The Democratic Whig. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-03-09

/ EHRWTED WOmAns--IE Nil IA il|ISrS' 80. =
COLLECTED that about year and AnlF mNb, lke
DC. LNpig papers rave nm acconng 0fa NJ 6mKR
who bad besn dissOu6ssd ii tIle woods nanr.
tnss cry. almost qeked md, NBpnEelsly qrifs
e. drove her . HUMAN habilaEio6. and mere.
being much exhadsfsd 1or want ~ l|Ioa 80
badly most billens sbc expired. y7sya s ss9el'r
q kfeplogsao her deelhahe became cuits ra,..
tionals and gave tho lnlluWinR mceulns "a isr.e
e gel which we c0ndsass fiDn lA1 81. i.0nis
She was barn nj New Jersey. auhsnosh
her parents nhn eennngud No Cinninnafii. J.
where they hvsd nnlll esla grew Up 40 woman.
like paid her his addresses and fhev eI1bsa -
St loUps AZ Lontsvilla Ea psls tadsd her Is I
take i0dg5flgs With hun g. he nlifs, pEomisinr =
20 60 with Der t0g eles1g nan and QPl manisf
IN the ulctning. HE left Der tn kile mofninr
TO 20 for n minister and neVept ~ turned Jan
day ahe remained aIiadel q n plaR NInr 4
for the safety other hveF, whOmr ahA rcihn
not think had abandoned her; but hnall ahp
leaned that he had taken boat going down
feelings was 30 great that she tainted n the
street She wa taken mp By some kindly dis-st
posed person who as soon a. she recovered
paid her passage back to Cincinnati.
Her heart almost failed her as she approach.
ed her home. She could see her fathers rp6. 8
idence as the boat passed along mp the river.
and II was her intention to 90 directly home.
and throw herself upon the mercy of her father
and mother and tel them how she had been
deceived. On approaching the door of the
dwelling, there appeared to Be an unuaual bua.
tie in the house; on entering il she saw her
father laying dead upon the floor The Old
man had heard which way she had gone, and
took passage on the inf .rtunate steamboat
Moaeile which blew up AZ CINCINNATI and
being one lpfthe unfortunate sufferers, the BODY
had Just been recovered and brought hOmea
az soon az her mother saw her. "lhere." said
she there 10 your murdered father" She ran
FROM the house, but not before her mother's
curse upon her.-She says il rang in her
ears for many long day and night, as she wan.
dered through the woods.
Il was then summer, and at times severe
hunger would induce, her to go near she hab-
itatims Of the people as she wandered along
through the country and at one time she Slip.
ped In and took the hoe cake from the fire wilma
the farmers wife was gone to the apring-at
other times SHE caught the fowls from the fence
and devoured them Eaw.-How she lived 40
long, she is unable 10 tell, but berries, nuts
fruit aud such game as she was enabled to
catch has been her food and for two wiutera
she lived in an old deserted cabin on the banke
Of the Missouri. She filed it nearly. full Of
dried leaves in the fall and would creep into
them in cod weather. Some body burnt down.
the cabin laet fall, wtlsome little stores of nuta
and dried fruit she had laid up for winter since
which time she has been sleeping in a large.
hollow tree. She says : her clothing being,
almost entirely gone the cold was very sewers
and thought would come 70 honae and
get them 90 btifE me. -
How, have suffered NJ human tongue can,
tell but had made np ihg mind 70 die in he.
wild woode and never aaain tulksr q ilsllnSll l-s
ing sto see K 10 ne. but my yes0lution, falled,
and am indebted to the kindness Of fhis poor
family for what little comfort they could afford
me on my death bed. I. -
This is the substance Of the story It SCENE
| almost too highly wrought mp to be true, but
we give it as Il comes 70 ps. -i
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