Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-07-07

Portsmouth on the first Of December, i7f7.
Mr.. kapp read an interesting letter written
by General Sieubon TO one Of his friends in
Europe, giving an account Of his reception here,
and his first impressions. II has never been
published before in the English language We
give II below in full
CAMP OFF NEW WSDsoR, on rnr NoRrH
RivrR, JuLy 4, lT79.
"This is, my dear friend, the filth letter
which ! address to you from this part of the
world. As ] have not received single an
swer to the present day, am afraid that my let
ters have no, come to your hand Two vessels
in which sent packages for Europe, have been
taken by the English--iwo others, carrying
letters TO you and another friend Of mine,
have not heard from; and fear from your si-
lence that they too have been lost This let
ter will be forwarded by Mr.. Gerard, the Min
lister Of France, and as have no doubt, it will
reach you, ] will repeat as noarly as can all
that said to you in deiaii in my former letters
"My first letter 10 you was written al Bos-
ton about FIVE weeks after my arrival on this
continent. II contained the narrative Of my
voyage and Of all the incidents from which
had to suffer. A better description Of storm
WIN DC iouno IN any BOOK man could give
VIII only say ihat we mad TWO Of ihem' very
Wolenl-one IN the Mediterranean, on the Al
rica coast, the other OF the coast Of New Cali
edonia. Each lasted three days both, and es-
pecially the first, damaged so much our irgalo
mat our naval officers became very much DIS
heai'eheo' Add TO 'hese Tiies, 'ha' mo ioro-
4 IL. r Il. = a.. Al.
cas'ie oi 'he snip was ihree times on hre' na'
we had seventeen hundred weight oil gun pow
der on 1oard, and that meeting oi me crew
made 1t necessary tor US to hghi' fourteen
against eighiy-iour, in order 10 secure the chiefs
Of the rebels, aud also that it took sixiy-six
days, in the most dangerous season, to make
the passage-and YOU will Imagine that this
voyage was ono Of the hardest ever known.
"The more disastrous, however, the passage,
the more hatteriug was my arrival in America.
We arrived on the LIST Of December, l777, al
Portsmouth, the capital of New Hampshire.
Before entering the port, | ordered my sccrcia-
ry TO go ashore in boat, and 10 inform the
commander Of the place Of my arrisal. Gen.
eral Ladom, the commander, came on board
himself, to take me and my officers ashore in
his boat. While we were landing, we were
saluted by the guns from the fortress, and from
all the ships in the port. Several thousand o
the inhabitants welcomed me in the most fat
tering manner. Mr.. Ladom took us to hii
house to dine; in the meantime all the inhab
itanls of the place crowded together to see The
elephant (as the German poet Gellert in his
fables says.)
although exhausted by the hardships o
the voyage, | went the next day to examine the
iortifcations-on the following day reviewed
the troops of the garrison, and on the fourth
day set out for Boston by land
The RECEPTION at boston was as ha,'ermg ''
me as that at Portsmouth met mere "e
celebrated Mr. Hancock formerly rfesiuen' o
Congress lie communicates 10 uie au o,ue'
oil congress that every preparation shouiu p'
made 10 make me ana my sui'e ooni'oieaOie VI
The journey to yorktown, wnere 'he Cohgfes,
was tnen In session. M iiancocA himself
win great care made al une necessary arrange
menls. Carriages sieighs' ana sauuie-hoIse'
were procured h.o neg'oes "eie usS's"eu y
us as grooms and Drivers also an agent 10 pre-
pare quarters ana procure Pro'is'o"s nS
) had lei' raris WIN only one servant anu eoo'
! engaged Two Engllsh servants as heio Squipag'
ior me and my oihcers' "hio AT pos'oh
wrote you my hrst ieter, ana ehc'oseu u !"
ie,ier tome rrinee OF iionen]Oi'ein-iie iieoni"een
The arrangements oi my equipage ue'alne'
me more than hve weeks IN Dos'on' 80 u'as
could mol SET out ior ioth,o"n pe''re u'e iV''
oil January was received mere WIN VI
most distinguished aiention' mouse wa
reserved ior my use' ana guafo o' ho"o
placed before 'he door. Inc uay a''er my III
rival Congress inquired, ihrongn committee
: three members, the terms on wslch propose
TO enter the service My answer was mat
; had no wish to make any arrangements o
terms that wished 70 make ihe campaign
volunteer desiring neither rank nor pay 10
myself, aud only commissions ior the oihcers
my suite This was agreedio oy Congress
had expected resolution oi thanks In IN
most obiiglng terms was returned wiih an OIL
fer Of deiraying all my expenses MY oiheer
received their commissions, ana even my sec
retary was grained WIN Inc rank anu the pa