VOLUME 1. The American Citizen, 1-8 published cverv Wednesday in the borough a 112 Butler 'by THOMAS K%INBO*AC\ K. A.IDEWSON on Main street, •opposite to Jack's Hotel—office up stairs in the brick ormerly occupied by Eli Yetter.M a "tore TERMS $1 50 a year, if paid in advance, or within the lint sixmontbe; or if not paid until after the expira tion of the first six month*. RATES or ADVERTISING One square non., (ten lines or Iwrnj three insertion* JJJ Kvery subsequent in*(frtion l Jw square Business <ards of lu lines or less fur one year, inclu , d|njt paper. . . J Card of 10 hues or less I year without paper 4 Ou V column for six months ■« [» {{column for one year J - ** column for six months column for one t column for six months r"[ ;J 1 column for one year ____ The Annapolis Fair, A*? is my custom, I took an evening wulkinto the town of Annapolis, and hav ing passed a pleasant evening with some of my soldier friends, and former comrades in battle, I was returning to my quarters; it was after 10 o'clock,and teaming Imight be halted by the guard, I came the back way, and as I came by the Methodist Epis copal Church No. 1, my attention was at tracted by a bright light at the open door, and thinking it must be a glorious revival that would be protracted to that late hour. I ncared the door, through curiosity, and inquired of the door keeper if the meet ing was about closing; being answered in the negative, I asked who preached? He replied that it was "a Fairthis remind ed me of the great sport I had often had driving horses for the premium, and of the fat cattle I had often scon at country Fairs. A Fair! says I—a Fair ! How can they have a Fair in a church . So I walked in, but halt! a man asked me for "ten cents," nut having thought about paying to get in to a church, this took me a little by sur prise, but I paid, meantime inquiring if the el.'/, hunt had performed yet, but pas sing through another door, I wasstill more surprised for instead of elephant 1 behcl'l the preacher, instead of fat cattle I'beheld poor soldiers , and instead of Just horses I beheld fast worn in. And if you had seen ; how fast thev took money out of my pock et you would have called them fast too. ( "Here sir—have your fortune told." 1 told her I did not believe in fiMune tell ing—«o neither do I, it's only for fun." I told her I did not care, so 1 turned the wheel of fortune, and she told me 1 " was beloved by all —this provoked me for I kuew she did not love, me herself. Sol started on but, ? 'stop! you must turn three times,"—so I did, and she told me "I was —so I did, and she told me ' I was married," and that I "possessed great wis dom,'' these being equally untrue, I start ed off in disgust, but halt! " Ouh/ ten rent*." I told her she had said "it was nuh/fun" and I would not haw paid,but the preacher explained that the girls had turned Gfor * puiil the poor |_'irl but had not got my wallet in niy pocket, when a beautiful girl of sixteen, (pity her modesty.) asked me to pay for her. The beautiful smiles put on for the occasion, had the desired efioct and soon i was minus another dime. Not waiting to hear her fortune. I hasteued on. but only to We met by another fair datnsel. dressed in purple aud scarlet, with hair curled in beautiful ringlets, hanging in rich profu sion over her youthful form, addressing me in the softest and most fascinating man ner of her sex. her ruby lips whispered, ' Wont you take a chance?" I was all amazement —certainly she does not mean for me to /.•/«.< her before all this crowd, but soon her bl.ie epated attendant, who no doubt had paiddearfor his whistle, and was trying to build castles in the air—told me about "a cake," and "such a beautiful cake, all iced with sugar and floating the stars and stripes." Well, I took a chance, paid the immortal quarter —drew a blank, aud had not gone two steps until I was compelled to rei>eat the same, by a very pretty girl who talked so nice, 1 gave her a quarter , and traveled, but now I was told in great earnest by a boy that there was '•an exprett package for inc." 1 started but had not gone far when a news boy in formed me, there was a letter in the I'ost Office for me. Then I will get the letter first. After paying the unlawful postage of "fen tent*" I proceeded to read, "Drar e*t friend," —yes I think you are dear.— '■ Ten Cent*" —only funr lines and five lies —but I could excuse the writer though I understood she had been a church member for some time. I started togo to the ex press office, but being outflanked by the daughters of chance, I fell back in good order aud sought refuge at Jacob's well— having drank ot its sparkling waters, I began to think truly this is the land of my father's kindred and 1 shall be entertained for the night, but as I wasabout to return thanks for the hospitality of my father's kindred in the land of Mesopotamia, 1 was politely reminded by .the lair damsel, fliat this was only the "ten cent well of Annapolis-" and having watered the Camp bell which I had with me, she demanded 'auother dime- liutsoon Rebecca's broth er Labau came out and invited me into the house—soon some of the servants treated me to some of the rich cake of JacoE's house, and a saucer of the highly flavored milk of htimanfcindiusi congealed uithoul AMERICAN CITIZEN. ice by tlie heart of the giver. The Camp bell was provided with the same fare, but refused to eat on account of the great noisq kept up by the daughters of chance, in fact I could not keep hitn in the stall, he brokeloose and I havenotseen him since; this cost me sixty cents, and fearing togo out past Jocob's well I took another di rection, and met the express man again, "A package" indeed ! (?) Thinking per haps some person had taken pityon a lame soldier, I paid the charges, (only twenty five cents,") opened the package, how arc you, old black hat. Encouraged by this success, I immediately took a chance in a bottle of cologne, which I was assured was prepared expressly for the use of The Methodist Episcopal Church, and was a superior article. In this I was fortunate indeed. I drew the prize, but as I was about to carry it off, Miss Cologne, said in a very persuasive manner ''lf you do'nt want it, you can leave it." AVillingtodoany thing to please so beautiful a creature, I left it, and would have left my pocket book if she had asked for it, for it was now near ly empty. Just then I felt something pluck my'coat, looking down 1 was impo litely accosted by two rude looking boys (who no doubt learned their manners in this fair institution,) "give me a dime?" "give me a dime ?" Here I began to count the cost of such folly, and found I had al ready lost two dollars and fifteen cents, or five day's wages, and had only tworitycents left, and fearing lest I should have to pay a "quarter" at the door to gel out, I excus ed myself to the boys, and finally got rid of them by giving them my '-obi black hut." I was now shown a back room call ed "ateltery" where the fair mistress in- formed me, I could make a trial of my skill for twenty five cents, but I declined for I had only twenty cents, and 1 feared if I run Jive cents in debt, they might cast me into prison for it was a dark looking place. Here I beheld several soldiers in toxicated with water stronger than thatot Jacob's well. They were shooting blind mice, white mice, dolls, and pin-cushions of so delicate a form they were encircled by garters, and altogether too small for a soldier. The condition of those"men was fully appreciated by tho daughters of besieged on all sides they had a chance in everything, and one of them af terwards told me he lost between five and six dollars in those games of chance. It was now twenty-five minutes past eleveu —and "while good men slept, and in light winged dreams ascended up to. God ' I left those daughters of chance and sons of folly, holding a midnight carnival around this - ten cent'' altar, of modern vanity and frivolity; and as I walked home T ponder ed on tho scones which I had there be held. This is a Christian laud—these are professedly a Christian people and this house is place of worship, where they meet to sing His praises and I am told that all I have scon in this "beautiful temple" is for Christ's sake, and being a believer in the truths of Christianity, I am dispos ed to look at it all with a friendly eye, but T must beg leave to ask the Reverend Shepherds throughout our country who presume to preside over the spiritual wel fare of those young flocks of fair lambs that play around Jacob's well, if thoy do honestly believe that fueli "Fairs" are right ? Can you show us where they are sanctioned in all of ( 'hrixt'n teachings ? Can you point to a single justifying exam ple in the history of the primitive Chris tian's ? Or do you suppose if Christ were here, lie would sanction any Such unhal lowed conduct?" Canyoustraptliis - Lot tery Box" upon your back, take this "for tune telling machine" in one hand, these '■dice" in the other, fill your pockets with "white mice" aud "useless toys," then kneel down in"the archery," or the "ice Cream Saloon," and invoke the blessing of God upon such an institution ?—Then as you rise up from such a sacrilegious devotion, I imagine I hear you sing: Ten cent* ft chance inJJacob'i well, 0! have your fortune told Hero is a mourn:, I'd liko to sell, id uot very old. And then the DOXOLOOY : Praise Hiatwf. from whom all blewingn flow, Comenhakr these dicr before you go, Praise Chance and drink a toast, Aud se? who can drink the mott.— AMES. Is it not an appeal to the depraved pas sions and appetites of humanity ? Is it uot giving your sanction, to games of chance, aud training the youth of ourjand for the gambler's hell ? Is it not an in trigue and deception unbecoming a Chris tian people ? Is it not a studied aud labor ed effort to cheat all who patronize them, an act which cannot be justified by any purpose whatever ? Is it not ou the part of those fair youths who conduct them a sacrifice of modesty, and is not modesty virtue? Can any good intention justify such conduct ? Or can such conduct have a good intention ? Is it not foolish ? Why not substitute instead of those mis erable lottery tickets, common playing cards, and have"2s cents Ante," and if it be such a very good cause, perhapi-some " Let us have Faith that Right makes Might; and in that Faith let us, to the end,dare to do our duty as we understand it"—- v - LINCOLN. BUTLER. BUTLER COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1864. of the brethren would "go a blind?" Or would not a faro-bank be easier managed and more remunerative? liutto keep up a vain show of morality, yon of necessity condemn in word, \fhat yon teach by ex ample ? Is not your whole conduct, "strain ing at a 'jnat and swallowing a gambling saloon ?" Did not Christ when He en tered into the temple at Jerusalem, over throw all such Fairs and cast out both those that bought, and those that sold, and began to teach saying, "My house is a house of prayer, but ye have made ft a den of thieves 1" He said nothing ab.out "'25 cents a chance," but liavingno where to lay his head he preached from the mountain top a free salvation to all. And such conduct was never sanctioned by the early Christians, no! never! l'aul rec ommended that they give "according as the Lord had prospered them," but I do not read that he ever recommended that the house of God be turned into an In. CREAM SALOON, or that the sisters should lose theirslecp to sell articles of vanity, to decorate God's house with articles l corse than vanity. No ! —"The groves were God's first temples," and sooner wauld they have worshipped amid the deep, calm shades of the forest than have stoop ed to such acts, to purchase all the luxu ries of earth. Buttho fae\ is, such "Beau tiful Temples" are just now in fashion, and it is your pride that creates your im aginary wants, and to gratify that pride you stoop to means unbecoming and sub versive of the religion you profess. For one monttnt imagine you see John th'e Revelator, getting up a Fair and calling on the people to have their fortunes told, "Only2sCents!" No! He choserathcr to tell them without charge, the fortune of Babylon, and the final overthrow and sor- rcno of all those who bought and sold in her "Fairs" of luxury and vanity. Or PAUL when lie entered Athens, setting up a Post Office and writing "billetdoux" to the Athenian soldiers, "Only ten Cents!" and all to Decorate, the temple of that God whom ye-ignorantly worship. No! lie chose rather to rebuke such folly and gave his life a sacrifice to the plain unvarnish ed' truths of Christianity, preaching hu mility aud self denial,obedience and LOY ALTY to the powers that be. Or imagine you see PETER with the keys of heaven and earth in his hand standing by the door of the church of Annapolis, at the midnight hour demanding "ten cents" of all who chose to enter, and after lie had got them in, dressing up the young and fair sisters of the church, in purple and scarlet, curling their hair and prompting them to ask the soldiers to'-tahe a chance'' in some article of -vanity or luxury, "Only 25 Cents," tyjd all this to buy himself a spring sofa, and marble pulpit. Ao.'— PETER spent his nights quite differently and yon might have heard him at the mid night hour denouncing all such folly and offering all " a chance" in the kingdom of heaven-without money and without price." Again imagine you see MARY going around with her alabaster box of precious oint ment "Only 25 Cents," <)! the idea is perfectly ridixijlcrxix, yet those pious shep herds attend these festivals and sanction them by their august presence, but I must confess I never saw any of them ' take a chance." Now I beg leave to say to all such shepherds, would you uot feel more noble worshiping in a plainer house built by honorable means ? Could you not sit more comfortably in a rude scat purchased by honorabte means than upon a spring sofa purchased by the sacrifice of your moral dignity and Christian consistency 112 Would you not feel more like a minister of CHRIST, standing behind a rude pulpit purchased by honorable means, than you do behind your .structures purchas ed with the proceeds of your '-Archery." your "Fortune telling machine," your "lottery and dice boxes," and 'white mice,' to say nothing of the sacrifice of the modesty of the fair ones of your flock.— If ye be men of honor, do you not despise such chicanery forany purpose whatever ? And as Christians, instead of spreading those rich carpets upon your floors should you not seek to spread the rich tidingf of the Gospel in heathen lands, and instead of pointing Kn<\ freseoeing the walls of your temples should you not seek to paint the name of JESUS on the walls Of "heathen temples of idolatary, or.to paint the let ters of the alpabct upon the minds of some of your ignorant sen ants. But having seen the Fair I concluded to attend divine services the neit. Sab bath evening, in the same "beautiful tem ple," accordingly I accompanied some of thefaithful and was politely conducted to a scat in tho gallery. "The Beautiful Temple" was crowded. The ' daughters of chance" were there, and tlioTtcns of fortune sat beside them, but I could see no sign •Ice Cream," and "Jacob's Well," was not there, but the Itoverend came, he had no "Fortune Telling Ma chine," no "Chance Box," no "Dice," as J to the "White Mice." I could not say, but POOH he opened the "Archery" of Truth.ami "took a chance" in Esther:— '•lf I perish I perish." The subject was perseverance, fhediscourse delightful, and the conclusion. "COME TO THE FAIR ! Come every night until the debt is paid," just as if a soldier's money was made by such "midnight chances," and as I walk ed to my quarters I pondered,on what I had heard. "If I perish—l perish," but I cannot goto the Fair, for I have not money enough to buy a postage stamp.— If there should be no Fair when the In valid Corps is paid, I connot practice this '■Perseverance,', and my chance will be hopeless. Again ho said : "Come every night." Is not this a wi eked allurement to the waste of precious time ? If a sol dier desires to give anything can he not it in one night ? And does not such perseverance as ho preaches, tend to re duce to poverty and want the poorsoldiers who have given their ALL, to a cause I nev er heard HIM PRAY FOR! Even if these Fairs are light, would not one night be enough for each j y day ? I'm sure one night "strapped" me. But the worthy Patron of Chances, informed us that he had "neglected to take up the usual col lections for The Tract Society, and for The Sabbath School cause," of course, be cause of the debt on"THE BEAUTIFUL TEMPLE," and as I looked upon its gran deur. "I said :—Beautiful! beautiful! ! indeed—but what a pity to neglect the ed ucation, even of ONE child for all such vain beauty and grandeur." Tn conclusion I would say in all kiud iic-s to these Gospel Ministers who pat ronize and conduct such "Fairs," —IF THIS is NIOIIT, WHAT IS WRONG ? . In my opinion when vice and immoral ity become Christian virtues then will •Kueh "Fairs" become Christian institutions, and yon will occupy an enviable position, bitt under the teachings of CIIRIST, and His Apostles, your position is ridiculous , and as you cannot defend your course by any acknowledged rules of morality, 1 would advise yon to repent of your past fully, and instead of practicing "such chi canery" to use the last dimcof the wound ed soldier to carpet the walks of ~Trea*<m. you give the remainder of your days to deeds of love, charily and LoVALTtf. A ery Bespeetfully Yours, INVALID SOLDIER. Monkay in Church. There was once an eminent clergyman by the name of Caassaubon, who kept in his family a tame monkey, of which he was very fond. This animal, which was allowed its liberty, liked to follow the minister when he went out, but on the Sabbath was usually shut up till his own er was out of sight, on his way to church. But «ne Sabbijth morning, when the cler gyman, taking his sermon under his arm, went out, the monkey followed him un observed, and watching the opportunity while Iris piaster was speaking to a gen tleman on the steps, ran up at the back of the pulpit, and jumped upon the sound ing board. Here he gravely seated him self, looking round iu a knowing manner On the congregation, who were greatly amused at so strauge a spectacle. The service proceeded as usual, while the monkey, who evidently much enjoyed the sight of so many people, occasionally peep ed over the sounding-board, to observe the movements of his master, who was un conscious of his presence. When the sermon commenced, many little forms were convulsed with laughter, which conduct so shocked the good pastor, that he tho't it his duty to administer a reproof, which he did with considerable action of his hands and arms. The monkey, who had now become familiar with the scene, im itated every motion, till at last a scarcely suppicsscd smile upon the countenance of most of the audience. too, in one of the most solemn passages in the discourse; and so horrible did the lovity appear to rtie good minister, that lie launched lftrth into violent rebuke, every word being enforced by great ener gy of action. All this time the little fel low overhead mimicked every movement with ardor and exactness. The audience, witnessing the apparent competition be tween the man and his monkey, could no longer retain the least appearance of com posure, and burst into roars of laughter, iu the midst of which one of the congre gation kindly relieved the horror of the pastor at the irreverence and impiety of his'flock. by pointing out the cause of the merriment. Casting his eyes upward, the minister could just discern the animal standing on the end of the sounding-board, and gesturing with all his might, when ho found it difficult to control himself, though highly exasperated at the occurrence.— He gave directions to have the mouldy remcved, and sat down to compose him self, and allow his congregatiou to recov er their equinimity while tie order was being obeyed For the Citizen. AN EMBLEM. The reckle«s youth drives on with furious heat; With dangers great hi?pathway is replete: He labors not to curb his fiery steed,— Increasing ev'ry moment is his speed;— Instead of toiling his. momentum to lie cracks his whip, and loosely gives the rein : Unconscious, he enthely seems to he, Of perils imminent the prudent gee. Above his head are cliff*, abrupt and high,— .Inst on each side, doep, awful ravines lie. The danger still increases—more ami more,— While, light ahead, hi* gp'ninir eyes explore A frijrhtfnl gulf, moat ftarful to behold, >\ hich yawns to drown him in it- depths untold: He nears its dreadful brink with lightning speed,— Onward, with fur.v, bounds bis tirysteed,— He sees his danger.—labor* to restrain His courserV rapid force, —but 'tis in vain,— And why? the renson'« obviously plain- He has too long enjoyed the slackened rein:— 11 i« blood is high, restraint he will not know,— Thty plunge into the dread abyss below! The reckless, furious, tragic race is o'er, 4 Driver and courser can be seen no more ! * * Philosophers of ancient times declared — •• Man'* paa.-ions with wild horses w ell Compared His reason did the driver represent. Which was to give the passions proper bent. Hut many—what a truth to understand ! Their chargers better than themselves tommand; Their horses are instructed to keep still, Or, well perform what is their owner's will;. While man permits his passions have the sway, And with their driver,reaaon, runaway. A governable horse, all must agree. Alone, can to his owner useful be: And he, that he may servo hi id well and true, Must be ''broke in" betimes.—completely too. So, too, our passions must be well" broke in"— They are the drivers to the gulf of sin,— Oi liiey o'er re.i->>ii will their pow'r extend, A lid lead to dreadful ruin In tin* end. Philosophy, indeed, may show us how* To make our wilful, furious passions bow;— Hut luMv'n-in*plred Religion will impart A pow'r to govern and to guide the heart, Philosophy—the ancient and the new— Has never yet performed—can never do. W.VT A'MY) WISDOM. CONSIDER whence thou comest, wftlior thou gocst, and before whom thou art to stand. . THE most disagreeable of all bats to have flying about one's head, arc brick bats. % llow did Noah preserve honey bees during the flood-? In the ark-hives of the world, of course. WHAT is the difference between one's mouth and a bandbox? Not much; ci ther is a good place to put a mvff-in. A LOVER is most eloquent when he talks to his sweet-heart about marriage. Then his speech is ringing eloquence. A GENIUS out west has just patented a machine for making chestnuts out of sweet potatoes. He is a brother to the old gen tleman who put handlcs'to prickly pears and tli.cn sold them for curry-combs. THE editor of the Rochester Democrat gives this recipe to kill fleas ou dogs : " Soak the dog for five minutes in catn phene, and then set him on fire. The effect is instantaneous." A GOOD deal of the consolation offered in the world is about :iS solacing as the assurance of the Irishman to his wife when she fell'into the river.• "You'll find ground at the bottom, my dear." A I.ADY, just returned from a foreign tour, said her husband purchased, among other things during their travels, a lot of stationery to putin tlic nicks, and soipe ar ticles of virtue to adorn his parlor with. A MAN had a sign up, " Cheap Ladies' Shoes for sale here." He found t":ut not a woman entered his store. No wonder ; the ladies don't like to be called cheap— they want to be called dear. A WAG remarked the other day that people treated postage stamps now-a-iays iu the same manner as school-masters used to treat their pupils iu his time—licked tliem to make them slick to their letters. " So.MB people," said a red-nosed indi vidual, haranguing three or four bystand ers, " waste their money in charity, oth ers squander theirs in supporting wives and families; but as for me, I save miuc to buy spirits." AN old bachelor of our acquaintance says lie doesn't wonder that married men over thirty-five years of age are placed in the second class conscripts under the new conscription law. They have suffered enough for their country. TIIF. wit .deservedly -won his bet who, in a company where every one was brag- his tall relations, wagered that he himself had a twelve feet high. Ho had, he said, "twohalf brothers,each measuring six feet." How do you like me now ?" asked a belle of her spouse, as she sailed into the room, with a sweeping train of muslin fol lowing her. " Well," said lie, " to tell the truth, it is impossible for me to like you any long er." A.CYNlc,*by the name of Wright in Wrightsville, Wright county, out West, recently writing on Woman'} rights,— " that it is so seldom that women do right what is right that it is more thaii right that when they do what is right that it should be rightly done." Now, if Mr. Wright is not right, then he had no right to write the above. AN officer of South Adams on a fur lough was recently addressed by a pom pous individual: — " Oh, you feel big, don't you 1 with your shoulder straps and brass coat and blue buttons? Well, I could have had a commission, too, if 1 had wanted it, and gone to the war, and fought and been kill ed and been buried by this time." '• It's a pity you hadn't taken the coiu mi-iion," said tlic officer, quietly A rin.v ( orrcspomU'iice. , ANNAPOLIS, Md. April 6, 1804. j. Messrs Editors: —This is a very pleas ant day.and the bright rays of the sun I hope speak freedom to Maryland, this county is a dark corner, but I some as true and active t'rioifcls of the Union as can be found any where, gray haired citizens at the polls, exerting themselves to give the death blow to slavery, before they leave, were it to be their last act, could be none more noble. I hope history will prove that, to-day a bloodless victory forever freed "My Maryland" from the dead weight of this degrading institution, liut. be the issue of to-day what it may "Let us have faith, that Right makes Might" and do our duty. Troops are arriving here daily, part of the 3d. N. J. Cavalry, came yesterday, the 17th Mich., last night, and a few days pgo I observed marching through to their encampment, the Ist Michigan, (colored) regiment; they marched to good music of a brass band of their own color; they carried the good old flag of the Stars and Stripes, ou one side of which I read, — "I'rescntc.d hy the Soldiers Aid Society of Detroit,'' on the other : ' All men are born free and < , to realize which we ji'jht." As rlookod upon tlio forms, many of whom hail once worn the white man's chains, but now carried the musket to defend the white man's Government, who once Were slaves under the flag they now rally to defend, who but a few years ago had "no rights a white man was bound to respect," but who now volunteer to defend the rights of all, ami are welcomed to the* noble defence of the Government of our fathers, whose motto they have inscribed upon their banner, to realize which they fight. I could only s:iy, "truly the change is great" ;wid if it be a crime for a white man to axsail that flag and that motto certainly it is a noble act in the black man to defend it."The world moves" onward. • Error and dccfty are synonymous terms, and that which is not right must cease to exist, fur " God reigns.'' Rebellion against free institutions must end in its own over throw, and in the glorious triumph of that flag, and that motto, for "the service of. (•'oil tj perfect freedom." When the discoverer of our country declared this planet to be round, he but told a truth of nature, which nothing but the hand of (jod can change. When Roger Williams declared amid the forests of the new world, that "All men had a right to worship God according to the dic tates of their own conciencc, ho but de clared a truth of (-.1 <>d's moral Government, which shall only cease to be, a right, when man shall' cease to have a conscience or God an existence. And when our vener able fathers declared that "All men are created free and equal," they only express ed a simple truth of (1 oils creation, which all the tryants in the world can never erase, and all the rebellions on earth can never overthrow, but this immortal truth, a stifr pf hope shall forever glitter upon that, u Flag of tlio free In-art* only home, By angel hands to valor given; Tliy fc/iw'« ure from yonder doino, AtV.I ;ilI tli v iron/* wero born in hoaven. Korererfl««ut that moUnshoot, Wh. ro br<jatb.* tho Hr.b, but fall* before UA, With freedom* noil beneath our f<-et, And freedoms IHOUO floating o'.r u«. " To Realize. vhich u-c fiyhl" was the im pulse of our noble sires, and by (heir val or, suffering, and per servancc during seven years warfare, they secured for our realization the liberty we enjoy and gave into our hands this blood stained Charter of universal freedom. Let it be inscribed upon (he banners and hearts of all. Let it never pass from our hand? except as a rich and untarnished legacy to our chil dren. Lot that motto of Gods creation be inscribed upon our banners until it be comes a living reality, acknowledged and realized by all, then rebellion against this law of natures God, will be unknown. All will be free, all will be equal, nil will all will be Happy; none will wear crowns, none will bear arms, none will live in chains. And then it will be the glory of America, that she has been the asylum for the oppressed. The birth place of Civil and .Religious Liberty. The Cradle of Human Freedom, and the grave of Human Slavery. "To realize which wcfight." AMERICAN SOLDIER. QUESTIONS FOR DEBATE. —If a travel-* er who took the course of human events has never been heard of since ? If the hollow of a log can be heard ? If twelve inches make a foot, how many will make a leg? Do potatoes ever wear out, as we often hear of potatoe patches? Will the Cape of Good Hope fit a fash ionable lady? Men are made in the image of God." Gentlemen arc manufactured by tailors, barbers, and bootjacks. "Woman is the last and most perfect work of God." Ladies are the production of silk-worms, milliners and drc.;sinakcre. NUMBER 19. From the New York Home Journal. A OoufidQjice Woman. Our Western exchanges contain lengthy accounts of a young married woman nam ed Mrs. Van Vleet, who lias been swind ling the people of Michigan and Illinois. The annals of femalo crime and fraud du ring the past quarter of a century scarce ly present a parallel, case. Her opera tions have been distinguished by a bold' ness, a dash of romance, and, until recent ly. by an unvarying success at onee sur prising and evincing talent of a high or der, worthy of a better, use. She is de scribed as young in appearance, not over thirty years of age, of handsome and pe culiarly attractive manners. She drosses with exquisite taste, and moves iu good society with all the ease and sclf-possdsS iou of a traveled woman of tlio world.— Sho has resided from childhood in Mod roe county, and, until her recent arrest, has moved iu good circles, whore licr res pectability has been undoubted. It is said that she Ims realized untold sums from her swindling operatious during the past seven or oight years. During this period she'has absented herself from home fre quently weeks at a ti*ie, roturhing as mys teriously as sho disappeared. While at home, she lived in a style ot luxury and magnificence that has been the envy of her friends and acquaintances.^! hiring some of these periodic excursions Mrs. Van Vleet played the literary role, and claimed to be authoress of " Butledge." Soon after the appearance of " Rutledge" she made her advent in the quiet East ern city of . Ilerc she sought out a prominent real estate agent, and conti ded with him the important information that she was a woman of means, and do sired to purchase a residence in the vi cinity. The confiding man of real estate was flattered by the prospect of selling property to the authoress of " Kutledge," and iu deference to her literary fame, in vited her to a homo in his family. Her blandishments secured her an introduc tion to financial men, and she was ena bled to get a check for two thousand five hundred dollars on a Boston bank cashed. It was altered from twenty-five dollars to two thousand five hundred dollars. This fraud was soon discovered, but not beforo the fair ,swindler had escaped. Sho is said to have operated extensively in mi nor swindles in the East, many of which transactions will probably never see the light. She has at different times person ated Mrs. General Van Vleet, and it is stated that not l«ag since she put on a brigadier's uniform and went to Chicago, where she had the audicity to personate (ieneral Van Vleet himself. Sometime-) she made her husband put"on the uni form, and the pair traveled as General Van Vleet and lady. The arrest of this woman at Dundee, Michigan, has caused considerable excitement and gossip in the neighborhood where she is known, and all kinds of stories are afloat. One is to the effect that she donned the uniform of a lieutenant, and by her dashing and brill iant appearance, won the effeetions of a young lady,•married, and then cruelly de serted her. She has a young child about a year old, which gossip says she has ab ducted in some of her wanderings. J lev husband is said to be an •offen sive man, and has been used as the tool of this artl'ul and designing woman. She took her arrest with the utmost sang/'raid, and said to a female acquaintance as she was about to leave with the officers for Chicago, that she had " escaped from a good many worse scrapes than this." Her arrest and exposure will probably close a career of crime that has been as riftiantic, as successful and remarkable, as anything of the kind we have ever been called up on to record. A few days ago a lady alight ed from the New Haven train at Guil ford, Conn., asked for the residence of a well to do gentleman living near the centre of the town, and proceed ed thither. She was admitted, Lad a five minutes interview with the said gentleman, when both went to the minister and were married. The next day she left and has not been seen in Guilford since. In reply to the. questions of the • curious, tho gentleman says: "She is my wife, and she has gone away." This is all tho satisfaction he gives, and the gos sips are wild with excitement A country editor living on the line of a railroad, sent to the su perintendent of tho road for a pass for himself, and added, "please cm brace my wife." The superintendent returned a pass to the editor, but de stined the proposed honor. fair A Man at a fair was asked if his horse was timid. " Not at all," said he j '•he frequently spehds the whole night by himself in a stable." Santa Anna has, it is 3aid, given in his adhesion to Maximillion and is going to Mexico to tell him so.
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