Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-12-22

ings to the preservation of your son. In strange
city AMI without home or place to rest my weary
head. without friends and without money, i"r my
trunk in which had deposited my pockct-b"ok
when taken sick, was stolen from th" hotel to
which | had ordered it, Twas saved from death
through the nstrumcntty Of that Order to which
YOU were 50 opposed. To it You are indebted Tor
the life Of your onl. boy
.Ycs, YES, Gcral" said his mother interrupt
inn him, 81 shall bless the Odd-Fcllows, Ma$ons
and every thing else Of the sort for your sake. l
will never speak against them again. Bless my
life" said the old lady, wiping her sprc'acrs dry
c.r the twentieth time, Il would have thought
they were the very ones to kill you and t" llc y"n
Of vour moncy-bu, shall always love them now
know their principles The scriptures say, " by
III. fruit shall the tree be known."-Hut so on
Gerald and tell me hnw you found Your sister
Surely God has been most mercfu to bring not Only
my boy, Lut my daughter whom | thong lit either
burned to death or buried beneath the dark, deep
waters"
"Wcll, mother. among tho knlcst aii'l most at
trrtiyc of the brotherhood who waited on me
whilst sick, WAS gentleman who came on from
Natclcz in the s:llIle boat with me- lie took hIs-
sare with his wife few moments after myself. -\s
| took nv berth Immediately on going aboard, |
did not see them, or know ta. they were my fellow.
p,ssenrcrs. !Aftcr had got 30 that ] ruhl con-
verse NV host cngrel Of the us To my home, Ges-
tiua,inn, &c There wrrc several of my ncS
friends prcscnt-alI,nng the rest my fclow-passcn
o,r on the prairic bird. On hearing my name and
place of residence he seemed greatly agilatcd and
asked nc several luc,Iiols, iilons the rest, il ha
sister. On ms answering that my Only sister lad
married several years bcf'rc Bruce Mrl)onnald Of
Mississippi, and had persisted in the E" Eclc oil the
Wc,t." he rraspcd my hanl and declared himself 10
lc nv brother n-law. He explained to me that
,hcy were on board the Inflated Steamer and wcr"
reported rs lost, but that by an almost miraculous
intcrpos:t:un they were rescued. The horrors I"
the awful catastrophe made such an impression
upon him that lie had been convinced nf the errors
into which he had fallcn-had diligently sought
after the truth, had short time previous to out
meeting joined Christian Church, and was or
the eve Of departure, with our dear Agnrss and
her little girl to visit Us, when lie discovered II
mvself his wifc's brother. You MAY be sure
mother, that Agnes fastened to nc as soon rs she
heard that it was her own brother that had so at
,racted her attention at the exhibition in Natchtz
She detected, rs she told me-, strong resemblance
to her brother but as was not grown when sh
Lett us, and she had no means of asccrtanns IN,
name, she concluded that it was ono of tlos
coincilcnccs with which We sometimes meet.
Bruce and Agnes with the rest of my friends
nurscd me 50 faithfully that by the first of Norcm
her the physicians declared me able TO travel y
som us my brother there heard Of the loss Of M
trunk, he took measures to regain it and succeeded
As know that you are weary, and the clock warn
us that it is two in the morning. | will wait uni
another time TO tell you how good and attentive wer
the two beautiful daughters of my kind host, ho'
each morning founll fresh anil rare flowers in til
vases on the lnnncl in my sick room, how dcliracic
: Of every description were ahowcrcd on ne whc
my appetite began to crave those vianls which ar
so grateful to the convalcsccnt, how also the brieI
and liaslc eyes ot the sprightly Carrie Edmunds: