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of a bright future with the return of peace. KDOWICUgea me kiuuucsjj jsxiuwu uiviu vy
those whom they had come to injure, and
Alas for the fallacy of human hopes !
When the Greys first entered the army, who gave them help like the' good
the commanding
Captain James Philips was
On Christmas morning, several cannons
For the Vorkville Enquirer.
officer, Philips deserted his troops, and
were
fired, after the morning gun. Mary
the royalists. After his defection,
LIFE.
asked asoldier's wife what it meant..
service.
Grey
the
into
entered
artillery
Grey
Love's infant dawn,
answered that they were
The
woman
he was
During the battle of Fort Moultrie,
Is purer by far
Christmas; as they always did when they
stationed on the Charleston wharf all day,
Than the light of the star,
in a friend's country. "And do you
were
the
When
never tasting a particle of food.
Which in its bright car
think you are in a friend's country ?"
and
really
was
and
returned
he
weary
over,
fight
First heralds the morn.
the patriotic maiden. "Certainly,"
asked
exhausted to his tent, he found that one of
It trembles to life,
his comrades, who had excused himself from was the reply. "South Carolina is a
Like the birth of a rose,
country, and belongs to the king."
of illness,
duty in the morning on the plea
it
?" asked Mary. "Well, we shall
When its petals unclose,
"Does
was
he
had devoured all his rations; so that
She
would never go to see the army
Where a bright river flows
see."
was
He
till
to
fast
the
next
day.
compelled
Far from noise and strife.
on
parade, saying, "I have no wish to see
the orderly sergeant of his company. Not
the
enemies of my country."
when he was firing a
We feel in our heart
long afterwards,
At
time, a few patriots of the upper
as
it
him
and
so
unknown
There's a joy
burst, injured
severely districtsthiswere
planning an attack on the camp
to disable him forever from active service.
Which we blush first to own
Robert Carr, sergent
Lord
Cornwallis.
of
William Grey, after Philip's departure,
And cherish alone
Davics's
of dragoons,
in
Colonel
company
art:
With the tenderest
joined the company of Captain Robert
made his way *o McCreight's, and conferred
as first lieutenant. He served in the
Fcr our soul must be torn,
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with William Grey, who went next
privately
aian war unaer uenenu ricKens; aime
And wither forlorn,
the
to
borough, counted the troops on
day
of Fort Moultrie; in the campaign against
Should it ever depart.
the means of defence,
observed
parade,
the
remarkable
for
St.
only
Augustine,
We nurse it in sorrow.
of
and everything
strengthbe position,and
of the troops; and was engaged in
For this holiest feeling,
to
made his report to
known,
every battle fought in the South.
From the cold world concealing,
was his chosen friend, aod both were Carr. The enterprise failed because the
Hopes brighter revealing,
lieutenants in the regular army. Both were Chester men could not muster a sufficient
Sheds lighto'er to-morrow.
remarkable for their brave spirit and love of force to warrant the hope of a victor^.
And thus we live on;.
the pomp and show of war; their uniforms The Reverend William Martin, who had
been imprisoned since early in June, 1780,
Our life a bright vision,
were rich in material and splendid in
Of pleasures Elysian,
and their three-cornered hats were at Rocky Mount and Camden, was now
Till a selfish decision,
adorned with tall and waving plumes. The brought into the presence of Lord
This remarkable man might have been
Whispers.love be thou gone!
soldiers remarked that Gaston's uniform
the Knox of our Revolution. Like
called
made him too conspicuous when the regulars
And then comes the night;.
the
Scottish
reformer, he "feared not the
made the charge on the British works at
The night of the soul,
and his influence had contriface
of
clay,"
the
At
in
he
which was wounded.
AU cheerless and cold,
buted
not a little to the spirit and resolution
two
these
the
of
of
Where no stars uufold
opening
campaign 1780,
of the patriots. He stood before his
Their soft tender light.
young officers were again in the field
his gray locks uncovered, hat in hand,
the fall of Charleston, when the whole
The world is now all;.
his form erect, and his eyes fixed on
British
under
thethe
of
province lay
paw
This Mammon-cursed world,
the charges against him were
lion, they were among the handful of Whigs formallywhile
Whose banner unfurled,
"You stand charged," said
stated.
of
who stood unsubdued on the upper edge Ltn 1 AwJnltiM
V»
AL
WAVVAI 11
frnm
We on* ard are hurled
ills lUiusLiipj
piuauiiiu^
the
on
their
return
North
from
State,
Till we reel and we fall.
an
a
of
old
minister
the
man,
pulpit. You, to be
whether they had been driven as
of
the
of
stirring
guilty
peace,
And in the low grave,
gospel
and ready to contend for the ground,
Scooped by those who fear us,
inch by inch. In June, 1780, their camp up rebellion, and that, too, against your
With none who love near us,
sovereign, King George the Third.
was pitched on Clem's Branch, on the upper
what you have to say to these charges."
Venal hands bear us.
edrra
nf Lancaster District. Tt was here that
"0~
bowed respectfully, and, lifting
Martin
.Will God ever save ?
they were found by General Sumter.
K.
his head, fixed his piercing eyes on the face
The heartfelt, thrilling joy of this meeting of his
judge: "I am happy," he answered,
may be imagined. These officers had been "to appear before you. For many months I
though have been held in chains for preaching what
engaged for years in theAllsame sacred,
were driven from I believe to be the truth. I
now drooping cause.
hope your
their homes; their beloved ones left to the
will bear in mind.indeed, I say it with
mercy of the invader. Sumter had been
as a man, I rather love King
* From Godey's Lady's Book.
forced to fly, while the enemy were wreaking sincerity.that,
him nothing but good-will.
and
owe
their vengeance on his defenceless household IGeorge,
with his private
am
not
REVOLUTION.
unacquainted
A WOMNOFTHE
destroying his property, plundering his goods
I was raised in Scotland; educated
and burning his house to the ground. Mrs. in her literary and theological schools;
MARY OREY.
Sumter and the family, turned out
where I spent my prime of
in
In-December, 1773, a family, emigrating
had sought the hospitality of a family life; andIreland,
to this country about
in
emigrated
landed
from Antrim County, Ireland,
in the country. Solicitude for the safety of seven
years bygone. I have preached what
Charleston; and, remaining till the
at their I believe
and
these
ones,
helpless
indignation
to be the doctrines of the
March, travelled thence in a wagon to spoilers, stimulated the patriots to
and
the creed of my people. King
a
after
the back country, stopping,
journey action. General Sumter selected a few
was bound to protect his subjects;
George
of three weeks, at Jackson's Creek in
men, among whom were William Grey and he has failed to do this; protection and
District- It was the household ofJohn Alexander
Gaston, to accompany him to the
go together; and your lordship will
Mrs. Grey, a
Dunlap, who had marriedin the
lower country, bring away his family, and remember
our doctrine is that the
old country..
with four children,
the destroyers. At Wright's Bluff, ought not to obey those who do not subject
punish
Mary, the youngest of those children, was on Black Biver, they encountered a body of their civil and religious liberties. protect
Your
born in 1758.
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!il British and Loyalists, and were forced
armies and the unoffending people here
large
xne proceeds 01 a iarm in ireiana, wuu
across the river. Gaston had taken the slain in cold blood
show, as I hold it, that
comfortably small-pox, and, being wet while crossing, your
inJustry and management,
has
rebelled
against these colonies,
king
the family.their home being a spacious became too ill to proceed, and was left at
and
owe him no allegiance. The
they
eldest
the
of
the
marriage
log-cabin.and
the house of McConnell. He died in a few
of Independence is a faithful
James McCreight, of
daughter withfollowed.
days.
on
the old faith of the
When the mother's As a curious incident, it
shortly
be
may
Having
spoken his mind, the
became
health failed, Mary Grey
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old
Scotchman
expressed himself willing
the Gaston family, was alteredpicserved
by
to abide the pleasure of his lordship.
The name of Grey is cherished in popular a wedding-coat, nine years afterwards, for About the same
a conspiracy was on
remembranbe throughout Fairfield District his youngest brother, Joseph Gaston. The foot to take the lifetime,
of Cornwallis, who was
the
coat was made by John Hemphill, who then accusiumeu 10 lane xiis
by the inhabitants who now enjoy
auu uveapurchased by their toils and sufferings followed the trade of a tailor, and having, ing ride along the road. morning
and Minor
John
in the cause of religious and political liberty. by industry in his calling, accumulated
Winn concealed themselves in a wood, armBut history makes no mention of the
obtained a classical education, studied ed with rifles; but, before his lordship
apof that family. It is a worthy task,
divinity in the Associate Reformed
were discovered by some
they
peared,
to make some record.though an
church, and ranked among the ablest
captured, and brought into the borone.of the merit of patriots who
divines of the day.
They were condemned to be hung
The anguish of Mary Grey at the news of ough.
praise not only on account of their
at noon, and placed underguard in the wood;
and self-sacrifice, but their association her lover's death may not be described. The
which had been cut away to get
with names illustrious in the annals of the lapse of twelve years could not soothe her the bushes,
in
around them.
firewood,
being-piled
State of South Carolina.
grief so that she would listen to any proposalof Minor, distressed at theheapsnear prospect of
In 177G, when the country was called on of marriage. And, to the latest period death, prevailed on the guard to send for
to defend the city of Charleston, Dunlapand life, the mention of Alexander Gaston's name Martin, the minister. He came; and they
McCreight, with the brothers William and would bring tears to her eyes, while she knelt in devout prayer under the shadows
: "Yes; we were to have been
Robert Grey, entered the army of the
of a brush-pile, pleading earnestly for divine
at
the close of the war."
were
in
later
the
same
They
engaged
mercy till the fatal hour struck. The galthe summer of 1780, probably at lows stood in view; but the conspirators, at
year in the Snow Campaign against the
During
Indians. While the men were absent the surprise of Sumter, on Fishing Creek, the last moment, were marched to the headon service, the whole burden of the out-door William Grey was taken prisoner, and sent
quarters of Corn wall is, and graciously parfarm labor fell on the women, for there were to Camden jail. He was afterwards
doned. Mary Grey stood in the door to
then no negroes in that regioD. Often the
on parole, but not allowed to go more watch the melancholy procession couveying
1AQ
fliD
cptfloinnnto
than three miles from Winnsboro'. He
her neighbors to death; and was able
startled by the news that the stealthy and
with his brother-in-law McCreight, where
to explain the mystery of their pardon
fearful Cherokees were coming upon them. Mary was most of the time, the British be- and release
of Martin, which the young men
One evening, on the occasion of an alarm, ing encamped at Winnsboro. llcr tanuly attributed to miraculous interposition
called
Mrs. Grey and her daughters fled from the had been several times robbed by the
down by the minister's prayers. The mercy
house, and lay concealed in a dense wood
; but she was accustomed to say : "I had was owing to the intercession of Colonel John
the whole night.
no fears. My mind wits fixed
Philips.called Tory Philips.who had
to the cause." She looked on the
known Martin in Ireland. Justice has not
It was a happy time when the father and
of her country as the cause of her own been done to the character of this man,
brothers came home from the camp for a
sorrow.
whose wealth and aristocratic education inbrief period. On their return from the
fence of Charleston, they were accompanied The British always pretended to pay for bued him with Loyalist principles; but who
was conscientious, kind,aud generous. While
by a young lieuteuant of engaging manuers what they took from the country people,
and a spirit kindled by the love of freedom.
certificates, which, they said, would be the British were in possession of Winnsboro"
it is said he was constantly occupied in acts
This officer, Alexander Gaston, and Mary redeemed by the king's agents; which,
the
did
not
like
to
receive.
On
of kiudness to the Whigs, saving their lives
in
were
each
other
at
first
interested
Whigs
Grey
occasion, when a party of the enemy and property. None of his acquaintances
sight, and their preference speedily ripened one
into a deep attachment. The times permit- took most of the provisions from Dunlap, he were put to death. j
ted no lovers' dalliance; but their love was requested the soldiers to leave him a few After the departure of the British troops,
mutually acknowledged, and they entered dozens of oats for seed. On their refusal, Philips was sole commander of the Loyalists
into a solemn engagement to be united as he observed : "I am now satisfied you don't in his district, and lie formed his camp at
soon as the wars were over. "In those days," intend to stay long, or you would want to let Caldwell's, not far from the Waterec or
us plant again." When, at another time, Mount Olivet Church. They maintained,
says Mr. Stinson.who furnishes this
seems to have had little
McCreight's barnyard, with no little pride, the control of the counthey had plundered
Mrs. McCreight saw them chasing her
over the minds of men or women;
try. But a surprise from a party of Whigs
of this kind were of the heart."
and, calling after them, "You rascals ! completely routed them. One poor Tory
The plighted maideu's hopes of happiness will you take my greese 1" saved her flock was killed in the loft, where he had hid
and refused to come down, Philips,
with her betrothed were linked with her from spoliation.
prayers for the great cause in which he was The small-DOX was prevalent at this time though lie had a pistol in each hand, was
prisoner, and carried to Camden..
fighting. She worked day aud night, spin- among the British soldiers, and especially taken
he
Ilcre
was tried for crimes probably
and
aud
the
The
of
the
to
and
Tories
the
camp.
ning weaving, attendiug
farm,
hangers-on
to be
by his men, and condemned
sick were quartered upon the inhabitants of
having but little assistance from her
whose health had failed eutirely af-1 the surrounding country, two being placed huug. The Whigs of Fairfield who had
favors from him joined in a petition
ter three months' service in the Snow
in Mary's family. She was compelled to
The labor of her hands supplied give up the house, and live in the kitcheu, for his life, and his sentence was commuted
bread for the family, and clothing for her yet to attend upon the intruders, who were to banishment. Thus compelled to sue for
and receive his life from the hands of his
brothers when they would return home in suffering much with the disease, and
Her
unwearied
was
be
toil sweetened by to clergymen. They seemed repentant political enemies, his example formed a
rags.
trust in her lover's faith, and anticipations for having left their charge at home, and ac- striking contrast to that of Martin. j
O.; THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1857.
Another
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of Wateree Creek, was surprised after a night
of careless revelry; for, supposing the
subdued, they slept without sentinels.
A few resolute Whigs crept up stealthily on
their hands and knees to the place where the
guns were stacked, and carried them off..
This accomplished, they posted themselves
around the camp, raised a terrific yell, and
fired off the guns in rapid succession. The
startled Tories, finding their camp
and their guns taken away, and confused
with the darkness, the sharp peals of the rifles, and the yelling of the enemy, with one
accord made for the ^reek, and, jumping
down the bank, swam across. It was a cold
night, and much ice had formed on the edge
of the stream. The Whigs took possession
of the camp, threw the firearms into the deep
water of the creek, and long before sunrise
were on their return to the upper distsicts.
Not many of the patriots remained in the
neighborhood after the memorable surprise
of General' Sumter; though a few ventured
back, and lay out in the woods. One day
they sent a young man, William Lewis, to
procure some provisions. He found a
that promised well; but, while
he was seized by some Tories, and carried off, without an opportunity to send word
to his party. At noon, the Loyalists stopped at a farm-house, and ordered the lady to
prepare dinner. There was in the yard a
ceder trough, which they filled with corn ;
then slipped their horses' bridles, and let
them feed.
The hostess got the dinner, and made
to release the prisoner. She had
directed her little son to put the bridle on
the best horse at the trough, which he did,
and, then lying down in the corner of the
fence, pretended to be fast asleep. While
the Tories were discussing their meal, the
matron beckoned to Lewis to come into the
back room, and get something to eat. She
then showed him the wiudow, and told him
what arrangements she had made for his escape; returning with more provisions to her
Samaritan.
joined
Robert
Ellison
Inv.
cattle
suffering
almost
Gaston
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lletoMflnarji Sfetttjf.
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luuciiiuu limit
following
Fairfield
widow
toretreat
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settled
Winnsboro',
housekeeper.
blessiugs
services
therefore,
humbledeserve
heroism
mentioni.:.
into
money,
Presbyterian
repeated
married
patriots.
Cherokee
liberaated
stayed
nmrn
Tories
unchangeably
enemies
dei
giving
however,
memoir."lucre
dominion
poultry,
engagements
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was
as he
alarmed the
of a horse's
to the
up the
and after their
but failed to overtake him. The boy was very hard
to wake, and professed to know nothing of
the matter. Lewis remained some three
months in North Carolina before he durst
venture homo. When he was afterwards
about to marry the widow of Captain John
Taylor, some of his enemies endeavored to
prevent the match by charging him with
stealing the horse on which he had escaped;
but, when Mrs. Taylor was made fully
with the circumstances, she -looked
upon it rather as a recommendation.
Lieutenant William Grey removed to
Georgia, and, nfter a few years, to East Tenncssee; but died on the way, leaving a
and family. Robert died a few years after the close of the war. Mary was induced
to give up her resolution never to marry by
Hugh Burkley, a young Irishman, in 1792.
She was the last surviving member of her
own family; and her husband died in 1814.
She lived afterwards with her son and daughter. In her ninety-third year she enjoyed
remarkable health, retaining her mental faculties in unusual vigor. The Bible was her
daily companion, and she read chiefly
books, though she always took a dccided interest in the politics of the country,
read the newspapers, and expressed her opinions freely on the questions of the day. She
expressed great contempt for the cowardice
of runaways during the Mexican war. "Our
days," she would say, "were the good old
times of log-cabins, and training in the Word
of God and the catechism. The people then
knew their rights, and dared to maintain
Reformation
allegiance
Campaign.
appeared
widow
Declaration
commentary
Covenanters."
positions,
exercise
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mem;
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issue.
f>1
Mrs. Barkley
intimate with Mary
Loyalists,Johnston,
admirable matron,
tioned "The Women of Revolution."
was
another
(
men-
in
the
To the latest period of her life she was skilful with her needle, and spent much time in
sewing. In person, she was of medium
height and large; her full face showing not
many furrows; her snow white locks shading
a high and massive forehead; her eyes of
piercing brightness, and full of intelligence.
She was lively, and fond of cheerful convcrsation, entering with interest into the mirth
of those around her; and esteemed by all
who knew her as.one of the most interesting
of women, considering her great age.
FALSE EDUCATION.
The early breaking down into invalidism
of the American women is the subject of
frequent remark. Our young maidens are,
is a class, beautiful but delicate, and hardly
do hosts of them get out of their teens before
they become more or less the victims of
Several of our cotemporaries, we
are calling attention to one cause of
this evil, viz: The overworking of girls at
school. Where the blame of this is to be
laid we are not prepared to say. We doubt,
however, whether it is all to be put at the
doors of teachers, for we have heard many
of them lament it, especially those having
of public schools. The docility, love
charge
of approbation and emulation, quite
of the sex, taken in connection with
the early age at which they are seated at the
desk, and the early age at which they are
called from their studies, may account for
much of the error. Not only the acquisition
of the common branches of education, but
likewise the acquisition of accomplishment,
is crowded into a few years: and this, too,
with a premature entrance, oftentimes, into
the excitements of society. Natural conse
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many oners or marriage were reiusea. a
short time since she met with one to whose
earnest and sincere devotions she yielded so
far as to name the day of marriage. The
newspapers chronicled the approaching
and the young man lavished the most
expensive presents upon his intended. On
the marriage eve they attended a ball, and
during the danciDg the lady complained of
display
nuptials,
"no
a
us.
observation of every one, are all indicative how things went on at the old place.how
of a great wrong, which threatens to produce he missed me after I left.how the old lady
bitter fruits, to disappoint many of the hopes opposed the match.how Lucy married a
of a progressive and prosperous civilization. a chap "without any music in himself.
how they all had regretted having prevented
Boston Courier.
the match with me, and a hundred > other
t
things. We got "high" over the matter,
fjfotdlatmrais.
for the recovery of the value of his presents.
Major having mellowed into the THE ORIGINAL DEED SCOTT..
communicative stage, informed me
The original Dred Scott is a resident of
that Lucy's husband was not worth his St. Louis, and the News of that city gives
salt.
a sketch of his history The News says:
The distinguished colored individual who
WHO IS REALLY INDEPENDENT ? has made such a noise in the world in the
In one of the statutes passed in the reign case of Scott against Sanford, and who Ips
of Henry the Eighth, idleness is
become so tangled up with the Missouri
in good Saxon English, as being "the
and other great subjects.Dred Scott
mother of all sin." It was the philosophy is a resident, not a citizen, of St. Louts..
of those medieval times, in fact, to regard He is well known to many of our citizens,
it as a man's duty first to serve and honor his and may frequently be seen passing along
Creator, and next to be skilled in some craft Third street. He is an old inhabitant,
or business, so as to avoid coming on the
come to this city thirty years ago. Dred
Commonwealth for support. The acquisition Scott was born in Virginia, where he
even of learning was regarded as but a
to Capt. Peter Blow, the father of
importance. A citizen, it was held, C. Blow and Taylor Blow, of this city.
could He was brought by his master to St Louis,
might be a good citizen even though he not
if about thirty years ago, and in the course of
not read Homer in the original, but
he wanted the ability to maintain himself. time became the property of Doctor
The last was absolutely essential; the first,
a surgeon in the army, whomtiie
as a general rule, was not. If through thrift,
on that trip to Rock Island and Fort
energy, and industry, the ordinary citizen Snelling, on the ground of which he based
study of the his claim to freedom. The wife of Dr.
acquired a competence, then the undertaken.
liberal arts might be properly
was formerly Miss Sanford, and is,Mrs.
But, till then, the first duty of every one Chaffee, wife of Hon. Mr. Chaffee, of
who was not heir to a large estate, was to
He has been married twice, bis
learn some business. It was in this way, to first wife, by whom he had no children; havquote again the words of the old statute, that iog been sold from him. He has had four
our forefathers took care that their children, children by his present wife.two boys both
when grown up, should not be driven from dead, and two girls, both living. Dred was
want or incapacity "to dishonest courses." at Corpus Christi at the breaking out of the
We have made great advances in many Mexican war, as the servant of Captain
whom he speaks of as a 'good man.'
if, in
things since that time, hut we doubt
this particular, we have not gone back. Not On his return from Mexico he applied to,
that our generation attaches too much itb- his mistress, Mrs. Emerson, then living near
portance to the schools and school-masters. St. Louis, for the purchase of himself and
It is impossible to have books, readers or family, offering to pay part of the money
teachers in excess. But those old times
down, and give an eminent citizen of St
surpassed our ownin inthethe dignity they Louis an officer in the army, as security ior
public opinion the payment of the remainder. His mistress
imparted to labor, and
which expected every man to have some refused his proposition, and Dred being
craft or profession by which to earn his bread.
that he was entitled to bis freedom
Education was then considered to include by the operation of the laws regulating the
something more than book-learning, and wasof Northwest Territory, forthwith broaght.suit
regarded, in its true sense, as the forming for it. The suit commenced about ten years
the entire character. The first requisite for ago, and bos cost Dred 8500 in cash besides
the respectable citizen was, that he should labor to a nearly equal amount. It has given
be able to maintain himself, because,
him a heap of "trouble," he says, and if he
this ability, he could not be really
had known that 'it was gwinc to last so long,'
and was liable, through idleness, to he would not have brought it. The suit was
fall into evil courses. Hence the child, defended by '. John Sanford, as executor
from earliest infancy, was taught to look for- of Dr. Emerson's will.
ward to a life of active work as the highest Dred does not appear at all discouraged
citizen, by the issne of the celebrated case, although
dignity of manhood. Henceat every
whatever his rank, "pulled the laboring it dooms him to slavery. He talks about the
oar," each in his own sphere, it is true, but affair with the ease of a veteran litigant,
not the less industriously for that. From though not exactly in technical language,
the King on his throne to the peasant in his and is hugely tickled at the idea of finding
hut, all worked and all worked hard. There himself a personage of such im]«ortance..
were no drones in those days. The class of He does not take on airs, however, but langhs
men with which modern society abounds, the heartily when talking of "de fuss dey made
class that lives only for show, luxury or plea- flar in Washington 'bout de ole nigger."
He is about fifty-five years old, we should
sure, was utterly unknown. The rich did
not consider that their wealth entitled them think, thongh he does not know his own s$e.
te spend their lives in selfish idleness. The He is of unmixed African blood, and- as
poor were not tempted to look or^ labor as black as a piece of charcoal. For two or
disgraceful, and to prefer comparative star- three years past he has been running at large,
vation to comfort and independence.
no one exercising ownership over him, or
At present it is different. At present a putting any restraint upon his movements.
false notion extensively prevails that if la- If he were disposed to make the attempt,
bor is not absolutely disgracef ul, it is at least he could ?ain his freedom at a much less cost
a mark of gentility to have nothing to do. than even one-tenth of the expense of the
Under the influence of this absurd idea
famous suit. He will not do so, however,
of parents who have acquired but
on abiding by the prinoiplesinvolv*
insisting
fortunes are bringing up their children ed in the decision of the suit. He declares
in elegant idleness, forgetting that that
that he will stick to bis mistress as long as
which supports one household will not tie lives. F'q daughters, Elita and "Lucy,
sustain those of a dozen descendants, and less conscientious about the matter, took
that even if it would, wealth cau take wings
of the absence of restraint upon
and fly away. Then great cities, in
their movements, a year or two since, to
are crowded tfith men educated to
and their whereabouts remains
great expectations, but now literally penniless,
and who live, in consequence, from Dred, though illiterate, is not ignorant.
hand to mouth, the honest of them starving Fie has travelled considerably, and has
for more than half their time, the dishonest
his stock of common sense by much
arts of swindlingand
Information picked up, in his journeyings.
practising all the
of crime. Even parents who have no
He is anxious to know who owns him, being
at all, often bring up their sons in idleness.gnorant whether he is the property of Mrs.
"It is vulgar," they say, "to put Uhaffee, or Mr. Sanford, though we presume,
them to a trade." And thus a plentiful ;here is no doubt that the former is his legal
iwner. He seems tired of running* about
crop of shiftless, purposeless, vagrant,
young men are annually turned with no one to look after him, while, Ct the
loose on society, to infect other young men same time, he is a slave. He says, grinningy,
live parasitically on the
that he could make thousands of dollars,
by their example, to die
in the almshouse or f allowed by travelling over the countiy and
and to
community,
ioil if nnt nnrfnr tVio eriillnvq
filing who he is.
He only is truly independent who is
of his own fortunes. No man is master VST It always affords us pleasure to
of his fortunes unless he has learned some
the triumph of genius.the creations of
or acquired ninds
handicraft, studied a profession,
delving in the realms of thought.
habits of business. Such a man, even if We accord in el v eive olace to the following.
he should be rich and afterwards become rhich is do less startling than new. It is,
poor, can never be otherwise than
re presume, from the pen of an unwedded
for he is secure of his daily bread, 'Western
editor."
:an keep out of debt, and need fear to look
"I sat me down in thonght profound,
qo fellow being, therefore, in the face. It
This maxim wise I drew;
It's easier far to like a girl,
would be better for modern society if it
Than make a girl like you."
a healthier public opinion on this
gentlemen affected with calico
subject; if it insisted that every child should £ YouDgwill
please copy.
oe brought up to do something for a living;
[fit honored the worker more than the drone,
md rated the honest laborer above the rich S&* I he Lafayette (la.) Journal publishes
t he following frigid extract from a reply by
md idle sensualist..Baltimore Sun.
a Boone county subscriber to a dunning
A'Peculiar Lawsuit..A young man t
I con't pay.
1oas brought a suit, at Louisville, against a
'Sorry to say, Old Hoss, that
I hain't
to
am
is
I
which
circumsay
most
the
under
very
tight
np,
peculiar
]poung lady,
jitances. It appears that she resides in the n ary red. Ef lard oil was ten cents a
iricinity of Louisville, and has long been r I oould'nt buy enough to grease my har.
<sonsidered the belle .of the circle in whioh I)on't worry it, I freely forgive you the debt,
tihe lived. Her suitors were numerous, and Signed,
~
confidentially
.
^
Bat, daring the night tins lady'
made one.'
grew worse, and at sunrise she was a mother.
The young man says that he could never
have been deceived, had it not been for the
fashion of wearing hoops; and be brings suit
and the old
WREATHS FROM A SMOKER.
DICK NASIl'S COURTSHIP.
Generally, Richard Nash, Esq., inclined
during our trip from Natchez,
Orleans, on the steamer Magnolia,
!<whereof Leathers was master, and Dick
was barkeeper," he seemed pensive. His
were sad, and the ever faithful banjo
distressed manner, as
jsongs
twanged in the most the
the performer struck
minor chords.
«<I never was in love but once, gentlemen,"
said Dick, and seeing a general smile greet
:he assertion, he repeated, that he had
One evening,
(to New
nevjr
been in love but once.
His first love was the daughter of a
old planter, whom we will call Major
to. avoid personalities, and for the same
JBeal,
reason locate the Major near Huntsville,
Alabama.
I had been in the village some time, and
|eecame very well acquainted with Miss
who was really a fine girl. I played the
Danjo for her, aud sung some of my best
clothes all the time.
songs, and wore
myj best
r
1..L!
i.i
.1
l was inigiuy goou looaiag la mose uays,
and
than
Miss
more
Lucy
girls
jgentlemen,
Fancied me. I at last made my declaration
)f love, and was accepted. "Now, Dick,"
jaid I to myself, "be prudent, and you are
i made man." Lucy was everything I could
lesire. We met frequently, and I
to be attentive, played the banjo and
iung for her until her little head was full of
aothingelse but Dick Nash and getting
having
belonged
Henry
Emerson,
accompanied
Emerson
Massachusetts
secondary
'
v
Compromise
characterized,
wealthy
Lujy,
Bainbridge,
continued
marked.
"I asked her if I could visit her at home ?
(
She consented, and promised to use her
of course, and, being an ouly child-,
jou may be sure it amounted to something.
[ recollect the day perfectly well, that I rode
mt to her father's place. Every body knew
^ he Major's plantation, and I tell you my
jicart beat high as I rode for nearly a mile
|jetween two high fences with cotton fields,
m both sides, aud over fifty hands at work.
jLucy was in the front porch waiting for me.
r
The moment she saw me, she called her
who came down to the front gate to meet
{ne. He gave me a cordial welcome, and
t ellinganegro man, named uncle Ben, to
t,ake charge of my horse, walked me off by
he arm to the house. Lucy was all smiles,
rhc old lady, after surveying me with her
;ray eyes, thro' a pair of magnifying
seemed to make up her mind I would
(lo.
I will not tire you with a minute
of all that happened, the Major showed
1
certainly
inlucnce,
informed
without
independent,
father,
r
descripion
place and counted his darkies;
1he old lady made me look at her chickens
rind cows. I was the accepted lover of an
approved by the
>nly child, and the match
was
worth
about eighty
The
jarents.
Major
I
1 housand dollars ! [This last remark was
to an inquisitive Yankee, who
c
to be satisfied with the explanation.] I
Jcept going and coming, and staying and
for some time. One day Lucy
Jsourting
me to bring out my banjo and play for
folks. I had a presentiment that I
jladbe oldbetter
not, and hesitated. But Lucy
lad set her heart on it, and I could not re
r
O. ll..
T I«A1.
* use. O'J
uut,
ny banjo with me, and after supper in the
soon
jvening I tuned her up. The sound
round the
plantation
jrought Ihalf of the
noticed the old lady looked a
rouse.
and
shy, but the niggers, and Ithe Major, into
and
were
on
pitched
Lucy and myI tellside,
he banjo,
you what, I made
The Major could hardly keep in his
mots; Lucy fairly cried with gratified pride,
ind the niggers, unable to contain
pairedreel.off in the yard and had a
Congo
"The old lady sat speechless with astonishnent,
her mouth and eyes open, and her
irrns hanging down by her side. The next
some
norning I left veryin early, having
business
town. The Major saw
ne to the gate and made me promise to
some back soon and spend a week. So afer getting through my business in town, I
vent out to the place prepared to remain a
veek, and determined to have every thing
1 ne over
.
specta:les,
|
the
adIressed
seem;d
as:ed
*
me lie a t uiue
mnnt /.«>
x ircuii
a ;uu a.
hundreds
moderate
estate
advantage
disippear,
a-mys:ery.
consequence,
Utile
-
music.
themselves,
regtlar
'
-
improved
finally
fortunes
goodfor-nothing
imjortant
t
,
characteristic
ixed before I
mcle Ben did
^uences 01 tnis are neaaacnes, crooKeaspines,
nerves, weak eyes, debility, chron-
it
<
disease.
perceive,
himself,disordered
ill
l
posterity traveling up the river, when a gentleman
The stepped up to me and asked me if my name tender manner. Arrived at home, they bid
hosts of physicians, the statistics of the death was not Nash. It was the old Major. We each other adieu, with fond anticipations of
of infants, daily occurring facts within the took a drink, and he gave me all the news; the coming day, which was to see the (twain
or
rcligious
sturdy
-\
.Mil"
that
in
a
acquainted
^
settled
left. When I got to the gate,
not come as usual to take ray
lorse, so I led him to the stable myself. I
vent up the house, and I saw at a glance
hat there was something wrong. The
was cold and stiff, while the old lady was
Lucy
ictually insultingthein her insinuations.
vas sent out of
way to a neighbors. I
lid not stay long you may depend. Putting
in all my dignity, I wished them good day,
amd went to the stable for my horse. There
1! found uncle Ben almost in tears. "Well,
imcleBen, what's the matter here?' I asked.
' 'Mass
Nash, dare is war in the plantation,
t>out you
," "What about me ?"
"Old Missus say you plays dat banjo too
£;ood for her use. She say you'se some
s bowman dropped down in this part of the
clountry, shore. Massa tuck your side, but
Maor
ic complaints, that occasion more mischief,
moral as well as physical, than many may
imagine. What must follow where the wife
ind mother is the victim of ill health, can
be easily imagined. And how many instan;es are there of this ill health traceable to
ihe grievous mistakes of parental vanitv or
;houghtles§nes9, in subjecting mere children oild Missus carried do day. Massa's been
j:o the inevitable deleterious effects of over- r arin and tariu 'round de place whippin de
;asking the brain, keeping to sedentary pur- rliggers for nuffin, he's so mad. Miss Lucy
committed
received
stepfather,
I
NO,18.
slight indisposition, which, becoming
resumedbetter
fast," she asked her affianced to
her home, which he did in the most
conduct
guests. Presently, the whole party
j
lawful
by
tramp
feet.,
Answer door,
lane. They rushed
passed
flying prisoner,
lordship
character.
shelterless,
immediate
<
~
preparation
lordship,
Cornwallis,
11 TTT i ^
.
potato-patch
digging,to the jocular when relating his adventures.
Cornwallis.
Savannah,
After
-
-
i'i
lewis k. geist, publisher.
A
most wna, sne is, ana sayssne 11 aie Dy you.
suits, involving continenient, unnatural
Dare's war in the plantation, Mass Nash;.
unrelieved by vigorous open air
? This is not a .subject on* which it is mind I tell you."
"I saw how it was. My fondness for
our province.were we competent.to speak
had ruined all. I gave uncle Ben a
in detail. But.it is a subject which demands
the
It
concerns
serious
consideration.
quarter, and mounting my horse rode away."
very
It
Here Dick passed his fingers over the banjo,
thousands.
and
of
happiness
propriety
concerns the comfort and joy of numberless and the audience could just detect a few
homes. It concerns the cause of humanity; chords of t:Oh! no toe never mention him."
inasmuch as the abuses alluded to, threaten "Two ot three winters after that,"
Dick in a more cheerful mood; "I was
to bring on, in some respects, an alarminc
surrounded degeneracy
posterity.and
behind
only generation
necessary
decoration,
~
-
keeping
cannon,
Carolina,
refugees,
I
country
conquered
n
.
near the mouth
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