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giDAY:::::;::::::::NOVEMBER 17.
"T6cal andTersonal.
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EBENSBURa AND CRESSON RAILROAD.
Oa nd after Monday, October 31, 1864,
ilns on this road will run as follows :
Lsave Ebensburq
At 6.00 A. M., connecting with Pitts. & E.
Ex. West and Fast Mail East.
At 4 10 P. M., connecting with Pitt3. & E.
Ex. East and Mail Train West.
Lsave Cresson
At 11.27 A. M., or on departure of Harr.
Accommodation East. , -.-
At 8.40 P. M., or on departure of Mail
Train West.
Chit-Chat with Ocr Readers.
The election is now over, Abraham Lin
coln lias been chosen President for another
four-years term, and the country is saved I
Such being the case, we will ha7e little
cause, we think, to introduce politics into
these columns for some considerable time
to come. We suppose our readers are
not sorry for this : we are sure ice are not.
Politics, generally speaking, is a subject
of anything but pleasure to those'engaglng
therein. On the contrary, what with its
bickerings, and its strifes, and its enven
omed personalities, it cannot but assume
a distasteiul and sometimes positively re
pugnant aspect. Its inevitable result is
to engender discord and bad blood be
tween the opposing elements. Still, poli
tics is a most neeessary evil. Under the
peculiar form of government under which
e live, we cannot ignore politics and po
litical questions. So long as men are of
different minds and adveree judgments,
which will be till the Last Man of Camp
bell stands where he can say, "We are
twins in death, proud Sun," and so long
as the great principle that "the majority
fchall rule" remains the corner-stone of the
eovernniental edifice under which we live,
politics must be. Like everything else
ttrthly, however, it has its season of dor
mauct, of quiescence, when something
other than the relative merits of platforms
and candidates may constitute the topic of
conversation. With the election over, this
season has arrived. The popular mind
will therefore have opportunity to regaiu
ill wouted equanimity, the popular heart
la accustomed flow, and the popular pulse
its usual dilatation of seventy beats to the
minute, instead of one hundred and ap-
ard. .
We Americans are certainly a peculiar
people, with peculiar ideas and customs.
For weeks prior to election day, the pre
Tailing interchange of compliments be
tween two political opponents is, on tho
one tide, "Hurrah for So-and-So!" and on
the other, D n So and-S j V The pre
vailing argument is a word and a blow
the blow oitcner first than last. Demo
crats and Republicans come to consider
themselves mortal enemies participants
la a monstrous vendetta, and so wage a
Eost bitter aod unsparing warfare the one
gainst the other. Madness is the ruling
demon of the hour, and a stranger coming
into our midst from other lands might
pardonably arrive at the conclusion that
our system of self-government was a mis
take, and the Union a failure. But im
(liately succeeding the election presto !
hat a change ! The stranger sees the
STorn foes of a day before meet, speak
kindly, take each other by the hand, and
ven laugh and joke together concerning
former differences of opinion. No bick
ering then, nor strife and shoulder-hitting,
but satisfaction and contentment on every
band. No one takes it upon himself to
dissent from or find fault with the expres
sed will of the majority, but one and all
tow thereunto, say it must of necessity be
right, and quietly subside. The moral
e deduce from this is, primarily, that wc
Americans are a set of fools in that we
allow our angry passions to run away with
cur better judgment in the first place;
and, secondly, that we Americans are wise
in that we do not permit any unnecessary
number of suns to set upon our wrath and
til humor.
We heard a friend say, tho other day,
that the provisions of the law giving a
ttan the right of citizenship were intrin
sically wrong. He contended that, in
order to eligibility to vote, every man
ought to be required to commit to mem
ory the Constitution of the United States,
the Constitution of the State of Pennsyl
vania, and the Ten Commandments, and
t able to fully understand, and on occa
sion, to explain the essential and leading
points of each of the which. 33j this
aeans, he thought much of the corruption
incident to elections might bo avoided.
In view of the fact that ignorant fellows
ho probably never heard cf a Constitu'
tntion or the Ten Commandments, who
couldn't distinguish a principle from a
pea-nut, and who eee in the privilege of
Hiaenship only an illegaot opportunity to
barter off their votes for whisky or green
backs in view of the fact that fellows of
this class hold the balance of power in-an
election, who can say our friend's theory
is not based on equity and justice 1 .
The election, or rather the elections,
which were no exceptions to the general
rule of fuss and excitement and hard
words and harder knocks holding good on
and along by such occasions, are over,
and we are glad of it. '
Why Don't We Have a Telegraph ?
Some months ago, in these columns, we
made use of the following language with
reference to the great want experienced
by Ebensburg of. a Telegraph: "We
need a Telegraph , and need it badly. The
county-seat of a flourishing county, it is a
shame and disgrace we are without such
an institution. We hardly expect to-day,
to-morrow, or next day, to see any defi
nite steps taken in the matter, but if,
within the year, a Telegraph hence to the
Main Line i3 not constructed, then we
will ay that our people are blind to their
own interests, lacking in energy, or else
intensely impecunious." Well, since then
the seasons have moved on apace until
now the year is nearly gone, and we are
still without a Telegraph. Why is this ?
It is an admitted fact we ought to have
one; and it must be patent to ail who
have given the subject the slightest con
sideration that such a thing would pay.
Then-why is it we have no Telegraph ?
Three possible reasons are given as above.
The first and third of these, or either of
tkem, may be the correct ones. . But we
incline to the belief that a lacJc of energy
is the only thing interfering with the
early construction of the great public con
venience we are discussing. Our people
are certainly alive to their own interests
the building by them of our Branch
Railroad proves that. And that they are
not afflicted with a distressing scarcity of
money is evident trom the fact they eat
more and drink deeper and dress better
now than they ever did before, So what
remains but simply a lack of energy as
excuse for the non-building of the Tele
graph ? If we are correct in this conclu
sion arrived at, it puts a pretty face upon
the boasted public spirit and go-ahead-ativeness
of our people don't it !
The fact is, we must have a Telegraph.
Local pride and the pressing wants of our
business men alike demand it. Of all her
sister towns, it is mortifying to see Ebens
burg alone unblessed of telegraphic com
munication, while' the interests of. her
business men suffer and languish through
want of the facilities it would afford. It
would cost a mere bagatalle, say two or
three thousand dollars, to run a line
hence to Crcsson ; but once run, the ad
vantages it would afford us would prove
incalculable, and the enterprise itself
would remain a lasting monument to the
public spirit of its projectors. Reduced
to a syllogism, the matter would stand
about thus : We need a Telegraph, bad
ly ; a Telegraph is a good and paying in
stitution ; therefore, we must- have a Tel
egraph. If a lack of energy be all that
conspires to prevent the undertaking of
the enterprise, an excellent opportunity is
presented for some truly progressive citi
zen to endear himself to the entire com
munity by seizing the prompt occasion
and demonstrating that some things can
be done as well as others among the
which is the building a Telegraph to Eb
ensburg. Will he avail himself of it ?
TjIANKSGIVING DINNER FOR OUR
Soldiers. A movement is on foot to
furnish our gallant soldiers in the field
and our sailors afloat a sumptuous Thanks
giving dinner, and an appeal has been
published calling on the people of the
North to assist in the undertaking. Do
nations of cooked poultry and other meats,
as well as mince pies, sausages, fruit, &c,
are solicited. Where the giver is so sit
uated as to be unable to cook the poultry
or meat, it will be received uncooked. All
donations of eatables should be wrapped
in white paper, boxed, and sent per ex
press to George W. Blunt, Getty's Buil
ding. Trinity Place, New Yovk; donations
of money to be sent to Theo. Roosevelt,
Treasurer, 94 Maiden Lane. The Ex
press companies will transmit packages
free of charge. If any of our readers feel
like giving, of their abundance, to this
most praiseworthy object, they shoufd
send in their contributions forthwith, for
only a week intervenes between now and
Thanksgiving day.
Etchings. The voto of the 54th reg
iment P. V., in which are several Cam
bria county companies, for President, was:
For Lincoln, 218; for M'Clellan, 74 ;
Union majority, 144:... The Pennsylvania
Railroad Company are building a new
station-house at Gallitzin, this county.
K FROM OUR SOLDIERS.
LETTER KOM CO. C, 209TH P. V. ILECTIOX DAT
IS CAMP, AKD BOMS OBSERVATIONS THEREUP
ON VARIOUS ITEMS. .'
Bermuda Hundred, Nov. 8, '64. .
Correspondence of The Alleghanian.
The day is about to close, and that, too,
upon a great contest. The struggle
commenced soon after the' sun had risen
above the eastern hills, has lasted through
out the entire day, and will close only
with the setting in of night. . But this
contest is not one of blood, of bullets, but
of reason, of ballots. Yesterday, the
heavy, constant rumble of artillery to our
left told us too well that amid slaughter
of men the great Republic was contending
with the cohorts of treason, i To-day, the
men who struggled in the face of death
yesterday, turning aside from their fallen
comrades, do battle in the same good
cause, by voting for Abraham Lincoln,
not because he is a better, purer, or more
comprehensive statesman than any other,
but because he is the flag-bearer of those
principles and those men that look to the
preservation of the nation's integrity by
the crushing out of treason. And as for
that little band of men that left their
native or adopted hills some two months
ago, and in whose minds there nightly
arise visions of their quiet homes in the
mountains of Cambria as for them vyou
need have no fear. They are doing a
good day's work.
On Friday of last week the company
were glad to greet the man whom but a
short time before they had helped to place
in a Congressional seat. But he came not
alone, for with him was Squire Miller, of
Wilmore, commissioner to receive soldiers'
votes. Accompanying the former were
packages of almost every description, and
for almost every body. Tobacco in plugs,
tobacco cut and dried, tobacco in the
shape of cigars, abounded in such profusion
that certain lines might be rendered
"Let those now chew that never chewed be
fore, And those that always chewed now chew the
more."
And all owing to the goodness of our
worthy friend whom the Copperheads
were certain they would defeat for Con
gress. While it is not my wish to boast, yet I
will say that Co. C so far does honor. to
herself and the people she represents. She
has but two sick men in hospital, and four
in quarters, all doing well, while other
companies in the regiment have sick in
hospital and quarters as high as from
twenty to thirty. Our quarters, too, in
neatness and comfort, are not excelled,
and perhaps not equalled, by any other in
the 209th. Perhaps it is because of this
that we have had no cases of chills and
fever, while in other company organiza
tions cases of this kind are found in large
numbers. What we may prove in time
of battle yet remains to be seen.
The election resulted as follows:
Union electors... ....55
Democratic electors 00
Union majority.
Truly,
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Gamma.
New Book. "The Life and Public Servi
ces of Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth President
ot the United States ; with a full history of
hi3 Life, his career as a Lawyer and Politi
cian, his services in Congress, with his
Speeches, Proclamations, Acts, and Services
a3 President of the United States and Com-maniier-in-chief
of tho Army and Navy of the
United States up to the present time." Phil
adelphia: T. 13. Peterson & Bros., 306 Chest
nut st. Trice 50 cents.
" A very readable biography of the man
who, fjr four years, has piloted success
fully the good old Ship of State through'
the turgid waters of treason and disunion,
and who has just been requested by the
People, in the most pointed manner, to
retain his onerous position for another
four years to come. No American citizen
should be without it.
A Bit of News. It will rejoice our
fair readers, we are 6ure, to know that
James M. Thompson, at his store, Ebens
burg, has just received a new and elegant
stock of goods suitable for winter wear,
such as Furs, Hoods, Shawls, a fine as
sortment, &c, &c. They had better call
around early, and so secure the "first
pick" of what they want. It will also
be good neWs to our male friends to know
that Mr. T. has received a large assort
sortment of Pipes, from the common clay
to the porcelain and brier-root, with to
bacco of the most approved brands, all of
which he will sell cheap as cheap' can be
Patronize him 1
THE rit ESIDENTIAL RA CE- CO VRSE.
- War-JirClellan. Feace-Pendleton.
How Cocld You Expect . These to Wiw
Stakes, with the Horse Running
Direction, and the Cart Another 1
the
Oke
The Weather for several days has
been cold', wet and disagreeable, savoring
strongly of early wincrv J
"quick .sales,
AHD
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SHALL PROFITS!"
1864.
THE LATEST ARRIVAL I
A. A. BARKER,
Ebijtbbcro, Pa.
The subscriber fakes pleasure in announ
cing to the people of Ebensburg and vicinity
that he has just received, at his store, on
High street, the largest and most complete
assortment of , - :
Tinler CJooda !
"o
ever before brought to this county, all ot
which he is determined to sell ehtaptr than
the ehtapeit. -
DRY GOODS,
In endless variety.
DRESS GOODS,
Of every description
WOOLLEN GOODS,
full and complete assortment
WHITE GOODS,
Embracing all the latest styles
EMBROIDERIES,
Handsome and of the best quality.
HOUSEKEEPING GOODS,
Of all sorts, eizes widths and prices.
HOOP SKIRTS AND BALMORALS,
m The latest and beBt 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 nd of durable material.
MILLINERY GOODS AND NOTIONS
HOSIERY AND GLOVES.
BUFFALO ROBES.
Hardtoari, Qutenticare, Groceries, Flour, Bacon
Cheese, Syrups, Molasses, Mackerel, Her
ring and Cod Ish, Iron and If ails,
Cedar and Willow Ware, Drugs
and Medicines, Carbon and
Fish Oil, etc, etc.', etc.
GO
These, and many other descriptions of
Goods, too numerous to here mention, con
stantly on hand.
Not to mined matters, he keeps a
FIRST CLASS CO UNTR Y 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, the
subscriber is 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.
jgy The Public is requested' to roll In-"
the more the merrier anq secure Bargains
it. A. BARKER
HIGHLY IMPORTANT
TO BLACKSMITHS.
Four-fifths of time and hard labor tared oy
using , s '
ISAAC C. StNGER'S!
NEW AND COMPLETE TIRE AND BAND.
BENDER. :
Patented March 10, 1863. Its chief adtanta.
ges are . '.-'.,'
1st. Having strong gear wheels to obtain
power, one man can operate it to bend cold
wagon tire, any size under 1 by 4 inches.
2d. Having movable collars, to hold the.
bar square on the portable rollers, it takes all
twist out of the bar, while bending in a regu
lar circle. .
3d. IfTan be shifted to bend to'any desired
circle, from" one up -to twelve feet, in on
minute. .
4th. Having a movable centre post, which
can be quickly taken off, tires and band's are
easily taken out.
5th. The cppr ribbed roller will always
draw the bar through.
6th. Being guaged and numbered, a card
with directions accompanies it.
The Machine, in good (oil the Journals)
running order, bolted upon a strong piece of
timber, without legr cr crank, for $25, or with
legs and crank for $30. .
All cash orders promptly attended to.
State and County Rights tor sale. .
ISAAC C. SINGER.
, Ebensburg, April U, 1864-tf.
TAYLOBP& CREMER, .
AT THE HUNTINGDON NURSERIES,
HrNTINGDON, Pa."
Sell Fruit & Ornamental Tress, Vines Ac. of
better growth, larger size, and atlower price
than any of the Northern or Eastern Nurseriel
and warrant them true to name.
Standard Antole trees at 1SI confo .i
$16 per 100. " .
Peach trees. 15 to 20 eta each Sis.Kn tn.
$15 per 10
Standard Pear trees, 50 to 75 cts oach.
Dwarf Pear trees, 50$toSleach 20 to is
per 100
Dwarf Apple trees, 50 to 75 cts each
Standard Cherry trees 37 to;75 cU
Dwarf Cherry trees 50 to 75 ctt.
Plum trees 50 cts. ,
Apricot trees 40 to 50 cts.
Nectarine trees 25 cts each. " '
Grape Vines 25 cts to $1.
Silver Maple trees 62 J to $1. 1 - 1
European Ash, 5 to 1. . ;
European Larch, 75 cts to 1.5t
Norway Spruce, 50 cts to $1.
American Balsam Pine, 75 cts to $1.50
American fc Chinese irhnr Vita. .n L
$1.50 ' '
Strawberry Plants, $1 per 100, 4c- .
Huntington, Jan. 25, 1860.-tf..
SCHOOL BOOKS I
STATIONERY
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
The subscriber invie3" the attention of the
public, and of Country Merchants especially,
to his large assortment of
SCHOOL BOOKS,
WRITING a LETTER PAPERS
ENVELOPES.
BLANK BOOKS,
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS.
SLATES, and
STATIONERY of all klpds.
A complete assortment of MCSIO BOOKS
can onlj be found in the citv at the subscri
ber's. .
All goods sold at the lowest wholesale cask
rates.
Call and examine before bovine else
where. CHARLES C. MELLOR,
. . 81 Wood st,
Bet Diamond Alley and 4th at..
aug4,1864-3m riTTSEURG.
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OOD MoilltELL & CO.;
HiiujiiiOAija KU.TA1U DEALERS
IS ALL KINDS OF MERCHANDISE,
Keep constantly on hand the following arti
cles :
HATS AND' CAPS.
OIL-CLOTHS,
DRY GOODS,
CARPETINGS,
CLOTHING,
NOTIONS,
QUEENS WARE,
BOOTS SHOES,
UKUUEKIES,
BONNETS.
. HARDWARB,
PROVISIONS, .
SALT,
-', auvuxw, U.HW.
FEKD OF ALL KISDS, VEGETABLES AC.
Clothincand B
order cu reasonableterms.
Johnstown March 1 1860-tf.
patroxizc Tom GJWXl
The Protection Mutual Fire Insurance Co
OF CAMBRIA COUNTY.
LOCATED AT EBENSBURG, PA.
THE abore named Company, organised
April 6th, 1857, will effect insurances on.
property at safe rates. Being particularly
careful in the risks taken, this Company pre
sents a reliable and cheap medium, through,
which persons may secure themselves against
probable losses by fire..
Office on Centre Street nearly opposite
Thompson's "Mountain House."
JOHN WILLIAMS, Prest.
D. J. Jose3, Sec'y. & Treas.
A. A. BARKER, Agent.
THIS WAY FOR LORF.TTO, CHEST
SPRINGS & ST. AUGUSTINE I
The subscriber, having purchased the entire
stock of Horses, nacks, Carriages, 4c, of th
late firm of Ryan & Dmbin, begs leave to
inform his friends and the Public in general
that he is now prepared to furnish them with
every accommodation in his line of business.
His line of Hacks connects with ail the trains
on the Ta. R. R., allowing passengers no
delay whatever. Calls always promptly at
tended to. JOE F. DURBIN.
UDLTOR'S NOTICE. 7
The undersigned Auditor, appointed
by the Court of Common Pleas of Cambria
county to report distribution of the proceeds
of the real estate of John M'Gough, sold by
the SherifT of said county, at the suit of Wni.
H. Gardner & Co., and others, on Vend. Ex
ponas Nos. 9 and 22, June Term, 1864, here
by notifies nil parties interested in said fund
that he will.htten,d to the duties of his said.
npo:ntment at his office, ih the borough of
Ebensburg. on WEDNESDAY, the 16th day
of NOVEMBER next, atone o'clock, P. M.
JOHN E. SCANLAN, Auditor.
Ebensburg, Oct. U, 1864-3t.
INSURANCE AGENCY.
James Purse, agent for the Blair county
and Lyconiieg Mutual Fire Insurance Com.
pjinies, Johnstown, Pa.
S&" Will attend promptly to making Insu
rance in any part of Cambria county upon
application by letter or in perf on,
March 12th, 183-tf.
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