New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-07-04
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years old Itle words are
DO they totlie-W lat I'll
miaecf grateful thong siastic feeling do
they spring al. orr Great j. fonrseoTe,
years bite bantlng
the promise of the bantlin we Will
venture To oltl ln Al hls
long Journey never saw before. He has seen king
dons, empires republics, grow zip reach tle acme
81 their and in the course Of eentu
RES but lie never saw green derness transformed
Into tterng nationin the nieant compass Of
years. Perhaps, when this shall have
reaehed its maturity size and the age
viii not be upon as any thing partcu-
but as impossible to estimate
lille present Isl the future must even leave the fu
ture 90 ITSELF and ourselves up to the pleasurable
Pride Of estimating the present BY the past.
we need allude It'd the birth and growth Of the
Republic, or reeaptulate tile great events that have
raised present exalted standing in the family
Of nations Every American has them treasured away
iii his heartt-every school boy has them imprinted
the anniversary cannon is all that is needed to re-
Yive them il their brightest lustre. What grateful
heart can hear the thunder that welcomes in the.
Fourth without returning to its reverberations heart
echoes Of the words Old State House -Iesngto ton
WI wish to indulge in the fecitation Of glance
the country, it will appear to-day. We do not
wishto be either geographical Or statistical in our
survey. To say that our country embraces so many
thousands Of square miles and 50 many millions of
Inhabitants and that the anniversary will be celebra
ed throug bout its length and BREADTH is comprehen-
enough but We prefer looking around US in an
other way. So, good reader, suppose you mount
us into the empyrean Of fancy, and take in the
whole country at a glance, as you would a picture
before you: s
It is a sublime picture, is it not? 1t resembles a
gorgeous carpet of which dark green is the ground
work. is olnamented with silver vines and leaves
which are the rivers and lakes with tufted emerald
seams, which are the mountains with pink flowers,
large and SMALL which are the cities, towns and
villages; and with innu1nerable brightgreen specks,
which are the farms.
It's early morning on the eastern edge where the
carpet meets the AEantics blue all bathed in food
golden sunlight the western edge, all is yet in
darkness As the golden wave advances, it sends up
a wave Of sound low rumble, as of thunder, ex-
tending in a straight line from East to West OF
course you know it is the firing Of the morning
ssalntes. The wave Of light and the wave of sound
advance steadily together, until at last the Pacific is
reached and the whole sublime panorama glows in
Isthe#light Of day.
Now let us take another view. Here is large city
thatwe will look at. A great and joyous excitement
is visible. Gay crowds trong the streets, and bril-
liant professions move about with music and banners
watercraft are decked with flags, and the stars
and stripes caless the breeze from thousand emf
nences. Steamers sailboats and cars scud in differ
$ent directions from the city, and the neighboring
the target the barbecue, the Grafton the picnic,
the dance the regatta, the bathit seems if Che
citYand its environs are converted into a perfect
#elysium Of enjoyment.
Now let us look at this other city, "a thousand miles
off. The scenes are the same-there is no difference
perceptible. Another city, thousand miles off in
new direction still no change Now pick out a
town at random, anywhere what do you see? The
same joyousness and excitement on a smaller SCALE
And Village-still the same. See the steamers
ploughing the long rivers. Their passengers are all
on elrands Of business but they remember the day.
and there is hobnobbing, and speaking, and other
excitement. Peer through the dark green Of the
landscape, and in the compass Of thousands of miles
you. will catch glimpse of rural gathering, or
sylvan frolic Of some kind, wherever you drop your
EYE. Now to the westward where the dark green is
less fecked witt pink spots. The lonely fort in the
Indian country shows signs Of joyousness-t rem
deyouz Of the trapper the same There is one unhap-
by spot where sectional issue has led to combat
and death but even there the day is not forgotten.
Further Westward out on the margin of the Pacific,
swe*come upon another brilliant and thicklysettled
region, which eight years ago was comparatively a
wilderness. The people are giving themselves up to
joyousness
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thousand gatherings that see each one is wrapped
up in itself, entirely obvious of what is going on
elsewhere Yet how marvellous is the similarity every
where-the nature of their enjoyment-the oneness
Eof spirit that seems to animate them. If you did
not know the occasion of it all, what would you
think !? You would forget that you were looking on
the solid bosom of mother EARTH and fancy that you
had been translated to the elysun so much sung of
by poets and dreamers and that you beheld the myr-
lads of the best reveng in eternal pleasures. You
could scarcely think otherwise. But knowing what
tall MEANS the marvel and the pleasure can scarcely
l5be less tits sublime, ovelpowering spectacle,
to behold twenty millions of free, happy and enght
ened people celebrating their nations birthday.
But, before we descend from our fancful elevation
etus cast our vision beyond the gorgeous scene be-
meath u.s.. We descry our ships and steamers along
lle SHORES, ana lar OUT upon lne Watefy eXpanSeS
Not one Of them forgets the day-there is reunion
ora celebration of some kind on board. And even in
tile harbors Of other natons-yea, even in the hearts
of their cities wandering children get together
and remember the day! Does it not seem as if the
divine fire Of liberty, flaming up beneath us, spread
ing East and West, and dropping its sparks every
where, must in time encompass and purify the world
Well, good reader, we have looked at the picture
50 we will compose ourselves and take our individual
partn the great celebration here in this goodly city
of New Orleans. We=will so forth and enjoy our
selves according to our different nclinatons and the
means Of enjoyment that are offered but we must
not forget tobe grateful to the Creator for giving
birth in the Great Republic and permitting to real
zeits might and splendor this its eightieth birth
day.
NAVAL The Norfolk Beacon says: q A private
letter from an officer on board the United States
igate Savannah flagship Of the Brazil squadron re-
8ports that there had been as many as two hundred
eases yellow fever on board and all had recovered
except one, Mr.. Edward Murray. Every officer, with
one or two exceptions had been attacked. After the
breaking out Of the fever the Savannah left Rio de
Janeiro ION the ID fAprD for Montevideo, atwhich
port she arrived on the 18th of April. The Savannah