True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1856-12-31


ken of The anguish Of dissolution then,
with wide open eyes, and quick, glad
cry, as if for him the day was dawning,
his soul passed, and was left in the SOL
emn midnight-doubly orphaned =! Edith
was a widow. ........ we. "
She considered me a Sacre j charge /;
she lived 10 see me happy in home of
my own, with fond hearts about me, and
then she died, as she had lived, faithful to
The one love of her patient life. ..
Do Unto Others as You Would Have
.n.... Others Do Unto You. a..ln
A correspondent of the Blair county
(Pa) Wing, furnishes that papsrwilh the
par ticulars of the following interesting
incident Of which he was an eye witness
1t occurred few years ago on the line
of the great International Improvements
of that State. 1t was one of those scenes
Of genuine kind hearLedness which fill
the mind with the involuntary conscious.
ness that there is something of the angel
still in our common nature. f a. .u
AT the point Of this side Of the noun
tain, where occurred the transhipment Of
passengers from the west, was moored a
canal boat, awaiting the arrival Of the
train ere starting on its way through to
the East. The captain of the boat, a
tall, rough, embrowned man, stood by
his craft experimenting the labors Of his
men, when the cars rolled up, and a few
moments after party Of about half .
dozen gentlemen came out and deliberate
ly walking up to the captain. addressed
him something after this wise:
"Sir, we wish to 60 on East, but ou
further progress depends on you. In the
cars we have just left is a sick man who's,
presence is disagreable. We have beer
appointed committee by the passenger
W ash ,haU yuu viii, oeuy mis- man a pas
sage in your boat. If he goes we re
main; what say you" d. ,.".|a ... .
Gentlemen" replied the captain, 9"
have heard the passengers through thei
committee. Has the sick man repreSen
tative here ! .. 3D.. .' -
To this unexpected interrogatory ther
was no answer; when, without mo
ment's pause, the captain passed over t
the car, and entering, beheld in one cor
ner poor emacaled woln-out creature
whose life was nearly eaten up by tia
canker worm, consumption. The man
head was bowed in his hands, and he wa
weeping; the captain advanced and spok
to him kindly. D..
90, sir" eaid the shivering invalid
looking up, his face now lit with trem
bling expectations, " aretyGu the captain
and will you take me God help me
The passengers look upon ME as breath
ing pes!iIence, and are so unkiud Yo
see, sir l am dying, but oh, if | ar
spared to reach my mother, | shall di
happy. She lives in Burlington, cir, an
and my joruney is more than half perforr
ed. Am poor painter, and the onl
child of her in whose arms | wish I
die - ....a..s ri. -l -. ..
You shall Co. said the captain, if
4 lose every passenger for the trip .
, By this time the whole crowd of pas
; sengers were grouped around the boa
i with their baggage piled on the path, an
/ they themselves awaiting the decision {
the captain before engaging their pas
sage. 49,. ~. s.., ..a ,
). A moment more and thai decision wa
made known, as they beheld him comm
from the cars with the sick man cradle
in his arms. Pushing directly throug
. the crowd with his dying burden, he o
d dered mattress to be spread in th
n choicest part Of the boat, where he la
!. the invalid with all the care Of paren
It That done, the captain directed the bo
n for starting. .. u ..
But a new feeling seemed TO posse
h the astonished prssengers--that Of shan
n and conlrition at their inhumani,y. VII
one common impulse they walked aboal
the boat. and in few hours after, anoth
"a committee was sent TO the captain. e
o treating his presence among the .passe
( gers in the cabin. ,........ ....
y He went, and from their midst the
r. arose white-haired man. who wi
n tear-drops in his eyes, told that roug
il sun-browned man, that they felt humbl,
|, before him, and they asked his forgiv
d ness. II was a touching scene. II
+, fountain of true sympathy was broken
a the heart Of nature, and its waters we'll
II up, choking the utlerance Of all pre-
III ent. .0 ,.. FH
,e On the instant, purse was made
4. for the sick man, with a "God speed
ia on his way home, TO die in the arms
a. his mother. Is. io usgl at
THD EFFECT OF LATIN.-Andr,
}! Jackson was once making stump spec
r. out west, in small village. Just as
is was concluding, Amos Kendall, who