American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1844-12-09
from the Philadelphia SUM-
A THRILLING INCIDENT.

correspondent, upon whose veracity we
have the most perfect reliance, has related to us
little incident, which we lay before the rea-
ders Of the Daily Sun, as an authentic nara
tive of an event which recently occurred in the
immediate neighborhood of this city.
"The family of ]. C l., well known to the wri-
ter, attended meeting on a beautiful Sabbath
evening, for the purpose of hearing an eminent
preacher. The houss was crowded, and lit
tie girl, daughter of our informant, aged about
ten years, seated hersef upon the pulpit stairs,
where she fell asleep. After the conclusion of
the sermon, the family became divided-the ia
several portions of the family, on reaching
home, Immediately repaired to bed. The little
daughter slept with one whom they supposed
had retired with her. The Sexton put out the
lights in the church, closed the windows and
locked the doors, without noticing the sleeping
child on the pulpit stairs. About | o'clock at
night, Mr.. and Mrs. G. was awakened by the
barking ofa very faithful dog, which they pos
sessed, and knowing the dogs faithfulness, they
listened TO ascertain the cause of its barking,
when to their establishment they heard a child
scream out OF doors, in the dark night, some
quarter of a mile or more from their house.
This voice they recognized as that of their little
daughter. "That is Sarah Ehzabeth's voice"
exclaimed Mrs, E. as she leaped from her bed,
rushed down stairs and out into the yard, to re-
ceive her daughter from the dreary and lonely
dark night. She fell in her mothers arms, al
most e1haused with fright and fatigue. After
she become somewhat composed, so that she
could talk, she gave us the following partcu-
lars: "About l2 O'Clock at night she awoke,
and not knowing where she was, she looked a.
round to see if she could ascertain her situation.
After awhile she perceived her situation; she
found that she was in the church all alone in
the dark-at midnight! In this unhappy situa-
tion she undertook to escape. She started for
the door, but 1t being more dark in that end of
the house, than any other, she was afraid to go
!, thither; she returned and went to the other end
of the house, and clambered up into window
some ten or twelve feet from the ground, which
she found fastened down with a screw, which,
after while, she succeeded in getting loose;
she then hoisted the window and leaped there
/ from, and happily did not materially injure her
self. She then got up and looked round to see
where she was, and to her establishment, found
herself in the grave yard among the tombs, all
a tale about ghosts, for her father did not allow
such things to be conversed about in his family
before children, when they were small. Her
lNtASt dltC|WdIoS dSheu ii SIG was HOI aITalu
when in the grave yard all alone1 She replied
''no was not afraid when there, for dead peo-
pie could not hurt me- The grave yard was
surrounded by very high board fence which
was impossible for her to surmount; she re-
membered there was small aperture in the
fence somewhere, which she could get through
if she could only succeed in finding it-she put
her hand against the fence and started round
the grave yard till at last she found the aper-
nture, which she hailed with joy; she crept thro'
made her way towards home with palpi-
ding heart; she got along very we'll till she
came to the thicket of cedar bushes which she
Of necessity must pass; this was great trial
fcrher.- She once thought she could 90 to an
aunt's near by, but again she thought they
were all in bed and it would be with difficulty
that she could awake them. She determined
to make one mighty effort, and she would soor
be past them, she ran and passed them safely
and now felt like rejoicing over the victory
she had gained and was urging her way on
ward towards home, when oehold! she fell pros