The Mariettian. (Marietta [Pa.]) 1861-18??, August 29, 1863, Image 1

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    BY FRED'K L. BAKER.
Not Matolir
A Highly Concentrated Vegetable Extract.
A PURE TONIC.
DR. HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS
PREPARED BY DR, C. M. JACKSON, PHIL'A, PA,
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Debility, diseases of the Kidneys, and bad dis
eases arising from a disordered Liver or Stom
ach. Such us Constipation, inward Piles ' ful
ness or blood to the head, acidity of the Stom.
gat, Nausea, lleartbuin, disgust for food, ful
ness or weight in the stomach, sour Eructations,
sinking or fluttering at the pit of tne Stomach,
swimming of the Head, hurried and difficult
Breathing, fluttering at the Heart. chokiog or
suffocating, sensations when in a lying posture,
dimness of Vision, dots or webs before the
Sight, fever and dull pain in the Head, defi
rieney of Perspiration, yellowness of the Skin
and Eyes pain in the Side, Back, Chest, Limbs,
.ridden flushes of Heat, burning in the
.V.esh, constant imaginings or Evil, and grief,
oepreLsion of Spirits. And will positively
prevent Fellow Fever, Billions Fever &c.—
'they contain no Aichohol or bad Wnisky.—
'l'ha•y wr4L CURE the above diseases in ninety
nine eases out of a hundred.
The proprietors have thousands of letters
from the must eminent Clergymen, Lawyers,
Physicians, and Citizens, testifying of their
own pere.mal knowledge, to the beneficial ef
fects and medical virtues of these Bitters.
Do you want somsthing to strengthen you 7
Do you want a good appetite Do you want
In build up your constitution? Do you want
to feel well! Do you wait to get rtd of Ner
vousness? Do you watA energy? Do you
watt to steep well? Do you want a brisk and
vigorous tenting? if you do, use HOOFLANb'd
Berman
PA lITICULA R NOTICE.—There are many
Preparations sold under the name of Bitters,
put up in quart bottles, compounded of the
chew peat Whisky or common ruin, costing from
to 4Q cents per gallon, the taste disguised by
Anise or Culiander &ed.
this class of !Utters has caused and will con
tinue to cuuse, aa long as they can be sold,
hundreds to die the death of the drunkard.—
.132, their use the system is kept toritinuaily
under the induetice of alchobuiic stirnutantsof
the worst kind, the oesire fur liquor is created
and Lept up, and tile Jesuit is all the horrurs
attenuant upon a drunkard's life and death.
For those who desire unit mill have a Liquor
Bitters, we publish the Milo ing receipt Get
one bottle or irootland's Bitters and 11.11 X with
three quails of good brandy or whisky, end
the result will be a preparation that will far
excel in medicinal virtues and true excellence
any of the numerous Liquor Bitters in the
market, and will cog meth leis. You will
have ail the virtues of liei.dand's Bitters 171
cotitiectivii with a good Lunde of liquor, at a
much less price than these inferior prepara
tions N 1 ill cost ion.
ATXENTIO.,; Si.U.DIENS ! We call the atten
tion of all having ruations or friends in the
army to the fact that “Noolland's German
Bitter a" will cure nine-tenths of the discalins
induced by exposures and privations incident
to camp life. In the lists, published almost
daily in the newspapers, on the arrival of the
rick, it will be noticed that a very large pro
portion are suffering from debility. Every
rear, of that kind can cc readily cured by
tielinun linters. Diseases insult
ing front disorders of the digestive organs are
speedily temoved. We have no hesitation in
slating that ; if three
,Bitters were freely used
among our soldiers, hundreds of lives might
bd Bayed that otheiWlSO will be lost.
We call the pulticular attention to the fol
lowing ,remarkable and well authenticate,
cure clone of the nation's heroes, whose ale
to use his language, ithas been saved by the
[littera
PII/LAPELPHIA, August 23d, 1562.
Messrs. Junes Ff Ercans..—Well, gentleman,
your liootiand's German Bitters have saved my
life. There is ito mistake in this. His vouch
ed for by numbers of my comrades, some of
whose names are appended, and who are fully
cognizant of all the circumstances of my case.
I am, and have been fur the last four years,
a member of Sherman's celebrated battery,
and under the immediate command of Cap
tain It. B. Ayres. Through the exposure at.
ter dant upon lay arduous duties, 1 was:Muck
ed in November last with intimation of the
lungs, end was for seventy two days in the
hospital. This was followed by great debility,
heightened by an attack of dysentery. I was
then removed from the White !louse, and
sent to this city CM board the Steamer "State
of Maine," from othico I landed on the .2Sth,
of June. Since that time I have been about
as low as any one could and still retain a
tnptil kOl vitality. For a wick or more I was
i.carcely able to swallow anything, cud if I did
Pelee a MONMI down, it was immediately
thrown up again.
I could not even keep a glass of water on
my stomach. Life could not last under these
circumstances: and, accordingly, the physi
Clans who had beeu working faitrifully, though
unsucces,fuily to rescue me from the grasp
of the dread Archer, frankly told me they
could do no more ior me, and advised me to
see a ciergyman, and to make such disposi-.
lion of-my limits 1 funds as beat suited me.—
An acquaintance who visited me at the hospi
tal, Mr. Frederick Steinoron, of sixth bentiv
Arch Street, advised me, as a forlorn hope, to
try y our Bitters, and kindly procured a bottle.
rrorn the tinie i commeneed taking them the
gloomy shado of death receded, and lam
now, thank God for It, getting bettor. The'
I have taken but two betties, I have gained
ten pounds, and 1 Jeel sanguine of being per
mitted to rejoin my wife and daughter, Item
whom I have heard nothing for eighteen
months: fur, gentlemen, J. am a loyal Virgin
ian, !rum the vicinity of Front Roy al. To
your invaluable hitters 1 owe the certainty of
life which lies taken the Mucci of vague fears
—to your Bitters will I owe the glourious pri
vilege of again clasping to my bosom those
who are dearest to me in life.
Very truly yours, ISAAC NIA LONE.
We fully concur in the truth of the üboYe
statement, as we had despaired of seeing our
comrade, Mr. Malone, restored to health.
. .
J-hu euddleback, Ist New York Battery
George A. Ackley, Co. C., 11th Maine.
Lewis Chevalier, 92d NOW York.
I. E. spencer, Ist Aitillery, Battery F.
J. B. Fasewell, Co. B, 3d Vermont.
Henry IL Serome, Co. B. do.
Henry T. Macdonald, Co. C. 6th Maine.
Joan F. Ward, Co. E. nth Maine.
Nathaniel B. Thomas, Co. F., .95th Penn
John Jenkins, Co. B. 106th l'enn.
Beware of counterfeits ! Bee that the sig
nature of "C. M. Jackson," is on the wrapper
of each bottle. Price per bottle 75 cents, or
halt dozen for $4 00.
Should your nearest druggist not have the
article, do not be put oil by cry of the intoxi
cating preparations that may be offered in its
place, but send to us, and we will forward,
e ec urely packed, by exeress.
incipai Office and Manufactory,
No. 631 Aacx ST/WET.
JONES & EVANS,
(Successors to C. M. Jacksou & Co 3 )
Propnetors.
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MONITIONS IN A MULTITUDE,
BY TIIOMAS G. SPEAR.
A sage who saw a crowd
Beset his neighbor's door,
By turns or rude or loud,
As to and fro it bore,
Turned from his still retreat,
And as he near'd the throng,
His heart began to beat,
At seeming causeless wrong.
He watched their work of shame,
And said, "My native Land!
Is Freedom then a name
These cannot understand V'
And as he said, he sighed,
Nor could his soul repress,
And in their Midst he cued,
"Men I would ye aught redress 7"
"Ay 1 'twas fur that we smote !,'
Their voices quick averr'd—
When, near and more remote,
To speak he thus was heard :
"Oh ! ye of earnest hearts,
And strong and sinewy arms !
They act ignoble parts, •
Who breed a land's alarms.
"Why would ye smite? Because
Your flow man offends
Go, seek your country's laws —
There passion breaks and ends.
Ye see, and yet are blind,
And rave and rend in vain;--
The fault is in the mind—
There let your foes be slain.
"Would ye be free in name,
And not in troth and deed
Then are the sires to blame
To whom such sons succeed.
What ! freemen are ye call'd,
With phrensies truth as these'?
Ah they are most enthrall'd,
Wrongs only can appease.
For know ye not that Will,
Hath no material birth,
Yet motes with good or ill,
,To bless or curse the earth—
That Lifeis cheer'd or mared,
May suffer or enjoy,
As men their rights regain,
As minds their gifts employ-1
"And know ye not that God
Is imaged in the soul,
And animates a clod
Or moves the mighty whole ;
And shall that inward eye,
Commanding bliss or woe,
Not soar as angels high,
But sink with fiends so low?
"Seek ye by threats or blows,
With weapon or with brand,
To crush what ye oppose—
To end what ye withstand?
Then learn ye, that the weak,
When injur'd, most prevail ;
Humanity will speak
Where creeds cannot avail.;
"Are stones the foes of man,
That walls should be destroyM ?
Were alters rear'd to ban,
That mobs might he employed?
Alas ! in vain ye mock.—
Faith strengthens while ye blame,
Aud stake, and torch and stock,
Are fruitful but with shame.
Religion is a thing
Of peace, and not of strife—
To give the soul a wing,
To bring the dying life.
Is man to be forgiven,
And shall he then rebel?
Is that which came from heaven,
To make the world a hell?
"If men would here be free,
Would ye their rights impair,
And have them wildly flee,
Or linger in despair?
Then let not birth or creed
Commend them to your ire ;
Their part, let nature plead,
Let yours, the world admire.
"If changes are design'd,
.L.Pt mild discussion reign,
That light may reach the blind,
And Truth the dull constrain .
If good is to be done,
Persuade, and not decry,
And all coinpulsion shun '
In onset or reply. •
"The right which dwells in one,
Inheres in all mankind,—
And wrong, when once begun,
foritws flee wrong behind.
MARIETTA, PA., SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1863.
Then stay, with rigid hand,
The misdirected ire,
That flings the fiendish brand,
And lights the mournful pyre
"What is your quarrel here,
That Law may not decide?
If ye have hearts sincere,
Stand by your country's side ! '
As men, abstain from crime ;
As Christians, shun its cause ;
As patriots, act sublime;
Think, nobly think, and pause !
"Judge not in wrathful hour,
Nor foster mad disdain,
But rather, in your power,
Consider and refrain.
When each no more is rude,
But seeks the right to find,
Then may the multitude
Act worthy of mankind.
"Les not rash heads and hands
Have sway to mischief prone,
Nor feuds from other lands
Be grafted on your own.
From zealots stand apart,
And faction and misrule ;
He has the wisest heart
Who always feels at school.
"That germ of sense divine,
Which guides the kindling soul,
Let it in action shine,
And all your deeds control.
Mistake not party rage
For patriotic fire,
Nor in a cause engage
The land may not require.
"That zeal of soul is best,
Which loves what's wisely done,
Nor sports with rights possess'd,
Nor what was dearly won.
There are, whose wiles are laid,
When times are most serene ;
Beware ! nor be betray'd
To mischiefs they may mean.
"Is there a pulpit's cry,
That leads to thoughts unkind?
Turn ye, turn andily,
Its mad or moody mind.
Is there a press of pen,
To lore delusive given 7
Take heed ! nor lean on men
By crude conceptions driven.
"Seek by good deeds to rise,
And with true minds to sway ;
Toil makes the manly wise,
Nor leads the young astray,
Let eulture then impart
Its aid to bright designs—
Give Life to glorious Art,
And Science that refines.
school for every boy—
A change for every hand—
Home pleasures, and employ
That may the heart expand—
With habit, to improve
In manners every day—
These are the things to love,
That never will betray.
"A house for every head—.A
home for every heart,
A spot whereon to tread,
And act a virtuous part •
A land wherein to live,
And on its laws rely—
These ye aie called to give,--
And will ye the. deny?
"Be mild, be just, be true,
And freedom then is sure—
Nor threat nor strife renew,
But go and sin no more.
Court every social place,
Seek every pleasant thing—
And joy to all the race
Around the land shall spring
4, llfalre law your friend and guide,
In things of earth or heaven ;
Be every throb o! pride
To State and country given.
Who serves these, serves the right,
For these protect the free ;
Their source is moral might,
Their aim is Liberty.
"Hence to your household doors,
Where wait impatient arms;
Go, seek your hearths and floors,
Away from these alarms.
Fly ! ere insulted power
Descend en noisy guile,
And ye, in thoughtless hour,
Are number'd with the vile.
"Act as your fathers would,
Had they been here to-day;
Do as their children should,
And shun all feud and fray.
Stand forth as men should stand
Who would not suffer blame,
And be unto the land
A pride, and not a shame !"
They heard him, and did heed,
And loud their greetings ran,
That one so sage should plead
What few had cared to scan.
He left them with farewell,
And in the Wayward crowd
The crest of passion fell,
The heart of hate was how'd.
He went his quiet way,
And they went theirs as soon.
The latest estimates of the claims
against the city of New York on account
of losses incurred in the late riots are
two million dollars. At first it was said
that the amount would not exceed four
hundred and fifty thousand dollars. At
this:rate a few days more will carry the
amount up to three million dollars.
For The Mariettian.
BEFORE AND AFTER; or, Five Theses o
Married Life.
By Grantellus
INTRODUCTORY
" Ask thy mother earth, why oaks were
made
Taller or stronger than the weeds they
shade:,
Acknowledging the universal equality
of mankind, yet there is a great fact that
underlies the sexual organization of the
race and the constitution of its social
relations and duties, which seems to be
overlooked, or entirely obliterated and
ignored, in the modern discussion of
theories involving sexual "rights." This
fact is the great truth; which recognizes
a difference or an unlikeness in the sexes,
at the_same time that it also recognizes
their perfect equality before God and
the law. The proper functions and
spheres of men and women, physically,
morally, politically and socially, and
perhaps also intellectually, although
equal, are yet as different as the func
tions and spheres of the "oak" and the
"snow-drop" at its feet,—the "sun-flow.
er" and the "morning-glory" that twines
around it—the "lofty mountain" and the
"murmuring rill" at its base. And when
fromany cause, the feminine instrumen
tality usurps or assumes the functions of
the masculine, there will result a race of
"men-women" that must be uncongenial
to a properly organized male mind, and
induce eventual repulsion or alienation.
Reverse the position of the sexes from
their true original, either way, and the
result must inevitably be the same, and
the chief wonder is, that there should be
found men and women in the world, who
can so far unsex themselves as to desire
such a reversal or perversion of social
order. Some person has written, that
the reason why there is so much infideli
ty in the marriage relations of mankind
is, because "all the world is married to
somebody else's wife or husband," which
means a pervading uncongeniality of
sexual aspirations and spheres, unhappi
ly united together in a merely legal
marriage union. What can be the
reason that strong-minded men seldom
or never yearn towards, or seek a con
jugal union, with strong minded women,
but that they are more strongly drawn
towards a predominating feminine af
fection, in order to counterbalance their
own cold intellectuality? The case is
the same with the truly cultivated fe
male mind—it has no affinity for a "wo
man-man," but on the contrary it leans
towards an object which it can "love,
honor and obey" in return for the "love,
protection and support': which it re
ceives. Equal the male and female
minds, rights-and privileges, surely are,
in the sight of men and of angels, but
unlike in their spheres of use, their in
ternal affections and their external
manifestations; and the sooner and the
more 'truthfully these distinctions are
realized .and recognized, the nearer a
millennium in married life will be at
hand. The true intents and purposes of
the married relation are, that the man
and woman should become a perfect one
—a unit in a'l the aspirations, aims and
duties of life ; sad to make a perfect
one, there must be a perfect male and
female mind, as well as a perfect male
and female body. The yoking together
of two male minds, or two female minds,
even if the sexes were physically differ
ent, would be, and is, wherever it exists,
as essentially a duplicate as if two men
or two women were united together in a
legal marriage. Sueb unions can only
be externally maintained, if maintained
at all ; bat in ninety-nine cases in .a
hundred, if there is not a firm moral .
stratum underlying the character, they
usually tern.inate disastrously to the
peace and happiness of the married par
ties. The modern agitation of the
question of sexual "rights," whether of
man or woman, are only superficial—
skimming and discussing the froth that
rises to the top, expecting to find the
causes of existing social evils there,
whereas they lay hidden down deep in
the corruptions of the human heart, and
the perverted outbirths of its affections.
No pure-hearted and right-minded
man can possibly feel solicitous that his
own individual rights will come into
conflict with the rights of woman, nor
will a true woman be anxious lest her
rights may come into conflict with those
of man; these jealousies and anxieties
are indulged in by those alone who are
in the effort to reverse the order in
which mankind was.primitively created,
and the departure from Which ha 4 been
the cause of all the domestic infidelity
and strife that we now see in this degen
erate world. Men moManifying them-
selves and women manifying themselves,
must ever—in the esteem of those
_4p-
proximating to the image and likeness
in which God hae created them—be as
repulsive a sight and sound as that of
a clucking "cock" or a crowing "hen."---
Whei3 individuals, families, or societies,
become so far familiarized with the va
rious monstrosities that grow out of a
reversal of the order of nature, and de
vote their energies and ingenuities to a
perpetuation of them, it only evinces
among them a predominating love of
evil and disorder, which, under a bigher
degree of moral and intellectual light,
is in danger of becoming wicked and
There is no occupation, office or po
sition in life, that has not attached to it
a world of anxieties, vexations, respon
sibilities and labors, that are partially
or altogether unknown and unapprecia
ted by those in different situations and
offices, and therefore many persons, of
both sexes, when they have attained the
positions which they may have long
coveted, they find that, they do not re
alize the ease, irresponsibility and per
fect content which they imagined those
positions would seem to convey, when
seen from that distance which "lends
enchantment to the view." This is,
partly, because they may not have acted
well their parts in their old positions ;
and, bringing with them the same selfish
aspirations and ambitions - , they find
themselves circumscribed by uncongeni
al restrictions or disqualifications, for
the efficient discharge of the functions
of the new ; and partly because a blind
zeal and a warped judgement may have
led them to mistake the means by which
the Almighty has surrounded them, for
the ends wtiich those means were intend
ed to accomplish.
The great and general misconception
of the proper functions and spheres of
man and woman before marriage, is the
fruitful source of many of the evils and
inequalities that are so often developed
among the sexes after marriage. If
they are not equal, then they are utterly
mismated and the world is planned all
awry; but if they are alike, and can
with impunity interchange their respect
ive offices and uses, then there had been
no necessity of creating them male and
female in the beginning. Granting that
woman is man's equal--which is a
truism which no true 'flan will for a mo
ment fail to apprehend and concede—
yet it does not follow from this that she
should break up her household paradise
and rush forth, emulous of fame, to tread
the thorny paths of notoriety in the
political arena, the forum, or the pulpit.
Differing in degrees of affection and
perception by creation, and thence by na
ture, the plane of their uses were also in
tended to be diverse,and therefore among
the sons of Israel was the statute, that,
"There shall not be the garment:of a
man upon a woman, nor the garment of
a woman upon a man ; because this is
an abomination." The rough and shag.
gy exterior of the man, as well as his
large-boned and muscular physical jute
Hor, when compared with the almost
universal softness, tenderness, and deli
cacy of physical structure of the woman,
must ever indicate that they are the
mediums through which different affec
tions, different functions, and different
duties are to be manifested and diffused
throughout the social, the political, and
the religious world.
Upon a right apprehension and ap
preciation of the true relations between
man and woman, is based the regenera
tion and final disenthrallment of the hu
man race. Had there, from the begin
ning of society, been an acquiescence,
from an interior principle, in all "the
statutes and judgements" that had been
spoken into the ears of the people on this
subject by their Creator.; and bad not
internal disobediences and revolts on
the one hand, and external tyrannies and
grasping exactions on the oth'r, so ex
tensively tainted the quality of the mar
riage union, and thence given tone and
character to society in general, there
had not been the ghastly sights of bro
thers' hands imbrued in brothers' blood,
and the weeping and mourning among
the deserted and berieved, which is now
seen in society and abroad on every
hand. The contentious busy-bodies of
the world are not content to know that
a peach is unlike a pear, although both
in their way may be equally good—they
must settle the matter by argument and
the final voice of the majority ; as if
they were sure that majorities were not
traveling in the broad road instead of
the narrow way that leads to life; and
as if mankind would be wiser and better
if these things were - settled in this way.
The rights - of man and woman are not
pointa that need be thus settled, for
they are not points at issue--there is no
antagonism between them that needs a
VOL. 10.---NO. 4.
declaration of superiority or inferiority,
for they are equal in all the rights and
privileges which respectively pertain to
them, however unlike they may be in
their manifestations of use. Mankind
is legitimately characterized by different
degrees of intellect and affection, differ.
ent degrees of mental and physical
power, different degrees of domestic and
religious quality. and different degreess
of social and political sentiment, for the
purpose of carrying out the order of
their creation, for
"Order is heaven's first law; and this
confest,
Some are. some must be, greater than the
rest."
In the following chapters it is intend
ed to illustrate some of the prevalent
phases of human life before and after
marriage ; and although these views are
personal to no special individuals or lo
calities, yet the reader may see imper
fectly reflected some of his or herr own
experiences, either founded on personal
observation, or on passages of their -own
lives. The experiences cf courtship and
married life are perhaps as various and
as diversified, and present as many dif.
ferent aspects as the different disposi
tions and temperaments of those who
address each other and become united
in marriage ; but it is only necessary to
enumerate a few of them, and those few,
such as combine more or less of the
characteristics which govern all of them.
It must be apparent to the virtuous,
the refined and the christian reader, that
there is a prevailing grossness, if not
an absolutely indelicate association of
ideas, connected with the institution of
marriage by the masses of mankind,
which renders the purity of its origin
and its uses of a very doubtful nature;
and if anything in the following chap
ters is calculated to dissipate any such
perversions and mis-conceptions of 'a
merciful provision of a benevolent De
ity, and leads to a proper contemplation
of the subject before marriage, in order
that there may be a continuance of mar.
riage felicities afterwards, and to the
end of the lives of the married parties,
then more will have been accomplished
in penning these "phases" of human life,
than ever had been expected in the
most sanguine. views of the writer.
"To pure'tninds, all things are pure,"
is the language of a wisdom to which
many in the various grades of human
society have not yet attained ; never
theless, if mankind cannot become
"wise as serpents" and at the same time
as "harmless as doves," then they never
can attain a foothold on the "other side
of Jordan." Elevation—moral, social,
and civil- elevation of purpose, and a
complete renovation of all the aims and
ends of life, must be effected ; and this
too must by a series of self-compulsions,
be effected in-each individual heart and
mind before marriage, if those contem
plating that relation expect to' be mutu
ally benefitted themselves, or to be fit
instruments for the begetting, and con
fering lasting benefits upon posterity,
or upon the families and the friends of
those by_whom they are daily surround
ed afterwards. Let it ever be held in
special and sacred remembrance, too,
that
"Marriage is a matter of more worth
Than to be dealt in by a'torneyship i't
and therefore needs an invocation of that
light without which all in this world ik
dark and uncertain indeed, There must
also be a forgetting and foregoing of
self, and an interest felt in, and an af
fection for, things out of self, to consti
tute a true reciprocal relation of the
sexes. A merely selfish wish, desire,
aim or object, can never be obtained
without involving more or less of the
happiness, the comfort, or the manhood
of others. And if this selfishness is
sought to be exercised by either the one
or the other of the married partners, the
harmony of their union is sadly inter
rupted; and if by both of them, it is
entirely destroyed, so far as the essence
of a true union is concerned. " True
hearts never grow old," and although
the body may become attenuated enc
feeble, and the hair silvered by the
frosts,of many winters, yet mentally an..
spiritually there may be a tendency u,
wards a youthfulness even in this lit;
that will only reach its highest state o'
beauty and perfection when it has done
with the things of time, and wings it:
way through-the realms of eternity. A
life of pure wedded love, even amid the
pains and trials that are incidental to
this world, is worth striving for, and
brings with it a measure of peacefulness
that is little appreciated or valued by
the •libertirie or the sensualist. If in
the beginning of married life those
trials embittered the cup of connithial
joy, an earnest, patient and persevering
effort will bring sweetened joys in ad
fogyrriNULD Oyr FOURTH PACIV.I