New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-05-25

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We we're pushing on peerlns about and d"ei-
: on every probability Of the case when, jus; a.
Ne struck woodpatp. met lad comIrg out
| no tod u that the children were fousd, ard iaai
icy were to be left Oh the spo; until parties cou.d
nc gathered in that those who had spent the tore
noon in search of them. should have the melan-
choy qualification Of behodng them they sunN IN
- their final rest on the sleak mountain side
In a few moments after we met others rushing
! r. N the woods, with the painful and YET -ati'iac-
Try intelligence, huuyng 10 -rread II lar ana WIDE
| We soon after hove in sight ot Mount MAJOR a
mage granite hi about slX miles IRON Aeash-r
| house. and caught >lfht Of a group OF person,
sanding upsn IL topmost ridge. firing guns, ana
| s.ving a white flag a. signal OF success. DC
| MELANCHOLY interest and keen excitement CT the
9.xt half hour. we shall never forget. y ",
oa,.ed up the hillside. dozens OF our friends AID
tcouaintances were ascending from different points,
sme having satiied their curiosity, were returning,
| nth sad faces, and f.~ with tears IN their
| ,.es. As We mastered the ACTIVITY, we saw
| ,roup gathered round IN circle. about hall way
down on the other .idc. This seemed to be the
! .oint OF attraction. New corners were momenily
pressing into the ring, and other, rushing ont 81 u
| oyerpOwered by strong emotions. W men we pressed
nto the circle the two little girs were lyins lu,'
A. they were " hen first discovered by Mr.. IuTrie
log. The father had lifted the bodies, To pres,
hem cold and lifeless to bis bosom, but they had
been again stretched on lac heath, and their limbs
| fispssed 50 a. - show the manner of their death
| 4 more pitcous sight We never beheld. There
we're not the holiday dresses Of the Babes in the
Woods, for their parents were ailiuent and II Wa
| CIR their wealth their wicked uncle conspirsd
,anst them. Jane Elizabeth and Margaret
| Meagher, were tie children OF poor parents, and
they wore tho common dress Of their class, and
.ranty enough it seemed for the p,rl- they had
| pissed through. The youngest child had evident
| /, died in sleep or her spirit had passed a. gently
| =. though The wing OF the angel OF death Ind
.-enes but the ordinary cosds Of night ovcrPow-
tring the senses Her ilitc cheek rested upon tina,
| &C her .ister-hcr li'le hand was caspcd in hers
| ucr hair, almost white, uukcmped and ai,hc'eled,
| .'rewed the eide heath upon winch they lay
| The elder girl appeared TO have suffered more.
| Her eyes were open. as though size had watched
till the lasr-her features were Punched and anNi-
-us a. if years 81 care and of anguish had been
crowded into those Two days. If lie il tobc mca-
ured by what We have to bear, and do and suffer,
and not by moments and hours. that poor girl must
have lived more ~ those two days than some people
d. in twenty years. From the moment that shc
found herself really bcwidcred and began to apprc.
hrud danger, until that IN which she threw the
mains of her ltteapren over her sister face 10 keep
the snow out of her eyes, pilowed that cold cheek
upon her own, and 4rasped the hand 10y which size
had led her for long weari>ome houis. what ORD
of thoughts must have passed through that youth
iul brOw-hOw must that young spirit have been
DER informed, that young heart been tried
Neherof the girl- had any thing their heads.
heir legs were drcadiullv torn and laccrnicd-thc
arge toe of the elder, which protruded from her
o1ot when she left home, was much cut. 10 this
wound or to upon her leg, occasioncd by fail,
it is probable that piece Of apron which directed
lhe search 50 Ear into the wilderness, had been APP
pIcd. We pity the man who could have stood
over them for an instant without shedding n tear,
i,r their fate and for their suherings. There were
few who did.
The hill on which the children were found. wa-
lic last place any body would have thought OF
.nn,ins for them, and yet when upon it, the reason
g their being there seemed sufficiently clear.
,nooh platforms of rock clear of undcrbru-h, and
,oking like a road, approaches the bottom of the
80, from the direction in which the children prob
DIV came. They doubtless assembled, in order
| nat they might ascertain where they were and
| j. more than likely that when they saw nothing
at forest, bog and wide barren. stretching away
ar miles around them, without a house or clear
ng in sight, that their little hearts sunk wlthl2
| them, and they laid themselves down tn refresh
| lr fertilizer efforts. or. it may have been in utter
despair 10 cling to each others bosom. AID die
There wa. one thing which Enlightened the
Gene, sad a. it vas and seemed 10 give pleasure
ven to those who were most affected by it, d" In
| leath they were not divided" 1t clear there
| had been 10 de>crtion. no shrinking, on the part
| { the elder girl from the claims eft "A being even
more helpless than herself. II she had drawn her
sister into the forest, companion 10 the sports
# childhood she had continued by her in scenes OF
rial and adversely that might have appalled, the
| -ioaie,i nature and broken the bonds of the best
-emen,ed friendship. Men and women too have
cen selfish in cxtremiies. but this little girl chung to
ler sister with consistency ard fidelity worthy of
al praise. From the tracks it va. evident that
she had led her by the hand. changing sides occa-
-ionally as the little ones arm was weary. " One
't)uch OF nature makes the whole world hin, and the
'enserness and consistency Of this poor gir no les
han the suffering of them both, seemed speak but
one language TO every heart on ihst wild hillside,
20 matter what garment covered il, and to call
| forth the Same responses " Thank God. there
| vas no deserion-i in death they were not divided.
'ecmed to be the language of every one. a. they
| turned away from the spot where the . Babes IN
the Wood lay IN each others arms.
The bodies have been burIsd in rural and quiet
little graveyard, about two miles from Dartmouth
II is proposed TO build a monument over their IT,
mains. to which The person who found them has
contributed the sum offered Is "a reward for their
discovery. We trust a liberal subscription will
enable the Comml,tee to put up such one viii
10 credit to the good taste and lberaliiv OF tic
Capital and its ncishborhood. rude cairn was
hastily erected on the hill where the babes were
found, but understand that 1t j. in conicmpla-
ion 10 suoothc the front of huge granite boulder
near at hand. and point out. by suitable in,crip-
ion, the spot which Will Ne venture TO prophecy.
re resort Of our youth and strangers during the
summer months. ior whose information this simple
aarrat,c has been prepared