The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-05-09
From Broas an. Irish Ealeriaiameni
TIE EaICRlyrs FlNEIY.

TIE MIGRANTS FAMILY.
One e ihe strongest peeulissi,iss--in-
dced may say pGssions--of he irsh. il
their desosd lundness Tor their Of. pring.
A eurious illustrations Of The occurred
% me On my Ieeent journey through The
Northern lskts. II happened % be shat
sailors call very dirty wsa her. finished
mp by very tremendous gale. which ob
liged us 10 seek shelter a. . lump &c
aboriginal bsntnaess. called Main,on Is-
land, shsrs Ne were Obliged 10 remain
Ave days.
There we're . few deck passengers. Be
tween fse and III hundred: and mas
much - They had only provided them
selves with barely sufficient Tor the ase~
rage lime. provisions became alarminRly
scarce, ard no possibility Of . supply.
10 be sure there ~ss one venerable OK.
ri sori Of semi pe,riiea,ion, an organic
remnant 81 apoor. at,enus,ed, hofnlfss,
sish,less. bovine pstrisreh. Who originals
y yielded up hi. small residue Of exist
ence for our benefit, Indeed, il was quite
q mercy ne sriyed 10 relieve him from
painful siaie 81 suspense; for 50 old and
pnweriess was he, that Il his lat breath
had not been extracted. lie certainly could
not have diaan il b. himself.
Well. a. you may suppose. there was
considerable CONSERVATION on board.
Short. rery .hoii. allowance was adopt
ed 10 meet the contingency. and The poor
deck passengers had . terrible lime Of
il. Amongs, the latter wss an Irish emf
grant. with h,s wife and three beautiful
children. the eldest about seven years and
all without the smalles, subsistence. ex-
cspt what the charity Of their fellow. pas.
sengers could afford them: and as Thea
were but scantily supplied, j, can readily
be imagined how taiserably of was hi.
poor family, ~-..
However. II so happened thstil,e beau
~ and intelligence Of the children st,rac-
ted the attention Of one OF our lady pas
sengers. who had them occasionally
brought, into The cabin and their hunger
appeassd. Gtees"me, brigh,.eyed little
creatures. they we scrupulcusly clean,
despite The poverty Of their parents. oil
life and happiness. and in bllssful igno.
rance Of The des,itution by which they
were surrounded.
One day, delighted with her little prOie.
ges. lady happened TO say, hall jes,ing
ly," wonder would this poor nan par
with one Of those l.,le darl,ngs! IshOuld
like 10 adopt H."
IL DON, KNOW" said l." suppose We
make the inquiry"
The man was sent for and the delicate
business thus opened:-
/ my good FREUD" said the lady.
"you are very poor, are you mott"
HIS answer was peculiarly lrish,-
"Poor! me lady," said he. Be ,hs
pow ers OF phewther! If there's a poorer
man nor meesetf ,hroublln' the world
God pity both Of w, for we'd be sbou
siqusil,"
"Then ycu must find i, Difficult. to sup
port your children" said |, making ;
long jump towards our own object.
! is ii support thin, sir!" he replied
lord bless ye. nivir supported thin
they 81. supported somehow or another
they've niver been hungry yi'--wher
they are It'll be time enough to grumble. y
Irish all over, thought l;--'o-day la:
enough 10 do, let Tomorrow look on, fol
itself.
Well then" | resumed. with deter
mined plunge. would i, be relief &c
you to part from one Of ,hem?"
I hal mistaken my mode of attack
He started. turned pale. and, with wild
glare in his eye. literally screamed out
"A relief! God be good to US. whs
dye name! A relief would i. be 4
relief. dye think. TO asve The hand chop
/ ped from me body. or The hear. tore ou
OF me breast"
"You don't understand US" in,e'pos'
ed my philsn,hropic companion. =" Shoul,
one be enabled 10 place your child in
!. ease and comfort. would sou interfere
with its well doing!"
The tact Of woman! She had touched
the chord =" paternal solic,tude;-.lhe poor
fellow was silent. twisted his head sbnut
and lnokcd all bew,llered The struggle
. between a fathers love and his child's ~
/ tetest was evident and affecting. AT las
he said
"God bless We, nv lady, and oil tina
thinks of the poor! Heaven knows IL
{ be glad 10 b, tther tue child; il isn't in re-
, gard 10 meself, but, but hadn't better g
4 aud spake TO Mary; she's the mother o
a thin, aud 'twoull be unreasonable 10 b.