Litchfield enquirer., 1852-09-23
Remarkable Incident.

A gentleman or high responsibility re- siding on Sixth street, in this city, whose name as well as those of other parties below mentioned. We do Eot, agreeable to request, disclose, had on the Sth inst. an adventure we have never known equalled only in the imagination of the novel writer; thus showing that in real life, the most 6cticious pictures are occa- sionally realized.
 Our friend was passing along the foot walk on Fourth street while the proces sion of the Clay funeral was moving. when his attention was arrested by the familiar appearance of the counlenance of fresh but melancholy looking girl, about IA years oi age, who had babe in her arms. The girl was standing in the burning sun and avertng it's rays as well as she could, from the face of the infant. The gentleman approached her and was at once recognized by the semi luna,ic, who, calling him by name, and asked him to buy a parasol for her. In an instant he discovered. by the pecul iari'y of tEe eye. that the girl was affec- ted by the wandering of the mind. and on askin. her few questions. discovered she was the daughter of widow lady in Clermont county. with whom his own wife was temporarily boarding. and on looking closely at the infant discovered that it was his own child.
 He was exceedingly agitated, and for a time was at a loss what course 10 pur- sue. He thought of the distress hts wife was necessarily in; he feared for the safety of the delicate little one ex- posed as il had been to the scorching sun and the excessive heat, but his resolution was fixed |: the infant was taken by a friend who was wIlh him to lady nc. qualntance in the vicinity, who gave it that noutisbuent which nature required, and in twenty minutes the whole party, consisting of the father the lady acquain- tanee. who was the wife of his friend, the infant and the wandering girl. were in light ea' riage, with fleet pail o( horses, on their way to Clermont.
 In three hours they arrived at the farm house to which they were destined, and their appearance gave unspeakable joy and surprise. The country for miles mad been hunted over for the missing ones, and many of the people were out then seeking them. The mother had suffered extreme anguish, which, on the possession of her beloved, was suddenly changed to nervous excitement. Yester. day morning when her husband left her 10 return to the city she was composed, but clinging to her infant as with hooks of steel. ...
 Our sriend gives the following inter. esting facts of this case. which seems almost incredible. yet they cannot be disputed. It was .I most remarkable and providental circumstance that he discov. cred his child as he did in the c. c.owded city and ill such lhrong. ......
 It appears this simple headed girl is what is termed q half witted," and that nearing about the great Clay funeral, without probably knowing really what she did, she started to attend it, and took the child for company, as it lay in the cradle. u is believed that she. left about eight o'clock in the morning. an brough, to town by some wagonor who overlook her on the road i; but this is mere coniec- turc. as she says she walked all the dis lance. Yet it is doubtful that the dis tance can be performed in SD short a period of tlms by one su delicate physi- 'ca!ly. ELis- Is one of the aost remark. able cases of mental hallucination. we think we ever heard off, Cincinnati Com merciai.