Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-08-24
A CRUISE IN DIXIE
A Party OF Anne ArundeIians Go
Summering Down The Bay
And Up The Kappa
hammock River
A Trip Whose Delights Are RecOmmen-
did To Allan Incident That Is
Suggestive To The
S. P. {. A.
Contributed.

AlllSitSu toNHs II TOOK It's name from
Frederic, the grandson of old George
the First, and was incorporated in
1927 To state that it is a finished
town is to say that it lags much be-
hind in civic progress. But few of
its streets are paved and sidewalked.
This is true even of the residential
part of the main street, although it
must be said in justice that here the
houses sit back from the street and
the areas in front are beautifully
parked or terraced giving a very
pleasing and hOme-like effect.
On the other hand we saw unmistak-
able evidences that the cows roam the
streets at will and, as according to a
Chinese philosopher, the hog is the
only true gentleman. because he alone
has nothing to do. this animal, I'M
der the rights and immunities guaran-
teed by our Declaration of Indepen-
dence, may be inferred to enjoy the
same inalienable privilege in the pur-
suit Of his happiness as his bovine in
feriors. Considering these very primi-
tive conditions we were no little sur
prised to find here and there placards
bearing the notice: "S5 fine for spit
ting on the sidewalks. 1t spreads dis
ease" Another surprising evidence
of progress is that the fox terrier, the
| only true and high-bred gentleman
among dogs, has found limited ac-
ceptance here. We saw some pretty
good specimens on the streets.
As a reminder of the old slave days
| we observed on Charles street, the
auction block where slaves We're for
merly put up for sale. 1t was very
innocent-looking affair. considering
the amount of history it has behind
it. The seeker after patriotic thrills
can be amply satisfied by visiting the
| Mary Washington house, where
| Georges mother passed the last fif-
teen years of her life. She was a
Miss Ball. Many of the old lady's
| household effects are here exhibited
for the small sum of ten cents. This
is reviving your patriotism at a very
low price. Those who wish to in
| dulge in other phases of patriotic
revelry will find still standing the old
frame re sidence of William Paul, the
father of our famous sea-fghter, John
Paul (Jones.)
During the Civil War a stray g.
pound ball passed through its upper
story. The hole is now utilized by
English sparrows for breeding place.
| In the old house tradesman plies his
trade, selling oysters and fresh fish,
| groceries, cigars and tobacco That
| it should come to thisl "Imperiale
Caesar, dead and turned to clay. Will
stop a hole to keep the wind away"
We saw many other queer signs, as
Drugs and Seeds, " Wood, Coal and
Ice Cream" and, wonder of wonders,
wagon bearing the device: Lar
kin, the Original Maker of Mothers
Bread" Thrice happy Fredericks-
burglars to have their staff of life
| served hot from the oven by such a
phoenix!
At O'Clock Saturday morning we
started in two carriages and with a
guide to visit the battlehelds in and
near the town. Having only few
hours at our disposal, we could see on
| ly the most noted points. On the Gath
of December, 1862, Burnside had as
| sembled large army of over one
hundred thousand men on the banks of
the Rappahannock opposite Fred
ericksburg, and Lee, anticipating this
| move, had hurriedly massed his troops
in and back of the town on the
heights. The battle that followed
was one of the most bloody of the war
and disastrous to the Federal cause.
From early morning until evening the
| Federals advanced time and again, but
every attack was repealed by the Con-
federates with frightful slaughter.
Burnside wished to renew the fight
next day, but his generals dissuaded
him, and he retired across the river,
leavning Is, 600 of his men dead and
wounded on the field.
The Federal Cemetery near Marye's
Hill contains about 40, 900 dead from
| this battle and others fought in the
surrounding country. We visited the
old Marye house still showing humid
reds of bullet holes and were greeted
| most royalty by lovely little fox ter
rier. So joyfully did he welcome US
that one of the party offered to buy
him from the young lady. the reigning
deity of the house, but she replied
that she would not part with him for
thousand dollars. And yet she stat
ed that she did not allow him to live
in the house with her. She evidently
does not fully appreciate his true
worth.
From here we started on our way
to Charlottesville, said to be ten
miles distant, but the guide explained
that it was probably much further, as
the distance was measured with a
coon's skin, with the tail thrown in
for good measure, and the tail was
longer than the coon. 1t will be re-
membered that Burnside's disastrous
defeat at Fredericksburg led to his be-
ing succeeded by General Hooker, who,
having reorganized his army, crossed
the river above the town in May and
endeavored to get in the rear of Gener-
al Lee. Lee turned about and march
ed to meet him. Anticipating this
move, Hooker had left Sedgewick on
the right bank with orders to cross, at
the opportune time, and march to join
forces with him (Hooker.) At Salem
Church, Sedgewick was met by de-
tachment of Lees army, and it was
here that few broken regiments of |
Alabamians held in check, for several
hours, Sedgewick's whole corps, until |
they were reinforced by some Virginia