The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1862-12-18
News froI1. tFlc Capital.

war path uppn the architectural steed,
Pegasus, and found the veteran Mackcr-i
Brigade back at Paris agnin. They had
made great march iro.n Blue Ridge, ny
boy. and when reached the front found
Il >cIcnii;c chap Irom Gin ,i;t, .ahi =
nb>crvatiuns. lie >;uck ii tail stick iHtu
thc grouGd, and scratched Il tong line on
the .!amp sod, from The t"ot of this stick
/" the extreme right of the SPec'ac cd
Brigade letting the toes of the front rank
OF the Nacker-Io just toucr 1T. Then he
attached II powerful maGniiyiug -Iass to
.abou; the Centre ui the upris sht stick, ana
commenced looking through iC very III
tcmtiy all along the line hc had draNa.
| Observed hirn at'cutively, aui says |:
"W hat is The IA. urc Of your Contract with
the Go'crmmemt, lny ser.uus friend =
lie rubbed the glass with his blue silk
pocket handkerchief, and >aya he: Il navc
l"Ncntcd TIN, useful arrangement 10 ascer-
tain whether or not the Army o: the Ac-
Connie is really advancing. L closely
watch the line 10 which the toes ot the
lraut rank vi the army are already very
near, and could almost swear thLt the for
ward movement l. still going on. The
average spCCu OF this army, says the sci
cntiic chap. ca,cuIatiugiy, ''i.ao hitherto
been six miles in six wccci,s but now
that the war is about 10 Commence l.. car
nest, thiul, that tie troops are making
better tm,.'
And 50 they were, my boy, so ti:cy were;
for the heels ot tic iifst ranks boots weIc
almost on the hur III less Than all hour
uu CUuicdcuci,s Icing IL sight.
Iut let nc change my subject for 4 time,
and relate Tie great triumph OF our hcw ma
val artillery Oh Duck Lake, which :liaj tstic
sheet of wafer las returned 10 earth with
the late raias.
Rear AdmIra! Head, MY boy. has SO
improved the deadly swivel gun OF the
Mackerc irQm plated squadron, that It vii
send Il bali some Ii>ta;ce without kicking
the gunner overheard. The secret oI TINS
Improvement - kuonm Ouly ~ the Gov
er'ncnt, my by, and will hc u>ei to ad-
vantage when cur "ory Conflict sikh com
bluct Europe ,mc> off
Il was on thursday morning, my boy,
wiic:: an enthusiastic military mob, c,"-
>isting of Cap:aim William Brown, Capt.
boo Shorty and myself, stood once more
upon the familiar shore at Duck LAX C.
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