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In Wkbkly.—Seventy-five centt- persquare (12 lines or less) for the first insertion, and Fifty cent fw etch subsequent insertion. /or Sale. BURKE PLANT a J ION FOR SaLE MI OFFER FOR SALE, oa liberal te ms, my Pt ANTATION in said county, 10 u» e? e ;6t of Weyres bur »\ on the inidd*e ground iStvanmb) Roa 1, con | taming Si* Honored and Thirty Acres, excellent Lnd hr com and cotton, and convenient to water. Tnere M ag*od I> W ELLI.*’ > -<E on it. wit b ou'Uouses. lam Hols - and Screw Plantation ingcod repair. Early arpiicauor.6 are '’es’red, as 1 am de termined to sell MACKEY McNORRiI L. W-.jnesturo*. Ga. jyl2-wt*l plantation for sale MWILL BE SOLD, on the OCTDbEK next, 0f not previously wad di.<|<» ed of ) the : AND whereon ihe -X Buw» aiuvr now ives ly ng in t’e coun'y of New too, 12 wiles touch of on the wa’eis I the Yellow River and Ale vy, containing 35U Acres, more or fess, 180 Acres in cultivation, with a fine well of waler io the yard and good e-printfs on tbe premi es. Also, good IM ELLING H<*U'E, Gin Hou»e, and all other necessary oui-buiidmgs ; and as heUtby a locality as can be found in Middle Georgia. Also, at the same time and place, the Plan anon Tools, Bhcksoritb Tools, dec. Also, Cat tle, Hug*, Sbeef, Ate , Lotion. Corn and F<d hr. jvio-lan»3m JAMES WATT ERM. JEr FEUSWAN COUNT Y LAImDS FOR SALE. 615 ACRES Pine LAND, on the ggj waters of Big Creek, with sood Im- ~L pruvi inents, all necessary Out-bui'dings, the Pence? in good order, and ihe pl ice well watered, a j oining l.aodsoi Edward Carswell, Dr. H ok, ami others. Pur terms, apply to the auusenber, on the premises. je2s w4t M CARSON. FOR SALE MTHE SUBSCRIBER offers for sale his Pi A-M A I IONS, in Co iumbia connTy, immediately on (he -L. bcu t » re ry Road, in 20 miles of A*'guaUt. One tract («he home phee, and a mnt dearable silm»- tioj containing 577 acres; 250 acres open land. ] the balance in the woods. <*n this tract rs a fine DWELLING - none better in (he country, and per fectly n*w, and all necessary out bu*l lings. This is one of the most deniable location? for health and eonvernei.e to market in the country. There is a'so a fine well of water and a good spring oa the place. The other place, known as the Tool place, contains 500 acres, 230 acres open, the bulence enclosed and in good repair. These are g'M>d pr<>d'ictive Cot ton and Corn Ltn ls. I will sell bo h io.eih:r r separate. Any one wishing to purchase the ..hove property. P will vt it the place 1 wi (take pleas ure tn showing them both lace* ; cr ad Iress toe a Eubaoss P 0., Columbia Po.. Ga., un i I will give them all tr.e intotuiatton itqaired. Terms easy. j«25 d3Jtw3 E. T. JONES. PLANTATION FOI SALE. THE t’NUF.UStONED ollera <S3 his PLAN Ta H»>N lor tai-, i-ontnining 4MM -X. the rise of 3 700 Acres, 1,200 acres in -X. the woods, the ino-t of which is well ti nb*red. Lit tle River runs throughsaid land equally dividing it, into W tikes county, 9 j miles from ashington, and Columbia county, 13 uii es from Thom-on Dei ot, Georgia Rail Ro id; good improvements of every Kind, including Gr st and Saw di'ls. Price, Sj per acre, one-halt to be paid on living the 25th Dec neat, the balance lr«e at m(erect twelve Mon hs f llowtugJune 12, 1851. jek-wtf JOHN Q. M E>T. <*OR SALE. A HOUSE AND LOT. AND 910 ACHES OP I AND. fiOSKOFTiIK MOST OK’l-0 rable Situations in the town of Mudi ~X~ I •on, distance betwee n yba-C >urt House mid ' D pot, containing 2tX) feet ol ground, front and back, ■well impr ved. ’ Al*», 9 0 Acres ' f LAND, a goxl wood ~ Jnml, an rinferred. The n-urs.t mtiea from the WIU Look tor your anlves. WASHING T» N G. BH.LARD. Ma lison, Ga.. June 16 I°sl jelß-w6 * Valuable Plantation for s. ale. ’ THE sul>»criber offers for sale her t mHB PLANTATION, lyiiitf direetlv on the X~ line of Rail Road, about 19 miles Irom X- Ihn city of ksantgomery, -*laumna. The tract of ( Land c mtains about 960 acres, 100 «d wh ch is open •nd, and is one of the be>t sandy lan i cotton plnn tati naio Alabama b'or lurther particulars, addres* the a bscrib« r, at Decatur. M »c-»n cn mtv, A a. I my 18 wlO I LIZ \ BI RCH. f FOR SA-E MTUE SUBSCRIOKII offers for rale bl* FaMH Y RESIDENCE tn the fowu of Marietta. kis lx”eti in a tie* miAM.a part ol town, is well improve 1 contains •bout iwu acre. The dwelling hue irne ro» h.h ami one basement all well finished. Possession ca ibe bad ibe first of July. For terms, *| ply to Col. David Dobbs, Wm. P. Young or John P. Arnold in ilie absence of Aul ap3U w NELSON M. HENTON. Dd WILLIAM SMEWKE STAKE* PLBAIVRE in announcing to the ciuxens ol Odeth* rpa and vicinity, hie leturn from hie visit u> the Sorth. ur, st., wnibu absent, has provided himseL with a set of the <no*t approved Surgical an I Obstetrical INSTKIJMEN rs, i t wi h a choice seleciion es DRUGS aud CHEMICALS, sone of are of recent iinporial on, aud no* to be nrccuied else where. He hae also pur.baed many excellent V orks treating on discatee of the South. - Ho hopes that tr.m his already acquired exp ri ense in their atmeut of disease-*, particutirly those peculiar to Females and Children, and by a close atiant'oa to his praCJce, t > merit a continuance of the eacmirarement with which he has hitherto been so lioerailv favored. jvl w 3 THE MJNrdJMERY MANUPAC TURING COMPANY’S IRON-WORKS, Montgomery, ... Alabama, Manufacture, in sui»erior style, Hori scotal and Uprigm STEAM ENGINES, of all sixes; Seun BOILERS; LOCOMOTIVES; Cast iron WAFER WHEELS; Sugar MILLS; baa and Grist Mill IRONS, of every variety, (in cluding Hone’s ccQ'.inuous teet for Saw Milla;) En- f me <ud Hand 1 AFHES; Iron and Brass CAST INGS, ol all Hau*, Jtv., re. AU orders <e v»i ai24 GINDRAT 4 CO. PENSION. Bounty land and patent agfn CY, fur Western Georgia and Eastern Ala* baa. a, at LaGrange Georgia. Thesubscriber a so Practices LAW in its various branches, in the neighboring coualies of the Coweta and Cuattabouchee Circuits. BENJAMIN H. BIGHAM, rov!s-ly , Attorney st I vw. , Savannah Iron Brash Foun z UK?. IK of increased facilities I together with me large additions to thia E.iab lie lime at, the subacnbcf is enab ed to turnish, at the shortest ounce poc*»it>le STEAM ENGINES ol ani mse and power of iigh Pre* sure; Ca>TINGS, of Aevery/ derariptt-m, An! SHAFTINGS and MACHINERY in general, at prices slightly in advance of Nurittern prices. xeam GUaGE COOKS, Steam »n<t Vacuum | GUAGES, GONGS and Steam WHI TLES, on hand at all times. No. I, Scotch PIG IRON, and also Smith’s CO A 1., on Laud, and tor sale at the lowest market Mie*, A. N. MILIEU, It • FeW»m wharf SAvtnnah. bJuting cloths. OF WARRANTED quality, tarnished and put up io to 'rder. MtLLS TONE PL AS TEK, prepared fol backing tt distunes, cheap, and ol the quality tor sale by jo>9 wtf S' HIH Mi- HAw•« •i > l>. LAW NOTICE J. C Jt A. SNEAD .TIHE I NDEtISII.N aID harnt*.' associated JL bis sou. Gauland A Smld, with bitu is the practice of L* W, und»r the above e;yie, the fi m wilt contra the practice, in ibe several t.ou.ta cl the Middle D.tic; of this State ; and the Senior CrtatrwHi attend I'such t>jsii<es as may be ; laced hands, tor the C urts ot bdgeddJ and Barn well ih»tr ct\ South C»ro ma. idbee Law over the Pus Office. Augusta. pa «4w JNO. V, SNEV . Ca.l a.w see ua. THS UNDERSIGNED have now in Store, end are coa?tamly race *v mg a gei.erat eaakut m«M «d G.-iUCdMIES. wbnh they cnler at Whole rale sad Keiail oo ih- m-xd «cc.mmodaiiug terms. Tney have m>w in Sime IBUbales Gunny BAGGING, Wj coils ptiaio Keolu By ROPE, 2ouU Its. Baggmg T* INE, iUUto*es loBAL'CH, * me very low priced, Spanwhaud half Spanish SEGAKS, vari ous Crvn, Porto Rico v ew (Mean*, Crushed, Groauiaiei Cia ifie i .nd Loaf SUG.- RA. Java a«>d Rte CUPP EE; FEAS, rawer:ed, Pug N. Orioara a. i w MOLASSES. soap, CANDIES, Bacon, LaRD. FISH, NAILS, ’ —A» C O- I VA e wdi by ete <y Steaasr, Fre>h Ground Rirw PLUtR | blisSELt 2 V HITEHEA D. | A Certain Remedy for Whoop | INglough. Tuttr fkctohau elixir a^T be ie ted on Lr lae cure ol * mg*Cough ■ Brou-buia, Aebta, Poeumooan fa i dmee-es o': ■ lhe urgiasoi the CbcM I i. peifecdy Barmlee., H Bad jsewexnt is iße taate. For rale to Att|«iMs t>v ■ W a J n RUN, and I 1/ixdaw ww.H.Turr B COAT PBAd.. ■ IXA BUSHELS prime COW PEAS fcr < Verne fry jy|J £. U. TUULKY. Ciotcls. FLOYD HOUSE, MACON GEORGIA. MTIIIS WELL kn >wn and popular Ho tel, having been recently repaired and put in complete order, is new open for the re cej iiuu of Ponruera an I Trineient persons. The pro| netor pledges himself that no hiug shall be want ing on hia parr, to m »ke and continue it one of the most popular Pore!.- in ihe South. O’The Ladies’ Depar.ment is under the special care of Mr*. JAMES, formerly of Columbus, and favorably kniwn to the traveling community, who will see that nothing is wanting to make visiting La dies and Families entirely at home, their rpartmeut baying been newly an-; bea'ifulty furnished TH»»S. WILLIAMS, projjritor. A. B. l, Superintendent. N. B —An Omnibus will always be in readings to convey Passengers to and from the Railroad D<s pots. The Alligator Line of Stages has its office per manently located at the Ployd H<>u»e. j>3 v.6m F. K. B RIGHT, Owner. PLANTERS’ TEMPERANCE HOUsE GRIFPIN, GEO. (Southwest Corner of the City.) MI AM at my old s!and with enlarged accoinmodatio s, and prepared to give all that tuay call a plenty of COLD WATER T<» DRINK, and as f»r the balance they must take the chincee. and if not satisfied no pay required. My prices for the fut'ire will be as Io lows : Fur Mau and Horse, Break fast, Supper and Lodging, 81 2’» 11 Single Meal, 35 ** “ Lodging, lo “ Hcr.se Feed. 35 “ ** per day and night, 75 »< « “month, .815.10 WILLIAM FREEMAN. Griffin, Ga , July 3, 1851. jy6-w4 INDIAN SPRING. THE UNDERSIGNED leave to state to lb-* I’til-lic aeneral y, that leesTb he is yet the Propne'or of the INDIAN SPRING HOTEL at ibis place, and is now | rtpar ed to receive company. The virtues of the Indian Spring waters have been so long k own, and so generaliv tested, that 1 presume it is not necessary here to say any thing in their oraise. The Proprietor of this Hotel has only to add that in addition to ihe.'e requisites of the lonian Spring as a summer residet ce, that he has, xinee the last season, largely added to the Indian S|riog Hotel, by extending his Dining Room so as to make it equal to any thing of the kind southwardly, and he has a*»o added many fine rooms for families, as well as for persons without families. He also assures those that are pleased to call at’bis old established Hotel that the best of every thing that the country affords shall be provi ed for their accommodation, and renews former p’cdge, that no Hot»d shah sur-ass the Indian spring, and no pains spared to make all comfortable ; with this tssurance he inv tes the sails of the com munity generally my 22 2m EDW. VARNER. ROWLAND SPRINGS a THE Subscritierr beg leave to inform txaseft their friends and the public,that they have leaded the above well known place of re sort, anti that they intend keeping them during the summer season in a style sup«ri<jr to any watering place in rhe up-country. The House will be open ami ready for the reception of viairora l»v die first ol JUNE next. LANIER dr USHER. N. B.—There *lll bea lineof Hacks at the Depot at Cartersville, at all times, to convey Passengers to the Springs, both from up and down Trains of Rail Road. apll-3m L. A U. COIOOSA SPRINGS. THIS POPULAR. AMD fashionable j I ill Watering Plare will be open-id for the recep tion of visitor* on the l°th day of Jone. The Propr etors would inform the pub’ic, that since the Inal season, they have added to their estab i*l.tu*nl one hundred spacious and comfortable rottfia vi'h other mprovement-*, aulas it ia thair pu >t #vee o devote their united p rsonal attention to ihe auvom modal tori of t <eir vuesis. they hope to make it a dtligbil.il and pleasant resort to all, as well those in | urauit of pleasme as health. The Water from several of the Spnn/s has been recently analysed tv th it accotn| Irhed Chemist Prof A. Means, of tne Medical College of Geor gia, whose reportof the same, will shortly be given to the public. The e Springe, the mineral properties of which, are unsurpassed, aie situated tn Walker County, Ge-rgia within two miles ol the CoToo** Plat fokm, on th i Western and Atlantic Railroad, one hundred and twelve mile* from Atlanta, and twenty five from Chattanooga, iiamo»t del ghiful and salu brious 5 ountaiu citmite. The company'* Hacks will always be in wait ng at the Dejol on the arri val of the ears, to convey visitors and lhe r baggage lo be Springs. BAFTEY, HICKMAN <& McDONALD. May 16, 19*1.w|Q MERIWETHER WA».M SPRINGS .a THIS eHablikhment will be open for p.bfjjß the recei lion of visitorw, on and after the first day of June. Visitor* will at all tune*, find a ready conveyance from Greenville, or Ples.saat Hill, end a four baree Post Oach, three Vines a week from Colutnhua to the S. rmg. Th Proprietor will afc. k»ep Hacks and other convey ance* at th* S( ring ’he of bi* guest*. n I J. I. MtfSTUN I’.rtr’HT M’l HIS favorite Watering place, the valuable me .tcinal properties of which have been so generally appreciated, will be up-n during the pre-en* season, I- r the reception of visitors under the charge of one ol the t’ropiie tora, whose undivided attention wt'l be devcled to the accommodation and com foil of hi* guesis. these Springs are in Walker county, wi'hin a tew miles of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, in country drs inguished for tho salubrity of its cli-z mate, and the beauty and variety ol its scenery. C 'r A Hack will run dai’y between u Tunnell Hili’* and the Springs, f«»r the conveyance of pas seng rs je!2.w6 GEORGE W. GORDON BRADFIELD’S HOTEL 15a SOUTH-EAST (X'BNEK iti 0» TBI *i't PUBLIC SQUARE, LaGrangeGeorgia. my'.’l »6>. • EAGLE HOTEL, MADISONVILLE, TENNESSEE. THE SUBSCRIBER takes pleasure in returning his thanks to his friendsand HIJU the public, lor the very liberal patronage here toforo extended to him. Anil having recently im proved and e item ted his buildings so as to afford the bmt accommodations to almost any number of trav ellers aud perwHis wishing boarding, he confidently expects an increase of public favor and patronage. Building second block south cl the Public Squareone hundred and filly feet ieng— rooms regularly Jn id off and. well furnished. He is also veil prepared to lake the best care ol horses, Ac. Stable large and secure—careful and attentive ser vants. In short, the greatest attention will be paid, and pains taken, to render alGiomfortable who may call at »he Engle Hotel. JCrSEPH R. RUDD. M üb>onv-l|c. August 3, l°so. au3-wtf FRANKLIN HOTEL, aBROIu STREET, Augusta. Ga., oi, eqms*e aboveAhe Globe Hotel, on the side ol Broad aine,. n'O-wly . D. B. RAMSEY, Proprietor. HlwttUtmtons. Situation Wanted. A YOUNG man who has be n editorially con- Zr nacted wi h a fl mrishing Southern newspaper lor years, aud w‘© has a go-xf practical know ledge of H e prin ing b isme a, would like to übta n a perminent siiuiii n n some printing establishment in the South. Hs is a fest P-nnman an l under sand, Hook Keeping, and would be willmgto per form 'ho dmies of eit er Clerk, Foreman, or assis tant Editor, and to make h i a self generally useful in a New paper or Job Office. Address A. B. C., Box 10 Madia >n, Gei. • jv9 diwAwlw To Journeymen Printers. WASTKD ttt JIKUIATKI.V man, to take charge ot ihe Pr.ctic«l I'e [•arimfut of a small papec, in the healthiest part of the State to who u Steady reason able wages wil' be given. A<AJre*s t»* bJLetjgr, pre pa d) l/crae tger, Lexingjfc ‘Ogletb rpifc Georgia » fl POOR GKOIIQI.%, c< VNTY OP RICHMOND. Clera » vfi.e Inferior Court, Monday, 7l “ lS 1 V 1 ’ J Present, tbe r Honor’, GabtE PaJUSH Pkimxbb, WiliKbJ. Rm pJI Lgfee?. Agreeable tv thekequest ol the Grund JurtLof the racon I week, the fcHsytaf persona were,anted supervisors of the in these*erst Dia tr'Cts nan ed : ’Mr Par the 119 h, or Bel-Air UMrict—Geo. W. La mar, Jo m Miiie«'ge, Geo W. Crawford. l-Lt or TTver’s D.ri t —Rev. James Kilpat rick, Adim J b »-ou, Sa in* I Tarver U3J, or P.mr Hou«e District —Wm. W. Holt, A. W. Uarmtrh e’, Geo. Schley. I2lth, or Bn District Geo. L. Twiggs, Wm. W. Holt, D. F. D ekinfrnu. Hefoxe he account ot any T-acher w ’i be allowed, cervfi ate? o' co:npe-eocy an I moral fitnets from at iea»t tw« ot the S j t ennteudents tor the Uuuict, must be cahtniied. A true extract fiom minutex A H McLAWS, Clerk. FREE NEGROES. Richmond county, ga-clfrks OFFU E INFERIOR COURT. -Tie fol owing named F r ee Nejr-ms have appfis I tor Re gistry. Certificates of Registry wII be granted, u lee« obj c” 'ns be fi : ed i** my effice t>e«ore the first day of oUGUST next. Those Negroes c'a ming Frswt-un must appear on or before 'he Th rd Sator day |l9ui) oi Jul», Idol, alter which t'me no Certif cutea can be granted. A. H. McLAW§, C erk. Aawr. -Ire. Ooeuration. WiPiatu >r oald, years Carp n’er. t dmuud bald, 20 **'*. Wheelwright. Jehu C-Mhns, 24 de. B.acivmuh. Pjtney R usee’l, Jane Uoiiiua, 22 do. Secmairoee and betfr ne John and Wiltiara. El sitetb Hughes, 21 v*ars Washer and Ironer. Vaiiba Lett, 53 do. Washer and Louer, aud ter icnr children, Royal, Patsy, Henry, and Laura. Peter Johnson, 49year*. Bl«ck*mith. hi* wifeSar-h Todd, 49 Jo. Waaher and Ironei. and tbeT 9cfeiarsn, Margaret, 16 do. S« amstrasa. Fetor, 15 do. B casmuto Manab, 14 do. >^amMrets. Henry, U da. Jvbn, 10 do. IMvklj 8 do. Billy, 7 do. SuMianah. 4 do. Nancy. 1 d* \ua Johnson 35 da. EmHy lei y, 35 do. Washer eai Irorer. Jain Keils, 12 du. Aauke y. 37 do. Waahtf Bad Ironer. ano tar 2 children. Heary K. Bdiv, IT do. Barber kJ-a- A. Ktit< 15 da. Bacaa Yonsgei -od. jyll-dtwAwl ;SELECTED POETRY. THOU ART, O GOD i The day's thine ; the night also is thine ; thou : hast prep-red the light and the sun. Thou hast set all the wonderiof the e i rth ; ihou halt made sum mer and winter. Pealtn Ixxi . 16, 17. Thou art. O G>d I the life and light Os all ihD wondrous world we see ; i Its glow by d «v, if* smi*e by night, Are but refle-lions caught from thee. Whe'e’»*r we turn thy ylories ah ne, And all things fair and bright are (bine. When day with farewell beam, delays Among the opening c oudg if even, And we con : (most think we gaze Through golden vi tas in ohe iven ; Three hues that make the sun’s ledine Soso t, so radiant, Lord I are thine. When night, wi Ii wings of starry gloim, O’er shadows al- the eirth and safes, Likesotned rk, beauteous bird, whose plume is sparkling wiih on lumber’d dies ; That sarred gloom, three lires divine, So grand, so countless, Lord 1 are thine. When youthful Spring around usbresthes, Thy spirit warms her fragrant sigh ; And every flower (he summer wreathes, Is born beneath that kindling eye. Whete’er we turn, thy glories shine, And all things fur uud bright are thine. THE FLOWERS OF GOD. BY BEV. JAMKB GILBGRNB LYONS, LL.D. “Consider the Itbes of the field.” The welcome flowers are blossoming. In j-yous troops reveal'd They lilt thrir dewy buds and bells In girden *t and field ; They lurk in every sunless path Where forest children tread ; They dot. lr»e st*r*, the sacred turf, Which lies above the dead. They srort with every playful wind, That stirs the bloomin/ trees, And augh on-very fragrant bush, AH lull of t< it ng bees Fr< m the sreen marge of lake and stream, Fte.~h vale and mountain sod, They look in gentk glory forth The pure sweet flowers of God. They with genial airs and skies, In sun mer’s golden prime, And to the stricken world give back Lost Eden’s blis.-fu clime, Outshining So'omoatLey come, And go lull soon away, But yet, I ke him, they meekly breathe True wisdom v bile they stay, “If God ” they whisper, “smiles ou us, And bids us bloom and shine, Does He not mark, oh faitb'ess man 1 Each wirh and want of thine? Th ink, too, what jovs await in Heaven The t lest of human birth, When rapture, such as w<x» thee now, Cm reach tha bdd on earth I” Redeemer of a fa’len race I Most merciful of kitiys! Thv hallowed words havee'ethed with power Those fi ail and beau'ccus things. All taught by Thee, th y yearly speak Thrir me .*age oi deep <>ve, Bidding us fix, fur life and death, Our hearts and b pes st ove. Tox’iolessionai <scx4usinesb Men. PROFESSIONALANIIBUSINESSCARDS, net exceeding six lines, will be inserted under this ne&u at the rate of SIU per annum. Cards exceeding eix lines, will be charged rrrorata perline. Attonuea and Solicitors. JACK BROWN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Ilucua Vista, Marlon Couuty ( Ga» TlO JOHN IL. sTVRGES, ATTORNEY AT LAW WaynerboropGeorgia* my ?7 Robert w. SIMM*. I ALBKkT C. hAINKY. SIMMS <fc RAINEY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, NEWNAN, GEORGIA, Will practice in all the counties of the Cowe ta Circuit and in the Sup emt Court at Macon and Decatur. Ail business euuusied to them shall have prompt attention. iuy7 wly SAMUEL ELBERT KERR, ATTORNEY AT LAW, AUGUSTA, GA., Jjj* Will practice in tiie several cuunties es the Middle Circuit. < j Office Parlor of the Mansion House. 024 JOslllA HILL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Hadisoi* anti Monticello Georgia. Cy All business addressed to trim at either place >n <bc counties of W<»rguM nrtd diaper, and those '.oritiguout*, will receive prompt attention. nZ3 MMuri J. Daily. | Kraxkb Cumming. BAILEY & CUMMING, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Sandersville Georgia. j j Wai practice m all the counties ol the Mid • e Circuit. I*2 B. Y MAn TIN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Auwu*ta, Gkobgia. »»••• erncueo in the Counties of Columbia, Warren, Jeflerson, and Burke, an I wi I also alt. nd ollie collection ul Heuis an I Claims n Abbeville ind Edgefield District*, in South Carolina. Olbceou Broad Mi eel, first dour above Insurance Hauk. kß—if U. PUTNAM. ATTORNEY AT LAW , U Krrtnltni. Gao-vii. atH-lv juaiv tK. JatKsUA, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Augusta* Georgl*. OJice in Pronl Koo mol tne Mansion House. Will practice in Richmond, and the neighboring Cuuntiesol the Middle Circuit. Heferences: — Messrs. Mixer dr Pitman, Boston ; Messrs. Hoisted A Hrußaw, 2>. C. Dortic, Blake dr Brown, John K. Hora, C. U. Halsteu, New York; Messrs. W. M. Martin, L. M.dt B. W . Force du Co., Charleston; Messis A. J.u» 1. W. Miller, Adams Jt Fargo, W. fc.. Jackson *w Co., Augusta. 025-l EDWARD 14. POTTL.IC, attorney at law, Warrenton .. • Georgia. Will continue topractice in Warren, Hancock, Wnkes, Tuliaierru, aud all of the counties ol the Northern Cucuit, and Columbia, J c tier son and Washington ot the Middle. Refer to Threewitts, Hudson & Shivers; C. C Cody dr Co., Warrenton. ja2U ROBERT UK2vTk.lt., ATTORNEY AT LA W, Klbertuu* Georgia. ILL practice in the counties cf Elbert, Wilkes,Lincoln, Oglethorpe, Madison aud Franklin. in y 22-1 y JAMEBU. COLLIER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, AugustaG*. fY Will practice m the several Courts of the Mid die Circuit. Utlice at the corner ol Campbell streets. References — James L. Pettfgru, Esq., Charles ton; Hou. Edwaid Y. Hili, Lagrange; Wm. T. Gould, Esq , Messrs. A. J. Ol T. W. Miller, Esqs., •nd Messrs. Maker Ct Hart, Augusta. n2-ly JUUN P. W4EUK, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,.* .Vo. 13 Si. Charles Room Na 10, upstairs New Orleans- ,- All claims aud collections intrusted to bis caie will meet with prompt aud laitulul attention. d lb-1j L*. C. SIMPSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, , t A i LAN Ta... GEORGIA. It Willpicmptiy attend pjall buainestentrusted ;oui scare. w I2b-ly P. U. AttKINuTON, ATTORNEY AT LA W, A.ND NO LAKY PUBLIC, Oglethorpe, Macou losuty, c-eorgla. al Ogiethurpe. _dlbwjy LtNTUS STtfHKSS, j J L. DUD STKPtiKNS iIRD, ATTOKNIES AT' LAW, craw Fordville, ga. Willprscticv in allihe Couuiiet-of the North n c ir c uit. ty it>-ly* TTjtt. LuSSuM. I aKbSB M. JuSKto GIBSON «jk JONES, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, WARRENTON, GEO., fy* Will piactiue iu *ll the counties of the North ern and Columbia, W aahiugtuu aud Jeilersuu, oi *be Middle Circuit, aud the supreme Court ol die Stateol Georgia. ap^-w I y N. G. du A. G. FOSTER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. «j- I'be undersigned are still engaged in the prac tice ut Law. Office at Madison, Morgan County. Gai .til busiueeseiiUusiedioiuem, wait meet with prompt tc i ethcient attention. >. G. A. G. POsl'ER. CUAPLBY R. STROTHER. ATTORNEY AT x- A W Practice* in tbe MorUern Circuit. AU business w Hi receive prompt and ethcieut attention. fjr Vthcc at Liucuiutor Ga. je2s-tf .4, 4*e a. Bssan.s. | John T. Shbwmakb. riKKUIKN & SHKWMAKK, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, MIDDLE DIsFRiCT, GEORGIA. y~j~ Oifac< at 'A ay nesvoro, Burka county, Geo. _ JOklA H. STAFFORD, attorney at la w, Clarkesville-* Ga. WiHpraruccin.necouuiiesoi Clarke, Prank in, tiaberenaui, Lumpkin, Forsyth, Gumer, Umoi Hurray aua Gwinnett, and in me Federal Circuit Court tor Georgia. 17y JASPER S. DORSEY, attorney at law, Dahloaega, Georgia. JJf- AA ihattand io ail Pnafesaiocal business eatxuac dlobim latbc Cherokee Circuit, anuiu Habersbam :uunty ,d -ha VA eatern CtrcuiU Rarsaaxcks —Messrs. Hay s Bowdre, Dr. AA m rs. Lui pin, Augusta; Hon. L DouxSerty. Amana, . 3cr.es Law, Gainesville; SbuiA A *A adter, and J. *. Grady, iwnkiaega. ** * UJGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAYrMORNING. JULY 16.1851. MISCMUMUWS M JTEfUTUKE jDH>JiE WS. From the Miti na’. Intelligtneer. C lebration of the Fourth of July. The seventy-fifth anniversary of American Independence wa? ushered in by the firing of cannon and the ringing of bells. The weather was retnatkably pleasant, the rain of the night previous h tving deprived the atmosphere of much of i«a summer's heat. In every recnon the national flag was fly ing, and al see nod atiimi.’ed wi:h the antici pation of the d tv‘s proceelings. The Grand L dge of Free and Accepted Masons of the District of Co'iimbia, accornpa used by the Grand Master and Secretary of >he Stale of Virginia, and a number of brethren from that and other States, proceeded at ,en o’clock from their h ill to Fifth stieet, to be re ceived in their proper place in the general pro cevrion. Tne military assembled on Four and half street, their right resting on D s'reet, near the City H«ll The troops consisted of the Wash ington L-gilt Infantry, tinder the commiud of Lieut. Tucker ; the National Grays, under the command of L cut. Tait; the Walker Shi p siioote s. under the command of Lieut. B ik .ie«d. The visiting companies were the Na ”onil Biues, Captain Chesnut, the Columbian R flemen. Capi McA Inter, from Britiiuore, and the Mechanical Artillery. Captain G. Duf fy, of Alexandria. Theae were formed info a bat'alion, al the head of wh ch was Captain Joseph I'ate, of the L ght Infantry; thj whole under the command of General J hn Mason, with hisa'd< Mijori worth and Rney. The divisions of the Sons of Temperance, afer the ceremonies at the National Monu ment, proceeded to tne City Kall, the general rendezvous. Ti e Corporate A ahorities, and all others in tending to join the process on, being prepared to move, they were joined by The President of the United Stages and Heads of Departments, members of the Judi ciary, members of ’ho two 11-iuuses of Con ( gre.-s, the reverend clergy, and all officers in umfurm and on foo*. T HE PROCESSION 1 Then moved to the Uapiiui in ihe following or- 1 der: < FIRST DIVISION. j Marshal of the Dhtrict of C dutnbia and Aids. t L. J< *'.i mleton M tishai. i Mi itary Escort. Officers oi the Army ami N ivy. t Military Officers of the Several Stales and Territo ries. t Offi'ers and Soldiers of the Revolirion. I Oifi era an J Sold ers of the war of 1812. SECOND DIVISION. Dr. Will iam B. Magruder, Marshal. Civic Pruce-Mon Persons present at laving ot the corner-stone of the Capitol in 1793. j President of the United Slate.*, and Orator of the dav. H a’s of Departments. , Cabinet Members of f.rn.er A Jmini trations. Comuii'ieps of P*b ic Buik inga of the Senate end House of Represeniati. e- ; Architect of Q.ipito!; Uomtnisrioners of Public Buildinys. Heads of Bateaus. Judges of the Su| rt-me Court of ihe Uni’ed States. Judges of the Uuiird Sra es Courts. Judges ot State Ci.urts. Dijlomatic Corps. . Cha ph ins of the 3l»t Congress. The R vvrend G erj-y < f the District, Members oi the Senate and of Representa tives. 0 Gove nors of States. Delegations Iron Stites. Wh hingt* n doriutnent Sueie’y. Members of Smi hauniin Inaiitmion. M< inbeia of N tl onal hist fine. Ex Mayors ol the City us Waehi tgfon. The corpoiate authorities us Alexandria, George town, and Wa.-hu.gt >n. Members of the So i ty of Cincinnati. THIRD DIVISION. G. A Schwarzm in, Mur hil. The Masonic F« iterniiy. FOURTH IIVIIOM. Joseph I ibbey M-rslnl. The several Turn etance Orders aud SocieVes. FIFTH divi*:o.v. M. Thompson, M irehal. The Wethington Penev lent Society. The Germ in B>-ncvokai Society. Literary Asacci vinos, C uletrs, and School* of the District of Columbia. Citiz -nsof the several Stites. Cit zens of Waslhngt n. The prnce-sion was accompanied bv the Marine band and the bands of ihe Washing ton Light Inlantry and the Walker Sharpshoot ers The mar>h ite and their assistants were gen erally on Lortebacs, and appropriately designa ted. The entire procession was under the di r**c ino v*f H c**4 d Vv -Harh, E-q.. Unite-1 S ares M »r*h il of the IJi-t’ict of CoLtmbia with Ge->rge S <• <le<»u ami Wm. 11 Winter as hi* aids. It reached the C.ipi.ol at hall-p-st 11 o’cl«»< k a. m. Reaching the sq iare east nf the front of th* Capitol, the military formed in a dotihle line, and the remainder of those composing the procession marched bv them ’o-aar D the site of ihe addition to the Caprol, (’tie mirtnea-r cor ner ol the *outh wing of t i.r edific ) p'ecel ed by the President of the Unite 1 Stales t e Mayor <»« the ci y. and ex M iyor Seaton, the Heads • f the Department*. Chiefs of Bureaus Msj >r General Scott and -everal of tne distin guished officer* now siHiiig the m» itary court mama , ex Secre'a y Marcy, G W. I*, i'li-'ti*. 'he N» i *nal Monument Committee, Oilice's of the Navy, the members ol th" Ci y CuuLCil* Clergymen and th-i M isumc Ftater niiy and other*. Arriving al the si'e, t! e gent'emen first refer red to appruac’ied the spot intended for the corner stone. T'he foundation was dug to the dep h<f about fourteen feet. Tne sone, wk were informed, weighed between four and five ton*, and wm» procured several mile* from th3 city, in the State ol Virginia. THE CEREMONIES Were commerced by the following prayer of lered by the Rev. Dr. C. M. Buller: Aluiig v ty and immortal God, King of kinzs and Imrd <>i loida, our c etior, redeemer, anti bountiful bene ac or, we bow before lh-;e in adoration, thanks giving, pit yer, and |rti*e. Th >j bast given us life; I‘uwu ttnai sent Tuy a n Jesu» Christ ti save ualnuisiuaol <1 atu ; Thoi hist surroun led us with the means of grace and set before us (he h »pefl of glory. Ma»e us, we beseech Thee, partakers of Thy pardoning love Give ue grace tnankfully to accepi 1 Uy meicv a«d earnestly to do Fhy will. W e bit as ihee. Heavenly Pd hei! for all Thy mercies to us as anai m. fb iuarta s rung tower to tli« se who lojT Iny name. Our fa'Sers trusted iu Thee and were delivered. fhev have declared unto u* the n«ble works wnicb Thau didst in their day and in the old time before them. Thou dul»t plant them in a goodly b -rrage; Thou didst unite them m if e hour of peril ; Th m c’i.ist oov?r ttieir Dtadeaud ciowntbem with victory io the day of battle; 1 ho. bast rar.i d us, their did Iren, for ward to th s happy day infrattrnd union, pr sperity, da 1 peace. We beseeci Th*e to continue these Iby b e*s ng* to us and to the generations that eba I co.ue alter us. Let Thy best bi asing-* rest on our beloved Chief Ma.utrale, the P-esidenl of the L'uiied Slate-. Give to our lawgivers wisfom to devise aud tideliiy toeaeeuie such me mures as ahail pi emote the public virtue, haimony, and weal. Bless our Governor*, Legislature-*, Judges, Military aud Naval C'tfieers, and a.I who ducharga public trusts. Grant that ail esia’es of rne.i throughout our land, tn their several vocations and ministries, may do Toy will and win Tby bles-ing ; that peace aud happiness, truibjmd justice, religion and piety, may be established ain.Mig us for all generations. We thank Fnee, Heavenly Pa:her, Gr bis day— loathe mercies which it commemorates, and the mercies which it brings. We bless f .es that Fbou dij*c pros|>er the purposes and answer the prayers of our lathers, wuo. 03 this day. declared ibeir »elvs» aidme r country free. We thank thee lor our broad land, our j ist Ujoj> Hutton, our good laws, our itguiuud freedom, our Uuiou, our prosperity, aud iur pta<.e. We thing Thee bat we are per ) mil ed,oa ttiis auspicious day, to lay tne corner *tooe ol an tX.*eudeJ Capitol, to meet the wants of uurenl ig dla id. Proa, er fhnu the wort of our hauda up uua, oh Lori, our God ! Grant that as we leugtn-u out curds we mny strengthen our slakes. Let our liberty ever be guided <*v law o>ir *y religion, our power oy justice, by mercy, aud by peace. May we neve use our free dom a> a ctoa< el malicto jsnew or licentiousness, but reu.emu«.r alw >ys that •• here the •p rit of the loro isthcie .*lit»eiiy.” Preserve the States «>f ibis Couftf>ieracy iu perpetual Uuion let not the s,<ir t cf t ride or vt LUe * al, ot of w.cke 1 mt-chief, uu- Uiudorlre.it lie bends Which make them one. 1 et the corner stone ol tbt* Capitol and the corner stooe ot the Uaiua ol these Mates bo; i rest stable aud str* u., until they shall be shaken and b.oken by tUe ibioes of the resurrec iuu m< ru ! <>h Go J, our God, an l our lathers’ G al, we entreat Thee by Fay mu t.p led mercie* to ub m tne past, oy tb iDvmeu.oua iiiiei e>U> ul the |re*cnt, by a I our foud bofesof iuture <ood tor ourselves, our chi’ Iren, our Cvuutry, and the wjrld, we eu reat Thee la p eserve the buuea ol Hus Liuou tortvei free and krever oue I Smi e, Heaven y Father, uron the exercise* of this day , iu this p»acc, anu overall cur beloved iaod. Preserve a d ole«e those who ar* ecgaged io them. May btliowel aud l><ppy iud ences a end the ceieura ioa cf this snu.veisary n ote and more, iiom age to age. Graciously accent our services au 1 prayer, and treeiy pi rd nail *ur personal and na 'luuai uai.s 6 re**i*N>s, fur the sake of Jesus Chr st, our Saviour. Ameu 1 ’1 be Architect of the building. Thoma* U Waiter, Esq., caused ate first stone to be lo*- eh a into its dual restlug p-aca. Tne Presi dr nt of ihe Lulled ti.a.c* men exi-nned it, aud. after setu ng ii wi.ti a few stroke; of • stuueui*suti • mailer, pronounced it laid. Tre Architect au i the Grand Treasurer of ihe Giand Lodge of Ma»uus (Robert Ciarxe, E-q ) depoM.ed in a cavity cut in tne heart of me stuue a gk* vase coutaiuiug ine ar icles enumerated Deio* ; al. r Wincrr the M*suuic Frsteruty Hite wise made a deposit, an! me ArcLiiec* caa.td a Deny crow j.ng stone to os lowered and securely placed over the cavity. The President adjusted this stone likewise, aud invued me Grand Ala* er of Ma«oos of the D;»uici of Columbia io sec tnac .t was we. .aid. Ibe Grand Master then called upon the Grai.d Chap aiu. Rev. C. A. Dari*, to, as* me blessing oi God upon toe work then about to be performed by l.»e f rater nt.y, wmeu was done like Grand Mis er examined the stone, ap plied the square, level, ani plumb, ar.d pro uouuced u property formed, and of auuaD.e maietialfor me ior wQich u was in -.ended. He then pa.cd upon it me Cura, wiua and oil, •>* lug, as he did »o : May um ad-Mauhu »Ma* Cm faopia I this na i n, grant w them all me necessaries, con t Vtoieiices, and comforts of |>fo ; assist in the erec tion and completion of this edifice, the . workmen rotn anv accident and bestuw uj>on us all the corn of couristuneuC, the wine of refreshment, and the oi' of j >y. lie then said : With this gavel, which wag used by the immor tal Washington, at the I tyin/ o the corner-s'one of ' that Capitol, andclo'hed with the same apron that be then wore, I now pronounce this corner-stone < f this ex ention of that Uapiiol well laid, true, and . trusty. Accompanying the hat words with three blo« s of ihe gavil. He then presented to T. U. Walter, Esq., the architect, the working tool, being tne square, level, and p'tirnb, accompanying the p esentation with the following remarks : Mr Architect: I now with pleasure present to you these working too!s of your own proses ion ihe tq iare, the level, and the plumb. We, as spec uiat vo m isons, use them eymto ically ; yo-j, as an accomplished architect, wed know 'heir use prae i c-tlly ; and may the noble edifice, here to be erected underyoor charge, arise ini’s beautiful propottions to completion, in conform!’y with all your wishes end may your life and health oe long continuei!; and may you see the work go on and the cap-stone laid un fer circumstances as auspicious and as happy as tho-e under which this corner stone has now been laid. The cirner-B‘one was laid at precisely 12 o'clock meridian ; and a signal being given, a nrional salute was fired at the Capitol, Navy Yard, »nd Arsen il. it ma not be am ss to say thit the buHdings to be erected are to be «»ch one hundred and forty two f »et eight inches front, by two hun dred and thirty eight Wr-n--hi iarfiea deep. They are’to ba piace lat the distance of forty four feet from the present Capitol on the north and south end), and will be united to il by con necting c jrnd urs. Tne Senate chamber will be seventy-eight feet by one hundred feet in the clear, and tne hall of the House of Rapreseatatives one hundred feet bv one hundred and thirty feet; both these chambers will be p-acad in the wes tern ends of the new Tne following articles were deposi ed in the corner atone m a glass va?e hermetically sealed, v.x : A copper plate engraved with the names of the Presidents of the Untied States, t .e beads or the sev eral Departments, 'he Arcbi.ect, and the Commis sioner of HuVlic Bui dings. Medals of ihe heads <»l nine es the PrasiJents of the United States, being al that could be obrained, with a description of the same, furnished by the Depart ment of ihe Interior. A Coin of every denomination issued by the Uni tsd States Government. A copy of the Address of the Hon. Daniel Web ster, Secretary of > (ate, in his own handwriting, de livered on sh" occasion of laying this corner-stone. A c py of the Decl iration cf Independence. A copy ol the Art clea of Can ederation of the United Sta»e*. A copy of (he Constitufi'n of the I’ni‘e l States. A copy of the Treaty of Peace < f 17dJ. An Abstract oi ihe Censusol the United S ates from 1790 to 11»50 A Map of North America in 1951. An Abstract of the btatietics oi the United States Mint. Cherokee, Choctaw, and Dacota newspap rs. A lilt of the Senators and Representative* of the 31 »t Congress, by wh »iu was enacted the taw for the en’a gement of the Cipitol, Ttie Con gressorial Directory f>r 1850. Army and Navy Registers of 18 >l. A view or the City of Washington in 1350, with separate views of the Public Britain's. A newßptp* r called the Te'tgraph, published in London in 1796, containing tue Farewell Address of Wa-hington. President Fillmore’* Message to Congress at the opening of ihe last ession, December 2, 1830. A copy o D'sturneh’s United 8 ate* National Re« gis’er fur 1852. A c- py ot Hickey’s Analysis of the Constitution of the United S'utea Tl.-e Newspapers of the d »y. Anda scroll cintaining ihe f/lowing inscription : THIS CORNER-STONE of the Extension cf the Capiul of the United Stats*. v ’a* laid on the 4th dav of July, Anno Domini 1851, being the 75 h Anniversary us lbs Independence ol the Rep Jblic, by Ml I.LARD FILLMORE, President o. the United Slate*, In presence ol the II ads of ihe teveral Depart ments, Senators an I Repie’entafives iu Congre-s, Oifi-.ereof ihe Army and N ivy, Re t reaent-i'ives ol Foreign Govemm-n s. the Military ol the District ol Cuitiinbii. various Civic Associaii n , and a nume rous concourse nf c tizeos. A/chi'e'l of the Erfensbn t 1 humas II Walter Com'nis doner f PubLc William Edsby. President and Heads rs the several Departments, Dillard Fdlim-re, ot N w Y >*, President. Daniel Webster, of Massachusetts, Se retary of State. Thomas Corwin, of Ohio, Secretary of Trea’ury. Alexander H. H. Stuart, ot Virginia, tecieiary of the Interior. Charles M. Conrad, of Lou aiann, Secret*-? War. W‘i |f-»m A. Graham, of North CnvlJin®, Secretary of the N ♦ vy. John J. Crittenden, of Kentucky, Attorney Gene ral Nathan K. Hill, of New York, Postmaster Gene ral Judges of the United S.'a'e? Supreme Court. Rogei B. Taney, Chief Justice. J >tm McLean Associate Juvtice. J unes M. Wayne, “ •' J hn C dr n, J »li i McKinley, “ •* I’e'er V Daniel, u “ Sa nu-»l Nelsun, “ Levi Wo>d:ury, u ” Rosier- C. Grier, “ *• Beniatnm C. Huwa'd, Etq of M irytand. Reporter. - Ricba-d Wallach, Etq., Mdisual cf the District of Coliituira. Wm. Tho*. C'rr>ll, E*q , rs Maryland, Clerk. D. n’l W. Mid i.e on K-q , ol Wd&bingtoo, Deputy. G ufion D H i.i>on, of Washington. Asßietaut. Ruben H. Broom ol Penny I vanm, Assistant. Ojjl:ers of Congress. Pre*i lent of the s note, William R. K ng. Secretary ol the Senate. Abbiiry Dickins. Sergeinl-at-Arms et lb : Senate, Robert Beale. Clerk oi the House us Representatives, Richard M. Yui-y. Sc-rg’ a t-at- Ann* of the House us Representatives, A. J Glossb cnner. Governors of the State* and territories cf the United States. Maine. John Hubbard. New Hump-hire. Samuel Dinsmore. Ve.mnnt,C. K. William*. Massachusetts, G ’o. S, Bou'well. Rhode Uland,Phil.iff Allen. Connecticut,Tnctnes H Seymour. New Y. rk.WaFtung'on Hunt. New Jersey, Geo F. Port. Pennsylvania,Wm. F. Johnson. Delaware,...Wm H. Eu-s. MaryLnd,Enoch L. Lowe. Virginia,J hn B. Flovd. N rtu Carolina,Dav»d S. Reid. South Carolina J. H. Means. Ge rgia,George W Towns. Florida, • Th anas Bro wn. Alabama, Henry W. Collier. Misaissippi,Lt Gov. Gwuio. L'ui-iaua, Joseph Walker. Teia«,P H. Bell. Arkansas,.JohnS. Roane. Tennessee, Willirm Trousdale. Kentucky,John L. Hebo. Ohio, Reuben Wc»d. In ham, Joseph A Wri/ht. Il iao’s,Augustus C. French. Mi higan,John i Ba»ry. Missouri,Austin A King. lowa, •••S. Hempstead. Wiec* n in,Nelson Dewey. California Lu G>»v McDourall. Minnesota Territory,* ••• Alexander Ramsay. Oregon Territory. John P Gaines. New Mexico Territory,•• James S. Calhoun. U.ah Territory,Brigham Young. Corporation of the Ci‘y of Wash ng tan. Mayor, Waller I enox. Regi ter,Wm. J. McCormick. Co’.lector,R->bert J. R »cke. Surveyor,Henry W Ball. At'oru y • James M. Carlisle. Poptil it’-vn of the United States, arc r ling to the census -»t 1859 j Ist c -inpleled, -3 -63 208. The Uo u*il Si >es being at peat e w tb ah the world. List of the med tls t!es:gued at an 1 furnished by the olfice of India a A’F irs, executed in silver, aud in'-nded as pre ents to the chiefs and warriors of Indian tribes, presented by the Secretary of the Lite i »r: One of P si lent J irn-’s Monroe, executed in 1917. On-» ot President John Quincy Adams, executed in 825 < >ae cf President Martin Van Baren, executed in 1837 One o r Presi lent John Tyler, execu’ed in IS4I. One of P e-ident J • ue K. exewted in 1845. One of PreiidiOt Zachary Taylor, executed id 134). <‘ae of President Millard Pi lmore, executed in 1830. The fron’ view of etch of the*e medals displays a well execu ed tw-t of ihe Pre-i liOt ol the Uutted Slates at the due of its execution. On the reverse of h>se execu’ed da’ing the ad u.iai.'tr non* ol Pres’den'.s Mon oe, Xin Baren, I yier, Polk, and Tivlor is the motto and f'riendsi.ii> t ,> who an la ian fund gras ing the hand <f am htary ifiur. Tb* ciif covering the wrist of ih e latter t* iiuHative of th it worn by the c-lfi-er»<-f iQe K-vuiu'ioo. Above* e the toßabiwx au<l pi I 'C, crosse I —syiu ol* of peace sad war. Oa tae reverse of the one executed during the admiuiatratwa ol President J Q A-J i tn* is tne motte nee gizes peace ond A nerica p enty, u with an inuiaii seated on a cornuc ia, and Science ufT.r ing the In Jun ihe oh ve branch Scieuce protected by the American eagle. Oa toe reverse ot me one execui* 1 tn l3:oi*the motto “ Lahor t Virtue Hiior'' linked in a cba n. It *:sa auuws a farmer i* an erect pmi ton t* king u an Indian Cuief, witn one hand graeping aud ibe o’er pointing to be A meric in dig. A: bis feet are the plough and the axe —symbols of civi izition. la tie dfiance on o.e *tde »• the log cabin; on ihe opposite ihe wigwam ; the d-irf w ’’"‘g over all, indicative of ihe protection it nllords boub to the white and the red maa. There are aao s maar medals of Presidents Jrr rsas n and Jacvs >n, exeiuied in bronze, furntsu e«i uy ibe Trtea*axer of ibe Uui.ed States Mint at Phi.adeiphia. Tne follow ng are the editiF’Bl remark* con tained in tne L ludua Telegraph of Nove oner 3U, 171h> on tne Farewell Al drew of Gener al Wa»n ngt<»u, au original copy of wnr.h is aeposi.ed in me corner stone* “Tne resignation of General Washington has taken place, a id ne his addr=ss«;d to me peop.e oi America a fetter replete with J adicious obser vations, me resu.tuf rnuutl motignt and long ex penence,lending to inspire tno“* wun a system us puuUctl maxims far more conducive io the peace and happiness us their country than that wtuch has Due.i ot late pursued n> th-? o.d gov ernments ot Ea ups. fms 1* a paper ol great I cariosity and imp artancc- “it marks tae grenewl ®ra in the American I msiufy atncu tou Duciaraiion oi Independence. I* General W’asm gton retires tali ol years uod fa lof huaor. He w;U ne recjrded in history as one ox lac groateax nua ox iu* pxo*dx can du y. I “Every circu nsta-ce, indeed, considered, we know not whom to place against him. e 'His resignation, too, is important in this re- II spect, thalit will try <he solidity of the Repub ic« t “Hi* successor, be he who he may, must be de void of that personal respect wnich the present r ce of Amencins must ever feel towards Gene ral W o .ington, anti which, some may think, ' nave him a n;o-e constitutional cki u upon their 1 obe Hence. Their future Prrsidenia can be es ' teemed only for the faithful discharge of a dele gated t ust which it is but little in their power to 1 violate.” T.jh curious and interesting rel c was pre sen’.t-d by Mr. Jol.n Skirving io be deposited in the corner stone The cerem-m es of laying the corner stone bring concluded, the President, the Heads oi Departments, < ffi ers of the army and navy, and other*, moved in procession in ihe oroer in whi< h they came to the platform at the eastern front of the Capi.ol. Tne steps were densely occupied—a’ most exclusively by ladies, who on this occasion were accorded a gallant precedence. In front were the President cf the United States and other distinguished audriors, the Orator of the Diy (Mr Webster) and ihe high olficqrs of tne Misonic Fr. ternity. Below, inhie front ol the Capitol, were housands of human be ingsol bath sexes, from the dome of each wing of t e building waved the national flag ane on? hig i over ihe Secretary ol State. O i all prominent points, including th''ee of ihe Capi tol, were spectators. The acene was remark i bly beatitif.il, enhanced by the circuinstances which hidattrac ed so la ge a concourse, and on the seventy-fifth anniversary ofour conn try’s independence. It may here be stated that the Mechanical Ar i'lery, under <he command of Cipt. George Dully, arrived at about eleven o'clock, and. in conjunction with a detachment of Captain Bdckin ? ham’a ani lery fired saluies. The ceremonies on the platform were com me need by an Addreasfrom B. B. French, E ; q , the Grand Mister of the Muonic G.-and Lodge of the District of Columbia, who preceded Air. Web ster, at his o*u special request, aud as fol lows: My Masonic Bbethbex: I rise to address you on this occasion, deeply oppressed With the CKCuinatames which sui round me. Standing a j 1 do, in the presence of some of the most cxaiied men of this nation, and to be followed as 1 am to be, by one admitted by all as emphiticahy the orator of his time, and of whom 1 can truly say, “He it is who, coming after me, is prclerred before me, whose shoe’s iatchet I a n not worthy to unloose,” you will beiiuve me guilty o’ no affectation when I say Heel a difli dence which is to me unusual. dull, as you Grand x \la?ter, I have a duty to perform, and 1 shrink from no duty, under any circumstances. As has been the custom of our revered On er, on such occasions, I shall pro ceed, briefly, to address you. 1 am unable to conceive us a more interesting occasion than this, upon wh.ch we are here as sembled, on this anniversary of the birthday of American Freedom, Here we are—the proud dome of our own Capitol towering above us—assembled together from the North and the booth, from the East and the Wes:, to perform a > uty indicative, in itself, of the growth ai d prosperity us this mighty na ion. On the ISth day of September, 1793, was laid, by George A'asUugtuii, P.esident of me United .•Stales and Giaud Master us Masons, at least on that occasion, the corner-stone us the magnifi cent e .il.ee before us. It was, doubtless, supposed that, when c' mple te J, according tu the plun then adopted, it would be of ample di ne.hsions io accommodate all the wants us the people oy whom it was to be erect ed for ages then to come. Fifty eight years have elapsed, and in that comparatively uric! space in me ages of govern ments, we a r e called upon to a semb.e here and lay the corner stunu ol an additional edifice, which shall hereafter lower up, resting firmly on the strut g foundation this day planted, adding beauty and magnitude to the People’s house, and illustrating io the wor d me firm foundation tn the People’s hear is of the principles of freedom and ihe rapid growth of those principles on this Western Continent. Yes, my brethren, s’anding here, where, fifty eight years Washington s ood, c othvd in the same Masonic regalia that he then wore, using ihe denticii gave! that ha used, we h ive ass sied in h.ylng th- ioundation of a new Cap itol of these Un.ted States tins day. as Solomon ut old laid the foundation of the t> mp'e of the living God 1 “ Now, therefore,” says the his torian Justphus, “lhekiig aid the foundation ot the temple very deep in the ground, and the mat nal were strong stones, and such as would ns.st the force <4 time;” and we. following mis sublime example, have la d here, deep in the ground, and ui string stones that we trust will legist the force ui lime, the foundations of a hou-e wherein we hope for lengthened years ihe representatives of a rniuhty people shall legis late fur the giory, the nap; muss, and ihe good of that people! VS lien mu come’stone of the edifice be lore us was lai f; in 1793, the Government was justly considered an experiment, and the j reUcifon was agaiJArtd maa*, by th whu. thunk God, tun'iVdrbjbi wiauHe prophets that ft would tail; '’the wish wvs,” doubtless, ■•lather to the thought .” but it did not lai. I The first census ol me United States,in 1791, exh? iteu a p pu alion oi tiian four ihions ui soul ; at uie .line ol isyum that coi er stone (here were probably, someth ng over lour millions; and now, m less than sixty' years, the number has in creased to upwards ot twenty mil.ions ! The predivtionsui la.lure, by the false prophets, have ihemse.Ves utterly fulled, w hiie the prayer has uuen uiiswcied and the proph cy fulfilled wh ch Washington made on assuming the duties of President, on me 30th ol April, 1789. He then uttered up his fun ent sti|>phc. ions to mat Al imghiy Being wno rules uvo r the Universe, who pitoidcs m ihe councils ol natiot s, and w hose provi iuiiiia ai is can supp y every human delect, inu.t ins Ocncdieliun would c<>nsccraie tu the liberties aa . happiness ol the people of rhe Uni ted Males a G v« riimeut instituted by them selves lur these' css< nii.nl purpodin ; and wou d enable every instrument emplu edin its adndn isiiaiioii to < xecute with success the lunciiuns allotted to his cnarge. Theearoi the Almighty was opened to that prayer, it was r-cuidtd in Heaven; and from vVdSiiiiigton down to the pres-nt President ol the United btdtcs, who so worthi.y, and with so much d gmty and honor, fil s the pr ud station that vVaatimgiuH tilled, it has been an wcred, a id every instrument employed in ihe admins tration vi <his Guv_riimcnl has exueu cd with success mu luudiuns allotted io this charge. Alter .ins supp.icatim to the Must High, Vvasningtun expres-td his conviction “that th> fuunda runs ui uur nan mal pu icy will be laid in the pure and imu.u able puuci les of private morality, and Hie pre eminence of a frae govern ment be exemplified by ail the attributes" which can win me aiieuiiuns ol ilscnuens, and com mand me respect of the world.” “1 dwell,” said be, “on t is prospect with ev ery satistiu tiun which an ardent love of my c u itry tan inspire ; since there is no truth mure thoroughly established than that there ex lots in the economy and course of nature an m d.ifouiu le union between virtue and happiness, between duty and adv »nt ige, between he genu ine maxims ol an honest and magnanimous pu.icy ana the solid rewards of public prosperity and le.icny ; since we ought to be no less per saaded mat me propitious smi.es of Heaven can uev rbe expected on a nation th it disregards the eternal rules ul order and right which Heav en itsell has ordained ; and since the preserva tion of the sacred n.e ut ifocrty, and the desti ny ui the repuoiicaii model of government, are justly considered as aetply, peruaps as finally staked on the .xpemnerit entrusted io the hands of me AmciKan people.” Tt.is prophecy has been fu.filled. “ The foun da'.iu is ol uur national poi.cy were laid in the sure and immutaoie principleiof pr.vite morali ty,” and the eternal rules ul order and right having b:en regarded, the propitious smilesi of Heaven have beamed upon ••the American peo p e,” to wiiose hands the “experiment” was en trusted. Prophec) has become fact, hope has become fruition, and the experiment on which the destiny ot our republican model ot gov ernment was deeply and finally staked, has been entirely successful. But, my orethien, we must for a moment re verse this bright picture us me- past. As, in me tabled mirror, when under the power of tne magic wan J, ciouas ous-ure the view fur a time, ana darkness and desu;4lioa shut iruin the be- I older’s eye some scene us h ippinuss and joy, so, witaia a short lime p ist, ins there been hovering over me brightness of our pud'icil bouton the dark and di»mai cmuds of disunion, and the time* waj, and mu iecmiuy, “ wnen the txj.dvsi he'd his oreatn,” in auticipatim ut the shock Miuca was expected tu oveiwhelm the Kepubdc. T.tanks to Alrnizh'y God the good old ship of Sat weadicred toe danger mat seemed about to overwhelm Her, and, uke mat glorious old aatiie-smp, me Uonstiiu Iju, she lias escaped me imminent dangers us “ a Ice shore, ’ and is now again, we nope a ui trust, in sm jam water, with a cloudless norizouatl around her. H•av en works not on earui wr.huul hamau means, and men and patriots were inspired in uur day ol danger to cast themselves r solutciy into thi breaen, and strike uuiii/ fur the Lunn. Tne names ul Clay, vVet>»i c r, Cass, Foote, Cobb, Diinuiisuri. Houston, Douglas, and a Host ut oth ers, shall livetn the hutoiy ut me dark storm mruugh wiiich we nave jast pissed as the sa vins ol this glorious giiaxv ui American states; their names shad stand i.i history as the pil lars cl tueir co an try in the hour ut her darkest trial. 1 know I shall be excused for saving that a i save one us mow whose mules I have ineniijn ed are •• oreuircn ut me mystic ue.” tic to wtiuac you are about to listen is, if 1 aiioti&e iioi, me uXuepiiuQ- 1 o me»c great, good, patriotic men, aided as they Have been by me Executive ul mat nation, lu wtijwevery set a dctertniiiaiiu i nut to be misundcrstuju nas beuu mi.nlcs.edlu preserve me Union, du we, as 1 nriniy ueneve, under God. owe IDs existence, th s diy, ot tricSe Uni ted States ut A nerica ! Tnar.ks be t<» buj I marus ue to tbjdi! [uodl am iung-cuatiaucd applause J and uow, my brethren, do we see nothing he.c, in muse ceremuii.es, on this occasion, to Cheer Us I Cuid indeed mast be uur hcaits il thev can ben on in their regular pu sations white uur eyes bcQjid nummg out a piom rock ot granite iiewc-d and eqiared, ana our ears hear nothing farther man, * ins a corner-stone.” 1 sec m tucsc ceremonies, as it were, the spirit of Washington among us, renewing the hopes and w anes aid prayers that ne never laued to oiler n ms lifetime tor thu perpetuatuu ut this Union : m taat I perceive the seal set to a renewed maw ut the existence us m<3 Union. Lcane, did 1 say ? No, a deed of war rant in fee simple, lu have and toh »id to us aud uur heirs and representatives roat-vta! la me erection ut this new Capttui, adjoining toe uid one, 1 see Texas, aid Uaniorma, ana dew Mexico, cume in aud unite tncmscives to our old Luiun, aud become one and me same with it ;au in leaving this o.d Capitol uatouch cd, 1 see iiiti old Uuiuu— a Giro ma aud an —standing nrm.y, pr«»udiy, in ns glorious sicchgm, u broken and unbreakable ; and let us ai. rum.y nop and ray, so may it stand, roa- BVEB ASO FQAKVXa 1 Major Freaca was freqaenlly applauded du , rxnx tensity 9k ius add;?**. - _ i mr. Webster’s oration. The Hon. Daniel Webster then rose and was greeted by the assembled multitude in the most ■ enthusiastic m inner, for which he returned his - acknowledgments. As soon as the hearty and vociferous shouts of the multitude had some what suosided, Air. Webster proceeded to deliver the oration ot the day. To say that it was re plete with those patriotic an ’ majestic thoughts, and bold, nervous, and beautiful expressions to which no one cm give utterance with greater force and originality, is but to say v. hit every one expected of the distinguished orator. The exordium was beautilul, und many of the intermediate portions, as well as the con clusion of th oration, were loudly applauded ; and the honorab.e Secretary received the con- L’ratuladons of his friends immediately around him. We withhold ’he publication of ’he oration, at the request ot Mr. Webster, whj wishes it to un dergo his revision. BKMEDICTION AND SALUTE. A benediction was pronounced by ihe Rev. Mr. Hili. A salute of thirty-one guns was then fired, and, amid these deafening intonations, was heard the music oi the bands blended in remark able contrast. THE CLOSE. The military and ihe civic associations hurried ly formed in line, and, together with the assem bled thousands, left the .-cene which had been o them si attractive and productive of such patriotic emotion. Tne visiting military were subsequently enter tained at tiie National Hotel by the three volun teer companies us this city. 1 he visiting Temperance order partook of the hospitalities of their brethern of this city at ihe E street Temperance Hall. The best possible order was preserved through out the dav, and this may be attributed to the admirable arrangements of the Al irshal of the 1 hstrict of Columbia. We heard of no accident nor unpleasant proceedings to mar, in the least, the occurrences of the day, w hich must be long remembered as one of historic interest. At night there was a grand display of fireworks on the mall south of the President’s House, which was witnessed by thousands of our citi zens and visitors from abroad. ORATION OF MR. WEBSTER, DELIVERED JULY 4, 1831. At the Capitol, on the cccrhloii <'f Lny ing the Corner-stone of the Extension qf the Capitol. Fellow Citizens:—l congratulate you, I give you joy, on tne reiurn cf this Anniversa ry ; and felicitate you. also, on the more par ricul «r purpose of which this ever-mpmorable day has been chosen to wi ness ihe fulfilment. Hail! all hail! I see before and around me a mass of faces, glowing with cheerfu'ness and patriotic pride. 1 see thousands of eyes, turn ed towards other eyes, all sparkling with grati fication and delight. This is the !\ew World .' This b America! And this is Washington, the Capital of the United Sia.es! And where else, among the Nations, can the seat of gov ernment be eurroun led, on any day of any year, oy those who have more reaaon to re joice in ’he blesrings which tney pos ess ? No wh»-re, fellow c.tizens; assuredly, n where. Let us, then, meet this rising sun with joy and thanksgiving! This is tha* day of the year which announced to mankind the great fact of American inde pendence This and brilliant morning blesses our vision with another beholding ol the Birthday of our Nation; and we see that nation, of recent ort.in, now among the mos considerable and powerful, and spreading over the con inent, from sea to sea. Among the first culonists from Europe to this part of America, there were some, doubt less who contemplated the distant conspq len <*es of their undertaking, and who saw a great futurity; but, in general, their hop s were litui ed to ihe enjoyment t fa s.fj asylum from tyranny, religious and civil, and to respectable subristence, by industry and toil, A '.hick veil hid our times from iheir view. But tne pro gressof America, however -low, could not bu* at length awaken genius, and attract th- atten tion of mankind. In the early part of the next century, Bishop Barkely, who it will be remembered had re«i ded for some lime in N ?woort, in Rhode Lland, wrote hrs woJ known ‘ Verses on the Prospect of planting A»is and Learning in America.’' The last alarm of his ii’tl-j i’o; m se**ms to have been produced by a high poetical inspira tion : “Westward the course of empire takes its way ; The fo.n first acts already pas’, A hfih shill the drum wrh the day ; Time’s imbleal offspring is the last.” This extraordinary prophecy may be consid ered only as the result of long foresigh: and uncummon sagacity ; of a foresight and saga city stimulated, nevertheless, by excited feeling and high enthusiasm So clear a vision of what America wou’d become was not founded on square miles, cron exis’ii.g numbers, oro>» any vulgar tews of statistics. It w:» • tire gl.luee «nu» f waaa gr ind cepttoi>; strong, ardent g'owing, embracing all time since the creation of the world, and all regions of wh ch that world is coir posed ; ami judging of ihe fu'nre by ju-t analogy with the pasi. And the inimita le imagery and beauty with which the tf'oiteht ih expressed, joined to the conception itself, render it one o. the most striking passages in our language. On the day of ihe declaration of Indepen dence our illustrious fathers p-rlormad the first actin this dr.ain't—in act, in real ituporian ;e, infinite!? exceeding that fur which me great English poet invoked “A muse of fire, A Kingdom for a afaje, prince* to net, And ui. mr.-hs to be lold the swcl :ng scene!” The 51 use i spiring uur Fathers was the GemuM oi Liberty, all on fire with a sense of oppres-i«»n, and a re oln ion to throw it t If; ih i whole world was the s age, and higher characters thm princes trod it; and instead of monarchs, countries, and nation*, and she age eheld the swelling scene How well the rharac ers were cast and ho w well each acted hi« part, and wt at emo' ons the whoie perform ance ercited, let Ibs.ory, low and hereafter, tell. Ata subsequent period, hut before the de claration ot Independence, the Bis op of St. Azaph published a Discourse, in winch the following remarkable passages are found : “It is difficult for man to look into the deeti ny c f future ages; the designs oi Providence are too and complicated, and our own powers are too narrow to admit of much satis faction to our cunoa ty. But, when we see man's great and powerful causes constantly at wo k we cannot doubt of their producing pro portionab’e elfects. “’fhe colonics in North America have not only taken root and acquired strength, but seem hu9t‘.ning with an acce'erated progress to such a powe’fu'. Stile ai m --y intro luce a meio and im port mt change tn t.umin "ffivs “Descended from u castors of the most im proved and eniigh.ened pari of (h i old world, they receive, as it wue by inheriianca. all the mproveiuen s and discoveries of t?eir moiher couu ry. And it happens lorMinately for them to commence their 11 >uri?hing Stale at a lime when the human understanding has a' amed to the free use of its power*, and has learned to act with vigor and certam.y I’hey may heiDseivts not on'.y of the expen-f c ; and in dustry, but even of ’he errors and mistakes ol former days. Le it be considered for how many a great part of tne world appears not to have thought at all; how many more they have been busied in forming systems and conp c ures, while reason has been lost in a la* ynulh of words, and they never seem to nave suspected on what frivolous matters their minds were employed. “And let it be well uuders ood what rapid improvemen s, what important di-civenes have been made, in a few years, by a lew coun tries, wrh Ot r own at their head, which have a last discovered the right method of using their faculties. “51 iy we not reasonably expert that a num ber of provinces, possessed of advanta ges, and quxkeoed b } mutusl emulation, wrh on.y .he c mmoo progress of the human mind should very conndeiably enlarge the bound* lies of science T Tne vast continent itself, over which they a:e graduilly may bd considered a? a treasure yet untouched <»f natu al produc tions that shall hereafter alford amp e matter f>-coin me cs and cantemp:aii r n And if we reflect what a stock of kouwiedze may he ac cumu'ated by me constant progress of Indus ry and observa ion, led with fresh supplies from the stores ol na*u e, assisted so <>eumes by those happy strokes o‘ cnauce whizh muck ail the powers us intention, end aom?(iu>es by those superior characters whica occasion aiy to instruct and enlighten ihe world, it is uilficul*. even to imagine to wnat height of im provement tneir discoveries m iy extend. “.A nd :h'y may ma ; ce as co'itidfa b e adv mces in the arts J civil govtrnment lheconauct of Ift We have reason to be proud, and even jcaiou-, of our exce.lent con stitution ; but those equiiaMe principles on wnicti it was lor ued, au < qual represents ou ( ha best di»covery of pmiiica’ wisdom,) and a jus. aud comtu jdious d. tribu ion of | ower, wmeh wi.h us w re lu; price us civil wio aud the rewards of me virtues and sulf ri «gs of cur a rices'o s, descend u them as a camral inhen atice w bout tui or paui ’ “ But must th y rest here, as m she rj'irl us human g-n»us ? Can co lics a d lime, tne wi»dim and the tzpericnce us puAic men suggest uu ntw retacdy against thz which vices aud auiot'.iou a c perpetually apt to cats ? 51 iy they nut hope, without pre Buinption, to preserve a greater xeai fur piety and pabhc devotion than we have dune 1 Fur sure i can midi, napueri tu u>e n, as it has to us, cba'. wnea religion is best uuders.ovd aud rendered must pure and reasonable, tnat then snould i>e the precise nine wucu many cease to believe and pracoce it, and all in general become mustinJilfcreut tu it? “ May they not possib.y be more aucceasfu' than their mother country has been in pre serving r»a. reverence and au nority which is dit to the laws ? ’u hose wi.o make, and tu hose wno execute 'hem I May not a munud Le invented oj procuring some lu.e r uble u/ Ike temjurts (J life u those inferior use ul ranks us mtn tjwu se loduslry w are inieu.ed fur t'W Wmle I lime and discipline may d.szcver some means to correct the cr.rcine iity mat dies us btticeen the ncn uno tne su diu~ geruus tu ihe innocence aud hap uf both. i’ney may lor uiia eiy be led cy habit aud cnoice tu desp.se mil luxury which is Con sidered with us me rue enjoyment ot wealth. Tney nr ay h vehtde rehsn fur taat cease!e-e nufly ut amusements wiucn tapursus-J in this cuun ry witnau. p e&sure, ex rcise, ur emp.oy uteui. Aud perhaps, alter some ox our i oh.LXV-NEW SEJtlEts VOL.XV- NO. I so Les and < a,nice- and rejecting tne real, luey rr iy be led by reason and experiment to that | <dd simplicity which first pointed ou’. by Nature, and has produced those models which we s’lll admire in a-ts e'nquence, and man ! tiers. The diver sit oof ww and si'ui | lions, which so many jrw.ng Si'itts must ne- I ccssmUu p'iss through, miy introduce changts in the ftiic opinions and manners oj men which we. cm form no conception of; and not only the gracious disposition Ol' Provi dence but the visible preparation of causes, seems to indicate s’rong tendencies towards u general improvement ” Fellow-citizens, this ' gracious disposition of Providence” an ! this “visible piepara.ioa oi causes” at length brought on the hour for de cirive acticn. Ou iho 4;h of July, 1776. the Representatives of the United States of Ameri ca in Congress assembled, declared that these United Colonies are. and of rGht ougbt to be, FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATZS. I’his declarat on, made by most patriotic at d resolute men, trusting in the justice of their raise ind the protection of Heaven, and yit made not without deep so icitude and anxiety, has now stood for sevenfy five years, and s;ill stands. It was sealed in blood. I has met daggers, an I overcome them ; it has hid enemies, and it has conquered them; it has had detractors, and it has abashed them all; it lai had doub ing friends but it has cleared all doubts away ; and now, to-day, raising its august form higher than "he clouds, twenty millions of people contemplate it with hallowed love, and the world beholds it, and tbe consequences which have followed from it, with profound admiration. This anniversary animates, and gladdens, and unites all American hearts On other days of the year we may be party men, in dulging in controversies, more or less impor lant to the public good ; we may have likes and dislikes, and we may maintain our politi cal differences, often with warm, aid some times with angry feelings. But to dav, we are Americans all; and all nothing but Ameri cans. As the grea* luminary over our heads, dissipating mists and fogs, now cheera the whole hemisphere, so do the associa ions con nee’ed with this dav disperse all cloudy and sullen weather, and all noxious exha’a ions in ihe minds and feelings of true Americans. Every man's heart swells within him ; every man’s port an 1 hearing become somewhat more proud and lofty, as he remember* that seven’y-five years have roled away, and that the great inheritance of liberty is sti I his ; his, uudnmnished and unimpaired ; his in all its original glory ; his t» enjoy; h>s to protect; an l bis to transmit to future generations. Fe low cit zens : Tr is inheritance which we eijoy to day is not only an inheritance of liberty, but of our own peculiar American liberty. L berty has existed in other times, in other countries, and in other firms. There has been a Grecian liberty, bold and power ful, full of spirit, eloquence, and fire; a liberty which produced multitudes of great men, and has ransmitted one immortal name the name of Demos h°nes, to posterity. But .‘till it was a liberty of disconnected States, sometimes uniud indeed, by temporary leagues ana confederacies, but often involved in wars between themselves. The sword of Sparta turned i’s sharpest edge against A'hens, en slaved her, and devastated Greece; and, in her turn, Sparta whs compelled to bend be fore the power ot Thebes. And la' it be ever remembered, especially let the truth sink deep into all American m'nds, that it was the wa.vt of union among her several States which finally gave the mastery of all Greece to i’h hp of Macedon And there his also been a Roman liberty* a proud, amb.t’ us, domineering spirit, pro fessing free and popular pr ncipies in Rome i elf, b it, even in the b st days of the Repub lie, ready to carry slavery and chains into her provinces, and through every country over whi?h her eagles con'd be borne. Who ever heard of liberty in Spain, or Gaul, or Ger many, or Bri ain in the days of Rome ? There was none such. As the. Roman Em pire declined, her provinces, not instructed in the principles of free popular government, one after another decline 1 also, and when R<>m» herself fell in the end, all fell together I have said, gent emen, thi: our inheri ance is an inheritance of American liberty That liberty is charac eristic, p- cu tar, and altogeth er our own. N » hing like it exi*ted m for oner nor was known in the most enlight ened States of antiquity; wlie with us its princip es have become iute woven into the minds of individual men, connec ed with our daily opinions, and o ir daily habits, until it is. if 1 may so say, an element of social as well as of political life; and the conseqience is, that to whatever region an American citizen c irries him tlf, he-takes wi h birr, fully de veloped n his own understanding and expe rience, our American principles and opinions, auu becorm s ready at once, in co operation * i h o nets, to a,>ply them to the lor nation <»( new s. Os his, a most wonder ful instance may be seen in the history of the Sta e of California. (Ju a former occasion I h*ve ventured to remark that. * At is very d ffiual'. to esiab i?h a free conservative Government for the equal ol all the interests of sacety Wnat nae Germany done ; learned Germany, fii ler of ancient lore than a’l the world beside ? What has Laly done ? Wnat have they done who dwell on the epot where C cero I They ti ve not he power of eeif government winch a c >mmon town-meeting, with us, possesses?” ‘Yrs, Isay, that those persons who h*ve gone from o ir town meetings to d g go d in Ca ih»ruia, are more fit to make a R pub'icin Government than any body of me-i in Germany or Italy ; because they have learned :his one great less hi, that there is no securi.y without law, and that under the circa instances in which they are plac<l, where there is no military aulhon y to cut their throa's, there is no sovereign will but ihe will of tie majority; that, th inf ire, if they re main, they must submit to <hat will.’ And this 1 believe to be strictly true. Now, fellow-citizens, if your patience will boll out. I v ill venture, bdiore proceeding to the more appropriate and particular d jties of he day, to stale, in a few words what 1 ake these American political principles in subs ace to be. They consist, as I think, in the first place, in the establishment ot popu ar Gov ernments, on the basis of representation ; for it is plain 'hat a pure democracy, lik; that which exised in soma States of Greece, in which every individual tiad a direct vote in the ei.actmen* ot all laws, cann rt possibly exist in a country of wide ex ent. This rep resentilion is to be made as equal as circum stance! will allow. Now, this principle of popular represen ation. preva I ng either in all ihe branches of Guvenueulß, or in some of tnem, has ex ; B ed in these Bures a’inost from ihe days of the settlemen s at Jamestown and Pymou'h ; borrowed, no doubt, from the ex ample of the popular branch of the BrinMi L g sldtu-e. Tne represiiitation us the people in Pie British House of Cumin ms was, indeed, originally very unequal, aud is yet not equal. Indeed, it may be doubted whether the ap pearance ul Kmghts and Burgesses »S9emUir>g un the summons o the Crown, was no’ in tended at first as an assis.ance and hiipport to the Royal pr=roga'ive, in matters of revenue and ;ai Hoti, rather than as a mode of ascer tairnrg p polar opinion Nevertheless, rep resentatiuc had a pupu ar origin, and 3 av red more and more of the character of that origin as it acquired, by s ow degrees, greater and graater strength, in the actual government of tne country In lac , the constitution of the Houseof Commons was a farm of representa t'on, however unequal; Dumbe/s wer* count eI, and m.j iritiss prevailed; and wh n < ur ancestors, acting upon this examole, in r>- dacetl urre tqjsiity of represents ion, the mea as-u ued a more ra'iurai and distinct shape. At any rate, thia manner of exerc sing popular p<>w r was familiar to our fa hers when*they settled on this continent They ddop ed i ,aui gen-rati'»n Las risen up alter generation, all acknowledzmg it, and becom .ng at qiiiinie-J w. h i « pract co and its forms zkud the next ■ undamenial principle in our system is, that the will of the mammy, fiirly expressed -hruugh the means us representation, ahi i have the force us law ; and His quite ev ident in a country wit .out Tnmnes or Aristo cracies or privileged castes or classes, there can be no other foundarion to stand upon. Aud, as the necessiry reeiili of ihe, the third element is, that the law is lie supreme rue fur .he government us ad. The great sent.me>* t us \ te s, ao baautifu Iy presented to ui oy BrWI am J >n A s, .8 absom'ely indis pensable io the cons me ion and maintenance ol oar polijcal sva ems : ‘ v ' Lat con«titu'es a State ? Not nigh rai?d batt.e<uents or la bore 1 mound, Thies wall or ruoited gate ; Not cities pruu I. with ep rea «od turrets crown’d ; Not bays aud broad a.ru’d p ra, Wlitre, at the storm, rich navies ride; Njl varr’d ao i apinßeJ cou.b, Wucre io«-b ow'd ba<- n as wafts perfume to No —Mtx. hi/h-ru'uiei Msn, (pride. vV t i p-j vers as far ab>ve dull bru ea enJued In O'evi, Drake, or den, Aa be«MU excel c* Id and brambles rude: Men who heir duties Snow. But snow t ieir rights, and, knowing, dare mdn i’rtveijt the long aim'd blow, [ am ; Aud crush tic tyrant while they rend the curia . Th »e coast h «tea State ; Aud Sovereign 1 aw, that State’s collected will, O’er luruud- and globes elate Sts mpr?s-, crowuiig g’od, repressing ill.” And, finally, another most important part of the great tabr'c of American iibir y is, tba here snail be wri.ien cons ituimn-i, founded on the immediate aut only of the people them reives, and regulating and restraining a I the powers conferred upon Government, whe her legislate e. executive, or judic.ai. This, fe'iow cuizeiis I suppose to be a j ist summary of our Amencao principles, and 1 havj on this occasion soug it to express them in the p aiuesi and io tne leweat words Tne summary xav not be entirely exact, b it I hope it io iy oe sufficiently su lu mike manifest to tne rising generati /n among ourae vea, and to h ei-cw iere wno may chuu«e irqrire into the oatare ul uur p nitical ineU utibiu the I seuera tneory upon wuieh Uiay are founded | Au J 1 uow proceed to add, that me s.r nz a«' J deep- elded convic.ion of ad luteihgent P e,s n ~ amongst Us is. that in order to supp' n H u ’ e u ‘ aud wis Government upon tnese principles, tne zenersl .du a ion ut tn j P"'‘ oie,aud riie wide ddfus u . of pure and rue rei giun, are .nd'*p- o,s e . .. laat v rtue i- a part oi pub ic virt ie. 1. i» JHi aa nue p r re(Da m moraii y cull to conceive huw tne e ca i re j iu the ks-aH cease u> e*w. P--»P‘«; »r n .w cu« of the political iMinuiiomi, all the organa of which con.i.t.oly of men. ehould be wise, and be. neficent, ano competent to inspire confidence, if the opposi e quail ies belon> to the indmd dale who constitute those organs, and make up that aggregate. And now, fellow-citizens, I take leave of thia part of the duty which I proposed to perform, and once more felici'a ing you and mvself that our eyes have seen the light of this blessed morning, and (ha: o ir ears hive heard the shouts with which joyous thous-nds welcome is return, and j lining wi h yoi in the hope hat every revolving yearnha’l renew these re joicings to the end <»f time, I proceed to address you, shortly, upon the pnrticu'ar occasion of our assembling here to-day. Fellow citizens, hy the act of Congress of 30. h Seotemher, 1850, provision was made lor the Er ension of the Cipiol, according to such plan a* might he approved y the Presi* den. of the United States, and the necese*rjr sums to be expended under hit direction by such architect as he night appoint. Tais measure was imperatively demanded for the use of the Legislative and Judiciary depart* men s the public libraries, the occisional ac commodati >n of the Chief Ex cuiive Migia irate, and for other objects. No act of Con gress incurring a large expenditure has re ceived more general approbation Irorn the people. The Pro idem has proceeded to execute this law. He his aopruved a plan; he has appointed an architect; and ail mings are now ready for the commencement of the work. The Anniversary of Na*ional Independence appeared to ffbrd an auspicious occasion for laving the fbun lation-»tone of the add lienal building The ceremony ms now been per formed by the President himself, in the pies ence and vise of t lis multitude. He has thought that ths day and the occasion made a united and imperative call for some short address to the people here assembled; and it is athis request that I hive appeared before you to perform that pari of me duty wh.ch w<is deemed incumbent on us. B ineaih the stone is defosite.l, among other things, a list of which will be published, the silo wing brief account of the proceedings of this day, in my handwriting: “ On the morning of the first day of ’he Seventy sixth ye ir of the l.idepe-ideace of to-j Uui e J S ates of America, in the City of Washiugton, being (he ■1 h day of July, 1831, thia stone, designed as tbs corner-stone of theex'ension of the Uiptu) l , accord ing to a pion approved by the Presi lent, in pursu ance ol an act of Congress w. s laid by Millard P.llmore, President of the United States, assisted by the Grand Master of the Masonic Loigev, in the pr.senceol miny members of Congress of officers of the Executive and Jadtcisry Departments, Na tional, Slate, and District, of liners <>i the army and navy, the Corporate authorises ot this and neigh boring cities, m tny associations, civil and mili ary and masonic. oifi:ers of the Smithsonian Insiditioa a.id National ln?titu’e, profess/rs of colleges and (ea'hersof schools of ihe District, with tueir stu dents and pupils, and a vast cone >urse ot peop • from places near and rem He, mcludug a few sur viving gentlemen who witnessed the laying of the corner- s tone of the Capitol by President Washing ton, on the eighteenth diy ot September, seventeen hundred and nine’. /-three. “ If, therefore, it shill he hereafter the will of God that this s’ricture shall Gil from its t»ise, limits foundations be upturn id, arid this deportee brought to the eye® of men. be it then known that on this day ths Union of the United States of America stands firm, that their Constitution still exists unim paired, and with all its original usefulue s an I glo« y; growing every day stronger and stronger in tbe af fections of the greit body of the Am ruin pe >pb, ati‘l attracting more and more he a loi’r.i 100 of the world And all here assembled whe her belonging to public I f: or to private lift, wi;h hearts devo itiy thankful to Almighty God for the pre ervatiun of the liberty and happiness of the country, unite in sincere and fervent prayers thitthis deposite, and the wails and arches, the domes and tower', the columns and entablatures now to oe erected over it m.y endure forever! u Gad ease ths United S'a'esof ‘•DxNISL AKBHTS3, “ Secretary of State of the United Stales.” Fellow citizens: Fifty-eightyearsago Wash ington stood on ■ his spot to execute a iwy bl>*e that which has now been performed. Ha trien h’d the corner-stone of the original Capi tol. Ifowasatfhe head of ttie G /Vernment, -ri that time weak in resources, burdened with debt, just struggling into pe'it cal existence and respectability, aud agitated by the heaving waves which were overturning European thrones. But even then, in many important respects, the Government w w strong- It was strong in Washing on’s own great character; it was strong in tne wiwdu u an I patriotism of other eminent public men, his p-mucal asso ciates and fellow laborers; and it was strong in theaffec.ionsof the people. Since that time astonishing changes have been wrought in the condition and prospects •>f the American Peoofo; ««»<• « .degree of progress witnes-ed with wh c i *he world can furnish no parallel. As we review the c urse of thiu progress, wonder a-il amazement arrest our attention at every strp The pres ent occa-ion, a! hough allowing of nolengthen ed remarks, may yet perhaps admit us a short co npara ives aiemeni between unporiant sub jects of national interest as they existed at that day and as they now exnt. 1 have adopted for (his, pii’puae the tabular f>r n of statement, as being the most brief aud the mustaccura e. CuMPARxriVE TRB.K |VMr 7H | Year ic5L Nuiub?r of curies, lb 31 Representatives and Sena tors in Congress 13 295 P.j- triali io of the U. btates 3,923 3J- 23,267,4'*8 Pop'tla'ion cf Itos’on, d 136,871 P pulati n rs Btliimore •• 13.5U1 169 Population of Pniladtl hia, 42n '.(i 4U'.O4j P p'llaiicnofN. Y rk(ci v) 33,12 513 507 Pop daticn of vVa-il.iivion • 49 t'7 > Popiria’icn of •• 4 (W 2', 582 P.ipulatio i of Charleston,.. 16,359 42,983 Amo mt of r»*ce pis 'nlo the Tr. arnry, $ >,720.624 *4 3 7 71,643 Aidou t ot expen liturea of t e Uritfd Sta-es, 75]9 5 7 3935 5 269 Amount of imports, 31 Ud ,0 0 178 138 3?9 Amount of exports.. 26,109,009 15ib9r>,720 Amount of r aof me Uni’eri la e• in Fq isre mi'es, 80S 4>i 3,314 365 Rani and fil-i »l ihe army 5,1.0. 1U,(?‘O Militia (enrolled) | 2,006,436 Navy of (tie United Stat p, (vessels) ( one) , 76 Navy armament (ordnance) 2,012 Treaties and conventions wi ll foreign p iwers,. •• • 9 9) 1 ; ghi houses & liriit boaty, 12 37 2 Expenditures for do., i 12 0-j 529,265 Area of the first Capitol building, (m are feet)- •• 14 641 Area of the present Caprol, including eitena 4 j acre*. Linear f railroads, in miles, 8 500 Liom of (eleg'af h do., 100 Number of post olfi-jes,.-• • 2U9 21,551 Number milesuf po,t route 5,b42 178,762 Amount ol revenue 'rum p' si offi e-,.. 104,717 45,592,971 Amount of expenditures ol Fostf’flice f’apartment•• 72,040 5,212 953 Nt.mberol miles mail trans po'tation, 46,541.423 Number oi colle'es, ••••• • 19 12l Pu'die libraries 35 694 Volumes in do , 75 (0U 2,201,6 >2 Scbod libraries,••• IUuO3 Volumes in do., \fOU.OOO In resp-c: to the gruwtn ol vVestern trade and commerce, I extract a few sen encus from a very vuluable address before «be Historical Society of Ohio, by WiLiam D. Gallagher, Esq , 1850: u A few facts will exhibit as well as a volume the wonderful growth cf Western tr_.de and commerce, rhe'ioueto the year 180 u, some ciphi or ten keel bears. of twe ity or torenty five Inns each, performed all ‘‘ie carry i q trade between Ctneiti au and Pi its bui/ Li 1802 the fits’. G ivernmeut ves’el ppear ed • . Like Erie. In 1811 he first etc <mboat (ths Orleans) wsi launched at Pitubu g In 1826 (he wateis of Michigan were first p’oug'ied by the keel of a steamboat, a pletsure trip to Green Biy being planned and executed in the Fuminer of ’hit year.— In 1'32 a atearnbeat first appea.ed al <Chicago. Al the {resent tune ihe entire number of-teambosts run ning oi the Mississippi and Ohio, and tneir tributa ries, is more probably over thin under rix hundred; l.ie a/gregaie tonnage of winch is mt sho.t ol one hundred an i forty thousand -a larger number of s edOriiJutß than England can claim, and a grea’er s'eam commerc’al marine than that imjliyed by Ureal Britain and her dependencies.” And now, fel'ow citizens, having .!at<>d to you this total ihle proof of tne growth and pioaperi y of toe nati n, l aak you, and I would a-k every nun, whether the Government which ha- been over us ha. proved h-elf ar, alii c ion or a cu'se to the country, or any part <>t il l Yemen of the Ciouth. of ait toe orgi r al S luiliern States, what say you to at thia f Are you, or an/ of you a-hame I ot this g.eat wora of y our lathera? Your father, were not hey whustonad tne prophets and Killed them. Tney were among the prophets; hey wore of toe prophe a | hey were iheunelrea the pro phets Ye men of Virginia, what do you say to all thief Yu men ol the Pomin.". dwelt ngafong the shores ol that r v r -.here rt AsHiaoroM lived, and where he died, ai.d where tils re main, now real! Ye eo m.uy <>• whom may re- the domes of tr.e Cip.tvl root your own homes— v at do you say T Ya men ot James river and the Bay, ptaeea cou.ecrmed Oy the eariy re demerit ot your commonweal h, what do you ray 1 Do you desire, from t e soil ol your 8a e. or as you travel to the Aior.h to see the« na Is vacated, their beau y amt ornaments d-stroyed, and tneir ta loual u.-efulne-s clean gore fore.-r J i.; met, beyond ihe B ue Radge, many thoa -an a of wb*»m are nearer to this Capnol than m the sea' cf Government of ynur own rft.te, what du you itnuK of breaai g thw great a«ao ciation tuto Iragmenta of S a e. and ol People 1 know some of you. aud I believe you • , would be almost as miicu .hocked a 1 e “ ' nouncemeiK of such> a «« • f >e ( were to ue tnformed ». - , n n -outd soon tooer ftCC „ py , h « oi We lero . lQ (he ,iope Pom coui-e do you propose to al “ py’disuuion I 1 you “secede” j /you “recede ” from, Mild Aha', du you I ' tu 1 Di you luuk for me current I ofut >w lo endtime, nud tu bniu you and yur n.tmics lu tne tide waaisol East era rive < VVlixl U.Su ill ttis secites cau »uppoM ,B . ‘ wni reiuaiu part &nd puree) ul Vir- giu ion tiake* Virgin a ->nou.d navecea»ed ,o t ♦ I. aud parce« ui the Ucl fed dlilStt I . * eCc&ai Ja. bf V rg:U ai tne »tCeeßiuli cf V , a, w:.e her aaiue ur in company, is in . iprooibie, Uie grta t‘i ufaii lUiprcLaod- Cunriiukxl uu ucU