NEWS: Items from The Alleghanian, June 12, 1862, Cambria County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Patty Millich Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/cambria/ _________________________________________ The Alleghanian, Ebensburg, Pa. Thursday, June 12, 1862 Volume 3, Number 38 A Wounded Soldier Mr. John Lister of Jackson township, this county, who was wounded at the battle of Shiloh and has been at home on furlough since, we are happy to say, is rapidly recovering from his injuries. He visited town on Saturday and was gladly received by his many friends and sympathizers. He gives a most interesting account of the great battle and speaks in glowing terms of the noble bearing of his company - Co. C, Capt. Williams, 19th U. S. Infantry, composed almost exclusively of Cambrians - throughout the fight. Mr. L. was wounded in the leg by a musket ball during the thickest of the fight, but was wholly unconscious of having received any hurt at the time being. He says he experienced a peculiar sensation merely, as if he had sustained a kick on the leg from a soldier in the ranks behind him, and thought nothing more of the matter. He fought on, firing some seven or eight rounds thereafter when he discovered by the trickling blood that he was wounded. He immediately grew weak and faint and sinking to the ground, remained in a state of insensibility for several hours. He was afterwards removed from the field, his wound cared for and he released on furlough. With proper attention, he will probably experience no serious results from his injury. We wish him a speedy and entire recovery. Personal Our friends, Messrs. H. J. Humphrey and P. L. Linton, both attaches of Adams & Co.'s Express on the Pennsylvania Railroad were in town and paid us a visit during the present week. They look well and also wear very good clothes, sure indication that railroading is an excellent investment. Long may they wave! Letter from Johnstown Johnstown, June 9, 1862 The past week has been a most delightful one and the young folks hereabout appeared determined to make the most of it while it lasted. A fishing party, participated in by several young friends of mine, was gotten up and quite a delightful time was had. The fish, however, it appears were not very plenty, but a brisk shower coming up about the time the party were starting homeward, they were drenched completely. Thus, if they did not catch any fish, they certainly succeeded in catching lots of "duck." A Pic-Nic is to come off on Wednesday at Nineveh, a few miles below town. It promises to be a large affair. John Fredericks, an assistant in the Quartermaster's Department of Banks' army is home on furlough. He thinks there are few men, who under the circumstances, could have conducted a retreat to a more successful termination than did Gen. Banks. Lieut. Wehn of Capt. Linton's company, is also home on a brief furlough. A company is being formed here for service in case another requisition is made for more troops. The Governor purposes furnishing them with arms when they number thirty-four men. Twenty-eight have already been enlisted and I think there will be no difficulty in securing the required number. I am inclined to the belief that Johnstown is becoming an exceedingly moral place of late. Take of illustration, that at our recent Quarter Sessions, we only succeeded in "sending up" one candidate for criminal honors, whereas at terms prior, we generally supplied that commodious institution yelept [yelept as typed in the newspaper]jail with the major proportion of its inmates. [Signed] E Johnstown Schools The public schools of Johnstown borough opened for its eight months' session on Monday of last week. The following are the names of the Teachers, selected from some forty applications: Superintendent, J. Frank Condon; Mr. Samuel Singleton, Miss Annie Oglevee, Miss Lizzie Stubel, Miss Mary M. Swank, Mr. J. P. Andrews, Miss Sallie A. Druitt, Mr. S. B. M'Cormick, Miss Mary E. M'Clure, Miss Sidney A. Postlethwaite, Miss Mary J. Morgan. Their salaries range from $30 to $40. Agricultural We direct the attention of our readers to the advertisement elsewhere of a call for an election of officers for the Cambria County Agricultural Society to be held on Saturday, 14th inst. Jugged One of those peripatetic copper faces known as Gipsies was committed to jail on Monday evening for exhibiting a species of break neck equestrianism thro' our streets to the periling of life and limb of pedestrians. He was released next morning after payment of a fine. People's County Convention Pursuant to adjournment from Wednesday prior, the People's County Convention met at the Court House on Tuesday evening, 10th inst. Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather a respectable representation from the different sections of the county were present. Col. John M. Bowman of Johnstown was unanimously chosen Delegate to represent Cambria in State convention at Harrisburg on the 17th July and Col. Wm. K. Carr, of Wilmore, Col. James Cooper of Johnstown and E. Roberts of Ebensburg, appointed Senatorial Conferees to meet like Conferees from Blair and Clearfield to select a Delegate to represent this Senatorial District in said Convention. General War News [news item extracted from lengthy article] From Gen. Halleck's army we have the news of a most glorious victory over the rebels. Gen. Halleck telegraphs as follows to the War Department: "General Pope with 40,000 men is thirty miles south of Corinth, pushing the enemy hard. He already reports 10,000 prisoners and deserters from the enemy and 15,000 stand of arms captured. Thousands of the enemy were throwing away their arms. A farmer says that when Beauregard was informed that Colonel Elliott had cut the railroad on his line of retreat he became frantic and told his men to save themselves the best way they could! We have captured nine locomotives and a number of cars. One is already repaired and is running today. Several more will be in running order in a few days. The result is all I could possibly desire." The late news from Gen. Halleck says that our forces now occupy Baldwin and Guntown, Miss. The enemy passed the later town on the night of June 6th retreating southward. It is estimated that 20,000 deserters left Corinth mostly from Tennessee, Kentucky and Arkansas. All the regiments from those States were closely guarded on both sides by Mississippi and Alabama troops. The whole country is full of armed troops returning from the Kentucky and Tennessee regiments. The enemy drove and carried off everything for miles around. The wealthiest families are starving and destitute. The women and children are crying for food! The males were forced into the army. The enemy is represented as suffering greatly for food. A Rumor Contradicted: Robert Davis We last week gave publicity through these columns to a current report that Mr. Robert Davis of the 12th regular infantry and formerly of this place had been killed in a recent skirmish with the Rebels in Virginia. Since then the friends of the supposed deceased have made inquiry at the proper quarters and ascertained that the rumor is unfounded. An officer of the regiment writes that a report was in circulation over a month ago to the effect as above but that it had been disproved. Another link in the chain of rebutting evidence is this - that the friends of Mr. Davis have received letters from him written since the period of his supposed demise. We are happy to make the correction and hope that the subject of this notice may live long enough at least to return home at the end of the war and give us ocular demonstration of his sublunary existence.