ci tho pntrlot now. Individual in¬ beuten man with no thought but for man, and second, stances no doubt thero wore; Mary Jarnes, and splendid himself and his crumbled crown and tlve:< at "Summcrville," in Gloucester". ex einnimmt 'ons of Home single qnnll- Maud, who married ftcation. Caesar was merciful, Sei pio sceptre- Thon look at Leo at Gettys¬ Captain j-..iv was burg.the Waterloo of tho Southern Peviin; Lloyd, who married Susan continent. Hannibal was patient, Seidon: who but it was eserved for Washington Cause.-as "with untold magnanimity Prosser, married Nolllo to assuming all the for tho McKonslc. and Rebecca, who married blend them nil in one, and. like responsibility Samuel G. Brent, of ihe lovely chef d'oeuvre of [fateful day.attributable to another's Alexandria. tho Grecian Philip (6) Edward Tabb, son artist, to exhibit In one glow of asso¬ or another's fault; smiling and third [error lie of Philip, of "Toddsbury,". founded tho ciated beauty the pride of every model tranquil, rules among his shattered beautiful and the of land disordered columns, above estate of "Waverley," not perfection every master." rising far from tho Hubert Ed'ward Leo was in the terror and turmoil around htm, "Toddsbury." up North every¬ River. Perhaps this was a of thing the peer and parallel of Wash¬ [sublime, serene, undauntod: they halt part the tit his cemmand arid to the original Todd land grunt, but wc can't ington, except In the difference of for- rally magic toll. He married tune of tho revolutions of which of his call." Lhnmeline Allmond, they and had Edward Tabb: May, who mar¬ were respectively 'he military chief¬ ttobert K. I.op loved the Union. Like ried tains. Judge W. W. Crump, of, Rich¬ Contribution* to thin opinion mm Hen Hill. Alexander Stephens and mond, and who Lee w as u Emmollnc, married Dr. requceted from Confederate reter- greater general than other eminent Georgians, he was op¬ John S. Wellford, of kdm nud other person* fttmtllar vrlth Washington, measured by the vaster posed to secession. But ho had been Frederieksburg. tbo history of the Wnr n«tvTC«n later of Richmond. The lives of ton scale and the more brilliant and suc¬ taught to rovero his State as his and th« Stittea. Nnrrnttven of particu¬ cessful of bis and Crumps Wellfords were human lar ciiKa2?mentn nml oil' splendor operations.as Sovereign mother, when Francis symphonies of their birth pcrnensl great in rospoot to almost P. Blair brought to him from Presi¬ worthy In venture. nrr specially reqneotcrt. generalship a mansion, by the waves guarded by All contribution.; nhouliJ he sent in as Napoleon Bonaparte, but Incom¬ dent Lincoln and General Scott the the forests of old Gloucester. The Eclllor of the parably greater than as a fonder of the supremo command of Cowfederato Bonaparte Dr. Henry Wythe Tabb, the young- Column, Tlmrx-Dlnpntcfa, Richmond, mnri in all the vicissitudes of fortune. the armies of the United States, ho re¬ ost of Vn. How different the "Mr. son Philip, of "Toddsbury," attitude Of Leo plied; Blair. 1 look upon seces¬ crossed the river to build" his nt and that of as If home, Gettysburg Ronapnrto sion anarchy. I owned the 4,000.- but It was In sight of His birthplace, at Waterloo. Look at the picture of tho 000 slaves In the South I would sacri¬ I to founded distraught as he sits his fice them all to "Toddsbury." beautiful Corsican liorso the Union. But how "Auburn." one of tho stateliest houses lost amid tho ruck of his can I draw my sword vanishing against Vir¬ of Virginia. Hih first wife was Hester NORBORNE legions and one sees but a baffled and ginia?" Van Bibber. She BERKELEY had no issue. Second¬ ly, he married Martha Tompklns (there Is a lovely portrult of her). and SPLENDID SOLDIER had Mary Eliza, Sally Van Bibber. Lucy Carter, married Dr. Wllklns. Thirdly, he married a charming wo¬ Tribute to man, Ellen Foster, younger than his His Memory.A Gallant Colonel. own daughter, and had Henry A. Tabb, of New York; Cynthia, who married Sans Peur et Sans Reproche. Thomas Todd Tabb had Lucy 17), who her cousin, John N, Tabb, and Susie, »v m. <;. who married David v.\.7.\:y, m. d.i with hi* regiment 'during a greater married Mr. Brewer; Emory (7). who Saunders. Itiirtron I'.lglull Virginia part of thu War married Jantes IC. Dabney, and ThomaB Miss Sully Van Bibber Tabb was a Regiment. Between the. States! character known In the recent tlcatli of. was afterwards associated with him (7) S. Tol)b, who moved to Texas. ami loved by every¬ Colonel Nor- .lohn body, and having no children of her borne of in thjj faculty or the Virginia Agri¬ Henry (7) Tabb represented Berkeley, tin: Eighth Vir¬ cultural and the oldest branch ot the Gloucester own she worked for the children of ginia Regiment, r. r*. A., in Mechanical Colloge, the took other tin: eighty- writer chair Humphrey Toyc Tabb in 1746 Tabba, being tho oldest son of the people. fifth year of his Oge, too survivors of occupying tho of land oil FiankrtunW. but he wus An old theory and practice of scientific ag¬ up oldest son. He married Margaret Confederate soldier told an our Lost Cntise morn one <>( their no means the tirst of tho large fam¬ unique tale on Miss riculture, and Colonel Berkeley, as ad¬ by Adams, of Danville, and had seven Sally, who was bravest and truest companions in arms, ily of that hämo who tame to Vir¬ children. Two live in Gloucester then bringing up her young sisters at from junct to that chair, was farm manager, nKJGADIKR-GKNKIl A only Descended one of t!i" oldest and the X, ROGER A. PRYOR. ginia. now.John Nowsteacl Tabb, of "Auburn." He arrived late one even¬ most distinguished famine.' of teaching application of the science and Miss Vir- to the practice of that The emigrant was Humphrey, ton. .'Chowsn," and Miss Maria Tabb, of ing found Sally churning in ginia, ho was himself esteemed all great profes¬ by the >ight of It sistanco to She is tho room. of a by sion, o concreto subsequent events, the rc-establishment in He patented land.a small quantity at "Newstead." tb only Tabb dining Heine; courteous who knew him as one of the truest agriculture being may be fairly said was over.sanguino." the Southern In 1637. on the Todd land nature, ho offered to churn for her. men science, as the basis of a complex art. State» of the authority tirst.In Elizabeth City county living origlnul grant of his day. The is a copy of the proclam¬ of the United States added to his tirst In Gloucester She gladly consented, and he churned, The inheritor 11 is evident that two men could following government. In 163S he fifty j county. George (7) Ed- of an ample fortune, ation referred to: acres 100 more, thus evlnc'ng his suc¬ ward Tabb, the second son of Thomas churned, churned with a dasher for an lie married in life scarcely know each Other hettcr. The hour or early a tvoman de¬ greater of the "The general-ln-ehipf found it necs- LEE'S S HI It E XIJER. cessful experiment, In 1650 he took TOdd Tabb, of Gloucester, married more. Then he remarked scended from the same and part writer's service In -Miss casually that there seemed to be ancestry, tho arthy was with Colonel Berkeley's sary to malte such movements of his up 900 acres more in the same county. j Mary Randolph, and founded brought bis bride to newly-ehtab- as to uncover Confederate Commander Planned Eluiil He had in löül branched out and taken "Woodstock," in Mathews county. Here no butter in that milk. Miss Sally lished and Ms regiment. He fuels accordingly well troops the capital. It Attack TIiat \Vaa j j beautiful home, situated would be unwise to conceal the moral .Never .Made. up 1,000 acres in Northumberland. lie to-day live his daughters.Mrs. El)en smiled. "Well, maybe not," she said: upon a qualified to form an opinion of his (-Major A. ft. II. i tan'son, in ) "a good of butter commanding height overlook¬ and and material injury to out cause re¬ I Harper.'s | lmd married tv.icc.Joanna first, and I,ano and Mrs. Catherine Harrison piece baa come and ing the ot character abilities, and he sin- "When* arrived at headquarters, j 1 have taken it but I was vlllago Aldle, In Dondohn sulting from its the ene¬ General Lee was in a Anne second.but the years refuse to Robertson, ills son. George Randolph up, in hopes \'h. eercli believes that a more perfect occupation by tent sitting with I'd get some more." Of county, of my. It is equally unwise and General Longstreet on some disclose the surnames of either; and Tabb, lived and died In Richmond, and course, nobody in the type tho gallant soldier and Chris¬ unworthy rye bundles of his wlll understand who There, midst of affluence, he tian man of us to allow our energies to falter, otraw (the ground being wet from he had one son, Thomas (2). sons live in this city now. Maria fully this has not lived the never lived, A soldier the at the churned with a simple life of a country devoted and our efforts to become relaxed un- rain), upper side of the. tent, Thomas (2). known as Thomas of I Mason TaM» married the well known "flasher".up and to his duties, differential to with one a j and gentleman, beloved and honored by all his rir-r reverses, however candle for light. 1 made "Old Poquoson,'' married Martha sur¬ (artist, William Hubard. Her daughter, down, up down! who superior officers, kindly comddeiate calamitous they my report, and tho Miss had a hnev/ him, and there his chil¬ <>f may be. For many months the to general told mo name also unknown (women didn't Ellen, married Rev. John Lloyd, and Sally lawsuit, and hor were tiih subordinates, himself be al- largest wait, as he wished to see inc. Ho General dren born. Generous In a fault, and finest army of asked me even have always the right of their her son. William J., married Mary! cousin, William B. Taliaferro, aetive in ays thought of inft of all. In all the Confederacy, un¬ If I had had anything to was hor Both of every public n der a leader whose, Hnd I told ho, maiden name In that remote age).and 1'iontman, who, with her son, lives in lawyer. them were < enterprise, relations of life Norhorne presence inspires [cat, him Ho »aio he hurchman and lay-reader, Berkeley was sorry ho had to offer had (:>). died young; i Richmond. in the evening of their lives. The gen¬ attentive was a man blameless and trim; a tn.m equal, confidence in the troops and the. nothing me. Humphrey eral to "very public duty, liberal In behalf has been iHe gave me a bundle of straw and Thomas (3), John (3), William (3>. Tim children of Thomas Todd Tabb charged a fee. and Miss Sally of without reproach. H* bns gone to his people, greatly trammeled told me to near didn't like It. every worthy cause, his - sit the door. It had his second "William, do you re¬ wltolo In reward, leaving behind htm the by the necessity of keeping constant .been Edward (3) and Elizabeth tri), who by wife, Elizabeth Foouian. flue noes and record raining all afternoon, and I was were who member you aro a or- - example were for good of a watch over the approaches to tho <"bar. e II Emory, married James IC. known upon the f.i' of the earth. His ital, and has thus bean forced to fore¬ put my foot through the bridle roin .lohn (".; Tabb, the second son to Dnbney, "Well, Sally, th« him Ironi childhood a* a near go more, than one of my marc of Thomas lived also at of "The Exchange," and Thema* S., please remember,** epitaph may well be written: opportunity for standing outside, and, survive (21, general "I a neighbor of his father and friend of It is for lying down on tho bundle of straw. ..Old which is the who married Ada Rlllups, went to answered, am poor orphan Iiis "Whatever rerord leaps to light promising enterprise. us, my was soon ! Poquoson." territory myself." early manhood. Ti<- also ifcrVcd tr, a.sleep. between Back Texas and had Dabney and Walter. He never shall he shamed." countrymen, show by our blaring 'I was awakened hy In Elizaboth City county "Tfcddsbury." "White Marsh," "Now- under reverses, how wretched has been voices, and. Uiver anil the River. He Nobody who ever knew her could looking up, saw the colonel I had left Poquoson ever forget Mrs. James Stead," "Waverly.' "Woodstock," "Au¬ the «elf-deoeptlon of those who have ill of the at married Martha, datighter of Richanl K. Dabney. charge troops the. bridge a Utting expression of the ideals and burn" and "Somervllle" were fine resi¬ bellovcd us less able to endure misfor¬ Standing in the tent. He reported that Hand, who gave to Iiis children most dences in Gloucester, in THE the rations had not Her was accomplishment of her forefathcrs, which tho LAST tune with fortitude than to encounter arrived, and the. interesting ancestry. mother CAPITAL who breathed the air Tabbs lived in royal style. "Todds¬ starving rind very In which danger with courage. all discouraged troops had Frances Purrfoy, datighter of Thomas bury," "Whlto Marsh," deserted In the darkness, leaving and of Thomas Purrfoy, she lived and died. A home-maker of "Waverly" and "We. have now entered upon a. new their arms in the trenches. granddaughter the rarest "Auburn" have passed from the family. OF Lee heard General Justice. Rurgoss, lG23-;;0; councillor type, she was also tho THE phase of the struggle. from him to the end of his ac¬ friend and "Ncwstead," Relieved hostess, and In our "Summervlllo," and CONFEDERACY count, and then a 1631-32. Issue nf .lohn (3) Tabb and memory hy n. no it the necessity of guarding a particular with wave of his rises a summer "Woodstock" atill remain. noissKAi intt, scenes which hnnTl dismissed him. to Gen¬ Martha Tabb were Thomas (I), of morning '.isll" to In Hie Birmingham AKe-Hrrttld. closing heralded and ! point, our army will be free to move eral Turning "The Exchange," when the lawn In ] marked the fall of from to to Longstreet, ho^id: 'This is very Amelia; Edward (4), of Gloucester; Gloucester Land Grant* "Weep not that tlie world the Confederate point point, r.triko the ene¬ bad. That man is H Is the and of velvet green dipped to the blue watar> (Continued). I» changes.did government ami who is J my in detail far from his base. Let hrst time I Whipped. "William (4) .lohn (4), Glouces¬ the 3. Major Thomas off keep undoubtedly have seen one of my of¬ ter, who live«! in Kingston Parish, and when trees cns.t long, cooling Hansford, A .-table, the beet qualified living person to re¬ us but will it and we are free. ficers who bad been it Is shadows, when the houso whs Bacon's Rebellion. His father's will, changeless course, 'twere! very bad.' The whipped. whoso son, Humphrey (5) Toyc, also dim ami left couse to weep. count them- Any statement made by "Animated by that confidence in conversation between «.f land hushed, and when Mrs. Dabney told of, 1654, plantation on Fellgate's Creek thie person your and fortitude, the generals was then resumed In low Kingston Parish, took up in "to him and his brother Bryant. would require no corrobo¬ spirit which never tones, and 1 174R. Tabb married j old times at the bouses on the river, Charles, He kineo rative yet lolled me. 1 announce to again fell asleep. I inura Humphrey Toyc was horn 1616 and Homer first sang to the deeds proof, which, however, Is not you, fel- have slept for some of Mary Peyton ten after bo Which she so happily remembered. (deposition), after »I prowess lacking, to substantiate It. that it is my to length time, years pat¬ Mr. and Mrs. the death in Gloucester of his bravo performed by Hector, the lo.weouhtrymen. porpose when 1 was awakened by General ented this land. Ills wife was daugh¬ James K. Dnbney hart g"dhkc. Achilles and .other Greek he¬ Hon. Icfferscn Davis. In his "Rise maintain your cause with my whole Lee's voice, speaking in loud tones. James, who died early; Loulie. who chief. General Nathaniel Bacon, was roes and Fall )oud Todd. of and the who married William itewett, Jr. O" - of men wHUe attending divine services, that endless and task of mak¬ you I think it be a Toddsbury, beloved mistress o£ "White Marsh." f-O.ooe in September, 1S7P. which impossible will useless waste Elizabeth, his wife. She was born j these, of Kreton event marked tho of Richmond Srr.üld be evacuated tlv ing slaves of a born to be free. of brave lives.' She was beautiful, good and William, Parish, who retirement afore-j by people In 1724, and even then the estate of clever, died 1700. married, boforo 1690, :.ald Emperor a*i a factor In European government simultaneously wi'h the "Let us, then, not despond, my coun¬ "Thinking I had been present lone and "While Marsh," with its flowers Mary at such an hod been in the for -, She - and event the cm- withdrawal or his army So. with his trymen, but, on meet the enough Interview. I rough- Toddsbury family I and trees, was the. seat of a wide¬ married, second, l7lu. politic?, by which relying God, I ed and got from the straw, years, Herr father was the Power, and was of him of which he Cabinet, end attended h's foe with fresh defiance and with- un- up and. many hospitality. executrix William pire fountled by had by staff. 'drawing back the flaps of the teni. ninth child of spread Castles, hecti tho head ended made President Davis left at once for Dan¬ conquered and unconquerable hearts. Thomas (2) Todd, of Her portrait, and the portrait of riecouserf, whose other surviv¬ tragically, ville. looked out into the darkness. General Toddsbury. All of the children left Mrs. ing exeoutors.William Sr. a name in that will en- This war on -. Lee ! John Tabb are owned Randolph, Sedan history Ap"'1 "JEFFERSON DAVIS." ,>aid. 'Captain Ranson. T beg your the nest but this by her descend- und Jr.. and . lure. Yorktown a Upon at pardon: I had Christopher (3) Todd, ants, and arc. both John Stlth.brought suit, has Justly become arriving Danville, the presi¬ The foregoing, the last proclama¬ forgotten you. Go now who inherited it. His j very beautiful, her. mcmorablo name in American history dential party was met at the tion of the of and get something to eat and some grandfather. Perhaps "White with all against 1710. William Hanford's depot, President the Confed' rest. Thomas 11 had settled the j Marsh," its executors, 1709. wero on account of its being the place taken to hia residence and entertained erate States, is not often there¬ 1 will see you In the morn¬ >, place in beauty und its social his hrothers-in- seen, ing." 1664. glory, had its law, William Hewitt and David whe re. by the surrender of Lord Corn¬ by Major \V. T. Sutherlin, a wealthy fore. It ia given in its entirety. The "I very proudest moment when, In the Moss, and found my poor mare lyim? flat on Todd in J and friend, Richard Kendall, witnesses: wall is's forces, American national lib- prominent citizen, who held the table on which this proclamation was her side in the rain and fast asleep. Christopher (3) died 174.1, j spring of 1870, General Robert E. He:, « and were first dcti- offices of and left children, and i the near James Hubard, Richard Wood and rty Independence commissary and command¬ written is now in the possession of It was past midnight and very dark, Thomas (4) kinsman of its mistress, yls- Thomas Harrison. nltcly assured. ant at this place, who but 1 our who was nineteen old ited His Children: William. j and had been a Mrs. "W. T. Sutherlin, relict of reached eiimp, though neither Lucy (4), years there. son, Robert E. X.ee, David and In history of our country, then, member White House' she shillings. Hansford married, of when the Con - mansion for a week. On the wrote begging him about Tho end the war, The last full morning meditated b^ .he commanding general grown, for Philip, tho eldest son. was to a it'79, Elizabeth Folllott (widow left it: Cabinet meeting which of April 10 President accom¬ was not pay her visit. This he had agreed of federate government Richmond, was ever held by the Davis, essayed. forty-one years old when his mother to do." .Tosiah Moody, and a daughter of and become a wanderer, President met panied by Major Sutherlin, went down¬ On Sunday morning, tho 9th of April, .. Rev. Edward will capital, haying with hini In one of the rooms died. The children of Edward fti General Hobert E. FolUott; 16S3). He. no wherewithal sitting town. While there they were what remained of Jackson's Corps, now j Leo and his son. was York place, seeming'.:-, it) of thö Sttthctlin mansion. unofii-/ under Tabb and Lucy Todd were Robert, set. out justice county, 1695. Charles All of the cially Informed of Lee^s surrender on Gordon, was drawn up facing to Philip (6). from "Romancoke" Hansford'a might become permanently established,! members 6i the Cabinet, the west where was (who married-Cary, and and to cstatt) was divided, 1716, But (lur¬ attended this the first Sheridan known Lucy (5) drove West Point, where they his was only partially asstffod, exceot previous elay. At .although to hove interposed his force oh went to Georgia; Senator Ben Hill was boarded between children.John, William. meeting the Secretary of War, the of an cavalry tho Baltimore boat, and got ing the occupation of and subsequent General .1 'J. probability such event tak¬ »he rl{rect road to Lyncbburg. Mo> one of her descendants); Thomas off at Charles, Martha and Lydia (who mar¬ from Danville the govern¬ Brecklni'idgo, nf Ken- place had been to them hone's and Fields'." (3), Cappahooslc Wharf and drove ried Henry His retreat by tuck y. There were ing suggested divisions were Martha (5), married Rev. Armlstead nine miles to Duke), executors wero the end of the strife and blood¬ present- .Tudah P. by existing circumstances, the news placed in position to suport "White Marsh." When William Hewitt and ment, Benjamin. of Gordon's Smith; Elizabeth (.">). married John General Lee the John Hansford. shed was dotlnitcly assured. Secretary state; Tren- seemed incredible. Several hours sub¬ advance. got off boat he could John and Charles Hansford built Kholm, Secretary of the At early the advance was made Patterson, of "Paplar Grove," Ma thews hardly move for their I shall not bete in any way entep Treasury; Mavis, sequently, however, official confirma¬ light tho enthusiasm of mill on Fellgate's Creek In the Attorney -General; .1, H. Reagan, with snlrlt tend with momentary sticr bounty; Pauline (6), married George the Gloucester All tho 1716. V7UI into a discussion in regard to tin; rela¬ Post tion of the tidings was afforded them. cess. Sheridan's horsemen were people. Tabb j of John Hansford, of York. master-General, and Mr. Menimin- forced Wythe Boot he. family met. our sainted hero on Hampton tive merits of the and constitu¬ Under the conditions then to abanlon the a tho Parish (I74S, p. legal ger. formerly Secretary of the Treas- existing highviay after brief Philip (7.) Tabb inherited '"fOdds- "While Mnrah" front and 1750). legatees; "Son tional or moral questions Involved in ury; also the only possible course of action left resistance, during which a charge of step:;, the. W'B'am all my property; to Matthew Mr. Harrison, the President's for the Confederate cavalry broke tho ibury from his uncle. Thomas Todd, house was so full of guest.s that tho the confjiot between the Northern and private sect the consideration of the Presdient line and thus the Hubnrd. 100 acres, and his mother,) do so would ütary, waa for him to opposed to them and captured a num¬ "Toddsbury" became general and his son slept together, but Southern States. To bo Mr. Davis, while in 7 immediately, without ber of and of the Gloucester who the Elizabeth Hubard (probably his daugh¬ tho of the Danville. rc- any further prisoners several guns of a hursory Tabbs, "White Marsh" room:; and tho ter), to live on outside, of scope subject main cd at his home and elelay whatsoever, proceed light battery. Ri". the retirement of left the parent nest to other Marsh-' it; to Mildred Hubnrd, in this However. temporary cap- South. This course of action, the re- found "While beds were so big that to Ann dealt with article. ilol very iJtrle. Ho was Sheridan developed the presence in his and but none ever it didn't daughter, Hansford: grand¬ to tho extent ot very busily suits of which were was at rear, grander houses, that matter. The next day General children, I must here digress engaged in « \aminlng Into the uncertain, formed hi masses, of a strong could touch "Toddsbury" in Its Lee Susanna, Robeoca and Wil¬ that it is now by impartial his¬ fortl- once put into 'execution. Taking with force of Federal and the de¬ price¬ "walked about/the beautiful gnr- liam tr> saying HeatIons the which Infantry, less artistic It as it rtens and was Hahay; daughter. Elizabeth be ;: well estab¬ surrounding place, him a some im¬ velopment of this fore* suspended th" beauty. stands driven over the planta¬ Collier, and torians conceded to* he ropbricd as very only grip containing did 200 years and more a tion and grandchild, Rebecca Col¬ facf that the. States faulty, both in papers, lie, with his Cabinet, forward movement while the. fart was ago, jewel shown the landscapes and to lished Confederate construction ?-.nd design. He was portant made known to General in architecture, with its water views of the lier; daughter^ Lydia Wagstaff." a defined con¬ also a which had L"e. Then qaint porch immediate neigh¬ 5. bad Undoubtedly well actively engaged in jond staff, boarded train, en me the decision, aftfe which "our land the porch chamber above; its wide borhood." Mr. Elizabeth ('-') Hansford, married, stitutional right to secede from the formulating plans been hastily made up, for Greensboro, dnvs Graves, the overseer first, Christian Wilson, and relating lo the design which lie had lighting were over." hall and exquisitely panelled rooms. (negroes were scarce, then), second, union, but. every one. admits that for of lie left as it happened none too soon, The oh.'tt v-lc a drove tho Randolph Holt, of Surry. formed having Leo retreat to thh encountered was corps It is not .vast, but it i.-; perfect; it is carriage. He had been ft them ,to have exerctsod this right as Virginia Slate line, where he. as a party of Federal soldiers who of full 20,000 men: Lee had thr. t morn¬ of soldier, and 6. Margaret (") Hansford. died prob¬ could ho to to Colonel that subtle, but compelling archi¬ when General Lee complimented him they did was, to sny the least,*extreme¬ able to fojm a junction with Johnston, had been sent cut the road arrived ing, according Wtiltcr Tay¬ tecture which satisfies. The Mr. ably before 1 677. the r,.- at a treplle a few mtlcH south lor's report, a total of less than 7.00t» simply Gravofi replied: "Yes, General, l 7. ly impractical and injudicious. army thus combined making a of tho These have lawn °f "Toddsbury," with its glorious stuck to Mary (3) Hansford, married, 166»', "However much we. may differ in our final stand rn the city just, after the train bayonets, would sufficed j the army; but If you hat! lit Dr. Thomas son of banks of and In carrying pjei to clear tho way of the and l trees, is of velvet softness, and rolls your entire i Robins, John in to these the country contiguous to the President had passed over. cayalry command greater cow¬ Robins, of "Robins's Neck." opinions regard things, tho Dan and made go;«d the route to Lynehburg, to the river, which is a beautiful lake ard than f was> Gloucester' fact that these events of Roanoke li'vcrs, The execution After the President had gone to the for Ord -ays you ought to have hail county Her father in his remains of this I General that the pres¬ adorned with mansions of unusual . him shot." General Lee will. 1651. which T have constitute to ail. design wh'ch he had in mind, had is depot, Mr. Memminger. who had been ence of his troops was just in time t'1 replied: "That toft 650 acres to his tl\r«;e spoken, J beauty. i sort of a coward n daughters. American;; a subject supreme in¬ accomplishment proved possible, would confined to his bed for several days save She'Md-in from defeat. Lee would makes good sol¬ Elizsbet h. Margaret and Mar:.. She of tiot sacrifice his men Philip <.s> Tabb, of "Toddsbury," The. to terest. And to our it natural¬ have onablod the leaders to have ob- with a severe attack of neuralgia, and against the hope¬ dier." Tubbsi wished have was also a legatee in the 1675. people, less odds found In their front, and sur¬ married Mary Ma son Booth, and had .everybody to will; ly follows, that tho end of the civil tained inuc.i baiter terms than on tin- from whom the bad news had been shakoiGcneral Lee's hand, of her mother, Tttrs. Edward render fallowed as a consequence of 'Thomas (6) Todd Tabb. of "Todds¬ but ho was not equal to und Lockey government in the Confederate State.* condition i) sr.rrendor. However; as it carofully kept, accidentally learned of the obtained of it. only (above). "To my sons. Thomas. happened, Grant was able knowledge hy Gordons bury"; John (6), "White Marsh"; la few favored friends came, and they with tho lost wholly ofllolal act, a tq and did what had happened, got up and dressed brave attack. "Details of the. las! ag¬ Philip (» Todd Tabb inherited store for its poor Virginiahs?" and he no definite and detailed ac¬ Lee's oply taking things that could The heroes and demigods that the He first. Throckinoi'ton, and had Mary, born accurate; army on AprU 9 made tho fall of tho bo carrlerl in grips and valises. "Toddsbury." married, Lucy replied! "Von can work for Virginia 1603.; William, horn 1715. and counts of them which is easily ac¬ civil branch of the Southland has given to history have I Armlstead Smith, and secondly. Eliza¬ to build her up again.-to make Albion cessible to tho has been Confederate gov¬ Tho last, capital of the Confederacy been well-rounded her Robins Of these. William, will 1752. public prepar¬ ernment Inevitable. had then singularly men. pur« beth Forman, of Maryland. His chil¬ great again. Vou can leach your chil¬ ed, and wishing to preserve for the been vacated by tho govern¬ in purpose and devoid even of selfish dren sohl their ancestral estate. nihrrled, 1737, Klizaboth Coleman, and Until the news of Lee'a surrender ment, and fromt thence "Tho Ronny By his dren to love and cherish her." These whs ancestor of the families of Robins benefit of posterity, as well as of our reached hl President ambition. That eloquont Irishman. I first marrfdgä he hud Philip (7), who words from immortal were tho actual T have in, Davis was vory Blue Flag that bears a Singlo Star" Charles said that lips spoken now In Gloucester county. ¦elves, facts, taken ltopeful and confident of the ultimate to Phillips, "In the pro¬ tiled oarly; John (7) Henry, who built at "White Marsh." some to secure a recital ceased represent, a notion. Moreover, duction of Washington it does j pains of them triumph of the Confedoraoy. l-t from thlH time really I ids house, "Newstoild," on a part of the "General Leo." so his sou says, "was nt first hand from one who was fact,- tho Confederate gov¬ appear as If nature were estate; Answers to Queries. in- tho tone of the proclamation Issued was endeavoring George f7). JRd- touched by the love and Tabb. Muri:« kindness Kcnyon Descendant may le.irn tltyia-oly him on the 6th, soon after hts arrival only the scattered and broken head -Mason (7) Tabb, these dear relatives." The children Davis and his [but the virtues of tiie ancient world and several children who \ something by applying to William A,1 Cabinet during those In Danville, is, as he admits, of a were died oung. of "White Marsh" nt this, wore "viewed disorganized and demoralized re- but so many studies to j thine Crozlor, who lives at Hasbrou