Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1862-10-30

whether there was any coffee left, and finding
that there was some, they proposed to brins
some more officers aud few privates wht
were Frustrated by exposure to get what wa
left They were, of course, as welcome a
those present and on they came in squads O
five or more, until every grain Of Drowned cof
fee was exhausted. They then asked for tea
and thGt was served to some twenty more.
In the meantime, d subordinate officer had
begged of me q little bread for himself aud a
few men, and he vas supplied il the kitchen
He was followed by others in turn, until near
Iy an hundred had been supplied with some
thing to eat or drink Ali however, petite ly
asked permission to enter the h0nse, aud be-
haycd with entire proprjety. They did not
make a single rude or proane remark, even to
the servants In the meantime, the officers,
who had first entered the house, had filed
their pipes from the box Of klllckinick Gu the
mantle-after being assured that smoking was
pot olliensiye-aGd we had another hour OF
a free talk on matters generally. when old
that was "a decided Republican, theV Thank
ed le for being candid but Whe0, il reply to
their inquiries, | tod them that cordially SQs-
ja!ue4 the Presidents emancipation prOclama
ton, they betrayed lille nervousness, bat
Cd not for a moment forget their p:oE?:atr.-
They al mitttd t to be the NEST serious dan,
gyr that Has yet threatened them, 6ut they
we're al! hopepuI thai it woald net he sus
tanned IN The North with sufficient CGaa,i!ty
to enforce It They al! declared themselves
heartily sick of the war, h2t detcrL:ned never
TO ba reunited wi,h the Nurt2.
ct fur u'coc,; ii IKE morning the welcome
blast Of the ba-!e was heard, and they rose
hnrre4iy to depart Thanking ne for tie hos
plta!ity they had r,ooiged we parted mutually
expressing tee hope that ,hould We ever meet
again, il woUd he GuGcr more pleasant cir
cumstauces. IN few minutes theg were moan-
ted aod moved into Chantersburg. About
seven O'Clock went into town aGd found that
the first brigade, under Gea. Hampton, had
gOue towards Gettysburg. Gen. Stuart sat
on his horse in the middle OF the town. sur
rounded by his staff, and his command was
coming il from the coualry in large squads,
leading their old horses and riding their new
ones they had i0uEd in the stables hereaboutS.
Gen. Steart is Of medium size has a keen eye,
aud wears utneuse sandy whiSkegS aud NOUS
tache. Ills demeauor to our people was that
Of huuia { soldier In several instances bis
men commenced to take private property, but
they were arrested by General Stnarta pro,
rost guard. Ia single Instance only that
have heard Of did they enter store by intIu-
id1ttns the proprietor. All our shops ana
stores were closed, and with very few eXcep-
lions were not disturbed.
There were considerable Government stores
here some two hundred pairs of shoes few
boxes OF clothing, large quantity OF anmn,
uiton captured recently from Gen Longstreet.
1t was stored iu the warehouses OF N-underlich
i Mead. Aboet eleven o'clock their rear
guard was ready to leave, and they notified
Tie citizens residing near the warehouses to re-
move Their families, as they we're gong to burn
all public property. The railroad Statlon.honSe
ana Igach,ne shops, round house, and the ware,
houses filled vita ammuution were theu tired,
aud the last OF the rebels He'd tue town. Ia
Itlt.e tluie terrific explosion told that the
flames had reached the powder, ANA for hoais
shells were exploding with great rnpditg.-
Vae Ere companies came ou; as soon as the
rebelS left, but could not save any OF the
buildings fired because of the shells. They
saved ell Others however.
SO ended a day Of reheI rule in Chambers
uorg. They took some 500 horses from our
people and Ges troycd, perhaps, 100000
worth o. property for the Cumberland Valley
Railroad Company, probably 50, Gee for VIM
dclIich & Mead, and $I5O,OOO for the Gov,
eruIAcat. Our people generally feel that, bal
as they are, they are not 50 bad as they might
DC. presume that the cavalry We had with
rs are the flower OF the rebel army They are
made up m9u!y of Young men 10 Virginia,
ble culture. | should not like to risk SINH
lar experiment with their infautry | was
among them all the tine here. and was eX-
pecliug every minute to he called upon to re-
port 70 General Stuart but they did net
seem to have time to look after prisoners, and
/ lnckly escaped But from the fact that ]
cart fad horse abonl tie barn, aud that
my fanrp i Striuped of mailing to remind me of