The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-07-11

betray several attempts to pour forth
his amorous sorrows in verse. They are
mere commonplace rhymes such as low.
ers at bis age are apt to write in which he
bewails his "poor restless heart. wound.
ed by Cupid's dart" and bleeding for
one who remains piticss of his griefs and
woes
The tenor Of some of his verses Undue.
es us to believe that he never told his
love but, as We have already surmised
was prevented by his bashfulncss.
"Ah wo is me, that should love and conceal.
Long have wished and never dare reveal"
1t is difllcdlt to reconcile ones self to
the idea of tho cool and sedatc Washing
ton, the great champion of American
liberty, wo-worn lover in his youthful
days, sighipg like furnace" and ud.
ting plaintivc verses about Mount Yer
non. We arc glad Of an opportunity.
however, of penetrating to his native
feelings, and finding that. under his stud
led dccorum ard reserve, he had heart
# fHsb, tbrobbing with the warm impuls.
es of human nature.
The merits Of Washington wero known
and appreciated by the Fairfax FIRMLY
Though not quito sixteen years Of age,
he no longer seemed a boy. nor was he
treated as such. Tall, athletic. and man
ly for his wears. his early selftraining
aud the ccdo of conduct he had devised,
gave a gravity and decision to his con-
duct; his frahkness aud modesty inepir
od cordial regard and the melancholy of
which he speaks may have produced
softness in his manner calculated to win
favor in ladies' eyes. According to his
own account. the female society by which
he was surrounded had . soothing effect
on that melancholy. The charms Of
Miss Carey, the sister Of the bride. scom
even to have caused slight Huttcrng in
his bosom; which. however was coustan.
ly rcbuked by the remembrance Of his
former passion-so at least we Judge
from letters to his youthful conGlants,
rough drafts Of which arc still to be seen
in his tell tale journal
To one whom he addresses as his dear
friend Robin. he writes. Nv rcsidencc
is at present at his lordship's, where |
might, was my heart discrgaged. pass
my time very pleasantly, ns there's a vc-
ry agreeable young lady living in the
same house (Col George Fairfax's xif4s
sistcr); but as that's only adding fuel to
fire, it makes me the more uneasy. for
by often and unavoidably being in com.
pany with her, revives my former passion
for your Lowland Beauty whereas. was
| to live more retired from young won.
en-, might in some measure alleviate
my sorrows BY burying that chhste and
troublesome passion in the grave Of OBJ
livion." &c.
Similar avowns he makes to another
of his young correspondents. whom he
styles, Dear friend John :" as also to
female confdant. STYLED &" Dear Sllly."to
whom he acknowledges the company Of
the "very agreeable young lady, sister
iu-law Of Col Geo. Fairfax" in a great
measure cheers his sorrow and detected.
ness The object Of bis early passion is
not positively known. Tradition states
that the lowland beauty" was a Miss
Grimes of Wcstmorelaud. afterwards
Mrs Lee, and mother of Ger. Henry
Lee who figured in revolutionary history
as Light Horse Harry" aud was always
a favorite with Washington, probably
from the recollection of his early ten
derncss for the mother.
" "hatever nay have been the soothing
effect OF the female society by which he
was surrounded at Bclvoir. the youth
toand more effeciuai remedy for his
love melancholy III the company Of Lord
Fairfax His lordship was a staunch
fox hunter. and kept horses aud bounds
IN the English style. The huNting sea.
son had arrived. The neighborhood
abounded with sport hut fox hunting
in Virginia required bold aud skillful
craftsmanship He found Washington
as bold as himself in the saddle, and as
eager to follow the hounds He forth
with took him into peculiar favor, and
made him his hunting companion; and
it was probably under the tuition of this
hard riding old noblcman that the youth
imbbed that fondnes~ for the chase for
which he was afterward remarked
Tradition gives very different motives
from those OF business for bis two SO
journs in New York city He found there
an eatly friend ana schoolmate, Beverly
nou,nsoh son OF J"nn h"Olnson' Speak
aR. Oh la