od these secrets, resume the eager in
terest in their strife and their trouble
ambit ton, and use the
povvvr aI he sa ! ,. • Ir• win Iho power
that holorgs to l
You N% ill yel IWIV o part on the
earth that will Gil earth with commo
tion nod amaze. For wondrous du•
signs lia;i3 yon, a wonder yourself,
been pc rinitti.ii to live on through the
centuries. All the Secrets you have
stored will then have their uses—all
that now muk oa you a stranger amWat
the generations will contribute then
to make you their lord. As the trees
and the straws are drawn into a
whirlpool—as they spin round, are In two Weeks f 'rom t day the'
a-
sucked to the deep, and again tossed
hope to be able to,'-,announce the
aloft by the eddies, so shall races and -
of nominee of the
thrones be plucked ' into the charm Chicago Canyon.'
your vortex. Awful Destoyer—but tion. - We go in-fai . him whoever
in destroying, made, against your he May be, because he will be pla.C . -
own will, a Constructor 1"
"And that date, ton, je,far off ?” a, , ed on .platforra-of principles that
"Far oft;
,when 'it 'comes, think area Union, ' Goiiatitlitional and
your end in this world is.at hand 1" Democratic. ' We fear riot .in b,e,-
g
.I.w wand what is the end 7 Look speaking in advance that the Do
eat w est, west, south, and nortb.
"In the north, where you never
, 1 , mocracy of Lebanon 'county, , will
yet trod—towards the 'point whence also go for hitri,.and desire, to eon
your instincts have : warned you, ; tribute their mite towards his elec...
there a spectre will seize you. 'Tis 1 -
Death 11. sue a ship—it is haunted— 1 tion . and ' the %Obtainment 'Cot
'tis chased—it sails on. Baffled '• na- I PEACE and ptosperity to oftr pir4-'
vies sail after, that ship. It enters ! ent unhappy cOnntyY, and the e'en:
the region of ice. It passes a sky
1 t:OVeithroW4AhOlitic pAsn.-
red with meteors. TWo moonsstand seqUen
on high, over ice -reefs., I see the i The October elections take place:
ship, locked between white defiles— ! only sii• weeks L i. aftet flIe ; ;• Chicago.
they are ice-rocks. .1 see the . dead I Convention; : --- 4 - P' - d: lie koVember
strew the decks—stark and. lived, I • . ..._:.—
green 'media on their l i m b s. Ali ace : election only ti1.?e4 . . , .%:9 eks after :
ead but one man—it is you 1 But I that, in all brit tWO.glitirt'piOntliol
years, though so slowly they chute)! Now, if we are sincere'*e TOO .
have then scathedyou. There is the I
re are, ever. man Of (IS to buck
coming of age, on your brow,' and the P , • 1 .
will is relaxed in the cells of the brain..; le on his arnter, ,Imihe' . .ready - .for
Still that will, though enfeebled, ex-'the campaign!, the :moment , our
coeds all that man knew before you,
.1. .0
1 candidates 'are. announced.''V '
through - the will you live on, gnawed , , - ... ,
With famine : And nature no longer ' time is to be lost • ' Let ' US: orgari.... /
obeys you in that death-spreading re. .' ize at once. - Let Lebanon• 1:wOr-;
. gion ;—the sky is a sky of iron, and : ouvh move in the niatteil and. the,
the air has iron clamps, and the ice- •''
rocks wedge in the ship. . Hark how districts will promptly - rfollow. suit:
,
it cracks and groans.. Ice will imbed . . If we do not - ACT . new,; .
all. our
it as 'amber imbeds a straw. And a TALK for the past three,. yearS,
man has gone forth, living yet, from 'was as naught:: Let' the bail i he•
tho ship and its dead ; and he has ; b
clambered up the spikes of an set a rollirto 'at the
ip e .. got ready and , . ~, .
berg, and the two moons gaze down : first signal from the, City„ of the.
on his form. That man is yourself ; great West . Let the- v oiinine Old
•e, , ,
and terror is on you—terror ; and
terror has swallowed your will. And fashioned fires of pernOe; e
rae y- ;b :
I see swarming up the steep ice- again kindled; - meetin&46ust'he
rock, grey grissly things. The beam held; the people must beinforri,e4
of the north have scented their guar- i 2 „ .
1 of we Issues at stake - by eve.q ..
ry-they come near you and nearer,
shambling and rolling their
,bulk.— means ; let no rgilk.a4d* . 4ter palil,
. not. afraid
... •
And in that day every moment, shall cy be pursued,; he not afraid of a , ; ,
seem to you longer than the,centu. ' rousies the opposition, :{they Will
ries through which you have passed.
And hoed this—after life, moments' 'h •. 4'
anyhow, !'f iiktit ,. y , en
continued make the bliss ,be aroused
y iss or the ' thusiasm and loVe' Of: .eaMitry, it
hell of eternity." ; will be by: contracts. wad; .Green
"Rush'," said the whisper; "bat the
backs,) let us gointothebaMpaign ,
day, you assure me, is far off—very ,'
far I .1. - go back to the. almond and with a deterrnination not owy',. 3 o* .
rose of Dtonasets l---sleep r. , . i win, bat alio having an .eye to'. ,4t l
t#
''' The room swam' before-My eyei: I '
• • . outrages and insults , we - have •Arf-..
heeame insensible. When I recover
ed, I - folind U--holding my hand and feted in the past three years',; in ti
smiling. Ho said. 'You who have word, let. us ShoW ab;, - IliiiOniSM :
ova -s declared 'ourself roof a_ ainst , „ •* • . Qt• th e gie.ovesetne oi ,-."'
",
Where is Mr. Richards ?"
"Gone, when you passed into a
trance—saying quietly to me. "Your
frien,d will not wake for an hour."
I neked, as collectively as I could,
where Mr. Richards lodged.
"At the Trafalgar Hotel."
"Give me your arm," said I to G----,
"let us call on' him ;I have something
to say."
When we arrived at the
Were told That Mr. Riehards had re
turned twenty minutes bpfore,paid his
bill,' left 'tljrections with his servant
(a,Greek) to pack his effects, and pro
cad to .Malta by the steamer that
should leave Southampton the next
day. Mr. Richards has merely said
of his own movements, that he bad
visits to pay in the neighborhood of
London, and it was uncertain wheth
er he should be able to reach South
ampton in time for that steamer , if
not, he should follow in thenext one.,
The waiter asked me my name. On,
my' informing him, he :gave me, a
note that Mr. Richards had left for
me, in case I
The note was as follows wish.
ed you to utter what was in your
mind. You obeyed. I have there
fore established power over you. For
three months from this day you can
communicate to no living man what
has Passed between us-you. cannot
oven show this note to the friend by
your side. During three months, si
lence complete as to me and mine.—
Du you doubt my pownr to lay on
yo a u, this command ?----try to disobey
me. Ai the end of the, third month,
the spell is raised. For the rest I.
spare you. I shall visit your grave
a . year and a day after it bas received
you."
So ends this strange story, which
I ask no one to believe. I write it,
dawn exactly three months after I re
ceived. the above note. I could not
write it before, nor could I show to
G—, in spite of his urgent request;
the note which I rend under the gas
lamp by his side.
lOW It is whispered by the knowing
ones, that the Philadelphia Loyal
League has completed arrangements
for buying up all the preachers in
the State of Pennsylvania, who can
be bought, and they 'compritie the
larva majority ; and intend them to
take the stump this fall in favor of
Lincoln;, despotism, drafts and blood.
shed. We. already hear these apestlet of peace howl for war, these
wolves in sheeps' clothing, who have
sold their Master and themselves for
greenbacks, wearing the Weed -stain.
ed garment of a Judas, and howl to
tho Loyal Leagues in favor of the
innocence of theft, rapirie and mur
der.
Surely the League hoe done well.
And we euppose thirty pieces, not of
rill pu mimeo the soul and body
of each ono of theere,w, whose "Hun.
gry sheep look up, and are not fed."
cifirWhy it 3 "Old Abe" like Iger ?
c4u,50 be is wiften on draft
•; A.,
fehurnt ZlAndisgr.
WREN DEMOCRATIC PIIIIIVIPLES.PEASE TO LEAN WE. ORAEX.
TO FOLLOW."
WM. M. BRESLIN, Editor and Proprietor
LEBANON, PA.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 3864
ORGANIZE DEMOMANS !
wanting, and that thi n e' peopfe, do,
as they will itpropedy informed,
prefer their old and.'firat 16ve,
to that rank, reeking alid• - •hloody
hag—a,bolitionistn. - ~;
We do not wish : to dictafe to
the officers of the Club here
i in
Lebanoli nor to tli. l otanding Com
mittee, fiecause both are ',efficient
bodies, and no_ doubt i.ehay to
move in this matter as soon'as th'e
people demand it and .the dings
warrant it, but we believethat the
time for action ••is now'' at . hand.
Let us all pull, and together.
Will the Democratic Club of
Lebanon make. - ready to open the•
ball the very day the nominations:
are aunonneed ? t Let those in
favor of Assay o .fayo?" ckAye"
Tet the - tlbdrs
be prepared,
our -tattere4:tramparencies repair
aridthe other ne&ssary prepa
rations be 'made for avand ratifi
catioa, ptageedings at .:Ohi
cago. They will tie `satisfabtory
Loth in platter& and 'candidates.
Let there be,,vigorons action ,and
victory is certain..
.. , •
ve,L. Thegood,bcokfpells' us that
the devil is reareing.:lp,T4o4deivh die
earth seeking whnie."ho';mitE de'votir.
The first , npleqapeelli#• 'made ; on
earth was iii thbgardbii . ‘ i3f . 'Aden : in
the shape of a set.pent .preaching
higher and a better; Jaw. ire our_first
parents, which 'they,follOwed to their
and our sorrow. The . second great
epoch was when be:aistimed the terra
of H. SeWard, in the United'
States Senatorial toga,.preaching up
a higher, .and a better law there,
which has been, and will continue to
be while abolitloniSni'rtilee, the means
of bloodshed; carnage and cliSsolu l tion:
His : last , aPpearanco 2 that we have
heard of was in the shape of. a minis
ter of the gospel, ::dispefising aboli
tion Imrrangues from; the
When he comes in the shape'of e; po
litical preacher, dressed in a „Week:
snit and ohoker,,:.we ;:consider
that he is coming in his most danger
ous•form to beguile andlead:t6
struction.' '" • '
risk.. It is now transpii'ing . that the
abolition administration at Washing
ton was so terribly frightened a few
weeks ago, when the rebels invaded
Pennsylvania, that it was 'on **le'
verge of re-calling McClellan to the
command.of the defences at 'Washing
ton.
=5
"The Union party of this district
has the good fortune not to be annoy
ed with Congressenal aspirants.—
Our prominent men are not office
s.elpurs."--Courier.
• That is about the coolest piece
of assurance the, past Touth of hot
weather has - produced. .ifriD tit praini.
neat men are not office-seekers !"
says the Courier, and this too in the
face of the fact .that not, oueoet.pf of.
- lice but 11 . 8 ;sti ain n event raid& ,to,
get in. Then agairthe Union_
party in this district has the goocf
fortundhot to be annoyettliith:Con 7
grvssionat agii . frAn ts. V! Does ..;the.
Courier think' the people' are - blind 4?
NetwithstanditiWAfie fact that 'the'
noiniNed in Otis'
e at east` . q uat y .
lh - t" ** l
tmia
m i ajority.agahast . hhn i And.
Lebanomare overiunni4wih fispi
•rithtsib Ithe'rheledt a df; ti:defea—=
Schdylkil 'O4O ':fbut
sever al months agoitready - i l who*Pre
,canvassing. thely"chaaces,ituß4
non has not been: modestly- , in the
back fp,:roultd . ;3(the Couiler:ho e+hu'
bien'
Ot'kplow all the can- t
,didate ,bit Ate 'allowing areof ,the-,
numberby wliOta the "UhidepaKyri
'is 4 'an9io.i - ed;" just
"Pitptaiii lei
Chlrlemaine ,'Tot er of ''S'o'huyikill:
'county,
•• ; Oh*left W. Fitman,of
`Sett - 1341011 edurity n I
.141.ftjoi Genel4l.l' lio"weil l *liter, of
;.•„/ 'tl
Brigftdier ,Otzttipral ) ,Benjamin BHA-
Ilan, ;.of Soh ATI kill colirrty.t -7!,
iltpgei!eyid; T T. Irettli of
do L t t i f i t v: lm
G
fl
t; f!
.
of Lebanon coun ;
There , are:seire.ralemgeo'aspirarits?;
in 'this et - minty, litit?-I,IIBP do not
officers v €9.
ties while the abeve natnediare,in the,
There.are also abontififty more
in; the idis who_ aroreitimliy,:awitit,4
fillipvdrits i l.n . ipingVhat the "ihlimiet
of a Odiigressiishar . I nonfiritti6n lifaY
"strafe, them"' bY n iide!iClont.'' Th ey
coPrse7 - 1 -15 ut APPde§t , Y ,
is their bane. ;:frhoy alt . not only.
{...0.t"- to Apreskintftts!
"' in 'Congress; Vat :
'efery ohe - is' fit" 'ilia's° - I '3ilei- -
Stionse'. l 111 \01,11MA tit l e °
. .
,keast, -to ,anything f t a~if
him. '
met pp.
day of last week, in extra session-,-i!
Tbe-Gove.rnbr's. Message i t s : .. puhlislied:
'
in another ep am trnzii:it the first
n.
Rots
W"as t . 1113 introduction of bill;
,to n
organize the .rnititia!of. the state ; and,
for , thaVpiirlioseoalitlitiiit g
3,000,0000'
tAEt 14-107,0 ii (tfird** - 6 r
raids; organization,: and eonSeiluently,
expenditures of pioneY;;itre' ineeessa;
iy, 'l3fit:dn''tbe ) . :Oeeple".."See,' *la efei
they :will „land finaneitilly, such a
,pantinmoney ge,npray,.q.o49 :7 ,
men t is , ainiostruined:;-;the State has
been staggering : 44*dr yeai's ender its
Jo:ad.:of debt
obligatio - a§ tp pay that l a
pallipgtA roptemp,late,,,and mn
les;,horoughi an ; toW , nahips are nOwci
toot' beiri .
e41145t-tgiegi ':.tbnstof
1 WOcild: it ; ne i t ie fife pnr t'
Of wi - silom fer"every one to go, in for,
,a,:stopp,a(te of the; AV ar„.fprEEACE,,ai, l
the Only Meanst; ttk .; avert ; edmplete
.
i
The only 4iirto". aced tiiplish
- Ij . pt4pfn;fiti - ol
ryswcr:: be 04.
r rrr;
flaFter and, the.onlm chance ,fer,the p4p,
1 efreet'lli tcal ralite ,- .objee All 4 1 ),
egiecif. to I spiiibritcoil
l'it tho . Ulla c4ll - 'ill` 'fbipVi;;'
'•• - g O i me
,Since aliCire /was:: ~smitten;
have PPCP . ,kunPpsis , the t new- lkil l .
iltia , Bill ; auttpfind
of doll iirs-') are" hilt a; tyt4a of - the
'tiiiite,l: '4'
“;
,-• „
igh show tbAt,,pley'eti
pitiiiops of dQlla,t4
'CI :course ; , We , repeati its itit tkci
'c Nit is toti•O) ., ttin tliegb
peace `L ygai };xi pout un erid t6;atidia;
e i PMP Aheottr-
NiefortuneA never come ffngly.,--,..114;)
arquipition boat exploded last; week
at Oity , Point,..-1414.,. killing upwards
of 50 soldiers iiiidiwoanded more than
a lihricqed. SuppeSed ibat u the
dropping and egissequept explo&ion
; Oa shell froni the, Alands negr,o .
eauSed the, eatastroPhe., large ,
quantity- ' Of governme4
also destroyed by 'She ..seeide,nt..";
iA l dd
. Aar Fort 6ains and six un r
men in MObile bay, t wkiNsisArrendereci,
ome, time sieueiby Ithftrebels , to ()IR
forces. Quite a number of the; bn6c
my% vessels'have also'been destroyed,
but Mobile still ptrnad,s defi„nnt. = '
•:
jt is
,satdthat ; e nnnvis, Fa' t
t 4 . is
Mom Offired shiefgomtnapd
orate army of he Afoul(' .pledge.thinsi,
self not to aceejA the nomination of
the'Chicago Conventioh. Mae
said he winild .obey, orders not
i - s
pledges ]y for=l4k.,, a
Xiiiir"th - efe was d'lSicOlellim meet- -
nig - held in New York on Wpbestigiy,
evening of last Smoak. which itodehhir., •
'1 ) 41: I r ienieqiii3fitiblfAiiint'i*
13. Ali , . • rt
ing ! wex,;,l4p4,ln z tv i iia.
drgAitivinfiiimiAmmiptzendgiasia, -
att,til card bad ed a!
etts 7 7:1e:11 , 4
I=l
OW" Governor Curtin admits in his
message that he was most shamefully
belied by the llatiOnal Administra
m in regard to the situation of af
fairs. He says, in effect, that he was
told (as all the people were,) that
our arms were most - fibeeessfal, that
we Wen , cl,ll ring the rebels ftom pil
lar to pc,st,..that we had them tonna-,
ed in Richmond and Atlanta,"and.lll,
o;is tolfilieeed".at:
our own convenience to gobble them
'Up, and thrWar woUla - be over: - Ile
that, while th
Says , u eon __d9Fiti) It
Hering:o , lP Itei,pnt forth he , is,*Sto334 - 1 1 ,
ad tAI. fin't'PennUivanht and the
North tinvadt d, and not- only all asi ,
sl.4linee reftigpd by tliiudiiiiiiistratiop
at Washih,„,„ 6. teiiiYtiai i4' over`
'7 , 11 t=rll ~•
711 411 T tet iV N .YA til t•P a l lS 4,pna Pri )(44 M 4.
.0 01 0' Abg :MGM tiefepd ; 014
Abe land city orNaghttip,;tern.;-!x.) .
!ilislis abOitt the' %Anistaiibffor 44,1(4 1(
tion'6Mig irea1 z
tge,s y e t i pgyta
6.4 z VII I ' f "q4ll94.lPr,
ecituip 4 ;and l yli'ich thei,;,°tvi'll: _firzd to,
be:pretty. Peetspethstadisle l `;throitglif
out.. IfT:Gd\ -1 / 4 41 4 :0niL: Viiittifi'':helle*As I
tfibifiritii'istttrOi its
•.,-,
Pa,Re# B ‘.:P' p l or some
capaqfpr 1049Wittipi,batcthey—areaw-:
nit t. , orlib I , j) D , •
•vigorous ih it4t4E lel punish trea
tiviiini§4lilfe - iiy.tei 61;4: ;mfr.
• Ai
ng 1#1.4 astmigtilp
parts pain ei n''rned
„91!}§, ,r ;. " 1
that eity, t witt Arrested -plaid confined..
tins, ort Otelteliry,..be'phneb"hei wroief
lon hariPVt-hibh;:ii.
h&d R,4iVont l fqd :i?uld"Vo'h cue -
‘ 1 4 1 7,0 1 E - i n flE2P r Aiik nee .olfAPl§ < 49 l-was T
_recognizetl.n.bAtfkerisavhilii-weekevon4 l
finenkelit be'll4freed 3 tier;
3Vben . re i le6ed/ Itho*:•ca,n t
c#oii# the ° •t'
*fi q 7 .suppF,
, the rebellion , ivhen„he aeting thus;
,Kkergetiefilly.! 1 4 engha,ir , M4ll
after be "eonAi'Oredlit qigipor dislOyalt -
Pgliol•ttlnitUfja.` l A&4`O
•
• !TIE;
IJord tf'= ,, 4; 'Aim.
IMIM
11111
`The abell tioa - -'gapers of ' Lai);
~., ..e. , ,---,..0 , ,:..i
mater t1,4te40 J l 4O-4913.' .04a.3yiivgplig,
.4gp, o l io lids ,been copied; liy, Leba,
,
noo , :papersitof -the smile giriipa i , '••tol.lie
ci'illiet- that'' liy:'''zlNSpflitehls:it, w - ell - I
~.
___„,;, :.....!,: . .- i i „,.. , p.,ii. ity Bail..
lin owyt Deolograt o;' 4,a at 00anu
.. -,,,7
t -,-,6 I : „
~,,,...:~
P',ll,"fai.lAPai-YP-194,ssettdiet•t3 ,Otsgtosed
as .:o,9nfectorates; otdi:that, -'-')iiti. gtive ;fir
loo} elrein: . to iseeSSit:4i , iSentiihei)is ' . iiiift
lii il?effi - tlii 4 d' i i?fr.:tifii. t a4iiii'pe r lifid
itioiteq , vi i ilß l .l.tiiietiii ''4 : ti:io'd kilr' k l
to . a,c.€l;t4ip PIVReA444IicrA made him
-
take; the. Oath -a • i tp ,tilboliatide: ' iglho
.
whoid story :waitl 4itlieiiV ilie; fiftit
C ,- 14414q45w . ,- of 0 - tiUt T tilikkrylit', / ftiid 4 itte 7 iiv-. ,
‘
'4.iiii,Y§ , tila•'i, iti'&- . lir,i-if at:iictia , 3 - !
~...,..„. ,A" ,
1 C P U P V., .Y 1 -li c t M , !, hq,41,c9/49e11:Pr a n d
I ),tibliSletS 43-.41:10 - .4ygplCociCt ...1;i1 th_ 1):
liormir..
fe j allY 'itaant and begged to
'vit'lidisxa'-
, -s...kipolOint 9f,‘ pAblistipfl•
I to is ...11Otzaikely,.. h ° f ly eter; thar tiros°,
bof)i4d ;fhisehdedi;
ti3o' t f taileas. l ier i :fbr *the
<:; \,
hyil7it:go as truth
of the MIA° motel. iiapera
Milkiallytatillifido It; • • {
agLPars9n .; 131;64vntow -says that
`Oatlifot f"Ai6-irt n 'o'ihtit
t-
i iire4achr.4 l- Ail 'lrby libri,9 t thllll othei .
1 PS - • , i 7/: 31,0 , • • • .f.)l.
CT / 9 1(1 tPaA- 2 9 11 ,
9n ;the '
,"(; "(0' 1 ' r9i the COlistitg
• .
0
Ospialt Rukenthaents7leiabout:'9.,ooll.4-•
,Tine orettirns from dI tbeitounties are
not as yet'. 1
• STOP,Alik,DtdirLTieLitidnsL-a31.6
Ai!
eha i n or 4 b 4.l"eaywi's wrath) F7 ,
P%esici~ent:of the, Un ited, States, are. is
ei real tion .itrAbe •zWVsterif,"'StateS;
With tratnerous fiSlibig the
ppttpdriei#At,lJlthe .
ti fopplyiitg
t' j* ,r /s E N D RF ~T4ai'urtrrED ,STATES 4,
ptttiptsirt! !g stepf, the It V Ohio,:
I •Vitimint re gard to Par and sentiment divot-
Witte tub Con Stit nirdwandlhe tint ,4bibietfat.-
iyitetitioluand reload that the Draft, far - H a if- a
Million more Dann, ordered ,tp . takp- 'plane, on the
bib day OfliiejiteniVer. next, may, ,he :postponed
"biltit•an'titteliptlitis tbeen madi-hy
to secure Peace, baled the.: CoisstithliiSts and
Union., , It!
- itits4ia -
c j tt' J
have put' in' it Wrnixtioti the MI
•?ch er ng
113-
the
eleetiOns ceriflenien wo nr Aario
st.t-L
verYbeOtkrOn t " ijn.thoir ranki3;vizk-,
flor Congress iti;.the.. First
lion :Sande] J.l'Ritnelail— , SeeOnii'Dis-:
triet,lGen. Wil
'Pourth peorgq Northrop
rEsq. ~6 frt r t , 1,
... - 'The l 1 -
I WS- ateAisaster at • , Peters4
, berglisettributed by General ; Grant.
gaud- the Administration, - partly to
ileglig;enee on the' p'art,of the eom.
, Th r - -.-. f ..t . t, . ~ •..,..1 -.
11.,..,1iti1 1 00f tb,_:•Arfify. of the -T1*3041,01
(*.e i aco,)-41eqp„mkly i to the; commart,,
Alert of the , nitltht Corps, (Btirnsiile.)l
A court , of inquiry is isittifte at
Witibliingtini tp iiiyeritigate iliti 'affair:.
:Cif*4f?e, - ,l9nitilJOd . y," hut AeVpr the:
/4 gkd O PCNIiII tii,ela; lo ;the' , acape-,
goats. • , 6 EtAlie,;_ather:hand, some lay'
the responsibility-on grant' hinnielfi
othersAin' ifieL, Adiniplqtration,
.4nd,
~y, .44444 I ,Z , . .7;
epegg • • 4 . 4
somo,ags are
.. reckless . ti to
.1.41m1f , gen Pill r49l4sigt4.g. Tigo. If i t .
lathe latterthelehould be nrrbsted: at'
obetrandladhittittediet...Fiirt - 'lialay- 1
jtre:" T} Wt li(4);'etiif s l / 2 1",iiiin g that
.I.=
illfqv.!: .1.-)i?,i,.' ';r, , ; , ... 1 11. , : - „,q , tl .
. • E i ol y /
I ,%tpriere wttk o ogr ,op.,
Plak ag ill f 4 iii.4. 1 .1 11 1 1141 4,3ri l'. 1
sel htz-r• ... , -1 rt. - ,
• bar The following is proof that if
the Loyal Leaguers won't fight they
will whistle z
GRAND. Itterrosikt CottNdit. CnAsisP.rt t. A.,
WARRINGTON, D. C., March 15, 1864.
"DEAR Sat.:—At a meeting of the executive
committee of this League, held in Washington,
February 9th, 186 r, the signal whistle submitted
by' Wass& Boats di Brdther was unauimously
approved as the signal of the order, and is here
by recommended us such.
Grand_Presideit .and_the National Ex
ecutive Committee have arranged with' the pro
-,ppieltol9r.4 -ofglie patent for this Invention, ftfessra.
Ean i'rottker, for the full and exclusive con
tra fliiihaf, and have taken satisfactory bonds
that it shall be furnished only o 2 mau5h0rt...0... 112 . 6
r taiitte, andic; those only through the propel
!officers:
''The sound 11.11 p distinct and peculiar 004.
nati be heard at 'a gi'Ot' dittanoo ' 'arid readily
intended' to'batiied only in
1 7 1. ee ; help Ls Osirentixl, or in
, fl eatergeocy requlning a prompt gathering of th e .
wombata of •thei'order.
! , 1: J. IC EnitilstOl4 a ; P. •
Ft.:lrttio,.Q. R. E.e.'•' •
.• , Ir in a A. l'eactiirtioystry stiggeitts - ' ihtiti
ISslitkelratfi l lkiitirio themselves C4iMi
j jiait, i liKprithio*W . iiiibe, iir'be ifiW
...: ..,, t,,. ), ,;*: ;. : .:. ./.. ! • . I . I
i ii, CA I I91 8 :01 11 9)0 k t , Nir bell • • 'IMP :IA: OS ,
, abiAlabtaguatmtigaini3t tlibi etniterti..
131Atvid AiNtritlth - 4 tfieturkii4l49 Smrtiiiii:
Iclig 4ViWiLbBriasi ii , Tiitit liiii,s%"&niioM
-1318,11W1P.P.5141-Aild .0 ‘14 11 410:th i lt•ti l.
liline,vr,.i4P.PlAPPl.: t1;f11:i 17PAling of, the
!abovcsslette.vi-,:i ..twrtutee: :::). -o•zq
• •
= 0 loge 1 1 1 1% fBbet filtildVrl1 1 kir .reithe
-.w ' O l
1 raire4ay • •.; ibe,rk
fP)qP a Ylt. Plu.nder
*as .bMnis ) 'lraintottecl , from -
.
10.00:1 , 1,
ill!1=1
4itAt),Ti4rt4RiiitioaSthe*4o?3 oaf .the;
PII*PIPMA*I4,P I TPrik , harbors.
bvrf411.,7..1, 2 0. , . 1
I -.II I IFIV I TP:W ar i t !- WY/ zn.leAi 31 103 1 Pfi.
pi.•Pchoxiatlop: feta aket an4.400;000,
9m,ed. .He whe put in (Pirt Lafayette
Abe intet a in at*
Pialiiialk);(PfitioitK Se was
rcpPmii. ;VP, " rOacis
bPtiveeP
tet.elettleduni. ti rt . ./ • r
.
rd"lea
IJefin‘r'eliiisaa' : :Lalayetie
OniiIc;'11600.
- 110 1 ...
....it b ., 7 0 1716,1* . jik 0 1 r.
~.
. : ittiii) 6hOr:=itriltpreivof:Hiirs'ilor
.Alfif weriliit sftuifiliiniraiiii`cf, soul "d
any gegreOli Hire
i
a sidvoetile, 'find
inyiliii• &or 404%1; ' tbnr.slOp
'Of the elek‘ etliKltksert!war is es
.
•eiitiff'afhe Siiithrf "StY,7VIIPA-
Tiiiie iikly iltosiiteteis or. ourl,
oWn" fbO'rEfer, th'eir riirbetd.litul.ly: 'AO ;
eveiitliiii;kiii - iiiisioii;"a, , r e lieve Om
genii Weill ' ?nit "WO ii digit R 69p le ; .of .
Ch*ifteribilig ) bid.' it. is - simply tbe
'fish' of - Milhoollltiiiiiiiidigior to iis
9ouidii the iiiilifielis' libich,.csiteil- in r
to tfili dont,clitlifick dem Tie incarnate
iniitefiaioldiiirir tiklp '
if
lecV ail , bins** .
.. , .• ). t,. .., • 1
kerifil)he kola (Wirp et
,re, and holm
. oilr l litildi; ilifitiiheieW4ciiii own
AiieeptierriVorie-i''' ' ''' .. '-' '''', • : . f
'' The 2trlfititlideusegulioYanto,.7,o2
i.l2lifi l YAl,itirldil 'hiWared
,'fhi t l,e 'eav
; tY, frojiagit "uff - 2il`;:eiykulery
. 7 . • , . !Iv op I , eip4l l ,
k ali
county: - Four ' n'ailf e egibet , wi.th
white trffie6s;, atipl i fift 'White caitik
i•••priiiie'eiiikuttatiiiltok,fii'Cistiii:
: Nl V,t e4 c l iut!kk 6 -"It r 0001 18 P . ed °I:
thi I. krifo Welk's& peed.' ot ;every,
f l it . ,!§ifs - 61145:,0%;:pcd"0f :e,' !keir . ,:):o : o4 . p g
1 preineas,tte, 4.1)e le g roes, B aying
'th'ey
,Weie Co hsyo 'falifOrin Morylan4,
in wihadlietiq 1:4ols:' — their lino of
niiiiiii 'bii i nfirdera ide`sert. Says the
pidliiiionir.l4i4Uirer r ! ' ' ,
' "Sir. Bak ItOglisii. iftorjii ,everything!
li ostiVedi l itas strikititt, 'tied twit , - wind'even
'thirty
.uira, , beatrer.cwittcr the: inotrh idd. , ltod
more horr 1 4 141 .%)!F i (*lb!, too, trig. . _tor eg fyillebt
or ihtilty ladles were ti iol:Ved• by this parr& 141
lneroba. • I-oonld give ;mama; but deem. Knot
beet:. Neither age nor color vas .*pared by
peso, demons, who were , enooproged by thetti
white Officers, " - 1
i "Tate' SitS I otlbwiegio)i-, Mio 2 etropg . with
50 white cavalry, tinder the immediate command'
of golnel,Prapor r tparcbed to itiohllttind county:
On tile ronte u six negrorl violated the ,person,
Of Mrs. fY.'itibNren 4imes; she being the wife of a.
brave aold-ierMfithe 9th Virgin is Cavalry, bei4
airo.,aick,at, the time, with n infra t six months '
Old at her breast. This is , only oneinstapeiti
out of twenty others of a 'like du li•age.' 'Mrs. Dr,.
Delfield ihipped 8 , 4 neeoes • from her roofk'
tAcip hcrainalLy defending herst4f ft , They phial
"tiered everybody of everythips in Omit line of
'What pchier is thetiirteiubdite d u
. tjace'tir-freiiiiith neiiibilfis L re'siatano4,
' b3Y ihe ' SWIM:** ofileh'iltiage t The!
- Stiut.iliineiewould Eiiitip"lotvtlit ,4if
iitivards,illiiißioat'alVeirofulaiteis, if
they would coppent,. iie will bob say
to lower theii . WenponiWillbipiesiOn,.
but even to he ri4Olieftediou fo4that
sandtiohed - thW'eAtitrite * ihe,i
Week' illifiziideile. -- riAt,tte Veit" hitol ;
i thelibitt iltiiiiiiiiil Vitt, la ;WM' ' th 4;
O'
tho'fareii:ot iiiiiialinieltby• the' opßi t
-fie ettiitiolio,?' The : hi th er'. O • 4,1
'-Ndith iiiiii
dellii thet irriiiiiiiiiiite Steps,
be raise 14.presrent ttiti•iidtirrelice4
Itichkatifort:=Pittriot . i6 'Union. ' ' '
Seventy-I - lire Thoicsand Tons of Itu-:
man Blood.-Ai writer :in. the Jeff*
80n county: :Union has made soinit
esleulations.relative tofthe numbeidf
teen t Med ,thus•far imtbis war, and
gives, the following.iinterestibg re
sults: - ,;
..,Thrt,,baabeen enough already slain
to eacdplo , sour State, if their , dead
.dlien.iwore laid: in one continuous
Ibtakvi
Allay wamplaced;tin:volihis and
corded theT o woOd , count iPty-11 lOW
.tbougiandleotds:u....• .t: it:,
laid in ft walt4Werity-five -feet
;thick and.-thirty/ feet highyit would
!be over gmeiand ione' fourth miles; hi
41ength., •
j.,11 five feet thick anditen3feet high;
:the pile won:Wrench:vermin this State.
piled, upon,a ten acre lot,.they
Npuid ,be nearly two hundred feet
high.
-And if.laid upon! h e , gratiti d they
cover , every.foot.of , scillin Set:
„tertian county:,
i Seventy: fete thousand tons of 'hu
man blood have been spiledin Dixie&
:soul.l—enough i to turn spindleia
-Lowell) eildafitbe tettraiwere -added
40:,the llood , it would turn the maehin.
xtryi of. the continent ;and the isuavaili
ingsig6a-wotaiftfill, every.oceari sail.
The Pee - half haw -not yet beengold.
-The *pillions of,liounded and maimed
, for 11:10 oust he talc en accoun't
*, 7
aumming.up the grand total of evils
incident to this bloody and fanatioal
war.
And the end is not yet
ALUEN SUBSTITUTBS.--ACCOrding to I
law, aliens who ter've one year in the
army as volunteers or substitutes,
become, at the expiration of that
time, subject to draft, and consequent
ly cannot longer be regarded as sub
stitutes for drafted men. pi tizons
who, , bought ; td ;serve in
their stead 'fiir three years, are liable
• to have their-nernres• agattriSlaced in
the conscription• wheel after their
substitutes shalt have been;in service
a single year and thus rendered liable
to enrollment:and draft.. 'Under this
coostfoctioo of tbo law axonseript is
no.);•eticr,off with an alien. substitute
tbA4 2 4PArronistbe witkik • young man
nineteen, eligibta • to , druft-iipon
,rwhing this twentieth yearei A sub
fititSto exempts!a .conscript lonly up
hp has himseff beeOnVe liable to
draft. 13,oarda of enyelbsent are now '
forbidden ~t 9 ziye ,:c.ertllleatcs. of ,ex- t
emption. r imitny, O t her: form, tblttrint
oticle PrttlifiNlypto Y*o-I`dliiing•
the theesuch. substitute gi
,not ;toArafi m !jot, exceeding tlia
t ! iiim for wAtAilo r iadraftede
ift ilititßiAtE ;TIIATION..
': 2 -1111. fd* Iddrcer, V.
u n g - •!
d trot 6, hat h a d, a d cul,:
• •ifitlihiikAikitteti'lbklaoveral years.
decided. •that
troutkle,..OeidiSio44„b3f,Oinciunt.
. 1 0 4.48411: •, 1 .0Y , -tive, iiteihwoh...
now . glicetra leige - TtElifit
:o!idtt . l:be of Lb } :produce a
bnneh' upon` the (inhale as ilarge•as, a.
':quart •' l ,;keisingl. this
`bunch tre
coils d dte:tlfstress
I thi;" ‘t , 01,140:01: W4:ol; . (ir meat is
being' co o ked inthq.rooni; if th'esnake
le nth i 'qualified' withloOd,, It r ises, up
tiOdUchig,siringulutinh,
*hen' desiring food;it , it
14'ilifht up in the Ili oatw Phyai
icianigis!ge n 0 Way hi :which :ti lis snake
can reinered with44t,Ortion death
to . :41 vt.
..EXTERMINATItiff:ij-LAVt the
tionists;.generally 'advocates
extermination, we wobrd.sOggceit
bem three' operations by Whith
in atter can be thordighlyand'offecto- .
.ally;done: , ' First r 3-ebeot the Wien;
secondly,. starve tbei', women ; and
thirdly eat'all the children ! This,
Would be extermination in•rull,
ting off all prospect Ofan
:This is a matter of suffibiCht-invor n
tance toobe discussed by the. 1 - .lhion
League,'and we conemendltlio their
humane andthrietian tion. •
IV
118111
tier' Presi d Gen:
~Dix not to permit t hitnseif to :be A -
.priced of his liberty,;• 4 tn : other:worlds,
not to submit to , the , 0 1:10es'tbe'
Presicient i anppose..,that.,other
bcmidesGebi,.l).ix wilt.not. act upon
is advice, and - a lso, refuse -to ' submit ,
to the laws? lilt is right , for Gen:
Dix to•refase r wby is • : It' wrong —for
Joe Smith-Tr i i Iflafttooln can LeonoSel .
;web s_cOarap,.seby; is it... wrong Ain ,
Jim Jones, to give,tho,like advice •• Will some enlight-ened , blackrerib.
liCan t ttie jiiiatinctiOn
Our;_Porm kin/0/i Peitsl ; 4 7 .f6l—lt
statiallint the work of the Pension
Baring' it row well up 'and "Chat .211
iipplieepons made - prior'to the first
of iine ] iabd ' licen disflobed of. The
iiiiithelii'aillaints . alfo'wed to im'alida
kb i d widowi iiB ;vocals(' about five
thausang'a month fOr latft 'four
months. 'Wild war is ''eon apped a
few
,yeati z ionier.snd oui. , pepsioners'
inereaie it'ttin rate of live thousand
'a rinntli, very Ao p , we al
its' • an n oar:: i to re
ViLiVe ll eqbia id J Oict'enit; '
stipporting
W4)**l'64 Inow in ibe
os;
n , 2oriaeirkierisf , : Stcin'oaah: And: 2,00
f.
;of ihrelsoen captured! , iftel 'other .
Ilgy *Weak g - a raid; b'ett At*in
.. it; ' •••
: .t..
P 17 4, AsFoßki, o.rx chow the
ppaneggs of the SfiAftex.r r fage t with
appyop,fint,iiig 7 o! . 9
, pgo;reo s the in
.teyeets of thp ; n o m inees of 41$4,!Balti
more ponvenhion„.. AV#,,Ore not Rai
prised, at jilt* 7 , l l4'hatoy,o,n‘ the . Albs
do to save 1130 i -eliding " •""
iiirSevitiii•tif the "birktee comfm?
Idea bate Wilt tit fOtivard *any
writ.),enOargiii tifii that
it has ''hreenlilopiily'eiiibilniki, and
can be 'sent; td
becoming offeiii&d: :"
Theo Eltt: INAbocittlb.)`'F3+eo
Press thus sums up Linoilita'Webbnoep
iind'•propbtiMee of tie: fit4sed klitattip
!Van -Buren' vir4a •i) out inittbkV(ol4lsl.. :
:morel!Hethiogiflelay
(*as no m iciuted a tdisil ti m until:4W de-
leated • Lilies Cass , )ivas - tterninated
at Baltimore:Attu:o(lol64lcl: * . iiii . 4Sphen
Ai.Pkiogra Arairlip - to to - 00dr
mom ant kliff*ted...; had Abraham
Lincoln ma* rokongiti Med at Baliim ore
and. we lops tolled, het will 'be defeat
.. lila ft he:should, stir thit peo,
Tie will *tie 3 : 4 Afirovllallelajab 4"
GOVERNOR'S'
:
1864.
1
To the &watt and RonneßeioresinAaticen of
thii C i Aini`dintitaftPlrP 'eititgiftionie
.! . Ailnartzmpit't—r - have called: you together in
advence ef nits,,mljoirifned 80P/31013, for the pur
pose of taking Some actrodfor theAefence of the
State.' 'Fides the 'commencement of the present
(rebellion, Pennaylvania , lila 'done her whole de•
to, the . Sovernment..,Ly ing as bar southern
•coueties do, - in the immediate vicinity of the
'herder, and time exposed to' lidden invasion, a
selfish policy; would have lediber to retain a suf-.
/Solent part of her military Joyce for, her own de
so doing, sbe,,wizald ~h ave failed in
t hen duty to the whole elititaiY.' Not only would
her Men have been Withheld : from the field of
-general , operations, but, tbe•leans and. taxation
Anich would have become necp i ssary, would have
to t e biro 'extent dim in isitlid the•ability of her
People'to'.coseply - with the peicaniiijr Aillustieds Of
, Itte;Unitedi States. She would aleer,tiiime.aecea-.
tartly interfered with and hampered allthemili•
Lary actionaf the Ulovernment antkeoaduberielfte.
some 'extent, responsible for :any qdti uree ,, d ,
shortcomings that'. /May v 0 'oecurte*..; fro par,
suance of Alio policy thus deAii;Tratety adopted,
this State his sfeatillyderOted - i ber men .to t he
'general service.—From the J 'ibegitibidg'ish‘ ihai:
always beeline:long; thit. first to; respond • ito
call of the United
_States. as,ta.sliowri by.her bih
'tort' frOm the three Mon the' Meti. and the_lfetserrti:
Corgi to the - pfesiliffiliatieiit: - ttini faftlffellr
lul6iling aU her . Or n• obliga tionii, she haa , a' igh
to be dufeitided.by! the national-, force, sts . pare of a
common dean tty: Au,y *Jew wOuldlas'ab
surd andwijuet. She a of :toirae cannot :com
plain wblak coffers bgf4tbe Asseessary:tentin,
gencies ofmar. The reflections 'that i!ave,io too
Many. patters been made-upon the people of her
• • •
southern counties are most unfounded. They
were 'deeded fn 1862, when a Unitte tit My Rosa
superior to any force of the rebels, (and on wh lett
they had of course a right to rely,) was lying hi
their immediate vicinity and north of ' the Poto
mac. They were again invaded in 1863, after
the defeat of the Union forces under Milroy, at
Winchester, and they have again suffered id
1864, after the defeat of the Un ion forces 'indef .
Crook and Averill. Bow. could an agricultural
people In en open country be - expected to rise up"
suddenly and beat back. hostile tunes which bad
defeated organ hied veteran kin itidif the Govern -
_d r fat the inhabitants of
power to rettletthe invaders, - and the facts herein
anl,itn ilive of
ed ge :S la tin de etry eZPe .W Ct llt do what is in their
herein
after stated
Will show, I' fh ink, that. the pecple
. of these counties hive not. failed inNtitt duty.—.
If. Penury Irwin', by reason of ber geographies t
Iposition, has required to be defeolledby her na•- ..
tional forms, it has only , teenlkgetist'the com
mon enemy. It' hie: seyer' %ten' tiecessary to
weaken the army In . the Ted by sending heavy
detachments of veterans to save her et les from
,being devastated . by by email bands of ruffians,
comppeed'ef theik I CairiSiolijibitgs. Nor have
'her people been . diipoked- to rat the great
masses of law-abiding citizens in any other
State who have required each - 76 - tbeLon. Yet
when a brutal enemy, pursuing a,defeated bodj
of Union forces, crosses our border and burns a.
'defenceless town, "tb is h6rri3',balearity, instead
rof firing thellearth of ell the people of our eptl3-
Moo country, is oetually in some quarters made
the occasion of mocks and gibes at the unfortu
dNaafis, frereil, -- tholisan di of Whom bail been ten:
eredlouOelesf. -And titasehetrrtlitspiLseeffs Pro- -
coed from the very_ men who, when the State out
Glorifies, fore.4eelog the danger were taking pre- -
gantlentittrffilaspreal, rtdleelltiPthiltdea of there
thiiii e arf.f . I danger,' ineerill'SiPflin exertions to
prepare for meeting it,,and succeeded to some ex
tent in thwarting their efforii•to raise forces.—
The-e men are themselves .sserlilly responsible
fOr the calamity -over which they now chuckle*
and rub their badds. - ' ',. ', • -
flit might, have.' been hoped—niyi'lve had a
right . to espect--4that the people of -the loyaF
States engaged in a common effort to wren*
their Ouverritnenlandoll that ii . desi to freemen;
-woad been forgotten, at littellor 'the time, their
wretched local jealoosies,•end sympathized with
all their loyal fellow citizens, ; wherever resident
within the borders'of . citsr - tlinsinon. ministry. It
should be remembered that the original source of
the Present Rehellion(tMittin suebijesibuties en
couraged for wicked .pyrposes . :by ,unscrupu lons
politicians. The Mon Who for any pri7rmse now
continue to encOurage them; eight to be held as
public:enemies—enemies' of our.linion: and our
pence, and should be treated es.surit.. ; Common
feelibgs--cbromon s'ympelhies-L-ire th necessa
ry foundations of a ceinattin tree*Over`i men t.
Af
. lam prnut to_ray tbatithe peoPle • Penn
sylvania feel every. blow' at soy
. ;efolper sister
States, as an assault upon thetneelicteland give
to them all that hearty good'Will ;ilia expression
of which is soMetimes mote important under the
infliction ef calamity than mere material aid.
It is unnecessary to refor..to the approach of
the rebel army up the Shenandoehl 4 tilley on the
! third:day of July last—to the . dpfilitrof Geo.
Wallace on the Monocracy, theirtapproach to
and the threatening of the Cap i tal, or to, their de
struction of property and pillage of the' counties
•of Maryland lying on the border. These events
• . have passed into history,and the responsibilities
• will be settled by the.Judgtnent of, the people.
"At ibid.' time, a call Was made . upon Peansy I
.vanits for volunteers to bo mustered into the
service of the United States and - Attie serve for
one hundred days in dim States of Pennsylvania
Sind Maryland and at 'Washington and•ita vicini
ty."' Nothwithstanding the • eMberiassment
.: which complicated •theorders for !their organi
zation sod inuatektix rogimentalotere. 'enlisted
and organized•and abatallioa ociiii coMpan tee.
The regithenta iferti...irlfhdrawit : (rein the State,
the last leaving dui 29th!day . of•Jttiy:- . '
I desired that at least part of thiSforce should
bueonfined it their service to the : St - rites of Penn-
Sylvania:and MarYlnnd, and' ade such an ap
plication to the War Department math, pniposi
„tiondid not meet their approbation it was AO ac t
ied and the general order changed.to. • include
- the S
, tates named and Washingtoimidite vicini
• No part of.the .rebel . army 'at tbat.thne had
~
M
- . Come within the ote. The people ot,tbe bor
•der'ixiuisties were' Warned and removed their
. meek,' and' 'at Chamberiburg Bud 'York were or
. ganixed and armed for their own protection. I
wasnot 'Officially : in foruind of the movements of
• lestlFednitil arm tee and of course 'not of the
:strategy( of their commanders, but it was stated
In the newsparers that the rebel army was close
ly pursued,after - it had crossed the Potomac and
was retiring UP thd Valley, of the' Shenandoah.
-Repeated success of • our troops were _also en
.noupeed and the people , of this . State. bad just
ffi
Cause t 6 -believe that quite sufficien t ,Federal
• ~........ -.ma wcu - su• - o on trove. , a f.-5 1 7 3 V” '}'""'"'
lion upon the line"of the POtetiosit.:
On Friday, the -filth of July, the' rebel bri
gades o f Johnston and. M'Causland, consisting
of from 2,500 to 8;000 Mounted men, with Fix
pins, crossed the Potomac at Clear Spring Ford.
They commenced crossing at 10 o'clock; A. M.,
and . marched directly on Mercersburg.. There
were but 45 men picketed in .that .direction, un
derthe commuted of Lieutenant M'LeaiS, U. S.
:A.,..andae_ the enemy succeeded: in cutting the
telegraph communication, which froth that
point had to piss west,, by way of Bedtord, no
finformatton could be tent to Gen. ' Cilileh, by
telegraph, Arbowas then at Chartils.rsburg. The
header thke column reached. Chamberthurg at 3
o'clock, A. AL On Saturday, the 40th,, ~
The rebel _hriga des "O f Vaughn and Jackson,
reliant:let illeeboat 3,000 Innen ted .itteis.- 'Crosesd
the Potomac at about theanins thine. at for near
~kpliamspostipart of the commandl(ideaneed
lin Iligorstoivntbesnairi body moved on the
read from" Willioinapert to Greencastle. A
nother. rebel column of infantry Ad' 'artillery
crossed . the Potomac .siosulteneously et , Shop
perdstOwn, and Moved' towards • Leitersliurg.—
Gen. Averell, who commanded a force deduced
ito about 2,600 teen,' was 'at BagerstoWb, and
:being threatened in front by Vaughn:arta ; Jack
son, on his right by MsCausluad and, Johnston,
who also threatened his rear, liba ob blileft by
the cdlomn which crossed at Stieptiardittonro be
therefore fell hack upon Greencistle„ ! i
Gen, Averill, it is , understood,,waa _wader the
orders Of ben. Bunter, but 4as kept as, cuity ad
v ised'hy Gtri; Coecb as was Poisible;'of the en -
- erny 'a movements on his right anditelibi` rear.
! l en. Couch was. in ChatabitreborgeWbutetliisen
1, pre.fcree consisted of 60 in fan try.„,.115-, o esivalry,
and I section of a battery Of a'rtillefyiikgl, lass
thanilso.inen. The sii•compittimil ofnden en
-listed-for one hundred days !remaining;; in the
State, and two companies of cavalry had, it:oder
orders from Waehington, (as X am Unottleially
lisfornied,) jdined'Averill....The twin et 'tbam
bersburg wee held notil day-light; by.the Ismail
force ,untier„ Generel Conch, during wh ich time
nGi
thnvitromeneateree and train • were Saved.
Tiie batteries were then planted by -the enemy
commandingithe teem, and it was invested by
the whole. command of•Johpaton and .311"Caus
'land. At I 'o'clock, A. M., ell compamiet of
dismounted Men commanded by Sweeny, 'enter
ed the•town, followed by ' tenanted men, )under
Gilmore. The main, to,ree was in lirte-of,battle
—a demand was made for ,100,000 ,dellala in
gold, 0r . 500,000 dollars in Government fonds, as
Tangoes, Aid lentil:thee' of iiltilialiir tilkit — titivated
and held as hostages for itiSpayment, No offer
pf money was made by the eitisens of the town,
end:even if they had any interitiop of praying a
ransom, nb time was allciWed, as tbe.tibels' com
menced immediateiy to,..burn 'laud) pillage the
town, disregarding the
infirm,.
of .women and
tthildren,the aged and Infirm...end even the bat.
' les of-the dead , rovero not protected front that'? bru
tality- ..,It wlsalitblave boon. vain for ithm
citi--
seas of tie towllllfarmed, to have .a . ttenipted",
isseonnectiOn with Getinial Coedit's steall force,
to' defend it,'Genera/ Couch withdrew . iiiircom
mend, and did not himself leave no til .the ene
my, were actually in the town.. Gentral,cver
'ill's command being with in,nine Miles of t.. ham
•bersburg, it was hoped Would arrive in `toe to
save the town, and efforts were madndhi,ing the
, night to communicate with bias ! , In rthe !a 0a n
' time, the, small force of General Conch held the
enemy at bay. General 'Aver-ill" Merebdd on
Cba nbe rs surg,but di dpn , 'irr i v ene tififteethe
townwasburn44rdthoeneD ; eiaue
purseedazdo,erock i he : atmcotgt;b.rg:
in Fulton Cemitty; in time te sire ',tbatlat*.
from pillageand destruction.. He prompts ' en
gaged and defeated them, driving them. 'hi Ban--
cock and across . the Potomac. • '
I commend the houselees aigi,r,ualeed.peciple of
Cbembirsburg to the liberal beneiolence or the
'Legislature; and suggest that a 'nimble' itipro
,Priatlon be made fur, their relief, : ' Similar. zither-
Itybaa been heretofore exercised in the:case of
'an' accidental and 'destructive are at Pittsburg,
and .1 cannot doubt the disposition of tlis legis
latuse_or the , preien I Occasion. . , :: , •••••
On the 8 fth day of this month a Jarge rebei ar
my Wee InMaryland and at various points on
the Potomac as far west as New Creek, and as
their wain° adequate force within' the Stile, I
deemed it my duty on that day to nall:lerinir
ty.Theusaed _Volunteer Militia, frie r domestic
protectiOn. They will be armed„ 'transported
and supplied by the United EitatetVbiti,-'aa no
provision is made for their s payment; it.will be
necessary, should yew appros . e my salmi, to
make'an appropriatien for that pisrpose.
Feeling it to be , the duty of the General Our. ,
ernment to afford fall protection to the petiole of
Pennsylvania and Maryland by the -defence of
the Potomac, T united with Custom)! Bradford
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