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l.SO IX AD.YA&C1:.
VOLUME 3.
DIRECTORY
1ST OF POST OFFICES.
, OUccs. Post Masters. Districts.
Creek,
Bethel SUtion
firrollitwni
Caess Springs,
josepn urauam, iwuer.
Enoch Rese, Blackiick.
William M. Jone3, Carroll.
Da. nl. Litzinger, Chest.
John J. Troxell, Washint'n.
Ebensburg
John Thompson, Ebensburg.
iCi'pii Timber, Isaac Thompson, White.
' ir m - . . 1 1 : :
G-illitzm,
Hemlock,
Jo'ujstown,
Loretto. . .
Viueral .Point,
Minister,
Prshiii,T
i'-Iattsville,
Roseland,
Ft. A;:sustine,
S.alp Level,
j . .u. jurisiv, uuiniiiu.
Win. XTGough, Washt'n.
I. E. Chandler, Johnst'wn.
P. fej-.ields Loretto.
.E.. Wissinger, Conem'gh.
A. Durbin, Xluuster.
Francis Clement, Conem'gh.
Andrew J. Ferral Susq'han.
G. W.. Bowman, White.
WinRyan, Sr., Clearfield.
Georpre'Ccnrad, Richland.
B. M'Cclgan, Wasbt'n.
B. F. Slick, .. Croylc.
Miss XI. Gillespie Wasbt'n.
Morris Kei!, S'mmerbill.
Summcrhill,
Sunvnit,
CiJLTRCEEES, MINISTERS, &C.
rrub'terUnREV. D. IIakbisov,.. Pastor.
rr:.i:air.g every ' Sabbath morning at 10
oMocr:, and in the evening at 3 o'clock. Sab
r sL-hooI at 1 o'clock. A. XI. Prayer meet
in? everv Thursday evening at 6 o'clock.
d-Miut Episcopal Church Rev. S. T. Snow,
Freubcr in charge. Rev. J. G. Gogllt, As-
51-.'.Til. i rciiiuiuij - v i j unu ..., . .j
st 10 o'clock in the morning, or 7 in the
irnin. Sabbath School at 9 o'clock, A. M.
Fr-.ver meeting every Thursday evening, at i
o :: I--
i
ii'VA TndpcnJer.t Ret Ll. R. Towell,
pJStor. Preaching every Sabbath morning at
. o'ciock. and in the ereninjr at C o'clock.
Sabbath School st 1 o'clock, P. XI. Prayer
mating on the first Xlonday evening of each
moTUhTand on every Tuesday, Thursday and
Friday' evening, excepting the first week in
eac'.i month.
C-!viisiic Methodist Rev. Jons Williams,
Psi-or. Preaching every Sabbath" evening at
2 a-! I C o'clock. Sabbath School at 10 o'clock,
A.M. Pravcr meeting every Friday "evening,
ct 7 o'clock. . Society every Tuesday evening
at 7 o'clock.
IKtcipl-i Rev. WtLlovo, Pastor. rreach
izz every Sabbath morning at' 10 o'clock.
Fi-'itUr litpiists Rev. David Jenkins,
p-?-.ir. Preaching every Sabbath evening at
3 ) ! ,..'.. Sabbath School at at 1 o'clock, P. XI.
Ci'hoiic Rev. M. J. XIitchell. Pastor.
Servh-r s every Sabbath morning at 10 J o'clock
si Vespers at 4 o'clock in the evening.
JCnEXSElRC MAILS.
MAILS ARRIVE.
EAstera, daily, at 12 o'clock, noon,
"western-, " at 12 o'clock, noon.
XIAILS CLOSE.
Eastern, daily, at 8 o'clock, P. M.
Western, " at 8 o'clock, P. XL
JrThft mails fromEutler,Indiana,Strongs-t3-.cn.
sc., arrive on Thursday of each week,
t 5 o'clock, P. XI.
Leave Ebensburg on Fridav of each week,
tt h A. XL " -
ErwThe mails from Newman's Mills, Car
rolltuw ii. &c, arrive on. Monday, Wednesday
a-l Fridav of each week, at 3 o'clock, P. XI.
Leave E'bensburg on Tuesdays, Thursdays
ai Saturdays, at 7 o'clock, A. XI.
RAILROAD SCHEDULE.
WILXIORE STATION.
Wtsi ExDress Train leaves at 9.44
A. XL
P. XI.
P. XL
P. M.
A. XL
A. M.
A. XI
P. XI-
P." XL
A.M.
Fast Line 4 4
44 Mail Train
East Express Train 44
Fast Line 44
44 Mail Train 44
10.03
4.45
8.23
C.30
10.34
CRESSON STATION.
TTesi Express Train leavt-3 at 9.22
44 Xlail Train 44 4.1C
East Express Train 14 8.53
44 Mail Train 44 11.04
Thft Fast Lines do not stop.
COUXTY OFFICERS.
Julges of the Courts President,. lion. Geo.
Tay'or, Huntingdon; Associates, George W.
Easley, Henry C. Devine.
Prothonotary Joseph XI'Donald.
Heyistr and Recorder Edward F. Lytle.
Sheriff John Buck.
District Attorney. Philip S. Noon.
County Commissioners D. T. Storm, James
Cooper, Peter J. Little.
Treasurer Thoma3 Callin.
Poor Hjuse' Directors Jacob Ilorner, Wil
Jiam Douglass, George Delany.
Poor House Treasurer. George C. K. Zahm.
Poor House Steward. James J. K"aj-lor.
Mercantile Appraiser John Farrell.
Auiitors John F. Stull, Thomas J. Nel
son, Edward R Donnegan.
Cou.ity Surveyor. E. A. Yickroy.
Coroner. James S. Todd.
Sup't. of Common Schools Wm. A. Scott.
F.nr.vsnrRc ror. officers.
Justice of the Peace. David II. Roberts
Harrison Kinkead.
Burgess George Fluntler.
School Directors E. J. Mills, Dr. John XL
Jones, Isaac Evans.
east wabd.
Constable Thomas Todd.
Town Council Wm. Davis, Daniel J. Davis,
E. J. Waters, John Thompson, Jr., David W.
Jone9.
Inspector John W. Roberts, L. Rodgers.
Judge of Flection Thomas J. Davis.
Assessor Thoma3 P. Davis.
WEST WARD. "
Constable -M. M. O'Neill
Town Council William Kittell, II. Kinkead,
H. L. Johnston, Edward D. Evans, Thouia3 J,
j
litpectoit J. D. Thomas, Robert Evuas.
Judge of Election John LlojC.
U-ftor Richard T. Davit, ;
Select 3octrn.
.ooZl Aloft!
BY J. W. BUYCE.
When fierce storms tos3 your fragile bark,
And threatening wave3 around you roar ;
When -clou 1 are lowering wild and dark,
And distant lies the friendly shore,
Then, look aloft!
When fearful shipwreck threatens most,
And not a harbor yon can find ;
Rit all along the rock-bound coast
Wild beats the sea, loud moans the wind,
Oh, look aloft
No star of hope niny beam above,
No beacon shine upon your way ;
Your compass may unfaithful prove,
Your ship no more her helm obey :
Yet, look aloft 1
Above the clouds there is an eye
Can pierce theirglocmto watchyonr course;
And though the tempest rnges high,
A voice can quell its rautteriegs hoarse.
Then look aloft !
Oh, fear not, Christian sailor, fear
Not storm, nor wave, nor rock-bound shore!
Launch boldly forth, He will be near,
And Faith shall guide vou safelv o'er.
"Then, look aloft 1
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ANOTHER SPEECH FROFn G. F. TRAIN.
As the audiences in the discussion halls
are composed of barrister?, authors known
and unknown to fame, and many of the
shorthand writers of the metropolitan
press, public opinion is moulded (as it has
been called ia all aires,) by what is some
times called the Iohemian talent, a name
made famous by the clever work, entitled
t4Ihe Jiohemiaus, by young intly, who
died some years since in Australia.
On Monday evening 3Ir. Train fras
aain challenged by the Secessionists, on
the question, "What chance has the South
to obtain its Independence V
Mr. Train Certainly, I comply with
your call, but more to ftate a fact than
make a speech. The Secession speaker
sneers at the Yankees, ridicules their in
dustry, and ignores their wonderful en
ergy. It is time, Mr. Chairman, to stop
this sneering at the North. This Sam
Slicking the word Yankee. Halliburton,
an Englishman', wrote for an English
audience, in an English, colony, aud the
English mind being open to accept, any
thing that would satirize Americans, takes
the Sam Slick for a text book, when we
never use the language at all which lie
ascribes to us. Americans never use the
word Britisher ; and you should know
when you pneer at the Yankee, ycu sneer
at your own people. The pi'.grims were
Englishmen. When they landed on the
Western shore, the Indians ran down to
meet them, crying, "Yengeese ! Yenircese"
which is the Indian word for Englisman ;
and as Englishmen torture language into
most uncouth shapts, calliDg my lord, my
lud ; Derby, Darby, and persist in calling
Cowper, Cooper ! So the Indian word
Yengeese in time became Yengees, Yen
gee, Yankee. -Yankee, meaning English
man, so remember in future when you
sneer at the word' Yankee you sneer at
yourself and at your own countrymen.
The New Englander is proud of the name.
You compliment me, sir, by the allusion,
for it is the Yankee who raises the Flag
of the Union on every mountain in Christ
endom and raised its hallowed folds over
every billow in all the oceans. The Se
cessionists in the" winter carries on his
trade on Yankee capital, and in summer
ie obliged to go to Yankee watering placps
for his vacation, spending pennies in his
meagre plantation fare where nobody is
looking on, but throwing away pounds in
Yankee land in the bar-rooms, the gamb
ling houses and places of evil repute;
whenever ho can dazzle the unsuspecting
with his bank notes. The game of Brag
is not always a game of cards. Is there
any game about here, asked the Young
Englishman with bag and gun when land
ing on the banks ot the Mississippi ? Yes,
plenty, lisped the negro. What? Oh,
principally Poker ! That is not a Yankee
game or Yankee story. The South de
pends upon the Yankee for food and rai
ment, for medicines, its necessities and its
luxuries. The Yankee supplies the Se
cessionist4! with Bibles though seldom
called for and printing paper, and ice,
and coffins. The Secession mother sends
to Yankee land for a Yankee schoolmis
tress to teach her children. And the Se
cession fathei sends his sons to Yankee
West Points, Yankee naval schools, aud
Yankee colleges. Many of to-days trait
ors were taught truth, honor,morality and
religion at our Yankee Harvard Univer
sity only to return and lie, and swear, and
steal, and breed treason. Ilemember again
ir; whn you sneer that Yankee means
EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL
Englishman or may be translated as, the
true type of such a gentleman. How can
the honorable speaker ruote Latin, when
none of us understand it ? Said the clas
sic Sir James Napier, after a warm argu
ment regarding Cronstadt "hi wvullo tu
tizsiinus His." Sir Chailes, under great
excitement responded. 44 You arc another!"
"Auother what?" "Just what you cal
led me." But even Latin won't do to
make out a case for Secession. He says,
as a rule, the attacked party, always de
serves the most sympathy intimating,
in the face of what is not true, that the
North attacked the South, when wo all
know that Beauregard fired firt shot at
Anderson On that principle he would of
been with the Bussians in the Crimean
ar, against his own countrymen or,
with better ana!otry, when discovering a
man maltreating a woman, or committing
a burgarly, he would side with the des
perate thief rather than the policeman
whose duty it was arrest him. lie speaks
again of Carolinian chivalry ! I am tired
of that now. Who ever heard of it until
Brooks brutally crept behind the back of
Senator Sumner with bludgeon in hand,
with the intention of assassiuating him in
the Senate Chamber, while his confeder
ate Keitt stood by with loaded revolver to
sec fair play ? The chivalry are no longer
in Congress, and the world can no longer
witness there a repetition of such disgrace
ful secession blackguardism 1 Southern
chivalry! Look at our armies within six
miles of the chivalric Charleston ! Thank
God, I am a Puritan aud no Cavalier
I am a Boandhead and no Pretender, I
belong to the Cromweiliaa army, and
pride myself on being a Yankee! The
honorable secessionist accuses the North
of frauds, and says from the first until the
last President there has been nothing but
robbery and corruption. Now, a3 I have
before proved that the South has control
led the Governmcnt lor th last seventy
years, nnd was the treasurer of the nation,
I am not surprised at his statement. The
rght hon. secessionists who iaimediately
prcceeded me disputed my statement that
the South robbed the North of fifty mil
lions sterling private debts, and fifty mil
lions sterling private property, and said
that when the Seecsionists Commissioners
went to Washington they offered to pay
the administration all debts and so forth.
Shades of repudiation protect me. They
pay ! why, gentlemen, an anecdote will
best show how ridiculous is that statement
The first Secessionist, vou know was S'i
ton! He seceded fiom a purer world, and
with inimitiab'e cheek took our Saviour
on a high mount, and offered all the king
doms round about if he would join his
Secession party, when every estate he had
was mortgaged, and the poor devil hail
not a shilling in the world, lie should
have given Mr: Seward credit for gener
osity for permitting the scamps to return
at all. You may comment, but had
O'Brien, and Mitchell, and Meagher pre
sented themselves to Lord John Kusscll
at Downing street in 1S48 on a similiar
erraud, how quickly they would have been
incar ccrated in the Tower. The gentle
man wants a monaichy. During the
next few weeks he shall have the military
advantages of such a Government. The
game is up, and the hunters are starting
with the bugle. Long before Mr. Cowper
gets Jiis drive through Hyde Park, or
Sir Bobert Peel fight the O'Donoghue,
our Manikeu traitors will be no more.
The Seccssionits made one statement
about Southern courage which I must
rectify. This is the rame brag that one
Southerner is equal to three or four Yan
kees, and said that he himself was good
at anytime for two.
.Now, 31 r. Chairman, if I have a weak
point that is strong, that is the point, and
if you will suspend th? rules and send out
for a pair of gloves, I will soon prove to
you by facts while he uses words that
thcro is one Northerner, at least, who
will make as short work of him physically
as he has done intellectually.
The challenged party became the chal
lenger, but Mr. Train's proposition was
not accepted ; and, during the excitement
created by the novel offer, the question
was adjourned until Wednesday.
JCS" "Did you ever see an elephant's
skin," asked a teacher in an infant school
in a fast ncigldorhood.
4I have !" snouted a six year old at
the foot of the class.
"Where ?" inquired oldspecks, consid
erably amused at his earnestness.
"On the elephant," shouted prodigy,
gleefully.
- . i
ltS?An Irishman attending a Quaker
meeting hear! a young friend make the
following announcement : "Brethcrn and
sisters, 1 am going to marry a daughter
of the Lord." 41Oeh,'n ye are," said Pat
"faith and be jabbers, and it will be a long
time before ye'll see your father-in-law."
Letter from Han Isburg.
IlARniSBCRG, March 27, 18G2.
Correspondence of The AUcghanian.
The members of both Houses seem to
have determined "to throw off their coats"
and go to work in earnest. They are now
holding two Sessions nearly every day,
while some are becoming so restless as to
advocate night Sessions in addition. In
legislation there are two extremes, either
of which should be avoided the one is a
too tardy, sluggish action upon questions
ofublic interest the other a too wild,
hasty and reckless consideration and adop
tion of public measures. Bills of doubt
ful propriety are reserved for the close of
the Session, when members Lecome anx
ious to wind up business and go home.
If the present Session prove to be a coun
terpart of those that have proceeded it,
we may look for something in the sensa
tion line before the adjournment:
The day for final adjournment will be
fixed at or about the 11th day of April,
the House having adopted a resolution
suggesting the 11th. There has been
considerable discussion as to whether it
shall be a sine die or a pro Wn adjourn
ment. In the event of it becoming obli
gatory upon the Legislature to pass laws
lor the assessment and collection of the
National tax, there will, of necessity, be
a Session sometime during the summer.
A sine die adjournment, under the circum
sfances, would include an extray or called
Session, and extra per diem and mileage.
A pro adjournment would limit ths
pay -to the seven hundred dollars for each
member, and the one mileage. What
chance, think you, will pro tern have in
this contest with sine die f Ten to one
are offered on smc, and no takers.
The addition of one more member cf
Congress to the number upou which the
apportionment of last session was based,
will necessitate a remodeling of the dis
tricts. What change may be made in the
present arrangement of counties I can not
predict. The Speaker of the House has
announced the fallowing committee, to
Tvhich the subject has been referred :
Messrs. Armstrong, Cessna, Crane, Smith,
(Chester,) Winiley, Bliss, Vincent, Lichten
wailuer, and Xtoore.
The House Bill for the repeal of the
act of last session, commuting the Ton
nage tax on the Pennsylvania Bailroad,
will, in all probability, be so amended in
the Senate, as to include llailroads in
the State, theieby imposing a tonnage tax
on all of them. The fact is that, apart
from the question of the constitutionality
of the law of last session ; or the debatea
lle one relative to the constitutionality of
any law repealing the one of lat year, if
it was not passed in viola'iou of the iun
damental law, or invalidated by its being
procured by Iraud, very eogent arguments
have been adduced agaiust the justice ot
the re-imposition of the tonnage tax upon
this Boad, while all others are permitted
to "tail along" unmolested. Iu view of
the Lct, that a tax will be imposed upon
a'.l Bailroads, by thc C-eneral Government,
for the purpose of aiding in creating a
revenue to meet the wants of the country,
it appears to be unfair to make this cor
poration carry heavier weights than oth
ers. These were, no doubt, some of the
considerations which iuduced Mr. Per
shing to vote ajainst the Bill repealing
the act of last session, and which may
justify his course in acting in concert
with the friends of the Boad. But this
is a matter between him and his Constitu
ents. It is not the right, nor is it the de
sire, of your correspondent to interfere.
The General Appropriation Bill has
not yet been reported in the Senate ; nor
has the Senate resolutions relative to abol
ishing Slavery in the District of Colum
bia been reported in the House. Neither
has the tonnage tax been yet brought up
in tho Senate. These will l subject j of
interest for next week. Both Houses
have been engrossed this week in running
through any number of private bills, ot
importance only rW localities from which
they emenate. A retrospect of a week's
legislation presents nothing fuither about
which to write. I must, therefore, change
the scene by devoting a few lines to a fee
ble description of an intellectual enter
tainment, of which your humble corres
pondent participated on Wednesday even
ing, the 13th inst. It was certa:nly one
of the most delightful aud - appropriate
treats ever served up for the gratification
of any audience.
By request of a number of the most
prominent gentlemen iu the several De
partments and in the Legislature, tho
well known dramatist and elocutionist,
James E. Murdoch of Philadelphia, de
livered, in the Hall of tho House of Bop-
veaentatives. an unpublished Poem, writ- ;
ten bv T. Bttchanau Hoed, entitled '-The '
3, 1862.
Wild Wagoner of the Alleghanics."
The Hall was "crammed and jammed"
to overflowing. I have been an occasion
al sojourner in Harrisburg for many years,
but never before did I witness to brilliant
an audience.
The title of the Poem so attracted my
attention, that I could not resist the de
sire to hear its recitation by one so cele
brated as is Mr. Murdoch. The scenes
are laid in ur good, old State, and the
time, that of the Revolution. The Hero
of the tale is a f-cion of an aristocratic
English family, who, being a younger
son, feels the prcftrances given to primo
geniture, lie abandons his home, as
sumes another name and employs himself
as a wagoner. The sublimity of the Poet's
description of the road, the teamster and
the team cannot be conveyed o you by
the prosaic pen of so dull a writer as your
humble servant. This Canto should be
recited in Ebensburg. The surroundings
of the reader would lend an interest to
the tale, and enhance its inherent bcau-
There are several characters introduced,
but my attraction was the "Wild Wago
ner." He appears again as the leader of
a troop of horse in the American Army
fights most valliautly at the battle of
Brandywine, and in other contests in the
great struggle for freedom. His devotion
to liberty is rewarded by the triumph of
the cause he had espoused. He witnes
ses the ejection of his cider brother from
the country, while he, the warrior of
Freedom, is hailed as her champion and
defender. The vivid portraiture of the
battle and the camp the burning words
of patriotic exhortation the addresses of
devotion to the Banner of Liberty and the
cause of the People all depicted in the
laiiTZuairc of one of the first poets of the
age, transported the reader's hearers back
tr th tiin which tried men's souls."
and enkindled in each breast a newer and
brigter fire of patriotism..
The appropriateness of this entertain
ment does great credit to the taste and
design of those through w hose instrumen
tality Mr. Murdoch was induced to visit
the Capitol of the State. I would that
this Poem could be recited in every county-scat
in the Commonwealth ; yea, in
every village in the land even in rebel
doni itself. While its inspiring word3
and aideut appeals would nerve the arm
of the patriot, they would palsy that of
the rebel traitor. But I will not longer
make myself amenable to a grave charge.
Any attempt on my part to convey to you
even the faintest idea of the beauties of
"The -Wild Wagoner of the Alleghanics,"
would be evidence of vanity. You must
hear it, to appreciate it j aud I believe
you can hear it if you desire it. Let me
throw out a suggestion. Mr. Murdoch
was paid one hundred dollars for reciting
the Poem, or rather selected Cantos from
it, which occupied him two hours and ten
minutes. A like amount would, no doubt,
induce him to visit the "Mountain Vil
lage," -at such time as might be agreed
upon. If the holding ot the annual
.County Pair were not so distant, it would
be the pro
you of it ?
per occasion.
What think
11 LOO.
Scene for a Painter. The following
from a Kuoxvillc, Tenn., rtbel journal,
describing a secret meeting of thirty er
forty Unionists, called together by a well
known patriot, David Fry, admirably il
lustrates the "idolatrous love" for the
Stars and Stripes, aud suggests a subject
worthy of the highest inspiration of our
best Historical Painter: "Fry drew forth
a United States flag, and spreading it upon
a table iu the centie of the room, called
upon his followers to surround that em
blem of .the Uuion, and take the oath of
allegiance. This was late in the night,
and after the whole plot had been fully
understood, the conspirators surrounded
the table in groups, and, by direction of
the leader, placed their left hands upon
the folds of the flag, raising aloft their
right hands, and swearing to support the
Constitution of the United States, to sus
tain the Hjz there spread before them,
and to do that night whatever may be
impressed upon them by their chief.
The oath was taken by all except two or
three, in solemn earnest, and iu silence;
the darkness relieved alone by tLc dim
and flickering light, ot a soliury candle.
The scene was impressive. The occa
sion was full of moment, and every thing
conspired to fill tho hearts of the trnitors
with a fixed determination.
gy An enraged parent had jerked his
provoking sn across his knee, and was
operating on the exposed portion of the
urchin's perfon with great vehemence,
when the young one dug into tho pa rot -tal
legs with his venomous little teeth.
Hell blazes ! what're ye bitin' me for T
'Yv'ell dad, you beginned this 'ere war.5"
NUMBER 28.
Letter Irons Kentucky.
, Ca! Ha jibbig h t, Kt. March 23, IBC2.
Correspondence of The Alleghanian.
During our stay at Camp Hambright '
I had the pleasure ot visiting the Drip
ping. Cave and'the Hundred Dome Cave.
We could not penetrate the former to a
great distance, on account of the. water
which flows through it. The stream was
much swollen by the recent rains. In
the latter we found much to interest us.
The long avenues, the spacious rooms,
the high domes, the deep chasms, the.
formations of lime, gypsum, quartz, &c,
and the myriads of dormant bats which
hang in large bevies from the ceiling,
were all new and interesting scenes to
most of us. After entirely satisfying our
curiosity, and collecting a number of
specimens we returned highly pleased with
our visit.
We left Camp Hambright on the 23d
and encamped at Camp Rousseau on Bar-,
ren River, opposite Bowling Green.
Here we found both bridges destroyed,
and the river bank full. Three small
steamboat ferried troops across as fast
as they could, but to transport a whole
division by this means was an operation,
entirely too slow. A detachment com
menced immediately to "take out" timber
for the erection of a temporary bridge,
but this was soon abandoned as impracti
cable. On the 27th, the river having
fallen considerably, the three steamboats
and a number of flat boats were anchored
side by side thus forming a sort of pon
toon bridge upon which we crossed. We
passed Bowling Green about noon and
after marching 2l? miles, bivouacked in
an open field, one mile south of Franklin.
We crossed the Tennessee line at 9 a. m.,
on Friday. All the stores and shops,
along the way were closed, and many of
the houses deserted. We encamped at
two o'clock on Sunday afternoon, in a
beautiful grove two miles. north of Nash
ville. Our brigade crossed the Cumber
land on the 7th and encamped at Camp
Andy Johnson, one and a half miles be
yond Nashville. Six companies A and
D of the 78th, two of the 79th, two of
the Wisconsin First were detached and
placed under the commaud of Col. John
C. Starkweather to serve as Provost Guard
in Edgefield. We, the detached com
panies, are now encamped on a common -
near the centre ot the town. Edgefield
has about 2,000 inhabitants and is separa
ted from .the city proper by the river.
A 11 the bridges at this place, three in
number, were destroyed by the rebels,"
notwithstanding the remonstrances of the
citizens on both sides. Floyd consented
to leave them the fuspension bridge, after
tearing up the planks; but his last act,
on leaving the city, was to cut the main
braces and precipitate the whole structure
into the river. These bridges are said to
have cost in the aggregate not less than
40,000. .
Our troops cross on steamboats. A
regular ferry has been established, on
which the citizens are permitted to cross,
when the boats are not freighted to their
full capacity with soldiers or army trains.
We have tound secreted several hun
dred rifles, (common squirrel rifles,) a
number of picks, spades, aud shovels, 1C0
barrels of turpentine, and a large lot of
bacon. They have all been seized and
are now in the . hands of the Provost
Guard, subject to the order of General
Bnell.'
The city is quiet. The panic is fast
subsiding. Citizens are quietly returning
to their homes. Ladies, who a short time
ago entreated the rebel commander that
they might not be left to the mercy of
the Lincolnites, now promenade the streets
as free froni molestation or insult, as if
surrounded by half a million of the "Chiv
alry." Stores and shops are re-opened,
and some of the streets present quite 'a
business like appearance. Several cargoes
of groceries, shipped from St. Louis have
f.iund a ready and profitable market at
this wharf. .
Greenbacks are iu demand SI of
"Lincoln currency" being equivalent to.
01.25 in Tennessee biils. A few days
ao the brokers gave but -10 per .cent, for
Tennessee paper. The holders of Con
federate Scrip attempted a bit of, sharp
practice the other day. They put in cir
culation the report of a great rebel victory
at Mana-sas, in which 30,000 Union
prisoners were taken ; but the bait wouldn't
take
The citizens cf this place treat uswry
kind!'. The policy of Gen. Bneli has a
most silutary effect upon the minds cf the
people. Our conduct is vastly different
from v. hat they expected it would bo, for
tiny were m.nle to believe that we would
plunder aioj destroy all the property along
oar course. They now freely adr.iir, that
we are the Wst behaved soldwry that Lag
ever bteo in t"hci midst. Boanergi.