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RECEPTION OF LAFAYETTE.This happy event took place on Satur-day. We are compelled considerably to eurtail our account of the interesting, celebration, and to confine ourselves in a great measure to mere facts, on an occasion which cannot but suggest a thousand pleasing reflections.Almost up to the laet hour the time of the arrival of our venerated Guest was not ascertained to a certainty, and opinions were various as to the precise moment at which he might be expected; and all the preparations forgiving eclat to the visit, were confined to little more than a week.— How well the time was improved, the detail of the circumstances attending it will shew —It was a labor of love, in which all appeared to join heart and hand. As the time of the expected arrival approached, the interest proportionably increased. The stages and packets, particularly from the South, weru crowded with passengers.— We have before noticed the arrival of the Cavalry from Darien and Liberty. On Friday evening all appeared to be in a buzz of expectation, and numerous parties were collected in almost every spot on the Bay and elsewhere, every one with a face of pleasure and expectation. The Unneral was expected at seven next morning—and the city, at an unusually early hour, was hushed, all apparently having gone to rest betimes.to bo ready to receive him betimes.At half past live o’clock on Saturday morning by a signal from the Chatham Artillery, the military wore warned to repair to their several parade grounds. The battalion line was formed at 8 o’clock, soon after which,'there being no appearance «f the long'd-for Boat, the troops piled their arms, and were dismissed, until the arrival. At daylight the French anil American flags were hoihted on the Exchange, steeple.— The Revenue Cutter Gallatin, Cupt. Matthews, in the course of the morning was also decorated with flags. The merchant vessels were decorated in the same manner. On the Bay. on each side of the entrance to the City from under the Bluff were plac ed two French brass pieces, one of which, we are told, was received in this country by the same vessel which brought, over Lafayette—they were inarmed by a company of masters of vessels and others who volunteered solely for the occasion. At daylight, in the morning,ull was bustle, and even at! that hour, many visited ilm cast end of the bluff, anxiously looking out for the steam boat.. Tiie re.-ort to this spot continued to increase during the day—and at. the tiine of arrivul was crowded wit h ladies and citizens, on every part which might command a view of the landing. A temporary landing was erected at the wharf, consisting of a flight of steps and a platform. During the nio*n-ing, many rin eye was strained in the hopeless task of transforming the fog hanks and mists which hung ovor the low Inuds between Savannah and Tybee, into the steam boat bering4the Guest of the Nation. A-
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Savannah Georgian
Savannah, Georgia, US
Mon, Mar 21, 1825
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