The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1869-01-22
RecoitectiO,s offhe OIden Time.

We publish, with much pleasure, the fol-
lowing communication, from former resi-
dent of our town Of forty years ago The
writer, Mr.. Charles B. Coale, now a resident
of Virginia and editor of The abingdon VSr-
9ifaiar, was at one time connected with the
office nfthe Bond Of Union, newspaper pub
lished in Bel Air at that period We are
sure that the very mention of the names of
those whom the writer recalls with so fresh
remembrance, will prove interesting in
high degree to many in our county, who,
in common with himself, can recollect the
familiar forms and faces of the men of those
days. Most of those mentioned by our cor
respondent have passed away-his friend
John Robinson with the rest and his faith
full dog" we presume, "hath borne him conf
panyi" but there are some who still survive,
and many there are in our midst who were
contemporary with them in their "palmiest
days" These, we are sure, will thank Mr.
G. for reminding many fresh recollection
and association of the "nen of their times"
and we are certain that his own name will
he pleasantly remembered by many who read
his communication -
SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA, Jan, 18th, 1860
10 The Editors eftie AgiS d Hteuigc,cer.
GENTLEMEN VIII you permit an old man. native of
your county but who lett forty years ago. congratu
late you upon the handsome appearance of yonr paper
and tho evidences Of prosperity and usefulness it pre-
cents IN It's advertising patronage the spirit its eto-
rails, aud the ase aud chastity of its selections Your
paper among numbers ofothers. reaches me In my far
on mountain homo every Sunday morning; and al
though not hope uiindul Of The duties and obliga
ons OF the sacred day in most respects resist
the temptation to open the yis, scan its columns and
wander back in imagination to those earlier happier
days, when was wild and maynard boy In tho nm
Paved and quiet streets of your ancient and beloved VIII
lage never lay it aside until have deyoured its con-
tents, advertisements and all, come of them and
one familiar name after another wakens up old
enores, aud kindles affections and friendships that
had been slnnbering from the lapse of years.
Sometimes IN reading the of tho men now
upon tho stage, my thoughts take gloomy turn when
few that pro familiar often wonder the men
who figured in My day, and moulded aud fashioned pub
lie aentimeDt and action still survive the casualties of
lifs and still this side of the dark river. Some Of
them, know, have gone over, but others, find, still
nger on the nearer shoie-a glorioa' link, uniting the
present and the past
i bo gro e Mrs Sue winchester dsughter Of the
death of the ather, although knew, If still living be
had attained many beyond the promised allotment
Of three and ten years knew him in his younger
days long before his marriage and iever had Hartford
in my poor opinion produced his tcectual
remember to have heard the sarCasti lie burst
OF eioquehce from MS lips that ever fell upon my ear be-
fore or since. lilo was candidate for office. His COM
pctor had akcd old scandal that had been long
buried with the individual to whom il had attached
WHOM Mr.. Scott with that dancing eye of his blazing
with unusual brancy exclaimed In slow and measured
words Ihe grace by others is held sacrcd-by you is
silent inhabdns are invoked 10 give point and poiso, 10
your shafts" Those were his exact words and snch was
their impression upon my youthful mind that they are
as vivid this moment as when uttered more than forty
years ago.
Al the time of which write there was noble bar at
Bel Air. Col !. ID. Maulsby was then In tho zenith of
his power and manhood. lie my beau ideal of n
commanding presence, with his fine FORM ir top boots
ruted shirt and his cherished qieu swinging free and
gracefully from shoulder to shoulder.
James Wallace, at that time ter past life meridian
was man Of fine acq ircments, and proyerbia his
honesty and simplicity OF character but above ALL for
his great attention to few about mile from town
which lie never cultivated, but upon which old Molly
Iackcy lived through two generations He received an
appointment from General jackson soon after his ina
guraiion, repaired to Washington, md him
afterwaI d..
About the same timo William II. and Richard N
Allen stood out prominently among the most talented
men OF the place and time The former was appointed
Provisional Governor by General jackson, in East Por
da then territory and the latter practiced law aud
pbysc alternate and exceled in both The last time
saw the hitter, many years ago, board steamer
in Hampton Roads with Spanish Ramecoek under hi.
his Hartford friends lie still retained tho beauty of his
Youth.
As cannot refer TO oil to whom would like to refer
at present, but will hereafter by yonr permission
will NAME but two or three Others still living,
hope. and then close this hasty and desptory sketch
occasionally in the Northwestern papers the name Of
Samuel krkwood formerly Governor Of Iowa and more
recently u s. Senator from the same State. He is
tive of Hartford and his father lived upon the road lead
lug from Dublin 10 Slate Ridge where Sam born
lie was tho youngest son of Jahez Kirkwood, purE
andnpright man claimed Cameronian descent.
Tine Governor and Senator son IA leading Radical and
~ am AN uhreconsructed Virginia rebel -,
regret MS status and his taste, ash might InH..
occasion him thought
Another, whose narie 1t appears to me, was the
wrong side, at least during the lAio 'unpcasantness
when all names should have leen In the right placois
A. w. Bradford cxIovernor pf tho hlrssei DID State OF