The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1823-04-04
AN ORIGINAL CHARACTER.

AANAA OHhhAO Elk.
Died. OIL Sunday, Cd ult at Bedford,
ms tate residence in Abbeyville district,
% carolina, Richard Andrews Rapley,
esq.
TINS well known old man, about the
year IIob came from London TO s Car.
ohna, as the agen, of Joseph Salvatore,
I'D the management ofthe immense estate
called the mos land. Notwithstanding
the devoted partiaiity for hi. native land,
which seemed to increase with the length
OF his absence from il, in the revolutions.
ny struggle, he zealously espoused the
cause OF his adopted country and in
various capacities contributed to It's sue
cess IN the desultory, predatory warfare
OF the back country. He~asa member
OF the Provincial congress he was one
OF the commissioners who signed the S.
CaroiIna currency, and hao held a post
IN the prymaste-'s department, which
entitled him to the rank Of colonel As
aJnsiice OF the peace h was ~ use Ia a =
bite OF disput IND preserv o peace IN
times OF confusion, and an efic lent mem
be- OF the county courts at subsequent
period His usefu. know ledge made him
while the settlements were Young, the
phy and lawyer Of his neighbor
hood and. as his services were bestowed
gratuitousiy. so thew were never offici.
ously obiruded when no longer required
by the situation of the country He was
Tor many years commissioner in equity
and with delight 'e.scted the forms of
the English chaEcery, with which his
early reCollections were familiar. InGe
pendent and somewhat arisioc ratio In his
notions and manners, he pursued his
course-did good TO many-harm TO
none.
long while ago he settled upon a
large and fertile tract of land on Long
Cane creek, in small, rude log cabin
Ills indigo and cotton fields soon extend
cd as Tar as the eye would reach on every
side. Always considering his habi alton
as but temporar,,he pr pped It's Offering
corners, and piled upon il layer of boards
oVerilayer, while the timber for the per
maneDt edihoe which filed his magma
ton, rotted again and sg in of the spot
long marked out for their erection.
Passionately devoted to horses, without
regardto pains or expense, he reared
heads OF the finest form and blood grew
young when he Witnessed the pubic
performance of his faVorites, and in lates,
hours OF infrmity, sought relief in the
sight OF his coursers in training
Hospitable, well read, full of aDecdote
and. elated when company broke the
series OF his solitude, he was visited with
pleasure by men of curiosity and refine.
ment. In the little log house, which
with difficulty could be singled out fro
the numerous negro log cabins that sur
Rounded IL, were constantly found the
richest viands for body and mind, the
Il;assive plate upon the ricketv cross l. Q.
ged pine ta5le, the choicest collection f
English aud French literature OH the
: coarsest, ciumsiest eheives; and wihai
he oldest mixture Of elegance and rude
ness Hegwas an ardent admirer of beau.
~, very pattern for the young of gall
lantry and ease Of manners yet he lived
and died bache or, with fund of cheer
iulness, which neither disease, age nor
misfortune, could exhaust, the greater
part OF his lie was spen with no other
security, than his faithful black domes-
tics and these he treated with the most
affectionate tenderness.
He attained the age which could not
have been less than ninety, and it is be-
lieved left neither will or known relation