National Gazette

ELKTON, July 4, 1792.

The memorable anniversary of our independence, was celebrated by a number of the respectable Inhabitants of this town, assembled at the Franklin Inn, where an elegant entertainment was provided for the occasion. During the festivity the following toasts were given under the firing of cannon.

1. The Independence of America
2. The virtuous and firm Patriots who declared our independence.
3. The United States.
4. The President of the United States.
5. The memory of the brave soldiers who sacrificed their lives for our Independence.
6. May the officers and soldiers of the late American army, never feel distress.
7. The National Assembly of France.
8. Permanency to French liberty.
9. De la Fayette.
10. The memory of Mirabeau.
11. The friends of freedom throughout the globe.
12. The agriculture, manufactures and commerce of America.
13. The state of Maryland.
14. The rights of man.
15. The fair daughters of Columbia.

The festive scene was conducted with the utmost decorum and closed in the evening with the exhibition of fire works, displaying a variety of emblematic figures, invented by Mr. John Baptiste Allies, an ingenious French gentleman of this place.