Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-02-22

guished cOuntryman, to whom we have been De-
fore indebted for extracts from his letters, has al
lowed US to publish parts Of one Of recent date.
(l7th December.( written from Paris. Although
no, intended for the public eye, they are too In
teresting to be withheld.
T.GB. Daily .7dr.
"You will wish 10 know how your picture pro-
dresses. shall not tell you till il Is finished, SO
suspend your curiosity; the Louvre Is cold, and
che short DAVIS and dark cloudy weather are great
hindrances to me, yet every day hold my levee
there. and am surrounded with my cOuntrymen,
among whom Mr. Cooper is sure to be, almost AS
regularly as the day. fhave made copy OF
Rembr andt for him, which hope you will one
dav see. Mr.. Cooper. by the BY, has, IN his de-
partment, all Eurupe to himself The sun OF SIR
Walter Scott is setting in clouds, aud Coopers is
, In the meridian. pass almost every evening IN the
delightful family OF Mr.. Cooper; he told me yes
gterday, that his new work Is hail through the
press-"the Heidenmauer," or Heathen's Wall,
the scene laid in Germany. Every wednesday
eveain. the American Polish Committee meet at
Mr. Cooper's, when we have Gen. Lafayette at
our Council table. must give you an account
of our celebration Of the anniversary at the Pc
lish Revolution. 1t was on the evening OF the
18th of November that we received an invitation
as the American Committee, To meet the Polish
National Committee and the French Polish Com
miItee We met in the Grand committee room
in the Rue furenne; the room was decorated with
the flags o Poland, France and the United States,
among the latter were conspicuous the two BoN-
ton standards TO be presented during the evening,
alas. not 10 the the gallant Poles in Wasaw, but
to the sad remnant Of Poand's prescribed and
banished patriots, yet TO some OF her best and
nublrst sons. Here were mure than sixty OF these
brave men, mobiles, men OF science, and
off .ers and soldiers, the hardy sunburnt vlctOrs
of twenty battles 1t was the anniversary of
their Rsuoittion, not Of their Independence; and
this day had dawned, not on their nations f:ee-
dom, but on their nations freshly riveted chains.
You viii not be surprised. therefore, if the &C
ca,ion was one more of sadness than OF Joy. Ii
was impossible to look round on such an assem-.
Div, without emotion. A thoughtful melancho-
" was in every face. Assembled together, they
vet seemed TO retire each into himself; each seem
ed 70 be absorbed, for the most part, in the world
uf mis- own thoughts, and the close-preSsed mouth.
the frownins brow, aud the downcast fixed eye,
showed where and how their thoughts we're Occu-
pied. For the cause Of this moodiness, one need
MOI search far 1.-The heart knOweth its own
bitterness and in an assembiage Of such cha
racter, there was not perhaps an 'adivldual but
had a heart-burden pressing him down, fruitful
roo, of bitterness in the remembrance Of fathers,
brothers. sous. whose blood poured out for their
country's freedom. and poured out in vain, was
yet moist upon their native soil; IN the renem-
brance Of mothers, sisters, wives, widows. or
phans left TO the protection Of their pitiless
nv, and thew themselves, their rishttul protec-
tors. banished from the country for which they
fought; torn from, kindred, and independence,
and now outcasts in foreign country. housed by
Strangers. and living on their charity.
One need not pursue long the train of thought
to which such facts lead. to account for the me-
Iancholy of the brave Pole. There were mo-
meuts. indeed. when their thoughttu counte
nances woke into animation and glo~ed with their
nauve enthusiasm, it was when a brother Pole
entered the room, one whom perchance they had
laSr met in their own dear land, by whose SIDE,
it may be- they had fought, of whose fate they
uucertan; fears prevailing over their hopes, yet
here they were. escaped and safe, and Joy and
gratitude frightened for moment their faces.
while they embraced, and after their country's
manner, kissed each other: 1t seemed like the
ioy of those escaped upon the rocks from the
storm, the wreck. and the waves. as one and an,
other of his feliow-voyagers is added to the me
lancholy group, transient CLEAN al gratitude
tightening up their features, soon, alas! to yield
to the gathering thoughts that turn upon those
who have persisted IN the waters. AT no time
was this ioy SO strongly manifested as on the en-
trance Of Monsieur Chodsko This distinguish
e,l Pole. who has devoted much of his time to
the service of his country. had been arrested by
the government here few days before. on sus .
p,cion OF conspiracy, and thrown into prison;
this measure had struck Us ~ with some surprise,
and il embarrassed ~ little IN uur committee,
- ae WAS the medium Of communication.in some
a.
Mnchuf our conxsssssssailJn while we wa.el tor.
~. chairman, was in relation to him; no one
could expsein his arrest Suddenls there was
stir near the door, and Generai LAFAYETTE
in the dress OF the Polish National Guard,
made his appearance. leading in Monsieur Chod-
sko. who had just been liberated, and was also
in full Polish uniform. The surprise was great.
and the greetings which succeeded were in the
highest degree animat,ng. Some time elapsed
before the gratuIations and explanations were
ended. and Gen. LAFAYETTE took the chair amidst
n, his riohf ha md Monsienr