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BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 28, 1837.
! lISCELLAISY.
From the National Potrait Gallery of Distin
guished Americans.
MRS. MARTIIA WASHINGTON.
Descended troin an ancient family,
which first migrated to the colony of Vir
ginia, in the person of the Rev. Orlando
Joftes, a clergyman of Wales : Martha
Dandridge was born in the county of
New Kent, colony of Virginia, in May,
1732. The education of females, io the
early days of the colonial settlements,
was almost exclusively of a domestic char
acter, and by instructors who were enter
tained in the principal families, that were
too few and too “far between” to admit of
the establishment of public schools;. Os
the early life of Miss Dandridge, wfe are
only able to record, that the young lady
excelled in personal chTrms, which, with
pleasing maimers, and a general amiabil
ity of demeanor, caused her t<s be dis
tinguished amid the fair ones who usual
ly assembled at the court of Williamsburg,
then held by the royal governors of Vir
ginia..
At seventeen years of aue, or in 1149
M iss Dandridge was married to Colonel
Daniel Parke Custis, ol the W bite House,
county of New Kent. This was a match
•>f affection. The father of the bride
groom, the Honorable John Custis, of
Arlington, a Icing’s counsellor, had ma
trimonial views of a more ambitious char
acter for liis only sou and heir, and was
desirous of a connection with the Byrd
family, of Westover, Colonel Byrd being,
at that time, from bis influence and vast
possessions, almost a count palatine of
Virginia. The counsellor having at length
given his consent, the newly married pair
fettled at the White House, on the banks
of,,|he Pamunlcey river, where Colonel
CuStis, became an eminently successful
planter. The fruits of this inarriane were,
a girl, who died in infancy, and Daniel,
Martha, and John. Daniel was a child
of much promise, and it was generally
believed, that his untimely death hasten
ed his father to the grave. Martha arri
ved at womanhood, and died at Mount
Vernon in 1710, and John, the father of
4b biographer,* perished while in the ser
vßb'of his country, in th» - ” „f V *
town, 1781, aged twenty-seven.
On the decease of her husband, which
happened at about middle age, Mrs. Cus
tis found herself at once a very young,
and among the very wealthiest widows in
the colony. Independently ot extensive
and valuable landed estates, the colonel
left thirty thousand pounds sterling in
money, with halfthat amount to his only
daughter, Martha. It is related ol this
amiable gentleman, that, when on his
death bed, he sent fora tenant, to whom,
in settling an account, lie was due one
shilling. The tcaut begged that the col
onel, who had ever been mosFkind to this
tenantry, would not trouble himself at all
about such a trifle, as he, the tenant, had
forgotten it long ago. “But I have not,”
rejoined the just and conscientious land
lord, and bidding his creditor take up the
coin, which had been purposely placed oil
his pillow, exclaimed, “Now my accounts
are all closed with this world and short
ly after expired. Mrs. Custis, as sole
executrix, managed the extensive landed
and pecuniary concerns of the estates
with surprising ability, making loans, on
j mortgage, of moneys, and, through her
| stewards and agents, conducting the sales
or exportation ot the crops to the best
possible advantage.
While on the subject of moneyed con
cerns of seventy years ago, we hope to lie
pardoned for a brief digression. The or
chard of fine apple trees is yet standing
near Bladensbiirgb, that was presented to
a Mr. Ross, by the father of the late veil- 1
erable Charles Carroll of Carrolton, as a
recompense for Mr. Ross’s having intro
duced to Mr. Carroll a good borrower of
his money. A Colonel TANARUS., one of the
ancient dons of Maryland, being observ
ed riding over the race course of Annap
olis in a very disturbed and anxious man
ner, was accosted by his friends, with a
“YVhat’s the matter, colonel f Are you
; alarmed for the success of your filly,
1 about to start?” “Oh no,” replied TANARUS.,
j “but Ia have thousand pounds by me, to
! loan, and here l have been riding about
the course lhe whole morning, and not a
single borrower can I get for my money.” j
We opine, that the same anxieties would
not be long suffered in 1834.
It was in 1758, that an officer, attired
in a military undress, and attended by a.
body servant, fall and miiitaifeas his chief,
crossed the ferry called Williams’, over
the Pamunkey, a branch of the York riv
er. On the boat touching the southern,
or New Kent side, the soldier’s progress
was arrested by one of those personages,
who give the beau ideal of the Virginia
gentleman of the old regime, the very soul
of kindness and hospitality. It was in
vain the soldier urged his business at
* George W. P. Custis, Esq. of Arlington,
D. C.
Williamsburgh,important communications
to the Governor, &,c. Mr. Chamberlayne,
on whose domain the militairc liad just
landed, would hear of no excuse. Colonel
Washington was a name so dear to all
the Virginians, that his passing by one of
the old castles ol Virginia, without calling
and partaking of the hospitalities of the
host, was entirely out of the question.—-•
The colonel, however, did not surrender
at discretion, but stoutly maintained his
ground, till CHaniberlayne bringing up
his reserve, in the intimation that he would
introduce his ftieiul to a younar and charm
ing widow, then beneath his roof, the sol
dier capitulated, on condition that he
should dine, only dine, and then, by press
ing his charger and borrowing of the night,
he would reach V illiamsburgk before his
excellency could shake off his morning
slainbers. Orders were accordingly issu
ed to Bishop, the colonel’s body servant
and foithfnl follower, who, together with
the fine English charger, had been be
queathed by the dying Braddock to Major
Washington, on the famed and fatal lield
;of the Monongaheln. Bishop, bred in the
school of European discipline, raised his
hand to his cap, as much as to say, “Your
honor’s orders shall he obeyed.”
The colonel n#w proceeded to the
j mansion, and was .introduced to various
guests, (for when was a Virginian
domicil of the olden time without guests?)
land above all, to the charming widow.—
[Tradition relates that they were mutually
pleased on this their first interview, nor is 1
it remarkable ; they were of an age when
impressions are strongest. The lady was
fair to behold, of fascinating manners,
and slendidly endowed with worldly ben
efits. The hero, fresh from his early
fields, redolent of fame, and with a form
on which “every god did seem to set his
seal, to give the world assurance of a
man.”
The morning passed pleasantly away,
evening came, with Bishop,, true to his
orders and firm at his post, holding the
favorite charger with the one hand, while
the other was waiting to oiler the ready
stirrup. Ihe sun sunk in the horizon,
and yet the colonel appeared not. And
ll 'oiyMi>ld soldier marvelled at his chiefs
liof wont to lie a
singfe'fnomeht behind his appointments,
for he was the most punctual of all punc
tual men. Meantime the host enjoyed the
scene of the veteran on duty at the gate,
while the colonel was so agreeably em
ployed in the parlour, and proclaiming that
no guest ever left his house after sunset,
his military visiter was, without much
dilliculty, persuaded to order Bishop to put
up the horses for the night. The sun rose
high in the heavens the ensuing day, when
the enamored soldier pressed with his spur
his charger’s side, and speeded on his
way to the seat of government, where,
having despatched his public business, lie
retraced his steps, and,.at the White
House, the engagement took place, with
preparations for the marriage.
And much hath the biographer heard
of that marriage-, from grajMiaired domes
tics, who waited at the board where love j
made the feast and Washington was the |
guest. And rare and High was the revel-:
ry, at that palmy period of Virginia’s fes-j
tal age; for many were gathered to that
marriage, of the good, the great, the gift- j
ed, and the gay, while Virginia, with joy- !
ous acclamation, hailed in Her youthful
hero a prosperous and happy bridegroom. !
“And so you remember when Colonel
Washington came a courting your mis-j
tress?” said the biographer to old Cully,
! in his hundredth year. “Aye, master, that |
1 do,” replied this ancient family servant,
who had lived to see five generations;
[“great times, sir, great times! Shall never
see the like again!” “And Washington
looked something like a man, a proper
j man; hey, Cully?” “Never seed the like,
sir; never the likes of him, though I have
seen many in my day: so tall,*so straight!
and then he sat a horse and rode with such
an air! Ah, sir; he was like no one else !
Many of the grandest gentlemen, in their
gold lace, were at the wedding, hut none
looked like-the man himself!” Strong,
indeed, must have been the impressions
which the person and manner of Wash
ington made upon the rude, “untutor’d
mind” of this poor negro, since the lapse
!of three quarters of a century had not
isufficed to eftafie them.
The precise date of the marriage, the
biographer has been unable to discover,
having in vain searcheitamong the records
of the vestry of St. Peter’s church, New
Kent,'ot which the Rev. Mr. Mossoui, a
Cambridge scholar, was the rector, and
performed the ceremony, it is believed,
about 1759. A short time after their
marriage, Colonel and Mrs. Washington i
reru ove( t to Mount Vernon on the Poto
mac, and permanently settled there.
The mansion of Mount Vernon, more
than seventy years ago, was a very small
: building, compared with 4? present extent,
aud the numerous out JHbiings attached
to it. The mansion’ nwße consisted of
four room sou a floor, forming the cen-
“HEAR ME FOR MY CAUSE.’’
tre of the present building, and remained
pretty much in that state up to 1774, when
Col. Washington repaired to the first Con
gress in Philadelphia, and from thence to
the commander-in-chief of the armies of
his country, assembled before Cambridge,
July, 1775. The commander-in-chief re
turned no more to reside at Mount Ver
non till after the peace of 1783. Mrs. or
Lady YV ashiugton, as we shall now call j
her, such being the appellation she always
bore in the army, accompanied the Gen
eral to the lines before Boston, and wit
nessed its seige and evacuation. She
then returned to Virginia, the subsequent
campaigns being of too momentous a char
acter to allow of her accompanying the
atmv.
At the close of each campaign an aide
de-camp repaired to'Mount Vernon, to
escort the lady to the head quarters. The
arrival ol Lady Washington at camp was
an event much anticipated, and was al
ways the signal for the ladies of the gen
! eral officers to repair to the bosoms of
their lords. The arrival of the aide-de
| camp, escorting the plain chariot, with
the neat pqgtdions in their scarlet and
I white liveries, was deemed an epoch in the
I army, and served to diffuse a cheering in
i tluence amid the gloom which hung over
j our destinies at Valley Forge, Morristown,
and Wegt Point. Lady Washington al
ways remained at the head-quarters till the
opening of the campaign, and often re
marked, in after life, that it had been her
fortune to hear the first cannon at the
opening, and the last at the closing, of all
the campaigns of the revolutionary war.
During the whole of that mighty period
when we struggled for independence,
Lady Washington preserved her equanim-i
ity, together with a degree of cheerfulness
that inspired all around her with the
brightest hopes for our ultimate success, j
To her alone a heavy cloud of sorrow ;
hung over the conclusion of the glorious
campaign of lTfcj 1. Her only child, while j
attending to his duties as aide-de-camp to I
the general-in-chief, during the seige of
Y orktown, was seized with an attack oft
the camp-fever, then raging to a frigjitful
extent within the enemy’s entrenchments, j
Ardently attached to the .cause of his!
most unpOriatu events ortoe revolutiona
ry contest, from the seige of Boston, in
1775, to the virtual termination of the war
in 1781, the sufferer beheld the surrender
of the British army on the memorable
19th of October, and was thence remov
ed to Elthatn, in New Kent, where h° was
attended by Dr. Craik, chief of the medi
cal staff YVashiugton, learning the ex
treme danger of his step-son, to whom he
was greatly attached, privately left the
camp before Yorktown, while yet it rang
with the shouts of victory, and, attended
by a single officer, rode with all speed to
Eltham. It was just day-dawn when the
commander-in-chief sprung from his pant
ing charger, and summoning Dr. Craik to
his presence, enquired if there was any
hope. Craik shook his head, when the
chief, being shown into a private room,
threw himself on a bed absorbed in grief.
| The poor sufferer, being in his last agon-
I ies, soon after expired. The general re
mained for some time closeted with his |
! ladv, then remounted and ’returned to the |
i- ’ |
; camp.
It was after the peace of 1783, that Gqp-j
j eral Washington set in earnest about the !
improvements in building and laying of!
| the gardens and grounds that now adorn
Mount Vernon. He continued in these i
gratifying employments occasionally di
versified by the pleasures of the chase, till
1787, when he was called to preside in
the convention that formed the present
constitution, and in 1789 left his beloved
retirement to assume the chief magistracy
of the Upion. During the residence of
General and Mrs. Washington at Mount
Vernon, after the peace of 1783, the an
cient mansion, always the seat of hospi
tality, was crowded with guests. The
i officers of the French and American ar
| niies, with many strangers of distinction,
hastened to pay their respects to the vic
torious General, now tnerged into the il
lustrious farmer of Mount Vernon. Dur
| ing these stirring times, Mrs. Washington.
performed the duties of a Virginian house
wife, and presided at her well-spread
hoard, with that case and elegance ot
manners which always distinguished her.
At length the period arrived when Gener
al and Mrs, Washington were to leave the
delights of retirement, and to enter upon
new and* elevated scenes of life. The
unanimous voice of his country hailed the
hero who had'So lately led her armies to
victory, as the Chief Magistrate of the
young empire about to dawn upon the
world.
The President and his lady hid adieu,
with extreme regret, to the tranquil and
happy shades where a few years of repose
hail, in great measure, effaced the effects
of the toils and anxieties of war ; where a
little Eden had bloomed and flourished
under their fosteriug hands; and where
a numerous circle of friends and relatives
would sensibly feel the privation of their
departure. They departed, and hastened
to where duty called the man of his
country.
The journeys to New York, in 1789,
was a contined triumph. The august
spectacle at the bridge of Trentou brought
tears to the eyes of the Chief, and forms
one of the most brilliant recollections of
j the age of Washington,
j Arrived at the seat of the federal gov
ernment, the President and Mrs. Wash
ington formed their establishment upon a
i scale that, while it partook of all the at
j tributes of our republican institutions,
possessed at the same time that degree ofj
dignity and regard for appearances, so!
necessary to give to our infant republic j
respect in the eyes of the world. The j
house was handsomely furnished; the
equipages neat, with horses of the first or
der; the servants wore the family liveries;
and, with the exception of a steward and
housekeeper, the whole establishment dif
fered but little from that of a private gen
tleman. On Tuesdays, from three to four
o’clock, tlie President received the for
eign ambassadors and strangers who wish
ed to he introduced to him. On these
occasions, and when opening the sessions
of Congfcss, the President wore q dress
sword, llis personal apparel was always
remarkable for its being old fashioned, 1
and exceedingly plain and neat. On
Thursdays were the congressional din
ners, and on Friday nights, Mrs. Washing
ton’s drawing room. The company usu
ally assembled about seven, and rarely
staid exceeding ten o’clock. The ladies
were seated, and the President passed
round the circle, paying his compliments
to each. At the drawing rooms, Mrs.
Morris always sat at the right of the lady
President, and at all the dinners, public or
private, at which Robert Morris was a
guest, that venerable man was placed at the
right of Mrs. Washington. When ladies
called at the President’s mansion, the
habit was for the secretaries and gentle
men of the President’s household to hand
them to and from their carriages; but
when the honored relicts of Greene and
Montgomery came to the presidoliad, the
President himself performed these com
plimeutarv duties.
*4lll Ui »» "- J 1 £t —_ c A. X ■■ ,
of the revolutionary Congress and the offi
cers of the revolutionary army renewed
their acquaintance w ith Mrs. Washington;
many and kindly greetings took place,
with many a recollection of the days of
triaL The Cincinnati, after paying their
respects to their Chief, were seen to file
off towards the parlour, w here Lady YVash
ington was in waiting to receive them,
and where YVayne and Mifflin, arid Dick
enson, and Stewart, and Moylan, and
Hartley, and a host of veterans, were cor
dially welcomed as old friends, and where
many an interesting reminiscence was
called up, of the head-quarters and the
“times of the revolution.”
On Sundays, unless the weather was un
commonly severe, the President and Mrs.
Washington attended divine service at
Christ church ; and in the evenings, the
President read to Mrs. Washington, in
her chrmber, a sermon, or some portion
from the sacred writings. No visiters,
w ith the exception of Mr. Speaker Trum
bull t were admitted to the presidoliad on
Sundays.
There was one description_of visiters,
however, to he found about the first Presi
dent’s mansion on all days. The old soldiers
repaired, as they said, to head-quarters,
just to enquire after the health of his ex
cellency and Lady Washington. They
knew his excellency was of course much
! engaged; hut they would like to see the
I good lady. One had been a soldier of the
life-guard; another hadffieen on duty when
the British threatened to surprise the head
quarters; a third had witnessed that terri
-1 hie fellow, Cornwallis surrender llis sword:
each one had some totalling appeal, with
which to introduce himself to the peaceful
1 head-quarters of the presidoliad. All were
I “kindly bid to stay,” were conducted to
the steward’s apartments, and refreshments
set before them; and after receiving some
little token from the lady, with her best
w ishes for the health and happiness of an
old soldier, they went their ways, while
blessings upon their revered commander
and the good Lady Washington, were ut
tered by many a war-worn veteran of the
revolution.
In the Spring of 1797, General and
Mrs. Washington, biddiug adieu to public
life, took their leave of the seat of Govern
ment and journeyed to the South, prepar
ed bvg"o4earfllWt, to. Bpend the remnant
of their days*in their beloved retirement
of Mount Vernon. The General reassurn
ed with delight his agricultural employ
ments, while the lady bustled again amid
her domestic concern’s, showing that
neither time nor her late elevated station
had any wise impaired her qualifications
for a Virginia housewife, and she tfras
now verging upon threescore and ten.
,j But-for 'Washington to be retired at
II Mount Vernon or any was out
lof the question. Crowds which had hail-
J. W. FROST, EDITOR.
nvmberh.
ed the victorious General as ihe deliverer
of his country, and called him with accla*
mation to the Chief Magistracy of the in
fant empire, .now pressed to his retire
ment, to offer their love and admiration
to the illustrious farmer of Mount Ver
non.
Mrs. Washington war an uncommonly
I early riser, leaving her pillow at day dawn
! at ail seasons of the year, and becoming
at once actively engaged in her household
duties. After breakfast she retired for ad
j hour to her chamber, which hour was
I spent in prayer and-reading the Holy
| Scriptures, a practice that she never omit
ted during half a century of a varied life.
I Two years had passed happily at Mount
I Vernon; for although the general, yielding
to the claims of his country, had again
accepted the command-in-chief of her ar
mies, yet lie had stipulated with govern
ment that he should not leave his retire
ment, unless upon the actual invasion
an enemy, ft was while engaged 4n pro
jecting new and ornamental improvements
in his grounds, that the fiat of the Almighty
went forth, calling the being, the meas
ure of whose earthly fame filled to
overflowing, to his gpat reward in higher
and better worlds. The illness was short
and severe. Mrs. Washington left not
the chamber of the sufferer, hut was seen
kneeling at the bedside, her head
upon her Bible, which had becnrHier so
lace in the many and heavy afflictions she
had undergone. Dr. Craik, the early
friend and coinpaujpn in arms of the
Chief, replaced the hand, which was al
most pulseless, upon the pillow, while he
turned away to conceal the tears that fast
chased each other down hjp furrowed
cheeks. The last effort of the expiring
Washington was worthy of the Roman
fame of his life and character. He raised
himself up, and casting a look of benignity
on all around him, as if to thank them for
their kindly attentions, he composed his
limbs, closed his eyes, and folding his
arms upon his bosom, the father of his
country expired, gentle as though an in
fant died!
The afflicted relict could with diffi 3ulty
be removed from the chamber of death, to
which she returned no more, but occupied
ah"aVrangemcnt* l with“govejQ^^ l£r
Mrs. Washington yielded the remains %
the Chief to the prayer of the nation, as
expressed through its in
Congress, conditioning that at her deceatfe,
her own remains should accompany fhose
of her husband to the capital.
When the hurst of grief which-followed
the death of the patrix had a little subsid
ed, visits of condolence to the jgereaved
lady were made by the first personages of
the land. The President 0f the Unit#
States, with many other distinguished in
dividuals, repaired to Mount Vernon,
while letters, addresses, funeral orations,
and all the tokens of sorrow and respect,
loaded the mails from every quarter of til#
country, offering the sublime tribute of a
nation’s mourning for a nation’a-benefac
tor.
Alt hough the great sun rtf attraction had
sunk in the west, still the radiance shed
by his illustrious life and actions drew
crowds of pilgrims to his tomb. The es
tablishment of Mount Vernon >vas kept
up to its former standard, and the lady
presided with her wonted ease and digni
ty of manner at her hospitable board ; she
relaxed not in her attentions to her do
mestic concerns, performing the arduous
duties of the mistress of so extensive an
establishment, although in the sixty-ninth
year of her age, and evidently suffering in
iier spirits, from the heavy bereavement
she had so lately sustained. - ♦
In little more than two years from the
demise of the Chief, Mrs. Washington be
came very ill from an attack of bilious
fever. From her advanced age, the sorrow
that had preyed-upon her spirits, and the
sverity of the attack, the family physician
gave but little hope of a favourable issue.
The lady herself was perfecly aware that
her hour was nigh; she assembled her
grand-children at her bedside, discoursed
to them on their respective duties through
life, spoke of the happy influences of re
ligion upon the affairs of this world, of
the consolations they had afforded her in
many and trying afflictions, and of the
hopes they held out of a blessed immortal
‘itjr; and then, surrounded by her
relatives, friends, and doqjpstics, the s£B
erable relict of Washington resigwißttir
life into the hands of her
seventy-first year of her age.
Agreeable to her direction, her remains
were placed in a leadeir coffin, and en
tombed by the side of those of the Chief,
to await the pleasure of the government.
In person, Mrs. Washington was well
formed, and somewhat below the middle
size. To judge {from her portrait at Ar
lington House, done by Woolaston, when
she was in the bloom of life, she must have
been eminently handsome. In her drew,
though plain, she was so
neat, th|Et ladies have ofteft
how S|rs. Washington could Wear afTOOp