M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1858-06-03

During Mr.. JeHersons law course
OF five years, he usually spent the
summer months at home, at Shadwell,
where the rest Of the family continued
to reside. The systematic industry Of
his college life continued. Notwith.
standing the time given to company,
he contrived to pass nearly twice the
usual number of hours oflaw students
in his studies. lie placed a clock IN
| his bed room, and as soon as he coyld
distinguish its hands in the gray Of
Ithesummer morning, herose and }om-
Imenced hislabors. In winter, 2e rose
puncmally at five. His hours of re-
firing in the summer, in the country,
was nine-in the winter at ten. At
Shadwell, his studies were very little
interrupted by company. He usually
took a gallop on horseback during the
day, and at twilight walked to the top
of Monticello. An hour or two given
to the society of his family, and the
favorite violin, completed the list or
interruptions, and still left fourteen
hours for study and reading.
With Mr.. Jefferson, the lover sue
ceeded the school boy in the due and
! time honored orders, as laid down By
the melancholy Jaques." The Only
record of this affair is to be found in a
series of letters addressed by him to
his friend John Page, commencing
Immediately after he left college, and
extending, at intervals, through the
two succeeding years. These are to
be found at length in the Congress
edition Of his works, and also in his
| life by Professor Tucker.
They possess some interest, perhaps,
in relation to their subject matter, but
most, as the early specimens Of their
authors epistolaiy writing which have
been preserved.
Though they display something of
that easy command Of language-that
''running pen"-for which he was af-
terwards so celebrated, they exhibit
no peculiar grace of style, or maturity
Of thought. Perhaps, however, these
would scarcely be expected in the care
less oflhand effnsions Of boyish init
macy. 1t causes q smile to see the
future statesman "sighing like a fur
mace" in first love; concealing, after
the approved fashion of student fife,
the name of his mistress under awk-
ward Latin puns and Greek anagrams
to bury secret which the world, oI
course, was supposed to have a vast
interest in discovering; delightedly
describing happy dances, with bis
belinda" in the Apollo, Chat room
in the Raleigh tavern where we shall
soon find him acting so different 9
part;) vowing that "if Belinda did moi
accept his service, it shall never be
offered to another;" and so on to the
end of the chapter-in the well beater
track of immemorial prescription
The object Of his attachment was
Miss Rebecca Burwell (called Belin
da as a pet name, or by way Of con
cealment,) whom tradition speaks o
as more distinguished for beauty thar
for cleverness.
His proposals seem to have beer
clogged with the condition that he mus
be absent for two or three years in for
eign travel before marriage. Rc sever
al times expressed this design, specify
ing England, Holland, France, Spain
Italy, Egypt, and areturn through tn
Northern British Provinces in Amer
, lea, as his proposed route. Why h
I gave this up does not appear. Wheth
: er for this, or because her preference
2 Alay in a different direction, Miss Bur
3 well somewhat abruptly married an
] other man in 1854.
: Mr.. Jefferson was generally, how
5 ever, rather a favorite. with the othe
: sex, and not without reason. Ills al
y pearance was engaging. His fac
though angular, and far from beaut
a fuL beamed with intelligence, beneN
J, olence, and with the cheerful yivacit
o Of Apply, hopeful spirit. His con
c plexion was ruddy, and delicately fai
o his redish chestnut hair hxuriant an
n silken. His deep-set eyes, the pr
II vailing color of which was light h
= eel, or fecks of hazel on groun,
Q work of gray, were peculiarly EXPIRE
sive. and airrored, as the clear lal
mirrors the cioad, the.emotion whi'
: was passing through his mind.
/ He stood. six feet'two and h6
Il iuchesin height, and though yeryisH
II tatthis period, bis form was erect al
lie sihewg ,fand bis movements displayC
70 elasticity and Sigof. :. He was an e
4 bert musician, a'fne dancer, das
X ing rider, and there was no manly e
.6efcise in which.he could not play We
le4,his part. His manners were usual
)6. graceful, but simple andcordial:4 Il
lg Conversation already possessed no i
35 considerable. share Of that char
h. which in after wears, was so much e