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. , > ' ' - :—■ 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, !
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