YOLUM i: 1. THE AMERICAN CITIZEN, IS* published every Wedrovbiy in the Itorontfh 'f Hntler. 1»v TnOMAS |t"UISMJOJf Ac I K. A*J>lH*» nil M.ltu Mil..-, . k'-» ll.iM —OflW* up flbtfi« hi the '''' foiinetlv l>\ F.H Yetter,asa store TKRM*:-TL 50 *ye •». if paid inu.lv in.- . • withm fir-t si* nv»ri?lM; or f'J if not paid until after tbeexplra thm of the flr.xt <*\x month-. Hum of Aovmnaiso:—One square n >n., >• ii ••>« i-. ' ; y t r •lnintl f-T nix j* • feolmnnfor one year J ~ ' -r six months '' j ]columnforOllO y 1 eolitmn firsix M Mith- **"""! r ' . 1 column 112 r "fie year ••••' " From the Speetator. THE GOD OF EARTHQUAKES, The recent earthquake at Manilla hail, like natural phenomenon which strikes the masses of ignorant men as so exclusively supernatural. Mr. Huckle, as is well known, considered them one of the frreat sources of Spanish superstlt i.>n, and as snapping by their imaginative terrors the chain of civilization. Even the Greeks. l)y no means apt to take the characteris tic attribute ■ of their gods from the more terrible of earthly events, gave to tlicir L . ■ 1 of tho ocean, Poseidon, the epithet of the , Earthshaker; while the Jews, i sssedj by a truer inspiration, spoke of Godas tin root of all that was most fixed and endur- i ring—the Rock of Apes who l.a 1 made j ' the roun 1 earth so fust that it cannot be j moved." Elijah wnSOXpre>.-ly taught that ; '•(Sod was not in the earthquake. and t though the l'salmi-ts frequently ascribe the "tumbling of the earth anil the falling ! foundation of the hills !lis c>poe,,i] wrath, yet they never fail to conclude the ! picture of storm and chaos by one of peace ; and deliverance, and. like Elijah ec the earthquake pns.-ing away before tin: trail- j quil voice of divine promise. Hilt this, as Mr. Buckle warns u-<. has not prevented the close association oftlie earthquake with divine power in the < 'hristainages. That there is something in this phenomenon which, more than any other, expresses 'vitb awful power the collapse and nothingness of Jiuman things is obvious enough. Even the lower animal creation perceive its ap proach, as some of them have bce% said to discern and t|uail befored!serul""iie. which t-urie 1 or dc-troyed > me sixty thou ands in a few minutes, occurred on 'AH Saints Day,"in a high festival among the Portuguese; and ovary altar was blaz ing with wax tapers, when the -an grew dim, and the Palace of the Inquisition fell in. Tho conflagration which succeeded the earthquake was thus directly due to the universal sitietl illumination. Ihe less fatal, but almost more scenic enstastro plie, in Caraccas, the capital of A cnezuc la, on the 20th .Miirch, ISI2, occurred on 11 oly Thursday. The priestly processions were just about to start, and "ihe crowds assembled in the churches were so numer ous that between three and four thousand 1 persons arc said ivc been crushed by i tho downfall of their vanlted roofs." And j the effect upon* the mind of the people was j naturally enough that of a religious rather ! than of an earthly catastrophe: "People ! appli&l tlu ni-elvcs to the exercise of tin >se ; reliuiouH duties, which in their opinion, ! were in* I fit.te'l to appease the wrath of j Heaven. .Many a sembled, and pas' thro' the ; trtjets in proci;.\-i..ns singing funeral hymns; others, thrown in a state of di.s , taction by these calamitieseonfe -ed their | sin- alo:: 1 in the streets; numerous mar i i iages were contracted between persons who for many years had neglected tosanc tion their union by the sacerdotal benedic tion ; children found parents by whom they had not been acknowledged up to that time; restitutions were promised by per sons who had never been accused of fraud or theft; families, which for many years ha l been estranged from one another by j enmity and hatred, were drawn together by the tie of common suffering." And , thi* .summer in Manilla, the fearful earth quake similarly found tho population oti j j its knees, on the eve of the h'etn tie Dun. | ! The prayers of thou - inds I answered by the sudden cnßhingof the masonry and collapse of the earth. "Af ter dressing," says an eye-witness, who describes what he saw in All the !< "/• Round of last week, "I walked slowly homeward, and having to pass near the ca- . thedral. I went in. Being thcoveof tho Fit'' Diu< I found it crowded with wor shipers. Men and women of every hue of j color were .mingled with children whose j farier skins contrasted strongly with that | if the elders, especially those whose par- j cuts were Europeans. There is at all i times a striking devoutness displayed in •the churches, but this struck me especial ly on this evening, no doubt because of the solemnity of the occasion. How many were in the building I cannot say, but the number was very great, for though the ca thedral was exceedingly largo, I could not ~ee a space large enough for a single ad,ff tional person beyond a few feet, from the door by which 1 entered. Some notion ' may be formed of the number present, ; froni the fact that at this time there were • not less than twenty-five priests officiating in different parts of the sacred edifice.— The air was so bad that I did not remain more than two or three minutes, tho' the service had not long begun." Nut many minutes after, the same spec tator returned to the spot where the cathe edral bad stood. Not a dozen of people, he thinks, had escaped out of the building before it came crushing down upon the two or three thousand which its walls alone must have contained. The scene to which ho was witness was one of no common or der. "When I reached the ruins," he says, -men and women were already work ing at those parts where appearances indi cated the possibility of most speedily reach ing bodies. The largest group was col lected round a chapel, a small portion of which was upheld by the peculiar wiiy in which ft beam had fallen. Women were sobbing, and men were listening anxious ly at a small opening, where a window had formerly been Faint groans issued from it, and I could hear a voice—that of a girl. I thought, but it turned out to bo one of the choristers*—asking piteou«ly for help and deliverance. Then a low but deep bass voice, doubtless that of the priest who was so officiating at the time of the calamity, uttered the well-known words. ' Blessed arc the dead which die in the Lord. Yea. saitli tho Spirit, for they rest from their labors. As these words came forth, those outside burst into a passion of tears, which was soon choked, ill order that they might hear if the voice spoke again. There were some deep groans, ap parently wrung from the speaker by in tense pain, un.i then the same voice spoke in a calm and even tone, uo though ad "Let us have r-; : lh that Right makes Might; and in that Faith let lis, to the end,dare to do our duty as we understand it" — A - l "*col2« UTLEH, BUTLER COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1864. dressing a congregation, Kor tho Lord hhnself shall descend from heaVen with a shout, with the voice of the arch-angel, and with the trump of God.' Silence fol lowed for some minutes, and their a deep voice came forth which was so low that only I and a few others near the hole could hear it. 'Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit,' and with the utterance of those words of faith and prayer the spirit must have left the tortured body, for not a sound was heard after this except the piteous prayers of a child." . It is not easy to im agine a sublimcr instance of the faith which, encountering in llis own visible person tho awful Earthshaker and des troyer,'can see in llim nothing but the Eternal Rock of stability and of peace.— The voice conies in the earthquake, but the earthquake docs but disguise to the priests' glaring eyeastill small voice which bids him rest from his labors. It reminds' him only of that greater earthquake which rent in twain the veil of the tentplc, whan a deeper dismay was vanquished, and a greater work was finished. There is something profoundly impres sive about the manner in which this poor f+paui-h priest encountered the horror of such a situation. The kind of faith Which great cata >ro] dies, are apt to inspire is si nnc tliing very different, indeed, from Mii priest's. For tlm/ is, as Mr. Huckle teach es, a poor, superstitious sort of thing, im peding civilization and paralyzing the hu man confidence Which is the root of all industry and energy. But tho religious use of great catastrophes is nut to inspire faith, but to call out and bring to light what is already inspired—to shake not merely the earthly supports, but all the external scaffolding of the mind, and throw it back on its ttuc nakedness or its true strength. There are, probably, crisis for most, men and all nations in which God appears somewhat as the God of earth quakes. shaking everything which is not at the very centre oft heir life to itsfound ations.andsolyingpretty decisively for them i the problem whether they have anything ,to lean on or not. Are there many, even j of our more "enlightened" faith, as we i truly call it, who would be found firm on ■ tho living Hock, when tho earth seem ed inciting 1 way beueatli tlic'r feet, and every vestige of human aid and support, and graceful as Delation, and emblematic pija.iise had been scattered into ruins, and tlicy could hear, through pain and the darkness and tho suffocating air, nothing i but groans of terror and cries for help ? ' Was there any \oice as tranquil raised to I the crowd of minors, who, for nearly a I week, were dying in hope of succor in the ! Hartley Colßety t It is seldom that the | God of earthquakes, when he has shatter ! cd all tho artificial growths of association which we mistake for faith, finds at the i kernel of tho soul that sq irit, one clear glimpse of which by other men turns the most destniMive and negative of outward calamities into the most crcativo act of di vine love. ♦JJe was duff ont nlivo seven or eight lumninftenvart]*. Anyics TO AH'REXTICKS. —WHEN serving your apprenticeship, you will have time and opportunity to stockyour mind with useful information. Tho only way for a young man to prepare himself for usefulness, ig to devote Uim selftostu ly during his leisure hours. First, be industrious in your business —be frugal"be economical, never com plain that you have to work; goto work with alacrity and cheerfulness, and it w ill become a habit which will make you respected and beloved by his master or employer; make it your busi ness to see to and promote his by taking care of his, you w ill learn to take care of your own. Young men at the present day arc too fond of get ting ril of work. They seek for lazy employments, and frequently turn out poor miserable vagabonds. You must avoid all wishes to live without labor; labor is a blessing instead of a curse; it makes your food, clothing, and every other thing necessary, and frees you from temptation to be dishonest. Ax I.NUKMors SfcVXtiERKR. —All En glish statesman having charged an officer »112 the Government with di.-honesty, was required to retract it before the House of Commons, which lie did in the following words: '•I said he was dishonest, it is true; and I am soiry for it." This was satisfactory; but what was the surprise the following day, to see the re traction printed in the paper thus: "I said lie was dishonest; it in true,and 112 am sorry for it!" By a simple-transposition of the comma and semicolon, the ingenious slanderer rep resented himself, not only as having made no recantation, but even as having reiter ated the charge. To PBKSKRVE TIMBER.® —It is said that if one pound of sulphuric acid is mixed with t'ortv pounds of . water; timber therein immersed w ill not rot and that the ; underground portion of posts will last ma- j' nv more year- for being so treated. THE CL'OFWG YEAR. « : Tli- fWn* hMiti'/rti" i»rW*n Inn wifl thill Kit TVii"iy l t^ul: An.l the elm ru-tli - Iflrli *•» 1 Like plumes übuve a bier. Y«*t l't' intiful Fcpteni''or'H ru>. A >,l bright tletober'H AllortrnwUay; While rh ur Of hftftYi'u*' "p«'ii cifi-irient thruVgli. Th<'«m»»ft hun : --< down tho west* Ami el"--!' i 'ln-: «M-:i v<-»t; For rlil/1 wind* - the pWn, Ami iltfw* cvngttil v.p*n her train. Yet i/' i'p.th.' -i ell ill oftitli ■* W Mi-h, The h inn < *1» v • AnJ letter* drawn in hiize. Fpr tk the Creator's nmtcble •< pruiso. These cloud* that KIOWIV P at nlong; 'Hint winding hw;i'l<»V'< liireiusll *--ii£; fhl* bufb-t, with IN crim%»n hue— ti ll me I urn a v -v t«>o. It whimper.-! of n home nfitr, ltri jiter than evening s brightest «tar, Where fiuhle- fluVif: -halt ever bloom Xb-ytind the winter «'l the tomb. WIT A\l» IVIKDO.II. WHERE did Noah strike the first nail in the ark? On the head. PIN money—the receipts of a bowling alley. . " COME in children, out of the wet," as the shark said when it sucked in Ihe lit tle fishes. " I'|,|, take your part," as the dog said to the eat when he robbed licr of her dinner. A wag on hearing that a man had giv en up chimney sweeting, expressed sur prise, as bo thought) the business sobted him. " I say, mister, hoV came your eyes so all-fired crooked '!"—r by sitting between two gals, and trying to look love to both at the same time." "GENTLEMEN," said a public speaker, "is not one man as uood as another?"— Yes, be jabei'S," saiti a huge Patlandcr, •' and a good dale bother, sure." A part of a mountain of sorrow, which an inebriate had heaped upon his own head, lately slid off, tinil broke down tho bridge of his nose. IT is sajd that thor; arc more lies told in tho brief sentence " I am glad to see you," than in any other single sentence in the English language. " T shall never get out of this scrape alive," as the hog said when they were rubbing the bristles off his back with clam-shells and scalding water. A school gijl w is married here lately. One of her schoolmates, a little girl of 12 years, told her mother—"Why, don't you think, Susan is married, and she hasn't gone through fractions yet." AN honest Patlandcr, in recommending a cow, said she would give milk year after year, without having calves, " bekazo it, runs in tho brade, for, bo jabcrs, she came out ov a cow what never bad a calf, sure." A man having given a quantity of peaches to the laborers on the road, one of them was asked how he liked them; he said the fruit was very good, but the seeds scratched his throat. THERE aro tliroo sorts of nobility—di vine, worldly and moral; tho divine de pends upon the power of (lod r tho wool ly upon the greatne-s of our birth, the moral upon the liberty of our mind. DEAN Swift hearing of a carpenter fall ing through the scaffolding of a house ho was engaged in repairing, dryly remark ed that lie liked to see a mechanic go through his work promptly. A female in the Utica-Lunatic Asylum i< a lady of enlarged ideas. She talks of becoming the empress of tho world and using the next rainbow for a waist ribbon. EriT.ipn. Lie heavy on him, Earth, fir ho . ** Lied.lmril enough, folks pay—on thep! THERE are two eventful periods in the life of women: one. when she wonders who she will have—the other who will have her. The first occurs at 10, tho other at 40. '• HALLOA, Steward !" exclaimed A fcl jow in one of the steamboats, after having retired to bed. " Here, ma- a." "Bring me the way bill." "What for, massa ?" " I want to see if these bod bugs put down their names for this berth, before I did; If not, I want 'cm turned out." A lazy fellow named Jack Hole, living near Covington, Ky., has adopted a way of spelling his name which throws Fono typo clear into the shade. lie makes a big " J," and then jabs his peu through the paper for the Hole. A lady said to a gentleman who had accompanied her and her sister to church, "Itrains —sendforan umbrella." "Why," said the beau, "you ure neither sugar nor salt, rain won't .hurt you." " True, but we are—lasses,!' s:»id the lady. Umbrel la sent for. A young man and a female, stopping at a country tavern, their awkward ap pearance excited the curiosity of the host, who commenced a conversation with the female by inquiring how far she had trav eled. " Traveled I" exclaimed the straog ,- 000 ! Clerk—ln Confederate currency worth, say S2sG—a mighty income, but the least tlint you should give till the currency is restored to the fpccio standard; and as •most of us have run in debt, tlieallowance should look back and commence its ope ration from the first of July last. THE ILI vi.Ttt OP ONE %\ it HIES. —The Army of the Potomac correspondence of the New York Tribune, in speaking of the health and intelligence of our armies, The health of our troops at tho present time is excellent, many of the regimental hospitals being without a single patient. A more cheerful, willing and uncomplain ing army never listened to the sound of the "tattoo." People at home can form no conception of die vastainount of innate "Yankee" ingenuity, which military dis cipline and army life have developed. To one visiting the army for the first time, the evidences of perseverance, industry and ingenuity that surround him ; arc the strongest proofs of the material and mor mul and mixed. One half of the remainder to my oldest son Patrick, the balance to uiv ymugost sou Dnvis.the blackguard; and should there be any left, it goes to Teraaee MeCartv. Youug America iu Society. \mericnn society atleast in our jereitfcci ties is fust becoming silly and stupid. "Young America" reigns paramount in it. Hoys, who but yesterday were being flogged for false I.".tin. and girls who have just esca ped from pianofortes, and bread and but ter, take en themselves all tlio airs of grown up people, actually thrust tlieir pa rents aside, and assume the whole control of amusement. At most parties, the tone is given by comparative children. Con ceited youngsters, on whose chin the down has scarcely begun to appear, strut, about in high shirt collars, short tailed coats, deep cull's, and tight, pantaloons; take the bead of cotillions, as by the right of precedence; effect to blaze its a noble cf the ancient re and annoy women old enoucli to be theif mothers, and with more sense in a finger than these littk monkeys have in all their bodies, with ridiculous compliments, absurd criti cisms on music, or slang intended for wit. Little Mis=es, alsn, with bare shoulders, and mind more bare than either, look con temptuously around, and express their imperial wonder that the hostess could be so stupid as to invito so many married ladies. In American society, it is at present, ' the day of small things." The conversation at these social assem blies is what might bo expected from the character of those who control them. It is as flat "as stalo beer, and as insipid as kim-milk. The little gijla giggle, ami the littlo boys look solemn; tlio former smooth down their tresses, and the latter pull up their collars ; but with this differ ence, they behave much alike. At the supper-table, tlioy push forward into the most prominent places; help themselves first; scatter terrapin, cream and jellies indiscriminately over the dresses of such married ladies as happen to be in their way drink what they elegantly call "lots" of chauipaigne ; and keep up such an inces sant chattering and laughing, that nobo dy, as the phrase goes, "can hear their own cant." It would bo fortunate, however, if •Young America" confined his presump tuoo-iicss to parties. But tho lady who has opened her liouso is subjected, for days afterwards, to the morning visits of boys seeking to play tho fine gentleman, who talk to her in a style half silly and* half impudent, treating boras if she were still unmarried; and this, though they were not invited to licr ball, perhaps, but only came with some female guest, and though they knew, or ought to know that the mother of a family in America, has some thing better to do of mornings, than to listen to tho empty talk of idle young fools. Yet it must bcconfessot], tltif sovereign ty of '"Young America," is partly the fault of grown up people. Married women, too generally subside into house hold drudges; neglect the cultivation of mind and manners; and, by abdicating their true position in society, make way for the usurpation of the Mi-sesand .Mas ters of tho "polka." We do not. advocate tlio.disrcgnril of domestic duties. Rut wo contend tli.it their fulfilment is «)uilo compatible witli :i proper degree of Kocinl recreation, uud that, indeed, a wife and mother is healthi er, in both mind and body, for occasional relaxation in society. Moreover, as a general rule, women do not begin to think till tliey arc married. A man of sense finds the conversation of a raw girl insuf ferably stupid, for it has lost the valvette of childhood Without acquiring the solid character of experience in life; and in telligent women complain continually of the annoyance of having to talk to con ceited boys. Why do not the real heads of society, therefore, astcrt their suprema cy, and, by putting down the reign of Mazoarka, the Schotiseh, and their c m ciijiitaiit ' Young America," restore to so ciety a higher tone. Tho informed, the intelligent, and really well-bred, who now avoid what is called society, would then return to it, and a party would become the place for the exchange of ideas, and grow to bo that national amusement. — Hut. while "Young Auicricai' keeps the lead, heels will carry it "all hollow" against the head. Gen. Pillow was somctiriles rather premature in his orders, and had, besides, a pompous", oratorical style of delivering them, which lie preserved even in battle. On one occasion, during an engagement, Capt. Dncan commanding the Flying Artillery, he called out to this.«flieer, in bis usual solemn manner: "Cap tain Duncan,fire,the crisis Ills come." Dncan withoutn saying a word, turned to his men, who were slightly surprised at the ordes—there being no particular object within range— when an old grey-Leaded Irish ser geant stepped up with, "Plaze yer honor, what shall we fire at?" "lire at ibo crisis," said Duuean.—Did'nt you hear the General &ay that it had oome;" NUMBER R». Bounties for Veteran Troops. The following is the message sent to Congress to-day by the President of the t uited States: Gentleman of the Senate and House of lie/iri xcntiitircx: l»y a. joint resolu tion of your honorable bodies, appro ved Dee. 28, 18(18, the paying of bounties for veteran volunteers, as now practiced by the War Depart ment, is to the extent of S-iOO in each, provided that after the sth day of tho present month, it shall terminate. 1 transmit for your consideration ti communication from the Secretary of War, accompanied by one from the Prove tMarshal Generalhim, bom relating to the subject above mention ed. I earnestly reeomend that the law be so modified as to allow bounties to be paid as they now are,at least until first day of february. 1 am not with out anxiety lest 1 appear to be impor tunate i-n thus recalling your attention to a subject upon whifch you have so recently acted; and nothing but a deep conviction that the public interest de mand it, could induce me toincur tho hazard of being misunderstood on this point. The Executive approval was given by me to the resolution men tioned, and it is now, by a close atten tion and fuller knowledge of the facts, that 1 feci constrained to recommend a recoil of the subject. ABKAHAM LINCOLN. IMPOKTANT KKOM NOUTII CAROLINA. —The A "rth Carolina Times (lie now loy -111 paper at Newbeni. says: "Nortli Carolina is beginning to furnish her quota to tho federal Government.— One loyal white refluent has been raised in this district, and it is under tho com mand of Col. McChesuey: andihe second, under tho command of Jf'aptain Charles Heury luster, is rapidly filling np, and about three hundred men have been enlist ed within the last six or eight weeks by ln< personal exertions. Another regiment, of white soldiers from North Carolina has been raised by that most excellent man, (Jen. Bnrnside, in Hast Tennessee. Toall this We must add the two regiments of colored volunteers that have been raised, and are now in service. A cavalry regi iment of blacks is also recruiting by Ma jor G a rrad,of the Third New York cavalry. This last, regiment is obtaining about one hundred recruits a day. If the De partment of North Carolina hasbeenau expensive one, it must be allowed that she has become partially able to repay the government for the treasure expended, by furnishing her with men who are use to the country and know how to use a rifle." Swi.U INT:s AND FAITH KIT,.—A Nor folk exchange paper states that a gentle man of that city having business a t tho Navy Yard, proceeded thither on horse back, accompanied by a .Newfoundland dog. As it i-t contrary to the regulations of the yard for any but foot passengers to enter, unless by a special permit, lie dismounted at tho gate, the dog remaining with tho horse. (In his return he was informed that during his absence a drun- M.eii follow had mounted the horse, with t ho apparent intention of taking a free ride, but much to his astonishment, doubt less, he had no sooner reached the saddle than his leg was seized by the dog. and the faithful animrl not only succeeded in dragging him off, but gut, between the loafer and the horse, keeping the former at a respectful distance, and finally com pelling him leave. Tho fact is some what singular, as the dog was merely a pet, and had never undergone the training to which such animals are usually subjected, | and his eonductou I his occasion could only he attributed to the workings of his natu ! ral in-tineLs. 112 r A y.-..r or so ago there used to l>o on "our floor," iu one of the hotels of this city.-a very lady-like, tidy, pretty, Irish chambermaid, wiiom if is well enough to call Rose. A grave-seeming, good-look ing but gray haired gentleman of fifty odd, occupied 103, and as he sat at hislittle ta ble one morning, Rose came into buislia little. . '•Rose," ijnoth he, "IVo fill en in lore with you. ( .'an 1 veuture to hope you will think well of me?" He slum: you may, your honor," replied a twinkle of her bright eyes; "for me father and me mother iver told mo to rivirince gray hairs all the days of me life!" Hose swicthcd out of the room, and tho elderly gentleman went to the barbers. THEFITURE OF NORTH CAROLINA. —An Eastern paper says: " A scien tific gentleman who for several years previous to 18t>0, was engaged in ex plorations throughout the mountain ranges of North Carolina intimates to us, and with force that a new field of competition is about being opened by which New England must, ultimately he a great sufferer, 1. Wool can be grown atabouthalf the price at which it can be produced in New England,because green pasture can be had all the winter for the sheep, so that they will not require to be fed, as in New England. 2. The mountain ranges oOSorihp Carolina pass centrally, aliiiost be tween the grain-growing and cotton States, and will afford ample power to turn all the spindles in tho United States. The mildness of the climate, he feels assured, must, attract capital and population, so as to make that re gion the paradise of manufactories.