The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-03-18
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his military guest was, without much difficulty
persuaded to order Bishop to put up the horse,
| for the night. The sun rode high in the beav.,.
the ensuing day, when the enamored so,sier
pressed with his spur his charser's side. and
speeded on his way TO the seat Of government
where, having dispatched his public business. be
retrsced his steps, and, ct tie White House The
engagement took place. with preparations for
marriage.
And much hath the biographer heard Of that
marriage, from the gray-haired domestics who
waited at the board where love made the feas.
and Washington the guest. And rare and hjeh
was 'he re'elry at that palmy period of Virginias
fsstal age; for many were gathered to that mar
riage Of the good, the great the gifted, and they
with joyous acclamstions, hailed in V;rginia,s
youthful hero happy and prosperous bride
groom.
:" And so you remember when Col Washington
came cOurting Of your young naistress ?" said
the biogrsphcr TO cid Gully, inS his hundretb
year Ay, master, that do, "sreplied the an
clent family servant, who had lived to see five
generations; great times, sir, great tires-shal
never see the ike sgainI' "And Washinctop
looked something like mau-s proper man-
hey, CufFey ?'
Never seed the like, sir-1e7er the Ike OF
him, though / have seen many il my daT--se
tall, SO straight! and then lie sat on horse and
rode with such air! Ah, s;r. be was like no
one else. Many of the grandest gentlemen. in
the gold lace, were at the wedding; but nons
looked Ike the man himself"
Strong, indeed, must have been the impression
which the person and manner Of Washington
made upon the rude, untutored mind" of die
poor negro, since the lapse Of three-qusrters Of
century had not suficed to efFace it.
The precise date Of the marriage the biocra-
Pher has been unable to discover, having in vain
searched among the records Of the vestry of st.
Peters church, New Kent, Of which the Reysd
Mr.. MunsOn, Cambridge scholar. was the rec
tor, and performed the ceremony, it is beIieyed.
about 1853. \ short time after their marriage.
Colonel and Mrs. Washington removed 20 Mount
Vernon, On the Potomac, and permanentIy sot-
tied there
This union," says Sparks, was IN every 70
speet iehoitous. 1t continued forty years. To
her ultimate acquaintances and to the nation. tb.
! character Of Mrs. Washington was ever theme
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her department, remarkable for deeds of charity
and Piety, unosteptatious, snd without vanity.
she adorned by her domestic virtues the sphere
of private life, and filed with dignity every stc
! ton in which she was placed"
Previous 10 his acquaintance with Mrs. Custis
Washington had been pleased with other ladies'.
The author above quoted on this point says. thet
! in 1856, While in New York, he was lode ed
and kindly entertained ct the house Of Mr.. Bey
erly Robinson, between whom and himself an
intimacy Of friendship subsisted. which. indeed
continued without change, till severed bv their
opposite fortunes twenty years afterwards in tb.
revolution. It happened that Miss Mary Phillips
sister Of Mrs. Robinson and young lady Of
rare accomplishments, was an inmate in tie IA
mily. The charms of this lady made deem i'm
preston upon the heart Of the Virginia colonial
He went to Boston, returned, and was again
welcomed to the hospitality Of Mr. Robinson.
He fingered there till duty called him away; but
he was careful to intrust his secret to : conf
Dental friend, whose letters kept him informed
of every important event. In few month.
! intelligence came, that = rival was in the field
and that the consequences could not be answered
York. Whether time, the hustle of e camp. or
the scenes of war had moderated his admiration.
or whether he despaired Of success, is net
known. He never saw the lady again till she
was married to that same rival, Captain Morris,
his former associate in arms, and one Of Brad
docks aids-de-cam
g He had before felt the influence Of the ten
der passion. At the age Of seventeen, he was
smitten by the graces of fair one, whom he
called Iowland beauty and whose praises no
| recorded in glowing strains, while wandering
with his surveyors compass among the AIegha-
ny mountains. On that occasion he wrote de-
spending letters TO friend, and indicted plain
tive verses, but never ventured to reveal his
emotions TO the lady who was unconsciously tho
cause Of his palms,
Mr.. Buchanan in Maryland.
The State Capital Gazette, sound and relia-