The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-10-01

amidst the tdar Of artill rry, and the huz1as
ofthousands--Nr ting as we do, on board
Of the boat, we do not feel capable in
hasty sketch lilc, this, of giving full and
accurate description of this reception. II
was a feeling and an elegcnt one. There
was 10 rabble. The people conducted as
though they all had characters To sustain.
nd.very thing proceeded wlththe utmost
iuemp4ness, aud with all possible decoram.
The gentlemen on board solicit US To return
their thank to the Committee of Arrange
ments, for The polite aud gentlenanly man
merlin which they were treated during their
stay in this charming village.
Numerous agreeable attentions were
pnid the General, on his passage up the
RIVER by the occupants Vf the several
country seats which adorn its banks.-
The Commercial adds the following anec
doies:
Awhile passing the scene oil Araold's trea
son, Gen. La Fayette related, very minute
~, all the circumstances connected with
that afirr Washington, with many other
officers arrived N Arneld's house, on the
day of his escape. Intelligence of the ar
rest of Andre, aud The tfeasun of ArHo4d,
WAS communicated TO " ashlngton a few
minutes before dinner. he mentioned 1t Ia
LA Fayette, Hamilton, aud Knox only
At dinner II was observed that Graeral
and AEs. Arnold were both absent. After
dinner the intelligence spread randy, and
n council of the General officers was called
at which General ktrx, the 5unr. Brisadlrr,
was FIRST asked by Wnshinglon wh;d ought
TO he done. Gen. Knox, with great gra
witty, replied, that something should be
done To prevent the desel lion OF majorSen
erals"
A few miles below Ncwbnrg, the Gen.
recognized his g,aiters in the winter of
1891, and called Ma ior Cooper, who was
there with him, to talk over the incidents
Of that winter. - DO you rrcolIect," said
he 20 Major Cooper, when Major *F**''
who used TO slide down that hill with the
girls, came SO near being dIowfrcd by Fall
ing through the ice !: lie was -an eccentric,
but an excellent man" Id.
General Ia FAYETPE arrived at Al
bafY ON Friday etcuug and atte mded the
Grand Ball. Il was his intention TO visit
Troy and the Ce1aes ON Saturday, and to
leave Albany yesterday on his return 10
this city. Arrangements are made by the
Masonic gentlemen, to give the General
splendid Dinner on chat day al Washington
lltl.
THE James Kent returned to New
York on Monday Morning with La Fay
cite. He was to dine that day at Wash
ington Hall, with his Masonic Brcthren.)
.-~sss-.
From New Gricans we irarn. that, at =
meeting effhe City Council, held on the
1ith ulfimo, resolution was passed, in
strneting the Mayor aud Recorder to write
to Gen, Lafayette, inviting him. iT the
name Of tn" citizens of New Orleans, tn
rppair To that city, in order To crafty the
anxious desire of all the citizens To con
template tire inhcxibe defruder, i'll both |
hemispheres, of liberty and the rights of
man.
In North Carolina the xitzcns Of Ra
leigh aud Fayetteville are uniting in con-
ctrtng arrangements To- slrew tn the Gen
eral dGc respect on his passage through
that state. The Governor cordially parti-
cpates in the general feeling, and has APP
pointed Maior Gen. r.. Il. Johnson to l,ear |
To him An invitation to visit the STATES The |
cities Ut the East can Afford more splendid !
pdrades aud more glorious display ; but |
no where could the General recersea more |
s'ucrre aud hospitable welcome from an
independent and urfsophistrcated people, |
than Inc wohid in tsse retired state OF North |
Carolina.