Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-06-05
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"a .e autumn OF 1923 descending tie Ohio riycr
with three small chidIen ~ Canoe lie had lost his WIFE,
anu IN tue engra,ns spirit Of people, transporting. his
All TO country, where he might again begin the world,
arriving towards evening small sand, he landed there
wan the INVENTION ofencanpng for the nyt Alter remaining
Tor short time, he determined visit the opposite Shore
The purpose, probably of purchasing provisions aud ens his
children that nc would hem padded Off lea
shore with loose company who invited him To drink He
eramc intoxicated and in attempting To tue island
IN tue hht was drowned The canoe hoated away aud
one knew OF the catastrophe until the following day
The poor lie cilcd children the while, wandered
an1u the "nhabntd island sranns their e eyes TO catch
glimpse Of their father Night came, and they hal c uu
1-o bed TO rest upon, aud no parent To watch ,c
Inc weather extremely cold ard the elrst child thoucl
hut eight years age remembered have heard poos'
who sept m the Geld were sometimes chilled death She
CSn,ue' u''eoie to wander ant and when tive Younger
chur'n ware out With fatigue and vsiucss rcady
dsp into umtcr she kept them anhsn-
S S"Ss AZ iaS' ha'ur could hn'd oui no longer and the
little ones cici and aching with o, themselves nn tie
ground Thou their sister down and scaiu. Jar.
Tus ms Woc as S'bn drew them ON her lap, mud euc3-
'''ed To- un1it tine "atth q fcr OWN bson they scp,
SwceiiN Cn hc1 arms
Morning came au3 'L dc aa,s children 81, on the s.orc
WcrpHs o 'rr ~ "n-in, they allied with joy ny tlc
coyesd hs wa 6sd with IN ,n: her H e wa, 3.
Se~ mt" terror and ,hev Gcd mt the woods Relieving that
nc saNases had Wurcc hci. father Rad
60 100 L., =, t'y o'Hcrc under the bushes hUns ,hce't
F, liar ila,, hSe hood Of young g'r'ridsCs
-" - ''oN Ui' mon"s r'c" and Inc eldest child A. Sg
p'cPcd on from he hiding pacc began think that ,hcy had
ahy ''arve c m lone island, wbe the other hori
there poSsh ,y 81 cc- kniy uc1Nd the Indians
Z
pnuSy ior tool, hid ricccd her heart and awakened nj r
energy She told the little orcS who's, rcoc minds her
me s'rii had acquire, absolute sway, up with
ncr then taking baud al EACH She c1cssly lei them
ucan CAMPING. Fortunately i've ssvnscs understood
Nns'ase ai ,r lnc e explaining th"o what had
red they ccevct the deserted ch;tCr brtv, AMI conducted
them 70 The nearest OF where they kc;
benevolent people INIT. their Uyvn relations claimed J'n
,Wis?'Gioes.-N correspondent in the Couric'
recommends the sending few hundred thousand
mosquitoes 20 the assistance of the sultan lie saws
that thy would eiccu;rlly keep the Russian army
on the northern side of The Danube He IS mistaken
The Cossacks, who drank 1qtr-sRr ut Pans an
ordinary beverage, would cat musqi,ocs IL Turkey
as ordinary food.
Il ~jcked DW.-A man lately attempted to kill
himself lin England by dashng MS forehead against
the pavement. On being questioned as 70 his mo-
tvcs he said he urged to the by seeing Satan
coming towards him with torch IN each hand, at
tempting 10 thrust large bills of debts into his poc-
cts. Had his wits been about him, he would have
taken away the torch from old Nicholas and irnited
the accounts 1t is bad enough to be duaned, but
be dunned by snca parsonage must bc intoera6le.
) Courier & Eng.