The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-05-23
InstaIIment II

his letters touched with pleasantly
and gossip. Our celebrated fortune,
Miss French, whom half the world was
to Colonel Bassett, bestowed her
hand on Wednesday last, being her
birthday (you perceive, think myself
under a necessity of accounting for
the choice), on Mr.. Ben Dulany, who
is to take her to Maryland. ;.
Mentioning Of one wedding puts me
in mind of another'-and so through
the news of Miss More. remarkable
for very frizzled head and good
singing" and the rest Of the neighbor-
hood talk.
Trouble at Mount Vernon.
But the year turned out very sad
one for him.
He had been scarcely ten days back
from New York when Patsy Custis,
whom he loved as his own daughter,
died 1t called forth all the latent
Christian faith OF the thoughtful,
steadfast man to Withstand the shock.
And Master Jack Gusts, the girls
hayward brother. gave him little but
anxiety. He would not study, for all
| Washington was SO solicitous ne
| should have the liberalizing outlook OF
| books, and be made lit for more use
full purposes than horse-racer," and
| though he was but twenty, could hard
ly be induced to see the year out at
college before getting married.
The Boston Tea Party.
It was no doubt very well that pub
| lie affairs of the first consequence
called Washington's mind imperative
~ off from these private anxieties,
which could not but be dwarfed in the
presence of transactions which threat
ened to shake the continent.
As the year drew on, the govern
ment in England undertook to force
| cargoes of the East India company's
tea into the ports When all resisted,
and Boston, more forward even than
| the rest, threw three hundred and
forty odd chests of tea into the har-
Dor, acts passed parliament giving
| dangerous increase of power to the
governor Of Massachusetts, and di-
recting that Boston port be closed to
all commerce on and after the first
day of June; and it became evident
that vigorous action must be taken
in response.
A Day of Prayer and Fasting.
The Burgesses in Virginia May
1774l resolved that June LIST should
be set apart as day of fasting and
prayer-prayer that civil war might
be aTerted and the people of America
united in a common cause.
Again Dunmore dissolved them; but
they gathered in the long room of the
Raleigh tavern, and there resolved tc
urge a congress OF all the colonies
and to call convention for Virginia
to meet at that place on the first day
of August to take action for the col
ony.
Dimes With Lord Dunmore.
They showed no spleen towards the
governor. Washington dined with hin
the very day OF the dissolution, spent
the evening at the palace. even rode
out with him TO his farm on the fol
lowing morning and breakfasted there;
and the Burgesses did not fail to give
the ball they had planned in honor
OF Lady Dunmore and her daughter:
on the evening the day they had
held their meeting in the "AppolC
room" at the l,aleigh
But there were fasting and prayer
on the LIST of June; the convention
met on the first day of August; very
outspoken resolutions were adopted
and Peyton Randolph, Richard Henry
Lee, Patrick Henry. Richard Bland
Edmund Pendleton, George Washing
ton and Benjamin Harrison were di
reeted to attend the congress of th'
colonies appointed TO meet in Phil
adelphia on the fifth day of Septem
Der.
Sets Out for Congress.
When the time came for the jour
ney, Henry and Pendlton Joined Wash
ington at Mount Vernon. 1t mus
have been with many grave thought
that the three companions got Z
horse and turned to ride through tn
long August day towards the north.
In the congress of 17T4 the leader
of Virginia were for the first tim
4 Drought tulO ldCSzlV-AdSC SCAACA SA~
with the men of other colonies.
In 1865 Fauquier had dissolved tn
Burgesses with such sharp despatch
upon the passage of Mr.. Henry's rese
buttons, that they were all gone HON
before the call for congress to &C
upon the stamp duties could reac
them.
The Patriot Leaders independent.
But in I774 they were not to be S
cheated. They had themselves issue
the call for congress this time. an
dissolution could not drive thel
home Their leader could at leas
linger at the Raleigh and concel
means to have their way. house or n
house.
A convention took the place Of tn
assembly. ard seven leading member
of the house were sent to Philade
} phia. with as full authority to spea
! and act for the colony as IL the Blu