Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-06-16
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 in hook from it's fowery banks-to roam through these old fields that were cultivated by our great grandfathers, and to observe the me- lancholy stiffness that reigns all about them They inspire lonely, by gone, poetic feeling fit pastures they are for Pegasus. Some ot them though are being re-cleared and fertili- zed, and it is not uncommon to see farmer with sack across his arm, approach merchant with the question, "Have you got any guano here?" Wouldn't that sound funny in Ar kansaw?
 The hard times here is putting on a harder face. Breadstutfs and provender are enor- mously high. Corn is selling at $1 70 per bushc and bacon is worth 20 cents per pound The cold weather in the spring lid not mate rally iniure the wheat, yet the wheat bug, a small black insect with white spotted wings found nestled about the roots of the stalks, Is making sad inroads upon the present crop.
 A freight train never arrives without bring ing bales of New York hay. Tobacco, which is the great staple of the country, is new be. ing planted and this season it commands a very high price. So the people are living on hope.
 l came here from Washington, where 1 re- mained several days visiting the principal ob- jects of interest in the city and its vicinity The capitol is beautiful structure, and stands with its wings on Capitol Hill, looking like a proud mother holding twin sisters by the hands.
 took an excursion to Mt Vernon, which is pilgrimage every American would do well to make. It sits an eminence on the south side of the Potomac, fifteen miles below the seat of government. The present 1 proprietor, ohn A. Washington, esq, has man. aged somehow to get possession of the ill-wiIl of nation to almost the same extent that his ! ilustrious namesake did its love and veneration His price for the premises Is S2OOOO and he charges the excursion packets p cents for ev- cry visitor that Is landed there Thus thrives this mistlctoe in the house of Washing gton.- Whatever may be said though, it must be ac- kuowledged that we are indebted to him for the remarkable preservation of everything per taiung 10 the old homestead The house. gardens, walks, pictures, and furniture are all said to present very much the same appear auce that they did when the General lei them barring the inevitable changes of time How simple is this residence and all its appurte- nahceS, even the sarcophasus iu which his re- mains are now enclosed has no inscription ex- cept the name, w Washington" and chisehlg oi the arms of his country; and on that of his wife, which lies by his side, is simply written, "Martha, Cousort of Washiugton.n As un- pretending as these are, they ten enough One canuot look into the vault containing the dust of these olden time people, who now sleep together at the foot" With the history of the American revolution in his mind, without feel ing that he stands of the m st sacred spot over which our banner may float Our company consisted of gentlemen and ladies from nearly every Stale in the Union; north, south, east, and west mad united to pay tribute to q com mon father.
 Every relic that pertains to General Wash- ingtou, from his leathern brooches aud vest that hang in the museum in the patent cffice to his ashes at Mt. Vernon, is full of interest to the American people, On our return the packet stopped awhile at old fort Washington Here Maj Vim, of Illinois was called for who iu answer mounted | cannon aud said that the occasion and the scene before him Was well calculated to fill him with emotions beyond . l,i country might ever remain as proud and a- free as il DOW is-that trouble anon. ourselves or with other nations might never arise, ana that the silent thunder lying in those wall. night forever sleep. That this gIorious con ederacy would never contain State the less, So long as each was allowed to manage it's own affairs. As an evidence of the faith that was in him, he hoped that the next lucupbput of the Kansas \ ebraska bill, and all his successors it's advocates.
 The bell soon called u- to tEe boat, and ga- thered in the cabin, conversation turned upon the sceres we had visited, the residence, gar dens, walks, and simple tomb of George and Mlrtha, when Judge Williams of Iowa was called who sang that touching old song John ! Anderson my Joe, John" in his own iuimta- Lle style Long will it be before 1 forget that excursion to Mt Vernon
 also visited the Georgetown heights. and descending to the foot of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal to seek some one who could tell me the locality of the Little Falls of the Po- tomac, being remarkable as a favorite fishing | place with Daniel Webster, when I was nvit cd by man to take seat in his boat that was going up that way. This boat was drawn by I three horses in Indian file, the hindmost one oi which was rode by small boy. One man | at the stern to manage the rudder and another ' at the bow with a club in his hands to strike the line, which was l8O feet long, when it rub. bed against the point of a rock, or rail, 50 as | to loose it. while half d dozen men or more lay Tn the sun asleep upon the sacks of guano ' and barrels of fish that were on the boat was on the boat when the captain called to tue | boy with the horses to "tighten the line" which order being obeyed he turned to me and said, Stranger, I'll take pleasure in pint ing out to you the interesting objects along here, Eve been travelling on this canal since ! 1t was dug, in fact saw the ground broke, and it was just about here that John Quincy Adams ! slucI, the spade in. The old fellow not being used to spadng, was awkward about it. and it would not go in. man standing by cried | out Hickory root
 "ThTe is the old powderm magazine, and just the other side is the Little Falls. But they are nothing, you had better go on with me to the Big Falls We will get there in time for you tc come back on the canal packet today l told him believed I would do so that was obliged to him for his kindness, and con-