Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1845-11-28

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Patrick Henry-Family Residence.
Our readers will we are sure, be inter
ested by the following brief accoun, of this
ilustrious orator and his family residence.
|. is taken from "Howe's Historical Col
Iections Of Virginia. valuable work re-
Gently pub!ished.-Newark .4dUertiser.
Red Hill is in Charlotte county. abou,
one hundred miles southwest Of Richmond.
There lived and died Patrick Henry. the
man who Jefferson said. ''was the great
est orator that ever lived" and to whom
Randolph applied the words Of sacred writ,
as. being one who 'spake as never man
spake." Red Hill is now the seat of his
son, John Henry, Esq. 1t is beautifully
situated. on all elevated ridge, the dividing
line of Campbell and Charlotte, within
quarter Of a mile Of the injunction OF Fall
ing River with the Stanton. From i! the
valley of the Stanton stretches southwark
about three miles, varying from a quarter
to nearly mile in width, and Of an oval
like form. Through most fertile mead
ows, waving in their golden luxuriance,
slowly winds the river. overhung by mas
sy foliage, while on all sides, gently slop-
/ ing hills, rich in verdue, enclose the whole,
and impart an air Of seclusion and repose.
From the brow fthe hill, west Of The house,
is scene of an entirely different charac-
ter; the Blue Ridge, with the lofty peaks
Of Otter; appear in the horizon a, a distance
of nearly sixty miles. At the foot of the
garden, under dense cluster Of locust and
other trees, enclosed by wooden palIing
are the graves of Patrick Henry and his
wife, overtun with myrtle and without any
monuments over them.
/ Under the trees, in the rear Of the man.
sion in full view Of the beautiful valley be-
meath. tie orator was accustomed i'll pleas
ant weather, to sit mornings and evening,
with his chair leaning against one Of their
trunks, and can of cool spring wafer by
draughts. Occasionally he walked TO and
fro in The yard from one clump of trees 4
, the other, buried in reverie, at which times
, he never was interrupted. Among the re-
: lies in the house, is the arm chair in which
r he died, and knife given TO him when
t boy by his uncle Patrick Henry, which hi
carried through life, and had in his poke
e at the moment of his death. In the parfo
e hangs his portrait, mastery production
i by SalIy, representing him pleading in TIT
t British debt case. The dress is black
t cravat white, and red mantle thrown owe
e hisEshouIders. He appears three quarter
D face, leaning partly back. with his specta
| cles. thrown over his forehead; and the ex
0 preston is one of deep solemnity and i'm
e pressivenese.
n Under the description Of Hanover coun
e ~, The reader will find succinct memoi
I of Henry; and in that Of New London
n fCampbell counties, and Of the City Of Rich
: mond, are views of buildings memorabl
d. as the scenes of some of the celebrated orr
e torcaf efforts. We now give some rem
d iniscences, collected by US from reliabl
e source while in this section of the State
ii They are mainly detached facts, wilhor
IT connection, and must necessarily be give
II in that manner. e..
l. When fourteen years Of age, Mr.. Henri
went with his mother in carriage to th
: Fork Church, in Hanover, to hear preac
e the celebrated Samuel Davis, alerward
= President of Princeton College. His elc
e quence made deep impression upon hi
Y youthful mind and he ever after remarke
IS he was the greatest crater he ever hearc
e When a member Of the Continental Cor
e gress, he said the first men in that bod
t. we're Washington, Richard Henry Lee
IA and Roger Sherman; and, later in life, Re
Y ger Sherman, and George Mason. The grea
I est statesmen he ever knew, When Go,
ar ernor, he had printed and circulated j
e Richmond at his own expense, Soame Jer
h ney's View of Christianity; and Butler
sr Analogy of Natural and Revealed Religion
ID Sherlock's sermons. he affirmed, was ii
s, work which removed all his doubts Of II
nltruth Of Christianity, a copy of which u