The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1863-11-26


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CHIT CHAT WITH Our READERS
The year which is rapidly drawing to a
close has proven rich in blessings. Du-
ring its continuance, we have had meted
ont to us a full measuresof success In the
war being waged for the perpetuity OF
great and eternal principles; our various
industrial relations have been prospered
abundantly the earth has yielded fruit
full harvest sickness and pestilence have
been withholden; and harmony prevails
throughout our borders, excepting where,
by the exceeding wickedness of designing
men, rebellion, now tottering to its fall,
still rears it's hideous head In view of
this gratifying state of affairs, the Presi-
dent of the United States, by general
proclamation, named and set apart Thurs
day, 29th inst, as day whereon to return
thanks to Almighty God for blessings
conferred, and to humbly solicit contin-
uance of the same and the Governors of
all the loyal States have endorsed and
sanctioned the appointment. To-day,
then, we will witness the sublime specta-
Gle of Nation joining hands as one man
and going forth to an acknowledgment of
dependence upon the Most High. To-day
twenty millions Of voices will unite in
singing psalms of thanksgiving that He
hath vouchsafed unto us mercies without
number, both as individuals and as peo-
ple-twenty millions of tongues will hum
bly, beseech Him to encompass US with
the shadow of His hand for all coming
time. Oh. it will be grand-a proud,
naughty, avaricious it may be, nation,
in unity of purnose and singleness of heart,
willingly bowling down and worshiping
the Giver of all good. And, as it hath
been said that thankful heart is incense
iu His sight, and that the prayers of the
righteous availeth much, what may we
not hope for as the benefcent result of
the ac acknowledgement that We are Gods, of
Gods, and in God we ground our only
hope for safety and deliverance
The people of Pennsylvania, especially,
have reason to thank God for 'the crown
ing mercy by which the blood-thirsty
add devastating enemy was driven from
cur soil by the valor Of our brethren n"-as
the Governor fitly expresses it. The diff
eTence between "the situation" as We now
see it and as it would have been had the
enemy been victorious at Gettysburg is
too palpable to require comment. Those
brave men who helped us to this signal
deliverance from the hands of the foe, be
they living or dead, should not be forgot
ten. Living, prayer should ascend from
every household and closet for their safe
ty on other battle-felds; dead, their
memory should be reverently honored.
Let the day be remembered.
at one time society. engineered by |
Women, had an existence in this place,
the object OF which was the relief of our
SICK and wounded soldiers in hospitals
II was Good Samaritan society, indeed, !
relieving the sick, comforting the dis
'iesSed, clothing the naked, and minister
'as In many ways to the necessities Of
'ae unfortunate. After short period of
uefuiness, tho society died natural
teath. 1t went under-no relief society
'0f long time has had ha5itation or
name In our midst-and as many sick and
sounded soldiers languish in our hospitals
-'T as ever. This is wrong: the society
'aOuid be re-established. Similar socie-
"'a exist IN almost every town and neigh
OHaOod throughout the land, and why
y" mere )! Surely, ain this contest we
ave as great interests at stake as other
t.'ii'ies' and appreciate as highly the
'''ism and se.fsacrifcing devotion of
" soldiers as other communities Just
present, when many thousands of our
,'Dfen are ekiug out miserable exis-
,.. ' 10 the Richmond military prisons,
4. v uying by inches through want of