fjje Democrat.
HARVEY 9ICKLGR, Editor.
TUNK.HA.NNOCK, Pjl.
Wednesday, Oct. 15, 1862
„ * T
JGX-We have delayed issuing our paper
for a few hours in order that the result of the
late election in this cjunty, might be fore
* shaddowed.
Our democratic friends will excuse this de
lay, and agree with us that the result is such
as to inspire the people with new hopes, and
cause every patriotic heart to throb with
emotion of joy, that the democratic party
still lives to maintain and defend the rights
of the free white man, against the despotic
rule of those who would debase and enslave
him.
In the absence of the official returns from
all, and the entire absence of reported votes
in a tew of the districts in the county, it is
impossible for us to give anythiug more than
an approximate estimate of the vote. Enough
however, has been received to warrant the
conclusion that the entire white man's ticket
has received a majority in the county of from
150 to 200.
The Internal Tax Law
Mr. Boutwell, the Tax Commissioner at
Washington, has given another explanation
and construction of Stevens' Tax Law, under
-date of the 29th ult.
By this construction of the law it appears
that a tavern keeper, besides paying a State
and a United States license, must also be
licensed as retail liquor dealer.
All farmers, butchers and truckmen rent
ing stalls in our markets, will be required to
pay the license of retail dealers.
All farmers, truck men, butchers, millers,
bakers, &c., selling out of wagons, fruui house
to house, will be required to take out aped
dler's license.
Fnder this construction of the law, fann
ers who stand in our sireets on market days
with their wagons, will have to pay a ped
dler's license.
It is difficult to define the limit of taxa
t'oa under the series of the Abolition Tax
laws which are likely to emanate from the
office of Internal Revenue. This important
matter will be better understood by our
farmers and the rest of the community,
after the election , when the taxes will be as
sessed and callected.
The Difference.
A man accused of murder, robbery, burgla
ry, arson, or any of the mast infamous offen
ces in the catalouge of crime, may demand a
habeas corput , be confronted by his accuser
and learn the nature of his accusation, and be
discharged on bail, ev n in murder, except in
cases where the evidence is too plain for doubt-
These are constitutional rights declared to be
inviolate.'
But how is it now ? Any evil-disposed per
son, or personal or political enemy, may set a
policeman or constable to arrest you, drag you
from your family and business hundreds Of
miles away to some prison or fort. The accu
sation and your accuser are kept secret, the
habeas corpus is suspended, and you can get
o hearing or when you do get one, you have
no way to get your witnesses to establish
your innocence. Is it any wonder that the
nations of Europe look upon us with amaze
ment 7
Creed of Jefforson.
[lnaugural Adress, March 4, 1101 .J
It is proper you should understand
what I deem the essential principles of our
government, and consequently those which
ought to shape its administration. I will
compress them within the narrowest coin
pass they will the general
principles but not all its limitations :
''Equal and exact justice to all men of
what-ever State or persuasion, religious or
political.
"Peace, commerce and honest friendship
with all nations, entangling alliance with
none.
" The support of the State government in
all their rights as the most important admin
istrations for our domestic concerns,, and the
surest bulwarks against all anti-republican
tendencies.
" The preservation of the General Govern
ment in its whole constitutional vigor, as the
'sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety
abroad."
"A jealous care of the right of election by
the people, a mild and safe correction of abus
es which are lopped off hy the sword of rev
olution where peaceable remedies are unpro
vided.
" Absolute acquiescence in the decisions of
the majority, the vital principle of republics,
from which there is no appeal but to form
the vital principles and immediate parent, des
potism.
" A well disiplined militia, our best reli
ance in peace, and, for the first momenta of
war, till regulars may relieve them.
" The supremacy of the civil over milita
ry authority.
"•Economy in the public e.rpense, that la
bor may be lightly burdened.
" The honest payment of our debts and sa
cred preservation of the public faith.
u Encouragement of Agriculture, and of
commerce as its handmaid.
" The diffusion of information, and arraign
ment of all abuses at the bar of public reason.
" Freedom of person, under the protection
of the habeas corpus, and trial by Juries im
partially selected.
!!!
LITTLE
WYOMING
Redeemed!
THE RIGHTS OF THE WHITE
MAN TO BE RESPECTED!
THE PEOPLE IN FAVOR OF
The Constitution as it
is, and the Union
as it was.
FREE NEGROISM, MOB
Rule, ancl Despotism
Rebuked!!
A Democratic Gain of over 100 from last
year.
The following are the reported majorities
as far as heard from, in the several Town
ships, on the State ticket. The official will
not vary these figures much, if any. Ther
on Vaughn, our candidate for Commissioner,
will probably have 250 or 300 majority. The
Democratic State ticket, from the best esti
mates received, about 200 majority. —
Tracy about the same:
DEMOCRATIC MAJORITIES.
Nicholson, 82
Tunkhannock Borough, 6
Tunkhannock Township, 80
North Branch, 28
Washington, 10
Meshoppen, 77
Windham, 10
Falls, 8G
Overfield 50
Exeter, 00
Northumberland, 00
Forks ton, 00
Democratic Majority in the three Districts
last named, is estimated at about 50.
REPUBLICAN MAJORITIES.
Eaton, G5
Lemon, 14
Mehoopany, GG
Monroe, 18
Brain trim 45
Clinton, 79
Not a Parallel Case.
The abolition papers have just discovered
a mare's nest in the fact that Stephen A.
Douglas, in the House of Representatives, in
1844, (January 10th,) in the debate on the
bill to refund the fine imposed on Gen. Jack
son, by Judge Ilall, at New Orleans, defend
ed the old hero, and favored the remission of
the fine, holding the legal forms and civil
Court proceedings as being of secondary im
portance ander the circumstances surround
ing the case. The abolitionists are quoting
Douglas in justification of recent outrages
committed upon our citizens and of the Pres
ident's proclamation suspending the writ of
habeas corpus all over the country. But
this argument will not answer their purpose.
Gen. Jackson declared martial law only in
the particular locality where war existed,
and where it was imperatively necessary that
the military power, for the time, should be
supreme. The President, at that time, did
not suspend the writ throughout the land—
he did not suspend it anywhere. Nobody
now finds fault with our Generals for declar
ing martial law and suspending the civil pow
er in cities and localities where a state of ac
tual war exists ; nobody finds fault with
General Butler for having declared martial
law in New Orleans, where General Jackson
declared it.
j
It is always expected that martial law will
be declared in such cases. It always has
been declared in such cases. But it never
occurred before, in this or any other country,
that martial law was proclaimed throughout
so vast a country as that embraced in our
loyal States, where a state of war does not
exist. This was not done, even in those parts
of our country bordering on Canada during
the last was with Great Britain. In fact, the
writ of habeas corptis was never before sus
pended by the act of the President for the
simple reason that no President before Mr.
Lincoln ever considered that he had the power
to suspend it.
Think of it! a President, without the shad
ow of legal authority to do so, suspending the
writ of yabeas corpus throughout nineteen
States, in which war does not exist, but in
vrh>h the masses of the people are intensely
loyal, and from which about thirteen hundred
thousand troops have been furnished for the
defense of the country within less than a year
and a half! And General Jackson's declara
tion of martial in New Orleans-, a city abowt
to be attacked by the British legions is quoted
ae a justification of Mr. Lincoln's declaration
of martial law throughout the entire country !
"What could be more absurd 1 * !
- Letter from the Army.
CONRAD'S FERRY, )
Md. Oct. 3d 18G2. $
DEAR EDITOR: —Since ray last, wc have
changed our position, from Arlington Heights,
\ a., to Conrad's Ferry, Md., our Regt. hold
ing the picket line from Point Rock, to this
Ferry, distance 15 miles. We are now loca
ted in a pleasant and healthy country, abun
dant with good water, good fruit, apd in fact,
everything necessary for the comfort and con
venience of man. The Potomac here, is a
beautiful stream of pure water, resembling
the Susquehanna in many places, though not
as wide as the Susquehanua at Tunkhannock.
The banks are high and heavily timbered
with large and leafy oaks, with their huge
branches overhanging the water. Under the
shade and protection of these oaks, our boys
1 are watching night and day, every movement
'of the enemy on the opposite hank. Noth
, ing of a serious nature has occurred of late,
up to Oct. Ist. Several complaints lias been
made by the farmers on the Va. side, of ill
treatment, from the rebel army, 6uch as tak
ing horses, mules, cattle, provisions &c.—
Also impressing into the service every man
without distinction, in any way capable of
bearing arms. This news having reached
Gen. Stoneman, now commanding the divis
ion of the late General Kearney, he at once
I determined to reconnoitre the country, as far
1 out as Leesburg. A force consisting of the
57th P. V., one section of Ist. P. V. artillery,
J and three squadrons of Col. Duffied's Ist
Rhoad Island corps, were selected for this
expedition, all under command of Lieut,
j Col. Rirney, of 57th P. V. All things being
1 in readidess we started out at 11 o'clock A.
jM. Oct., 2nd,forded the river without much
1 difficulty, (though the water in many places
was deep and rapid,) and proceeded at once,
j toward Leesburg. Squads of cavalry were at
once sent out on either side the road, to scour
i the country as far cut as practible, the main
I body moving rapidly toward the town. Be
' fore 2 o'clock P. M. Col. Duffiied's corps were
drawn up in line of battle, along the main
j street of Leesburg, and our artillery placed
: in position to shell the main entrance into
the town, from the opposite side, and also to
hold the main road to the ferry. Lieut. Gi
! lespia of the 57th, was then ordered with
Co's B. and C. to scour the town. This duty
! was nobly performed by the young Lieut.—
He visited every street, the th principal
hospitals, all filled with sick and wounded
rebels. Captured 36 prisoners, (nearly all
| convalescent,) brought them before Col. Duf
fied, (who paroled them with several others,)
! and returned to Head Quarters, highly elated
j with his flying visit through the rebel town
! Capt. Sides had the principle command of the
' 57th, and as usual seemed to be on his high
heels when in anticipation of a fight. About
| five o'clock our scouts carne in, and we at
' once proceeded toward camp, recrossing the
river at sunset, and reaching camp soon af
| ter star light, where we found splendid camp
j fires in readiness to dry our breeches, pre
j pare our coffee Ac. The whole thing was
! done in good order, every one feeling confi
! dent that he had performed all that was ex
pected of him with the exception of leaving
twenty or thirty dead rebels on the field, and
capturing forty or fifty prisoners. However
we have left this part of the work for some
future day, and should I survive I will gladly
tell you all about it. Yours Co.,
L. W. AVERY. >
57th Regt. P. Y. $
The Designs of the Radicals.
A correspondent of the Albany Argus re
lates the following as a part of conversation
between himself and a leading Abloitionist in
relation to the war and its results. The cor
i respondent suggested the possibility of the
! people of the south getting over their phrenzy
and supporting the old Union. This the Abo
litionist pronounced futile, hopeless.
" What then," asked I, " with your plan o
' prosecuting this war, will in your opinion he
the condition of any Southern State—Alabama
for example—five years from to-day ?"
" It will," he replied, " be a Black Repub
lic, like Hayli."
"And is that what this war is for ?"
| " That is precisely," said he, "what this
war is for and nothing else,"
"Am I at liberty," I inquired, " to repeat
these sentiments as being those entertained
by you
! " You are fully authorized to do so, for our
people have got to be educated to just that
point before we can hope for any success in
this war.,,
AV hither are we drifting, Mr. Editor, when
a great party is committed to the guidance of
men whose loftiest aspiration are centered in
the hope of converting States of our Union in
to Negro Republics ? What brilliant states
manship !
Abolition Ideas of Power.
In Chicago the Abolitionists have had a
large meeting, to enforce the President's
Proclamation. In the course of speech, a
Mr. Ingersoll, who is christened as the Hon.
E. C. Ingersoll, indulges in the following:—
"I am not the judge of what is necessary,
nor is any man here the judge. The Presi
dent is the appointed judge, and when his
mandate has gone forth, fiffSfeveiy man is
bound to obeyfSrfff. Abraham Lincoln is
commander-in-chief of the armies of the Uni
ted States. .As such he possesses the power
nececsary to crush the rebellion. I care not
what you name the measure, if it becomes
necessary, that, is the only question, and
man who does not respect the man
dates of his supreme general, when the coun
try is in a death grapple with rebellion, is a
traitor and deserves a traitor 7 3 doom T*?
(Immense applause.) The President, in such
a time, I believe, is clothed with power
as full as that of the Czar of Rus
sicESrfl over this question, and the ques
tion of its exercise is for HIM and his consti
tutional advisers to determine."
John W. Forney's Picture of Abolition Dis
uniouists.
"While the columns of the Press are daily
teeming with the vile slanders of its pensioned
editor against that noble party which, from
the days of Jefferson down to the present
hour, has ever been found foremost in the
battle for the Constitution and the UnioD, it
will be useful in exposing the malignity and
baseness that now actuates him, to present a
picture, drawn by himself, before he has fall
en into the depths of degradation. In 185G<
after we had triumphed over the fell efforts
the Abolition party, which he now sustains'
hejthon gave vent to his feelings thus. Speak
ing of the hordes who came to reduce Penn
sylvania from her fidelity to her sister States,
he said ;
" They came from the far North and the
far West. Those who had figured in old
Abolition organizations, when Abolitionism
was a hissing and a scorn, rushed to the con
flict, eager and confident that they were em"
barking in a victorious cause. Here we saw
the men who declared in favor of an anti
slavery Constitution, au anti-slavery Bible,
and an anti slavery God! Here we listened
to the appeals of those who hod invoked fire
and desolation upon our Southern brethren !
Here we heard the accents of men who had
pronounced in favor oj the amalgalion of ra
ces. Here wo saw the representatives of that
appalling sentiment which has stigmatized
our Constitution as " a league with death and
a covenant with hell." The men who came
to assail us and to poison the public mind
were not merely carpet warriors ; they were
the old and well tried chieftains oi Sectional
ism ; veterans covered with scars received in
many a former conllict with the friends of the
Constitution; wily politicians, who under
stood the fell anatomy of Disunion , and had
studied the awful science of tracking the very
life current of the Republic to its source ;
men who had calculated the chances of our
national existence ; men who had considered
the cost of a deliberate crusade upon and fear
ful experience in the ranks of fanaticism, had
finally come to the conclusion that the day of
patriotism had passed, and that the hour of
civil war and natural desolation had arrived,''
So wrote—so spoke—John W. Fornny in
1850, when he, Hickman, Pearce, and others,
were bold and apparently sincere in their do -
nunciations of Black Republicanism, as the en
cmy of the Constitution, bent on forcing a dis
solution of the Union by a sectional war upon
the rights of the Southern States and the
property of the Southern People.
Voting men—thiuking men—read the words
of Forney, ibove correctly given, and then an
swer whether you will permit hun aud his co
renegades to drag you to the abyss into
which a lust for plunder and office has car
ried them.
Facts from Congressional History.
AaRAIIAM LINCOLN ON THE MEXICAN WAR.
Abraham Lincoln, now President of the
United States, was a member of Congrcs
from Illinois in 1848, during the struggle he
twecn this country and Mexico. He was an
unrelenting and bitter opponent of that war,
and a firm political friend and adherent of
Hon. Thomas Corwin, who proclaimed in his
place in the Senate of the nation his hope that
any American soldier who followed the flag
of his country into Mexico would he welcom
ed by the the Mexicans " with bloody hands
to hospitable graves." Mr. Lincoln also act
ed, during the whole of that struggle, with
that party which voted to withhold supplies
from the American troops, though they were
in a hostile country, and in want of all the
necessaries of life, and thus gave evidence of
their affiliation with the enemies of the Re
public, and desire to aid them in all ways
possible under the laws of this country
Mr. Lincoln did not recognize the " test of
loyalty" to he a full support of all the meas
ures of an Administration during the contin
uance of .the war, he not only voted and spoke
cgainst the measures of Mr. Polk's Adminis
tration, hut he put his opposition on such
grounds as to strike at the very foundation of
the Government itself.
As showing the animus of Abraham Lin
coln's opposition to the war of 1848, and his
criticism on the manner of conducting it on
the part ?of the President, we copy from a
speech, as reported in the Appendix to Con
gressional Globe, 1848, volume 19, page 95.
After propounding certain interrogatories to
the President, Mr. Lincoln said :
* * * Let the President answer the in
terrogatories I propose. * * *
But if he cannot or will not do this, then
I shall he fully convinced of what I more
than suspect alread}-, that he is deeply con
scious of being in the wrong; that he feels
the blood of this war, like the blood of Abel,
is crying to Heaven against him ; that lie or
dered General Taylor into the midst of a
peacefuT Mexican settlement purposely to
bring on a war; that originally having some
strong motive to involve the two countries in
a war, and trusting to escape scrutin)' by fix
ing the public gaze upon the exceeding bright
ness of military glory—that attractive rain
bow that rises in showers of blood ; that ser
pent's eye, that charms to destroy—he plun
ged into it, and has swept on, and on, till,
disappointed in his calculations of the ease
with which Mexico might be subdued, he now
fnds himseh he knows not where. How like
the insane mumblings of a fever dream is the
whole tone of the late message.
* * * * At one time urging the na
tional honor, the security of the future, the
prevention of foreign interference, and even
the good of Mexico herself, as among the
objects of the war ; at another telling us, Ac.
As to the mode of terminating the war and
securing peaee, the President is equally wan
dering and indefinite. First, it is to be done
by a more vigorous prosecution of the war in
the vital parts of the enemy's country, and
after apparently talking himself tired on this
point, the President'drops down on a half
despairihg tone, and tells us that " with a
people distractod anefdivided, Ac. *
the continued success of our " arms may fail
to obtain a satisfactory peace." Then he
suggests the propriety of wheedling the Mex
ican people to desert the counsels of their '
own leaders, and trusting in our protection,
to set up a government, from which we can
secure a satisfactory peace, telling us that
" this may become the only mode of obtain
ing such a peace." But soon he falls into ,
doubt of this too, and then drops back on
the already half abandoned grounds of'' more j
vigorous prosecution," * * bis inind task- j
ed beyond its power, is running hither and
thither, like some tortured creature on a burn
ing surface, Ac.
Again, It is a singular omission in this mes
sage, that it nowhere intimates when the
President expects the war to terminate.—
At Its beginning, General Scott was, by this
same President, driven into despair, If not to
disgrace, for intimating tuat peace could not
be conquered in less than three or four
months. ******
This same President gives us a long mes
sage without showing us that, as to the end>
he has himself even an imaginary conception'
As I have before said, be knows not where he
is. lie is a bewildered, confounded and mis
erably perplexed man. God grant he may be
able to show there is not something about
his conscience more painful than all his men
tal perplexity !
So much for Abraham Lincoln's criticism
! on the conduct of the Mexican war, and the
| spirit manifested by him in his official rela-
I tiou to the Government. The application of
these facts from Congressional history to the
present time, is fur others, not us. We sim
ply note the facts. But now as to Mr. Lin
coln's ideas with reference to the right of a
people to " rise up and shake off the existing
government." In this case we also content
ourselves with Quoting Mr. Lincoln's own
words, from the same speech. Mr. Lincoln
said :
"Any people an}*where, being inclined,
and having the power, have the RIGHT to
rise up and shake off the existing government,
and form a new one that suits them better.—
This is a most valuable, a most sacred right.
* * Any portion of such people that can,
may revolutionize and make their own of so
much territory as they inhabit. More than
this, a majority of any portion of such people,
may revolutionize, putting down a minority
intermingled with, or near them. It is a
quality of revolutions not to go by old lines,
or old laws, but to break up both, and make
new ones."
llow this solemn declaration of Mr. Lincoln
attaches to existing facts in -his own and the
history of the nation, is for the American
citizen to say.
Wexjc 3XTo*ws
THE DIKING KEH EG RAID INTO
PENNSYLVANIA!
CARLISLE, PA., Oct. 11, 1862,
The recent raid of Stuart's Rebel Cavalry
into Pennsylvania, as far as five miles north
of Chambersburg, and from thence towards
Gettysburg, to which point cannot yc-t be
definitely ascertained, is without exception
the boldest act of the war, and far surpasses
in audacity and daring the celebrated raid on
the White House, at an earlier period of the
war. It is difficult to conceive that the feat
would be attempted without positive previous
. knowledge of just where they were going and
just the amount of opposition likely to be met
with. It is believed hereabouts that guides
accompanied t lit in who knew as much about
the condition of affairs at Mercersburg and
Chambersbnrg as the citizens of these towns
themselves, and perhaps more.
Particulars of the Raid.
I proceed to furnish you witli the lbl! wing
particulars regarding the occurrence, the
main points of which have already been tele
graphed to you.
The cavalry, about three thousand in num
ber (although accounts differ as to their
strength, some parties insisting there were
not more than seven hundred of them), and
six pieces of artiller} , crossed the Potomac at
Hancock or Clear Spring, on Friday morning,
and proceeded at once to Mercersburg, with
out committing any depredations, or in the
least degree interfering with the inhabitants
along the route, it evidently being their in
tention, at the outset to spare the persons and
property of private citizens horses excepted
In fact, this was communicated by some
them to parties in Chambersburg. They en
tered Mercersburg about noon, to the great
astonishment of the citizens, who at first
thought it was a body of Union troops. No
damage was done at meicersburg, with the
exception of pressing a number of horses
there being no railroad depot, publie work
shops or Government stores in the town.
They passed through the town, and took the ,
Pittsburg pike for Chambersburg, arriving
near the town just before dark. One of their
first acts was to plant three pieces of artillery
on a hill back of the town ; after which a de
tachment of fifteen men were sent into the
town, bearing a flag of trace, and requesting
to see the chief personages or authorities, eta
ting that they had ample force at hand and
that the town must be surrendered or shelled '
at the same time stating that guns were in
position for that purpose. Hon. A. iv. Mc
dure and Provost Marshall Stimmel then ac
companied them to the officer in commaud,
and all resistance being impossible the town
was surrendered and soon afterwards fully oc. i
cupied. Previous to their entrance, however
a number of the militia of Chambersburg
proceeded to arm themselves ami made a show
of resistance, but the project was abandoneds
as entirely futile. One of their first acts wa
to plant two pieces of artillery in the square
of the town commanding the principal thor
ougfares, and placing guards at different
points.
Occupation of Cftainbersburg.
The town was fairly occupied about seven
'clock in the evening. Shortly afterwards,
a large portion of them made directly for tha
warehouse and cars, in which were stored a
great quantity of Government goods, consist,
ing principally of uniforms and a small quanti
!ty of boots. Not long afterward*, the whols
town was converted into one vast dressing
room. On every hotel porch, at every corner,
on the greater portion of the street door steps,
in fact, all over town might be seen R e b
cavalry donning Yankee uniforms and throw,
ing their own faded and worn-out garments
into the street. In many instances, one man
would enscone his pedestals in two or three
new pair-of pants, as many coats, and with
the same number of caps hanging about hinti
j The streets became full of dirty Rebel cloth'
ing. It is a noticeable fact that many of them
had on Union uniforms when they entered
the town, and a number of their horses wars
; marked " U. S."
CHAMBERSBL'RG, Oct. 13.
There has been a " high old time" in the
town during the past three days, caused by 1
the sudden appearance of the Rebels, but tbe
excitement has now somewhat subsided, and
: business is beginning to assume its wonted
sway. On Friday and Saturday all trade and
travel was suspended, but to-day the length
ened countenances of our people present a
more cheerful appearance. The visit of the
Rebels was short and sweet, but they staid
quite long enough ; and all but a few of their
sympathizers (and there are many here,}
were delighted when they departed. They
came in rags and filth, but Went away likd
gentlemen—that is, if good, nsw clothing will
entitle a inan to be called a gentleman— for
the stores and two car-loads of new clothing
were seized and distribilted among the party,
and their appearance was bright as a " new
pin in fact, their appearance was highly
creditable to Philadelphia tailors and seam'
stresses; who made up the uniforms for " the
boys" in McClellan's army,
You have already received some of the de
tails of the losses here. The damage by the
conflagation will exceed TWO HUNDLED THOU
SAND dollars, of which amount the Cumber
land Valley Railroad Company suffer to the
extent of .^BO,OOO.
Mr. 0. N. Lull, the Superintendent of the
road, had all his furniture destroyed, upon
which there was no insurance. The car, en
gine, wood and water houses of the Company
were totally destroyed, and, for a space of
three hundred square yards, there is now
nothing left but th blackened and smoulder
ing remains. The track was uninjured, and
the trains to-day are running as usual.
The warehouses of Messrs Wimderlich &
Xeid contained a large amount of ammuni
tion and stores, among the former seven hun
dred thousand cat ridges, seven hundred mus
kets, and a quantity of shells, loose powder
Ac, Ac. When the building blew up, there'
was no one near ; but those in the other nee
tions of the town made some of the tallest
traveling that has ever been seen in this sec
tit nof the country, or anywhere else. For
tunately no one was injured. These build
ings were located on Second street, near the
Falling Spring Creek, and were leveled with
the ground. <hie of the shells was blown in
to Mr. Frederick Grove : s stable, and it was
totally consumed.
One r.ar was folded with revolvers, which
the Rebels carried off with them. Two long
trains of cars, loaded with goods consigned to
private individuals, were not disturbed.
General Hampton appeared to be in cotn--
mand, and appeared anxious that the citizen*
ibnuld not suffer. Soon after he entered the
place he rode up to a house on the main street?
and to!J the occupants of the hou6e to shootT
d \vn any private t! a f . attempted to enter the
l ouses, unless accompanied by an officer, and
he would protect them in the course. One
of the officers ex! i ited a long list of the
names of the prominent Unionists of this
place, and said that he was fully posted in
regard to the feeling tf the people of this sec
tion
The Rebels were accompanied by one resi
dent of this place and several from Ilagcrs
town, who acted as spies and piiots. Among
the latter was a man who, it is alleged, was a
member of the last Legislature, but we can.
hardly credit it. These gentlemen departed
with the company in which they came. If
they had remained here their necks would
have been encircled with a hempen cravat.
There were about eight hundred horses
taken from the stables here and the fatmers
in the vicinity, and a number of skinny, at
tenuated equines left in their place.
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