THE PILOT. GREEN CASTLE : Tuesday - Morning, Feb 18, 1864 • 14010. t 166 A, Wu copy the following from the Franklin Repository of February 10th, in which it ap pears as an advertisement : PLOUGH'S SCHOOL HOUSE, cuEEN TOWNSHIP, Feb.. 4, 1864 Resolved, That the officers of this meeting notify the authorities of - Castle Borough. that in the future this township expects them to look after the interests Of the colored families of Africa, locat ed in the Southern end of this towhehip, in educat ing their children and supplying their other wants. as the philanthropical 'bounty of fifty dollars won't see the colored friends out. Resolved, That the above be published at. the ex pense of this township. JACOB GLASS, Prest., JACOB BOWNGER. Scc'y. To all which, in behalf of the good people of Greencastle, we reply That true it is, that " the philanthropical bounty of fifty dollars won't see the colored friends out," but it saw them in, and the peo• pie of Greencastle out—of the draft, and the people of Green township out—of pdcket and it seems out of humor also, especially Jacob Glass, Prest., Jacob Bollinger, Sec'y, and the other resolutioners of the region sound about Plough's School House, which is nigh unto the borders - of Africa. But before we proceed to ventilate the reso lution, let us say that the " Castle Bor ough" mentioned in the resolution, means Greencastle borough, because none other in the county obtained any recruits at sso— justifies us in taking up the guantlet thrown done by Glass, Bullioger & Co., of Plough's School House, near Africa; and we must be allowed to suggest to Messrs. Glass, and Bollinger, that their little meeting in Plough's School House, which is somewhere in the nei. hborhood of Africa, which is, the Lord knows where—but supposed to be six miles from any place—because, as we shall show hereafter, the enrolling officer of the dis trict couldn't, or at least didn't find it—we say we would suggest that that little meeting, in that little school house, whereat was passed that little resolution, was hardly competent to speak in the name of Green township, and we shall therefore regard it as the expression not of that township, but of Jacob Glass, Prest , Jacob Bollinger, Sec'y, and the several other individuals who vegetate in the neighborhood of Plough's School House, and " look after the interests of the colored families of Africa.' What was the cause or oriein of this resolu tion ? Simply this : While the rest of the county slumbered on, with arms folded on the bosom, undisturbed by the impending draft, Greencastle was awake, up, and active. In the space of two weeks she raised sufficient money to seoure not only twenty-one volunteers, which was her quota in the call- for 800,000, but forty-eight, enough to answer the call for 200,000. more, and still-lea'''e a surplus. All these volunteers she obtained by paying to each a local bounty of only fifty dollars. In filling the quota of the borough we labored under peculiar difficulties. The Provost Mar shal was unable to decide many questions that arose, and to be safe, kept us down to the very strictest interpretation of the law. He would not allow us to place to our credit a single man who had been enrolled in any other township of the county. We were driven to seek out men who had been missed in the enrollment, young men under twenty, and contrabands ar riving from Virginia. Besides this we met the fiercest opposition wherever we went, even in boroughs and townships wherein no move was making to raise their own quota. But by an honorable course of dealing with those who enlisted, and by the energy and activity of the Executive Committee we overcame all these obstacles, and .demonstrated to the other bor oughs and townships of the county that their quotas might be filled by volunteers. We led the way and pointed out the path, and by our example and success stimulated them to at tempt the same. Some began at once, and by offering a local bounty of $lOO filled their respective quotas; others slept on and would not be aroused by the activity around them until the last moment, and as the price of their negligence, indifference and supineness, are now endeavoring to obtain volunteers at slso—and. Green township belongs to the lat ter class. They must pay $l5O to accomplish the same result which we effected with sso. Thus it is always; the possessions of the su pine fall an easy prey to the active and vigi lent. But a hundred dollars now-a-days, is as they say, a hundred dollars, and Jacob Glass, Prest., Jacob Bollinger, Sec'y, and the other sleepers about Plough's School House groan within themselves, yea, draw a deep sigh from the very bottom of their boots, as they contemplate these goodly sums of $lOO glide into the pock ets of their recruits, for which there is no value received. And these internal melancholy emotions have taken an external form in the above resolution. A deep grief on account of the departure of the war-like sons of Africa, whom they might have obtained as volunteers THE PILOT:--GREENCASTLE, FRANKLIN CO., PA., FEBRUARY 16, 1864. at $5O per head, if they hadn't been asleep, and whose places they must fill at $l5O per head, pervades the resolution. But there also a smack of satire and bitterness. It would seem that Glass, Bollinger & Co., are wroth, that they have, Ls fact, been stirred up by the extra $lOO front their profound lethargy even to the point of anger. Well, it is natural to feel uncomfortable in paying $l5O down in greenbacks, when $5O would have answered the same purpose, and an uncomfortable feel ing, very frequently repeated, quite as natur ally produces anger and bitterness. But it is wholly unnatural for men to be angry with themselves. Now, since Jacob Glass, Prest., Jacolll Bollinger, Sec'y, and the others about Plough's School House must, naturally, be angry and must, naturally also, be angry at somebody else than themselves, we cannot see any possible reason why they should not select Greencastle as the object of their ire as well as any other community, and perhaps there was a peculiar propriety in selecting our town, be cause that extra $lOO which we saved on every recruit, if it is tied up right tight and safe in our pocket-books during the day and counted over before going to bed acts as an antidote against the deleterious effects of the resolution. It is even thought by some, that by counting it over in the morning also and tying it a little tighter—first being sure that the notes are all greenbacks—we could even survive another such. One would think, from the above resolution that Green township has not enlisted any re cruits to fill her quota from any other township, but has obtained all from among her own in habitants. What, then, are her committees doing in Ohambersburg, offering large bounties to every one willing to accept? But if any one says, we do not object to your having en listed men from our township, but to the paltry bounty which you paid, we reply that a new era has dawned upon us, indeed, and the mil lenium surely approaches—if men will no lon ger obtain substitutes as cheaply as possible. Who, that is not as green as glass, would pay $l5O for a substitute, ready and willing to go for $5O? None, within our knowledge, except Jacob Glass, Prest., Jacob Bollinger, Sec'y, and the men of the neighborhood of Plough's School House, is Green township, near Africa. They are philanthropists. The give "philan thropical bounties," especially when they can't help it. Judging from the above resolution we would say, if fifty men had offered -them selves to Jacob Glass et. al, as, volunteers for $5O per man, they would have indignantly re fused to take them at that sum, but would have compelled them to receive a " philanthropical bounty," would, in fact, have pushed and shov ed $l5O into their pockets. and if the recruit had not been very careful would have slipped in $5O more clandestinely. We, down in these benighted regions, have not reached that point of moral elevation. Bub then, it is possible, that some missionaries sent to Africa may have stopped for a time at Plough's School House, on their way thither. But the men who passed the resolution above, want the authorities of Greencas tle to look after the interests of the colored families of Africa, because some of the men of Africa enlisted for us and were placed to our credit, that is, went as our sub stitutes. And do they propose to act upon the same principle ? But we gave $l5O, and you only $5O, say they. And pray, how far will your $lOO go to supply the wants of the family of the volunteer and educate his child ren, in the event of his death ? And do you propose then, as soon as the $lOO is exhausted, to undertake to keep the families of such as volunteered for you from other districts and to educate their children ? Greencastle took from other townships and boroughs only the unenrolled inhabitants physically fit for mili tary duty, nearly all poor negroes. We have given to other districts perhaps.an equal num ber of our enrolled white citizens. We are willing to keep and care for the expensive fam ilies of the whites not credited to us, but you. Messrs. Glass and Bollinger, are not willing to care for the colored families, that need but little, whose heads are not credited to you. Which party is acting the more honorable part, you yourselves being the judges? You seem to think it the duty of a district to provide for the families of those only who have gone as substitutes for the people of that district, and your care and apparent charity is therefore founded upon utter selfishness. We provide for those who go to the war, whether for us or others, for all whose supports are fighting - or have fallen for the , preservation of liberty and union, and what we do is done from motives of patriotism. We give the lowest sum he will take to one who is willing to encounter the hardships and dangers of campaign life to re lieve us from undergoing , them. When we have paid him the money, we are square with him on that score and as our substitute he can claim nothing further from us. But as 'A sol dier of the republic, battling for right and free dom, we can :lever be equal with him, but will owe him an eternal debt of gratitude, and this we will owe equally to every one whether he Inlisted to fill our quota or not, and front this arises the obligation of every community to support the families of all who have gone from• it to the war. Now, Messrs. Jacob Glass, Prest., and Jacob Bollinger, Sec'y, don't that resolu• tion smack of selfishness rather than patriotism, and wouldn't it be well to reconsider it ? But the authorities of Greencastle are asked to " hereafter look after the interest of the colored families of Africa," to provide for their wants, and to see to the education of their child ren. From this we would imply that the color ed families of Africa, their wants and educa tion, had been cared for by the gentlemen whet dwell in the neighborhood of Plough's School House. With what attention and liberality they were cared for may be gathered from the facts that those enlisted from that locality were the most lean and hungry, ragged S and tattered, ignorant and uncultivated human beings that ever entered a Provost Marshal's office. Such they are represented. Why, we really put them in as much for their sakes as our own. In that way they would having, clothing to their backs. and food for their stomachs, as well as wages to keep their families in better condition than they had been. We felt that they ought to go into the army by all means, and we saw that the people about Plough's School House, whose business it was to look after their interests, had no thouoht of putting them or any body else into the army at that time, and, in fact, had forgot all about their wards, the Africans ; for even the enrolling officer, who is said to live some where in the neighborhood of Plough's School House, never thought of them, at least those of them that enlisted for us, for we were not allowed to put any enrolled in another d;s trict into service to be credited tons, as we had occasion to say before. In truth, the Africans. in the latter part of 1863, were going it on their own hook, and the Plough's SChool House people were in blissful ignorance of their exist ence. If we are not expected to take any bet ter care of those families, or provide better for their education, then was being taken andj pro vided for them at the time we were filling our qtiota, the burden would not be such a heavy one. But since we have furnished•white sol diers to other districts in lieu of the blacks we received from them, and purpose to keep the families of the whites we respectfully decline "to look after the interests of the colored fami lies of Africa." But hear, 0 Glass, and give heed, 0 Bollinger, and lend us your ears, 0 People of Plough's School House, in Green township. near Africa: We enlisted six Africans. Four of them are single, and are presumed to have no families to be provided for, at least no child ren to be educated. Of the two married re cruits, we already have with us the family of one. All this thunder and lightning—this PLOUGH'S SCHOOL HOUSE, JACOB GLASS. PREST., JACOB BOLLINGER, SEC'T, and Re- solved, That the resolution be published at the expense of the township—all this is about the family of a solitary poor devil of an African who is now in the armies Of the Republic! The mountain (i. e. Plough's School House,) labors ; out pops a ridiculous mouse (i. e. the aforesaid resolution.) - , -...•••-4.4M. THE NEWS. Fortress Monroe, Feb. 8,1864.—The expedi tion having returned we are permitted to state the following facts On. Saturday morning Gen. Butler's forces, under command of Brigadier- General Wistar, marched from Yorktown by way of New Kent Court House. The cavalry arrived at half past two o'clock yesterday morn ing at Bottom Bridge, across the Chickahomny, ten miles from Richmond, for the purpose of making a raid into Richmond, and endeavoring, by a surprise, to liberate Our prisoners there. The cavalry reached the bridge at the time appointed, marched in sixteen and selloff hours forty seven miles. A force of infantry follow ed in their rear, for the purpose of supporting them. It was expected to surprise the enemy at Bottom's Bridge, who bad for some time only a small picket there. The surprise failed because, as the Richmond Examiner of tO•day says, "A Yankee deserter gave information in Richmond of the intended movement." The enemy had felled a large amount of timber so as to obstruct the roads, and make it impossible for our cavalry to pass. After remaining at the bridge from two o'clock until twelve, Gen. Wistar joined them with his infantry, and the whole object of the surprise having been de tested, General Wistar returned to Williams burg. On his march back to New Kent Court House his rear was attacked by the enemy, but they were repulsed without loss to us. A march by our infantry, three regiments of whom were colored, of, more than eighty miles, was made in fifty six hours. The cavalry marched over one hundred, miles in fifty, hours. This shows that it is possible to make a cam paign into Virginia in the winter.—N. Y. Tribune. Washington, B.—The Chronicle of yester day says.: We are informed that a reconnoissance in force was made by the Army of the Potomac on Saturday last, the 3d Army Corps moving to the Rapidan at eight A. M. on that day. The enemy resisted the crossing, but, deipite their utrui.st effort to prvent it, the corps nam ed was finally successful in laying a pontoon bridge, over which it advanced, driving the enemy before them, and capturing a large num ber of prisoners. This engagement, resulting as reported, so brilliantly to our army, lasted two hours, the rebels annoying our forces with their artillery and sharpshooters, but, as the sequel proved, without avail. At 4, P. M., the 2d Army Corps having in the interim also crossed, the advance was con tinued, the enemy, as before, offering 'protract ed resistance, but in vain. They fought stub bornly for two hours, but, as in the first fight fell back. having been baffled in all their at tempt to repulse or cheek our intrepid columns. Their loss in prisoners, in the two engagements, it is rumored to be very large, as well as in killed and wounded. We are not advised how much farther the reported reconnoissance in force will be ez. tended; but it is claimed that its results are very satisfactory. The strength of the enemy has been ascertained, and other important movements will speedily follow. Major General Sedgwick is now in command of the Army of the Potomac, General Meade being detained at home by sickness. To Soldiers and Postmasters. Editors of newspapers throughout the United States will , doubtless confer a favot on• the sol. diers in the field, as well as there friends at home, by giving publicity to the following : Be it enacted, &c., That articles of clothing, being manfactured of wool, cotton or linen, and comprised in a package not exceeding two pounds in weight, addressed to any non commis sioned officer or private serving in the armies of the United States, may be transmitted in the mails of the United States at the rate of eight cents, to be in all cases prepaid, for every fair ounces, or any fraction thereof subject to such regulations as the Postmaster General way prescribe Approved, January 22, 1864. POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT, January 25, Ib6l. The foregoing law is published for the in formation`of the public, and especially for the guidance of Postmasters, and is thought to be so full and plain that no one can mistake its meaning. Postmasters will, however, bear in mind that packages of clothing entitled to pas. iu the mails—four ounces for eight cents— must be manufactured from moot, cotton or linen, and not exceeding two pounds in weight. and must be addressed to a non.commissioned officer or private serving in the armies of the United States. Consequently a package ad dressed to a commissioned officer, or, composed of other material than as a above specified. such as boots, shoes, Ste., if sent by mail, must be prepaid by stamps at the letter rates, via : three cents for, every half ounce or . . fraction thereof. [We published the above last , week ; hut as it was incorrect in regard to, the sums to be paid as postage, we republish above an of ficial copy.] PASSING EVENTS, &C• Tribute of Regard.—At ft meeting of the Town Council, on Friday evening, February 12th, the following resolutions were adopted: WHEREAS, It has pleased an All-wise Providence to remove from earth one of our number; therefore, Resolved. That in the death of Mr. CHARLES HART• MAN the town has lost a useful and most valuable citizen,—one who was always deeply interested in the welfare of the Borough—the Town council an active and tried member, whose advice and opinions, based on long experience as a Borough officer, were of the utmost value in all that concerned the inter ests and improvements of the town. . . Revolved, That we deeply sympathise with the family of the deceased in their bereavement. Gsoman H. DAVIDSON, Burgess. A. K. Wait, Wu. W. FLEMING, Jan. DETRICH, W. A. REID, JO/1.11 WILHELM. Jr. Council. Important Legal Decision.—A Case was tried in the District Court of Philadelphia last week. which is of considerable interest to purchasers of property, inasmuch as it involves the question, who is to pay the stamp cost attending the transfer. A party had purchased a property for a certain sum of money,. The, deed to be made out to the pur. chaser, of course requires an internal revenue stamp, amounting in the present case to $lBO. The purchaser paid the same, but afterwards brought suit against the party selling to recover it back, taking the ground that the seller of the property was bound to furnish a full deed of title and the affixing of the stamp was necessary to make the title full. Judge Sharawood, in delivering the opinion of the Court . , took the ground that the ens tom everywhere is, for the purchaser of property to pay the expense of the transfer, and in this case, the stamp duty was but an. item of such expense. and accordingly gave judgment for the defendant. The decision may be considered as settling the much agitated and important question, so constant ly coming up in almost all business relations as t o whether the seller or the purchaser is to pay the stamp duty in transfers of property. The decision will, we presume, hold good also in personal as well as real prpperty, and in all kinds of personal pro. pert,y.-- Valley 1..; M. BLAIR., Postmaster deneral. Wir chronicle in our list of deaths in this the name Of CHARLES HARTMAN, of OUT borough. one of our most esteemed citizens. Mr. Ilaarg,N, we understand, wag a little over sixty-three told. Almtst all his life wag opera in our midst._ No one in this whole community was better or more f kvorably known. By a youth and manhood dotal ted to industry, sobriety and economy, he war La.. abled in his later years to enjoy a calm and plut. ant manner of life, and to take part in I rotooc tt the welfare of the borough. He was frequrntly elected to municipal positions, by his fellow zees, for he was a man of unimpeachable integri, and sound judgment. He occupied that middle station in life which is admitted by all to be the happiest, and being without, ambition gave to t o useful, he succeeded in securing for himself th e greatest boon of life, contentment. He will bi missed in the community, for he was a good citizen; he will be missed in the church of which be au not only a good and pious man but a consis eta end prominent member ; he will be missed and ta,creec in the family, for he was hue to all his duties, whether in the relation of husband, brother or M. er. He sleeps the sleep of a christian, in the Ger. man Reformed graveyard in this borough. THE DAMAGE BY ISTIMAIteN RAID.—The sinners appointed by the act. of assembly to appr ain military damages in the border counties, b ete heard all claims for losses sustvined by STEunin't cavalry raid in the 3outitiee of Adams, Franklin, and Fulton. There were one hundred claims heard and disposed of in Adams, and three hundred Bad thirty-nine in Franklin and Fulton. These Oahu halm been adjudicated, and those of Franklin and Fulton were reported to the Court of Dauphin county on the 18th ultimo. The Adams county ease will be reported in a ter days. The claims arising from the Militia and the Anderson cavalry have not been considered, and the losses sustained by the rebel occupation et Dauphin county last summer, having occurred after the passage of the law. are not embraced within the duties of the commissioners. The present Leg. islature will doubtless enlarge their powers, so to embrace this class of claims. The commissioners bear testimony to the honesty of our people as rile by reporting that attempts at extortion wen extremely rare. Tiey estimate that it will require about $1,250,.. 000 to cover all the milittiry damages, of every kind, by our own and rebel troops, in the anthers counties Arrested.—Mr. GEORGE WHITE, of this plea, was arrested recently in Steubenville, Ohio, on requisition from Gov. BRO11(111 to bring him to Chambersburg to rinswer an indictment for Mayhem, in putting out the right eye of Mr. Cturs Guemos, of this place. A writ of habeas corps: was sued out and the prisoner discharged on the ground that, the Mayor could not hold him, when he was arrested by the Provost Marshal on the clump of •• aiding and abetting the enemy" during the rebel occupation of this place. lie wassubsecineat ly delivered into the custody of Mr. Gummy, the prosecutor in our courts, and by Mtn delivered to the Sheriff of Franklin county for trial at the nest court. lie was afterwards released on giviug se. curity in the sum of $4,000 for his uppoarauce et the next term.—Franklin Repository [TOR THE MOT.) Take Warning.—. , Be it enacted, ,Ye.. That if any person shall wilfully and maliciously disturb or interrupt any meeting, society, - assembly or con• gregatiou, convened for the purpose of religion worship,or for any moral, eocial, literary, scientific, agricuyural, horticultural or floral object,ceremuny, examination, exhibition or lecture, such persog shall on conviction, be sentenced to pay a tine not exceeding fay dollars, and suffer an imprisonment not exceeding three Months, or both, or either, st the discretion of the court." Notwithstanding, the above statute demands en. forcement against tifienders by all good citizens.— tt Fee it frequently violated even in the eultghten ed town of Greencastle with impunity; and by whom, not by the abused and despised sons aid daughters of African descent, 0, no ! They would have' 'more r espect for the word of God and for themselves. It is by the decentlants of the much vaunted .superior white race, those who hare been brought up amidst free schools and churches, the this deficiency of moral principle and intellect manifested ' Aty the enlightened wisdom of the fathers and framers of the Constitution of the United States, is secured to every one, the right to "worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience ; and whether be praise God at the top of his voice, or in the lowest whisper, or softest breath, in the church or otkt of the church, if ill' cere, is alike acceptable to God, and protected by our laws. Mark, for the future, those who are Jo termined to disregard both the laws of God e ml man, by unbecoming conduct or conversation, either inside the house of worship, or by nssembliug too the outside to talk and laugh, keeping up a noise, injurious not only to the cause of religion but 10 the peace and good order of society, will experieuee toe terce.of the above statute summarily applied. tt. L. Public Sales.—The tuilowing is p list of pub lie sales, the bills of which have been prince) at this Office:— . . J. WHITMORE, February 17, 1k miles South Welt of Greencastle. W. H. CRAIG, February 18, li miles North WO of Greencastle. S. KUHN, Feb. 18, lf miles South West of tiptoe, on the farm of •Jacob Young. ' J. S Lboss, February 1% 1k miles North East °f Greencastle. J. D. MYERS, February 19,5 miles South West of Greencastle and 2 miles South of Upton. I%u. OSBRAUGU, Feb. 2J, on tho form formerly owned by Daniel tit.ha, dead, and near Gunner's School House. D. F. D. wawa'. Feb. 20. on the form of lVillism Allison, about 2 miles South of Greencastle. J. W. CRAIG, February 20, near Jacob Elliott's tavern, , Ilelsh Run. M. SNIVELY, February 22,' in Shady Grove, 3 miles East of Greencastle. J. EsuLamAii, February 23, 3 miles East of Ereelc . castle, along the Leitersburg - roati. S. HAMMILL, February 25. 21 miles North N est of G:eencastle, near the pike leading to Mer cer°. burg. Vs - 13. TOUIAS, February 26, i of a mile South of Greencast le.' Jon Swrrzsu, March 5, k mile East of Grecc castle, on the farm of John B. %Vitali: . r - H. A. By C Lits, March 10, on the f rm 05 0 -• 3/ Powell, miles South of Greencastle i• ~ . .
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