Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-05-10

/ cd on n table. is the plaster bust OF Noiiiife'
whose sloping forehead. deep-set eye shaIP zen
lures. sharp nose. and thin lips do not beus.
the character If the and his writings. IN
the further corner Is supported the bust Of lhon-
a. Jefferson, large life. some warm hearted
visitor probably a lady. has wound an ever green
| wreath around hi brow. American history mas
wound wreath Of glory around his name.
! Back Of the reception room is the Parior'oi an
/ oval contour. ofnamented with carvings ana ON
er liked symbols Of taste, in an equally elaborate
/ STYLE with the former. Next 10 il are the dining
and ten.rooms. with hidden starways leading
! from them To the passages below, for the trans
\ poft Of the Yands. beneath these rooms was
! The wine cellar which was noted among the vlsi-
! tors of Monticello and the participants 81 his
/ style Of old Virginia hospitality, as containing
/ the choicest offerings Of Baechus. From the re-
eepton room lead two stair why's to the ball fooi'
/ and other upper apartments. In one OF the
/ smaller rooms are 10 be seen the remains OF an
| old chair or rig In this chair, Thomas Jeiter-
son made his short visits, and 1t now seems the
only particle of movable furniture left that eY-
or belonged to him. The ballroom is dome
and the voice has most remarkable reRerbeH=
ton Music must have had charming effect
The large dome covering the Library OF the | M
yersity Of Virginia Is, in a measure, similarly
copstrueted--that dome is whispering gallery,
and | heard my friends soft whisper from one
point Of the diameter to the other, plainly as
he had uttered il.
But while science and art have not spared
their gifts to Monticello, they have not done all
nature and the Great Architect of the uni
verse have done more, much more as nature
is more beautiful than art. From the summit Of
Monticello the visual horison is immensely en-
Iarged, afording one Of the choicest natural
views in the world. Far down towards the
South Eastern horizon, from seventy ~ eighty
miles, is seen clear day the elevated portion
Of the city of Richmond the city's glitterlng
spires, sporting with the rays Of the sun. An
immense vista Of Eastern Virginia is spread out
to the view. Here and there is IA village; then u
gain appear fields, woodlands, and meads hills,
yales and rivers. Here and there is u planta-
ton, with its mansion and out houses, with I'M
Gle Joe driving his team and aunt sukey tote
ing her pail. Near by is the celebrated Ran
doph farm And there Is little Ryanna, silyery
in her reflection, and winding in her course, rip
ping n song as she flows, in her onward course.
The Northern and Western horizon is bounded
by the Blue Ridge mountalns-blue III their pc
cuar atmosphere, seeming to rise and roll OH to
limtless iniinity-generally regular and smooth,
but often rough and peaked-indented and evil
IDENTITY once volennic-gTand monuments of the
great commissions, which geological nature en-
dured to bring them into birth. Between the
Blue Ridge and Monticello is beautiful valley
of long and broad oval outline. The mountains
protect and look down upon it from all sides, and
in gratitude it smiles up to them, and Monticello
takes the last look aud receives the last smile, Of
all the chain. The valley is dimpled with plan
tations and mansions woodlands and arabic
fields. Towards the North Immediately below,
is the beautiful village of Charlottesville, con
tanning its nearly two thousand inhabitants with
its churches and public cdifces rising towards
the sby-its handsome private residences scat
tered around in regular order but still not in
formal regularity.
On this side Of Charlottesville, Is beautiful
private residence, surroundedby shade trees and
aibors, with It covered spring in the centre of
them aud close by, is large, round cultivated
field, sloping towards the river Hyanna. On
this field, Gen. Tareton and his army were en-
camped, during the latter part of the Revolution
AIRY war, while Charlottesville and nearly all
Eastern Virginia was under the dominion of the
British arms.
Further this way, is the old winding road
which Gen. Taleton and his party took, 10 gain
the ascent of Monticello, in order to catch 'Ihos.
Jefferson. But they were foied i'll their attempt
by the mid to Mr.. jefferson of one of Nrginia's
swiftest nags, in another direction
Further TO the West ut lenst three miles from
Monticello, is magnificent cluster of buildings
ono building aud dome rising higher than lis
felows-the whole range and its apprtenances
costing at least million of dollars. ! his is the
celebrated University of Virginia, one of the best
if not the best of the schools IN the United States
| It was founded by Thomas Jeiierson,is endowed
and sustained by the State and is the pride of
the scholastic heart of all Virginia and the whole
South. Its natural location is delightful: the
| architectural and ornamental construction Gifts
! buildings is superior. Its protessorships en-
brace every prominent branch of science, and its
! chains are filled with noted foreign and native
! talent. Its libraries filled with ancient and
modern lore, and upwards of five hundred ingcn,
uous YOUTH from all sections of tho country,
! yearly visit this temple to science. Este Perpet-
! ua
Nature and art have excelled TO beautify the
| residence of Thomas Jefferson; but, alas, the
hand of time is doing all now, and the hand of
man seemingly nothmg-the artificial beauty OF
Monticello is departing. Its old proprietor with
his family, and all their taste and worth and
| hospitality, have gone to the tomb, and Month
cello is mourning their departure. The destroy
ing clements of time to have unhounded
sway. All the costly and valuable furniture has
| been removed, and the scanty cheap pttance oi
its present proprietor has taken its place
Monticello is now owned by one Capt. Loyy, l.
5. n. n man of foreign extraction and jew, who
probably bought it for speculation, and who Wis
its Monticello once year from New York to re-.
main n few days. An overseer has charge OF
the property, and his simple wife asks a pittance
of twenty five cents, to show the visitor the in
side of the mansion. Virginia loves to pride
herself ON her first families, and well she may
for they deserve it all; but stubborn is the fact
that Monticello has no practical illustration o
that pride, so peculiarly cherished by her PEG
pie.
A brick wall marks the boundaries the grave.
yard, and open iron gates permit the visitor t.
enter. The place seems most remarkably mel
ancholy and neglected. Pieces of brick from
al, e