A complete history of the Marquis de Lafayette, major-general in the American army in the war of the revolution. Embracing an account of his tour through the United States, to the time of his departure, September, 1825. By an officer in the late army.

GENERAL LAFAYETTE. 343
rThe Mayor read a letter from Captain FRANCIS ALLYN, Of
the ship Cadmus, presenting a portrait of General Lafayette to
the Corporation, with a request that it might be placed in the
City Hall. The Board accepted the same, and passed a vote
of thanks to Captain Allyn, the donor.
To an address of the Gentlemen of the Bar of New-York,
assembled at the City Hall on Thursday morning, to pay the
Marquis their respects, he made the following reply:"c Testimonies of esteem from so respectable a body as the
Bar of New-York, are highly flattering. I most deeply sympathize with you, gentlemen, in your regret for our friend
Hamilton, whose prodigious talents made him as eminent in
your profession, as he had been in our military, when he deserved Washington's most intimate confidence. The truly republican forms of the American institutions, cannot but endear them
to every citizen of the United States. Yet, to any one, who,
with an American heart, has had opportunities of a comparison
with those of other countries, the blessings of those institutions
must appear still more conspicuous."
The same attention was also paid the Marquis by the French
gentlemen of the city, both residents and citizens. The number of his countrymen present on this occasion, including the
respectable and wealthy individuals of that nation, amounted to
more than two hundred and fifty: and an address was delivered in their behalf by Mr. Chegary, in the French language.
Among the party collected, we understand he recognised an
old fellow soldier, who had fought under him in this country
during the revolutionary war, and had served in the French
army twenty-five years.
To the affectionate address of the French gentleman the
Marquis Lafayette replied as follows:" It is a great happiness for me, on my arrival in this land of
liberty, to receive the address of my countrymen.
"At the moment of my departure, the testimonials of affectionate attachment of many of my fellow citizens, the parting
accents from the shores of France, left in my heart the mosi
grateful emotions. I delight to participate with you, the feelings which I experienced in this happy American land, to whici
I am bound by so many ties. We also, patriots of 1789, soughl
to establish the national dignity, the security of property, anc.
the happiness of our beautiful France, upon the sacred founda.
tions of liberty and equality. Notwithstanding our misfortunes,