Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1863-10-22
THEFFFDER ME:soIEs OF AEERY--
INCIDENT OF LIFE IN WASHING

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INCIDENT OF LEE IN WASHING
TON.iI1 AEla HJlAN
The following "reminiscences Of Wash
ingtOn lie. during fhs dark. sad day
when the National Capital owned th'
usufpstioa of the slave power We I'm,
10 the eoffespou dence ofthe New Yorl
Esenfnz Poat,vs1
Forty years ago. = aHsaltby psantel
caus from Florida or LoniEians, to re
sids u Washington for 8 time. bring.
ING With hims son, 8 6ne manly boy,
uf thirteense fourteen. "A The levees
kaf Els father, witch were thea fashion.
able, he received the carssses Of the
ladies and the encouragement Of the
Rentlemsn,i that bis age, Intelligence and
bis fsihers posi.iou5 nss1ralIy eiicited.
OF bis f6milJ, none sccompsaied bis IA.
ther besides this, son. in bis visits to
Washington. IN due cotuse of time the
beg, on whom his fstkefss ,ageciions
sse7e sFid<nlly esqtsred. vas ssns North,
xnd was Itefa stzcstsd; fradaat;ae %
Harysrd o. Fale. with 50 honorable
standing IL his class. On Bis return
to this city be ayoHed love FOR the
North, sequirsd during his college life.
which was not restrained 10 is express
ion BY bis father, who fosiered and en-
couraeed Il zealously, and really con-.
sented 20 bis permanent residence there.
He desired, however, that his son
should rensin with him here during
his own stay. An appointment was
procured for him as Q clerk 10 the War
Department and be entered upon It's
duties. ss ..1.s6-sss + \
Among the acquaintances formed at
this time was geBtlemsn from Penn
sylSauia, and the chief clerk Of bu-i
reau, who was The father OF . girl yet
in her teens, lOYeabie in character, as
wen ss very beautiful. Intimacy be-
gst frisndsbip, and twas hardly mat
Ter Of wonder that love should follow.
With the blessings Of all they we're mar.
ried at st. Johns Church, 10 this city, |
it bsppehed 10 be about the first mar.
risgeqtbat ever took place there; and |
even nov the long rows Of carriages,
the fair danes and rich attire, The |
music. The crowded parlors, the splen.
dor and joy which crowsed the wed.
ding, are vividIy depicted by those
who treasure the chronicles Of society |
in those days. ,ts IN /
The young mans father had bought
snd furnished IN elegant house for bis
children, and hey removed al once to |
their own establishment. Not long af-
ter the marriage. aud while 10 the fun !
tide Of happiness the father was called
home, and left bis sen and daughter,
intending soon to return. They re.
ceiyed no intelligence from him for
week after week, which caused them
anxiety. daily increasing to alarm
At last, one day. when The son had Just
decided to go in. search OF bis father, q
carriage dsshed up 10 The door, young
man stepped out. and, followed BY the
sheriff Of the district, walked in the
War Department. and before all his
companions. in the brosdlight of noon,
arrested the son as. the slave Of his
Istheri
The son solemnly delared that his
father had mauumitted him, and that
he had seen the &iiIIong since in which
il had been done. This outrage shocked
the sensibilits Of even an effete slave
community. Mr.. Monroe, then Presi-
lent, and others high in power, used
al the argument, alIthe entreats tongue
could utter, offered money without stint,
Tor the ransom of one whom all loved
and esteemed. and whose condition, to
hat hour, no one had dreamed. But
he young man, possessed Of all power
q the case, and the son Of an enraged
smily, Knocked them, told them that
money was no object. argument and
alike unavailing. What be
iad now obtained was revenge of which
nothing should foil him.
The father had met with sudden
leath, the win had either been con-
sealed or destroyed, and his pet son.
n all appearance OF Saxon birth, with
be exception Of slight swarthiness
common to all natives Of the extreme
South, was taken, chained as a slave,
bis house and furniture sold. and &C. '
by his beautiful, heaft-bro.
Ieu wife. faithful and uufsltering in
his living death, from the fashionable
,ircles of Washington society, carried +
o the plantation" !" to toll in slavery,
beneath the infuriated lash of vindic-
i've family. .ss f.ez e,
Mr.. Moore assured him that situa.
ion should be given him if be could
prove his manumission or escape.
He never sfterward was heard from !
IN this district, for, as Napoleon said
Of converts, "the terrible mysteries Of ,
slave prisons perish unreveAled." 90