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VOLUME 4.
DIRECTORY.
J.IST Of i'OST OI'FICES.
t ... Matters. Utstricts.
Bjiia's Creek,
l$2thel Statioa
'Uarrolltolvn,
'tjliess Springs,
' -ibeusburg.
Fallen Timber,
ileuviock,
J ohastowu,
L.iretto,
"Mineral Point,
M mister,
Joseph Graham, 1 Oder.
Enoch Reese, Macklick.
William II. Jones, Carroll.
D:inl. Litziinrer. Chest.
Wm. W. Young,
John Thompson,
Isaac Thompson,
J. M. Christy,
Wm. M'Gou";h,
I. E. Chandler,
P. Miields
K. Wissinger,
A. Durbin,
Francis Clement,
Andrew J Ferral
Wnshint'n.
Ebcusburg.
White.
Gallitzin.
Washtn.
Johnst'wn.
IiOretto.
Conem'gh.
Munster.
Coueni'gb.
Susq'h an.
White.
Clearfield.
Richland.
Washt'n.
Crvle.
.piattsville,
P.oland. u. H.ixiwnwu,
St. Augustine, v m. uyan, -?r.,
Sj.ilp Level,
George Conrad,
P. .M'Oolo-an,
1J. F. Slick,
.Son'Uiin,
-I Summerhill,
I Summit,
Jliss M. Gillespie, Washt'n.
Morris Keil, S'merhill
W'ilmore,
CHURCHES, MINISTERS, &c.
I'.-eshytcrian Ret. D. IIabisox. Pastor.
Preiching every Sabbath inonnng at 10J
o'clo J.:. aiid in the evening at 3 o'clock. Sao
l.itli School at 1 o'clock, A. M. Prayer rueet
ij every Thursday (-Teuiug at C o'clock.
"ilc-tho'dist Episcopal i.'.'utrct Rev. S. T. Sfow,
IVeaehcr in charge. Rev. V. Lost;, A.-sis-tiai.
Preaching every Sabbath, alternately
tit Ki o'clock in the morning, or 7 in the
tveaiti'. Sabbath School at 'j o'clock, A. M.
Prayer meeting every- Thursday evening, at 7
o el'ick.
W'dch Independent Rav Ll. R. Powvll,
I'.-tor. broaching every Sabbath morning at
J. o'ciock, and in the evening at o'clock.
S.'bbith School ut 1 o'clock, P. M. Prayer
:ueetii!g ou the first Moaday evening of each
m. ih) and on every Tuesday. Thursday and
Friday evening, excepting the lirst week in
-i month.
ixttc Mfthoditt Rev. Jons Willi a sis,
Pastor. ('reaching erc.iy Sabbath tveuing at
"2 an 1 'J o'clock. Sabbath School at 10 o'clock,
A. .M Prayer iu?ot'ig every Friday evening,
it 7 o'clock. Society every Tuesday evening
Ai 7 e'e K( k.
I'l.-iplcs Rev. "W. Lloyd. Pastor. Preach
ing every Sabbath morning at 10 o'clock.
I'artic'ut'ir IJan't'stx Rkv. David Jexki.ns,
Pastor. Preaching every .-abhath evening at
j o'clock. Sabbath School at at 1 o'clock, P. M.
Cifiolic Rev. M. J. Mitciikli., Pastor.
S.Tvirls every Sabbath morning at 1. o'clock
aad Vespers at -t o'clock in the evening.
EBESHIUG 2ISAI&.S.
MAILS ARRIVE.
Eastern, daily, :i t 10 o'clock, A.
V astern, v.t 9 o'clock, P.
MAILS CLOSE.
K-ist-.-rn, dai!v, at 4 o'clock. P.
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M.
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tern, " at t" o'clock, IJ
ti"Thi mails from Rutler, Indiana, Strongs
ti'vu. ic, arrive on Thursday of each week,
ut o o'clock, P. M.
Leave Ebcasburg on Friday of each week,
at A. M.
CO-The mnils from Newman's Mills, Car
r.i'.ltowti, &c, arrive on Mo iday, Wedi.es day
i.:i i Friday of each week, at 3 o'clock, P. M.
Leave Ebenburg on Tuesdays. Thursdays
aud Saturdays, at 7 o'clock, A. M.
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CRESSON STATION.
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COSJXTY OniCERS.
J 'udjes of tt Courts President, Hurt. Geo
T vlnr. Huntingdon; Associates, George W-f-a;iev.
llenrv O. Devine
l'lv' hi, notary--Joseph M'Donnld.
j't'fr and Recorder Ed .yard F,
i'-', rif John Puck.
Lytic
U'r'rict Attorney. Philip S. Noon.
Os'inty (lommixsioiitrs D. T. Storm, James
' (H. per, Peter J. Little.
T-?.i.ftrer Thomas CtH'm.
Pojr IIiusc Director Jacob Horner, Wil
"' m i Douglass. Geerge Delaay.
1'1'jt lloanc Treasurer. George K. Zahni.
i';-yr House Steirard. James J. Kaylor.
l'reT?itile Appraiser John Farrell.
.U'.rur John F. Stall, Thomas J. Xel
:!. Llward II Donnegan.
..' Surveyor. E. A. Vickror.
'V-y'T. James S. Todd.
m -ip't. of Comnifii Schools Wm. A. Scott.
EISJIX.Sni'JlG i:OR. OFFICERS. !
of (he Peace. David H, Iloberts !
''ri-ort Kinkead. j
.'-'fir-. .58 --George Hcntlev. I
vv .,J Directors E. J. Mills, Dr. John M
Joues, Isaac Evans.
KAST
I'o'on Council m Drtvb. Drfni r 11,,,.;
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-tincis, luiin lnomnsou. Jr., David W
inspectors John V. Roberts. L Rod sera.
ju-ij f Election Thomas J. Davis. '
Thomas P bavis.
WEST WAKl.
,.vi.'e M. M. O'Neill.
'it Council William Kitten if
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, , , ivnintiiu,
. Jvucstcn, Edward D. Evans, Thomas J,
;---.,. .,t-J. D. Thouws. Robert Evaisj.
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Indian Summer Song.
BY MARY F. DAVIS.
Slowly the shadows creep
Over the valley deep,
Softly the sunbeams play over the glen,
Richly the forests glow,
Gently the waters ilov,
Low breathe the winds over dwellings of men.
"Wondering, worshipful,
Where dwells the Beautiful,
Gladly I wander with Nature and thee,
Hearing the songs she siegs,
Loviug the smiles she flings
Over the mountain and over the sea.
While richest hues are spread
Underneath, overhead
Ruby and Emerald, jasper and gold
And down the mountain sid-j
Rivers of radiance glide,
Like the transfigured the mountain of old.
With Nature and wi-h thee,
Learning of stream and tree,
Joyous f wander in woodlands afar,
While o'er my spirit lloats
Music of angel notes,
Music of realms beyond sunlight and star.
' ac-cissiomil" on 5ie Ei;i:i!ici
I.nl I on Proclamation.
Occasional," the well known and in
fluential correspondent of the Philadel
phia 1'rcss, thus (-peaks of the . resident's;
Emancipation Proclamation :
The President's Emancipation Procla
mation has. made a profound impression
upon the public mind. lta.rely ha-i any
mere ollicial declaration produced such an
effect. It contemplates a startling change
iu that institution ' which for so many
vcars has been the substance and the fort
ress of the pro-elavery leaders and dictators
of national politics, and whih, for seven
teen moutlis, has been the feeder aud the
back-bone of the rebellion. To strike
down such a power is to crush with it
those who have subsisted upon it, and to
tear away the thews and ligaments hat
have attached others to their cause. A
reform so thorough must create some con
fusion. One great object has already
been effected. T!f. pnopla are noic forced
tu iLinh of tJac-trv as an ckrncnt of the
(reason that is intent t'jon the aacrifve of
the RcjmbUc. They cannot drive the un
pleasant subject from their hearts It is
not the President who has placed it there.
The rebels have compelled him to regard
it, and the more he contemplates it the
more he realizes that slavery is the one
ijreat adversary of the American Union;
and as he cauuot remove it hituself, he
asks the people to help him. Will they
do so ? Alter some study of their organs
1 feci conlident that they will finally give
the President their cordial assistance. It
is true the signs are not all propitious of
s,uch a result. The lireckinridge papers
in the free .States are almost without ex
ception against the Proclamation. For
getting their argument in favor of the
execution of the laws, they denounce the
President for simply giving force to a law
of Congress, and rejecting the patriotic
motives that first induced him to delay
this great decree of deliverance, and ti'nal
ly to announce it. Heretofore these papers
have been able to lead and delude a vast
mass of people. Immense consequences
are involved in their failure or success to
maintain this fatjl influence. On the
other hand, all the loyal papers, without
exception, in the free Urates, take ground
with the President. In using the term
"loyal papers," I do not mean the Repub
lican journals only, but every newspaper
that is honestly lor the Government and
for the war to preserve the (Jovernmcnt.
Journals like the West Chester Democrat
and Huntington Glohe in Pennsylvania.
In Maryland the Baltimore American and
Clipper accept.it as an alternative forced
upon the Government. So far as I can
ascertain, many of the most distinguished
.!l"lccrs in the Aru-y aml av are knowu
citner to nave cnaorsea it since lis ap
pearance, or to have expected and asked
I lr it. Of these, I feel free to name
j Generals Hooker, limks, Wadsworth,
j Ileiiitzelman, tSigel, J no. A. M'Cler
f naud, Jno. A Liigan, Sickles, Mcairher,
ad of course, Generals Hunter, Butler,
1 ft- 1. , T.. V A -J.:-T n.
ailu 1 ncipc. m me iiuvy, auuiiriii ju-
j pont is authoritatively quoted among the
! earnest advocates of the policy of Eman-
cir-ation; and so also of the gallant old
seamau, now iu command of the United
States Naval" Asylum at Philadelphia,
Commander Joseph Enjrle. There i. a
large class of regular officers in both bvan- !
ches of the service who are expected to !
ri TV
"e the Proclamation, and among these
G.uei-l MeClelhui is boldly named. !
EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1862.
Happily, howevei, I have the best reason
for knowing that these officers will disap
point this treasonable hope. Whatever
their opinions may be, they will fearlessly
obey the acts of Congress, and stand by
theExecutive in enforcing thesa acts.
There is, besides, a class of public men,
notia the army, and not Republicans, who
give the proclamation their warm, cordial,
and grateful sanction. These are Gover
nor Todd, Judge Jewett, and, it is said,
William Allen, of Ohio; Dickinson, Tre
rnain, and liusteed, of New York; aud the
well known independent Democrats in
Pennsylvania, of whom Judge Shannon,
of Pittsburg, Judge Champneys, of Lan
caster, and the Muhlenbergs, of Berks,
are specimens. It ought to seem reason
able that) with all these opinions and
elements at work, the whole mass should
soon be rightly leavened. But your read
ers, who know the obdurate bigotry and
unforgiving hatred of the Breckinridge
leaders, know, also, how difficult it will
be to induce these men to extend a help
ing hand to the Chief Magistrate of the
nation. So long a they think they can
disaffect a single vote against the war,
and against the Lxecutive, just so Ion
a t
.-111 i, mr .-iil i n llm intprcvt. rf thr cnni
moc enemy. I he question now presents
itself: "Will the Democrats who have
followed these bad men before, follow
them in the stand they have taken agaiust
the Government on the Emancipation of
the slaves of the rebel after the first of
January, 1803 V If this question is an
swered in the negative, our future will be
a future of victory and conquest; if in the
affirmative, it may be a future of defeat
and separation. An awful responsibity,
therefore, rests upon these Democrats.
The- have the future of the country iu
their own hands. It is astonishing to me
that, with such an issue, there should be
any doubt as to the ultimate judgment of
the people ; but so far as the .lass
referred to is concerned, there is doubt,
and very great doubt at that. We have
onl to look at the votes of certain party
leaders in the last Congress to see assu
rance of this. It is true that every day
lenders thy attitude of disaffected men
more dangerous to the couutr', and there- j
fore, more unsafe for themselves. It is i
also true that as the perils of the Jicpub
lie multiply, the prejudices of partisans
decrease. Jf the doubtful leaders can
realize that the people thoy have lei will
i i. i
no more, save in the right road,
their own interest and ambition mat i
prompt them to turn upon their record i
and i:o for the country. There arc, un- j
doubtedly, many men who would do right,
if they did not fear the vengeance of the
so-called "Democratic" leaders, and dread
the anathema of the So called "Democratic
party. How many will dare to offend
these rotten and wretched shams ? There !
ought to be hundreds of thousands ; and
if there is any force in the appeal made
to our people by a suffering country, there
will be. 1 have always believed that the
mas of the old Democracy were loyal to
ihe heart, aud I believe so still; and I
cherish the hope that as all the immortal
principles involved in this strurglj, and
all those calamities that must ensue if it
should be decided adversely, and all the
treason of their leaders is made to appear
beyond dispute as all these invocations
are felt at their firesides and iu their walks
of life, they will see in the Administration
the only embodiment of an imperilled
Government, and will give the President
the comfort and the strength he so urrent
ly demands. And God grant that this
hope may not be disappointed.
Gkn. ILknm. When General Reno fell,
General turges was wrthiu a few yards
of him. He was iu coitimand of the divis- l
ion formerly commanded by Reno, increas
ed by several new regiments, and the men
had just distinguished themselves in dri
ving the rebels from the summit of Blue
Ridge. These generals were bosom friends;
had been classmates at West Point, and
graduated together. When Reno fell,
Sturges ran to his assistance, had him
picked up, aud said, "Jesse, are you badly
wounded '!" to which he replied, "Y'es,
bam; 1 am a dead man." Gen. Starve?
had him placed upon a litter and carried '
to the rear, where he died in an houi j
His last words, before leaving the battle
field, were, "Boys, 1 can be with you no
longer in body, but I am with you in
siririt."
A lady in Brookbyn purchased an
article at a store the other day vvheu she
received the fol'owing change for a one
dol'.ar bill: Ferry ticket shiuplaster
counterfeit cent car ticket milk ticket 1
three cent postage stamp one cent 1
postage stamp and an ice cream ticket! j
3?" Anna Maria Story was married to
Bob Short. A very pleasant way to make
a story short.
Kentucky Conservatism.
A humorous writer in the Sunday
Mercury gives this amusing illustration
of conservatism :
Upon quitting the Strawberry Fe nival,
I returned post haste again to Paris where
I arrived just in time to start with Capt.
Bob Shorty and a company from the
Conic Section of the Mackerel Brigade
on a foraging expedition. We went to
look up a few .straw beds for the feeding
of the Anatomical Cavalry horses, my
. boy, aud the conservative Kentucky chap
went along to see that we did not
violate the constitution nor the rights of
man.
"It is m' opinion, comrade," says Capt.
Bob Shorty, as we started out "it's my
opinion, my Union ranger, that this here
unnatural war is getting workpd down to
a very line point when we can't go out
for an armfuiof forage without takiug the
Constitution along on an ass." "I think,"
says Capt. Hob Shorty, "that the Consti
tution is as much out of place here as a
set of fancy harness would be in a drove
of wild buffaloes."
Can such be the case, my boy can
such be the case? Then did our revolu
tionary forefathers live in vain.
Having moved along in gorgeous cav
alcade until about noou, Ave stopped at
the house of a First Family of Virginia,
who were just going to dinner. Captain
Bob Shorty ordered the Mackerels to
stack arms and draw canteens in front of
the door yard, and then we entered the
domicil and saluted the domestic meetins:
iu the dining room.
''We come, sir," says Bob, addressing
the high minded chivalry at the head of
the house, "to ask you if you have any
old straw beds that you don't want, that
could be used by the cavalry of the United
States of America."
The chivalry only paused long enough
la throw a couple of pie plates at us, aud
then says he :
"Are you accursed Abolitionists ?''
The Kentucky conservative chap step
ped hastily forward, and says he :
"Xo, my dear sir, we're the conserva
tive elements."
The chivalry's venerable wife, who was
a female Southern Confederacy, leaned
back a little in her chair, so that her little
sou could see to throw a tea cup at ine ;
and says she :
"You ain't Tribune reporters be yon V I
We were all noes and ayes. Quite a
feature was that iu soeical intercourse,
my hoy.
The aired chivalry caused three fresh
chairs to be placed at the table, and hav
ing failed to discharge the fowling piece
which he had pointed at Captain Bob
horty, by reason of dampness in the cap,
he waved us to seats, and says he :
"Sit down, poor -hirelings of a gorilla
despot, and learn what it is to tasie the
hospitality of a Southern gentleman. Y'ou
Lincoln hordes," says the chivalry, sha
king his white locks, "you have come to
butcher the Southern Confederacy ; but
the Southern gentleman knows how to be
courttous, even to a vandal foe."
Here the chivalry switched out a cane , the left, from which a flight of stairs as
which he had conce-iled behind him, and . eends and a hall leads to the back portions
made a blow at Captain Bob Shorty. j of the house below. lie did not go up. the
"See here!" says Bob, indignantly, "I'll stairs toward his room, but walked in the
be "
"Hush !" says the conservative Ken
tucky chap, agitatedly, "don't irritate the
old patriarch, or the future amieable
reconstruction of the Lnion will be out of
the question, lie is naturally a little
provoked just now," says the Kentucky
chap, soothingly, "but we must show him
that we are his friends."
We all sat down in peace at the hospi-
table board, my boy. only a few sweet no
tatoes and corn-cobs being thrown by the
children, and found the fare to be iu keep
ing with the situation of our distracted
country I may say, warfare.
"In consequence of the blockade of the
Washington Ape," says the chivdry,
pleasantly, "we only have one course, you
sef. ; but even these last year's sweet pota
toes must be luxuries to mercenary mud-
sills accustomed to husks."
I had just reached out my plate, to be
helped, my boy when there came a great
noise from ihe Mackerels iu the front
dooryard.
"What's that ?" says Bob Shorty.
"O, nothing," says the female Confed-
eraey, taking another bite of hoecake,
I've -only told one. of the servants to
throw some hot water on your reptile
hireliugs."
As Captain Bob Shorty turned to lhank
her for her explanation, and while his
id-ite was extended to be helped, the aged
chivalry fired a pistol ut him acro.-s the.
table, the. ball just grazing his head and
entering the wall behind him.
"By "all that is blue!" says Captain
Bob Short' excitedly, "now I'll be "
"Be v-aliit, now : be calm," says tho con-
servative Kentucky chap, hastily, "don't
I tell you it is only natural for the good
old soul to be a little provoked ! If you
go to irritate him we can never live to
gether as brethren ajrain."
fc
Matters bejug thus rendered pleasant,
my boy, we quickly finished tho simple
meal, and as Captain Bob Shorty warded
off the carving-knife thrown at him by the
chivalry's little son, he turned to the
female Confederacy and says he :
"Many thanks for your kind hospitality,
and how about that straw bed ?"
The Virginia matron threw the vinegar
cruet at him, and says she :
"My servants have already given one to
your scorpions, you nasty Yankee."
"Of course," says the venerable chivalry,
just missing a blow at me with a bowie
knife, "of course 3'our government will pay
me for my property I'
. "Pay vou," says Captain Bob Shorty,
hotly: "now I'll be "
"Certainly it will, my friend," broke in
the conservative Kentucky chap, eagerly,
"the Union forces came here as your
friends, aud they make war oa none but
traitors"
As we left the domicil. my boy, brush
ing from our coata the slops that had just
been thrown at us from an upper window,
I saw the chivalry's children training a
fowling piece from the roof and hoisting
the flag of the Southern Confederacy oi
one of the chimneys.
And will it be possible to regain the
love of those noble people again, my boy,
if we treat them constitutionally X We
shall see, my boy we shall sec.
TIsc -VcIson-iKivis ZMCicuIly.
The difficulty between Major General
Nelson and Brigadier General Davis, re
sulting iu the death of the former, origi
nated some ti.ne since, and during the
first preparations for the defence of Louis
ville a serious quarrel took place between
them. They weie thus prepared for hos
tilities of a still uglier character at any
moment.
Ou meeting in the large bar room of
the Louisville Hotel, an altercation imme
diately took place. 1 received the follow
ing account from 'aptain Iloblentzell, of
General M'Cook's stall, who did not hear
the first words which were uttered. They
must have been few in number, however,
and probably were of a very provokiug
character, as General Nelson seemed at
once much enraged, called Davis an inso
leut, cowardly pappy, and slapped him in
the face. Governor Morton and many
others were in the room at the time, and
the Governor stepped up as soon as the
altercathm commenced. No good feeling
existed between the Governor and General
Nelson, and immediately after the latter
had struck Davis he turned to the Gover
nor and said, sharply and tartly, "Did you
come to sec that iusult, sir?" "No," re
filled the Governor, mildly, "I merely
came to see what was going on;" or, as
others report, "I merely came up to hear
what was said."
Nelson then turned away and walked j
from the bar room into another room upon
direction of the hall. In the meantime,
Davis had procured a pistol from the j
hands of a mil) by the name of Gibson, a
I gentleman of Indiana, who is reported to
have taken care of Davis in his boyhood
He then started after Gen. Nelson upon !
the run.' Capt. Iloblentzell ran after and
endeavored to arrest his steps, but Davis
succeeded in entering the apartment on
the left of the bar room just as Gen. Nel
son, returniug froln the other end of the
room, had neared the front of the stairs.
These stairs commcuee near the entrance
from the bar mom, and just to the right
of the door. Davis, therefore, was but a
few feet from Nelson, when he fired.
Just as he presented th-j pistol and
pulled tho trigger, Capt. Hoblentzall
grasped his arm, but it was too late. The
weapon was discharged aud the ball entered
the breast of Gen. Nelson, passing through
his lungs. Ho threw up his hand to hi:
j head, tycclain.ing, "God, 1 am shot!" and
; then, without even staggering, slowly and
: deliberately walk-.rd up stairs to his otuc-e.
! He was then hid upon h mat:ras, and at
once requested ihe presence of Dr. Talbot,
j Chaplain of the 15th Kentucky regiment,
that he might be baptized. Dr. Talbot
i alter conversing witn !:im a tew minuses,
j aud sansfung himself that the dying
j General was in a proper condition to re- :
ceivc the solemn sucramsnt of baptism,
: complied with his reque.-t. rive minutes
after, Gen. Nelson' spirit had departed.
' From the moment he was shot hs uttered
: not one w'rd concerning his adrprsiiy, or
' the difficult' bc-twean thm. He w.is
; sensible until the lat mmnt, an.l talkrd
' until the la.t only of religion and of his
NUMBER 2.
own soul, expiring, indeed, in the midst
of a fervent prayer for salvation. It was
only about fifteen minutes fiom the time
he was shot until he was no more.
I'eims 'I vanish Valor Handsome
ly Ackiioivledgcd.
The following letter will explain itself.
As part of the history of the rebellion, it
deserves to be printed wherever there is a
man who wentforth atthesummons of Gov.
Curtin to rally on the border for the de
fence of the Commonwealth from invasion.
As an j'oknowledgment from one of tho
commanding Major Generals of the army,
this letter will have a double effect and
influence. First, it will have the influence
of cheering those who engaged in the first
uprising to respond again, should danger
once more threaten this State ; and sec
ond, it will have the effect of silencing
those who have been ridiculing the great
energy of his Excellency, -and who are
now striving to show that there was no
necessity for the demonstration which is
thus handsomely acknowledged :
"Headquauteks Any v op tu k Potomac,
'.S:iAKPSurs, Sej-t. 27, 1SC2. . j"
" Governor: I beg to avail myself of
almost the first moment of leisurc'l have
had eiuce the recent battles, to tender to
3'ou my thanks for your wise and encrgctio
action in calling out the militia of Penn
sylvania for its defence, when threatened
by a numerous and victorious army of the
euemy. Fortunately, circumstances ren
dered it impossible for the enemy to set
foot upon the soil of Pennsylvania, but
the moral support rendered to my army
by your action was none the less aiighty.
In the name of my arm', and for myself,
I again tender to you our acknowledge
ments for your patriotic course ; the man
ner in-which the people of Pennsylvania
responded to your call and hastened to
the defence of their froutier no doubt ex
ercised a great influence upon the enemy.
"I am, very res-pcctfulhy
"and sincerely yours,
"GEO. B. M'CLELLAN.
"'His Excellency, A. G. Curtin, Governor
of PenLsylvania." .
"Vio lVazifs to lc au Editor T
Some people think it a big thing to be art
editor. Well, perhaps it is but we don't
see it. A fellow is dead headed into cir
cuses aud concerts, and rides on a few rail
roads free but that one fact destrov
nearly all the pleasure. . When wc had to
scrimp for a week to get a dollar to buy
a seat at the opera, the delight experienced
was proportioned to the sacrifice of money
it cost us. When we can ride ou a rail
road fjr nothing, we don't care a snap
about goiug at all ; aud so on. An editor
sometimes gets presents, but they arc
nine times out of teu articles that aro
of no Mirt of use to him. In his paper
he may say forty good things unapphiud
1 1, but if he hiippens through carelessness
or mistake to get off an obnoxious para
graph, he catches" from the entire
community. If he omits anything, then
he is lazy. If he speaks of things as
they are, people are mad. If he glosses
over smoothes down the rough points, ho
is bribed. If he calls things by their
proper names, he is unfit for an editor.
If he does not furnish hi readers with,
jokes, he is a mullet. If he d.es, he is a
rattle head, wanting stability. If he con
demns wroug, he is a good fellow, but
lacks discretion. If he lets wrongs and
injuries go uumcntioued, he is a coward.
If he upholds a -public man, he does s;
to 'gratify spite, as the tool t'a clique, or
belongs to the "out." If he indulges iu
personalities, he is a blackguard if ho
does not, his paper is insipid. They put
Job through a pretty good 00 arse ct
sprouts, according to Holy Writ but there
i no record of h s being oblige 1 to servo
as editor of a weekly paper. That would
doubtle s h ive le-.M nn rc than his pa
tience could have withstood. He proDi
ably in such a case would have taken the
advice of his friends cu-sod aud died.
tr-'fhe icdoubtab'e Jenks, :n pnymca
of a cigar, pulled out a little swab of
gummy, prcay, badly used np postage
stamps. "Can't you give me hard mon
ey aiked the ci-ar-lady. "Madam,"
sternly ic.. ponded Jei.ks, "I hava seen
very little inoni-y that looked harder tlian
that !"
-V Pauih writer speaks of a hut -vi
mi-eiablo that it didn't know which way
to .ill, mid ?o kert tt Hiding. This n
like the man that had suca h complication
of diseases that he didn't know which to
die of, an I so he lived on !
-V ' --'
sai a polue dry pcoas c!sk to 5 girl Tron
the country. "Yes, it,' answered the
blushing drn'l, "that!- ray feller cutside
he wouldn't come in T' ...