Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-09-21

refreshments throughout the evening were
handed about in ample quantities by a n,iner.
Gus selinue of servants ~ liyery-nor noise--no
confusion--no disoTder--every thior was tfan-
qnd and respectable. -
We are sen ibie that description falls short
OF reality. II demands the pencil of The pa;,ter
and the talent of the poet to CONVEY an adeo,,a1e
idea of this truly magnificent festival. besides
all the technicaiities of which the original de-
signers aud inventors of the decor ,tions alone
are masters.
London boasts of lis Ha,hrhail-Paris of it's
Camp d.ttysees-Napt of San Carlos. Eo
reign gentiefnen present admitted that they had
never seen any thing to equal this Fete in the
several countries to which they respectively be-
long The blaze of light and of beautv-tbe
decorations OF the military officers present--the
combination Of rich color5 which met the eve at
every glance-the brilliant circle of beauty and
fashion in the galleries--every thing in the
range ofsght being inexpressibly beautiful. and
doing great credit and honor to the managers
and all engaged in this novel spectacle.
Fhe General with his suite retired abont two
O'Clock and went on board the steam boat James
Kent, which Immediately sailed for West Point.
Inc dancing was kept up about an hour longer,
when the company gradually retired, highly de-
lighted with the entertainment.
= Epening Post.
General La Fayette. on Tuesday evening".
very afectionatey took leave of Captain Allyn,
OF the ship Cadfnus, who brought him To This
country !gat his apartments City Hotel; and. at
thr same time, presented him with Z, superb
writing desk, t.nade by n. Smith Prentiss, of
this city, replete with every thing necessary
for gentlernam's toilette, bearing this inscrip-
tom Gen. La Fdyetfe to has ercelieat friend
Captain .48yn, Ausnst 18th, 182d.o And also
sent Kind remembrances to such of the officers
dnd crew of the Cadn,us as remained on board
presenting the chief mate, Mr.. Daniel Chad
wick, very beautiful and rich case of instru
ments, suitable for his profession. The Cadrnus
sailed Yesterday morning for Hayre. ID.
TRoY, September Ia.
4, In Foyette.-A friend, who came mp in the
dun furnished BY Com Wswall TO the follow
ing effect.
Gen. Lafayette will leave New-York on
Tuesday morning at o'clock, in the James
Kent, will arrive at West Point about 8, A. M.
will dine there, and then proceed to Newburp
Will then attend bail, aud then proceed TO
Ponghkeepsie, which place he will reach al
sunrise, on "Wednesday morning. cat breakfast
there, and then proceed To Clermont to dine
and pass the evening viii arrive at Catskil at
sunrise on Tuesday morning, will dine at Hud-
son, and will arrive at Albany on Friday morn
ing at sunrise.
- us the General has accepted the invitatIoaof
our Corporation to visit Troy, gc may expect
hirn4to bless the,eyes of the city on Friday or
Saturday.
: A ball will be given in albany on Friday c.
vening; and tickets By the courtesy of the
managers will be sent 10 this CITY and will be
procurable at the Troy House and at Piercie's
Sentinel.
A correspondent is DESTROYS of ascertaning,
fora public purpose, the nainc of the vessel in
which General La Fayette first came to this
ceaetsy, in the,year 777.-l PHI. Nat. Gas.
We have it in power to answer satisfac-
storily the enquiry of the correspondent of the
< National Gazette. Our information is derived
from conversations with one of the earliest and
most intimate Companions of General La fay
ErrE, with whom we have the pleasure ola per-
sol.d acquaintance. The gentleman to whom,
we alh,de, Mons. F A. De BeIs MARTIN, has
been an inhabitant of Baltimore for the last
twenty five years, and on the 22d of the present
month Will have arrived at the advanced age of
,eighty-two years. In taking upon ourselves t&
.sanswer.the enquiry which has been made, we
have been induced to accompany the reply with
the mention of some circumstances connected
{ with it, the Knowledge of which. we believe
viii NOT prove uninteresting to the &C 1rrespon-
= dent,n as,they certainy will not to our readers
LaI homo.
Mr.. De Bois Martin, native Of Saintonge in
france. was commissioned as an Oiiicer
fantry by Louis, XIV. In 1870 he joi ned his
regiment as captain, then stationed at Port-au-
Prince, in the Island of st. Domingo, and in
f776 returned 10 France on the business OF his
regiment. Having discharged this duty, and
beng in Paris, be met with elder brother
who was intimate with the Marquis de la Fay
cite, an,I.who advised him TO accompany the lat
ter to .1merica. An agreement was soon after
entered iuio with Mr.. Silas Dean, then Ameri-
can agent at Paris, (but not recognised by the
French government that the Marquis de la
Fayette should serve as Major General, and all
the other officers who might accompany the
marquis one rank higher than the one they
held in the French army. The french COVER
irient had been for long time promising YES
sci to Mr.. Dean to convey these officers, but al
ways put him off under some prctence or other.
1T length tue Marquis determined to fit out
vessel at his own ex pense, and embark for .4Iie-
RIGA, He employed MIR. Du Bots Martin for
!. that purpose, who went to Bordeaux and pur-
chased a ship called ''I4a Bonnie Mere" of a:
bout 900 tons, aud fitted her out for the intend
I ed voyage. This ship was commanded by cap
tain LIE l5oursier. The Marquis and twelve or
fifteen officers, including Mr.. DE Bots Martin,
embarked at Bordeaux in the month of April,
I777, aud after having resisted the barges sent
by the Goyernnr Of Bordeaux to stop them, they
first wet to Passage, in Spain, and subsequent
liz arrived off the coast Of South Carolina in the
cas-, part Of juno, 1777. Here the ship was
disfnascJ and was forced TO anchor the Mar