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FAcrsrv REGARD TO me AFRICAN RACE,


FAcTsIy REGARD TO TIE AFRICAN RACE.
The editor Of the Philadelphia Observer,
Presbyterian, discusses the law Of love to-
wards the African race. in . manner that
does not harmonize with the abolition theory,
and exhibits the love 81 a5oltionlsts in very
sorry light. These figures shnw most con-
elusirely what the African,,has to expect from
the abolitionists, and what lie is sure TO get,
neglect" destitufion," and "deatn.
These are the negro's friends.
" The law OF love requires the presersa-
ton Of the African race. The history OF the
negroes ia the Northern States during the
last filty years, shows very clearly that the
race cannot be perpetaatsd BY freedom a.
mong the whites. Politicians Who have ex-
smined tia subject understand this matter.
They have said that they are wiling TO ex-
tinsui.h the race, or see them die out 20 get
rid Of slavery Bot is there humanity ~
this slternati,ef The North would manu-
nit the negro aud exterminate him.. The
South would hold him as ! servant, and pre-
serve the life Of his race. Which Is the must
seeordant uith the law Of God
ave are not theofizing on this subject.
Our remarks are supported by Iacis-by the
statistics 81 the race 10 our Northern States.
A gentleman il Boston, vino has Tor years
been collecting facts on the subject, recently
informed .. that there are more deaths than
births among the blacks 20 Massachusetts.
every yesr and that the increase, Il any, Of
The colorsd population IN that State, i from
immigration. DR.. Chicksring states, a. The
result Of his inquiries. that the blacks die
10 Massachusetts, 20 the ratio Of three TO one,
% compared with the whites. Il appears
from Mr.. shat.nck'. census Of Boston, that
10 1870 Tiers we're li6 mere colorcd people
10 Boston Than IN ls4s. Though reinforced
by immigration, their number. which was
1 SAG IN 1910, was reduced, 10 Eve years, TO
l 500. Tie census 81 New York State sI.
hibits The same dark prospect ~ annihiia,ion.
Ia 1870, there vere fits thousand blacks ID
Tie STATE il 1850, only forty seven thou
.shd. notwithstanding the additions BY i'm
migration.
The statistics of Pebgs vsnia exhibit a
similar result. Tie i5sg census shpus that
The increase ID This STATE has been ABOUT u
per cent. ID ten Year, ;ih The Southern states,
during The same time, Tie increase has been
81 per cent, which is nearly that Of the
whites.
" Such are the result. d sBadtring the
ties Of master and servant, aud driving the
poor negro from The household IN which Ne
has a guardian aud prnis Tor, az we'll .. a
master, TO shift for hiwsell among Those Of a
Superior race. n mol destroyed W his vices.
he pins aray IL desiitniiOn, meartd for by
me w0rli, and ditS! Does the Law u love
demand tie determination u III race from
lie earth By process IL this kindi
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The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1861-11-21
Gelert 1)oetrn.
Our Country.

On primal rocks she wrote her name;
Her towers were reared on holy graves
The golden seed that bore her came
Swift-winged with prayer DER ocean waves
The Forest bowed his solemn crest,
And open flung his sylvan doors;
Meek rivers led the appointed Guest
To clasp the wide-embracing shores.
Till, fold by fold, the broidered land
To swell her virgin vestments grew,
While Sages, strong in heart and hand,
Her virtues fiery girdle drew.
o Exile of the wrath of kingsl
o Pilgrim Ark of Liberty!
The refuge of divinest things
Their record must abide in theel
First in the glories or thy front
Let the crown jewel, Truth, be found;
Thy right hand fling, with generous wont,
Loves happy chain to farthest bound
Let Justice, with the faultless scale,
Hold fast the worship of thy sons;
Thy commerce spread her shining sails
Where no dark tide of rapine runs !
So link thy ways to those of God,
So follow firm the heavenly laws,
That stars may greet thee, warrior-browed,
And storm-sped Angels hail thy cause!
o Land, the measures of our prayers,
Hope of the world in grief and wrong,
Be thine the tribute Of the years,
The gift of Faith, the crown Of song
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chow dreadful to lose an arm, for he on
ly felt that Frank was dying; but Frank,
brave Frank, looking up into Will Penn's
face, spoke gayly as he had spoken on that
Fourth of July ten years ago, and said,
"But to lose an arm in a cause like this,
VIII, fellow must glory in il"
Then, when VIII saw that Frank was
dying, he wept like woman, and Ben,
too. Frank lies buried in that sweet
wood, his grave is the grave of hero.
Where Ben and Will are now, | know
not; but do know that they are brave,
true and noble, as their boyhood promised
when they walked through the wood, stood
on the messy foot bridge, romped with the
five girls and played leap frog when poor
Frank Harris was with them.
JOHNsToWS Pa 1861
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CHURCHES. MINISTER'S. sc.

PresByteriaa-REv. D. HARRISON, Pastor
Preaching every Sabbath morning at l03
o'clock, and in the evening at o'clock. Sab
bath School at l o'clock, 4. NJ. Prayer meet
ing every Thursday evening at o'clock.
Nsthodist Episcopal Church-REv. S. t. SEow
Preacher in charge. Rev. J. G. Cooley, As
,istsnt. Preaching every Sabbath, alternately
81 I05 o'clock in the morning, or in the
evening Sabbath School at O'Clock, A. NJ.
Prayer meeting every Thursday evening, at :
o'clock.
WsIeh IrdepcnGent-REv Ii. r. POWELL,
Pastor.-Preaching every Sabbath morning at
10 O'Clock, and in the evening at o'clock.
Sabbath School at l o'clock, P. NJ Prayer
meeting on the first Monday evening of each
month and on every Tuesday, Thursday and
Friday evening, excepting the first week in
each month.
CaIuipistic AetioGist-REv. JOHN WILLIAMS,
Pastor-Preaching every Sabbath evening at
2and s O'Clock. Sabbath School at 10 O'Clock,
j n Prayer meeting every Friday evening,
at o'clock. Society every Tuesday evening
al o'clock.
DsciyIes-REv. II. LLOYD, Pastor.-Preach-
ing every Sabbath morning at 10 O'Clock.
Particular Baptists-REv. DAVID JENKINS,
Pastor.-Preaching every sabbath evening at
soclock. Sabbath School at at o'clock, P VI.
CgtEoHe-REv. ". j. MITCHELL, Pastor
Services every Sabbath morning at l09 o'clock
and Ye5pers at 4 O'Clock in the evening.
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CHAPTER sECoND-MET AGAIN.

Years went blythe boys were men.
Frank and Ben continued to live in the
same old, quiet village; they had gone
through college, and were now partners in
business together. VIII Penn was not
great, awk ward red-faced, bushy- headed
farmer, but a large, fine looking young
man. He had gone to live in a great
city, where he was a lawyer, and had mar
ried. He, Frank and Ben, had not met
for four years. And now 1t was in July,
1861. The store of Harris & Brown was
left TO a clerk, the young merchants hav-
ing gone off as volunteers to the war for
in our so lately happy country there was
a Rebellion, and to fight for that country
and under the flag of the glorious stars
ard stripes, hosts of the true aud brave
had already left their homes and dear
ones Then came the day of a great bat
tie, and the two friends still, Ben aud
Frank, as in boyhood, rode side by side
together with a great army, under skies
somewhat softer than those that bent
above their old home. Into the midst of
the fray they went together. Never was
greater enthusiasm than amid that army
of untricd soldiers. There were hurried
charges, exulting shouts, the booming Of
cannon and the clashiug of steel, all
mingling IN terrible confusion that can
not be described This for hours-then,
alas came Il panic, retreat, with mad
foe charging after them-and all was lost
That evening, at sunset, in shadowy
! wood, not far from the battlefield, Frank
Harris lay dying, with q wound in his
breast, and faithful Ben watched by his
side He did not complain, but he gave
fond messages for his friend to carry to
| the loved ones at home; then with his old
boyish smile, he says,
"This is sweet place to die in; 1t re-
minds me of that green, sunny slope at
| Penn's farm, where Will and you and L
played leap frog, when We were boys"
| just then-how strange it was-there
came towards them a surgeon, accompany
! ing some Zouaves bearing wounded COM
panion-a man with one arm missing, and
that man was Will Penn. His face was
now pale, under his still! bushy hair, but
his gray eyes were clearer and brighter
! than ever.
The party stopped beneath the tree
where the dying and the watching friend
were still together, and VIII, looking
keenly at them, shouted,
"Hurrah for you, boys Hurrah that
I find you herel You see I've but one
arm now, but l saved the flag Hurrah
for the flag y
| Ben did not make his old observation,
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and the song Of a thrush, and the winds
OF the early July seemed to chorus over
again In a fresh, sweet voice, the last re-
frain of the lovely June.
But the walk was not more pleasant
than all the rest Of the afternoon Wills
father and mother were glad to see his
friends, and very kind, and an uncle and
some girl-cousins were there on visit
There were indeed five girls there, with
Wills sisters included, and all rather in
clined to be romps, till they got the boys
to overcome their shyness and run races
down the orchard with them. They ban
tered them, too, to go fishing with them,
which they did, though they had an ..im-
mensity of trouble" as Will said, to find
rods and lines for the whole party. But
to the astonishment of the boys, they had
scarcely reached the creek and began fish
ing, when the girls one and all wanted to
go back home, and home they started
''girls are so notional," said Will. So our
young friends had TO leave all nibbles and
hopes Of fish behind them, and carry the
rods to the house again.
On the sunny slope before the gate the
boys then played leap-frog. They were
all strong and active, and they pronounced
it splendid sport" You should have
seen Wills red face and bushy head, aud
heard his jolly laugh then. The father
and uncle stood in the gateway and en-
joyed the fun too. When wearied with
the game, the lads sat down on the grass
till tea time, and after tea Mr. Penn bro't
out new gun to show the boys, and the
gun reminded them Of war, and again they
talked Of battles-drea bloody bat
ties, and gallant officers and poor wounded
soldiers. Then one of them spoke of the
youth in town, in the shop where Frank
and Ben bought the fire crackers, who had
but one arm and viii told them how the
other had been torn off in a threshing
machine Aud Ben said again
"How dreadful it would be to lose an
arm! Aud Frank made the rejoinder Of
the morning
"Unless it should be lost in war; then
a fellow would glory in it"
But the fire flies came out among the
dewy shrubbery, and the boys parted for
the night more intimate friends than be-
fore, and never to forget that Fourth of
July