True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-05-20
From our Sunday Edition.]
TYPOGRAPHICAL ANNIVERSARY.

We can only say at the Lutte hour when we close our
Sunday sd,on that tho NEW ORLEANS TYPO.
GRAPHICAL ASSOCIATION celebrated th,ir An
nversnty lust evening, in f, not only worthy Of
them, bu, really with grea, taste il not spIcndor. The
tepast, furnished the ST Charles Exchanged by lcssrs
Mcdonnell and Waterman, and prepared under the ST.
rerntendencc of the latter gentleman, wns sunptuous
a, elegant comprising all the dccucies and In xsre5
Of the season, and served up in thu handsones,
style. We cannot expatiate the delicious sub.
stnntias, the generous vianIs. We huve only time
and oon to say that every thing conducted with
great decorum, and al late hour the Company rose
su,isfed with the festivities ard with the joyous feeling
of having cultivated the soculites Of friendship and of
contributing to The perpetnation Of Society, which has
for its object. elevation Of charact among its members
and the proper assertion Of their rights as men.
After the r.past had be served up the following re-
guar tons,s read amid repeated paudils, and
| warm manifestation Of good and social feline.
REGULAR TOAsTS.
/. The Day enthusiastically of commemora.
ton b, the society.-May its lire matter make
good Impressions.
3. The President Of the United States.
S. The Gouernor Of Louisiana.
!. The Army and Mary ofMe United Stotes.-Two
fouAts spf bold taced capikais-None the worse for
wear.
5. The P,ess-The abuse Of its po~er will not JUS
, tjy amy sttenpt to abreuiate its liberty.
g. Faust Gutenberg and Schocfer.-No nate of
admiration sufficiently expressive OF regard for
the illu sIous founders of ourart.
7. Benjamin Frankliu.-The patriot, &C. philoso.
pher and printer-'rIe nation veuera'es his f'mness
and " ,sdum The unframed lightning hears evdcuce OF
his philosophy; the art will preserve his memory
with the locst sentiments Of honor.
8. The Constitution of The United Stat s.-A speci-
men If pearl, mol be dissolved by the vinegar Of
urinlony; but type Of Freedon's m0nia.
9. The STATE Of Louisiana A FIJI farm IF thirty
sires, with the mississippi for its cross bar -mny i,
Lever get ont Of register.
10. The er- Presidents Of the United Stntes-'rhe
clear impression Of their vles and talents il the hest
RULES.
II. The Cuion--A work If twenty parts, comp d
by ahlc authors carefully bound in the Constitutions
the loss Of any part will destroy the harmony and
beauty Of the Whole.
H. The City Of Nen OrIeaus--Tl,1 title page and
index Of the State, i" which displayed her asricu
tural, commercial and manufacturing prosperity.
Is, Ihc Ladies.-Whr,hcr p1roro" u pearl,
wlt lhci Pht,n or 0rnnmcRtea S0id br0H,e fancy
, caIors, their forms never fai! In take.
When the reg ula sentiments had been read The Prcsi-
dent announced that IN Ode, prepared for the occasion
would be r'n" 'y Mr. James b. M,r"iI, which We give
below.
sssxE:g AM.r OF $r22gss:rr:. & rs ssszsIss
AN ODE.
| Bright-eycd intelligence,
Battling the clouds and bteasIing seas of storm,
| Passing each barrier that uprc4,s lis form,
| Now holds her residence
In every Cline and freely spreads her wing
Cleavii's each wind that round her f1igh, may cn:
| Four hundred years ago,
When feudal hall and age grnm'' tnrrct grey
Markd Mans rude empire an ignoblc sway
| Where fell the heaviest blow.
| Fame chroa'ched and mrit the deed in story,
Crownng the yctor-c lief with wle-irs Of Glory.
The harbarous passions then
| Alone were cultured and the flashing sword,
Cleaning amid the warrior host, was lord
| Over the minds of men.
| Tile field of letters an ill-grown wasts,-
| Its struggling rill, n bitter wave TO taslo.
| star Of promise
| As when DER sleeping Chaos, the sun,
| Aud from Cin,meran darkness worlds were won,
When bursting through the barriers Of night
| He bathed Creation in prneval light,
That star of steady flame,
Soon sh, its searching beams DER all mankind,
And made the world universe of mind.
| But Ignorance arose,
And with her ,lc,nnn- SHUTS and saile wing
Essay ID 70 dun the star and round it fling
Her night-wose dr'pery, and crush The power
| Difflsing knowle in is primal honr,
| With ironireigitcd blows.