THE PILOT. GREENCASTLE . Tuesday Morning, July 28,1863 , 1 411 t, • 17/7 APOLOGY The reader will observe a wide difference between the date upon . the outside of the. pa per, and. that under the Editorial head. The outside has been " worketboff," and the inside matter pearly "made up," when the Rebel General Jenkins saw fit to Make his appearance in our midst.. Then followed on his heels, Lee,)s . entire army, which Caused general suspension of business in this valley for several weeki !!! The-illness and death of a brother, the severe indisposition of the ,principal, compbsitor, and thi absence for some weeks Of our employee., together with other. causes oot necessary ito mention here, have further prevented us from issuing this number as.soon as we desired. T H N I T rA . WhilC . Pennsylgania -May' well' be prontlnf the many brave Men she has sent forth - into the different armies orthe — tinion, -who. h.ve Pirticipaled in pearly all the great ,battles of (he wariftnehave—borne themselves so bravely;'she , earl at thit same time 'well 'alfordito he proud of the great masses at home.' that the sound of rebel cannontheir:own doors trans fUrtned intO'a'forinidahle army. What, a grand. governMent is ours,,,tho, ;within a single week cad place thousands add .thousands of men 'on a Wftrfootingi ;The and equipping sticho great l numbers of - rli"Sethdetre:work,of, magic. SeirenlY r hddthe foot of o f rebel pressed the Statel'Seif, here thepeople'ot Pennsylvania re- sponded to the call of, the GoVernor, and ,ffien forsook their profitable employment, neglected their business, left' theircomfortable homes, SoCh are the we have amongst and they'deAerve the greatest credfk,for, ,the „promptness • with which they marched to the defense - of the:State. A finer looking set of-men cannot be found, than thoge',,whO;'at' 'different times during the past two weeks have marched throhgh'otii streets. That they will fight was demonstrated' at tiagerstown,,by the „Philadelphia Grey's, (the fact is. you canjfind , very-few Americans that wonefight.s 'I .0n Tuesday= evening,. two weeks ago, Col. Franklin and Col. Jenning's Brigades, first came here, encamping near anliu ' s mill,— Sinopskhal time, hceever, many other regi meffiilaiM During - the week several regiments returnedtoAapcisburg, and at pre seutAerel ii,encatuped in; the neighborhoOd, tro t gight, or, nine regiments, comprising the Brigades of Cols. Nagle mid Brisbaib. The following ira Of—the,differentregi inefiteiltod' their commanders : " Voi.'isTAGLE'S BRIGADE. 35th regiment, Cel,A)ienn. " ,Krout. : .I.lorn. " , OdEnpla. t Maher. " ITheeler. • 4 7 514 • , • 39th " 41st • 45ttli got, BRIF,ADB, Guyq, Cot Taylor. 1 0,1 Muds, pliSkh: regiment, Col. Chamberlain. ,'•• • Col. Nagle's Brigade lies Minitioped in' Mr. Tobias' woods. A iPleildid bnud is attached to col. Campbell's regiment, and the woods often, rings with e4eellent • music. *This • Brigade wa reviewed. on...Tam:lay, afternoon by Col. Naglnrand presented a fine appearahee. • Brisbin's-'command -is !entaraped , 'ai. Moss Spring. Those of the Grey's and Blue's wha were here lash SCPPeinber, with the mili tia, when they returned a few days ago, from Bageratown, were anxious to take ap campim ~ ,• quarters at Mesa Spring;.. and thsls7 were not disappointed lin their wish'. Gen'. Danna far mer* commandedaithe. division, .bu t t Was tre lieved by Gen. Smith; who. has since• been. ordered to ilagerstoivhf — Wen. Warren is now m•• • ,:. -1" •.; ' • • 1 command here. The Provost Unard keep. excellent order, and our town is 'almost aaquiet as of old. dP 1)ENN.511.,, '‘" '• •' • F,i,?r.weeks we had been—constantly told r tby the ditily press that the Rebel Army, under 'Grea t er t al'L'ee, intebtled to invade the North:Ll' But so accustomed were 'we to rumors of thia 100,that no attention was paid to the warning. Igauy4hvght it very,prohable ,that, the Con federates might make the attempt. Some hooted at the idea .of such a thing ; while others Said , , "get them conic, and they will find force enough to' eheek therin befere theY'tread the tfiree''sCil" 'iaf Pennsylvania." So, from one reason or' another, no timely preparation was Image., All thought that if such undertaking , wasleally,centemplated by Gen. Lee, that, in mzercpt t his cohorts,could not be precipitated upwps ,ere we were aware ,of it. It., took wpb treet,alinest a week, in, Septctober,lB62, to march from Frederick City., ltd.i to. Hu- THE PILOT :--G-RE a.erstown ; and surely the army of Gen. Lee could not leave Culpepper and reach the Poto mac before we were aware of it. The sequel tells another tale. On the evening of Sabbath, June 14, 1863, we heard that Gen. Milroy had been threaten ed by a superior force, at Winchester, Va., and that the 'United States troops had been driven out of Martinsburg. The affair seemed inex plicable, and many chose to disbelieve the story. On the morning, of the next day (Mon day) a large number of wagons, belonging to the ,wagon train of Milroy, passed through town at a fiirious rate. The teamsters were evidently iu a most woeful " panic," and" said the Rebels were jusi id their , rear, and that they bad been fired into on this side of the river. Despite the former indifference of our eitizeus, the panic somehow became contagious. The merchants ; who , had 'already began to'pack up their goods, hurried still more, and made haininer aud• nails fly fester than' ever.— Horses'Were Off to the country to placeia of I fancied security;`;; ,Good ' housewives, too,' were in greet agitation and bustle. They were filar`tried lest` the, Rebels m ight burh and destroy; and what were they to do with' theirl furniture; bedding and wearing apparel It was apez zle, truly. Noon came, and with it' a'detach ment of the First New Vork Cavetry 'under 'Capt. Boyd, which had succeeded 'in getiing away frein Winchester, and protected the rear of- the wagon train spoken of above. Anlieur inoreund the Rebels hatf not' yet appeared!— The people g.rei ender.'" Some thmight that miiroy bad been frightened.' "At air eC'entis, the foe would not 'cros's the Potomac. Affairs remained iii•stati quo fora few hoiirs'triore.:--- l At 6 o'clock, P. at., one of oar' citizens who •had ridden itimateh the' approach of the in. Vaders, collie in iti' hot haste, his'steed covered with 'foarn•aed!:quiverin'g e'very lhib from the great speed at whiCh it had 'been hornfielled to travel: "This 'citizen had' reported' that 'he had got - int& the :kids;aiiee , at 'the'State had talked to officers and men—told them he lived in , the iteiniry of Middleburg, and as allowed •to , turn off at a bylioad, bY which means he succeeded in eluding them, and 'got to the4place just [in time to give the , telegraph operator " and other 'officials, an' opportunity to make good theiriescape. The New York Ca valriknOwing their own force•te he too small to offer resistance, wheeled and• left. In a few minutes, aen. Jenkin's Western 'Virginia Ca yalry dashed into tent, and finding 'the coast clear; commenced their pleasant task of search ing stablesond taking, therefrom all the horses they could find. Their stay on this occasion, hardly exceeded an hour. We Were confident then that it was , only'a*faid for plunder.: We lay down to.aleep;*and our :slumbers 'were dis turbed by visions of* Jenkins and 'his men.-- Morning,daWned, , and small squads of cavalry were. dashing up atel•down*theatreets. , It Was ascertained that the:•gang had spread out in all directions, scouring the country for horses.— They liad ',taken possession ,'of , Chambersburg. A ,couple , ,of their *messengers *were: captured' by some- civilians civilians of Waynesboro!, and taken to that place.,, .In the afternoon' of this daY, (Tuesday,) a lot of " contrahuds,7 about thirty in number, under charge of a 'chaplain and three qr four 'other soldiers, on their way to liagerstow.n, were,captured by a crowd:of _peo ple near - Bast Baltimore street. The darkies .were liberated; ,and •the'Chaplain and, soldiers sent. toward i Waynesboro'.• This created :a wonderful excitemenl.' In.the evening a .nutu= Leg, of citizens signed' a. -, paper, protesting against., the proceedings, and presented' it to a... Rebel Colonel :( who :desired to know what. had hemmed the missing The,,next: day, , the. captured Rebels•werc ;re leased and•broug.ht ; back:. Tile Tile Chaplain "de4 mended $50,000 in lieu of the contrabands; and in case this was not complied with, the town sbould, certainly , be burned. , Two hours wercgiven to make up the' money. Every one knew the money could not be made up, so many, of the citizens coremence,d,to removevaluables. in,anticipation of.the. "burning." .The alloted .tiine passed, and,the money was not forthcoming = and ,the town not burned. In the even; ing Ale, main body, under Jenkins, retreated towards .11agerstown-Nrith. a large number of horses,.wagons and plunder. That same night we believe, two, hundred and fifty . men, under Col.ThirgusOn, went • to . ; 31.'Conqellsburg and captured .horses, &c. We. congratulated ,out selves that ,evening upon the 'termination :of• ,tbe "raid." ,The next:, morning, .ho*ever abnut.tlo .o'clock, A. as .some .hands were employed {in; repairing the telegraph liue, sudden dasli.was made into tom:t r end the hand car; and hands ,Captured, but were soon after released Each'succeeding. day .of the week witnessed, a repetition of former scenes. Cap turino, horses was all the on. Indeed, it seem ed as if thssvien . possessed some , spa of pe culiar instinct in finding horses which• were concealed in the most secret places. They found thickets, dales and secret places which. few of our people could find without being shown thither. . Yet these men had no guides lat least mine of the citiiens.of this township The sueee4rof these horse dealers Brasatuaz NCASTLE, FiI.A.NKEIN CO., PA., J L, - ; EY 2n , Ou Sabbath, June 21st, was chosen by Ferguson's gang to make a systematic pilagiug of the stores. in some of the stores, a great quantity of goods were destroyed.. The order given by an Artillery Captain, in front of S. H. P. & Co's store, was ordered to "dismount and ransack the store"." Mr. Riley's store had, a day or two previously, suffered heavily by these men. The lasses it is impossible now to state. If it bad not been that our merchants had a portion of their stock sent East, there would have been a clean sweep made. Maj. Paxton took possess;on of the ware houses, and loaded the Confederate States wagons with .flour,. grain. &e. Evening came, and - this delectable- job was over for the present. • The following morning, (Monday, June 22.) Gen. Jenkin's Cavalry made; their appearance, anntiuncing themselves as the advance guard of Gen. Rhodes' Divisicm of Esvell's Corps. said t'o , be close at' hand': 'Gel .• Jenkiifs troop having passed through ton his 'advance was attacked by !forty-three Uiaiog a Cavalr'ymen, detachment • of the Tirit York--Capt. Boyd—and 'driven baok at•full speed Upetirhis main force - , a inife•• no'rch of town, when the New Yorkers met Vith'a - heavy fire from• - the Rebels who had ambushed in the IVheat'field belonging and-werefbieed to 'retreat'. In this, the first engagement that took place .on Pennsylvania soil, the - Rebels Ink two killed. ' • gero•earit Rh il, Coin pani C, Ne.W 'York ry, Was killed; and 'Sergeant CaffOrtiwOundea in the leg. `The . bod?gf the fernier was barieci by the Rebel's in a'shalloW 'grave, havin'g ffrst been 'stripped of hat, shoes, and 'coat buttons. A few days afterwards he was diaintered, pine . . . ed in a neat coffin and accompanied by "a large concourse of citizen's, was buried in the .I.nilier an 'graveyard of this 'lace. Sergt. Rhil Wei the first - rnan who poured' his life's blood:and fell a 'bleeding; sacrifice upon his country's altar. in 'the . gtate of PennsYlvania. Let his name be numbered down among her 'honOred ones, and be 'handed doin to remote posterity ! Sergeant Cafferty was removed to the resi : deuce , or Mr. George Ilginfritz, where 'his wounds were dressed and where he received the kind 'attentions of the family and citizens- Gen. Rhodes' division encauiped on the 22d, in 'the Vicinity of the town. His headquarters were in the field belonging to Rev. J. 'Loose. Cul. Willis of'llie I.2th Georgia Reg., was ap pointed Provost Marshal, assisted. by Captain Carson and the Adjutant. To the guards from this regiment, and to the officers and men, credit must be given for' the good order main tained. On the 24th of June, General Rhodes' Di vision left here and Marched direct to ChtiM bersburi, with the exception of one division, under command of Gen. Stuart, (Infantry,) which went there via 31ercersburc , Is burg and Loudon. Gen. Stuart's Division ar rived in Mercersburg about 12 o'clozk; and at once made itself at home. 'Under standing a Theological Seminary was located there, they placed a guard around the property for its protection, and forbade soldiers from entering its grounds or the houSes of citizens, Under penalty of severe punishMent. They ordered the stores to be opened, declaring that they wanted certain artieles, and would them. To their credit it must be said every thing was done by them in an orderly manner. No pillaging by soldiers was permitted. What they took was taken bTappointed officers, who inade'bills out, and paid in Confederate Script. 31aj: Goldsboro', of Baltimore, was Provost Marshal. He has since been killed at the battle of Gettysburg. General Rhodes' Division was followed by that of General -Johnson. General Early's Corps of the same:Division, however, went by way-of Waynesboro' and Gettysburg to York. On "tile 24th, General Ewell passed through town, seated in a carriage, and closely exaMin ing a map. He appeared pale and delicate. On the 26th, General Anderson's Division, of Gen. A. P. Hill's Ccirps, passed through.— Gen'. Hill was with themi Two divisions oti this corps weht'vii Wk?nesboro'. On the . 27thi General Longstreet's Corps went through. His was the largest and most destructive set of men. Their Whole route was marked by destruction. To'General M‘Laws - was . reserved the honor of,putting.. down• the Union Pole, which had been left standing b.y.all preceding . forces.— During• the night of this day, General Fitz hugh Lee's Caialry passed through. The Rebel force that passed through town, has been 'estimated at about 50,000 or 60,000. men,_ accompanied by 192 .pieces of ordinance. The 'force 'that went .by way, of Waynesboro', it is said, numbered between 20,000 or 30,000, nialciug.a total force of about 90,000 or 100,- 000.; The following requisitions were made upon the Town Authorities, during che. stay of Ewell's corps: HEADQUARTERS 2d ARMY CORPS, June 23d ) 1863. To the. Authorities of Greencastle 13, y direotioa;of Major General R. S. Ewoll, I wake requisitiows for the foliowiograrticles: 100 saddles and bridles, 12 pi s tols. These articles are to be furnished at 2 o'clock P. M. Maj. and Ch. Q. M., 2d C,..}17.)s de Annie Soon after another requisition was sent in for "onions, sourkrout, potatoes, radishes," &c., and signed by A. M. Mitchell, Maj. and Ch. Corn. Then followed one, demanding, 2000 pounds of lead, 1000 pounds of leather, 100 pistols, 12 boxes of tin, 300 curry combs and brushes. (Signed) • War. ALLEN, M. and C. The chief of Topographical Engineers de manded two maps of Franklin county. 'These demands were so heavy that the Council felt it impossible to fill them. The Rebels got.at` few saddles 'and bridles, and some'vegetables, about•town. The . ); seized and carried away about $2OOO worth of leather foonv Mr. Stiffel.. 'Fitzhu,gh-Lee, Who covered the retreat of their artny 'through here, 'wanted to find the authorities, to Make requsitions for commissary stOres, but -hearing 'the "Yanks" were close vpon his heels, he did not take time to hunt up the Council. He declared it was the strang est plaee he ever saw; nobodyieemed to know who the menhirs were. K. =I Official Dispatchs from General Grant. , Washington, JOly - 24.—The folithving of ficial: crea'patch from General Grant ha've been received:— • Vicksburg, 11.1isS., July 15.-3lajor-General • H. 'W. Halleck, General•in Chief:—: General Sherman has j'aekson invested from Pearl riVer, on the north, to the river on the south.' This has cut off many cars from the ConfederaCy. ' • ' . - Sherman says he haaforee enough and feels no apprehension about the result. .Vinding that Yazoo City was fortified, I sent .General lierron there with hiS' division. lie Captured Several' hundred prisoners", one steam bhat; five pieces of artillery, and all the public stores fell into our hands. The enemy buriled three steamboatson the approach of the gun boats. The . De Kalb was blown up and sunk infif teen 'feet of water by the explosion of a torpedo. Finding that the enemy was 'crossing cattle . for the Rebel army at Natchez, and Was said to have several thousand men there, I inive seht steamboats and troop's to collect them, and de troy their boatsand all !means for Making more. IT..S. GaasT, MajorlO'Ockeial Vicksburg,' July' 18.—MtifOr-General flat leek, GetiCral-in-Chief—Joe Johustim eva cuated ja'ckson on the`night of the 166. He . 1S Ile iu full retreat east. Sherman says that most of his army must perish frbm heat, lack of water and general discbUrageMent." The army paroled here have to a treat tenedeserted, and are scattered 'over the coun try in every direetion. Haring that Yazoo city was being fortified I sent General Herron there. Five'gutis were captured, together with many stores and about three' hundred prisoners. Gen. RanOm w►s sent to Natchez to stop the crossing of . cattle for the Eastern artily.— On . his arrival he fotiii4 a large number had been driven out of tke city to be pastured; also that munitions of war had recently crossed• over to 'wait for Kirby Smith. He mOunted about:two hundred of his 'men and sent their' in both directions. They captured a number of prisoners, and five thousand head of 'Texas cattle, two thousand of which were sent to Gen. Thinks. The balance have been and will be hrought here: In 14diti'Siana they captured more' prisoners and a nuMber of teams loaded with ammuni tion. Over two million rounds of musket am munitioa were brought back: with the teams captured, and 268,000 rounds, besides Artillery ammunition destrlyed. U. S. GRANT, Major-General Commanding St 4 Louis, July 22.—A special dispatch from Men:phis, dated 20th, says, by an arrival from Jo,elots , we have Natchez dates:to the 13th, Jackson to the 15th, and Vicksburg to, the 18th. General Sherman ordered a : eharn.e on John ston's forces on:Friday, but it had so far escap ed that capturing it was out of the qvstion. Only a few stragglers, a few guns and some ammunition were taken. A portion of. General Sherman's force is now in Jackson, which is his head-quarters, while the remainder is on the way back to Vicksburg. • Johnston's army swam the Pearl River.,„ • EiAt steamers left Vicksburg on the 6tli for. Natchez, having on board 1416 soldiers under command of General Ransom.- On his arrival he captured five Rebel officers crossing the,river. He captured a battery of nine :guns, four of which are ten-pound Parrotm. ~ He then marched back into the corintry nine miles and captured. 2 77, boxes of aMmunitip4 ar,d. nine more guns. The Rebels fled in con- J. A. HmtmoN, sternation. On returning to Natchez he f_ ur ,,l 5000 head of Texas cattle and 9000 of sugar, all of which he took possession of i s the name of the United States. On the Bth two steamers arrived from N ew Orleans via Port Hudson, bringing u p 2 4 , paroled Rebel prisoners. Two steamers left on the Sth for New (Ir leans with large loads of cattle, and three for Port Iludson with lire stock. The steamers Louisville and Elmira, capt ed up the Red river, arrived at Vicksbur g 0 , the 17th instant. From New Orleans. New York, July 23.—The steamer Creole, from New Orleans, arrived here at She spoke the gnn-hoat Cuy.lcr, off the Florid a coast, with a prize side-wheel steamer in tow. The following items are compiled from tli Era:— A dispatch from Port 'Hudson, dated the evening of the 18th, from Gen. Irwin to (;,a. Emory, states that Gen. Sherman has drive n Gen. Johnston out of Jackson,llD is pur suing him rapidly. The body of Col. Holcomb, who was killed while leading a bayonet charge of the first Louisiana, has arrived at New Orleans en Tont6 to Granby, Conn. Colonel Chickering, of' the Thirtieth Mas sachusetts Cavalry, has been appointed Provost Marshal of Port Hudson, and has sent large numbers of prisoners to New Orleans, includ ing all the commissioned officers who are to be paroled. The ceremony of receiving the surrender of Port Hudson was conducted by General An• drews, who received the sword of General Gardner, but returned it to him. On the evening of the Sth', seven transports left Port Hudson for operations in another quarter. Brigadier-General George L. Andrews has been appointed commander of the Corps d'Afiigue, and commanaant at Port Hudson. Several hundred‘ rifles and two cannon were found buried in Port !Mason. The news iif Lee's defeat was received with intense satisf.te• tion by our army at Port. Hudson and in New Orleans. PASSING EVENTS. Returned from 311% C. F. BoNNEtt, formerly of this. viciuitr, Leached hen about two wet ks-ago. 7 He had heeat e abserat for over ten years, and was during most of 1108 time e .ett ••• ed in extensive mining operations in Calsvera, C Cal. Deceased.—Mr. W. W. M•Cnotcr-, brother of thiopoper,died, on tltol`.2th inst., after an illness of several weeks. lie,was during the two, proceeding National Administrations, :1- sistant Postmaster in this place; and•was one who possessed superior qUaliftcations fur this post. He was frank, generous, and sociable, and po9- sessed e.steem-ofitis , associates. . . May he rest in peace ! Owners of Unpli4ented .Land.—The Act. Of AsiemblY in 'relation tothe' graduating and val uation of finpatenteddands by thoConarnissioners of .the several Counties-of 'Pennsylvania, will expire, by its own limitation,,on the first. day of August, 1863. hose interested; had better take advantage of it. in time, and have their lands appraisedpie by the Commissioiters and'patented, before the date . , above given. Col. Boyd.—The people of this Valley have heard witli pleasure, of the promotion of this gal. - . 'hint officer. lie Was recently appointed Colonel, in take ceminand of the 20th Penna. Car tlry. now be ing raised in this - State.- • The appointment wal made on account of the very important services he performed in this department, in the late eamp.iign. His first , appearauce here was on the :15th of June. His command, the Ist N. Y. Cavalry, covered the re treat of that portion of Mwtoy's wagon train which crossed at: Williamsport. Upon' the retreat of the Union forces from Winchester. Our citizens were then "greatly agitated, not knowing: what momen¢ the: Rebels might make their appearance. Ile re ceived an order front Gen. Cot:en .. .to : reliort at once to, Harrisburg, and a simultaneous ordeK, front Maj. BIRD to remain here. Ile chose:to accept. the latter, pd did remain until JEWNS' approach ; and har ing ascertained from trustworthy scouts, the vastly superior force of the latter, he only withdrew at the last moment. Of his eemmand his only neee to say, that in-the skirmish near Mr. FLEntxu's, Ott the 22d of June, they:acquitted themselves mita nobly. All Around.--On the .14nd of July, Capt. DAut. GUEE.X . , Made his applutrance in our town with a squad of Regulars, and succeededit, capturing a Confeder ate mail from Richmond, and the 'dispatches (men tioned at that time in the dailies) from DAVIS to Lc: saying "that he couldsend him no reinforcement- TheprisonerS Mken that day were atiMit twice the number of 'Capt. DAHLGItitEN'S command. Otrthe 4th. he 'appeared again,' and attempted te• capture another mail, hut did not succeed, owing, to the over eagerness of one of his subordinate- It was the same day that about fifty of the Southern Cavalry came down SuUth Carlisle street, demanding to see the town autheritits, but just befcre they reached the square, the Federal soldiers (seventeen in number) media clash and drove them out in splendid style, capturing a considerable number. — Though the bhotawhistled in close proximity tootle ears, the citizens remained on the street to witnesn the result. Capt. was a few days aft erivard , wounded in the limb, (in a battle near - Hagerstown./ mid hag 'since suffered ampulation: ao r dompedied him-as scout over the SoutlilMotinta' tn and Our section-of the ceuntrf. His r servises wer e of the greatest value, and were so acknowledged by /=1