Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1848-11-10
An Incident of Travel.

Among tho passengers in the steamer Com
modore, from New York TO Now Haven last
Saturday morning, were the wife Of n Cornish
miner BY the name of Rove, and five or six
children, chiefly girls, tlc oldest not exceeding
ten or eleven years o. age, and tho youngest u
babe. They arrived hero from Wales only
about two weeks since and were on their way
10 the Bristol (Conn) copper mines, where
they hoped to meet their husband and father
As the steamer was leaving the wharf, the moth
er stood at the Qang.way, almost irnniic with
anxiety and grief Had the Kind hearted cap
tain (Lcfcvre) been present and understood her
case, he would have uniicd TIL hcr inqlaer hnd
como on board, or until the mother anil her 9th
err children could be put on shore. But rs il
was, the family were separated, Under circum-
stances Of peculiar trial. Il appears that few
moments before the steamer stSsacd, the moilpr
sent her oldest daughter, a girl between ~ or
10 years If age, 10 buy Sonie bread. Before
she returned, the steamer was of for Now lia-
ven. What the poor girls thoughts were when
sfc returned to the wharf and found The boat
gone, and herself len alone in strange city Of
half million inhabito ats, We know not, but can
partly imagine The mother was, il possible,
still more wrcicho,l- When she found that the
steamer WIS actually oil, and that there was no
hope Of returnng 10 the wharf, all the tender
synpaihics Of u percnt's heart were awakened
within her, aud sac ran about the boat CRYING,
l"Oh, my child ny poor child Oh-oli-ohl
The steward Of the boat and some Of the
passengers tricd to console her, telling her that
the little girl would no doub, be taken care of,
and be sc'lt up 10 her at New Haven by the
evening boat This afforded her CLEAN Of
hope, but her fears still predominated. What
could Matilda do, pcnuilcss, IN tue midst OF
srAngefs, without home, or friend, or knowl.
edge of any thing around hcr2 Whom could
"a l..l.l. -. l..
villain, and reserved for a doom worse than
deahs Iogarth could not have desired a more
lively pcrsonihcnion OF grief, than when that
mother, after being in a measure quoted, sat
sobbing in her chair, nursing her infant aud
huegng il 20 her bosom, while her other child
rem, except her lost one, sat around her on the
floor, not one Of them uttering a cry, but every
counicnance expressive Of the deepes, sorrow.
Presently Capt LcfevTc came aud sat down
by them. aud after some soothing remarks, re.
turned them the whole OF their passage money.
Several dollars were also given them by pass-
cngcrs. This WINS the more needful, AZ hy wait
ing Tor Matilda at New Haven until Saturday
evening they wcre under the necessity Of rpcnd-
ing the sabbath there, as there was no subse-
quent train for Bristol until Monday. But what
il Matilda should not come What il they
1 should never see her again These apprchen.
sions, together with the anxiety already ondnr-
ed produced symptoms a mental alteration in
! tho mother. even before sho arrived al New IIa-
ven. tHf r. -r IN a- ..l. -.
Immediately on their arrival, telcgraphic
despatch was forwarded to Mcssrs, SaSion &
! Webb, agents Of the line il New York, request
Ing them to send BY the afternoon boat the it,
tie girl that was lct in the morning and stating
that her mother would wait for her nj New Ha.
ven. TN receiving this message, Mcssrs. Sax
ton & Webb, Who had no previous knowledge Of
the mishap, went TO the wharf and found the it,
tic girl crying. This must have been at least
Ave hours after the steamers departure. They
told her the message they had received from
New Haven, and that they wonld send her safe
to her mother in u icw honrs which they accord.
ingly did, free Of cost. Thus sitter day Of fear
ful anxiety end suspense. the iamily circle was
again united, to the great JOY Of all-though the
! shattered mind Of the mother prevented her
from a full appreciation Of the fact. The
family where she spent the Sabbath, informed
us that she was evidently good deal derangcd
and that Matilda said she hal been 50 beiose
Her former arrangement was occasioncd BY tic
loss OF a husband, and child, (the latter being
hnrnt or soalled to, denth,l On Monday she
= and al her children took The Rail Road trail
! for Bristol, and mast have reached their dcsti
! nation IN few hours afterwards. -nr
Here is one small ehapicrin the liic Of poor
harl-working woman and If we could read tlp
unwrittcn history Of families and individuals
how many such scenes, or others equally am
still more affecting would rise upon on r vision
" u JOtfryidi OF Commerce I'd inst.