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svMpgllc MEANING orCoLoRs.-wbite

SYMB, Lie MEANING oFCoLoRs White
was tho emblem oflight, religious purity,
Innocence, faith joy and life: In the Judge
1t indicates integrity in the sick man,
humility in women, chastity.
Red, the ruby, signified, divine love, the
Holy Spirit heart Of the creative power and
royalty. White and red rosrs express
love and wisdom, as in the garland, with
which the anc'.,,,s crowned ST. Ceca Tn
another sense red sgnifes blood, war, ha
tired and punishment. Red and bI,ck
combined were the coIors of pnrga,nry
Blue. "r the 'pphire. exvr~ssed heaven
and the tirnament. truth, constaucy and
fidelity.
YelIew, 'r gold, was the symbol of the
sun, of the goodness Of God. Of imitation
or marriage, faith or fai,hfu'n.ss. IL the
p c'ure Of the Apostles, St Peter wears a
pel'ow mantle over blue tunin. yellow
also signifies Inconsistency, Jealousy, decei,
in this sense it was given to Judas, who j.
generally ,habi,rd in yellow.
Green, the emerald, is The color Of spring
hope, particularly hope Of i,nnor, ALT y, and
of victory ue the color of palm and laur
e
Violet, the amethyst sigrifrd love and
truth, or passion and suff-'ing. Heuce il
Is The color ofren worn BY the marty rs.
Black expressed the earth, darkness,
mourning wickedness, death; and it was
appropriate to the P,inre of u. kuess. In
some old illuminated manuscript Jesus. in
'he temptation. wore bla. k robe. Wiie
or black together signit. putty Of life,
and mourning or llumiI, nion.
e gentleman lying on hi death bed. cal
led to his co"chnan, who had been an old
servant, and said: "Ah Tom, l am g,-
ing long and rugged journey, worse ,hnn
you ever drove me- o, dear SIR replied
the fellow (he having been an in,l,ff.,-n,
mastery. never let that discourage YOU f.,
it is all down hill.'
Dead men with bpII-t hoes throu-h
t'em are said 10 be plenty in Mississippi
oome sporting men in New Orleans a,e
g'iting up goat race.
ihe var dispatches in English ppnera
are aa'd to puzzle the Germans exceeding
L..
Tie hr'"klavers Of Memphis have struck
for seven dollars per day.
Nantucket girl. who. at il,s .pe Of
n'''e"' married nnn of forty FIVE, petitions
fer divorce.
| Sewing silk from American cocoons is
manufactured in Delaware.
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INFLUENCE OF SM1LEs.-A smile is in
deed thing Of beauty. Whether living
on the lips OF gladstone youth, or flckering
OH the dying features Of worn out age, i,
holds its beauty still Whether max .ng
loveliness yet more winsome, or rendering
ugliness les repu!sive than it's wont, IL
smile yet holds its na'ure-yst i, is beam
tl'ul. Magic turks therein, and sways the
human heat as words never can; quickens
It's pulse, or sootbes and calms the hu, ret
tbrob as they may need. And berea,I, the
encouraging influence Of one swce, up
holding smile. the heart itself may change
its mood, may yield ,ts mad intent,i no,
cast out forever its evil prompsings and it's
dark propensities. And 30 may the smiles
of derision madden hey ond what the utmost
words can do,' evep as the emile of praise
will spur humanity to great and noble, deeds
beyond the approach of all other prompt
ings. Its silent power silks in the heart,
and heal some new made thrust, as sweet:
Iy and gently as falls the mysterious dew
IRON heaven. Aud the smile OF lowell It
beams in the mothers eyes aa she sees
beauty in her infants face, and silent
laugh Of unknown joy from her darling
boy. 1t plays with, stronger and more
thrilling magic, as her hearts. idol meets
her far seeing eye, and draws near to let her
look of love lose none of its precious
value in needless. distance between them
And with deeper, purer joy, it ;comes-to
the wife'sglad face when her husband 8
fond gaze tells her how much is gained
since he frat called her Wife Holy, beau
tiful indeed. is the smile of sa,homles. and
perfect ;love-too seldom indeed does il
live, too seldom l'ghtens heavy cares and
earthly sorrows. -
Too seldom does it have its birth-too
often does it soon leave life's pathway even
If fairly born and dearly Welcomed there.
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NEW DUTY FOR CUsroM House Or
r1crAts.-A small vial, containing about
an ounce of grayish powder, has been
given to every outdoor custom house
officer, by order of the Board Of Customs
at Leitb, Scotland, with Instructions to give
aquantity Of the powder to any person
who may be seized with diarrhoea The
vial bears label with instruction for using
the powder. The steps taken by the gov
ernment officials show their anxiety to
meet promptly the first case of cholera; but
1t 's satisfactory to know. that, as yet, al
vessels have come in with clean bills of
health, and the health of the inhabitants
generally: is good.-N Y. Poss.
The. LouisSille Courier complained recent!
ly that a four column leader in the Jour-
nat was enough to make the reader sweat
and he declined to reply to it. Prentice 10
reply says that his articles, whether long.
or short, generally make the Courier sweat.
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DR.. CRAvEN's; BooK.-Tbe Washing
ton correspondent Of the Boston Post sa Us
that "the sale Of DR.. Craven's book in the
District ofsColumbia-is greater than the sale
OF any other book ever before offered
Notwithstanding its exior..opateIy Zig price
tho scarc'ty of1nouey AND. the fear 10 spend
II this book is bought BY The very poorest
classes of. the: ooununiiiy1 with an asi lily,
that proves how pnisetsai istbe in,erets slsls
in Jefferson Davis. e Rad;eai, sConseryi.iys.
Democrat and seceasioaist all rua alter il;
comment omit all but :Aghs over it,,
Pecupiarily lit sail evetywbers, else. ASA.
does hsat, it viii: be the tssses.ss.. lisssry.
success Of the ags;. -
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A lady, observing the following notice
on-a board: Horses taken 10 to grass.
Long tails, three ahilliDgs and sixpence
short tails lwotsbiliiDgs,, asked the owner
OF H hpd ths zesaon fot the difference Of
Rpdes ss"hE yossss5 5ima'sm,' he replied,
ssjg ..ne jio9g tails css brush away the fies, bpt
ths . short tails sts 90 tofpeptsd BY .ttsm,
thsycsn hardly eat. ii ail, <
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BREVITIES.

BREvITIEs.
1t you have much, give of your
goods.
1t you have little, give of your
heart.
M'strust young man when you wact TO
have pretty wife.
M'str"s. your wife when you wan. to
keep secret.
M'strust beggar when you have mon
ey.
BE Kind 10 everybody, and in the prac-
lice "i life give each man his due, 10 pro-
Por''on to hIs education and his ir,eili-
gence. "A physician, how ver learned he
may be, cannot apply the same remedy to
all diseases.
The creates: king has never carried anv.
thing but winding-sheet GU: of the
would.
Our virtue is resignation.
ou' fortune, the contempt of riches.
Our happiness, the hope of another
life.
AMI it adversely como and prowl around
us, W. 10 not for that render less plorv
to God.
Put no confidence in a woman who is
very th'n; who is always aing, or Pretend
ing T." be ST.; WHO laughs at AMI is conse-
que"tly complaining; and who, after
breathing one 81 igh towards Hcaven, ,brea,hes
4 couple towards earth.
Science is like the rain from Heaven. if
drop Of it fail in n gaping oyster it be-
comes peal; if into a viper's mouth. i,
turns to poison.
Men are like money, and are made
some Of gold, aud Others Of silver, tho
great majority ofc"prer. Accept none of
them for more than they are really
worth.
The Rev. DR.. GiI6llan was, one winter
night, sailing from Liverpool to Glasgow.
A topyish youth resolved to enj,y some
light conversation with the Scottish parson.
"Pray, Doctor, can you tell me why that is
called the dog-ta' - said The youth pcint-
ing in the direction Of that lum;nary.
'.B'canse it is sky.,errier, suppose e." was
the reply.
No ono can avoid his own company, 80
he had best make it as goud as pos
sihle
1t is not the vanish up"n the carriage
that gives 1t motion or strength.
/" time Of anar hy, lie, your conduct be
thus: With those who sing, sing shriIler
than they; with those who Shout. shout
louder than they; With honest People, be
more honest than they; if you tall IN with
Jackals eating carri'u; turn jackaI and share
their feast; otherwise they will rat you. IT,
one word, roar with lions and in the em-
pre- OF apes, cap-r more spishly than
they.
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: Luther, when study ing, always had his
dog lying at his feet-a dog he had
brought from Wsrtbu,g, and Of which he
was very fond. An: worn crncifix stood
o." the table before him! and. the walls OF
his study were struck round with carica
lures OF the Pope. He worked q, his desk
for days Together without going out but
whep fstgued. and the ideas begun 10 stag.
ger in his brain, he would take lis flute Of
guitar with him into the porch, al d there
execute musical fantasy, (for he was a skill.
ful musicIan,) when ideas would flow IN.
on him as fresh as flowers aftera sum,ner
rain. Music was his invariabIe solace at
such times. Indeed, Lu,her did not be.i.
ta's TO- saytha'. after ,l,eolngv. music was
the tts' Of aeis: Music, said be, is the art
OF the prophets; il lathe only art which,
Ike theology, CAD calm the sgitation ..oi
thu soul and put the devil to fight"
Next to music, If not before. il, Luther
loved ehildrsa and ao~ers.. Tha, great,
gn"r'ed m"a had>a heart. as tsnder rs. a;;wo
S - q, -
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The house OF Mrs. Warner; ia Newark.
N. D., was entered by roblsr, and on
the lad, refusing % surrender her moi. CIV.
she was choked, chluruiormed and rob-,
bed.
'"ferrlble weather, lli,l" said Ouilp.
w'p'ng his brow. Never saw any wealth
er too hot tor me-" said G. iii; Il coupr ,tu
'uie You on being l,epalev for your ut,-
,nate destinJ!'
The new style OF bonnet IN Paris is call,
Ell 'he Gaia lane. II Ii described rs "long
ana square, Tue shape Of the pucket hand
kercbicf the Italian women wear on their
heads. Another sweet thing is the BoIero
v.sile. =
lhe Chaplain Of the House OF Repr esen.
tHtlves has this session prayed hard for the
party OF the majority of the uouse; and
they have increased bis salary trom $l2uo
$500. lie has gained this $500 extra
by praying on the strong side.
I"e C;"cin"a'i Commercial (Republican)
thinks the Convention called 10y Randall,
Dool'ttle. Browning, C"wan and others, 10
meet IN Phiadel ph,a ON the l4,h of Au-
gust Is likely to essums the proportions of
political event oi frst-cIass importapce.
A-baIlooni,t in Rome, New Yo,k, un-
dertook to make an ascension on the A,b
with rar,ieI air sbalIoon. The concern
|
took fire aud aoat.d over the town, drop
ping hprn'ng fragments among the build
ing". Two Of which were DESTROYED.
"A Mobile paper says the Austrian Am
oassador had retu'ned from Atlanta will,
nineteen ex-Confeterste officers, all Of
whom have accepted positions &. in the Aus.
trlan army. Large numbers, Of Mob,linns
would accompany him on his return to
Europe, both as oficers aud privates.
--- =
HoTEL KEKP1Na.0 Our WEsr.-The pro.
pr'etor Of a Rec ,e river hotel has posted
up the following rules and re- guIations:
Board mus. be paid in advance; with
beans; fifteen dollars; without beans. tw;;Ive
doi"rs salt free. No extras allowed
Potatoes for dinner. Pocke,iug at meals
s'rEtly forbidden: Gentlemen ars expect.
ed to wasI, out Of doors, and find tbe;,
o~" water. No charge for ice. Towel.
age at The end Of the house. Extra cba,oo
for leeats around the stove. Lodgers mus,
lind their pwp:straw. Beds on tbe bar.
room floor reserved for regular customers
PerAons sleeping in the barn are reopeste
not to take Of ,hef boo.s.-L,,dgers ioside
arse At + AK; 10 the boraas u, 8 O'Clock,
! Nc Sighting alloved AT: the ,abls. Auy
one; violating THE, above rules viii b.,
shot. -
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BEER vs. WlNR.-An American now
travelling in Germany writes as follows to
Il western paper;
In Southern Germany, where wine is not
at all de-r. beer has almost entirely sup
planted j, in popular favor, and N Sw,zcr.
land it ls rapnlt doing 30. The demand
tor brer i not ~a-ily met even in Bavaria
where it is made in altogether the largest
quantities If any German State, and tie
price ii, the i're"r'ies is w. r"n'~ gl,r>s
while at railway stations, aui indeed in
almost all pnhIic places, it is three cents
glass. In Northern Germany even in
Saxony aud Souhern Prussia, the Bavar-
an beer ia in such repute as to command
ak cents the glass, and 10 sell freely at
that price. In Switzerland it is sill mo re
dear, quart bottle costing more than a
franc. The demand ia rapidly increasing,
ard while the vineyards are a good source
of income, the breweries are yet more
valuable. 10 France, beer is becoming
more'and more n favorite; and, indeed. it is
a fact that in all the countries with which
l have any acquaintance there is the same
rapid increase in The demand for beer, " l,ici,
we have witnessed during the past. few
years in America. Brfnre it wine seems
to stand no chance; almost evsry one pre-
fers the slight bitterness, the imagined
,nourishmenl and real strergth of2tbe Bava.
rian beer TO the thinness and sourness Of
native wines of this country.
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UsKYUI. TARIR

IN consequence OF numerous ipou;,;e.
aa''y as to the price of Cold for copsasna c.e'
s'e N o'es during certain period. We h.v.
Tor the convenience Of our c;,;v.ns n-ve
may have SGT, dement's to make n,s,s,1S uS
.ao'e from our books. showing sc,"ai pt",Iu 10
'r"m Jhnuary l, 1861, to M.v ,.ae ne
nrn's, ] 10 as ,,!, you, service, should you thinH
r. G. BARBER & sos
A,.,,o, ~ Exchange Brokers.
,sr, mT'ces Of Gota for Confederate Note,
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THE
CHARLESTON DAILY COURIER,
BY A. S. WILLING TON g. CO..
CITY PRINTERS, Ill EAST BAY,
NOTICE.

Unnl the greatly increased Gus, of publishing
newspaper shall warrant otherwise, we have
adopted and will rigdly auhere to III. following
schedule Of prices:
SUBscsiF1roN- Daily. twelve months. $1,000;
D"il>, elx m"nths. $500; Daily. three months,
t2.5"; Tri-we.kIy, twelve months, 800; Tri:
e+kIy. rix months. s4OO; Single copies, s
cents; To Eews Dealers, 3 cents.
No subscription will be renriyed for q less
period than Three Mon'hs for the Daily and Six
Mouths for the County Courier.
RATES OF AbvERTIsINo.--Fifteen cents limo
for fret insertion TEN cents line for each sub.
seqnsn, insertion. Five lines or under to BE-
charged half square. Subject to discount OF
~ per cent. oil all bills Of $50 and over-or on
all bills of regular advertisers
I For Marriage aud Funeral nQiices. 81.
1t 10 highly desirable that all Society, Compa:
ny sud Estate notices should be paid in advance.
All Ball and Exhibition Advertisements must bs
paid in advance. unless they are ordered to DO
charged 10 regular advertisers.
A. 8. WELLINGTON d Co.,
Proprietors of Courier.
April 8. 1866. "
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A thirty pouudsesl was recently caught
70 the vicinity. Of Hartford, 'ss<:
Jackson. .Nis; has had & eoloisd washer.
uomsniscopvehtiou. Go .s%.S-
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Which was the last actual sale for Confederate
Notes.
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1866-06-20
PADDY sLAkE,s ECHO.

In the GAP Dunio
There's echo 50:
And some Of those echoes Is very surprisin';
You'll think In this staye
That name 10 desaive-
For a ballads thing you c> peet to find lies in
But sartin and thfue
In that hill forninst you
There's echo and safe AZ the bank too;
How dye DO, Paddy Blakei"
The echo politely says, & Very well, thank you"
Gns day Teddy Keogh
With Kate Connor did go
To hear from the echo this wonderful talk, Sir;
But the echo they say,
Was cunthrairy that day,
Or perhaps Paddy Blake had gone ont for walk, Sir.
"Nowr says Teddy TO Kate,
+" 'Ts too hard to be bate
By this deaf and dumb baste Of an eeho, so lazy;
But II we both shout
To each other, no doubt
Well make up echo between us, my daisy
"Now, Kitty" says Teddy,
ITO answer be ready"
oh, very well thank you" cries Kitty; then, Sir
Would you like to be wed,
Kitty darlin'i" says Ted.
" Oh, very WE'LL thank you,' says Kitty again, Sir.
DO you like me :" says Teddy;
And Kitty, quite ready.
Cried, Very we'll thank You" with laughter oeguing
think you'll confess
Teddy conld not do less
Than pay his respects to the lips that were smiling
Oh. dear Paddy Blake,
NAV YOU never forsake
Those hills that return us such echoes endcnring
And may girls all translate
Their soft answers like Kate,
No faithfulness doubtng, no treachery fearing,
And, boys, be you ready,
Like frolicsome Teddy
Be earnest in loving though given to Joking;
And thus, when inclined,
MAY all true lovers find
Sweet echoes to answer from hearts they're invoking
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1866-06-20

selves, raise the crop, and give one-hal
Of the cotton, or one:third of the entir,
crop for the use of the plantation.
On two plantations the hands are hired
by the month, and on two or three Others
by the task or piece, and under the con
troll of the planter. but the general rule i:
share of the crop, and each family work.
ing on their own lot and under no con.
troll whatever.
Nearly all the plantations on the four
islands are nop under contract, with a
prospect of very good crops. The Freed.
men are civil and well behaved, and gen.
orally industrious the old resident are
living on the islands, and things go on
swimmingly.
In my next I will give you some ac-
count of the mode of raising Sea Island
cotton, of the characteristics of the ma.
tives, &c. J.EC.
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1866-06-20

sd- Before the rebellion it was COM
mon for Southern men TO claim slavery
to be necessity, and an ordination of
nature, on the ground that white people
could not perform manual labor in that
section of the country. They failed to
see that other, and higher law, that wher-
ever a particular race cannot, from clima
tic reasons, perform the ordinary duty of
life, of earning daily bread by the sweat
of the brow, there that race has no right
to be. If it exists there, it has intruded
itself, where the creator never intended
it should GO But they made this claim;
and probably Wheeled themselves into
the belief that it had good foundation.
The war and its results have dissipated
this fallacy; and healthier tone of opin-
ion is growing up. As an indication, we
take this from the Huntsville; { Ala
Advocate:
"a great change in the opinions OF the
Southern people has taken place, and we
now favor and desire and invite immi-
grants from all quarters to come among
us to help restore and build up our waste
places and give us again prosperous
state. Population is wealth. Population
is security. Population is strength. Pop
ulation is Independence. Population viii
settle the vexed question in this region
Sound sense permeates every sentenc'
of that paragraph. 1t points to the ulti
mate and effectual settlement of presen
difficulties. The Southern States hav,
immense natural resources. Now tina
slavery is abolished, and labor is no lon
ger mark of degradation, millions o
white immigrants will pour into then
rebuild the waste places, develop untol
wealth aud prosperity, and lay anew, o
the basis Of universal liberty, the four
dations of social aud political society,"
Old things will pass away, and all thing
become new. -
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1866-06-20

A FIRsT-RATE PUDDlNa.--A new
pudding, with this name, recently far:
nished to the Agricultural Household"
by Mrs. William Morehouse, of Buffalo,
n T., has been tried with very satisfsc-
tory results. In one quart Of sweet
milk, put one pint of fne bread crums,
butte the size of an egg, he well beaten
yolk of five eggs, sweeten and flavor as
for custard mix the whole. well togeth-
er. Will, the abeve is baking, beat tho
whites of the FIVE eggs to alstiff froth,
and add teaoupful Of powdered sugar ;
pour it over the hot pudding when cook.
ed, return it to the oven, and bake TO .
delicate brown. We Ike the above
without addition, bat some prefer lay
cr Of jelly, or canned peaches or other
fruit, over the pudding before the frost
ing is added. /, NJ sauce is needed. II
is not only delicious. but light and d.
gestible. 2tf la s'sss. afi q
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1866-06-20
LAWRENCE co. OIL REGIONS.

A correspondent OF the Pittsburgh
Chronicle, writing from New Castle, Pa,
under date of the 18th inst, speaking Of
the Slipperyrock oil regions, which he
had been visiting, says;
9TH creek is a rapid stream about the
size of CHARTERS at its mouth. The bot.
tom is series of large stones and rocks,
oval shaped and slippery surface. The
eastern bank is, if anything, more bold
and abrupt than the west. This is par
ticularly the case at the Lawrence well,
at the foot of which, OF the eastern shore
of the creek, it is located This we'll has
been pumping about four weeks and has
averaged two hundred barrels per day
We foundfour massive tanks holding seven
hundred barrels each, filled with oil, and
one Of smaller capacity nearly full. Twen-
ty five teams are engaged hauling the oil
to New Castle. Each team of two horses
draws six barrels, making one hundred
and fifty per day, at an expense of one
dollar per barrel The oil is of fine quail
ity, superior to the Smiths Ferry oil,
and brings nearly fourteen dollars per
barrel at New Castle. With the excep.
ton of slight delay, caused by the de-
rangemcnt of a sucker, the we'll has yield
ed day and night, with prospect of con-
tinuing. Your correspondent has no in
terest in this or any other we'll, or oil
territory, and is free to say after days
visit to the above, that it is the most pro-
ductive and paying we'll in the United
States. 1t is located on what was once
part of the Chew purchase, embracing
ten thousand acres.
The Butler and Lawrence county coal
iron and oil company, have leased twenty
seven thousand acres, some eight thous
and of which arc On Slipperyrock, and
the other on Yellow and Muddy Creeks,
tributaries Of Slipperyrock. Their leases
are perpetual and. there is every prospect
of it proving paying territory. This COM
pany is managed by Mr.. B. Niblock, of
Youngstown, o., and the managers em,
brace the names of some of the best and
most enterprising business men in the
county, at the head of whom we notice
Col. Thomas A. Scott of Philadelphia,
VIM. Coleman, Esq, late of Pittsburgh,
Thomas II. Wells ana Wick Bros, of
Youngstown, o. They have appropria.
ted twelve thousand dollars for the imme-
diate development of the territory, and
are daily making leases on favorable terms
to other parties. Mr.. Niblock can be
found at the Leslie House, and Mr. Rob
ert Al en-. another agent, at his residence
in Franklin township, Butler county, Pa,
who also superintends the drilling and
attends to the sub-leasing of sites for oil
wells. Mahoniny Courier
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1866-06-20

wrote comedy based upon the career of
the robber, and called it "Cartouche )"
and it is a fact not very creditable to the
French licensing authorities or the peri
cd, that this comedy was produced for the
first time, on the very day on which the
robber paid the forfeit of his crimes.