, 1870-05-01

| AHae na4Fn4cnosu, nAA lnfonGh tho house, q
naentr, sosns plain bed-chAubers, md few
relies Of the great man: this Is BIT. vernon "a
Al abandoned home. The house il al,oSa ~ n
century and quarter old, and good for anotl,.
! er century pieced mp and restored from time
reach to tie clean negro quarters, botreen a
Which IL seen roar lawn, viii,
garden walls on the sides, and ac.oes
the lawn passes the road to Alexandria
and tteder!elsburg. 60 often ridden by the
ing sa He III als a,s o1 showy 1r mPos
brother, and lived In It for fifty rears. NOS
counting sevon years dnring tie teyolntion
when TO WAs absent. This house stood upon
the mansion farm, one Of several farms Which
included IN al about three thousand acres.
Washington. tho son Of second wife. Lsd
been married to n widow fifteen years when Lo
WAS put At the head Of the Colonial .rnies. ~
He belonged TO military nad commercini
family; rather Yankees ia thrift and EN-
terplite than like the barouil planters
round atout them: tut lie Was a man who
g7rew in ever quality except pccuniary liber
Atty, and no boolkeeper IN C5nnecticut watch
ed Lis account i with more closeneas. ajth7nnb
lie YES veIE rich and cllildlees. nd was ia
most perfect fruit Of sirtuous rnedocritye and
f!4 3he EShsst c.cmplar OF disciplined
brave can study. Every triumph he had was
aGenu.ne one, i: not difficult one. Gu;znt.
the best student Of his larger life, who had in
his eye OF neiEhborhood the carcers Of All the
GrGat men {, q + France, including Bonaparte,
came from his confidence il his own m yieTssnd lie Si
his resolutenesa in acting upon them and
that no great man was ever tried br ali tc.ts
and came out so perfectly. Jefferson said that
be vas the only man in the United Etates who
possessed The confidence Of ali, and TINT bis
man u tho world. He had wonderful nowcr
In influencing men BY honorable sentiments
enu no never gave man an Office, as Lincoln
did, to quiet him OF to gain him over. His
character was IN little picturesque, but he was
himself prescribed. Here IL a tue picture of
Lin, riding IN from lis farm to ut. ternon:
Al Old gentleman riding alone, IN plain drab
clothes, hroad-btimmed white hat, = hickorr
switch in his hand, and carrying m umbrella
W,dh VIII; long ssa1, which ia attached to his
saddle-bow. The umbrella w.s used to sheI-
ter ham from tue sun. for his skin was tender
aud easily Affected BY it's ra5s. His breakfast
hour "as o'clock i'll summer and 8 in winter
and he dined at .. he Always ate hetrtiIv
but was no epicure. His usual beverage Wa
smau peer OF cider, and Madeira wine He
bread, earlf in the evening, ctnve1sed will or
1end TO biz family, when there were no ruests.
and usually, whether there wns comp.nv or
not, retired for the night At about O'Clock.
WARRINGTON AZ GOOD 1TER
one, and fe hsd 10 {aithfu1ly attend to r. + to
make it productive. He tried very hard. lata
IN Life to rent 1t ali out, OF to induce aericul-
tural immigrants to settle npon aud around It.
It steadily declined after lis death. aud vii
nI,en nit noS =. p%5oessb{ 1s more per aee than
and Tobacco, End these were very laTge,-eo
Large That vessels came up the Potomac. toot
the tobacco and fonr directly from bus own
wharf, little below his deer-park in front Of
q as manslon, and carried them to England OF
products for their quality, and 20 faith.
any b.rnel OF i1esr bes4iDc ead x e. b1ana sa.s
Of "Geozge. Washington, Mount Vernnn,"
wss exempted from the customary inspection
r., n t5e British West India ports. His mother
died when he was IL. His vito WIS rich. but
not accomplished, and he set free 124 slayes
II his DEATH He always rose to the needs OF
history, and, il his household seems to Iack
pathetic and feminine festurea, that Is, per
regard, beoausa he had no children, md. also.
rosaibl5, because be was unfortunate in III lis
early loves. There are half dozen cascs on
record Of his direct rejection By 1atlies to whom
he proposed: Much Of his LIE was passed in
hi@self, I acceptance, instead Of choice,
rigid historical being. tho last in semi-bar- ,,
ii his married iiio, aIout .eioo.oB N
sterling, and it paid him not sboye
OF yer cent IN money. In thus quiet, a.
exiies, and refined travellers, lurod SO far b.
the report Of his deeds and character. IA
disappointed not ono Of whom We have auy
record, and hie neighbotH, as well as those r.
Note. No. to5Sos hls h9steaties In lis integrity.
ecould nave placed no more composed and
dod1ike character at the fountain Of
our young State, and lis image, Crpyine
E4nder ns tho stream has expanded, ia re.
aected get in ever. ripple Of the 1iver. We
and We often wish that Washington Lad boen
mora Plable, popnlaI, and AGatlc, but it ID to
be remembered that be WAS republican and
not democrat. As ono Of his FedeyaIistic
observers has said ct lis day:
essena ID thselRe GEE .p'c;tR Mspn 1aesdd
equality OF condition, but this might exist under
were then purely republican They hid 9one bus
= short way into those philosophical ldeas Which
IN nc ste ane 1s o
J liberty Me1e AZ predica.ed on the abuse Of char
tered, not Of abstract, rshu.r
.,:i1! lincoln wss democrat rather than re-
publican, and he lived in day Of interviewing
fepottern, Of land grabs, and 1ansacking COM
mon schools But what man Of his day re-
ssmhled !N Washington in personal virtues, in
r1osstons tha ato hsto S II complete surrender to
lived to Uur ume and been the model Of evcry
AMe1lcAn, We should hare been a democracy
"lthout corruption and republicans without
Austet1ty. see how he treated his nephew.
Eusnfod, when h1ehrpd wanted Al office;
aour standing ut tbs bar would not Justify
m5 nomination Of you n Attorney 10 tia Fed.
eIA D1stt7ct Court, in preference to eoruo Of
the oldest and most esteemed renersl conrt
taWyets IN your OWL State, who are desirous Of
ths appointment. My political conduct
IN nominations, oven II were
nninfncnced by principle, must
lie exceedingly circumspect and proof
against just criticism; for the eyes Of Errus
are upon ms. and no slip will pasa unno,ieod
that can be improved into supposed partially
Washington told Coke. tho Methodist, that
he wss inimica1 To slavery. The bettar eieroan
Of our age were sll intelligent and e1oNine n IN
him. But the mighty Whitlvind raiaef ~
1tGu6BeAu. and bv Je0efanr h1av y,,o,, Az
country, and We are what wa .ra ~b;I W..h
ingtnn and LafAyette, eolt,er and rnn;I stsna
the ouly consistent grc,t ficurns al thc sro
heaispheres, the last Rep,tblieans ~ ~
school OF Milton and Hampden.
the vestiges Of tie breaking up Of III the mat oro
all round him; the kew OF The Rsst!le. h,s
surveyors' tripod, which first measnrei tha |
streams beyond the Aueghanies; and, at last.
thc torta which tho North planted agsinst Viz !
einia slavery.
nlnEham, the stewardess or guardian OF ths |
small Part Of the estate purchased by a ladies'
association, and, With a Few servants, she col.
let's M fee from visitors and soes to the sta
s', o1ntF o, ne mansion Some over-critical pco-
know that she did her duty here and the ciyil
var never crossed the edge Of this estate.
Since last visited Nt- Vernon, the people OF
some pious little town in New Jersey have sent
an ol-cloth Tor the floor Of tho great saloon
here. And every year shows tho revirinc inter
est in Waahington's fAune and homestead