Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-12-17
"y,rs,nia IN the oiden Time ("
LECTURE By JOHN n THOMPSON, ESQ

Reported tor the Is !it.m ne Am .rlc'n
rne third lecture of the ,urse before the
Mercantile Library Association, WAS deliver
ed last evening, ut the Uo!versai:st Church.
by John K Them son, e,i taking As bis
sutiect Virgin. 10 the O:ieu Line ~
VAS interesting, insrruc I've and amusing,
aod We give sp' C: to quite d iu!i reFor.
Mr. To- III JsCn C, nm sucei ~ s!yinS that
th rs are few OF u, Wuo have not ieii III Ill :
huu: OF rcverie. desire To see toe Horiu a IL
Will be cen uries be- CO 20 drInk tue dFau Iht
vi [ m ..icJus and awake alter the lapse u
age. Iu behold what tue advancing sciences
and the accumulated know ledge vi Ill n VIII
have done FIR The u zoe We live upon. aod
80. | fancy, very NY hive experienced a
wish to b. translated back iItJ tue ast, aud
20 witness the scene- aud incidents "hicn
trsospred Il hu .dred years ag.--nol ihe
stirring events VI battle, nnr the pa-etntF!'s
of courtly splsud u, cut the ordinary lie OF
aTtm tie ancestry; now they iVel ~ then
fires. les and moved am lng their lei!oS I'D u
and had then oeing wI,ain tae narrow bum
darIes Of their III 5. TINS feeling Is strong
est perhaps when one walks through pie
ture gallery ur visits som Immrm jriai man
sion, hull0wcd by tnu ass Cations OF bu l'd
greatness and bait ex"ect' 10 see she " m
pous CID ladies and gentlculeu cpmc doah
Ir IN tbs cracked Canvas W. CT Ferpe.u ties
ther c arms or to M ct 1t lii esu jden 'uin
the TO IN u occupant, # the antiquated apart
ments. How ne Should have dehg't'd 70
talk WITH tue stately III ,ster OF tho hru =, VI
his every dag I'm ,lJym 2nts and emus m Dt',
If his tobacco crop, bis iOa-tunis. his last
session ia toe u-ges=es--whst haFpiness
would i not have necn 10 bask IN tie sunny
radiance OF mi LsGy's smiie-, she "n'sh
bsauy. long since n;c.m, only sd III
MmOriqm and VINO Was me toast Vi mihy
meIry muetiugs ~ the oiden oays!
For pic use OF this colonial .oc'e'y OF
Virginia, the III ,Ieriais are oy no ID Aus
abundant, nor nave they been collected TO-
getner 10 auy repository. Mouldeflng away
IN le8ky sarrets, hid b.ncath the uusjy IDS VI
t0rg ten iuios, they nut be SEA caed after
diligently and cirsiujiy gathered n"w: Or the
u ure histIrian who would pic;urcsqu:Iy
SD US Old Nirgiois will perhaps I'm 'Dt
that We did net d,spOssess the rst- OF III IN :
rias which are being gnaUed TO pieces at
TINS mua mt 10 the Il ccuntry houses OF the
tide water region. M hi-yor a OF the early
Z, nm )Uweath mas given Us eng glimpse oi
The Ill sic Lille ul the people. We shall
d I'd rs httIe 1 this Ia their books. a. IN tue
p,ea.apf caropIcles Of SIR John FroIssart.-
The conc udipg paragraph VI Sans lam "a
work assigns sill guar reason fo7 his mss
Sion of suca picturesque mae 'ai:-"l IL
tended" says be, ITO pave added several o'n-
or very Gu Iuus Papers, and original Pieces
Il, D.. | Al Z =
price, that svm3 "a my Gu itfyUen and
those too, peTs rs Ci hIgn l1rtnhe auu uis
t.ncti,u) re med TO lie much alarmed, and
TO grudgc tbat - complete history oi their
own cruItry should Ium to more than one
v1lum. and ut Ehem more thsh hsii " f's'
tUle. | wa, therefore, Obliged 70 restrain
mg hand ter fear OF enhaLc ~ the pree 70
,ue immense charge and ire parable damage
Of thcse very generous aud EuHI'c Spli'eu
gentlemen
L. view If this want Of materisi, and Of the
failure Oh the tart ug our Virginia historians
TO .uyply the missing cHalicT, wh'ch hhs but
recently been written Tor l. gland by the
brilliaut. the profound, the gite1, tie ds'
lirhiiul MBcauiay, Confess ! approach the
subject with reu! d.stTust, Gui ycu "iii not,
AIN suse, reject my Offering tor IL poverty
nor refuse 20 regard with curious intcies',
the few fossils winch shall! bT!ng GU! iro"'
the exug.4 OF al cxuG C. cisilz .tl"'', even
though eh.ud not r Construct the S1uTian
with toe skill ui an Ag.ss!2
4 new iutei e-t la. ,atey been gwen to the
SEGA. lie ct NirgiUit IN the ciC"n um", by
the great .tiricll novelist ol Eng!ahd, wi o
has undertaken t. rcpre-, nj II IN ;terage vi
Il hn
brought the habits AID pecuiarIt es 0i those
who dNeit on .be BANS II the james and the
Potomac IN days gore by. 20 the notIca mat
large world which has itarned II etloy Ms
delightful lima ur5 aDG ca 'rmInS cjH'c'sm.
S, lar, IOdeed, tie novel uas MT treated much
of the Ancient Dom nion. sad VT may D. per
United 10 h0pe that its ss"'cuee 81 society
are more faith nj THAI It's hist"rS anu gee (
rapby are true. Mr. Wa-biugtar Is de-cr'r.
Ell ss having been engaged 10 Mrs. Martha
Custis be ore h. had ever sten that Lovely
and est ,bie widow, 40 al chori III 81 tue
affections Which | trust Mr.. Everett VIII cor
rest 10 his 'orthcomog VI unS vernon r.
pers. Mr. Barj mn FfaIkln l. rePrcst ut
! ed as having been The gust oi vernoi Do
| Wlddie, at William -bufg, wbcu He knpH tIat
| be lever vItited that antlqu" CAPITA; aud We
are led by Mr.. Thacksra, to tel.ess, IN the
lace of degrees Of lautute anu Captain Johr
SIN tbs map. that ihe dlstaHcc trom Wi.
II m.kurg 10 NJ unt Nernon was u; an easy
In grnug's ride Far be It from me- TO u def
value the writings y. this Justly popular DO
veiIst. The pew field ne ha- chosen Is d most
luv,,irg ore. aid / ru.t lie may Iursue II
further. Perhaps II may be as profitable aud