VOLUME 1. The American Citizen, TS published every Wednesday in the borongh of Butler, BY THOMAS KOWMSOXA C. K. AXPMYON on Main street, opposite to Jack's Hotel—oflic* uj> stairs in the brick 112 inamiy occupied by Kli Yettor, as a store TJCPMH:—SI 50 a year, if paid in advance. or within the first nix months; or' $1 if not paid until after the expira tion of tbe first nix months. KITE* or ADVIRTISIKO One square non., ' Is**,) throe Insertions * dim; paper, * Ood of 10 lines <>r l«i»- I >"•*;»»" * Iti. I,l l'' „ ((() Ki column for six months linn f-irone year lijuO column for six montli* f»i one y.WO men : our citizens res ponded by raising a full company, but be fore this was done some of our brave young I men, among whom was .Tas. G. William son, went to Pittsburgh, where compa nies were organizing, and volunteered to vindicate, support and defend the govern ment. Lieut. Williamson joined compa ny I. 12th liegt., Pa. Vol., commanded by Capt. G W. Tanner, and served his time, honorably and faithfully and was I honorably discharged on the sixth day of August. 1 Mil. his term of enlistment hav ing expired. (In the 24th of the same month he again j volunteered in Co. K, (Captain Henry Reese, Jr..) 23d liegt. I'. V., and was promoted to Orderly Sergeant, in which capacity he served faithfully and efficient ly, and in consequence thereof by spe cial order of Maj. Gen. Sedgwick, dated September 12th. 1863, he was discharg ed from the service as Orderly Sergeant and promoted to 2d Lieut, of Co. lv. 23d liegt., said promotion to date from the 17th day of June, 1803. lie continued in active service during the whole time, from his first enlistment up Jo June Ist inst., always discharging his duties as a soldier; Jind on June Ist. at the memora ble battle of Cole Harbor, near Richmond, while gallantly and bravely leading his men in a charge upon the enemy, lie was mortally wounded in the groin, lie lived about 23 hours after receiving his \yound. The sad intelligence reached his homo, friends and admirors by Telegraph, and on Tuesday evening the 14tli inst., his re mains reached Butlorand was taken to the residoneo of his father, where a great number of his friends and relatives had congregated. •J. I). M'Junkin,and Isaac Ash, Esqr's acted as a committee of arrangements for conducting the funeral. The following gentlemen were selected as Pall Bearers, and appeared in full uniform: ('apt. E. L. Gillespie, Lt. Win. Lowry, Agt. Geo. Turviaitee, ("apt. W. >l. Clarke, Maj. C. I'l. Anderson, Lt. J. 15. Mechling, Sergt. Kobt., M' Lain and 11. 0. Graham. Esq. At, half-past ten o'clock, on the 15th inst., the solemn sound ofthc Court House Bell admonished the citizens of Butler and vicinity, that the time had arrived when they were called upon to pay their last tribute of respect to the departed bra re. The remains of the departed hero were conveyed to the U. I'. Church.and placed in front of the pulpit. A large and res pectable audience was in waiting at the Church, and the Court which #as in ses sion. adjourned and repaired to the church, ltcv. .1. 11. Niblock, had been selected to preach the funeral sennau. A number of other Clerical gentlemau wore also pres ent. Tho services were introduced by sing ing part, of the 90th Psalm, 3d & 7th. verses inclusive, and reading the 00th Psalm entire; Prayer by llev. Win. H. Tibbels, after which the llev.J. IJ. .Nib lock, delivered the funeral oration, which we give below, and which he has kindly furnished us it is replete withcliristian in struction, and breathes the true spirit ol patriotism and is a fitting tribute to the departed hero. Atter the conclusion of the discourse the large audience joiued in singing the 11th, 1 —tli and 13tli verses of the 39th Psalm, and were dismissed with the Pi vine Benediction. The corpse was then placed in the hearse, which was followed to the Cemetery south of the borough, by the largest funeral procession that we have ever witnessed in this place. Tho pro cession was formed in the following oidcr. The celebrated Brass Band of Butler im mediately in the rear of the hearse, with muffled drums; Pall-Beavers next; par entsand relatives next: followed by a large AMERICAN CITIZEN. number of both sexes; an«l at about bait past twelve o'clock the body was consign ed to the silent tomb, and all could not help but say: that a brave hero had Ken lost to the fpiintrv in "-Uoac defense lie had given his life a willing sacrifice. rrXERAI SERMON. PSALM PO-T2—" 80 teach ns to number ahr ihy*, that vc may apply our hearts unto wisdom." " It is appointed unto man once to die, and after Death the Judgment." The life of man in this world is presented to our view, as mortal and fleeting. A few days, or at best, a few short years, com prehends the history of the longest life. Every day of our lives, we see Death lay pig his icy finger on multitudes, of all ages, classes, and conditions —here—there —everywhere, changing their countenan ces and sending them away In view of this fact, so well established by the world's observation and experience, we have the sweet Psalmist of Israel, in one of the most beautiful of his Poems, putting up this prayer to his (Jod, expres sive not only of his own desire, but like wise beautifully expressive of what should be the prayer and earnest desire of every true christian, especially .who realizes prop erly his duty respecting time and eternity, "So tcacli us to number our Jays that we may apply ftty the poor wound* that bled Where the wild-flowers their odors shed, Making the free air sweet. Touch tenderly the gallant men W ho smile at their red wounds, and then Ask to be ordered back again, To join the fight nnew; Togo where QUANT and HANCOCK lead; To follow BI'TLEFT, BURNMIDK, MEADS; To watch and march and chargtkiind bleed Where waves the starry blue. Touch tenderly the man whose life Is dear to mother, sweet-heart, wile. Whose blood was poured out in the strife Of liberty with crime; For braver than the Spartan hand Are the defenders of the land, Who like a living bulwark stand, Each crowned with deeds sublime. WXT ANT) WISDOM. HE who will stop every man's mouth has a great deal of meal. I'.VT O'SHANCIIINAHSV didn't enlist; did not wish to" lave his ould mother an orphan." ON a child being told that he must be broken of a bad habit, lie actually replied : " Papa, hadn't I better be mauled?" " JOIIN, goto tlie pump and bring me a can of water —I am as dry as a fish." " So is the pump, father." IF an elephant can travel eight miles an hour, and carry his trunk, how fast could he go if he had a little page to carry it for him ?" MRS. BLOBBS is quite convinced there is something in spirit rapping,for she cati take her "scleinn oath" she saw her sauce pan rim over the other day 1 THE city hotels charge three dollars and a half a day for regular board—three dollars for smelling of the kitchen, and fifty cents for kissing the cook. A DISGUSTED client having read that there were eighteen hundred lawyers in New York City, said he could name a place where there were ten times as many. MANY a person has two distinct telves, one that promised and lied, and one that believed the other. After awhile they both lie to each other, and neither believes. You have only yourself to please," said a married friend to an old bachelor. "True," repled he, "hut you cannot tell what a difficult task I find it. A Kltfs on the foreliead denotes respect and admiration; on the cheek, friendship; on the lips, love. The young men of our acrjaiutancc have not much " respect" for young ladies. ONE of the frozen roosters found hang ing by its claws to the limb of a tree, at New Albany, lud., had his last crow sticking eleven inches out of his mouth, and froze stiff. THE ladies of East Tennessee arc rep resented as unquestionably loyal. They improve every opportunity to " kiss the dear old flag," and now and then kiss its good-looking defenders. A LITTLE boy on coming home from a certain church where he had seen a per son perform 011 an organ, said to hismoth er, — " Oh, mammy! T wish you had been to church to-day to see the fun ! a man pump ing music out of an old cupboard !" " BRIDGET ! why don't you bring the iced lemonade ?" said Mrs. S., on the 4th of July, from the top of the kitchen stairs. " Why, manii," said Bridget, wi ping the sweat from her red face with her checked apron; "why, inarm, you see the ice that I put into the lemonade is so hard, that it is not melted yet, though its stirring it over the fire I've been for the last fifteen minutes or more." AT some religious ceremony at which tli£ late Archbishop of Dublin was to of ficiate in the country, a young curate, who attended him, grew very nervous as to their being late. "My good young friend," said the Archbishop, " I can only say to you what the criminal said to those around, who were hurrying him, " Let us take our time; they cau't begin without us." OLD Mara (J was never regarded as a paragon of neatness; and if " clean liness is nest unto godliness," as St. Paul asserts, it is to be feared that the old lady never attained to the latter state. Not only was she anything but neat herself, but she showed a sovereign contempt of it in others. Speaking of neat people, one day, she remarked that her sou Joshua was one of the most particular men in the world. " Why," said she, " lie threw away a whole cup of coffee the other morning because it had a bed-bug in it!" (I 1 durational J cpavtmcnt. Parental Visitation Education docs not begin in the school room, but at the home fireside. The mothers and fathers of our land, be their characters what they may, arc those by whom the first principles of an education must bo inculcated. In the parent we find one of the most responsible positions as an ethical being. Parents must in a great measure answer for the moral and mental training of their own children.— Nor is it sufficient that they be trained mentally and morally; they must bo strengthened and developed in their phys ical functions also. Mental, moral, and physical training combined, is requisite in order that children may attain that de gree of perfection which evidently was the design of the Almighty in their crea tion. Teachers need and desire the co-opera tion of the parents. "Wore the teacher an infalliablo being, it might be that the in fluence and co-operation of parents could be wholly dispensed with; but, such not being the case, a full and hearty co-opera tion of teacher and parent must exist, that we may arrive more directly and more easily at the designed end of education. Did parents interest themselves to the ex tent they should in school affairs, our schools would stand on a much firmer base, and more might with propriety be expec ted from our school teachers. What a noble cause is inviting, yea, even begging your espousal! A cause not to be hemmed in either by state lines or national boundaries; not so unstable as the political factions, which arecvcrbeing born and nurtured in tho lay of fanatcism; not so transient as tho meteor that flashes across tho heavenly arch, and leaves the world only in greater darkness as it again sinks into nothingness; but a cause whose breadth is only limited by the bounds of the universe; its height, only by the ex alted position of our own aud other en lightened countries, and by the flights through which it has borne the human mind; its depth, only by a state far be yond the bounds of hopeless insanity and idoey itself; a cause firmer than tho ev erlasting hills aud mountains by which we are surrounded, and lasting as eternity. Is it a light, trivial, and unimportant work ? Is the training of tho human mind, that master-pieco of all God's cre ation, that most Ileavcn-liko attribute of humanity, to be despised as a work un worthy the attention of mankind? Let the world answer. Happily the work is not so regarded. Parents should manifest n livelier inter est in the education of their children. As a general thing parents are too negli gent of the educational interest of their children. Their interest should manifest itself not only in the amount of knowl edge inculcated hut also in the kind, as, also in the health and comfort of their children while at school. How few pa rents comparatively over think of enter ing the school room for the purpose of seeing what is really taught and in what manner it is taught! It is very seldom, indeed, that the parent is overseen in the school room, and then in many oases it is for the mere purpose of lodging complaint or seeking to quarrel with the teacher. In no way can parents better promote the welfare of their children at less expense than by visiting the school while in lull operation, I'igiiU, knowing that their pa rents will be spectators, ina|c greater ef forts to learn; and having occasionally the presence of their fathers and mothers in the school room, tliey naturally arrive at the conclusion that to be educated is really of some account, and therefore strive more earnestly to do well. The teacher also is encouraged in his work by knowing that parents arc really interested in what he is doing for their children. Much of the unnatural prejudice existing against teachers would be removed, if pa rents did but attempt to see and judge the teacher on the strength of his own mer its and from his own actions, instead of listening to, and encouraging the idle tales of disrespectful afti disobedient children. Few parents know the real inconvenience and want of comfort to which thd!r chil dren are subjected in many school houses. Uy visiting the school they learn these, and if they have any affection for their children they will no longer tolerate the existence of these wahts. The children in our public schools have been riding rails and slabs in the school room quite long enough. The comfort and health of the pupils must be consulted to a greater extent. The stereotype argument urged by many parents, that inasmuch as they " got their learning" in these houses, and inasmuch as they were good enough for them, they are also, therefore, good enough for their children, is now worn out. Be cause they were compelled to freeze their toes in some far corner