The body of the lost child S.C. Rose was found in Davis creek, nearly two miles north of its home, last Saturday morning by children of Mr. P. M. Cane. Word was immediately sent to Coroner E. C. Pierce, who proceeded to the place, empanelled a jury, and proceeded with the inquest. It was thought best by the friends that medical testimony be taken, in view of the fact that the body was in a good state of preservation. Drs. Taylor and O’Linn were called and made a careful post mortem examination of the body, and gave as their opinion that the child died of starvation.

The theory now advanced from the facts addressed on the same examination is that the child wandered to the bank of Davis Creek, a half mile north of Mr. Canes house, where it remained until death ensued, and that the rise of the creek on Saturday morning, caused by the rain, carried it down to the place where it was found, among a lot of rubbish that had collected at a temporary dam on the creek.

The following is the finding of the coroner’s jury: At an inquisition held at the residences of S. C. Rose, Herman precinct, Washington County, Nebraska, August 25, 1877, before me, E. C. Pierce, coroner of said county, upon the body of Nettie Rose, lying dead by the jurors whose names are hereto subscribed, the said jurors upon their oath do say, said child came to its death by exposure and want of food sometime between the 14th and ? of August, 1877.

In testimony whereof the said jurors have hereunto set their hands this day and year foresaid.

And now that the child has been found, in view of the facts in the history of the matter, two parties deserve the sympathy of their fellows. First, of course, we would mention with tenderness the parents of child, and its brother and sister. The bitterness of the thought that their dear babe and sister died of starvation and exposure, only two miles from home, near a neighbor’s door, hidden only by the grasses and blossoms of summer in the month of August, when it might have been found had the search been extended in one direction only a few hundred yards. We forbear comment, and tender our deepest sympathy.

Another party claims our pity, because of the inconvenience, expense, and misfortune that befell them, simply by suspicion. We do not relieve them from blame. They deported themselves imprudently, as was made clear by their testimony. But we pity them in that they are unquestionably innocent. They are in this respect the victims of mere suspicion. We need not call the parties by name.

We do not attach the remotest blame to Mr. Rose and his family. But prudence would say, hereafter, in all cases see that the premises are searched within all reasonable bounds, before an innocent party is suspected, much less arrested and stigmatized with felony and crime. Remember the tender mercies of the wicked and cruel, and do not ignite the tinder that burns destruction in the homes of the helpless and the innocent. We speak kindness and sympathy for the bereaved and unfortunate.