The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-10-30

| "'N H"'E - OS Shito ~, W give SUM- ussl>'
'anos n this sad emergency. Plunged in
the 'orpor OF grief, he Nth difficulty re
Piled that poor woman, Who lived al the
next doot--horself daughter Of poverty
and labor, was the only person who had for
~otks nay months, shcwn the least inter.
est 10 lheW situation. She had occasion.
alls come, he added, to administer 10 ms
dying wife such AID as she had il in her
poser 10 besiow. II was now some days
since she had Omitted her customary y,sils,
and be kne~ not what had become Of her
Fofgeliul Of all but tho wish Of relieving
these children o! wan, from The horrors OF
their present state, FASTENED, Us he drec.
ted, TO house adjoining, ~ he horeof iiud-
M, and bringing 10 their reiei the per.
sou 10 whom he had alluded. /, Vas w.Jh
ditlicu y that | could Distinguish ny ~ay,
IN tho darkness. Cropping along a broken
area, found | must descend about half d
dazcnsleps, the ioolo which a closed door
put stop 70 ny progress knocked
iouuy and repealed my summons, when
the door was slowly unblrred and a leueo
Eoic, 10 no yery gentle tones, cuquted
Who @as, aud wha, wanted a, this 10
seasonlblv hour Con,cuuug ny self with
answering her second quety, briefly STA
ed What required, napuly, that she would
cone siIh ne 10 he house 0. her ucjs hbof,
whose situation mentioned. Sac seemed
struck By lhe intelligence. Good luck Z.
she exclaimed, aud i poor Ms hrson
dead Wei, thought she could Mt hold
out long when ! saw her last aud | have
been 50 ~ uyself that have no, been able
C 70 OFT u door. for week past, tIl 10 DAY
ard tho taiu came on, AID ! did not dare
venture toto lie vet on account OF my rhcu.
mans, % | would hive stepped 10 Il,l al
ut.hf, Il ug.y 81 re no. they were. N.
terup'tl iarhel IetaG By Il pping couple
u .Aung- f,l urt hand, a. she stood pee,
ptu- lbul-a he 4a .clu.cd door, and Uade
Ter .o.lOs ne as .pe, dtly "a, size eou d. With
socn r,lfeshmcu. os che msal have It IN
her power 10 blug sHH her. Tins proved
% be nothing more Than o smasD qlaafay
81 mik aLteh. By good luck she sand, she
Ch4oced 10 have "a lho house, aud which,
she would aos satm Tor The ehld. 10 that
end, after paUslng a momcn over The re.
mann. OF tie unfortunate lady, 5ud giving
vent to sdWe Commonplace espfesston, oi
gapsoAQga 70 the y ds~ra husband, shu,
no rph, she y,ocet dtl 90 fekudlu lca
coa', hat lay 70 the CRATE, Nhle she Sa'
thus employ ed took survey Of the apsfl-
men, TO wWgA chance had So sn-ulary
conducted ne. /, We tolerate, sppctJus
81 u, hos cold hos cAeotss, hos t9f.
loro The nd b0aidsut lhe uncovered tl1or
cfeHkrd btaeath wy sep. Isu ur thrce
J5ahcu ohaHs. au mbrn la.e, Ted, OF
ehlch tie bed, lll, aga the slga~ mat,rass
Of lae lnlaut competed iae inventory Of the
movable, 10 thrs apsttDeut ol Sue shtie
lhrgugh rne broken Paoes Of a studow, al
one end, the ram bad found us way aud,
after luludaung the ilpor beGealh, stoie "a
a suIicn stream 20 the bottom OF the room,
ucfeasr, toe com,ou.ess Appearance ol
lau whole.
\ sudden thought struck ne; and ~.
quted OF tie woHan II Ne kucs Ut aay
tavern "a the immediate ne ghbofhood --
She meoffenea oue--' Bot SIR, yon vii nc.
ser TO aU.e to sel IN a. thus ,lme Of ulghl y
| vas luciiued 10 be OF the same opinion,
but something was necessary 10 be done,
II and | resolved 10 make The attempt. |
therefore ~ent to the place, and Obtained
some biscuit and bottle Of vine, Ga u}
fe'Gtu, poured sons OF the latter Int9 u
cup and INSISTED on MIR, Johusou's lor that
( the woman had sand, was his uanr) s"al.
loving some. enuealed han uisO 10 eat
biscuit. Ito Ihauked ne, and sad the
voice Of Kindness aud sympathy VAS IA u.
/ self co'dal, winch, uil now, II Vas long,
very long, unee he had experienced.
1 Meanw hae the le.oaIc hrd been untemlt.
/ ing m her Efforts TO revive the chl.d, and
she believed sho had TO part succeeded
She bad poured a les drops OF the warmed
milk into It's mouth, and thought u swsI
lowed them. stood observing her While,
/ haung taken It un her lap, she proceeded
70 chae rs chilled body. 1t raised IT'S eyes
to her lace, aud also began 10 believe her
Efforts aouId be rewarded by success, shen
suddelly It's cuunlenance changed, s1ght
sFasn passed over It's ieaturoF, It stretched
Ils little limbs with u shuddenng motion,
aud expired.
looked auIiously Of the father, dread.
lng the consequence OF tbs new befease
uenl, and certainly felt relieved When 81"
hI5n look on the pat, lnnoeenl iuce, "uh
caInuess. What passed "uhtu his bosom
can only conjecture, for he spoke not
Neither the female nor myself vas ~
clned to break the dcath.like stiffness that
,oilowcd this event A stiffness lntcrmln.
sled only by the Wild gust that still bo~led
at Intervals around the dwelling, und the
patlcrlug OF the rain against The broken
easement
The woman at length arose aud placed
the Ele!ess babe beside IT'S mother sn0 al.
50 agreed ut my request, 10 stay where she
was duung the short time that yet remain
ed 10 morn,ng, when promised to return
h,is she rcufed to obtain the required as
ISSUANCE, aud also 10 procure such hings u,
! should be proper aud necessary or tho &C
, cpsiug aud lor all winch ! assured her
would be responsible.
. A suyuiat osetst1 hl hero occurred, uh, CT