The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-07-09

Great Temperance Celebration on the 4th of Jkkv
-Gorenor Se,card.
Mr.. JAMES GORDON BENNETT
DEAR SIR
Although stranger to you, have been acquaint.
ed with you for long time. never had the plea.
sure of seeing you, but have gained an intimacy b.,
reading the Herald. wanted to tell you all about
the dongs here on the 4th.
We have splendid city here all but the houses
il is as straight as looms leg, and about as broad
Our citizens have become very much refined TIL,
idea of getting tipsey is considered as great degrc-
dation as it would formerly have been to go to {,
gcneral-tranng and Icome home sober-it woud
have been train at all. The temperance cause i.
in most hourishing condition Ali the Marth,
Washingtons in the city and about the neighborins
towns met in full uniform, with many and appropri
ate banners for the Occasion. His Exceency, Co
vernon Seward came clear down fromAlbany Just 10
see them all march up and down the streets. | really
wish you had been here, for it was worth seeing
All the Sunday SCHOOL, scholars joined in ceebrat.
ing the day and to countenance this good caus,
the Common Council turned out to man, and all
the clergy too. Hymns and appropriate songs were
sung by the choris and led by Professor Hubbard
Many speeches were made, very eloquentvtoo his
Excellency Governor Seward was called out TO saw
something to encourage the good work {; but his
Excellency is a man of lew words. He remark ed
that he did not feel particularly his duty to ad
dress them on the occasion, as he was the peoples
Governor yet he could not very well say nothing
on the subject he felt that he could enter into the
sprit of the good cause most cheerfully were cir.
cumstances different from what they were. His
Honor the Mayor, who by the bye is Locofoco
made great preparation TO cat the Governor al
his house, together with the Common Council of
the CITY, Our Mayor is very hospiiabe old gen.
H. anb no ma xrr 90 thora nd do 4 ~,
better than him. All the nice things our City
could afford were furnished for the OCCASION
All of our Aldermen and Assistant Aldermen were
dressed up and their collars had been dipped in the
best Poland starch, and were stiff as buckram,
until they were drcnched in shower which very
unhapply poured down upon them, which gave all
those pretty white dresses of the ladies regular
neutral tint.
the streets were over, his ExcelIency the Governor
was invited TO partakc of the sumptuous repast pro-
vidcd by the Mayor. Now, the Mayors house is a
short distance above Dr. Whites, in Warren street.
BY the bye, the doctor is man who possesses as
much geniility as man can possess. He was for
mery our Mayor when under aWbig administration;
and whether his Excellency was much fatigucd
(for when it did not rain, the hot as fire)
that he could not quite reach the Mayors house, or
whether he had made previous engagement | can
not tell, but he got far up town the doctors
house when he Just stepped in and took cut with
the doctor Well then, when even the Governor
na0 JUST Slcppeu Out, VI III. anu inc MhyOr ana
Commonaty Just could not wait for him to return ;
so the only way for them was to make Governor
out of OF their party, and tender their ccremo-
MES to him. Alderman Mitchell who is the most
dignfed. and who in truth wond make the best
Governor among them, would have been the hes,
person upon whom these honours should have been
conferred but who they nominated and elected
Governor for the the dinner table do not know
but if they did not contrive some way to dispose OF
the bounties provided by the Mayor, he would have
enough TO keen boarding house for twenty men d
week.
After the Governor had rested and spent shor
time socially with the doctor, he went home IN The
splendid steamboat Albany, from New York. Th'
remainder of the day until evening was spent by
the boys firing crackers, &c. and in the evening
we had some very good addresses by the clergy o
our city, who, by the bye, for talents and earnlni
cannot be surpassed This meeting was held a
DR.. Waterbury, church in Warren street
The day finally closed without any serious acci
dents and il You could only have been here. ans
lined with the Mayor, they perhaps would have
Caro-.