Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-07-08
NIsSCptEL
fyom tis Correspondent Of nc Po't'dnd Afoer
VISIT TO MONTICELLO. Sc.
CnANlorrasvIIl.E, MN

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VISIT TO MONTICELLO, Sc.
CnaaLorrGsvtfl.r, May -, 1898
After heinz weary Of the confinement of high
VOTERS Al The Wnrm SPRINGS, centrvod by en-
Toying n lto hiehl &c IN n Wuehestcr wagon,
10 ford the Cowpasture tiyor These Wlnches.
ter Wasoners afe a isce peculiar To themselves,
srarwhai like the Mlsslss,ppi honlncn. They
sfald Ia Baltimore, 4 axe freight, il matters
1ut much whefc, whehe i he 10 knoxyilles
fTenn) on Pushure PENN They are lo'ly mud
hnppy--and when | WAS weary Of being COUP mp
uo1sr iho canvass, moving with all the speed oi a
y lsooer IDEAS, 'nroo nudes n los an hour, they
ioaaed =. n he,yy.bo5fri hose aud saddle, -
sod.h fer fr1n; Ii" aware, s." caI Pasture,
O; eat and l.,la al, pastures and Bull posture,
- euIl1 names fo5 Vagina rleors l ceae To Clio
~ nnIr. pretty wiley IN the MIDST oflhd NOM.
laiHs, where The fnuntts now thIrllng ofplbagh
ing and planting corn II r. there WINS ma stngc--
and keeping p,cr with The driver, | started agalu
On ho,sehaek NJ 3 \ VI and by II A. NJ W
wern IN stanton 0oarishing loNn ia appearance,
suualaacd by country, f1r Virginia unuse ally
observation-disclosures from Clover Dale b mllce.
But more of this pe,t Vunne Aiiaf posing
Jennings gap, tha traveller comes INTO what t
ir,nod be thllcy of Virginia. whcfe slaves are
less numerous tam N Eestern Virginia, and
n3ift y hbHD} NV IfIfi w 'hiH' az - ti''h
prosparap, an1 hanpu. ! obsetv-i nbDnt SIX
MI, west ot SUMMON sumc superb i'nhs moi
mntnse fields Of wheat rs one sces this sdo ol the
Blue Hd ,c, but rood Ii IDS, good houses, rood
bans all which tcmHd31 AZ OF the north and ui
New England This us 1ccanntt ] Tor very sooh
travDitd nut fdl hef'fe caine Ia many iPo"'''
onoa rhe ro9h 'rtey pzele not nil blaeh, rs Is u
sa.lly the case and 81 eauree oil Slaves, but lie
prooo7tion Of blacks wan mol one tot .n. There -
the sroret of the good agriculture saw
There ltoo mru ,e9k ih,tc untIea rowmds !
tine i.ISb., .uin5D wa llh.ta prop@uoncd 20 hn !
W slopI ID bnl sE.ni ume III Stadnton'
SOW lttlc or nphns OUT ot the view OF the slh-e
tavern. An reentiy built Lunsile Hospital was
not ar of, IA winch. If Virginia would eoninc her
polnciens her grcadcst m-dman she might do
somethns wor hy Of her high renown and ler past
glory. Wayne5bpto' us the next important
town Tint We passed, where We took IN, on on,
nagto purchaser and has slave, lnsi bought ior 5o0 |
collars 10 he carried 10 Georgia The slave dfold
a tcnr or two AZ he parted with his companions
but, ten miles over he was as cheerful as ever, SO
readily do these pcoP't seem 10 forget all past as
socttioos Then We crossed the Blue Ridge -a
towering rnngc Of mountains, which divide Wcs-
tern and Eastern Vmglnin and towards evening
| was IN my hotel at Ch'llonssvillc.
Charlottesville ~ n town of considerable impor
ancc. It is thr shire toWn of Albemarlc county,
and there Is the Court House, there the University
OF Vplinis aud there or ncar here the Unclaimed
Monticello determined To stop day. to see the
nlace whore V,rgnlln, hope, Is roaming wiser
rnse Of Politicians and then - snho nay pilgrimage
Q the grave of flerson
| look d about he fnc houses III Charlottesville,
ia no, very we'll arranged streets, aud siroil'd nt
last bout ulle ffotn the village 10 The tuFafs'
". ! 40 b,lleyc, thif, al rhts season Of the ychr
II is on Of the most beautiful l,trcats IN the linton.
I asccndcd the dome ol TIN Roundo, the prnclp'l
bu ldng. and an elrg mt building, II IS too, where
on your risli was thu Bl0o Il d. on your irit
Monticello and the rLnsa Of mountains n lis neigh |
borhood aud bof1re YOU the University us spa |
cious lawn ofnauenltd with fOurl hing locusts It's
graves lts GARDEN, It's neat and ~cii devised AZ
chitecure. All was imposing, charming and
checrlng-and its rposc and camness would soon |
WOO the most weywatd scholar, # not to his clan
SECS, al least to IT'S scfnsry. The form oil thc |
groun Ia IS slurlng a lawn is IN the middle ex
ending thu wnolc range rlhc building. THIS rs
bordered by Iocust trees. There are -four ranges
IF onms for tha students. nil one story high. In
re mi Is, = these rooms, eqal-dfstant and oppo |
sltc arr scattered the houses Of the professors, all
# different oder Of architecture. The Roluudo,
~ ~hel 10 superb lsbrsry room IS at the head OF
IN, obIong ~ AT the right are al anal 7meaI
hail, hot.ts &c. &c The libfary IS well arrnn-
ged, and the books well guarded and Kept
The library room is perfectly ound and has three
eallefios. The light comes IN from the glass IN
the dome Ia the thrt gallery here is coI'ee-
fion Of minerals and sort of whispering |
gallery formed by echoes for the pillars and the
lone.
IN the afternoon took a horse and rode to Mon |
ticello, which is distant about three miles from
Charlottesville. | went by one or two fine plant
tions-wth fine buildings upon them toIded
small creek, the water in which was now high
wound tound he mountain, Oh wretched fohd, !
among stones and gues--and after passing two
az three gate ways, came to one which supposed
led IL Honlicelo for it looked different from the
r. 81 hanging suspended on IA seinl-stone wall
a semi.ra circular fence, Opened the gate, aud
rod p a S two hundred yards. met another gate
and ppelc1 ,hht- when thn'e was an appearance 81
crave yari was j'st beginning to call upl
those eeAactous, when ~n come over ali men,
standing near the graves of the mighty dead,
when 10 ant behold saw printed gla1M Is pos