Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1847-07-01

for half an hour, the procession started, the
carriages psssIng for hs u q mile between two
lines OF the city military, IN splendid uniform
lno two companies being sllke.) Al the end
OF the military lines, The carriages halted
while two-,hlrds Of the troops de6ledty Of
double quick time, TO their position in front
the cavalry IN .he van, the other third OF the
volunteers following in the rear Of The car.
risges, the whole of the troops being under
The admirable management Of General A. L.
| Roumfort.
Around the city and through the city, from
Southwark to the city proper, TO Spring Gar
point, and back ngain to the eastward, foi
The space OF three hours, the procession ex.
tended it's circutous line Of march, affording
10 full forty thousand people who lined the
sidewalks and the windows oil the way, o
good look at the President and Judge Kane
in their open barouche. The procession was
brought up finally at six o'clock, at the resi-.
dence Of Mr. Dallas, the Vice PresdeA Mn
Walnut street, into which the Presiden Mas
conducted with his official attendants from
Washington. Col. Polk was looked and call.
ed for by the immense multitude which block.
when Mr.. Dallas appeared at the threshold
| dent and the General now 10 gratify their
fellow citizens. Shortly after which the
crowd dispersed and in less than one hour
the pageant of the day, with its "horse, foot
and dragoons," and its immense multitude in
the line Of march, (which no mar could mum.
bcr," had melted away as if nothing of the
sort had occurred.
The President is quartered at the resi-
dence of Mr.. Dallas. The Attorney Gener-
al and Mr.. Burke, and Mr.. Appleton, are at
Jones' Hotel.
The next day was the third day Of the
journey. The next morning after an early
breakfast the President, Vice President, and
party of their friends, in four carriages,
went out to visit the Girard College, the
buildings Of which they thoroughly explored,
and the President exchanged salutations
with $50 workmen. After a visit to the
Eastern Penitentiary the party returned to
the city. Amer few hours rest the Pres.
dent and suit examined several of the public
schools, appropriate addresses being ex-
changed at each, and then proceeded to the
Mint. After examining this, The President
with the Vice President and their official
suite proceeded to the Old State House in
Independence square, where they received
The congratulations of those who thronged
to meet them, until three o'clock. The Pres
ident afterwards dined with a select party at
the Vice Presidents house.
In the evening he visited the Northern
Liberties and received the citizens there, and
afterwards attended a ball at Msjor General
Patterson's The next day, Friday, he pro.
ceeded TO New York.
An account Of his passage to and enter
tainment at New York, we abridge from
the Tribune. After stating that the steam.
er Vanderbilt loft Castle Garden at a little
past nine on Friday morning and proceeded
to Governors Island to take in the band,
that paper says
The passage to Amboy was delightful !;
the company on board the Vanderbilt consist
ed Of some six hundred persons, among them
Mai. Gen. Gaines, Hon. Dixon I'll. Lewis,
Senator Yulee Of Florida, Col. Totten of the
Engineers, Col. Bankhead, COL Crane, Maj.
Rains, Capt. Vaggermnu, Capt. Brownell,
Capt. Eagle Adj. Gen. Jones, Judge Oakley,
Chief Justice Jones, MI. Alexander Vatte-
mare, Capt. lnglis, Prof. Bartlett Of West
Point, Ex- Mayors Harper and Havemeyer.
and many other distinguished gentlemen of
the city and from abroad
The steamer arrived at Amboy at about
twelve o'clock, when the President was
escorted on board by the Committee and con-
Quoted to the upper deck. His appearance
was that of man jadcd and worn out with
anxiety. His face is thin,his features severe,
and his eye cold and leaden. As he stepped
on board the boat, he was cheered by the
crowd, but nothing like enthusiasm was man
ifested. When the party reached the saloon
on the upper deck, Alderman Oliver. the
Chairman OF the reception committee, intro
duced the President to the City Council, in
an appropriate speech.
morris Franklin, the President Of the
Board OF Aldermen, then addressed Mr.
Polk in behalf Of the City Council, ia a
speech which was a little too nonsensca for
re publication, to which the President made
the following reply:
For this cordial welcome which you gave
me, sir, in my approach to your great city, |
can only express my deep gratitude and
satisfaction. know, sir,that The distinguish
ed attentions which you proffer me are
rendered to the station which have the
honor to hold, and which, as you justly say,
is the highest in the gift of man, rather than
to the individual who holds it. AS such
receive them and respond to them, and with
qualification all the deeper, because they
proceed from no party, but from my citizens
generally.
Sir, this is proud day for me, because in
it is exhibited that fundamental truth of our
institutions, that freemen are competent to
elect their own rulers and are not dependent,
upon that divine right which in some other
countries is regarded as the only source Of
authority.
Sir, as the representative Of this people. ).
| it has been my endeavor so to conduct af-
fairs as 10 be found no unworthy occupant Of
the place held by my illustrious predecessors
in that high Office to this end, there can be
but one guide. and that is the sense Of duty
And trust that ] may be enabled to dis.