, 1869-06-03

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re their roar hnd concluded the multitude were
back to Warrington by hack, eaHtage
nd the nervous vehicle called 6hanks' fnare. For
mother ye4F tho patriot dead Afa LETT to tho utr-
upr Of woods and the change Of seAsona high
10 On the tahlelsnd theJ MARCHED over 30 often IN
be var, and In stght Of the old forts they guarded
o trustfui}r. passed the boundary Of Arlington
;erhetery and looked out upon this mighty (and-
pcapc, ssill open, housclets and undivided by
epees or wa1ls-a y1st stretch Of broken land with
n,eksaz Of scrub hrusn and rank weeds covering II,
ew houses in all the prospect-hut ksrurs, Like
upsy, Is working wtih al her bastard strength to
lrnpe The ruined land with 1esetation, and 7tnt1-
>ate It from the cuEse Of pride and unpaid laoor.
AH1lHor OK Is ~ HEIRLOOM
4 ruu1autc person, standing 10 IN tho twilight, |
:culd hare been visited b. Is many ghosts as he |
wanted 10 conIare up, Yty own mind passed ata1 |
from these g1ayes, where lay the dht1inl common |
men Of cur age, who had cot problems which IN
Alexander bad long struggled to mite, TO the
earlier historic. period when the Seeds Of these
eravestones were sown IN the soil Of Virginia In
ttls Arlington mansIon culmlnated the historic Pc
nod Of tho great family Of TWO hundred 1earp $50.
In the perxon Of old Hr. Custs tho builder ol This
house, almost erury gentle family Of Virginia
Planters apl,courlets was repIesentcd-the Lee1,
Parteses, ByEds. Rando1phs, Cslrerts and custtscs
with Washington himself thrown u Vt tns end.
And here ID the effect Of all that h4ughty and
enormous personal eiy1l1zation-A vast graveyard,
with Arlington House for iis portal.
j.. Without chict or child OF his own, Washing
ton, In his severe way. adopted The grandchildren
Of hts wife, and this old man, who has been dead
jrst dozen years, xas the solitary atcp-son Of
the Father Of his Country, and the .fasher-n.lav
Of the greatest OF Its enemies G. #. P. CustAt
WAS born at Mount Atty. Maryland, between the
Relay House and Frederick City, sixteea years be-
fore WnshingtonH death. Mount Airy had been
the seat OF his mothers fathes. Benedict Calvert,
a descendant OF Cecil Lord Baltimore. Ills own
father fell tn love with Nelly Calvert when he was
10 yrars old, and the pair hved On an estate
called Abingdon. close by the present city OF
Warrington. John Adams appointed Washing
TOMS wneb grandson TO Cotnetship In the Cnited
s.atcs Army; but Warrington dying, left Gusts
1.-the tract hold on -Four. Nile Run. IN the victn}
+ Of Ale1nndrtn, containing ono Thousand md
two hundred Acres, more or less" custis waited
TIL his grandmother died, and then married LA1J
Lee F,tzhugn and built Arlington maunon-
The CuBlscs had q grea. streak Of Bohemian
iem running through them. believe hAvr been
on the site Of almost every estate At which they
figured, from Arlington, In Accomne, thch o1t2l-
NIL seat, 70 Arlington in Fairfax, where the Last
nale Gusts III. i, committing the blood oi Martha
Washington TO contact with the blood Of Robert
E Lee Let nc run up few plcture6 Of the Gus
ttses.
TM fyy.s Cua:sA--A4 Jou sai out Of the chcsa-
peake Bay into the ocean, Jou Will pass tive capts
tFen.y niles apart, Tne Northern Cape, ChaIles,
Is the tip Of long, nAt and taSgcd peninsuls,
which comprehend the whole Of the State OF
Delaware, third Of the State Of Maryland and
iHo detached counties Of the State Of Virgins.
Aimee: Oh the tip Of this Raady peui1E1lA wa1 the
estate OF Arlington, which WAS very .sFge, reached
to the cape Itself, and included large Hland
called Smlihs =, which Is BILL II do not mistake,
the property Of come Of the children Of Robert z.
Lee About seven thousand people 1--we in this
County Of Northampton At present, half Of whom
! a1s btacf- Tney rise the castor bean. i've on
o5stess the Jear round, and grind their cora Ana
os.s In utnd- -rai3ls or ude-mi1lA At the moment
when jamestown, Virginia, was burning to the
| Eruund-1red by Nathaniel Bacon-an English
pcap OF Holland Dutch descent, named John Gus
| ns vas acting II the RoJal Major General on this
| Ealtetn Shore Of ylrgtnta. In 1857 this Geueral
Gusts WAS n8de Collector OF Customs on the
Esstern shorc, Hhcre he speedily grcw rich.
probably ouk Of the Spotta Of ONCE, and, building
himself an estate, which be nAsned In honor o,
| The Earl Of Arlington, proprietor Of Virginia. be
married successfully tnrco wives, cultivated his
hand writing, and was buried In his adopted allu
vtN. He was queer old dtake, xnd be LEFT 1yt
chtitrrn, al Ttcn.
Tia Second CHstis-Iohn Gusts, son Of thf
| Dutch Customs Collector on the sandy dats OF tht
Eastern Snorc, xas sent to England to be edu
Gated; aod tt Jou ever visit tbs neiRhborhood Of
Cape uenEJ you v III see the following Dohemia1
epltsph oyer his grave:
| "Cnier tn!s marble tomb Leg sae body
Of he stty Of Williamsburg,
2EI p2llsa-of Burton.
FoEuetiJeot fannGafa Parish, On the
Easfetn Shore ...
! Of Virgins, and Count! 81 Southampton:
| xAsra teat ~ spacs ~ ttn& h kept
4 bs1eAeior's hoE4t at arlington,
on Tie Elstt1n ShoFe u ftrgtni1"
This ep1,a2n ucaus that john Gusts married
vixen, the laughter Of Daniel Prte, Of 70:
RiveE, the Ads-de-Csnp 70 The Duke Of Marble
| borough, who carried the Dispatches to Q0ee
Anne truu the oe!d Of BleunciM, IN 1sp&, and wa
Bohemian esprtie7. who atternard received II
6oye1nm. hip Of Antigua where he VA murders
fer hts hAnghuness IN I revolt tn 17l0 He left a
his properly In the West 1niiia Leeward IN lands I
m iegittmate dsughser, ~ well a. his coat Of aru
This John, the second Gusts, WaS = uorose an
suapptsh old fellow, Of Immense riches, and he Z.
fuked 70 Iet hts sou Daniel marYJ anybody q
/ hArtha Dandrtdge, Of Williamsburg, herself poo
, ca2tureA him by 4 diplomatic message and the u
! port Ct her beauty
I Tax laird C.utix-Dantel Parte Cus,ia wns II
psedeceksor OF George Washington In the a1e.
rons end possession Of his wife. He vas tnele&I
bohemian Of al the Ccsstscs; eoodIoot1n9, a.
. exceedingly itch. he mex Martha Dandridgr .
the lively little colonial court Of WlIllamsour7
; where sae was making the young politicians NJ
tobacco planters hep and, II II years OF age, 81
{ eaptufrl the heir aud went TO live with him
: White House, on Pamunkey River, The hesdqnA
fe11 OF NeCtllAnN Army II 1851, and burnt to Il
) g7u1nd IN thas campaign. She lived the wife
Daniel T. Gusts Line Jca<z md, when he died. sl
! found hesseu the richest wtaev IN Virginia, vi
two children lefr c1t ct tour tnat hal hcen born
: Rer. A year after her husbands death, you,
: Colonel Washington, twsce desperately IN 10
/ already With other ladies. crossed the rx1r1nl
8 FeTy, sav the pretty WIDOW, and sto1med h
q heart she packed hcf traps, moved 70
9 vernon, the private, md toleraoly poor, estate
9 WAsn1pktou, aod lived there his vile, fprfJ yeal
= but she tad no more chl1drc
: TL FursA Castt4--1ohn Pztte cuktB der,
: oped the Bohemian blood Of the C1sttses aE.!
i Hh mother md Warrington tored hun, and Il
r latter used to trounce him They put bin to sche
n ! II ANNAPOLIS aad II New yoZk, but he would .
n stick, and, alser r,ing to get permission to
. travelling On his forsupe. he suddenly fell II 10
. With Eearora Calvert, IN NAIJlaud, and mari
c | her II the age Of 10. They went 10 hn1l
r keeping Il Abit~1on, brilliantly, two years befc
4 the DECLARATION Of Independence MS prpctat1ae
=" AID the Tu1ng husband died Of camp feyc1, Oh I
L sta1 c. Washington, during The canpaign
b Tosklow2-
b Iht LAT Castst-W asntnston married his wifi
II G7an1csilc, Nellie Ccs1s, TO his own nephew. La
e rencc, and took George Warrington Patke Gus
n home to Mount Vernon TIE Juung man exhin
1- ed the family Bohemtsnism oouht1uy with 70
r. deaf Of ragaItous and suateur Epta1te11nG
f. amhitloa II poetry, painting. and sheep shes
e Ing. lie tired tn WMhiuGton1 houl
u hold some sixteen years. played chr
y With the ~on Of lafayette, e.osed hn n1othe
D eyes and married Mary F1tEhusn. Els ule
y Arlington Wa I halo1ous,J ineEcte1t one, b
q We owe 10 hitu sotae ptesxsos recolecuoos Of
\ ssep-S;andt&iher. He oui1t Arlington House p
se gathered ise1e the partraia b. Tandyfe and &C
hey Kneler o1 al the Fxrtrse4 and Cusuf
>, passed axaE, n well - III Tho 1sps aud pactur
n Of Haahtngtea he could end. He g1xTeJ T.
10 resented Washington during TIE latter pagt Of
1fe, and received Lafayette, soac Of the Boz
+ pAs1es, Kqasu,n, and whoesrr nAd the curtoHsy
P apss the nre,. Al iass4 Juong Lee, tho n,
= Pointer, tr1aad up nj Arlington and welded Jo1
70 4sEJ cus1!s: progeny Of rurnS Lees filed
1e house; Ioh1 Brown Azo5e LIE a poFteuf: the St,
nt Of vHEmM wavc1ed and rceled; the dynas1y
FHte<ea and cakdsc1 were swallowed up IN I
grand democratic rising Of poor white and ala
% and Arlington Hucsc Is vAs1 E:avtyaEd. sclIt:
A2d oonhseased, With the lax Of the Custt
es folded away under tn turf. GAfH
The Tornado In mnconPAn Count
NJ F~~ tn Auon un} TasrupA, Ha7 IL
From Mr.. !. n r HimmoaA Of Fidelity,
- teafn further pGzt1culafs Of the daloase n U
- T@8ns b Ge hurricane ahisa sseps N{qs
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