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PENNSYLVANIA. 



tax was in lieu of till other personal taxes. Tlio 

 place of such election was thus designated : 



A poll shall be opened in each company, com- 

 posed, in whole or in part, of Pennsylvania soldiers, 

 at the quarters of the captain, or other officer there- 

 of, and all electors, belonging to such company, who 

 shall be within one mile of such quarters on the day 

 of election, and not prevented by order of their com- 

 manders, or proximity of the enemy, from returning 

 to their company quarters, shall vote at such poll, 

 and at no other place ; officers other than those of a 

 company, and other voters, detached and absent 

 from their companies, or in any military or naval 

 hospital, or in any vessel or navy yard, may vote at 

 such polls as may be most convenient for them, and 

 when there shall be ten or more voters at any place, 

 who shall be unable to attend any company poll, or 

 their proper place of election, as aforesaid, the elec- 

 tors present may open a poll, at such place as they 

 may select, and certify in the poll-book, which shall 

 be a record of the proceedings at said election, sub- 

 stantially in manner and form as hereinafter di- 

 rected. 



The officers of the election were to be chosen 

 by th,e persons present, and the election was 

 to be conducted as within the State, so far as 

 relates to ballots, poll-books, challenges, &c., 

 &c. The result, with the poll-book, was then 

 to be sent to the prothonotary of the county 

 where the voters belonged. Officers and soldiers 

 on detached service, in numbers less than ten, 

 were authorized to send their votes to a friend 

 to be deposited by them on the day of election. 



The entire vote of the State, at the Presi- 

 dential election, was 572,702, which was given 

 as follows : 



Lincoln. Mc<"le]lan. 



Home vote 269,679 -2i.'.iG T 



Soldiers' vote 26,712 1-2,349 



296,391 276,316 



Majority for Mr. Lincoln on the home vote, 

 5,712 ; do. on the soldiers' vote, 14,303. Total, 

 20,075. 



Of the members of Congress chosen at the 

 election in October, 16 were Republicans and 8 

 Democrats. 



The Legislature chosen at the election in 

 October was divided as follows : 



Senate. House. 



Republicans -0 64 



Democrats 13 36 



Republican maj ority 7 23 



On July 3d a force of the enemy moved up 

 the Shenandoah valley to invade Maryland. 

 At that time Pennsylvania was called upon 

 for volunteers to be mustered into the Federal 

 service for a hundred days. Six regiments 

 were thus organized in Pennsylvania, Mary- 

 land, and "Washington and its vicinity, and a 

 battalion of six companies. In the latter part 

 of the month the regiments were withdrawn 

 to "Washington, and only the battalion remained. 



On Friday, the 29th of July, the Confederate 

 brigades of Johnson and McCausland, consist- 

 ing of from 2,500 to 3,000 mounted men, with 

 six guns, crossed the Potomac at Clear Spring 

 Ford. They commenced crossing at ten o'clock, 

 A. M., and marched directly on Mercersburg. 

 There were but forty-five men picketed in 



that direction, under command of Lieutenant 

 McLean, U. S. A., and as the enemy succeeded 

 in cutting the telegraph communication, wLich 

 from that point had to pass west by way of 

 Bedford, no information could be sent to Gen. 

 Couch, by telegraph, who was then at Cham- 

 bersburg. The head of this column reached 

 Chambersburg at three o'clock A. si. on Satur- 

 day, the 30th. 



The brigades of Vaughn and Jackson, num- 

 bering about 3,000 mounted men, crossed the 

 Potomac at about the same time, at or near 

 Williarnsport ; part of the command advanced 

 on Hagerstown ; the main body moved on the 

 road leading from "Williarnsport to Greencastle. 

 Another column of infantry and artillery 

 crossed the Potomac simultaneously at Shep- 

 pardstown, and moved toward Leitersburg. 

 Gen. Averill, who commanded a force reduced 

 to about 2,600 men, was at Hagerstown, and 

 being threatened in front by Vaughn and Jack- 

 son, on his right by McCausland and Johnson, 

 who also threatened his rear, and on his left 

 by the column which crossed at Sheppards- 

 town, he therefore fell back upon Greencastle. 



Gen. Averill, it is understood, was under 

 the orders of Gen. Hunter, but was kept as 

 fully advised by Gen. Couch as was possible, 

 of the enemy's movements on his right and to 

 his rear. Gen. Couch was in Chambersbnrg, 

 where his entire force consisted of 60 infantry, 

 45 cavalry, and a section of a battery of artil- 

 lery, in all less than 150 men. The six com- 

 panies of men enlisted for one hundred days 

 remaining in the State, and two companies of 

 cavalry, had, unders from Washington, joined 

 Gen. Averill. The town of Chambersburg wa3 

 held until daylight, by the small force under 

 Gen. Couch, during which time the Govern- 

 ment stores and trains were saved. Two bat- 

 teries were then planted by the enemy com- 

 manding the town, and it was invested by the 

 whole command of Johnson and McCausland. 

 At 7 o'clock, A. M., six companies of dismount- 

 ed men, commanded by Sweeny, entered the 

 town, followed by mounted men tinder Gil- 

 more. The main force in line of battle, a 

 demand was made for $100,000 in gold, or 

 $500,000 in Government funds, as ransom, and 

 a number of citizens were arrested and held as 

 hostages for its payment. No offer of money 

 was made by the citizens of the town, and even 

 if they had any intention of paying a ransom, 

 no tinxe was allowed, as the enemy commenced 

 immediately to burn and pillage the town, dis- 

 regarding the appeals of women and children, 

 the aged and infirm. Gen. Couch withdrew 

 his command, and did not himself leave until 

 the enemy were actually in the town. General 

 Averill's command being within nine miles of 

 Chambersburg, efforts were made during tho 

 night to communicate with him. In the mean 

 time, the small force of Gen, Couch held tho 

 enemy at bay. Gen. Averill marched on 

 Chambersburg, but did not arrive until after 

 the town was burned and the enemy had re- 



