The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1848-02-12
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age. however, she had imbibed Wing
principles, and her whole soul was EN-
barked in the success Of that struggle
for liberty. Soon after, the city fell
into the hands Of the British, and her
mother, being left among strangers in a
distant land, meeting an acquaintance
and countryman from Scotland, in the
captain OF a British vessel Of var then
in the harbor, was induced to give him
her heart and hand in marriage.
"1'he captain was, OF course, q devo-
ted royalist, and his principles so op.
posed to the politics Of Mary, that she
could not brook the insults to which
her opinions were exposed, though per-
sonally treated by her step-father with
great kindness and respect. Mary
therefore left home and took shelter
under the h~ospitable roof Of DR.. Hal
sted, of Elizabeth Point, where she
found a welcome home and congenial
political sentiments. Here, during the
remainder Of that bloody war, Mary
was exposed TO its dangers and hard.
ships. 1t is kno wn that Elizabethtow n
was the theatre Of frequent engage
ments between the contending parties,
and sometimes in the possession Of one,
and sometimes Of the other. Often
the inhabitants, men especially, were
compelled to fly at midnight from their
homes to escape capture and imprison-
ment, il not death. Sometimes all,
male and female, on account of the in.
vasion Of the Hessian hordes, and
when they had not the force to oppose
them, were under the necessity Of fly
ing for safety to some place Of security.
On such occasions Mary sometimes re.
NAMED behind 10 prevent by her en-
treaties the wanton destruction Of her
patrons property.
"Here her life was frequently threat
ened for her importantly, and on one
occasion a sword was drawn TO exc
cute that threat. At other times she
would drive her benefactor's gig with
his wife and child in it, through the
darkness Of midnight, to his retreat
seven or eight miles from Elizabeth.
town. Often during engagements be-
tween the contending armies, the Doc
tors house was the hospital Of the
wounded and dying patriots, and she
was the surgeons assistant in staunch-
ing wounds. taking off shattered limbs,
and administering drink and food to the
wounded and dying. Thus Mary's
time was spent during that long and
bloody struggle. At its close she found
herself separated forever from her
friends. At the re-capture of New
York, her s%tep-iather had removed to
Nova Scotia, whittier he took all of Ma
RVS family, and circumstances prevent
ed them from ever meeting again.
"The war ended, but not Mary's
hardships and exposures. Soon after
the revolution she was married 10 a
young man who had accompanied
Judge Symmes in his first tour to the
Miamies, with which he was so delight
ed, that he determined to emigrate 10
the new country. In 1883, accompa.
MED by a little colony, Mary and her
husband bent their for their new
lived the first winter on the
Kentucky side, and in the spring Of
1889 settled at Columbia, five miles
above Cincinnati, where the little colo
ny erected a block house and garrison.
Here they remained, living in a cabin
some three or four hundred yards from
the block house, until 1871, when Ma.
ry's companion was taken from her,
and she was left a widow in an Indian
country, with two babes, the eldest but
two years old, the other an infant of
only q few days. ia 5ig
"Before the loss Of her husband, Ma
ry had frequently in times Of mole i'm
minent danger, retired with him into
the garrison; but in her bereaved con-
her lonely and wounded heart
could not brook the b~oistsrous mirth
and constant confusion to which she
must be exposed. The feeling heart
seeks solitude in affection. She there.