Hillsdale Whig standard. (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1846-1851, 1850-07-09

pt plan Of proceeding, when my wife rose from
x her seal, and laying hold Of my arm, said
10 John, the Lord can save our children
J. Arrangements were now made 10 recon-.
Q mence the search. We were to go forth iva
. and Two, each party having gun, and il ell
IT iher party should BE- successful in finding The
= children alive. the fact should be announced
= by the firing OF six guns, II dead three guns.
Perhaps had better give YOU some idea.
> OF the geography Of the woods. Nv house
was situated about mile from the foot of
the mountain to the north; along the base Of
the muuntain ruas a considerable stream.
; holding course from east TO west. From
: the south bank OF ihis stream, rock rose on
rock. up to the very summit of the mountain;
so steep and rugged that deer could hardly
get foothold. With the exception of two
or three small folds, all the distance from the
house to the brook was covered with heavy
timber. II was while hunting up the cows.
ABOUT the clearings, that the children not
lost and II was reasonable TO SUPPOSE that
The children could neither cross the stream
or climb the mountain, being only eight and
SIX years of age. We therefore determined
10 coniine our search between the house and
the north bank of the brook extending a few
miles east and west Dr.. P, who was
my companion in the search, said all he could
TO cheer me, bet that was dreadful dav.
could not tako time 10 walk, but run from
one tblcket to another, calling out with all !
my strength, Nelly! Nelly. jamie Je,piep |
but no Nelly, no Jennie answered. No pun
was ired during the day; aud night, a yerv
dark night set in determined to continue
the search, but tho doctor persuaded me 10
return home, saying, we should have moro !
help by morning, and woald go in larger par
lies F~'
We accordingly returned; found the 9th
ors had got IN before uS, but no troco of
the lost ones had been discovered. Fires
were now kndled upon all the knolls aronnd
about the house, aod little after night. a.
bout twenty men joined u.s. The news had
gone ont through the neighboring towns. and
they al turned out every man with his bsg
OF provisions and his gun. determined, they
saia 10 tIad them, dead or alive
IN the course Of the night, about 30 more
arrived, so that by morning wo muetered be.
tween my and sixty men. My hopes of find
ing them alive were getting very feeble, We,
spent the night praying: % Lord, save INV
poor little children Tho suiferinps Of nv
wiie during that long, long dark night were
awful and may not be described. She sat in I
the door watching for the first dawninp of {
day, and when she saw The light. she leaned ,
Tor Joy. as If the day would bring buck her :
lost infants
q, an! It has been long night she said q
the longest and darknst that ever sa,v
Poor little Nclly--pour little Jemie: whore
nave you been all the night Why don't :
you come oyour own mother, wh has watch n
cd aii night long fus your oomingi' d
u thought nay cup of aftiction was already n
Iuib out now saw that more might be added. b
was AFRAID my wife was about 10 lose her n
reason On being pressed To 30 and take d
llttlo rest. she gazcd on mo for a momen, C
and replied :,
Yes, John, will rest, will try to rive b.
them up into the hands of God
4 felt relieved; she promised TO 90 10 he'd q
ana we all prepared TO renew the search ii
Is we were about to start, the .s,ouire' h,
haao MS appearance, and on his back was a NJ
.'haii Aeg OF whisky; no said ho had been TO
rom homo until late last night or he should m
rave come soorer to our assistance. lie tban be
rev some OF the spirit, and offered il TO mo. All
NO. said /: Square have drank NV last ".
loss and 1t has been paid for with the life of of
ny two lovely children ST,
What do you meanr said the Square q eli
ont understand YOU. 20
We'll said |, 'if had not tarried six hours th
your grindstone, as went oui to mill. 7 tIe
louid have got home the samo day. and NV SIN
llldFen would have ali been here this mor. ips
ing. Yes, sir, have paid fearful price SD,
u my last glass; eithor you or are their cel
urderers ;or
i was sorry said quite 50 much to the the
'qulre,' but felt al that said. bl;,
some of the men took a little Of tho sniri, ba,
"a ouI pan OF operations being settled we the
vded into two lines moving cast. everv in
an keeping within few rods of his RIGHT che
ma man, and in this order the whole line lay
owed forward, making careful examination on,
they progressed The day passed away as afte
FORMER; no gun was fred, no trace fonnd koe
night we again met at the house. tired and 6od
Peless' Over ten miles from east to wast fool
q Oeen 80 closely examined. that no living plat
lng, the size of woodchuck. oonld bsvs n
eaped detection. The men looked oxhaus- and
ana sad All hopes of finding them alive tim,
d now aed, and but little if any hopes re- ed
lined OF hndlng their bodies. Some seem. cha
70 thInk any farther effoit useless. !
'ugh' so myself aud yet tremblod lest they cou
'uid abandon the search | went into the the
'so' Snhe 'he men Eihdled their fies and lear
pared to cook their supper found NV
e much calrner than we left her io tbe loss
IHne' Suo sSiu she was sure God would Der
is"c that
Our friend, the Doctor, gave US all the God
ISOLATION no could told US how long a per- in III
could live without food, and insisted thar ted ,
~. ..t a'.ii uo good
- 80 VI "oPo remained IN our hearts, whis
ad completely died away by morning ,B
,fI;as,,.;' auou' oieVeh clock some flash GRIND
u lightning were seen in tho south, and in W
-, Luz sa5 gu hou' most fearful thunder like
n;aJ SIa .'uiiu us' ram ieil IN torrents, best
ora.tsS 1,S "l'n obstructive Violence upon
',iae. y. ueos ,orn up oy tho roots, or labor
III i..,ys oyyiss anu swapping like reeds, owne
- - - d"u ne'e dreadful than the went
,n;S,o Iawe 'nunae.' or the Missing OF the d,unI
and broken limbs of the falling trees, worth
80 60 ueau ., lie uy'hg bodies Of my left h,
= si1oa ~ nase seen no thunder old m
,oiia 81 L'..c nso,"inB al last came. IL coDsiS