New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-02-20

;, universally observed. The sums expended
Tai water. and other drinks upon sucn sal occa
,ops were surprisingly large. -,
The costume during the reign OF ChafIeS tne ritS,
,o,e the marks of the strong military spirit Of that
W. and was the most striking and picturesque ever
es, in Fnclspd We have also, here and there a
;mnse of II upon the records OF this provence. The
'nycntory of Thomas Egerton, cavalier may Illus
.~a,e yart of H. There we have the falchion, and
be ,sn}eT the cloth coat lined with plush, and the
.abrodercd belt the gold hst-band, and the feather
,bc psr Of shoes and the silk Stockings the pair aso
n cuffs and the silk carriers. The signet-rng is slso
mentioned. one Of the articles Of gentleman at that
r.,;od. And we find that leather brooches and stock
uss OF the same material, frequently The
arr. collar was succeeded by the cravat, 1t would
.,sn. about the time Of the Protestant Revolution
Ruff coats were also as early as 1860. The
oocked hot was probably not introduced before the
year 100.
Fingerring. were worn by almost all the early
l.pded gentry of Maryland. And they were the ia
xorite tokens Of regard and remembrance given in
heir wills The number bequeathed during the first
bundred years after the settlement. OF st. Mays,
would incredible to any one who s not familiar
With our early testamentary records. The preceding
tscts in relation to dress, and including fnger-rings
are !predcated mainly Of the Anglican and Roman
Catholic co.onists.
Cattle-steaing never prevailed in Maryland to the
same extent as il did in Scotland. But Governor of
Virginia was Convicted and we had many cases IN
his province. High Sheriff OF Kent was tried;
and notwithstanding his acquittal, the evidence
yety strong. The witnesses stated that the bullock
was eaten in " hugger-mugger that sentinel kept
watch, and that Capt. Thomas Bradnox, the gentle
man accused had ordered OF them TO say nothing
Of the subject to the Governor of Maryland whose
visit was soon afterward expected.
No execution for wtchcrait under the sentence Of
court, has ever marred, it would seem, the annals
this Province. But Mary Lee, during stormy pass
age upon the high seas, was put to death by com
pSDy of sailors. And we have at least one case Of
conviction. 1t is that of John Cowman, given in
Rdgleys Annals of Annapolis.
Mr. Macaulay says that many English gentlemen
and lords of manors late SO 1885, had hardly learn
Dg enough to sign a n1ntimHS The accuracy of his
picture has been doubted. But 80 far as it regards
The education of many of the early gentry Of Maryland
DOtbiDg could be more faithfully drawn. We have in
stances here in which the servant writes his name and
the master makes his mark. Capt Bradnox was
wholly ignorant Of the art Of writing. And one, if no
several Of the earliest Judges of the Provincial Court
came within the category. The fact, indeed,
suggests q very import ant inference; and only be
,ocounted for upon the true historical hypothesis. In
be past the military; IN the present, the COM
nertial spirit of society," Knights and not merchants
were once the gentlemen of England The sword, and
not the purse or the pen still the emblem of pow
e. And it would be a great mistake to suppose the
unletered gentlemen Of two hundred years ago were
rot persons either of intelligence OF lofty bearing
Between the morals of the past and those of the
uesent il would be impossible to draw full or fair
contrast But injustice, in this particular has certainly
been done to the memory of our ancestors; and the
ter of Parson YeO to the Archbishop in 1876, is little
better than libel. Without wishing to throw a vail
over the of the past, excuse in the least its
udeness OF its violence, / have no hesitation in ex
messing the opinion, for whatever it may be worth,
hat in the sincerity of their friendships in the depth
Of their religious convictions III the strength OF their
domestic affections and in general reverence for
things sacred, fOrefathers far outshne the men OF
this generation, with all its pOmp and pride Of civi
7at0n.