Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1824-09-21

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From the N. Y. Mercantile Advertiser, Aug. IL.
LANDING OF GEN. LA FAYETTE.
Yesterday, at an early hour, the whole
city was in hustle, almost every man,
woman, and child, being engaged in pre-
pairing 10 witness the landing ofour much
respected guest. Between nine and ten
o'clock, there was general shutting up
! OF shops, stores, and counting houses,
and all business was suspended Tor the
day. The ringing Of bells, the roar Of
cannon, and the displsy 81 tho r,asis"-i
flag at all the public places and on board
the shipping, proclaimed that it was a
day Of Joy in which all were anxious to
partake. Before . o'clock, the Battery,
the adjoining wharves, and every place
commanding view Of the passage from
Staten Island, were crowded to excess.
1t was computed that between forty and
fifty Thousand persons, including the
troops, were upon the Battery, which
was filled to Overlooking. This elegan,
promenade, since its enlargement, is sup
posed to be capable ofholding nearly the
whole population ofthe city, but wide
space of a large portion OF the front was
occupied by the brigade of artillery
and other troops. The Castle Garden
and its gallery were alike crowded.
! Between 10 and ! O'Clock, the Steam
/ ship Robert Fulton, manned with about
200 U. S. seamen, and decorated with
the flags Of every nation, sailed for Stat
en- Island. She was followed by the
stear1 boats Chancellor Livingston, Oh
YER Ellsworth, Connecticut, Nautilus,
Bel!ena, and others, all crowded with
passengers, decorated with flags, and en-
Iivened by bands OF music.
The Committee .of arrangements Of
the Corporation, the Generals and other
officers of the U. S. Army, the officers Of
the Navy, the Major Generals aud the
Brigadier Generals OF the Militia, the
President OF the Chamber of Commerce,
the Committee from the Society Of Gin
cinati, proceeded in the Chancellor Llv-
! ingstun, which exhibited only the flags
/ OF the United States and the State of New
/ York.
About o'clock, Gen. La FAYETrE
embarked at Staten Island on board the
Chancellor Livingston. This WAS an
nounced by a salute from Fort La Fay
ellie, and from the Steam ship Robert
Fulton. The procession then moved for
the city, and as they approached, it pre-
sented one Of the most beautiful and In
,eres,ing scenes ever Witnessed. The
Robert Fulton led the van, and was fol-
lowed by the Chancellor Livingston, es-
corted by four other elegant steam boa S,
all decorated in the gaycst manncr-but
wha, added much TO the effect, was the
ship CadmuS, On which the General
came passenger which followed in the
rear, lowed by two steam boats, and
beautifully ornamented with colors, as ii
proud of the service she had performed.
These were followed by myriads Of small
Ter vessels and boats filled with passen-
sers---the whole exhibiting perhaps as
Elegant an aquatic view as was ever dis
|played. Salutes were fired from the
lForls at the Islands as the General pass
ed.
| About Q O'Clock the General landed
at The Battery, where he was received BY
salute from the troops, and the huzzas,
and hearty and long continued cheers OF
the immense throng which had assem-
bled there 10 welcome him to our shores.
Its impossible to describe the enlbusl-
asm Of Joy that was expressed with great
sincerity by the multitudc.-Here the
General bad fair specimen OF the affec-
ton and respect that is feh for him by
every individual 10 the remotest extrem-
lilies of our extended country. The &c
neral was moved by these expressions OF
of atachment,--he bowed almost con-
tinually to the people.
After resting about twenty minutes in
the Castle Garden, he proceeded IN an
! elegant barouchc and four through
Broadway to the City Hall, accompanied
by Gen. Morton, and escorted by the
dragons and troops. The doors, win
| dows, balconies, and even the roofs Of the
houses on this route we're filled with la
dies, all welcoming the General as he
passed, by their smiles and waving their
hsndkerChiets.
Ii was near o'clock before the &C.
neral arrived a, the City Hall, where he
! was received by the Mayor and Common
! Council, and formally welcomed and
congratulated on his safe arrival in the
country which he had so cminently aided
in placing in the happy, free, and pros
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