The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-04-04
Gpeuime State Spi1rnat.
AIbsmarIe COunty-Charlottos
tft Lessons.
(From our Special Correspondent
CHARLOTTESVILLE, April I.


Merry April, with its storms ant
showers, commenced this morning, with
bright sun; but tonight it has verified it
traditional tearfulness by warm shower o
rain and lively thunder. This old city, dis
tinguished as the place where the legisla
ture fed for refuge, when the British
raider, Tarleton, drove them from Will
liamsburg, in June, 1881; and shortly
after, drove them still further, t
Staunton; it was also the place L
which the British prisoners were sent
after the surrender at Saratoga, in 1779
Later it was distinguished as the site select.
ed by Thomas Jefferson for the University
of Virginia, which is now high and -four.
ishing institution; everybody knows, too,
that here is Monticello" the home and
plantation of jefferson. The county Of
Albemarle was made into county, from
Goochland, in l744 its extent is 80 by
20 miles-of mountains, hills, and river
bottoms that Of Rivanna being the princi-
pal the land is of first quality, producing
tobacco, corn, wheat, and other products,
with excellent orchards and grape vines
while considerable valuable minerals are
found here; many handsome country seats
VI suC Gully pinutCios aiC AVutiu III NoTIOuS
portions of the county
Charlottesville, named for Queen Char
lotte, is a handsome, business-like city,
with many elegant buildings. There are
plenty Of schools, churches, mechanic
shops, stores and hotels I; among the latter
are the "Central Hotel" fine building at
the depot, pleasantly kept by Mr.. w. j.
Parrot, q liberal and courteous landlord.
The Monticello" is another comfortable
hotel, kept by Bailey and Daniels. At
both of these houses find The JOURNAL,
with supply of other newspapers but
deliver us from hotels where no newspa-
pers are taken, as is the case at some
places we have met on our travels through
the state, where sporting rather prevails.
| have received very pleasant attentions,
derived useful assistance from Mr.. Alex
ander, very old citizen, and a moving
historical magazine, Of both early and re-
cent history of this region. l am also in
debted to Mr.. E. W. Anderson, of The
"Chrenicle" for polite attentions, in taking
notes of this locality.
The handsome estate and residence of
Judge Rives, composed Of some 500 acres,
lying near the city known, as s.Carlton, :"
has Just been sold to Mr.. Brennan,
wealthy gentleman from Buffalo, N. Y,
who is soon to occupy it, and engage large
~ in raising improved stock, by which he
will rapidly improve the soil; be is one Of
those intelligent and judicious men, who
does not believe in selling everything off
the soil, and thus exhaust it; and for the
prosperity of the old state, we want many
more Of the same Sort" as occupants
here. The handsome seat of Captain
Ficklin adjoins this place. Overlooking all
are the grand old "Carter mountains"
named from Secretary Carter, who was
colonial secretary under the reign of George
II; and Monticello" is one point of this
range it will be remembered, by scholars,
that Jefferson, who named it, was accus-
toned to pronounce it as if spelled Month
chello, after the Italian, and which means
pretty or petit mountain, in that language.
About the middle of this month, new
weekly newspaper is to be started here, by
Mr.. Alexander, to be called the "Jeffer-
sonian Republican," and will probably be
Conservative.in politics but be devoted,
more particularly, to news, business and
promotion of. the material improvement Of
the state and it will do well to direct q
portion of its efforts to correct or dissipate
the foolish notion, of portion of the Vir-
ginians, that they are . superior race of peo-
Ple--the proverbial assumption of a portion
of the natives, that being born within the
geographical limits Of the state, consti-
tutes them better people than others but
it is just to say, that another portion of
the natives are more sensible than to main
tain such an absurd claim /; the enterprise,
thrift and success of many who have
purchased and settled in the state, since the
war, have demonstrated the error of such
notion, backed up by the prevailing and
keenly felt necessity Of immigration from
the north and east. But these things are
fast correcting and arranging themselves
into better attitude and status, for the
instruction and profit. alike of the new
corners and the old natives so mote it be-.
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