The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-10-20
Faa he Charleston css,isr.
Remembrance OF the Re-
roiufi0n.
FANNY KEnBLE n souTH-cAR0LISA.


viii soms h,lle rhsgrin read some
dine sinrs ~ an Ensll.h periodical. Bent.
Irv.l paper by Mr.. Boiler. laE Fanny
Ksabls. enl1lrd !. A Wlnisfs journey 10
Gearsia." NV ehagsin wss noi eres
s.nned Nv her graphic and rather anus
ing descriptions Of The dirty iaverhs. in
s.lent ssrvsais. mi sersble meals. wel tow
els. and bal rnsds. o. lhs .slsses aud
6nrs. wlo gashrrcd round aud Tie
ssan carriages. bolh equally new in our
ptHs ~aa,is; liar them 1 have ao,hng 10
say. Only ! would sugges that the peffrei
navrls q lila, ,ine 81 every thing con-
nee.rd with travelling eonvsniencss mihis
section nf our Slsir. should give us claim
10 an exira shsre ri ehally; aud lkal she
success a the wsnderlul exsrli0n then
m.kins By lhe eilizeas OF Norh t'arol,na
IN foFm,ng the great com0naicauon be
tween chsrlrsian and Balnmore. his re-
moved I'll ,hasr d .fIieullies 50 nying 10 .
I DIV. sha like Mrs. Bs,Ief, had always
eni,yed every lSKury sad every au,niion
. 6ar l.ds rrqused. We hope. too. The
mannprs ol anI s.bnf." are some y hal iIn.
Prassd--sndl Would .ugges, ,isl The anr-
Ie,y 20 see oBf frsl raj road trains Vas in
Iens-. AMI lssgecrawds ssseRbled a, every
po,n t,wiin-s.the srnval sndfeparure.
Ard esen Mrs. ID will excuse them wh.n
che learns thAl Tie ..hauas"s Il North Car
cl,na advanced al li.e ,nnney 10 build The
49, n,lrs Of road and ppfcLare ,hr Gur
s'esm hosts which cnusey The pss..ng 70
10 and lrom Charleston. AL, the slork IL
Owned 10 ihis SAFE On The lias Of Me
road.
The cause Of nf.nre j. one that l. In
eomm.n with lhous tnds Of No ID Csroli
mans. feel Ear asre deeply than any ,rol-
lapsIke cuts at nor pnscrly AMI bontish
manners, I alladr % The slander"us impu-
t,lioa 70 ,de on one Of The most esteemed
eunzsns Of our Sl4le. Col. Slncunb. |
shauld net have thought Il Of sufficient
importance had IL been confined 90 10.
reign paper, but 10 dsy tind the whole
copied into one of the bet papers in The
Uaion--ihs New York Exprsss-andl This
indie.ses Il sIlI be sen' through The whole
oil the States.
Mrs. b. gives very correct accoun, OF
the coloael and Is his NAHUM, rs il sp.
psa,d by night l. 10 common iwo
sorry frame house. very sncien,-and so
Sss rs master, tor restei 4, say The We
nerable culonel died The 9TH day Of July.
IstO, IN the 9,h yraroi his age. rhtosgh
khis long life he maintained aeharaclrr lcr
nabIunded hospitality add srlci morality.
That he s~ervtd from his known h.bfIs
on hs, me occssIon % levy 6Ity cent
contribution fnr bad supper on uufonu.
nate travellers, M one who ever knew
him ~ill believe. May Of the pssseu-
gsrs offered TO pay for their supper. aud u
Was refused. some ii them lett money.
but not on The demand Of Col. Slacomb.
The other charge that three Of the sable
daiussls Who waved a. ,lls supper table
we're the Coionel's own psogeny. IsenIite-
lya grstullous uniruih. OF his hume.
rous slaves, lie had bu, one who showed
any mark Of white blond-anj she 10 but
one fourth whrte-her father a nulatto,
aud her muthes perfect African. Well
night Mrs. ID. style thea sable dsmseIs,
Tor hlscktr crew was never as,smbl, d
on board Gu,neanan, anil nothing but
The mslicIous wish 10 give slsuderuus
cut at wealthy slsveholder. Induced her
- make the remark. which. had Col.
Slocomb lived TO hear il. would have
grIsved his honest heart more than any
accusation she could make, unless she
called him tory.
A Few sketches Of Col. S.'s services.
will, think, smuse your readers, aud
serve To show that we, his ncIghboss, do
nut over estimate the mtn.
Fanny KembIe's was not the first B'i-
iish party who lntrud'd the mseIres on the
humble mansion Of Col. Slocomb, and sur
FUNDED his hospilsble board, drank his
home made wine," which. brgg'Hg The
ladys pardon. vas peach brandy, and
excellent il was t"o, and par.ook ofsuch
dsinIles asa North Carolina farmers wife
could provide.
In The year l7s--. AFTER the battle OF
the Cuspens. GuilIord, &c Lord Corn
~'lhs led hue troops through this part oil
North Carol,ns; for several days hls he ad
quarters sere a, Sprlnghsnk. an The
Muse. the plantation Al present oi Gen.
N;chnIas Washington. While Col. Tarle-
tan. with HI. renowned lsglon. encsmped
on Slccomb's plantation. aud had his
heal quarters IN the mansi N 81 graph
clly described BY MIS-. Butler. Sln-
comb al that time held subaljern's CON
mrss,on 10 The State line. under the com
mand Of Col William Washiagtnn. HIS
huop consisted OF CsroIma "boors.
Raced in hls own neighborhond, aud as
radely srmed.as such troops ever were. "A
mu.ke,, par, of Fsnny's " armory." was
one OF their most affective weapons. lie
Q.ieu,. \ had been sen, into The low
country with some IL or Is men Tor re-
fruits. apd.i" nc, rs scouis ~ The ne'gh-
bnhood OF he rem ,wned Blush Genes
sPaor &c Laws! I briievr, IS L. raj transia.