Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1848-07-19
LITTLE CALF-PAsTURE CELEBRATION.

On the morning Of the 9TH of July every road
and pathway leading to the place Of rendezvous
might have been seen crowded with persons
vending their way to Brown-hill Academy. A.
bout IL o'clock they were all assembled, and the
business Of the day was commenced by frequent
discharges FROM the rifles Of our mountain boys,
after which, the Declaration of independence was
read by Mr.. G. w. McCurcHEN, who made a
few appropriate and eloquent remarks, which ap.
peared to draw from the attentive auditory the
warmest tokens of their appreciation.
MIR. DARWIN BAsHAw then took the stand and
delivered an Grafton Of about an hours length,
which all said was suitable to the occasion, and
highly creditable to our juvenile orator. Mr..
ALLEN, of Rockbridge, next arose and addressed
the Ladies in very becoming manner, compli-
meniing them for their presence, and participa-
ton in paying their tribute Of gratitude to the
founders of American liberty.
We all then partook of a magnificent repast,
which was furnished by the neighbours of said
place, and after the cloth was removed, the fol-
lowing toasts We're drank:
BY John b. McCutchen.-Gen. Il. TAYLOR: In
reviewing with the cool and impartial eye of crit
icism the whole range of history, ancient and
modern, we meet with no character that can as
pire to equal, in all the points of true greatness,
that Of the brave old hero of Buena Vista.
BY G. w. McCutchen.-May the spirit of
freedoms and liberty be cherished by every patri-
otto citizen of America as a just honour to the
Signers of Independence.
BY S. l.. Ruddell.-The 4th of July: May
every true American remember this day with the
,enderest feelings of gratitude to the memory of
our patriotic ancestors, who bled and died to pur-
chase the liberty we now enjoy.
by James S. X. McCuchen.- Woman--on
whom rests the destiny of man; let us ever cher
ish her as the great regulatrx of the passions of
man, and look upon her as the shrine of virtue
by y. A. Craig.-Henry Clay, the Sage of
Ashland, our greatest Statesman a long and
pleasant life may he lead in peaceful quielude
until his presence is with US no more.
BY X. s. Crag.-May the Hero of Buena Wis.,
ia be as successful in the next canvass as he was
in the battles of Mexico.
BY w. ii. McCutchen.-Prosperity and hap
piness to the ladies of the Little Calf Pasture -
good horse. warm house, snug estate, and
handsome husband 10 every one that deserves
them.
BY Lady.-May the young men of the Little
Calf-Pasture not follow the abominable exam
pie of the bachelors.
BY an old bachelor.-May the young Ladies
take warning by -, and not discard beau
without having another to replace him.
BY l.. Woodward, Esq.-May Gen. II. Tay-
lor's presidential life be as feliciious as his mil
itary life has been glorious.
by T.. Woodward, sen.-The 4th of July: A
day on which all true lovers of their country
should rally around the common altar of patriot
ism, and renew the pledge of devotion to the
cause of liberty and the rights of man.
BY M. X. Lulem.-That Ireland may by some
extraordinary convulsion of nature be removed
from its present position, and being waited across
the Atlantic, may she be annexed to the United
States so that her sons and fair daughters may
unite with us in celebrating the 18th of July.
The business of the day then closed, and it
was highly gratifying indeed to see how peacea-
bly, and quietly they all returned to their respec-
tive homes, apparently satisfied that they had
performed an act of gratitude TO those patriots
by whom our independence was achieved CoM.
The vote, in the House of Representatives, upon
Mr.. w. Hunts resolution, affirming the power of
Congress to appropriate the public money for such
Improvements as are necessary TO the protection
and facility of commerce with foreign nations, or a.
mong the States was yeas 1913, nays SO. The
House being nearly equally divided between the
parties, large number of Democrats of course vo-
ted in the affirmative. Yet, like Gen. Cass, they
all stand on the Baltimore Platform!
Hale, the Abolition candidate, takes pity on his
rival, Cass. In the Senate last week, he objected
TO questions being put to draw Cass out, as he had
withdrawn from the Senate to avoid expressing his