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are mingled with a deep regret for the
numerous cotemporaries, for the great
and good men, whose loss we have re
mained to mourn. It is lo their ser
vices, sir, to your regard for their mem
ory, to your knowledge of the friend
ships I have enjoyed, that I refer the
greater part of ihe honors here and
elsewhere received, much superior
to my individual merit.”
It is also under the auspices of their
venerated names, as well as under the
impulse of my own sentiments, that I
beg you Mr. Mayor, you gentlemen of
both councils, atul all the citizens of
Philadelphia, to accept the tribute of
my affectionate respect and profound
gianiude.”
In the Hail of independence were the
Mavor, the councils, the Alclermen, the
Society of Cincinati, distinguished sti an
gers, officers of the Navy and the Com
mute of twenty-one.
The Governor and suite was intio
duced, and then Gen. La t ayette and
his family with Judge Peters.
After the ceremonies at the Hail
where finished, some of which were oi
a very interesting natuve, the Gen.
passed through the State House Y aid,
to his barouche ,in Walnut-street, in
which he was conducted to the lodg
ing prepared for him in the Mansion
House.
About a quarter past six o clock a
general illumination of the city and ad
joinig districts was commenced, and in
a few minutes the whole of Philadel
phia was one broad display of light.
Innumerable transparencies wete
exhibited, all having a distinct relation
to the subject of rejoicing; it would be
impossible For us to enumerate one in
an hundred of the beautiful paintings
presented. The Theatre, Museum,
Court House, Masonic Hgll, Academy,
oT fine Arts, the Coffee House and in
deed every public, and we may add al
most every private building, was
extensively and tasiefolly ornamented.
We cannot forget Mi. Gray’s ele
gant display at his distillery, in partic
ular a transparency of Robert Morris
the man who furnished ‘Mhe sinews of
war for our army.”
The arches were also brilliantly illu
mina ed, and particularly that ir. four th i
and Vine st. which was an entire iranspa- j
rency. The arch near gr een, vuuch ,
might almost vie with that in Chesnut |
street, presented a most brilliant ap- j
pearance We had marked clown so- r
veral handsome devices and rich uans-i
parencies worty ol notice, which we are !
compelled to pass over. Most olriie;
jievvepapet offices were handsomely
decorated.
During the evening the General vis
ited Mrs. Morris.
The whole of this day’s and even
ing’s rejoicing passed od without a;
single cosequent breach of decorum,
and there perhaps has not been a morn
ing of business this year, in which the
Mayor has had so few pffendeis before
him.
We have given a hasty sketch of the
proceedings of the day; but after all
it was the feeling of welcome that
gav e the whole a zest that we cannot
describe and yet it was on the face and
in i lie eye of two hundred thousand.
Yesterday Gen. Lafayete received the
members of the Cincinati, and after
wards the cincens and suangers,at the J
Hall of Independence. He dined,
with the city Corporation, who with J
their guest amounted to about 200 and
in the evening he visited Major Gen.
Cadwalader who had on that occasion
invited the officers of his division, and
those of the visiting companies to an
entertainment. Many of the transpa
lencies of Tuesday, were again illu
minated last evening, and particularly
we noticed the arch in Fourth near
Vine and in Fourth near Green. The
latter surpassed in splendor, any power
of description; it was indeed a realiza
tion of those fairy scenes, in which the
fancy does not expect, reality lo body
it forth.
Reception in Washington. —As it is impos
sible to follow the triumphal progress of La
Fayette, we must be satisfied with detailing
so much of the honors done to our National
Guest as our time and limits permit. The
National Intelligencer of the 14th is filled
with the detail of his entrance into the Capi
tal, which was distinguished by the same
splendor and enthusiasm as on every other
occasion. The military display was impos
ing. Several triumphal arches were erected
and he was welcomed by the students of the
Colleges, by a company of juvenile infantry,
by the male scholars of the schools and the
female scholars, who strewed his path with
flowers. The address of the Mayor, was de
livered on the Portico of the Capitol, iti die
presence of many thousands of spectators.
An address and elegant complimentary poem
was then delivered on the part of the Revo
lutionary Officers and soldiers by John
llrown Cutting, Esq. He then proceeded
to the House of the President. The follow
ing is the description of the interview as giv
en in the National Intelligencer: —
“The General, with his son, the Mayor,
Committee of arrangements, & c. thus escort
ed, having reached the President’s House
(distant from the Capitol more than a mile)
passed into the gates of the enclosure and
thence to the Portico of the mansion. The
General, on alighting, was‘.hero received by
the Marshal of the District of Columbia, anc!*’
supported by Gen. Drown and Com. Tingee,
and accompanied by the Mayor and others
of the Committee of arrangements, was, with
his son, conducted into the Drawing Doom
where the President was prepared to re
ceive him.
“Ihe President, stationed utthe head of
his circular apartment, had on his right
hand the Secretary of State and the Secreta
ry of the Treasury, on his left the Secretary
of War and the Secretary of the Navy, and, j
ranged on each side of the room were tiie .l
othei gentlemen invited to be present at this!
interview, among whom were the Attorney j
General, Gen. Jesup, Col. Gibson, Col. Tow- j
son, Maj. Nourse, anil D . Lovell, of the Ar-!
my, capts. Rodgers, Chauncey, Porter, Jones!
and Morris, of the Navy, the Postmaster Ge-:
neral, the Comptrollers, Auditors and others !
of the higher officers of the government j
whom it is not in our power to enumeraie I
—the whole number of distinguished per
sons present being fifty or sixsy.
“On the General’s reaching the centre of i
the Circle, the President advanced to him, ‘
and gave him a cordial and affectionate re
ception, such as might have been expected
from this illustrious Representative of the
American People of one of those early
friends of theirs, whom, like himself, they
delight to honor. Ihe remembrance of j
ancient greetings—the association in thei
mind of events which passed in Europe as!
well as here—the recollection of the early
incidents of their lives whilst brethren in
arms, of transactions at Paris, of the exer
tions of Mr. Monroe, as a man anii as Minis
ter to the United Stales in France, to pro
cure the release of LiFatktte from the
dungeons of Olinutz, must have .rushed at
once into their minds, oppressing them with
sensations which words cannot express.—
After the interchange of courtesies between
ihe Guest and the President, he was welcom
ed by the Heads of Department. Between
him and Mr. Ckawfoiid, with whom he had
in France an intimate acquaintance, the
meeting was that of old and affectionate
friends: and by all he was respectfully arid
Kindly greeted. Subsequently, the Gener
al was introduced in succession, bv the chief
of each department of the Government, to
the officers attached to each. Liberal re
freshments were then offered to the compa
ny, and fifteen or twenty minutes were spent
in delightful copverse. After which, the
General took his leave, well pleased wit h
his reception, and, remounting the landau
proceeded to rejoin his escort.”
CANAL NAVIGATION.
So great has been the increase of na
vigation and commerce upon the West
ern Canal, in the State of New-Yoi k,
that we are informed by the Statesman,
for some time past, one fiim at Roches
ter, the Erie Canal Company, hat e paid
in tolls to the slate upon an aveiage,
one thousand dollars /ier day! This it
is added, “is but a single hern of the
revenue which the siate of New-York
is now deriving fiom that great woik.”
When will the Legislators of the Slate
of Georgia awake to their true inter
ests —when will the conflicts of party
be merged in the noble effort to im
prove the natural advantages of the
state, and a commercial emporium
which nature points out as the liist in
the Southern section of our country?—
Are there not men of enlarged minds,
of talents and influence, who can be
found to pursue, indefatigabiy St untire
ingly an object, the attainment of which
will secure them tiie admiration and
veneration of their fellow-citizens, and
will place him in the enviable light of
public benefactors? Assuredly we do
not believe the State of Georgia so des
titute of character, of talent, and enter
prise. The time to act has at rived,
and if the ensuing session of the legis
lature does not produce some measure
of the kind, we at least shall consider
that the time of the delegates of the
people has been lost, and that they have
hot justly represented the feelings, the
wishes and the interests of their con
stituents plainly expressed.— Savan
nah Republican.
LONDON PARAGRAPHS.
Count Carnot's System of Fortifica
tions.—The experiment in military de
fence, according to ( Count Carnot’s sys
tem, to which we alluded a few days
since was tried at Woolwich, Warren,
on Thursday, and Friday last, and the
fallacy of the principle completely de
veloped. The supposed improvement
consisted of a wall erected longitudi
nally along the centre of the fosses in
which , from the superior elevation of
the counterscarp interposed between
it and the beseiging force, it was con
ceived to be out of the power of artil
lery to effect a practicable breach, or,
in fact, to hit it at all, w hile being loop
holed and lined within with infantry,
an insurmountable obstacle was oppos
ed to escalade. A wall, upon this
plan, 18 leet in length, 20 in height, 7
feet thick at the bottom, and six at top,
had been prepared for the purpose, up
on which, on this occasion, three bat
teries; mounted with 1 4 pieces of ord
nance of different calibre, opened; two
at the distance of 400, the third at 500
yards. Such was the accuracy and
skill with which the shot and shells
were directed, that the supposed im
penetrable defence was literally knock
ed to pieces, the curtain being entirely
demolished in a comparatively short
space of time by the rochet method
of firing. The Duke of Wellington,
as Master-General of the Ordnance,
was prevented by circumstances from
attending to witness the effect; but Sir
H. iiardinge, Colonels Paisley, Ford,
1 &c. and a long list of distinguished
Officers of Engineers, were on the
ground, and expressed themselves
highly satisfied with the result of the
experiment.
Porter Brewery. —An idea of the
immense extent to which the brewing
of porter is carried on in the city of
London may be formed by the follow
ing description of Barclay’s brewery:
If any private concern in England, or
i in the world, is entitled to the epithet
| of‘‘Vastness,” this is one. It covers
| abqut eight acres of ground, and manu
factured last year 351,474 barrels of
36 gallons each. The buildings which
, contain the vats themselves are enor
| mous. The average number of vats is
neatly 100. A steam-engine of 22
! horse power is employed in driving
the machinery, and about two hundred
men are engaged in the various works
of the establishment; it is supposed that
the number of persons dependant upon
it without doors, in the sale and trans
portation of the beer, is three or four
thousand. The three coppers in which
the beer is boiled hold each 150 barrels.
Twenty-five gentlemen once dined in
one ol these coppers, after which fifty
ol the workmen got in and regaled
themselves. One hunched and ninety
pounds of beef-stakes were thus con
sumed in one day, in this novel kind of
dining room. The tuns in which the
beer ferments, bold 1400 ban els each.
The carbonic acid in one of them stands
three and a half feel above, the liquor,
and pouts over the side in a continued
stream. A candle is instantly extin
guished on being placed near the out
er edge of this receptacle, and on hold
ing one’s face near it, a sharp pungent
sensation is felt in the mouth and face,
not veiy unlike that produced by ar
dent spirits. An immersion es a few
moments would be fatal. One hun
dred and sixty horses are kept on the
premises, lor the purpose chiefly ol
transporting the materials to and from
different parts of the city.
Hogarth. —Mr. Carpenter, of Old
Bond street, whom his friends well
knew to be a lover of, virtu , has had
the good fotlune to become the posses
sot of a curious and most interesting
o iginal pi lute by Hogarth, which, as
it should seem has escaped the research
of all his biographers, commentators,
moralizers, and illustrators. The sub
ject, “The Reconciliation of the Pa
rents with their Daughter and tier Hus
band.” It is known that Hogarth’s
marriage with the daughter of Sit
James Thornhill, was a stolen match.
He eloped with the pretty Miss Thorn
hill when she was only in her eighteenth
year. The picture describes Hogarth
as the foreground figtr-e, with his back
tow aids the spectator; his bride to his
left, who is coldly received by Lady
Thornhill, seated m her chair. At the
upper end of the apartment, also seat
ed, is Sir James Thornhill, whose
countenance is made up of inexorable
expression. To the right of the knight
sits his, and afterwards Hogarth’s wor
my friend old Justice Welch, and be
yond him Fielding the author. Theie
is another female introduced whose
countenance is familiar, in some por
trait studies of her, which are known
to he of his hand; a relation perhaps of
Lady Thornhill. The resemblance
between Lady Thornhill and the bride
is too striking not to discover at once
that they are mother and daughter. —
Mrs. Hogarth’s is a charming counte
nance, she is a captivating figure too,
and the mother is not yet marked with
age. The confusion of the daughter,
in face and manners, is admirably con
ceived; words cannot convey the senti
ment described so truly by this great
master of expression. The mother’s
look is indescribable. What passed at
this interview, it were vain now to in
quire—every one must finish the dia
logue from the workings of his own
fancy, from this single act of the family
drama.
Barbarian Warfare. —The English
papers are filled with the particulars
from private letters of die war between
the British and their allies and the
Ashantees in Africa. One writer says
“I wish I had time to describe to you
an African field of battle Several
heads staring you in different directions
—some brought to the commanders as
trophies by the men who did the deed;
hallooing and shouting sides
when firing at one another; the shrill
notes of the native horns; the warriors
almost naked, creeping from one am
bush to another to have a shot at the
enemy, &c. give a curious and awful
effect to the conflict.”
rntlM THE NANTUCKET ENRUIREH,
“We own they’re prudent, but who feels
they’re good?
Ye wise ones hence! ye hurt the grateful eye!
God’s image rudely etch’d on base alloy.”
What more pleasing feelings can the
human mind experience, than those
excited by the disinterested actions of
benefactors. Seeking not to enlarge
their merits, but candidly acknowledg
ing “all their worth.” Neither con
tent with the silent acknowledgment
lof an obligation, while possessing am
ple means of demonstration. Yet do
we see those, who, in pride and arro
gance, in the vainly exalted ideas of
their own abilities, scorn to be possess
ed of feelings in common with the mul
titude. At their formation,
“All nature sleeping seemed, or dead.”
Their debts of gratitude are lightly tra
ced upon the drifting sand; easily to
be effaced by the slightest breath of
air. Their acts of ingratitude are deep
registered in the hearts of their fellow
beings—and their minds enveloped in
clouds of ignorance and superstition
immovable and impenetrable.
COMMUNICATION.
Original Maxims. —Suppress all
maxims and the world would be robbed
of two thirds of its knowledge.
Sit Isaac Newton and the memora
ble Dr. Franklin, could no more make
their way, nor breakfast and sup, with
out them , than Sanco gain and hold the
government of his Island. They are
necessary appendages of Science and
Literature; and to them greater auxili
aries, than the labors of ordinary Poets,
among whom Pope lanks not, since his
“Essay on Man,’YW/ of sentiment, nigh
to overflowing.
The Dandy, whose pockets are poor
ly balanced, carries an empty head.
The servile followers of fashion, is in
close chase after an ignis fatuus. For
to halt consider or to count the “cost,”
is to dress well, and make good speed.
Haste makes waste, and largely in
roads the confines of innocency—by
w hich distressing ingratitude is expe
rienced.
Art thou in debt, seek not the first
cut but wear thy old garments longer,
till thou hast passed into the book of
Economy beyond its vowels, a, e, i,o, u.
Live according to your income, and
you shall have the liberty and pleasure
to go out unmolested, by any legal
grasp.
The man incapable of governing his
own passions, is poorly qualified to go- #
vein others
As, Franklin says, very many “buy
their whistle too dear,” for they whis
tle while they are Asthmatic.
Asa vessel, without rudder, goes
whither she listeth, so is every daugh
ter of Adam, become refractory at
drinking the bitter, with the stveets of
life.
Prudence with economy are genero
sity and justice, when reduced to prac
tice.
The generous soul watereth the earth
in lime of drought—and he is fed him
self, in time of scarcity. He bears , for
iie has learned to Jorbear. With him,
the rule of the passing world, is “Loss
and Gain ” tor he has passed Reduction
Ascending and Descending. Rightly
numbering his days he applies his heart
lo wisdom.
Dost thou wish to reign above? Be
willing to suffer below; and by up
braiding words put not thy friend, “in
God’s stead,” to justify thine own folly
and indiscretion.
High and low water are not together
—no more are patience and fretfulness.
To fret othei s must fret ourselves, un
less we have become Stoics.
THE PRESIDENCY.
NO. |.
TO THE EDITORS OF THE GEORGIAN.
I trust a few lines addressed through
you, to all whom they may concern,
may be deemed worthyof a place in your
paper. lam an individual secluded
from what is called the world, but the
history of my country is not foreign to
me; its every day proceedings pass in
review before me through the medium
of news-pape s. The Presidential
election has for some time been and
now is the chief topic and subject of
conversation ofalmost every individual.
Numberless writers have appeared for
and against the several candidates, and
after a perusal of almost all or at least
the most able essays on the subject, still
I have met with none viewing that im
portant question in the same light that
I do. The most distinguished trait in
our country’s chaiactti, is the liberty
which every individual has of submit
ting Ins thoughts and opinions to the
public. Methiuks the election of a
President has been viewed in a light
contrary to the principles of our gov
ernment. The President has been es
timated more a ruler than an agent or
public servant. The gift of the Presi
dency has been held up as a reward or
compensation for public services ren
dered Now according to my notions
and plain way of thinking, these views
ought to be exhibited in their proper
character, and the contrary attentively
considered. It cannot be 100 deeply
impressed upon the mind of every one
there is but one sovereign’ power in
our land; but one ruler: the people. —
They can exalt, they can put down.—
They whom they exalt, are creatures
of their own power, amenable to their
will,and exercising their gifted powers |
for the benefit of them conferring. The |
i President then,is the servant, the agent ,:
1 the attorney , the manager, in fact the i
overseer and not the ruler or the
pie. In the choice of the p les j
the language is, ■“choose ye this,
him who shall serve yous not
ye this day him whom ye will s erv
To bring my views of this Bu e
plainly to the understanding 0 f
individual, and particularly to ti, at
tion the most valuable, powerful
tensive and influential generally C 1
the yeomanry of our countiy; | e[
suppose vve were about choosing j,
gent or manager for the
and transaction of our affairs. £ ot(
purpose, what kind of a man
choose! Our choice would natu,
ly fall upon him, with whom Wc
best acquainted, who has most const
ly resided with us, who is mostimj
tely acquainted with all our conq
and resources, who manages the,
cernsothis employers faithfully,,
beneficially who in disposition by
and affable in character firm, and,,
pendent; in deportment, modest
unassuming. Rejection must be{
ded upon previous improper con
and present incapability. Accept
upon the procession of the acquisp
above specified. The office to be
ed must be considered both as t (
importance, and as to the welfare
interests of the givers, and must ns
viewed as a gratification to the ai
tion of the incumbent, nor as a rei
for previous services; for in a rep,
the services of individuals shoul
considered the performance of thei;
ties. We must not hold the applic
for office, as c lairnnamsto be reivu
but as applicants to be prejudged
Exercising then that important
viledge, the fruits of our revolutio
struggle, the right of public inves
tion, let me\ask? Can Mr. Ai
claim those qualifications requisit
manage the great affairs of our ci
try? Are we better acquainted
him than with either of the other
didates? No. Why? Because
has not resided so constantly with
Where was spent the days of hisyo
and the vigor of his manhood? I
it not in foreign courts, in foreign ci
tries? Where was he educate
Was not his education received pri
pally in foreign schools, in fort
countries? His earliest acquisiii
were in foreign countries. He has
ed abroad. Can he be intimately
quainied with all our concerns?
he studied our interests of the 5
body of the people? Let his poll
life speak for itself. Has he not
peared in the ranks opposed to
majority of the people! Has M
waged war against those great am
tuous principles under which ourci
tty has arisen to its present spei
grandeur? Has he been faithfulia
discharge of the important concei
his employers? In some very ini)
tant transactions he would have bell
ed their interests. The negotiate
Ghent offers an instance. But the
trepid and disinterested fit mnessi
Clay and a Bayard, defeated hisefft
Did not the Spanish Minister in 11
instances titan one, get the upper!
of him in their mutual transaction!
In disposition he is said not to bend
most amiable; his manner by no rat
conciliating his; deportment hauj
and morose. He is said to be a p
stickler for etiquette. He posst
talents; but it is a well known fact,
the energies of his rriind were pni
to their present attainment, by the
ious solicitude of parental affection
ded by the advantages of a well fi
purse, and si lengthened and sup
tec! by the dignity of office. He
been called a giant at intrigue,a dn
ful character in a republic. Sue
Mr. A. is said and known to be. 1
let me ask, is he such a manasthe|
would choose to manage their
cerns, to overlook their business? I
they choose a man who has been
meiri ally oppposed to their opi®
who lias been in several instai
negligent in the discharge of his tint
who would have given their ene
an equal l ight to the navigation o
certain important water course?
people reflect notwithstanding Mr
so much talked of talents, they can
ver choose a man who hasbeenop!
sed to their opinions, best wishes,*
interests.
agricola
From the (Philad.) City Regi* l(,[
PROSTITUTION OF T*
PRESS.
In the proportion that an honors 1
and conscientious use of the p' esS
henificial lo society, its prostitutin' 1
pernicious and destructive, by sub' 1
ting the moral sense, and severing l '”
ties and affections which bind tof? 1 ’
and constitute our social happ ,nf
which society would be a curse, !
the philamhopic and Christian *1”
of conciliation, forbearance ant! fo*iS
eness, would give place to acts ol
morseless and sanguinary cruelty
i Tlte press, when in the hand*'”
| profligate and abandoned tnun> ‘
1 from being bankrupt in reputation
’ estate, is by these ciuuinstances {