Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1848-01-08
I and few dying embers. What could have
prolonged that interview. Not mutusl love;

and few dying embers. What could have
prolonged that interview. Not mutud' love;
for the parties preserved ceremonious distance.
and the young lady evinced . hauteur that could
be matched only BY her companion 10 after
years. And yet the truth must be told. There
was love on one side The colonel, smi,tcn by
the graces and rare accomplishments Of lady
as beautiful as natures rarest works, was en-.
deavorine to win her heart, in exchange for his
own. lie made his confession just as the cold
grey Of the dawn Of morning broke up the dark
clouds in the east. He confessed, In cautious
and measured terms, il is true, the extent of his
hope would be the result: that was the gain of
her hand. The lady hesitated. Was il the
modesty Of the maiden who dares not to trust
her lips with the confession Of affection it s her
hearts desire 10 make! No! She respected.
although she did no: love her interlocutor, sni
she felt diffident in making known to him the
true state Of her feelings. At last cundor tri.
umphed over delicacy, and she informed WASH
inpton in set terms, that che loved smother =
She refused him! The greatest Of modern
men was vanished. and by a woman! He was
speechless and powerless.
Trembling. with compressed lips and coun.
tenance ashly pale. he crept from the place just
as the old negress Of the household entered to
make preparations for the breakfast. He sought
his room, threw himself upon his couch, dressed
a. he was, and lapsed into troubled sleep -
The only VICTORY ever won at his expense pene'
trated him to the soul. He was unhappy-su.
premely wre,ched The future conqueror oI
thousands of brave men suffered because he had
been rejected BY ferale. This was bic first
but not his last wooing. ........
Years rolled on upon the mighty tide Of time
George Washington was the commandes.in
chief Of the Amer; can forces opposed to the roy
al government The friend Of his early man
hood, Beverly Robinson, wss the Colonel Of the
Loyal American regimen; rsised in this State
and his son was the Lieutenant Colonel. Ths
house we have spoken Of was in possession o
the 'rebels.' snd Yves occupied BY Arnold, th'
traitor. Il wss afterwards the temporary resi-
dence Of Wash:ng,on.t At tho same time th'
husband Of Miss Mary Philipse, Roger Morris
wss prominent tory, and member Of th'
council Of the colony. I Few Of the parties
were occupied by any reflections Of an smorou
nature. Time in its progress had worked Du
tations which had severed the closest ties, bott
Of friendship and consanguinity. Those VIII
were most intimate previous to the commence
ment Of the war. were now studied strangers
with drawn swords at each others bressts'-
Even cons and fathers we're estranged and al
rayed in opposite ranks-even the child Of tha
illustrions statesman, ,Dr?Frsnklin, was bite
and uncompro,ni.ing tory. 1t must not oe SUI
posed that the loyalist friends Of the Colone
George Washington. shared any better fate, .
far as the cquaintsnceship Of the Father of b
Country was concerned, than others His o
Hudson River friends he had not seen for year
The husband of Mary Phillipse ives PERSONAL
unknown 10 him-Beverly Robinson. grey al
careworn, would scarcely have been recogr
zed.
Andre was taken and condemned to dea,
and while under General Woodhul's chsrg
was visited by Robinson as q species Of comm
sioner which protected his person. What W
the surprise OF Washington, a few days beiu
the time of the execution, to receive lett
from his old friend and entertainer, referring
: past events, and claiming. on score Of remit
scence, a secret private interview. The ella
!. was acknowledged, and. late at night, Mr.. Il
s binson, accompanied by figure closely muffl
= in a cloak, was admitted to the Generals apa
}, ment For momen, these two men-their
D. sitons so widely differeni---gazed OF each oil
J, in silence. Recollectons OF days gone by
n happy days uncorroded by cankering csre-p
,. vailed. and they abruptly embraced. Ws
ington was the first to recover lis selfposs
Of sion. Suddenly disengaeing himself. he o..
OF erect and clothed in that unrquslled digr
which was his attribute, and said
er Now, sir, your businesa.' -f
a Is,' replied Robinson, in q choking voice
&c plead for Andre.
" You have already been advised Of my {
- determination, replied Washington, sternly
= win nothing svsill' asked Robinson
=, smothered accents.
!. "No,hing! Where he my own son he sh
!. pay the penslty due to his offence. know
.r. that you will say: you will speak Of his vir
,.. his sis,ers-his rank, and OF extsnoating
l. Before Sir Henry Clinton, or any other
.r daC md nd dres