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34300. Bs. 2000..
PRIM, & sOMMEiI.
ABOUT HEAD COVERS.
Hats for Walking, riding, driving;
Hats dull faces took alive in ;
Hats for youths , ligkt.' airy, dashing;
Bats.for mon of tasto and fashion;
lists for features' bright and,jolly ;
Itaig for faces' taeldncholy
Hauler figures broad and burly;
Hats for straight hair Or for curlysalling ;
HOats for travelino
atarrabt-prOot in g,
sto shootin rins unfailing;
Itsteor, spring, twelve styles 'together ;
Hats for every kind of weather;
Haits'Of silk, felt, straw, and beaver;
Halt that utmost wear forever ;
Hits for sples and watering places;
Hats of styles to wear at races ;
Hats with which a room to enter;
Hats for scones of wild adventure;
Hats of many shapes uncommon •
. Hate admired by every woman ;
Hats to stand all kinds of mauling;
Hats distinct for every calling;
• Bata light, pliable, elastic;
Bats lase flexible and pinstic ;
Hats of quiet styles for pastors;
Hats round-crowned—your lenotoing castors;
Hits to suit each race and nation;
' Hats unmatched for ventilation;
Hate for young men and for children ;
Hats of beauty quite bewildering;
Hats that boys and Misses sigh for;
Hats, in fact, that babies cry for ;
Hats for soldiers, hats for sailors;
Hats that grace tho work of tailors ;
Hats at Tanta, 'mon, and viva dollars . ;
Pit for gentlemen and seholar ,s
At Hess' Great Hnt Emporium, No. 33 East Ham
ilton street, nearly opposite the German Reformed
Church. Straw Goods in all their variety, Ladies'
Phakers, Ladies' Bloomers, Children's Plats, Chit
drin's Plain and Pancy Hate, Boys' Caps and Hats,
Traveling and,Sporting Caps and soft Hats. The as
sortments embrace n greater variety of styles than
has ever yet been attempted in this branch of the
business in Allentown.
SYLVESTER WEILER, Agent. .
Allentown, April 18. —lf
News for the, Pvil
Charles Keck,
Merohanitaailor in Allentown.
• LTEREBY inforini - ida friends and the public in
11 general, that he still continues on jhe
• Merchant Tailoring .11iqiness.
N 0.3.5 East Hamilton street, nearly opposite the
Herman Reformed Church t in Allentown where he
keeps on hand a
Large Assortment. -of Woollen Goods,
such as Cloths Oassinteres, Sattinetts, &e., of all
colors 'and prices. Satin and Marseilles Vestings,
Summer dress goods fdr.men and be.ys, all of which
were selected by himself with great care.
As for CustOner Work, '
lie will be ready at all- times to make up any kind
of Goods into. Clothing. for Customers, at the short
est notice bositit, elieWhere, and will he pleased to
see his old customers return to bins with favors. He
further returns his sincere thanks to those who have
always favored him with their custom, and trusts
that he will be able to merit their friendship hence
forth.
READY MADE CLOTHO:I'4
He keeps on band a general assortment of " READY
MADE Cs.ornixo," such as Codts of every quality,
4 Pants and Vestings . Such tvho are in want of the
. articles just 'minted, will do well fo'call At lite estittr-'1
tishasent, as he is satisfied to sell at a living profit
while others do business to gain wealth, lie will
furnish a complete dress from $5 to $25. It is evi•
Vent than, that it is to your advantage reader, to
give him a call and Judge for yourself'.
He i 9 in the regular receipt of Philadelphia and
New York Paehion Plates, which enables him to cut
for each according to his taste and fancy.
He invitee the public to give him a call and exam
ine his Goods and his Clothing,-which costa noth
ing—and satisfy themselves of what is said above;
further, he feels satisfied it' this is done, it will
prove to the advantage of those who have adopted
the plan
Allentown, April 11, 1860.
THE ALLENTOWN
F giir.:-4=i° =*(*) , :ir ,- Ni. =- d • ri
TAILORING ESTABLISHMENT
AND
GENTS' FURNISHING. STORE,
53 East Hamilton Street, 2 doors below the
Ainerican Hotel, •
ALLENTOWN, PA.,
RESPEOTNDLLY announce to their friends and
the public in general,. that they have just re
ceived a splendid assortment, of
NEW AND SEASONABLE GOODS,
which will beMede up to order on short notice, in
the latest styles, and in aouperior manner ; consist
ing partly of Blaok French Cloths of all grades, Blue,
Drown Olive and Green Cloths, French Habits, Bl'k
Doeskin Cassiniaree of all grades, Black Zatubonn
Cassimere—new style, French. Silk mixed Coatings,
Bieck dnd 'white mixed Tricot Coatings, Brown and
white mixed Tricot Coatings, Drop Coatings, •Eng
lish' 'Repellant Cassimero .Coatings—Brown and
Gray. A laege Assortment'. of French and English
Yaw Cassimeres-4legant' styles, Domestic Omni
mores of alliPutlitlec, a large assortment of Matelasae
Vestings, Plain and figured. Gronadinos, Fanny Silks
and Marseilles of all qualities, .to., &c.
• All orders thankfully received and promptly exe
cuted at reasonable tenon.
pift`Cash buyers will find it to their particular
advantage to obtain their clothing at this establish.
went, as they will be sure to receive the beet ob
tainable value fur their money.
FURNISHING GOODS, ouch as Shirt-Wares,
Cravats, Neckties, Silk and Linen Irdk'fs,•Hosery,
Gloves, Suspenders, dia. •
Shire made to order. We have made arrange.
manta with Winchester &
,Co.;of Philadelphia to
take measure for shirts and get up in the Busy MAN
NER. Undershirts and Linen and Cotton Drawers.
SAMUEL BOATS,
WM. P. MILLER, Sup't.
April 18,1880
WALL PAPERS.
20,000 Rolls . of Wall Papers of every
possible variety and description.
THE undersignqd his just receiveck direct from the
manufaotories, the largest, the best and the
cheapest assortment of WALI, PAPERS, over offer
ed to the public in Allentown.
Persons desiring to purchase, would do well to
call and examine. my stock of new Patterns and
bentififul designs at low prices before purchasing
elsewhere.
Also nll kinds of Gilt and Plain Window Shades,
and Fixtures. EDWIN SAEGER,
No. 64 East Hamilton St., Allentown, Pa.,
Dealer in School Books, Wnll Papers, Perfumery,
Lo., ite. Also a News Agency,
March 14
JOHN F. HALBACH
JUSTICI Of IRE PUCE.
firm on the west side of 2d. street between Usual.
tots and Linden Streets, has boon appointed Ile
Agent of M.L. Heiler's European Express and Expo.
illtlon, Commission, and Porwording House, No. 3
Chnmber,Street, New• York..
lie writes or draws all Powers of Attorneys in the
German and English. Languages and forwards to all
'Parimany and England. Also Passage eertifierttott
can be bad at his able to Bremen, Hamburg,llavre,
Antwerp, Rotterdam and London
Allentown, August 31, 1859,
TM TROTTING STALLION
St. Charles
• jyl WILL stand at tho stables of the
. 0 1 , TV AMERICAN MOTEL, Allen
, fpraN s r town s Lehigh county, (and at no other
place,) from the 2.1 of April to the let
o Anguet, 18t10, every day in the week, (Sunday:
excepted.) Early application for Ida beryline should
he made, as tbey aro limited.'
Allentown, Mint 28, 1880
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Cabinet Ware Rooms
No. 29 West Hanaltot Street, forinerly the "Nero
York Store."
PRICE & WEAVER, having lately formed a co
partnership in the above business, respectfully
announce to the citizens of Allentown and vicinity,
that they have on band a first-Pate assortment of
' CABINET WARE
of all descriptions, consisting o f Bureaus, Side-bonrds
Pier, Centro, Card, Dining and Breakfast Tables,'
also What-Not and Sofa Tables, Parlor Chairs, Spring
seat Rocking Chairs, Sofas, Piano-stools, Bedsteads
of every descriptiondogether with a generol assort
ment of KITCHEN TURNITURE, all of which they
will sell at prices which defy competition In either
town or country. They also Manufacture to order
every description of Furniture, and every article sold
by them is warranted to give entire sntisfnetion, orno
sale. So please give thorn a call and see for your
selves, at No. 29 West Hamilton street,—sign of the
Venetian Blind. Also, always on hand, Tucker's
Patent and Putnam's Patent Spring Beds. , Also, all
kinds of Looking Glasses.
N. B.—A complete assortment o Venetian Blinds
always on hand, and made to order at short notice.
SIMON IL PRICE,
HENRY S. WEAVER.
Feb. 25.—tf.1
1860.
New Jersey and Pennsylvania
NEW. YORK TO EASTON,
WHITE HAVEN, WILKES BAItRE, AND .
INTERMEDIATE POINTS. •
via the MORRIS & LEHIGH.CANALS.
NOTICE in hereby given that a regular lino of
covered Boats will be rtin front PIER 19, j
NORTH RIVER, Boats,
Doy and Courtland
Streets,) New York, the present season, through the
Morris and Lehigh Canale.
The abort: lino was started hi 1359, us an experi
ment, and met with such encouragement from mer
chants and shippers as to induce its continuance on
a more extensive scale, and with a better organize
r end they Mel saAntted that with the facilltles
now possessed, and the extreme low rotes offered,
they can give perfect natisfaction to all who may
patronize them.
Their connections with other transportation lines
are ns follows, viz :
At WARIIINOTMI, N. J., with the Del. Lack, A Wes
tern R. Road.
" EMiTON, " Transporta
tion Co. to &
from Phila.
" ALI.MiTOWN, " " East Penn It. R. for
Rending Pa.,
" Mine llkvxx, Pa., '6 " Lehigh A Sung.,
R. R. for Wilkes-
Imre, Pa.
Until further notice their Boats will leave New
York as follows(
CHARLES KECK
For Wilkesbarre, via White Haven, every Saturday
" Easton every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
" Washington, Dilly, Sundays excepted.
JOHN OPHYOKB, Agent
For Easton, Freemanshurg, Bethlehem end Allen
town.
U. LANING,
General Agent
Office, Pier 18, Ntnth Pireii, New York.
March 28, 1880. tf
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[T ATTERS, No. 25 West Hamilton Stilt
Allentown, Manufacturers an d
Wholesale and Retail dealers in HATS, CAPS,
STRAW GOODS, &c., are now prepared for the
SPRING. and.SUMMER trade with all the different
styles of Hats, among thorn the celebrated Bonner
and Gennirig's styles, of the beet qunrities and at
such prices as to defy competition. Wo have en
hand the largest variety of
Seasonable Goods,
ever offered in dila borough, which we will sell at
the lowest cacti prices.
STRAW GOODS.—Of straw good!' we have a
very fine and choice stook, not surpassed by any in
town. It consists of Mena', Boya' and Youths' Pan
ama, Palm Leaf, Leghorn, Canada, Maricaibo, Mich
igan, &c. A fine stock of Mates' Bloomers. '
Our assortment of CAPS is one of the most exten
sive in the place, and we are adding to it almost dai
ly. Customers may reef assured that they can be
suited, as the stook has been selected from the larg
est assortments in the cities.
As all HATS are manufuotured under the imme
diate supervision of the firm, they feel warrenteed in
saying th4t for durability and finish they cannot be
surpassed by any establishment in tow,i.
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FREIGHT LINE.
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RATS FOR THE PEOPLE I
BERGER & KECK
3a..oountry Merchunts supplied at the lowee
city prim.
Allentown, April I
,low Is TOUR "XIAILI/.
Tilghman Sta.ttler
• R ESPECTFULLY informs his
friends, customers, and the
j public in general s that be still
•- fitcontinues the COACIIMA KING
• - ••• BUSINES S, in its various
branches, at his old stand on the corner of Sixth and
Linden, streets; in the borough of Allentown, where
he will always keep on hand or manufacture to or
der at the shortest notice, all kinds ofcarrlages, sindi
as BUGGIES, CARRYALLS, SULREYS, &e.
His materials being, of the best that can be pro
cured, and the workmen being second to none in
the Union, he feels confident that he can manufac
ture Carriages, in point of woricnutuship, in beauty
and in style equal to any other in the State.
' His work is done under his own eye, .end can be.
warranted if requested.
All kinds of repairing done in the neatest,•cheap
eat and most expeditions manner.
Persons can call and examine for themselves, as
no charges will he made.
Thatiklul for plot luvuro, ho hopes by strict at
tention to his business, to merit a still larger share
of publ iv patronage
I Murch 7, 1860
Adam Woolever,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SHERIFF'S OFFICE, ALLENTOWN . , PA.
WILL attend to the collection of claim In Le
high and adjoining counties.
Allentown, July 27, 1859.
Dr. J. H. Wilson
A tiRADUATR of the University of Penn/Ilya
-a nia, having opened an office at J. Rex's Hotel,
Hamilton street, Raft Allentown, (Mingo) respect
fully offers his professional services to the.inhabi
tants in its vicinity, end will answer to calls at all
hours of the day or night.
May 2, 1860. If
ALLENTOWN, PA.; WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 4,, 1860.
LYONS' PURE CATAWBA. BRANpY:
Av ß i rnly re in cei gs d a t ertio a r n confidently he sale o this
f i lently . o er it
to the publio as a pure and unadulterated article, 118
the following certificate will prove:
• OUEMICAL INSPECTOR'S OFFICE
26 Sixth at., bet. Walnut and Vine, Cincinnati,
MARCH, 1857.
This will certify that I have this day inspected
two separate lots of CATAWBA BRANDY, one in Bar
rels and one in Bottles, manufactured by LAURIN=
LYONS, and sold by his Sole Agent, J. Jacob, at the
Depot,No. 07, opposite the Burnett Rouse and 143
West Third street, Cincinnati, and find them, both
pure and free from an poisonous or deletereous drugs,
and as such have marked the 'same as the law di
rects. Given under my hand at my office.
[Signed.] HIRAM 00X, M. D.,
Inspector of Alcoholic Liquors, &e.
The 01110 CATAWBA BRANDY not only equals,
but even excels the best imported Brandies in purity
and flavor. It is in fact the best Brandy known.—
This statenent is fully corroborated by the ceftift
j sate of many of our most distinguished analytical
I Chemists, shine of which accompany this circular.
The wantof PURE BRANDY hoe long been felt
in this country and the introduction of an article
of such quality as to supercedo the sale and use of
those vile coupounds hitherto sold under the name
kof Brandy, chi only he regarded as a great ' public
I good. The CATAWBA BRANDY possesses all the
good qualities Maimed for the heat imported Liquor,
and is of perfett purity and superior flavor. It is
therefore fitilygitilled to tim patronage of the pub
lid as the abovecertifleate has shown. Wo feel Con
fident:that its nceptiop in this State will be as fa
vorable- as Gill - , whi h it bus met with in the
Great West, anc that time is not far distant when
the superiority a; our own Liquors will put. an end
to their importatim from abroad.
For Medical ptimoses this Brandy has no' rival,
and bee tong beenneeded:
.It is a sovereign and sure remedy for -Dye
pepsie, Flatulency, Low Spirits,lLauguor, General
,
Debility, 'Ac.
1 These Wines are made in the neighborhood of
Cincinnati, and are fstartiaterd to be the Pare Juice
I ey . tie Grape, and at - eminently calculated for inval
Ids, and persons who require a gentle stimulant, or
as n beverage will In found equal, if not superior
to the best Imported.
i Retail price for Tinnily, $1 25 per quart Bottle.
A liberal discount malt. to the trade.
Address. lIARYBY BIRCH A BROS.
Druggists, Reading, Pa.
—tf
MA; 2,1860
SPRING GOODS.
THE undersigned having just returned from the
City, has now openel a full and new assort
ment of all kind of. Spang and Summer Dress
Hoods, at his Store Room in the four story build
ing, a low doors enst of VAte I Howhard's Hotel,
comprising In part of Chali's, Valencia's, and Poil
de Chovere of splendid styles and at prices never
before offered. ContinoutalPinids, and.Persion De
loins of entire new styles.
SIIAWLS.—SteIIa Shawliof all colors, kinds and
prima, so that none need g. away without being
suited and purchasing one lf the handsome new
Shawls.
SILKS.---Silks:afprices new before offered In this
market. Colorked Silks at alpos tny prices. And
*Black Silks of all kinds and rytaliticas.
,CLOTII.--Cloth Dusters, mtde of Cloth and Ze
bra Cloth. Also a fine assortttent of Duster Cloth
of various colora and `shades. splendid asssort
ment of Black Cloth at priceio suit the classes,
rich and poor. Also a fine assoimentof fanny Cas
simer, s.
MUSLINS.—Mnslins, bleacbill and unbleached
at the lowest Market prices.
CARPETS AND OIL CLO lIS. Carpets in
Woollen and Cotton. At prices nlvver before offered
in this town, and Oil Clotbs.of all idtha of .the beat
quality, 1 ,
COAL OIL LAMPS.—A fine insortment of the
above Lamps, which we will sell 4 prices that will
be an accommodation to the publit Also Coal Oil
of the best quality.
GROCERIES AND G,DEENSWLRE.—A fine as
sortment of Groceries, such as Stqar, Coffee, Tea,
&c. Also a large assortment of cheensware. Ten
and Dinner Setts all of which we t till sell as low as
possible.
MACKEREL—MackereI in Nol and 2, in whole,
half, and quarter barrels. Salt *mks and by the
bushel.
Air - The highest Market prices')ald for all kinds
of Produce. All that are in nell of any of the
above goods, will find it to thar advantage to
call at the store of the undersigned before purchas
ing elsewhere.
JAC.. BURDGE.
Al!entown, April 14i 18604 tf
MILLINERY
And Mantua Making Establishment.
MISS MARY A. STETTLER inspectfUlly in
forms the public that oho cartes on the Mil
linery and Dress Making business at No. 0 West
liamiliton street, above Roeder .1f Lerch Store,
where she would be happy to nom:imitate all in
need of anything iti her link of huttness. She has
just rettutted Rom Now York and Phiadelphia with
a large and elegant stook of Spring Ind Summer
MftIINEar.BUDS
Among which will be found all kind Bennetkel•
vets of all colors and variety of pr ice's Colored Vel
vets of all colors and prices., water'd and
corded Bonnet Goods. Bonnet and lap Ribbons, a
large assortment. French and Argil= Flowers.
Laces, Bonnet Tabs, drowns, Buoltinis, &0.,
together 'with a splendid nssortmont if Paris Fancy
Feathers.
The above goods were selected Oh much care,
and will be sold at the very lowest tairket . prices.
Don't forget the place, No. 9, Wes Hamilton St.,
Allentown, Pa-
MARY A. erETTLER
Allentown, Feb., 28, 1800.
ISM
EAGLE HOTEL
MB
CORNER of Hamilton and Seventh Stre eta, (Dar ,
ket Square) Aiientown, PIL •
Tli E Eagle' is well situated for the nocomod/tion
of travelers. It Is furnished in the beet mannll.
The . Table is provided with the beat fare tbniunr
kot affords, and the bar supplied with the pure aril
boat liquors,
Farmers and persons from the country, will (MA
the stabling and yard, as well as the Hotel, cdnvfl
'Aunt.
AO-Omnibuses run regularly from this house
the Rail-road depots. . .
MOSES SCHNECK, Proprietor.
Allentown, January 4, MO. ly
MEI
DR. 8. P. BLISS ,
nFI~TTI®Tar
OFFICE OVER PRETZ, GTITII 1 CO'S STORE
A LLENTOVIIN,-PA
MEE
11111 M
LIBERTY T1LEE.1765,
(This beautiful ballad was written by Thomas
Paine, the author of " The Age of Henson," nod pub
lished in the Pentiaglvania,Magqaine or July, 1775,
while ho was editor of that periodical. Ile compos
ed and published many songs and elegies during his
connection with the magazine. Among them. Tho
Death of Wolfe, on tile plains of Abraham, is un
commonly pathetic and graceful.l
In a chariot of, light from the regions of day,
Tho Goddess of Liberty came;
Ten thousand celestials direoted the way,
And hither ionduated tire dame.
A fair budding brim& front the gardens above,
Where millions with millions agree,
She brought In her hand as a pledge of her love,
And the plant she named. Libertg Tree.
The celestial exotic struck deep in the ground,
Like a native it dourieh'd and bore ;
The fame of 'itsfruit dre* the nations around,
To seek out this peaceable shore.
Unmindful of names or distinctions they came,
For freemen like lirothers agree;
With one spirit endued, they one friendship pursued,
And their temple was-Liberty Tree.
Boneath this fair tram like the patriorohs of old,
Their broad in contentment they ate
Unveced with the troubles of silver and gold,
• The cares of the grand and the great.
With timber and tar they Old England supplied,
And supported her power on the sea;
Her battles they fought without getting a groat,
For the honor of Liberty Tree.
But hear, oh, ye swains, 'tis a tale most profane,
How all the tyrannical powers,
Kings, Commons, and Lords, are uniting amain,
To cut down this guardian of owe ;
From the east to the west blow the trumpet to arms,
Through the land let the sound of it flee,
Lot the fur and the near, all unite with a cheer,
In defense of our Liberty Pree.
THE OHS LIEERTY;
In February, 1700 ) 0thild tite stritiip rtet
was under discussion in the British Parlia
ment, Col. Isaac Barre, in a brilliant speech
in reply to Townshend, who, in favoring the
passage of the act, had spoken of the Col
onies
as having been "nourished by the
care of England." said, "'Toy.nourished
by your care? By your care? These Solis
or LIBERTY have nobly taken up arms in
your defense," etc. This title of Sons of
Liberty, so applicable to the colonists who
were opposing tyranny, was at once adopted
by those banes formed in every town for the
protection of American interests. These
Sons were the active and influential citi
zens who had associated themselves for
their mutual protection—for animated by
the prune views, and resisting a common dan
wer' they sitw their only safety was in union.
THE FIRST CONGRESS.
During the' year 1774 the troubles be
tween the Colonies and Great Britain had
reached such a point aa.to render it advisa
ble to have a more united action of the
American people.
In May of that year a committee of• the
Sons of Liberty in tiew York proposed, and
were the first to propose; a GENERAL CON
GRESS. This proposal was transmitted to
thentitfiCr colonies, who received it with ap
proval. The Massachusetts General As
sembly being in session at Salem, Samuel
Adams having
.previously secretly consulted
many Of the members, on Vriday, June 11,
confident of success . , locked the door of the
Assembly room, and in the presenoC Of diie .
hundred and twenty-nine of its members
proposed his plans. They fixed upon Phil
adelphia as the place, and September as the
time, For the assembly of the first Congress..
In accordance .with this appointment, on
the sth day of September, 1774, fifth-five
delegates, from eleven colonies, met in coun
cil. Peyton Randolph, of Virginia, was
chosen chairman. Among the delegates
wore Washington, Patrick Henry, John
and Samuel Adams, John Jay, Richard
Henry Lee, John Rutledge, and others
whose names are preserved in the histories
of the times.
The first question that arose was the mode
of voting. It was decided each colony
should have one vote and no more. It was
next voted that the doors'shouid be closed
during the transactiop of .business, and
members pledged themselves to keep the
proceedings secret, until they should be
promulgated by direction of a majority.
The-proposal that the Congress should be
opened with prayer received some objection,
it being feared it would lead to difficulty on
account of diversity of religious opinion;
but on nomination of Samuel Adams, a
Congregationalist, Duehe, an Episcopalian,
was chosen for the service.
We have not space to present the doings
of the Congress in detail The principal
' acts were a Declaration of Rights; An Ad- ,
dress to the King ; - An Address to the Peo
ple of Great , Britain ; A Memorial to the
Americans ; -A Letter to the People of Can
ada—which *rote properly 'drawn up and
published in October. Noo.importation and
exportation agreements were made. The
slave-trade, that had been forced upon the
Colonies, was reprobated ; home manufac
tures urged,. and committees 'of vigilance
were appointed.
Joseph Galloway; of Pennsylvania, pre
sented a plan for the continued union , and
harmony of the Colonies with the crown;
but although not yet was independence
then& of by the Most "fanatical," his
plan was entirely too submissive to he
adopted, and on the 26th of October- the
first Congress adjourned and the members
returned to their homes, determined, as
they said; " That they were themselves to
stand or fall with the liberties of America."
FORMATION OF THE UNION
On Monday, the sth of September, 1774,
there was assembled in Carpenters ' Ball, in
the city of Philadelphia's number of dele
gates who had been• chosen and appointed
by the several English colonies in North
Ameiica to hold a Congress; for the purpose
of discussing •certain grievances imputed
against 'the king, and his officials. Thi s
Congress resolved on the nest day that each
colony should have ono vote only.
On Tuesday, July 2, 1776, the Congress
resolved, " That these united colonies ,are,
and of right ought to. be, free and indepen
dent slates," etc.; and on Thursday, the
4th July, 'the whole Declaration of Inde
pen-denco }mink been 'agreed upon; it Was
publicly Teed , to the: people: Shortly after,
00ArAmrtlrimee,r , ,tawsii ..4 4.o.qrwe. 5. 44.marrvel
on the 9th September, it was resolved that.
the, wprds a United Colonies" should be no
longer used, and that the " United States
of America" should theneefOrward be the
style and title of the Union.
On Satigday, the 15th November, 1777;
Articles of Confederation' and Perpetual
Union of the United States of America"
were agreed upon by the State delegates,
subject to the ratification of the State legis
latures severally. Eight of the States had
ratified those articles by the 9th of July,
1778 ; one did so on the 21st July; one on
the 24th July; one on the 26th November
of the same year : one on the 22d of Feb
ruary, 1779, and the last one on the Ist of
March, 1781. Here was a bond of union,
among thirteen independent States whoie
delegates in Congress legislated for the gen-.
eral welfare, and executed certain powers,'
so far as they were permitted, by the arti
cles aforesaid. The war of the Revolution
was closed in 1783, and thus the Union,
which hitherto shad existed only de facto
ncrw became ,a government de jure.
On the. 4th March, 1789, the present
constitution, which had been adopted in a
convention and ratified by the requisite
number of States, went into operation. The
dates at which the States legislatures rati
fied this instrument were : Delaware, 1787;
Pennsylvania, 1187; New' Jersey, 1787 ;
Georgia, 1788; Connecticut, 1788 ; Mass
achusetts, 1788 ; Maryland, 1788 ; South
Carolina, 1788 ; New Hampshire, 1788';
Virginia, 1788 ; Now York, 1788 ; North
Carolina, 1789; and Rhode Island, 1790.
The privilege of becoming members of
the Union by ratifying, the constitution was
confined to those States that were parties
to the confederation by which the Con
stitution had been Framed. This constitu
tion had been adopted by the convention on
the 17th day of September, 1181. It re
quired that nine States should ratify it be.
fore its provisions could go into effect. On
the 13th of September, 1788, Congress de
termined that, ns a sufficient number of
States had complied with this reservation,
eleven having done so, it should become
operative on the first Wednesday (the 4th)
of March, 1789. North Carolina and Rhode
Island had not yet given it sanction ; but as
soon as they had acceded to it, they were
admitted to a 'participation of its benefits
Since the period of the adoption of the
ecittBtUdtion twenty new States hare been
admitted into the Union. These are as
follows : Vermont, 1792; Kentucky, 1792 ;
Tennessee, 1796; Ohio, 1802; Louisiana,
1812; Indiana, -1816; Mississippi, 1817 ;
Illinois, 1818 ; Alabama, 1819 ; Maine,
1820 Missouri, 1821; Arkansas, 1836;
Michigan, 1837 ; Florida; 1845 ; Texas,
1846 ; lowa, 1846; Wisconsin, 1848 ; Cal
ifornia, 1850; Minnesota, 1858 ; and Ore
gon, 1858.
INDEPENDENCE DECLARED.
On the Bth of June, 1770, Richard Hen ,
r a y, Lee, of Virginia, acted upon'the instrue.
ttons ,of his constituents, and in a clear,
ringing voice 'read to the Congress the fol
lowing resolution :
That these "United Colonies are, and of
right ought to be, free and independent
States; and that all political connection be.
tween us and Cheat Britain is, and ought to
be, totally dissolved"
Per a monietit there Was silence; then
Jhon Adams, of Mascachusetts, simply and
manfully seconded the resolution . but neith
er of their names were entered on the Jur
nals, lest they should be hanged for tree-,
sou. It waviecieed to postpone its consid
eration till the Ist of July, and that a doth
mittee to prepare a Declaration . should be
oppointed (June 1.0 ;) they were, Thomas
Jeffersdn, df Virginia, John Adams, of
Massachutetts, Benjamin Franklin, of Penn
sylvania, Roger Shuman, of Connecticut,
and Robert R. Livingston, of New York..
The form and principles of this state pa
per were disousseci by these five men, and
then Jefferson was requested to make a draft
of their Declaration. He wasselected to do
this rather than Adams, for those reasons :
Jefferson was a Virginian—he was a South
ern man ' • his dra ft would not be sharply
criticised, for he had not been an extreme
advocate of Independence; and as Adams
said; " I had a great opinion of the ele
gance
.of his pen, and none at all of thy
own." He theref ore took the minutes and
made the draft, which, with some altera
tions, was adopted.
The draft prepared by Jefferson was sub
mitted to the-committee, and was somewhat
altered and amended, mostly with the pen
of Adams.
Some changes alio were made, both by
the Committee of Five, and by the Commit
tee of the Wholeinone of which were very
important.
On the 28th of June, the Committee ar
peered at the bar of the - House, and throng - It
their chairman, Thomas Jefferson, pregent
ed their draft: It was read in profound si-
lenee, and listened to withintense interest.
Through the first, sedond, and third' days of
July it was ilieussed in Committee of the
Whole, and each paragraph reeelied,asseut
or alteration..
On Ake dth of July—John Hancock, the
President of Congress, in the chair—Benja
min Harrison, of Virginia, reported that the
Committee of the Whole LadNreed 'llion a
Declaration which they desired him to pres
ent.
The Declaration of Independence
.was
then read, beginning as follows
DECLARATION 01? INDEPENDENCE
OF THE,
UNITED STATES OE AMERICA,
By their Representatives In Congress assembled,
July 4, 1776
While this was being read in the Halls
or Congress, the streets were crowded with
eitixons, anxiously awaiting the final deci
sion. In the steeple'of Independence Hall
stood the old bellman, waiting to Sound that
bell which bore as its motto •
te liberty throughout the land to all the
inhabitants thereof"
At two o'clook. the final, vote• was anT
flounced by Secretary Thomson.
The 'vote was unanimous in its favor, from
the thirteen United Colonies. • Thenceforth
they became " The• United Suites."
When Secretary - Thomson decrared : . the
unanimous vote, the consecrated pealed,
out the news, and thrilled the hearts of the
crowd, from whom went up shout:after
shout, and bonfires, cannon, illuminations
spoke the absent of the nation.
The sound crossed the broad AtlantiO,
and reached the ears of king-ridden Europe.
The old world wits beginning to awake,and
this cry for liberty startled their dreams.
Throughout the Colonies the Declaration
was received with joy and hope; for the
people badrapidly ripened, and men now
felt that the die was cast, and that "Who
would be free, himself must strike the
blow." Thenceforth was no doubt—the
end must be Liberty or Slavery.
On the 9th of July the Deolaration•reach
ed the army, at its head•quarters in New
York. •
Toward sunset, when nature was sinking
to rest, and the sun was casting those long,
summer shadows over the landscape, the di-
visions of the army were drawn out , under
arms. Washington rode with his staff along
the lines; all knew that news had arrived,
and the time was full of expectation. At a
given signal the Declaration of Indepen
dence was read before each division, and
with heads uncovered every man listened ,
to those words which made him thenceforth
either a soldier of liberty or a traitor to the
king:
When the reading was finished, the en
thusiasm could not be restrained, cheers
rent the sky, and the soldiers embraced one
another in excitement. Tears gathered in
the eyes of stalwart men, and their Obief
covered his head and rode to his quarters,
determined to sacrifice life, property, all
but honor, in the service of liberty, and to
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secure th ilt of a man for himself and
his felloiv-cou t ymen.
Independence was declared, but Ind&
pendettoe was not' yet won.—Elliotes New
England History, •
TH.F. AMERICAN FLAG.
Previous to the War of Revolution there
was no necessity for an . American flag.ln
September, 1775, Washington commission-1
ed several vessels to cruise and capture thd l
enemy's transports. These bore the " Pine
tree flag"—a pine-tree on a white ground—
which had been previously used by the
Massachusetts colony.
A variety of flags Were used by the Con
tinentals in the early months of the Revolu
tionary struggle. At the taking of Fort
Johnson, September 13, 1775, a peculiar
flag Was employed, whioh Holmes,: in his
" Annals," refers to thus " A flag being
thus thought necessary for the purpose of
signals, Colonel Moultrie, who was request—
ed by the Council of Safety to procure one,
had a long blue flu , * made, with acrescent
in one corner; to be e in uniform with the
troops. This was the first American flag
(adds Holmes) displayed , in South Caroli
na." The crescent, be it observed, in' an
emblem of sovereignty. On the 20th of
October, in the same year, Colonel John
Reed wrote this order to Colonel Glover and
Stephen Mayland : "Please to fix upon
some particular calor for a flag and a signal,
by which our vessels may know; one anoth
er: What do you think of a flag with a
white ground— a tree in the middle—the
motto, Appeal to Heaven !' This is the
flag of our floating batteries."
On the Ist of January, 1776, a new - flag
was seen at the redoubt on Mount Pisgah,
near Reston. In the corner was the Crass '
of England, thirteen stripes of white and
red forming the body of the flag, represent-
ing the thirteen colonies.
It seems the flag on thatoidOubt previous .
-to this time had been red, for on the 17th
of January. 1776, the captain of an
Englieh transport,' then lying in. the port of'
Boston, wrote home to his . owners : I can.
see thellibels!:eamp.very plain, whose col-.
ere, a little4hile ago, were entirely red.;
but on:reoeipt.,of,tte King 'a speech (which
they burnt) they;lipisted the Union Flag,
which is here. ennnse,d to intimate the
union of the, provinces." The captain
Could not, probably, discern the device
the flag, b ut he Alotiaaa 010 - 1311aage of, dol
or, from royal red to Wart bluk
February . 9th,*l776;•CoVitiel Gadsden
proposed the following design qi 'Twat
flag:"A yellow geld, ivith ,, ielittely:reirre-;
sentation of a rattleariake in theiniddleiiii
the attitude of, going to , Striket ;thiiii.worda
.unnerneatlr, Don't treed on me!" :;11any;
other.designs for flags .were proposed) and
several, as just, observed, were in use , : .
It was
,not till June 14th,,1777,,,tbatC0nv
gress *Bed the. resolution which
_gnve;:to.
the infant nation a national flag. That Tee
elution was in the following words :
" Resolved,lhat the flag of 'the thirteen
United States be thirteen stripes,; alternate,
red and white; that the Union be thirteen
stars, white, in a blue field,'Eepretieiting a
now constellation:"
This was the flag of the latter triumphs
•of the Revolution. 'lt remained unaltered;
till January 13th, 1794; when . the .adinie-;
sion of two new States added two , stars to
the conatellation" and two stripes .to ;the
' "rainbow." This was the flag vf.1812-7
the flag of. Lake .Erie, New .Orleans, And
the Atlantic. ocean.
Subsequently, the following reselutions:
were,adopted'hy Congreei
" That, from and, after the fourthy day of
July ; next, the flag of the United . Statee be
thirteen boriaontal stripes, alternate Ted 1114
White; that the 'Union - 'be twenty Mari, white r in
white r in a blue field and•that on the . 'iul:
Mission of a new State into the `Union, one
star be added to the• union of ;the flag." •,.
This change was suggested by the Hon..
Peter H. Wendover, of New York. Its
utility is suftleiont.ty 'Obvious: ' The flag
which floated'over the " Hulls of the Mon
tezuinaii" had thirty stars ;in the union,
The present flag liar thirty-three.
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Hope, Love and.
..Power pompom the trin
ity of Life,. and give it.purpasei hres / th and
strength" . /Rut th ey, . kcail
mafe's atfuggles
and its fever-dreams ; and rest is not, from
them,--Rest, the' .. ceaseless longing of the
soul,--the.mystic something it sighs for
when the battle of the : World is over.
Rest, Ihow little,. What (tliore can
aching hearts, and, ppfferipg spirits seek?—
Thou. 001 . 4162 e 91434)4 7 w/ bliss, no eter
nity, strange,,fermlea j and44ll but in the
thought of thee is Oinsoh4l,9,n.,enly.found.
Hope, Love and. POWer,gloWilike, to les
ser suns, across the heroin:lope otteti; but
they dazzle and are gone; and ':* - '6 again,
and speed, once more; like 'theta - lable,
away. ResVas the load•star, is ever'efetia,
and clear though pale, through the eight
and heralding the Day.'
Directed by the beam of , Restove firmly
walk, and, feel-we•know eur state: No fan
cied realm of glory open the mental eye ; no
Prospero's wand our tranquil reason cheats.
`We may not , wildly laugh nor flush nor
thrill beneath that ; beam, and . yet we. move
with frent erect and painless Prow; as Stoles
did of old—prepared to:bra v o the worst and
scorn the'seeming beat', in tibliebia will be,
ere long, as ono, and naught. ' ' •
Rest, all unlike to Hope' and Love and
Power, deceives not ever him Who places
trust therein ; nor frets, nor pangs, nor stabs
as they. The thought of Rest is 'sweet and
mild as infant slumber is; .and though it
crown no dreamer's brow with rosy wreaths,
it leaves no trace of thoruwounds there.
Philosophy the purest, Faith the truest,
cleavei to Rest, and yields it , all the saintly
placitude which angel forms of ancient
Masters dead from living canvass lireathe.
Rest, is the resolution of all, Patiht, the
giving point and..stop to infinite' imagining
and dim, chaotic Divehi. It •is a line of
beauty which not Fate has Change—a spot
of violent sky no clouds clan cretsile all
the spade around enwrappod• , :witir *Mk.
Tartarean gloom. • •
How every ,iris web that rapt .euthusiast
ever spun; how, every. shining, ,phase, that
gifted sage revealed amid . his) Moiling solici
tude,,dies out,like an umulinverrid,Teise, be
fore the changeless verity of Art. „ i yhere
needed" not the fi:uithil mind, the ,plastic
soul, the poet's itturtild to Trianon Rest, a
truithful, glorious thingl'for which ail hu
man nature, sick and"sad'arid'iveria, yearns,
'as tomb foritenant doetyand beg* irripeech
less prayer; • e•
Rost nothing needs to make it all-adored,
beyond its own dear•lighti. and the steel
poisoned feeling of the World. Chance,
Time-end Change, the ruling =Mamas of
this orb, are powerless, ehained,:when Rest
is felt, and knells their' grim *Mistimes out.
In certainly alone is bliss, inupritelonly the
,freed spirit's home., • NiThatreeks the.groanl
ing slave, the slowly r dying king, ths mar
tyred-hero, or the suffering, sahat„cf, ether
spheres, where, : Thought may bte .re l born,
and• Pain renewed, or ,Tlife in bliss lrgan;
if Rest stoop . Go wn *Michelle . ° Of Os.
draught, and Make the Wretehed Pest' as if
never Vas ? ,
Hope, Love and Primer, and all there is
of good or ill of Earth 'and Being here, how
quick ye'll firde, and steal, like phantoms
false, minty, whod• • onett the dawnrokinight
iest science, Reat,..fiteaks forth ••in..hroad
transparence through the .Werld.lt , . Old
worshipped, images omt thateful forms, and
temples Proud antl,griallifilongwirotte,aiales
000 rivers rPn l .4n4.ldPlaq4itio4. , lfittibbod
of sacrifice, gr r i4.A9Ac.4l,4o9numd
light, and pritnal,, „ettee,h,eguk, .4or aye her
reign. . , , . s ,
No stated, crippled,fileedintifqrink ? with
souls of monster kinkainlbare to Thought
and M'einery's brird` Ives'
the groaning Earth; a 4
dorer went,' for ewer seeking' Rest hr. - vain.
Oh, no, that Rest Will 'then ibrivegicome
which makes the .spirit'allaaVeh-6-the pure
Bethesda, where all•Time'si diseases finds
first and last, Its serupiternalaure, :;
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with which the day .
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Prof. IluivriinkTs is o.4 l §mplig,_thO„least.
With all the superiority of tife,ll9Meopath
ic System
.of. Uedioine_otiiii'ilitit' ofite old
.school in its fteciinin fronl i daimftlid the
,ease and pleasantness with
. iitAich its medi
nt
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still remained an intriesteil ige "'for the
people tto 'nse. 'Prem . the' fif '' ilia' ii' Single
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•cablettv'inily certain sYnikkitiMiyitisivinum
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so; that , of,ten , „thii, loner, anti , •almid and
studied,..thp,mya% i iig!csti .he; b 10043401, nor
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been Irefoin denied; that 'teitain - f inedioines
'in this 'sySteniiniiglitaloMitimoniiitudy com
bined in .a single i.emedyl Which - *messed,
in good paiti theiedvantmfesiot:eaeltof its
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