Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-07-16

ever beheid. Tho wide street. through which. for
hours, the tide OF human beings had been rushing sea
~ with thu heavy sound and motion OF strong current
was at Length filed, and damned up completely far
the eye could reach. Windows up 10 the fourth story
nay, the house tops. aud the roofs OF tue churches
ana ali tho public buildings were crowded. They were
wcu-hehavcd folk, AMI waited patiently till a ucop OF
horse rode through the dense sssemby order to
make way Tor the incpal object Of interest whose
rival had already been announced by the cannon The
rcnpcter blew biz blast long aud loui,hc hoo IF the
horses ratified the stones-a pa sage was at length
cleared, only wide enough for tao three horsenen
abreast The President I'D lie much abused; his face
form, aud health had been cacaturrd and nsi eprcsen,
eh' lie had been termed feeble, si,kly, dying old
man. an' hy some, an 'old womln," suffering under
'he weaStes OF and inbe, 'y and incapable oil
'ng ior himself The excitement at this moment was
ally intense, and it hot allayed by which New
tom lip to lip that, in crossing from fort little
the bay to the main land, the bridge had given way and
also covered arch. bearing scores OF people. single
moment aer the President had passed from beneath it
All the grea men iii company with HIM had been preci-
plated, with numbers OF others, the water--and in
tie confusion OF the moment, said that many were
dangerously wounded-tha some were killed and that
the escape OF the Presi lent cuous. Presently
my ears were stunned with the bus, of voices which am
nonnced that the crowd bad caught sight OF him. The
waving Of hats and handkerccfs grew nearer ill amid
,he 'nou ands beneath me that rocked aud heaved like
'umultuous sea- saw group officers richly dressed
ana among them, and distinguished by the simplicity OF
ms aue-hy his TALL commanding form and dgnilied de-
meanorhis bare venerable he calm expression of
face, the Pre.,d mt himscu rnountcd-rening his
morse with the air OF an accomplished rider aud waving
ms MAJ continually, and bowling 10 the thousands and
Thousands who above, below and all around were greet
ng ms course with huue in cheers. DO you
Der passage in Shakespeare exactly applicable to this!
"Nouncd upon lao, and dory stood
Which his aspiring rider seemed u know
With slow hut stately pace KEEP, on his course
You would have though. tho very windows sPako,
Through S lated s' '%s ' Gs. Ga oy.
vpo . his vis9soi and that all tho waits,
.yesa preserve thee Welcome, Be- G inssloser
he from lido toth
Ba Io,s, cwOr 'haa hi. proud .eed's neck,
A@J S nSm s o.r nu than" s yoS
mere as realty III ln's sight good ell of tho moral
sublime. Ctncinnaius tom his plough could scarcely
appear mere unassuniGg tsn this great his plain
blOck dress.
The city is al ia excl emen en- his "a well as on one
or Two othsr sutjccis balloon has gone up cnd
Indian chief. with his aud p ophe,, Of The tribe
whic have be ea 'eceny .ered hy The government
are also IN town. Tie Vice President, Mr. Van HUI Ell,
also soloifner- and some ct the Secretaries OF tie
Oepa 'men,s AID yesterday ran against gcnilem.n
nhom' upon nearer we =, recognized Washington
iiv'ng--dud the deuce knows what there is To Ter
neni he population. Nhs did old mother Tiollope
mean by saying iha the Americans had no enthusiasm
why, they finder They burn spontaneously Eight or
ten Thousand OF them assembled yesterday the Battery
to see balloon ascend great friend TO bli!oons-
'hey are so elegant aud airy, and careless like fine gen
tensm, or poet, beRe butterfly They tell
ODD iings OF these inflated machines, too. You have
heard oi he grondut who assembled with his dog. The
P'rach"te was overturned at an indie finite height aud
Dom were precIpiiated Chat scarcely the word-0uer-
seq INTO Tie air. The fell whirlcd about for
long time by conflicting If wind aud after hav
ing been abandoned his fate for three or four hours
ne heard ms hile dog somewhere him barking in
the air! Ii had not This story actually printed
should scarcely believe it, lie New York man is bold
leiow-hc goes up really in magnicen, style. The in
ii'on takes place III tort, (ow converted into pub
lie ice cream g"iden the shore Of the bay Tie place
itseiis generally ilcd aud also the surrounding stream
Walk streets &c with boats. pedestrians, carriages,
all the ct ceeras Imagine delicious, sunshiny croon
"a soft Italian ar-d heaven with scarcely cioud-alI
blue and lransparen-the thronging thousands waiting
y "A lie hA
ana borne of rapidly 10y the light breeze, till it is lost
The sky fiesonty the huge glObc brown silk looms up
above the edges Of the wall with a beautiful motion
swinging, floating, and displaying all the aspiring impulses
earth.
The arrangements within are at length competcd.-
he huge mass rises slowly clear AID the air
The car, with its adventurous pilot greeted with mu
utudinOus cheers, oil thry float upward and AWAY
upon the gale-lags waving-huzzas ming ing-canpon
hing-horses prancing-and the lonely vessel smoothly
gliding into the blue and high distance till fades TO
speck Among the spectators of this were Black
Hawk and his party These Indians great curoslties
10 me. Nothing makes me more skingIy realize that
am in Anorica-that broad rolls between you
ahd me- lie savdges who inies the frontiers OF tie
pubic have no idea at the whites comprise than
BANDIT" oil men, and fancy they may be conquered by
perseverance. Several them were conducted OH tour
through the country years since, and OF
were asion'shcd On going back their people, they
detailed the wonders they had sen; but such nonsroms
stories gained no credit they Tor the
Jecs OF dlcue and persecution, ill at length, in self.
defence, they recanted. 1t is tie desire OF the govern
mcn' WaI ue present cine! may and Judge for him
sell OF the extent OF the peol with whom they presume
to
The President aso on he ground at the hour for
The ascension the balloon lie was as before ever
greeted with accsmaiiOns, aud the vet m
OF reports One paper says ga ,iosy has very
curcnt, that President Jackson int, nds uniting himself
TO very amiable AMI accomplished lady in onne ciicut
ana that The nupias be- ccc braie during his pre-
sent visit W presume tie story. like nsuy similar re-
ports, Is without he least CuGdalICn in truth" hnoher
announces, That "amOng OF tokens re,pect which
VIII be shown TO The Presidcn and Vice PresIde db,
IRE thousand oil the iares of the fir, unmarried and
young, elegantly dressed IN whe, VIII ioiu in preces-
son to meet and greet them their arrival In Lowell
III the State OF Massachusetts"
Here Is specimen OF the cnlhusiasm with which his
words are Observed and reported one OF the news.
papers:
when the President appeared the balcony of the
cy-haii, ana witnessed tie countless muitudes of we'll
dressed orderly cZen' who had assembled TO do honor
10 the INST magistrate OF the republic testify the re-
vcrehcr and affection 80 well due TO the public services and
The individual character OF the ncunben-when he heard
the long rolling huneIs of their enthusiastic cheering
he felt that was TO their noble happy institutions that
this people doing honor and we're thus eiyiae -
most sincere OF all pledges OF their endearing
TO and worLhiness Of sucl high sdvan "chnen'
ness OF self, and his sngIsss1sscc1Y hisIorgeuuI-
s'beveF stfikingIy displayed than in the,
scious remark which tell from his lips as the
scene presented itseli before him. Turning
1nIith qnverng lip, but brighten
Ise'S alt bs life time, lie could think only OF his
.ESItry and its welfare"
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