The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1863-08-13
Ebensburg as seen by a Stran-
gers Eyes.


clip from the Philadelphia Inquirer, of the
Sth inst, may serve to give our readers a
faint idea Of "oursclv9 as others see as. !"
1 That part Of it referring to the Copper
heads is particularly recommended to the
obsel vation of every one-especaily those
accepting the repu!siye cognomen as the
most betting which could be applied to
them--aud may the perusal of it open
their eyes and enlighten their understand
ing -
! EgESsBURG, PENNA.,
Asgust Sd, 1868.
Your valued journal being one OF the
few dailiess having any extensive circula-
tion in these parts, and as your Specials
in these war times know little, aud write
less Of these peaceful mountains, it occur
red to me, as a traveller, to jot down two
or three observations which might not be
without interest 10 ranlbiers like myself,
/ who read the Inquirer.
! You must know that this spot is ten
miles west of Cresson, on the Pennsylvania
Railroad, by rail, the ears running twice
daily 1t is situated somewhat higher
than The mountain at Cresson, UPON the
/ top of an arm running southwest of the
main crest Of the Allegheny Mountain,
| two and-il-half miles west of the springs
| flowing iuto the Susquehanna. Ii is the
county seat of Cambria, an6 is chiefly
remarkable for longevity, health, and good
mutton.
The place is well supplied with COM
| Portable inns, where one cannot help
feeling perfectly at home. The citizens
are plain, honest, hard working, with but
| few very rich men among them. The
| land is well adapted to stock-raising. whilst
| the mountain abonnds IN mineral wealth,
as yet but partially discovered, such as
ccal, iron orc, &c. The springs of water
are very cold and of the purest freestone,
whilst the air is clear and pure, common
| in attitudes of twenty-four hundred feet
above the ocean, and similar to that
| breathed at the Catskill Mountain House
| Tue thermometer scarcely ever rises above
eighty degrees in the shade in midsummer,
and the nights are always cool enough to
sleep under a blanket
/ Seven miles north and BY east is the
| little town of Loretto, the residence Of the
| late Father Gallitzin, a man Of learning
and piety, and whose history is familiar
| to most Pcnnsylvanians. Here there are
excellent springs and baths, comfortable
hotels, &c., established quite recently.
Some Of the COpperhead papers find
their way here, and instiil their poison
into the minds of the simple hearted. !
can perceive in my talks with many that
! they are led to the consideration of false
| issues by those who cali themselves Dem
ocratic. but who are in reality Copper
| heads, and accept OF that coenomen with
out feeling it to be term of reproach.
| Lawyers do much abound nd'here--intelligent
well-educated men-but, L am sorry to
| say it, the most part of them are of
the Vallandisham stamp, rigid construc-
| tionists believing the present Admins
tration TO be a military despotism, and
express themselves as more favorable to
| the Governments Of ] Jef. Davis than 10 the
| Union. How the minds Of those who
rank here as the judieious should be
| poisoned by the heresy (Secession), totally
! bcreft OF every particle Of that Amor
Patrios, the Distinguishing Characteristic
! OF the Celtic race, IS more than [ can
comprehend. We can only conclude that
| these poisonous doctrines are inculcated
| by the devil and Dr. Faustus, a corrupt
press, working under the stolen name Of
Democracy. Ye gods, how horrible viii
it be when these poor benighted dupes
behold the Lideousness OF this veilsd
prophet when tie veil is lifted by Seces-
sion, and they are told in the language of
| Tom Moore
! sLook, We wise saints, behold your light,
your star,
| Ye would be dupes and victims. and We are"
Do not, however, understand ME as
| saying that all here are thus. | mean to
! say there are many more than [ expected
i TO find and some of the leaders are doing
| all they can to obstruct the draft. This
county, when the war broke out, was truly
| loyal, and sent more than its quota OF
volunteer soldiers to the war and many of
them were killed on the Peninsula and at
| fredericksburg o..
[ hope the brave fellows from this
county who survive will rebuke on their
return home the dastardly Cop2erheads
who are discourasing enlistments and
resisting the draft, as they did in Illinois,
Indiana, &c.
[ must close with the devout wish that
some more healthy political literature may
be sent here by some kind Union League,
than much that now fEds its way here.
aud is, alas, too much read. Hoping we
may yet take Canada and blow the bloody
British pirates off the sea, [ subscribe
myself