The Press., 1891-06-18

I flee, they marched out and met the mob of negroes, who were burning and laying waste the sugar mills and plantations. Fortunately the negroes had great respect for and confidence in these priests, and were thus held in check for three days, until the military arrived from the neigh boring Island of St. Thomas, and truce was declared. The king of Denmark had appointed Dr. Hawley to be the head of the colonial council, and special advisor to the governor general. Inasmuch as it was impossible for the planters to carry on their plantations without the labor of the negroes, or the negroes to live with out the help of the planters, Dr. Hawley proposed modification of the former re- lations existing between them, which was acceptable to both parties, and adopted by the government, which has continued to this day, as a solution of the slavery question in Santa Cruz. It was this The negroes agreed and bound themselves to work five and half days every week, for which they were to receive specified sum and support themselves; and the planters agreed to pay the specified sums and be relieved from any claim for sup port of their Slaves or their families Thus the slaves became practically free, receiving compensation for their labor; but as the raising of sugar-cane, which was the chief business of the island, could not be carried on without steady and reli- able labor, it was agreed that the negroes should labor regular and specified time, as above, thus securing to them regular compensation, keeping them engaged, and thereby having no time to conspire to- gether, and commit acts of lawlessness and destruction. After fourteen years of active work in church and state, Dr. Haw ley returned in June, 1859, to the United States, leaving the island in a much more prosperous condition than when he went there, which was greatly due to his active efforts, good Judgment and wise counsel. During his residence there he made vis- 1t to this country, and was married Nov 2d, 1853, in Burlington, Vermont, by Rt. Rev. Bishop Hopkins, to Miss Marian Garfield, sister to Thos. H. Garfield, of Burlington, by whom he had two children, MT. Thomas c. Hawley, an esteemed cit- tzen of this county, and Mrs. Swan, wife of Rev. George E. Swan of Indianapolis, Indiana.
 Soon after his return to the United States, Bishop Polk, of Louisiana, came to Vermont, and insisted upon Dr. flaw ley's going to Louisiana to take charge of Trinity church, of which the bishop was then rector, and which he had to give up on account of the arduous duties of his Episcopate- claiming that as Dr. Hawley had been residing for years in a southern climate, he was especially adapted for the climate of New Orleans and the work of the large parish of Trinity With much reluctance Dr. Hawley consented to the bishops urgent request and left with his family, arriving in New Orleans in De- cember, 1859. His genial and cultivated manners, and his jealous devotion to his | duties soon made him favorite with the southern people of all classes, so that when the civil war broke out he retained the confidence of all, although he frankly announced to them his opposition to se- cession and firm adherence to the union. Thus he kept his parish united in the work of the church, and they would not consent to his leaving, promising him his salary should be paid regularly. But this promise they were unable to fulfil. and the last years during the blockade and confederate rule he worked without mon- ey and price, until his means were ex- hausted and his own family compelled to live upon mere pittance, to sustain life Some time after the blockade was raised and the arrival of Gen. Butler, he was al- I lowed to leave for the north, and arriving in New York on the 25th of September, 1862, to begin life again as it were, with ! out any means or situation, his own health ! and that of his family being much impair 1 ed by their sufferings in New Orleans.
 He officiated temporarily at Trinity l church, Chicago, and Grace church, l Brooklyn, until 1864, when Bishop Will ! Hams wanted him to come to Danbury, | Conn.,, to take charge of and harmonize l many unhappy divisions and conflicting interests in that ancient parish. Here the administrative ability and wisdom for which Dr. Hawley was characterized, was called into active exercise. But he soon brought about harmony of interests, | which resulted in his raising several thousand dollars, and practically building new stone church, one of the largest in ! the diocese.
 Meanwhile the mission at Stafford ! Springs, in Connecticut, had become quite weak by removals and otherwise, and Dr. Hawley's great success at Dan bury commended him to the people of ! that mission, as we'll as to the bishop, as the proper person to revive it, and at the I bishops request he resigned the parish at | Danbury and removed to Stafford Springs | in 1875. He soon got the people together and infused them with renewed zeal and ! energy, and raised quite sum of money and built for them 8 new and beautiful | church. Here he worked with his accus- toned activity and judgment until he es- tablished the church upon good founda- tion. But the climate was too severe for his children, and, having acquired some land in Becker county, in this state, he accepted call to St. PauPs church, Brainerd, where he removed Sept. 16th, 1880. Here he devoted himself to the work of the church with his usual zeal and efforts, and spending some time each year in making improvements upon his farm at Lake Park, in which he took great interest
 The rest of the article, relating to MT. last sickness, has already been