Whole No, 2628, Jacob C, Blymyer & Co., produce and Commission Mej> chants, LEWISTOWN, PA. gfay-Floir and Grain of all kinds pur chased at market rates, or received on storage and shipped at usual freight rates, having jrehouses and boats of their own, with eare eaptains and hands. 'rove Coal, Limehurners Coal, Plaster, Fish Salt always on hand. Grain can he insured at a small advance on ~st of storage. n022 AMBROTYPES AND The Gems of the Season. /PUIS is no humbug, but a practical truth A The pictures taken by ilr. liurkliolder ire unsurpassed for BOLDNESS, TRUTH .■TLXESS. BEAUTY OF FINISH, and DURABILITY. Prices varying according to size and quality of frames and Cases. Room over the Express Office. Lewistown, August 23, 1800. ILL J. LS -SJ? ZL o FICE on East Market street, Lewistown, Jjoining F. G. Franciseus' Hardware f- ru. P. S. Dr. Roche will he at his office the first Monday of each month to spend the veek. my3l BR. A. J. ATIKXWSOW, TTAYING permanently located in Levris iJL town, offers his professional services tn the citizens of town and country. Office West Market St., opposite Kisenbise's Hotel. Residence one door east of George Blymyer. Lewistown, July 12, 1860 tf Dr. Samuel L, Alexander, <} Has permanently located at Milroj, Yjfand is prepared to practice all thebranch- IM es of his Profession. Office at Swine h.u>s Hotel. my3—ly EDWARD FRY SIN GER, WHOLESALE DEALER & JIIYIFACTI iiER OF CIIiIIIS,TOB.ICCD,SMIP, &c., &c., ipalo Orders promptly attended to. jelG W. ELDER, Attorney at Law, Ollice Market Square, Lewistown, will at tend to business in Mifflin. Centre and Hunting- Jon counties. tay26 MOV L'OK SI'E !! M ATO R It if (EA . ll'/VARD A" —>001 PHILADELPHIA. A II Bmcvolcnt Institution ettq&tliitHetl V/ sptcimi ICiulotc ' the licit'! vf the St< h oil Dintrtfc-l, atHietcl with ■'l 'i ,ii ' V,ionic 1)■ ■ ■ - rui'l cepcc ■tllji for tie Cure .. - ' t'< St tt Or'jtins. MEl'b AL ADVICE given gratis, l>y the Acting Sur ' >l.l' WH.E REPORTS on Spermnior i-luvt. and oth er diseases of the Sexual organs, an. I the NEW REM •t" etnpli.yed :u the Dispensary, went in sealed uMopes, tree of charge. Two or three stamps for i.n-e aceptahle. Addre-s. DH. .1. SKILI.IN EoHTON, Howard Association, No. 2 S. Ninth St., i ■ 'adelphiu, Pa. jeti il . J A Ail 2 * nA\ IXG in connection with his Grocery . and Notion business, commenced the Manufacturing of Confection ery, in As various branches, and employed aprac 'ical workman, uotilies the public that he in " iiits to keep a well assorted stock of the above goods on hand, which will ho warraut '•|l to give satisfaction, and he equal to any loufeetioneries that can he bought from any "utern city, which he offers ts wholesale mcr ' ints and retailers at city prices, with cost carriage, lie therefore solicits the cus tom of the surrounding country, and re iuests them to send in their orders or call •nd examine his goods, which will satisfy all 'at they can he accommodated with a seiec •' n which will recommend itself. t LAKES, BISCUITS, Ac., constantly on -iaoJ. Also, Pound, Spunge, Bride, Silver At 4 Gold Cakes, in the best style, baked to -t'-er, on the shortest notice. mh2B Glassware. t/Kl IT Stands with and without covers. Gutter Dishes " •" " Bowls, Goblets and Preserve Dishes. Etchers and Tumblers. All to be sold at 18 lowest figure by 11. ZEHBE. 11 |(W \ STONE Fruit Jars, best in use, I'J \ " / at prices cheaper than has ever ven offered, at Zerbe's Grocery and Stone- Wa re depot. jylO oar ge Stock of Furniture on Hand. \ ' LLIX is still manufacturing all kinds Furniture. Young married persons ,1 Uiat wish to purchase Furniture : i nd a good assortment on hand, which / ■ he sold cheap for cash, or country pro ->uce taken in exchange for same. Give me 1 '- ill, on A alley street, near Black Bear Ho r 1 feb 21 fF FRANKLIN PRATT, Gun barrel WeT if- tf* wishes employment, please address ''G, Philadelphia Post Office, stating ! erc be may be found. aug7-3t iY&rlS) IFiSIHE&SSIIISIH) General Election Proclamation. T)I. RSI ANT to an Act of the General 1 Assembly of tlie ( iiiieiHiii'.vi'ahli ot Denn-vßuniju entitled, "An Act relating t-. the Etc. tmns of this Commonwealth." approved the g<l duv of .Inly. A. D. luaU. t-'harles 0. Semltarger, Shenll of the county of Mifflin, Pennsylvania. Jo borel y make kmolll anl give notice to the electors of the county aforesaid, that a general e|o tjon will bo held in tlie said county of .Mif flut on ilm Seeouti Tuesday, being the of Octoljer. 1-61. at which time State aiul Coilinv t.nHeers are to be elected, to wit: One person in connection with the counties of Sny der and Union as President Judge of the Ci'th J11• Ii• -Al District, Iwo persons to fill tie offices of Associate J edges in the county of Mifflin. One person as Member of Assembly, to represent the county of Mifflin in the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania. One person to till the office of t utility Treasurer in tile county of Mifflin. One person to til! the office of tiounfv Commission er in tile county of Mifflin. • •ne person to fill tiie office of County Auditor in the county of Mifflin. The electors of the borough of Newton Hamilton arc to meet in the new schoolhouse in said borough. The electors of Wayne township are to meet at the new school house in the borough of N. Hamilton. The electors of the borough of MeVeytown arc to meet at the Union schoolhouse in s*id borough. The electors of Granville township are to meet at the Court House in the borough of Lewistown, and vote at the window of the Protlionotary's office. _ The electors of Dcrry townsiiip are to meet at the Court House in the. Iwrough of Lewistown, and vote at the window of the Judges office. The electors of Oliver township are to meet at the Union school house in the borough of McVeytown, The electors of Bratton township are to meet at the brick schoolhouse on the farm ot William llarsbbur ger, in said township, The electors of Meimo township are to meet at the public house now occupied by William .Sampieiiii Al lenville. in said township. The electors of Union township are to meet at the house now occupied by Kiehanl Bundle. The electors of Brown township are to meet at the public bouse occupied by Mrs. Mary (smith in said tow uship. The electors of Armagh township residing east of the line commencing at the middle of the road at the stone meeting house, in Brown township; thence along said road to the end of the lane known as Jonathan Abraham's lane, near the resilience of Thomas Long well. Jr., thence running in a straight line to the end of Cress man's knob to the Union county line, are to meet as heretofore at the office of E. L">eao,ili said township. Those residing west of and not included in said limits, will meet as heretofore at the public house now occupied by V. 111. Swiiielmrt in said town ship. '1 he electors of Decatur township are to meet at Uie house now occupied by Ellis HuinmeJl. And by an Act of Assembly, the borough of Lewis town was divided into two \Var.ls. and each Ward to compose an election district. The electors of tho East Waul will una > ..t the Court House, and Vote at the window of the Commissioner's office. The electors of tile West Ward w ill meet at the same plai-e. ami vote at tic window ot the Sheriff's office, in the said Court House, and in said borough. Pursuant to the provisions of an A t of Assembly, the Judges of the aforesaid districts shall respective ly take charge of the certificate of return of the elec tion ot their respective districts, and produce them at a meeting of one Judge from each district, at the Court House, in Lewistown'. on the third day after the day of election, being for the present year PHI DAT. the 11th day of October nczt. then and there to do and perform the duties required by law of said Judges. An Act of the Legislature having changed the man ner of voting in Mifflin county, all officers to be elect ed ibis year, may be voted for on a single slip of pa per ami deposited in one 1 allot box except for the of fice of President Judge, which must be voted for on a separate piece of paper, or the Voter may if he choose vote for each candidate separately. Any fraud com mitted by any person voting under this Act shall be punished by existing laws < f tins Commonwealth. Also, that w here a Judge by sickness or unavoidable accident, is unable to attend at such meeting of Judg es. then the certificate or return, as aforesaid, shall be taken charge of by one ;lie Insoi raws or Clerks of the election of said District, who sli.dl doatnl perform the duties required of said Judge unable to attend. Also, by the 77' ii section of said art ii is enacted : hat when the qualified voters of more tiian one Ward, Township, or District meet at the same p! tec to In-Id their election, it shall be tin dutj of the n sportive Judges of said election districts, in addition to the certificates required in the Tfth section . f this A-u 10 make out a fair staU inrnt ami certificate of nil the votes which shall have been thq> and there given'for each candidate, distinguishing tin- office ci >• ,;i.>n he shall have voted for. and otic of said Judge., shall lak> charge of suid certificate, and also of the several cer tificates made out for each election di -triet. ! efore directed, and produce the same ata nn etiiT ..f : ii :nc return Judges in the county, iu the manner prescribed ill the "Mil section of this .1.-: MUisidlNT JinoE. SetTiox <t. That in tin 1 case of (he <!• etion of pres ident judge of any judicial district composed of two or more counties, at the meeting of the return judges in each of such counties, tin- clerks aforesaid shall make out a fair statement of ail the .votes w lii.-li shall have been given at sgch ejection a itliin the county for every person voted for as such president judge, which shalf be signed by said judges and attested bv the clerks; and one of said judges shall take charge of such statement and shall produce the same at a meet ing of one judge from each of said counties, which meeting ibaß m Reid *i •• sort nth day after the election at the court house of one of the comities, to be tixvd by taking ate-h counties alternately in their alphabetical order. SECTION 7. That the jmlg< sof the sev> ' eonntieJf having so met shall cast up tie- several county returns and make a sufficient number of uj -sof "u general return of all the votes given for such ofit. •> 'in said district, all of which they shall certify, ami < ne of which they siuiil lodge forthwith m tii'c office of the Court of Common Pleas of each of said counties, and one of which they shall enclose, sea!, ana direct to the Secretary of the Commonwealth, in the manner prescribed by the fifth section of tins act. Given under my hand at my office, in Lewistown, the 10th day of September. IStit. C. C. STAXBAKGEK, Sheriff. Sheriff's Office. Lewistown, September 11,18td. The (ryeatcst Discovery of the Aye is that John Kennedy & Co. Propietors, A .YD J A.TIES FIROYED, SA.'e.-tuau, 4 RE selling goods at prices that defy com /"\ petition. They keep a large stock of all kinds of goods such as Sugars, at 7, 9, 10, 11, Coffees at IG, Teas 88, Syrups at GO per gallon, 100 boxes of Mould .Candles IG oz to lb., (to dealers at 13 cts. by the box,) 14 cts. per lb., Segars, very low, Sugar Cured Hams at 12, Dried Beef 12, Calicos, Muslins, Ging hams, and all kinds of Dry Goods for sale at prices that can't be surpassed. Everybody and anybody are invited to come and see the sights. Don't forget to bring along the ready cash, as you may be sure its that we're after; and don't forget that we sell goods to suit the hard times; we take produce of fill kinds in exchange for goods. JOHN KENNEDY & Co. feb!4 J. B. FIKOVED, Salesman. COAL OIL. (Jreat t Reduction in the Prices of Coal Oil. 25 bbls. No. 1 Coal Oil, at 50 cts. per gallon by the bbl. 60 cts. per galion for less quan tities, and 18 cts. per quart. There is no better Coal Oil; if burns brightly, is entirely free from smell, and non explosive; for sale by sep4 F. G. FRANCISCUS. IN store —a large stock of all kinds of Cooking and Room .Stoves, Heaters, &c., or sale very low this season, by sep2 F. G. FRANCISCUS. LUMBER! LUMBER! 4 LARGE and complete assortment of i j\_ Lumber for sale cheaper than the oheap -1 est, by V. G. FRANCISCUS. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1361. Ktiited }>Y A. SMITH. County 3u{>erinten<k>nt. For the Educational Column. Visiting - Schools. The schools of the county are regularly visited by the County Superintendent; and in many districts, by the directors. Ln some localities the parents also manifest a cheering interest in the schools which their children attend, and encourage teach ers by visiting their schools, observing the order, the regularity, the style of recita tions, the general state of feeling and pur pose among the scholars. This is very gratifying, and if it were so throughout the county, nothing better in this respect could be desired. It is suggested to those patrons of schools who may read this arti cle, that they cooperate so far as they cau in carrying into effect the following plan, which has already been spoken of to the teachers. Let the teacher of each school request the attendance of all the patrons the first Friday after his school commenc es, or, in case of any small schools, on the last Friday of the first month, ami on the last Friday of each succeeding month un til the school is ended. It should be un- derstood by the parents that the object of the visit is not to witness any show exer cises, carefully prepared for the occasion, hut to see the usuai order, hear the regular recitations, observe the ordinary routine. It patrons will not merely look on, hut note dowu the degree of advancement of certain classes or of particular scholars, the general appearance of the school, that they may he able to at certain its actual progress from one visit to another, they will fiud the visiting of their schools no idle or useless ceremony, but an intelligent exercise of parent's right and a powerful incentive to every true teacher to promote his scholar's advancement to the Lest of his abilty. It is thought this systematic visitation by parents will be productive of far greater good to the schools than ie now realized by the irregular, apparently aim less mode of visiting so common. If teach ers will honestly show their schools just as they are, and if parents will enter heart tily into this plan, it is not unreasonable to believe that very excellent results will follow, such as a more regular attendance of scholars, a deeper interest and a nobler ambition in study more thorough order and well considered system in arranging the exercises and in communicating in struction, a habit on the part of scholars of performing with precision and self pos session iu preseu.ou of strangers or of a large number, and a more intelligent inter est o.i the part of parents in all that, per tains to the school, and a more hearty dis position to cooperate with the teacher in rendering the school as useful as possible. \\ ill parents and others, with directors, try tbio experiment? A SMITH. An Exam le for Scholars. Prompt and regular attendance at school is worthy of special commendation. 8-0 it seems wholly proper to record the following, that it may be seen by all the scholars of Mifflin county. Let each one who may see or hear of it seek to secure the hpnor and the kind regard which every teacher cherishes for A Diligent Pupil. —Sarah Ellen, daugh ter of Finley Strunk, of sub-district No. 5, Union township, has n;>t been absent from her 6eat in school o r ie half day during five sessions of the public school-an example oi regular attendance worthy of imitation by every scholar. o. lATDIM, BOTORT. The Yellow Throated Flycatcher. This bird is found chiefly in the woods, hunting among the high branches; and has an indolent and plaintive note, which it repeats with some little variation every ten or twelve seconds, like prceo,preen, &c. It is often heard with the red yed fly catcher ; the loud, energetic not:s of the latter, mingling with the soft, languid war ble of the former, producing an agreeable effect, particularly during the burning heat of noon, when almost every other songs ter but these two are silent. Its nest ia built 011 a tree, and composed of strips of bark, of grape-vines, moss, lichens, &c., and lined with fibers. Winged insects are its principal food. This bird is five inches and a half long; the head and ueck are fine yellow olive ; the throat and breast are a fine lemon col or; the under parts are silky white; wings almost black, crossed with two white bars. The White Eyed Flycatcher. This is another of the cow-birds adopt ed nurses; a lively, active, and sociable lit tle bird, possessing a strong voice for its size, and a great variety cf cotes, and sings during the whole summer. It probably winters in Mexico and the West Indies. It builds a very neat little nest in the fig ure of an inverted cone; it is suspended by the upper edge of the two sides on the circular beud of a prickly vine that gen erally grows in low thickets. It is con structed of bits of rotten wood, fibers of weeds, and pieces of paper, comonly news papers. From this circumstance it is some times called the Politician. It makes a great ado when nny one comes near the nest; looking down ;.nd scolding with great vehemence. It is five inches and a quar ter long; the upper parts are fine yellow olive; those below white, except the sides of the breast which are yellow. The Swallow-Tailed Flyoateher. This is a very rare and beautiful bird, a specimen of which was shot, on die Ar kansas river, by the exploring party under Major Long. It is us audacious as the king bird, attacking with unhesitating in trepidity, and turning the iiight of tho most powerful feathered tribe. Its notes consist of a chirping something like tsch, tsch, qjuch resembling that of the prairie dog, by which it deceived the members of Long's party into the belief that they were approaching one of the villages of this animal. To the above may he added the Arkan sas, Say's, Bonaparte's, Selby's, and Traill's Flycatchers, ali of which belong to the United States. Destruction Ly Insects. —So destructive have been the ravages of insects iu France the past season, greatiy reducing some of the most valuable crops, that the subject has been brought formally before the French Senate, in the shape of an elabor ate report from a special commission. The secret to all this trouble is supposed to con sist in the fact that the French pursue their birds with relentless gun, far the sake of the morsel of food to be plucked from the bones of the little songsters, and have almost exterminated the feathered triLe iu that country. As a result, insects and ver rniu abound in all the agricultural districts, preying on the crops, till the government feels compelled to legislate for the correc tion of so great an evil. The arai of the law will doubtless be interposed for the protection of the little creatures who were unable to take care of themselves, even though in procuring their own means of subsistence, they accidently contributed an invaluable service to their thoughtless pur suers. The French it would appear, have a high esteem for their birds, but not of the right kind. lISGELMIBOei SHAVING A "MILLIONAIRE. Let any man become immensely wealthy by his own exertions, and straitway you shall hear numerous anecdotes illustrating the means by which he attained his riches, the effect they have upon him, his disposi iion of them, or his sayiggs, peculiarities and eccentricities. Astor, Girard aud Billy (fray have furn ished illustrations for many a clever sketch or. \\ a heard r few clever anecdotes the other day oi Billy GibhoiiSj a New Jersey millionaire, one of which we w ill give our leaders. It seems that Billy, while in a country village in which he owned some property, stepped into a barber s shop to get shaved. I he shop was full of customers, and the old gentleman quietly waited for his turn. A customer wdio was under the barber's hands when the old man came in, asked the 'knight of the razor' in an undertone, if he jknew who that was, and on receiving a ncgativo reply, he informed hint iu a whisper that it was 'Old Billy Gibbous, the richest man in the State.' 'Good' said the barber, 'l'll charge him for his shave.' Accordingly, aflcr the old man had that operation performed, he was somewhat surprised upon asking the price to be told 'Seventy-five cents.' 'Seventy five ccnis,' £aid lie quietly, 'isn't that rather a high price?' 'lt's my price,' said he of the lather brush independently, 'and as this is the only barber's shop in the place, them that comes into it must pay what I ask.' To tbe old man this was rather a knock down argument, for he drew three-quarters of a dollar from his pocket, paid them over to the barber, and left the shqp. A short time after he was iu close con versation with the landlord of the tavern hard by, aud the topic of conversation — 'barber-shops.' 'Why is it,' said he, 'there's only one barber's shop in town ? there seems to be nearly enough work for two.' •Well there used to be two,' said the landlord, 'till last winter, when this new man cante up from the city and opened a new shop, and as everything in it was fresh and new, folks sort of deserted Bill Har rington's shop, which bos been going nigh fourteen years.' 'But didn't this Bill do good work ? didn't he shave well and—cheap?' 'Well as for that,' said the landlord, 'Bill did his work well enough and cheap enough, but his shop wasn't on Main street like the new one, and didn't Lave so many pictures and handsome curtains, and folks got in the way of thinking the new chap was more scientific, but though,' said the landlord, stroking a chin sown with a beard resembling screcu wire, 'I never want a lighter touch or keener razor than Bill Harrington's.' 'City fashions—eh !' growled the old man. So the new man's city fashions shut up the ether's barber shop.' 'Well not exactly/ said the landlord; though things never seemed so well with liill alter the new show opened ; first one of his little children died of fever, then his wife was sick a long time, and Bill had a big bill to pay at tlie doctor's ; then as a last misfortune his shop burned down, one night, tools, brushes, furniture and all, and no insurance.' 'Well,' said the old man pettishly, 'why don't he start again V 'Htart again !' said the communicative landlord, 'why, bless my soul, he hasn't got anything to start with.' 'll—m—ml Where does this man live T asked the old man. He was directed and ere long was in conversation with the unfortunate tonsor, who corroborated the landlord's story. 'Why dont you take a new shop?' said the old inau, 'there's a new one in the block right opposite the other barber's shop.' 'What?' said the other, 'you must be crazy. Why that belongs to old Billy Gibbons ; he'd never let one ol those stores for a barber's shop, they are a mighty sight to good; besides that 1 have not. got twenty dollars in the world to fit it up with.' 'You don't know old Bill Gibbons as well as I do,' said the other. ' Perhaps not,' said the barber. 'Now listen to me. If you cau have that shop all fitted up rent free, what will you work in it for by the month ? what is the least you can live on V 'This propisition somewhat startled the unfortunate hair-dresser, who finally found words to stammer out that, perhaps, twelve or fifteen dollars a mouth would be about enough. •Pshaw!' said the old man,'that won't do—now listen to me—l'll give you that store rent free, and engage your service six months, all on these conditions. Y~qu are to shave and cut hair for every body that applies to you, and take no pay; just charge it all to me, and for all your services I'll pay you twenty dollars a month, payable in advance —pay to commence now,' he continued, placing two ten dollar bills be fore the astonished barber, who, it is al most unnecessary to state, accepted the proposition, and who was still more surpri sed to learn that it was If illy Gibbons himself who had hired him. In a few days the inhabitants of that village were astonished by the appearance of a splendid new barber's shop, far sur passing the other in elegance of appoint ments, and in which with new mugs, soaps, razors and perfumes, stood a barber and assistant ready to do duty on the heads and beards of the people. Over the door was inscribed, Win. Harrington, Shaving and Hair Dressing Suloon. The people were not long in ascertaining or slow in availing themselves of tlie priv ileges of the establishment, and it is not to be wondered that it was crowded and the other deserted. The other held out some weeks, suspecting this free shaving —for Bill kept his secret well—was but a dodge to entice customers away, who would soon be charged as usual ; but at the end of six weeks he found Billy working away as usual, charging not a cent for Lis labor, and having money to spend in the bargain, he came to the conclusion that he must have drawn a prize in the lottery, or stum bled upon a goldmine, and was keeping a barber's shop for fun, so he closed his shop iu despair and left the place. Meanwhile ' Bill Harrington' kept on busy as a Leo, and one morning his em ploycr stepped in and without a word sat down and was shaved; on rising from tho chair he asked to see the score for the six months past. The barber exhibited it, and after a careful calculation the old man said : ' Plenty of work, eh ?' ' Lots of 'em,' said the barber, ' nerar did such a business in my life.' 'Well,' replied money bags,'you have kept the account well. I see I have paid you one hundred and twenty dollars for your services—all right, and there were three hundred and thirty charged for shav ing all that applied ; now, this furniture cost one hundred dollars. Now you own this furniture, and are to have this shop rent free six months longer, and after to day you are to charge the regular price, for your pay from me steps to day.' This of courpe the barber gladly assent ed to. ' But,' said the old man 011 leaving,'take care you never cheat a man by charging him ten times the usual price for a shave, lor it may be another old Billy Gibbons.' Col, Mulligan, of Lexington. Col. James A. Mulligan was burn in Utica, New York, in the year 1829, and is conse quently in his thirty secund year. His par ents were natives of Ireland. His mother af ter the death of his father, which took place when he was a child, removed to .Chicago, where she has resided with her son for the past twenty-three years. She married a ree pectable Irish-American in Chieago, named Michael Lantry. Ha was educated at tho Catholic College of North Chicago, under the superintendence of the Rev. Mr. Kinsel lar, now of New Y'ork city. In 1852, 1853 and 1854, he read law in the office of tlie Hon. Isaac N. Arnold. Congressman from the Chi cago District. For a short time he edited the Western Tablet, a semi religious weekly paper in Ofcijago. At this time he held the position of Second Lieutenant In the Chicago Shields Guards, one of the compauies attach ed to the Irish Brigade now in Missouri, and which has done so well in Lexington. In New Series—Vol. XV, No. 47. the winter ot ics7 Senator Fitcl . , f h , tendered him the clerkship iu n, L > ' meut of the Interior. He accepted the pos ition and spent the winter in Washington.—. During his residence in Washington he cor responded with the Utiea Telegraph, over the uoui th- pitii/te of "Satan." Alter his return from Washington he was elected Captain of the rhiclJ's Guards. On tho news arriving of the bombardment ot I'"it Sumter, lie threw his soul info the Na tional cause. The Iriah-Aiuoricun companies held a meeting, of which he va- chairman. Shortly afterward he went to Washington with a letter written by tl.e late Seuator Douglas on his dead 1 • i, to the President, tendering a regiment to Is called the " Irish Brigade." lie was elected Colonel, nnd im mediately went to work with a will. The course of the " Brigade" up to the battle of Lexington is well known; it lias nobly, brave ly and honorably done its duty. Col. Mulligan is worthy of all praise. A purer, better man dees not live in the Statu of Illinois. Since ha was able to tell the dit feretice between ale qnd water a glass of spir ituous or malt liquor lias net passed his lips, lie is a rigid temperance man, although he is jocund and whole-souled ta a fault. He is six feet three inches in height, with a wiry, elastic frame ; a large lustrous hazel eye; an open, trunk, Celtic face, stamped with cour age. pluck uud independence, surmounted with a bushy profusion of hair, tinctured with grey. Honorable in nil relations—respected by all—he has won his way by untk-ing in dustry and unquestionable coinage. Un the 20th of October, 1859, he was married to M iss Marian Nugent by tbe Roman Catholic Bishop of Chicago, fie is a tine scholar, a good speaker, a brilliant writer and a prom ising lawyer. Death of John A Washington- The Cincinnati commercial publishes a let ter from Camp Elk Water, dated September IG, giving the following acount of the death of John A. Washington: On Friday afternoon, about four o'clock, a small scouting party was sent out to recon noitre tfn the right branch of Elk Water, which flows some miles r.p> n our rigl fc. They had not left the outer picket post fif teen minutes when a party of seven Rebel horsemen approached them. The comman der of the Rebels rode leisurely a few pace's in front of his escort, and seemed totally un aware of any danger. Our scouts waited un til the party came within short range, v> h -n. from some inexplicable reason, the c mlng party took the alarm, and suddenly turned their horses' heads to retreat. AH they d:! So, however, the Federal purr.- lire J, and th", officer, who in the retreat it, t! • rear, foil from his saddle. His escort id .i liL •c< vavd .y poltroons, leaving their command >r woo,, ded and dying upon the roadside. Th- d d cral party ran up to tho wounded '.tan a:;ti found him partially raised upon ono hand, attempting to grasp his pistol. As they ap proached, the dying man smiled faintly and said, 'How are you, hoys? Give me son g water.' One of the party placed his canteen to the soldier's lips, but they were already cold in death. A litter was made, and the bodv carried to headquarters, when an examination of his person was made. Judge, if you can, of the surprise ercited, when upon his clothing was found the name of John A. Washington ? Four balls bad passed through his body, two entering either lung, ami any utio indicting s. mortal wound. A flag of truce was sent the next morning to the Rebels, offering to return the bouy, and all the Colonel e effects, jt vvaa met by Lieutenant Colonel Stark, of Louis iana, who was coming to our camp to demand the body. When told that Colonel Washing ton was dead, .Colonel Stark was very deeply affected, and for some moments was unable to speak at all. He finally said, 'Colonel Wa.-hington's temerity killed him ; he v;as advised not to go where ho did, hut was on his first expedition, and extremely anxious to distinguish himseff.' Colonel Washington was attached to the staff of General Lee as engineer. What a sad commentary Colonel Wash ington's death affords us. His iliustrioue uncle, the founder of our liberties, the great leader in the war for our independence ] The degenerate nephew, tuken in arms, fight ing against tho Government his progenitor has called into being; losing his life in at tempting to undo what thaz noblo man bad dune i Closing Inquiries. —Are you a Chris tian ?If not, do ycu ever expect to Le ? If so, ichxn? If Gotl should soon call you to your final account, what reason cou'd you give fur being impenitent ? Migfit you not bo a Christian now ? Delay not theii to seek salvation nop:, lest you should put it off too late. Receive these questions kindly from one who may never meet you till the day of judgment. Think of them seriously, think prayerfully, think now, ac'. now. &a?" The celebrated Fames© Gardens, in. ■ Rome, Lave recently been purchased by tho Emperor Napoleon. The ground contains an area of eighteen acres. It includes the famous ruins of the Palace of the Ctesars, two whole stories off which have been bur ied since the period of the barbarian inva sion, and doubtless contain statuary, paint ings, and other curiosities of the highest art and interest. The excavations are to commence in November. gguWhat two characters in Shakspeare does a Jew pronounce when paying a debt Cassio and Desdeuioua, in Othello, viz. : Cash i-owe—DereVde-money. Polite Literature. —Among the literary notices in a western paper is one of a "book entitled, 'Lives of Eminent Bull- Froge, with brick bat by • Bruin.' ' ! : '
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