My y&ZA Mm Sf A - j ' . 4 nUUtr.U, TJtlltor and IrojrictOA. I WOULD RATHER EE RIGITT THAN PRESIDENT. Hesby Clav. TFRMS - f 3,OC fSIIi .4 IV . IT .11. J. VOLUME 4. Dl RECTO RY, list or iost orncLS. i..t O.ilces. Post Maulers. JJistrtets. Ucthc! Station Knoch Reese, Llacklick. William M.Jones, Carroll. Daul. Litzinsrer, Chest. A. G. Crooks, Taylor. Wm. W. Young-, Waabint'n. John Thompson, Kbensburg. Isaac Thompson, White. J. M. Christy, Gallitzin. Wm. M'GouGrb. Wasbt'n. UnrroUtown, UliesJ Springs, tjonea'augi), li!!a Timber, Gall.tzin, llealock, Jolnstown, Lo-etto, Miieral Point, Minster, PJattsville, H3i'!:inJ, sj:. Augustine, Scalp Level, Son man, Sumriierhill, Suinmit, W'ilmore, I. K. Chandler, M. Adlesbcrger, E. Wissinger, A. Durbin. Johnst'wn. Loretto. Concm'gh. Muifster. Andrew J. Ferral, Susa'ban. Cr. W. ISowmau, White. Wm. Ryan, Kr., (.? corgi t'e.raJ., JL.M'Uolgan, 15. F. ttick, Clearfield. Richland. Wasbt'n. Croyie. Miss M. Gillespie-, Wasbt'n. Morris Ivcii, S'merhill. churches, mixisteus, &c. nr:hir;.ui Ret. I). IIabisox, Pastor. j'fl'reaelii'ng every Sabbftth nwruing at 10 ", 'clock, and in the evening at 3 o'clock. Sab- : J.ath .School at I o'clock. A. M. rrayermeei- 1u.r every Thursday evening at C o'clock. "uahodLil Episcopal Church Uev.S.T. Show, Preacher in cbaree. Rev. W. Long, Assis uit. Preaching c very Sabbath, alternately i,t in.', o'clock in the morning, or 7 .in the veiiiii"-. Sabbath School at t o'clock, A. -.1. Prayer' meeting every Thursday evening, nt io'clock. Wrick JiulyenJcntJlzV Li. U. 1'owl-ll, .utar. Preaching every Sabbath morning at :u o'ciock, and in the evening at O o clock. S.iU.ath School i.t 1 o clock, 1. -1. 1 raver a-u-ting on the 'first Monday evening of each iivMiin : ana on ever lutsajj, ih'.ny evening, excepting the firtt week in ich month. f-ili-;.'.iltc MethoJltv.r. Jonx illiams, :ut. PrtMching every Sabbath evening: at f an 1 ij o'clock. Sabbath School at 10 o clock, . M. Praver mtet'.ug every Friday evening, ;'t 7 o clock. Society every i uesuay nnui.g l 7 o'clock. ;.ciplt.iV.r.r. W. Lloy., Pastor. Pre.ich .ieverv SaubHth morning at 10 o'clock. l',irticu!ir JJ-in Rev. David Jkskixs, ;,sior. Preaching every .-abbatli evening at o'clock. Sabbath School nt at t o'clock, P. M. C.,tl,;!icY..- M. J. Mitchell, Pastor. ervices every Sabbath morning at 10.1 o'clock ill Vespers at 4 o'clock in the evening. n:2r:r;ri2L'tic; mails. MAILS ARRIVE. i?t:rn, dailr. ''cstcni, ;t 11.', o'clock, A. M. at 1H o'clock, .A 31. HAILS "LUSKT :-.,tcrn, daily, at 8 o'clock. P. M. " cstcru, ' " at K o'clock, P. M. j,-1f" The mails frori 1 ntler, Indiana. Slroiigs- ". '.i. A j., arrive on Thursday of each week, t : o'cioi k, P. M. Li-iu-p- Eheiishurg cu Friday of each week, t & A. M. r'lTiie mails from Xuvmnn's Mills, Car illiiiwn, ic, arrive on Monday, Wednesday :il Friday of each week, at 3 o'clock, P. M. I.oave E'oensburg oi Tuesdays, Tiiuisdnys il daturd at 7 o'clock, A. M. II A 3 f At O ID K C S 1 S: S U VJZ . CRE3SON" STATION -est Ralt. Express lea s at Phila. Express " 8.:;h a. M. U.22 A. 31. i.:r.i P. M. 2.1 J P. M. P. 40 P. M. 0.20 A. 31- lu.oi a. y.. 0.0 1 A. 31. U.4-J A. 3!. 0.60 P. 31. 8.14 P. M. i 5t; a. 31. IV. 04 A. 31. Fast Line Emigiant Train E tst Express Train " 1 .ist Lino " f..:l Trnn u WILMURE STATION. T est MJiilt. Express leaves at ' I'hila. Express '; l'at Line st Expreps Trair " Fas? b-iio 4i ,; Mail Train " 'lily, except Mondays. .hi.ljn f ih-i Courts President, Hon. Goo. "'iwr, Huntingdon; Associates, GeureW. d'-y, Henry C. I'evine. i .'')o.io,:r7--Joseph M'DonaM. H.-yistrr u;id UtcorJi-r Ed.vard F. Lytic S',,riJ' John Luck. i-hict Af ,fu:. IMulin S. Noon. CjuhI; C uiiiiisiion ' rt James Cooper , Pc- ' J. bttle, Jullll I :Ui!pbelI. Trt nuri'j- Thomas Callia. ('fit ll-mse Director William Doii "r-e Delany, Irwiu Eutlede. lass, " II u.e Tcxiirer George C K. Z -V rr.inlUe Appraiser John Farrcdl. .1 Vi.-.rr John FJ Stull, Thomas J. ;i, dhvard R I)oanep;an. C-thf S-trceyar. Henry ScauLm. C"r,,,i r. -Jiimes S. Todd. $!. of Common Schools Henry Ely. A )lPl Xel- fi5S.YSr2l-RG SiOK. OFFICER!. IH.ff ,f the Peace. David II. Roberts 1 '1 i.Mifl Z' 11 b n-i .1 i ' George Huntley. v.f,:l ;.,,-,,; E. J. Mills, Dr. John 31. liuuc Evans. EAST W, HI). Thomas Todd. V'muirUWux. D. vis, Daniel J. Davis, J- Waters, John Thompson, Jr., David W. l ,r-irrt John W. Roberts, L Ro l3ers. '"'.'' " Election Thomas J. Davis. -L-or Thomas P. Davis. WEST V.AIiO. f.'.',.fM. M. O'Xeiil. y '-"' Council WiEiam Kit U 11, II. Kinke.nl, j i iisiun. i.ilwaru 1). h.vanj 1 homas J. hai-.t "-'"'I. I). Thomas, Uoberi K vans. ""'''.' Job tl Lloyd. .-'ir-rd T. Uavis. Found in Use Snow. from godev's lady's book. "Oh ! Loucy, Louey, how could you fall in love with a Dutchman V Louey Hill turned her sweet, blushing face to her laughing cousin to say, Ear nestly "Ho is a German, Mollie,. and of very good family, though not noble. Father is very willing to' have me marry him, so his letters must have been gopd. ' 'Yes ; if ever a father idolized a child, Uncle Will is that father. Well, now. Louey, take pity on my curiosity, and tell me all about it." 'Olay I come in?" said auothcr voice at the door. "Yes, come in, r.nd hear Louey's con fession," said Mrs. Lawtou. Another lady, the sister of the bright, merry 31 ol lie, came into the room. The ladies' were the only occupants ofthe house at that hour, if we except the ser vants, and having congregated, let me describe them : Mrs Lawton, the hostess, ot? a brunette of the brilliant, witty kind, and her sister, who was onlv i vear or two younger, Miss Mcta Iliil, wa.s like her in face, form and disposition, bcune .nil, the visitor and cousin, was a blonde, fair, ictitle and petite, who, having just passea ner seventeenth birthday, was announcing herself as engaged to he married to lolph (jlettslem, professor of languages in a Ger man university. 'What is there to tell ?" asked Louise, with a little conscious laugh. ''We met. wc loved ! There is the whole story iu 1UU1 MUlU.-s. r ).. i"Not a bit of it. Answer yourxldcrs Mia Hill," said Mrs. Lawton. -Fmt, who is he ?" "He is the only son of Rolph Gottslem, of Wirseniburg, who was a professor of languages, as his son is, only in a different plitce. He, iny lioipli, was left mother less when he was on Jy five years old, and his sister Bertha only three, and they were educated together by their father for fourteen vcars. Thou I12 died, and hav ing been both liberal and hospitable, he kit his children without any property, but with a most finished and remarkable edu cation. Music, languages and science were the atmospheres of their life; but they were 3'oung, and had lived a life almost recluse. Lei ta was taken into the family of her aunt, and Rolph then came to America. He brought good letters from his father's old friend-, and foou mndc a c!as- of scholars in 2'ew York. For ten years he lived there, and then came to our town, with the. appointment of profef-sor in the college over which lather prcsiues lie has been wita us ior a year. "And the sister?" "L'crta married, and went to Lerlin. For sonic years they corresponded. Then her -husband removed to a mr remote part of (Jeriuauy, and the letters were not so frequent. At last they ceased, until within a few mouths, when Rolph received a letter, telling him of Rerta's widowhood and intention of coming to America with her little girl. Since then, lie has beard .nothing. She may be waiting to send him word exactly when to expect her, or k':e may have started, abd be on her way." "What is her name?" "I l ever heard hini call her anything but Jh rta, and I ucver inquired her lusbatid's name There, girls, you have all the stnrv. .Now, it is my turn to ques tion. What in the world, Mollie, sent vou out of town at this season ?" "Oh wc are going to nave a vJinsfmas m t lie Lnglisli style. liarry can come down by the ears you know, every day : so he allowed me to come hero hir-t week to get read'. I have sent out my invita tions ft-r the twenty fourth, to give every body a day for rett, ami the guests will stay till alter New Year, when we all re turn to town together.. Write to-day, Louej", i:nd atk Rolph to join us. It is holiday time." "Oh yes, he will be deliuhted to come. Where is Will, Meta?" " ' "Oh ! ho comes up and down with liar ry," b iid Mr Lawton. "Ye-u mut have a diMillo wedding, tiii Is When, Louey?" "N xt spriiig. ohall you have a. house full, Midlic r" " "For the week there will be twenty or thirty, and on Christmas I've wc give a, hail. How it snows! I nu-ut to ro to Rayton to clay for some tiifles that were y for some tiifles that were ! :own. But wc must postpone.' orrow. The tea-bell, girls; forgotten m t it until to morrow and there is Harry at the gate. . "And Will," said Meta. "You have no ! eyes for him, Moliic. 'Never mind; yours sec for two ( hrist inas was tie ear enough tointkc any iug the "triilis" iro-t u- ' delay about proeur venicnt ; so, t.!io next morning, the 1 ad.i,. wrapi'td themselves in hoods and cloaks, EBENSBTJRG, PA. , THUHSD AY, JANUARY 29, 18(33. ttmnrana and started for a ride to Dayton over the newly fallen srfow. The air was keen, but light hearts and" heavy wrappers bade it defiance, and the carriage rang with mer ry voices and laughter as they drove slow ly through the deep drifts. They were ifearly a mile from the house, in a part of the country but little built up, when Meta held un her hand for silence. A low, wailing cry, made fainter by distance, came on the sudden hush; a cry of des pairing paiu that thrilled those warm, young hearts. "What is it?" "Suppose it should be a child lost in the snow I" "Stop, John," cried Mrs. Lawton. "Come, girls, we will get out and see." A child lost in the snow ! Aye, a little child, crouching down near a deserted house, her arms round the neck of a dog, her face hiddeu iii her poor dress, and her wailiug cry growing weaker with each repetition. They found her very scon, -for the dark stuff of her dress was distinct as she lay i.i the cold white snow lnk. Lou ey 's cloak was off in a moment, and Mrs. Lawton raised the shivering form from its cold bed. "My child ! my poor child ! how came you here?" The little one. looked- up gratefully at thp kind, tender voice, but only shook her head, sadly. "She must be a foreigner, Mollie," said Meta. "Trv French." The question in Freuch. was succeeded by one in Italian, but only, the sad nega tive was answered. "My stock of German is .very scanty," said Louev; "but it will do nharm to try." " One word only fell on the little girl's ear, and the dark eye kindled and the pale face flushed with keen pleasure. "Yes, yes, lady," she said, eagerly, iu German, "Maria is Germau." "How cane you here?"4 "Maria walked from New York." "Walked ! Why, it is twenty miles!" "Ye's; Maria started yesterday." "Take her to the carriage, Louey, and we can talk on the way home. I must postpone goiug to Dayton till afternoon, and make this poor child comfortable. Come, little one." Rut Maria clung to Louise, not heeding the request in a strange language. Louise was but little skilled iu German yrt by dint of attention she made out the child's story. Ilc-r name was Maria Rerk mann, and she had come from Germany in the summer, with her mother, who died on the t-hip before they reached Xew York. One of the other emigrants had taken Maria because she could sing, and made her go out with a- hand orgau to rsinr in the streets The little girl showed the welts on her neck and arms where a cruel hand hud strapped her for any deficiency in the supply of pennies, and told how she had run away to walk back to Ger many; but the snow storm had covered the road, arid he was tired and col l, and thought she would sit down in the snow, and perhaps God would take her to heav en, t her dear, 1 .st mother. Mo'iiio's generous heart suggested even comfort, and Louey 'j imperfect Germau conveyed some consolation to the poor little wanderer. After a hearty meal, she was put 1 11 to a warm bed, and f-oon i'.irgot her troubles for a time in a sound sleep. After some deliberation, the ladies deci ded to keep her until Rolph came, to see if h could find some eluo to tier relatives or friends, and returu her to them. Rverv thing about Uie child denoted her claim to a pla'.-e iu a good circle. Her beauty was delicate, her hands and feet small and perfect, her accent purs, and her ina:;tiT.s Tntle and tir .:ecfal. No mark of coarse ness or low "biveding showed any Gtr.css i for the trade she had pursued alter arri ving in New York, ar.d her quiet look at the handsome house and furniture, and ease at. the well spread table proved that such a home was not entirely new to her. "Itolj.h will be hero to-morrow; so let l.tr stay with you, Louey, till he comes." L'-uev's heart W;;s already open to the child who came from llo!r h's home, ant: ; she readily consented to ,-hare her room i with the poor it!e straw er lor the time i before Rolph arrived. j j be next u iv, however, orougtit not too 1 , , i i . . ,i exrectcd ifues-t, but a lei ter say ;:; g that h could not join them u nine o'clock before til evening, the train H was reached Daston. and Mrs. Lawton. drove over to meet the :iew comer. Maria was lying in j be 1, trying to mind Leui.-e and go to J sleep, wl.en the carriage drove up and she j j heard the glad welcome given to Rolph. . ( The tears coursed silently down her cheeks, ; i till, ps the sadncsH grew too oppressive she stole quietly to the window, and sat pondering over tier loneliness and tr; les. The moon shone down through and troub- the clear glass, making the shadows dark, and t the bght weird aod gb,astly. and the ch:!d biought memory to people the scene till her poor heart seemed breaking. Her home, her mother, the sea voyage with its trying incidents, a'nd desolation, all "rose vividly before her, and in sad connection came the uncertain future. For two long hours she sat mourning, till suddenly a sound fell ou her ear that brought a flush 1 to her pale cheeks, dried her tears, and started her, trembling to her feet. With 1 a rapiciiy neating heart sne gropeu tor ner ' clothes, aud with shaking hands arranged her dress. Leaving her, let us look in on the fam ily iu the parlor. Rolph, as the greatest stranger, comes first. He is a handsome man, with sad, earnest eyes, that light only when they rest on Louise. Ilia fine face speaka of intellect and cultivation, and his manners are courteous, yet quiet. In a very little time the whole party wore charmed with their guest. All restraint was thrown aside, for they were yet a fam ily party, as the guests for Christens did uot come until the next day. After some conversation, the gentleman opened the piano, and several songs and pieces of mu sic filled up an hour pleasantly. "Now, Rolph, it is your turn," said Louie. - "Do you play ?" said Mollie. "Indeed he does, but 1 love best to hear him sing. Sing my favorite, Rolph," taid Louise. "Her favorite," said Rolph, "is a song my father wrote for my sister and myself. Ho was passionately fond of music, and no mean composer, and when any event affected him deeply, ho would ed'ten give his heart voice in mtisie. After my mother died, he went one evening to the room where my sister and myself lay sleeping, and there he sang, as if by inspiration, this 'Prayer lor the Motherless.' It was sacred to him, and he never gave the mu sic to any one. Wc were allowed to sing it only when alone or with him, and it never passed my lips after he died until I sang it for Louise." The symphony was pliintive; but when Rolph let his voice join the music, every one of the listeners was spell bound. Not only the air, but the deep, rich melody of the Cue voice, and the touching expression he gave to each word, made the song a prayer indeed. He sang one verse, and then the door behind him opened slowly, and with a hushed step, au eager yet still faee, Maria came in. Softly, her e3Tes fixed on Rolph, she crept to his side, and then suddculy, as if by an irresistible. impulse, she poured forth a wailing volume of song. Rich, clear, true, yet heart-breaking in its emotions, her voice sang, unheeding that Rolph had ceased, and with white lips and quivering frame was watching LeV. The last !cte died way, and then with a cry of agony the child fell at Ro'sph's feet. "Take iiie home I Oh! take me home!" she sobbed. "Child, child, where did you learn that song : he cried, taking her up in his strong arms. "It is mamma's song. All her own song, she told me once. Grandpa wrote it wh.cn her mother died Oh! shall I uever see my mother! Can I never go home !" All the pent up pgony of months wus shaking her frame now, as she lay sobbing in the arms that shook so with agi ration they could scarcely support even her light ugure. -i ei mother mo your name Where is your 'Mother died on the ship. xvly name 13 rlaria j Jericuiann. , "Herta- child ! My child!" it. was long before Maria could realize that such lusppiiiess lay in store for her. iler uncle, aud the sweet lady who had foii'id her in the snow, promising , her home, love and care. It was too bewilder ing for belief: There was a merry Christmas at Mrs. Law ton's, but with oni3 hearts praj-ers at oi:-ce sorrowful and glad, sad yet grateful, went up on that holiday, for the loved lost, and the lost found. f A lady was not lurg since travel ing i:i Rugland when she occupied a j railway -carriage in company with a veil-! t;ross.ed man and woman, the fornrir of ... A ,v-honi offered her a conv of an illustrated - w 1 ' I'1" for her entertainment. Sn iocei-ted th e ci vi i ty, ope ned paper, j perceived a powerful and peculiar oh r, bee.ni e immcrUaUdv inet: i!de. and av.uke , UM.rt' robbed rd' her money and railway ticket,. together with mi n dry arti- j ccs t,f jewelry. 'The paper (rns Mipposed t) have' beeu saturated wish chloroform, ' le scent oe which w-us disguised with avendcr. fJp- One .tones, who uud been c'it to prison for marrying two wives, excused i.imsolf bv saying that wIh-.u he h i l one bc fought hie.i, but when he got two tl,,-y fought each y'.h jv. Jifttci- Troi&s the 51fli IM. Vols. . Xoutu Mocxtai.v, Va., Jatoj. 13, 1SG0. Correspondence of The Allcghanian. Since my last letter, many events wor thy tlie'pn of the historian have occurred, wherein this regiment has played the con spicuous part. True, I can uot write you of "battles fought and victories won," yet I may be allowed to narrate a small part cf the trials and troubles we have experi enced among the ragged hills and the sequestered vales cf the Old Dominion, where the hawk-eyed "Specials" of the daily papers never come. Left to our selves when the powerful armies of the Rebels', under their Lest Generals, bad crosseJ into Maryland, we have experi enced trials and tribulations that would astonish many of the kind friend-, wc have L'ft behind did ihey but know the plain, unvarnished facts. From the date of the surrender of "Har per's Ferry to the fLvst 01 November, this was the only regiment ol Union troops ou the -""sacred suil" bciv.eea the South Branch of the Rotoii'ac cast to Harper's I- err Let the re-ad c r take the m -.';: of Virginia, and he will see at a glance the position we were in. With a force treble oars pressing us from the east, with Im bodeu in our rear, no support cm the weit end of our line, and the Roto mac ia front of u-, we were iu a position neither pleas ant nor satisfactory. To add to the perils of our already insecure situation, Stuart made his raid into Maryland and Penn sylvania, crossing the Potomac withiu sight of our pickets 0:1 the east, leaving it ex tremely doubtful at what point he would recioss, and thus compelling v.s to picket the Maryland side of the river. And here let me state that Col. Campbell tele graphed the first news of Stuart's raid to Gen. M'Clelian ; but foi some reason or other his information was n&t acted ou until some ten hours had elapsed, whereby Stuart was enabled to make good his escape. All thesd perils, combined with the fact that we had not a sinirle wagon to trans port our effects, nor a single cavalryman to scour the counti-y aud give warning of the approach of the enemy,' nor a single piece of artillery to resist attack, with our single regiment of infantry spread over fifty-six miles of broken, mountainous country, each company out of supporting di-'tance of the other and isolated from the rest cf the-worid, as it were, make up a chapter of difficulties and- danger which will surprise our friends aud ustoaish even oar enemies. Rut. we lost somewhat in the ur.deria- king. Imboden captured the whole of v,u. xj a.iu iue u.t 11,1.1 w VU. , aiu r-Lijor Linton, wuu sixty-six men, was compelled to fail back from Rack Creek before a force sufficient in number to have captured the whole regiment, losin three prisoners and the mo.-t of the camp aud garrison equipage of the balance. These disasters were but the result i t the vicious practice of the Government iu attempting to surround the Rebels, placing detached parties iu isolated places, where they must fall an easy prey to the superior concen tration of l!i 0 enemy. (.ir army is bro ken -up in fragments, and scattered here and there, whilst the active oneuiy in .the center leisurely calculates the- forte re- quired to capture any one p:ut, aud, hav- log las entire army well in hand, can and nhvays does defeat us by superior nw.n- j bers. His purpose at-coiup'i.died, he fails back to his grand center agai,., ready to ! pounce upon some other weak outpost, : where the policy of carpet generals has j seeu fit to locate it. j A single company of our troops are j stationed at Paw Paw. Imb d-u comes in and captures it, and fills back to his j centre of operations. Another company then sent ionvrud-o fake it place and undergoes the same treatment. And thus it is all over the country. We iuva- riab'v fight the Rein is with inferior nun ber-, ma because our army is smaller than theirs, but hv tv.i;i-i to it w)k;:i foe'df-i- sive ii'.uiiieiit n... v aiwiy.-. nave their c-jtire huvi of :cvn1 it.:r-, v. ; -:;h-' u'latcl at UiC- scene bi:-t ours. te in? eoairarv, atlcrcd Jill over the om-i- iCIK i try, vainly i ndcavorlug to "pen the bill iu the ring." j (i.i the -2'J 1 Rece-whor, last, wo received the very wr h-ee:e o-der to coeen tra'e the regiment u-d proceed to North SonJ.un ! Wc obeyo 1 Willi al ;criry, coming hero as T'-ari Oi veil, im s i. ii: t",. kh.rV.y j ii.ui v.e !oi sealed in our new r -:!;! rrs ere Iiubofioii made a !a..-h on Co!. Mutiigan. of Lexington r.otorii ty, r.t More fi, 1-1, an-l :o wera ordered to proceed by railway to Green spring a:?d there aw:dt orders o moved at i o ioi k in the ni- Liim arriving at GrJen Spriivg the day foihnv i;ig, (.Ja:r.i:iry ' ) Here we laid ia the c irs until i.i'.er midnight, when orders were received to mar-.-h with live compa- i. lou:;dale; .1 re.t .1 ta ioii:r:sy. NUMBER 18: Col. Campbell designated companies A, ,' 1), and I to constitute the five eompu-. nies, and in a few minutes they wore on the march, leaving Major Linton, with compauies C, F, G. II and K, to rcpol any attack that might be made'on the railroad near Green Spring. About three A. M., wc came to where the road crossed the South Branch, and, although it was ex tremely cold, the boys plunged in aud over we went. Continuing our march, wc arrived at Fox or Mechanicsburg (Jap about daylight. Here we lay all day, ready to receive Imboden should lie at tempt an attack on Romoey. Here, too, Col: Campbell received a telegram from Gen. Kelley, complimenting Lim for hii celerity of movement. . No enemy came, however, and in lho morning we took up cur liny of march for Green Spring via Roumey, arriving at our destination jest after nightfall. ' The celebrated village of Romney ia about the fcize of Stoystowu, Somerset county, only far more antiquated, and now that it is almost barren of inhabi tants it is one of the most desolate spots I ever saw. The county seat of Hampshire county, it boasts its Jourt-housc and jail i thought, as 1 stood and gazed upon the records and documents strewn in rich profusion over the floor and outside the Court-room, that here would be "fine food for lawyers." I noticed among the papers several precepts issued under His Majesty George 111, King of Eaglaud, Ireland and Scotland. Ancient documents, indeed, but lho sacrilegious hand cf war had strewn them broadcast to the wind ! Well, these people have brought the curse upon themselves and must buffer U13 con- sequences of their rash folly. The peril over, we were ordered back to camp here, where wc are pleasantly situated. What part we are destined to play in the Great Rebellion further than guarding the B. A. O. RR. of course 1 know uot; but I assure you wc will all hail with delight the tocsin that sounds the note for our departure hence for more active service. We have now at this post a section of artillery, the 1st A'irginia Vols., and our own regiment. Cal. Campbell, by virtue of seni oiity, commands the whole, hence Cambria county 13 entitled to the honor of at least one acting Brigadier General ia the Geld. Horace. Advertisements. Let its' imagine that nothiug better is to be found, at times, than the advertising sheet of an old newspaper never mind. Let the unfortunite man tall to and rpad tlio advertisements courageously, and make tno best ot tllCUl. All Ud VCrtlSeUiCnt 1 itself a fact, though it may sometimes be the-vehicle of a falsehood; and, as some one has remarked, he who has a a fact in hand is like a turner with a piece of wood it. his lathe, which he can manipulate to his liking, tooling it in any wa', as a plain cylinder or a richly orna mented toy. There have beeu fortunate instances of people driven to read them finding good jokes and other enjoyable things in advertisements such things as make one almost regret that so little attention has been paid to this department cf literature. Advertisements, iu fact, bring us into the very heart of life and iasino-s, and there is a world of interest ;a thciu. Suppose that the dirty broad-' P,jG y0a Up in the dingy inns soiled rooin contains the annual announcement' (,f the re assembling cf the school of your bov-lifs whata mingled and many-figured T,,nia:u.e jei jt recall of all that h'asr befallen to yourself and others siuce the j..v whcn the same advertisement maehv jT, wjli, because the hour was close at? 'nrt.ti, w1,en you were to leave home and all its homely, wavs to dwell among I ann.'incenient of the wants of an aflluent iddei-lv lad v. desirous of havintr the services of a domestic like-minded. . , . with herself, who appeals to the public ! for a 4'gro;ji to take charge cf two car- riage-l-.iir.-c of a serious turn of mind." !i!h) the simple-hearted innkeeper, who j f eeders en his limited "charges and ' civilitry ;' or the description given- by a distracted family cf a runaway Tnembcr, i w!i eo::sider hit thev are nfftirdin' val- r-r.os for his identification by say- ; j.;g, "Age not precisely kiiowu, but lacks i oPlv titan lit- is." j r',. Vv e hp.ir a good aneodota concern- ing -a soldier biddy onono of ou? gunbe.ats. The vess.-l was ju.-t going into action, and our soldier was upon his knes," when an o'lle. r sneeiiiilv asked )mu if lie was afraid f ' No. was paying," was tho ie-poMse. ''Well, what were you praying for ';" continued the oifieer. "Prayiny that, iho enemy's bullets nny be distribu--! t!ic same way as tho prize money is, principally among the ofheers !" was tb.j qx'uk :e;.;'v retert.
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers