Palmer will have great pleasure in accepting the invitation of the Common Council of the city of New York, to join them on the 14th inst., in celebrating the introduction of the Croton water into the city.

Globe Hotel, 7th October, 1842.

The Engineer and Superintendent, we believe, of the Fairmount Water Works, was prevented by indispensable engagements, from his being present, and thus sent his good wishes ;

,260 CELEBRATION OF THE

Philadelphia, October 4, 1842. GENTLEMEN :

Your kind invitation of Sept. 26, inviting me to join in the celebration of the introduction of the Croton water, has been received.

To meet your Honorable Councils and the gentlemen who have brought your great works to so happy a termination, would be a high source of gratification to me but it so ;

happens that the day named is the one on which the inauguration of our Councils takes place, which circumstance will prevent them, as well as myself, from participating in the enjoyment of seeing a flow of wholesome water passing through your streets equal in magnitude, and more effective in the arrangements and stability of the work, than any other extant.

May the citizens of your great city appreciate and enjoy the health and blessings produced by your spirit of enterprise. With great respect, Your obedient servant, FREDERICK GRAFF. To Messrs. CLARKSON CROLIUS,Jun.,1 E. D. WEST, *> Committee of Invitation. WILLIAM DODGE,

The fourteenth of October arrived, and a more beautiful day never broke upon the earth. A brilliant sun, a sky veiled but not clouded, and a breezy atmosphere were in harmony with the occasion, and with the joyousness of the multitudinous population crowded into the city from all surrounding regions, to witness and share in the grand jubilee.