Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1851-07-31
Romantic Fact.

j
ter was on visit 10 New Orleans
Amongst other places of curiosity and in
terest, she was induced by feelings of tn,
tenderest compassion to look in Mt the room
appropriated to thereception of those des
titute children, to be examined as thei
fitness for the charity of the Orphan
Asylum. Immediately on her entering
the room, little girl of about the same
age as her own lost child, sprung into hcl
arms, called her mother, and by endearine
caresses, evinced her joy at being restored
as she believed, to her lost parent On
inquiry, the following facts were elected
relative to her previous history:
A few hours after the dreadful tornado
steamboat landed at Matches, when a
servant girl brought little girl on board,
stating that she had walked out with the
child just before the storm commenced,
and that OH her return she found the
house of its parents completely demolish.
ed-she had been looking for her mistress
in every direction, and had almost arrived
at the painful conviction that she was
buried beneath the ruins.
The chambermaid of tho boat offered
to take charge of the child, whilst the girl
returned to make a further search; and
during her absence the boat started for
New Orleans tho child remaining on
board.
On the return trip every inquiry was
made at Natchez for the family or SER
want, but nothing could be heard of them.
The child continued on the boat, under
the charge of the chambermaid, until the
captain objected to her remaining on
board.-Then she was placed at an infant
school in New Orleans, the chambermaid
visiting her and defraying her expenses
on each arrival of the boat, until the vel.
low fever deprived the little outcast of
her last friend, the good chambcrmaid.
The woman who kept the infant school
then turned the child into the street, from
whence she was taken to the room where
she had the happiness of finding a second
mother. The lady whom she believed to
be her mother, determined to adopt her,
and since then she has been treatedin all
rasnaa4
of7her"happiness has this truly charitable
lady been, that though the little child is
now a fine intelligent girl, of. between
twelve and thirteen years of age, and as
sociated with the lady's own children,
both older and younger than hersolf she
has not the faintest suspicion of her real
position. She was at the time of her be-
ing adopted, about two years old, a very
beautiful and intelligent child, with un.
commonly fair complexion, 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, and speaking Of her fathers car
riage; and from her entire freedom from
any vulgsrism in manner or thought, it is
presumed that her family were respecta-
bic. lfany reliance could be placed on
the conversation of so young a child, it
might be supposed that her parents were
foreigners-perhaps Scottish, perhaps
Catholics.
1t was supposed that her own parents
wero dead, but from facts lately elected
such is probably not the case; and it is
for the purpose of gaining information
that the little that is known OF her history
is made public. Any one knowing any
thing likely to lead to a discovery of the
orphans relations is requested to address
Box 32S, Mobile, Ala,
And as giving publicity to this notice
may be the means of restoring child to
a bereavcd mother, the writer hopes that
editors throughout the Union will give it
place in their columns, especially in the
Natchez and Philadelphia papers,-New
Orleans Picayune.