The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-06-16
ST. JO'sNSBtRY, VT, SATURDAY, JUNE l6. 1855.

pounds year. his duty being tc attend +
the organization and equipment of the Mill
tia, This appointment obtained bv hi- bro:l,
er Lawrence, was granted Oil the public es
innate OF his >tcadiness and Judgment. Thi
was IN J. 15l. and in the Winter Of that yea
George Washington accompanied his brother
whose health required change Of air, :,
Rarbadocs, (where he saw his first plav. an,
returned to Virginia in February, 1752.-
Five months after Lawrence also rcturne,
homc-to die.
1t became necessary to send a mission a
cross TIE frontiers to ascertain tic real obi. G.
et the French whose conduct had bccom,
suspicious. a man was required who shou,
possess physical strength and moral energy
with courage to cope with savaccs and ?
sagacltv to negotiate with white men
Washington was appointed. though not ,:
wears of age. and the narrative Of his teur
ney. observation aud ncco.iations, which cx
tends to some ien.;h is in Mr.. Irvinp's l,cs
manner-lncia. vivid, picturesque. Wash
ln.ton, whose sacacitv was c,;ualrd only J.,
his coolncss, soon detected the French aim.
OF aeGranaizcr:, n... Mr.. Irving saws:
Tie prudence, sagacitv. resolution, firm.
ness, and sclt-dcvotion manifested lv hin
throughout his admirable tact and selt.noS
SESSION IN treating with tickle savaces and
and crafty white man ; the soldiers eve with
which he had noticed the cc:...nandinc and
d"f''n>l'le points Of the country, and every
thing that won.d bear upon military opera
tiot>: and the har.ihood with VIII !, he i,..
acquitted himself during Win,rv tramr
thronch constant storms of rain and snow
often sl"cniH" on the ground without ten,
in the open air, anI in danger from trearh
crcnS foes all rointet ,:,r cut, not mer.l,
10 .H' Governor, h1; 10 the public at large
as OF" cn,incntv fitted. notw.;l l,,an,linc hi.
YOUTH .or important truss involving civil a,
well a: military duties 1t Is an expedition
tia: = " he considered the foundation of hi.
fortunes. From TIA. moment i.c was the ri.
SING hope q; Virginia"
In The hos'ii;icS which cnSned. Wash;,c
.on highly di>:in n-r~hci himself. as Colonel
bur w.s literal, driven on: Of the service BY
an absurd regulation lc.n. mallcw,.h placed
o'ic9r> commissioned Nv Governors of Prov.
inces ard States inferior 10 those d;r.c,.x
commissioned by III" Crown-recu.aion>
winch h. wcuHA;n.s 'hr feelings o. mon of
the highest character IN British North Amer
lea. ""niliuu'c,i 10 weaken their a,,acLmen n,
to England, t." parcnt Safe.
At the ace of 81. Wa>..in-.or, ~c;urncd 70
private lie. aHd his ''iir>: c.r,. was to visit
hls mother, inquire into III" state o.. aor,o>,;,.
concerns. and attend to TIE welfare Of his
brothers and sisters. In these matters he
was ever h> mothers a'ljurct and counselor
d.. harrir' faithfully the duties Of an eldest
S"n. vino should consider himself a second
father 20 The family. He now took I'm his a.
hodr aiMou'iNc,,,cn.... prepared to cnraoc
IN those agricultural pursuits, for which. even
IN his you'hf'l; day, Il, hsi As kceaa r. ';.h
~ for the profession of arms. S,ar,c,v had
'' entered "Hon ms raral occrretions. how
c,v'. when tie service of his countrv o,,.
no:" called hiH to ;ilc field" lie was inv
ted I" ."ln General Bra,llock's Staff. and
accepted, despite the urgent entrcatv of his
mother He served from Nav, 100. as
hr'i''ork> a'!"-dr-camp. did good service in
the field and at hc Council-t. Die and af,cr
thr dcs'n o. Era'i,.a~k, wheel: followed thc
disastrous defeat Of the British army lv the
French and Indian force. continued in arms
a> one Of the diuian!S- Genera, o.. VIRGINIA
lmmr'a'ciy AFTER in Au.uSt. LOO. he WIS
aWHo!"'c! To the chct command OF the ;roy
zee and served in this capa with variouS
fortune, un;i. the close OF los. IT. was Tins
that he learned the ar. OF war His MARI, ,e
in january. l.j2. Immediately followed his
return to private life.
Two years earlier, at New York. he had
entertained a pcoctant, (fcr it was scarcely n
passion, >tor Miss Mary Philinsc, vourr la,lv
ot beauty and fortune. but further duties in
tc'iuptcd the prosecution of his suit. and an
other officer won the maiden. lin l715,s. h..
made journey to the Council at Williams
burg, and in crossing the ferry of the Pamun-
key. 4 branch of York River, he fl, in com
rany with a Mr.. Chamberlavne, who lived in
the nc'.hhorhood, and who in the spirit of
Nlrg g.nian hospitality, claimed him as a cuest
1t was with difficulty Washington could be-
prevailed on to halt for dinner, so inpatient
was he to arrive at Williamsburg, and accom-
pli>h his mission.
Among the guests at Mr.. Chamberlavne's
was young and blooming widow. Mrs. Mar
tha CIsilS, laughter Oh Mr.. John Dandrcc
both patrlclan names in the province. Her
husband, John Parke Gusts. had been dead
about three years leaving her with two vouny
children, and large fortune She is repre-
sc;e'l as being rather below the middle size.
bat extremely well shaped, with an agreeable
countenance, dark hazel ewes and hair. and
those frank engaging manners, 50 cartivatin-
in Southern women. We are not informed
whether Washington had met her before ::
probably not during her wi,lowhood, as dur
lnG that time he had been almost continually
on the frontier. We have shown that. with
all his gravity and re "rve, he was suscepti.