Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1824-11-02

address OF the Mayor, which together
with has appropriate answer we expect
to Icy before our readers either TO day
OF tomorrow. Thence be seni 10 the
lodgings prepared for him al tho Wash-
ington Hall in Third street, where he
dined with a party OF about seventy.
10 relate what occurred IN the other
Streets through which he moved, would
be only TO repcat whai we have said as
TO Arch.-Every position from which il
could be seen was crowded with we'll
dressed people. The array of beauty
decorated so as to produce the most pic
turesque and vivid effect, has never
been surpassed in tho United States.
We msy compute that the actors and ga
zers, including strangers, could moi al
together have fallen shortof enc hundred
thousand. Had The choice of the wea-
Their been given 10 s.conmitec oil he
most eegsr expeclsnts of the day, they
would have preferred i, such as il was:
a genial temperature, pure atmosphere
and few clouds occasionally intercept
ting the rays OF the sun and serving as a
defensive canopy for the General and his
grand train OF voterias.
Better order than was universally pre-
served might be deemed impossible. -
Every one seemed to know and keep
bis place, without anxiety or ,nconve-
nience. On 20 side was there the least
contosionsdisordervor pressure, WIN me
host OF al ages and classes. A printing
press threw off, from the ranks OF the
gentlemen Of the type, countless epples
oil The hoe ode writ't'9 for them by James
N. Barker, Esq. ; the yictuallers made
fine display with their accoutrements and
horses.
The mos, dazzling and elaborate part
cs the gala and jubilee remains 10 be
mentioned I've mean the genera llu-
mina,ien, which began about quarter
past SIX IN the evening, and was nearly
by seven. No spectacle of ne
kind SO varied, brilliant and extensive,
had ever been witnessed in this hemis-
phers. Ii drew into the streets large
part OF the popo la.ion. male and temsle,
whom the side pavements were Insnfi-
cicnt TO contain in Chesnu-, Arch, Wall
nut, Second, third and fourth, and who
as they poured themselves along, behay-
cd tosurds each 9TH. 9s,sssf
courteous guests 10 drawing foofn. -
Of all the crowds in which We have uves
ound ourselves, those Of the main streets
hat va VISITED were the least tuhnltaa-
" and irk some. There was no lack Of
,ivacily in their spirits and cvelutions,
sut their uas no jos,ling nor clanor.--
Asansiuiances could distinguish ssch
,gber st ones by the strcsn, OF light from
almost every dwelling. The numerous
riches shane win small lamps; the pub
ic ediic s,--ths Univ ersi,y, the Ma
ionic Hall, Custom House, Coffee
House, &c. were adorned with elegant
These aboun3ed al pri-
fate windows also, and the burden Of
hem was tha Naions Guest, snd bis
adopted father, the father oi the aslion..
Most families used their larcy-.anps,
besides the common lapers; and tioMers
natural and artificial, either arranged in
,labasier urns, or suspended ID ehaplets
and festoons, bore testimony 10 The zeal
and Taste ol the ladies' 81 great many
mansions. Where the greenhouses, at
achcd 10 some, were. emptied of heir
contents 10 ernbeIish the tfents, the !alry
bowers OF which we READ were brought
10 the memory. You saw in the maIo-
Ijty ot instances, the handsome Furni-
tnre OF the parlours, mirrors and pic
lures and silk curtains, reaceiin4 the
rays and mixed hues.
Gencral La Fnye,te. after dining, paid
visits in g private carriage to Mrs. Nor
ris, the respected reIict of Robert Nor.
rjs 10 Mrs Lewis, the relative OF WASH
ingLon, and TO Gen. Cadwaiader. He
was recognized as he aIighted at their
different doors, and frequently as he
rode, and always cheered with the same
sounds that he had heard in The morning.
In the ensemble, the illumination form
ed tribute which he must have c,ntem-
plated with singular comp lacency--in
tins details, he saw his own image so Of
ton radiating with Inscriptions demon
strs,iye OF the most fervid attachment,
that his emotions do not admit of being
specified. The lights were Withdrawn
from the windows, aud oil was silence
and rest about II o'clock. We have
heard Of no accident during any part Of
the day. The streets were alive byo
o'clock in the morning; the booths and
stations along the Frankford road were
occupied at s. Southwark WAS brillisnt.
iy illuminated.
The nunber OF troops paraded, as re.
ported to the Inspector General, was ten
thousand In line two deep, they ex.
tended two miles and a, quarter.
We are informed that the nuhlic cnrr..