ESE BY FRED'K. L BAKER. gilitait'.2 ,gat Ota,e, NO, 20 NORTH QUEEN STREET, LANCASTER, PA. 4 tirE manufacture our own goods, thus en - Wing us to sell at OLD TIME PRICES. TIA largest; best and most complete stock, and at lower prices than' any house in the wintry. Our immense stock of Spring and Summer 000 ,a , consists of all the novelties of the Ben in, at !east fifty different styles the inost of winch are Cheaper than can be bad elsewhere. Out business connection with our patrons fora ragd of nearly 40 years, is a sufficient guarraatce of our ability to please all who WI:Icor us with a mill. SHULTZ & BROTHERS, No. 20 North Queen-st., Lancaster. SIOVESI I STOVES! STOVESII STOVES !I ! COOK STOVES, COOK STOVES, STOVES, AT JOHN SPANGLER"S. PARLOR STOVbS, PARLOR. STOVES, PARLOR STOVES, GAS-BURNING STOVES A T JOHN SPANGLER'S. - 0 — Own, STOVES,-VULCAN STOVES FO REATLG TWO OR FOUR ROOMS WITH ONE FIRE-FOURTH 51' , PLY 0 W READY-CALL AND SEE THEM AT J,Spopler's Hardware and Stove Store Market Street, Marietta, Pa. A. LINDSAY, , a galli TIk.mANUFAC ru RER & DEALER IN BOOTS Se SHOES, lAltiiLT STREET, MARIETTA, PENN. :neat respectfully infbrrn the citizens of o,ia liurettgli sij i neighborhood that be has at the largest assortment of City made WA, (.lEurcd in this Borough, amongst' n' ht named the new-style wobz-7icia j1:111r0P111$. FOR THE LADIE. A. L. hag a practical BOOT AND SHOE enables him to select with more thm iln,sa who are not. He eontin manufacture in the very beat mariner la the BOOT .4.N1) SHOE. line, ldc, he will 1C1117.111t for neataess and fit. acid examine the new stack before tutist. S, Atiee Bocklus, M. D. It D. S.. riTFLIts his rerviees in either the Operative , 1.) nh:ical or Mechanical Departments of U ENTISTR . Terra extracted Without pain, by the: ad r.:: of the " Kitrus Oxide Gas cr (Wines : In Marietta every Tues d,y I.hd Friday, in the "St. John House," and Corner of Lovuet and second eta., Columbia. :anielni., April 14, 1866...din.j K nOSENE & GAS STOVES. &COFFEE BOILERS, GLUE POTS A the cooking for a. family may be done with K . torii.iie Gil, or Gas, with less trouble and ithS expense than any other fuel. article zn:tnulbet a red by this Cam Pa nY pi.‘rameed to perform all that is claimed for H.;L . 4= Send for Circular. A Liberal Discount to the Trade. REItosENE LAMP HEATER GO,s PEARL-ST., NEW-YORK. [6lO rilE BEST OE TILE MONTH LIES— C LADY'S PB/END-410VOled to EASEL. lON and LITERATURE. Beautiful Steel Elga , I:10. SPLENDID DOUBLE-SIZED COL.- OILS PAStIIoN PLATES. The Latest patterns Cloaks ; Bonnets, Embroidery Ric., ILiwiirild receipts, Music, &c. Wheeler & Sewing Machines given as premiums. Ned I 5 cents fur a sample copy 'to DEACON & PETERSON, 310-Walnut-st., Philadelphia DR. J. Z. HOFFER, DENTIST, „ TIFF. BALTIMORE COLLEGE LIMA OF DENTAL SURGERY, LATE OF HARRISBURG. OPPlcm:—Front street, next door to R tit•illiams' Drug Store, between Locus %lid Walnut streets, Columbia. DB, WSI. B. FAHNESTOCK, OP ICE:--MAIN-ST., NEARLY OPPOSITE Spangler & Patterson's Store FROM 7 TO 8 A. /I oFFICT Howls, ~ ITO 2. " 6TO7P. Id - ry iNIEL G. BAKER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, LANCASTER, PA OFFIrt , . —44 •—ao. riORTR DUKE STREET Cl''dudite the Court House, where he will at 'itriGasl.. the practice of his profession in all its branches. ATTENTION! SPORTSMEN!! I LL Eicy's Guo Cups, Eley's Gun VVadda, li '' 34 Cs Sporting and Glazed Duck Powder B altirnore Shot ; Shot Pouches, Powder Flasks, sold at JOHN SPANGLY:WS. °NI ET H ING NEW! Patent clasp pock et books, no gum bands to renew, adapte hnY CUAdillOll of the finance, at JOHN SPANGLER'S. A f:11010E Lot of Books for children called i n c hdtructable Pleasure Books ; School and kPt9furtßooke, Stationary, Pens, Pen holders DR. LANDIS'. LARGE LOT OF BUFF WINDOW A. SHADES at remarkably low pricea-- (' otle out JOAN SPANGLER. )(ON's Periodical Props and Clark's Fa. The do !cieli Blotter .(: : •:.-.-..4.,-: : _,... : :" . .71((. , ..4,Titt - fyi4r.t. IfiMptit eittVcrotsgitrania gournal far te gDine PUBLISHED WEEKLY, AT ONE DOLLAR AND A HALF A YEAR, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Office in " LINDSAY'S BUILDING;' second floor, on Elbow Lane, between the Post Office Corner and Front-St., Marietta. Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. ADVERTISING RATES:: One stpLire (10 lines, or lees) 75 cents for the first insertion and One Dollar and-a-half for 3 insertions. Pro fessional and Business caids, of six lines or less at ets per annum. Notices in the reading col umns, ten cents a-line. Marriages and. Deaths, the simple announcement, Flinn; but for any additionsil lines, ten cents a line. A liberal deduction made to yearly end half yearly advertisers. Having just added a " NEWBURY MOUN TAIN RIBBER Pates," together with a large assortment of new Job' and Card type, Cuts, Borders, &c., &c., to the lob Mee of " THE MA RIETTIAN," which will insure the f ne and speedy execution of all kinds of Jon & CARD PRINTING, from the smallest Card to the LARGEST Posraa, at reasonable prices. For the Mariettian. A Few Words to Moderate Drinkers It is not necessary for me to dwell upon the evils of intemperance. I need not remind any one that Rum is the giant evil of our land and the curse of our Race. This we all know. We can not deny it.- We see it every day around us.. Bat howtan the teirible curse be removed ? flow can it be banished from our midst ? What shall be done ?--what can be done?—what must be done for its removal ? This is the question that crowds in upon us, and which, should be ansWered. I am fully aware that, when this ques. tion is presented, there are multitudes who cry out : " Impossible ! you cannot remove the evil, you cannot prevent drunkenness, do what you will or can; men will make rum, and sell rum, and drink,rum, and live and die drunkards." There are thousands, who think and talk that way. But I say away with all such "Can't." ideas. The fact is there is no 'Can't" snout it. It can be done ; and what is better, it will be done. The Causes of the mischief are all perfectly known, and are all within the reach of human influence, and may all be remov ed.by the determined will, strong hands and united efforts of true men and wom en. There is not a particle of doubt in my mind about our ability to sweep Intemperance forever from the face of the earth just as soon as the sober, mot% al and Uhristian portion of mankind are prepared to do their whole duty in rela tion to the mutter. The only way to banish intoxicating liquors from the land and to • save our race from the fearful curse of Intemper ance, is to teach and practice the doc trine of Total Abstinence. Our duty is, therefore, perfectly plain jn relation to this subject. It is to pledge ourselves solemnly in the sight of heaven and be fore God and men, that we will not make, buy, sell, use, furnish, or caused to be furnished as a _Beverage anything that can intoxicate. This is our duty, and just here is where the reformation must commence. Let all who desire to add their info ence to that blessed side, which is des tined to sweep the giant evil from the earth, see to it, that the cause of Tem perance is never dishonored, or put back, through their personal inconsist ency. I care not how much a man may cry out against drunkenness, nor what efforts he may put forth to promote the cause of Temperance, he will accomplish little or nothing, if it be understood that he, under any circumstances; allows himself to indulge in the use of intoxi cating liquors as a beverage. Those. infiderate drinkers, who take a little now and thee, and sip here and there, are the ones that do the moat harm, or the greatest amount of mischief. They may drink very moderately, and then wipe their months and say, " What have we done ?" Yes, who are they, and what have they dono ? Why they are the head and front of the offending party, who have made, and who are still mak ing nine-tenths of all the drunkards in the land. Without them intemperance could not be kept up. Without them it could not even exist. If it were not fur them Intemperance would soon hide its bloated form in an execrated grave, whence it would have no resurrection, W hen the young conimensp to drink it is because good men—respectable men—men of standing, position and in• thence in the community driuk. The example of the drunkard' holds ont no lure for imitation, because the more he is known and seen the more horror and diigast be implies, BM tbosemodmate MARIETTA, PA., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1866. drinkers—they are the tempters—they are the ones that encourage others to drink. When a young man sees a poor, miserable, ragged drunkard 'reeling and staggering in the street, or lying and tossing in the gutter with inflamed eyes and bloated face, he naturally turns'away with horror. "If that is the effect of drinking," says he, "then I will have nothing to do with liquor: If it brings a man down to such degradation and misery, then it behooves me to be care ful." But let that same young man sea those moderate drinkers, sipping a littls domestic wine here, and a little choice brandy there, and a little "Lager Beer" now, and a little "Sweet Cider" then, and he will be apt to say to himself: "Well, here are persons ,ho have been drinking moderately all their lives, and they are still drinking, and yet they are not drunkards. Why may I not do the same thing, why can I not take a little without going. to excess ?" So at last he takes it. Only a little in the begiu ning. Only occasionally at first. But after awhile he wants it often, and more of it. The habit at length is formed. The desire becomes strongerand strong er, until he can no longer control him. self. He gives loose reins to his appe tite, and thus goes down step by step, and inch by inch, until his health is ruined and his powers are wasted, and his prospects are blasted, and his soul and body are wrecked for time and eternity. Now who made that young man a drunkard. Who tempted him at first to enter the path, which led him down through a dishonored life to a dis honored_grave, and plunged him into eternal ruin and everlasting destruction ? Somebody is - to blame ; and somebody will have to answer at the bar of God. Alas ! I fear, that young maw will stand up in the day of judgement, and say, while he points his ghastly finger and fixes his flaming eyes upon the guilty party : "Do you see those moderate drinkers,.who use to sip at their cider, and domestic wines and choice liquors. They are to blame for my ruin. Their example proved the entering wedge of my olownward course." Let me say then in conclusion, if we drink, what is called moderately, we may easily be led, like many others, to drink to excess ; but if we drink none at all, there cannot be the least possible dan• ger of us ever becoming drunkards. Again, if we take a little now and then, others who follow our example, being weaker, or not so careful as we are, may be led on to drunkenness; but if we ab stain entirely, we set an example which is safe for everybody to follow. Beside if we be ever so moderate, we are, nev ertheless, identified with the drinking party and the drinking system ; but if' we teach and practice Total Abstinence we raise a decided protest against the drinking system and the liquor traffic, and connect ourselves with those who are trying to save fallen Humanity from one of its greatest foes. And finally re member if you do ngt abstain entirely you must carry with you the conviction that you are encouraging drunkenness; and witholding your influence from that blessed side which is designed to sweep the giant evil from the land and off the earth. J. S. WORTH KNOWING.-A young lady, of Philadelphia, while in the country, some years ago, stepped on a rusty nail, which ran through her foot. The inflammation and pain were of course very great and lockjaw was apprehended. A friend of the family, however, recommended the application of a beet, taken fresh from the garden and pounded, to the wound. It was idone, and the effect was very beneficial. Soon the inflammation be gan to subside and by 'keeping on the crushed beet, changing for a fresh one as its virtues seemed to become impair ed, a speedy cure was effected. Simple but effectual remedies like this should be known to every one. SOFT SOAP FOB Ann.—For it lieuten ant call him captain ; for a middle aged lady, kiss her and say that you mistook . her for her daughter; for a young gen tleman rising fifteen, ask . this opinion respecting the comparative merits of a razor; for young ladies, if you know their color to be natural, accuse them of painting. sr The Bangor Postmaster was on the witness stand in a larceny case, the other day. " You are the postmaster of this city ?" asked the 'attorney. The answer was, "I am—or wifs 'when I star ted from the post ciffice.": gar It is etwaye to be feared that they who marry whiritheLde ept love, will love . where -they do , not marry. From the Phil'a. Saturday Night Morton McMichael. The present Mayor of Philadelphia, who is also the Nestor of the editorial fraternity in Clay school, ranking in point of culture, of influence and accom plishments, with such gentlemen as William Cullen Bryant, of the New York Evening Post, Col. James Watson Webb, of the Courier and Enquirer, and that phalanx of solid, yet brilliant tal ent that has done so much for the jour nalism of the country. Morton McMichael was a native of the old Northern Liberties, As he said one evening in addressing a political meeting in 1860, at the corner of Coates and New Market streets, "Boys, I want you to understand that I have a right to be here. I was born within a hundred yards of this very spot, and I have a right to be here. I am as good a Snapper' as any one present." He alluded to the fact that as a youngster he had been a member of the Northern Liberty Hose Company, whose h ouse is within a stone's throw, and to whom from time immemorial was ascribed to the sobriquet of "Snappers." We use this illustration literally, for on the oc casion of the speech the meeting was assailed with stones just as the Mayor was beginning his address; but the happy allusion of the Mayor turned the scale against them and they retired in a sad discomfiture. The parents of the subject of our sketch were natives of Ireland, They kept a dry goods store in Second street above Coates for many years. They were plain unassuming people, whose only care was to increase their store, and keep at home a growing faintly of two sons and several daughters. The old gentleman was a strict member of the Baptist denomination, and passed away esteemed by every one who knew him. Morton McMichael is solely the architect of his own fortunes ; and though 'enjoying the pleasures of a moderate, yet sufficient competency, and entire immunity Air the necessity for exertion, he was for years together a laborious, and often ill-requited toiler over the mid night oil. He illustrates in his personal position the value of a fixed purpose iu life, and the energy that leads to its accomplishment. Many persons sup pose him to have enjoyed the highest advantages of the schools, bat he did not. He entered the law office of David Paul Brown, Esq., and by hard reading and incessant study, gradually added ac complishment after accomplishment to his store. He married, early, a lady of great beauty, one of twins, so nearly the counterpart of the otter that the differ ence between them was scarcely discern ible. The predictions as to the unalloy ed happiness that the then young man would enjoy through life, have been more than verified. The young people then resided in Sixth, just above Wood street. Mr. McMichael was in politics at this time, a Democrat ; and was very soon found to possess natural as well as acquired advantages as an offhand speaker. While many of his contemporaries were spending their leisure time in festivity, Morton McMichael was storing his mind with knowledge. Hid first public position was that of school director, and afterwards he represented the District of Spring Garden in the Board of School Controllers. At that time—a good old time forever gone— the aldermen of the city were appointed by the Governor of the State, and were selected for their competency and personal worth. For these considerations Governor Wolf ap- pointed him Alderman of Spring Gar den, and the Commissioners of Spring Garden made him their committing magistrate. He eabsequlrrtly left the Democratic party and joined the ranks of the rising Whig party, lived to see it triumph over all adVersaries, and in turn : over its ruins enacted the role of Mari as over forSaken Carthage. All this time he was closely engaged in the pursuit of literary employment, and his was one' of the pens that wrote the Ledger, then battling for reputation and success, into a subsequent . prosperi ty. For five years he was associated in buainess as - a . publisher and editor, with Mr. Louis"A:Godey, of Godey's Lady's Book. Like that of Nil3BllB and Eurya- Ins, of Saul and Jonathan, was the friend ship of these two young men, a friendship existing, cemented by years 'of associa tion, to the present . dal. Godey and MeMichael became, daring that period of business connection, inseparable Com panionsi and at the festiVe board to. this day, whele one• ie., the other.ito k not far &tent. When theastruggle for preponderance between the Whig and Democratic par tiefiewas at its height, Air. McMichael was importuned to stomp New Jersey for the party to which ho had given al legiance. He did so, and with such success that the nomination of Sheriff was given to him. He soon proved that so far as he was concerned, the nomina tion was equal to an election, and a short time afterwards, the citizen select ed by Gov. Wolf' for his personal worth, as a simple police justice in the District of Spring Garden, was enjoying the emoluments of High Sheriff of the county of Philadelphia. His term, however, was a troublesome one. The Native American riots of 1844 ecenrred during its continuance, and imparted to the duties of the office a tint of military practice and usage, such as no Sheriff of Philadelphia has since been called upon to encounter. By hie course, through these riots, he increased the attachment of his friends, while he added also to the malevolence of his enemies. The riot was in itself, a blot upon the fair fame of Philadelphia, bat now its memory exists only in the recollection of a generation passing away and in the history of the Quaker city. The Native Americans enjoyed thrift after this unfortunate event, and for a time controlled the government of the city. They had a majority in Councils sufficient to render them strongly domi nant. In the meantime Mr. McMichael had retired from the office of Sheriff, and had purchased an interest in the old North American and United States Gazette. That journal has a long history of its own that, at some future time, we may possibly give. It is now the exclusive proVerty of the Mayor, and coat him, after purchasing the interests of his partners, the sum of $lOO,OOO. The Whig party had died, the Native Amer can party traversed the country as a meteor traverses the dome of heaven, and the North American at last arrayed itself against the corruptions that it had inaugurated. The Natty° party died a natural death, and Mr. McMichael gave the force of his influence to the ancuba tion of the Republican party. He was the accouchers at its birth, among its nurses during its infancy. Should it be buried, as some think it will, he will be among its pall bearers. He was nominated to the office of Mayor of Philadelphia during his ab sence from the city, by the influence of the Union League, but returned in time to take active part in the campaign. His election was a foregone conclusion, and of this fact none were more well assured than his opponent, Daniel M. Fox, Esq. Inaugurated into office, as the successor of the Hon, Alexander Henry, Mr. McMichael evinced his usual sagacity by taking matters as he found them.. For six years Mr. Henry had beau perfecting the machinery of the municipality. Mr. McMichael has since been running the machine as Mr. Henry left it, making no removals ex cept for Apecific cause. Mr. McMichael is conceded to make a very efficient Mayor, He works hard er than any of his predecessors ittorfiA and proves himself to be the right t. , : q.le‘, in the right place. He still supet ,- , vises the North American as closely as he ever did, though he is now seconded by two of his eons, abundantly compe tent to fill his place. He is an editoi in the literal sense of the term, himself writing none ; but directing the course of the paper, and supervising and adapt ing to his own ideas the articles furnish ed by the contributors and sub-editors in his employment. It is much to his credit that of those surrounding his sanctum as employees, all have served him for long terms of years, and enter. tain for him the.liveliest respect and at tachment. At a "feast of reason, following a public banquet, Morton McMichael is a king. Minerva, springing from the brain of Jupiter, was not more beautiful than . the sparkling effusions that come from Mr. McMichael's lips when the cloth is drawn, and Burgundy or Verze nay follows en suite. Witlings and new comers have, under such circumstances, sought to break a lance with him only to retire in discomfiture to ask the ques tion " Who is he ?" When they learn his identity they bid their diminished heads. The Mayorkis now about 65 years of age, with aAenstitutiun that ought to carry him He is below the medium stature; 9:11* set and very' robust looking. In Ml:inners he is' ex ceedingly pordial—a Viterthy representa tive of geitlvison, of the* imbo9l. VOL. XIII.--NO. 9. Bible Riddle or the 'Wonderful Prophet. " is not Noah, nor Noah's son, nor a Levite, nor John the Baptist, nor yet the wandering Jew, for he was with Noah in the ark; the scriptures make mention of him, particularly in St. John, St. Mark and St. Luke, so that we may believe he is no impostor. He knows no parents, he never lay upon his moth• er's breast ; his beard is such as no man ever wore, he goes barefooted and bare legged, like a grave old friar. He wears no hat in summer or winter, but often appears with a crown upon his head. His coat is neither unit nor spun, nor hair, silk, linen, or woolen, bark nor sheepskin, yet it abounds with a variety of colors and fits close to the skins. He is wonderfully temperate; he never drinks anything but cold water; he would rather take his dinner in a farm er's barn than in a king's palace. lie is very watchful ; he sleeps not in bed, but sits in a singular kind of chair with his clothe's on. He was alive at the cruci fixion. Nearly all the world hear him. He once preached a short sermon, which convinced a man of hie sin and caused him to weep bitterly. He never was married, yet he has favorites whom he loves dearly, for if he has but one mor sel of meat he divides it among them. Though he never rides on horseback, he is in some respects equipped as horse men are. He is an advocate of early rising, though he never retires to bed. His prophecies are so true that the mo ment you hear his voice you may know what is approaching." Now who is this prophet and what did he foretell ? C. K. NISSLEY. Donegal, Feb. 13, 1866. if i r A young lady riding in a car on the Susquehanna Railroad was suddenly assaulted very violently the other day by an old lady on the seat behind her, who tore the waterfall from the young lady's head, threw it on the floor, and commenced stamping on it. The young lady was at first disposed to resent this treatment, but it was soon explained to her that her waterfall was on fire when the old lady seized it She was sitting by the open window, and a spark from the locomotive had lighted in her back hair'and would soon have lighted it up had not assistance been thus promptly rendered. Some young ladies feeling aggro.. vated by the severity with which their friends speculated on their gay plumes, necklaces, rings, &c., went to their pas tor to learn his opinion. "Do you think," said they, "there - is any impropriety in wearing these things ?" " By no means was the prompt reply, " when the heart is full of vain and ri diculous notions, it is well enough to hang out the sign." "Do you," said Fanny, t'other day, " In earnest, love me as you say ? Or are those tender words applied Alike to fifty girls beside 7" "Dear cruel girl," cried I, "forbear, For by those eyes—those lips—l swear" She stopped me as the oath I took, And cried, " You've sworn, now kiss the book I" An Irish glazier was putting a pane of glass into a window, when a groom who was standing by, began jok ing him, telling him to put in plenty or "Outty. The Irishman bore the banter for some time, but at last silenced his tortpenter by saying—"Arrah now, be off wid ye, or else I'll put a pain in your bead without any putty." eir An Irish woman appeared in a court at Louisville, Ky., recently, to be appointed guardian for her child, when the following colloquoy ensued : "What estate has your child.?" '' Plase your honor, I don't understand you." " I say, what has she got?" "Chills and fever, plase your honor." fir. " Mr. White. will you have the kindness to lend me ten dollars ?" "Certainly—upon one condition." "Name it." "That you tell me why your re quest is like the back of my neck 2" "I must give it up." " Well, it is because I can't see it." liar A timid gentleman meeting a doc tor the other day, the following collo quoy took place : " Doctor, what shall take for the cholera?" " Have you got the cholera?" "No." " Well, take the cholera &mt." er Thou rainest in this bosom," it the ehap said when a basin of water thrown ovethinf tiy the lady he was eel ending.
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