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MTQ.A W. HOBERTBON,
PUDI.1SI1KR8 OF THE V.AWS OP TIIE UNION.,
DAILY PAPER, ! 5 :
COUNTRY PAPER,:
J P.IOIIT HOLLARS
: :hvb dollars
Monday morning, march m.
JT Till! annual meeting of the Georgia
Bible Society, will bo belli in the Presbyteri
an Church in this city, THIS EVENING,
the 14th inst. when it is expected that sev--
eral addresses will be delivered. The ser
vices will commence st seven o’clock.
jj* The members of tho Joint Commit
tee of Reception, will meet THIS DAY,
at 12 o’clodk. W. C, DAN1ELL,
Chairman.
RECEPTION OP LAFAYETTE.
The following order will be observed in
forming the Civic and Military Procession
on the arrival of the Nation’s Guest, viz. :
1. Marshal of the City, with staff of office.
2. Divisions of the Georgia Hussars, Liberty
and M’Intosh Troops of Cavalry.
1st Marshal with Staff.
3. Gen. Lafafette, and the oldest Revo
lutionary Officer of Georgia,in a car
riage drawn by 4 grey horses.
4. The Governor of the State, and Mayor
of the City in a second carriage.
3. Gen. Lafa iTTt’ssuite in a 3d carriage.
8. Revolutionary Officers in a 4th carriage.
T. Major and Brigadier Generals, the Suites
ofthe Governor and the Generals.
2d .Marshal and Staff,
ft. The Committees of Council, of the Citi
zens and of Officers.
9. Aldermen.
10. The Rev, Clergy, Judges, Officers of
the U’States,Consuls,Officers ofCourts.
3d Marshal with Staff.
I”®*' I Uittvnna in rnnlta ofQ, \
that.
f Citizens in ranks oft)
0th Marshal.
12. Divisions of the Georgio Hussars, Li
berty and M’Intosh Troops ofCavalry.
13. Field Officers of other Regimeuts.
14. Officers of the Army and Navy.
15. Company Officers ofthe first and other
Regiments.
Lieui. Colonel.
Chatham Artillery.
U. S. Troops.
Savannah Fencibles.
Savannah Volunteer Guards.
Georgia Volunteers.
Republican Blues.
Major and Regimental Staff.
The Procession will move up East Broad
Street, to Broughton-Street, from thence
to West Bruuil-Street, from thence to South
Broad Street, down that street to Abercorn
Street, and through Abercorn-Strect to
Oglothorde-Square.
The persons who have accepted the ap
pointment of Marshals of the day, arc re-
quired to meet at the Exchange this Morn
ing at 10 o’clock.
By order of the Lafayette Joint Committee.
J. MARSHALL.
C The citizens of Savannah are respect
fully requested, as much as possible, lo
confine to their own yards and houses, their
servants and especially the children, whilst
military honors arc paying to General La-
fa fette.
The City Marshals and City Constables
arc required to take into custody all such
negroes and persons of color, as may be
found at all trespassing upon, or attending
the procession, parades, Sec. during the
stay of General Lafafette in this city.—
Thu City Constables will further obey all
orders emanating from tho Marshals of the
day, during the time of the Procession in
honor of General Lafafette.
W. C. DANIELL, Mayor.
Police-Office, 14th March, 1825.
IT/ At a meeting of the Teachers of this
city, held at the Academy, Saturday, 12th
instant, the following were among the res
olutions udopted and ordered to be publish
ed :—
“ Resolved, That surh teachers as have
not attended our meetings, be requested to
unite with us in celebrating the arrival of
the “ Nation’s Guest ” in this city.
“ Resolved, That the parents aud guar
dians of such children as do not ut present
attend any school, bo invited to send them
to the Academy, or to join the school of any
of the Teachers who have attended our
meetings—the day and hour shall be made
known through the public prints.”
. The Teachers and Parents of such chil
dren as may attend, are particularly re
quested to use every exertion to have as
much uniformity in their dress as possible.
The dress recommended for the occasion,
may be known by application to any of the
teachers. HENRY MACDONNELL,
Chairman.
W. W. Wash, Secretary.
Masonic Dinner.—Subscribers to the
Dinner, to lie given by his Masonic Breth
ren to General Lafayette, aro informed
that Tickets aro loft at T. Lonoivohtii’s
Book Store, where those Brethren who have
not already, may have ail opportunity to
subscribe,
R. W. Poor.En,
N. H. Oi.msteao,
S. C- House,
George White, Managers
I). Cabnkv, Jr.
C. A. Higgins,
F. On.LET,
We understand that a committee has
been appointed to effectuate the completion
ofthe Gheenk and Pulaski monuments;
and that it consists of the following gentle
men : Maj. John Stevens,
Col. A. B. Fannin,
Saaiuei. B.Pahkman, Esq.
Col.Monnr.cAi Meeks, and
Dr. James P. Screven.
Wc learn that the Mayor of our City has
sent invitations to Mrs. Shaw, of Dungo-
ncss, Ga. and Col. Francis Kinloch Hu
ger, of South Carolina, to be present on
the visit ofthe Guest of the Nation to this
city. Mrs. Shaw, it will be recollected, is
tho daughter of Genera! Gkef.ne, who
holds so honorable a rank among our revo
lutionary heroes; and Col. Huger is the
Bon of the friend of General Lafayette, in
whose mansion he resided on his first land
ing in America.and the same i,-.dividual who
in company with Dr. Bollman, so gallant
ly but unsuccessfully, attempted his rescue
from the dungeon of Olinutz.
Route of Lafayette.—The following
notice dated 9th inst. was endorsed on the
way-bill of the Colombia Stage, which ar
rived at Charleston on Friday night :—
“ General Lafayette will be at Mre. Fitz-
simons’ on Saturday night.” Mr, F*s house
is 84 miles from Charleston.
Later,—A note endorsed on the post
bill of the Charleston office, received at the
Post-Office in this city last evening, says—
Lafayette will enter this city on Monday
morning.” (THIS DAY’.)
tiniony which you have been please! this
day to express to my official conduct i this
highly distinguished stution, I pray jiu to
accept my profound acknowludgomu ts
Nearly fourteen years, with but t wo.com-
pnratively short intervals, the ardun0 du
blessings which wo have enjoyed, ns tho j eracies, to be erected upon the ruins of tfie
fruits of tlioir labors, to transmit the same, Union, they ffnve Been scattered to the
unimpaired, to the aucceoding generations. | winds. If there have been dangerous at-
In the compass of thirty-six years, since. tachmeiits to one foreign nation, and anti- er.
this great national covenant wus instituted ] pathies against another, they have keen ex-
a body oflaws enacted under its authority, tinguished.
tature, have conciliated the semitret,,,
apprnaimated ihe opinions of enlighi e ,- 3
minds, upon ilia question of constitutions!.
I cannot but hope that, by tbe sane
Po*.
&
cesa of friendly, patient and pcrai-verir
bera-.on. a‘l conat tutinnsl ol jeetious wi|| u ,
timately he removed. The extern and :7'
ties of the Chair have been assignodio me. and in conformity with its provisions, huu 'Pen yeurs of peace, at home and abroad, 'irr.it,.
In that long period, of peace and of wur. ntifoldod its powers, and carried into prac- have assuaged the animosities of political " ?' P . j§ t ra oacrndni j?*"
causos from without and within, of great tical operation its effective energies. Sul- contention, and blended into harmony the i||tereft «j|| be aetiled andncknow'| ,, r ,11,li " t
public excitement, have occasionally divided ordinato departments have distributed the most discordant elemeuts of public opinion. (lie co m, Il0n utafacion of all i and s’ 1
” ‘ ‘ “ “ l "~ ’ nl ‘ r ~~‘ ' speculative ample will be solved’by a
Ileal public blessing. *
Fellow citiiena, you are acquainted »!.(,
the peculiar circumstance! of the recent,1,.”
tion, which have resulted in affording met £
... .... „ opportunity of tddreaamg you at »hi* tim e .~
The dobates in this House, to which those settling,in harmonious coincidence with the | gainst cncli other; of embracing, as coun- You have herd the exposition of ihi p,j lr .
’ ’ ■ . . <u-j- . — i , u._ t0 ta . plea’s liich will direct me in the fulfilment
our councils, disturbed our hnrmnny, and Executive functions in their various relu- There still remains one effort of magnuni-
threntenod our safety. Happily, however, tions.to Foreign Affairs, to tho Revenue mity, one sacrifice of prejudice and passion,
past dangers, which appeared hi encompass and Expenditures, and to the military force to be made by tho individuals throughout
us, worodispelled, os I anxiously hope thoso of the Uuion, by land aud sea, A co-ordi-, tho nation, who have heretofore followed
ofthe present will be, in a spirit of mutual note department of the Judiciary has ex- the standards of political party. It is that
forbearance, moderation, and wildom.— pounded tho Constitution and the Laws ; of discarding every remnant of rancour a
causes gave rise, were somotimm ardent legislative will, uumerousweighly questions trymen and friends; and of yielding
and animated: but, amidst all hie heats of construction, which the imperfection of lents and virtue alone, that confidence which
and agitations produced by our temporary human language had rendered unavoidable, in times of contention for principle, was
divisions, it has bean my happy Ibrtune to The year of Jubilcesince the first lorinatioa bestowed only upon those who bore the
experience, in an unexampled degree, the of our Union has just elapsed; that of the | badge of party communion,
kindness, f lie confidence, and thi affection- Declaration of our Independence is at hand. | The collisions of party spirit,which origi-
nte attachment of the Members of the ’The consummation of Goth was effected by note in speculative opiuiuns, ur in different
House. Ofthe numerous deciiions which this Constitution. Since that period, a pop-, views of administrative policy, are, in their
I have been called upon to prouounco from ulation of four millions has multiplied to ] nature transitory. Those which aro found-
this place, on questions often snddedly star- twelve. A territory bounded by the Mis- cd on Geographical divisions, adverse in-
tod, mid of much difficulty, it has so hap- sissippi, has been extended from sea to sea. j terests of soil, climate and modus of domes-
pened, from the generous support given | New Btates have been admitted to the U-j tic life, are more permanent, aud therefore,'
me, that not one of them has ever been re- nion in numbers nearly equal to those of the ; perhups, more dangerous. It is t his which
versed by the Mouse. I advert to this fact first confederation. Treaties of peace, uni- gives inestimable value to the character of
not in a vnin spirit of exultation, but as fur-' ity aud commurco, have boon concluded ~
nishing a powerful motive for undUsemblcd! with the principal dominions ofthe earth,
gratitude. The people of other nations, inhabitants of
* “ " regions acquired, not by conquest, but by
compact, have beon united with us in the
participation of uur rights and duties, of
our burdens and blessings. The tiirest has
fallen by the axe of our woodsmen—tiie
soil Imb been made to teem by the tillage of
our farmers ; our commerce lias whitened
every ocean. Tiie dominion of man over
piiysical nature, has been extended by tiie
invention of our urtists. Libcny ami Law
have marched hand in hand. All the pur
By the ship Delaware, Hamilton, arri
ved yesterday, we have received the Phila
delphia Sentinel to the 5th inst.
A press, of interesting matter, among
which the principal is the inaugural address
of Mr. Arams,-compels us to exclude this
day much matter of a less interesting des
cription, and some to us of perhaps a moro
interesting character,to wit: advertisements.
Gratifying Intelligence I—Ratifi
cation of the Creek Treaty I!—We
lenru by a letter from Washington City,
dated on the 3d instant, with an extract of
which we have been favored, that the trea
ty concluded with tho Creek Indians in
this state the present winter, 1ms been rati
fied by a constitutional majority ofthe Sen
ate of the United States. All immense
quantity valuable land is thus secured to
the state of Goorgiu, and asubjectofconsi
derable excitement between the State and
the United States, wo trust, amicably set
tled.
Governor Geo. M. Troup, arrived in this
city on Saturday evening, tor tho purpose
of receiving the Guest of the Nation.
It will be perceived by the advertisement,
that the field, staff and commissioned offi
cers of the first (Chatham) regiment intend
this day to pay tlioir respects to the Govern
or, as commander-in-chief. A salute will
be fired by the Chatham Artillery.
Astronomical Lectures.—A crowded
and highly respectable audience attended
Mr. Goodacre’s Introductory Lecture, at
tho Theatre, on Saturday, who appeared
to be much gratified. Tlmt part of the ap
paratus exhibited was splendid, and we.
should judge, calculated to render the stu
dy, simple and pleasing. Viewing the Lec
ture of Saturday as a specimen of the Lec
turer’s talents and mode of teaching, we
consider it quite favorable in reference tu
both.
Appointment by tiie Governor,—Ro
bert R. Reed, to be Judge of the Superior
Courts of the Middle Circuit, in tiie room
of Robert Walker, resigned.
The special .meeting of the now Senate
took place on the 4th instant. Tiie oath
of office was administered to Mr. Calhoun,
tho Vice-President, by Mr. Jackson, of
Tonessee, the oldest Senator present, after
which the Vice-President delivered an ad-
druss to the Senate. The new members
(six in number) then appeared and were
qualified. The members ro-olceted, were
also sworn, soon after which the Senate
adjourned.
National Legislature.—The term of the
18th Congress expired on Thursday the 3d
instant. In the House, a motion by Mr.
Newton to create an additional Department
of Government, under the title ofthe Home
Department, was refused to bo considered.
The consideration of tho resolvo for coloni
sing the free blacks in the intorior was al
so refused. A resolution of thanks was
passed to the lion. Ilonry Clay, when Mr.
Clay addressed tiie House as follows :
“ Gentlemen For the honorable tes-
In retiring, perhaps forever, from aiitua-
tion with winch so large a portion of my life
has been associated, I shall continually re
vert,during the remainder of it with incens
ing respect and gratitude,to this great thea
tre of our public action,and with the film be
lief tlmt tip; public interests and liberty of
our beloved country will be solely guarded
hereafter, as they have been herctotbre, by
enlightened patriotism.
Gentlemen : In roturnng to your respec
tive families and constituents, I beg all of
yo i, without exception, to carry with you
my fervant prayers for the continuation of
your lives, your health, nnd your happi
ness.”
In the following column will be found a ra
pidly sketched outline of the seems of yes
terday. Wo have not time, nor linvo we
the necessary materials, to make it more
perfect. Among other things, which it ha
been found impossible to enumerate, are
the official or personal designations of the
Members of Foreign Legations, or of our
own Civil, Military and NsvnlOfficers, who
were present on the uccasinn. The reader
may suppose, and, we believe, pretty cor
rectly, that all were present who were
within the range of the rule of admission
prescribed for the occasion.
Tho military display was credible to the
public spirit of our citizens; and general
cessation from labor, die. on tiie day, was
a respect which, once or twice a year,
our fellow-citizens may well pay to the
form of the constitution, and tiie epochs
of our history—Nat. hit.
Tiie Inaugural Ball, last evening, was
splendidly attended, whether we regard the
beauty of the one sex, or the station or re
pute of the other. The President was pre
sent, and the Vice-President, with many o-
ther public characters, whom we cannot
here enumerate, except to say, that the
presence of the late President Monroe wrb
one of those striking illustrations of our
Republican system, which it is our good
fortune daily to witness, and commit to such
iiime as a fugative sheet can give.—lb.
Wo. are indebted to a passenger in the
northern stage for the information thatGen.
Lafayette left Fayetteville on Saturday
evening last, and arrived at our boundary
line on Sunday afternoon at 5 o’clock,where
Ini was met by Colonel Preston, (one of the
Governor’s Aids) with an escort nfDragoons,
who offered him the salutions of his Excel
lency, on his arrival within our limits, in a
fine and emphatic manner. A lurgo con
course of our citizens assembled on the line
to meet him. He proceeded on that night
to Choraiv, and was to have reached Cam
den on Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock—
Dor Inlnriiiaiit adds, that the General bus
delighted all who liuve seen him, and that
lie invariably descended from his carriage
to greet the crowds who gathered at vari
ous places on the road to meet him.
C'h. Mi r.
poses
of human association have been ac
complished as effectively as under any oili
er government oil the globe; and at a cost
little exceeding, in a whole generation, the
expenditures of other nations in a single
year.
Such is the unexaggerated picture of our
condition, under a constitution founded up
on the Republican principle of equal rights,
To admit that this picture has its shades,
is hut to say that it is still the condition of
men upon earth. From evil, physical, mu
ral und political, it is not our claim to be ex
empt. We have suffered, sometimes by tiie
visitation of Heaven,through disease ; often
by the wrongs and injustice of oilier mi turns
even to the extremities of war; and lastly,
by dissentions among ourselves—ilisscntiuns
perhaps inseparable from the enjoyment of
freedom, but which have more than once
appeared to threaten the dissolution of the
Union, and, with it, the overthrow of all the
enjoyments of our present lot, aud all our
earthly hopes of the future. The causes of
these dissentionshavo been various, founded
upon differences of speculation in the theory
of Republican government; upon conHic-
ting views of policy, in our relations witli
foreign nations ; upon jealousies of partial
and sectional interests, aggravated by pre
judices and preposcssions, which strangers
to each other, are ever apt to entertain.
It is a source of gratification and of en-
couragemeul to me, to observe, that the
great result of this experiment, Epou the
theory of human rights, has, ut tho close of
that generation, by which, it was formed,
been crowned with success, equal to the
most sanguine expectations of its founders.
Union, justice, tranquility, the common do-
fence, tbe genera) welfare, and the blessings
of liberty—all have been promoted by the
government under which we hive lived
Standing at this point oftime ; looking buck
to that generation which has gone by, ami
forward to that which is advancing, weniuy
ut once, indulge in grateful exultation,’and
in cheering hope. From the experience of
the past, we derive instructive lessons for
the future. Of the two great political par
ties which have divided tiie opinions and
feelings of our country, the candid and the
just will now admit, that both have con
tributed splendid talents, spotless integrity,
ardent patriotism, and disinterested sacrifi
ces, to the formation and administration of
this governmnnt; and that botli have ac
quired a liberal indulgence for a portion of
human infirmity and error. The Revo
lutionary wurs of Europe, commencing pre
cisely at the moment when tiie government
ofthe United States, first went into operh-
tion, under this Constitution, excited u col
lision of sentiments and of sympathies, which
kindled all the passions and embittered the
conflict of parties, till the nation was involv
ed in war, und the Union was shaken to its
centre. This time of trial embraced a peri
od of five-aml-twenty years, during which,
the policy ofthe Union, in its relations with
Europe, constituted tiie principal basis of
our political divisions, and the most arduous
part oftlia action of our Federal Govern
ment.
With the catastrophe in which the wars
of the French revolution terminated; anil
our own subsequent peace with Great Bri
tain, tills baneful weed of party strife was
uprooted. From that time, no difference of
principle connected either witli tiie theory
of Government, or with our intercourse
with Foreign Nations has existed, or been
called forth, ill force sufficient to sustain a
continued combination of parties, or to give
more tlmn wholesome animation to public
sentiment, or legislative debate. Our poli
tical creed is. without a dissenting voice,
that can be heard, that tile will of tho peo
ple is the source and the happiness of the
People, the end of all legitimate govern
ment upon earth—that the best security for
the iieiiificcncc, and tho best guarantee a-
guinst the abuse of power, consists in the
freedom, the purity, anil tho frequency of
popular elections—that the general govern
ment of the Union, and the separate gov
ernments of the States, are all Sovereign-
of limited powers; fellow-servants of
same masters, uncontrolled within their
uneoutrolablc by cn-
each other—that the
INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
FROM TIIE PIIEN1X GAZETTE—Extra.
Alexandria, Friday, March 4.
At 12 o’clock, tho following Inaugural
Address was delivered in the Hall of the
IIousu of Representatives, by John Q,uin'cv
Adams, on iiis taking the oath as President
of tiie United States of America :—
In compliance with no usage, coeval with
the existence of our Federal Constitution,
and suctioned by the example of my pre
decessors in the career upon which 1 am
about to enter, I appear, my fellow-citizens,
in your presence, ami in tiiut of Heaven, to
bind myself by tiie solemnities of a religious
obligation, to the faithful performance of
the duties allotted to me, in tiie station t o
which l have been called.
In unfolding to my countrymen the prin
ciples by which I shall be governed, in tiie
fulfilment of those duties, my first resort
will be to that of tiie constitution, which I
shall swear, to the best of my ability, to
preserve, protect and defend. The revered
instrument enumerates the powers, und pro
scribes the duties, ofthe Executive Magis
trate ; and, in its first words, declares tiie
purposes to which these, and the whole ac
tion of the government, instituted by it,
should he invariably and sacredly devoted—
to form a more perfect union, establish jus
tice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide
for the common defence, promote the geuo-1 ties o
ra] welfare, and secure the blessings of lib- i tin? si
erty to tho people of this Union, in their 1 respective sphetes,
successive generations. Since the adoption 1 crouchments upon
of this social compact, one of these gen- i firmest security of peace, is the preparation
orations bus passed away. U is the work I during peace, of the defences ot war—that
of our forefathers- Administered by some j a rigorous economy, and accountability of
of tho most eminent men, who contributed public expenditures, should guard against
to its formation, through a most eventful-the aggravation, anil alleviate, when pussi-
period in the annals of the world, and hie, the burthen of taxation—that tiie mil-
through the vicissitudes of peace and war, itury should be kept in strict subordination
incidental to the condition of associated to the civil power—that the freedom of the
man, it has not disappointed the hopes and press and of religious opinion should be in-
aspirations of those illustrious benefactors violate—that the policy of our country is
of tlioir age and nation. It has promoted peace, and the ark of our salvation, union,
tho lasting welfare of that country, so dear are articles of faith, upon which we are all
to us all; it has, to an extent,, fur beyond now agreed. If there have been thoso who
the ordinary lot of humanity, secured the doubted whether a confederated Rcpresent-
freedom ana happiness of this People. We R , ' v,! Democracy, were a government, coin-
now roccivo it us a precious inheritance petont to the wise and orderly management
from thoso to whom we are indebted for its of the common concerns of a mighty na-
establishment, doubly bound by the exam- Hon, those doubts have been dispelled. If n “ l, Pfo T *P* oeneni r lo what single indi
pies which they have left us,"and by the there have been project, of partial
our Government, nt once Federal and Na
tional. It holds out to us a perpetual ad
monition to preserve, alike, and with eqti al
anxiety, the rights of each individual state
in its own Government, and the rights of
the whole Nation, in that of the Union.—
Whatsoever of domestic concernment, un
connected with the other members of the
Union, or with foreign lands, belongs ex
clusively to the administration of the State
Governments. Whatsoever directly in
volves the rights and interests of the fede
rative fraternity, or of foreign powers, is, of
the resort of this general government. The
|iicp. ’iiivii nil! UIIVVIIIIC III uic linn
the nigh and solemn trust imposed upon
in this itstion.
Less peiaeaseil of your confidence in advance
than tnv of my prcdecoasors, I »m deeply con ,
sc< cut ofthe proipectth it I shall stand more ‘
ami oftener in need of your indulgence. J D ,
tniiuni upright si d pure, a heart deruici
to the welfare of our country, ai d the uncni.
mg application i f all the faculties slim j
me, to her service are all the pledge, that 1
c n give for the faithful perfoimance of th e
a iliious duties I am to undertake. To the
guidance of ihe legislative council*; to the
assistance of the executive and subnriloite d { .
psrtmonts; to the frit ndlv co-opentnin of i| )e
reupective state govern "enta ; to tne candid
and librral support of the people, so far n it
mav he deserved by honest indu»try ard aid,
1 shall look for whatever success m:y aiu d
my public service ; and knowing that except
h ■ Lord keep the city, the watchman svake'h
but in vain, with fervent supplicantua for h i
fsvnr, to hir ovet'ulirig Provdrnce 1 rnmrnit,
ivnlr humble but fearless confidence, my own
fin ' and rh» fu'iire dcafintw i f mv r nr. ir.
COMMERCIAL.
duties ofboth are obvious in the general
principle, though sometimes perplexed with
difficulties in tiie detail. To respect the
rights ofthe State Governments is the invi
olable duty of that of the Union: the go
vernment of every State will feel its own
obligation to respect and preserve the rights
of thi: whole. The prejudices every where
too commonly entertained uguinst distant
strangers, are worn away, and the jealous
ies of jarring interests, are allayed by the
composition and functions ofthe Groat Na
tional Councils, annually assembled from
nil quarters ofthe Union, at this place.—
Here the distinguished men from everyone-
tion of our country, while meeting to deli
berate upon the great interests of those by
whom they are deputed, learn to estimate
the talents, aud to do justice to the virtues
of each other. The harmony ofthe nation
is promoted, and the whole Union is knit
together by the sentiments of mutual re
spect, the habits of social intercourse, nnd
the tics of personal friendship, formed be
tween the Representatives of its several
parts, in the pcrturmance of their service at
this metropolis.
Passing from this general review of the
purposes and injunctions of the Federal
Constitution, am! their results, us indicat
ing tho first traces of the path of duly, in
the discharge of my public trust, I turn tu
tho administration of my immediate Prede
cessor, as tiie second. It has passed awuy
in a period of profound peace ; how mucil
tu the satisfaction of our country, ami to
the honor of our country’s name, is known
to you all. Tl*e great features of its policy,
in general concurrence with the will of the
Legislature, have been—to cherish peace,
while preparing for defensive war—to yield
exact justice to other nations, and maintain
the rights of our own—to cherish the prin
ciples of freedom and,of equal rights,whure-
ever they wore proclaimed—to discharge,
with all possible promptitude, the national
debt—to reduce,within the narrowest limits
of efficiency, the military force—to improve
the organization and discipline ofthe army
—to provide ami sustuiu a school of military
New- York, Mark 2.—Cotton.—The train,
actions, since our last report, have been iv,s
important. About 1006 b’ajcs of all lies,
criptions have been disposed of at tiie same
rates. Tne ship Edward Bonufie, wl.i.li
left Havre 17th Jail, arrived here yesterc.ui
with accounts of on advance in that murid
of about 3 cents per lb—but as these advi
ces had been anticipated, tiiey produced no
effect on the market. We continue lire
same! quotations. The Import has been ui
follows viz—from
Georgia,
1144 bales
Sooth Carolina,
3.57
North Carolina,
6U0
Virginia,
Frovidence,
60
127
Portland,
35
Total.
2323 hales
Total Import, from, 1st to 28th Feb. 2V,
680 bules.
Export, from 1st to 28th Feb. 0776 bales.
By referring to our monthly statement it
will be seen, that the Import, from the 1st
of January to 1st of March, amounts to 88,*
388 hales ; and during the same period last
vearto 12,021 boles—difference 25,741 bales
The Export, from 1st of January to 1st of
March, lias been 18,467 bales; aud for the
same period last year, 8.664 bales.
Sea-Island, none; Upland lb. 16 a 19;
New Orleans 18 a 21 ; Alabama 16 a 19;
Tennessee 15 a 17.
Bice—Very little business has been done
in this article since our laBt publication far
there is ndj alteration in prices. The im-
E ort hns been—from Charleston 654 tea. IS
alf tes ; Savnnhah 66 tes ; Wilmington 16
tcs. Total, from 1st to 2Rth Feb. 3824 to.
374 half tcs. Export, from 1st to 2lith Feb.
1647 tcs.
Exchange.—Bills on London. CO days!
prom. France, 5 15. Suvamiuh, do. i)(
2 dis.
DIED,
On the 27th of December last,at Venlau,
in the province of Burgundy, Frajcij
Roma, Esq. aged 56 years. Mr. Roma was
no inhabitant of this City for the longterm
of25 years, a great part of which tim-’ Its
held un appointment tinder the CurpMir
science—to extend equul protection to all
the great interests ofthe nation—to pro
mote tho civilization of the Indian Tribes,
and—to proceed in the great system of in-. . , ■ „ ,
ternnl improvements, within tho limits tion. and was universally respected h,r „i
the Constitutional power of the Union—! industrious habits, probity ot character, ai.d
Under tbe pledge of these promises, made R? ,,dncss of >»«»«• He ' vus ,0
hy that eminent citizen, at the time of his! Government and country, and late ra Me
first, induction to this office, in Ids career of) re,um . pdto Ins native country, nndrr c
eight years, tho internal taxes have been I Expectation of improving Ins health, ra tbe
repealed ; sixty millions of tlm public debt | fine C , "!" V ot * Ta 'T' ',‘ e ll '" "*
have been discharged ; proviso,,t has been e r .?. nd c ,lMren .’ “ nd ? th ® r . r .'' ,a “ 1 0n ^' l
made for the comfort and relief ofthe agcd| wlt,a lar ? e clrrl ® 1,1 “ftnctmnale In*
and indigent, among the surviving warriors' I" 1 ' 1 a «q>n""tnnof! linvo now to lament
of tho revolution ; the regular armed force i l0a8 i °‘ thm worthy man -Maybe rest in
has been reduced, and its constitution n vis-! _
ed and perfected ; the accountability for the j
expenditures of public moneys bus been j
made more effective ; the Floridus have *
tamss scorn-
gaztecgaaga !»•»*«'*▼*»»**
Independence of tho southern nations of
this hemisphere has been recognized, and
recommended, by example, and by counsel,
to the Potentates of Europe ; progress has
been made in the defence ofthe country,by
tonifications and the increase ofthe navy—
towards tlm effectual suppression of the
African traffic ih slaves—in alluring the abo.
CLEARED,
Ship Hazard, Child, Nctv-Y'ork,
Paris Ilill*
Brig Wostlndian,Crowell,Elizabeth City.
Orruv Taft.
ARRIVED, ' .
Ship Dolaw’ure. Hamilton. PltiladcIpWj"
■constgness.
IVii
Gordon. G- R(’
rigitml hunters of our land to tlm cultiva- i da ) s ; 10 'Vm- Gaston ci
tion of tim soil aijd ofthe mind—in explur- , Scarbrough, I. Norton, G. yp
ing tiie interior regions of the Union, and, fT 80 ! 1 ’. L
in preparing, by sciootilic researches ami Hopkius, R. Campbell, O. I aft, •
J. ’ v.-c G. Glen, M. Myers, W. L. Mott. sla:
I age passengers. .
Ship Armadillo, Gray, Port-nn-Vrni«
days,-with Coffee, to YVm. Gaston. ,
Brig Gov. Hopkius, Vickery, NctOj?
R days, to S. C. Greene, C. Baker. J ''-
Long, II. B. Hathaway, A. Bassett. V v
Griswold, J. B. Herbert &eo. N. If" ccu
and U. W. Ilolanmter.
Brig Pheasant,Bailuy.PliiladcIphia 91” 1 !"
Sclir. Despatch, Guthrie, Bcuulbrt. •
1 days, with Bacon and Corn, to the matter.
Sclir. Flora, Tommerson, Riccbnrottg- 1 •
days, with Cotton, to Bulloch & Dunwo™.-
Slopp Mercy Belles, Rioeborough -
with Cotton and Rice, to J. A. M°** c '
Bulloch &. Duuwndy, E. Reed, R. ” atl -
man & co. Petit De Villcrs.
Sloop Mary Jane, Marccllin, from ee
baiv, with Cotton. .
Stenm Boat Pendleton, Bracken, As,
ta36 hours, 100 bales cotton for Charlnt
Steam Boat Edgefield, Sassard, Char --
ton 1 day, bound to Augusta.
SAILED,
Fr. brig Julius Thales, Hoff, Havre-
The ship Neptune, of Philadelphia, * li
at HuacJio, (Peru) on the 7th December.
The steam boats Hamburg,
and Augusta,Green, left Charleston
day for naraburg and Augusta.
UP EOR THIS POKT. .
At New-York, 3d instant, ship Caron
Costor, in a few days.
Charleston, March
Veutrosa, of Boston, Allen, Bolte
surveys, for tho further application of our
national resources to tiie internal improve
ment of our country.
In his brief nun,uc in the promise and per.
f irnunce of my immediate predecessor, the
line of doty for Ilia successor is clearly deli
•mated. To pursue to their consummation,
those purp, a,s of improvement in cur c-m-
mnn condition, instituted or recommended by
him, will embrace the whole sphere of my ob
ligations. To the topic of internal improve
ment, emphatically urged by him at his inau
guration, I recur with peculwr satisfaction
It is that from which I am convinced that the
unbora millions of our posterity, who sre in
future ages to people tins continent, will de
rive their most tervent gratitude to the I juu-I-
ers of the union t that in which the brnefi
cent action of its government w-li be moat
deeply felt and acknowledged. The magni
ficence and splendor ot their pu lie works,
are among the imperishable gloi tea of Ihe an
cient republics. The roads and acqut dneta
of Home, nave been the i dmiration of all af er
ages, and have aurvived thousands of years,
after all her conquests h ive been swallowed
up in despotism, or become the apod of barba
rians. Some diversity of opinion has prevail
ed with regard to the powers ot Congress for
legislation upon objects of this nature. The
most respectful deference is due to doubts o.
rigmating in pure patriotism, and sustained by
venerated authority. But nearly twenty vesta
have pasted since the construction of thi -first
national road was commenced. The author,
ty fur ita construction was then unquestioned
To how many thousands of our countrymen
has it proved a benefit I To what lingle indi-
