Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-01-26
From the Washington Reporter.
WAsHIScroN, Jany Is, &c.
JomS BAUsMAN, ESQ
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To the subject on which | wrote YOU, having
occurred here within Few days past, together
with your liberal invitation, induce me TO
trouble YOU again.
You. perhaps, have learned that a very en-
terprising ANA intelligent gentleman of the
name OF lYMAS T.. DRArlR, wa, recently IN
your section OF country, collecting material
Tor Border History This gentleman aud
myself have been IN correspondents. and on
the 3lst ult | received a letter from him
dated Baltimore. Dec. 18th. lSij. giving an
outline oil his tour aud the very rich harvest
al documents he had rcapt. With the whole
| letter was delighted. but it Was with more
than ordinary dslight | read the following:
after mentioning other collections MIR. Draper
added; ITO these Imuy add most Interesting
| aud udiudbie roooiiootionS Of Mrs. Cruger.
,rho, rdS Obligated 20 fnd, Il hping Chronf-
Gle of the good and chiruirouS oLion time, DC. -
This was, indeed, casting a fire brand into
| the comparatively small magazine at my own
mind, aud as MIR Diaper informed the ot the
probability ot Ms. Crugcr being in the city OF
Washington, and at Mrs. Cavliu's. I lost not
| moment To ascertain the, to me. most int
resting fact. was, indeed. rewarded. found
Mrs. Crugcr. and last Saturday had her inyal-
liable company at my humble board.
This precious relict of past Age, in her
S0th year, but with every faculty of mind uu-
spirits, was once the heroine daughter uf Capt
John Boggs, afterwards vile oil Col. Moses
Shepherd, and now the widow of General
Crugcr. This fine woman was born in Bed
ford County, Virginia, but removed. when
small girl To Ohio County, in the vicinity of
| Wheeling. and was in both sieges of Vince
ling. siriy nine years past. Mrs. e.. has re-
sided the greater part al her long life on. aud
Is now the owner of, the ground at the Forks
A
stands, and which was erected b. her first
husband, Col. Moses Shepherd.
There is no hazard III saying. that Lydia
Boggs, Lydia hcphcrd, and finally LYDIA
Crugcr is one amongst, il not the most SPLEEN
did remains now la earthly life of the great
| Age oi the West. An age of true heroisln OF
which TO my own knowledge she possessed
an ample share. Her step. mother was sis
ter To David Williamson--her elder brother
Tell under savage hands, and truly may state
that she was nurturcd in danger and death. -
Though my personal feelings towards Mrs
CrugcI, partakes largely of gratitude, a. in her
fathers house, l spent many ct the most
happy days oi my early life, aud her eldest
surviving brother, John Boggs was my warm
TREND, when both were Young vet the truth
/ Tn nature, of the character | have drawn, will
bc acknowledged by all who ever hal the
happiness To know, and yet live To admire
| Mrs. Cruger
To me, ON whose heart even the hills and
wales oi the fine country YOU iuhabit have
charms on remembrance, hir above the powers
of descriptive langusgc-wha, must be- the
feelings with which, BEE aud converse with
one involved IN the same scenes years before
tho American Revolution closed. To recall
10 remembrance 80 many known To both and
who have slept in dust more than half
century. To speak OF and yet mourn over the
graves oi ~ many who paid th. forfeiture OF
life tn prepare home for those who now en-
Joy the great bcqucst. Does - not, indeed.
partakc of that suhli"rc cIsltation OF soul
which We nue. suppose consequent on rcsur-
rcCtio", 10 thus again give reality to events
IN winch we have, personally, more or less
partdkeni hope Won may not have good
reason to repent the Iibcrality of your invita-
ton. oil folks arc prone To garrulity i'm
Speaking. and love the tales of former DAYS;
hut YOU must complain when imposed ON.
winch iondncss for the subjects aud want ot
consideration on my part may inflict on YOU
but tn clos, now, let me supply an omis-
s'on IN my last. When speaking of the men
from the nelghborhood oi Washington, who
icll ia Crawiords defeat, instanccd William
luminous, and William Johnson a. leaving
orphan children. John Campbell who was
kilted on the field. also left, a. did the two
others, widows, and the former son. John
Campbell, married IN the neigborhosd where
was born, Rozanns Pettigrcw, whose sisters
Were the wives of Samuel MCulloch, of Ten
Mile, aud Sampson Michel, of Pigeon. Creek.
The old mother of these latter women, MIR.
Elizabeth Pettigrcw, died in your vicinity. as
DID another daughter OF the same christian
name with her mother.
mention these respectful notices of the
early settlers, as their names arc the letters
win which the history OF human lille il writ
ten. In the anxious cares of existence the
real progress and change of years is overlook
ed. itdemands strong efforts OF retTospcction
10 retrace and realize the revolution OF any
society IN period OF fifty or sixty year,. Ii
almost taxes Crcdulity when | state. nv nor
sonal knowledge, in life, Of the mother of tho
Workmans, the father Of thc Let's: old
William and John Houston, Col. Thomas
Stokcley, long before his marriage, that re-
member the entrance OF James Ross to the
bar That was living on Charters Creek
Tour years before Alexander Reed arrived
there, aud, also, before the arrival of hisuncle
Alexander Cunningham; that was there
when John Hoge arrived was there before
william Mcetkirke and Nancy Roberts were
married. There when Pcdcn Cooke. William
Faulkner John PuTyiance William Meetkirke
and John Dodd. were tavern keepers. and
when the Court sat in harm and condemned
to death the wretch. in 1882. who gave name
to Galiow's-iill. But now pause on line
past, with the observation tllat too many
neither look hack nor forward.
A. soon rs can command as much leisure
as requisite, intend TO prepare and -end to
YOU, glance into futurity. The whole United
States ere now moved by discussion, that
proves the very limited attention paid To what
debate can neither retsfd ot accelerate. The
steady advance Of the population of the United
States, aud also the steady advance of Iron
Rai' Roads, both connected with the peculiar
structure and relative position oi North A.
mcnca, are operating Revolution in the
political and moral relations OF the whole
h-fih' Congressional Dehates aud Enact.
ments may be very learned, amusing or impof-
tdnt, as the cas- may b.. bat the real ca,,.c
OF tins mighty chang Is too powerful 10 h.
stayed iof moment by haangucs. however
potent nIoy b. the spcskers
WILLIAM DERBY.