The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-06-21
1aatssraa,s q gntelligeues1,
After Many Years.

GAINESVILLE, GA, June 8-Mr.
William P. CLANCY, youth to fortune
and fame unknown, has for the past year
been pursuing the even tenor of his way
with mallet in his right hand and
chisel in his left against the stubborn
marble as he slowly fashioned it into
beautiful form, for the purpose of mark
ing the last resting place of those who
have Joined the silent majority.
He only dreamed of his friends and
relatives far away, and bad long since
abandoned the hope of ever again feast
ing his eyes upon their forms and features
ia this world. But recently he was made
happy very Unexpectedly by hearing of
his people being in distant town in, The
Old North State.
he has history that reads like q ro-
nance. IN 1865, when only four years
of age, he rambled over the hills of his
native mountain home, happy and con.
tented, until some bad motive in the
breast of an unknown party. prompted
him to steal and bear him far away from
home, relatives and friends. His pa
rents were wild over their loss, but after
diligent search, gave up the hunt and
& -:ided the he bad either been stolen by
tobacco wagon or lost in the woods,
where he perished. His home was in
Washington, Beaufort County, North
Carolina. He was carried to Savannah,
Ga, where he was abandoned, but by
stroke ofgood luck, fell into the hands
of the Catholics, who sent him to Wash
ington, Ga, where he remained until be
was si1ten years of age, when hc ran
away and has ever since been roaming
around aimlessly. he is now thirty-two
years of age. He remembers being hun.
cry when q boy and of eating persim.
nous to satisfy his appetite. He met a
book agent some time ago who told him
of some people by the name of CLANCY
who lived at Washington, N. @. He
wrote them letter and received reply.
He sent them photograph of himself,
which they believed was 3 picture OF
their long lost boy. His mother was
positive and telegraphed him to visit
them at once, as she would bear all the
expenses incurred in making the trip.
He left about one week ago and late ad-
vices from him say that he is at home
and now surrounded by those Who loved
him twenty.eight years ago. He wired
his mother from Goldsboro, N. O., while
on his way that he was en- route for
Washington. When he reached the
scenes of. his youth his mother, who had
for these many years held his youthful
picture photographed upon her heart
and mind, although her form was bent
and her head was covered with asilver
crown, she having reached the ripe age
of fseventy. three years, recognized her
long lost boy, and, moved by the feelings
that a mother only knows, she fell
upon his neck and wep. for joy. To
their side stood the father, who bears up
under the weight of eighty-two years,
while four brothers and two sisters stood
hard by to complete this interesting pic
ture. It was reunion of hearts and Of
hands.
he wrote that upon his arrival at
Washington he was greeted by 1900
people who Joined in rejoicing with his
people. In addition to his immediate
family he found one aunt and about one
hundred cousins. As q baby he was
baptized as Samuel @. CLANCY, and his
letter back here is signed that way, he
having turned his back upon civilian
p" the name that he has borne so long.
This reunion has made many happy
hearts. o. % In fact, it is scene that beg
gars descriptions picture too sacred
for the eyes of outsiders to sea- theme
too grand for the matter of fact reporter
to handle. Therefore the curtain is
drawn and he is left in the bosom of his
family, who will no doubt administer to
his every want, shower upon him an ar
dent love and cast rays ofsunshine across
the darkened shadow of his path.-At-