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Unless otherwise noted, all submissions on this page were made by Patty Millich. EBENSBURG ALLEGHANIAN EBENSBURG, PA September 1861   Thursday, 26 Sep 1861 Volume 3, Number 1 ** [This newspaper is the first one that has been printed since August 15, 1861] LOCAL AND PERSONAL The Cambria County Fair On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of next week, the 1st, 2d, and 3d proximo, the Seventh Annual Exhibition of the Cambria County Agricultural Society will be held. It has been deemed expedient, notwithstanding, the “Hard Times,” and the War excitement to make this announcement from the fact that the Harvest this season has been unusually plentiful and other pursuits prospered in a similar manner. Events During the temporary suspension of this paper a few nervous editors and fidgety old women became dreadfully excited and alarmed lest peradventure The ALLEGHANIAH had gone done never to rise again. Stopped, squelched, caved in, gin out, blown out, fizzled out, etc. etc., are a few of the grandiloquent expressions which we have been doomed to read with our eyes or hear with our ears during the brief period this establishment has not been in operation. Now it is certainly with the most pleasurable emotions that we take our pen in hand to inform all that such disinterested individuals that they have just been slightly mistaken. Why bless you dear souls! We never thought of making a permanent stop of it, ‘twas only for repairs. And these having been made and the spindles filed and new hand put on the crank, we intend to run the machine till it stops again! Ah, don’t you feel better? Let It Be Observed Today (Thursday) being the day appointed by the National Executive as a day of “Public Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer,” services will be held in the several churches of this place. We understand, moreover, that it is the intention of the principal houses of business to keep their doors closed throughout the day. This is as it should be. - - - - - It is currently reported that Maj. Richard White, of this county, has been commissioned to raise a regiment of infantry for the war. We have failed to receive a letter from our Camp Tenalley correspondents in time for this week’s issue. We hope they will manifest themselves in season for the next. Appointed Capt. G. Nelson Smith, of Johnstown, has been appointed an Assistant Quartermaster of Volunteers. Capt. S. was formerly editor of the ECHO and is an inveterate Democrat. Surgeon Dr. R. M. S. Jackson of Cresson, this county, has been appointed Surgeon to one of the Pennsylvania regiments now organizing under the late requisition. He is abundantly competent for the duties of the post. Our Railroad The work of laying the iron on the Ebensburg and Cresson Railroad is progressing rapidly, some three or four miles of said road being already completed and in running order. Weather permitting in six weeks or two months at the furthest, the Iron Horse will have found his way to the Mountain Village. And then, hooray!, won’t Ebensburg shake herself and spread herself and take long and rapid strides forward? We think so! - - - - - Hugh A. Caldwell, Esq. has become one of the editors and proprietors of the Hollidaysburg REGISTER. Welcome to the tripod! Our Johnstown Letter Johnstown, Sept. 24, 1861 Within the past three weeks the following companies have left and passed through our town for the Col. Campbell’s Cambria county regiment: Capt. P. Graham, fifty men. Capt. Jno. P. Suter, seventy men. Capt. J. H. Lapsley, thirty-five men. Capt. W. R. Bonaker, seventy-five men. Capt. E. Yutzey, one hundred and thirty-five men. Capt. Jno. B Hite, one hundred and ten men. The two latter companies were recruited in Somerset county and were a splendid looking set of men. Capt. Michael O’Connell’s company numbering about sixty men were also recruited here for the above regiment, but owing to some misunderstanding on its arrival at Harrisburg, it was attached to another regiment. Quite a number of recruits have been sent on from here for Capt. Skelley’s cavalry, Capt. Brookbank’s infantry and the regular army. I learn that Col. J. M. Power’s regiment is nearly full. The Rev. B. L. Agnew Pastor of the Presbyterian Church of this place goes as Chaplain for this regiment. Politics is very dull in this section. The war seems to engross the sole attention of everybody. Signed: Yoder The New Crotchet: “Silver Greys” There has been some considerable talk latterly on the question as to whether the Government would or would not be obliged to resort to a draft to secure a sufficient number of soldiers to prosecute the great struggle we are now engaged in to a successful termination. Judging from the alacrity with which the late requisitions are being met throughout the loyal States, however, we inline to the opinion that the Government can command an almost unlimited number of men, the entire male population of the North capable of bearing arms should it become necessary. To show the spirit that animates our people, read the annexed card issued by three well known patriotic citizens of this county: The undersigned have hereby been authorized by Governor Curtin to raise a volunteer company of Infantry, for service in the present war, to be composed of men at least forty-five years of age. No person under that age will be accepted as a member of said company. All who wish to join this company will please apply to the undersigned. The crisis demands that every man should do his duty. Turn out then, Silver Grays! Let us not let the boys do all the fighting.          William Palmer          James Murray          Gideon Marlett We understand that the above company is being filled up and that it will soon have its full compliment of “Silver Greys.” Good! The White Township Infanticide Case Our readers will probably recollect the particulars of the above horrible affair, an account of which we published at the time of the occurrence. It is the old story, loving not wisely, but too well and endeavoring to cover up one crime by the perpetration of another. The defendant in this case, Anna Hartzell, a young woman of some 16 or 17 years, was brought to trial during the recent session of our county Court. The counsel for both the prosecution and the defense embraced some of the ablest lawyers at our Bar and the trial occupied the major part of three days. After a thorough and careful investigation into the facts, the jury, after due deliberation, returned as their verdict that the defendant was “guilty of murder in the second degree,” and the Court shortly after sentenced her to undergo an imprisonment in the Western Penitentiary for a term of seven years. The trial elicited a large share of public attention and while all lament the necessity that consigns any human being to a “living grace,” no one questions the righteousness of the punishment in this case. People’s County Committee M. S. Harr, Ebensburg, Chairman. Alleghany: Peter McCoy. Blacklick: John W. Adams. Cambria: Thomas W. Williams. Carroll: Gordon St. Clair. Carrolltown: George R. Lewis. Chest: John Elder Chest Springs: M. D. Wagner. Clearfield: Dennis Donahoe. Conemaugh: John Cushon. Conemaugh Borough: John Woods. Croyle: James R. Cooper. Ebensburg: East Ward: William D. Davis. Ebensburg: West Ward: M. S. Harr. Gallitzin: Nathan Sanders. Jackson: Paul Cobaugh. Johnstown, 1st Ward: C. T. Frazer. Johnstown, 2d Ward: R. R. Edwards. Johnstown 3d Ward: George S. King. Johnstown 4th Ward: William Orr. Johnstown 5th Ward: John Parks. Loretto: William J. Koontz. Millville: Lewis R. Jones. Munster: Peter Kaylor. Richland: Lewis Fisher. Summerhill: Oliver Crum. Susquehanna: William J. Nugent. Taylor: James Kane. Washington: George Tiley. White: Thomas Hollen. Wilmore: William R. Hughes. Yoder: John Z. Jones. Seventh Annual Fair of the Cambria County Agricultural Society To be held at Ebensburg on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of the 1st, 2d and 3d days of October, 1861. Classes and Judges for Each Class Class No. 1: Judges: R. P. Linton, John Bennett, William Palmer, Esq., Samuel Bracken, M. M. Adams. Categories: Best Stallion, Best Gelding, Best Pair of Draft Horses, Best Pair of Mules, Best Mare, Best Colts of various ages. Class No. 2: Judges: A. Durbin, Wm. D. Davis, Richard Edwards, James Cooper, Geo. Settlemeyer. Categories: Best Bull, Best Yearling Bull, Best Cow, Best Steer, Best Hoffer, Best Yoke Oxen. Class No. 3: Judges: James J. Kaylor, Gordon Sinclair, Owen Roberts, Jacob Singer, Jas. Burke. Categories: Best Buck, Best Pair Lambs, Best Ewe, Best Lot of Sheep (six in number). Class No. 4: Judges: Henry Nutter, Thos. L. Jones, Francis Bearer, John Furguson, Geo. Randolph. Categories: Best Boar, Best Sow, Best Fatted Hog, Best Lot of Pigs (six in number). Class No. 5: Judges: Lewis Rodgers, John R. Thomas, N. I. Roberts, Joseph Behe, Isaac Wike. Categories: Best Lot of Fowls, Best Pair of Fowls, Best Pair Turkeys, Best Pair Ducks, Best Pair Geese. Class No. 6: Judges: Henry Glass, William Dyes, Samuel Weakland, David O’Harro, Robert W. Roberts. Categories: Best Bushel Winter Wheat, Best Bushel Spring Wheat, Best Bushel Corn - in ears, Best Bushel Oats, Best Bushel Rye, Best Bushel Timothy Seed, Best Bushel Flax Seed, Best Bushel Clover Seed, Best Bushel Barley. Class No. 7: Judges: E. Shoemaker, Wm. R. Hughes, T. L. Heyer, Thomas M. Jones, Michael Leavy. Categories: Best Bushel Potatoes, Best Bushel Turnips, Best Bushel Beets, Best Bushel Carrots, Best Bushel Onions, Best Dozen Cabbage, Best Half Bushel Tomatoes, Best Half Bushel Beans, Best Lot Celery, Best Half Dozen Squashes, Best Half Dozen Parsnips, Best Kohl Rabbi, Best Pumpkins, Best Citron, Best Musk Melon, Best Seed Cucumber, Best Lot of Cauliflower, Best Broccoli. Class No. 8: Judges: William D. Pryce, Joseph S. Harris, Rees J. Lloyd, John Luther, Wm. K. Carr Categories: Best Variety Fall Apples, Best Variety Winter Apples; Best Dozen Winter Apples, Best Dozen Fall Apples, Best Dozen Pears, Best Dozen Peaches, Best Dozen Quinces, Best Variety Grapes. Class No. 9: Judges: Robert Davis, Wm. Kittell, Wm. Ryan, Jr., John McColgan, Lawrence Schroth. Categories: Best Roll Butter, Best Print Butter, Best Cheese. Class No. 10: Judges: Geo. Hantly, Nathan Sanders, Thos. Griffith, Peter Garman, Thomas O’Connell. Categories: Best Plow, Best Harrow, Best Cultivator, Best Hillside Plow, Best Wheat Drill, Best Corn Planter, Best Horse Rake, Best Grain Cradle, Best Wind Mill, Best Cutting Box, Best Threshing Machine. Class No. 11: Judges: Thomas B. Moore, D. C. Zahm, Peter J. Little, James Conrad, John Pringle. Categories: Best Two Horse Carriage, Best Buggy, Best Set Single Harness, Best Saddle and Bridle, Best Pair Boots, Best Pair Shoes, Best Calf Skin, Best Side Sole Leather, Best Side Upper Leather, Best Lot Cabinet Ware, Best Variety Cabinet Ware, Best Stone and Earthen Ware, Best Cook Stove, Best Parlor Stove, Best Churn, Best Pair Horse Shoes, Beat Drawing Chairs, Best Breast Chains, Best Coal Grates, Best Sash, Best Wagon, Best Shook, Best Panel Door, Best Barrel Flour. Class No. 12: Judges: Ezekial Hughes, James Farren, John Leslie, Wm. G. Williams, Christian Smay. Categories: Best Plowing. Class No. 13: Judges: Mrs. James McGuire, Mrs. Johnston Moore, Mrs. William G. Gardner, Mrs. Jas. J. Kaylor, Mrs. William Murray. Categories: Best Carpet, Best Pair Blankets, Best Coverlet, Best Table Spread, Best Pieced Bed Quilt, Best Cradle Quilt, Best Hard Soap, Best Soft Soap, Best Tow Cloth, Best Linen Cloth, Best Linsey Woolsey, Best Hearth Rug, Best Pair Hose, Best Pair Half Hose, Best Pair Gloves, Best Corn Brooms, Best Fly Brush, Best Candles. Class No. 14: Judges: Mrs. John Thompson, Miss Mary Ann Wherry, Mrs. H. Scanlan, Mrs. James Riffle, Mrs. Philip Collins. Categories: Best Bread, Best Domestic Sugar, Best Apple Butter, Best Pumpkin Butter, Best Rusk, Best Pound Cake, Best Jelly Cake, Best Sponge Cake, Best Pear Butter, Best Plum Butter, Best Quince Butter, Best Tomato Catsup, Best Apple Jelly, Best Tomato Jelly, Best Peach Jelly, Best Plum Jelly, Best Quince Jelly, Best Currant Jelly, Best Jar Pickles, Best Jar Brandy Peaches, Best Cherry Bounce, Best Dried Apples, Best Raspberry Jam, Best Strawberry Jam, Best Blackberry Jam, Best Apple Preserves, Best Peach Preserves, Best Pear Preserves, Best Plum Preserves, Best Cherry Preserves, Best Tomato Preserves, Best Catawba Wine, Best Elderberry Wine, Best Blackberry Wine, Best Currant Wine, Best Vinegar, Best Dried Peaches, Best Dried Plums, Best Dried Cherries, Best Honey in the Comb, Best Honey Rendered. Class No. 15: Judges: Misses Emily Roberts, Maggie Zahm, Matilda Myers, Jane Ann Evans, Mary Dugan. Categories: Best Ornamental Needlework, Best Silk Embroidery, Best Dress Making, Best Linen Embroidery, Best Cotton Embroidery, Best Shell Work, Best Worsted Embroidery, Best Netting. Class No. 16: Judges: Misses Frances Smith, Kate Noon, Kate Durbin, Lizzie Pfoff, Rose Rhey. Categories: Best Collection Flowers, Best Basket of Flowers, Best Moss Vase with Flowers, Best Hand Bouquet with Flowers, Best Flat with Flowers, Best Table with Flowers, Best Collection with Artificial Flowers. Class No. 17: Judges: J. M. Jones, M. D., E. F. Lytle, J. A. Moore, Jacob Fronhoiser, E. M. George. Categories: Best Oil Painting, Best Draughting, Best Nature Color Painting, Best Penmanship, Best Crayon Sketch, Best Marble Work. Class No. 18: Judges: James C. Noon, James S. Todd, Dr. J. Brawlier, Howard J. Roberts, Lemuel Davis. Categories: Best Equestrienne over 18. Best Equestrienne under 18. MARRIAGES Married in St. Patrick’s church, this place, on Tuesday, 10th inst., Thos. P. Fenlon, Esq., of Leavenworth, Kansas, formerly of this county, to Miss Rose Helene Rhey, of Ebensburg. DEATHS A Sad Affliction The CAMBRIA TRIBUNE relates the following distressing case of family bereavements: Three children of Mr. Peter P. Lehman, residing in Richland township, this county, a few miles from Johnstown, were taken sick, died and were buried within a week. The eldest and first to die was aged over 14, the next 7, and the youngest and last nearly 4 years. The last two died and were buried within three days. The disease was putrid sore throat. Died near Hamilton, Ohio, on Saturday, 10th ult, John R. Lewis, Esq., aged about 40 years. Mr. L. had been terribly injured a short time previous by being run over by a wagon, the team of which was running way and the injuries then received resulting in his death. He formerly resided in this place, most of early life having been spent under the roof of his uncle, Richard Lewis, since deceased. His friends and acquaintances will deplore his demise. Died on Sabbath evening, the 22d inst., Mary, wife of John Rodgers Sr., aged about 66 years. The deceased was in the enjoyment of her usual health until an hour previous to her death when she was attacked by apoplexy, which in a short space of time, terminated her earthly career. During her life she was universally beloved and her sudden death will be mourned by all who knew her. Died at the residence of his father, in this place on Saturday, 14th inst., Cornelius M. Collins in the 34th year of his age.