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my to acknowledge on this occroion the worth and efficient efforts of that association. The remaining efforts to complete the construction of this edifice had another source. Garlands of grace and ele gance were destined to crown a work which had had its origin in manly patriotism. The winning power of o the sex," addressed itself to the public, and all that was needed to carry this edifice to its proposed height, and to give it finish, was promptly supplied. The mothers and daughters of the land have con tributed largely to whatever there may be of elegance and beauty in the structure itself, or of utility, or of public gratification in its accomplishment. Of those with whom the plan of erecting this monument originated, many ate living and are now present; but alas! there are others who have themselves be come subjects of monumental inscription. William Tudor, a distinguished scholar, and able writer, a most amiable man—allied by birth and sentiment to the patriots of the revolution, died in public service abroad, and now lieu buried in a foreign land. William Sullivan, a name fragrant with revolu tionary service and public merit; a man w.•ho con centrated in himself, to a great degree, the confidence of this whole community ; one who was always most loved where best known ; he, too, has been gathered to his fathers. And, last, George Blake, a lawyer of learning and eloquence; a man of wit and of talent ; of social qualities the most agreea ble and fascinating; of gifts which enabled hint to exercise large sway over pubic bodies—has closed his human career. I have, thus far, spoken only of those who have ceased to be among the living; but a long life, now drawing towards its close—always characterized by acts of public munificence and public spirit—forming a character sanctified by pub lic regard and private atfection--may confer, even on the living, the proper immunity of the dead, and be the just subject of honorable meditation and warm commendation. Among the early projectors of this structure, none were more zealous, none snore efficient than Thomas 11. Perkins. (Cheers.) It was beneath his ever hospitable roof that those I have mentioned as among the dead, and those now living, were called together to take the first step to wards the erection of this monument—a venerable man, the friend of us all, whose charities were dis tilled like the dew of heaven. He has fed the hun gry and clothed the naked, and he has given sigltt to the blind. (Applause.) And for such virtue, there is a record on high, which our humble work, and all the language of brass and stone, can furnish only a poor and distant imitation. (Applause.)— Not amongst the immediate progenitors of the work, but one of its early friends and the first Pre sident of the Corporation, was the then Governor of the Commonwealth, General Brookes, who had been here on the 17th June, 1775, and afterwards distinguished by honorable services of the Revolu tionary war, and who was throughout Isis whole life, a soldier without fear, a man without reproach.— (Loud applause.) I know well, that in thus allu ding to the dead, I cause many tears to flow from recollections of bereavements too recent to be sup pressed ; but suds honorable mention is due to their public and private virtues, and especially on this oc casion, for their zeal and efforts in the accomplish ment of the the purpose which has now reached its fulfilment. Time and nature have had their course in dimin ishing the number of those who were here at the celebration of the laying the comer-stone of the Monument 18 years ago, and most of the revolu tionary characters hove joined the congregation of the dead. Lafayette sleeps in his native land—yet the name and the blood of Warren are here—the kindred of Putnam, of titarke, of Knowlton, of McLarie are here. And here too, beloved and re spected, as universally as he is known, and now venembie hitnself for hla years, is the son of the gallant, daring, indomitable Prescott, (enthusiastic cheering.) And here too, are some--a scanty band —of those who performed military service on the field on the 17th of June, '7s—(cheering)—all of them now far advanced in age, who partook in she dangers and glory of that memorable. ebuflict— (cheers.) They have outlived all the storms of the Revolution—they have outliyed the evils resulting front the want of a gooasand efficient government in this country—they have outlived the pendency of clangers threatening the public liberty—they have outlived site most of their contemporaries. They have not outlived, they cannot outlive, the ever-abi ding gratitude of their country—(loud and enthu siastic cheering.) Heaven has not allotted to our generation an opportunity of rendering service like theirs and manifesting such devotion as they mani fested in such a cause as theirs ; but it may well be come us to praise actions that we cannot equal—to commemorate what we were not born to perform. (A tremendeous burst of applause. o Pubs/grunt est, hate facere,bene dicere,bene ab secundum est." lei, BUNKER llim. Mov rm., is completed. Here it stands. Fortunate in the natural eminence on which it is placed, higher infinitely in its object and its purpose; behold it rise over the land and over the sea, and visible this moment to 300,000 of the citizens of Massachusetts. There it stands--a memorial of the past—a monitor to the present and to all succeeding generations of men. I have spoken of its purpose. If it had been without any other purpose than as a work of art, the granite of which it is composed, would have continued to sleep on its native bed. But it has a purpose, and that purpose gives it dignity and causes us to look upon it with awe. That purpose it is which eurohea it with a moral grandeur—that pur. pose it is which seems to invest it with the attributes of an august, intellectual personage. It is itself the great Olive. of this occasion. (Tremendous cheering.) It is not from my lips, nor could it be front any human lips that that strain of eloquence is to flow, most competent to stir the emotions of this multitude. The potent speaker stands before you. (The speaker pointed to the majestic pile which rose before him as he spoke, and the vast as semblage broke into a tementleous cheer.) It is a plain shalt ;it bears no inscription, fronting the rising sun, front which the future antiqurian shall he employed to wipe away the dust; nor does the rising sun awaken strains of music on its sum mit; but there it stands, and at the rising of the eittn. and at t h e setting of the out ; the blare of noon-day, and in the milder effulgence of lunar light, there it stands. It looks—it speaks—it acts to the full comprehension of every American mind, and to the awakening of the highest enthusiasm in every true American heart. (Great applause.)— Its silent, but awful utterance—the deep solenutity with which, as we look upon it, it brings before us the 17th of June, 1775, and the consequences remit ting from the events of that day to us, to our coun try, and to the world—consequences which must continue to 7•• • ..Litence on the destinies of man kind to the end of time--surpasses all that the stu dy of the closet, or even the inspiratiott of genius could produce. To-day--to-day it speaks to us.— Its future auditors will be the successive generations of men, as they shall rise up before us and gather round its base, and its speech will be of courage and patriotism—of religion and liberty—of good gov ernment—of the renown of those who have sacrifi ced themselves to the good of their country. In the older world, many fabrics are still in existence, reared by human hands, whose object and history are lost in the darkness of ages. They arc now monutnents of nothing, but the power and skill which constructed them. The mighty pyramid it self, half buried in the sands of Africa, has nothing to bring down and report is us, but the power of Kings and the servitude of the people. If asked for its design, or just object, or its sentiment, for its admonition—for its instruction to mankind—for any great end of its being, it is silent—silent as the mil lions of human beings that lie in the dust at its basis, or the cataconalsi that surround . it. Having thus no just object now known to mankind—though it be raised against the Heavens, it excites no feeling but that of the consummation of power, mingled with strong wonder. But if the present civilization of mankind, founded as it is, on the solid basis of science, or great attainment in art, or in extraordina ry knowledge of nature, and stimulated and perva ded as it is by moral sentiment and the truths of the Christian religion—if this civilization be destined to continue till there come a termination of human be ings on the earth, then the purpose of this monu ment will continue to be on earth till that hour comes. And if, in a dispensation of Providence, the civilization of the world is to be overthrown, and the truths of Christianity obscured by another de luge of barbarism, still the memory of B esti= HILL and the great events with which it is connec ted, will be parts and elements of the knowledge of the last man to whom the light of civilization and christianity shall be extended. (Loud cheers.)-- This celebration is honored by the presence of the CHIEF MAC ISTRATE of the Nation, surrounded by the distinguished individuals who are his constitu tional advisers (cheers.) An occasion so national —so intimately connected with that re volution, out of which the government grew, is surely worthy of this mark of respect and admiration front him, who by the voice of his fellow citizens and the laws of the country, is placed at the head of government. Familiarly acquainted as he is with Yonwrows, where the last great military effort of the 'Revolu tion was performed, he has now had an opportunity of seeing the theatre of the first of these great struggles. He has seen where WARREN fell; where Szanxs, Kx•owLTov. LARIE, and their associates, fought. He has seen the field on which a thousand chosen regular troops of England, were smitten down in the first great contest for liberty, by the arm of the yeomanry of New England—and, with a heart full of American feeling, he comes here to-day, I am sure, to partici pate in as feeling a degree as any individual present, in all the enthusiasm—in all the grateful seebilec tions—which this day and occasion are calculated to create. (Cheering.) His Excellency, the Gov ernor of the Commonwealth is also present ; nor is it to be doubted that ho too enters with a glow of enthusiastic feeling into on occasion intended to celebrate an event so highly honorable to the people of that Commonwealth over which it is his good fortune to be called to preside. (Cheers.) Ban ners and flags, processions and badges, announce to us that with this multitude have come up thousands of the natives of New England resident in other States. Welcome, welcome, ye of Itindred name and kindred blood ! (Great cheering.) From the broad Savannahs of the south—from the far regions of the west—from the thousands of eastern origin who cultivate the rich and fertile valley of the Genessee and live along the margin of our ocean lakes—from the mountains of Pennsylvania—from the thronged and crowded cities of the coast—wel come--welcome! Wherever else you may be strangers, you are all at home here. (Most enthu siastic cheers—the ladies on the glacis waved their handkerchiefs.) You have a glorious ancestry of liberty—you bring with you names such as are found on the rolls of Lexington, and Concord, and Bun ker Hill. You come More to this shrine of liberty near the family altars where your lips were first taught to lisp the name of God—near the temples of public worship where you received the first lessons of devotion—the halls and colleges where you re ceived your education. You come here, some of you, to be embraced once more by a Revolutionary father—to receive, perhaps, another and a last bled sing, bestowed in love and tears, of an aged mother who has survived thus long to behold and enjoy your prosperity and happiness. If those family re collections—if those tender associations of early life have brought you here, with something of extraor dinary alacrity, and given from you to us and front us to you, something of a peculiar and hearty gree ting, it has extended to every American from every and any spot, who has come up hero this day to tread this sacred field with American feelings, and who respire with pleasure an atmosphere redolent of the sentiments of 1775, (cheers.) In the seventeen millions of happy people who compose our Ameri can community, there is not one man who has not an interest in that structure, just as there is not one who has not a deep and abiding interest in the events which it was designed to commemorate.— The interest, I may say the sublimity of the occa sion, depends entirely on its nationality. It it all-- all American. Its sentiment is comprehensive enough to embrace the whole American tinnily, from North to South, from East to West; and it will stand, I hope, for ever, emblematic of that Union which connects u, together. And wee betide the man who cohtcs up here to•day with sentiments any less than wholly American. (Cheers.) Woe be tide the man who shall venture to stand here with the strife of local jealousies, local feelings, or local enmities burning in his bosom. All our happiness and all our glory depend on our union. (Cheers.) That monument itself, in all that is conunendable in its sentiment and character, depends upon. union.— (Cheers.) I do not know that it would fall if the States were rent asunder by faction or violence. Ido not know that the heaving earth would move it from its base, and that it would actually totter to its fall if dis memberment should be the affliction of our land, and I cannot say that it would mingle its own frog meats with those of a broken Constitution. But in the happening of such events, who is there that could dare to look up to it? Who is there that 1 front beneath such an overwhelming load of morti fication and shame could appreach to behold it ? Who is there that would not expect his eye-balls to be scared by the intensity of its silent reproal— (Great npplause.) For my part, I say, that if it be a misfortune, designed by Providence for me live to see such a time, I will look at it no more—l will avert my eyes from it forever! (Applause.) It is not as a mere military encounter of hostile armies that the battle of Bunker Hill finds its prin cipal claims for commemoration and importance— yet as a new battle, there are circumstances attend ing it of all extonordinary character, and giving to it a peculiar distinction. It was fought upon this eminence, in the neighborhood of yonder city, in the presence of more spectators than there were combatants in the lightmen, and women, and children, drawn from their homes, filling the towers of the churches, covering the roofs of public dwel lings, and all their residences, looking on for tine result of a contest of the consequences of which they had the deepest conviction. The 16th of June, under a bright sun, these fields exhibited nothing but verdure and culture; there was indeed a note of awful prfparation inn Boston,— but here all was peace; and the fields then rich with the loads of the early harvest, told of nothing but tranquility. The morning of tine 17th saw every thing changed. In the night, redoubts had been thrown up by a few mainly men under the direction of Prescott. At the dawn of tine morning, being perceived by the enemy, a cannonade was opened upon them from the floating batteries on the water, and the land on the other side of Charles' river. I suppose it would be difficult in a military point of view, to ascribe any just motive to either peak for that conflict. It probably was not very important for the provincial army to hem inn the British in Boston, by a force a little nearer, when that could probably have been done by a force a little further in the rear. On the other hand, it is quite evident that if the British officers had nothing else in view but dislodge the occupants of Bunker Hill, tine British commanded the waters, the Mystic on tine one aide,' and the Charles river on the other, it was perfectly competent to cut off all communication and reduce Prescott to famine in eight and forty hours. that was not the day for such a sort of calbulation on either side. The truth is, both..parties were i ...nay, unit noxious, and determined to erg the strength of their anus. I'ine pride of the British would not submit that -a redoubt of the rebels, as they were called, should be here, and stand inn their very face s,nd defy them to their teeth. Without calculating the cost, or caring for it, their object was to diStroy the redoubt at once, and create awe by the power of the Royal Army, and take res c nge, as well as attain security. On the other side, Prescott and his gallant followers being fully,persuaded that the time was near when tine existing controversy must break out into open hostilities, they thirsted for tine contest. 'Piney wished to try it, and try it Now ; and that is the secret that placed Prescott there with his troops. [Cheers] I will not attempt to describe what has been no often described better than I can do it. The cannonading from the water —the assaults from the land—tine coolness with which tlic provincial army, if it might be so called, met the charge of the enemy, the valor with which they repulsed it, the second attack, tine second repulse, the burning of Charlestown, and finally the closing scene of the slow retreat of the Militia of New En gland over the Neck, I shall not attempt to describe . but in its consequences the Battle of Bunker Hill stands amongst the most important that ever kin* place between rival States. It was the first great controversy in tine Revolutionury War, and in my judgment, it was only the first blow struck inn the war, but it was tine blow that terminated the issue of that contest. [Cheers.] It certainly did not put nn end to the war; but it j put the country in a state of open hostility; it put tine controversy between them to the arbitration of the sword, and made one thing certain ; that, after Warren fell; after the troops of tine New England States had been able to meet and repulse tine attack of the British regulars, it was certain that peace would never be established between thetwo coun tries, except on tine basis of tine acknowledgment of American independence. When the sun went down, the independence of ' these States was certain. [Cheers.] No event of great military magnitude took place between June, '75 and '76, when independence was formally de clared. It rests, I know, on the most indubitable authority, that, when General Washington, having ' just then received his appointment of Comminute in-Chief of the American army, heard of the bottle of Bunker Hill, and was told that for want of umu nition and other causes, the militia yielded the ground to the English troops, he asked if the militia of New England stood the fire of the British regular troops,--and being told that they did, and reserved their own till the enemy were within eight rods, ainl then discharged it with' fearful effect, he then ex . - claimed—. The liberties of the country are safe !" [Great cheering.] The consequences, then, of the battle of Bunker dill are just of the importance of the American rev olution itself. If there is nothing of value—if there is nothing worthy the regard of mankind in the re volution itself—then there is nothing worthy arc gard in the battle of Bunker Hill, and the conse quences flowing from it. But if the American rev olution be an era in the hi tors of man fa% orable to ' human happiness—if it be nn event which has shed a vast influence on not only thin continent but. this world—then that monument is not raised without cause—then is Bunker Hill nut unworthy a perpet ual memorial. What then is the principle of the American revo lion, and of this system of political government which it has established and conformed ? Now the truth is that the American Revolution was not caused by any instantaneous adoption of a theory of government which had ever before entered into the minds of men, nor the embracing the ideas and sentiments ofliberty, before altogether unknown. On the contrary, it was but the development and application of sentiments and opinions, which had their origin for back in American and English history. The discovery of America, its colonization by the several states of Europe, the history oft' the colonies when the principal of them threw of their allegiance to the State by which they had peen planted, con stituted a train of events among the most important recorded in human annals. These events occupied three hundred years, during which whole period knowledge made steady progress in the old world; so that Europe herself, at the time of the establish ment of the New England States and Virginia, had been greatly changed from that Europe which had commenced the colonization of the continent three hundred years before. And what is most material to my purpose is, that in the first of these centuries the settlement of Virginia and Massachusetts— events occurred especially in England, and some parts of the continent of Europe, which materially changed the whole condition of society. Now we know that after some few attempts in the reign of Henry VII. to plant colonies in America, no effec tive effort was etude for that purpose, either by the crown, or the subjects under its protection, for al most a century.. Without inquiring into the cause of this long de lay, its consequences are sufficiently clear and striking. England, in this lapse of a century, un known to herself; was becoming fit and competent to colonize North Aim ica, and men were training for the purpose, competent to introduce the English name and the Anglo Saxon race into a great portion of this western world. The commercial spirit was encouraged by several laws passed in the reign of Henry VII, and countenance was given also to arts and manufactures in the eastern counties of England; and some not unimportant modifications of the Feu dal System were effected by the power of breaking the entailment of estates. These, and other meas ures at that period, and other causes, produced a new class of society, and caused it to emerge from the bosom of the Feudal System. And this itself; on the community of Europe. Thus was a cons =wird or middle class—a class neither barons nor great landholders on the one side, nor on the other mere retainers of the great barons or the crown ; but a class of industry, of commerce and education, thus produced—a change on the face of Europe. Operative causes were arising and cur land pro duced un effect, which from the accession of Henry VII. to the breaking out oT the civil wars, enabled them to enjoy much More of peace than during the contrt:Kersy of the houses of York and Lancaster. Causes of another description also came into play— the reformation of Luther broke out, kindling up the minds of men afresh, leading to new habits of thought and discussion, and the waking energies of individuals that belbre were wholly unknown even to themselves. The religious controversies of that period •••• • auttstvii, sue in• deed it were easy to prove, if this were the proper occasion, that they changed the state in instances in which they did not change the religion of the state. The spirit of foreign commercial enterprise arid ad- venture followed the revival of commerce. Sir Walter Raleigh and his Associates in the set tlement of Virginia, may be regarded as the first of these causes, as a spirit of adventure and a hope of gain, in the pursuit they occasionally deversitied the dttty of settling the colony, by making eruizes upon the ocean for the purpose of fighting with the Span iards, and so frequent did they cross the ocean, that the time and the difficulties and dangers of naviga tion being considered, they were calculated to excite the deepest surprise at their daring intrepidity. It was other causes whirls moved the settlement of New England. When the. May flower touched our shores she came with no higher hope than for a place of refuge, no love for gold—the prayer which had been uttered on the Sea Coast of Holland, had invoked a blessing upon her. She came like the dove to seek a resting place for the sole of her weary foot. The star that guided her was pure religion—on her deck was erected the altar of the living God, and prayer on the ocean mingled with the sighing winds. If prosperous winds filled her sails and carried them on from, their own loud—if the elements were wrought with fury, or if the tempest should threaten to rend their fragil hark, still it could not change their firm steady resolution to endure all—on shore or on land—living or dying--the arm of God was with them. There ore some differences of opinion in New En gland but they afford only a pleasing variety in the great fatuity. They early felt the necessity of form ing a union of come kind. The Revolution formed new links, and finally the present form of Govern nwnt which sees them with only one country, one constitution, and one destiny. The colonization ditto tropical Colonies afforded an ample subject for meditation. As early as the year UM—just about the period of settling Mas sachusetts—Spain had formally token possession of every foot of ground from Georgia to Cape Horn. The object of her settlers was gold and they search ed for it with a sordid haste touched with malig nant cruelty. Spain dill not proffer sovereignty to her colonies, but maintained it by a military power. As there was no liberty in Spain, Spain could transmit no liberty to America. On the other hand the Colonists were pursuing their course of liberty. In vain descended upon them the images of power, they would not yield, and England only obtained her sway by proffering pro teed°. Englund transplanted liberty to America— Spain transplanted power. The Colonists were ma king way to power by means of christianity and minced°. Spain carried on her dominion by tire and sword—the filmier colonized by industry, and the latter stooped on its colonies like a falcon on his prey, and thousands fell by fire and sword. Tho difference resulting is that here, on this day, at the foot of Bunker Bill, we are assembled to eel bmte the completion of a monument dedicated to freedom, and he could wish that it should be hailed with an universal shout. [Cheering.] Our inheritance woo of liberty—Spain's was of power, commanding, unyielding, military power.— In South Antenna there are only two millions of European origin, while in this country there are seventeen millions. We must inquire what progess has been made by the few republics, which have grown out of the crumbling ruins of Mexico. The republics of South America have shown themselves too much disposed to use absolute power—to use military power too much. Standing untie.: belon g to deg. poisin —they do trot belong to—thoy arr out FI place in a republican form of government. Ploy enforce the civil authority by the military power.— This is a Movement, but it is a retrograde one, tbr it is on ostracism of civil government. With proper regard for time and place, it is but just to say that the difference in condition of North and South America, arises from their political insti tutions. And how broad is the distinction! Sup pose a great .assembly to be convened in South America, we should behold a volcano flaming, but emitting no intellectual light—we ehould behold large bodies of armed men, not freemen come forth of their own free will to one of their festivals, but hired men, ready to awe the multitude into submis sion. There arc places for the rich, and habitation:l for the meanest; there is on episcopal hierarchy, maintained at an immense cost, but there are no schools. Here the fields are verdant and smiling, because they are tilled by our own hands. Our cities are flourishing, for they have no dread of forced loans-- law, order, and security, cover the whole community. Ten thousand youth are poured out from our schools, and we look in vain for any such thing as this, ex cept in those parts of the country settled under the principles of liberty and christianity. [tip to this phase of the oration, Mr. Webster had been speaking upwards of one hour and a half; and the Reporters were obliged to leave in order to take passage on their return home; and it is but pro per and just to add, that the latter half of the report was taken under great disadvantages—the reporter being seated in tlw midst of a bustling crowd, with no convenience whatever for freedom ill writing, with a strong breeze blowing in a direction opposite to that in which he sat, and consequently could not detect every word used. The sentiments are given, if the exact language used is not. There was a great disposition on the part of the committee of arrangements to favor the Hoporters, but their well-intentioncd etrorts failed, because of the badness of the location of their seats. In less than three minutes after Mr. Webster commenced speaking, nearly every reporter had deserted his scat and table, and, hook in hand, was taking his chance amid the crowd.] There never was before in Boston or perhaps in the whole country, a display of so grand a character as this. From all quarters people hart come up to pay a reverence at the shrine of liberty, and to listen to the honorable mention from the lips of the orator of the achievement of those who struggled there, and its tremendous consequences. A sip& idea seemed to reign paramount with all; a single spot seemed alone to possess an interest in their eyes, and toward that spot they thronged m thousands; and ono could not but paw to reflect how deep and abiding must be the love of liberty in the heart, when its expression was given in such a tone of moral grandeur. No accident as we are aware of cast a cloud upon the pleasures of the day, which closed with festivities of a character suited to the joyousness of the occasion. We had the opportunity, shortly before the pro cession fanned, of seeing the bullet which killed General Warren. We believe that it was appro priately reliTred to at the dinner at Fancuil THE HUNTINGDON JOURNAL, 'One country, one constitution, one destiny." cia ua waTiCciD rano Wednesday morning, Tune 28,1843, B. PALMER, Esq. (No. 104 S. Third Street, Philadelphia,)is authoeized to act as Agent for this paper, to procure subscriptions and adver tisements. To Advertisers. Advertisements must be handed in on Tuesday morning before 9 o'clock to insure their insertion in next morning's paper. c ry. The lines of X. arc not altogether without merit, yet some of them arc so defective as to render them inadmissible: Thniker Hill Monument Celebratio In to-day's paper, commencing on the first will be found the proceedings of this grey lion, including the oration of Mr. Wcbst copied front the Philadelphia U. S. Gazette, for which paper two reporters had been sent t 8 witness the Celebration. There were upwards of :30615C0 persons present at this grand jubilee, cCr :Several interesting articles prepared for this week's paper arc crowded out by the proceedings of the Bunker Hill Monument CelebrAion. c 0". We arc informed that on Sato cht night last a most disgraceful assault and battery was commit ted in Williamsburg, in this county. Two Packet "hands" decoyed one of the citizens into an alley and there fell upon him with clubs, and heat him most unmercifully. The assailants, we learn, have been committed to jail, to await there trial in Au gust: (.The Governor has vetoed the bill of the last session, entitled " An Act to authorize the Governor to incorporate the Perm'a. Canal and Railroad Com pany from Philadelphia to Pittsburg." The mes sage has been sent to the Secretary of the Com-. monwealth to be delivered to the next Legislature within three days after their meeting. Death of Mr. Legere. The following ❑nnouncement of the death of Mr. Legere we find in the Boston Evening Bulletin of Tuesday evening of last week. " We regret to announce the death of the Hon. Hugh S. Legere, Attorney General of the United States, and acting Secretary of State, whirls took place in this city this morning at a quarter before six o'clock, at the house of George Ticknor, Esq. in Park street. His death was caused by bilious cholic, of which complaint he has been ill since his arrival in this city on Friday last, on which day ho was present at the reception room of the President, but was not able farther to participate in the festivities of the celebration. Mr. Legere was a resident of Charleston, S. C., he was a gentleman of eminent abilities, thoroughly learned in the law, and an ele gant classical scholar. His death will be a severe loss to the National Cabinet, of which Ile was one of it' brightest ornaments mid most valuable mem- Cancellation of Relief Notes. The Democratic Union says that on the 31st ult. the State Treasurer and Auditor General cancelled an additional stun of $30,000 of the relief issues, ' The following statement shows by what banks they were respectively issued, and the amount each of these institutions has still in circulation : Cancelled May 31. In cireulationl Bello County Bank, $4,900 $10,2824 Manufac. & Mechanics' 4,000 09,200 West Branch Bank, 1,900 10,844 Towanda, 2,000 15,804 Moyameneing, 5,000 49,070 Penn Township, 5,100 88,942 Northampton, 1,1100 29,571 Eric, 25,000 341,979 $50,000 j•The Washingtonians of Hollidaysburg pur- pose celebrating the approaching Anniversary of American Independence in a manner suitable to the occasion. The Executive Committee give notice of the intended celebration, and respectfully invite neighboring societies and all others to attend. Zliness of the Prosident. The Boston Daily lice of Tuesday the 20th inst. says:—" A friend just from the apartment of the President, informs us that he was seized, during the night, with a delirious fever, and that he is unable to rise from his bed this morning. Dr. Warren is in attendance upon him, and lie will receive all the aid that can possibly be rendered. W resume that his illness 11118 been occasioned by and unu sual excitement." New Post Office, A new Post Oflicc has been established at Mary Ann Furnace, in this county—between Coffee Run and Cassvillc—and PenervAL P. DEWEES has been appointed Postmaster. TO TJAA LRS. THE subscriber will sell on reasonable terms, that well known TAN YARD PROPERTY, formerly belonging_ to John Burket, situate near the town of Warriors mai k, Huntingdon county, containing about 4. acres of good meadow land, with a Tan Rouse, a Park Mill, a two story Plastered Dwelling House, a number of VATS, a good well of water, and a good garden thereon. The land is in good tillable order, and the buildings &c in good repair. This property possesses great er advantages in regard to location and con venience than any other propel ty of the kind in the country, and persons wishing to carry on the Tanning Business will do well to call and examine it. The terms will be made known by the sub scriber who lives about one mile and a half from the premises. JOHN SPANOGLE, Jr June 28th 1843.-3 t pd. %:311acfau.n.a1 49 6:5 Evlllas)gs. BY virtue of an order issued out of the Orphans' Court of Huntingdon county, and to me directed, I will expiate to sale, on the premises, on Saturday the 15th DAY OF JULY NEXT, at 2 o'clock P. M., the following described real estate, late the estate (I William In grhm, dec'd, situate in Frack:in township, in said county, viz: About thirty five acres of land, be the same more or less, purchased front **Tel Gray, David Elder, and others, cOmmonly called '• Owl's Hollow," and?liciUncled by lands of Jams Davis, Lyout'Shorb & Co., acd others, together with the machtnet y and fixtures thereon erected, (now in the posses sion of William Curry.) • The terms ot .sule will be cash. c ALSO, BY virtp . bla testatum writ of venditioni ealtonas,lssued out of the Court of Common '.Perry county, and to me directed, rose to sale, by public vendue or out r u the premises, the following described ' rty, seized, taken in execution, and to old as the pi opirty of Thomas Patterson 'inner), on Thursday the 20th day of July ext, at 10 o'clot k, A. M., viz : All that lot of ground situate on the noltherly side of Mulbec ry street in the town of Hollidaysburg, Huntingdon county, front ing on saia street and extending back at right angles to said streei 180 feet to Strawberry Ailey, being lot No. 46 111 the plan of the said Town, thereon erected a two story plas tered dwelling, house. Also, lot No. 3in the old town of the said town of Hollidaysburg, being 60 feet in front on Allegheny street, xti filing back 180 feet to Strawberry Alley. thereon et ected a two story brick tavern house, a large trance stable and bat k builtl logs. Also, lot No. 20 in the said town of HollidaysLurg, fronting 60 feet on lWalnut street, and extending back 180 feet to Cher ry alley, being the lot of ground purchased Icy defendant [Thomas Patterson] by arti cles of agreement, from James Lindsay, ad joining a h t ct John James, and having a two story frame house thereon erected.— Also, a lot or piece of pound situate on the corner of Blair and Montgomery street, in the town of Hollidaysburg, being 55 feet more or less, on each street, being part of lot No.—in said town plot, having thereon erected a large three .story Brick house and a two story frame hi use." fri - The terms of sale will he cash. JOHN SHAVFH, Sh Sheriff's Office, Hunting- / don, June 28, 1893. $ 'Outline Aalr. THE subsctiber will diet , at public sale, hi s entire stock of perssnal property, viz 10 Horses and ewers, 3 new Wagons, several old ones, a large assort menl orsToRE GOODS, Nails, Glass by the box, While lead by the keg, Bar lion, Coal, 800 Double-hit Axes Ln , %. k aaar.:p - allUquzzcza a together with a variety of other articles too tedious to enumerate. (rreSide to commence on Wednesday the sth day of Zuly next, . . . _ at 10 o'clock A. M., and continue until all is sold. Due attendance and a reasonable ere-, clid will be givF.n.l2y._. SAMUEL CALDWELL Elizabeth nage, Frai