Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-10-29
would imagine they were representa-
tive of the same person; and here we

would imagine they were represents
tive of the same person; and here we
have striking example Of the prone
ness Of people to worship the ideal
instead of the real. We are all familiar
with the face of Washington as it ap-
pears in the school books, photo
graphs and the chromos that adorn
every house. 1t would be almost
sacrilege to disabuse the minds of the
people and tell them the face with
which they are SO familiar is not the
face of Washington. Yet to some
extent this is true, for all these were
taken from the Stuart superior
work Of art, but inferior likeness.
The truth is Stuart drew on his i'm
agination, while Houdan and Peal
faithfully followed the original.
hence are superior. AS repre-
sented by the two latter; tn Q
nose is long, THU aud prom
inent, the eye is deep and
sunken in the head, the mouth in-
stead of pleasing aud looking ss if
about TO smile, is stern and drawn at
the corner. In fact Stuart's Was b.
ington resembles Andrew Jackson,
it would not be far wrong to cay as
faithfully as it does Washington if
the statue aud Peal are to be believed,
and authority says they are true rep
resentations. Near this statue is .
marble bust of Lafayette, and if cor
rect there is nothing in a head. Com
mencing at the eyebrows the head
receeds almost to a point Of FORE
head there is none.
In the library. in perfect preservs-
ton, is to be seen the Journal of the
House Of Burgesses of 1892. The
speakers chair of the House Of Bur-
gesses, which was occupied when the
speaker returned thanks to Washing
ton for his services in the Indian war,
and also the stove, being three story
There is also to be
seen in the handwriting of Patrick
Henry, a commission to John Robert,
as major of volunteers, aud appointed
to guard convention troops at Char
dated March 9Th, 1879.
Here also is revolutionary flag. If
some Of our spread eagle 4th of July
orators could only get peep at it
they might learn that the glorious
stars and stripes were never wet with
one drop of revolutionary blood. !
need not say to the intelligent reader
that our present national emblem was
adopted long after the war of the rev.
olution. There are also many other
revolutionary and colonial relics
which l cannot even mention.
But the object of most interest to
me was Stonewall Jackson's last dis.
patch. 1t is in pencil and in rather
cramped and apparently hurried
hand. l give you literal copy.
Near p. M, May 2, 1868.
General
The enemy has made q stand at
Chancellors', which is about 2 milet
from Charlottesville. 1 hope as soon
as practicable to attack
1 trust that an ever kind Providence
will bless US with great success.
Respectfully,
T.J. JACKSON,
Lt.-Gen'l.
Gen'l. r. E. Lee.
The leading division is up and the
next two appear to be we'll closed.
T. j.. j."
The walls are adorned with tht
paintings of the governors commenc
ing with De La War (Delaware), the
first colonial governor, and ending
with Kemper. Of all these Gilber
G. Walker is the finest looking. Ther'
is striking resemblance to Col. II
Musser, of Brunswick, in his younger
days.
Hollywood Cemetery is the mex
point of interest. Beside other distin
guished men here rest the morta
remainssof Monroe, Tyler, John Ran
dolph, "A. P. Hill, Pickett and j. E. B
Stuart, together with 1900 confed
crate dead, who offered up their live
as martyrs to the cause of self-gov
ernment. To these have been erected
square granite monument ninety fee
high and fifty feet square at the base
70 mark each grave a stake is driven
on the top of which is a metal tag, g.
numbered as by reference to til
record, the name, regiment, date o
death, &C., can be ascertained. Man
of these tags have, from age, disar
peared and all must soou go, an'
while the sleepers may thus rest un
known they will not be unhonored an
unsung. Stusrt's grave is marked by
plain but imposing monument, abou
thirty feet high. 1t is simply inscrit
ed with mis- name, rank, date of deaf
a'ld age-thirty-one years. So young
yet he had made q name as the fore
most cavalry general of his country
Randolph sleeps as he lived-solitar
and alone. His grave being ia he,
addition to the grounds, where hi
remains were recently placed.
On MainStreet is the oldest house
Richmond. 1t is an old stone stru'
/ ture, and was once used by bot
Washington and Lafayette as heat
quarters. 1t has two rooms Ill from
with a narrow wall about three fe'
wide between, and In the rear tw
very small rooms, used by Washin,
.oa and Lafayette as sleeping apar
menls. The roof is very steep; ii
window email (about two fe'
square), and altogether it looks quit
primitive. 1t has been in the sam