The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1861-12-26

els are largely in the majority here
There are not more than two hundred
loyal men in this county, and more than
half of them are in this township. We
have about thirty men in the United
States service, among them my son Mar
shall. They are taking a great deal of
contraband property, breaking up rebel
camps, and killing some Of them as a
matter of consequence. The regiment Is
commanded by Col John d. Forster, a
native of Missouri aud a slave owner, who
has no mercy on the rebels with whom he
comes in contact. The rebels call him
as they do all Union men-an Abolition
ist. The headquarters of the regiment is
at Macon City, about twenty-five miles
from this place, on the Hamilton q St.
Joseph Rail Road, which, by the by, has
suffered considerable loss from the depre-
dations of cowardly rebels, who are afraid
to go into the army and fight manfully.
Among them is a certain old Jimmy Vim
cent, Presbyterian preacher, who was
shot in the back while he was endeavor-
ing to burn the Thayer bridge. (Pity 1t
had not been his old head y just here
l will remark that the preachers of the
VI. Il. Church South, are rebels, to man.
A few weeks since, when the Conference
was in session at GLASGOW, man came to
the door of the church and told the
preachers that the u. S. troops were COM
ing Immediately the preachers left the
stand, and all broke and ran two Of them
left town without their horses! 1t was
false alarm, but shows that "the wick
ed fee when no man pursueth." Such Is
secession in these parts.
| have heard of several secessionists, or
their sympathizers, in the North, but 1
trust you are not cf that number, and /
therefore will venture to make few more
remarks on the subject of this unfortunate
war, by the way Of opinion; and first let
me say that [ am in no way responsible
for assisting to bring on this trouble, hav-
ing been warm supporter of stephen a.
|Douglas, and [ would to God that he had
been elected and lived. am not the
apologist of the party in power, but am
the friend of what [ believe to be the best
Government on earth, and thus believing
I must be,allowed to support the present
Administration in helping to save it. l
must admit that in my opinion it is weak,
and in some instances, [ fear, reckless--at
least manages badly. fear it will (but
I ardently hope it won't-no, never ,
agree to a compromises We must save
the old Flag and Government, or let her
be struck from the map of nations. Let
US spend the last dollar and give the last
man before we submit to the latter, for
neither are worth saving if this Govern
ment is either lost or divided. To divide
it Is to loose it in subdivided fragments
(see Mexico,) which viii become an easy
prey to the yultures that are lowering
around It. l fear the rebels have been
underrated thus far, but for the future l
look for better | am still unchanged in
my opinion as to the length ofthe struggle; ;
it will be long and dreadful, but cheap at
any cost of life and treasure if the Gov
ernment is only saved, as firmly believe
it will be.
Our old Legislature, that was decapita-
ted by the Convention, has met again, near
the Southern line of the State, and passed
another act of secession, and sent on an
agent 70 be admitted into the would-be
Southern Confederacy. But this matters
not; we have q Provisional Government
that is loyal to the United States. 4
Yours truly, ROBERT CARMoN.