Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1825-12-10

tions--the Judges o. ell eur courts, and
many other ciuzens md strangers, were
guests. The Siesn boats Fulton and
James Kent, Chslc llor Livingston, and
several others, wee also employed by
the Corporatioo to eceiye Other guests,
all which were fll,d with our most dis
tineuished ci.izebs The Safety Bsrges,
Lady Clinton and sdy Van Rensselaer,,
" ere most tasteful iestooned with ever
greens and flowers. -
Al about 10 o'clock the signal was
given for departure, and the boats all
proceeded up the East River, and formed
in line as follows
Washington, 2 Commerce and Sale
ty Barge Lady Clinton, 8 Fulton, 4 Chan
celior Livingston, Constitution aud
Canal Boat Chief Justice Marshall,
Canal Boat and six Barges,7 Consteila-
lion, S.ltsore and Safety Barge Lady
V an Rensse Iaer, James Kent, 10 Sara
,oga, II Richmond, II Providence, Is
Nautilus, 4 I.org Branch, Is Fanny, 10
Llnnaeus, II Gov. Wolcolt and Pilot
Boat No. 2, l8 John Marshall and Pilot
Boat No. A, v hen they wore round and
placeeded down The bay. The scene at
this period was hne beyond description;
all he decks oil HE Steam boats Ire
crowded, accompanied with bands Of
1narlal aud Other music, performing Ia
vorite airs. The shores we're lined with
No. he
The water was dnru tiled, and the whole
scene seemed en- hanment as the Reet
passed he ba,,dy, they were saluted by
The military, thb Revenue Gutter, and
The { aslle on Governors Island.
As they proc eded, they we're joined
in the North .Iyer by the ship Hamlet,
lowed by ;..a steam boats Oliver Els
worth and Bolivar) which had previously
been dressed for the occasion with the
flags Of ali nations, aud on board OF which
were the Marine and Nautical Societies,
composed IT al. our most respectable
shipmales.-As the fleet passed the
Narrows, they were saluied by For, l.
'aye,te--they then proceeded 10 the
United States schooner the Dolphin,
noor,d within Sandy Hook, where the
ceremony Of uniting the waters OF Lake
Ere and The A ilap,ic was performed.
A dsputa.iop, composed OF a ideimen
King, DAVIS and Taylor, was sent on
board the stea,n-hoa James Kent, to &C
compass, his Escelency the Governor,
The Lieutenant Governor and the se"e-
raj committees from Buffalo, Utica, AL
bany and olhcrplaces, on board the Steam
boat Washlngton.
The IoNs were then all stationed
around the schooner, and Gov. Clinton
went through the ceremony OF uDuine
the waters by pouring that OF Lake Erie
into the Atlantic; upon which he deli
vered the following address -
"This solcmnity al this place, on the
first arrival OF vessels from Lake Erie,
is intended to indicate and comm emo
rate the nayigsble communication which
as been accomplished between our Me-
dI,erranesn SECS aud The Atlantic Ocean,
IN abua' 8 years, to The extent Of more lhan
four huudredland twenty-five miles, by
The wisdom, public splrit and energy o.
the people Il the stale OF New York;
aud ma; the f,0d OF the heavens am, o
the earth smile must propitleusly on the
work, and rtnder II sub,orviant to the
best interests OF the human race"
Or. Mitchell then poured the contents
OF several walls which he stated contained
t5e waters OF the Elbe, &c. sc. sc. and
delivered long address; but the crowd
was so great that bu few were able to
hear any part Of it. The Hon. Mr.. Col
den presented to the Mayor memoir
which contains briet history OF the Ca
nal irotn lis commencement 10 The pre-
sent day. s.
Salo,es were then fired from the Re-
venue Gutter, the Pilot Boats, aud seve-
raj OF the steam boats, and the process
sion returned TO the cry, in nearly the
same order as they went down, the Por-
poise being towed up by the steam boats.
On passing Fort La Fsyetle, another sa-
lutte was fired. On their way op, the
several parties psr,ook of dinners on
board their several boats. The Mayor
evesided on board the Washington, as.
sisted by Aldermen King and Taylor,
when the following toasts we're drank.
/. The great event which we this day
celebcaie--lt is proud monument of
the genius and patliotism Of free peo-
pic.
2. The state of New-York, unaited
and alone, has achieved a work which
will cover hername with ianpesshahle
glory. -i"~