Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-10-16

anre of his, where he had found m INV valUa-
bl' and esteemed friends, and he would visit it !
with the greatest delight, and thank its citi-
1ens for their kind regards.
Alter this, John Brown Cutting, ESQ at the
request of the Committee of ARRANGEMENTS,
at d IN behalf of himself and other Reyuu,ion-
AIRY officers, delivered Il short Address and |
Complimentary Poem, in a handsome and an |
propriate manner:
tn which the General replied as follows i
While | embrace you, Sir, and make nv ac~,,
acknowledgements to those of our Res oln,ioDNryl
comrades, in whose name you welcome NE 20
this Metropolis, be assured that | rec;pp5ca;e
those kind expressions of attachment Which
from them are peculiarly gratifying. And al
though, in doing this, it cannot be Expected
that | should command such beautiful Lam
guage as you employ, yet speak from the
bottom of my heart, when ASSURE you that |
the associations of time and plate, to which |
you allude, exalt the interest which shall
ever feel in your prosperity, and that of every
meritorious individual who belonged to the
Revolutionary Army of the u. Stiles.
After which the General wss neoduced to
some other gentlemen and WAS then CON
Quoted by the Mayor, attended w the Com
mittee of Arrangement. in the wayl,y which
he had assembled, TO the front door of6e north
wing of The Capitol where the military passed
! in review before him, saluting him ak they
passed. Immediately after his reception in
i the porticv, grand salute was fired Athe
81 neighborhood ofthe Capitol, by Capt. WIFI
/, ans company of Alexandria artillery. The
/, re-e W being finished ihe Mayor assembled the
l Landau with the General, attended bv General
!, Brown and Commodore Tngey, and the pro
{ cession resumed in the same order ar
before, and passing through Pennsylvania Ave
nue., pr oceeded to the Presidents House. l.
this passage the streets we're lined with spec
tators; but the most pleasing sight was the win.
dovs on each side of t filed nth ladies. in
their bost attire and looks, bestowing. with
t beaming eyes, their beneiictions on the be-
, loved Chief, and waving white handkerchiefs
as tokens of their happiness.
On passing the centre market, another sa-
lutte was fired from battery south of the I'll
Der, by Capt Forces company OF artillery.
RECEPTION BY THE PRESIDENT.
e The General, with his son, the Mayor
+ Committee of Arrangements &c. thus escort
ed, having reached the Presidents House (ds
9 tant from the Capitol more than a mle) pass
: Ell IN the gate of the enclosure and thence
f to the Portico of the mansion. The Gene
raj, on alighting, was there received by the
Marshal of the District of Columbia. and
supported by Gen. Brown and Comm
, Iingey, and accompanied by the Mayor aud
others of the COMMITTEES of ARRANGEMENTS
E was, with his son, conducted into the Draw
lnS Room where the President was prepared
TO receive him.
e The President, statiot.r At the head ofthis
Q circular apartment, had on his right hand the
Secretary of State and the Secretary of the
F. Treasury, on his left the Secretary of War
: and the Secretary of the Navy, and. ranged
e on each side the room were the other gen
t tiemen invited to be present at this interview
among whom were the Attorney General,
E Gen Jesup, COL. Gibson, Col. Towson, Mai.
q Nourse, and DIR. Lovel, of the Army, Capts.
Rodgers, Chauncey, Porter, Jones' and Morris,
Of the Navy, the Postmaster General, the
f Comptrollers, Auditors, aRd ethers of the
higher officers of the government whom it is
not IN our power 10 commemorative whole
number ofdistinsuished persons present being
fifty or sixty.
me 9 Gee The F4esrassash ISR the centre Of
and gave him cordial and affec,ionate re-
, eeption, such as might have been expected
from this iustriOus Representative of the :
d, merlcsn People to one of those early friend,
OF theirs, whom, like himself, they delight to
honor. The remembrance OF ancient greet
ngs-the association in the mind of events
when passed In Europe as we'll as here-the
; recollection Of the early incidents of their
lives whilst brethren in arms, of transactions
!, at Paris, OF the exeriions of Mr.. Monroe. as a
man and as Minister of the United States in
France to procure The release of La Faye,te
from the dungeons of Olmuiz, must have
rushed at once into their minds, depressing
them with sensations which words cannot
express. After the interchange of courtesies
between the Guest and the President. he was
welcomed by the Heads of Departments
Between him and Mr.. Crawford, with whom
he had in France an intimate acquaintance
the meeting was that of old and afectiopate
friends: and by all he was respectfully and
kindly greeted. Subsequently, the General
was introduced in succession, by the Chief of
each Department of the Government. TO the
officers attached to each. Liberal refresh
ments were then offered to the company. and
fifteen or twenty minutes were spent in de-
hgbtful converse. After which the General
| took his leave, well pleased with his yecep-
ton, and remountiDs the landau, proceeded
to rejoiD his escort
REVIEW IN LINE
Retiring from this affecting scene. the Cen
eraI passed in review and was saIu,ed by. the
whole body oftroops, which had been wheeled
INTO line, and extended from the presidents
square tc the Generals quarters. at The Frank
I'm Hotel, kept by Mr.. Gads5y. On his a..
| lighting he expressed his thanks to them for the
| honour bestowed on him g. then another Grand
salute was fired by Capt. Kurtz,s come aov
OF Georgetown Artillery after which the mil
itary were dismissed. He retired for a short
tune to his private room and when he returned
into public was with his suit introduced 10 a
| great number of citizens, anxious TO express
'ie'r heartfelt respect TO the disnterested
champion OF their country's liberty.
THE DINNER.
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