The National Republican And Ohio Political Register

LA FAYETTE AT HOME.

From a Bucks county (Pennsylvania) paper.

It is presumed that the following account of the domestic life of Gen. La Fayette will not be uninteresting to the public: it is an extract from the letter of an American lady, received in the summer of 1822, dated La Grange, August, 1822

"I am writing to you from the sweet residence of one of, I had almost said, the best of human beings, Gen. La Fayette, whom I have, perhaps, spoken of already. But, until this summer, although I venerated his character, I did not do it full justice: I did not know half his virtues, or, at least, I had not felt their influence. To know him, you must see him in the midst of his family and friends, honored and loved, as he is, by all who approach him. There never breathed a purer, a more benevolent heart; his countenance expresses all he is--sense, goodness, sweetness and firmness: his kindness to me, great as it is, does not blind me; all who know him, think as I do. His family are worthy of such a parent; and that is no small praise. You remember Lady Morgan's description of La Grange, and of the individuals that inhabit it. Read it again; it is the best part of her France. and, with the exception of some little nonsense about a certain chevalier de M-, and certain martial evolutions, the object of which is to gather wild flowers, her article is admirable, and as true as it is eloquent. Never have I seen a happier or a better family; and certainly I never saw one so large, united under one roof. The son and his wife, and five children; the two married daughters, with their husbands and families, and their respective friends, form a circle that seldom counts less than twenty or twenty-five. Here is no ostentation, no finery, no form; but hospitality, republican simplicity and family affection. Shall I describe to you one day? It will describe the two months I have past here.

"We rise, not very early; at half past ten, the breakfast bell rings, and on the stairs all the family meet, children of every size, whom the sound of the bell draws from their different rooms. On the breakfast table, of large dimensions, is spread a dinner, consisting of soups, roasted mutton, &c. After this service is removed, tea, coffee, toast and butter, are handed round. We walk, or, if wet, read aloud or talk, till 12: when the mothers retire with their daughters, into various rooms, and we pass into ours. The General has a delightful Library, in every sense of the word. The Chateau is composed of five towers, and one is fitted up as a Library, and looks over the farm and park. At half past five, the dinner bell summons us; after which we stroll about till the lighted lamps find us assembled in the saloon, where one generally reads aloud, sometimes in English, sometimes in French."