The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1852-04-22
A TALE of ExruAonDlNAey surpenINo

man named Watson, who some fifteen
year ago, left Alexandra. settled in King |
George county as merchant, married
a highly respectable young lady, by
whom he had four children. and subse-
queutly became widower and bank
rupt:
with his little children, two of whom
were daughters. he lived nn small farm
which he rented three miles below the
line separating Stafford and King George
During the coldest of the weather in the
latter part Of December last, his child
rem were seized with the who0png
cough, aud every one of them prostrated
Whilst thus confined, their father was
taken with erysipelas. and in the same,
room lay the father and children. perfect
ly he lpless Whilst thus confined, some
iends broke 10 his meat aud fowl houses
and stole every fowl and piece Of meat
on the farm. In doing so they passed
through the garden. lcveling the fence
and thereby permitting the cattle and
hogs to destroy allllhe vegetables intend
ed for winter use. The only thing lett
for the support ofrhat family was a small
quantity of corn meal and some unroast
ed coffee. In that condition they lay
large portion of the time without water,
without fire and without food.
"A poor widow in the neighborhood
sent them small piece of meat, and the
Oldest boy. not quite so i'll as the rest,
did. as long as his strength would enable
him, crawl to the fire place, stir up the
dying embers, half cook some bread, fry
a piece Of meat, and with coffee without
mill or sugar attempt to relieve the hun
ger nf his dying father and sisters On
one occasion. weak and feeble as he was
he "staggeyed" through the snow to a
nei hbor's house to procure fire Al
one time the father aud children would
he crying for water. and not drop in
the house and no une to bling it. Thus
they lay for several days. until God, in
his mercy. took two of the children
Two days did they lay co,pses by the
side Of their sick parent, and no Que tn
| lprerare them for sepuliure and convey
them To the tomb A man accidenlly
passing by called in. found the family as
we have described them, the father blind
and insensible, with his twn dead child
rem -- one frozen to lea,h-lying by his
side, and len tn m in that condition.
Two DAYS after this the father died.
The night preceding his death he had
hrmorrhage and b|ed most profusely
I}y his side were his son and his daugh
ter barely able to raise their heads, bul
nerved to the occasion they sat by hin
the whole night alone. using every
means their infant minds could suggest
Y in staunchiug the blood. A poor widow
the day of Watson's death, heard of il
came to his house had him aud his iw'
D dead children buried. took The sick one
! home with her, uursed them, and ha
h since restored them to health"
r WONDERS OF THE TELRGRAPm--Di
!, rect communication was had on Frida,
evening between the New Orleans tele
graph Office aud the Office Of the New
Orleans line in New Ytrkseiiy;the Who'll
exten, of nearly thrte thwnsand, niles Il
{ wire having been successffltyrSsorked i
. single circuit Dispatches were sen
" from New York /, New Orleans. an
answers received, sirty MINUTES ahead I
. time.
a TENNESSEE GOING AuEAp-The Ter
II essee Legislature has adjourned =
, Among the important laws passed wer
g Free Banking Law, Homestead ES
emptiou Law, various steps taken Il
wards a ref, rmed Practice in Courts ,
Justice, wise measures in relation
Is State Taxation anda comprehensive al
IT admirable system of Internal Improve
ments, which gives the aid of the StaI
VI TO several railroads (uow in progress
* x the Srate) under safe restrictions.
4. Ie The Pennsylvania Railroad Con
at pauy says that, by large increase
IN stock on the road. they are now prepare
e tn fprwsrd all goods consigned to the
IS without detention.
!" AN IMPORTANT FACT -. General Sar
y" uel Houston, III late speech, is se'd
~ have stated fact not generally know
" aud which is of importance to the Tar
''' lies of soldiers who were murdered
"e order of Santa Anna, at Gollad, in lS3
~, It is that the Legislature Of Texas, Sc
= pral years ago. passed an act, giving
!" The next of kin of each soldier who tell
'e, that massacre, sixteen hundred acres
=" land; to be located on any of the. una
w. proprialed lands belonging to the Sta'
,c HlssEs. - In Sidney Smiths "Sketc
~ u" es Of Moral Philosophy" that some VIII
:" celebrated individual says: A hiss
=" either foolish or tremendous. or snbIin
co The Missing of pancake is absurd; .
'e' first faint hiss that rises from the extrem
of. The pit, on the eveningo ot new p'a
sinks the soul of the author within HI
% '"' and makes him curse himself ana
~" ThaGa: the kissing of a cobra di cape
DC ia sublime-it is the t0h,SPer Of death!
- IUpon coming into the Office I
~ y: other day we asked The "devll" wi
~ ~ was his rule for punctnaIioh''--:~-
IT," Said be, 81 set up as long as ca M
-" ' my breath. then put in comma; "hen
,ha M cape, insert a semicolon; when sIeez
aa '"I colon; and when want another che
'al o' 'ooacco' l '"Se' IL,ob