Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 79, Ed. 1, Wednesday, March 21, 1883 Page: 2 of 8
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Old Pooplo of Alexan-
dria. Tlio Epitaph Writorof Ahtlquity-
Modol Tomb-stono Poetry.
Habits and Pocullaritlcs of Goorco
Washington and ltoborfc E
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riiy j j. OUIW.J
T Irti CnnlInn niino with liU Hurry loio
W lilrii tmlll up linby Iiiii'n rrown ami croi l;
'J!1'."" M t'n.' "'P-'I on mo 'i lM' lior.J
Willi KlKiiHvrlilcli out mjjf h nrnrtoenn twil
in J (KM .loiiti Hnillli tlio wry that
of l ho llwl fanillk'8 of Virginia wiih
llio flrt white mini to mhcoikI Uiu J'o-
Uniuvitiiul look iinon thuiilto of jk-x
iinilrln. Wo wtllere ciiino (111 itof
wiion tho pliico wiih known m Hell
Jlnvun. In colonial UincH It win tlio
tominurolal eatiitiil or tlio Not thorn
.Ni'k. tho illHlrfct hi'twcon (ho iinnin.
'(ulna IhoPolotiiacind lliuHiiiiiliiii.
nock. When (lrj'o WiiHliliiuton (mil
JiOrd Kali-fax muiiiIitciI about tlio place
ninoiiu Hh (ohat'co and lavu ealcrn
wannlm; Intently Jhh null oijIIIiich
Of VUWolN HldWly flMCUIHlillK llio IV
toninu .Alexandria contained oven
then ton llimimwiil InhaltllanlH. When
tan KiicIIhIi Milp jiiikkmI Ml. Vernon
Wiiflliliittlnii JiiiHteoed on howbuuk to
thcitlonrlHliliiKcajtltiil of the district
and Knioitean coiiimerelal and politi-
cal iiuwh thirty da.yn old wih duvomvd
with Inllnllo viijrctneMH.
.hml one liiindred yearn iifjo ThoinnH
JellerHOn In an claliorato paper im-
Herted tho fiiluro coiMineiefal pronil-
Menro of lexaiidrla. Alter dm-ilh-Injrlho
rlveiM of tho noithwet and
their relation to nun nnolhcr and to
tlio Krcnt lakcH ami (ho number and
ciife'th of 'portiiKc"ef)iiiiictn them
ho wravoly iimmuuiI hbi eoiiiiliMiien
that tho trudo and piodiietn i'u the
rfat north wet and of th MIcHlfwIpiil
viilloy Would Unci exit (o lOiimpc
through Alexandria rather (him Now
ork. We can only rodeet apoloL'eir
Indly that KuHoii 'Iltitoti ittwl Ktfiili-
onuon HleiiineiH tho EW cantil and
rallwaya weio iiiilcnown to fanio when
Tli;imiw.liii..jM)n wim htlll dreainhiK
In l7HW);t nf the Miuely coming oplen-
lnw ol "Alexiuidila on (ho l'alow-
ii no- -'1111) laiccM tin not but tho
JiiiiImoij fieiy.es." wiolo (he iihlliwnph-
leal author of the Decimation of ln..
pendenee "whcieim the ehannel of
the 'I ulowmue and ('lidNiiiienk (he
oiiiIIh tho lorniliial V) lend Ulrecllv to
a warmer ellmale."
f'HAUMH Ol Tlini'l.ACII.
At a Inter peiod three rallwavH from
tho Hoofli mid a canal oonve'mod in
Alojfiuidilu and heie (lie wealth and
Jiroduolii of the Noilhern .eek were
eoneuntraleil Hut the 1'otoniao was
bridged iinil thetn ralIwiiH havliiir
leriiln In WiihIiIiiijIoii and JJaltl-
iiioio the Neek wan nevered from thu
hoi y him Alexandria iih a eununer
rial fact Is no more. Mill liiHleluI In-
JoIllKcnt people havo uliarmliiir liomeH
In and about tho MW. h0mk bloom
anilriif)HgrowHluxUilantIVeveiilnlho
MreutH.aml when one would eseapo
from the hnuiiiH f pollilclmm mid
oraily tiiMktj of Woverniiieiit iheie
could he no mote dellhifui ret i vat
hail thin Homuolcnt littleellv. Tlio
"old town" i.h It 1h termed oheetlou.
ntely by Km pooplo is declined to be-
come lieeiuiM' of the abuiidanee ami
purity ol Hi M-aier mippl.y and perfect
cIcanllnchM a place of ref:i(re lor Amer-
ican MHtCHIIii'll.ailll llMlcnHCHllllllllWH
InKilelleloUHperfiimeH from Maidciia hh
mnliil'li'hrt an thono of Piestum and
F'rcnwite.
ki;nmium:aki) uohim.
I ItoiiHiieet of Alexandria when an-
liroiiolii'il from WiwIiJiiKlnn Is lv no
!!! l;"li .AIpHir tlio whole
river riont totlWtu tlniboiH UUo n d
fayliiKloiCH projeet above the wntor.
riie-ueijiiMltmed wlinrwH In dayH of
Alexninlila'H commeielal puwperltv.
lloio and (hero a diowny neKro on a
biokeii plank or half lecllnlnu In n
nulo hov that MorvcM as n oaimu was
nehliiK llMllewly ami liully oven an
the hlow wuvoh beat iiioiioIoiioiihIv
iiKalnal the hIicIvIi hIuiiu. Aloim
thomnlutlunoiiKhlaro ai Coti froui
Ihofurrvboat two or tlueo lultoieiM
went alowly iikivIiij; beneath tho
hIiiuIowh of tlnie-woru htilldliiuH.
Hnlusinvn ih we were koIiiW by leaned
Idlyjiimliwt ImiielH and iIohIih looklnir
juilmiHlyutHtruiiKefn and when we
lad eroHMH) hIx Mtieetrt purallol
wllh the river and turned Himth.
wardly ammiu; tlio piotty Ivy-olad
HiinoH and ohitrehesof Alexandria
brlKbt eyes peered lortli from half-
clotted MliutteiH ami wondiicd why
nuiMMvin hi nooiuiay went annul the
iiolholcsrt plaee. A wnyt'arer'8 foot-
rallrt mo re-eelioed mid borne about by
tl "l'll "nil alontt HllontHtrcotHim
after midnight hi Kreat oltlw. Urocn
Kra;H ereejH throtiKh the cnobwiiro
am rimu lietweeu tho llaKtoue
and hemlK over tho ourliHlnno
mid iiiovim daintily modeMly plekliiK
Hr way (imliitu tliv Htrts.l. nntl atll)
KiowliiK KJ ecu ami luxuriantly i
rare y hrulitvil by liurryiim fimiAi'pa.
A Hlleut Holeinii old town of nmuv
churehea Ih AU-miiiiIiIii UKllns.Hlnee
nillwavM liildKliiK tbo I'oiomae woiu
by to WiiHhiimton moodily and Idly
In tlilH(;orKeoiin vernal miiiKhlne.
ANOt.lM'inTlK'HYAIlJi.
ijroiu tho touteinplatlon of a city
dylnu till of ytn and honor I on-
THl .V.10 K'U'wy of "Old t'lirlM
Cliuroh" uraveyant Hero one Ih re-
minded that they werotui linloiie poo
plo who lived even one hundred yuu
iiKOln Vlrt?llilii loavlniroli cnunldliiir
HtjitiCM aw-oitloiisof thvir pceluirl(le.
If what wo write mid think and oui
inodojj of telllni? It bo nHhiuniL'oivnd
violative or f-ood taste a century hence
aHiuo theio iiienioilalM of Borrow In
wrlbed on Kavo-lonw In Alexamhlii
It xvv wipe that wo bnlhl no toml.
and no itown lo vbllvlon without
ttriuiueeor ivunnpoul for HympMhy ol
hnmorlallty nmdo tor iw by pool and
HloiUMHitteix. Tho oldest nHorlptlont.
; honor tu depart vd great iuh Iconhl
dlmvivoi; WMro wiltton not more than a
hum red ywim ago Tho tombs
about tho ohuroh In which WindUm-ton
wao won't to hear tho gonpol nro not
older and queer people were lhe oi
onoof whom IUhhiiIiI on her ctviinh-
lliiff headstone;
"I lore llcth dowthy liarnr. uxor
who dep.utcd thlx llfO after a bWtni
disposition. u
lf-n't It trnKo that llio lllltornte
writer of (ho Cltaph IhJeotoil thin hit-
In word "uxor" Into huoIi a frlKhtful
mmtenco? Tho font of mnall oops was
e5hnnildAvho'ii "dnrothv" wa crtn- allv died. No Otic exeutit hor phyHl
l(rin.i:Oi I hi ttiii Hii I lit- dot Iht U'-iti. rliin A'hil Iiit hllfdmild mid Mn. ritcw-
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iii re ativiH imiimi. iiiivo hecn iirn ih an. who ii cu yearn hko. ww nvr mw.
when olwcrvltiK how liiKenlotisly tho
author of tho cnlfanh toned down and
hinoothod over hy ox tract I nu coiihoii-
ailtH from thu word her deadly "Indl-
mhIUoii" J low dcllcfoiiHly hIiiijiIo aro (ho lines
thai (ell tho fad nlory of tho iintliiicly
dumlcof awcet Fanny Medio:
" Wcop not for mu
I'arontndciir
I am not dead
lint sleeping hero
Am I am. you all iniifd ho
X'teparoyourhclvi-rt to follow
1110."
Nonh WeltHtcrhad not published IiIh
fearful MpollliiK-hook nor wiltton his
non-committal dictionary when poor
Kaniiy wan entombed iiliitty-iilne
yearn ao.
Till: I'JI I I.A STUItOI'IKTOI' tjij; (lit AVO
VAiin.
(Jood and tfcnoroiin loving' ntlierH
iiiotolhan hlniHelf was Homy Hoyer
of Krciich dcHcent who IcIJh Htirvlvliitf
raciM with irliihtful orthography
"All you that cmim my uruvu lo hoc
Projialr yoursclVcH lo pillow mo
Hcpcnt and turn (o Uod In time
Von may ho taken In your prime."
Alexander I.utimor a lineal Ich-
cemleiit (an Alexaiiihlan wild) of the
prlcHt who wiih Incinerated at the
Mako witli Itldley when one ohtirch
wiih KlhlaHlutf aiioiher In old I'mglaud
died In 1 10(1 and Ih Hum embalmed In
Immortal verne:
"Meio IIch Alexander I.idliner
"Who aUllctloii Hore
l;iiii(r time ho bore
l'li.Nslelaim wiw In vain
Till Uod wiih ploiiHod
Death Hhoiild him hc7.(.
And ease him of IiIh pain."
Then thocpllaiih'inakcr uncurling
modestly theefIeetlvencfol'hlMverHW'.
Invokes Pope and oxolalins
"()hl Death where Is thymine?
Oh! (Have where Is thy vletotyV"
iini! of am i:vri:t(T hack.
A uood dame- nhcps hard by the
uiodi'Mt htoiio that IIIIh its time-worn
uliape above tho uravo of "A Latimer
Kp" .Much Idle vanity wim en-
tombed with her. If hIio eoiild look
about her IiihI reHtliur place how vain
would empty words become tolling
(hat hIio was ''related lo hcvomiI of tho
llrst (amlllcH of Virginia and Maiy-
lainl." Their iiaiiieH and deidsure now
a dim memory. The jluir dr (In of
Houthorn chivalry IiIosmiiiih no more
lorevcr. The old dmiiluloii and Its
"(Irsl famllleH" aroextinel and above
Ihelrtotnb shoiilil bo lilted a h(oiio
loKior and promler than all thcfn
which (ell of tho nlinplo honest lives
and virtues of men and women who
ueiil In cliutell and iiaid llielr pneor
wllh (Icorun W'iihIi tutoii and weio
bulled heio one hundred years ao.
OTIIHK Al.r.XANDIttAH 'IOMIIB.
.flistoulHlde and went of Alexandria
which Ih ItHidf h living tomb of Itn
foiuicr commercial activity an an-
clent gravey ird has beounea Potter's
Held. Old loiubrttoiicH broken to
pieces and iiiade to do nervlco for mic-
civhIvo occtipanlMof tho miiiiio narrow
leiiemciiL recite in "lnokcn inronlHof
woe" the virtue of old Virginians.
1 read on a broken slab "Precious
NlclmlHOH wife of Henry NieholHon
died October tin 18IW." Hhe Is no lon-
ger precious How thorougly loigot-
teu Is shown by densely tangled vlwt
anilgrimfc iniiKliig It almoH linpossl-
blo to lead time-worn Inserlptloiirt on
tho discolored decaying Htom.. A
great tree htm grown out of a giavo
dlHpliielng n modest headrttone on
which I 1 1 need tho words "Harriet
urn win) in i' ramus awiingiou."
A vague doubtful Hinilo 1 could
not repi ess ll stole over my hoIouiii
laeo when I read on a moss-covered
Ciaelud slab of gray gianlte.
"HorollcHK. HuieliliiH mtlnfmct. lfiOl.
ItlcHscd are tho dead who dlo In tho
Lord."
It Is hardly necessary to remark that
tho gentleman thus apotheosized o
hoiiihioIh not tho vigorous proprietor
ol tho Washington J'ont. Hut one
could almost as readily give assent to
tho bviiodlelion thus applied as lend
crcdeneo to the asHertion carveil on
another stone In letters and figure of
the stylo of ono hundred ycai-s ago:
"Huercd to the memory of Mildred
Dixon widow or Tom Dixon who
died October !i!J 1810 In tho one hun-
dred and sixtieth year of her age."
Why havo wo not read of Mildred
Dixon when scientist tell of tho Mir-
vlval of thollltesl'.' Why lias not her
name become as fa'mlllar as that of
rbnniiiH Pair who lived only one hun-
dred ami forty yearn dying I bellove
In tho telgu of good (Jtieeu HcssV
TombHlonoK may Mpeak falsely
ol human virtues and nobody
o bjeets. Hiitwhoii they protend to a-
oltosiiiiplofaotH and dlvorga from tho
nun uie reader's Indignation Is
heightened hccatieu ho has already
conceded mi much in accepting asser-
tions of (ho inntohlcus vlitues or the
dead. One can hardly question tho
solemn verity of tho yellow time-
worn unpretending slab that covers
tho ashes of the anelout Mildred Dix-
on. The very shape of the several
numerals tho evident ago.ol' the carv-
ing and Hiinplo modesty of the thick
reddish stone used to perpetuate Mil-
died's ineinory indicate the tuithful-
news of tuwoulons lettered above hor
lunuw.
tiiu rmr.w.i) htu.vnukh.'
itcrotiie wild cherry tieo of mIulmi.
beauty vigor and freshness Itrt.s
and an much canctlly would ho Imparl-
ed by the church and meniorlen of
Iii'O and wiiHiimKioii in uiu ihi--i
! l.eo aim wiiHiiingioiij m uiu o'i
Hho wiw hurled and all that wo know might bo "greener ' man 111 uio ouwr.
A told In thin piteous stiggcntlvo c-I- Jlut l.loiw rrnmls" In an alii wp hero
tah. Ilko this aro ImpOHslblc. I stoml upon
"tii a-inr mi:mouv or A rKMAM: holv urtitititl. whcro the iicoplc only
t HrHAvomi
I "Whoso morlal suirerlngn k'rinlilutcd
on tho 1 Ith day of October 1810. Aged
twentv-lhreK yearn and eight months.
"Thin utotio Injilaced hero by her din-
coiiKolalo huhband In whoio arms she
Blglicd out her latest breath and who
under Uod did IiIh utmost oven "to
Miotho Uio cold dead car of death. "
"How loved how valued once avails
thee not
To whom related or hy whom begot
A heap of dust alone remains thee
'Tin all" thou art and all tho proud
Hindi be."
"To whom gavo all tho prophcln
witness that through hln naine.whoso-
over bellovcth on Him. shall havo
remission ofnln." ActnlOth chap.l.'ld
verse.
It wan commonly nupposed that the
occupant of thin tomb wan tho
daughter of an Kngllnh nobleman
who nail eloped WJin an intelligent
butler or coachman Why tho ncoret
wan novor divulged oven alter her
death and wily tho purpose never to
reveal her name and history in re
corded on thin monumental stone me
iiiipilrlcn which may never bo solved.
It was fiiiggelod not long ago that llio
lines:
"To whom related and hy whom
begot
A heap of dust alonoremaliiHoflhee
'Tin all thou art and all tho proud
Hindi be"
having a peculiar elgnlllcance re-
ferred lo Aaron Murr whoso daughter
Theidosla left Charleston Houth
Carolina with a gentleman from
Now Vork two yearn before
tho death and burial of the
"Unknown" In Alexandila. P.utMni.
Alston was devoted to her husband an
well as her father and older several
years than tho occupant of llio Htrait-
ger'n tomb.
Tho publication of theno memorials
of Alexandria lu tho pagon of the OA-
zni'ri! may cause tho Institution of in
quiries lu iCnglaiid which may lead to
thoFoItitloii of the mystery.
I have sought to induce tho proper
authorities to miller Die Hlono Unit
marks this tomb to bo removal.
Among tbo bones within will bo found
sonic irflliiiKgold or silver ornament
on whk'h (his woinau'n name Is In-
hcrlbed. Nobody courts oblivion; on
the contrary (hln mode of burial and
over-wrought Nuorotivciicsn was in-
Icnded lo excKo tho very curiosity
that attaches lo tho nameless occupant
of this mausoleum and If we would
gratify tbo dead her last icstliig-placo
should bo "desecrated." If my enda
be attained I will tell tho result to tho
icadei'Mof tho UA.i.tit.
TOMIIHTO.Ni: I'Oiri'HV.
It was surely a queer fashion one
hundred yearn ago that requliod tho
decoration of every tombstone with
original couplets. Tho mania has per-
vaded other countries iih well as this
but tho disorder assumed a violent
character in Virginia.
At old Pobick church many years
older than this of Alexandria and
twelve miles south I found a tomb-
stono icHting against tlio rear wall of
tho building and Coveied with weeds
and grics. Tlio old tablet la live feet
high and four wide; why It wan left at
thlaspot 1 could not learn. ItatlcstH
tho vlituenofKunaiuiah Mills wife of
John Mills "Merchant." Wo aro told
uinisiio died in 1771 aged :tl) yearn.
ii'i..v ii... i .n. .i?i i..:i .
iii-ii iwmi:n uiu uiu muni' (twuiry ;
"What e'or nho was forbear to say
'Twill best bo known on that giei
'iy(
gieat
lar
ItHHtatolv form himvn ii mint nti'i '
vo toiu I tolling Itn story of doathloan
love. Tho live was planted no doubt
by the hand that luilll the tomb It
overshadow; hut the builder and tho
dead aie aliUe unknown. No nmiio Ih
traced upon tho ponderous nimble
la i viwtliiK uiMii st mtpporti" two
loot high ami based upon a heavy
thick Mono covering the grave. The
who o Is oipiUwDil. ly u lulek wall eiut-
ped hy heavy carved blocks of i;rnHe.
and was designed to endure tlirough
eouiltlcM years. And yet Htnuigely
oniiUBh no uamo is honored. AVe
only know that a woman sleeps
there and that sho Was entombed by
one s hu loyod hor tenderly IJeyouil
this viioan loam nothing ilo omno
auniially through half a century no
thoMoiv goes till tho country wan
swept over by desolaUmt war to
plant llowern about tho grave. His
oyen were then dimmed by nm mid
griof. Pioplo raw him for tlu last
Hmo I ain told dlHohai-glug hlsae-
customed Mlont task In Hprlng-jime
InlKWi. Ho ronoud the du"( and
niiKssfrtmi tho tomb with trembling
hands and honl over tho grave wont
went away and o.vnio no morn. Who
wan ho? Ho visited with the woman
ho loved in October tlio old hotel fn
Alexandria She wan wlok and tin-
Where you and all and every one
Must give an account of wind lliey'vo
done."
"To say no more nho lived approved
And died lamented and beloved."
The (list lino casla a dim shadow or
dubiety over the verity of the last
and tho fourth lino Is too long by hair
a foot. Hut these llttlo Inaccuracies
wcro unnoticed one hundred years
ago. A few yardn away resting
against tbo root of a decaying tree Is a
time-worn stone designed to perpet-
uate a namo that dc-erven to bo re-
membered. Theio Is cool curt nbllns.
ophy in the distich:
"Weep not my H-lends!
Dry up your tears
I iuiihL fay hero
Till Christ appears."
oiit) I'oitinr oiiiMicit.
Hut (his Is Hiiroly a comfortable rest-
ing place. Tho forest In tho verge of
wliloh the Mutely old brick edifice
ntandn Inn never been Invaded by tlio
axeman. The building imposing
enough and of graceful outlines is un-
harmed hy the lap.-o of about ll!o yearn.
Hero mid thcro tho copings and
door and window Union and
other ornamental stones havo
liecn bioken by lavoiiousiellcluiutom
but besides thin there Is no sign of de-
cay and old Pohlek church having
survived two bloody and ruinous warn
may Maud when tho lnlllenluiu
dawns.
These old churches and dolorous ep-
itaphs at least tell what iilaiuicr !r
men were tho dally iinuicIuUi or
NNashlngton when he occupied his
high-hacked pew hardly capable or el-
evating bin head enough to see that of
the cneolHiied preacher wlKv-coitiui-iiui
was projoctcd rrom another box
tasteiied up at tho end of the church
where nut around Very commonplace
people. These epitaphs show how
simple and Illiterate they were. No
grand public-school system In those
diiyn Induced youths to'abaudon Holds
and garden of the country
tor tin vices of prorenslonal
Ufe gainltiK tiblcs Wall
ntrccts. and diaiu-shops of cities. The
Mate did not Intervene between father
and .ou to become tbo fmiei..i u....
factor of tho latter and pervert illlal !
allegiances and ties of love and unit I. i
tin.. 0l... 1... I. ..l.l "."""'.
' ii ntiii-iiiiuu was iiim imwiiii
lit' ir
eighty-three yearn ago witu nciuin
bared bent more reverently when
rinniirr. WimliliiL'too and his stalely
wife descended from bin lofty coach of
state and entered the modest nricic
church than when the man of Ood
lifted up eyes hands and voice luno-
norotis somnolent prayer.
avasm i.voroN'rt I'oniwa.
A trivial traditional factliliiv give a
nharo of credibility to thoNlatement of
Uliataiiiirland. who visucu wnsiuiig-
ton at Mount Vernon and wild of him
that hu wiih cold hiuiuhtv. rcnerved
without brilliancy and not devoid of
vanity. Ouoofthreenealnof Wanhlng-
liiii'HHpacIoiiHcpiadrarigiilar now wan
nlaeed against the wall. Thin Wash
ington nlwayn occupied. Jlo ho wit
bolt upright facing the congregation
rather then the preacher the most con-
npiciioun person nave tlio priest in tno
oullilliig. io wnat cxiem. no
accented tho teaching of the
Huncluarv in ntill a matter of
doubt. JiJshop Meado devoted neveral
pagenofa poiideioiis voluino to tho
inquiry wliloh while the taciturn sol-
dier and HtiitoHinaii lived wan never
Holved. Very ninny of tho.so whoso
estimate or Washington' character
and deeds are rational rather than de-
rived Irom books and Fourth or .Inly
orations and who have heard or bin
dally practices modcn of life and con-
versations believed that ho concurred
with old .lohn Adams and was a Uni-
tarian even If ho did not accept
(hoorlen ol Jellerfeon Franklin and
Paine.
Tin: l'liHAcuniis ok 'run oj.urc.v timk.
Great men havo ministered to the
spiritual wantn or the people of tho
two old ohurclicH mentioned in theno
pages. Bishop Mondo In early youth
nogiin hero hln long and useful career.
Congressmen even Clay Itandolph
ami Adanin wcro wont to Union to
the simple unaU'ccled eloquence of the
youthful preacher; but Wanhliigton
liiid been dead cloven yearn when
Meade came down from the nioun-
talnn of Virginia (o electrify Hlatenmoii
ami make old Clirlst Church incm-
orablo in nong and ntory.
The morals ol tho country after the
revolutionary war were 'horrible
.Sheriiian'n devaslatlng "march to the
sea" wan most merciful hIiico it is put
a period to tho conllict that was nipld-
ly hurrying tho country North and
South Into vices Infinitely more din-
astrouM than faininc lire and aword.
Tho old war of Independence lusted
eight yearn happily tlio "rebellion"
only four and unhappily wo have few
preachers llko Meade who turned
backward tho (Ido of war-born ricen
and made (ho Old Dominion the heat
of admliable vliluesand refined social
pleasures.
oi.n I'omcuc cmntrir
wail no-called becausr a little stream
unsigned this name by the Indians
was hard hy. The first Hliucture
built hero about seven miles from Mt.
Vernon and twelve from Alexandria
was or wood located on the southern
side of the stream. In 177(1 when
thin had gone to decav. Uu nroHotif.
brick structure was rafsed. It in two
miles rrom (ho bite of tho older build-
ing and tho ntory Is told that old
George Mason the head or a nimlly 11-
luslrloiiH lu the annals or Virginia
nought to havo tho new church reared
on tho pioolso nito or the old. "Wanlt-
liiuton objected and whilo Mason In-
sisted that members ol" many rnmllleH
were burled there. AVtishtnirini i.
dared tbo prenent site to be that most
accwioio to tlio greatest number of
paiisiiioneiH and that many
were poor having no facilities
for traveling like the gentry
of tho country. The question
excited much feeling and a nlorin
was brewing calculated to do grout
detriment to the cause of Christianity.
Put when tho meeting adjourned
Washington made an accurate nurvoy
or tho whole neighborhood and wheh
tho vent ry was reconvened presented
a man drawn with painstaking care
allowing that tho location of tho now
church on the north side of Pobick
creek was demanded by every practi-
cal ex fgonoy of the people. '
Washington's map governed the
cHon or tho vestry. From 1773 till
8o when at home Washington at-
tended religious Horvfoen ntthls siuic-
ttJwy.lllt ror nflw' .Vl'. I""ir to
ih(Mi he was a rcg'ilar occupant or his
pew in old Christ Church in Alexan-
dria and the building reared in 1773
near Pohlek Creek slowly went to
decay. It has been repaired at inter-
vals mid the Hketch given represents
it as it was in thu days of Washington
and an It Is to-dav.
WASIIINUTON'K I-A-MII.V COACH.
Noneborii since the modern politi-
cians' Nonohlnn deluge of woes have
beheld such a swinging .swaying vo-
ilclo as that from which the Wasfilng-
ton family descended each Sunday In
front of old Pohlek church.
1 be body of tho carriage was sun-
pended by leathern straps from high
and curved "C ' '.springslikc that or
Htiige-coaeh in thedaynorgood tjueen
Anne. Its occupants wcro mioii rooked
to rCDOso: or iiim.wl In .... ..i... i.. ......
ilMI.l..u' ..... .V...' .'' " ...n"'"' oi
..i ..v.. .n ri-ii-rieikllCSS
l'liin privnte
carriage built In Kngland was a for.
famed vol. ele. j( ot only boro the
fa nlly eaeli Sunday to old Pohlck.and
.. ...H.-OII )iius aner-wan ouch Sun-
day to Alexandria hut whenever the
?...T ' ""-'"""'ricanarmics.aecoin-panled
or was visited by bin wife or
whenever she went to Phllailelphln or
NowWk Mho traveled not t'v rail-
way or steamer Unra-hlonablolnllw
UllJO OIIL
linndcroiis
rocking
iig-
cut
farewell tuWnViMoTwho
"T"' l"s America a m on iiv
nvvaylng nwinging lumlierlng .
Huh coach. When Washington w
r' lV!''m 's iml l"-o'mnoed t
m nf Minn wmeii uie alo guan cd ' i r "V 7 ""'nous oi money ho
and niai.ital.ied In Its perlVer unity I "" ' "" traveled lu thin Fm
Thopeoplo were woihlod to tho will f i 1. ' i.. ' llK.wn-v. nowrd ?rom
i.iun'r loan iree senoo s and fo hm. ' "". "' -"ryiani Was i neton
nuranee and fought for l h fifet "Wit t .1 Ju&lZ
pondcuco with a hero am rm.i .n.. ntry hostcliy. An nm.i iu. . .V"
1 Wliu wt III lli.l.v .i .-- -..-.. .i iatf
... ".. nil iKiienruiuHtHit. rnn-.(...
years ago said that she 'then a girl or
hvclvo or thirteen yearn' of age oeeu-
1 plwl an aiiartuieutlu tho arret si
I wiw nrnuMHl before tho Jn "ai'iiiSv
loud oldurgations in tho h e vM
hooking from the window she b?. . i
1 SS TVf K
i"siier nan
ciiduranco never known bofor.. .i..i
thexo rudo Inscriptions on j;re old
tonib-btoncn toll more Inllnltely than
they dreamed who wrote them
Tin: ui.n rus.-m-.
An aged man In phdu all I re of
kindly aspect and most benignant
face Is tho sexton r old Christ
Church. Ho sella walking sUcks mmio
ol Joists taken from tho old struct u re
when miino ycara ago It was repaired!
Of tho name material ho makes pretty
wups. Fresher wood might Krvo as"
well an that which Js tough and ol
llt ntnn.t..1 !... i. -v V" '
X' : ' :(f"!fimr white
' . .iKtv iii:ir i ii jii
coad . Until ihUvcScMSS
laid it wasM.pposcd that Wa.hingUm
or any
never swore except on that hot daynt
Monmouth when lie wim betrayed by
a Siibordliiale. Tho oiie-llorso nhoy
made Immortal In (lowing verses by
Oliver Winded Holmes wan hardly
more honestly and skilfully construct-
ed than tho funiily carriage of George
Washington. Firiecu yearn after
Wasliliigton'n deatn It became tho
properly of Mlshop Meade then a
young preacher. Long unused be-
cause or Itn weight and proportions (in
tho JJIslioptelln It began to decay. It
becamo an object of inlorest to relic
hunters and wan "given" away piece
hy piece to tlio Jllsliop's friends or
sold at fuiro for benevolent purposes.
In 18-17 Jllshop Monde then grow
lug old wan accustomed when visited
by bin friends and chosen compatriot
of tho (mien lime to induct them to
scab In his study niado of those once
used by Georgo Washington and hln
wlfo lu the old family coach. Tho
publication of these ractn may induce
nonio corrcsiKindcnt to tell what be-
came of this relic and tlio history of
thecarrlago exhibited at Philadelphia
in 187(1 as tho "family carriage of
Washington." We should not (orget
to tell that each Sunday morning at
Pohlek llrnt and later at old Christ
church when tho Wanhliigton couch
was drawn up before the door that
clodhoppers stood around with liciidn
bared to do humble obeisance. Tho
gentry of the neighborhood advanc-
ing In turn in silk hose knee breeches
long-waistcd couta and cocked hats
bent leverently In the presence of the
matchless patriot ol Ills own i
ago or country.
WAKIIINdTO.V AND Ii:i:.
It is a singular fact that after hear-
ing Hcriiious and prayoiHiind delibera-
ting lu the very sanctuary or the Most
High two great leaders or two great
armies and two immortal heroes inch
announced for the Jlrst time his pur-
pose to serve the cause ho espoused at
tho doorway of old Christ Church In
Alexandria. When war with Kngland
was already inevitable Washington
was known to prefer his friend Jtrynn
Fairfax as a candidate for the house of
delegates to Colonel Itroud water a
rebel Fairfax beluga confessed tory.
Patrick Henry had uttered his mar-
velous harangues and Washington was
still silent. Standing In front of the
church in Alexandria many of hln
friends and neighbors about him ho
said that he would fight Kngland and
lead if required in htioli a eonflict the
nrmicH of Virginia. Tills was In l77o.
KIglity-llvo years laler Jt. 13. Lee in
the spring oven in May 1801 sal in (he
pew of his fathers .operated by tliealnlo
irom that of Washington. When the
congregation went out Dee standing
in lioni of the church to be greeted by
ids friends and neighbors announced
for tho llrnt time hln purpose to servo
tho "Old Dominion" rather than the
Union. Dee may have remembered at
tho tlmo the story told of Washington.
Hut such aro the facts as given by tra-
dition In tho ono case and by i'lvlng
witnoi-hcs In tho other.
Some Plutarch may make tho story
tho basts of a rhetorical parallelism
between the lives and deeds and fame
of those two greatest men that have
illustrated the force and intensity of
local patriotism. Lco had not ap-
proved secession and only loved a
slate more than bo loved all the states
and Washington only proposed to
lea d the army of Viiginlitagalnst the
mother country.
ANOTJIlUt AKI'IX-J' CM' WASlIINdTON'B
CHAItACrlUt.
The sdiool system of Alexandria is
old and admirable. It was in success-
ful operation oven heforo the old revo-
lution. Washington and Ids
local associates wcro active
supporters of tho scheme
of beneficence. In the apartment or
Mr. Camo superintendent there is an
old manuscript book containing Waslt-
"''"" n lunci w uiu inisieesoi uieirco
schools of Alexandria In which ho
tells that hln Immediate resouices will
not admit of the payment or ono thous-
and pounds which shall constitute hln
bequest to tho school but that the
trustees can draw on him annually for
tholntereston tho sum. Ho stipulates
however 'that the interest alono shall
lie used and the principal held intact
forever ilo further insists that tho
product of the fund shall be expended
"only in teaching reading writing and
arithmetic." With this ho thought
tho debt of tho public to tho youths
ortbelaudex.ingulHhed. Thothousand
pounds a provided in Washington's
will weie invested In tho stock of tho
Dank of Alexandria then deemed the
safest and best possible security.
When Andrew Jackson removed tlio
deposits and destroyed tho national
bank ho niado this Institution at
Alexandria one of tlio depositories of
government hinds. Its managers be-
came politleians ; they sought lo sus-
tain tho party in power lending
money freely tolh adherents oC Jack-
son. 'I ho bank (ailed Its cashier
swartwouted " and tho sacred fund
leu by the rather of tho country to the
poor or Alexandria was no moYo.
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..in "mien aim nave heard parties
speak highly or It"
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