The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1840-02-22

Way ASCW AOihj ahu tAiS hi0h "hO SAiNN
was proud TO acknowledged you as his own
and only child The old man returned 70
his house childless.
Oscar D. and his lady wende6 their
course to Philadelphia. There they procur-
ed an engagement and Catherine made her
debut at the theatre. The character she
sustained was Juliet; her husband playing
Romeo. They met with unparalleled sue
cess, ard nothing was spoken Of in the
whole city but the excellent and uEequalled
performance of Mr.. and Mrs. D.. The
gentlemen said, nothing on earth can be
more exqisiie and dazzling than the flashes
Of her keen black eyes Oh what sweet
lips Such nice little feet and ankle, and
then such charming voice What pity
it is for such an angel to be tied to that home
! ly husband = The ladies chartered, what
an exquisitivc person he is he has the most
expressive countenance that ever man pos
sessed He has something about him that
looks SO noble his voice, too, is so manly
Oh!i is great shame that he is united to
such silly looking wife I The editors
puAied them as the celebrated Mr.. --- and
his talented and accomplished lady
Letter after letter came to them from the
managers in other cities, begging of them to
eccept star engagements. They did accept
some Of those proposals, and it was not
many months before they were known
throughout the country as the greatest thea
rical stars Of the age.
Mr.. s. having Como business to trans-
act wes. Of the mountains, left his home in
New York, and arrived in Cincinnati on
the 26th day Of April, 1898. The same
day he engaged passage on the steam
boat Meselle wishing to vlsi; Smithland,
KY
The steamer Franklin left the wharf a.
bout an hour before the Mosells. They
were considered the swiftest boats upon the
western waters, and having never run a
gainst each other, the captain Of the Mosel
, lie had determined to give the other vessel a
J chase.
Ii was Just in the dusk of tho evening
when the Moselle, crowded with hundreds
= Of ill-fated passengers hauled in her cable
= and started to go short distance up th'
: river, then turn, and, being under full heaC
way, &c flying past the city, The cap
} tain ordered the engineers to pile pitch up
: on the fires and raise every atom of steam
in their power, 'for,' cried he, IN eithe
beat the Franklin, or blew her to- he haC
: not time 10 finish the sentence, before ar
awful explosion took place and in an instan
msngled bodies and limbs were seen fyinl
, in the air. Scarcely life was saved ou
5 Of some three hundred human beings whS
. were on board.
! Thousands Of the citizens rushed 10 thC
wreck, to behold ihis awful spectacle snC
learn the fate of some unfortunate friend
' Here might be seen single arm or leg
: floating down the stream in another spo
an already cold and dlsfgured corpse, oil
, come poor scalded wretch, writhing in thC
r throes of death. Ha There is seen upOE
the surface of the water an old man, who
a has yet some signs of life. There-thert
"a gentleman plungea into thei river, anC
, swims to his rescue. Thanks be TO Heaven
/ he is saved.
On gaining the shore,,he gentleman plac
ed the old man in carriage, aud conveyed
him to neat dwelling in the central part o.
the city.
4 The old man, who was Mr.. S., wa.
so exhausted that he was unable TO notice
any thing around him that evening bu
/ when he arose and entered the parlor mex
: morning he was much astonished to find a
little girl, whose features were precisely
like those Of his long lost daughter,
What is your name, darling said he,
gently pattng her on the head
Catherine, sir, she replied in n sweet
tone.