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

On the other side OF TIE banner the motto :, Know
edge Is Power"
After full band OF musicians, in dresses OF scar
let and gold came the members OF Columbia Col |
leee. dressed in their Academic gov ms, olowe by
he Society OF Free Masors; Officers Of the Meli !
al Society Of the State Trustees Of the College Of
PHI sciars, and Professors of the College OF Ply
,icians and Surgeons; tie Medical Society; the
Rev the Clergy; the Bar; the Historical, Philo,o-
phical, Pathological and other Literary Societie-;
the Members of the Academy OF the Fine Arts;
Strangers of distinction; the Sheriff and Staff with
the Judicial Officers; the Military officers; the
Ancient and Honorable Society of Free and &C
cepted Masons; lie Governor and Lieut.. Governor;
he Senate and Members of the Assembly; Canal
Commissioners now in Commission, and all former
Canal Commissioners; Canal Engineers; State OH
GERS; the Corporation and their Guests.
aquatic PrOcesSiOn.--At O'Clock the citizens
Were seen in all directions crowding on board the
various Steamboats, which announced to COM
pose the flee: which was to proceed TO the Ocean.
The Steamboat, Washington, under the command
OF Captain Bunker, took the lead, board OF which
the Hon. the Corporation, with the Society OF Gin
cinnati, tie Rev. Clergy of all denominations, the
Army and Naval Oificers-all the consu!s os Foreign
nitionsthe Judges of all our cour-, and many other
ci,Lens and strangers, were guests The Steam
boats Fulton, James Kent, Chancellor Livingston,
and several Others, also employed b, the cor
filled with our most distinguished citizens. The safe
~ Barges Lady Clinton and Lady Van Rensselaer,
most tastefully lestooned with eyeigreens and
flowers.
AT about 10 o'clock the signal was given for de-
Parture, and the boats all proceeded up the East
River, and formed in line follows:
l. Washington, . Commerce and safety Barge
L'dy Clinton, Fulton, Chancellor Livingston,
Constitution and Canal Boat, d Chief Justice
Marshall canal boat and >ix Barges, Z CoEsieila-
lion, Swiftsure and Safety Barge Lady Van
Rensselaer,, 9 James Kent, 10 Saratoga, IL Rich
mond, Il Providence, - Nautilus, ii Long
Branch, IL Fanny, l6 Linneus, II Coy. Wocoit
and PHO, Boat No. ?, IS John Marshall and Pr
10, Boat No. 3, 10 George Washington and Pilot
Boat No. !, when they wore round and proceed
ed down the bay. Tie at this period was
fine beyond description; all the decks of the Steam
boats were crowded, accompanied with hands of
IN riai and other music. performing lavorltc ats.
The shores ere lined with spectators cheering
they passed The. water was unrutiled, and the
whole scene seemed entertainments as the fleet pas
sed the Battery, they saluiei by the military,
the Revenue Gutter, and the Castle Governors
Island.
As they proceeded, they were joined in the
North River by the ship Hamlet, (towed by the
STEAMBOATS, Oliver Ellsw orth and Bovar,l which
had previously been dressed for the occasion with
the Flags of all nations, and on board of which
were the Marine and Nautical Societies, compo-
sed OF all our most respectable shipmates. As the
flee, passed the Nanows they were salutedb by Fort
Id Fdyete they then proceeded To the United
States schooner Dolphin, moored within Sandy
Hook, where the ceremony of uniting the
OF Lake Erie and the Atlantic performed.
4 dcputation, composed Of Aldermen King, Da-
Wis nd Taylor was sent on board the Steamboat
James Kent, to accompany his Exceliency The Go
vernon, the Lieut. Governor, and the several COM
ID II
places, on board the Steamboat w ashngIon.
The boats were then all stationed around the
schooner, aud Governor Clinton " ent through the
ceremony OF uniting the waters by pouring that OF
Lake Erie into the Atlantic; upon which he deli
vered the following address,
This soleninty at this place, on the first arr-
val OF vessels from Lake Erie, is inter-ed ind-
cate and commemorate the navisable communca-
ton which has been accomplished between our Me-
dterranean seas and the Atlantic Ocean in about
eight years, to the extent OF more than four hun
Gred and twenty-five miles, by the wisdom, public
spirit and energy of the people of the state of New
York; and may the God of the Heavens and the
Earth smile most propitiousy this work and rem
der 1t subservent to the best interest of the human
race"
Dr. AIitchill then poured the contents OF seve-
raj walls which he ed contained the waters of
the Elbe SIC. &c. sc. and delivered long ad-
dress; but the crowd was great that but few
able to hear any part oft. The Honorable Mr.
Golden presented to the Mayor memoir which
contains brief history of the Canal from its com
mencement TO the present day
Statutes were then fired from the Revenue Cut
ter, tie PHO, Boats and several of the Steam Boats
and the procession returned to the city, in nearly
he same order they went down, the Porpoise
being towed up by the steam boats. On passing
Fort La Fayette, another salute was fred On
their way, up, The several parties partook of din
ners on board their several boats. The Mayor
presided on board the Washington, assisted by Al
dermen King and Taylor, when the following
toasts were drank.
l. The great event which we this DAY celebrate;
IL IS proud monument of the genius and pario-
tisn. of free people.
2. The state of New York unsided and alone,
has achieved a work which will cover her name
with imperishable glory.
3. Our sister states OF the union-Their interest
is our interest, lheir prosperity is orr prosperity
4. The sovereignty Of the states the palladium of
our liberty, and their union, the anchor of our
publican Institutions
3. Tie President and Vice President Of the u
ned States.
6. The Senate and House OF Representatives OF
the United States.
7. The Governor and Lieutenant Governor Of
the state.
8. The Senate and Assembly the state
~ Ihe present canal commissioners and their
predecessors They have identified their names
with the noblest work of the age, and have secu-
red to themselves The approving voice oftheir
Try.
TO- The canal engineers and their associates
Their science marked out the path from the lakes
10 the ocean, it is the pride of the republic 10 call
them her native sons
l J. The 4th Of July, 1776, and the 18th of July
1917, two great eras- The first gave birth to all
that is wonderful and moral in law, the other has
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