The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-01-15

the present day the English Gipsies dignl.
~ their chief by the name OF king, and
not very long since the papers announced
the election of q new sovereign to I'LL the
vacancy created by the death of the pre-
vlous potentate. Many years did not
elapse before the new corners were fonnd
! to be unwe leone guests, and several acts
OF parliament were passed, each more Sc
we're than Its predecessor, awarding pun
lshment, not only to these ''outlandish
people, but to all who associated with
them ; and, during the commonwealth,
sixteen persons we're executed at one assize
tor having thus associated, for about
month accord ng to the statute. Although
these laws of blood are now repealed the
English Gipsies are still liable to be pro-
ceeded against rs Migrants, the statutes
declaring that all those persons pretend
ing to be Gipsies, and wandering in the
habit and form of Egyptians, shall be
deemed rogues and yagabonds. -
The climate of England being conduct
i've to beauty, nowhere else in the appear
ance of the race SO prepogsessing as In that
country. Their complexion is dark, but
not dissagreeabIy SO, faces and features
regular, their foreheads rather low, and
sheir hands and feet small. The men are
taller than the English peasantry, and far
more active, and their gait and demanor
are easy and graceful They will speak the
English language with fuency, but among
themselves adhere to Il cir own tongue.
Whenever stronger approaches them,
they exhibit great reserve the women will
talk to them in mystic language, and en-
deavor to amuse in secrets OF futurlty.
The Gipsies seem to have invaded Scot
land and Ireland half a century before they
entered England. l. is presumed that
several families Of them emigrated from
Spain on the PRONUNCIATION OF the edicts
which affected them in that country, and
proceeded to the south of Ireland, whence
to Scotland. In fact, almost all the Scott
fish Gipsies assert that their ancestors
came thither by way of Ireland. 1t was
discovered by the Scottish court, for in
1910 james the Fifth entered inta league
or treaty with John Faw, Lord and Earl
OF little Egypt" and caused writ to be
issued in favor of that Gypsy prince for
the arrest and punishment of certain rebel
lious subjects of the said prince, who were
unwilling to join him in a pretended ter,
mination Of their SO called pilgrimage,
him Of certain property. The whole bust
ness was, however, presumed to be ruse
whereby the Gipsies could prolong their
stay, and remain permanently in that
country, which they had evidently been
importuned to quit.
An accident soon after opened the eyes
of the monarch to the actual character of
these people. Travelling through these
hn nhor pr
of Gaberlunzieman, or Guidman OF Bal
langican, and prosecuting, as was his Gus
tom, his low and vague amours, he fell IN
with band of Gipsles in the midst of their
carousals, in CAGE near Wemyss, III Fet-
eshire. His majesty heartily joined in the
revels, but il was not long before scuffie
ensued, In which he was roughly handled,
and was in danger Of his life. The cause,
the Gipsies asserted, was owing to the king
having attempted to take liberties with one
of the women. Perceiving at last that the
stranger was not one OF their people, he was
considered spy and treated with great
iDdignlty, aud eventually made to act as a
servant, and carry their budgets on their
backs tor many miles, until he was exhaust
ed and sunk under his load when he was
dismissed with scorn and contempt. The
king thereby exasperated, caused an order
in council to be Immediately issued, de-
claring that if three Gipsles were found to-
gether, one of them should be instantly
seized or forthwith hanged or shot. They
were afterwards banished the country, but
James dying shortly after the promulga~
ton of these orders, new reign brought
better prospects to the marauders. The
tribe, we're, however, prescribed in many
future sanguinary laws, which had the eff
feet of compelling them for while to dis
band. aud disguise their origin. Under
these bloody enactmentS many men were
condemned to be hanged, and women to be
drowned, for no other crime than that of
being Gipsies.
That all OF the race were not thieves is
evident, as we have bright illustration of
the fact in an anecdote narrated by Sir
Walter Scott, of Jean Gordon, having been
Hospitality received at farmhouse near
the border, carefully abstalned from COM
hitting any depreciation on the property.
Her sons, however, did not possess the
same delcacy, and stole pig, which so
mortified the mother that she disappeared
from the neighborhood in which she had
long resided. Some years alter the farmer
had occasion to visit Newcastle, to obtain
money wherewith to pay his rent, and re-
turning through the Cheviot mountains
was benighted and lost his way. Attracts
ed by light in lonely barn. he proceeded
thither and knocked at the door. To the
terrible surprise of the poor man, it was
opened by Jean. He knew that her thiev-
ish clan could DE at no great distance, and
to lose his rent would be his utter ruin
Jean who possessed a remarkable figure,
and is nearly six feet high. There was
plenty of meat in the barn, however, it
might have been obtained, and prepare
tons were going on for supper for ten or a
dozen guests which added to the farmers
anxiety. The old woman soon confessed
the pain she had suffered in consequence
Of the stolen pig, remarked that the world
daily grew worse, and that Ter BARNS were
no better than the rest. The end of all
this was an inquiry what money the farmer
had about him, and an urgent request that
he would make her his purse keeper, as
her sons would be soon home. The poor
man made virtue of necessity, told his
story, and surrendered his gold into Jeans
custody. She made him retain few shll-
lings in his pocket. observing that it would
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