The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-09-13
NOTES OF TRAVEL IN VIRGINIA.

A11S Ne ANANEL In fkkGlNIA.s
4 correspondent Of the Charleston Evening
News, travelling though Virginia, rslaies ,be
following anecdote Of the Gusts family:
We turned aside from our path for ! space.
- VISIT an object Of some euriosity. which Il
Tne Ts Q. the lions Of the Eastern Shore,sa
~. n's y an ancient vault, belonging 20 n,su,-
w;,s y tne Cas,is family. q branch Of the stock
mon ussa &c w ashington intermarried. titles
| ths h.r 1ae old iarmstead, looking out upon
| 6eld *. .nI occupies the centre Of q largo
scnos .ne III on.y prominent object, sheltered bv
| some cd trees. This vault is of ~h;,. sn.
@ J:. iaooIaseiy carved in London. IA stare r.
dilapidatIon. The curious sss,,rs ~ ssaso Z.
consists IN Its inscription, which runs ,hus :, =
Under this marble tomb lies the hoav e a..
HON. JOHN CusTIs, ESQ.
OF the city OF Williamsburg and Parish az Ro.,.
ton; formerly of Hungar's Parish ON q.
Eastern shore Of Virginia, and county 81 Eovsn.
ampson; aged ~ yeers, and get liped M sessx
Home 4 slissso1. s ss g. s. si..ss. Es::.,.
shore Of Virginia =
This inscription, we are told by another on
the opposite side, was.pui ON the tomb nv 81.
own positive orders. The gist Of il. our ~
readers will be pleased to perceive, consisr.
the lines we have itaiicised the force Of whic
will be better felt and understood from the
additional fact, which does not appear, thar
this bachelor, who lived in his bachelor con-
d,!ion. vas actually married three times-
His experience, if we are to believe his epi.
taph, was greatly adverse 10 the idea Of anv
happiness in the marriage state. Yet how
strange that he should have veniured thrice
upon il! The natural conclusion is. that Hon.
John Castis was singular, just and cons6i.
entions man, who, unwilling 70 do the ser any
wrong by premature judgment gave them q
full and fair trial. at the expense Of his own
happiness, and pronounced judgment only az
ter his repeated experiments. Tradition has
preserved anecdotes of the sort of experience
which he enjoyed in the marriage state, one Of
which will relate. II appears that he was
driving out in his ancient coach with oneiof
his wives-and to do him justice we must as
sure the reader that he had but one at d time
and in. the nighborhood ,of the very spot to
which we ourself are tending-Cape Charles.
A matrimonial discussion ensued between tl,e
pair, which warmed as they proceeded. The
lord grew angry--the lady vocifeTous.
IL was the diamond, said one; and, 4 IN.
sist.' quoth the other, that it was the club
You will drive me mad = cried John Gus
| It's. 5 as Sos.
81 should call that admirable driving re-
torted the wife. -
BY ---n he exclaimed, 'if you say sio-
| ther word, | will drive down into the sea r.
They were even upon the beach. ~
Another word y screamed the LADY,
| Drive where you pleasen she added. Into
the seal can go as deep as you dare 60, any
day!' ra II
He became furious, took her at her word,
and drove the horses and chariot into the ocean.
They began TO swim. He held in, looked into
her face, and she laughed in his.
Why do you stop = she demanded cxulting.
ly, not q whit alarmed. szsst,
You are a devii!' he exclaimed, fighting
the horses about, and making for the shore
with all expedition. gi
Pooh. pooh = laughed his tormentor, learn
from this fact that there ID no place where
you dare 60, where dare not accompany
YOU
Even to -v t
.The only exception she answered, with
chuckle; there, my dear, leave you.
She had conquered.
He never drove in at Cape Charles again,
but groaned with the recollection ofthe seven
years. bachelor life at Arlington.