W ! fur iTi iVw3S istift e'.. llD' rh. fi rd; i 1 Is r ': ii'. ndcr in- :k. i ( otb ii 6 ni-'r ;t'i - A- 3 cor es'' t : r . nt54EU, Editor ami Proprietor. 3 r-ti l'TCHl8. Publisher; VOLUME 7. f) i.' koto nr. I.JST OF I'OST OFFICES. ,.. Offer. Pott Tatrr). Districts. -rcilltown, bteven L. EvariR, t rrou. :hc?5 Spring?, M. D. Wnpner, Chest. Conei'iaugh, A. G. ('rook?, Taylor, jre.on. R. Tl. Drown, Waahint'n. j:,nil'".re. John Thompson. Ehensl.u rg. Frtllon TifV-rr, C. Jeffries. White. K.firmtn'i Mills, PetT Gar-nan. Susq ban. lolirrin. J. M. Christr. t.nllitr.in. Knalnck. Win Tiler, Jr., Wiisht'n. -,'iii-town. E. R-.herts. .r.v.u-n'wu. . ... . r .... i..r.M M. An esnercer. iinrcun. k.i.isrpr. A. Durhin, Monster. i:t:evillf. M. J. Phut. Susq'hnn. ft. ustine, Ft-ir. Wharton, Clearfield. j alp Level, George Berkey. Kichlntot. ' ,nmnn, A. She-maker, Washt'n. SummerhiU. IL F. Slick, "Jroyte. ?umrit Wm. M fonnell, Washt'n. . ilmore, J. K. Shryock. S'mennll. C'Eri'RCIIES, 3HXISTEBS. 5tC. rrr?.yirrinv Rev. T. M. Wilson. Pastor. -.--.iching every Sabbath morning nt 10 lock, nnd in the evening nt 7 o'clock. Sub i'h School at 9 o'clock, A. M. Prayer meet- fvfrv Thursday evening at 0 o'clock. ' V, ' n t .) i cj'a ICIivrch Rkv. A . R a k e r . rr.-uher in charge. Kev. .1. 1'Kti-niNo. ,v? ?i.i:,t. Preaching every alternate Sahlmtlt -ning, st u o'clock. Sabbath School nt: !i '-kA. M. Prayer meeting every Wednes- "V.-:h)p, lit 7 o'clock. ',: cl h-trreu.inttlr.v Li.. R. Powxm., ,t(r. Preaching every Sabbath morning nt ,.'r:o.-k. and in the evening at 6 o'clock. ; ; th L:h..ol st 1 'o'clock, P. M. Prayer :.,-t on the firt Monday evening of e.ch . hti.1 on i-verv Tues.lav, TUurs.lay anJ ivoiil., exce-piir.g the furt week in (.rt'n. MCrr VetleJU' Rev Morc.AS F.I.t.!H. pr, -nchir," everv Siihhnth eveninc at i C oMock. Siihhrtth School .it 1 ' o'clock. M Plover tueet:ng every FrMny evcnnip. : io.-k. Societv every' Tuesday evening 7 n't h:';k. ..,., it ev W Li.ovp, Prtstor. Pn-a.-h-:-vrry S.i'ohnTh riorning nt lt o'clock. )' i-tirul. .';. V u F.I . !)AVlt KvANS. Pre:hinp every ahl.ath evening nt Sill-bath School nt nt o'clock, P. M r-,;.,-VcP.Fv. R. C. t'HTiisTY. P;ftor. Cs! evert r-'jii-.uun r."imngu i; x o our ,jcrs nt 4 o'clock in the evening. t: sx s:si5 1' kcs misls. VAU.S ARRIVE. : r-i. through, dsily. at !f:!, WHV, " at rt. i :-.. tl r i!gh, ' t P. 0 35 P. 'J. 25 A. 9.23 A M. M. M. M. r::, tthv. o ( MAILS.-"LtiS-E. r. Kt s.t- p. r:- l---TeV!l, -FV., ' l--e ' S.O0 P. M nail from ParrolRown iirrive .v, .vn;. :nvs esceptfc1.. I tie r.iiuii irom trrtii.e. Grant. Ac., arrive on JIo!idny, .l.ie-d-.y mid Fridays. .ii'.U for t'urrol'town le:re daily, Snn v xcopted. Mtils for I'l.utevillc, (!m:it, . leave en Tarsdays, Thursdays and Sat-i-r. CRESSON STATION. Prtlt. ExT.ress leave? r.t 8.25 A M. ri.ila. Fxpress lv Vt il: L::p. " l"i t l ire ' 1 ay E5pref " A'toona Aceora. " 9 23 A 9.5 "J A &.r.i P. m. 7.30 P M. 4.15 P. M. 8.4 0 P. M. 2.30 A. M. T.1G A.M. 1. 5.1 P. M 1.21 P. M. RftW '.'. P.xjite3 ,,, 1 F:-f; Line I:,y KvprrF Cincinnati E.r. Alioona Accom. it i COF'.MY OFFICERS. tKf of the Courts President Itn. Geo. r. Huntingdon: Associates, George W. cy. Hon ry '. Devine. :i"'.i;i'i,'ary--Ge) C K. Zahm. " i':r and l.'eccrder Jtmes (IrifTin. 'r.f Jar.u 3 Myer. 'nei Attornr;. Jo'an F Came. Commixt'OTjrrs John (Tam'ibe1!, K l i G1:up, F. R. Dni.r. sr -n. 'r.s'irrr F :rt :it as M P r;n;. 'r I'rvf I'ireforr (Jt-crge M'GulIough . :.p Orri-, Ji.3"p!i lai!ey. nr Ifour Trnifurrr George C K. Zebm. ii.,,,r. Frnn. P. Titrncy, Jr.o A. Kea ". r.-rr-ni ! Bralir. t.iri S-jrrryor.- Henry c nnlan. roii.r. -V.'iUIam FlutteiT. '-'T-mf.-V Appraiser John Cox. (''f. of Common Schools J F. C Condon. T I tr.jfM James A. Moore. e Ce, of the Peace HrriFcn Kinkes.d, I mj J. Wateri. 'Wi irrctnr D. W. Ev:tns. J. A. Moore, 'J Pnvis. David J. Jones, 'ViHiam M. --T5T t-r.ugh Trraxurcr Geo. W. Oatrnnn. .-fr to Vounrtl Saml. Singleton. ntt Ccrumittioner David Davis. EAST WARD. urn Cr.uneil A. Y. Jnnr! V-bn D. Rv.tns. e. el I:tvi. Ghnrles Owcr.B. R. Jones, jr. riW-Tlinmnj Todd. !':' cf lArrtmn m. 11 U iVlS. 'tH-u.rt David E. Evnn, Danl. J. DaviC ffor Thomas J. I)vis. WKfT WARD. fi Cr.vneil John Lloyd, S..mml Stiles, ' "'on Kinkcad, Join: K. Scnulaa, George st.ibU Rurnabns M'Dermit. r-retor. William II. Sechier, George W n. tenor Joshua D. Parrish. sociirriKs, &c. V ir c ., T , v. , n , ,. t. M. Summit Lodge N.. 3 1 2 A. Y. M. ! s in Mnsonic Hnll. Fbensbur, on the ', lcesflay of each month, at 7 o'clock, ; " j ' n- F: Highland Lodge Xo. 428 I. O. : U V -0,V8 K,Jt sburg, nf T Hijrhland Division Na. 84 Son of rr'ince meets in Temperance Hall, Eb J OF SUBSCRIPTION TO "THE AXLEG II ASIAN V- Somebody '11 Come To-MUt. I must biDil mj hair with the myrtle bough, And gem it with buds o" white, And drivt this bhiah from my burning brow, For soinehody'll come to--iiht ; And while hi 'ye shall discern a gr-ice In the bmiil of the folded flower, He aiii t not fin I in my tell-tiie face The tpell of his wondrous power. I must don the robe whk'h he fondly calli A cloud of enchanting light. j And sit where the mellowing nioonliht tall 3, For homebody '11 cull to-night; A.ud while the robe and the place shall seem But the veriest frei.k of chance, 'Ti swrc' to know that v.is eye will beam" Willi a tenderer happier g.ance. 'Twas thus I sang when the years were few That lay on my girlish heal, And all the flowers that in fancy grew Were tied with a. gulden thread. And somebody came, and the whi-pera there I cannot repeat them quite ; Uut I know ti.y soul wti.t up in prayer, And somebody's here to-night. I blush no more at the whimpered vow, Nor sigh in the av'.t moouligli' ; My robe has a tint, ot amber now, And I sit by ;he auLhracite ; . And the lock, that vied with t! e glossy wren Have passed to the silver gr.iy ; then, Uut the love that decke-1 tliem with fljwcrs li a holier love to-dav. "Ti-.e t,:st SSotir ol (lie Great ConUicl." ELOQrtsT STKECTl OT lio'::. JOHt A. BINGHAM OMHK G f li A T ISSIF-S oV T1I UOI'R. On the Ath i:i.fa:if, nt Cambridge. ().', Hon. .Jol.ii A. Bifiohum va reno;i;inatcd for t leeiioii to Congress. On tltut oeca sion, be app'art d bi ire the Cottsfi es-in-al Conlere.ice and delivered the following patriotic and eloquent spoesh : The ia-t hour of this great conflict has eome. Three- hundred tii-ius.-ind voutig men. the beauty and p"i-mie of the land, have pcri-hed upm i:s h:h place'1, that the country "light live. The battle bv ly. l vinf.l?i-ts bee-ti . fought and won i tie iai, tne greatest. ieeaue ine unai i oi lliet is to L; foiij!it, n it by t he bayo net, but by thejiallot, That weapen firmer set A d surer than the bayonet." In the hands ol a free people, it will speak in the coming coule-t lor tbe fi;al triittiipli or the fioa! overthrow of the republic. Viewed in this lioln, my ft-i-low-citizen, it is such a contest as no man within tbe heating ol my voiee ever wi'i.es.-ed before, bec-Use it is a content which decides of itself the future ol a grent people. 'ih!d are but two patties to-day, us there weie iijoi. that morning wln-n trea sou tired the first gu:i o i Fort Srimier ; there are but two parties in ibis l.tt, !, the trietids ot the Constitution, the fiieuds of the liberty of the human race, secured by iaw in ti-is ia i d. uivet of (Id the I i-t rcluge of hber:y upon earth ; and the iitenJ oi that ties j.orifni, ao f CKTMpiraev, and trea-o-i, and unurt'eued crime, which sought to rend il.e B public to atoms, and to ca-t lots for it- M-nnilp-s irufmei'l There are but r attiot- and traitors. Thev i 1 - . . . . , . I r- , v. ! o :a v. r t'll'll tiVc: trer: mi a:n! rait..r m tv c til I at riot - beV are iioir-e hi'!:!!!;. the ..ru. H tbo ;o r;nj w..ru men j thus r iy on le ;'rerig a oaui insist th.it ri.al nu it i:.ly s'-ali te pal upmi iiUatd l pro i C ttie deare-t i tete-ts ii thi t:titio . '! I o they not rather say that, its pi;ee.s of trur shall bj given to iIu'm! who but yest.tday mustered their bo-tile ho-s ajainst tbe ( I oVettl men t from the Imnks ol (lie l'li'-mui; to fbe bank" of I?;., i. ......i., v m i... ..i ... kind. m matter wr. ether liiey ct'i them . , - fCtve Democrufs or soiuetbmg el.-e, are no better thsu t raitor... This ii a'l of the issue before the Ameiieai, t,.nle. It Usimidv this, and nothing les, u hello r the loyal men who saved this Republic in the council an I in the field, by the iia-iire ol iheir beans, who have giv n tlieir sons, the a) p'.e t their ee, as a sae.r fic' for the life of the nation, shall be intr i-ted with the care of the Republic; or who' her Cre men who foiloweii the fortunes of U e and Roaure p;ard and Jt-eph K John-ton, are to be allowed heieattcr lo enter jour National I I - I - Capitol as iogi-lators and rulers of this M.ar -(,.oi,lc. Thi- is tbe whole question, as is clearly seen oy a giance a: tui t w j platforms announced at Colunihu-, by the two parties within the last month. The party cubing: itself by that name, which ha now become ho mri-d as the n.ivff, .vi'.t. . 7.1 ... .l..ut.ir. t 1 t fll-. rt 13 u .. j cetii ii. c constitutional ameuuineni. nr- ..... t ""i" t5,e American poop.e a, a r.r J'11 Ir me resioratio.i oI ine. Union. The otlier party delaming a d di - gracing ine name ot Democrat, assem- i,;e ul,u i , (J m vootio i. and resolve that they are in favor of the immediate and unconditional restoration of the Sft'tes latt ly iu rebellion ; and in lavor d iheir immediale a well as uticouuititinal repra scntatiou in Congress. The word 'imme diate" is theirs, aud you cannot mistake the meauiog of it. They arc opposed, of I WOULD RATIIER BE RIGHT THAN PRESIDENT. Hknrt Clat. EBENSBUEG. PA.. THURSDAY. AUGUST 23, I860. course, to any new guaranties bei re- quired, lor the safety or life of the Repub- uc ; tttey aie opji.sel, or course, to any new securities for the -protection of per-j sons or projterry in the Southern State ot the- Union alter restoration. Ak any one oi their louder what he means bv i jitm iliatoaiKl unconditional restoration, " and it you only as-oiro him that your fi ieiity iu:iy be ndied upo i. by following bi .rp, rti the privaiv. of In- own home,-! he will teil you that he mean, without any Ci stitutional guaranties, vit hout i.-uy tet oaths, without any iiiterf ;ronce ot'auy kind on the part of Congress; that when J lf Davis, llobert K. Jee, Jo-eph K. Johnston and all the re-t of them c iine to the Capitol ami asuuie to sitdowu in the bal'J i" Congress, or exercise 'he duties of the bi'hc-t offices in the gift of the pt-oplej tliey shall be allowed to do ho without question. They are opposed to the tpst oath as U'-Coti'Mtut tonal ; ami thev are opposed to t he C Mti:u? io-ial amndme'it beciuse it is u:ic :itif nt io'iul. t have learned from our past natto al eSperienee, ihe hifhe-t eourcf- ol knowledge, that tne first great. principle of American in-tiiuti-ms, as it is presented in Wa-hin ;'o.'s Farewell Ad- dte-. is the ri zht td the jeoplo to chauvte their Constitutions nf G ivprieiifiit when- ver change, ln-comes neeessary for the liber'ies ot the ne !e. This is a dit'V .-eeond to none rhat devolves upon them on this earth. Thii struggle f -r fou- year- has ietdi:'d to all the world that anieiidmenf- nr.! needed in the Coostitu j tioti of the United rfrates ' j .. Tliat which stand-, fore in st iu the pro- j pesed amendment is, i'iihi hereafter ''no j Sfa e shall make or enforce any law which ! sua1! a'-udge tne Tnvi!eges or immunities ol citizens of the United State-; ttorshaW any State deprive any person i.f liTe, lib erty or piopt rty. wi:lout d ie proco-s of law, nor deny to any person within it jurisdiction ihe equal protection of the "law." ' Since nations first began to be on this j Iunet. never was a prop t-i: i-.n like that parsed for the people of a nation to adopt r reject. Oio jMaft shall deny any per sou, no matter whence he comes, no matierj how poor. o matter how friendless, notoat is that tbe pledged faith of tt.e na:i-n the equal pr-.tec-'iou of the laws j end the i Congre-s shall have power, bv the authori- i ty ol' thfa American people, to enforce this provi ion. Who is thereto object to it ? Is :t objected to by any Chri-tiaii man, to etti b ouy in your Con-titutioti at least the -impie go'den rule you ieari.ed at your mother's knee : "Whatsoever jc v.u!d that others should 'do unto you, do ye even so uno them V It is a great step, but oue iliat ought long since to have been taken, to say that henceforth no Sfufe shall deuy to any person, the lowli est among us no more than tj the.bodyo-' the people whoar sovereigns ot this land, the equal protection of the laws. That principle emb "lieii in your Constitution, as the will of the. people, and h may well say that ju-tice has undo this land its habitation The attribute ol Deity, Just ce. is to be recognized in and eolorcod by the ' 'on-titution o; your couirry. I thiuk.thi.s is the way to make a n:i tio i imamr'al; to do ju-tice, to make the fights of all men as sacred as our oiv.i. In th" nex.t place, the S:ates ot this Union shall have equ.il representation, according to their repre-etnative popult fion: Yoti liiitjw thut theu this war be gan there were four millions ol slaves in the land, that by the terms of the c nsti tution only three-filths of the population were c united in the bais ot representa tion. You know, too, that by the cou--uuiitig fire of the. terrible c -inflict every fetter lell from every htuua.i iimh, from ocean to ocean, and when the alarm cud roje. the sun up ei his -mrse in the heav e;s biked not down upon a single slafe. ly means if the emancipation of toe sl.ivts, the three fifths rule of yoir Con--titutio i wa- annulled ; and the question today is. whether South Carolina, wi h 400.000 ot these black men, just emitici- pated from thraldom, but excluded from all political rights, shall novr liave tnem eounted. every one man for man, in the basis of representation, along with the free men of Ohio who participate in the ad ministration of public atlairs In other word , bv r-n-ou of this change, are the 400,000 blacks of S oith Carolina to eour.t j is -rrongiy as so many d t.hu voting pop- j illation of tho N rth? Shall the letter of the Cons'iiuiion be followed and its spirit be rejected? Shall 200,000 white men in South Carolina elect as many representatives to Co-gress a 000,000 white m ti iu Onto? Shall a minority of freemen rule a majority? That is the j one -tloil. Wesav to them, if you don't, enumerate th. .lOMi.r-innfed slave-anion ' your people, ! and tior. uiaKe tnem 'lie oa-is i n-jiu'iuia-;r i-.n .L..i't .rive -iifi"rae irres.oec- I .lit. .... e.. live of color or race, you -hall not repre sent thedi.-fia; chi-ed race in the Congress ot the nation. In other words we say that the black patriots of South Carolina, . . . . i" 1 . t , .. j.,.. ..... . , -- , who stood in t be tirencu 01 r an s igner and loaght in the defense. f the Republic j :.. .. .1. ..:..,.. f ib-it rrttv nr.. us 1 . . . i against 1 nt iiiiiiui- - much entitled to representation iu Con-j f e . . . TI.aoa : grcss U9 tneii iormer tuasiei.-. hiwk of geutlemcD, whou thcjeeolve ia favor of 1 unconditional feproscntation, resolve against that fair and equal representation. j iieie is the difference between me and my opponent in the cotnin'ir election" fi Octo ber I .say it i but fdir if South Carolina exclude? her black population entirely voters, she shall not c unt thcni on f!;e floor of Cotiress. an? more than sh shall j count her horned cattle, while he .avs she j tn;v do this very thinir. Bat if S u.h L irohna chooses to c oiut in her blaek j populuMon, with her whi.d population, by granting impartial suTi:ig and thus iti-erva-e tlie basis r.f her representation, there can be no reasotiable objection, and sho will adl additional strength to the tjrovernm -nt of thee States. We leavo ! ih;s question of sufrrae, you see, with the s-cveral States, where it has alwujs been ; but we adopt a jut principle of represen tation for each and nil the States. What is the next proposition that op pocs the unconditional restoration of the rebel States? It Is that no man who broke his official oah wirh the tiatio or Stute, and re uttered KCrvicc in this r hel lion, shall, except by the grace of the Ani!-ricu people, be permitted to hold a , p ititu, either in the National or State I Government. Pretended Democrats are j opposed to that. Why ? Because ttie j chief d iheif party, who waged -this war ' upon the Union and the nation's life, now a prisoner of war nt Forrres 1 on roe. i broke his li-tth of ofiice a- Unite i S are" ! "'. istor, to i)rganlz ; trea-ou and rebellion, 'i hey think the;r pnrtv cm never "b? restored, unless it -ball be c oi-tinnion il hereafter, to elect J If Davis Sen itor and B-' Ijee Kpreseotative to Congrus-j. We say, by this amendment, never t while that coastii o.rion stnd--, shall any t the-e tnea. who clothed themselves with p'ojury as wi'h a girmMt. breikitig the o.tih-- thev took before God f( firoteet and (jefend i he const it ui i oi of the Unite 1 Stares, by going nut and waging w.ir for lour years, never shall they ho tl any oHj -e j honor or proSt. either in the R-pubiie ! or in ;,i,y ,,f the States ol th Jl 'in 'io i tie j ..oioiCraric p!aftorm r-J cts tins proposition, and declares for iinmoliatc and unconditional re.; torafi-ni. '1 here is still one other pmpo-ition, and to its dead and 10 Its living defenders, the pledged f ail ii of this peoph to the liftle ehildren who are witching by the vacant chair hf the I mg expected return of their father from the war, shall never he broken. These Democrat oppose this, and therein disgrace our common humanity. That pledge will be broken unless the loyal people of the nation engraft this provision upon their constitution. Y.rj have evi dence of if all around yvu. Rut let the people speak -and say that this covenant shall be kept until every obligation is fulfilled ; that, the nation will not desert i;s defenders who sleep iheir last sleep upon a hundred fields of battle, now rep resented in their widows and children ; that the country will not desert its m aimed heroes who made the trenches of Yicks burg, and the bloody ground of S-one River, and the sun crowned heights of Kenesaw. and the rooky hills of Gettys burg, holy ground ; that the country will never consent that rise coveuaut made with them shall be btoken. . There are objections raised bv these Northern Democrats to all the pmvisnns of the proposed amendment. They tell you that they must have the initijeuia'e resrorati-in of tlie eleven reoel States Thank God ! since they wrote the mise.a bl s- eoid re-obition of their State plat form which I have just been citing, somo thing has been done. The loyal mi--es of Tennessee, in the hear' of Tennessee, whose mountains and plains are red witn the blood of her children, fallen iu t he great struggle in del'ett-e of the Republic, have set the grand example, of ratifying in good faith by a majority of her repre sentatives in the Sen tte, a d a majority of Iter whole nuuiher of repre-enta'ive- in ihe House, that aCs-nd iireut to' youf Coo ttitiltiou. They have changed their Constitution and laws so as o be in eon for tuity with it. And what is bet'er, if possible, Tennessee lias been restored to j her pi tee in the Union, and her luH rep resentation, both in the Senate and iu the II u-e, have been admitted to ther seat; Is it asking too much of the rc-idue, the ten remaining rebellious States, that they shall imitate tint ex imp'e of Tennes see? Is it asking to 1 ui'ic'i to allow I hat the American people themselves shall decide this issue at tbe polls? for as you vote next. Oerober iu Ohio, and in thy other tufes, ihi- qucstioo wilt be ue'tr- 1 mined. If -the t.i oji'e of ihe-e S'ates. , 1 ii .1 tr ...:ii ... . . .'. t woo save'! tne ivepuunc, wm ia..v n i.iu p.dls and declare in lav-.-r of the adoption tif this umeuilmenr. r.dy up m ' it, .every State in. the Suli will imirate. right I speed:. v t!te examole of letmess-e, and you will have the amend'n-nt ratifi -d by the vote- of all the States, :1:i i a re-tored I 1 ...... V! . l. b .1 I 1 .0 .1 fl: I . .ri itr !l I gres- assembles. Is it not worth c uiten ding for, to re-tore this R 'public and perfect your cousiirution, so that the whole people hereafter will hive in their care and keeping the humblest S ::te and ; the humblest citizen of the great Rquib-; -. .. .. r he .' so that her-airer t.e r-i i wU. too m-.L-rt it n nenal "offL'tise for any On' t f. teach her children to read, tin; Word id n ..1 .....1 I.. Irnnm t'.iit tliPt is :i til hir umi'i" l" ....... - ...0...- aad purer life beyaud the grave. How will it be when this amendment is placed in the Constitution : ''No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges of any citizen of the United States V Freedom of con science is one of the privileges of tie citizens of the United State, and 'men are not to be put to the ton tire, sent to the dungeon, r made to walk he narrow steps ol the scaffold, for teaching iheir children the holy precepts of our Lord and Master. Ve don't ally the cit'zen and the State, but we make' the State recognize the urea principle that the Governm oit at. .ast is made for man. and n t,miu fr the Government. I believe the words ot that gr-tnd, thoughtful spirit who shook every ihrone in Rurope, when he pro claimed from' the French Ac idem v. that "the citizen is superior to the Stite. States are born., and live and die upon ihe earth. Here they fulfill tbtir destiny. Rut after the citiz-jt: h i ui-charged every duty to the. StafCj there yet abides with him the nobler faculties ot his nature, h which he ascends to God and the u.i.-een realities id' a better tifj.". I a-k you to ptrfect by the ballot wh it has been begun by the bayo-.ef. Secure a permanent. peace by establishing freedom and justice throughout, the whole, land. 'Leave the Suites intie, in the po-se-sioo of every right that hitherto pertained to iheui ; but let them know that lor the abue ot this power iutru-fed to them tnere is a nihil i i! above at:d superior to them, sustained by the whole peopL? of this land, who will redre-s the wrong and make the whole world know that the American Republic present sjor j1( admi la'i ui of m i ikind the sublime speetaeie ot a Government -o wi-e, s hu u ;ie, and ytt so strong and just, that there are 11010 so high who v"i ilaTe its hi s as to tie above Its avenging tio ver, and n me so humble who obey its iws a-i lo be b.Miea.'h its proCeCib.g care Let this be ilone and all is well. Let it be left undone aud it i evident that the most, precious a il ii!u--tr'iou suenfiee ewr mil-? tin liiis earth bv any peopio lor any government, has ai la.-t been tr::ide v-iio. The phy-ique of Americans has 1-oig been a vulnerable point for the a tacks d" foreigners on the weakness ol our coun trymen, and hitherto we have too well deserved these pa'j able hits from our healthy out-door-sj.ort loving c-m-:ns of R iglaod. Of late years, however, an improvement has been manifested in this Country in this respect, and a reformation has ben introduced which oi ls fair to be of gre.t ben lit. in permanently removing this ju t cause ot censure, and iu lo ingn g 11s up to thy. physical standard ol our forefathers, whose weil-e.rerci-ed muscles enabled them to lay the fore-Is of the wilderness low, and whose powers ot eudurauce led them to withstand Si) Ml 'I ,j lully the fatigues of ihe great seveu years struggle for independence. Among the most influential causes of thi- desirable reformation has been the establishment oi a national our-d aor spur1, something we were not posses-ed ol even so late as ten year- ago. Of course our spirts tini't ueces-arily b? ot foreign origin, a.s are the sports of England of Norman and Roman de-icon', but wo cv as tairiy claim for uir natio.ial gun? oi Rase Rail as piaed In accordance with the rules of tbe National Associatio of Ra-e fiall I'layers" an orLi ia!ify .-;3 an American io-titu'iou as the R iglih ctu tor their peculiarly n iitcu.-.i sport of liof-e racing. Without further discus-ion on thi- ptint. however, h-t it sufibtj that the game of Ra-e Rill as perfected ot late year-, is an Atiiorictu game, a d one we can ho'iioruVy claim as our 11 a ioua I out door sport. As Cricket is to the Ivigli.-hm jn. so has Rase Dili bee one to the American In Cugljtnd. Cricket h:s noro devoted aduiiref. and tiime ardent follower's, th 'ti any a-ti tne k no-.vn t rhe Rngii-li peoph. On the Cricket field, and there oniy. the peer an 1 "he peasant mee1 0.1 equi! terms ; the poss.;--ino of cour igt: anl nerve, ju Ig meiit and skill, endurance and activity, alone gti ig the paitr. of superiority In fact, a more democratic institution does not exist in Kurope than this seif sarin; Cricket; and as regards its great pipuliirity. the record of the thous-ju is of games played each y.-ar, which i-iclude ihe names ot lord- as well as cjumu uter-, divines as well a- lawyer-, legislators as well as ar'is.ius, and It'eratcur- a Weil as mechanics .ooj peasants, shows ho.v gr-;i!ly it ha- taken holt ol thit people. If this is il.e characteristic of Cricket ii::n i-tw-cratie Ruglau.1. ho.v mu:h mote' wiil it mirk liis-i Rati iu D -mo iratie Amf-riea? U.irellectii'g and pn ju lie d iudtvnlu its, who never look- below I he stii f zi of h iugs, may regard both Jricket and R se Ritlis 'very good tilings lor boys, purhnps," or to pass aw ty an idle hour or two on a holiUay j" but tio.se who infeiligeii! ly in-v.'-tigate subject- in re;rl t Cau-e and etT-et. see In h h t he-e games, but espec ially iu Rase Rail, ihe means to an end which nas b'-'i-ii sought lor in vsin lor years past on litis si lo ot the Atiu.i'ic. -Asa means of physical cu tivafiui. Risj Rail is one of the ui t cui u "i lab'.e in vogue. As a remedy, aiso, for miuy of the evils accruiug lroui the imoiural u6 T R S J 3.CSO- VlZtt A X X UM . NUMBER; '44. eiiitions tlie youths of oar cities and towns are liable to. tnis game merits the indor-e-metttof thi best classes of the community. The Krv. C II. Krcrsf. of Rro -klyn, X Y., in a sermon on Rhy-ical Rducatjon, which he lately delivered, mane a special allu sion to Base Rail as ., gain tSvho.c regu l.itioiH are ca'c'ulatcd to prevent the ill feelings "engendered by other games, and one, moreover, which selves to attract our young men from p'ace- of bad repute, and 10 supply the right kind of ex?rcise a .d amu-emeut." This .-pinion has been practically endorsed by several clergymen' of I'hil id.-iphiii, w!io hat yar frined themselves into a I.i-e Rid Cinb for pur poses of healthfil and moal recrctn'o-i n imitation of the hundreds of R uli-h :.ar sous who take such delight in playing; Cricket on the common's ol th?ir villages. Rut one of the strongest induce merits to the popu'arity of our American game of ball is, thf. it is an out-do r snortatid almost the only one which ladies can countenance and wituc-s." American ia .dics have h.therto been shut out from all th-; pSa-ures incident to such games as Rise Rail and Cricket, such as the grati fication" of witnessing manly contests for superiority itf c-urage, a'cttvify, jr,,0d temper and judgment, by the !o'v cliarac ter ;f the surroundings and associations of most of the pp irrstnen indulge in. In Rise Rail, however, we have an exception in their iic.r which ihey have not Oecu -low to ake advantage .,, as the patron age of the hundreds of the fgir sex who li'ive t r three or four years past graced Rs3 Rail ma'cues with their welc one I rc-enee can te.-tijy. If our national pa-t time had no other recommendation than this, this fict would siiluc- to give it a 'popularity no oilier re'-i cation could compere with iu the estimation ot Amer icans. Rase Rjli, as now played by the ciobrf d tne National Association, is a New oik institution, and it differs materially Horn he game in .gue in New England, the latter .d' whi-h within the pa-t fico yeaio iois almosr le.-e .ine. o'u-olete. Dur i .g the late war the so diers of blh the coiitesiiug armies m ide the ga me a means of recreation i 1 their cmips and pti-on gro-.mtl-, a: d by this means has it been inrrjJuced iino ttie S 01th. Tnis year the organizitiou f a Ra e Rail club at the University id' Virginia will give the game an impetus iu the South winch will iad to its heieg one of the i;lo-t p .pu'ar rec reations in which r'nc leisue c a-ses of the "laml of chivalry" are prone to indulge, especiaiiy so as it i- a sport which the Southern belles can patVouiz as do iheir c!?tp:ers of ihe Kngji.-h nobility ihe Criekot UiUtclie.-? of thj Collegians ..f o:d and Cambridge. In fact, whether' Rase Rill be regarded as a desirible m a us i'i physical exercise, an exciting game fr the masses, or a recreation which 1- devoid of every reasouab'e oi.j -ction that the mo-t If.stidmu- moralist could interpose, it is cqualiy to bo commended ro t lie patronage ot every American citizen North, South. Eist a"d West as the most' fitting game lor National out djor sport.' A Sl-apniSE A man- a tleseiter frorrl thi: rebel 2um wa found tlie other day iu Alabima, who did not koo v nil then that the wtrwas ended. lie had lived all these ui mth- in the woods atid sw.imos.' Ir may weil be doubted, whether in Ala bama or any other S.'a'e. ne of the darkey raej co-ild be found who did uot know both that the war was over aud how it ended. This R p Vi-i Winkle m ist hava bee 1 agreeably surprised on fi 1 ling u grey uuilorui" about, no cou-cri:rioa -ouad or pr-ivo-t, g r ir rea fv to s-'iz ; hiuij o t n" age and sunsi,tenc! githerer- jjro.viing around thj c ui -r, b it hjr.: an i there a soldier iu blue quietly sitting at the door of his quarters, while the .-tar.-and .-tripes wore waving above his head. ' He would be surprised by lha air of peace and se nirity that reigned among the people walking the streets or working iu the QAls. Nothing would make him stare m ire than' heasiug his old Captain, famous lor his hearty eur-e of Lincoln, sounding the prai-e.s of the I'tc idetit of the Un'rcd State-, and finding the old hatred ol Lin e.dn tra ns-f-. rre 1 to the Congress, while the Yankees in general, and the Yankee soldiers in particular, still come iu fur their undiminished snare. TtUE Th 11 o.lid nurg Rtjlster -ays that en th- return of one of the del egates to the Cly uier J ohiisou Sol lie rs" Coo ven lion luld in llarri-burg, the fol lowing co!ioq-;y ooeu red b'. t veeu a well known gentleman and him : "MVe!!, Captain, ho;V oi l your (htliven tioii pa-soli. Had you a .y fihtiug djwn her.-?" No. everything- p-Kst-d off reiy orderly, and I would have you know that there; were ti ji'f'i'ij men there " An ex aia.iatioti is unnecessary. Aura haui Jouo on, wul-ii a youth, wanted to marry Mi-s Woo l, of Getitry- vilie Iud., but he declined or. account of his being "o awkward, lazy aud over-fuud 1- i Oi a OOoK. Ij )g Jo'.n Went worth his predicted that Genetal Grunt will be the next President, aui Rou. Wa.de, of Ohio, ViOJf Ricbidout. n
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