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Yockamenche Vandusen, daughter of the same parents, was born March 26, 1736.

Yacimitia, daughter of Henry Dutcher and Eleanor his wife, born Sept. 15, 1736.

Janaca, daughter of the same parents, born Aug. 3, 1746. But, my fellow townsmen, time hastens to take us up, upon its circuit of another century; and when, upon the course of her flight, she shall, at the close of the next hundred years, sit down the men of that day, here upon this spot of earth, what will they see? Yonder heights of old Tocconuc will stand as now, and overlook these valleys; but whether in all the freshness of their forest garniture, or bleak, despoiled, and leafless, none can tell. Whether the smoke of the colliery, and the sound of the hammer, shall, as now, denote the existence of a cheerful and thrifty population there; or whether those hills will be forsaken, as desolate barrens, we cannot tell.

Our beautiful lakes and streams will then remain, to give variety and beauty to the landscape. But whether they will be then, as they now are, surrounded and bordered by richly cultivated fields, displaying the neat and commodious dwellings of freemen; or whether they will remain only to furnish a pittance of food to an enslaved and cringing population on their shores, none can tell.

The more stately flow of the Housatonuc-the River of the Mountains-will then, as now, be seen, and the sound of its majestic water-fall be heard; but whether its waters will be permitted to run wastefully away, or the populous and busy village shall spring up and flourish there, years must determine.

To the youth and the young men of Salisbury, I put a more important inquiry. At the close of another century, what will be the condition of our religious, literary, and civil institutions, which your fathers have reared and cherished?

I put to you this question, because into your hands they are soon to be committed.

Shall these temples of religious worship, consecrated to the service of the living God, be permitted to moulder into ruins, with no pious hands to build them again? Shall the religion of the Bible, pure and unadulterated by this world's philosophy, be taught in them, then; or shall the advancing spirit of Pantheism and infidelity take its place? Shall sectarian and denominational jealousies palsy the energies, and chill the affections of good men, so that the advances of the common enemy cannot be stayed? I charge you, here, in the presence of your assembled fathers, be faithful to the trust about to be committed to you!

To contribute of your pecuniary means is but a part of your duty in perpetuating your religious privileges. Attend steadily and without excuse the public services of the sanctuary. I would with hesitancy give credit to a young man on his oath, in a court of justice, whom I should find habitually absenting himself from the public worship of God.

That the men of another century will witness here, what our imaginations cannot now anticipate, is certain. Ever since the discovery of printing, and the dawn of the reformation, the march of intellect has been progressive. What shall impede it hereafter? Does not the shining of one light illumine the way to the discovery of others? The laws of mind as well as of matter will be more clearly developed and better understood. Every thing unusual will not, as heretofore, be considered as supernatural and miraculous. The malevolence and strife elicited by the discordant opinions and prejudices of this day, will be considered then, as the infirmities peculiar to a by-gone age. At least this must be true, if the hopes of many a believer in the near approach of a day of millenial peace, shall ever be realized.

My young friends, the days in which we live are portentous of evil to the civil and social institutions which our fathers have established, and of which you, with others, are soon to have the guardianship. Will they withstand the shock of conflicting parties? Can they resist the inroads of demoralizing

principles and actions, which party strife has brought in upon us? A shorter period than another century will reply!

But I am admonished to forbear. My much respected fel low townsmen, another occasion like this will come neither to us nor our children! The reflection need not be one of gloom or regret. A succession of men, like the succession of time, will come and pass along, until the purposes of God, in creation, shall be accomplished!

When the next Centennial commemoration of the event we now celebrate, shall be observed, the proceedings of this day will be repeated, and the examples which we and our children shall furnish, will then be appealed to, in praise or in censure. Our descendants, from the clustering cities of the Mississippi, and may be, from the Oregon of the Pacific Ocean, will some of them, here visit the places of their fathers' sepulture, and search among the fallen monuments and defaced inscriptions, to learn who we were, and what we have been! Our responsibilities are immense! And now, while we take our leave of the first century of our corporate existence, and to-morrow shall have commenced another; ought we not, as we have reviewed the history of our social state, also review the temper and disposition of our hearts? Is there no bitterness, no jealousy, nor evil speaking, which should this day be put out from among us? Can our social condition be worth preserving, unless this be done? Must we and our children be spoiled by faction, and agitated by division? Will you leave to your descendants a legacy of strife? Would to God, this could be made a day of jubilee, on which all former accounts "of envy, hatred, malice, and all uncharitableness," could be canceled for ever!

But I will not indulge in these reflections-others, of a different character, impress me. I see here, many of our old associates, the former inhabitants of our town, and I bid them welcome to their native home again!

My friends, you have not, in your absence, been forgotten by us. More frequently than you suppose, your names have

here been repeated; and we have, by our fire-sides and in our social circles, spoken of you, again and again, with honest pride, as Salisbury men. Upon some of you, fortune has bestowed favors with liberal hand; and bitterness of spirit, under disappointed hopes, may have been the portion of others. But here, on this cheerful occasion, while within the embraces of your common parent-your native town, which knows no distinction in her affection for her children-we invite you to be happy with us, your brethren.

No small purpose of our present meeting has been, that we might take you by the hand, with a heart-felt GOD BLESS YOU. You look about this assembly for the once familiar faces of other friends. You see them not. We point you to their marble monuments! Soon-to-morrow-with "lingering look behind," again, and perhaps for ever, you leave us, for the homes of your later choice. You leave these consecrated walls, where, perhaps, your earliest devotions were paid, and your vows registered, to worship in other temples. And we acknowledge to you, that the duty of us, who remain, will ever be, so to live and act, that the name of your parent town shall never make you ashamed.

Others, very many, there are, of our emigrant friends, whom we had hoped to meet, but do not see among us this day :— they are with us in heart and spirit :-in their fancies and affections they are looking over these hills into the midst of our assembly. In the same affectionate spirit we receive them! In our approaching festive and convivial interview, we will speak of them—we will inquire after them with anxious solicitude we will recall them again to our recollection, and the scenes of former life in which we have participated. And before we separate here, we will unite with our reverend and venerable friend,* who will close the public exercises of this house, in commending them, and all their interests, to the care of our heavenly Father, whose merciful Providence encircles us all.

* Rev. Chauncey Lee, D. D.

At a meeting of the Committee of Arrangements for the Centennial Celebration of the settlement of the Town of Salisbury, holden October 21, 1841,

Voted, That the thanks of this Committee be presented to JOHN M. HOLLEY, Esq. for his Address delivered yesterday, and that a copy of the same be requested for publication.

Attest,

ROGER AVERILL, Clerk.

GENTLEMEN

I place at your disposal the remarks I made at the late Centennial Celebration, feeling that the peculiar interest of the occasion, is all that can make it worth while to preserve them.

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