The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-07-26

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ON Special Correspondence of the Boston
Post.l
HEATEEN New ENGLAND.
Heather Colony IN Ne,0 Hampshire
Under tile Eye Of Massachusetts, CisM
cation.
urH SEABRooK, N. H., July 6, 1871.
1t rather startled society to be told by
Newburyport Herald, short time
Ice, that there was heather settle
ent in New England; that in the very
htre of our moral aud social refinement
ere was depraved and ignorant COM
hoity which was disgrace to the
i gilizatiou of the nineteenth century.
Leaving the good people of Newbury-
IT behind, crossing the Merrimack,
d, bv an easy transition, exchanging
E Old Bay State for the Granite State,
e quickly finds himself in an almost
tircly uninhabitcd region, surrounded
every side by barren hills aud shady
boks, entirely untortured by the abomi-
htions Of modern art Finding his way
4 best he can through the rough and
hrrow highway, the traveller suddenly
omes upon the scene Of a low marshy
kstrict, which group of rickety
hanties tells is the abode Of some
becimens of the gesus tomo.
I T. satisfy what had become greedy
priosity, your correspondent enters the
'tlla .e settlement, camp, or what you
$ill, and there he fnds-what? Not
DO score miles from the Hub Of the
diverse, hardly out of sight of the
uaker poet Whittier, nor beyond the
bach Of the echoes that not century
snce resounded at the thunder tones OF
eorge Whit6eld's preaching-there he
ame upon scene, the adequate repre-
entation of which defes the p n, pencil.
) brush. Entering the settlement, the
Dad turns abruptly to the right, aud
>bu are Immediately brought into the
idst of the "hea;hen district" 1t is
BIZ known as South 'eabrook. and is
|sIant from Newburygort only alb ut
sght miles, and from Hampton and
kisbury beaches by less distance.
ographcaiy ifbelongs to New Hamp
ire, though it issby no means, beyond
Ie possible influence of Massachusetts
lishtenment
ORIGIN OF TIE SETTLEMENT.
EGenera,ions aso there lived, in what
as then the township of Hampton, a
,mily by the name OF Souther. ~
me kind of social ostracism, little
Bard of nov adays. this family were
.sui>hed the village on account Of their
+ eptomaniac tendencies aud bad influ-
ces generally, aud in humble submis
'sbn to .hciy fate they sought ihi~
cali;v, aud, entirely Gu, off from the
st of the world. they began leading
e life OF l.crniis They never he'd
y intercourse with the world outside,
d they relied on their ability to endure
iya,ion aud what the immediate vicini
afforded them for the means Of sub
teucc. Subsequently, they were joined
two families Of kindred tastes aud
ntimen;s, Eaton and Southcr by name.
4 d by irtcrmarriagc of Mormon type
ey now number between five aud six
bndred people. For nearly century
ey had no schools, no church. %
brals nor culture ofany kind TIER
u,ish tastes and unbr:dled passions led
EN- to state Of positive barharsm
bey looked upon civilized peonle as
eir natural enemies, aud the nei@hbor
- people considered them As altogether
FOND the reach Of salvation. They
ilt for themselves rude huts, aud,
tEout distinction of family, lived to-
ther iu uteer degradation. No mother
lew her child after it had left its cradle.
d no father knew the number Of his
ogcny. Their dress--if it could be
lled dress--was scau;y, meal bas or
rse blanket, with which to cover
emselves, being considered a luxury.
book or newspaper was As rare with
EN- as if the art Of printing had never
len discovered. and their language
came such as only their emotions
suld Indicate. What wonder is it,
EN-, that they were regarded as hope
is cases? The people who knew Of
EN- thought that theJ could not be
lped so long as they remained in this
Fot SO thought the Rev. Wm 4. Rand,
10, having heard Of this people, deter
ped, about FIVE years since, to see if
pcthiug could not be done by which
ey could be brought under the infu-
ZEE of Christian civilization, and there
be raised from the abyss into which
ey had fallen. Mr.. Rand is quite n
nng man, stout and erect as pillar,
his general appearance indicates
1t muscular Christianity is part OF
creed. His eye sparkles like a
staI when he speaks of his people,
q you feel that you are standing be-
,ooIore Christian AID O noble
! 10.
Your correspondent learned that SER
ees are held in the church twice ol
rec times week, and here Mr.. Rand
als his people, in plain, practlca
Nv, the duties which they owe te
emselves and to each other. lie ha:
arted school in the district, and By
,t;no them feel the need of culture