THE PILOT.
GREENCASTLE.:
Tuesday Morning, Nov. 17, 1563
ea?-,
THE NEWS
General Meade has made his official report
of the campaign in Maryland and Pennsylva
nia.and the battle of Gettysburg, in July last.
He gives as his reason for not laying his report
before the Department at an earlier date the
severe wounding of several of his corps and
division commanders, whose reports were ne
cessarily delayed. In few words Gen. Meade
sums up the results of the campaign as'fol
lows : :--Union losses in the engagementa of
July Ist,' 2d, and 3d-killed, 2834 ; wounded.
13.709 ; missing, 6643'; total, 23 : 186. '3
guns ; 41 standards and'13.621 prisoners fell
into our hands ; and the enemy, defeated at
Gettysburg., was compelled to evacuate Mary-
Tand and Pennsylvania. and withdraw from the
upper valley of the Shenandoah. A high tri
bute of .praise is awarded the officers and men
for their uniform courage and gallantry in the
battles around Gettysburg.
At Rogersville our forces were overwhelm
ed by superior numbers, and lost 500 men pris
oners. Since his occupation of East Tennes
see. Gen. Burnside has captured 1500 prison
ars, in addition to those taken at Cumberhind
Gap It is reported that a heavy force of the
enemy is cnnee . retrating against Burnside, but
it is believed that he is fully able to repel any
attack which the Rebels may contemplate.. .
The battle at Droop. Mountain, in West Vir
ginia, on the 6th inst., appears to have proved
a brilliantsuccess for the Union arms, General
Averill driving the Rebels frau a formidable
position, and utterly routing •them and captur-,
log. all their tents, wagons, provisions, &e., &c.,
together with one. hundred cattle.
General Kelley telegraphs that the force of
the enemy, amounted to fuur thousand men, and
that their acknowledged loss will reach three
hundred. One hundred prisoners were taken,
and three pieces of artillery
The , Provost Marshal General, in a letter to
the. Secretary of 'War, gives some interesting
statistics concerning the operation of the, En
rollment act. He says the act is not perfect,
and may easily be improved by certain amend
ments. In several of the Western States the
draft was not put in force, owing to the excess
Of volunteering, so that the present draft is
only a partial one. Over 80 per cent. of those
drawn in the present draft, •including the 50
per cent. additional have reported.
About, 30 per cent. were exempted under ex
amination. About 40 per cent, have been held
to service. About one-half paid'commutation ;
one-third of the remainder went into set;Aze,
.41 , 0.4410ra furnished .substitute * s. :These
bd - t
proporttons'are'ase upon-the e repor sup o
fliii 'time from 73 CongrestAonal Districts:-
About 200,000 soldiers luive been discharged
from disability. It'is probable they were unfit
for service when enlisted, and 810,000,000
have-been uselessly expended in bringing them
into service. All the expenditures of the
Provost Marshal General's &matt up to Oct.
19, have amounted to 1.200,000. The amount
of money received froni the draft is ebout ten
times as great as all the expenses on account
of th Enrollment act.
Washington, Nov. B.—The following des
patch has been received at the Head.qua' rters
of the. Army
Head-quarters of the Army of the Potomac,
Nov. 7, 1863.-9 30 P. M.—Major-General
H. W. Halleck, General in•Chief:—Major
Sedgwick advanced to the railroad crossing.
where he drove the enemy to the river, assault
ed captured two redoubts, with the artillery.
on this side, and taking a number of prisor.ers
Major• General French advanced to Kelly's
Ford, driving the enemy, in small forces, across
the river, and captured several hundred pri
voners at the ford.
(Signed) GEORGE G. MEADE,
Major-General Comrnanding,
Hcad.Quarters Army of the Potnniac, Nov
7, 1863.—T0 Major-General H. W. Halleek.
General-in Chief:—General Sedgwick reports
capturing. this morning, in his operations. four
Colonels three Lieutenant-Colonels, together
with four battle flags.
General French captured over four hundred
prisoners, officers and men.
GEORGE G. MEADE,
Major-General Commanding
Washington, Nov.°B.—lt appears from in
formation received here to-night that yester
day morning, the sth and 6th Corps, under
command of Major General Sedgwiek. advanc.
ed to Rappahannock Station, they being the
Corps forming the left wing of the army. The
Ist, 2d, and 3d forming the left wing, under
31.j0r General French, proceeded to Kelly's
Ford. When the, right wing reached the Rap
pahannock the enemy were found to be in con
siderable force and holding this side of the
iicyttr, and the rebel batteries, earthworks arid
redoubts crowned the banks of each Side of
the Rappahannock.
THE PILOT :-GREENCASTLE, FRANKLIN CO., PA., NOVEMBER li, 1863.
Gen. Sedgy vick at once advanced and storm
ed them, and this was done with great gallant
ry and impetuosity, causing much slaughter
arid taking a large number of' prisoners. When ,
General French reached Kelly's Ford• about
six miles below Rappahannock Station, the
enemy threw an entire division across in sur
port of their picket line one this side. Gen
French hastily took a position so as to bring
his artillery to bear on them, anti proceeded to
shell them with marked effect, killing a large
number, and throwing them into utter confu
sion, scattered them wildly and taking many pri
soners. French following up his advantage
and immediately threw the Ist Division of the
3d Corps, commanded by Gen. Birney. across
the river, which ended his operations for the
day.
This morning he crcittsed the river with the
remainder of his brigade. Gen. Sedgwick had
previously crossed, and at nine o'clock this
morning the two wings of the army bad form
ed a junction and held both sides of the river.
The enemy after-their defeat in these two
separate engagements, ! were so hotly pursued
by our victorious forces.that they threw them,
selves into the river in their efforts to escape
and many were either, drowned or killed by
our infantry. All the artillery of the rebels
on this side was captured. It is reported that
seven guns, and there is no doubt their entire
camp equipage, fell into our hands, as they
were compelled to leave the latter in their
hasty retreat.
Buford's cavalry crossed at Sulphur Springs
to cover the right flank, several miles above
Rappahannock Station, and Gregg and Kilpat
rick crossed below Kelly's Ford, to cover the
left flank. No definite information of their
operations have been received up to noon to
day.
The enemy, after crossing the. Rappahan-
nock .under cover of the night, moved iu the
direction of Culpepper, and the advance of
our. forces supposed to consist of cavalry,
was reportedho be at Brandy Station early to
day.; • .
This morning our whole.line advanced, and
General Meade no doubt pressed rapidly for
ward after the retreating foe. The entire num
ber of prisoners taken by both Sedgwick and
French is now believed to be 1,826, as orders
were sent to Cel. Devereux at Alexandria, to
to provide for. that number.
The prisoners is composed. principally of
North CarolirM and Louisiana troops:
This afternoon at 3 o'clock, the train corn
menced bringing them to Alexandria. The
number taking by Sedzwick was from L2OO,
t)1,300. The remainder was captured by Gen
French's corps. A gentleman who was pres
ent with the army, says it was a novel sight to
see all' Sedgwiek's ,prisoners in a crowd. They
composed. the largest- lot ever captured by our
forces on • the Virginia side, and _wine guarded
by.cavalry to prevent their straggling or escape .
GenerallFrenchls.priSoners *ere, alio gather
ed< in one body ;and similarly , guarded. ,
Our total loss is reported to be 400 in killed
and wounded, but no prisoners. Our wounded
were carried to Warrenton and tenderly cared
thr, and thence sent to Alexandria this after-
El=
Washington, Nov. 10, 1863.—Gen: Buford
returned on Monday night to the vicinity of
Brandy Station. having advanced to within
four miles of Culpeper, where he met an Sun
day night Wilcox's Division of Hill's Corps,
with whom he had a sharp fight, lasting two
hours.
ffe drove the Rebels some distance and
picketed the ground, but being short of forage
and supplies, he returned to the main body of
the army. In this fight - Lieutenant J. A
Stevens, of the Eighth Illinois Cavalry. was
wounded. Lieutenant Butler, commanding
Battery G. Second Regular Horse Artillery.
was badly wounded in the tone, which was am
putated above the ankle. The First Brigade,
under Colonel Chapman. of the Third Indiana
Cavalry, was principally engaged. sustaining a
loss of about fifty killed and wounded.
The Rebel loss is unknown. They left five
dead on the field, buried several men and car
tied off many wounded. On Monday morning
the Rebels retired towards the Rapidan River.
Buford, befbre returning, sent a detachment to
Culpeper Court Rouse, who found no Rebels
in that vicinity. The supposition is that all of
Lee's army is across the Rapidan River
TheToccupy Pony Mountain, a short' distance
beyond Culpeper, and to the left of the rail
road, as a signal station, whence they can ob
serve the movements of our army to advantage
Gen. Buford found the railroad uninjured to
Culpeper, and it was believed to be in .good
condition to the Rapidan.
Gen. 14Ieade's attack on Saturday was entire
ly unexpected by the Rebels, who had com
menced to build winter quarters, many new
log huts being found on the ground they oc
cupied.
Ewell's and Hill's Corps were „both in the
vicinity of the Rappahannock, and they had
informed the citizens thait they expected to re
main there during the coming winter.
Meade s J_movement on Sunday is described
as being Inagnificent
In the morning SerrwieVB columns advanced
down the railroad about 3 miles and halted, and
waited for French's Corps. As soon as the
junction was complete, the whole five corps
then advanced over an open plain towards
Brandy Station. All being in sight at one
time, the enemy retired rapidly before Meade's
formidable host, their rear guard keeping up a
constant artillery fire against our advance.
Gen Meade superintended the whole move
ment: Arriving at Brandy Station a halt was
made, the short supply of subsistence render
ing it necessary.
The Rebels still occupy Fredericksburg. in
small force. thouv.h the retreat of Lee's Army
to the south side of the Rapidan may he a
movement to occupy the old grounds of last
•
winter's campaign.
It is not believed here that Lee will give
Meade battle unless he is enabled to get some
great advantage of position.
The strength of the Rebel army is 'estima
ted by shrewd military authority 30.000" e
ffective men. It will take about teu'days •to
reconstruct the bridge over the Rappahanno'ck
River.
It is thought that the best e'iriden ,, e that the
Rebels did not anticipate an advance by us' is
from the fact that no measures were adnpted
by theM for deStroying the railroad south of
the Rhfpah . annock.'
Washington. Nov. 11.—The following was
sent to the head-luarters here, the day after
the recent engagement
Head-quarters, Army of the Potomac, near
Rappahannodk Statien. Va., B•'4o'P.' M., No r i.
8, 1863 —To Major-General Halleek, General-
n-Chief
'This morning, on advancing from Kelly's
Ford, it was'fountl that the enemy had retired
during the night.
This morning was so smoky and hazy that it
was impossible to ascertain at Rappahannock
Station the position of the enemy. and it was
not until the arrival of the column from Kelly's
Ford that it was definitely known that the posi
tion of Rappahannock Station was evacuated.
The army was put in motion, and the pur
suit continued by the infantry toßrandy Station
and by the cavalry beyond.
Major-General Sedgwick reports officially
the capture of 4 guns, S battle-flags, and over
1500 prisoners.
Major-General French took over 400 pris
MEM
Sa-dovick's loss is abut 300 killed and wound
ed, and French's about 70:
The conduct of both officers and men, in each
affair, was most admirable
(Singed)
GEO. G. MEADE.
Major General_
SPEECH OF GENERAL MEADE TO THE SIXTI
CORPS o'A RMEE.
Head quarters of the Army of the Potomac.
Nov. 11, 8.30 P. M.—On yesterdiy afternoon
Colonel Upton, who cammandedithe—brigade
which, last. Saturday, so- successfully chaiged
and captured the enetny's•works , at! Rappah a n
noek' Station, :mom paniedvby deputations from
each of the regiments 'participating the as
stilt, presented to • General Meade with the
eight battleflags taken at that satire time. No
previous notice had been given, and the affair
was •entirely unexpected and provided for. •
Colonel Upton presented the flags, in the
name of the command, nanting,the regiments
—the Fifth and Sixth Blaine, the Fifth Wis
cousin and the ?One-hundered and : twenty,firs
New York, the latter being under:Colonel.Up
ton's immediate command.
General Meade responded as follows :
"Colonel Upton, officers and men of the
Sixth Corps :—I receive, with great satisfac
tion, as evidences of the good conduct and gal
lantry you displayed on the 7th•instant. The
assault of the enemy's poistion at Rappahan
nock Station, intrenched by redoubts and rifle
pits and defended by artillery and infantry
parried, as it was, at the point of the bayonet,
was a work which could only have been execut
by the best of soldiers, and in the result• of
which you may be justly proud.
It gives me great confidence that in future
operations I can implicitly rely on the men
under my command doing all that men can do;
and although it is my desire to place you in
such position as to avoid the possible recur
rence of such contests, yet there are occasions,
such as the recent ones, when it is the only
and best course to pursue. And to feel as I
•do now, that .I command men able and willing
to meet and overcome such obstacles, is a
source of great satisfaction. I shall transmit
these flags to the War Department.
I have already reported your good conduct,
and received and transmitted to your command
ers the approval of the President
I shall prepare (as soon I receive the requi
site information), a general order, in which it
is my desire to do justice to all the troops who
have distinguished themselves; and it is my
purpose, by every means•in my power, to have
those soldiers rewarded who have merited such
distinction.
Soldiers, in the name of the army and the
country I thank you for the service you have
rendered, particularly for the example you
have set. which I doubt not, on future onea
siond, will be followed and eniulated."
A band of music accompanied the deputa
tion. After a few moments of congratulations
and social intercourse the deputation took leave,
and returned to camp
_
der of a Family of Seven Persons.
A correspondent of the Illinois Staats
tung, in a letter dated Lafayette, Indiana, Oct.
10. gives an account of a most revolting mur
der near the town of Paoli. The facts are as
follows:
A German by the name of Stark with his
family, consisting of a wife, two grown daugh
ters and three sons between the ages of 16 and
"24. resided upon a large farm about seven miles
from Paoli. Last Wednesday week a cattle
trader from Sal.em went to Stark's farm and
not seeing any one about the premises, he be
came suspicious that all was not right. He
forced his way into ti.e, house through one of
the back windows. On entering the house his
eyes were greeted by a horrible spectacle. On
the fluor, in 'a pool of half 'dried blood, lay the
farmer with his skull terribly shattered. Not
far from him, on the bed, lay his wife, also
dead and bloody, while in different parts of
the house were the three sons and two daugh
ters, all murdered, either from cuts from a
knife or blows from some blunt instrument.
The house itself must have been the scene of
a severe combat, since 'everything moveable
was broken, and throughout the house traces
of the most terrili violence was distinctly visi
ble.
It is believed that the whole family was
murdered and the house then robbed. No ar
rests have been made.
PASSING EVENTS, &C•
HOSTETTER, brings the best. oysters in the mar-
A superior lot of cheap Boots and Shoes just re
liceived at KUNKEL'S.
4•11.4.-•
BOOTS AND StIONS ntanutneuuretl on the shortest
notice at Kuntax.'s.
Store ou North-East- Corner of Public Square
A large lot of trees trout au Adams County nur
sery, were sold in from of our office, a few days
ago, at very low prices.
Two young boys of the town, while riding a
horne of ME./.I.CaIiFEITZ . kt, Some days ago, iu true
cavalry style fell off, one getting a broken arm. and
the other some bruises.
Wx do earnestly call toer auletttion of the Turn
piie managers to an evil which exists among them,
vizi—That of leaving large piles of broken and
uubrokeia stone on the sities of the road, and oftener
upon the bed of the road itself. .1.1 - this matter is
not attended to, the company will probably have to
pay a bill of damages some of these days.
Teti trunks of twu tires have been sent frdin the
buttie-field ill Gettysburg tur the Massachusetts and
Penusylvnaitt Ilisturicat boeieues. They will at test
the fierceness of the conflict. , there, one , of them
haring two hundred and.filly bullet holes iu the
? poem of twenty-one feet, a n d the. ut,lllr laying , one
hundred and ten in the /Mille kipaue. Sad reminder:,
they will tie of the heroic death
Paving Col. J. C. ANsT.LA, 16.13141:1ug the patent
Ceuerete pavement 41 trout. of all : : is buddings ac
the south east end of WWI). The walxs in cue
yards wilt be payed iu the same wanner.
A Cullom parinueut has jubt been finished, run
um& the entire leugth of 'Awls iSt, RHODES' Hard-.
,ware budding.
we"tlier is fine find some other persons should
procure WoHLEr Co ss service, without, delay.
WE learn that. Mr: I%,Dernton, of Antrim' , town-
ship, way attacked a few evenings ago, while on his
wOY home, from WilhomVPrt. by .some villian who
deniauded his horse As Mr. D. was an. his return
from the Pursuit of a horse stolen from his father,
the night previous he was loth to give up the one
tie warilding The fellow had a reVulver, but Mr.
D. succeeded in pulling him off his horse, and gave
him a severe pummelling, leaving:the would-be rob
ber to get up as best he Gould.
Promoted.—Lieut. SAHHEiM. NPDOWELL. son
of Mr. JOHN M. MTOIVELL, of this place, has been
commissioned Captain of the PenusYlvania Battery
formerly .3onitnanded by the lamented Capt. STE VENS
Capt APPOWE'IL has gallanily earned his propotion
by his heroism on the field. Ills guns lost at Chick
aMauga. after all the horses, had been killed, and
Capt. STEVENS and others killed in a hand-to:hand
struggle, have been replaced; and he will win fresh
laurels for himself and his brave command.--Frunk
lin Repository.
Consecration of the National Ceme
terk.—A vast coticourseof people will doubtless be
in attendeance at Gettysbrirg, to witness the conse
crationtif the National Cemetery.; at that. place. The
President of the. United States will be•there.. Many
of the private houses will be open for the entertain
ment of visitors, at a resonable compensation. The
rooms in the hotels are already engaged, and in
itatieipation of the golden harvest; they will then
reap, their usual prices have been considerably ad
vanced. People from this section would de well
to take their own provision along.
Military Claims.—The Commissioners ap
pointed by the Court of Dauphin eounty, will meet
the citizens of Fulton and Franklin counties, in the
Court, House ill , Chambersburg,.on the 17th.day. of
November, to bear and determine all claims against
the Government., by reason of occupation or tress
pass on lands by tt:e Pennsylvania Militia, in Sep
tember, 1862. Also, for losses and damages of
horses. wagons or other property impressed into
the service of the U. S., for the use of the Ander
son Cavalry, in September, 1862, and for injuries
sustained by the rebel raid in October, 1852.
The Commissioners are A. 0. ii4STEII . , J. WErni.z
and J. • t
WOI(EAL.
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Horses Stoler.—lt seems like a (Teti'
an old story. to have, On item every Week und,r th:
foregoing caption; itm horse stealing seenty to I,
OD the increase.
On last. Wednesday night Mr JOHN DFITRICH, liv.
ing in the Canebreak settlement, had a tine horst
stolen out of his stable. The thief brake the b ar
and lock which fastened the door.
The same night Mr. Waster Koos*, living i n t h e
Marsh, had a good horse !stolen. Ii was, doubtless,
taken by the same party
Nothing, as urual, has been heard from them
To the credit of the Town Council he it said, that
some repairs are being made on the streets. On
East. street. near the Methodist burying ground, the
water course has been widened and walled up and
covered with plank. making. in every respect, an
excellent bridge. This is something that has been
much needed. We understand that the School
Board intend making some further improvements at
the same place.
A considerable quantity of stone has been broken,
an 3 we hope will be , put on the streets before the
we season sets in
Ordination and Installation.-An adjourn_
ed meeting of Carlisle Presbytery, was held in the
Presbyterian church of
,Greencastle, on last Thu rs
day. Rev. J. W. W/O/IT:VAN, who has been minis
tering to the congregation for some mons% past,
was' ordained and installed pastor of the same.__
Rev. 7. C. N.I9IIOLLS preached the sermon. Rev..l.
B. kENNEDY. made the ordination prayer. Rev. W .
C CATTELL pruposed the quest ions to the pastor and
the congregation. Rev.' I. H. HATS delivered the
charge to. the pastor, and Rev. Dr. Tuomas Casten
that. to the congregation.
Soine other'buainess was transacted at. this meet
ing, and Presbytery adjourned at. 4 o'clock, P
Our Quota of Troops.— In last week's issue,
says the Franklin Irepogitory, we made an estimate
of the probable number of Men the various requi
sitions made for troops Would tlettiand from ench
district in the county. The quota of the county
was not ascertained officially ; hint taking the aggre
gate number called for, and the population of the
county, it required about ote in thirty of our pq
ulation. Since then we have ascertained officially
the number of men who have reported for duty in
person or by substitute, or who have paid commu
tation money in the several districts of the county,
and we subjoin a table showing the gross quota—as
we estimate it—of each district ; the number put in
under the.draft,, unit the deficit to be raised by vol
unteers, or by the draft on the Ist of January
nest:
Full Quota. By Draft, Deficit
Antrim
Greencastle ....
Chant bersburg
Guilford
11 :mill on
St. Thomas
Peters
Montgomery...
Mercershurg...
1. WO
i
150 39 111
Warren -
Washington.
Waynesboro'
Green
Southampton
Lenerkenny-.
}
115
Lurgan
Fanuet I
Nletai.
Quincy
Total
. 1426
It will-be seen that the late draft has yielded bac
313 men 'all ttild—including men who went into
• , •
service in person or by substitute and also those
who paid commutation' money. In other words, of
1131 men drafted, all but 318 hive been discharged
on various grounds. . A few , may yet be added, as
there are some deferred cases, and some few deser
ters, but the increase will not be material. The
ratio of men actually held to service is considerably
less than thirty per cent., and at first sight it seems
exceedingly small. But it must be considered tbst
of the tiUd men lately discharged from the 12.€41:
regiment., a. very large proportion of them were In
the first contingent and many of them drafted.—
They were discharged under the clause of the con
scription law that exempted all who were in service
on the 3d of March last. Another explanation of
the small number held to service is in the fact. that
the ratto of able:bodied men is reduced by the num
ber of men now in service—they all being. of course,
sound men, while the unsound remained at home.
As all were enrolled—sound and unsound—sick and
well—citizen and alien—the number of exempts it
necessarily very large.
It 'will be seen that about 1100 men remain to be
raised by Franklin county. Of this number prob
ablysevet al hundred of ouryetevin. troops now in
the field will re-enlist, thus reducing our pinta tc
about 700; and to raise that. number by draft will
require about 2000 men to be conscripted. The
next draft wit doubtless, be made by an ainetitl , '
law, by which every man deemed fit for service will
be compelled logo in person or by substitute.
Capt. EYSTER. our Provost Marshal, has issnet!
hand-bills under the late call inviting men to volurr
teer and setting fortb the bounties given in all cases.
Men who volunteer will go into the old regiments,
but can select fOr themselves.
TI-IE, ALTAR.
MARRIED.--On the .9th ult., by Squire Homer,
Mr. Henry Silent° to Miss Ebia Shelito, both of
Antrim toirfiship. •
On -the sth inst., by the Rev,. W. R. H Deatrich‘
Mr. Albert us Hammell to Miss Charlotte Cluggar
both of this county.
THE TOMB..
DIED.-Iu this place, November 13,1863, 11 nr5
£ba, daughter of Mr. George Riddle, aged 8 year
10 months and 13 days. •
In this place November 14,1863, Miss gray
Raker, in the 70th year of her age.
Nap buettirments.
.
NEW BOOT~ AND SHOE SAOF.
10 ON B. BY.EItS• takes pleasure in informing
his friends and the public generally, that he
has opened a new Boot and Shoe Shop, on West 1331-
timore street, at the residence of Miss NellY
Dowell, where he will beprepared at all times. t 0
manufacture Ladies'. Gentlemeus' and Boys BO °
and Shoes, at the shortest notice, and upon th!
most reasonable terms. He feels confident his wsrs
will give satisfaction.
Greencastle, Nov. 17, 1863-tf
175
104
51
60 17
so • 16
20 155
30 cS
116 16 100
64 15 4:fr
75 14 GI
43 11 32
75 14 61
39 7 • 32
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