The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1865-04-19
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THE SLAVE WIFE.
A rAnE or THE SOUTHWEST.

At the close of the Mexican war, tho city
of Brownsv lie, on the Rio Grande River,
and Immediately opposite to Ma tomoras,
sprang up suddenly, as if by magic, de-
velopiug in the course of few months.-
This singular flow of emigration and rapid
advancement in business, was tho result of
the living spirit of American enterprise,
the commercial passion of n restless peo-
pie. eager alike for glory and for gain
&along tho many adVoDturers who
sw2avaeA TO tho Rio Crande in The FIRST
prime of it's golden promise, MAS ySGng
iawer, oae Elan i'arkes, recently from
South Carolina. Although de scendcd from
am ancient iine Of aaCcstors. and bearing in
his veins the blood OF the Re3 OLA ton, and
having received q classical education, yet
his fathers vices having squaudeGeG an
immense fortune, the son was left poor, to
fight the fierce battle Of life relying alto,
pether on his resources, without tho hope
of aid or comfort from kindred or friends.
Nature had endowed him with hand
some person, excellent judgement and true
courage.
On arriving at his new sphere Of action,
Young Parkes encountered an unexpected
! difficulty. lie discovered that there was
very little lucrative business transacted in
the courts, and this had already fallen into
the hands OF few advocates, who managed
adroitly TO n,ouopoli2c every case of the
smallest Importance. 1t was evidently I'M
possible to sit d0wn and patiently wait un-
| til matters should mend by the doubtful eV-
cIuiinns Of time or chance The price OF
board and lodging was dear, aud bis ward
| robe needed renovation, even before lie
WAS fitted to appear in the forum at all. IN
| this crisis OF bis fate lo conceived plan
| that looked, la the light OF sober reason,
! wild and visionary. lie sclG oh his books
at auction and with the proceeds opened a
| garden. withina nile gt tbe CITY Tor the
purpose OF supplying the market with veg
etabes, which happened at that period To
! be extremely scarce, as the natives Ot the
soil wanted both the will and the wisdom
| to turn the rich 9mvi0n ot the region to
any account As the experiment. honrIsl-
ed, and Mex can labor was very cheap, the
ex-attorncy urged his operations farther
and the lilte garden expanded iuto held.
To sum mp the general result IN single
sentences. the end OF three ycars found him
NOT only independent, bat wealthy.
| Having amassed sufficient to time to salts
fv his desire, lie thought OF selling out, and
recurring again 70 the profession which lle
had been forced to abandon, when an Incl
don't occurred to change his pp"Hosc. A
family by the name Of Garcia, assumed to
be of Spanish origin, arrived at BROWNS
vile from New Orleans. They were APP
parrenlly in allucnt circumstances, intclli
gent. polished in their manners, and re-
inrkally handsome in ther persons-
They were all dark featured, as is common
" the fact with the race from which they
claimed their descent Indeed. they made
il a matter of boast tlIst n slight tinctpre
OF Moorish blo6S col,red the cErrent in
their veins. Wealth qeseesses q golden
kew TO unlock the 5aest exclusive doors
aud beauty has tie force of!ite TO melt The
hardest hearts-sc that The new addition
10 the society Of the Rio Grande as one
might well imagine, caused tue uimost en-