Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-03-03
FAYETTEVILLE, TENN. THURSDAY, MlRCH 3, 1858.


an autumnal evening as q yer glow e(
.iu the western heavens and beau ii
fed the face of the earth. Bat th'
quiet loyeliness of the Gene va
laitIless harbiHger to tho parents 0
the boy, for it betoHen I'D not the
sweet serenity Of a c6nt@nted mind
but the wild fitfulness Of despair :
they never saw their boy hgaiu! Dill.
gent inquiries in every corner Of the
county, the searching of woods, the
dragging of ponds and a ri{er, re-
wards for restoration and PROSECUTION
for detention; in fine, all that parent
al love could devise-anE Il what will
it not devise in 50 Ilaplek IS an emer-
genYy? was put into acti pn; bht alas
without success.
Year rolled after year; but no ii
dings Of the lost child e ker reached
the ears Of the fond al ID md durning
parents The either whs observed
always to carry about him dh air Of
abstraction that made him appd Jar soli- :
tary in the midst Of a crowd, and he
newer looked uron ell liz put bis
eyes 'wereseen reading the / lire ehments
of its face. Ten years after the la
AL I.,,-o,,t IL ~ y,ooro,l III !, 1ho4L &c
his daughter, who died hy tile hand
OF that ttll destroyer Of youth and
beauty, pulmonary con sumn tion =
This second shock he 81 rviveb d but a
few years; but he lift i Iehind him a
wife who bad deyelop ped ill th bse yir-
tues of her sex VIII teh c hable 5 a wo-
mln, albeit Of keen fr Sc hSibil ties, tp
comfort aud help tRe h1 sban Z in the
hour Of sorrow and Of sickness.
She survived him, and bore her be-
'reavenents with the N bellnE Ess OF Il
christian, and the ged tlead IS Of a
woman; she never af5erTdr'ts appear
led bat in the sable h3 lilinh hents Of
grief, and thus her out ward person
haImonized with her sorF FowiAg heart
She lived in close retircln lnenJ and sell
dom went beyond the boundaries Of
her wonted walks, for they wooed
her into musing reeoll ection of the
infant days Of her child Ten. Her dis
Itant friends urged hef to forsake
IAIonmouthshire for evd +, for their
hopes were, that a totd | change Of
scene would produce a ct ange Of b ab-
its, and more lively enjoyment OF
lie. But no. She loved to linger on
the SPOT sanctilied by her endear-
mqnts as a wife and mo dther, and she
fondfy inE Elulged hope that her boy
lived, and would some day, be re.
stored to her longing arms. Her
hope was attached to dhe heart by
one Of those imperceb btiblb threads
Which the mi jnl almost Ilncd dnsciously
weaves wnerI surroundeb b By dispair;
for if that thread we're so visible, it
would appear lrail indie I'd, and quite
unable to sustain the slightest shock;
nevertheless, It's textu Re is of that
elastic tenacity which, Fhil It yields
to the severest strain, ierdr breaks,
but recovers its Wonted position, and
retains It's firm hold on the heart un-
til death Sd vers the 9 prI that life
could rot l reak.
But the boy, now t be man hear
his own tai {. lie has dim reeollcc /
ton of tie events of bis childhood.
lie well remembers the evening when
he was returning home rom the house
of bis praymates; be rel members walk
ing along with a man, and woman IN
a red cloak, and that when lie cried,
he was threatened to have his head
cut of if he did not \ Aeep silent and
90 along qaietly, as be would not be
hurt, for he was being taken to see
his papa and mamma, who bad gone
out visiting, and had sent the man
and woman for him. Some such mar
rative is wildly Impressed on his re-
membrance, and las ever been float
ing on his mind. He also remembers
residing Tor several m bnths in large
seaport town. but was never allowed
to go out from the lit tie house where
he lived, except at d ight; and then
only in company with the man or Wo-
man; he recollects vd Try well the per
son who saw him freh huently in that
house, because he W 4s very kind to
him. and at length to blk him on board
a ship. The first I'd wn he remen-
bers abroad was Kin gston. in Jamai-
ca, where lie believ es be remained
about nine yearswith the person who
took him out. Thi individual was
the owner Of a large store; and the
lady was employed in its business
During this time b IS education was