Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-01-30

throngheui the mulfiiudc. a thousand rer..
have Observed and 'epeateds that, du,me wv !
remalndel q tie day, at the sight Of the F,ea~
flag, bsheId on hlgh, aad then Disappear,
sorrow ard emotion we're demtied in almost -. 81
couateaapce and teas hJwed from almost .v.l
eye. Tbis elroaon VS. rsdonbicd when !
company al Fsench citizens earr,sd s, with ,
steps, this beloved emoIem OF our national .G
ancr. Itwould be diff enl fr nc spectator wv
to forget tas momeiit, oil he aii:@tlg sptcsss
Fifty d.suent Ffenchmrn, brought 70 tbs Con,
try, BY d.Herent slews, des1iaiss ara ctau,,
tie one known TO tire orhcg, surrounding i.
standard Of tl,eir country, e ding themselves N
brothers, remlrr toif, fran lie spontaneous N,
abundant emotions Of their hearts, homage cf,t
fec,ion, de.,toa s. fe,psct Their rnsHarrs a,4
habits hsd neilhef RESEMBLANCE or military an
formity; but from teT positions, then notion
their distance ard their steps, II was easy 10 r.
that many Of them lad martDed with the Byoo.
aud had hesn oonatrd among the Distinguish
dcfeaaeys If her feRSt,y, as 'ile'r comPayps
e betafe he A erican haes, they pIesea,s
tie arms 20 th b7as lthe drum. displayed hi,
colours, ard ssluted i wlIh their csuon asj
wte.t could be perceived weeping eyes rtlran,
ed fixed upon il. j. was at the hou,c of i.
commissioner Of the repa Bic, ard iht1 his ba6,
tat tie company deposited The Gag, tor sh.
proteeti@n il had been organised. On leaving
the ranks 20 receive Il, Citizen Laussa, thu
SPIKE:
8. French Citizens: Il shall re.9er an accom-,
to our government Of the paanouc senrim,nu
With wh ch you t,ave futfied at the distance d
$500 leagues religious duty 10 this standaM
| shall require from your commanded list i
yaur naines, and shall transmit them TO the Nj
Mister Of Marines and tie Colonies, and ycq
may rest assured that they Will bc placed ul,i
t6e eyes cf the first consul" Scarcely had tn.
French coalmssioper eutefed' his dweIii g, when
the eff ess OF the 4mlIu2 walked npon han with
the following address
" We have desired TO render 10 you, and h}
you, TO the French republic, this new homag:;
While We still wear (oontng 10 their ceckadeJ
this eusblem of he transient union which hs. sob.
sisted between u, and Of the attachment We shall
always feel for II"
The scene was very Affecting.
AZ three o'clock the company seated them.
selves at III: teble of gne colon al Prcfett via
gave dinner 70 the commissioners OF the Unita
States, followed by tea parry in the evening.
The Festival WIS splendid. On The dIuner talk
were ninetv two covers I; and there were ftoa
four TO FIVE hubd:ed quests q, suP per. The mda
table acconm odated SIX 3, the remainder wcr
disrGbute at small tebes arranged under TIL:
longer galiaries w'th which Il external commu
nication wascut e while within gltter:d hs
America, Spanish and FeHch colours, whicbir
tcrninged, and falling y. large folds formed fs
most &C. arr drapsry around the walls. Thed.
coratlous Of fhe great table consisted of tiAna%
embeishtd win besusi$ul painting, & su.nout
ed uith temples, rsviihonS & pillars. The poi.
siit ten and 81 ifcan alu5,or, indicated y
raising the American colours over every oIiH
decoration, escased the observation OF I'd enc. i
WIS also rotlccG that nearty all the Amercans
miles Of the city were iav'tei 70 The en!eIish
rent. a number ot the civil and mtIitaty o.
hcers, accompanied thc com nissioners Of the !,
States The Spanish civil and military CITES
SUR unded the commwsi nerS of his CashJIt
posed OF ench, add principally Louisian'am.--
TIE tcasrs commenced after thc first course, ad
continued till The end Of the repast, which WI
prolonged by the firing that followed them.
wee gwen in the following order Tn CSn1
Sfatts ard 5Ttfrrs0a, in Msdeirs. CbdrSHi "a
At ard Jbgw. II Malaga ana Canary; ~
Frtneb Republic 4na Bosapaue, III Red a'
White Cbampasne. Each CT these toa<t' wa
announced by sixty three discharges CT artillery
of which twenty enc were fred from the tort
twenty one from the French battery before tH
prefecture; and twenty one from the French ofS /
L'Argo. After these toasts, given by cI'N
Laussat, the Spanish and American comniSS)
e,s gave the French ComnM mr. md b's fa"g
and The French Can, alssl ,iier hen gave bV
f,iesG6ib ard mdissoln6'e aRiou1 fbr f6m f%;
er5 qobose CommLf.nf,s are prtseat. Addition"
discharges were heard, and Others repeIt
ed on re Colon al Prefea anHuncing as -
1, =. .oo,. no 'TnE E1'ER MAI II APPI NhR l.