As many cases had occurred in which negroes had been seized, and sent South to be sold as slaves, the whole colored population took to the woods and filled up the roads in all directions.

The appearance of Jenkins' brigade, who crossed at Williamsport on the morning of the 15th and reached Chambersburg the same day, added to the alarm.
Jenkins was at the head of 2,000 cavalry, and soon became a terror to the farmers in that vicinity by his heavy exactions in the way of horses, cattle, grain, etc.

It must be confessed he paid for what he took in Confederate scrip, but as this paper money was not worth ten cents a bushel, there was very little consolation in receiving it.

His followers made it a legal tender at the stores for everything they wanted.

Having had some horses stolen, he sternly called on the city authorities to pay him their full value.
They did so without a murmur--_in Confederate money._ He pocketed it with a grim smile, evidently appreciating the joke.