Burning of Chambersburg
A letter to the Philadelphia Inquirer dated at Chambersburg on Monday, August 1 says:
THE ALLEGANIAN
CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND.
Wednesday Morning July 20, 1864
THE WEEK’S NEWS
Battle of Monocacy
Battle of Monocacy. The special correspondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer, writing under date of Baltimore July 12th, after detailing the falling back from Frederick of Gen. Wallace’s forces, and their taking position on the Monocacy, says:
The Raid into Maryland
Military arrests. Drs B. A. Daughterty, George Stubblefield and R.S. McKaig and family, W.O. Sprigg, Esq. and family and Mrs. W.W. McKaig and family were last week arrested by the military authorities here. Drs. McKaig, Stubblefield and Daugherty were sent to the military prison at Wheeling, Va., and Wm. O. Sprigg and family, Mrs. Wm. W. McKaig and family, and the family of Dr. R. S. McKaig were sent beyond the Federal lines.
Drowned. A boatman on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, named Tully, was accidentally drowned at Georgetown on Sunday last.
The 2nd MD P.H.B. reached here last week on their return from the severe campaign under Gen. Hunter, through the Shenandoah valley. Their appearance gave proof to the statewide of the men that they had seen real service, and endured their full share of privations arid hardships. Dr. P.S. Smith, Surgeon of the Regiment, has furnished the following list of killed and wounded, during the campaign:
Killed – Samuel Miller, veteran, Co. D; S. Wilson, company not recollected; Martin Dunkee, Co. E. killed by the accidental discharge of his own gun.
…Crops in Canada arc-suffering from drought though they look well in some parts.
Maj. Robert Swan of the Confederate army was in Hagerstown last week on parole.
Colored Substitutes.—It is said that Provost Marshal General Fry has issued instructions to the various Provost Marshals that, under existing laws, they can receive or accept colored substitutes for white persons. The decision will naturally cause a great reduction of the rates demanded for white substitutes.