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Poor Home Directors William Douglass, Geirge Delany, Irwin Rutledge. Pvt House Treasurer George C. K. Zahm. Auiitort Thomas J- Nelson, William J. Williams, George C. K. Zahm. County Surveyor. Henry Scanlan. Coroner. -James Shannon. Mercantile Appraiser Geo. W. Easly. ty't. of Common Schools Henry Ely. BSSBrRG BOB. OFFICERS. , BOROCGH AT LARGE. tf vj iae -i cute.- J-"t cioa Kinkead. wrgttt Jame3 SJyers. . ol Directors Ael Lloyd, Thil S. Noon, Paish, Hugh Jones, E. J. Mills, Til J. Jones. r EAST ,WAHD. fWeEvan E. Evans. '6 Council John J. Evans, Thomas J. j J'3' Jon W. Roberts, John Thompson, D. "mea. yptctors William 1"). Davis. L. Rodgers. r , J Election Da niel J. Davis, "wr Lemuel Dav is. r.. t, WEST wAHD. KTmta'-ll. M. O'NeJll. V,. yurcti r. s. B unn, Edward Glass, liaa ' John D- omas, George W. r3Tr,, William Bai'mes, Jno. H. Evans . dt ? Election Mich ael Hbor. JA;.w Oeorg Garli r. Spring. BY GEOB6E P. MOERI3. Thank God for pleasant weather! Chant it, merry rills ! And clap your hands together, . Ye exultin j hills I Thank Him, teeming valleys I Thank Him, fruitful plain 1 For the golden sunshine, . . And the silver rain. Thank God, of good the Giver I . Shout it, sportive breeze ! Respond, oh I tuneful river, : To the nodding trees. Thank Him, bird and birdling, As ye grow and sing I Mingle in thanksgiving, Every living thing I Thank God with cheerful spirit, "' In a glow of love . : For what we here inherit And our hopes above I Universal nature Revels in her birth, When God, in pleasant weather, Smiles upon the earth I - ', ' NAPOLEON ill. AND THE SENTINEL A EPISODS 07 THE ITALIAN CAM aigu. The following truthful incident of the present Emperor of Francs is "related in the weekly Herald ot JUaj ninth. As:de from its romance, the story possesses unusual interest for us at this time, and nay serve as a lesson to some of our offi cers in high command.J . "The French troops were poured into Italy at the commencement of the cam paign with, a rapidity bordering upon the marvellous. They crossed the Alps by thousands, and swarmed into the plains of Piedmont when the Austrians deemed them as yet scarcely oat of their barracks iu France. , The display of activity was wonderful ; every hour transports arrived at Genoa, conveying cavalry and artillery, which landed aad joined the infantry, who.had crossed the mountains, so speed ily a3 to defeat the plans of the Austrians, then marching upon Turin, which capital they were aware was almost defenceless. To their surprise a few days placed between them and the devoted . city one hundred thousand of Napoleon's troops, and at once the Austrians began a retrograde movement.". They were in immense force, over two hundred thousand, but they saw proper to await the attack of the French and Sardinian armies, instead of pushing on boldly, as they had at first evinced . the iuteotion of doing. . . "The Emperor of the French took up his head -quarters at Alessandria, a fortified city in Piedmont, and here he remained some twenty days, curing which time there reigned an apparent inactivity which the Austrians deemed unaccountable. They were not aware that the French troops were moved by night. They had possession of the railroads, and during the interval referred to they were massed in such places a3 Napoleon designated to his officers. He took counsel of none, gave no reasons for any of- his actions, and surveyed himself the country over which his troops were to move. . "One morning at two o'clock a messen ger from the palace informed Mr.. Gamble (an Englishman who has for years had charge of the emperor's saddle-horses) that his majesty wished to have held in readiness three of his best steeds. An hour after, the emperor, Captain Vergne and Mr. Gamble were conveyed in a Fpecial train to Casale, the extreme out post of the French and Sardinian lines. They took their horses with them, and at Casale mounted and rode for some miles, until they had crossed the river Po, pnd were actually in sight of the Austrian camp. As the daylight dawned the emperor observed large bodies of Austrian troops moviDg in the direction of Stradella, and he at once concluded they intended crossing the river at that point. He was anxious to prevent this, as it turned put afterward that he himself wished to cross his army at that place. He ordered Captain Vergne to gallop off to General Uazaine's division, and request them to march . at ones toward Stradella, from which they were distant some fifteen miles. They were to use all despatch. -"He then returned toward his own lines, with the intention of ordering tor wad such troops as he deemed necessary tn Prevent tho successful crossing of the river by the heavy masses of Austrians Iia liad observed under march.- As he had command of Ihe railroad, he was I aware that he could throw several regi ments of picked troops forward in time to EBENSBURG, PA , THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1863. check the advance of the Austrians, and could thus hold them back until the arrival of General Jiazaine's division, which was one of the finest in the French army. The emperor rode as rapidly as he could in the uncertain light, over the broken rice fields and marshy meadows, until at last he approached the outposts or nis army, lie was cantering along, when suddenly a soldier stepped from behind a clump of mulberry-trees and caugnt iue Driaie or nis norse. " 1 Qui va la ?' -shouted the sentinel The man was stationed alone far out from the. ranks. He was what the French call a ."sentinel perdu" (a lone sentinel.) what we can a picK.ec - . " 'Give the countersign said the sol dier as he stepped back and held his musket ready for immediate use. The emperor was sorely puzzled ; he did not know the countersign, which he had not learned, as ho intended-coming back -as he had gone in the cars. Gamble was likewise in ignorance a3 to the vwt d' odre. "'You can go no farther unless you give the countersign, or can shovr me a pass from the Grand Prevot insisted the sentinel. . . - "Gamble dismounted, and, stepping up to the soldier, who kept a keen watch upon his every, movement, informed him that it was the Emperor Napoleon that he was thus detaining. He pointed to the imperial cipher upon the saddle and repeated to the sentinel, " C est V ehipereur it is the emperor ; do not delay his majesty.' "At the mention of Napoleon's name the soldier instinctively made the military salute, but the movement was instantly succeeded by a look of doubt. .. " 'I can let no one in or out of our lines unless they give the countersign or pro duce "a pass signed by Colonel Vernon, our Grand. Prevot. Vc caught seven spies and shot them yesterday, and ,'wd have all "received "Strict orders ( to be unusually vigilant ; I cannot allow any one to pass who is not en regie. ' "In vain Gamble insisted that such orders could not apply. to. his majesty. " 'I do not know that heis the emperor said the sentinel. ' "'Have you never seen his , majesty before V inquired Gamble! " 'Never was the reply. 'The Eleventh Chasseurs de Vincennes, my rccriment. hav"e been in Africa for the last seven years. I ne?r saw the emperor. "He gazed Ion and curiously at Napo leon, who, annoyed1 at this delay, had thrown away his cigar, and was impatient ly twisting his long moustache. - " 'Let me pass, my friend urged the emperor. 'I have important orders to give. This person pointing to Gamble, 'will remain with you as hostage "Touching his horse, he moved for ward. " 'Back Y shouted the sentinel, level ling his gun ; 'back ! or I will put a ball through you. You must not pass.' - "The emperor savr the man was in earnest, so, ordering Gamble to mount again, he said, he would make a circuit, and come upon the camp at same other point, where the eoldiers would most likely recognize him aud allow him to pass. " 'You will not stir from this spot until I am relieved said the sturdy little Chasseur. 'If you move you do it at your peril. In an hour or so . our corpo ral will pass here, and then I will hand you over to him. Until .he comes you 'must 6tay near one. Get off your horses added he, roughly f 'I don't like the looks of cither of you. This man is not a Frenchman said he pointing to Gamble. 'Come, get off .. "And as he said this he. pulled his sword within easy reach and shook hi3 gun significantly. ' . There was no help for it, and so tho emperor and Gamble dismounted, and seating themselves upon the grass, await ed with impatient anxiety the coming of the corporal. Napoleon was aware that the little chasseur was but faithfully doing his duty, and so he submitted to that which was a necessity, although a painful one. He endeavored to converse with the sol dier, but was rudely silenced., . tAisez V eaid the little fellow, who evidently was predisposed in favor of .his prisoners, 'you must not talk to the sentinel "After a long and tedious delay the corporal came to relieve the guard. He knew the emperor, who, of course, at once passed into the French lines. ; "It was eight o'clock when his majesty reached Alessandria, and, although he at once dispatched a strong body of troop4! toward Stradella, they arrived too late. The Austrians had crossed the river in large numbers, aud attacked the French at Montebello. Thev were, after an ob stinate combat, ; repulsed, however, and ref rdfcsed the I o. But they remained on 1 the bank of the river for the purpose of preventing any pursuit. Gen. Bazaine, with his splendid division,reached the scene of the battle too late to participate in it. "Finding thattthe Austrian troops were ready to 'dispute the passajro ot the river at Stradella, the emperor conceived the plan which proved.so successful, and for which he was greatly lauded by all milita ry authorities. Leaving a large force at Montebello and Voghera, a town near by, in the night he marched tho main body of his army toward Ycrcclli, and arriving there with astonishing rapidity thanks to his railway facilities he crossed the Sesia, and fought the battle of Palestro, which was so gloriously won by Zouaves. He then pursued the retreating enemy, fought them at Turbigo and Magenta, gaining another splendid victory, which gave him possession of Milan, and, in fact, so cut up and discouraged tho Aus trian armies as to enable him to free Italy from her invaders. The world saw in the sudden change of operations which took place after tho battle of Montebello a proof of extraordinary military capacity on the part of Napoleon TIL, and greatly wa3 his foresight applauded. It wa3 asserted that he had made a pretence of massing hi3 troop3 at Stradella, while he really intend ed making that grand circuit which brought him upon the flank of the Aus trian army, to their utter dismay and dis comfiture. ' ; "A few persons are aware that the emperor up to the very moment he heard of the battle of Muntcbello fully intended crossing the Po at the village of Stradella; that he had ordered his household to more to that place the moment it should be in possession of his troops ; iu fact that he bad determined upon making it his head-quarters. . When, upon making the reconnoissance we have above refer red to, he saw the, Austrians moving- to ward Stradella, he determined he . would reach that place before them; and this he would have done : had not that 'sentinel perdu that lone picket -detained him until it was too late to accomplish his purpose. His majesty, no doubt, writhed at the detention, and was, perhaps, tempt ed strongly enough to blow out the brains of the little chasseur with his revolver; but he reflected that the man was doing no more than his bounden duty. Had he shot that sentinel, the soldiers would have stigmatized the act as murder, and have looked upon the emperor as unworthy to command them. Discipline is the safe guard of an army, and none more than the commandingofficers must submit to its requirements, even when, as in the in stance we have just related, a whole plan of campaign is changed thereby. The soldier must obey orders to the letter. lie neither sho d nor can make disti nctions. '"That day, while at dinner, the Empe ror Napoleon related the incident of the morning to those who shared his meal. Among these was Marshal Baraguay d'llillies, who commanded the division to which the Eleventh Chasseuraielonged. The next day the marshal sent for the soldier who had detained the emperor so long and' gave him a military medal. " 'Never let any one pass without the countersign, mes enants,' said the veteran; 'not even the emperor himself. "Recent events point a moral to this story, which all will find without our aid. Napoleon III., Emperor of. France, the mightiest monarch . in Europe with the fate of two nations depending upon his movements, allowed one of his sentinels to detain him a prisoner for two hours, and that at a moment he deemed of paramount importance. . lie made no effort to shoot or disarm the sentinel. He felt the man was doing his duty, and he submitted to a necessity which he could not overcome save by violence.. He knew that no ex cuse could have palliated any other course of action. Obedience is the soldier's first aw -from the highest to the lowest.' ' FACT jFort Vegetarians. It is indeed a fact worthy of remark, and ono that seems never to have been noticed, that throughout the whole animal creation, in every country and clime of the earth, the most useful animals, that eat vegetable food work. The all-powerful elephant and the patient, -untiring camel, in the torrid zone ; the horse, the ox, or tho don-1 key, m tho temperate ; and the reindeer in the frigid zone, obtain all their mus cular power from nature's simplest pro duction the vegetable kingdom. But all the flesh-eating animals keep the rest of the animated creation in ' constant dread of them. They seldom eat vegeta ble food until some other animal has eaten it first, and . made it into flesh. Their own flesh is unfit for other animals to eat, having been itself made of flesh,, and is most foul and offensive. Great strength fleetness of foot, usefulness,, cleanliness, and docility are, then, always charaot eristic of vegetable atr3. . 4 Last Speecli of Senator Douglas. " A DELIVERED AT CHICAGO, MAT lj 18G1. Mr. Cliairman I thank you for the kind terms in which you have been pleas ed to welcome me. I thank the committee and citizens of Chicago for this grand and imposing' reception. I beg you to believe that I will not do you nor myself the in justice to believe this magnificent ovation is personal hemage to myself. I rejoice to know that it expresses your devotion to the Constitution, the Union, and the flag of our country. I will not conceal gratification at the incontrovertible test this vast audience presents that what political differences or party questions might have divide4 us, yet you all had a conviction that when the country should be in danger my loyalty could be relied: on. That the present dauger i3 imminent no man can conceal. If war must come if the bayonet must be used to maintain the Constitution I can say before God my conscience is clean I havaf truggkd long for a peacclul solu tion or the difficulty. I have not only tendered those States what was theirs cf right, but 1 have gone to the Very ex treme of magnanimity. The returu we receive is war, armies marched upon our Capital, obstructions and dangers to our navigation, letters cf marque to invito pirates to prey upon our commerce, a concerted movement to blot out the United States of America from the map of the globe. The question is are we to maintain the country of our fathers, or allow it to be stricken down by those who, when they can no longer gov ern, threaten, to destroy ? What cause, what excuse do disunion ista give us for breaking up the best gov ernment on which the sun of heaven ever shed its rays ? They are dissatisfied with tho result of a Presidential election. Did they never get beateu before ? . Are we to resort to the sword when we get de feated at the ballot-box ? I understand that the voice of the peopje expressed in the mode appointed by the Constitution must command the obedience of every citizen. They assume, ou the eldctiou of a particular candidute that their rights are not safe in the Union. What evidence do they present of thi ? I defy any man to show any act on which it is based. What ac has been omitted to be done? I appeaPto these assembled .thousands, that so far as the constitutional rights of the Southern States, I will say the con stitutional rights of slaveholders, are con cerned, nothing has been done and nothing omitted of which they can complain. There has not been a time, from the day Washington was inaugurated first President of these United States, J x A -1 TT 1 . wlien the rights of the Southern States stood firmer under the. laws of the land than they do now; there "never was a time when they had not as goud a cause for disunion as they have to day. If they try the territorial question now, for the. first time, there is no act of Congress prohibiting slavery anywhere. If it be the non-enforcement of the laws, the only complaints that I have heard have been of the too vigorous and faithful fulfilment of the Fugitive Slave law. j Then what reason have they ? , The slavery question is a mere excuse The election of Lincoln is a mere pretext The present secession movement is the result of an enormous conspiracy, formed more than a year since formed by the leaders of the Southern Confederacy more than twelve months ago. They use the slavery question as a means to aid the accomplishment of their ends. They desired the election of a Northern candidate by a sectional vote, in order to show that the two sections cannot live together. When the history of the two years from the Lecomptou Charter down to the late Presidential election shall have been written, it will be shown that the scheme wa3 deliberately made to break up the Union. . They de3ircd a Northern Republican to be elected by a purely Northern vote, and then assign this fact as a reason why the sections may not longer live together. If the Disuuijn candidate in the late Presi dential contest had carried the united South, their scheme wa3, Ihe Northern candidate successful, to seize the Capital last spring, and, by a united South and a divided North, hold it. That scheme was defeated in the defeat of the Southern States. But this is no time for a detail of causes. The conspiracy, is now known. Armies have been raised. War i3 levied to ac complish it. There are only two sides to the question. Evey man must be for the United States or against it. There cau bo no neutrals in this war only patriots or traitors rs. . . . .. - J it. God, Illinois ?a nor divided ou '9tion. T know thy.'xprcred to 1 Thank this que9tio NUMBER 36. present an united South against a divided North. They hoped in the Northern States party questions would bring civil war between Democrats and Republicans, when the South would step in with her cohorts, aid one party to conquer tha other, and then make an easy prey of tho victors. Their scheme was carnage and civil war in the North. There is but one way to defeat this. In Illinois it is being so defeated by closing up the ranks. War will thus be preven ted upon our own soil: While there was a hope of peace, I was ready for any rea sonable sacrifice or compromise to main tain it. But when the question comes of war in the cotton-fields of the South cr th cnrn-fields ot Illinois, I say the farther off the better. We cannot close cur eyes to the sad and solemn fact, that war ' does exist. Th government must be maintained, its ene mies overthrown, and the more stupendous our preparations tho less the bloodshed and the shorter the struggle. But w must remember certain restraints on car actions even in time of war. We are a Christian people, and the war must bo prosecuted in a manner recognized by Christian nations. we rights. TTT T i a : j i.rii; i The innocent must not. suffer, nor women and children be the victims. Savages must not be let loose. , But whilo" I sanction no war on the rights of others, I will implore my countrymen not to lay down their arms until our own rights are recognized. The Constitution and its guarantees are our birthright, and I am ready to enforca that inalienable right to the last extent.. vYe cannot recognize secession. Recog- nize it once, and you have not only dis solved government but you have destroyed, social order, upturned the foundations of society. You have inaugurated anarchr iu its worst form, and will shortly experw ence all the horrors of the French Revo lution. - , , , Then we have a solemn dutyto main-, tain the Government. The greater our unanimity the speedier the day of peace. We have prejudices to overcome, fromtha few short months sinse of a fierce party contest. Yet these must be allayed.- Let', us lay aside all criminations aud rccrim- iuations as to the origin of theso difficul ties. When we shall have again a' country with tho United .States flag floating over it, and respected on every inch of American soil, it will then bo time enough to ask who and what brought . this upon us. I have said more than I intended to " say. It is a sad task to discuss questions ' so fearful as civil war; but ssd as it is, bloody and disastrous as I expect it will be, I express it as my conviction beforo God, that it is the duty of every Am'eri-" can citizen to rally around the flag of hia ' country. - I thank you again for this magnificent demonstration. By it you - show you. have laid aside party strife. Illinois has a proud position. United, firm, dstcr-v mined never to permit the Government to be destroyed. Yankee PitisoNEas in Dixie. If capture in battle used to have auy terrors for the Yankees, it seems to hs have lest them all. Tt is in fact their shortest and . easiest way to get home, with a parole in their pockets, and while they stay there they will have a good time. The Charles- -ton Couritr of a late date has this para graph : ; . . "At Atlanta and Augusta the officers of ' the robbers and marauders, who wcro recently captured near Rome by General Forrest, were permitted, to go about at will, taking their meals at the hoteb, vis lting tho bar-rooms in tho latter city, aud. inspecting the condition and situation of affairs with almost as much freedom frozsf restraint as if they were makiug their trip through our country a matter of business or , pleasure," or us if they were never expected to return to their armies with all the infoimatiou which it was ono of the prime objects of their expedition into that section to obtain." But this is not the worst of it. Tho Augusta papers describe and with nat ural indignation how the Yankee bandits were presented with boqucts by the ladies aud with cigars by the gentlemen of that city; how they left in the evcniDg in a state cf as high good humor and exhilar ation as if they had been on a pic-nio party hoping to visit again that hospital! and pleasant city ; and how, amidst all this, the confederate officers and sokilr who were guarding tho prisox' wiia nllnwfl ri onnm it , 1 . . 1.1. "" - w""v- few rtfiwir , notice. any After recapitulating these facts, tho editor abits : vYiU no u'2rv opinion arise to fetak ttemv st!e " kcn oourteUe to Lcv'sr'" t jV tinj Jtcaifal! . , , ---'.r!
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