Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-11-18

Inc most beautiful and afecpg incident know, 81
sociated with shipwreck, Is thlfolloxing:

The most beautiful and afeceg incident know, 81
sociated with shpwreck is thIfollowing: !
The Grosvenor. an East Indiman, homeward bout,
goes ashore on the coast Of Cara 1t is resolved TIT
tne omcers passengers and crewn number one hundSd
and thirty souls shall endeasr to penetrate on fdt
across rackless deserts infested wild beasts and cre
savage to the Dutch settlement at the Cape Of GID
hope- With this fororn object beore them they fnay
separate into two parties, never to meet eart
There Is solitary child among tie passengers lille
poy OF seven years old who has relation there nd
when the rst party moving away he cries after soae
memner OF u who has been kind tobim The cryniof
child might be supposed to be itle thing to merlin
such great extremity but it touch them and b, is
immediately taken into that detachment from wlch
time forth this child is sublimely made sated
cnarge, ne is pushed on little aft across brad
rivers Dy the swimming Sailors they carry him by TINS
through the deep sand and long grass h patiently wk
ing at all other times they share with I'm such prrid
fish as they find to eat they lie down AID wait forlm
wnen tne rough carpenter who becomes his espfial
friend, iags behind Beset by lions and tigers bHa-
wages by thirst and hunger, by death in q crow Of
CHASTITY shades, they never-oh Father of ali manld
thy name be blessed for it forget this child THE
tain stops exhausted and his faithful coxswan goes ack
and is seen to sit down by his side neither Of thwo
shall be any more behed until the great last day mt
as the rest 60 fer their lives they take the child nth
them Thecarpener dies Of poisonous berries in tar
yation and the steward succeeding the the
party succeeds to the sacred guardianship Of the cn
God knows all he does for the poor baby. He cher
fully carries him in his when he himself is weakand
i'll; how he feeds him when he himself is griped with
want how he folds his ragged Jacket around him. lays
his little face with woman's tenderness upou his
sunburnt breast soothes him in his suerngs snts to
him as he mps along unmindful Of his parchedand
bleeding feet Divided for few days from the rest they
dig grave in the sand and bury their good friend the
cooper-these two companions alone in the wilderness
and the time comes when they both ill., and beg heir
wreched partners in despair reduced and few in number
now, to Vat by them day. They wait by them one
day; they wait by them two days. On the morning Of
the third they very softly about in making heir
preparations for the resumption Of their journey f the
child is sleeping by the fire, and it is agreed with one
consent that he shall not be disturbed until the asmo
ment. The moment comes; the fire is dying; and the
child is dead.
His faithful friend, the steward, fingers but little
while behind him. His grief is great He stagges on
for few days, lies down in the wilderness, and dies.
But he shall be reunited in his immortal sprit-wha
doubt it with the child where he and the poorcar-
penter shall be raised up with the words "Insomuh
have done it unto the least Of these ye have done
unto me-"