an . WJ 1 It. ti S 1 1 tl k'S II SI If 1 1 Jl ftl II i llvl II i II i TFTlM.J PER ANNUM. I. A. BAUUER, Editor and Proprietor. j.TOII HUTCHINSON, Publisher. I WOULD RATHER BE RIGHT THAN PRESIDENT. Hexey Clat. TOLtf Mfc 5. TMIIECTOKY. r POST OFFICES. JKAm ,, . Post Offices. Bethel Station Carolltown, Chess Springs, Conemaugh, -Cresson, f oat Masters Enoch Reese, Joseph Beh6, Henry Nuttec, A. G. Crook3, Blacklick Carroll. Chest. Tavldr. J. Houston, Wa3hint'u. John Thompson, Ebensburg Ebensburg. froensuu'5- - - viTm .. m: i,t- Asa 11. r lsL.0 Fallen xtmwv., p. . t r.,iliuin. J- M. Christy, Gallitzin. Washt'n. Johnst'wn. Loretto. Conem'gh. Wm Tiley, Jr., I. E. Chandler, M. Adlesberger, E. Wissinger, Johnstown, Loretto, . Mineral Point, Jiunster, piattsville, Ro3eUnd, St. Augustine, Scalp Level, Sonman, Saminerhill, Summit, jlunster. Andrew J Ferral, busq nan. G W. Bowman, White. Stan. Wharton, Clearfield. George Berkey, . Richland. B. M'Colgan, Washt'n. B. F. Slick, Croyle. William M'Connell Washt'n. Morris Keil, S'merhill. T'ilmore, nr. MINISTERS, &c. ;cls Kier mcetiS Thursday eTettl.nS'. " 7 IWdicTcTind inthe evening at 0 oIock ,lbbath ScbooUt Wc S Prayer SSf anVobn SitfA. "ek in . , vc(ntiBfr the nrat ween, in Friday evening, excepunj, A M P a!er meeting every Friday evening, 7Mo-clocK sTcietyDeveryyTnesday evening t&Ev.W.Ltovn,PasUr -Treach-every Sabbath morning at 10 o'clock. lplrticular Jiapiut.-Vin . David Jenkins 3 o'clock. 'Sabbath hool &t at I o cIocK. I Services every Sabbath morning at 10 o clock ad Vespers at 4 o'clock in the evening. EBESSBURG MAILS. MAILS ARRIVE. Eutern, daily, 11! ' ' a'm Western, " at " 1 o'clock, A. M. MAILS CLOSE. Eastern, daily, at o'clock P. M. Western, " at 8 o'clock, P. M. rS-The mails from Butler.Indiana.btrongs town, Ac, arrive on Thursday of each week, at 5 o'clock, V. M. , Leave Ebensburg on Friday of each week, "ffThe mails from'Newman's Mills, Car Tolltn,&c.f arrive on Monday Wednesday tad Friday of each week, at 3 o clock, 1 Leave Ebensburg on Tuesdays, Thursdays ai Saturdays, at 7 o'clock, A.M. RAILROAD SCHEDULE. CRESSON STATION. tr., t).i vr.n 1 p a v p s at 8.13 A. M. P. M- Fast Line 9.50 9.22 8.33 8.38 12.34 6.58 10.3'J " Phila. Express " ' Mail Train 41 East Through Express " " Fast Lino " M Fast Mail " Through Accom. " M. M. M. A. M. A. M. A. M. rnilXTY OFFICERS. Judges of the Courts President, Hon. Go. Taylor, Huntingdon; Associates, George . Easier, Henry C. Devine. Prothonolary Joseph M'Donald. Register and Recorder James Griffin. Sheriff John Buckl DUtrict Attorney. Philip S. Noon. County Commissioners Peter-J. Little, Jno. Campbell, Edward Glass. Treasurer Isaac Wike. Poor House Directors George M'CulloUgh, George Delany, Irwin Rutledge. Poor House Treasurer George C. K. Zahm. Au-iitors William J. Williams, George C. S. Zahm, Francis Tierney. County Surveyor. Henry Scanlan. CVor.--Jarae3 Shannon. Mercantile Appraiser Patrick Donahoe. Sup't. of Common Schools J. F. Condon. EBEXSBEUG BOB. OFFICERS. AT LARGS. Justices of the Tcace David n. Roberts, Earrison Kinkead,. Burgess A. A. Barker. - School Directors Ael Lloyd, Phil S. Noon, Joshua D. Parrish, Hugh Jones, E. J. Mills, Ilavid J. Jones. ' EAST WAED. Constable Thomas J. Davis. Town Council 3. Alexander Moore, Daniel 0. Evans, Richard R. Tibbott,Evan E. Evans, Will;.. ni Jnxpectorn Alexander Jones. D. O. Evans. Judge of Election Richard Jones, Jr. . Assessor Thomas M. Jones. Assistant Assessors David E. Evans, Wm. Davis. WEST WARD. Conttable -William Mills, Jr. Town Council John Dougherty, George C. Zahm, Isaac Crawford, Francis A. Shoe er, James S. Todd. inspectors G. W. Oatman, Roberts Lvans. ofElection Michael Hasson. Atttttor James Murray. Assistant Asttss'jrs William Barnes, Dan-"iC.Zahm. GROWLER'S INCOME TAX. BY T. S. ARTHUE. My neighbor Growler, an excitable man by the way, was particularly excited over his "Income Tax," or, as he called it, his "War Tax." He had never liked this war thought it unnecessary and wicked ; the work of politicians." This fighting of brother against brother was a terrible thing in his eyes. If you asked him who began this war 1 who struck at the nation's life? if self defence were not a duty? he would reply with vague generalities, made up of partisan tricky sentence?, which he had learned without comprehend ing their just significance. Growler came in upon me the other -day flourishing a square piece of blue writing paper, quite moved from his equa nimity. . ' "There it is I J ust so mucii robbery : Stand and deliver, is the word. Pistols and bayonets ! Your money or your life 1" I took the piece of paper from his hand and read : "Philadelphia, Sept. 18C3. Rickabd Growler, Esq., "Dr. to John M. Riley, "Collector of Internal Revenue for the Fourth District of Pennsylvania. Ojfice, 427 Chestnut Street. "For Tax on Income, for the year 18(2, a3 per return made to the As sessor of the District, . $43 21 "Received pavment. "JOHN M. RILEY, Col." "You're all right," I said smiling. 'I'd like to know what you mean by all right !" ' Growler was just a little offeu d ed at my way of treating this very serious matter1 serious iiThis eyes, I mean. I've been robbed of forty-three dollars and twenty-one cents," ho continued. "Do you say that it is all right ? A minion of the Government has put his hand into my pocket and taken just so much of my property. Is that all right ?" 4The same thing may be set forth in different language. 'M replied , '.'Lei. ?e. state the case. "Very well state it!" Growler, damping himself into a chair, looked a3 ill-humored as possible. "Instead of being robbed," said I, "you have been protected in your property and person, and guaranteed all the high priv ileges of citizenship, for the paltry suui of forty-three dollars and twenty-one cent3 as your shard of the c6st of protection " 'Oh, that's only your way of putting the case," retorted Growler, dropping a little from his high tone of indignation. "Let me be more particular in my way of putting the case. Your income is from the rent of property V "Yes." "What .would it have cost you to defend that property from the army, of Gen. Lee, recently ditven from our State by nation al soldiers ?" "Cost me!" Growler lo'oked at me in a kind of maze, as though he thought me half in jest. . "Exactly!. What would it hav cost you ? Lee, if unopposed, would certainly have reached this city, and held it; and if your property had been of use to him, or any of hiV officers or his soldiers, it would have been appropriated without as. much , as savinar bv vour leave, sir ? Would forty-three dollars and twenty-one cents have covered the damage? Perhaps nok; possibly, you might have lost one-haif to two-thirds of all you are worth." Growler was a trifle bewildered at this way of putting the case. He looked puz zled. " You have a store on South wharves ?" said I. "Yes." "What has kept the Alabama or the Florida from running up the Delaware and burning the whole city front ? Do you have forts and ships of war for the protection of your property? If not, who provides them ? They are provided, and you are safe. What is your share of the expense for a whole year? Just forty three dollars and twenty-one cents ! It sounds like a jest!" Growler did not answer. So I kept on. ' . "Sut for our immense armies iu the field, and navy on the water, this rebellion would have succeeded. What theu ? Have you ever pondered the future of this country in tuch an event? Have you thought of your own position ? of the loss or caiu to yourself? How long do you think we would be at peace with Eng land or France, if the nation were dis membered, arid a hostile Confederation established on-our Southern border? Would our war taxes be less than now ? Would life and property be more secure ? Have, not ycu an interest in our great army and navy, as well as 1 and every other member of the Union ? Docs pot your safety as well vas mine lie in their existence? Arc they not, at this very timo; the conservators of everything wc EBENSBTJRG, PA., THURSDAY, MAY hold dear as men and citizens ? YY ho equips and pays this army ? Who builds and furnishes these ships ? Where does the enormous . sums of money required come from? It is the nation's work the people aggregated into power and mu nificence, and so irresistible in might unconquerable. -Have you no heartswel lings of pride in this magnificent exhibi tion of will and strength ? No part in the nation's glory ? No eager hand help ing to stretch forth ?" Growler was silent still. "There wa? no power in you or me to check the wave of destruction that was launched by parricidal hands against U3. If unresisted, by the nation, as an aggre gate power, it would have swept desola tion over the whole land. Traitors in our midst, and traitors moving in arms against us, would have united to destroy our beautiful fabric of civil liberty. The government which dealt with all good citizens so kindly and geutly, that not one in a thousand felt its touch beyond the weight of a feather, would have been sub verted j and who can tell under what iron rule we might have fallen for a time, or how many vears of bloody strife would have elapsed before that civil liberty which- insures lue greatest guou iu iuu icaicsi number would have been again established? But the wave of destruction was hurled back upon the enemies who sought our ruin; We yet dwell in safety. Your property is secure. You still gather your annual . income, protected in all your rights and privileges by the national arm. Aud what does the nation a3css to you al your share in the co3t of this security ? Half your property ? No not a farthing of that property ! Only a small percen- tage Just of the income from that property forty-three dollars and ticeniy one cents ! ! . Pardon me for saying it, friend Growler, but Tarn more than half ashamed of you." v "And seeing the way you put the case, L am. more than h he aus wered frankly, view, this is about inent I ever made." "You certainly got more for your money than in any other lice of -expenditure. Yesterday I had a letter from an old friend living in the neighborhood of Carlisle. The rebels took from him six fiue horses, worth two hundred dollars a piece ; six cows and oxen ; and over two hundred bushels of grain. And not content with plundering him, they burnt down a barn, which cost hiui nearly two thousand dol lars. lut for the army raised and equip ped by the nation, in support of which you and I arc taxed, so lightly, we might have suffered as severely. How much do you think it cost in money for the pro tection we have enjoyed in this particular instance ?" "A million of dollars, perhaps." "Nearer ten millions of dollars. From the time our army left the Rappahannock, until the battle ot. Gettysburg, its cost to the government could scarcely have been less than the sum I have mentioned. Of this sum, your proportion cannot be over three or four dollars ; and for that trifle, your, property, may bo your life, wa3 held secure." "No more of that, if you please," said Growler, showing some annoyance. "You are running this thing into the ground. I own up, square. I was quarrelling with my best friend. I was striking at the hand that gave me protection. If my war tax next year should be a hundred dollars instead of forty -three, 1 will pay it with out a murmur." "Don't say without a murmur, friend Growler." "What then ?" "Say gladly, as a means of safety." "Put it as you will," he answered, fold ing up Collector ltiley's receipt, which he still held in his hand, and bowing himself out. Not many days afterwards, I happened to hear some one grumbling in my neigh bor's presence about his income tax.- Growler scarcely waited to hear him through. My lesson was improved in his hands. In significant phrase, he "pitched into" the offender, and read him a. lessoii' so much stronger than mine, that I.'els myself thrown quite intu the shade. .v "You have been assessed fifty-ciglit dollars," he said, in his excited way, 'fifty eight dollars ! One would think, from the noise you make about it, that Jou had been robbed of half you were worth; Fiftyeight dollars for the security at home and protection abroad ! - Fifty-eight dollars as your share in the cost of defence against an enemy that, if unopposed, will desolate our homes and destroy our gov ernment ? Already it has cost the nation, for your safety and mine over a thousand millions of dollars ; and you aro angry be cause it asks for your little part of the in. A. iU .. expense. Sir, vou are nut wormy iuc name of an American citizen If ashamed of laysvt, "tforofimportanj events o iucastnreei ,:Bicreu iuurvico ui your country, wai "That's hard talk, Growler, and I won't bear it !" said the other. "It's true talk, and you'll have to bear it !" was retorted. "Fretting over the mean little sum of fifty-eight dollars ! Why sir, I know a man who has given his right arm in the cause"; and another who has given his right leg. Do they grum ble ? No, sir! I never heard a word of complaint from their lips. Thousands and tecs of thousands have given their lives, that you and I might dwell in safety. 1 know mothers who have given their sons, and wife3 who have given thnr husbands sons and husbands who will never more return! They are with the dead. Sir, you are dishonoring. yourself in the eyes of all men. A grumbler over this war I turned off, saying, in my thought, "So much good done ! My reclaimed sinner hath become a preacher of right- eousncss SwortTlresentatioEi. IIead-Qks. 11th Regt. Pa. Reserves, April 2G, 1SG4. Correspondence of The Alleghanian. I send you the proceedings of a sword presentation- occurring in this regiment tm the -5th inst. The recipient of the gif t was our beloved Colonel, and the donors the members of the regiment. It was a beautiful evening, warm and pleas ant, and just as the sun was sinking behind the western hills, the regiment W3S assem- bled 1n a hcliour square, the sword, with sash, belt and spurs, placed on a table in the centre. The presentation speech wa3 'delivered by one of our bravest Captains, Aym. H. limbhn, and was as follows : 'CZ. Jackson It is enjoined on me to "present to vou, in behalf of the officers and men of your regiment, the. tokens they 1 havo procured to indicate their e3tcem for .you as a commander. 1 ou will Dear witn me while I briefly review some of the the privilege of choosing our ofHcers, you were chosen to nil the position ot Major Although a stranger to a majority of the men, they were yet willing to trust you as one of our field ofHcers. Afterward, when a vacancy occurred in the Lt.-Culunelcy, and we still had the privilege of electing our officers, by unacimous consent of the men you were chosen to fill the vacancy. This proved that you had lost none of the confidence of the men, but, on the con trary, that their regard for you was deep seated and abiding as ever. Again, when by reason of a wound .received at South Mountain our 'gallant Col. Gallagher was compelled to quit the service, and it be came your right to attain to the Colonelcv, although we did not then enjoy the priv- nege or voting lor you, not a aisscutin voiee was heard in the regiment. "When it was prorjosed to purchase these tokens, the alacrity with which the means were raisea provea again mat you had completely won the hearts of the men by your generous and manly bearing toward them on all occasions. In our weary marchings, nghtings, and pnva-: a. m il. X -f it.. , nuns, xor me perpeiuauuu ui iuu uuveu.- ment, you have been with U3. At the blood v battles of Mectanicksville. Games' Hill, Bull Run, South Mountain, Antie tam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, and Mine Run, your example and command urged us on to deeds of noble daring. Oa the march through Maryland and Penn sylvania, and thence to Mino Run, your sympathy for us in privation won those feelings of regard which men feci only toward a gallant commaudcr. "Would that those whose graves are in Virginia 'soil those who gave up their lives for their country in Maryland and Pennsylvania those who died of disease incurred in their country's service those who are maimed by wounds or disabled by disease were here to unite wifli us in this presentation! Rut, no; tile gallant dead who bleep beneath the sod cannot be recalled to life, and the disabled living are too far from us to participate in this heartfelt tribute to you. 'A bright halo of glory hovers around the graves of , our fallen companions, to cheer and encourage us in the good work of contending for the right. And may the God of battles help us to fight the remaining battles of our country success fully, that when peace is restored we may enjoy it in the pleasing assurance of hav ing done our duty. "Here, Colonel, aro the tokens of our regard, consisting of sword, sash, belt and purs. We do not give thqm by reason 0f any pecuniary value attaching to them, but to strengthen ' the assufance of the past that between you and your men the Strongest cords of "affection arc drawn. Accept them, Colonel, and use tbema3 you may think host while in the service of our common country; and when you ; ... ... ,i . I - a. : ,i j. iL.t "Whv. takin"-vour I vears. lien this regiment was organ- patriotism was your cmei, your uigncsi the cheapest invest- izea, at uamp w ngnt, x'a.. ana we nau mauve uui tu. patiiuLism wmcu 12, 1864. return to your loved ones at home, they phall constitute a memento for you and yours." Col. Jackson received the gift in his usual quiet, unassuming manner, and in a clear voice replied as follows : "Cant. Timulin Ahow me to thank you, and with you the officers and men of the 11th Pa. Iteserves, f or this unmerited token- of your respect. I would bo dead to gratitude, indeed, wero I to receive, without returning my most sincere thanks, such a beautiful and valuable testimonial as this, aud that, too, coming from such, worthy donors as the officers and men of the 11th Pa. Ke3erves. I' am not aware that any act or acts of mine should call forth from you such a tribute as this I have required of you vigilance, punctual ity, and faithfulness in the discharge of your duties, and with these requirements you have uniformly complied. I could ask no more, and could not with propriety havo demanded less. lirt-I accept this, fellow soldiers, not that I have merited the honor at your hands, but because I I recognize in it another symptom of your devotion to that glorious cause iu whish you have been so manfully 'struggling. "It 13 well nigu turce years sinca you and I first met in the character of soldiers. lou were then pleased to place me in a position of honor and authority among you. For this, allow me here to thank you. liut have you no since then given me ten thousand more and greater reasons for my thanks ! You- have been to me more than I could havo expected, yea, more than I deserved. You have stood by me and 'with me where none but hearts of steel could stand, and have cheerfully and willingly obe37ed my harshest mandate. I am proud here to say, (and that at the risk of being considered egotistic.) that no regiment in the Federal service has made a brighter record than that borne by the 11th Pa. Reserves. lou showed lorth to you, when vou first the world around needed appeals, or waited for the stimu lant of bounties. It was enough for you to know that your country was imperiled. The roar of the first rebel cannon rever berating across bur peaceful hills had hardly died-away when you sprang to arm3, and,, hastening across the Allegha nies, placed your own brave breasts a bul wark of strength to stay the tide of rebellion, which then surged against the very base of our country's capital. And since thee, whether "amid the smoke and tumult of battle", or in the doleful dens of the rebel prison, you have ever proved true to your country's trust. - "I must not upon this occasion forget to make honorable mention of our gallant dead, those fallen martyrs, whose bleach ing bones now whiten the plains of the treacherous South. I he gallant iNesbit, i the noble Stewart, the brave and deter 1 mined Lewis, the gentlemanly Kristler, the heroic Rrady, together with a hundred more as worthy ot mention, have all sealed their devotion to their country by pouring forth their life-blood. Their names stand high on the roll of freedom's nr-tr-rs . mmvji., and the blessiu-irs of posterity will sued an eternal halo around their 'May the sweetest and softest memories sunshine ot all God's heavens linger whore their poor bones are mouldering into dust.' "I trust the dawn of peace is near ap proaching, and that tre long it will break with all its God-like effulgence upon our distracted land. Then will our glorious old banner float triumphant and unmoles ted from Maine to Oregon, from the Potomac to the Rio Grande ; and then, fellow soldiers, will I place this precious gift among the chief relics of my lifox and ever prize it highest of all my earthly stoves. "Again, fellow soldiers of the 11th reg iment, accept my grateful and mo"sl heart felt thanks." After he had concluded, he was given three rousing cheers, when the regiment adjourned to their quarters, satisfied that their gift could not have been bestowed upon a more worthy object. Col. Jackson hails from 'Armstrongs that county has just cause to feel proud of him. T. d. S3, A Newbury port sugar merchant heard, a few days since, gone up two eeuts, and that sugar had telling no one to do, imme- what he was diately rushed off o o and bought the whole stock of another merchant at 11 cents. He was so delighted with the operation that he treated the clerks all around on his return, and theu learned that a man as clever as himself had bought all his stock at 20 cents while he was away ! Prize riddle When do chickens cross the road ? Ans. When they want to get to the other side. NUMBER 33. All communications intended for this column snouia be addressed to "Ttie Alleghanian." Our School Buildings. In continu ation of ourarticIe of last weejc, wc propose td discuss some of the requisites necessary to constitute a good county school house. Many buildings now in progress of con struction, and others that have been recently built, are sadly deficient in ven tilation ; while numbers of those of an older date are not fit to be occupied be cause of the same defect. In the erection of most school houses, the windows are relied on to afford the occupants" a suffi cient amount of. pure air. This they will aflord during certain portions of the year, but at other times, they are utterly inad equate. During cold weather, the upper sash ot a window can be lowered' only at the risk of colds and' fevers. If the room is moderately warm, and all the windows closed, and there should be no means of ventilation, but a fchort time will elapse until the respiration of from thirty to sixty persons will make the air of tho room unfit to be breathed. Yet all this can be easily and cheaply remedied by having one cr two ventilators placed in the room. Next we will speak of the size and character of the building. We seldom enter a school building that has sufficient accommodations for the scholars. A school room should not be a great barn ot" a place, yet it ought to have space enough to allow the operations of the school to be carried on with ease and without any crowding in the movements of the pupils. tA poor, disci pi mar iaii williot keep jjood order under the'iadist iavorabte cjreum stauces, but where there is not sufficient space to allow free and easy movement to and from the classes and the various por tions of the room, it is very hard for any one to prevent confusion. A pernicious trick ia the erection of many buildings i3 the old fashioned long benches in tended to seat from six to sixteen ' or twenty persons. No more than two schol ars should sit together. The desks should be placed in rows, or divisions, and the aisles between them should be at least three feet in width. Not one school room in a dozen has proper arrangements for classes at recitation. Every school room should be provided with a recitation bench with a back to it, the bench being so placed as to not obstruct ingress or egress. In many of our county (and indeed of our town) school houses, the ceilings are low, the rooms small, and the walls poorly plas tered, or perhaps hot plastered at all, and destitute of anything to enliven their appearance. No t-chool room should be without blinds.' Theyliot only add mucl, to the appearance of a room, but are an actual necessity. It borders on the cruel to have scholars sit through a summer's day with a merciless sun sending his rays on them. Come with me to two different schools. In the. first one the pupils arc huddled on long benches in a room twenty by twenty four feet ; the ceiling is low, (say eight feet;) tho walls are rough; uncouth, and bare of all ornament; the windows Lave no blinds ; and to crown all there arc no means of ventilation, and the air is very impure. Th.c teacher and the scholars yawn; the teacher is tired- of the place and so are the scholars ; and when even iog comes both are rejoicing. Why? Impure air deadens the spirit and give's headache, and the headache makes one cross. There is no beauty, no attraction, tind why should childhood wish to be cooped up in such a place ? Now, como to auother school where there is good, fresh air, plenty of room, good accommoda tions, and some taste aud beauty displayed in and about the building. Why, there is but little headache displayed here. The scholars, too, are cheerful, and is the teacher. Yes, the tcholarss feel at home, and contented, and that is the se cret. t$!Tbe softer the head, the harder tho wcrk of driving anything into it.