Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-04-10

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a hazy spring atmosphere gave picturesque Ell
iect % fruit trees in blossom, the undula.ins YER.
dure OF wheat and the shaduwy gepose OF sur.
rounding woods.
How admirable the power Of genns 10 impress
us stamp upon every scene win which il IS ider :
ihee! passed most agreeable hour at tie
IN company OF the gen,ler sex, without whom The
interest OF no scene can DC complete.
iatfick Henry, the oralor, was grandson OF
JaGe, s!s!er Cl Robertson, the Sco:ch historian
From descendant Of Eenry | have learned
some PARTICULARS respecting him. He was Ia.
marEabie Tor keen sense u smell. and p, once
detected any unsavory odour about The kitchen
! Stops, &c.-was an exact observer OF the weather
being easily affected By lis changes-was in Inc
hahlt oil hanging flannel on the doors 10 keen GU,
lne Cold iont OF music; favoIi,e pieccs-Mar-
'in's nlnuei, Handels waer-piece, Fishers mi
mug. Mc.Inac a way OF soaring off dogs by
Pecuiai snriii whistls-iond Of old clothes great
propensity TO ask questions. Jim, an Indian. can
lured al the age OF Is By parry of militia. be.
came slave, was liberated by Patrick Henry,
and afterwards lived with him. jim Inhabited
| ihe hollow cl sycamore IFee-spent mich Of
! ms time 10 hunting; sometimes he worked in the
garden. Being very laciturn, when the children
| pcsiered him, he would leave OFF work Withdraw
70 ms sycamore, aud not come back ill forced by
hunger.
PORTRAITS AT SHIRLEY.
]. Edward Hill, TWO portraits, one taken in ear.
" youth. lie came over from England and vas
the founder OF Shirley.
2. Wife Of Edward Eil!-a beauty
3. Charles Carer.
4. His frs, wife, Mary Walker Carter, OF
Cleves II was said OF her BY an old servant, sshe
was pretty 10 meet and pretty TO follow" Of his
second wife, Anne b. Moore OF Chelsea. no Dor.
trait was ever made
5. Secretary John Carter, cldes, son OF aKinp
Carter" and father Of Charles above.Damed Sc.
cre,ary John Is represented as model of manly
beauty. lie married Elizabeth, only daughter
and heiress OF Edward nill, and thus came into
possession OF Shirley and Hardens.
8. Wife The preceding
]. The first wife Of The las, Col Byrd OF West
over, and sister OF Charles Carer Of Shirley.
5. The wife of Col. Byrd-Mary Willing. Of
Philadelphia. Col. Byrd's SON Thomas is sa i'd to
have been the original OF Lionel in novel cali
cd Edsehll.
The butler at Wes!over in that day was Jack
Hhtte, who, however, was 6iaek He was styled
by The family "Mr. White" wore white kid gloves
ard handed The ladies' out of the carriage He
was succeeded by Lewis, who was very black
but not 10 compare 10 his illus;rious predecessor,
in that particular. Lewis was remarkable for
the multiplicity .: his bows and continual repe,i.
tons OF the words "sir" aGd "madam."
3. Robert Carter, srnamsd King Carter,
from his extensive landed possessions. He lived
al Curr:toIan, in Lancaster county, on The Rap
pahannock river. lie was severally President
OF The Council Governor Speaker OF the House
OF burgesses, and Treasurer Of the Colony His
first wife was Judith daughter Of John Armi.
stead, Esq; his second wife was Betty. "o( the no.
BILE family OF the Landons" Two volumes OF
Hing CATERS letters in manuscript, il is said,
are still preserved al Clsves, the residence OF 81.
Leger Landon Garter.
Beverley, in his history Of Virginia, Book |.
p: So, speaking Of the agency Of the Northern
for them BY Col Robert Carter, another OF the
Council, and one Of the greatest treeholders oil
that propriely."
10 One Of the wives Of "King Carter"
II. Peter Randolph, Of Cnatsworth, on James
river, now the seat Of VIM. B. Randolph, Esq.
y. Wife Of Peter Randolrh-a Miss Boiling,
sis.er Of The late Robert Boiling, SEMI Esq, OF
Petersburg.
49, Williams Garter Esq, OF North Wales,
Hanover county, Va.
a. General Washing'on--a ful lengh--br
Peae.
IS Robert Carter.
l6 His Wiie-Miss Nelson, daughter Of Ge-
| neral Thomas Nelson.
PORTRAITS AT BERKELEY.
|. Mary Churchill, Duchess Of Montague,
daughter of the Duke OF Marlborough, repre-
sented as seated &! The grave OF her friend Gay,
The Poet
3 John Page of Pagebrook.
3. The frs, wife OF Col Byrd, The protege Of
the Earl Of Orery. she was Miss Park of the
West Indies
4 Tie second wife Of said Col. Byrd, Miss
Taylor.
S. Benjamin Harrison Signer OF the Decla.
ration of IpiGfH fienry Harrison.
T. Mrs Willing. mother of Mari Second ,,,,.
Of last Gel. Byrd. ""o
8. Mrs. Byrd, Mary Willing that vas
g. Col. VIM. Byrd, whose monument stands 10
the garden al Wcs,oyer.
LIST OF SOME SEATS ON THE JAMES
RIVER.
Eremo; Eia.fll Elk Isla I'd; Towards Neck;
Bollins-Hal Tuckahoe; Belvidera appropriate
~ named, as il commands fine prospect OF the
rapids Of The river just ADORE Richmond; Pow
haan, once a residence OF the great chief OF
that name; Chasworth; Wilton, headquarters OF
!, La Fayete during The revolution Ampthill !
Warwick Varina, formerly one OF the numer-
Gus seats of the Randolphs; (S,i!h, whose mo
! ,her was Randolph, daies The preface OF his his
tory Of Virginia al Varna, and he probably wrote
il lh.re;) Curles' Neck, two places named Cures
the Indian name is Anobaitock, one Of Pow
ha,ans hereditary domains Bremo, old sea, OF The
Rapdolphs; Turkey Island (Which Is no isiandD
the original seat Of the Randolphs; Malvern
Hills, vulgarly pronounced in old times NAV
born Hills )" Mont Blanc; Pfesqnile Shirley )
Evergreen; Berkeley; Cosein's Point; Macock's;
Fiowex.de- Hundred; River Edge; Weyaroke, an
Indian word, sign;fying, according 10 Heckewel-
der, sIhe point OF an island" The Row; Sandy
Point; Brandon, upper and lower; Cermon!;
-Four Mile Tree; Kingsmil!; Green Spring.
Petersburg, March Is. Z. G.
four intelligent and accomplished correspond
cn,, with whom we regret 10 part requests US TO
add to the above list of The portraits al the two
grandons. II is not in our power 10 do SO AT pre-
sent We can, however, refer TO two MASTER
pieces OF arr a, Upper Brandon, viz: portrait
OF the first Col. Byrd, as Roman youth; the
grace and rich colorins OF which clearly be,ray
Inc magic pencil OF Van Dyxe-and portrait OF
Miss Blsunt, the favoriie OF Pope, evidently from
the hand Of Sir Godfrey Kne'ler.-Enquirc7.l