The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 by Various
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Effingham, and up the Bay with his wife and friends; and is buffeting
the wintry head-winds in a long voyage to the Elk River, which, in due time, he reaches in safety. CHAPTER IX. TROUBLES IN COUNCIL. Let us now turn back to see what is doing at St. Mary's. On the 17th of February comes to the Council a letter from Lord Effingham. It has the superscription, "These, with the greatest care and speed." It is dated on the 11th of February from Poropotanck, an Indian point on the York River above Gloucester, and memorable as being in the neighborhood of the spot where, some sixty years before these events, Pocahontas saved the life of that mirror of chivalry, Captain John Smith. The letter brings information "that last night [the 10th of February] Colonel Talbot escaped out of prison,"--a subsequent letter says, "by the corruption of his guard,"--and it is full of admonition, which has very much the tone of command, urging all strenuous efforts to recapture him, and particularly recommending a proclamation of "hue and cry." And now, for a month, there is a great parade in Maryland of proclamation, and hue and cry, and orders to sheriffs and county colonels to keep a sharp look-out everywhere for Talbot. But no person in the Province seems to be anxious to catch him, except Mr. Nehemiah |
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