Evening star., 1897-03-03

HISTORIC ALEXANDRIA.
Many Inaugurntion viAitsrs Leoki,
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Many inauguration ViAitors Looking
Mt the Old Town.
Alexandria Is having her full quota of
| Inauguration visitors today. Many who
came to Washington for the Inauguration
ceremonies go down to the historic old
| town to see the sights. For the informa-
ton Of those in Washington who visit Alex
andria durir & the week the following ex-
tract from the Business Book" recently
published by the Business Mems League.
will be of interest;
Landing In Alexandria at the foot of
King street a visitor stands upon made
ground. by which, q cove there was filled
out in 1855 and 1900. In the original la yinR
out OF the town In 1748 General Washing
ton. then a lad Of sixteen, made the sur
vey of tie north side Of this cove, and
his field notes still remain. He had finish
ed the American revolution when the cove
was filled up.
"On Lee street. few rods north of
King, the visitor may see perched upon a
high hill, W hich alone of all the old river
bank has not been cut away. the stone
Carlyle House, where Braddock held his
congress of the five governors before going
upon his Inflated expedition At the
streets stands the Ramsey House, at which
Washington was frequent visitor. Still
further north is located the market square,
on which stood the old court house where
Washington presided at the Fairfax meet
ing which opened the American revolution
in Alexandra. There, 100, stood the Ma
sonic Lodge. in which he presided and the
latter court house where he cast his last
vote. Opposite the market on the west
Is the City Hotel, where Washington fire.
quently attended balls and from the front
door of which he held his last review OF
the volunteers Returning to King street
the visitor will see at the southeast cor
ner of King and Pitt streets the Marshall
House, noted for the tragedy which ter
nj Elv,ov 1lo Il,
and Captain James Jackson. The encoun-
ter took place on the stairway near the
east window of the second story. The
visitor may now pass along Pitt street
Eorthward to Cameron and then turning
west find on his right hand about the mid
die of the blocks a garden, which is the
site where once stood WashingtCn's town
office. which he Converted into a dwelling
SO as to accommodate his family on their
visits to the tbwpJt Ascending the street
west. Christ Church comes to view. Here
yestry and TOXIN large interest in its ar-
fairs. Here. too. on the green alongside
the church. In 146l.. General Lee first agreed
to take command of the Virginia forces
at the beginning Of the civil war. In fact,
as Harper's Magazf well says, all por-
tions of Alexanariais speak of. Washington.
In this city he may find If he will but
blow aside the Dust Of a century foot prints
of the father Il his country, that tell of
his ways as he moved round about home
Elsewhere the great chief Is on horseback,
or SltS 4high In some chair OF state, lofty
and removed fromTc ommOn men, but In
Alexandria he is fiismounted aud afoot-a
townsman and a nsfghbor.'
THE grave Of the female stranger in
St. Paufs cemetery, nesr this city, IS an
object Of Interest," and of romance in Alex
andria. and attracts the attention of all
visitors The stone, a, handsome marble
table. is inscribed, TO the Memory of a
Female Stranger. whose mortal sufferlngs
terminated on the 4th of October, 1Si6
aged q years and months This, with
some pathetic words, poetic and bibli-
Ehas been left of a handsome woman, who
With her husband put up at the City Hotel,
and died on the date mentioned. Doubtless
at the time the names of the parties were
known, but the subject attraced no at
tention until the erec tion Of the tomb oc-
casioned speculation, which has finally
passed in.o romance. 1t was said among
the Oldest inhabitants that the tomb was
paid for by forged draft. and that Mr..
Lawrence Hill of the firm of Lindsey 4
Hill. who were the losers in the transac-
ton. afterward saw the husband of the
female stranger in New York prison."
AT the corner of Washington and Prince
streets stands the monument "A2pomat-
tox. erected to the memory of the con-
federate dead Just the outskirts of
the city to the southwest is located the
Union cemetery, which is a particularly
pretty spot
All these points of historic interest
nave been visited by large numbers of
people today. All the boats and trains
coming into the city from Washington
have brought large crowds of people.