The age-herald., 1897-09-12

Society" Not sven the illus.rious founder of Pennsylvania lived in more beautiful peace with the red men of the wllds than the planters of French San tee. A large part of their early in- comes was derived from trade with tae Indians. Jean Gendron, after dire. per secuUion in France, built a c3mfol table estate in ths settlement. Dying, he lsIt will giving to his married daughters his ready funds and feather beds, eX- cept the double share left to his single daughter, (qui feste a Marisr To his only son he left 'all his slaves bo.h negroes and Indians," and besides these, his "swivels and canon" The imple- m ents of war are explained in that about this time, 1704. the Spanish free booters from St. Augustine were rep-ilt- ed marching up the country. It Is re- lated of MT. Jean Gendron that th= whole community had been in alarm be- cause of his protaacted and unexplained absence in Charleston On Sunday the minister al St. Stephens saw him from the pulpit coming up the river ill hls canoe. Overcome with delight, he ex- in the midst of his discourse, "Veila, Mons Gendronr' and win this rushed out ito welcome the voyager followed by the whole congr5 gatlc'A. Some evidence of the practical charac- ter of the agriculture of the settlement will be found in the following inVen- tcry of ths "Idfeland'" es,ate whose owner, Peter Sinkkler, was murdered fin bis own yard by the tories, during the revolutionary war and the residence burned. The state took the inv ntory as follows, to-wit: 55 negroes, 20,0OO pounds of indigo, 16 blooded horses 2S blooded mares and Allies, 130 head of dairy cattle, 154 head of sheep, 200 hogs, 5000 bushels of grain, 10000 rails, much poultry, wine, hous :hold furniture and plantation tools. This property was all run off or destroyed at the time or ings on the land committed to the flames.
 The settlemtn was for more than full century an ideal southern socfsty. There was progress of the kind; thsTe was a ceaseless flow of occurrences In which resided palpable and conscious sooal vitality. SHOW rarely, if ever GOV cred the ground. The summer sun with hesisancy sent its midday rays through the overhanging rsch native fol1a ge upon the smooth roads over which the planters daily passed, mounted on wSit- groomed horses, ito the.r plantations n the swamp. The alluvial Spongy SOL responded to the care of he plaIlfer ana the matchless labor OF the African with a rich wilderness eff an-itioial vegetation, The bounliless uinfenced forest ranges were hardly less a source of wealth 70 the planter than his fields. His cattle, hogs. shesp and hosses were there 1'a9ssd in the highest exc Hence of form, without eNpenlse, feeding upon the rich n~ltsYe grasses dn summer and upon the al5uhu- ant Gender cane in she winter. Countless fiocks of domestic fowls fed upcn the insects of the forest behind the kitchen window Wild birds of various species. wild honey and ven.son, the Woade1ful bream, shad, trout and rock fish awaited only the enterprise of the hurtsman n and the short patience of the angler in the depths of the wood or upon tte placid breast of the river. Each recur- ring twilight brought ECtne he low ng dairy herd laden Nd h richest milk and the vail of the whippoorwM gave way, as the evening deepeHed, to the music of the parlor where visiting neighbors had come for song and dance.
 The races held for two days, divided each by balbecue cn the ground The horses were home-bred and of the best English blood. The jockeys were negro boys wearing Ithe colors of their mas ters' stables. Gen. Francis Marian was a regular attendant at the races, com ing in his great rumbling coach and four. the first ever brought into the sd- clement. Gen. Thomas SumIter was al- ways found in the early morning of the race days at the bowling alley, an en- thusfastic par' .gcipant in The game played, while the horses were prepared for the first trial of speed. Sumter had married a rich widow Of the settlement. The private residence, conveniently sit ua.ed and beforehand agreed upoa, was thrown open for 'he evening enterta h. ment of the company which had attend ed the track. The horse gigs, driven by a young gentleman, each with a young lady alt his side, soon began to arrive. The four negro fiddlers were not long in taking i-he position assigned to he hand" There was feasting and darc- irg until the molring lhouss. The whole company slept in the same house. If the mansion became crowded, some out house was prepared with beds for the mals part of the overflow. When the lights were ali cut and slumbsr was SUD- posed To rule. the wag eff the day passed stsafthfly from room to room, among the young men, with the queries, "AIe you cc,nscrtable?" DO you rest well?" All relshed the inoppoilune disturb ance
 The Huguenots of South Carolina were nl5t office-seekeqs. But the.r influence upon the social and political character of the colony and of the state was de- cadedly appr; c able. Who they were and what they were, may be properly con- sidered here in a few personal illu ira- tion,s worthy of their carly leaders: Henry of Navarro; the Admiral Ccligny: Henry, Prince of Condo, he fathar of French surgery" Pare, whose life was specially spared by order of the king on tne IedrIul HlSEL or hne massacre or Bartholomew.
 When Cornwarlis invested Charleston ard Lincoln was about to cspitulsl.e the civil authorities requested Henry Laur- CTS, the same Huguenot who had pre- sided over the continental congress, to go out and propose to the Brft,sh idhat if the oity and its Inhabitants should be spared, the state would remain neutral for the remainder of he war. Laurens fr,lieratnly rejec'ed the mission, de claring the step proposed one unworthy of the cause The practice of duelling with pistols at ten pac ces was common all through Laurens' life. He was a de- vout member of the Church of England. ard a rich merchant, whose inducements to peace were Slrong. but his sense of responsibility to the customs of the so- ciety in which he lived controlled his conduct in this matter. He never sent a challenge to the field, but he accepted all calls made upon him. He received the fire from his antagonist, the one shot from the long single barrel pistol, but never returned it. At the words, Fire! one, two, 'lhree," he invariably threw his weapon up and discharged i,he load