Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1834-07-26

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and Of glory. one might suppose that l ami
very happy But you arc not with me; myI
friends are not with me, and, there IS no
happiness forme far from you and them. i,
ask YOU if YOU still love me, but | put thei
same question much oficner To myself. and
my heart always responds Yes am inn
pa.ient, beyond measure. TO hear from yot-
Il hone to find letters at PhiIadelphia. N.Y.
only fear is, That the privateer. which IS toI
bring them, NAV be captured on her passage.
Although. suppose, have drawn upon
me the special displcasure of the English,
by taking the liberty 10 depart in spite of
them. and by landing in their very face, yet
| confess they will not be in arrears with
me, should they capture this vessel, my
cherished hope, on which | so sondly depend
for letters from YOU. Write fre9ent and
long letters. You do not know the fall ex-
litenf Of ,ov with which | shall receive fheua-
Eaassraed Henrietta tefnierIs May 4~~sy
;TsAt ssco sesatlerar car rAsidres; The iathcrl
Isfthese roor chi 1resi Il afos4sr. but good
and lsenest man NJ hear; good iather, who
loves his family dearly, md a coed hslslard,1
who loves his wife with Gil his heart.
sspslacntber me TO your friends and my
own to the dear society, once the society OF
/ the court, but which, by the lapse of time,
HIS become tie society Of the Wooden
sssrord. We republicans think it all the
better. Unjust leave OF, ior want OF paper
/ and time; and il do not repeat 10 you ten
/ thousa,sl times hat love you. II Is not from
want OF feeling. la. from niodesty; since 1
have the presumption to hope that nave al
ready convinced YOU Of il. The night is
If,r advanced. and the heat dreadful. / ann
dcveured by insects; 50 you sec the be-
Ico,in,r:es have their Disadvantages. Aalexk
| LAFAyETTE
Allthinas being IN readiness, IL 10y
lief, Charleston and travelled to PhiIadel
with as much expedition as 1he cxtEem
Iheat Of the weather and tho bsdneSBot ah9
Iroads would permit They visated
nor Caswell in North Catoiina, ard stopped
La short time at Annapolis in MARYLAND.
Here they became acquainted with MAJOR
IBricc, to whom they had letter from Car
I n;cllaeI. and who was afterwards Lafayette s
! aid-de-camp. The vessel bad been 'eft at
i Charleston, where it was loaded with rice
i for the French market. 1t foundercd in
/ roins cut of the harbour and both the yes
! sci and cargo were lost.
i When Lafayette arrived in Philadelphia
jhe put his letters into the hands oil MIR.
Howell. Chairman Of the Committee on
Foreign Affairs He called the next day
lat the IIan OF Congress, and Mr. Lowell
Isca.nf. Out to him and said, that so fsany for
! eipncrs had offered themselves fer cfrpiov-
$ imcnf. that Congress was embarrassed witt
: lfI,cir applications, and he was sorry to in
r form him that there was very little hope oil
fEbis success. lafayette suspected his papers
RI had not been read, and he immediately sal
/ down and wrote note to the President OF
i Congress, in which he desired to be per
VI mittcd to serve in the American army or
II two condtlons-first, that he shouldreceiVe
no pay; secondly, that he should act as
. volunteer These terms were 50 different
3, from those demanded by other foreigners
i g. presented so few Obstacles on the ground
v of an Interference with American officers
' that they were at once accepted.-llisrank
4 zeal. perseverance, and disinteresfcdness
b ovcrcame every objection. and he was ap
e pointed major general in the American
E Army more than month before he hac
/, reached the age of twenty.
ii Washington was expected shortly II
r. Philadelphia. and the young general con
Y cludcd to wait bis arrival before he went Il
!. head quarters. The first introduction wa:
5 at dinner party, where several members o.
q Congress were present. When they were
E about to separate, Washington took Lafay
: cite aside. spoke TO him very kindly, com
r plimentcd him upon the noble spirit he hae
: shown and the sacrifices he had made IL
a favor OF the American cause, and then tod
him tina, be should be pleased if he woult
|. make the quarters of the commandment
3 chiefhis home, establish hifnseifthere when
o lever he thought proper, and consider him
J. self at all times as one oil his family; adding
:, in tone ofpleasantry, that he could no
y promise him the Injuries ola court. nor cvel
Z the conyeniencies which his former habit
4 nie,,t have rendered essential TO his com
e fort: hut since he had become an American
, soldier, he would doubtless confrive to &C
J. tcornmodatc himselfto the character he ha'
!, assumed. and submit with good grace t
If the customs, manners, and privatioas OF
o republican army.
s Ii Lafayette was made happy by his sue
Icess with Congress, his Joy was redouble
n bv this fiattering proof offriendship and re
o! gard the part ofthe ConnaDder-in-C Chic
& His horses and cquipase were inarscdaateI
e sent to camp, and ever afterwards eve
IF when he had the command of q division, h
:. kept up his intimacy at head quarters, an
oil enjoyed all the advantages Of a member {
Isl the Generals family. Tine day after th
L x1:nnor KVash;nr4e,u iusrsecfed fIfe forth