Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1841-11-27
WHOLE NUMBER SGT.
From the BaIalo Commercial Advertiser.
4 o L HING NCIDEN

"4es OF one ana three wears, called al the Office
a our el'S clerk. squirlng tor the Mayor. That
"'Icef was abseht--hut her sorrowiul demeapor
spoke 50 "Hectingly in her behalf and althouob
evidently IN humble life, she seemed so in ellicent
ana unassuining in her distress, tina, Mr., Lacy.
the CLERK, was led 10 ask the of her troubles
"hen she told hum her brief story
Sie said her Observation-Disclosures name We Eva,
left their native place. Brecknock. in Wales
year age, to seek new home for them in Amer
Tea, leaving them 10 follow when he should hayo
found the desired spot. and earned the means 10
onaaI" them 70 make the journey. He finally set
tied at Oak Hill. jackson county, in the son lhern
part Of tho Safe Of Ohio, wheTs he worked indus
tfIoas'y a his trade, that OF tailor until he had
t2ia ~ olsaty dollars, for tho passage money Of
h1s family. Ihls amount he enclose! to his wife
with directions as 10 the hes: route 10 reach her
destination, which woDld be via IiyerDool and
Ne" York. She accordingly ba dc udieu To her
birth place, aud started her lone and distant
voyage, cheered with the prospec, of soon reioin
mo her husband in Their new Western home.
on arriving AT the neares, port on the coast.
she vas persuaded by the mercenary captain Of
Il traGIag vcssc! that II would be much cheapcr
ior her 10 % by way of Quebec, where he was
bound, and She therefore took passage with him
IL was l"o long months after they sci sail before
the tafdy craft reached port, during which time
her s'och OF provisions had been exhausted and
she was compelled 10 purchase from the captain
II his own rates. to supply The wants of herself
and chlIdFe<a. The extortions to which her espe
renee made hcr an easy prey, and the increased
expenses ct, The announcement route she had iguo-
ran'!y taken left her without a Smiling on her ar
rival Il. Balaio. She vas still five hundred miles
from her journeys end, without, u friend or ac
q 9antance, truly helpless stranger in n strange
land with her lntlo children dependant on her
for bread.
The energies Of n wornan's nature, so striking
" developed by necessity, did not eaye her 10
despair Sac obtained shelter for herself and chill.
dren n cellar room IN the Trow6ridge block
for which she had TO pay five shiIlings awcek
and succeeded IN procuring little sewing from a
clothing shop, which barely suticed 10 purchase
their coarse and scanty fare. She sen, letter
to her husband, informing him of her arrival and
destitute situation; and patiently awaited his OK.
rected relief. DAILY did she ash, with trembling
heart, at The post Office, for the wished for answer
and daIig did she turn away. with n heavy heart
as the same cold, disappointing No, responded
unFaTyInE'y 10 her ANXIOUS inquiry.
&ha uncle gaia ADD gain. WooI.e wore away
n tIts cruel suspense, and the tho usand fears
thai 7et:eta tho female breas, in such a crisis.
may be Supposed To have swaytd her mind The
fearful aP2Tehensj8as that sickness, or death or
et his possible deseftlon of the wife of his bo
sem an their lutte ones, might have left her TO
the sharp mlseri,7 which the common lot Of
woman III such utter restitution, were poig-
nant than tho poHgs Of hunger. AT length her
employer bad work for hcr and she was
obliged 10 pledge articles of her clothing 10 pro-
cure necessary food. Several weeks rent for her
poor accommodations was due, which sho vas un-
able TO pay, and IN her extremity sho though, Of
applying to the Mayor for advice and relief
Mr.. l. became interested IN the poor woman,
behalf, al the recital! He instituted the neces-
safy Inqni1es as TO Ibe sum neeGlul TO take her
and her children TO their sought for home, and drew
up subscription paper, which he placed in tho
hands Of Mr.. W, other csuatrymen who
Is 4 worthy mechanic residing here, and who,
with prompt philanthropy, took the suffering fam
lily to his own house. Here he found, on taking
over matters pertaining to their "fa,her land !" that
his guest was born within half mile Of his old
home, which no had left twenty years before
and the long chat which followed about the fani-
lar scenes and incidents of their birth pace-,he
family histories Of the entire Hcghborhood far
back rs her earliest reco lections. which had TO be
to1--r:eav We! ha imagined to have repaid the
kind tFelchman for his hospitality.
Mrs. Evans remained with her new found frierd
for three davs, during which time he raised the
money lSI5I Tor her passage--one of our well
known and oldest merchants, Mr.. W, who
was native of the same country, generously gi-
wing s.. Mr. C!ev Gland, overseer Of the poor,
adding s., and The balance made up Of smaller
Her passage accordingly en-
. ced BY her friend MIR W, who accoInpani-
ed her to the boaf.--WniIe waiting its departure,
he mentioned III at her shawl, which had been
3awned for n small sum We remained pledged, and
she urged hy her companion 10 return for II,
being furnished By him with The amount nccsssa-
~ FOR lis redemption.
While absent on The errand, the boat "cast of,
and OF her return was under way Lamen;ing
this disappointment OF her renewed hopes, sho
turn Il a,yay dnd--her husband stood before her!
lie had been in The city for ten dovs 10 search
&c her-and boarded at the United States Hotel,
lust over the low and squallid apartment in which
ms lntia family were staying-he, comfortably
Iedged and living upon the Injuries Of we'll
we'd table while they furnishing but few
feet distant, He had started Immediately on the
receipt Of her letter, and since his arrival hero
had been assIduousy seeking TO find her.
Happening that same day to be at the wharf,
gazing with the crowd a, the departing boat, his
attention excited, with that Of others, TO tho
little group who were bewailing the lose Of their
passage and thus be found the objects of his