The ball was at the house of B. Woodworth, Esq. to whom praise is due for the arrangements made for the entertainment of the company, which was numerous and brilliant.

On the evening of the illumination, several transparencies were exhibited, with appropriate mottos. Among others the following were conspicuous; " Welcome our nation's chief.” "The pilot that weathered the

The address of the citizens of Detroit to the President I have not seen; the following is his answer.

FELLOW CITIZENS ;

In the Tour in which I am engaged, according to its original plan, this section of our inland frontier formed an essential part; and I am happy to have been able, so far, to have executed it. This is the utmost western limit to which I proposed to extend it. I shall proceed hence along the frontier, and through the state of Ohio, without delay, to the seat of the general government.

Aware of your exposed situation, every circumstance material to your defence in the possible, but, I hope, remote contingency of future wars, has a just claim to, and will receive my attention. For any information which you may be able to give me, on a subject of such high importance, I shall be very thankful.

In all the advantages of your situation, in which you participate so largely, in those which a kind Providence has extended to our happy country, I, as your fellowcitizen, take a deep interest. Any inconveniences of which you may complain, you must be sensible cannot be of long duration. Your establishment was of necessity, in its origin, colonial; but on a new principle. A parental hand cherishes you in your infancy. Your commencement is founded in rights, not of a personal nature only, but of incipient sovereignty, never to be shaken. The national government promotes your growth, and

in so doing, from the peculiar felicity of our system, promotes the growth and strength of the nation. At a future period, and on conditions just and reasonable, you will become a member of the Union, with all the rights of the original states. In the interim, the legislative body, composed of the representatives of a free people, your brethren, will always be ready to extend a just and proper remedy to any inconvenience to which you may be exposed.

I partake with you in the most heartfelt satisfaction, at the present general prosperity of our country, and concur in sentiment respecting the causes to which it may be justly ascribed. By the termination of party divisions, and the union of all our citizens in the support of our republican government and institutions, of which I entertain, as I trust, a well founded hope, I anticipate a long continuance of all the blessings which we now enjoy.

For your kind reception I offer you my grateful acknowledgement.

JAMES MONROE. To A. EDWARDS, Esq. Chairman of the Board of Trustees, City of Detroit.

At Detroit, the President effected the great and leading object of his laborious Tour-viewing the points upon the seaboard, and upon the northern and western frontier, most exposed to the enemy, the better to enable him to devise the most efficient methods of defending them.

He commenced his return to Washington through the interior of the State of OHIO.

This state is one of the younger sisters of the American family; and, as it sometimes happens in the families of our species, the younger has become a successful rival to some of the elder ones. Less than half a century ago, this important state was wholly possessed by

the savages of the wilderness. Where the untutored and ferocious natives of America roved about, seeking a precarious subsistence from hunting and fishing, there are now cultivated fields, and beautiful villages. Where the war dance was performed, and the horrid yells of barbarians echoed through the forests, the refinements of civilized society, and the language of science and literature are enjoyed.

Although the philanthropist may sigh and weep for the injuries which the almost exterminated aborigines of North America once suffered-although the hero may admire the exalted courage of the Alknomocks, the Logans, and the Tecumsehs of the American natives; yet the statesman, the moralist and the christian, will unite in rejoicing that the immense territory of our Republic, which, two centuries since, gave subsistence to but a small number of savages, is now the abode of ten millions of civilized and happy beings, originating from the eastern world, where, from its crowded population, and the tyranny of its governours, men could hardly sustain life or enjoy it.

The state of Ohio is about two hundred and fifty miles square. The settlement of it commenced soon after the close of the revolutionary war, and its inhabitants are principally from New-England. They carried with them their enterprize, their learning, their morals, and their habits, and have suddenly given this interesting state an important rank in the constellation of the American Union.

But few portions of the country are more finely or advantageously watered, than Ohio. The Muskingum, Hokhocking, Sciota, Great and Little Miami fall into the

beautiful Ohio river. The Cayahoga, Sandusky, Miame of the Lake and Grand river empty themselves into Lake Erie.

This state was admitted into the Union in 1802, and, in 1810, contained nearly 250,000 inhabitants, which are said probably to have doubled since that period.

In his itinerary progress through this state, altho' the high duties of the Chief Magistrate rendered it indispensably necessary that the President should reach the seat of government with all possible expedition, he was every where received with marked attention; addressed with so much feeling and surrounded by such an admiring population, that he was almost compelled to fight his passage through the ranks of his friends, to his

home.

I cannot omit the deeply interesting address of the citizens of Lancaster.

TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

The citizens of Lancaster, in common with the people of the United States, hasten to express their felicitations upon receiving amongst them the man to whom a nation of freemen have confided their government, their constitution, and their laws. They have observed, with increasing interest, your progress through our country, the admiration elicited by your laborious and important services, and intimations of that unanimity of which they hope it will be productive. If in your reception here, we cannot, from the infant state of this part of the Union, exhibit the highest refinements of the most polished society, we flatter ourselves that the offerings of the West are accompanied with warm and honest feelings for the honour thus voluntarily done us ; and with affection for him, who in this season of examination has not overlooked us. We form a part, a small part indeed, of the body politic, but like the rest of our

fellow citizens over whose hearts as well as interests you preside, we would claim the privilege of expressing to the Chief Magistrate of the nation, our great satisfaction for his coming, in the intervals of public business, amongst a people with whom he cannot be too well acquainted. The rising importance of this western world, your excellency cannot fail to notice; and its citizens feel an additional confidence that the ultimate information which this journey has enabled you to collect, will be used for its benefit and protection. As the theatre of the last war, it has claimed and received, and in all probability, as the theatre of a future war, it will still claim and receive the watchful attention of the government. If in future your excellency, or any other in whom the devolution of the Presidency will have created the same interest in connection with the same responsibility, shall again traverse the land they govern, the citizens of Ohio, trust, that in the improvements which the wants of the country may require, and which your experience and ability may suggest, you, or your successor may witness memorials more durable than brass of this timely and judicious itineration. Even now the nations of Europe may see that he who has been raised to the highest elevation in the power of his countrymen to confer, is, wherever he goes, met with confidence, and parted from with regret.

That your administration may greatly contribute to the promotion of the best interests and welfare of our common country; that you, individually, may enjoy all the happiness of which humanity is susceptible; and when you have laid down the burden of government, be crowned with the plaudits of a free and virtuous people, is the ardent wish of the citizens of Lancaster and its vicinity.

PHILEMON BEECHER,

Chairman of the Committee.

The President, with his usual facility, elegance and propriety, extemporaneously answered this address; showing the deep interest he took in the progress of improvement in this section of the Union.