From the Charleston Courier.
THE DEATH OF DUDLEY-A REvoLu-


TIoNARY FRAGMENT.


BIZ Ralph RhQme.
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Sad stories, chanced TO the times OF Old


Shdkspeare'S Titus .fndrOnicas


| A short distance from the City of Charleston,
on one of those numerous avenues leading to the


Cooper River, stand the ruins Of the once hospita-
BILE mansion of Col. l.. At the time Of


which treat, this mansion ranked pre-emnent for
It's noble architecture, the beauty of its location


the magnifcence of the hoary aged oaks with
which it was surrounded, the fertility of the SOIL
and the sublimity of the surrounding scenery
short distance from the place aforementioned


on the north side of the avenue, the eye of an OBJ


server will be attracted by two mounds surround
ed by about ter dozen wild plumb trees, of
some fifty or sixty summers growth here and
there may also be seen the wild rose, the flowing
reed, and an innumerable variety Of small flowers
such the daisy, the forget-me-not, the hair-bel
the violet sc. One of these mounds contains the


mouldering dust of an English youth, of one of
the first families of that proud and naughty country
who in the revolutionary war, was taken in arms
against King George's aulher;;::ii ;;::iies-was condemn
ed and executed, as rebel and traitor to his


King and his country. The other mound con-
tans that of a young lady to whom he to


have been united in the holy bands of wedlock


on the very day. and very hour, that he suffered


that severe penalty for his patriotic devotion to the
holy cause of liberty. The young lady's name
was Zada, she was the only daughter of Col
l. aforementioned, rich planter, and



Georgia AS soon as it was known that young


Dudley had been captured by the British consul
tatons were held, not only amongst his immediate
circle of fien Is, but also amongst some of the
best friends ofthe Kings cause, (whose influence
was thought to be as powerful with the command
er, as their sympathy for the captive sincere)
as to the best means ofextrcating, all events of
mitigating, the severity of the doom that all, but
too truly feared, awaited him. Young Dudley


was youth Of most exemplary habits; concilia-
tory in his manners, open and candid in all his
dealings strong p his friendship, ardepfhthis love,
enthusiastic in his devotion to the of freedom
and proud only, in his honor. his name, and his
beloved Zada. Hence, that all absorbing interest,
that was felt in his behalf, by all kinds of persons


on that unhappy occasion. The frs. step that was
taken, was TO draw up petition to the command


er of the British forces in Carolina, setting forth
the youth of the prisoner the honorable and hu


name manner in which he had treated all (and
they were many who had fallen into his hands
during the sanguinary contests in which he had
been engaged since the commencement of HOSTILE


ties between the. mother country and the colonies
[of America casual mention was also made of his
family connections in England, whose deeds, ot