Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-01-04

~. ortronee. the room pPesen'eu
- w annearance ola marine palace
e .nI round with the mast; a. Of
s,,;Os entvined with laurel, ano pear r
s.: sn !. ,,e national flags Of all the world
ing ss ,n' table had upon it ship in n'l-
n n1a'eG' I In front. where the Prs t'd
.Iert sat. with the officers OF the Ia, la.
wv and other guests, and which was
raised about three feet, there appeso
e I'd an area area Of about go feet by 10: 10,
60 covered r with real swart. in the m,as'
IF which was a real lake OF WAFER
in which Heated a miniature irisa.; -
Rack Of all this hung ma'nsa,l
Of a ship, IS feet by 10, on when
was painted with an eagle 10 oPa!us
hoIdirg scroll on his beak. on when neal.
was inscribed these words !" oar '.
Children ere the property o. our
countru." This sentiment posses
sec great interest when it was known
who was its author and the occas'on
On which it was uttered. A public
dinner was once given by the young
men Of Philadelphia, in honor OF
some exploit in the Meditcrranean'
at which the elder Commodore DE-
catur, the father, was present. with
his two sons. Stephen and and James
who sat on each side Of him, being
called upon for toast. the vrnera-
bic old man gave the affecting ses'''
ment above expressed, and it was
not long before he heard OF the death
of the latter in boarding the gun
boats before Tripoli.
His Honor the Mayor presided.
with commodore Decatur seated on
his right hand. and captain Hull on
his left, captain Jones was not pre-
sent, not having arrived in town.
After the cloth was renewed the
following toasts were drank in the
order in which tisy stand.
TOASTS.
|. Our coun,ry-May it ever be dis.
tinguished by wisdom in council and
energy in action.
Tune, Hail Columbia.
2. The President Of the y States.
IT. re, Presidents March.
8 The Governor Of the state OF New
York.
Tune, Tompkin's March.
4 Our Navy-With such an auspl-
cious dawn, what may we not hope will
be its meridian splenaour. Drank stand
iAg-S cheers.
Glec, The Heroes of the Ocean.
Here the mainsail bark Of the
President was suddenly furled up and
disclosed as if by magic transpa-
rent painting of a similar extent, re-
presenting the three victories. The
Consiitntion taking the Guerrero,
the latte in full blaze; dated Aug.
1sth, 1912. Tie Wasp taking
,be FroIick, dated October 18th
1919, and the United States taking
the Macedonian, dated Nov. 18th.
The company were electrified and
instinctively rose and gave 6 cheers.
S. The union of the states-Alay Il
never be endangered by foreign attach
ments, or by internal d'ssentions
Song, CoIu,bia's Glory.
6. American gallantry-Patiiotism it
stimulus glory its object; nations
gratitude it's reward.
Song, Decatur, Hull & Jones are here
Here the topsail of a ship which
hung behind the Vice President. 81
feet by IL being suddenly furIed up.
displayed a second transparency e.
qualify striking and brilliant with the
first. 1t represented the American
Eagle holding three medaliOns one
inscribed HULL Il THE GUER-
RlERE. another DECATUR Il
TIE MACEDONIAN, and the
third JONES & THE FROLiC.
The music at the same moment struck
up Yankee Doodle, and 9 cheers ex-
pressed the feelings Of the company.
7. The memory # those tals. vino
have nobly fallen in acquiring glory to
the American navy.
Glee, HulI's Victory.
8. The army Of the United States.
Duet, ALPS Well.
9 Commerce-Tne parent Of civil
protectress Ut the arts-the
supporter Of national greatness.
8 cheers. Giee, We be three Poor Ma.
riners.
10. Our maritime rights--Let our 60
vernneDt furnish the means aud our
gallant tars stand ready to maintain
them-S cheers