New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-25

II use his own phraseologythrty- -six, thlnk. IN
all, and that for the last eight years he mao on b
twenty-five cents for medlclnoi but tna' "nv E ~
heard of this war coming on be bargained DIS iar a.
forty dollars per acreabout three hundred acfes-a
going to some town to live, az be was advanced
in years but after it really broke out the apd
past three times with large arples, ana tne Eoru
only knows what win become Of US all his iaea
was that 1t all the politicians fault that tne
poor quiet-going farmers did not understand what ~
was all about; that there no need OF war; they
would all rather loose half they worth than have
it 60 that he never thought it would come TO ths
that he should require pass from man ne nad never
seen before he could 60 from one field to the other on
bis own farm. The and other vegetables looked
exceedingly well; the former being twice my own
hight. Oathouses and barrs In good order, with a
garden and plenty of shIubbery; also, shade trees
planted along the whole frontage on the highway on
both sides. An exceedingly comfortable place except
in war time. The house was an old style one, with
stoop at elevation Of seven or eight feet rom the
ground -foor-the lower part being bali devoted, aP
parently, 10 the ebony portion OF bis three-dozeh
family. 1t being divided off under the stoop by
white washed lattice work, through which tat ana
fnnny looking curly bead would occasionally peePat
the stranger while above, surrounded ralInI is
covered literature ia their hands, terhaps readihe
about the difference between a cavalier OF toc sA-
teenth and one of the nineteenth Centuries but up
rides the messenger. Three letters are hahoeu 70 vac
Captain. One is private; one contaius my pass port
and note the other the following short but satisfactory
document: A..
"Fs~ Mr 81 Lady r. ,rd Mr. R.h h s1si,Gs n IT, In the
'''''N Col. isl Cavalry Commanding"
This says the Captain, will he good as long as Gen. en-
Stewart commands here" Lieutenants, esccr. Tue
carriage mast the lines" Goodbye to the Southern
Confederacy for tho present. have bat on hour ana
half 70 get the boat expect 70 be, and really am 700
late aud have ths pleasure Of killing an evening ahd
numbering night ia very BAD note ~ AlcAahu;m.
where of the i5 600 inhabitants - 600 quietly but
no less determinalely "ior Secession. There Is no
evadiug the fact Some sIeaS openly and assert tha!
no Union man, or, as they term H. 'onoinSslohist,
will be allowed 20 live in or do business mere yer
thew drive out their 'iuvadets." Reiuriugto Wash
ingion. l found there wac no certainty whether we
should or should not Gee, any SecC ,sicn pckes IN
going to Mount Vernon ard contrary to the advice OF
many military and other friends we made piepaai hs
for the trip the next day. II Taued H. The morning
the 1st), but We got of hy tie II o'clock toat ior
Alexandria, obtained new passes from tie General OF
the Division ,uow Davies, aDd proceeded t. pass
all pickets, and a' $50 toqnd oare'Yes approach
ing, by a rocky and rugged way, through native
forest, the home aud resting place OF the greatest
man of the world. ieeliug Of dbGppUint.
ment, marked and decided, war my frs; emo
ton as we slowly logged up tie hill over roadway
filled with aid rocks washed ou. Of their beds
bv late heavy rans ard cutters that neatly upset our
vehicle On orr right were the long ROW Of dlari.
dated and irregular bIt barns and sheds, of ehPs,
some of them once inbaiIcd ~ tie domerics-ali al.
tached and seeuinelv tnih by sections as required aud
ON the lett witowsthcj picket fence ia state o de.
cay and pstchednp rencyaticns with large icSs aud
Uncut fire wood spread aiou9 toe wR!biie. Hui'e GUY
We turn TO the Iight, sud encounter " DADDY and
NANNY an old ellored couple, who inhatil small!
wooden cottage between the hicresaid kheds sud Ee
vcritable nausi1n, that We are noW separated from
only by gateway aid very short space o. Quad
Tie oli couple Stem glad 10 seo visitors sgar. nobody
but An occs opal soldier has visited thtm for over two
months they saw I'VE be nivtr so lonely before for
twenty four yci. ss dis Samuer says shs seemingly
honest old resident. " Msssa be- IN ttar. te con-
~ ,l4 Kern
under tho "Ladies Mount Vernon As'o-
ciation," approaches rs from tho inner square,
US We splroaca Tic building from the rear
quarter. lie otnlot !. IA irpf OF u.s. wirg on
each side o. us extending hack IN rear Of the main
building and the ca,dcn in the acros the snail
square or yard upon which we DOW stand. We then
ya.g directly through the main hall about IL feet wide
with opening oil On each .de, 20 te frot pi@f,
"a lookipg out UpOn slCp Ing aud roliiug aUn, frnged
wi trees and hawers sn1 ,htubbery, with here and
there ~ oTening where the POiOra" aff ehs out %
yards distant. The hoase, ia no fes IT. oItsijie
country mansior il o vcry uodcfaic irctcu of bu
ouie home with pleasing ~, ,peci. In the corner
Of the right wiug Was Ten. NEiingtout Ll5lary
ard Study, WITH narrow tisifc:st icadns 70 fis bed
,oon above Gle room bttwccD the .iso OF On erdi-
nary bedroom aud q small reception ROOM whore The
Father OF tits dbtfucted couviry hrcsthsd ~ a-i,
afier setting an sxsinie tsi htd been 10 iowsd
together with his ofi-rcpested advice, Wonid bave
saved the uaton and his owu uesr relations Tho dis-
honor Of atteropDa 10 overthrow and hslnem6er the
fabric thGt be- no proudly gsyc existence. II may
not be remembered by al tia. Washington was
Shareholder andlsO married. Ars. CGsts, who o@ ned
stili more slaves tlsn himfoi III hei own iigIt.
Washington TicWs slavery arc well krown
ns recorded ia his correspondence with Lafayette
on this sabjtct, but sill more e%Tholt we're bi'
cts when al is death bed lee freed all BIZ sllves.
Hal this example been followed by the nDtion, the IN"
habitaLts wOud not be az war around bis grave,
Mr. Gusts Wa hngton did Eot free herr, hut Con.
Lee VINO il.eri.ed Nos. OF them ttio1gh inarri'ge
with Ter dsas sb'er, is now commander IA ihe Con
n ia 4 al
John Angliatns Washington ~ "a Colooel Ia wha. Is
now TENED the " Rebel Camp lie !. az wt might,
81 least sapIosej four deeTecs from l1e General Law
reI ee Washington the Genei c itas, ofo her, bnit
fbo center or main body Of the ho2fe at Mount Ner
non, and the General built me winph The whole
property iucl,des sboIt 5000 acFea bit tiie iades
have, o. ly Bought atO1, 80 imneoLarey tlfroobdtg.
Afer looking through the various rooms, aud a. ihe
various articles bot trw thought that rennja--ths
old bar1sicosd luisds by firm ia Chtspsdt LondOnj,
the ewing futoenausd by bimse IN surveying
Lord FsrfaX lands lfIo1l which fuiriaA County ahi
CoI t-lopso took tier nane tie key gwen bn' by t-
Eyetie &c., weproceed to Tie old a1niy Vait where
bis reuant were first deTo'Iied, ard thence 10 bis
tomb on which is iuscribel; "Wiilin this aclosure
rest the remains of Ger. George Washington We
Lok in npon hs uame, simply cut Oh the top, and
cndelvOr TO overlook inscription on the end 10 RS
bad tascc rs speIliug running" his c0rcophagas
was donated by JOIN StTutb1rs Oi PblaaelpAls, IN
p37." IL ia in keeping, however, with BOOK we hnd
a tabls 10 no hall where Tue vsiior i"i1e Gnu pe
Inscribed but where the tulcd lincs mean snb,crr
lion OF another knd and tie little tin boz at It's ye
with email hole in i,s TOP, was 10 say tno least very
sugge. .tiye. Well, We opened ~ we looked we
tIought; We inscribed; We subscrib d TO the memory
of The an who lived 10 cTcste nation Oiu o colonies
but moi 10 cement aDd-5tye it, II begs u build bn
monument but poufs out untold millions 20 perPeuaie
wba. he abhorrsd. We net DO ltrudeIs from either
line, and tie keeper furthermore slIei lidl hos one
Of Alexandra; yet Ne resd on ouf way ihi'her the
following: