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Smyrna times., 1866-11-21

A couple of medical students disinterred a
subject on cold winter night, and having
dressed it, sitting upright, on the seat of COW
cred wagon started for home Coming to a
tavern, and seeing the bar-room lighted up,
they left the wagon and went in for drink. -
The hostler, observing the man sitting alone in
the cold, attempted some conversation, but re-.
ceiving no answer, he discovered how the af.
fair stood, and instantly resolved to have a III.
tie fun of his own on the occasion. So taking
the corpse to the stable, he put on its overcoat
and cap and seated himself in the wagon. The
students soon returned and took their seats by
the side Of the supposed dead man, when one
of them in merriment gave him slap in the
face, saying
"How would you like some flip, old fellow"
then remarked tremulously to his companion,
He is warm, by heavensr'
80 would you be- replied the corpse, "if
you had been stolen from hell as have been p
Both students bolted, and never returned 70
inquire for the horse and wagon.
Smyrna times., 1866-11-21

Thirty two years ago, remarks the New York
Tribune, when Douglas left his Green Noun
tain home for Illinois, his great rival Lincoln,
was keeping post-ofice, fresh from the glories
Of the Black Hawk War; Andrew johnson was
Mayor of little mountain town in Tennessee :;
Jefferson Davis, Lieutenant of dragons, was
chasing the Indians Seward was grieving over
his defeat as Governor; Breckinridge was study
ing the Grafton of Cicero against Cataline at a
Kentucky college; Chase was endeavoring to
gain law practice in Cincinnati; Sumner was
entering the Boston bar; Broderick was cutting
stone; Grant was a schoolboy in his teens, and
Farragut was watching the honor of his flag ON
the torrid coast of Brazil.
Smyrna times., 1866-11-21

WILLIE.

Willie came TO me a wooing-
Fie! Willie, fie
To no purpose all your suing,
I'll not wed-not I.
Willie only came more often
Fie! Willie, fie!
All yOar talking ne'er can soften
Such u maid as |.
Still he came, and still he pleaded
Fie! Willie, fie!
Sure such rash vows ne'er was needed
I'll not wed-not /.
That is, stupid not at present
Go, Willie, go;
Such rude questions are unpleasant
Can't you take No?
Begging, supplicating, pressing;
No, Willie, no!
All at once-'twas quite distressing
Willie turned to 90.
When | found I couldn't get him
Aaght more sweet to say
Go-of course. couldn't let him
Willie, darling stay.
Smyrna times., 1866-11-21

A new stove has been invented for the com
fort Of travellers 1t is to be put under the
feet, with a mustard plaster on the head, which
draws the heat through the whole system. 1t
is called the Robinson Exhilarator."
Smyrna times., 1866-11-21

The Paris ladies have found out way Of dye
ing dresses without ripping them to pieces ss:-
And, fora few francs, the dear n creatures appear
in any tint desired, looking as iresh as II just
from the hands of the mOdaSte.
Smyrna times., 1866-11-21

In 1916 Lord Schwartorbury" gave .5q5
francs for a tooth Of Newton. which is now set
in ring and worn by the eldest branch ofthat
noble family
Smyrna times., 1866-11-21

An old woman, on steamboat, observed
two men pumping up water to wash the deck,
and the captain being near by, she accosted
him as follows
Well, captain, got well aboard, eh ?"
Yes, ma am, always carry One," said the
polite captain.
" Well, that's clever always did dislike
the nasty river water, especially in dog days. -"
Smyrna times., 1866-11-21

At the M ontgomery County tiilinoIs) Agri
cultural Fair, there was baby show Tor pre-
mium of ten dollars.
Smyrna times., 1866-11-21

A girl dressed in male attire was arrested in
Philadelphia two weeks since for highway rob
berry. She and young man wayaid and robb-
ed Catholic priest. She is about sixteen years
old, and has been leading reckless life tor
three years.
Smyrna times., 1866-11-21

A baby was left on an editors doorstep, in
Cleveland, with note requesting thai :: be
taught TO be an editor.
Smyrna times., 1866-11-21

\ young Illinois lover procured license
without consulting his inamorata Explana-
ton being made, She grew very angry, and told
the young man that " the county clerk couldn' t
sell her tor dollar, neither could anybody
else She remains single.
Smyrna times., 1866-11-21

A WOMAN BURIED ALIVE.-A terrihle o.
curence is said to have taken place near Quin-
cy, in Illinois. Mrs Mcclure was supposed to
have died on Sunday last, and on Monday was
buried in vault belonging to the family. On
Wednesday groans were heard from the vault
by children Of the buried woman and an old
lady who was with them. Upon learning this,
the husband and neighbors repaired to the
vault broke open the door, opened the coffin,
and found the woman alive She had torn her
hair and wounded her fingers in vain efforts to
escape from her narrow prison She was taken
home, and is said to be now in a fair way to
recover
Smyrna times., 1866-11-21

WoM1N's LOVE IN A LiGHr ANU DARK ASPECT
"Our idea is says a fellow that had go; "a shrew Tor
a wife, that go
,Womsn's love Is like Scotch snuff:
We get one pinch, and that's enough"
An old darkey says
:, Woman's lub Is India rubber
II stretch de more dc more you lub her"
"Grandpa, did you know that The United Slntes have
been in The habit OF encouraging aud acknuw ledgmg
tOrIesf
"Certanly not; what kind OF IOtiesY"
"Ternores! Now give me some peanuts, or I'll
catch the measels, and make YOU pay for EN-
&" think, " said wife who could not agree with her
husband" think, MIR. JIbbs, we had beuer divide
the house You shall live on side and | on the
other"
'very WE'LL my dear" replied he; lyon take the
outside, and I'll have the inside"
Smyrna times., 1866-11-21
YOUNG AND Old.

When all the world is young, lad,
And all the trees are green,
And every goose a swan, lad,
-, And every lass a queen,
Then fly or boot and horse, lad,
And round the world away.
Young love must have its course, lad,
And every dog his day.
When all the world is old, lad,
And all the trees are brown,
And all the sport is stale, lad
And all the wheels run down.
Creep home and take your place there,
The spent and manned among;
God grant you find face there
You loved when you were young
Smyrna times., 1866-11-21

The inhabitants OF Vienna have actually
brought out "Cholera Polka
Smyrna times., 1866-11-21

Duichman's helrI.rendng sOlloqpy is described
thus: She loles ShOn Mlckle 50 much eIIsr az pc
caure he's cot kOOpe IOllars more as has,"
Smyrna times., 1866-11-21

young man recently wroIs to his sweetheart. saw
ing; There Is not gIobue OF bool in my heart
which does not bear your photograph" He had IL
very bad, hadn't he :
Smyrna times., 1866-11-21

young gentleman OF this city, describing affairs in
the country, writes that the often act very bad
y about being mlIked sometimes. when yOn are al.
most through, lhev will kick the mick ali o,er, and
you havs go work and milk them right orsr again."
Smyrna times., 1866-11-21

BABIEs.-The editor OF a Wisconsin paper says that
his wife has resented hlm with par OF twins. which
he regards as messengers Of peace friend VINO
has been engaged some wears IN the matrimonial busl-
and helped swell the census every year lakes
exceptions 10 calling babies messengers OF peace
In his upnOn baby Of ORDINARY powers is the nOls-
lest thing in creaIin-In shops and trHgIc HcIOrs III
cIuded n YOU doubt il, give green apple. and
wait ,ill he cohc pitches his keynote.
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1866-05-31
General Grants Opinions.

| The editor of the Lewistowu, Maine,
Journal has been favored with an inter
view with General Grant at Washington,
and sends to his paper some notes of the
conversation which occurred. The first
| statement made is to the effect that while
| the Lieutenant General smoked twenty
| cigars day in the field, he now gets
along with eight or ten but some others
| are of more Importance General Grant
recognizes the presence of disloyal senti-
ment In the South:
"A year ago." said he, "they were willing
| to do anything now they regard themselves
as masters of the situation. Some of the
rebel generals, +" he added, ssare behaving no
bly, and doing all they to induce the peo-
pie to throw aside their old prejudices and to
conform their course to the changed condi-
tion of things. Johnston and Dick Taylor
particularly are exercising good influence
but Lee is behaving badly. He is conducting
himself very differently from what had rea-
son, from what he said at the time of the
surrender, to suppose he would. No man at
! the South is capable of exercising Al tenth
part or the influence for good that he is, but
instead of using it he is setting an example
of forced acauiescence so grudging and per-
nIclous In its effects as 10 be hardly realized"
The General expressed his opinion that
the tone of "certain men and certain
papers" at the North is doing in calculable
mischief "in making the late rebels believe
that they are just as much entitled to rule
as ever, and that if they will only stand
by what they are pleased to call their
rights they will have help from the
North" and reiterated his wish, expressed
some time ago, that "the New York Daily
-Ne'cs and kindred sheets" might be sum-
marily suppressed. He expressed the
same views given in his lately published
letter, as to the needed immediate increase
in the regular army, and casually remarked d
that he thought Sheridan, with two thou
SAND American soldiers and plenty of
American officers, could "clean out Max
imilian" in six months, with the co-opera-
| ton of the Mexicans.
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1866-05-31

ALL goes smoothly with the new Allan
tic cable. 1t is now coiling at the rate of
two miles an hour In the tanks of the
Great Eastern. The Amethyst hulk is
moored alongside of the great ship off
Sheerness, while the Iris is laden in turn
at Greenwich, and Will supply the Ame-
thysts place as soon as the latter is emp
tied. Thus manufacture and stowage go
on concurrently, and at the moment one
part of the great wire is receiving its ele-
mentary coating OF Chatterton's compound
or perhaps spun at Birmingham, other
portions are laid down In the great ship
ready for the final paying out. The Lon
don Daily NescS says: Tests, both of in
sulation and continuity, are ceaselessly
put by the electricians. Nor are these
confined to this years venture. The old
cable on board is for this purpose connec-
ted with the new, and messages were
transmitted on Saturday, April 2Sth,
through total distance Of enc thousand
FIVE hundred and six nautical miles
There were then four hundred and eighty
two of these miles in the after tank, seven
hundred and sixty-seVeD in the main
tank, and two hundred and sixty-seven in
the fore-tank and to make the test more
searching and complete, communication
has lately been established betwesn all
these and the shore
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G. o. L. r. stephens.

AT the present moment the most prom
inent man. e. the man most talked
about on this continents unquestlona-
bly, James Stephens, C. .. I. r., that is,
Chief Organizer Irish Republic, who
landed in New York on last. Thursday
week from France, where he had remain
ed for about month after his escape from
Ireland In fishing boat. For the time
being President johnson and his right
hand man, Seward, and even Gen. Grant,
are one and all eclipsed by the Irish reE-
ugee. His origination of the Fenian fol-
ly in ireland, his arrest, his romantic es-
cape from Richmond B ridewell, and his
equally romantic passage to France from
the Irish coast, have surrounded him with
halo Of notoriety which will give Yam
keedom new sensation to write and talk
about for few days. But who is James
Stephens The Stephens family are old
residents of the City of Kilkenny, in Ire.
land and ever regarded there as the
staunchest of Protestants. The father of
James Stephens was dyer by trade. and
had his dye-hOuSe on John street In the
city alluded to; his uncle was, and we be-
lieve still is, sexton of the ancient An
glican Cathedral of St. Canice, in the
same city, while another uncle is a printer
by trade, and worked for a number of
years in the Office of the Kilkenny Mod
orator, during the proprietorship of Mr..
Denroche, now dead. He afterward
started a small job Office OH his own ac-
count, but not being very successful, came
to this country, and worked In Brockville
for few months, soHe three years since.
1t will thus be seen that Stephens comes
Of a decent Protestant connection in the
lower walks of life. The father, the dyer,
was the best off Of the whole family, aud
was enabled to give James a tolerably
good education at the ancient endowed
grammar school Of the city of his birth, and
which grammar school is so pleasantly situ-
ated on the banks of the beautiful More,
and within plain view of the lordly castle
of the Ormonds. Circumstances threw
Stephens in the way of Smith O'Brien,
and visionary and excita able, he entered
into the wild plans Of the latter, and was
out with him in his brief and inglorious
rising Of 1913, which received its quietus
at BIllingary, & village in Tipperary, and
close to the border of the county Kilken-
ny. More fortunate than his leader,
Stephens, although slightly wounded,
managed to escape to France. His Hber-
al education now stood him in good stead,
aud becoming a careful student of the
French language at Paris he bye aud bye
returned to Ireland almost competent to
teach it. As a French tea3her he had
ready access to many respectable families
in the city of Dublin and vicinity, and it
is said that he even taught the daughters
of Judge Keogh, who recently tried so
many of his reasonable friends But the
result Of Smith O'Brien's rising in 1848
had not cured him of his revolutionary
ideas, which speedily assumed Fenian
complexion. With his arrest aud fight
to America the public are already ac-
quainted -BrockUide Canada Monitor.
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1866-05-31

SEVERAL distinguished Copperheads,
under the lead of that arbitrator Cowan,
Doolittle (whose constituents have also
asked MIN to resign his seatin the Senate, }
and Clymer had, as we are credibly in
formed, a mutual "admiration society
meeting" at the Continental Hotel, in
Philadelphia, day or two since, at which
time Clymer was afectionately implored
to decline as a candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, and accept the position of
Minister Plenipotentiary to some foreign
court, for the benefit oe his health Cow
an was the chief spokesman and ready to
do all the dirty work-anYthing to dis
tract the party that made him respectable
in life.
The appeal to Mr.. Clymer to withdraw
was a bitter pill, but Cowan is said to
have been most earnest, solemnly assuring
him that it was an impossibility to elect
him, and Mr.. Clymer is represented to
have finally yielded Ii this should prove
true, the maj jority Of General Geary will
be increased to one hundred thousand
Har. Tel.
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1866-05-31
The A11eghan1an.
THURSDAY, MAY 81, 1865.
REPUBLICAN, UNION TICKET

With malice toward none, with charity for
all, with firmness in the right, as God gives
Us to see the right, let us strive on to finish
the work we are in to bind up the nations
wounds; to care for him who shall have
borne the battle, and for his widow and his
orphan to do all which may achieve and
cherish just and a lasting peace among our
selves and all nations.-A6rdhans Lincoln,
Second Inaugural address.
GOVERNOR:
Gen. JOHN W. GEARY, of Cumberland co.
CONGRESS:
DANIEL J. MORRELL, of Johnstown
lSs6Ject to decision Of Congressional Conference
ASSEMBLY:
JOHN J. GLASS, of Munster township.
ASSOCIATE JUDGES:
JOHN WILLIAMS, of Ebensburg
CHARLES B. ELLIS, of Johnstown
REGISTER AND RECORDER:
WILLIAM MDERMITT, of Clearfield tp
COMMISSIONER:
HENRY FOSTER, of White township.
AUDITOR
JAMES II. COOPER, of Taylor township.
POOR HOUSE DIRECTOR:
CHARLES BUXTON, of Jackson township
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1866-05-31

is to be used Z A kind of which mention
dare be made in public? The District
contains many able men. It will be hotly
contested. The nomination is now open
to any who chooses to seek it. Each
county has claim equal to that of any
other county in the District. Let the
District then put forth its strongest man,
and let each good union man seek to make
sure of the election of our nominee.
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1866-05-31
An Old "RevoIutiono., ),

During the first five years Of y
oiutlon, a promising, healthy I.S la Il
from a boyhood of eleven years to ~ - n
OF sixteen. He then, with knans.H
his back and frelock on his sbsa F,'a
took his place in the ranks of the
mental army. At reveiUe and %
mounting, on the march and in tbo
John Gray stood for a soldier of ~
eighty-six years ago. He shared Ao'l
hardsbips and perils of soldier lifs ~
comrades, few of whom were 50 vona ~
himself He survived that war ana \
next and the next. Along life. =.
march, his old comrades "fen onS va
after another, till John GRAY fopnJ l!
self marching along stark aloDs
still he is on foot, living in one or !
eastern counties of Ohio, y,.,..
humanity, aged 102 years. He NM
than the nation for whose libery 4
fought. His personal remembrancs :.
braces scenes and events, for the kD,,
edge OF which other men are indebte5
history. He is one of the few remain,
anaorSers of the Declaration, all of WI
slgners have long since died. he
lived to see the three millions of 7s1
freed from foreign yoke, mulhIl
ten-fold, and to hear the liberty thaiI
proclaimed through all the land. !
claimed to all the people in the lsnjl
The birth and the new birth of the7,,;,
are embraced within the period oF /
remembrance. Honor to old john z d
and his few compeers, the venerable 4
7ivors Of 'sthe old war"
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1866-05-31
Have Deserters a Right to Vote

In Harrisburg, on Friday, what is
known as the "Franklin county" deserter
case came up on an appeal FOR hearing be-
fore the Supreme Court. The facts in
this case may be briefly stated as follows
Henry Reilley, the plaintiff, a citizen of
Franklin county, was drafted into the mil
itary service of the United States on the
10Th day of July, 1864, and having been
regularly served with notice of his con-
scription, he refused and never did report
to the Provost Marshal of the 10Th Dis
trict for service in the army Of the United
States, nor did he furnish a substitute, or
pay the required sum of money therefor.
When the plaintiff of the case offered to
vote in the township of Hamilton, county
of Franklin, on the 10Th of October, 1865,
the Judge of the election refused to re-
ceive his vote, on the ground that the
plaintiff was deserter from the military
service of the United States, and in con-
sequence thereof was disfranchised by the
act of Congress providing for the enrol,
ling and calling out of the national forces,
approved the Sd day of March, 1865
When the case came up in the Franklin
county court, on the suit of Henry Reilly
VS.. Benjamin Huber, Judge of Election,
judgment was rendered against the de-
feEdant in favor of the plaintiff, for one
dollar and costs of suit, thereby annulling
the law of Congress, and relieving all des-
erters, heretofore citizens of Pennsylvania,
so far as the decision of the lower court is
concerned, from the penalty of disfran-
chisement To this decision the defend
ant appealed, aud on Friday the case was
argued, as stated above. Decision re-
served.
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1866-05-31
A Monitor to go TO Europe.

The continued harpings of the foreign
press, especially that of England, says
the Philadel phia Press, against the Amer
icah or monitor system OF iron-clads, and
their assertions that such vessels could
never cross the ocean, and were entirely
useless in heavy sea, are about to be
disapproved by a practical test. An
opportunity has been afforded by the
passage of the joint resolution congratu-
lating the Emperor and the people of
Russia on the escape of that sovereign
from assassination, and Captain q. "
Fox, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, has
been deputed to convey the resolution to
Russia and present it to the Car. He
will proceed thither in the Monitor
Miantonomah, sister ship to the Monad-
mock, which has recently made such a
successful trip round Cape Horn to Val
paraiso, on her way to San Francisco. The
Miantonomah is now at Halifax, awaiting
the arrival of Captain Fox, and will soon
start on her voyage. After performing
his errazd to the Gear, Captain Fox will
take the Miautonomah to most of the
European seaports for the purpose of
examining the present condition of the
navies of the Powers. 1t is easy to
imagine the utter amazement that will be
created by the advent of this iron monster
in Europe, not only at her armament and
complete impregnability, but at the refu-
tation of the prophecies so foudly INDUCED
in by the friends of broadside iron clads.
The sight of such vessel will Go much
to create a wholesome appreciation Of the
power of the American navy and the
genius of the American people In con-
ceiving and consummating such work.
1t would be well were her commander
allowed to demonstrate the power of his
guns by shot or two at one Of the
unwieldy broadside ironclads of England
or France. Were he allowed to do so,
the fate of the ship would be forever
sealed, for it would quickly be sent to the
bottom. There is little doubt, however,
that the opinion held abroad concerning
these vessels will be radically changed by
the Transatlantic trip of the Miantonomah.
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1866-05-31
= Novel Picture.

Two great forces fell before the con-
quering armies of the Republic-the
rebellion in the South and Its Democratic
allies in the North. Had Jefferson Davis
succeeded slavery would have held one
half the broken Republic and modern
Democracy good share of the other
These two combinations, triumphant in
the same cause and over the same enemy,
would have marched along the same path
of cruelty, conquest, aggression, and crime.
But their overthrow was accomplished in
spite of their unity and desperation, and
when they were conquered none so readily
admitted their fate and awaited their
punishment as themselves. In less than
year they find the executive agencies
of victorious Government diverted to
their personal forgiveness anG their res
toration TO power. He who pronounced
their doom voluntarily invites them to
controlling positions and as if to complete
a reality which few months since would
have been discarded as the vision of
maniac, they are summoned to assist him
in the prescription of the great bodies
whose strong arms and stout hearts de-
feated them with the bullet in the South
and the ballot in the North. There is
only one thing necessary to complete the
miracle, and that is for the party that
defeated the rebels and elected johnson,
to consent to assist in these novel nuptials
between the Government of the United
States and the traitors who attempted its
destruction.
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1866-05-31
e@ Heister Clymer, according to the

R9H Heister Clymer, according to the
Reading Journal, is studying practical
navigation preparatory to taking command
of the Copperhead fotilla that will set
out, after the October election, to the
head waters of Salt RiUer. On Tuesday
of last week, he, in company with some
forty ladies and gentlemen, embarked at
Columbia, Pa, on raft, and passed down
the Susquehanna as far as Port Deposit,
where they took the boat for Havre-de-
Grace, and the cars for Philadelphia
They will find going up stream more
difficult, but Mr.. Clymer will no doubt
be equal to the emergency"
bD- The Republic is the name of the
new johnson organ launched on the wave
of journalism in Pittsburg,