Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-06-11
Wheeling, June Slh, 1856.
1rvins's Life of Washington.
wAsl,rSorOs's LOVE AFFAIRS.

In one OF lheSe manuscript memorials Of his
practical studies aud exercises, we haze come up.
on some documents slngulatly III contest with all
hut we have Just cited and with his appatelh un.
romantic character. In word there ate evidences
in his own handwriting That, beiOre he was fifteen
Yeas OF nge, he had conceived passion Tor some
unknown beauty, so serious as 10 disturb his otllet.
wise well regulated nlind aud 10 make lin really
unhuppy. Why this juvenile attachment was a
source VI uuhaprineSs, we have no positive means
Of asctlnnng, Perhaps The object Of Il may luvc
considered him mere scho1l'boy and Treated him
as such; OF hi< own slyness might have Gten in
his way, and his "tules fVr behavior aud CONVEX
SETON" may uS yet have sal awkwaldIy OIL Inm
aud rendered him fOTAa aud ungainly Wien liz
most sought 10 please. Even in later years bs was
apt 10 bs silent and embarrassed in female society,"
ale WIS very boshfu young man." said an Old
lady whom lie used 10 visit when they were both
In tlIeit nunnge. al used often to wish that lu
would talk lnofe."
Whatever may have Leen lie reason, this eafly
attachment seems to have been source VI poig.
nunt dscOmfOr. 10 him. II clulIgsiU lIiuI alter hs
ok n final leave OF school IN The autumn OF iii,
and went IL reside with his brother Lawrence OIL
Mount Vernon, Here he continued Ills mathe.
NAUTICAL studies and his ptacicG IN surveying dis
turbeh Of tunes by recHFEenceS Of his uHluCky
passion. Though by no means Of . political TEN.
re.ament, tie waste pages Of his Journal lGtlsy
several attempts 10 p0ut fOtlll his umnfOtiS sOtowS
til,nv tkInp4
such as lovers al his ngG ate OPT lUwtile, IN Which
lu bewaIs his "pUUr restless heat wounded by
Uupld's dart" and "Gleetling for ollie wliU te.
mains pttleS0f his glieiS and wots,"
The Tenor Of some OF his verses Induces US 10
believe that liz never Told his lOvei but as we
have altrady SuttRiseI, was prevented by lis basil.
lulMeSS.
"Sh, tyO Is me, that should love and CnnteJIt
ling have wished, aud never dale reveal"
II Is difficult IL reconcile ones self ~ The idea
OF lie cool aud sedats Washington, The great chap.
pion VI American Liberty, hUSu WON lover NJ
his youthful days, "slshiIs like furnace" and in.
titillg plaintv1 verses about tho groves Of Mount
Venom. We ate glad Of MI opportunity, how.
ever, Of penetrating 10 his naive leelilss, ond
finding that under Ills sleudy lecOrum and reserve
lle lad heart oil flesh, Unfolding with WARM i'm
pulse Of hunlun nature,
no llltIIis VI hHeutNEAUH hGt hHVN " uHu
ntpCated by the RaiiIaG family, Though hol quite
sixteen yeats VI age he no longer seemed boy, nor
was lie treated as such. Tall, athletic anl manly
fot his years his early self training and The code oil
CONDUCT liz had devised, gtyea gtlylly anil decs.
ion to lis conducts his ffankess and modesly
inspired cOtlal regard, aud The melancholy OF
which lie speaks may have pfUlucela sOflness IN
his iannet calculated 10 win favor In laies' eyes.
According 10 Ills own account, The female society
BY which he AS surrounded had soothing effect
oil that melancholy 'rlV charms Of Miss CAY,
the sister VI the bride, seem even 10 have caused
a slight huttetng IN lis bosom; which, however,
was constantly fetuksl ny The remembrance Of his
former passo-su al least we Judge ltOln lettsrs 10
Ills youthful continents, tough ItaltS Of Which ate
still 10 W seen III his tell Tale Journal.
10 one whom he addresses as his dear ltienl
Robin, liz writes, "Aly residence Is al picsenl Of
his LordshiPs, where might, wuS my heart dis
engaged, ppss my lime pleasantly, as iheie's
yeIy 0gteeaJe yonns lady lives In tile same no Use
(Co. usotse PaluaG'S wllss siSletjl but as that's
only adding fuel 10 fife, Il makes me The more
uneasy, t0r by often aud uilav0ilably being IN
company with Her, reylyts my lotmet passion lot
your Lowland Beuulyi WHEREAS, was 10 live
mote retired from young women, mis- hi IN SOlle
measure alleviate my sottOws by buDing that
chasle aud Troublesome passion In the gtaye Of
oblivion" &c.
Similar syowais no makes 10 another ofhis young
correspondents, whOul he styles Dear friend John,
as also 10 female confident, styled dear Sally,
10 whom hs Acknowledges HAT lhs company VI
Tie "ysty agreeable young lady, sistetip.luw Of
Colonel Ue6fge Fairfax, ~ great measure cheers
his sUlfUW and dtjeelednesS. Tile Object Of his
eutly passion is moi positively known, Tradition