The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-14

and some Q6bcenuant3 oL luo pioueot1 2 to recall it's meomry. The county of Narengo, the towns Linden and Arcola are all "reminiscences of the Bonapart- ists while Alabama has no more hon. ored names than the Tallichets, Chau- drons, Stollenwercks, Fourmers, Ravf-
 sees and Cluis, Jerome C1uis had been an aid to Marshall Levere, Duke of Rivigo and had been custodian of Fer
 dinand VII. King of Spain when he was imprisoned by Napoleon. Colonel Cluis became reduced in circumsatn- ces and kept tavern in Greensboro Colonel Nicholas Raoul another distfn- guished settler was forced to keep a ferry across the French Creek three
 miles from Demopolis. His wife an Italian, had been a marchioness of
 Sinabalde and maid of honor to Queen Caroline, Simon Chaudron was called the blind poet of the cane brake. When he resided In Philadelphia his house
 was a centre of culture. He was Q poet and scholar of repute and had been editor of The Abeville American. He moved to Mobile and died in 1s4e.
 leaving many interesting works which
 were published in France. Frederick Ravesies was a native of Bordeaux.
 His father left France on tho down. fall of the monarchy and went to San
 Domingo where he had large planta- tons. His mother and sister were
 murdered in the insurrection, but he and his father escaped to Philadelphfa. He lived in Demopolis for years, but moved to Mobile where he died in 1854. Today ono would look in vain in Demopolis for evidence of the occupa- tion of the distinguished foreigners, but the memory of those brave, intrepid men and women will always be pre-
 served in history and we drop a tear upon their neglected and almost for gotten graves. which have almost dis appeared in the annual overflow of the mudy waters of the Black Warrior. Mobile Bay. May 26, 1917. After a passage of twenty-ons days | from the capes of Delaware we ar- rived within sight of these shores, | which not a soul on board had ever seen before. We had, however, a very narrow escape at the moment when
 about to gain this real land of promise We were gliding gently along under l favor of a pleasant breeze, lead in l hand, when suddenly from nine fath- oms we made only two fathoms, or
 twelve feet. and before we could haul off, grounded. You may conc sivo the feelings of our associates under all our
 circumstances. However. we were for
 tunate in possessing in Captain John
 McCloud, a mind experienced, collected
 
 mind and excellent temper were not
 disturbed by the indiscrete conduct of some on board, whose impudence and want of self-possession might have been fatal with a man with less manly
 and less resolute disposition; he may
 be fairly said to have saved every per- son on board by his f1rmness and dis
 cretion. By his good disposition we
 were enabled to obtain succor from | Fort Boyer; boat from which set off
 under its intrepid and generous com
 manding officer, Lieutenant R. Beal, of | the artillery, and Captain Bourke formerly of the army. who happened
 to be at the fort. These two gallant
 men with four privates, put off on dis-
 covering our situation, and succeeded l in carrying our passengers on shore,
 after great and persevering fatigue; 1t
 Is by men like these, whose profession | inures them to dangers and privations
 unknown In common life, the greatest
 acts of generosity are usually dis played; not content with rescuing us
 from dangers of wreck they conducted
 us into the fort, and with an affection
 the most unaffected taught us to for
 get the dangers we had escaped and to
 bless the circumstances which enabled | us to enjoy their generosity, hospital | ity and kindness; there was nothing
 which the country could afford which we were not provided with, and they
 have left on our hearts impressions of gratitude which time can not efface. "Our vessel being frightened. and hav-
 ing suffered no injury moved Into the
 channel, and having procured the re- 1 cuisite information to proceed to our 1 destination, the same kindness which had flown to our relief contributed to
 OUT comfort and qualification and con- ducted us on board, and, accompanied
 by such a variety of refreshments, and acts of goodness exercised towards in- dividuals whom they had never seen ] before, but whose fortunes and destiny | appears to have found in their gener- | ous hearts a noble sympathy; they fur nished us with letters of introduction
 to their friends. It is impossible to communicate the sense we entertain of the kindness we have expertenced- tomorrow we ascend the river Mobile from whence you shall hear from us again. Nicholas Parmeater.
 Tn permitting us to publish her very
 delightful sketch of the founding of Demopolis, Mrs. Inge begs to acknowl- edge her indebtedness to the two works
 from which she obtained her informa- ton, 'The Vine and Olive" by Dr. T.
 c. Corvey of Tuscaloosa, and The
 Pounding of Demopolis," by MT. Whit. neld