The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-01-22

tion of her cause which warmed and fed her.
and kept her alive. Amid all her sorrows she
was cheerful, quaint and interesting She
died, In her seVenty-6fLh year, OF congestion
enlrSought on by cold. No doubt 1t was death
,.Eia,, r.Im insufficient warmth and nourshment
nnasn Dss M at last killed blood relative of the
a;ra SJren y, England and Of that Prince who is
pe1ng nursed 40 tenderly.
This tragical storv ~ ro,,o,,,, NO., =, .,,,,
ed by the following bit of yomance 10 of tho
peerage: About l790 q Wanderer uhn hod @ 1n.t Sue
ms way asked nights shs!ter at the the cot Cottage ss
lsge of Bolas, Shropshire. Strangers ,vere ",
usual there, and, from suspicion OF SIs 6onr uu
fdes, hospitality was refused. The wasssnas UV'sa
pressed bis demand. and prayed that Sa
might stay till morning, even II they would
give him no more than chair In the stone.
foorea lower room. The grudging boon was
at last granted, and the next morning the
family and their forced guest made ac-
qlaintance with one another. The strang-
Mamma Hoggins was enhanced by the pres
ence Of their daughter Sarah, who, In the full
bloom of rustic beauty, chained the sol
disGnt Mr.. Jones's eyes, and, through his
eyes, his heart. And now the adventure of
an hour, connected with intricate roads and
coming night, was destined to affect the wan
derer's future life. Now, from that village,
1LOu uuOSO WuCkO obk0u E1lthCU Gtc
cows, from that dairy where her white arms
persuaded cream into butter, MI. Jones could
not stir. He had stated to inquirers that his
particular function was that OF an undertaken;
q vocation which might account for the ten
der melancholy which weighed on him; or
that name might have darkly limited to Sarah
that he was ready to undertake every Office,
however unaccusomed, In which she played
part. The presence OF Mr.. Jones In the
yyi11oor In Ava
The Inhabitants locked upon him with a
respectful fear. AS weeks went on, he made
occasional absences from Bolas, always
short, and confined to two or three days; and
on bis return he seemed to abound with mo-.
ney. The natives of Salop are not dull. They
put the money and the absences together, and
they whispered the result to one another. They
felt sure Jones was highwayman. After o
while Mr.. Cecil-we may as well drop the alias
became the avowed suitor of Sarah Hog
gins; but the predatory notion still clung TO
her mothers mind, and she sturdily set her
face against the connection. The fathers
logic was simple, and ultimately prevailed,
''Why, he has plenty of money" BE showed
his easy, circumstances, indeed, by taking
ed the largest house in the neighborhood,
now called Burleigh villa. 1t stands amongst
fields, facing the Wrekln, some miles distant
from that landmark. They married. A
daughter was born to them, and died. She
was buried In the little church-yard; but her
grave IL not forgotten. News at length
reached Mr.. Cecil, then become Lord Burleigh,
which induced him to travel TO London. Bis
wife accompanied him. Although he had been
at great pains to have his wife educated and
taught accomplishments, tradition still de-
scribes her as ignorant of her rank, and there
fore she felt surprised at the reception which
they met with at the great houses Of mobiles
and commoners on their road. They arrived
at Stamford. They drove up to the Burleigh
House, and then was put the question whether
Sarah would like to be mistress there. The
denouenle7G followed. The son of Sarah Hog
gins succeeded In 1904 to the title of Marquis
Of Exeter. he died in 1867, and the grandson
of Sarah Hoggins Is now the owner Of the
Marquisate and iair Burleigh.
I close with another bit OF romance which
has Just come to light here. On the i'll fated
ship President, which went down some thirty
years ago, all on board las was supposedly
cratic family, Lord Fitzroy- Leunox. The
young nobleman was mourned by his family.
Bnt there came q young man lately 10 this
country who claimed 10 be Lord Lennox, and
whose 1amIly-like the Tichbornes-reiusedt to
recognize him. He died day or Two ago.
According to his story he did not sail from
New York on the President at all, but, alter
ashore.
The statement, without the faintest trace of
eccentrcity or symptom of alteration of
mind, he maintained to his dying day; and his
last request, when in full possession Of con-
which has, we know, been acted
upon, was that he should be buried In what he
asserted was his true name, and that his
cof1n.plate should be Inscribed with his full
style and title, viz, Lord Fltzroy George
Charles Gordon Lennox. Monday, there
fore, saw the remains {lf the inscription on
The funeral urn Is to be credited and accept
ed in the spirit Of the truth tablets should
generally carry with them) of Lord Fltzroy
Lennox committed to their last resting
place, attended only by three mourners and
by some twenty fellow. clerks, who followed
IS last mark of special respect. The coff1n-
plate bears the following inscription: "Lord
Fllzroy George Charles Gordon Lenppx,
aged 81. Died December 8, 1871" Passing
under the name of Henry Clay, but gene
rally known as the "Captain," the deceased
obtained q situation with the London and
Railway Company, and has
been employed as clerk at their London
goods terminus for the last twelve years,
earning the respectful esteem of all his fellow.
servants. ID. ID. g.