Washington telegraph., 1852-04-07

A "SnsuprEky: One.

A ''Spsunky" One.
A correspondent OF the Charleston News,
travelling on the Eastern Shore of Vir-
ginia, gives the following in one Of his let
ters:
We turned aside from our path for a
space, to visit an object of some curiosity,
which is one of ''the lions of ''the East
ern shore" This is an ancient vault, be-
longing to member of the Gusts fami-
ly, a branch of the same stock with which
Washington intermarried 1t lies npon a
fine old nrmstead, looking out upon "the
Bay" and occupies the centre Of a large
field, the oaly prominent object, sheltered by
some old Trees. The vault is of white mar
bic, elaboraely carved in London, in state
of partial diapidation. The curious feature
about it consists in its inscription, which runs
thus:
Under tlis marble tomb lies the body
Of the
Hon. JOHN CUsTls, ESQ,
of the city & Williamsburg, and parish
of Burton: formerly of Hunger's parish, on
the Eastern shore of Virginia, and county
of Northampton; aged II years, aud get
hced but Ser0a years, aohich acaS the
space Of time he Kept BACHELOR s HOME
at Arlington, ON the Eastern Shore Of Vir
ginia.''
The Inscription, we are told by another,
on the opposite sde, ''was put on the tomb
by his own positive order
The gist of it as our lady readers viii
be pleased to perceive, consists in the lines
we have italiciscd the force of which will
be better folt and understood from the ad-
ditional fact, whih does not appear, that
this bachelor who lived only in his bache-
lor condition, was actually married three
times. His experience, if we are to be-
lieve his epitaph, was greatly adverse to the
idea of any happiness in the marriage state;
vet how strange that he should have ven
tured thrice upon it! The natural conclu-
sion is, that the Honorable John Gusts
was sngalacl just and conscientious man.
unwilling to do the sex any wrong by a
premature Judgment, gave them full and
fair trial at the expense Of his own hap
piness, and pronounced Judgment, only after
repeated experiments Tradition has pre-
served some anecdotes of the sort OF expert
ence which he enjoyed in the marriage
state, one Of which will relate Itappears
that he was driving out in his ancient coach
with one of his wives, land to do him JUS
tice, we must assure the reader that he had
but one at a time,) and in the neighbor-
hood Of the very spot upon which we our
selves are standing, Cape Charles, a
matrimonial discussion ensued between
the pair, which warmed as they proceed
ed. The lord grew angry, the lady vocifer-
ated.
1T was diamond, said one-and i
insist, quoth the other, that it was a
club
You wiz drive me madn cried John Gus
It's
Il should call this admirable driving" re-
tcrted the wife.
BY --.' he exclaimed, if you say
another word | will drive down into the
sea"
They were even then upon the beach.
Another world screamed the lady,
Drive where you please she added-'lnto
the sea, can 60 as deep as you dare go,
any day
He became furious, took her at her word
and drove the horses and chariot into the
ocean They began to swim. lie held
in, looked into her face and she laughed IN
his
why do you stop she demanded exult-
ingly, not whit alarmed.
You are devil he exclaimed, fnglng
the horses about, and making for the shore,
with all expedition.
Pooh, pooh laughed his tormenter-
Learn from this that there is no place where
you dare 60, where | dare not accompany
you
Even to hell he groaned.
'The only exception, she answered,
with chuckie-'Ihere my dear L leave
you
She had conquered. He never drove in
at Cape Charles again, but, groaned with
the recollection of the seven years bachelor
life at Arlington.