the western carolinian will ic as follows : three dollars a year advance r discontinued except at the option lor ) until all arrearages are paid ements will be inserted at fifty cents for thc first insertion and twenty-five new-york aug 17 agreeably to the arrangements previ ously made and which were announced in this paper yesterday the general la fayette the only surviving general of the seven years war of our revolution was conducted from staten island and landed in this city aÂ«ridst every demon stration of joy and admiration that our citizens could bestow the news of the general's arrival had spread thro the surrounding country with the rapidity of lightning ; and from the dawn of day un til noon the roads and ferry-boats werewhom were upon the original committee of arrange ments when however the arrival of the general was announced the mayor promptly filled the places of the absen tees from other members of the board and the arrangements though hastily made were judicious ample and well executed the committee having char tered the steam ship robert fulton and the steam boats chancellor livingston oliver ellsworth henry fckford con nedicut bcllona olive branch nautil us sec they were all superbly dressed will flags and streamers of every nation and directed to meet and form an aquatic escort between the south part ofthe bat tery and governor's island and thence proceed in order to staten island the battery was crowded with respectable people of both sexes castle garden was filled and