Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-05-13

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raj lilc, together with my horses and clffiass"'
furniture, pictures and plate during the terra
Of her natural i!r >,
"On the death Of ni7 daughter Mary Ann har'
dolph Lee, all the prArniiY lnlt to her drnnS
the term Of her natural iia Give and belueat!l
to my eldest grandson, George Washington
Custis Lee, to him and his heirs forever. h,
nv said eldest grandson, taking my name anil
arms.
NV .laurh.cr, Mary :. Il. i.He, has th'
nr;yi,ceo Lv this will Il Lesii'ik my tamliEna'e
among NV grandchildren; but tho Mount ' err
non altogether aud cgc:g article posses: re'a!
Ing 10 Washington, AMI TIA: cane from hoh"e
Vernon. il to remain with my daughter a. -.
lington House during said daughter lite' aoi
ct her death to M c,dCat grandson, George
Washington Gusts l.0', and to doscand IRON
him entirc and unchanged to my latest pos
teriy
CoI. Lee, afterwards the Confederate gene
raj, remained in the Union service ulI anet
| Virginia passed The ordinance OF stcessIon.
when he went south, with his wife and the rect
Of his family. Under the ACT ct Congress OF
June 9Th, 1862. for The collection OF direct tax
e., and in accorianca with the proclamation OF
| President Lincoln, da.cl January Cth, lhoa
the Arlington property was sold to the Uulc!
States for the sum OF $2G. 500 by Jlo. Hh@&
hurst. Gct T. Watson and A. Lawrence fna'
fer, D. 3. direct tax connilsslhntrs Tor Virginia
The am6uat of tax wis but $92.oi.
la February, 49, Mrs. lace, By her coua,:
sci, Mr.. L. Il. Smith, OF Alexandria, presented
memorial to tho Senate through Senator
Johnston, concluding - ,.
"Your petitioner, aud her sou, &. ". Cusli'
Lee (the owncr Of tho rcver5lon,) arc Willing
! to avoid however, all litigation on the subject,
and 70 have IN atncablc settlement OF tins mat
ter. With il,is in view, they nov otisr to 'hS
government 81 ihc United States, through y0.t
honorable bodies, that upon the receIrt d
$500, 900 they will execute and denver sucA ne
ccssary releases and c2aYeyanoes as may Dc "a
judged sufficient to sanction AMI quiet any cIsih
| which the government may now nave by max
ing legal aud valid title 10 The properly
| No report vas ever made on this memorial.
| Mrs. Lee died in November, 1873, and George
Washington Gusts Lee took an estate IN r.
| maindur in Arlington. Ga April Glh, 1874
| the latter presented through Senator ohnstor,
| memorial making The same proposal he
| mother had submitted, and it was referred to
| The judiciary Committee, with bill Tor the
purpose. where it has slept slcce :, ,.
! The former owner O. tho estate, hir. CusIlj
| Is we'll remembered by old ugtonana,and
! 10 ante. bcIIrm days Arlington Springs was III"
| resort Of pleasure seekers generally. VIVA. ar"
! now omen fields. IRON the river shore to tbs
mansion, was twenty years 800 COVERED WIN
noble old forest trees, add al the water edge
| wa beautiful grove; ami spring OF line w
ter, always ABUNDANT, burst forth at the roo's
| Of az old ok Of large dimensions rcckoned to
have been oyer ta0 hundred years Old. %
| fond was Mr.. Custis Of company, and partiou,
| larry OF yGuug people, that about lS2o or 1877
1 4 10
| ties were wont ITO trip the light fantastic toe,
Sc. So popular was the place, that at times,
during tie summer months, there was scarcely
an inLerinissica in the occupanc". These parties
usually made their way TO Arlington by long
boats, and 1T one time little steamer chilled
The darlington Belle" did good business 10
running from near li!h street bridge, on the
old canal, to the Springs; but this was before
Kidwcll's meadows had been developed.
1t was seldom that a party %as at The
Springs that MIR. Gusts was not there also,
particularly about the close Of the day. and
| being somewhat Of voinst. he sometimes
gave tho young people a sample OF old time
dancing music. Mr. Cu,tia never allowed
these parties 10 interfere with tho work OF the
plantation, and was careful not t. allow, hl'
hands to approach the paSiio until the days
| work Was done. The same wharf used as the
landing place by tho picnic parties. was ths
point of departure OF his market GOat-a large
four cared batcsu, in which market truck was
sent To the Center market. Nlr. Cnstls besides
| managing his Arlington estate, had also on
his hand the responsibilities Of the Snlth's
| Island property, but at times at least ne was
not wei satisfied with the crops nade there.
and often said that the hands lnado hardly
enough 10 support themselves. Arlington
being his place Of abode, he cond sec dals;
| that it vas properly worked, and it paid much
better than Tie far away plantation. In the
| latter part Of hi4 ll1 he wrote some Tor the
rrcsa. and his ''it.cocctiDns Of Washington.
| published !rom tine to Tine in the Oil lnlc!h
ecuccr, we're quite Interesting. After the doah
| OF General l,iogan CHILLED by L mob IN bal'i'
more 10 1859, he dGlivclci al Grafton, WhicL
was fine effort H.: a.*o 'fr>'c play cAllcI
| 'Pocahontas' which VA perform d at the
| National Theatre IN 1875. lie also cssnyofi
painting, and On tho walls OF Arlington we're
several large paintings, Of precautionary FGe"c'
and portraits OF Washington, but they have
disappeared, nobody knows when, where or
how carried away. They we're not very mer
torious as works of art. Or one OF the doors
| 10 o panel there il yet existing some OF hIs
work-a hunting scene. Ns president oil the
Society for tho Promotion oil Liberty in Ireland.
! be for many years presided 1T It's barqucts..
! II is interesting in this connection to notice
tho fact that the present claimant for the estato.
e. W. Gusts ico, il! tao grandson O. ltight
Horse larry Leo, Of the Revolution, whose
deeds in those trying days arc known to eyorS
reader of history Lgh. Horse Larry was the
author Of the famous words Of cuosy np oa
| Washington, First in war, first IN pHsGG' rnn
first in tho hearts Of his coMntrymon. mo las!
stirring act Of his oyonlul ifo was the character
isic rsrt no took during tho war of loi2 IN sup;
pressing tho mob in Baltimore that deslroy4d
ihs ollice OF tho Fodofsl Republican and asssi!-
lhsd short time previously moved his paper
from Georgetown to- lin. city. Iice VINO WAS d
l friend Of Kind's rushed TO his delonco with such
tuo of Tho ncb were killed snd Sevora! woundod
T TU arrival RVS Of Iody Of militia saved Lees iii"
gnd he !or shfnty was taken 10 tho jail. Whom the
mob attacked that building also, and Killed
i General Lingan, formerly Of teorGetoWn' anu
! f.tErr If tho wi on of tue late Col. w. b. Ran
Il do1nh CIR msny wears iEspectOr general OF tho