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PRESIDENT'S TOUR,

In Baltimore, in Philadelphia, in New York, in every town and neighborhood, through which the president has passed, on his tour to the east, he has been received with every demonstration of respect and affection. There are, however, a few despicable grumblers, who cannot 'digest the venom of their spleen,' but rail away most unmercifully at the President and the people who honor him. The following precious morceau purports to be from the pen of a dandy sophomore, a correspondent of the National Intelligencer, and is a happy specimen of the 'good society' style. The remarks upon it, from the Globe, are a little too serious, but they are, nevertheless, just.

'On Monday the tumult increased. The President had taken up his quarters at the Independence Hall, to receive company. As soon as that circumstance was known, the populace rushed forward--immediately the whole square and street were black with human beings. The doors were opened, and the mob poured in while the space that was vacated by them was filled by 'monsters of hideous forms, from without. 'How can we get out?' was the question by the people within, who had undergone the same misfortune as the wench that had crawled through a small hole when very lean. They had entered few, but had increased in size--it was impossible for 500 to rush out and overthrow a mass of 10,000 through a narrow door. The room was crowded to suffocation: and I do believe they all would have died a timely death, had it not been for a wise expedient, hit upon by some sagacious head, (I cant tell whose, for a great many of them were black,) three windows were raised, and a ludicrous scene ensued; man, woman, and child, came tumbling out, from a height of six feet, some jumping, some diving, and some rolling. The situation of these wretches was beyond description--but you will be quite surprised when you hear that I was among the number that endeavored to force their way into this tumult. The Professors had appointed four committees, four from each class, to accompany them, and pay their respects to the President. Of the committee from the Sophomore, I was one; and we had advanced in gallant array to the State House, when lo! we were apprized of the dreadful fact, that we should be obliged to charge bayonets against a body of 20,000 militia before we could arrive at the "Conqueror of the Conquerors of the world." still we rushed boldly on to the onset, until we had penetrated to the distance of fifty yards through this mass, and the door was nearly within our grasp, my ribs groaning and my spirits moaning, when the report flew down the ranks that the standard was captured, (meaning that one of the Professors had his coat tail cut off, and his pockets picked. The troops could no longer keep in order; but our retreat was intercepted--we could neither advance with disgrace, nor retreat with honor. We almost expired at the idea of stemming the torrent of TWENTY THOUSAND RUFFIANS, and encountering greater perils than in our advance. Nevertheless, as my body was pressed within the compass of a "talon's grasp," and as half a dozen of my bones were cracking, I came to the conclusion that it would be better to "die nobly, die like demigods," than be trodden under foot, and that I would either force my way out, or perish in the attempt. Accordingly, I made one desperate effort, and the example was followed by the whole sixteen: and as the shock was simultaneous, we overthrew about 100 of the mob, and sent headlong about 100 more. That exertion saved our defeat, and in an instant the whole body was in retreat.'

[Remarks by the Globe.]

It will be observed that this Sophomore committee man never reached the Hall of Independence, and yet he describes as an eye-witness, not only what took place within, but also what happened on the other side of it!!! He saw every thing with the eye of imagination as suited the purpose of the Editor of the Intelligencer. It converted the most respectful and affectionate reception ever given by any people to a veteran soldier and faithful civil magistrate into a "tumult"--it converted a city, remarkable for orderly deportment, (and never more so, than on the late occasion) into a Mob, composed of "monsters of hideous form" it converted the citizens generally, and without distinction, into so many "wretches," and confounded them into one body as "twenty thousand ruffians."

We think it would be well, if some of the citizens of Philadelphia, would ascertain who it is, that while pretending to hold a station of respectability in the society of the city, thus attempts to degrade its whole population. If such a person, as is described in the letter cannot be found to acknowledge it, the Editor of the Intelligencer, who has prostituted his columns to cast infamy upon the proceedings of the city, ought to be held guilty of the fabrication as well as the publication.