tlement uf this contest. Let the people rise in their majesty and will it, and in less than six months treason will be crush ed into the earth so deep that the trumpet of the last judgment will not awaken it. O ! that we could feel our responsibili ty ! O ! that we could, fjr once, get to the top of our high privileges ! Never have such responsibilities been rolled upon a nation as those that rest upon us in this crisis; and the privilege is equal to the responsibility. But one such opportunity has occurred in the his tory of the world a that which is now of fered to us. To you, lellow citizens, are committed the interests of civil liberty, and the des tinies of popular government throughout the world and for all time. Dare you prove recreant to the high trust ? It may be that this generation is to be made a vicarious sacrifice for posterity. No high er honor could be put unon it. Let the sacrifice be made. The eyes of the world are upou us. The fate ot unborn millions is involved in our conduct. Never did such incentives spur a nation to action. If we falter if we balk then henceforth let "Ichabod the glory is departed" be written on the forehead of every male child born in the North. There is no use in disguising the fact: a perilous, a momentous crisis is upon us. Tho hour is big with the fate of the He public. "It is high time to awake out of sleep." The rebels are in awful earnest. Their leaders are fighting with halters about their necks, and ot course they will fiy;ht desperately. Thev will scruple at no means. The life of a muiLill is noth ing to them. Thev will slaughter their men like sheep for the shambr Action, piumpi, lesiMiiss iicuoii, is luuriiliu CI the hour. This we must have, or all is lost. Let no man lay his head on his pil low until his name is on the roll of his country's defenders, or until he has ren dered to his conscience a good reason why his name should not be thcro. Dou't wait to cure your hay or bind your oats. Your country is more to you than meat, and that country may be ruined beyond redemption before your harvest is gath ered into your barns. Men of the North ! awake ! arise ! arouse ! The reveille of liberty isbeatiu up: up colors ! and to arms ! llally to the ''Stay not for questions while freedom stands gasping Wait not till honor lies wrapped in his pall; Brief the lips' parting be, swift the hands clasping, 'Off for the wars,' is enough for them all." The issue is clearly, sharply defined. -7-We must achive by force the permanence of this Government, or go to our graves dishonored aud bequeath. to our children and our children's children a heritage of taunts aud sneers. We must accept the alternative. Alleghenians I what . eay you ? Shall your country cry to you for help, and cry in vain ? What'is a man's convenience, what a man's life, in a con test like this ! "In the God of battles trust ! Die we may, and die we must; But O 1' where can dust to dust Be consigned so well, As where heaven its dews shall shed On tht martyred patriot's bed?" Fall in ! fall in ! ye brave PennsyWa nians ! To the rescue of the old flag ! Liberty on her bended knees and with streaming eyes implores your aid. Take a solemn vow to-day that your life shuli be at the service of your country until our eagles shall again sweep in triumph over every acre of American soil. Never had brave men so many incentives to heroic deeds. Treason is to be punished, blood is to be avenged, wrongs are to be righted, a country is to be saved. Strike ! then : "Strike ! till the last armed foe expires ; Strike ! for your altar3 and your fires ; Strike! for the green graves of your sires, God and your native land. Strike ! for tyrants fall in every foe ; Strike ! for Liberty's in every blow ; Forward I let us do or die." m Adventures of a. Union Man. Some years ago a young man named S. G. Jones, a resident of Sandusky, left that city, and made his way to Kansas. He resided ia that State during the stir ring and turbulent times caused by the border war engaging in various occupa tions. He built the first bridge across the Kansas Kiver at Wyandotte, which structure was completed in the year 1859. A short time after finishing this job, he proceeded to Pike's Peak, and was one of the party that discovered the famous Gregory's Diggings. Mr. Jones laid out and surveyed the town of Denver, or Denver City, and also took an active part in surveying the proposed route for a Pa cific llailroad across the Rocky Mountains. In the fall of 18G0, our hero left Kan sas and proceeded to Taos, New Mexico, aud a short time subsequently, to Santa Fe. At the latter place he joined an ex pedition against the Novajoe Indians, under Kit Carson, the famous Western scout. The expedition was absent three mjuths, and succeeded in capturing from the Aboriginals 7,000 sheep and 400 mules. After the expedition had accom plished its object, Jones returned to Alber que, on the Itio Grande, a few miles below Santa Fe. After residing at the latter place some time, his roving nature prompted him to continue his wanderings, and after visiting various places, he finally set himself down at the head waters of the Gila lliver, in which region he discovered the Pino Alta gold miues. Finally our wandering Yankee conclu ded to try a more Southern latitude, and accordingly started from El Paso, on the 17th of May 1861, with 210 mules, which property he had secured as his share of the spoil the result of different expe ditions against the Indians, aud arrived at San Antonio, Texas, on the 2d day of June, 18G1 having travelled a distance of 750 miles. At thi3 point Gen. Van Dorn, of the rebel army, politely confisca ted his 210 mules, and gave Mr. Jones ten hours, in which to leave the town. Our friend started for Columbus, a dis tance from San Autonia, of 120 miles walking the entire distance, with his bag gage upon his back. At Columbus he fell in with some old railroad friends, who furnished him with employment on the Columbus & Harrisonburg It. K., as one of the track hands. He engaged in this business until he had earned money enough to pay his fare to Memphis. lie arrived in the latter place ori the 25th of February last, where he found some friends staunch, but secret Unionists who prevailed upon him to remain until the arrival of the Northern troop3, who were expected to appear in duo time, when he could go north. The famous rebel conscript law went into effect on the 13th of May, after which date every man under thirty-five and over eighteen years of age, was liable to be impressed into the army. Jones was seized one day, while on the streets of Memphis, by a patrol and taken to the guard house in a hurried manner no questions being asked or answered. The next noon he sent a message to the officer of the day, requesting his-presence in the guard house. Upon that personage's arrival at the latter place, he said to Joues: "What branch of the military service will you join ; artillery, infantry or cavalry you can have your choice V Before giv ing a direct answer to the officer's question, Jo'ries indulged in a hasty recital of the many and gross wrongs to which he had bceu subjected, and closed his narrs.tive by a flat refusal to join any branch of the "service." High words ensued, resulting in His Highness, the officer of the day, being knocked down with a chair That afternoon Jonep, with five other men, who, like himself, had been impressed into the Southern ranks, was placed upon a steam tug, and conveyed to Fort Pillow. Upon arriving at the latter post, they were ush ered into the presence of Gen. Villipigue, the commander, for examination. The General asked the men which branch of the service they would join. Jones re plied : "I will rot in prison before I will take up arms against the United States V Finding that our Yankee was incorrigible, his capors shut him up again in the guard house. From his prison Jones wrote a short and poliie note to Gea. Villipigue ma king a fresh statement of grievances for which "audacity," as the General wa3 pleased to term it, he was placed in irons. The next day he inquired of the officer of the day, what charges were preferred against him. "You are charged," said that officer, "with being a spy, with dis loyalty, and with striking a superior offi cer." Soon after these events, Jones was tried by Court Martial, found guilty of the above charges, and sentenced to be shot on the 27th day of May last, at 10 o'clock in the morning, at Dress Parade. Kather gloomy prospects for the poor persecuted Unionist, whose only crime was his love of country ! Fortune favored the prisoner, however, for Providence furnished him a timely friend, who provi ded Jones with a file, with which to sever his irons, arid between 11 and 12 o'clock on the night before his execution was to have taken place, he emerged from prison. He had no Jiculty in hurrying past the guards, lrom the iact that Lis mend had previously whispered the countersign iq his ear. Swimming Cold Creek, in the neighborhood of the Fort, he made his way to one of the Mississippi canebrakes, where he wandered for two days and two nights without anything to eat. As good luck would have it, when he emerged from the swamp on the third day, he found himself near the "Father of Waters," and directly opposite one of our noble gunboats. Breaking down a small pole he fastened a portion of his ragged garfnts to one end, and thus improvisedNisignal, by which means he attracted the attention cf the gunboat crew. A small boat was immediately sent to his assistance, and in a short time our hero found himself upon deck of the United States gunboat Benton, Commodore Foote's flag steamer. He was treated in the kindest manner by Captain Phelps, her commander, who immediately took him below and furnished the half famish ed and half starved fugitive from rebel tyranny with a comfortable suit of clothes and a good meal of victuals. The crew officers and men also made up a purse for him. Soon after this, being furnished with letters of introduction and passes, he proceeded to Cairo, from which point he arrived in this city yesterday. Mr. Jones exhibited to us several letters from some of our distinguished officers, ac knowledging the valuable information they had received from him in regard to the topography of the rebel country, &c, which furnish conclusive proof that this narrative is correct. He returned to his home, in Sandusky, last evening. This war, so prolific of wild tales, of adventures by land and sea, of hair breadth escapes, of stories of hardship and suffer ing, can hardly furnish a narrative that partakes of more real romance than the foregoing. S, An Irishman who live3 with a veg etarian writes to a friend that if he wants o know what illegant living is, he must make him a visit ; "for," siys he, "the breakfast consists of nothing, and supper of what was left at breakfast. We have uo dinner !" 5 "If I should be drafted into the service, what would you do ?" aked a gentleman of his loving spouse, lately. "Get a substitute for you, I suppose," she retorted. Whereupon, the topic of con versation was changed instanter. JCSy Somebody asked General Cass the other day "What may we do to save tho Uuin?" "Anything," responded tho General. "May we abolish slavery?" "Abolih anything on the face of the earth to save the nation!" X2F" A Charleston paper states that a "Beauregard hat" is all the rage in that city. At the rate the war is progressing, t,he sam General will furnish a model for a neck-tie that will yet be extensively used at the South. E- A young fellow was overheard the other day congratulating himself upon re cently having takn a very pleasant trip. Upon inquiry, it was found that he had i tripped and. fallen into a young lady's lar- . ' . : NUMBER 48; A Card. Ebexsbcro, Pa., August 0, 18G2. To the Editor of The Alleghanian - Having been requested by one of th honorable committees on Military affairs in this place to address a Mass Meeting, to be held on Saturday evening, 0th inst., my answer was, that my only objection, thereto consisted in the difficulties I ex perienced in properly pronouncing the English language. However, rather than. I should appesQto be behind others ia acting any reasonable part that may be expected from such an one as myself, I hereby undertake to write my sentiments upon the subject; and should they be deemed worthy of publication in your valuable journal, they are of course at your disposal. I am no politician. All I plead for, as the principles of my life, is, that justice and peace, knowledge and purity, frugali ty and charity, liberty and order may reign in all countries, courts, cases and circumstances, all over the globe. Amen be it so. But, alas ! We find that things do. not proceed in this manner these days, in this extensive and enriching land of ours. "Judgment in turned away back ward, and justice standeth afar off ; Tor truth is fallen in the street, and "equity cannot enter." (Isaiah lix, 14.) Yea, th ere are those to be found therein who violently say, in words and deeds, "Let U3 break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us." (Psalm ii, 3.) They are determined, as far as within their power lies, upon having everything in their own way be it good or.bad, right or wrong ; like those of old, when there was no king or supreme magistrate in Is rael, "Every man did -that which was right in their own eyes." (Judges xvii, 3.) Now, I lor one protest against such wild and unruly notions and actings as these. If they in the Southern States have any just grievances to complain of which I have no doubt they may have, in their turn, as is usual amongst all other States at times then let those grievances, or whatever other name they may be called, be fairly met, and a redress sought in a reasonable, lawful and honorable man ner, and not tQpugh a lawless and cow ardly rebellion. It appears to me to be our stern duty to adhere closely as a nation to all our constitutional rights and dues, whatever they may be, as long as they are allowed to be so by the laws of our land. And when any variation therefrom is de sired, or any alterations therein be reques ted, then let the same be fairly examined, argumented, and perseveringly pushed ou at the right place and in the right way t a victory, which is by the Congress at Washington. Now, this would be enter ing our puzzling difficulties at the right door,-aud not thrusting ourselves over the walls, as burglars and robbers generally do. . It appears to me that our Southern brethren and friends in this rebellion of theirs Save taken a traitorous side of ttbe question, and are determined, if able, j carry it to an issue, let others live or die as they may. This will not do. and 6hall not do. They must be humbled to their s.ses, and brought to know that there is such a thing as a Government amongst us a Government that will not yield its rightful claims to any human beings with in or without itself. I do not commend war in itself, much less would I exhort to it if rebellion could be otherwise honor ably dispelled. War is alwa's a sad rem edy, but still it is a remedy. . Upon the default of law when the coercive power ot the law cannot have effect then war is to take its place and supply the want. The honor of a nation is as absolutely necessary to its welfare and support as are its trade and commerce, it being, indeed, the great instrument of both, and, per haps, their very safety and vital :subsis teuce. If a Government cannot -preserve itself in order, credit and respect at Tiome, it cannot expect to be less than dishonored and despised abroad. . Now, our flag has Veen disrespected and our Government dishonored and trodden upon by our Southern neighbors. Shall we not, therefore, come out as one man, to teach them effectively the wrong they have committed and are et ill committing to society, to the Government, and to the word of God ? Our Southern foes, it appears, intend to invade our homes and our lives. Shall it be thus ? What sav you ? If not, then we arc called upon without delay not only to defend cutelves cgainft their tyrautiy, but aUo to subdue them tj order and compel thcia to know who thoy are, what they. are, and how much they are. This being the case, I would suggest, first of nil, thsr every man und every woman. J 11
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