New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-11


eral cattle pieces by Paul Potter hang on the waiis
and on the mantlepiece is portrait by Johnson OF
Mrs. Julia Webster Appleton. Opening TIE so!'n-
ern door of this room, crossed the eide enIy ih''
the bay Window Room" 1t is Of the same
size ss the Music Room" opposite IT, and 10 III, me
southeast room of the house. Eugravlngs OF VIC
toria the Duke of Wellington, Lord Derby ana
number Of other distinguished people are on The
walls. Against the western partition ls oooh-
case filed with works on Natural History. Inc
room il prettily furnished; but It's most attractive
feature 70 me was the view OF the great elm from
the bay window the east, and OF BLACK
Mount" beautiful bin not far of, and the lawn
studded with groups Of trees. The lawn showed
best from the two southern windows. The elm IS
finer from here, think, than from any point.
Though unable 10 take view of the whole tree on
account Of it. proximity 10 the house, one can look
up into IT, and see It's great breadth between the
tips Of the branches, which Is over hundred .ld
ten feet It's great trunk measuring over I"elSe
feet in circumference snd it's long bOughs resting
at the north and south on the ground. Over the
avenue which leads 10 the barn, the branches have
been propped up with stout poles, and against the
/ house they have been trimmed somewhat, but ap-
! parenty they have less disposition - grow on this
! side owing TO TIE shade
! / now aseended the front stsirs, and was taken
through the chambers. They AL handsomely
furnished, and everywhere are engrayIngs and
paintings of celebrated people and places. Mr..
Webster's room Is on the northeast side over the
" diuing-room." He used it only for a dressing
| room during health, but for greater onyenience
preferred il 10 sleep in, when he was taken sick.
II looks toward the sea, over the marshes, and his
tomb can be seen from the windows. The iurni-
t,lre is Of maple. In a corner is a bookcase where
are kept the childrens books and some others.
| This room is now used for the nursery for Mr..
Webster little grandchildren. asked to see the
Claw Library" and was taken into one Of the
back chambers. 1t is about twelve feet square,
/ filed fran celing 10 lOor with Mr. Websters law
works. Descending the back stairs, went into
the "Gun Room" which is about ten feet squsre.
| Shelves are arranged on two of the sides, on which
are boxes for ammunition, &c, and over these Mr..
/ Webster's guns are placed ON pegs His fishing
tackle is here also, and two three bats which
Mr.. Webster wore on his shooting and fishing ex-
cursons
} Walking out Of back door by the Gun Room"
and crossing the grass about twenty feet, saw the
"Ice House" and Laundry" They are small
buildings embowered in trees, and the roof OF the
I" lee House" i. covered with ivy.
l walked round the outbuildings, which stand
north of the house till again entered the avenue
opposite the great elm tree. On its eastern side
was wire fence, which separated the yard from
the garden the latter large, covering about three
acres On its north side is a brick wall, high and
thick, which protects the trees and plants from the
/ w lnttr NlTus, anu dHdust NniSu cSPnhCAS "iC
! trained At the lower end of this wall Is green
house AT the bottom of the garden gentle rising,
! covered with trees is called Cherry HILL" This
/ grove was planted by Mr.. Webster about twenty
five years ago. He sowed the seed of various trees
I upon grassy mound and they now form dense
shade, and among their roots numerous squirrels
! and brown rabbits have their nests. SOulh vi lne
garden is all orchard
In the southeast corner of the garden, and
partly hidden by trees is the Office, where Mr.
/ Webster ALWAYS went an hour more before
breakfast, when he WAS at Marshfeld, to give his
orders to Porter Wright, and his other men, and
/ TO hear the report of the dongs on the farm. We
went into it, entering on the southern side. The
room is large, with two long windows on the north
looking into the garden. Between them IS a fre-
/ place. The walls are lined with bookcases which
contain works on farming, and multifirious COL
lection of other matter. In the center Of the room
is a long writing table, and there are two or three
| Moose horns in the ROOM This office Was orig
/ nally part of the dwelling house, and was Mr.
Nebsters library room, but when he built himself
new one this was taken away and put IN It's pre-
| sent position.
| Green Harbor house before Mr. Webster en-
larged it. was square. with front rooms on the lower
floor. 1t was built by Nathaniel Ray Thomas,
about hundred and fifty years ago. The Thomases
were among the earliest and most notable land
owners in the Plymouth colony, and remained 10y
aliss during the early part at least of the Revolu-
ton. When the news of the first disturbances
at Boston reached Marshfeld, Mr.. Thomas aud DR..
| WinslOw sent to Gen. Gage for body of troops 10
protect them against their neighbOrs, who all
| Wings, and in compliance with this request, Capt
Ballont, with hundred men, was sent down to
Marshfeld, TO repel any attack which might be
made on his majesty's faithful subjects. Barracks
were erected in Mr. Thomass grounds for the
sodiers the officers being quartsred In the house
and out of these barracks one of Mr.. Webster's
barns was built.
We passed to the nOrthward, crossed cause
way at the head of pretty little pond covering
two or three acres, in which was flock of geese,
partly Chinese and partly wild geese. A small
boat Was swaying at lis anchor near the shore, and
on the north side of the pond my guide pointed out
| the % Belt tO me. This was r0w oil trees which
Mr.. Webster had set out along the shore We
walked through fields and large orchard for about
ten minutes. when We entered private carriage
road, which led from the street to the tomb OF Dir.
| Webster, northwest of the house. The tomb is in
the old Winsow burying ground, which ID the
most ancient in w-England, with the exception
of one at Plymouth, which is Of about the same
age. THE first Pilgrims who died were inferred,
SAWS Holmes the annalist, " on a bank at little
distance from the rock where the fathers landed;
"and lest the Indians should take advantage Of the
weak and wretched state OF the English, the
graves were leyeled and sOwn for the purpose of
conceament."
The Winslow graveyard stands upon one Of
those rocky hillocks tufted with grass and with
the scattering cedars upon il, which are so charac-
teristic of New-England scenery. Pasture land,
Oh which many oxen were browsing, surrounded
II. Toward the south and west low rounded hills,
o'-d with rerdure shut in the landscape, and on
Tho cas-. The checkered light and shade moved down
the long mar,SS-a 10 the sea- ~
Mr.. Webster's tcrab is surrounded by an IRON