, 1861-03-22

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{Co1rrsp,ndence Of the MT. Ttme.,1

Correspondence Of the n. r. Ttmes1
C:6AHIE=1s ~, s. C., March 10, 1861.
Very few people II. Charleston, and certain
II no ono tlut Of '.he city, Is aware that We
have in cur mldst, man who was as we'll ac-
quainted With By ron and Shelley as d mother
ii with her own child. have been With the
old fello for hours to-day, end mayhap your
who t'aiok the author Of Don Juan" WAS
such <'dear, naughty creature" may like to
glaute st this portion Of my letter.
Antonio Jobe Is such d representative man,
that it seems strange that no one hereto-
lore has brought him before the publlc
He commands little boat Of some fif-
teen tons, the Esmeralda, which deserves
notor'cty from the fact that In it came the
women md children from Fort Sumter,
when Major Anderson sent them AWAY, to be
taken aboard the Marion. Capt Jobe stands
as tall, as erect, and as muscular as 1t honest
old Abe,@ and I hare no doubt that on
stretch there would be found q considerable
"outcone" in him. Serenty-siK years have
deeply scanned his checks, aud planted manEa
furrow in his brow, yet he is A. active az qulck,
and as clear, as when he was in Lord Byroa's
employ in Greece i have 1azilylounged AWAY
close enough to Sumter to salute The sentry
who guards the lone tlag Of our country, close.
too, to the fro wning batteries Of Morris ls1and,
where they bate the HeE that others 50 near
them worship, and within biacuit's throw of
Hou1trie on the othtr side, where saw over
two thousand men at their devotions.
It is somewhat difficult to get the old man
started, hut il you happen to yet on the right
side Of him, you have p1o:p.ct OF genuine
treat, such n5 my member oi yvu erulite his
torlcal society night envy. Jobc was born in
the city that gaze q Columbus TO q greltful
wo.ll, and ran I'll to sea cre he waa well looscd
from The maternal fountain. Having an in
n IT IA fns4
Utopia Of 80 many Europcane, he sought o.
sEorcs, and at the time If the last war Hi
England, he shipped as petty officer op1Soard
"old lronsides." and WAS in the tR&kest Of
that famous fight. He was at different times,
80 he told me, with neatly oil tfat galaxy Of
inpcrlslable renown. When Byron was Ia
Venice, our old hero entered his service and
was with him fora long period. When the
creator of*' 'ChI'dc Hsra}a' was infatuated with
the Countess Guiccio:j, Joba took occasion
to remonstrats with the, poet about
| he has never forgiven, aDi when naked
him what lie thought OF him who had u,adeao
| many men and women mad, he said that i" It
| Lord By ron had not be1n II Lord. he should
have thought him d-~o rascal" He added
| that to his equals Ee was generous to fault,
hut to his Interiors he va, superellione, over.
bearing and mean; he looked upon all women
as mere toys. to be imposed upon and dcctlv-
| cd If opportunity offered. This may shock
those WHO tLiak Bsron Is divine, but old Jobe
ssys so, ard insists upon it with great yehe-
n,srce Not thus docs 1e speak OF Percy
Dysclc Shelley. lie knew hin. we'll, and used
to rig aud sail his boat for him; While Shel-
| ley, in the c1reless insoucilnce OF tho hour,
would tell OF bis melancholy md Of ILLS un-
/ happy ltfs, The last voyage that Shelley
inntfe, Joba prepared everything for the cruise,
sud particularly cautioned him agaia:t q squalt
that frequently sprung up off q certaiu head
land. lie brggcd h:n to be very CAUTIOUS
wien he pssstl there. sra 1aka in sail
The poet, E:sh that peculiar belief In ones
self that belongs to all truo eons Of .sritain,
paid but httl- heed, aud the worll knows the
rad result. The old man has lived here for
ma1y years, a,d has charming Wild Gower, iE
tho etlape oi 1HaiLeE ct sixteen SUMMERS,
who hoa:ts that she has kingly (lndian) blood
in her veins. Capt. Jobs swcars hy the stars
aud stripes, aud RVS ::rs :ccal:st 1hu Palmetto,
but no ola Il oubics him. aud hc may proclaim
his views evea iu the -ue--auy 1licA, without
any danger. Ills white locks, Ills red Geuoeec
cap, aud his tix feet four, wouli like hin !
study for painter; his honesty. Ills love Of
lis adopted county, ami bis hatred Of opprcs-
! tfou everywhere, 1slute NE look upon him a..
most with ycner.tinn. Were lie in New York he
woula be extensively lioniz.d, and, 1e7haps,
killed with kirdue=s a Ia Ralph Farnlatu here
he is almost ubknorD, EXCEPT as an honest old
Italian sailor, wlo has pretty daughter