The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-01-29


Copyright, 1913 by Mcclure Newspaper syndicatel
NO. Il.
Life still continued to go, it is true,
with something OF the old sumptuous-
ness at Mount Vernon. II was in June,
1853 that Col. Washington ordered a new
chariot, made in the newest taste, hand
some. yentleei, and light, to be made Of
the best seasoned wood. and by a ceIe-
brated workman which was to cost
him, fittings and all. fis3.
For all he grew uneasy lest the Colo
MES disagreement with England should
come at last TO a conflict OF arms. he
pushed his private interests with no
abatement OF thoroughness or self-pos-
session. as II there were no fear but
that things would long enough stand as
they were.
Warrington Acquires Lands.
He had not run surveyors lines for
Lord Fairfax, or assisted TO drive the
French from Ohio without seeing what
fair lands lay upon the Western rivers
awaiting an owner: and. though there
was still doubt about how titles were to
be established in that wilderness. he took
care. through the good offices OF an old
comrade in arms. at least to be quietly
beforehand with other claimants in set
Ting UP such titles as might be where
the land lay richest and most accessible.
"A silent management was what he
advised. "snugly carried on under the
guise OF hunting other game" lest there
should be a premature rush thither that
would set rival interests a-clashing. A
strange mixture OF the shrewdness OF
the Spectator and the honesty OF the
gentleman-clains pushed with privacy.
but without trickery or chicane-ran
through his letters TO Capt. Crawford.
and drew as canny replies from the
frontiered soldier.
Continues His Outdoor Sports.
Business gave way often to sport and
pleasure too. as of old. when politics
fell duh between sessions. Now II was
the hunt: then a cunning party In the
woods: and again a day or two aboard
his schooner. dropping down the river.
and drawing the seine for sheepsheads
upon the bar at Cedar Point
Even politics was mixed with diver
sion He must needs give a ball at
Alexandria on the evening Of his cleo
ton to the House which was to meet
Lord Botetourt, no less than on other
like occasions. OF whatever kind the
business OF the Assembly was likely TO
be.
Goes to philadelphia Races.
He did not lose his passion for fine
horsefesh. either. at the thickest OF the
plot. In ITO he was with Gov. Eden OF
North Carolina at the Jockey Club races
in Philadelphia. no doubt relieved by the
news that all but the tea tax had been
repealed The next year II was the
races at Annapolis that claimed him
and in I713 Jacky Gusts held MN again
at Philadelphia on the same errano;
1t was wholesome TO be thus CaIliis
in pursuit Of diversion in the Intervals
Of irving business. 1t bespoke nearly
life and a fine balance in the man.
There was one matter to which WASH
inctcn felt it his bounded duty as sol
der and a man OF honor 10 devote nI9
time and energies, whether poHucs PIeS
cd nv not A grant of 10000 acres OF the
Western lands had been PROMISED py
the government of the colony 10 thuse
who enlisted for the war against !he
French and Indians in 1io4: but notnlIls
Nd ever been done to fulfill the prom
Use. and Washington undertook 10 a,I
ae agent for his comrades in the ousi-
ness.
s.,., Farm. for Fellow Soldiers.
In the autumn OF no, accordingly ne
turned away for a space from the deep
ching trouble in the East to plunge once
out proper tracts Tor the grant "i0'e >
reaches OF tho Ohio.
twas n two months journey, FOR ne
did not stop till he HAD gone ciose upon
efo miles beyond Fort Pitt Ana "neh
he was home again no one IN the g2'-
ornuont who could lend hand IN Tue
matter got any peace from the stlrrihE,
thorough man until the business was put
finally into shape.
There was a tidy profit In the grant
for himself; for his own share was large
aud no proyidently bought, besides. the
yboros ~ others who were unwilling to
snend or cooperate in the matter. But
,be-e were months upon months OF
weary. unrequited service for his com
radns too. given with hearty diligence |
and without grudSing.
buy. Great Meadows.
Their portions were as we'll placed as
his own. they were to find, when it came |
10 the survey. He came of from the |
business very rich in Western lands |
puyinS the Great Meadows. among the |
-est. for memory's sake-but richer still |
In the gratitude and admiration of the
men for whom he had labored-
Meanwhile events darkened oninously.
A new administration had been form
ID in England under Lord North. and
all the taxes of 1859 except that on tea.
But II was Parliaments right to tax
hem that the colonists were fighting. not
he taxes themselves, and one tax was
Is hateful as a hundred.
Thc Boston Affair.
Tho year had been marked in sinister
"a shion, moreover. by a broIl between
.ownsmen and troops In the streets of
Boston. in which arms had been used and
men slain, and in the heated imagina-
ions of the colonists the affair had taken
IN the ugly aspect of a massacre.
The year III went quietly enough for
Botetourt was dead, and that
good merchant OF York. William Nelson,
president Of the council. sat In the place
of authority throughout the year Al
though the whole country refused the
.axed tea. the attention of the ministers.
rs it happened, was fixed chiefly upon