Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1850-12-26

fowlng piece by the peculiar report, while il
was clear the ducks had been the object aimed at
Still the proximity Of the lead to my ears was faI
from pleasant, and fastened to prevent recur
renee of so dangerous an experiment. Halo
friend" cried | in loud and somewhat angry
voice, 'are you duck shooting or man shooting,
because I'd like TO know T. A man rose instant
ly above the bushes ;-"Merciful Heaven !" cried
he, have i wounded you sir! Come in, / will ex-
plain this accident ~
| readily complied and few minutes placed
me beside the sportsman. at saw that he
was blind. Nearly six feet high, thin, even gaunt,
| he presented most remarkable appearance
Clothed in the ordinary garb OF backwoodsman,
there an intellectually, and even nobility of
character in his features, which struck me forci-
bly, while the sightless orbs revealed the cause
what nearly proved fatal accident :" You are
not alone said glancing curously around the
the bushes. i am,' he replied smiling quite "a
lone. But let me most sincerely beg your pardon
for having endangered your lfe' No excuse
said depositng the victims Of his folly at his
feet but if you would explain to me how you
are alone, and how being here, you are thus en-
ployed, you will assuage very strong feeling of
curiosity
with pleasure he replied, owe you an ex-
planation, and besides he continued, believe we
are coun,rymen, and the meeting gives ne true
delight
Il am an Englishman,' said. And | am
Scotchman. In Britain it makes US countrymen,
in a strange land it makes US brothers,
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prairie fashion, couple of corn-cob pipes with
some excellent leaf tobacco, and handing him one,
seated myself quietly by his side. Closing his
eyes from habit, as if to read the past. he was s-
lent for few moments. MY name is Campbell
he said without further preface 'and by trade am
cabinet maker. To begin at the beginning
When was twenty, and that is not SO long ago
as you think. / received an offer to 60 to New
York. was engaged to be married to a sweet
cousin of mine. Poor Ellen! could not go with
out her, and yet it was, they said, over young to
marry. Still the offer was good, and rather than
lose the opportunity of advancing myself, they all
consented it should be wedding. The day after
our happy union. we sailed for the far west
We reached New York in safety; entered up
mnation TO secure if not fortune competence.
Wages in those days were very high was
workman; my master had confidence in me, and
besides my wages as journeyman, paid me a
salary as foreman and clerk. Determined to lose
no opportunity of advancement, | kept all his
books after my regular days work was done. /
saved more than half my earnings and was hap
py as an Industrious man can be and if he, sir,
cannot be happy do not know who cam
You are right said |, IAN honest, sober, in
dustrious, working man, with ample employment.
respected by his MASTER with little family about
him, can be the happiest of created beings. His
wants all supplied without the cares and
troubles Of wealth. So il was with me, was
very happy. At the end of ten years | had saved
a large sum and then, and only then, my wife pre-
senied me with my first and only child /
With the consent, and by the advice even of
my employer, who had my true interest at heart, |
determined to start in business for my self but not
in New York. New Orleans was money. ma
king, busy place. and thither moved. My sue
cess was Unexpectedly great; my own workman
ship was eagerly bought up, and employed many
men al the enormous wages of the South. Two
misfortunes, however, now clouded my felicity,
both attributable 10 my desire for Independence
The south did not agree with my wife. and ere |
could restore her TO genial climate, she died.
Sir, my sorrow was the sorrow hoped, of man
and Christian, but felt it sorely. He only who
has seen wife or child removed from him by death,
can estimate my feelings. Existence for time
was blank worked mechanically but no more
did her cheerful voice encourage my labors. |
ate, / drank, ah, sir it was then missed her-at
the morning meal, at dinner, over the ea-board.
As my eyes rested on the empty chair, on the op-
poste side of the table, could see it in the ac-
customed form, and then my heart seemed to turn
cold, and the very blood ceased to flow. He who
has not lost wife or child, knows not the real
sorrows of this world II is the severest trial man
10 ever put to. Well, sir she died, and was
left alone with little image of herself-my FL.
len. Agayer, happier being, never lived-aiways
smiling-always singing. In time she brought
back some JOY to my heart
One morning awoke with peculiar sensation
at my heart-i had caught the yellow fever. /
will not detail the history of this Illness Suf-
fee that it was three months ere was restored TO
health, ard then by some extraordinary accident,
it proved that was blind; while my business was
gone from me. | knew not wha, to do. Yon
know, sir, the usual course of ruined men in New
Orleans they sell of secretly. shut their shutters,