The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1874-06-04
VOL LUME XIV
\ utsrouls CRY.

some one has said. Williamsburg. rs.
Is the ouly city that has a history
Whatever criticism uAy be passed, e eau
uot be said to look plehiau or common
plaecl Il IL vgry pheasant 10 Rhfa up
sua down this milo.,ong street.-the oil
couu-heuso fronting Que gud tho g9.cge
of William aud Mary the other. Ile
white.aced clock on lhc Episcopal church.
continues to tick "a Il did oue hundred
and forty years ago, and the cdaisa msIu.
tains precisely The same appearance a
when elongated In 1850, >lf Christopher
Wren, oi Saint paul noto1eiy, sent eyef
plans lor It and lba college.
( A. Paris represents Fmuee. to did WI.
liamsbufg, Virginia, while It's capital
The maunets Of the court ct ST. jaime.
were initiated aud the chorch aaa cemcs
terry were regarded as another ST. Paus
and Westminster.
( The college occupies thee sides oi
quadrangle, with walls 80 massive as "a
/ have resisted three successive drcs, The
/ tifst was BY accident, tar second 10y
French troops, (ior which Louis XVI
made ample reparaliou,l the last hY
/ United States troops in ls62, There ate
now th,riy.dye students prd tonr pro-
lessors but In walking up lha college
/ yard, under the marble statue OF Lurd
l}otetourt, ono cannot fail 70 remember
/ the great men VINO formerly trod these
paths, when The students numbered ouu
hundred aud hny, such names as Jeilor-
son. Madison, Munroe aud dohu Ran.
dolph Among different NAMES and Ia.
lliais is elearly painted By his own hand,
"Johu Murshalb "-opr attorney general,
Ia l6l9-lwelye years after the James
town settlement plans for college were
formed on site commandipga delightful
view Of the singular windings Of the
james. It was AT Dutch Gap, called
llenrieo, after the son OF James iiet,
who died early. But the Indian massacre
OF 1922 almost destroyed sAe colony, Ii
was uot until 1898 that charter was
granted by the King aud queen, with laud
aud money, and one penny On each pound
of tobacco exported from Virginia aud
Maryland, The presentation 81 the char.
ter is euriously represented on The college
seal, with prints OF William aud Mary
aud Commissioner Blair receiving it on
his knees. lie was president Of the col.
rge fifty years, aud is Inferred there.
The first object that strikes the eye on en-
lermg the library, is his bland, diguided
tace, with wig and gown, in the
midst OF other pleasing portraits Here
IS Sir Robert Boyle, head Of the Indian
institute, which he endowed by will.
A new wish is excited to revive this
venerable college; and MIR lioap ol
Massachusetts, has lately urged OF Con-
sress 10 sustain it as national College.
Mr.. Custis kitchen is quito n celebrity.
It stands on what is called "The Six
Chimney lot"--ior her house had six
chimneys. Here Washington eourled
and wed the charming widow, who gave
such Il coIoring to his life, The lot, with
the kitchen, now belongs 10 the insane
asylum hero--which is very peculiar IN
many appointments.
Though Tor the last century, the popu-
ation OF Williamsburg has never varied
from about 400, It VIII ever be memoir
able as the iormer capital Of Virginia,
and as sewing Tor model for our own
national capital. Like this city, Wash
ington's principal avenue Is one mile long
of the same width as this-ihe White
House facing one end, and the capital TIE
Othcr.