The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1859-07-26
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A writer in the New York Century, saysof
the lady who won Washington's young heart,
and whose father rejected the tall young SOL
dier because he mad not arriagefor his daugh-
ter to ride about in:
81 shall 90 back in her life number of years,
and speak of the event which made her name.
one OF curious interest. Before she became
Mrs. Edward Amber, she was called Mary Ca
ry. Her father was Wilson Cary, Esq, of
"Celcys," in the county of Elizabeth City, de-
scended from the noble family Of Hundson, in
England His relative, Col. Archibald Cary,
of 4Ampthill," in Chesterfield, was at his death
the heir apparent to the Earldom. The wor
thy old gentleman seems, from all We know of
him. to have been as proud as the Courcys or
the Somcrsets, and to have thought his family
the MODEST in the land. He-lived in great state,
| with chariot and horses, plate and velvet and
cmbroidery-a worthyof the old school, fully
satisfied with the" order Of things, and enjoying
screnely the good gifts of Providence. His
beautiful daughter WIS great heircss, and had
many suitors-thc accident which befel one Of
them has made he, remembered in many books.
lie was Young man OF very high character,
relative of George William Fairfax, Esq, who
lived at "Belvoir" on the Potomac; and he
met Miss Cary, who came to visit Mrs. Fairfax,
her elder sister. The Young man at once pro-
ceeded to fall in love, which he did with an ardor
characteristic of his nature. When Miss Cary
went back home to Ccleys, on James River, he
followed her like courageous gallant, and laid
open siege to the fair fortress. In the good old
times, however, something more was necessary
than the consent Of the young lady, and so the
outh duly. asked private interview with the
awful old lord of the manor who listened to him
silently throughout
When the lover had finished, Mr.. Cary rose,
made him low bow, and said that if this was
young Mr.. Washington's errand to 'Celeys, his
yisithad better terminate; his daughter "had been
accustomed to ride in her own chariot" And
with this ausion to the poor condition Of tho
Younger son, the interview terminated. Young
Washington bowed and went away, and in due
time married Martha cambridge Gusts, who
rcsemblcd Miss Cary says my authority, "as
much as one twin sister ever did another"
But the old tradition does rot cndherc. Many
years fed awav-Mary Cary was Mrs. Amber
and her discarded suitor was the man who had
inst received the sword OF CORVALLIS ut York
town: whom the whole civilized world hailed as
greatest among the great, "the foremost man."
not only of America, but of "all this world."-
lie passed through the old metropolis Williams
burg, at the head of his victorious troops and tho
PEOPLE were crazy with JOY and alteration almost.
The vast multtudes nearly prevented his horse
from rroceeding-thc calm statue on horseback,
passed on serenely. All at once he perceived
at window, or in the crowed, his old love,
Mary Cary. He raised his sword and saluted
her profoundly. She tainted.
GEN. Twlees-We are grati6ed to see it
announced in our exchanges that letters have
been received from San Antonio, which state
that Gen. Twiggs has cntirel ely recovered from
bis recent severe i!lnese.