The New York Journal, And Weekly Register

On Tuesday the 14th inst. the adoption of the federal constitution by eleven states, was celebrated in the English school, that is kept in Worcester, under the tuition of Mr. Brown, in the following manner, viz.

A numerous company, composed of the proprietors and parents of the said school, and others, being assembled, the celebration was opened by the delivery of a short, but elegant introduction : after which, an oration was delivered by a member of said school, in a lively, pathetic, and most animating manner, setting forth the liberty, power justice, and happiness of United Columbia-the necessity of, and the happy effects that we may expect to derive from, the federal constitution.

When the United States were mentioned, eleven young misses were discovered to view, so dressed, and so arranged, as to render it difficult for a few moments, for the agreeably surprised audience to determine, whether they were the effects of nature, or art. Columbus, as the discoverer : his Most Christian Majesty, as the ally, and General Washington, as the father and protector of United Columbia- were, by proxies, also exhibited. The school, being mostly dressed in a neat rifle uniform, and wearing federal caps, were lastly discovered in the character of the rising generation ; the whole forming a most pleasing and expressive appearance. The oration being concluded, eleven toasts were drank, those respecting General Washington, and his Most Christian Majesty, were accompanied with a discharge of musquetry and hearty cheers.— Freedom to the Press—Liberty to the World and Happiness to all Mankind, with loud Amens, closed the celebration, which was began with an order, carried on with a propriety, and concluded with a grace, equal to the importance and happy effects, of an early and republican education: