The undersigned ventures to put forth this report of Mr.
EVERETT'S Oration, in connection with a condensed account of the
Inauguration of the Dudley Observatory, and the Dedication of
the New State Geological Hall, at Albany,--in the hope that the
demand which has exhausted the newspaper editions, may exhaust
this as speedily as possible; not that he is particularly
tenacious of a reward for his own slight labors, but because he
believes that the extensive circulation of the record of the two
events so interesting and important to the cause of Science will
exercise a beneficial influence upon the public mind. The effort
of the distinguished Statesman who has invested Astronomy with
new beauties, is the latest and one of the most brilliant of
his compositions, and is already wholly out of print, though
scarcely a month has elapsed since the date of its delivery.
The account of the proceedings at Albany during the Ceremonies
of Inauguration is necessarily brief, but accurate, and is
respectfully submitted to the consideration of the reader.
A. MAVERICK.
NEW YORK, _October 1, 1856._