Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-07-19
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For the Meigs County Telegraph.
Notes Of "a TOIsT East.



Mr.. Ep1ToR-Pe Perhaps a few hasty
sketches of tour through the Middle and
Eastern States, recently made by one who
resides, when cat home,'' only few miles
from the precincts of your office, may not
be altogether unin,eresting to your numer-
ous readers in Meigs County and else
where.
Leaving Pomeroy about the middle OF
May, proceeded up the OHIO river as lar
as Parkersburgh, and took the cars TO
Baltimore, n distance of 392 miles, which
was travelled in about twenty hours In
performing this journey, passed over, or
rather, through the Allegheny mountains
and the Blue Ridge, which present seen
ery magnificent beyond description, espe-
cialy at Harper's Ferry, where the Poto-
mac forces its way through the Blue
Ridge.
Remaining Jay or two at Baltimore
and hearing the celebrated DR.. Fuller
formerly of South Carolina, went to the
National Metropolis and spent several
days, visiting the buildings Of the Execu-
| tive Departments, the Smithsonian lnsti-
tute, the National Observatory, the Con-
pressional Cemetery, and the Presidents
Mansion. President Buchanan. though
far advanced in years, still possesses great
physical and mental vigor, and Is capable
Of performing a vast amount of labor, per-
tanning to his official business. He is o.
large stature, somewhat corpulent, ant
l., Of no
temperament. His complexion is fair
his hair thin and gray; his dress plain; hi:
manners affable. From his personal o.
external appearance, stranger would no
suppose Sc that he occupied more than
common sphere in life. AS to his politi
cal course and policy, 1 shall say nothing
as his public acts are, or should be, know
to all.
After visiting Georgetown, Alexandra
and Fort Washington, went to Mount Yer
non, once the home, but now the tomb @
GEORGE WASHINGTON. 1t is very pleas
an.ly situated on a high bank of the wide
spreading waters of the Potomac, fftee
/ miles below the Capitol. The house, wit
everything pertaining to it, remains
much the same condition as when Wash
; ington died, sixty years ago. The furn
d ture, the pictures, &c, are now seen as i
F. left them. But the buildings, the plants
!, ton with its surroundings, and even III
c vault in which he sleeps in perpetual $
- lence, bear the evident marks of deca..
i ploinly showing that the world, with all /
: honors, sis passing away" Thousant
i and thousands annually visit this long-t
. be remembered spot, anxious TO obta
e, some relic to carry away, in happy +
- membrance of the "father { f his country
y Though Washington should be admire
re ,s for the excellent qualities of his heart al
'd for the signal service he has rendered l.
country, yet there is, evidently, in
T. minds Of some, tendency to worship
g name of Washington, rather than to I
! spect it. The property of Washingto
- including his extensive tracts of lands
~ various places. was, at the time OF lis G
he cease, estimated at $43O, 600.
! The lands adjacent to Washington G
and Baltimore are level. but extreme
for barren and unproductive This is indie
n ted by the small growth of shrubbery, l
having soil sufficient to produce ma