American Watchman And Delaware Advertiser

From the American Farmer.

OPOSSUMS FOR G. W. LA FAYETTE—OBTAINED.

Arlington House, May 10, 1825.

Dear Sir—I have read in your last number, an inquiry for opossums, to send to La Grange. I am happy to inform you that my servant Philip Lee, has procured for Gen. La Fayette, two male and two female opossums, one of the latter with young, and that they are now on their way to Europe.

The good General recognized Philip, from his likeness to his uncle Billy, an old army acquaintance, and the body servant of the commander in chief, in the war of the revolution; called Philip to him and shook him heartily by the hand; and permit me to say, in justice to the most faithful, and most attached of servants for a period of more than 27 years, that of the thousand of 'gratulating hands' the good La Fayette has not grasped the one of an honester man, or of one more respectable in his station in life, than of Philip Lee.

Very truly, my dear sir,

Your friend and serv't,

GEORGE W. P. CUSTIS.

JOHN S. SKINNER, Esqr.

Thanks to the friends of Gen. La Fayette, (and what American is not his friend,) opossums enough have been received to stock all Europe. One was left, one night, in the office of the American Farmer, very securely confined in a box, with her nine young ones, as large as middle sized rats. In the night she decamped, with all her family in her pouch, or false belly, ascended the chimney of a three story house, and made her escape. It had not been communicated to her that her destination was to La Grange.