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No. 39— V01. VL] From the National Intelligencer. THE INAUGURATION. At an early hour on the 4th instant, the Kjpvenues to the Capitol presented a lively animated scene. Groups of citizens fastening to the great theatre of expecta ‘faioo, were to be seen in all directions; car .triages were rolliog to an fro, and ever and Bt-anon the sound of the drum and trumpet at H a distance gjave notice that the military H were in motion and repairing to their differ- Bent parade grounds. The crowd at the B doors of the Capitol began to accumulate |, about nine o’clock, and, although ladies ft were allowed the privilege of their sex in I being admitted to the seats reserved for I tbfm in the lobbies of the House of Repre- I seotatives, they bad to attain the envied I station at no small sacrifice, and the gentle* | men who led and guarded them were oblig. § ed in some instances almost literally to fight p. their way to the doors, H ‘Towards 12o’clock,the military,consist ing of General and Staff Officers and the . Volunteer Companies of the Ist and 2d Le gion, received the President at his residence, with bis predecessor, and s officers of th e Government. The cavalry led the way, and the procession moved in very handsome with the mu*ick of the several corps, Jpo toe Capitol, ottended by thousands of cit jßzens. The President was attended on wrhorseback by the Marshal, with his assis ffitants for the day, distinguished by blue Sic. On arriving at the Capitol, fltbfc President, with his escort, was received Iby the Marine corps, under the command \of Col. Henderson, stationed in line in of the Capitol, whose excellent band jSnf musick saluted the Presidents on their i|intraoce into the Capitol. R Within the Hall, the sofas between the jtlumns, tbe'entire space of the circular iobbj without, the bar, the spacious prome Slide in the rear of the Speaker’s chair, and the three outer rows of the member’s floats, were all occupied with a splendid nr ray of beauty and fashion. On the left, the Diplomatick Corps, in the costume of their Srespective courts, occupied the places as signed them, on the innermost range of Mats, immediately before the steps which *. ted to the chair. The officers of our own ‘sAray and Navy were seen dispersed among ape groups of ladies, exhibiting that most inappropriate and interesting of associations, Ktloor guarding beauty. Chairs were placed in front of the Clerk’s table, on the XBmicircle within the member’s seals, for ||ie Judges of the Supreme Court. The |||p<fP oi twelve arrived, and expectation |Kis on tiptoe—the march of the troops, an |Bunced by the band of (he marine corps, Us heard without, and many a waving Mpiroe and graceful head within beat time to l®e martial sounds. The galleries, though Nttled to overflowing, were remarkable for ||Be stillness and decorum which (with a laßry few exceptions) prevailed. ffUftt 20 minutes past twelve, the Marshals aide their appearance in blue scarves, suc aißeJed by the officers of both Houses of jißngreHS, who introduced the President He was followed by the venerable iSai-President and family, by the Judges of JkV'. Supreme Court, in their robes of office, UVI the Members of the Senate, preceded ■I the Vice-President, with a number of ■pgmbers of the House of Representatives. 9H|. Adams, in a plain suit of black, ascend ed the steps to the Speaker’s chair, and took hUseat. The Chief Justice was plac jjipo front of the Clerk’s table, having be fore hagi another table, on the floor of the MflUl, on the opposite side of which sat the Judges, with their faces towards tifjp Chair. Silence having been proclaim .gi|and the doors of the Hall closed, Mr. ■Adams rose and read, with a clear and de ■ptfate articulation, the address which found in another part of this paper. JflHk time occupied by the delivery of this was about forty minutes. As soon KvHKp last sentence was pronounced, a gen- Aplandit commencing in the galleries, MMfeiending, in a degree, throughout the assembly, continued for some min ntl® The President Elect then descended frouiWie Chair, and placing himself on the righfsand of the Judges’ table, received from (jhe Chief Justice, a volume of the IHHBfthe United Stales, from which he 4MHP a loud and clear voice, the oath of OUlp* at the closk of which, (he plaudits wß®|*pealed, mingled with cheers from the spectators who filled the galleries, and , immediately followed by the discharge of a •’ artillery. Thßcongratulations which then poured jjf raHf.every side, occupied the hands, and 4M|A'fM>t but reach the heart of the Presi dent. yff'fle meeting between him and his predecessor had in it something peculiar))’ affecliog. General Jackson, we (1 to observe, was among the eaflteet of those who took the hand of the President; and their looks and deportment toward each other were a rebuke to that tjUleoess-of party spirit, which can see no M> a rival, and feel no joy in the hon ouHH|} competitor. Shortly after one o’- (JigGh, the procession commenced leaving fheßgtfj but it was nearly an hour before groups which had crowded avcAW and avenue completely retired. f )flHßPresdeiit was then escorted back % ulnbic. and, on hie arrival at his resi- THE MISSIONARY. dence, received the compliments and res pects of a great number of gentlemen and ladies who called upon him, who also gen* erally paid their respects at the Mansion occupied by the Ex-President. From the Nashville Whig. ELECTIONS AND ELECTIONEERING. The season again approaches when can* didates for the people’s favour are to take the field, and strive to win their way to power by the people’s voice. Since the last occurrence of this kind in our 9tate, the Legislature has deemed it necessary and proper to interfere by law, with some of the practices which have heretofore prevailed on such occasions. The act referred to was one which is designed to prevent the cus toms of treating at elections, or purchasing votes by means of liquor. The degrading and demoralizing sysiero of canvassiog for the suffrages ot those who call themselves freemen through the agency of strong drink , had proceeded to such extent, as to become, a source of serious mortification to every friend of his country’s honour. Custom, which is often too powerful for reason to control or wisdom to conquer, had so far sanctioned this most obnoxious practice, that it was almost vain for any one, no mat ter how great his claims or how exalted his pretensions, to ask the people’s gifts, with out conforming to tbeir rules. The idea of procuring the suffrages of one who is a freeman, (and who in bestowing it, is exer cising one of the most valuable privileges known to our constitution,) by this species ot bribery, should be deemed insulting to the feelings of him who is sought, and de grading to the character of him who seeks ; yet custom had sanctioned (his fashion, and even those who condemned it in principle, pursued it in practice. To such an extent had this most uurighteous practice grown 10 many sections of our state, that it was ru inous for a man of moderate fortune to as pire to any office within the people’s gift: for he must either relinquish all preten sions to the office or station sought for, or else engage in the series of expenses and extravagant canvassing known by the fa miliar term of treating; most frequently resulting in a fortune much impaired, per haps wholly ruined, and a habit acquired by frequent use of indulging himself too Ireely in the vote-catching juices. Were wisdom and integrity confined to the wealih> alone, and the morals of the community set up to the highest bidder, it might be then deemed expedient to encourage a mode of proceeding which would ensure to those alone who could afford it, the reward of demoralizing their fellow citizens, by thee species of debasing courtship. But in our researches after the most elevated feeling, the most sterling worth and brightest geni us ot our land, we often find them accompa nied with comparative indigence or very moderate fortune. He who devotes his en tire thoughts to the accumulation of wealth, may in time succeed, be his talents mure or less; nay, the veriest dolt full oft succeeds in this, while at the same time transcendant genius and profound reflection, regardless of the world’s grpat wealth, too often fills a less conspicuous place in publick estima tion. It is proper, and is full time that men should weigh among iheir fellow men ac cording to their real worth ; that sycophan tick arts, gaudy show, debasing and immor al means of making friends, should have an end; and morality, worth, and virtue, pos sess again the ascendant in our councils as in the private walks of life. To effect an object so desirnble, we will have to discountenance every thing like corruption, whether presenting itself in the gaudy attire of courteous smiles, rich en tertainments, promises of favour and the like, or in the humble, low, and degraded shape of a drink of grog! *Tis all the same in substance; though in form, one is splen did adulation, while the other presents to the view of even ignorance itself, some thing servile and debasing. ADDRESS OF THE CHOCTAW DEL EGATION. The following is an address from the Choctaw Delegation to the Congress of the United States. It is dated Washington City, ’February 18th, 1825, and signed by Mooshalatubbee and six oth er chiefs. [A". Y. Observer. As the Representatives of the Choctaw Nation, aod (in part) of the Aborigines of this couofry, we feel ourselves impelled, alike by duty and by inclination, to address yon at the present crisis. The Indians are becoming objects of increasing interest among your people. Sympathy is felt for their condition ; and the most benevolent exertions have been, and continue to be, made to improve and civilize them. Under such circumstances, we cannot refrain from giving an expression of our feelings with re gard to our condition and prospects. You are an assembly which we have been taught to consider the most august in the world, and into whose hands are committed Ihe destinies of our people. To whom, then, could we more properly address our selves on the great points connected with our happiness aod prosperity ? Our good Father, thfe President, has spo ken to you, and requested you to adopt some measures to improve the condition of the Indian race. He has recommended that all the Indians east of the Mississippi n ,.. ... J ®°? e !“ t 0 ‘be world, and preach the Gospel to every creator*.— Jesus Christ. vi an me dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and Morality are indispensable supports.— Washington. MOUNT ZION, (HANCOCK COUNTY, GEORGIA,) MONDAY, MARCH 28, 1825. be persuaded to remove and establish them selves to the west; that a certain form of government be provided for them; and that the land to which they may remove be secured to them forever. Os the policy and praclicabilily of the measure, we will not now express a decided opinion;. time alone can determine. Os the motives which prompted the recom mendation, we entertain no question. The opinion expressed by the President, that, under no pretence, should the Indiaos be forcibly removed from the lands which they occupy, gives us an assurance that his feel ings are truly paternal towards us. That opinion accords with the sentiments enter tained by all just and reflecting men, and cannot, therefore, fail to be responded to by your honourable body. He have long been sensible of our wear ness; and we know that, should the govern ment of the United States rise in hostility against U 9, we must inevitably be extermin ated, or driven to the west. We knqw that the extensive country which you now possess, once belonged to our forefathers. He have beard that, from a small begin ning, you have grown to be a great and powerful people; and that, as you advanc ed, we receded ; as you flourished, we de cayed. We have been tempted to ask, Why should this be so? Has the Great Spirit frowned upon his red children, that they should thus have withered in your presence? Yet we have been told from the Good Book that he love 9 all his children alike; and that his greatest attribute is that ot infinite mercy This we are most willing to believe; and, believing, we are led to the natural conclusion, that, for some great end, only known to himself, he has permitted us to melt before yon; but that the time must come, when his interposing hand will be out-stretched in our behalf, and we be made to become like while men. We fejoice to think that that period is ap proaching. The voice of the President, tne sentiments of philanthropy which seem to pervade the people, the schools and re ligious institutions which have been estab lirhed among us—all give us the consoling assurance iliat we are not doomed to ex tinction. We have become sensible that one great reason of the power and prosper ity w.ith which our white brothers are so eminently favoured, has been the general diffusion of literature and the arts ofeiviiiz ed life among them. You have institutions to promote and disseminate the knowledge ot every branch of science; you have a government, and you have laws, all found ed upon those principles of liberty and equality which have ever been dear to us For, in all our vicissitudes of fortune, and not withstanding tbe constant and gradual diminution of our numbers, we have never been the slaves of any power; and we trust in the Great Spirit we never shall be. The theory of your government is justice and good faith to all men. You will not submit to injury from one party because it is pow erful ; nor will you oppress another because it is weak. Impressed with that persuasion we are confident that our rights will be respected. VVe have but small tracts of territory re maining, and our numbers are comparative ly fe w. The majority of those east of the Mississippi are. turning their attention to ag riculture, are settling themselves, and would, in time, become useful citizens. We admit, at the same time, that a large num ber still continue a wandering life—are wretched and degraded. These it would give us pleasure to see settled west of the Mississippi. It would be better for them, and heller for those who remain. But you cannot, persuade all to remove. The grad ual operation of the laws which you may enact with regard to this subject, would probably effect much. But there are those whom the strongest inducements could scarcely persuade to leave the land which contains the hones of their fathers; and which has been rendered dear to them by the recollections of youth. The important question then presents itself. Wbat meas ures will you adopt to improve their condi lion ; to promote their happiness? It is this great point to which our address is intended, principally, to direct yonr attention. As connected with this subject, and with the question just proposed, we are constrain ed to say, that, in several of the southern states, we are denied privileges to which, as members of the human family, we are,of right entitled. However qualified by edu cation we may be, we are neither permit ted to hold offices, nor to give our testimooy in courts of justice, although our dearest rights may be at stake. Can this be a cor rect policy ? Is it just, is it humane? When schools are multiplying among us; when we have made liberal appropriations of money for the education of our children; when we are forsaking the chase, and turn ing our attention to agriculture, and are be coming an orderly and social people—does it comport with an enlightened aod liberal policy to continue the imposition of those degrading restrictions upon us ? Should not inducements be held forth to our young men to qualify themselves to become use ful citizens of your Republick ? Should not the portals of honourable distinction be thrown open to them as wetf’as to their white brothers ? Bat the subject is a painful one, and we will dismiss it. The mist of prejudice is gradually vanishing before the light of reason, and enlarged sentiments of philanthropy begin to prevail. We leave the issue of the question to your wisdom, and to the liberality of the Sooth. In conclusion, we wonld express the ear nest hope that the result of your delibera tions respecting oar unfortunate race, may be such as to ensure durable benefits to them, and lasting credit in the eyes of pos terity, to yourselves. THE HOTTENTOTS. It is among the mo9t interesting effects of modern missions, that they have been the means of elevating into knowledge, morals, and civil happiness, some of the most de graded, the most wretched, and the most contemned of human being 9. The Hotten lots of South Africa were formerly thus classed; and many thousands of them, alas! still remain neglected, ignorant, vicious and sordid. But by the blessing of God upon the labors of his servants of different socie ties, to many of them the gospel has prov ed the power of God unto salvation ; and where it has been received in truth, it has produced the most happy effects upon their outward condition. Os this, the Wesley an Missions in South Africa, among others, have afforded many encouraging instances ; and with every succeding year, are extend ing the light, the sanctity, and the happy external influence of the religion of Christ, among various and distant Hottentot tribes. Khamies Berg was the first Wesleyan Mission Station established in South Africa. Mr. Shaw was the instrument of commenc ing the work; aod in a late visit he paid to it, from Cape Town, he thus strikingly draws the contrast between the Fagan and Christian condition of the natives, with re ference to their civil affairs. “It is seven years to-day since we first reached this lofty situation. ‘ Bless the Lord, O our souls , and forget not all his ben efts.'’ This institution affords a pleasing contrast to tbe dreary wilds we have been crossing during the week last past. Instead of a barren wilderness, presenting nothing but sterility as far as the eye can reach, here are fields waving with corn, and ri pening apace for the teeming harvest. In stead of noxious water, which the cattle of ten refused to drink, here are numerous fountains ever sending forth their crystal streams. Instead of a parched desert, des titute of verdure to relieve the languid eye, here are gardens, presenting vegeta bles in abundance, and trees richly laden with fruit. Instead of a lonesome Kraal, which used never to hear ‘ the church-go ing bell,’ these rocks, and these dales now smile when the Sabbath appears ; and good ly company, who dwell on high, join to gether in calling on the name of the Lord, and in shouting his praises ‘/row the tops of the mountains .’ ” Thus, the arts of plowing, sowing, gar dening, building, and other useful employ ments, have been introduced by Christian Missionaries; a wandering tribe has been located, and health and comfort generally diffused. Industry and cleanliness have been produced also among a people even to proverb indolent and filthy—a proverb which has passed into all European nations The cultivation of fields, gardens, &c. no ticed above, is in proof of the former; and as to the latter, the congregation assembled at the Chapel, presents a delightful proof of improvement, and, with respect to the Pagan Hottentots, of contrast. The same effect, as to cleanliness, has been remark ed among the Hottentots under instruction in Albany, where the children of the schools appear as decent in their dress,and as clean ly in their persons, as the children of the peasantry in England. Some years ago, Infidelity, in its sarcasms against all such attempts,predicted that the Hottentot would never be made either industrious or cleanly; but the facts are now too obvious and pal pable to be denied ; and what is more, ma ny of these despised and neglected children of Ham, have been made Christians in truth. The religious societies at Khamies Berg and o(he,r places, exhibit a number of our fellow-beings, who outcast as they once were no true Christian at home would hesitate to call his brethren in Christ Jesus. They have been made u partakers of like precious faith and call daily on the name of the Lord Jesus, “ both their Lord and oursV — The supposed wea’ , less of their intellects is another notior g/iich has been corrected by the effe^ r Christian missions. So far from bWe< capable of instruction, they have geueraHy shown great quickness of apprehension, as well as docility; the schools have afforded the greatest encour agement in the progress of the children; and it is a delightful reflection that onr Ho ly Scriptures are now read, and hymns of praise to our Redeemer ever blessed, are laid op in the memories, aod sung by the tuneful lips of many hundreds of a degrad ed class of people, for whose souls no man, formerly, cared, aod who were left to them selves because judged incapable of improve meat. How marked are the moral mira cles of our religion —the blind tee, the deaf hear , and the dead live ! All these in<*>reMiog effects have been crowned by the raising up of a few Hot- [Price $3 50 per ann. (entot preachers of the gospel, the forerun ners, we trust, -of a host of native Evange lists, who shall traverse all the wilds of unexplored Africa, and preach throughout their length and breadth, and to all their varied swarthy tribes, the unsearchable riches of Christ. ORIGINAL LETTER FROM LORD BYRON, ON CHRISTIANITY. The lady of Mr. John Shepherd, of Frome, having died some time ago, leaving among her papers a prayer which her hus band believed to have been composed on behalf of the Noble Poet, Mr. Shepherd ad dressed it to his lordship; and tbe admirers of tbe Poqt will, we believe, be as much gratified with bis reply, as the friends of Christianity with the address which called it forth. TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD BYRON. PISA. Frome, Somerset, Nov. 21, 1621. My Lord—More than two years since, a lovely and beloved wife was taken from me, by lingering disease, after a very short uni on. She possessed unvarying gentleness and fortitude, and a piety so retiring as rarely to disclose itself in words, but so in fluential, as to produce uniform benevo lence of conduct, la the last hoar of life, after a farewell look on a lately born and only infant, for whom 9he had evinced inex pressible affection, her last whispers were, “God’s happiness!— -God’s happiness!”— Since the second anniversary of her de cease, I have read some papers, which no one bad seen during her life, and which con tain her most secret thoughts. I am in duced to communicate to your lordship a passage from these papers, which, there is no doubt, refers to yourself; as 1 have more than ooce heard the writer mention your agility on (he rocks at Hastings:— “ Ob, my God, I take encouragement from the assurance of Thy word, to pray to Thee in behalf of one for whom 1 have lately been much interested. May the person to whom I allude (and who is now, we fear, as much distinguished for his neg lect of Thee, as for the transcendent tal ents Thou hast bestowed on him) be awa kened to a sense of his own daDg*r, and led to seek that peace of mind in a proper sense ol religion, which he has found this world’s enjoyments unable to procure l Do Thou grant that his future example may be pro ductive of far more extensive benefit than bis past conduct aDd writings bave been of evil; and may the Sun of Righteousness, which, we trust, will, at some future peri od, arise on him, be bright in proportion to tbe darkness of those clouds which guilt has raised, and soothing in proportion to the keenness of that agooy which the punish ment of his vices has inflicted on him! May the hope that the sincerity of my own ef forts for tbe attainment of holiness, atid the approval of my own love to the Great Au thor of religion, will render this prayer, and every other for the welfare of mankind, more efficacious—cheer me in the path of duty ; but let me not forget, that, while we are permitted to animate ourselves to exer tion by every ionocent motive, these are but the lesser streams which may serve to increase the current, but which, deprived of the grand fountain of good (a deep con viction of inborn sin, and firm belief in the efficacy of Christ’s death for the salvation of (hose who trust in him, and really seek to serve him,) would soon dry up, and leave us as barren of every virtue as before. “ Hastings, July 31, 1814 ” There is nothing, my Lord, in this ex tract, which, in a literary sense, can at all interest yon; but it may, perhaps, appear to you worsby of reflection, how deep and expansive a concern for the happiness of others a Christian faith can awaken in the mid9t of youth and prosperity. Here is nothing poetical and splendid, as in the ex po9tulatory homage of M. Delamartioe; but here is tbe sublime, my Lord ; for this intercession was offered, on your account, to the Supreme Source of happiness. It sprang from a faith more confirmed than that of the French poet, and from a chari ty, which in combination with faith, showed its power unimpaired amidst the languors and pains of approaching dissolution. I will hope that a prayer, which, I am sure, was deeply sincere, may not be always un availing. It would add notbiog, my Lord, to the fame with which your genius has surround ed yon, for an unknown and obscure indi vidual to express his admiration of it. 1 had rather be numbered with those who wish and pray, that “wisdom from above,” and “ peace,” and “joy,” may enter such a mind. THE ANSWER. Pita, Dtc. 8, 1881. Sir. I have received yoor letter. I need not say, that the extract which it contains has affected me, because it would imply a want of all feeling to have read it with indiffer ence. Though lam not quite ture that it was intended by the writer for me, yet the date, the place where it was written, with some other circumstances which you men tion,render the allusion probable. But, for whomsoever it was meant, I have read it with all the pleasure that can srise from so melancholy a topiclt f *ay pleasure , be cause your brief and simple picture of the