Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-03-07
TttB ouAKER's DAUGHTER,
A rALE OF OLD SALEM.

THH 0UAkEKS DAOhh Eth
A TALE OF OLD SALEM.
The annals ofthe year 164s will ever pre-
sent A bolt on the historical pages al Ne"
England, for the period disclosas a fury OF re-
ligInla intolerance, and violence OF peT5ecu-
ton, which darkly stains the character "
those who, In other respects, merit our h'Bh-
cat ecomiuns. U.
1t was during the popular fury in Ne" En-
GLAND against the Quakers, thatthe occurFeh-
&c which | am about 10 relate took place
Before A small, Imprinted house IN Salem
on A beautiful summef evening, sat an ola
man and a fair girl his daughter IheT laceS
hu, ilIv concealed the anxiety OF their hearts
and a listener might easily have seen that
their fearful forehodings were not unlounaeo'
"VeriIy," said the old man, alter a pause
in conversation, during which he had appear
ed 10 be engaged in inward prayer verify 1he
hand of persecution is upon u.s. surrey II
il was the fear Of the tender mercle5 Of the
wicked in. this place that caused my o"h VINE
Rebeeca, to 20 down to the grave, ere yetthe
grasa-hopper had become a burden 10 hef ~
+ has TO me. And now, poor William Whal
uill become Of hint Twice he has suffered
the cruel sentences Of an unrighteous Jaw Tor
/ visiting thee, my daughter, ! pray Ioa ne
| NAV NOT have the temerity to return,
"Amen," with blahched cheek, and .eartnl
evea. calculated the maiden. Her onxlous
af,itnde-her clasped hands all told a tale, OF
| deem affection. To William Horsely mad heF
youthful faith been plighted,while yet she was
N her native England, aud the extent OF ms
affection NAV be imagined when it is reEnom-
bered that twice, as the reader has already
| been informed, had he been publicly whipped
| for yenturing within the precincts OF that Town
from which he had been banished. The PEN
| altv for the third offence was death, and yet'
in spite of the danger he had dared, week after
week to visit her whom he loved and her
afectionate remonstrances only served 10
tn heiohten his passion for one VINO, IN her
| love for another, thought not of herself
lone and anxious did the daughter and IA
thor converse on their future prospects. They
could not suppose that, known as they were
IN ba Ouakers, they could long live unnoles-
tod--b1t there was in the breast Of each a
carefully nourished hope that their perfectly
o,iat life might, at least for a time, avert the
storm which they felt to be gathering.
But these hopes were vain. AS the two
.roae to retreat to their dwelling from the
night air and dew, their attention was ares
ted nv loud voices, aud the tread of heavy feet.
Soon a narty of rough, il.favored men stopped
at the door oftheir humble cottage, freely en-
tered and seated themselves within, and be-
ga1@fo mass their usual rough lests, which the
6resence of unprotected beauty will always
eyc;te in the minds of the brutal and unteel-
ing c, o.
with undisguised alarm. She' wholly I'M
nrotected-ior her father appeared stnpifsd
with this before unheard-of liberty with his
property, and said not a word-butby the oc-
casional fash Of his eys at SOM new outrage.
If wac easv to see that in his younger days a
mich smaller insult would have called forth
something besides angry looks. j.
1.-THE town can't afford you, old fellow
said the leader of the gang, "to cumber this
ground any longer. So. stir your stumps ant
be off. IF you're here at 6 O'Clock tomorrow
morning, BY the whiskers of the Virgin, you
shan't have a roof to cover you
~ obey,' said the old man meekIy'
but as for this little sparrow" continued
the ruff ,Hif she can fancy me, she shall &c
home and live with me. What say you, mi
/, dear I" a
"AhI know how the wide lies. have
seen that Horsley around here before now
;. but, bark We you know his fate as well as
I do, if he ventures into those parts again
: So. warn him, ! am on the look out"
The distress and alarm depicted on the
q pirl's countenance was 30 evident that thu
e Slow stopped and after reiterating his in
= functions to the old man, the band took a wei
com leave.
n A short time was consumed in making pre-
9 parations for their departure, but ere the
i arrangement could be completed, the old ma
was stricken down with a burning fevel
The u%nusual excitement had been too muC
n for him,and fastened disease, the symptom
of which he had felt for two or three days.
: For some minutes after the truth broke uE
!. on the mind of the daughter, she RENAME
: supplied, not knowing whittier to turn. A
their Quaker friends (aBd they had no othels
had deserted the place.-Her lover she kne
would fy to her assistance, if he could
made acquainted with her setuation, but b
presence would but increase her anxiety al
j. in any case, she did not know where to fiji
him.
- But her strong mind soon discovered Il
only course in her almost hopeless situatio
Id The house she was aware, would be sackC
n, in the morning, and if she was disCovere
e moth ing could save her from public disgrac
Food and medicine, teo, must be obtained I
her father, and the only way to get it was
50 leave him; returning at night.
10 To a little ruined o6t house, at some dista
8 CO from their dwelling, she carried bed, a
having rendered the place 80 comfortable
as possible; she carried the old man thith
and having nursed him until morning, she 5
IL early left him, not without fearful, forebodins
- Nor were her fears entirely groundless.
the morning the houss was ransacked a
ct stripped Of every valuable. But the nov
from its mean appearance was not visited. a
| the ensuing day having that day wander