Franklin Repository

The article recounts the resolutions adopted at the Union State Convention of 1865, condemning Democrats for their stand on a range of topics, including their opposition to the enlistment of black soldiers and their refusal to grant soldiers the right to vote.

With Congress having agreed upon the terms to admit the former rebel states back into the Union, the editors assert that the issue has been resolved. The only remaining obstacle is the ratification of the amendment, which leaves the onus upon white southerners themselves.

The piece castigates Secretary Seward for sympathizing with the plight of the former rebels, whom, he asserts, are deserving of honor, both for their bravery on the field of battle and for their willingness to abandon the institution of slavery. His "strange madness" undermines the accomplishments of his "long years of public service to the great principle of human equality" and "mars the record of his own greatness."

In response to the news that the "Clymer men" intend on holding "a real Soldiers' Convention" on June 20th, the editors have issued a mock announcement that denigrates the proposed proceedings as a meeting for "bounty jumpers" and "skulking conscripts."

Information has come from a "Union resident" of Alabama that the state legislature has passed an act referring to the Union army as the "'enemy,'" which was signed by the newly-reconstructed governor, and intends "to crown the Rebellion and all its originators and promoters with honor."

The author of the letter calls for the creation of a female school in Chambersburg, modeled after an academy near to Stuttgart, in the Kingdom of Wuttemburg.

The piece chronicles the last days of Capt. Kerns, who left his home in Missouri at the outbreak of the war to return to his "Native State" and join the Pennsylvania Reserves. Kerns died in the Second Battle of Bull Run, though the location of his remains remained a mystery for quite some time.

Two black men, Peter Hatfield and Joseph Plowdon, were arrested last Tuesday after they tried to cash a stolen check at the National Bank of Chambersburg. A third man, Charles Diggs was later implicated and arrested in the affair. Prior to their arrest, Hatfield had tried to buy two suits of clothing at a store in Chambersburg but the check was refused. The prisoners assert that they did not steal the check but found it.

Local veterans of the Civil War who endorse the action of the Pittsburg Soldiers' Convention will meet on June 27th to organize under the "National Union of the Boys in Blue," as ordered by the last Convention.

The following delegates from Franklin county attended the Pennsylvania Grand Lodge of Good Templars meeting in Philadelphia last week: Rev. S. H. C. Smith, W. W. Paxton, John M. Gilmore, W. F. Eyster, W. E. Tolbert, J. A. S. Cramer, and W. S. Roney. Rev. J. S. McMurray and Rev. S. H. C. Smith were elected officers for the ensuing year.

A Lodge of the order of Good Templars was organized on the June 7th in St. Thomas by W. C. T. John M. Gilmore. The following men were elected officers: George Burkholder, John W. Coble, Benjamin K. Hassler, Margaret Miller, Jonathan Coble, Kate Vautries, David Woodall, Amelia Weaver, William H. H. McCleary, David Parks, E. Coble, Jennie Fohl, T. T. Sixas.

An "old man named Sheetz" beat his son last Sunday while in a "frenzy of intoxication," leaving him close to death. Though "quite young," the son, Paul, served in the army in the late war and was "a gallant soldier." The father has been committed to jail.

It is reported that James Purviance, a member of the 77th Regt. Penna. Vols., died near Waynesboro last Tuesday. He was buried with the "honors of war" last Wednesday.

Dr. A. H. Strickler has relocated to Mercersburg to resume his practice. Strickler is a graduate of Bellevue Hospital Medical College of New York City.

Reports that I. H. McCausley has returned to Chambersburg after an absence of two or three years, during which time he lived in several western states. McCausley has indicated that he intends on making Chambersburg his home once again where he will resume his law practice.

On June 12th, W. H. Hockenberry and Maria F. Nesbitt were married by Rev. S. H. C. Smith.

On March 29th, Henry Ulrick and Ann Newroth were married by Rev. G. Roth.

On April 26th, Adam Thomas and Mary Kuhl were married by Rev. G. Roth.

On June 14th, George Melbert and Philopena Kraemer were married by Rev. G. Roth.

On June 12th, I. James Shoaff and Syvilla J. Rumler were married by Rev. J. Dickson.

On June 14th, Andrew H. Witherspoon and Lizzie Carothers, of Sacramento, Cal., were married by Rev. J. H. Symmes.

On June 2nd, Harry Beugene, infant son of David and Lila Felker, died near Mount Morris, Ogle county, Ill. He was 17 months old.

On May 14th, John Zarger, 16, died at the residence of his father in Antrim township.

On May 27th, Emma Catharine, daughter of Peter and Elizabeth Mourer, died. She was 15 months old. Two days later, Elizabeth Mourer, 25, died. Both were interred in one grave on the May 30th at Brant's Church, near St. Thomas.