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Trans will leave New York for Baltimore and
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NJ and 10 midnight, at all stations,
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and via Camden at A. M. way train IRON
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$40 1910 lido A. M, 10 NJ, 1, $3.50, 4:10 4: so
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The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-11-12
CiytIIzing Influence Of Gun-
now der.

Buckle, IN his History of Civilization in
England, ascribes the entire intellectual
progress Of the past Eve centuries to the
changes wrought in the organization of so
ciety by the invention Of glmpovder lie
says on this subject:
"Gunpowder, though warlike eontrl-
vance has in its results been emlnently
serviceable to the interests OF peace This
important invention Is said to have been
made In the thirteenth century but was
not ia common use until the fourteenth,
or even until the beginning OF the fifteenth
century. Scarcely had it come into oper-
alton when it worked a great change III
the whole scheme and practice of war
Before this time, it was considered the
duty of nearly every citizen to be prepared
to enter the military service, for the pur-
pose either of defending his own country
or attacking others. Standing armies
were entirely unknown ; and IN their place
there existed rude and barbarous mill
tia. always ready for battle, and always
unwilling to engage in those peaceful pur-
s,,its which were then universally despi-
sod Nearly every man being soldier,
the military protessioti, as such, had no
separate existence; or, to speak more
nronerIv. the whole OF Europe composed
one great army, in which all other profes-
sions were merged. To tins the only eN-
cention was the ecclesiastical profession !;
but even that was affected by the general
tendency. and it was not at all uncommon
to see large bodies of troops led to the
field by bishops and abbots, to most OF
whom the arts of war were IN those days
nerfectlv familiar. At all events, between
these two professions men were necessarily
divided the only avocations were war
and theology and if you refused to enter
the church. YOU were bound to serve IN
the army. As . natural consequence, ey-
ervthihg of real importance was altogether
neglected. There were, indeed, many
priests and many warriors, many sermons
and MANY battles. But, on the other
hand. there were neither trade, nor com
merce. nor manufactures there was no
science no literature the useful arts were
entirely unknown and even che hl9hest
rank of society were unacq quair'eu L,,t HUt
only with the most ordinary colliot' - ~
with tho commonest deeencles Of clIlllzed
life. -.
use there was laid the foundation OF o
great change. According to the old sys,
| TEN. a man had only to possess, what he
generally inherited from his father, either
q sword or a bow. and he was ready equip
ned for the field. According to the new
system. new means were required, and the
equipment became more costly and more
dificult. First, there was the supply o
gunpowder then there was the possession
Of muskets. which were expensive weap
ons. and considered difficult to manage
Then. too. there were other eontrivanees t,
which gunpowder naturally gave rise, sucl
as pistols, bombs, mortars, sheils' mines
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-11-12
NSBURG, PA, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER u, 1868

need annually twenty thousand children
% the Idols IN the temples of Mexico In
such assertions, the improbability and ex-
aggeratlon are SO self-evident that it is
needless to dwell upon them Books tell
us that the Duke Of Alba put to death by
the hands of the executioner, in the Low
countries, eighteen thousand gentlemen,
while the fact is that scarcely two thous-
and could have been collected there.
Even In the time of Titus Liyius. there
was SO much doubt as to the truth of the
legend of the Horatii and the Curatii.
that he writes, one cannot tell to which of
the two contending people the Horatii and
the Curatii belonged. Yet this cautious
historian related in another place that
-IIalfnibal fed his soldiers on htimat flesh,
to give them energy and courage
NJ. de Humbolt set himself to disprove
some of the anecdotes of Christopher Co
lumbus; the fable of the egg that he is
said to have broken in order to make it
stand upright; and the account of his
anxiety, amounting to agony, among his
mutlnous crew, to whom he had faithfully
promised sight Of land
In the history Of England, the Duke of
Clarence was for four centuries believed to
have been drowned In butt of Malmsey,
but the author of 'sThe Historic Antiqui-
ties of the Tower of London" claims to
have entirely exposed this as an error.
According to the Able Bartholemy, at
the memorable battle of Thermopylae Ls-
onidas, instead of resisting the Persians
With three hundred men, commanded at
least seven thousand men. The learned
Spon ridicules the pretended wit of dog
enes, and explains il in quite another way,
Alfred Maury endeavors to convince US
that Caesar never said and never would
have said to the pilot, '.Why do you fear?
You have Caesar and his fortunes on
board %
When he reflects on the innumerable
errors daily propagated by books, DIR. Del
epiorre gets alarmed at the strange confu-
sion IN which he f0resees all literature may
find itself few centuries hence 1t is
very possible that historical events win be
moro difficult of proof than before the in
vention Of printing, which may conse-
quently have served to augment disorder
and perplexity, rather than to have assis-
ted in the promotion of truth and ac-
pIlracv
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n o " e m b er.

The chill November wind is signing
Across the meadows bare;
And clouds of murky spray are flying
Through all the dreary air
And leaves of many-colored hues
Descend with noiseless tread,
Or rustic with wierd-li sound
On the branches overhead.
How silent is the woodland now
No note of song is heard
From robin, wren, or linnet gay,
Or joyous mocking bird
But the CHEEKY voice of chanticleer,
Like some lone clarion shriil,
Rings through the dull monotony,
Afar DER field and hill.
Across the barren stubble-6eId
The lowing cattle stalk,
Or move among the forest trees,
O'er many an ancient walk
The pIoughman from his weary toll
Lifts oft his anxious eyej
And marks again the gathering clouds
That sweep along the sky.
But darkness closes in the scene,
The hour is cold and gray,
The ploughman leaves the fallow ground,
And homeward plods his way;
And at the rosy miikmaid's call
The eager cattle come,
And man and beast the comforts feel,
The blessings of home.
-Tsaeh4rs' Adpoeate.
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-11-12

"CoME here, sissy" said young ger
tleman to a little girl, to whose sister he
was paying his addresses .you are the
sweetest thing on earth. NO / amt, I"
she replied, Sister says you are the sweet
est" The gentleman popped the question
the next dag.
AN aged bachelor was asked If he ever
saw a public execution. "No, he an
swered "but ] once suw a public mar
riage ceremony -
Il WOULD bestow my daughter" said
Themistocles, ''upon a man without mon
ey, rather than upon money without
man
DIR. HOLMES says that easy-crying wild
ows take new husbands soonest; there is
nothing like wet weather for transplant
ing.
"SAMBo, did you ever see the Catskill
Mountains ?" '.No Glen but I've seen
cats Kill mice"
4 POOR woman can sse more sympathy
in sixpcnco than in sneam Of tears
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-11-12
DFNTISVRY-

ENTISYRY.-
-AI The undersigned, Graduate of the Bal
JiIsere College Of Dental Surgery, respectfully
offers his professional services TO the citizens
OF EbpDs6urp. He has spared means to
thoroughly acquaiEt himself with every iva
ar0vemeEt in his art To many years Of per-
aoual experience, he has sought to add the
impaired expertaHce OF the highest authorities
I'm Dental Science. He simply asks that an
opportunity may be given for his work to
sneak its own praise.
SAMUEL BELFORD, D. D. s.
gg5gn VIII be at Ebensburg on the fourth
Monday of each month, to stay one w1ek.
August I3, 1868.
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A BhbroN paper is responsible

A B6srcN paper is responsible for the
following a young man from the conn-
try went into drug store tie other day,
and seeing people freely patronizing the
soda fountain, at length stepped up and
called Tor a drink or ''that arr for him
self After swallowing the foaminS con
tents Of the glass, and laying his stamps
with satisfied air upon the counter, he
said Mister, what do you call that that
bites so On being told that it was So
da water wall, said he, '1m blamed u
/ didn't s'poso II was swcftqnoa wind =
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-11-12

SAMUEL SINGLETON, Notary Pub
lie, Ebeusburg, Pa
once on High street, west of Fosters Ho-
'. LaugI3
FOB WORK Of all kinds doae at
y THE ALLEGUANiAN OFFICE,
HIGR ST EREHssCRG, Pa
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SEEING Is DEcEItINa.-Here is row

SEEING Is DECEl = IN'--- ~ - . AO'
of ordinary capital letters and figures
XXXZZZZ3333SSSS
They are such as are made up of two parts
of equal shapes Look carefully at these
and YOU will perceive that the upper halves
of the characters are a very little smaller
than the lower halves-so little that an
ordinary eye will declare them to be Of
equal size Now turn the page upside
down. and, without any careful looking,
YOU will see this difference in the size Is
very much exaggerated-that the real top
half of the letter is very much smaller than
the bottom half 1t win be seen from this
that there is tendency in the eye to en-
large the upper part of any object upon
which it looks. We might draw two cir
cles of equal size, and so place them that
they should appear equal
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LLOYD & co, BaaA;ers-

LLOYD %, ba3ute''S-
IL EBESsBUBG, PA.
E7~ Gold, Silver, Government Loans and
other Securities bought and sold. Interest
allowed on Time Deposits. Collections made
on MI accessible points in the United States,
eni 81 General Banking Business transacted.
August l g. 1868.
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-11-12

Below we give the names of the Grand
and Traverse Jurors drawn to serve at the
ensuing term of the Cambria county
Courts, commencing Monday, December
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~. NJ LLOYD, FreS't JOHN LLOYD, Cashier.
EIRST NATIONAL BANK
4 OF ALTOONA.
GOVERNMENT 4 4GENCY,
DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY or THE UNI
TED STATES

-, Ez5@ Corner Virginia and Annie sts., North
Ward. Altoona, Pa
AUrHoRizED CApIrAL.................$3 $500, COB 90
IAsu CAPITAL PAID N............... 100000 90
All business pertaining 20 Banking done on
favorable terms
Internal Revenue Stamps of all denomina-
lions always on hand
10 purchasers Of Stamps, percentage, in
lamps will be allowed, as follows; $50 to
200 per cent; $!oC to $500, 3 per cent;
9-oO aud upwards, 4 per cent. TaugI3
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TOHN FENLON, Attorney at Law,
% Ebensburg, Pa.
rGyp Office on High street. [augl3
The New Orleans crescent., 1868-11-20

The Republican wants TO know what has
become sf.the 66,OO0 Republicans who voted
for the sb-called Constitution in April last,
and of tie "a 900, more or less, who voted
for Grant The Republican asks this ques-
ton dprdbOs OF our statement that there is no
other paty in this State than the Democratic
party. Chat journal seems incapable of COM
prehendjtg what most sensible people know,
that the spersons who voted for the Constitu-
ton and FOR Grant do not constitute any por-
tion of tie people of Louisiana. They were
made votbrs by power which had no rightful
authority to enforce rule of suffrage on the
State, fol the especial benefit of few hun
dred intfIders who wanted to possess them
selves of he offices. The whole civilized world
knows what the term ''people" means They
know thst, in political sense, it means the
persons sho constitute the political communi-
ty, and Tat it never did mean and never can
mean ssrvile class, or a recently emanci-
pated class. To suppose that Congressional
iegerdenain can convert the negroes of Louisi-
ana intoe. "people" is as nonsensical as to
suppose hat silk purse can be made out of
a sow's ears, or that copious supply of sun
beams cpn be extracted from a bushel of
cucumbds We said, and we say again, that
the Republican party in Louisiana is COM
posed OF: about thousand white men-in.
truders AID renegades-who have managed by
the ASST ance of their Congressional and
military lilies, to get possession of the State
government We candidly believe that there
are not sen Radicals in the State who either
are not il Office, or have not been candidates
for Office They are faction-a squad-a
You please-but not party
The New Orleans crescent., 1868-11-20

The LEvEEs.-Tbe following very impor-
tant resolution has been adopted by the board
of public works. Riparian proprletors will
do well to consider the offer herein made, and
to act on it to the extent of their means avail
able for the purpose, if they have sufficient
confidence in the disposition of the Leeisla-
ture to do something for the benefit of the
State:
Be Il resOlred, That whereas the amount of
means available 10 the board of public works Is
not sufficient 10 pay for sl the works on the evees
tIat is absolutely needed To close crevasses that
will not only save the country from overflow. bat
also save the washing away of existing levees,
that 1t will be understood that whenever a planter
or planters may sgree. in writing, to furnish the
means TO build or repair any leyee that the bDard
will have the came examined and located BY thsjr
engineers. and constructed, if necessary, at the
said planters expense, and that the board vii!
join IN a petition and recommendation 10 the
Legislature at is next session 10 refund to said
planter all such amounts as may have bceu pro.
peIly expended.
The New Orleans crescent., 1868-11-20

Somebody writingin the Republican says
that the carpet-bagger sis the immigrant,
the embodiment OF enterprise" Which is
very true. But there are various kinds of
immigrants and various kinds of enterprise.
For instance, the persons who are understood
to leave their country for their country's
good, are just wei understood to be any
thing rather than desirable accessions to the
population of the country to which they emf
CRATE. Nor is the enterprise of Old Fagin, or
of Jack Sheppard generally considered to be
very valuable to the community in which such
avocations are pursued. The carpet-baggers
are immigrants-a fact (which nobody can
deny" and they are very enterprising fact,
likewise, which there is none to dispute"
but as their enterprise consists in persistent
pursuit of Office and emolument and public
plunder, we cannot perceive either their
presence or their enterprise is very advantage
Gus.
The New Orleans crescent., 1868-11-20

The Bee yesterday morning published an
article in the local column of its French side,
severely censuring the city council for its ac-
ton in adopting the ordinance providing for
a tax of one-fourth of one per cent, to
meet the interest on the bonds to be issued
for the redemption of city money The article
asserts that this tax would be unnecessary if
the council should endeavor to reduce the ex-
penses of the city, and further intimates that
it would be better for the people if the coun-
cil would resign. We must beg leave to dis
sent from this view
1t has not been shown that the present
council has been extravagant; but, on the
contrary, we feel assured that the retrench-
ments introduced by the present administra-
ton will compare very favorably with the
first half years expenditures Of the late
administration. We, therefore, do not see
that an administration ought to be con-
demned for laying tax to arrest debt that
is increasing daily and can only be extin-
guished by payment. But, furthermore, We
contend that no retrenchment can be effectual
until the deprecated city currency is dis
placed by one which passes everywhere; be-
cause, we cannot expect to find contractors,
laborers or merchants sufficiently patriotic to
pay out United States currency for their SER
vices, or for the merchandise of which they
dispose to the city. in exchange for currency
worth forty per cent. less than its face.
Nor do we find many self-sacrifcing, patri-
otic tax payers, who promptly pay their taxes
and licenses in United States currency. They
prefer to buy up the city money at an i'm
merse discount and pay il into the city treas
ury at par. Now, if the city treasury receives
no United States currency, he cannot pay it
out, that is clear. de therefore pays out city
money for the very simple reason that he has
no other. Thus, the contractor who is will
ling to build a bridge or to clean the streets
for ten thousand dollars, must base his bids
upon the market value of the currency in
which he expects to be paid, and must there
fore bid seventeen thousand dollars in order
to realize the price at which he was willing
to do the work.
The hardware dealer who sells his nails at
Sc keg, must ask S11 to get his money back
and when the city notes are paid out at these
rates, the annual expenditures are increased
at least half million of dollars. And yet
this city money must be redeemed at par or
repudiated unless, indeed, the Bee proposes,
that We should stop building bridges and re-
pairing streets, which are used only by
draymen, cabmen. cartmen and others, who
pay $1,000 per annum for the privilege of
running over them. These persons are COM
PEELED by law to pay up their IL
censes in January and February of each
year, whereas the real estate tax pay
ers are allowed eighteen months before
suit can be brought against them. We
trust that the Bee will reconsider its views of
this matter and aid in securing the ratifca-
ton of the bond and tax ordinance by the
people.