Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1839-06-21
THE MOTHERS ROCK.

the Atabapo and Rio Terni rivers, high
rock-calIcd the Mothers Rock
The circumstances which gave this re-
markable name TO the rock were these.
In 1909, Roman Catholic missionary
led his half civilized Indians out on one
of those hostile excursions, which they onen
made, 10 kidnap slaves for the Christians
They found Guahiba woman in a solitary
hut. with three children--two of whom
were inlants The father, with the older
children, had gone out to fish, aud the moth
cr in vain tired to fly with her babes, She
was seized by these man hunters, hurried
into boat and carried away TO a mlsslona-
ny station at San Fernando.
She was now far from home; but she
had left children there who had gone with
their father She repeatedly took her three
babes and tried to escape, but was as often
seized, brought back, and most unmerciiul-
w beaten with whips.
AT length The missionary determined TO
sepa rate this mother from her three children;
and for this purpose sent her in boat up
the Alabapo River, to the missions Of the
Rio Negro, al station called Jarita.
Seated in the bow ofthe boat, the mother
knew not where she was going, or what
fate awaited her She was bound, solitary
and alone in the bow Of the long boat but
she Judged from the direction OF the sun,
tha, she was going away from her children.
By sudden effort, she broke her bonds,
plunged into the river, swan 10 the left bank
ofthc Alabapo, and landed upon Rock.
She was pursued, and at evening retaken,
and brought back TO the rock, where she
was sconrgel ill her blood Redeemed the
rock, --calling for her children and the
rock has ever since been called The Moth
er's Rock Her hands were then tied up
on her back, still bleeding from the lashes
ofihc mana,ee thongs OF leather She was
then dragged 10 the mission at Javita, and,
thrown into a kind of stable. The night
was profoundly dark, and it was in the
midst OF the rainy season. She was now
full seventy five miles from her three chill
dren, in a straight line.-Be,wecn her and
her children. lay forests never penetrated
by human footsteps ;-swamps and moras-
SEES and rivers, never crossed by man. But
her children are a. San Fernando and
what can uuench mothers Lowell Though
her arms we're wounded, she succeeded in
biting her bonds with her teeth, and in the
morning she was not 10 be found At the
fourth rising sun-shc had passed through
the forrst-swam the rivers aud all blee-
ding and worn out, was seen lowering
round the little cottage in which her babes
were sleeping
She was seized once more and before
her wounds were healed. she was again
torn from her children, and sent away 10 the
missions on the upper Oroonoko River
-. 4 H. Fol
ing all kinds OF nourisEment-died OF n
broken heart at being torn from her chill
dren Such is the history of The Mothers
Roc 4. TodG"s address 10 Mothers
1nnirtrsaries Of Bostoa.-The Massochu
sets missionary society is the oldest enter.
prise ofthe kind having been in operation
for 40 years The amour, of receipts for
abe last pear weretwelve thousand eight hun.
dred dollars and IS cents, Of which eight
nine hundred dollars and 81 cents
were disbursed among public Churches, in
Massachusetts, and the balance given to the
Home Missionary Society, which built six
churches. The Massachusetts Sabbath
School Society comprises $40 schools. 6,673
teachers, 30 500 scholars, and 90, 400 volumes
$3.50 Of the pupils are upwards of Is
years Of age. Its receipts last year we've
$4,000 The 25th anniversary Of the A.
merican Tract Society, was recently held in
Boston, John Tappan in the chair. Its re.
ceip,s last year amounted te $50, 46l-bcing
S2,673 less than the receipts the preceding
year. During the year, $4,000 volumes
were distributed, which when added TO the
distribution of the general Society, makes
more than million OF volumes distributed in
the countryfast year. 1t appears by the re-
port OF the Seamens Friend Society. that the
sailors deposited in she Savings Bank lasl
year, the sum of Sl93,259.
Miss Lasher lately recovered one hundred
and thirty nine dollars and some odd cents
from one Mr. Smiih-not John Smith, Jun.
of Arkansas we belevc-for refusing 10
Gnasry her The Inn, which took place in
Randall Co, is only remarkable for the le-
gal point decided blythe jury. The promise
and alllhat, appear to have been made out,
but the delinquent defended himself on the
ground that the lady love" wore ulseteelh
in front and not only so, but that she actual
ly wore curls of a different color from the
natural growth ofthe soil This was GER
tainy making out pretty strong case for
the defence bu: the jury over ruled ii, and
gave the enormous damages already men
iioned-N Y, Gazette.
PEA Sour. An excellent louisville de.
sires US to state that delicious soup may be
made of the liquor in which new peas are
boiled, and which too frequently is thrown
away. After the vegetables have been boil.