The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-03-26

his counterpart as well as his companion in
every party OF pleasure.
MIR Martin's present wife, although in.
ferior TO the first in point of beauty, is. inf
nitely, her superior in mind aud i'm great.
hess of character. She is, indeed, one of
the fines, women Ihave ever known. With
all the captivating softness and gentieness
OF her sex she unites an understanding of
masculine strength, a genius OF tile first
brillianCy, and above All. a high and hero.
ic cast OF character. She displa, S in con-
versation all that quickness, nicely and just
ness of discrimination which belong on,y to
minds of the first order, and her intellec tual
powers are set of by an expression so flow
ing, clear and harmonious as might nave
delighted even Cicero him self to hear.
THIS lady brought a fortune, in marriage,
TO Mr.. Martin, which came very oppor !
tunely. In consideration of which, as well
as from the native generosity of his temper,
he mas refused her NO enjoyment which her
chaste and elegant taste demanded. She
has an excellent library. Their country
seat, which belonged to her before marri
age, and to which, at her desire, her hus-
band, Their upon, removed, has BEEN highly
adorned under her direction. Its & oves,
lawns, g,ottos. garden. fountain, pavilion,
orchard, park, tish-pond, clumps OF trees,
vines shrubbery and grass pia,s are all so
oispOoCuI as " SlIihC Tx eye with the nneSC
effect OF variety, and to present a most plea
sing combination of beauty and utility. And
70 crown the whole. there has been lately
finished, ON. an elevated and commanding
site, a dwelling-house from a plan of her
own dra wing, which unitcs every comfor,
OF nodern architecture with all the elegant
simplicity OF an ancient model.
This lady has a son. about fourteen years
OF age, an only child, whom she has called
MarCelius and of whom, unless he shall
follow the fate of his illusuious name.s,ke.
III Virgil,
fShall just be shown on earth and snatch'd
a~ay,"
4 venture to predict, that Fame, at some
5uture day, will give his name 10 the world
An the l0udest notes of her trumDet. H;e
mother is breathing iItu MN the high and
magnanimous strain OF her own charsc.e e. :
ana MS eyes begin 10 sparkle. already.
at the sound If glory. Bat the little fellow
never tails 40 illustrate the ancient notion.
OF a good and evil soul in the same person.
and TO betray the secret aspirations of his
evil one, whenever he sees his father and
Brother equipplng themselves fr an excur
sion o pleasure. Such happened TO be the
CAS- at the time of our visit tor AS we rude
up on one side of the house, NJ. Martin
and his eldest son passed off, on the other
without having observed our arrival. They
were going, we were old TO a match race
IN the nelghbOrh0od, and we had no d,,no.
siti'n TO spoil their sport. Poor little Mar
Seti6s, after rising and saluting us, walked 10
the door from which his father and hrother
had Just departed and gazing alter them
m st wIstully, hs they rode down the ave
nue., until they were lost to mis- view he
sighed deeply and returned to his chair =
We all understood this little movement of
nature, and reciprocally translated il tn
each other by our looks. And now it was
that this admirable woman displayed her
address ; showing that she not only knew
zuhen to hit the critical minute, but ho7v to
nit 1t, TO the highest advantage.
Doctor" said she, I'M rcellus h as been
amusing his mother and himself for several
DAYS with a new collect n of speeches
which MIR. Marin was so good as to bring
me iately from Petersburg. And as | am
sure that Cannot entertain either you OF
my trend Resale more agreeably than
with my boy and his book, if you please, he
snail read you a speech OF your great tavo-
rite Chatham" We were both we'll enough
acquainted with h + to know that there was
Something in her proposition more than its
terms imported, aud that, in fact, she was
sei1lng this suspicious moment to give a
laA.ing lesson to her son. Expressing, there
aore, our thahKS u her fCr the offer, and
the obligation which MArcelus would con-
fer on US by such an entertainment, he no
BILE little fellow forgot the horse-race in An
instant, and flew up stairs, with exuI,ing a
facrity, 10 briug the book.
AS soon as he was out of hearing, | could
not help murmurlng aloud from my heart
Happy the mother who has such a son -
Happy, happy the son who has such a mo-
ther!' Say rather" said she, smiling,
yet with an intense suffusion of the strongest
feeling an a voice which faultered. most e.
soquently, uader the suddenness and force
OF the excitement" Say rather, most ham
py is the mother who has such a mooi,o
as The Old Bachelor! Such a neighbor &
guide n friend as Doctor CecilG' look
ed at Resale to see how she would take
this ingenious and beautiful effusion of ma.
turs. Her eyes were winning with speech
,Kess rapture (; but Mrs M.rtin saw and
understood their heavenly language or
what a moment was This! w nth an age
ct common time far overpaid me for all
that l have suffered from the busy and of
nc Us impertInence of malice and folly.
MarcelluS returned with the book & his
no'hst opened il at a speech winch. as we
after ards learned, shv had before read &
marked, IN anticipation of this OCCASION
II was Chatham's celebrated speech o, the
2Otn January, 1775, on he plan of absolute
Coercion on the American Colonies. She
r~ecaPitulated to him briefly the points in
Dispute between the two countries and ha
wing skelched the outline of this famous
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