, 1870-07-11

AeoVes. On one Of these uncomfortable beds
Jedersone wife died, and they were obliged t.
lower hef body out OF one Of the semi-c:rcu1a1
WINDOWS Which daunded there, because there
wss no stairway commodious enough to per
NIT them to take out the coffin.
wandered through these old bedrooms
maheu ont upon the dangerous roof haunted
no. .ot'en oio atables, peeped through the dry
"Aiis ano Inc covered walks saw the front o.
tne oouse' an chopped and chisolled over with
nAn1es OF ooSs and Doors. In sorne OF tht
1oon4s Tue laf1ners vile Tas drying apples aud
naAing Raspberry Jam IN others farm-gear
4Afness' anu olo oa1zels were atrewn about
~ one toon' aog mad Uttered; the man O.
.no nouse uao ene rheumatism not far Of
,aes pon,eu gu. Inc nouse OF Mr. Randolph
'ens'eon ciuei GRANDSON, and looking south
"e, ,.o VIC so"u see WINS Mouata'n, said tc
~ ~ unes away. l think IL all America
.asis - ~ aueA lanuscape Tor SIZE and beauty
sqoai u LUIS 1lon iAontlceno. 1t far surpasse:
sns .e" tluu 'no tesfaee OIL st. German. Al
o1e LUIS 'e"esson owned nearly the whole
Ioun.tS 1ouna about, but toward the end oil
A's nle no oecame Ii debt, and sold parcel at
1er parcel until now the estate is reduced tc
ABOUT 2ao acres, which rents for 5000 year
A held land is capable OF possessing the home
Oh me richest President.
MONTICELLO belonged to Captain Levy, q He
pro@' anu a Commander in the United States
navy. VINO was faeh man. and who had TO
naa'tc attaenment 70 tne great leaders for be
no. on,s tooh 'euefsons house and dwelt in
~ ou' ne hao statue OF tnat chieitain made
AZ" presented 10 the unlted states, and 1t nov
s'ahos N front OF the White House. Levy, !
ain toln, married Ms own niece, which Was con-
trarS 10 the laws OF virginia, aud he lsfk tho
state before the war, whereupon the rebel
Commonwealth confiscated his property. It is
now IN litigation. Levy is said to hare e1-
pressed IN us Will the desire that it should be
repaired, anu made m institute Tor the chill
oren OF United states Navy oihcers. Tbs
ueiSnDo,s cons.aeF .ae estate valued At about
s"s.'o .uouaauu 1un1,. IL - ~" occupied ny
oa1neu su "neeel' 'eae'sons nall-1ac-
w. so..es, s..sts, aug salaous olnet e3pen-
Tia na;c1hnra s,S ~ that ,1ontaai1 " III N tu,na
the tinest v;narsrd hin in Anor;c, ~. as1'4 -.
nresont tl,o iii ,n,ns;o,, t,,ralSss ~ ~
moro tn r,,;n avarv ra,r .,1 aaomo J.. asaa1s a.
neither roastar m, n,,,on - f''0'''
rup ran,,,,4 r,.
refyarsor lila W, ,at;a.t.s ~
r;o,, ~o,,n, ';sa AZ utai.'eu 'elf
~. sr;.s o' - -, aAoison, .oint~
sts | ,;.ss , ,"::s WV wac ou1 - seafe ~ age.
a,';,s.a 40 W. VIZ, w seais' Yely nappuy' anu
49, e'''s, aot''teu ne.. 'eneF-
~ tA0 osc1 Al 'oso "i'n auo1ue1 laay pe1ore,
uat w n!Aue . oe'o.eo nasoaaa' aha never
11sa. aosa ~ aaa "4o' si.nousn ~ YVES not ~
"4oo"o. n,S uoue7tlc nte
49,, ~ 9- 80 s94a uaAe iot WIZ
b;maa,g n r,or ,,a ,.;... ,o1aa.. .ss1,., -
any pra.t man tho ,r,,,na,. ~ Tor.sss-. .aa.s ~
oentie al ch;tdlo,a ~ ~ o,.as.. - "11s
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c;,,as =. h,a ars,;ana ao,a-.,.;as o' ~ US,
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"o.11 a., a.o s o,ooa - ,ts "aS|aho lAs
"@0 .ao sr"n'es. 1no 'aAS o1oou LAS esef
n'.v u,o'ou. tn' b'uus VI american eonealoey,
""@" '0 ~" 1''uaS so1Do iiapoi'ance' VIII
ht1o" th"' "e'su ni'uenee nas
nos nsea appfselAseu In charging
~ wa .Is oh.apD7 ~ w ao'o'1. e,elaon.s u
taee n mv,sAu' 'uue,' Isau0' 1uen' df'"tn'
o"er' "ui'aus, cau"Aitaoef' 'enelaon' arc
.a ~ .mn n uanss ~ sssts s1ase' aua tnoy aso
-. :: ..:'..,,'S, so"eaoa 'ooA nseE
=, H. 1ya,a, 80 ,,a".. .a msraS;o Aa0@ aons'ulns
-.., .a.a,a.a..s s - ..;.,s ..a Ir.1s. u o' Ana
49, go ' 1s.,. - wv "'.Hu teNisos.apn-
-. o"sa III ~ ou oA' sue ea"e Me,a-
49, -e ,A0 4Aea". sen5u, ~ spoHo" - na1es
u4"4 1s''0"i "uu n614'o'" nea3o-'ne oloest ont
ole aan6uase IN co"lnon use III Europe, and
tae sianaAoquence anu 1e1eor OF lie Welsh
boneae-pe1naps an oatero"1h OF the Welsh
tempefament-mlent De cited by 1aah critic
10 account 1os tne rlenness anu foundnoss Of
Seuefeona composition. In appearance he
looked nis eas1acs'on, De'ne one OF TIC strong
est men OF ms tmo' and nus descendants, like
nun, are AL and Wlry. There has been very
nttle written about tho truo private life Of this
f1osloent, anu nave plcsed up, from somo OF
me many people hereaooat VINO knew him, the
toho"lng impeesslonB OF the man:
Ph1VAfE LIFE OF JafFEnsoS.
Jefferson was a very tall, straight, aud
strong nAn, si1 feet two and q half INCHES
high, with clear, pure skin, 5 5.ao o;as os an:
"ua anu even countenance. 10 nerer played
cards nor usea sobaceo, he ate spanngly but
fastidiously, md wss fond Of Gninea fowls,
but disiked hog meat. Lie roso at daybreAk,
made his own wood fire, and WAS ingenious at
mechanics, having invented, among other
things, celebrnted plow. Ha rode on horse
back almost every day, wearing overal1s, and
at home he Was plain but neat in his dress,
adopting short breeches and bright shoe-buck-
les. Ho was minute and industrious in keep
ing accounts, and Washington himself, with
much smaller estate, WAS not more exact and
laekt1tetiN IL LILO ooAeae4c Aum4Hlbt1atlou
ou1 "ale ~ HAsmuetons netnod Was stern and
severe, 'enetsons "sa gentle and generous.
he CID noe mo" AL h1a own negroes, 30 many
veto there.
MS DOMESTIC polrY.
In religious matters Jefferson Wa liberal