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col. mollio an'8 speech. ~ The following speech was lately 'delivered by Col. James A. Mulligan, in Philadelphia.' A fee Was charged to A bear bin, and the proceeds were for the Catholic orphans of that city. The ad i. ■dress 4» an aceoaut of the memorable f battle of Lexington, in which. CoL Mul- '*• ligan was the hero. We publish it that •oar readers may have the true account of the battle, which was the most despe Tate of this war. The bravg Col. will never be forgotten for his gallant and *■ 'meritorious defence at Lexington:' «■ ^ladies a vii gextlmkx : i did not expect to find myself here to night, but I was asked to visit yonr . city in the name of the orphan, and any man who Is in the perilous trade af war. .and who has oronnd him little arms that fondle him "and little lips that press his own, and knows not how soon they may be thrown npon the cold charities of the world, is not-KhcWto rgfare the csll of the orphan. [wpplOTBe,] the audience I-see before me to-night is my i ■h amble cup of cold waior for this oh- ! ject. Let me now plainly and briefly relate the circumstances of a little sITais that happened tons in Missouri. Just out^IdetRrTTtHits of Jefferson City, overlooking the broad Missouri, were en / cumjicd two regiments, over fthlch floated ! twin banners — oanners which have been N, . twins in the past, and may they ever he so in the future — the harp of Ireland , and the stars of America. [Applause ] Under these twin banners ley as rolick lug and happy a regiment as was ever ' collected together. It was the Irish j Brigade -of Chicago. *At the. hour ol ( I J midnight it received an order to march ^ (be relief of Col. Marshull'it^aivalry, ^ V~ ■ then threatened by the enemy, und with "T" \ them to cut their way. through tu Lea- J ingtou. and hold it at all hazards. The next morning saw the Irish Brigade ' with it* face set towards Lexington. We started with foity rounds ■ of ammunition and threa days' rations, and advanced for nine days Without meeting ' the enemy, foraging npon the country in the meantime fur-supuort As w; tuoved along, war smoothed1' his wrinkled ^ brow. The'cfta plain mixed hia aduion- ' Itions with an occasional snatch of an Irish melody. The ma^ir was a married ' man, and chanted— "K vec ot thee I'm (Jr. illy Jmimlnf " ' The lieutenant colonel was a married I man, and, not to he/ormal I wan a mar- 1 ried man, and followed the nmjoV 1 [Laughter.] Thus we went on, until ' At length we arrived at Lexington. 1 ^The brigade sat down, pitched its camp. 1 the men Yratgd, and preparations were < •node for advancing Into the city. We ' > went in, with bur solitary six-pounder 1 v muzzled in roses and breeched with < tvergreens. The men had travelled ' n!ne-il:ji, by forced marches, as it is 1 called in the regain." army, yet they nev- ' er looked better. Arriving at Lexing- . • ton found Col. Marshall's cavalry and 1 ^ a few Horn® Guards, and I wish, for our sakes, there lied been fewer. I have * j < very poor opinion of Ilome Guards. ' I hare found them invincible in peace, and invisible in war. [Laughter.] They are generally content to stay at I home under the Shadow of the paternal : mansion aud lei ths country take care 1 of itself. I say> we found a few of these : Home Gosrds there. On the 10th of September a letter arrived from Colonel Peabody, saying that be was retreating i from Warrensbnrg, twenty-five mile* . distant, and that Price was panning i , him with ten thousand men. A few i hours afterwards Colonel Peabody, with I the Thirteenth Missouri entered Lexing- < ton. We then had 2,780 men in garri- i son and forty roonda of cartrigea At i ^ noon of the 1 lib. "we commenced throw- - Ing op our first eotreochments. In six ; I ► hoors afterwards the enemy opened their I lire. Col Peabody was otdered out to i

' met them. The camp then presented a J lively scene ; officers were harrying hith- 1 er and thither,; drawing the troops up in line and giving orders, and the commander was riding with his staff -to the bridge to encourage his men and to ! "plant hia 'artillery. Two six-poundtrs w ere^rioi^wd to oppose the enemy, and placed ia^fisrge W Copt. I)an t^uirk, who renmioed ot hiVysosl till daybreak. It was a iWiii cMtarfid anxiety. None knew ut iitiiit nlqui^rilii enemy would be Upon the little Land, aud the hour* passed in silence ami anxious waiting. So it continued until morning, when the 1 chaplain rushed into-headqnarlers, saying that the enemy Were poshing forward. Two companies of the Missouri i Thirteenth were ordered out, and the I ' Colonel, with the aid Af his glass, sow General Price urging his men to the fight. They were met by Company K„ of, the Irish Brigade, under Ouptaio^i Qiiirk, who held them in cheA until Capt. Dillon's company of the Missouri Thirteenth, .and two. companies of Illi- , . nois cavalry were dispatched in search i of the retreating enitiiy. They engag- i ed them in a corn-field, fought with j i ; them gallantly, nnd harassed them to | i such an extent as to delay ilieir progress • i in order to give time for constructing I ( entrenchments urouml the camp on Col- I lege Hill. This had the desired effect, . and w succeeded in throwing up earth- < | work three or four feet in. height. This , i consumed the night, aud was continued \ during tlio next day, the outposts si ill j | opposing the enemy, and keeping tlietu i luck us for as possible. At three | o'clock in tie afternoon of the 12th the | engagemvni opened with artillery. A | • volley of grape shot was tluown among ] the officers, who stood in front of liio I breastworks The guns within the. in- ( trenchments immediately replied with a vigor, which converted the sccno into , ; one of* the wildest description. We | had five six-pounderi, and the musketwere firing at every angle These l who were not shootiug at the moon i were shouting above it.' [Laughter.] j. i Ivjie" nicn were ordered to cease Er J . iti-T) and lUey were arranged in ranks, i knieling, the front rank shooting and i the others loading. ' The artillery Were j i served with more care, and within nn I : hour a shot from one of our guns dim- ( 1 mounted their largest piece, a twelve- [ , j pounder, aud exploded a powder cais ( • ion Thia achievement was received - i i with -shouts of exultation by the he leagued garrison. The enemy "retired , | a distance of 3 toilet. At 7 o'clock the i engagement had ceased and Lexington i wot onrs again. [Applause.] Xext" i morning General Parsons, with . ten • i thousand men at his back, sent' in a fiug of truce to a little garrison of twenty- i hundred men, ashing permission j to enter the town and bury his dead, i claiming that when the nolde Lyon went "i down, his corpse had fallen into his , hands, and lie. had grartted every privilege to the Federal officers sent after it. ■ It was not necessary to adduce this as a ] why he sboultt be permitted 'to ( perform aii act which humanity w«%ld j dictate. The request was willingly , ! granted, and we cheerfully assisted in ' , burying the fallen foe. On Friday, the work of throwing up entrench meots , ; went on. It rained all day, and the men stood "knee-deep in the mud, building tl-em. Troops were sent out to for- j 1 age, and returned with largegiuantiues | of provisions and -fodder. We were in a terrible situation. Toward night the fire increased, and iu the evening word came from the rebels that IT the garrison did not surrender befoi* the next day, Ibey would hoist the bjack flag at their cannon, and give us no quarter. I sent word back that "when we asked for quarter it would be lime enongli to settle that." [Cheers.] It was a terrible thing to see those brave fellows mangled, aud with no skiilfui j to bind their gaping wounds. — Our 8urgton was held with the enemr, ' »l

against all roles of war.,-and that, loo, when we had released a surgeon of theirs | on his mere plldge that he was such, j Captain Moriarty .went into the hospital. and, with nothing l-ul a razor, acted -j the part of a surgeon. We could not be without u chaplain or surgeon any longer. . There was in onr ranks n Lieutenant Hiekcy, a rollicking, jolly fellow, { who was despatched from the hospital to procure the surgeon and chaplain at an | hazards. . Forty minutes inter and tho brave lieutenant was severely wounded. ! As be was borne past I heard liiin ex- ! claim, "God have mercy on my little j ones." And God did hear bis prayers, ! for tjie gay lieutenant is up. ns rollick- : ing ns ever, and is now forming his ; brigade to return to the field. [Ap- , plaiise.] On Friday, Saturday, und Sunday, . we stoic seven days' provisions for twen- •» ty-s«ven hundred men. \V.e had found ifo prov sio.-s at Lexington, nnd were compelled to get our rations ns best we I could. A quantity of powder was <}Wtaincd, .and than large cisterns were i tilled with water. Tb"» men made car- \ tridges in the cellar of the college bnildling, and' cast one hundred and fifty rounds of shot for the gnus ut tire founders of Lexington. Karth works had ^ built breas:-l)igli enclosing nn urcu of fifteen to eighteen acres, and aurronn- ; ded IjjNn ditch. Outsi k- of this was a \ circle of twelity-one mines, and still furtiler down were pits to embarrass the , of the enemy During the ! night of the 17th we were getting ready for the defence, nnd heard the sounds tf ; preparation in the camp of the enemy ! for the ultuck on the morrow. Father lfotler went around umoug the men und 1 them, and they reverently uncovered their heads and received his benediction, nnd then -turned, round nnd i cocked their luuskcU. [Applause.] | A t nine o'clock on the morning of the ISlli the drums beat to arms, mid the j fearful ^troggic commenced. The enc- - j inj's force had been increased to twentyeight thousand men ami thirteen pieces i of artillery. They came us one dark | moving muss; men armed to the teeth — us far as the eye could reach, men,' men, j ttieii, were visible. They planted two batteries in front, one on the left, one on the right, nnd- one in the rear, and with a terrible fire, wlfich was answered with the utmost bravery and determination. Our spies had Informed ! ns that the rebel* intended to make one grand rout, und bury ns in the trenches of Lexing-ton. The batteries opened at • nine o'clock, and for three days they i never censed to pour deadly shot npoji ! us. About noon tile hospital was tnken. j It was situated on the left, outside ol ; the entrenchments. I bad never thought ' It necessary to build fortifications around the sick man's couch. 1 had thought ' among civilized notions, the sol- : dier sickened add woundeJ in the service of his country, - would, at least, be sacred. But 1 was. inexperienced, and yet to learn that inch was not the case' with the rebels. They .besieged the hospital, took it, and from the biil- ' cony and roof -their sharpshooters poured ; a deadly fire within our eutrenchmcnts. i It contained our chaplain and surgeon, and one hundred and twenty wounded ' men. Itcbuld not be allowed to-remain in j possesv'idii ol the enemy. A company of ! the M'ravari Thirteenth was ordered for. j ward to setake tbe hospital. They started | ' on their errand, bat stopped at tho breast- i works, "£oing not onl because it w*« bad to go out." [Laughter | A company of ' the Missouri Fourteen' h wss sect forward . but it also shrank from the task, and refused 1 to move outsido tbe entrenchments, t he ! Montgomery Guard. Captain GJeuson. of - the Irish Brigade, were then brought out. I Tbe eommauder aumonisbed them that ths other* bed failed ; ond,with a brief exhor tat ion to uphold the name they bote, .gave ' tho word to •••churge."_i The distance- was eight hundred yards. They started out , from the entrenciimeu. s, first quick, then j double quick, then bu a run, then ^faster. ! Tbe enemy poured a deadly ehoirer of bul* i » , . * ' _ ' HMmte

,, lets upon tliunr, but on* they went, a wilij • line of stsw>l. and what is bitter than steel, "human will. .[Cheers ] They stormed up tho »lop« to the hospital door. with ir- . resikliul* tiravery, -droVe the enemy before them, add hurled them far down the hill " beyopd. [.Vociferous cheer».] At the j r ' head of those brave fellows, pale as marble - hot not pah- front fear, stood the gallant , officer. Captain Ulewson. Hescidc ••Come i on. my brave boys." and they rushed. Dot | when' their brave captain rel arced, it was u ! with a shot through the cheek, and another through the arm, wad with but 45 of the 60 h« hail led forth. [ApplanseJ The ho»- * > pital was tn their povaeuiun. ' On the tuurning of the 19th the firing * was resumed ami continued all day.— . i Vic recovered our surgeon und chaplain. The day wns signalized by a fierce flayonct charge upon a regiment op-tl^s tnetny, which served to show thotn tlWotir ■ men wen not ygt completely tarried out. Titc tilfioer.-i had told tlvem 4b hold ' out until the 19th, when lliry mra/ild c«K* tastily, be rekiforced. Throutwilipftlay s our little. garrisotr^Svuidjjj^stAjirfTfg-" eyes, watching to see if mitnjrTriendly 5 flag was bearing aid to ytfiern— -|»i| h straining ear. awaitiag lite souni( of a friendly caniiunadPrl But no reinforcements appeared, and, with the energy of despair, they determined to do their du- ' Iv nl nil hazards. - f Prolonged checrg.] , ' The 1 9f Is wu# u hjxtHSl (lay. Our water ' cisterns had bpdn drained, and we dared ' not leave Jme crown of the. Mil, aml make ourcn trench mint* on the bank ofS ! the riffer, for the enemy could have plan-* ! tc^Aheir cannon on the, hill nnd buried ! us. The day was burning hot. nnd the nieiHiii their cartridge* ; their lips were parclk'd and blistered. I/ct not a word i of mnrmuring. , [ A pplause ] During the night I' passed around the ) ' • field, siuoot'ied bock the clotted hair, ■ J and by the -light of the moon, shining through the tree*. I recognised' here mid ' | there the .countenance* of my brave men 1 ' : who Imd fallen. Some were my favor- j ties in days gone past, who had stood by [ . me in these hogrs of terror, nnd hniT; fallen «u the Imrd-foughtiii-ld. Sadly I we buried them in the trenches. The , tqorning of the £Oth broke, but no rein- i * j forceinint appeared, and still the nien j ' fought on. The rebels had constructed ! tnoveble breastworks of hdf»p"5bt»les I I rolled them up the hill, ami -advanced J j tfieir butteries in n manner to coiumund | j | the fortification. Honied shot were j j : fired at them, but they lind taken thu j i precaution to soak the bales in the Mis- ! ' j souri, TfV nttuck was urged with re- j j near ci I vigor, (illi daring the forenoon [ ; the outer breastwork* were tnken by a 1 | barge of the rebel* In force. The ' whole line wus broken, nnd the enemy ! J j ruilied in upon a*. Captnii; Fitzgerald, ( whom 1 hud known in my yonngcriiays, j and whour Vc had hocii accustomed to i cull' by the familiar nickname, ••Saxy,"- w«s 1 I then ordered to Oppose his company to the * | assailants. As 1 gave the order. "Saxy, go ! - in.'^tho gallant Fitzgerald, at the Ip-ad of : l ] Contpanr I, with a wild yell, rushed in up- ; J o"n the enemy, who were driven onl. [ApB plause ] Many of our pood fellows were i j lying dead, our cartridge* h«d failed, and | it was evident that the -fight would soon i cease. It was now three o'clock, and all on ' a sadden an orderly came, saying the enemy bad sent a flag of truce. With tint fiat? * camo the following note from Owners! I Price. ' "Colonel What has caused the cessation ' or the fight r * | The Colonel ratarncd it with the followII ing reply written on the back t "General. I hardly know, unless you have ^ surrendered." [Laughter] f He* took pa'int to assure me. however. '• that such wus not the case. 1 learned soon '' after that tbe Home Guard had hoisted the *' white flag. The lieutenant w(i» had thus ' hoisted the Sag was threatened with instant * death unless he pulled it down. Tbu men ". all said, '•WeTiavs; no rartriges, and a vast horde of the enetny is about us." They * were told to go to the line ni d stand there. * and use tlm charge at the muzzle .of 1 their guns or perish them. They gra'sped n their weapons the fiercer, turned ezffitly about, sad stood firmly at llteir pcfkls. I- And tb«(e they stood without a murmur,

I prsying as they never pravetl before, thai ■ tlie rebel horde would show thcmsulre* at |> the earlhaork*. fku ufiicvr rvuaikod. - , "This is butchery." The. conviction Ire- * came genera), ami a council of wwr «b« 1 held." And when, finally, the white flag » was raised. Adjutant I '«« grove shed bitter j tear*. [Appfkiue.] The place w»s given , up, upon what conditions, to thib day. -I liarilly know of cure. The ■ t-mtmy came " pouring in. Uuc foppish elficurdreased Ai * ' the gaudiest uniform of hi* rank, siraited I uu and down through l!.» e'antp. stepped t before our men., look out a pair of band . cuffs, aitd. holding them" up, said. "Do job know what tli.—. are furl" We were * placed in file, nnd a fiirnre on hntsenack. looking much like -Death on a Pale , llor H. " led Us th/iuzh the »tr wts o' Lex- ' nigton.' As we pa.--eU the Sacesxon ladje< of Lexington come from their houses, und from the fence-tops jeered at us. We . ' were then taken to a lintel, with no rations and im proprietor. After we hml hoarded' . ■ ft I ere fur sumo time, we started with tienerr al Price, on the morning of the 30th. f»r . ■ the "land of Dix'.a'-^- Of my imprisonment 1 there I will say nothing. We all feel, eve- ^ I ry man of u:. tivil w« h**e beo.i G-ht»tg ) ( — fooi great cause ; tbot we were not sparml friimd.exingtor. to sit idly in nar homes r whilAiar country js in daager [tlheerp.j r ml fwel tliat that Republic which was . cementoil by the bloody wl' our faibcrs is to be again liaptixed and made stronger Willi * our bhiti'l. Tlivy believe, a* 1 do. thai this and mihroken. through all the turmoil- o - f foe. [Applause] 1 tlev si*„d' ready, as far as iu their power, to bear her honar, proud anil beautitul a* *he i-, .«» tlwr loyI .ml liin-s of *:eel, until «he has eine.-ged u- ■ she will emerge, victorious, bearing, indeed, ■ ; the Warrior's wound, bul crowned will* thu , Victors vrown. [Applause.] ;i n report op c005tt examiners ' | All iiceiis** held by teaclrer* of the pubI • lie School* in tlm County .of Capn kLay, ! j were n-called on the 23d of Oct. 1861. On lithe i Illi and lcth of I ecember exumina- | j' lions were held at the Court House, the vbjject being to stimulate the teachers Nn sHf | iin(lroveuient nnd tn grade correctly the li- . ' I cense*. !fn gradrs are given— the First ' ! denoting full qualifications'- the Third, me- ' [ dium— the .•?ixt[i. Ilm lowest grade of qua'i- • ' J fication for which license l* given. -TezchI I. wee required to sustain examination In'Rea- ■ | ding. Writing, Arilmetic, Geography nnd I' tOl tbnltth nf Dec., efler careful ^>m. ' ination. licen-e* were granted to the follow, ing teachers pa- ' A L. 1 1 synch, Fi"sl Grade, •i Lewrs ll. Game. " , , I less a Williumsim. " . ! John W. Lycett, Second •* ! . llannal. A Gan.ly. " t I Ella Williamson. . Emma It KMri.lgc. J%rd •• I Elizabeth F. Harris, v I j jl'iirrn K -Swain, Fifth " . Sumnv) Tuvlor. " " J i Jos. K. Hughes. ■ •' .. 'I Haiti* Swain. ' - - ■ Stephen W. Week*. Sixtl| •• The following teacher* were awarded lii | cense* Dec. 16th : i N ichnln* S. Corson. First Und*, i. John Stiles. Jr., \ ' JohnS. Cole, Third i Win. A. Ashmead, " "X,,.Therpzz C-.rson. - " * Lou W Morel I, - " •• F. Whitaker, . Jeyemiah Vom, Fourth " Stacy M.Goff, " * I H. A. Guff. * j Asia Champion. Fifth i) l'cter Souder, e Sixth * f ' Board Acting, M. WIUJMHOS, ) „ , ., . J,F.4«.™ J new ,. Jmijf joxks, Town Sup't. of. Upper T'p. j ! M. UuzMJlV, " " of Dennis Juo SVAIK, of Middle *• " j After examination llm following resolution was nnar.tmouidy passed : | ItriolrrJ. That no Public School money ^ tie paid to teachers who have'not had tbofr J i licenses renewed, excepting Die case where an engagement to teach by the quarter was made, prior to the recalling their " license,- and fur, that quarter only: and. If engaged by the day, their old license .to exr- i pire on the day appointed for a new exami- . j nation. e I It may be proper to-state iri connection ; with the abnre, that the grades ar* given after a careful examin.it inn by the Hoard o( r. i Examiners. The object in giving grades, n I is to set forth thn qualification* of each e teacher, as ascertained by examination : . 1st. For f he benufit of Tut'tee*. who have to employ the- teacher of the district j schools Trustee* should certainly know " I what or • the qualifications of thb teachers it i thoy employ. y j , 2d, FoNhl benefit of the teachers tbemti I selves. To stimulate them in their endeajf ■ vors to attain a higher grada and qualify | them for hi* or her importahl position a» II ; an vducatm of youth. / 3d. That it may hZve the aflVe's of in- •. trodociog'intu ali oar public schools ■ elu -w t, of first rate teachen. .