The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-11-19
A PLEASANT REVOLUTIONARY EEMIalScfNcE.
Lafayettc's Remark bic Faculty of Remcm

Lafayettc's Remarkable Faculty Of Remcm-
bruuce.
fDanve VA, Nov. l8) correspondence or the Rich
mond Whig.I
1t was often remarked OF General Lafayette when
he was on his tour through the United States In 1894
he possessed, In O very extraordinary degree, the
faculty OF recognizing at glance hts old panions
III arms, waom ne had not seen for more than fifty
years. lie could call by name well the priyateS
In the ranks rs the highest officers or the line
The following incident was related to me I'm the
Appeals OF this State VINO had been caprain In the
war OF the Revoluiion:--
While Lafayette was in Richmond, guest OF vir.
plnia, an obscure individual living In Person
county, North Carolina, who was known in the
Revolutionary army as Sergeant Hood, VINO be.
Brooke, and who, on account OF his singular daring
and uniform good conduct, a pet OF his officers
visited the capital Tor tue purpose OF greeting his
old commanding general.
Judge Brooke SAID that on walking across the
Capitol square one morning ne met an old man who
inquired oil him II he could direct him TO the quar-
tiers OF General Lafayette, adding that he had fought
under him when ne was youth and had come 100
miles TO him. Before the Judge had time
TO respond the stranger said TO hun, .Is not
TINS Captain Brooke 10 whom / am talking Y''
On receiving an affirmative answer he said
'.Y0u do not appear to recognize me. l am
Sergeant Hood, VINO belonged to your company
during the Revolutionary war;" The Judge told me
thai he was Immediately filed with the most pleas.
ant recolleciions OF the sergeaDt's many deeds OF
vaior performed under his own Inspection tn at he
gave nm cordial grasp and went with HIM to La
on entering and before word was spoken by any
one else the Marquis, VINO was in remote or the
room, eagerly approached the strange old man, and,
exciamlng sergeant HOod,n ell on his neck and
wept tears OF Joy. lie recognized this humble pri
vate in an instant, and recounted some OF his
deeds OF daring to the astonshed company
That he should have recognized any OF his
brother officers after q separation OF more
than naf a century, during when time thew
must have undergone the usual change wrought
In ones appearance by old age, while his own eyes
must have grown dim.n was matter OF no little
surprise, but that he should have hailed an humble
private Ia the ranks by name excited the astcnsl-
nF. ull arn ltt.l
thai IL one Of the NEST agreeable and joyful re-
unions IN which be ever participated.
THE ELoPEMENT IN CoHoEs.-We mentioned on
Tuesday night the elopcmcnt or O man IN Cohoes
with The daughter OF u well known citizen OF That
pace. Inc name OF the hero or the affair Is Daniel
Manning. lie has lately been engaged In the furnl-
tufe business anu, until TINS aaar, young man
much respec Ell III the community. The gnl,s name
Is Sinih She h daughter OF Peter SMITH keeper
Oh the c.iy lookup. and Is only ABOUT seventeen
years oil age. she Is described as very handsome.
Her conduct, 1t Is said, has almost broken ncr
fathers heart, and he Is confined his house by III
ness brought ON Dy grief over her deploraue dlsre
gard VI tue propfietIeS oil maldenhood. On Tuesday
nignt Manning bad the audaclty TO return 20 The
city, when he was arrested the charge OF abduc-
ton aud confined IN prison. lie refuses tell where
the grl at present, put as his means OF commune
eating Win her have been cut OIL Is Is Likely she VIII
now return TO her nome. Manniags examination IL
set down for tomorrow; meantime he remains in
1a.--3rCV Times, Sov. IL
CoLoRED JURORS IN TExAs.--The Texas Tdoet
has the ioilowiug:-"Seyen freedmen were SEN
fenced by the colored IGries and tho court TO tho
Peuten,lary last week; white also
sent there. Tie coofsd jurie5 are very severe aud
rigid. They seldom let caiprlt escape without
some KIND ol puuisament.n
BIG WHITE oAK.-The Clyde IN. " Times tells
or q white OAK tree, recently iaed BY Mr.. George
Fost, o. tue trwn OF Gaen, that measures lthree
fect from the grOundl seven rect through. He sold
sioi worm oi stavc bolts from tue lice, ana has
forty cords of stove wood aEa horseback six leet
across, which was cut lorty lcet r0n the ground.
Tho tree was between seventy and cianiY feet In
height.