... INDEPENDENCE DAY. On the Fourth of July I had the opportunity of witnessing the manner in which the citizens of New York celebrate the anniversary of American Independence. During the night of the Third and the whole of the Fourth, there was continuous ...

... RAMBLES THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA, IK 1819, 1850, and 1851 CHAP. X. NEW YORK.—THE WEATHER —INDEPENDENCE DAY. —THE CHURCHES —THE THEATRES—THE CROTON WATER WORKS.-THE DAGUERREOTYPE.-THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. ...