Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-11-11
CoScosD, N. II. Der. 80

T.
feeling Occurrence On Thursdav
the 18th inst. boy years ofage ,hs.
son of Mr. Laid of Holdernes,
living near Sandwich line. went from
home in the afternoon, and was seen
with some other children, about sun
sci, Dear a dwelling house distant a.
bout three quarters OF "a mile He pro.
oabiy, soou after, set out to reiurnc5
home, and being alone. and night com.
ing on, got bewildered and slrayed
into the woods. Finding that he did
not return. The family ID the evening
went IN pursuit of him, assisted by
some OF the neighbors. Their search
proving wholly fruitles,, they next day-
summoned to their aid a larger par.
iy, and secured the woods to a ron.
siderable distance. They continued
he search, reinforced by numbers from
other towns, till the Tuesda, night
iolIowing-but all in vain. Nothing
was heard of the child, and the pa
tience and perseverance of the compa.
ny, as we may well suppose, was pref.
ty well exhausted. But as nothing 10
30 ngonlzing TO the heart OF a parent as
sucha dreadful uncertainty OF the fate
OF chlld-more distressing far thans
even the positive assurance OF his death.
the company, with feelings alike no
norable to them, and consoling to-
the bosoms ofthe afflicted parents, a.
greed, at their Solicitations, to con.
time the search one day longer.
They did so--and in the afternoon of
Wednesday the child was found near
Col. Shepard of Holderness, in tbae
woods not more than halfa mile fronss
his fathers house. He Independently
been dead about twenty four hours
having su'osisied as long as he was able,,
on the leaves &herbagfwithin hisreach,
The little circle around him, within.
which. as struggling nature gave way.
he laid himself down to his last sad
and silent repose, bore witness to bis.
feeble attempts TO support HE byplu k.
ing every green thing within its mar
row limits.
appearance Of our wharpss.-The pre-
sent is truly a busy time in New York
The southern and the northern markets
seem TO be occupying every hand, and
taskng the strel 9Th Of every mercantile
mind. The multitude of goods on the
wharves, and the great quantities going
to the same destination, are cheering
sights to the lover of his country's COM
merce. I'm a few weeks we may expect
our inland navigation to close, and,
therefore, every han is strained in ma.
king up supplies for the interior. The
book keeper Yields his pen in haste,
and the active salesman dashes down
the restless piece of goods on the coun-
ter. The euctioneer has few monoto-
nous repetitions to make, for the sound
of the hammer is finale as delightful to
some ears, as that of Miss KeIly's melody
to the diletanti.
What hustle on the wharves! What
a hurry and confusion on the deck of a
vessel Just ready for departure. Trunks,
chests, s. band boxes, crowd the wharf;
men with hurried steps. and beautiful
females with anxious faces, blend them
selves with the confusion. Even saun-
terer may sometimes perceive horses
shipping for the south, and cows, with
their docile calves, stepping stately over
the deck of the vessel. Here comes the,
passenger, with an umbrella or bundle.
in his hand; and then follows at his.
heels the grihning black waiter, with his
trunk on his head.
There isnothing which serves so much
to bind the different sections of our
country together, as the arrivals and
departures, at different periods of the
year, in our northern and southern ci--
ties. AT one time the citizen must fly
from the south to escape the fatal pcsti--
lence, and, at another, hurry to the
same place to search business and aeti-,
vity. The purest health is within the
precincts Of our country, but It's as mi
grating as the natives themselves.
". Y Patriot
MAysvILLE, KY Oct. Fatal .4c-'
eidsp!.-On Wednesday evening last. a
deputation of the Choctaw tribe of In.