The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1864-11-10
FROM OUR SOLDIERS.

LETTER FROM CO. C, 2O9TH P. P.y.-ELEcTIoN DAY
oN-vARIoUs ITEMS.
BERMUDA HUNDRED, Nou. 8, '64.
Correspondence of The Alleghanian.
The day IS about to close, and that, too,
upon great contest. The struggle
commenced soon after the sun had risen
above the eastern hills, has lasted through
out the entire day, and will close only
with the setting in of night. But this
contest is not one of blood, of bullets, but
of reason, of ballots. Yesterday, the
heavy, constant rumble of artillery to our
left told US too we'll that amid slaughter
of men the great Republic was contending
with the cohorts of treason. To-day, the
men who struggled il the face of death
yesterday, turning aside from their fallen
comrades, do battle in the same good
cause, by voting for Abraham Lincoln,
not because he is better, purer, or more
comprehensive statesman than any other,
but because he is the flag-bearer of those
principles and those men that look to the
preservation of the nations integrity by
the crushing out of treason. And as for
that little band of men that left their
native or adopted hills some two months
ago, and in whose minds there nightly
arise visions of their quiet homes in the
mountains of Cambria-as for them you
need have no fear. They are doing
good days work.
On Friday of last week the company
were glad to greet the man whom but
short time before they had helped to place
in Congressional seat. But he came not
alone, for with him was Squire Miller, of
Wilmore, commissioner to receive soldiers
votes. Accompanying the former were
packages Of almost every description, and
for almost every body. Tobacco in plugs,
tobacco cut and dried, tobacco in the
shape of cigars, abounded in such profusion
that certain lines might be rendered.
''Let those now chew that never chewed be-
Ard those that always chewed now chew the
more.''
And all owing to the goodness of our
worthy friend whom the Copperheads
were certain they would defeat for Con-
gress.
While it is not my wish to boast, yet I
will say that Co. G so far does honor to
herself and the people she represents. She
has blu. two sick men in hospital, and four
in quarters, all doing well, while other
companies in the regiment have sick in
hospital and quarters as high as from
twenty to thirty. Our quarters, too, IN
neatness and comfort, are not excelled,
and perhaps not equalled, by any other in
the 209th. Perhaps it is because of this
that we have had no cases of chills and
fever, while in other company organiza-
tions cases of this kind are found in large
numbers. What we may prove in time
o. battle yet remains to be seen.
The election resulted Is follows:
Union electors.
Democratic electors. -......................00 90
Union majority. ......-....."...............55
Truly, GAMMA.
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as President of the United States and Com
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A very readable biography of the man
who, for four years, has piloted success
fully the good old Ship of State through
the turgid waters of treason and disunion,
and who has just been requested by the
People, in the most pointed manner, to
retain his onerous position for another
four years to come. No American citizen
should be without it,
A BIT OF NEwS.-It will rejoice our
fair readers, we are sure, to know that
James NJ. Thompson, at his store, Ebens-
burg, has just received new and elegant
stock of goods suitable for winter wear,
such as Furs, Hoods, Shawls, fine as