The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1848-11-15
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~ SSita5 w iuS teiHhte e..SS SJnk ent6flng th6|
humble eottage where she reside he
hear. in an .ajoining room, an. infant
voice. He listened, and found Ii was no
child Of the poor dying woman engaged
in prayer.
@ Lord, bless my poor moiher,' said
the little boy, sand prepare her, To- die.
God, thank thee that j have been sent 10
q Sabbath School, and there have been
taught to read my Bible, nr,d there .jedrn.
ed that when my farther and molher for,
sake me, thou wilt take me up. This
comforts me, now, that my mother is going
to leavet may il comfort her, and may
she 60 to heaven, and may 90 there too
and pity my poor dear mother, and help
me to say thy wiltbe done.'' 81
He ceased, and the visitor, opening ,he
door, approached the bedside Of the poor.
woman. * ~ Il 9! 81 ~ 49,
Your child has been praying with you2,
Yes, said she, making an effort 10 rise,
She is dear child. .s Thank God ahc has
been sent to q Sunday School. I cannot
read myself; but he has; read that blessed
book the Bible, TO me, and hope i have
reason 10 bless God for Yes, i have
heard from him that am a sinner, i have.
heard from him Of Jesus Christ, and do;
as poor sinner, put my trust in him, I
hope heWill preserve me. hope he has
forgiven me. lam going TO die, butI am
not afraid; my dear child has been The.
means of saving my soul. Oh how
thunkful ! am that he was sent to a Sun.
day School! r. Wdlchma,, and Obscrper.
. . 7slfesi
From the ~. Y. Journal of Com. Nop. II
( AN INcIDENT OF T'RAvEL.--Among the
passengers in the steamer Commodore,
from this city TO New Haven, last Saiur-
dny morning, were the wife Of q Cornish
minor by the name of Rowe, and five or
six children. chiefly girls, The oldest not
exceeding ten or eleven ycnrs Of age, and
the youngest a babe. They arrived hero
from Wales only about two weeks since,
and were on their way. to the Bristol
Conn., copper mines, where they hoped.
TO meet their husband and father. Asthe.
steamer was leaving The wharf the moth!
er stood at the gangway, almost frantic
with anxiety and grief. Had the kind
hearted captain Lefevre) been present
and understood her grief, he would have
waited till her daughter had come on
board, or until the mother and her other
children could be put on shore. But as it
was, the family were separated, under
circumstances of peculiar trial. Il ap-4
pears that few minutes before the steam
5er started, the mother sent her oldest
daughter, q girl between 10 and 5 years
of age, to buy some bread. Before she re-
turned, the stcamerwasofff for New Haven.
Whit the poor woman's thoughts were,
when she returned to the wharf and found
the boat gone, and herself left nlone
in strange city of hal a million inhabi-
itants, we know moi, but can partly imng-
inc. The mother was, if possible, still
more wretched. When she found that
the steamer was actually off, and that
there was no hope Of returning 10 tho
wharf, oil the tender sympathies of pa
rents heart were awakened within her.
and she ran about the boat crying, ooh,
my child! my poor child! Oh h-oh-oh!p
The steward of the boat and some of the
passengers tried to console her, by telling
her that the little girl would no doubt be
taken care of and be sent up to her at
New Haven by the evening boat. This
afforded her glcam of hope. but her
fears still predominated. What could
Matilda, do, penniless, in the midst of
strangers, without home,. or friend, or
knowledge Of any thing around her. |
Whom could she trust2 How liable 10
be decoyed away by villains, and reserved
for doom worse than death? Hogarth
could not have desired more lively per-
sonifcation Of grief, than when that moth
CT, after being in measure quieted, sat
sobbing in her chair, nursing her infant
and hugging tito her bosom, while her
other children, except the lost one, sat a.
round her on the floor, not one Of fthem nt-
tcring cry, but every countenance ex.
pressivc Of the deepest sorrow. Presently
Capt. Lefeyre came and sat down by
them, and after some soothing remarks
returned them the whole ofiheir passage
money. Several dollars were also given
them by passengers. This was the more
necdful, as by waiting for Matilda at N.
Haven until Saturday evening, they were
under the necessity Of spending the Sab.
bath there, as there was no subsequent
train for Bristol until Monday. But what
ifMatidn should not Gomez Whatifthey
should mover 500 her again! These ap.
prehensions, together with the anxiety al.
ready endured, even before she arrived at
New Haven. Immediately on their ar
rival, q tclegraphic despatch was forwar-
ded 10 Messrs. Snxton & Webb, agentsof|
the line in New York, requesting them to
send by the afternoon boat the little girl
TINT was left in the morning, and stating
that her mother would wait for her at New
Haven On rncnivinr fhia ,,1assnnnt |