Bank street, to the house of Mr. P. T. Taber, where arrangements had been made for his accommodation; the citizens, under the direction of the Marshals, forming two lines, between which, preceded by the military, he passed to his lodgings. The President then received the customary salutes of the military, and was cheered by the grateful smiles of the people. Salutes were fired from the Artillery, from the U. States vessels, and from Fort Trumbull.

Soon after, the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council, waited on the President, and presented an address in behalf of the city, to which he made a reply. The Court of Common Pleas, then in session, accompanied by the principal gentlemen of the bar, waited on him with their congratulatory respects. A number of other gentlemen were also introduced, presenting their congratulations.

The visit of the Chief Magistrate of the nation to this place, was highly pleasing to the people, and cannot fail to excite in their minds grateful sentiments for the mild and happy government under which they live, and a high respect for him who is at the head of the nation."

ADDRESS

TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

The Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the city of New-London, in behalf of the Corporation, with high respect for his personal character, and great veneration for his exalted station, embrace this occasion to welcome the President of the United States on his safe arrival in this place.

A visit from the Chief Magistrate of a nation so re

spectable and important in the scale of political existence as the United States, to this portion of the Union, is an occurrence, interesting to the patriot, and highly gratifying to the feelings of this community; an occurrence which as individuals, we shall remember, and which the Corporation will record.

It affords us consolation that your administration has commenced at a period favourable for improvement, for the establishment of a national-of an American character. A period when the storms of war have passed, and days of peace commenced; when party spirit is assuaged, and a spirit of mutual charity and forbearance nationally prevails.

That the President of the United States, in common with his fellow citizens, is enjoying that state of peace, which his own agency and energy so essentially produced, is to us a source of pleasing reflection and consideration.

We trust that we may be indulged in the pleasing contemplation, that we possess our habitations in safety; that our shores are free from alarms, and that the waters of our harbours are relieved from the presence of a threatening and a hostile fleet.

With great satisfaction, we once more behold in the Chief Magistrate of the United States, a man who, in his youth, had an agency in achieving, with his sword, the independence, and establishing the pillars of that government, of which he is now the head, and which is the pride of America, and the wonder of the world.

From the high stations you have held, and honourably sustained-from the eminent services you have rendered our common country, we have a happy assurance, under Divine Providence, of an honourable and prosperous administration; and that under the auspices of your government, we shall be a united and a happy people.

Nothing can give more satisfaction, than a consideration of the parental view, and extensive survey which the President is taking of the northern section of that country, which is happily united under a government of energy and freedom; and of which, by the choice of a

great and enlightened people, he is now the political head.

Be pleased, Sir, to accept our sincere wishes that your life may be prolonged and happy ;-That your administration may be prosperous and blessed ;—That your journey may be pleasant; and that you may, in health and safety, be returned to the bosom of your family, and all your endearing and domestic relations. with happiness and satisfaction.

JEREMIAH G. BRAINARD, Mayor,

June 25, 1817.

The President's reply.

To the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the city of New-London.

FELLOW-CITIZENS ;

In making a Tour through the Eastern States, with a view to public defence, New-London had a strong claim to attention; and in visiting it, I have been much gratified by the very friendly reception which has been giv

en to me.

Aware of the favourable circumstances under which I have commenced the duties of the high trust to which I have been appointed by my fellow citizens, it will be my zealous endeavour to derive from them, in the administration of the government, all the advantages which they can afford. It is only by making adeqate preparation for war, now that we are blessed with peace, that we can hope to avert that calamity in future. It is only by a vigorous prosecution of the war, when it becomes inevitable, that its evils can be mitigated, and an honourable peace be soon restored.

In the pursuit of great national objects, it is equally the interest and the duty of the whole American people to unite. Happy in a government which secures to us the full enjoyment of all our civil and religious rights, we have every inducement to unite in its support. With such union we have nothing to dread from foreign

powers.

For the kind interest which you take in my welfare,

I beg you to accept of my warmest thanks, and to be assured of the sincerity with which I reciprocate it, in favour of the citizens of New-London, and its vicinity. JAMES MONROE.

On Thursday morning, the President, with his suite, attended by Com. Bainbridge, Capt. Oliver H. Perrry, and other distinguished military and naval officers present, were conveyed in barges to Fort Trumbull. On his leaving the wharf, a salute was fired by the Enterprize sloop of war; and on his landing a salute was fired from the Fort.

After inspecting the site and works of Fort Trumbull, he proceeded across the harbour to Groton, to visit Fort Griswold, that memorable spot, which a band of Volunteer Militia bravely defended, when assaulted by the British troops, September 6, 1781; and where a large number were sacrificed after the surrender of the Fort.

A national salute was fired from Fort Griswold, when the President landed. He was met by a committee of Arrangements, and a large assemblage of citizens of Groton and the neighbouring towns; all vieing with each other in expressions of respectful attention to him, whom the nation has distinguished by its honours.

He was then escorted to the Fort by the first Company of Grenadiers of the eighth Regiment, commanded by Capt. Dabell, and accompanied by the select men, and civil authority, and followed by a long cavalcade of citizens, to the gate of Fort Griswold.

He entered the Fort with his suite, the naval and military officers present, and several distingutshed citiIn the Fort, at his request, some of the surviving.

zens.

heroes who so valiantly defended it in the revolutionary war, were introduced to the President. The scene now became truly interesting. After a lapse of so many years, Fort Griswold, and the hill on which it stands, becomes again distinguished in the annals of our country. There we behold the Nation's Chief; and at his side the hoary Veteran-who, on that spot, thirty-seven years having since passed, stood as a Volunteer in defence of his Country and his Home; and after surrendering to a superior force was wounded and left for dead.

Mr. Park Avery, and his brother Mr. Ebenezer Avery, of Groton, both upwards of seventy years of age were among the few survivors present. Their scars were too conspicuous to permit them to escape the particular notice and kind attention of President MONROE. Past scenes crowded on his recollection, and when, under the impulse of the moment, he laid his hands on the traces of their wounds; these venerable patriots realized that their country blessed them, while her Chief gratefully noticed the scars which bore honourable testimony to their valour, and their sufferings in her defence.

After inspecting the Fort, and its very commanding site, the President was received by the military and citizens, who were paraded at the gate, and waiting with great order and decorum. He was then escorted in the same order as before, to the house of Capt. Elijah Baily, where refreshments were prepared.

The Steam Boat Fulton, Capt. Law, having been politely offered, lay waiting at a short distance from the wharf. The President being respectfully saluted, went