, 1870-05-01

snass aae ssgne bridge, shaee Ayraa. With 81, i
oeIeiy. stood solitary In thst dad ri rert I
TN*ne oaa gun that protected Waahinvf,n fr,,r
~ te Icy o. the houss Of Nehnoud' VA,
tne !aFo'1te and also sho most dangerous sni m
nsipbba4S,.ofe uaIao!S, feny Of George Wsshinstoai
out of ha, 'D1 oxn natqss ny. had hndsctssi i
9aan River emrtie4 Into the u po.om.. @
Just below this picturesque hanlct, and ono n
10 hcad1aEds, High Point, marks Tic ncart.s
.ppsoach Of tho rebel rirer bs&tafies to Wnsh
te tnet9h 70 .T .aITT'nK the autumn succeeding Tho bat
river at1'igh, Frecstonc, CocInit Gu sh;n,,un ,ne
5miths, Chotant's, aud Matthias Points nnf'
the adv ancc Of DuInsidcs'B a11uy beu1n },v ~
runway line OF AcquiA Greek. in Soyan,har
1oo1- II thus happened that Mount Yarnon
%es nor Molested BY either side during the wal
@ " seoHsasohi Tor it uas in general botxean tbs
army lines. or, at my rate, doubtful ground.
beyond occoquan the Ftede1iclaburE road
Passes ten mllea orer God-forsAken country.
tul i Reaches what was once Dumlriea, On tie
c4nKs OF QuAnteo Crcek,-a town once -four
isttpg, founded BY Scotch e1nigrxnts, md =
pace % q wealth. reyely, chipping, and bank
Quantico Creek has filed up, and a town that
once bade fair to be tho rival Of Baltimore snl
Norfolk Ii absolutely extinct
For the rest OF the WAY to Ftcderickaburc
there is nothing to be seen but tho ABANDONED
campo Of Du1nside's and Hooker's atmies, and
some ruined Episcopal churches. All VirriniA.
indeed, il in its church ruins CHASTITY reInind.
eF or Jefferson, who Was to ecclesiastical archi-
tect9te hero what Richelicu was TO the bAronial
castleS Of France, 4 leveIler and 1 DESTROYER
Inc iafaton Of American Independence
WAS only throe months old when be moved
upon the Englsh Established Church, entail
isbed titheB and rariah rates, and IN 1901 tha
hIst yeaT Of hia Presidency, be sold the Eiobe
Gnas, tho last support Of the Established
Church, an act for which every drunken, fox
hunting. parson called Heavens vengeance
npon him. But, neyertheless, nearly the
wnoie chuIrh entabliehmont fell into the
bands OF tho owls and lizards within ten yesrs
lot thete WAS no spirituality remaining il, it;
and It had become useless survivor Of the
piantets arlBtoc1acy; and of the parsons.
Ashop Mcede himself says: "Iu order to
conceal the shame Of tho clergy from The
young people the elder ouea had 70 hurry them
away to bed when inaulging freely OF the in
TO Esu0nAs7s.
1ncse sketches will convey to you some idea
o1 WAkhington's life at Mount ytrnop-one ~
= few big pltntera On ruined land, making a
losing hgiit aGainst bad soil, and without MAJ
ketH tr other contiguous towns than Nero
up slor1y BY plaster md clover. and
tie agoc can be driven OF by an efficient and
generally supported system Of draining aud
1arminGi but Virginia needs common roads,
I've stock, and Intelligent thrifty laborers,
Ibesc ARC coming rapidly. and 1 apprebend
lhat men ct weak constitutions from New
England and Michigan, who now 70 to FloridA
to winter, will do much better by settline
above FredHcksburg on the Potomac. There
Il railway required on this route to com
pietc the Aquia Creek line and make it 1uok
line between New YORK, Harrisburg, and Pitts
hurgh,,, Forty miles only remain To do, to
dnnk the Orange L Ale1andria Railway, and
reduce the tune from Baltimore to Richmond
10 three hours from seven, ~ it now
takes: Land here ia worth gao m acre, With
buildings. As the country fila up, every
part OF this land will be redeemed, enriched.
and made marketable. It is well tinbered,
md the fisheries and oyster beds ara Of the
best. For fruit-raising it ia we'll adapted, and
ayer navigation places it within 3 days reach
of dozen markets, There are diamays here,
but not to compare with tho wood-ticks, the
the moccasin, the deas, the fevern,
md the isolation Of Florida. Rundown lAnd,
Two eickly months, and some dying-out rebels.
are the evils Of the lower Potomac. But it IL
The oldest part OF America, and for yccnerv.
ruins, and variety Of products and markets
he most enjoyable part Of tho whole Atlantic
slopo- The Chesapeake Valley ia the San Fran
.isco valley Of tho East, Freedom can make
worthy OF Mount Farnon. GA1H.