The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1861-01-10
EDITORIAL KOTInGS.

Bs3y~ 1ndiferently DISQUALIFICATION Bu-
| chanan's fast-day, in this place.
B=is~ Received-the Farmer and Gardener
for January. 1t is an excellent number.
nEsA- Slippery and slip-up-pery-the pave
ments just now.
asy@ Mayor Wood. in his message to the
City Councils of New York. recommends the
secession of that city from the State,
Hss~ Confidently expected-that our delin-
quent subscribers will take an early opportu-
nifty to square their small accounts
Eag~ Thirty-three rounds were fired in
! Blairsyille on Wednesday, in honor of Major
Anderson.
nsAp We return our thanks to Congressman
Blair, Senator Hall and Representative Mullin
for public documents
gsA. The Hollidaysburg Wing learns from
good authority that the Central Bank of that
place is soon to be resuscitated.
nea= Should he careful-those papers that
array themselves on the side of treason in the
present crisis. A day of reckoning will come
Bzg~ The New York Independent favors the
appointment of Major Anderson as Secretary
of War under the incoming Administration
psa, The order issued by the Secretary of
War calling for the shipping of the guns in
the Arsenal at pittsburg to Southern forts has
been rescinded.
I6y~ Our Devil e,urns his thanks TO the
patrons who so nobly and generously came
down with the 'spondulicks' on New Years
morning.
neA-Gen. Scott has given orders to the
troops at Fort Leavenworth, to hold them
selves in readiness 20 proceed to Fort NJ Hen
ry nj a moments notice
Ri The publication of the Pittsburg True |
Press has been suspended. and its subscrip- !
ton and advertising lists transferred to the |
Gazette.
ia Query-did Lulu, Emile &c, practice /
what they preached in the matter of Leap |
Year and matrmony? We would like to
know
BG~ An exchange advertises for compost
tors 'who won't get drunk" and adds that
1.-The editor does all the getting drunk ncces- /
sary to support the dignity of the establish
ment."
nea~ Charles Logue. convicted of the mur-
der of Jared Lewis at the recent term of the !
Clarion county Court, has confessed his guilt. /
He is said to lie entirely unconcerned as to
his fate.
EzE~ Punch says that Garibaldi is an Irish /
man, and was born in Cork or Connemara. it
is not certain which; and after his father was
christened Richard Murphy, a name which he /
hos ~
sea- The Postmaster General has written /
to the Postmastcrs of South Carolina inqui- /
ring whether they recognize the authority of
the United States, and will continue to act
under the Federal laws. If they say No, mails |
to South Carolina Will at once be stopped
nea Leap Year has gone-of course. But
with it has not expired the last spark of hope !
for unmarried females-not by jugful. For /
proof of this consult our new advertisements.
An elegant opportunity for some nice young
man (no difference whether he can '.keep a /
hotel or not) to pitch in is afforded.
HsEg- bible was recently sold at auction !!
in France, which had been presented by a no. /
bleman to an actress. The purchaser turned |
over the leaves, and found here and there !
the actress had never discovered Her heirs |
have commenced a suit to recover the money. |
nAp 1t is not generaly Known that Chicot !
county, Arkansas, in pror Ion to its popu- |
lation, is the wealthiest county in the world |
The population numbers J, ZOO: the taxable !
property reaches Slt 900 600, or nearly Sc
900 to every man, woman and child in the
county. The number of bales of cotton pro-
duced this year will not fall far short of 40 900 /
Rsas~ Edgar Cowan, of Westmoreland coun-
ty, was elected on Tuesday by the State Leg
islature, in joint session, to succeed Hon Bill
Bigler in the United States Senate for six
years from the fourth of March next. Mr..
Cowan is a lawyer of acknowledged ability.
and viii worthily represent this Common
wealth in the high position to which he has
been chosen.
sS2e Gov. Wise has published a long letter
on the crisis in our national affairs. He is in
favor of Immediately calling State Conven-
ton for the prompt resumption by the Con-
vention of all such powers hitherto delegated
tc the general government as may be neces-
sary for the States protection, especially the
possession of the forts, etc Having done
this, the State shall not declare herself out of
the Union, but suspend all relations with the
offending States until they shall accede to
such an ultimatum the State may admit
pea- Another Abolition meeting was mob
bed IN Boston last week, Massachusetts is
looking up-she is not only wipng out the