The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1861-10-03
UMBER ?.
stray EIoa,ings from the Camp.
A CAPTAIN SOLD.

hN L paper says bnoba H;liiant volunteer
officer was badly sold few days since He
was searching the houses Of citizens fee
arms, with squad of men, and on arri-
wing at the residence of an old gentleman
named Hayes, was met in the hall by his
daushter-a beautiful, black-eyed girl of
eighteen-who appeared deeply agitated,
and impicrcd the captain not to search thc
hcusc. The officer was immcvable, re-
solved to do his duty, and the more bent
upon searching, from the apparent dismay
of the fair girl. "Indeed-indeed," she
exclaimed, "we have only three guns in
the house"
The captain smiled incredalessly Then
remembering the fate of poor Ellsworth,
he ordered them to be brought to him
The young lady hurried up stairs. and re-
turned with an old, rusty, double -barreled
shot gun, that no prudent man would
have ventured to load and discharge. .sThe
others-the other twep' demanded the
officer "Oh, sir, my bretkers ~ sobbed
the girl. 81 cannot take them from my
brothers ~
The captain pushed her on one side
Forward, men," Ire shouted, falling into
the rear himself As the file of soldiers
hastily mounted the stairs the young lady
clung to the skirts of the officer, who Was
the last to ascend, exclaiming wildly, "but
but, SIR, nay brcthers-seu viii net harm
my brothers 2"
The captain shock her off somewhat
ungallantly, and rushed ep after the sol
diers, who by this time reached the closet
door of a chamber. After pause they
pushed open the door, and rushed in with
bayoncts fixed, when two juvenile Zouaves,
of the ages of eight and ten years, fully
armed and equipped with wooden guns,
appeared drawn up in line before them.
At the same moment the silyery laugh of
the black-eyed beauty was heard on the
stairs, echoed by couple of chambermaids
who were peeping over the banisters from
above. The officer beat a hasty retreat,
without making seizure Of the two re-
manning guns.
now A MAN FEELS WHEN HE is SHOE.
4 majority of our readers, probably,
have never had the qualification of stop
! ping bullet on the field of battle or else
| where, and do not know how it goes The
| following extract from letter written by
one of the gallant Iowa volunteers who
fought in the battle near Springfield, Mo,
will explain something about it:
| / was standing, or rather knecling, be-
hind little bush, reloading my muskct,
| just before the rebels retreated. Sudden
| ly | felt sharp pain in the shoulder and
fell to the ground. Jumping up, one oil
our boys asked me if | was hurt. | re-
| piled | thought not, and drew up nay
musket to fire, when he said 'Yes, yeu
are shot right through the shoulder
think it was this remark, more than the
wound, which caused the field all at once
to commence whirlin9 around me in curl
ous manner. | started TO leave it, with =
half ounce musket-ball in my shoulder, and
once or twice fell down with dizziness
but in a short time | recovesed sufficient
| ly to be able to walk back TO Springfield,
nine miles, where the ball was taken out
"swEAR HIM AND LET HIM Co"
The best piece OF satire upon the leni-
ency observed by the authorities in this
section, in reference to rebels found COM
mitting depredations, is in the shape of a
story told, we believe, by Governor Pier
pont. AS the story gees, some OF the sol
diers in General Cox's camp, down in
kanawha, recently caught large rattle
snake. The snake manifested most mis-
chieyous disposition, Swapping aud thrust
ing out MS forked tongue aG all who came
near it. The boys at last got tired of the
reptile, and as nobody wanted such dan
gerous companion, the question arose,
''what shall we do with it? 2" This oues-
ton was propounded several times without
an answer, when half drunken soldier,
who was lying near upon his back, rolled
over upon his side, and relieved his com
panions by quietly remarking: "Damn
it, swear him, and let him GO
TIMING EACH OTHER
They have a story in Chicago about q
drunken captain in camp who met a pr-
vate Of his company in the same condi-
tion. The captain ordered him to '.h;llt,'
and edeavoring ia vain te assume firm
position on his feet and to speak with
di:sniiiel severity, exclaimed: "Priv'te
Jones | give nt'l (Eicl four clock to
gissober II" "Cap'n,' replied the sol
dier, las Jour (hic) d-n sight drunk
erniam I'll give yoe til (aie) Eve clock to
gissober in.''
\ RECKLESS JOKE
1t is rumorcd that, If Hatteras L..ht Is
, restored, the North Caroliniaus will be
rendered perfectly Wreckiess.