Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-07-02
THE STORY OF HIS DEEDS
His Acts oil Daring --Hls Narrow escape-hr
Wonderful Enduraucc-Hls Service
To tie Cause oil Liberty.
Rsysred In the South.


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Among all the heroes Of the heNolu-
bonary war there is no one so thorough
iy a boys hero" as General pn'hci'
Marion lie had most ronnnuo W
resr AS a guerilla leader ana MS mn,
breadth ESCAPES were such and so many
that he was known all through the sou'u
as the swamp Fox: AT. ,,,orl..
la fact, the exploits oil ms iI ~
able mnp, ns related by sober anu ~
liable historians, read like Il wonder lulv'
! Ru unlike most story-bOjk heruv3'
| o,crcral NIurion ~ closely connected WIN
onr own time. Muuy OF ms giehl, FiGt"
nieces aud ncphews are now ,jss.
| nu,nnp us Some Of them are peuple
vn,.y well known mdecd-ns wen known
In their way as the famous ancestor
Nm"ng these are Mrs. Julia Ward
Howe. nnthor Of the Battle hymn VI
the Republic, Francis Maroon tnis.
ford. the novelist Mr., Ward menus
Ter, the leader vi the New YORK fouI
Hundreds Mrs Cornelius NnhdcrDilt ANY
William Astor Chanlrr, the youihim
explorer who is now lending M eNpo~
4 ditIan thrnGgh tle heart OF Aircu
General Maricn, like Washington, hnu
no children aud therefore no direct ue-
lie was born in the same year as the
Father Of his Country -lIi2 ana llke
him. he early learned the ART OF war by
hEu'lng WIN iuui,n A., hr,thcr's from
of provincial cavalry, IN the Cherokee
war, rs volunteer. Tradition says
that he distinguished himself rs sol
der ......,... cha, Nurio,
NHvh wv i'''''''1 ~ tt Ni,,ri,,,
was tnt glthphnh pl prmy,,Tf,l IHr,nr,,
To come to the wilderness of the now
world rather than give ny his religious
pruei' we 90 nol M"hucI az EH''''"
Waichword, Liberty or Death ,..,t,.
me Wltr Oh ih' vui'HanSSn' t I"n',n
Bnluet, came with him' ihe iuguc
not women We're bravo hhu none Nuu
@rd-wolking' IKE lhe women VINO c''"c
over To flNmouth.
Inc mother OIL Tehcr9l MARION Wac
Chnrotte Oordcs, on opruay, ~ ~
cl Tuned 10y some members oil me lNhi.
" lhnl uhS woman WIS me ElVut
auut Of charlotte C3r1AN, ne Young
girl VINO felt II to he her uuty To put
| an emu 20 inc career OF tue NIhht
Mamt during thf reign OF terror ~
France Tor Mhleh deed Shc was tAccuteI;
fWncis Marion was the youngest chlld
/ and niue fellow, but he met win
strange and startling adventures almost
from his. very hrth.
There is life OF General Marion, but
. | " IL very unfortunate that MI. Neens
, should over have undertaken to write
u
/, turc Of fact and fancy that anyone is
, puzzled TO decide what part Is the
/, groundwork cloth of actual history,
and what Is the embroidery made
, thereon 10y the Inauguration of MIR
!, Necns,
General Marons relatives OF th'
). present day have, concluded that th'
q main outline OF Ncems HE y cor
= rect many OF the stories he tells arr
true In substance, but that mnny .
1
~ Imagination.
- HOW careless MT Weems was ma
b., be judged IRON the following mclueh'
=. lie dinSd one day with Mr.; S2,nu'
a, Ward the iather OF MIS- Julln war
= Howe at the lnttcrs nome III Nt'
York city, Mr., Ward lived IN u larR
IA ana o@Uuihl mouse On Inc corner q
AZ Bond street anu broadway ana ~
~ mutherin-aw' Mrs Sarah Cutler "a
~ daughter oi General MARION SSlc
y lived with hun, MT. Nocms' sal
Il. nus my now IL II tillt yon say
~ your HE OF me general thnl 20
y, have never heard whnt became Of III
~, sister Esther, my mother
,y One can fancy WIN Wi4t an ar
y. stately pnde the uehr on lody ihn'
y, have drawn herself M, when she deln
VI erred nus Weh,9cserNcu rehuke 10 III
very, careless p"srApher'
When We remember th9t ms Esth'
Marion, me geher9l only sister, W.
49, - ''N, = ~ 'Na+ -
,r mNe because sue hnd sent lori
,r' swarms of descendants enough to hay
IS; peoplcd a colony, aud Pal herself bee
me mother o. Twelve ehildren, IT Is ~
NO ldent TINT Mr, Wcems could hay
No inuhu out ABOUT her II ne had taken
Ok htllG trouhlo To 10 So
,et Lake 80 many boys trancN Mario
lcr was very ANXIOUS TO go 70 sea. Az
ry. when he was ~ years Old he d
re- maxi u voyage 10 tlS West indies "
mt Eo' WenY pi sra NuNohtu,S' Inc We
A. ~ ionnuereu, anu yo9nE Marion vii
lie She cIHnWM, spenl eiN unNS ~ an OPT
got uopt iherh were hvitnp PROVISIONS N
.cd Ma,eF s on p t pu, = VoE swan
.rt, them from lnr sup and MS raw lie,
isc Mas al w iooI my nat Two OF u
'ug -. " u 49,, , ,hhanu tihve "the
iat ''NAvnun .h uIu " ~ S'Nvhth uNy'
len IN he, ,u's s S,a, ,aspaiuohed {
ON 1 1 ~ = NN,1.,us nie ana setu
red uoMn w. W. p'IInE
o., iI u,hJ'ai :" 49,, 100 WIN war vi
To n.Vlt nr'.n". Mas imminent J.
So. Scr',N vs. " heil"vr OF me prq'lhcl
srd s -, 70 ~ 'No'" N1lphh'r ihs GO
es, eEss, 'I bu4,, +" r9oelNu g9ods irg
iry H., ,l i,,'i,i' "',l lvsul'su 10 raj
as III ''t'uv"tr !" iisnt her: on
nal | A'lNlNN HfNN hl TIC NNlIlo uf I.NNtf