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Marriages and Deaths, Xe simple announcement, FREE ;, but for any a4ditional lines, five cents a line. st liberal deduction made to yearly and half yearly advertisers. Jon ,Pniuritia of every description neatly end expeditiously eX'eCuted, and at prices to suit the times. PIE POOR MAN 1 ,10.111 S DEAD CHILD. Yes, lie thou there, my little one, The death dew's on.thy brow, Thy eyes are closed to flower and sun, Thy . pulse is quiet now. . No more thou'll ask, thy fainish'd boy, For bread with wailing cry, When I'd havaTiven my flesh with joy, But breid.l yould not the Pour child 1 . thy shart,•eold features speak, Ofiain, and want, and.care, Oft did the tear drops on thy cheek. Freeze in the hitint air. 4 " • But colder than the keeriest wind, Were human, hearts to thee, Because, though claiming' human kind, Thy` et was 't overly. The prond ones say 'tis heaven's award, They but kind heaven obey, To keep the gifls of nature barr'd From those who cannot pay. My child, 'Us oadly twoXici:fltin.k- lsjor gaze with eye. .yet shrink From bread's inviting store., But, oh ! my faded Rower, for Ibis Was thy young being given, To meet with nought but wretchedness, And frowns from earth and heaven., Was thlathe pledge of cradled 'smile Vhat Woke the happy dream ''gave Ma, irorn =with pain and soil, '`l,;(lt passing bliss a gleam 4 1 .tett yet maYbao, thy fate la blesea; - Ann shoubl, rather joy _That thy young Aea# the ISCICS have rniss'd That *ale the poor 'nian , s boy., ,Xhe cool repulse, the galling sneer, That drives to theft and shame ; Jrhe madening thoughts the 'soul that sear, *Vhalielifuld add blighted ,asake. P t ,yes 7 • Theteraiitil'at bairit livid to be A ae!tilrb : eyoiie.blirg, flalterit)g thrall e wealth-dragon,u•knee. INES& FusERAT,.—At the funeral of .„pandarin, in Canton, the procession *ailed by coolies, carrying a miniature temple tea:Anted by Tice-Howe (Queen .61 leaven.) Then came coolies bear a light stage, en which reposed a i,.2ito roasted pig, adorned with colored papers. Next followed a priest and a trit3adpf the deceased, bearing is t,•n of white pieces of paper which ~ciro pitigita squares, each with . a gild ed sptitnia the centre. These were fef necaj„t fairs, And were, scattered right end HI Its the procession went on. The tludyigw, -of the dead mandarin came ncrt; daet Person carrying his imple teut .or i elgu of office. The gardener !milk hoteithe-batcher along kbife, the exiicuticinerta list sof victims. d party of muBldiatiVeucceeded, and theia came the cella very Much lido an English Pivzisilig;.d*,.. Mourners and . Manda rins broughtrup the, rear ; at.d very ti tle soirk *is exhibited. The son of the deatsited; , so long as the procession was rdeiting,appeared unable to support his grir)ri butwat any temporary halting place:be laughed and chatted and b• catne As lively as his neighbors. TREMBLE SHIPWRISCI.—The steamship A.4 l leiSimon, which sailed from Liver_ pool on.the 15th inst., with 370 passen gerh and a crew of 84 men, was wrecked three miles east of Cape Race at noon on Monday, during a dense -fog. The despatches state that seventy-three per ion are known to have escaped from die wreck by ropes and spars, and twenty-four more in a life-boat, making a -total.of ninety-seven saved. gir "I thiak,' said an old toper, com menting upou the habite of a young man, who was rust making a beast of himself, " , when a man reaches a certain pint in cirinktir, he cirtlo stop." Well I think,': said =old -Beeswax, dFyly, "ho ought to iterieore Wreoches kipeht." - - cabtiltilbent Vtunsitirauia crurnal : gibutt. to Valitits, Nittraturt, Agriculture, Relos of t i t Yotal liittlligtiite, it. the blood of Massachusetts sprinkled the streets of that wicked city. 'The 'admirt ietration of Buchanan was just expering, and thinking he had no authority to in- In the year 1620 there came - a frail terfere with the insurgents, the task re bark across the Atlantic„bearieg. the to tined for his successor, Abraham Lin seed of a future great nation. It landed colt r ; who, after he had taken the oath at Plymouth, Massachusetts. Thelit- to support the constitution of the Uni tie flock gradually intreased in number, States, called out the militia to .suppress though innumerable hardships• confront- the rebellion then becoming greater ed them on: every side:' InTi7s we find each day. Never was such leniency the Atlantic coast abounding in flour- shown a rebellious - people as that by the ishing colonies. These hardy race of United States. Every inducement was emigrants made so by hardships and offered by - the authorities at Washing privatioqs, had left their native country ton for them to return to their alle to enjoy the birthright of man, freedom gianee, but thiy spurned the idea of re of conscience. When prosperity began turning to the old government. 'l'lle to shed her benign rays.upon the;worthy _conduct of the government toward the colonists, England, "by whose neglect rebellious states at the commencement they grew,",claimed the right • to oppress of the war will be the most admirable them. This the inhabitants resisted, feature in American history ; and fu and the Revolutionary War was the tare generations will read it with won consequenee. When the contest was der and amazement. The first engage , ended and our independeime acknowl- ment between the= national. and rebel edged, the colonies be.c.ame united in troops occurred at Bull Run, Va., July one government under one constitution. 21, 1861, about forty miles from the The formation was attended with several Federal capital. This contestresulted years of difficulty, out of which grew the in our defeat;, and that splendid army, most complete of all governments. We unused to war, fled until they were safe rapidly grew in wealth and strength, and ly in Washington. The nation became in a few years occupied .a prominent po- astonished at the form the rebellion was sition among the nations of the earth'; assuming; with a determination to sub ourprosperity was without a parallel in due it the people of the north rushed to the history of nations. The white sails arms with wonderful rapidity. The of oar ships are spread to the.breeze on largest armies that ever marched were every ocean, and our_vessele ride at an- sent to the field. The national army chor in-all the harbors of the world.— amounted to almost a million of men The fame of the United States became find the rebels, 'by their sweeping system so great that the boast of her citizens of conscription, raised an army of needy was, "I am an American ;" the repeti- the saerie numerical strength. The ter- Lion of which never failed to'gain the ritory over which the conflict rages is speakerrespect wherever our flag floated. of the largest extent imaginable. • The In 1812 we we re again engaged in army penetrating the enemy's•coun. war with England; ,this war was of try, finds its base of supplies very'diti short duration, and the proud Lion of tent, and the line of communication- er' England w humbled,-for the second ',tending through a country whoei'P J . " t o , erre : , # to guard the - in lesi than two years resulted in our favor. In this war we were victorious in every engagement.; such -success has never been equaled in the history of wars. In thes contests the soldiers of Mississippi marched side by side with 'those of Pennsylvania, in defense of the same flag. The republic of the United States towered high above the monar chies,-kingdoms and principalities of the ' world ; and shone forth as a beacon light to the oppressed of all nations; whenreudde nly in the latter part of 1860 thel civilized world was startled by the intelligence that the Union was - severed, - - and; that the souther.) States had pro :claimed t heir independence as a sepe rate government. What has produced this change; among a people whose in ' tercets are so intimately Wend: d ? The southern States have always cherished negro slavery as a favorite institution, with the mistaken idea that wealth for me the great dividing line of society. Thus the opulent become the aristocracy, and the poorer class are placed on a level with the slave. To make this dis tinction known to the world has been one of the chief_aims of this rebellion. In the-northern States, where the labor is performed by the mass, there is a de pendent relation existing between the employer and the employed ; in this waY labor is elevated and becomes hon orable. The northern 'people believing slavery to be socially and politic-111y wrong, opposed its-: extension ; this gradually :produced a spirit of aliena tion between the -north and sott.h ; and being constantly, agitated,in the. halls of Congress by the radicals of- both sec tions led to a final separation ; on tho part of the southern States, South Caro lina WAS the first to pass the "ordinance of secession," and declare herself out of the Union. This she did. December 23, 1860 ; then folio • ed state after state until we find twelve bound together by a constitution, and proclaiming them selves a seperate government ready to ake war upon the United States if she attempted to coerce them. April 12th, 1861, the authorities of South Carolina demanded the surrender of Fort Sump ter, which being refused, 'lOOO rebels opened . fire upois the famishing garrison of seventy-eight men and forced them to surrender, The "flag of our Union" was lowered amid the shouts of the rebels, and that ,insignificant rag, the "Bars aneStars" ran np in -its stead. Never was our flag so insulted before. When this news spread over tho loyal north the, people became a unit in defense of the government; previous to this the people differed as to the policy to be pursued by the Seven days later while troops were passing through the city of Baltimore to defend the cap ital of the nation, they: warp fired on by a ti9artfess. tnob_of secossionisti ; and (1 - kit 1-.lll.lritttim, Writteri _tor The misrietticin. THE PRESENT WILL ,X9r..s. E. W MARIETTA, PA., SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1863. Jssary f guard tie line with.greaC care. This reducod the strength ofthe army, and caused the campaign of 1862 in the west to prove a failure.. The "Army of the Cumberland" have always been successful. in driving the enemy; but great results only follow a total capture of the enemy's force; this the rebels have always evaded. Neither have they confined themselves to the usages of civilized warfare, but on the contrary have resorted, to the most un just means; guerrilla warfare and bush whacking being their choicest forms.— By this means they have annoyed the western armies considerably. Davis, Mason, Slidell, Benjamin and a' host of southern politicians, have made a wreck of the fair southern states in order to gain power. By falsehood and misrep resentation they led the majority of the southern people astray ; and those who preferred the old government and the , standard for which their sires ; bled, were intimidated by the meat cruel treatment. They were often shot within sight of their own dwelling by some 'heartless bushwhacker, or tornfrom the bosom of their families by those in authority, and shut up in sortie loathsome prison with scarcely 'enough food to preserve life.-. The e caverns of the mountains—East- Tennessee 'especially—have been filled' with' Union men who have'been fed at night by faithful wife or a dutiful daughter. Thus hundreds of Union men of the south have remained firm to" the government of their choice, in the midst of persecution. For more than two years the war has been in progress, and half of that time has been spent by the national government in leniency.— Contempt for the kindness has been the result. The time has arrived for the most decided steps to be taken. It has been plainly ,demonatrated that this re bellious element. , of the south can be conquered but-it can never be Made to acquiesce. The policy to be pursued should be, to 'emancipate all the slaves of rebels and confiscate their property as the army moves southward. The ad_ venturous portion of the northern Peo ple would soon populate the country in the rear of our army, and the rebel property would immediately asalet in defraying the expenses of the war. All the inhabitants in our rear would be friendly' to our cause, and th'a would soon prove a great adVantage. Remove the heel of southern oppressiOn from the poorer class ; prove to them that they are men, and have rights and priv ileges as, such, .Establish a system of common schools, and in a short time the sunny south will be the happiest-and most prosperous 'country the min shines upon. Let the most rigid course_ be pursued and the rebellion will be speed ily &willed. Loosen the shackles of the slave inirbid him .go -free. "Thousands of young men, the pride and flowerJof the loyal north, have entered the artily, not,only for the purpose of preserving the'government, but that it may be made better, by making it alone the home of the free. Many homes have been Made sad and desolate by. the loss cit.p.a :husband, father, brother, or sou, whose lives have been sacrificed ußon the alter of their country, for their coon, try's good. Will God- leave all this punishment unrewarded ? No, never.— Ere will make the . American nation a more virtuous and - better people,; bless them with a more benefiMent govern ment and happier oonntry than —they have yet seen or enjoyed. - MIIRFREEBORO% TENN., April, 18;3. SWEARING ALONE.-A gentleman once heard .a laboring man swearing dreadful ly in the presence of companions -..fie told him that it was a cowardiy, thing to swear in company with others, w !in he dared not do it by himself. :The: _man said he was not afraid to swear at any time or in any place. "11l give yon ten dollars," said the gentleman, 'glen will go to!itre village graveyard at twelve -o'clock' to-night, and:swear the oaths you have uttered here, when you are alone with.God.".- "Agreed," said the man, "it's an easy way of earning ten dollars." '•Well; you come to me to-raoriow and say you have done it, and the money is yours." The time passed on ; midnight came ; the man went to the graveyard. It was a night of pitchy darkness. As he 'en tered the graveyard not a xi:mud was heard ; all was still as death. . Then the gentleman's words, "A lone with tiod" came over him with _wonderful power. The thought of the wickedness of what he had been doing and what he iaad come to do, darted across !.• mind er stTp,,he fell upon 4is - knees, 1940 , 1 n; stea of the dreadful ontheko,,naine to utter, the earnest -cry went np—"God be merciful to me "a Sinner:" The neat day he went to the gentle man and thanked him for what be bad done, and said. he- had resolved not to swear another oath as long as he lived. THE WAY TO GET ACONG.—We have some suggestions to- offer, which will enable our readers to get through this life in the most easy and comfortable manner. If a bee has the audacity and folly to rhea' he his sting in your cuticle, justice demands that you should npitet the hive wherein the offender had 'his headquarters, and exterminate every bee therein. If a dog bites you in - the calf of the leg, stern jus'ticO demands that you should bite the dog in the calf of his leg. On the samen princiPle, if an irate doskey rudely- elevates his'Pos terior extremities against your sacred pelson, the true way is, to Lick back.-- If a' horse fall upon you, the sublime principle requires that you shOuld fall upon the horse. If Joggs calls you a liar 'the treatment is to call him a liar and a thief into the bargain. If you are a farmer, and,a neighbor's cow happens to get into your young corn, your in stant- mode of .obtaining 'satisfaction is to turn all your cows, hogs ; &c, into his corn:, By following out these' sub lime ideas of justice and selfrespect, your daily life will be full of sweet peace and you will eventually become' as do cile,and playful asa kitten. PATERNAL ADVICE.—"VeN you ' RT. rIVOR at the dignity of sawin'-wood, La fayette, if yon is elevated to that 'ere profession, mind .and always saw ~t he biggest fast, 'Cause vy you'll only have the little 'UDR to- saw ;7en you gets tuck ered out. Yen you eats pi, as I 'spose you may, if you live to be a man, always eat the crust fast, 'cause the crust ain't a good thing to top off with, 'specially if it's tough are thick, as sole leather. Yen you piles up wood, always pat the big ones to the bottom—always, Leroy= ette, 'cause it's mighty hard exercise to lift 'ern to the top of .the pile. These are the results of hobservation,Lafay ette, an' may,bo depended-on, an' it is all for your -good -I say it." "My, fa ther," responded young hopeful, "vot a 'normons 'sperience you must a had ,1" 'How SMITH FORMED HIS LIBRARY: Smith (to bookseller .) 2 --"lt's no use bringing,me these books to loolr,at ; I know nothing about them. ,‘Tust meas ure and see how many it will take to fill the shelves... you may scatter some Bibles and TestamenTS among 'etn, just to give a moral tone"to the affair. And be sure and hale 'plenty of gilding on the backs." . . an honest man alid's noblest work, what , is_ an , honest woman.?" "His rarest, Esta blishecl Aril 11, 185.4 A Frightened Contrabund, A letter- received from "an army cor :respondent °Dile Rappahannack relates the following camp incident An amusing•incident occitted•in,damp a night or two since. .-A partly: young , contraband, from Charleston, S. C., who escaPed from 'his rebel , master tietam, and was for a while .cpiartereti' subsequently in Washington, was en gagqd by one of our junior staff officers as his body servant, and brought down here to his quarters to attend him. It. Chanced that the, officer 'had.served his . country gallantly at Sharpsburg, where he lost a lag below the knee; the ab sence of which had been made up by' an artificial limb, which the captain' wore with so easy a grace.. that few per sons who met .hitri suspected his mis fortune— his sable attendant being among the blissful ignorant as-to the ex istence of the fact. • I The - captain had been "out.to dine," and returned in excited spirits to his tent. Upon retiring, he called:his dar key servant'to assist hit in pulling off his riding boots. "Now, Jemmy, look sharp," said. the captain, "I'm a little —40.. 7 -flimsy ; to night. ~Tiook sharp, an,—ic—pall•atea- "Ise Riles keerful cap'n,!! says Jimmy, drawing °lions long wet boot, with con siderable _difficulty, and .standing it aside. • : "Now, mind your eye 7 jim I The other—ic—is a little tight," and black Jimmy chuckled and showed his shining ivory, as hisianstermas quite as 'tight" as he deemed hiii boots to be. "Easy, 110 w---that's it. Pull:away continued the, .captaia • gobd:naturedly and enjoying , the. prospective • joke, while he loosened the straps about his W& his colt IM S= w Otro = the.csiOsin, us'contraband, cork-leg, ri ding biot, and legiturei tumbled across the•tesit; iu a' heap and the - one-legged officer fell kuck Palleti tuninleed with spasmodic langht:er. At tbis mo ment the door opened and ilibratenunt entered. - • "G'way turn me= 7 -gtaw aifunree—lbm me be I- teuitne fain* done nuf- Su," yelled the contraband:Ai/Slily, and rushing to" the door, really supposing' that he had pulled his master's' leg elan of "Lemma gol I didn't do puffin-- g'wey g'wayi" And Jimmy for the' woods in his'"deepen.tine; singe which he,lia - sn't beenseei Or heard froth though sought, for bin/ far and tiear. Jimmy 'wEih a = and . . servant, but never bCfcre were treated to a 'sight of a thrbughty fright. eyed contraband. If the dakkey aint stopped he is going yet.-,-.Ppston 'Frans- ir Crossing the. Fulton. Ferry one day lately, says a New York paper,- a splendid' equipage came • on' board, the boat—prancing steeds, liveried coach men and footmen, and ,an elegant coupe. Within was a lady - dressed - with (mom. riChness.- S'l)43• was very fair, and something more 'than forty.-- With her was an unlicked cub of eight or ten years' old, Whose fine clothes seemed to be as uncomfOrtable to him . ' as were the glove tight to litirsting Upon his mother's hands. thrcingh the open window of the carriage he espied-an ap pie woman with her ,basket of fruit.— „ . "Mom,” cried the youthful UiTstocrat, want.n'arple" "Hush up,. you. ain't gain' to have none,". replied. the" iendfir mamma. - "But won't I though', by gor ry," said the boy, at. the . same time throwing himself half way out of the window, and seizing an apple, which he forthwith commenced. upon. The gen tle lady fell back with an air of-resig na tion, exclaiming, ." you darned critter, now you've got it, mind you chaw it, and spit out the`•skin. G ar A good-natured fellow nearly eat en out of house and home by the. con stant-visits of his friends, was one day coinplaining - bitterly . of his nunierims visitors.' "Shure, and I'll tell ye - how to get rid of 'era," said an Irishinan.-- "PraY how ?" "Lind` money to the poor ones,-and borrow - money from the ilia ones, and nether will ever trouble you again.". gir A 'lei - el-bitter ink" has - been in : vented, which 'is a sure preventive against all cases of breach of promises, as it fades away, and leaves the sheet blank afterbeing used a:month-Lovers need not fear . of putting their passionate thoughts upon paper after this: It mAll no doubt be in great demand. NO. 42. SOcne in a Country School. 'First 'class'~n finlosooy-steyi otit. John Jones,``hew many kingsoms` in nature 4 Fb itr! r . , 'Nano) • • Tneland, Ireland,''Scotland and . , 'Pass' to riest. Tour—the animal, vegetable and min- MN 'Good—go up head ? Hoobe,.ivhai is meant by the animal kingdom 'Lion; tigers, elephants; rhinoceresses. hippopopottamusses, aligatorses, mon keyesses, jackasses, hack drivers aki'd icholmasters • 'Very well,; butyou'll • takera lickew Wyour last remark; • • what is the:mineral kingdom ? 'The hullof Galiforsey.' • ' • ' 'Walk:straight up head.' 'Johnson, what is:the vegetable Itkng 'd OM ? • 'Garden saers,''potatoes,-earrots,_ingy _ . one and all kind of greens Which era good for cooking.' 'And:what are :pines, "and henllooki, and cling—ain't:they vegetablear ''Ne, sirree—yonl can't cook . :Tag them's saw logs, and framin' timber P. `Boys, giye.me a piece of apple, and you may have intermission except goabs.' - Class in ktitthematies.. Dawson, pia times _ -1 • 'ls thirty six.' :; 'Are °pinrol .' _ 'Are thirty.sii.' • 'King,!pine - times nine, . . 'Am eighty.one.' " • 'Am they . ?' _ _ , . 'Yes they be'—(referriog L to the -- 410 forpropf of his assertion.)' 'Give me , yoni:ilate-,l'll:Wich you that the English Grammar is -ver fore you leave this sehoollouse.• Prob lem.-4£ Tom Ilyer, whipped. Yankee Sullivan in seventeen roundsmho eitrtick Billy Patterson ?' : The fellow was witty, (says : the Boston Bee,) who at a toast at a cere bration "dor east" lately, ga , r,e the fol lowing; "Here:is' a heal tfi.to Poveriy--- r it sticirsLbY when all ,other criendilbs sake us:" INF 'Pie Fienel Goveinmeilt is' de; termined: to -have no locothotives run ning off the track, and no accidents of any kindbaying made` negligence.,-at tended with loss oy:dife, e.capitat of fence ""' 11,27 A person entering the _House .of Commons when Parliament was sitting exelairned—"Thess are goodly. 'gentle men ; I cold work for them all rnylifo for nothing." ,"What. trade any you; my good friend tr said , one 'of the atter'. dants. "A• rope maker," was the re ply- - er "Don't you think the Rev. Mr. '. a, preacher 'of great power V' asked a gentjem?n; in reference , to' a pompous, long-winded divine, who spoke in a high- keyed, drawling voice. "Yea, high drawlic power," •was the -reply of the person addressed. • - ;_gar A young lady trading with a rath .er raw clerk for a pair of stockings, asked 'dhow, high : they ::came ?" Her beauty,, and her question staggered him , but he at hist stammered out; "Don't knOw—tbouve the kiwis, gnass !" T.here is -a chap down east who' is so tender-hearted that ha bursts into tears whenever he looks at his cast-off pantajoons. Any thing that looks like suffering makes him "bile over" in- a minute. lEir "Ma," said a yonng lady, "wherea boats shall I find the State of Matri mony ?" "Oh," replied the mother; "WTI" will find it to-be one of the united states:'•' ar "What is it makes iced cakes, Mick ?" "Och I. Larry, : but its you: tkut7s stu pid ! Don't they bake theta :cowld ov,ens, to be sure I" : sir A fellow 'who was being led execution, told 'the officers .they to not take him through a certain must lent a merchant, who resi? st reet , should arrest him 'for an old red .there debt! er A. western paper ly twenty-one years. r says is on cabin was erected i 4 '' alee„ the. fill st tog and;now it cbnt,' - " .De r'ington,- lowa, Whew, a Imo, inhabitanta.P Oabiettiat'