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The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1861-11-28
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Thanksgiving proclamation.

WHEREAS, every good gift is from above
and comes down 20 us from the Almighty to
whom it is meet, right and the bounden duty
of every people to render thanks for Ills mer-
cies; Therefore. I, ANDREW G. CURTIN,
Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl-
vania, do recommend to the people OF this
Commonwealth, that they set apart
THURSDAY. 2srH OF NOVEMBER NEXT,
as day of solemn Thanksgiving to God, for
having prepared our corn and watered our
burrows and blessed the labors of the hus-
bandman, and crowned the year with His
goodness, in the increase of the ground and
the gathering in of the fruits thereof, so that
our barns are filed with plenty AND Tor
having looked favorably on this Common
wealth and siren gthened the bars Of her gates,
and blessed the children within her, and made
men to be of one mind, and preserved peace
in her borders; Beseeching Him also on be-
half of these United States, that our beloved
country may have deliverance from those
great and apparent dangers wherewith she is
compassed, and that the brave and loyal men
now battling in the field for her life may have
their arms made strong and their blows
heavy, and may be shielded by His divine
power, and that He will mercifully still
the outrages of perverse, violent, unruly and
rebellious people, and make them clean hearts,
and renew right spirit within them, and
give them grace that they may see the er-
ror of their WAYS and bring forth fruits
meet for repentance, and hereafter, in all god
illness and honesty, obediently walk in His
holy commandments. and in submission to
the just and manifest authority of the repub-
lie, so that we, leading quiet and peaceful
life may continually offer unto Him our sac
rifice OF praise and thanksgiving
(--O Given under my hand and the
SEAL Great Seal of the State, at Harris
- } burg, this Sixteenth day of October,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-one, and of the Common
wealth the eighty-sixth.
4. G. CURTIN.
By THE GOVERNOR
ELI SLIFER, Sec. Of the Commonwealth.
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An AnecdSte with Il Moral.

A Awagoish customer, desirous of testing
the depth and shrewdness of another
individual, approached him, once upon a
time, with the following interrogatory
"Can you tell me, Zedekiah, how many
legs horse will have, if you call his tail
a leg ?"
olive" was the very intelligent reply,
40 no, you're mistaken"
"I guess not he would certainly have
five"
"Why. Zedekiah, if you cali his tail a
leg. does that make it leg ~
"Well now, I declare, said Zcdekiah-
"I declare I never thought of that"
We have given this anecdote for the
express benefit Of our antediluvian friend,
DIzzARD, the witty and accomplished
editor of the Democrat d: Sentinel. DIZ-
zARD is one of the incest men Of the kind
that we have ever met. Nevertheless, he
has his failings prominent amongst the
which is, that he is very prone to coh
things by improper names, Asiorinstance,
he calls Loco Focoism Democracy, and
Republicanism he calls Abolitionism-
Now, if our saponaceous neigh5or profits
by the premises, he will readily see, that,
inasmuch as a horses tail can never be
made into horses leg, by the act of call
ing it leg; so neither can Loco-Focoism
be made Democracy by calling it Democ-
racy, nor Republicanism be made Aboli-
tionism by calling it Abolitionism.
We suggest to DIZzARD, therefore, that
in future he adhere more to the article
called Truth, and cal things by their right
names We opine he will get along quite
as well, and be quite as much respected
We don't care, however, what he calls us,
| nor would he care what we would call him
81 we would only call him up to drink
| often. But We are not yet prepared to
minister to that base appetite Of his, not
withstanding the fact that he calls US a
politician, and says we indulge in bever-
ages stronger than small beer
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Trouble Among Rebel Omcers.

The fact is made known in the papers
of the disloyal States that Jefferson Davis
and General Beauregard are openly at
loygerheads /; the long deferred report OF
the battle of Manassas, prepared by the
latter, having been suppressed by the
head of the Southern Confederacy. 1t Is
added.but not definitely known-thdt
General Beauregard is off south somewhere,
having left '.in milf
Added to this feud between these lead
ers, we have General Walker, OF Georgia,
resioning his position in high dudgeon
complaining sharply in letter to the Con-
federate Secretary of War, that he had
been wrongiuliy superseded, and that he
would no longer serve the Confederacy,
but confine his endeavors in the cause of
rebellion to the state of Georgla.
When we remember, also, the speech
of Governor Brown of that State, several
months since, in which he denounced the
purposes and actions of the Richmond set
most unsparingly, the allegiance of the
"Empire State OF the South" would seem
to hang by Il slender thread indeed more
especially as Gen " Walker-tormeriy a
distin guished officer OF the regular army
is unCeGStOOu TO HaNe me o4IcSlion Va
his own State in marked degree.
Then we have the Charleston Merc7ny
the organ of the organs Of secession
denouncing III good set terms the wretch
ed policy" Of the Confederate Government,
and groaning over its omission to defend
that State from invasion whilst the term
''wretched policy" would seem to be en-
dorsed in the Executive message, which
dolefully bewails present and future pros
poets.
All this is slightly indicative Of break
up, notwithstanding we know that military
despotism has something in it wonderful
iy tough and enduring SO long as 1t can
make itself dreaded by those its subjects.
But from other quarters come evidences
Of weakness. Ii every other proof was
wanting, Its ferocious threats to hang and
destroy would appear to settle the question,
only des peration dealing in terms of coer-
cion like these.
Recent disasters are not likely to sweet
en- the tempers of the leaders. The Floyd
and Wise difficulty will perhaps reach the
eliminating point when the plundering
Secretary, IN his flight, reaches Richmond.
That such men should be able to act har-
moniously together in cause the very
basis of which rests on a despieable selfish
ambition, is not to be expected. Each
has his own purposes to serve, and most
of them, it is more than likely, would not
hesitate to sacrifice the public there in
the same manner they sought to sacrifice
all who trusted them here. Like the
necromaDcer, who raised an evil spirit,
they Inay be fated to be torn in pieces by
what they are powerless to control and
when we think of the past career of too
many of these men, little expectation need
be entertained that their labors will end
in harmnnY
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Hymeneal,

MARRIED-On Thursday morp;no a.,
inst, at the residence of the brides ue -lst
by the Rev. D. HARRISON, Mr. p pei'his
SMITH, formerly Of Maine, to Miss F1-A +.
daughter of Robert Roberts, of EbensbnstIa,
1t is an interesting and chee-;n, g
that, while many 20 in for DisuuioD :,
few 60 in for Union. Of this h.,
class are the happy couple whose uur,i.,
we have noted above. We have tbaa--+
fortune to be well acquainted with :,
parties, and now that they are united !;
tie bonds of wedlock, comparisons re.,,a
ing them cannot be considered ipvi5;,.
" proceed, therefore, to say without:
cumiocution, that there is not in the
of our acquaintance, more honest or :
dustrious young man than our f;...
SMITH. He is in every sense WORTHY &C.
good wife and saying this much for h.,
we say also, that the fair and accomplsb.5
lady whom he has chosen his partpe, e.
life is in every respect worthy Of him
Our prayer is, that they may live lonp,ra
happily together, and that the Union tbsr
have formed may be dissolved ONLY h.
Death And further Should il so h.,
pen, as consequence, that the alre,5,
innumerable family of SMITHS NAV b.
somewhat augmented, that the iuyeriIs
members may have cause to "rise uu and
call them blessed"
We need only add, that, for the kind
remembrancer sent US in the shane and
after the manner of a huge and delicious
cake, the parties have our warmest thsnkr
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this principle, it is altogether likely that
our Administration will act upon it, and
be as lenieut as possible towards the unjust
pirates, rather than subject those innocent
though brave and patriotic men, now con-
faed in Richmond, to the cruelties and
indisnities which the wicked Rebels would
be sure to perpetrate upon them. While
we would heartily desire to see the majesty
of the law at all times eindicated, yet we
would prefer to see villain go unwhipt
Of Justice, if by melting out to him hls
deserts, we would be certain to bring the
same punishment on an unotfending man.
There is, however, one circumstance
connected with this matter which may
somewhat change its aspect Since these
infamous proceedings were had by the
Confederate authorities, our forces have
taken quite a number of their men prison
els Among these are the two arch-trai
tors, MASON and SLIDELL, the Secession
emissaries to England and France, who
are SuHclehllS iii poItdill ~ "uS"ei 1o hoS-
1ages for an indefinite number of small
fry Rebels Though these two men are
of the meanest specimens of humanity ex
tant, yet at this present juncture, the pos
session of their carcasses will prove to be
of inestimable value, and it is quite likely
we shall hear no more threats hereafter
about hanging the brave CoRcoRAN, and
his gallant, though unfortunate, compan-
ions
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PENNSYLvANIANS IN TIE ZELDA
careful estimate, lately presented to our
readers, represented the whole loyal pop
ulation of the United States to be about
twenty-one millions. OF This number
100000 are Pennsylvanians. 1t has
just been officially announced that the
whole volunteer force, in the service of
The United States, is about 600,0 GOO
Pennsylvania alone has furnished about
100000 men, or fully one-sixth Of the
whole number, while the proportion she
could properly be asked for is only about
So 900.
Regiments from Pennsylvania are now
serving in Kentucky, in Maryland, III
Northeastern Virginia, in Southeastern
Virginia, in North Carolina and in South
Carolina. Probably before long, other
regiments may be sent to the Mississippi
and the gulf of Mexico. The artillery
and cavalry force supplied by Pennsyl-
vania is no; equalled by that sent from
any other State. The infantry, too, are
uncommonly well oficered, equipped and
disciplined. Ihiia Bulletin
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When the Confederate authorities at
Richmond learned that number OF their
piratical brethren had been convicted in
New York and Philadelphia, and were
likely TO suffer the extreme penalty of the
laws which they had outraged, they be-
came wonderfully indignant, and declared
that, should the Federal Government exc
cute sentence of death on the convicts
they would promptly rctaliate upon the
Union men who are so unfortunate as to
be their prisoners. The blood thirsty
Rebels seemed bent on enforcing the Ier
taiioais according to it's letter, their motto
being "man for man." if not "eye for eye
and tooth for tooth" Accordingly, by
direction of that infamous little scoundreI
JUDAH =. BENJAMIN, who is acting as
the Rebel Secretary of War, one prisoner
was chosen by lot, from the names Of six
Colonels, to be held for execution in the
same manner as might be adopted by the
Federal authorities for the execution of
SMITH, recently condemned in Philadel-
phia. The gallant Col CoRCoRAN, Of the
New York Sixty ninth, who was captured
by the Rebels at Bull Run, was chosen as
the hostage to answer for this condemned
pirate. Thirteen other prisoners, the high
est in rank captured, were also selected to
be held to answer for a like number of
Rebels captured at sea, and held for trial
in New York as pirates. The following
are the gentlemen selected, viz: Colonels
LEE, CoGGswELL, WILCOX, WooDRUFF
and WooD; Lieutenant Colonels Bowman
ard NEFF Majors POTTER, REVERE and
VOICES; Captains RoCKwooD, BOWMAN
and KEFFER. These unfortunate men, who
are guilty of DO offence whatever, except
that Jf fighting for their country, have
been ordered by the heartless little Secreta-
ry, to be confined in the cells reserved for
prisoners accused Of Infamous crimes, and
in all respects TO be treated as such And
for what? Why simply because this great
man, JUDAH--JUDAs would suit him bet
ter-is of the opinion that such severe
measures are necessary ''to repress the in
famous attempt now made by the enemy
to commit judicial murder on prisoners Of
war; Did anybody ever before witness
or hear of such meanness? Is it not with
out parallel? And does not the transac-
ton throughout exhibit the very quintes
sence of CoWARDICE!
We can only guess at the course which
the administration OF Mr.. LINCOLN will
pursue in this emergency. There is high
authority for saying, that 'it is better that
ninety aud nine unjust men should escape
than that one innocent man should suffer" !"
While the chiefs OF Rebellion would ignore
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| AfA0' 'o' i-0 " evARIETY Hall, Hall,
Dealers in Foreign and Domes"'

nAVIS, JONES 4 CO. NAIL
Dealers in Foreign and Domes"'
DRY GOODS,
of every description. such as Cloths, C'i and
meres. Satine.ts. Tweeds, Jeans, DtO"
Bleached Muslins,
DRESS GOODS OF EVERY STYLE oy.
FANCY GOODS AND Aol0rgs nOrs
A LARGE assortment of BOOTS and snO%sai and
Just received from Boston, Straw, ,.rintiOn
Wool hats, Stationary OF ever! % ouesns-
Wall PAPER OF every style, Hardware r.u supply
ware, Stone and Earthenware' i~ svrsp:,
of Groceries, such as Sugars MolSSeI - Spi:e'
CoIees. Teas, and Rice, full s'o'A Gears aDd
also, Flour, Bacon, Fish, Tobacco, oivaTs %
Snuff, Bar Iron, Nails, ana Gi" @ and full
hanos. Drugs, Paints and oils' ~ kept H
assortment of other articles us
country stores. ,s ButtsT
All kinds of Country Produce: SUI" po-
Eggs. Bacon, Grain, WOOL
tatoes, Beans, Rags
&c, &c. the Cln
taken in exchange for goods, ana wv
never refused. ,,>-r LUZ.
Reg CHERRY, POPLAR ana i-
Der bought and sold. ,oyrs & CO
Ebensburg, Nov. II, ls6!.e
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BLAIR County SOLDIER SHoT.-We
learn from the Phila Press that soldier
from Altoona, Blair county, named Sybil.
in Capt. Rodiers company, District vol
untcers, was dangerously wounded near
Washington on last Friday night, under
the following circumstances
ale was III his camp asleep, when a
private, in liquor, a real Baltimore Plug
ugly, was brought into the camp in irons.
He, however. got his hands through the
handouts, and commenced pulling bricks
out of the fireplace, and throwing them
violently at the guard. Presently he seized
musket and aimed it at Lieut.. Colonel
Towers, who escaped the charge, which
was lodged in the thigh of private Sybil,
then lying asleep. The limb is horribly
mangled and cannot be saved, and the re-
covery of The man is doubtful Sybil is
from Altoona, Blair county, Pa where he
has wife, to whom, a few days ago. he
sent twenty-five dollars, out of twenty-six
dollars received as his dues up to lst of
November"
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CHAPTER XXXIII.
Johnstown-Contfnued.

Having furnished thirty-two papers
under the above caption, circumstances
beyond my control caused me to suspend
my labors for a time; but polite request
of the editor of IHe ANeyhanian has in
duced resume Of my history. And ask
ing the indulgence of the courteous reader
for the hiatus of nine months in this ver-
liable history, l shall proceed to continue
and finish my labors.
In the progress of my "history," l
stopped right in the middle Of Johnstown,
and no wonder that delayed, for it is .
pleasant place to sojourn. Aad, if L
should be guilty of repetition, or fail TO
render full justice to this growing metrop-
oils, my excuse is that my former papers
are not now before me.
| believe | have stated that Johnstown
was rapidly Coming to point" or, in
other words, extending towards the juno
tiou of Stony Creek and Couemaugh. In
this part Of the town the streets have been
handsomely graded. Here, too a major
ity Of the frest private dwellings have
been erected Indeed, we rarely see a
more refined taste than is here displayed
in the style of the buildings, and in the
gardens, terraces, and strawberries sur
rounding them.
IF, however, we concede her citizens
the need of praise for "palatial' residen-
ces. they certainly cannot boast public
edifces, worthy place Of the growth and
commercial Importance of Johnstown.
True, they have an abundance of
churches, but scarcely any of them cred
liable TO the place. Houses of worship,
at which weekly service is held, belonging
to the Methodists, Presbyterians, Luther
ans, Baptists, Disciples and United Breth-
rem, while the Catholics worship in a
church on the hill above Conemaugh
Borough.
There is fine brick building in Gen.
trail part of the town, devoted to the Com
mon Schools-much too small to accommo-
date all the children. | am Informed,
however, that auxiliary buildings have
been employed. might state, in passing,
that perhaps there is no portion Of Penn
sylyania where the Common School Sys-
tenn is carried out with more spirit and
success than here.
A fine bridge spans the Conenaugh.
connecting the town with Millville Bor-
ough and Taylor Township, while bridge,
rather inferior, but about to be supplanted
by a new one, performs the same office in
regard to Kernville or Fifth Ward, and
Yoder Township. crossing Stony Greek
some two hundred yards above the june
ton
One English Newspaper, (the Tr,5une,) }
and one German paper, (the Bcobachter, J
are published weekly in the Borough
In patriotism during the late crisis
Johnstown and her suburbs stand unri-
vailed, having furnished more soldiers
than any equal population in Pennsy yivania
There are now two full regiments in the
service, whose commanders are citizens OF
Johnstown, one Of the regiments composed
almost entirely of citizens of Johnstown
while her citizens may be founC in almost
every regiment of volunteers from Penn
sylvania, as well as in the rcgul;r army
JONATH AN OLDBUCK.
MoNKBARNs. November %. 1861.
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MoNKBARNs. November %, 1861.
THE REPORTED REsIGNATIoNo OF BEAU

THE REPORTED RESIGNATION OF BEAU
REGARD.-The Richmond correspondence
of IA Memphis paper says:
"Ihe rumored resignation of Beaure-
gard was accepted as a fact throug hout
the city and the on dit ran so far as to say
that it was the wish of the President he
sho uld withdraw from his command, in
consequence Of his having recited, in his
official report of the battle of Manassas.
plan he had drawn up for the relief of
Maryland and the occupation of Washing
ton city which was rejected by the Pres
ident before the battle | have no means
of knowing whether or not our Chief
Magistrate was seriously displeased at this
introduction into the report o. matters not
properly belonging thereto, but | do know
that the gallant little hero, the beau so-
6reuy ct beaa soldot-Beauregard-has no
idea of resigning at least | have this
upon very good authority, and that he
remarked to a gentleman who mentioned
| the subject to him at Centerville that he
had entered the Confederate service for
the war, and expected to remain liz it till
the final consummation of our inGepen-
dence, unless removed by the hand of
death.
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sss- intercourse has already been

sss- Intercourse has already been re-
opened with Eastern Virginia Several
boats have already arrived at Baltimore
from Accomac and Northampton counties,
with cargoes of grain, oysters and other
provisions. The loyal Virginians are
greatly pleased with the renewed CONNER
cial intercourse and the protection of gov
ernment. The Union feeling is now almost
universal throughout these counties, and
those who were hitherto inclined to favor
the rebels are now for the Union.
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II IST OF LETTERS

n
IL Remaining in the Post Office at hben''
burg, Cambria Co., Penna., Nov. 49, lo0I
Jane Davis Miss Mary Lewis
Miss Eliza Z Davis Mrs Elizabeth Morgan
Joseph G Bridges Patrick Malloney
Lewis Beynon Miss Maggie COnnei
William Byrns Mrs Elizabeth PattsT-
Daniel Donaldson son
John Deuning Miss Sarah Perkins
Evan f Davis Samuel Il KossmSn
Anna Maria Davis j I Richardson
Elizabeth Davis Geo NJ Rhay
Evan T Davis J Roberts
Thos L Davis William Selders
Margaretta Evans Francis Suttmai'e'
Evan j Evans Andrew Sh"enl"A'
Miss Emley Evans Jacob SetuemyeT
Mrs Eliza = Evans Joel Simmons, James
Mr. Evans Duncan, David Ioaa
Tbos Fr,nf;a,a and David 4 Ror'
Enhraim Gohanour erts
Soffy Hite David E Thomas
Miss Mary Jones Miss Ann Ihom@'
Samuel ID Jones David wilson
John A Jones Thos Naihe'
Daniel T Jones Jos 1 Williams
Mrs Jane Jones Ihos NJ p" i4'I"N-'
i James Geo Walters w..
Vrs Catherine Jones Miss Julia Ann VII
Mss Ellen Kennedy ,iams
Mrs Margaret Lloyd E Williams
peA. Persons calling for any OF 'Ne
named letters viii please say they are
tised." ,ov pN
JOHN THOMPSON, + n
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nsa~ A dispatch from Augusta, Geor-
gia, dated the 1lth says The report mas
been current here for the past day or two
that black flags have been hoisted at Sa-
vannah, Charleston, and other places on
the coast, which indicates that sno quar-
ter will be given to the invaders, and 10
quarter will be asked"
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D9~ The XXXVIIth Congress conveues
at Washington for It's first regular session.
on Monday next, and every Member who
is not detained by physical inability, should
be present, as "a failure to form a quorum
would be called decay of the Government.
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ESTRAYS.-
IL Came to the residence of the subscriber
in SummeIhill township, Cambria county
abont two months ago, two TWO YEAR OLD
HEIFERS, one black, and the other red. The
owner is requested to come forward and Prove
property, pay charges and take them aFSy,
otherwise they viii be disposed Of according
to law. MICHAEL GLEASUN'
Nov %, 1s6l.3t
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T. MORRIS PERoT, EDWARD H oGDEy.
d BARKER, irith
IT, T MORRIS PER0T CO.,
Wholesale Druggists,
No. 62l Market street, above Sixth, and 81!
Commerce street, PHILADELPHIA
Nov. IS, lS6ltf
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Lex TasiOnIs.

ELI SLIFER, Sec. Of the Commonwealth