Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-06-15

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-. VIII t,ousot that the great and Goou "Si'"s
TON WIS ensnarcd by the siihcn mcs"'' ~
But we shall le, other pen. DESCRIBE O'' ''''''"'
scene. u,:oe,,
In Cus,is' Life Of M.s. Martha ""sh'nSfoh,weh h'
tho following account Of Was!hnSiona r"ur'shp an'
marriage: >,
I, wa, in l:sS that WnshiESoH, "ttlred in militia
~ undress, and attended by ondy servant 'si Wv, Tl'
49,. n, I;s chief CROSSED the ferry called W IL
I.a,"s,. nvnr the lanunkcy, branch Of the YORK
n;,r On the boat ,ourhn; the Southern or Ne"
it.nt sI. the soldiers progress was arrested ny one
~ thosa pcrsonngcs who give In" beau id"ai I" ''
V;rnia gentleman "f the Oil regime, the very sot
- L;ndness md hospitality. 1t was i'll vain Tue r"'
,.r urord his business at Williamsburg, linpott"m
Communications to the Governor, &c. AIR: claih" "j
laynr. ON whose domain tho mIiitaru had lu'' n,,
ed. would hrur of III excuse. Col n'ii'n G,,. Tint
y name aud character 80 dear 10 MI irsin 'i,bnut
hi. vussing 10y ono OF the castles 1t llI"", H.. host:
calling and par,aklug Of the h"spai''rr onr how.
wus entirely out of the question. Tue 'U,jv maiI.-
ever did not surrender iiscrctloii, out , ND h,
tanned his ground till Chamberi"ync, ~ "rnducc his
reserve, in the lntimation that hr tjru beneath
friend To Il Young and charming woo" ,;,;nn that he
-. rn,f ,I S,J7.r cen,nutcd on condI''"n nm his
should dine-oiily dnc-nnd ih1.' H.. would reach
charger and borrowing of the I'Su., nuiI shake of
Williamsburg before ha eAc'iisi.! occordingly is
his morning slumbcrs. oTHc'a 60 servant ana faith
sned 10 BISHOP inc .'',brr with the hne EnSi'sn
h & broueathcd hy the dyihS ,,od ,i1 nf
IN M,;,r Washington, on III" i"'neu a"L,n If Euro
Munongahela Bishop Dreu ~ ~ his cap, as much
pean discipline raised us .Y'. ';" in obcy-d."
Us a ~ suS' ,i now prnreedcd I" me nnus'n, anu
was introduced 10 various euI;, 'xtLout yucstsh
virginia do;nic of the oiu,' ,J.,w Tradition re-.
and a""' ,b w., were mutually peaseI on thlS' tn"'r
ia'tS '' is il rrmnrka able tly were vi III
Az, ,rhrn iuprcssinIIs arc strongest iI '" Iy1i
-" ~ h.hnl.i. Of fascinating lnnnhcrS, mu Hp"ui
i , .ndnw.d with worldly behcli's. ! lit MY
u ;rm his carly fields redolent OF lame anu WIN
- form on which ''crery Goa u" seem ~ NV '' wa"
:, rive the world assurance oil II man" .,;,,,.
u To mnrninr passed pleasantly away evening
GAME with Bi-hop, true I" his oruciS hi "' a. No
no.t holding the iav"rite charger Win one h"''u'
,bn other was waiting to offer the reaiy sfirrup
W. snn sunk in the horizon, and yet the Colonel ~
..n,rI moi. Twas strange twas passing strange;
,,mrnIy he was not wont 10 be single moment be.
mind his experimentation he was the most punctuhi
II all men.
II The gate, while the Colonel was ~ ugreeably ON
,loyri in the purur and Frnclamng that no visitor
yer left bis home at sunset his military guest was
without much officially persuaded to nraT bishop Il"
,ut up the hu-ses for the night lhe sui! rode hiS';
n ,iia heavens the ensuing day, when tho rnaorti
,idicr pr, s,s, with his spur his chargers side, ami
peedM on his way 10 the seat of government, where,
having dispatched his public h"Sincbs lie rotrarrd
,is steps and at the White House, The engagement
ook place, with prepni nti"ns for marriage.
!: nd much hath the hiug7uphcr heard nt inn! mar
'arca trGr the ray-iarcd doincsticH VINO "a'eu ~
he board wery T. % made the cast and Washington
he guest. And rare MID high was the frrelry al mat
,almy period of Virginia. festai ag"i for many were
,nihrrcd 10 that marriage, Of the good, tia great inc
,iltcG and they, with joyous occininao,S hh'iei ~
vi:cinia's youthful hero happy ana prosperous
bridegroom. ~ $780,.
"And 10 YOU remember wi.Gi: Colonel Washington
.aYs \ couriin. Of Your Young n,,-::-:-s said inc
uucrnplie :" old Cu.lev, III his hundred yea. - "
master that Co." replied the ancient family servant
who had lived 10 see ,va generations Srca' ll,les'
sir, great tinos-sha never tco T.. IKE dGa'h' -
And WASHINGTON looked something iiaG q man, II
proper mar hey, Galley "Nevcr seed the iiae,
,ir-nevur the like Of him icuSh have -cciI many
IN NV layro tall, straight! piid ;.en he sht Oh IL
horse and ride WITH Fech "r n;r' All ear, ~ was
like no enc else. Many ol ;te Srandest ScntienoD'
IN the uold lace were ut the wedding: but none look
I'd like the man himself" Strong, indeed, iI'::st have
bcn the suppression which the person aud manner o.
Wa,higgLip laadr upon the rude, untniored NINA
If this poor heei. einc0 the lap-c "t hrcc-quarers
1f n century Ind not suhiccd /" "ilnro II.
The precise Gn6 If the marriage the b0traphtr i'ar
been unable 10 discover, having in raIn shdTcp='!
,nung the records Of tho vrsry OF ST Peter thurcii,
New kcu:. al which TIE Rev. Mr.. Munsnn, am
DiiG,c scholar, the rector. mud performed 'hr
CEREMONY. j. - believed, about l'.I. \ thur' 'h'
alter their marriage, Colonel and Mis-, Washington
rcmoyeG.o Mount ye..,. ~ The Potomac. Hnd per-
nrurniy settled there.
This union" says sparks "waa s,-crr respect
leicitous. IL continued forty years. I" i:"i !ti'
s H. nrulaintanccs ana To the nation, the character
If Mira Washington WAS n theme Of praise. Al
fable and cOUriryps. exemplary III her department,
for her nea-,- ut charity anu piriv, uno"-
iemtatoua aud without rnn,i:, sio adorned by hrI
domestic virtues the sphere u: private ~, ma nue.:
i,t ,,.l nn .iei
Previous 10 his acquaintance with Mrs. Cg.iS.
Washington had seen i.oGsrd with other ladc'. ne
author above quoted ON this p6,:' sayS maj m l'o'
Whiir in New York, he was lodged a::H kihhiv en-
tertaiie,; az H.. inusc OF Dir. beverly hcbin".; p
tween whom and niws.i nj Intimacy at friendship
>uisi>tcd, which, indeed, c9n.in:''i without CHANGE
I'LL SEVERN. bv Their OEp0St. iLriGntS twenty wears
in the rcvOiHt!0n IL i"ppentc t+Et Mss
Mary Philips a sstrrof Mrs. RohirsDn anu aE"3nE
lady Of rar, accomplishments WIS az inmate IN the
family. IN. charms of this lady made a deep in
preston upon the heart Of the Virginia Colonel !s
went 10 Boston, returned. aud was again welcomed 10
the hospitality Of NJ Robinson. lie fingered thore
til duty called him away; but he WA careful 10 m
trust n. secret confidential FRIEND whose letters
kept him l!n,ynrd Of every important event. In q
few months intelligence came, that rival WAS IN inc
ell and that the conse r:"r- could not be- answered
for If he tic!nyrd to renew r !"J TO New York.
Whether time the hustle oi camp OF tS 2c"nes Oh
war bAd moderated his admiration, or whe!Gej 40
Ir.raircd OF surcrss is not known. He never saw
the lady agau II! sE" was married to tiat same rva'
CAPTAIN Morris, his tO!t ssoca;c III arms, anu ono
u Braddock'S aids de cnmp.
lie had before lrlt the Influence % iE6 t)er pns
sion. AT tho age "i seventeen; he was 'inittri'
IN. rrac-s of Il flr arc. whom ho called Il 'lowland
beauty and whose ;,rHis;p J." recorded III glowing
,irajIll While wandering With :tis sG:Ycyors compass
,mvns the Allegheny mountains. On tEat 2crasion
10 wrote despondu2 letters t" friend, ani inthteH
Dluinrive verses, but nrspr vcntured To reveal h'
a. ioly nlp.DIScttuSlS
.uu-c of hIs pu!ns.
Washington Irving, in his recently published i-rfa
# washington, gives the following sketch
Washington WA now ordered hy Sir John 1t.
Clair IN. guartrIwaater general at the forces under
'irn Furb,a 10 repair t. Williamsburg, and lay the
am. ,f the case before thr council. lie set oil
promptly on horseback, attended oy Bishop the we'll
raircd military servant who had ser'ed the lale
Gen. Braddock. 1t proved an eveniiIl JoarheF'
though 40; in Il military point OF view. IN cFoss.s
n ferry Of the Pamupkey, branch OF York RIVER
be fell in company with Mr.. Cbanb"rayhe' VINO
lived in tbs ncgLborhood, md who, IN the sPlrit "'
Virginia hospitality, claimed him as Il guest; IL was
with difficulty Washington could be preFhl!ed on ~
Init for dinner so impatient was hc to arriSe 81 II
liunshurg mud accomplish his mission
Among the guests nj Mr.. Chambnrlayncs was
young and blooming widow, Mrs. Martha Cnstis
daughter Of Mr.. John Dnudrid;c, both patr1clan
names m the province. Her husband, John ParKe
with two young children and n large fortune. Stle
is represented being ruthcr below the middle SIZE
but extremely well shaped, with nh agreeable conn
touane, dark hazel eyes mud huir, mud those frank
engaging manners, captivating in Southern women
We IRE not informed whether Washington Ind mel
with bur before probably not during her widowhnod
~ during that fime he hRd been almost continually
OF, the frontier. We have sh"Ha that, with a III:
prav;.y md reserve. hs was quickly susceptible Il
female charms; and they may have Ind Il grc|:er IF
fyct upnp him when thus casually encountered III
fleeing moments. snatrhed frcm tho cares aud per
plexi;ies and rudo scenes of frontier warfare. A
any rate, his heart appears to have been iuken b!
surprise.
The dinner which in thusc days SGs earlirr :hen q
,r,s.u, seemed ul too short. The afternoon passcr
away like dream. Bishop wns ruuctuaI I" the or
d,rs ne received on hating the horses paved at IN,
door but tor once Washington loi.ered in the path
duty. The hnrses werr counterinandcd md 1t wa
not until the next morning Tint he was agnn in th
saddle, squirting for williamsburg. Happily, TIN
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