Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-03-12
NO. 81.

u o. 81.
the sc;.a7cc Of .casca. ior although So caatct
avoid i;;s. .l:.Tefs!jrs. &c ;lay aSsurcaiy Taca
tbc1 u, !c. rs;aT sad n,y l4ot7cs for trca;rr
on this suljsc .Tc to sADr7 y6u, while yoc re
main E,c.5l: :'g!::G Gusts, spas:eT. uoc! retain
ltbn resolution /. love vii, moderation, tie pro.
nriefy of a.;he.!ag 20 tie later resolution, ei
ca:t u1, ,G.. have q c.::': y9uT game, end tue
rov no which i nIsY lo accomplished. Nncu
The f;,c IS Dc.iar;8< to kiGd!e ard ycu: heart
rrogs wsr,: rrouJuad thcsH questions to II:
Who Is tic ,r7ader? Have | competent knoTi-
edge OF hL1? Is ID :. nl2n o.. goo1 cha!sc;er,E
nan Of sense? Fer lie assured, Z sensio!e VIC
rcc caa rcvci happy WITH !co. What has
been bis wall: IL lie? / re S:Uhier, s:c5d,
thrift. or : ;lfurkcrC? [; his i9rIac srElcicit
- raiola;r y. il It's u,aua:r have been accus
toned 10 Iiv: a:l ny ss.s!s 20 live? And Is 90
orc 70 whn:l i3g friend. cal have 70 reasonable
olicoIian? Il these heterogeneous caa be sat
;stsctcrilv answered., thee viii remain but crc
TO he askcd, That, however, IS an important
oce. Have I sufficient gr0uud 10 cc1cinde that
lis stfco,iocs. are engaged hy re? Without
this tha heart Of sc.siti!ity will struggle against
. nassioD that is u5v rfcD7ocated-tc tccaoy,
custom, or caIl it by what epltheti you Will,
baviag prtcudcd O.! advances on your part
| The dec!sratioo, without tee most lrdirtct
Invitation CT yGuis must proceed from Tue
man 10 rcudtr It peIml5ent aud VcIuaOie' ald
nothing short OF go9G scnso and an essy, uo'
affected coDduc: can draw tho lido Det"ecn
prudcry and ctQletr2. L: "au!d DC no great
departure from truth to s3y that u rare
y happens o:her"ls. than toa' tnGtousn
nae a c,ous.te dies iu cslbac7 as punlshment
for her attemps TO misead others by encourag'
ipg looks, words, or actions, given t1r 90 otner
! purnose than 70 draw nen Or to make oVerlurcs
tba! they may be r>i2c,ed'
Best regards are presented to your mamms.
DR., Stuart aod family, ,a1i every blessing, ,amoGS
which good husband. when you W.Ot ana
deserve oac. is Bestowed 90 you Dy yours al
feciooateIy
Dr.. Stnars referred to had married ths no
ther Of Nellie Cur;is. Washington wrote this
essay on oeo aud scV2rll otDcr letters 10 Lib
sp.ightly ward sod t0;t.r child While the cares
Of s.ate were weighing heavl y up0o bid. AT
about this time he purchased harpslcheru TOT
her, but wheI she carried 1t was ieit NC M''
Vernon. aud was taken to Arl:ostoG House
by her brothc-. I: vas restored to the man
81 at Mount Ver-o1 iC@ years ago bv MIS-
Robert f. Lee
Washiugtou h,d tlyo:i!a neHhow uaTed
Lawreuce, a son of his sister, hgs: Lewis. no
;-as much az Mount V.rnon attec - asAloGtoha
r,tircncDs from thu Pras;ceooy, :na tho
''blcssipe' CT ~ good Husband" far Nelly
wher she should ''wrot and deserve ore Waa
bestowed upon her. She aad Lawrence Lewis
were uarried ca Wa5hiestar's birthday Fec
rusry -, l79g. About mCEth before ihs;
happy event she pt,:i9: w7ot, to h.s n@2ps|'
sayicg: "youc letter Of daruary lO;h L t:-
ceiycd 10 hIexaGGtis, On hlonloy, WE!tntr /
went t. become the GiCy1!aa ot NlIiy. thereby
20 aulhcrx. y liccos3 IL: ynur nup:ia3 on thh
I'd Of next month ,';'ec. irtsun', II your
health is restored, there w'!: be ~ innedimcnt
tc the unoG.
From the records Of the cGuoty OF Fairfax
copied the following oTG.r addressed to Tap
;aa Ceclg9 Daasan. cl:Ik,'
Nj VERaoH, Igth F3b 1893.
SIR: You will please 10 crsnt = license Tor
the msFrisgo Of Eseroi ParS9 Curtis with lisw-
renee Lewis, ard Ills shsi! h2 your authority
FOR 80 doing,
From, Sir,
Your vocy haa,ble Servant,
q. WASHINGTON.
,ra,c.s: }THoMAs PETENs,
- '-"ISS' iGsoaGH ". i. CU&TI5.
Z Tow ,:on.ils after this marriage Lawrence
Lewis who was settled on :.E e'..le some dis
tance from Noun. Vernon, applied TO Washing
ilgton Tor :. porto cf the iSt.er property. 20
this application Washington replied, on Sop.
:ombcr 20-!css thsa .arcc months before MS
las!h-:G:ormiaE l!2wIcGCG .4Gl whc:. le ai0p..
cd Nelly aad Hec t1etSor rs bic o&a children,
hG determined 10 Ifo7i % !oT them III MS VII.
snd he hai dona 50. nc tod hiGi tha. .hl c..
penso Sc which he (Wash:nG.o .oH) i'e!. sad the
unproductiveness OF the Noun. Vernon cs.aLc,
wouid noL allow him TO csaen his !ncorn, will
he remained in lis pfes4nt sitGh!!Jn. On "a"
I,r, a,,ei.N, 4
supplies If money in pay:ccat !or lands sold
within the Inst Iour Gr j-SO years, - tho amount.
Of upwards oc so $50 ShGQ!i n0L be sh!o -
support the former "i.Gou. iavoiv!nE myself l..
deb. and di1hcu.ies.' rs Nelly mac exprczShI
tho visa OF botlI OF them - so.Llc :ear Mounl
Vernon, Washington frankly informed NJ;
nephew that in Will which he had made and
then had By hin, he hsd !a!i Them 2OOJ acres nl
tho homestead ca.ate. besides another farm. JIG
$50 bequeathod to lheI, ty tnet will other prc-
perty, port OF which was called Gray's aeI2h!s,
".nd Il feH better sites for Il house .hsn Grny's
Hill and that range" ho sad. ''sre TO be found
n this country or elsewhere tt'ttto ala W"
loving young couple then think they would q"
soon como m.o possession OF tIis valuable cs..tn
and loo.e so good friend. Thoy called tEelr
homo "Wcoclaan." ard thora they reared chi!-
trcn. One Of these, . hc.u;i!u g!tl, named
Eleanor Agnes Fr!e,e Gi2d ST the aGe Of t.leeE
years whi?s AZ Nine. G-cund's school, DAD Was
buried III Bishop White vaCit Circumstances
indicate that her flner, ;! Looi pace 9. tnc Atuso
Of tho good 5lthcp, who're .he iA=:3en and her
parents woro ever w@ic3ne Guasts- sr'nd-
daughter OF Blshop Whld Yet i!TinG, (troa
child) YVES present 81 the func's! o. the danGh'
ter Of Nelly Crs!iJ," n.i recalls to mind toe
picture OF the SOD, ba. paio: gtiaYlAg OF inc
q cther as che stood b3s!aa t5c cotla d? II stun
ned by her gres. sorrow. !. IS an o9iieEcs OF
bow striking must have been the figure of Mrs
Lcwia, il eli its beauty Grd aadn3ss, to have 80
DO aerlully pressed tls child OF IL years S.
| IN ,kes this picture in her memory outlast ell
others of the surroundings on that oc:a:lon, and
remain vivid recollection s!il.-B. j. Losing
| in PHILADELPHIA Times
T1ANCY GOODS HECEIVED TO-DAY.