The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1837-07-26
hxes It at the first nsmed number We
eony from the Philadelphia Gazette the
FOLLOWING ACCOUNT Of this iaaarassina a axans.

S"W from The Philadelphia Gazette the
following account of this interesting event.
"it was q magnificent spectacie-full of
beauty and grandeur. The scene from the
'"e,' as we embarked al about eleven o.
TI. .or 'ne navy gard, was supreinely fine.
~ stream was crowded with shipping.
80 "ho aiar hundreds of little fairy boats
cuuing the waters, with nimbIe keels.
w.. . "s "s, 'ar away as the eye could reach, all
Iers 80 e"uor ana animation. The steam
IF .,"nna "an eolores flying. and long wrsa,hs
dsd :. ~. lining from their chimneys, ad-
oe" 20 'he beauty of the sight.
n iitiie to the north-weyt tbs a.,l
:. 's s"ou e""syfcTn'a loomed to the view
s'oss az mountan." On eyerv .r;'
"ence ahc roof In the region round ,bon,
ON The gay decks of more than two h.n'
ofed vessels of all descriptions -on trees
III oaiconies-in meadows--on the island
aS'r'de OF roofs, house top after house.too
oeyohd the reach of vision, swarmed the
,n"u"lerabie multitudes-Thee eve acbed in
~, ~ wandering over such stirring scene.
mere was scarcely green thing to be seen.
viewing the Jersey shores with \ telesco,e.
AZ nearly miles distance, there too. the
mro"es were moving; and it seemed to us
'aa. we could now and then catch the gleam
."en wonder speaking eyes. There
nav" oeeh VARIOUS estimates made of the
""""oer VI persons present; and we think
we speak within bounds when we ,,ate
'nem at f"o hundred thousand. In truth
mere was no end to them. You could
scarcely see the town for the people. Tbev
tiled and shingled every roof with inexnrss..
ibies, roundabouts, and other habl;men,s-
and as for the river itself, it looked "a ;f,..
"oSts oi 'he Egyptians had suddenly come
up from the Red Sea, via the Delaware.
Nothing added more to the general effec,
'nan The various colors which s,reamed at
al points among The shipping. The heart
""uhoed with pleasure at these signals in one
Po't only OF vast republic that has hum
oreoS on hundreds of such, along her sea-
COASTS and on the borders of her mighty
f'Vers-some OF which roll farther in their
Journey TO the deep, than the Atlantic
stretches lis width from hence to ENGLAND.
At about half-past two, the ponderous
hammers sounded in the hands of the cum
n'ng workmen, who were to send the Penn.
syiVania into her destined element. The
nag was hauled 20 the roof of the tenement
where she had reposed so long; and the
preparatory cannon rolled its thunder into
the ears Of the people, awakening high ex-
peclai'on. All eyes were now fixed upon
The huge sea-monster, "w helped and Grad
led IN grim majesty, about to spring from
It's lair. Soon there was a humminc stir
among The mnumerable conceurse: cheers
hung on the lips of thousands, ready to
rend the air the vast fabric began to shud-
der with her onward movement-and then,
she began to move. With indescribable
majesty, as if she felt an innate sense Of
what was expected from her on the occasion
she moved to the waters edge-ploughed
her foaming track alone, and with grace
ful momentum, swept the stream-a huge
ark, hitting its awful form like an Alpine
peak above all surrounding objects.
Straig gh,way there went up a universal
shout, from numberless throats, hoarse with
he utterance of joy and pride the ord
rance lifted resounding veices, all around;
1ags waved through the dun smoke that for
some moments dimmed the air and when
I rolled off in blue surges on the breeze,
here rode the PENNsYLvANIA-God hess
Ter the largest structure in the world
he beloved of the nation-the glory of the
epublic. 1t really seemed as if the people
would never be done cheering; and verify
hey had good reason for their continuance
herein One who has never seen such a
ight, can have no proper perception of the
in engenders. We saw veterans
n that day with tears of delight in their ewes
for the Pennsylvania is in truth, the child
{ the future. She wears about her the
eauty of hope-the radiance of expectancy.
When her masts are erected, her sails spread
nd her colors alofi, how gallantly will she
it on the wave How noble will she shine
, foreign eyes, when her anchors bite the
ands on other shores
As from the peak her stripes and stars
Rise on the wind and fall"
Her christening was worlhiy performed
y Commodore BrDDLE's breaking bottle
r two of genuine Pennsylvania whiskey
YER the head of Hercules, who bore the
aptism without moving muscle. With
er guns all arranged, her decks manned,
nd in action, she would bear down with
estruction upon a whole feet of ordinary
hips.
Contrary to all expectation, the whole af-
ir was managed with few accidents. This
ms owing chiefly TO the slight swell caused
Y the entrance Of the ship into The water.
stimates of tho depth she would draw de-
,ive the public mind-they having been
ade,swe suppose, for her weight when
lily named and equipped with cannon,
,liast, stores aud all. Judging from the
robable wave caused BY her plunge, it was
opposed that many small boats would be
pset. On the contrary there was none
returned, and when she was 4" at home"
the river, they shot up to her from all
rections, looking ike pigmy craft doiting
e water. She sat among them as the ma
s,ic eagle sits and gathers her lite hedg-