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Important OmciaI War Orders

WASHINGTON, August 8, 1S62.-The
following order has just been issued by
the War Department:
An order to prevent the evasion of mil
itary duty and for the suppression Of dis
loyal practices.
First: BY direction of the President of
the United States, it is hereby ordered
/ that, until further orders, no citizen liable
10 be drafted into the militia shall be al
Owed toy = a foreign country; and al
marshals, deputy marshals, and military
| officers of the United States are directed
and all police authorities, especially at
the ports of the United States on the sea-
board and on the frontier, are requested
to see that this order is faithfully carried
into effect and they are hereby author
lied and directed to arrest and detain any
person or persons about to depart from the
United States in violation of this order,
and report to Major l.. G. Turner, Judge
Advocate, at Washington City, for fur
ther instruction respecting the person or
persons SO arrested and detained.
Second: Any person liable to draft who
shall absent himself from his county or
State before such draft is made will be
arrested by any Provost Marshal or other
United States or State officer wherever he
may be found within the jurisdiction Of
the United States, and conveyed to the
nearest military post or depot and placed
on military duty for the Term of the draft !;
and the expenses Of his own arrest and
conveyance to such post or depot, and also
the sum of So as a reward to the officer
who shall make such arrest shall be de-
Quoted from his pay
Third: The writ of haJeos corpus is
hereby suspended in respect to all persons
so arrested and detained, and in respect to
to all persons arrested tor disloyal practi-
ces. EDWIN NJ. STANTON,
Secretary Of IKar.
The following order, authorizing the
arrest oe persons discouraging enlistments,
has been issued:
Ordered-First That all United States
Marshals and upcriutendents, or Chiefs
of Police, of any town, city. or district be,
and they are hereby, authorized and di-
rected to arrest and imprison any person
or persons who may be engaged by act,
speech, or writing, in discouraging volun-
teer enlistments, or in any way giving aid
and comfort to the enemy, or in any
other disloyal practice against the United
States.
Second i: That an Immediate report be
made to Major l.. G. Turner, Judge-Ad-
vocate, i'll order that such persons may be
tried before military commission.
Third: The expenses of such arrest
and imprisonment will be certified to the
Chief Clerk of the War Department for
settlement and payment.
E. NJ. STANTON, Scc'y. Of Var
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Capt. J.D. O'Conncll, of the 14tl

Capt. J. d. O'Conncll, of the 18th
regular infantry, formerly of this place,
was home on brief furlough last week.
He participated IL all of the terrible Sew
en- Days struggles before Richmond, es-
Gaping unscatbed. He is every inch a
gentleman. and bears the reputation of a
brave, high toned officer. Success attend
him
We learn that many Cambria coun-
ty men have enlisted and are enlistlng IL
companies being formed in other counties
This should be stopped-lct the "Frosty
Sons of Thunder" go forth under their
own organizations, so that Cambria county
may receive the credit justly due her.
u Union pole over one hundred
feet in length was erected on the Diamond
on Saturday, from the top OF which a
magnificent haS uow floats to the breeze.
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Recruits for Old Regiments.

The new law authorizing the President
to call out the militia contains the follow
ing section:
"SEC. 4. And be 1t further enacted, That
for the purpose of filing up the regiments
of infantry now in the United States ser,
vice. the President be and he hereby is
authorized to accept the services of vol
unteers in such numbers as presented for
trelUe months if not sooner discharged. -
And such volunteers, when mustered into
the service, shall be in all respects upon
footing with similar troops in the United
which shall be fifty dollars, one half OF
which to be paid upon their joining their
regiments and the other half at the expi-
ration of their enlistment"
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ua- The Petersburgh (Va) Express
contains dispatch from Gen. Van Dorm
to Secretary Mallory that the rebel ram
Arkansas left Vicksburg on Monday, the
4th inst, to cooperate in the attack on
Baton Rouge, and on the way down her
machinery became disabled, and wEile III
her helpless condition several of the fed
eral gunboats attacked her After de-
termined resistance, she was abandoned
and blown up. Her officers and men
reached the shore in safety.
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Lieut.. James c. Burke, Of Co. a

-Lieut James c. Burke, Of Co. a,
1lth Penna. Reserves, who was wounded
in the leg at the battle of Gaines Hill, ta-
ken prisoner by the rebels, and su5se-
quently released, is now at home, in this
county, on furlough. He visited this
place on Saturday, and was warmly wei
coined by his many friends and aequain-
tances His account of the participation
of our "boys" in TIE fights is thrilling in
the extreme. He says they did their
whole duty, every man achieving undying
honors. His wound is healing rapidly,
and he expects to be able to return TO the
scene of operations in short time. God
be with him and his brave men
Up III tho '.90's"-the thermomete:
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DevelOpme ents $ i'm
Indiana.

1he report OF the Grand Jury OF the
District Court of the United States, in the
state of Indiana, for the May term, makes
the most fearful and startling disclosures,
going to prove the treacherous conduct Of
the Knights of the Golden Circle. We
have not the room to spare to print this
document entire, but we trust that it will
suffice the reader to know that develop
ments are made by that report duplicating
the Knights Of the Golden Circle in a
manner at once TO leave no doubt of their
identity with rebellion. We extract a
portion Of this report to show the reader
the extent and the danger Of the opera
tions of this order:
'sThc knights of the Golden Circle
have signals by which they can conmunl-
cate with each other in the day or the
night time, and above all, they had sig
nal or sign which may be recognized at a
great distance from the person giving it.
This last signal, we regret to say, was in
vented for the use of such members as
should, by means of draft or otherwise, be
compelled to serve in the ranks of the
army. In such case, members of the
order serving in opposing armies, receiv-
ing the sign, are reminded OF their
obligation not to I'M ure the member Civ
ing it. This signal is given in every
instance upon the initiation of a new
member, and its observance is strictly en-
joined upon every Individual belonging to
the order. BY the teachings of the Or
ganization, it is the duty of its members
engaged in the present war, although
arrayed on opposite sides, upon the signal
being given, if they shoot at all, .to
shoot over each other" Many members
of the order examined before us admit
the binding force of the obligation and
pretend to justify it as correct in princi-
ple."
What freeman will not start with hor-
ror at such disclosure, and what man
will wonder any longer at some of the
extraordinary reverses which have over
taken our armies, when it is confdentially
known that there are those in high COM
mands and low positions. now in the fed
eral armies, strongly suspected of being
attached to this order. Here Is another
extract, pregnant with meaning and
danger:
''Not only are the loyal soldiers i'll the
army TO be treacherously betrayed in the
bloody hour of battle, by the signals
before referred to, but said Grand Jury
have abundant evidence of the member
ship binding themselves to resist the pay
ment Of the Federal tax and prevent
enlistments in the armies of the United
States"
The idea of resisting the payment of
taxes has been put forth in this city, by
more than one man suspected OF belonging
to this order of traitors, and the tact OF
with enlistments is too fresh
in the minds Of the public toned any
present reference at our hands.
When such developments are made it
is time that loyal men were on the alert,
and that the smallest evidence of disloyal-
ty be at once seized and crushed out
Our enemies are uutiring, inscriptions.
Let us be vigilant and unwearied, and by
every honorable and manly means, seek
to frus.rate them dark machinations.-Har.
Tel
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EBESSBURG MAILS.
N.AuS ARRIVE

AAb!4S ARItlSb~
Eastern, daily, at 10 CLOCK, A l.
Western, at o'clock, P. NJ.
MAILS CLOSE.
Eastern, daily. at Al o'clock, P. NJ,
Western. at O'Clock, P. NJ.
g~The mails from Butler, Indiana, ,Strongs-
town, &c, arrive on Thursday of each week,
at 5 o'clock p. ii.
Leave Ebensburg on Friday of each week,
at A. NJ.
nFsAp The mails from Newman's Mills, Car
rolltown &c, arrive on Monday, " Wednesday
and Friday of each week, at o'clock, 2. NJ.
Leave Ebensburg Oh Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays, at O'Clock, 4. VI.
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NUMBER Al.

The New EBENsBURG COMPANY
off to the Vars The new Ebensburc
company, which has been in course of
formation during the past week, perfected
Its organization on Tuesday, and departed
from our midst for Camp Curtin this
"wednesday morning. They number
about 10 men. The commissioned Off
GERS are as follows:
Captain, DR.. JOHN NJ. JONES.
First Lieutenant, ". a. SCOTT.
Second Lieutenant, f. NJ. FLANAGAN
The company comprises the very pick and
flower of our town and surroundings-me
of strong hearts and steady hands-men
or intelligence-who go forth, not for
mere love OF adventure, but in perform
ance of high and holy duty.
May God in His infinite mercy watch
over and protect them, and return them
safely to their homes and friends
The company will be mustered in for
nine months-to form part of Cambria's
quota under the last requisition.
iie hci tHiiu company near
iy ready to go into camp, and a company
will probably be raised in Clearfeld and
other North Eastern townships These
will make .fve companies from Cambria
under the two last calls
This, from county which had already
nearly depopulated herself in behalf of the
Union-fully ] 800 men having gone be-
fore-speaks volumes in her praise.
CIRCULAR" Washington Pennsylvania
Soldiers Relicf association. y This Asso-
clatlon, having opened an Office at No. )
Washington Buildings, corner of 9TH ST.
and Pennsylvania avenue, where will be
found register of all Pennsylvania sol
diers in or around this city in hospitals,
invite the friends of the same TO call, as
suring them that all possible aid will be
extended in finding their sons
Mr.. Chas. l.. Wells, the Register, will
be found in the Office
The Corresponding Secretary, Mr S.
Todd Per.ey, will answer all letters in
regard to sick and wounded PENNSYLVANIA
soldiers, whether in or around this city,
Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York or
New Haven. Address, care Box S41
Washington, ID. c.
j. *. MoREHEAD, PrcsT
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EsAER.ROAEs SCHEDULE.
COUNTY OFFICERS.

Judges Of the Courts-President, Hon. Geo
Taylor, Huntingdon; Associates, George W
Easley, Henry &. Devine
PrOthonotary--Jo MDonald.
Register and Recorder-Ed ward f. Lytle.
Sher0-John Buck
District ItoTHey.-Phifip s. Noon
County COMMISSIONERS D. Z. Storm, Jane
Cooper, Peter J. Little.
Tredsurer--Thomas Calm
Poor House Dlrsctors-Jacob Horner, Will
liam Douglass, George Deluny
Poor House ITeasarer.-George c. X Zahm
Poor House Se"ard-James J. Kaylor.
Mercantile 4ppraiser-John Farrell
-4uAtors--John F. Stull, Thomas j Nell
son, Edward Il Donnegan.
Cou,,ty Sarveyor.-E. A. Vickroy.
Coroaer-James S. Todd.
S4pt. Of Common Schools-Wm. \. Scott,
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s@- Gen. Robert M'Cook, while indis-
posed and riding in an ambulance, was
fired upon and killed by party of gueril-
las near New Market, Ala, one day last
week. He was shot in the side, and lived
only ILL the next dav.
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EBENsBgRG BOR. OFFICERS.

Justices of the Peoce.-David II. Robert.
Harrison kinkead.
rgess--George Huntlev.
ScItooi Drectors-E. j. Mills, DR.. John NJ
Jones, Isaac Evans.
EAST WARD.
GoRstdble-Thomas Todd.
Town CounciL-Wm. Davis, Daniel J. Davis
+. j. Waters. John Thompson Jr., David W.
Jones.
Laspectors-John W. Roberts l. Rodgers
Judgc of ELectioa--Thomas j. Davis.
ASSeSSor-Thomas p Davis
WEST WARD.
eossfa6ks-M. II. O'Neill
To~n CounciE-William Kittell r. Kinkead
r. L. Johnston, Edward d. Evans Thomas !
Williams.
InSPectots-J. d. Thomas. Robert Evans.
Judge Of Eection-John I.loy6
dssessoT- -RIcisa I'd. T.. axis.D
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CiRcUs.-By an advertisement in an
other column, it will De seen that Gardner
& Hemmins's celebrated circus viii ex-
hibit in this place on Thursday, 2lst inst
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NEW MAIL RoUTE-The Post Office
Department adyertses for proposals for
carrying the mails 'from Ebensburg, by
Bethel Station anG Strongstown, to New
mans Mills, 80 miles and back, once a
ek"-propesals 30 be received until
Tuesday, September so.
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py~ We are compelled to issue only a
half sheet this week. Our readers will
please bear with Us.
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j. NJ. SULLIVAN, Sec'y.

BLAIR AND CAMBRIA is what
the Pittsburg Dispatch says in reference
to the noble efforts of Blair and Cambria
toward responding to the last two calls of
the Government for men: "Thcse small
counties, in the iron-producing region Of
the State, should not, in equity, have been
asked to contribute another soldier to this
war until other counties had responded
with their quota. The Governor called
upon each county for two companies, and
each is about to respond by sending four
companies, notwithstanding Blair mas
l,2O0 and Cambria ] 400 u,en already in
the field"
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DIRECT0 RY.
LIST OF POST OFFICES

Povt Offices Post Masters. DISTRICTS.
Benn's Creek, Joseph Graham, 1oder.
po+ho1 Station Enoch Reese, Blacklick.
CrroIItown William NJ Jones, Carroll.
Chess Springs, DAM. Lltllhger' UheSt.
tlrasson. Wm. w. Young, Washint H.
Ebensburg. John thompson, EoehsourS
Fallen Timber, Isaac Thompson, White.
EaIIitziu. j. u. Christy, Gallitzin.
Hemlock, m MGough, wasn't H.
Iohnstown /. Z. Chandler, Johnst WI.
Ioretto U. Shields L0retto.
Mineral Point, Z. Wissinger, Conem' gh.
Minister A. Durbin, Munster
Parsbino Francis Clement, Conem gh.
pIattsyiIIe Andrew Ferral, Susq' han.
ROselaud G- w. bowman, Nhlte:
St Augustine, VIM. Ryan, Sr-, Clearheld
Scaln level George Conrad, Richland
Sonman B. M'COlganj Washt'n. ,
SummerhilI. - B. f. Slick Croyle-
.,,,,o,pTt Miss NJ Gillespie. Washt'n
WilmOre, Morris Hell, merhlI.
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CsiuRCskEs. MINISTER'S. sc.

Presbyterian-REv.. D. HARRISON, Pastor
Preaching every Sabbath morning at l03
o'clock, and in the efening at o'clock Sab
bath School at l o'clock, \ NJ Prayer meet
nethodist Ep;sk kpaiAcsAs6ARn. $. T, sSw,
Preacher in chage. Rev. W. LONG, AsAs
taut Preaching every Sabbath, alternately
at l05 o'clock in the morning, or in the
ssening sabh IA srGSat o,sock, Al:
frayefhNtihe NeS>1Ny Evening AZ
0fiSis; FsisI s2erqea,-Rrv o.rrl.
PJst6r- g-exery Sabbath fAssrulng at
10 O'Clock, and in the e~e+ipg at 6 ocsQck
Sabbath School at / o'clock, Pm. Prayer
meeting on the first Monday evening of each
moan ard on every Tuesday, Thursday and
Friday evening, excepting the first week in
each month.
CaIrinistic Jfethodist-REv. JOHN WILLIAMS,
Pastor.-Preaching every Sabbath evening at
2 and o'clouk Sabbath School at | 0 O'Clock,
A. NJ Prayer meeting every Friday evening,
at o'clock. Society every Tuesday evening
at o'clock.
DiscipLes--REv. W. LLOYD, ,Pastor-Preach-
ing every Sabbath morning at 10 o'clock.
Particular Bdptists-REv. DAVID JENKINS,
Pastor-Preaching every Sabbath-esening at
) 3o'clock. Sabbath School at at o'clock, ?. NJ.
Cathoiic-REv. NJ. j. MITCHELL, Pastor
Ser"F;ceserery Sabbath morning at l03 o clock
and Vespers at / o'clock in the evening.
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FATAL ACCIDENT.-0n Saturday night
week, man named James Cunning ham,
residing at Hemlock, this county, was run
over and killed on the railroad between
Gallitzin and Cresson. His rema5As were
found on Sunday morning, literally cut to
pieces He had been to Altoona on Sat-
urday, and was returning thercfrom at the
time of the accident. 1t is supposed he
was intoxicated.
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nssy- See Notice to Teachers" in anoLh-
or polumn
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-02-28

tuition except tue men in whose behalf
these organs of treason are making such
! an uproar. The war against the consli-
tuition is waged from the South, and frouI
the South only. 1t is the slayehOlding
oligarchy who have thrown OF its author
ity aud dehed its defenders; it is the North
that stands by the Constitution, defend,
Il, pourS out its resources, summons the
flower of its population and sheds its best
blood to protect and preserve it. 1t is the
basest of ISLANDERS to charge those who are
doing this with a design to subvert the
Constitution.
Yet We can tell the Journal who are the
real foes of the Constitution in the free
States and at the seat of government. 1t
is those who demand that "concessiousY
shall be made to the enemies of that sacred
instrument; concessions TO the men who
have taken up arms against it; concessions
to the men who stole the contents of our
arsenals, the coin in our mints, the ships
of-war IN our navy yards, 10 make war
-uPoH it, and who 1aade tFaitors of the ofii-
GERS of our army and navy. The only men
1T the North who are laboriug to subvert
the Constitution are those who, like the
Journal, ask us to give way to treason, and
make sacrifices OF opinion" to the leaders
of a causeless revolt, renounciog, on our
part, principles as dear to us as life, and
surrendering the convictions of our own
constituencies for the sake of hollow peace,
which the same restless and ambitious
class, on whose heads is all the guilt OF
this war, would soon find means to break.
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THE sHoRTER oATEcH1sM.
A Provoking Set OF InterrogatorIes
Filed against the Re bells.


The Frankfort (Ky.,) Commonwealth is
responsible :or the following letter to the
rebels:
Ny DEAR REBs:-I now take my pen in
hand for the purpose of holding commu-
nion with you through the silent medium
of pen and paper. l have just learned
that the lines are now open as far as Fort
Douelson, in Tennessee, and avail my
self, with alacrity of the opportunity now
presented of resuming our correspondence.
Your many friends in this section, would
like to be informed on various topics-for
instance:
How are you, any how?
How does dying in the last ditch" agree
with your general health
How is the Constitution" down your
way? f.-..l. -..--.l ~
Do Jon think there is any Govern
ment?
How is king Kottiug."
Is Yaucey well, aud able to eat his
oats -...I.
When will Buckner take his Christmas
dinner in Louisville? -..-
Is Lloyd Tilgbnan still hanging Union
men in the first district! ...-l ~.
Is Floyd still "ritny" cannon and other
small arms :? -....-... -. - -.
How Is PIllOWs last ditch, and when
will he crafty his numerous friends by
dying" in the same?
How is the Southern heart?n
Arc you still able to whip five 10 one? :?
What is yonr opinion of the Dutch
race?
Did the recognition of the S. Coufed. by
England aud France benefit Jon much
Where is the provisional Govern
ment' of Kentucky, aud what is it kept
in2
Where is the Louisville Nashville Bow
ling Green Courier now published? Say
And lastly. what do you think of your
selves any how?
a prompt answer win relieve many an1-
ious hearts. 4
Yours in horn,
A LIxcoLS MAX.
United States, Feb. Is, 1852.
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AR.marknb1e speech.

The Cinciunau Gazette publishes in full
the speech of Charles D. Drake, a lawyer
mt ST. Louis, Mo-, delivered in that city on
the 22d inst The speech is considered
remarkable by the Gazette, in that the au-
thor is and has always been Il pro-slavery
man. His views on that question as con
nected with the present rebellion, may he
said to be contained in tue following ex.
tracts from the speech. They are very in-
terestiug:
Why should iisuuion and its train OF
incalculablc evils be embraced on one side,
but never purpOsed, or even dreamed of,
except By some poor fanatics, on the 9TH
er? Whence the venomous influence that
could so pervert tue loyalty of one part,
while the other remained steadfast to the
Consultation? How is it that one pro-
claims aud defends the right of Secession,
and the other denies it? Why should one
be ready to fly 10 arms in rebellion, and
the other touch not a weapon until war is
driven into its very teeth? For such rali-
cal differences between two parts of the
same nation, leading to such fatal issues,
surely no light or transient cause suffices.
To say that they spring from contests of
expediency, or from collisions of political
dogmas or principles, or from the rivalries
of partisan leaders, is only to skim the
surface, aud to reach not the vital spring
that lies beneath. My countrymen, before
earth aud heaven there is but one cause
for this hideous rebellion, aud that cause
Is slavery. That is the key to Southern
unanimity in its demands for power for the
minority, the origin of that spirit of domi-
nation which would have all or destroy ali,
the one sole impelling force which precip-
itated the sOuth again the bulwaFks of