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nates the Old s.u.. saa cheer Up !. saasu,
bee l:snt h.d been set Ia IL dark.
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hle l:snt hsd been set ii IL DARK.
1n9G sCKyKHY.
Te c1usa the Eax1 AfAnch bridge o7et the ka.oe'
uiEat Which eehaed eaaa hoots Q: Booths and
4Is.oEd4 Aa1ses ne ;sass the grard-house Of
heavy, tA1k4eoyezed t14tera. ioophoedv Standing
ri, rne1e Boofh wza zasha!enged- We leave to
the right the tu1uptk4 Euad he utd along IN
The night, going doth l1to the neck8 and
Gwampa Of Chaaa coanty-pAin IN his broken
ankle, the 1resa ecst&cy q hts tsss murder IN bis
temp.ez, the thought Ct he x1oused theatre be
hind, and Death Gta1ktEg IN 70 8to2 the play Ike
the naoss ss11tnx actor of them all We turn north
ward along that tank of tie East Branch opposite
Warrington, anil gernatfi- landscapes lie along our
road Now tEpm sor,e crest We s<e the city
aeroH the water, with. Arlington crowned fu
beJond 1t, 1od Georgetown CoQe8e tosTtts stand
Ing In the pl1nance Of s0tset. Now we deseend
into SONS nook, where nature has moi one neigh
bor, except some nsh-hask, struggling TO hlsst-
ed trto top with 4 he11u.Y In its bea1- Thefe the
c&rnihA bird eats screaming, IL II rrTenze we're
In III appetite; and ruund sne base Of its column
lies Eottiug timber, swept down by frequent fresh
cts from the old forts abGEc.
Again We n.c through b .astne to hill. where
We arc almost levea with the nearest hreastNork,
and can look through its falling eEatrasuseA
Some negro hiss built ht4se!f cabin Of the umbers
Of tts bomb proof, and r. gray smoke cGtIs into
pAtchcs Of nr t1ees, whesa his hut elngs 10 the
heishts p1ecas1ous'y. Turning again toward the
city, We Sec, scross the uve1, the Poor Ho1se Of
Washington. 1 new brlck mAnaton on the site Of
that elder Poor Epusr where died
Tommy Butts. ths brother Of the
farmer. Da.y Du,ns xno owned much
Of tho site Of II ashlnElaa- both were Scotch farm
e1a; hrs tho laws Of es1noxeniture were patent
IN Aaz7!snd then. Thtt daughter OF Dar5 Busos
married ACaogFesEmankad1 1aseps under fnAuso-
leum. While Tommy turned hpm barren f3rulnS
to the flowing bowl, and made his aposheeaA from
the Poor House Looking still across the n7er We
see In darker wrinkle Of the gEaagy blu1a the
Cemetery Of Congress, Of little repote IN these
days Of greater places Of interest," bat good enough
To tale the bones OF mighty George Clinton
and Ebrtdge Gerzy, two Of our Vice Presidents.
and Of William Witt Now In m unpopular qusr-
ter the graveyard gets only the bones Of prtvae
souls, and therefore ancient fame has some show
In 1t beyond the 1each Of shoddy and style"
Wit Mas born In Wadenshusg, hamlet which
row bears out the reputation Of Nazareth Al We
keep steadily toward it, the nyer breaks tn view to
our LETT sometimes, widening In 4 meadow, deep
ening under woody bluff. flowing narrowly BE-
tween the bushes md wtl1oWA TN the right the
heights a1e vigorous with timber. The sains have
cat broad, n1z1nJ swaths, Of tho Width Of broad
ctr street round tho caps Of these heights, and
0AVt( ~4C A4AA4E wv AAA*N @*S0R~A AFV AAAAAk]a NJ
nore, In enc Of these narshy cores, lies the duel-
Nng ground of Graves and CIicy.
THE "GRArE AND s11Lr " DCE1-
You cannot cure the HladeusburX and Washing
ton villagers Of their belief that this duel between
Jonathan CuleJ. Of Maine. a Democrat, and ". T.
Graves, Of Kentucky, u Whtg, was fought on any
other spot than the regular ducl1lng ground At
EladensburK. It was in truth fought here In Aar1-
boro. and one Of It's survivors, Nr. 1ones, uf Wis
constu. Cnlcy's second, walked over
the ground with q newspaper reporter
several yeArs ago He paced the
distance, Il an not mistnformed, placed the men
IN imagination, again, and related the story With
the vivid Interest Of AT actor In L. In Ike man
ner, Aaron B3rT Is said TO have exhibited the bat.
tie ground on HeehaFken Heights, where he dllet
Hamilton, aud told with tho last minutcuess tht
circumstances Of the tragedy. More people live
who figured on this site Of C1lleya death than sur
rive almost any historical combat
FtIBt, there IS James Watson Webb, our Late
noisy Minister Resident At RIO IAneiro, and ths
especial pet Of Nj. Seward, who WAS the ori9tna
vitality, and Cley has teen deAd more than thlrtJ
years. WebbB quarrel IVES the ca1se Of CtlleJ'i
death as much Is Il Ind pot substitute into bat
tie md he had been shot IN my place The repor1
Of Congress e1taut upon this subject SAYS:
:" The committee entertain no doubt that James
Watson Webb has been guilty Of breach Of psiyt-
leges Of the House; but theT also concur unAnl.
moQsy In the opinion that II there be any real
ground to believe that conspiracy 10 aasasslDatc
Nil Cf11cy actually existed, as set forth In m afro
sworn to and published IN the New York G,nrit'
and Eqsers, he be left to the chasilscnent Of the
court OF law and Of public opinion and thar ihe
House will consult its own dignity and the public
interest BY bestowtng On him 90 farther notice"
In this elastic world, however, public opinion
goca backwaG.t often, and Mr. Webb has had hil
full share Of honora despite the opinion Of Con
gresA One ol our Prcsitlents, Jackson, anu ont
Of ON Vice Presidents, Bnr1, have Killed people II
ducla. Jsckaon was nevertheless E7tscd to tot
Chief Msgstrncy.
Next, there live Of the family Of the successful
duclltst Ar. Graves, his widow and several chl
dteu- The present writer has had the pleasure O.
being visitor II the house Of Mr. Graves 50 re-
Gently AZ 1sS6. 1t il In Louisville, and now tht
home Of 8 ton-in-law, Nj. Osborne, q Journalist
Said the latter to me on that occasion:
MI. Gath, NH Gsases never know her bus
bands Whereabouts On the day Of that duel I'll
that duel was done"
Next, there exit both Of the rifles used On tha
1cld and the fatAl one Is possessed By the heirs
John c. Rycs, who lived but + nile or two ffon
the plsce Of conflict
And Lastly, old Henry 4 Wise, Is living, Graves
Second, himself hanging on to life By the ea1s mt
cyelds, and soon TO he summoned into the pres
ence Of old John BroWn- In th!sdutl he MAS th'
industrious bagpipe.
I stooti On this lonely spot few days ago, a.
have said, and thought again how contemplate
every man In the afray must have feit Thei
CtlicJ dropped hts ride With gTosn, cried to th'
next mau, ~ am shot, - pressed both hands upor
h1 wuunu and fell dead. The scene Of the bcastiJ
tournament t. not known to b. such By any Of tht
naghboss now. It ts lonely a. Il cursed but shs
Haf{Atr OF honor Ia An old bArn-rarH tradition
long expired, At least tn that neighborhood.
I shall send you In ny next = talk upon De
caturH fatal neld Of combat y Bladen8bu1Y.
GtTtF