The Franklin repository. (Chambersburg, Pa.) 1863-1931, August 05, 1863, Image 2
PI From nu New lrotk Tribune. TIDE 'BATTLE kir GiTTYSBIURG. The days of June were nenritd4e,E 'The fields, with plenty overritni- - Were ripening 'heath the lidfveg., In fruitful Panns-Wania l '% sang birds tuid When, sudden, over hill ankcift, .he gloom of cominn• 6 battle . fell, On pciaeefalkenn . sjivania! ThYthu, , li Maryland's bisttirie: land; - `7lo43llhcidstful tongue and sliollinfhafid, ~74'heyburst--a _fierce and famished band, "Right into I'enn4ylyanhi, OM liadlombgrlatars romantic vale ',Was heard ,the plandergl farmer's wail; ,21.1adlyery motiter'scheek was:pale, ~„„ ' In /lilobming Pennsireanial''' • Milliith taunt and jebr tc•au'd shout 'and SOrig ; •'.2..hrough rustic - towns, they 4 ptisildltiong"— A:confident and braggart thronm— •• ;• • •-•„, Through tri ,, httined Penns, rains. Alta tidings startled hill thin gidn - ; ~.173) sprang our harclv:Northern,men, .4fa there was speedy travel. then All into Pennsylytinia,l iThp foe laughed out in ppen.seorn; Iritt Union men were coward:born; . ; ''''.kva . then : -.4hey wanted all tlie.cor,a ' That oTewin 'Penns 416,nia ' • -.* it was the languid henna noo n= *:Wshen all - the 'birds , - 'AAA Nature,ina sultry ; gwoont; - In pleasant Pennsylianial . - *len•—sudden - o'er tbetslumberirig . plaisi, - iP* flashed the battle's fiery rain— ' glibte volleying cannon shook again 'The hills of Pennsylvania! - ,‘,Beneath- - that curse of irpn hail, , • , :that threshed the plain; with flashing flail, miglit-the stoutest soldieF wail, , • - In'eehoin , ; Pennsylvania! it; sudden, Slimmer rain; Stortri driven o'er the darkest plain hUrst upon our ranks and main; *, startic. d . Pennsylvania ielt the old, ancestraltthrill: *"rora sire to son, transmitted 10.nd fought for Freedom: with n will, In pleasant Pennsylvania] j'he'breathless shock—Jim maddened toil- 7 . he sudden clinch—the sharp - recoil-L.- , "find we were master's of the, soli,. In bloody Pennsylva,nia I . • • ES ) West viar d fell the baait'en'fo . e:-1- ''rrhe_growl of battle ho4rie rind low, It'Wa4 heard anon, but dying-i3IOW, In ransomed l'erinsylvania I. i. face wcstnvard, with tile .inkingrsun, •Ilie cloud of battle cle-nse and dun, Mashed into fire—and aftnus won In joyful PcnnsylCania /int . nh! the heaps of 10 in] z ttli bloody toil! the bitter pain! ,'. :p . or those who shall not‘stand again, . • In pleasanti.P;enn.s..ylvAnia! 'tack through the N'eidant vidle,; . ,7 lands; " ; - Vabt fled theloe; in frightened builds; 4 With broken swords and empty hauds t , Out of Penndylanial i• gow.a.nn GLYND'ON - ' . opatxr. framoduarrihs kAwr TEN. ... -4 ' The editor of thd 4en:411 . 11 . s actiA t :has leen upoh a visit to linshville, atten 14 a :State . Conyention. eortununientes the Atollowing to 1113• paper 'and - vouches - tor hi® .4tiforraant. It is' giehenitik.in detail—horri= . tle in coneeptidn, and!the wretches who, per -spetrated,the ontrages l named,,arp not fit for abanging. Sonie new s and exqdisite torture ....04Q1d. be invented for thdir especial - benefil. - e,re - id the article Prom Col...Robert:Al Crawford, of 'Green • t soinity, Tennessee, , lwh.o'.is a refugee, and I ;wa f s one' of the vice presidents of the State f Xknwentipia at Nashville; We learn the fol.- ' owing facts in reference to rebel 'r,ule zn that • 7b'eautiful , "Switzerland, of Ame.rica,i,' _East ennessee,'Colonel - CraWford'has.a personal 7... knowledge of"some of the fact's; , having left fthe scene of,their entietinctit 'quite, recently, nuad v,oticites for the trtith.of all of them, as was Obinitteir from trtiatwor ;thy iiersons, and Written,doWn on•th4 Spot. Last sununer th.ree ; rinitg men * brother's, named Anderson, left theirhOmes in Hawk ins ancr atteroptedto make their way 14 — to Kentucky. - They, Were ariested :by a squad of confederate Cai , alry on Clinch riv- O f about seventy-five xiilles froth Knoxville, Ot and thrown into Thbir hod ‘leilivere found floatin in the stretini, fifteen smiles from their own.forsakeri _honks. THE sgaktptTY, 9Y SALT. • , j 1 • ri In the month ofjanuary, assa, atlaurel, C., near. the- ITannessea border ; ) all the -salt .was seizad for distribution:; by- •confede ',nate cornmissiohers:l , Salt tasselling at sev+ ss-41ty,five one . hundradtollarsn saek.%The vrstemissionera , • 116 . elstied-:Ahat, the 9Torlei Johould have none,'4!atiftpositively - 'refused to .4give Union mentheirpnrtion of thevituitity 'f -do be distributed in - that This pal 4sble injustiee - ronaeci - the-Union. , men ;. they. - -:assembled together-and - detezmined:ta seize Altair proportion of the , salt :by force.' :They so,taking at 11 - grahall; N. C., What they deemed to be their just share, 7 : cW Immediately •afterttirds t the Si:tY,..ififth -diortli Carolina regiment, under * eorninani I:Lieutenant-Colonel Jamas.Reith, was order to Laurel to arrest'the offenders::, ARRESTS FOR --, SEIZING. ' Z. 11.• Allen Was COlOild Pf the regiment, ,Inthad been stisPeadenbierinie and drum : lceniess. Alany'of . the in'en x •erigaged in - the •!,salt seizure left their liOna64.,': 2 Those who did timet'piirticipate' in :it be . einne the' sufferers. ';,Among those arreStod• Were Joseph Wood, - liibintt 'sixty gears`,of Lige . ; Da l / 4 -id'Shelton, fif ty; Roddy Shelton, forty-five; Eli4'oxi Xing, forty"; Helen Mitibreijorty; Wade Moore, , Ithi:rty-five;Asaittbf She:4W, fifteen 4 William ,Ahelton,. twelve; 4anies,AfetcaJf, tep;.Josper ,:glannel fourteen; Samuel Shelton, nineteen, -- and his brother;:aged:seventeen; sobs of Id- InsShelton-Lin alt, - thirteen - men. 'and boys. "IYearly all= of thern , deelared..they were inno cent, and had•taken:tio.part in.appropriating ,the salt. They begged .for` u trial, asserting that they conld,prove theifinnotetice. • ;••. • : • Tli.E. v - gr911T10.17.. 001011e1 who Was - with -his titiop " of • 1 , but not in. eozniniiid, told 'the're 'that' they should have a they:p..9llld betaken to • Tennessee ibis that :p - urnese. • They bid farewell to theii*Wiv6, ,aatghters; and directing•gig jars, tKoenre e tvLnesses `;iind, bring their', to the couri..in, Tentiesies, where they su*sed,:th - :eir, taith _ Ahts I .how, iitt,SO,theY=AreatneVa,ii ii t ,a fate awaited theta! BoitraTl.r BAIttA.IIIIIE4. r; _The poor ;follows baa,proocedect hat 01 few miles, when they were turned from the road into a gorge in tiara mountains, and halted. Without wining of whit, was to ire Lion tcitli them five.VitliezoV'qq - i n ,944 1 1e.e.4''' , to kneel do n. ;Ten pkiCes;iid froiat'ot these soldie - rs.cie&-Placed. with; 10d .z;7,.1,: iipoirtlac`mmors:, of the doomed patriots. Old man Wood (sixty years of age) cried out: "For God's saltemen,::yoliarenot going to - shoot you are going to murder us, give us' at least time-to pray." Colonel Allen was reminded . -h They, were informed that Allenhad no authority ; that'aith wins iii tothinirnd, and that `there wits nci thii& The- order was &mil to .fire; thciold,men - andhoys put, their hands ,() ,their i faces and -s,e,nt i ,the th:o ,air, with, agonizing Cries ,of despair 664651:s Wa4 'Vend; and'Aesillifed t-O• ObeY 'co l iunana•; Keith said if they did -not ' instauitly - ho them ;change: places with, the prisoners. The , soldiers. raised their, gyp's, the victims shudderedconvutsiv - eIY, the woid •Wast6"'fire, arid' the` • ; E:V6 ,fell ',pierced' with rebl ''Old- nieri WObd - and ,Shelton .'were- shot- in - the Llead;.• their brains scattered upon the ground, tend they ;died ;without a struggle. ~The„ Other three liVed only _n'feiv Minutes. =• -; ) ~rLTRDER OF.4.310"1: OF T*ELVETEARS _ - Five others were ordered to kneel, among thbnilittle silly Sheltbir, &Mere Childi' - cinlv, twelve years old. He implored•the , rnen -not to shoot - him in the-face.-- -- " You have killed my father and said hd, "You bay 4 shot myfather in tho-face;- do not shoot me in the covered :his - facolvitivhis , hand"= The - Soldiers , reeciVetlthe corder' to 4re,land.fiv4 More 12-9,6r was wounded in both arrns.-; Re sari Ail- au officer, clasped him around-the legs. and he- Sought- him to spare his life.. "You have killed my old father audiny three brothers; you hare.shot me in both arms--I forgive you all. this—l can ,get we 11... Let me go home to my mother and sisters.' What a heart of adamant the, Man inust save who could disregard such an appeal, The-little boy was'dragged back to the place of eecu tion; again the terrible- word ."firel' was given, and he foil dead, eight , balls having entered his body. The remaining three were Murdered in the same Manner. Those in Whom life was not entirely extinct, the heartless 'officers dispatched with their pis tols. - lii A bole was then dug, and the thirteen bodies were pitched into it. The grave was scarcely large enough; some • of. the bodies lay above the ground. wretch. named Sergeant N. B. D. JAY, Virginian,, but at tached to ix Tennessee coma the Sixtk fifth North Carolina - regiment, jumped ilptin the bleeding bodies, and said to some 'of -the men : -"pat Juba for me, while I dance the damnedscoundrels down to; and through hell." :Me grave was covered lightly with earth, and_ the next day when the rives and families:7o the murdered mm heard of their fate, searched for and totind their grave, the hogs had -rooted up one man's, bAy, and eaten his head off. _ TORTURING DEFENSELESS , WOVEN. Captain Moorley, in charge' of n cavalry force, and Colonel Thomas, an command of number of Indians, accompanied - Keith's men. TheSe proceeded . to Tennsee ; - Kbitlf men returned to Laurel, and were instructed to say that, the cavalry had taken the prison ers with them to be tried, in accordancewith the pledge of Colore Allen. In their pro gress through the country; many tYnion men were known to have been killed end scalped by the Indians. • Upon the return of Keith and his men to Laurel, they began systemat ically to torture the women of loyal men to force them to tell where their- ththers and husbands were, and what part each had taken in the salt raid. • The women refused to di vulge anything. They were ten whipped -with hickory switches—many - of them till the blood coursed. in streams down their pet sons' to the gro d; and the , '-'.men who did this were called oldiers! Mis., Sarah Shel ton, wife of Esa Shelton;_ , who escaped from the town, mid. Mr , ary Shelton, wife of Tans Shelton, were whipped and - hung by the neck till they were almost dead, but would give no information. Martha White an idiotic girl, was beaten, mild tied by the neck all.day to a tree. . ' A WOMAN OF EIGHTY-FIVE HUNG . = ,Old,Mts. trnus Rirldle, aged ., eighty-five years; was-whipped, hiing,, and robbed 'of : a considerable amount of money. 31airtibth-r ers were treated with the same barbarity. And the men who did this - were called sol diers! The daugherS of William Shelton, a Man Of-wealth and highly reSpecttible, were -requested by - soine of the ofacers to sing and play for then, They played and sang a few national, ,Keith learned' (41 it, and or dered that the ladies be placed' under. arrest and'sent to the guard-house, where the St. re mained all night. • " ; Old Mrs.'Satlie Moore, sei'eiity years of age, was whipped with hickory-rods till the .blood ran in stream 4 down her back. to -the oround ; and the perpetrators of this were . 'elothed in the habiliments of rebellion, and bore the - name of soldiers !' • -One woman, wholiad an infant five or six weeks old. was tied in,the snow to a tree, her child placed in the doory icy in her sight, and she was informed that.if'she did 'not tell' 'all. she krie' about the seliure - of, the salt, both herself and the child would .be allowed- to Sergeant. N, B. D.,.jay,. of Captain Reynold's' company; and Lieutenant R. M; Deever, assisted their s taen in the execution -of these hellish' outrages. Houses were burned and torn down. All kinds ef•prop arty was destroyed" or carried off. --- iiiiTERFERE:kCg - ',q - E2ii,Ekr--Do.k-E.1.80.N, All the Wenaeri and'ehildred of the Union men who were shot, .apd,of those who escap ed, were oidere:d, by General Alfre4 E. Jack -stgiTheadqUarterg at Jonesboro, to be sent thropgh the' Rites -by way. of. Knoxville. When the-first of.-them armed at this place, the officer applied to GeneralDonelson-(for merly speaker of the House of , Representa tives at Nashville) to - knoW by which' route they should $e sent from there; - whether by Cumberland Gap for , 'Nashville, .. Genera/ Donelson immediately, dire,eted them to be released and 'sent. home, saying that such a thing' was unkruOrn in civilized 'A=olitaiies• They _were then sent home; 'and' - all the 'refu 4ees met on the road were also turned back. CO:NSCRITM- On the 13th of , ..Fehruary, 1663, a squad of soldiers weresent to conscript James 119Cob lum, of Greene eminty, Tenneee, a very respectable, industriohS man, thirty or thirty yew% 'bfage.; They found him feeding w his cattle. hen 16. saw soma of theta he ran th.the back . of, : his barn ;."others were posted,behind the barn, and, withouklialling or attempting to arrest him, ohs bf them shot him through the neck, kiln nono• him instantly. His three - little children" Wh4`intr it,:xan :to the:house and told their' mothsr, ; she came out.;wr . inging her hands in anguish-, and screaming with prior atid.disintLY. The soldiers were sitting, upon the fence . ; laughed, at tier= agony,' and *said" they had nnJy, kiifed fi i'•.tratnned., ►C~ TEL?. BITRIAL Zije frattlitin typsitork, ibantbasbutg, murdered ram was highly - esteemed!by his neighbors, anp,aS affirm Union min. In .April daStZpive'rebel soldiers! ? named Aitood:and lug* whit to the house;of On the waters of Lick': cieok, eeweountY,io conscript her son.; 41110490 , 1adyi Was partially deranged ; .s4e" _comniiWe'd ttre soldieri'to•leave her bouse, and raised a stick to strike oaeof them. He told her if she struck him, he would run her through - with bayonet; she --gave the blow, And he sh7ther.through the bteast,-.-e 1 SthrlEiTniai r Tti` lie inine"irionth,""Jes - Se:: Peree; an =b7d` man sixty years of age, two sans and two nephews, were arrested in Johnson county, Tennessee, bordering on Virginia, by colonel Fouke's cavalry; composed of Tennessee and Nor* Carolina men. They were takerk, to Ash county, North Carolina, to -b6,tried* - fr disloyalty to Jefferson Davis-& CO, Thntl3. man had been previously, "airk.sted, taken to Knoxville, tried and t‘eqUitted. When the prisoner#ArrifVed in Ash county a gr, oggery keeper ptclpo , :zed-to treat Fouke's "men- to eight galiAns: „of - brandy if-they would hang the - ,filtinan, his sons and . , nephews, without-‹trigl - : The bargain was struck, and the, five-idinfortunate - Men.,Vere hanged without lifithen*remnny: The brandy was furnisheci",*(rsonin Of it drank before the tragedy, the rest -afterward. - .lltDlCri 'REILLY 46:1V tirioOPS. At a recent meeting, held in Ira - 401 1 ml - Hall, ..: . - Philadelphia, to- pronfote':the- etillitment Of, - negro troops, Judge iill - Y:delive.fed an - ad, _ . dress replete with ehique.nee r -i ne ndliatriotis.f . .- . We subjoin several extracts4'' ,- - .- •-:.-',-',' My Fellow-Citizens,:--Before ~ - p riedlui to the consideration of . the' ;irrave.qtiestion which-brings.us:togetber;let.mt-say,that.the rebel army of Nortbern"Virginin:te no Irto.te• [lmmense cheering.]- ":As anorganizatieri; it will never leave the's:oil Of - TerinSVlViiiiiii,' . _ . .. _ . .though -fragments of.-it 'may straggle'across: theyetonme: i.[Renewedeheering,l Treace. forth' Virginia is -dedicated2to-.;Fredlorni tpheerl - - West.Wginia.Was fre.i3d Jiy - the suffrages:Of. helf: patriotic: Men, ainiSirginiti by..the , power qi - : : therUnited'Sta'tes. . 14 7 plaits e.) 15c_ver again WlWthe insolent , anal Wavy of -the __Old' - Doniiiiior. -breed -fair; skinned and blue-eyed girls;, or s:alwart, black men,.,fer.tlie,Slave .rintrkets- of the far- South. - [Long continued cheering.] -- --_`" - -,-- " - Citizens. of-African _deseent,-itils.to- you I wouldspeal, -Areypiteentent to. spend your lives as boot=blacks, :blithers; waiters and in. other pursuits little if anybetter than servile or menial, when .t:hoiiworcssio l i'of arise-the terrible but glorious work of war—invites ; you to -acknowledged manhood, freedom and h0n0r...: [Applause, and cries of No, -no.] , oppression,-Providence hundred. years of unmitigated oppression,-Providen6e has opened the way for the Africo-American to prov e his Manhood to the world.and command, 'the respect and, gratituderofthose.Of his fellow-citizens.whose cupidity and have enslaved and. de graded him.,., Will you :not spring to - arms and march to the higher destiny thiit'awalts ' your .race. though it may require yourman gled bodies to strew the .glorious path - May? .[Checring,;andcriesof Yes, vesd Yes, you rill • ..1 et ; tnot 1 said that the Third United States,. Colored, -Volunteers, though a Penn sylvania regiment, contained but fevi or no ishiladelphians,, But fill ,its ranks quickly. You will- bear at its head the flag around which freedmen and their descendants s.hould most\proudly rally:. . Thed a g of Pennsylvania, ath e firs t conintion wealtloiingdOta or empire to abolish slavery -the Coromonwealthwhose.act of emanci pation—a...solemn .expfessiOn of -gratitude ,to God for the 'freedom hp-had-vouchsafed to its people—antedates British etnan*ition more than forty years—is the One *e ask you to carry aloft.• It-is the-symbol of our honer and greatness. , We.@ cheerfully confide it to your hands,-assured', hat you will, triumph to, any point, at which In raised its rebellious head, lindundc prove to mankind that each olie-of ,: , the sterner eleMents of maribood>a,', . the haughtiest aristocrat oftheiConack [Applause.] :-.,,, - - : , 0,/d men,despite _ the „disabilities., under„ Which . you abor, some of you have acialmu lilted wealth;- we do not ask yoiil . 6 , erdiSt--' we want the young-and vigorous. But when ,you go to youthomes to-night - do - you • uty —gather about, 'you your able-bodied see' and let theni - know that-if they prove cowards - in this grand crisis of the history of yOur ra you will disinherit and denounee 1 them.--s--- Mothers, you love ,your sons--:but,thinit: you that you love thein better than did the moth ers of the briiveWhite-beys and inen Who haVe borne our . banners over.- so Many terrible fields? No, you will not claim this; gather, then, your sons around you, and spurn him-, who will net prove that when you suffered the pangi of maternity it wag to give birth to a man. ' ' And, girls; 1 have- a word to say to . you. - The fellow who shrinksfrom the smell of gunpowder is very. apt to, be afraid:of thunder.. I have' known, to creep into bed during k'storm, and beg to'be covered up closely: ' If, - daring , this war, some spruce , young dandy.troubles you .ivith a tender question, let,-him know that you would rather marry the wooden log and empty jacket sleeve of a war-worn hero 'than any man who might reqUire you •to tuck-him- 'up during ,every thunder stormy . [Cheers - and laughter.] , , . • And now white . men'. and women, let me 1 have a word with you,. Will yOu assist-the . Supervisory , Committe in the work it has in. hand? Will yosi give te'these brethren - Of 1 the heroes Of :Port 'Hudson and 31illikeri's ' _Bend your broadest...fullest sympathy ?, Will you pourinnpon Congress memorials mover whelmirigiittinibens,, demanding that, as to pay and pension, they shll' be treated as liberally 1 as other soldier's are ? ‘ [Cheene, and iif Yesaow will.] -- Will you watch over their widows -with fraternal care, and see that their - orphans are secured such, educational oppor tunities as a great and humane Common wealth should proVide for the orphans of, patriots who' -have , laid down _ their lives in her cause .and; under her flag? , [Renewed: cries of - Yes; and we. will.] , Yes, I ani , sure that in these, respects you will be just, and I_ hope , yOu will - be generously magnan imous. -- '',-r: ': j . , , _- - . In the, gloomy days: through which wo have' just pawd,, I have been buoyant with hope amounting to faith. Behind the dark and heady clowl'that hiing so opprotstvely near' Us,- I, taw; -in the rapidly developiri,g "provldenteatf God,,the sure promise of mic :tory -and peace. :Airing weary, sorrowing months and years - of war, we have sighed for the. coining man" who Was to bring ustbese great: blessings. - We have not - sound Net Butler,' nor - Banks, nor'Fremont, nor Grant,., nor . abseerans, nor-Mende—thougu he has invested :our quiet GottyslArg.with the, combined' glikries,of .:41a - genta and Bolfe 7 rine==-baS shown hiniself to be the man whoge genius and' ?ler were to- deliver us froin protracted war. , Tbadrait this is but to- admit that, our great soldiers 4re pot-übiquitous. Donelson and Vicksburg, each in turn ; ,New Orleans, Portjiii4stai and Gettysburg' have - each ;been'-worthy the attention of , it gretit General. - Shall Wethe.n Coselb hopeSor him whose corning, !lve; has - so long prophesied Oh, not. hewaits our bidding. He 4's . the Colored qn barxmle Port indson the Thertit'Oylakd hl,l . rani; -he cm cup,i;s anti Et foitnae% Rkeßttioidp, ht , - 2 is 'toady, inter-= 'ceo #ra.gikl's !ShOrmodotia• oy;V:he o'c4hpr4#e attvugholds,'.ofa'qrine..4 ,vyll4 gye=vif fib iifesta4 ; whiah', in 4iS4lNvqr, &pond with a jo y ous "Aye, aye," to your 6111. and run the Union flag to the t.op of .very star upon:her praries - 4 - . he holds tat - his -Mercy every aere-of Ro.nfedorate . perritory ; :Asia chattel, he =dlOtlic4 artge'very Ebel soldier,..apaß, assured-411-yout - sym t "joatltY, he will crush every rebel stronghold. Yes, sneer' at or doubt it as you may j the 'negro is the coming man" for whi we have waited. Oive him the chance to attest his nature at all these points around which our white brethren perish, in swamp a d hos and throttling and crushing is old pn'pressor, he will give us speedy victo y, and •aye4Ohat shall never again be distu cd by mvit.Wai.. [Tremendous and long-eo tinued, cheertrio. - .1 • - , . '• .... ; rI3FITSBUIT,G COLLEGE. i 1 Air addkw signedi by Messrs.. Sehmucker.• , .t raOhi. , 44lgher, Jacobs, Stoeveri,, and: 3ful4e4p:ig,, Professors, and by Abel Presi.: deritnUd•:resident Trustees, of the 'Theologl ical iS'''eruinary and College of Getttbilr ,, ,L • , '' ''' ftt' vt,FY 4peals to the patriotic of all denorail nstilins for contributions er , repair the/ varii oUsbighlings connected with the Insti i tution.t Weldoubt 'not that the call will, as it Ortaini. ly:slioidd, be liberally and promptly respond.; ed t i O:,'.. The addres.; says : ,••:- Intlie:Proyillence• of GOil.;our_Auet and ordtTly•to - wn, heretofore knoWn °rapt for • its riurVeriea* literature; seienee and- -4eligion ,lms'..been seleeted;4;the thiatre-for cUi : e of the ;fiercest:m ex. ost tensive and e..feni LI 4,ondlicts of the "tiger In COMMon - Witli: all to eiti irient; vird rejoice that:the'gracions'Orl'lms, 1 nlytWithstanding our mitional and:l4ividual sins; ;Wanted - na a .glorious _viotOry, : - With` Ininible„ g ratitude _ we' r(iibilbe in the hope that' 1 thiresult - will irk:line' ph6 - , e,iiiartiqsr...or the , eontitry.to lav, down tlie - arnis , - of * tboikbel ' lion;and-will tend td_rstOre - theinii, , 'pattee , ,'and - - prosperity of ci;Oveininti t. -`,,,Yor this victory, while we einie,ede idl d e credit: to theiffilitary genitts'ar our edneera and un surpassed braverrof our-soldier:s: 3i,o,•_desire to ascribe the- chief `ghiry to 11.b_n_lilio rules' among the arraies_of•-heavennricr,iiilltibitants' earth, add withuot who.3c.iapportatld . aid:all humane efforts are vain; ~ I • lii theitheantirtie Or Theological ,tin.d Col- legiateiiistiflitioni," together with the. Pro fcssers'houses, have been made a. „sad= scene, of devasttaion and ruin. The-ridge which the greater part of these bnilding,srFe - Toeat-, ed; were - successively occupied by the several , Their, batteries :were_planted in the vicinity of: these edifices,- whichlvere pled by the enemy during the sevelal days - of contlict;and constantly. exposed to .the fire, as theplace was several times taken and re taken- by both, armies. , The Theological .Seminary was struck by a nnmber, of shells and balls, and severali:erious fractures caused which will probably:require part ot'one gable end, to be taken down. was house:. occupied by Dr..Schmucker, was perforatedby thir teen shells and cannon balls, - several:large .fissures' were made -in the wallS, window, frames Were shattered, and nearly all the gla:is- destroyed. ' The houses -Oldie other- Professors in the vicinity were also all mord orless injured, and the _fences and some-out' houses on 20 acres-of Seminary land, almost wholly-destroyO. The Seminary - land Col lege are, and-for a month to conic, I probably will be occupied as hospitals for the sick and wounded of both armies, and will require not only many repairs, but also much .purificti: tiou' and painting before they, canlee. occupied for, their appropriate purposes. T; •• -t With thishrief and unvarnished - statement we address -our. appeal first to the theran Church4or whose instruction and: anion especially, these institutions have, 'thirty years beenilaboring. -, 'Ne:_request ministers to take up a .collection Tor this; purpose,- and Where_-_,this is not done, we ask active Jul:net/10- collect,from_fricinis,of the cause. But it is not only to those that our, appeal directed' 'Our instittiffons hate from the-beginhing been °pent() all denomi-; nations, and multitudes lof all _creeds have theni. The College, more= decidedly Christian and Protestant; is as entirely unsectarian as that - of - Princeton or N:4le. - the patriot,,yhere fore, whose heart, overflows with gratitude to God for thexectriat Victory, in the adhieVenient - of which our ihjulie4 w6re'caus.:Cd; 'we re= speetfullv - appeal-for soine.contribution as a grateftd:offering to God, who gave us success. Should' the aggregate of contributions exceed what is necessary to repair the:injuries 'suf: -fered,'. the't \ surplue shall be equidly divided betweenbotli.lnstitutions.: •And! will it nbt ever be a liasing -reflection' to eachdoner, .that helas.contributed to the prosperity of institutions of literature and religion, located in the place: hereafter ever niemorableinour national history, as - the seat fir one of 'the greatest battles andniost gloriov.4 victories of the federal:armsl, that, he has contributed to .those institutions whose stiidents,in response _to the: call 'of the , GosTrzior for 50,10, mew toesilei the _rebel ' army frohOur'soit, formed - the -first volunteer Company that reitalied the place of rendezvous at Hurrisbrg: it,--finally, notle a ple_asingrefieetion to r them and ,to all future visitors of this memorable battle-fleld,'that 't& institutions, vihose - Soil was plowed up bythe Cannon balls, whose halls were- stained -with blood - in 'de fence. -of the • Union, and around - which are buried some of the martyrs who died in our holy cause, were .not, perrnanentl2, , but that, by the liberalityof Christians grand patriets, their laiter days were ruorepitisper ous than: the first. • . - ..All .contributions are to -be directed to Alexander,-,D. Buehler, Gettysburg, Pa„ and their early transmission is requested, as re ' pairs must be coinmencedivithout ' ordsurio:TO RANO.: " latt PuIrIPEP! , ; The' follbwing• . artiele 'froin the organ of Sett' publislie:d ut Knoiville,, is commended to - the eonsideratic6 of tho'se, "Gerinans here' and elsewhere; wilo havn been led,ngainSt their 'better judirnent and the tradition of their yti'sierlanil, by Copperhead `deniagegu s ea, to" sioiptithiie with the rebels; or at least to place theinselsies in an attitude 'of opposition. to the 'admirditration" of the "Vnited §tateS_Goyerlinient: ,fie think that 'with this knowledge' of what thirebelslhink of the 4ermans laid how they puiPose to treat then), arey'Gerniary blindly follows their Copperhead: leaders, is utterly destitute oi'self-regpeetnnd of brotherly - le - ding for the gallant , Germant in our array; Vroin the .KritC , xvilli+ lligleter; 4 line 12. " 2 " Of late in' all' btiftl.P.:“ Ana in all recent Incursions made.by sederul eav,alry, *e have found the great naass,of_.Northern soldiers to .‘ consisiof Dutchmen. Theplunderinalhier s ' _ e -., •, 34044; capttired I.,y,gg r orrest, who stole - half the jew-, T•l,s'7' ::"---2, , , 4`', 4, . elry andw - atCW,* a dozen eduntiei of Ala-:,• , , , • -I * . '' , '''''''''O''';s.lrT 6 !" . '•- , "•• - ---,,,--,,,,,,,,-.--;••,---"--.. - i:lfuniti, : w4rhin4Elitilato Dutch/Wit. The n's.‘,,, , ' , W - FSTEAREOTEL, West lfrarket -Aqn.: - Oklifr Olqiitt4 . I*i rt., as distihctit,.e ofthik;:i w ...Et.g,Tieur the Bkage,themberiburg, Pa, .. ra€, , t3 as, eat `wilfcb;cch stantly ascending i4 : * . "-.,12 . -: l 4rtut=h7il u arrtt illY T t' ' r thrn, l ll l : Tml es el : lieirve., l 4. t .Vas a'sttaitibti the nostrils of, the. - rtes; Idontalf Oiler /lota. tee 4=o tine: it OM , ts =mt. 'gw , is 11 A. i-trint ittijilil as that peculiar to-s- ileS -- •>lo vaeis for - etralWars told others to step A that ole-cat, an oht. „'0 . - g. - 't a -lager beer saloon. tatta .),. g° L' l l32.lll2w ar iTi e witt r aw= r,pretid with tueiu3. Crimes, thefts, Lain alts to the women of ne, 4andenhssanthadortho seitson. the. South,..duriably- - -mark the :courses - of - - /Its citAnitEaswrotwlie, won vomitus, wollinted these stinking odies Of animated sour -krout. N i n s tl d n e .7l-'11, 1 :, 06 . - d ,i on r e ,R tlt • 1 1 . '4‘ eh le e Rosecratis himself is sin unmixed DutehMan, sortwi - I,7Z,iiiii iyiles l ilt . ,iiiori. : ' I: 7 '. 66 . .1_ -°.- - .ftirttrztuTsedquee whiehrhas orerruruthe , rast , - -- - 13 A , Mat44.11 , 1tin- ' , awn* , - 14 -oisitted- 14 zht - * Ol -t s ti t re,, oine pr render fOr etoeti, tad attend? sl lafee . reful -districts; of the country: of the Northttresb. - x": '-*'"'''',-- It - litippeni that --- Wg-'i‘ntertaiti: a, - its - arykis.wittbe .1a,64*, - readitc.oh - i'leiswtifitdctiot t greater aegree-of respeeffor"airlthit)plan hi 'al l •bu'lowitit ahifklidinghttuaairtj italtattafia' . Am' a n; he eulicite eillieral alias° of the public vatronage. :the ra,Osi of-the licitthernamilesthan.foran ,rway...whz, •- - - - Joitri "-TILLER _ toaoriferous Dutchtnan, who,„ quiz hav,e.no,pos-, sible interest in thiS., revillitlon*L-* . - -I: •-,* Why not' hang 'ever'n DiitrirriuW ic - qi - ttireif f ire wilt hereafter hang, or'slidait . n. ampriSini for life ; alt white men taken' inleommaizet of `,Aegrom, and enslave the agroes theniselves; This:is not, too harsh,". .Nphumanheina• will' Ttssert the contrary., Why„ then, should we, 'llot - hang - a Dutchman, Who deserves infinite; ly less "at Our sympathy than-iSambo: 'Alm .•,bsernmOds ofbeer,'krout,-Tdbacco and - rotten: chee,s,e,;w4ich,on. two legs a.mi,four,on : foot' :Mid mounted; go prowling #trol i the Sollt4,` . shoufd he used - to man.ure .the,' sanair plains findliarr - eri Ifil.l-•Sities - of Alaliania r ,'llennessee 'airr[l . • Ge9' rgiaP t. - --- - * - - I '* ,' Ifi&lace4. a Mitek regiment , adorns,the limbs of ..a Southern- for-. „est, daringeavalry raids into the : South.shall c.egii;: * 44- ,* President Datis.need : not _bei - speeiiilly cOnsulled, and if Ten' aecident of this ;S - o:et ',Sheila' vedur to: . a . pltindering 6aniP titre ‘.that captured by:Forrest, tee are no - tine - lined to believe that-our President;wonld be greatly _.. diergithitled." '.`Wre.:N j itsSTilitr.E.:L-jShortlti beibre Patrick Ilextry,-laying his lidnd , en the :13i - 41.1 : ere,is,a book-worth more than...all oth ers yet:it is,' :rq sad Misfortime never to hain, remit, Until'lately, with proper 'attention."! 'With voiee'iind geSture pertinent,-arid'-x11; his own,.John'llandolph , saidf - -. • terribl - e.preof of city ,deprp,ity,is,thn't - , the eati,relish and remember anything-,hetter: than 1 1 1 13 E Z)os." . ' When"the'sliades - af death were 'gathering around Si:r 'Walter Setitt,' he :said':to watcher 't!Bring the-1300k.1' : • - "What. book a,skecrf.ocklitirt,,,his son— '- "There is but one . Book,"' said the dyingf man:'!' With such testimony ,11.4. to the virtue .of the . Sacred scriptures, reiterated by the' great. and good,- in all -a-ges,.lt is -a sealed. book to, many. _ MA 0 . 11 McCoux, the - venerable slie.of the', six fighting brothers McCool', was a remark-' able feature of the Union, Convention if Ohio,-on the 17th.. He is the father or Brig-, adier,General Robert McCook, Murdeied by' "the rebe,Ls,'• and Major General Alea:araier M. McCook, commanding under Reieerang.,i The Major and his sons have ; been ultra Dein-, ocrats, two or three of whom have in defence 'of the country. In of.tlielse facts,- the appeal' of this briivb: old patriarch before the Convention,-in behalf of the so - die.rs _in...th,e field, and, ,i4„denunciation_of . V-a Illandigham and-AislOyaltyi: ittipres sively eloquepti Tilt Hon., Ri O. Grier, ono the - ,?ridge's, of the U. S. Sqprerne Court, presided at a, .T.Tnion War Meeting at Williamsport„ Pa. :recently. ThiS venerable Judge, ,who .is looked 'upon as.the fourftain 'Of the law in. this state, is a Denioerat, one of thd'old Jack son stamp; of unquestionedvcr...hodol.-y... It was the, first public meeting, he ; said. that be had - attended for thirty rs, sine Ike ,first 'took a, seat upon the Bench.. He character- Ned the rebellion es “th'e nieSt "emiseleg`in the history of the World—a rthellion-itsictinst liocrty and nOthing.ase.' l : .• . , A, TOZTIk - rG lady of high adeOpaPlishments, the family being - Withont ' serVant at -. .the - time; Stepped' 'to the door oiFthe` ringing of the beff, 3viiieh.arinounee,d a, visit f'rom one of her, admirers. On entering, the ;beau glaneina. at the harp and; piano exCittiineiit .'..f . thbught I heard'nitisfe-'-on Which instill ment were Y•ou - performing , , "Onrtlitr - grid. sif, , with the accompaniment - , Of: the frying pan." replied she. mother is without a servant, - and she says Imust learn tci finger IMise instruments - socmer - of - later; so I, have , this; day feoinmenee'd a eanrAd - Of lessons.". , Tat Union Cause' neverlookeilso'bright;' since the beginning bf the;Var,. as , it; 'does now. , since theftr - st, : of July the rebel. ar4 Mies have lost one hundred: thousand, men,. and an Iminense amount of'sOres ' • and, more still, their:two s'tiong . holdS in the 'Centre of the rebellion. IcoN , ' 'is -the - time - for eveiy, - true Man tO: take: . courage, and stand shom der. to shoulder in support of the Govertune.nt and our...allant armies in, the ' , 1D is little.singular , that since - en - has been - whipped and• - .:Arickaburg taittm, the petnocratic peace papers arc anxious. to realm propositions ts.), the ,-reb - el goxernmeni tor ti cessation'of hostilities. 'Can `ii be possible that they-leel tlinsigh - they • were being whipped, or - --de„ they', fear f that the war illay close underra .fferitiblican administration and thus cut - oil' the pemocratieirespects for the next .Prsiclentint election. , A Tom , to gentleman.•wqao atone tirue_wai very much: t "mitten with 4,,very,prOtcy• tittle ! - Priend,'"'saiti-Ithatiti:,his travels, through the West Intlie'she'often ilitt'sonieVe,rly se ver-eshoelta frUM eartininakes;'but'they 'were not •a circumstance when compared = with -these which he . .exiperjenced lyout l this, little carth-Quaki,r_ 'TYPoor.ArorreAL errota. - cnite in very dad sordstivies. The-other day we weroleadiog a derriptien of _enthusiastic- demonstrations at apolitical gathering, when - the type went on witli4- - - - Nvus , rezit with the snatztavf three thoupiulpeoie" - : : - • • 1 _. . ~ ..' A geritleuinh,rode'up to U - publichouse hi the country, ana-,askedps , lrho is'tlie rnastet of .thiil h0u5e?".4.,”1 - ..ain, sir," , Teplied the landlord;, 4, , ,n1y wire, has ;been dead- about three weeks." ~ .A boy who \ had 'read of 'sailors heaving' up anchonowaitiato - know if it ,was salickness - that made do, it:, r honest, itiart Is the: - nObiesP - iikijrk 4W— bat' Ore' edition' is •savlll, - suiddio 'Orleans Pickaynne. to-fOrge't aniii,lPry‘ is More tlimi natkire eau promise"; but, to fo'rgito - it is Nifillit'grtitean :I/EATri has eorislgpesl niany .triar! Nylon a longer life would have co*igie.cl:l4tri to infinity; - - Wn have eftett' read about the ¶ me ( aot praise.,", but:, heAr nano praise of Aleatle. TT.XioN irCakti.-21.11is netel is -aituattxl oirthiTeirna.of Nlitin and Queen ..Streets, tliel/faniottliiiithegotengh - tiChamhersbo.4,ra. zliiiiindettritterlif i espettfrilly , annutinteS thaftii Dein rens °Alt t 1 1t bag been raised to 5'.0011111S tilts three story Back Bagain g has' been edited. to it, Vrfisg . ;immense amount of for tho neeentnioiliitien, eC the ihiblic'generisity. r The rooms dre large and - comfort,. _ableouinbering 1 i nll, ,tkirtytire. They Inn - fished" with 600.0 :NEW "FURNITURE. - Perseus. ^stOppingatthis,soteiottnbare.either dooble or , sittgle rginus, with or Witlont4iie in them. The 'Sahli 1 , 4 . 11 1. Waysitesimiied - wAli the It.E.sl 31Altlitt, ,• and 741 beat WM PA/ persons: he liar is filled ~rith the CitOICEST r40 . 1703it." - tine "4W:4 As.twe,sthries, of theznost modern Style, sntj tiso best in the lierongh of Chambervburg. 'June 17 ' 3011 S Et{ .Prnitri em." FRANKLIN. HO` `ET :de (1 the patio ,Roaro . ,Chostiborsbnrg,4 - The subeeriber would res fully ,info tb - asrallol. ing Conlin - unity thatba has le in akeu lit*.seolon of this tloTantedldns llntal Ile lio to 'mks -it one'- t the meat desirable plates for atratipre, and others ,to. -stop that can bofoutl in any country town.:; • • • TAME .will at all times t spread with the lilt - Aries and substantiate of the lIIS CilisMilEllS are large.'well ventilated; and fitted up in modern style. . - HIS BAR will be well rapplied with It large and choke tetectiqd of the very best'Llitnors. - I - 11S STABLE Kill always ,be.proaided with geed,. "wholesome prdvender for steels, and atteatiedhy-earefal No pains will be spared to render ontirr Satirtaction to all Ule guest; and pledging birnseif Piondeasiir to-plenum &J i be solicit.. 11 i sbareuf the public pattronace,. • -.lnnen, ' ' "1/ANTEI. TROSILE, trirlll-TOSWAX. I OTEL;Chain betsbtirg,lct.—AitenAPl GROVE, Prqirtetor. _ Slaving purchased thisVeli-knorrn llotel,(longtrnown as ,Nlillere, and recently us Veit , Grove's.) the Propr-i -eter pledges himself th,lit no pains shall be spared tor rulnister to the v u ents nits pests. 'tbechar4(iter hererefui.e statuiried by the noun 48 a. _clittfor t blo .11 out e fur the Sojourner, shall not sidreeln my hands fin n ourtneffort - to please and lit'Cilta [Rear - it. Will 111.1nRitt: it. The proprietor, therefore, selicrra:Ta continuance ortheliberatpatrounge heretauro efltend ed to the 'White ztvran:' In addition to large Stabling, he ins TWO 'LOTS and alpair of BAY f 1,114 STOCK, SCALLS . for She , lICCOMMOdiIt it'll of Drovers and Bute - hers; ' t ' " June ).1.1?..fid ;: , . ; ' • MICII.AEL I Iiik • :•, ..;•#,,,, .. .. -1' • ~.SIT.ILLS COVESI,I". - DAM II TM tv,asict. c I: OVRIRLI r &.ITUTCIIISON ~ .: Have - bee the the Proprietore oe - the UNITED . ATEn HOTtif, near the Kali-road Depot et lIXItitiM IRMO. Pa • This peptide:. and commodious -Hotel beat : heenmendy. refitted sad tarnished throarumic its par- Jors,and obeli - JIB, and is now ready for the rec. - Option of guests. ' '-. = • ' . "glio_travelLinr ! pnblic, will tad the - United SOites Hotel 'the most tonreatent, in all particulerl, of any Hotel in :_the ;State Capital, on account of its access to tbo rail -rood. being,hareediately between the two great 'llepets in ibis city. - titirmiseveo, June It, '43-tr. •:... , ' . .... , -Wa - jmesteiro' . .Recerci, Sletcersbnrg Jeurnal, - and Oreeneroidle Pilot, cope gm, aid charge Repository. i,•!;:4( QUFEN HOTEL , tlla.ia I. &red, Chambersbuti Pa. .101 IN 14. XetaLOß, .I.lvprieter. Pine hcaontinedatfons and low chtt pp. ' A' Stock Yards-and Stairs are cennected yitll the iirenlieeskr the convenience of Drovers: -Alect—itAtta, sive stabling-and yards far nerses and Curritigis.'. 9 t' 4unc 17 . • . • • - Muoical. , MUSICAL ti%.l - TRITMENTS., 110.1. A. POND .00., t/47 . 23'roadicay, New Yo2]. - • • - = As POND' -Co.) - Manu r fncturels of and Denim in nil kirdnpf ' INS'TRITAIENTS • • - MUSICAL MERCHANDISE; Publishers and impo - rfers of Sheet Aluste x ., 4futical ' Works, ce., Messrs. W. A. Pexn i• Co. can furnish anything in the musical firm at, the shortest possible noticeiautl ut swriue m that defy, competition. . ' 4 - ... YlANts,llolt (N en) from 5125 tOSSOO. PIANO-FORTEscseeotal-hanillfront to - PD, aceore • torize and tit) , Iv of rase. ,R.RWDR . 0.N.4,04 aihtheeelebyated makers': at,taanntie. torero' price r FLU 'it 3,-ftVut oaetti eight keys, and frool. , tee. to $124 pries....; , OFICM SII: AN Ntit. FIFES, in case, Sz. -GUITARS" ...11ANJOF.,. 'viovantuos, intumsp AccoutsEoNs., CONCERTINAS ' , and all kinds of Iltuainit Instruments. A. set of our Very hest.NIOLIN STRINcIB, I'se ; OUITAR Tltlsit~S $1 ; UANJO „STRINGS, $I; sent hip oad; . , . .. ~, ~ , We publish nn e of 'tholirriest and - most-criluairleCata loguns fridkuterica, and ate daily adding twit., tear tau- !Mint fotqurnishing everything in this particular de- parliiieUt aro ititturrnn. - _ - Every. piece uT,Tilusinpublisheil ht the Zniica, States Corsa/a. /it whole dl's and retail. 'We have cOustant sr:- champs - with Cm Enroll ea trit iablish ern.. and cnn the t . t ,- fore supply arty foreign music desired: . ' .. " ':- CATALOGUES SENT GRATIS. Ataxic Stni by liiiiii,' -, kto- toga Paul" ; sat Pectipe. 0f,..:114 .liarkr,ii Price. , '' -,- timlers, l'o.nii'ern.iiiitl 80:11irall its, can' Obtain 'IW ir supplies of Alusip by Nail. tit a postage of gory it we Cents on each paclurg , ziof f,ur ounces; ft. less, and four cents for useir fonronuccs, or leis, weight of, Woks. t ---i Uly'i2-tit, AS'ON & RAMLIN - 14: - E• • " CABINET ORGA M • WITS (IpiE oR , TWO EFTS OF AhlErlS, , ,Centekeing the .ATITOMATId ;SWELL, POIJUGE MUMS, ATOP, ANA- - - _ Every Instrument Warranted jor F4e rears. "Ul, - - - PracEs 1120 Di $.7(1-t0 $451). • • ‘• The-Cahipet brFars Is the T 9fily.instrufnent _which cembintii • the requisites. foi • clinrull end orler murk ; fur the - Ached zoom ttml .The For while it peabe, , , , sea sufficient louver fur tile accornre hintent a large chorus, - it is,. from ifi - car-abflity of alt ehredes exprcssielq and -Its; wonderful crero, rale and dielimtendo, meet effeCtive on n cote instruntelit,, It is Aipah/e' of ilrilicattel ‘'ffects. end - rapid' 'music. Un rtriseggi”s, etc.. Frost its stistaincir. tote. it hue i decided eoventaire'Oitr thil'l , fanteforto,for`th • e render' istg ofinany of the eboicestmcircencx of the masters, such no kytutilideie4, qeartettes, etc," 1. A. it It, ellarnberstu;•q. .; ,fie,trrO,tiqm4 ;for I onto ilyaula," • N.13. - Theitriclersigned. will- sell and deliver. in R. 44 cuuditiuny CabitiSit .Orga' niliinywhoie in' thiVi 4 tatts, at flotorY , ridges. ill,quitie4A).y. letter promptly an tweent; - • Undo A-Me. ' ' - B. A. hrdt'U'RE; auto 4Tl:nt for tbW colebrateil nEbitralniotriEgs; (.Eli' Yon R.) ?LOA Pianos deliceredi and pl 4 up id perfect couditiva f iu. any part ufilie Stuto, PRICkS. All Intranielits tvarr; , utafor.tbre•yearis.. ,l : , ,i ,, Pianos from Otter factories Will be faraiellell,_ff dram!. ' MeCLURE; - •‘ Cpamberabarg, Pa, Jane 12, ,'.1114 . - 44 <C,OO:-::. -FLATS CA.PS.," A - • kvir - uooDs. Tura now - prepiiccl to fundsh loy ens- With An 1130110* styltiorliors, I.74staiid &raw Goods, '3v.tdch win ; ... J. RT • ' • ' 4 doo're'Sourh ut ilpiter & Liro. XtEW 0 81 1 0C4. .BtId3tGOODS tdolapilemut . Qe :HATS" of all colori aylefei tiud Itityrcente up, - 601 tauj get bur guinsair- • -•-• •r DECILMVS.. _ • MANVFACTUREBS , can ,3Raplia• large elan of deAere: by ?, 11) , , Q= 1 /7,htici in tett.J. -‘‘ . FAINCV , „_„ r„.1aNT1.116,: eveiy i4ecy of voloii, Aorta- iiistiimitn6kikinciditsytitet: the y113,1 1 . M1,11!" &IRANITUtiY one • ;i7 WIA. A. POND. 6; to, f47 -- ..BruNtway. APW