worth's, and Capt. Brown's Infantry Companies, under the command of Col. Loomis, and a detachment of Cavalry, under command of Col. Gleason; and the whole of the immense assemblage of soldiers and citizens, escorted the President over the city bridge, which was elegantly ornamented with three lofty arches, thrown over it, composed of evergreen and laurel, in imitation of the triumphal arches of Rome, under which the benefactors of the Commonwealth passed.

From the centre arch was suspended a label," March 4th, 1817." As the President passed the bridge, he was in the most animated manner, cheered by the citizens. An elegant flag waved over the arches, with the letter M; it being the same letter reversed, which on election day meant WOLCOTT.

He was escorted by this numerous assemblage to Morgan's Coffee House, where he received the congratulations and the address of the citizens delivered by John Morgan, Esq. senior Alderman; to which he gave an elegant, appropriate, and impressive answer. He then, with General Swift, and his private Secretary, Mr. Mason, reviewed the elegant line of troops drawn up in Main-Street. He soon after visited the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, expressed his admiration of the astonishing progress of the pupils, and retired to his lodgings amidst the most numerous collection of soldiers and citizens ever witnessed in Hartford. The whole was an unequivocal expression of public sentiment. It shews that James Monroe is the man whom "the people delight to honour.”

The following is the address delivered to the President.

TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

SIR-The pleasing duty has devolved on us of presenting you the congratulations of the citizens of Hartford, on your arrival in this city. It is with sentiments of regard for private worth, no less than respect for official dignity, that the personal presence of the first Magistrate of our Nation is associated.

The endearing relation which subsists between the people of a free country and their political father and guide, is peculiarly fitted to cherish and ennoble these sentiments.

It is no less our happiness, sir, than yours, that your administration has commenced at a period gilded by the recent exploits of our Army and Navy, and at the same time enjoying the tranquillity and security of peace; when full scope is given to the enterprize, industry and skill of our citizens, in the employments of agriculture and manufactures; when the pursuits of science, and the cultivation of the arts of civilized life are encouraged by their appropriate rewards; and when the spirit of party, with its concomitant jealousies and misrepresentations, no longer "render alien to each other, those who ought to be bound together by paternal affection." We anticipate in your administration, commenced under such auspices, and blessed with the smiles of Him, "whose dominion is an everlasting dominion;" a period of glory to our country, and of honour to yourself.

The State of Connecticut, as she was among the first to adopt the Constitution of the United States, so will she always be among its most firm and zealous supporters.

The people of this State, while they cherish a high spirit of freedom, are, from the force of our in stitutions and habits, distinguished also for their love of order and submission to the laws. In pursuing a policy, which, as we confidently expect, will give the best effect to the principles of our government; establishing commerce upon a permanent basis; render us strong and in

dependent; confer on us a distinct and elevated national character; and secure to our country those high advantages, which seem destined for her by Providence, you may be assured of an hearty support.

May Heaven grant, Sir, that your life may be long and happy; and that the freedom and independence of our country my be perpetual.

JOHN MORGAN;

In behalf of the Mayor, Aldermen, Common Council, and Freemen of the city of Hartford.

HARTFORD, June 23, 1817.

To which the President made the following Reply:

To the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the City of Hartford.

FELLOW-CITIZENS;

I beg you to accept my grateful acknowledgements for the favourable sentiments which you have expressed towards me, and the kind and friendly manner in which you have received me. No one can take more interest than I do in the present prosperous and happy condition of our country. Having witnessed two wars, attended with imminent distress, and which made a severe trial of our institutions, I see, with the most heartfelt satisfaction, the happy consequences attending our exertions, and which you have so justly described in the review which you have taken of them. Blessed with peace, agriculture, the arts, and commerce flourishing; jealousies subsiding, and our bond of union daily gaining strength, our situation is peculiarly happy, and the prospect of its long continuance the most flattering. In a State where the arts and sciences are so happily cultivated, and which has evinced so strong an attachment to the cause of liberty, full confidence is entertained, that it will always be found among the most zealous supporters of that cause, and of our most excellent Constitution.

JAMES MONROE.

The city of Hartford was the first place upon the river Connecticut, in the interior, where a permanent settlement was made by Europeans. A selected company, from the ancient colony of Massachusetts, commenced their travels to the westward, in pursuit of a fertile region. Upon the banks of this beautiful stream they found it, and began the arduous labour of planting a new colony. Providence smiled upon the undertaking, and blessed the labour of their hands. This city has always been the leading place in the state; although the legislature altarnately sits here and at New-Haven. This practice arose from the union of the ancient colonies of Connecticut and New-Haven, uniting together to form the State of CONNECTICUT. No interior town in New-England unites more advantages than Hartford. Although it will not rank with great commercial places, it commands a great proportion of the trade of the fertile and flourishing country upon the Connecticut, from Canada to its mouth; a stream unrivalled in the NewEngland States. An active trade is also carried on from this place with the West Indies, and with most of the other States. Hartford is situated upon the West bank of this river, about fifty miles from its mouth, and at the head of sloop navigation; it being navigable for boats of considerable burthen, 200 miles above it. The city is divided into two sections by the Little river. The main street is nearly two miles in length upon the height of ground; a number of streets running from it, East to the Connecticut, and West to the Little river, and the adjoining country. The public buildings, considering the size of the place, are not exceeded by any town in the union. The State-House, the Brick

Meeting-House, and the two banks, are fine specimens of architecture, and excite the admiration of travellers.

The toll bridge across the Connecticut river, at this place, and the cause-way through the adjoining meadow, will not suffer by a comparison with the first works of this kind in the union.

Although this place can boast of no literary institution above a grammar school; yet it will forever be remembered as the first place in the Western world that established an institution for the instruction of the Deaf and Dumb. The Abbe SICARD, of France, has already had his name enrolled amongst the benefactors of mankind. His pupils, one an American, a native of Hartford, the other a Frenchman, are conductors of the ·Deaf and Dumb Asylum in this city. Language is incompetent to the grateful task of eulogizing the founders of this institution. By their benevolent aid, they are rescuing a portion of their fellow creatures from humilitating state of mental imbecility, and giving then a rank in the intellectual world. Without their aid, th interesting objects of their benevolence, with the hu man form, would rise but little above mere animal nature. The unceasing assiduity of Mr. GALLAUDETT, and LE CLERC, the conductors of this institution, has secured to them the undivided approbation of men, and angels must smile with complacency upon their labours. This institution owes its origin to private munificence. Much has been done from this source. The Legislature of Connecticut made the first grant from a public treasury. It requires the fostering aid of the nation. The President has visited this Assylum, and his known