most beautiful and magnificent scene. About two o'clock the General landed
at the battery, where he was received by a salute from the troops, and the
hearty and reiterated cheers of the immense throng which had assembled to
welcome him to our shores.

"It is impossible fully to describe the enthusiasm of joy which pervaded
and was expressed by the whole multitude. Here the General had a fair
specimen of the affection and respect, which is felt for him by every
individual of this extended country. He seemed much moved by these
expressions of attachment, and bowed continually to the people who pressed
about him. After resting a few moments at the castle garden, he proceeded
in an elegant barouche drawn by four horses, escorted by the dragoons and
troops, through Broadway to the City Hall. The windows, balconies, and even
the roofs of the houses were filled with ladies, all welcoming the General
as he passed, by their smiles and waving of handkerchiefs.

"At about 4 o'clock, the procession arrived at the City Hall, where General
Lafayette was received by the Mayor and Common Council, and formally
welcomed and congratulated on his safe arrival in the country. After
receiving the marching salute of the troops in front of the City Hall, he
was conducted to the City Hotel, where he dined with the members of the
corporation. In the evening, the front of the City Hotel, and many other
adjoining buildings, were handsomely illuminated. The theatres and public
gardens displayed transparencies; fire-works and rockets in honor of the
occasion."--The committee of the Cincinnati waited on General Lafayette, at
Staten Island; and were received by him with peculiar marks of affection
and friendship. The committee consisted of several field officers of the
revolutionary army, some of whom were upwards of eighty years of age.

The following is the address of the Mayor of New-York, to General