Daily National Intelligencer

DINNER TO MR. LEWIS.

In testimony of acknowledgement from the citizens of Washington, for the great exertions which have been uniformly made by the Hon. JOSEPH LEWIS, for the District of Columbia, while for many years a member of the House of Representatives, he was invited to a dinner on Saturday last, at Davis's Hotel—at which were present, as guests, the Vice President of the United States, the Honorable John Gaillard, who has for some time exercised the duties of Vice President—several highly respectable members of Congress, together with a number of the citizens of the place, composing in the whole a company of about eighty persons.

Robert Brent, Esq. presided; Daniel Carroll, of Duddington, John Tayloe and Thomas Law, Esqrs. acting as Vice Presidents.

After partaking of a very handsome and well served dinner, the following toasts were given and drank:

1. George Washington—Here ought to be his ashes; every where is his fame.
2. James Madison—May all who retire from public life, have his congratulations, combined with the exhilarating approbations of his fellow citizens.
3. James Monroe—May his administration be successful, and may all feel for him our esteem and affection.
4. The Congress of the United States: every member is our Representative—May they cease to promote the welfare of our district, when we cease to merit their exertions.
5. The Supreme Court of the United States—May their decisions continue to give precedents for Jurisconsults, whilst they illustrate and strengthen our Constitution.
6. The Army and Navy—Whilst acknowledging benefits conferred, let us pour forth our heart-felt acknowledgements to those heroic defenders.
7. The Ambassadors of Amity—May they be always welcomed with cordiality, and may the only rivals up of nations be to surpass each other in kindness.
8. May Columbia have always liberty and justice for her bosom friends.
9. Washington, Alexandria and Georgetown—May our motto be, tria juncta in uno; a poet has published the loves or the triangles; may prose, the language of truth, always proclaim our friendly union.
10. May this Metropolis spread as fast as its founder's fame, and may it continue defying assault and time as long as his character; as Alpheus rose stronger from his fail, and as the Phoenix rose more splendid from his ashes, so may this city benefit by every temporary calamity.
11. May rays of wisdom constantly emanate from our Capitol, to enlighten and prosper our happy country.
12. May Columbia never be paralysed by tyranny, agonized by bigotry, or be dismembered by anarchy—May she give the philanthropist hope, and the afflicted refuge.
13. May liberty cause edifices as numerous and magnificent as Rome, but may no writer have to sit on its ruins, and to meditate the history of its decline and fall.
14. May hospitality be in our houses, and security in our streets.
15. May the bands of brotherly love resist all attempts to break them; and may the chains of oppression be turned every where into plough shares.
16. Our Fair, "Heavens last best gift"—May they continue to adorn society with accomplishments, harmonize it with amenity, improve it by instruction, and exalt it with their virtues—May they reward our tried patriots with their hands, and give their country descendants worthy of their sires.
17. May the central university, so often recommended by our Presidents, be at length established, that youth from all quarters may here unite to surmount geographical prejudices and attain knowledge; which alone gives power, justice, wealth, union and happiness.
18. May the Columbian Institute meet with patrons in Congress, that our public ground may no longer remain a neglected waste, and our City without a collection of those treasures which God created for man.

By Mr. Lewis.
The District of Columbia—Politically disfranchised, may it never want a friend to vindicate its rights, and promote its interests, nor be deserted by those whose duty it is to protect and cherish it.

On his retiring, the following toast was drank:
Our guest the Hon. Joseph Lewis—May we only want friends when we fail in gratitude, and may we have many similar occasions for conviviality.

After the retiring of the Vice President and Mr. Gaillard, the following toasts were drank:
The Vice President of the United States—our much respected guest.
The Hon. John Gaillard—as the accomplished gentleman, the upright politician, impartial and dignified president of the senate, an example worthy of his worthy successor.
By Col. Tayloe. The Hon. Henry Clay—who, by his diplomatic skill, contributed to end a war which his eloquence vindicated.
By Mr. Pearson—The District of Columbia. Its prosperity is identified with that of the nation: its destruction the signal for disunion.
(And many other volunteers.)