The New York herald., 1844-07-13
New Jersey.
Correspondence Of the Herald.l

New BRUNSWICK, N. ] July 8, 1874
Better late than msrer- Fourth If Juiy in Ne,o
Jersey Orations and Dinners
will send you short account of our celebra-
ton in this place the 4h. To begin wiih,
oeed scarcely tell you that at sunrise the big gun
poured forth iIs thunder, and all through the day
here was good deal OF firing Of big and little
cannon The poor boys, however, have been
sreally disappointed. The Common Council spoil
ID all their tun by passing law, prohbnng The
sale OF fire crackers, and HE fing Of The m in the
streets. This decidedly wrong-for The firing
Of crackers will keep more vlvIoiy alive, IN ire
minds OF these boys, The 4th OF July, than any
hing else that can be done.
About 10 o'clock, A. M, procession ives iorm-
&C at Van Dykes Mansion House, headed by our
Elegant military company, the Neilson GUARDS, all
under the command Of the Grand Marshal oi the
day, Robert Adrian, Esqr., which ma,ohe through
he principal streets 10 the first Pretbylerian
Church. This Is most spler0id tuilcnp The
handsome,t place OF public worship in the State Of
New Jersey; and he Pastor, the Rev DR.. DAVID
son, rs one oi The handsomest men, and most elo-
quent preachers in The country. The church was
Iowded, principally with our iair county " O men,
who have five times the fire and patriotism Of The
men Alter a most appropriate prayer by The Rev.
ience was read by &. b Adrian, E,q., a br, ther
% The Grand Marshal of the day, and both IONS of
he late distinguished mathematician, Ur. Adrian.
Then came the oraton nom The elegant and accom-
Ater auding most appropriately 10 the great epochs
which had been celebrated by different naons, he
went on to show the duty of celebrating the ami
versaIy OF our independence compared the present
with our past condlIon, and hen deduced some
most important lessons from The valuable privileges,
civil and religious, which we enjoy. Upon the
whole his Grafton was just what was expected, a
most chaste and eloquent production. His congre-
cation are more eBraptured with him than ever.
(By-the-by, have heard rumor that he is 10
receive call from one OF your large cry churches.
All have to say is that it will be pretty difficult 10
get hm Alter the exercises in The church, the
procession again fo.med under the command Of
the Grand Marshal, and marched through some Of
he principal streets 10 Van Dykes mansion, where
the procession was dismissed and the citizens par
took OF most excellent dinner. AT the dinner
Judge Neyus presided. (by the way he is the best
Judge on the bench, and hope soon 10 see him
made Chief Justice,) assisted by the Hon. l.. Kirk
patrick, the member Of Congress from The 4ih dis
frct. saw several Of our distinguished men pre-
sent-Dr. Jdneway, Hon. Proudh, the Hon. j.
Randolph, ex-memher of Congress, and nj. inter
Of the recent Convention TO frame a new Consiilu-
zion for this State. Alter the cloth was removed
several good toasls were given-one created quite
A laugh-"The better part Of John Tyler'--of
course referring TO his wife. There was one re-
,Gec'ing our new Constitution which called forlh
passed OF well, giving great satisfaction.
In the evening there was a grand dis lay Of fire.
works, end as the flashes OF hight illumintd tho
neavens they also seemed to show oil In more adj.
els. This by the way, is great place Tor pretiy
urls. II you had been present here, and an old
bachelor, you could not have resisted the attractions
u some Of them. Little cupid would have carried
you off captive. ! must acknowledge that have
,een pretty well enslaved already y one If these
tar lasses, and you must not be surprised soon 10
rear OF my entering into those sweet feters-the
letters OF wedlock. ;.
N. B.-l have looked daily in your paper 10 see
account OF the proceedings on the 4th ~ Bergen
Point, as one OF our young lawyers, Edward ;.
Vail Esq, delivered an oratItn there. We feel a
particular interest ia m,,and were anxious to see
what some ct your reporters said OF him. We
iear, however, that his Grafton was a very credit
able performance, and spoken highly ef. He is
quite young man, bur IN the course of few years
We expect he will be cutting quite a figure IN the
world. In my next, will give you an acco unit Of
he progress Of the TWO political parties here. |
will dress up something rich. Look ont tor next
week.
Boy SAVED nv A DoG-A small boy fell into the
frog pond the Common yesterday afternoon,
while at play, and would inevitably have drowned 4
lad not BEEN Tor the large pog TUX" owned by Mr..
ADAMS OF the express who passing near, and ran
s'h all speed TO the water plunged in seized the boy ~
he back A. he the second timt and with him
70 the Shore Essfen Bee, Jniv H.