Daily American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1852, 1852-06-17
AMERICAN TELEGRAPH,


The st. Louis correspondent of the Cincinna'
Atlas relates the following incident which oc
CURED in the boat in which he embarked iron
Louisville:
"After had rot on board, a few moments pe
fore we started, my attention was attraG'eo 'oN
ard group of friends win whom ! peoan
with 4 dounbter and sister who was bride, anC
Woo ,aoy;ns the home and friends OF her child
hood - cost her lot with the one she loved, ano
saaL anotber home in the far, far west. she
anra.re5 "a he an only daughter--at least there
yas M sister there-and the parting OF ihe
mother and child was one OF the most uh1o'ins
scenes ever witnessed. They sat LOT an no s,,,
aide nv side, in silence-the heart was loo ~
70 sneak--waiting for the boat TO starr, anu ap-
.l;s'' o,v;ous N remain together as long as
poss;be At length the last signal was given
thav tban arose, and with look OF griei that 1
Iii nayer forget as long as | breathe, they re-
gorded each other for q moment, ana then, en-
closing themselves in each others arms, STOOD Tor
a while trembling in parting anguish, as II IN
faor lest TO sunder that embrace would tear
every heart string loose. But at last, summon
ING strength, they babe each other the sad fare
,yeIl in q tone and manner beyond the power Of
words 10 descrbe-such as told all the depths OF
= mothers and daughters love, and such as
subdued the whole company who saw it into sad
ness and tears The father then came and gave
his parting blessing, and babe his sad farewell,
and then took the mother, and they moved sadly
away.
when they had got TO the cabin door, she
turned to take that last long, lingering look that
the heart loves TO and will take when parting with
some desry-loved object though we feel that in
doing so the tide of grief, and wo, and anguish
will pour with tenfold force around the soul
Their eyes met and if they should never meet on
again, that lingering look will be remembered till
both hearts are cold and still in death-till they
meet again in heaven. The brothers, two of them,
remained board to take their parting at the foot
of the Falls The eldest brother, almost q man,
tried to part with manly dignity, but the last en-
brace was too much--he quivered for while like
an aspen leaf and then babe farewell in tears
The youngest, small boy, gave loose to his an
guish, and sobbed as if his very heart woulC
burst, and after kissing her again and again, lief
her as though he had left the sweetest and dear
est friend on earth-a though he had met witt
his first sad, great loss; and | doubt not that
amid all the storms of life, that parting hour will
be remembered forever.
CATER they had got on shore, they stood on
point and waved their last adieu till they wer,
lost sight of in the distance. Then, no doubt,
full sense of her loss coming home with all it
power to the young girls heart, and feeling tina
she was alone in the world with the man sh
loved, (who stood by her with his arm arounc
her, she hid her face in his BOSOM and gave wa,
TO all the agony of her grief. Then / thought
what will woman not do when she loves with al
her heart And what treasure that man coulc
call his own, when he held that young girl in hi
arms and knew that she suffered all that anguish
for her5love for him; and then thought what
base heart his must be if he could abuse that love
and betray that trust and confidence Yes, bas,
must he be if he does not love her more than hi
own soul, and if he would not sacrifice every self
ish Joy he has on earth to make her happy"