, 1881-03-15
MOUNT VERNON VISITED.

Tic Homo Of WntIttitEton ms II 1sx1at.
To-DMy-'rhe Tomb mid tlle Ancient
H1uIlhlon-fselIrx in tarinMa Rooms
scenes About thu F;statc-Norlk 0f
tho Lutlfcs' Ans0rimtiaD.
ktp Turk 1iMts.
blouSr VERNON. W., Feb. 2S.-lt IL n two
hours sat from, Washington TO Mount ycrnon.
As tho stvNlner approaches tho place lilo bell
tolls, III uhcltenco to Il clstu,M begun by Com
t,p.loro Gordon, who oruorel tho hell Of tho
1arltIsh ingshp l-Ilnrse to be to!led on pnss-
i,lg MnMns Vernon on tho .sih Of August. l81].
Iu-n,orow ts tho brthtlny uf, Washington. nnd
sone account Of his honle as It now exists
tnny hayo intcrcst for tho, render. Tho first
thing ono TOUCHES on tho estate Is OF htstericai
interost-tho old ut,ck fromWhlrh Washington
used to launch bis burgess ant Thip tho t!uur
known as tho 'tMount Vernon" brand. which
WIS tho best In Colonial 1ayf 1t Is With n tcv-
crcntlal feoiing that Americana first Set foot on
tho pathway tAnt leads Into Tho grounds, aad ut
thc bend OF which, about e5D yards from tho
4!ock, IL the tomb. Parties uneovor their heads
Ns thcy near It, as Inns bccn tho custom for
number Of ycars, and, though tho cold Wind
plays through tho hRir in this scnson, pntFIostG
feelings nre upper,nUst In snch IL IllNee. Tho
tomb structure IL nGout twelvu feet high. it
was in nccogdance with clntlso in WnshlnGsons
Will that his executors bud his tomb built
Of hr9k and E"nY ad II stSnai =,
and prudent nn!Sro. There nro . Vide
Of WhIe6 i tss tp nsesptoi: a s' %h hs In H.
clUsnr0 rtat tho remains Ut Uon. neurRo WISH
,nHton." Tho tomb hns bcun twicu 'siDlated.;-..
tomb, hot0rg tho present n1e was built, and
stolo n skull which bo cIgimcd wis tint Of
Washington but whish %t yas in,l M IT, ,n i;at of M
OHt even Ills hss. btun 'lcSocratud:: ko'io
iS sInbea 5sss ; to ps Era tsta%ay " ; dar1ns o Gs
Wnr and urnko ono of tho ta!ons fr,n1 tic caKIo
n t'c @ o. WStnl3t,nns n,, sarennha.
On Oct. !. 1x5, wnun tho 4oor af tho tnntr vnuls
WIS closed unl tho key thrown Into thu f'utou,ac
bis rotnnIns transferred t0 Il receptacle bcnenth
tho crypt of tho Capltol; "n!oh w!I~ .eai4ned
fnr th1t p1rppse, bit ta9 family wcrn per-
pnuo, tt.oy said, would not aecord With Wns1,.
lngton's woll.know,l rctiecmn. and niostusty.
this tomb it II sald. during the iutu War. bur
they nlwnys ntcyc.l tho SERVANTS rcluests e
!enxo their nrns IT. tue portor's@ @ @lns'gt: T. Thy oi
ono. Rl Ia soon further nl1ng tho ptih a1lu lios!r
tho hOusc. 1t commanded Il view Of the river,
IL 10 tho re,.sofl why Washington nlutse tho re-
quest III h!s will 10 hAyu tho family vault ro-
l!,oyed,wh request WIS mt oneyod Tor twoi!ty-
eight ycars, nlld thou only whom ptatnptuh by
tho tirst desecrnton whlcl, wt hnye mentioned
II VIVA beforo this t'in'' thAt Lafayette WIS pru.
sS,S W ,aS Eoa " s1s cts IL viii; %sthsr
ho had anno to rly u tribute Of rospcct, to tho
man he. l4vcd utid by whoss, ho w1s iose'I. !Lt-
hssalcstea. and OF each of his visits. wh'!u hlh
groat frlut'I was allyc aud whlo he waa not ist-
II Furhnr aiui,s % tfo pasl, MI il IrRa oak troe,
uIIdur winch Washington was fond Of rost!,IG
II Is twelve ftgt IN eircutlfrrcnoe, And has lost
wnlk IT ten minutes from, ne whnrt one comes
q tho Old n,ans!on, With lts Kitchens, ln.rns, 4n1