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CHURCHES, MINISTERS. &C.
Presbyterian Rkt. D. ITarbisox, Pastor.
breaching every Sabbath morning at 10
j'clock, and in the evening at 6 o'clock. Sab
oath School at 1 o'clock, A. M.- Prayer meet
in every Thursday evening at 6 o'clock. -
Methodist Episcopal Church Rev. J. S. LtJiV-i
tios, Preacher in charge. Rev. J. Gbat, As
sistant. Preaching every Sabbath, alternately
t 10A o'clock in the morning, or T in the
erening. Sabbath School at 9 o'clock, A. M.
prayer meeting every-Thursday evening, at 7
o'clock. -
Welch Independent Rev Ll. R. PowELt,
Pastor. Preaching every Sabbath morning at
10 o'ciock, and in the evening at 6 o'clock.
Sabbath School at 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
aeh month.
Calvinistic Methodist Utv. Joux Williams,
Tadtor. Preaching every Sabbath evening at
2 and 6 o'clock. Sabbath School at lr o'clock,
A. M. Piajer meeting every Friday evening,
t 7 o'clock. Society every'Tuesday evening
si 7 o'clock.
Disciples Rev. W. Lloyd, Pastor. Preach
ing every Sabbath morning at 10 o'clock.
Particular Baptists Rev. David Jsxkixs,
Pajior. Preaching every Sabbath evening at
S o'clock. Sabbath School at at 1 o'clock, P. M.
Catholic Ret. M. J. .Mitchell, Pastor.
Services every Sabbath morning at 1 0 o'clock
od Vespers at 4 o'clock in the evening.
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at 5 o'clock. P. M. ,
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Leave Ebensburg on Tuesdays, Thursdays
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COUXTY OFFICERS.
. Judjes of the Courts President, Hon. Geo.
Tajlor, Huntingdon; Associates, George W.
Easley, Henry C. Devine.
Prcthonotary Joseph M'Donald.
Register and Recorder Edxrard F. Lylle.
S,WJ-.JohaBuck.
Di'trict Attorney .Philip S. Noon.
County Commissioners Peter J. Little, Jno.
Campbell, Edward Glass.
Treasurer Thomas Callin.
Poor Jloust Directors William Donglass,
George Delany, Irwin Rutledge. -
Poor House Treasurer George C. K. Zahm.
Aulitors Thomas J. Nelson, William J.
'Hlliams, George C. K. Zahm.
County Surveyor. Henry Scanlan.
drontr. -James Shannon.
Mercantile Appraiser Geo. W. Easly.
Sup't. of Common Schools J. F. Condon.
EBEsBURG DOR. OFFICERS.
BOROUGH AT LARGE.
Justices of the Peace. David H. Roberts
Earrison Kinkead.
Burgess James Myers. '
School Directors Ael Lloyd, Phil S. Noon,
vid J. Jones.
EAST WARD.
Constable Evan E. Evans.
Town Council John J. Evans, Thomas J.
JJone8hn W" Robrt8 Jobn Thompson, D.
Inspectors William D. Davis. L. Rodgers.
Judge of Election Daniel J. Davis.
Assessor Lemuel Davis.
WIST WARD. .
Constable ll. M. O'Neill.
laS1? ,tt?c R' S- Bnnn Trard Glass,
Oitmw T hn D" Tbomfl8 George W.
iTCWniIftm Eftmes, Jno. H. Evans
Jje ef Election Michael Hatson.
4raOTf0 Gorier.
EBENSBURG PA., THtHlSB AY; NOVEMBER 12, 1863-
DIadensburgr Dueling Ground.
On the old stage route leading from
Washington to Baltimore, a short half
mile beyond the boundary of the District
of Columbia, and within a mile of Bladens
burg, a few years aro the traveler tnieht
have observed on the right hand side of
the road just where he crossed a little
bridge a small patch of low, unreclaimed
land, thickly ovenrrown with treev and
tangled vines. There may have ben ten
or fifteen acre? of it. It was one of those
neglected corners nfeere everything had
so long been permitted to have it own
way, that, even a bold cultivator might
well pause before it in despair. A rank
vegetation had overspread the place in
savage exuberance, apparently defying all
human efforts to penetrate it. Great
groups of alders radiated their stems in
every direction. Willows innumerable
clustered along the margin of the hmok.
Occasional sycamores displayed their un
mitigated ugliness with impunity, while
here and there the dark Cmc of a cedar
crowded its way upward into the sunliffht,
rejoicing in its thrift, and looking do'n
upon the cmacijted corolla in its
f vicinity with an expression of undisguised
contempt. A heavy prow th of brabbles
wound themselves in impenetrable masses
underneath; while overhead, the lni'
vines clambered from tree to tree in wild
luxuriance, and seemed to revel in the
enjoyment of weaving their, fantastic
draperies undisturbed. Altogether, it was
ai forsaken
looking
a spot, and one as
little Jikely to be sought by man, for any
purpose whatever, as would probably be
encountered in a summer day's journey.
Apart from its wildncss, however, there
was nothing about the place to attract the
attention of the traveler; and unless it had
been specially pointed out to him by some
one acquainted with its history, he would,
in all likelihood, have passed it wholly
unobserved. But yet'tbat dark lonkiuir
jangle, opparentlyo vord of interest, i a
locality kuown all ove America. If Is the
celebrated BlademtLunj Durlinji Ground.
The ground usually chosen for the
combat was that portion of the path which
ran along the west margin of the brook, at
right angles to the road.
One of the most desperate of those
melancholy encouuters which have made
this place so memorable, was that of the
6th of February, 1819, between General
Armistcad T. Mason, previously a Senator
in Congress, from Virginia, and Co'.onel
John M. iM'Carty, a citizen of the same
State. The difficulty between them had
existed for Eome time. It originated in
that most prolific source of personal enmi
ty, politics. The parties wero second
cousins ; but notwithstanding this, their
quarrel appears to have been pntsecuted
with an animosity as unsparing as thiir
relationship was intimate. Severjl month!
previous to the final meeting, a violent
altercation had taken place between them
at the polls at Leesburg, iu consequence
of Mason's having questioned M'Oarty's
right to vote. M'Oarty at once challenged
Mason, but in his challenge he prescribed
the terms and conditions of the duel. This
dictation of terms Mason would not aubmit
to; and consequently by the advice of his
friends, he declined the challenge. At
he same time, however, he sent word to
M'Carty th'at he was ready to accept a
regular challenge in a pre per form. M'
Carty paid no attention to the message,
but forthwith published Mason as a
coward. Mason then f-ent a challenge to
M'Carty, which M'Carty declined, on the
ground of alleged cowardice in Mason, as
shown by his refusal to fiht in the first
instance. At thisjuncture a number of
Mason's friends united in a letter, begging
him to take no further t:oic of M'tjarty.
Although Mason was burning under a
sense of the wrongs he had received, he
yielded to their entreaties, and the affair
vas, to all appearances, at an end.
Some months afterward, however, while
riding to llichmnnd in the sta:e, with a
gentleman of . high military ahd political
standing, General Jackson. he was told
that he ought to challenge M Larty apm.
Tl'is he decided to do as oou is he reached
Richmond. .It wasiu vain that his friends
now endeavored to dissuade hiiu. He
would not listen to their appeals. In the
lacguage of the card subsequently pub
lished by them, "he had resolved on
challenging Mr. M'Carty in opposition to
all the advice which they gave, and all
the efforts whjch they made to dissuade
him." To free himself from the embar
rassments and restraints imposed by the
laws of Virginia in regard to dueling, or
influenced, perhaps, by a determination
not to violate her statutes while holding
hex commihKion, he resigned his commis
sion as General of Militia, madp his will,
and addressed M'Carty an invitation to
the field. In this note, whirh better than
any description, portrays the spirit ia
which the controversy; wa conducted, he 1
im ii 1 1 mm
says : i nave resigned my otu
for the special and sole purpose-jpf
. . 1 T 1 i .
ji'iij uuu i. am null irec to accept.prstyiu
a , challenge and to fight'a dueI.Ofp4raan rficembers that hU father, a
public mind has become tranquil, ri"U;tsiiithi. wi called up at mtduight to
suspicion of the further prosecuti'in rXrYmir ona of the muskets. He suspected
quarrel having subsided, we can' nA5 iT -ijurpoe for wliioh the weapon to'
terminate it without being arrested 07 he44sed, and" sturdily ref'u-jed to mend it.
civil authority, and without
exciting
alarm amonjCfiir menus . . 1 aai
extremely anxious to terminate at once
and forever thia quarrel. . My friend
and are fully authorized to act
for me in every particular. Upon receiv
ing from you a pledge t fight, they are
authorized and instructed at once to give
the challenge for me, and to make imme
diately every necessary arrangement for
the duel on any terms you may prescribe."
This note which fully betrays Mason's
inflexibility cf purpose, and which, it is
stated, was never read by .31'Cariy, was
written before any interview bad taken
place between General Mason and his
seconds, and was enclosed to them in a
letter containing po-itive instructions for
their government. He writes them : ''You
will pre-seut the enclosed communicatiort
to Mr. John M'Carty, and tell him at once
that you are authorized by me to challenge
him, iu the event of his pledging himself
t fitfht. If he will give the pledge, then
I desire that you will instantly challenge
hi in in my name to fight Vxiuel with me.
. ... Agree to any terms that he may
propose, and to any distance to three
feet, his pretended favorite distance or to
three inches, should his impetuous and
rash courage prefer it. To any species of
fire-arms pistols, muskets, or rifles -agree
at once."
Acting under thee instructions, Ma
son's seconds called-on M'Carty. as the
bearers of hi challenge. M'Carty again
refilled to receive any nommunieation
from Mason, for the same reason at before.
A violent personal altercation then took
place between M'Carty and one of Mason's
seconds, the latter insisting strongly that
the challenge should be received- and
accented, - and the former obstinately
declining to receive it., .The quarrel- be
came so violeut that 'he parties were near
fightiug. At last, Mason's seconds having
threatened to post M'Oarty as a coward
unless he accepted the challenge, M'Carty
agreed to fight. It "would appear from
this, that though Mason's friends in gen
eral, and even -one of hia seconds, strove
to prevent the duelj it was forced upon
M'Carty by the other.
If the spirit which animated Mason in
this unfortunate controversy was headlong
and uncompromising, that which impelled
M'Carty was apparently not the less s0.
It is said he would consent to no meeting
that afforded any possibility for tho escape
of either, llekle.-s of bis own life, he
determined that if he fell his afituironNt
should fall witli him. " He thcrcfote would
only coiiseut to meet Masoq ou fuc'.t terms
m
us must, in all probability, result in the
UCMrUUIlOII Ol OOin.
With this -object in view in accepting
the challenge, his first proposal is said to
have been that he and Mason shujld leap
together irom the dome or the capitol.
lni was declined as wholly unsanctioned
by the Code. He next proposed "lofiht
on a barrel of powder," -which was objec-
ted to," say the hecouds, "as not according
with established usages, as beiug without
example, and as calculated to establish a
dangerous precedeut." He next proposed
to fight with dirks in a hand-to hand
encounter. This was also declined tor a
like reason. ; His final proposition was to
fis;ht with muskets, charged with buck
shot, at ten feet distance, Thee tcinii
were hardly less calculated to insure a
fatal result to both than those which had
been previously objected to; but, desperate
as they were, since they were clearly with
in Mason's letter of instructions, and
perhaps were not considered "as calculated
to establish a datigerou precedent," they
were finally, with fro in e modifications,
accepted. Tho distance, it was agreed,
bhouid he twelve f-ct, instead of ten, and
a feinglo ball was substituted for buckshot.
In extenuation of the unusual terms of
combat proposed by M'Carty, it is said
that he was exceedingly aveise to fighting
his cousin, ynd uvsi.ed to etCiipe the
acpeptanco df the challenge, if he could
pussibiy do to without ineqrriug the im
putation ot cowardice ; and thai he could
tee uo other way ot escape than by naming
such terms as Mason's friends were not
likely to aree to. Mason appears to have
beuii aware of his desire to avoid a conflict ;
for in his correspondence he ccms to have
apprehended tome difficulty iu extracting
from hJru.a pledgee to fight. This pledge,
it heeins, was giveu ; but even the desper
ate terms . finally proposed did not havo
the designed effect of causing them to be
rejected.
Ou Friday evening, the 5th of February,
the parties drove out to -Bladeosburg,
accompanied . by their friends, that they
misxoifff t-gut be convenient to the pround on the
figtoiojKiwing morning. The intervening time
.Kspent in completing theirprep.
tactuLples. however, were finally quieted,
lo.Htne was induced to exercise his craft
upi ii ny oemg told that it was to be
tisedin a ahoptio-match ou the following
day.- And so it was ; but the worthy black
siuirh little knew the ?tak that was to be
shot for. ' ' -
Go Saturday rooming, the 6th of Feb
ruary, 1819, at eight o'clock, the parties
m?t; -2,e contemplated meeting, it is
said, was generally kiowii at !adeiiburg,
and'niauy of the citizens accompanied or
followed them to the ground to witness
the encounter. It waa mowing violently
at the time.
1 be ground selected for the combat
was not the uual path uc-ir the road, but
another and similar path just around the
poifctof the hill on the right, ab-jut two
hundred yards from the bridge. Mason
had vti, at the time, a large overcoat with
long' skirts; M'Carty, notwithstanding the
severity of the weather, preseuted himself
stripped to his shirt, and with his sleeves
rolled up, that he might hate the freel
U4 of his arms
U the preliminaries having been
arranged, the parties were placed M'Car
ty tacmg up the brook, and Mason down
and then, at the word, with the muzzle?
ot their muskets almost in contact, both
fired.. Mason fell dead, his lite literally
blown out of him. M Carty was severely
wounded, his autagonist'a ball enterii.g hit
left wrnt. and tearnii? its wav throu?hhe
muscles of his arm toward his shoulder
- n -
That both were not killed seems little less
thac, a miracle.
jaion's musket is said to have caught
ia the skirt of his long overcoat, as he was
iu lue act oi raising it .10 nis Miouiuer ;
and -to this accident, as . it uosettled his
aim; it is thought M'Carty was iudebtrd
WisJife, . .......
Mason never spoke from the time he
took his place upon the ground. He lay
a? he tell On his person were fouud
letters to his relatives and friends in
regard to the disposition of his body in
ease of his death. Three distinct wound
were diVcoveied in his leftside, be.-ides
one in his left elbow. This circumstance
at. first gave rise to a suspicion of fojl
play on the part of M'Carty ; but by a
post mortem examination it was-ascertained
that the ball had struck the elbow-bone,
and had been split into three parts, each
of which hid entered the body. These
parts were weighed, and were found to
correspond nearly with the weight of the
ball that had been agreed upon.
M'Carty recovered from the wound in
fil4 arm r.itr mta- vVtti li mnr
. ..i.j in itij tut lit i ti it uiu fciA2 tAf m
. wound inflicted upon his mind by this
tinn.irnr:l ,..nn titop 1 1 a n,
death, but he could nofescape the recol
lection of that fearful field. We have
beeu told, by those who knew Mm, thai
from that hour he was changed, and that
, the laws against dueling are provided
. with no penalties io terrible as thoiC he
J suffered to the end of his existence,
, ..-
Arcliblsbop I'urcell on Slavery.
Mozart Hall, says the Ci'ncinn'itl Com
mtrcial of the 2d inst., was nearly filled,
last night, by a highly intelligent assem
bly, drawu thither by an announcement
oi a lecture, to be delivered by the Arch
bishop of the Catholic diocese. The
subject ot the lecture was not announced,
but it was surmised, from the persistent
slanders which have been uttered against
the Archbishop, because of his firm and
fearless refusal to support the late Demo
cratic candidate for Governor, that his
remarks might in some manner relate to
the position he had assumed iu the polit
ical crisis. Many prominent upholdersof
his faith, whom his course had startled,
and, perhaps, 'chagrined, were present,
expecting possibly a diplomatic apology,
or, at. least, anxious to discover that he
had not wholly renounced : his sympathy
with the Democratic party. Hut iu this
they were utterly disappointed. Arch
bishop Purcell modestly yet pointedly
answered his accusors, and with open ?d
manly candor vindicated his rihf and
duty to vote as his conscience dictated.
He followed the defence with an unreserv
ed declaration of his oppoition to the
divii)n of the country, under any c rcuna
fctances, and closed by recording his belief
that slavery is an unchristian evil, opposed
to the just freedom of mankind, and to tho
growth and glory of a Republican coun
try. His leuurc was a model of unro
served candor, and his hearers frequently
interrupted him ' with applause, so loud
and prolonged that it eeemed almost
untoimoQi ,.
,i rations.
xn i nj course or his remarks, the
Archbishop aaid that for the first time in
mrrty years there were seme amon hi
own'flock who were dissatisfied with him,
and who had thoughtlessly, he hoped,
n-caieu come nagrant libels concernin
m vote at the late election. Biahop
xj3eVrans ana ninjselt baa been charged
with standing at the noils all dav. with
habds fall of Union tickets, exerting their
muuence anions Uatholie nmivt.
against Mr. Valiandigham and his
com
panions
xms. fee said, is utterly file. lie did
not go to the polls with Bishop ltosecrans;
he had gone ouietW there a!nn . .nH
deposited hU unconcealed suffrage a suf
frjc which his conscFence approved, and
tor wbich he was answerable to God.
man dare to infWnr o nn
No
gains the honest dictates of his con
science. He declared dUtinctly that he
had never doDe so He referred to a
merchant, who, in a Knpw Nothing lodge
in this city, affirmed that Archbishop
Purcell kept rolls of democrats in his
possession, whose votes he could absolute
ly control, and which, so this merchant
anT nn rn vntn
averted, he had offered to influence in
favor of a particular scheme. Although
he waj ill when he heard of this gross and
unalloyed fa Ue hood, he mustered sufficient
trenxth to eo before a mimrdt nA
I make affidavit tn ir ntuv . . 4 .k.
merchant, thmnrrl. K... .ru.i
1 J ----. l.JLJ HZ Ul Ilk t J 1 UULI1
owu parry ana us auvcrsary, was forced
to aosconc Irom the
city.
He had voted against the Democratic
ticket, not because he desired to wound
the Democrats of his acquaintance, nor
because he desired to propitiate their op
ponents, aut because he feared that if
VallandighHm were elected the attempted
withdrawal of Ohio sol Jiers'in the fisld
with Ilosecrans would ensue, and that
the State cf Ohio would be tossed with
revolutionary opposition to the war policy.
He feared that raids would be invited, the
parallel of which mij-ht be found in Quan
trell' barbarous and inhuman invasion of
Kansan. "This may all have been fancy,"
'Jthe apeaker, "but it was my honest
opinion, and who, in God's name, could
sk me to vote tor the inauguration of
such anarchy and such atrocity !"
We can not have a divided empire
Mr. 1'uh said to him the other day, that
the Southern people would consent to
permit our steamboats to traverse the
Mississippi river, but that they would
never trade with us, and it would be vain
for us to endeavor to. make them strike
hands with us as of old. He (Archbishop
P.). could see no argument in this. The
question was one of right, not of expedi
ency, and, for one, he was determined to
work for and pray for . the right, until,
with God"? blessing, it wa established iu
all its beneficence.
He had heard there ws a dread among
many laboring men that if slaves were
liberated they would come to our Northern
cities, and displace thousands of honest,
hard working men. For himself, he did
not anticipate any such result. In his
opinion, it was impossible, lie had always
wished to see every nian no matter what
his color, free. ThgVatholio Ch urch has
ever been the'friend of human freedom.
it was Christ a rui-sion to set men free,
and L-nnstian people disregard his pre
cepts and example when they seek to
uphold and perpetuate involuntary human
servitude.
Cardinal Wi .eman, whom he regarded
as possessing the loftiest intellectual en
dowments, and many of the distinguished
Catholic magnte? of Europe, looked upon
the slavery of any race with the stronzest
disfavor. Montalambcrt had stoood before
an audience of great Catholics, and de
clared that a man who held human beings,
black or white, in oondage, was the encmv
ot freedom, and tyrant at heart. The
denunciation was received with unanimous
plaudits; not one of that distinguished
Catholic assembly but responded with
undisguised approval, q
He concluded by saying that ho hoped.
now that the excitement was over, that
his friends would all concede hat he had
performed his plain duty. lie had con
ceived the course he had adopted to be
ucn, and learle&sly pursued it. No man
could do less and be sincere ; no man
could do less than follow the dictates of
his own conscience, it he hopes to win the
approval or his Heavenly .Master aDd
Guide.
fr Latest from Canada.
The British Lion,
With voice angry and rough,
Growls the triumph of Brough,
While the Copperheads tremble and quail ;
And while they are weeping,
He holds,-for safe-keeping,
Yallandigham under his tail, tail, tail
Vallandigham under his tail.
- WGB When articles rise, the consumer
is tho first to suffer and when they fall
U9 u vne mi that gainj.
NUMBER 7.
Oof. Curtla in York.
On the night of the New York election,
after the glorious returns had commenced
to come in, Governor Curtin was serena
ded at his hotel, ia New York city.
After the music, he appeared and apole
to the large assemble as follows.:
"Gentlemen of New York': I am mucli
obliged for the complimeut you are pleas
J to pay to the State of Pennsylvania,
and I congratulate you upon the indica
tions that the State of New York has th'u
day declared her fidelity to tho Govern,
ment. The States of Pennsylvania and
Ohio were a month in advance of you ia
thu declaration of fidelity. But I cannot
believe that the Empire State would hare
been faithless to the Government even if
she had not had the brilliant examples of
Pennsylvania and Ohio before her. Now,
gentlemen, 'that the battle is over, and as
the smoke rises from the field, is it sot
amazing that one of the greatest govern
ments. in. the world one of the freest
people when the , nation enjoying the
only true Republican form of government
amid the nations of the earth was trem
bling tinder the rude strokes of an armed
rebellion stricken by its very friends
is it not strange, I ask, that there should
have been any difference cf opinion that
we were not all of one mind that all the
people of this great country were not de
voted in their attachment to the institu
tion that our fathtrs, te .poatles of
liberty, gave to us, and that in this great
siruirgle our people were not united ia
maintaining that Government? Surely
it has never pleased Providence to vouch.
sae so great a blessing to humanity as
our great Government. And when that
Government is causelessly assailed by the
most gigantic rebellion in history, it is
passing strange hat all true, virtuous and
loyal people were not willing to stand by
it. Stranger that auy politician should
seek to get into power by standing outside
of sympathy lor and support of our Gov
trnment. Hut with Pennsylvania and
Ohio, and with all the bulk of the Middle
States running west, to indicate the cur
rent of public feeling with the bright
example of California and Kentucky and
New England we could not do otherwise
than expect that the great and powerful
Empire State would wheel into line and
stand by
our Government. It is no com
pliment to an American to say he is loyal.
No man can claim especial virtue for
standing by his Government. But it is
ingratitude falsehood crime for any
man North to hold sympathy with the
infamous traitor! who held our Govern,
ment by the throat.
"My friends, let us profit by the teaca
tngs of recent events. Let the politicians
learn from the expressions of loyalty at
the ballot box, that tho man in power
holds his place by an uncertain tenors,
and the aspirant for political preferment
cannot realize his hones unless h i ih.
ful in his loyalty to the Piesident of th
united states, who administers the Gov.
eminent. Let us now understaud that it
is our Government and right or wrong
our Government that we sustain it, and
that that loyalty which professes fidelity
to the Government, and fails to give
the President, its visible head, svmnath
and support is bogus. And, my friends,
when the free institutions under which
we have grown to be a great nation and a
happy people, are assailed when we have
but one Proaident, who commands our
army and navy, and is empowered by the
Constitution to repel invasion and sun
press domestic insurrection,' the man wha
fails to give the President his sympathy
is a traitor in his heart. I havo taken
some part in the canvass in the State of
New York. Your people are like Penn
sylvaniacs. They listened liko Pennsyl
vanians, and they accepted the truth like
the people of t hat great and glorious State ;
and now, my frietds, as the election is
over, and as right, and truth, and,fidelity
have prevailed, I willgo back to my State
and work in my allotment for our assailed
and trembling Government ; and aata
thanking you for the compliment you
have paid my State, I bid you good
night,"
(Loud and continued applause.)
A young lady once married a man
by the name of Du.t, against the wish- of
her pareuts. After a short time ther
lived unhappily together, and she returned
to hen father's house ; but he refused to
receive her, saying, "Dust thou art and
unto Dust thou shalt return.'
Gen. Louis Blenker, formerly ol
the Army of the Potomac, is dead. Hia
disease was consumption.
tQ. The nsme of the newly elected
Governor of Ohio, Brougb, is prcaonneed
as if spelt B r-u-ff.
From Knoxville, Tennessee, ts
Canton, the distance bv land is 25 vniW
A end by tbe Tennessee river 125 mite","
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