The weekly Anglo-African., 1860-05-12
For the Weekly Anglo African.
A NOBLE REPLY.

New Brunswick, from whence took pas
sage in the steamboat early the next morn
ing, where / met with a number of passen-
gers who had come on from Philadelphia
by an opposition stage line and lodged at
an opposition hotel, among whom was
captain in the U. S. Navy, and two mid
shipmen, one of whom had the title of
Lieut.. Gamble, colored man from Hayti
called Citizen Granville, and said to be an
agent or representative from the Haytian
Court to our Court on his way from Wash
ington to New York, and said to have been
one of Bonaparte's legion of honor, who
had won the title by a heroic act of bravery
and among whom were several mer-
chants from the city of New York, one of
whom, jeremiah Manning, related to me
an incident that had occurred at the hotel
where he and other stage passengers from
Philadelphia had taken supper and lodging,
and that had created unpleasant feelings
among the passengers then on board the
boat
He stated that when supper was ready
at the hotel, and Granville, with several
others, had taken seats at the table, Lieut..
Gamble, leading his wife, approached, and
seeing Granville at the table, remarked
that he could not reconcile his feelings to
be seated at table with colored man, on
which Granville arose, called the landlord,
and requested table to be set for him and
others that might feel disposed to be seat
ed at table with him in another room. On
that request, several left the table to be &C.
cupied by Lieut.. Gamble and his few
friends, and took seats to sup with Gran
vile; but the subject matter of the insult
offered Granville did not set well on the
feelings of the New York merchants, and
they carried the consideration of the sub
iect from the hotel to the deck of the
steamboat, where had an opportunity to
listen to remarks made by them and our
naval captain to Lieut.. Gamble, to induce
him to make an apology to Citizen Gran
vile, who was then seated in the cabin be-
low. 1t was alleged that Granville, being
an agent sent by foreign court to our
court, entitled him to the respect due to a
public functionary of friendly court with
whom we had commercial relation, and
that disrespect to the agent was an insult
to his court and prejudicial to our CONNER
cial interests. 1t was said by the midship-
man that Granville might challenge the
Lieut.. to a deadly conflict to heal his
wounded honor, but he took more digni-
fed course, as the sequel proves
pa esed from the deck to the cabin, and
found Granville seal i near the table I
took seat near him, and before an hour
had elapsed Lieut.. Gamble entered the
cabin with midshipman, bearing note
to Granville, who, after reading it, turned
to the table and wrote on a slip of paper
"Insults write in the sand, and favors
on marble. GRANVILLE"
This he handed to the messenger, who
in turn passed it over to Lieut.. Gamble.
The latter read the note, and rising, offered
Granville his hand, who received it with a
hearty shake, and at the same time, with
colored lips, impressed upon each cheek of
the lieutenant warm kiss, which left no
perceptible dark stain upon his cheek or
character.
By means unknown to me, the scene
that had occurred between Granville and
Lieut.. Gamble at the hotel and on the
steamboat found its way into the public
prints of the city of New York, which
called forth from meeting of merchants
an address to Granville, to which he re-
piled, and among other well-expressed SEN
ments he closed by saying-"I have yet
to learn that sable countenance is sure
index to black heart" This closing ex-
preston of Granville's in reference to the
occurrence at the Brunswick Hotel, in con-
nection with the kissing scene on board the
boat and his declared practice of writing
"insults in the sand, and favors on mar
ble," as expressed in his reply to CANDLES
apology, was highly complimentary to his
head and heart as man worthy the re-
spect and courtesies due to civilized men
in the social relations of life, as we'll as
that due to the representative of friendly
ly foreign court; and, as browning fea-
ture of the scene, when Gamble favored
him with an apology for the insult, he
put in practice what .he preached, (which
is more than all theoretical preachers do
by receiving it as a favor, and wrote it as
such by kiss on his cheek, which had
been marbleized the evening before by