The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-10-24
A Highly Inserestiag Yankee Account or stu
arts Raid iato Chambersbura. .-.The Eu-
trance OF the RebeIs...Their Behavior. &c

arts Raid iato Chambe rsbura ...The Eu-
trance OF the RebeIs...Their Behavior. SC
II will be rccoeesed that most Of the di,r ATT hes
appfisins Gov. Curtin Of the Confederate dash into
Pennsylvania were signed "Col 4. X. Mcclure w.
That officer has communicated his expesicu 10 a
friend in long letter. written Ia style tia, sLo
the Colonel can appreciate a good joke. lie ,,.s
in command Of the post at Chsmbersburg The
following is an extract from his account;
THE "BuTTgaNuTs" ARRIVE
had just got word of the movemep, TO Governor
Curtin and General Brooks at Hagers.o~n. when
as sent for to meet the distinguished s.rsnyors
hassy message to Hagerstown ard Harrisburg
81 'aing hat the town was about be ndersd.
closed teiegraphic communication, and Mr.. Gil
E"re the operator, prepared at fer the a1yU.t
of his srecesecrs, and struck out at once along the
lire toward Harrisburg with his instrument
went up 'o,sn to NEE. the flag of truce, aud found
clever looking "buternut, dripping wet, with
ont any mark Of rank, bearing q dirty white cloth
o:, l.le stick. He politely stated that he sought
tha commander or authorities OF the town, and in
lie naiae of the General commanding The Copfede.
rate forces be demanded tie surrender OF the vii
!age. He refused TO give his name. the name
OF the general commanding, and hs could not
state on what terms they would accept
surrender. Al ] had command other than
ths neatter-i snd bewildefed home a,igs ds-- AL
b:ave enough but eatrely without drill or Urgapi.
zuion-snd about three hundred wounded u.ec IN
'Lr nospitdis, SSEeu WIFE Tue clIZenj ~ CDe or
teen, snd Il did not require protracted counci, 10
determine that we could not successfully resis.
airy and rt;llery. So we concluded that the veIe-
Table village he'd to bs ronsignei ever to rebel
keeping. We had been kindly allowed thirty
minutes TO decide, p. the end of which time W.
were informed rebel artillery would demand sub
mission in rather unpleasant tones. Col. n. II.
Kennedy. Colonel by political breyet, Ike my.
ssfD Judge Kimmell. Provost MaIsLai ara ycur
humble servant, mounted three stray hoses and
filed in with the rebcl escort, amidst Il; ,ud ul
cheers for the Union and groans for th- oeis 10
inset we did not know "A hom aud TO GO vt did not
know where Without umbrellas O,e'csSts We
had the fall beEeit of drent'ting rain, ant must
admit la: Wa were treated with the D.ost cour.
tcay by our new associates. Thoy ,oaversed
ttosiy and without 'nanifss'ng any dA:lee "i bro
vaIo
AN INTERVIEW.
After travelling mile We st we ri we' brought
to a halt by squad Of mounted mcH, nd were in.
formed tAat General Hampton was OF the par,
ty to whom we should address ourselves. 1t was
dark that l could net distiDe csa him fri III
any Of his mec. Upon bcins in.pilnyd 4 that We
were committee OF citizens. ard Ii 4 there
organized foyce in town, and 10 HI way cOlnman-
der al tie post, he st.te., N = c;tn and sol
der like manner, that he Command Il ,he advance
0! the Confederate troops--;ha lie ~ resistance
would be vain, and he wished ris ,.acns 10 De
fully advised OF his rurp7Ee 50 - a>-'d reojl. ss
oEs Of life aud wanton dssruSt.,n ot i"rE"rty He
said he had been fred upon a. &. .Iru,st G.g and
Csxupbes' Owl A. and had great drcr:ir u. rastt;n
ing his rooEs He assured us that =. v. Z i Il scl III
pnoiE.y protect ciiizsns-woa.5 allow solder
to enter public private houses unless syT cCE
and 4 officer upon legitimate bu,i,e ss-thst
Ire 1cntd take soch private property Is h. needed
for sis Goyefna cEt OF troops. but tAat tu would
do 80 by men under officers who would allow no
wapton destructior, and wouid give receipts ior
tl2 same il desired, that claim might ne made
therefor against the United States Govern
,nent. All property belonging TO used by lie
United States. he stated, he would rse or destroy
f.t I'm it ss1t
ba paroed BEING United Sta.es officer myself,
L ca:rray felt so:ns snxiety to know " hat my
fate would be if he should disooyer ne, and mod
estly sugge sled that there might be United
sta,es officers in the town ia charge cs wounded
stores, or recruiting otiices and asktd what dfpJ
Htion would be made Of them. He answered that
ho would parole tal lni, unieas uo should have Rpe
cia reasons for not doing and le Instructed u
that None such lhould be notified by us to Leave
t8@n, Here was ia al interesting situation. If /
reEiiiut i, there might, in Gen Hampton opiniOn.
be gpe eial reasoa1 fer Eot parpug me," SID the
fact that he lad several citiZe.s OF Meroeraourg
with lin .risoners did not diminish aly apprs
tensions. Ii should leave, As had ampio oppoc-
tGaity afterwards 10 do. ! might be be!a v.o.at
Ing hy own hgrserDent1 AMI to what e. lea. my
family AID property might suffer in consequence
cOnieciure bad very wide iarga. Will sky
acres OF corn In shock snd three barns fa o grain,
excelteut farm ard Saddle horses, and = uGnber Of
Daat bloodcd cattle, the question of property
worthy vi "A thought resolved to ltay, - ialt
bonnd by the terui5 Oi surrender, and saae iiy
chance Uf discovery and parole
sTIpULATIuN5 FOR SURRENDER.
The conmi.,es went through the form of grave
but brief eoalultatlon, romewha. expedited. per
haps. BY tie rain, AID ID Ii soiennly sud FOX
,nsly Eurteuiered ths town upon the terms pio-
posed True, the stipuistio1s were but y.r2al, and
but side sbse to enforce than; but ha time, It's
weather, he p.ac' and oar sur rouIuing5 generally
were favorable to treaty in foril Al. history
must the reforc be without IL. We asked pernis
sion &c 80 E:t!e in advance OF his fofces 10 pre-
pare <tir psople !or tie sudden transition from the
Stars ard Stripes to the Stars and Ears General
Hampton permitted MY associates to do So, but de-
tailed 10 pilot lis advance guard al once to The
telegraph Office. perfor the duty assgnc Liz
with no great computations. a. had seeu Mr.. Cd
more, the operator, begia 10 Xix ui for theIa fully
Lour beiore, and the rsbe that outwits lin must
take very early start. Aessrs. Kennedy and kim
nell proceeded to town TO get the people 10 retire
psaceatly aud prevent any provoking demonstrA
iiols; snd so rebel rule began in Chambersburg
They marched in very orderly, and nost OF theif
force started out different roads 10 procure horsss
forage and provisions
Whisky BOUT sPCILED.
started IL advance Of ih IN 70: uly house, but
NOT in time to iave ths horses. / confidently e1
pected to be o.errun by them and to find the place
scene Of desolation in the morning resolved
however, ;has the thing should te douo scSerlS, Il
possible, and l had Just time to destroy all Ito
Liquors about the hJuse. As their piekets were all
around he, could not get it CT. barrel of best
Old rya Which, senacr Finney had sent to prove
the suptIiority OF the Crawford county article
that Of Franklin quietly rolled cut OF cellar
si,e-door, and a good sized ho'e bored into IL. n
keg OF oberhutzer's bot, se:,t mo seYersi years
ago but never tapped, followed Fiaasy's tes;iIno
NAL to Crawford county diEtiliation; aud couple
of cases of Pregbury's best Girard House iupc.ta
ton had the necks Of the bottles taken off
riy and the contentg given TO tie angry storm.
finished Just In time, for they were soon out upon
NE in force and every hors, in the bagn-ten il
all-was promptly equipped and MOUNTED by rebel
cavalryman They passed on towards Shippens
burg, leaving a picket force on ths road. In Gn
hour they returned with all ths horses they could
find ana dismounted TO spend the night on the
turn pike, In front Of MY door. 1t was now md
night and sat on the porch observing their move
menta They had my be:t corDfe'd beside them,
ana their horses Jared WELL In little while one
entered the yard, came up to me, and, after pro
found bow politely asked for a few eoaIs to stslt
fire / supplied him. aud informed him as blandly
as possible where he would frd wood conveniently,
as had dim visions OF camp fires made OF my pal
ings. l WAS thanked in RETURN end the mid u al
nercd villain proceeded AT once TO stfip the ience
and kinile firss. Soon after, squad came and
ask I'd pesanisaion to ge. some water.
INTRODUCED TO PUMP
piloted them to the pump, aid again received a
profrsion Of thanks. Communication having thus
been opened between u.s. squads followed each other
closely for water but each called and asked per
lnise Jon before getting 1t, and promptly left the
yard was soIncS hat bewildsl cd a; this uniform
courtesy aud supposed it but prelude to u gen.
eral movement upon everything eatatlo In the
morning. II was not grateful reflection that my