The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-07-08
.FTom The Albany Evening Journal
AN INCIDENT.

Those persons who were present 81 The
pray er meeting 81 Dr. Mrlch's Church,
on Fnday evening last, sill recollert that
ios ard The close VI the meeting . young
man. apparently a Stranger. entered and
took seai with the assembly. 0pporIu.
nHy being gwen for sxhorla.iOn fIoW any,
the snsnger arose aud remarked. that
while he Was Visiting Tor ,he ca,s TO leave
for Massachusetts, he happened 10 be
snolling BY The door. and hearing the
wore Of PRAYER, had entered: aud although
stranger. he already Iels that he was
among Christian brsthIen VIM used the
sane language sns followed the sane Mas
ter. There IS nothing very peculiar Ia
hls appearance or address, and after fur
lheI exercise the meeting closed, and the
circumstance would probably soon have
been lorgn.lsn. The wIier OF This, inlprl.
led by the Yankee propensity, aud beng
himself s.naiIse OF Massachusetts, a. tie
close of the meeting sought an intersiew
! wIIh The Stranger, and learned from HIM
The following particulars: e.- ... 49,
! Some months ago. i, will perhaps be re-
collected, . long account was published
IN many Of the papers, sud IN the Even
ing Journal smong The rest, believed oil
Young msn who was hung IN the siciu
ny of Worcester, Mass who Was eilhe
LOST or stolen from hIs parents nearly 81
years ago. when he Was only 3 or yesr'
old-whose only recollection OF the mat
ter was, that lie was taken from large
and ialckly settled place, ALBANY, as b,
always supposed, and carried be knew
not hiiLer--ihsi after sttolilng lhrougl
The Country sumo years with a company
VI ,asrsnl Indians or negroes, with whom
he suffered almost incredible hsrdships-
having ON one occasion narrowly escaped
being murdered by one Of their nunbet--
he finally escaped from them al Prosi
ldeuce, n. l.. and siler living 10 one place
and another. located in Nes-EHglsat
village. Gin Grsf,on, Mass. where he ws'
married about 10 years ago. and has slnce
resided. s. .tx .a..a., -~x~ a.s :.,.
The account was prepared BY a wor'
thy Bsptis. minister. and originally ap'
pesred in the Boston Christian Wstch'
mau, from which it was extensively cnp''
ed into The papers through ae country
There had been much sympathy ielt ioI
ihe individual, as he neither knew where
he vas born. nor whether any oil bis KIN
dred We're in the land Of tue living. and
wac, moreover, en.irely ignorant Of hl'
osn name aud age. He has, however,
for many years called himself and been
known by the name OF Abraham Vest.
|, seems that the above account ie!l IN
10 the hands oil an aged couple in the town
OF Ontario, Warren co., N. Y, who has-
ing lost two children about the peuod
mentioned. lell peculiar interest IN she
Ease, and the post masters OF Ontirio and
New-Englsnd village opened corIespon-
deuce on the subject. The result oil 1t 10.
that The friends of Mr.. Vest sho is pour
contributed the means. and he has just
been out to see his supposed parents. aud
was on his return 10 Massachusetts, when
The writer saw blm as ADORE stated. ~r
HIS journey was successful. The mo-
men, .he mother saw her long los. son,
.he tainted. But the more cautions son,
ANXIOUS to ascertain to a certainly wheth'
tt these were indeed his parents. requir-
ed unmisiaksble proofs. The mother
with a mnther's memory, descrihed ,he
mark upon his back, and the scar oil .he
srsld upon his foot. He could no longel
doubt. aud the scene that followed may bs
bitter imagined than described. The pa
reals. Who supposed themselves childIess
rrioiced over The " son tha, was found,
aud The latled cali was indeed killed. Tt,
son, who supposed himself an orphan. re
jolced to find his parents even in. their oil
age. lie also, sscettained iha, his rea
name was John Nj. Wilson, and his sg
about 81 years. ~aH .a.aaa As 7ba1syg.
How inscru.sble are the ways Of Prov
dence. A, the time OF the separation g
! she patents and chlldren. (lor a sister ~
remains unfound, tue father was sons