Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-06-05

iof hehI presided Assisted by the folio VINO ,en,t
nv az wee Presidents; Messrs z. Homo. J Due,
,ioiesso, kcnw'ck, L. l.. Ogdon Samuel So,
won't and Charles Graham. The p,..;Ja, -
announcing tina two first repplar ,oa.ts after
t"at III honour OF the principal guest with some -
~ appropriate aud harry remarks As they Uor
wrtten' we presume the public will be f,your.d
WIN them. There was breathlcss n nd on,Lns;a.
&c attention, when Washington Iryiuo rose 10 -,
I" The tribute OF respect and gratitude offered Inv H.
townsmen.-He spoke from the heart and w.
cl'ereu wh 'e delivering almost every unpremedi
tatcd sentence.-Hc said that he lobourcd for words
TO express his feelings; but their expression wa.
but the more NATURAL and interesting ON thar
account was peculiarly SO, when he smoke
OF the feelings he experienced on entering
the glorious harbour of his native town and
saw the fleets which covered the waters tho
groves of mass which rose around tho
city; The new spires and donos and far sweepinr
ranges oil buildings which have assembled since his
ocPafture; with the villages which have grown up
on the green banks of the opposing shore i'm The
same period He alluded to a query which had
oceh inade by some improper person, 1--WE know not
- now iong nc would remain in the country
after ms return? When no said emphaticallv pII
stay here all my life, the acclama,ions and cheers
""cn niicd the Hall were spontaneous, universal
ana electrical in their effect. 1t was indeed. the
flow of soul. ' WV
Philip Hone Esq. first Vice Pr,s;Jer, ;,I
ecu ms toast, "Ihe memory of the first settlers of
New Amsterdam" with some of the remn;scsn.
ces which Irving has made classical i'm a fine and
""''ci, WHICH was evident from the q
p ,sct produced on the company The second Vice .
i,esioeht' John Duer, Esq. then made an address
winch was probably of his best efforts d;stin'
Suishcd as he has long been at the bar and in pop
lar assemblies, for cxtcmporaneous eloouence
lie SAID he meant TO prove, before the Con-, ora
Jury, that Dicderich Knickerbocker was bimsoIr
ana not Washington Irving. He had known tbs
former personally and the latter too Irvine had
never used midnight oil enough at tho noriod nr;or
TO the publication of the History of New York 10
nave written the five first learned chapters nm th
cosmogony, and on the genesis Of mankind what
over he may have done since, in writing tho life
OF Christopher Columbus. Ed 10 anche son pifior.
lie exclaimed; and while he was describing the old
gentleman who boarded at the Columbian Indo
Pehucht Hotel In Mulberry street, with brown
80 pea green Jacket, blue stocking SC. Diede
ricn hhickcrbocker himself or his ghost or mar
sohiication, marched in and crossed tho ,i,s ,vbo
no s"eS's We're sitting. We hope this great arpu
mont mas been reported. 1t is a sound and lii
one; ana unanimous verdict was given, in favonr
OF knlckerbockers personal identity
The third Vice President gave sSr Walter Scot, "
no 'C' run wee President gave The memory r.
youtniui associations" The fifth gave ..'The health
or feter Irving" which was drunk with H.
chcers. The sixth gave 1.-The dstin gushod str,n
gers and citizens who honored the guest bv tbo;r
Prese Each of these toasts was proceeded Inv =,
speech We can give no regular report of them to
day. Many volunteers followed, and several CO..
tlemen addressed the Chair, after the nr;nc;nal
guest had retired. The company generally did not
break up until very late hour A fin. hand oe.
music In tho ochestra played at intervals M
1orn the vocalist, was present, and sung sever,v
appropriate songs in his best manner,