The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-26 00:00:00

profoundly moved in the perusal with mingled
emotions of wonder and indignation.

True—as the inimitable satirist has sung in
words of flippant irony (Don Juan, canto ix.,

stanza 8) :

" Great men have always scorned great recompenses:
EPAMINONDES saved his Thebes and died,
Not leaving even his funeral expenses ;
GEORGE WAsHINGToN had thanks and nought beside
Except the all-cloudless glory (which few men's is)
To free his country."
But—that country which he had freed, that grate-
ful nation had, after the:death of its first Liberator,
ostentatiously purchased Mount Vernon, the
home and tomb of WASHINGTON, with the
avowed purpose of rescuing both from destruc-
tion. And now the Home is in ruins and utter
desolution. The very trees around it are " mil-
dewed over with a sickly mass"—the smooth-
shaven lawn of yore has grown into a rough
meadow—the trim shrubberies are wild and

tangled thickets of rank and neglwted vegetation.
As to the picturesque house itself the " wooden

lattice balustrade is ruined and broken like
torn lace"—tho panels of the doors are shrunk
and cracked—the weather-cock upon the roof has
rusted into a grim fixture—the very roof itself,
green tiled and desolate, "droops in slow bends,"
is sunk, is sinking lower gradually in perilous un-
dulations. The description, altogether, reads more
like a prose version of the " Haunted House" of
HOOD, or an exaggeration of EDGAR POE'S ghostly
death tale of the " House of Usher," than like a
matter-of-fact amount of the actual condition of

the Home of WAsifixoToN, as penned by a Times
Correspondent.
Meanwhile, a few miles from this dilapidated
home and grave, there stands in the central hall
between the two Houses of Assembly, at the Capi-

tol of the City of Washington, Mr. GREENOUGH'S
colossal statue of GEORGE WASHINGTON. It stands

there, that giant effigy of the American Liberator,
not far removed from another sculptured figure—
the figure of Justice ! It stands there, hard by that
Republican Assembly, in which one of the national
representatives, Rot so very long since, rase and
cried aloud in scorn to his brother freemen,—" A
galg of male and female slaves for sale, warranted

to breed like cattle, linked to each other by iron
fetters, are passing now along the open street be-
neath the windows of your Temple of Equality !"
Remembering which, it is by no means startling to
read—what is only in strict keeping with those
most lamentable incongruities—that to this day
the Home of WASHINGTON is shown to
the visitor by a slave ! " A slave herself,"
writes the wondering correspondent, " though the
only cicerone to the deserted mansion of the man
who gave freedom and independence to this conti-
nent. This woman," adds the writer, " has the
key of the house, and, passing sulkily under the
arcade, points out with a monotonous drawl of habit
the old arm chair in which WASHINGTON used to
sit near the door, with its little desk fastened to one
side on which he wrote and answered the dispatches
placed in a drawer beneath. The Prince was
honoured by having the chair brought out for him to
sit in—a chair which future ages will regard with
as much veneration as the thrones of state on which
the whole dynasties were crowned. But the slave is
tired of pointing it out, and hurries on to the door,
fumbling in her pocket for the key, while she apolo-
gises in shambling terms for the ruinous decay to
which the house is falling. Oh, vanitas vanitatum !
a dirty negress shows the home of WASHINGTON for
cents, and drops her maudlin pity on its sad forlorn
neglect." In the name of decency let us hope that
whichever of the " great men," now:candidates for
WASHINGTON'S chair of the Presidency—whether
it be DOUGLAS, or BELL, or 'Armors, or BRECKEN-
RIDGE who shall be the nineteenth choice of the
Republic for President—let us hope that Mr.
BUCHANAN'S successor, whoever he may be, will
deem it to be among his most solemn duties, im-
mediately after his installation in the White
House, to alter the state of things now visible at
Mount Vernon, in Virginia. To Mr. BUCHANAN
himself it probably appears only quite right and
reasonable that the walls around the grave there
should remain " debased with the offensive scrawls
of travellers, not ashamed to leave these records of
their vulgar infamy behind"—that the neighbour-
ing house should be one melancholy spectacle of
decay and demolition—that A Slave should be the
guardian of the Home and Tomb of WASHINGTON !

"LOT.N ONE 4NOTILEI."

We dream of music heard in heaven,
Of Hallelujahs, loud and long;
Of golden lyres and seraph choirs,
And all the bliss of angel-song.
But the rich strain and raptured flow
That pour around the Mighty Throne ;
Spring from the key-note touch'd below,
When JESUS said, in gentle tone,
" Love one another."
We fondly picture future homes
Where there shall never more be night ;
With crystal walls and azure domes
Bathed in the flood of Glory's light.
We hope to walk the star-pav'd ground
And claim " a mansion," high and pure;
But this plain Corner-stone is found
Fis'd here to make that mansion sure,
"Love one another."
Short Creed I—but taught by God's own Son ;
The Typo of Truth and Human Good :
The Holy, Wise, Child-hearted One;
Who sealed his Mission with his Blood.
When scoffers led Him forth to die,
No hate, no vengeance fill'd his breath ;
"Father, forgive them," was His cry,
Still teaching in his hour of death
"Love one another."
ELIZA. COOL

ST. JAMES'S HALL.—The Buckley Serenaders'
entertainment seems to increase nightly in attraction. Last
evening they were honoured with one of the most crowded
audiences that has yet assembled, and the whole of the
songs and burlesque acting of the troupe were applauded
to the echo. Miss Julia Gould, prima donna, is an artiste
of the highest order.

DEATH OF LADY SOUTHAMPTON.-We regret to
announce the demise, after a lingering illness, of Lady
Southampton, who expired at WhittleburY-lodge, North-
amptonshire, on Tuesday night. Harriet 14)%dy Southamp-
ton was the only daughter of the Hon. Henry Fitzroy
Stanhope, second son of the second Earl of Harrington, and
was cousin of the present earl. The deceased lady was mar-
ried, onithe 23d of February, 1826, to Lord Southampton,
and leaves no issue.
THE NOTTINGHAM FORGERlES.—Yesterday, Mr.
William Tait, jeweller and bill discounter, was brought up
on remand before the mayor and borough magistrates
charged with uttering a forged bill for £169 12s. Mr.
Hunt appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr. Huish, bar-
rister and Mr. Maples for the prisoner. After a variety
of evidence had been offered, the magistrates retired to
consult. Upon their reappearance the mayor said that the
prisoner would stand committed to take his trial at the next
assizes.

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Thomas, Birkenheadthe b
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setter,
re-
mand, charged with the manslaughter of Francis
boy eight years of age, whose death, it was alleged, Was
caused by the unskilful treatment of the prisoner. In con-
sequence of the conflicting nature of the medical evidence
the magistrates determined upon sending the case for trial,
Mr. Thomas was accordingly committed to the next Ches-
ter assizes, but was admitted to bail.'
TAKING DOWN A LAWYER.—A story is told of a
very eminent lawyer in New York receiving a severe repri-
mand from a witness on the stand whom he was trying to
browbeat. It was an important issue, and in order to save
his cause from defeat it was necessary that Mr. A— should
impeach the witness. He endeavoured to do it on the
ground of age. The following dialogue ensued :—Lawyer
—How old are you ? Witness—Seventy-two 'ears. Law-
yer—Your memory, of course, is not so brilliant and vivid as
it was twenty years ago, is it ? Witness—l do not know
but it is. Lawyer—State some circumstance which oc-
curred, say twelve years ago, and we shall be able to see
how well you can remember. Witness—I appeal to your
honour if I am to be interrogated in this manner; it is
insolent ! Judge—Yes, sir ; state it ! Witness—Well,
sir, if you compel me to do it, I will. About twelve years
ago you studied in Judge B—'s office, did you not ? Law-
yer—Yes. Witness—Well, sir, I remember your father
coming into my office and saying to me, "Mr. D., my son
is to be examined to-morrow, and I wish you would lend
me fifteen dollars to buy him a suit of clothes." I remem-
ber also, sir, that from that day to this he has never paid
me that sum. That, sir I remember as though it had been
t
but ye
stay. erd ay. Lawyer (considerably abashed)—That will
do, s w•
itness—l presume it will.