Washington telegraph., 1852-12-01
WASHINGTON ARKANSAS. "Wednesday. DEE
Thrilling Incident,

Thrilling Incident.
A correspondent of the Cleveland 70 \
Plain Dealer" writing from Detroit, Mich
igan, under date of October II, relates tn,
following:
An incident occurred on last Thursda
afternoon which filed the town with muc
excitement, and which called forth manv
legend of the kind remembered by tho Old.
est inhabitants.
A few boys who had been out on hunt.
ing excursion called at one of their neigh
boris and began shooting at mark. A
little girl about eight years DID, who had
formerly had an illness that had affected her
head, got alarmed at the firing and ran into
the woods.
In a short time she was missed, and it
was remembered that she had been seen
running towards the woods, and consequent
ly search began, but night came on, and
with it rain. which rendered further search
for her that night impossible. Morning
came, and yet the little wanderer had not
returned. Its frantic parents, with one
other child, made further search till the sun
had passed the hour of twelve, and vet no
tidings Of the lost one were had. The
neighborhood was alarmed, and dogs, horns,
and every instrument of the rustic kind,
were marshalled for the search; but again
night, with its E gyptian horrors, set in,
without restoring the little cherished one.
Minutes seemed hours with the distracted
mother
At length the long wished for morning
came, and with it hundred men and bows,
who, Notwithstanding the sill continued rain
and storm, went forth into the depths OF the
woods, in search of the child, with an ca.
gerness that was commendable beyond the
compass Of words to express: and yet again
night set iii and still the lost was not found.
What the agonies of the mother were. as
the marshalled force returned without her
little charge, tears, shrieks, groans, incohe-
rent ejaculatlons, and IA picture of despair
can only portray, words are Inadequate
Another dreadful night was passed An
increased force was raised, who marshalled
themselves with the dawn of the Sabbath,
before the door Of the bereaved parents
Prayers were offered to Almighty God, an9I
the aid OF heaven invoked, to direct in tie
search. The preliminaries being arran4t,
long line was formed upon the sectia
lines, and the march renewed Hour aft.
hour passed, and not yestige of the M
sing was discovered:
Every tree, stump and log possessinga
suspicious cavity, underwent the closest scr- |
tiny, every bush and thicket thickly folia,
ed, every fir and cradle knoll, was viste |
as the band pressed onward. Long an
ardent was the search, ard many fears fo
the lost little one were entertained. Th
sun had far passed the zeuith, and haster
ing behind the western hill, when an elder
ly man and son, partly discouraged, as vel
as wearied with the Search were drawn, al
by the hand of an invisible pilot; in an op
poslte direction, far from the band; and whild
standing and discoursing upon the propriety
of abandoning further search, a distan,
sound broke upon their ears. They hasten.
cd in the direction from which the sound
proceeded, and having travelled az far as
practicable. they halted and listened few
minutes very intently; again that sound was
heard, and turning few steps in another
direction, what was their surprise to behold
the little object OF; their search sitting upon
the ground, having just awakened and risen
from a bed OF leaves, which it had collected
by the side OF an old log. There the little
innocent sat, in her tattered dress, sobs and
sighs heaved her little bosom, and large
tears rolled down her swollen cheeks
As she caught the first glimpse of her
Il loII obo .,olrol e.,
'Oh," said she, Il have been obliged to 90
to bed Of nights without my supper; please
to give me something to eat" They took
up the little sufferer and started for home,
which was about four miles distant. While
passing through snarl of tall grass, they
asked the girl if she had passed through
any such grass. ooh, yes,'' said she, II
have travelled great way through much
taller grass than this and would call for
my father to come and get me, but he would
not; l would call for my mother to come
and get me, but she would not; then [ would
cali for my little brother, and he would not
come after me. So | travelled on On
being asked if she slept warm of nights,
said Eyes; but the first night my little bro
ther went to bed with me, and in the night
he pulled off all the clothes, SO got cold. :"
Arrived in sight Of the house, the distracted
mother rushed forth, her haggered counte-
nance now irradiated with the gratitude of
heaven for the deliverance Of her child; and
as she received and pressed the little wan
derer to her breast. exclaimed, "My daugh-
ter is safe ~
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