The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-05-16
GENERAL WAsHINGTON's FIRST LOVE.

Acorrespondent Of the Century, in giving some
reminisc suces Of the old country seat called "The
Cottage" in Hanover county, Va, gives an &C.
count of Gan. ngson's suit to and rejection
by Mary Cary:
Her father was Wilson Cary. Esq, Of "Celeys,"
10 the county of Eliz ,beth City, descended from
the noble f.mily Of Hnnsdon, in Engan His
relatise, Col. Archibald Cary, OF "Ampthill, in
Chesterfield, was at his death the heir apparent to
tbs esrldom. The worthy old gentleman seems,
from all We know Of him, to have been as proud 81
the Coucys or the Somersets; aud to have thought
his family the poblest in the land He lived 10
great state, with chariot and horses, plate and
velvet and embrodefy-a worthy OF the old
school, tally satisfied With the 'order OF things"
aud enjoying sereuely the good gifts of Providence
His beautiful daughter was great heiress, aud
had mary suitors-the accident which befeil one
of sm has made her remembered In many books.
He WAS young man of very high character, re!a-
tive of Geo VIM Fairfax, Esq, who lived at Belvoir
on the Potomac; and here he met with Miss Cary
who came to visit Mrs. Fairfax, her eldest sister.
The young man at once proceeded to faii In love,
which he did with ardor characteristic OF his
nature. When Miss Cary went back home to
..CeIeys,p on Jam Is river, be followed her like a
courageous gallant, aud laid open seige to the
fair fortress. In the good old times, however,
something m6fe was ne ;essary than the consent
of the young lady, aud 80 the youth duly asked
a private interview with the awful o Id lord OF the
IN amor, who listened to him silently throughout.
When the lover had flushed, Dir. Cary rose, made
him q ow bow, and said that IL this were young
Mr.. Washington's erraud at "Ceieys, his visit
had better terminate; his daughter mad been &C
customsd to ride in her own chariot" And with
this alusion to the poor cond iton OF the younger
200, the interview terminated. Young washing.
ton bowed and turned away, and in due time mar
ried Martha cambridge Gusts, who "resembied
Miss Cary" says my authority, "ss mucn 90 one
twin sister ever did another
But the old tradition does not end here. Many
years fed away-Mary Cary was Mrs Anbier-
and her discarded suior was the man who had JUST
received the sword of CORVALLIS at forkfown;
whom the whole civilized world hailed as the
greatest among the great-"tas foremAss man
not only of America but of 'all the world. he
passed through the old metropolis, Williamsburg
at the head of his victorious troops, and the peo'
ME were crazy with joy and alteration almost
The vast multitude nearly prevented MS morse
from psoceeding--the calm statue on norsepacS
psssd on serenely. All at once he perceived at d
vjndov or in crowd, his old love, Mary Cary -
He raised his sword and ssluted her profoundly
But il does not seem that the lovely woman was
to blame She had not been able to return the al
lection Of the youth-that was al. she married
him Who Won her heart, Edw ard Amber. He wal
not unworthy of this noble lady IN rank or IL
character He was descended through ais mother
from the great Huguenot house Of La Rosie ia
oueiiue, In Vendee, and inherited the honest In.
stincts of his race. At twelve he had been sent
for his education to England; he graduated at
Cambridge, aud then made the grand tour of Eu.
rope, returning to Virginia when he was twenty
one He was married to Miss Cary soon after v ard;
became Collector at York, and was 80 much res
spected that when Lord Bottetourt came to Virginia
as Governor, he brought letter OF introduction
10 the Collector. He died at thirty five; and the
Revolutionary War breaking out soon afterwsrd,
his beautiful widow moved away from the scene OF
her grief and took refuge in the Cottage" far up
n Hanover.