Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1864-12-07
THE SALE OF MONTICELLO.

: Acorrespondsnt of the Lynchburg Republican
sends that papar an accounted the sale Of Monti.
cello the former residence ofThomas Jefferson. It
was sold under the con6scation act The letter says
. large crowd was present, and
g" ADohg them was Captain Jonas P. Levy, bro
ther of the deceased owner Of Monticello. After
the deputy marshal had proclaimed the decree ofthe
District Court Confederate States of America, and
the terms Of the sale Captain Levy stated that he
did not come there to interfere with prevent the
sale in any way, and that while he for the present.
waived his rights in the premises be Intended to bid
stated that one acre of the pace-the Cemetery OF I
Thomas Jefsrson-was reserved in the sale, and t
Captain Levy said his mother was sso inferred on /
the place. and he hoped whoever became the par.
chaser Of Monticello weuld let her rest in peace
Monticello was put up and the first bid was SO 900,
tine last $50 800 and Lieutenant Colonel B. E. Flck-
lin the purchaser. ~. u - y '5-FrF-r
"The lard at Buckeye, nine hundred and sixty
one acres, was bought it is said, for the Confede
trste government At eighty eight dollars per acre
|[$sl ,6a5-by j. e. Parker. The first negro man,
Fuke brought s., 900; the next, Fleming $7,450;
Lewis $3.50; John, sold to Captain Jonas P Levy,
4 for 81, 400. A negro woman, with seven children,
one to the breast, 1913 100, to B. B. Fcklin; three
girls, from five to nine years old I'll 000 and two
smaller girls, So, 200. An old man and wife Was put
Y up and withdrawn, a the marsual would provide
I privately for their support
81 The bust of Mr.. Jefferson which stood in the
hall on fluted Corinthan pedestal, brought only
$50, and will still retain its place, IS Mr.. Flckln re-
| purchased it. The piano.forte brought $1,000;
sldeboard with marble top, $50; the model Of the
United States frigate Vandalia was bought BYE. p
Levy for 500; washstand, 5000; cows, from $500
to 10 each yakeof oxen, 81 800 shoas, from $50
to 500; threshing mschine, 5000 The bust of
Voltaire was sold, but what it brought I do not
know; it was said to have been Mr. Jeferson's-
The amount of sales was $780, 900.
In ONT of the rooms in the upper story was the.
body Of chair or onehorse sulkey which Mr. JET
ferson used to ride in from Monticello to Phladel-
dhia when he was Secretary of State. Standing in
front Of the house, piece of land IF two hundred
acres was pointed out to me by Mr.. Randolph which
Ar. Jefferson purchased for bowl of punch, and
several hundred acres for FIVE cents.
| visitors have defaced the walls of the house by
scribbling their names over them. Hundreds of them
can be seen and read on each side of the front en-
trance to the ball pieces of the bust OF Mr. Jefer
son were chpped oft chairs, tables, mirrors,
broken and destroyed, and in some cases mementoes
Of rare virtue and art have been pufloined, while
the family resided here as well asn their absence
And the monument of the immortal Leftarson has
been sadly deaced and the fragments carried off as
trophies Or msmentoes from sacred shrine Shame,
shame upon our thoughtless conntrymen why
should they be SO disrespectful to the sepulehre Of
the great patriot of the Revolution A large mum.
Der OF people were present at the SALE"