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the General of that name. With this person I had some acquaintance, having met with him be- fore. In travelling along, he gave me a little account of a visit he paid to Paris, at the time of the Revolution. Amongst other things, he men- tioned to me the extreme indifference with which many poor men paid the forfeit of their lives, during that awful period. At one time he accom-panied the American Ambassador, to a place whence he had a near view of a number of these victims, as they were about to be executed; and where he was so near that he could hear their conversation; which was as light and frivolous as of men engaged in the common or ordinary concerns of life. One of them remarked to his companion, that he would take care that he would have nothing to do with Revolutions in the next world, seeing he had met with so poor a reward in this. Several of our companions in the stage were French people, and amongst them a Catholic priest. There was something singular in this man's conduct and conversation. Sometimes he appeared very devoutly reading a book of devo-tion; and, in a moment, he would shut up his book and begin singing with the greatest gaity, and talking nonsense to his female companions. In the afternoon I arrived at Baltimore, and took up my quarters at J. T.'s. 10th Month, 5th.