The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-11-27
December Magazines.
iIarper's.

iiarper's.
The December Harper opens with a pro-
Gusely illustrated article by Constance Fenni.
more Woolson, up the Ashley and Cooper"
in which the writer grows enthusiastic over
the beauties OF the rebclllous Palmetto state
Much in the article will be a new revelation
TO most readers How many know, for in.
stance, that over a hundred years ago, on the
very Threshold of the illimitable Carolina
iungles, there stood immortal homes worthy
Of comparison with the finest III the old
country?
Drayton Hall the only one of these old
homes now remaining, was butt In li40 by
Thomas Drayton, Esq., and named after the
family residence, Drayton Hall, Northamp.
lunshire England; It's cost al that early peri
I'D being ninety thousand dollars It's built
| Df brick, the columns OF Portland marble,
| md much of the finer material having been
imported from England Within, the stair,
way, the manlels, and the wainscot which
extends in a quaint fashion, from floor to
ceiling, are Of solid mahogany, paneled and
deliberately carved the wainscoat at a later
period having been painted over, probably
on account Of the daily olling and polishing
(which old time ideas of shining mahogany
Ireuuired. Over the mantels are frames set in
the wainscot for pictures or coats of arms,
the frc.paces are adorned with cOlored tiles,
and the size of the rooms, together with the
great kitchens and ovens below, take one
back to the old baronial days in England,
when size was II criterion of grandeur, and
Everything belonging to great families was
great also, from the breadth of their apart
mcns to the bulk oitheir four-horse coaches.
In one of the cellers are to be seen number
of marble columns lying on the ground, just
as they came from England. These columns
have given rise to the story that the old man
sion was never entirely finished; but this Is
an error, the columns having been intended,
not for the house, but for a gateway outside.
The Drayton family occupied the Hall for a
number of years. Many persons in Charles.
ton remember the stories told by their faith.
ers and mothers of the dinner-parties and
| other entertainments given at Drayton Hall,
when carpets were laid down over the broad
flights OF steps ut both entrances and out to
the carIage-ways, that the ladies might
alight and enter without endangerlng the
satin of their robes.
| No historical sketch of South Carolina in
the olden time is complete without refer.
CICt W anu MS Va wiz We
have this picture:
Marion made war in his own way; now
| here, now there; now seen, now gone, he was
like Il meteor in the night, and the successes
gained 10y his extraordinary swiitness and
daring seemed marvellous alike to friend
and foe. He selected young men tor his
band, generally from his own neighbors of
French descent; he lived in the swamps; he
81 bnraaiaply hic Gauprita nm,
campr.cnt was cane. brake. He dld not
wait for all his troops, but sailed out fire..
quentiy with only ten or twelve he took
saws from mills and turned them into swords
| he frequently engaged when he had but three
rounds 10 a man. Scouts we're kept cut con-
stantly, and when word was brought In of a
small party of the enemy anywhere, then
forth went Marion's Men like lightning after
them 1t is said that he was so secret in his
plans that his own soldiers had no idea when
they were to be called out, and that their
only way of knowing was TO watch the negro
cook; when the old man was seen cooking a
little store of poor food which was their only
fare, then they prepared for departure Ma
rion's fayorite time for starting was sunset,
and then the march lasted all night.
1t is said that CORVALLIS had an especial
fear OF Marion, and never sat down in any
SNA"hSN h'uoN III VIC vi ShuiiNo-
ton, but always on piazza or under tree,
that with his own eyes he could watch for
The swiitdarIing foe Poor CORVALLIS what
Joy swep, over the country when he was tax.
en-! Even the Dutch watchmen OF Philadel
phia called the news after midnight, "Bas,
twelie O'CLOCK, and CORVALLIS es dagen."
James Parton having done caricaturc
past and present, of all Europe, comes home
and takes up the subject in the U. S. "from
Franklin to Mast" His present article has
at least this advantage over the previous ones
that his readers can understand what is pre-
scented to them and see the point The ma
jority of his illustrations however, are old to
the readers of Harper's Weekly, being from
Mast and having appeared during the las,
eight or ten years in that publication.
Another splendidly illustrated article is
Windsor Castle, from which the reader gets a
vivid glimpse of one of the favorite homes Of
British royalty. James I. Field concludes hls
entertaining "reminiscences of Barry Cen
wall. Hon. w w. Campbell. IN Walks
Talks and Drives IN and around Lea Castle