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CHURCHES, MINISTERS, &c.
rreibyterian Rev-. D. Harbison, Pastor.
Preaching every Sabbath morning at 10$
o'clock, and in the evening at 6 o'clock. Sab
oath School at 1 o'clock, A. M. Prayer meet
ing everv Thursday evening at 6 o'clock.
Methodist Episcopal Church Rkv. J. S. Lem
mos, Preacher in charge. Rev. J. Gbay, As
jistant. Preaching every Sabbath, alternately
at 10 o'clock in the morning, or 7 in the
evening. Sabbath School at 9 o'clock, A. M.
prayer meeting every Thursday evening, at 7
o'clock.
Welch Independent Yizr Ll. R. Poweli,,
Pastor. Preaching every Sabbath morning at
30 o'ciock, and in the evening at 6 o'clock.
Sabbath School at 1 o'clock, P. 51. Prayer
meeting on the first Monday evening of each
month ; and on everv Tuesday, Thursday and
Friday evening, excepting the first week in
each month.
Calvinutic Methodist Yzv. Joes Williams,
Pastor. Preaching every Sabbath evening at
2 aud o'clock. Sabbath School at K o'clock,
A. H. Pxaver meeting every Friday evening,
at 7 o'clock. Society every Tuesday evening
it 7 o'clock.
Disciples Rnv. W. Lloyo, Pastor. Preach
ing every Sabbath morning at 10 o'clock.
Particular Baptists Rkv. David Jenki.vs,
Pastor. Preaching every tabbath evening at
3 o'clock. Sabbath School at at 1 o'clock, P. M.
Cciholis Rsv. M. J. Mitchell, Pastor.
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Judges of the Courts President, Hon. Geo.
Taylor, Huntingdon; Associates, George W.
Basley, Henry C. Devine.
Prothonotary Joseph M'Donald.
Regisitr and Recorder Edward F. Lytic
Sheriff John Buck.
DUtriet Atlorne:.Vhmp S. Noon.
County Comnittioners James Cooper, Pe
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Treasurer Thomas Callin.
Poor House Directors William Douglass,
George Delany, Irwin Rutledge.
Poor House Treasurer George C. K. Zahm.
Auditors Thomas J Nelson, William J.
Williams, George C. K. Zahm.
County Surveyor. Henry Scanlan.
Coroner. -James Shannon.
Xircantile Appraiser Geo. W. Eas'y.
Sup't. of Common Schools Henry Ely.
EBEXSRl'RG DOR. OFFICERS.
BOROUGH AT LAKGK.
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rriaon Kinkead.
BurewJamea Myers.
School Directors AV-el Lloyd, Phil S. Noon,
Joshua D. Parrish, Hugh Jones, E. J. Mills,
Did J- Jones. . '
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iown Council John J."EvanSv Thomas J.
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ucor William" D. Davis, Z. Rodgers:
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testable X. II. O'Neill. :; .
2,? Counc S. Bunn, Edward Gla?s,
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Settlor George Gurlay.
VICTORY AND TfiOURNlNG:
A Discourse Preached on Na
tional Thanksgiving Day, Gtli
August, 1S63, In the Presbyte
rian Church, of Ebensburg-, by
Rev. D. Uarblsou, Pastor.
Ebensburo, Avgmt 6, 1863.
Rkv. D. Harbison Dear Sir: Having
heard your discourse of the 6th inst., and
believing, in view of the great National dif
ficulties afflicting our contry, that the pub
lic good would be promoted by-its publica
tion, we respectfully request a copy of it for
that purpose.
Yours, Very Trulv. &c,
GEO. M. REEP,
E. ROBERTS,
J. MOORE,
JOHN WILLIAMS,
RICHD. JONES, Jh.
JAMES PURSB,
JOHN THOMPSON.
Ebeksbcro, 8A August, 1863.
Messrs. Geo. M. Reeo,E. Roberts, J. Moore,
and others
Dear Sirs: The discourse referred to was
hurriedly prepared to fulfill the pleasant du
ties of the late National Thanksgiving Day;
and in my judgment is not worthy of the
publicity which j'our partiality would give it.
Nevertheless, I now comply with the request
of esteemed friends, believing that in times
like these every good citiien is under a mor
al obligation, from which no consideration
can absolve him, to do his utmost by word
and deed to sustain and strengthen this
benign government which so generously
throws the broad shield of protection over
all. It would be joy indeed to my potil to
know that any sentiments annunciated on
that happy dny would stimulate the christian
patriotism of our Mountain County.
Hoping that your expectations of usefulness
to the good cause msy be realized in this
contemplated publication, and praving that
we may soon meet again in God'3 house to
give him thanks for a righteous and honor
able peace,
I remain, respectfully,
Your friend and Pastor,
D. HARBISON.
"And the victory that day was turned into
mourning." 2d Samuel, xix, 2. .
The lights and shadows that mark the
progress of human life not unfrequently
succeed each other with a rapidity that is
amazing. A'3 the briprht sunshine from
an unclouded "sky is followed by the flit
ting shadow that casts comparative dark
ness over the object that glittered in the
noontide beam, so man's day cf joy is
often turned into heaviness. Our short
life here is indeed a checkered sceDe,
made up of hope and fear, light and dark
ness, joy and sorrow ; and thus, "to every
thing there is a season, and a time to
every purpose under heaven: a time to
weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn
and a time to dance."- It is one of the
wise arrangements of Providence that our
journey through life should be varied
with the alternate scenes of rough and
plain, crooked and straight, and that the
strains with which we beguile the weary
pilgrimage should not be the monotonous
notes of sorrow on the one hand, or of joy
on the other, but that we should sing both
of mercy and of judgment. It is, there
fore, not only a divine injunction, but it
exactly accords with what is proper and
wise for us to '"rejoice with trembling."
Opposite emotions often become so blen
ded that it is with difficulty the one is
distinguished from the other. We almost
invariably find the necessity of deducting
something from cur happiness, lest our
joy should become immoderate. Is there
not a probability that the day of adversity
may come close upon the day of prosper
ity ? Hence it is that our purest and
highest earthly joys are seldom unmingled.
As we drink the cup of bliss, an unseen
hand may dash it to the ground. As our
hearts rise with pleasurable emotions, the
recollection ot the high price paid for
these may suggest thoughts that will in
terrupt tho loftiest joy. Hope and fear,
pleasure and pain become commingled,
and the shouts of victory die away amidst
the wailings of the wounded, the groans
of the dying, and the lamentations of
hearts made desolatl by the casualties of
war. Tho words of our text furnish an
affecting illustration of this truth, both as
regards the occasion on which they were
first uttered and in reference to the Na
tional victories for which we this day
devoutly give thanks to Almighty God
"And the victory that day was turned
into mourning."
It might seem strange that vre should
choose a subject at all suggestive of what
is sad and melancholy on an occasion like
the present, when the nation is called by
the President, in the manifold mercies of
a favoring Providence, to rejoice and give
thanks in view cf what God has recently
wrought by our armies on many battle
fields gallantly won by patriotic soldiers.
"Bat a little reflection will show us. abun
dant reason to aiingle regret with glad
ness, and sorrow with joy, and mourning
with the' shouts or victory both these
emotions may with propriety be indulged j
to eonce extent 'in our present natiQnaj 1
EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1863.
situation. Lest we should be swallowed
up with over-much sorrow, God has heard
our cries on days of humiliation and
prayer, and at length ha3 given us abun
dant reason for joy and thanksgiving.
And now, lest our gladness should be
excessive, He reminds us of the propriety
of mingling our lamentatious with the
lofty acclamations of victory.
It might be proper to glance briefly at
the circumstances under which the lan
guage before us was originally employed.
A wicked and wide-spread conspiracy had
been formed that had for its object the
destruction of that government which was
appointed and set up, and prospered and
defended by God himself. Many who
were under special obligation to sustain
and strengthen the government of Israel
renounced their allegiance, audlent them
selves to aid a "rebellion which is as the
sin of witchcraft." The King's own son
brought the guilt of treason upon his soul,
and rallied around the standard of revolt
an ill-advised and countless multitude.
That fearful insurrection seriously threat
ened the stability and unity and very
existence of the lsraelitish nation. It
was, therefore, an absolute necessity to
defend the existing and legitimate gov
ernment against all its enemies. And
after a hard-fought battle in the woods of
Ephraim, victory perched upon the ban
ners of the royal army. The military
success there achieved was decisive and
complete, and was the. death-blow to
Absalom's infamous and unprovoked re
bellion. King David' di'd not accompany
the army cn that memorable expedition,
but still he felt an absorbing interest in
the issue of the conflict, and was specially
concerned for the safety of a rebel son
who had taken up arms against his crown
and kingdom. When he learned the fate
of battle, and felt the bitterness of his
bereavement intensified by "the reflection
that Absalom had died not only in the
midst of his days but also in the midst of
his sins, the dignity of the monarch was
lost sight of and forgotten, and the feeN
ings of a father's heart gained the mas
tery. He wa3 moved to teurs, and wept,
and said, "Would God that I had died for
thee, my son, my son." The valiant
warriors who had hazarded their lives on
the high places of the field for the honor
and glcry'of their king and nation were
deeply affected at the sight, "and gat
them by stealth-that day into the cit', as
people being ashamed steal away when
they flee in battle; and the victory that
day was turned into mourning."
Is it difficult to discover many points of
striking similarity between that nation
and our own ? The resemblance appears
not only in the early history and in the
rapid material prosperity, but also iu the
perilous times upon which unhappily we
have fallen. Tho conspiracy to destroy
our government conceived and matured
by men in high places the armed revolt
and terrible conflict and immense sacrifice
of human life in order to make the treason
successful, and the signal discomfiture of
the rebel army completes the likeness,
and strengthens our conviction that the
issue of the conflict will be like that de
struction with whieh Absalom's rebellion
was overwhelmed and auuihilated.
May it not be truly said of the impor
tant victories with which Providence has
crowned our armies that mourning is
mingled with them all ? Let u contem
plate, merely for a moment, the circum
stances of actual battle, and the terrible
consequences which necessarily result
from a hard fought engagement between
two hostile ' armies. And here we must
remember that the half has never been
told of the sorrows and sufferings endured
by our country's brave defenders. Cor
respondents on the field can see but a
small part of the wild dash aud impetuous
charge in which manya hero falls to ri-e
no more ; even what is seen is beyond the
power of human language ' so to describe
that we can form proper conceptions of
the dread rtality. And yet enough is
seen - and heard, understood and felt to
verify the remark that the voice of
mourning is heard amidst the shouts of
victory. While some rejoice, others feel
the bitterness of war's desolation. Every
victory costs a price that is wholly incalculable.-
We speak not now of the waste
of perishable property , of fields ravaged
and fruitful valleys trampled inta a wil
derness. Nor do we refer to the immense
slaughter among . the : brute creation, nor
the countless treasures spent in sustaining
the deadly combat. There, is a, cost in
victory beyond the power of au angel's
arithmetic to reckon in the wounds. and
bruisus aud pains inflicted upon the actual
combatants. None but those who have
gone over the battle field during or imme
diately after a hot encounter, can form any
proper conception -of the agony felt by
huudreds and thousands recently whole
and hale, now maimed and bleeding and
helpless, How would we stand aghast at
-
witnessing the instant destruction of a
single individual by a deed of violence
how would our tenderest sympathies be
aroused did we see a neighbor or friend
mutilated and doomed to drag out life
while unfitted for its burdens ! Then who
can tell or what heart can imagine the
immense sufferings endured by - many
thousands of brave men helplessly carried
from the field, leaving parts of themselves
behind and bearing the scars of war on
their mangled and dismembered. bodies!
These arc the necessary accompaniments
of victory, and the sad thought that the
battle is won at such a price leads us to
mourn while wc rejoice.
In the cost of victory is to be included
the immense loss of valuable lives. The
poorest, the most obscure soldier in the
ranks fills an important place in some
social circle. Family attachments and
extensive-usefulness do not depend upon
military rank and office, .and when we
think of the material of which our armies
are composed the young and promising,
the middle aged, and gray headed, men
sustaining the various relations of sens
and brothers, husbands and fathers, in the
highest a3 well as in the lowest walks of
social life we cannot be insensible to the
mournful fact that when the common
soldier falls at his po3t of duty, just a3
truly as when the superior officer is strick
en down, many affectionate hearts are
made sad. And the multitudes of widows
and orphans rendered desolate by a single
battlo, furnish a melancholy commentary
on these inspired words, "the victory was
turned into mourning.
Another oppressive thought suggests
itself in this connection. One of the
considerations which serve to reconcile us
to the separations produced by death, is
the preparedness of the soul to appear
before God. Is there not reason to fear,
from the deplorable state of morals known
to exist in an army, that many there neg
lect the one thinf? needful. It is awful to
rush into the presence of God, unprepared
to give an account cf the deeds done in
the body. We are infinitely far from
supposing that the war in, which our
'jrovcrnment is now engaged, is useless or
unlawful or indefensible. The guilt of
blood so copiously she! must rest on those
who causelessly took up arms and plunged
the Nation into these horrors of civil war.
And we are as far from intimating that
the salvation of a man who dies in battle
is cither impossiblo or improbable. A
good soldier of Jesus Christ may be a
valiant soldier of the llepublic, and falling
before the fire of the enemy, his soul will
rise to glory. But we cannot forget the
profanity and indifference and irreligion
that so lamentably prevail in military life,
and when victory is bought at the cannon's
mouth, feelings of sorrow and regret in
stinctively commingle with those of grati
tude and gladness.
I3ut let us inquire whether there is not
yet another ground for grief connected
with some of our late important National
victories: . Let nono suppose that we
lightly esteem the valuable victories with
which Providence has recently crowned
our arms. We consider them most sea
sonable and encouraging, and gsing far to
constrain the enemy to cease the contest. .
We feel incompeteut to estimate the ini-
portance of that grand success achieved by
the Army ot the l'otomac on the border
counties of our own Commonwealth. An
implacable foe, inflated with the visionary
hope of conquest, rushed with his trained
bands upon our border, scattering dismay
among the people and committing every
exces"s upon the. peace and "property of
unarmed citizens. That was one of the
darkest hours in the darkest day of the
Republic. The national army had suffered
defeat, and many brave hearts were qua:
king then for fear. Poor and hasty were
the preparations made to repel the insolent
invader, and to add to the general disqui
etude and apprehension, the command was
assigned to another at the mast critical
moment of the entire campaign. . When
we review the history of that memorable
march, and eventful battle, and important
victory; when we think of tho thousands
fleeing in wild dismay from cherished
homes, powerless to defend themselves
from the ruthless foe, our main army dis
pirited, weary and worn, we cannot regard
our creat success as other than a most
marked and , merciful ' interposition of a
kind and favoring Providence. V.I it had
not been the Lord who was on our side,
when 'man rose 'up against us, then tho
waters had overwhelmed' us, the. stream
had gone over our : soul.' 'Blessed be the
Lord, who hath not given us a prey to
their teeth' It is God who putteth down I
one and raisetu up another, lio went
forth with our hosts, attended our army to
the fight; and gave us a most marvellous
and signal victory. " Never was.a victory
more wonderful, never was a victory more
valuable. We even yet. tremble at the
thought of disaster on' that momentous
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occasion. Had our brave defenders been
driven back, leaving their countless dead
upon the field, and their wounded in the
bunds of the enemy, oh 1 what consternation
and alarm would have spread with light
ning speed from Pittsburg to Philadelphia,
from Maryland to the York state line.
Imagination can sketch the dreadful pic
ture of cities packed and reduced to ashes;
railroads ruined, or in the enemy's ser
vice; trade paralyzed ; farmers and mer
chants plundered, and all of us ?t the
mercy of an enemy whose tender r.isrcifJt are
cruelty. From these 6ad desolations God
has mercifully delivered us, and for this
goodness wc will sing a perpetual song of
praise. He endowed our Geuerals with
skill, He gave cur soldiers courage and
strength and endurance, so that they quit
themselves like men ; and on those memo
rable day3 around the hills of Gettysburg
our brave and valiant warriors fought and
won a victory that in importance is second
to none of which we have any recollection.
While wc do not then by any means
undervalue that inestimable victory, but
on the other hand feel most fervent grat
itude to God for it, and warmest gratitude
to the soldiers through -whose instrumen
tality God gave it us, we mourn the im
mense los3 of valuable lives, and the fam
ilies that are made desolate. We mourn
the terrible suffering endured by. the
thousands there seriously wounded. But
on another ground this grand victory was
turned into mourning. , While -we are
deeply thankful for what was done, with
out attaching blanio or censure to any, wc
cannot but feel regret that more was not
accomplished.' Vt'e mourn that a solitary
invader of our soil teas permitted to escape,
and especially we mourn that the rebel jen
trcd did not fall into our hands, that he
might receive the due reward of his perfidy
and ingratitude, in drawing the sword
against a Government he had sworn to
defend, 'and that honored him with an
important trust of which he has loutr since
proved himself to be unworthy. -.-While
wc have this cause for sorrow, let us not
forget our abundant reasons fur rejoicing;
there is nothing more contemptible than
a disposition that sours every enjoyment
by discontent. -There are those so consti
tuted with narrow nd shallow and evil
minds, who. can. never find anything grat
ifying is our national success. They look
continually for exceptions, and in things
the most praise worthy, their sagacity Ls
exerted to make deductions. When our
ears are greetel with the pleasing souuds
of victory, thoir Cain-like countenance
falls, as if the death knell was ruDg over
their selfish political aspirations. "O, my
soul, come not thou into their secret; unto
their assembly, mine honor, be not thou
united."
CbfLstiaa patriots, lovers of your na
tional name and glory, be not yc like such
craven hearted murmurers. Be not in
sensible to the numberless blessings of a
favoring Providence, and the many hope
ful indications thut Jjrighteu our national
prospects. Our joy is rational; may our
gratitude be fervent iu view ot what God
has wrought not only in our own deliver
ance, but in the equally important succe-s?
of our arms on the dictnat Mississippi, in
the capture of the enemy's stronghold,
with garrison and munitions of war, at
Vicksburg aud Port Hudson, at Helena
and Tullahoma. These are all most val
uable victories, reducing the strength of
the rebellion to the extent of nearly one
hundred thousand men in killed and woun
ded and prisoners of war. If equal. suc
cess would crown our arms durir.g the
coming fall, the rebellion would be dead
and buried in a dishonored grave before
the dawn of New Yearg morn. And with
the full consciousness cf our cause being
just and holybelieving God to be cn our
side and that we shall yet prevail, why
should the auspicious day of peace be
postponed by party strife and political
bickeriugs among the professed friends of
freedom and order and legitimate civil
government. Ah, it Is this uuhappy and
unnecessary division in the public senti
ment of the North, engendered by the.
greed cf gain, and gloried in by armed
traitors at the Soufh, that has caused this
devatatiug war to be prolonged. And
while we bite and devour one another at
home, and run fhe'risk of being consumed
one of another, the public enemy rejoices
and takes courage and gathers strength in
our dissensions to renew the combat.
V Let us hot forget that iu Union there
i.? strength, and if divided we must fall.
Every good citize.n,: crery sincere -christian
is morally bound to sustain the powcis
that be which are ordained of Gcd, by
ucuouncing the rebellion and its abettors,'
a'nd cheering on ro victory the eelf-denying
heroes that battle, for our National exis
tence. It is only-' the abandoned and
worthless and self-iecJcing ' politician that
encourages division, that winks at or
excuses the mob violence .which wantonly
murders and 'robs and -ravage?,. ; The
NUMBER 48.
down-trodden and abject classes of Euro
pean despotism have recently shown their
unfitness to enjoy free. Institutions,. and
their unworthiness of that protection and
prosperity denied them in their fatherland1,
but which all may. find in this ' land of;
liberty. . The outbreak to which we refer
puts new life and energy into an exhausted
and expiring rebellion, and causes a
prolongation of hostilities. While wo
deeply lament such lawlessness and insTib
ordination, we specially feci grieved at the
thought that men pretending to honor
and intelligence and patriotism have no
language of condemnation, but- rather
secretly - applaud and connive at th
desperation of an ill-advised and infuriated
rabble. Let all vile outlaws soon find
their low political level ; and let tha
majesty of law and order bo carried in
ljfty triumph by a virtuous population to
a victory where there is no mourning
mingled with the glad hosannahs of a
rejoicing nation.
Rejoice, then, fellow citizens, on thia
happy day, but join trembling with your
mirth. The war is not yet ended ; we
are still engaged with a foe fired by tho
worst passions of maliea and wickedness:
We know not to what excess he may bo
permitted to'go, for he is a rod in tha
hand of a righteous God by which we aro
scourged for our grievous nation! flins -
i While we praise God for what he has
done for us, we must continue instant ia
prayer to him for his presence and bles
sing to be with our Army and Navy and
give u more important victories. Ho
can save by many er by few. He can
turn the enemy's counsel into foolishness,
and cause his heart to fail in the day of
battle. You remsinber how the haughty
Sencacharib invaded tho land of Judea.
spreading terror among the people and
threatening to capture the national cap
ital, but Hezekiah called upon God, and
"that night an angel of the Lord smote
in the carcp of -tho Assyrians an hundred
fourscore and five thousand." Let 'our
ardoprayer3 continue to ascend to our
fathers' God on behalf of our bleeding
country, and we shall find deliverance.
Let us study to bo grateful for mercies
past not only now, but always, and daily
ask, what shall w? render to tho Lord for
all his benefits?; Finally, let us show our
gratitude bp -making a worthy thank
offering to those noLle men who periled
life and limb in the thickest of the fight.
Is it necessary for roe to appeal to your
christian sympathy and large-hearted
liberality on behalf of those brave meti
whoso blood wa3 shed oa the hills and
valleys around Gettysburg .who tolled
and fought in the trenches before tho
besieged Vicksburg, and who heroically
fight our battles on Morris Island hi
Charleston harbor. Many wc know aro
plca.-ed atan opportunity to give for thi
relief of our sick arid wounded soldier
who manfully stood bctween-our peaceful
and endangered homes, aud the wrathful
enemy who Was about to divide the spoil.
These men have a righteous claini upon
our sympathies, our gratitude, our bencd
cence. And when you cast your quarters
and dollars and fives thia dny into tho
common collection, think it not a charity,
but an instalment of an honest debt which
3'our whole life will be too short entirely
to liquidate.
Ah, ye noble and gallant soldiers who
generously fell and freely bled, that wo
might this day walk the earth erect,
unscathed aud unmolested. Ye brave
countrymen who left your homes and
families to defend ours from the violence
of perjured rebels we admire your
fortitude, we see you uncomplainingly
stretched helpless and exhausted on teds
of suffering far away we hear you say,
"we grudge cot our services to our
country, we fell at our post, we tried to
do our duty, and if able we .would do tho
same tea times again." Ycu shall not
waut the cup of cold water,, nor tha hos
pital stores, nor the faithful nurse : such
as we have give we unto you, and through,
the agency of the Christian Commission
wo send our offerings, and to God wo
present our prayers in behalf of your
bodies and your souls.
fcC?" A gentlemau at a ladies' fair, being
solicited to buy something by a fair crea
ture who kept a table, said he wanted to
buy what was not for sale a lock of hair;
She promptly cut off the coveted curl, and
received the sum asked for it, 610. Tha
purchaser was showing his trophy to a
friend. ' . " ' ' ' "' '
She rather had you," said tho friend;
"to my certain knowledgeshe only paid S3
for the whole wig." . .. .
5?" "Porter asked an old lady cf 'a
railroad porter, "when does the nine o'clock
train leave ?" "Sixty minutes past eight;
mum," he replied. .... ,
CC&,A dollar in hacd is. gLterallj
worth, two in the ltdcet. - " "
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