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Destructive Flood.

The recent storm seems to have had q
wide extent, and to have been very de.
structiVe. The Allegheny and Monon
gahela rivers were swollen TO such q de.
gree that the waters at Pittsburg were
only nine inches below the mark reache ed
during the memorable inundstion of $50
aud about three feet less than the height
attained during the great food of 1882" !"
which was unprecedented. The depth
OF water in the chaonel at the confluence
OF the rivers named, was, on Saturday.
when the rise ceased, thirty feet nine and
and half inches. The rain bad poured
down in torrents for thirty hours. In
mense quantities of lumber, crude and
sawed, were swept down the Allegheny
and its tributaries. most of which will be
entirely lost Among the articles that
doated with the current were barnes,
sheds, out t-houses, sections of bridges,
broken RATS, bundles Of shingles. pine
ogs innuuersble, pumpkins, and SO
orthr all of which indicated that great
'avsges had been done by the freshet on
he upper banks Of the stream.
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Capture Of the Privateer Judah.

By the arrival of the gun-boat Rh0tIe
Island from Fort Pickens, We have some
additional Intelligence relative to the de.
structoD of the priVateer Judah in Pen
sacols hsrbor. by the crew of the ColoF@-
do. The loss of the rebels on that ocea-
sion is now positively known to have
been at least thirty killed aud consider
able puuber wounded The wounded "a
mong the crew of the ColOrado we're all
doing well and likely to recover. The
rebel force at the Maynard was aug
mented on the very next day after the
occurrence, in anticipation o. further Sis-
itatons. Flag g-Oficer Mervine, on the
Sunday following, caused a congratulate
ry address to be read from the quarter
deck of the Colorado, which was received
with the greatest enthusiasm by the
crew.
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MY LIBRARY.
MINNIE MYRTLE.

In my lonely library sitting,
Joys are mine cannot tell;
Glorious forms are round me fitting,
Glorious thoughts my bosom swell.
First and dearest, meekly bending
From his throne of might above;
To my darkness sunshine lending,
Christ is near, Incarnate Love.
Then, from ages dim and hoary
With the gathered mists of time,
Come the men of Hebrew story
Names to all the world sublime;
From the bowers of Eden hleing,
From the ark, the tent, the field;
From the arid desert flying,
To my inner sense revealed,
Brave old Warriors on me gazing,
Seers, with eyes of mystic light,
Kings, with orient splendor blazing,
Burst upon nay gladdened sight.
Here the Apostles, bold Confessors,
Holy Martyrs near me stand;
They of love divine possessors,
Brealh'st forth in accents bland.
Tones of more than mortal sweetness,
Words that all my being sway.
Give the winged hours more sw eetness,
Brighteth cen the noontide ray.
Aye, they come from all the ages,
Earth's elite of every land,
Poets rapt, and thoughtful sages,
Men of speech and action grand.
In my lonely library sitting,
Joys are mine | cannot tell;
Glorious forms are round me fitting,
Glorious thoughts my bosom swell.
Green Valley, October 2nJ, 1861.
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Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 1861.
The Pennsylvania Soldiers Election.

Inc pennsylvania G0ldlerS Electl0n.
The election among the Pennsylvania
troops to day passed off very quietly
The politicians we're not allowed in the
camps. The Union ticket has majority
in nearly all the regiments, excepting
those from Philadelphia, which go for the
Deuocratio ticket by small plurality
A very small vote was polled, not one
half the men voting.
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Some towns are favored 10 a pccuniary ,
manner by the war. Portsmouth, N. H.,
was never more Aourishing before than
!, Is now made by the government works.
Nearly 1000 men. We are told, are em
Ployed 10 the navy -yard-a number
equal to all the men 10 Portsmouth be.
lore; and they keep money iu quick cir.
eulation.
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Our Bows in Camp.

The fuss and splutter attendant upon the
election has made US seem to forget the boys
attached to Company F., 4th Reg. P. X ",
now in Camp Tennally, near Washington
CITY. We had them in mind, however, all
the while, and can hardly find words in
which to express the amount of our Indebted
ness to them for the many very interesting
letters we received from them. TO James
S. White, for much valuable information, and
for specimen pill, such as is administered to !
sick rebels, we are under many obligations
to William Ii. A. Wagner we owe much tor
his German letters and for beautiful copy
of .Morrison's views of the Public Buildings
and status Of Washington city, to Corporal
Thomas A. Ii. Knox, we are indebted Tor Sc
yeral interesting letters and Tor the muster
roll of Company f., which we append to this
article. and to several others we are under
obligations for similar favors. We are glad
10 learn, from all these sources, that our boys
are well, and that the gallant 4th Regiment
has earned for itself noble name through
out Gen. McCall's Division. We hope That
under their new Colonel the boys will go on
improving until they shall have earned for
themselves the name of being not only the
most efficient but, also, the bravest OF the
brave among the regiments of the armies of
the Union. The following is the muster roll
mentioned above We regret that 1t does
not give the former residences as well as the
names of the men.
FOR THE JEFFERsONIAN.
CAMP TENNALY, Sept. 20, 1861.
Mr. EDITOR:
GU will please insert the roll li.t Of
the National Guards of Monroe, in your
loyal paper:
Captain-GEORGE B. KELLER;
1t Lieut.-JAcoB W. SHOEMAKER
I'd I" JOHN NYCE.
ISergeants.
George D Hoferd. O s.
John S. EIoGerd, Peter l.. Rupert,
John W. Burnett, JOS. A Fetherman
C0rporaLs.
Elias Compton, Anson R. Heller,
John A. Haney, Josiah Smith,
William H.WarDer. Andrew A Neal.
Sehaetian 2. Smith, Thos. A. Ii. KDox.
Musicians.
Jacob T. Keller. Edwin f. Ronig.
PfiUatcS.
Philip Altenose, Matthias Price.
Anthony Albert, Emanuel Peck,
Andrew Albert, Henry Reisert,
Charles Brock, Charles Ruth.
Jerome Bender, Ferdinand Rcutz.
Samuel r. Bossard, NJ Mathias P. Shafrr,
Christopher Bogart, Thomas Scrfass,
John II Beltz, Alfred Snhock,
Barnaba asCbristmau, Steward Scbook,
Frank A. D Coleman John Shelter.
Smith Correll. Henry B. Setter.
Joseph II Christal, George Setter, jr,
Franklin Culberson, jerome Setter,
Aarcn Culbcrson. Jonas Setter,
Joseph Dwyer. Jacob SHUTTER. jr.,
Peter A GIuber, Charles Fl. SHUTTER,
Michael +. 6 afIney, Peter w. Shafer,*
Wm w. Gordon, John Staley,
Titus Harps. John Sober,
E. S. C. Horn, William K. Tidd,
FIorian Hill, Alfred FanAuken,
Charles Hagcrmsn, Saul VaDBuskirk,
Wm. Ii. johnson, Wm. II. A.Wagncr,
Casper krumuockcr, j Joseph II. Weiss,
Augustus G. Kestor, William D. Walton, /
GeorseW Kes.lcr, Alfred Warner,
Andrew Learn. James S. White,
Abraham B Miller, Henry NJ Walratb,
Emanuel Miller.t Thos. A Walrath,
J ohu McDermott, George Williams,
Paul Meyers, George Wolf,
Christian Nebr, George Woodlinz.
David Price.
+ Wagner; Desertcr + Surgeon.
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WeStbrOOk @. K.

We have just received the
gratifying intelligence that PIKE
COUNTY has given Westbrook
203 MAJ.
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Ohio Election.

Cleveland, Ohio, Tues. Oct s--midni sbt
The returns are coming in very slowly.
but all received show heavy Union ma
jority.
1t impossible to give anything decisive
till to morrow,
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1w The main body OF the rebel army
is reported to be resting on the Potomac
river. with one of its wings some thirty
miles below Washington city.
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!. 1t is stated that Gen Mcclellan is not
yet 35; Gen. Fremont ia under az; Gen
Lyon was about a.; Gen. Butler is 43;
Gen. Banks is a; and Gen. Mcdowell is
about 40.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-18


There are, says the Cornhiu Magazine, FIVE
such In the Emperors gift. They correspond
with ordinary European titles, and were not
improbably copied from them, since their
antiquity seems dubious. There is the rank
Of kOUag, or Duke POSSIBLY the same as
konig, or king), heon, or marquis; then
Count, which is ply in Chinese; tze for
Baron, much like sneeze in sound; and nan
for Knight. The mandarin. SO long success
full, can feel a hutter Of hope still. Will he
be Knight or Baron2 low down in the
roll of mobiles; or will a loftier style be his
He draws the great prizel His patent
arrives, and it creates him koung or Duke,
under the Emperors dragon seal, and the
signature Of the Emperors own sacred YER
million pencil But the dukedom is not
hereditary, any more than the mandarinato'
The nobility conferred in China does not
go down; on the contrary, il goes up. A
mans ancestors are ennobled, because 1t is
thought monstrous that the son should rank
above the father. So all our mandarin's pro-
genitors, up to Adam, are mobiles, dukes and
mandarins of the first class, and their ghosts
are duly entitled to wear caps of yellow,
coral buttons, peacock's plumRge, dragons of
gold and silver, and the rest, and to take
place and presidency over all the other
ghosts in ghostdom. .... .......,
And our modern mandarin puts their stat
ues fancy portraits) in fine hall, with an
altar apiece, and turns incense and gilt paper
before them every fast day. The worship of
ancestors is his religion-that end respect for
the wisdom of Confucius. But his children
will not inherit his honors. Even his saw
ings are not secure from the fiscal authorities.
They, the children, grow up dissipated and
idle, and are the loungers and debauchers of
China. Seldom do they. pass an examination,
and follow the footsteps of their lettered sire.
Had our graduate been a military mandarin,
his education would have been different.
The military msndarins are generally Tar
tars they have less book lore and more rule
Of thumb to master. They pass examinations
in learning, but more in the use of arms,
horsemanship, shooting with the bow, and
hurting great stones. Such was the disci-
pliDe of those stout Tartars who made SO
gallant stand the other day against our
sikh horse, and who showed that they lacked
nothing of what soldier should have, ex-
cept weapons and European order. The
military mandarins do not, however, take as
high position as the civil mandarins, and
both are liable to con6scation, degrading
punishment, and exile into Mongolia. The
only hereditary mobiles are the Tartar princes
akin to the Emperor, who hold the posts, but
vegetate on little pensions, poor relations Of
the brother of the sun and moon.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-18

CONVERSIONS TO MoHAMMEDANIsM.-Mr
Laroche, agent of Mr.. Sechan, the decorator
and furnisher of the Palace Theater, and who
has also been driving a profitable business
for some time in the game line with Turkish
customers, has turned Mussulman, to marry
Serailli (lady of the imperial harem), with
whom, it is said, he managed to lose his
heart while employed in mailing up curtains.
(Mehemet the inspired or daft.
An elderly American lady is also reported
to have embraced Islam with similar view,
the human argument which brought convic-
ton to her mind being a spruce cayas at
Beschiktash. Motives Of similar kind to
underline nearly every one of the CONVEX
sions, mostly among women, which are re-
ported weekly to the authorities. The num-
Der of these facile transfers Of faith and per-
sonis however, larger than is generally be.
liavpn 'Tl.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-18

LEOPARD PURSUED BY BABooNs.-A Ora
hams town settler thus describes leopard
chased by balloons: Returning home one
evening from shooting, heard diabolical
yelling row; on and on it came, till two
hundred yards to the right, out bounded, at
it's best pace, leopard, with the energy of
despair, follow by an enormous pack Of huge
balloons, from whose throats a demon yell
arose. On rushed the leopard to a deep,
muddy stream, and threw himself in, few
yards in advance of the babOons, which fol-
lowed in admirable confusion, many of the
old, the weakly and young sinking in the
river. They were now stationary out Of
sight behind hill but the sound soon told
me that the leopard had met his DOOM"
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-18

Viscount Anatole Lemercier, having in
formed General de Lamoriciere that GER
! tain number of persons proposed to open a
subscription for the purpose of presenting
him with sword of honor, the General re-
piled in letter, dated from Prouzelle, the
18th instant, saying, According to estab-
lished usage, sword of honor is given to a
General for battle won-for a fortified
town taken under memorable circum-
stances-or for having valiantly defended a
fortress beyond the time resistance was
thought possible by military men. Now, it
is only too well known that | have done
nothing of the kind. The Provinces l de-
Tended have been conquered, the towns
taken, the war mdteriel lost and the whole
army led into captivity" For these reasons
the General formally declines accepting the
offer of the sword
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-18

IMMENSE VALUE OF THE Grown OF En-
GLAND.-The Grown of England is valuable
enough to found halfa dozen moderate col
leges. The twenty diamonds round the cir
Gle are worth $l50,O00; two large center
diamonds, $4,000; fifty-four smaller dia-
mpnds in the angle, $270, 900; four crosses,
each composed of twenty-five diamonds,
$4,000; four large diamonds on the top Of
the crosses, $40, 900; twelve large diamonds
in the ,aeur. de-RS, $4,000; eighteen small
ones, in the same, $4,000; pearls and dia-
monds, in the arches and crosses, $4,000
also LAG small ones, $25, 900; twenty-six dia.
monds, in the upper crosses, $l5O,Oo0; two
circles of pearls, about the rim, $4,000
value of precious stones, exclusive Of metal
$500, 900. 10Y yt-g
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-18

THH NEW JERSEY Boy -MURDsRER.-The
boy-murderer, Dow, in New Brunswick, N.
j. has pretended all along that he was an
orphan and friendless, and thereby gained
synpathy. 1t has since been discovered that
his real name is Hortz, and that he has pa
rents and other relatives in New York City.
The family are respectable, and were igno-
rant of the whereabouts of the son, till after
ihe had been sentenced. They are Of course
in deep distress. The boy gives as a reason
of his action, that he wanted to shield the
family from shame. An effort is being made
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-18
lPoor Pcrsocuted literature.

A propensity for persecution seems iI-
hereut in human nature. The Israelites,
who had suffered so much at the hands of
Egyptian tsskmasters, in their day Of power
showed NO mercy to unbelieving Gentiles /;
Mohafnmed openly advocated conversion by
fire and sword; and in spite of the tie of a
common faith, spite of the doctrine Of mercy,
long suffering, and loving kindness preached
by the great Founder of Christianity, his
followers have initiated the devotees of more
bood-thirsty creeds and
Burned each other, quite persuaded,
That all the apostles would have done as they did.
The physical annihilation of an op-
ponent was so much more simple an opera
ton than his Intellectual overthrow; argu-
ments might not always be ready, but the
torch and the faggot were ever at hand;
while TO suppress the opinions Of an adver-
sary was more decisiVely conclusive than
any attempt to confute them could possibly be.
The works Of the early Christian received
scant justice from Imperial hands. Tiber-
ius burned Eutychius's work on the Resur-
rection of the Dead, and Diocletisn issued an
edict, ordering all Christian books to be sur
rendered up to the civil authorities, or the
latter were to seize and burn them. In the
early part of the sixteenth century, the En-
peror Maximilian directed crusade against
Hebrew literature; all Jewish books, Bibles
excepted, were ordered to be burned, because
they were filed with blasphemes against
Christ. The Talmud was an especial object
of hatred-emperors, kings and popes We'd
with each other in their fulminations against
it; and IL, 900 copies were burned at one time
in Cremona-a feat throwing the destruction
of 5000 copies of the Koran by Cardinal
Ximenes into the shade.
The Reformation gave occasion for vast
deal of book. burning. Tetsel would gladly
have burned Luther himself failing that, he
gratified his feelings by publicly committing
the great reformer's discourses and theses to
the flames; a compliment the students of
copies of Tetzels counter-theses in the
market-place of that town. When Servetus,
after once escaping from his enemies at
Vienna, was retaken, and, by Calvin's in
stigation, burned at Geneva, his books and
manuscripts shared the same fate.- Cham
beTSs Journal
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Use OF LARoH BARK IN PULMONARY HEM
oRRHAGE.-Dr. DAILY states in,the Medical
Times and Gazette, that his experience agrees
with that of DR.. Frezill and other Dublin
physicians, namely, that the tincture of larch
will be found to be most valuable agent in
arresting and restraining pulmonary hem
orrhage. 1t possesses powerful astringent
properties, combined with the styptic and
slightly stimulating qualities of a terebin-
thinate-a rare combiH8tion, and one which
appears to present all the requisites for a
effect etyptic. y az 1u1.7. .''. ''
y BY virtue of these properties, it acts as a
mild tonic, Improving and Strengthening the
digestive organs, while it does not interfere
with the healthy and natural action Of the
bowels. Further, it is a palatable and pleas
ant medicine, having an agreeable balsamic,
piny flavor, which is no slight recommends
tion in medicine Of this class especially when
their continued exhibition must be preserved
10 for a Heightened period. 1t is. stated that
Or. Hardy, Of Dublin, has given laTch bark
in fifteen cases Of pulmonary hemorrhsge
some passive and some active, and in one
case Of severe epistsris, also in one Of chronic
cystitis in all cases advantsgeously except
the last :, -,
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-18

SUOoEssFUL IEyENTiON FOR HEATIEa RAIL-
wAY-CARRIAGRs "A perfectfully successful
trial OF new invention for heating railway
carriages with hot tubes has been made be-
tween Paris and Montargis. By most in
genious centrivance, portion Of the;waste
power upon the engine, is introduced into a
flexible lube, which extends throughout the
train, and is SO twisted that every passenger
may put his feet upon 1t. The benefits Of
the arrangement are thus distributed among
all the various classes Of travellers. -t'
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-18

FRENCH ADEsRrIsNG GEEIUs.-A dramatic
story about the unfortunate loves of a
French corporal and Mile. Denise, was
lately published in the legal journals Of
France. a restaurateur of Asnieres, bear
ing the euri0usly appropriate name of Oasse.
grain, n9Y writes y the papers p say that
of the parties viii combine TO enable the
lovers 20 marry, be viii sppplya wedding
dinner gratis, This ID AN amusing Instance
Of the advertising genius ofsFfenoh trades
men.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-18
EDWIN BooTH's SUCCESS AS "SHYLooK.'
The New York Tribune remarks:

EDWIN BooTH's SUCCESS AS "SHYLooK."
The New York Tribune remarks;
The "Shylock" of Mr.. Edwin Booth is
another of his tFiumphs, so really great that
perhaps it takes precedence even of his
"Iago." The peculiar power and excellene-
les of his acting had led us TO expect from
his personation of the Venitian Jew a crea-
ton of unusual force and Vigor, and no one
of those who know him well and wish bim
success, was disappointed. His "Shylock' y
is not copy, not a bare imitation; it is an
original creation. Itis such q wonderful
child as can be born only of natural genius,
married with indomitable perseverance.
Only long, tedious and careful study, dis
ciplining mind that is gifted by nature
with an exquisite perception of human char
acter, and hence, taking due effect on the
organization physically gifted with q
wondrous facility of reproducing in itsel
every varying shade Of character and dispo-
sition, could have given to the world an
embodiment of character like the "ShylOck'
of Mr.. Booth. II was great triumph-one
of the greatest if not the very highest
achievements of this young actor.
In the great scene with T1bal, and in
the trial scene, Mr.. Booth. does Origina
wonders. rs ll.f..
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-18

A PRIEST OF EIEUsIs IN MARBLa.-Among
the objects sent 70 France from Greece and
Syria by NJ Lanormant are marble bust of
a priest Of Eleusis, wearing the hair la sacer-
dotal fasbion-such as is described In books,
but never before seen represented In a work
of art; several kas-relies and inscriptions,
some Ph9nician articles of jewelry, and
lastly, the arms Of warrior Of the hordes of
Alaric, which were found in an excavation
at Eleusis,
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-18

A GALLANT CHIEF OF PoLIoE.-Lord Ma
caulay relates that when Madame Sontag
applied for passport at the police Office in
Paris, the chief. instead Of filling out the
personal, description under the separate
heads, gazed few moments at her with
respectful admiration, and drawing line
down the column of particulars, wrote an
SeliQue (angeliCal) sgaiust them all. 30 b..
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-18

SfRaULAR RELATIoEs AT WKDbIka.-At
recent wedding In Portsmouth, N. H., one
Of the groomsmen was son of 8 gentleman
who oificiated ina similar capacity at the
marriage of the brides father; and one of
the bridesmaids was also daughter Of a lady
who assisted the brides mother to assume
the silken tie,
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-18
Pho Prussian Mobiles In Reply TO Their
.. King.

Pho Prussian Mobiles In Reply to Their
.. King.
The following are the principal passages
of the address drawn up by the committee
of the Prussian Chamber of Mobiles, in reply
to the speech from the throne: t
We call to mind the expression, that
neither now nor ever could there be any
question of breaking with the past; that the
welfare of the crown and Of the country
ought to repose on vigorous and conserva-
tive bases; and that 1t was necessary, above
all things, to beware of acting on that false
State maxim, that the Government should
constantly develop liberal ideas, because, if
not, they would deyelep themselves.
Penetrated with the conviction that in q
State founded on right the safety of that
right forms the first condition, we hail with
joy, full of confidence, King who, on as
cending the throne Of his fathers, has con-
frmed their motto, by declaring that his
hand would protect the rights and the prop
erty of all classes Of the people. We may
hope that, by Gods help, the personal inter-
view of your Majesty with the sovereigns of
some great States, and with the princes of
the Germanic Confederation, has prevented
serious complications. We, however, bear
in mind that preparations for war are the
best guaranty for peace, and we admit, with
which your Majesty, enlightened by long
experience, has devoted with wise foresight
to the increase of the defensive forces of the
| country.
But if rude combats be necessary to pre-
pare the ground for right founded on the
divine order, in which alone the tree of lib
erty can flourish and prosper in durable
manner, Prussia, one of its head and in its
members, will meet the struggle without
hesitation, and with the firm confidence that
her brave army will not want the assistance
which has never failed to nation resolved,
with Gods help, to defend its homes, its
rights and its honor.