,'k- ■; col, a. kuiMaAN. ijj ; - TWfbll*wi4g sketch of Cul.jJhmes A. Mul ligan, the' of Lexington, .'Mo,, wc learn ftomjja gentlemah of this city, who has been intimatejyhequaiDted with him for the part five or si# years s j\ CoV James JL Muyigsy eras bom in the city of Utios, New York, in she:. year 1829,-and is onns*qoontiy |ln' hi« thirty-second stps parents werelhatives of- Ireland.,., His mother, after the death of jhis fathefti which took- place when be wnßq«bild, to Chicago, where aba has resided with eoti for the past 23 years. Sheraaitried a respectable Irish Amer ican Lanlry, wfm b«a a- father’s solicitude tin soldier. He was-edodated at tbs Catholic College of .North Chicago, hnder the superintendence of the Rev. Mr. 1 .Kinsellar bf New YorkLCity. In 1851, 1853 and 1854, he read law in the law office of the honorable Isaac N. Arnold, Con gressman from the Chicago District. If or ' n short time hejedited thc Wes Urn Tabltt, a semi religions weekly newspaper, in Chicago. In 1856, he admitted an attorney-at-law.in Chicago, t ! ■ S At this tinie he beldtbe position of Second Lieotennnt in the Chicago 'Shields Guards, one of the companies attached to the Irish brigade now in Missr nri, and which has done so well at Islington. In 1857, Senator Fitch of Indiana, tendered him a clerkship in the Department cf the Interior. He accepted it and spent the win-, ter at Washington. -After his return from Washington, he was elected Captain of the Shields Guards. . On the arriving of the bombardment of Supiter, he'tbrSw hiasonlinto the national sense. ■■ ijbe Irish American com panies held t meeting;k which he whs shortly afterwards b 5 went tb ’Yasfiingtoß with a letter, written hy tie late ! Spimatjor Dq-bglas on his death-bed, to the President, tencferingT a regi ment to be culled the flrish Brigade.” He!was elected Colonel, and Jibrnediately went to work With a will. , Cub Mulligan is worthy 1 of all praise, A I purer, a better man, dies not live in the State | of Illinois. Since he' was able to tell the differ- j enoe between aldand t.’afer.a glass of spiritu- J mis or malt liquor has'pot passed his lips. Her is about si:: feet j"; hrtiglit, with a wiry,' elastic frame Honor ble in ail relations, and | respected by all, be hr.) won bis way by unit!- j ring industry and umftestionable courage. On i the 26th day of Octob r, 1859. be was married | to Miss Marfan Nagel t, by the Roman Catholic . Bishop of Chicago. H> • 'I A fine schjolirr, ft \ ghod speaker, a brilliant writer, a promising'! lawyer, was he when the | banner of the Union was insulted. Now he is : —long may he con tin oe so—one of the brave defenders of;the Union., • In one of his last let- 1 tear* received by the; gentleman above alluded | -to, ha says“if I die, if I fall in defense of, our laws ftnd Constitution, lot my example be , followed by,kit—by.jßvery man who loves; tho'l fame and renown of the.'fathers who madOiUs a i great and honorable people.” —Detroit Tribune. | - PABSON BBPW’ETEOW’S ATTITUDE. | The Knoiville WAig 'at ihb 7th u[fc., confa!ns a-eard fro,m Mr. Brownlow, designed to correct - some eroneops notions tijftt prevail in regard to ~K5s positnman the wariiquestion. ' lie says I e entertains tbs sane position lie always has 'of “Ibeherwy of Secession and ■the leading men who brought about a dissolution of the Onion, i and of .tbb natives' that 1 prompted them.”-: lie' ‘•can never sanction tbe-one-nor confide in the other.” Ha wishes. It understood, however, ! that, inasmuch as fe.ia'not. a “candidate for nnwtyrdorai ok in»p]4sobment”-during' the - -war, 1 and has been’over||mered by the action of the State at the pallet 1 >oi, and by the strong: arm of tbe militqrj'. he has determined to “moder ate in his tone,” tc “cease the course of war fare” he hosjwagei i,and'to “yield to the neces sity upon nsir-a nf irssity none of tis can avert.” After pledging bio »lf to devote more attention hereafter, to (tiring ?iis readers the current news, he say*; “I novBT iinght editorially. As long ns I could sceompliel 1 anything by fighting, and >H my retirement fo a position of neutrnlity. I entry with ijie- pig unchanged principles , and shsH-eherish thein totty latest hours in life !” lie fbrther addb t “So far as I am indtridnally concerned, I will .not bo a party to any ibad scheme of rebellion, gotten up at this late day, or to ony insane at tempt to invade this end of the State with.Fed ieral troops. I And any portion of the Union men of East Tennessee who mny be crazy enough toembark ih dther enterprise, ansi snf : far utter ruin, As. bdey are bound to do,| shall 1 not, when “the time t pf these' calamities be orerpnst,” reflect pf (die for having advised 'such a course. T “I hove many qljt friends and co-laborers in - tthe Union pause; dispersed throughout' East Tennessee; vtho thi ife that I ought weekly to pitch into the State' tad the Confederate Govern ments,, and into evt tything and everybody con-j neoted with Secess] in, regardless of consequen-| CesVnnd the more-iso, as I conduct the' onlyl UniotKpaper'lleft inithe Southern Confederacy.! Not being impressed with any such sense of] duty, I most respectfully decline the honors? and hazards! of so brave and independent af course. there is any gentleman in the ■ Union ranks an this end of tho St,ate, who is de sirous to.try his hand in it, I will cheerfully ; yield him my position 1 But before be embarks, n* a new begtnnek, I will apprise him of the fact that we lire jn the midst of n fearful revo-l lution and rebellion —that the civil law has giv- j rn way to millitary rule—and that, if be is fool enough to attempt such, a course, the military authorities of the, South ire not fools enough to I tolerate it. ! I come downfrom my extreme po-1 sition, not of choice, but of necessity, and I frank-, ly confess that I have not the courage to ! meet, in open combat, unarmed as I am, eleven States; ia arms, add in full uniform.” 4 - Tbs Haetest os Death. — Dr. Lyon, brigadd surgeon under General Lyon at the battle of WiUon erejsk, was witness to the following ex'* traurdinory'lncident: “A tall rebel soldier wared a large and costly Secession flag defij »ntly, when a cannon ball struck him: to thif earth, dead- A second soldier instantly picked up the prqstrate flag, and waved it again— i| cannon baU shattered bis body. A third suit | dier raised and waived the flag, andji third ■ CUnon ball crashed into his breast nndllie feiij dead. Yet the fourth time was the flag raisi-d; ' the soldietj wared it, and' turned to climb ovef j the fence frith it into the woods. As ha stood | astride the! fence a"moment, balancing to keep ! the heavy flag upright, h fourth cannon hall' •track hiioi In the Bide cutting biro cuiwp!etel| in two, to that ono-balf of hi* body fell on onf ; eide of the fence and the other half .the other eide, wbile tbs flag itself lodged on the ' and wm captured Is a few minutes afterwards ' tp6fftncjp.» U ■ • V i vie. IHE MlTAttiß, jngon * - - 1 "wELLSBOBOUGB, PA., I 1861." I County t^bmliationfi. 1 ’ FOB PEESIDEST 2CDUB. f ROBERT G. WHITE, o/ JJWsboro. [ Poa ABSOCIAT rROYAL WHEELER, |-VICTOR OASB, .1 , FOE REPRESS fr-S, B. EIiLIOTT, I B. B. STRANjG, j . FOE 6HEI I H. STOVTEEII J ; FOE T lEA | HENRY B ; . CAR I ; ■ FOB COIUI.' f -JOB REXFOiiDj ""hji - • - * J ■ I ( T FOB BCD) M. -BCLUEI CIIAS. GOLDSMIT’ J . RESOLUTIONS. JVherear, Civil War with all its horror? and at f tendant evil? now exis £ in our country—war waged | against the existing 'bvcrnineut nml againbt'frce f institutions by armed legions of rebels and traitors I in the South, and by those, who, in the free JJorth, | pnlliato and excuse th 3m, thus giving them aid und, ! comfort: And ll’Aerer« all former party issues, vi- I tal «s they arc in themselves, have sunk into insig j- liificonce by the side o * the great question of Union | or Disunion. Therefore be it • \ Uewlotd, That until seaco shall he again restored py a vigorous and succWfnl war, there can be but v\o parties—one maiuti .iniug inviolate the Constitu ion and the Union, and the government established >y it; and the other dinctly in arms, or indirectly by meeting at the efforts of the administration to enforce :ho law?, ai.d pulliatirg, excusing, opologizing, or pympalhlzing with rebellion, conspiring to overthrow Ihe Constitution and thdreby destroy the Union of the State*. | JietoUed, That while |vo hnvo the utmost confidence |.n President Lincoln—ip his ability, wisdom, and in- Icgnfy—rnnd in lhe,prinpiple? on v, bleb be was elected So the first office in the 5 world; nevertheless, wo bc ievc it to bo the*duty of all men .to merge the parti* jtaa in the patriot, and therefore we are willing to fncet till men upon a cun man platform : The Uxios, for the sake of the blessings of freedom and good government; the Coss’ttutios and the war for its pnintenancc until the rebels lay down their arms,* tuid the ENFORCEMENT OP THE LAWS, 6V6D to the hanging of traitor leade’s/ This w our only platform nml wo invite all men to anitevith us,'no matter what nnrty they may have belonged to* beretoforo in sup port of these principles/! f J!etulced. That if tb County shall unijc with . Ihe’platf'rm stated in tl |i.»ve manfully united w| f' ears for the War, we sbl f uif good faith, reqnij capability in the dittri. fcard to party nntsc.4. if Jletolredy That ‘'the >rattiee which /eGhIS to hiite rown up io this county for the last ten year?, of per ons selecting tlufiuselw * for office, advertising their ,ames to the public” through the county papers, ns aniHdate®, is, of ItsfU right and proper ,*'but (hat ( j** the practice of traveling over the county in all di | rccijon l ' beggirg and pleading the people to elect del legates instructed for t icro, has become a nuisance, pud ought to be” abulia tod ; that 4 * the effect of such a practice ie demoralizing, tending to promote bar gains between the candidates; to provoke strife ond pciirc ird, and ip the cod :o place candidates before the ipubUc who are unworthy of public trust;” jthat the people thenisi Ives, and rot political wire fpullcrs who take advantage of a bad system to pro ijinvle their own selfish euls. should be allowed to say She their candidates foj office shall be. That-to rc iovo these, and other abuses, this Convention hereby ijolisbes, so far as the bounty Repnblieiin organiza tion in concerned, the - pi esent Convention system, end jitluit we hereby adopt it e, following in its stead : ( |' Tbe people of each tovnsbipaud borough wjll meet fat the usual place of h» Iding ejections, and at a eer <Stain tirae ngreed upon ly too County Executive Ccm- Imitiee as heretofore, and ahull oust each man for him one vote for the pet son he desires to be nominated ■Tto any given office. It shall he the duty of the Vigi llbinca Committees appointed by the County Executive ||Comtn ; ttee os heretofotor, to constitute themselves as lan tion board, to count tbo votes given for each [tcamlidato nt tbe close of the election, and to meet at I the Court House, in Wejllsborough at four o’clock P. JM. of, the Friday following such primary election. llAftcr proper organization, these coinmirfeee-sball pro- to count the votes jwist for each candidate in the ■ several townships n.ud in-the county, and ' “the persoo*ha.ving the Ihigheit number of votes cast ! for him shall be declared tbo nominee of tbo Repub lican party for that office, and shall receive the hearty \ support of nil tbo Republicans at the election which follows. J , i fiesuhtd, That, ns die above system, if properly carried out, will represint more faithfully the wishes of a majority of the people than any other, and, as it at once docs nway with delegates, and political traffic in any pbnpe, w$ call upon all Republican? to aid u.' in carrying out jhia much needed reform. Munson's Hill ia ,at.length in possession of our troops, the enemy having.abandoned that, and o her position in that direction, on Friday As no defensive works had been erected there except a, few rude rifle pits, and no guns apparently had been put in position, it is quite possible that these points might have been taken possession of without waiting for their voluntary evacuation by the Rebels. Munson’s Hill has been valuable to them only ns a point of observation of our works, except, .indeed, the empty satisfaction they may have derived from holding .a place they could not have defended if attacked. That satisfaction probably will be enhanced when they learn that we hare lost more men in taking possession of Falls Church, by" one of those deplorable oversight, from which we have suffered so often, that if the posi tion had been attacked when ihtheir’pnssession, and that our troops wantonly destroyed from $40,000} fo 50,000 worth of property. It is now. sup'poscd that there Inis not been at any time, morejthan 10,000 men in front of Washington. Successful foraging expeditions went out on 1 Saturjnv in the neighborhood of Edsell’s Hill and to the Mount Vernon estate of the late John A Washington, bringing away large quantities of hay and jgrain. One of the officers Jw bo had arrived at StJ Louie from Lexington' reports, on the authority of a Rebel Quartermaster, that the ‘number of rations given mittu Price's command the day after <!:e surrender o!f Lexington was thirty four thousand.' This‘force is rapidly augment ing from all quarters. Ndtbingideflnite is known of McCulloch'. S -outs report strong columns on the mnroh northward, ibis supposed tii Si. Joseph, from Lexington. i • From Kentucky we learn that measures have been adopted to prevent the smuggling of arms into that State; that two looks un Green Rivet have been taken possession of by 500 Indiana "troops; that a Regiment of Ohio cavalry have gone into camp near Covington; that the Reb els had been badly whipped atMud River; and that Union men now are flocking to Hawkins's and from ail direction?# A -i - t :e jctwss, vf Laareneeville. of Knoxville. • .'TATIVES. of Mansfield, of Clyayeri ;ifi. b., of Delmar, iSCBEB. D, of Sullivan. SSIONEB. „ , of Clymtr. iitobs.; of WelUhoro. I. of Deerfield, s Uuinn Democrats of this aaln forming one party, upon he above resolution, aa tbcy (b us in contributing volun ill In rbe future, as evidence ■e only loyalty, honesty, and button of offices, without re* LATEST] WA-E IPEWS, HIE . TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOR, O.'.F. VA.T£o£| I f I TheDemperatio Convention filch asserobUtd ; at Welisboto of the 12th nit., »*ry jadioiotMfy ; altered.Jtß name.iiid,dubbedi|»elf “Union/! It showed at least some shrewdness in so do* ing, for so - much treason bad been concocted under the shield of that name; that it had justly, become odioris to the people. We do not mean to S 3 j that all those who bare herded with that party were subject to the imputation of disloy ty, fdr we believe that the mass Of the democratic party of the North-are true, but' the leaders,,, those who have been in the,habit of j“ snuffing office from afar,” are only true so far jas loyalty gives them the prospect of place and power; There are some honorable exceptional too, even among the “ groat men” of the prirty, such men as Dickinson, Butler &c. Bat, there is a 3 lass of petty politicians,—meh who have fig red in, town and village politics—committee men—-managers—-small potato men, —men of vjision limited within the'narrow-circle of sa cred self, who had rather let the Union slide than fail in breaking down the present admin istration and restoring the old dynasty to power. Their especial horror is the-Republican party. | The Democratic leaders had another object in view. There w,ere a few tender footed—sore headed men in the Republican party-men who didn’fsccm to themselves to be properly appre ciated by the messes of that party —that some how or other couldn’t rise up to that impor tance which their “ varied talents and respect ability” entitled them to, who couldn’t make a bargain with their respectability to dubb themselves democrat—but who were willing to go it, if they could only throw over their heads isoroe kind of a htrtelock that was not marked Democratic—material or,name made no differ ones with them orily it was not to be called demo cratic—so they agreed to dub their bend car ‘‘Union,’’ and in went their caputs, likd a certain silly bird in South America, who, when frightened, sticks her head, incontinently into" the sand, bat shows her— sublergum —more prominently to every passer by. We do not mean our medical friend up town exactly, yet we can not but hope that be will rise to that position in the society of bis new friends that his “ genius and varied acquire ments” seem to ,entitle him to—at least we have some hopes; that he will convert to true Unionism, some of those with whom be now seeing to be cheek by jowl. We do mean, how ever, flic gentleman whose name heads this arti cle, “ whose liberality’’ according to the Demo crat, “generous, social nature and sympathy's sth and for the laboring masses,” is so well known, jjnd' who so well “discharges every duty to society and 7iis family." We ape not going to dispute [the Democrat’s eoiogium, but leave all [that to be settled between him and bis neigh bors. Thus much we can say fur Me. Taylor, that he is quite, a respectable sort of man, and if we can not subscribe to the Democrat's asser tion that his head is equal to any emergency and his heart alive to every generous and noble sen timent! yet wo are willing to admit he is a prfetty good sort of a man, and averages about with the rest of the people in his neighborhood, , and that in all conscaencei* praise enough. Re asked the Republicans of Covington os a spe cial favor tb elect him a delegate io the Repub lican Convention; for be bad we suppose a par ticular end to serve then—a friend that be wanted to have nominated and fur whom be could not carry Covington township nor Bloss burg, his place of business, notwithstanding his wonderful influence. He was elected a del egate —attended pnd acted—got himself placed on the Committee to examine the credentials of defeated delegates from Jackson and managed to get the delegates admitted who were favora ble to his fliend’and to exclude those whom* the Democrat says were the rightful delegates. His friend was defeated and that toorin the reg ular Republican- Convention; whose delegates from every district in the county were elected by a fuller vote than ever before were dele gates elected. . The successful candidate was a man fresh from the people, who never before asked for office, and who was nominated by a vote that coaid not leave a doubt in the mind of any one that he was the choice of the people. What does this honorable man, 0 P. Taylor, do ? lie and his friend who was defeated, al most the very next day set themselves to work to defeat this nominee. He commencies, forsooth, hegociations with the Democratic party, to be' • himself their nominee. Coy and modest at first, he springs at last lovingly and rapturously into the embrace of the party which ha had al ways professed to hate, like the maiden ad vanced in years’, and thinking that the last chance. Or in hot blood, maddened by passion, regardless of the giver, if only the, gift can be possessed. When the passion is over, and the beat cooled down, and he sees his course as oth ers see it now, let Mr. Taylor ask himself in big sober retirement, if he can justify to his conscience and feelings of honor, the course he is pursuing. Is it honorable to go into one convention, get fairly defeated there, and then go into another to be made a tool of by design ing men ? In hi* bitterness of spirit, conse quent on defeat, let. him - ask himself if. bo is really that intelligent and shrewd man that'bis friends have'oalled him T 1 Did the 'man whose beck he is now obeying—and because he was defeated in bis aspirations fur the Sheriffalty in the Republican Convention, is now riding the Chanty night and day to defeat the Repub lican nominee, ever advise him to bis advan tage ?! Finally, Mr. Taylor, 5s your course hon orable?- "We know what yonr answer will be —.“Ail things are fair in politics.” Our an swer to such an answer is—that ho whose eth ics rise ho higher than that, is not fit to be trust ed to public office, “Honesty is the best poli cy" in polities, ns in everything else. A fetv word# to ihefullic, and we bate done. Heifeiiah Stottell, Jr., isayoung man of tin* btafcbbed r*pritation--he bos been no office' seefctt' —froa lbildbobd, be bas been, a . By tlriiiLrifkblemanriets, he had made, ffitfffdff of all whiji know him, and by those IrWifds he was brought forward for tho office. He was-placed intbofield.andas in everything ' else, Ka Werit heartily fritb the work arid can vassed the coctotj.j Tie was successful; Why ! be was successful, ea'charid every one' who be- I came acquainted with him; can easily tell; Ho succeeded;because OVerJ orie satv iff him just the man, that in hard times to come, was eminently fitted to, be the Sheriff of Tioga County. ' 1 . - We trust that no Republican of Tioga Conn-, ty will fail to deppsite hia vote for Bsetekiah Stowell.Jr. ;■ ■ fleod in the Cowenesque. : It ia for the purpose of giving your readers a sketch of the disastrous events that/ have transpired in our midst during , the past week, that I write. We ! have been surprised by the -stern visitation of [water,' which has in its rjipid and onward flow, carried with it the property and resources of the CowanesqnejValley, which was obtained by steady stroke, and hard [.and diligent toil. i i . -On Friday morning, Sept. 27th, it began to rain very bard, arid it kept up a steady shower the most part of t|o day, and it completely filled the ground with j water; without making inny material alteratlbri in the river. , Along about five o’clock it helj up, and did not rain again until about eight, j when it began; to pour with increased-force upon our already drenched val ley, and we became that if .the rain continued until morning, we should probably have full banks ntj least; but we never dreamed that in an hour wiben we least expected it, we should be surrounded with water. We had several very bardiabowers during tho fore part of the night, and’the wind shifting to the west, added fury to the; storm, and sent doWn water in perfect torrents upon üb, which we ; had thought under tbq circumstances; mustjhaye al ready “leaked oulj,” or been “dried np,r owing to the profusenesq of the-element that.jhad al ready been lavished upon us. We retired at the usual hour, apd never once thought of the prospect of our [being washed put —although the rain fell in pcirfeit torrents, yet we thopgbt it would not begin to rise before morning. Rut we found that pur prognosis of (fee molter.jwas decidedly unfavorable, when aboutd o’clock we were arroused frojm onr slumbers! by the roaring and rushing of thje water aroundjour dwellings. The water began jto raise in the |iver about 11 o’clock, and at 2 6’clock it covered the hatsjond ran into our village, filling eellrirs, wells, 'hou ses and all over (he premises of those whose houses it did nod enter, and every one iu| the town sustained a considerable amount of jam age. The water in the streets; and on the walks, was about three feet deep; and the [cur rent very rapid; it ‘ tore away fences, under mined dwellings; and washed away plank-: walks, and gullied out tho street* and so that considerable! labor roust be dune in qrder to repair the roads so that they may be made passable. As far [up the Cowasesque as; we have beard, bridges,bouses, mills and dams have {been ' carried away, and crops of all k nds that were I -on the fiats were swept off, and the farms.were, 1 badiy cut up—calttle were carried off in oonsid-' arable numbers, land several large buildings i were moved from their foundations, with the families still in them, and carried several rods j down the stream; Immediately bock of main - street, in this village, large lota of iogs an d - flood-trash, are piled in almost mountain high, 1 and amongst theirabbisb are cattle, and 1 parts' 1 of houses, furniture, and T. Richardson’s ,Saw : Mill, lays iaau opright position, just da it,was.l carried off. Along M iin Street can bo, seen the : effects of the disaster—stumps, logs arid trash, were floated intoi the village, and in some cases , piled against the fences with such force, as to ! carry them, away.. The water filled into jmoat of the stores, shops and offices, and wo under- j stand by our merchants, that they have all i tained considerable damage, which damage Was mostly of’their groceries which were upon the ] floor. T. B. Tompkins’ is among the, heayyest 1 loosers.'in this vicinity; his loss consists of lum ber, logs, houses &c. It carried away w4g°na loaded with lumber—it also damaged biro in cutting awnyhis docking, and washing oqtlhe banks.' The Bridge at this place crossing the Covran'esque Rriver, was damaged to; such an extent, that it isf hardly considered safe to gross open it, and wc have since learned that there is bat-two-bridges remaiDgingon the whole length of this river. The Thomas bridge, nnid Ellison bridge,.a!so the-Fay-Mill above Beecher’s Inland were swept off. rWchave been informed. Unit Mr. A. Lucy, of [Nelson, sustained a heavy! loss. On the flats scarcely any fences are to, be seen. The Corn and Buckwheat crop, is mostly all destroyed. It would be out of my radge to un dertake to give ja rough guess, or estimate of the amount of dlamage done io this villey, but 1 am sure that it would run into the thousands. This was tho greatest flood ever before kriown in this river; arid those who witnessed the me morable May flood in 1833, which surpassed anything ever before, orsinco known, untilinow, say that this was by far the largest qnd most terrible. Fortunately the Tioga River was not more than bank [full; if it had been as high as the Cowanesquq, this, place would have been drowned ont. The two rivers come together at this place, and ijf there had been an equal ad dition of water from the Tioga River, destruc tion of life, ns well as property, must have fol lowed. But as far as we have heard, no jlives were"loat; and we feel to rejoice that we came off as well as we did, and are very thankful tßpf matters arej no worse than they are. ;Lawroncevilld, Sept. 30, 1861. L. D. Jr. • A Fax Man in Battle. —Daring the Bui Run battle, an cjrder was given to a New Eng land company to lie down and load, and only rise when in the act of firing. During the hot test of the conflict Captain Taw observed a man standing while loading. “ Contrary to order," exclaimed the captain, “you .must lie down while loading.”l “The fact is, Captain,” said said the man addressed, “ I am so plagucy fat that if 1 lie down to load it takes too long to get up again." i The Captaiu turned away with a.smile and leftlthe fut man. to choose his own mode of fighting. Hon. Edwardl Everett commands the Admin istration for its vigorous action in suppressing the circulation of Secession newspapers at the North. He holds that in time of war, when treason is rife through the land, no squeamish notions about the freedom of ihe press should preventthe people tfom abating these nuisances. In a time like the present/ such opinions from such a man saenct fail to attract attention. . jpßoic jpfaa . jBOYIC j ibaitjpoqdencs of fl» Agitator.',, I ) . i • Cahp Bnion Miis Sept. ; . ■ FBiiMD AgitaMß.— Tomorrow morjKfag we ’'4rd to leave this camp and rtfirch Wohehtfrfai: from Washington. ..When-Wa-arrived in; this onmp at the close of a long, rainy day, about one month ago, it w«» oply.-to rtop during tfaq night, aftd, then ooifftinue our journey on the following morning, but circumstances unseen by us,- have kept us here until now. Our camp is situated in a grand oak forest, which has been trimmed and cleaned up by us, until it is , as ntmt and clean as a parlor, and nearly every, company has'made a large stone bake-oven, for the purpose of baking their own bread and beef* 1 Maj, Lewis of the Pa.' 46th Reg 1 !., was yes i terday shot dead from his hors* by a private in ibis own Regiment. It appears that tw° men ■ got into a row-i-pnC H drinking,' quarrelsome fellow that bad been drummed out of the three ; moth service, , The Major seeing the fight, or dered him tied to a wagon,-which Was done.— In a short time he worked himself loose,’loaded his gun, and when the Major rode by, shot him dead on the spot. He was instantly taken, tied hand and foot, loaded into £ wagon, placed un der a strong guard, and taken to the- Provost Guard, where he will soon be stretched between the heavens and the earth/ to kick out the last moments of a useless life* For the Agitator. The 46th is now enCamped within sight of ns, and as I am writing this, the stow and solemn death march is passing by, followed by the re mains of the beloved Maj. Lewis, which is be ing taken to Washington, and from therice to his friends at borne. Major Lewis was a second Lieutenant in the Mexican war—a Captain during the three month service, and returned to Camp Cur tin the second time with a Company, when he was promoted to Major. He was a fine looking man, and respected by his whole company:— They wept like children when they saw him fall from his horse. It ia now believed among military men here, that it is not the intention of those that control this vast machinery, to make an attack upon the enemy along the Potomac for weeks,-and perhaps for months ; but to fortify well every pglftt* and defend ourselves, while an army sails dovra the Gulf Stream, attacks them in the rear and retake our stolen property. If the natives in some of those Southern ports and cities should wake up sotoe morning and find bomb shells, and bullets, whiyzing around them like the hail-stones around "the icy hat of a Norwe gin, they need' not be at all surprised. 1 Our army ia at the present time, building wide roads to the river, to be used in case of an attack. Yesterday a party of rebels approached I the river, andbegairto throw up breast-works, when they were observed by our men. Soon the loud report of a cannon, and the bursting of a few shells in their midst, made iheir situa tion rather unpleasant; so they picked up their shovels and pick-axes, ajnd took a “double quick’’ to the woods. I-did nqtlearn thdt aijiy were killed. A number of regiments! have moved from V,’ashington into this vicinity; with in the past week. ) There are five secession prisoners now in the hands of the Provost Guard, in this place, i I saw them Saturday ; they have good quarters, and are well cared for, and will be, until they learn, that the flag under which they were! boijn, hare lived, and grown old, is not to be dishon ored and torn down, while the united millions of the North Stand ready to rally around its standard, and protect its rights. . The Wonders oV the Microscope. —We un derstand it is through the agency of this! mar vle viewing instrument that Dr- AyerJias at length succeeded in finding tho paludal miasm and determining its character. Of its- 'effects wo in this section have abundant evidence |icr the Fever and Ague which it alone produces 1 when absorbed through the lungs into the blood. It has long been held to be a vapor or some thing in the vapor of water from decayed add decaying vegetation. Under a great magnify ing power, the Doctor has found this vapor (to contain distinct organisms or living bodies, cor responding precisely with those found in the blood of Ague subject?. They are 13,000 times less than visible to the the naked eye, but have distinct character and form. Me thinks they are productive in ’ decaying matter or 'in the blood, and hence" their long continued lifejor the remote effects of them in the systemj He maintains that they resemble in character the other fermentative poisons, or such as the virus of rabies or of a dead body, 40., all ,of which are known to reproduce themselves with ‘great rapidity like yeast in moistened flour, so that the slightest quantity impregnates the whole mass. Yeast through a powerful magnifier is seen to he forest of vegetation which grows!, blossoms, and goes to seed in a short time.—j- Miasm is not so distinctly vegetable hut hah more the appearance of animal life, althougli its motives cannot bo perfectly distinguished.— What the Doctor claims to have settled id that it is an organic substance and he has further found and embodied in his “ Ague Cure’! what will destroy it.— Leader, St. Louis, Mo. Going to Fremont. —A lung string of stal wart follows were marching gaily down the street yesterday afternoon. They all Inokedi jolly, and nearly all bad carpet bags. We in-, quired: “ Which way boys?” And the reply was the single word..“ Fremont!” There is music in the name. fThe boys go to him with a will, and more recruits can be obtained for hip department than for any other. Companies! recruited for his army leave here nearly! every! day. Ask almost any squad of sturdy young! men who are evidently off for the wars .where 1 they are bound, and you htiar the namel“Fre-| mont,” given with a hearty emphasis Jam! a| glitter of the eye that how the gallant little! man with nerves of steel lives in the hearts of the people. —Cincinnati Commercial. A Noble Sentiment. —The patriots of the revolution never uttered a more noble I senti ment than Gov. Sprague, of Bhode Island, ex pressed when he said, “Wealth is useless un less it promotes the public welfare, and life it self but a bauble unless it ministers'to the hon or and glory of our country.” The nobility of this sentimertt is attested by the fact that Gov, Sprague, who is the wealthiest man- in New England, has given from his personal fortune immense sums to promote the cause of the Union, and has periled his life in the foremost ranks of the army upon the field of bottle. Essence of the Weed.— A painful rumor having reached Springfield, that the Southern ers were about to poison the tobacco consumed at the North, a meeting of old ohewers was held, who resolved that if the South could get up anything worse "than they had tried, they would like to see it. A copy of the resolve was senjt , to Jeff, Pavisv Qefid&eMl B’remonfr [From fte St* LonU Deoiowt] . Just before leaving this city Ge n « wrote a letter to a friend in New ’tori** have succeeded in getting, a atopy,, X relates to public affairs, and * * time jjublio interest, we commit in laying before our readers: “Si. Lock, Friday,jjept. “ My dear sir r I leave, at eight the morning and send you this hurried ! the mid of the last arrahgeioents bekf, 05 * 1 ’ ing. ; "We have to contend with ah efiesriw. noposts to garrison and no lines of tm.lf’ tion to. defend of. etfafd; whose whovT can bp fnrftfefl at #ifl Wanypoint have from Leaveufteftb arid from iWfci* Paducah to keep' protected, , ***l “ I vrisb to say to you that, though th sl# tion is, 'difficult, lam competent to it , to the enemy in the field.. I am not able/ same time to attend |to the enemy at bon*' is a shame to the coiintry that an officer - to the field, his life ip his hands, solely acifi by the desire to serve his country and in l himself its good opinions, with no other ein* should be destroyed by a system-of cone® te£ attacks utterly without foundation. (J ges are spoken of where there are none tat made. What is the object of the repe& of these falsehoods, except to familiarises! public mind to the idea that Soaeibii*; wrong? Already opr credit,- WhichWL is shaken in consequence of the newspip,,;J raationri of my being removed. Money b ( manded by those furnishing eUppliei. 1 ; , fend myself would require the time tl_4 necessary and- belongs to my duty egaiatt h enemy.. “ If permitted by the country, this itgj things will not fail to bring on disorder. I a an exponent of a part of the force of the directed against the enemy of the conrtrt. Every thing that is directed against me hfo led against it, and gives ; its enemy aid a comfort. My private character comes in aj incedentally. I defend it because nttei bis reputation is dear to any roan, bat onljj cidentally. This is the foundation of man,- my acts,'and will be if-1 stay here. Etjn thing that hurts, impends, or embarrasses ii work entrusted to me. I strike at withoutts tation. I take the consequences. The tj that can happen to me is relief from great laU Yours truly, “ Jons C. Fresosi,’ Editor Democrat —We hear it asserted, i well as printed that slavery is-the great sods of all our troubles: which is tree in the m sense, and no other, that money ia thecwi all our thefts and robberies. The robber a claims," “Had it not been for the moiffi your pocket I should not have robbed yct,id been condemned to years of impriaonmett- So, if there had been no involuntary senitii we should nut have <been troubled with ib agitators who have been instrumental lute* ing about the war, and arraying brotherspa brother, in this unnatural conflict. Tiuiif tutors have fur years denounced the comb tion ns a-vile instrument, and by so doing hi played into the bands, of the secessionist*s the South. Calumny and misrepresent!!:! have accomplished its -work, and civil war, ii all its horrors, is upon os. As to the war.i few words will give yon iny mind:. Sapp* one of our chivalrous beaux should take a m bide under his am, and wend his way b i residence of his “ladie love,” and say, “it bedls, I have-waited some time for a fatctili answer from you', and I want to know wbeths you will have me or not 2” She answers, “ft I wiH,not.” “But why 2” “I don’t like j* nor tpe company yon keep." “ Bnt you '* have me.” “I shall not!” But you sbl or I will lick yon with this raw hide until p say Yes and he attempts to' put His W into execution—how would he fare! Ist! opinion he would come out of the one or both eyes scratched ont, and Mi-is enongh left on his cranium for a scalp l»d J But, suppose ho should by some lacfcy.orH lucky blow, so comjdetely'paralyze the btp of hie “ duloeno,” that she could not nj* what kindof a life-partnfer he wouldeeflk* to your readers’ imagination to pictere. 3 • DoEiDB Lawrenceville, August-12,1801- 1 Col. Crockst. [Prom the WolUboro Democrat, insist, Hit-]’ Republicans Cause the War. This abolition editor (Hugh Young, to £ tor of the Agitator) pretends now to be > ion-Suvcrs, and so did his co-laborers for His paper is rightly named the “ Agiww l It was established, and like many otto* like strips in the North, its, sole object to agitate the slavery/ question —to prcjinM Korthern people against the Sjuihern;to v hitierness and a bale between therx. SECT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED; SE THIS WICKED REBELLION CPO> LJ After the capture of Fort Jl.ittcms,» , the shells was found to have pierced s powder magazine, without bursting, animation, it appeared that the gunner, , duty it was, had forgotten to tear on 1 leather cap, ordinary yiut on lor safety- . was the only shell thrown that did Had the cap been removed, the tor 1 ‘ would have been blown up; and not a 1 of prisoners left alive to be. captured as p ers of war. How to get up A Regiment.—.D 3 ' 1 Onion candidate for Governor of about ten thousand dollars in get* iment for the war, and his son bti and carries a musket. Of course was a jnan of distinction and irei ■pould have had ft commission. wb( of any account or not. But that Dave’s way. His son go i nl — Cin. Gazette. The Mozart wing of the Democi Yortftity. derided by a vote of o> port the Republican Union State 1 “ regular” Democratic Ticket than ever, this year, in 'all the Fre< It seems thldt John A. olnted with the hones of the iH u9 . tr ' of Mount Vernon, was killed whij ( a Rebel. His body was given over t< When will the Rebels give up the Cameron f - Macdonald, the-owner of attempting to prove that he i« D 0 iet.'su that he may recover Flora- In San Francisco, ont of Republican-Union candidate f« r ceived 11,000. [From the Wellsboio Democrat AagnstUtL] ... The War Against the South
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