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money, and had taken up on nv way
North my trunk, which | always leave at
some headquarters, and never take into
the field, and in it was all my new cloth.
ing, all my boots, jewelry, &c. They
robbed me down to my last FIVE cent piece.
and even took my railroad checks with
the remark, We'll, i guess you might as
we'll pass in your checks One fellow
came riding up with nice new pair of
riding boots | did own, and after congrat-
ulating me on his prize, which he said
was worth over $500 in Richmond, he
had the cool assurance to ask me if had
not pair of spurs that would fit them.
"The ladies on the train, most of whom
were from Baltimore, were the most offen-
sive of all the band. they kissed Major
Gilpor, embraced the flag, took all the
buttons off his coat, pointed out the vari-
Gus officers baggage, encouraged them in
plundering, and assisted in dividing the
contents. | found one elderly lady with
a lot of my private letters, and daguer-
reotype, which she would not give up un-
til she had been with me to major Gil
NOR, to prove they were not official docu-
ments. 1t is rather hard blow upon
me, after all | have been through the
past year. First, to have my horses burn
ed up; then have all the heavy expenses
entailed by my sickness and now to lose
all, and the little money had saved. I
am perfectly willing to serve Uncle Sam
uel, even for the little he gives us now,
and exposed as we are in the army to be-
ing plundered all the time by our money
grasping Northern friends, but it becomes
tough when exposed to two fires, front
and rear.
at was more abominable in my case,
because, for the first time, my name, ad-
dress, and profession were on my trunk.
So largely and plainly were they put on,
they knew perfectly welt whom they we're
robbing. 1t is the first time in my expe-
rience that medical officer on either side
Cor certainly where we have been the cap
tors) has been so abomnably treated. 1
suppose | can do no less than exist thro'
it ALL"
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Sharp Speech,

4 Mr.. j. H. Woodard a young man o
about twenty, had made himself partic
ularly disagreeable to some persons by
his expressions of loyalty, and, out of de.
rison, was called upon at public meet
ing to make a speech He responded to
their calls in substance as follows:-
GENTLEMEN: The great cry that ]
have heard to-day, has been peace, peace.
| tell you that there is no man in the ma
ton who desires peace more than do, a
permanent, lasting peace. Cheers. i
And, gentlemen, | will tell you how we
will get it. Fight this war out. Take
every negro in the rebel States and ex-
terminate every Id rebel, no matter
where you fad him. Kisses Gentle
men you need not try to hiss me down,
for l am an old soldier and have faced
almost as mean looking crowd as is now
before me. | mean the thieves and bush
wackers of Tennessee. | know | was
called upon to make a speech out of de-
rision, and | intend to tell you what !
think of YOU When God said he would
save Sodom if one righteous man could
be found there | have no doubt he
would have done it, and to-day, if you all
stood upon the brink of hell, and he were
TO say that he would save you if one 10y
ri man could be found among you, have
not the least doubt but there would be a
great many strange faces in hell for sup
per-
l will tell you something more before
] leave you The Baltimore Convention
has nominated Abaham Lincoln and An
drew johnson, and we intend to elect
them aud end this war too. We will
subjugate every internal rebel in the
country, no matter whether North or
South, for when armed rebels on our
front are whipped, these old soldiers who
have been through the Southern Confed
eracy will come home aud walk right
through your internal Copperhead party,
just like Abe run his rail through the
rotten canker of the old Democratic par
ty.
Gentlemen, when you wish to hear
from me again, you have only to call up
on me. am always at home.
William Woodard is resident of Ohio,
and has been adjutant of an Indiana reg
iment.
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VOL. %.
'ubIished by Theodore Schoch.
JOB PRINTING,
a Soldier on Grants Campaign.

The Middleton IN. W Press publishes
the following extract of letter from pri
vate in an Orange county, regiment il
Grants army.
We are enjoying ourselves in the usual
way. We have fight for breakfast, dinner
and supper, twice between meals, and three
times during the night-in short, it has be-
come a second nature. 1t is said a man
who will leave his meals to fight, loves it.
In that case the Yankees must love to fight,
for it is an everyday occurrence TO jump up
from coffee and hard tack, and give the rebs
u round or two.
Our regiment has been under fire twenty
three days in succession, fighting more or
less every day. 1t is whitfield down pretty
close. We have about eighty men left
We have nine men in Company C, now in
the front, fighting like heroes We have
lost thousands of men, but more men come
in daily than close. | saw two Wisconsin
regiments yesterday, the Thirty seventh and
Thirty eighth, enlisted for one hundred days
10 do garrison duty. Grant has brought them
to do garrison duty before Richmond.
Grant makes the band box soldiers fight
White collars and patent leather boots are
''played out" He fights his men for what
they are worth. lie has the full confidence
of the men all ORDERS charges marches, and
all, are cheerfully obeyed.
Our troops can see the spires in Richmond,
the glorious fruits of thirty-four days hand
fighting, and we are bound to take it, take
look all around, and GO through Dixie on
a double quick. January l, 1865, will see the
flag floating all over the United States, its
thirty-four stars and thirteen stripes frowning
on secession as it slumbers in the grave
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A Brave Maryland Loyalist.

We have been permitted to copy the
following extract from letter written by
Mr.. j. A. Hamilton, of Sweet Air, Mary
land, to relative of this city. 1t exem-
plifes very clearly the ''chivalrous" con-
duct of the rebels, as well as the brave
and determined spirit of the Union men
who were unfortunate enough to fall into
their hands:
On Monday night, at two o'clock, was
awakened by the galloping of horses and
the rattle of sabres, and was soon ordered
to come down, by squad of Gillmor's
cut-throats. There being no male person
but myself about the house, there was, of
course, nothing to be done but obey
Upon stepping out among them, / was
called by name, and asked where my hor-
ses were. replied, "There is one in the
field" [ had sent all the rest to secure
place in the woods, and should have done
so with this, but he would not stand tied
and had to be left to his fate. "Get him
up. Is it your sorrel horse, Priam?"
came next. "No." "Where is hep "I
have sent him away, to avoid your cap
turing him." "Now, d-n you, we will
burn you out for this" They concluded
first to catch the other horse, which they
did. They next demanded my blooded
horse again, swearing should produce
him. [ refusing, the officer called for
some matches. We were then on the
way from the stable to the house. [ en-
deavored to dissuade them from burning
the house, and they finally ordered me to
hand over three hundred dollars as ran
som for the sorrel. Here they got my
Hamilton blood up, aud 1 positively re-
fused to produce the horse or pay the mo-
ney, and told them if burning was their
only alternative they might burn.
Suddenly they determined to hang me,
or make me yield The officer called on
a private for rope, which he brought;
but, finding me not to be scared, another
of the party suggested that burning the
house would hurt d. Yankee worse
than hanging him. Meantime | had
called Emma and her sister to take the
children out of bed and to place of safe
ty The rebels then deliberately fred
the corner of the house three times, and
having demanded some blankets, and
robbed me of S26, which | had on my
person, they left, swearing they would
return next night, ard charging me to
have Priam there. Accordingly next
night, having sent the women and chill
iren away, garrisoned the house, with
three more determined, well-armed men,
and waited for the rebels, but they did
not come. Poor Charley proved as OBJ
'tinate with the rebels as be was in the
,ay field when you were here, and after
getting him as far as the road, they shot
lin through the head.
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sTRoUDsBURG, MONROE COUNTY. PA. JULY IS, 1854

hereafter be conferred upon the courts Of
this commonwealth"
This, also, is obviously just, and polit-
ic. Very much of the time of the Legis-
lature is occupied upon corporations
which could and should be uniform in
their character and the propriety of
granting which could be much better and
more fairly determined by the Court Cor
Judges and Grand Jurors) of their re-
spective counties, than by 1873 men who
are strangers to most of the corporators
and to the locality interested. In Har-
rlsburg, practically, the Senator and As
semblyman of the respective counties do
all its legislation, as no other likes to op-
pose whatever they may ask of "locaP
business. This section would transfer it
to other, better informed authorities
men who, in the nature of things, but un-
derstand each case, by whom wrong can
be detected, and the responsibility thus
brought to the right persons. Petty in
corporations could be more cheaply, hon
estly and satisfactorily obtained, under
general than under special acts Vote,
then, on "Third Amendment-For the
Amendment"
1t has been alleged that the I'd and Sd
Amendments are designed to kill the 1st:
but the hearts of men we can not judge
we think the Amendments are all right,
whatever the motives of the proposers.
Now, voting for each of the three
Amendments would be more likely to in
sure the success of all-while omitting
one or two, or voting against them, would
voting, and might endanger
the first. Then, print all your Tickets
and
Vote for all the Amendments
Amd get some ertra voteS for the a6- |
sent 100 days men.
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the movement en- Staunton, and Licking
ton, to be rendered unavailable for proyis
ions. Grant is to throw his army int
Notifications across the railroads from
Richmond south, and so cut off our arm,
supplies Thus the starvation of a sieg
will be as effectually secured as if an arm,
could be found large enough to surround
the legions of Lee, as Grant did Pember
ton; provided, of course, that the Dan
vile road shares the fate that the Weldon
road probably will.
1t Gen. Lee chooses to stop the same
by fight, he has to put his finger on slip
perry Grant, and stop his fea-lke flank
ings; and having found him and stopped
him for fight, will have to charge the
hills Grant will occupy, and the trenches
Grant will dig. If President Davis con.
cludes to swap capitals, and giving Grant
Richmond, starts off ahead of him for
Washington, we will have the army to
subsist in the desert waste between the
two capitals, have to make time on foot
that will beat the transports on the Poto-
mac and the Chesapeake, have the forti-
fcations of Washington to storm, and a
siege to stand there should he get inside.
We lose Richmond if we hold the Wei
don and DanvIlle Railroads; we lose the
railroads if we save Richmond, or we at
tack Grant in his mighty trenches if we
try to save both. 1t is true that Gen.
Beauregard could still keep south of Grant
and prevent raids into Carolina, but could
not keep him from stopping the roads
south unless he has enough men to attack
Grant in reserve, and place him between
two fires. We hope Grant thinks he has.
This is game with no possible hinder
ance, perfectly plain to even unmilitary
comprehension as our own, and we respec-
fully submit that there is no fun in it.
DON'T CROW BEFORE WE ARE OUT OF THE
WOODS.
The writer is aware, from personal
observation that there is personal
popularity and enthusiastic devotion
to Grant among his soldiers not equaled
by anything ever seen in that army be-
fore-not surpassed in the army of Lee
and very much like the love of the Old
Guard of Napoleon. Therefore he can
flank and fight for some days yet before
they get tired of it.
These are facts, and plain as they are
it is not in good sense to talk of the trap
that Sherman occupies, or of the bull
headed Grant butting his brains out a.
gainst the walls of Richmond
When the supplies of Sherman are cut
off, as we trust they will be, and the great
raider of Mississippi broken in battle or
starved out, begins disastrous retreat O.
yer the country himself has devastated
when Johnston thunders on his flying
,ear, and Forrest stops his flight; when
he fords of the Tennessee are in peril,
md Chattanooga again besieged when
W Nestern Tennessee looks up in hope, and
Johnson, the traitor, trembles in the for
ihcations of Nashville, then let us all flap
'ur wings and crow, and not till then.
When Grant changes base in the Nc
1lellan style, Malvern Hill is again an al
ar of sacrifice, and our horses drink at ;
he Potomac and pasture in Maryland,
hen let US laugh at "bull- Grant"
nd examine the embrasures around Rich
lond for the brains he left about loose. t
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Retreat of The Rebel Raiders.
Washington, July q, 186.

washington, July Il, 1901.
Eighty-one Rebel prisoners have been
brought here from Sandy Hook, Mary
land. They state that they were in charge
of one of the plunder trains, and we're O.
vertaken near snicker's Gap by portion
of the pursuing force under Gen. Crook.
A fight Immediately followed, but the
train guard, finding it impossible TO save
the train, destroyed it by fire and retrea-
ted, leaving the teamsters and others at
the mercy of our forces.
A letter received by an officer in Wash
ington from Sandy Hook, Nd, states that
many stragglers from the retreating Reb-
ell forces come into that place daily and
surrender themselves
The men are worn down by rapid mar
ching, and many of them are barefoot and
their clothes are torn to tatters.
The Evening Star learns from former
citizen of Madison County, Va, who has
for some time been sojourning in Fairfax
County, that he has trustworthy informa-
tion showing that the Rebel raiders have
met with so many mishaps in getting a
way with their plumber from Maryland
that what they have managed to keep will
hardly pay them for their trouble.
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Precious Self-knoWiedee.

!. who made you? asked lady teacher
of lubber Of a boy, who had lately
joined her class.
4 don't know said he.
Don't you know? You ought TO be
ashamed Of yourself. A boy fourteen
years oldy Why, there is little Dieky
Fulton-he is only three-he can tell, L
dare say. Come here, Dicky; who made
your
God, said the infant.
There! said the teacher, triumphantly
Il knew he would remember it
We'll, he oughtcr, said the stupid boy,
'taint but a little while since he was
made.
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, July Is, 1864.

"Here l am in this place, on my way
to Beaufort, as wrote you [ was ordered
to. And a pretty on my way L have made
of it so far.
'sI wrote you that | should probably
leave the next day, but | found that nc
steamers were to leave there and, finally
as the privateer Florida appeared off the
coast, | was advised to come to this city
and get passage here. / began my jour
ney, but i'll luck would have it, took the
train from Baltimore, which was stopped
by the rebels. | was seized at once, be-
ing in uniform, and after some little de-
lay was started for Richmond. [ man-
aged, after going short distance, to es-
cape into the woods | had not gone far
however, before | was again taken, and
brought back to my starting place.
"After several hours detention, con-
trived to be sent under guard to see Ma
ior Gilmor, the leader of the band. On
my representions, and through the lntfu-
ence of lady on the train, | was at last
paroled, and allowed ostart for Baltimore.
hid in the woods, and then went back
to see if | could save any of my effects.--
| found the she'll of my trunk aud the re-
mains of my valise, but everything | own
ed in the world was gone. | have lost
every cent / had, every particle Of cloth
ing owned, my letters, pictures-in fact,
every valuable keepsake had SO that
/ was landed in this city with nothing
but my toothbrush and five paper collars
| picked off the ground. My watch |
saved by throwing it into the bushes as l
was marched along, and in the evening |
went back and found it.
81 must be nearly a thousand dollars
out of pocket, for | had over S250 IN
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or An honest Dutchman on being askee
how often he shaved replied :-"Dree times
a weak day, but Soon-tay, den shafe every
day.
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GTA school marin in England has adopted
a new and novel mode of punishment. If the
boys disobey her rules she stands them on
their heads and pours cold water down their
trousers legs.
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Or When is lover justified in calling
his sweet heart honey! When she is Bee
loved.
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0T The clergyman who o"came to head"
m his discourse, was mech disappointed to
find no brains in it.
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Misfortunes of an Army Surgeon.

Al incident Of The Rebel Raid-The Sc
cessionist econaen from Baltimore.
The Boston Transcript says: "The
following letter from young doctor cap
tured on the Baltimore train, gives some
idea of his hardships, and of those females
who have been allowed to act as spies and
cooperate with the rebels in the Monu-
mental City. The writer is Massachus-
etts man, and relates what he saw with
his own eyes and heard with his own ears,
and only too severely experienced in his
own person :"
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0J Attention-To your own business,
and never mind other peoples.
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THE LATE RAID.

Capture cf4 Pieces Of ArtNery and 200
II Prisoners-Rebel Loss 500 killed and
acounded- Our loss 215 killed and
acounded.
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Headquarters near Winchester, !
ia Harper's Ferry, July 20, 1864. |

Id harper rerry, July ~, IOof.
Gen. Averill moved out from Martins
burg, on the Winchester Pike, on the 10Th
with force of infantry, cavalry, and ar
tillery, and encountered cavalry force
under Jackson at Darksville, which he
drove under cover of the intrenchments
at Winchester, where they were re-en-
forced by 5000 infantry under Breckin-
ridge. This morning, Averill maneuvred
his force SO as to compel them to come
out from behind their intrenchments and
attack him.
The fight lasted three hours and result
ed in their being routed and driven be-
hind their intrenchments with loss of
one General (Kelly) killed, and four pie
ces of artillery, and 200 prisoners captur-
ed, and 500 killed and wounded. Our
loss will not exceed 215 killed and woun-
ded. We have none missing or captured.
The invading force have not yet escaped
with all their Maryland plunder.
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0T Why is the letter s like the precursor
of war; 1t turns words to swords.
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WASHINGTON, July 81, 1864.

The following has been received at this
bureau:
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-09-01
Peace Talk at Richmond and the Peace
Talk at Chicago.

w A6HlNHION August o..
The Richmond Enquirer of the 23d has
an editorial upon peace, in which it says:
cat this particular moment, nothing that
we can think Of would produce so fine
moral effect in the North as another ad-
vance of Early into Pennsylvania. and the
burning of York, Lancaster and Harrisburg.
To the war spirit of the enemy, that would
operate asEa sedative. 1t would diffuse, gen.
tie thoughts of peace and good will to man,
and would make sure at the Chicago Con-
vention of noble peace platform and "a
peace President There is no other con
ceivable move in which the Confederates
can help that blessed cause, than by burning
few of their towns and laying waste a
few of their valleys, and it so happens that
the Confederates would not only be fully JUS
ii fled in doing this by the strictest laws of
war but are absolutely called on to do it as
a sacred duty, in order to protect our non-
combatant population from the ravages of
future invaders. Some Confederate iourn-
ais, we observe fondly imagine they can aid
the peace partyat the north by giving it sound
advice as to its true policy, and by encour-
aging exhortations to go ahead. The more
interest we appear to take in the success of
their movement so much the less success
will attend it. On the other hand, we shall
be very near to peace the moment we show
that we recognize that we are at war and
act accordingly. Early burned Chambers
burg under orders, we hope, as retaliation
for the burning of one Confederate town.
There remains at least one thousand Confed-
crate houses burned, for which we have a
right to exact retaliation. There is no 9th
er way for US but to meet blood with blood,
fire with fire, and outrage with outrage"
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