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From the Manchester, (Eng.) Uuardisn, Ja nuary 15. STATE AJYI) PROSPECTS OF THE VOTTOJm’ MARKET. We last week published a tattle, shewing according to the annua) circulars of the Li verpool cotton brokers,- tle amount of the import* of (his article for the year 1824, and the present state of the stocks held in the ports of the kingdom. By this table, it ap m pears that the quantity taken-from-the ports for home consumption in the course of the year, including, however, what was export, ed to Ireland, is about 640.000 bags, or 12,- 300 hags per week; a quantity so enormous ly exceeding even the most extravagant es timate ofthe consumption, as to make it ob vious, either that the S'orks in the ports are Very materially underrated, or thst (he quan tity held by the dealers and sqyiners is now very considerably greater than what they field at the end of 1825. That such is the case, does not, indeed, admit of the slightest doubt; for a comparison ofthe quantities sta ted to have been delivered from ihe ports in the two years, 1823 and 1824, most render it unquestionable. In 1823, the deliveries from the pops 9 were stated in the annual cir colors ai the close ofthe year to be 535 000 b igs, or 10,290 bags per week; which is less tli hi the deliveries, of 1824 by 105 000 or; 2010 bags per week. That the conxump-l tjon lias increased in 1824, so m'ocb as 2010 bags per week, would be too preposterous an assertion to render the denial of it neces sary. Such an inevease in one year is pal pably impossible; and the Liverpool brokers, therefore, in order to reconcile their siaie yrents ofthe outgoings, have generally rep resented the stocks now held by dealers and spinners at .more by 30,000 bags than they were-computed to be at the close of 1823. “B it this is-clearly an inadequate allowance for increase of the interior stocks; for 30,000 bags equal to only 576 bags per week— w hich, deducted from 2010 bags, the stated ■weekly increase of the deliveries from the ports in 1824, would still leave 1434 bags (equal to more than 14 [Ser cent.) as the weekly amount of the increased consump tion of the year. This would show an in crease of consumption tar beyond the capa bility ofthe ‘rade, and it’ is therefore obvi ous that the statements from winch such an increase is dedicated, are erroneous. That they are so, we have ourselves the most po si’ive conviction. We are satisfied from the best calculations ami the fullest enquiries we can make with respect to the quantity of niachiuery brought into action during the past year’ that the consumption cannot, by anv means have exceeded 580.000 bags, or | ,ll’, 160 bags per week; and the conclusion, I therefore, we have come to is, that of the 64O,QO0bags said to have been delivered from the ports in 1824. for home consumption, there are at legist 50,000 bags more than was field by dealers and spinners on Jan. Ist, JH24, yet unrjbnsumed. Li favor of this view of the subject, we may state that the sales in Liverpool” ajone, for the last twelve weeks of 1824. amounted to the enormous quantity of 185,000‘bags, an excess upon the con sumption in itself almost sufficient to account for what we have assumed to be"the extra Stock. Irina the dealers and spinners were heavy purchasers during this period, is ap parent from the quantity of cotton sent to the carriers to be forwarded, having been for whole time so large, as to produce the 0^)3 1 harassing and vexatious delays in the carrying trade between Manchester and Liverpool. On this calculation the compara tive rnte ofthe supply and demand lor 1824 is as follows: Consumption, 580,000 bags. Export to the continent about 50,000 \ 630,000 Total fmpnrt 538,000 M iking a deficiency of 92,000 bags whi h is a falling oft sufficiently great to ac count fix- a serious improvement in the pri ces ‘hat were current before so considerable a deficiency became’ apparent. Whether Hie advance which has taken place will be maintained or not, is, of course, uncertain:— we give no opinion respecting It. 1 lie in fluence, however, of that advance w.U be to stimulate the efforts of the importers, and to secure for the country a great and abundant supply. The experience we have had, is qui'e decisive as to the effect, in encourag ipgtlie cultivation .of the article, and in bring ing it from e very place of growl h to this mar ket, of prices even under those which are now current. The prices which were estab lished in the latter part of 1823, were, no doubt, in a great measure the occasion of the universal cultivation whieh it is .univer sally admitted took place in all the cotton dist ricts of North America in 1824. The;pro chice of that vastly-increased cultivation,, we may be assured, our present prices will cause to be brought hither. Os the actual produce of the last growth in North America no con fident opinion can be formed for several worn hs to come. Buthe concurrent repre sentations from every quarter entitled ,us to calculate (finder favorable circumstances for gathering it>on a much greater crop than had been produced in any former year.— The extent to which the crop has been in jured by bad Weather is yet unknown. The dauvige it has sustained from this cause may probably have been limbed to the planta tions on the sea hoard, where but a compa ratively small proportion of the whole cron is grown: and, at all events, it is represented to have operated only on the plantations of Georgia and Carolina. In the states of Loui siana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee, it is know n that the weather, on the whole, has been favorable, and that the produce ther*, is unprecedeiitedly great, and of choice equality. From the period of the hurricane too, up to the middle of Decern her, we have information that the weather had been good in Georgia anti Carolina, and that the pickingwas proceeding well; so that even hi ihese states the'quantity may still turn out to be great. In venturing an opinion respecting the probable supply of 1825, our object is not so much to estimate the actual quantity which may arrive, (because this depends essential ]v on the degree and continuance of the en couragement to bring it. which might be so powerful as to occasion an import much ex ceeding the quantity that will suflfiee for cur argument) as to show that an accumulation j of stock will, in all human probability, take j . * f i-♦is- of the Year. An accu-! •i’ * Vim* in'ftl carr uikl that ] price* cannot remain long, a* we fear they may -now be considered injuriously high. With respect to the supply from North America, it is important to keep in view that the increase of cultivation, which it is gene rally admitted took pla'e in 1824, was gene ral. It was an increaseyn every cotton dis trict, upon the largest emtiyation which had previously existed, and wdiild have pi-oduc ed but for the counteracting, effects of bad weather, a crop larger thanatjy other, in pro portion as the planting :as gLeajcr. On the supposition, therefore, that tliie injury the crops have sustaiped is equalTo t he augment ed cultivation, tke growtlkof the past wear will still be found to equal the largest growth of any previous year; and wi|h such induce ments to bring it as our prices now present,, it would perhaps not be unreasonable to ex pect a supply, in 1825,-equal to the largest supply of any one year. In 1823, we re ceived from North America, 450,000 bags Under present circumstances, however, we shall not take that as a standard; but. keep ing in mind how much ilie depressed prices in the French market (which are no# at least 13 per cent, under those current hgre) will tend to direct the crop to this country, we think we are likely to in calcula tiiig'bn the receipt, in 1825, of as much as 380,000 bags, which will sull allow a deduc tjonyi-om the extent of the import of 1823, oW&fiOO bags for contingencies. We are by no means unaware that statements with res pect to the growth, very different from what we have proceeded%n in making this calcu lation, some extending men to a defalcation of 50 or 60,000 bags, as compared with the crop of 1823, are made in particular quar ters; but they are not borne out by xgdvices which we have seen from the States, and they appear to us. on a review of all the cir cumstances of the case, to be grossly impro bable. *’ From the Brazils the suppjy, for the last three years, has been very nearly unifornri — in each year about 145,000 bags. During this period, however, the commerce of that country has been considerably obstructed by political agitations which are now subsiding. ‘The increased facilities for trade which the re-establishment of tranquility already af fords, in conjunction with tne improved state of our market for cotton,, will, we entertain no doubt, give us in the present year, an in creased import from thence. We therefore, assume our receipts from the Brazils in 1825, at 160,000 bags, a quantity more by 15,000 than the average of the last three years. Krom Egypl the supply will be considera ble, as the crop there, according to all ac counts, exceeds 200,000 bags, thre gveater proportion of which must come to this coun try. The continental markets being under stood to be glutted with the article, we esti mate the import of this description at 110,- 000 bags. From the East and West Indies, Demerara, and all other places, we take to import at 90,000 bags which is about the same as last year. On these data the probable supply ofept ton jn 1825, will be— From America, 380,000 bags Brazils 160,000 Egypt 110,000 East and W. Indies, &c. 90,000 740,000 And taking the probable con sumption & export the lat ter is generally expected (o be much less than last year at 640,000 The increased s'nek at the end of 1825 will be 100,000 bags That the stock of cotton in the British market will be increased at tlie close of the present year to something like this extent, beyond what it was at its commencement, we have a very decided belief—and if the pre sent prices should continue, we should not be surprised to see even a larger quantity come forward than what we have ventured to assume, so as to make the increase of stock even greater. The consumption, too, ?ay be ultimately diminished, and will be so, if spinners and manufacturers should be una ble to obtain an advance on yarn and goods equal Jo the great advance which has alrea dy taken place in cotton. Whether they will or not, is yet uncertain—goods, howev er, have assuredly not yet risen in any de gree at all approaching what would be equi valent to the advance on the raw material. With respeet to the price of cotton, we take as our standard of a desirable price, that, whatever it may- be, which is at once sufficiently high, by its affording a remune ration to the grower, to secure an adequate supply of this valuable commodity', and, at the same time, low enough to furnish our manufacturers with the means of constant prosperity and extension. The present pri ces we deem much too high to serve both Jhese important purposes; and we consider our opinion on this subject to be supported by the fact, that the average price of upland cotton, for the last three thtee years, during which we have been abundantly supplied, ami during which the impetus given to our manufactures has been greatest, is only 8J pounds, which the present average is not less than IQJ, a difference too considerable to have more than temporary duration, or, we fear to be unattended with injurious con sequences. Os these, that which we must apprehend is a reduction of the weavers, wages, or the.dismissal of the hands from their situations. The masters, we believe, ralculate on a reduced demand for goods in case prices should rise; and they say they are determined not to accumulate stocks ma nufactured at high rates. Under these cir cumstances, we much fear the weavers will find it difficult if not impossible, to obtain that advance on wages, which, to the extent of at least forty percent, they have recently, at a meeting held at Bolton, come to the de termination to apply for. CHEAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA. Parliamentary Debate. —We make thefol lowing extracts from the debate which took place in the British House of Commons, on the 8d of.February, after the reception of the King’s Speech. Mr. Ihougltam rose and stated, that, of some ot the points in the speech he disap proved, and against others, and not a few, he S must enter a solemn protest; he,ftt the same i time, was bound to state that some other ! parts had his cordial and willing approbation, ther could he, in making that statement, ;laim to any excess of candor, as Ute mea- sures to which he had alluded had been urg ed from his aide of the house upon a succes sion of administrations. He made the State ment more freely, as he was far from arro gating the merit of those measures to him self, but claimed it for those with whom he had uniformly the honor of acting ever since had had a seat in that house. The doctrines that he and his friend* had advocated, had long been treated as a visionary code, and at times been termed Jacobinical, and said to have been taken out of the book of the Rights of Man. But those doctrines had not only been adopted, but made the subject ol congratulation itt the speech from the throne; he recollected well when one member said, “he trusted the house would never legislate on such principles.” Ministers had taken a leaf out of the blackest book of him and his < friends, and he so- one sincerely rejoiced, that just, and philosophical and statesman like principles, had at length been recom mended in tbft speech from the throne. The following passage contains a part of Mr. Canning’s reply, ancf it is ill that gentle man's b -st manlier: “1 turn,” said Ire, “tu that other part of the honorable and learned gentleman’s speech, in which he acknowledges bis acquiescence in the passages of the address echoing the satisfaction felt at the success ofthe liberal commercial principles adopted by this coun try, and at the steps taken for recognizing the States of America It does happen, however, that the honorable gentlemen, be ing a not unfrequent speaker in this House, nor very concise in his speeches, and touch ing, occasionally, as be proceeds, on almost, every subject within the range of his imagi nation, as well as making name observations on the matter in hand, and having at differ ent periods, proposed and supported every innovation of which the law or constitution of the country is susceptible; it is impossible to innovate without appearing to do what he calls “taking a leaf out of his book.” Either, therefore, we must r-emaimforever absolute ly locked up, as in a northern winter, or we must break our way out by some mode al ready suggested by the honorable and learn ed gentleman, and then he cries out, “Ah, I was there before you. That is what 1 told you to do, but, as you would not do it then, you have no right to doit now ” In Queen Anne’s reign there lived a very sage and able critic, named Dennis, who in his old age, was the prey of a strange fancy, that he had written ail the good play s thot were act ed. Every good passage he met with in any author, he insisted was hi 9 tyevn. “It’s none of his.” rtoinis would always say: “no, it’s mine.” He went one day to see anew tra gedy. Nothing particularly good to his taste occurred till a scene mi which a great storm was represented, in the course of which a sudden burst of thunder called forth the. ge neral approbation of the audience. Upon hearing it, Dennis started up and exclaimed, “That’s my thtinderlV—(Great laughter.)— So it is with the honorable and learned gen tleman—it’s all his thunder—(Laughter.) It will henceforth be impossibie to confer any boon or make any innovation, but he will claim it as his thunder. But it is due to him to acknowledge, that he does not claim everything—he will be content with the exclusive merit of the libe- ral measures relating to trade and commerce. Not desirous of violating his own principles by claiming a monopoly offoresight and wis dom, he kindly throws overboard, to my ho norable and learned friend (Sir James Mack intosh) near him, the praise of South Ame rica. 1 should like to know whether, in some degree, this is not his thunder. (Laughter.) He thinks it right itself, but le9t we should be too proud if he approved our conduct in toto, he thirrks it wronfj; in point of time.— 1 differ from loin essentially—for if 1 pique myself on any thing in this affair, it is the time. The whole question was one of time and mode. There were tw'o modes—one a reckless and headlong bourse, by which we might have reached our object at once, but at the expense of drawing upon us conse quences not lightly to be estimated. The other was more strickly guarded in point of principle, so tliat, while we pursued our own interest, we took care to give no just cause of offence to other powers. France not only recognized the United States before her teiritory was free, and without giving the mother country any offer of precedency, but, though in amity with us at the moment, mixed op with the act of re cognition a treaty of alliance with the United States, to enable them to achieve their inde pendence. France, for that purpose, made herself the enemy of England. But it really seems as if it were conceived that this act, on our part, is imperfect, because it is not accompanied by war. Now the task I thought set to me, was to arrive at my object, not on ly without .that war, bat without giving just cause of war to Spain, or any other power. The honorably, and learned gentlemen pro fesses to consider my policy as huckstering; but ifhe thinks that war might not have been had by a little dexterity, he is muck mista ken—(cries of hear, hear, hear.) It lay on each side, but I have arrived at my .object 1 without stirring the dangers that encompass ed me —(cheers.) Is the result, then, dis satisfactory, because, from beginning to end, we have taken no step that wo have not pre viously announced to every party interested by immediate relations, by sympathy, or by | honor? (hear, -hear!) There is not in the j archieves of my office a document connected j with this negotiation which Spain has not j seen, or the Allies had cognizance of. Spain : was told for years, that If she would take the ! precedence, we would fall behind at a fum ble distance. We offered to give her a su periority in the markets of her late colonies; but at last, because we were forced to go alone, did we avail ourselves of our priority to secure peculiar advantages? So far from selling our recognition, we demanded only to be placed where any one who chooses to follow us may be placed, on the same foot ing. I am desirous of offering some explanation with regard to the treaty with the U. States for the more effectual suppression of the slave trade. The treaty was drawn up by the ministers of the United States. It received some alteration here, but none very material. By the constitution of the United States, the confirmation of treaties is vested, not in the Executive only, but in the Senate and Exe cutive jointly. This Was. an inconvenience of which we were certainly aware, and,there fore, we had no right to complain when we j found that the treaty fegularly negotiated and ratified by his Majesty, was refused to be ratified by the American Senate, unless pa conditions to wliiob wc could not accede.. But wfiat was peculiarly singular was, that the most material alteration made by the Se nate, was an alteration of the original draft of the treaty made by the American govern ment, and an alteration which withdrew all the reciprocity on which the treaty was founded. The right of search was, hy the original treaty, conceded by us in the West Indies, but they refused it to us on their own coast. It was impossible as a matter of jus tice to the West Indies, to consent to this al teration- It would have been a tacit admis sion that our slave laws were evaded by our colonies. I will not affirip that the Ameri cans evade their slave laws, but 1 deny, posi tively. that ours are evaded by our colonists. We cannot agree to a treaty which seem? to sanction the imputation, that we admit on ou'r part what they deny on theirs. It has been proposed to cancel the whole negotia tion and begin anew, andVe have offered to agree to a treaty, as amended by their Sen ate, with the single exception of the omis sion of the word “America.” 1 cannot sup pose that their objections will stand the test of furthur discussion. At all events, our feel ing* have been made manifest. We raised the penalty of the trade to that of piracy, and we are willing by treaty to concede equal powers. It gives me great pleasure to add that the whole course of the discussion was carried oil in perfect friendship, and (hat 1 have no doubt the personal feeling of the Executive government was entirely with us. (Hear, hear!) As to any other topics, 1 pre fer at this moment to defer the consideration of them to the more detailed discussions that will be hereafter necessary. The right ho- sat down amidst the gene ral cheering of tl\f house. From the Savannah Republican, 2 3d imt. ARRIVAL OF GEN. LAFAYETTE. The great reception of our “NATION'S GUEST,” is over—anti the display, take it altogether, exceeded any thing eVer before witnessed in Savannah. As seven o’clock on Saturday morning last was the liouksmi which the General was expected to arrive at Fort Jackson, the military were ordered to assemble on their several-parade grounds at 5 o’clock A. M. which was done with an alacrity and promptitude characteristic of good soldiers, At about 7 o’clock the line was formed, and remained underarms until 9, when their being no signal of the approach ofthe steam boat, the troops stacked their arms, and were dismissed until warning was given ofthe arrival of our expected guest. — At 10 o’clock the Committee of Reception, proceeded to Fort Jackson in barges rowed by seamen, in bluejackets and white trowses, and decorated with flags for the purpose of welcoming the general on his ar rival in our waters. By 10 o’clock the Eas tern end of the Bay wa9 literally choked up* by the numerous spectators who were anx iously looking out for the steam boat. Every bosom, from infancy to old age, seemed to glow with patriotic feeling, jjpd to feel as it we re t h e sacred ness of t h e on; 12 o’clock arrived—all was anxiety and expectation on tiptoe—almost, every tonge was heard to ask, “do you see any thing of the boat;.” “Is he coming.” Despondency seemed to hat e taken possession of every countenance, when few minutes before l b'cloefc, a signal was made by the ringing of the Bell, whieh an nounced that the welcome vessel, bearing Lafayette, was rapidly advancing towards our City. This joyous intelligence spread through town like electricity; and smiles of j joy revelled on every face. In less than 15 minutes the military were under arms in front of the Exchange, and marched to the lower end of the Bay, where thevwere form ed in line, their right resting on East-Broad street. On each side ofthe entrance, through which the General passed, into East-Broad street, were placed two French brass pieces which were manned by a company of mas ters of vessels, andqthers who volunteered for the occasion, ft was a proud day for Savannah. A more splendid military dis play has not been witnessed; or more cordial, f'etierous, and spontaneous feeiing evinced, t Was a jubilee—a more geoeral holiday than the 4'h of July# Business was suspended stores closed, and streets thronged with weU dressed people. About 2 o’clock it was an nounced that the steam*boat had rounded too off Fort Jarkson, when a national salute. was fired by the revenue cutter Gallatin, Capt. Matthews, which vessel was beauti ful decorated with flags. The merchant vessels in our harbor were also decorated in the same manner. The starry standard of America, and the French flag were hoisted on the top of tire balcony of the Exchange, and various other parts of the City. The rush tqjUre theatre of expectation was im mense,Thotisands and thousands crowded to witness his landing. During the progress of the boat,from Fort Jackson to the city, many an eye was strained in the hopeless task of recognizing the “NATION’S GUEST,” A few minutes after 3 o’clock the steam boat dropped anchor alittle above Fort Wayne, when a salute was again fired by the revenue cutter Gallatin. On board the boat was a full band of music, which played, at intervals, the Marseilles Hymn, and other French and American Airs.— Gen. LAFAYETTE being now assisted into the first barge; prepared for the occasion, 1 with his son George Washington and his se i cretary Mr. LeVassqhr, accompanied by .the j committee of reception, was rowed to the | landing, where a temporary flight of steps : and platform were erected. As the barge ! reached the slutte, the excitement and bus tle increased. The windows of every dwel ling, near the spot, were filled with lovely fftjr ones of our city, whose smiles and spark ling eyes spake volumes of congratulation to our venerable Guest. A line was formed, facing inwards from the landing place on the wharf, composed of the Mayor and Aider men; the Clergy; the Judge and officers of the different Courts; the Union society; the Hibernian Society, with their bannes; the St. Andrew Society; the Agricultural Socie ty, and Citizens. The General was then re ceived by W*. C. Tlanikll, Esq. Mayor of the City. As the General placed his foot upon our soil, a salute of twenty Jour guns was fired bv the Chatham Artillery, in line on the Bluff, with four field pieces, one of which is a trophy taken at the batlfe of York town, where the genius and vrflor of LA FAYETTE were conspiciotisty displayed in ; our revolutionary struggle. The 9atuteof the Artillery was immediately followed by twenty four rounds from the infantry which had been drawn up in ft line to receive the j General. He was greeted on his landing by,; ■ acclamations long and loud, which ran along , the line like electricity. 3itppnr!el byil Mayor, he now ascended the Bluff, folio* by his suite, the Committee of Recepi; the members ofthe corporation, the Sq< ties and citizens On reaching the lop o f. Bluff, he was again enthusiastically cheei by the niilitary and Citizens. Me. \y a <( t | met by .Governor Troup, who wclcomei|| in the most feeling manner to the soil Georgia, in the following words:— “Gk.xxual, “Tis little more than ninety years,* the founder of this State first set foot u; the bank on which you stand. Now,) hundred thousand People open their receive you. Thanks to a kind Provide it called you to the standard of liberty j, { hopelessness of our early revolution— jj preserved you, that, in your latter day, glory of a great Empire might be reflg back upon you, amid the acclamations ions. “The scenes which are to come will be you, comparatively tranquil and-placid; th will be no more of dungeons—no more frowns of Tv rruUs. O.i Sir! what a com tion fora man, Who has passed f (trough i sens of troubles, that the million of bay* which guard the blessings we enjoy, stand between you and them. But eixj Welcome, General—Welcome —thrice || come—to the State of Georgia.” To this address, the General delire the folloyving reply:— The kind iuvilatiou I first received | your- F.ecellency, and which, on the meet ofthe General Assembly, was bestowed me by both houses, in terms most gratifi could not but confirm my eager resolii to visit the Slate of Georgia. This state, I had not the good fortune to serve o own soil—but, while our more nonl movements were not unconnected with safety and rescue —l have long been ati; ed to it by my sense of its patriotism, sw ing and exertions, by personal obhgai and private affections. Permit me hen express a regret at the rapidity of my In; visit through the several slates. The a bration ofthe greatest of all birth days at seat of the general government could be omitted —and although I have been cl ed to sacrifice the motives of propriety,! the feelings of personal friendship, winch: led me to wilnete the of executive branch of the union, I couul sagive up the honorable pari conferred ui me, on the behalf of secular Jubilee of Bn cr’s Hill, as the representative, being only surviving’ Major General of the kn ntionary Army, My dear sir, I am h.tppj witness the improvements which, witlnnl than a century of existence, and fifty u of independence, have attendee!, in this st the blessings of republican institutions Accept, if you please, for v ourself, and two houses of the Legislature, my n affectionate anil respectful thanks.” He was then introduced to several offit and soldies of the Revolution. THE MAYOR’S ADDRESS. Soon after the dismissal of the Civic It cession, the Mayor and Aldermen, again i at the Exchange, and with live City Man at their head, with the insignia of his all proceeded to flielodgings of Gen. I.ufavi They Were immediately received by the neral, to whom the following address was hvered by the Mayor: “General.— “The citizens of Savannah receive j with the most grateful emotions In \ they behold their country’s early anclste fast friepd, who, spurning the allurcmenti rank ana affluence at home, devoted him to the cause of an infant ana alien peoj resisting oppression in a most unequal i fearful conflict. ‘•hi the history of the war of the revo tion, your arrival upon our shores, con tutes a highly important era. To the li rased soldiery, it imparted additional vig To our exhausted country, it gave new ho; —and to the cause of Liberty, a power and a faithful ally. To the glorious term tion of that war, you largely contributec The establishment of a republican torn government, as necessarily resulted from character of the people who waged that i The peculiarity of that form, as happyi is singular, is the proudest monument cfl man wisdom and virtue. “Gbskral— After the lapse of near ha century, you rev isit the scenes of youri ly glory and renown. Few, indeed, ofyi olcl companions survive to embrace von We, their descendants, rich in the inhe tance of their glory and their achievinen welcome you in the name, and asthefrieml our fathers. In our national indepemlei —in our politicial institutions—in our and and religious principles—in the diffusion knowledge —and in our individual piospt ty’ and happiness—behold the achievmf of the revolution. In the hearts of the An ican People, your services and your gl< are consecrated; and so long as they are thy of the liberties which they now enj so song will t|iey hold, in the most grate ■reverence, the names of those to whom tb are indebted for them; and so long will t! shout, with the warmest enthusiasm, I names of Washington and Lafayette.” The General immediately replied in I following terms:— “1 am happy, sir, to enjoy the long wi ed-for gratification, of a visit to this inter ting and classic city, where you so kin welcome me. You are pleased to speak friendly emotions. Sir, my own feeling* this occasion, are most lively and multiple While I rejoice in the honorable and nff< donate receptiqp from the citizens of Sa nah, the prosperity and happiness, whi this city presents to a patriotic eye, I fort %st time approach the spot where the bluj of two nations has been shed in a comm cause—where Pulaski fell, and Laurens pi* ted the American Standard. It is to meacli rished thought, that although the wounds D’Estaing, the gallant devotion of Lincol were not rewarded with success, the remei brance of that day must be one of the bon of mutual friendship, and good wishes there is also the tomb of my dear Compuns and friend, the great and good Greene. Amidst those sentiments, 1 am highly sible of the knfdness of the people of Sa nah in my behalf, ami beg them and you, * Mayor, to accept my respectful, affections acknowledgments.’* At Sun down a salute of twenty-four g was fired by the marine corps. THE DEPARTURE. Immediately after dinner, about 5 o’cW ; the General returned to hia. lodgings, $ ; soon after with his son, George Washing 1