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The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1862-05-08
NUMBER 333.
Incidents OftEie Battle Of Pitts
bnrG Landing.

a correspondent writing from Pittsburg
Landing says: / am so overwhelmed
with incidents OF the battle, that it puz-
zles he to select the most interesting
L will give you few by way of variety
4 member Of Gen. Duell's staff had
she'll to pass so close to him that it took
of one-half OF the skirt oe his coat, and
the head of soldier in his rear Yet he
was uninjured.
Gen. Buell. had horse shot from un-
der him, and several shells exploded near
him and Gen. M'Cook without iniurlng
either
The color sergeant of one of the regi-
ments was shot down, receiving five balls
IN less than a minute. The standard was
immediately seized by youth, about
nineteen years of age, who, amid perfect
shower Of balls, rushed about eighty yards
ahead Of the regiment, and waved his flag
defantly at the rebels. His clothes were
torn with bullets, but he escaped unhurt.
[ endeavored to get his name and failed,
but | learn that he viii be mentioned in
the official reports.
+ One company in an Illinois Regiment
had every officer, commissioned and nom
commissioned, shot down. BY consent, 3
private assumed command, and conducted
them handsomely through the fight
Among the wounded rebels was a Youth
from Alabama Both of his legs we're
shattered. During the battle he asked
for water, and was supplied. He then
said:
This is my mothers fault. [ did not
want to fight against the Union, but she
called ME a coward, and forced me to en-
list"
He gave the National soldier a ring,
and requested him to send it to his moth
er, and to say-to her that he died brave
boy, but regretting that he had taken up
arms against his country. What will be
| the pangs Of that mothers heart when she
receives this message
There were few Colonels who were not
struck with balls. One Of the most re-
markable escapes was that of Col Mum
gen, Of Ohio. His horses name was nearly
cut away with bullets, and several passed
| through his clothing, yet he was not even
scratched. The rebel sharpshooters aimed
constantly at our officers of all ranks
Some of the regiments have scarcely an
officer on duty, but have plenty of goud
material in the ranks to fill all vacancies.
a national and a rebel soldier were
found dead, side by side, with hands
clasped. 1t is supposed that they fell
near each other, mortally wounded, and
making friends, died in peace.
The killed and wounded in the Second
Kentucky were all shot within five min
utes. The experience Of the regiment in
Western Virginia enabled them to dodge
balls; shell and bullets, while for several
hours they were protecting battery, and,
during that time, not man was wounded.
They charged, however, in the face OF
heavy fire, when they suffered severely.
One young Ohio volunteer, who had
been recently wounded, and died before
being picked up, was found with the min
iature of young lady friend to his lips.
His comrades state that he had an idea
he would be killed, and was several times
seen looking at the daguerreotype while
the regiment was in reserve.
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EBExsBURG EsoR. OFFICERS.

Justices Of the Pedce.-David II. Roberts
Harrison Kinkead.
Burgess-George Huntlcy.
School DirectoTS-E. J. Mills, DR.. John ".
Jones, Isaac Evans
EAST WARD.
ConStdJte-Thomas Todd
Iotcn CoHnck-Wm. Davis, Daniel j. Davis
l.. j. Waters, John Thompson, Jr., David W
Jones.
Aspectors-John w Roberts. l. Rodgers.
Jutge Of EIectioH-Thoufas j. Davis
dSseSs0T-Thomas p Davis
WEST WARD.
Constabie-M. NJ. O'Nein.
Torn Co"ncil-WilIiam Kittell, H. Kinkead.
X: j. johnston Edward d. Evans, Thomas j
Williams.
LR'PectoIs-J. D. Thomas Rober, Evans.
""dge o} EkecttoH---John Llovc
III -itssss9r-Richard 7. Davis
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RAILROAD SCHEDULE.
COUNTY OFFICERS.

Judges Of the Courts-President, Hon. Geo
Taylor, Huntingdon; Associates, George W.
Easley, Henry C. Devine
ProthOnotary--Joseph MDonald.
Register and Recorder-Ed ward L. Lytle.
SheriI-John Buck
7 District AuorRey.-Philip S. Noon.
County Commissioners d. T. Storm, Jane
Cooper, Peter j. Little
TreaSurer-Thomas Calm.
Poor House Dtrectors-Jacob Horner, vii
liam Douglass, George Delany.
Poor House TreqSurer.-Georce {. K. Zahn,
Poor House Ste,oard.-James j. Kavlor.
Mercantile ApPraiser-John Farrell.
AwTjtors-John F. Stull, Thomas J. Nell
son, Edward r Donnegan.
County Suroeyor.-E. A. Yickroy.
Coroner.-James S. Todd.
SIp't. Of Common Schoots-Wm. A. Scott
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81 saw her fade rapidly away beautiful
and more angelic to the very last. ! was
often by her bedside, and in her wander
ing state OF mind she would talk to me
with a sweet, natural and eifecting elo-
quence that was overpowering. | saw
more of the beauty of her mind in that
delirious state than l had ever known
before. Her malady was rapid in its ca
reer, ard hurried her Off In two months.
Her dying struggles were painful and
protracted. For three days and nights
did not leave the house, and scarcely
slept. / was by her when she died, ali
the family were assembled round her, some
praying, others weeping, for she was
adored by all / was the last one she
looke, unon
cannot tell you what 4 horrid state of
mind [ was in for long time. | seemed
10 care for nothing the world was q blank
to me. | abandoned all thoughts Of the
law / went into the country, but could
not bear solitude, yet could moi enjoy So
ciety. There was a dismal horror contin-
ually In my mind that made me fear to be
alone. l had often to get up in the night
and seek the bedroom of my brother, as
if having human being by me would
relieve HE from the frightiul gloom Of
my own thoughts. Months elapsed be-
fore my mind would resume any tone,
but the dependency | had suffered for a
lons time in the course OF this attachment
and the anguish that attended its catastro-
phe seemed to give a turn to my whole
character, and throw some clouds into
my disposition, which have ever since
hung about it.
81 seemed to drift about without aim or
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esa- Since the first of january the,
Union forces have captured from the reh-i
els Eve hundred an ninety siege guns.
and field pieces. Pins artillery wouiG<
equip grand army, and when it ise re-
menibered what pains the rebels have had
to procure these guns, the severity Of the
loss Will be fully apparent.
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DIR RECT0 RY.
LIST OF POST OFFICES.

; Dost O6;ces Post NasteTS Districts.
Benn's Creek, Joseph Graham, Yoder
po4hoI Station Fnoch Reese BIacklick.
rnoI1+own William VI. Jones, Carroll.
'Cbess Springs, Danl. Litzinger, Chest.
Crass6n John j. Troxell, Washint'n.
,t,xensburp. John Thompson, Ebensburg.
Fallen Timber, Isaac Thompson, White.
GaIlitzin, J. NJ. Christy, Gallitzin.
Hemlock. VIM. MGough, Washtn.
Jamestown, l. Z. Chandler, Johnstwn.
Ioretto .. Shields Loretto.
STneral Point. f. Wissinger, Conem gh.
Minister. A. Durbin, Munster.
porsbir1 Francis Clement, Conem' gh.
PIattsvlle, Andrew j. erral ousq n"n'
Roseland, G W. Bowman, NhiIe:
st. Augustine, VIM Ryan, or C!eaIhelu'
Scalp Level, George conrad, JSlchlaho'
Sonman, Is. MColgah "asn' Il.
Summerhill, b. f. Slick, oroy4e;
Summit, Miss NJ. Glilesple W 0Sn' H., ~:
Wilmore, Morris heil, . AiIeI I'LL
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vYsy Washington IRVING never
Married.

Much mystery has attached to the eel
ibacy of Washington Irving. While
upon every other point or peculiarly of
the great writer's character and career
his familiar friends have taken pains to
inform the vide circle Of his admirers, an
aggravating reticenee has always met the
questionings of those who were curious rs
to why matrimony made no part OF his
experience. There were occasional and
worry vague references made to a .lang
syne" love SO dimly distant in the past
as to have the air Of tradition-and the
manner of mentioning which made Irving
appear the model Of constancy, if not the
hero Of romance. But the circumstance
Of his bachelorhcod remained simple,
patent, unexplained fact; the theme Of
many wonderings, the warp and wool of
much imagining-nay more, the super
structure OF a thousand sweet sympathies
| outgushing from other hearts whose loves
had not been lost bu0 gone before. 1t is
doubtful it secret Of the sort-all things
considered-was ever before SO carefully
and completely kept. For once the i'm
pertinent were held at bay, the prying
were banked, and the sympathetic, even
Il
closure had not come, and surely, when
his intimates and relatives were debarred
from the remotest reference to the subject
in the >haliowed home circle of the liter
ary bachelor, it was but proper that the
truth should burst forth upon the world,
if at all, In lrving's own selected time and
his own pathetic language.
1t was while engaged in writing his
''History of New York, that Irving, then
young man Of twenty-six, was called to
mourn the somewhat sudden death OF
Matilda Hoffman, whom he had hoped to
call his wife. This young lady was the
the second daughter OF Josiah Ogden
Hoffman, and the sister o. those two tai
ented men, Charles Fenno Hoffman, the
poet, and Ogden Hoffman, the eloquent
iurist. In her fathers Office Washington
Irving essayed to study law, and with
every prospect, If industrious, Of part
nership with Mr.. Hoffman, as well as a
matrimonial alliance with Matilda. These
high hopes were disappointed by the de-
cease of the young lady on the 10th Of
April, 1907, in the eighteenth year Of her
age.
There is a pathcs about lrving's recital
of the circumstan ces OF her death, and Of
his own feelings, that is truly painful and
tear-impelling. lie says-''She was ia
Ken i'll with cold Nothing was thought
of it at first but she grew rapidly worse
and fell into consumption. L cannot tell
you what | suffered.
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ng- Why is the Southern Confederncy
like beautiful young Lady,
Because--upon the whole--it is a per.
feet aam-scl,
Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-07-10
The War in Arkansas

rhe Memphis Appeal of the 2Sth of June pays the following merited tribute to the peo- pie of Arkansas.
 The people of Arkansas, aided by large forces of Texans and Missourians, are making a glori- opposition to the invaders oi their State Besides the etfurts-which have so lar been at t-uded with success of the organized army under Gems. Hindman and Roane, we learn of many partizan triumphs of the most decided character. The citizens have learned to know themselves and tilsatvantage they possess; and the vicinity of federal camp has become dangerous locality for straggers there rom.- Hundreds have been made to bite the dust, by the incensed people they have outraged, aud the war has become one of desperation. The contests between individuals and squads have been numerous, with a terrible loss to the ene> my, and the system of partisan warfare has become so general that no federal soldier dares trust himself from his camp fire.
 The example of this people, in the fshting for their liberties, after having been compara- lively abandoned by the armies of the Conit,i- eracy, and with many thousands of their sons engaged in fighting the battles of the coun ry elsewhere, Is worthy of imitation by the peo. pie of other States, To larrasS, annoy and d. |. stroy the enemy, wherever he can be found, ex oept when protected by a flag ot truce tor lrgiti mate purposes, is legal warfare. Letit be done at all times. Let the citizens of every part of this country that may be penetrated by the Tan kee hordes initiate the example of the brave Arkansians, and they will prove themselves val. uable auxilllaries to our gallant armies in the held Remember the price of hberty--ylGI LANCEi
Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-07-10
From u lsiichm n Dispatch.
The Last day of G. Ash,y.

It was 9 busy one, ocafy hau 1e ofuefea his baggage train to pro before 'he enemy opened fire upon his cY. "lh put TWO companies of his old csfry he prepared to meet them; seeing this r lmheiiateiy with drew. The command Wihen moved slowly through Harrisonburg, hd drawn up three hundred yards from th9poslte shd' soon a reg;ment of ..blne ooatshtme charging through town around inc benda full si! Int of Ashby' men. who stood ,ipon kir iraiIed charges as f fixed to the ground When within a very sbor, dsta,ca they ccElenced to slac ken their snead onIv p;viug Us te to tender he salute dnu ,o ,b.m SuonErr ranks were broken. and in confusion thefed through the streets
 Never b. fore hadh heard our noble General utter sn..h a shout, k was not one caused by victory over q brayeDe ai'er haro 'hets,' fvht hut only seet designed to shame an ig
 p1miuious band frlnn,ng before they We're hurt. w.. had b,tl to entertain a high npin
 iop of this body asalry. Upon oneinstance if fankpd and chsed upon battery. winch WAS Jeff wi,hoat Epp ,rt--a nsost dariay feat tor them. fHAUen. Ashby stood by the gups 6r.o .yefoad from his three pistols, sud hr,nJht y{bing away safely. Soon We wsra mov;ng aE the road to Port R public, the enemy preSg closely. A,hbys eagle eye was upon thef $ if watching for an excuse to y;ve them b4 An excuse, and even the necessity todf 1ht, son became evidtnt.- The road watry bad, he train moved slowly, and he ma5odv of the enrm,'s cavalry was only mile h it's rear. They gave us n } time to .arsk to mees th-m. Ashby had ous b.g1n lp ess shis men, b-f,re th,ee re silnents with colur. ng and nasis Faro, emsrgsd ssou
Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-07-10

It is as true of generts as "t poets, they are bon, not maie." Nothing that he can say or wrte vii ever adj one laurel 10 his wreath. or puck one jewel from his diadem! Neuer. Gen. Price, amid the surging bil ows of s, etral ,em- pest, m the treat contest between FREEDOM and SLAVERY, since our ship of State gave
 Her ensign and her sail
 To the wind and the gale
 An' the God of sto,m ;, has won for himself name that will live while "deeds of noble darng'' iive---whiie heroes live live, while there Is chriaian n to pray for ihe succts ot noble cauSe-iive while theie s Il manjg arm 10 strike for the green graves of ohr brothers, independence and the sunny uti.--live until liberty becomes m tn and until freedom, shriekinq. fees from the lani Of our father--t | houselesS hoWetAss osphan to- soliudes and vii dtrAess.
 In conclusion, Mir. Editor, allow me to say, that have written in rsadicafom Of this gr, at an good pitriot, not as d Mssis>ippian-not as NJ s,ourian not as an Arkansian-not as q partZAn--but prompted, as trust, by the purest motives, in the discharge of my high and responsible dunes as |, soldier, iaborng for the success ot our cause-for unity and frar ernsl feeling, and for the ultimate triumph of the great principles of constitutional LIBERTY. For the fYiu,nnk of these purposes, iiue tabor and prsg.
 Very respectfully,
 ROBERT EMMETT DUNN. Litt!e Rock, June :th. l8h2.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-07-10

three IoufGns ot d niiic ut.'~"' n
 ing to our right. they charged. presenting . beautiful sight. IAshby could contain huns 1t no longer. Gently craving his sabre, and waving Il around his head, his clear, sounding V ice rang out Iis only command-" Follow MG!i The dash was simultaneous. Fences were cleared, wsrh at any other tune would have been thought impossible. The enemy came to a halt. It was bat for a moment. As they heard The strange wh oi he sabre around their heads they 5rok. and ran. The work o
 slAu1hl4r had copmenced. At every step Ash by, followed closely by his men, cut them down, or sent them to tht rear. Epr two inlles and half the chase catiuued, and the scene became
 mnre bloody. ksver before dad our General or his men use their sabres to such an extent.--
 N me but those shp have witnessed similar can imagine the SD p-ctacle. Enraged hy derd, too terrible to m.ntion, | Il hv aGenerAl whose presence exertec Il mystic influence over every heart, the bravery uf Inc men kHew no limit,
 and seldom wasA summons tO surrender heard.
 The scattered fragments of the ihr3e rrgim -ni, hid themselves ,ehlnd their cOlumn Oi infantry three miles beyond the 2 ,int of attack, and thr
 pursuit ended nos unlil this infantry opened fire Here 4 hbJ drew up his men, and re
 mained benea,h jler fire ald wAitei for r-u- fi,rcements from ,ltck4on. Tn this f Int Major Green, Of the Gth Ergina cavalry. WAS slightly wounded A4o, mother, natne nnknown. w. took forty-fjur lflsouers--afnpnI them the Colonel commanjng the brigade of cagalry.- The infantry hast4 arrived, Generals A.hby, Ewell and $ eyat. lof Maryland. led them 10 the fight Heri Asbbys Qallautry could not have been exceId. Having lrd the It Mary land regiment fa charge, which sent The ene- my fl ing from tat quarter, h. sought h. 59th
 Virginia. aud. sil between tNo fires, he order
 ed the charge His horse f.ll dead; hc r0se. beckoned to u men, aud whilst in the very act. ball enletI loN in his left side, came out near the rtht breast, and shattered his right wrist. iell--ie died. Not even a groan Or siZbkGas uttered by the dying hero. He was brave lst living, but brayer in dy- ing. The menEere Hot di .couraged, but press ed on, and sooi the victory was ours. Night closed the hghtig Iae noble Ashby fell be- tween six and 4ven intbe evening. The news went like 8 iaj thro the lines. Every heart was wounded. The aged, the young and hard hearted wept, Natu'e made deeper the gloom; and soon the darkness of the night made still darker the regsns of the mind. He now sleeps in the university brying grounds, near Char ottesvie.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-07-10
Indictments in Kentucky.

The St. Louis Democrat has the following lst of officers and soldiers in the Confederate army who have been indicted in Kentucky for treason. The Yankees should remember that catching cones before hanging:
 The grand jury of Fayette county, Ky, found true bills for treason against the com monNe ,lth, against the following persons: John c. Breckinrdge, William Preston, Roger w. Hanson, Robert w. Wooley, Robert J. Breckiaridge, jr John H. Morgan, Henry Met caIfe, Joel Higgins, Jacob Hostetter Richard Morgan, Hiram Reese, Thomas Morgan, Thom. as Howe, WIn. Jones, Wm Stevens. Henry Elder, Samuel Walker, Andrew Berry. Jane, Ball. Benjamin Drake, James Bently, Thomas Taylor David I4ewellyn, William Miller. Wm. Gilmore, Robert Graves, Peter George. Corne. lius Hendricks, John Loud, Jacob Cassill. Samuel Scott, John Curd, Marnix Virden and John King. True bills were also found against the following persons, for invading Kentucky 10 make war; viz: Charlton Morgan. Thomas McCaw, Lee Bradley, William Preston, Thos. Stamps, ir, Bushrod Castleman, Martin Hoag- land, Henry Curd, John Donnelly, Bolin Roberts Wm Carter, James Innes, Peter Adams, Wal, ter Ferguson, Curtis Nichols, Robt. Boyd, Noah Hendrisks, agd Wm. George.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-07-10
Fight on Jarres' Island near Charleston,
 &outl Carolina

The South Croitians, it seems, has treated their Yankee ivader another sound drub- ping recently The Yankees will never have the pleasure plunaering Charleston.
 SlrCArloNbF AFFAIRS ON JAMES ISLAND Yesterday al seemed quiet along the lines of James Islaj. The enemy has been busy, for two days pit, in throwing up an earth work about two tndred yards in advance of his bre yious posibn, and only about six hund ed yards from lur battery, which was the scene ol he bloody ght on Monday morning.
 YesterdE some fifteen wounded prisoners wara brnyht to the city and lodged in the hospital I which their con.r des had already been acdnmoda,ed. The wounds generally are of { frightlul character. The poor wretcheseem much affected b. the care and k ldnpsAgit winch they have been treated. - Tn efress aStouishment that there are any ladies sl remaining in Charleston. and say that twas the general impression in then Jhat Charleston had been deserted by all save t sold CTS. They plainly intimate thar DO qFter or mercy i4 ru be gwen to the pe0- pie 5Eharestom, h case their troops succ, ed in gbing possession of the city.
 Wgive helow n extract from q private let- ter !kled James Island Juue l6;
 See the i gh, this morning. everything here habaen in som what con usei state. aIl | caf t giv- vor ag lhh r ? rts which are cu r,f will inst cell You what saw myself.
 + Captain came tO our tents abnuG four dock this morning, and hastily awuk. is- ! We're soon ready, and stnrtrd to ,he Scenr lection. The enemy dad already charged our tttery vita an overwhelming force, and had len repu srd with heavy loss, The first vol. Ay from our 8.inch C1lurnba.d cut them alI tn irceS. hut this dtl nnt strp them. They lried 3 get into the rear of our battery. Oar com any was ordered to rPprl them, and we drove hem back with severe loss. They soon rallied. owaver. and returned to the charge.
 They succeeded in getting on our ramparts, nc then come hand to hand ikht ni.F men l-lg he butts Of their guns, and the Yankees lrwing their pistols and shooting ,wn onr 'npner'. Bat we soon drove them back. tum, ing them down tha side of our b-t cry as if 1ey were logs. Finally the enemy's oficers ave the word to retreat, and they f d. leaving Il their dead and wounded in our hands. Three mea the enemy whs on our rampart., and three mes he was repulsed. We were just giving Tt when endorsements arrived. Everybod, limits that the enemy fought hravely; they ld 5000 Of their best troops, while we had but lC0 men, all told in the fight. While the tack was going on, we could distinctly hear e Yankee officers giving orders to their men, ne of them urged his company to "push for ard and take that battery, assuring hem that ey would be in Charleston s0on" L -tterS und on the bodies of the Yankees, who were led generally expressed the utmost confidence at the city would fall without serious resist nc Wsr,n1n onyh
Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-07-10
The Defeat os Mc Clellan's Army.

The Memphis Appeal makes the following comments upon the defeat of Mcclellan yrsi q army in front of Richmond on the 26 b and 27 h of June:
 We are enabled to publish today the glorions intelligence that McCiellan's ny, which has 80 long been threaten ng Richmond, or at lsa | large portion of il, has been attacked hy our forces, routed and dr.ven ii defeat m le. Q yond the Chickahhminy river. The ..opa;.t commenced on the 26 inst, e ~ baena <,.s. terday). and was rene, ,,-d again ye,ter,lav Rornl"g, with r--u;ts ot sti more succeSsf sful character. As but few particulars are giyen, 1t !s difficult to estm .te the extent If our victo v, oF .hs number of forces engaged in shs ts!d,