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TUNE-" Anacreon in Heaven."

The hero hath come in the eve of his day,

To the land where he planted the tree of his glory,
And warmly that land doth her gratitude pay,
And long shall she cherish bis name in her story;
Each beart springs to meet him-

In triumph he moves

Midst the men who adore him,

The men whom he loves

And the stars of our banner in darkness shall set,
Ere oblivion gather the wreath of FAYETTE.

He hath come to us now in his fulness of fame,
And proudly we claim him our friend and our brother,
For he guarded the altar of Freedom, whose flame,
Oppression's fierce minions all vainly would smother;
He bled in our cause

With our fathers of old,

When their flag of defiance

They sternly unrolled

And ne'er shall the sons of such heroes forget
The friend of their fathers, the gallant Fayette.

The fete at Castle Garden has already been described in this work. On the 23d of September, the General commenced his tour to the south. His progress through the state of New Jersey was attended by the civil and military authorities and thousands of persons with glowing bosoms and sparkling eyes. "What a triumph is this day," exclaimed Mr. Frelinghuysen, the orator at Newark, "What a triumph is this day for rational freedom! what are the heartless pageantry, and pomp, and grandeur of titled potentates, to the grateful throbs of ten millions of hearts? May that benignant being who sent you to our aid, in the darkest peri od of our struggles, still watch over you; may he shed upon the evening of your life his richest blessings, and make its close be as serene as the morning has been bright, and the day illustrious!"

The General in his reply spoke particularly of the citizens of Jersey, and of their services and sufferings during the revolutionary war; and of the great confidence which he reposed in the Jersey militia. There was a number of revolutionary soldiers present, One who was introduced to the general, was more than one hundred years old. An old lady also pressed forward, whose husband had served with Lafayette, and would not be restrained from shaking hands with him.

On Monday, the 27th, he crossed the Delaware, and was welcomed to the state of Pennsylvania, by governor Shulze, and an escort of 250 cavalry under the command of major Smith.

Before he entered the city, on Tuesday morning, he reviewed a large body of militia, and then proceeded to Philadelphia, escorted by a committee from the city councils and an innumerable train of citizens and soldiers, arranged in the following order:

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1st. A cavalcade of one hundred citizens mounted. 2d. One hundred field and staff officers, mounted. 3d. Sixty cavalry, in the form of a hollow square. 4th. A band of musicians, mounted.

5th. A corps of one hundred and sixty cavalry.

6th. A detachment of artillery, with four pieces of ordnance. 7th. A brigade of infantry, of near 2000 men, including one or two companies of riflemen, all in uniform.

8th. The committee of arrangements, in carriages.

9th. General Lafayette, accompanied hy his honor judge Peters, in a barouche, with six cream-coloured horses, out-riders in livery, mounted on horses of the same colour.

10th. Governor Shulze and suite, in a barouche and four brown horses.

11th. Governor Williamson and suite, of New Jersey, in a likecarriage and brown horses.

12th. Two other barouches, with distinguished individuals.

13th. One hundred and fifty revolutionary heroes, drawn in three cars of great magnitude, with four horses each, trimmed with white and red, and the cars decorated with evergreens, flags, and emblematical descriptions. Each soldier wore the revolutionary cockade. On one side of the first car, in large gold letters, were the words, " Defenders of our Country;" on the other, "The Survivors of 1776;" in front, "Washington;" in the rear, "Lafayette."

14th. A large car, containing a body of printers, and also the various articles belonging to a printing office. The compositors and pressmen were at work, and the latter distributed from the press an ode, prepared for the occasion, by alderman Barker. The members of the Typographical Society followed, preceded by a banner, inscribed Lafayette, the Friend of Universal Liberty and the Rights of the Press."

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15th. A body of four hundred young men, of the city and county of Philadelphia.

16th. Two hundred Cordwainers, with banners, badges, and

other emblems.

17th. Three hundred weavers.

18th. One hundred and fifty ropemakers.

19th. One hundred and fifty lads.

20th. One hundred shipbuilders.

21st. Seven hundred mechanics of different branches.

22d. One hundred and fifty coopers, preceded by a car containing a cooper's shop, with workmen fitting staves, driving hoops,

&c.

23d. One hundred and fifty butchers, well mounted, and handsomely dressed and ornamented.

24th. Two or three hundred cartmen, with aprons trimmed with blue, and mounted.

25th. A body of two hundred riflemen, dressed with frocksplaid-leopard skin-and yellow, suitably trimmed.

26th. A company of Artillery, with two field pieces. 27th. A brigade of infantry, in uniform, of about 1500. 28th. The New Jersey cavalry, before mentioned.

29th. A body of about three hundred farmers, from the neighbouring country.

The number of persons in the street, has been variously conjectured from 100,000 to 200,000; but it is quite impossible to say, with any degree of accuracy,

How many did the peaceful city quit

To welcome him.

The procession moved down Fourth to Arch street-up Arch to Eleventh street-down Eleventh to Chestnut street-down Chestnut to Eighth street-down Eighth to Spruce street-down Spruce to Second street-up Second to Chestnut street-and up Chestnut to a Grand Civic Arch in front of the old State house, which contains the hall in which the Declaration of Independence was signed, and in which the Common Council were to receive the General.

The mayor, and all his brethren in best sort,-
Like to the senators of th' antique Rome,
With the plebeians swarming at their heels!-

This arch displayed great taste and judgment in the design, and skill in the execution. It was constructed of frame work, covered with canvass, admirably painted in imitation of stone. The plan was derived from the triumphal arch of Septimius Severus at Rome. Its dimensions were forty-five feet front, by twelve in depth-embracing a basement story of the Doric order, from which the principal arch springs to the height of twenty-four feet above the pavement. The spandriels, or abutments on each front were decorated with figures of Fame, painted in basso relievo, having their arms extended, and mutually holding a civic wreath over the key-stone of the arch. The wings on each side of the centre, were of the Ionic order, being decorated with niches and statues representing liberty, victory, independence, and plenty--each having appropriate mottos, inscribed in corresponding pannels. The whole of the building was surmounted by an entablature, thirty-eight feet from the pavement and supporting a flight of steps in the centre, upon which were placed the arms of the city, executed in a masterly manner by Sully. On each side of the arms were placed the statues of Justice and Wisdom, with their appropriate emblems, sculptured by Mr. Rush, in a very superior style. They had all the beauty and lightness of drapery, of the Grecian school; and so excellent was the workmanship, that it was not until after positive assurances, that a

spectator would give up the belief that they were executed in marble. The arch was designed by Mr. Strickland, and executed under the direction of Messrs. Warren, Darley, and Jefferson, scene painters of the new Theatre. The superficial surface of painted canvass amounted to upwards of three thousand square feet.

From the address of the mayor, our limits will only permit us to transcribe a single passage, in which a happy designation is given to the apartment assigned to our guest as a levee-room.

Forty-eight years ago, in this city and in this hallowed hall, which may emphatically be called the birth place of independence, a convention of men such as the world has rarely seen, preeminent. for talents and patriotism, solemnly declared their determination to assume for themselves the right of self-government, and that they and their posterity should thenceforth assert their just rank among the nations of the earth. A small, but cherished band of those who breasted the storm and sustained the principles thus promulgated to the world still remains--in the front rank of these worthies, history will find, and we now delight to honour, general Lafayette, whose whole life has been devoted to the cause of freedom and to the support of the inalienable rights of man.”

The General made an appropriate answer and then proceeded to the lodgings prepared for him at the Mansion House, where he dined with a party of about seventy.

Every position from which the procession could be seen was crowded with well dressed people. The array of beauty, decorated so as to produce the most picturesque and vivid effect, has never been surpassed in the United States. The utmost harmony and cheerfulness pervaded all ranks.

Better order than was universally preserved might be deemed impossible. Every one seemed to know and keep his place without anxiety or inconvenience. A printing press threw off, from the ranks of the gentlemen of the type, countless copies of the fine ode written for them by James N. Barker esq. The victuallers made a fine display with their accoutrements and horses.

The most dazzling and elaborate part of the gala jubilee remains to be mentioned-we mean the general illumination which began about a quarter past six in the evening and was nearly complete by seven. It drew into the streets a large part of the population male and female, who, as they poured themselves along, behaved towards each other like the most courteous guests in a drawing room. The numerous arches shone with small lamps; the public edifices,-the University, the Masonic Hall, Theatre, Custom-House, Coffee House, &c.-were adorned with elegant transparencies. The most chaste illumination, was exhibited at the Bank of the United States, which was lighted by lamps concealed behind the columns. The reflection thrown on the front of the edifice, reminded the beholder of those alabaster

palaces which are described in fairy tales. Transparencies abounded at private windows also, and the burden of them was generally the Nation's Guest, and his adopted father, the father of the nation. Most families used their fancy-lamps, besides the common tapers; and flowers, natural and artificial, either arranged in alabaster urns, or suspended in chaplets and festoons, bore testimony to the zeal and taste of the ladies of a great many mansions.

The week was occupied in receiving addresses from various public bodies, visiting learned and other institutions, feasting, &c. Bishop White congratulated him on behalf of the clergy; Mr. Duponceau performed the same agreeable duty for the Philosophical Society, the gentlemen of the Bar and the French citizens. The veterans of the Revolution bowed their aged heads to him, while thousands of children chaunted hymns of gratitude.

The Grand Ball given at the New Theatre, exceeded, in all respects, any entertainment of the kind before known in Philadelphia. We can furnish but an inadequate idea of the splendour of the decorations, and the animation and vividness of the scene. The lobby of the Theatre was converted into a magnificent saloon, adorned with beautiful rose, orange, and lemon trees în full bearing, and a profusion of shrubbery; pictures, busts, banners, with classical inscriptions, &c. all illuminated with a multitude of lamps. For the dancers, there were two compartments, the house and the stage; the upper part of the former was hung with scarlet drapery, studded with golden stars; while the great chandelier, with two additional ones, and a row of wax tapers arranged over the canopy, shed over a blaze of light.-The first and second tiers of boxes were crowded with ladies in the richest apparel, as spectators of the dazzling array on every side. Passing the proscenium, the other division wore the appearance of an eastern pavilion in a garden terminating with a view of an extended sea and landscape, irradiated by the setting sun, and meant to typify the western world. A great number of brilliant chandeliers rendered this scarcely less effulgent than the other part of the house. In front were three latin inscriptions--Advenit Heros-Olim meminisse juvabit-Hic domus; hæc patria.

The two retiring rooms connected with the pavilion, were fitted up with a degree of elegance and taste which drew expressions of admiration from every one that entered. Those who came to the house early were at once struck with the floor, which was brilliantly painted for the occasion, from designs furnished by Mr. Strickland.

The company consisted of two thousand or more persons, of whom six or seven hundred were invited strangers. Twenty two hundred tickets had been issued. No disorder occurred in the streets with the arrival or departure of the carriages, which formed a line along the adjoining squares. General Lafayette appeared at 9 o'clock.

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