The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1860-04-19
EDITORIAL N0TIk GS.

E@- Disappeared-the snow.
Ey Appeared-plenty of mud.
pA- e-appeared-the feathered songsters.
nsa- 1t is no Uncommon thing for hot words
to produce GOODNESS.
Bs- Rich, rare and racy-'.Nick-Eax" for
May.
b. To make person acknowledge the
corn-tramp on his toe.
Hl~ Must get up early in the morning
travellers wishing to go to Wilmore, i'll Blair &
Co.'s hacks.
Eay- Our scissors editorial have turned up
among the missing. Who was in our Office
the night they yamoosed
csa- The reports of the condition of the
growing wheat in nearly every portion of the
country are very favorable.
sGg~ Cacumbers are selling at 25 cents
apiece in the Savannah market Green peas
81 cents per quart in the hull.
Eas~ 1t is said that with VI die Picolomini's
| tour in the provinces of England, her theatri
cal career will terminate.
sas- A bill has been introduced into the
Assembly of Alabama, for transporting all ne
groes convicted of capital offences to Massa-
chusetts.
BB- In the Veuango County Oil Region
there are at least one hundred wells now sink
| ing. The deepest one yet sunk is about 28G
! feet.
ssA- The printers in New Jersey boast that
there is not single printer in the State pris-
on of that State, and but one in the Legisla-
ture.
neaY 1t has been discovered that bread can
be manufactured out of wood. Long before
| this discovery was made, all wood was known
! to have grain in it,
| gsa- Hon. a. H. Stephens, of Georgia, has
| written a letter, it is said, declining to have
his name used in connection with he Presi-
dency at the Charleston Convention.
! gSg~ The French gardeners say that the ap-
plication of charcoal to flowers, brightens
! their colors The earth in the flower pots is
! covered with pulverized charcoal, half an inch
! deep.
rss- Rev. Daniel Worth has been convicted
in Randolph county, n. c., of circulating the
! Helper Book" and sentenced TO be i'm prison.
| ed one year. An appeal, however, has been
| taken.
| rG- An up-country exchange says: 'sIn
the piece on our fourth page, entitled tive
must not lag behind instead of the line, that
moulds its dirty shirt, please read, that ould
| its duty shirk.'
AJ- Anonymous letters have been address
sed to Mr.. Covode, N. c., from Pennsylvania,
and Mr.. Sherman, NJ. c., from Ohio, threaten
| ing them with assassination unless they desist
from investigating charges ofcorruption againt
the Locofocos.
EAs- The heavy rains which have fallen for
some time have caused freshet, attended
with considerable loss of property, especially
along the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers.
| The water is higher than it has been since
the great freshet of 1852.
rsA- gentleman living in Clinton street,
| Brooklyn gave his infant daughter a box of
chessman to play with, and getting the stem
! of one of the pawns out of the bottom piece
| she attempted to swallow the latter, and it be-
! coming lodged in her throat, she was strang-
! led.
rsA Twenty thousand Swedes and Norwe
! gians are reported to be getting in readiness
to embark for the United States carly in the
! coming summer. They will bring much wealth
with them, and what is better they will bring
! confirmed habits of morality, industry and
! economy.
! Eas- The next number of the Tyrone Star
will be the last issue of that paper under the
existing regime. Mr.. Jolly, its present editor,
retires, and WILL for time, devote his atten-
! tion to collecting outstanding debts, etc We
wish him prosperity in whatever vocation he
may engage.
ps.- An exquisitely-dressed young gentle
man, after buying another seal to dangle
about his delicate person, said to the jeweller
that 'he would-ah like to have-ah something
engraved it-ah to denote what he was. !"
| ''Certainly, certainly. will put a cypher on
it," said the tradesman.
Bkay- The President is preparing a message
on our relations with Mexico, which he in
tends sending to Congress before the Charles
ton Convention, with the idea of making a
sensation there. His friends have not alto
gether abandoned the idea that some remote
accident may lead TO his nomination, and are
planning for such a contingency.
nA- A difficulty, growing out of contro-
versy with regard to the Lovejoy speech, re-
Gently occurred in the House. between Mr..
Pryor, NJ. c. from Virginia, and Mr. Potter
from Wisconsin. Mr. Pryor challenged his
opponent to fight duel, and the challenge
was accepted ; but before hostile meetipg