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The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1866-08-09
EROPOSALS.-

n PENNSYLVANIA AGRICULTUP.r
LAND SCRIP FOR SALE.--The United St.,.,
Government having granted to the Conuar.
wealth of Pennsylvania Land Scrip. rt,-s-
sentiug 80, coo acres of Public Land. for The
endowment Of Agricultural Colleges in tbi.
State the Board of Commissioners now sffa,
this Land Scrip 10 the public
Proposals for the purchase Of this Land
Scrip, addressed TO THE Board OF Commfs.
sioners of Agricultural Land Scrip." viii bs
received at the Surveyor Generals Office. a,
Harrisburg until Wednesday, August 5. SEQ
This land may be located in aLy State O,
Territory. by the holders OF the scrip. uper
any OF the unappropriated lands (except min.
eral !ands) of the United States. which NAV
be subject to sale ut private entry. Each
piece Of scrip represents quarter section Co;
one hundred and sixty acres. Bids must b.
made a. per acre, and no bids viii be receive!
for less than one quarter section.
The Scrip viii be issued immediat-Tv on
the payment OF the money to the Survevgr
General, one-third of which must be rari
within ten days. and the remainiu q two-rhird.
within thirty days after notification of th
acceptance Of tAe bid or bids bv he Board q
Commissioners !. II. CAMPBELL.
Surceuor GenE frr the Board EaroEIgqeat
Harris burg, July G6, I6G6-td.
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1866-08-09

The Soldiers Clymer State Conven-
ton, held at Harris burg or the Is. inst
was complete fizz'e. 1t was wanting in
numbers, and lacked the sublime en.hu-
siasm OF men inspired by devotion to truth
and principle.
--latest advices from the seat of war.
In Europe, announce that peace is ab ,ut
TO be established upon permanent basis
Austria has signifed her intention to
accede to the terms proposed by Italy aud
Prussia.
Gold closed in New York on EIouday
at AS.
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1866-08-09

TnEN-Now.-J. B. Ferguson, Secre-
tary of the National Uuion Club" at
Washington, which issued the original
call for the PHILADELPHIA Convention, used
the following language in speech at
Sh@IbyviIle, Tenn, Oh the 23d OF May,
1861:
''It may be rebellion ia the estimation
of the powers at Washington thus to
speak but there Is one man befnra YOU
who considers it the highest instinc5 Of
human nature 10 glory IN being rebel TO
such "a prostitutei power Write it upon
the front Of my bIow, and let it foren a
sacred cross over my heart: am a rebel
TO the government at Washington, and
would thank Heaven for The hour that
would sweep it and its oc q pants int, the
sea, for the peace, the hope, and the very
existence of our people require it. The
u~urpatioE of Abraham Lincoln, in every
civilized government upon earth, we're
our Constitution the organic law, would
bring his head to the block, and it will Go
IL here: if our people but remember the
cost of life and treasure whereby they
were born to be free
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1866-08-09
1 ETTERS REMAINING UNCLAnTn,

ETTERS REMAINING UNCLADTPn
~ IN THE POST OFFICE. I'D
Al E6ensburg, State of Pennsvlpo,s-
august I, 1866
Mrs. ID. Akerman. David Miller.
DIR. Ash. D. Bennett. B. Noon.
-Asaliol Brooks, jr. Martin l.. Rou,a,
.. n. Briggs. J. c. Russ.
John G Evans. James s. Smith
VIM. Ellis. Vincon Smirh
MIS-. MISS Eilz. ~ y; Jones Miss Maggie NJ. Sbes.
Miss Mary f. Jones. Mrs. Sarah ShafFs.
Mrs. Theodisa j. Lee. Jacob Shaffe, is'' .
John Lttzlnger' r. w Fwichel
Peter Little. ". S. Varnnn
Miss Mary Murry. Rev. H. Yonn,
To obtain any of these lette :. tbs
cantmust call for ''adDertised letters. rPil
date of this list, and pay one cent for sS.s 'as
tising. @u'es-
1T not called for within one 7aoao :,
VIII be sent to the Dead Letter Office '-e!
Free delivery of letters by carrier, 49,,
residences of owners in cities and large IDS 1ls
secured by observing the following rBIs.
1. Direct letters plainly 10 the stree,
number, as we'll as the post office and So
2. Head letters with the writer's pss, -
and State, street and number. sign them M.
ly with full name, and request that ansvs,,
be directed accordingly.
;. Letters to strangers or transient v;si,..
IN a town or city, whose special address ma,
be unknown, should he marked, in the lowe
left-hand corner. with the word "Transiea, y
Place the postage stamp on the uDr.
rlght-hund corner, and leave space betwes
the stamp and direction for post marking with
out interfering with the writing.
MIA request for the return of lsHr
to the writer, if unclaimed within 80 dars
less, written or printed with the writer,s5q,.
post office, aud State, across the left-hand On,
of the envelope, on the fice side, win be con-,
piled with at the usual prepaid rate of nos,
age, payable when the letter is delivered ,
the writer.-Sec. %, Law of 1863.
JOHN THOMPSON. p u
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1866-08-09

The Atlantic Gable continues in good
working order. Complaints are made of
the excessive charges of the Company for
transmission Of messages. One hundred
dollars in gold Is the figure for each mes
age of twenty words, Including the ad-
dress OF the parties senGing and receiving
the message.
In the Westmoreland Congressional
district, Hon. j John Covode has received
the Union nomination for Congress. and
II. w. Weir, Esq, of Indiana, the Dem
ncratic nomination.
Lindsey, of "Blood Searcher" fame,
was arrested in Harrisburg the other day
on the charge of SHOWING" counterfeit
money.
John Ross, the well known chief of
the Cherokee Indians, died in Washing
ton city on the 1st
President johnson makes treason
odious by making an ex-rebel army officer
Military Dictator of Louisiana.
The Union State Central Committee
meets in Pittsburg to-day, Wednesday.
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1866-08-09
EIVE DOLLARS REWARD

LNINE DOLLARS REWARD!
4 Was stolen from the Daguerreotvna
Wagon OF the subscriber, in Ebenshurg. he
tween the 9th July and the I'd August q
one-fourth G. c. Harrison CAMERA Five
Dollars reward will be paid for the return of
the instrument 10 j. A, Moore's Ho.el. En-
ensourg, or TO the Railroad Depot at Cros-
son, aud no questions asked
aug9'2t J.C. RUSS.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-06-02

FlsAsc1AI.-A correspondent Of the
Cairo Democrat, writing from Natchez,
says:
A certain colonel Of . negro regiment
(who was, by the way, twice cashiered)
and . lieutenant, have opened q "claim
agency office" The duties of these two
worthless are to collect all bounties which
may be due the negroes. A few days
since Major G-,who has been stationed
here for some time, informed me that
there was no bounty due these negroes.
The claim agents, he said, received from
i've to ten dollars for each man. and
promised to pay the bounty when receiv-
ed. Before the poor negro is through
with these agents, we premise that the
paid.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-06-02

A NEGRO WrrNEss.-The Indianapolis
Herald says a cas- under the Civil Rights
bill has recently been tried in Gibson
county. Tue testimony of a negro was
admitted in evidence. We give al, ex
tract from the testimony of the colored
witness, and submit that it is q rare ex.
hibition of intelligence for a witness:
By the court" Were you born in the
United States 2"
Witness" No, sah."
By the court-"W Were you born in
America :"
Witness-"No, sah."
By the court Where we're you born!"
Witness-"In Henderson, KY, sah."
Upon this examination the prosecutor
withdrew the objections to the competen-
cy Of the witness, and the darby was ex-
amined on the part of the defence.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-06-02

The Alexandria, Va, Gazette says
travellers on the Little river turnpike, a
day or two ago, witnessed an agricultur-
al procedure which, before the war, had
been heard of but never seen in this
locality. Two negro women, hitched to
a pillow, and driven by a negro man, were
breaking ground at the point named
The women looked tired and worn, and
driver had the happy ~countenance of
cornfeld hand five or six years ago.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-06-02

CArDEv1EILEs FAxcY Sroxr.-"Sweet
ere The uses Of advertisemsnts," s.ys
Ars. Pastiogton and 60 says every one
who knows anything Of the great benefit
TO b derived therefrom. Our old friend
CAsDE01ELs, on Laurel street Informs bis
many friends in this parish, through the
columns Of our paper, that HE stock Of
French. Eugfish and German Fancy
goods = full and perfect only waiting
for customer to call in for him to close
oet. Hie stock of shoes, hats. perfume
y. toilet articles do, 10 second to none
IN tho State Aoall will convince every
one of this important fact.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-06-02

~ Prompted BY = desire to satisfy
tho cravings Of the onward man" We
visitsd the Baton Rouge market at IN
early hour on Sunday morning, and while
psranbulating through the streets Of
that we'll legislated city, was forced to
tho conclusion that . reasonable spplica-
tion Of tho aqueous element would do
much towards removing sfew" Of the
foul odors which seemed to be lying
"about loose" With nobody in particular
20 take care Of them. City fathers, the
cholera L aid to be on ito travels South I
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-06-02

The Cairo Democrat says that seven
different commissions will soon be engaged
in ascertaining the facts relative to the
Memphis riots. Congress has appointed
. commission. General stoneman another.
General Howard . third, General Fisk
. fourth, the city council q ffth, the citi.
sens . sixth. and the negroes a seventh.
It will be . curious and interesting
task to compare these together.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-06-02

~ The heavy rains for the past
week have been . source Of great COM
plant With u planters. They have
proved greatly injurious to the cotton,
and we have heard some prophecy almost
atotal failure in parts of the parish
Certainly With the extensive water pri-
viliges we have Just now, we could well
dispense with the showers which have
been recently poured upon US. As we
go to press the clouds look ~ if they
had not half emptied their contents.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-06-02

Gen. Grant has directed the mastering
out ct six more colored regiments, while
seventeen thousand will be retained in the
service. 1t is intended to send a number
of them out to the far west.-Enchanqe.
Exactly where they should all be sent.
Retained at home amongst their old fel-
low-servants, they create more pickering
and discomfort than twenty times their
number of white soldiers.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-06-02

The LANE IND1crMENr.-The Washing.
ton correspondent of the New York
News writes
All the lawyers who have read the in.
dictment against Jefferson Davis, includ-
ing several eminent members of congress,
say that it is drawn in an exceedingly
lame manner ; that it is full of defects
and weak points ; that no conviction of
treason can be secured under it.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-06-02

On a recent performance at the Ricf-
mond Theater, the Examiner has the fol-
lowing:
Mr.. James A. Herne, a talented mem
Der of the troupe, recited the poem of
"Shamus O'Brien, the Bold Boy Of Glen
gall by Lever
Just after the war, in the year ninety-.ight,
An all held their breath in the silence of dread,
An Shamus O'Brien made answer and said,
My lords. II you ask mo, if in my life time.
] thought any treason, or did any crime
That should call to my cheek. as l stand alone here,
The hot blush of shame or the coldness of fear,
Tho l stoodbythe grave to receive my death Row,
Before God and the world l would answer you NO."
These lines were SO applicable to the
condition Of thugs that followed upon
the drama of the late war, that the effect
was like an electric shock, Then there
arose a storm of applause that made the
building tremble (; then ii died, but rose
in mightier effort, that it seemed as if it
never would snbside. Encore followed
encore, and at last, after much effort, the
recitation was allowed to proceed.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-06-02

ATTENTION TOBACCO CHEwERs.-The
Louisville Journal has been shown, by q
gentleman of that city. q sample Of plug
tobacco, manufactured from brown paper
and tobacco stems. The plugs are scent
ed with iquorice, and painted with lamp
black. The market has been flooded
with this bogus article, which beats
wooden hams and nutmegs. We presume
it will be found harmless substitute for
the original niggerhead twist.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-06-02

THI SousHraH RuaAIIsr.-We have re-.
osivod The 6rst number Of this truly val.
liable paper, hoping sincerely that the
"sx" viii b regularly kept up. With.
out st ~ wishing to dstter. candor com.
psls u to say that It tie best printed
Newspaper Of oil oor Southern exchanges
The Rsrolist il devoted to farming,
gardening, fruit growing, mauufac.
lures, science &C., in Ill the branches d
which it seems to b az fat. It is pub.
lished weekly st Amits city, L., and ID
spphstioelly what It pretends to be-a
Southern farmers paper.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-06-02

DEPARTURE OF THE LEvEE CONFUSION.
Frs o WAsH1EGrox CrrY.-Messrs. Du-
ralde and Claiborne, of the Board of Lev
ee Commissioners, appointed specially to
proceed to Washington and lay before
Congress the memorial adopted by the
Board, asking assistance from the Gene
raj Government in the construction of
our ~levses, will start upon their journey
tomorrow afternoon upon the steamer
Magenta. They will take the route via
Cairo and Cincinnati Crescen.,
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-06-02

@- The following article we clip from
the BerviMe South, and carfully commend
it to the consideration Of our planters.
In every instance within u knowledge
corn planted on lands that have been
overdowed by revasse water the same
year. has been attacked and destroyed
by the fly spoken of by our cotempora-
~.
IMPORTANT TO PLANrERs.-The inhabi-
tants of the " overfowed country" know
how difficult it has been in years of high
water, to raise a crop Of corn, even when
the water went down in ample time for
the corn to mature.
They know that as the water receded
The surface tof the earth was covered
with a fly, resembling very much our
common horse fly, and that as soon as the
seed would com up, there was a
worm, much like the cotton army worn"
in place of the fly, to destroy it-eat it
literally up. There is every reason to
believe this season will not be an excep-
tion-perhaps will it prove ever worse
than last, wien many planters planted
three and four times, yet did not raise a
hill Of corn ; and in anticipation of this
additional evil, we gladly lay before our
readers the following manner Of prepar-
ing seed,corn for planting in overdowed
land, for which we are indebted 20 Mr..
VIM. A. Smith,, . successful manager of
one of the largest plantations in our par
ish for a number of years past. NJ. S.
assures us he has raised good corn every
season during the past five years, whe.
Their overlooked or not, when his n.igh-
bors, working similar land as well pre-
pared, failed to q greater or less extent.
Take one pint of lime and dissolve
it in about three gallons Of water, and
into this mixture stir one and a half
bushels of shelled corn, and plant next
day, or within forty-eight hours"
The blade of the young corn, when
thus prepared, has q bitter taste, and, it
would seem. is not eaten by the worm.
Birds are not fond of the grain and do
not trouble it much, while the plant looks
berter and seems to grow with more
vigor.
This is 3 simple and easily tried ex-
pertinent, and we bespeak for it q trial.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-06-02

The INDIAN AND THE NEoRo.-It is Gu
rious to observe with what apathy the
gradual extinction of the Indian abort
gines of this continent is contemplated
BY our professional philantbropists, while
the negro is an object of such absorbing
interest. The Indian is in all the quail
ties which constitute manhood greatly
the superior of the African. He cannot
be reduced to q servile condition. But
be is essentially a barbarian. and civili-
cation destroys him. The negro is . sort
Of parasite and cliDgs to the civilized
races, and has chung to them from the
days of Pbaraohs of Egypt downwsrds.
At sunset all Africa dances, says Al
old traveller. The good nature and ire.
pressible joyousness of the negro are I'M
equalled. He is the child of the tropics,
utterly destitute of the cold, calculating
sel6shness, energy and pride Of the Ang-
lo.Saxon. Those among Us, who have
won political eminence and fortune by q
pretended sympathy for the negro really
know little or nothing about him and care
less. Many a negro who has come from
the South to this commonwealth to live
finds himself in a strange land, where he
does not feel at all at home.
Despite the recent troubles at Mem
phis we do not believe in q war of races
in this country. The negro is pacific by
nature, and will not of his " accord
get up an instruction. 1t seems that
the managers of the freedmen's bureau
are putting money in their purses by
c%ondemning the freedmen with the most
frivolous offenses to labor on their plan
~tations. The love,o # the negro is not
without profit. The negro has always
found the %northerner q far more exacting
task maker than the southerner.-Boaton
Commercial.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-06-02
~ Owing to some mistake, the pro-

~ Owing to some mistake, the pro-
visions sent by order of Gen. BAIRD, to
our suffering people were not distributed
on Monday last as was contemplated.
Capt. OssouRN, Agent of the Freedmen's
Bureau for 1berville and this parish, visit
cd Us On Thursday and made all necessa-
~ arrangements for their distribution on
Monday next, at which time, we hope
all those entitled to relief will come for.
ward and get their share. In common
with our fellow.citizens, We feel truly
grateful for this timely relief of Gen.
BAIRD, who SO generously assumed the
responsibility of administering to our
wants, without sven waiting to know
whether bis act would be approved by
tho General Government, or that he
would not be compelled to refund to the
Government the value of the provisions
thus generously donated.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-06-02

The Philadelphia Inquirer speaks of the
illustrious St6newali Jackson AZ a dead
traitor" Upon which the Cincinnati In.
quirer very truthfully remarks : It would
be much more correct to say that he ia q
dead lion, whose remains are subjected to
'ndignity from "a living ass"
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-06-02

The London Times closes an article on
the American negroes as as follows:
Their place, there is no denying it, is
service and submission. A law of ma.
ture we cannot alter, and the best thing
their friends can do for them is to find
out the position and occupation that fit
their quality the best, and advise them
to accept them cheerfully.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-06-02

~ An overwhelming rush Of legal
advertisements this week compelled :.us
70 exclude editorial and other reading
matter. But there is philosophy in this,
because there is nothing so refreshing
in this sultry weather as to read legal
aud other advertisements. All who do
90 never catch the cholera.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-06-02

The Selma, Ala, Messenger STATS that
Robert Bonner recently explained biz - -
cess with the New York Ledger y ~.
lows
found that the reading public waated
trash. / have given it and you 80 ~
result. / engaged Edward Everett, Heo'
~ Ward Beechsr, and Other distngot1s'
ed men to write for my pspss. only oeps'
that they should write tash. 1bsy
complied with my condition, and non yoa
have the secret in . nutshou.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-06-02
bA- The annual meeting Of the Police
Jury will take place on Monday next,
when the newly elected members will
form that body for the ensuing year.

~ heavy gale Of wind visited %
90 Monday evening about four o'clock,
which did . little damage 10 the way Of
blowing down tress, fences, young corn
10. Asfew light buildings snd some
oAininy tops experienced = tumble, but
~ have heard Of nothing serious.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-06-02

~ neigbbor Of ours becoming in.
sane upon tho great scarcity of mint, so.
laces bis inward arrangements" with
juleps made With lettuce leaves. BE
says it's q splendid vegetable drink, and
are believe It!
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-06-02

~ After the subsidencs of the storm
IN Monday Last, the wind veered to the
North, and We have bad weather chilly
enough 70 make heavier clothing and fires
actually necessary for comfort. This queer
astio has greatly checked the growth
Of cotton, corn 10, and perhaps has in
jured Il. 4 day o two more will develop
the fact. ~
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-06-02

Among the honorary managers of a
ball at Chapel Hill, N. c., on the evening
of May I, are the Hon. Jefferson Davis. Of
Fortress Munroe, and Gen. ]. G. Breckin.
ride, Of Canada.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-06-02

Col. PHILIP BAUER has added a new
billiard table to the Vis.a-Vis Saloon.
which possesses the uncommon attrac.
ton OF permitting players to make as
many points a. possible. D-n says til
a"dem foine institution.n He knows.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-06-02

Wuzs LAsoA-We quote the Char.
lotto IN. c. Democrat:
One Of the largest farmers in this part
Of tho State told % the other dsye that
be had mono but white Iaborers on bis
farm, and that he was getting along fine.
y. He refused to employ colored men,
because be was unwilling to run the risk
Of being hauled up before the Bureau on
the frivolous complaints Of some bad or
evil disposed freedmen.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-06-02

The property in South Carolina, which
va 440o, 0oo,0 600 in 1850. is reduced to
35O.OO0,0OO. Causes tho emancipation
of slaves and the havoc Of Wal. !
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-06-02

DEATH OF LIEUT.. GEN. Scorr.-The tele
graph brings the mournful announcement
Of the death Of Gen. Scorr, who expired
at bis residence at West Point New York
on tho Goth ultimo.