. The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time;. were visit of General Lafayette was the occasion for 187. THE AMERICAIT METROPOLIS some of the pleasantest interchanges of fraternalfeehngs that have ever been known in New YorkCity. He had been absent for thirty-nine years,and in that time had taken part in stirring scenesin his own country. It was he who sent to Gen-eral Washington the key to the Bastile, which maybe seen among the relics at the Mount Vernonmansion. He was sixty-seven years old, and mostof the great men with whom he had associated inthe stru
. The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time;. were visit of General Lafayette was the occasion for 187. THE AMERICAIT METROPOLIS some of the pleasantest interchanges of fraternalfeehngs that have ever been known in New YorkCity. He had been absent for thirty-nine years,and in that time had taken part in stirring scenesin his own country. It was he who sent to Gen-eral Washington the key to the Bastile, which maybe seen among the relics at the Mount Vernonmansion. He was sixty-seven years old, and mostof the great men with whom he had associated inthe struggles for American independence had passedout of existence. He was unprepared for the royalwelcome which he received, and as he proceededup Broadway from the Battery under military escort,and saw the indications of coming greatness in thenation which he had helped to found, we canimagine a little of the emotion that filled him. Thehearts of the people went out to him, and as helooked out on either side, he could see the tearsflowing down many cheeks. Among his old com-panions in arms whom he first met were ColonelMarinus Willett, Colone
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