The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-06-28

The committee appointed on the part of the
city to proceed down the river to escort his EX-
cellency President Fillmore and suite to Rich
mond. took the fine steamer Curtis Peck, Cap
tain Davis, at half-past five an, and returned
with the guests of the city at about quarter past
eight o'clock, p. m, in the noble little United
States steamer Engineer, Commander r. Il.
Olmstead.
The committee having proceeded about sixty
miles, were put aboard of the United States
steamer Engineer, and after having been pre-
scented to the President, General Peyton (the
chairman) addressed him as follows:
"Mr PRESIDENT We have the honor, in the
name of the citizens of Richmond, to invite you to
their city, and to you of the cordial recep
ton with which they are prepared to greet you.
They desire to manifest their respect for the Chief
Magistrate of the Union, and to attest their sense
of your liberal and national conduct. We are
deputed by the city to bear you this message; and
he assured distinguished reception awaits you. /"
The President responded in appropriate
terms, and expressed the great satisfaction it
gave him to be able to accept the invitation so
handsomely rendered him by the citizens of
Richmond.
After the Richmond committee had well
coined the President in behalf of the city, the
whole party were landed at the fine estate of
Mr.. Selden, known as Weston, where the host
and hostess of that ancient mansion were ready
TO give cordial welcome. Spending a short
time at this place, the party returned to the
little steamer and proceeded to Shirley, the
residence of Hill Carter, esq, whose proven
bal hospitality is known throughout lower
Virginia and other sections of the country.
Mr.. Carter and lady gave the President and
the large company attending him true Virgil
MA welcome, and several hours were spent in
the most agreeable manner by all who had the
good fortune to be of the party.
THE party having dined at Shirley. they
then awaited the return Of their steamer, which
had been sent over to City Point to meet the
Augusta and take on board Postmaster General
Hall and others of the Presidential suite who
had not left Old Point until some time after the
President.
1t was expected that the whole party would
have left Shirley by two O'Clock, but, owing to
the Augusta having been detained by the heavy
fog upon starting out from Norfolk, delay o.
nearly two hours was occasioned.
The President has accepted an invitation t,
meet the citizens Of Richmond this morning
and pariake of collation. in the City Hall
He would have most cheerfully accepted thu
"old fashioned Virginia barbecue" proposed u
have been given him at Buchanan's Spring
but it is not his desire to be placed in the attl
iude OF attending public gatherings at which
regular speeches are to be made or toasts drank
The military and civic turnout would have
been very large and imposing, but for tho un
fortunate delay in the arrival Of our guests, anc
the heavy rain which came up just after they
landed at Rockets. As il was, however, thu
welcome was cordial. and therefore appreciated
by those for whom il was intended. Some fou
or five thousand citizens and soldiers, we un
derstand, had assembled at Rockets by tn,
time it was supposed, at first, the boat woult
have arrived.
The Richmond Enquirer, in stating some o
the particulars Of the passage from Norfolk Z
Richmond says
AT jamestown, where they stopped to see