New-York daily tribune., 1844-03-19

,ero,,s souls, sent her offerings and her tribute
sDa selSt From the counties around in peaceful
Ire, - with flags and bands OF music, our own
bstailiIG:e Georrians came And did they not come
nooe ,a, looked yon the mass that surrounded the
NJ Aid not feel that the citizen OF old Kentucky
saha .alconle 10 all he received Was he not en-
was Wiz VII at home amid the thousands and thou
.ot never looked upon his venerable form be-
sanes nd I'D probably may never do so again? Many,
ore any a of o different political faith from him
'ely l.are anxious to look upon the man who for so
SELL time had filed SO large space in the public
long nd ,bev. too, were there. In short the streets,
eye syeionse.tops, the windows every place where hu-
he e could SIT or stand, or hang was brn full
nan @E"tsn down, running over.
W. " description of the spirlt-strring scene. A
qlasl ql'lJ hand of music, which at intervals PLAYED
spNnlI. known national airs Of our country; the
~ ,,lass number Of patriotic females that graced
co's.casicn. waving al times their white hand
nc the acres of the rougher sex, that crowd
's.nnd and pressed together 10 catch the sound
se - .La, voice which on so many occasions had
y,,assd his country TO resist inluStlce and IN the
.a,, and towering above all, the glorious stars
ag'. ,nes. the unsuIled flag Of our country, flow
a1u ion i the summit Of that embem Of liberty plant
~: ~: honor Of the great occasion, bv the praise
l. l,.by nublic spirit OF our own H. T. Hall-but we
"a a: we'll Quit for VIC eau say nothing that CON
Ia a, oven to our own minds, the beauty the gran
! I'M or the glory OF the scene.
N the afternoons Mir. Clay received his friends.
laas formally Introduced to such as desired it.
;r5a, ~ hp retired the crowd was addressed by MIR.
r.mors and MI Hutchinson, OF Alabama, and Hon.
Tannas Butler King OF this State. These addresses,
..icnated 10 call up the spirit OF 40, were respond
I.o Il intervals by the long-conllnued and heart
q, sonlause Of the people. We felt, under their
.,,;ng appeals, our own drowsy blood grow warnl
ND risb more quickly to the heart.
. On TUESDAY morning and until late in the eve
ans il raned as if the very bottom OF the clouds had
:iIen our. The Barbecue in consequence de-
i.yed and not as well prepared or attended as it
rorld otherwise have been. Atthe table, the
o.ny was addressed BY Col. King, of Glynn, iii one
r f,be hest speeches that we have ever heard him
r,ste His aIlusion TO the division Of the proceeds
II ,he public lands among the leg treasurers of Mr..
Van Buren was almost inimitable. Gen. Mercer, Of
Florida. formerly distinguished member of Con-
gress from Virginia, addressed the people IN the
I;ub.room, during the morning. His effort was
uorhy the man and the Occaslon-strong, sensible
and "v argumentative Those who heard him viii not
irget, at the polls, the great truths he uttered.
DISASTER IN OUR HARBoR.-The brig Emily,
Sherwood MASTER came violently in contact last
evening at y o'clock with the schr. Virginia. Capt.
Hedell, rom INOTlOlh lOI pOIt CdlSO
aour and corn, and having number Of I. S. sea-
men as passengers. The conclusion was so great
that the schooner was sent to the bottom, with two
carpenters mates and a seaman on board The re-
mainder of her crew and passengers saved them
selves BY jumping on board the brig.
Alto o'clock p. NJ. as the schr. Bell, Captain
McNIath, came alongside of the wrecked vessel he
heard groans of distress on board of her, aud instant
lylet go his anchor but it would not hold, and his
vessel driited half mile to leeward. He then low
cred boat with a mate and two seamen, but the
darkness prevented the mate either discovering
whence the sounds of distress proceeded return
ng to his own vessel, and the boats crew given
up for lost by Capt. McMath. This morning, how,
ever, they were found safe-having got on board
another vessel.
The wreck of the Virginia lies about quarter of
amIe outside of Sandy Hook light, in four fathoms
water. Her lower masts stand some fifteen feet out
Of water.