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For i ?'.'c"-nthSh't. $1 50. 50 SI 75 100. E.ad.100 $2 2 3 6 00 50 50 50 i .) 00 50 00 00 00 50 Eolith Sheet, (,' i:utrr Sheet, ii.iit' .Sheet, 1 50 2 00 2 50 3 00 4 00 5 00 CARDS, 1 1 2 $3 5 '.a fnr h'M f x $1 50 2 00 200 for 500 for hi h additional hundred. rt.ANKS. r.e.jr.iro, $2 60 Each ad. q'r.$l 50 Al! transient work must be paid fur on rv. t'.d.ur; C'LAKK WILSON. , Juno 11, IbC 5. hi FOR SALE OR RENT. mUK FARM and COAL LAND formerly 1 r.y .John Gillan, Sr., situate in township, Cambria county, about . A vi-n nu'.es .V.itu w.-st of Kbrnsburff. ad- I"!ds.. :!.,- hue John Gillan. Jr. j: '.,,,,1 l .,.; l i Jr., ami o .in ! l eter .i-rner, cont.ung .' llnwlf il iii, (I Ttriiifii-tircj ,! T.t,.r V . 1 ere. t..-p :io..ufs, liavinj thereon erected a ! STONE DWELLING HOUSE and A Large lianli. Hani. Ti.is !.m,l contains an abundance of coal ' '.f'i,.r quality a drift -t feet thick o n,- Vtcu opened which is now Leln t - -II I'.r y to the undersigned, the present residing in the boronli.rf hbens- II. L. JOHNSTON, VM. KITTELL. v. 23. 18C5. tf. H. WALTERS, ';') street, behcern Franklin and Clinton, N-rth sole, JOIIXSTOU N, i'A. H S constantly on band a large and well il selected stock of seasonable my ms is mmi 11 's stock conists of almost every article i sually kept in a retail store, all of whi-h I ave been selected with care and are (fL-red :it prices which cannot fail to prove satUfac- II ' v. Call and examine for yourselves. Nov. Di, 18G5.6ni.. II. WALTEIIS. DCXTISTUI rjJIE undersigned Graduate of thoBalti tr.ire College of Dental Surgery, respect f'..!y iF.Vrs his proffessional services to the c:;ris of Ebensburg. He has spared no n cms thoroughly to acquaint himself with every improvement '.n his art. To many years of personal experience he has thought t' add the imparte.l experience of the high t authorities in Dvntl Science, lie sirn P v as .is that an opportunity may be given "T ''is work to sjioak its own jrzh. n SAMUEL LKLFOHD, D. D. S. tiice ; in Colona.le Row. ' p Rkfehknces. r'-h C. A. Harris; T. E. Eond, jr. ; W. R. J f J ; A. A. Pdandy, 1. II. Austen, of the tJj Will he at Ebemburg on the fourth j n,.iy of each month, to stay one week'. J OH WORK OF ALL KINDS DONE AT THIS OFFICE, AT THE SHORTEST NOTICE AND OX HEASONABLK miCES. J7E BLESSINGS OF GOVERNMENT, LIKE THE DEWS OF HEAVEN, SHOULD BE 1. The Tried and True. I pass'unregarded the Belfisb and vain, Ylu proffer a favor and make it a debt; For service so render'd comes loaded with pain, But true hearted kindness I never forget. From tho butterfly friends who, when Sum mer was blight, Flutter'd round me with offers I did not require, I turn to the few who in Winter's dark night Were true and devoted geld tried in the fire-. Or when prostrate by sickness disabled by pain. Surrounded by hirelings, unheeded I lay; From paraded assistance 1 turn with disdain. But the true-hearted ones I ne'er can re pay. T i these, and these only, will Memory cling Fur sympathy bhown in look, action or woni; And the waters of gratitude ever up?pring In the heart's brimming fount, though they sparkle unheard. The hand of the Spoiler hath often been laid On the dear ones whose loss I must ever regret; ' But the true friends I tried in those seasons of shade. Are embalm'd in a heart which can never forset. THE STEPMOTHER'S DREAM. A STOUY l"On I'A RENTS. Martha Ilowett had succeeded, after much trouble an 1 confu.-ion, in getting the children started for school. There were four of them under the age of ten year.-;. Martha was not their mother; the had died two years beforo ; nnd for eighteen months these children had been left to the care of such persons as the father .could get to keep his house. During this time all fam ily government had been subverted ; and the children, naturally active, restless, and impatient of restraint hud acquired habits of disobedience, and a contempt for all authority, which rendered their future training extremely difficult. Martha had entered the family as the wife of their fa ther, with the determination to be a good mother to these little orphan. They were pretty and interesting, and she thought she could love them, and that it would be a pleasant task to train their young and do cile spirits in the paths of wisdom and ho liness. I Jut she had no conception of the task on which she had entered. She was unacquainted with the children, and knew little of the "line upon line and precept upon precept," which is necessary in train ing them; and when she found them dis obedient, self willed and ungrateful, she felt like giving up in despair. She had succeeded, 1 said, in geHing the children started for school. William, the oldest, had refused to go, prc-flning to join a party of boys who were going a lish : ing ; and it was not until he had been se verely puni.-hed, that he had submitted to her authority. It was during this encoun : ter, that the boy had toll her that she was like all stepmothers, a tyrant, and that he ' meant to run away when he should be a ; little older. j This remark had wounded her most ; deeply. She seated herself in a large arm j chair, covered her face with her hands, j and wept the bitterest tears which had i ever been wrung from her heart. Gradu ' ally she grew calm, and then she resolved I to examine herself closely. She lookeJ j back over the few months during which I she had the care of these young immor tals, and enquired if she had always min gled firmness, wisdom, and tenderness in all her conduct towards them. Had she shown a mother's foibcarance towards their faults, and the warm and overflow ing tenderness, by which a mother con quers and controls the heart of her child? Her heart accused her of many things. Not of an intention to do wrong ; but she had neglected, in " prayerful coniide'nee, to seek help from God in this great work. She had not guarded her own spirit, but had suli'ered the impatience she feltfto manifest itself in her actions She lolt afraid that she had especially failed in re gard to the oldest. IIfva3 a warm heart- ed, but impatient : and high spirited child. and gave her more trouble - than all the rest She sometimes felt sometfiinc like aversion to him in her heart, and she ac knowledged to herself, that this might have often shown itself, in her manner and tone, if not in words. , With bitter self abasement, she knelt and prayed for strength and wisdom from above. She rose up with a new purpose to devote her life to the work before her, but with many misgivings, lest, when she had done, all her labor should be in vain. Exhaus ted by the intensity of her emotions, fche threw herself on a bed, and soon went to sleep. She seemed to be standing at the EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, JUNE foot of a high and rugged mountain, whose top, above the clouds, w-as bathed in perpetual sunshine, and glorious with the beauties of an unfading spring. She saw, on the side of the mountain, a straight and narrow path, which led di rectly to the' top, bnt entering it, or cross-"' ing it in a thousand directions, were' other paths, wider and less precipitous, and see mingly more pleasant ; but as she traced their courses on the mountain side, she observed that not one of them led to the top ; some terminated in dark and gloomy valleys where the raj-s of the sun never seemed to fall ; others on the verge of prec ipices, which overhang yawning chasms, whose fearful depths the eye could not measure. She lifted her eyes toward the top of the mountain, and saw, amid the groves of ever green, trees loaded with delicate and fragrant flowers, beings of angelic beauty, and heard strains of soft, enchant ing music. She stood gazing with wonder and admiration on the strange spectacle before her, when she felt a soft hand touch her own, and looking down, she saw her four children standing beside her. Again she raised her eyes to the summit of the mountain, and she saw amidst the shining throng, one whom she knew . to be the mother of the little ones at her side. She fixed on them a look of melting tenderness mingled with anxiety and sorrow, and then she heard her call her name, and bid her lead them up to her. Immediately she resolved to commence the ascent. Calling to the children, she pointed out to them the narrow way in which they were to walk, but they could not sec it. She directed their eyes to the top of ihe mountain, and told them of all its glories, hut they saw nothing. Then she entered the path and bade thorn fol low her. She had proceeded on her way but a short distance, when upon looking back, she saw that instead of obeying her, they were wandering over the side of the mountain, chasing the buttcrrles over slip pery steeps, and gathering flowers on the brinks of frightful precipices. A feelinsr of discouragement came over her, and she was about to sit down in despair, when she raised a glance to the top of the mountain, and beheld the moth er leaning forward with outstretched arms, and all the host of shining ones regarded her with the deepest anxiety. She felt a new impulse; and bringing back the little wanderers from their dangerous paths with gentle care, she placed their feet again in tho narrow way. Wearily and cautiously she proceeded upwards, some times leading them by the hand, some times carrying them in her arms up the steepest ascents. If for a moment she re laxed her vigilance, they were sure to turn aside into the forbidden path3. Sometimes a moment's indifference cost j Ikt hours of sorrow; for the wanderer was j not always easily reclaimed. Those paths j were wide and flowery, and easy to the 1 traveller, because they led downward; and j those who had become accustomed to J them, found the narrow way disagreeable, and felt no strength for the toilsome up- j ward progress. Sometimes when she was weary, and ready to faint, she looked up- j ward, and caught a glimpse of the sweet j and glorious faces turned so lovingly to- j ward her; and when she had overcome j some obstacle or escaped some danger, she heard strains of triumnhant music i floating down the mountain side. Thus she was encouraged and strengthened. As she proceeded onward, she discov ered, with joy, that the children grew stronger and stronger, that they began to discern the right path and catcli glimpses of the top of the mountain. Then they walked firmly by her side, or proceeded her in the path. The path also seemed to grow less and less steep and difficult, and the temptations to turn aside from it less frequent and dangerous. At last she siosd on the mountain top, and heard the songs of joyous welcome; and as she stretched out her hand to receive a glitter ingrown she awoke. The children had returned from school, she heard their shouts in the yard, and rising up with a smile, she went forth to meet them. It was but a dream, j'et she felt its in fluence for years. When trials came, she remembered the mother's outstretched arm?, and the loving and anxious look of the angel faces which she saw in her. vis ion, and she was patient; and that patience in due time brought its own reward. The children began to catch her spirit and to imitate her example, as step by step she led them upward. When she looks on them now, the blessings and ornaments of the society in which they move, she feels that the best years of her life were nobly and profitably spent. And when they shall meet on the top of Vie mountain, how will she rejoice that strength and wisdom was given her to train them for tho skies! DISTRIBUTED ALIKE, UPON THE CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. Jonathan Bradford kept an inn in Ox fordshire, on the London road to Oxford, lie bore a respectable character. Mr. Hayes, a gentleman of fortune, being on his way to Oxford on a visit to a relation, put up at Bradford's. He there joined company with two gentlemen, with whonr he supped and in conversation unguarded ly mentioned that he had then about him a considerable sum of money. In due time they retired to their respective cham bers : the gentlemen to a two-bedded room, leaving, as is customary with many, a candle burning in tho cbimniy-corner. Some hours after they were in bed, one of the gentlemen being awake, thought he heard a deep groan in an adjoining cham ber ; and this being repeated, he softly awoke his friend. They listened together, and the groans increasing as of one djdng and in pain, they instantly arose, and pro ceeded silentfy to the door of the next chamber, from which the groans had seemed to come. The door being ajar, they saw a light in the room. They en tered, but it is impossible to paint their consternation on perceiving a person wal tcring in his blood in the bed, and a man standing over him, with a dark lantern in one hand and and a knife in the other ! The man seemed as much petrified as themselves, but his terror carried with it all the appearance of guilt. The gentle men soon discovered that the murdered person was the stranger with whom they had that night supped, and that the man who was standing over him was their host. They seized Bradford directly, disarmed him of his knife, and charged him with being the murderer. He assumed by this time the air of innocence, positively deni ed the crime, and asserted that he came there with the same humane intentions as themselves ; for that, hearing a noise, which was succeeded by a groaning, he got out cf bed, struck a light, armed him self with a knife for his defense, and had but that minute entered the room before them. , These assertions were of little avail; he was-kept in close custody till the morning, and then taken before a neighboring justice of the peace. Brad ford still denied the murder, but with such apparent indications of guilt, that the jus tice hesitated not to make use of this ex traordinary expression on writing his mit timus, "Mr. Bradford, either you or my self committed this murder." This remarkable affair became a topic of conversation to the whole country. Bradford was condemned by the general voice of every company. In the midst of all this predeterminatii, came on the as sizes at Oxford. Bradford was brought to trial; he plead not guilty. Nothing could be stronger than the evidence of the two gentlemen. They testified to the finding Mr. Hayes murdered in his bed, Bradford at the side of the body with a light and a knife, and that knife in tho hand which held it, bloody. They stated that, but a few minutes proceeding, they had heard the groan? of the deceased. Bradford's defence on his trial was the same as before : he had heard a noise; he suspected that some villainly was transac ting ; he struck a light, snatched up the knife, the only weapon on hand, to defend himself, and entered tho room of the de ceased. He averred that the terrors he betrayed were merely the feelings natural to innocence, as well as guilt, on seeing so horrid a scene. The defense, however, could not but be considered as weak, con trasted with the several powerful circum stances against him. Never wa3 circum stantial evidence so conclusive ; no room appeared for extenuation ; and the prison er was declared guilty by the jury without their even leaving the box. Bradford was executed shortly after still declaring that he was not the murder er, nor privy to the murder, of Mr. Hayes ; but died disbelievied by all. Yet were these assertions not untrue ! The murder was actually committed by the footman of Mr. Hayes ; and the as sassin, immediately on stabbing his mas ter, rifled his pockets of bis money, gold watch, and snuff-box, and then escaed back to his own room. This could scarce ly have been affected, as after-circumstances showed, more than two seconds be fore Bradford's entering the unfortunate gentleman's chamber. .The world owes This information to remorse of conscience on the part of the footman (eighteen months 'after the execution of Bradford) when laid on a bed of sickness. It was a death repentance, and by that death the law lost its victim. It were to be wished that this account could close here ; but there is more told. Bradford though innocent of the murder, and not even privy to it, nevertheless a murderer in design. He had heard, as well as the footman, what Mr. Hayes had declared at supper, as to the having a sum HIGH AND THE LOW, THE RICH AND 14, 18GG. of money about him : and he went to the chamber of the deceased with the same dreadful intentions- as the servant. lie was struck with amazement on beholding himself anticipated in the crime. He could not believe his senses ; and in turn ing back the bedclothes to assure himself j0 - fact, he in. his agitation dropped hisknifain the bleeding body by which means both his hands and the weapon be came bloody. These circumstances Brad ford acknowledged to the clergyman who attended him after sentence, but who, it is extremely probable, would not believe them at the time. Besides the graver lesson to be drawn from this extraordinary case, in which we behold the simple intention of crime so signally, and wonderfully punished, these events furnish a striking warning asrainst the careless, and it may be, vain display j U(lvanced into the field, where they form of money or other property in strange pla- etl m lme of battle, Gen. John O'Neil ces. To heedlessness on this score the un- . bein? ;n coraraan dj ass;sted by Cel. Stan fortunate Mr. Hayes fell a victim. Ihe j anJ Colonel O'Brien. The volunteers ad-4 temptation, we have seen proved too strong j vanced down the road and into the field, ior iwo persons out, oi me lew wno nearu his ill-timed disclosure. Ax Eihtok in Heaven. Under the above caption an exchange gives a long obituary notice of a deceased brother edi tor, from which we have room only to ex tract the closing paragraph : "Should we not then rejoice that our late friend of the scissors and quill is in heaven ? In that paradise the cry of 'more copy' will never again fall upon his distracted ears. There his enjoyments will no more be interrupted by the growls of the unreasonable subscriber, or the duns of the paper-maker. There he will enjoy entire freedom from the detractions and misrepresentations of political oppo nents, and the caresses of ambituous po litical aspirants. Id that blest abode he is no more to be troubled with illegible manuscript or abominabla poetry. No rival editors will there steal his thunder, or his items, and typographical errors shall know him no more forever." The Head-Centre. One IJepublican paper in Massachusetts, at least, speaks of Thad Stevens as he deserves to be spoken of. The Springfield JicjmUican says of the Buckshot hero's new measure: "The gist of the whole thing is that Mr. Stevens proposes to put the Southern States into the hands of the frcedmen, to be governed by them for five years, and after that time the white men are to be allowed to be naturalized and become citi zens. And this maniac is allowed to dic tate a policy to Congress and the nation ! It is impossible the phrenzy should run much longer. It has culminated at last." Great frauds in the sale of confiscated property arc reported to have taken place in Florida. In some instances, property valued at $3,000 has been sold for twen- ty dollars. lreat dissatisfaction exists, and much ill feeling has been engendered against the Northern purchasers. The latter, as an offset are urging the negroes to arm against the rebels the former owners of the property confiscated and hundreds of blacks have formed them selves into companies and meet regularly for drill with muskets in the neighboihood of Fernandina. Will plundering never cease ? A man in St. Louis became enraged at a negro, lhe other day, and was about to strike him with a brick-bat, when the colored man fell back on reserved rights: "Look here, white man, don't strike me wid dat rock don't you do it, sar, I'd have you know dat when you strikes me you strikes a Bureau." 63" An editor in Arkansas, wa.t lately shot in an affray. Luckily the ball came against a bundle of unpaid bills. The bullet could not go through them by a long shot ! Lucy Stone says : "The cradle is a woman's ballot-box." Then we have known some unlawful voting, where two ballots were deposited at a time. C3A letter from Kanawha, Va., says , V ' , ' J, essed man, supnosed to be named n ii-i i.i- W. Gallup, from Fbiladelphia, , , 1 -, , , id murdered on the zolh ult., a well dre George was found murdered on the 25th near that place, and robbed. He shot through the head. was C3 Lieutenant-General Winfield Scott died at West l'oint at 11.05 o'clock, on the 29th ult. ; He .was surrounded at death by many friends, and the officers and professors of the military academy. CyT- Advices received by the government from its agents in Germany indicate that United States bonds will bo returned in considerable quantities in the next few months, owing to the unsettled condition of affairs in Europe. THE POOR. VOL. 13 NO. 17. The Battle of Ridgway, Canada. A correspondent of the HtraiJ, writing ; from Buffalo, New York, who witnessed i the late fight between the Fenians and the j Queen's forces at llidgeway, describes it ! as being a very spirited engagement. It i appears that the former were composed of j veterans, who served . in our late civil j troubles, and their behavior in the recent encounter with the troops in Canada, was equal to their best performances during our late desperate and protracted conflict. The great pity is that such bounding valor as these Fenians exhibited at Bidgeway, should be thrown away on a hope so ut terly forlorn, as is their present enterprise. Says the correspondent alluded to, after describing somo little skirmishing: "On one side of the road was a fence, which the F'enians tore down, and then about three quartcr3 0f a raiIe above lhe remans. In a tew moments the action commenced, skirmishers on either side exchanging a brisk fire. The order was then given for the Fenian skirmishers to fall back. The main bodies on both sides fired several times, when the Fenians advanced at double quick with fixed bay onets. As the volunteers were ranged in the orchard on the other side of a swamp, and separated from the Fenians by a thick brush wood, Gen. O'Neill saw that con tinuing upon the charge while they occu pied so good a position was useless, and so gave the order to fall back. The vol unteers believing this a retreat, advanced out of their shelter at a run. The Feni ans then returned the charge and the vol unteers gave way, retreating rapidly in the direction of Ilidgeway, the Fenians following closely in pursuit. Disfranchisement cf Deserters. IIarrisi:ukg, June 4. The Supremo Court having adjourned without announc ing the decision as requested by the Gov ernor through the Attorney General, on the Constitutionality of the act of Con gress disfranchising deserters, the bill pass ed at the late session of the Legislature for carrying into effect the law of Congress, has this day been approved by the Gover nor, that immediate preparations of the records and certificates required by the act may be commenced, and time allorded for the correction of errors in the record. A Stkan;e IJkminiscexce. I once heard Dr. Lovick Pierce, in the midst of one of his unparalleled appeals on the sub ject of the parsimony of professing Chris tians, carry his audience through an ordeal like this: "Go out," said he, "and look toward Ileaverfand say O God! a new j year is beginning ; we want rain, and winu, ana sunshine, the regular order ot the seasons, the fertility of the soil, the germinating quality cf the seed, and all these in that harmonious adjustment of times and relations, that will insure us a rich harvest and multiplied bags of cotton. O God! send these, and health, ami friends ; for we intend to revel upon the good things of thy Providence ; but let it be distinctly understood that we do not intend to yield a dollar to the support of thy cause in the earth, until we have feathered our nests to our own liking. Attempt this, if you dare, said the Doctor, "and you will feel like lightning ought to ! strike you, before you get through with j your petition. And yet," continued he, j ' this is the plain English of what you aro doing!" Poor Geary. It is a most remarka ble fact that, of the thousands who shoul dered their muskets and left Philadelphia j to engage in the late war, we have not ! yet heard of or spoke with a corporal's ' guard who intend to vote for Geary. j They all have tho same opinion of him, ! and that is certainly not a very enviable I one. And what is still more remarkable, j those who originally went out with our modern Bombastes, and those who were unfortunate enough to b i t ,l . command during the ! ,t ,i i bitter in their uenunciau , ., unfortunate enough to be placed under his war, are the most nunciation of him. It is only those who do not know the man, that may be induced to vote for him. If, how ever, the Abolition candidate was really a soldier, and could -actually produce the record of his prowess, the men or rather the military apologies he has around him, headed by the notoriously incompe tent Josh. Owens, would politically damn any man, though he were as pure as snow and as brave as Hector. Only think of it ! Geary and Owens; Owens and Gear' ! .undtif Mercury. Why is Sunday the strongest day : ?cause all the rest are "week" days. U