New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-05-26

| Rfrnabnrrock. In bor-manshp too he already ex
cclled and ready to back and able to manase M
most fiery stsed Traditional Anecdotes remain VI mn
| aolieyenonis in this respect .,-r
iusticc or which he regulated al his conduct even al
az carly rerjod 81 his life, appccai,u "
he schcona-es; be referred 20 IS an umpire n
heir disrucs and bis decisions never reFer'el
AZ he had been formerly military chief'ain ne was now
Legislator of the shool thus displaying III Oo!Hool
/ tyre Of the future man.
We then fall upon some instructive passages
in Wsshngton's early life, which MI irving
dwells upon with the fondness Of an amateur IN
human passion. Our readers will thank us for
collecting in one exuberant cluster Of Eshcol-
Ike beauty several paragraphs relating TO
THE LOVES or WASHINGTON.
Tn ore of these manuscript memorials Of his pra,-
cal studies aud exercises, We have come upon some
documents sing uaiv IN cOlrae with ali that have
Just cited and with bis appereniiy unTomantc chauc
og. IL word, there Gre evidences IN hi hand
writing q et before he fifteen YEAR, Of age h. hal
conceived passion for some unknown beauty, 49,
rious as 10 disturb ts otherwise wel-reguated mind
and 10 make hin really unhappy. Why this Juvenile
attachment was 2 source Of unheppincss we have TO
yotitive means Of asoeraning L rhaps the object OF
Il may hfye considered him a mere schOol-boy and
reGi cd LIN a. suCh, or be own shvness may hive
Teen IN BIS way cnd bis "rucs ,or behavior and
ven atiOu may yet have rat GwhwGrkly on him and
IeCcred him formal and uu-aiLiy when he most sought
10 Please Even in later years he apt 70 be silent
end embarrassed IN female society. " He was very
hgslful young man, seid an old lady whom be used
to yisii when tev were both in their homage used
often 10 wish thai he would talk more
Wlaicycr may have been the reason, this early ~
tochmCnt seems TO have been Of poignant lis
ComOr 10 him. i clung 10 him after he toOk final
lClye Of school in The OF l147 and
side with biz brother Lawrence At Mount Vernon.
Here lie continued hi mathematical studies aud lis
lrectice IN surveying, disturbed ~ times by
reIoos Of h.s unuo by passion. TAough by no means
OF poei!cGl tenn ergucnt, the waste pages OF his
journol DciTay several attempts 10 pour forth his
tmorous so.Towf in verse. 1hcy ere mere common
Ilicc Ihynes, such a. lovers 90 his age opt 10
VINE, IL which he bcwals his "poor restless heart.
WOUNDED by Culids ded, and " bleeding Tor one
Dlo IonCils pcss Of his lreis and woes.
The tenor OF some ol his induce 10 believe
Hat he lever iod lis love- bar, Gs we have already
auTmIsod, was prevented by bis bashiulncss.
An, vo j. ne ,ha' .hoaid owe and eoneesli
Long have wished ana never dare reveal
i7 difficult TO reconcile one self 10 the idea Of be
cool and sodae W asdngton, the great cham Jon Of
Amen, en- liberty, wOc-wOrn lover in his youthful
dogs, sielng Ike furnace and lndung painlve
vclfCs about he groves OF Mount Vernon. We IRE
Glad III an OpIOr unity. however, OF penetrating 20 hs
netyo feelings and finding that under bis studied d.
corum and reserve ne Tad heart OF Aesh th1obbing
with tie wann impulses Of human nature
Tie merits of Washington were known and apprc-
ciaiod by the Fairfax family. Though not quie fla
teen yours Of ugo he no longer seemed boy. nor
he treated as SUCH Tai. athletic, ana manly his
years, his oaily scfruning and the code Of conduct
he had devised, gave gravity and decision TO his
conduct; Lis franKnCss aud modcsty inspired cordial
regard, and tie melancholy of which he speaks may
have produced q sotnCss IN ms manner calculated 10
/ WIN favor in ldics eyes According TO hs
count tie female society By which he surrounded
had soothing effect on That melancholy. The charms
of Mis- Carey The sis e. Of tie bride seem even 20
have caused slight Tutoring in Lis bosom which,
however WIS constantly rebuhcd by the remembrance
OF his former passionso OF least we Judge from let
tens to his youthful oondan's rough drafts OF which
o.tslf to I.. in he Coll gfa aDftrr
To whom he addresses a. his dear friend Robin,
he writes. "Aly residence IS li present at his Lord
ships, where might, was my heart dsengaged, pass
my time very pleasantly, as there's very agreeable
Young lady lives in the same house Col George Fair
axs wife sisierj but AZ thats only adding fuel 10
fine, ii makes ne the more unccsY, for by Ofcn and
unavoidably being in company with her, revives my
former passion for your LOwland Beauty; whereas
was TO live more Telired from Young women, might
in tome alleviate my by burying that
chase and troublesome passion IN The grave OF OBJ
hVlon. &c.
Sinlor avowCls he makes 10 another of his young
corr, spOndeus, 5SLom be styles, Dear friend john;
ar also TO n female Condant, styled Dear Sally 10
whom lie acknowledges that the company of the
"vCgy agreeable young lady, sistcr-ln-law of Colonel
George Fairfax, IN great measure cheers his sor-
row ard dCjccioGnoss. The object of tins early passion
r. moi positively known. 11ua.ion states that the
&" lowald beauty" q Miss Grimes Of NostmOre
lGid, afcward Mn Lee. and mother of Gen Henry
Lee, who figured in revolutionary history as light
Here Harry and was always tGvorie with Wash
ullOnf IioitbN lthi TIC itt'A'ttusiH vi Ms toig
toidoucfs for tie mother.
Whatever NAV have been the soothing effect Of the !
female society by which he surrounded at BclvOr,
the youth found more ehectua remedy for his love
melancholy in the company Of Lord Fairfax. His |
lOrdship sanch iOxhunter, aud kept horses and
hounds in the English style. Tho hunting season had
arrived. Tie rel hborhood abounded with SPORT but
fox-huntmg in Virginia required bold and si.dltu
Workmanship. He found aslinctOn as bold as him
self in the saddle and eager TO follow the hoands
lie forthwith took him into peculiar favor made him
his hunting companion; and twas probably undcr the
tuition of this har-Tdiug old noheman that the youth
imbbod that ondnoss tor the chase for which he was
afterword remarked.
Tradition gives very different motives from those OF
business for his two sooums IN the latter city He
found there an early friend and schCO-mate, Beverly
Robin SON son Of John Robinson, Speaker Of the Nr-
eiua House of Burgo-ses. lie was living happily and
lrosTel ously with young and wealthy bride, having
mani,d one of the nieces and heirtsses OF Mr. Adolf
nj us Ihipse rcl laudhOldCr, whose manOr-house Is
still TO be seen the banks OF the Hudson At the
house of Mr. Beverly Robinson, where Washington
was an honorod guest, he mel Miss Mary PhliIse SIS
Ter aud cOheress OF Mrs. Robinson, young lady
whose personal attractions SAID TO have riyacd her
IeIuted wealth.
We have already given an instance Of Washingon's
early scusibihy 10 female charms. life however OF
constant activity ana care-passed for the most part IN
tie wilderness and the frontier, far from female So
c,tv-had elt little mood or leisure for the indulgence
Of the tender sentiments but made him more sensible,
in tie presc. bret interval OF gay and social LIFE to
the attractions of an elegant woman, brought up IN
! tie polite rcc OF NCw-i OTk.
That he was an open admirer of Miss Phlipse Is
Lis orca fact; that he sought her hand, but was re-
fused, Is traditional and not very pro 1abe. Ills mill
taIy rtnk his early aures and distinguished presence
wee al calculated 10 find favor IN female eyes but
his soourn in NewN ork was brief he may have been
dideIt in urging his suit with lady accustomed 10