Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-08-19

affected. and many strong man shed tears -
When the fire eommeneed Rebel Colonel riding
up % burning building, threw into the ire pa
per, saying here goes my commission it
may cost me my life, but ! can stand this
how THE souTHEag PORTION OF TIE TowS WAS
SAVED
Amidst the general apathy OF the citizens It II.
refreshing to point out instances Of individual
bravery, Through the exertidns of one gentleman
the whole southern portion of the town was saved.
After the flames had attained sufficient headway
N ether parts, the executive ofacers Of General
Mel lauslaRd rode to the south OF the town to see
70 the work Of destruction there. DisInounting
at crossing they We're eourteously met bg Dr.
II. hush Sensency. and invited into his residence
to tstke glass Of wine They gladly accepted his
IayiiatloH, and entering the house imbibe9 free
II Whether the wine la question was specially
adaEted for the occasion or MT am unable ii
sag but certain it is that Il had remarkable ef-
fec aRon the Rebel officers They became re-
aarkabig communicative, and disclosed to the
Doctor the entire plans &c. Of their raid Hay
ing left, By request. their autographs on sheet
OF paper, they departed No sooner had the door
elosed bshind them than the Doctor wrote above
the names of the communicative gentlemen amor
der from General IeC 4usiand to spare the south
ern portion OF the town. Armed with the 'sps-
cial Order No II. the Doctor started out in
time to see squad Of Rebels firing the buildings
in the square above Presenting the document
the officer in charge at once desisted
L was ludlcrous to see the Rebels working
up0n the hand engines to save the south of the
teER, by Special Order No. II Of sIeneral
Mc6ausand The Doctor evidently has faith in
the 8d maxim. The end justifes the means ~
This same gentlemen afterwards as the Rebels
WeEe retiring from the town. captured two of
theRl, with their horses and equipments. Tho
men were sent Immediately down to Harrisburg
The Rebel Major who was killed shortly after the
eva ultion Of the town BY the citizens, and who
was reported the notorious GIimoT, turns cut
to be MAJOR Bailey, ID independent Maryland
Battalion.
ClIAsiBERsBURG As IT IS
Tti rather inappropriate to head tlis letter
with Chanbcrsburg The town proper IS NUM-
bered among the have beenS No one caa realize
the destruction until he has seen it. The newsy
papers stated thattwo hundred and seventy h0usess
hail been burned in Chambersburg This giyesS
an incorrect idea OF the whole affair ] need onlF
say saat, sitting As now do, in hoase overlook
ing the scene, the whole town, with the exception
Of the houses il the south. is enc mass Of rains
Chafred hackened, dreary walls are ali that now
reman of the once beautiful ChambersbuTg. The
6re Is vet smoudering ia the cellars. and when
night shro6ds the ruins, the lurid light elisten-
ing over the dark walls gives an effeer wiert and
gAostly. Chambersburg aow lies As al evidence
of Rebel baFaarig, and Que cannot but thlnk, i
justice is Ineted out to men, that surely it viii
overta6e the PEI petrators Of this horrible oatrage
against hananity and civilization.