The Alleghanian, Ebensburg, Pa. Thursday, May 15, 1862 Volume 3, Number 34 NEWS Appointed We are glad to learn that our good friend, Mr. Wm. W. Young has been appointed Post Master at Cresson, this county, vice John J. Troxell. He will make a model official. Accident We learn from the TELEGRAPH that a man named Myers from Johnstown belonging to the Silver Grays, fell and broke his right leg in Harrisburg one day last week. He was immediately attended by a physician and is now doing as well as could be expected under the circumstances. “A Brick!” A couple of weeks since we made mention of the bravery displayed by Rolla N. Evans, a former Cambrian, at the battle of Pittsburg Landing, and we take great pleasure in adding the following complimentary confirmation, extracted from the war correspondence of a Bloomington, Illinois paper: “R. N. Evans, formerly 1st sergeant of Co. G., (20th Illinois) and lately promoted to be 1st Lieutenant of Co. I for gallantry at Fort Donelson and who had not yet received his commission was fighting gallantly in Co. C. When our color sergeant fell badly wounded, Rolla seized the colors and bore them bravely aloft, shaking them defiantly at the enemy until he fell badly wounded in the ankle. Rolla is a “brick,” sure and the boys of Co. C hate to lose him.” Twelfth Penna. Cavalry This regiment to which is attached the company recently recruited in this county by Capt. Wm. Linton, has been fully organized and the regimental officers commissioned by Gov. Curtin. Lewis B. Pierce, of Bradford County, is Colonel in place of Wm. Frishmuth, displaced. The regiment is now probably at Washington having gone thitherward from Philadelphia a few days since. Fifty-Fourth Penna. Vols. The Fifty-Fourth regiment, Col. Campbell, as we learn by a communication from our friend, “Horace,” is still stationed along the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, the headquarters being at Sir John’s Run. The letter will appear in the next issue. ------------------------------------------------------------------ MARRIAGES Thomas-Tobb Married in this place on Tuesday morning, 13th inst., by the Rev. Mr. Mitchell, Mr. John D. Thomas to Miss Lizzie Todd, both of Ebensburg. Just so! We are all posted to the effect that – “Marriage, rightly understood, Gives to the tender and the good A Paradise below.” Wherefore our friend John and his bonnie bride have done well. For - to use a Sparrowgrassical expression - a Paradise is “a handy thing to have in any house.” And few, under the circumstances should afford to be without one. ------------------------------------------------------------------- DEATHS Dillon A young man named Dillon, son of Samuel Dillon, of Susquehanna twp., this county, died at the hospital in Washington city last Thursday. The deceased belong to Co. A., 11th Penna. Reserves. Letter from Johnstown Johnstown, May 13, 1862 Deeming a few local items from this neck o’ timber not unacceptable I send you the following: On Friday last a child whose parents reside near the canal basin, wandered to the brink of the water and falling in, was drowned before aid could be rendered. The mother, attracted by its cries was the first to discover her child’s situation but powerless to save, she saw her darling go down before her very eyes. Her frantic cries soon brought assistance, but all efforts to resuscitate the body, which was recovered shortly, were without avail. A lad name Smith, while attempting to cross the “iron bridge” the other day was caught by the cow catcher of a freight engine and fatally injured. The boy’s sense of hearing, it appears, is somewhat defective and just after getting on the bridge the train came round the curve. The engineer sounded the alarm whistle and tried to check the train but failed. The cow catcher tripped up the boy who fell backward and strange to say retained a position thereupon until the train stopped when he rolled off and fell into the river below. He received injuries which he cannot survive. [Signed] E _________________________________________________________________ Proud to be a PC? Show the world. Download the “I’m a PC” Messenger themepack now. hthttp://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/119642558/direct/01/