The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1861-11-16

lion u' which h,. been highly scryicllblo to our
merchant marine trriins wi;h thl. part, aud
others south o it,
lu l..5. hr reported AMI cVtculrl still fur
her IS South C,rolinl survey, before making
his q ii rcpor. thereon to tn Government,
which is now pronounced to bo the most a,cu-
rate and p,riecily reliable one in the archives
of th' Sayy Department. Since 1851. he has
lorn actively cnl loy,l on other ,ortions Of tho
coast.
Col. b. appointment 20 his present position
f., 90, will bc seen at once, not only appropriate
Iu, almost mattcr Of necessity to the SUCCESS
o. the great expedition. lie IS cmphatically
The ii Int man in the right place"
I'hc Private Lite nni Prr-onnI Uabi. of
Thomas Jefferson.
\ very Interesting paper on Jefferson at
Monte allo,' was read on Tuesday evening be-
fore the New York Historical Society. II con-
tanned some elaborate statements concerning
tho private life AMI personal habits Of Jrhtr-
,,u. derived from new sources.
Mr. Jeifcrsons estate was quite large. There
we're about ten THOUSAND acres. II was not
profitable estate, b,ius uneven and hard to
ot.. Il' whole W.. dI,il.l into tour plan
lob. tyN 90 cli,f-,' ui an uNtr 'HI. Around
q, l,Il lin., acres ol K Quail were plwlcl with
D..,., ,IHris were very plantitul aul these
.urr also found SC altered over the estate. OF
.u., u' every description thcrr nrn great guam
t.I. The sp' Ik"rhud ury,rsran such place
.r i.t. Muudccll wn3 on high srouul, anl
nit npycr faded. Mr. Jefferson Wa, funl of
mu ,yi he cultivated 1t carsiully; AMI when
h Wsh.n .ioa s'lt hlm Lusc quluti-
... NIugh ho p,osurrl ina nursery in Alex
~. Ill .l,.
fl.pt On every pa. ot his grounds, and just
.h'I, any were mi' sing.
Mr.. Jefferson was very fond Of all kinds of
good stock. The fret full bred Mcrino sheep
in all that portion Of country were imported for
himself and Mr.. Madison while he was Presi-
dent. lie afterwards imported from BIrbary
four lar @ hrOad-tailcd sheep; and also six hogs
nj which General Dearborn hId two But the
horse was Mr. JEFF. rzon's iHyoritc animal; he
was paS,ionitoly fond of tnt, gool horses, AMI
wuull not ride or drive ANYTHING tut high-bred
a i'm Is. Bay Wa, li' la,orite color, he would
have uQ other. john Rudolph woIld have
none hut N,ck hor.es When Mr.. Jefferson
cimc from Washington, at Tie con '!!@Gl''n nj h'4
l'rusid nlal term ho had a new carriage built,
a'oulliug to d.. .m oi his own. The work
vas all done ly his own workmcp, except the
phtin- which WIS done IL Richmond. lie al
WAYS had five horses when he rode out in that
ciuiagg-i four attached to it and one saldle-
Nlrc. These h.d such names a. Washington,
Nrlli ton, Et.lc. Mr.. jefferson would never
allow fh,m to he controlled by r,ins; h, would
not trust hin,'lii bat two servants rode on
horseback, oa,d guilins pair.
Mr.. Jefferson bull, Touring mill while !
Nhcu.1 lived with him; il was a large four
.ory lril'ing and had four run Of stones. lie
also huilt a railway on which ten or twelve per-
sons we've sometimes employed. lie hidh fac
tory for making domestic cloths there were
three 81 inning jcnuios, one with thirty-siN spin
dies, ll,a second with ciShtccn, AMI the smallest
with SIS. There the clothing for all his SER
wants g8s made, and a good del besides. lie
a 90 hat y blacksmith shop.
Nj j itcrson WAS six feet two anl half
inch lish. well prupOr loncd and straight IA a
:ml-harrcl. lie had no surplus flesh. lie was
l.ry d, r1ng; AMI he had machine for me u,ir-
ins strength. Very few men have sven try
il, were a. strong as his son-in-law, Thomas
Mann Randolph: but Mr.. jefferson was stronger
thlu he. lie enjoyed the lest Of health--wa'
never really sick IN his life until his last sick.
ness. His tkiu was pure, he had blue eyes, and
knlnc,s always marked his Coun'enIncc;
which bore a sarencly mild expression; he W.
never disturbed. GA one OCCASION, says Caps
Brown, the narrator, eleven thousand bushels
of olt, were in the mill, the rain fell in torrents
vbcn the water was already high during m
entire night; | got up carly AMI went 20 he
,lnm: soon IL bc-aH 10 break and ] saw the whole
swept away. Iueyrr ie.t worse in my life.
went 10 see Mr.. jefferson about il. lie had just
cHnc from breakfast. On seeing me he inquir-
ci it ! had heard from Ihr mill-dam. repli-
ed hat had just como from there, and that
the dam was all swept away, lie replied, a.
calmly, as thou Il nothing hDl hapLcnvi ina
we must build temporary ono for lis s,asJl,
and that ncrt summer We would mako dam
that could not he washed away
Mr.. Jefferson was always m early flSnr' ana
generally rode out nt dA, ,hroAk or before. ]
have never found him in bed, though oi'cn h'N'
ing occasion to see him very carly IN the morn
ins. thought several time, when ven at an
unusually early hour that would find him IN
hcl--hut there he would be walking on tho
terrace CHE Captain closing with his Lvoritf
cNpres-io straight as gun barrel. Laugh
tor lie never had servant to make a lire IN
hi. room; he always had quantity OF ashes in
thc fir place, and usually kept the fire alive 10y
.1'r,iut it, doinG the work viii his own hands
ilo did not use to1lc 20 In any form, applause;
he never used a IrGf'nc word nor anything kl