The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1860-04-18
FROM the Pittsburgh Post
owen Staniey, the Gypsy King.

were taken 10 Dayton for interment beside
those of Harriet Owen, Gipsy Queen who was
buried there some two years ago. The cere-
monies were announced to have taken place
with great pomp. aud rowing bands Of this sin.
gular people wers gathering at Dayton in all
directions to participate in the funeral ceremo-
nies which werelto be Of curious and mpos-
ing character, beeoming the interment of de
ceased royalty.
In noticing the fact of his death, we observe
that the papers make no remark upon the char
acter, life and personal history ofthe deceased.
The 'Gipsy King Owen Stanley and his nu-
merous family, hAve frequently visited this part
Of Pennsylvania, knd we know them well.--
The government pf this peculear people, among
themselves, is patriarchal-the Oldest member
of the tribe or family receiving peculiar rever-
ence and mplicit obedience from all its men,
bers.
The Stanley snily of Gipsies, Of which Owen
was the patriarch, chief or king, came to Ame-
rca some sevensor eight years ago from Eng
land, by way Of Canada. The Gypsy King
was the father OF seventeen children, all oi
whom, we believe, are in America and living
These, with their descendants, now number a.
bout two hundred persons. They still keep up
their nomadie Gipsy mode Of living travelling
from place to place in bands, subdvided accord
ing to circumstances. The tribe is possessed
ri 1nnp xuaaIth in nd
money, the latter Of which they are not averse
to loanng to persons in whom they have in
plicit confidence. Knowing themselves sus-
pected, they are naturally suspicious people,
but when once their confidence is acquired, they
are free hearted, open handed and jovial. In
all matters of practical life they are well in
formed. They drive sharp bargain, are eau
tious and prudent and we can say that the
Stanley family have proved themselves honest,
for in all charges made against them, which
are not unfrequent, they insist upon inyestiga-
ton and come out triumphant. We recollect
that at one time, when in this city, man from
Ohio swore positively to the ownership Of a
horse which was in the possession of me mber
Of the tribe and offered for sale at the horse
market, and he was arrested. After he had,
by Questioning and cross -questionioning, nduc-
ed the complainant to swear positively that the
horse was his fathers, Stanley produced the
bill and receipt for the purchase of the horse,
gave bail for stay of proceedings for a couple
OF days, and not only proved his legal ownership
| in the horse but also that the man who was SAID
| to have been it's owner still had his own horse
When the Stanley tribe first came to this
country the father and mother remained in
England, and joined their children in this coun
try at the request of their son Levi Stanley,
who sent to England thousond dollars to aid
them and some of the poorer members Of the
tribe to come to the United States.
The old man had many valuable articles
which had decended to him from his ancestors,
and which he desired to preserve as relics of the
olden time. They were silver cups and silver
quarts or tankards which had been presented
to various memb,rs Of the tribe by English no.
bemen and gentlemen, as rewards for feats OF
agility, strength, running, jumping, dancing &c
When encamped upon large common grounds
belonging TO the nobility and gentry of England,
amusements of this sort were common, but by
an act of Parliament passed about twenty years
ago these grounds were enclosed, and the camp
grounds and the grazing of the gipsies, like the
hunting grounds Of our Indian tribes, were TAX.
- tbo, rTh;a h,nt - al
the fear that the younger members Of the tribe
might be impressed for the Russian war, in
duced the Stanleys, together with several 9th
er Gypsy tribes, to emigrate to America, where
they could find plenty of room without being
regarded as trespassers.
When the Staneys resolved to come to A
merica, one and all, the question arose as to how
they should convey the family relics above spo
ken Of which were numerous, and, being of sill
YER, valuable. They feared that both in Eng
! land and in this country the popular preiudic
which sets down the Gipsy as thief might in
duce the authorities to seize them, under tn
, supposition that they were stolen, and that thu
| they might he put to trouble and delay, o
might lose their cherished treasures altogeth
= err They accomplished the affair with tru
: Gypsy cunning. Purchasing a cask Of liquo
S they secretly placed the silver ware it, wrap
,, ped up so as to deaden the sound, and then en-
tered their liquor for regular expectation at tn
), custom house. The cash and its valuable cor
tents came safely through official hands, an
y the liquor was uninjured by the valuable depo
% it which 1T contained. The family are still !
! possession Of these relics, which they regard ;
t heir. looms to be handed down to future gene
atoms.
g Owen Stanley at the time Of his death, W,
l. about eighty years Of age. He was of vel
Is small stature--only about five feet two inch,
1t in height--but 1.-THE and actiye as a cat, no
n withs,andins his advanced age. When Ell
l. camped in the vicinity Of Pittsburgh, East Ii
erty last year, he could leap from the grour
upon the back of tho largest sized horse as nca
ID ly as ever Eaton Stone, the circus rider, cou
g, do.
- The whole tribe are remarkable for the
m longevity and for their robust health, shown
IN that the nomadic life, with all It's dtscomfori
r.. as we dwelers in cities would esteem them,
1T conducive to sound bodily vigor and length
Z, days. Hfg
:. Now that the patriarch has ceased his wa
i dering in the land of his adoption, Levi stane
!. the oldest sor, will mount the Gipsy throne.
: He is q man of more thon ordinary intelgenc