Delaware journal., 1828-02-08
From the NeaO York american.

VTOUt tHS lfc2O xOTE .771eT1CH7l.
Nerv- Orleans 18th January. 1928.
The packet ship Azea being on the point Of sail
ing, send you couple Of public prints frem which
you may gather insight of some of the proceed
ngs on the 9Th Of this month, day never to be for
gotten In the annals Of OUT country, and which in
this section of our union, would always have been
remembered by every thinking and well regulated
mind with feelings Of gratitude towards the man, by
whose zeal, activity, aud courage most important
service had been rendered to it. Never was there
more complete failure from beginning to end. For
years and years the day had passed by without any
OF those exotick demonstrations ofjoy which on the
present occasion and by dnt OF long chemical pro-
cess of the great political achymsts Of the moment,
had been conjured from their miserable crucbles ;
mass at the Cathedral, an Unattended militia re-
view on the public square, and plck-nck dinners ~
Davis' ballroom would have celebrated its return
This day--ths solemn day-the mighty prepara-
tions for which had been made to resound through
the Union, alas ! has passed by with bitter moft'h-
cation tn the least sangune partisans OF Its great
idol. The Legislature Of this State, who had invi-
ted the veteran to the feast, had forgotten as our
Governor told them in his last message. 90 to make
appropriations for the purposes" and had not a mum
Der Of citizens subscribed certain sum. the old
General would have been obliged to partake of spot
luck, as the saying is. The committee of arrange
Inens had not, for long time. been able to digest
suitable plan for the reception. The masters OF
vessel. who had been asked to form body and join
the ''grand procession met, according to notce
in the papers, to confer on the eypediency Of the
proposed measure. when in the midst of them APP
peared Captain Alfred Hennen, usually not consid-
cred naval man, being we'll known and well res
pected member of the bar and Captain George W.
Morgan, colonel of the first regiment of town mil
tia and sherifof this city, who, with more than us
ual fervour, wished to impress them with sense ot
their bounden duty the occasion.- But the mas
ters did not agree and merely declared they would,
with few exceptons) hoist their colours in commem-
grafton of the day. "as usual" Notwithstanding
this most explicit declaration, they were mentioned
in the "play bllls' as part of the show. Every
thing was managed in the same style and spirit.
About eleven O'Clock, about dozen steamboats,
brought the General his suite, and some OF the mil
itia, down from Livandais' plantation-the steam
boat Pocahontas, with the General on board taking
the lead This was the only impressive, not to say
imposing, sight of the day. In the bow of the Poe
cahontas were dscernabe Fifty square bales OF he
4 Generals own crop of cotton Our militia General
Blanch, although by trade cotton broker, fancied
that Cincnnatus in his retirement had devised some
new plan of Notifications. and two Of the New-k orE
Il delegation, Mr. Saul Alley. and Mr.. Ihsdde's
Phelps, it is sad were quite sangune IN their ex
pectations that it the Generals Intention to rer
ward their zeal in this cause, by dividing the'cen-
sienment botwesn them. But no such thing 1.-The
cotton is to be sold here. The procession of steam
boats moved down to the old battle ground, now II
field of sugar cane. MIR. Montgomery, the present
proprietor Of General Jacksons old head quarters IN
j. front of the field, would no doubt have invited hin,
to the house. had not the whole affair been aparty af
/ fair, and Mr.. Montgomery being an Adamste. So
the General and his friends were suffered to remain
on the leyee where the orators OF the day were
: brought to happy delivery. Mr.. Gryn'es. whose
oratorical talents are undeniabe, never spoke SO
' we'll His speech was short and concise. Major
augustus Davszac, brother-in-law to Mr. Edward
> Livington, had been looking out the whole morning
for the sssun of Austerlitz," to make happy ailu-
sion. But the day remained cloudy. and the Major,
whose facility in drawing upon his memory Ter met
aphors is well known had to substitute some other
j species of patchwork-At last the procession Of
steamboats, returned leaving their precious contents
at MIR. Bernard Dlarigny's, our next would-be
Governor who, whilst member Of the .l Less'aars I
in 1915, opposed most strenuously the vote OF a
sword to Gen, jackson, who failed in his attempt to
obtain through his patron, the Dukc Of Orleans, the