The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1865-08-23

From M: Caici5o Tim.a, Awy,s. 81
Many years AZ" a yo;,I.s German couple cmbnr::s-
in the new world An cmgralit ship landed them
i'll due time in New York. Their destination was
the West, and they came 70 Chicago where uIcy
determined tn settle, and hoped 20 be able to earn
livelihood, besides laying something aside fnr The
future. They both applied themselves diligently,
and, 10y dint of hard and trut!gins toll, and Tic
Stilctcst economy, they managed to lay mp yearly
small amount, that in time thcY had together
saved enough to make them comparatively indie
pendent. The years succeeded oNc another, and
III the course Of time, three Children two boys and
Srl, were given them to gladden. their hearts and
tighten their labors.
When the girl, the youngest child, was n year
Old, the father sickcned and died, leaving his
widow and children enough to enable them to live
grew up be"ntn tegent gr ri. az" Tc ut oss SSsf
SON had just reached mans estate and had gone
fYrtl, to gain his livelihood, when second time
the mother, whose tender and good counsel
had been larishcd upon her children, was taken
from nm them, and the two Youngest not a9lc set
the ald OF her advice and ats!rotions The dying
mother committed the two li.tic ones to the care
of Il man whom she had considered . good Iriemd
to her, as their guardian, with solemn Injunction:
which lie promised to obey that he would care ior
them and bring them up.: Hardly had t!c grave
orphans were made to feel what sort OF protector
had been chosen for them. The little children
,o VINO, while their i'm mother had lived, had never
and hourly made to feel the cruelty of the man
who had promised to for them and raise them
i'll kindness. The oy was carly sent oil TO earn
his living apprentice to tobacco.lis while.
the girl was not only obliged to perform the most
mcni:!l drudgcry, but oven subjected to abuse and
punishment. AT length the fcndish cruelty Of the
man took q designing form. He Thought of the
property inherited by the children, and longing to
grasp it as his own, drove the girl his ward, fronl
his door into the street, not caring whittier she
! went or what became of her, provided she did not
return to claim the property which her own.
The little outcast, thus turned upon tho world,
sought the advice Of n lady who had known hci.
parents in former years, and vino obtained for her
IL position i'll 4 family n chill's attendant The
proved but poor assistant, and she was obliged
To seek place after place. Thus matters went OF,
tue Sonms err serving many misrssscs in whatever
neglected, often scOlled, and rarely hearing kind
word addressed to her. So the young orphan
fifteenth year. she was abruptly discharged from
the situation she was holding, and turned u;7nn
! the street. Her worldly effects were fcw and
| she went forth. Dsconsolate strrowins almost
crazcd by the thought that she had no place 70
which she could go, no kind friends on whom she
could lean for support OF protection, the 0utc.st
wandered about tie city, hardly knowing caring,
whicher she went.
The appearance of young girl OH the streets of
this great city, with wan, DiIiched features and
garments of coarse, home1y texture, is not such
an unusual sight to attract the attention of any
humanely- disposed passer-by. where all is hustle
and confusion. Night closed over the unfortunate,
who weary and hungry, set down on tho sidewalk
on 'nchhol-stiect, wherc the Thought OF her utter
| loneliness and dcstituton caused the tears to
course freely down her checks. It was fast grow
mE dark, when couple Of gaily-dressed young
fellows happened along, and, attracted Ey the sobs
of the girl, questioned her as the cause of her
grief. They urged her to 80 with them, where
they said she could be made comfortable for the
night. The unsuspccting girl, not thinking any
| thing wrong, was about to comply, when a lady
who was passing, and heard the proposition which
the men had made, stopped, and informed the girl
lection until home conld he provided The girl
followed the lady home, and there, for the fret
time surrounded by those who would sympathisc
with her, and who would not visit her with abuse,
she unfoded tho eventful taIe of her short life.
Her knd-hearted protector, convinced Of the truth
of her narrative, from the girls artless and
straightforward manner, placed the matter in the
hands OF the managers of the Young Mems Chris
tan Association Of this city, by whom it care
fully investigated and the facts of the girls state
mcnt substantiatcd.
It was learned that the girl, whose name is Cor
nelia Mitonberger is conjointly with her brother,
| tho owner of two houses in this city, which to-
gether realize O sum yearly amply sufficient for
the support of both brother and sister, besides
which they entitled to about S50OO which was
willed to them by their mother Her guardian
| lives on Michigan avenue and is in circumstances
which shoud have placed him far above any action
80 low and base as to defraud the poor orphan of
her pittance. He has been summoned to account
| these children. Meanwhile the girl is in good
hands. She Is at present remaining with kind
| lady in tho west division, who has offered her
place with herself until q comfortable home shall
have been provided for. The girl IL at liberty to
choose a guardian for herself, and once more re-
| stored to those comforts which have 30 long been
denied her, it is hoped that her life will hereafter
be happy.
HEADQUARTERS FIRST suB-DIsTRIcT.