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ach month.' ,'
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t 7 o'clock. Society every Tuesday evening
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-uye.j of the Courts President,. Hon. Geo.
;yIor, Huntingdon; Associates, George W.
''ey, Henry C. Devine.
Prothonotartf Joseph M'DonaH.
Register and Recorder James Griffin.
SforiJ John. Buck.
District Attorney. Philip S. Noon.
County Commissioners Peter J. Little, Jno.
inpbell, Edward Glass.
Treasurer Isaac Wike.
Poor House Directors George M'Cullough,
'eorgc Delany, Irwin Rutledge.
Pnnr TTnn 7V.n.i;rr r.pnrora f! K. Zahm.
Auditors William J. Williams, George C.
taiim, trancis iierney.
Count'j Surveyor. Henry Scanlan. ,
Mercantile Appraiser Patrick Donahoe.
5 up t. of LoiiiTpn Schools J. Jr. Conaon.
EBENSBFRG DOR. OFFICERS.
,'!', AT LABGE.
lusiites of ..the reace David II. Roberts
orison Kinkead.
Burgess A.'.' A. Barker.
School Directors Ael Lloyd, Phil S. Noon,
shaa D. Parrish, Hugh Jones, jb. J. Mills,
vid J. Jones. I ;:'
EAST WARD. ' .,
Conttalle Thomas J. Davi3.
Yotcn Council J. Alexander Moore. Daniel
Evans, Richard R. Tibbott, Evan E. Evans,
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"nam Clement. .
Ivpectors Alexander Jones. D. O. Evans.
Judge of Election Richard Jones, Jr.
Attetsor Thomas Jones. ' : '
ktistant Assessors David E. Evans, Wm.
.Davis.
WEST WARD. '. L
"ta&feWilliam Mills Jr. '
tk Council John Dougherty, George C.
Zahra, Isaac Crawford. Francis A.
James S. Todd.
""Vectors G. W. Oatman. Roberts Evans
rfie of Election Michael Hasspn.
James Murray.
f'Want Attestors William Barnes, Dan-.
1 '- Zahm. '
EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, L8 64.
A Great Speecli.
On the evening of the 24th nit., at
National Hall, Philadelphia, Vice Presi
dent Hamlin made a inos eloquent and
glowing Speech, in the course of which
occurred the following remarks :
I take it that in all this audience nay,
in all the country there is no man who
i3. not jn avor of peace. I am for peace.
I am a peace xnau, and I come tonight to
talk to you of the best method of securing
peace. Those who arc as dear to me as
any that you hare are to you, are interes
ted, in the return of peace. There arc
vacant places at my own hearthstone,- and
when peace shall return'to this land, there
will come back, I trust, to my own house
hold those who are as dear to me as yours
can be to you. If the termination of this
war be procrastinated, those members of
my household are subject to all the haz
ards of battle: I want peace. , You want
peace. Above, all, iho rebels want peace.
Applause. They are beginning to feel
the halter draw around their necks; they
are beginning to feel that a little of: the
staple of 'Missouri will be applicable to
their own persons. They are beginning
to feel in regard to the suspensiou of the
habeas corpus that if the habeas is not
suspended, the corpus will be. , Ltaugh-ter-3
,-Yk n a our unfortunate country
does not desire that peace shall return to
our distracted land 'i What have been
the sacrifices that we have made upon the
red battle field? -llbwmany homes have
been, desolated ? IiiJeed.;ia whaVhome
throughout the broad North does , not
gloom sit upon the social hearthstone 7
Uut tve want a peace," my friends, which
6hall bo lasting as time. AVo want- a
peace that shall eradicate every seed that
mi"ht generate another war. Ye want a
peace, and we have almost conquered it,
that shall impose upon those that follow
us no such drcaJ duties as belong to u.
I3ut I thank uiy God that I live iu this
day. I .knew every.,, discerning man
must have knosrn that in the progress of
time this struggle wa3 to come. No. one
but a coward would shirk it, and every
irallaut man will thank his God that he
lives in the day and hour when he can
participate in this struggle by his voice,
by his means, and by his efforts. -
In all the history of our country since
we have been a Government, we have been
familiar with the organization of parties.
They have subserved, and they will sub
serve, a useful purpose., lint I am not
aware that, until this day, any party in
this country has been other than a loyal
party. Iu times of peace, it is wise, it i3
best'that there should hi in'fhe communi
ty different political organizations, that
they may watch each other. ut all par
tics that have heretofore existed have only
divided upon the simple question of the
administrative policy of the Government.
Never, until now, has a party grown up
with disloyalty as its bas'rs. But at a time
like the present there should be no parly
but the parly of the couutry. . Conven
tions may adopt their party platforms;
but I am frank to say, as an independent
man, that I hold to but one platform,
which is expressed in but two words our.
country. Applause. That platform is
brief in its terms, but it is comprehensive.
As to the political organization of which
this meeting to-night is one of the mani
festations, I deny that -we are'a party.
We are an association formed for the pur
pose of forwarding the cause of the Union.
This is our objectnothing else. That
object rises far above every mere political
consideration. Why, my friends, I can
not look down low enough to tee a man
who,, at such a time as this, claims to be
a party mau. I cannot comprehend the
motive which directs the course of .such a
man'. ' I eay that our country is at this
time the ouly. platform for the patriotic
citizen. . We are men of all political an
tecedentsmen who have been members
of all political parties; but have no other
flag than the old stars and stripes, and no
other country than our own beloved lie
public. Applause. I have been all my
life a party mau; I am now a party man,
but I would be ashamed of myself if I
should come here to-night to talk ot party
doctrines and party creeds. l am a lie
publican all over, f rom the end of my hair
to the end of my toe-naila. ; Laughter.
I onlv state that, fact; I do not , want to
bring it. into the discussion of the great
questions at issue. I lay aside in. the dis
cussion of these questions 'all partisan
feeHngs. The"0 flag' of my country the
Union" and the Constitution are the con
siderations by which I appeal to you. .
Let me ask you, what are our duties ,to.
the Government Y Do' we not too often
forget what are the obligations ' that we
oie to cur Government? ; Government' is
in the nature of a contract with its citi
zens. Governments are ordained of God.;
With no Government, there ; is anarchy.
In order to secure our protection iu cer
tain . rights, we aa citizens yield to the
government certain other rights. The
object of founding governments is to pro
tect the weak from, the strong. Govern
ments are instituted, as has been expres
sed in language better than any I can
employ, for the protection of life, liberty,
and the pursuit of happiness." I know
that modern Democracy tells you that
Government is for the protection of life,
liberty,, and the pursuit of "ciggers I"
Laughter. What are . the correlative
duties and obligations of the citizen and
the Government ? The Government be
ing founded, according to our theory,
upon the cons'ent of the governed, it is the
duty of the Government to protect the
citizen in his life, in his liberty, and in
the pursuit of happiness. What are the
duties of the citizen to the Government?
First, 'the Government having discharged
.its duty to its citizens, (and 1 hold that
ours has done that.) it is the duty of the
citizen to contribute from his means all
that shall be necessary for the support and
maintenance of Government. In times of
peace, the demands of the Government
have been limited ; in time of war, they
areand must bo extensive, and the re
sponse of the citizen ahould be correspon
dingly generous. There i3 not a man
among us who does uot owe to the Gov
ernment all his means, if these means are
necessary to the preservation of. its lile.
More than that, .there is not a muscle in
his right arm, or in his physical frame ;
there is riot a drop cf blood that flows in
his' veins ; there is nothing that he pos
sesses which he does not owe to the Gov
ernment in a time like thi3, in return for
its having discharged its duty to Mm.- '
You have breathed the. air, thut comes
fresh from yout hills, you have drun'i.tho
pure water from your gushing mouriiaio
streams until you are thankless," and do
not regard the value of the blessings which
you have enjoyed. When stretched upon
a bed of disease, a mun knows the value
6f health ; when obliged to drink from the
stagnant pool, he knows the value of ihp
pure and sparkling spring; when obliged
to breathe the noxious airs of a prison
house, he knows the value of the pure air
that God gives him. Long years ot peace
andprosperity, carrying us from feeble
colonies' to amagniScont republic of thirty
millions, have marie us thank'ess-to the
Government for the blessings that it has
showered upon us as -Heaven ..showers its
dews. Yoi.go home to the quiet of yoor
domestic fireside; you meet , there your
loved ones ; .' you have arouud you means
that make lile pleasant and joyous But
what are all the. blessings of domestic life
unless the jegis of Government be .thrown
over and Ground you? . They are value
less. 1 In thi3 struggle, every citizen owes
all his meaus, and, if necessary, his life,
to preserve the best Government Gcd ever
gave to man. .
- My friends, are you all ready to per
form the duty which, as loyal citizens,
devolves upon you ? We are to-day cu
gaged in a contest which, stripped of all
extraneous matter, reduces itsell to a "sin
gle proposition- country, or no country.
The question at issue in this contest is,
whether we shall have a country of free
dom, or whether we shall have no country
at all. That is the only question to be
determined in the' coming election. We
have got to crush out this rebellion, or be
crushed out ourselves. I do not quite
like the statement which I have made
we are going to crush out this rebellion.
Cheers. The man who does not believe
that, I hold to be a political infidel. I
would as soon doubt the sun's rising or
setting as doubt that we are to be a gov
ernment of freedom. . All the cohorts of
hell and rebellion can never prevail against
us, Kather than suffer liberty to perish
here, our ladies will buckle on the habili
ments of war. Gray-headed and tottering
age will throw away its crutch for the
musket. The little child will seize the
rifle and battle for liberty.- No, frieuds,
our old ship of State is to -float on trium
phantly through uncounted ages. The
Lord have mercy on. those who shall op
pose it ! I pity them. In the history, of
our country, we have had some slight" il
lustration of the fate of those who opposed
the cause of the country in time ot war.
In the llevolutionary war we had a Bene
dict Arnold. There were men who oppo
sed the war of 1812; but those men stand
without a, gpot.. on their' garments when
compared with the rebel sympathizers in
the free States Jo 1861. I think that
Judas Iscajiot would complain of being
compared with him'. At a time like this,
when, there should bono platform but our.
country we have a party that calls itself
the Democratic party. God save the
mark! 4 Laughter. J My friends, I was
a Democrat of the ptraightest sect, brought
up'at the feet of Gamaliel. But I think
that, if Thomas Jefferson, James Madison,
and Andrew Jackson should come back to
this world to-day, they would not recog
nize as the party with which they acted
the "organization which calls itself the
Democratic party. I belonged to the
Democratic organization when it aimed at
the elevation of man when it sought to
follow the teachings of the fathers of the
Republic when Democracy meant the
elevation of man,' morally, intellectually,
politically. Now, Democracy means the
debasement of : man. ' 1 ; belonged to the
Democratic organization when it held that
a man should go for his country right or
wrong. Though I dp not know that I
ever quite adopted that principle, yet my
niatto was my -country! if gha is right,
I will sustain her; if sheds wrong, I will
try to right her ; but my country above
everything else! That is not .modern
Democracy. A modern Democrat is a man
who sympathizes with rebellion ; who in
directly aids it; who has tto sympathy with
that principle which would elevate man,
and carry the nation onward in a career of
greatness and glory. Modern' Democracy
gets down and worships at the shrine of
Jefferson Davis, discourages enlistments,
throws every possible obstacle in the way
of preserving the integrity of the Govern
ment. These' men are called "Copper
heads," because the copperhead snako is
the meanest- God Almighty ever made.
The modern Democratic party ia made up
of sore heads and Copperheads. . .
I may say, my friends, that. I have come
here with commingled emjtions of pleas
ure and regret. It is to me a matter of
deep regret that the cloud of war still
banes over our horizon." But, I can see.
and I think you can sec, the bright lining
of that cloud. How long ere the bright
sun or peace shall again illumine the
whole country I know not; no man knows;
but that question could be answered with
the certaiuty of mathematical "demonstra
tion, if we knew how long Northern
Democrats propose to. give sympathy,
encouragement and comfort to the rebels
of the South. When the efforts of North
ern sympathizers ?with treason shall cease,
peace will return to the country within
thirty days. For the last two years the
rebels have, lived upon the hope which
this Northern sympathy haj afforded them.
Take away that hope, and their cause will
crumble like a withered leaf. ITwebut
do our duty to the Government as loyal,
citizens, the work of-suppressing this re
bellion, will be accomplished." But it: is
fruitless; -to send our sons to the front if
we do not do our duty at home. Cheers
In this crisi.-2, and at this time, a ballot at
home is as efficient for the cause of liberty
as a bullet shot at the rebels in the field.'
We, as civilians, have a duly to perform
not less important than the duty of those
who bear the musket. It is to send to our
soMiors the cheering intelligence that we,
at the polls, will imitate what Phil Sheri
dan is doing in the Shenandoah Valley.
Loud cheers. And we will do it. Re
newed applause. Of all the elections
which we have heretofore had-in this
country, none have equalled or approached
importance that upon which we are now
entering. It is to detcrmino whether we
shall have a Government or not; it is to
determine whether, having a Government,
we will, perpetuate it. 1 know that we
will do our duty. . "We will support our
army. e will preserve this Government.
Wo will hold it up for the admiration of
the lovers of liberty all over the world.--Who
in all this mighty conclave can com
prehend the importance of this election 1
I own that the brain of man is not capable
of grasping the importance of the question.
Shall republican institutions be perpetua
ted, or go down with the eternal night of
despotism? . V ,
mom
J6S? Such - evidence as the' following,
from a veteran soldier, is not rare : : - ' '
"On the advance from Fisher's Hill, -.1
talked with a rebel .Captain. lie stated
to mo that the ouly hope of the rebels to
gain their independence was in the elec
tion of General M'Clelfan ; for, in that
event," he will' be rendered powerless by
such men as Seymour, Wood, Vallandig
"ham, ,and the men who would constitute
his Cabinet. Ho also stated that an ar
mistice would be declared, the blockad3
raised, and we 'Yanks' would have to go
north of the Rappahannock. 'England
will, flood the South with her goods, and
then we can say to you Yanks Recognize;
our , national, position and. give us .back
what you took jrom usr or we'll fight you
for four years moFe J find this to be the
general opinion oltthe rebel prisoners. - '
; aJ. CROZ1ER, J33th Pennsylvania.", , ,,
, f 3?" Before the rebellion .. broke out,
Senator Douglas, referring . to the South
ern States, said : s If they remaiuin the
Union, I will go as far as the Constitution
will warrant me in "securing their rights ;
but if they secede, I am in favor of allow
ing them just as many slaves and just as
much slave territory as they can hold, at
the point of the bayonet." .i:
lU'ClclIan Cain boat Experience.
The following correspondence explains
itself. It is only necessary to say, says
the Philadelphia Press, that Dr. Van Gie
90U i3 well known in thi3 city, and tho
statements made in' his letter have been
frequently repeated to persons here i '
Newark, Oct. 7, 1864; Dear Sir :
I remember,, soon after your return here
from the James river, where you acted as
Surgeon of the gunboat Galena, hearing
you state that General M'Clellan was on
board during the retreat of our army to
Harrison's Landing, and during the bat
tles of Glendale and Malvern Hill.- Hav
ing frequently heard it refuted, I take the
liberty of writing to bo reassured.
- Yours truly, ' : A. VAN WINKLE.
To R. E. Vax'Giesonv M. D., Englishtown,
Monmouth .county, ?L J . ,r . .
! REPLY. .
Exgltsiitown, N. J., Oct. 10, 1S01. -My
Dear Sir: Yours1 of the 7th inst. was
received in duo time. Agreeably to your
request I will write the. facts concerning
General 'M'Clellan's presence ou board the
United" Stages steamer Galena, which I
have go frequently stated to you and many
other of my friends in Newark. ' -'
In so doing I must 'confess my utter
surprise that my testimony, should-be
needed to substantiate-a fact already so
well established,' that ' no sane ' person,
whether he side with him or against him
personally or politically, can "doubt it.
Even M'Clellan himself,, in giving his
testimony: upon this identical question,
admits by implication that he was present,
although, apparently' ashamed to answer
the direct question, he retreats under the
cover of a defective memory.1 'His answer;
you recollect, is, "I do not remember. It
is possible I may have been, my camp was
near the river." How is it that General
M'Clellan's memory should become so
wonderfully" oblivious to his long " and
wearisome stay upon the quarter-deck and
in the cabiu of the Galena is to me entire
ly uncxplainable, for he certainly was
present in the body, if perchance absent
in the spirit, and ate, drauk, walked,
smoked and talked like any'other man.
An event of such importance, at such a
critical time, is, as you may well suppose,
as indelibly stamped upon my memory a3
ihe answer to the first question" in the
"Shorter Catechism." '
- My eyes were constantly upon hijj, and
my ears upon the alert,, both to learn the
man and catch some tidings of the situa
tion, of which, we had most ominous
forebodings." ' ".'
My observations and impressions made
at that time, were written at that time in
my daily jouixal, now lying : before m'j,
from which I give you the essential facts
of the case under consideration.
'- On the morning of June 30, 1SG2, the
Galena, at that time flag-ship of the
squadron, lay near Haxall's Landing. . I
was on the morning of that day sent on
shore to inspect some of the wounded who
had beeu sent to the river bank for trans
portation, and after having returned ou
board with Captain Rodgers, learned that
another battle was expected during the
afternoon of- the same day. About 2 P.
M. we ran to the coi.jcctured headquarters
of General M'Clellan. Captain Rodgers
here went'on shore, and after a short ab
sence brought M'Clellan on board with
him. He was received by the officers in
undress uniform, and was aceorcpanied by
the Prince de Joinville and his two neph
ews, and others of lesser note, whom I did
net particularly not ice, as my whole atten
tion was concentrated upon M'Clellan
Near 4 P. M. Lieutenant Cluai of. the
Signal Corps, then stationed, in the fore
top, reported "enemy advancing in large
force upon the left." ' v ".
We ran up some distance further, where
we could distinctly hear an .almost inces
sant roar of artilltry, mingled with volleys
of musketry, apparently about a mile or ,
two off. We then' commenced throwing
shells upward (the bankSj cr rather bluffs,
being quite high,) and to the left. Iu a
few moments we-received signal,, ."Your
shells .doing, well." We c6utinued thus
firing until sundown, during which wo
received the following despatches: "M'
Call 13 breaking' "Sumner is having a
hard time." M'Clellan then lefV the
Galena, for the field about 6 P. M. -.The
last ; despatch received ,was late ia the
evening, '.'Our men bringing in enemy's
wounded' v'
Near midnight it was rumored that wc
had held our position, and; captured oho
thousand prisoners And bo ended the
battleof Glendale-. s - '
.. ; On Tuesday, July 1, 18G2, at about 9
A. M., General M'Clellan again. came on
board, looking jaded, auxious and weary.
At 10 A- M we proceeded down the river
a3 far as Harrison's Landing: M'Clftllan
meanwhile went into the cabin to take a
NUMBER 6.
little sleep. At 12 30 P. .M.: M'Clellan
came from the cabin and took passage in
a tug with Gen. Franklin to the 'encamp
ment In about an hour M'Clellaa returned
when we immediately started up the river,
hearing heavy firing as we passed up."
Near Carter's dock it increased to a roar.
M'Clellan, though quietly smoking a cigar
upon the quartor-deck, seemed anxious,
and looked inquiringly at the signal officer,
who was receiving a message lrom shore.
In a minute he reported "heavy firing
near - Porter's Division." Shortly .after
this, about .4 P. M., a message came de
manding his presence in the field, and he
left the vessel.- 9.30 P. M., firing almost
ceased.., At 11 P. M. M'Clellan returned,
accompanied by General Marcy. General
M'Clellan says, "They, took one gun from
us yeste.iday ; but to-day we have taken
many of their guns and colors." "Yes,"
said Marcy, "we whipped them like the
devil to-day," and with this encouraging
assurance I retired, feeling quite sutc that
it came from a "reliable gentleman." So
ended Malvern Hill. 1 ' ''" -
On J uly 2d we hove anchor at daylight ;
shortly after we dropped ' anchor, which
wa about O A. M., M'Clellan left us. At
9 P. M. he again came on board, and
remained uotil lO At M., July 3, '1862,
when he left us, looking more" anxious
than pleasant. " This was his last. appear
ance. These are the fct. which, though
forgotten by General M'Clellan, are well
remembered by the officers of the Galena.
And now I trust I have sufficiently re
assured you. If you find refuters still,
just ask thorn to step dowii to Washington
and consult the Jsij-book of the United
States steamer Galena for June 30, July
1, July 2,. July 3, 1SG2, where, over the
bold signature of "Fightin John Rodg
ers," they will find ample proof of what
they so much dread tobelieve. .
Trulyfyour friend, ;-....
R. E. VAN GIESON, -II. D.
To A. Vax Wixkle, Newark, N. J. "
: : : .
Dlajor W bite's Experience In
Richmond,
Major White, formerly State Senator of
Pennsylvania, who was recently released
from -Richmond after au imprisonment of
fourteen months, spoke at a Union meet
ing in Philadelphia the other night.- He
said : ' ' . " - -
. "When the' Christian and Sanitary
Commissions (God bless theift) sent us
boxes our condition wis improved. But
after a time they looked up-m the contents
ot our boxes with anxious
eyes, aud
whether they sobbled them up or not, fu
ture history will determine. The speaker
on Christmas day felt almost happy in the
thought of hearing from and sending
home, lie had been urged to speak for
his brethren in misfortune, andgesked for
the privilege. The well known tyrant,
Turner, commander of the prison, inform
ed tho speaker that he was to go direct to'
Salisbury, b' order of Gen. Winder, who,
at Andersouville, last July, caused one
thousand dead soldiers to be carried out
of the stockade. By his order the speak
er was taken to Salisbury, where the
Baltimore Plugs took charge of him. He
had given his. b'.aukcts and other things
to h"i3 fellow prisoners. Thi3 was Christ
mas day, and as be went up the streets of1
Richmond the Plug Uglies cheered him
with the assurance that he would never
be . exchanged. That didn't . help him
along very much.
"There arc no happy scenes in Rich
mond There are no happy smiles of
children'. Thers are no prosperous busi-
ness houses. Everything seemed to pre
sage tho doom that awaits it. God grant t
that that doom may soon come. (Cheers.) t
He arrived at Salisbury, lie was put in '
a cold room, stripped and tearcheJ. He'
still had a tew Sorrowed greenbacks, and i
had put them in his boots. He managed
to save them. They had scrutinized ali
bis family letters and laid them o'n tho '
table'. iIIe managed to' slip the greenbacks '
under the letter!?, and altcrwards restored
all 'to -his pockcti. In the room above .
him lay j en. Corcoran, lift was said to
be well treated, bat not so the speaker.
They, put him in an eiht foot dungeon.
The guard was forbi iden to speak to him,
or allow anybody else to do so. Thero was '
no light in the celL ; A piece of irou-cla i :
corn bread and a Done of meat were placed ,
upon tic flaor, without a plate, for his
first day's food. ," ' '"..'."
"There was no charge against him ex
cept - that' lie, was a Union - Senator ot '
Pennsylvania. Though entitled to the
trcatmeut of a prisouer of war, he was
selected, from all his companions and thus
treated. He was kept there for three
weeks, and afterwards in old smokehouse, '
U9ed as a dead house, for the balance of
the winter. . It is the policy of the rebel .
officers to wear out tho lives ot those Union
officers to whom they take a prejudice."