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American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1864-01-20

repeating all its meanings, the pupil then
manifests his knowledge of those mean
ings or various uses of the word, by COM
posing such sentences as these:
/. John gave us relation of his ad-
ventures during the holydays.
2. The teacher gave us his views in re-
lation to good behaviour.
g. John and James are relations, for
they are cousins.
Here we think is an exercise stimula-
tive of interest, of invention, of express
sien-in word-of mind. 1t could not
but impart that power of discrimination
and selection, which after all, is the great
object of the study of words; while it
would compel the learner to think Of as
well as n,emorize the meanings of the word
while committing them This mode has
never been seen in operation, but great
confidence is felt in its efficiency.
The off-hand practice of explanation,
exacted by many teachers, is very valua.
bic, even by itself; but when conjoined
with the more severe and regular study of
definitions, its utility is vastly increased.
BY this union the mind will be made to
cease guessing, and will attain, in place of
its own crude and distrusted conclusions,
a fullness of knowledge, a precision of ar
rangement and readiness of resource,
which, while it is self-satisfying, will also
he safe and useful to others.
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1864-01-20
Relisiuus Department.
THE GUINEA CAPTAIN.

Lives there savage, ruder than the slavei
Cruel as death, insatiate as the grave,
False as the winds that round his vessel blow,
Remorseless as the gulf that yawns below.
Is he who tolls upon the waiting flood,
A Ctristfda broker in the trade Of blood
Boisterous in speech, in action prompt and bold,
He buys he sells, he steals, he Kills for COLD.
AT noon, when sky and ocean, calm and clear,
BEND ROUND his bark, one blue, unbroken sphere; ;
When dancing dolphins sparkle through the brine,
And sunbeam circles o'er the waters shine;
He sees no beauty in the Heaven serene,
No eoul-enehantng sweetness In the scene
But, darkly scowling at the glorious day,
Curses the winds that loiter on their way
When swollen with hsrricanes, the billows rise,
To meet the lightning midway from the skies;
When, from the bnrden'd held bis shrieizing slaves
Are cast at midnight to the hungry waves
Not for his victims strangled In the deeps,
Not for his crimes, the hartend Pirate weeps;
But grimly smiling when the storm Is Ger,
Counts his sure gains, and haTries back for MORE.
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1864-01-20
Eighteen Sixty-Three,

The year, which has just closed, has been
very rich in the materials of history 1t
has produced us several of the most i'm
portant victories Of the war The cloud,
which at the beginning of the year seemed
so black and lowering, is now almost COW
cred over with the silver lining Of the
sunshine of peace Everywhere, almost,
our armies have been victorious. The
rebellion, which at first extended over
nearly half of the territory of the Union,
has been driven back into the interior of
the States of Virginia, North Carolina,
Georgia and Alabama Our victories
have been important and decisive-our
soldiers have nobly done their duty. We
point with pride to the great contest at
Murfreesboro', Vicksburg, Morris Island,
Gettysburg, Port Hudson, Chattanooga
and Knoxville-all of which occurred in
the Union.
At Murfrcesboro', after several days
hard fighting, the great army of Bragg
was defeated by Rosecrans.
At Vicksburg, the army under Grant,
after months of labor and heroic suffer
ing and danger, compelled the surrender
of that stronghold, with 20 generals, 80,
600 prisoners, l25 guns ammunition, &c.
At Gettysburg after three days Of bat
tie, the Army Of the Potomac defeated
the invading army of Gen. zee, and drove
it back again into Virginia.
On the Sth of July, Port Hudson, the
only point on the Mississippi river held
by the Rebels, surrendered to General
Banks, with 5000 prisoners and 80 can
non This capture opened the Mississip-
pi River to the commerce of the country
On the 7th of September, the forces
under General Gilmore captured Forts
Wagner and Gregg, on Morris Island, in
Charleston Harbor
During the last fveor six days of Nov.
continuous battles took place between the
armies of Generals Grant and Bragg, near
Chattanooga, which resulted in the com
plete rout and Generalization of the enc
my, and the capture of sixty cannon and
thousands of prisoners.
After siege of some duration and a
terrible repulse of his attack upon oul
Notifications, General Langstreet was com.
PEELED to fall back from Knoxville. BY
this forced retreat the fate of East Ten.
nessee was cast for the Union.
Everywhere, as we have said, our arms
have been victorious. The blockade is al
length acknowledged to be efficient Oul
armies are invincible, and this year vii
be crowned with the restoration of peace
peace under the Union and the Constitu
tion.- Mercer UHig.
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1864-01-20
A Significant Confession.

The Courier DIES Etats URis, the French
paper of New York, paper that has been
from the beginning .undisguised in its
sympathy with the rebels, is compelled to
confess that the Confederate cause is in a
bad way. The odds of battle, it admits
with tears in its eyes, is in favor of the
North" Charlottesville and the first
day of Chicamauga are the only notable
reverses sustained by our arms, while we
ean'proudly point to the substantial vic
tories of Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Port
Hudson, and Chattanooga.
"The victories of the South" it adds,
shave been, moreover, sterile and so to
speak, negative; those of the North have
secured precious conquests-the naviga-
ton of the Mississippi, the conquest of
nearly the whole of Arkansas, the princi-
pal portion of Eastern Tennessee, and,
lastly, the gaining of foothold on the
shores of Texas. With the exception of
Galveston, retaken at the commencement
of the year, secession has continually lost
ground without regaining any in any quar-
ter"
This confession is the more significant
from the fact that the Courier has hither-
to been sanguine in the belief that the
South would conquer.
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1864-01-20
The Arms-Bearing Population,

The proportion which the losses bear to
the gains in the population subject to
serve in the army, is difficult question
to settle, though an important one. Su-
perintendent Kennedy has been making
some computations, based upon the census
of 1860, and the statistics of immigration
for the purpose of approximating towards
a solution. The population between
eighteen and forty-fye years in the whole
country in 1860, according to the census,
was 5,624 ,065. Upon this basis it is es-
timated that during the year 1861 about
277 800 male whites reached and passed
the age of eighteen, 128,600 arrived at
and passed the age of forty-fve, leaving a
difference of 1896 eutering upon the
military age.
The deaths, from natural causes, of the
military class of the population, would
amount to 81 900 during the year, leaving
the annual home increase 81 800. To this
add the gam from immigration In the year
186l-the proportion of arms-bearing
population, which was 81 500, and the to-
tai increase of arms-bearing population of
the country is 1913 400 This is the in
crease in state of peace, to which must
be added the losses in war. This is COM
puted at $4,000 for deaths in the service,
and 81 900 for disability and deaths af-
ter service, so that the total incresc about
makes up the losses. As the gain from
immigration is about one fourth of the
losses in the whole population, the loyal
States have greater proportion of il
crease than the rebellious ones, for the i'm
migration is entirely ON their side.
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1864-01-20
Artllur's Home Magazine
For 1864. Edited by
r. s. ARTHUR AND VIRGINIA F. TOWNSEND.
VOLUMES XIII. AND XIV

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sD- There's sweet music in dreams" f"
said an old gentleman. " Yes, there may
be-" said his wife; " but hear nothing
of it, except snore."
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Stray Cattle.

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B1- There is spectacle grander
than the seat is the sky; there is a
spectacle grander than the sky-it is
the interior of the soul.
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1864-01-20

sG-" 1t is not proper for you to play
school my dear, to day, for it's Sunday" ("
"I know it, mother, but it's Sunday
school I'm playing"
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WAVERLY MAGAZINE.
FOR FAMILY AMUSEMENT AND:INsTRUCTIoN
Edited by Moses A. DOW.

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GERMANTOWN TELEGRAPH.
A Family and Agricultural Journal,
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Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-08-06

News from the front seems to indicate
that the character Of the rebel movement
North is much more formidable than
mere raid. Lee has left Beauregard with
his immediate command to garrison the
.dsfences Of Petersburgh, and Is moving to
some point upon the Potomac with his en-
tire army either for the purpose Of NOV
ing his columns through tle richer por-
tons of Pennsylvania or TO again attempt
the capture OF Washington. Whatever
course the rebel chieftain determines to
pursue, he Will and General Grant with
his veterans on hand to meet him TAX
ing all the events Of the past two months
into consideration, it would seem that the
rebel leaders have came TO the conclusion
that with Grant knocking at their front
door and Sherman pounding away at the
back, unless some new move is made, the
lettering walls of the Southern Confed
eracy would soon come down with a crash.
Hence demonstration in force upon the
National Capital, or a grand raid upon the
North, something TO re-assure the South,
and to constitute fresh bid for foreign
interference. As the enemy have once
tried the forti6cations Of Washington to
their satisfaction, the opinion seems TO pre-
vail that he viii try the other horn of the
dileman, and sweep into the lower counties
Of Pennsylvania Dispatch TO Nel0 York
Tribune. fT t-Ge1 -.F H--H. If-r af.rr
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