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LOCAL AND PERSONAL
From Our Volunteers.
fro Foraging Expeditions, and Incidents con
nected therewith Local Improvements The
father Deaths in Co. A etc., etc.
Camp Pibrpoixt, Va., Dec. 13, 1861.
Correspondence of The Alleghaniah.
Qur division was out on two foraging
npeditions last -week, in the neighborhood
caQ;runesville, eleven miles from our
. "e First brigade had the advance
V-.e rsfc expedition, and the Second
Vs vch the 11th regiment forms
iL.led as a reserve. The expedi
Fceeded in "cabbaging" about sixty
on loads of wheat, corn, &c. "We re
darned the same day.
On the second occasion, the Second bri
gade had tbe advance, and went in the
(anie direction a3 before. We advanced
to within two miles of Drainesville, and
then struck out into the country off the
ciaia road. We halted near the farm of
a rich old Secessionist named Dr. Gunuell,
from who3e well-stocked "plantation" we
made quite a rich haul.
Companies A and D, of the Eleventh,
were detailed to take charge of the farm
aud load the wagons, of which latter arti
cle we had about sixty. The boys imme
diately fell to with a will, and in a com
paratively short space of time every wagon
v&s loaded down with wheat, corn and po
tatoes. In addition, we captured eleven
Lead of horses, a pair of oxen and wagon,
thirty-eight hogs, averaging two hundred
pouads each, two baggies, a eplendid car
rif ge, and a lot of excellent light harness.
Two negro elave9, the property of eaid
Guunell, were also taken in tow and bro't
into camp. They were exceeding glad to
le afforded opportunity to effect their lib
trty, and are now, I understand, employed
a cooks in some of the regiments.
Two young men, of known Secession
proclivities, and relatives of Ounnell, were
arrested on the farm at the same time, and
t?at to Washington for examination. I
have not as yet learned what disposition
was made of them.
The cavalry which accompanied the ex
psdition captured three rebel cavalry pick
eta near the farm. The appearance of the
prisoners as regards the article of clo
thing was not calculated to impress one
with the idea that they were scrupulously
well-cared for, inasmuch as each individ
ual wore a different kind of attire from
the others, and none of the best at that !
Although purporting to be soldiers, they
cculd not be distinguished from civilians.
It waa reported that we were within
two or three miles of a rebel camp, but of
course I cannot vouch for the truth of
this. We saw no eigns of the enemy,
with the exception ot the three pickets
tflioai we captured.
At about three o'clock, we turned our
fices toward "home," where we arrived at
dark, after having marched nearly twenty
five miles. We felt considerably fatigued,
you may be sure, but a night's rest made
U3 as good, as new again and ready for
anything that might turn up
We have been engaged for lorr.e timo
past in improving our quarters, so as to
render them more comfortable. "Neces
sity is the mother of invention," and
profiting by the precept, the most of us
We built log walb, the interstices "daub
ed," upon the tops of which the tents are
placed. They are thus made much warm
er as well as larger. Some of them boast
the possession of stoves ; others compro
mise on homemade fire-places, called "Cal
ifornia stoves." Between the two, we are
right comfortably situated.
The weather here is becoming pretty
foM and winter-like, but, considering that
o are verging on the cold season, and
that the climate is not far different from
that of Pennsylvania, and, in fact, of the
Alleghanies, we should not expect it to be
otherwise. I do not know whether wo are
to go into winter quarters here or not, but
presume we will not. At all events, the
Government has not yet made eny provis
os for eucIi an arrangement.
Two deaths have occurred in Co. A du
Iing the past couple of weeks. The names
f the deceased are John Wise and Wil
Iiarringer. They were both good
en and true, and were held in high esti
mation by their companions. May they
rest in peace I They died in the George
town Hospital.
Three other deaths in our regiment,
in Co. F and one in Co. II, occurred
last week. The prevailing disease is tp
.phoid fever. E.
The foregoing letter was intended for last
t. isBue b.it caui to baud too latt for
raMlvatiou.-
TnE Holidays : An Avast Courier
and A Few Practical Suggestions.
'Ring! ring l Christmas bells!
Out on the clear air chime
And gather lover3 and maidens,
As ye did of the olden time !"
Hat ha! ha!
Here they are again are the Holidays !
Here at your pleasure, in extenso as we
say in tho antiquated idiom, and lying
around loose in lumps to suit the capacity
of the Public. Pick them up, uncork the
mouth-piece and shake them out by the
tail, and a la mode de Afrite to the as
tonished Fishermen in Nights Arabic
Genii will appear unto you from them.
Here the parallel ceases, however, for
these will be the Genii of Mirth, and Good
Humor, and Ili-Old-Time, instead of the
adverse, as above. Tho regis of their
"gay and happy" protection will encompass
you and be round about you, until they
float away and out of sight.
The Great Struggle thro' which wo are
now triumphantly passing has had the effect
of unearthing and bringing to light much
that is grand and original in our Nation
al Character. Big things, you know, hith
erto dormant in our experience. Agitato
a bowl of sugar, f 'rinstance, and the big
gest and best lumps will insensibly glide
to the surface. Among these newly devel
oped novelties is an entire new code of set
phrases unique, elegant, exhilarating.
Ecphonesic gems, strung on Beauty's
chain. We embrace this occasion, O
Struggle! therefore, to thank thee for
this : that thou hast given us an ejacula
tion we have long needed, and one fully
equal to the pressing demands of the pres
ent momentous occasion.
"Bully" for the Holidays !
Float away and out of sight, by-and-by,
will the Holidays, as before observed. So,
beloved reader be ye Christian or Unbe
liever allow us to insist that you do your
unqualificdest to
Make the most of them,
While they last.
For hath not the great Blobbs and who
will gainsay his authority in matters and
things in general hath not he thus dab
bled in the pool of poetical profundity :
'Tis good to have a merry ho art
To laugh & merry quip ;
To Pleasure : may we never part,
To T'other : let her rip !
There is not a man in Christendom
no, not one who would net be all the
better for a little relaxation from the cares
and crosses of Business once in a while.
"All work and no play makes Jack a dull
boy." So, cast that ponderous burden of
Care from your shoulders, smoothe the
kinks and crows'-feet from your frontis
piece, and "go ia" promiscuously and ec
statically for the time being.
R. Burni, a gentleman well and favor
ably known in days when the world was
in its prime and our forefathers were pos
sibly in their primers, eliminated the idea
that "Man differs from man in tho polish,
not in the grain." This leads us to
remark that the "going in" may probably
be accomplished after divers and sundry
wajs and manners. Thus : Some of you
may "do" the occasion in the Everettian
etiquettian style ; others may embrace the
rippcty-row-dc-whack order. Many will
travel by the fast line with brakes up,
while a few will go round by the bridge.
No matter ! Letter went ! If it's in
yon, manifest it! Christmas comes but
once a year New Year's ditto "let them
be observed !"
Them's our sentiments.
Hero's our Platform, in brief respect
fully submitted to the consideratioa of an
enlightened community :
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wsaiunneat. .;:.. bmiSj
GOAT WHILE iOD'BE TOCNO
GOAT WHEN TOC GET OLD
GOAT ESPECIALLY DCBINQ TUB HOLIDATS
GO it!
Header, we wish you a Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year I
Sad Occurrence. The Altoona Tri
bune of the 19th Inst, gives the following
mention of a horrible casualty purporting
to have occurred in the eastern section
of this county. We may preface the ex
tract by the remark that, up to the pres
ent time, we have heard nothing whatever
confirmatory of the report. The Tribune
says : "We learn that on Tuesday night
last, a house situate in Clearfield town
ship, Cambria county, near the Blair
county line, and not far from the Buck
horn tavern, belonging to a family named
Cochran, was entirely consumed by fire,
and the mother, a son and daughter per
ished in the flames. We do not know how
the firo originated tho above being all
that we could find cut concerning it."
"A Fool ! A Fool ! I Met a Fool !"
etc. We are told a pretty good story
concerning a certain personage of this
great and enlightened town, which, if true
and we have no doubt that it is goes
far to demonstrate that first impressions
are generally correct to ths letter. He
the aforesaid "personage" had suffered
himself to become what is known in vul
gar parlance as "half shot :" tha ia to
Eay, he had located some ten or twelve
inches of corn juice beneath I113 waistband,
with the effect of rendering him extreme
ly loquacious. In this happy condition,
ho ran afoul of a stranger, with whom he
immediately proceeded to hold an interlo-'
cution, something as follows :
"Well, sirrah, how are you ?" .
"Pretty good," answered Stranger.
"What's your name ?"
"Diggs."
- "You're a fine-looking fellow, and may
go to Congress yet for aught we know.
Where do you live ?"
"At Papertown."
"Come, now," queried Half Shot, who,
by-the-by, is possessed of an overweening
self-esteem, "come tell no what do you
think of me?"
"Well," slowly answered Stranger, "not
to mince matters, my charming unknown
friend, you are decidedly and without
doubt the demdest fool and nincompoop I
ever did see, and I would advise you to
skadaddle if you desire to escape a good
old fashioned walloping!"
Which hint the latter proceeded to act
upon without further ado.
AVe leave the subject with the remark
that the idea thus curtly expressed pre
sents an apt and right truthful picture of
the most pioininent characteristic of the
individual in question.
Co. C, 19th Regular Infantry.
Capt. T. C. Williams, of the 19th regular
infantry, was in town one day last week,
and called to see us. He reports his com
pany, which is composed almost exclu
sively of Cambria county men, in excel
cellent health and spirits, and "spiling
for a fight." They are still quartered at
Indianapolis, but expect to be ordered in
to Kentucky shortly. They have already
attained an excellent degree of discipline,
and Capt.-W. confidently assures us that
the Frosty Sons will be "heard from" on
the first available opportunity.
Annexed is the list of non-commissioned
officers of the company :
Orderly Sergeant Thomas It. Davis.
Second Sergeant II. Lemmon.
Third Sergeant E. C. Bennett.
Fourth Sergeant Reuben Jones.
Fifth Sergeant Abram Smith.
Corporals John Shroat, J. B. Shaffer, S.
Dibert, C. P. Oarer, James Singer, li. Davis,
George Paul, James Lingle.
All of the above, with two exceptions,
are from Cambria county.
Tribute of Respect. At a meeting
of Rhizoma Lodge No. 537, I. O. O. F.,
held at Wilmore on the 20th day of De
cember, inst., the following Preamble and
Resolutions in regard to the death of Bro.
Michael Burgoon were read and adopted :
Whereas, It has pleased Divine Providence
to remove from among us our beloved Broth
er in F., L. and T., under painful and distres
sing circumstances, not only to tho great af
fliction of all but to the extreme regret of our
Order, therefore, it is
. Resolved, That ia the death of Brother Bnr
goou we have lost not only a friend and a
Brother, but a man who required 'hot the ob
ligation of Odd Fellowship to make social and
humane. As a Brother we loved him ; as a
man we respected hira ; as a citizen he was
above reproach; and as a husband, father
and friend no eulogiumwe could bestow would
exalt him in the estimation of those who knew
him.
And Resolved, That as a tribute of respect
to our departed Brother wr hose loss we bo
deeply deplore our Lodge be draped in
mourning, and each member wear the badge
required by our order for thirty days; and
that the usual card to the widow of a deceas
ed Brother be presented, with the usual tokens
of Benevolence and Charity to the bereaved
family. By the Lodye."
For the Holidays ! C. T. Roberts,
at his store on nigh street, .has just re
ceived a magnificent assortment of Jew
elrythe very thing for Holiday presents.
Also, Clocks, Watches, Musical Instru
ments, etc., etc., all of which will bo
disposed of cheap for cash. Give him a
call, ye who desire something handsome.
Married On the 28th ult., at tho
house of the bride's father, by the Rev.
J. L. Baker, Rev. I. L. Kephart, of the
llegheny Annual Conference of the Uni
ted Brethren in Christ, to Miss Mary
Elizabeth Sowers, of Mechanicsburg,
Indiana county, Penna.
Letter from Missouri. On our out
side to-day we publish a letter from Mr.
Robert Carmen, formerly of this place but
now of Missouri, which will bo found in
teresting. Real it.
Sworn In. The "Silver Grays" were
sworn into tho United States service at
Camp Curtin, near Ilarrisburg, on last
Wednesday. This is as it should be.
THE VERY LATEST ARRIVAL
EBENSBURG
"Quick Sales
ASD
Small fronts."
A. A. BARKER,
Ebkxsbcbc, Pa.
npiIE SUBSCRIBER would respectfully an
1 nounce to the citizens of Ebensburg and
vicinity that ho h'aa just received, at hi3
store, on High street, the largest and most
complete assortment of
-WINTER GOODS,
ever before brought to this county, all of
which he is determined to sell cheaper than
the cheapest.
DRY GOODS,
Ia endless variety.
DRESS GOODS,
Of every description.
WOOLEN GOODS,
A full and complete assortment.
WHITE GOODS,
Embracing all the newest styles.
EMBROIDERIES,
Handsome and of the best quality.
HOUSEKEEPING GOODS,
Of all sort3, sizes, widths and prices.
HOOP SKIRTS AND BALMORALS,
The latest and best styles.
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
A better and cheaper article than ever before
offered to this community.
BOOTS AND SH0E3,
Of the very be3t workmanship.
HATS AND CAPS,
Fashionable and of durable material.
MILLINERY GOODS AND NOTIONS.
HOSIERY AND GLOVES.
BUFFALO ROBES.
Hardware, Queensware, Groceries, Flour, Bacon,
Cheese, Syrups, Molasses, Mackerel, Her
ring and Cod Fish, Iron and Nails,
Cedar and Willow Ware, Drugs
and Medicines, Carbon and
Fish Oil, etc, etc., etc.
These, and many other descriptions of
Goods, too numerous to here mention, con
stantly on hand.
Not to mince matters, he koeps a
FIRST CLASS COUNTRY STORE,
where, anything or everything a person may
need or desire can be obtained.
By buying a large stock at a time, and pay
ing for the same almost entirely in Cash, tbe
subscriber is enabled to ell considerably
cheaper than other dealers in this community.
To be convinced of tbe truth of this assertion
you need only call and examine his Schedule
of Prices.
"NO CHARGE FOR SHOWING GOODS."
Customers will be waited upon by accom
modating Salesmen.
J6& The Public is requested to roll in
the more the merrier and secure. Bargains.
A. A. XlARK.Cn
Dec 5, 131.
TVJOTICE.
All persons indebted to R. S. Bunn are
requested to call and make settlements imme
diately. Otherwise their accounts will be
left with the proper authorrties for collection.
Ebensburg, Sept.-2G., R. S. BUNN.
STRAYS.
Came to the residence of the subscriber
in Summerhill township, Cambria county,
about two months ago, two TWO YEAR OLD
HEIFERS, one black, and the other red. The
owner is requested to come forward and prove
property, pay charges and take them away,
otherwise they will be disposed of according
to law. MICHAEL GLEASON.
Nov. 28, lSGl.St
EW TAILOR SHOP.
The undersigned having opened out a
Tailoring Establishment, over the store room
occupied by D. J. Evans k Son, respectfully
informs tho public that tbe business will there
be carried on in all its branches. All work
will be done in the latest style, with neatness
and dispatch, and upon the most reasonable
terms. ROBT. D. THOMAS
Ebensburg, April 4, 18C1.
WOOD, MORRELL & CO.,
John stows, Pa
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS
IN ALL OF MERCHANDISE,
Keep constantly on hand the following arti
cles :
DRY GOODS,
HATS AND CAPS,
OIL-CLOTHS,
CARPETINGS,
CLOTHING,
NOTIONS,
QUEENSWARE,
BOOTS SHOES,
GROCERIES,
BONNETS,
HARDWARE,
PROVISIONS,
FISH, SALT,
FLOUR, BACON,
FEED OF ALL KINDS, VEGETABLES, AC
Clothing and Boots and Shoes made'to
order on reasonableterms.
Johnstown March 1 1860-tf.
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T. ROBERTS,
CLOCK AND WATCHMAKER,
And Dealer in
CLOCKS,
WATCHES,
JEWELRY,
Fancy Goods,
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, NOTIONS, Ac
Just received at the Jewelry stora of C. T.
Roberts, a large and complete stock of Clocks.
Watches, Jewelry, &c, which will be sold
very low for Cash. Ladies are invited to call
and examine his stock, and secure bargains,
Repairing faithfully performed and warranted
to give satisfaction:
Sept. 2G, 18G1.
"TTAllD TIMES COME AGAIN
XX NO MORE! ."'
The cry of Hard Times has almost entirely
ceased in this neighborhood, and WM. DAVIS
haB just received and is now offering at very
low prices as large and varied an assortment of
Winter Goods
a3 was ever brought to Ebensburg. His
stock embraces all the articles usually kept
in a Country Store, and will be exchanged for
CASH,
LUMBER,
GRAIN,
BEANS,
BUTTER,
WOOL, &c.
Call and examine our stock. No charge for
showing Good3. Thankful for past favors we
hope for a continuance of the same.
WM. DAVIS.
N. B. All persons indebted to me, or to
the late firm of Davi3 & Lloyd, are requested
to come forward aud settle their accounts im
mediately. Y. D.
Ebensburg, Dec. 5, lSGl.St.
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Allfghanim Ofjzc. Nov. 2. 13 il.
BARGAINS! BARGAINS ! for EV ERYLODY
DJ. EVANS 4 SON have this thia day
received from the East and are now
ottering to the citizens of Ebensburg, and
vicinity, a well selected assortment ot t
MEN AND BOY'S CLOTUIXQt
also a large lot of
Dry Goods,
consisting in part of the following articlf
viz :
Satins, "Velvets, Cloths, Cassimeres,
Doeskins, oattinetts, Tweedy
Jeans, Tickings, Flannels,
Brown & Bleached
Muslins,
DRESS GOODS,
of every style, Notions, &c. We have also on
hand a large assortment of
ROOTS, SHOES,
HATS, CAPS,
BONNETS,
STATIONARY,
HARDWARE,
GROCERIES
FISH, SALT,
TRUNKS,
CARPET-SACKS',
Together with such other articles as are usu-
ally kept in a country store, all of which they
will dispose cheaper than the cheapest, for
CASH oi COUNTRY PRODUCE.
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popular and successful Commercial School in
the country. Upwards of Twelve IIcxdrkd
yound men from twkxty-light different i. tatea
have been educated for business here within
the past three years, some of whom have been
employed as Book Keepers at salaries of
$2000,00 per Annum,
immediately upon graduating, who knew
knew nothing of accounts when they entered
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For Catalogues, Specimens of Penmanship
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WATCHES A.D JEWELRY.
MRS. E. J. STAIIL respectfully informt
the citizens of EliPnsVmror nn.1 Tlcinitw
that she has on hand alarge andsuperiorlot of
WATCHES. CLOCKS AND JEWT'r.nv
which she will sell at reduced prices. Par
ticular attention paid to repairing the abovo
articles, and all work warranted.
The mechanical department of the estab
lishment is under tho supervision of M. R.
M'Dowell, who is a competent and experi
enced artificer.
fihaf" Office opposite Shoemaker A Sons
Store. PJuUS. I86l:3ni
ELDERSRIDC, E AC A DEM Y
The thirtieth session of this Institution
will open on TUESDAY, 5th of NOVEMBER
next. Tuition fee, $G, J?S or $10 per session,
accorjing to the branches studied. Boarding,
with room rent, $2.00 per week.
A. DONALDSON, Principal
S. J. CRAIGHEAD, Assistant.
Eldersridge, Oct., 10, 18G1.
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