Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-08-03
NUMrM STTNe
sfas THE PRESIDENT at HOME
Extract IF letter TO gentleman in this cify date
...I. 81 Nashville. J,tIu IL

Extract IF letter TO gentleman in this city, dated
Nashville, Juiy II.
"You will have seen, before this reaches you, that
the President refused TO accept of public dinner Of
ered TO him by the citizens OF this place. Yesterday
atten o'clock, he attended at the Nashville Inn, where
he saw and shook hands with hundreds Of his sw
iSers. Our friend H. H. had invited the President TO
dine with him at his new and splendid house. with a
number OF his old fisnd- He accepted Mr.. HIS invi-
tation, and set down with about one hundred gray
headed gentlemen and sixty seventy married ladies
1t mpany ha old aud tried friends from dffe
ent counties, which Mr.. II had invited and few
strangers from other State. 1t Of the mo.t
pleasing parties ever convened-we appeared ike a
number OF brothers who had be long absent and ha
inri At our younger brothers tone At half past
o'clock, we sat down to Of the splendid enter
tainmens ever given, kere elsewhere. Upwards IL
two hundred Eat down at the table. The G.ner- APP
peared to be in fine spirits, and enjoyed This meeting
With lis old friends in the hsppiest manner MIR. III.
had so fixed it, that at seven O'Clock, al the young la
dies and gentlemen were to take tea with him; and af-
ter the old people had broke up, the President it,
vited IA guest. This party given 10 Mrs De-
nelson About thousand young ladies' and gentle
msn were present, who must all have introduc
The house was crowded the beiug filled and some
hundreds on the top Of the house, which fin ly il
uminated think this house has been bull, since YOU
lett here; IL thought to be OF the most splendid
buildings in America. Seldom has there been more
good feeling and cordial alrciion,he President min
Cling with the crowd embracing the little boys and
girls and conversng with the young lades and gentle
men, il they all his children. He contirr.
ned among them until 10 o'clock, and then retired;
shcry after which the company broke up. Bishop
Mex endree waited on the President at his room this
morning, and spent an hour with him in private. He
highly approves OF his in refusing accept OF
public dinners.
To-norrow the President is TO NEE, large number
al his uirnds at the forks Of the Road miles from
hi' place, at good spriBg. They will be principally
Tennessee farmers, who will testify their gratitude TO
him Ter his noble acts in savio the from dire
tagaon by his late vetos" ~. s Tel
NASHVILLE. July II The Pre,idont LIFT town
Thursday morning. tor the Hermitage whence he
expected 10 return for week. About three miles
lie was met by very large cOncoure Of his fellow it.
ize rs who had assembled in beautiful owe TO gree
him. In the company, recognised many of our ac-
quantancss from the eighbouring counties.-He re-
manned with them. sever. hours participating in their
kind, but plain, and rel ublican hosi i;atcs
Ii truly interesting meeting. The people
who had gathered on the occasion. were, OF hem
the substantial ysomanry ofthe countryhis old, per-
sOnai, aud intimate fiends-he young who had KIN
him from th .ir earliest recollec on-and h fahe
who bad seen him throus all the checkered Of
his evenifll life Without ostentaton parade, and
but little time and less desire, for preparations, tie
chose this mode Of esying their diminished re ,fJ
and Of rendering the FIRST Sslrae of their Govern
ment, those respectful attentions which the exalted
station and hi great public services, emnenty
tied. Theirs not the outward shew, and iashona-
BILE pageant ofhe day. gotten up 10 profess the feeling
OF attachment, where none existed. IL not the adj
ua,ion which bu, too oens follows in the train OF pow
er. Claiming different origin, II sprapg from the
heart and evidenced the most unbounded respect
6d~nce and esteem
Such powerful mantle -atioDs coming from the "bone
and sinew" of the country-the unsophsca ted cuva-
tors OF the SOIL who have individual interests to adj
vance, and nothing to ask of their rulers, save the
pure and energetic admins tra,on of the law, is worth
as remarked last week, thousand sounding com
plment- coming from Other sources: They well call
cuated to cheer the faithful public servant and ami
mate in the psplexng labo,s he Is called upon per-
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