The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1854-01-26
Parental Affection.

age Of Consumption. For the first wear, he appea,e
to ENJOY good health; but during the past six ,nontb
nc gradually failed, and the Warden directed that h
should remain in the prison hospital, where he cou!
oe properly cared for. About two weeks since, Al
officer OF the prison to his nloiher nlormin
her that he quite Ill. On the following Monda
MS mother appeared in the guaid-room with a goo,
quantity OF hIe comforts for her boy; among oihe
things, she had brought daguerrotype likeness q
ms only surviving sister. She enqured about hi
health, and the guardsman told her that he had dice
on The day previous. The poor mother burst int,
tears, and her grief was excessive for a long titne
She was told that she could take the body and f.,
ms she eagerly expressed her thankiuIness. She
SAID that she had friend in Hartford and desired
that the body miss be carefully kept whle she was
absent IN finding her friend. She came the CITY
but could not find the she sought But she per
severed. The grief Of mothers heart ovcrcomes
fatigue 0! the body because it is keener; parent
auction will cling 10 a child, though the offspring be
disgraced and the vital spark has fled forever. 1t
vas so with the poor, friendcss mulatto woman
She pressed on amid difficulties and nddiscou,ayemens
She found an Irishman With iurnber-waeon ard
engaged him to take herself and the body of the boy
to Windham county. In the evening, tie heart
broken mother appeared at the prison, with the old
horse and Coarse wagon, driven bv the Irish team
ster. The body was placed in coffin and conveyed
to the rough vehicle The mother took her seat up
on it, sobbing in the deepest anguish The honest
he. in broad Irish accent, Eyes bether ali nor We
was aiorent We had the body; an wasn't he in tie
prison, an now haven't ye got the posseshun i'm
an isn't It a comfort to yeF' But the mother :
grief gushcd out. little sympathy opened the very
pores of her heart. he chaplain ~, and tried
TO sa! word OF comfort, but II was ali sorrow with
the poor muiatto woman. fHave you money,'' IN
qured the chaplain. "Onlv dollar, sir" a purse
OF several dollars at made up and given to
her by the officers of the prison., and the rude wagon
moved on with the mother and the dead body OF hes
convict boy. What gloomy journey A chilling
night and a hiliy road OF forty miles before her. Bnt
the body OF her remaining son must he buried, and i,
would be comfort to her, after, TO iav IL l., the
side Of his brothers and sisters, her humble
home She had fond!y anticipated the day when the
wayward child-pcrhaps not so wicked after all, a,
many who have never seen prisoner : cell--shoud
he freed from his Confinement, and return her al.
most deSOlate home, TO asss, and to comfort ber.-
These hopes were crushed and the only faint gl,m-
Iner OF consolation now lay in the last kind Offices
the dead. his she ciun5 TO, and that Il ght
be torn from her, almost every other hope and
consolation had Leen, she eagerly avaed herself of
the opportunity of sitting upon the coffin, which con.
tanned the remains of her boy, and IN the rough wag-
On of the teamster, ride all night 10 December
atmosphere What gloomy ride fJr the mother
Ii requires an effort to imagine her feelings during
that amiu night. But humble she was, her CON
duct told that her parental love deep and
rounded by luxury and proe-sed friendship. Peace
fully rest, the dead convict !--HGytford C,laier.
Lor's WIFE AND THE Pillar OF SALT.
A French savant, Nj de Saucy, gives the fol-
lowing Interpretation of the sacred narrative Of
Lots wife having turned into pillar Of SALT
There still remains on the plain of the burnt cit
les compact mass of rock salt, the height Of
which varies, but never exceeds 100 yards. AT
al, ,L..< Ia A
OF clay Of dirty white hue. Tae whole of the
hill side presents numerous fssures hollow ed by
the winter torrents, and the constant crunbIing
of the soil. At many points appear vast pyramid
al columns Of salt, one Of which has no doubt
been taken by Captain Lynch for the famous pill
lar into which Lots wife was transformed All
the disconnected masses, and those which still
adhere to the mountain, have their surfaces deep
ly lurrowed and indented by the aims And last
", wherever The rock leans over, lis lower part is
hung with stalacttes Of salt. There is little doubt
Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed by yolca-
MIC eruption of the mountain At the moment
when The huge mountain was heavcd up volcani-
cally, there must have been throughout lis whole
extent tremendous falls Of e:ached masses SINH
lar to those we have observed at every STEP
Lots wife having loltered behind, either through
fright or curiosity, was most likely crushed by
a descending fragment, and when Lot and hs
children turned round to look towards the place
where she bad stopped, they saw nothing but the
salt rock which covered her body. The ca,astro-
pie may be explained in many ways: but having
visited the spot, hold to the opinion have now
advanced, without seeking, however, to impose
1t on others
JENNY LiND.--The following is from lct,e, by
lady to the Charleston Courier. Ii dates Dresden,
September 22
Jenny Lind, whom believe have already men
toned as living opposite to us, has !;ile son-sbe
nurses him herself On the doctors demonstrating
with her, and by way of persuasion, assuring her that
her voice would suiter-nay, that she ran the risk oi
losing il if she persisted in fulfilling this maternal
duty, she said "Pna n'mpone 1e rempirai les de,>s
dune a moi entant''-lealIy sublime sacrifice
on her part. She lives perfectly secuded-shc sees
no onc--her husband she has converted, or, TO use
her own words, 81 he is baptized, by the Grace Of
God" She says that the idea Of her having been
upon the stage will be of Tor lie. for
which she forgive herself The good Ger
think that the subject of religion she is
than enthusiast She made noble Il use of her
powers while a public singer, thai am sure she
should view it in different light, | :old that
she has not much OF fortune, she would prefer
living in England, but account of the expense. has
chosen Dresden as place OF residence
STATISTICS OF THE GnAvE-A recent number
Of the Merchants Ledger estimates that since the
birth Of our Savior, eighteen hundred and Gitv three
years since, hirty-two thousand millions OF human
beings have lived upon this earth; ami Of these, all
but about nine hundred and sixty millions have gone
down to the grave. Ofths great army of The dead, ,
nine Thousand mons have died bv war; eight
thousand millions by famine and pestence five
hundred millions by mar,yrdom; nearly six hundred
millions by Intoxicating drinks, and the remaining
thirteen thousand millions naturally or otherwise.
We clip the following article the importance Of
advertising, from the Sayhrook (Coun.) Mirror:
PROFIT OF FADvERrIstNG.-It is no Uncommon
thing Ia hear persons say that advertising does no
good. We have merchants and store keepers with
III a stonetbrow Of this Office, who very wise on
this head. But what rs peculiarly in the matter,
those who most condemn the practice Of advertising
are those who have tried il the least Like most
men who talk the loudest any subject, they are
the least conversant herewith.
We have little case IN point, which full, illus
trates the benefits of advertising One Of our patrons
spent several weeks trying find lot of chestnut
posts, but purpose. He advertised in the Mir
ror, and the very next day, gentleman came TO him
aud contracted to deliycr 900. He has since been
offered more than he wanted. He had spent pr,,a-
bly twenty times as much i'm hunting for what he