The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-01-02
ANEoDoTE OF GEN. LAFAYETTE.

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very handsome you dance very pref
tily; your ball is very fne-5m a,g
soldiers haze no SHIRTS r." This ap-
peal was irresistible. That ball ceas-
ed I; the ladies went home and went
to work, and the next day large
number of shirts were prepared by the
fairest hands of Baltimore, for the gal
liant defenders of their country.
REVOLUTIONARY UNIFORMS.
The December number of the His
torical Magazine contains valuable
paper by Mr.. Thompson Wescott, Of
Philadelphia, correcting erroneous no.
tions which are prevalent relative to
the colors and materials of the uni
forms of the continental troops during
the Revolutionary war The popular
notion is that the regular colors we're
blue and buff Such undoubtedly were
| the colors of the Commander-in- Chief
and his staff; but the rank and file
rarely wore these colors. The prevail
irg colors, says Mr.. Wescott, were
brown, mixed up with red or white,
and green with like trimmings. We
have in Atlantic cities certain compa-
MES Of volunteers called ontinental
Companies" which, through ignorance
of this subject, have adopted uniforms
such as the private soldiers of the
revolutionary war could never have
worn and indeed in these modern
companies, each member appears with
o blue and buff coat, buff breecIes, and
usually top boots, cooked hat and ruff
fed shirt, such as Washington and the
major generals usually wore npon
grand parade days. This is very alb
surd to the historical student. Mr..
Westcott gives descriptions Of the uni
forms Of many of the companies which
served in the revolution, and Cont
nentalIers would do well to look them
over.
A TRUE PATRIOT.
During the siege of Boston, Gener-
al Washington consulted Congress
upon the propriety of bombarding the
town of Boston. Mr.. Hancock was
the President of Congress. After the
Generals letter was read solemn 81
lence ensueds This was broken by
member making motion that the
House should resolve itselflnto acom-
mittee Of the whole, in order that Mr.
Hancock might give his opinion upon
the important subject, as he was deep
ly interested from having all his prop
erty in Boston. After he left the
chair, he addressed the chairman of
the committee of the whole in the fol-
lowing terms +: ut is true, sir, nearly
all the property have in the world is
in honses and other real estate in the
town Of Boston but if the expulsion
of the British from it, and the liberties
of our country require their being
burnt to ashes-issne the order for
that purpose immediately"
ANEoDoTE OF TIE BATTLE OF sToNING-
TON.
The day sfter the battle of Stoning-
ton, several British officers were inyi-
ted on shore to dine. While at din
ner lady sitting next to one, Of the
British officers, asked him to explain
to her the flags of different nations
that decorated the ROOM After tel
ling her to what nation several of them
belonged, he pointed to the "star
spangled banner" and said with a
sheer, that is what we call gridtron
| presume so sir, said the lady with
quickness, by the byoiling you had
upon it yesterday.
PUNcTUAIITY OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
AND WASHINGTON.
John Quincy Adams was all his
life model Of punctuality-so much
SO, that once, while he was represen-
tatiEe in the lower house of Congress,
when member remarked that it was
time to call the house to order, anoth-
err replied, mo, Mr.. Adams is not in
his seat The clock was actually
three minutes too fast and before
three minutes elapsed, Mr.. Adams was
in his seat. The same trait was a
marked characteristic of Gen. Wash
ington. When the Convention which
formed the Federal Constitution was
setting in Philadelphia, he was always
seen to ascend the steps Of Indepen-
dence Hall just as the clock was strik-
ing the hour of meeting. The father
of his country, with all his greatness,
and with oil the multiplicity Of his en-
gagements, did not consider it beneath
him to be careful Of the time Of others
and to be exactly punctual.
GRAVE OF LAFAYETTE.
A Paris correspondent furnishes a
very interesting account of a recent
visit to the tomb Of the Lafayette FAM
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