VOLUME 4. AMERICAN CITIZEN joU FpifttisgOf ieet Ornamental, plain, Fancy, card Book 1 AND 1 In the Arbltrnllon rcom ln th® Court .p-LTTLER FA. WB ARB PREPARED TO PRINT,ON SHORT NMCE Bill Heads, Books, Labels, Pro grammes, Constitutions, iThecks, Notes, Drafts, Blanks, Business Cards, Visiting Cards, Show Cards, Pamphlets, Posters, Bills of Fare, Q-'der Books, Paper Books, |jiUeta, Sale Bills, &c. BEING FURNISHED WITIT The Most Approved Sand Presses THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT OF Type, Borders, Ornamenli, Rule*, Cuts, &c., IN THE COUNTY, We will execute everything in the line of PLAIN AN DD^CORATIVEPRINTING NEATLY, PROMPTLY, A»D AT RuwiißH JIATM, in a style to excel any establishment at home, and compete with any abroad. :HKll,Liil> WOBKMEN Are (Sruplcyed in every branch of the business, arid we endeavor to meet the tvants of the commutfity, and to re tain the honorable distinction which has been already conceded to this establish ment, for TASTE IN < <>M I'O HI ION AN ft If.Jl c-fxitno® lil PI'CHS M * * ''li. Tn all the essentials of Cheap Printing, Good Paper, Tasteful Composition, Beau tiful Press Work, and DISPATCH, we in- Vite comparison, from getting out a Card if a single line to an illuminated Poster, or a work of any number of pages. PKOYSSSIONAL CAREB. l. z. u&- Hfflco N. B. Corner of Diamond, lintler, l'». Charles M'Ciindless. « l(oi-n<"> r "« Oflkc, South west corner of Diamond, IS'ltlor, Pa. J. n.aj.pvbtiaics, All ovii ey m at Law, Office, on 9. F.. of Diamond and Main et. Bntler, Pa. JOUS M THOMPSON, LTOS THOMPSON & LYON. JWL !««»&■■■ ■-lam-mm- oifMaln Street. Butler, Pn "(<* OKO. A. OE °- w FLCWiKR BLACK & FLEKGER. ATTOIWKVH AT IiAW, ANP I'BVHION AND CLAIM AGENTS.'' XS.Offlco, Sooth Kast Corner of Diamond, Butler, Pa _ ■■. Uirttile, ATTORNEY AT LAlfr,* ' Will nt* n«l to all buslneas'entrtwtod to his care prompt ly. .S'/wW.J rticntion given to tlio selections of iVn cioni, Haak Pity and H<>untiea. . • Will also iwt as ajent for those wishing to buy or csll real est >te. , , Office on South side of Diamond, in Drcdtun building, flutter Pa. * THOS. 2RO~BI33"SQI>r, Attorney at Law, ATN l> PENSION AND CLAIM AGENT Office with Charles M'Candlcss, E.sq 3. W. Corner of Diapiond BUTLER PA. Claim Agent* THK undersigned would respectfully notify the public that he ha* been regularly commissioned an CL4IM -A-Gr IEZN T, f>r»e<-iirlw: Bounty Money, Arrears of Day and ftm kionl, foe soldiers, or If tliay ar. dead, for their legal rapreaortallaM. No ehargewlll be made for promoting the claim, of soldiers, or their ref-MentotlrM until the oune are collected. C. E. ANDKKSON. I'lIOTOC; It A PIIS, AMBROTYPES, DAGUERREOTYPES J FEB.REOTTPES, &c., SAMUEL SYKES, JR., KEBPF.OTFULLY Informs Ills friends, and the puhiir , In general, that lie I* prepared.tfl take PHOTOGRAPHS," JtMItKOTYPhg, kc., in the latest styles and in all kinds of weather. An assortment of Frames, Cas«*s, Ac., con stantly cn hand Call and examine Bpeclmena. WBHKH A TKOI'TMAN'B Store, Butler, Pa. , . \TTKCKBBGRBR* KEIBKR.—Foun J J . I W < ,erH —Foundry North of the bin ■33S3lE3|r..ugJi of Butler, where StoYee, Plougus atid other ctotifign are made ou short oo tice. Their ware-room <Bon Main Ht reet SrJKK^orrtTof.lack's Hotel, where yon will fliul ?lores of all size" and patrons. They al*o keep on hand a large stock of Ploughs, which they sell asehoap aa they can be ought at any tfther establishment in the coubtgr. RESTAURANT," O" Main 8 treat, One Doar North of Court-House, SAMUEL SYKES, SR., Has constantly on hand. Fresh Oysters. Ale, Beer Cider, and SarsicacUla. Sweet-Meat*, and Handles or all kinds : einget bread and Sweet Cake* of erery yart etv. Nuts of ail kinds. If you want good Oysters, gotten up )npie reryfest style, just call In and you shall be waited upon with the greatest of pleaaare. h. sitbumullml ».T. B. .c. 8008 FHSMOMBIi TMLORS. mIIB undersigned basing aasociatad tliemselyes In the I Tailoring bnsinees, would respectfully aa; to the pnblir in general that Ihej hase Just received theFaJl and Winter Jasuions, and are prepared to make up clothing In tha Bltaat aad moat approved style Plesr ateriES our Faahloas ?nd Spootmons of met - *»•' «*• August 12, IM6—tf Drs C. L. Dieffenbacher & H. Wise . . A HK prepared toluiwr ffrfid entm lei ment from one to SJJ en tireeet on Vulcanlte.Coi'a Oold, Silver Platina Those desiroos to arai "'JyßaiiSSthomselvee of the laU* improrements in dan l * try, ahould W)' fall t examine their n*wstyle r •- of V ulcanl te and Coralit work Filling, cleaning ssaSßSß.'flKs i%rr th dS paid to ehjklffP's teeth. As mechanics, they defy con" petition;*fcr«peratorH they rank among the beet. Ohai «es moderate. Adwioefree of charge!" 0Bc«-In Building Jeflereon Street, Butler Pa. J Dec.9,1868 :Ktf. AMERICAN CITIZEN. WATCH THE LITTLE FEET. Mot her,.watch the little feet, Climbing o'er the garden wall, Bounding through the busy street, Ranging cellar, shed, and hall, Never count tfcf momenta lout, Never mind tHt> tfane it coete; Little fret will rfo affray ; Guide them, mother, while yon may. Mother, watch the little hand, Plckiaz berrlee by the way, linking hou««s in the tand. Tossing np thfe fragrant hay ; Never dare the question auk, " Why to me weary tank !" These same'ti ttle hands may prove &»e*Mngeri of truth and love. Mother, watch the little to igße, Prattling eloquent and wild, What iasaid and what is sung. By the happv. joyous ehlld. Catch the word while yet unspoken, Stop the vow before 'tie broken; The same tongue may yet proclaim Bleesings in a Saviour's name. Mother, watch the little heart, Keating warm and soft for'yai'; \\ kwlesome leeeons now impnrV 'Keajv oh Keep that young h«*ai t true, every weed, Sowing good ani precloni seed ; Harvest rich you then umy see, Ripening for eternity. WIT AHP WISDOM. —Truths and toads lie at the bottom of the well. Leave 'em there. The height of impudence—Taking shelter from the rain in an umbrella shop. —When is a ship like the most profi table hen ?—When she l&ys too. —Men are like wagons; they rattle most when therels nothing in them. What paper has the largest circula tion ?—Counterfeit 50 cent currency. —What is nothing ?—A footless stock, ing without a leg. —Why is a gardner like the balance wheel of a watch ?—Because he regu lates the beets. —A modest minister out West mar ries for a drink of whisky, a dozen eggs, and the first kiss of the bride. —Why are the sun and moon like a marriage contract ?—Because they govern the tide. —Why is a divorce like high-water mark on the seacoast?—Because it is the termination of the tied —A Tennessee editor complains that he has recently seen banks shaving their paper. We once saw a bank director actually shaving himself. —"Look here, Jem, there is a hoi# knocked out of this bottle you gave me." "Why, here's the hole in it now. If it was knocked out, how could it be there?' —"Sambo, wy am dat nigger down dar in the hole ob de boat like a chicken in de egg?" '"J give? um up." "Bekasc be couldn't get out if it wasn't for de hatch." —A Down East paper has the follow ipg notice: "A child was run over by a wagon three years old and cross eyed with pantaloons on which never spoke after ward." —"I am rejoiced, my dear wife, to see you in such good health," said Edwin to his Julia. "Health! I have had the plague ever since 1 was married," was Julia's response. A married wretch says the greatest gift vouchsafed to any living man was that granted to Adam, as he was bleased with a.wife without ever having a moth er-in-law. "Paddy, wfiere's the w{u>ky I gave you to clean the windows with ?'• "Oeh, master, I just drank it; and I thought if I brpatlied on tha glass it woi»!d be all the same." —"And ye have taken fhe teetotal pledge, have ye ?" said somebody to an Irishman. "Indade I have, and am not ashamed of it aither." "And did not Paul tell Timothy to take a little wine for his stomach sake V' •'So he did; but my name is not Tiino» thy, and there's nothing the matter with my stomach." —Two ladief from the country, on a shopping excursion, dropped into a hard ware store,where agricultural implements are sold, and innocently inquired for craa dies. The storekeeper said it was lath er late in the season for the article, and he had sold all he purchased. The la dies looked at each other wonddriogly, and whispered, laughingly, when one, turning to the blushing storekeeper, re> marked . "Out of season! I thought babies wore always in season." A PARCEL OF PROVEKB#. If the cap fits, wear it—out. Six of one, and half a dozen of the other —make exactly twelve. None so deaf as those who won't hear —hea#! hear 1 Faint-heart never won fair lady—nor dark one either. Civility costs nothing—nay, U somes thing to your oredit. * > The best of friends most part —their hair. ■ '• Any port in a storm —but old port pre ferred. One good turq deserve* another—in waltsing. Youth fit tha prow and Pleasure at the helm— very se#»sick\ '» ' i o "Let us Have Faith that FYFBT makes Might I and in that let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it"—A. LINCOLN BUTLER, BUTLER COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1867. Thirty-Ninth Congress. Debate on the Tariff Bill. Veto of Colorado and Nebraska, Bills Received. ' li'VAMU PBSaIOD BILL PAtSED. WASHINGTON, Jan. 29, 1867. SENATB. The Chair presented a communication from the President, enclosing the corres pondence with the State Department on the subject of Mr. Motley's resignation as Minister to Austria. Ordered to be printed. lie also sudmitted the me&saga vetoing the Colorado bill, am! asked what action would the Senate take. humo Rebate, at the expiration of which the morning hour expired, the message went over until to morrow The tariff bill came up. After slight amendments, Mr. Davis moved to recom mit the bill to the Committee for conpid-. eration with the internal revenue bill,for the purpose of reducing the taxes of the country one millions a year. The President's piivate secretary here entered with the veto of the Nebraska bill. Mr Grimes moved to strike out that portion of Mr. Davis's motion looking to a decrease of one hundred millions in taxation. Mr. i'avis accepted the modification. After debate, the motion to recommit was rejected—ls against 22. The duty on barley was increased from 10 to 20 cents per bushel. Mr Sumner moved to make the duty on coai mined not more than 30 degrees east of Washington 50 ccDts per ton.— This was in the bill as reported, but the Senate had already amended by making the duty $1 50 per ton on all imported coal. Without further action, the Senate adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. On motion of Mr. Dawes, the Cotfl mittee on Elections was discharged from the consideration of the subject of the Maryland elections, as the House had al ready instructed the Judiciary Commit tee to investigate the official conduct of the President- Mr. Schcnck, from the Military Com mittee, reported back with an amend ment the House bill to equalize bountias Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jenckcs, from the Committee on Retrenchment, reported back House bill to regulate the civil service of the Uni» ted States, and explained the character istics thereof. The Speaker announced Mr. Farns worth as taking the place of Mr. Wash burne on the Reconstruction Committee, the latter having been granted leave of absence. Mr. Bidwell, chairman of the f!om>. mittee on Agriculture, announced that he would soon introduce a bill to reor ganize the Agricultural Department. Mr. Ritter, from the Committee on Agriculture, reported a bill to restrict tW department to the purchase for dis tribution only of such seeds, plants and flowers as arc not common in the United Slates. After discussion the bill was tabled. Cn motion of Mr. Donnelly, the Sec retary of the Interior was requested to furnish information relative to the mas sacre at Fort Phil Kearney, its cause,etc Mr. Windom reported back, with amendments, Senate bill, providing for annual inspection into Indian affairs.— After discussion it went over till to mor row. Thß Speaker presented Executive doc uments, vii: Report of Secretary of State in reference to the attempted com» promise of certain cases in English Court in behalf of the United States against Fraser. Trpjihclm &, Co., alleg ed agents of the so called Confederate States. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affaii's; report of Secretary of State in answer to House resolution, sta ting np information had Dcen received by the Department in delation to the remov al of the Protestant Church at the Alter iean Embassy at Rome by order of tlie Roman government. Also from the Pres ident of the United States, with copies of telegraphic dispatches, <tc., respecting the New "(Means'riot. Referred to a Se lect Committee. The report of the Committee of Con ference on the bill relative to pensions was concurred U. The House went into Committee and considered' 'tH'e Invalid Pension Bill, which appropr\atea $38,280,000. It was reported to the ijouaewith recomweiida; tiotithatit pa=« The Committee then took up the con sular and diplomatic bill. Mr Niblack moved th% an amend ment to insert an appropriation ior the ! salary of the Minister to De bate followed relative to the cause for which Congress at the last session cut off Harvey's salary, viz : a letter from him to Secretary Seward, condemning the ac tion of Congress. Finally it yas agreed that the amendment should be ed adopted in committee, that a vote might be taken in the Honse. Mr. Williams woyed to strike out the apprppriation'for the United Statsi lega tion &t Rome'. ' ' Mr. Stevens moved to amend this by inserting the following : WiiKrtP.Aq. is beneath the dignity and contrary to the justice of this nation tq represented at any court whose gov ernment prohibits the free worship by American citizens within its jurisdiction of the Christian religion; and wliojeas, the Roman Government has lately order,, ed the American churches to be removed outside the city, and does prohibit free exercise by them of the Christian relig ion ; therefore, Be it enacted, That no moneys hereby appropriated shall be paid for the sup port of the United States Legation at Rome or the futuro expenses of any such legation. Mr. Hale moved to strike out the pre amble. Mr. Hale's amendment was adopted, 65 to 32. Pending the question on amendment as amended, the committee rose and re ported the Invalid Pension bill to the House, wh : ch was passed. Mr. Forry presented a memorial from the Governor and Adjutant General of Michigan on the subject of the Militia bill. Referred to the Committee on Militia. Adjourned. HARRISBURG. Proceedings in the Legislature. Special Dispatch to the Pittsburgh Commercial. HARRISBURO, Jan. 29, 1867. SENATE. IN PLACE. Mr. Lowry—To indemnify election of ficers for costs in defending suits for not receiving deserter's votes. Also',an act relating to the jaw of evi dence. Mr.Bigham—An act incorporating the Safe Deposit Company, of Pittsburgh, a new bill. Also, an act to confer certain poffep on the Pittsburgh Forgo and Iron Com pany. 1 Mr. Graiiam —Vacating tho ojd bury ing ground in the borough of Scwicjfly. Also, supplement to act* relating to the paying of fines for selling liquor on Sunday. Also, act to incorporate the Sandusky and Irwin Street Bridge Company. Mr. White, to allow the Cambria Iron Company to make steel. Mr. Coleman offered a resolution in* structing the Judiciary Committee to in quire into the power of the Legislature over llailroad Companion, relative to tolls and passengers, and to assert authority over the BILLS PASSED. Act creating a loan'for the redemption of over due tends of the Commonwealth. Incorporating Brady's Bend Bridge Company. Incorporating the Mutual Insurance Company of Richland township. AFTERNOON SESSION. Special order on the joint resolution relative to Edgar 'Cowan, was discussed and passed by a party vote. HOUSE. The following bills on the private cal endar were and paused : To vacate certain lanes and ' Alleys in Beaver. Authoriiiiig assessment? of Railroad taxes in KittannTng. To enable the School Directors of East Birmingham to borrow mocey for the erection of school buildings. Aot relating to restaurants and beer houses ia county. To prohibit the granting'of license in Beaver county. To extend the jurisdiction of the Or phan's Courts of York and Fayette counties. ' Aot relating to District Attorney in Allegheny eounty, creating the office of Assistant. Supplement te Oakland Passenger, Railro^f}- To prevent the sprinkling of aalt on the tracks of Passenger Railways in Phil- ] adelphia and Allegheny county. —A lady about to mafty-waa jjarnad that her intended, although a good man, Was very" ddWGYrio. "Well,'' she said, •'if ha is yery unlikp other men, he Lithe {no re ' ikety to be a good hasband." —Why wasn't the war a failure ? Because it wasn't. m te xjro o. A liberal Officer Attempts to Capture Two Steamers. NEW OKI.EANS, January 29. —Vera Cruz dates of the 23d are received. The French frig&te Viaracon left Vera Cruz on th#'2lst, witj( I,2oo'Austrian ai ry. 1 ' " ' The evacuation of the City of Mexico would be completed by the 28th. Mar shal Bvzaine issued a proclamation to the Superintendent of Railroads to arrange to transport 2,000 troops per day. He had also issued an order stating that he fr&d arracged transportation for all par tbsto France free of cost. The United States runboat Thoma was at Vera Cruz. SAN FRANCISCO, January 29.—An at (•nipt made ton capture the steamer* Panama and Continental oft' Cape St. Lucas, by Col. Dartois, a Liberal officer, was frustrated by the energetic action of the commander of the United States steamer Snwanee,who boarded the steam er Continentaj, Dartois and his party ashore, and sent the vessel baok (o Ma zatlan. It is not' elieved here that Dar tois has regular authority from the Mex ican government to warrant such an en terprise. '.' I WAS AN HUNGERED." It was sleeting fast. Kvcning was fall ing. The strec t< was almost deserted. Suddenly a voice at my elbow said, "I am not fit for work an J'have eaten noth ing to dny." I looked at the speaker. He was an able bodied man, but had lost both arms by amputation ; he was evidently a dis charged soldier,. He was pale too, as if from recent sickness, or from scanty food. He had on an old, thread-bare coat.' My first impulse was to give him some thing. Hut my coat was buttoned tight ; I could not easily unbutton it and continue to hold my umbrella and' book ; and to crown all, the street car for which I had been waiting, at that moment came up. " I haven't nothing today," I said, turning from tlte'tyan and beckoning to the driypr' I heard a sigh, as I turned, and was on the point of recousidering my decision, but I reflected that if Imise<| this car I should have to wait teu' minutes in the road. " I said to myself, ''somebody else will be sure to give him something." But my heart smote me, when, on look ing after the man, I saw him go sadly down the street, with bent head. Once I thought of stopping the car, overtaking the mat;, apd giving him half a dollar But while t hesitated, the oar passed the corner, and he was out of sigljt. "It was too late. " I did pot eat my dinner, that day, with the usual appetite, t could not get that wan face out of niy mind.' At times the victuals seemed to choke roe. What if he really was starving and no ona to help bim ! All through the evening the man's look haunted mo. 'in vain my little daugh ter, Aeoiag me abstracted, sang hcrpwect est ballads. In vain my wife sought to " cheer me up," as she said. If even dreamed of the man. If I had known where'to find him, I would have gone the next day, to satisfy myself that lie bad received assistance. 'Bt)t the impression graJually wore off- Thsre is so n)uch suffering new in great cities, that almost every one become* har dened to it. I pursuaded myself finally that the man had been helped by others. " Tiierp are so m-ny societies to aid sols diers," l"#*»d. It was uhcqplartablc to think otherwise. Ono morning, about four days after the interview, my wife wu leading the pa per, when §)io suddenly laid it down, and cried, "How sh4ckirig." I do not know how it was, but I felt a sudden chill. I thought [instantly of that man's wan face. But I said care lessly, as I broke my egg; •' What is if; dear 1" "Oh ! such a hortfble story. A dis charged soldier, bis wifj and two chiU 'li fc, dying of starvation At least the wife is dead, and one of the children not expected to live. J?one have had any* tjiing to eat for four days. They were fdudd in an old out-house. The husband is said to have lost both aras it Qgttys bju"g4', '' ' My hand trembled so much that long before my wife finiibod, I had bjen oom pfellcd to lay down my eggjunopened.— She was looking at the paper and did not see me. 112 bad no ajjjpetite after that. I rose immediately, and Installed tUjrs, for I was sure t%ii the (nan whose petition I bad rejected. I went straight to see him. TTiad the paper ip my pocket, and it direotei! me to the miserable out-houso, where the suf ferers had been found. Quite a crowd had been collect d out fide. But a policeman at the door per mitted no one togo ia. He knew 'me, however, and on my my wish, allowed toe' to entet. A sheet, furnished by some poor neigh bor, was spread over a still waxen face in Ihe corner; a little girl sobbing beside itj and a liian bowed with grief sat at the foot. At the sound of my foot steps he looked up. It was the name wan face I had repelled at tjja corner of the' street. Since that day I Jiave never turned away from old or young who has asked alms. Better give to a thousand who are unworthy, than refuse OU6 that is J'eally in need. " SPEOIAI INTERESTS." It may be regarded as another instance of unintended confession, in addition to many preceding ones, that the so-called free traders of New Y r orl are now harp ing on the inutility of extending aid to " special interests." These agents of Britain remind us that all branohes of business are suffering ajike, and none are entitled to legislate aid. The fact of the general distress 13 indubitable, and it only proves what protectionists have al ways maintained, namely, that'when the leading industrial works of the country are expose 1 to injury or destruction by com! inations or conspiracies of foreign capitalists, the evil spreads to all other interests, an 1 involves every cla's in stag nation and distress. In protecting, therefore, these great preponderating industries against over throw by fore'rgu enemies, all others also are upheld aud benefited, But if any of these require similar assistance it should by all means be freely afFordod. A great n umber of handicraft employments are not liable to foreign attack, being neces sarily looal or otherwise uqassaila' le.— Others can stand alone by reason of pe» culiar skjll, or some such favoring cir cumstance.' All such requife po pfote'ik tion, aud forbear to claim' it. Nor does the great agricultural inter est stand much in seed of proteotive du ties, but if it did, it foreign breadstuffs could be imported with • profit to ship pers, then an indispensable duty would ariso to restrict the incoming supply, and enable our own farmers to possess tho domestic market. It would be most im politic for every oth-r interest as well as that, if we bought our food from foreign era. and allowed our own-producOrs to pine in poverty. Their granaries might be full to overflowing, and yet, for want of a market for the supply, they would lack a hundred necessary articles almost as essential to comfortable subsistence as food itself. Therefore should we secure thebi in their natural right to the home market. So slio'tild we bcuefit them and ourselves as well, for tho farmer could then purchase fiom his mechanical neigh bors (he products of their ingenuity and skill, whilst both partes woalfl be Mutu ally advantaged. It is untrue, therefore, to allege that the friends of domestic industry argue' only in behalf of "special interests."— They lay pfecijliar stress, indeed, upon the importance of those overshadowing in dustries whose aggregate swells' up to hundreds of millions, and which, there* fore, are protoiijpnt marks for foreign hostility. But we want legislative pro tection for every domestic interest, wheth er agricultural, manufacturing or com mercial, wLerft qothing itf'the soil, Cli mate or other conditions precludes do mestic production. ' So far from laboring for " special in terests" in any obnoxious sense, the pol icy inculcated by protectionists would raise np rivals to many of our large es tablishments, which fcrd a|jle to stand alone under jnescat custoE-dnties and in ternartaxes. But it is not Enough that great factories or corporations tpay be flourishing and contented: That i# not the mark we aim at, but such a mu tipli catiiti df industrial w. rks, large "and small, as shall supply the home demand more effectually, and thus enable us to escape that drying' *»il which is at the root of all our present troubles, namely, the weekly export of a million dollars in gold 'ted in amount of jmblic bonds or shares in addition, calling for a further drain of gold to satisfy the inter est or dividands. If that unfavorable balance of th: British agents assure us is a matter ot no consequence) were once turned permanently in our fa* Tor, we should have'no ocoisioh Wblaim any special congressional action, for ill things Would then adjust themtolves har tnemously and satisfactorily.—N.Amer ican NUMBER 9, . . i QHRISTIATT AND MOSLEM. We have marked with pleasure the generous sympathy expresssd by our American cotcmporaries generally for the' oppressed and struggling Cbrptjfips of Candia in their bloody &r.d desjlerato 1 for release fftip the un der which the}? linve so l«Jng groaned.— This is not much, to be sure. It will not contribute money or mob in aid of the A'acred cause, but it will gladden the hearts of our Christian breihrcn of Candia to know that far away in the remote west tbp people bf the great republic can feel for their suffering? and wish them success in thoir attempt to throw off stirvifeh yoke of Mahometan despotism. Laying aside all political considerations, or tha rights of races and national ties, it really does seem passing strange that the great lowers of Chiistendoti} lsok on uncoil cernedly wh lie Turkish regions crush out the noble aspirations of the people of Candia lor a Christian government and institutions. England and Franoe, leading Powers of Europe, have warned the little kingdom of Greece not to in> terferc in Candia. Yet Greece seems to pay little heed to this wanting. Her wholo paoplo pour out thoir warmest sym pathy for the struggling islanders, and they do not hesitate a moment to semj them aid. It is idle to attempt to treat such ques tiou as purely political. Thoy oiubotly tho samo old contest betweeu Christian and Moslem that lias been going on at intervals ever since tile dawn of Mahoin eti.ii power. Tho antagonism is as natu ral a lid as unavoidable as anything of which history makes The Ma» hometan power has planted itself Exactly in the places dearest to the Christian heart. Every scene of |ife and suf ferings of tlio Itedeemor, nearly' evo'ry place consecrated by the missionary ia» bors of the apostles, has fceer.'monopolized by a religion utterly hostile'to Christjan> ity, planted there irruptions of bar barous hordes, and now maintained thcrd'iong after the savago vigor of those races has departed, wholly*by the'j'e»( ousy of the Christian Powe'rs towards each othet I .' Wi», howevor, have 110 such reasons fyi absYaifuug from extending at least our sympathy to any and alt pf. the Christiana dwelling in those places in their <4j< rts at freedom. They are this day a better, a hardier, a more civilized race than the barbariai Turks who lord it over them, and it is a foul disgrace to the Christian Powers of tho world that they do not do something to aid these bravo QreeJfS.— The generous sympathy extended to the Italians in tLeir Struggles for nationality was the uprising of tho world's best fail ings. Hut the Italians had nothing mirti than political liberty to fight for, labile the Greeks a'fo suffe'ring under an infiiel despotism that is'the enemy qJike of their* religion and of their polilloal rights.—N. America^. WEAR A SMlLE.—Whiefe will yo» do, smile and make others happy, or be crab bed and tnake eyerybody around you mis erable ? You can live among flowers and singing birds, or in tho mire by ft>£ and fVogs. The ainouat of happi ness which you can produoo is inealonla bio, if you will show a smiling face, ft kind heart arid pleasant words. On the other hadd, by sour looks, cross wonis and a fretful dispositioo, you Cfcn make hundreds unhappy^beyond endurance.—- Which will 70U do? W®* r * pleasant countenance, let joy beam in your eye and love glow on forcjiqad. There is no joy so great as that which springs from a kind aot or a pleasant deed, and you may feci it at night when you rest, and in the morning when you rise, and through the day when about your daily business. * —Young man, don't let otbcri drag you into too sudden and close intimacy with them. To form a nev acquaintance is' aq easy matter, but it is not'so easy to back out, when you havi found that an individual in not a worthy compmion.—L A eut is too-apt to umUo an enemy; and off he goes, laden, perhaps, aritjj your se qrett, j7hich he will make the most of, turning things of little importance to such as will operate to the disadvantage of a fair name. —Cholera, it'is said seldom attacks boys. Their minds are so constantly en gaged in robbing orchards, playing "how many miles," anH'tither important amuse ments, and they have no time to talk or think about it. —A. country may be better for not be ing fotever at rest. The perfume, from the spiee Islands is inoreas«d by storms and tfe digests." ' ' **' o' m —Quench your thirst at the wall if you would be a well mjtn *
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