New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-10


| plain but kbesl hesytshiy.
The cumr any o. b-sHqssrtsr poke wen OF her con-
vertstcp, which, Atbough not sbqodsna was ye per-
tir On, and ssusble. sac ooaid dext1oasiy AVOID
,olf,caI point when any guet indirees eooage 70
set tap for Der opinion and she equally cspaoie
Of Giving advice 10 the yospser lsdses, whom abe
slvsys s1borted 10 industry and fuyshty. kai'trng
va Ter yorte occupation, ct least When IN company
40 Inch go thai lady who say her Aimlst daily dur
ps IRE 6rst PreeideDcy, says abe does not remenee
ever having seen her, sittng AZ bone, stoouI 'ng Va
.ypsiIe & Or Deedles clicking in Der hogers het
maid Opey vas always AZ her SIDE, aud ls " Sno
saw her often sti remembers, tnst when about to
leave tbe room or receive company, she gould hand
the Knitting t. the servant saying Ihere Vney tose
hat swsy" uh.
wa. by no mears Indifferent 70 the advantages OF
,pspdor on -ruper occasions. We have seen DOW gay
and sbsrdant must have eeen her wardrobe Soen sns
was a Young wife az Mount Vernon, and numerous pm
.,,hons and threa1-cssss nov do SmZ about t1e
eemuuuity le.f as beirlooms laid up IN lavender
kr hyorie ersnddaughteis, by ladies her eotemp0r.
ms, testify 10 he richness variety of her costams
during the long period when all eyes were ePon nsr Is
abe s.sod in the rejected light Of tbs Sun OF Liberty
Mn. Grant of Lsggan, on seeing Sar W Ater s1u
Lacy Scott together IN company at a nne Snen Inc
pouuIsrity OF mion had Scott said hniset given
him such bree-e Whieh seems - ee Sso.en ~
lit, or elation) that he nearly of his feet, sad,
Witty: mr. Scott always seems TO mo like glsss
through which the rays OF admiration pass without
,ensbly secting it, bat the bit Of paper th lies os
u
But Mrs. Washington, g more solid snd serious
character than Lady Scott, seems wholly 10 have e.
espsd the citation which a,ts 80 dangerously upon tne
", al er subject in some cases. Far from ex1lang IN
her great station her sole desire from first to last ".
10 sci back to Mount Vernon, which she never Quilted
without regret If not born 10 love pigs and
checkers she was eminenty fitted tor qu'et rural
life; and as TO happiness, her highest ideal CT It evil
eos. fire, Darby and Joan fashion, snugly slowed
in family chariot, jOltng along VlrglAls rosd 10
dine with some neghb@, or attend Pobck church.
II we were 10 give private opinion, We should say
that Mrs Mar1ba Gusts Washington, with her large
fortune her strong domestic tastes and affections, aud
her dutful common character, exercise her full
.hsre of influence the command. rim chief OF ths
armies of the United States OF America She hsd
very decided way Of speaking, when she did speak
and a. che never needed IN public ahafre, we can
easily msg the eeners letting her have pretty much
her own way in everything else.
Miss Bremen was told this anecdote:
"a puest at Mount Vernon happened to sleep in Q
room adjoining that occupied by the President snd his
lady Late in the evening when people bad retired TO
their srious chambers, he beard the sy delivering
yery animated lecture 10 her lord and master upon
something which be had DONE thar she thought should
have been done differently To all this he listened in
the pTofOpndes silence; ADD when che too Was shent,
be opened his lip. and spoke Now good sleep TO you,
| my dear"
Washington at home in the latter years Of his
life presents an interesting spectacle which Mrs.
| Life at Mount Vernon wss always essentially the
same; the petition and circumstances of e place and
the habits OF the ourtry giving it character, as well
when its owner at the summit OF fame as when he
first set up housekeeping there, gay young |uglnn
bachelor in l7J7 ing his tsste in furniture and
Arang emenis and writing 10 his London coTresp md
emit You will perhaps think crazy fellow, 10 be
ordering and counter ordering almost IN breath.
We have seen the careful attention given to his own
affairs in carly times; the minutenees with which he
describes household articles that he visited 10 obtain
and calculated materials and provisions for the use OF
the plantation. This continued TO be trait OF his
through life and should be remembered by all who
admire him. az lesson of the fOoshncee of fancyiug
ones self above small Affairs. When we find ourselves
capable only of large ones, II TO be ascnbed TO the
inli alton of our powers, not TO hen grandeur. fao.
lie service and the highest Offices Of friendship and a.
lection were the business of Washingtons life; no
man ever was more completely and efficiently the ser
want OF the public. Yet In all The minor matters Of LIE
The lswlest duties herself did lay.
Planting trees and shrubs at Mount Vernon was one
of Iii. fayoriie employment and he did It often witt
his own hands He went daily through bis woods,
seeetirg and making young trees for ranspianbng 10
the walks about his house. AMI when the time suited
would 20 and superntend the whole operation. In one
of the oayies we find him employed In the pleasant
labor when load Of company arrives, aud he makes
rather soleful sPiry that he was Obliged 10 cover up
go az to be useless. Home was always g promiE ent
object in bis mind. To sdoin his home; TO I'LL il with
whatever conduces 10 hospitality and the comfort sud
snuremtn mt Of guests; TO have peasant things going
on in IL TO surround it with the appliances which
wealth Las at its command; 10 make 1t the center OF
bounty TO large number Of lees fortunate people-to
hese things WashiDgons hrst instincts ponted and
from an early age-frOm bis hst ownership, Indeed
be a. always taking Efficient measures towards the
n az ation OF his IDEAL always mean, when higher
duties did not prevent To have Suffered eight years
Of exile from his home, small sacrifice for man
a. domestic and social in his tastes.
hanA nup arm In n
beriaDce from his brother, the bouse was compare
lively ncoI siderable and the grounds 10 rough s;se
II was then the scene OF great deal OF hearty
Hospitality and took its share in the hunting dinners OF
the country and whatsoever else could mark II ~ the
residence Of Of the principal families. The Wash
ing toms killed their own mutton and drew their own
seine long before the time Of which are spe king.
They lived ndependt ny and within them elyee, with
grsin-felds ana barn.y aIds hives and dove ootes,
cows and horsee game and tsh, all al hand, aud no
erass growing before the door, in the Irish sease at
least for the way thither was well trodden
General Washington kept up the habit OF The family
He was related either by blood or marriage, to half
the county and his house thronged in the earlier
time, with familiar guests, as It was afts~ard With
distinguished ones.
feet avalanches of company, aid find by the day
that people made nothing OF staying Week or tTo.
The &c al would break Tact with his guese and then
telling TEN be boptd they would take good cro OF
The es,hst there hoees for those who liked
10 roe ID. bbIay for the studIoos, etc-be mountod
bls horse for he ulual morning ride OF ten VI Twelve
ues round the es'ate and not seen again until
QUARTZ before three, xb.n he retained 0Ld dressed for
DINER.
Dinner a three when says Mr.. Custis "the General
ate heartily being way particular, except 10 o hsh,
If which he was very foLd
Dessert be ,ook but spsrnsly, bat the Marquis de
CT ssteiluI who visited him IN camp, says that be
would cat Luts aft dinIer for tso bOurs, snhe CON
versips, M Irving Gays that sometimes 10 would
dine oL baked apples berries with cream or milk.
He presery.d TO The last the plain and simple tAtos
be brought from h-s mo hers frugal household, sad
belonged deec 20 that csse vt sturdy people VINO
eat to live Lot 10 the otner-iho.c ~bo live 10 cat.