Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-09-30
The First Settlers Of Virginia.

Three months..... oo
The First Settlers Of Virginia.
A correspondent of the Richmond Standard,
10 reply to a statement in Colonial Life ic Viz
eiuia and Maryland. to the effect that the first
Colonists 10 Virginia were teloDs, says:
| 1t may be true that some OF US may owc sn'
ces:ry to those who wrought out their passage
money after their arrival in the colony; but the
very mention made CT such by the traveller
quoted is honorable to their honesty and intel
Igcncc. do not hesitate to admit, IN addition,
that the blood Of thcs, less favored by fortune
flowed in streams with that of the cavalier 10
other repeated examples. For long period
| after tho settlement Of Virginia thero was
dcarth OF females as wives tor the colonlsta.
| This want was IN measure supplied by lmpor.
| taton Of whole cargocs Of poor and rcputa-
bic young W0meu who wcro ofta!ci at public
sale to reimburse the cost CT transportation.
1t was standing and good humored boast
with venerable dame lately deceased, resi-
dent Of King William Co.-thc representative
OF cavalier blood, and the progenltress of some
of cur most highly respected clt!zors-that her
grandmother was one OF such shipment. Her
sister transports had commanded prices of
five hcgsbeads Of tobacco and less, but
she beiog lsmo and red headed, was the
last sod at the deprecatiug value OF one hogs
head only. Her true worth, in despite, however,
was attestod amply 10 her highly meIltotiou5 de-
scenaants A comparison Of tho names ca
rolled in our State Land Registry Office of those
to whom lands have been numerouSIy granted
with those most prevalent among US now will
convucingIy attest their identity. ln these
grants qua!ifyiog terms of military rack, Of
GLASS. as ''gentieuar," or calling, as "mcrch:
ant" constantly occur. Even the list Of land
aIlotments by the Londoa Company ctEar 10
tho enumerated names, patent responsibility;
for example, the following arc among those
enumerated:
Patterson, Edwards, Norton, Price, Ccckc,
Rose, Morgan, GriAin, Read, Crimes, Harris.
Garter, Madison, Mason, Bag"ell. jarrct, Dads.
Hobson, Bayley, Carr, Taylcr Farrar, Sharp.
Kent, Anthony, Douglas, Harding. Jordan,
Powell, Martin, Harrison, Pace, Matthews,
Bsynham. Archer, Claiborne, Anderson, ,Grubbs,
Staples Pierce, Daniel Wyatt, Tucker. Keith,
SpiImar, Hill, Cole, Bouldin, Wllloughby,
Chapman, Mason" &c.-Burk's History OF
Virginia, vol. i, PIP. 353l-9.
affirm that the evidence iswanting TO prove
that the shipment Of veritabla !elOrs was either
numerous or frequent.
The most extended sou,oe Of iUfJrmasion on
the subj .ct "fhe List oi Enigrants to America,
l6O0-l70O, by John Camden Hottie" seems
to otf1r no more foundation for tho stgmatlZ
ing term ''convict'' than that they were poll.l.
cal offenders. No 9shonGr surely attached to
eal subjects OF the wrong headed aGd uGtOru'
nate Charles, or to the followers Of the pioneer
patriot Hampdeu. Tho following descriptive
prefix constantly appears ia Mr.. Hoten's o boo
to lis:s Of cmigrauts in evidence Ut their char
aotar as Christians and law abiding pcrsons:-
They have beer examined b. the NllDlster OF
of their contOrmitcc, end have taken
the oaths of allegiance and suprcmaclc.
The iEss extract given by Mr.. Brock Offers
palpable cviicacc as to ihc character OF the
persons transported, in that they were not
always the worst kiad Of men, either Tor BIRTH
spirit, or body" and that they wer1 "rtqucst-
ed" 10 tc met as settlers When it Is rcoollectcd
that the severity Of the paual laws Of Eogana
made the being engaged in q rIot, poaohlng ,hc
Killing OF deer and lr2srasses upon the lorcSts.
independent CT ianuncfabIo protcxts upon
which were tcuutcd charges ii treas0n an"
lelouics, it will hs prcn ljr what trivial cause
lilc stigma ":llion, CT 'ey:vlct" WAS adJujgcd
aud affixed. [ have TO ohjtc., TOO, that inc
third extract given by Nj. Book is garblcd.
lie should Eavc added as reason given ior the
massage OF ho enactment cited that we have
been the more iuducoG To make this order by
tho horror yet remaining among Us CT the bar
barous dcsignc OF Those viltaios in September,
1868, who attempted at once the subpcrslcn OF
our religion, lawts liocrtycs, rights and prop
ryctics. Ill. Hcnning, p. $40.
| In pcnaiy 81 tu.is conspiracy to murder, &',,
nipo Of those engaged in il suffered !osth.
1t is not reasonable to suppose l*at si'ir
mcnt Of desperate class, likely to menace the
| very existence Of the coloDy itself, was persisted
| 10, in defiance Of tho earnest protest OF the Col
ouists, but that tho 'cJuvioto" OF succcct'n;
importatIon5 were persons moro uniortunaS2
| than criminal.
! With just sense Of pardouablc and honest
pride in the destruction, elect 10 subscribe my
self, despite OF contemptiblc inuendo aud petty
assault, al L. T. v