, 1870-11-28

Court Clerk Middleton, and others. on da4
ortr the pfecipice llya Joha ". FosneE, e1
Secretary Cox spa thsfe os aIe ssp .ns NAY - sa
~ their ew aud spguca hAoiiaIoq; ~ tais
street lived Aaron DUR whom Vice tfes1oent.
The houses face Oh the 4veaue. ana teon
drop. behind into deep oeei.sa.s, t,,
stories en- the etreet aud seven stories IN the
Oats. Seine Of them are tef1aced behind. and
from thtir gt4Esy rh1f, al1t5 or eighty feet
a.ove the canal below, there Ii usfsauo1s
yiow Of the Long n:iige, tho hal2olns: 3..
m Of The city. Others make tho jump iuto
lie rlaip, ard, ~ the IrishunAu 1anIked,
;fev apteaF to be Goubie-b1e2Eted Ia the pack. |
For usny rqu,tes over these tsAF.stu aa;s
tbtre are nothfrg hut hut., hosels, otl:A-
ytrts, and pieces Of other old houses Gons to
Decay, ali the contrast between thoae great
old 1nansiops on the cliff, with their carved
marble pieces iplaid between the stoE1ee, their
high climncys, their barred Windows and
vide door, and that stretch o. EA5te and
eeEs IL the block Of La~, notF the Cn.h: sur
yer quarters. Law it said to bare been =
.cAlla~sg tltutel son Of Lord Ellenborongh, |
als enriched himself in India with Warren
Hastings. ard t:irE HI awkward Witness tof
lie ia,fer's trial. was sent to america: He in
vested eyersthiug in the Capito. City, Was
.hehtesd by liH wife, hated By hia c!llldren. and
.i,ed in one OF these grand Eookeries- lie ex-
tstr now Gully a. an Old io1ks ghost.
Following out New 1ereey avenue south
Daniel Carroll, one OF the largest propriesosss
u the site Of sbe future city, aud e1guer OF |
| tie constitution, and cnu=iu Of Charles Car
| roll, ol Catrollt0n. It il wide and Eoomy
| LICK house, surrounded bF whole square OF
ground and by 4 high brick wall enclosing for,
/ .+t trees. Hero thousand things and
changes have come to pass. Tho ladies Wete
4,wa1s considered bsautifu1, and the last nar-
rage here connected this family with the
Austrian house of Este-1axs. Coniiaulug on,
Lent ath the grading, and arouId the mouth
Of this canal are some old stately bri * struc-
lures, ret up to attract buyers to lota when
,llis sito was claimed to be the future port Of
the great city. Now they are rnouldeI,nE
pieceueal. ard laborera and vagrAn:s ind
Cheap m'rery among their owls. All round
sre burning brick-yards. ki!ns, aud rottlnE
ba1ges, willie still above the ebb Of hopes, and
the blight Of hearth treea, the rare old hem
lock giants, planted with these houses, branch
aud blossom to heaven.
MORE OLD uEAnTnsroNEs.
! Take now the naareat road to the right.
7lo7g the River Potcmac-if road 1t be-called
G.ofges 4venuc-a straiGht avenue two miles
| long, beginning far behind yon at tho Poor
Housc, On the Eastern Branch, and cutting ofl
| tile corner Of tho navy gard. II it will give
! | you foo,huld, cross the marshes of Buzz lri
l 1 -
aud pcDitcotiary, where the conspiratoss were
hanged, walk mile to tins foot Of Sixth
I .,.eet, the rreeent steamboat and ferry piers
/ At tho Arsenal gate is \ roeliug old BLOCK o1
: furnished elegance, where once three OF ON
: EOulmodofe6 Duilt fhttnse!Ses noiues- ~
0 hind this row arc several isolated houses ant
= rome other connected blocks. which mus
3 hayu cost very large sums when they WeE'
C couttcucted. Stables. high ceilinga. 'eol
o nslwrtrades, curious deep cotniecs marx them
/ 1..A -. st1- }n1
:. ati,able. and ,hs appearance OF nost Of tasn =,
If Il fiEhtfu1: High society has aoandonea thi
It ,c1it eula between thu arms Of the Potomac
J. and it now constitutes '':sc i.l,ns. VT
q ncrulous part OF tho city. aud diaea VII
'sty uoas i. s5eaasts to eeepns ~!
=. Of those. grand old eciGnores. VALE
A. ,rg a mile st1l further West~ar,1, aion
H. tie Potomac. you see on Maftlaao ~ asennt nas
ea vhleh g eonnecss !ne Lone h1sa WY tha 10. 20
Es n.ase, - e sne ,n;1n. naen an.rt o,bs
iii sneions a ''e oro oi tham h3s bee
~ istSe ~ 1aan ." .1.s .,ost fsn,a,,sa f,onso :
1s ~an'{ ra yea's not'a1 Luz IN 1i'a Te.r If n
:, sn,;.,'.e,;.r I,.t,,,,., r.s IN Wsshinctn
~ Mnso"n ~ ss1'e; o!aa - tTa inv, ,,.rs st;rs
s,'a n;,'ioa aH i.r,h. st;,1 vi 10 cnos.;nr tba aor
~ ,a,,,,.i s,,",1J. hv T.omm;ss;oner C,nrnn
nd r.nd 1a,r risss ronserr.torr he tha Was
"a :, ,.tnr Nnnnment Mth.t shaft which broke
L. ssI =, 4ta 49, 1;;,;nc M.nd hr tNa month
''' T;hsr cIsSt Ton sTiiI see n tho end Of ii
M ;ie at1e ~ IA +3ot ~ saSentsenth stree, =,
i -" III ro,on,sc' tla mansion Of General v
IN. Sess Ind tfe house Of Dsyy Burns. enclos
H. IN tbe sans large woodland mark. Davy Bur
ost wa. ssinEy old Scotch farmer. who own
l~n | from tlis point TO beyond the i'Afent Ohca,
ven a farm worth at this day perhaps thirty mi
tho ions Of dollars liz is said to have permit
in lis lrother to die in the poor house, and III
be- rrore}iine with his great good lnck, he m
ced rcd his only daughter 70 Van Nese, n
/ .S.s< u ia.
tic er.t:ed. Van Ness piously fenced up ilis
curnudgeon's farm house with his own .
uni ma,orlal mansion, sold lots. became May
,ay- uaa devo4ed- to Andrew Iaek-on, and '
the buried in an old stone n,ausoleum
Of II street. atila standing. 1t
ahly 10 ills Van Ness property t
lya- the couspiratora menut to abluct Preside
vide Lincoln before 1t was proposed to lall h
it is The Burns house IL An tnt,oue. 1onq:
fr,na dwa,linc tf,a Van Ness houss
nx. verr I.rra eousre- white brick adifice. y
,;tnr ,"ch rHiHnsrs st,ndinc IN y nsrshr Ia,
t,o .I,,, ioJ1n. = t,,a r..as er.ns-,t1a hoy.h,
I,.ro .1ona ~ .r.Iis "a IN tra.. tbrtjv II
:: ta1os l., ~ r.,a 10 nns;nt I.,ns s1;d =
x,a snii3;nc. ~ s,,;1rnTn3 i Tho r1onn5
-. s;~a1 snrs 80 In r.ns, c-aar;nT, fr i
=, ~ .n,a;sh tf'h;s 10 I'm ,nnn,darips+ rnmfnrt
~So | ~ f,m,,x ,,h;c1 Az. trrnad .hn f.I1o, nm
~ tic fntnre cauit,i.
,He H.if rni1a st;1I fur+her mn fho potnros
'"' c.mn Hill ti,e site ~ tho S.t;nnat nhse,
,~-a..Saa 49, 81 - ,..tf, sa,.sn - -,
1oT3' ,,,r +en.Eso 49,. $3.50 T.,
acu- 90" ecAie ~. RI. .a.s.s,a-s .1 -ss -,
yet fototnAc, epposNo .eo ~ 81 tj,,1s
eep- merry tne estate " Tue Aa1ou !a"'asa ~,
onu- slsiea q Lon1s Inhppe aiset n. INC fu!no
III ~ lre OF tMHpe Esatiie. MS 11nel ,, nero
not great mouse pi me Aasou. e1hl e!&uos.
Ii = nel!td peneath Will tnpoe1nE M1ne'snu
rave a-a oeanne eveIs test'monJ ol Tug oput9;
ONE I t*ste, apd cN1snfe OF 1ofnet Gay.
re- now bser eAfoen 9na iahcloG na!l,
=, or mas tne name Q. oe.uE euiseo WIZ q
sitter ana .eseI yeoSe'o"n, o. oEpy}51.e p}1 tne 'Tr
y iu- 'olnt OF !no as!anu, is mucn o!aet taan
tha soht ana cSnta!ns some ete1AnG spec1u
J. the iaek o. !ae IN sess no1se tnse2 s,le
ply !: she greas oHck psIace OF JOIN 4asl9'
ana .leunt MY, "a!en ID a!e Wy va sauH.sd
icnsl the "no,e ccuH.sT; y y no" u,aapiaaseo
aHns .tnantea q rue nsososs alh's 5sh. 1o.asa. =.
| ttnse stanaa on nish mage. aua mlsn1 q
why ee restored and adofned: snt "a 100 !
q 1of .es node.n nouaas. soou speSsae@n "a :. i.
tol- o. these nuee Ola houses Tcsso1eo anu ~
sntea s alus ~ snas VI ": t!o'asa ~ =. ~
shss u LmciRo. rn.s WAnston = n'o SIu
iooAl rotth u me Nhate hoose. re-" MI e
'nee; :oof and tai tower At the angie.
con- THE NEW nocsEHotD ARCHITECTURE OF "
sure rSaroS.
been Such are come OF the pecu!!srides Of
tlons trEton city architecture. These deep
to"n grave old blocks OF blacI-nurned or 70
to~n cast bricks. cot up 10 tho smart. thtn-" I
nd = pasteboara city OF the new era: One can
with or walk many days. picking up hints from
place | structures ~ to the curious population
~ 81 here eesaxed to contsive city IN Al adm
holi- tr1tiou. The original tetttesr hero we're tt
mons I, men from Geotsstosn and Alessnarss,
elllon rh1aaelrha and IN Annapolis. The sout
nder. poztico was appended to the grim Quaker
ms Of rion. Large residences were built ~ tr4