Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1833-06-20

dressed IN mOdeSt pam suit oil black,
with white hat surrounded by weed.
Ills hair very whiie--and in fact his
likeness resembling much the various
prints and paintings made by experience
I ed artists. After a short stay in the gar
den, the General mounted an elegant
sorrel horse, with white name and tail
and proceeded from the castle to the bat
ry over the bridge.
, just after the President had crossed
the bridge which connects the garden
with the battery, being filed ut the mo.
mont with the Procession, it gave way
and carrying with it the two Ticket oGi-
ces, standing on each side, fell into the
water below. Gen. Jackson, mounted
had that moment cleared tho bridge, and
was bt fifteen or twenty feet from il
when the accident occurred Among
those who fell with the bridge were Gov.
Cass and Mai. Donaldson, Col. Earl,
and Ogden Hoffman, Esq. Alderman
Monroe, Messrs. Bloodgood and Benz.
Swan of this city; none Of the above
were materially injured, nor have We
yet heard Of any serious injury, except,
that OF one young man who appeared to
have his arm broken. The end of the
bridge resting on The battery wall gave
way, and fell down into the shallow wa
ter, resting on the loose stones below
The procession was thus cut off, leaving
only about 90 persons behind Gen. Jack
son. a large number Of peOpe were
upon the bridge at the moment, and were
thrown in mass, into the shallow water.
How il happened that no lives werc lost,
and no more irj j,uics incurred, is very
difficult to imagine. We have heard of
several remarkable escapes. WAen the
bridge fell, two Of our inlormants had n
full view of the scene at the moment Of
the accident. The ticket boxes seemed
to be torn or crushed in, and the people
who crowded their tops, as well as those
within, were prccipitatcd into the river.
One Of the keepers had the singular pre-
scnce Of mind, on hearing the crashing
Of timber, to seize his money drawer,
which he saved, although he fell with
the mass, got wet, and was involved with
the crowd in the common danger. One
gentleman was saved from no less immi-
ncpt danger. lie had taken his stand ut
the gate way, TO see the procession pass,
and was leaning against one OF the gate
posts when the bridge fell. The gate,
which is of iron, and must he of great
weight, falling over, carried him with it
into the water, bruising his shonlder
slightly, but doing him no further injury
lie was sensible of nothing further until
he found himself middle deep in water
The bridge, we arc informed, had been
thought insecure some time since, when
posts were placed under it to support it;
but these it appears were not sufficient
to hear the weight of so grea. crowd.
The troops under the command of
Major Gen. Morton, were moro numer-
Gus, and made n better military appear
,ance, than we have ever before seen.-
They were drawn up in line on the it.
terry, and the President reviewed them
on horseback
The march through the city was the
most unpleasant part Of tho whole duty.
Broadway, from the Battery to the City
Hall, was lined on both sides with carts,
Wagons, carriages, stages, sc. all filed
with persons; the sidewalks, steps, bal
COMES, doors, and a large portion of the
main street, was packed with men, wo-
men and children; every window, house
top, fence and tree, was filled; and in
fact, so dense was the population, that it
was with the greatest difficulty that the
President, surrounded as he was with
guard of horsemcn, could make any pro-
grcss.
AS he left the Battery and proceeded
up slowly through Broadway, followed
by all the Military, there appeared to be
a crowd of some two or three thousand
who were determined to keep up with
hm, and who, to accomplish their OBJ :
|ect, paid no respect to age or sex, but ;
rushed through the crowd like a torrent.
The President rode uncovered, and rs
he passed, was constantly cheercd by all {
classes. The ladies' generally, waved I
heir white handkerchiels, and the Pres. I
dent constantly bowing on both sides. -
When the Military reached st. Paul's, ,
Broadway above was packed with hors- !
's, carts, &c. not even force could clear +
passage, and the procession took tho 7
light, up Chatham Row, and entered tie j
Park opposite Tammany HaII. I
On reaching the front ofthe City Hall, /
he Park and whole avenue containing G
cres, was filed by dense mass Of v
,eoplc, all anxious to catch glimpse of a
he President, who was stationed in front
# the Hall, and the whole military pas d
ed him in review; he repaired 10 the I
Balcony, where full fifty thousand per- s
ons had view, although distant, of his C
'crson. lie then repaired to the Amer