Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-25
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Much Ms scctarians have procIHimed about
the tOtL doprAvity Of humaDe natWIDt thunAa,
nature is continually VindicatinR jtaalG -and
proving that the being who was. created =
little lower than thc angels" has not 1d5e1n
his original cxcellenee-for q naughty 'GUt3dg9'
this world has some excellent thfnEs n it.afl
We are led to these reflections by the tiUNlS'
conduct of the boy we are about to Sp6tk VI
and by the generous assistance andleyEnPaesy1
extended to him., especially by FailTOadaDd,
steamboat men, and hotel keepers, . class Of
individuals who do many an act Of Christian
bcnelicence without the world knowing word
Of the matter. Some weeks ago, on Island
2G, up the river, tho father and mother Ofa
family and eight small children, whose names
were Williams, died at nearly the same timet
of one Of the fatal fcvcrs which SO frequently
make havoc among the population of low and
unhealthy distEicts
The eldest Of the poor orphans was boy,
Thos. Williams twelve years Of age, but so
weekly from aguc and its attendant suffering,
that nc docs not look so old as that Tha
others were graduated by small intervals to
little moro t1ian infancy in the youngest The
island was no place for the helpless babee, md '
the only relatives they had in tho world lived Z
in Eastern Tennessee, ut Sweetwatcr, thirty
miles from Chattanooga, two hundred miles
from this city. these relatives, ThOmaS=
resolved to 30 and tell his story of sorrow.--
The ncighb0rs undertook the care of the little
ones, and stepping on board the Falls City,
when it stopped to wood, the boy made the
clerk acquainted with tho State Of the orphan
family. That gentleman not only gave him O.
passage to this city but letter Of introduce
ton which obtained for him the kind hospi-
talitcS Of the Worsham House, and free pas
sage on the Charleston Railroad to the end Of
his journey which was given him by the gen.
crosty Of Mr.. Ayrcs. ..r : es . aoa
The little fellow found his relations. They
were not rich in money, but they promised 70
raisc the family ifthey were brought 70 them.
The young hero then set of to bring to their
new home his seven little brothers and sisters.
lie passed again over the railroad to this city
the Philadelphia was going up the river; he
went on board and informed Captain Marshall
Of his situation. If there is bosom in this
world ovcrtlowing with the milk of human
kindness, Captain MARSHALL possesses Il, as all
who know him will testify. The kind Cap u
tain not only gave him passage to tho island
but told him to have all ready to bring tho
little ones under his protection on board with
him ut the return Of the boat from ST. Louis,
and, whether it was night or day, the boat
would stop for them. Accordingly M-the-
down trip, the Philadelphia took on the eight
little orphans. Their condition was distress
ing in the extreme Not one Of them was
free from sickness and Thomas was suffering
from aguc and fcvcr-prostratcd with It, wc
were going TO say-but the gallant little fcIS
low was not made fthc stuff that submits to
prostration. lie was bright ready, active and
thoughtful, attending with unwcarying care to
the wants and wailings of the sick, helpless
little ones Those who have read the story
Of Little Nell watching the wandering steps
of her imbecilc grandfather. az told 90 touch
ingly by Dickens, in the Old Curiosity Shop
will be struck with the similarity Of the char.
actcr
On Monday last, Mr.. II. NJ. Worsham was
on board the Philadelphia, when Capt. Mar
shall invited him to look at some pets he had.
and stretched on mattresses lay the troupc Of
sick little ones, their wants carefully attended
to, for there was not an officer, not cabin
boy on the boat that was not doing his best to
show kindness to those who might be called
Gods little ones, for lie was their sole father,
and wonderfully he tempered the wind to tho
Shorn lambs" Mr.. WOrsham immediately
recognized his former guest, and at once set
to work to facilitate his further progress. He
saw MIR. Ayrcs ofthc railroad and showed him
letter with which the boy had been furnish
cd, that gentleman gave directions that thte
whole should have passage on the road 10
thcirjourncy's end. Ar. WorshaW took theFb
in q carriage to the cars and saw them off,
For nny furhcr information respecting the lit,
tie hero and his charge, we rcfGr tho reader to
Mr.. II. NJ. Worsham. The whole journeyings
OF the brave little boy made UP distance Of
about fourteen hundred miles