Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1855-03-10
SBLEC7 STORY.
. .ndnae Me,p York Organ.
rHI LOST CHILD.
~. cRApNIorHER sGREEN.

Il IL Wus III fSosN
THAT | was le elrning from Inc western
lnart of New fork, with heart weigh,
.sol. down by a,ictiou, whichyou aretoo
Iyouno 10 uncrstand. 1t was raw
cold moruins ,hen | reached the steam.
boat wharf at Albany, and the scene ol
/ oavety wbiel1 srrounded me was pain.
ful contrast tdpy own feelings e There
was great fsiyal on that day, on the
occasion Of ioiing the waters of the
! Lakes to the 4llantic Ocean, as it was
poelicalIy exprssel. In plain terms,
1t was the daypf celebrating the com,
pletion. of lhe, ]rie Canal, whose course
and extent I'd, are doubtless familiar
with, and a iate procession had been
gathered from Lake. Erie throughout
The whole, coure, and also from many
other parts Of IL country, aud, they had
just reached Alhny ontheir downward
I passage. Fiftea steamers were aAoat
on on the Hudson. These were all crowd
ed with passengers in their holiday at
lire; and the lads we're. arrayed in gay
aud beautiful drsses. The flags Of all
the States, and erhaps Of all nations,
decorated The spup, while long pen
dants aha strea mrs of the most bril-
liant colors floasa gaily on the air, 1t
was a scene of celebrating and almost
bewilering beary; and for time |
forgot my own gIef in a sense OF pride
and intense loveof county,, sa
Atlength procession was formed in
due order, and vs. ledlby the boat oc-
cupied by tho bebyed chief magistrate
of New York, th, Hon. De Witt Clin.
ton. Alongtrainof canal boats follow
ed in the rear; anl as the procession
began to move, many bands of music
which were s,a,ioledlonib niboard the diff.
ferent boats, s,ruo up lively air.
The Olive Bralch was moored very
close to the wharf narrow plank bridg-
ing the. few feet hat separated it, l
had an infan. in ny arms aud insisted
upon .akiug il owe, contrary to the :ad.
vice Of tho .passngers, who, looking
over the railing q the boat, called on
mo to beware; BIT my foot was on be-
fore understood them; and in mo-
.mept ] was safe ID the boat, before any
of tho numerous binds that were reach
ed out could grasp me.
Tho Circumstance ofsuch unusual
anxiety, aud the EXPRESSIONS Of Joy that
! had got safely over, would have been
soon forgotten, but for the scene which
itself on my coming into the
cabin, The stovs was surrounded by
several females, who we're busy drying
cloaks and other'gatmellts, while anoth-
er group were cont bling with a lady
who was reclining Fn large rocking
chair, looking very pale and sad. She
had a loose wrapper thrown about her
and her whole appearance indicated
that thu. she, had escaped PEI from danger, not
without aPlungeinl the water.
Before | had time to inquire concern.
ing the circumstances, a lady who had
followed me from lie deck exclaimed,
"Oaly think Of il! how proyilential |!
This lady," pointing to me, "cams over
with child in her arms; and if ibe
plank had slipped with her instead Of
you, either she o. the child must have
hcen lost. Yoa canot think how fright.
ened the passengers were when they
saw her coming"
,aProyidential, indeed!' said the al.
most exhausted one, for The frs, lime
raising her eyes. Had not both my.
hands been al liberty, SO that Ticould
seize hold Of tho plank which fel un-
derme, lmust have been lost. She
would have claspsd her babe-but,"
she added after shot pause, Hshe
would have had the satisfaction Of dy-
ing with her child" aud she drew a
heavy sigh.
] soon saw that something weighed
heavily on the mind7of the afflicted wo.
man. She listened anlndltlerence
almost amounting % unclSill'y, were i.
not for her subdusd and sorrowiul ex-
preston, 10 The. congratulations of lpeo-
fle, who oeeas'naally loeksa es,. INTO 'hs
eagi'l, 70 ssei .auy VINO s,'Iselp9era,
and 10 ifqu.te how sue Y J., uae.ssll'-