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lias just discovered more important treasures than all those already found by linn . Very voluminous fragments of the best books of Poiybius and Diodorus
have been found ^ . mong more recent manuscripts of ecclesiastical works . They mention an entire book of Diodorus , containing precious details of the Phoenicians . M . Mayo has also discovered numerous fragments of Menander .
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AMERICA . Bunher Hill Celebration . On the 17 th of June last , the Half Century Celebration of the Battle of Bunker Hill , near Boston , was observed with great eclat . The number of people present is estimated in one newspaper at
One Hundred and Fifty Ihousand . In the procession were General ( so he was called , rather than Marquis , on his late visit to the United States ) La Fayette , who was accompanied by General Lallemand ; and the veteran survivors who
fought afc Bunker Hill , about forty in number . The oldest among them is Col . Clarke , of Lebanon , a veteran of 95 , who commanded a company in the hottest of the battle . He was quite infirm and was attended to Boston by Mr . Wottles , a
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descendant of John Alden who first landed on Plymouth rock . The object of the day was to lay the foundation of a monument to celebrate the Battle . This was done with Masonic ceremonies , nearly 2000 masons being in the procession .
The performances on the ground consisted of a prayer offered by the Bey . Mr . Thaxter , who was Chaplain of Prescott ' s regiment , and the first Chaplain of the Hevolutioary Army . The voice and manner of the Reverend speaker , who is 85 years of age , combined with a glow of
patriotic feeling in the composition of the prayer , rendered it a highly interesting performance . He was heard distinctly by nearly the whole assembly on the ground , which must have consisted of 50 , 000 persons . The following Hymn was then sung by a select choir :
Hymn , By the Rev . Johk Pierpont . Tune— " Old Hundred . " 1 O , is not this a holy spot ! 'Tis the high place of Freedom ' s birth : — God of our fathers \ is it not The holiest spot of all the earth ?
2 Quenched is thy flame onHoreb ' sside : The robber roams o ' er Sinai now ; And those old men , thy seers , abide No more on Zion ' s mournful brow . 3 But on this hill thou , Lord , hast dwelt , Since round its head the war-cloud curled , And wrapped our fathers , where they knelt
In prayer and battle for a world , 4 Here sleeps their dust : ' tis holy ground : And we , the children of the brave , From the four winds are gathered round , To lay our offering on their grave .
5 . Free as the winds around us blow , Free as yon waves below us spread , We rear a pile , that long shall throw Its shadow on their sacred bed . 6 . But on their deeds n <* shade shall fall , While o ' er their couch thy sun shall flame : Thine ear was bowed to hear their
call , And thy right hand shall guard their fame . The Address , by Mr . Webster , came next ; his whole person was exposed to the view of the assembled multitude , and the higher swells of his voice must have extended to th « remotest parts of the
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Intelligence . —Foreign : Russia . America . 757
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The recent death of the Emperor Alexander has given rise to much political speculation . There can be no doubt that the event will alter the aspect , in no inconsiderable degree , of all Europe . As the head of the Holy Alliance ,
the late Autocrat will not be regretted by the people of the several European nations ; but we believe he was at least a politic if not a beneficent ruler of his own subjects . Under him , for the last twenty-nve years , Russia has been making advances in civilization , science and
the arts , and of course in power . Latterly , he seemed to think that he had pushed liberal institutions too far , and withdrew his patronage from Schools for all , and positively discountenanced the Bible Society . His brother Constantine succeeds him . The name of
the new Emperor , given him by Catherine , of odious memory , is ominous for Turkey . He is , we understand , no great favourite in Russia , although he affects great zeal for religion . This change in the Empire will , it is thought and hoped , prove favourable to the Greeks , in their long and lately almost hopeless contest with the Barbarians . A short time will confirm their hopes , or dash them to the ground apparently for ever .
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RUSSIA .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1825, page 757, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2543/page/53/
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