The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-06-02
GENERAL WAsHINGTON's FIRST LOVE.

pEF FEfhl !, ,WhSHlNGTON'S FIRST LOVE.
y correspondent "f the Century, in "iy.
ing some "reminiscences Of the old country
seat called "'lhc tpltayc,' in Hanover
County, Virginia, s;vcs IN accoum, of Gcn,
cral Washiny,on's suit TO and rejection bv
Mary Cary:
ller. father WIS Wilson Cary, I.s,,, of
"tcl"ys," j" tie county Of Elizabeth CITY,
descended from the noble family "l IIuu,ls,
don, in England. His relative, Col. Arcl,i
bald tmy, Of "Amp,ki!I,' in Chcs,c,ii. Id.
was at his death the heir apparent TO
the l.,riiom. Tile worthy old gentlemen
seems, from III! we know Of Kim, To have
been as proud rs the tourvs or the S"mcr-
S'i,s anl t" liav" Thought his !:univ the
nohi"st in the land. He lived in great
state, with cl,al"ts and h"r>c,, p.:,:c and
velvet and cmbr"i'lrrv--.l worthy "f the
old school, iniy satisfied with the ""ler of
th"@:S, and "'j"yin" >,.,cnrIy tn" good
gifts ct l'royi'lcnc". Ilis beautiful ,au-l
Ter WAS Il great hrir,>;, anI lad many
sui!ois- the accident which l"l., one nf
Them l:a> made her Remembered in many
books. II" was Il y"',ny man Of very
nigh cha'"c;cr, Il relative Of Gen. VIM.
Fairfax, ESP, who lived ut lt.?v"ir. or the
Potomac; and here he m"t with Miss Cary.
who came t" visit Mrs. Fairfax, her elder
sister. The young man ut once proceeded
to fail IN love, which he ,i,l with an rr.l or
characteristic of his nature. when Miss
Cary wcn, back i' me 10 "ceIcv<," on james
river, he !u!owc,. her like Il couram.o,,s cal
liant, and laid "r.n S,"e to the fair fortress
In the good old times, however, sometime
more WAS necessary than the consent Of the
young lady, and 50 the youth dulv asked
private inic,v;cw with the awful oil i.rl
of tie manor, who listened to him silently
Throughout. When the lover hai finished
Nh. Cary rose, made him low bow, and,
S'''i That il this were Young Mr.. Wa>hin..
tons crran'i ut g 'cicv," Ii, VIZ; had better
terminate his ',iau.l.,vr !H.! been ac,.us
toned I" r'!c Ill her own chariot" And
with THIS allusI"n TO the poor condition nr
he Younger son, the Interview terminated.
"nn@ " a>!I!n-;"n bowed and turned
AWAY, and i'll ,iuc time married Martha b;,u-
'iriTn Gusts, who ''rcSclnblc.l Miss Cary "
SAYS my anh"Iity, ";.s mucl, us one ,w in
sister ever did another"
lu! the olI tradition doc, no. end here.
Many years !ie'! away Mary Cary Wa, Mrs.
Amb.cr--alid her ,i:>c:,ici suilyr WIS the
man who h:,l .in>t Received the sword of
."rnwa''is q; "Ikt"wn whom i!.~ wi.o!,.
ci'i'Iz"! wo,,l hailed rs the -,"alc-l anon.
tic great --",hc foremost man not nnlv Of
America, bn; If ";il the world" lie r:.ss-
ed through! the metropolis, Williamsburg.
al 'lic head OF i'iS victori"ils troops, and the
people were crazy with joy and admiration
a'n">'. The vast multitude nearly prcvcm-
ted hi, horse from rroccc,lin. til, calm
statue on horseback PASSED On scrcmlv. All
at once he perceived! ;.! Il window, or in u
crowd, his old love, Mary Cary He raised
his sword and S;.!uicd her rrofounlv.-
She fnic,l
l'nt it doe, not s'c,n hat the lovely wo-
man WAS 10 blame. She had not been
able to return the affections Of the youth
that WAS all. She married him who
Won her heart, Edward AmI.!rr He WAS
not unworthy Of this noble lady in rank nr
IN character. He WAS lcccndcd through
his mother from the great TIuyucnot house
OF La l'"anc Jaquclin, II Ncndce, aud in.
hcritcd the honest instincts Of his race. a,
twelve he had been sent for his education
to- England he graduntcd 1T Camlriln.
ana then made the grand tour Of Europe
returning to Nirginia when he WAS twenty
one. lie WIS marriv.l To- Miss Cary Soon
afterwards became Collector a: York. and
was 5" much respect cd flat when Lord
botletourt came to Virginia as Governor
he brought a letter Of introduction to the
collector He died al llir'y,livc aud the
Revolutionary War breaking Gu, soon after
wards, his beautiful willow moved AWAY
from the scene Of her grief and took refuge
III the "Cottage," far up in Hanover.
HABITS OF BEWILDERED PEOPLE
y correspondent writes lv the ,Sciuf;Gc
.fmn;rnn
IN late number Of yonr paper YOU State
'n answer to some correspondent, that vou
have no confidence in the report that when
a man is lost he will travel in y circle
In this you arc mistaken il is fact well
kGcwn to all fronticrsncn, that when Der.
sons arc bcwildcrcd, they frequently travel
in perfect circle, sometimes kccpipr the
same track until they make dozen equal
rounds at other times making the circle
larger or smaller each time. It. is mo, l,,.
any means, always the case when a person
is lost; but it is 81 frequent that it is with