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VOLUME 4. EBENSBURG, BA., THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1868. NUMBER 42. ?!
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MST OF POST OFFICES.
Post Offices. Post Masters. Districts.
Bethel Station Enoch Reese, Blacklick.
Carrolltowa, William M.Jones, Carroll.
Chess Springs, Danl. Litzinger, Chest.
Conemaugb, A. G. Crooks, Tylor.
Cresson, Wm. W. loung, Washint'n.
Ebensbnrst. John Thompson, Ebensburg.
Timber. Isaac Thompson, "White.
r.aiiit7.in. J- M. Christy, Galhtzm.
Hemlock, . Wm Tilej, Jr.,
Johnstown, I. E. Chandler,
Loretto, M. Adlesberger,
Mineral Point, E. Wissinger,
f..n-ior A. Durbin.
Washt'n.
Johnst'wn.
Loretto.
Conem'gh.
Munster.
ipiattsvilk, Andrew J Ferral, Susq ban.
t!niina. G. w. Bowman, Wliite.
St. Augustine, Wm. Ryan, Sr.,
Scalp Level, George Conrad,
Clearfield.
Richland.
Washt'n.
Sonman,
Summerhill,
Summit,
Wilmore,
B. F. Slick. .
Crojle.
Miss M. Gillespie, Washt'n
Morris Keil, S'merhill.
CHURCHES, MINISTERS, &c.
Presbyterian Rev. D. IJarbison, Pastor.
reaching every Sabbath morning at 10
o'clock, and in the evening at 6 o'clock. Sab
onth School at 1 o'clock, A. M. Prayer ineet
iojf every Thursday evening at 6 o'clock.
JlethodUt Episcopal Church Rev. J. S. Lem
liox, Preacher in charge. Rev. J. Gray, As
sistant. Preaching every Sabbath, alternately
at 10J o'clock in the morning, or 1 in the
evening. Sabbath School at y o'clock, A. M.
Prayer meeting every Thursday evening, at 7
o'clock.
HWvA Infonendent REV Ll. R. POWELL.
Pastor. Preaching every Sabbath morning at
10 o'ciock, and in the evening at 6 o'clock,
fc'abbath School t 1 o'clock, P. M. Prayer
meeting on the first Monday evening of each
month ; and on every Tuesday, Thursday and
Friday evening, excepting the first week in
each month.
Cahinistic Methodist Tzv. Johx Williams,
Tartor. Preaching every Sabbath evening at
2 and 6 o'clock. Sabbath School at U o'clock,
A.M. Prayer meeting every Friday'evening,
st 7 o'clock. Society every Tuesday evening
at 7 o'clock.
DLiriples Rev. W. Lioyd, Pastor. Preach
ing every Sabbath morning at 10 o'clock.
Particular Baptists Rev. David Jkskixs,
Tristor. Preaching every Sabbath evening at
3 o'clock. Sabbath School at at 1 o'clock, P. M.
Catholic Rev. M. J. Mitchell, Pastor.
Services every Sabbath morning at 10 o'clock
tad Vesper3 at 4 o'clock in the evening.
ECEXSRCRC MAILS.
MAILS ARRIVE.
Eastern, daily, at 10 o'clock, A. M.
Western, 44 at 10 o'clock, A. M.
MAILS CLOSE.
Eastern, daily, at 8 o'clock, P. M.
Western, " at 8 o'clock, P. M.
CrThe mails from B utler,Indiana,Strongs
town, ic, arrive on Thursday of each week,
t 5 o'clock, P. M. '
Leave Ebensburg on Friday of each week,
at & A. M.
0a-The mails from Newman's Mills, Car
rolltown, &c, arrive on Monday, Wednesday
and Friday of each week, at 3 o'clock, P. M.
Leave Ebensburg on Tuesdays, Thursdays
-ad Saturdays, at 7 o'clock, A. M.
RAILROAD SCHEDULE.
CRESSON STATION.
West Bait.' Express leaves at
7.58 A
9.11 P
7.58 P
7.58 P
12.27 P
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M.
M.
M.
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" r ast Line "
Mail Train "
East Through Express "
" Fast Line "
" Fast Mail "
" Through Accom. "
WILMORE STATION.
West Bait. Express leaves at
" Mail Train " "
East Through Express "
" Fast Mail "
" Through Accom. "
0.58 A. M.
9.29 A. M.
8.21 A.M.
8.25 P. M.
7.30 P. M.
6.30 A. M.
8.59 A. M
COUXTY OFFICERS.
Judges of the Courts President, Hon. Geo.
Ja.vlor, Huntingdon; Associates, George W.
"'ley, Henry C. Devine.
rrothonotary Joseph M'Donald.
Register and Recorder Edivard F. Lytic
Skeriff John Buck.
District Attorney. Philip S.X (Son. .
County Commissioners Jattips Cnnnpr. Pc
kr J. Little, John Campbell.
treasurer Thomas Callin.
Poor Hotl n,rrln. W i 1 I ! a . r tn.o
Oeorge Delany, Irwin Rutledge.
wr nouse Treasurer George C. K. Zahm.
Au-litnr TVinm a a T. X'olunn ur:n: T
i'liam3, George C. K. Zahm.
county surveyor. Henry ocanlan.
Corontr. -James Shannon.
Mercantile Appraiser Geo. W. Easly.
'. o Common Schools Henry Ely.
EBEXSRFRG 1SOK. OFFICERS.
, BOBOCGH AT LARGE.
VJ lHe x cacc. vuuu ix. liuuens
cmon Kinkead.
uW's James Myers.
Jn V erectors Anei L.ioya, rnu c. pioon,
uvid J. Jones. .
n EAST WABD. . -
toaJZeEvan E. Evans.
T,- un'1 Jonn j. ,vans, i nomas J.
J.Jone J-ioDerts, John Thompson, u.
Vectors William D. Davis, L. liodgers.
JdQt of Election Daniel J. Davis.
aMor-Leniuel Davis.
WE8T WARD.
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HT? CilK. S. Bunn, Edward Clas,
0tLn ir' Jobn D' Thomas. Ceorge W.
tableIt. M. O'Neill
J'or.William Barnes, Jno. H. ;
pe of Election Michael Hasson, -
Evans
Select JJortrg.
"Riflemen Form!"
There is a sound of thunder afar,
Storm in. the South that darkens the day,
Storm of battle and thunder of war,
Well, if it do not roll our way.
Form, form, Riflemen form,
Ready, be ready to meet the storm.
Be not deaf to the sound that warns,
Be not gull'd by a party plea,
Are" figs of thistles or grapes of thorns?
Union alone can keep us free.
Form, form, &c.
Let your reforms for a moment go,
Look to your butts and take good aim,
Better the loss of a limb or so,
Than loose the tree in the raging flame.
Form, form, &c.
Form, be ready to do or die,
Form in Freedom's name for the fight,
Give to the breezes our battle cry,
''Forward and God defend the right."
Form, form, Riflemen form,
Ready, be ready to meet the storm.
MRS. WELL'S SUCCESSOR,
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Farmer Wells' Tivo Wives.
"And so poor Mrs. Wells' is dying!"
This was spoken mournfully .by more
than one person, as glances long and year
ning were cast toward that window where
the blinds were shut.
"Poor Mrs. Wells 1 just as she had got
so comfortably settled in her new house,
too ; poor Mrs. Wells I"
Yes, it was "poor Mrs. Welb" a with
ered, pale, almost deformed woman, old at
forty-two, when she should have been in
the prime of life, healthy and blooming.
The street was a village street whereupon
stood the new house that Farmer Wells
had bought. It had a pleasant look, a
hospitable, handsome presence, and seemed
to invite alike, the. stranger and the friend.
Every ching around was well laid out: the
rces had once been monarchs of a forest,
and the farmer had wisely let them stand
around his new home. Freshness and
beauty marked all the premises, from the
handsome portico to the ample stable and
barn. The garden was just beginniDg'to
send forth its choicest treasures, the trees
were giving bountifully of their blossom
and fragrance, and everything spoke of
spring, and the fruits that lay concealed
in her bosom ; but, poor Mrs. Wells was
dying.
Her husband sat sorrowfully in the
darkened chamber, battling with his
grief, for he had loved that patient wife
for twenty. long years, and if any misgiv
ings came there to his mind, it was on ac
count of the toil he had brought upon a ?
irame mat was young ana oeauuiui.
Yes, those sharp, pinched features weie
beautiful when she became his wife, and
these dull eyes sparkled with the fire of
iov and health. Children had been car
ried in those wasted arms, and thence all
too soon to the grave. The hands so mo- j
tionless had moved in labor incessantly, ,
beginning action before the sun began to
kindle the dawn into day, and ceasing
only when the task was finished, whether
it wer5 twilight or midnight. Two sons
stood in the chamber with solemn faces,
awaiting the last lingering breath, con
sciousness there was none.
Twenty years ago Mrs. Wells was in
stalled by a happy husband, mistress of
his homj. It was not his ewn farm whose
broad acres he cultivated; consequently,
he had determined in his mind to work
hard, to be diligent, frugal and saving, to
that in years to come he might have some
place to call his own. Iuto this pleasarft
scheme the handsome young wife entered
with all her heart.
She was healthy and strong, knew how
to work, was not afraid of labor; she
would aid him by every means in her
power ; be his co-worker, his hcl as well
as his wife. So she went to work, and her
thrift and her toil told. Every year the
farmer laid by money toward his purchase.
People wondered why the Wellses would
go to meeting in that rickety old cart, or
why Mrs. Wells wore the same faded, cal
ico that she had worn for ten years at
least. But she knew, aud though her
form began to bend, though her hands had
grown coarse and misshapen, and she felt
pains and ills she never knew before, it
dtd not once occur to her that these were
the effects ot hard and wearing labor.
Time to readl Why, the good woman
would "almost have laughed in the face of
any person who might have asked her the
question. Look at her work, and then
imagine, if you could, that she had any
time.
Why, she hadn't even leisure enough to
eat her meals properly. That was most
lamentably true; what with cooking huge
messes of pork and beef, cabbage and po
tatoes, filling tub after tub with apple
sauce, making all the cheese, bread, and
butter for the household and hired men,
how could she cat her meals as she ought 1
Yet, strange to say, she never regretted
all this outlay of strength, all this waste
of .human life. Ever before her was the
prospect of that farm, cleared, planted and
paid for.
She never would allow herself to have
nny help, except when her children were
born, and even then she gave the wearied
frame no repose, but stitched and mended,
propped up by pillows, before her nerves
or her muscles were able to perform their
proper functions. And thus it was that
she grew deformed, shrunken and old;
grew into a machine of flesh and blood
that never tired of the huge toil it had
taken upon itself to bear.
Her husband became accustomed to
seeing her pale race, and so often had he
listened to her reiterated declaration that
she wouldn't have a girl near her, that at
last he gave up all thought of it. He had
several times in the early years of their
marriage, proposed to drive and visit, but
she had always something to do, until he
never dreamed of taking her out for a
drive.
One day he came in early in the after
noon.
It was an unusual hour for him, and
his wife remarked it, as she looked up off
the pile ot shirts she was mending.
"Well," said he, with a flush and a
smile, as he seated himself in one of the
high backed wooden chairs, "I've bought
a farm at last, and paid for it, every cent
of it."
At first the faded eye kindled, the lip
smiled; but suddenly the wife bowed her
heal on her hands and burst into tears.
"Why Sarah, why wife, I I thought
you'd be pleased' exclaimed the farmer,
quite chagrined at this very unusual ex
hibitiou. Sarah, after a little struggle with her
self, lifted her head and wiped away the
tears, striving to smile.
"I aai, dear," she said, "very much
pleased, but thero did come such a dark
leeling over me just then as vou spoke, '
that I had to give way to it, and cry fur a
minute, like a baby."
"Well, well, that is strange for you,
Sarah; you're feeling sick, perhaps."
"O no; I feel well that is, my head
aches ju&t a little after dinner ; but then
I suppose I was tired," she replied.
"Tired yes, that's just it," said the
farmer; "well, you shall have a girl after
this; no more slaving. I'm rich enough,
uow, and it's nonsense for you to kill
yourself."
"I ain't killing myself, John, and I'd
rather not have a girl now. The boys are
grown up, and there are no babies to take
care of ; so you see I can get along nicely,
besides, I am used to my own ways, and
shouldn't like anybody to break in upon
'em. Everything will be new there, and
nice; but do tell me all about it; where is
the house, and wliat did you giver.'
He answered her question, by resolutely
declaring that she must come out and get
into the carriage", and go aud see for her
self. For once she laid aside that important,
all engrossing work, and did as she was
desired. As for the house and grounds,
she was almost in ecstasies about them;
everything was so pleasant and convenient
for her work. . Work was uppermost, and
her theme was, how easy it would be to i
do this, and how easy to do that still
work !
They were settled, and much of the old
furniture was replaced by new, and yet so
fearful was the good wife that things
would not be kept up to just the point
where she found them, that it was sciub
aud delve, delve and scrub, from morning
till night, just the old way, only a little
worse.
At last nature would hold out no long
er. After enjoying the new farm for six
months, Sarah complained of feeling
strangely, one evening, fell down in a
fainting fit, and was taken to her bed,
which she never left again.
The neighbors, as they passed and
repassed, soon saw a black crape tied to
the . front door, and then they knew and
looked sorrowful. Poor--John Wells!
he stooped also, and bore a hopeless, mel
ancholy face at the funeral,, and his new,
smart house felt like a new smart tomb,
where the bricks, the varnish and the
painting were all fresh.
It took him two years to get accustomed
to his Joneliuess, and he would have lived
on single forever, if some presumptuous
friends had not undertaken to find him a
wife, and then almost do his wooing for
'mif
Miss Sally Holt was the woman destined
to take the place of the late Mrs. Wells
She was an active, enterprising girlish
old maid as the term goes, and a woman
who knew how to take care of herself,
too.
At first, she laughed the idea to scorn.
What I she be married ? No indeed !
Not to the best man that ever trod in two
shoes. The idea! She, Sally Holt; it
wasn t a going to do. But it did do, and
Sally had the prefix of Mrs. before her
new name. She went into the house,
and gloom took itself off before her bust
ling ways and sunny face. She must have
a girl, she said, yes a girl, the first thing
and a smart capable one, too. John
rather opened his eyes at this, for it seem
ed indeed a new doctrine, but he was able,
and forthwith a girl was installed in the
kitchen. Still John Wells stooped. and
looked perplexed and careworn. It quite
startled him on the spring in which they
were married, to hear his wife ask him to
spade up a bit of land in a favorite spot
where she could plant sonje flowers, and
then strangest of all ! commissioned him
to go to the city to buy some choice seeds
Why ! Sarah would have done both, her
self, or else gone without them this he
only tuought, however, but said aloud,
"he didn't know as he couli 6pare the
time." Sally said "he must," very play
fully, though under the trifling air she
assumed, lay a resoluteness that conveyed
itself even through smiles. John went
Not long after, harvesting time came
on.
Sally saw what was required of her,
and in her half serious, half sportive way
protested that she could not do the work
for all the men who were coming ; that
she didn't like the manners and the con
versation of those she had seen, and it
would bfc very much agaiust her inclina
tion to have anything to do with it.
"Why Sarah never said or thought of
such a thing ;" was his astonished (men
tal) exclamation !
Sally divined his thoughts. She was
cute, was Sally, and sometimes very ab
rupt with her tongue.
"I know that poor Mrs. Wells always
did these things," she said mercilessly,
"and I know, and every body knows that
she worked herself to death."
"Well, true euough, it might be;"
jaid the farmer, slowly and thoughtfully,
"Le never thought of it. But what shall
I do 'i" he atked, fingering his hair
nervously.
"I will try and get along with a little
extra help, but I have a plan ;" said the
determined Sally, her black eyes shining
"That little old house oc your place !"
"Well, what of it ?" asked John Weils,
not a little curious.
"Fit it up and let Harry Lee take it.
Qive him ground for a garden, a privilege
in the wood lot, and pay him a small sum
over. He will bring his wile here; she
will help me enough to allow me to dis
pense with the services of a girl except
in harvest and planting time ; then let the
men eat with them, you paying the
difference of table expenses, and you will
save yourself money, and me my health,
besides having a good reliable man always
within call."
John Wells looked and thought, toyed
with his hair, knit his brow, and thought,
and looked again. lie couldn't see into
it just then, but it didn't take long after
that to Appreciate the whole thoroughly,
and to put the plan into execution. The
next move of the adroit little Sally was i
to induce her husband to procure a neat, j
inexpensive little carriage, and alter that,
she iound it convenient to ahect that she
wasn't used to driving, and it would do
them both good to take a daily drive.
John Wells did not -like this at all, at
first. It broke in upon his habit of taking j
a "snooze," as he called it after tea, but
the break up put new lue in niai. it was
a great point gained to get him to put
on a clean suit of clothes for supper, and
the John Wells sitting at the table with
hair curled and clean collar on, (John
was really a handsome man,) would not
be known for the same dirty, tired, stoop
ing husband of the first Mrs. Welfe.
Now if lie would only take a paper !
It was a pity, but he had a sort of moral
horror of newspapers. He thought all
the lashionablo foibles and extravagancies,
even crimes of the country, originated in
the columns of the newspaper. It took
a' long time for the cunning Sally to gain
her point. Like a" true woman she never
gave up, but after every failure turned
her tactics, and of course came off con
queror. A splendid paper that treated
largely of farming, soon laid on his table,
and John Wells acknowledged to his wife
a year after that, well, really it was
astonishing how much one could learn
from a little paper ; it was really ! He
had actually saved all of twenty dollars
by a judiciom expenditure of two I
"Uidn't I tell you so V asked Sally,
with a comical face.
"Yes, you did, and that's a fact.
It's
strange 1 didn t see all these
before;" and he sighed to himself.
things
Well, the result of all this is for Sally
is alive and well, and blooming, too, at
forty-nine.
. I say that the result of all this is, that
if you, reader, ever happened to see
farmer John Wells twenty yeafs ago, you
wouldn't know him to-day ; no, that you
would not.
Look up the road; see that dashing
carriage. Well, that is the property of
Esquire Wells and his still handsome
wife. Mark the old gentleman as he
glances this way. With what an air he
bows ! Perfectly well bred, I assure you:
perfectly at his ease. His cheeks are
ruddy, you perceive, although his hair
has turned gray, and his eye has fire and
expression, both of which were wanting
there once. He sits quite erect, also,
thanks to his wife, for she has been the
magician's wand, tho transforming power.
She knew what she was about when she
took upon herself the matronly office. Go
to his home and see the three happy,
ruddy children there. "Poor Mrs. Wells,"
when she bore children could not snatch
the time from ordinary domestic duties
to take care of cither souls or bodies, and
the consequence was a deterioration of
both, and five little graves in the church
yard. The" sacrifice of so much life was
not needed; doctor bills and interments
came to more than two strong healthy
girls would have cost, to say nothing of
medicines, anxiety and the wear and tear
of the spirit and frame. Farmer Wells,
with a little more judicious mangement,
might have bought his farm and kept, his
wife and children ; for however prettily
we may talk of the "little angels in heav-
en, it is certain that the human race
was not destined to die off like sheep, in
the first and tendercst years of existence.
However, such cases may be held up as
profitable examples, to warn not farmers'
wives alone, but all women who drudge
aud delve, destrovincr all hone of the
future in the wearing anxiety of the
present, iarmer Wells ana his wife are
a happy couple, and if you call upon
them you will see abundant prosperity.
and plenty of books and papers.
Kisses. A sensible cotemporary says :
"The women ought to make a pledge not
to kiss a man who uses tobacco."
So they had! but the deuce of it is, all
the handsome men use it in some shape !
And kissing is a little luxury not to be
dispensed with.
As to a female kiss, faugh I there s no
effervescence ia it it's as flat as an un
mixed soda powder ! If I'm victimized
that way, I always take an early application
of soap and water ! You will sec women
practice it sometimes, just to keep their
hand in, (lips, I mean,) but it is a misera
ble substitute a sham article done half
the time to tantalize some of the male
audience ! (I hope to be pardoned for
turnin;?
"State's evidence," but I don't
care a pin if I ain't.)
Now, kissing is a natural gift, not to be
acquired by any bungler; when you meet
a "gifted brother," "make a note on it," as
Capt. Cuttle says- There's your universal
kisser, who can't distinguish between your
kiss and your grandmother's. Faugh!
There's your philosophical transcendental
kisser, who goes through the motion in
the hair ! There's, oh ! my senses! they
say there's such a thing as "unwritten
music," and "uuwrittcn poetry," and I've
my private suspicions that there are "un
written kisses." Fanny Fern.
Well Ti med. While the rebel hordes
were swarming into Pennsylvania on the
17th, and were seizing horses, cattle,
boots, shoes, &c, and Indiana also inva
ded by another band of rebels at the
same time, the great "Democratic Mass
Meeting" assembled at Springfield, Illin
ois, and passed an out and out peace
resolution, condemning the war, and
calling for its instant stoppage.
Had the invasion been of Illinois instead
of Pennsylvania and Indiana, they would
doubtless have done the same thing ! Are
such men patriots ? Do such men mani
fest no sympathy with tiaitors? no kind
uess for them ? no fellowship with them ?
Are they loyal and true, and to be trusted ?
Could they in any other way so unmista
kably publish to the rebels of the South,
their friendship and their sympathy ?
Could they in any other way so effectually
invite them to invade the North ?
Let thinking, honest, true men consider
these things. Our own State invaded by
armed traitor?, and a ."Great Democratic
Mass Meeting" in a sister State, at the
same time passing a resolution coudemn-'
ing the war waged against them, and
against the invasion I
Honesty h the beat policy.
Another "Arbitrary Arrcst.
The Bellefonte Press gives the following'
account of copperhead proceedings ia
Centre county:
On last Thursday our town 'was pretty "
near the scene of a perious affair. Tha'
particulars, as correct as could be got from
tte many flying reports, are as follows :
It is very well known to the most of our
inhabitants that a portion of the people of
Perm's Valley are not loyal; and to speak '
plainly on the subject, we think wo are
justifiable in pronouncing them traitors to '
the very Government that protects them
and their property by the strong arm o
the law from their enemies. They' have
openly declared their intention of resisting
the draft, and vowed vengeance on the "
enrolling officer, should he be caught ia '
their midst. But, nothing daunted, and 1
determined to fill the responsibilities of his
office to the utmost, the officer made his
appearance amongst them, and at once
proceeded to enroll those of the inhabitants
subject to the draft.' Ue met with some
opposition at different nlaee.q. h
risk of personal danger until he got with
in the limits of Penn townshl
he met with a man by the name of Charles
ii r; i . - .
v mgert, wno reiused to be enrolled, and
also used threats of a dansrerons chanrtr
towards the officer, one cf which was, that
if he did not leave the premises immedi
ately he would shoot him.
The officer came to town and related the
particulars of the affair and on Thursday
nijrht a posse of men headed hw P
Marshal Butts, went to the residence of
Wingert, and demanded that he should
deliver himself up ; this he refused to do,
and they were compelled to force the door.
When they did so he was found under the
bed, and his loaded gun near at hand, but
which he was too cowardly to use. Mr.
Wingert was escorted to town, and engaged
boarding at Sheriff Alexander's stone
boarding house on the hill.
The next day couriers arrived here with
the information that one hundred armed
men from Penn township were marchin"
on Bellefonte, with the intention of free
ing the prisoner, and if any resistance was
offered, of burning the town. This news
spread like wild fire, and in less than two
hours over a hundred men, armed and
equipped for a fight, had assembled to de
fend the town. . When this reached the
ears of the Pen&'s Valley chivalry, they
thought proper to' "skedaddle," which
they did in double quick time across the
mountain.
It is well the two parties did not come
in collision, for had they done so, the loss T
of a great many lives undoubtedly would
have been the result. An example should
be made of the ringleaders of this open.K
contempt of the law.
might yet arise from it. If Buch is the
opposition to be made to tne enrollmentf
names, what will it bo when the- diSft
takes place. .
On Saturday 'Wingert wai. fakcuVt..
U ilhamsport tu await his triaUt.thW Uni-
ted States Court; now in tessaon- at thatj
place.
The question cf rani between tn
Major Generals of the aurxnj has beam
decided by a board of officcs3 to wiriGhi it
has been submitted, by determining th,s
following order of xrecedenee i . '
Maj. Gen. M'Clellan, appointed Mj
14th, to take rank from the same date.
j)laj. Uen. J?reraont, appointed July la
to take rank froxn Mav 14th. ISfil ,
Maj. Gen. Banks appointed June !5th
to take rank from May ICth 1861. . '
Maj. Gen. Dix, appointed Jane 14th
to take rank from 'May 16th, 1861. '
The decision is, upon two ground;
First, that an appointment may be anti
dated by tlie President; as in General
Frcoioct's case ; and, .second, t hat order
in which the names stood oa the list
wrhea the appointments were sent into
the'6enate. It decide? the rank betweea
Banks, Dix and Butler, without rerd to
actual date of appoiri-tment. by thePresU
dent.
AN iNCIDENf AT VlCKSBURQ. -Quite
flnxcitement w raised a few nights ao
by a deep-voiced privatesin one of ouc
rifle-pits calling out as follows :
"Attention, battallion I Order ns h
F ix bayonets I Shoulder arms ! Ckar-e"
bayoneul Forward, doubU. quick 'IT Just
at this juncture an entire vollev of mus.
kctfy from the rebels greeted pits
It Was dark, and they thought a charge
hal been made. ' As soon as the - report
or the discharge had died away our hero
cried out, as if to a regiment : ; . ,-:
" Why are you wavering there I For
ward !. I say forward." ;
Another volley came rattling'over their
beads, when, having carried the joko far
enongh, the boys fell to shooting at the
rebels, and ceased only wha the picket
were put out.
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