The American Presbyterian. (Philadelphia) 1856-1869, January 26, 1860, Image 4

YOUH MISSION
By £. Me H.
If you cannot on the ocean
Sail among the swiftest fleet,
Rocking on the highest billows,
Laughing at the storms you meet —
You can Stand among the sailors,
Anchored yet within the bay:
You can lend a hand to help them,
When they launch their boat 3 away.
If you are too weak to journey
Up the mountains steep and high,
You can stand within the valley
While the multitudes go by;
You can chant ip happy measures,
As they slowly pass along;
Though they may forget the singer,
They will not forget the song.
UNCLE ABEL AND LITTLE EDWARD.
Were any of you born in New England, in the
good ojd cateehising, school-going, orderly times?
If you were, you must remember my uncle Abel,
the most perpendicular, upright, downright, good
man that ever labored six days and rested on the
Sabbath. You remember his hard, weather-beaten
countenance, where every line seemed to be drawn
with a pen of iron and the.point of a diamond;
his considerate gray eyes that moved over the ob
jects as if it were not best to be in a hurry about
seeing; the circumspect opening arid shutting of
bis mouth; his down-sitting and uprising,—all of
which appeared to be performed with a conviction
aforethought: in short, the whole ordering of his
life and conversation, which was according to the
tenor of the military order, “to the right about
face—forward —-march 1" -
Now, if you have supposed from all this trian
gularism of exterior that this good man had no
thing kindly within, you are much mistaken.—
You often find the greenest glass under a snow
drift, and though my uncle’s pjind was not ex
actly of flowi i garden kind, stilt 1 there was an
abundance of wholesome and kindly vegetation
there. It is true, he seldom laughed and never
joked himself, but no man had a more serious
and weighty conviction of what a good joke was
in another; and when some excellent witticism
was dispensed in his presence, you inight see un
cle Abel’s face slowly relax into an expression of
solemn satisfaction, and he would look at the au
thor with a certain quiet wonder, as if it was as
tonishing how such a thing could ever come into
a man’s head. Uncle Abel also had some relish
for the fine arts, in proof whereof I might adduce
the pleasure with which he gazed at the plates in
his family Bible —the likeness whereof I presume
you never any of you saw. And be was also
such an eminent musician that he could go
through the singing book at a sitting, without the
least fatigue, beating time like a wind-mill all the
way. He had, too, a liberal hand, though his li
berality was by the rule of three and practice.
He did to his neighbors exactly as he would be
done by—ho loved some things in this world sin
cerely—-he loved his God much, but lie honored
and feared him more; he was exact with others;
he was.more-exact wifch-diimsdfc—and expected
his God to be more exact still. Everything in
unele Abel’s house was in the same time, place,
manner, and form from year's end to year’s end.
There was old master Rose, a dog after his own
heart, who always walked as if he was learning
the multiplication table. There was the old clock
forever ticking away in the kitchen corner. There
were the never-failing supply of red peppers and
onions hanging over the chimney. There were
the yearly hollyhocks and morning-glories bloom
ing around the windows. There was the “best
room,” with its Sanded floor and evergreen aspa
ragus bushes, its cupboard with a glass door in
one corner, and the. stand with the Bible and al
manac on it in the other. There wap aunt Bet
sey, who never looked any older, because she al-
From the German for the American Presbyterian. ways looked as old as she could—who always dried
ABOUT THE MONTHS.--JANUARY. her catnip and wormwood the last of September,
for very YOtJNG chiedren. and began to clean house the first of May. In
AS little Adolphus awoke one morning it shone short this was the laud
all W hite through the windows. He quickly Old lime never seemed to take it into lus head
sprang from his Tittle bed to see what, it was out to practise either addition subtraction or multi
out of doors that spread such a white light all pheation on th.G.sum total Th.s aunt Betsey
around. But when he reached the Window he' aforenamed was the most efficient
clapped his little hands with delight, ran into the P ,eoe ° f human machinery tl£t ever operated m
Sitting room and cried out: “Father, Mother!- forty places at once. She wis always everywhere,
Snow! snowl only see how much snow! The predominating over and seeing to every thing,—
trees and hedges are almost covered up, and the though my uncle had been twice married,
road is not any where to be seen. Oh 1 0 h! but ™nt Betsey s rule and authority had never been
where did so much snow come from in the night?” brokor V h , he rei Sf d ov f h « vv ‘ ves hen lmn S>
His father Bmiled and said, “January has shaken fnd reigned after them when dead; and so seemed
it qut of the clouds.” “January,” said Adolphus llkel y to feign to the end of the chapter. But
“who is he?” “One of the 12 months in which m y s last wife left aunt Betsey a much less
the tear is divided,” said the father, instructing tractable subject to manage than bad ever fallen
his little son. “Doyou still know," he continued to her lot before Little Edward was the child
u whafc that little wish was which you wished me my uncle s old age, and a brighter, merrier
a few daysago?” “Yes, indeed,” cried Adolphus lttlG bl ° ss ° ra 6 rew on of an ava
•nlonofttifl® “it la lanche. He had been committed to the nursing
A little wish I bring you here, ?f ]>»_tm he-nriived at the B gp of
That God may bless you this New Year.” indiscretion, and then my old uncles heart
“And what was the day called on which you yearned toward him, and be was sent for at home,
brought me this wish?” asked thefuther, “New Hi* introduction into the family excited a terrible
Year’s Day,” answered Adolphus. “Now see,” sensation. Never was.tbere such a contemner of
said the father, explaining, “ New Year’s day is dignities, such a violator of high places and
the first clay of a year, the year has three hundred sanctities as this very master Edward. It was
and sixty-five such days.” “Oh! but that is many." all m vain to try to teach him decoram He was
exclaimed Adolphus. “Yes," said the ftther, the most outrageously merry little elf that ever
“and in order more readily to get a view of these .shook .a head ot ; curls, U was all tEe same to
many days, they have been divided into twelve him whether it wasßaUfyith day or „ny!otber cLy. j
groups, or little companies. Those groups are laughed and frolicked w.if. everybody _nd
called the twelve months of the year. -Every every thing that came in 1 w j i tccn e
month has thirty to thirty-one days, except one cepting his solemn old fjel.er, -nil when you —w
which has twenty-eight or twenty-nine; every one b ' m with bl f arnls rour - d the old man - neck ..nd
too has its own name. The first thirty-one days his bn S bt bl “ e aad bl omin g chcek P re ed
counted from New Year’s day, make the first out by the black face of un le \bel you In o t
month called January. We are now in this month: fancied that you saw spring c~re™ing winter. Tjn
hence I said, that January had shaken the snow cle Abel s metaphysics were sorely puz/ied h w
from the clouds.” “But does it snow only in to bim S this sparkling, dueng c n pom dof pi-
January?” asked Adolphus. “No,” answered and any ion n tie sh pe for he
his father: “it often snows both before and after- dld mischief with an energy and perseverance
wards, but January not seldom brings the most werc astonishing. Once he scoured the
snow, and in this month mostly it is the coldest, floor with aunt Betsey s Scotch snuff, and once he
hence it is also called the winter month.” “Isit s P GuI, f n bo^ r w trying to make Lose wear
winter only with us?” asked Adolphus, further, her spectacles. In short, there was no use but
“0 no, dear child!" answered the father, “it is the rl S ht one to which he did not put everything
Winter far around over the earth, and in many that came in his way. But uncle Abel was most
places there is much more snow than with us.” °l all puzzled to know what to do with him on
“Still more!” exclaimed the child, full of asto- *he Sabbath, for on that day master Edward
hishment. “Yes, indeed,” said his father, “ there seemed t 0 h ' msclt particularly to be enter
are even countries where the snow lies on the Iminng. “Edward must not play on Sunday,
ground the whole year through.” “The whole bis father would say, and then Edward would
year through!” repeated the child with the same shllke bls curls 0VC L r hls e yf? aud walk out of the
surprise as before. “ But what do the people do room as grave as the catechism, but the next mo
with so much snow?” “They are glad,” said his ment you might see pussy scampering in dismay
father, “ that they have it; Tor without snow they through the ‘best room, with Edward at her
-would certainly freeze, so severe is the cold." heels, to the manifest discomfort of aunt Betsey
This Wa3 more than Adolphus could righlly put and a “ others in authority. .
together; he thought it very astonishing: the snow At last my uncle came to the conclusion that
ought to make it colder. But his father showed “ lfc wasn t m natur to teach him better and that
him that it was not the case; but that the snow be would no more keep Sunday than the: -brook
was like a white covering, a thick winter carpet, down in the lot." My poor uncle! fys did not
through which the cold could not find its way. know what was the matter with his heart, but
If There are indeed men,” he said, “who live in certain it was he had lost, all faculty of scolding
'holes made in the snow!” At this piece of in- when little Edward was in the case, thongh he
tellieenoe Adolphus shuddered and took refuge would stand rubbing his spectacles a quarter of
close hv the stove, and said, “That’s what I an hour longer than common, when aunt Betsey
wouldn’t do.” His father laughed and said, “I was detailing his witticisms and clever doings,
too am of the opinion that a warm house is plea- But im progress of time our hero compassed his
santer than a snow-hole; meanwhile you owe it to third year and arrived at the dignity of going to
the good God, my child, that you can live in a school. He went industriously through the spell
comfortable house, many a child enjoys this book attacked the cateehism, went rom
happiness but seldom.” “Do not all the people “man s chief end ’to the “Commandments” m
then have fires?” asked Adolphus in astonish- a fortnight, nnd at last came home inordinately
ment “ they would gladly have a fire,” answered to his father he had got to “ Amen.”
his father, “if they had wood.” - “ Wood!” ex- Alter this he made a regular business of saying
claimed the child, “wood, surely there is plenty over the whole every Sunday evening, standing
of that ” “Yes,” said the father, “but it must with his hands folded m front, and his checked
be bought, and it is dear-poor people haven’t smoothed down, occasionally giving a
much money, hardly enough to buy what food and glance over his shoulder to see if papa was at
clothes the/must have, and hence in winter they tending. Being of a very benevolent turn of
not seldom*are in want of wood, and would be mmd he made several efforts to teach Rose the
very glad if they had but enough to cook a warm catechism, m which he succeeded as well as
sunner” “What can they do then?” inquired could be expected. In short, without further de
the child. “Cold as it may be, they must go out tail, master Edward bade fair to become a lite
into the woods and fetch the dead wood whieh rary wonder But alas for poor little Edward!;
they can find. In Germany the keeper of the b « merry dance was soon over. A day came
wood allows the por peoi i to do tliis Oh certain when he sickened. Aunt Betsey tried her whole
days of the week and they are allowed too, to herbarium, but m vaiu. He grew rapidly worse
cut off desd branches Iron the trees, they often an .d worse. His father sickened in heart, but
Start OUt at such p time early in the morning, sald nothing. He staid by his bedside day and
with ropes and hatchets fathers, mothers, and n'g ht . tr ywg idl means to save with affecting per
chiidren, (net gather the wood, which they then tie twocity. “Can’t you think of anything more,
up In great bundles and oarry home on their backs, doctor?” said he to the physician, when every
or drag home on sleds; often they aro obliged to tbul S bad been tried in vain. “Nothing,” au
work knee deep in the snow, and to make a Toad .swered the physician. A slight convulsion passed
for themselves.’’ “Ilooh,” shivered Adolphus, av e r my uncle’s face. “Then the Lord’s will be
chattering his little teeth together, “ that ufuSt be I done!” said he. Just at that moment, a ray of
If you have not gold and silver
Ever ready at command;
If you cannot toward the neeedy,
Reach an ever open hand;
You can visit the afflicted,
O’er the erring you can weep,
You can be a true disciple
Sitting at the Saviour’s feet.
If you cannot in the conflict,
Prove yourself a soldier true;
If where the fire and smoko are thickest
There’s no work for you to do;
When the battle-field is silent
You can go with careful tread,
You can bear away the wounded,
You can cover up the dead.
If you cannot in the harvest
Garner Up the richest sheaves,
Many a grain, both ripe and golden,
Will the careless reaper leave;
You can glean among the briers
Growing rank against the wall,
For it may he that their shadow
Hides the heaviest wheat of all.
Do not then stand idly waiting
For some greater work to do;
Fortune is a lazy goddess,
She will never come to you—
Gb And toil in any vineyard,
Do hot fear to do or dare;
If you Want a field of labor,
You can find it anywhere.
LITTLE. THINGS.
Little things—ay, little things,
Make up the sum of life;
A word, a look, a single tone,
. May lead to calm) or strife.
A word may part the dearest friends—
One little, unkind word,
While in some light, unguarded hour,
The heart with anger stirred.
A look will sometimes send a pang
Of anguish to the heart;
A tone will often cause the tear
In sorrow’s eye to start.
One little act of kindness done—
One little soft word spoken—
Hath power to wake a thrill of joy,
E'en in a heart that’s broken.
Then let us watch these “little things,”
And so respect each other,
That not a word, or look, or tone,
> May wound a friend or brother.
Little Pilgrim,
cold work. I would not like to go with them.”
“But,” answered the father, “the good people
work themselves warm. If it is too cold for the
children, the father finds an open place and builds
a fire where they can get warm.” “ That fnay be
very good,” answered Adolphus, reaching oUt his
hand to the stove, “but it is far better here, and
I will not go abroad gathering wood in winter.
“Thank God that you are not obliged to,” said
the father, “ but when you have grown up and
have a stick to spare, don’t throw it away or let it
rot; but remember the poor people, and give it to
one of them,-and remember how happy it makes
him if in the piercing cold of winter he can heat
his stove to cook his supper by the fire.”
§f(jeo&gtnia« and #*it*o**
the setttng sun pierced the cheeked curtains, and
gleamed like an angel’s smile across the face ot
the little sufferer. He awoke from a disturbed
sleep. “O dear, 0, lam so sick! he gasped
feebly. His father raised him in his arms >J“
breathed easier and looked up with a grateful
Just then his old playmate, the oat, crossed the
floor. “There goes pussy,” said he; “Oaear,l
never shall play with pussy any more.” At that
moment a deadly change passed over his face; he
looked up to his father with an imploring expres
sion and put out his hands. There was one mo
ment ot agony, and the sweet features, settled
with a smile of peace, and mortality was swal
lowed up in life. My uncle laid him down and
looked one moment at his beautiful face; it was
too much for his pride, and he lifted up his voice
The next morning was the Sabbath, the fune
ral day, and it arose with breath all incense, and
with cheek all bloom. Uncle Abel was calm and
collected as ever, but in his face there was a sor
row-stricken expression that could not be mis
taken. I remember him at family prayers, bend
ing over the great'Bible, and beginning the Psalm,
“Lori, thou hast been our dwelling-place m all
generations.” Apparently he "was touched by the
melancholy and splendour of the poetry; fpr, af
ter reading a few verses, he stopped. There was
a dead silence, interrupted only by the tick of the
clock. He cleared his voice repeatedly, and tried
to go on, but in vain. He closed the book and
kneeled in prayer. The energy of sorrow broke
through bis formal reverence, and his' language
flowed forth with a deep and sorrowful pathos,
which I have never forgotten. The God so much
reverenced, so much feared, seemed to draw near
to him as a friend and comforter, to be liis refuge
and strength, “a very nresent help in time of
trouble.” My uncle-arose; I saw-him. walk .to
ward' the room of the departed one , I followed
and stood with him over the dead. He uncovered
his face,, It was set wilh the seal of death, but 0
how surprisingly lovely was the impression , lbe
brilliancy of life was gone, but the face was
touched with the mysfe rious, triumphant bright
ness which seems like the dawning ot heaven.
Sly uncle looked long and steadily. He. felt the
beauty of what he gazed pn; his heart was soft
ened, but he had no words for his feelings. He
left the room unconsciously, and stood at the front
door. The bells were ringing for Church; the
morning was bright, and birds were singing mer
rily, and the little pet squirrel of little Edward
was frolicking about the door.
My uncle watched him as he ran, first up one
tree, then another, tben over the fence, whisking
his Brush and chattering as if nothing was the
matter. With a deep sigh uncle _ Abel broke
forth, “How happy that creature is! well, the
Lord’s will be done." That day the dust was
committed to the dust amid the lamentations of
all who had known little Edward. Years have
passed away since then, and my uncle has long
been gathered to his fathers, but his just and up
right spirit has outered the liberty of -the sons of
God. Yes, the good man may have opinions
which the philosophical scorn, weaknesses at
which the thoughtless smile, but death shall
change him into all that is enlightened, wise, and
refined. ££ He shall shine as the brightness of the
firmament aud as the stars, forever and ever.”
CHRISTIAN HAPPY HOMES.
It requires not the eye of the close semtinizer
to discern that the moral world needs a thorough
reformation. Even the glance of a causual ob
server will select such an amount of evil as makes
the sensitive heart shrink, and cry.out for a source
of purification. No wonder tlien. that he who
scans the world m all its phases, and obtains a
full view of the unnumbered vices and sins that
mar its every feature, should exclaim in agony of
spirit, “What power is sufficient to clianse the
entire aspect from darkness to light, to diffuse an
atmosphere of purity in place of, pollution?
And what, indi ed, is sufficient to accompli h so
mighty a work? No less an agent than the Reli
gion of Jesus can ever prove effectual. And how
shall this agent best succeed m the momentous
effort? By first making HAPPY HOMES, and then
from their hearth stones, as stand-points, its ad
vances are to be urged in every direction. By the
Pulpit and Press, by all the means in our power,
let efforts be made to stamp the impress of Divide
Truth on every featnre of the fireside; to render
every fireside, in its highest and noblest sense, a
happy spot, and then we shall have so many strong
fortresses from which to march forth for the
world’s conquest.
Christians, you who love the blessed Saviour,
will you strive ever to manifest your religion
abroad, he careful that it is never hidden at home;
let its mantle be as constantly worn when none
but fireside eyes rest thereon, as when subjeet to
the public gaze. Keep the fire of divine love,
which God hath kindled in your heart burning
so brightly at home that all who cross the tlircsh
hold shall feel tlie genial warmth, and delight to
linger within its influence. Keep the lamp of
life so closely trimmed and so clearly burning
that all your bousehold-eircfe shall prefer its pure
light to any found abroad; and that they for
whom no such light beams at home, shall be glad
to happen in and feel the influences of its cheer
ing rays. Make your homes, in religion, morality,
intelligence and social joys, beautiful spots, im
pressed with as much of heaven as earth may re
ceive. Make them immediate reservoirs of the
rich blessings God waiteth to bestow, and then
through all their thousand channels of influence,
send out on every side these blessings to adorn
and purify wherever they go.
Let the home of every Christian become in its
every department a truly happy home, spanned
by the bright rainbow of divine hope, in which
the lovely tints of all the Christian graces and
virtues softly blend, and soon will we see a won
drous change’ wrought in the community. Then
the children of Christian paren ts, instead of going
forth by hundreds and thousands as recruits, for
the companies of Vice and sin, shall go out as re
cruiting officers for .ike army of the Lord, and
from the ranks of the enemy they shall lead back
their thousands to enlist under the white banner
of the Gospel of Christ, and become good soldiers
in a holy warfare.
And this home-field is one in which every one
may labor, and toil on without ceasing. Let
the very essence of pure religion bo constantly
.distilled by every fireside; let the strong forces of
heavenly truth and grace be concentrated by
every hearth-stone, and from so many mighty
centres shall the work of reformation, there begun,
continue extending in widening lines, till .circle
meet circle, and the reform is complete. Make
the homes of Christians truly Christianhomes,
and soon would the entire moral world be fully
revolutionized; yea, more, the heathen world-too,
would be converted to God.
WINTER RULES-
Never go to bed with cold or damp feet. ; ,
In going into a colder air, keep the mouth reso
lutely, closed, that then, by compelling the air to
pass circuitously through the nose and head, it
may become warmed before it reaches the lungs,
and thus prevent those shocks and sudden chills
which frequently end in pleurisy, pneumonia, and
other serious forms of disease.
Never sleep with the head in the-draft of .an
open door or window.
Let more cover he on the lower limbs than on
the body. Have an extra covering within easy
reach in case of a sudden and great change of
weather during the night. ' •'
Never stand still a moment out of doors, espe
cially at street corners after having walked even
a short distance.
Never put on a new boot or shoe in beginning
a journey.
Never wear India rubbers in cold dry weather.
If compelled to face a bitter cold wind, throw a
silk handkerchief over the face; its agency is
wonderful in modifying the'cold.
Those who are easily chilled on going out of
doors, should have some cotton batting attached'
to the vest or other garment, so as to protect the
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Home Monthly.
space between the shoulder blades behind, the
lungs being attached to the body at that point; a
little there is worth five times the amount over the
chest in front. . .
Never sit for more than a minute at a time with
the back against the fire or stove.
Never begin a journey until breakfast has been
eaten.
After speaking, singing or preaching in a warm
room in winter, do not leave it for at least ten
minutes, and evfen then close the-mouth, put on
the gloves; wrap, up the neck; and put on cloak
or overcoat before passing out of the door; the
neglect of.these has lajd many a S all d useful
man in a premature’ grave. .
Never speak under a-hoarseness, especially if it
requires an effort, or gives a hurting or a painful
feeling, for it often results in a permanent loss of
voice, or long life of invalidism. —Matt s Journal
of Health.
WASHINGTON’S lOVE AFFAIRS.
In one of these manuscript memorials ox Ills
practical studies and exercises, we have come upon
some documents singularly in contrast with all that
we have just cited with his apparent unroinantic
character. In a word,’ there are evidences in his
own hand-writing that,{before he was fifteen years
of age, he -had conceived a passion for some Tin
known beauty, so seriojis as to disturb his other
'wise well regulated mind and to make him Teally
unhappy. Why this juvenile attachment was a
source of unhappiness,lwe have no positive means
|of ascertaining. Perhaps the object of it may
have considered him a mere school-boy, and treated
him as such, or his ow/i shyness may have been
in his way, and his “vales for behavior and com
verSation” may:aa-yet viwe r set awkwardly on him,
and rendered him' formal and ungainly when he
inostisought to please;] Even in later years he
-was*jrpt ;to be silent and embarrassed in female so
ciety, “He was a? very bashful young man,” said
an old lady whom ho used to visit when they were
both in their nonage. used often wish that lie
would talk more.” j:
Whatever may have been the reason, this early
attachment seems to bavibeen a source of poignant
discomfort to him, ' 1 It (Slung to him after he toot
a final leave of School in'the autumn of 1747, arid
went to reside'with" his brother JLawrence at Mouht
Vernon. Here' he continued his mathematical
studies and_his practice [in surveying, disturbed at
times by recurrences bf his unlucky passion.
Though by no meaus of! a poetical temperament,
the waste pages of his journal betray several at
tempts to pour forth his timorous sorrows in verse.
They- are mere commog-plaee rhymes, such as
lovers at .his age are apt ;o write, in which he be
wails bis “ poor restless hjjart, wounded by Cupid’s
dart,” and “bleeding, for one who remains pitiless
of his griefs and woes..
The tenor .of soinb of ,his v'erseh induces us to
believe that he never told his love, but, sfs we have
already surmised, was prevented'Tjy his bashful
ness. ' ■ " r ' : ■
“Ah woe is me that rfirould love and conceal
Long have X wished never dare reveal.”
It is difficult to reconcile one’s self to the idea
of the cool and sedate, Washington, the great
champion of American liberty, a woe-worn, lover
in his youthful days, “sighing like furnace” and
inditing plaintive verses about the groves of
Mount Vernon. We are glad of an opportunity,
however, of penetrating to his native feelings and
finding that under his studied decorum and reserve
he had a heart of flesh, throbbing with the warm
impulses of human nature. * "* *
The merits of Washington were known and ap
preciated by the Fairfax family. Though not
quite sixteen years of age, he no longer seemed a
hoy noi was he treated as sueh —Tall, athletic
and manly for ins years his early self-training and
the code of conduct he had devised, gave a gravity
and decision to his conduct; Jus frankness and
modesty inspired regard; and the melancholy of
winch he speaks may have produced a softness in
his mannei calculated, to/qnn favor in ladies’ eyes.
According to Bis owntacebnnt, the female society*
by winch he was surrounded, had a soothing effect
oti that melancholy. The charms of Miss Carey,
the sister of the bnae, seem even to have caused
a slight'fluttering in his bosom ; which, however,
was constantly rebuked by the remembi mee of
his former passion—so least we judge from let
ters of his youthful confidants, rough drafts of
which are still-to be seenin bis tell-tale journal.
To one: whom he addressed as his dear friend
Robin, he.; writes: —“ My residence is at present
at his lordship’s, whore I might, was my heart dis
engaged, pass my tune very pleasantly, as there’s
a very agreeable young lady lives m the same
house, (Colonel George Fairfax s wife s sister,)
but'as tffiatV only adding fuel-to the fire, it makes
nie the more uneasy , for'by often and unfavorably
being in company with her. revives my passion for
your lowland beauty; whereas, were I to live more
retired from young women. I might;-in .some mea
sure, alleviate my sorrow, by burying that chaste
and troublesome passion-in the grave of oblivion,”
etc. i
Similar avowals he makes to another of his
youngre'Orrespondents. whom he styles “Blear friend
John,” as also to a female confidant, styled “Dear
Sally,” to Whom he Acknowledges that the com
pany of the “very agreeable jouu ; lady, sister-in
law of Colonel George Fairfax in a great mea
sure cheers'his sorrow and dejectedness. The
object of his early passion is not positively known.
Tradition states that the “lowland beauty” Was a
Miss . Grimes of Westmoreland, afterwards Mrs.
Lee, and mother of Generil Henry Lee, who
figured in revolutionary! history -its- “-Light Horse
Harry,” and was always, a favorite with Washing
ton, probably from the: recbllectioiis of -his early
tenderness for his mother.
Whatever may have been the soothing effect of
the female society by which he. was surrounded at
Belvoir, the youth found a more effectual remedy
for his love-melaneholy;in the company of Lord
Fairfax. His lordship Was a staunch fox-hunter,
and kept horses and hofinds in the English stjde.
The htintingseason had arrived. The neighbor
hood abounded v tli sport but fox-huhtiDg in
Virginia required bold and skillul horsemanship.
He forthwith took himinto peculiar favor; made
him his hunting companion; and it was probably
under the tuition of thaShard riding old nobleman
that the youth imbibecPtliat fondness for the chase
for which he was afterwards remarked. * * • *
Tradition give, iciydiffe er t uotives from those
of business for his two sojourns m the latter city.
He found there an early friend and schoolmate,
Beverly Robinson Speaker of the Virginia House
of Burgesses, Hew hvi i n happily and prosper
ously with a y< ung nd we Ith y bride, having'
married one of the nieces and heiresses of Mr.
Adolphus Philips c nchl ndholdir, whose manor
house is still to ! e eon on tl e b iks of the Hud
son? At the house of Mr. Beverly Robinson,
where Washington-was.an honored guest, he met
Miss MaTy Philip e ter nd co-heiress of Mrs.
Robinson, a yountr lady whose .personal attractions
are said to have rivalled Iter reputed wealth.
We have airs dy given an m tance of Wash
ington’s early sensibility to female: charms.—A
life, however, of constant activity and care—passed
for? the most part in ithe wilderness and on the'
frontier, far from female society—had left little
mood or leisure for the indulgence of the tender
sentiment; hut made him more sensible, in the
present brief interval of gay and social life, to the
attractions of an elegant, woman, brought up in
the-polite circle of Ne^pYcifk.
- That he was an-fp6jradmii-ef of'Miss Philipse
is an historical fact ; that he sought her hand, but
was refused, is traditional, and not very probable..
His military rank, hi? early laurels and distin
guished presence, wertj all calculated to find favor
in female eyes; but his sojourn in New York was
brief ; ’he may have been diffident in urging his
suit with a lady accustomed to: the homage of so
ciety, and surrounded by admirers. The most
probable version of the story is, that he was called
away by his public duties before he had made
sufficient approaches in his siege of the lady’s
heart To warrant a summons to surrender.
Washington was now ordered by Sir-John St.
Glair, tbeAQuartermaster-Gencral of the forces
uuder General Forbes, to repair to Williamsburg,
and lay the state of the ease before the Council.
He sat off promptly on horseback, attended by
Bishop, the well trained military servant, who had
served the late General Braddock. It proved an
eventful journey, though Dot in a military point
of view. In crossing a ferry of the Pamunkey, a
branch of York River, he fell in company with a
Mr. Chamberlayne, who lived in the neighborhood,
and who in the spirit of Yirginian hospitality,
claimed him as a guest. It was with difficulty
Washington could be prevailed on to halt for din
ner, so impatient was he to arrive at Williams
burg and to accomplish bis mission.
Among the guests at Mr. Chamberlayue’s was
a young and blooming widow Mrs. Martha Custis,
daughter of Mr. John Dandridge, both patrician
names in the province. Her husband, John Park
Custis, bad been dead about three years; leaving
her with two young children and a large fortune.
She is represented as being rather below the
middle size, but extremely well shaped, with an
agreeable countenance, dark hazel eyes and hair,
and those frank, engaging manners, so captivating
in southern women. We are not informed whether
Washington had met with her before; probably
not: during that time he had been almost continu
ally on the frontier. We have shown that, with
all lxis gravity and reserve, he was quickly suscep
tible to female charms; and they may have had a
greater effect upon him when thus easually en
countered in fleeting moments snatched from the
cares, and perplexities, and rude scenes of frontier
warfare. At any rate, his heart appears to have
been taken by surprise.
The dinner, which in those days was an earlier
afternoon meal, than, at present, seemed all too
short. The afternoon passed away like a dream.
Bishop was punctual to the orders he had received
on halting; the horses pawed at the door; but, for
once, Washington loitered in the path of duty.
The horses were countermanded, and it was not
until.the next morning that he was again in the
saddle, spurring forward to Williamsburg. Happily,
the White House, the residence of Mrs. Custis,
was in New Kent county, at no great distance from
that city, so that he had opportunities of visiting
her ill the intervals of business.
His time for courtship, however, was brief.
Military duties called him almost immediately to
Winchester; but he feared, should be leave the
matter in suspense, some more interesting rival
might supplant him during his absence, as in the
ease of Miss PhilipSe at New York. He improved,
therefore, his brief opportunity to the utmost.
The blooming woman had many suitors; but
Washington was graced with that renown, so en
nobling in the eyes of woman. In a word, before
they had separated, they had mutually plighted
their faith, and the marriage was to take place as
soon as the Campaign against Fort Duquesne was
at an end.
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from the Safe's being filled with steam from the fire
proof-filling. The heat was ofthe most intense cha
racter, owing to the gi-eat height of the building, ami
the fact that each story was in flames at once. I regard
it as a most satisfactory test of the perfect fire proof se
curity afforded by Herring's Patent Champion Safe.
Yours Truly, E. W. BLA.TCHFORD.
20,000 Herring’s Safes have been sold, and more than
300 tested in accidental fires.
Safes for Dwelling Houses. Sideboard Safe. Par
lour Safes, &c., &c. September 29, 1859.
THE BEST PIANOS
A • ARE MADE BT
CHICKERING & SONS,
Warerooms, 807 Chestnut Street.
Oars is the Oldest and largest Manufactory in the
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since XOl' tlie superior excellence of which we have
been awarded 39 First Prize Medals, in this country,
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over all competition. A liberal discount to the clergy,
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or let, tuned a mire paired. oet27 —lyr
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SEFUL HOLIDAY GIFTS.
A SUPERB DRESSING GOWN,
r. SCARF,
* &f'~i TIE on SH AWE
One of- these Articles will be very-acceptable to yo' ll
Gentlemen Mends.
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STBREOSC OPE S
AT
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606 ABCH STREET
FINE SHIRTS,
HEAVY UNDER CLOTHING and
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OF AM, KINDS.
October 13.—1 y.