The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-02-05
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Some men are born great Others have
greatness thrust upon them. Mr. John a.
Washington enjoys both advantages. The
name of WAsmAGIos ia Virginia 10 first Of
the J., j. Va, aud parish fame and grand
eur accordingly we're Johns from the start
When he succeeded Bushrod to the Mount
Vernon Estate, he became he chief ~ an the
Potomac clans, sud, like the Highland torch
on q Hill, his light was seen by the surround
Ing mullitudes. hut this hereditary emf
hence did not complete the greatness Of Mr.
John 4, Washington. lie has become great
on his own account We Is jolly dog, lie
knows The effect Of the Anupathiotirs which
constitute the essence Of wit, Only keep the
nation Ia good humor Give them combi.
nation Of sentiment and wit, and they'll be
good customers. That was the secret Of the
tazor-strop man, First he made you weep
Then he shade sou laugh, Then he made
YOU buy his strops, Now Mr., Everett, act
ing for Mr. John A, Washington, makes NJ
weep. We go down as pilgrims 10 Mount
Vernon We gaze IN halloWed eohtary oyel
the spot where the Ashes moulderi where
citizen and alien, American and Biton
democrat and royalist, alike worship the
memory Of the Great where the fires Of In
tsrnational hates and old wars are quenehed
in fearful admiration, aud where the fame OF
the Departed ceases 10 be American by rad
aung over the entire world. This IL ia,
sentimental part But suddenly comes III,
cry, "Gents, all this is for sale-price 5000,
BOO" Then we laugh, And so the bargain
viii be tlinohed. Few men have such org
nal advantages as he, and none have awaited
themselves Of natal superiorities In the same
way.
Ia 1920, portion of the Mount Vernon
negroes VERT sold by Buthrod Washington
the New Orleans market, much to their
griefand astonishmcnt, for the poor creatures
had always been under tie Impression that
they were Handicapped by the win. What
Mt John a. Washington may do in imitation
Of his predecessor may not be asserted posi-
lively. We have already seen that like d
fine old Virginia gentleman, he lives of the
wages Of colored women and "boys," whom
he hires out. But more than this-Thc Bal
timore Sun, published in that oily where "Thc
Star Spangled Banner" was indited under
the duplicate fires Of war aud liberty, puls
fishes the following advertisement;
~ EOn REWAHD.-Run away from my
IpCOO farm near Salem, Ia Fauquicr County,
Virginia, my MONO Man, yoB. Joe Il abou,
twenty -one ears old five feet ten or eleven inches
high. AND very dark, though not entirely black
color. IL has a very plain deep scar on hs throat
II think on his right side His address and
frhhucfs are polite lie was purchased short
time since from Mr.. John Richardson. near Der.
fyNille, Clarke County, Virginia, aud will proba.
bly, 20 either In that Ill Erection Or toward the Point
OF Rocks. One Hundred Dollars reward will be-
paid for him II taken In Virginia, the District Of
Nolumbia or on the Potomac River. Two hundred
dollars II taken In Maryland, and hall " what
lac will sell for in Alexandria II taken clacwhcfc.
In any event TO be secured and delivered To me,
In the County Jail ~ Alexandria. Va, before tho
reward Is paid. JOHN A, WASHINGTON.
Mount Vernon, Va, Jan..li, 1859.
Five hundred dollars reward Where arc
the blood-hounds ? Where are the black,
whiskcred square. jawcd uilians, with rcyol-
Vers, whips, and chains and oaths, to set
them on? A slave whose address and man
ners are polite" has dared to leave Mount
Vernon, and to turn his back on the tomb
Of the Father OF his Country, and the heir Of
that great abolitionists name and estates Of
fers $500 for hi, capture! DO we under
Stand that this $500 will be derived from the
Nuuut Trru0if ia#TiJiii which 90 iAafiY excel
lent persons are now toling TO accumulate 2