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pr-"'"--' THE HUGUENOTS. Continued from First Page. good nUus, and a moderate w inter." * * "I cultivate the earth with Hucim, aud liave an abundance of that which is necessary lor me and mine." Finding the culture of the vine lew* successful than was anticipated, tbey demoted themselves chiefly to the raising of flax, Indian corn and tobacco; but with some, stilk, indigo and the vine were not wholly abamlaiidoued for a generation. The (iibert Family - ' ? lint. were the most sum-wnu ?iik ^niwen, buu >?ub . duce a beautiful and useful fabric. Many jwrpoiis, for a long lime, supplied their own cellars with wiue. but Ihe vintager par excellence was Mr. Jean Noble, an unmarried gentleman, the remains ol whose cellar ami the house above it in which he kept a school are still pointed out. For what length of time they continued to inhabit the Town is not exactly known. They were, it Is likely, beginning t?? spread themselves over the neighboring hills and valleys when the war of the Revolution broke out in 177H, but felt themselves constrained, no doubt, on the breaking out of hostilities, to keep to~ u ? ?-?i-?Ki? ?u uwnrliv ncnitint the m.'irauding ( loer m iiiuvu ? y ?.?> ?- ? _0 _ parties of Indians ami Tories which, at that time, infested the country. In the great drauia of the Revolution the colonists were no idle and inactive spectators. They proni| tly espoused the Whig cause to a man, and continued faithful to their principles, through all of the eventful struggles of that period, till the establishment of peace' at the close of the war. Nor did tbey fail to gather for themselves laurels, with which to deck the wariior's brow. While it is to be regretted that the names of many, whose memory deserved a better fate, have passed away in the oblivion of time, it is still gratifying to know that there are some, who, amoug their own people at least, hare acquired a lasting fame for valor and soldierly conduct. Oi these probably the most distinguished were Matthew Beraud, Pierre Rogers, Jean David, and Pierre Covin; all of whom were in the Continental army, and fought bravely in the balllex of Stotio, at the * ^Mnnth. the Cow Den*, and some of them PIPlfM m V-U?l icniun, a> ua..M??, a , at Eutaw. Peter Qibert, Esq., Joseph Houcbilluu, Peter E. liellot, and Peter Moragoe, Jr., (a la<l only sixteen yearn of age) were soldiera in the war and engaged honorably in several battles and skirtniahea? moat of them, according to traditiou, having beeu at the siege , of Ninety-Six. At various periods during the war, the colonists organized thenselves into a military company, which was commanded first by Capt. Matthew Beraud, who is said to have been killed at the Siege of Savannah ; afterwards bv Peter Glbert, Est]., and lastly after the Siege of Ninety-Six, when tnecompauy was reorganized chiefly to operate against the Tories, by Capt. Jtoepb Bouchillon, with Peter Roger as first and John David as second Lieutenant. Lieut P. itoger sometimes made a hasty visit to bis family, but such wss tbe keen-sighted enmity of the Tories, tbat he seldom obtained a night's rest, but was often compelled to make his dwelling with tbe wolve* which inhabited a swamp near his house. It is a well autbeuticat ed fact that when the war was brought Into this immediate section, none staved at home who oould shoulder a musket?no ! not even boys of fifteen. - If they were not all Whigs we have never heard of the exception, and no better evidence is needed of the fact, than tbat they suffered " * * - rv?__i I?_ In the year 1773 the colony had the in h fortune to lose their minister by a sudden and unexpected stroke of death, in the prime of lite ana seemingly in good health. There is no reason to believe that the putplt of the Rev. Mr. Gibert was ever regularly filled by another. By some It Is thought, that Mr. Boutiton, the broiher-inlaw of the Rev. Mr. Gibert, preached to the colony, though no one affirms with certainty that ne performed divine service as successor to that gentleman. It is certain that Mr. Bouillon's sojourn with the oolony preceded tbe arrival of Mr. Gibert, us in 1765, he consecrated tbe drat marriage which occurred at New Bordeaux, accordingto a private record, viz: the marriage of "Pierre Moragne, sou of Pierre Moragne and Marie Paris on one side, aud Cecille Bay le, daughter of Jean Bayle and Marie Seyral on the other side. To suit the dispersed state or tbe colonists, tbe house of worship had been renoved from the town to a station on the banks of tbe river not Car from the present site of Gibert's Mills. Here they met for u time after their ministerial bereavement, and conducted their simple aervices without a pastor,, the psalm-siuging and reading of sermon* having been conducted by Jay members of the church. The reading of aermons and psalm-singing are said to have been conducted chiefly by Pierre Morague, senior, aud the prayers by Pierre Gibert, Esq. At tbat time the names of Pastor aud Teacher were little known in theae regions, and tbe forlorn Huguenot band felt them selves scattered as sheep without a shepherd; but they clung yet tbe closer to tbe form of worship left them, and never a Sunday . ailed to bring old and young to* this rude sanctum on the river'? bank. But a people who had been reared to the regular ministration of tbe gospel, and who had sacrificed so muct> for their religion, eopld not fail to deiure a more complete observance of its ordinances; and It is not long before we hear of tbem going leu miles, inauy of them on foot, to Hopewell, at which place a church had been organised by tbe Rev. Mr. Harris of the Presbyterian denomination HeKL tbey met each other with great demonstrations of joy! and joined tbe ehurch in such numbers, it was thought proper ' * ?- -? - u- ' 1 I UMjr snouia nave a repreeeniauve in ine oeasiuu, mu i cie? vnwu, 1 Em., waselected an Elder. Cm lb* death of Mt. Macklin, successor to Mr. Harris, Dr. Cummins aaeoeeded to the church at Hopewell, aud the Freuch people continued to worship at this place for twenty years, indeed, some of them for a much longer period. boat the year 1796 or '97 accident directed a missionary from Georgia, a Mr. Springer, to hold preacning in a log house ut Liberty Spring. The Hugtlenots, on account of its vicinity to them, filled the building to overflowing ; but in little more thun a year the missionary died. Another star, however, hud riseu, of a larger magnitude, destined to shine for vears with u calm out marked lustre. This was the Rev. Moses Waddel, who had already established a laige school at Vienna, on the Carolina side of the Kiver. With the Industry, which ever characterized this eminent diviue, he sooght to employ all his leisure time iu the extension of the gos|>el. Being desired to All the place of Mr. Springer, he arranged to preach at Liberty every third Baturdry and Sunday following. The French people eagerly embraced this opportunity to hear theU<mpel so near at hand, and Mr. Waddel, pleased with their pious sympathy, goo<i faith and charmlna enthusiasm, and no doubt pitying the condition of some of the old people, agreed to organize a church there. The greater number of the colony transferred their names to this new organization, and Pierre Uibert, idu ricrre .Morugne werei constituted Elder* A abort time previous to thin, in iMtt, a camp meeting had been held at Liberty, in which Dr. Waddel wax assisted by a Mr. NVUmoii. Dr. Cnmmlns, Mr. Dickiuson and perhaps others, during which a great revival is said to have taken place. In the meanwhile a frame building had beeu erected by Mub?cri|?tion, which, for the times, watt couiiuodiou* and comfortable ; and ill 1800, by a clause in the last will and testament of Pierre Morague. afOlor. four acres of land and the *priugrincluding the house, were cot on from one of bis tracts and given to Idlterty Church, which * * 1 ?- lur I wm incorporated by Act of the i,eg Mature i a*.?eu iwfmun, joui. In 1804 Dr. Waddell was induced to remove bit* mcIiooI froiu Vienna to a ioK-boUhe on a little eminence in ni^ht of the *pot where WllilDgton Church now Mtauda ; a *pot endeared by various recolieetiouH of the pant, and which will be recognized by many a noble Ott of thla State and otheni, as hisacademical Alma Mater. Through aInlooa dealre to be useful, tins young divine began a course of '? hla iiiiHsiitii nn Kriilnv uft<>ri]<>oii?. in additiou to hiH otjbtr labor*, beside preaching on all vacant Sundays t? lar?e cou-| gKgatlons uuJer ttie shades of that now venerable forest. His labqis were eoon rewarded by a great religious excitement among bin tsdeote Id 1800,which,rapidly spreading among the people,gave rise to * universal demaud fur preaching at that nlace. The dispersed ntate of the French settlement and varioua calls upon Dr. NVaddel's Use, left the chareb at LUierty open to the inroads of other denooil nation* now filling up the country, and, with mournful feeling, the Ekka of thaFiench Churoh began to turn their thoughts so moeh from tbe continual aepreoauonHoi iue xonm. stances might be named. Pierre Moragne, cenior, in attempting to reseat a flue bone wblcb tbe Tories were stealing from hid htables, received a gun abot wbieb disabled bim for life. On another occasion, a negro girl was stolen and conveyed to the Indian* in Pendleton, and was not discovered until years after. After the oiege of Ninety-Six tbeee depredations were so numerous, it was found nseeseary to reorganize tbe Company to keen them in cbeck. It is believed that tbe female colon lata, while tbe inen were of)* in service, took refuge for a time in two forts on the Savannah River?"Fori Oowen" and "Fort Charlotte" -but frequently, also, in "Fort Kngivine," on the eastern bank of the hiver, opposite to the Town. Sometimes, also, tbe women and children clubbed together at home for mutual enoooia?ement and protection against these pillaging foes; and many an anecdote is related of the ingenious devices to which tbeee worthy matrons resorted to shield their effects from the keen-sighted rapacity of their enemies. On one occasion, seeing the Tories approach, they placed their Boods underneath a bed upon which they placed one of their num*? --? i ik.i Bar, pretending to be very iil me ruse (ucowucu, mu, m w? tine, they departed, leaving the poor trick woman unmolested. In tbe abeence of the men the Tories h?d ho increased iu audacity ax to have destroyed for these poor people almost everything they had not euooeeded In secreting, (for which an Uland iu the River wa? and) even taking the blankets from the sleeping children, aud the last morsel of provisions from the family. The terrors of war and the heavy taxes which followed it, pressed bald upon the financial concerns of the colony, and it must have been by tbe exercin of tbe greatest industry, temperance and frugality that so many of them soou acquired a respectable competency. Bat it is in their religious history that we should delight to contemplate this Utile colony. For freedom of conscience, for the nske of an independent worship, they had beeu induced to nbandou the endearments of their native laud to tteek a home in the forests of America. Through all their toils and sufferings they had followed a devout and worthy minister in the ho|?e that they would some day hear. unmolested, tbe divine precepts falling from his eloquent lips : and now that this privilege wan secured to them by all tbe freedom of a forest, yet unpolluted by the tyranny of man. it may well be conceived that they regularly and faithfully exercised all the rites of their religious worship. Of tbe fact that they had a regularly organised church aud kept a baptismal registry, there is nubstannal proof, though the oldest inhabitants have uo recollection of a church building in and about the towu. It is believed the public nrvice was held in the building situated iu the public Hqusre. To a people accustomed to Worship Hod iu the glens of the mountains and In the cavtes of the earth, the simplest edifice might become a t?nnnl? if freed from the eve of persecution. to anutlier place of worship. Through the intluence of l'eler CJibert,' Esq., and other kcdi'Mus minds, the academic building at Vienna was obtained from the Trustees of that Institution und removed to the vicinity of the iog-school-boiise. Tljrough the same influence, ulso, l)r. Wadded obtained a tract of lam), which made hint a resident on tliat spot, to which he gave the name of " Wllliiigtou." it In wed known to most of this assembly (hat a little circular val- j ley, wed tilled with nuijestic oaks, wan selected for the sile of the academy, and a building arose in that quiet dell, which wasdeatiuetl to throw its light far into the moral gloom of the new world. It consisted of f->ur recitation rooms, two above and two below stairs ; i and one etui wns tilted up into a plain but ncut chapel, where the - ' ..fuiiininiMvclH. students vvcrc accustomed 10 meet lor ohm om^ r.? ...... . ..,. and to hear daily lecture* on 1 manners ami ex|iedieiicy. In I this cliapd (lit* church was regularly organized in l!* Ill; ami Peter i IJilw-rt, t?H>k his place as Khler. aloiiK with Mesrs. Noble ami i Dobbins, who were ordained for the occasion. Inutibori lime the < scattered Huguenot worshippers became concentrated at Willingtoii church, of which Ihey formed the nucleus, and have never been i without a fair representation in that body, having supplied at least seven or eight Klders. Who, it may be asked, were the men to guide Ibis persecuted hand of pious.rcfugees through :.ll the vicissitudes of fortune, in which we have this day considered them? To conduct the Hd'airs i ' * i...?fe.?o.i ?.? iiw uinriiiM of wiverhity, so torment ?M U CUIIIIIIUHIt^ .'ii uuaiv.v. ... ._ ed by the persecutions of the old world, and by the trials and difficulties of the new, must have demanded not only piety and temperence, but likewise, wisdom, courage and moderation, fortitude, l>ersevernuce and learning. Happily men possessing these variou* : qualities and qualifications were not wanting in the colony. A- in i nearly ull civilized communities, ho in thin, there were men of prominence and of letters ; men strongly endued with native intellect, < and improved by a correct moral and mental culture. First on the list was the Rev. Jean Louis (iiliert, distinguished for hi* learning and piety. "He was horn near A lain in Languedoc .... . . vvi.iim ktiii vnmiir he entered the ministry and cue .iinj , i ??..... ^ ? werci'd the pastoral functions of his oilice at LHinton^e. His zeal ami distinguished reputation drew upon him tiie recent men t of government. To avoid the severe lawn in force against Huguenot<? lie expatriated hiimelf and took refuge in South Carolina." A choice library brought with him, and diHtributed,after his death,among his descendant*, Nutllcieutly evince, in the absence of other proof, his literary and cultivated taste ; for it is scarcely to be Rupposed that a i iMrninir would tran-nort into the wilderness, as his uiau, <.v.w. only wealth, a liONt of clas*ic author*. Hut tradition supplies the place of conjecture, and fully estahli-hes hit) character Tor learning and ability. These were displayed in directing the early movement* of his colony, and afterwards chiefly in catechising their youlh, and in the general discharge of his ministerial and pastoral functions. In the fulfillment of his mii-sion it i* easy to accompany him, in imagination, through all the trials of his situation, under the new born religious freedom of his forest home. How we admire the good man's ready zeal as to his little flock he brings the sweet con" B * * ?#al?1- ?n<! unflup. solutions of religiou to relieve me Duruieu 01 men IWIIB UUU OUMVI I tags! He died at no advanced age in August, 1773, much lamented by the colony, and In, at thin day, lineally represented by a most intelligent and interesting family ; of whom two occupy conspicuous positions in society?one, a respectable officer of the IT. 8. Navy? the other Hlliug largely the public eye; of whom the descendants of the Huguenot* are justly proud?whom, on all proper occasions, they would delight to honor? whose genius and learning have rendered hiin one of the brightest ornaments of the American Bar: Capt. Thomas Petigru of the Navy, recently deceased, and James L. Petigru, Esq. There, also, was the energetic and intelligent Pierre Ctibert, Ksq., ? ?bxnivn nn>( hmi r?*1 cm I*?r? ?1. Derhans. of all me DI(Wl VAiriioitvij nil.'.. .. .M.. , r the colony. He wan taken from France at an early age'lo England by his uncle, the Rev, Etienne Gibert, who wan then MiniMter of the rhapel Royal, England. whither lie had fled front the |>er^ecutioiiH of hiw native land, and whore puhlia'ued aermona and hook of criticisms on the writing* of Voltaire, mark him aa u matt of learning and ability. The nephew, after having been partially educated with hi* uncle in EtiKland, was brought to this colony by '* * " ' Uiu V?\i(vlirtli M^niHitinri triivh hid uncle, ine itev. jrau l<uui? uiucm. *?.n n him superior advantages here, and to him tlie youth of the colony were principally indebted for their education, iirst in French, and eveutually in English. In nil tbiugs pertaining to the public attaint of the colony, 1*. (Sibert, Ewj., was Ine acknowledged leader. He readily expound the came of the American colonic*, and raised the standard of In lepeiideuce among his peop'e in the beginning of the Revolution. He tlrst bought out and solicited the services of Dr. Waddel at Williugton, contributing greatly to the building up of the church and ucademy at that place; and for several years was a worthy representative from Ahl>eville I/.strict in the (ieueral Assembly o* South Carolina. He too is represented at this day by numerous and interesting descendants, of whom three are Ministers of the Onapel. I shall Ih* paid.oied, I trusf, for mentioning, on this occasion, another member of the colony much gl\*en to letters ami to contemplative study?I allude to Pierre Moragne, seuior. Horn on lhe Dordotftie iu Hie w?utl? of France, in the Parish of St. A vide du Tizac, in the jurisdiction of Montravei, and educated in part at Pari*, he had acquired, to mime extent, the literary taste of tlie French metropolis, and the religious zeal of the Southern Huguenot. He [ kepi it regular journal of his travels, from the time of leaving France till aim after his arrival at the Xew-Botdeaux, of which only a part is now extant, and to whirh we are indebted for some valuable information relative to the colouv. Having brought with him a considerable 'ibrarv of seleet works, so soon as his circumstance* and the stale of the colony allowed him. he gave himself up with assiduity to the study of his favorite author*, and. by the dilligetit use of h>8 jien, prepared many cst<ays on religious and other subjects, which he designed for publication, bnl which his immediate descendant* did not *uNicicntly appreciate to make public. They evince, however, a profound knowledge of the Scrip'ures and of the theological doctrine* of the day, and would, doubtless, lie pronounced thoroughly evangelical, according to the C?lvanistic faith. Too great devotion to hi* |>cn and hi* book*, in hi* latter day*, imparted to hi* character a touch of ecceutricity, but it was only a shade ca*t over bis existence in the evening of a long anu useful career. Attached to.the colony, also, was the accomplisiied Jean I>e La Howe, the Hippocrates of this new region of the world. He came to thi* place some years previously to our Revolutionary war. He is said to have t?een born iu the north of France, or in Holland, or perha|ts in Flanders, where he received a finished education for that day iu the Medical profession. He afterwsrds attached himself as . " "! ? i\( rhp u-iir vii>lte<i surgeon 10 mime r icnuu ?imj, uum uv v..^ firnt England, then Charleston, and eventually joined the colony of New-Bordeaux. In a wild H|>ot upon an eminence on the eaMtern bank of the river, j near pome beautiful fal m and Hboul*, and about one mile alnive the French Town, thin distinguished foreigner made for hiiiim-lf a delightful retreat, ornamented by artificial avenues of tree*, flanked by fruit orchard*, ami further on vineyurdH and tree* and tdiruli* of exotic aud native growth?guarded by Mtone wall*. The paved walk* umi planted avenues are yet visible, though they have exI perieuced the neglect of more than half a century. A elastic sehol1 * t.-.l I...I ?? <t|| I.I ^ I i l?r?i r w If i ill mull V arsnip unit a reuueo lasie null icu in iii uin ........ j _.v . choice works ; and tbift together with the noble hospitality he din-1 pensed, gave a charm to hi.- home, which is not yet obliterated from I the memory of some who live in thin community. Itcfu?ing to1 make visit* to bin medical patients, except among the French people, hid house was the constant re?ort of the stranger invalid, and ntftii-t?>ii His fame as u Medicin spread through the whole region of country, and for benevolence and eccentricity, tut well "or genius, he will lie still spoken of in future years. The opinions of Dr. I)e La Howe were greatly re*pectcd by the -u~ ' -". " . It.nniimiliiMi liim <tn niHtlfiN of iiiililii; itolicv. ruiuii^yj nun aici|ucu%aj u.... w.. w m ^ In their atlairs, he took an uctive interest, ami gave his Judgment j and bis learning freely to advance their prosperity. Itut his fame j spread beyond the limits of IiIm immediate community. On the es- j tablishment of counties and of county courts in the State, he was se-1 iected bv the Legislature a* one of the County Court Judges for the County of Abbeville, the duties of which ofllce he Is wtld to liavej discharged with ability oud with satisfaction to the people. To him, also, was given the privilege of naming the county, which he did,j in compliment to the Fieuuh colony, after a little town in the north ; of France; and hence the present name of Abtieville District. The! Town of "Abbeville" in France is said to have been the theatre of some cruel persecutions aud frightful tragedies, In which the Hu-j guenots were the victims?thereby linking tlie name <>i mai town m , peculiar connection with the Huguenot or French Protectant. Hav-i im; amassed a considerable fortune, he made by his la*t will uml I testament, a magnificent donation for a public charity. The Lethe; Institute it* a monument of wisdom and benevolenee, that will trails-! in it the oanie of its author to remotest ages, and will achieve good: in the moral and intellectual improvement of our race, even when 1 its founder's fame shall have fuded away. He sleeps on a hill adjoining that of his residence, with this sim- 1 "U f ",l" 1 1 . I.runuruil III! liimwxlf oil IIim iroll door of his! pic: liiiiiia mnvi i|/uwu, j/? vj vault: Jobanue* ht* Lu Howe, Hujus Agricultural!* Seminnrii fundator, obitt. Januario II, 1797. I)r. De La Howe died at an advanced age, but l.*ft no family. He is represented as a man of small stature, posiic?-siug ihe |ioliteue*s j and ease of manners which distinguished the polished French gentleman. But others there were, sterling coadjutators of those already named in Ihe conduct of the bllairs of the colony. There was the ex- 1 eel lent Jean Noble, who long cultivated his vineyards, leading a I life of Mingle hles8ednex.s. There were. also, i lit* slain au?i iwrseverimr I'. linger, the <|Uiet and worthy Pierre (iuillet?eau ; the devout i Jean Bellof, and the ehivalrie Kngiviue. Mr. Kngiviue fouuht a1 duel with one St. Pierre, having taken up the quarrel of I)r. I)e I,a Howe, whom St. Pierre had iiiHiilteil The weapon used wus the| smallsword. This was the lirst duel, according to tradition, ever! fought in this section ?>f the eountry. Others. doubtless, were tiiere, whose good seu-e and mild dignity procured for them the confidence and res|H('t of their companions ; hut the ravages of time have J effaced their name* and virtues from the page of memory. Such w??re the men, whose talents and learnimr, whose judgment and wisdom controlled the temporal destines of the little colony. Some of them were men of no ordinary stamp, and had cireum-1 stances permitted, mi.'ht have figured with honorina larger sphere; j but their hands were full of their own uilairs, and their lield of la-( bor, though limited, wan highly useful ami honorable, it wax iioi :1 theirs, "The applause ??l listemug senates to command but it fell! to them to regulate ami govern, a community almost separate ami distinct ? to plant ami cultivate the seeds of a pure religion and of an orthodox theology?to develop the Miuud republican principles i which lay at the bottom of their religion and which prompted their i whole course of conduct. < Our imagination presents before uh these men, assembled with their fellow citizeusiii their little Tuwu Hall to consult fur the gen- I eral welfare of the colony. Schemes are to be devised for future t support aud protection. Provisions are short, and there in talk ot t mi invasion by the Indian*. Coder the wife suggestions of experi- I enced minds, means are soon discovered for Ibe relief of the inhald- f taut*, and oua* more the colony begins to smile wltii peaceful pros- t perity. Soon, however, corner auother rumor of war with (>reat s Britain. What ! wursigainst the Sovereign who had so kindh t helped them across the Atlantic, and by whose generous bounties t they were now enjoying the blessings of peace and comfort? They t have seen and rea?i the Declaration of Independence, aud it is neces- I sary that some action should be taken. 'J hey rush to the Council Chamber? but their spiritual leader is gone ;?to whom shall they | now l?m?k for guidance in a matter mo iui)>ortant? Presently a man i arises, who is yet iu the prime of life; his as|?ect is pleasant and t cheerful, and his countenance and manner strongly marked hy de- < vision and energy ; H is Peter <Sil?erf, K*?j. In tones of persuasive t eloquence he raises his tremulous voice. t Friends! countrymen! what is to be done? Shall we arm our- ? selves against the Sovereign who so generously succoured us in the i hour of distress ? him, who took us to hi* own kingdom ami gave I us every comfort, when we were driven by tyranny aud persecu- i lion, us exiles, from our native land? him, who bore us by hir i power across the Isisom of the great Atlantic, and. af:er providing us a home here, threw over us his broad shield of protection ? Shall we take tip arms againM our oeueiucior. 1 |>:iup<? mi n None!?Tlieu is the <lie cant. Here is the greai Declaration. You know its language- Heboid the oft-re|?eated oppression* of King Lleorse within these colonies ! Has he not hea|>ed aggression upon aggression to in-ult and oppress our countrymeu ? Alan! it is but true ! They have |>elitioned him for reitre-s; hut their oft-repeated petitions have been answered only by related injury. He ha* dragged our brethren in chain* across the Atlantic to puni>h and ... r..r i-ivi.ti He h;it ilestroveri I lucarwraic uiciii <> ... ,..v. their commerce. He ban deprived Iberu of their nio?t precious civil ? rights. ]{y imposing taxes upon them without their cousetit, he has denied them the tirst great blessing of political freedom. He ha.- < by actual bloodshed, forfeited his claim upon the gratitude of hi* ' subjects. Can you, my counerymen, forget the suffering* you have undergone, the sacrifices you have made for the enjoyment of civil and religions liberty? Will you now permit eucroachmmt, which j may end in tbe cruel and bloody ]terseuutioiis of the central depot- I ism of your native laud? No! never, never. True, our leligion enjoins submission to the powers (hut Ik-, and to a proper doui I nation we have ever been faithful xubjects ; but we can acknowledge no lord of tbe conscience but God, no eeclefciantical head, but Hie great Redeemer. The llihle does not saoctiou tyranny, und by no other dictates are we bound. "Resistance to tyrants is ol>edi " ' ' ' v t L\.?? euce to God " Arise men : arise, w, iuy cuuoir> im*-u ; principle of humanity, every precept ot our holy Religion forbid us to withhold our aid in (he noble cause to which our brethren have pledged their liven, their fortunes and (heir sacred honor. For m> own part. I am for the Declaration. I give my ull to American Independence. Who will K|?eak for our cause? Who will hear the standard of the French to join the hints of American Freeman ? We can easily imagine how that hule group, with the characteristic enthusiasm of their countrymen, unite in the sentiment, and t< heartv resoonse arises: A lions, Allous ! "We give our hearts and our hands'to this enterprise." The resolve is made. The young men catch the patriotic glow. They form themselves into a baud of warriors. They gird ou ilie habiliments of war. They ruake ready to stand ill the ranks of their country's army. And they went forth to brave the storms of strife. Tbey fought the battle* of their couutry. They assisted in achieving our glorious Independence. May this noble (terforinunce of duty ever live iu our grateful remembrance ! Without boast, may we say, that the patriotic lires then kindled on the altar of liberty have since continued to bum with undoing flnme? and the colouy, in its descendants, has been it* presented in every war in which l he country ha* l?een eni?aut"11 since the days ol the Revolution. In (he war of lHl:!a Bordeaux Company, under (.'apt. P. Roger, wan i-tationed at Sheldon Hill. Au?l more recently a Volunteer Company from the same place, under Capt. I*. K Moraine, shared in all the fruitless toils of the Florida Campaign from the \V ithlacooche to St. Augustine. But since the time of which we have been speaking a Had change has come over the a-pfct of that little colony. Death and removals have made fearful havoc among its member-, aud it is now reduced to a moiety. Some returned to Charleston before and after the war; others and their descendant* have scattered over the State, and removed to (he Went. The colouy numbered originally 21? At thin day not more than forty remain of those descended purely Imiu French parents, while the descendants of these who have intermariled wilt) the English inhabitants do not exceed one hundred in number. Many lived U> a good old age ; but not one of that old race is uow alive. We would not omit to mention in term* of res|iectfui admiration, "a venerable matron, who died iu l&KJ, at a very advanced age. She was the last of the old emigrants ; aud a worthy representative of (heir faith aud practice. She had been twice mar rled, hut watt Ioiir " widow ; aim wun no wnuu uui fuiih him) courage, had brought up a large family in the wimple nud rigid luanuen of her people, and now a* (die recounted to her nutneroiiH deHcendant.?, the self-denial, the sutlerings and the heroism or the pant age, the animation of -her countenance was expressive of lhat u>auranee of faith which comforted St. I'aul in his latter day*? 'I have fought the good light,' etc. "Thus ended in great peace, after near a century of days, the eventful ami useful life of a beloved mother in the Huguenot family?Mrs. Mary Anne Covin." Xor are there here to-day Hiiy of the immediate descendants of the original colonist*. They, too, for the nio?t part, sleep with the dead. We regret the absetice of a venerable Father [I'icrre (iuillebeau, who was baptized by (he Itev. Jean Louis Clibert, and died a few weeks after the delivery <>f this Address in the !Mlt li year of his age.]?the last immediate descendant of the lirst colonists?whose extreme age ami ill-health prevent him from honoring us with his presence oil this occasion. He sits in his "age's laleiietw," a beautiful ami veuer - ' " ? I . able relic or the native gra<*e 01 me r icm-mumi, miu mc |?wun n.uiplicity of the Huguenot. Hit* eye kindle*, ami hit* elwlic, though aired form, ol>eys the impulse of enthtiMia^tn on the itubject of the Huguenot colony ; but it 1? evident, (hat his "light in.out, his mind is dark," ami the portals of memory refuse to open i?t his bidding. To the eje of contemplation the history of thin little colony presents some striking result*. In their religiona z?-al and in their efforta to establish liberty of conscience, its members have giveu to the world an example of noble fortitude and heroic faith : while the devotion displaced in their worship and the assiduity with which they ialiored to ingraft their religious principles upon the minds of their descendants, entitle them to the respect and sympathy of all good men. They labored constantly to maintain a pure, simple, Kvangelical Faith. They stu 'led the liiblc. They rend the theological works with which their libraries abounded. They regularly instructed their oflkpring in the sound, practical doctrines drawn directly from the great source of Scriptural authority. And belt said to their honor, their conduct never contradicted their profession. By this beautiful blending of sound thought and correct haltit of pure religion and estimable conduct, they built up a spiritual edifice in this region of country as fair and comely, as it was ample and commodiouM; out of which have gone forth the bright light* of .t? 1 Him l.u.,t,U thetiospel to eniigmen ami vivujr iu r lljuiaa cuci^av? vi %MV . The Influences of Wilhngton Cliurcb, under the ministration* of I>r. Wadded and others, founded, and. iu its early days, supported, iu a great degree, by Ihe French colony, have been exerted, more or less, through all ihe western part of South Carolina, and have, it is reasonable to suppose, contributed no little toward forming the character of this District for moral aud intellectual improvement. In the cause of education the zeal of the colony was not le** remarkable than in the cause of religion. In (his, also, they have cstahlisiied their claims to a lasting gratitutle. Soon after their ar- j rival they established good schools among themselves, which they regularly kept up a* well as the troublous times of thecoumry J would permit ; ami *e have seen their agency in erecting that no-1 hie and time honored institution?the Williugtou Academy? which I acquired, perhaps, more fame than any of its kind at that day in j the State, and to * liich many of the lirnt men iu South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, ami other Stales, can refer as the source of their! academical education. The noble chaiity of Lethe is another evidence of the detp interest evinced by the members of Hie colony in | the I**iihe of learning and education. In their political principles ami conduct they have produced ei-| fectH no lesa heneticlul. They were from the Iteginiimg, under the H*ge leaching* of I heir religious creed and of their hitter "Xperieuce, | ardent lover* of liberty and of republican liberty ; but, exempt from all Hpiritof licentiousness, they admired Unit freedom only which in regulated by order, and by the rules of legal procedure. They audi their descendant!) have never held communion, with timultuous uiid riotous feeling. Convinced of the imperfection* of human nature and human government, they have never looked to an ideal perfect in their |M>litical day-dream*, n<>r have they been loo im-1 jiaiieiit to Mubiiiil to tiie necessary restraints of law, or to slight ami temporary evils in the political regulations of the country. Neither have they belonged to that cla.-* of progressive citizens, who, led astray, by the delusive hopes excited by some new-fangled polith-itl 1 rtieory, or by some vague idea of reform, are coiiftautly crying ! "change," "change;" but. con-taut iu their politics as in their re-' ? : l.. litfinii, they have rliuiij, with j>ecu liar reverence, 10 me nui.-.i....... t*iI institutions of the State, priding themselves more it|h>11 the con-j nerval! ve tendencies of their own political i:ree<i, than 111 k>ii any (lis-j ti net ion to t?e gained by all advocacy of the progressive doctrines of :his fa>t age. Their experience hud taught them tiiat the pure ami simple forms of a well re uluted 1 i IxTly, like the pure ami simple truths of the ('hristiun Religion, lie deep in the foundations of our nature, ami never change to suit the w hims of u capricious and time-serving people, or of an inconstant and degenerate age. The niortl and mental discipline to which they subjected themselves Mint llieir descemiauls hy the ri^id lesions of olit*dience <I subordination inculcated in their religious and political faith, must , have exerted a happy inlluence in forming their characters a? men and Christians, as got m I citizen* ami soldiers. it has been san', that "the llutiueoots have mainly constituted the chivalry ol South ('arolina." WiMiout a-pii ing to that honor for the colonists of N? w - - ' - I ,1..... ,li.l liw.ii- . (111 V- l.i ItoMeailX, 11 is sale !? Claim ior lilt-in, I nut in'-* m, . I lie country of their M?l?i|>t i??n. It ha* been remarked, th <t they haw been the "Imiie ami *inew of morals ami religion in this pari of the world;" ami although their voices have been celilom heard in the . council* of the nation, they have lieeii doing a belter work at home, , in supporting the pillar* of government. They have ecu rem.ti Libit* for a persevering and self-denying spiiit, which lia* pu*lu*<l I hem j mi to coiii|K*tency and wealth almost invariably, and many sk'lliul . and ingenious tradesmen. At tile same time, they have been oi*tiinruished by the simplicity and purity of their manner* ; bv iln ir sjicrmt regard for the Sabbath ; and l?v their :?if11<i 11 vitri:ti>it* anxence from the Court* nf Justice. They were never known in figure in the Court of Se^-Hion*. There in, I Itelieve, no in-tunee on record uf one of theiu ever haying lH?en arraigned for crime. Forever remembered l>e the KHiieroun Hen I intents, forever eherished the noble examples of our Huguenot Fathers ! Loug uiaj their de-1 1 ccudaufs continueTo emulate their Illustrious virtues, and to pracice tlielr wine and truthful precepts! Let us cliiiR to their pure re* i^iou* faith, ami transmit it to future generations unsullied by the bui stains ill'a ruthietw aud destructive fanaticism. Let uh cherish heir sound political setitimeuis as the only hope of our country'* >alvatiou. Let iih imitate their noble zeal In the cau??> of education; Hid, Adopting the simple dignity of their manners, let us acquire he noble fortitude with which they so cheerfully bore .their many rials, siiflerings and privations. Let us strive to be, as they have >een, good citizen.-, futthful friends, and humble devoted Christians. And may no blighting genius arise ih future to retard our onward irogress, or to dump the moral energies of our (teople ! May generations, yet unborn, in dwelling ii|m>ii the virtue* oi those who have fone t?efore Ihem, Hud something to respect and admire in the re'ollection* of our times and our names! May we succeed iu aclulling for ourselves a charac er, distinguished for moral aud menal beauty, hi tha', in aces to come, wheu assembled multitudes 'hall be gathered together under these venerable shade* to cotueiuoate, as we are now doing, the virtues of their Pilgrim, Huguenot fathers, there shall Im> no dark shade, no ntfly spot on the fair face if our being to break the beautiful continuity iu the bright moral b'itatn nfflu. ! APPENDIX. (A) translation from ibe French of the Journal of Pierre Moraine, of Hew Bordeaux. "The 30th July, 17<>3, T left my father'* houne, situate*! in the Puriidi of St. Avid du Tizac, jurixdiction of Moulravel, uear St. Foy, hi the I)nrdc>KiiH. in Pranee. "The lid of August, arrived near the Rnyaut, where I paid down thirty-one pound* Hterliiifr. sixteen shillings to buy provisions, which urn wan to be reimbursed to me at Plymouth. ' On the 5irh, we have entered on the sens. "16th. We have out into the l'ort of D'Artimone, ten leagues from Plymouth, where we have taken in some refreshment*, after having been without taste of anything fur sometime during the voyage. "22ud. We have nailed out of the harbor. M2id. In a contrary wind an opening was made for the water in 4 private |>artof our Barque, which alarmed us all even to the Captain, who had not bethought himself to set Mail for landing at the tirst Port; and we, of our side, worked incessantly with bucket* and with the puuip to keen the water out of the Captaiu's cabin. We strain in the water for hours ; but by the grace of God, we reached laud, with greut danger of ship-wreck, by a very narrow past-age betwieti two rock*: We could not pn?- elsewhere; and after having put in order my affairs, one named Bouique Siragleu*, Home others and myself, preferring to make the journey by laud, parted, on the same day, from the Barque, afterwards to be repaire 1 in fair weather. "i'ith. Arrived at Plymouth, (Kngiand,) ami two days ineraatier discharged from the veaael our equipage. "Our sojourn at 1'lyruouth has been much longer than we anticipated, ami we have undergone uiuch trouble, which is too bitter to apeak of here. "25th December. We have commenced going aboard of vessel, destined to hear uu from Plymouth to America, at Chareston, In South Carolina. "Faithful to petting out with the flrvtgood wind, the wsntof which ha* withheld ua till now (Jan. 25, 1764.) we have departed with little breeze, favorable enouKh for carr>ing u* out of the channel. "27th, liSth, h. We have had a great tempest, aud great risk of perishing, as, not beintr yet out of the channel, we were stranded on mtnifl rocks: and we have bad many of our clothes and mucb of our bedding wet, from the waves of the mm, lining ou the deck of the vefttel; on which account we have been obliged to lay to, id the roadstead of Fabret, which in eleven leagues further than Plymouth from Charleston ; and here we have remained till the 14th of February. A rebellion took place by uiont of the passenger* against the Captain on report of the meat*, which were not found go?>d ; and many hard word* were spoken, which brought down the wrath of Cod upon us , and the next day we net sail. "17th. We were Rgaitj at Plymouth, and ou the 'JOth the provisions were visited uud found good. "Fiually the ?!nd of February we again set out, under the care of Cod, with a fair wind, which wa* better and belter during some days. "The 17th March, in a time of calm, we were enconntere l by a vecnei, which nunc imui <,niunii?. "30ih. We have had a dispute about the bread, which waa not found good, beirn; npoiled by the wnruiti. April "nd. We have iiad Home *howera and dark cloud* aa A whirlwind came over the watcr? of tbeaea; it wan very dangerou*. if unhappily it had encountered our vetwei; mud the Captaiu had delayed ri-elin.* hail to avoid ihe danger of the water; one moment after we heard a clap of thunder, which moou made uh ?hut the hatchea in apprehension of a great tempest. "loth. We commenced seeing the whore* of America, which greatly rejoiced uh, having been forty-feven day* complete without the Hight of aught but Ihe heavena and the water*; but that joy wa* soon changed to *ndne?* : for we found ouraelve* run aground ou a bank of .-and, on which our vessel atiuck ao hard, that we expecteil her masting would coiue to piece* hy the shock, which would certainly have hap|tened if Ihe wind had been high. WpmII eoiiimeneed immediatel v to lighten the veanel by throw ing into the ceaeverything of least value; and managed thereby to extricate our*elve?? from duller. "I4th April. We have arrived, thank God, at Charleston, and lodge in the Barracks with which the inhabitant*of the Town have presented tlx. We have received a hogshead of cracker* (hincuita) and other liberalities from the French church, iu awaiting the bounty of the Province lor our support. "Our residence wan for about the space of nix month* and a half at Charleston or tiie I'ort Koyal, or on the roud iu reaching our de*linuliori, where it wax our lot to meet with great fatigue an Inconvenience; I, iu particular, wax very ill at Charleston, and I waa there worn out with grief. -'The 14th November, the same year, I arrived with other* at the New-Bordeaux, and, after our arrival, it wax necessary to camp on the border of the river, and to make a small boat (canotj to na?a our ellecl*. "Finally, being passed, I commenced with two other person* to build iih a barrack : and Iu the month of February, 17t>o, with the aid of i id, I have U-guu to labor on my owu laud?on my half-acre uud afterward* on my four acrrtt. The l.'ith June I finished planting in corn and beans ("Maiiet Haricot*"? Indian Corn and French Beans,) all the land Which I bad been able to prepare?being then very feeblt, having only u little corn to eat, and beiug placed under the necessity of grinding it at an iron mill. Though we have uot a lullldeucy, yet, with the aid of God, we may always have enough to Keep us from starving till our little harvest come* in. "The Kith July, 17<>->. I am married?I, Pierre Moragne, the naturul mid legitimate sou of Pierre Moragne and of Marie Paris, of oue part with CecilI* Bayle, natural and legitimate daughter of Jean Bayle and of Marie .Seyral, of tlie other part?thus?after th* publication ot three banns, joined thin bit sued day, by Monmeur BoUliton, (the m?ii,j Minister of the Gospel. Pierre Bellot, and Helie Bellot, his son, were present as witneMM, and otiier persona of lhe New-Bordeaux. "Towards the hist of the month of July we had an alarm, created by the rumor that the Indians were comiug to make war upon u*, and we all iabored to dispose sotnj? trees so um to make a fort; but the ruiuor proved false. "In the month of August following I mflered much from fever and other hick no*, having almost nothing.'' The Journal here slops?the other portions, which were continued into the present century, having unfortunately been destroyed. Translation of * Copy of a Letter Written by Pierre Moraine to Hla Father S In France Jan. 17,1771. "MO.vsiki k ani> vkky Dkaic Fathkr: Ij "I have had the honor to tecetve your I* Iter, dated Nov. 1, 17?W. I It has bet-ti a very little delayed. Hy it. 1 see that you all en- I joy good heal(l) : and 1 pray (tod he may preserve it to you. I "Ah for ua?[ H|?eak of my wife, my mother-in law and my two I boy*, (for (mk! gave me a second win the .'Wth July last,) we enjoy S perfect health. m "I am charmed to hear that my brother U married ; and I hope 9g that hit* wife will regard you as her own father, and my mother a* I her mother, and rentier to you conjointly the fame Hervicea that we I should ourselvcH if we were near you. M "I have written to you often ; but very likely my letters have || mincur?icd ; mo, my dear father do not infer from this that I hav* H not preserved Ibr you all 'lie friendship and tenderness of a son, who H in entirely devoted to you. It is the warmest desire of my heart to B he able to com to sec you ; but 1 l>ci( you to consider that it is iui* gXj { ossiule for me to <piit my (amily an I my plantation. The live* and H the maintenance ot the*>e depend* entirely on ttie labor of my arma ami on my imlustry. It ever I could find one moment favorable, 1 M should lake mivantage of it, to he assured once more of the living gN voices of all my kindred ; on that you may de|iend. Kg | have not received the letter of which you s|M?ke, in which you gfl have included my certificate of baptism. 1 had not believed that H ' - - "i "?' I'Mviinr lizard from him ex- H my or.ii!i>'i ii'iiil-iiiui-ii-it mr, ..?? icpt liy u compliment (liroiiici* Monsieur It. ?. I had ?9 v%- rit; t-ii in liim ami I imagined I hat lie would have answered me, j3| lis In* always ap|?ear? ?-?|nally attached to his duty. I aiu very K'ad Eg you have ipiit your mill associate : you arc more comfortable?are you "As it r. gar?!s my .situation, it is, (iod be thanked, very agreeable: |M 1 live in |ieace wiih my family, ati<l cultivate the earth u it h MicceM. h I have mi abundance of that wliicli is nece*wiry for me and mine. HB The land here i- excellent, and very little \ iehls advantageously, w in ii cultivated hy industrious hands. The climate in very agreeihle; wc have two months of ?reat heat, hut of very good raina H it it 11 a moderate winter. BH "See, my dear father, that which I can leil in replying to all the KB !irt iclis oi your letter. I'ray <??hI, that you he in a state to come Bi iinl join me here : I should t?c at the height of my joy "I have the honor to t*c with profound respect, BS| Monsieur and dear Father, Vo ir very humble, And very obedient and giatelul son. 11 1'. M OKA UN K. ? N. IS. My profound rt^pwi* to my dear Mother ! ray frieudiihip L'uucluJe>i ou 1'age Four. U * KB