New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-10-05
A SCENE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CON
MISSIONERS or EMIGRA7ION

LiveIpo cspt Crswford reports 6syisg experienced west
ely Winds eai BE ~.e Bss'e ,s se.Is Dsn
washed ovebo"d IN 'Fyos to se' AZ a' A' 'P
sbort ind to The poDt is the foregoing; no sympa-
.hv will !: excite: the ternls in which II is pre,ented
are .o ouct Ike :he tabular statements Of the week.
" hills Of mortality to move the general heart to
o,ectbe reader reads it aod passes on to the next
nsr,crsph with simple indifference. But there re
hearts 10 whom il will como like the knell Of the last
bone-boues where it will fall like Egyptian night,
c,u,bip, Gu; all That ia fair and beautiful Ia existence
uptp earth and making desert Of despair, where
erstghile blooned the fragrant flowers of hope.
In conveIsatioD with Mr. Cassey, of the Office Of
the Commissioners of Emigration, he related the fol-
lowing Gaze:
The other dag pcrtly gentleman OF sixfy yes-s or
theIeebous whose face bore the index Of hs benevo
lent heart. came into the Office Of the Commissioners.
Following him was a neatly sttired, good-oeking
Iri.h women Of about th,rty-fve years Of age. The
old gentleman walked up to my desk and striking
heavy gold beaded cane upon the floor with marked
emphasis. 6emaDde6-
"Wlere ore the Commissioned l must Zee them
Immediately"
replied that the Commissioners were not there,
but if be bad business with them could attend to it
be said:
4" Well, Sir, they ought 10 be here, then-they
ought TO be here What else do we want them for if
they can't attend to their business thomselyesl'
saw it would be vau for me to attempt to reason
with him, so let him proceed, hs choler every mo-
mtnt augu.entng, cnd his cane becoming more en-
Ibatic.
"Here is a poor woman looking for her children,
and want you to f'j them for her; do you heart
want YOU 70 find them with another rap OF his cane
Immediately, Sir
"What si are they coming in p asked.
"They have come already, snd she can't find
them; the slip is already in port
Turning to the woman, said, my good woman,
you should have informed before the shp arrived
and then We would Lave cared for them, until you
csme"
well she did ~, do it until after the chip had
arrived broke IN her choeric friend, ard you must
find them for her now"
quietly inquired what ship they came in
The repy vas The Bark Harvest" | took down
the Manifest File. and turning to that of the BARK
Harvest" inquired the homes o. the children.
"shure yen fud thin wild the other passengers,
Why dye az me wbin 20 have thin before yes, ssd
the woman.
eyes, why do you ark her, amt she half crazed
about them already You must find hem, | say at
once and not sit there asking their names say, Sir,
you must find them; I'm her friend have come
here without fee or reward TO see justice done her,
and ,be shall hare Justice, Sir And then hts sick
thuDdered ga;ntt the floor again. and he gasped for
breath.
| turned 10 him and told him had endesvored to
be a. patient with him as | could but as he was so
i. Ia to.l .t ,a1 : ba uo.lJ
leave the office. and then l could attend to the wo-
mars business more readily. This staggered him.
81 leave the otiice,' ne calculated snd he posi-
tiyely seemed about 10 choke with indignation. He
threatened and vocerated for time, but finally,
upon being threatened with arrest, left. then
leaned that the woman he'd come all the way from
Vermont, where she had left hasbaad and three
children to meet her other little ones from the old
country. learned that the ehidrcn's names were
John. Annie and Katie Whalon, aged respectively
- II and years. OF they readily found
upon the manifest but my heart almost turned to ice
when ! saw written against the name OF each
" Washedorerbodrd."
Fearing TO shock the poor mother with too sudden
a revelation of her bereavement, asked her If che
had been long expecting her children
"Oh yes, Sir, The husband hrst left ould ireland
and came out and toled and scraped until he armed
money enough for me self and the three chder that's
here TO come out wild. AID, Sir, the parting wd the
other oarlin,s was sore thIouble; but thin knew
they d soon follow US. And whn came here Path.
rick. that's me husband, was taken SICK in Var
mont, but worked meself night and day, and got
the bit and the sup for him and the childer. And
thin KEEP scrapng and saving bring out the Others
and every sthray sixpence could arn put away 10
AaI 10 nav
way on, here Wild sent thin the money, ngn
fourteen Ks since, and niver an hour since tina"
didn't in NE heart pray to the Blessed Virgin 10 Kspe
thin rom harm. And now, sorra, they're here IN
this hsythenish city, and mesef their ewn mother,
can't find EN-.
told her that when she sen, for her children, she
must have expected that they would necessarily be
exposed to many dangers coming alone and unbe-
friended as they were. l told her she must not be
alarmed if we could not find them for her.
She quickly replied:
"Iu find 'em if sarch the world over III not
rest NE TIL ! see me childer.'
AT length" said Mr.. Cassely, 81 told her that
they were dead-l told her they had been WASHED
overheard, and shall never forget the fearful shrek
that burst from her very heart as she looked at me
with a kind of id,otc incredibly and then SAW
realized the whoe OF the sad truth She tore oil her
bonnet aid shawl, and euchipg her hsr, pulled oat
hanofus Of it by the roots she bewail-d ner LOST
ou.s, and ejsculs:ed in the most sgonzing tone;
"Shure i0od God rudat be so cruel a. 10 kill
nv dear, my darling childer Oh, Sir cont BE-
hcre II; the prsste says He is our Heavenly Father;
and father loves his little ones" In this way she
rnvea FOR long time: at last she became lees vice
And left the Office, declaring her determination not 10
on home or near her husband and the other chlder.
She said che would 60 to see friend, and we have