The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-09-08

; ssei each other but Tor the pnttmsIy
sT hen tfiat case was tried
ii, fisFedeTaf District Court one OF the Wit
;srsasscs waSf he famous Eonmodore Chater, q
hrnad- ahOfId ered, low.pitc he'd DARN Fellow,
lisii nitrate. half patriot, who was ~ the
Golmnf,la,, service, md had captured0n the.
Mol, seas enc two Spanish vessels " hose car
GOES were the source az strife. BE was as
fearleas In court rs on the quarter deck, ana
hore nm gailantly under the long and terri
HE crosssfIre to which Tazewell ana !ayioI
subjected him. Now, 1t might be 1nierrea
that as the name was given. In my DAY, ana
as have lived not many miles from snatteIs-
hurr. and knew the questionable cnaracter
OF the Mace and had seen the Commodore In
court, and had known, moreover, Mr. Luz ~.
we'll. and had written an account VI Mis
character, may have given the name Oh tne
Columbian captain to the place IN question.
But I have already told YOU its true origin:
So with TarWallet. as the true reason "a
the name, so far rs I know, Is iost, II, lhueIu,
it was ever known to more than those "no
lived on the spot, we may presume itS us,
riyation from the facts OF that day. lIei
and for, many years later no four-Wneeieu
vehicle existed in the. county OF winch Inc
present Cumberland Is a part. line iate WI.
Nicholas Edmunds, to whom nave alreau!
referred, toldfme that when ne was = ooy ~
school in the county OF BruasWlck as II
then was . four-Wheeled wagon haPpene,u
to pass by, and that the whole scnool' Mltn
thc teacher at its head, ran out to look
at it. and followed it for some distance.
Tobacco was carried to market on rollers;
and Il NAV be that one, OF the men who were
engaged ii, conveying the tobacco to the
shipping might have procured a piece OF
tarpaulin, and made q bag out OF II, lnsteau
OF the common buckskin, to keep his money
and papcrs from exposure. l have SAID
fiat the names OF places must be usually
construed to mean Just what the words i'm
nIy. even though the explanatory Legend Is
| lost But where there is mingling OF popll-
lations we must adopt anotherr rule. In the
region Of Tarwallet the Huguenot made
his impression. not only by commiXture
of blood with the Anglo-Saxon, but
in giving names to settlements. 1t must
be observed concerning the Huguenots that
they were the flower Of the population OF
France. They composed the most lntellec-
tual, and thrifty, and moral part OF the
French people. They brought with them
TO their new abodes over the civilized world
not only their skill in mechanics, and their
devotion to letters and to the Protestant
| faith, but an attachment to the history and
the localities OF their native land. One OF
the most treasured incidents in their minds
was the pacifcation OF the religious trou-
bles OF France by the Edict OF Nantz, which
was the act Of Henry the Fourth OF the
House of Valois; and they may have made
| for the noncc the name OF Terre-Nalols, or
have borrowed it from some faTorlte place
| in their native country. The name might
| roppa- NnlniS-nrnn1lnnp
Terre-E alley, under the rough usage OF An
glo-Saxon lips. to the Tarwallet OF the pre-
sent day. ....
There are many instances in Virginia in
which the Hugllenot names are scarcely to
be recognizedin their present dress. There
is most cstmable gentleman now residing
on Staunton river by the name OF Buster
Bonstier); and Boisseau has become Bos-
her, and Bon Pas is spelt Bumpas, and so
with many others in other States, as Pea
body from Pibaudiere, Doolittle, from
De L'IIotel, DC. ,,..... .'..E
Send dollar for me when you are about
to remit the sum you may collect to Eng
land for the repair OF Captain Smiths stone
but I would much prefer that you would
prevail upon The har OF your city, which
Still maintains the rink it held when Wythe
| filled the chair of the Chancellor OF Fir-
ginia, to place q plain, thick, horizontal
Slab over the dust OF that good old man in
the graveyard on Church Hill. We may
not, indeed, know the exact spot, but it
must be hear the grave Of his old compa-
trlot Colonel Edward Darlington, which is
marked by stone.
am, very truly yours, ...,..
HUGH BLAIR GRIGSBY.
! Il. 4. BroCk, Esq.,, Richmond, Va. =