The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-10-07


mounted, and received the marching salute,
under the command of General Cadwallader,
and expressed great satisfaction with the
appearance and conduct of the troops.-Ihe
General then re-ascended his barouche, and
the order for taking up the line of march
was given. The different societies had form
ed in open order, and extended from the first
arch, in the Nothcrn Liberties. distance
of three miles. The first brigade passed on
between the ranks of the societies; the socl-
cites then fell into their respective places,
the second brigade followed, and the whole
procession was closed by the corpse OF the
New Jersey Cavaliy.-As the General NOV
ed from the ground, the air was rent by ac-
CARNATIONS of the people. The concoursc OF
people from the city to the parade ground,
was immense Thousands and thousands
were on foot--the roads and streets were al
most filled with ladies and gentlemen richly
habited, and aifording most splendid and
most delightful spectacle. There was thro'-
out the whole number of this immense mass
OF people, the utmost order and decorum. a
great number of extra officers had been en-
ployed by the police, but they were unneces
sai'y. A deep, though joyous silence OF ad-
miration prevailed throughout, interrupted
only bv bursts of admration--'The Printers
as he passed, threw into the barouchc from
a Press i'll the road, copies Of abeautiul Odcf
BY James N Baker, Esq. written for the oc-
casion.--Arrivcd at Fourth street, in the
Northern Liberties, the procession passed
under an arch thrown across the street, sup
ported by two lesser arches over the SIDE
walks Over the principal arch were thir-
teen stars. The inscription upon tins arch
was,-"A tation's thanks to Freedoms
Friend" At the corner of Vine and Fourth
streets, stood another splendid triumphal
arch, constructed, apparently, OF massive
hcwn stone. The arch was formed by thir-
teen blocks, each bearing the name Of one OF
the original states, with the name and arms
Of PENNSYLVANIA on the Key Stone. L he mot
to was is follows; ''I'hc Sons of Ercemcn
welcome the Hero who burned to shed his
best blood in the cause of liberty" On
the left OF the base, WAS painted 4 female IL
gurc, with the inscription" Prosperity the
result of Industry" On tic right, the fl
cure of the Genius Of Liberty, with this mot
to-. liberty tire result Of bravery On
the reverse ofthc arch, were the same repre-
sensations, together with the figures "l781"
on the base or column, together with the
names Of Warren, Montgomery, Mercer,
Wooutcr, Dc kalb, Lincoln, Wayne. On
the right, the figures, "1176," with the
names on the column of Hancock, 5. Adams
Franklin Morris, NJ kcan, Sullivan, Putnam
and Hamilton. On the right of the arch
were twenty four beautiful girls Of nearly
equal ages, dressed in white, with garlands
of flowers on their heads, and blossoms III
their hands, which they strcwedin the path
after singing, see the Conquering Hero
comcs.' On the left were twenty-four boys
dressed in black, who were prepared with
an address, but were not permitted to deliY
crit, in consequence OF the arrangements Of
the corporation-On the top of the arch at
the corner OF Fourth and Race sweets, sat a
living eagle.
When the General crossed the city line,
the event was announced by salute from
the John Adams. The crowd now became
immense and the shouts were ten times re-
doubled. The variety of circumstances un-
der which he passed along, tended torcndcr
the whole transaction equally grand and af
fccting-The deep mouthcd cannon roared
their loud and warlikc welcome--thc soul
startling trump brcathcd forth its clear and
martial all-hail--harmonious music tloatcd
along the air--thc gay, the shrill, the rap
turous notes of the fife asccnded alott--thc
drums rolled their accorlant battle sound
the bells "pealed the notes Omnpotcnt to
charm but resonent over every other sound
was heard rcdoublcd and predominant the
wcll-known name OF the object of d nations
rapture, with adcafening power, that caus-
ed our cars to tinglc-llu2za La Fayettc !!
LA Fayettc sprang from the voices OF Il
multitude that rolled on-and on-and on
like wave after wave Of the ocean III numbers
that we shall not presume to namc-l.a
Faycttc beat in every grateful hcart-l.a
Fayctte hung on every lip-la Fayette
burst from every tongue--La fayette glow
ed on every check--I.a Fayctte glistened III
every swimming cyc--I.a Fayette swclled
on every gale.
The procession entered the city i'll the
following order. A cavalcade of one hundred
citizens, mounted. One hundred field and
staff officers, mounted. Sixty cavalry, in the
form of hollow square. A band Of mu
sicians, mounted. A corpse Of one hundred
and sixty cavalry. A detachment of artil-
lery, with four pieces. Il brigade Of iniln-
try, Of near 1000 men, including one or two
companies Of riAcmen, all i'll uniform. The
committee Of arrangements, i'll carriages.
Gen. La Fayettc, accompanied b. his Honor
Judge Peters, in a barouche, with six cream
colored horses, out-riders in livery, mounted
on horses OF the same color-tiov. Shulle
and suite, in barouchc and four brown
horses. Gov Williamson and suite, OF New
Jersey, in a like carriage and brown horses.
The other carriages with distinguished indi-
viduals-- One hundred and fifty revolutions
ry heroes, drawn in three cars Of great mag
| nitude with four horses each trimmed with