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; - 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 '
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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,
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fr-S, B. EIiLIOTT,
I B. B. STRANjG,
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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?#
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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