Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-10-09

My dear Daughter-Accept OF my fra.
ternsi love for your amiable speech and
amiable manners. lam truly gratided to
receive such an address from person so
young. God bless you, and may the course
of your life for years 10 come, and untIl
you reach the grave, be marked with ma
ny blessings. As father blesses bis
daughter, so bless you now.
VISIT OF LA FAYETTE TO THE
HOSPITAL.
On Monday The 5th inst. Gen. La Pa
yetie, accompanied by John Quincy A
dams, Judge Peters, The committee OF the
City Councils, his private secretary, &c.
&c paid a visit to the Pennsylvania Hos.
pial. Tbe Genera and suite were re-
ceived by Samuel Coates. president of
the board, assisted by Robert Vsux and
other managers, and conducted into the
Library, where the steward andiother eftl>
GERS OF the institution were severaly in
trodnced to hin. He then proceeded TO
visit the various wards and apartments in
the interior OF the building, which were
tastefully decorated by the nurse and pa
| tients with wreaths of Sewers, baskets OF
fruit, and other ornamental devices, tofln-
ed in sssd, with various notices and in.
scriptions suitable to the occasion.
The display was truly unique, and it is
proper to observe that II was made with
GU, the knowledge Of the managers. When
these gentlemen visited The Hospital yes
terday morning, they were quite surprised
to find all the floors from the garrett to the
cellar, adorned in this beautiful but sim
guiar manner. The following mottos,
were among those which attracted par,ic-
ular notice.
! In the Hull.
| Hail friend to Freedom and Benefactor
oil mankind.
Welcome La Fayette to this asylum of
the afflicted; may thy days be ended with.
out experiencing any of their sufferings.
Receive here the benedieiions Of those
whom disease and pain have prevented
from paying thee Public Honors
Every heart bounds to meet thee,
With rapture we greet thee.
Our bosoms are foil at the thought OF
Fayette.
In tn. Apotheearies' Shop.
While the grateful benedclions of ten
millions OF Freemen are cordial to thy
feelings. La Faye may they prove as
caustic to the dsspots OF Europe.
Not on sand but in the hearts OF the
People is thy name written, La Fayette.
In the Wards.
Washington and La Fayette, the friends
oil Freedom.
Free Trade and Sailors Rights.
thu 7 - Eoua,fo ,.. (ornof ~,
suferings.
La Fayette in the glory which attends
thee thou forgeiest not the suferiDgs OF
humanity.
The last motto was inscribed in the GEN.
ire OF large square, ornanented Jas were
The otbers) with wreathes, &c.--Above
and underneath, was written in large cha.
racters Welcome La Fayete to the Penn
sylyania Hospital, and on the corners Of
the square were displayed the names OF
Penn, Washington, Montgomery and
Franklin.
The following lines were written a few
moments before the General arrived, and
presented to him by the Clerk.
WELCOME FAYETTE.
While the Land ofthe Brave and the realms
of the free
Re-echo La Fayette with homage to thee,
With splendor and beauty enclrcling thy ways
And martial magnificence counting thy gaze,
Thou hast not forgotten Humanity;s claim
But sought the abode ofthe sick and the lame;
Our pains have cessation, our woes we forget,
While breathing a welcome to generous Fa-
yette--
We will not forget the, our prayers shall arise
For our friend upon earth, 10 our friend in the
skies
And when the last sun, ofthy day shall be set,
May the Home of tie Christian await the Fa
yette.
After passing through the House and Gar
den; the party proceeded to visit that no.
Bile monument of American proficiency in
the Fine Arts VESTS Celebrated Picture
of Christ healing the sick in the Temple.
The General and his companions ex
pressed their admiration of The great or
der, and atte"toD to nealness which per-
wade every part Of the establishment and
the manner in whi.h the internal affairs OF
tbi, excellent Institution are conducted.
VICE AND VIRTUE.
Title and ancestry render good man
more ilusrous, but an i'll one more con-
templible. Vice is infamous, though 10
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