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School Directors Ael Lloyd, Phil S. Noon, Joshua D. Parrish, Hugh Jones, E. J. Mills, f avid J. Jones. . EAST WARD. Constable Thomas J. Davis. Town Council J. Alexander Moore, Daniel 0- Evans, Richard R. Tibbott, Evan E. Evans, William Clement. Inspectors Alexander Jones. D. O. Evans. Judge of Election Richard Jones, Jr. Assessor Thomas M. Jones. Assistant Assessors David E.Evans, Wm. Davis. WEST WABD. Constable William Mills, Jr. Town Council John Dougherty, George C. Zahm, Isaac Crawford, Francis A. Shoe teer, James S. Todd. Inspectors G. W. Oatraan, Roberts Evans. Judge of Election Michael Uasson. 'ftewor James Murray. Assistant Assessors William Barnes, Dan- Dow Are You, Sanitary." late v nauu , lUlSSinar. tvcsicv Ynn-nr, . : t KllIed Jonathan Baker, J, Lohr, William II. Patterson, Samu F"d.en A- SmitU, John Yoderj'Wc Wilham Barclay, John HawnJoseph ler, Joseph Rhoads, Henry Speice, Jo cher, John Weimer, A. Ingram Ellis, ; faith, John G. Klingaman, Josiah F aman Michael E. Shaffer, Alexander man, Walter Scott; Leftn the field, I Dickey,- Solomon Huffman, Henry B George Weller, Josiah Wendell, Jos lutzy ; Missing, Melancthon Walker. lost news T Ulea' ueorge Beltz, William Cyrus Pi'Ia Victor, . Wounded, i Squadrons military Sunburnt men, with beards like frieze, Smooth-faced boys, and cries like these : "U. S. San. Com." "That's the cheese 1' "Pass in, Sanitary." In such cheer it struggled on, Till the battle-front was won : Then the car, its journey done, Lo 1 was stationary. And where bullets whistling fly, Came the sadder, fainter cry, "Help us, brothers ! ere we die, Save us, Sanitary.'' Such the work. The phantom flies, Wrapped in battle-clouds that rise ; But the hero's dying eyes, x Veiled and visionary, Sees the jasper gates swung wide. Sees the parted thrpng outside Hears a voice to those that ride "Pass in, Sanitary." Frauds Upon Soldiers. On the lOth of March last, in the State Senate, a joint cominittpe of six was ap pointed to make investigation of the man ner in which certain of our soldiers have been swindled out of their bounty monev by their officers, and make report of he samo. This report, which is very volu minous, has been published. Wo transfer so much of it to our columns as relates to the 55th Tegiment Pa. Vol?., commanded by Col. Dick White, formerlyof Cambria county : The 55th regiment of. Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, commanded by Col. Richard White, was the first brought to the notice of your committee. This regiment had been doing duty for the past two years at Beaufort, S. Caroli na, aud had re enlisted in the mouth of January, 18Glr and were sent home to recruit. In a lew days after the arrival of the regiment, the rank and file were "permitted to depart for their respective homes, with orders to report at Harris burg on a day fixed in their furloughs. It appears that when the men of the 55th re-enlisted, they were not credited to any particular locality; and Colonel White finding by order of the War Department his men could be credited to any locality in i o l i . tt - 1. 1. i. : ir. me omie wiey unin ouicut, sei iiimsmi tu work to make arrangements for that pur pose, with a view to make money out of the transaction. In order that there should be no failure in the purpose he selected, as his coadjutors in the business. his own brother, Alex. M. White, of Ualtiuiore, Md., a man by name of A. li. rarquhar. 0 York. Pa., and Captain DaTi(j Fox, of Company xV, 55th regiment, P. V. (both Captain and company from Cambria county.) Through the agency ot Farquhar, Col, White and his brother, A. M. White, were put in communication with a Mr. Ileuben Bernard, of Chester county, Pa., who was authorized to procure a large number of recruits to fill the quota of Chester county, and io pay a local bounty to each man amounting to such sums as mi"-ht he agreed upon, not to exceed a limited amount per man.. Irom the evidence of Representative M'Clellan, of Chester county, we learn all the particu lars ot this interview, which we give in bjs own words : -""""My connection with this business was at the request of the county commission ers to assist Mr. Bernard in securing recruits to fill the quota of our county. It was proposed by Mr. Farquhar that he could get over three hundreden of Col. White's regiment. Mr. Farquhar told me either then and there, or previous to that, that tbese men could be had for two hundred and seventy five dollars per man. This I think was on the last Thursday in February. On' Monday, by appointment, Mr. Bernard, Mr. Farquhar, Col. White, A. M. White and myself went into one of their rooms, either the Cql.'s or A. M. White's," 'to make arrangements to pay two hundred and fifty dollars per man to Col. White. He oflered A. J1. White as security for the faithful performance of the trust, A. M. White agreeing with his brother Col. White in signing a bond to that effect. After the bond was prepared and signed, Mr. Bernard, Col. White, A. EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, MAY M. White and myself went over to the Hariisburg Bank to deposit part of the money to Col. White's credit. A difficul ty arose as to the arrangement with the bank. A. M. White proposed that the money should be deposited to his credit. Mr. Bernard objected tP that, and stated that he would prefer to pay the men in person, to which A. M. White took um brage, as rather impeaching his integrity, and demanded his bond from Mr. Bern ard, which was given to him. The con trolling idea for making this arrangement was, that the men were on furlough, and that it would be impossible for Mr. Bern ard to pay them in person, without a great deal of trouble. The next day Mr. Far quhar made a new arrangement, which was that the men should be paid in person. On Thursday, I heard Farquhar say that the men were to get two hundred and twenty dollars apiece, and the other thirty to be paid to the colonel (White.) I don't recollect how many men were paid on that day ; but I believe some 18 or 20, and the rest the next week. Mr. Bernard counted the money as I marked their names on the roll; and I did not know till this evening but that the men received two hundred and seventy-five dollars apiece. 1 had no conversation' with Col. Vhite in making the bargain, as to what was to be done with the money particular ly, nor did I hear him say. Did not know but that the men were to get two hundred and fifty dollars paid down in cash, until a few minutes before we commenced pay ing. I don't think Mr.Bernard knew it, becase he counted out two hundred and fifty dollars to the first man. I then said to him, on information received from Mr. Farquhar, that the men were only to get two hundred and twenty dollars. Col White was present and did notobject. At that I said to Col. White, that is the arrangement. He said, 'Yes, it was." " From thp foregoing testimony we have the following facts established beyond doubt or cavil, viz : 1. That Col. White, in conjunction with his brother, A. M. White, and A. B. Farquhar, did attempt to effect an arraug'ement by which the sumw of one hundred and. thirty-eight thousand dollars should be put at the sole disposal of A. M. White, who was in no way responsible to pay the sura, or any part thereof, to the men ol the Fifty-fifth regiment; and failing in that attempt, A. M. Vhite relinquished the transaction, on the rendition of. the boud by Mr. Bern ard. 2. That when Col. White, A. M. White and Farquhar failed to induce Mr. Ber nard to place the funds at the absolute disposal of Mr. A. M. White, that Far quhar, the next day, renewed the attack, by proposing that the money should be paid to'the men in person ; but when the agent commenced the process of paying the men, it was" discovered that the sum of thirty collars should be retained in each case for the benefit of Col. White, Mr. Farquhar, and the other officers of the Fit'y fifth regiment, which amount was actually retained from the beginning to the end of the transaction, thus reveal ing, in the most unmistakable manner, the original design of CoJ. White, A. M. White and Farquhar, when they proposed that the money should be placed to the credit of A. M. White that these three men should deal with' the men ot the Fifty fifth regiment a3 they thought proper, in other words, pay them just such sums as suited their purpose. Your committee cannot avoid the conclusions drawn from these damning facts, that a dark conspir acy had been deliberately formed between Col. White, A. M. White and Farquhar, to defraud the men of the Fifty-fifth reg iment oat of a large portion of the money honestly coming to them from the county of Chester, to wkich they had been cred ited bv Col. "White, without the least assent from any of the men, indeed with out their knowledge of what disposition had been made of them by the colonel. Suppose that the arrangement first pro posed by these men to Mr. Bernard had been assented to, and the -entire amount of money been placed to the credit of A. M. White, would not Col. White have had it in his power to pay the men just such sums as suited his purpose, and where would they have had a remedy 't The men, it is fair to presume, had confidence in their Colonel, and would have been satis fied to receive one hundred and fifty or two hundred dollars, in full, for local bounty ; or such other sum as the Colonel aud his confederates, A. M. White and A. B. Farquhar, might agree upon; so that the margin should be large enough to satisfy the desires of these worthies, to do the very best for the men of the Fifty fifth regiment. It is too palpable to aimit of doubt that, instead of making the piti ful sum of thirty dollars -per man, on three hundred and fifty-eight men, which is ten thousand seven hundred and forty dollars; which went into the pockets of Col. White on that item alone, while Mr. Farquhar got seven thousand five hundred dollars, according to his own receipt, dated March 5, 1864, that the dividend would have been swelled to double, or treble, these sums, had the original design not been frustrated by the objection to place the funds under the sole control of A. M. White. Colonel White had assured his men, so had Captain, Fox, that they should have the highest bounty that was paid to veterans and recruits ; and the men be lieved them, because they confided in their honor as men and officers, without the slightest suspicion that they were to be deceived. It will also be found that Colonel Richard White acknowledges to have received from Mr. Bernard, as per receipt, under date of March 1st, 18G4, on account of the local bounty ot Chester county, the sum of ten thousand and fifty dollars, and that the receipted rolls for twenty-six m;n, at two hundred and sev-' enty dollars each, making the fufther'suin of seven thousand and twenty dollars, making in the aggregate seventeen thou sand and seventy dollars, and if we pre sume that he paid the bounty to twenty six men, two hundred and twenty dollars each, and retained thirty dollars, off each mau, ho pocketed on that item seven hundred and eighty dollars. It is worthy of remark here, that the sum paid by Chester county was two hundred and seventy dollars, and it is well established that none of the men of the Fifty-fifth regiment received more than two hundred and twenty dollars, so far as the testimony before your committee goes, except the eighteen or twenty men paid on the firtt day by Messrs. Bernard and M'Clellan. If we deduct twenty men 'from three hundred and fifty-eight, we have a t)tal of three hundred and thirty men to whom but two hundred and thirty dollars wore paid, if, indeed, all these men were paid, (the testimony shows that nine at least have not been paid,) which would leave the sum of fifty dollars retained off each of three hundred and thirty-three men, making the respectable sum of sixteen thousand six hundred and fifty dollars to be accounted for by Colonel. White. To show, beyond a doubt, that the plan was well laid to cover the tracks of Colonel White and those acting with him in this nefarious business, it is only necessary to reter to the form of receipt which these men were required to siyn, on receiving their two hundred and twenty dollars, instead of two hundred and seventy dol lars, to which they were entitled, in these words : "IlAnRiSBCRG, Pa., February 24, 186-i. "We, the undersigned, veteran volunteers belonging to Colonel Richard White's regi ment, Ho. fifty-five Pennsylvania volunteers, have this day received of Reuben Bernard the local bounty of Chester county." The abrve receipt is couched in such language as to close the door against all inquiry on the subject of th3 amount re ceived by the men of the Fifty-fifth regt. Pennsylvania volunteers, so far as the record is concerned ; and if Cobnel White had not been intercepted by this investi gation, and, some of his victims from his regiment detained and examined before your committee, his guUty participatiou in these dark transactions might have es caped that just exposure and punishment it so richly merits, until called to account before another tribunal, from which.no adroitness or finesse will shield the guilty from the scrutiuy of that eye that never slunibers. Your committee regret the fact, that just about the time that this investigation was instituted, the Fifty-fitth regiment Pennsylvania volunteers (Colonel White; was ordered to South Caroliua, and thus they were deprived of the opportunity of examining the men of that regiment in detail, and thereby eliciting all the facts from the mouths of living witnesses, to establish the entire transaction touching the frauds that have been but partially detested. But your committee are fully warranted in saying that enough have been disclosed to fix upon the Colonel of the Fifty-fifth regiment Pennsylvania vdun-. teers, and Captain David Fox, of companv A, of said regiment, the charge of wilfully aud knowingly deceiving and defrauding their men, Dy the most shameless and barefaced misrepresentations and artful deceptions that bad men could resort to. in order to make money at the expense of both truth and honor. It is the opinion of your committee that Colonel Richard White and Captain David Fox should immediately be summoned before the court of inquiry to answer such charges as the Secretary of War should feel disposed to base upon this report. 5 At a recent sale of autographs in London four letters of Washington one written in 1788, in favor of a Union of the States brought f?y0,56. 26, 1864. Campaign Miscellany. SPIRIT OF THE REBEL PRISONERS. There can be no doubt as to the de spondency of the rebel soldiers who have fallen into our hands. Yesterday, at Belle Plain, while dressing the wounds of a soldier of the 45lh Ga. regiment, a surgeon said to him : "We are g!ad to help you ; a wound covers all differences. Maybe you'll find the Yankees are not, after all, the bad fellows you are taught to believe thern." "Oh, sir," he said in reply, as a grateful look came into his face, "I have found out already that there are kind-hearted, good men at the Xorth." Continuing the conversation, he remarked that the people of the South were not animated by any such hatred of the loyal North as was attributed to them ; the war svas the work of a few leaders the masses had nothing to do with it. To-day, con versing with a member of the 37th Ala bama regiment, now here with four wounds in his breast and head, he remarked that his time of service expired last fall, but "the scoundrels wouldn'.t let him go;" they compel every man to stay in the ranks, whether he will or not; but, he added, "they can't keep me any longer." These men, of course, fight stubbornly and bravely; but they do it under the domination of a brutal instinct. grant's coolness in action. . The following incident is related of Gen. Grant, aud evinces clearly the mar velous equanimity of the man : It was after nightfall of that bloody Friday. Hill's corps had made their, furious and temporarily successful charge upon the left wing, commanded by Hancock. The front of the Second corps had been bro ken, and stragglers were rushing to the rear. An- aid galloped up to the spot where the Lieutenant General and Gen. Meade wtre seated, their backs against the same tree, and hurriedly informed them that the enemy had broken through our line, and that the corps was complete ly cut up, and would be destroyed, unless support was immediately hurried to the front The two Generals consulted .a moment in a low tone ; an instant of si lence ensued, and the Grant said, delib erately and emphatically, "I don't believe it I" This opinion, which is destined to beeonie historical, was proved correct by the events which follo'ved. Ilancnck re covered from the first shock, gathered up his noble corps, held his own, and in less than half an hour had beaten back, with awful slaughter, the furious enemy. v A COMPLIMNET RETURNED. On Sunday morning, when the air was filled with missiles from the rebel and federal artillery, a rebel shell dropped within a few feet ot the spot where Gens. Grant and Meade were standing, and buried itself in the. earth. The former evinced not the slightest agitation; not even an extra whiff from his inevitable cigar was evoked. He asked for a pocket compass, whieh was furnished him, and coolly walking forward, he deliberately examined the course of the shell, thereby discovering the location of the battery whence it came. In five minutes, the federal shot and shell were dropping mer rily among the rebel cavalrymen, who had so nearly deprived the army of its great leader. DRAWING RATIONS. An amusing incident occurred Friday morning. The fight was very brisk on the right, out had not yet reached the 1st Division 2d Corps, which then occupied the extreme left wing. Men can be merry before death. They had just finished breakfast, when a rebel corunrissary ser geant and six .men were brought in. They had been detailed to issue the company's rations, and had the provisions with them. Soon after, three rebels came runniug into our lines by mistake. Our boys said thy were following the sergeant for rations! HEADQUARTERS. The headquarters of the Lieutenant General and General Meade, are always established near each other, and in action the two 'Generals and their staffs are always together. General Meade retains the immediate command ot this Army, while General Grant exercises a general supervision upon the movements over the whole field. It is suggested that Grant does 'the principal planning,' and that Meade looks more particularly after tactics. THE UNCONQUERABLE DETERMINATON. A remark is reported of the Presi dent's in this campaign which conveys much truth. "Any other commander that the Army of the Potomac has had," he is rumored to have said, "would have at once withdrawn his army over the Rapidan, after" that first day's reception '" Bu "Petroleum is said to have been dis covered in the Southern provinces of Russia over a large extent of country. NUMBER 35. Educational Department. All communications intended for this column should be addressed to "The Alleyhanian." Our Sciiool Buildings. We shall close our articles on school buildings by a few remarks on the appearance of the grounds, the accommodations for sports, and the like. And first, :n regard to the position of the building. Stuck right up to the edge of a dusty pike. Eh I what place is that lor a school house ? We mind the "white frame" right well. There it is yet, too, right up to the edge of the pike. What fools we were to raise the windows to get some fresh air ! True, we got the air we bargaiued for, and the dust we didn't bargain for we got in our eyes, and nostrils, and hair, and on our books, and desks, and down our necks. We used to try to study, and would get commenced, when rumble, rumble, rum ble from the heavy wagons that were passing would distract our juvenile equi librium. Nothing daunted, we'd try again. Of courss, we had to get our lessons. Of course, 'twas against the rule to look out of the windows, or the door when it was open. There goes a drove of sheep right past the door, but we must not turn our heads. Well, we didn't, and we didn't (couldn't) study either, and we didn't kno'w our lesson. Whose fault was it ours, or those who put the school house right up against tho pike ? To be sure, we got either whipped or kept in after school hours, but who was to blame ? ' We went home in the evening, having an undue amount of mother earth on our boots and clothes. We have a Fufficiently distinct recollection of the maternal lec ture we received oh that occasion. We will admit it was deserved, every word of it. We had no business to-get in the mud. Though just look at the fix we were in ! Nobody was so unreasonable a tqt say we oughtn't to take exercise. We went to school in the morning, stayed through noon, and returned to the paren tal roof in the evening. In front of the school house was the pike, to the back, was a strip of low, swampy ground, to the right wa3 a ploughed fi?ld, and to the left was another road and then a field of wheat. We had to play, and were forbidden to get in the mud, but we were provided with no suitable place to do" the one or not to do the other. Our youthful. mind couIaVt realize the dilemma, and took the blame to ourself. But really whose fault was it ? Answer fairly. In the country, where fresh air is plenty and land cheap, why should there not bo a well laid off, commodiou?, suitable play ground ? Why shouldn't there bo a Strong, unscalable fVnop n run ml tlm frT-nin.rl CO I " -wumvkw 1 V U U VA and the building ? It would save the teacher a deal of trouble in preventing some of the evil "disposed from leaving the grounds at improper times. It would pre vent persons so inclined from disfiguring the buildings Why mightn't the school bouse a3 well be off from the main road, with a good lane leading therefrom ? W hy mightn't it be placed soos 'to have the benefit of shade trees? Yes, why mightn't it? Suppose you think of all this when tho next school house is to be built in your district. EST When Lord Timothy Dexter of Ncwburyport, wrote his famous bock en titled "A 1'icklc lor the Knowing Ones,"" there then happened to be many'heresies, schisms, and false doctrines abroad in the land regarding punctuation, and as many diverse systems appeared for the location of commas, semicolons, periods, dashes, etc., as there were works published. To obviate this difficulty, and to give every one an opportunity of suiting himself, his lordship left out all the marks of punctu ation from the body of the work, and at the ending of the book had printed four or five pages of nothing but 6tops and pauses, with which be said the reader could pepper his dish as he chose ! . SSF" The quickest way to destroy weeds is to marry a widow.
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