The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-21

on your name with reverence and affection and
remain oonsecrsted In my memory. as among
the most fortunate and pleasing OF my life.
NJ. de Lafayette had begun to devote himself
much to agricultural pursuits 0he hap
trclv withdrawn himself from political
sralrs His house and family , we're ex-
emt loyment; I'll elmer every guest was left
quite Tree to follow his studies. 10 walk and eX-
dinner reassemOled every one, and tho hours
nsw swiftly past. Mr.. Fox was very happy I
T. grange; everything suited his taste there,
an he had, besides. the qualification OF seeing
h- friend, a1ter NE uf dangers. ana wears OF
captivity, sheltered at length. ON the moderle
estate Of l.. grange, having all his tlniy
around him. and conscientiOusly satisfied that
he mad done EVERYTHING Tor his country tuat his
powers and OPPORTUNITIES mad allowed.
hls garden whicn WIS large, but had been
neglected, also ocoupied agOod deal OF the at
temtiun of NJ. dc Lafayette. lie was In tho
MORNINGS enx gel la III farms. aud enjoyed,
with much r. lt-n. the avOcatlOns OF agriculture,
We renamed week at Lagrange. / left II
Win great regret. Tue same KIND and hosplti-
he family bad- Va adieu; they fingered Oh the
staircase. We took leave u Madame. II WIS
for the last time. hat auiaule woman, never
having recovered her health. Is since de al aud
tho lovely chateau VI Lagrange stauds deprived
ot its hu-rit tJle mistress. NJ. ne l. ,fayettc. In
the wear lcOi sustained a dreadful fracture Of
his tnigh Done. but recovered, and continues to
reside IA his retirement at Lagrange.
During their residence at Lagrange. Nine. do
l. fAyette was Informed by a clergyman in = ris
that discovery had been made Of the place
where tho remains OF the thirteen hundred vic
tins Of tho reign OF terror at tue B,rriere du
lfone had been deposited The littlo encio-
sure belonged 10 the Princess de Hohouzollern.
whose brother. the Prince do Sam- Kyrbourg,
WAS buried there. This property could not DO
bought. but Mime. dc Lafayette aud Nine.
de Montagu promoted a subscription among the
relatives Of the victims, aud purchased the ad-
Joining ground and chapel which stood upon
1t. Ii was leased, with the little church. to a
company OF nuns devoted to the perpetual
alteration Of the IL " Sacrament. 1t has since
been known ss the Cemetery Of Picpus. On the
walls 81 the chapel were Inscribed the names
Of the victims in the order and date Of thei
registration at the COnciereeric.
The health OF Nine DO Lafayette was never
restored. after what she had suffered In the
Prisons Of Paris and Ollnutz. Her natural and
simple courage. however. deceived her family.
and IN her yr ldua decline she was surrounded
| 10y much happiness. aud she happy
herself that the tranquil days passed rapidly
away. she endured win gentlencss the anX-
ieties iused the campaigns Of lSO aud 1870. In
Mhi. her son and her son in-liw, De LasieYrie,
were engaged. They were safely restored to
her; and at the end OF the spring Of 1897. lit
seemed" says her daughter. "that God had ac-
compsEed for tubs world all my mothers de-
sires."
In the following August she became danger
ousls III u a fever, and was removed to the
| house Of Mad tme de Jesse, three leagues from
PARIS. The disorder was attended by much de-
| hnum, IN which her char lcteristic tend rness
and warmth Of he 1T were most tOuchingly
manifested toward Der band ani children.
She died at Christmas, 1917, In perfect peace.
recognizing all about her, and taxing lie We OF
her hush nd with the simple words "Je suls
,outc yous."
Wutne, after her death TO his life long friend.
La.uut. Naubourg, Lafayette said Of her: " GA
! know as well as all that sue WAS, all that she
! did, during the revolution. 1t Is not for com
ina to Oimu'z, as Charlie, Fox elegantly said. on
| the wing. Of love and lu;y, that wish to praise
her now; but It IA that she did not depart until
she had taken time to assure. we'll a. she
could, the well-beIng Of my aunt and the rights
Of our creditors; 1t is that she had the courage
to send George to America. what noble i'm
! prudence Of helrt To remain ths only woman IN
| France compromised Oy her name, and unwiii-
Ing 10 change h.. Every one OF her petitions
or dc itf lions began ais lvs win the words;
Ia femme Ii SO te' Never dill this WON iu,
! SO lniul-cnt % the tired, OF party. even when
she vas under the So lGJld, sller a rcnecti IN
| AGAINST t. pass wtthout reJenins IL !;
never an occasi9n for miniiesting my
| piluciples, without tlkln' prize In them anl
declaring thAt sue held them from me- sac was
prep red to speak IN the same sense AZ the rev
oluuouar .ribIn4l; ma We h.se al seen how
| ihi, woman, 80 elevated, 50 corr ge1us Ia .rclt
| circumstances, was kind. simple, ei-y In the
| nlefclirss Of lie. too e4,y and too gentle II
| the yrusr.tibn which her yitue inspired had
not constituted her "A character entirely by her
| SELF. Her RELIGIOUS deyo ton WA ais , peculiar
| may say that for four and thirty years 1 have
| mar ali ,.r r.ii,,..,, nra.ti.e, var. M,
! nneetelly subordinlte TO NV conyenience: