The pilot. (Greencastle, Pa.) 1860-1866, May 19, 1863, Image 2
GREENCASTLE Tuesday Morning, May 19, 1863 t ar • -+41:,. ......_ .. ..... ..... ..... WELCOME HOME. With feelings of unfeigned joy, we p.reet the return of our brave and gallant soldiers to their home and firesides, and to the loving embraces of those endeared to them, from whom they have been so long separated. .Possessed of our ad• miration and regard, when first they I,:ft us on their hazardons mission, they return to us doubly the objects of our esteem and .respect, on account of their, noble deeds in our .behalf and hard indeed, would be our-hearts, and re creant to every ,patriotie•seutimedt and grate ful feeling, did we not -congratulate themselves and their-friends upon theirreturn, and extend s. , t to thein a Marty', tie h 0,1 6- soul e d welcome. When in our cotintu's boUr of danger and of, g loom 77 -w,he .not otkly ex is ted the poss bi 1 ity but the probability of our homes and firesides being invaded by-Rebelrbordes, and, more than all; Wait the templ e Of 'our government seemed totterint dnitifounddtiOn; 'and our land lay ap: .„. p6rfrly at t e mercy of an infuriated enemy, then, when.Nong menhad their misgivings and their fears, then r at-her firstery f these noble souls rdshiciltiiher:issistance. It was their Couitt'ry's voice they heard, and for her - salt'e 'thby lett the t i joys - of tore themselves from the lovtog embrace of fathers and mothers, and „time dearer to them than all, and weutdo offer themselves, if< need be, a willing sacrifice upon the -altars. of Freedom. We greatly adinited "thelpitit; Which we found to anithate their breasts—the spirit of devotion and to Ditty. It was Duty called tbeN, audthey4ajed.„not disobey. Far aboye , :all s personal , feelings, far 'above all party prejudices, and political tenets, .had they raised themselves. They took the issue as , they found it. They asked no - piestions - as - to the causes an 'tripm of the contest to which they were Thefsaiv their country as though they saw their fathers their wives, their sisters or belovott.in4he.grasp of ainonster, and in dan ggr; or. destruction, and to see. : that for them was enovh. They stood before us. the true, patriot. -For this-we -admired and honored Wein 'when' they left 6; for this we welcome them kelt. • They went the patriot: they return` the hero.. , ti lien surteuuded by,,weeping friends and a sympathising, community, we saw them, bid their sad- adieus r andqear,theiuselves, may hap for ever,''froin the' artia ''of those they held dhar, and 'Yet'lliroughotit that 'tryitig s'eetie, noticed the calm purpose and the firm resolve; and the Matili composure With which they bare themselves, it needed for,,us _prophet's ; inspiration to fortell , their bravery. The vo taries of duty are alwayalrave.k.they can never beivierwards: - And if =bravery and ' composure, mid , th4 din arms and - - roar Of. cannon ;if a willing, uncomplaining -endurance of, trial and' hardshipl, and a dielegaid of life when neces sary, to . expose it in a holy, cause .can make men heroes, then, oh, then, justly are these_ men worthy of this.consideration. We ask not hew' maritfell pierced by their' bullets, how many prisoners they. took, how many standards fell into their 'hands. *We care not to know.' It is enough, that they bore—themselves in tented field and - hittle'i like men, and mer ited and obtained the respect, the admiration add' the confidence of their General. They were true to Duty. When in.,thefeatful fight at Fredericksburg, their first,--their maiden--battle, they heaild the order - of ..their - General:.".Olen, you see that sione.wall. Twant : you to go over it,"but do not fire a gun". Their cheeks blanched not. They hesiratedlitif(fliotifi W6ll, inexperienced arid untilied, they Might) to make that deadly charge from which, veterans before them hail 'heed repulsed :with havoc and fearful loss. Death stared. them in the face, yet on they went; they. tried to do their duty, and nobly did they do it. When the strife was o'er, and our forces were: necessitated once again to cross the river, to "our men"...was it given, to cover the retreating anions; d 'duty of all others the most dangerous—the post of honer. At Clianeellorville they suffered not the laurels` they had gained to fade. Though Ve teran troops had yielded to the jermidable ' assaults- of the enemy, they held- their own; and nobly fought the opposing foe. Their name as a regiment; it is true, has •not figured much in print, but their fame is better. known by-their deeds.-' They bare not dis griteed their eause nor their flag, and they come to us,'we repeat it, each man a patriot hero.— FOr this we honor, for this ive welcome them'. They return to us again, but not all as they . The bronzed : countenance tells of ex posure, fatigue and labor, and sad to see, . the fil lets round the brow, the bandaged hand and flow ing sleeve tell of the deadly strife. These have shed their blood for the- country—these more then alt deserve our sympathy, oar honor, and eseieut—these we should ever aid and assist in life 'z Let us honor their sears, and hold them' as saniples of patriotic devotion to those who" shall come after us. * THE PILOT :--OrRE But they come not all. ;Some firesides and homes are gladden'd not by the scene of joy in which we now engage. The bodies of some who left us, lie tnouldering in the soldier's grave. They sleep, the:sleep that knows no waking, and are not here to gladden the hearts of wives and little ones. It has pleased Prov. idence so to order it, that, whilst o'er these returning ongs, many tears of joy are shed, over the memory of those who come not, tears of 'sorrow and bitter grief do fall. Oh ! what joy would it give the bereaved ones. were it permitted them to see among these manly forms, their own dear sons and husbands, and to join their voices in exclamations of joyous welcome to' them. But it is not permitted.— Let us, in the midst of the joy Providence -kindlTgtants unto us as a community, at the return .of so tinny of our noble heroes. remem ber that our cup of rejoicing has in it the bitter dregs-of.sorrow ;' and while we joy, for :get-not • the hearts which cannot joy with us, ;and which.A3y; our. gladness, feel. more 'keenly the loss which has befallen them. Our sympathy;:at `community, we extend :unto the bereaVeci; 'we . mingle Oni tears of re- gzet. and sorrow with theirs; we honor. the memory of those they, held dear, and-grateful :ly acknowledge , , the sacrifice they. made, and imadein our. behalf.. Regretting , their loss, it nevertheless becomes us to, thSql: our:God,.that we have, so many of our citizens spared us, as , , with open hearts and arms to receive them 'gladly, and , bid, them Welcome Home. . ==l THE NEWS. The rumor going on Sabbath evening, that ,the rebels were in Clearspring, stealing , horses, turns out to be, as, we ,expeeted, a falsehood. It originated iethe brains of a couple of in toxicated young men of. that pinee. General .Lee is ,presumed to be meditating the offensive, from the fact that he has detain• ed the ~Surgeons„ and the...nurses who :crossed .with Ahe ambulances to took after our wounded. At the old United States and Banks',Fords lie has placed ,batterios in position, and- it . looks much as if he designed an advance over the :Rappahannock, anti an attack upon our army. It may be, however, that he himself fear a forward movement, on the part of General [looker. .News from the Army of the Potomac repro. sent evierything as quiet. ..The troops are zest, fug and preparing themselves for ,another en co,uoter„with the. enemy. All, accounts indi cate that the 9norale of the several corps is excellent, and. that, the tnen.are drillina- and 'are ready to give battle whenever their emu ,lnacder cle.sigpated 411:e time and ; place., It seems that. General Hooker did design crossing the Rappahannock' again according to the plan ,conceived before his retirement, but it is inti. ;mated that General... Halleck-did not approve the new moiiiiitifla'na Wins countermanded. Head-quarters Army of the Potomac, May :6 1862 —The followin. , order has been issued: GENERAL ORDERS, NO. 49 The Major-General Commanding, tenders, to this army his congratulations on its achieve in-ents of the last seven d4s. If it , has not accomplished all that was expected, the reasons are known to the army. It is sufficient to say that they were of a' tharactef not to be forseen or prevented by humunsagacify or resources. In withdrawing from the south bank of the Rappahannock, before delivering a general bat tle to our adversaries, the army has given re- Dewed evidence of its confidence in itself and its fidelity to the principles it repres6nts. In fighting at a disadvantage, we would have been recreant to our 'trust to ourselves, our cause . and our Country. - Profoundly loyal and con scious of its strength, the Army of the Poto mac 'Will give 'or decline battle whenever its interest or' honer may demand. It will also be the guardian oritiowd history and its own arm. By our celerity and secresy of move ment our advance and passage of the rivers was undisputed, and on our withdrawal, not a Rebel Ventured to follow. The events of the last week may swell with pride the hearts of every officer and soldier of this army. We have added new lustre to its former renown. We have made long marches, croased`rivers, surprised the enemy in his intrenehtnents, and whenever we hav'e fought have inflected heavi er blows then we have received. We have taken from`the enemy" five thousand prisoners, fifteen colors, captured and brought off seven pieces of artillery ? placed hors de combat eigh teen thousand of his chosen troops, destroyed his de - pots-filled with• vast amounts of store's, deringed his communications, capturing priso• ners within the fortifications of his capital, and filled:his country with fear and consternation. We have no :other regret than that'caused by the' /Os.s of our brave comiianions, in' this we are consoled by the conviction that they haVe faHco iii the holiest cause ever submitted to-the arbitrainent of battle. By commadd of Maj.-Gen. HOOKER. <Signed) S. Wfurtois. Assistant Adjutant-General. Order Respecting Re-enlistments. GEx:R.Ar. ORDERS, No. 111.—War Depart , meta, Adjutant-General's Office, Washington, May 1, 1603 —l. From and at'inr the Ist day FIZANKLIN CO., PA., ALAY 19, 1863. of May all eLlistnients of volunteers shall be under the special charge and direction of the l'rovost DSarshal•Genentl, under the rules and regulations heretofore made, which are hereby continued in force, and snob other rules of the Department as may from time to time be made. All disbursing officers and all others officers connected with the enlistment of volunteers will report to him. 11. Officers of regiments going out of ser vice by re;dBon of the expiration of their term may, with the consent of their respective Gov ernors, re-mtliet their regiments within thirty days from the.expiration of the original service, for a term of three years, unless, sooner dis charged, and upon the regiment having filled up within the thirty days aforesaid, the officers shall be restored to their rank as iron the date of their original comtnicsions. • This, bowever, will give no claim' to pay for the title between muster out and re•entry into service: • 111. The law provides that a mark who en list for three years, unless sooner" discharged, is entitledto ode months' pay in adyance, upon the mustering of his company into the service of the United States, or after he shall have been mustered into and joined a-regiment -al ready in the service, and to a bounty of one hundred dollars,- twenty,five dollars of which is to be paid-in advance when his company is organ iz,ed„muster-in rolls made out, and : the mustering officers's certificate given thereto, or after he shall have been mustered into and joined a regiment already in-the service. .11ereafterregiments of volunteers leav ing the field on account of ,expiration of term of service will be permitted, on the apr lieation of the officers,'who shall undertake to hold them selves responsible ,for, their safe delivery, to take, their arms, mad accoutrements to the place of discharge,- to be _delivered to the Governor of the, State!or to officers appointed .by him-to receive thew,. The : arms and accoutrements will,he held subject, to.re,issue. to the men Ott re-enlistment in their former companies and regiments By order of the Secretary of War. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant• General. Order. Relative to the Conscription. Act. GENERAL ORDER No. 11.2.—War Depart ment, Adjutant-General's Office, Washington, May .1863.—Under the Enrollment. act, drafted -men, will be actually iu the ,United States service as soldiers, from . the fact of .be ing drafted. It is, therefore, ordered that they be put in uniforms, and provided with knap sacks, haversacks, canteens, tin cups, spoons ke., as soon as they report to the District Pro vost.. Marshals. The qusrterMaster.Oeneral will fill the requisitions of the Provos:t Marshal- Generaffor clothing, &c., for the Purpose, to be.delivered at such point^ as the latter may designate. 4 BLorder of the Secretary of War. E. D. TOW SEND, Assistant Adjutant. General. Official report of Colonel Kilpatrick. Washington,. Nay followiag.vras received at head-quarters today Yorktown, Vu., May S, 1863.—Major•Gen. Heel, Commander-in-Chief United States Army.—General—l have the pleasure to report, thA by directions from Major Gen. Stoneman, I left Louisa Court House on the morning of the 8d inst., with one regiment, the Harris Light Cavalry, of my brigade, and reached Hungary, on.the Fredericksburg Rail road, at. day light on the .morning of the 4th, destroyed the depot, telegraph Wires and rail road for several miles; passed over to the Broad turnpike, and drove in the Rebel pickets, down the pike across the Break, charged aibal• tery, and forced _ it to retire to within two miles of the city of' Richmond; capturing Lieute nant Brown, A. D. C. to General Winder, and eleven men, within their fortifications. I then passed down to the left, to the Meadow Bridge, on the Chickahominy, which I burned, and ran a train of cars into the river. I retir ed to Hanover town, on the Peninsula, crossed and destroyed the ferry just in time to check' the advance of a pursuing cavalry force, burn ed a train of thirty wagons loaded with bacon, capturing thirteen prisoners, and encamped for the night five miles from the river. I resumed my march at 1 A. M. of the sth, surprising a.force of three hundred cavalry at Aylett's, 'captured two officers and thirty-three men, burned fifty-six wagons, the depot, con taming upwards of twenty thousand barrels of corn and wheat, quantities of clothing and com m issary s tores;•and safely crossed the Mattopony and distroy . ed the ferry again just in time to escape the advance of the Rebel cavalry pilau: Late in the evening I 'destroyed a third wagon train and depot, a few miles above and west of Pappahannock; on the Rappahannock, mid from. that point made a forced March of twenty Mile's, being closely followed by n'supe rior force of cavalry, supposed to be a portion of Stuart's, from •tbe fact tliat we captiired prisoners from the First, Fifth and Tentli Virginia Cavalry. At sundown we discovei•ed a force of cavalry, drawn up in line of battle, above King and Queen Court House. Their strength'was 'unknown, but I at once advanced to the attack, only, however, to dis- cover that they were freinds, being a portion of the Twelfth Illinois Cavalry, who had become separated from the command of Lieutenant- Colonel Davis, of the same regiment. At 10 A. N., on the 7th, I found safety and rest un der our own brave old flag, within our lines at Gloucester Point. This raid and march about the entire Rebel army—a march nearly of two hundred miles—has been made in teas than five days. with the loss of one officer wad thirty seven men, while we have captured and parol ed upwards of three hundred men. I take pleasure in bringing to your notice the officers of my Staff, Capt. P. Owes Jones, Captain Armstrong, Captain Meirwin, Dr. Hackley, and Lieutenant Estis, especially the latter who volunteered to carry a despatch to Major-General Hooker. He failed in the at tempt, but with his escort of ten men he cap tured and paroled one _Major, two captains,` Lieutenant and fifteen Mew; but was afterwards captured himself with escort, and was s'nbse fluently recaptured by our own forces, and ar rived hose this morning. I cannot-praise too highly the bravery', forti tude, and-untiring energy displayed through out the march by Lieutenant Colonel Davies and the ; officers and men :of the Harris Light -Cavalry, and one of whom bat was willing to -lose his liberty ox his life•if :he could but aid In the great battle, now going, -on, and, , win- •far himself theapprobation of his chiefs. Respectfully submitted, . J. KILPATRICK, Colonel Commanding Virst Brigade, Third • Division, Cavalry,Corp., , PROCLAMATION RY THE PRESIDENT, ENROLLMENT, OF THE -MILITIA. By the; President of She U. States. -of America. -117 r ei•eas,' The Congress of the United Statei, 'at its last session; enacted a law entitled, ''An 'act fin' enrolling and milling out tbe natiOval `fOrees;and for other purrmses," whiell was: ap proved on the 3d day of -March tast; • Add l'igtiiretts, it'is =recited in the id. act that 'there now exist in the United States an insurrection and rebellion agadmst the'authority thereof, anti it is, under the Constitution of the United-States, the thity of the Govertmbetit th'suppress insurrection and rebellion . , to guar antee to each State a republican fonll Of gov ernment, and to preserve the public tranquil- And whereas, for these high ptirroses, a military Three is"indispenghle, :to raise and support which all persons' ought to •• •contriliate; And -whereas, no service can be more praise worthy' dna honorable thim that which - is irit - doted for the maintenance of the Congitation and the'Crtiion, and the consequeat fiesseriatilm 'of ' free government; Anwliereas, for'the reasons' flips reCiied, it was enacted 'by the saiffstatute that all able bodied male citizens of the United States, and persons of foreign birth who Xball have deelar ed on oath their intention to 'become 'citizens under and in pursuance of the' laws thereof, between the ages of twenty and forty-five':years (with certain exceptions not necessary to be 'mentioned), are declared to constitute the na tional forces, and shall be liable to perform military duty in the service of the United States when called out by the President for that purpose; - And whereas, It is claimed by and in be half of persons of foreign birth, within the ages specified in the said act, who have here tofore'declared.on- oath their intentions to be come-citizens, under and in, pursuance of the laws of the'United States, and who have not exercised- the right of suffrage nr any otlier political franchise Under-the laws of the United States or of the States thereof, are not absolute ly included by their aforesaid declaration' of intention from renouncing their purpose to be come citizens, and that on the contrary snch persons,•under the treaties Or. law of -nations, retain a right to renounee that purpose and to forego the privileges of citizenship and resi dence within the-United' States, under the ob ligations imposed by the aforesaid act of Con gress ; Now, therefore, to avoid any misappre hension concerning _the liability. of persons concerned to perform the service required by such enactMent, and to give it full effect, I do hereby order and 'peoclailn that no plea of alienage will be received or allowed to exempt from the obligations imposed by the .aforesaid: act. of C / ongress, any person of foreign birth %V 119 shall have declared omoath , ,bis' intention to become a citizen of; the United States, under the laws thereof, and , who shall be found.with in the United States, at any time Anring 'the continuance of the present insurrection, and rebelion, at ,or salter the expiration of the period of sixty-five days from, the'tlate of this proclamation. Nor, :shall. any such Plitt of a li cuage be allowed, in favor of any such per son who has sp, as aforesaid, declared his in tention to become a.-citizen of the United States, and shall have exercised at any time , the right., of suffrage, or any other political , franchise within,th n 'United, States, Ander , the laWs thereof, or Aider the of any the several States. In witness whereof I hats. hereatit, • hand, and caused the seal of 11,, to be affixed. Done at the city of Washinl , tot i , );:, Bth day of May, in the year of our Lorl. thousand eight hundred and II ixty•thrpc of the Independence of the United ; 4 t 4t ,,. eighty-seventh. • A Bit AHAM Li By the President—lV N. SwA it 1). PASSING EVENT Files of The Pilot.—Vre hntr vrt. r ,c, nst you's PILOT, which ace trill sell Wanted:—.4 ('hair Framer, to wail n a Seats, to whom crowfoot employment %lilt with good wages. Apply at this office_ Slay 19, 181;3. • Busy.—We sorpoee our farmer. wrt. ;. more bes..ily engaged ilmn during ilie ftv , w., of last week. Ilaving been kepi bark %II wet ieeatikee„ tite.y exe 7,711 t I rying to ritakt!'l, use of sunshine Promotions.—We are informed thE 1 . . IV M. STOVER, of, company .F, 358th, I'. 1.1 M... been commissioned Captain of the same coo i . o . vice Capt. TIVElig resigned First Sergeant STOVER has been, appointed Seemed Lienten,.. same company vice Lieut. W. STOVER' promoted These officers are:lirare and gallant, tied v. qualified ,te. 5411 tb. invortant 'positions tor', they have been chosen.: Metal . )rippectS4optl.-7§hoes are an iv,- ant item in the expease of clothing childree every, parent nal mid'eststand. They invarir -wear out their shoes at3ble toe int, and not ut'• querilly bsfore the otliev parts are a quarter - Children's shoes with 'Metal tips never wear 6 , . the toe, audit is attfe,to say that on nn average pair with them will more than out-wear three t• without them. We believe , all the shoe dealers ~ them. I==:= iiiercersburg Shinplasters.—Since I h. "shinplasters" began, we have not seen any i• ted on such-barsk worthless paper. If folde.• break, if handledin the least, they are torn. • in a drawer or barrel they work out through .-• crevice. Nobody wants them ; hardly one u• ceive them nay more; And then the corpora , ,, thorities will not. redeem them in less sum, • Erse dollars. It is about time for the credit ,:- ..neigh,boring hprough,„.that.tlfese shinplaster) deemed when presented in saity„lmucassl Wk..i of the enrOration shinplasters. There tu, • "shinplasters" issued hyindividuals, in the , town, which lire Ininilgo4le in small enough for convirm.•nt nee: hut the g men who fire tolice: tied t tggstle refire'', ♦ery readily, mid are Orrnss anxi.ku, ro du SU Broke Jail.—Jon iinowca. of immorti! stealing memory, who was recently 'hair,' I; Chambersburg jail, on Tuesday night of la•i • Inc someone of the prisoners to pry or: cell, door and file off his irons. lloormi stairs to a room in the front of the pri.kos. driving out the ticcuPaats, Who were aegroo, 'eltarged EDWA RD ' BirirltS:, ft &Seller, not to Riki: of them to make the least noise.'lie i hen &t o. Isle through the vial at the handing, and 1.1.1 themselves • dewes its the' yard, nooses' and Bs. thui made their escape- They reached hen Wednesday night. Sheriff lia.s.Sr, who was he , pursuit, caught Tilwas,Wt his father's resi.i..:• while changing his clothes. Itooces had r horse out 4r- Rum Wit.ncoes barn, and r . equipped- all 4 almost ready to ride away, he Iv . 30010 parsons :going out in , that direction. a' justly blappose4 in quest of him. lie noise!... slipped away and taking it on foot, made a our" ful escape. Parties went out in all directimo could sot find ariy"trace of him. The very dark: Reception of Nine Months' Sold:i in Greencastle..— i% special committee wi;: coed In Hurrieburg avaticecort the returning to this place. Haring ascertained by to e„r when they will leare Harrisburg. all the Bells will be king -4 moral bolus before they v pected to reach here. When the train leareo bersburg, the Bells will be rung rtgain. The procession will be formed on the RUI ,, near theater Station, with the right reetin: the north end of North Carlisle Street the ►` to be under ch.trge of Gen. DAVID Drratett, t Marshal, and Capt. Josern B. Sraiorunt,.lssh , Marshal ORDER or rztomsrox Martial .Vatic--ireterans of 1812 and 1814—S'" yore of the Mexican - Wor—,Soldiere of Present H r r Committees—Clergy,—Toren Arethoriths—Mento the 12Gth Reghnent The procession will march .secorsling cothe lowing route: March down North Carlisle Steel to North down North Street to West Street, thence to S . Sheet, thenCe to South 'Carlisle Street, op S' Carlisle Streetqci South Second Street, then`' East Street, up East to North Street, down to North Carlisle Street, down North earti.: South treet, thence, to: East Street, or to East Baltimore Street, up v o iet countermarch;' down Baltimore Street sad cic march on West Baltiniore 'Street, them" t: PuLlie Svinare,'Where'the procession will the exeriises of the dai are concluded. Ifteiew coilefl : to order by the Mairman mitlet of kr,apgem -- We:A.O v-- eltisAddrtas if Addresses—Praer. the discharged Soldier' t• 12Gth Regiment, P. V., and of other regime''' . sides other soldiers of the present war, 1 0 '' be . present; are invited - to Participate, end'. assigned planes by the Committee of Arrange' 411 places of business. wilt be closed . 1 " 61.4 exercises of the day. ;It. is. desired to have thepresencc and co-4 6 ' of Committees of neighboring towns. A general invitation is e3,teaded to the r e ! the county to attend.