The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-11-09

Th;s country once travsrssd In poverty and peril,
and WEAKNESS by the prosecuted sre, 10 now visited
by his royal son. in pnncey character and glory nay
mole, that very son and tue very ship when ne con-
mands were commissioned TO transport from their sol
lay resting place the remains OF that colossal genius
of military power and bring back 10 his own loved
France iis idolized Napoleon Such changes consul.
tute the Of history and assure US 'ha' uo.n
10 often stranger than fiction Could the son. as NC
iourneyed in our midst, look back forsy,four years
with the eyes Of his father TO the days OF
TO the infancy OF institutions, before 'he fs,
steamboat poughed our waters, or the nis' faifoau
tracked our land; could the father ea'iing up 'ne
scenes he once saw gaze with his sons eyes upon cur
now ,eeming ulaton, add behold, 10 the then sol-
tudes of the West cities states territories, with mil
lions Of stirring, busting inhaban could me- 10 tue
vicinity of Canawdagua, again meet Lord Arburton,
who Then so bitterly complained Of the roads that he
doubted whether Niagara itself would compensate the
TOLL could he again visit the spot then unbullt, IN.
| MANNED which now is the capital of our nation and
The seat of our Government, he would believe himself
not 10 the America Of 1885, SO, but 10 new world,
where every feature was strange every scene novel
So rapid is the march of improvement tha. il is only
by guiding ourselves by some such landmarks oil
thought these that we can sufhcentiy realize the
recentness ofour origin or the sublmy otour increase
We say subimify tor the contrast we now present 10
our condition seventy years back one OF the most
sublime manifestations of Government in the history
of the world. And yet we have but begun our Ca
reer. We still IN the infancy Of political being.
Long may realize, we turn backward TO the
past and look toward the future the beautiful Prophe-
cy ofthe poet
"This land is like eagle, whose young gaze
Feeds the moon-tide beam, whose golden plume
Floats moyeess on the storm and in the blaze
OF sunrise gleam when earth Is wrapt IN gloom
An epitaph Of glory for the tomb
or murdered Europe.
The son Of LOUIS PHILIPPE will soon be here, the
paraker of the liberal private hospitality of Bosio
mans. And not only Of the private, but OF public
hospitality for preparations making for ball at
which is estimated from thousand to fifteen hundred
persons will be present The ball will be given at IA
NEUIL and QUINCY HALLS, the bridge connect
ing them being permitted by the ingenious inventor to
remain and the intention is to il over SO that
all cold air will be excluded and the passage will be
completely sheltered. The floor Of OLD FANEUlL,
which is to be the ball room, is TO be covered with
spring floor and the whole large apartment TO be APP
propriately decorated. QUINCY HALL will be
used the supper room, and perhaps as promenade
If the arrangements carried out they are pro
jected and there can be doubt that they will be,
the Jee will be OF the most splendid ever given IN
this country. No buildings erected purposely tor the
object could be well adapted to entertain concourse
as will these two; and with the arrangement in pros
pect we only wish a spectator TO witness the pro-
posed fetes both in Boston and New York being sure
Of his decision hereafter