Des Arc citizen., 1859-06-01
WASHINGTON AS A REJECTED
 sf SITIITTOR

w A H IN C TON AS KEjECIED
 SUUITOR.
 THE BEAUTIFu MARY CARY. | A correspondent of the New York Gen. turg writes the following account of the lady who won George Wasbington's young heart, and whose father rejected the tall young soldier. because he had no carriage for his daughter to ride in:
 shall go back in her life number of years, and speak of the event which has made her name one of curious interest. Before she became Mrs. Edward Amber, she was called Mary Cary. Her father was Wilson Cary. Esq, of <" Celeys,H in the county of Elizabeth City, descended from the noble family of Hunsdon, in England. His relative, Col. Archibald Cary, of 1" Ampthill," in Chesterfield. was at his death the heir apparent 10 the earl dom. The worthy old gentleman seems, from all We know of him, to have been as proud as the Courcys or the Somersets, and to have thought his family the noblest in the land. He lived in great state. with chariot and horses, plate, and velvet and Iembroidery--a worthy of tue old school, fully satisfied with ' the order of things" and enjoying serenely the good things of Providence. His beautiful daug'der was great heress, and had many suilors: :: the accident which befell one of them has made her remembered in many books. He was young man of very high charac- Iter, relative of George William Fairfax, Esq., who lived al :. Belvolr," on the Po- tomac; and here he met with Miss Cary, who came 10 visit Mrs Fairfax, her older sister. The young man at once proceed. ed 10 fall in love, which he did with an ardor characteristic of his nature. When Miss Cary went back home to Celeys, on James river, he followed her like coura- geous gallant, and laid open siege to the fair fortress. In the good old times, how ever, something more was necessary than the consent of the young lady; and so the youth duly asked d private interview with the awful old lord of the manor, who list ened to hlm silently throughout When the lover had finished, MT. Cary rose, made him low bow. and said, 'If this is young Mr. Washington's crrand at Celeys, his visit had better terminate-tny daughter has been accustomed to ride in her own chariot" With this allusion to the poor condition of the younger son, the interview termnated. Young Washing ton bowed and went away, and in due time married Martha Dandridge Custis, "who resem5led Miss Cary,' says my authority, "as much as one twin sister ever did another"
 The old tradition does not end here. Many years fled away; and Mary Cary was Mrs Amber Her discarded suitor was the man who had just received the sword of Lord Cornwallis, at Yorktown whom the whole civilized world hailed as greatest among the great--the foremost man." not onfy of America, but of "all tbis world" He passed through the old metropolis, Williamsburg, at the head of his victorious troops; and the people were crazy with joy and adoraiion, almost. The vast multitude nearly prevented his horse from proceeding The cam statue on horseback passed on serenely. Suddenly he perceived. at window, or in the CgOWuy HIS olu lOsc, hdiy 0aiy' AAo raised his sword and saluted her profound
 y. She tainted.
 But it does not seem that the lovely woman was to blame.a She had not been able to return the affection of the youthful Washington. She married him who al- ready had her heart. Edward Amber. He was not unworthy of the lady in rank or in character. He was descended, through bis mother. from the Huguenot house of La Roche Jacqueline in Vendee, and inherited the honest instincts ot hls race. At the age of twelve years he had been sent to England. for his educa- lion He graduated at Cambridge, md then made the tour of Europe, returning to Virginia when he had attained twenty one years. He married Mary Cary soon atterward. and became Collector al York. He was so much respected that when Lord Bo,elourt came to Virginia, as Governor, he brought a letter of introduction to the Collector. He died al the age ot thirty five years. The revolutionary war broke out soon aflerward and the beautiful widow moved away from tha scene of her grief, and took refuge in the Cottage far m in Hanover