The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1867-03-21
EDITORIAL ETcHINGS.

E9 0noW ana slelgh-bellS on the Noun
tain.
R9- The sun crosses the equinoctial line
| to-day.
p9- The trial of surratt is expected to be
commenced in few days.
EG~ The rebels don't like the Sherman
bill. Neither do they like Bill Sherman
R6- NacShane is sometimes poetical, but
as general rule he is prosy.
E2- Ex.-Gov. Curtin sailed for Europe on
Saturday.
RSr Gen. Joseph Markle, of westmoreland
county, died on the 5th.
BH- Hon. Philip Francis Thomas has been
elected U. S. Senator from Maryland, vice
Swami.
R6r pun is the lowest species of wit,
and MacShane is the lowest species of pun
ster.
B@ Pennsylvania designs sending to the
Paris Exposition lump of anthracite coal
weighing six tons.
BDr Gen. Geo. n. Thomas has written
letter saying that he does not want to be
conaidered a candidate for the Presidency
ps~ The Senate, by vote of II to "a,
has re-refused to confirm CoHan's nomina-
tion as Minister to Austria.
BS- "We have spoken str ongly, but we
feel strongly.''-Freeman.
1t would be sad thing if you also smelled
strongly. s..
HS~ A synopsis of the leading features of
the general bankrupt bill passed by the late
Congress will be found on the outside of this
paper.
Bag "MacShane, of the Cambria Freeman,
has been troubled with nightmare, lately
AltoOna Tribune.
Foul stomach.
b9 The New York Herald. latest sensa-
ton is the following reunion national ticket
for 1868: For President, Gen. U. S. Grant;
for Vice President, Gen. R. E. Lee.
ES- Artemus Ward, in his will, directs
that his property after the death of his moth
er shall go to found an asylum for worn out
printers.
kaS- "We thought enterprise was an insti-
tuition peculiar to Eben sburg."-HoH. Stan.
And we thought ''mi1tures" were an insti-
| tuition peculiar to Hollidaysburg.
py- Some Southern women are now bus
lily engaged making up trunk of BABY
clothes for Mrs. Jefferson Davis. Mrs D.
has been living with her husband, in For
tress Monroe, for year past.
RaS~ Col. VIM. B. Sipes, formerly of Eb-
ensburg, and editor of the now defunct
Democrat & Sentinel, was appointed Postmas-
ter of Philadelphia by the President, but the
Senate refused to confirm the appointment.
EN- "Soporifc - MacShane's dream. -
| HoU. Standard.
True for youl To read it would put one
to sleep quicker than to read one of "A. J.'s
| veto messages.
Ra- Mr.. Samuel Roland, of Granville tp,
Mif1in county, administered dose of GlAu-
Der salts-''every man his own farrIer"-to
two sick colts, few days ago. They both
died.
E2- The Freeman says that the ancient
| boro. of Hunting don is blooming up" Are
we to understand from this that the ancient
| boro. of Huntingdon has gone extensively
into the weaving business?
| EI@ James c. Clark, of Huntingdon, Dep
uty Collector, is acting Collector of this (ths
| l7th) district, and will continue 20 discharge
| the duties of the office until an appointment
shall have been made and confirmed.
Rd- ga bushel Of slate weighs more than
q
! Indeed! But suppose we pay a slate price
| for the slate, and coal price for the coal
what then? Your understanding appears to
| be bound up in buShel measure.
Ras- The Internal Revenue Assessors are
now engaged in the assessment of income
taxes. By late act of Congress, The time
for assessments is changed from May to
March, and the uniform rate of FIVE per cent.
! is fixed on all incomes above ST., 900.
R9- The Freeman advises us to buy origi-
| nal poetry by the pound, instead of by the
yard. If we accepted the proposed idea, we
| would hate to buy MacShanes illusions at
the ruling price, for his poetry, unlike his
Blacklick coal, is uncommonly heavy.
Eg- During the existence of the Thirty
ninth Congress, the President vetoed ten
bills and pocketed one. Six were passed
| over the veto, four vetoes were sustsined,
and four bills became laws without the Pres
| ident's signature.
RT~ "Tne AHeghanidn has not published
a single message of the President of the
| United States since the radicals bolted the
Republican party. y."--FTeenian.
The Republican party without the Radi-
calls is like skull with the brains out
nag The rains of week before last have
| caused some of the most destructive floods
known in the history of the country. The
| Ohio, the Tennessee, and the Mississippi has
| each overhowed its banks and carried terror
and destruction among the people These
disasters will make the proposed gift by Con-