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r Chambersburg!' And so they exclaimed, and so they shouted, as they dashed at a trot through the town. I may live to be an old man, but never, never shall I see such sights again, as I saw that day in the stricken town of Chambersburg. J. K. SHRYOCK." Aug. 6, 1864. BUILDINGS BURNED. The following is a correct list of the buildings burned by the rebels in Chambersburg, with their estimated value by a committee of disinterested gentlemen appointed for that purpose: South side of Market Street. Jacob Wolfkill--Two-story frame and brick building, $700 Patrick Campbell's heirs--Two-story brick building, 700 Peter McGaffigan--Two-story building, 600 James C. Austin--Two-story brick building, new, 5,000 R. Austin--Two-story brick building, 3,000 William H. McDowell--Two-story stone front and brick back building, brick stable, 3,000 James M. Brown--Two-story stone front and brick back building, stable, 3,300 Jacob Sellers--Two-story brick front and back building, stables, and ice-house, (hotel,) 4,000 J. W. Douglas--One-story frame building, 600 Martin Brown--Frame front and log building, 1,000 J. A. and J. C. Eyster--Log front and back building, 1,000 Mrs. Jordan--Two-story brick front and back building, 5,000 L. S. Clark--Two-story frame building and stable, 1,200 C. M. Duncan--Two-story building, law-office, stable, 2,000 E. Culbertson--Two-story brick building, office, stone barn, 6,000 Mrs. Bard--Two-story brick building, and row of law offices, 6,500 Gehr & Denny--Two three-story brick buildings, and one two-story, (dwellings and "Franklin Repository" office,) 5,500 C. M. Duncan--Three-story building, (Franklin Hotel,) three-story brick arcade, brick stables, &c., 15,000 Aug. Duncan--Three-story brick building, 1,500 Henry Monks--Three-story brick building, 1,500 Edward Aughinbaugh--Three-story brick building, 1,500 Dr. William H. Boyle--Three-story bric
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