"From the increased harmony of public opinion, founded on the successful career of a government, which has never been equalled, and which promises, by a further developement of its faculties, to augment in an eminent degree, the blessings of this favoured people, I unite with you in all the anticipations which you have so justly suggested.

"In performing services, honestly and zealously intended for the benefit of my fellow citizens, I shall never entertain a doubt of their generous and firm support. Incapable of any feelings distinct from those of a citizen, I can assume no style, in regard to them, different from that character; and it is a source of peculiar delight to me, to know, that while the chief magistrate of the United States, acts fully up to this principle, he will require no other guard than what may be derived from their confidence and affection.

"Baltimore, June 2d, 1817."

"JAMES MONROE.

After this ceremony, in his own name, and in the name of the corporation, the mayor cordially invited the President to a public dinner, the acceptance of which, in consequence of his previous arrange ments, and from motives of public concern, he felt himself obliged to forego.

At eleven o'clock of the same day, and attended by the same officers who had conducted him to the Point, he proceeded to the examination of the armament and garrison of FORT M'HENRY, which had

gallantly withstood the bombardment of the enemy, upwards of twenty-four hours. The batteries on that occasion, to be sure, had been opened, but the shot falling very far short of the assailants, the firing, from the fort, ceased, or was maintained, only at intervals, to show that the garrison had not sunk under the tremendous showers of rockets and shells, incessantly thrown into the batteries; and thus painfully situated, without the power of retaliating the attack, the brave and determined soldiers endured their mortification, with an unyielding spirit, during the whole bombardment, which continued until seven o'clock of the morning of the fourteenth. One of the late papers of that city observes: "Had colonel Armistead, who was then, and is now the commanding officer of the fort, been told in the year 1814, that in the year 1817, he would have witnessed on that very spot, then shaken by the exploding thunders of the enemy's fleet, the presence of the chief magistrate, congratulating him on the issue of that event, how exhilarating would then have been his sensations."

On entering the fort the President was received with a federal salute, and after finishing his examination of its condition, he was escorted to Whetstone Point, where the third brigade of Maryland militia, under general Sterrett, formerly of the 5th regiment, had assembled for the purpose of being reviewed. The field was covered with people of every rank, among whom the appearance of the

chief of the republic, produced general and lively satisfaction.

In the course of the afternoon the President visited the Washington Monument, at Howard Park, and the City Monument, at Washington Square, and at five o'clock he received, at his quarters, the personal salutations of the officers of general Sterrett's brigade.

The President, after experiencing these warm and patriotic attentions, departed from Baltimore at seven o'clock on the morning of Tuesday, the 4th of June, in one of the steam boats which had been chartered, by the corporation, for his exclusive use and accommodation, and to which he was accompanied by the municipal authorities of the city.

In the evening of that day he arrived at Newcastle, on the Delaware, where he was met by commodore Murray, and captain Stewart, of the Franklin 74, and a number of other officers and citizens. The following day (Wednesday) he was occupied in visiting the Pea Patch, and other points of contemplated military and naval defence, and receiving from the citizens of the state of Delaware every demonstration of respect.

Suitable arrangements had previously been made by the naval, military, and civil authorities at PhiJadelphia, to receive him with all proper marks of distinction; and the barge of the Franklin, properly decorated, and manned by sixteen expert seamen, handsomely arrayed in uniform, was in attendance at Fort Mifflin, to convey him from that garrison to

the city. Early on the morning of Thursday the 6th, the President landed at Fort Mifflin, where he was received by colonel Moses Porter, the military commander of the district, under a national salute, and having finished the inspection of the fort, he was immediately conducted to the barge, and accompanied by his suite, (General Swift of the United States engineers, and his secretary, Mr. Mason,) and the officers already mentioned, he was rowed up the river Schuylkill, and about three o'clock on the afternoon arrived at Gray's ferry, where he was received by the volunteer cavalry of Philadelphia, and a large assemblage of citizens on horseback. After partaking of some refreshment, he proceeded towards the city, along the Hamilton road, accompanied by the escort. On his arrival at High street bridge, a federal salute was fired by the company of flying artillery, under captain Richard Bache, and on crossing he received the honours due to the commander in chief, from the brigade of infantry under brigadier-general Thomas Cadwallader, who had himself attended the President from Gray's ferry.

The brigade, which on this occasion exhibited an unusually brilliant appearance, both as to numbers and equipment, was composed of a battalion of artillery under lieutenant-colonel A. M. Prevost, captain Bache's company of flying artillery, a battalion of infantry under colonel Clement C. Biddle, and a detachment of riflemen. The cavalry escort was commanded by captain William Rawle, the command of whose company (the 2d cavalry,) devolved on lieu

tenant John Hall, assisted by cornet E. S. Fullerton.

The whole of the troops having been reviewed by his excellency, and the line of march being formed, the procession entered the city through the principal streets. As they approached the more populous neighbourhoods, the crowd of spectators which had been accumulating during his progress, became very great, and the windows of the houses, as he passed, were filled with the beauty and fashion of the city. The President, having alighted at the Mansion House hotel, was conducted by several distinguished citizens, to the apartments prepared for his reception, where he was immediately waited upon by the officers of the first brigade of Pennsylvania militia, as also by the officers of the brigade which had escorted him.

- On the following morning, at six o'clock, the President, accompanied by his suite, visited the Academy of Fine Arts; and after having breakfasted, he was waited upon by Robert Wharton, esq. mayor, Joseph Reed, esq. recorder, and the presidents of the select and common councils, who, after expressing their warmest congratulations on his arrival in the city, and their regret, that his short stay would preclude their rendering him further civilities, accompanied him through the public prison, with the economy and discipline of which, he expressed much satisfaction. He then visited the Pennsylvania Hospital, Peale's Museum, and Mr. Sully's Gallery of Pictures.