Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-12-03

NEW YORK, .NOreni0ef, II, lSSV
Celebration Of the French Rerolutivn.-The rain
having ceased in the course of Thursday night the ce-
LIBERATION, for which such extensive preparations have
been 50 long making took place Yesterday, and the bu-
day, to testify the joy Of its citizens at the resora-
ton OF liberty TO France. The shops were shut, and
the Of trade deserted for the parts of the city
through which the pageant was to pass The color
ed flag displayed early in the morning, with that of
the United States on the various public buildings while
the vessels in the harbor hosted the flags Of their re-
specvc nations. At o'clock the civic part of the pro.
cession began TO form in Canal street, in the midst OF
thousands OF spectators, crowdng the sidewalks and
gazing from the windows. About half past ten every
thing was in order, aud the procession began to
proceeding first down Broadwoyto the Park, thence up
Chatham street and the Bowery to Broome street, thence
down Broome to Broad way, up Broadway Fourth
street, and down Fourth street to Washington Square,
where the exercises Of the day TO be held All
along the different streets through which the
passed. the crowd attracted from various parts of the
city immense and the steps of the DOORS offering
they did convenient post for observation,
thronged with men, women, and children, that il might
almost be said the inmates kept prisoners in their
houses. When the procession began TO enter
Washington Square, the military who closed il yet
opposite to Canal street, marching down Broadway, the
whole route being upwards OF thrcs mil $. Ii was
about half past twelve when the head of the procession
reached the Squares and at two the last platoon of the
military arrived. The crowd surrounding the Square
every side very great, and the whole number of
people within and without the Enclosure, estimated
at not less than thirty thousand As the procession pass
ed copies OF the ode prepared for the occasion,
OIL by the presses, thrown the crowd,
while the tohaccsnss busy in their occupation distr
bued from their platform luxury not less acceptable
many, in the form of neat papers Of tobacco. Among
the most conspicuous objects in the
pageant of the butchers, a large platform supporting a
tat OK OF huge dimensions, decorated with tri-coored
roses, and drawn by four oxen fat, and almost
large as himself The cabinet-makers, with Their SUI
peru specimens of workmanship, attracted good deal
oil atteniion and the motto Of the dyers iipe to dye
and dye to lire afforded no small amusement to the
crowd Several other associations and companies made
a and
which we have not time to enumerate. The fremen
made even finer show than usual with their engines
adorned wi trcoored ribbands tho pipes painted with
spiral tri-coored stripes and the handles Of tho axes
torches, and other Instruments decorated an painted In
the manner: The military closed the procession
in excellent order. The whole the splendid
piece of pageantry of the kind ever witnessed In this
city, with the exception of the Canal celebration.
The procession was gay with tri-colored flags inter-
sperscd among the various banners, and icoored cock
AIDES and badges in the button holes worn by all
in the procession, and by numbers of the spectators
Every whore the national emblem OF the present gov
eminent of France Tri- coored flags stream
ed from the museums, the theatres and other places of
entertainments, the heads of the persons by whom
the roofs were covered to witness the procession Tri
coored turbans rcolored ribbons, coored and
roses seen in profsion at the windows where al
most every pane showed female face.
The exercises of tho day took place stage erect
cd in the centre of the Square Here the address Of
the people of New York to the people of France was
read by Mr. w. NJ Price, Grafton pronounced by s.
l.. Gouverneur, and the Marseiles Hymn and the ode
occasion,
At about o'clock, the Ex- President COL Monroe as
cended the stage, apparently in feeble state of health
supported by the arm OF MIR. Burrows-He remained
about ten minutes, when from debility he compeI
ed to retire. As soon the ceremonies were ended,
the crowd began exercise the propensity which the
phrenoogsts call desructiveness in tearing down the
stage They had in fact commenced the process of di
apidation before by knocking down part of the under
pnning, but the occasion for which il was G.
rccted was over, it almost instantly levelled the
ground and the timbers of which il was composed
strewn about the Square.
The military part the procession did not enter the
square, nor in fact, could they have entered in military
order They took their post the grounds north of
the square, and concluded the ceremonies by repeated
discharges Of artillery and small arms
A. the press was principal instrument in bringio z
about the late events in Fa9ce il receive due dstinc
ton in the arrangements, and the printers toll, the lead
OF the various associations and bodies OF mechanics
bore part In the procession. The folio wing is de-
scripon OF their arrangements for doing honor the
occasion:
The association OF Printers cf the Morning and Even.
inc Journals marched at the head of the procession
bearing large s,andard-,be device CIymer prn ing
press, over which scared, with wdc-e xtendet wings
the American Ege, holding in its falcons the bust of
Frankn; and, in its bsak, the following motto Veritc
sans peur-truth without fear On the right, vas the
godSes of liberty supporting the aeTican ag on The
left. full sized figure Of slave, bound In chains who
hal burstths shackles from arm, and had laid hold
Of the press for emancipation Behind him crown
reversed and the eceptre broker in three pieces an
zion to the late revolution in F ance. Thep followed
two platforms, each drawn by four horses, the fret
having on IT two prntu g-presses, striking off Ode,
written for the occasion, TO the air Of the Marse,iles
flynn, and Distributing them TO the crowd On the
other platform Of the Dew-invented printing
presses, also in operation at intervals throwing off va
rou' publications. On each plat rm were several
printers devils, tssed in lrocks, with
nered ceckrd ha', who received he sh.e'a they
came from the press and threw them out 10 the multi
tud", az they passed along through the streets
fEUening Post.