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V F' v1tt(2 he it furihet tmciedt ^lint it shall the- s^ie isluirn lo lliis city, ani io lendoi* to you ro* ,+,r netved assurances of high fcspect, “ ^rditudo for your public services has been evhi^C'd trom all classes of society—it is steady t>ft J lU itliXit X iliU^ 4lf ^lUJLXl. MU# UAAU* ’^my o flhe said boards of ■sUpervisOlrs, to direct Iheir derks witlija twenty days after the annual meeting of the board o f .supervisors, in each evnitrea irom nu classes oi society— it is sieauy and every year> to make out and caUse to be and deceasing; and will, as it has heretofore, n:teiivered to isach and everyitdwn clerk o f thoir attetid you in every vicissitude of life. But respective counties, one written or printed state-, yo’Ur presence with Us db the day o f this anni- meiit coUiaibir^g the accounts of ’-such totVh, and j ^ersary, fecalls scenes Which have passed, and the services for which the same were audited, awakens all our tjOUsibilities. and also one printed or written statement annex- ^‘lu the helpless infancy of our country, and ed thereto, contftining^ke county charges o f •* before it had ohlained a place amongst the na- s-uch county, audited abd allowed for the pre- tiuiis o f the earth; and When we were oppress- ceding year and to whom pajd.^and M What ed and borne down with the strong hand of tyr- pur poses ; and every tow n Clerk shall suspend- anny, you came to our succol*, bringing to lis .... - u . ------- : ---------- ---------- relief. Yoirgenerously put your life and for tune upon the cause of our country. You aid- , c i u u K i W i y XUWU oixum one of,tho statements in a conspicuous place in his office, & shu’H read such accounts, atthe next annual town meeting, immediately aftetthe mee ting is oT)cncd> andbufoi’e pro'cciBding to shy oth er busihess, unless the reading thereof shall be dispen.'sed With by the Vote of the meeting, and .shall thereafter keep thC same itt his office open for the inspection o f ahy persob being an inhab itant o f such town. r O R E X O l f f , From the JV. Y. Eve. Post. Two di^ijs i{itet ffom England. —^By the sliip Mentor, which arrived here on Sunday from.Li- verpQoi, we received London papers of the 26th, and LiveVpool'of the 27th May inclusive. On the Intcliigouce of the rejection Of the Catholic bill reaching Ireland, it is said to have caused a great noise, and to have oecasionicd se rious apprehentnons as to the consequences. In the^ ilou^b of Lords the bill for releasing bouded grain, and admitting Canadian corn, had been read a second time without opposition. The claims of American citizens for slaves Und property captured by the British during the ibrmer war, as appeared from documents laid before parliament, amounted to 300,320/. (>s ; of which 334,594/. 14s 6d. h?ul been allow'- ed by the commissioners. La.«t year the exports of Liverpool amounted, to 20,662,587/. stcriing, being greater than* those of London or any other single port in the w’orkli Cotton maintained its price at Liverpool on the 27th, for several days previous to which there had been a considerable demand. Cotlee was also in request. The journeymen tailors«n London had gal lantly tnrned out against employing women in any department of their trade. T?te Crrec/rs.-—According to accounts from Augsburg, it might be supposed, that the re cent successes of the Greeks over their inradUrs, were not of that decisive chmacter which they ■were previously represented to he< Ibrahim Pacha is said to have “ penetrated eight leagues into the interior of Messina, ravaging and \bur ning every thing iu bis way,’' and the intestine quarrels of the Greeks are represtintcd as hay ing “ broken out with fresh violence.” AH these accounts are given on the authority of a letter, dated “ Syra, April 8th,” and which ori ginally appeared in the Oriental Spectator.-— Similar accounts, contained in tho san<e paper, of 7th April, have been received at Boston by an arrivid from Smyrna. Independent of the information fhronc:h this dmnnel, being uniform ly hostile to the (jrecksraudrthereforc, entitled to no credit, wc published as faf back a<* 1 he 17th June, an official account o f the toud defeat oftho troops of Ibrahim Pacha at Moden; also an article Irom the London Courief, by wliicli it appeared that the Greek dcpirtics, in London, had ” information from Zante^ down to the 16th April,” eleven days subsequent io the Smyrna new's, at which period, everything Was going on favorably for the patriots. Again, on tlie 28th ult. we gave the substance o f a letter, from tho London papers brought by tlm Silas Richards, dated Constantinople, April SlM, containing an CKplieit adknowledgmeni; timt Ibrahim Pacha w s “ in a desperate situation, surrounded by the Greeks.” It therefore, seems perfectly ob vious, that the Oriental Sfmetator, the organ of the Austrian governmetit, has given pablici-, ty to, perhaps has fabricated, a letter, the con tents of which, it must have known, were aito- ' getber unfounded. THE FOURTH .OF JULY. The anmvcrsary o f Arriericarr Independence was celebrated in the city of New-Yorfc xvith unusual spleiulourt Extendve preparations had been made to render the celebration worthy the great metropolis of our state, and grateful to tile distinguished gTfest of the American people, by whoso presence it was to be honored. The cimmu ^ocimy iie was next introduced to - The -Rh of July has been the era of a new the members ofthc Senate, rVBo received him social order, hitherto unexampled, and founded °nt*>e sovreignty of the people, on tho plain P r e !hrl°.*S 7 , rjghtsofman.Vu,hpracticTefunalloyed%eIf- govhrHmcut. I t i f ^ l t s have exceekd the most sangiiino eljl^ a tions! its problem has tj* I< a *’AVETTE—The Senate of the heenhappiIyand pmcficallysolved,andanoth- now assembled as a Court er* problem remains to be solved, how long have directed nie, on their other nations wrilprefer paying, at an immense wball, and mbchalfoflhe people of this State, price, the aristocracy and despotism of a few ithom-wo represent;, tocongratuhite you on your privilged oppre^ers, to the blessings o f freedom ed our fathers to establish that'independence, the jubilee of which vto have this day assem bled to commemorate. “ In the pride of your youth, and in the Vigor of manhood, you capam clad in armor to support our just cause, and partake in the perils o f our fathers— it Js their childrren’s joy, in this day of their strength and prosperity, and when the veil of time is closing on the fulness of your years, to acknowledge you us their benefactor. Our old men and our you»g men, the widow and the or phan, all clap their hands With joy, and crowd forward to Welcome you. Our mothers taught us in infancy to lisp your name—-our fathers have instructed us to emulate-your exampK ” Your recent tour through, this cotUitry has enabled you 4o witness the progre.sa o f improve ment ; and to contrast in your reC'ollectioq^our present with our past conditioH. The relative condition of a people enslaved, br a people in the full enjoyment of freedbm, is here .strongly exemplified. The wildbrhess has vanished be fore the arm of independent industry. The ig norance o f subjects has given away to the intel ligence of llrddhcn. Plenty has taken the place of want. Prosperity and 'strength have been substituted for poverty and weakness. Tiie two millions and a half of whom you came to enfranchise, and aid in the day ohheir adversity, nefw ccUnt about eleven millions of hardy freemen, all uniting, with one accord, in this celehrutioH. In alluding to the progress of improvement, it will not he forgotten, that the Marble Hall, in which we are now assem bled, an edifice splendid, even as a monument of the arts, and which the growth o f this city has already left short o f its centre ; occupies the place which was a common wmste without the city, when you toiled in our cause ; and wa.s then used as an open field ujion which mer cenary troops wmre marshalled and sent forth in battle against our fiithers. “ Such is tho characJn^of the blessings which How from freedon^H ^ are some of the results proceeding from Hjjjpdcpendencc, and those republican institiUion^ which wc enjov, and which you assisted to estabhsh, and to which you first sealed your devotion, with a portion of your blood at the Brandywine. It was tho par-^ ticipation in such a cause, and the performance^ of such dpods, by which you merited the grati tude and gained the devoted-friendship of this nation. That friendship has attended you in every subsequent event o f your life, and it has ever found 5 'ou, in the hour of tcmptalion and trial, failhful to liberty, good order and a gov ernment o f laws. The enthusiasm of youth might have attached you to our cause; the firm ness of manhood and the spirit to withstand op pression, might have sustained you when lathe prison of Ohmitz; but a virtuous love of ration al liberty, could alone have enabled you to re sist the temptations of potver and the* workings of ambition, when a mighty Revolution Inffi placed you at the head o f the National Guards of France and invited you to wield the pcivor of that wmnderful people, “ It was then that danger awaited you. It ....j then that the love of principle prevailed over the love of power— and virtue triumphed over ambition. ” It is at such riioments, in the possession of power and apparent prosperity when human weaknc.ss is mo.st exposed. It was in such mo ments, when a Csesar, a Napoleon, and an Itur-\ bide, fell! It was in such moments, when a Wa.shington, a Lafayette, and a Bolivar, triumh- cd !” The General immediately rose, and made the following reply:— ” It is to me, sir„an inexpressible, but deeply felt gratification on this solemn anniversary day, to be able to celebrate the joyful jubilee in this great aUd good city o f New-York, where for the first time, after an absence of forty years, I have enjoyed the Inlppiness to find myself N. York papers represent the influx of stran- Ameman ground, and w here was be- gers into the city, greater than on any former near eleven months since, that series of occasion,—^the display of the mlKtary imposing, welcomes from the American people, and their .and the decorations at the Gity Hall.'in the high- representatives, ^Vhich null fill every one o f the est degree splendid. The Senate being in ses- remaining days; and the last instaiit o f my life, sion as a Court of !^rrers, it wrns fit and proper, 'rttb a lively sense of gratitude ahd de*' that this honorable bo(fy should offer to Lafay- light. , etlc the congratulatioiOi « f the State which they “ Now, sir, that gratification is completed,* represent This was in a manner which when I am admitted to appear before thfe re reflects the highest .honor on the President, spected body, to offer to the gentlemen of the whose address, on that occasion, was dignified 'Senate myjp/ofound acknowledgements for the and eloquent.-— . favours bestowed upon rae by the two branches At an early hooi\ the coBinuttee appomfed ' andfriendship. expressed by you, sir, in so kind ;andfl,lterihi terLifor tvhich Ibeg of you. jr re^kieut,' and all of you, gentlemen, to ac- and equal riglits, under economical ai representative institutions. ” At step of my visit through the tWCn-i ty-four Ufiited States, on which you are pledsed tq congraHlate m“e, I have had to admire Won- ; ders ofCfCalion and improvement: K.b where Can they be tnore conspicubus than in tfe state of New-York. In the prodigious progress of this city-<—in those w'estern jtarls, which I had lefi Wilderness, I have foundbovcred with ffour- ishibg^ towns, highly cultivated farms', active factories, and intersected by the admirable ca- u’dl, already he'eome the communication o f an iih'mense tradej—allin consequence of indepen dence, freedom, and a republican spirit-. ” No higher hoqoV could be bestowed on me, than to have associated name, to the two great names you have mentioned. To the first of them, sir, tvhosd place is above all men, in my filial heart, toy jprindpio boast is to have been an adopted CoUjU, faithful disciple. 6 f the other, no man cab b’e a toore exalted admirer than I am, and pefmiCrae to observe that wlmt my friends and myself have only attempted in the other hemisphere, has been in South America, and uridfet the liberating auspices o f his talents and virtues, happily effectuated. But in every tes timony from the people of tliis state, and their representatives, I am to acknowledge a benev olent kindnes.s, which if it exceeds my merits, is equalled by the sentiments of my cvCriasting devotion, respect and gratitude.” lud truly' stitutions, \and It rekindles in em souls the ex*. - piring ilame of palriotic ardc*. . We feel a stronger—a deeper*, interest in tbe^invalua- bfe,—the numerous blessings which afe^iavish- ed upon usj- and we guard oUr hirth-right^— lA- birty —^with a more euger eye o f watchfulness; Wc contrast our happvlot; with the mournful statd of .the nations of*Eurdpe;;—^we rejoice in the plenitude of our pVosperity, and we heave the sigh o f .sy mpathy o^er the melancholy pic ture which they present * JYor is this all. We tell the nations o i the earth, that we still wor ship at the altars. cCfreedom,—that ,iVe still cleave to the inheritance, bequeathed by the rtllor, and sealed by the blood o f our heroic,—* our patriot sites'; and we g ife note to the /e- giHmatc potentates of the world, that u*e are re- % 3(Mved, , To dig no land for tyrants— their graves P* Alluding to the discovery pfjhis country,* the orator proceeds: “ An event more astonisbing, than the disco very of the Western hemisphere, has seldom transpired ; and it appears improbable, that the peii of history Will ever record, an incident attended withoircumstances more remarkable. Fourteen centuries had nearly finished their course, and America w*as unknown to the na tions of the earth. Science had gathered ma- an V D E R H O O X BERAXrD. THUflSDAY, JULY 14.1825. To COKKJESPO.V»E.VT3. ^ Wc acknowledge the receipt 6f a com.'nunication from SmasharanPs SisterP Our crowded columns prevent its insertion in tho Herald this week % and be fore we do publish it wc solicit an interview with thi fair author.* The “ Oak and TViUoivP has been received, but is necessarily deferred till next w*eck. W e shall be hap py to hear from the author again. . Wc hope that tho length o f tho extracts fi'om thcdth of July oration, will be received by oum readers as a sufficient apology for tlie absence of several interest ing articles selected for this day's paper, Grci^e, __ South America,—a rapid sketch of the nations o f E u rope,—tlieHoly Alliance,—the present condition and future prospects o f our country, are among the topics which ore treated o f in tho subsequent part of tho ad dress. Want o f room prevents further extracts at pre- Agrccably to tho intention expressed in odr la^ pa per, wo present our readers several extracts from the olation delivered byN, Sickles, Esq. at the celebra tion o f our National Anniversary on tho banks o f the Hudson. Tho Committee of arrangements for that celebration, waited on Mr. S. and requested a copy of tlie oration entire for publication. This request tiiD orator dcelined complying with, but wSs induced however to furnish several extracts, winch have been handed to U3 by (he gontleiu'on who composed the Committee. W e make the first extract from the introductory part o f the address. “ (be continues,) can. be mofe pre cious to a nation than the fair fame of her fa vorite sons; or what more hallowed, than the grateful remembrance of their sacrifices and their signal services] W'hen shallthose sub lime noblfe daring,* which signalized all that long line o f the Valorous compatriots of the immortal Washington, be .snfiered to sink into the grave of forgetfulness 1 Millions this day respond—not, while un American bosom remains for the resting place o f gratitude ;-*^no, not ” While time shall list or man shall beJ* It is pleasing to the mind;—it is ch^ermg’f o the soul o f sensibility, to contemplate the en- chantingbeaUties of characters that once adorn ed humanity. It is the dnty of m^n to,chcridi the remembrance of departed worth. Res pectful reverence, is the. legitimate claim of wisdom, valor/patriotism, andfmagnanimity; and the hero and the sage, have ^hitherto com manded the homage' o f after a g ^ Honor to to the dead, infuses the fire of am^iofi into the breasfs of the living; iUusftmus merit 'shrinks from the bfaze o f glory, with whic1i*cotempora- ry applause would surround it, and awaits its reward in the eulogies o f posterity. ” The kingdoms of old, kneeled ai fhe sl^fine of moral and intellectual cminenee; and those of modem days have not denied to superior ex cellence the merited meed of ardefit admifa- tion. The natoes of the fevered of a'ncient and of recent times, haf^e beeir rescued from obli- 'vion, by the magic tints of the painter’s pencil; and their brilliant achievements have been con secrated’ to immortality, in the breathing thoughts, and burning words o f immortal verse. Pyramids perpetuate the fame o f Ihe honored . of Egypt. The record o f Gfecian glory is rddd in tho ” animated Bust.” The monumental 'marble was reared to eternalise the mem^y 6f Roman renoW’n ; dnd soon America sbajlf proud ly’ cdntemplafe a splendid naonument; Erected by the munificence o f gfatitade fo* nlafk the sa cred spot, whefe, . **t)eapisthcsfeepofthebmV,’ ‘' And'low their pillow o f dust.” The celebratioi^of periods signalized by tl^e itoirrence o f extraordinary events, is approved the wisdom, and sunefionea by thfe us%e of every age and of every realai. It' is Well for us, through the lapse o f years, to commemmorate thb ehi when first we drew the breath of national being,—^an era, fraught with the fate of unborn, milUoiis. It a'tvakens in our bosoms the slumbering spirit o f devotion to our country’s hopes,*—it reanimate:| in our hearts the perishing attachment to ourconn- ny a wreath, in her pathway to perfection; the spirit of enterprise had achieved many a con quest, and was still burning With the fire o f am bition ; but America, Wrapped up in her man tle of the deep, had escaped the ken o f philoso phy,—bad eluded the grasp o f adventure. ” A new era in the history of man, is at hand! An intellectual prodigy is produced 1 Christo pher .Columbus appears ! The discovery of this Continent, tvas a chaplet of glOry, which h’ame had entwined for his brow. ./ * ” The gigantic genius of Columbus in its wan derings through the immensity of creation, he*'^. j held another fink in its glorious chain,— new world arose to the view o f his mighty mind, ” No sooner did the workings o f Ws soul sug gest that ocean had other seats for future em pires, than theif possession, became the rifling passion .of his heart. Unpatronised, he was^in- capacitated to effectuate his purpose. He pe titions the kingdoms o f Eurbpe. Tibe sneer of derision,—-the machinations of treachery, and the doubts o f incredulity marked the r^eeptioir of his applications. He is tih’dismayed. Op position hrtghtens the glow o f his ” longings di vine, and aspirations high,” . When all seemed dark and gloomy, a beam o f hope breaks forth. The Arragonian Queen extends the hand o f pa tronage. ” The moment big With his destiny arrives !— He commitsjiis fame and his fate to, the* track less deep,—full of hope, he ploughs his proud path through the “ mountain wave 1” His ca reer wa§ chequered with various aifd extra ordinary vicissitudes. Suddenly the scene was changed I In the hour of his deepest des pondency, oar beloved country, from the ho- •sqm o f the sea, Sends forthher sky-girt summits to hail the successful projector of an unpaial- Iclied enterprise I And now the bold adventu rous spirit of Columbus, had moved o'er the face of a boundless waste o f waters, and added- another realnifo the,dominions o f civilized man! ” A new impulse was given to the energies • of man,—another theatre was thrown open, for the display of human actiom 'l^he wonders o f this naiion had heeh borne onfhe wings of the wind to the uttermost part's o f the earth;” and the path, marked out by the genius o f Colum bus, was soon crowded by throngs o f other ad venturers. America—the store-house of all that is valuable,— of all that is enchanting,' and of all that is sublime in nature's Works, was well worth the attention, and didf excite the am-* ,bition,of monarchs. Emigration to our shores’ becamethe maqia o f the day; and ere twocen- \ turles had elapsed, Colonies had grown up with in oUr borders;—^science bad reared hpf tem ples,—^religion had planted her altars, anfl ci vil governments had diflhsed their saldfary in fluence.* ♦ ,, “ To dwell, minutely, on the most re’mete- periods o f ^ e history o f our country, would he' to detail a series o f intestine broils,, originating' in jealousy and at^arice, an heart-ren^a^ catalogue o f Indian massacres. Much, howe ver, is found to arrest and to rivet fhe atten tion. What Can more deeply absorb the mind; —what can mo/e effectually enchain the Imagi nation, than the story o f those pioUs pilgglms who fled for refuge to the aeavfrom the hitter, relentless persecutions o f the old world ^ T h e | bade an eternal adieu to the land of their fa-* thers,—they east a “last, longing, lingering » look,” on the spot Where the cradle o f their in-f fancy had 'been fOck’d,—they tore from their hearts the fascinatioris of home, and the en dearments of kindred; and, imploring the pro tecting power of the skies, they spread theif sails, anddiTectedlthetprowtotTheir frail bark |<y an unknown, far-distant clime, where, fi>r their creedthey could find a ”)^me,”Tor thems^ves “a local habitation.” They transplanted tim altars o f their faith from the lap o f civiltH^ion, into a barren wilderness where the sound cd^the* axe had never been heard—whose sileaee had never beeii broken,*save by the mtdnigdd hoot^ iings of the bwl, or the hrdepus roar o f the ter-' rific tenants o f the forest prowling for hlood — .whos^ dreary ivastes had never been trodden- isave by the footsteps of roamwg idmrigi- / * ;nes. What a splendid victory^F«m i|iifinti f ! :What a magnanimous triumph o f conscience! j tntroducing the subject o f thd Eev<flutic»^ hx continues: To pursue this Coumry, in hfft mpldmai to national eminence, woifld he a auperfilui _ task. Per history exhibits too many exmc pies o f untumg perscvmnch,— u m hakn fort (ude, and undaunted heroism, not to Imve Wa *1 try's laws.—hot civil, tcUgions in- ei Ac hc-art of the patriot; it a f e S w l
