The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-09-05
PROGRESS OF THE ExILEs.

The Philadelphia Express also INDUCES IN a
description of the Wings rctreating through that
city:
THE "GRAND RECEPTION"
Sure enough, according to appointment, this tint
ing exhiiarating and magnificent scene came OH
yesterday afternoon. We were down on the wharf,
a. Tue very nick OF time, to observe all the proceco
nRs there i1as considerable crowd In attendance,
waiting Tor the arrival Of the steamboat containing the
true and faithful servants" The dinner when loon
place ON board must have been attended with exao-
binary circumstances Of convivialily, the M Us
and Their friends not fit to be landed until long
after the specified time
Meanwhile the crowd on the wharf COLLECTED, as
we take H. more by curiosity than by any desire TO DO
honoi 10 the faithful servants, continued To IN
crease The place is one Of considerable hustle at
all times, 90 that there good deal OF noise made
good deal OF crowding good deal OF huZzan9 ana
oiackguardism which did not particularly teiong TO
Inc reception, though il seemed perfectly accordant
with The thing that might easily be mistaken Tor
part OF t. The piles Of lumber about the wharf were
pretty Well hiled with spectators and some hall dozen
vi Them were seen endaDgenng their necks on the
TOP vi The tobacco warehouse-numbers were scatter
ed aiong Dock street. especially in front Of rummeries
ana subsequently, line Of curious quizzical obserV-
ere took their stand my the curbsones up as far as
Ahnd street, anxious To see what hang dog appeal.
snss The "ianhfui servants" would make
w hen the boat landed and the worshpful guests
uttt were al least slA urOans
"a Yea, SIXTY curses for note of APPRECIATION -
Alter some lnarshailing the procession, somewhat
i.tefiningied with honest people attending Ia Their
ordinary business set forward in the following
order
Ten MaIshals ON lean spectral horses, that seemed
10 be- ahrighied at Their skeeton-like shadows,
the black bands the riders hats adding the ghas
~ aud unerai-hke appearance of tie cavacade. This
reminded Of Der Freys huiz.
a band ofmusic NOT playing the rogue's march ~
An open carriage, containing some OF the members
and some Of the committee.
SiH drays, containing moIasses hogshead EACH
These only accidental embellishments of the
scene, and appeared, with other things of the
same sort, To annoy the marshas considerably.
Another open carriage, containing the Hon. b.
Blair, v. BirJseye, A. l.. Foster, and some of the
committee, looking infinitely more pompous than the
A furniture car, containing six Dutch frows with
their eighteen children, all looking amazed at the pro-
d'gious ceret-ony which greeted their arrival, and
which they seemed to think was intended for them.
-Four five Carriages with members, committee
men, &c.
Three cabs.
One cart, loaded with peaches.
Two deaIborns and gig.
One cart containing fat, frowsy, Congressional
looking old lady, with load of potatoes.
Several dozen Wings on lean horses.
-Four porters with wheebarrows full ofblack leather
trunks.
Three private carriages containing gentlemen with
white gloves
A milk cart by way Of an ct cetera.
During the progress of the guests and their attend
ants to the Museum, zoe heard no demonstrations of
rapture no shouts of applause nothing approxnatng
To any thing Of the kind. Once twice, indeed,
there was an attempt to get up something like shout
OF appreciation, but died away like summers zephyr
which scarcely moves the leaf of the violet. The
whole thing was wretched failure, far any
thing like demonstration Of public feeling con-
cerned. All the enthusiasm" was confined to the
Wing Committee and the white-goved gentlemen in
Carriages.