THE PILOT GREENCASTLE Tuesday Morning, April 28, 1863 t o 77-7 r • Ai REVERENCE. This can hardly be called an age of rever ence. Mighty as is its intellectual progress, it is largely on a material and pride-inspiring plane. The Old and Established are often held by it in coutempt, chiefly because they are old and established. The hallowings of times are pot what they were wont to be. The newer the thing the better, excepting perhaps the escutcheons of a parvenue aristocracy. Irrev erence is universal, if not proverbial. The young have less reverence ,for the old ; and with old and young irreverence abounds against the conservatism of the paq. The reverent, spiritually or in manners, are regarded by the fast majority as slow, verdant, credulous, be hind-the.age sort of persons. It is remarkable what an inflation has come upon a generation no whit•praetically wiser, and possibly consid erably less Virtuous, than its predecessor--cer tainjy less humble and devout. It may be seen in its estimate of things sacred, and .things„ common. The by . -gone nexer counted for less than now. Even religion is approached con noisseurly, and put on patronizingly. The very "mysteries of Godliness" are ,"handled with out gloves" by juveniles in theology and grace. But, in spite of alkalis, reverence remains to the , thoughtful a beautiful spirit—better, even as rendered to indifferent and !inferior things, than no reverence "(if yilfit:hlOr age, and of all Ai. goodness, justice, truth, and holiness. Saddest of all are the,irreverences of fiiven ility and senility—of the childhood at the be ginning or at the close of ;the three score, and ten. r•TOODOW1:3111131411a01014USZOWICEIII p.F.(forts are about to be . .made to tnrnpike the Greencastle and Hagerstown public road, from, the first-named place -to the- State Line : A meeting to take this matter into Consideration, vt'as held at Middleburg about two weeks'since. Several farmers living . alOng the, road, have promised to subscribe liberally to the stock of the company. The turnpiking of this part of the road would make a complete macadamized road to Hagerstown. The — distimei . from this place to the Line is something over four miles.— The work would cost probably $lBOO per mile, or between seven and eight thousand doll4rs for the whole distance. . The people of this-community well know the almost impassible condition of this road during bad weatker,and particularly is this the case in• the •winter. , Why •it has never been turnpiked must be because no proper effort was made to do it. It ought to have been clone a quarter of a. centurrago. But as , it was not, it now requires the participation, and efie'rgetic action of every land owner along the' road.. That it can be done, we nee& only cite the instance of„the Williamsport, road which was completed-,a few years ago under circum stances more unfavorable than in the case of the contemplated road.- 'While . the stock may not pay a large inter est, yet even'if the ,farmeis and land owners having property along the road, would .get nothing back in the'sfia'peafiercentage it would still pay them, for their lands would be increased in value at a rate of more than ten dollars an acre. Now is the time.to open the subscription book;-- There never was a more faVorable op portunity presented. Farmers! do not let the project be abandoned. WAR NEWS. Memphis, Tennessee, April 21.—0 n Satur day evening three regitnents of infantry and one , of ecavalry left Memphis on a reconnoiter ing4xpedition. When near Noncena (or some such name) the cavalry came upon a detach ment of Blithe'rreliel -cavalry. A fight ,en sued 'resulting in the repulse of the rebels.— On the next morning the cavalry again attack, ed the rebels killing twenty . woundincrforty and capturing eighty. The rebels fled in great confusion across the Coldwater river. After crossing they received reinforcements, and our troops fell back to Hernando. The rebels were so severely handled that they did not at tempt 'to 'folio*. At Hernando we were also reinforced by a detachment of infantry and 'a'r tillery under Col. Bryant, who moved to the Coldwater and attacked the rebels -on the op. posite side of the river. The fight lasted until sundown, and was confined chiefly . to the in= funtry, as the artillery-could not be a success fully used'as was desired. Our loss' was five killed •and fifteen wounded. Col. Brynat now holds a strong position. The New Orleans Era; April 9, gives the following information in regard the Admiral Farragut and to flagship Hartford : Tuesday the Hartford came down the river to it point a few miles above Port Hudson, and Tuesday night Mr. Garberton, (the Admiral's secretary), With a negro'es oarsman, embarked in a skiff, intending to communicate with the THE PIEOT: - GBEENCASTEE, FRANKLIN CO., PA., APRIL 18G3 fleet below Port Hudson. They were success ful, dropping down in the darkness of the night, and passing the batteries without detec tion. We now know the actual "situation" of the Hartford. In passing the batteries at Port Hudson, in going up, she was hit only five times, and lost but one man killed. In the subsequent Warrenton and Grand Gulf fights, four men on board were killed. The Hartford is in excellent order. The defeat of the French at Puebla on the 27th of March, is confirmed by advices from Matamoros April 6th, and by an official report of the Mexican General Ortega to General Gomtuonfort. The loss of the Mexicans Gen. Ortega states at only sixty men. It may be possible that the French subsequently recover ed and returned to the attack, and on the 4 3lst. as represented by news via San Francisco, pub lished a few days since, attacked and carried the outer works as represented. 'We trust. howevar, that the San Francisco news is not true,•and shall rejoice if the French invaders have been completely whipped with the loss, stated by the Mexican account, of sixty pieees el artillery and• 8,000 men. Indeed we shoUld he pleased to learn that the whole French army been annihilated. - Cairo, April 22.—(Special to' the . St. Louis Democrat.)—Our gunboats have destrOYed the rebel battery at Warretitim, 'below Vicks burg, and" thefleet was lying at atiChor' before Carthoov oh the 17th. General Grant:was to go' down the same day.' Gen. Ellett's marine brig ade Gen. Fitch's lig,ht draft 'gunb'oat haie nearly swept the Cumberland' river of rebel ca valry, who were sent out on both'-sides. Soule severe fighting occurred, and - many piiso ers we're taken'. Florence,' TustOinbia, and 'other' places were visited. : • 'Washington, April 23.-LDeepatchei teecii ed from: Admiral Wilkes state th'ats lie `was Elenther, one of the 'Bahama ISlaidg, on ilia_ 16th, having left Havana On the . ' lith As he inakei no mention of having . been On pa role at Havana:, the report to that effect iS less founded upon error. k" Fortress Monroe, April 23 1 . The Mani &Id papers to day contain telegraphic inforMation from Port Hudson confirming the loss of the Queen of the' Westand Diana. The foimer got `agroundin Grand hake, and was blown up by shell from the Federal gunboat Calhoun. The Diana was 'burned-by the rebels: 116 prisoners, including 7 officers, were captured from the Queen of the West, including Capt. Turner',.dommandaht of -the fleet. A despatch froth Berwick bay,' 15th, reports the Federal force beyond Franklin, La., and marching on. No reports from Charleston. A party of Union refugees, who left Mc- Minnville, the capital of Warren county, Ten nessee, and seventy-five miles southeast from NashOillei report that General Reynolds arriv ed at that place on Tuesday last and captured two trains of cars, a wagon train and thirty or forty prisoners, among them the wife of Gen. John H.' Morgan: 'A battle in the vicinity of McMinnville. it is believed, cannot long be de fered. A latter dispatch states; on entering the town Morgan's force fled,leiving in the hands of General •Iteynolds two hundred and fifty of fheir number': IMPORTANT ARMY ORDER. The Discharge of Spldiers when their Terms Expire. Headquarters 'of the Army ,of the Potomac, April 20.—The following orders were publish ed to:day General Orders No: 44 In order that no misunderstanding may ex ist as to the course to be pursued with regard to regiments whose term of service are about expiring, the following rules 'will govern the action•of corps` commanders and others intht matter: First. When companies and regiments re enlist after the expiration of their present term of service, in nelifilatiarw4E't„fie provisions of general order No. 85, of April 2, 1863, from the War Department, the'regimentar and emu patty officers will be retained;' -the regiment will have a furlow.th for the tittle specified in the orders, and will be allowed to proceed at the public expense, ivithAheihirms and e4uip tnents, to the place Of their 'enrollment, the date of their furlough being two years or °nine months (as the case nitiy'be) from the date of the. original muster into the service of the United States. ' • AS f ectmd. When the iegiments 1-body de- Cline to re-enlist, the officers and men will be mustered ont at the expiration of two year's (or nine months) from the date of their actual muster. into the service of the United States. Their arms and equipments will be turned over to the ordnance officer of the division"- td- which the troops belon,g, — tin - d - trransportation and sub sistence to the, place of their enrollment be given by the quartermaster and subsistence de partments. Third. In cases where less,tban one half of the men re-enlisted, the proportion of officers to be retained, and, the,selection of, those to be retained in service, w,ill be determined by the corps commanders in =accordance with the pro., vision of paragraph third of general order No 86, of April 2, 1863, from the War Depart ment. The rank, proportion, and number of officers to be retained with the regiments where the re-enlistments are partial is left to the dis cretion of the corps commanders. Fourth. The portion or the bounty provided in general order No. 85, April 2d, 1863, from the War Department, for re-enlistment, will be entered upon the muster-rolls, to be paid at the first payment after the return of the men from their furlough. Fifth. In regiments where two-years men and men enlisted for three years or the war are associated together, special recommendations may be made to the headquarters for furloughs to the latter, when the number of two-years men re-enlisting may, in the opinion of the corps commanders, justify the indulgence. Sixth. Where the' two:years regiment do not re-enlist, as above provided for, the corps com manders will direct the transfer of men enlist ed for 'three years regiments 'from the same State; or if 'their numbers are sufficient these men may; tit the discretion of 'the' corps' torn Minder, lie formed i'nto.battalions. Seventh. This order, as well as the following order froin - the . War Departmerit, will • read at the head of each company of the two-years and indriths `regiments serVing in this army. ` - Blocitifinand cif i‘lajof Gen. IfooKER S." Ass'i. Adj. qefie.ral. THE WAR _ ON THE MISSISSIPPI. Peseiintg the -Vicksburg Ciucennati Apzil 2. specisklespatch from Memphis to the Gazette, gives the fol lowing of the of the Vicks burg batteries ' ogev - d& tidzboati, one ram,4iie 'taking from arill'.three transport, started on TlittrsditY-last to run= the blockade. All went well till- about two thirds of the way down, when -the hills-back of were lit up with large fires - The Forest Queen transport at,once:returned. The Henry Clay was com pelled to stop. Several. shots struck her below the water line; others passed through her. All hands made for the flat-boat, as the boat was--sinking. It is believed all were lost. The pilot floated down the river nine miles on a plank, and was picked up opposite to Warrenton. The Forest Queen was considerably. damaged, and had her steam-drum shot away. At last accounts, heavy firing was heard in the vicinity of Warrenton, supposed to be the gun-boats shelling the batteries at that point. There are eleven gun-boats below Vicksburg now, including three under Farragut. Running of the Mississippi Blockade. Washington, April 22.—The Navy Depart ment has received the following official des patch, dated : United States Steam Sloop "Pensacola," off New Orleans, April 13.—0 n the morning of the 27th ult., about daybreak, Admiral Far rago, in the Hartford, engaged the batteries at Warrenton, three miles below Vicksburg, and passed below it. On the morning of the 29th, before daylight, the , Albatross, having taken iu a fall.supply of provisions from a barge Which had been floated down the previous morning, by Admiral Porter, also passed the Warrenton batteries, and anchored near the flag 7 ship. It was blowing quite heavily from the north, and on the niorniug of the 29th, about one, A: M.,•the WharfliOat Vicksburg bairing broken adrift from the moorings at the city, floated down and ran ashore oppsite to; where the Hnrtford and Albatrois were anohored. During the day an officer was sent on board of the Vicksburg, but found that tier machinery had all 4een rewoved, and had nothing on board save font muskets and accountrements, Which probably belonged to the guard: While the Admiral was hesitating as ,to the propriety of retaining her as a wharf-b Oat or rather depot, the Rebels came down, on the night of the 13th and burned her. The Switzerland, .11artrord and Albatross beinn , all filled with coal and provisions,loated down e by General Grant and Admiral Porter in barges, the damages to the Switzerland being fully repaired, the vessels ~ p assed Warrenton on the morning of the . 31st, ultimo, and at day light the little squadron got under way, and proceed,ed down the river to. Mr. ,Tuiner's plantation, where, on our *sage up, we saw the wreck of. the Indianola; we found'in.traees of ,the wreck, but learned that it had slid off into deep water during the late gale. We ari chorell'ut this phi* 4nd remained until about 6.30 P:M, When We got under way and pro • • - ceeded down, and engaged the battery at Grand Gulf. This batteryconsisted of some two or three heavy guns, sent down from Vicksburg. One of these guns was mounted upon a steam er,.Whiell'had been corriealed up the Big Black Riter. The enemy also had a light field bat tory. They struck the Switzerland twice, doing no damage. The Albatros was not struck at all. The Hartford was struck only once, but this shot struck an iron hammock stanchion, threw a fragment forward nearly half the length of the ship, and killed Jones, a landsman. This was the only casualty. We passed this battery in about fifteen min utes, and anchored below Grand Gulf for the night. At dayli , ht on the Ist inst., we got under way and proceeded to the mouth of Red River, where we anchored about sundown, destroying in our passage down a large number of skiffs and flat-boats. We remained, blockading the river at its mouth, until the morning of the 6th inst., when we got under way at about 4 30, A. M., and proceeded down to Bayou Sara, where we stopped, seized upon and threw into ,the river about ten thousand sacks of corn, and then proceed on our way to Port Hudson, where we anchored about five miles above the batteries, at 2 P. M., on the 6th. On the evening of the 7th, at 8.15, the writer of thiS communication (the Secretary of the Rear Admiral) left the Hartford and boarded the Richmond of Baton Rouge, about 2, A. M., on the Sth inst. The health of the squadron is good. • '. PASSING EVENTS• Files of The Pilot.—We have several files of gist year's? Awl., which we will sell cheap. Personal.—Mr. EMANU4I. SLEIGUTER will find spinctbing to his advantage by calling on Mr. W. A. RElD,,Gyeencastle. - Lost.—A, ring containing 'MO t Keys, (three of which, are small) were, lost on Thursday. last, on East street, lt?y, the undersigned. A reward of fifty • cents will be paid the finder by returning them, [Aftr.'27l NANCY: HOLLAR. Stores to be Closed.—Places of business will be closed on next Thursday, it. being the Na tion.►l Fast Day, appointed by the President of the United States, in conformity to resolutions passed by the last Congress. Fifty Cents Reward.—Strayed from the res idence of the subscriber, in the borough of Green castle, aboUt the ith day of April, inst.; a White and Tan colored Setter Dog, whose name is Pont o. Greencastle, April 21, 1863;-3t Farewell Sermon..--Rev. Wm. T. BEATTY preached his farewell •sermon to the Presbyterian congregation on Sunday last. It. was an able, ell) . - quent and affecting discourse, and will long be re membered by those who 'heard it. Mr. BEATTY leaves this (Monday) morning for his new field of labor—the First Presbyterian Church of New Bruns wick, N. J. Fast .IDay.Tbursany next is the day to be set apart as the National Fast Day, in conformity to a resolution of the last Congress. It behooves alt christitiris and all other well disposed persons to ob serve the day in a right and proper Manner. If success ultimately perches on our banners, it will tte owing to the humiliation of the people. Until this takes place, we may expect. reverses and disasters. Religious services will be held on that day in the Presbyterian Church of this place. Special Notice. -01) ancl after JU LY st, 1R63, the privilege of converting the present issue of , LE GAL, TENDER NOTES INTO THE NATIONAL SIX PER CENT. LOAN (commonly called " Five-Twen les) will cease. All who wish to invest in the Five-Twenty Loan must therefore, apply before the Ist of JULY next. JAY COOKE, Subscription Agent, No. 114 S. Third St.,Philodelphia. April 14.3 m. . Why P—So'far as - we can learn the-1,58th Rogi ment,tPenna..lnfautry, have not received a . cent Of pay since they have been in the service, which is unw'six months. We believe money to , pay the drafted" men was pnt into the hands of paymas ters a cOuple of months since. Why they have not fulfill'ed their ditty we do not- knOw. ice matter who are responsible, no matter where the blame rests, it is unfair and unjust to keep these men out of their money co long. II is time that the Government in vestigates tho conduct of the Army paymasters. Money Sent Home from Army.— The "Army of the Potomac" have been paitliup to March' Ist. Company K, 126th, Regiment, 1 1 . V.. have sent home Five, Thousand One Hundred and Five Dollars, ($5,194) and thirty-two - members of company B, same regiment, have sent One Thousand Nine Hundred and Nineteen Dollars,;(sl,9l9), mak fug a total . of'Seven Thousand and Twenty-four Dollars -(57;024). This 'money was consigned to Mr. W.•.A. REID, mho has paid over the larger part of it to the families and friends of the soldiers. The boys have , done very well, in sending home so large an amount of money. It is highly credit able ie them. Godey for May—The May number of this .Magazine has reached us. It is a superb affair.— The 6teel plate, "Playing May Party," is very ap- PrePriate. I The ladies will find the double fashion plate t.o contain the styles adopted for early sum- Reading matter embraces "A Morning at Stew art's," which, by the way, is an interesting article telling all about the largest retail store in America. rile story of " Roxy Craft," "Railway Journey," a . continuation of "Husks," a characteristic letter from "Aunt Betsy Broomcorn," together with much else will interest and instruct the reader, will all be found in this number. Let the ladies by all means purchase the May number. The Harrisburg Child Murder.—Oui readers will recollect a case of murder at Harris burg, some time since, in which a little girl, by the name of German, was the victim, the dead body having been fcund without the limits of the eity.— We learn that a witness was bent to Dayton, Ohio, to view a man already in custody at that place on a charge of murder, and that the witness positively identified him as, having carried the child in his arms through the streets of Harrisburg. The pri soner is now in the Dayton jail to answer the of fense committed in Ohio. If be is acquitted of that charge he will be sent to Harrisburg to answer the second accusation, and if he is convicted'at DaVon," District Attorney A. J. HERR, who has nsed every effort to bring the child -murderer to justice, will be spared the unpleasant duty of having him hung in Dauphin county. Pennsylvanians in Kentucky this head the Lluisville history of this war is written, Kentucky will greatly in arrears of gratit tide to the R evlt. _ State as to any of her other sisters. for its has been as generous and hearty as it was p r ,„,, The names of NEOLEY, STAMISAI7GII, WYNKOOP. W LIAMS, JORDON, BROWN and others, omitted from invidious motive, will always be remembered inr„. Commonwealth for their gallant services. T!It:, commands were among the first called to the , by the General Government, for its defense, ao there is hardly a county from the Big Sandy t o Mississippi, or from the Ohio to the Southern bord e ,. in which they have not visited and performed cif., tive work. Among the more recent arrivals h„ been the Forty-fifth PennsYlvania Regiment, 1 , 1 , 1 ,, command of Col. CURTIN, Will'th is now at e nmr, Dick Robinson, having left Paris on the 10th where it was encamped on the Fair Grounds." Funeral of a Soldier.—SAmm. C. GOSSARD of company B, 12t;th Regiment, P. V., died in cent„ ‘ on the 19th instant. In relation to this rnelancho: occurrence, we present the following letter, wrin, l to the mother of the deceased:— "CAMP (NEAR) FALMOYTII, VA., '•April 19th, 1863. ; " Ws. GOSSARD:—It is my sorrowful duty I, make known to you the death of your son. lie diel this morning at 9 o'clock. He was buried at fit, this evening. in General Mende's Division httryn z ground. which is located about one-quarter of a rtli t North-weQt from Stoneman's Switch on the STI:i Creek Railroad. We purchased a coffin at Generi Humphrey's Head-quarters. It is a plain, pine one. It was the best we could get. We buried him in ttiE uniform. The inscription on the head-board is: "S, C. GOSSMtD, "COMPANY B, 126TH REGIMENT, P. V, "Died April 19th. 1863 "The letters were cut by his mess -mate, Ser f r. C. G. Glenn. * * * The grave was dug by following soldiers of company B, viz: M. eel; er, J. F. Stine,. Adam Jacobs and Joseph Shatze-. The pall bearers were J. F. Kendle. David Kelso. S. Showalter and W. IT. Keith. The corpse was conveyed to the burying ground in an arnbulatce. The funeral procession was headed by Lieut. in command of our company. Capt. W. 11. Davi son was very kind and attentive during his sicknes, and after his death. "I am fully convinced that Samuel died happy, for the last words he uttered from his weak and eI. hausted lungs were about his SAVIOR I I h:Lk cousin Samuel won the crown he tins so long nil faithfully sought to obtain. Ile has gore to 11a long and happy home of the faithful and consi, , tct: christian soldier. * * * * * B. F. WINGER We understand that the 1164ased was the main support of his widowed mother, who lives near IL. Maryland Line, in the vicioity of Middlebu►g. Court Proceedings.—The Court of our coun ty convened on Monday. the 13th, at 10 o'clock, Po which time the following cases were tried COM. vs. Thomas Harrison.—,Charge—Fornin• tion and Bastardy. True hill. Verdict, guilty.— C. Eyster and W. S. Stenger for Com.; Eimniel defendant Corn. vs. James Sampson. Larceny. A true bill. Verdict, guilty—whereupon the *Court sen tenced the dert,to pny a fine of one cent to eon:- monwealth; to undergo an imprisonment in :Le county jail for the period of twenty days, pay cos . : of prosecuti'on, and remain in the custody of the Sheriff until thesentenCe is eotnplied with Steng er for commonwealth; Sharpe for defendant. Corn. vs. Alexander Renmer.--A&qault and Ant tery. Verdict, guilty—whereupon the Court sen tenced the defendant to pay a fine of one cent to the commonwealth, undergo an imprisonment in the county jail for the period of two months, pay costa of prosecution. and remain "in the enitody of the Sheriff until the sentenee is complied with. Steng er fOr commonwealth Sharpe for defendant. Com. vs. S. IL. Boyd-Taking illegal lees on oath of .Toseph R. liiinters--colered. Defendant ,plesl guilty, whereupon , the Court, after hearing testi mony, sentenced the defendant to pay a fine of three dollars, anti cost of prosecution. Stenger awl Stumhaugh for commonwealth ; Kennedy, Sharp.. and Brewer for defendant. Corn vs. George Meads. Nip Soott, Page Davis, and William Street Riot and Assault and Bauer'. on oath of C. Vinster. Verdict, guilty as to Geo. Meads, Nip Scott nail 'William Street, whereupon the Court sentenced George Meads to pay a tine one dollar to the eornmonwealth, costs of prosecu tion, undergo an imprisonment by Separate or :,aii tary confinement at labor in the Eastern Peniten tiary, Philadelphia, for the period of one year, and be in custody until this sentence is complied with. Distric t Attorney Stenger for Com.; Sharpzfortlefts. Com. vs. Ned Thorny.on and Titus Adams—Lar ceny with count for receiving stolen goods. Verdict, not guilty. Stenger and Brewer, for common wealth ; Clarke and George Eyster for defendant. John Zimmerman, servicing Executor of the las , will and testament of Jacob Zimmerman. dec'd. v+• Emanuel Secrist. Henry Teakle and Abraham Yea. kle. Trespass guava elazddand frigid. Verdict for plaintiff to arnount.of one dollar. Keyser and Kim• mel for plaintiff; Reilly, Sharpe and Brewer, for defendant. Margaret Hunter vs. David Piper and Margaret Lis wife. Action, Slander. Verdict for plaintiff. for two hundred•dollars. Eyster & Bonebrake for plaintiff; Clarke and Kinnn,el for defendant. James Gilbert vs. Joseph M. Heister. Assumpsit. Verdict for plaintiff, $54.97. Reilly and Sharpe for plaintiff; Kennedy for defendant. Thomas L. Gillespie vs. Elizabeth B. Madden, widow, and Peter Kunkleman, Guardian of Rush Vandyke and John B. Madden, minor children of A. B. Madden, deed.--Assumpsif. Judgment by default. Brewer, Stenger. Sharpe and Reilly, for plaintiff; Kennedy Sr., Nill-and Kimmel. for deft. Sarah. Angle, .James. Ross, Rebecca Wilson and John Wilson her husband, Sarah E. Myers and WI". L. Myers her husband, Mary Ana Craig and IVm. Craig her husband, and Richard Cunningham Ts. Emanuel Brosius. - Ejectment, verdiet for plaintiff for one-fourth of the land in dispute. Sharpe for plaintiff: Brewer and Kimmel for defendant. Jolla Zimmerman vs. Jacob lilyere—Assumpg' , verdict in favor of defendant. Kimmel and Keyser for plaintiff ; Sharpe for defendant. Com. vs. Burk Lane, Charge, Assault. Not a true bill- - whereupon the Court sentenced the pros- ~4 . A.ffectiorkntely, " S. G. 'ALBArmi " QUARTER SESSIONS COMMON PLEAS, DILLS IGNORED MI EMI
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