The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1870-03-30

The hot moon woos the scented gale,
The parchcd flower the dew
Their love, their loving does not fail,
And why should mine for yon-s d. ~
Like bird all spent with wandering,
All weary must roam esq
Until droop my restless wing
In the dear nest OF home.
But what were home without thy face, .
o fairest love of mine!
Then dcigu that humble home to grace
And bless your valentine"
Jefferson as Student and Lover.
During Mr. Jefferson's law course OF five
years he usually spent the summer months
ut home, at Shatlwell. where the rest of the
family continued To reside The systematic
industry of his college lif: continued. Nut
withstanding the time given 10 company,
ne contriyed to pass nearly twice the usual.
number of hours of law students in his stud
les. He placed !. clock in his bed room,
and us soon as he could distinguish its hands
in the gray of the summer morning be rose
and commenced his labors In winter, he
rose punctually at five. His hours of retir-
ing in summer, in the country, was nine-in
the winter. at ten. At Shadwell, his studies
were very little interrupted by company.
He usually took gallop gu horseback dur
ing the day, and at twilight walked to the
top of Monticello. An hour or two given
to the society of his family, and the favorite
violin, completed the list of Interruptions,
and still left fourteen or fifteen hours Tor
study and reading
With Mr. Jefferson, The lover succeeded
the schoolboy in the due and time honored
order, as laid down by the " melancholy
Tooopac Tho oplr rncnrd of tbic affair." 10
to be found in a series Of letters addressed
by him to his friend John Page, common
cling Immediately after he left college, and
extending, at intervals, through the twn
succeeding years. These are to be found
at length in the Congress edition of his
works, and also in his life by Professor
Tucker. They pussess some interest, per-
haps, in relation to their subject matter, but
most, us the earliest specimens of their au.
thor's epistolary writing which have been
preserved. Though they display some of
that easy command of lauguage-that run
uing pen'-tor which he was afterwards so
celebrated, they exhibit no peculiar grsce OF
style, or maturity of thought. Perhaps,
however, these would scarcely be expected
IN the careless, off-hand illusions of boyish
intimacy. 1t causes smile to see the future
tatesman sighting ike furnace in first
love; concealing, after the approved fashion
of student life, the name of his mistress un
der awkward Latin puns and Greek ana
grams, by burying secret which the world,
of course was Il ~ NM, = vast inter
est in,.diseogc1 sriEs en-, .. -. veg sss-ssihing
kapEq dances he
Pouo that-
,lerent a partl;-S -; - 4 49, q l
dcspairing VOW that 1t Belinda will n5t
accept his service, it shall never be offered
to another" and so on to the end of the 4
chapter-in the well-beaten track of ir. :=;zs
tliate prescription. I he object of his attach
ment was Miss Re5ecca Burwell, called
Belinda, ASA pet name, or by way of con-
,:eament,) whom tradition speaks of as more
distinguished for beauty than cleyerness.
His proposals seem to have been elugged
with the condition that he must be absent
for two or three years in foreign travel be
fore marriage. He several times expressed
this design. specifying England, France,
Spain, Italy, Egypt, and a return through
the northern British provinces in America,
as his proposed route Why he gave this up
does not appear. Whether for this, or be.
cause her preferences lay in different direc-
ton, Miss Burwell somewhat abruptly mar
ried another man in 17G4
Mr.. Jefferson was g,nerally, however,
rather favorite with the other sex, and not
without reason. His appearance was en-
gazing. His face, though angular, and far
from beautiful, beamed with intelligence,
with bencvolence and with the cheerful vi
vacity Of happy, hopeful spirit. His
complexion was ruddy, and delicately fair
his reddish, chesnut hair luxuriant and silk
en-. His full, deep-set eyes, the prevailing
color of which was light hazel. Tor fecks
of hazel on groundwork of gray.) were pc
culiarly expressive, and mirrored, as the
clear lake mirrors the cloud, every motion
which was passing through his mind. He
stood six feet two and a half inches in
height. and, though very slim at this period,
his form was erect and sinewy, and his
movements displayed elasticity and vigor.
He was an expert musician, fine dancer, a
dashing rider, and there was no manly ex-
ercise in which he could not play his part.
His manners were unusually graceful, but
simple and cordial
His conversation already possessed no in
considerable share of that charm which, in
after years, was so much extolled by friends.
tive an influence in molding the young and
the wavering to his political views There
was frankness, earnestness and cordiality
in its TONGA deep sympathy with human
ity-a confidence in man, and sanguine
hopefulDess in his destiny, which irresisti-
bly, won upon the feelings not only of the
ordinary nearer, but of those grave men
whose commerce with the world had per-
haps led them to form less glowing esti-
mates of it-of such men as the scholar
like Small, the sagacious Wythe, the courtly
and gifted Farquier Mr.. Jeferson's temper
was gentle, kindly and forgiving. If it nat.
urally had anything of that warmth which
is the usual concomitant of affections and
sympathies so ardent, and it no doubt mad
it had been subjugated by habitual control
Yet, under its even placidity, there were moi
wanting those indications of calm self re.
lance and courage which all instinctivey re.
cognize and respect. There is not an in
stance on record OF his having been engaged
in a personal rcncontre, of his having suf
icrcd a personal indignity. Possessing the
accomplishments, he avoided the vices, Of
the young Virginia gentry of the day, and &
class of habits which, if not vices them
selves, were too often made the preludes tt
them. He never gambled.
To avoid the opportunities to which were
generally accompanied with betting, ht
never learned 10 distinguish one card from
another; hewas moderate in the enjoyment.
of the table; 10 strong drinks he had al
aversion which rarely yielded to any circum
stances his mouth was unpolluten by oath
or tobacco Though he speaks of enjoying
''the victory of favorite horse,p and TIL
"death of the fox" he never put but on,
horse in training to run-never ran but
single race, and he very rarely Joined in til
pleasant exeitement--he knew it to be to,
pleasant for the aspiring student--of thu
chase With such qualities of mimi ant
character, with the favor ofpowerful friend
and relatives and even OF vice.royalty, t,
urge him onward, Mr.. Jefferson was not ;
young man to be lightly regarded 10y thu
young or old of either SEX Pandalgs Lii;
Of Jefferson. $3.50.
"Miss Grundyn says that Madame Garcia
wife of the. Minister from the Argcntin,
Confederation, is better known than any O
the other foreign ladies. She has fine eyes
fair complexion, dark hair, plump Whit
neck and shoulders, weighs 100, and is moi
tall. She entertains cordially on her reccp
ton days and Is somewhat of q literaT,