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M A I R & D A V I O N , IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN SADDLERY, CARRIAGE AND TUN UK HARDWARE & TRIMMINGS, SADDLES & HARNESS, ISo. 12 7, Wood Street, PITTSBURGH. PA. PAD SKINS, BEST OAK TANNED HARNESS, SKIRTING AND BRI DLE LEATHERS. June 17, 1863 ly. f'or Rent. An office on Centre Street, next door north of Esq. Kinkead's office. Possession given immediately. JOSEPH M'DONALD. April 13, 1864. THE BLESSINGS OF GOVERNMENT, LIKE THE Widow Simpson's Spoons. Ia the Parish of Bathgate, in Linlith growshire, Scotland, lived a widow wo man by the name of Simpson. In her family resided, in the capacity of help one Nancy Campbell, a girl of about nineteen, who was suspected of having taken a fancy to Robin, the wid ow's son, who reciprocated the sentiment. Nothing, however, would soften the widow's heart as regarded a match, till at last tlie following event having occurred, and caused her to give way : Alxut the hay-making time a distant and compara tively rich relation was expected to call and take tea that evening on his way to Linlithgow. It was not often that the superior rela tive honored her house with a visit, and Mrs. Simpson, determined that nothing phould be wanting to his entertainment, brought out the treasured spoons early in the forenoon, with many injunctions to Nancy touching the care sho should take in brightening them up. While this ope ration was being conducted in the kitchen, in the midst of these uncertain days which vary the Northern June, a sudden dark ening of the sky announced the approach of heavy rain. The h.iy was dry and ready for housing. Robin and two farm men were busy gathering it in; but the great drops began to lull while a consider able portion yet remained in the Held, and, with the instinct of crop preservation, fotrh rushed the widow, followed by Nan cy, leaving the spoons half scou-ed on the kitchen table In her rapid exit, the girl had forgotten to latch the door. The weasel and the kite were the only depreda tors known alut the, Mooreland farm ; but while they were all occupied in the hay-uVld, who should come that way but (Jeordy Wilson. Wi !1 the kitchen door was open, and (Jeordy stepped in. 11 ba..ged the set tle with his stall", lie coughed, he hemmed, he saluted the cat, which sat purring on the window seat, on I at length discovered that there was nobody within. Neither meal nor penny was to be expected that lay ; t!i- rain was growing heavier, some of the hay must he wet, and Mrs. Simp son would return in bad humor. Hut two objects powerfully arrested (Jeordy's at tention ; one was the broth-pot boiling on the fire, and the other the silver spoons scattered on the table. Hending over the former, (Jeordy took a considerable sniff, cave the ingredients a stir with the pot stick, and muttered "very thin." His proceeding with the latter must remain unmenti -ned ; but, half an hour later, when he was safely ensconced in a f Arm house half a nule oil", and the family were di iven within doors by the increasin,T storm, they found cveiything as it had been lefi the broth on tin; tire, the cat on the window-seat, the w hiting and flannel on the table ; but not a spoon was there. "Where's the spoons?" cried Mrs. Simpson to the entire family, who stood by the tire drying their wet garments. No one could tell. Nancy had left them on the table when she ran to the hay. No one had been in the house ; they were certain that nothing was disturbed. The drawer was pulled out, and the empty stocking exhibited. Every shelf, every corner was searched, but to no purpose ; the spoons had disappeared, and the state of the farm-house may be imagined. The widow ran through it like one distracted questioning, scolding and searching. Kobin, Nancy, and the farm-men were despatched in different directions, as soon as the rain abated, to advertise the neigh bors, under the supposition that some strolling beggar or gipsey might have car ried off the treasure, and would attempt to dispose of it in the parish. Nobody thought of Geordy Wilson ; he had not been espied from the hay-field. Lost the spoons were, leyond a doubt, and the widow bade fair to lose her senses. The rich relation came at the appointed time, and he had such a tea that he vowed never again to trust himself in the house of his entertainer. Hut the search went on ; rabbits' holes were looked into for the missing silver, and active boys were bribed to turn out magpies' nest. Wells and barns in the neighborhood were ex plored. The criers of the three nearest parishes were employed to proclaim the loss ; it was regularly advertised at kirk-gate and market-place ; and Mrs. Simpson be"-an to talk of getting a search warrant for the beggar's meal-pouch. Bathgate was alarmed throughout its borders concerning the spoons ; but when almost a month wore away and nothing coukl be heard of them, the widow's suspicions turned from beggars, barns and magpies to light upon poor Nancy. She had been scour ing the ppoons, and left the house last ; ilver could not leave the tables without DEWS OF HEAVEN, SHOULD BE EBENSBURG, PA. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1864. hands. It was true that Nancy had borne an unquestionable character ; but such spoons were not to be found every day, and JUrs. Simpson was determined to have them back in her stocking. After sundry hints of increasing breadth to Ivobin, who could not help thinking his mother was loosing her judgment, she one day plumped the charge, to the utter astonishment and dismay of the poor girl, whose anxiety in the search had been inferior only to her own. Though poor and an orphan, Nancy had some honest pride ; she immediately turned out the contents of her kist (box), unstrung her pocket in Mrs. Simpson's presence, and ran, with tears in her eyes, to tel' the minister. As was then common to the country parishes of Scotland, difficulties and dis putes which might have employed the writers and puzzled the magistrates, were referred to his arbitration, ami thus lawsuits and scandal prevented. The mini.-ter had heard as who in Ilathgatc had not? of Mrs. Simpson's loss. Like the rest of the parish, he thought it rather strange ; but Nancy Campbell was one of the mo;-t serious and exemplary girls of his congregation he could not believe that the charge preferred against her was true ; yet the peculiarities of the case demanded investigation. With some difficulty the minister persuaded Nancy to return to her mistress, bearing a mes sage to the effect that he and two of hie elders, who happened to reside in the neighborhood, would come over the fol lowing evening, hear what could be said on both sides, and, if possible, clear up the nistery. The widow was well pleas ed at the minister and his elders coming to inquire after the spoons. She put on her best mutch (that is to say, cap), pre pared her best sH?cchcs, and enli.-ted some of the most serious and reliable of her neighbors to assist in the invcstirition. Early in the evening of following the day when the summer sun-firis wear ing low and the field work was over they were all assembled in the clean scoured kitchen, the minister, elders and neighbors, soberly listening to Mrs. Simpson's testimony touching her lost sil ver, Nancy. Hobin and the farm-men sit ting by till their turn came, when the door, which had been left half open to admit the breeze, for the evening was sultry, was quietly pushed ar-ide, and in slid (Jeordy Wilson, with his usual ac companiments of stall' and wallet. "Ther's ii.i room for ye here (Jeordy" said the widow ; we're on weighty busi ness." " Weel, mom," said Geordy, turning to depart, "its of nae con.-equence. I only came to sjeak about your spoons." " Hae you heard o' them.'" cried Mrs. Simpson, bouncing from her seat. " I couldna miss liein blessed wi' the preeious gift o' hearin', and what's better, I saw them," said (Jeordy. "Saw them Geordy ? Whar are they ? and here's a whole shillin' for ye ;" and Mrs. Simpson's purse, or rather an old glove used for that purpose, was instantly produced. " Weel," said Geordy, "I slipped in ae day, and seein' the siller unguarded, I thought some ill-guided body might covet it, and laid it by, I may say, among the leaves o' that Hible, thinkin' you would be sure to see the spoons when you went to read." Before Geordy had finished his revela tion, Nancy CamplieH had brought down tho proudly disphvyrd, but never opened Bible, and interspersed between its leaves lay the dozen of long-sought spoons. The minister of Bathgate could scarce ly command his gravity while admon ishing Geordy on the trouble and vexa tion his trick had caused. The assem bled neighbors laughed outright when the draft man, pocketing the widow's shilling, which he had clutched in the early part of his discourse, assured them all that he kenned Mrs. Simpson read her Bible so often that the spoons would be certain to turn up. Geordy got many a basin of broth and many a luncheon of bread and cheese on account of that transaction, with which he amused all the firesides of parish. Mrs. Simpson was struck dumb even from scolding. Th.5 discovery put and end to her ostentatious profession, and it may be hoped turned her attention more to practice. Has the story no moral for you dear reader ? Insure Hours. A thoughtless old gentleman the other day, sat down on the spur of the moment. His screams were horrible. Action is the great law ; it is by steady, 6trong, continuous, action that all great works are accomplished. DISTRIBUTED ALIKE, UPON THE HIGH AND THE LOW, THE RICH AXD From the Indianapolis Sentinel. A CRUSHER. Letter from the Hon. I). V. VoorhecG to urlg. uen. II. u. Carrliigton. Gkn. II B. Cakuington, IxiUAXArous, Indiana : Siu: Your favor of the 10th is at hand, in which I am informed that cer tain letters belonging to me have been sto len. You do not directly state whether you committed the theft yourself, or whether you employed some one else, but inasmuch as you have possession of the stolen property, and avow it as if you had something to be proud of you will of course not object to being considered as the principal in this act of petty larceny ami lock-picking. There are some titles to distinction which you claim and which are not, I believe generally conceded to you by the public. No one however, will dispute your right to this. You take great pains in your commu nication to convey a false impression in regard to the circumstances under which 3'ou examined and purloined mv private correspondence. In November, 1800, I i locked my desks, my drawers and my office in the usual manner, and left for Washington city. I did not return to Terre Haute until the 10th of June, 1804. During my absence I authorized the owner of the property to rent it and take charge of my books and papers. He re-nted it sometime in the spring to a man by the name of Muzzy, and with a mis taken confidence, suffered every thing be longing to nie to remain under his control. Here, General, was jour easy opportuni ty. 1 was nearly a thousand miles awav, a political enemy had p;:ws.-ion of mv de.-ks and drawcu-, and all you had to do was to ply the burglar's art, prepare f.ihe keys, pick my locks, and yj,i at once had access to my private, confidential oorreb- pon cirLracmg a i.eno ot seven years. I nave every reason to ueiieve w that you read it ad, letter by letter. You took your time, and like the furtive, thieving magpie, narrowly inspected each line and word, to lind. if possible, some expression ot opinion wt.icii your servile political creed holds to be disloyal. 1 here were many letters there from cherished friends who are dead. There v.-as a bun dle also from mv wife in regard to our do mestic alFairs. If vou have stolen ihe.-e, also, please return them, as they can be of no value except to the owner. I have heard of generous housebreakers and pick pockets doing as much as that I confess to one very disagreeable sen sation in regard to tins aliair. It is the thought that the evidences of long years of friendship and affection should be subjected to the scrutiny of such an eye as yours. You wear the uniform of a Brigadier General, and I believe you are a Colonel in the regular army. Do you imagine that such an act as robbing private draw ers, and publishing private letters, will bring honor to your rami in the estima tion of gentlemen ? Have you ever read here and there a scrap of history ? Do you know in what a light the slimy in former, the eavesdropper, the pitiful spy on the affairs of domestic and private life, have always been regarded by lionorab.e. men ? Did you ever read the invectives of Curran beforo the juries ot Irelamt against such conduct as yours ? If you have not I advise you to do so, and you will there see yourself in a mirror as others see you at all times. Titus Oates pretended to discover plots, conspiracies and treasons just as you pretend that you are doing. He sacrificed the lives of many of the best citizens of England. You may do the same in this country by your sensational falsehoods and reckless disre gard of the public peace. But the paral fel may go further. A healthy reaction took place, and Titus Oates, the plot tinder of England, stood in the stocks and was pelted by the multitude. His cars were cropped close to his head ; he was w hip ped at the tail of a cart a dozen of times through the streets of London. These acts of vengeance against him were only expressive of the feelings which virtuous mankind everywhere entertains towards the wretch who turns universal witness against his fellow men who, in times of public excitement and trouble, seeks to aggravate the public distress by pretend ing to find everybody guilty but himself ami his followers ; who crawls into bed rooms, who ransacks bureaus, who picks locks, and pilfers the private thoughts of friends. You have studied this great English informer as your example ; would yoifnot do well to study his fate ? Popu lar delusions do not last always, and the day is even now at hand when your pre sence among gentlemen will be regarded as a signal to ceasu conversation for fear you will betray it when your presence in a room will eaiise its occupant to secure every loose letter or paper that may be in sight for fear you steal it; and when your presence in a town will cause everybody to lock their offices or remain in thern to guard again.-t your approach. I am told that you have been often or dered to the field to meet the armed ene mies of your country. I have formerly expressed my surprise that you did not go. You were educated if I am not mis taken; at West Point by the Government, :md my experience among army officers has been that as a class they were men of i courage, high breeding and honor. They I shall do the same. That is a fair propo have generally esteemed it their HuXy to sition, and those who are unwilling to be in the front in time of war. But all ! embrace it can take the consequences, general rules are proved by their excep- Democrats have all th! rights that repub tioi:s, and vou are the exception in this instance. I shall no longer wonder that you remain in Indiana, nor shall 1 be sur prised if upon another invasion of our State, y-ou are again put under arrest and relieved of jour command. Your voca tion is certainly not the sword. You should lay it asid as too honorable for you to wear, and in its place, as the em blem of your calling, you should wear a bunch of false kej s, and a set of burglar's tools. Nor should j'ou keep the uniform of the soldier its place should be sup plied bj- the usual disguises, false-faces, wigs and gum-elastic shoes, which night prowlers, and hous6 breakers usually wear. But a word or two General, in regard to the letters themselves. You have raked a drair net over many j'ears of m v most private, correspond mre. What d: l you g-t after all juir 1 :- v, ss and al j'o;.:r I,:b r ? The rcsidi ui'l hardly pav j'ou for ;!ie nniwr.vd d t- -:a:ion which Hlil ;i'.v;iis cliii; ti vour mdi.ct. ! -..! us see. One of my friends writes mo that he fear our liberties will be destroj'od in the lumds of those who are now in power. 11 i .re-diets that Mr. Lincoln, aided by fueh willing instruments as j'ou, J will a. tempt to raise a despotism on the j ruin oi the Bep.ublie. Hi.- fears and his j predictions thus expressed in Juno, 1801, j have been fuiij' verified. He says a j peaeetul separation woum nave ocen tM?t ter than this. It is not for jou to com plain of. s1;cl;-,v?entiiiv r.t. I have heard you publiclj' express your great admira tion for Mr. Chase. He held the same doctrine expressed hj- Mr. Bistine's letter. I refer you to the speech of General Blair on that point. But the Indianapolis .Journal said the same thing only in stron ger terms. So did the Cincinnati Com mercial., the. New York Tribune and many other leading Republican organs. What importance then can j;ou attach to such an txpres.-ion of opinion? But you found an old letter from mj- good old I nelem irguua. I oor scan- j dal monger as you are, I cannot even per- j mit jou much enjoj-ment in that. I was j in Harrisonburg in June 1800; Mr. Lin- j coin was not elected. TLeie was no talk ; of secession in Virginia. On the cen- ! irarv, the feeling in h; haif of the I'nion j was overwhel siiug. But there was a deep I irritation jet in the popular mind in re gard to the John Brown r:id which had rccer.tlj" occurrctl. I was serenaded at mj' Uncle's house, and made a short speech. Alluding to the murderous inva sion of her soil bj" John Brown. I stated that such deeds were condemed in the State where I lived, and if needs be, a hundred thousand men from Indiana would march to protect ti e citizens of Virginia against any tut lire a'oolition raid. In Februarj", 1801, when war became imminent. I suppose it looked to Mr. Hardes v as if it would lie an Abolition war, and he si in pry reminded me of what I had said on his door steps to the citi zens of Harrisonburg. Do j-ou think that the publication of this bit of stolen information will materially affect the Presidential election ? Little minds catch at little things. And when companies have been formed j fur appearances, the partie s agreed to em aecording to law, and asked for arms, j p0y a not over-wise country justice to they have refused because they were j pUt on the tackling. He commenced the Democrats. Why is all this 1 From the j ceremonies by remarking that "it wm conduct of manj' of these so-called j customary on such occasions to commence " Home Guards," and the conduct of j wuh a prayer, but he believed he would such officers as j-ou the Democratic par- j on,jt that." After tj ing the knot, he ty has been led to the firm belief that j ,1 " it was customary to give the mar these warlike preparations have more re- I ,;e,l COnple some advie-e, but he believed ference to carrying elections and sulxluing ! jie would omit that. It was customary, the freedom of speech and of a union in too, to kiss the bride, but he believed he the North, than they have to the suppres- j would omit that also." The ceremony sion of r.nrd rebellion in the. South. ! being ended, the bridegroom took the jus They have paraded in front of my own ' tice y the button-hole, and clapping his house, in my absence, and with .United I finder "on his nose, said : " Squire, it's States muskets in their hands, in large j customary to give the magistrate five doi numbers. insulted and terrified my wife ! lars but I b'lieve Pll omit that!" and children. These were simply members 1 1. of the Republican party, and the guns j QS Even those who smoke and drink which they carried had been given to them ' at the expense of others do Mill hits j by Governor Morton by your advice, I their own. THE PUOR. VOL. 11 NO. 30 ! presume, and consent. What has oc- ! curred to me has occurred to thousands of omc-is. xjo you suppose mat you can arm our neighbors to outrage and insult us without any disastrous results ? Do 3'ou think we will lick the hand that strikes us f Do you imagine that the Democratic party will submit to le tram pled and spit upon ? We have borne much, very much, and perhaps yon think we will bear all, and everything. If you do, allow me, for the sake of the peace and welfare of the State, to assure you of your error. We will obey the laws of the land. We have always done so. but ... T- we have made up our minds that others licans have, and among those which they share in common is the right to bear arms for their defense and protection. Now General, but a few words more and I will have you to the. uninterrupted enjoyment of the glory which you have achieved in this miserable affair. There is one letter of mine in vour possession w hich you did not steal, and which I am willing you should publish. You will re member an interview about a year ago between us at the Terre Haute House, in the presence of Judge Key. You had opened your ears to tale bearers and slan derers, and you come down from Indiana polis in great excitement to quell the ter rible outbreak which you imagined was about to take place in this District. You wanted to go to Sullivan county, and, at your request, I gave you a note in the shape of a pass, that the bearer was General Carrington, and asking for him respectful treatment. You did not need any such protection from me, but you thought you did, and showed it to my friends for that purpose in the town of Sullivan. You seem to be of late in a similar panic .and under a delusion. There is really, however, no danger of disturbance among the people except such as your own folly and wickedness may create. You do not need a pass to travel through here unless that it might be that the peo ple should fear that you came to raiack their drawers or souk thing of that kind. In conclusion, permit me in all kindness, to suggest, that if you could persuade yourself to mind your own business, make a great deal less fuss about nothing, trust the honesty and intelligence of the people somewhat, keep your hands away from what is not 3 our own, speak the truth, give up the trade of common informer and abandon all idea that you can scare anybody, everything will go well and peace and good order will everywhere pre vail. If 3'ou cannot do these things, how ever, which I suspect is beyond 3'our power, then by all means seek seme other field of labor and let a gentleman, and a man of hono" take your place. It is perhaps proper for me to saj' by way of apology for this letter, that I have wiitten it mere to meet the interests of the public than from any regard which 1 have for good or bad opinion concerning me or my friends. Your conduct has placed you bej ond the notice of gentle men. I am engaged in no plots or con spiracies, and never have bpen. What I have done has been done in the open day what I shall do in the future will be done in the same manner. But it is of small moment to me what 3-ou think on that subject. It is out of respect to a very different class of men that I have thus taken notice of jour larceny of my propert', and your assault on my char acter. Your obedient servant, D. W. VooHHEtS- Tkkue Hautk, August 23, 1804. Omitting to Mich. A green, good natured, monej'-makinr up-country fel low, wdio said everything drily, "got things fixed," and struck up a bargain for matrimonv. Having no particular regard J 1 i. ' C c ,' K ft e -, h