Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-07-07


TO their cause!
! Bunker iil Monumsn,-Its proud summit
shall brighten with the mornings Ftssr oeam.
and the evenings iasr ray. II shall glow with
asuil richer aud purer light IN speaking Aeir
deeds who repcse beneath it
The Survivors OF Bunker Hill BattIe-The
gloom OF that day may rest on their recohcc-
ton; but in the Brightness OF tbs. they feel that
they fought under the auspices orhessen.
Lexington and Concord There the earnes,
was given, that a people, rsso!,vd 10 Be fret,
Can never be enslaved.
The President Of the United States.
! The Governor OF the Commonwealth.
/, The Continental Arny-whom pictorr
could net ~elste-wbom defeat could not de.
press.-their cause their coun,ry-iheir trust
their Godi
The Memory Of Washington.
The Continental Congress The embodied
wisdom oi III. nation: which wrought the tree
dom Of one hemisphere. and pron,ulgate the
principles " hich will emsncipate the other.
The Memory Of wsrren-Associatec with
this OCCASION. his name comes 20 Va ''ss the
gentle rain from Heaven, refreshing the place
beneath"
The regular toasts having been given,
the Pre- sident of the Association observ-
ed that he rose to propose a toast, in
behali of the Directors of the Associa-
tioa. Probably he was already antici,
pated, in the name which he should
mention. twas well known that the
distinguished personags near him, from
the time when he first became acquain-
ted with the object Of the Association,
had taken much interest in ii, and had
expressed an intention to be present at
tho ceremony of laying he Corner
Stone. This purpose he had kindly re-
membered, through the long courss of
Ills visits 10 the several states. 1t was
not at all necessary to say-indeed 1t
could not be said--how much his pre-
sencs had added to the interest and plea
sure of the occasion. lie should pro-
coed at ono TO the grateful duty which
the Directors had ~enJoined on him, and
propose to the company
"Health and long life to Gen. lafayette"
On which Gen. Lafayette rose, and thus
expressed himself.
Gsutlers4-I will not longer ,respass 6n
your time thsD to thank you ia the name OF my
Revolutionary companions IN arms and myself
for the testimonies of esteem and affection, |
may say tlial affection, which have been be-
slowed upon us on the memorable celebration
of this anniversary day. and To offer our fer
vent prayers for the preservation of that re-
publican freedomi equality, and self govern
nlent. that blessed union between the states of
the confederaoy for which we have fought and
blcd, and on which rests the hope OF mankind
Permit me to repose the follo~ing sentimen1
Bunker Hill, and the holy resistance to op-
preston which has already fr@nchised the A.
rnerioan hemisphere-the next half Century's
Jubilee toast shah be- 20 the whoks ofEfJ ramcAs-
cd Eursbe.
h his E.rcea1rey the Gopernor. That Mon.
umeut, the base which was laid in 1775- the
Column eE7n1ican Eame, which timeis sire ngths
ening to sdsmsn,, and raising With the Spirits
ofthose who laid ito Heaven.
BytA II Hon Jan~s Harbour Secrefary, Of War.
Bunker Hili-fsvoureds pot. consecrsted by
sslour, BY gratitude, an4 by eloqoencs.
By the DeLsgation Of tho PILGRIM .Ssciefy. The
Arm raised on the liill in the cause Of homan
rights-snd hobiy sustained by the strength of
the whole body.
The Orator Of the day-A Statesman and
patriot who knows no party but his country,
who feels no impulse but her welfare.
The Grecian and Spanish Pstrfots-The
voice that spoke from these heights, has oeen
re-echoed from the .2ndes, and heard along the
shores Of the .hsrss.
fiAapras FrRns. JrsS %.
Agreeable to public notice, the Cor
ner Stone of a New Church, School
House, aud Masonic fall, was laid at
siarpers-F Ferry, on the cath inst (st.
Johns Day. with the usual masonic
ceremonies, and in the presence of a
large concourse of citizens and v~isiters.
The procession was formed about II
o'clock, A. Nj. and consisted Of $50 Of
the fraternity. In the absence Of the
District Deputy Grand Master, Is. H..
DAVIS, Esq. of Winchester, who was
prevented from attending by the indis-
position of member of his family,)
Col. Orno III WILLIAMS, Junior Grand
Warden of the Grand Lodge Of Mary
land, oficiAted on tho occasion. He
delivered 10 tbs acting Architect, Mr..
LEWIS WERNwAs, well known for his
skill in bridge architecture a very neat
and appropriate charge, in which he al
luded to a former charge on the occa-
sion o fconnecting Maryland and Virgil
MIA by bridge over the Potomac HI
yer. There we're present two Of the
ne ighboring lodges, who marched in
the procession as lodges, VIZ: Urska
Lodge of Boonsbsrough, Md, & Equa-
lily Lodge of Nartinsbarg. Brethren
attended from Winchester, Brucetown,
Shepherdstown, Waterford, Frederick,
and Hagerstown. The religious exer-
cises were performed by the Rev. Bro
fbar wur,.M LITTLE. of Haoepstovvn 4.