, 1863-10-18

lne1dcn. OF Life In Washington.
TIE following remini.cence Of Washington
life, curing tho dark, sad days rlca The Na-
tional CAPITAL owned the 9eurpktion Of tho
slave power, We fiud Ill the correspondence
Of the New Iozk E.rt.iny Tut:
Forty xears ngo, wealthy planter came
from Flofiia or Louisiana, 10 reside In Wash
ington for time, bringing with him son,
the leyets Of 'his father, which were then
fashionable, hs received TIE caressca OF the
ladies sud the Encouragement OF the gentle.
Lien that lis aSe, Intelligence aud lis Il hers
1cnc accompanied his father bes:des th:a soa
in Lis visits to Washington. In due course
II iin.r, the boy, on H:.om his tathes's alice
lions 1scre evidently ecptezed, Has sent N3rtn,
and IVES there educated, graduating at HAr-
yart Or Yale, With ST honorable stsudius in
his clasE. On his return to this citI he
ayoFed 9 lore for tic North, acquired during
Els colt Se lie, which has not rest7In-d In
III expression ty his t.thcr, who tos;tred and
encouraged il xcsloae'5, and really COP scnted
sired, however, that lis ton ehould rr1n.in
7i:h him here anfing Lis own stay. An ap.
Tolntnlt Mt wah procured for him ~ clerk in
The War Department. a.d he eatsrc1 up,n lts
Among The acquai:taucex formed at this
3tme was gentleman from rcansylyauia. and
lie chief clark u bureau, VINO uaa the
father OF 8 girl yet IN her teers. !orahls In
character, "a well as yc1y beautiful: !nu'
matter ii wonder that !oyc should folio 7.
With the Dressings u I'll they we're married
II st. JohA's Church, IN ttls city, It hap
rsnel to be about lbc tatrt saarsiage that eyer
iook place there; and cycn now tho long
rowe Of ca11iagcs, tho far DANES md sleh 1t.
tic. tho nnsle, the crowded .psrlon, tho
sp'endor azl JOY which csuwnel the rsiA!ng,
a.u yis:dly tcplctcd by those who trcasuEe
the chronicles Of society iu those days.
furnished an elegant house for Lis cnifdrsn.
and thty 1c1noSed I'd one: to the!r own cstao:
;i5tsur:.t. Not long alter tho marriage, and
wlIlr III shc full tide VI happlness, tue iatoc'
tsr, intending = ,on TO return. They reccissd
60 intelligence from ttm for week attcl
Ecc.;, which ca.eea them anxiety. daa17 IL
orcasipg to alarm. A: lact, one day, ~ho'
tho sor Lad Just d.c1ded to GO Ia sr1ssa o
hls f4tter, carsiagc t:.:h:d Vi. 70 tho door,
young nlsn stepped out, and, foil" by th
fL,rIn Of tic district, walked In the War Do
pertinent, and before all Ills companions. II
!ic bt"aa llsht Of noon, arrested 1he sou =
k,TEe son ec!cmnl5 declared that bis lathe
b..d luaLuzuiticl HIN, anu that he had Eee1
7Er will icpg slEcr In which 1t Ind been cone
1u:s Outrage shocked the seu1ihIfttT Of ere
A. efstc el.ys coinsanhi:y. ,y NJ. Asnsoe, tnS
AAA-1%S3-.1 "ASA -'9- ~" N~N-
lie a.r omcnt, !. Ill lie cntreaty tongue cout
after, offered 1noury without ttlat, for tn
1anzoa, cf DEE whom Ill loved and estceme.
=nd xEosc condition, to that hour, no or
had dreamed. But The young man, poss=asc
Of all roxcr IL the case, and the son OF M e1
ragce family, moc.sed the1ai tol1 them III:
monty WAS no o2jtct. argument end tnt1tat
alike unnya!iing, What he had now obtafot
Was revenge Of which nothing should f.
him.
Ike fa.Les had met with sudden death, Il
viii hid either been concealed or dcssro;e
and i.s pet son, In I'll appearance Of 6axt
birth, with ihc exception Of = slight swar1l
mess common to iii natives OF TIC exkrer
south, was taken, chained as u slave, !
f1ouse and furaiturc sold, ard accompant
by lis beautiful, hart broken wife, faith
and untaltering in this Irving death, from
fashionable circles Of Washington soc!c
carried to the plantation" to toll in
very, brneath the infufiatsd Lash OF riad
i've family. .u..,
should he giysn hin il ho could prove
1mnpmiEeion or escape.
He never afterwa1d wss heard from IN Z
district. Tor. "a Napoleon eaid Of conTc
.'the terrible mysteries of slaye prisons ?
3Eh unttytaled.''