The national Republican., 1868-12-07
LOCAL DEPARTMENT

RENisIscrscEs OF THE oLDEs TNE::-At
,an shs meeting 81 Oldest
formsriy % % Citizen Of %ssAinstop, % but now q
contains % much Of Interest too to old residents o Of
pVsLiN'WxfSE Co, isP., Nov. IL, 1868.
writing on the envelope OF a paper received
last Wednesday, Containing your essay on the
names Of Turkey Bnzzsrd Point, SC, read re-
tion, for which token Of your remembrance
return my sincere thanks. Ihave read 1t with
pleasure, and put 1t In my scrsp.oook for re-
In relation to the visits OF Indians In daysof
yore to the valley at the foot OF the Capitol
remember to have heard Mr.. George waiter.
son say that party Of them visited spot
near the present depot Of the Baltimore rail-
the appearance OF mound, and place where
the Indians once buried their dead. Mr.. Wat
torston was one of the oldest citizens OF lash
stone OF the Capitol, but whether he saw these
Indians or only read an account OF their visit
to the spot do not remember. When a boy
Ioften sawit 1t was high and dry, surrounded
by marsh, and presume 1t could now be iden-
tined, although 1t may be onsiderably changed.
late dsTs Nj JSme. dseepiesG aoaHn %iss Morri, e,
on the Potomac, and erected many buildings
sy snS Way % S ih' S PS5ton Sa 81 the
fact, there was no point there at all, the loca.
tion being quarter OF mile above the june.
tion OF the Potomac and Anacostia.
Now, it has occurred to me that perhaps
Turkey Buzzard's Point" was originally so.
called In honor OF some gentleman whose name
and that afterwards the Turkey was added
by some ignoramus: However, this 10 only
conjecture. That there have been persons
named Buzzaid is not TO be doubted. Many Of
the old folks remember Mr.. Buzzard, ofGeorge-
town, long since deceased and will take this
occasion to mention little anecdote con-
nected with his name which received from
an old friend, who was the Chief Clerk In the
Indian Ofice, at Georgetown, OF which Gen.
barge and non.intercourse days, followed by
the war of 1912 with England, we had to man.
ufacture our cloth and blankets for ourselves
Mr.. Buzzard contracted with Gen. Mason 10
furnish blankets for the Indians. These blank.
cts had on them the figure OF a spread eagle, or
what was dssigned to represent that noble
Blankets" After the Indians had made trial
OF them, Gen Mason wishing to know If they
the inquiry through the Indian agents at the
stations, They returned for answer that the
blankets pleased them, but that the "buzzardr
had M faded out; They supposed that the name
1t, and being called Buzzard blankets, that the
figure was buzzsrd and not an eagle.
youp account wSFqs of TIber realSn a, TO
creek" which occurred on giving 1t a second
reading. / observed that In designating the
number on which Rome was fpunded, one on .6s Of
the most distinguished OF them had been omit.
ted, and consequently one not so justly enti-
Seven Hills. After the learning and research
displayed BY the secretary OF the Oldest InhAb-
itants on this subject, 1t is with no small DIM
dence that notice this matter, but In doing SO
/ have no desire but to assist him little In
making the resemblance between ancient
Rome and our American metropolis, in their
natural a aa N n aGa xulll
admit Of. Irish Hill, to which have refer
enee as II appeared In my boyhood, is one OF
its of the city. On the south side, the ascent
was pretty steep, and from its summit, the view
down the Potomac was beautiful, very much
the Emerald Isle took possession OF this hill
full of children and potato patches, which
great propriety called Irish Hi, as there was was
not, believe, an adult In any family there
who could ,. Tnderstspd ., or speak the Ensiish
from Its former proportions, to conform It to
the grades Of and other streets nevertheless,
enough OF the outlines remain to show that il
was originally of respectable size.
l cannot now say how 1t happened, whether
II was by invitation or sheer accident, that
meT evening visited the the setiement SSui ia sS cS%
pany with Mr. Henry Hertford, a gentleman
whom some OF the Oldest Inhabitants may re-
evening, and we found on our arrival there a
large crowd assembled on the green, in front
Of the BRIDES dwelling On entering the house,
ofwood in the corner OF the room, and table
set for supper, well supplied with pratees,
cabbage, and other substantisls. ! do mot
reoollect that pound cake was one OF the items
OF fare, or that there was, what 10 called par
sreeileHee, Biddy cakei nor do | remember to
have seen any champagne or Madeiraj bat |
AN very sure that there was no lack OF ".Iokn |
Barley Corn to enliyen the spirits of the |
guests on that Joyous occasion: A little Incl. |
dent occurred at the table, and as my father |
was from the north OF Ireland, may be per. |
mitted to relate 1t without subje cling myself
TO the charge Of casting any re easstion on the
BE sdStted tSat tar for 4 must
perso9' While / Iwas'. '.eated At the table, along.
psrtskIpg Of the .sttlord, actively engaged In
/ 1nutse 4 brought to apauAe on hnding,
ions hS .Iul of cabbage was masticating, a
81 "' .r, but whether II had been the property
.. . cook or the bride, ! never ascertsined.
e. is certain, however, that ! instinctiyely
delivered myself as soon as practicable OF the
unwelcome intruder, and laid down my knife
and fork, which did not resume during the
Had not this trinlng incident occurred, /
have long since been ioTgottenj but It S held a
place In my memory, and has always been as
iooisted with the history OF Irish Hill
broken up and dispersedj hne buildings now
occupy the sites Of the Bhantiesj the children
and the ohildren's children, as they grew up,
intermingled with the surrounding popula-
tionj and, although the name or the history
OF any of them-not even the happy pair at
whose wedding feast l was q guest-it may
fairly be presumed that not few Of them be-
came Intelligent and good citizens OF the Re-
public. But / must return from this dlEres-
sion to the object ! had In Yiew-thAt 10, to
represent the Just claim of Irish Hill to be
ranked among "The Seven Hills" OF our
American Rome; NeyertheieIs, II, after all
| have said on this point, the learned secretary
Of the Oldest Inhabitants should decide to re-
retain "Chieken-cock Hill, !" to the exclusion
of"IEiSh Hill,nI will not contend with him
for the precedence Of the latter, feeling as.
surel that he ia far more capable than to
manipulate the whole matter.
take this opportunity to say that my
Dfotherin-lAw, William II Campbell Informed
me recently that THE Oldest InhA bltants,n OF
whom ne 10 one, were having their photo.
graphs taken IN groups Of about twelve each,
ana expressed the wish that mine could be In
cluded In the number. But, as that cannot be-
] have supposed that a solitary photograph
might be acceptable, and inclose one IeihV
q COPY Of one taken about lsG2 'e