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Tile Gr"re Of WasAingfOus Mofhcr.-A cor.
reSPonGnet of the New Yrok sun. writing from
r [rederic&sbnrg. Virginia, says III did not see
Nashngtcn's tomb, have seen his rno,bcr.s :.
She lived and died hore in Fredericksburg. The
lohS White house la which she lived remains and
Is inhabited by others, while a monument ont in
the fields, half finished, covers her remains. and
Is Il sad picture Of some e'hng--compIct,on and
ueso'alIoh. IL is on the estate of Mr.. Gordon who
mas ostentaliously built brick wall around some
iani'y graves near by, as if their remembrance
depended upon being linked with hers who has no
nced OF epitapn or pointed stone" The monument
was designed Land so far finished bv n New Yorker.
lie afterwards failed, having expended abou,
%" ,coo on II, ana the monument stands unlin-
ished!


The base is ton or twelve feet hight. formed of
several blocks OF marble, each esseninp in sizo.
ana wrought IN the Cornthian order: while tho
ooe'lsk winch IS to crown it, huge block of grew
marOIe,nealy fourteen feet in length lies hear by.
IN the rough,well embedded in the sa ndv soil Some
wretches have made one side of the monument n
SHOOT ing target, and have despoed it in MANY
ways. II ever fels sorrow and INDICATION, it was
while looking on picture like this The mother of
washington with an unfinished monument-Cor
shame. Virginia! Where is thy shiyalry. tbv
blnsh! Bnt why do | chido-lhey arc most TO be
p'tled who can live and look on such desecra.
ton. ms IS one Of the Oldest towns in Virginia.
mas lItt'c commerce on the Potomac, contains
about 3oOO lnhabitants-but with all, looks di.
laplated and poor, like something once vigorous.
but now decayed.'' e'oO'