general peace and tranquillity that reign, you can have leisure to promote the happiness and literary attainments of the rising "generation. We feel happy, that the visit, by which our northern states have been so highly honoured, has been undertaken at a time, when every thing must have combined to render it pleasant to yourself, as well as to the people; and we believe, that their reception of you has been, and will continue to be such, as is consonant to their views of respect for your private character, and the elevated station you have the honour, with so much dignity to fill, as the President of the United States. That you may long live in the affections of a free and enlightened people, and that success may crown all your exertions for the public good, is the ardent wish of many a patriotic, although youthful female bosom. YOUNG LADIES, ANSWER. I beg you to be assured, that no attention which I have received in the course of my route, has afforded me greater satisfaction, than that with which I have been honoured by the Young Ladies of the Female Academy at Windsor. I take a deep interest as a parent and citizen, in the success of female education, and have been delighted, wherever I have been, to witness the attention paid to it. That you may be distinguished for your graceful and useful acquirements, and for ever amiable virtue, is the object of my sincere desire. Accept my best wishes for your happiness. The members of the Windsor JAMES MONROE. The town of Windsor if regarded, either for the natural beauty of its situation, or the taste of its inhabitants, would excite the admiration of the Tourist. It has no important public building except the state prison, al though the Legislature of the state has often held its sessions here. From the elevated grounds near it, the distant view of the Monadnock mountain to the east, the Green Mountains, and the Escutno to the west; the beautiful Connecticut and the picturesque scenery of the country upon its shores, furnish a prospect which may be gazed upon with delight, and which must be left with regret. The population of this place in 1810 was 2,800. "The President, upon the 23d, left Windsor, and was received by the citizens of Woodstock, with such demonstrations of regard, as are the spontaneous offering of a free people to a respected Chief Magistrate. A part of the Committee of Arrangements, with a cavalcade of citizens, under the direction of Mr. Hall, and a detachment of cavalry, commanded by Capt. Mack, met the President at Hartland, and escorted him to Woodstock. A discharge of artillery announced the arrival of the President in the village, which he entered on horseback, at 10 o'clock, A. M. The citizens were formed in lines on each side of the street; and as the President advanced towards them, he alighted; and, conducted by Mr. Hall, and accompanied by Mr. Mason, his secretary, and Col. Sullivan, he passed up the procession to Mr. Pratt's, where he was welcomed by Mr. Marsh and Mr. Swann, of the Committee of Arrangements, and received under the discharge of a national salute, from Capt. Warner's company of artillery, from Barnard. The following address was then presented by Mr. Hutchinson." TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. SIR-The citizens of Woodstock and vicinity, meet the Chief Magistrate of the United States in this place, with peculiar pleasure and satisfaction. They consider it an auspicious event, and ominous of good to their beloved country? that you, Sir, have deemed it proper, at this time, to visit, in person, the various parts of the United States, that you might become personally acquainted, not only with the strength and resources of the country, but, by mingling with various classes of the community, in the different States, might be conversant with the religious, moral, and political opinions of the people; and notwithstanding the variety of these, might witness the unanimity with which they are universally devoted to the best interests, and to the support of the free and excellent political institutions of the country; and how much they delight to honour those, who, with dignity and propriety, preside over them. They hope and believe, that this patriotic and beneficent deportment, on the part of the President of the United States, will tend to heal the divisions and conciliate the feelings of the different members of community, and draw more closely the bonds of union and interest among the people of the United States. With these views, and with feelings of the greatest personal respect, they bid you a cordial welcome to their vicinity; and pray, that under the guidance and direction of Divine Providence, you may be a happy instrument of all that good to our country, which can inspire the heart of a wise, benevolent, and enlightened statesman. "To this the President made a very appropriate answer, reciprocating the sentiments contained in the Address. He observed, among other things, that in the prosecution of his Tour, he was happy to visit the State of Vermont; and that he now met, with satisfaction, the citizens of Woodstock; that he felt duly grateful for the attention and respect which was so liberally manifested to him, and for the facilities afforded him in his progress through the country; that he deemed this a demonstration of their attachment to the laws of their country, and was disposed to receive it rather as a mark of respect to the office of President, than a personal compliment; that as it respected himself, he was confident, that when he retired from office, he should receive the approbation of his fellow citizens, if, by his official conduct, he should merit it. The President made some suitable remarks on the nature of our government, observing, that it protected us in the enjoyment of our civil and religious liberties; and that he could not conceive of any right, which a people ought to enjoy, which were not secured to us by our happy constitution." The town of Woodstock, although a small place, has. that striking natural beauty which will claim the notice of the traveller. It has occasionally been the seat of government for the state; is situated upon the banks of a beautiful stream, passing through a fertile and well cultivated valley. It has a handsome church, a court house, a prison, and many handsome private residences. The President passed from this place through Royalton upon White river, to Montpelier, the political · capital of Vermont. "The President with his suite, entered this little village, and received, with apparent satisfaction, the respectful gratulations of a large concourse of the citizens of Washington County. At 10, he was met and welcomed by the Committee of Arrangements, at Mr. Stiles' in Berlin. The procession was then formed, under direction of the Marshals, and proceeded to Montpelier. A little before 11, a discharge of artillery announced the near approach of the Chief Magistrate of the nation. On entering the village, he alighted from his carriage, and proceeded with the cavalcade, on horseback, to the Academy, through the Main-street, lined on each side by citizens, under direction of Joseph Howes, Esq, Returning to the head of State street, the President dis mounted, was received by the First Light Company, commanded by Lieut. E. P. Walton, and conducted to the State House under a national salute from the Washr ington Artillery. 02 In front of the State House, between three and four hundred Masters and Misses, Students of the Academy and members of the schools in the Village, dressed in a neat uniform, each tastefully decorated with garlands from the field of nature, were arranged in two lines facing each other, in perfect order. Previous to the arrival of the escort, the two companies of Cavalry; with an expedition and regularity which did them honour, had placed themselves at a proper and convenient distance on the left of the juvenile procession. 11 The President walked through this assemblage of youth, uncovering his head, and bowing as he passed, entered the State House under a fanciful arch of evergreens, emblematic we trust, of the duration of our lib erties; on one side of which were these words; July 4, 1776," on the other-" Trenton, Dec. 26, 1776." When in front of the house, in the portico of the second |