The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-11-28
Romantic Fact.

W been deprived by death Of daughter,
was ON a yisn TO New Orleans. Amongst
other places OF curiosity and interest, she
was Induced 10y feelings of the tenderest
compassion, 10 fook in a, the rooms appro-
pr,ated for the, reception of these destitute
children, to De. examined as 10 their fitness
tor the charity OF the Orpinn Asylum. I'M
inediatciy on her enterin. the room, n liliie
girt OF ahoute th" same age Of her own
lost child, sprang into her arms, called her
moiber, and by endearing caresses sevinced
her JOY at belag restored, as she beley ed,
10 her lost parent On inquiry, The follow
ing facts were clirited relative 10 her previ-
GUS history 49,.
A few hours after the dreadful tornado,
s;eam,oat landed AT Naichez, when SER
want girl brought a lttie. child OF board,
stating that she hal walked out with tie
fhiai Jast t'cf0re the storm commenced, and
that os her return she found The house en-
tireiy deniolishcd--yne had been looking for
her mistress in every direction, aud had AL
mos, arrived nj ;he painful conviction that
she was buried beneath the ruins.
The chn,nbermaia o.r the boat offered 10
take charge ofthe CHILD, whilst The girl re-
turned 20 make further search; and during
her absence the, boat started for New Or
On the Return trip every Inquiry was
made az Natrhez for the family or servant,
but nothing eoall be heard of them. The
chill Continued on the boat, under the
charge Of the caamber,naid, until The captain
objected TO her remaining on board. Then
she was placed nj an infant school in ~ Or
leans, the chambefmaid visiting her aud de-
fraying her expenses on each arrival Of the
boat, until the yellow fever deprived the
little outcast of her list friend, the good
chambermaid. 'lt '1
The woman who KEEP. The infant school
then turned TIE chill. into the street, from
whence she was taken 10 the room where
she had the happiness to fnd a second
mother The lazy whom she believed TO
TOO her mother determined to adopt her,
md since then she has been treated in all
respects as one Of the fatuiv. So careful
Ut her happiness has this truly charitable
lady been, though the little child is now a
fine Intelligent giri7 Of between l2 and IS
years of age, and associated with the fady's
own children, both older and younger than
herself, she has NOT the fainIest Suspicion OF
her real position.
!, She was, at The time Of her being adopted,
about two years old, a very beautiful and
Intelligent child, was uncouInoniy fair com
piexion, brown hair, blue eyes, with long
black eyelashes. She had forgotten her
own name and that Of her parents, but from
her knowing The names and uses of various
articles Of luxury, AMI speaking Of her faith
crs's carriage, and from her entire freedom
from any vulgarism in nanuer or thought,
it is presumed that her family were respect
abic.s If any reliance could he placed on
the conversation of 81 young child, ii
might be supposed that her p1rents were
foreigners-perhaps Scotch, perhaps Cath
Ole.
Ii was supposed that her own parents
were dead, but from facts lately ELECTED,
such is probably not the case; and il is for
the purpose Of gaining information that the
little that is known of her history is made
iead 20 u discovery of the orphans reia-
tions, is requested TO address box S26, Mo
bile, Ala. 's'-.H.
And as giving publicity to this notice may
he the means al restoring n child to a be-
reaved ,norher, the writer hopes that editors
throughout the Union will give place to
this in their connns.-lN. o. Picayune.
ExAMrs,xG JupGE TO MS purIL.- Sir,
it would be idle toiroubic you farther. You
are perfect and will dismiss YOU with
fey words of advice, which you will do well
to follow. You will find il laid down as a
maxim of The civil law, never to kiss the
maid when you can kiss the mistress. Car
~ OUT this principle, SIR, and you are safe
Never say boo to a goose, il she has the
power to lay golden eggs. Never put your
ban'l Ia your owe pocket when any one else's
il handy. Keep yn;s conscience for your
onwe private use and don't trouble il with
other mems matters Plaster the Judge anu
butter The jury. f.ook wiser than an owl.
and he as oracular as the town clock. and
above all, get.money.l Honestly if you can
my dear sir, but get money. welcome you,
sir. to the lar.
The PAssENGERgIS THE BooT.-Col.
Benton is apt to be very piihy in collo1ual
comment. Conversin:~ with. a senatorial
friend, The other day, about tho Coinpro-
mise III Omnibus, in which he tonk so ten
der an interest, he remarked: "Sir, there
were four inside passengers in thar Onnni-
b,is--there was California, sir; there was
New Mexico; there was Texas; there vas
Utah, sir four inside passengers. There
we're two outside passengers, sir. There
was the fugacious Slave Bill, and the Dis
irict Abolition Slave trade Bill They
could not be admitted inside, but they had
outside seats, and the inside and outside
passengers coi,h he seen and known, sir.
But there was another passenger, under the
drivers seat, sir; carefully concealed in the
l,oot, sir; breathing through chinks and
holes like Henry Fox Brown, sir--the Ia
riff, sir! Bar he had worse fate than Box
Br"wn--he was kiiied--kiliei in the House,
sir-and hope we shah have np,nore On
nhuses, AMI nc more passengers ia the boot,
sir !"-G National Era.
800. n. ORLEANS, Oct. %.
TINS WsLL on McDoNSoueH, THE Mn
LioNAiRE.--Jobn McDonnongh's Viii has
been received. X gives six THOUSAND dol
lars aatl housc tn his sister, Mrs. Cole. of
Baltimore, aud SIS 200 annually TO the A.
isserican Bible Society, and the bulk OF his
properly, amounting to over $40 600 900. to
New Orleans ami Baltimore, fur eslahlish-
ing SCHOOLS and Asylulns for The Poor. He
hegneaths a large sua, to the American
Colvnizstioa Soriefy. Seventeen Execn-
tors are appointed, including the following
moyeans--isepjan,ln G.. Howard, Johtl
r. Kennedy, John G. Smith. Brnntz Nave,
Henry DidIcr, also Henry Clay and r. C