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Capture Of a Forage Train near Rom
neY hy C0nfadaratcs


a correspondent of the Pittsburg Chronicle,
Citing from Romneyi Va. on the 18th inst,
gives the following account of capture Of
a Federal forage train by the CSnferate, near
that place, which was briefly mentioned a few
days ago:
Yesterday our forage train was captured by
the rebels about Eve miles from camp, on the
Northwestern turnpike, west of this place
Twenty of the rebel cavalry made dash upon
the train. The Captain of the 10th Regi-
mcnt Ohio Volunteer Infantry, having COM
mand of the guard with the train, which mum;
bcred eighty, mostly of his own company, and
the balance from the 123d Regiment of Ohio
Volunteer !rantry, saw the rebels coming at
least four hundred yards on oil re pike, him
self and Second Lieutenant, with fifteen o,
his men, being in the rear at the time. His
men asked the Captain what they should do!
He muttered out to them that the news must
be taken to Romney, and Immediately him
self and Second Lieutenant, both being on
horseback, put spurs to their horses, and of
they went, leaving his men to take care OF
themselves as best they could. The men stood
still, not one of them making any attempt
whatever to defend himself. As the rebels
came up they said--"Throw down your arms
and we will parole yoh," which they at once
obeyed. The rebels rode along the train,
which was stretched out about mile along
the pike, our men throwing away their guns
and trying to get off, as the rebels were pass.
ing from one wagon to another along the road
Only three wagons out of twenty -four sue
ceeded in getting off AID they were the front
ones and guarded by fifteen of the Washing.
ton county (Pennsylvania) cavalry. Two o.
them fred upon the rebels-all the firing that
was done upon either side. This somewhat
checked the rebels and saved the three front
wagons from being captured; the rebels, how.
ever, captured twenty-onc and sixteen of our
man. fhey made our men unhitch their teams
for them, and set the wagons on fire which
were loaded with hay. Qaitc number of the
guard had left their guns on the top of the
loads of hay, and when fired by the rebels the
guns would pop off, which quite astonishet
the rebels at first. After the wagons hat
been fired by the rebels they made our mer
mount the team horses and mules, and quite
a number they made carry their guns, and of
they went towards Moorfeld in full gallop.-
A short distance off the rebels had seven Of
their men on picket, whom they called to theil
assistance as soon as they got started, making
twenty seven, all told. The total amount o
horses and mulce they took was one hundred
and one, ninety -one sets of harness, ant
burned nineteen wagons, which are a tota
losSsnd the other two partially destroyed by
! fire, beng a government loss of upwards o.
! sixteen thousand dollars,
Maryland free press. [volume] (Hagerstown [Md.]) 1862-18??, 1863-03-06
Children and fools speak the Truth.

Is an old adage, verified by daily observa-
tion-that is to say, when the customs of soci-
ETY. would dictate silence, or a prudent reserve,
the fools or the childrens blurt out the whole,
and that is the end oft.
The youthful Charlie, just turned of twenty
was smitten with the curls of Miss Melinda,
and was bent on having a few words with her
after the little boys had gone to bed, All of
them retired at their usual hour except the
youngest, who was disposed to wait his sister
could go with them. He was, therefore, sit
ting it out with Mr.. Charlie. Nine o'clock
is bed-time; don't you think your mother
wants you nowl" .- "r. l..st
A lady friend of ours in Albany writes to
us of her experience in the same line, yet not
the same. snt~ .-zsa.
Sho was expecting some friends to visit iser
from abroad, and before they came she bought
new tea service, but was not DESTROYS to
have the fact published to her company that
she had gone to this expense in view of their
coming. To prevent any announcement OF
the matter by her loquacious little folks, she
took them into the nursery, and having all
the silver ware spread before them on the
table, she explained each piece to them, and
then said, "Now when your uncle and cousins
come to tea tomorrow, don't youall speak up
at once and say "has got neU tea-set," This
they readily promised; but supposing that
the S,....cction specially applied to speaking al
at once, they arranged it nicely among them
selves, and when the cGirrsns,, were assembled
around the social board the eldest began, 49,,
| got new tca-set," and tho next repeated it.
and so on down to the lisping babe, "Matf
dot new tea-thet," all supposing that they
had literally complied with their mothers
teaching and said their lesson we'll. Children
| and fools speak the truth.
Maryland free press. [volume] (Hagerstown [Md.]) 1862-18??, 1863-03-06
Niggar Triumph in ssachusetts,

Our abolition contemporaries boast over the
abolition triumph in Massachusetts,. They
may take her. She has hung Quakers for
opinion sake. She has whipped men for kiss
ing their wives on Sunday. She has resisted
the Federal laws. She was the author of the
Hartford Convention. She manufactured the
blue lights burned at New London for the
benefit of our enemies III the last war. She
has robbed converts, and refused to pay the
loss. She refuses charters to colleges which
do not subscribe to the religious sentiments OF
the people. She resolved the Union dissolved
becatse we added the lone star of Texas to
our banner. She welcomes her negro popu-
lation to the polls, and drives white men away
because of their poverty, or their place q
birth. She imr:is"ns Democrats, and refuses
to furnish men for the army except on con-
ditions. God forbid that she should vote the
Democratic ticket. -.
Maryland free press. [volume] (Hagerstown [Md.]) 1862-18??, 1863-03-06

Testament in the coat tail pocket, which he
reads during the intervals of the fighting.
He is abstemious in his habits, having been
known to live nine days off of one sardine and
barrel of whiskcv. In dress he is extreme
ly neat never wearing shirt longer than three
months without changing it.
To sum UP, Stonewall, in private life, is
as Shakespeare says--"a man as is a man, that
we may never look upon his like again." In
his military capacity he is, to quote Sheridan
Knowles, sin peace lamb, in war lans'er.' .
Maryland free press. [volume] (Hagerstown [Md.]) 1862-18??, 1863-03-06
IN THREE VOLUMES,
VOLUME /.
CHAPTER FIRST.


TIE Autl o. has seen many biographical
sketches Of the renowned "Stonewall," but
They all abound in Inconsistencies, umtruths
aud inaccuracies. In the hands of some his
torans, his life, like the short Indian rubber
blanket of long soldier, is stretched to suit
tho subject. To others, this eventful history
has been as n lump of clay in the hands Of Il
chld-capable of any degree of plastic dstor-
ton or beauty, from n IIindoo idle to winged
statute of AIollyon, the Lovely. Some
there DO who declare him a myth, a will-'o-
wisp, dancing jack of the wilderncss-the
cscation of mind-or any amount of minds
tlisordcred; but they al err Stonewall Jack
son is n fixed fact; and that his life may not
go down into darkness, that his deeds of da-
ring may not he wiped out forever, like n sum
in simple division on schoolboy's slate, a
historian is necdcd-onc that is faithful, ca
pablo and unbiased like those, for instance,
who do tho biographical sketches for the New
York morning dailies-one that is wholly COM
petent, and earth not pin fer Northern
praise nor Southern conmcndatioh; in brief,
one like those who write the biographical his
rics for the papers aforesaid. Such an one
IL Ammo Domini, and he herewith presents a
history which he is willing TO take his afida.
wis rs reliable and worthy as though it was
written for one of those immalciila,o sheets
the New York morning dailics.
CHAPTER SECOND.
St0ncwall jackson was born very early in
life in fact, so young was he at that intcrcs'
ting period of his history, that the date thereof
lurketh not in his own memory, nor yet in that
of his present biogr aphcr- Sufficient be it to
say, he Was born. The ancestry of s. j.. has
hitherto been shrowded in doubt. Some have
asserted that he is descended from Jack, sur
named the Giant Killer, and that the ''scvcn.
leagued boots of the asoresail j. the G. X
are yet in his possession, which accounts fol
+ihe celebrity ofhis movements, Others declare
linn to be an off-shoot of The Jacobin family
The founder of which was Jackaloo, the Chi
Hiese Pirate: but they arc all wrong. Stone.
wall Jackson is dcccndcd in a curved line
from the Wandering Jew. In early time the
Jew family was rich, but one evil day the
head of it went down into Egypt, "buckcd'
against PHARAOH and Gam, buck with nary
shckel, having lost them all in that interest
ing game. From that time till the discovery
of the Mississippi river; the family was toe
poor to have name. StonewalPs grandfath
or ran q fat-bOat on the aforesaid river, and
was extravagantly fond of the classic game o.
"old slcdge. He married and in the course o.
time had four sons, whom he namcd-to com.
memoratc his favorte game--High, Low, Jack
followed the example of his father, married,
and had ono som the sIIhicrt of this sketch
who was naturally called Jacks son, and in
the course of time, Jackson. A family trait
turks in Stonewall, for at any critical st9gc o.
the game he is sure to "turn up and become
the trump.
Maryland free press. [volume] (Hagerstown [Md.]) 1862-18??, 1863-03-06

A GOOD story is told of Methodist preach
er-and the story is true to the letter-who
lived about forty ycsrs ago. He was a bach
elor and we could write his real name, but
prefer to call him Smith. He resisted many
persuasions to marry, which his friends were
constantly making, until he had reached a
tolerably advanced age, aid he himself began
to feel the need of, DIT least, to have new ideas
of the comfort of being tiursed with woman's
gentle care. Shortly after entering one of his
circuits; maiden lady, also ofripe years, was
strongly recommended to him, and his friends
again urged that he had better get married
representing that the lady named would prob
ably not refuse to accept him, notwithstand-
ing his rcputcd ecccntrcities.
do you think tho ?" responded the dominic
for he rery pcrcoptibly lisped; "thcn I'll go
and thee her."
He was a man Of his word. His ring at the
door-bell was answered by the serving maid
9th NTH P--within hriskly but calm
ly asked the lover.
y cs, Dir VIII you walk Ill 7?
mo, thank you. BE kind enough to thay
to NTH P--that with to thpeak to her a
moment"
Miss P-appcared, and repeated the in
vitation to walk in.
"No thank you; I'll thoon explain my buth-
mess. I'm the new Methodist preacher. TN
unmarried. My fricndth think I'd better
marry. They recommend you for my wife
Have you any objection %
"WhyJ really, Mr. SIN"
"Thcre--ddnt anth%ct now. will call thitl
day week for your reply. Good-day."
On that day week he reappcared at the dool
of Miss P-'s residence. 1t was promptly
opened by the lady herself.
"Walk in, Mr. Smith"
Can not, ma'am. Haze hot time. Start
on my circuit round III half an hour. It'll
your antli,$6r fcady, ma'an I"
"Oh, do walk in, Mr.. Smith,"
Cant indeed, ma'am. Pleath anther mt
-Yeth or No."
"Well, Mr.. Smith, it is a very serious mat
ter. should not like to get out of The ray q
Providence"
%periecay nderthand you, NTH P
We will be married thth day week. will
call at thith hotr: Pleath by ready, II a am: .
He called on that day week, at that hour
She was ready; they were married, and lived
happily several years.
Maryland free press. [volume] (Hagerstown [Md.]) 1862-18??, 1863-03-06

may prove but the prelude to the shedding of
the blood of their brethren. l adjure all the
inhabitants of the free States to rebukc and
discountenance, by their example, measures
which must inevitably lead to the most calam-
itous consequences. And let us all as coun-
trymen, as friends and as brothers, cherish in
unfading memory the motto which bore our
ancestors triumphantly through all the trials
of the revolution, and, if adhered to, it will
conduct their posterity through all that may,
in the dispensations of Providence, be reserved
for them.
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The CONSUMPTION. Bill. +,

Clsrguiacn, SAasei,s Qaakers;;e Indians,
Niqgers aid An 1.-THE CONSUMPTION bill, which
has passed both houses of Congress. and which
may how be considered a law Of the land, 10 :, q
swcening measafs. /, 1t embraces men OF all
colors al parties, all crecds, all professions,
Al clergymen, Shakers, ouakers, In
dams, niggcrs and all. Mr.. Thaddeus s.e-
VEINS tried to get off the Quakers on conscien;
tio,,s scrupios: hut he failed. The able-bodied
Quakers, IKE the rest of their felloW-citlzen Is
Extraordinarily and forty-fve years of ase, II
called upon, must pocket their conscientious
scruples and go forth fight, or fork out three
hundred dollars each for a substitute. 1t is
nonsense to talk ofresistance The laws must
be obeyed. The Quakers and Shakers, we
know -ill not resist; the Indians are always
ready for war purposes 6, and the niggers' like
white men, haveno clsice. Attention.. 80;
casians and Africans, Indians, Shakers and
Quakcrs! To the right about facet Shoulder
arms IN Y. Herald.
Maryland free press. [volume] (Hagerstown [Md.]) 1862-18??, 1863-03-06
VOLUME III
CHAPTER FIRST,

Young Jackson in his youth, gave great
promise of fut,-o usefulness, so much so that
when he was sent to school he invariably ran
away to play "tag" and 81 ap frog" to the
constant study of which he owes his agility.
One day Jackson's peer, learning of his sons
truancy, determined to chastise it out ofhim,
and upon favorable opportunity, collarcd
the incipient hero and bent him over his knee,
thus throwing prominent part of the youth
into bold relief. Mrs. Jackson (the mother, J
then seized shirt board with both hands,
and proceeded to bring The yormgstcr to a
sense of his duty by diucrse pondcrous'blows.
Young Jackson squirmed / Ike fish worm;
but, tn. with that Spartan trmncss that has
Maryland free press. [volume] (Hagerstown [Md.]) 1862-18??, 1863-03-06
NUMBER 49,.
AN ISF1DEL REBUKEp.-An inhdel, boast

=
AN INF1DEL REBuKEp.-An infdel, boast
ing in a. published letter that he had raised
two acres of stSunday-corn," which he inten-
ded to devote to. the purchase Of infidel books,
adds, GAN the work done, on it was done on
Sunday, and it will yield some seventy BUSH
els to the acre; SO that don't see but that
Nature, or Providence has smiled upon my
Sunday work, howerer the priests or the BIZ
bic may say that work done on Chat day never
prospers. My corn tells another story" To
this the editor of an agricultural paper re-
plies, aft the author Of this shallow nonsense
had read the Bible half as much as he has tile
workspfits opponents, he would have known
that the great Ruler ofthe' universe docs not
always square up his accounts with mankind
in the month of October. ' Va -'-N
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The Fighting Forces or the Loyoi
-tt states. tFaa

1t is stated by leading republicans that six
" eight hundred thousand men will be re
quired under the Conscription law, and it be-
comes matter of interest as to its precise eff
feet upon population. ItEis eitimated at the
census Office that the number of able bodied
male whites between the. ages of twenty and
thirty five, in the loyal States, is in round
numbers a million and half which number
of course. includes the same class who are in
tho army now and will be discharged from the
service in june or July. Thus it will be seen
that about every other man will be called into
the field.
Maryland free press. [volume] (Hagerstown [Md.]) 1862-18??, 1863-03-06
Reported Attempt to Assassinnafe
General Banks.
Boston, Feb.

BOSTON, F'eb, 70, ISO3
The New Orleans correspondent of the Bos-
ton ,IournGt writes, under date of February
49,
This evening, as General Banks was pass
ing out at the ladies' entrance TO the City Ho-
tel, fol- the purpose of attending the French
OPERA and before he stepped into his carriage.
pistol was discharged from the recess in the
wall, and ball whizzed close to the person OF
General Banks and close to an officer who at
tended him. The General was not hit, and
the assassin escaped through the crowd The
police are on his track, and he cannot long
avoid capture. From the sound of the report
made by the weapon il is supposed to have bo-
longed to the class known as the Monte
Christie" pistol. Tho affair has caused ag great
deal of talk in the community
Maryland free press. [volume] (Hagerstown [Md.]) 1862-18??, 1863-03-06
The Kentucky Convention Coming 10
New York. o.
Especial despatch to the Chicago Times.]

-, s.,- CINoINNATI, Feb. %, 1868.
An invitation has been sent to the members
of the recent democratic convention at Frank
fort, KY, dispersed by Colonel Gilbert, by
democrats of New York, to hold their conven-
ton in Tammanny Hail. New York, and, they
would be protcoted'in holding their meeting to
nominate State ticket. It's believed the invi-
tation will be accepted, and the convention held
about the list of March,, Senator Powell will
be candidate for Governor. The probablli-
ties are that there will be trangular-fight IN
Kentucky, or three tickets run. The late
dispersion of the Frankfort convention pro
duces much feeling on both sides, and will be
lagely discussed during the present contest.
Maryland free press. [volume] (Hagerstown [Md.]) 1862-18??, 1863-03-06
Mr.. Adam Wcrper:

ST. GEoRAE, Tucker Co, Va
November II, '62.
Mr.. adam Hcrler:
SR.-In consequence of certain robbcries
which have been comtiitted on Union citi-
zcns ofthis county by bands of guerrilas, you
are hereby assessed to the amount of $685., O0)
two hundred and eighty-fvo dollers, to make
good their losses. And upon your failure to
comply with the above assessment by the Sth
of December, the following order has been is
sued to me by Brig. Gen. R. II. Milroy
"Iou are TO burn their houses, seize all their
property and shoot them. You will be sure
that you strictly carry out this order"
'You will inform the inhabitants for ten or
fifteen miles around your camp on al! the roads
approaching the town upon which the enemy
may approach, that they must dash in and give
you rotice, and that upou any one failing to
do 50 you will burn their homes and shoor the
mcn."
BY order of Brigadier General Milroy.
il. KELLOGG, Capt. Coufianding Post.
The above Adam Harper; the subject of
this orlc', is al Old Du.cma1, over s! years
of age, cripple and infirm, and can neither
read nor write.
The above is little ahead of any thing that
has yet met our eye. Because Adam Harper
could neither read nor write. 81 years old and
acripple, Gen Milroy, to the disg.ac of the
nation; ''ordgts" a taz of 1886 lowed on him,
and tko whole country; for ten or fifteen
miles round is TO be laid waste! you are TO
burn their houses, seize all their property and shoot
them, You nil be sure tFat you STRICTLY CAR
RY OUT THIS ORDER
And what did thoso people do! Nothing!-
But "band of gucrrillas," is charged with
robbing "Cnioh citizens" That is all. Can
we be surprised to hear of fist fights in the
councils of "a Cabinet guilty of carrying on
such war! We ate not surprised after the
above that file tFi."s was prohibited circula-
ton through the mails in Western Virginia
by Military order" ifsuch conduct as this is
the "order," if such conduct rs this is the
"Order" of the day.
The bogus Government at Wheeling, of
course comes into existence with very cx-
ccllent record Of cvil and modest professions.
--(riSis.
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THE President is said To have in his hands a
list of the general officers of the Army of tho
Potomac who are considered un6tto be en-
trusted with command, in consequence of IN
tcrtaining and expressing opinions hostile to
himself and policy If that is to be the critic
rion by which the army is to be judged, it is
hardly worth while to make out a list-tho
whole army must be disbanded
Maryland free press. [volume] (Hagerstown [Md.]) 1862-18??, 1863-03-06
LITTLE bTINNIE'S WISH.


] wish this war was ended
And father was at home
Then mother would not cry so much
Oh! Why don't father comel
J. sure my mother loves me, ,-..
.. But, why, cannot tell,
She makes no more new clothes for me-
But sews on clothes to sell.
! asked her once about 1t,
But mother would not speak F'.
She only pressed me to her breast,
While tears fell on my check.
I'm sure there's somthing bad
Has happened, for know
My mother did not do this way
About twelve months ago. .-
] am too young to reason much, s.a..
But think it very strange, .. o..
That Just because dear fathers gone
That every thing. should change.
For since he went away, the man
That used to bring us bread,
Has ceased to come along this way
I'm thinking he is dead
i see the milkman still goes by, .
But why. cannot tell;
III viii not stop at our house
Nor even ring his bell.
The butcher, too, that used to be
So kind polite and clean,
Will not bring Ma one bit of meat;
I think heis right mean.
told my Ma to change them all,
And try some other men;
She sighed, and then came down her checl
Big tears, like drops of rain.
Ma used to have nice furniture,
But why, cannot say,
She let a man who had a car,
Haul nearly all away.
wish this war was ended,
And father was at home;
Then Ma. I'm sure, would smile again
Oh! when will father come?
Maryland free press. [volume] (Hagerstown [Md.]) 1862-18??, 1863-03-06

Bsa-A Michigan soldier who was arrested
for stealing rebels goose, said he found the
bird kissing at the American flag and he ar
rested it for treason.
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GoLD on TIE ADvAxcr. -lq'he csuscswhich
continue to make gold rise (says the New York!
.Expressl are mainly political g.,,E,.a.i-s
i. Tn. arbitrary legislation. of Congress.
which threatens the subversion of personal
liberty in the North, and thrca tening renders
society insecure. Gold, Under such legislation,
is ever boarded. ,-l .Is-s.4tiJ 81: 49,.
2 The now certain prolongation of the war
with the necessity of creating more and
moro paper to carry it on. The abandon
ment by the democrats now of all practical
efforts to bring about any negotiation or ar
mistice--with the rejection by the admins
tration of the French consultation" propo-
sition--.is proof of this. ,.l5.., "a. se.t
8. the new huge Federal Bank, which fl
nancial men now SEQ is but the expansion of
paper upon expanding papcr----a bank rich
men will seldom go into, because of its per-
sonal responsibilities, but Adventures often,
because it gives them the government de-
posits.
A WISE ASswER.-"Yo must not play
with that little girl, my dear" said an injp-
dicious parent. t.5.,..-.-t.
"But MA, ] like her, she is a good little girl,
and Pm sure she dresses as well as do, and
has lots of toys" .i
Il cannot help that my dear" responded
the foolish mother, cher father, You know, is
a shoemaker.
But don't play with her father, | play
with her; she amt a shoemaker
Maryland free press. [volume] (Hagerstown [Md.]) 1862-18??, 1863-03-06
Fton the Huntingdon 'M,ntor."
LIFE OF STONEW ALL "JACKSON. %

A Humorous Sketch, by d Southern Cores
pon{cn'
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Another NIilrny Order,

The following letter, comprising an order
from Gen. Milroy, belongs to tho history of
the ~ ines:
ST. GEoRAE, Tucker Co, Va.
November IL 80
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CHAPTER THIRD.

In religion he is at times u dcvout catholic
at least he followed closely in the footsteps
of the Pope during enc of his cartpaigns-and
at others he is colportcur for the American
Track Soeiety-at any rate he has Probably
left more tracks IN Virginia than any other
white man; and, according TO the New
York morning dalis;, always gees into LATHE
with family Bible Under one arm and Greek