The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1842-03-03

There IS County IN Alabama call Ma
rengo. The circumstances under which
the appellatlon was given 10 il are alluded
to in All address before the University Of
Alabama by Mr.. A. b. Mcek-they are
connected with some historical incidents
not generally known 10 this country. AZ.
ter the fall Of Napoleon, several OF his dis
tlnguished Generals and companions came
10 the United States and received from
Congress ON the 3rd Of March 1917, a
grant Of lands in Alabama, the conditions
Of the grant being that the emigTanis
should cultivate the vine upon one acre OF
each quarter section, and the olive upon
another; and al the end of fourteen years
should pay TO the General Govcrnmen,
two dollars an acre for fce.simple title
to the land. Among the grantees were
Marshal Grouchy, Gen. Leiebyre Des-
noue,Is, Duke Of Danlzic and Marshal
and Peer of France, Gen. Count ClauseI,
Gen. Count Real, two Generals AlIemand,
and General Naudamme, Lakanal, Pen.
nIers, and GARNER dc Suintes with mum.
bcr Of other subordinate officers. They
settled upon the Tombecbco river and
called their colony after the noted hatile.
field Of Mareugo--a name which the
county embracing the locality Of the settle.
mcnt still bears.
For Il time, it appears, the military ru.
ralqts dwell peacefully and happily in their
nea homes, and with the characteristic
philosophy Of frcuchmen adapted them.
solves to the circumstances of their condi.
ton. A traveller in lSl9 passing through
the settlement was ierried over a river by
the officer who had commanded Napo-
Icons advance guard on his return from
k.Iba. While the warlke husbandlnan
turned the sword into plough-sharc and
the spear into pruning hook, the female
portion Of the coloDists were employed in
avocations still more IN contrast with their
former modes of life. The Address re.
marks -
Here, dwelling in cabins, and engaged in
humble attention 10 tho spinning wheel and the
loom, or handling the wedding hoe and the rake,
~ Their little gardens, were NATIONS and mai
dens, who bad been born TO proud titles and high
estates, aud who had moved as stars OF pafticu.
Tar abortion, amid the fashion and refinement
and imperial display Of the Court of versailles.--
And veto their honor be il stalod-po,with
standing the rustic and Ill proportional eireum.
stances around them, they did not appear dlspi
rted or miserable. Nothing Of angels ruined ~
vas visible in their condition. They were con.
tented sm'ling-happy."
Onc OF the most amusing things among
the unusual complianccs which these cele.
braied warriors yielded TO with native
good humour, was TO see them mustered
and drilled by militia officer, on training
days-according to the statutes of the
commonwealth made and provided.
But these unquIct spirits, continues the
address, nursed in The storms Of battle and
the commissions of States, could not long
brook the peaceful pursuits Of agriculture
and one by one, they left, sorae Tor the mr..
mics OF the South American RenubIlcs
some for their native country, until in
1888, hardly vestlgc of the colony re-.
manned. A stranger would now in vain
look amongst the black lands and the
broad cotton fields of Marengo for the
SIMPLE patches upon which the Duke Of
Danizic or Count Clausol ATTEMPTED In
cultivate the olive aud the yine.-Bol,i.
more American
ondkes.-A man in Illinois recently