VOLUME 2.
Prayer In 'a Butternut Church.
Lord I we beseech of Thea, il i hou j
urt not an abolitionist, to save our coun
try, if Thou canst do_ it constitutionally
and without freeing the niggers orgiv
ing unto Old Abe Lincoln any oPMlie
glory. But, oh Lord, if Thou art an ab
olitionist, and had any hand in the fiee
ing of Egyptian slaves and drowning their
oppressors iu the Bed Sea, I hou ait not
•nut Cod Tor be it known unto Thee, oh ■
Lord, that we have established a new
Church, and will also set up a new Lord ,
'rather than submit to »he .ll'turn of , "' c '
who has set all the Egyptian niggers 112 ' lC e
iwd kilfe'l their masters just V cause they
yore Democrats u»d Viuttcrnuts. as ihc
Abolitionists callt'aem. And, ,m Lord, if
Thou art an Abolitionand in favor oi
freeing the niters, please make it known
Muto r.-., mat we may at our next church
meeting, in Columbus, appoint a new
Lord, and take immediate action in re
gard to a new llacen ; for we have re
solved not to serve an Abolition God, nei
ther will we occupy the same heaven with
Abolitionists and niggers. A\ epray 1 lice,
oh Lord, to inform us if Thou art in fa
vor of free speech, free press, free whis
key, free acting, free everything but free
niggers ; and if Thou wilt admit niggers
into Thy Heaven, that we may consider
the matter at our next meeting, and then
and there determine whether it would not
be prudent to cast. Thee aside, aud ap
point in Thy room and stead, our worthy
brother, E. 15. Olds, Esq., as Thy succes
sor, for we wish Thee to understand most
distinctly and emphatically, oh Lord,that
we will have no other God to rule over us
who is not in favor of freedom in every
thing except niggers.
Oh Lord, if Thou art not an Aboli
tionist, we will continue our supplications
unto Thee ; but if Thou art an Aboli
tionist and say it is wrong to keep the
niggers in bondage and admit them into
Thy Heaven, wo utterly repudiate Thee
tnd Thy church, and will establish for
ourselves a new church, a new religion
and a newjicavcn. Oh Lord, we desire
a pure heaven and holy people a people
who have no more regard for the nigger
than than they have for a dumb brute.—
We don't believe tlicy have any souls,
and if they have, a nigger's soul is not
worth saving. Oh God, protect and de
icnd slavery—give us peace, but don t let
Abolitionists interfere with slavery. In
mercy, on Lord, restore the Democratic
partv to power, and every infernal cuss of
a nigger to his master. Lord don't let
the nigger come North, lost tlicy become
our equals, aud in ruuch mercy don't abol
ish slavery, lest they become our superi
ors.
Oh Lord, if there is a Lord, restore to
us our much beloved \ allandigham, but
don't cripple slavery; let Geo. E. Pngh
have entire freedom of speech. b"t-ou't |
give the niggers their freedom. God of
increv prevent all the Southern Mates
ifrom coming back into the! nion without
slavery, and, whether in accordance with
Thy divine will or not, do Thou speedily
restore it in the District of Columbia. —
Lord, perfect, uphold and defend the in
stitution of slavery everywhere, ond more
especially so as many of tli Southerners
have, of late, been giving it the cold shoul
der. Oh Lord, if there is a God, send all
the Abolitionists to hell ; and finally, oh
Lord, save our church from everything
like niggers and Abolitionists. These
blessings wc demand at I by bauds for the
weal of the Democratic-Butternut-Cop
perhead party, amen.
WHO BEARS THE BURDEN ?—This is
an interesting inquiry. Everybody com
plains of taxation; but who bears it?—
Docs the manufacturer? No: when he
is taxed five per cent., he adds at least
that much on his products. Ihe merchant
buys his goods at the advance ; but does
he suffer tlio loss? Everybody knows
that he does not; he adds it ou the cus
tomer, and the person that uses the arti
cles taxed, pays the taxation. In April
next, as wc are informed, the tax on real
estate is to lie levied. '1 hen the owners
of houses will be obliged to bear their
share of taxation. ill tlicy .' No, in
deed ; they will throw their burden upon
the tenants, aud. on the principle that the
'* last keeps all," the poor tenant will pay
that tax also. In fact there is no doubt
.that truthfully speaking, the poor whoarc
least able to do it, are obliged to pay the
bulk of the taxation. This, all will ac
knowledge, is not right; but where is the
remedy ? . Through all the ramifications
of trade and business, this is the rule ob
served, even dvwn to the box of matches
with its penny stamp. We know that
this is the result, aud do what we will, the
last man pays the taxes.
tUT The mercies of God arc not styled
the swift, but the sure mercies of David;
and therefore a gracious soulpatiendy waits
for them.
Sherman's Last.
The Baltimore ('tipper tells the follow
ing story:
A distinguished official who was lately
at the hcadijuarters of General Sherman,
gives us the following annecdote of the
latter, in the necessity under whijh he
lay of setting judgment on a certain class
of men in At'anta, when that place was
evacuated by the citizens. Writing us,
our friend says:
Let me give you a little incident which
took ; r! my presence at Sherman's
i*'adquarters, Atlanta.
You will remember that an order was
promulgated directing all civilians to leave
A'lanta (North or South) within twelve
days. The day of its issue a gentleman
euttred Sherman's officoand enquired for
the General. The latter answering in
this wav. very promptly, " 1 am General
Sherman." The colloquy was very near
as follows:
Citizens —" General, I am a Northern
man, from the State of Connecticut have
accumulated considerable property here,
and as I see that you ordered citizens to
leave within twelve days. I came to see
if you would make an cxceptieu in my
case. I fear if 1 leave, my property will
bo destroyed."
General Sherman—What kind of
property do you own sir ? Perhaps I wiil
make an exception in your case, sir."
Citizen —" I own a block of storestliroe
dwellings ; a plantation two miles out of
town, and foundry."
General Sherman—"Foundry,eh ! what
have you been doing with your Foun
dry ?"
Citizen —" Have been making cast
ings." .
General Sherman —" What kind of cast
ings? Shot and shell, and all that kind
of things
Citizens —•' Yes, I have madesomeshot
and shell."
General Sherman—" You have been
making shot and shell to destroy your
country, have you ? and you still claim
favor on the account of being a northern
man? Yes, sir, I will make an excep
tion in your case; you shall go South to
morrow morning at sunrise. Adjutant,
see that this is earned out. Orderly,show
this man the door."
Citizen —" Hut General, can't I go
North ?"
General Sherman —" No sir. Tomany
of your class there already, sir."
Scanning the above, who does not once
more recognize the great military leader as
eminently " the right man in the right
place," in dealing with the more subtile
aspects of the rebellion ?
Lepers at Jerusalem.
The following is from the recently pub
lished work of Dr. Newman's entitled
" From Dan toßeershcba:"
A few paces within the wall, and to the
| oast of the Zirn Gate, are the " quarters
of the lepers." Though formerly exclu
ded from the city they are suffered to
build their wretched huts along the wall
In obedience to a law prevalent through
the East, all lepers are compelled to live
together in throe colonies, and it is a coin
cidence no less singular than true, that
the cities in which these colonies are loca
ted were the residences of three historic
lepers: Naaman, of Damascus, Gehazi.
of Nabloui and King Azariah of Jerusa
lem. Numbering in all two hundred,
those on Mount are supported by
charity. Their homes are miserable huts
low, dark, and loathsome. Allowed to
marry only with each other, their off
spring, when born, arc usually fair and
apparently healthy. Retaining their health
aud beauty up to the period of puberty,
the fatal disease, like a scrofulous spot
then makes its appearance on a finger, on
the nose, or on the cheek, and spreading
over the system, it ultimately reaches
some vital organ,and the unhappy victim
dies.
Preparing their evening meal.men and
women moved with feeble step from hut
to hut, exchanging articles of food, and
also their rude cooking utensils. Their
garments were old aud torn, their voices
wcic dry and husky, their faces were red,
like a coal of fire half extinguished, their
eyes swollen and restless their hair was
gone, their lips-and cheeks, nose and ears,
were corroded with ulcers, and the flesh of
their hands and arms had been eaten
awav. leaving the bone red and bare.
Standing afar off. as iu the days of
Christ, they stretched out their hands,
aud begged in tones so pitcously that none
could resist theirentieaties. In the plain
tive accents of their native Arabic, they
hailed me, " Pilgrim, give me; for the
Lord's sake, give me." Dropping a few
piastersiu the'folds of theirinfectcd robes,
I hastened away, hearing their tones ol
pity, aud seeing their horri forms in
memory days after the spectacle had been
; withdrawn. Alas' for them to whom
i this world is oue great hospital, aud life
the vestibule of the grsve !
" 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"— A - LINCOLN.
BUTLER, BUTLER COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 18(55.
Army News.
" HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF
VIRGINIA AND'NORTH CAROLINA, ARMY
OF TIIE .JAMES, January !*. 1865.—rlSol
tiler* of the Army of the J< ernes —Your
commander, releived by orJcrof the Pres
ident, takes leave of you. Your conduct
in the field has extorted praises from the
unwilling. You have endured the pri
vations ol" the camp and tlio march with
out a murmur. You have never failed
iu attack when ordered. You have storm
ed and carried works deemed impregna
ble by the enemy —you have shown them
to be so by holding them against his
fiercest assaults in the attcmp; to retake
them. Those skilled in war have mar
velled at the obstacles overcome by your
valor. Your line of works has excited
the wonder of officers of other nations,
who have come to learn defensive war
from the monuments of your skilled la
bor. Your deeds have rendered your
names illustrious in after times. Your
General's proudest memory will be to
say, with you, 'I, too, was of the Army
of the James.' To share such eompau
ionship is pleasant; to participate in such
acts is honor; to have commanded such an
army is glory!
No one could yield it without regret.
Knowing your willing obedience to orders,
witnessing your ready devotion ot your
blood in your country's cause, I have been
chary of the precious charge confided to
me. 1 have refused to order the useless
sacrifice ol' the lives of such soldiers, and
lam relieved from your command. The
wasted blood of my men does not stain
iny garments. For my action lam re
sponsible to God and my country*
Tilth t Colored Troops of the Army
of tin. .Tames: —ln this army you have
been treated, not as laborers, but as sold
iers. You have shown yourselves worthy
of the uniform you wear. The best offi
ccrs of the Union seek to command you.
Your bravery has won the admiration
even of those who would be your masters-
The patrioti-m, fidelity and courage have
illustrated the best qualities of manhood.
With ilie bayonet you have unlocked the
iron-barred gates of prejudice, and open
ed new fields of freedom, liberty and
equality of right to yourselves and your
race forever.
Comrades of the Army of the James.
I bid jou farctt ell! Farewell I!
BKN.I. F. BUTLER, Maj. Gen.
fit.*"The following important circular
hasjust been issued by l'rovost Marshal
General Fry:
PROVOST MARSHAL GENERAL'S OF
FICE. Jan. 10.—The attention of muster
ing officer;! is called to the fact that the
existing regulations require them to state
upon the mustcr-in-roll the sub-District
or town, county, district and State to
which soldiers arc to be credited. This
must be done when a man is mustered in
and no entry -hall be made on the niuster
in-rolls with a view lo credit, nor shall
any date bo taken from them for thatpur
pose other than that which was officially
entered on them at the time of muster
in.
All musters by whomsoever made, must
be reported to the Acting Assistant Pro
vost Marshal General of the State or Di
vision to which the credit is given,-and
Provost Marshals and other mustering of
ficers arc instructed that they will in no
case report credits directly to each other,
nor apply any credits reported by other
Provost Marshals or mustering officers,
or front other sources, until thesamehave
been reported to the JJoard of Enrollment,
bv Acting Assistant Provost Marshal
General, their State or Division with his
approval.
JAMES B. FRY,
Provost Marshal General.
Although a Christian be never so
base in his outward condition in body or
mind, if very mcau intellectual aud natu
ral endowments, yet they wlio know the
worth of spiritual things will esteem the
grace of God that is in him, in a rough
shell. Grace carries stillits own growth,
though under a deformed body aud rag
ged garments—yea, though they have
but a small measure of that cither—the
very lowest degree of grace; as a peril of
the least size, or a small piece of gold yet
men will not throw it away, but as tlicy
say. the least shavings of gold are woith
the keeping. The Jews would not wil
lingly tread upon the smallest piece o!
paper in their way, but took it up. " For
possibly," said they, " the name of God
may bo upon it." Though there is a lit
tle superstition in this, yet truly there is
nothing but religion in it, if we apply it
to men. Trample not on any, there may
become work of grace there thou know
est not of. The name of God may be
written upon that soul thou treadest on; it
may be a soul that Christ thought so much
of, as to give his precious blood for it;
therefore despiw it not.
oun CAUSE.
nr JOHX o. wim-ntu.
GOD mend him heart who cannot feel
The impulse of a holy seal ;
Ant! wlh not with hi* sordid eye#,
The beauty <»f self-srurifice!
Though in the sacred place he standi!.
I'plifting consecrated hands,
t'nworthy an his lips to tell
Ol' Jo'-u* martyred miracle.
Not to the swift, nor to the strong,
The battle of the right belong!
For he who strikes for Freedom, Wean
The armor «»f the captives prayers;
And nature proffers to its cause
The strength of her eternal laws;
While he whose itrm essays to bind,
And herd with common brutes hi* kiud,
Strives evermore at fearfhl odds,
With nature r»nd the jealous gods,
And dare* tliedr-cid rtvct.ll which, late
Or soon, their rinht shall vindicate.
WIT AND WISDOM.
Do you endorse a scoundrel when you
make a mark upon his back ?
WHEN a person declares that his " brain
is, on Are," is it etiquette to blow it out ?
WHAT is the difference between a but
terfly and a matron ? One is a moth and
the other is a mother.
SPINSTERS, take notice ! The improv
ed sewing machines have a 11 feller" at
tached to them.
THERE are some plain Illinois farmers
who own more land than goes to make up
some German Principalities.
IT is easy enough for a sourod man to
renounce society and go into the desert j
the only difficulty is to dwell there.
TELLING FALSEHOODS before getting
up in the morning is comparatively inno
cent—because it is only lying iu bed.
SOME POET says tlio wind kisses the
waves. That we suppose, is the celebra
ted " kiss for a blow," of which we have
beard so much.
" I TELL you what, sir," said a Yankee
of his opponent, " that man don't amount
to a sum in arithmetic; add him up,and
there is nothing to carry !"
THERE is an old proverb which says
that contentment is the true philosopher's
stone. Brown says it's very likely, for
nobody has ever found either one or the
other.
A FELLOW in one of the cities '• Down
East" recently advertised in a morning
paper fora wife, and before night eighteen
different men sent him word that he might
have theirs.
SIDNEY SMITH once remarked : —" Af
ter you have written an article, take your
pen and strike out half the words, and
you will be surprised to see how m ! ch
stronger it is."
IT appears by advertisements in *outh
eru papers that education lias " riz." At
Mount Laurel, near Bichmoiid, two thou
sand dollars arc charged for a half term,
and other schools are or nearly atthesame
rates.
A LADY correspondent who assumes to
know how boys ought to be trained, writes
to an exchange as follows :
" O, mother! hunt out the soft, tender,
genial side of your boy s nature. Moth
ers often f'.o—with an old shoe —to the
boy's benefit.
MR. HUNT, in his lecture ou common
law, remarked, " that a lady, when she
married, lost personal identity, licr distinc
tive character, and was like a dew drop
swallowed by a sunbeam." Pome one at
our elbow says that thunder cloud should
bo substituted for sunbeam in many in
stances.
' 'So you arc going to keep house arc
you ?" said an elderly maiden to a blusli
iug bride.
" Y cs," was the reply.
" Going to have a girl, I suppose.
The newly made wife colored, and then
quietly responded that she " really did'nt
know whether it would be a girl or a boy."
A GENTLEMAN who is in the habit of
riding up and down two or three times
daily iu the horse cars of a certain New
York line, and who has made a point of
always presenting a ten cent stamp for his
fare and receiving four fresh minted cents
as change, was lately asked by a conduc
tor to whom his face and financiering had
become tolerably familiar, " What do you
do with all the pennies you get from us?"
1 I sell tliem to the railroad company again
at fifteen percent premium, was the bland
reply.
TnE ATLANTIC CABLE. —The entire
length of the Atlantic telegraph will be
2,300 uiilcs. Every portion of this cop
per wire is subjected to electrical tests, to
astcrtain it* quality for conduction before
it is allowed to be worked up. The next
stage is to coat these wires with cightsuc
cessive coats of the insulating material,
equal to an aggregate length of 18,400
miles. This core is ne::t covered with
jute, wound round it from ten strands,
making 23,000 miles of jute yarn. Then
comes the outer coating, formed of the 10
covered iron wires. The iron wire itself
is 23.000 miles in length, and each wire
is covered separately with five strands of
tarred hemp, 135,000 miles of the liittei
being required, making together an ag
gregate lenth of material employed of
126,600 miles.
TAX LIST.
SPECIAL INCOME TAX,
Five per Cent, on Income for 1864,
Ash I. P. Cranberry tp., 1,50
Ash Sylvester, Forward, 1.30
Allen Joseph Jackson, 0,35
Albert Andrew, Centre, 84,25
Adauis E. 11. Slippcryrock, 25,00
Anderson S. M. Allegheny, 12,50
Adams M. S. " ( 14.50
Ayres Hugh A. Harrisville. 4K.45
Boggs Bobt, " 10,00
Baldhinst 11, Adams, 2,25
Buhl 11. Forward, 30,00
Buhl C. Zelienoplc, 3,90
Brown Wm. Forward, 14,15
Blakcly And. " 1,05
Brandon J. W. Connoqueuessing, 10,00
Beckevith Eli, Slipperyrock, 5.00
Black Hobert, llauisville, 27,50
Bard John T. Centreville, 12,10
Brown Alc4. Sr. Mercer, 1.70
liartley Dixon, Parker, 5,00
Bighaui John, Slipperyrock, 25,00
BartleyJohn L. Oakland, 5,00
Bredin Rev. W. P. Clay, 4,15
Braham Wm. P. Mercer, 40,90
Bippes Capt. Oakland, 40,80
Boggs J. P. Capt. Forward, 10,00
Birney Frederick " 5,00
Brcdiu James Butler boro., 44,12
Doyd Wm. S. " Tp.' 58,15
Hartley Abncr Penn " 12,50
Becket Thos. Wiuttcld, 1^,33
Boyd A. G. Butler boro., 44.40
Bryson 11. K. 2d Lieut. Butler, 23,30
Campbell S. A. Washington, 4,25
Oubbison J. N. Harrisville, 5,00
Cr#-s Samuel, Worth. 11,95
Christy Thos. T. Washington, 2,15
Croll John J. Brady, 42,80
Cornelius Samuel, Worth, 7,00
Clutton Johnathan, Franklin, 30,00
Crow John Forward, 23,15
Crow David " 23,00
Cowden W. B. Porteisvillo, 20,00
Campbel Wm. Butler boro.. 50,00
Campbell J. G. " " ' 50,00
Cratty Eli Capt. " tp., 42,00
Duffy Chas. " boro. 34,90
Douthctt Jas. Penn, 17,26
Dougan A. M. Marion, 1,25 j
Daubenspeek Jac. Washington, 5,00
Dunn- Robert, Cherry, 73,00
Daubenspeek John, Parker, 5,00
Dodds David, Adams, 2,G5
Douthctt Wm. Forward, 14,20
Dombachcr C. " 4,00
Eyth Francis, Centrevill, 10,00
Elliott li. F. Worth, 42,50
Fielding Wm. Capt. 40,80
Ekis Thos. Clinton, 1,02
Ekis Adam "• 11,98
Eyth Jordan Butler boro. 3,35
Enslen John, Jackson, 3,50
Eudres Adam, " 15,55
Ekin John J. Conuo'q, 0,50
Forrester John W. Muddycrcek, 0,00
Frazicr David 11. Forward, 10,85
Grout Mrs. Joanna Butler tp., 3,78
Grossman John C. li " 10,52
Greer Matthew Buffalo, 18,48
Gillelaud Robt. Middlesex, 12,50
Grant Hamilton Buffalo' 45,50
Gclbraith Bobt. Winfield, 18,50
Gcllispie Alex. Cranberry, 8,95
Gclbraith Philip, Forward, 15,00
Goerhing Win. " 1,22
Graham Win. F. Cranberry, 1,50
GillclandW.il. " 11,85
Gcllispie E. L. Lieut. Jackson, 44.45
Gill Hugh, Jr. Mercer, 2,70
Gibson Henry, Parker, 88,50
Grossman Hugh, Brady, 10,00
Grossman John, " b,OO
Gilkey Robert, Slipperyrock, 5,00
Heck Daniel, Centre, 5,00
Hogg Robert, Cherry, 5,00
Iloon John, Centre, 6,00
Hogg Jno. L. Slipperyroek, 14,45
Harris Jno.R. Harrisville, 11,45
Haldiman Satnl. Allegheny, 30,25
Hammond J. I''. N. Washington, 0,75
Ililliard Sauil. Washington, 7,80
Helmbold E. A. Saxonburg, 20,18
llelmbold Sr. " 30,00
Harbison R. M. Buffalo, 20,55
Ileineman 11. C. Butler boro. 7,41
Henry James Clinton tp. 11.88
Ilartzeli Eli Penn, 4,02
Hctsclgcsser Robt. Winfield, 41,70
Hays Joseph, Adams, _ 29,24
Hunter Alex. Forward, 7,15
Jones Samuel, Muddycrcek, 4,15
Kelly David Buffalo, 10,23
Kennedy Danuel, " 5,25
Kerr Sauil. Jr. Harrisville, 5,00
Kohlmire Henry, Allegheny, 3,15
Kerr Jas. Harrisville, • 17,50
Kcister Jesse, Slipperyrock, 2,50
Kcister Henry, Lt. " 31. 5 0
Lusk J. S. M. I>. Harmony
Lawrence Robt. Muddycrcek, 80,55
Lusk Amos, «M. D Zelieuople 14,18
Logan David Jefferson, 5,34
Logan Levi Middlesex, 10,83
Lardin Daniel Clinton 0,02
Lyon B. M. Lieut, Middlesex, 36.30
Livings J. B. Dr. Centreville, 5,25
Mitchell L. Z. Butler boro. 11,75
Mitchell Jas. Summit tp., 14,21
Maxwell Adam Butler tp., 10.45
Mifflin B. A. Butler boro., 75,00
Maharg James Penn tp., 8,97
Maxwell J. G. Jr., Butler tp., 539
Maxwell Newton •' " 20,94
Marshall Sauil. Cranberry, 5,00
Martin J. E. Forward, • 3,15
Markol Zeno. " 10,00
McLymonds Wm. Muddycrcek 10,80
McLymonds Saml Portersville, 2.25
M'Candless Charles Butler boro.. 34,05
McAboy It. C. " " 100,00
McLaughlin Thos. Middlesex tp., 52,51
M'Junkin E. Butler boro., 87,00
Maxwell Milton. Centre, 12,00
Mecom W. L. Worth, 12,55
Meals S. <l. Washington, 20,70
MaxwSl W. C. Col. Harrisville, 70,45
M'Conuel Samuel, Mercer, 1,55
M'Candless Wm. D. Centre, 9,50
M'Candless Josiah, Dr. " 33,55
M'Candless Nathan F. " 5,00
M'Klree Edward, Mercer, 3,50
M'Kee David-fl, Slipperyrock, 1,20
M'Coy H. C. Cherry, 6,35
M'Candless W. 11. Franklin, 0,65
M' Bride John, " 11,15
M'Call Allen, " 3,20
M'Clvinonds James, ?luddcr'k. 28,85
M'Clviuonda Joliu, •• 2,40
Otto Peter, Harmony, 4,10
Oliver John Portersville, 6,45
l'earce John, Harmfhv, 15,00
l'assavent C. 8. Zelieuople, 117,32
l'earce A. Harmony, 17,50
Patterson Jas. A. Slippery rock, 14,53
Patterson Lewi*, " 30,00
I'isor John, Worth, 20,60
Patterson David, Clay, 8,50
Pape D. T. '• ' " 10,00
Painter Wm. Buffalo tp,, 3,27
Purvis S. O. Butler boro., 7,12
Purvianee J. N. " " 61,83
Purviance Jno. " " 15,42
Hay George, Marion, 6,05
Richard Thus. Ceutrc, 8,40
Riddle Samuel, Fairview, 4,00
Russlo Samuel, Concord, 4,15
Reiber (ieo. Butler tp., 11,03
Reott Francis Summit, 16,50
ltoessing B. Butler boro., 10,00
Keed G. W. " " 23,35
Schneideman M. " " 9,50
Sedwick J. J. " " 10,50
Smith H.J. Summit tp., 8,50
Siebert Christ. Butler tp., 84,30
Stephenson Jas. Summit tp., 3,28
Stewart Wm. Winfield, 5,00
Stein Lewis Butler boro., 10,00
Serena William, Marion, 75
Stapteton David, Ilarrisville, 6,50
Smith Edmond, Slippcryrock, 25,45
Stewart -T. W. Muddycreek, 8,35
Stewart Robert, Portersville, 1,50
Staum Jacob, ' Forward, 11,95
Stewart John, ISvansburg, 1,45
Sitter Martin, Jackson, 17,00
Swartz Joseph, " 31,46
Sehantz Aaran, " 10,20
Stauffer Henry, Lancaster, 11,20
Smyth William, 20,85
Stinetorf David A. Washington, 15,40
Stinetorf Michael, " 3,8#
Timblin U. 11. Capt. Sunbury, 7,30
Thompson J. M. " " 52,25
Thompson Wm. Middlesex tp., 12,29
Truby Geo. Buffalo. 15,00
Thompson Juo. Middlesex, 7,70
Vanderliu Robert, Venango, 68.45
Wick H. E. Slippcryrock, 30,00
Wick R. K. Ilarrisville, 29,75
White J. M. Jackson, 4,10
White 11. B. Lancaster, 11,70
Walace Francis, Zelienoplc, 8,50
Wise Jacob F. Jackson, 37,95
Wooster Jacob, Forward, 7,90
Waldron W. S. " 2,10
Waters Rev. A. H. Prospect, 6,00
Wilson Allen, Butler boro., 27,53
Walter Jacob Butler tp., 10,52
Zimmerman M. " boro., 3,50
Ziegler Jacob " " • 183,13
Zcigler J. 11. Jackson, 32,90
Zcigler Joseph, " 2,95
Zcigler A. 11. " 12,07
Zeiglcr David, " 33,37
Want for Decision-
Sidney Smitu, in his work on Moral
Philosophy, speaks in this wise of what
men lose for want of a little 'brass," as it
is termed:
A great deal of talent is lost to the
world for the want of a little courage,—
Every .day scuds to their graves a number
of obscure men, who have only remained
in obscurity because their timidity has
prevented them from making a first ef
fort ; and who, if they only had been in
duced to begin, would, in all probability,
have gone great lengths in the career of
fame. The fact is. that in doing any
thing in the world worth doing, we must
not stand shivering on the bank thinking
of the cold and danger, but jump in and
scramble through as well as we can.
"It will not do to bo perpetually calcu
lating risks and adjusting nice chances;
it did all very well before the flood, when
a man couliconsult his friends upon and
intended publication for a hundred and
fifty years, and live to see its success for
six or seven centuries afterwards; but at
present a mans waits and doubts, and
consults his brothers and his uncles and
his particular friends till one day ho finds
that he is sixty-five yuars of age, that he
has lost so much time in consulting first
cousins and particular friends, that he'
has no more tiuio to follow their advice.
There is so little time for over-sqticamish
ncss at present, that the opportunity
slips away. The very period of -life at
which man chooses to venture, if ever,
is so confined, that it is no bad.rule to
preach up the necessity, in such instan
ces of a little violences done to the feel
ings, and efforts made in defiance of strict
and sober calculations.
e«s* The oil fever w working a great
revolution in Crawford county. Most of
the unimproved lauds in the eastern part
of that county, are finding a ready mar
ket, at prices far above what is usually
paid for the best cultivated farms in the
richest countic.- of the State. In many
instances, lands that wore a dull sale two
years ago, at $6 to $lO per acre, have
been sold during the past month, at pri
des varying from SBO to 81,000 per acre.
ter" if you cant keep awako," said a
parson to oue of his hearears, " when
drowsy, why don't you take a pinch of
snuff?" "I think," was the shrewd re'
ply, " tho snuff should be put into the ser
mon."
NUMBER 6
How did Petroleum Originate?—A
New Idea.
Vt e clip the following from tho Pills
burgh Commercial,of the 12th, inst:
Permit me to suggest, through your col
umns. the following explanation with ref
erence to the formation of coal oil:
All geoligists ngree that our bitumin
ous coal has been formed from the pros
trated forests of an age long past.
We find that by putting this bitumin
ous coal in a retort we can obtain the same
general character of product as by sink
ing a well at Oil City.
hat is left in the retert, after the oil
has been taken out, is a species of coke.
, Arguing from these well known and
acknowledged facts, 1 arrive at tho fol
lowing conclusion, namely :
That what man has attempted to do in
a cast iroji retort, an all wise l'rovideuce
has much more effectually done by the
operations of His laws in nature: and
that the milhracite coal fields in our owit
lauds, and other lands, are simply what
remains in this laboratory of uature, after
by the application of heat below and pres
sure above, the oil and grasses have been
driven elsewhere.
The oil thus pressed outj has trinkled
through the crevices of the rocks jbelow
these, now anthracite, but once bitumi
nous coal fields, find it to-day in
the pools and crevices of our different oil
regions.
1 ho anthracite coal which remains an
swers to our coke. We uso it for tho
same purpose, for melting ores in blast
furnaces, and for melting iron in foundry
cupalos—the great difference being that
it is vastly superior in quality, a fact not
to be wondered at, when wo remember
the laboratory in which it was made ami
the All Seeing Eye that superintended
its production.
This theory may liavo been suggested
before, but, if so, it has escaped my no
tice. If it is new. I trust that those bet
ter qualified to examine tho subjeot, and
having more time to devote to it, will
give the matter the attcution it so so rich
ly deserves. Anything tendiug. to ro
movc tho mystery which now appears to
envelope this subject must be interesting
to us all.
Very rcspoctfully, ROUT. C. TurxEN,
Minister Dayton.
William Louis Dayton was born at -
Ca-sking Ridge, N. J. Feb 17, 1807.
He was tlic Bon of Joel Dayton, n fanner,
and graduated at the College of New Jer
sey in September; 1825. He commenced
the study of tho law soon after and was
admitted to the Bar of bis native State in
May, 1830. In 1837 113 was elected
member of the State Senate and made
Chairman of tho Judiciary Committee.
In 1888 he was chosen by the Legisla
ture as one of the Associate Justices of
Supreme Court of his State, which posi
tion here igncd in Nov., 1811, and on
the decease of lion. Samuel L. Southard
U. S. Senator, in 1842 he was appointed
to fill the vacancy. lie served in ho
Senate from 1842 to 1851. He was an
ardent free soilcrand lover of liberty, and
maintained to th fullest extent the right
of Congress to legislate with respect to
Slavery in the Territories. llgwas an inti«
mate and infiucnti 1 adviser of President
Taylor, advocated the admission of Cali
fornia into the Union a free State, was in
favor of the abolition of the slave trade
in the District of Columbia, and voted
against tho infamous fugitive slave bill.
At the expiration of bis term the Demo
cratic party was iu the ascendency in tho
Now Jersey Legislature, and Com. Stock
ton was choscu in his placo. In 185G
110 was nominated by the Republican
Convention as the candidato for the Vica
Presidency upon the ticket with Fremont-
In 1857 ho was appointed Attorney Gen
eral, and durtng tho first term of Mr.
Linooln deputed as minister at Paris.
In all tho duties of life he was'fa true
man, and every position which he nls fill
ed he has adorned. In his death tho
country loses one of its ablest and most
respected representatives.
©£>"* A Maine officer recently applied
for a furlough stating that if it was not
granted ho should lose fifty thousand
dollars. This attracted attcution at. head
quarters, and the officer was desired to
forwar a statement of how he would loso
it.— He did so to the effect that he had
been in the the army without leave of ab
sence for two years ; that ho was engaged
to a young lady worth fifty dol
lars? that there was another fellow af
ter her, and that she had written to him
that if he did not come home and marry
her right away she would have the other
man. He got his furlough.
t&T The reason why a good many men
don't get married is, they are afraid to>
come to the scratch.