Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1816-09-17

COUNTY, 10 MUCH Btea.eT Athouuss WIZ " bs'S"
in exchange. :Hes
Fr0m the Richmond Compiler, Sept. 3.
The .1hteai Of Maternal Feeling 10 !he
Senabihty ylhs Pn6He--Last week wo.
man, with sucking babe at her breast, a.
lone aud unprotected but by that Being who
temhfrs the svind 10 hs shs'n lamb, ached
this city. She was mounted but she had
no other companion than the helpless infant
at her bosom. She had commenced her
pilgrimage in Laarens county, state OF
South Carolina-she had pursued all the
wadings ofthe road, where The object she
had in view had invited her she arrive
In this city, as hopeless as when she had
started but her enthusiasm as great as eY-
CT ]: and on Sunday last, She bent her ste Ps
to the north, determined to go as far as
Baltimore, and if one glimmering OF hope
lifted in her path, TO travel 10 the Temotest
corners Of the Union. She was Of r.sPec-
table appearance and mann-rs-and the
certificates she had with her, altes,ed by all
the forms OF Office, bespoke her tale to be
true. What, then yuL VII ask, could lead
this lonely wanderer SO far SO tar from
her husband, her family, and her home-a
mother, and sucking infant her only COM
panion WAS it yice-was il some lewd
or infamous purpose which she WAS asham-
ed 10 avow-was she deserving her family
aud her children, though the last one chung
80 tight to her heart that she could not
part from it No ;-she was vile, and
most affecionats one--she was . neighbor,
and beloved, as her certificates amply
prove she was mother, and how warm
one What object, then, could she have
in yisw, which could tempt her from her
home What was the source Of That en-
thusiasm, which led her on! Ii was ons,
with which the tendercst hearts will most
deeply sympathizr--the theme Of the
posts song and the muses. hymn--ihe
source OF the purest pleasures, which can
thrill through the heart OF man.
"Oh! holy nature Thou dost never
plead in vain. There is not, ON our earth,
a creature bearing form, and life, human, or
savage, native OF the forest wild, or giddy
air, around whose parent bosom, thou hast
not a cord entwined of power to tic them TO
their offspring's claims and at their Will TO
draw them back 10 thee, On iron pinions
borne-the blood Stand yul,ure cleaves the
storm-yet, is the plumage closest to the
heart, sof as the cygneis down and over
her Onshell'd brood the murmuring ring.
dove sits no, more gently"
l, was the energy of n,aserna! isue, which
sent the wanderer forth. A clild as her
own artless narrative tells, was lost nearly
Two years ago-her husband started several
some unfortunate habits, to which the man
who indulges them is prey al the moment
when he is most in want Of all his powers,
induced him to waste his money, and he
was forced, after very short excursions, to
return home. The mother, no longer able
10 rest IN peace while her lost son was wan
dering through the world summoned up all
her resolution, and tempted every difficulty
and danger alone. She is now in pursuit
OF that child She has been to Greens.
vile, where she had heard of a lost child
but how bitter was her disappointment in
tue discovery that it was not hers. At Pc.
te,sburg and at this place, the same scene
OF tan,alizing hope and OF grievous disap-
pointment awaited her. / here was los,
child in each, but il was not the child of her
bosom. She is now on her way to Balli-
more, where the negro, who kidnapped her
son, Was brought. Not discouraged, the
fame OF maternal love still burns bright
within her but we are afraid she goes
again to be disappointed Need we
invoke in her behalf HE humanity Of the
public ? ifany one can furnish the slight
est cue which may assis, her In her search,
peed we say it would be most thankfully
received at this Office
She is not, perhaps, immed ia,eIy in want
OF nsVney>-but no one knows the difficulties
sh may encounter on her road. A benev.
client gentleman Of this city offered her i've
dollars-She refused it" Blu, you may
want it," She paused for a moment. = |
cannot take it, (said she, } ihavs enough to