The Portland daily press., 1865-10-18

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On Saturday morning returned to the city
sfrcm a visit and found in fne Post Office siet-
ter from California. 1t Contained fequesY
froh an anxious mother to send her three Lit
tie daughters to San Francisco, and urged
their departure with all possible speed I'm
closed in the letter we're means TO pay -Lalsif
fares,-the savings of her own unremltting
toll. Four o'clock in the afternoon the steam
er sails for New York; Monday following at
IL o'clock the California steamer sails. Hew.-
to get them ready so soon could not see.-
But fifteen days must elapse before another
steamer leaves New York. The cold weather
is approaching, and many days must end ere
The anxious mother embraces her children
whom necessity compelled her to leave in this
city about two years since. BY dilligent effort
hey were on board the steamer in time
There sit together three young girls whose
ages respectively are about 8, 10 ana 10 years.
Passengers and friends from the city
who aceoynnanied them to the ship gathered
around the interesting little group as they sat
together in their state-room, and freely were
he tears of sympathy shed at the sight Of
sbese little ones, and at the thought Of the
| long journey they were about to take. Heav-
en- protect them and carry them safely to
the arms of their anxious mothcrls u = w
There were other partingsl there; compa-
ny of soldiers were to- embark, and friends
net to bid good bye--perhaps for the last
time. In this selfish, wicked, avaIicious
world, it is refreshing, though, on an occasion
Of sadness, to find that the heart is not alto
gether devoid of sympathy, and You are en-
eouraged with the thought that human nature
may not be quite so bad as it generally appears
to be. tzs5 n EF AEElEKNF
Ladies and gentlemen by common bond
of sympathy gathered together, and convers-
ed on the pangs departing, and the dangers OF
travel both by sea and land. 1t Yves truly re-
marked that heart7achinss are the experience
of large part of the world every day, and
chat dangers from the temptations of the
world were far greater than from shipwrecks
or fires
The bell rings, the plank is drawn on the
wharf, lines are hauled in, a few revolutions Of
the wheel backwards, then forward, and the
steamer glides from the wharf. We look a
few moments after her then turn our steps I'D
the wharf fla review of the whole scene as
it passed before you does not give you keen
er perception Of the great want Of oilr race,
and make you resolve to be better and more
useful it is because you are without a. true
christian heart
On reaching home two ladies are found
waiting for my return. The first wishes me
to find work for her son of nineteen years.
he went to the war before he had trade
has tried without success to get work, and is
almost discouraged This is not the first ease
of the kind which has come to me. Young
men whose service in the war has prevented
them from acquiring trade find it difficult to
get employment. This should never be. At
ter perilling life for the country's sake, it is
cruel to neglect them. / shall be happy if any
one knows of an opening for work to direct
the young man where he can find it.
The other lady came in behalf other daugh-
ter who is at her house, whose husband had
not provided for her for eight months, and
whose child was very sick with a fever. Re
luctantly she came to make known the daugh-
ters need. Without friends able to help her.
deprived of earning anything herself on ac-
count of the sickness other child, it is no Won
der that she gave way to cry of distress.
This and other cases of the kind frequently
occur in our midst. We sometimes solicit aid
for such, but for several reasons the task is irk-
some. We assure the public that no appeals
are made for their aid without a pressing
| need for it; many come to us and are sent to
us for relief; we can help no further than the
means ere put into our hands. We ask the
benevolent reader to consider the case of this
suffering woman; make 1T your own Then
think Of the Divine precept, 'as We would that
men should do to you do We even SO to them.''
While the larger part of the people are en-
Toying freely the elegances and 1uxuries Of
life, and many are studying how to invest
their large incomes, it is a reproach and burn
ing shame to our profession of christianity, if
| we allow any one to suffer for the want of
| anything which can give relief A
| Gentle reader, do think of this case of suf-
'ering, and do not close your heart against
this appeal for help. E8 srsss OPT !,