Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1829-02-17
COMMUNICATION.
GEN. JACKSON.

Eltraet Of letter from, a gentleman, ia Io;tis.
burg. dated Fe6. 8, to Il ,aeHl6er or tie Honsl
Of Delegates Of Vtrginia.
81 am happy to be able to inform YOU of =, urea,
personal qualification that has fallen to nav lot
thai OF seeing and welcoming To pitsburg az well
as TO this public Establishment, the Venerable
President elect. will briefly describe his visit
On Wednesday night last, an express from Steu-
benyille, tabout 100 miles below this city bv IVA.
teri informed us of his arrival there, and Of his
probable arrival in the course of the next affer-
noon at Pttsburg, and also conveying the Gene
rails wish that public ceremonious procedure
should mark his reception. Early in the morn
ing committee, with Henry Baldwin at their
head, proceeded down the Ohio in q Steamboat
the Delaware, to meet him, and another commit
tee WIN MIR. Ross as Chairman, wa prepared to
RECEIVE kim quietly but respectfully, al his land
ips. and thence escort him 10 the quarters prepar-
ed for his use.
''About O'clock crowd, but By no means
very large one, was collected on the beach,
watching vigliantiy for the arrival of the boat. In
few moments the "Pcnnsylvania" with the
Delaware in tow hove in sight twelve noun
der announced the event, and Immediately all the
streets leading TO the river began rapidly TO pour
OUT dense currents OF people, and almost instan.a-
neonsly, all the banks, landings, Sc were cover
ta by large and closely wedged mass of human
heads. So great was the crowd and its pressure
thar, when the General landed, the Committee
among whomi had the honor OF. 4 position were
unable to reach him and indeed, were a shorr
time m imminent danger Of being pushed into the
muddy water of the Monongalia In the mean
ti1,e the popular current setting impetuouslv II,
the bank, announced the Generals course The
Committee proceeded by a nearer cut, and tool
possession oil the quarters prepared for his rcce2-
top Here we waited at least an hoyr cfore tbe
OH General, On foot. could mako his way 20 the
Hotel, barely quarter Of a mile We az length
haa me Measure OF being presented TO the old
-|tero. found him a man OF Qui.e a mill
cohntenance, thin. consiiiuiionaily-bu by no
means stsrn--and rendered highly interes,iny by
shade ofdejec,ion at times, by a melancholy es
Prssslon-his hair quite gray-his dress plain
1ls address and whole demeanor afdble and una
fected. When ! recoIlecied his services in the
held-that i'll his veteran person my countrvtnen
nag again, as in that of the venerable Thomas
SeHeIson. Vindicated those pure and republican
principles upon which our country is based. can
beVer De overturned or its liberties iost-Whcn
recalled That bitter cup Of persecution and slander
ne had drank for his country and especially when
saw In his countenance traces Of that scvrrc bo
r'aVement which Providence has allotted him 50
very recently, cannot find words 10 exuress rn,
veneTalion aud respect towards him. who hail, FIJI
ed The measure OF his Country's glory - and whn
'5now the honored object of It's gratitude Alter
shaking him by the hand mentioned NY fathers
name. He at once seized me hy the hand and
welcomed me az his son asked me hoYy MANI
children he had alive
''ihe next day he visited the manufactures of
'rop' cotton, glass, &c in this city, and about two
o1lock paid The Arsenal visit He was received
and
dn1ftoadt salute. Q presume have been the
nTst Regular honoured with an opportunity of ga
iuiing hlin') After spending an hour or so in ihe
examination oil our main Arsenal and orr diiIsr.
ent workshops, he was obliged to return 70 toyyn
30 iuiiu other engagements, but expressin,- hin
sell highly pleased with the establishment. The
General left town intending 10 take The Eafior.I
road next morning. FIs health ana sn;ri,s a,o
improved since he left the Herrnitagc a., ;ne
formed, by member OF his suite"
------cz an S..-Es
Mr.. Rush has so far recovered from his la,o so .
we're illness az TO be able 10 resume his dures "a
Secretary OF the Treasury. lie tfaiisacted bust
ne1. at the Department yesterday
Thomas i. Reed has been elected Senator in
Congress from the State Of Mississippi for six
years from the third Of March next, in the Place
oil Thomas III. Williams. whose term Of SEA vice
WIZ then expire, aud no declined reelection
Ma. Int.
we Observe in some Of the Northern taoars \
statement that tile late indispnstion Of MIR Wirf
attorney General If tie United States ,gas -, az
TACK Of aploplexy The report is entirely ,Vithn,u
ioundation and, as II j. calculated 10 give aIs 80
the many friends Of this distinguished sentI.,"a,
Fssidlng ss distance, we think il mr., ,,.r IN CO..,
tradiH IL, and TO state hat Mr. Wirtbss never =,
any Zine, had any attack RESEMBLING anio,ic, ~
paralysis, or ofaby mildred disease. tIis iodsno
sf,lon has merely been dyspepsia, o, casioned bv
zoo close % application 10 business. a shor, al
tfSe from the dufiss of the Court has ett ssiv
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