, 1874-07-12

h1cthodiam literally drank it up On the Lower
Chesapeake, where George Fox travelled, ns q
coon aevours an oys;er-hed: It was like Arte-
"Can buss thee :" said Atomua.
She answered: ;" Yea! -
And" he remarks, ~ yea'dI"
The reason they coalesced Was probably be-
Cause there ,was no difference, both hollinr the
Quaker yearly-meeting, on West River and
Threadhayen River, was about the same as
Methodist camp-moetlng thirty years afterwards.
At both. the tobacco and horse traders. the cos
termongers IN ice-cream and melons, The negro
lovers, and the horse-jockcye, assembled, and
Vanity Fair was more conspicuous than the
handful of humble Christions it enshrned.
The worldly increase and individual
promotions in both denominations so far
that the seed Of Il the righteous shall never bog
bread In the Baltimore i Ohio Railroad, the
alimcntary canal Of Maryland, Quakerism has
always been tho sound. conservative principlo;
and the fortune Of West River Quaker, Johns
other Marylander in history. It was not less:
than fG.000,000, and fve-BixthB OF it was
bestowed in phianthrophy. In Hke manner,
Jacob ZONE, a Methodist. the husband OF Post
MASTER General Creswell'a aunt, is the richest
landholder in tho State, his farms Apd houses
who were the hereditary surveyors of the Prov
lnce. Method, temperance, restra1nment OF
lonse appeises, and social and family obliga-
t,ons, If the result OF religious gravity, show,
the political economy that uos in any sound
religion.
HEY FOB IT. NAar's!
Take tho steamboat Lady OF the Like for
Washington in the afternoon Stop at Ale1hn-
dria, while they roll several hundred barrels Of
flour aboard, and eat deviled crab and drink q
Fort Washington, and hear the lugubrious ring
ing OF tho mourning-bolls 1t AIt. Vernon, as oil
the engineers strike them. And, by the way. is
it q good sign of our times that sentiment OF
disrespect to the character OF Washington per-
yedes our politics The other day happened
to say that, on the whole, / thought Washington
and Franklin to be tho hest approved OF our pub
lie characters, and room full OF politicians pro-
ceeded to snigscr.
"Cono nov !" said United States District
Attorney, " Washington was regular wooden
fraud"
After thoy explained 1t, saw that the Scrip
turnl aspects Of Jehovah would have been as OBJ
jectionablo to these gentry. l think sec v ash
ton moving up the tariff on yormicelli, Or sharing
1noieties with detective policeman. I think
SEQ hm in the canal ring and o stickler for back
pay. And am Eorry to say that, eighteen years
ago set of Federal officers would hayo had too
wholesome dread Ut public opinion to Hueer at
Washington, as the bulk Of them do In our
period.
However wo turn Matthias Point after sup
per, and exchange the ,nai-bagE, by rope flung
ashore and returned without pausing, AT the spot
where so many Rebel batteries were once formld-
able. and the lonesome Elgnal-hash announced
spy crossing the wido Potomac Now the spot
is dcsolate near the birthplace OF that Providen-
tial face and slowly-compouuded character, the
one man between Columbus and Lincoln, the
compendium hero-Washington.
Ills family with tho Weiltworths, Farfaxea.
and Caiyerts. we're nil from Yorkshire, and near
nciShbors yaonlen in the tino Of Queen Eliza
heti, Wnen Won look On the face Of "Long
.Iohn" Wentworth. Of Chicago, YOU eee a kins-
WV of Wontvorth the Earl nf Strafford the
1no.+ .ccn,nn,,ahed nostate of English liberty.
md the nearest friend of George Calvert, con-
co;rcr @ of s1arvland Who loved Liberty loss than
Stafford Hlonsoming at somewhat later time
come tho Fairfu1es. Of Yorkshire, who restored
tl,a Stnerts. and their American representatives
irtermnrrie1 with the Washingtons. to the great
nrnfernant Of tha much more humble family of
t1e oreateat of them all in fame 1t is from the
State and nriyata correspoudepce Of the Earl of
Strafrord-be who died under tia Ak to satisfy
tho House Of Commous-that We get our best
insight into the character of the Calyerts.
II ia ,nit1njcht when we are put down at piney
FONT. q large hotel in q fringe OF wood, with q
lour hollow curyo of yellow beach extending
hefore it. FLASHED by tho Potomac Bay, here
NM miies vide. Wa ara cut iu q wagon and
nulled ncross the reninbular to the convex side,
WI,cre inetead of the Potomac, We meet tho
wide cove or bay called St. Georges Greek, l
1nj1e from pinev Point by the beach walk.
There is second hotel and settlement, called
,,,,eu.,Y,a
for tbe landlord aud trador who built it. A
aor sso f -n,, in the saIt water and
t" ~ ts'a and NJ of ona is bathiug-house, on the
other ses a. bnr-roon NJ roo About thirty long, fast-
ea;5i,o oanIn carncs ara dawn NJ about tie lower
E.,ns Ehnrf ] an orchs-d Of peacl-trees lies along
the , ereeu ak loan 81 sward, with path amongst the
fr,;f ? e1ono shore. The banks are neither bold
,aut ar INV Hl Int OF broken turf NTH beach few
feet lee ts below. Tho water is about milo across
A%~e ~
sbores Ti,ere is INSTRUMENTATION for above q
l,Tn7roi md wo ret to bed and to sleep in no
ti,lal t:ma >~'4@@
Mo Morning breaks upon a scene perfectly chesa-
M;c',i,.an Nindecd, blue ~ indigo except when
RULED " tho wind, Wien the water turns black:
s,ft - scnso of the tide pushed up and With
drawn ' BY tho sovereign system of tho yea: and
Wild birds aud loppipg fish. Dro;;d aud
basking as arc the waterr, they are framed with
soft. low. woody shores Of deeper blue, ,Dlaid with
duli-go]d sandy beaches and spits; and, a:
every point where tho trees come to an end, a
far:her nont is seen bcyond OF more misty blue !;
md he largo yesrcls, balanced in tile horizon,