The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-06-12
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From the New York Herald. !

Wheatand, the attractive and favorits home
and estate Of the late ex.president, comprises an
area of about twenty five acres Of the most beau
tfuy located and diversified land to be found in
Pennsylvania while the characteristic variety Of
landscape and fertilitysof Lancaster county has
fairly entitled 1t to the appellation Of the "Garden
of the Keystone Stste.n Wheatland lies about
two miles west of the center square Of Lancaster,
on the south side of the Marietta turnpike. In
approaching it from the town clump of ancient
ard stately trees of exuberant foliage, crowning
tie summit Of gently swelling bill, arrests the
at ention on the left as the foreground OF scene
of surprising though peculiarly tranquil and pas
toTal beauty.
Between this emineuce and the spectator the
country falls away in charmiDgly undnlated
and varying series Of rolling meadow and lowland,
skirted in the hazy mellow distance by the hol-
lowing cTests of q line Of hills, whose wooded
SUBMITS kiss the dim horizon. Saving here and
there afew tufts of somber evergreeLs, the inter-
yenDg space is clad in rich gsrniture OF heavily
cropped fields of wheat, whose waving blades aud
stalks bend and billOw like the heavng Of tide
in the stimulating breeze. On the right the view
is bounded by an upland, also carpeted with the
rich green Of a hundred fields of wheat, that
shakes its tasseled and pennoned tips against the
sky, while directly 10 front the white and dusty
road trails its wavy length over hills and down
the slopes until lost, as It crawls between the
trees which surround the Wheatland mansion and
overhanging the road, and cluster of trees d.
recty opposite, the northern side of the pike.
Looking directly onward through the gap In the
fOll8ge Wlere tno drops out Oh bgRt De-
yond the hills crest the vision is bounded by an
expanse Of choicest farm land, checkered with
forest, and dotted with the rural homes and
princely granaries Of some Of the most ourishing
| huebandrlen of Pennsylvania. q
Approaching still nearer the foliaged crest on
the lett the crimson bricks Of the Whestland man
| sion peep warmly through the leaves and branches
of the veil of evergreen and perennial trees sur
rounding them. The house stands about twenty
rods from the roadside, at the eminence OF q
slope dotted with pine, cedar and ash of luxu-
| rant growth, and covered with a sward Of tall
| and sweetly scented Indian grass. GrAveled
walks, whose entrances are through open gates,
| lead curving up this slope, and converge after
| creeping through arbors of lilac and "sn0wball"
| bushes at the foot of fight of three or four
| steps ascending TO porch supported by PLAIN
| cylindrical columns. The mansion proper Is of
| quaint and modest appearance, two stories high,
| with doTmer windows and heavy wooden shutters,
| painted white, the wings, or extensions Of the
central or main building, being of two stories in
| height. The front entrance is broad srched
| doorway, leading into a spacious vestbue ex-
/ tending through the house to the rear, where "
debouches upon a lawn lying on the still ascend
ing slope. On either hand, in the hallway, lie the
| various apartments all Of which are finished in
the simple style of by-gone days, but with an un-
| DistakGbe air Of completeness and comfort per-
| vsdiDg every part.
| The furniture is all of a massive and elegant.
| though somewhat antiquated, pattern. singuarly
BETTING the habitation Of the late tenant OF tbs
| now loTdless abode. In the southeast corner OF
| the upper floor of the main building is q room OF
| moderate dimensions, of staid ana somber APP
| pesrance, furnished with q bedstesd of old
| fashioned design, with high posts heavily turned.
| On table lay q Bible in heavy leathern bindings.
few chairs of ancient workmanship are ds.
posed about the room, and plain dark carpet
covers the fOor The only ornaments IN the
apartment are two pieces OF embroidery, known
among ladies' samplers," wrought by the
mother of the late president in her early life,
and inscribed simply Buchanan" In this
room, and reclining on this bed, the illustriou:
man Who has so recently departed bresthed out
bis spirit in calm repose on the morning OF the
| lst Of June, 1868. --
An air of the most profound Stiffness and calm
seemed to pervsde at all times the domain of the
late ex chief magistrate, and q peculiar fitness
has always suggested itself in connection with
the place ss an appropriate retreat Tor one
whose life had been busy record of events inti.
mately associated with the history, government
and diplomacy of a great nation In many of the
most nomentous periods Of its career. IL was q
place where the tired and great mental powers
that had been distraught with the labors and re-
ponsibiities of State and critical national crises
might rest and drink in, with sufasing refresh
ment, the tranquility of peaceful close Of life.
|
There were three lady reporters at the women. :.
| rights convention. whom the New FORK Sur
| sketches as follows: " Miss Ada Fessenden Craig
of Chicago, was garbed in tight-ftting black silh
| pants, green silk double breasted vest aud greJ
| paletot, which reached little lower than he
| Lips. When she got warm ~ her "ork, sn'
| opened her psletot, crossed her iegs-placing hel
right foot on the left knee, and upon the elevated
limb was placed her psper-and piled her calling
| with the utmost nOnchalance. The, other VA
dressed in orange colored silk-silk knicker
| booker pants, loose vest and flowing tunic tight
| eped around the waist. The Knickerbocker pant
are finished by elastics, the remainder OF the reg
epcased in thin flesh cOlOred skin-tight stockings
The third reporter belongs to the keyolauon
dressesin in black, without hoops, immense Panam'
| hats disheveled hair, green stockings and pru
nela CATERS. She is said TO be orisk OF local.
Ap INTERIM THoMAs.-A Washington dispstcl
TO the Louisville Courier says: Was ad interim