The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-05-15

!. nrs of .hs boat, which rendered The return
passage through them most hazardous.
The spectators on shore wrre quite unable
10 render any assislznce TO their friends
s1oat. Much time had been spent. and
!, The danger seemed 10 increase rather than
diminish. Our friend. The dog. looked on
for length Of lime. evidently aware Of
J there being great cause Tor snxleiy in those
around. Presently. however. be took 10
the water. and made his way through to
the beat. The crew supposed be wished
10 Join them. and made various stempss
10 induce him 10 come on board but no
he would not 90 within their reach. and
conlinasdswiInming about shou distance
from them. After while. and several
comments on The peculiar ronduci Of the
dog. one Of the hands suddenly OWNED
his apparent meaning. .Gise him the
end Of rope" he said; a that is what he
wants" The rope was thrown-ihe dog
! seized the end in an instant. turned round.
and made straight for the shore. a few
minutes afterwards. boat and crew. thanks
10 the inlelligenceofl ,ur-fooied lend.
were placed safe and nndamsged. Was
there reasoning here I No acting with a
view to an end or for given motive Or
was II nothing but ordinary instinct!
Rer. ,. C. Atkinson IN q Tie Zool9gif.
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Romance In Real Life.-The Lewis.
burg pal Chronicle announces the mar
rage, on The l4lh inst. OF John johnson
and Mrs. Maria Miller. oil Chilisquaqne
township, and tells The following roman.
tic story respecting the happy pair:-
"The groom who now works al the
boai.yard here, was formerly sea-faring
man. The bride is from =. Carolina; and
her father and her former husband, both
of whom have been dead many years,
we're wealthy planters. Some Eve years
ago the young widow made visit TO Eng
land. in company with her brother,
Southern gentleman Of fortune. and on
the return voyage they embarked in ves-
sci in which The groom was serving as a
commonsailor. By,some accident, she was
knocked overheard in the harbor Of Liver
pool, sank 10 the bottom, and was given
!; up for lost Our hero, however, did not
abandon the search. A slight change in
the position Of The vessel discovered her,
: the water being remarkably clear, lying
on the ground, twenty feel below the sur
. face. and apparen y dead. He instantly
/, plunged TO tie bollum, seized her by the
hair. and brought her to the top;a large
|. lock Of hair being pulled oul in The al
|. tempt, and which is still preserved. AZ
ter some hours Of perseyering exertion,
I she was finally brought TO and perfectly
restored. She was deeply grateful to the
: preseryer OF her life, and on the home
ward voyage she formed strong attach.
: ment for him, and union for life was re-.
solved upon. Their plans were, however,
frustrated, and for several years they never
met. In the meantime her fortune be-
came impaired. Some three or four
months ago she heard Of his location here.
I and Immediately came on from Charles
ton 10 see him. Her uncle. however,
overlook her and carried her back. She
came on again, some three weeks ago, but
was confined TO bed for some time by sick.
ness. Recovering, on last Sabbath even
ing the long deferred nuptial knot was
tied, aud the rescuer and rescued are now
united in life partnership, for better or
for worse"
J Touching Instance Of Mothcrly Affection
Mary, Countess e Orkney, was deal
and dumb, and married, in 1853, by
signs. She lived with her husband,
Murough, first Marquis Of Thromond.
who was also her first cousin, At his seat
RostelIan, on the harbor Of Cork. Shortly
after The birth Of her first . lid, he nuis,,
with considerable astonishmens saw the
mother cautiously approach the cradle in
which the infant was sleeping, evidently
full of some deep design. The Countess,
perfectly assuring herself that the chic
really slept, took up large stone, which
she had concealed under her shawl. and
to the horror OF the nurse, who was fully
impressed with an idea Of The peculiar
cunning and maligniiy Of /" dummies :
seized il with an intent TO fling il down
vehemen.ly. Before the nurse could in
,erpose, the Countess had flung the stone
mot, how, yer, as the servant had ap.
, pretended, al the child, but on the floor,
J where, Of course, it made great noise.
! The child Immediately awoke and cried,
! The Countess. who had looked with ma
y liernal eagerness TO the result OF her ex.
pertinent, fell nn her knees in trauspor,
/. Of Joy. She /. d discovered that her chi
. possessed s. sc Of which she was want.
! ing herself.
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