agreeable to the judicious arrangements of the Committee. An elegant battalion, composed of three Com panies of Light Infantry, under the command of Capt. White of the Cadets, conducted this procession, under a salute from the Artillery, to the President's lodgings, at the Essex Coffee-House. Near the President's person, in the procession, were many of our most distinguished naval and military commanders. In the passage through Essex-street, the hopes of parents, and of society, were presented to the President, in the assemblage of about a thousand children, regularly ar ranged on each side, under their several school-masters, and forming an extensive avenue for the procession to pass through. When the head of the escort reached the Coffee house, they opened, and the President was conducted in by the Committee, where he met with many distinguished characters, among whom it was a high gratification to behold his Excellency the Governour, who, with his aids, and in full uniform, had arrived some hours before, with the Hon. Timo thy Pickering, of the Supreme Executive Council, &c. &c. Here, in front of the house, and amidst the assembled citizens, an address was delivered by the Hon. Mr. Pickman, as Chairman of the Committee, and an extemporaneous answer returned by the President. Some time after, the President, accompanied by his Excellency, and many other public characters, was escorted to the Town Hall, where a number of our most respectable citizens were personally introduced to him. From the Hall he proceeded in a carriage with the Governour, to Washington-square, where he reviewed

the line of troops, composed of the squadron of Cavalry the regiment of Artillery, the regiment of Infantry, and the Independent Cadets, (the whole under the orders of Col. Russell, of the Artillery) and then alighted at a marquee, where he received the marching salute. This military display was most beautiful; and it is understood the President was pleased to express his sense of the fine appearance, and correct performances of the troops, in high terms of approbation. After the review, the President (who entered and quitted the Square under a peal of Artillery) was escorted by the cavalry to his lodgings, where he sat down to dinner with a large number of guests whom he had invited to his table, and among whom were his excellency Gov. Brooks, Secretary of the Navy, Hon, Mr. Pickering, Judge Story, many naval and military officers of the United States; Gen. Hovey, and other militia officers, the venerable Dr. Holyoke, Reverend Clergy, Committee of Arrangements, Marshals of the day, &c. In the evening, the President and the Governour, with their suites, visited the Town Hall, which was crowded with a brilliant assemblage of ladies and gentlemen, and where a free and polite intercourse took place between these distinguished visitors and the company assembled. An excellent band of music enlivened the brilliant scene. At an early hour the President, with the Governour, retired, having been greeted at every turn, through the day, with all the marks expressive of respect for the first magistrate of the nation.

Wednesday morning the President, with his suite, pursuant to the purposes of his Tour, visited Fort Pickering on Winter Island, the East India Museum,

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the Salem Atheneum, the new work house, and whatever other objects of a public nature, and worthy his regard the town offers. In the afternoon dined with the Secretary of the Navy, in company with the Select men, Committee of Arrangements, and many other gentlemen of distinction.

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The Town Hall (a long room over the Market) was first made use of to pay the honours of the town to the President of the United States. It is not in my power to describe the handsome style in which it was fitted up: it excited the admiration of the President, and drew from him a compliment to the ladies, whose taste and skill spread over it such a neat and graceful dress of ornament, in festoons of oak, connected with bands of gold, and disposed in the most elegant and appropriate manner. At the north end of the hall was the seat of the President, (a chair from Mount Vernon, with the name of WASHINGTON inscribed upon it) upon an elevation of about four feet above the floor, ascended by a flight of stairs, being a circular projection in front of a eolonade, over which was an arch supported by pillars, and surmounted with the arms of the United States. Around the room were portraits of eminent worthies of old and present times, and representations of various scenes in which the glory of the nation is involved. When lighted in the evening by a thousand lamps, and glittering with female beauty, it displayed an enchanting scene."

The town of Salem is the second in size, and probably in commercial consequence, in New England. It is situated upon a peninsula formed by two inlets from

the sea. Whenever the name of this town is mentioned, the melancholy delusion of a most gloomy superstition, which occasioned the persecution of an unoffending race of christians, is always remembered. But the conscientious scruples which misled its ancient inhabitants to punish Quakers, has preserved their descendants from adopting those undefined principles, which, under the specious pretext of liberality, will tolerate every wild and disjointed system of theology, which men adopt from the dim light of nature, unaided by the light of revelation. The citizens of this place have, for many years, carried on the India trade to a very great extent, and have taken the lead in the Fisheries, upon the banks of Newfoundland. They have also been considerably engaged in the whale fishery; and from these employments, the town of Salem has been one of the most fruitful nurseries of accomplished and adventurous seamen in New England. Cleopatra's Barge" was built in this place. Her recent voyage in the Atlantic and Mediterranean, excited more admiration than all the navies and merchantmen that swim

upon their surfaces. She was like a flaming comet upon the face of the skies, robbing the regular planets of the admiration usually bestowed upon them. Salem was settled as early as 1628, and from a regular growth, has reached the consequence which it now maintains, amongst the first towns in the northern and eastern states. It contains ten houses of public worship, besides other public buildings. Its population in 1810, was 12,700.

The President, in that seclusion which is indispen-, sably necessary for the discharge of those duties which

require reflection, remained some days in Salem. He left it on the twelfth, and proceeded on his Tour.

His arrival and reception at Newburyport, is well described in the following newspaper article.

"On the morning of Saturday last, the President of the United States arrived in this town, when he was welcomed by those spontaneous marks of respect, which are characteristic of a free and enlightened people. Agreeable to Brigade Orders, the Field and Staff officers of this Brigade, repaired to Ipswich, at an early hour, to receive him. After being greeted with the cordial and affectionate salutations of the citizens of that respectable place-the regiment of cavalry under the command of Col. Coleman, together with the Field officers of the Brigade, under the direction of Majors Scott and Wood, who were appointed by the Brigadier General, as Marshals for the occasion, took up the escort, and proceeded to Parker's River Bridge, where he was met by the Hon. Baily Bartlett, Sheriff of Essex, with his suite, together with the Committee of Arrangements from Newburyport, when Col. Mosely, as their Chairman, addressed him in the following language:

SIR-A number of the citizens of Newburyport, and its vicinity, desirous of paying you their respects, have taken the liberty of meeting you on your journey, and with your permission will accompany you to Newburyport, where the citizens of that town will be happy, in a more formal manner, to pay you their salutations.

Being joined by a numerous cavalcade of citizens, from this and the neighbouring towns; the whole pro