The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-12-11
DEATH OF CORNWALLIs.
A PAGE in Virginia History Hitherto
Unpublished. -


xlnia, supplied the people with vi.
| ,stOuIshlDg fund of anecdote and re-
] ,ntniscence, and the negroes were 10,
,iOw to take their share.
The furry Of 1872, when u Bntisi
,,nip or two appeared IN York River
4nd the sackiug Of Hampton occurred (,
Afforded the very old negross, wins.
.ntGhE pOssiDly nave been born at tn.
l .me, with personal experiences eDOug.
establish them ns iniuuesiDgers
rney seem to have agreed to iuMk
.uslr recOiiectlons and traditions, aUu
!. Ii not uucOmnOn 10 this day 10 tiiiu
venerable Oakley VINO not onls
asArly reIsenbeEs Seeae resOlution," Ou
l1uOka4xM acsaAsnp 1eAsSn It, aud WAS .. /,
.rms Of personal Intimacy wi.h Wash
"xlon aud LUrd COrnwaiils both.
Que Of ths mosl famous Of these Was
certain Uncle Manuel, belonging u
.ne Of the Old II mliies mere, whose I'd
;uunl oftiis sssse Ut Yorktown ys luI
LulteIy snOtasssg rapnic and1 intessstius
"a every way than the comparatively
Ams story.reisted IN the history bJoke.
Uucls Manuel Was u preacher Oh
is0bdays,s aud = general faclot0lD the
.esl Of the wesk. He WAS the terror ol
he little dArkles round ixbou., bu
! .dOredf by the childrsn Of theE printers
N7n tue nytg b0rhU0d, VINO never reau
Eofcany event to hIstOryTOf which Unci..
Manuel was not All eye witness, noi
ever heard Of any plrce III the geox.a
jay that U0cis Manuel hxdn't been To-.
" He ihxa seen Napoleon Bonapatt.I
SOMEWHAT near do Mort Caiiiuy hue,
aS5 AIdR aszssctiy srecOmember," anu
.lxd viewed Niagara. The latter, how /
I yer, disappointed ham very mucb
.nd d,un'L throw up half as muci,!
spfhy as2..de whale dAI gUI slTanIssi. ~
ne tibber, FAn' wheti he snort he
,iOweu de shingles Otrn yO' pas new
oarn." - -z ~
..Ds battle Of YORK" was mis- piece d.
.esls,ance, aud nothing pleased hlm soI
much ~ y circle of childish faces
around hun begging: "Now, please,
please, Uncle Manuel, do tell Va about
'Gne RevOlutiOn. Fyyg1
Uncle Manuel, hike bsshfal young
.auy asked to slug, required Consider
able urging.
SHOW, children, you done herd DE
ole man ,eil 'b0u. dat"
~ ssYes-yes--Dut tell US some more"
The fact was Uucie Manusl's &C.
counts could not become mOnOlOnOus,
because he never told them twice the
same way.
"Weli, honey, speck have to try
an tell You sumtfu' bout II. Doau
aobody know more'n Uncle Manuei,
kase was Wid GlDsral Washington
ali dc time.
A"You see, ole marse-yo' grau' pa
no live nigh ter orktown, aud Gtu-
eral Washington anu Gluerai Lafayette.
dey way dere, sparkin' de young
ladies. Il hear Miss Susan herself dc
day Sue -eoie2 etn befe she waru't gwlne
~ marry neider one Of 'em-an' dat
Was dc fust an onilest time / cher see
Gineral Washington cry. He jes bel.
,ersd an hollereu dat Jay, an' he say,
cry,h': MANUEL, my heart Is broke
~ tell you some more bout DAT
pres'n'y. Well, Glnerai Washington
arler dat he WAS mighty mourufui ilAe
au' no dlun'l seem 10 want me ou.en
nls sight; 30 one day hs say to vi.
.narie-yo' gran pa /: .Kuruel, dis t,eah
10Y Manner an u likely chap. Isuiik.
tnlx htliy ter have hun. l siu' YOU ten
y my bes' nlggers for uis hean uuy.'
''But ole marse he say: 'Ginerai
w Washington, woulun't Ake>, leu u
yO' nlxGers, nor twenty on 'en, tor
Manuel. But III tell yeu wha. l'il 10,
Jss' take the boy an keep him III urter
ds resolution, am sem hun back
, can dAi's De way l got ter be wiz
nlm. Well, we had ole wuks a, II
York. De red coats came puurln' outeu
do ships."
"Auw many thousands OF them were
there, Uucie Manner"
"rnousanus Dere were millions ON
chile"
3 "Aud how many French" -+
- sslley wa'n'tsno French Ut all. "55s, ',
"But-but-the history Says d.
"Well, chilien, was de history man
dar ? Was the history men dar. i say?
say he warh't boru, much less dar,
nn' dare isS u heap u lies in books,
uohow. Now, didn't see NO French,
-su' dey wArn't none. SIX
"Bu, Gineral Washington was dar-
an he fit and tit, an fit an 1T ',weii
mos drop. Eoery time ,Ginerai
ire he gun The Briiisners would drop
Ia q row. Sometimes he would fire
aB + load, an sometimes he would
load an fire. He rid big white
hoss, an every, time he If has too,
twas IA big az dinner plate. 1 was
IN y big black boss, am we was gait
iupin, ober the feel, General Wash
,ng,on shoniing: tWhar's dat dam
old red cost Cornwaiis? Dog my cats,
But I'm a-gwins to spile he hidep