VOL. LXXVI. CENTRE COUNTY IN THE CIVIL WAR. 148th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. GENERAL REVIEW OF MAJOR AND MI. NOR EVENTS, Experiences of the Rank and File—-Anec- dotes and Observations, By T. P. Meyer, Sergeant Co. A., 148th Regiment, P. V. [To be Continued.] CHAPTER II. This little accident did not stop the festivities for a moment; a little better order was established and more races followed. Many, however, were not in a condition to know or care where they rode, only so there was great speed, rode their horses here and there | i over the great field, against one anoth- | er and through the crowd of soldier spectators on foot, adding more casual- ties. Noon came and races ended for the forenoon, and the chivalric horse- men returced to camp for crackers and pork dinner, A crowd assembled at the Catholic | chapel or tent of worship where the priest preached a sermon, followed by a wedding. Dinner over, the chival- ric horsemen and attendant crowds of soldiers on foot reassembled at the race-course and had more races and wild riding, till about 4 p. m., when heavy, rapid cannonading commenc- ed on our right, and shells came whir- ring into our camps. Report came that the Johnnles had turned our right and were crossing the river in force; all was excitement and the soldiers hurried to their respective camps. The “long roll” was beat and columns] were formed, troops stood waiting, | batteries all hooked up and ready, the | firing slackeued and soon ceased, and | night aud quiet once more settled | down over the great encampment, | save, only, in the Irish brigade, where | they jollified, drank avd fought among themselves all night. ! On March 24th, 1863, a performauce, | new to us, was enacted on our review ground and I went down, with many | more, to see it. Agreeably to the find- ings and sentence of a “Court Martial” three soldiers were, with great ceremo- | ny, drummed out of the service. Great | efforts were made to humiliate these | men as much as possible; they were es- | pecially prepared for One side of the head, beard and mus tache was shaved clean; ope was a! smooth faced bov and did not peed | any face shaving. About five thous- | the oceasion, | and soldiers were turned out and form- | ed a hollow square, all sides facing in-| ward. The three condemned soldiers | were compelled to lead the way in this | grand march, and to earry their caps | fo their bands, each was a soldier in position of charge | bayonet, the point of which was with- in a few inches of the head, and car- ried in that position throughout; fol- lowing these more guards with shoul | dered arms, and lastly followed an im- mense drum eorps of more than a hun- dred fifers and drummers, playing without halt or change, the “Rogues March,” as this procession moved along the four inner sides of the square and within five paces of the front of the troops standing at order arms, The victims had the sympathy gener- ally of the troops in attendance, many saying that they would make that same march for a discharge aud cursed the whole performance. When the parade had made the full gircuit of the hollow square the vie- tims were taken to the rear outpost of the army and given “dishonorable dis- charges,’”’ sald to contain the sentence, “dishonorably discharged and drum- med out of the U, B. Military service.” No doubt the offense of which they were guilty was of a trivial character, had it been serious they would likely have been shot or hung, like many were during the war, Military courts are never over merciful and life is held cheap in war. The event of the season game off April 7th’ 1863, The Grand Review of the main portion of the Ar- my of the Potomac, over one hundred thousand men, Infantry and Artillery, This review was looked forward to for days and passed off finely, with all the pomp of real war, Great preparations bad been made for the display and the ordnance was polished up like new, the uniforms of the men were mostly new and wich out blemish; blackened shoes and white gloves, everything in general faultiess, Tall stakes bearing the designs of the badges of the different corps, were planted ail over the great plain, in the positions to be occupied by the differ- pnt gommands,® The troops came to the fleld by brigades, massed and wheeled into line, as if by instinet, with no confusion or noisd, except the music of Lhe bands, the heavy tread of the great host that seemed to shake the ground, and the few brief orders of Continued on fifth page. Much is said, and justly, of the amazing organization of commercial enterprises, and much about astonish- In many parts of the country, these were fully equaled in the canvassing for the twentieth thank offering. Had the vated, it is reasonable to believe that thirty instead of twenty millions would have been the result; but the territory, the absence of many members from home at the time vastuess of the appeals were made and collections taken, and many other impediments prevented this. Only such an organi- retary preeminently fitted for the po- gition, made possible such a result. Neither could he nor the organization have accomplished it had not the bish- ops and the editors of the Church press throughout the whole of the vast field enthusiastically and with much tact and perseverance promoted the csprit and had du corps of the denomivation; these could not not leaders among the laity, both men have succeeded and women been intensely interested, and a multitude of the people accepted the appeal in the spirit in which it was made, about To colleges and universities, 7,000,000 was given; to theological seminaries, $85,730; to seminaries an academies, £1,132. 100. The largest sum given to apy single university was §1, 2 13,800, to Nyra 14 Wesleyan Univers University. Ohio ty received $1,002,- rican University at Wash- 000; Cornell College owa, $05,000: Alle Pa. Wesleyan Mid- onn., $R7.950; De P Tudians, $267.000: H University, Minnes« ton University, $260,000; the Wi College of Baltimore, $244,000 ; ington, D. €., $525 theny ¢ olleg: University, dletown, ( f uw University, siulin its, $250 000; Ors. Nuan's Mor- Baker To ten ingside College, Iowa, $136 500; University, Kansas, $110,000, other colleges and universities were f $50,000 or more, and to sums of $25,000 and upward; to smaller sums, Thirty-four seminaries aod acade- ¥ to schools in under re Confer- 000: Grand this cause, New Hampsh ence Neminary received $20 Prairie Bemiuary, Illinois, $114,200; [ ary, I nsti- Wyoming $100,000; Centenary Collegiate Seminary, Pa , received 8682 000: Beav- er College and Musical [ostitute, Pa, assed among the seminaries, §558, 000: New Js received MeTinary, reey, sruniler $45,000 Others SUA, For various phiianthropies and char. ities, $2510.761 was eontributed. and pport To given to of worn out £4504 000. this must be added establish churches iu destitute ninisiera, $379,000 Com munities outside the ordinary work of church extension. The rule of the Methodist Episcopal Church with regard to building new churches 1s this: An “estimate of the necessary to build shall be made; and three-fourths of the monsy, according to such estimate, shall be se- cured or subscribed before sny such building shall be commenced.” There amount are indebted to the quarter the cost, which is often more than was estimated and may creased by delayed payments of inter- est. Various circumstances also lead to the dgnoring of the rule destroyed edifices insufficiently insur- at once, or a better church was de- insurance; hence, in an body, dealing extensively with the { Bouth and far West, at all times there will be many church debts, These ence. : Only such debts as have been paid under the impulse of this movement have been included in the The proposition appealed strongly to many localities that would perhaps have postponed the payment of their debts for a long term of years, and §9,- 003,506 of the accounts, twenty-million-dollar devoted to the work of providing things honest in the sight of all men. i The exact amount received from all sources cannot be ascertained until af- ter the assembling of the spring con- ferences; but up to January 15 of the present year, $20,867,270 was duly ac- counted for and certified to by the secretary, In addition to this, the regular fixed charges and benevolent f collections of the Church, amounting to more than twenty million showed an dollars per annuum, advance rather than a de- This means four years this one denomination of evangelical Christians has, without ald from the State, under the influence Crease, that in only of personal interest and persuasive arguments, expended above one hun. dred million dollars for its faith, The primary was to revive and spread work of Methodism ipiritual re. ligion. For some decades, its energies were devoted chiefly to this Awakened religious interest, created a strong desire for educat ena however, P00 amoung the common people, hence the extraordinary progress made by t Church io this department of civiliza- tion. he Homes for the aged, hospitals, orphan asylums, naturally came later. Temperance, —~meaning by this total abstinence from intoxicating liquors, -has been strenuously as well from all amuse- ments tending to make the youth of each generation indifferent to the ap- peals made to them by tors, and teachers for = than that which chiefly sen. suous enjoyment or material prosperi- ty, or forgets in “the life that now is'’ ‘that which is to come.” ingisted upon, as abstinence higher life Bee Ks its attention from its primary work is a question of vital Christianity, t may reasonably be assum that the original impulse which gave rise to Methodism has by no means expend- ed its force, The chief and most vital feature of the report of the Anthracite Strike Commission is its declaration that there shall be no discrimination be- tween union and non-union men in the operation of the collieries. This is only a new enunciation of the utterance of the Declaration of Independence that all men are created free and equal, and shall have equal opportunity each with every other, in the enjoyment of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, ed against the system of vengeance known as the boyeott, which is a vio. lent interference with the rights of the individual. It was fully expected that these fun- damental principles would be upheld. Before the commission was formed the operators and the representatives of the miners’ union, pledged themselves to abide by the decision of the commis. may be expected that the country will no more be shocked by assaults snd killings perpetrated by one class upon another in the anthracite regions, but that all will work together peaceably upon the terms laid down by the com. mission, The advance in wages, the decreas ¢ in the number of working hours, the sliding seale and other decisions made by the commission are matters of detail which concern the operators and their employees, aud on which noone not engaged in minipg coal or who has not profoundly studied them can speak with authority. It is fair to assume that after the exhaustive hearings last. ing for months, held Ly the commis- sion, it has reached an equitable de- | termination, To say nothing of the terrible dia. tress caused by the coal famine, the | loss, according to the estimate of the lcommission, was enormous. The loss to the operators is placed at $46,000,000; to employees, in wages, $25,000,000; to | transportation companies, $28,000,000; a total of $09,000,000. All this might have been saved, but it will be some compensation if the result of the great anthracite coal miners strike is to | teach all classes in every section, that | this is a government of liberty regulat- ed by law; that no man or no organi- gation hag a right to say under what |sonditions wnother man shall sell his labor; that every man has a right to work under any terms or for any wages that are satisfactory to him, and that the Btate will protect him in that right with all its power. The weather prophets who predict- ed “rough weather after these rains,’ hit it again. Wm. Mitterling moved to town Wednesday, He will continue dealing in cattle as heretofore. i LOCALS, Easter, April 12, Miss Emma MeCoy moved into the bouse of Edward Foreman. The Bophomore class of Pennsylva- | nia Btate College will banquet in Mil- ton, March 31. Colonel Reeder announces himself a candidate for delegate to the Republic- an slate convention, The offices occupied by Register Archey and Recorder Rowe are being repapered and repainted. Merle years old owe, 13 laurel in mistake for wintergreen, D. K. Geiss, of this place, last week started on a trip through the eastern counties, combining business pleasure, It has been sonic fraternity, of Harrisburg, has arranged to erect an $80,000 temple at Third and State Streets, directly front. ing the Capitol. Harry Decker, formerly of Centre Hill, writes the Reporter that he and Altoona Wednes- week, have settled down, his family reached day of last and like the place, George G, Groff, professor of organic science of Bucknell University, was nominated by Governor Pennypacker as a member of the State Board of Health and Vital Blatistics. Considerable lumber, staves, props and other timber is being shipped from the Centre Hall station. output of props, lagging, and the like, {| i# no small item of the whole, The Abraham early loves is told by Myrtle story of Lincoln's teed with truth but reverence in the April Wo- mon's Home Cs It is a fas- cinating picture of a great man apanion. rains have started Lawns look pretty with thelr new velvety coverings, and have the stamp of April March. The warm grass to grow, instead o If you want to see a well-kept lawn about a farm house, you need only go the Brush Valley road to the of Mra. Maggie Harper, on which Wm. Beholl lives Captain 8B. H. Bennison, of Abdera, is ill. Beveral weeks ago the Captain was thrown from a load of lumber and injury, from however, almost considerable he had, covered, Ex-Bheriff Brungart bas resigned the office of deputy sheriff and will be- come superintendent of the stave mill plants of the firm of MeNitt Brothers 0, of which E. M. Hayett, of this & ¢ » i of Dr. George Lee, Samuel Durst, and | Wm. Colyer, the latter being located on Mr, Colyer's farm and will be tenant- ed by Solomon Lingle. It is reported that Wm. J. Bioger, Feq , who went time ago for medical treatment, says { the Daily News, is in a dangerous con- i dition, and there is some The snnual reunion of the German teformed churches of Bouthern Penn- sylvania will be held at Penn Mar on July 16. A committee has been to attend. The Marine Band will al- {a0 be present, House Committee on Counties and Townships killed the bill for the crea- tion ofa new county of Conemaugh from the southern part of Cambria and | portions of Somerset, Westmoreland and Indiana counties, with Johnstown as the county seat, Elsewhere in the Reporter will be found a card announcing that Prof. Will D. Blair will begin teaching vo- cal and instrumental music in Centre Hall the third week in April. Prof. Hiair is an accomplished musician, aud will be able to give the best in- struction, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. W. English, of Pittsburg; Mrs. George English, of New York City; Mr. and Mrs, M. W. Furey and Miss Margaret Furey, of Spring Township Saturday morning drove to Centre Hall, to visit Mrs. J, M. King, who is the sister of Mr, English and Mrs. Furey. The April Cosmopolitan is a careful. ly balanced magazine. It appeals to the individual tastes of the many, and the many tastes of the individual. There are 17 stories and articles—101 pictures. Chief place is given to a striking article on “The Amerieaniza- tion of the Cauadian Northwest," written by Willlam R. Stewart. Dr. Holloway, pastor of the Belle. fonte Lutheran church, received infor- mation from Andrew Carnegie that he would supply $1000 for a pipe organ in his church, provided the members would furnish a like amourt. A simi lar proposition has been received by Dr, K. Otis Bpessard, of the Mifflin. burg Reformed churoh, i W. HARRISON WALKER, It is a pleasure for us to refer to the { subject of this sketch, W. Harrison Walker, burgess of Bellefonte, who | was elected by the phenomenal msjor- | ity of 342 over his Republican oppo- | nent, and which is the largest majori- ty ever given a Democratic candidate {in that strong Republican town, The Daily News in commenting on {the election of Mr. Walker, said, iamong other things: “You were | elected to the honorable and ble position of Burgess, not by but by the without { votes of one political party, better element of our citizens | regard to political affiliations. They supported becaus you they { could trust, believing you would dis charge the duties of the office | ‘fear, favor or affection.” without Since Mr. Walker has entered upon | the duties of his office he has demon- strated to the generally his | strong determination to correct many :vils, as well as punish the offenders pe ople i who grossly and wilfully violate the | provisions of law. | Burgess Walker is a son of Samuel | E. Walker, now a resident of Salona, and one of the most substantial and prominent business men in Clinton county. In June 1808 he was gradu. {ated from the Dickinson | Law, ranking high in He was admitted to the Centre county bar July 20, 1866, and on August Ist of the same year, became the junior mem- ber of the law firm of Fortney & Walk- er, and since that has ively engaged in law. The firm of which he is a mem- ber, is one of the most substantial in | this section of the The people his class, time been act- slate, Walker tothis important and respon- sible position. se—————— Miners Win Eight Hour Fight. The coal miners of minous district have at last gained a fromm the operators for p which they have been fighting for the {last five namely, an eight | hour day. After two weeks of the hardest kind { of work the miners carried their point, the second bitu- concession years, | hour day was signed by representa tives of the miners and operators Fri- day evening at Altoona, The new scale grants the miners the eight bour day, a 10 per cent. advance for machine mining and a 10 per cent. cele ens— A Rare Bargain, Our regular $4.50 Cabinets for a short time for §3.00, A discount of 33} per cent, This is not an advertising dodge but a straight tip. If you want pictures now is your opportunity. At Centre Hall every Friday, except 27. W. W. Baia, eA Copious Rains, ¢ Baturday afternoon rain set in, an half inch falling that day. Sanday there was a precipitation of one inch and Monday a fall of seven-tenths of an inch of rain, making in all twoand two-tenth inches. Friday preceding the rain was the warmest day in Mareh, the mercury rising to seventy- four degrees. * Entertain ment Saturday Night, The members of the Penn Hall band will give an entertainment in Grange Arcadia, Centre Hall, Saturday night, next. The entertainment consists of short dramatic sketches, instrumental and vocal music, and has been pro- duced with great success at various places in the valley. Admission, adults, 10; children 5 cents, ARM 8, Farmers Take Notice, Just received a car load of smooth and barb fence wire; fifty roll Poultry Net. ting from two to six feet wide, which will be sold at prices that will surprise everybody. Come at once, it won't last long. All wire and netting must be sold for cash or its equivalent, O. T. KoORMAN, Spring Mills, eran church at Lock Hav NO. 13. COUNTY NEWS, | HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST { FROM ALL PARTS, Miss Bertha Wolf attended the neral of her uncle, John Wolf, occurred Wednesday. fu- which Las. the The sunrise prayermecting on ter Day, will again be observed i Lutheran church, Perry Breon's sale, which of the largest in this section of thi ley, was well attended. He sold a lot of eattle that brought goo D. H. Myers, of Tusseyville looks after the interests of the Creamery Corporation on tl Hide of Potter township, was Friday and advanced his subse The House voted down Representative Kepler p termarriageof the Cauca gro races. The vote was 81 4 less than a constitutional 103 in the affirmative. The Woman's Home Compar fers three cash prizes for gestions on the following topics : “ H i Behool-Yards to Make “How to Make Pin-Money at | “How to Pay oft Church 1 | further particulars see April | Ephraim Harter, the | ber of the firm of G of the Friday on business, of ci famous Red is the only reason | The Red Mill grind ducts says Mr. Harter. Mre. Maggie Love, p Tusseyville, and W. R. eighteen the same place, were i Mrs Love {Oklabhoma, and the little jobs he will be ready earnest as slirred. s8000L Mrs. Jane Miller, home with her daught | Evans, near Cedarville, 11 paralytic stroke and fell the was sitting in the limb, says Ora | i i {| “he ff fr + { family, and got up to get ; 3 “rr she wasstricken. Mr our years old and critical. A few days ago, say Daily News, some wretch entered the office of Geo. B. Klump, D., on High St. i 4 Doc tor’s bank book containing sixty dol | lars i and appropriat ash i Was the ther the 3 SK. in good clean ¢ committed during the abser Dr., who had stepped int room for a bank book with the money « J. H. Wagner, of Potters Mills had one of the big sales and implements, last town Friday. He with the outcome of satisfied that good stock will good prices, and will do so where the owner expecis lo continue farming, which explodes the idea that it is only where a clean sweep is made that cattle, ete., bring good prices. few minutes leaving who tock week, as in pleased his sale, and is bring at a sale F fav G3 IAarm Was well One of the busiest men in Georges Valley these days is Green Decker, of Beech, who is cutting and sawing the timber for the store houses (0 be erect ed by Messrs. Wm. Pealer and C. A, Krape, of Spring Mills. Mr. Decker has quit farming, and Is giving his en- tire attention to the saw mill, This move was necessitated because of the misfortune that befell his son last fall, by which he lost one of his arms. Mr, Decker had a kind word for the Beech correspondent, who he said, gives the correct news in his locality. Boyd A. Musser, who for many years has been a resident of Bellefonte, has entered the service of the York Bridge Co., and after April 1st, will become a citizen of York, Pa., having charge of the offices of that large and prosper ous manufacturing concern. He has disposed of his insurance business to Samuel Goes who will continue on in the same office.—Bays the Watchman. Mr. Musser was commissioners clerk for three years, leaving that office the first of the present year, and while there made many friends (all over the county who will regret thal he is leaving old Centre. “The Legend of Penns Cave’ which appeared in the Reporter the other week, was taken from s pretty little book published by Henry W. Shoe maker, Ksq., of New York, who with James C. Quiggle, of McElhattan, Pa., last September on their visit to Penns Cave spent an hour pleasantly in the Reporter office, and it was in nition of that meeting that “Wild Life in Western Pennaylvania’’ was sent the editor. Mr. Bhoemaker is a son of H. F, Shoemaker, chairman of the ex ecutive committee of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad Com= pany. The Bellefonte papers that used the legend second, had uot the man or the Reporter.
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