Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1856-05-30
MISSOURI POLITICS.

y. MISSOURI POLlTICS.
! ST. Louis, May 23.--The Democrat pub
fishes Benton's reply to a letter apprising
him Of his nomination for Governor. He
neither accepts or declines, saving theat he
will keep the matter under consideration un-
I'll be returns to Missouri The Benton
ians Of Platte Congressional District, have
nominated S. j Logc, and the anti Ben
tonians have nominated Capt. Craig instead
/ of Oliver, the present incumbent.
| THE LOST CHILDREN.--The dead
bodies Of the two lost children of Dir. Saml.
Cox, of Bedford county, which we mem
toned in our paper of week Lefore last,
/ were found on Thursday last, about five
miles from their parents residenee. This
is the most painful, the most heart-rending
/ incident il has ever been our lot to chroni-
| Gle.
| The dwelling of Mr.. Cox il in the edge
of dense mountain forest, near the line
Of Bedford and Cambria counties. These
! poor, hapless children, boys, oGe upwards
of seven, ard the other q little over five
/ years old, followed their father, who had
gone cunning, and penetrating the woods
too far, must have become bewildsred, aud
were unable to retrace their way back.
Hundreds of men, day after day, and
night after night, pursued the most dilgent
search for them, bu. were unable to find
them untl the fifteenth day, when their
! young forms we're discovered side by side,
! cold in death. From the time they were
lost, until the day they. were found, the
| weather was most incIenetit and severe for
tie season. What scope Of territory they
had trayersed, or how long they had suf-
fered, can only be conjectured.
No pen can portray the mental and
physical suffering of these poor, lost, wan
dering babes. Widely had they toiled over
the rugged mountain crags, crossed streams
which were supposed to be impassible b,
| them, Till hope had given way 10 despair,
and worn cut by toll, exposure and starya-
tion--with frenzied cries OF agony, clasped
in tue last embrace of affection, they laid
down to perish in the wilds of the mountain,
out Of hearing of the acute listening ears,
and our of reach of the noble hearts and
strong arms which yainly sought to succor
them. Oh! terrible indeed, must have been
the hours of anguish of these two innocent
young hearts, while. for days and nights,
alone in The deep gloomy recesses of the
wilderness, the cold howiing blasts smote
fearfully upon their panic stricken ears,
and the ferco driven raiu poured ruthlessly
upon their tender, unprotected frames.
And who eau realize the agony, the in
tepse anguish which must have lacerated
the hearts of the parents during their terri
bic suspense. Fearing for the safety of
their innoeents, yet trusting In their deliy-
ercncc, till time had abandoned all hope of
their rescue; then the most fearful tortures
Of anguish, the EXTREMIST sorrow must have
filed their souls.
The mental agonies, the toltures which
wrung the breasts Of the stricken parents
in their severe trial, should have aroused
the sympathy Of the coldest heart, but it
appears their cup of bitterness was not yet
full, for before the recovery Of the children,
heartless wretch, in whose bosom there
cannot flow one drop Of the milk of human
kindness, with the effrontery and bitterness
of demon, charged the father with having
murdered his children This inhuman
monster, so destitute Of every manly at
tribute, SO void of every noble impulse,
should have been BY somc manly arm, smit-
sen in LIS tracks
We are pained--our heart sickens to an
nounce the prevalent rumor, that the stroke
was too severe for the unhappy mother
She is now bereft of reason--a raving
maniac. Echo
FIRE IN SOMERSET PA.--We learn from
the Somerset Herald that disastrus fire
occurred in that town on Tuesday last, de-
stroying the Calvin, Hotel. and a Brick
Warehouse of MIR. Dspford, which was
stored with large lot;of glass, white lead,
-four, coffee, salt, bacon, &c, all of which
were lost. The roof of the Glades Hotel
suffered much damage, also the the window
frames, doors, &c., and much of tue inside
of the house was damaged by being flooded
with water NIassrs Gofrorth & Colburn
lost number Of books and their entire Office
furniture. Many of the merchants vii loose