Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1825-11-11

iaidred thous and souls in New York on that day.
aid the starting of the aquatic procession, there
might be nearly seventy thousand spectators and
AT the hour OF five in the after
noon, aud subsequently,, there might be more, and
at night, TO witness the fireworks.
Amldsi Tie creates, JOY and ies!ivity did thus
terminate the greatest day which the city OF New
York has experienced since the adoption oil the Fee
deral Constitution. Many of our oldest inhabi-
tai,is say the Mechanic procession OF that day
equal 10 the present but all admit, natives well
as foreigners, that the aquatic Display is dnri-
vailed in the annals of the world.
Madame Johnson did not make her ascent from
the 'auxhal Garden, Owing 10 some difficulty in
hlng the Balloon with gas, and the populace be
came enraged broke through all restraint destroy
Ell the balloon and committed some excuses upon
the Garden fences and shubbery
Written by an Engsllman on tire heights of
Brooklyn, (tune Mocre's Meeting of the Waters,)
and sung by General Swift after the dinner at
Sykes.
Therei. not iutbe wide wo,iS a l'nl complete,
A b,s land ia whose hn ON thc bright .rsmeet;
Oh tie last rays "i feeling an lilr must erat,
Erc hisday Of prouni iriumpsssiiI fade nom my heart
Yet IL i. no, that has saed n'c TIL sceae,
Hcr Pure,t oC Chysinl aud hrishtc,I of sr,cni
h.noi the sweet mage ofsresmlct orril,-
Ob no! uis something fpJre trYHiS ie still.
liz that Lbe;tl chose TIN. hles spot for her own,
Wh,re Seas: Litss anI Fires, unite no'S IN one
And where Freedom, aud Commerce and ini,ty, prove
Tina, the Il DDS protecting the land Of their Love.
alderman Co,cdyy's address to Cor Clinton,
Sc. on board the steamboat, on their arrival
wiihin the limits Of the City Of .Netu York.
Z" Gentemen: Upon this suspicious occasion,
when the great lakes of North America are, by
means of our canals, to be united with the ocean,
and in consequence OF this, the state of New York
is TO become, more than ever, connecting and
important member of the American confederacy,
tIa of tba citx inf
New York, in behalf of themselves md their con-
stituens, to welcome you to their shores and wa
tiers, reci.rocate your congratulations, and to
quest your acceptance Of their cheerful hospi
taliiies.
g The accomplishment Of this interesting object,
10 the commemora'on of which indebted
for your visit, WILL in future ages be ranked among
the mos; splendid efforts of genius.
CHOW many months aud years of profound stud,
and application, on the part of some of our wise.
citizens, were expended, before the mighty projeci
was Inatured, and all the springs of action neces-
sary to bring it to perfection were fully arranged
and sys,enaiized il is impossible now to calculate
determine.
&c What combinations favourable to the
growth and prosperity OF this section of our Empire
are to take their rise from this magnificent work
and shed their benign effects upon the present and
future generations, it is equally impossible CON
jecture and only be ascerainei by the lapse o.
time.
% But we may rest satisfied, that as it is the pro
duct OF the most comprehensive intellect and of
the most lofty patriotism, it is calculated to ex-
tend and multiply the advantages of external and
international commerce, and the essential interests
OF agriculture, and the mechanic arts, and more
pecially 1t is TO render the chain OF our union
stronger and brighter, so will its projectors and
friends receive the blessings of their contemporaries
and OF posterity and their names be enrolledby the
faithful pen of history, public benefactors
We repeat to you our congratulations, gentle
men, that permitted to JON YOU in celebrating
the Union of our Northern and Western froutiers
with our Atlantic board, and we invoke the
Great Father OF the waters, and of the land and
who is the Maker and Lord of all things to smile
upon our undertaking, and upon all the concerns OF
our beloved country
To which the following reply was made by Gov
Clinton:
&c The congratulatory address of the Corporation
of the city of New York on the completion of the
Erie and Champlain canals, has been received by
the several persons and bodies to which it has been
presented, with the most profound respect and with
the most cordial reciprocaton.
In offering to You our fluctuations, on an oc-
casion so honorable to the intelligence and
patriotism of the people of his State can add but
little to the fore bic views which you have taken
of this consummation.
In its suspicious influence on the interests of
agriculture, manufactures and Commerce, on the
duration OF the States,--on the holy cause Of re-
publican eovernment,--on the elemental principles
OF social prosperity, it is fthe FIRST i'm
portance, and will be felt and recognised as such by
all future times.
The qualifications naturally associated with the
celebration OF this event, greatly enhanced by
its intimate connection with the prosperity of the
city OF New York.
Standing near the confines Of the Ocean, and
now connected by navisable communication with
the Great Lakes of the North and the West, there
will he no limits to your lucrative extensions of
trade and commerce. The valley of the Mississippi
will pour its treasures into this great emporium
through the channels now formed and forming and
whatever wealth is 10 be acquired enterprise can
be attempted, the pow er and the capacity of your
city VIII be felt, and its propitious influence on
human happiness will be acknow edged.
The muniicence which has distinguished the cit-
zens of New York, in liberal appropriations for
education, charity, and public accommodation,
evinces the wisdom, public spirit, and energy of
its constituted authorities and reflects honour upon
our country, of which it forms most important
portioh,-and every measure which tends to en-
large the sphere OF your useful operations and to in
crease your Of dispensing good, will w trust,
always be hailed as oil primary importance by the
state.
We entreat you to accept our pest acknowledge
ments your Kindness, and for your arrangements
on occasion so worthy of the hospitality and
munifcence this great and opulent city,--and we
most bumby implore the choicest visitations of the
blessings OF heaven on you, and your constituents.
DR.. MN. Fl. HE.VYyWG,
as locted himself POwhatan courthouse, and most re-
II specially ender' his the citizen, thereof add
rs vicinity the different branches o hi, profession has
tor the a.. ten yea been engascd in ihe practice Of Me