BY DAVID OVER.
Col. Mulligan's Surrender Confirmed.
ACCOUNT OF THE DEFENCE AND
SURRENDER OF LEXINGTON.
CHICAGO, Sept. 23.—A special despatch
from Quiney, to the Journal, says that Col.
.Mulligan hail been released on parole, and will
he hero this evening. He will remain until
tOen. Fremont's orders are received.
.Gen. Prentiss has telegraphed from Bror k
fielsl to the Assistant Quartermaster, to pro
vide subsistence for 2000 men, and to have
it ready upon their arrival.
The commissioned offiaers are retained as
prisoners by toe rebels.
QUINCT, 111., Sept. 23.—A part of Col.
Mulligan'* command arriv -d here this evening.
The balance, amounting to nearly 2000. are
expected to-morrow. Tfcoso who have arrived
say that the force at Lexiupton is only about
5000, including several companies <.f Home
Guards, who are accused of having' shown
cowardice.
The surrender of Lexington w.i* utile at
five o'olock on Friday afternoon. The flag
was hauled down by the home Guard
Colonel Mulligan is spoken of in the high
net terui. He displayed great bravery dur
ing the action, and when aked to surrenler,
he iefused. Ilia aword was taken away by
force.
Colonel Mulligan and all the commissioned
officers are held prisoners by tb9 rebels.
ST. IJOCIS, Sept. 23.—A correct report
from Jfffersoa City says, instead of 200 men
en route for Quiucy, 2000 of Mnlligsn'* oom
iand were sent over by tbe rebels, released
ou parole, and are en route for Quiney.
Claib. Jackson is at Lexington w ; 'h the re
bel forces.
No commissioned officers were released.
The news to-day from Tusoamhia reports
th>t Col. McCleary of the National troops,
was attacked, on Friday, by a part-. . f rehcL
under Parsons and Johnson, but i rernlsed
theiu, with slight lo*s on our side.
Cur forces, which were sent up the river
last night, are now at Boouville, and will
move forward to Lexington to morrow. Gen
eral Davis leaves here to morrow, to take
command and lend them on. Other troops
will go forward immediately.
PARTICULARS OF THE DEFENCE AND
SURRENDER OF LEXINGTON.
HUDSON, MO., Sept. 23— The following ac
count of the scige of Lexington is furnished
to the St Louis Republican, by Henry Brad*
burn, one of Colonei Mulligan's 8 Idler*, who
left Lexiogton on Saturday morning.
The fort was surrendered on Friday after
noon. The men fought for fifty-nine hours
wittjout water, and had only three barrels of
vinegar to quencb their thirst during all that
time.
There were no springs or wells of water io
the oatnp ground. As baa been stated, the
supply was only from the river, and this sup
ply was cut off, after a desperate fight, on
Wednesday.
The camp ground consisted of about ten
acres, sud was located a rhort distance from
the river. There were breastworks entirely
around it, with the exception of ttie portion
■ext to the river
II was here the hardest fighting took place.
The rebels procured a large number of hemp
bales, rolled them in advance, aud under their
oover gradually succeeded io securing a posi
tion in the rear. They then cut off the sup
ply of water, and had tbe fort completely
surrounded.
They made but few charges upoo the breast
works, and during the entire seige their object
seemed to be to surround tbe fort and cor off'
the supply of water. Having succeeded in
this, they waited until Col. Mulligan was com
pelled to yield to a foe more terrible than the
twenty-seven thousand rebels th:it sutrounded
him.
Previous to his suriender, he offered to take
a position on a lev®! spot of ground, and give
General Price the odds of four ti one io a
fair and open fig! t, but no attention was paid
to it.
After the surrender, the rebels mounted tfte
breastworks, ami seetaed mad with joy. As
soon as the surrender took place, a party took
doin' th 4 Sag and trailed it in the dust.
' An immense smount of gold, supposed to be
about a quarter rf a million, fell into the pos
session of tbe rebels. It was taken from the
Banks and buried by Col. Mulligan on the
camp ground some time ago, but tbe rebels
speedily unearthed it.
Colonel Mulligan wept like a child when he
found himself compelled to surrender. On
tbe morning after (be surrender, tbe men were
all released on parole and ferried across the
river; the < ffieer* were retained.
4 J 1 fie ,IQSM of i.bo rebels is not known, but it
is thought to be not less than a thousand
kilted and wounded. Their first attack prov
ed more disastrous to them than the long
siege which followed. For a day or two pre
vious to tbe lest attack, they were engaged in
burying their dead.
Later from Missouri.
CHICAGO, Wednesday, Sept. 25,1861.
From tbe reports of some of Col. Mulligan's
command, who reached this city last night, wo
obtain the following additional particulars
concerning the fall of Lexington.
The men left Lexington ou Saturday after
noon. Nearly two hour* were oocupied in
ferrying them over the river. At three o'clock
they siarted for Hannibal, forty miles diataot,
under the poidance of several armed Seces
sionist*. The advance portico reached Hamil
ton at sundown. At 10 o'olock most of tbe
parry took the train for Quinoy. Along the
route to Hamilton they were in general kiudiy
treated. All the money they could raise was
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employed to get wagons to oarry the wounded,
though all the severely wounded remained at
Lexiogton. Only one commissioned officer,
Lieut. Hol'enberg, escaped.
All accounts agree that the loss of the re
bels in killed and dangerously wounded was
fro in 900 to 1200.
The Quiney Whig of last night states, on
information recivod froin an intelligent mem
ber of Colonel Marshall's regiment, that a
leading rebel surgeon conceded their loss to
be 1,130. Our men lost 130 killed m' wouna
ded. S 400 of Col. Mars!all'® hoiftfg were
killed, being impossible to shelter them
frrin the cannon of tbe enemy.
After too surrender of Lexington many of
our men killed their horses to prevent them
from falling into tbe bands of the enemy,
A large sum of money, estimated at one
mill ion five bundled thousand dollars, in spe
eie, was secured by General Price; after being
buried by Col Mulligan m the oamp-ground
to preserve it,
A special telegraphic despatch to The Tri
bur.e, of ibis ciy, says that Gen. Sigel, with
h large force, and a!*o Gonrrsl* Line =>od
Hunter, had arrived at Lexington, and attack
ed Gen. Pi ice.
An officer in the employ of the Government
heard heavy firing while pasting Hamilton
yesterday, and says that it was believed that
Gen. Sipel bad Qrn. Price in the same posi
tio.u that Col. Mulligan WHS placed in.
In regasd to Gen ITur.ter, this cannot be
true, as he w .s at Rolls, 250 miles from Lex*
ington, on Saturday.
JEFFERSON CITY, MO., Sept. 26, 1861.
News received from Lexington reports Col.
Grov-er of the Home Guards killed from a
wound in the thigh; also the death of Lieut
Colonel White of the Stifles Regiment of St.
Lonis, killed by a musket ball.
A man named Eldridge, a rebel from Lex
ington, is hsre under arrest as a spy. He was
sou* down by Gen. Price to learn the strength
of our forces. Papers found on him state our
forces at St. Lonis at only about 4000.
Ben MsCulloch is marching rapidly to form
a juuctii n wi'h Gen. Price with a large, well
armed and well disciplined force, and a good
supply of artillery. He is now very near
Lexiogtvo.
ST LOUIS, Sept. 25, 1861.
By order from headquarters, Brigadier Geo.
Curtis assumes command at St. Louis and vi
cinity during the absence of Gen. Freuieut.
The Fight tit Horristown Missouri—
Col Johnson Hilled
(From the Lawrence Republican. 19f//.j
A messenger arrived Let evening witb des
patches to Leavenworth from General Lane.
A letter from Getieral Lne to his wife,
written principally on private matters, has an
addenda with substantially this announcement;
Colonels Montgomery and Johnsou, with a
detachment of my foree, attacked the enemy
on Tuesday, witb the loss of Private Copeland
and the gallant Colonel Johnson, end six men
wounded, killing seven of tbe enemy, and ta
king ail (bey bad.
This was written evidently in a hurry, on
tho evening of the departure of the messen
gor.
The messenger reported verbally the same,
and passed hurriedly on, addiog that General
Lane hail tnkm a battery and a large amount
oj other property.
The ioss of Johnson is a serious one to tho
public .service A beloved citizeu, an able
officer and a good man has falleu.
Tho rebel force is represented gs having
been under Gen. Raines.
We learn from Capt. Sully that Col. Mont
gomery led the expedition, and ibat it number
ed six hundred meu. The engagement resul
ted in tho complete triumph of the Union
uaeD. One hundred rebel horses were cap
tured, and all the rents and supplies of the
enemy. Our loss was only two.
Col. H. P. JCIIUHOD was a resident of tbis
county. He was one of the leading men in
the State, and universally respected. The
new* of his death will euu-e the deepest pain
to thousands of manly hearts from one end of
Kansas to tin other. Col. Johnson was a
native of Ohio; he came to Kansas from Ken
tueky seven years ago.
LITER*
GALLANT CONDUCT OF COL. JOHNSON
HE DIES PIERCED WITH NINE WOUNDS.
From Adjutant S. li. Harrington, of the
Kansas Ftt'th{Uo!. J ihost in'a), we have learn
ed the details of the fight at Morristown, Mis
souri. The fight began just, before sunrise on
Tuesday morning. The villains Dumbered
four hundred. 001. Johnson rode at the head
of tbe column. The first shot of the villains
was directed at Col. Johnson. He rode gal
lantly &Dd fearlessly into the ranks of tho
enemy, and nine sho/s took effect upon the
brave Kansas man we all knew, loved and hon
ored. j\o similar instance of petsonal bra
very has occurrtd since the. war began.
001. Johnson received three bullet wounds in
tbe bead, two buckshot in tbe neck, one bullet
in tbe left shoulder, one io the left thigh, ouo
in tie right hand, and one in the left. His
death was almost instantaneous. He died
urging Katiaas men to fight for tbe flag his own
life was lost in defending.
The engagement ions a bruf and complete
Union victory. Our men killed and captured
all who did not run too rapidly, and burned
the viliai n town. Six were wounded on our
side, and two killed, one from Uapt. Krcitc'a
11 uJri y 1 oftka, tnd cue ficm Capt. Viele's
CC D paty, Quindaro. Part* of tbe following
companie® were engaged.
G plains Moonlight, Hunt, Gibson, Clark,
Stewart, Harvey, Watson, William*, Brodhead,
| Sccman.
BEDFORD. PA., FRIDAY. OCT. 4. 1861.
Fearful Mistake near Glasgow.
UNION SOLDIERS KILLED BY THEIR OWN
FRIENDS.
.JEFFERSON CITY, Sept. 21—11 P. M.—
Steamers latan and War Eagle arrived this
evening, tbe latter hnving left here with the
White Cloud and Desmoines on Wednesday,
with troops for Lexington. Just below Glas
gow, hearing Secessionists were there in force,
it was deemed advisable to surround the place.
Scouts were accordingly stationed by Major
Tanner, Indiana Twenty second, aod Col.
Wheatley, or Lieuteoant Colonel Heodriek,
of the same regiment, it is stated, also sent
scouts around the other way, and their meeting
in a Coin Hie at night, Thursday, they
mistook one another for enemirs, and f. red.
killing twelve. m*n— eight of the Twenty sixth,
three oj the Eighteenth, and one. of the Twen
ty second Indiana, and wounding six or seven
others. Major Tanner was daugerously wound*
ed; he mm recover, but it is though' doubt
ful. He wr.s a member of the Indiana Legis*
iaturo, a man of talent, and reported as one
"f tho ben office™ in the volunther service.—
General Davis would rather lose half a regi
ment, he says, than the Major. At Saline,
our troop* found the plaoe deserted, and the
houses and store* plundered.
At Arrow Rook no rebels were found, but m
number bad fled, bearing of the approach of
boats.
At Glasgow fifteen hundred armed Beoes
siouiats also fled before our troops.
Oar soldiers on the steamers destroyed four
flat boats the rebel* for crossing the
Missouri.
Bonneville is now strongly fortified. Three
regiment* there, aud a body of Home Guards.
Col. Wortbiogton, of tbe lowa Fifth, writes
that threo quarters of the Secessionist* in the
country we*t of Boooeville, and capable of
bearing arm*, are in the field. He has sent
half bis regiment to Limine.
He also reports Green advancing io Lexing
ton, on tbit* eido of Missouri.
Col. Hendricks could obtain no information
of Green's command at Arrow Rock.
COL. JAMES A. MULLIGAN.
The following sketch of Col. James A. Mul
ligan, the bravo defender of Lexington, Mo.,
has been famished to tbe Detroit JJdvertiser,
from a gentleman who baa been intimately ac
quainted with him for the past five or six years:
Cel. Jame* A. Mulligan wis born in the city
of Utica, New York, in the year 1829, and
is consequently in his thirty second year.
Hi* parents were natives of Ireland. Hi*
mother, after the death of hit father, which
took plaoe when tie was a child, removed to
Chicago, where she has resided with ber sec
for th past twenty-three year*. She married
a respectable Itish-American in Chicago, nam
ed Michael Lmtry, who has steadily watched
witb a father's solicitude the expandiog mind
of the brave young soldier. He was educated
at the Catholic College of North Chicago, un
der the superintendence of the Rev. Mr. Kin*
sler, now of New York city, 110 is a strict
member of the Catholio Church. In 1852,
1853, and 1854, he read law io tbe office of
Hon. lsaao N. Arnold, Congressman from the
•Chicago distriot. For a short tima he edited
the Western Tablet, a semi-religious newspa
per, in Chicago. In 1856 ho was admitted an
attorney at law in Chicago. At this time he
held tbe position of second lieutenant in the
Chicago Shield Guards, one of the companies
attached to tbe Irish brigade, now iu Missou
ri, and which has done so well at Lexington.
In tbe winter of 1857 Sanator Fitoh, of In*
dtana, tendered him a clerkship in tbe Depart- 1
ment of the Interior. He aooepted the posi
tion, and spent the winter at Washington.—
During his residence in Washington, he cor*
responded with tbe Utiea Tele-graph, over tbo
nam deplume of "Satan." After his return
from VV ashington he was eleoted Captain of tbe
Shield* Guard*. On tbe Dews arriving of the
bombardment of Fort Sumter, ho threw his
eoul into tbe national cause. The Irish Amer
ican companies held a meeting, of whom be
waa chairman. Shortly afterward* he went to
Washington with a letter, written by tbe late
Senator Douglas ou bis deatti bed, to the Pres
ident, tendering a regiment to be called the
"Irish Brigade." He waa oleoted Colonel, and
immediately went to work with a will. The
coarse of tbe "Brigade," up to the battle of
Lexington, is well known; it has nobly, brave
ly, and honorably douu it* duty.
Coi. Mulliguo is worthy of all praise. A
purer, a better man, does cot live in the State
of Illinois. Sinco he was able to tell tbe dif
ference between ale and water, a glass of spir
ituous or malt liquor has not passed bis lips.
He is a rigid temperance man, although be is
jocund ami whole-souled to a fault. He is
six feet three inches in height, witb a wiry,
elastic frame,—a large, lustrons, hazel eye, —
an open, frank Celtio face, stamped wuh cour
age, pluck, and independence, surmounted with
a bushy profusion of ha&, tinctured with gray.
Honorable in all relations—rospeoted by all—
be has won his way by untiring industry and
on questionable oourage. On the 26th dny of
October, 1859, be was married to Miss Marian
Nugent, by the Roman Catbolio Bishop of
Ohioago.
A fine scholar, a good speaker, a brilliant
writer, a promising lawyer, was be wheu the
banner of tbe Union was insulted. Now be
is—long inay tie continue so—one of tbe brave
defenders of tbe Udkd. In one of his Ut-t
letters received by the gentleman above allu
ded to, he saye: "If 1 die, if 1 fall in defence
of our laws and Constitution, let my example
be followed by all—by every man who loves
the fame and renown of the fathers who tnade
as a gieat and honored people."
THE NEW GOLGOTHA.
We trust tbat those who have been insisting
that this terrible civil war might have been
averted hy timely concession and compromise
on the part of the loyal State* will not shut
iheir eyes to tbe spectacle now presented by
KENTUCKY That State is the very borne of
| Concession, the oradle of Compromise. There
I has been no gathering of compromisers in
which her Unionist* have not been forenjost,
no device to flatter and placate Treason, tu
which they have no: lent their best energies.
lp tu this hour, though the people of Ken
tucky hive given overwhelming Union uiajori*
ties at three successive elections, they have
done- nothing further. Their attitude has been
tbat of neuriality between tho Federal Gov
ernment and its rebel enemies; their Governor
refuse! will; 'niult the President's requisition
for Militia lo defeod tbe Federal Metropolis
from immediately threatened oapture; and their
leading journal eondetnuod the calling out of
seVtutyfive thousand men, even for three;
mouths, to maintain tbe Federal authority.—
In short, Kentucky has pursued conciliation :
in niter disregard of tbo dictates ot loyalty ,
and of patriotism. ller reward is invasion on !
both sides by the Confederate forces and the ;
inauguration of a civil war destined to deso*
lat® her homes and devastate her fields beyond
all American example. Kentucky ha* for
months hut her ears to the call of duty; she
is compelled to open tbcm to the pressing re
quirements of internal safety She has per
sisted in neutrality so long a* that would serve
tbe end* of rebellion; but those ends now ex
act her positive aid, witb the possession of ber
soil, nn:t she is summoned to fight or surren
der. " THE SOUTH wants AM her own terri
toiy, and must have J t'f," such are the terms
in which a leading oracle of treason announces
to her that her soil is not ber own nor yet the
Natioo's, bur belongs to a power unknown to
History or Geography, bat now seeking to es
tablish iisclf on the ruins of the Amerioau
Union. At tbo beck of this power, Kentucky,
after her months of earnest, assiduous effoit
for conciliation and pe*cr,1 r n Is he-a If rent in
faction and on the eve ot being deluged with
her own blood. Sue has served as a screen
for tbe Rebels while they trampled out the
life of East Tennessee; now they are readv to
advance to the Ohio; sod Kemueky'-reitera
ted Unionism, her useful neutrality, ato treat
ed with utter contempt. "The South wonts
all ber own territory: 1 " what right has Ken*
tueky to call a single acre her own? If sbe
dare assert such right, let tbe roar of cannon,
the rattle of small-arms, awake brr from her
delusion; let the flash of sabers, the glitter
of bayonet*, unseal ber dim wee.' Kentucky
stands between the traitors' actual positioa
and the realization of their mad dreams of
empire; so let her smoke and bleed till their
baseless visions have been transformed ioto
sober realiiie.-! Thus reason tbe minimis of
Jeff. Davis, a* they impel their hungry h<st*,
invade her plenteous valiies, and already the
wolves aud vultures of the Alleghenies snuff
the gratifui odor nf human osrnage arising
from those valleys, so rudely awakeDed from
quiet and happiness to a demoniao orgy of
crime and wreLheduess.
—Will Kentucky be able to repel her in
vading foes'? We fear not immediately. They j
are armed, drilled, and embodied; she, long
warned, is wholly unprepirod. Her Governor
is a blackhearted traitor; so is the commander \
of her uioFt formidable military organizition,
the "Sti<te Guard;" so are most of those who
have for some years been her loading politi
cians. White two-thirds of her voters are
Unionists, it is quite probable that a majority
of her fighters are Secessionists. Thousands
of her wild and reckless youth are already en- i
rolled in tho armies of Jeff. Divis, while not j
five hundred natives of the State have till .now
shouldered a musket for tbe Union. But tier !
Unionists, as well as their enemies, will have j
outside help; Ohio and Indiana feel an inter
est in her attitude as well as Virginia and
Tennesseo. Keotueky is henceforth tbe arena
of a desperate, desolating strife, which we
trust is not to close until after the expulsion
of her Rebel invaders and the vindication of
ber tardy but earnest devotion to the Union
of our fathers. -JV*. Y. Tribune.
A WOMAN'S 'ADVENTURE!?.
Harriet Uolburn, in Chicago, wax, a few
days ago, charged with disorderly .conduct. —
Tbe particulrr offence was quarrelling with
a negroo with whom she was living. There was
a history attached fo her ease—one of thoso
histories of real life which occasionally come
to light in the polio* court, and almost surpass
belief in their strange details. Twelve years
ago she was the cherished daughter of a south
ern planter, at Nashville, Tenn. Her mother
was a Creole, but was the lawful wife of ber
father. At thirteen she ran away from borne
with tbe sou of a New York merchant, named
Clifford, and was married to bim.
Within a year she was a mother and a wid
: ow, ber husband having died in California,
whither she had aceompanied him. She came
home and returned to her father's house, where
she was kindly received. She remained there
a year or two, and, during her stay, assisted
four of her father's slaves to escape, through
sympathy with their desire for freedom. She
married again with ber father's choice. Her
husband proved to be a drunkard, and she
obtained a divorce from bim. She married a
j third time, stili with the consent aud advice
:of tier lather. Her last husband, whose uame
she uow bears, proved ber ruin. He was a
Missippi gambler, and for twelve moDtbs aha
accompanied bim up and down tbe river,(Leas
ed in boy's clothes and passing for hia broth
er.
Bhe finally left bits, driven away by constant
abuse, and threw berself upon tbe world for
support. Her first iffort was a brakesman, to
which capacity she served on the Chicago and
Burlington railroad for three months. This
wag six weeks age From that she drifted
into the vortex of sin, which every unprotected
woman find* in a large city sooner or later
Bhe went down hill till the lowest round of the
ladder was reached. She met, accidentally,
with one of the slaves whom she had aided to
escape years before, aod has lived witb him
ever since in uoiawful connection. Tbe negro
I* tier father's own son by a slave woman, and ;
by natural ties is ber brother. There is no
Dw, however, which sanction* tbat relation.
She was intelligent, and showed by her con
versation tbat she had seen better days. Tra
ce* of fo r mer good looks were visible, and ®
strong, robust frame proved that dissipation
bad as yet had but little effect upoo ber body
but her mind was, what tbe mind* of all fallen
women are, a wreck and ruin. At an early
age of twenty-four sbe i* a shameless woman,
wbich is tbe lowest nf God's creatures. She
wag sent to Bridewell for twenty days. She
stormed a litt'e, but the necessity was inexo
rable, and bo went upas brajiSftsany of
them. |
News From Xorlh Carolina.
A correspondent of the Tribune, writing!
from Fortress Monroe, says:
Of the siucertty of the population of the
inland, in professing Union sentiments, not a
doubt is entertained. The necessity of boats !
of light draft on Pamlico Sound is urgent. —
The rebels continue to navigate the Sound,
witb steam and sail craft, through Beaufort
Bay to the sea at will, there beiog no craft at
Hatteras to give them chase, although they
inay be seen almost daily. The Government
cannot to soon supply this want. 00l Haw
kins contemplate* abandoning Fort Ulark and
withktawing to Fort Hatteras, laaving Lieut.
Col. Betts, with a detachment, encamped at
the Windmill, two miles above, ou the tuner
beaoh. Tbe sanitary oenditien of tbe post is
good, notwithstanding the peculiar characteris.
tics of lbs place.
About a we k go, the Sutqueha ina took tbe
bark jirgonaut. winch was ptaoeu in charge ot
apr za-crew, and sent to Philadelphia. Ves
sels that designed to enter Hatteras Inlet me
said to have gone iu at Beaufort, whore there
doe* not seem to be the requisite blockading
force, if any at all. it is represented that
the Union men of North Carolina are not aj
little di appointed that the capture of Hatter
as was not followed up when the whole State
was ready to surreuder, and before time was
given to the rebels to fortify the main shore,
rnd coerce Union men into their measures. The
delay that ha* taken place iu putting gunboats
in tbe is represented as having been dis
heatteniog to those who were looking for the
coming of the Federal foreo*, aud were ready
to jam ihem in putting down rebellion
Though ground has bo*n bisi, it tuay be re
covered yet by energetic action by the army
and navy.
BRISK SKIRMISH WITH THE ENEMY. |
A Washington despatch to the New York
Herald says:
For some time paet the rebels near Monscn's
Hill have been in the habit of having a strong
picket guard Dear an old barn, about a nriie
from Bailey's Cross Roads. From this place
the rebels hsve kept up an incessant fire cn
the Union troops. About one week ago, Lieu
tenant Dihlgten, or the oavj (to attempted to
fire the barn by throwiug a new projectile from
the ordinary musket, but his attempt failed ol
success. At dusk, ou Monday night, Cept,
Bretbsnyder, with a detachment of the Seeoud
Michigan Regiment, approached within a safe
distance of the barn, and, by means of firing
red-hit slugs at it, euoceeded in destroying
the obnoxious building. The rebels made
three several attempts to extinguish tbe flames,
but were repulsed by well-directed musketry
fire from tbe Miehiganders. Three large bay
coeks and a cornorib were destroyed at ibe
same time. Four of tho enemy were killed
in the skirmish. s
CESSATION OF PICKET FIRIJVG OJV
BOTH SIDES.
The order of General McClellan, prohibit
ing the Union troops from firing on the rebel
pickets, except to repel tbe assaults of the
latter, is being faithfullj carried out. Tbe
euetny seem to be desirous to imitate the or
der of General McClellan, and to-day there j
was a general cessation of the usual musket
ry fusilade along the lines. This fact baa had
tbe effect to bring the pickets of both armies
within speaktEg distance, and tcwiay many
social eoniabs took place between the soldiery.
Captain Morse, of the Michigan Regiment, bad
a conversation with aXJeorgia captain, in which
the latter stated that be was happy to bear
that Gen. McUlellau had issued the humane
order in regard to firing on piokats, and aaid
that tbe rebels would reciprocate.
Tbe Rev. E. YATES REESE, D. D., editor
of tbe Methodist Protestant newspaper of Bal
timore, committed suicide by catting bis throat
on tbe 14th instant. Tbe unfortunate man
had suffered from mental derangement for
some time past, caused by our national troub
les.
" C. S. A." is the abreviato title of the i
seceded States. The full designation is "Con
federate Stealing Association."
Da Patterson is to be hung in a few days in
Massachusetts for tbe murder of a young girl
whom he had ruined. Great efforts have been
made to procure a change of sentence, but the
Governor refuses to interfere.
The Richmond papers sre filled with accounts
of highway robberies, stabbioga m the street,
and burglaries. The Richmond "Whig" of
| the IBtb states that six more federal prisoners
. have f9oaned.
VOL. 34. NO. 40.
Ctoatinnal.
by c. wTqreene"
IE?" All communications for this department may
be addressed to the Editor, at Bedford, Bedford
county, Pa
"In a Quandary.*'
We notice in the Educational Column of our
neighbor, the Gazette, of the 6th mat. an ar
ticle with the above oaptioo, in whiob wero a
number of inquiries directed to "County Su
perintendents and others." We must acknowN
edgo that our riaibles were considerably ex
cited while reading the production; but our
impressions were rather on the serio-comic or
der, for, while we wcro amused by some of the
ideas advanced, we were sorry to believe that
any of our teachers were so deplorably in th<?
dark.
As none of the Superintendents have deign?
Ed ts answer tLe pathetic appeal, we, as one
of the "others," will endeavor to answer a few
of the question, disclaiming, however, in the
commencement, the intention of exri i' g any
acrimooiou? discussion.
The writer begins "by referring to the fact,
that tbe State Superintendent Las issued new
instruction* ha relation to examinations, and
accompiniei the statement with a slur—par
enthetically upou the qualifications of the
County Superintendents. Now we very muoh
fear that tba writer had merely htqrd of such
a requirement, as we cannot believe, had be
seen the requirement itself, —as publi.-hed in
the Jane number of the School Jonruai and
repub'ished in our ctluran, July 6th, to .the
was #o destitute of judgment as to be uuable
to comprehend tha very explicit deficitioas of
the two terms—Theory and Practioe— there
given. Nor can we believe that be took the
procaution before piaeing himself in such an
unenviable position, to consult tbe standard
LH tonery. We think the defini ions of both
terms given in Webster's Unabridged, might
be sufficiently clear to relieve bis embarasaiont.
D->ea the writer know no difftronee between
the Theory and Practice of medicine? A man
may, by studying diligently the standard works
upon the subject, become acquainted with the
symptnns and characteristics of all the diseas
es flsh is heir to, and with the remedies to be
Bpplicd for their relief: ho may "understand
perfectly all the functions of the different or
gans, and tbe general operation of each in the
performance of i's allotted action in the phys
ical system cf a uian; and yet. if he has had
no practice in the application of his knowledge
he will find cases that will bsffie his skill, ow*
ing to the different constitutions of his patients.
The same course of reasoning is applicable
to every profession and every trade. A per
son may know how a building is erected; ho
may be acquainted with the properties of the
materials employed, and with tbe successive
steps to be taken; yet, unless be has bad prac<
lice in the using of tools, his work will proba
bly lack in symmetry and finish. In few words,
the difference is simply this. "Theory" is the.
knowing how a thing j done and "Practioe,"
is the doing it.
In our opinion questions like those proposed
ia the communication, are proper questions for
examination iu the "Theory" of teaching.
We would respectfully submit the query: I
direot questioning necessary in au examination
of the Practice of teaching?
Tbe editorial comments npon the decision
referred to, io the same number of tbe Journal,
distinctly state that tbe examination in tbe
"Theory, shall be made at tho same time as
in other branches, and tbe ftandiog shall be
marked upou the certifieate then; bdt the
standing in tbe "Practice," shall be marked
ajtlfruitine the tchool.
\\ e are inclined to think from our perusal of
Novice's article, that, though be may be a sub
scriber to the School Journal and the owner
of such work* as "Page's Theory and Practice
of loachiug," "Ogden's Science of Education
and Art of Teaching," etc., he oannot be a
very careful reader. We opine that tbe Su
perintendents will be governed, in their exam
inations, by the requirements heretofore men
tioned, aud teachers "posting" themselves ac
cordingly will have no difficulty i a securing
the proper marks. Let them recollect that No.
5 is given to snoh as arc iguoraut of the fact,
that there is a science of teaching, and that
too, easily distinguishable from the art.
We do uot generaly approve of writing ar
ticles upou educational aubjeou over assumed
signature.*,but in this esse we are heartily glad,
lor tbe sake of the writer, that hie propei
, uauio was withheld.
As so many ot the mule teachers have en
listed and there is a probability of a scarcity
ot teachers this winter, those ladies who are
■ oompeteot, should be preparing for the exami
| nations. Their service* will no doubt be re
quired at a fair remuneration.