Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-12-17

IlDss GTOunl the LietllGG-nousc VI ioE',
v herein they "r.hipped God atter The Sc
we're formula Of Geneva; while the gregariou'
Dutcbmen oi M4nh i.tan riIsrd tuelr tanta--
nc gables under The -had " OF the old S'tdt-
House of their knickerbrcker liberties;
while the steid iollusers OF Ptnn were lay
ing IF the rectangular etrerts OF ;Lc CIV
Of Brotherly Live, the Virginia emi grant
sought SEINE lovely eualnence, 'rIook!"s
yjesiic nVer, where be erected his family
mansion aBd eS aDIshcd biz household GOD.
At "A later day, some of these cDunsry.Nsa's
assumed an aspect t inaoOrial dignity, an1
might even we with The beautiful residences
that adorn the bauk. Of the Thames and tie
Wye. They were iondly designated from
old and hospltaole EogIish memories, -
Sairiey. Berkeley, nd.n, kesw,ek and
Tedlng,on Eicn 0! these houses was the
seat Ct little aur,crat. Her. he relgned
-unrene ever Ms immediate household. ana
tx rcised lDrdly sway, which was sicarIcu'-
~ administered b. sub rdiDa'es, over the
slaves aud iudenttd servants rt his estate. -
These indentci eervan.s, although white,
diHrr d 10 ~ respect from the bi"cis, h,rn
In 81 very. exec IN The duration OF their -tr
vita lie. Thy were Uuica Is from n" sJcl"-
II Of EDg!aud Continental Europe, add
utterl, uLfC, etrer from chronic debasement
Or iouS career OF CRIME, for auy Uther con-
ditoD than thar Of absolute utjectiDn u the
will Of a master. WHAT sort VI mIurliS
SujetS were shigped from III" Channel FIR =
vce on the plantations Of Virginia, may he
gathered !ram some Ba,Dsiess r,mances Il
ID Foe. Here there WAS q community OF
castles as widely seps ated as the Pariah
iIyu the BrahmiD. Tnere were, indeed,
other members OF the community Resident At
points y here Lbe 60 umerce VI the cJiJnY Wts
carried or--tactors and agents; but e1Gept
for The mere convenience vt tH1 planter IN
the shipment OF ais produce AMI The Storage
OF such things as nc imported from EnginLd.
these go d people did not exc, IL his cun-
mpla,lon a. oil. Ii be ever d,ig1ed 10
huGor them with u phssiug emotion. II was
that s,r OF pity the PROUD D1ke OF Somerset
felt Tor Alan, because ne bad 10 ancestors.
They we're the Of pottoi; they were outsiders,
very well IN the piaCe wherein u was the =
Ign Of Providence. according 60 the planter,
to have them, but NOT TO be thought OK 10
soy other. As TOR these third persons them
selves, they were well contcn, with their LOT,
aud seemed 10 recOg"isg the necessity which
c0usisDed them 10 1t. Tley ln. ksd up TO the
gentry ~ Il Superior order # oei"gs. Ire
planter wJs. tuey kHeg, al +. I, v. by VIZ.
tue Of \ prdIGree wnIch went back through
long succession OF tilted progenitJrs to tue
roll uf Battle Abbey. The earth was bis
and the tulinsss there {; while here he be.
iOugsd OF right 20 the couS,rasre t5nyeS nGt,
-ient scene, II was really believed It him by
ihsse less fortunate of his .eIiGw-mDrtai-,
tuat ut such was tie kingdom o. Heaven.
The social history Of the colonial prr,' Is
ore Of domestic interiors, o! rudy tirc--!d-S,
f family taGl6aux--to be varied DOW ami
lheu With great dining days. AMI festive c J.
ehratI0us VI particular seasons. Could we
fad u diary OF the GrdiGury Routine Vi d NI'.
ginlI household { thai dag. lie us say oi the
period beiweeu lilo ard HOO kept by a
refined aru cultivated a.maU, 10 which ali
those tritlgUg iucIfent, whlch % 10 make ~
the record Of al lUdivitu Il NE, should ha:c
been carefully entered, 1t would sii ri u
more entertainment than ali the J u pa,s
ever KEEP; by the MAIDS OF honor 10 II court,
not excepting that f Fanoy Barney b0TSeI!
Ia u position so segregated from tie shocH
and Sur ui events IN the busy world, III"
inlautGSt circumstance assumed ~ Impor
tance such a. baiOugs IN general oniy t. the
Slcis-irudes OF State; and u change ~ The
houoe circle would he dwelt uuon with uo
nucI gravity ~ ihe coming IN OF new cat
sect Nor were there waning 70 the expe-
rence .! inch family, occurrences 81 more
exciting lnicrcst--7uCh ~ iruda with tHr
ucigt brri"g ladian", vino peUpled tie vast
WOO d. that bounded the mansion, aDd az
Feared tr IN time 10 time. either IN hCstl,
or triendly attitude, 30 tue inmates thnm
selves The sons 81 ;he planters were even
RccUst III d 10 meet the htiio cupper.sklrs IN
,hc Prosecution { their d,iy sports; sDme
times they played at chuck farming tO2etb-
er. and chased the rcd deer through the tan
gl,d undergru with n Z mpaui"ustip.
The education OF the F.rgiula boy, who
was bora IN wealth and luxury, was OF a
nature to make han = man f mark, II be
had one spark OF "nergy rr scInuiianon "'
genius. l. untrd the Development Of hi
menta! faculties vi h the expansion Q! h.s
phys cal frame. Accustomed TO the saddle
frnm an early age, be vas constantly III the
open air F,rtunitclv alOo! rom the temp
cations which are hef out to young men 10
the yir.s % lorg settled cGmmunItres, be
formed no debasIng hatits of dissipation
Regarding the negroes upon tn" estate "a hi
bOro-thraiis, he acquired an Glr o cCmmand
which gaye repCse t. his manners, and 30
aptitude for government Which quai tied ~ n
for The administrator vt more mOm nt0us
,ff.irs. From the in.trucliyns OF bis II Their
10 the ru1iments 81 ku0.!"dg", he frequent
ly passed t. the hards OF private utter.
who taught him the declen-ion Of UeHna apJ
the c,njugatioG of tupto When huod tor
academic study be Has sent 10 the iiiege az
Williams burg, seat Of learning that could
ir m the beginning boast among IT. tscuiJy
men of rpe scholarship and severe trauiGg.
Such an insttution am ,ug ~ new people
demonstrates The superior character Of the
Of the young gentleman did not always ter
miuate with the course ~ William and Mary
|: was common tuing for nun 10 spend
some time 10 England: Here he had aD Cp-
prrtuuity Of seelrg the great wOrli, and
wrote long letters u hIs father ah'nt the
pageant on Lord Mayor ta,, or a speech ri
sir bert WaIpoe, 0T Drawing Room at
81. james, which letters. after Il three
months voyage, were read IN TIE family CIR
Gle, wnere they produced prudigiou- sensa-
ion. a short run to the Continent aud
glimpse Of French etiqnetfe and Danners
com rleted his TRANSATLANTIC experience, aud
he came back whistlIng airs from the Beg
CARS Opera, and astJni he'd tie natives with