Constitutional Whig

RICHMOND:
FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1824.

BAROUCHE FOR LA FAYETTE,
Preparing at the Shop of Mr. Bosher, by order of the Committee of Arrangement.

This splendid vehicle intended for the accommodation of our illustrious visitant during his stay in Virginia, is going on with all possible expedition, and will be in complete readiness by the 1st of October. It is already in such forwardness that numbers have been led by curiosity to examine it, and all have expressed their admiration of the workmanship, and the taste displayed in its execution—Materiem superabat opus. It deserves mention, that the ingenious and patriotic Artist, had anticipated the order of the Committee of Arrangement, and would, it is said, have supplied this elegant and well adapted conveyance, as an offering of individual gratitude and feeling, had not the urbanity of the City representatives provided for it. We have heard of some other instances of this voluntary and laudable feeling among the respectable mechanics of our City; and we wish we could see it (as perhaps we may) extended to every profession and class of our citizens; if not in their individual, at least in their corporate or collective character. It is worthy of all praise.

This Barouche with its appropriate equipage of four white horses, &c. will probably be sent forward to meet Gen. La Fayette at Monticello, where it is supposed he will spend a few days with Mr. Jefferson, previous to his reaching this City. After the incessant fatigues of ceremonious reception he will by that time have passed through, how grateful must this short respite amidst the philosophic shades of Monticello prove! "Too, too much honour," with modest humility he exclaimed, when approaching one of the triumphal arches to the Eastward. He will have cause to repeat the exclamation often, and perhaps with rather different sensations before he reaches Virginia. But if in the superabundant testimonies of the people's love and respect, he finds himself fatigued and exhausted during the day, how pleasant must be his hours of evening repose and reflection! "On a des chagrins; mais on a aussi une solide consolation, et la joie au fond du coeur."