The Portland daily press., 1863-11-13
Letter from York, Penn.
NOVEMBER I, 1863.


TO the Editor Of the Press: 4 ss
The town of York, Penn, is situated some
ninety miles from Philadelphia, twelve miles
from Columbia and Wrightsville on the Sus-
qnehanna where bridge mile and quarter
long was burned last summer on the approach
Of the rebels, thirty-fve miles from Harris
burg and sixty from Baltimore Your readers
will remember that the citizens of York de-
liyered over to the invaders some greenbacks
and other necessaries and thus saved them
selves from any further injury.
The money furnished,Ias 1 am here told,
amounted to $4,000, and the -four, clothes,
and cattle to SIC, 900 more. This town con-
tains about eleven thousand inhabitants and is
as they say down here, "a right smart place..
1t has good number of excellent machine
and car shops, besides iron founderies. The
inhabited portion Of the town or the village,
is surrounded by country Of unsurpassed
fertility and beauty. The large fields of win
: ter wheat, now as green as with us in June,
may be seen, stretching away as FAR as the eye
can reach.
The vast quantities Of beef, pork, poultry,
and other produce exhibited Tor sale here to-
day in the market shows how we'll the farmer
in this region is requited for his toll.
From the Cemetery which is a quarter Of a
mile from the town, one has unobstructed
view of the entire town. A more lovely spot
Is rarely to be seen The hill is sufficiently
covered with oak and walnut and the mont
ments show taste as well as wealth. / was es-
pecially drawn TO that portion Of the grounds
where lie buried sixty-nine Federal soldiers.
They had died in the Hospital at York where
thersare now some five hundred.
The soldiers are buried in four rows each
having distinct mound, and to each head
board neatly capped and painted, bearing the
name, company, regiment and State. Nearly
every loyal State is represented in this sacred
spot. The following are the names of Maine
soldiers Charles F. Moody, Co. II, goth ed
win Verrill, Co. X, 18th; John Brown, Co. G,
5th (; p. A. Wyman, Co. c, Goth; Winslow A.
Morrill,, Co. A, 10th; Sylvester S. Brown, 18th
Me. Battery.
In another part Of the grounds is beauti-
full monument bearing the following inscrip-
ton:
Sacred TO the memory of the Hon. Philip Living
stone, who died june ~. 17.8 aged 65 years. while
attending the Csneress OF the United States at
YORK Town, Penn, as delegate from the State of
New York. This monument Is erected by his grand.
SOP. STEPHEN VAN RRxssELAER." =
Hereln the same yard lie side by side the
honored founders and defenders of our Re-
publican institutions.
Hon. j. s. Black, the Attorney General of
the United States during the administration
OF President Buchanan, resides in this town.
He was prior to that time, for some years on
the Supreme Bench of Penn. Judge Black
has had large and lucrative practice, mainly
at Washington before the Supreme Court of
the United States. The main argument in
the famous Almaden Quicksilver Mine case,
involving some fifteen millions of dollars, was
made by him before this Court last winter.
His eminent and acknowledged success in
that argument has given him the care of
large number Of important actions growing
out Of the decision there obtained. The dis
tinguished legal reputation which Judge b.
enjoys throughout the country is in my judg-
ment richly merited. DELTA.