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health, to offer for sale this office. THE
So now in its 4th year. It has enjoyed a con
siderable degree of patronage. A good paying
subscription list has been secured. Any en
ergetic person would be able to increase it
rapidly. A weekly journal can and will be
supported by a wealthy community like ours.
The business of the town and neighborhood is
being constantly enlarged. The material in
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Greencastle,
THE PILOT.
GREENCASTLE:
Titesday Morning, March 22, 1864
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THE VOTE.
Tho following is the vote for Township and
Borough Officers at the election of Friday
last :
TOWNS'IIIP TICKET.
Judge,
JOHN WILHELM, (of J.) U, 348
JOHN LAUGHLIN, D 290
Inspector, •
E. D. RANKIN. U. 344
CHRISTIAN D. LESHER, D, 291
School Directors,
FREDERICK B. SNIVELY, IT, 203
DAVID ESHELMAN, U, 198
ALEXANDER GORDON, D, 202
ADAM KREITZER; D, 214
S upery isors,
JOHN G. HESS, U, (for 1 year) 210
SAMUEL LESHER, U, (for 2 years) 217
A. CARBAUGH, U, (for 2 years) 223
JACOB SITES, D, 212
SAMUEL GEARHEART, D, 208
ISAAC KUIIN, D,l year, 214
Assessor,
HENRY BALTZLEY, U, 197
JACOB NEICARY, D, 190
JACOB SHOAFF, I, 12
Assistant Assessors,
BENJAMIN SNIVELY, U, 202
JACOB SHOOK, U, 198
SAMUEL PHILLIPPY, D, 203
MICHAEL GORDON, D, 201
Constable,
HENRY DITCH, U, 203
EMANUEL CANODE, D, /01
Township Clerk,
LEMUEL SNIVELY, IT, 332,
HENRY OMWAKE, D, 205
Auditor,
ALEXANDER GORDON, Sr., U, 205
SAMUEL FAUST, D, 201
Township Treasurer,
SAMUEL B. SNIVELY, U, 202
HENRY BRENDLE, D, 204
Justice of the Peace,
ZACHARIAII SHULTZ, D, 204
110R0UGH TICKET.
Justice of the Peace,
JAMES A. HATTS, U, 176
JOHN KAUFFMAN, U, 120
JOSEPH W. BARR, D, 96
Assessor,
W. FLEMING, U, 129
JACOB B. ZUCK, I, 5
Assistant Assessors,
A. B. RANKIN. U, 132
DANIEL KOIILEIt, U, 125
School Directors,
ADDISON IMBRIE, U, 140
D. W. ROWE, U, 136
Constable,
DANIEL HAWBECKER, U, 137
ARCHABALD LOGUE, I, 58
THE SOLDIERS' FURLOUGH
The veteran soldiers, which have recently
returned from the army, have afforded their
friends much joy. Many good things have
been said of them. They look so well, and
have done so well; have fought for three years.
In battles oft and trials many; through camp
fevers and amid camp fires, in barns and hos
pitals, they bore their ills and fought the foe
with Spartan patience. But whilst some were
glad others were sad. They did not all return.
But a fragment of those that left came back.
One half were absent. Where are they ?
Buried on the far-off fields of the slain, in
known or unknown graves. A small board
marks their resting place, with their name and
rank. In many cases, alas, no board directs
sad hearts to where comrades have laid them.
In vain will be their search. A hollow hole
hastily scooped out by the retreating patriots,
and their mangled bodies, scarcely cold, softly
laid thereia, was all they received. And some
fall into rebel hands, who laid them none
knows where. No friendly tear will ever drop
oa their graves. Soon perhaps the ploughman
will draw his furrow over them ; busy reapers
will gather their ripe sheaves, and lowing
herds will gaze over the dust of the brave and
silent dead, as if they had never been. "An
enemy hath done this."
Franklin county, Pa
THE PILOT:-GREENCASTLE, FRANKLIN CO., PA., MARCH_ QQ, 166.1 z.
No wonder then that so many wept at the
sight of the return soldiers. It brought back
the half forgotten grief to many a mother's
heart. "lf only he was here. How happy
would we all be." Little prattling cherubs
ask : " Why did father not come along.—
When will he come home?" How can a
stricken widowed mother answer such ques
tion ? Tears and sobs must be the only re
ply. No more he will come. Forevermore he
has gone. In the soldiers' grave they have
laid him. Thus the returned veterans have
sadly called up the image of many an absent.
father, husband and brother. Afresh the
"mourners go about the streets, because man
bath gone to his long home." Pity the sor
rowing friends of the fallen patriots. help
them to bear their burdens with your sympathy
and love.
The people has a strange way of showing
their gratitude to these veterans.• Surely there
is much cause for gratitude to God, that he has
shielded them against the shafts of death,
where so many have fallen. The most suitable
reception which their friends and fellow citi
zens could give them, would be in the church,
where on bended knees they might all return
thanks to God for their deliverance. Instead
of this, they are soaked with strong drink and
coaxed into the ball room, to dance and frolic
every solemn, grateful emotion from the hearts.
This revelry opens old wounds afresh in bereav
ed hearts. Men that have passed through the
heat of martial strife, are the last that should
dance and fiddle when. the nation is on fire.—
It is unwise and unpatriotic for their pretended
friends to tempt them into such indulgence.
In the beginning of the war our volunteers
were dismissed from their homes with religious
services. Ministers would give them parting
counsel and their benediction; in the presence
of their families and friends they were com
mitted to the keeping of Israel's .Keeper.—
Now we hear much of "veterans bails," for
the departing soldiers. The bills call on loyal
citizens to cheer the hearts of these brave de
fenders of the nation by. attending the frolic.
Many of them leave their homes for the last,
to return a corpse or be buried in some distant
grave. To send them in a debauch iR a strange
evidence of loyalty. How much better to dis
miss them with the blessing of the Christian
religion.—German Reformed Messenger.
WESTERN MARYLAND RAILROAD
Great interest continues to be manifested in
Washington County, Md., in the contemplated
extension of this road to Hagerstown. Commit
tees were appointed at the Railroad convention
held recently to solicit subscriptions to the
stock of this road. The people of Maryland
are determined that the work shall proceed.--
We subjoin a portion of a communication which
appeared in the last number of the Herald and
Torch:—
It is known that at the present time nearly
all of the produce must seek the metropolis of
our State or of other commorcial marts over,
the Franklin, Cumberland Valley, North Cen
tral, or Pennsylvania Rail Roads because these
at present are the most expeditious an econom
ical routes now offered. The distance to Balti
more over this route from Hagerstown is about
165 miles, to Philadelphia about 187 miles.
The classification of rates as follows :
From Hagerstown to Baltimore and Philadelphia
100 pounds.
Ist class l
2nd class 3rd class .l
4th class Flour
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45 40 8n 3O 50
Now it is honorable to infer these several
companies are doing a legitmate and profitable
business, and the inference is that any good
company may do the same trade for the same
rate per mile. We find the distance to Balti :
more by the proposed Western Maryland Rail
Road to be 85 miles, and a table of rates based
upon the above scale would be as follows :
From Hagerstown to Baltimore
ist class 2d class 3d cla s s 4cli class Flour
24 21 18 16 26
These two tables speak for themselves, and
we find there was shipped from Hagerstown in
1863 over the Franklin Rail Road 57,026
berries of flour, a saving of 24 cents per bbl.
would amount to $13.685,24. From Green
castle there was at the least calculation 25,000
bbls of flour shipped which would be nearer
Western Maryland Rail Road than the Frank
lin Rail Road, this would make $4,800,00 more.
Take the other trade to and from Hagerstown
with the section of Franklin county bordering
nearer W. M. R. R., than the F. R. R., and it
is but fair to infer, an equal amount of gain
would be shown as on the one item above, so
that it may be said a gain of at least $36,000,-
00 upon present business is shown. That this
statement would be greatly enhanced must be
apparent in every thinking mind, as Baltimore
would be able to compete with the canal fur
Washington business; but as I said I was going
to deal in stubborn facts beyond the pale of
cavil, therefore I leave these outside questions
for every man to decide upon as to how much
more the road might expect. The amount I
have stated they must get, and enough is
seen to demonstrate the utility of the resolu
tions passed by the Company. " That the
" W. M. R. H., must, can, will, and shall, be
completed to Hagerstown." It is for the
interest of every farmer, of every consumer,
because it is worth to Washington county and
portion of Franklin county, Pa , $36,000 an
nually over present facilities, with good reason
to hope for the amount being double.
GENERAL M'CLELLAN.
The charge against General M'Clellan, to
the effect that he had a secret interview with
General Lee the night after the battle of An
tietam, has turned out to be wholly without
foundation. The manner was supposed to have
assumed a tangible shape under the authority
of a Mr. F. Waldron, who furnished the
statement. We doubted the truth of the ru
mor, nothwithstanding it was thus apparently
vouched for, and it has now entirely exploded.
Waldron refuses to make oath to the statement,
and it is stated that the detectives having him
in charge have got a confession from him in
writing that he was drunk when he told the
story of the interview between M'Clellan and
Lee. So thus ends a rumor which was calcu
lated most unjustly to damage the reputation
of the distinguished General who signally de
feated the Rebel armies at South Mountain
and Antietam.
It is somewhat singular that the persons to
whom the story was told in the first instance,
did not know the condition of 'Waldron, and
give no credence to the tales of a drunken
THE NEWS.
Patterson, N. J., March 14.—The papers
announce that Colonel McCallum yesterday
informed the locomotive builders of this place
that unless they would preceed at once to
furnish the Government with two hundred
locomotives, he should have to seize their shops
and run them on the Government account.—
The locomotive builders have promised to com
ply with the demand, and in two of the facto
ries the operatives, who have been on a strike,
will resume work to-morrow.
War Department, Adjutant-General's Of
fice, Washington, March 15.—General Orders,
No. 700.—The following is an order by the
President of the United States:—
Executive Mansion, Washington, March 14.
1864.—1 n order to supply the force required
to be drafted fur the navy, and to provide an
adequate reserve force of all contingencies, in
addition to the five hundred thousand men cal
led for February Ist, 1864, the call is hereby
made and a draft ordered for two hundred
thousand men for the military service of the
navy and marine corps of the United States.
The proportional quotas for the different
wards, towns, townships, precincts, election
districts or counties, will be made known
through the Provost Marshal-General's Bureau,
and account will be taken of the credits and
deficiencies on former quotas. The 15th day
of April, 1564, is designated as the time up
to which the numbers required in each ward of
a city, town, Sze., may be raised by voluntary
enlistment, and drafts will be made in each
ward of a city, town, &c., which shall not have
filled the quota assigned to it within the time
designated for the number required to fill said
quotas.
The draft will be commenced as soon after
the 15th of April as practicable. The Govern
ment bounties as now paid will be continued
until April 15th, 1864, at which time the ad
ditional bounties cease. On and after that
date one hundred dollars bounty only will be
paid, as provided by the act approved July
22d, 1861.
(Signed) ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Official :—E. D. TOWNSEND, A. A. G.
Washington, Monday, Feb. 15— The follow
ing important order has just been published :
War Department, Adjutant-General's Of
fice, Washington, March 12, 1863.—General
Orders, No. 98.—The President of the United
States orders as follows :
First Major-General Halleck is, at his own
request, relieved from duty as General-in-Chief
of the Army, and Lieutenant-General U. S.
Grant is assigned to the command of the armies
of the United States. The Head-quarters of
the Army will be in Washington, and also with
Lieutenant-General Grant in the field.
Second. Major-General nalleck is assigned
to duty in Washington as Chief of Staff of the
Army, under the direction of the Secretary of
War and the Lieutenant-General Commanding;
his orders will be obeyed and respected accord
ingly.
Third. Major-General W. T. Sherthan is as
signed to the command of the Military Divi
sion of the Mississippi, composed of the De
partments of the Ohio, the Cumberland, Ten
nessee and the Arkansas.
Fourth. Major-General J. B. McPherson is
assigned to the command of the Department
and Army of Tennessee.
Fifth. In relieving Major-General Halle&
from duty as General-in-Chief, the President
desires to express his approbation and thanks
fur the able and zealous manner in which the
arduous and responsible duties of that position
have been performed.
By order of the Secretary of War.
E. D. TOWNSEND, Assist. A (lj t.- G en.
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Washington, March 16.—Major-General W.
T. Sherman, in a despatch dated Vicksburg,
Miss., Feb. 27, by way of Cairo, March 10th,
has addressed the following to Lieutenant-
General Grant, care of General Ilalleck :
General:—l got in this morning from Can
ton, where I left my army in splendid heart
and condition. We reached Jackson Feb. 6th,
crossed Pearl River and passed through Brand
on to Morton, where the enemy had made dis
positions for battle, but fled in the night.—
Posted on over all obstacles and reached Meri
dian Feb. 14. General Polk having a railroad
to assist him in his retreat, escaped across the
Tombigbee on the 17th.
We stayed at Meridian a week, and made
the most complete destruction of railroads ever
beheld. South from Quitman, past Cuba Sta
tion, two miles north to Lauderdale Springs,
and west and all the way back to Jackson. I
could hear nothing of the cavalry force of
General Wm. Smith, ordered to be there by
Feb. 10th. 1 inclose by mail with this a copy
of his instructions. I then began to give back
slowly, making a circuit by the north to Can
ton, where I left the army yesterday.
I will leave it there five days, in hopes the
cavalry will turn up from Memphis.
Major-General Butterfield writes from Cairo,
on Mar.th 11th, to Lieutenant-General Grant
or llalleck, that he left General Sherman the
day previous, at Memphis, and that his com
mand is all safe. The total loss in killed and
wounded was oue hundred and seventy. The
general result of his expedition, including the
Smith and Yazoo River expedition, is about as
follows :
One hundred and fifty miles of railroad,
sixty-seven bridges, seven thousand trestles,
twenty locomotives, twenty-eight ears one thou
sand bales of cotton, several steam mills, over
two million bushels of corn were destroyed.
The railroad destruction was complete and
thorough. The capture of prisoners exceeds
our loss. Upwards of eight thousand contra
bands and refugees came in with the various
columns.
After occupying Decatur, General Dodge
pressed west to Courtland and thence to Moul
ton, driving the enemy and capturing many
prisoners and much ammunition.
Washington, March 18.—A despatch from
Culpeper Court House, says that the signal
officers on Cedar Mountain report that yester
day the Rebels, who have been in camp across
the Rapidan all winter, broke up their camp
and set fire to their huts, marching off in the
direction of the Shenandoah Valley. It was
not known whether this was merely a change
of camp or the commencement of an active
campaign.
PASSING EVENTS, &C.
WE had several little snow storms last week
A large lot of fine Albums just received at the
Book Store of H. R. FETTERBOFF.
Presbyterial.—A special session of the Car
lisle Presbytery was convened at Middle Spring
church, Cumberland county, on last Wednesday.
IiON. CHARLES GILPIN has been appointed 11. S.
District Attorney for the Eastern District of this
State, in place of lion. Geo. A. COFFEY, deceased.
HON, HARRY WHITE, ex-Senator from rndiana,
has been released by the rebels and is now on his
way home.
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Moving.—Many of our friends in town and
country have availed themselves of the fine weather
of the last week or two, to move.
Buns and Buttcr have become scarce and dear
commodities to towns-folks; and what is more they
are becoming dearer every day.
Changes. Subscribers intending to change
their places of residence cn the first of April will
please give us timely notice of the fact, so that the
necessary changes may be made upon our packet
book.
New Coin.—The Government is considering
the subject of the propriety of issuing two new
coins, to be of bronze—one and two cent pieces.—
The price of niokle is extremely high, and it is pro
posed to substitute some other metal for it.
NeW Currency.—The First National Bank of
Waynesboro' has received the new currency of the
denomination of Five Dollars, and expect to receive
the larger bills in the course of a week or two.—
The notes is hsndsomely gotten up, after the "green
back" style. We unders`and the institution will
commence paying out in a few days. —Village Record.
Ministerial .—Revs. .—__ers. JOHN W. BUCKISSY and
Jour H. Maxtsit, have been continued on the Met.=
cersburg circuit for another year, by the East Bal
timore Conference of the M. E. Church. Both gen
tlemen hare been much liked here; and they are
both, we are glad to say, good, earnest preachers,
and faithful pastors.
Gallery.—The Picture Gallery which has been
so successful here for the last year or two, by Dr.
FETTERHOTT and Capt. ROBERTS respectively, has
been purchased by Mr. SoLoma Dams, who is
doing a large business. Mr. Dams takes Photo
graphs in a style equal to those taken by operators
who have had a large experience,
Election.—The Spring Election was held on
last Friday. There was not a very large vote polled.
There was less noise and confusion than usual on
such occasions, owing probably to the high price of
rum. It resulted as previous elections have done,
viz the candidates having the highest number of
votes were elected.
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Mail Robbed.—On last vr a a
e_nee..ny itTerang,
the carrier of the Middleburg mail was stopped on
his {Tay from the railroad station to that place, by
some soldiers who drew revolvers upon the carrier
(a boy of sixteen? and made him deliver up tht
mail, which they proceeded to examine and take.
whatever it contained worth having. We have nott
heard of the arrest of the party.
Ocat cotemporary, the Journal, wants the people.
of Mercersburg to arouse and see what can be done,
to fill the quota of that Borough under the last call
for 200,000 troops, and see if it cannot be the
"Banner Town." We would like to see our neigh
bors gain the prize,lbut Greencastle always keeps a
credit on the books, and we think we are full under
this call.
Destroyed by Fire.—Early on Monday morn
ing last, the Barn on the farm lately owned by the
heirs of 'HENRY EYERLT, dec'd, near Funkstown,
was entirely consumed by fire. The loss is quite a
serious one. The farm had been recently purchas
ed by Mr. SA3IUEL C. STOUFFER, Mr. EDWARD HUM
RICKMOUSE leaving the same and just moving there
on. The fire is supposed to be the work of as in
cendiary.—.7lagerstown
Ladies' Aid Societies.—The Mercersburg
Journal contains the third and final report of the
Mercersburg Ladies' Aid Society This society
has done a great deal for the soldiers every where.
It is expected the society will be reorganized before
long. The report concludes thus :—" Surely the
field is wide for usefulness." The whole amount of
money received since the organization of the socie
ty in October, 1861, was $469 53 Amount ex
pended, $457 69, leaving a balance of $ll 84.
Military.—A special train passed through hers
on last Sabbath morning, conveying recruits for the
21st Pa. Cavalry from Hagerstown to Chambersburg.
New disposition of the forces in and about Mar.
tinsburg, Va., has been made by Gen. SIGEL. Gen.
Swath -is Chief of Staff ; Gen. AvSRILT, Chief of
Cavalry. Stirring news may be expected any day.
The Rebels are reported to be leaving the Rapidan
and moving into the Shenandoah Valley. Nothing
is definitely known yet
THE Juvenile Concert on last Tuesday was the
last of the series. The Hall was well filled, show
ing that the public appreciated Prof. M•CLrxs's
efforts. About a hundred little boys and girls were
on the stage, all looking as rosy and cheerful as if
it were a Christmas morning. Nothing touches the
heart so much as the melody of childrens' yoiees.
" How music charms'
How metre warms?
Parent. of actions good and brave !
How vice it tames?
How worth inflames?
And holds proud empire o'er the grave!"
Guitar. —By reference to a card in our adver
tising columns, it will be seen that Mr. Gan in
tends giving instructions on the Guitar during the
Summer. This Mr. G. is eminently qualified to do.
Our citizens have frequently had the pleasure of
listening to the music discoursed by him from the fa
vorite instrument. There is nothing which adds more
to the pleasures of social intercourse than good
music. We do hope that many of our young peo
ple who have been assiduously cultivating the study
of vocal musio during the past Winter, will take
lessons, as there is no better accompaniment to the
human voice than the Guitar.
Life of General M'Clellan.—T. B. PETER
SON & BROTHERS, Philadelphia, Pa., have just pub•
Halted the "Life, Campaigns, and Public Servi;es
of Major-General GEORGE B. MCLELLAN " the Hero
of Western Virginia! South Mountain ! and Antie
tam ! with a full history of his Campaigns and
Battles, and his Reports and Correspondence with
the War Department and the President, in relation
to them, from the time he first took the field in this
war, until he was finally relieved from command,
after the Battle of Antietam, with his Portrait.—
Complete in one large volume of 200 pages. Price
50 cents. Sent post paid to any address on receipt
of 50. cents. Price to canvassers, $3 50 a dozen,
or $25 a hundred, sent on receipt of the mousy.
Ladies Beware I—Take care of you photo
graphs ! There is a firm in New York sending out
circulars to unprincipled young men all over the
country, asking them to send in photographs of
young ladies, accompanied by a short. biographical
sketch, stating age, connection, social position,
and offering various prizes to those who may
send in the largest number of photographs and bi
ographies. The firm purposes to exhibit these to
young men in a " private gallery" for a considera
tion, with a view to select a partner or—something
worse. It is a rascally enterprise, and none but
the meanest men could engage in it. Our fair read
ers should at all events keep a tight hold on their
fac similes and be very certain that they are only in
honorable hands.
Alarm of Fire.—Last Wednesday afternoon
considerable excitement was caused by the burning
of a chimney in the " Holler House." The roof
caught fire in two or three places, and it was only
by the diligent exertions of a few individuals that
the fire was soon extinguished. Had it obtained
headway for a few momenta more, much valuable
property would doubtless have been destroyed.
The people of the town have been warned time
and again of the danger of conflagration and of the
present inefficiency, not to say worthlessness, of the
fire apparatus. We need hose and a good suc
tion. " Though one rose from the dead" neither
citizens nor town authorities would take measures
for the purchase of a fire apparatus, nor organize
fire department. Some day when heaps of ashes
tell of rows of dwellings burned to the ground and
the consequent loss of thousands of dollars, then
probably some will wish that a proper consideration
had been given to this subject.
Public Sales.—The following is a list of pub
lic sales, the bills of which have been printed st
this office :
A. Bowswr, March 22, 6 miles Southwest of
Greencastle, and 2 miles from the Greencastle and
Williamsport turnpike, and 3 miles from Cunning
ham's Cross-Roads.
J. W. Frnr, March 25, in the Borough of Green
castle.