, 1869-05-12

branch feel that yon old tueli1g ground Ia
somehow 1t the bottom Of l.
The old man looked Is Il = chill out uf the
ewampy street had struck him I felt little
shiver OF II myself.
.'For, look you. si., " he said AIT the bad luck
that has come TO us ance the year 1s0o when that
little gully, half mile nom sas village, became
human cockpit. che nr1t man known TO have
been Killed there Wa Hopkins, IN 1914, but II WAS
Aplzce Of tuetug almost - eatJ a. Washington
became the capital, and army md uavy and poll
uctans, ali h!sh-suung, got 10 be our uetghhors,.
First We lose our chips, Then we lose our water,
and our Wharres stand high and dry on land, 80
that duck can't turn where brig used 70 anchor.
Then We lose our good name; for the British Army
turns Washington In the re4r and makes Us RAM
part to cover their operations Right over rhe
jne!nE ground, the Field OF Honor, our militia
cut dirt, and btadensburX Is held accountable for
the sucking Of the capital No run Of good tuck
begins, We lose the atage coaches. The soit gifts
poos. Our mineral spnng that's got no superior
In the Middle States, attracts nobody, The eoys
grow up bad Upor my soul, can h4rdly te called
4 calamity that our n1ggers ace *maneipated.'
"Ay BlhdensburX friend, 1t Ia Just eighty yesrs
aimee William P1nkney, Of Annapolis described
Btaaenaourg 1t the present day tn these wor1a:
Never Will your country be productive; never Will
Its agriculture, III commerce, or It's manufactures
nourtsh, 20 long as they are dependent upon re-
lnctAnt londsmen for their proRresA Even the
very earth itseN. - Montesquteu says, which
teens prufusion under the cu!uvating hand Of the
freedom laborer, enrtnfs into barzenneas from the
communicating sweat Of : slaye-'"
The DCxILIN0 0RoCND n 1868.
We passed, 50 speaking, the tumbe-lowa
Esorcs ea* rest1ges Of the ancient piers and
bridge, creased the new bridge In the eariy even.
Ing, and saw negroes, lars 10 the thighs waainz
In Iee pools with herring uetst plash1n8 the sur-
face McaQuGe with rods, to drive the herring in.
beyond the bridge, the road, by rising undula-
tons went toward WAshlngtou-a hard clay
road, fenced On either side; to the left,
ran meadows down to the sedey brink q. sae river:
on the right was mill and farther on a.haudsome
farm and burns Hall \ mile FROM the bridge, the
road dipped slightly to pass szAlt stone bridge Ut
one arch. Beneath this bridge brook, nearly ,ry,
had washed guch In the clay 10 the depth Of eight
oFten feet aud this galch crossed the roa obqne!y
washing out the oelds TO the same depth on either
sl1e. The gulch was tweive feet wide, and to pre-.
vent II from carrying on the bridge heavy piles
were driven It both ends Of this structure.
Clutches or 1" washes' Ike this account for sne
bold LANDSCAPES and barren soils rouni Washing
ton. and IT d the opinion Of Mr.. Higanle, Of the
cozst Surrey, that tho whole Chesapeake Basin Is
slowls nllln3 up.
There Is no name for. the book which once ran
acrnks not under, the road and Was : clesr Of 4
muddy stream, ~ the weAthe. might permit. In
those days there was no deep ditch as 1t present,
hut the brook flowed down = narrow, grassy vai-
ley, which still meanae14 through the rolling neids
By long and graceful curves. 4 piece Of dry
marsh, tt mig he called, winding through hllls
and concealed trom observation except from the
ends. The passenger on the railroad can look
down the whole length OF 1t now ~ he rides BY,
and In GONE summers he viii see cattle grazing in
II, In Others he n III nnd It planted With Indian
corn or buckwheal
This is the famous duenIng ground OF Bladeus-
burg. descended from the road and stood on
the spot where Decatur fell, and in no direction
could see suy building, except the tip Of harm
gable, across the East Branch, three-quarers Of a
mile distant
"Theu Commodore Decatur fell yer, In 1850, -
sa4d the eyewitness, "there were trees masking
this gully from the road, and many trees aud
bushes growing along lts hauks- The gully itself
was clear and gra2sy As you see 1t to-day. In
.atrtsge passing along tue road you wouldn't have
known anybody to be near BY. .Iwas boy aud
remember well; for these things made IN impress
sion on me, and1 aneaked Into the bushes and saw
the duel happen"
THE pcrL BETWEEN BARRON AND DECATUR.
Before O'Clock in the morning, on the esd day
OF March, 1seo, Commodore Stephen Decatur rose
lrum the side Of hts wife and put On hls cltixcnb
clothes. She was used 10 parting win him, for IN
their fourteen yearsof married tIfr he t.,f onne
many times to ser nn,i IN 1a,,1e lie c,sn+ so1,lr
down the stairs, and, passing through his spacions
hail. encountered only his old negro servant the
companion OF his yoJRges, who Wxa alert and &C.
quatnted with the purposes Of the DAY. The old
man had thrown open the windows OF the draw.
tns.rpou,, and round h. TsIls Dcca,nr s,w the
trophies and 11lus,r.ton. nj hit l,e hi. nor,.,.s
md The PAINTINGS M hts ronat ~e1.,r,1s, hat+;s.
pn,d met.a,s and ,o,d .wa,ds ~ ,i,, ~ ,nn,soss
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farther on1 parrszIv.nt, sr.nra
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esooe hin Thtr1y thonssnd nronle rorn14srd ,ha
citizens. the Errrets verr snarseIr Ind nth
hoCses. the walking mn thr .,nn.s ~ C.n,to, M,
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WHICH Tnsnhr,tr. n..c,.,-.v s..o,a n,e ch..,r..
Al she had lain Ia de@p water Oh 81. Nary.a IN
the ro1onac River, getting ready for sea, Captain
Elliott came aboard, ou the anniversary OF Deca-
tufe wedding and the time. place, distance and
weapons wesr solemuly selected
Duelling With Stephen Decatur had been partly
fastirne, IN ratt passion. He had Wf1tten some
eenttneuH to the contrary, but hla nfe dlsprored
theu- We have perhaps never had ane6Amp1e In
America, certainly neveE III the North,
Of family 10 conspicuous In du-
citing as Decatus'a. His house was already
The home Of the widow and orphans Of hls brother
in-laE JameA McEntrht ahnt t1eAd At Tnrhorn