The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-08-08
DAILY DISPATCH.



SATURDAY MORNING. 8. 1857.
MsssIxp IN Srfrg or THKxsEvrs--0id Governor
saitinstait, of soonnectieuf. who fourished some
INV years SINCE was man Of some humor and
perseverance In affecting the ends ne Desired
Among other anecdotes told Of him by New Lon
don people, the place where he resided, Is the iot
lowing: fss Ek.
on the various sccts which have fourfshed for
their day and then ceased 90 exist, was Que know n
as the Rogersites, so called from their founder-s
John or Tom some other kogers-~who settled not
far from the goodly town aforesaid.
The distinguished tenet Of the sect was the de-
NAL Of the propriety and scrpturality Of the form
Of marriage: at is not good for man to be alone
Thi. they believed, and also that wife only
should sscieave 10 her husband" but then this
should be a matter Of agreement merely, and the
coupIe should come together and live as man and
wife. dispensing with all forms Of the marriage
covenant The old governor used frequently to
call unon Rogers and talk the matter over with
him. and endeavor to convince him Of the impro-
priety Of living with Sarah he did. But neither
John nor Sarah wonh give up the argument.
II was matter Of conscience with them--they
were very happy together as they were--of what
use then could q mere matter of form be? Sup
pose they would thereby escape scandal; were they
not bound 'to take up the cross, and live accord
ing to the rules they profess! The governors logic
was powerlcss.
Tie was in the neghborhood Of John one day, and
meeting with him. accepted an invitation to dine
with him. The conversation, as usual turned
upon the old subject.
"No,v. John" says the governor, after n long
pause. Why will you not marry sarahs Have you
not taken .rer to be your welded wifel"
yes, Ger. 'ainiy," replied John, "but my con
science will not permit me to marry her in the
form Of the worl is people
Every well; do You love her ~
eyes
And cherish her, bone of your bone and flesh
Of your feshf'
YES certainly I do"
Al Lava u i'm, and obey him. and
respect him, and cherish b ND
'sThenn cried the Goyerno T. rising I'm the name
OF the laws of God and of tl'e commonwealth OF
Connecticut, pronounce you 10 "s hu'Dahu anu
wife"
The rawlings and rage of John ard sarah were OF
no avail: the knot was tied by the higaest autho-
rlty In the State
EVOLUTIONARY HERoIyE-Many viii remem-
Der that towards the close of the war; coz Iarie-
ton passed through North Carolina owing 70 some
cause rtt known, he spent two nights IN fE.lliax
cof,rftS--oib within the osptsible grove OF Willie
Jones near the town of Halifax, and the sther
higher up the cobnty, near ''Qnankey Chapsa"-
Either because be rsgs scarce oi provisions ana
horses from malicious desire 10 destroy me
property of American clHiyeUs who were opposed
TO the British he caught aFate horses cattle hsEs,
and even fowls that he couIGksy hands on, and db.
stroyed or appropriated thent 10 his own use. 1H"
male and most of the female lfstiabitants OF th-
country fed from the approach ofte British troops,
and hid themselves in the swamps snd forest ada
cent. add when they passed through the country.
while every one else left the premises On (which she
lived, Mrs. Powell (then Miss Bishop 'stood her
ground" and faced the foe fearlessly.
But it would not do; they took the bDrses and
cattle, and among the former, a favoritspHny OF
her own, and drove them off to the caW7i which
about mile distant. Young as she eSafs she
was determined to have her pony again and aissilt~
must necessarily 60 to the British camp, Togo
alone, If no one would accompany her. And slone
she went, on foot, at night, and without any Set-
pom of defence, and in due time arrived at shs
camp.
Bv what means she managed to gain an audieDur
with Isrleton is not known; but she appeared be-
fore him unannounced, and raising herself erect
said:
II have come to YOU. sir. to demand restoration
OF my property, which your knavish followers stole
from my fathers yard"
..Iet me understand you miss" said Tarleton-
completely taken by surprise.
"WeIi sir" said she your roguish men in red
coats came TO my fathers house about SHUTDOWN
and stole my pony. and have walked alone ana
unprotected to claim and demand him; and, sir, 1
must and will have him. l fear not your men :
they are base and unprincped enough to dare To
offer insult to an unprotected female; but their
cowardy hearts will prevent their doing her bodily
injury"
hri just then, by the light of camp fire, espy-
ing her own dear little pony at snort distance,
she continued:
"There, sir, is my horse. ! shall mount him and
ride peaceably home and if you have any OF the
gentiemanly feeling wlthin you, Oh WHICH S"ui
men are utterly destitute or if You have any re-
gard for their safety you will see sir, that am
not interrupted. But before go, wish to say to
YOU that he who can, and viii not prevent tins
base and cowardy stealing from hen-ro"sts STABLES
and barn yards, IL better, in TDy estimation than
the mean. good-for-nothing, guilty wretches who
do the dirty work with their own hands. Good
night, sir"
And, without waiting further, she took her pony
and gallopSi safely home, for Tarbston was SO much
astounded that he ordered that she should De per
mitted to do as she chose.
Mrs Powell died in her native county in 1910,
after she attained green old age. tine OF her
grandsons, WD. S. Parker, volunteered III the Mex
lean war; and died at Ceralvo, in Mexico Another,
Richard b. Parker, IL residing in Halifax connty
N. c., a most estimatJe and worthy citizen. And
granddaughter, Mrs. Mary l.. Sledge, twlfe OF W
T Sledge and sister of the two first named gentle
men, also lives in Halifax county, besides other re
latiyes, who all doubt, do justice to her memo
ry but others should do likewise for she was one "f
the noble spirits of ''the ltnses that tried men ;
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