Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-02-08

! We copy ihs following letter from the Memphis
Eagle and Enquire, as cur paper cirtuIates very
largely in the region from which the nt;le girl sup
poses she was stolen.
! sANDUsKY CIrY, ONO, Jan. G. 1859.
! 10 the Editor Of the Eagle and Enquirer:
| wish TO ask favor Of you, net for myself bu,
] for little ell who il in this section of e0untry
She says she was stolen little over five years ago
She is quite certain thst her home is in Tennessee
! bear Troy between Toy aud Dyersburg She says
that her ftfiher's name WAS Joseph, but having
heard his rams in 50 long time she cannot rscol
ect it, bu srOald be certain to know il if she heard
it again. She was only child. Her father had
black man by the name Of Tom, and a black woman
ramed Sarah and they had t0ree little darkey ohil>
dren. Her parents lived in a frame house She
says they attended meeting in Troy Or Dyersburg
and links it was five miet to tOsn. She Gays her
father vent TO town aud whsp he came home she
would take a newspaper nut of his pocket. She re-
members their horses and carriage aud their futni
ture, and pet lamb they had aud little dog and
a certain large tree where her mother fixed play
house Cor her and tie little darkies. She can re-
member that one Of their ighboFs was Tim thy
Haulsbert. He used to frequent her fathers house:
and ke bad little daughter named Angeline bot
IN shat msnner she VAS iaken from home she can
not call TO mind for she but four yeSrs old at
the time. She knows that man and tWo women
hal her: that they travelled foot around noun
sins along by the waters edge carrying her; that
they sometimes let her walk. and that they would
set down and eat lunch and then 60 again
how far she cannot tell At last she vas set d,un
on ? railroad track and they disappeared imniedi-
diately. She saw the cars ccmiDg aud they beW
very loud and sbrill, but she did not know what il
meant but as they came she looked where she
could 20, but at the side Of the track where she I
to step out of Tue way there wss wafer; and |
she lay dOEn between tie tics where Sere seema 20
have been g hollow, and the cars passed over her
She them going over her. but was frighten- |
ed she cannot remember any thing more-Where she |
was take or how When she knew anything again,
che in old cabin with bad looking woman !
anGta little boy. The woman did not tell her who /
brought her there how long she vas TO stay, but
gave her little rough food and all slepon The 1or
on few rags. After her shoes out they let her
20 barefooled all the fall aud almost destitute of
clothing. She was there some months, when one
day the woman look her and got in wagon aud
went good way eff and left her with anotber 4
woman aud was shortly afterward conducted by
little boy 10 another place and left Here she
was taken sick, and it thought she had been
poisoned, so daplorable was her cen iitiOu.
My friends-a gentleman and bis Wife-hsppen-
ed to he in Cincinnati at the time, aud hearing Of
the child without home and amOug Strangers,
went and saw her, and having lost their Ouly child
"a little girl-a feF months previous. they took
her hoping she might, in a measure, fll the place
of their own They PUrchasei clothing for her,
and took her home aud procured deal aid, and
end OF six mouths she was well Shs bad grown 10
be good looking, smart, intelligent girl: her
name is Caroline Her f5ster-pNents adopted her
as their own, aud are educating her, ami bringing
her up in the fear OF God She is devoted 10 them.
and they doat upon aud love her. They have speIt
considerable money aud care for her, ant Wouli be
10th 10 part with her. but for the sake Of her ard
her parents if she has any, if they will prOve heir
Identity and come for her in person, they can Oh
tain her. She tLi1ks deeply and there is gloom
on her oountensnee at times, so aDx oIs i5 she TO
hear FROM her home and parenis. lake the lNor-
ty Of 1riting you for her abstraction She
Lhr ks and so do others, that some eoGBecliOn OF
he family have ried TO put her oct Of the way, 10
hat some properly could benefit them or their chill
lreu aud links that such Is the case Providence
will bring them to justice.
VIII you, for her sake, publish this letter, or
IS much as you msy think necessary ami PRO
yer, in your paper, and request your exchanges to
'OpY.
Please direct letter, or your paper to