The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1860-08-01

| which the band Played the " Star
| Spangled Banner,n and often as / have
| heard 1t, / never seen as much beauty
In it as now the very soul seemed to
go forth with the music. The Decla-
ration of independence was then read
in full, free and clear tone, by the
Reverend Mr.. Hays; the band then
played Z Hail Columbia, = and played
it well. An Grafton was delivered by
Mr.. Winters, q young gentleman from
Washington When he took the stand
| felt disappointed, it not being my
friend Beebe, or my more intimate
friend j. G. RAFFERTY,, Esq Bnt / was
soon reeonciled to the change, be &C.
quilted himself we'll I thought he
made the address much shorter than be
intended as it commenced raining, and
thus cut short our hearing Colonel
Raferty's address. The band played
one of our National airs, and the Rev.
Mr.. Colt. dismissed the audience with
the benediction. The procession again
formed and marched back through
light sprinkle Of rain to the village
The assistant Marshal conducting the
ladies to places of shelter from the
approaching rain, aud the Marshal adj
dressing the Band and Military in
short but very appropriate manner in
regard to training the Militia Of our
Country. The Jet of which was that
all men ought to be prepared to de-
fend all their lawful rights, and that
the Citizens of our country, being the
proprietors of its liberties, ought to
be prepared to defend them. The mill
itary were then dismissed to assemble
after dinner but the rain which began
to fall in torrents, prevented any fur
Their display and may be said to be
the only drawback to the occasion.
1t was the cause of jamming all the
spare room of the village full of people,
so much SO that the Landlord Of the
Hotel, Asa Snyder, Esq, found it i'm
possible to set tables in his house. and
we much fear that 1t has been q loss
to him for 1t was owing TO him and
the spirited exertions of the committee
of arrangements. that the day was
celebrated in this hitherto sequestered
spot.
Ny disappointment was enhanced
in not getting up to Ho2sse Rock, as
/ had intended to have taken Lunch
on the Rock, and washed 1t down
with a little Mountain due,p or the
balm Of thousand (apple) flowers.
some of which / know Asa bottled on
dewy mornings, while at Cherry
vile.
The rain having cleared away, and
! having partaken of something good,
plenty Of which was on hand. and at
tended to by Mrs Snyder, in very
pleasant and lady like manner; +
never saw better yictuals, or better
preparations for the entertainment of
company, which speaks much il favor
Of the I1andlady J | concluded to
wend ny way TO the nearest depot,
which instead of White House, / now
found to be Lebanonyille, or as we
used. to call it Jacksonville AS
had started on foot, I determined to
make the day oft accordingly taking
the road to Cokesburg, I suddenly
found myself in school OF locnsts.
! had supposed that the season FIR
them was past, as / had seen them
several weeks ago in different parts Of
the country where my business called
me this / suppose may be accounted
for by the high position " which they
here enjoy. Cokesburg ! found as all
the rest, q much altered place. nearly
every house in the village being re-
nodded. re- built, or otherwise alter.
cd, excepting the Tavern and the old
school house in the corner of the grave
yard, which, externally, look az in days
of yore. The old church too, has Civ
en- way to q new one, Of good proper
tions !; it makes very graceful appear
ance, and would be an ornament to
any village in our country. | called
to mind at the time that the congre-
CATION, worshiping here not long since,
lost minister, and I stepped into the
long grass which covers the grave
yard to .see bis grave. But ! found
no monument to commemorate the vir-
tues Of one who had served them with
more zeal than prudence. and died in
theirs, and his masters cause.
am not certain that he was buried
there, and, what inclines me to the
opinion that he is not, is the fact of
not finding 4 stone to his memory.
His flock wnald certainly do that much
for him: Many places in the road
looked familiar, and particularly when
/ came; to the South slope of the
mountain, where there is one of the
finest views in the country directly
ahead yon have the South Roehaway.
The village Of Lebanonville, with its
beautiful spire, aud behind that in the
back ground, the Pickel Mountain, =
which forms the North boundary of
the round valley; carrying the eyes
left to the termination of Pickel noun
tain !; the sight extends over beauti-
full valley to the Neshanic mountain,
distance Of fifteen or twenty miles,
and still farther to the left It extends,
part the Neshanic mountains. where
the terminate near Flagtown, and rests
on an elevated plane, the sight of
which is beautiful. It brought to my
mind day that once spent with Mr..
Simon Kinney, an old friend near this
place; In which after much specula-
ton, we concluded that the white bull.
dings which we saw in the distance,
were the dwellings Of Honorable f. S
Schenck, Six Mile Run church, Mr.
Bordiwines country seat, &C., at a
distance of nearly thirty miles. We
wished for spy glasa, and promised
ourselves some day to get one, and
take the views again but alas for
/ oil hnssxer ca1on1o$;nna that dow hoo