The weekly Arizonian., 1859-08-18
How GEN WASHINGTON COT THE MrrrEv.-

lAOW pENs NAshlNblON HOi HE MlIIEN. A correspondent of the Century, in giving som, "reminiscences of the old country seat called The Cottage" in Hanover county, Virginia gives an account of Gen Washington's suit {, and rejection by Mary Cary
 Her father was Wilson Cary, Esq, of Celey s. in the county of Elizabeth, dejcended from tho noble family of Aunsdon, England His rela tive Col. Archibald Cary, of Ampthill, in Ches terfeld, was at his death, the heir apparent tC the earldom, The worthy old gentleman seems from all we know of him, to have been as proud as the Courcys or the Somersetts, and to have thought his family the noblest in the land HC lived in great state with chariot and horses plate, and velvet and embroidery-a worthy o the old school, fully satisfied with the "order ot things, and enjoying serenely the good gifts oi Providence His beautiful daughter was great heiress and had many suitors-the accident which befell one of them has made her remem- bered in many books. He was q young man of vety high character relative of Geo W Fair fax, Esq, who lived at BeIvoir, 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 fall in love, which he did with an nrdOr characteristic of his nature. When Miss Carey went back home to "Celey's, on James River, he followed her like a coura- geous gallant, and laid open seige to the fair fortress. In the good old times however, some thing moro was necessary than the consent of the young ladyi and so the youth duly asked a private interview with the awful lord of the ma. nor who listened to him silently throughout When the lover had finished Mir Cary rose, made him a low bow, and said that if this were young Mir Washington's errand at "Celey's," his visits had better terminate; his daughter C boI haon oocueto,oaa to rila ,p bnr o,,, obo riot And with lhs allusion to the poor con diton of the younger son, the interview termi. mated. Young Washington bowed and went away, and in due time married Martha Dand. ridge Custis, who "resombled Miss Cary, says my authority, us much as one twin sister ever did another"
 But the old addition does not end here- Navy years fled away-Mary Cary was Mrs kmbler-and her her discarded suitur was the man who had just received the sword of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown; whom the whole civil ized world hailed as the greatest among the great" the foremost man. not only of Amer. lea, but of " all the world" He passed through the old metropolis, Williamsburg, at the head oi his victorious troops, and the people were crazy with joy and adoration almost The vast mul .itude nearly prevented his horse from proceed ing--the calm statue on horseback passed on serenely, All at once he perceived at window or in thc crowd, his old love, Mary Cary He raised lis sword anl -aluted her profoundly- She iaintel
 But it does not scam that the lovely woman was 10 blame. She had not been able to return the affection of the youth-that was all She married him who won her heart, Edward Am bier. He was not unworthy of this noble lady in rank or in character He was descended through his mother rom the great Huguenot house of La Roche Jaqueline, in Vendee, and inherited the honest instincts of his race Al twelve he had been sent for his education to England he graduated at Cambridge; and then made the grand tour of Europe, returning to Virginia when he was twenty one. He was married to Miss Cary soon aferward became Collector at York, and was so much respected that when Lord Buttetourt came to Virginia as Gpfernor, he brought letter of introduction to the-Collector. He died at thirty-fye; and the Revolutionary War breaking cut soon after ward, his beautiful widow moved away from the scene of her grief, and took refuge in the Cot tage,' far up in Hanover