Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-06-21
DEFERRED.
From the ". II. Republican. Nay 70.

coaMEMoRATtoN.
1he first settlement of New Hamp.
shire was eommemorated on the 2lst,
at Portsmouth, in a style which does
creuit to the public spirit Of It's cit'zens.
Heaven seemed to smile ProPitious-
" ON the occasion for the weather
was delightful, and q bright sun and a
clear sky. lent all heir animation to
the brilliant spectacle and gave addl.
tional vivaci,y to a OF unusuai
splendor and festlvity.
At 10 o'clock, A, NJ. the citizens and
strangers began to assemble at the
South meeting house, and at hah past
10 the procession arranged by Col.
PIERCE, Chief Marshal of the Gay, mo.
we'd, in the order which has been here
tofors published, towards the North
meeting house, wherein the exercises
were performed,
The procession was escorted by two
Light Infantry companies under com
msnd of Mai. Blunt, of the Gilman's
blues. whose de achment deserved and
received much commentator fUr Its
fine appearance and correct dePor''
ment. The procession was MADE up
of the Mechanic association, the Ma
comic fraternity, clergymen, evil and
military officers, (the latter in uniform, J
citizens and masters of schools with
their scholars /; and from its great ex-
tent. the richness aud variety OF the
dresses and decorations, and the adni-
rable order and re 5ularity with which
every thing was conducted, 1t was one
of the most remarkable ever witnessed
in this state OF any other.
The north meeting house is n OF
The largest il New England 1t con-
ta,ns about ninety pews on the lower
Hoor. and has two galleries. This
building was filled throughout when
the exercises commenced aud pre-.
sented a brilliant and imposing spesta.
Gle. The wall pews were crowded
With beauty and ~fashion-the broad
aisle was occupied by the military e..
cort-the right centre being hiled with
stransers and citizens, and the left by
IN different societies, with their va
rious badges and decorations; the up
Der gallery was occupied exclusively
BY the boys, who made part Ofthe pro-
cessIon.
After an appropriate prayer by Pre-
sijent Tyler, an grafton was pronoun
ced by Nathaniel A. Haven, jr. Esq
of Portsmouth Of this performance,
it is sufficient t say. that the Speaker
equalled the expectations Of his friends.
HIS discourse was classical, ingenious,
and eloquent ; containing much valua
BILE information, and indicating a hbe.
raj and cultivated mind, a fine ipsg'
nation, and national feelings. After a
beautiful exord'um, which was very
naturally a comparison between New
Hampshire in the 18th and 18th centu-
ries, Mr. Haven gave a rapid but dis
tinct sketch of the characters OF u
forefa, hers, and enumerated the cir
cumstances wherein the Z" merchant ad
v~enturers of PascaIaqua" differed from
the Pilgrims of New Plymouth. lie
pourtray ed the character OF John Ma.
son,t the original proprietor ofN. Hamp
shire and rescued him from the oblo'
guy with which the prejudice and In.
Justice Of contemporaries had partially
cove ed hun. The puritan cha'a tiers
of our ancestors was nexi adver,ed to,
ami their industry, sublime piety, and
stern Integrity, were eloquently deli
heated. Fne present character OF the
people of New Hampshire asst Is forih-
ed by their occupations, climate, and
10. aEities, aad as 1t has been exhibited
by her distinguished sons in war, in
science and literature, was next the
fruitful topic of discussion ; and the o.
rator claimed and subs. aDuated tor his
naive state, q place among the trst
for patriotism and intelligence and IN
proportion to its extent for moral and
physcal energy.
TIE Poem oy Mr.. Peabody, Of Exc
ter, was = vigorous and spirited per-
formsnee that gentleman proved to
the public, what his friends have long
known, that he possesses fine talents,
add a knowledge Of the history and an
tiauities Of the country scarcely less
rare than the p ossessioD OF such talents;
his poem was by turns playful, serious,
and lmpassioned; he occasionally sport
cd among the flowers and scaled the
stee ps OF Parnassus. Of both these ex
celisnt performances we shall only say
at present, that we join in the general
wish that they may DO given to the pub
lie.
Some appropriate odes, written for
the occasion by the rev. Thomas G.
Uohsm. of Rocnester, were sung IN We.