The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1861-04-11
EDIT T0niAL H0TlHGS.


E@7y% In fine condition-the streets
psa- Brought to sudden stop--garden
making in this vicinity.
gzsg- Disappeared-the robins, blue-birds,
&c, of last week.
n1~ Appeared in their stead-snow birds,
pud muddles and the bottom of our segar-box.
E9 Several destructive conhagrations have
occurred in Westmoreland county recently.
nsa Wakes warm--the contest between
the Indiana Messenger and the Indiana Loco
Focracy. Go it, ye cripplcs.
ia The Prodigal Son was a Scriptural
case of secession. He commenced with AFRO
Gance, and ended in pig-pen.
ps- Judge M'Lean, of the United States
Supreme Court, died at Cincinnati on Thurs
day.
g@5- On Friday, Messrs. Lane and Pomeroy
were elected United States s Senators from Kan
sas by small majorities.
psa- Ejaculation of fortunate gamester
after he had broke the bank-sI might go
further and faro worse"
ia The Rhode Island State election was
held Wednesday. Sprague, the Union
candidate for Governor, was reelected by a
large majority.
Gs31 The State Convention of Soutn Caro-
lima on Wednesday ratified the Permanent
Constitution of the Confederate States by a
vote of f49 yeas to % nays.
gag~ The Louisville Journal says the seces-
sion of Kentucky would make her free State
certainly as the enactment of the most eff
fective law OF universal emancipation,
ga- Fort Adams, in Newport r. 1. } har-
Dor, is said 10 be the largest and most forlni-
dable fortress in the country. 1t cost about
five million dollars.
gz- At the Connecticut State election,
held on the lst inst, the Republicans elected
their State ticket and majority in both
branches of the Legislature, by an increased
vote over last year.
R@a The Mountaineer reiterates that stale
campaign fabrication concerning Carl Schurz,
in which the latter, in speaking of the Crea-
tor, is represented as calling Him the s'ideal
gentleman beyond the stars" Pah!
psa. The motto of the Seeded States is or
ought to be, ''Let US alone" Owing to inan-
cial depression in tha. benghted section, in
short time their device will be changed to
''Let us loan" So mote it be.
nsaA cotemporary inqures-''If half
dozen holders in a rich and fashionable
church should take notion to secede. and
convert their pews into pig-pens, and the
trustees of the building should fall back on
the law in order to protect the common rights
of all, and insist on the removal of the pigs,
would that be coercion?"
ESa We have received the first number of
a paper just established in Philadelphia under
the title of The Palmetto Flag As its name
indicates, it is to be an exponent of Southern
principles. While we do not pretend to denv
the right of the proprictors of this daring en-
terprise to eliminate Southern principles on
Northern soil, we would ask, Would SIM
lar privilege be afforded to Northern man
in any of the Seeding States? We rayther
think not.
fssA. The Mountaineer, in speaking of Carl
Schurz, the recently appointed Minister to
Spain, says that he has Tired on Republican,
ism since he came to this country We are
glad to hear it, for it certainly betokcns good
taste in the gentleman. But here is the prime
difference between Mr.. Schurz and the Loco
Foco press; The former hues on Republican
ism, whereas the latter-well, just strike out
the small matter of from the italicized
word and you viii see what the latter does to-
ward everything pertaining to Republcanism
on every available opportunity