The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1840-02-01

L Nv NNiboAottti VI lllG OlIl vi .JduudINl
which took place yesterday, will not be
forgotten while memory holds good among
the thousands andiens of thousands who
witnessed il. 1t was not tfunlphal entry
such as the Romans celebrated; the array
aud gliltering arms Of our citizen soldiers,
ii is true, might have coai pared with any Of
the cohorts Of cid Rome, but then there
were no prisoners led in chains Yesterday,
or other caplives 10 be seen but such as
were moved by gratitude. Nor could the
celebration of yesterday be llkened 10 a
modern. ieie in Earope, where the sover-
eign has TO case his body in defensive ar
NOR, or shut himselfup in ball.proof car
riage. No-the whole scene was one be.
! fitting free people, aud worthy of the We
teran wSO is fist in the hearts of his coun-
trymen.
II was grand and pleasant thing to be.
held tie manifestations Gf public gratitude,
made on al, hands, and by both sexes. old
and Young. The radiant and beaming
counlenances Of the ladies in the thronged
galleries Of the houses in front of which the
procession mOved-,he waving OF handker-
chiefs--the complementary missies-and,
above all, the spontaneous shout Of the mul.
ti,ude, which ever and anon, as The old
Chief approached, made even The brazcn
trumpet iuaudible-al these demonstrated
in manner not TO be misunderstood, that no
party combinations can Danish reverence
and gratitude from people like our OWL
Well might the locker on exclaim, cor Po-
pull goa Del, and none can prevail against
IL.
A lit;lo before 12 o'clock, General Jack
son landed on the Levee, in the second mu-
nicipality, where more than thousand Of
our volunteers, in splendid uniforms and
beautiful array, awaited his arrival. Plac-
ed in an open barouche-his feeble state of
health not permitting him to walk TO any
great disiance--ho was followed By some
sixty Of our citizens who had been his COM
panions in arms on the plains of Lacoste
and Chavenet Among these veterans there
was one who had been sol1ier Of the Rev
oluiioh, and had fought Under Rochambeau,
end assisted at the taking of Cornwal!s-
bowed down by the .frosts OF ninety win.
tiers, still his desire TO see the preserver Of
New Orleans, made hin forget his infrmi-
ties, and take bis place in the process
ion.
From the Levee the PROCESSION proceed
ed down the north side of Canal to Burgun-
.dy street. where it wheeled TO the left until
it arrived opposite the State House. There
the venerable chief alighted, and was con-
ducled into tue hall of the Representatives,
when the officers Of the army and militia,
and the heads Of the State and Treasury
Departments, judges, members of the the
Legislature, &c, were introduced 10 him.
From the State House the procession
next moved up the south side of Canal
street, until it reached the corner of Camp
street, when i! wheeled to the left, and mo-
ved down Charities TO the old Place d'Ar-
mes, attended by as great multitude as
that which assembled TO meet Lafayette.
We were particularly pleased with the mag
nanimity of several English merchants in
the balconies of the houses who, one and
all, took off their hats, and bowed TO the
eonquerOr Of The elite Of their own brave
ba,tal0ons.
Arrived at the Place d'Armes, the Gener-
al found all the volunteers, cavalry, and in
fantry, displayed in lines on three sides
in front Of these lines, he passed, receiving
the salues usual oil great occasions, and
finally entered the old Parish Church Of
ST. I.ouis, where ale dcum was chanted by
the clergy, and tie reyerehd Abbe Anelus
delivered thrilling Grafton, Grst in English
and then in French.
We ;egrei that we did not receive CO.
py of the Reverend Abbe's address in lime
to lay itbelore our readers. We have been
more fortunate, however, 10 obtaining a CO.
pv Of The Grafton pronounced by sudge
Watts, which we annex,
Notwithstanding the sanctty Of the place
there were passages in this speech which
called Gocih The strongest bursts of applause
indeed, We bclisye no American could
have listened unmoyed to similar language
on such an OCCASION
From the church and the square, the
General and the military proceeded oppo-
site the Exchange in ST. Louis street,
where the General aligh,ed, and was con
Quoted 10 the apartments prepared for him.
On reaching the saloon IN the Hotel, The
veterans Of lsl4'l5 pressed forward 10
shake hands with the man, who had a quar-
ter of century before, showed them iat
the path Of honor was also the path of safe
ty. Here, j. B. Pauche, who comman.
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