Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-07-12

Vernon. Here he continued his mathemat'
Iical studies and his practice in surveying
disturbed at times by occurrences Of his un.
Iluckey passion. Though BY no means ol
Eoe,icsl temperament, the waste pages o
his journsl be,ray several attempts 10 pour
forth his amorous sorrows IN verse. They
are mere common place rhymes. such as
lovers al his age are sp, to write, in which
he bewails his poor restless heart, wound
ed by Cupid's DART" and '.bleeding for one
who remains pi,iIess Of his g,iefs and woes.'
The tenor Of some Of his verses induces
US 10 believe tha, he never told his love, but
as we have already surmised wss prevent
ed by his bsshfulness:
ssAh, wo is me, that should love and conceal;
Long have wished, and never dare reveal"
], is difficult TO reconcile ones selfto The
idea Of The cool and seda,e Washington. the
great champion Of American liberty, woe
worn lover in bis youthful days, "sighing
| like furnace" end indning plsln,ive verses
sbou, the groves of Noun. Vernon. We
are glsd OF an opportunity, however, Of pen
e,rs,ing to his native feelings, and finding
that under his steady decornm and reserve
he had hear. Of flesh: 'hrobbing with the
warm impulse Of humsn nature.
The merits Of Washington were known
and appreciated bv the Fairfax family
Though not quite sixteen years Of sge I've
no longer seemed bov, nor was he treated
as such. Tall, athletic and manly for his
years, his early self training and the code
of condue, be bad devised, gave q gravity
and decision to his conduct; bis frankness
and modesty inspired cordial regard, end
the melancholy of which he speaks may
have produced a sohness in his manner CAL
culaled TO win favor in ladies' ewes. Ac-
cordIng to his own account The female So
ciety by which he was surrounded had q
soothing effect on that melancholy. The
charms OF Miss Carey, the sister Of the
bride, seem even 10 have caused slight
futIering in his bosom which, however,
" as constantly rebuked by the remembrance
Of his former passion-so al less. we Judge
drafts Of wbich are still TO be seen in his
lel-isle journal.
To one whom he addresses as his dear
friend Robin, he writes: "My residence is
a. presen, al his lordship's, where ] might,
was my heart disengsged, pass my time
very pleasantly, as there's a very a.
greeable young LADY lives in the same
house (CoI Fsirfsx's wfe's sister y bu, ss
that's only sdding fuel to FIRE, i. makes me
the more uneasy, for by often and unavoiJ-
ably being in company with her. revives my
former passion for your Lowland Beauty :;
whereas, was to live more retired from
young women, ! Oh. in some measure al
lesiale nv sorrows by burying that cl,as,e
and troublesome passion in The grave Of OBJ.
livion," sc.
Similar avowals he makes to another Of
his young correspondents, whom he styles
'Dear Friend john" as also female con-
fdan,, styled Dear Sally," to whom he &C.
know ledes thai The company Of the "very
agreeable young lady, sister in-law of Col
George Fairfsx," in grea. measure cheers
his sorrows end dejec,edness. The object
Of his early passion is not positively known
Tradi.Ion states that the ''lowland bean,y"
was Miss Grimes, of fWes,morelsnd, after
wards Mrs. Lee, and mother of Gen. Henry
Lee, who figured in revolutionary history
as "Light Horse Psrry," and was always a
fsvor,e with Washington, probably from
the recollec.ions Of his early tenderness for
the mother.
Whatever may have been the soothing
effec. Of the female society by which he
was surrounded q, Belvoir, the youth found
more effec,ual remedy for his love melan-
cholv in the company Of Lord irfsx.-
His Lordship was siaunch ox.hunler, and
kept horses and hounds in the English slvle.
The hunting season had arrived. The
neighborhood sbounded with sport, bul
fox-hun,ing in Virginia required bold and
skIllful horsemsnship. He found Washing
ton as bold as himself in the saddle, end as
eager to follow The hounds. He forthwith
took him into peculiar favor made him his
hunting companion (; and it was probably
under The tuition Of this hard-ridiDg old no.
blemsn that The youth inbibed that fondne.s
for the chase for which he was sf.erw ards
remarked.
Tradition gives very different motives
from those Of business for his two soiourns
in the latter city. He found there an early
friend and schooIma,e, Beverly Robinson.
son Of John Robinson, Speaker of the Vir.
ginia House Of Burgesses. He was living
happily and prosper ously with young and
wealthy bride, having married one Of the
nieces and heiresses Of Mr.. AdoIphus Phil.
lipse, rich landholder, whose is still 10 be
seen on The banks Of the Hudson. A, The
house of Mr.. Beverly Robinson, where
Washington was an honored guest, be me,
Miss Mary Phillipse, sister and co.heiress
Of Mrs. Robinson, young lady whose per-
sonal attractions are said 10 have rivalIed
her repuIed wealth.
We have slready given an instance Of
Washington's early sensibiily 10 female