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COIXTY OFFICERS.
I6S
t, Hon. Geo. J
, George W.
Judges of the Courts President
i&ylor, Huntingdon; Associates
B&slev. Ilenrv ( -Devine.
Prcthonotary Joseph M'DonaH.
Agister and Recorder James Griffin.
SherijjT John Buck.
District Attorney. Philip S. Noon.
County Commissioners Peter J. Little, Jno
Campbell, Edward Glass.
Treasurer Isaac Wike.
Poor House Directors George M'Cullough,
ueorge Delany, Irwin Rutledge.
Poor House Treasurer George C. K. Zahm.
Auditors William J. Williams, George C.
I. Zahm, Francis Tiefney.
County Surveyor. Henry Scanlan.
Coroner. -James Shannon.
Mercantile Appraiser Patrick Donahoe.
Sup't. of Commit Schools J. F. Condon.
EDKXSBLRG BOR. OFFICERS.
AT LARGE.
Justices of the Peace David H. Roberts,
Hftrrison Kinkead.
Burgess A. A. Barker.
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.