Curious Store Of Washington

A correspondent of the Cincinnati Comriu rdal writes froin Iudianapolis a reamrkable piece of old-timo gossip which has nover bcfore boen printed. ; The biographers of General George Washington have nearly all presentad him as a being so grand, so BOlemn and peculiar that the eonunon run of mtuiV.mil oould only gaze and wonder, and feel that there were no ohords of human sympathy conneetnis their hearts with his, across whioh nnght vibra te the eleetrical oommimications and mutual sensibility. His tnograpben have treated chiefly of liis relations to the public in conoction with public events, and as a warrior and statcsnian wo have i'ull information and ampie " data " upon whieh to base our judgnient ; but neither Mr. John Marshall, nor Mr. Jared Sparks, nor any othM 01 his biographers, lias exr.iliittxl our Washington to usin the tender rol rion of " father." It is a well known fact that his marriage with Martha Custis was uot blessed with childriïïi ; but it is not so well known that there is strong circumstmitiiil evidenee of his having sustained the relation of father to a gentleman who served at a time upctn liis staff during the war of the Itevolution, and who afterward uecupied tho tesponsible position of Governor of that portion of the PorthWest Territory coniprised witbin the boundaries of the State of Indiana. The cuiïous visitor to Indianapolis, the capital city of Indiana, who desires to vicv,ttie public lmildings and Citiíor itiil.!. ytiiecte ui interest to be seen, will discover in the rooms of the Executive Department the portraits in oil of all those who have been Govei noi , ,,i' the Oommonwealth down to the present incumbent. They have been painted and hung around these walls in accordance with u resolution of the Qeeral Assenjbly, adopted seveml years ago, and now enibïCice a complete list of all the Governors, thougli in soiiiu oasfcsn.ji autln tic likeuess, from which the artisi employtd ni;bt make u perfect. OOpy, was obtairié Cr.Pa" tient search and at considerable expense. The visitor will hard! y fail to notice a portrajt hanging just over the door that he first eVitoij. t is the fMe OÍ a beardless youth, certainïy not over eighteeii nr nineteen years of age, a.Vit isanezceedingly aaadsome {ace to look upon. The hair, whieh is dark, alntost black, is out square across t]io forehead in a straight line drawn from the upper edge of one temple to the othcr, the side and back hair flowing down behind t]ie ears ulmost to the shouldera. There is the f uil, rufiied shirt-bosom, and the vest and coat out with short, stiff collar a In. luHitnin, of the fashion of a previous generation. The romid, peachy cheek, smal] chin, i'ull, ripe lips, and large eyes, and the l&ut eiwauble, suggesting ti yóur mind the idea of gi-avity, almost melancholy, in the face, will cause you to look again with a deeper interest upan that fair young oountenanoe. Your inquiry will be answeged by the information that it is a portrait of Col. Posey, the iirst Territoria! Governor of Indiatia, and tbut the ixjrtrait was painted from a miniatura likeness, done on ivory, when hc was quite young, and which was the only likeness of him extantThere your information would probably cease, and you woúld loave the building without conceiving the ïdea that you had gazed upon tlio " oounterfèifc jödftnblance" of aventajóle son of the "iFatherof li is Country;" VVt the story of bis birth and patrnity ïs 'often canvassed among tho older and more prominent eitizens of the State, and purhaps outside oï ü. 'aiidn_of: who are acquainted with the evidence ii]ion whioh it rests, doubt thatColoneiPciSuy w;is fson of fieorge Washington. rJ.'he history of the niiitterj suecinctly stated, rüiis about ín 'thïs "vvise': The Posey funiily, consisting of a husband and wife were tenantson the Mount ViTiion estáte. The then Colonel George Washington was inarried to Mrs.. ('..lis in 1758. About 1754 Mrs. Posey vtis left a widow by the death of her husband. Washington, then a yomig man of twenty-two yeai-s frequently hunted and fished on the estáte, and sometimos, when belated, uecepted or sought the hospitalities of Mis, Posey's house, who is roj)resentcd as a lady of considerable Je'rsoïial attractions. At what time, or how it came about, that the relation between these two assuined a more intímate eharacfer ili:ni those ot hostess and guest is, of docrse, unknown ; bat it is oertaih that some two years aftel the doath of her husbancL - she m tho interim huving lemeáafiátímmé tolt - a son was bom to her, who grew up to be that same youth whoso portrait lianas on the wall of the Govcrr.oj's room at Indiamipolis. It is also certawi that Washington ((jreai - ly to his credit as a just and equitable man, if our theoiy bc correct) always to the day of his duath manifest ed a warm and friendly intrresi iu tht fortunes of this young man. He cbaxged himeelf witiá his maintenance and education, and when he arrived at a proper age he was for a tii; amember of the UHÜtWf family of tliu üonei'al in iidil, a:ul subsequently Vy his influencc was iiuuie tje Governor of the Temtory of Indiana. These circumstances of themselves would make a strong case in support of the truth of our assertion ; but thcre are other items of evidente pï oye gr.eat.er Veigfrt pf atithority tlian these, the family of Col. 3osey trere in poseewion of fout or five ikenesscs of Washington, taken at different periods of his lite, given by him m souvenirs oí an intim.it: ivirurd. Washngton kei)t up a conosporxit-Bce with him of the niost confidential churarter, sometifiiati addressing him as ' My l)(:;ir Son." These letters are, nr wero yery recently, in existence, and iu possession of a gentlepian of Indiana. The Posey family are now extinct. Goy. Posoy married and left surviving him as his only issue, onc son. The son lived and died a bachelor, without any known issue. He inhoritted as heirlooms the miniatures of Wahingt(m, and also the papers of bis father, including these letters. Whett ke died; the gentleman I refer to above became his literary executor, and came into poseessión of the Washington letters.