Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-12-03
FOR THE ENQUIRER.
THE INDIGENIST. No. ..

Soclus ct cousors Iaboris. :. CICERO.
AS my intend has recoiied from the task of
au'oDiography, IL tails TO ms to narrate The par.
ticaiarso of his birth, educat ton and atlyeutnres
JASPER FoREsrERE, Esq. has AN ADVANTAGE
In respect OF parentage, which, in his case. re-
In"Ves Tue difhcuity so common in this country,
o. tracing geneaiogy beyond the grandfather
or sreat-crandfdther This losing of the source
OF The genealogical line, i'm no very distant
tnnes, Is circumstance of republican boast
WIN many, who.if their immediate ancestry is
stream OF their blood
w Has crept thro' scoundrels ever since the food"
=" "''e u'herS' much VeXed al not being able 10
h"%e tins matter ont 10 their satisfaction. are
tempted 10 assume fictitious ances,ry-and
white false pride thus PROMPTS them TO deceit
"ouiu start abashed upon asceridninC in their
tue heraIdric coat, instead of a .reyhound
c""cnant rs or, pa,r of handouts, casped III
a 'AD'e nsld But my friend is put 10 no such
Shlit". 1he tiisfOI his ancestors, who emiyrated
10 hmerica, was the second sou of a famous
yorkshire Tory toA-hunter, who, abnut the
years on cur Lord lbs6 aud 81, celebrated MS
!'6tfco tOi0Xts, hyeAtraordiuary feats of ayility
III hunting, aud his loyalty to the king by
equally extraordinary 1eats OF drinking quart
bumper" TO divine rights, aud damuaiion TO
NIop-eaIed wings. In ,hat,age, even the eldest
so"s OF families Ofsnch ra.dI were miserably
ehncated "a of course, my friends ANCESTOR
MAY ne supposed 10 have been no great scholar
Ia tact, hts scholarship reach 10 farther thnn
10 an imperfect knowledge OF reading and
10 so"e SkH lhthe cbace, aud more cops!dera.
nie capacity Ia diminishing the contents of the
ndson. From these circumstances we caunot
n; surprised, that, without the plivty of his
i"t"et, Tie paced h!S affections on, and married
pretty dairy maid. la bis native village, in
consequence vi which, the old IHau whose
teilper was then peculiarly liable 10 eXaspera-
ZION, from Inc recent charge of SOVEREIGNTY
rom James 10 llliam, Immediately renOuuc-
ca E'in, with an oath, TO cut him off with a
oi'illiUg 10 buy him halter But fortunately
the young man, upon then comin. % are. re-
cei'ed the legacy of d relation 10 be pald at
tna. ,lnle, winch enabled him to'proceed To Il
country where, lie had heard, haiIers were NOT
=" 40 much requsitlon for the promotion of
honesty, as In good Odd England:
arriving IN TINS slate. lie purchased valu-
aDe tract oi land III one OF the lower counties !:
erected homely dwelling; proceeded 70
clearing ground Tor tie cultiva ton of tobacco,
ana III The process of time became, what was
tnen icimed wealthy planter. In The course
OF me last ten years of the I7ih century, lie had
several children. dli ofwhom died but one how
haVIn. lived To witness whose marriage. he
himself expired about tie wear 1880 This
son possessing no marked character died al a
miadIe age, leaving also son, The grandfather
OF Jasper, whose peculiarities deserve some
hotice acre, merely Us having a distant influ-
shce on the Character ofmy FREUD. As know.
ledge had made some progress in the state.
sihcG ;he time Of his grandfather, his educa,
ton mad been better attended TO- and besides
%
Latin, &C. from the Scotsman WHO was the
Episcopal incumbent oftie parish. But as his
mind was naturally weak, these accomplish.
nents served rather 10 Hourish visioeary pro-
Jects, than 10 produce any useful result Az
the conhding OF his estate TO the mauseemeut
OF ST ward exempted him from the necessity
OF attendance to business aud as his studies
Seemed 10 pariake more of the mechanism of
TASK IMAM of the zest of taste, his lite was
dream Of listlesSneSS and apathy until the
stimulus OF the background and the cock mir
reused him TO agreeable sensation, But. with
ont Sagaclty or Judgment, he Soou became the
oupe OF more artfui persons, both In his busi-
ness and III his pleasures. His comnauions
chedted him his man OF business made his
fortune ont OF him. The English merchant of
lie district, who supplied tie planters aud
ineir saves win foreign goods, obtain one
fRnIlh OF his estate al one tentl of lis yaIue
His rteward and gambling acquaintance OBJ
tanned possession OF another fourth ; aud what
with these losses AID subsequent csrelessness.
he s00n became destitute of the means of en-
Joyiag nus usual agreeable mental stimuln,
deprived of these means of amusement no
sauHteTed into his former habits of mere ms
cbauical study. But al length, soraetJ,,uy even
10 tins dull path, seemed TO revive his sensa-
lions, Gnd iiiS apathy gave way TO a most 0lovy-
inS prtJtct, nPOu reading" The History ofthe
b"ccdneefs III has not been vety long since
Tie idst OF these desperate marauders mad
ceased their depredaiIOus Oh tie American
coast plA ianu extended near the coast, aud
frequently landed aud buried tlieir treasure
on the adjacent creeks aud BAYS. powerfully
excited His iuAgIuatOd~ Between his urOuet-
~ and the beach lay the sandy laild, of a crutiv
son ~ ScOlId. rus person, bdViGg discoyered
tHat TIE mad of Ills DeiehDor WaS brCpeiu.ltv
running upOn the subject OF the hidden trrae!
i've, az" NdSl'FCted hs iuteUiiOH ct cndeavOfiut,
10 retrieve his fortune by digging foi H. amused
nun wiih stotIes 10 Increase his deceptlon fer
lHSlduce, that he bad often heard its oliesi |
D lshDotS say, that the adjacent coast had been
EiSiled Dy Tie piratss Within their rcu,ein- |
Diduce that places could still be pOiufedont
where they had murdered their nri.nncr.-
which IL was well kgOwn was ouly done ~, |
spots TO Which they had consigned tJIeir trea |
sure-and concluded by Offering his rrednions |
ilParer the liberty Of digging Tor il on his land |
Tor one haii OF What shOyid be found T'hs |
proposal was accepted, and las cToD thai year
Ihhcdt ny ab'tractpg bis hands from II to |
inrn ~ Tie sands for the Bnccaueers' gnld
By leading him GU With repsata 4 6tiions Ly |
Tcirsciing his cOusentto dig on us la nd. uf,dcy
the pea That he had discovered certait,in,,cs
IONS vt 'he buried hoard, the crafty sc0tcbn,an
lfew Hom NM at Ieugtb. ytoposa for an
sNtbdDgG OF idnds and, iutetsru for his batieu-
aeIeS' obiahed legal deed for one LaIC of
! Ores'eie remaining lads. Tue expectations
Di tic protector we're DoY al their heiSbt ,yt..,
hey were forever DESTROYED bN a fever rb,,rIt
iufing his cOustain Attendance. Ia bAd vs,fh
" To-" '2r operations Of freaxure-seVkiu0
u'a ei9eHi sou, being called 90 the bedside
. ~ p}1hg parent, the poor man gained
Is@ = az Gig fTodfi0a on tAs coosf oCfLis slofe
20 l,CYth "a JGRo 0sd Ghirk hpe fasa n .o,g |
80" Ho''e, hae 1Frut UgiH aregfiDaS ~ orriyg H.
~ Hftabd We0tfk xht.h fVLOr ~ detnsl5 rassy.s |