Cjjt JpotmaCribnw.
ALTOONA, PA.
THDBSMY, JULY 15, 1858.
,WW.WhqrepatUe«*re unknown tb us, onr rule Sir adver
tWaßirtom&cMy moot in advance, or a guarantee from
IfoibWft pertflro; if lA therefore useless for ail tacli to aenu
tfewteftiieoMntx offering to paj at tho end of three or tlx
ffifflfffii, Where adrei tidt-mcnls arc accompanied with the
Hmmt* whether one, five or ten dollar*, wo will give the
advertiser the bill beociit of cash rates.
Kqtioe. —The books of the firm of
feleCrum & Allison hasc. been’placed in
the hands of' Jacob M. Esq., for
collection. All persons' knowing tbem
solvtei indebted thereon, will; do well to
call and settie their accounts immediately.
Atlantic ■ Telegraph. —*The Bine
Jacked arrived at St. Johns, July 11th,
Ircports having seen three steamers in lat.
51° 82' N., and long, 32? W. on the 24th,
They were bclicTcd to be the Telegraph
Fleet, and had not yet reached the point
of-separation, lat. 52° 'O2 j long. 33° 18'.
The weather was then yery bad, and con
tinued so for several days thereafter, and,
it is supposed, they wore proceeding very
cautiously. The Niagara will be looked
for at Trinity Bay in a few days.
Fatal Railroad Accident.— Early
Saturday morning, the. remains pf a young
upm, named James Willett, were convey
ed to the residence of his mother, oh Third
street, near Ferry, in Pittsburgh, he hav
ing been killed the previous night, nfear
ConCmatigh station, on the Pennsylvania
Rfilroad. He was employed as brakes
man* on the road, and was crushed between
two cars while attempting to adjust the
couplings. His moths? is a widow, and
was mainly dependent upon the deccascc
for support. , >
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i People's Convention.— The State
Contention of all opposed to the present
National Administration, for the purpose
of nominating candidates for Supreme
Judge and Canal Commissioner, met yes
terday at Harrisburg. There being no
union between the Republicans and Ame
ricans in this county, each party in coun
ty convention elected their own delegate..
The delegate elected by the Republicans
being L. W. Hall, Esq., of this place, and
E Hammond, Esq., of Hollidaysbnrg, by
the Americana. How the convention wi
settle the difficulty we do not know, but
wc Should think likely hy admitting both.
Both arc uninstruoted. The choice of
Mr. Hall, wc understand, is Hon. George
Taylor, of this ■ Judicial Bistijct.
Acquittal of Jamies : McKee.—ln
the Court of Oyer and Terminer, on Sat
urday morning, Judge MoClure received
the verdict of the jury in ease of James
McKee, tried for the murder of Prof. Louis
••• Baehr, of Baltimore. As was generally
. anticipated/ the verdict was one of acquit-
UiL ;VTbe prisoner was deeply affected
he took, his seat in the dock, and he
trenibied in every limb.' When the .ver
dict yas rendered, he istood amazed, witljr
his eyes fixed, and apparently unable to
resize that he had been acquitted. In a
few moments, tears gushed to his eyes,
and his chin and lips quivcre|l with emo
tion. He was soon after discharged by
proclamation, and thefday he prom
enaded the streets in “company with his
friends. McKee has had what might be
very properly termed “ a ludr breadth es
cape,” and If this docs not serve to make
a better of him, he isjbeyond the reach of
'./hope./ ■
Ladies ako Gkstueues When we content
plate the. sceae which, is presented here to-day,
it most be surprising to every one of us. In
(his part of Blair County, which but a few years
ago was almost a wilderness—where the bear,
the deer, and the venomous serpent haunted
undisturbed by* man their mortal foe—is now
seen iheohanical shops, in which the nicest and
most difficult works of mechanism are daily per
formed, by men brought hither from every part
of our; vast country, and daily and hourly may
be heard the sound of the hammer and the hum
of machinery. Where Altoona, with its popu
lation of between four and five thousand, now
stands, less than ten years ago would have been
seen a rough scrubby farm, the cultivation of
which scarcely repaid the worthy husbandman
for his labor bestowed on it—and where are how
boiltSeveral fine hotels, the shops and some of
her finest stores and other buildings, but a very
few years ago was a marshy swamp. Steeds
m driven by steam, and even more wonderful than
3m Congressional Question.—The thoughts and words conveyed by oiectrici-
MegiUer of last week contains a commit* ty on pathways which divide the air, attest the
Wo* f£ ned ‘‘Logan/’ referring to the XJ schoof'hSSet"taw
Congressional question, in which the Wri- abound around us everywhere, clearly show that
ier expresses the wish that a man « who "« not do ™ iJ ?. f ? ove
. ' . education and religion. There has been a
18 American enough for the Americans mighty change come over our whole country in
and Republicans enough for the Rcpubli- the same short space of time, but it seems to
■ ■ * ... _? , • me it must be peculiarly striking to us when we
Cans,” may DC selected by the opponents view our own town and epuntry around. What
of the National Administration as their would of you have thought if ten years? ago
, . ~ . , you had been told that a party of ladies and
.Candidate in this district, mat this must gentlemen consisting of several hundred, from
hie the case, is certainly, apparent to every a Town to bo built where Altoona now is, would
. „ . , , ~ .... , have spent the fourth of July 1858 amidst the
man fully acquainted with the political trees of this charming grove? And yet rny
sentiments of the district. To nominate friends, here we are to-day celebrating the eigh
’• , ... , . , ‘ ... ty third anniversary of our nation’s natal day—
'% man who belongs exclusively to either pommemmorate the day on which less than a
flip American or Republican parties would century ago our patriotic and brave fathers said
, . . ~ , . j. ... . the then thirteen feeble colonics, should be tbir
he Virtually to give the district to the ad- j ecn £,. ee independent States—free from
Ministration party. We notice in the last Kingly tyranny—free from British oppression,
.■." i,, .£• ii. _ tttjl .• x-t a a and under the name of the United States of
nnmber 0 the Wh g the names pf S. S. America they founded our own dearly loved
2Qair, Esq., and Hon, &, Calvin, mention- free and happy Republic. Will you not all
ed in connection with the. nomination —as agree that it is this day of all tiie days of the
7 , year, that we should meet together and offer up
good Republicans, we presume — but wbc- a deyout prayer of thankfulness to the Great dis
; flier or not they would be acceptable to the poser of events that wo are so blessed as a peo
k •• i . T . , pie.- so happy aa a nation? The day wo celo-
party, we. can not say. It is brato should bo viewed as a National thanksgiv
jkhihed that the Blair County American ingday. I regret exceedingly to see amongst
-it our people a tendency to let it pass, as we draw
Qjnycntion will yet express its preference er and farther from the ever to be remem
for a candidate for this important office- bered 4th of July 1776> uncelebrated and un
’■* ' *'• i\ f . ?
The Celebration*
At anearly boor on Monday morning, WC;
Were awakened from pleasant dreamsby the
sweet strains of melodious music, .discoursed by;
the Altoona Brass Band, end conveyed to our
ciuunbcxwm the gentle breezes. In on instant,
slumber forsook our eyelids, and the thought'
that this was the day on which the people of Al
toona and vicinity intended to celebrate the 83d
anniversary of onr national independence, threw
us into a reflective mood. From this we were
suddenly startled by the discharge of volley
after Volley of musketry, by -the Logan Rifle
Bangers, who had marched to the top of the
hill above West Altoona, to salute the rising of
this hapjy? day to American citizens, in a becom
ing manner. The music and firing of muskets
awakened “Young America,” who came forth
arined with any quantity of fire-crackers, torpe
does apd-small shooting irons and from, this
time until tire forming of the procession at fl
o’clock, there was i ft continual crack, crack,
crackjlllz, bang, all over town.
From the fact, we presume, that the proocs
eipn ww not to be marched through .all the
streets of the town; bat little attention was paid
to decorating them, although we .observed a
number of flags suspended across Vlrgmiastroet
at different points. The Logan Housol was
handsomely decorated with wreaths of spruce
and laurel and a number of squill The :
White Hall Hotel was also beautifully adorned
With wreaths, Iflags and banners, arranged with
much taste. .
A number of the locomotives, which arrived,
at and left this station during the day, were:
well nigh eovered withflags, wreaths and other
emblems of nationality. The engine of the Ex
press train arriving from the East was neatly,
dressed up- with a number of small flags and
wreaths. -The engine of the Mail Train, East
ward, the “ Tiger”—Mike Cook, Engineer', Col.-
Crane, Conductor—was decorated in a gorgtjoua
style, Car surpassing anything of the kind! on
the road, Mach .time anil labor bad been be
stowed upon it and the taste displayed was cred-
itableto those engaged in its decoration.
At 9 o’clock, A. M-, thoprocesaion formed in
front of the Masonic Temple, under the Mar
shalship of Thosi Burchinell, Esq., assisted by
the Committee of Arrangements, andproccpded
to the grove in the following order:
Altoona Brass Band,
Altoona Guards and Logan Rifle Bangers,
Thirty-two little girls representing the different
States of the Union,
Reader of the declaration of Independence and
Orator of the Day,
Clergymen and invited guests,
Officers of the Borough,
Citizens.
The Bond was full and discoursed most ex
cellent music. There was also a fall turnout of
bath Military companies,. making the martial
display very creditable. The procession of lit
tle girls, dressed in white, wearing each a blue
sash with the name of the State she represen
ted printed thereon, was the observed of all ob
servers. No more appropriate representation
of the virtue and growing strength of this great
Republic could have been selected. The Godi
dess 'of liberty, walking in the centre of the
group and bearing-a neat banner on which was
inscribed the words “Keystone of the Arch,”,
added maoh to the beauty of the precession.
On arriving at the grove, and order being ob
served, Rev. A. B. Clark addressed the throne
of grace, in a brief and appropriate prayer, af
ter which-the Declaration of Independence was
read by Rot. D. Speck, in a distinct voice, fol
lowed by an oration by L. W. Hall, Esq., which,
as will be seen by the following correspondence,
was requested for publication, and we chcerful
.lygive it a place in our columns:
■ Awoosa, July 6th, IRSB.
L. W. TTtt.t, EBQ-—ZXear Sir .•—The Committee of Ar
rangcments.fiir celebrating the 83<1 anniversary of onr Na
tidiiallndependence, on (he 6th inst, mast respectfully so
licit a copy of your addresa on that occasion, for publication.
Hoping yon will comply irlth pur request, and the wlab
cs of our feliow citfcons, I remain '
Very respectfully yonra, •
C- J* HIRST,
, Sec’y of Committee of Arrangemets.
> I Awoosa, ,7th July, 1858.
Mr Deab Sm;—l enclosolto you the address as you wish,
altho r T assure you it waa npt written with any ldea of har
ilng it puhli»he4 but for thp purpose of aiding in any uray
I coidd jin the observance of the day, in tbe celebration of
whkh dur people bo generally took part.
Kindly and truly your?, _
' toms W. HALL.
To Dr. C~J. Husr, Scc'y ComTof Arrangements;
honored; hat I rejoice that this day shows Bach
feelings do not exist among the peoplq of Al
toona dad Logan Township. A great writer
has said that it may be token -as an evidence of
a nation’s degeneracy end*decay, if her. people
neglect to observe their great national holidays.
I should say this was true, and peculiarly would
it be so of the United States. Were vre to let
oar Nation’s natal day go l|y unsolemnized, it
Would be an indication of National old .age—of
possibly an approaching end. Heaven grant ,
that it may never sb be. All over this Union
to-day, which is I believe-generally celebrated
for the fourth, there should, and I trust there |
will be, thanks offered up to the author of our j
being for the signal favors bestowed on us as a
people. We should manifest to mankind and to
posterity, our love for the religious and politi
cal freedom which our gallant ancestors have
bequeathed to u^.
How marvellous, toy fellow citizens, has been
the onward march of the United States, in pop
ulation, wealth, and in everything truly
luted to make a nation great and powerful since
1 the era of our independence. It is to a hhsty
•view of the past, present, and probable future
of this mighty country that 1 shall desire year
attention for a-short .time. Our strides have
' been so rapid that the historic pen could scarce
ly fellow them.' We all know that but a little
over eighty years ago we were thirteen feeble
colonies, with a population of -less' than three
millions—a part and parcel of the -powerful and
mighty Great; Britian, and before that time con
trolled mid tyrannized over by that despotic
Empire. ■. We. sill know the wicked course pur
sued toward the thirteenfcoble colonies—or at.
least feeble compared to the - might, strength
and wealth of the how thirty-two vigorous and
growing States; we know tho Iniquitous' tax
that England insisted on levying on ' us—we
know that our {ancestors rebelled and gave ut
terance to theit views and recounted their wrongs
in the declaration showing the cruelty and' ty
ranny of the King towards them, which you have
so forcibly heard read to yon to-day. - Yes, they
could bear it qo longer. The courage and love
of freedom natural to them, speaking in .the de
termined voice of people knowing they were
wronged, and resorting to the last right of pro
tection, dechuled our right as well as bar ability
to govern ourselves. The genius, virtues, and
sacrifices of tile fifty-six signers of the declara
tion should be! engraven on every American
heart. What |a mighty undertaking it’was?
How imminent was their danger ? - Their ene
my wok one that had never Wore been van
quished. On the Ocean she ruled supreme, and
on the land shc was fearedihe world over. Our
fathers knewthat they bad bat one coarse to
pursue and thht course must involve the coun
try in war... Bat my fellow citiscns it Was for
the right they; fought—it was for freedom—that
freedom and {liberty which younow erjoy. They
were victorious. ,
“What {ire fifty, what a thousand slaves,
Matched to the sinew of a single arm
That strikes for liberty.”
The history of the revolutionary war is too
fresh in all of our minds to do anything more
than alludo to it It was a war forced onus by
injustice and;cruelty. It was by the blood of
very many of oar noblest and bravest ancestors
that freedom {triumphed over despotism. How.
we should'revere the names of Washington,
Han Cook, Rush, Franklin, Jefferson,. Adorns,
Green, Stark and a host of others, we and we
(done should; know:: It might seem strange
however on an occasion like this to pass by the
name of Washington, justly termed, the “Father
of his country,” by the mere mentiou.of it. One
of the most brilliant Irish orators now living
has eloqucutiy said :
“No matter what may bo the birth place of-!
such a man as Washington. No climate can!
claim, no country can appropriate him, the boon
of Providence to the human race—his fame is
eternity, and ids residence creation. In tho
| production of Washington it does really appear
as if nature was endeavoring to improve upon
herself, and {that oil the virtues of. the ancient
World were bat so many studies preparatory to
the patriot of the new. Who, like Washington,
after having freed a country, resigned her crown
and retired to a cottage, rather than reign in a
Capitol ? Immortal man! he took from the
battle its crime, and from the conquest its
chains—he left the victorious glory of bis self
denial, and turned upon the vanquished ..only
the retribution of his mercy.” A most beau
tiful tribute to a great and good man.
ft was Wiashington’s good fortune to unite in
one personage the far distant and almost incom
patible talents of statesman and soldier. Other
men may and doubtless have conceived as great
designs, and entertained as exalted, patriotism
hut it was for Washington to both conceive and
execute; to conclude with the sWord in the
field what he declared with the pen in the coun
cil. ' .T
The termination of that war loft us as I have
before said,! thirteen States with a population
of less than! 8,000,000 of human souls, but it
left us free.: The people of the North American
Confederacy were in union sovereign ana inde
pendent. Pass from that time to this, and what
do we find the United States of America. Stretch
ing over ati almost boundless area of territo
ry—fro,m .the Atlantic to the Pacific, we ore
thirty two sovereign states with nearly as many
millions of people. We arc courted by every
civilized nation on the globe. Wo are the asy
lum for the oppressed and tyrannized over from 1
every land! From .the date of our ■ freedom to :
the present day! we have declared that “all men
are created free and equal.” Wo recognize no
King. Our rulers are truthfully our servants.
The people give them power, and the people re
move it from them at their pleasure. Our coun
try is open to emigration from every land in
the old world. Our fathers so intended and so
it must ever be as long os we are, and God
grant that it may be long indeed, the free and
liberty loving people we now are. We should
not be so selfish as to refuse others, now in bon
dage, the happiness of which our free land
would give them. Yes, honest German* we
cordially invite you to find a home here where
you will bo free from the rule of a King. Warm
hearted son of Erin—you that have with us felt
the tyranny of British rule, can escape from it
by procuring a home on our shores—and to the
oppressed; pf every nation we say that our land
is “a good land and largo, a land of hills and
volleys, which drinketh of the waters of the
rain of Heaven,” where you"can live, worship
ping God according to the dictates of your own
conscience, free and untrammelled by Empe
rors, Kings or tyrants.'
“Great God! wo thank thoo for thfo home—
TU» bounteous blrthland of the free;
Wbtre wanderers from afar may come* -
And breathe the air of liberty I”
This is the inheritance which by the blessing
of God has descended unto ns. We should tjre
vere our constitution—we should cherish arid
love our glorious Union. May the day be far
distant; oh, yes, may the time never come, when
wc will allow any differences of opinion that
exist among us as to our social or political in
stitutions, to endanger .its perpetuity. That
each one of us should have our opinion as to
the government of our country, as to the prop
er policy to bo adopted to carry out our Repub
lican ideas, is but the greater reason why we
should in times of danger unite together to sus
tain this heritage of freedom. It is because of
our liberty that we are enabled now to say we
are invincible against any foreign foe.
Wo have no superiors in the mechanical arts
or in the practical sciences. The inventions
which American heads have studied out are the
greatest of the day. It was our own Morse that
invented the electric telegraph, now in • use al
most all oyer the world, and it is an American
who has hf' late so materially improved on the
original Invention. In a very short time it is
hoped th®; telegraph will he in operation between
England fend the United Stales, bo - that our
thoughts and theirs can be instantaneously car
ried across the great Atlantic. If so* all this.
■will be 'duo 'to Americana. Did tin« permit I
might enumerate the -many other inTentions
•which the world owes to American genius, and ;
which the Old World is now enjoying the use of.
Our ago docs not enable us yet to boast of being
the equal of some older countries as to the fine
arts, although less than half a century will place
us even there in the foremost rank.. Our litera
ture is circulated and eagerly after in
every civilized country. ■ We have historians,
young as our country is, who are famed at home
and abroad. Our legal works are quoted, .and
the writers of them honored, even in the King
dom which gave birth to an EgertOn, a Bacon,
Hale, Blockstone, Coke and Chitty. Our medi
cal works we all know are deeply prised by our
trims-Atlantic friends, whilst our Medical Uni
versities ore the pride of our country. In the
other departments of literature we have pro
duced a Bryant, Longfellow, Prescott, Cooper,
Halleck, Stevens, Irving, Paulding, and many
others. In truth. In tbe.aoiencesof mechanism,
in Hie fine arts, and -ih~Eterazy matters we are
fastfattaininga position which could only be
expected of the great and growing United States.
Our immense area of territory from the North
to the South, and from the East to the West is
dotted over with railroads, canals, plank-roads
and turnpikes, and thousands of steamboats
duly are engaged in the transportation of pas
sengers and Height on our unmatched rivers.
We are the bnihfeis of the finest and swiftest
steam-ships that now plough the bosom of Hie
great Atlantic. The achievements of oar army
and navy have taught the world that we would
be a dangerous foe indeed.
Bat you may say we know all this. We
know that we are' a great nation now, but
tell us what our future will be ? Do you
ask me whether we are to continue growing
in wealth, population fend character, in the
same ratio that we have for the past eighty
years, for as many years more ? My answer is,
what is to prevent it? Do yea ask, will thoso
thirty-two sovereign. States continue for count-1
less ages to be the same powerful country that 1
they now are; and with them, after this, thirty
two more States, alike great and populous, shall
constitute this American Union—separate and
..distinct in their State governments, and each
having its own local laws, and yet all constitu
ting oqe mighty free Republic ? My reply
would be: if we continue to live as we now do,
one common band'of brothers cherishing and
loving our whole country, 1 firmly believe that
it will; and that cur papulation, now counted
by millions, will some day be .enumerated by
hundred? of millions. Is it not natural that
this Should be so? What will prevent it? We.
know what we are now. We know-our rapid
growth in but little over four score years,
from the population and condition I have before
indicated, to the mightiest people on the globe
At first we were but a free government in em
bryo. No such Republic existed anywhere else
to shape ours after. Our ancestors acted, know
ing their own weakness, against the threats and
curses of the most powerful Country on the globe.
For years after our freedom, Great Britain en
deavored, and did so far as she could, act tyran
nically and overbearing toward us. But the brave
spirit that was in those gallant men carried oar
country safely through. Now England, os well
as all other countries of Europe, respect because
they fear us. And though she has again inso
lently attempted to assert her assumed supre
macy on the seas, by assailing American vessels
engaged in the peaceful pursuits of lawful com
merce, yet the spirit with which these aggres
sions have been received by our people, plainly
bids proud England' to beware. However we
may differ in regard to any of our local or po
litical matters, affairs in which we only can be
'interested—on a question of this kind oar whole
people are doited and are determined- that
abroad as well os at home the dignity of our
country must be npbeld, and the rights of our
flag protected. I have said why should not our
future be as startling in rapid growth, in wealth
and power as our past has been ? Do you sug
gest: where i» the territory from which we are
to form these numerous States ? I reply, the
day is not for distant when the almost illimita
ble'North and South-west, now comparatively
unoccupied, save by savage men and still mare
savage beasts, will be opened up, its rich mine
ral resources developed and its fine agricultural
country brought into the market Railroads
will be made to the Pacific, and in their tract
will follow population seeking to find homes in
a new land. The Canada Provinces of Great
Britain will e’er long sue ns for admission into
oar free confederacy, tired of being controlled
by a Nation so far away Horn them, and so vast
ly differing with a great portion of their people.
It seems to me that the day will be seen by
some now present when opr for Western Suites
will be as densely populated as the thriving and
busy State of Massachusetts. Articles which
but a very short time 1 ago we were obliged to
cross Hie Ocean for; we now not only are the
manufacturers of, but we arc supplying Europe
with; and hat a little time is needed to enable
the United States to make everything which we
wish to either use or consume. With all the
vast strides that our country has mfede under
our Republican system, we are but in the be
ginning of our glpryo More than one half of
what is destined to be our Union is in reality
but a vast wilderness—an unopened and uncul
tivated fieldL Even oar own noble Keystone,
with all-the rich orps that abound through her,
with her vast coal mines and rich beds of iron
ore, in the working of which arc now engaged
thousands of honest toilers—doubtless contains
beneath bhr mountains and hills hidden wealth
that no one dreams of, and when revealed will
make our State one vast manufacturing shop,
giving work to millions instead of 'thousands.
Our almost boundless rich and fertile western
prairies, notwithstanding the immense quantity
of cereals now produced ou them, when thickly
settled and fully cultivated will raise an '■ hun
dred times as much. Instead of ten thousand
steam-boats on our rivers, there will be ten
times ton thousand, and instead of ten thousand
miles of Railway over Which the iron horse now
dashes drawing passengers and freight, our
whole country will be a nett work of Rail Roads
from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Is it not so,
that powerful and populous as the UnitediStates
now are, they ore but in the beginning of their
greatness and power.
The inventions and many improvementswhich
the next century will giv e rise to, no one of
course can tell. Judging Horn the past howev
er there is s scorcely anything which seems im
possible for ah American to do. It may bo that
your children, or your children’s children will,
when they want to travel from place to -place,
be borne through the air in some manner now
entirely unthought of, not deigning tq go by
the slow mode of Rail Roads at thirty miles fen
hour. The land that produced the reof who
drew the lightning from the clouds, and the
man who tamed it to his will, might produce - a
man who would make that same electricity the
means of conveying men from point to point as
it now conveys their words. I mast confess
however. Ladies and Gentlemen, that it | seems
to me it would be rather uncomfortable for any
of yon to travel on these metallic pathways
through the air os fast as thought. Proverbi
ally fast as a people as we are-said to be, I
would prefer not trying this experiment | for an
fego or two yet. I would rather that our chil
dren should ride in this manner, if they wish,
than the bumble person who now has the pleas
ure of addressing you. You will all agree that
it is utterly impossible even to guess at the im
provements in many'things which we now pos
sess, and the inventions of many things now un--
known which science, energy, perseverance and
capital will accomplish in this and succeeding
ages. If we glance back at the past fifty years,
we may possibly form feint idea ofjwhat a
like number In U»* future will prwtofte. But lfc
would be but * gum-
■TJoyood i* »11 *by»» __
Btendty, whom ona no eye can rescu*
i How long Ous temple of.freWonf which onr
fathers founded shall continue to w«’y!*j
pend on the manner In whkh we ■ and fatwre;
generations guard the vestal fire of liberty. The
founders of it have all departed. One by one
their lamps have gone out. All of; them now .
sleep the long sleep of death,
r They lived to see tbcir dearest wishes grati
fied, and dying they left the young Republic as
the richest legacy they could bestow, in the
hands of their children. For the 'past eighty
years your fathers and you have been responsi
ble—for the future the charge devolves on you
dnd succeeding generations. In the language
Of the eloqnent Adams “may the souls of its
departed founders never be called to witness its
extinction by neglect, not a soil upon the puri
ty of its keepers.” ;
I trust that the prayer of the good, just, and
generous Lafayette—-that heroic Spirit who left
the splendor and comforts of hisHoropean home
where he had wealth to jmtchssdfßTery wish of
his heartand poweivat his disposal, to cOme
here over the. wide Atlantic to fight for our free
dom, and gave his money, his services, and his
time to strangers of a different tuition—may his
prayer be fully consummated when he said,
“may this immense temple of. ever
stand* a lesson to oppressors, an example to the
oppressed, a sanctuary for the rights of man
kind ;nnd may these: happy United; •‘States at
tain'that complete splendor and prosperity
which jWill illustrate the blessings of their gov
ernment, and for ages to come rejoice the de
parted souls of its founden.”" ji •
My fellow citizens, ages must roll round yet,
and this Union be preservedand . stand a lesson
to oppressors, a home to the oppressed, shed*
ding iti benign influence of freedom o’er the
whole world, before Lafayette’s words will have
been prophetic* Well may Americans love
their country, well may they celebrate the day
of. this Union’s birth, well, may ; they venerate
and revere the departed spirits pho bequeathed
it to them, for it is a gem the true value of
which cannot be told, a jewel eoipposed of lib
erty of speech, of thought, and of action. .
May this Union for countless ages stand uni
ted as she now is—all living under'one consti
tution and with one National flag above us—
may all her sections beoome truly free alike,
ana may aho whilst growing greater and great
er, and incres}sipg her domains wider and wider,
be the more deeply loved and prised, by all pier
people. ?
At the conclusion of Mr. Hall's address, Her.
S. A. Wilson and Thos. Barchincll, Esq., made
a fev remarks, after which the; following toasts
were read from the stand by Her. H. Baker:—
By E.M. The Flag of our Union—May It ever wave;
over the land of thefrec and the home of the brave. . 1
By 600. B. Cramer. H. J.Lombatrt Etq, —Although ab-.
sent in person, ho U over present in memory.
By Dr. C. J. Hirsti—May every State' of our growing
Republic, ever be as here represented,' clothed with the
robe of parity, encircled with the wreath of Unity and
crowned with the smiles of peace ahdjplenty.
-By a Member of the Guards. Tike USaan —May this groat
and glorious Union never ho severed, bull stand firm as our
graiuto Jxmnd Alleghenies henceforth and forever.
By Geo. U. Everson. That. Author of the
Declaration of Independence.
By a guest.—Here’s to the man that raised the corn, that 1
fed the mare, that raised the colt, that plowed the ground,
that raised the corn, that fed the goose, that raised thegoe
lin, that produced the quill with which-the Declaration of
Independence was written. ■
By a guest. George B. Cramer, Etq.—The able Dispatch
er of the Fcnn’a Rail Road Co, tho fearless advocate, of the
rights of man, may his way be onward and upward.
By K. H. Turner.—The memory of that noble and gener
ous sou of France, the Marquis de Lafayette. May it ever
remain green ami fresh in tno heart of every American.
By John Woods. William A. SiokaEtq r of Waimort-
Jaud Cbuntg, Pbnn'a. —The able and talented Solicitor of.
the P. R. R. Co. May the time come rfhen the people of
Pennsylvania can reward him for his worth:
By a guest. The Chief Martial of tie dag-ras clover os
he is handsome. T '
By a citizen of Hollidaysbnrg. Thecitiren* of Altoona
and Logan township—May their shadows nevtr grow less.
By W. B. Ketler. The Mechanic* of Alloona-rUay their
virtues bq equal to their skill. j
- By S. A. w. The health and prosperity of this editors of
the Tribune, who contributed 00 much to the success of
this celebration. ;
By Geo. B. Cramer. The thirty-two young ladies who re
present the thirtg-two State* of our glorious Union—liny
tbeir happiness in the foturebe sancSme, and may they
long live to witness the onion of States which they have
so beautlrtSlly represented to-day. Hay God bless them
and go with them silt through life and finally save them j
when they die. 1
By J. 0. Adlam. Junior Sons —America's hone.
By M. T. Dill.—Well may every true American heart throb
with Joy at the achievements of our forefathers and the in
heritance left to us by them, 1 and as; wo cherish and honor
this our great and-glorkms national birth day, may every
American heart anxiously desire that liberty and freedom
from a despotism worse than English jhroldom— the deed.
By D. S. Cbt-T.A. Scott, Snpt. of Fa. B. A.—May his
noble and manly efforts to render satis faction to the em
ployees of the Pa. R. B. Company be appreciated, as has
been bis charitable contributions for honorably celebrating
the 83d anniversary of bur National Independence. May <
his life bo preserved, and bis future: usefulness among us,
shine with as much lustre os that of the past.
Hon. S. Calvin. The Union —“ Liberty and Union, now
and forever, one and inseparable.” i
By John Stanley. Gfcn. Warren —The fiiqf of note that
bled in Freedom’s cause. - N
By W. Bnrchinell.—The speaker of tho day as well ah-,
tho other honorable gentlemen nowoti the platform.
By T. Bnrchinell. The signer* of tie Declaration of
Independence —We cherish their memory, may we emulate
their vtitues.' • ’
By J. : Lpwthcr. The. Boys and Girls of the day—the
hope of the country in the future. ’
By H. Petti nger.—The President of the United States.
By H. W. Snyder. -fVmwyirania-—May it always bind x
together this glorious Union and remain the Keystone^
By Dr. C. J. Hirst.—Thop.- a Scott, Esq, Superintendent
of the Fenn’o. Railroad Company. .1- . .
By a guest. The Altoona lames caq not be surpassed for
beauty and hoops. • x 1
By a guest. The reader if tie Peroration of indepen
dence and tie orator of tie dag. Religion and Liberty wHl
hever suffer in their hand*.
By a guest. The AUooius Bras* Band —Their music is
arfeet and can not be surpassed. May they live to enjoy
many Fourths of July. . .
'By a guest. To tie Ladies —May their' virtues increase
with their hoops and their faults diminish with their bon
'nets* • ' ■ ' : \ s 1
By H. C. Bern. The United States—A beantiihl work In
thirty-two parts, bound in one coima^—warring against op
pression, and teaching the rights of man.
By H.C.D. VbsMngtan —A type,of nature’s easting—
though long out of use, his impressions remain os bright as
everln thenlstory of liberty.
The reading of toasts having been concluded, tyo Marshal
dismissed the audience, and the commenced tmdie
play the good tilings, in the shape-qf cakes, piee, roasts,
fie, which they had'provided 'in for the
occasion. In a short time the vlud fcssemWage was
tioned around tables scattered alt I through tho grove, and
it is needless to add that ample justice was done to the
delicacies set out.
After tbs tables had been - cleared,; the swings were un
locked, and all those who desired I lib engage in the health
ful and gdeasant exercise thus afforded gathered around
them. Different kind of plays and amusements were en
tered into by old and young alike.; . All appeared to have
come together for the same purpose, to eitfoy themselves
and cause others, to do the same.
: Several ineffectual attempts were made to collect the
crowd and form procession preparatory to returning to
town at the hour appointed, hut-all seemed loath to quit
the grove. Finally, the Bond and the Altoona Guards
formed. into line and marched oil the ground, followed by
aportfon of the assemblage. Gradually the whole crowd
returned to town, and after partaking of the evening meal,
come forth to witness tho balloon ' ascension, which took
pbee between 7 and 8 o’clock, from the hill above East
Altoona. This, like all pther entertainments of the day
'came off in fine style. The bolloon, which was a very large
one, after being inflated, adored aloft in most majestic sty le,
pessing.ovcr the town in a westerly direction, until finally
It was lost to View behind the western bills.
Next in order came the fire-works. The display opened
at half part 8 o’clock and was kept up until half past 10.—
The evening being dark, gave to them a better effect, and
it wafe truly bountiful to witness the largo rockets soaring
aloft, leaving in their wake a fiery train, then bursting and
lighting np the town with different colored balls of fire.
But wo have not room to notice at length, all the occur
rences of the day and evening, suffice it to say that every
thing passed off moat harmoniously, Every project or ar
rangement entered info by the committee, was carried out
in the most satisfactory 'manner, and we think the mem
bers, thereof deaerve the hearty ihanlrn of all oar citizens.
We doubt whether a more efficient body could have been
selected for the purpose in the town. From tho time of
their appointment until the conclvstion oftheentertaiumets
or On 6th, theydabored almost eotetantly, and it most be
rw&h«rttoo,artfl*r
. tattorty. . ,' ' ■
Wecanssy wtth'fosttegs df Art w OtMui.
itm a single port rt apjuared tobrtttaliMt
toxicated; mltlk at the gtoreand in tqwq
during the day and evening Were free freMfhcee hoist*,
ons outbursts ofapplaitoo which so frequently
assemblages of »hfa kind. Everything wm done up in or.
dor and quietness, as sbonlJ he the case oil all occasion) of
general rejoicing at the return of our great natal day.—
May we alt lire to enjoy manymore such celebration*.
Mesas Kwioaa:—Wo believe It is well known to the
citixens in general of Blair county, (our neighbor “over tin
hill ” excepted,) that the celebration' of the 4th of July,
1858, to Altooius to over, yre over, but not forgotten. Theta’
are a few thousand* yet Bring who can bear testimony to
the high order of friendship and hilarity exhibited on that
occasion. Indeed wo can safely say we have never'wltne*.
■ed ao many people together tor a whole day, evince through,
out eo much harmony, pleasure and satisfaction.
The Committee of Arrangements hero beg Imre to ns
turn their sincere thanks to tho citizens tor the kind
and generous manner in whkh they assisted In m*.
king and carrying out the arrangements of that day.
Whilst thanks are due to all the' Contributors, there are a
few whoec favors, entitle them to more than a passing no
tice. Among these wo are pleased to mention the hsmea
of Thos. A. Scott, Esq., the gentlemsinty General Superin
tendent of the Pa. Rail Road: Thoe. Burehtoull, Esq.; Q.
Hostetler, Keq-, and Capt. Jacob Saink.
The ladies too, are not to bo forgotten. To thorn we m
indebted for many beautiful flags and wreaths, aa well m
their presence, their imiioi and their cakse, all of which
called forth much admiration. Long may they lire to
fling stars and stripes to the breosos and anlweto byths
light of their countenances the smr nihled mill ions in cum,
memorattog our birth-day as a foe* and peo
ple. ' ’ •;
The financial Committee regret that they orennabic to
make a report at this time, but expect, tuba akin to dost
in a week from this time. ' ~'CUJ. HDKB9RV- ..
&Cya/ftoiirifffi! */ Ammfimnifi
At a Stated OmncQ of Winnebago Tribe* No. 35,1.0. R.
M, held in its Wigwam, in Altoona., on the 6th Sun, 7tl|
sleep, Buck Moon, Grand Sun, 5618, thefollowing rcsoiu.
tiona .were fcnaninonsly adopted, vU: <
Setolwed, That tbe thanks of this Tribe bo tenderd to
the Chiefs and Brothers of Iroquois' Tribe, No. 42, 1.0. K,
M-, ol Miffliotovn, for their kind and brotherly treatment
of the Chiefs and Brother* of this Tribe, on the-occariun of
their recent Tbit to Mifflin town, on the 3d Son, Buck Moon,
Q. 8.5618.
ifcsuiced, That these-radiations bo. published in the Ja>
ninth Bmhiiei and RtgitUr, and the Altooaa Tribimt.
Aran: . WM. ADAM&Cqf*.
FES AND SCISSORS.
89. A Detroit Jndgo lately sentenced two burglars to
forty yean imprisonment each. .
89. A Little hoy in Cambridge describes snoring u
“letting off-sleep.”
49* A Kiss, says a Drench lady, costs less and gratifies
more than anything else in existence.
49-6»n. Lane ha? been acquitted of blame in shootin*
Gains Jenkins, and. discharged—the court- unanimously
deciding the homtctdejastlflable. .
89- A largh Potatoe Field.—Mr. Shoecraft, of Whit,
Pigeon, the great potato man of Michigan, has planted 1;D0
acres of potatoes for thb year’s crop..
49* The rate of taxation in Sacramento, California, 1,
82 80 on the hundred dollars, and the total amount of tax
levied is gj 99,000. Of this $737,000 ha ve beeu coUected.
49“ Judge Barton, of Belmont county, Ohio, owns s
young caw fire years old last spring, that b now sacking '
her fifth calf Thb seems almost incredible, bat Itis hut
ertbelese true. >
89* A Mr. Harrison, ofOcclong, in thorßritish colon}
ofVietoria, has a machine working in Red Lion Square,
London, driven by a ten horse engine, which turns out ica
at ftie rate of lbs. a day.
89. Tom Hyer was attacked, oh the evening Of the lit,
by an English “buffer.” recently from the New York guts
prison, named Jim Quinn, alias Stewart, and b said to
have got the v|orst of Jt.
• 49*-A cow belonging to Jndsoh Church; of Wbcstbunl,
Michigan, gave birth to a calf a finr dan ago, which had a
bead perfectly like that of a bene, and weighed one hun
dred and thirty pounds.
89- Dan Bice’s Circus, while performing at UUwauk«
a fo w days ago, was Mown over, piling an audience of w#a
two thousand men, wdknen and oitldren. on top of <«k
otlicr, in a promiscuous heap. Nobody was "birt WkH
ed. • •,
ts> A. Y. M.—The Grand Council of Royal and Seta
Masters, recently In session In IltQadelpbib, granted a
warrant tor the “Philadelphia Connell, Ko- H,” which baa
since been organized by Edmund H- Turner/ of Altoona,
acting as M. P. ,Grand Master.
43-To enjoy ag x>d night’s repoao, talcs a cold brad
bath before tearing. A bowl or tub of cold wader and a
bard crash towel, used rigorously over' the jpiole body,
are all that is necessary, (except a chmt enosckilce,) to
secure s good night's rest. • > M
4B~To prerent sun-stroke, fishermen, tor thb sake of
protection, sometimes fill their hats with moist sea weed;
though any largo [leaves, or even a wot cloth upon the
. head will answer as w<U. This is an infallible preventin',
and should bo more generally observed by laboring men.
fQUIn Virginia, a man sent to the Penitentiary tbs
third time, is never allowed to quit the institution. A
man named Blackonship, recently sent there, finds him
self in this predicament. It was his third offence, and,hs
will be kept there lor life.
■S3 - Governor Packer has appointed David Webster, of-
Philadelphia, as a Commissioner to revise the Penal Cob
of the Commonwealth, in the place of the Uon.Clus. K.
Rnckalew, lately appointed minister to Ecuador. Tie
Commission now consists of Chief Justice Lewis, Attorney
General Knox, and David Webster.
A young man named Ilealy, residing in Falslngtcn
Bucks County, was almost instantly kill d a few days rice-,
by a mowing machine. Something had pot wrong riti
the knives, in attempting to fix which Mr. Heaty sat dows
in front of them; HomqJhing started the horses, and them
fortunate man was literally cut to pieces in un lustant-
Botb of his legs were cut off above the knees.
45T*Two men at Ann Harbor, Mich., wore lately buried
35 foet deep, in a well, by its caving in. The people toct
active measures to relievo them with but feint hopes t/l
finding them alive. After working over 20 Jhours, tin;
were heard to say, “wo aro both alive—work away." To"!
and water were sent down to them, and after 26 hoars a
their portions condition, they were brought out safe sal
sound.
43. Horrible Butchery ofa Family.—Wo learn from Us
Wilmington Journal that a horriblo tragedy occurred o
Ooitnnbos county, N. C-,on the 29th nit. A man mukJ
Joeboa Boose, who had been confined in the Insane lij-
Inm for eighteen months, but who was lately taken out I;
bis guardian and permitted to go at largo, deliherstrlj
killed bis fittber, bis wife and two of bis' own small tli
dren, cutting off their beads with an axe.
The Brandon (Mias.) Republican mo
tions 4 curious well; discovered in Smith coat
ty, about a month ago. A Mr. Baugh was lu
ring for water in the pinery woods,-%nd Wld
he bad bored about forty feet, a ■•mighty rusl
ing wind' came out of the hole, which contin
ued for several days. He quit boring and ini
ted to sec what would come of it. He placed*
bottle over the hole, aud the wind makes *
noise in it which is heard for a mile. It 'blow;
for about a week at a time, aa-1 then it begin*-
to ‘suok in’ which continues for about the sami
length of time, and then blows again. So fc
no diminution of its force has been discovered
It has attracted many persons to see it
tSS“ Mad Doga are taking the country in ti’i|
neighborhood of Fceaho, Mo. The Herald d||
that place gives a frightful account of the ha i ro i j|
they have. made. More than twenty peop' f p
have been' bitten, half of whom died with
drophobia. ?|
J8S?“ A train of cars on the Buffalo railing
was thrown from the track a short time *g*|
from the great expansion of the rails, caussJ j
by the heat of the sun. It was the cotnbinaticJ
rail and curved each way fully six inches os>
of line. i
86?“ The Democratic State Convention
at Augusta, Me., on the 29th ult., and nominal
led the Hon, Menaaseh H. Smith for
Resolutions were adopted complimenting ;
administration, and endorsing the final a<ij U; ‘ -
ment of the Lccompton question.
J6S?“ The colored people of . Warren, Ot-j
have given one of their number-fifty lashes < 4j
the bare back, for acting as stool pigeon to hj y
slave hunters, and disclosing the direction
a fugitive had taken. 1
8(S&" Mr. Comstack, agent for. Collins &
bas retnrncd from Europe, and hns contr» c
witli the French GovcrnmonV for the sale of*
ihnte Collins steamers fqp Ute sum of -I
000. 1 ■ "
Ahp the Altoona JhAbtae.
Altooka, July 13, igjg
Jfbr Ik s ABnerei Mm.
m
~ VOCAL
ptocc
e* |e ’^Lg s dbmer wi
fStorcb, for Ux
listrt
tg have over
succeed®
*» the ptocessloi
e#cort
ground tho usi
’LL-U* the DccUratlut
holli
■ ? nShh*msde a few »ppr<
*rr Ml then In trod
suited to tho
ihi. part of t
-j-i gmeompaoJ wm Jl
time the dinner *
(•tsrnl,» number of thoj
•ms laid down, ami enjoy
too.” At th
table
Sre groaned beneath th
jagly display»d thereon,
by tbo fail
twwnt of tho enterta
PMe*»e to tho «good t
M d amused the
promcnodiug, 4c
and tho best of 1
tt<<w VV‘lp Wo oro pleat
celebration, there w
sad nothing was done whl
Of any of tho parti
•re o'clock, tbo procession
parched hack to town.
j,n t Er J -*“*• tho manu
•M. The dinner, wo uuJ>
tor the church. May ail t
sod as pleasantly os did tl
ymninrni Acciwwv
.(fcetovvlunUry witness oi
•trepd hB our enjoyment
little |W» •8* <J * bout tUrc
wm crossing tho Uni
•pd when on tbo oatsido
: tir .pted to run poet o trail
| ingot tbe time. Ibo loc
pssmd, and knocked her it
yed-wheeU of tbo tender
1 item to a Jelly. Sho
Hint 4 O rod, and was att
was decided by the Duel
cUU’d lilt; but tbe motUc
niton bring performed,
•veiling,'when death put i
4m the engineer to state t
power to prevent—the c
rviar of the tender, he cou
will prove a wamiu
children away from the It
P.B. Since the above v
appeared and held au inq
TBs evidence adduced con
the Jury returned a verdic
to fts death by being ”ac,
tlv»” at tbo time and plus
In Lotus Hoes*.—lV.;
cellesil and justly popular
sens <4 Philadelphia and
of of those citio
tl* of the g
Miter dXowe, uud evpor
OUT PftW mountain water
snora pleasant or bealtbfu
Logo* Bouse, by those sc<
twMtheldent to Urge cith
AeM Who bavr once vhi;
gan Bouse will bo sure to
II the pleasure and health
tfeMA 'bpt know Kuu-U
j(ifaotk sptnt at this- mom
r «ap(Wkwaalti«, would
than one week. We hope
vdthvbUonthb season.
. Tot the benefit of the c
Mra to spend a few week
dssl of Peoq’a Railroad 1
tkm'TickcUl Many per#
M this reduction, of fur
them.
QikMOKB Pkucst
“lfedty fellows,” If *>ot ii
receiptor presents. IV.
tbs celebration on the 5t
,a trees convening with
.bearing a mammoth c.
fereni colored sugars, w
Priaten never refuse pr
graceful a manner as on
wim a present from Mrs.
Tribune. It was duly ct
(tn piecee of course) and
eiUon the appearance
cake bee the thanks cf t
tor her kind remem bran
Sred to minister to t
dreu end friends, on
erosity for which she is j
Pzuo.VAL-—A day or t
Of the Pcnn’a Railroad
piece. While there, we
Architectural Drawings,
Which, for beauty of Uca
never saw equalled. Ar
nal dssigns-of the Loga
log to the Company a
tastiness of which are a!
Builder. The Round 1
.management and accorc
consider one of the groa
which none bnt a mind |
Wive of building. The
Of Mr, D., we opine, ij
they Iqeo him, wo do not
Wo hope ho is well paid
Company in his present.
43* We regret to icai
mermor tuwnsqmn, Dr.
on Friday lost, of T
ness. Ho was a youi
ability, and gave pror
sion. Ho was nnlvprsa
- Who know him. His rt
on Saturday evening, a
to Loretto, Cambria coi
large concourse of b is t
How to Mjxk Mojcex
young men. Enter tin
can, and gain a thorohj
teachers, who have ha*.
The tuition will coat ot
from eight to twelve w
tho most respectable a
and receive two or thi
now get or can obtftli
rapid writing, addicm
Kew Triu, Orasim.
Bead Company w. W.,
tlon for a now trial, nu
argued at tho Adjourn
and Stokes for tho mo
against. After a full t
Court sot aside the vet
grounds for tho motioi
that the verdict was a
the whole evidence in
Tin Grxaiest Medk
m*’s Pectoral Syrup, |
Pittsburg, Pa,, fe gnr,-!
®o from the many tost
regular physician of t
a Cough without sicke
as any man wo wot of
lims yon g*t a Cold oJ
buy a bottle, !