The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-09-17
EDITORIAL ETCHINGS.


nay- Mrs. Lincoln has arrived in Paris.
gY- The Ebensburg Tanners meet this
| evening.
Ba- The soldiers all going for Sey-
mour-as they went for Lee.
ng@ The mud on our streets is liquid, Wis
| cous, and six inches deep.
~ Ex-Presdent Pierce is lying seriously
| i'll at Concord.
Ba See that every Republican in the
| county is assessed.
Bg@ Brown beat Coulter in the sculling
| match at Pitts5urg on Wednesday last.
Ra= The opposition call Grant mum can
! didate. Frank Blair is a rum candidate.
BaE@ An engine blew up on the Broad Top
Railroad on Thursday last, and killed four
men.
Generals and other scum come to the SUR
| face.
9~ mass convention of soldiers and
sailors will he held in Philadelphia Oct Ist
and I'd.
BSS- Democratic procession out West
| The given point W drinking saloon.
R5E~ Gen. ]. Bowman Sweitzer, until late
| ly Democrat, made Grant and Colfax
speech in Pittsburg Thursday evening.
| RaE- The State Depart ment at Harrisburg
are forwarding the pamphlet laws for 1868 to
the different Prothonotaries for distribution.
BH~ We vote as we foughtr' say Forrest,
tla
whole rebel army. They will vote for Sey-
mour and Blair.
pE~ John Allen, while he was the ''Wiek-
eGest Man in New York." supported Blair
and Seymour. Now that he has repented of
his sins, of course he will support Grant and
Colfax
pa5~ The Republican Legislative confer
ence for Bedford, Fulton, and Somerset coun-
ties met on the Sd inst. and placed in nom;-
nation Hon. John Miller, OF Somerset, and
Lieut.. J. b. Longenecker, of Bedford.
Rar Farmers of Pennsylvania, vote for
the Democratic ticket in October and No
vember is vote to tax your own FARMS
Read the fourth resolution of the national
platform adopted at New York.
-.
enworth, Kansas, who has been passing the
summer in EbeEsburg, has concluded that
the heated term is about over and designs
returning home this week. Luck go with
him.
Bay A terrible earthquake occurred ON the
South American coast, extending from Bo-
liyia to the southern part of Chilli, on the
l3sh of August. Over thirty thousand per-
sons were killed and drowned, and whole
cities and towns were destroyed.
pA~ Says the Philadelphia Press: "Be-
fore the election, the fact will appear in
| startling force that if it were not for Robert
E. Lees rebel soldiers, Horatio Seymour
would not get single electoral vote in No
| vember."
n6y~ The reaction has reached Colorado
and New Mexico, both of which Territories
respond to Vermont, the former by electing
Republican to Congress by increased
majority and Republican Legislature the
latter by choosing a Legislature that is two.
thirds Republican.
BaE@ Mr.. Shaffer, of Walker township,
Huntingdon county, was found dead in his
bed on Tuesday of last week. Some bruises
| were found on his person. supposed to have
| been caused by the kick of horse, from
which injury it is thought he died. He lived
| on a farm, and alone.
HoF~ Francis NJ. Kimmell is the Democratic
candidate for Congress in the Franklin dis
trict. He was the first Northern man to
surrender town to the rebels during the
late Democratic rebellion. His opponent is
John Cessna, who was loyal throughout the
whole war.
U6s~ amnesty for all past political of
fnses," say the Democrats. Were the crush
ing out of the rebellion and the reconstruction
of the Union on the basis of universal free
don, political offenses? If so, why not grant
an amnesty to the Republican party, and
cease reviling them for their acts
k&% grand mass convention of the Re-
pub,icans of Western Pennsylvania VIII be
held in Pittsburg on Thursday, Gath instant.
Eminent speakers will address the meeting,
and daylight and torchlight procession
viii! come off. Excursion tickets viii! be is
sued ever the various railroads.
Bg Whenever a Democrat talks to you
about the taxes imposed to pay the debt, tell
him this-that the deb: and taxes were doub-
led by the opposition of his party to the
Government during the war. Tell him that
if he and his party had not divided the North
and encouraged che rebels, the war would
have ended in 1868. a 6
ET@ The Democratic party boast of having
, controlled the country for thirty years. The
rebellion underwent an incubation of thirty
, years When that party could no longe.