The New York herald., 1850-02-23

OmC onO Ah8mtcCmsn AmhAvCkDSHy
OF Wsshingt0n's Birthday.
Yesterday, being the snniverssry Of washinston's
birthday was cslsSrstsd in this city by the display Of
nsss from al the mssts of the shipping, In the two
rivers which wash island city. The day being nus,
,hs effect beautiful the emblems Of liberty nut
tered In the breess and exhibited their gsy, bright
coors In the light Of the From the prinoipsl ho
tells and public buildings too proudly nostsd the stars
and strips reminding the pssserby Of tbs glorious
union Of States and Of the great immortal man, 70
the rshts and privileges, and liberties that belong to
1t, are due.
the Battery, and fred the usual salute which ~as
spondsd to irsn Governors leland The roar Of tbs
cannon Was head considerable way up town large
crowd congregated to witness the ceremony.
Meantime the Park filed with people, and the
nag Of the Union and the flag Of the State, srsamed
~ ses 10
the procession Of the order Of United Americans, which
vas then being formed under the d,asrsn chapters,
degrees q Advancement in this organization. Each
sna Device rS. S.nnsl: III ooy ana so so
geous, many Of them sxoeedinsiy be.1tifal- Let
as deserbs one or two Exoelsor, NO rs Chapter had
. magnificent bapDer, which was representation
Of Washington on the pinnacle OF fame, with General
Putnam beneath receiving the fss Of freedom from his
Liberty Who ths ChsAcelor Of the Order
Of United Americans who receives 1t kneeng, and his
bat on, lying beside him Beneath this picture, we're
I. Child Of earth, tits given to thee
To guard the tanner Of tho Free"
and then the words, " Order Of United Americana
Tbis Chapter bad splendid Governors Island band
The banner Of Chapter g. which was carried by four
negroes In Turkish costume, was also very nae snd
equally Hbe Mount Vernon Chapter a. carried also
BY four colored men. having bust OF Washington ON
the banner Mount Vernon the spot where has ashes
from P.nnsyivs New jersey. @ ConS.esous sna Mas.
eachusstts Immediately followed In the procession The
Alpha Chapter No. ], with beautiful banner having
csssion. Then there were the members OF Chsnssry,
which were constituted by eecting them from each
the Chancellor 10 the head Of all There thirty
hve Chapters the ground and calculated they
TO % Sns mspy u them to BrOos,n
and other towns Of the State rs well Is to the cities
and towns OF New Jersey.
Continentals, bearing their arms and wearing their
uniforms, nsmely-Captain Holiness company and
sn oGsn srooa,vn o. 1a'' TSs,s %
belong to the order Col Steel, the Grand Marshal,
With his aids mounted chargers directed and guided
the cesson which formed ~ the east side OF the
Park marching out the west gate and passing In re.
view before the Chancellor and Alfred B. Eli p u. 8.
who stood outside the sill Of Of
the windows Of the Astor House receiving and acknsw-
ledgipg the salutstons 81 the different Chapters
they passed; some OF them merely nodding some un-
covering and enthusiastically cheering aud waving
their bats There some good bands, among shich
were Dodworth's and Granger's OF Brooklyn. But
ing Of two three little boys, with fife, and
two kettle drums The procession moved around the
Park by Park Row, and into Chatham street, up the
Bowery to Union Square, around the Square aud DOM
Broadway TO the Tabernacle. where the members Of
the order or ~ Ct them ss there was room for
entered TO hear the grand orson appropriate 20 the
occasion.
THE CELEBRATION AT THE TABERNACLE.
The anniversary OF the birthday Of the great object
Of American veneration and respect, celebrated
yetrdsy, with great state and dignity by the Order
Of United Americans at the Tsbernacie In Broadway.
This 10 Q society, the two objects and purposes of
which are represented to be patriotism and benevo-
lence. The society founded In 1s43 and already
numbers more than 10000 members. 1t is Analogous
TO the Society Of DAD Fellows and is called secret
society: IL undertakes, as informed, to sup.
port the members sickness and inhrmity, like
the Odd Fellows, and derives its funds Is benedt
societies In general, from the contributions Of its
and branches which, in imitation Of the Free Mssons
and ODE Fellsws are disnifed With the names and
titles Of chapters orders lodges &C. The following
Jesse Reed, Grand sschen; H. Cady First Chief; J. C.
oros sssSnd Gse tSh1 Grs.; Chief q
Goosreh bSyes Chief Of the Correspondsnse D. Middleton
The society has several branches In other States,
besides the main trunk which is located In New York
in Msrssohusets there are l5 in New jersey, s. and
In CONNECTICUT. ehsptera
A lutte after o'csck the grand procession Of the
Order marched into the spacious area Of the Taber
rscs, preceded BY an able and numerous band Of mu-
sieisns playing several lively airs. In grand and I'm
posing style They were followed BY the officers aud
members Of the Society, who had formed part the
procession IL was great and imposins display, and
they passed along Several richly ornamen,sd silk
en- bsDperr and nsgs we're carried along The mem.
b~rs broad cordons Of and white spsngsd
with stars. Some we're orrAmepted With rich siiksn
sesrfs They all wore cooked hats most Of them sur.
mounted by feathers and In the midst Of the process
sioH carrying spears eagles standards,
Ethse. insignia cuftioLR. aov1ux
and marshas aud cava Alters mounted spirited
cbsrser The large galleries Of the tsbernsols
already before the arrival aud grand entes Of the
cession filled their capacity with gro sds Of
visiters, chiefly ladies and families IL reminded us
monsirstons 81 which the ancient Greeks and Romsns
fond shen they marched 60 religious
tvsls TO the temple. Of their gds with the pontfex
mayimue ~ their head exciting BY these religious
bbitons, the pious feeing q snd neal Of the people 10
took come tine to m and arrange all this great COM
papy wth their nusic insignis, standards aud nags
In the body of the rsberpacls which been
for them and which they more than nued. The Grand
Msrshai, Colonel William Steele. presided this
matter, and cosdueted the business of coocspg the
mel bers - they arrived
while the company were seating Themselves the organ
struck up sb~sutu air and its nns tones echoed In
swelling harmony sIops the lofty cupos Of this spa
ciout building. sr Csrtis author OF "Lsutheris pre-
fded st the organ this occasion aud touched its
keys with ekilful hand. After this the Ame-
riosn Brass bspd-vhch bad accom- panied the process
sios and ssais soft the orssn-plsy ed Hail.
Columbia snd some other music expressly for
the occasion composed infof med by Jeseph
4. Morton, ysuog American composer, and member
of the oder Al there preliminary ceremonies having
BEEN gone through the ccmpspy being seated and
e1p.ctsbt, the Rev Raj ph Hoyt arose In flowing robes
sns red with due s--uuity Glenn prayer. suitsd
for the occasion; In Witch spg other illusions he
With much felicity reference to the now
al sbsorbine question az union disunion, and ut
tered ardent aspiration or the preservation Of the
L union.
AiFrrp B ELr. Esq Past Grand sachem Of Mssss-
cbue the orator 81 the day then apd delivered
the orstion which vas lrsn-d to ~th prof. atten-
tion aud sppsudsd at Intervals of repose by the as
ssmbled multitude. The ors'iob what may be
called . potico- religious oIstisn The orator pro-
cseded the principle that political liberty IL the or
pprine 81 the Bbis; that 10 had existence In the
world Until the Bible ubbured by the Protestants
~ the glorious ksfornston; that previous to that
time oil hsd teen desro'bD and darkness; that the
In England, embracing f ples liberty
and love, brought them upon the coil "a Au,.rica .
place more ccrssniai for their srosth and miaat
ing them By ecucstcp prepared the say that revo
luticn which Washington led aud cosduo,ed to sue
reseful efmfpetion The language of the Grafton
highly ncrid End rcstiesl-its sentiments emiuentiy
popular srd hociernai but as TO de onstrs-
tor depth 81 theusht or plapness OF proposition u
bad ncne Almost oil tts proportions disputa-