The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1859-08-04

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Ny mother and we lidren rode in one o
the carts. My fathes galked in the crowd
My youngest brother go quite three years old
was crying with bein. sseke up. said, Archy
Archy, ye're goin' to Aa5rica," but, strange a:
1t seemed to me, he pad 10 attention to it, but
cried himself asleep. Every now and then
there was a halt. and aBE,nber would draw ul
to the cart to take the5rsleave. Farewell
1 wish you good lueks > " A safe voyage to
you, =" A happy home q America" g Peace
be with you" were some II the fearful expires
sons. Ny mother after-,irds told me that she
was so much taken up nth the care of heI
children-one of whom was but six months old
and anxiety about the Aacessary preparation
that she had little tim; .ssfret and never shed
a tear till she came toshls sea shore, and then
but little. 1t is thus t Zone trouble neutral
izes another. She wi o .sas parting from all
her friends except het9@n family, manifested
less regret than otheS5 who were losing but
one. $50
A quilt was thrown ,vssir as In the cart, and
We went to sleep. VIVA | woke up, IL was
daylight, and we wer. .e9ming into Warren S
/ Point. Ii was beginn, ls1o be stormy, and, in
stead of taking the sszfrlboat, went to an
inn, where we remainest $40 days. Here, after
some refreshments, thc>6sgho accompanied us
thus far took their ledns.s Our schoolrnaster
was one of the number When he talked to
my brother Hugh, he = tears, but had too
much of the bulldog to Ger to forget so readi-
ly the many cuffs and sls iging slaps | had re-
ceived. Perhaps my n. ~. slowness had some
thing to do with this tatacity Of resentment.
At all events, when = took me aside, and
asked me If would W-SN him a letter when
got big, / answered in ~ negative.
Then you will forgesIpe, perhaps"
May be will"
"Well, then, yeu do n ( like me-"
"No, don't" =
he smiled at my way 9rdness, and babe me
good-by. | have oftens .ince been sorry for
my rude honesty. -
My Uncle James pagw ,1 from my mother, not
with tears, but with IA. tremulous emotion
which indicates deepes feeling She was his
only sister, and when hs vas left motherless
child OF three years old ;.9he had been his only
nurse. He was the onlf brother she left in Ire
land. The rest were alfs5dy in America.
William Crombie, OF Sthfriland, had Joined
us at Warren's Point, &c proceed to America.
When he came TO part with his friends, it was
too much for him, and hs. concluded to return.
lie had sold his properSeat considerable sacri-
fee, to get away. The stft had cost great
deal, and he had alrea paid his passage to
Liverpool. All this wouea reduce them greatly
In circumstances. His site, with more man
hood than himself, insigSi on going on, and
even offered to take hercsidren, and go alone.
She came into our re. and cried about it,
saying that they were gussjg back to live in pow
erty and misery My ffS Ter and mother tried
to comfort her, but it wts little they could say,
for they knew that she 7as telling about the
truth.
AT length, the sea W %am, and we took the
boat. There were no. 3enger steamboats, at
that time running from arren's Point to Liv-
erpooi, The boat we V I in was prepared for
carrying cattle and swil A small part of the
deck elevated above tn est was reserved for
lew passengers s,,ux.u
deck and hold were crcx,ed with live stock for
the English market. nonresident nobility
and English manufacti> RS drained away the
money from Ireland, aIs she Irish farmers had
to send across the Irish. "a that produce which
ought to have been CT. ,umed at home, and
then compete with the llglish producers.
Towards. dark, it beg to blow. We were
on the open deck, witt fair prospect of
stormy night. Ny fathe-sapplied to the cap
tain for some shelter, OF ing to pay any price
for it,
He offered a little ro- house in the middle
of the cattle deck for oux. Accommodation. The
sailors, with pieces of %pes in their hands,
cleared passage anon > the COWS for u.s. and
We were conveyed 10 tbSs5hanty where, among
ropes, old SAILS and b.. up, we spent a jovial
night, in total darknesS5 We could hear the
pigs squealing, and the ekttle falling heavily on
the deck. We could heas~4e sailors calling out,
"wheres the drovers Il e's a cow down. and
the rest stumbling ove...her;" and then we
could hear the droversS alng out to one an
other, Ho, Bill ho Jack! d-n it, come on
here here A" After a while | got sick. and be-
gan to throw up. Whether | slept any or not,
do not know; probably did. But that was
one Of the nights.
In the morning, the ssorm was over, and the
sun shone out. Somebody came, and, opening
the door, inquired if we were all living. " Ha "
says one, that's fine old muhley cow there
she kept her feet the Y 5oe night" We were
already in sight Of Liverpool, where we were
soon landed, ard got To boarding house.
Here we were detained nearly two weeks, wait
ing for fair wind The place we stopped at was
near where they landed the cattle. Sometimes
the boat could not get near the shore, and the
animals had to swim out to land. Some would
step out carelessly, as though the waller was but
few inches deep, and, going down head fore
most would turn a complete Summerset.
| Others would have to be forced out of the YES
sci, and, leaping far they could, would
sink deep in the water, and not appear again
for some minutes. But they all made for the
land, swimming cleverly with their heads above
the surface.
The season being far advanced, the fare was
raised, and poor family that had come with
US from Rathfrland were astounded to find
that they had not money enough to take them
on. With many tears, the wife took her two
children and returned to Ireland, leaving her
husband to proceed alone. The next year he
sent her money, and she joined him in Ameri-
ca. They afterwards removed to Southern Hi
nois, where they have large farm, and live in
comfort and abundance. Another neighbor, a
! young man named John Hart, was nearly in the
same difficulty. But he borrowed thirty shil-
lings from my father and succeeded in secu-
ring passage in the George Clinton, a worn
out vessel, where the fare was cheaper. We
afterwards heard that she sprung a-leak, and
they had to use pumps to keep her from sink
ing, but John Hart got. safely to New York.
He was intimately acquainted with a girl in
Rathfriland, who had many suitors, but prefer.
red him to them all, although he was so poor.
He told her that if she would give him three
years, he would go to America and seek for
tune She told him she would wait seven.
When he got to America, he saved up his earn
ings, and exactly seven years from the night
he left Rathtriland, he raped at her window.
They got married, returned to America, and
proceeded to Texas, where he became a Judge
/ think he is dead now.
We took passage for Philadelphia in an
American vessel named the Allegheny. After
we went on board, we heard the not very en-
couraging news, that a ship which had set sail
the week before had got wrecked, and the pas
sengers, barely escaping with their lives, had
returned to Liverpool One of the women was
so overioyed to get once more on dry land, that
she knelt down and kissed the earth The cap
tain refused to refund their money, but offered