The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-05-21
New York Correspondence.

1 lie expected arrival OF Inc ITeSlueit
Of the United States, and his Cabinet,
in this city Yesterday, attracted multi
iudes Of people To the Battery and pubs
lie venue through which the process.
sion was to pass. The weather was ex-
ceedingly favorable for the turnout, and
the occasion was pretty generally OBJ
served as a holiday.
1t was said that the distinguished
guests would arrive al one o'clock, and
half an hour after that time found
me " bearing down" las the mariners
say) towards the Battery, with a lady in
convoy. rarely get into an engage
ment of this description, and if it had
been entirely consistent with gallantry,
[ think should have slipped my cables,
and bore away to provision, ii being past
dinner hour, but | was in for il, and with
my convoy in tow, | stood in froat Of the
Battery from l to nigh 4 p. NJ. OF
course, we came very near sinking. In
the mean while, il seemed az if there
would be no end Ia the current OF peo>
pie rushing like blood through the main
artery Of the city to the mouth of it,
here where New York gorges and dis
gorges her multitudes oil hu nan minnows.
Here, at the piers near the Battery, is
the place Of enirance and exit. Here are
the steamboats, that bring in the thou
sands from the South, East and West,
and the big burly Steamships, that bridge
over the Pacific Ocean. Here is the
Steamer Brother Jonathan that
eigh, days ago was smoking in the same
manner at the lsthmus Of Panama, now
chaing like an impatient steed, eager to
be of again. Here, too, are the Charles
ton and Savannah steamers, and the
steamship Union up for New Orleans,
and here is the landing of the Ferry
Boat, which is 10 convey the Chief Mag,
istrate of the Nation (once a clo,hier's
apprenlice) from the main land TO this
island. Steps, fences, balustrades, bal
comics, windows, lamp posts, trees and
house-tops, in the vicinity, all bore their
share Vt spectators. In full view, the
fountains on Bowling Green we're
"Spmkling and bright,
With liquid light"
and the bay, always beautiful, was nov
still more enlivened by the passing o
sailing vessels and steamers, to say moth
ing of sail boats, crowded with jocund
people. The Battery was crowded with
military gentlemen with waving plume'
and snowy uniforms. Battery place
was nearly full of carriages and horse
men. Every great outdoor show here
has a sprinkling of confidential pick.
pockets and Haunting c%ourlezans.
p. NJ. and no President. 3P. NJ
-broIling in the sun, no dinner, NJ
P, President, no nothing.
! "Wa.er water all around,
=. And not a drop TO drink r.
Public professions do not compensate
i or course the ladies were very faint
+ and TO make matters worse with them
f every now and then there was a prospec
, of fight between the draymen, &c, an
3 the Police. who had drawn an " all
line across the street on the East sid
z of the Battery, and compelled the driver
10 turn back and 60 another way. Eve
5 worse than all this, was a cataslroph
4 which has probably resulted in the deaf
Of one poor fellow. A ladder whicI
rested against a building was so coyere
with people that it gave way, and on
S man was impaled OIL the iron pickles G
! a fence underneath. The sharp iro
points stuck through his body, and h
= was taken off with some difficulty.
was a shocking sight.
" About 4 p. NJ, music and a procession
4 emerged from another than the expecte
avenue, and thousands of persons rush
-, ed away like a flock of sheep from place
which they had held very choice f.
u nearly three hours, but it was a falls
alarm-a practical joke of the Police
n men. perhaps, aud the victims came bac
looking a little dashed. In a few me
menls afterwards, along come the bon
hde procession. In an elegant %carriag
% drawn by six horses sat the President
the United States. hat in hand, smilin
with entire nonchalance aud good hl
NOR. It was evident that he had ha
N. his dinner. Considering that the pee
pie had not, they got up some loud,
a cheers, aud more of them, than couI
As have been expected by a man Of al
bowels.
The ladies'. too, exhibited their can
o' brics in great profusion, aud on evel
nc side the Chief Magistrate was greelt
D. with the greatest cordially.
&c In The second carriage, the crow
D. singled out a large, dark.faced. cayerI
is eyed man in a white hat, as the rex o
4 jeci Of their hospitable welcome. 1t WI
Mr.. Webster.
The ariihmeticians have not yer rec
On oned which had the most cheers, Il
Ia. President or his Secretary. In n
q. the numerous carriages which followe
were an apohecary. a copper-iounder,
pyrolechnid. aud Il lhink) a butche
'! from the Common Council of Boslo
en- a committee of " good men and true,
he TO convince the President that ia d
in "Cny of the Three Hills" "Neg
as, Hill" is no, the biggest. nor The 9TH
Ar. Party" sovereign.
nod Alter a long string Of carriages. eau
the Mlliiary-horse, foot aud Dragon
and a number of societies. In short,
was a magnificent show, commencing
10 the Battery aud terminating in the Ci