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Show 6 •' 4 ( n'oEBUUK. alas!) a large and elegant mansion, ·which, a few years ago, repb.cecl a more ancient edifice, then destroyed by accidental fire. Before the house a grassy lawn extended below the bluff, ,vhich there <leclined into the botto1n ·with gradual slope. About the rnansion tri1n walks, edged 'vith box, led among evergreen or fio,vering shrubs and trees of rare foliage or stately altitude, both of native and foreign origin, and through a flo·wer-garden bloorning 'vith all the floral glories of Virginia. At n greater distance orchn.rds, vineyards, meado,vs and fields of corn, tobacco, 'vheat and other crops, in the orderly circle of their se:tsons, re,varded the busy hand of skilful culture with the ripe gifts of a genial climate and prolific soil. In various directions might be seen the negro quarters, hamlets of 'vhite cabins, 'vith their "patches," or kitchen-gardens attached. On every side the buildings, fences, implements and modes of cultivation, sho,ved the intelligent spirit of modern improvement, though here and there might be detected, also, traits of the pride of inheritance and marks of veneration for old usages and traditions. The new mansion and the modern improvements ·were the 'vork of Colonel Frederick Fairfax, the last 'vho has borne that name. Both the natne of Frederick and the title of Colonel devolved upon him by a kind of inheritance, as if they 'vcrc annexed to the estate. During three generations they designated the proprietor. The first Colonel Frederick had w·on the rank in actual service. The title 'vas transmitteJ by country courtesy to the son, who inherited his name and estate, and, after t'vo generations, it became an easy trick of inheritance, by custom, to invest Frederick, the succeeding son and heir, with the same title ROEBUCK. 7 wl1.en he came into possession of This was a natural express· f the same estate. of a con1n1unity th~a t Ion o courte~y th 1 ... on e part llOUl·' lshed t · d•t• a ·'V.: :tY.. S reS}Jectcd pe d.I o-rees I a I Ions, admired . . · 1 . '=' ' affected military hono . B rna~ tw, VIrtues and 18· ut the t1tle th d · was seldom· conferred ·with h. . ' us enved, third }i,rederick Fairfax II IS nanle In full upon the Fred" to 1 . . h . . e 'vas usuaJiy but "Colonel . us neJg bors The h b saluted him 'vith that ~ 'I· Un1 l~st of thetn often h lanu Iar brevity d h t us commonly styled th. ·h ' an e 'vas b Ioug out the co t I may e thence inferred that h 1 un ry. t and a frank cheei·ful d~ lad affable Inanners ' ' sunny Ispos·r T . ' temper relieved, ·without diso-uisin I ·l?n. . hts happy IIis fortune exc't d 5 g, his pnde of birth. • 1 e no envy y t .r •1. . deoTaded th a· ·. . ' e 1aml Utnty never '=' e Ignity of Ius demean . II man of tali, cominandino-stat . (. or. e was a graceful action ·with b~ld b~Ie,. of VIgoi:ous frame and comp Ie xi· on wa's fair and£'· uht 1b e gu.l ar feat. ure s. 11I· S sun. I.:1.:r1-S eyes 'vere blue a1 nesd 1' . nt I.n lbro. w. ned b y th e was soft, 'vavy and inclin~d t us .~au·, of hght bro\vn, the years 'vith a fe\v silver t:r::~. I\ ~egan to note happy years. lie I :- s-w ute Dlarks of ·was near y Sixty II' . large, .penetrating and remarkable . for IS mind. was ment In the affairs of I·co I sound Jndg .. h · 11e. n conduct 1 onorable, brave and enero·etic Wh ~e was gentle, he carried away the houo~s of. the U e.n e ~as young ~e sp~~t in the healthy pleasures of Diversity .. Then In VISiting cities the pei·l·od . the countiy and ' ass1o-ned b t young gentlemen of 'vealth for rec~ . y cus OJn to discipline of youth and th . e~tl.o~ .between tho hood. Whilst he was tllus e ~ es~onsibihtios of mau-l en]oy1no- leis · h · ar nlanners, the reputation of h. ~ 1 Ul :' I~ popu-d h IS se 1oiastic tnu h an t e general respect for his fa .I . mp s people of the county to elect him 1111 yh, I.nduced the as t e1r 1·epresen- |