The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-12-15
RELICS OF D TIMES.
News and Couricr.l

All Charleston knows or onght' to
know, the elegant residence Of the
late VIM. Bull P,ingle, or King, near
IiamboA street, where the fair widow
Brewton, during the British occupnny of
the city, by the sharpness Of her wit and
briliiancy Of repartee kept Lord Raw
don. Col. Balfour and the elegant Major
Barry in constant dead, and where fair
women made piteous appeals to the
British commanders for the life Of
Hayne. And the adjoining garden
where, in after times. the beautiful
Theodosia Burr, wife Of Governor
Joseph Allston, walked and talked, un-
mindful of the horrible g awaiting
her. Every one is familiar also with the
large three-story brick rcsidcnce, in
Church, near Tradd street, where j Judge
Hayward entertained Gen. Washington,
though perhaps, few are aware that the
General slept in the room at the south
east angle Of the middle story under
which Mr.. Fusler has opened n bread
and cake bnkery. And the quaint old
raany-sidcd brick powder magazine on
the south side Of Cumberland street
must be familiar to every reader of
Harpe,"s Magazine or Mr.. Arthur
Mazyck's beautiful brochure. Cha: les
ton tn 1883.
But few probably recognize in the fine
old threc-story residence at the corner
Of Orange and Tradd streets one Of the
best houses in Charleston more than a
century ago. 1t was the property Of
John Stewart, the Indian agent Of his
Majesty in the Southern provinces.
Here was born his son. Gen. John Stew
art who afterwards distinguished him
self by defeating the French troops in
Calabria, and was knighted for his gal
lantry. Here, too. probably Lieut.-Col.
Alexander Stewart, who commanded
the British at the battle Of Eutaw, first
saw the light. We are accustomed to
regard Eutaw as al American victory,
but the careful student will come to the
conclusion that through the scholarship
Of Stewart and his Irish Bluffs, Eutaw
wa a drawn battle. where
"They bath did fight.
Aud bath did win
And bath did rim AVA"
The Beaufort family Of Stuarts are
descended from the brother of John
Stewart.
THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE CORNER CLUB.
Coming down to our own day we find
the house owned by the late William
Carson, and according to Mrs. S. Peti-
CRU Bowen -the headquarters some
sixty years az, Of the Corner Club, q
coteric Of old ladies, who we're mostly
widows. whist-players. tea-drinkers and
- takers" Mrs. Bowen continues {:
There was Mrs Carson herself, born
Neyle: Mrs. Skirving. her maiden sis ter,
Miss Price, Mrs. Crafts, her sister, Mrs.
lizard, who had been known until her
fifty-fr,h year as the beautiful Claudia
Smith : Miss Roussell and some others
whose names escape me. / believe
that | assisted at one of the last Of their
reunions in 1S4L. All the above were
present except Mrs. Crafts, who was
then dead. The venerable danes were
inclined, l thought to be both dull and
spappish. But laughed hugely once
with all the fervor Of what ! was-a
very giggling little girl. Tho sister of
nm old friend and schoolmate of mine
was there, and it fell to her lot to enter
tain Mrs. lizard, who was deafcr than
deaf. Julia labored at the converse
tional oar at Mrs. Yards ear to some
effect. FOR eventually primed with the
y'1ews she had heard, Mrs. lizard lifted up
her voice. Mrs. Carson ! Mrs. Carson II
cried Mrs. lizard, Julia tells me that
she went last night to a concert, and
Mrs. I,cger Hutchinson sat on the stage
and played the organ! Think of.a Mac.
Pherson doing that /! 'Oh, Mrs. Izard,,
shouted the indignant Julia, and she
buried her saucy. turncd-up nose in
Mrs. Yards ear, striving to reach the
sense Of hearing, 4 never told you any
thing SO absurd. I-went-to-a-phre-
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, and-the-man-|
Observation-Disclosures organs on the
subjects head, and she laughed aud
sang and scolded just as lie touched
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