New-York tribune., 1869-06-11
CELEBRATION AT DERRY, NJ II.
THE 15GTH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS SETTLEMENT
SPEECHES by THE HON. c. H. BELL, HORACE
GREELEY AND OTHERS.
JRy API TO THE TRIBUNRI

TIE 15GTH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS SETTLEMENT
SPEECHES by THE HON. c. II. BELL, HORACE
GREELEY AND OTHERS.
tBY TELEGRAPH TO THB TRIBUNBI
MANCHESTER, June 10.-Fair weather elab-
crate preparations and extensive invitations called to-
gether a crowd of at least 5000 people at Derry ~ H. TO-
day. the occasion being the celebration Of the l5Oth an
nversary Of It's settlement This audience assembled
from all Sae Of the Union and extra trains were run
20 the of the festivities over all the leading ral
roads New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Cincinnati
louisville and Memphis were largely represented 10y Le
the descendants of the pioneers who penetrated the for
ests Of New Hampshire century and haf ago. lhe
military and civic celebrities Of the country were among
the invited guests, and the day has passed OH Nlh great
eclat A mammoth tent, capable OF seating 1000
persons, erected near Derry depot ana, pc D9
ysre removed TO make way for the multitude anxious to
ace and hear procession two miles long was ioiueu
70 he depot and received the delegation from Boston,
which numbered over 1000, headed Dy Gllh1Ieh Danu
This procession included an escort OF the Manchester
veterans Posts the Grand Army OF the Republic sons
OF Temperance, and mile and nan OF carnage, pre-
ceded by the Manchester cornet pand At a ABOUT ~ ~
O'clock the exercises OF the day began with an address OF
welcome by Mr.. G. +. Adams, Chairman OF Lho ioHn %
President Of the day the Hon Geo. W. Patterson OF
Wesfed n Y. Prayer followed by the rev MT tlsher
Of Lawrence Mass Among the guests 9l t.e sg & % cTe
TudCe DnsnlOre Of Kentucky, eXGOY Smyth, inc non
A. 9Ie'T, Te ey DR. Wallace IT, S. Senators Cragln and
patterson all OF New Hampshire, ana Horace greeley
be oration Of the day was read by the Hon G. H. Bell,
and was repete with facts OF national interest ana es
necay important the sons OF the Granle state every
wnere Derry originally called NutheldL; L ana m III
cuded what are now the thriving to%' 9 set
tiers were Of and the same lengon Io5 a-lG -
bv treble that number They spent their first
Winter iu Portland HabOr, ana were leeIeu lIo uIs
u1eis ~ corn from the Province CT Massachusetts.
They were OF ScOtch-lrsh descent not lAtule, uit
persons OF scottish lineage, born IN Ireland OF
beTefrom Desire for religious liberty impeled them 70
come here. They pushed up the MeTfnac klyet mo 10
IIovcrhiU Mass and thence by a pain through the
woods ON their arrival here they established eomm9h
schools, aud church, which was also tRe OOt ] dCI e
adjustment Of all differences, resious, oi "a ti
Their pluck had been proved by themselves ana ulelr
land forty years before Among @ te" I Moae MEeen NJ
Jas McGregOr their early pastor; ana pj Cae Ieon
N",ne which institution is a foster child Of Derry. These
settlers first introduced into New England the potato,
Eonr schools were i'm operation here In l7 The hghtng
qualities Of Derry are recorded uhder hihg Wap' ~
~ Runker Hn where 20 men from the town participated
and their captain George Reid was Killed; anu AZ bI %
uippton where the New Hampshire s0ldery saVed the
day Derry sent 100 soldiers into our ae Uhon army
whom 40 killed. and tins ont Of t aDSu tOC ~ lUlai
changes in the town. and happy perOratlOh on us
Several original poems then fead, one from J4cs
Aiken of Pennsylvania, and another flOh auy OF Law
| renee Mass. being especially IenaIkGsG. A,or +bo
| Horace IGreeley was next introduced. AIter h Ihe
customary solutions natural to revisltlng tue Ilehds
and scenes bOyhOOd, ana the graves Oh nis az
tors MIR Greeley announced as the suggestion OF MS
tGou as a theme for the OCCASION Ihe nIuehoe y,
the ScotchIrsh on Human Character anu DestIny
What have they donei For one th0nsana yeds yi
M Palestine Controlled the fate aud hopes OF humanity
Their people we're beralized and educated Dorm WiIn m
hnren ove Of liberty right and religious truth greece
snmmoned all the world 10 her shTlnes ana Jnaea sent %
trh raw OF religious truth that shall yer hght w he
atIons THE people who emigrated TO Derry we're HoeI
aiized Scotchmen intellectual and active Ihey hia pe
,orites winch the Protestant Reformation pOlisheu
and enlarged and here planted settlement whose IDEAS
are coexistent with the nation Itself IheY Woie az &
dtribntng people and that pecuarity Is true OF
tIe nace to-day New.EngaDd teaches the SouhtIy anu
Londonderry sends out more @ t m t f ne
are from New England and one OF e@en
- LII bot from Londonderry. In New-lork Guy We
SIX ll ,ia ,ressure OF the Old World hleraches, IN
are @ aTdaaSoT 10 make the public schools theoogca
sber Than common, 10 make as many schOols as WsIt
a. crseds and churches. When that time comes I tla
'bs e1dea vor is success our old American kepunphC
s,II Lavc been undermined and reVOlutlCnlZcd' IN,
common school and free Bible are It's eOrnersone'
may have different attacks upon our schoo,
tbat - tho iate Rebellion but tho ideas of c Iatheis
epErafed on the sous and their chlldrchs chllSh WI
vet save as 10 recall with the centuries tho great "oii
that our fufeiathCrs wrought .,.,..o r1o ,ya
| MI Greeley retired amid general applause no "~