The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1860-12-20
ITORiAL R0TIRGS.

sea- Reading matter on every page.
rSa- E1cellent-the sleighing.
ssEA- Coming in-country produce
gsa- Coming on-the holidays
gea- The deliberations in Congress are
comparatively quiet.
Gelg~ Our State Legislature meets on Tues
| day, January l, 1861.
nea- 1t is reported that General Cass has
resigned his office as Secretary of State.
kSg~ Interesting-thec correspondence of our
! ''Bevy of Beauties"
Hgy~ Garibaldi's island of Caprera lies near
to EIba and Corsica, and contains 800 inhab-
itants.
ReG- D1ED-At Greensburg on Sunday, 10th
inst, Alexander M'Kinney, Esq, aged 38
| years
Bsa-The price of the London Times is S25
year, five times much as American news
! papers of the same size.
! EE1@ 1t is reported that Hon. Edward Bates
! has been formally offered the Secretaryship Of
| the Interior by the President elect.
! kszg" man named Jacob West was frozen
to death near Bolivar, Westmoreland county,
short time since. Cause, intemperance.
nEa- The total population of Pennsylvania
is given at 2,9I,lo4, being an increase of
599, ,323 in ten years.
BSg~The Southern students at jefferson
College, Pa, have resolved to leave in a body
for their respective homes. Pah!
ne1The Bell men of Virginia. headed by
John NJ. Bolts, take strong ground in favor of
the Union.
hEy~The Personal Liberty law of Massa-
chusetts is said to be an exact copy Of the
Personal Liberty law of virginia.
Is5@ The Burch divorce case has been con-
clHded. The jury rendered a verdict in favor
of Mrs Burch, the defendant.
BE- The Homestead Bill has passed the
House at Washington by a vote of I32 to 76.
Its passage in the Senate is not looked for,
Ga5F- The Dem. & Sent. says that the last
Message of fPresident Buchanan proves him to
be faceseeing statesman.
Phariseeing-cer just so.
1Quere-What's become of our Balti-
more correspondents ''W," and -. H. =" and
our Washington correspondent, '.Bachel-
orr Let rs hear from you all, good friends
Ea~ John c. West, of HoIIidaysburg, has
been appointed Notary Public by Governor
Packer, in place of J. Il. Patton, whose term
has expired,
eSAThe Governor of Tennessee has issued /
a call for an extra session of the Tennessee /
Legislature, to meet on the 9TH January to !
consider the condition of the country.
B&A-It is thought that should Virginia CON
clude to secede from the Union, a large Sec
ton Of the State would revolt, form new .
free State and remain in the Union.
ns5a- There is some talk of finishing the
EIempfeld Road to Greensburg. The work.
it is said, is to be done by the Pennsylvania
Railroad, and will be commenced early in the
spring.
Ess5~ Those of our friends who intend pur-
chasing holiday gifts should consult our adv.
columns before deciding where TO deal The
establishments therein named are the cheap
est in town, and have almost every article fr
sale that you could desire.
gea-Tt is reported that Exc overnor Thorn
as, of Maryland, has accepted the post of Sec
retary of the Treasury, made vacant by the
of Howell Cobb of Georgia The
Treasury never was SO near bankruptcy as it
now is.
Is2- The 'Home Monthly is The name of a
very excellent magazine edited by Rev. Wm.
N. Thayer, Mrs. II. Z. G. Arey and Mrs. c. II.
Gildersleeve. Terms, s., 90 per annum Ad-
dress Stone, Richards & Co., II CornhilI Bos
ton, Mass.
ss.5- baby has been born in New York.
having the features and whims of a rabbit.
1t has a stump of a rabbit-like tail growipt,
from the back of its head
If this precious fib had only cmanated from
a Southern paper, it might truthfuIly be clas
sed under the head of Cotton Tales"
aeE- y bill has been submitted to the South
Carolina Legislature providing holidays to be ,
observed hereafter in that State on June %.
The anniversary of the battle of Fort MouItrie ,
Good Friday, Christmas, January l. Thanks ,
giving and Fast Days-omitting the Fourth Of
July!
BEAp The year 1861 will be the first Of the
o'Oth olympiad. There will he an annular =
eclipse of the sun on the 18th of January, I
another on the 7th of July, and a total eclipse a
IN the 18th Of December. There will also be
partial eclipse of the moon on the eth of t
December. r
BesApAn insane man named John Loder h
trayed away from his home in Somerset 5
county, on the 1oth ult Te IS sir feet. .f.-.r. e
--t -s,la, and had on neither Goa. nor yezf - ,
snv information III record ~ lin .. q