The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-10-12

compute ilat the 2cIOrh ana paEeTt, inttu
ding strangers, could not altogether have
fallen short Of one hundred thousand. HID
the choice uf the weather been gfsch IL =
committee al thu uost eager exiretants ef
the day, Il would have been such as IL Has +:
ge0iai Temperance, pure atmosphere,
aud few clouds occasionally intercepiing
the rays of tie SIN, aud serving ~ delrn
sise caaupy iod The Genera! aud his grand
train Of vntarcs.
Better order than was nnt ersally preser
we'd might be deemed impossible. Every
Que seemed Ia know and keep his place,
without anxiety or tlcOaseniencc. On no
side was there the least confusion. disorder
or pressure, With the host OF all ages and
classes. A printing press thew of, from
the ranks of the gentlemen of tho tyre,
countless copies 0f the fine written ode for
! them by James n. Barker, esq The vic
tnallcrs made a fne display with their nc
coutrements and horses.
phe most dazzling and elaborate part Of
the gala aud Jubilee remains TO be mention
ed we mean the general illumination,
which began about n quarter past IN the
evening, aud was nearly complete by -
T Ma spectacle of the kind So varied, brilliant
mud extensive. has ever been witnessed IN
this hemisphere. II drew iionl the streets
Il large pat of the population, male aud
ylemale, HON the side Payernnts were
insufficient 10 contain in Cheannt, Arch,
Walnut, Second Third and Fourth, and
who, ms they pnurcd themselves along,
behaved towards each other like the most
courteous guests ~ drawing room Of
all The crowds in which we have ever found
ourselves, those ofthe main streets that we
visited we're the least 1nmuliuary and irk-
suinr. There wa. no lack Of vlrdCiiy IN
their spirits aud eyolutiens, bat there was
no 1ustlug nor ClamOr. Acqunntancrs
could distinguish each other AT once by the
stream of light from almost every dwelling.
The numerous arches shOne with small ]
lamps the public edifces, The University,
The Masonic Hall, Theatre, Custom Mouse, |
Coffee House, &c.--were adorned with |
elegant transparencles These ahoundcd !
at private window 5, also, and the burden Of |
them was generally the Nations Guest, |
and his adapted father, the father Of the
natlnn. Most families used their fancy !
lanps, besides the common iapers aud |
flowers, natural and artificial, either affan
ged IN alHhnsier urns, ar suspended IN |
chapIrts aud iestoons, bore testimony 10
The zeal and taste Of the ladies' Of great
many mansions. Where the green houses,
attached To some, were emplicd of their
contents To embelIish the fronts, The fairy
bowers Of which we read were brought 10
memory. You saw, III the majority of
the handsome furniture Of the
parlors mirrors and pictures aud silk
rejecting the rays aud mixed
hucs.
Gen Lafayette, after dining paid visits
in private carriage TO Mrs. Morris, the
respected rcIict of Robert Morris, 10 Mrs.
Lewis, The relative OF Washington, and to
AS he alghtcd at the different slOrs,
and frequently rs he rode, aud always
chccrcd with the same sounds that lac had
heard in the morning In the ensemble, 1
the illumination formed tribute which he
must have contemplated with singular
in the details, he saw his
wnimage So often radiating Wihinscrip-
inns dcmonstratRe lOf the most ltryrnt
attachment, that lis omution does not
admit OF heing specified. The lights we're
Withdrawn from the Windows, and ali was
silence and rest about eleven o clock Wc
have heard Of ne accident during any part
of the day. The streets were ailye by six
o'clock IN the morning the booths and sta
tons along the Fiankford road were occu
ped AT seven. Southwark was brilliantly
illuminated
R'here was sprnlliug Of rain about 2
. clock in the evening, just enough to lay
the dust.
The number of loops raradcd, as rcpor
ted to the Inspector General, was ten thou
sand. In line, two deep, they extended two |
miles and a quarter
We ale informed that the 'pubc com |
mlttces have left Gen. Lafayette To dispose
of his own time as he shall please. Their
object is to make him as comfortable as
they can, and TO tins eud II is requisite that
he should be as free from restraint us pos
slbc. L.Nat. Ga.
RcHmonn, October s.--Ihc gentlemen who
went ms deputaliun from Norfolk aud from
this city, san General La fayette in Philadel
phia, and came In The following arrauetmem
rs To the route which General la Fayctte will
pursue III his visit to Virginia lie will en-
bark at Alexandria on Nte l5th isst in the al
tcrnoun, accompanied by the military staff of
the Goveruar, aud will arrive at York Oh the
18th 20 dinner. On the 2lst lle will visit 3Nil-
Iiamsbnrg, and on the 22d he will ride by way
OF Green Spring Ia Jamestown, where he ~ i'll
embark about noon on board steam boat Ter
Norfolk he will remain at Norfolk several
days aud Will go hencc Ia Richmond--from
,irl nd no -. IL II