I know I express as the feelings of all when I say we are better Americans for having travelled abroad. American citizenship is a title the proudest might envy, and it confers a distinction of inestimable value on its possessor. Let us assimilate all we can of the art and learning of the world, we freely draw from the treasures of her historic past, but let us always cherish and strengthen those grand principles of liberty, which the Fathers of the Republic fought for, and for the successful working of which we pledge ourselves. May we all take part in many more festivities, and may our children’s children gather in like similar joyous meeting, to celebrate the anniversary of this day, for the blessings God may vouchsafe to our beloved country, glorious and united, under as wise and capable a President, as now resides in the White House at the National Capital. “The President of our great sister Republic, France,” for whom three rousing cheers were given, and the song of the _Marseillaise_ sung in French with great spirit, by Colonel Murphy. “In memory of our dead comrades.” COL. C. J. MURPHY, OF BRUSSELS. THE PRESS, Responded to in a happy manner by Mr. Marshal of the N. Y. Paris Herald, followed by reminiscences of the Mexican War. I will now call on our comrade, Colonel Daniel E. Hungerford, who commanded the 36th Regiment New York Volunteers, and served with great distinction all through the war of the Rebellion. He was the youngest captain in his regiment, the 2nd New York Volunteers, in the Mexican War, and was the officer who first hoisted the American flag over the Castle of Chapultepec. Time will not permit me to mention the many heroic deeds of valour performed by Colonel Hungerford in the Mexican, as well as in the Civil War. Colonel Hungerford, of Rome, Italy, will now address you, which he did in the following words:--