The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-07-25

= itr rose gradually amid, -. q
% aiie spectators, i,,ii rs he .tseena.1
oasiVni fol'ed lis side against the A.. =,
ny "n'ei II WIS whigleJ once ar ,,,s '''"'
ilfnsf. IN fisins over the western -,
the pan roesn, HE car almost cam. !, =
tact WITH one Of the lamp posts II ,""-
cleared THIS obstruction h. Was 'oo
The nstiliiiudes oa4ths battery and H. ny
rounding enInences, who hailed H., cur
the most Ineessant shouts ofapnl,.sa ,h
the basiooD VAS suspended over tb.. A'
netwern the western extremity of' tbo'"
den add the wharf 10 the pb1aa,assaa!|-
steamboats,, il appeared 10 descend I''''
least To remain IN eqnlihrffnns s,,n..., ~
he disengased himself nom the ~ 'D,
IN the hurry iie lost his hat. some !, LUZ
lung 1t away: this however, could na, I''
DISTINCTLY asesrsaIned from the garden -
nc NAHUM inen rose anew with grrs..
grandeur and ELECT. Its course Was m.
best "hicsih could have been, for il v.nt
directly over the whole city of New YorE
rom south To north. The evening was
beanilfulln the extreme, add the v,a5
which had bern pretty high during the az
ternnoa, moderated taa gentle breezp H..
took the direction 10 Long Island. and ~
bout bali an hour after his departure. L..
came invisible 10 the spectators of Cash.
Garden.
The immense numher Of spectators nm,
on this occasion was tiuly asfnni.hi,.,
From the room OF the Saloon in I'm.
den, the Battery presented one Of br Gn.s,
and most diversified sp ctacles which ry.s
could hehnd The whole battcrs was a.
most filed, and presented an ifnnrne.
block of human creatures The miyt,r..
Of females dressed generally in light cnl,,s
and males wita iDnre snn,brs eas,,,n,,
gave il singular appearance. TIE har
Dor around the garden was also crowdrs
with small boats full Of persoua, and tbr
steamboat which was stationed a shor, dis.
tango from the western extremity Of the
garden was literally crowded aud hung A.
round with spectators. The whar,es ana
the rigging in the reighborhood, were IN
the same STATE. There could not ne feve,
than thirty to forty thousand persons out
on that occasion.
Mr.. Robertson landed about two miles
beyond Fewtown, Long Island, about II
o'clock at night, and arrived al Castle Gar.
den few minutes before one.
mcgee.
At the dinner of the Richmond Y.igst
Infantry Blues at BueuANAN's Spring,
Captain William Fiuney, gave the follow
ing toast -:
Old Bachelors; May the Devil &c,
such as the ladies' don't take"
Now without any disposition to dispa-
rage that high, merlorinus and in our d.
pinionl much TO be enscd class Of gentle
men, we must inform Capt. Finney that the
great .4utoerot is not To be pat on with We.
mems leavinss. If we have formed cor
rect estimate Of the dclicaey OF his appt-
lite, he VIII have his :" PICK and thoice" Of
beaux, husbands aud handles, aud will NOT
SETTER himself Ia be fed with such rusty
old garbage as 6 ladies Won't take" VITA
all due Difference 10 Capt Finney roc eau
not help thaking considering HE presen:
depressed state Of matrimonial commerce.
the great glut Of women in The market, and
scarcity of wife dealing fellows) that such
n bachelor as. a woman Nould not take,
the Devil would be ashamed TO receive.
Georgetown .Uetropoltian.