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The following extract from letter writ
ten by La Fayrtte to the late Coy. Reed Of
Pcnnsy lyania in the year 1880 now becomes
interesting. Speaking of the arrival of a
French army he remarks:


I" is from nc, on the moment of their ar
rival, that the French Generals except intel
ligcnce, and you may guess that pacqucts will
be by them immediately dispatched To Europe
An army that is reduced to nothing, that
wants provisions, that has not one Of the ne
ccssar3 means to make war, such is the sit
uation wherein have found our troops, and,
however prepared could have been for the
unhappy sight by our past distress, confess
had no idea of sach an extremity. Shall
bc obliged to cor.tcss our inability, and what
shall be my feelings on this occasion, not on
| ~ as ali American soldier, but one who has
highly boosted in Europe Of the spirit, the
virtue, the resources Of America? Though
| had been directed to Furnish the French
! Court and the French Generals, with carly
and minute Intelligence, confess pride has
stopped INV pen, and Notwithstanding past
/ promises, | have avoided entering into any
! details till our army is put i'll a better. a
! more decent situation. We have men my
dear sir, we have provisions, We have every
! thing that is wanted, provided the country
/ is awakened and Its resources are brought
forth; that, yo,i know can't be done by Com
grcss, aid unless thc States take the whole
matter upon themselves, We are lost. You
\ viii, both as a soldier and Il politician, easily
foresee that this crisis is one way or other a
decisive one, and that if proper cxertions
arc m;tee, We mag expect every thing that
is good"


i Lou Cochraae-Nhen Lord Cochranc
was deprived Of his rank in the British Ma
i W, ordered to be tlespoiled Of his honours,
his knishthood, banners Of the Bath, &c.
kicked ont Of Henry WIS chapel, after the
memorable verdict and sentence following
the Stock Exchange persecution, his Lord
ship, among other things, was required to
!, give up the medallion, &c of the Order Of
the Bath, possessed BY him as one of the
knishts.--This he declared he never
would do, except in the Kings own hands.
Those honours had resulted from Royal ia
YOUR, and the King only should peronally
take from him such customary peculiarities
OF the Order as were in his power. The
medal lie accordingly kept; but it is now un-
derstood he has, by the recent arrivals from
South America, returned the medal, with a