The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-01-25

dRfartlng father impssass ksss span me
eAetk q BIZ child. Psur years NIL pass
aNsF ere he wlll sgaia isks hi child 20
~ arms. Lasirg bis wife suhbing ID
Aagussh. be elosss he door a kis honse
eehind hin. Four years musi slspse BE-
l4fe he ca cross ih.i lhseshhaid se=in.
Us ssa cspis,n ppan his island hss pass.
81 pus seven years oat d lerty-0ne upon
- land.
a lady sid 10 me lev evenings ago.
have hesn n.arlsd eleven years; and
epaiing II The lays my Husband has been
h0ms sure nlr msfF.age. II amounts 10
. three hundred and sixsy days. lie il
los sbseni. hnsing hsen gone kiseen
4onths; and lao years more must ~
1fpubse5iy siapse $50 s.as vile caa see Ia
3sre again. And when he shall ressrn Il
lsall y merely u visit his family en- lev
honlhs, when lie i'll again bid In IN
srien Tor another four ysars' absence.
asked The lady, The other day. how
many isllsrs sha arole II her husband
aeflDg lis la.l,oyaee. .Oae hundred. =
Yas The answer. . And hoa many did
e receistl' Six" The insariable rule
= p write By every ship lhsi lsases lhis
perl, Or Nrr Bedford. or sny plher port,
lsas may lie heard Df. lnr The Paesfie
erean. And yes The ehsnrss are sesy
mall. lhs,any two ships will me-, on ,hsi
heunelsss sxpanse. I,someiimes happens
bas ship returns, when those on board
bate not heard one word from ll.esr lami-
fs during The whole period OF her sh-
sencs. Imagine, then. The feelings Of i
husband and lathsr, who returns 10 The
hsfh0F Of Nantucket. alter d separation 81
IioFiy -elg hi months. during which iiRle re
has heard no liJings ~hsityer iron his
hpne. tie seeslhe boat pushed Of from
slle 1hsrses. which Il 10 briug him The lid.
nc 81 veal or wo. lie stands psle and
l'smbl NJ. pacing the deck. overv hcImed
with emotions ahleh he in vain endea.
yers 10 conceal, A freud 10 The bat
gFeets Wah him wilh smlls. aud says.
.CsP.ain. your family are III well.n Or,
perhaps. be says, .Csp,ain, / have hea-
W news Tor you. wife died two years and
alhalf ago.
A Young man left tits Island last sum-
MR.. leaving IN his quiet home . Young
add bsanlifvl wife. and mian, child. Thai
vile and chlld are now both IN he grave.
Be- lie husband knows not, and ptoba-
bsy vii 1ol know m il. for months 10
come. lie. perhaps. falls asleep. every
ERE snle. v,uIe imagining thai they are
both. both sold N death.
On brish, sImmtr afternoon. the tele
graph announces that Cape Hem ship
has aPrs ared 10 the horznn; aud imme-
d'a,ely the stars and srIps III our national
banner are Uniutled Irum our flag staff.
sending wave OF emotion through the
town. May families are hoping that il
is The chip 10 which their friends are 10
return. aud all are hoping for t,liags from
the absent. Soen the name Of the ship is
annouBced; aud then there is an eager con-
ten'ton with the boys TO be The first bear
eF OF ihe joyful tidings 10 the vile Of tie
capitalization which service silver dollar
is tho established and insa,istle fee. And
who can describe the feelings which must
agiIatc the bnsnm of The wife! Perhaps
she has had no udlngs Of the ship Tor
mere Than year. Trembling with ex>
element. she dresses herself to meet her
husband. Il, he ali,e,' she says 10 her
sci, or am | widow. aud the poor
children orphsns!' She walks about the
rOan, unable 10 c"mposo herself sufficient
ly to sill down, eagerly looking out Of the
window and down lhe street. She sees
man with hurried steps, turn the cor.
ner. aud lit,Ie boy having hold Of his
hand. Yes, ii is he; and her little son
has gone down t, tie boat, and lcund his
father. Or. perhaps, instead OF this, che
sees two OF her neiehbors returning SLOW
Iy and sadly and directing theft steps To
her door. The blood flows back upon
her heart. They rap a. the door. |, is
the knell Of her husbands dea'h; and she
falls senseIess to the floor, as ,hey tell her
that h. + husband has long been entombed
in the fa,homless ocean.
his is not fiction. These are moi ex-
IRENE cases which the imag nation creates.
They are facts oi continual occurrence
facts " hich awken emotions 10 which No
pen can do jps,ire.
A few weeks ago a ship returned to
this island, bringing news ii anolher ship,
that she was nearly filled with oil; that
all on board we've well; and she might be
expected in a nelghbnrtns port in such a
month. The wife oil The captain resided
in Nantucket. andeatly in the month, with
a hear, thrnbbing with affection and hope.
she wen, 10 gree. her husband on his re
turn. Al length the ship appeared. drop
ped her anchor in the hsrbor, and the
fiends of The lady went to the ship 10 rs
corl the husband TO his wife, from whom
he had so long been separated. Soon
they sadly returned with the tidines iha,
her husband hal been seized wi h the
coas, fever, upon the island of Mldagas-
car. aud when about week out, on ais
return home, he died, and was committed
10 this ocean burial. A few days after !
called upon The widow and l,t,le daughter
in their destined house OF bereavement
aud anguish.