Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1838-03-22

ing one day nfter longer eAcuision Ne"
usual, he found the kettles deserted by the
boy, and the fires extingushed? but as the
lade was gone, which it was part OF the
duty of the boy to carry home ot night, he
concluded that he had become impatient Mt
his long absence, and returned to the house.
|, Not doubling but that he should find his child
at the house, he proceeded honeward; but
on arriving there, he learned, from the anz-
ious mother, that the child had not been seen
4 since his departure in the morning. The Few
( neighbours were Immediately collected, and
! search made, but TO no purpose. 1t was con-
tnued the two following days, by larger as
! semblies collected from the ADJACENT towns
! but no trace Of the child could be found, and
! all were unanimous in the opinion, that he
must have either been destroyed by some
beast, or struggled to the river and pershca
in the stream. II was then, that the workings
of humanity, and the tender emotions OF the
parent, first exhibited themselves in the Ia
ihcr. Although there was an evident excr-
ton to restrain the feelings, still the big tear
that occasionally fell unwiped from his eye
and the strong workings of his countenance,
plainly showed that his bosom was the seat
of conflicting passions. The mother, who'
perhaps, from not meeting the return OF her
affections which she expected from the nus
band at his loss, broke out in all the extrava'
gancc ofanentaton and despair For weeks,
! She mi gh, bo seen travcrsng the wood, that
was near-sometimes, searching in every re-
cess for his remans-at others, making the
whole valley resound with her cries; till at
last, her disorder of mind communicated to
her body, and she became, at once, the sub
ject of melancholy and disease. Her con-
sttution, though strong, as was usual III those
times, when no adventurous aids were re-
sorted to for forming the 'slender waist" and
giving symmetry TO the person, was never
theless, unequal to so great shock. The
violence of disease, and mental excitement,
so n put period to her existence.
i After deposting her remains in the earth,
the husband Immediately made dispositions
for leaving the place, declaring, that it was
impossible for him to remain where there was
so much to remind him of tho caIamlties he
had suffered. He directed his course to the
eastern part Of the State of Vermont, which
was then settling, and took up tract of land,
which has since been remarkable for its fer
| iility as well as for the advantages it affords
for manufacturing establishments. Invited
| by the richness of the soil, he engaged sue
! cessfnlly in agricuhure,-became wealthy,
| tanned much Of the humanity of manners
| Nothing further transpired TO lead attention
| Ito him. till the winter of 1915, when one of
his neighbours being on visit at st. Regis,
| Canada, was struck to meet with person OF
exactly the same name, Sylvester Duane
Excited to some inquiry by this coincidence
Of names, he found that the person, with
whom he had met, could give no account Of
his early childhood, except that he had been
taken by the Indians, but so young, that he
retained not even an imperfect recollection
| of what previously transpired. lie had no
| remembrance of his parent, or Of any place
! from which he was taken only that he was
returning from the sugar-pace, and carrying
a lade which he still retained. Upon the
mention of this, the person, who was know
| ing to many of the circumstances above re-
lated, Immediately Informed him that his father
| still lived-related to him the circumstances
| and invited him to accompany him in his
| return. TO this, the stranger was the more
melted, by learning, that his father, bowed
down by the palsying hand of more than
eighty years, was fast sinking 10 the grave
unconscious that there still remained one,
who could claim kindred with him-one,
| that would follow his bier in the capacity of
mourner-or shed tear at his departure.
! On the evening of the third day from the
| ther lived, he entered the paternal mansion,
bearing in his hand the lade, which he had
preserved as relic through all his wander
| ings, and by which he was now to support
his claim to the endearing appcllation of
child. Tho ladle was first presented to the
| father, with the question, whether he recol-
lected to have seen it before. lie immedi-
ately recognized it, and anxiously inquired
| for his son. On the introduction of the youn-
| ger Duane, the father rose superior to the
! force of his disease, which had long rendered
him nearly helpless, and already brought him
so near the confines of the grave, that many
were fearful for the event of the interview
| lie rose in his bed, and embraced his son
with such warmth, and even with such vio-
| lence, that the beholders were npprehensve
tina; he would expire with him in his arms
But soon relinquishing his hold, he sunk back
exhausted, and, family calculating, "Now
lettest thou thy servant depart in peace"
shortly expired. Not, however, till he had
ordered the destruction of his will, by which
means his estate, which otherwise would have
been directed to other specified purposes,was
| left entire to his son.
Remarkable Cwe.-Sir Ashley Cooper in
his lectures gives an account OF man who
fell from the yard arm of a ship in the Medi-
tcrranean, aud was taken up from the deck
! insensiblc. The vessel soon after made Glib
ralter, and there he was put into tho hospital,
! still insensible, and remained so for some
months. lie was then sent home to Deptford,
and there he lay nsensible, and CHANGING to
be visited by DR.. Dovy, a dresser at Guys
hospital, he advised that the man should be
sent to ST. Thomas's He was still insensi-
BILE, his pulse natural, and his fingers working
in correspondence with the beating Of his
pulse; but he lay on his back without voliton
or sensation. If he wanted food he moved
his lips or tongue. At st. Thomas's, Cline
found depression Of the skull, and operated
upon it with the throphine. The depressed
bone was raised at one o'clock in the day,
f thirteen months after the accident, and at four
o'clock, on going round the wards, the man
was found raised upon his pillow. In four