SSbSDAY ::::::::::::::NOVEMBERla
LOCArAND"PErl$ONflL
EBENSBURQ AND CRESSON KAILilOAD.
0a and after Monday October 31, 1864,
trains on this toad will run as follows :
Leave Ebensburg
At 6.00 A. X., connecting with Pitts. & E.
Tr Wpst and Fast Mail East.
At 4.10 P. M., connecting with Pitts. & E.
Ex. East ana iian Train est.
LSAVE CRESSON
At 11.27 A. M.j or on departure of Ilarr
icrnmmbdation East:
At 8.40 P. M., or on departure of Mail
Train west.
Chit-Chat with Our Readers.
Ia two weeks from to-day cornea Thanks
giviDg Day. Thoso of our readets who
have not heretofore seen them are referred
to this outside for the proclamations of the
President of the Nation and the Governor
of the Commonwealth recommending due
observance of the occasion. Each of
thesa proclamations is of itself a most
touching and beautiful tributo of praise
and thanksgiving to the Most High, in
that He hath prospered us and been good
to us beyond measure the past year, and
the people, one and all, ought to be gui
ded by its precepts and example. But in
view of the result of the late election,, we
think we have additional cause of grati
tude to God. We think we ought to
thank Him with fervency and devoutful
nesa That, upon their deliberately expressed
rote, the People Btand by the Union of
our fathers :
That the Peace-Com promise-Surrender
hndful of the North have been rebuked
tod confounded :
That the platform which brands the
War fer the Union as a "useless waste of
olood and treasure" has been repudiated :
That the question whether or not we
tare a Government has been decided in
the affirmative :
That it has been determined that Gov
ernment must be perpetuated, despite
treason and traitors :
That America will continue to be the
biding-place of Liberty :
That Peace, although sweet, is not pre
ferred above our National honor and good
came :
That, in short, the cause of Bight and
Justice has triumphed over that of "Wrong
nd Oppression.
Truly, we have been highly favored of
God. lie has taken us, as a cation and
u individuals, in the hollow of His hand,
and has suffered no evil to coma nigh U3,
but good continually.
This leads us to remark that, nothwith
itanding the near approach of Thanksgiv
isg, our poultry-coop is as yet untenanted
fcj a single representative of the genus
turkey. June without blossoms, and
Ibrace Greeley without his old white
tat, aod a barrel of whisky without bro
ken heads, and the Democratic party
without corruption are within the range
cf possibility, but Thanksgiving without
turkey is an impossibility. The mere
iiea of such a contingency is absurd, and
BJt for a moment to be seriously tolerated.
Therefore, if anybody has a turkey he
wants to give away, or a turkey he feels
desirous of selling cheaply but especial
ly the former he is requested to "givo
us a call."
Snow more snow 1 Nothing but snow,
od rain, and cold, disagreeable weather,
&e past month. Thou'rt bearing hence
tby roses, sweet summer fare thee well !
Soou we will have naught but the rustle
of the holly and the myrtle and the sol
fffln old pine to remind us of a season
which was an uninterrupted round of
pleasure and delight By the way, what
has become of Indian Summer ? Con
trary to a well established custom, is that
balmy, breezy season going to give us the
go-by this year? The fruits of the field
are all gatheied in ; the gold-and-crimson
foliage of the forest baa gone whistling
down the gale ; and the face of nature
is desolate and drear; yet Indian Sum
mer comes not. If tlm is to be it Can
tantowwir, king of the autumn, purposes
"going back on" us after that manner
we are not going to have our usual sup
ply of Indian Summer, wherewith to sa
'or the insipidity of early winter then
indeed is this the season of our discontent,
for in Indian Summer is condensed the
essence of all tho glories and delights and
U the piquancy of that blissful term (brief
enough here on The Mountain) when birds
Garble, brooks purl, and boys run bare
foot, and wo love it even as a Dutchman
Iotcs bis meerschaum.
The Election passed off quietly here.
was admittedly a "fair election," so the
position, were debarred the opportunity
cf inaugurating that "free fight" they
w talked so much about latterly.
Some More Copperhead Argument.
Last week we printed in these columns
an. anonymous letter, mailed at Carroll
town, Cambria county, and addressed to
Dr. G. W. Strohecker, of Chess Springs,
wherein the intention of some miscreant
or miscreants to "wipe out" the provost
guard stationed in the county, to murder
Dr. S., and to destroy his property, was
deliberately avowed. This week we have
some more Copperhead argument of a like
character to offer. We subjoin a chaste
and vigorous anonymous note addressed
to Mr. Enos C. M'MulIen, of Allegheny
township, some time the past summer,
merely prefacing it with the remark that
Mr. M'M. is a most ihorousrh-oinjr
Union man, which, in the eyes of these
"Many Citizens," constitutes the head
and front of his offending :
Mr. E. C. M'Mcxlin Sir : Take warning
in time, for your time has come that if you
do not mend your ways, that you will be sent
to hell a kiting, as you hate been acting the
damned scoundrel long enough, and the peu
will not stand it any longer. So be prepared,
for your time 13 near at hand when you will
have to pay the debt that you have been con
tracting for snme time in the occupation you
hare been -seeking to take the blood of your
neighbors xn every sneaking way that you
can. Bo they say you have run your time,
and a l.ttle powder and lead must be applied
to 6top such damned scoundrels. So we will
attend to a few of you in that way soon. So
depend on this: Many Citizens.
From the fact that he received the fol
lowing additional note of intimidation
only a few days since, it would seem that
Mr. M'M. must have failed to "mend his
ways" according to demand :
Mr. Exos M'Mcilis : I as a friend do
hereby notify you that a sworn mob are
about and will burn your whole establish
ment if you are seen any place north of the
Roseinsteal apple-tbief establishment, for I
suppose that you and him are in league with
the devil.
Comment is superfluous. What do the
respectable portion of the Democratic
party of the county think of that other
portion that write these anonymous let
ters of blood and threatenings t
Etchings. Sergt. George W. 13rown,
of Co. A, lltu Pa. Reserves, who was
wounded in one of the Wilderness battlesj
in May last, and has been an inmate of a
hospital ever since, has received an hon
orable discharge from the service, and is
now at home. lie is still quite lame from
the effects of his wound, -which is in the
hip, but hopes are entertained that in the
course of time he may fully recover the
use of his limb, and be "good as new"
again We bid him welcome back !...
Mr. James S. Todd, former editor of the
Ebensburg Dem. & Sent., proposes estab
lishing a Democratic paper in Altoona, to
be called The Aye. The first number, the
published prospectus announces, will be
issued January 5, 18G5. The enterprise
ought to pay....Iu Blair county, Martin
L. IJechtel, independent, is elected Sher
iff by 399 majority over IioLUon, the reg
ular Union nominee. Bechtel is a crip
pled solder, and was supported by men of
both parties.
It seems that there are already no fewer
than eleven deserters from Capt. Litzinger's
company of one year's men, recruited in Eb-
ensburg a few weeks ago. lhe company is
attached to the 20'Jth regt. 1. V., "and doing
duty in the neighborhoad of Richmond.
Johnstown Democrat.
For the enlightenment of our beloved
friend of the Democrat, we would Plate
that of these eleven deserters, none are
from Ebensburg, and only one, we be
lieve, from the county. They joined the
company at Camp Curtiri. They are of
the profession known as bounty-jumpers,
and we will wager a sweet potato against
a jewsharp that they all voted the Copper
head ticket Tuesday if they voted at all.
So none of your sneers, dear Democrat.
IIow to Save Monet. Buy all your
dress and dry goods, all your ready-made
clothing, boots and shoes, hats and caps,
all your groceries, all your confectioneries,
all your hardware, all your queensware
and earthenware, all your notions, in fact
all you need to meet the wants of self and
family, at James M. Thompson's cheap
cash store, Post Office building, Ebens
burg. He keeps a larger and better stock,
at more reasonable price?, than any other
establishment in town.
P. S. : A limited quantity of sweet po
tatoes for 6ale, cheap.
Appointments. Lieut. Edward It.
Dunnegan, the newly elected County
Commissioqer, was sworn in and entered
upon the duties of his office on Monday
week. Mr. Peter J. Little ia the retiring
member of the board. The following ap
pointments for the ensuing year were
made by the new board : Wm. H. Sech
ler, of Ebensburg, reappointed Clerk ;
Mr. John Cox, of Johnstown, appointed
3Iercantile Appraiser.
TYPICAL OF LITTLE MACK'EREL.
YSu To ye Saltf&m
A SCALT SoiDIIR, AHO A FlSHT POLITICIA.
FROM OUR SOLDIERS.'
1TETKE FROM CO. C, 209TH p. V. A DEARTH OF
NEWS HEALTH O? THE BOYS -CORRECTION
OP MCSf ER-ROLL.
Bermuda Hundred, Oct. 26, '64.
Correspondence- of The Alleghanian.
I again put my pen to paper for the
edification of your readers, though under
protest that there is an absolute dearth of
news of any kind whatsoever wherewith
to interest seekers after "something to
read." Ootober is nearly gone, yet at
times the warbling of birds will strike the
ear, in strange contrast with the heavy
booming of the batteries along the river.
For be it known that though the folly of
treason' has made much of Virginia a
desert waste, yet now and then a little
songster perched on branch or bush will
send forth his joyous notes as if anxious
to remind all of other and more peaceful
days. And even at this moment, as I
look out upon the clear still air and into
the woods beyond, and hear no sound nor
see no sign of contending armies, it is al
most impossible to realize that all this
appearance is deception, and that at any
moment the storm of battle may burst
forth with intensest fury.
The health of the regiment is extraor
dinarily good. Not a single death has
yet occurred. In some of the companies,
a good many are sick with the chills and
fever. Co. C has the smallest number of
sick of any company in the battalion, and
has not had even a single case of chills
and fever.
In tho muster-roll published in a late
number of your paper, there is a failure
to mark James Yinger, of Cambria coun
ty, a deserter. Also, for MGinley J.
Appleby it reads M'Ginley J. Adams.-
There is also an ommission of the name
of Uriah Wagner. Gamma.
ANOTHER LETTER FROM CO. C, 209TH P. V. A
MOVEMENT, AND ALL SORTS OF RUMORS AS
ASSAULT WHICH DIDST COME OFF, AC, AC.
Bermuda Hundred, Oct. 31, 'G4.
Correspondence of The Alleghanian.
Since my last, movements have taken
place in this "department of which you
have been fully advised. We, though
hearing the sound of the guns on both
flanks, still remain in ignorance as to the
result. Rumors of disaster and rumors
of triumph have abounded on every hand,
but news of a trustworthy character it is
impossible to obtain. At one time, But
ler has secured a position within two miles
of Richmond, and at another, ho has been
driven four miles to the rear of his old
one, and suffered the loss of the whole of
the 10th corps as prisoners. Again,
Grant has captured six miles of the south
side railroad, and anon has been repulsed
with a loss of ten thousand prisoners.
Were it not that Butler's previous move
meutj though successful, was followed. by
tho tame scarcity of information and ru
mors of defeat, one would be forced to
conclude that the present indications were
signs only of evil. The result of the
movement concerning which our corre
spondent speculates as above was a suc
cess to our arms. Through some of his
peculiar strategy, Grant advanced his
lines three miles, and .gained a position
from which, at any moment, he can fall
upon the South-side railroad, so essential
to the possession of Petersburg, and ren
der its use to the enemy extremely peri
lous and uncertain. Ed.
On Thursday of the past week, the same
day as that on which the movements on
our flanks took place, we were formed on
the right of our line for the purpose of
assaulting or supporting an assault on the
rebel position, in order to learn the force
stationed opposite us. Tho assault, how
ever, was not attempted, owiug to misap
prehension of orders, and a consequent
bungling of the whole affair. We re
mained at the fortifications till midnight,
in a steady rain, to bo prepared against a
rebel assault which the Johnnies had
doubtless no notion of making. This,
also, was through either a misunderstan
ding of orders, or a failure to deliver
them. But had we not been uselessly in
the rain, we might not have been able to
properly appreciate how good a thing it
is to be out of it I
Next Tuesday will be election day, and
let me give your readers the assurance
that on that day Co. C will give the Union
electors at least fifty-five votes. The
pickets on the rebel line cheer for M'
Clellan. To-day, we were mustered for pay, and
of the seventy-two enlisted in the compa
ny, all but three were reported for duty.
Of these three, two aro sick in hospital,
and one in quarters, and not one danger
ously. But one death has up to this time
occurred in the regiment. Gamma.
Died : At her residence, Hemlock,
Cambria county, 19th ult, Mrs. Eliza
beth Porter, aged 44 years.
LETTERS remainino UNCLAIMED
; IN THE POST OFFICE, .
At Ebensburg, State of Pennsylvania,
November 1, 1864.
Robt. Anderson,
F. M. Barger, 2
John Best,
John Craige,
George Cree,"
Elizabeth E .Evans,
David Davis,
John C. Fax,
Ale j, Fagan,'
Libbie Gearhart,
Eliza' J. Glass,
Ricb'd. B. Hughes,
Roland Jenkins,
R. D. Jones,
George Kurtz,
Mrs. C. II. Kenedy.
Mrs. Eliea Keith,
Thos. Kennedy,
Thomas' Mahan,
Jethrow Oldham,
Lea Powell.
Lizzie Roberts, .
Mrs. K. Rumbaugh,
Nicholas Semore,
Jacob Shiceff,
Martin Sander,
Maj. J. A. Skelly, 2
Wm. B. Shupe,
A Marple,
Phebe "Wissinger,
Elizabeth Williams,
Charles Wilee,
Rev. Mr. Williams
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JOHN THOMPSON, P. 31.
October 6, 18G4.
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U1CK SALES,
SMALL PROFITS 1"
1S64.
THE LATEST ARRIVAL !
A. A. BARKER,
Ebinsbcbo, Pa.
The subscriber takes pleasure in announ
cing to the people of Ebensburg and vicinity
that he has just received, at hi3 Btore, on
nigh street, the largest and most complete
assortment 01
Summer Goods
ever before brought to this county, all ot
which he is determined to sell cheaper than
the cheapest.
DRY GOODS, "
In endless variety.
DRESS GOODS,
Of every description
WOOLLEN GOODS,
A full and complete assortment
WHITE GOODS,
Embracing all the latest styles
EMBROIDERIES,
Handsome and of the best quality.
HOUSEKEEPING GOODS,
Of all sorts, sizes widths and prices.
HOOP SKIRTS AND BALMORALS,'
The latest and best styles.
READY-MADE CLOTHING.
A better and cheaper article than ever befot
offered to this community.
BOOTS AND SHOES,
Of the very best 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
vooas, -too numerous to here mention, con
stantly on hand.
. T - -
Not to mince matters, he keeps a
FIRST CLASS COUNTRY STORE,
where anything or everything a person may
ueeu or uccire can oe ootainea.
By buying a large slock at a time, and pay
ing for the samd almost entirely in Cash, the
subscriber i3 enabled to sell considerably
cheaper than other dealers in this community.
To be convinced of the 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.
US? The Public is requested to roll in
the more the merrier and secure Bargains.
A. A. BARKER.
17 m. pike!
JL (strCCESSOR TO ORXEN A BRO I
L UMBER MERCHANT, PLANING M ILL,
SASH AND DOOR FACTORY,
uiiest springs, Cambria co., Pa.
ESy Flooring Boards, Sash, Doors, Vene
tian and Panel Shutters, made to order and
constantly on hand. June 9 18Gl-ly
COAL1 COAL I COAL I
The subscriber is now carrying on the
Colliery of Wra. Tiley, Sr , at Lilly Station,
on the Pennsylvania Railroad, Cambria coun
ty, and will be glad to fill all orders, to any
amount, of citizens of Ebensburg and vicin
ity. Satisfaction as to quality of Coal guar
antied in all cases. WM. TILEY, Jr.
April 28. 1864-0m