Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1824-12-28


cults. Law TO take effect next October
A law is also said TO have passed, pro
viding for the erection of pubic STATE
arsenal---lbsl Csc. Williams of TIL.
town, MIR. Butler Of Waterbury, anc
Judge Haigh,, OF Monkton, are appoint
ed commissioners 10 make arraegnments
designate the spot, &c. for building the
same. Herald.
TRENTON, IN. w. NOV. 90.
On the evening of the 26th inst. DE
. WITT CLINTON, Esq. Governor
elect of the state of New-York, arrived
in Trenton. He has come on, we un-
ders,and, al the request of the Commits
sioners on The Northern, or Morris ca
nal, TO aid them in making such expla-
nations Of the practicability OF the pro-
posed canal and of its utility to the pub
lie, to the members Of the Legislature,
as will enable them 10 decide with more
Intelligence upon the subject; this gen.
tIeman, we believe, attended the COM
inissioners in making part Of the sur
vey.
The next day the members of the Lee
gislature waited on Gov. CLINTON, al
Leslie's Hotel, when the Vice President
oil Council presented the following ad-
dress
The Hon. De WITT Clinton,
The Legislature Of Newt Jersey, now
in session, have instructed US, (,he Vice
President ofihe Council and Speaker OF
the House of Assembly)to hail you vel
come 70 our seal of ,egislalion-to ex-
press their admiration of your public
character and profound respect for your
talents. They feel peculiar favor to
witness, that the former is proclaimed
from the eminences o! our happy coun-
try, and that the latter nath not been hid
in the earth.
SIR, may you long live to execute the
great things you have SO happily con-
ceived, and may our common country,
continue to progress in the march of i'm
provemept till she has reached that eie-
waited point, which you, sir, with every
pa,rint'so ardenfiy desire. ss-
10 which Coz. Clinton gaze The foilesv-
ing answer.
GENTLEMEN,
The honor conferred on me by the
two houses Of the legislature over which
you so worthily preside, has excited
feelings of gratitude m my bosom, which
no time can obliterate.
The appreciation Of the wise and
'vir,uous, mas always been considered by
me sufficient reward for any services
that may have rendered to our coun-
try; and the expression Of that senti-
men, by the respectable Legislature Of
the state OF New-Jersey, is cherished by
me with peculiar qualification.
Connected as New-Jersey and New
York are, by contiguity Of territory, by
identity of interest, BY reciprocity of
communication, and by the blood shed
in the revolution, it is to be hoped that
the most cordial friendship will prevail
between the states and their citizens;
and assure you that no effort shall be
omitted on my part to promote the most
kind and amicable relations.
With the vastfacii,ies afforded by the
Dispenser Of all good, for promoting the
prosperity Of your STATE, ! perceive with
the truest satisfaction, the disposition
which you have manifested to extend, By
the operations Of art, the endowmcnts Of
nature; and am persuaded that New
Jersey will be as much distinguished by
the wisdom Of her policy, as she was BY
her heroism in the times that tried mems
souls.
Accept, gentlemen, for yourselves,
personally, and for the houses over
which you preside, the assurance of my
distinguished respect, and my most sim
cers thanks for the condescending kind
mes, which has this day been manifest
ed to me, with mutual reciprocation of
the good wishes so courteously express
ed and conveyed.
Ia the afternoon Gov. Clinton dined
at The City Tavern with large number
Of the members Of the Legislature.
The Morris Canal bill which failed
receiving majority Of the votes Of the
House on the 10Th inst. on the question
Of its FINAL passing, has been again
brought forward On vote Of feconside-
ration. rea.
WASHINGTON. nov. %.
Interview Of Gen, La Fayette and the
Indian Chiefs at Washington.