Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1850-01-04

re he T.dif3r Of the - ahesh1 Democrat:
On or about the 10th of October. there ap-
peared in the Milwaukee Sentinel s, Gazette,
an advertisement Of little amount TO some, to
others eff more importance, to the subscriber
most moincntous; itruns thus:
. Lost from the village Of Muiswonago, a
/ bov seven years old. lie had lighl hair, and
a scar over the left eye; dressed in a sack
coat made Of Hickory. striped shifting, blue
drilling pants. and no shoes, named Benjaniia
Clement IFheeker. Whoever will give infor-
nation where he may he found will confer a
/ favor on his parents at Mukwonago."
Thus for the advertisement. We have had
similar article ia the shape Of handbiIl and
circulated some 400 OF them, But these and
the many other means we have had recourse
to have resulted in disappointment.
Had oer dear boy slrkened and dIed,-o
+ have. beer. dro,g ned-ora wild animal in some
il-f.led hour had seized him and made him
his prey. and we could have found nothing
bat his lacerated remains, the poignancy Of
our sorrow would have been allayed, but the
idea OF cur child being 4 lone wanderer,
.,'mouust trees and streams and melancholy
+ deserts. 81 vast that were il not for the mar
net none co. trace them out except the red
aoa-iS6: oItbat he is in the hands Of saw
age who knaws ns other law than revenge, or
verse than I'll under the control of ryrant
and that svffat an Intidel. such an idea hath
perpetual tc-ment.
II would be well to say here that diligent
sea.ch was made for bin in half an hour a f
ter he was missing. until midnight. The
next daY mare than fifty were out from morn
ing TIL eveaing for the lost one. and the two
following days nearly one hundred very care
fuilv searched the country contiguous, and the
field in which the child was lost, but to no
purpose. We then heard thai he was in the
Stage Office in Milwaukee one night, and al
ter s.rafy5 Investigation we found that was a
/ false aecuuHs; we then heard also that boy
answering his description was seen at the
tavern iG 1Saterfard-Jta with considerable
difficulty Investigated this matter also. and
found tle lad that had passed through there
was from tea to twelve years old, and wher
he arrived IN town was Immediately TecognIz-
ed by his friends.
We heart also Of his having stopped at Mr.
PiptT's tavern (some seven miles from Wa
tertrwR) one night, that he VAS then on his
Wy % Colombia county in the possession o.
q man that said re Obtained him from the
poor house N town, that the boys name was
Daniels and that his parents were both dead
and on investigation we found this account IN
correct.
/, We have gone other fruitless journeys o
some considerable distance and can make
. nothing cat relative TO our child. w make
these statements with sorrow of heart at tn,
: same time Tor the purpose of having eorrec
; statements before the public mind and to en-
gage the sEmpathes. and incite the feeling
: OF an enlightened and humane people.
: | have sumtImes thought that he may hav
fallen INTO zhe hands Of some Indians, or tina
i tie is sto3en away by some teamster who ha
! him IN close keeping, but these Imagination
are vsiRs still we have faint hope if 70