The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-05-25

Some OF them were recaptured, hut the
majority got safely across the line.
Around the corner about block from
Libby is
TIE OLD ROCK HOUSE,
once Wasbington's headquarters, and
where Monroe boarded when be attended
school in Richmond. Ii is built of rock
and is over 200 years old, having been
sndiDg long before the city was laid
out. ltnow seems TO be in the hands OF
an enterprising Hebrew who has exerted
himself to make the place presentabe.
On the manlel in the one.lime bed room
OF the Father, ETC., is cheap chrome
and IN other parts OF the room are sea
shells and sword hung on the wall. II
is amusing 10 hear blm leave the subject
Of The origin o. tue house und refer to
what he has done for 1t in o tone OF
pride.
But We leave the historic house and
climb the hill, on the summit OF which
stands
OLD SAINT J,HN's CHURCH,
one OF the oldest and most historic hou.
ses Of worship in America Its ivy.clad
wa Is have beard the 6ery voice of the
patriot melting The people to the defense
OF the country, "a we'll as. the calmer
tones OF the clergyman raised in exhor-
tstion and prayer, for 1t was here that
Patrick Henry made bis famous speech
before the Virginia Convention, ending
10 the memorable phrase. "Give me Lib
erly or give me DEATH" 1t was in this
building that the Virginia Convention,
lei on by the fiery Henry and bis con.
temporary, Lee, took the first steps to.
wa:d opposing the English Government
1t is q sequestered spot far from the
cily's din, and it is pleasant to sit on one
OF the old-fsshioned tomhstones IN the
besutiful April weather and dream oI
those stirring days, many OF the actors
in which lie buried around you Below
you flow the placid waters of the historic
James, and as far as the eye can reach
YOU. look over the ancient dominions oi
Po~ haitian. In imagination you can
people the shores of The river with Capt
Smith and his hardy band Of adventu
rers, who visited the site in 1907; with
the slips OF Newport, treighted with the
earliest civilization OF the American con.
tinent; with Pocahontas and ber dusky
maidens; with Powhat,an and his stal
wsrt braves.
There IL a legend connected with the
siis (and no filter scene could be found
for one ),that here it was under the silen'
oaks Pocshontas rescued Capt. Smith
from the war club of her father. TIT
story OF itself is tue. for Capt. Smith
tells it himself (and where is the person
who ever heard q traveller tell an IN.
truth, and will ever lend It's fadeless
charm 10 the early annals of the colony
but whether or not this was the site vii
never be known with any certainty. HIS
tory tells us, however, that it was in thii
neighborhnod, aid II is very prohabl,
that the Indian princess often roamet
beneath these trees, for the lodge OF tn,
old king, her father, was but Two miles
away.
But we cannot lir ger in this rleasan
place, we must away to The other side o
the city where We are to visit
THE ALLEN MAN ION,
long the home OF Edgar Allen Poe, ant
the place where be says he spent his hap
piest days and wrote most of bis Garlic
poems.
The house is very large one and il
still in good repair. 1t is typical v.r
,inia mansion and no doubt in the tim
OF Mr.. Allen, Poe's guardian, it was th
scene OF a lavish expenditure 1, is in
closed by brick fence which is fast fall
ing to decay, and soon the house vii
follow, but the poems that we're writte
within it's old-fsshioned rooms will liv
ss long as language is spoken
] Among the many beautiful place,
about the capital OF the Cd Dominiol
none is so lovely in the spring time as
HOLLYWOOD CEMETERY
Apart from it's natural beauty. whic
nature bestowed with lavish hand, OIL
has been brought 10 it's help and compile
ted the scene.
| But Ills not it's loveliness that make
it place of so much interest, that make
it sacred in the eyes OF the ram bier. bu
it is the dust that r, 9 q beneath i's fol
face. Some OF the greatest men Virgin
ia or America ever produced are hurie,
here, and the wind as it sighs throug
the beautiful trees sings ctaselessly thei
requiem.
The grounds cover about ninety acre
and there are nearly $4,000 graves. Th
sexton is character in his way, ar
n any Title tale Of romance did be tel
me during my walk, many tale of
broken heart or OF forgetfulness. BIZ
we need not dwell upon these. Huma
nature is the same under every sky, an
The same orics can be heard in ever
grave yard in the land. There is q St T
worth telling connected with every littl
mound in the wid. world.
One OF the first spots the strange
want, 10 see is Presidents Hill wber
lie buried within twenty feet Of eac
otner two Presidents q the Unite
States, Monroe and T, Ter. Oyer th
former is large cast-ron monumen
hH, the other has not even heard
m rk his lat resting-place, net IS muc
rs a pauper IN the peters felt, only
magnolia grows nesr, it emblem OF th
South be loved so veil.
Near these two graves Gen. A.
Hill, of the Confederate Army, is huriet
II is a strange coincidence that bis nam
was in both the lips of Lee and Jackso
when they died. Scattered about
D vsrious sections of the place are th
e graves of John Randolph, OF Roanoke
+, j. E. B. Stuart, the daahlng cavalr
leader of the Army of Northern VII
D einia Commodore NJ r. Maury. "th
Pathfinder Of the Seas; )" Jas A. Seddoi
= Confederate Minister of War; Co
Henry A. Wise; John R. Thomson, th
poet; Generals Ashby, Seven Plcke
Moore and MANY another Of V:rg MA
sons whose nance are written high o
: the scroll Of fame.
: In another part OF the cemetery, t.
:: New PART is the Confederate section
where under tie sod sleep l2,OOO so
e ,'iers. waiting the sound OF the lat II
). veile. In the cert OF The army of Or