The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1841-07-08
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! tiS SitpsI part u. tHiS toillt, DtCUlllt DIT
qualnted with family whose history i.
somewhat singular. Ii you, Mr.. Editor
think the facts worthy Of place IN th,
Journal, you are at liberty 10 record then
for the eIane3cent notice Of the public.
About the year 800, there lived in tho
wild and mountainous principality Of Wales
two neighboring families, by the name o
Barron and Morgan, where, for seyera
centuries their ancestors had lived and dicC
amid the rugged scenery Of their own na
tive mountains. Dugald Barron marriel
the daughter Of a wealthy gentleman it
the neighbothood, and lived happily viii
the companion Of his choice. Onc son, The
only offspring Of this union, had just arrly
ed at the age of manhood, with heart a.
hight aud free as the air that Kissed the
flowers, that boomed upon the rugget
sleeps before him. But not always wa,
Charles TO be free Mary Morgan Often
was before him, the image Of grace ant
loneliness his heart yielded TO the soft anC
seductive charms Of Mary, whose bosom
seemed the receptacle of every thing pure
and vlrluous.
About this period, there arose a dssen.
sion between Dugald Barron and William
Morgan, about small spot Of land, which
both claimed. Barron became at length
so much iEcensed at Morgan and his fam.
lily, that he positively threatened to disin.
herlt his son, should he again visit the Oh.
loct Of his hearts dearest soliciiudc. Nor
gan, not to be behind him in bitterness, for.
babe Charles his house and threatened his
daughter with his most signal displeasure,
should She continue to receive his attcl-
ton. This state Of affairs wa source
Of extreme unhappiness to the young,
fond aud now separated lovers; but what
viii not love do
Heaven first taught letters for some wretohes aid
Some banished lover, or some captive maid;
They 1--we, they breathe, they speak what love in
spires,
Warm from the soal, and faithful TO lis fires,
The virgins wish without her fears impart,
Excuse the blush and pour out all tho heart,
Spend the soft intercourse from soul to soul
And wait sigh, from Indus 10 the pcle"
Many were he letters ,hut passed be.
tween them, and to make the matter short,
by this means Of communicate, the two
lovers determined upon plan to embark
90 board vessel which then happened to
be laying off the coast, bound 10 Baltimore.
All lh-lr atiairs were arranged in short
time, and without communicating their de-
parturo TO any one, they embarked and
babe farewell to the land of their BIRTH
What crowd Of thoughts and feeling
rushed across their souls as they gazed up
on their native land, until it faded away in
the distance There, they both left ia.
thcr and mother, who must soon wake W
from the pillow OF repose and slumber anc
/ find themselves chlld!ess How often ha(
the young couple felt unhappy, but now
oh how happy "O'er the dark blue sea
they were speeding away from the homes
Of their childhood and youth, to the land
of strangers, with but little of this world
goods, save the treasure that each possess.
cd in the fond and enduring affections Of
the other. On the fourth day after their
embarcation the heavens began to grow
dark and lowering, black seemed the wa
tiers of the ocean as the dark clouds swept
across the sky, casting sable hue On all
around at last the winds began to chase
each other across the painless waste of
waters, in wild and ungoyernable fury
As quick as possible the vessels head was
brought to the wind, while every piece of
canvass that foatod in the gale was blown
"a, fof bN IN, 4,
waves while onward the vessel was impel-
ed, over the waters like lightning, crack.
ing and grooming in every post. About l l
o'clock at night the hold was sounded and
nearly six feet of water discovered. All
was now confusion and CONSERVATION: then
was seen depicted in more ccuntenances
than one the awful stare of despair. Here
might be heard the applications Of those
about to be launched into etern.y there
the wild farewell of one whose thoughts
bounded far away over the pillows, to his
home where fond wife and child all un-
conscious of his danger lay dreaming Of
the promised happiness that his return
would create; but alas never shall that
husband behold that wife, never again shall
that child look upon that fond face and say
father; for, deep, deep in the :athomless
depths of the ocean he sleeps forever
All hands that could be spared, were i'm
mediately called to the pumps, where they
worked with the energy of drowning men
until 10 o'clock in the morning when, the
vessel was found fast setting in the water.
AlInow looked anxiousiy for the boats, but
alas, all had been dashed to pieces or wash.
ed overheard by the waves. Death now
stared them all in the face in one of its
most appalling forms. Charles aud Mary
had during the whole scene of terror re.
manned by each other and now resolved to
live or die together, The Captain order.
ed barrels, and every species Of lumber TO
be thrown overheard, for the poor unlortu-
nate mariners TO cling TO, when the frail
bark no longer afforded place Of exis-
tcucc for the beings that crowded her deck.
Charles amid the confusion and despair
that reigned around, selected a large box
and by means of ropes attached large
spar across it; this he launched upon the
bounding pillows, and fastening one end of