New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-07-06
Fourth of July in Boston.
Correspondence OF The Tn5une.
BosroS, July &

BosToN, july i, 1919.
We have had the most delightful weather To-
day for the celebration Of our great National 'Iu-
bilee and our City, as usual, has presented a
scene of constant excitement and universal, Joy
full enthusiasm, from daylight to the present time
Every thing pertaining to the Observance OIL Tue
day, so far as can learn, has thus tar pe,t &C
complished to the perfect satisfaction OF the peo-
pie.
At 6 o'clock this morning the corner stone OF
Mr. Kirk s new church, on Mount Vernon, was
laid with the usual ceremonies. The site OF this
new edifce is one OF the very best in Boston, COM
binng all the advantages of quietude and health
full atmosphere with those Of near proximity 70
the dwellings, OF the worshippers, in the very heart
of the city. Mr.. Kinks Address on the occasion
was exceedingly happy, though some OF the scnti-
ments he uttered you'd not be received with much
favor by many of our citizens. Iallude more par
ticularly to what he said of the Gothic style oil
architecture, which he described as the outward
manifestation of "a petrlfied religion IL OIL
ginated, he said, in dark age, when the church
had fallen prey to the grossest superstitloii and
he insisted that it ought never to be adopted IN
the erection of our temples of worship, unless all
its distinguishing features were fully and COM
pletelv carried out No horizontal lines should
ever mar its upward tendency, and its majestic
gorgcousness should never be spoiled by modern
Innovations He contended that simplicity should
be the distinguishing feature in the architecture
Of churches, and that we should be careful not to
make them too expensive, for the purpose OF mere
ornaments DR.. Bccchcr of Cincinnati, expressed
his hearty concurrence in these views, and SAID
he would almost erect images IN our
houses of worship as adorn them with carved
work. painting, or statuary. Mr.. Kirk s church
is to be built after the simplest Grccian model.
The Floral Procession of the Children con-
nected with the Warren Street Chapel, marched
TO the Common this morning at O'Clock, &C
cordino to their usual custom. 1t was most
pleasing sight, assure YOU. Their flowers were
arranged, in every way that fancy and taste could
suggest, in baskets suspended upon wooden
frames, covered with moss and cntwincd with
evergreen. The children were greeted with en-
thusiasm in the streets through which they pass
ed. and the sale of the flowers thus tastcluly ex-
hbtcd must have produced handsome sum
towards maintaining the charitable enterprise IN
whose behalf the display was made.
The City celebration, so long observed at the
Old South Church, was this year held in Fancull
Hall, which was most appropriately and sPlen-
didly fitted up for the occasion. The orator of
the dav was CHARLES francis ADAMS, Il worthy
son of the Ex-Presdent He acquitted himself in
a manner which must have given complete salts
faction to his most ardent friends. His perform
ancc was manly in its tone, entirely devoid OF the
stale common places OF fustian orators, and free
from the disgusting cant and hattery which mar
the efforts Of too many of our speakers on such
occasions. JOHN QUINcY ADAMS, the venerable
father of the orator, was present to witness the
hearty applause bestowed upon his son; and OFT
en- did the quivering lip and molstened eye be-
tray the strong emotions which sweed the patr-
otto bosom of the sire, as he listened to the noble
sentiments uttered by the son and chcered by the
assembled multitude. The spectacle was one Of
deep and thrilling interest. Mr.. Adams thought
our principal dangers arose from the spirit of az
erandizcncnt on the one hand, and of party spirit
and domestic faction on the other He comment
ed, in very pointed manner, upon the purchase
of Louisiana hv Jefferson, as the first great de-
parture from the principles of our government,
maintaining that such purchase was unauthorized
by the Constitution, and sacrifice of Principle to
Expediency.
The account of the fire at Fall River, which
sent you Yesterday proves not to have been at all
exaggerated Among the sufferers Is Nathaniel
B. Borden, late Member Of Congress, who has
lost nearly or quite all he is worth. 1t seems
strange that he should have failed to insure
his property against such calamity.
Yours truly, RErILo