The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-12-30
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LAFAYETTE.
"Reminiscences OF the Visit %. s.2n.r
E.aGny- ettc 30 Sos!IyiEi2.
q inc Editors of he UniQnapd Aurat,e.,R:

rothe Edi.ors Of he Unionapd Aurate..R:
Seeing q piece in your paper on the
morning Of the 9th in regard to Gen.
Lafayctte's- wonderful memory re-
minds me OF an incident connected
with hIs visit TO Nashville, a5 told to
me by an eyewitness:
When the General was expected
here, considerable preparation WIS
made Of course. Upon his arrival he
was escorted TO the stand erected for
the purpose Of speaking. During his
speech an old man was seen pushing
his way through the crowd vntil he
reached the step of the stand. by
degrees he wedged himself nearer
aud nearer, with mouth open and
eyes rivcted upon the General, un-
til within arms length where he
stood staring as if charmed by the
words as they fell. When the Gen
craI ceased speaking the old man
caught hold OF him and exclaimed :
.'(ieneral, don't you know me p
Without waiting for reply hC said
Il am the man who bro't into camp
Il bear when we were all about tC
starVC." Yes" said the General Il
Go know yOu;' and calling him by
name they locked arms and she'd tears
together.
MIR. M'FAKLAND's RECoLLECTIo&s.
Gen. LaFayette's services in tho
Revolutionary war is a matter Of his
tory but his visit to Washington city
in 1924, and to many of the different
States in % is not so we'll known
! Being an eyewitness of his visit to
Tennessee, at Nashville, III April, -
l propose to describe the same as
well as l can and If there Should be
any errors III the description, the
! writer assures all who read il that
( they Will be uuiutentional tI0v.
VIM. Carroll was then acting rs Su-
premc Executive of the State. We
learn from history that the United
States at The close of the war gave
Gen. Lafayette lands, one thousand
acres of Which were located whcrC
New Orleans now stands, Whcrf i
was Hot4w orth more perhaps sth3Ir one
dollar per acre. Lafayette rCIinquish-
c3 his claim 20 that mUuiiiCCu5 eff
whom ii WIS worth several 3uilIi0nz
rather th8n EtigGtc with the citiZCus
+ who had entered said lands after thl
! Gener3i's 81 arrant was laid and tho
lands granted 10 him. a part OF th(
/ lands in this erantW ere located ncai
+ township No. l. near tallahassee
! Florida. We are OF the opinion tia
lac reliuqui9hed his claim to ii but
/ don't know the fact. In December
-, Congress Donated 10 him twC
hundred thousand dollars, which ht
. accepted, and a township Of lau7 ii
. Florida located near Tallahassee.
! Some two months before Tire ex
. prctea visit Of Gen. lafayette [,
/ Nashville, Gov. Carroll issued q pro
clamatiOn requesting the militia {,
go ID the city in suitable uniform .tC
! pay him holo-s as the invited cues
| OF tho State. This created quitc
/ sensation; and Ia different paris O
the State speaclle were male fasor
ing the Governors request. AboU
| the first Of April the Governor caileC
| on them 20 orgauize and marcia f
| Nashville, supposing that Gen. IA
faycttc would arrive about the 9TH
| Three I l0usand militia arrived. Gael
| company having it, own uniform
| The company to which ] belonge'
! wore blue jeans hunting shirts, mao
ana dyed by their mothers and SIS