I? V Itt \fi2s S <& lIK AF©55 . WHOLE NO. 2755. VOL. 53. R1 CI NIL THE. LITTLE SYBIL. In a sha.lv nook, at the foot of a mountain at Bedford, may t/e seen a little, dilapidated log Cabin, once tiie dwelling of little SYRIL, whose widow ed mother was enfeebled by sickness, and was at the same time miserably poor, bethought her though then only twelve years old, how she might possibly contribute to the support of |,er mother and little brother,-who, to crown their misfortunes had gone perfectly blind. The Mother found it difficult to live. Sybil was too vuung S> laboi. iet the little she con trivrd to-do was tbeir principal Uependance.— She possessed a face, in which all the attributes u f juvenile loveliness seemed to struggle for the master}' ; her eyes shone with the brightness of a Gazell's, and her black hair hung down her shoulders in ringlets of nature's own curling.— To these were added a voice of surpassing sweet ness and power—which, unimproved by arty culture, struck on the ear with an impression that distantly awakened an interest in the hear er to know more of its fortunate possessor.— This good hearted little girl, sick with thedis tre.< of the mother, taking her blind brother; by the hand, set out one evening for the fash-j iVaahle Ifutel at the Bedford Springs, to cmn. uience the avocation, of a little minstrel. She bad previously learned ait the verses sung by an old colored servant, who was in the habit of bringing the scraps left at the table of that ho tel to the poor widow. Taking her station with becoming modesty, on the portico in front of the hall door, she commenced, in a tremulous voire, a verse of that sweet little song, '•.toys we've lusted may sometimes return." then in the zenith of its popularity. JSo one stood at the door but herself and little mother —the evening was rather cool, and all the in rnatesof the Hotel were sitting in the drawing room and halls which communicated with the main entrance, at which Sybil was standing, one hand grasping that of the little blind one, who stood in mournful silence, listening to his sister's song, unconscious of the sublime feeling which impelled bei to breathe it. The Hotel is still a favorite resort for visitors trom all parts of the United States, for the me dicinal qualities ot the Springs in which the vi cinity abounds, the delightful pure mountain air, or for pleasure and the gratification of the love ibr tiie beautiful and varied scenery. At the moment Sybil began her song, as many as fifty were sitting in the hall within hear ing i he- voice. She had not proceeded more than a stanza when, all conversation wassus pn : .I—J he iv-jsmpivov knitrti nacUui-i in mute surprise, delighted yet unwilling to lose a single note, by gi\ ing utterance to it.— The voice was evidently that of a verv young girl, its extreme melody lavished them with de light, and they could scarcely refrain from pres sing in a body to the door to seethe little fairy who had so entranced them. Prest rrtlv the voice ceased and all rushed to the door. They found the songstress, but she was in tear?— a crowd gathered around her, and the efforts to go through witii h r s •ng in the presence of so many fash i onabty dri sseiTladies, whom poor Sybil bad tiot dreamed of seeing, the thought of her sick mother, her blind brother, and the new voca tion, altogether affected her gentle spirit with a load of mingled grief and terror, that the mo ment .-he finished her beating heart found re lief tram its sorrows iri a flood of tears. .Many pressed round her with impatient cu riosity and delight, to see, speak to, and reward the little fairy who had-so unexpectedly enchan ted them. For some moments, Sybil was to tally bewildered. A gentleman hastily snatch ing off' the little blind fellow® hat handed it through the dense crowd of ladies and gentle men, and received the contributions of a deligh ted audience. When this ceremony was con cluded, the same thoughtful gentleman taking the blind one by the hand, ushered them into the drawing room, and as the light fell full up #on the sightless eye balls of the- child, a feeling ot commiseration ran through the- company, which vented itself in solid gratulations. Sy bil now, the chief object of notice, in a room crowded with strangers, felt her heart die with in her, at the terror of her situation. Be kind words and gentle tenderness, dissipated in a degree, her embarassmerit, and in reply to the numberless enquire s, made of her bv the ladies, she detailed, hut without complaining, the dis tress of hr mother's family. Although the company were inflamed with curiosity to hear another song from Sybil,yet perceiving the ex treme trepidation into which their applause ha-l thrown her, they contented themselves with exacting from her a promise to return the fol .awing evening, and then deputing a servant lo accompany her home, with instructions if he found her mother as she represented, to leave with her money amounting to ten dollars, which they had cheerfully contributed for Sybil. I need not say that everything wasTound exacllv as the sweet little Sybil had represented, and the money was consequently placed in the sick woman's hands. On the following evening Sy bil again visited the Hotel at the Springs. Tile company had prepared for her, impatient for the musical feast ai>out to be presented to them. Instead of one song, Sybil went through the long list she had continued to learn, and as • ach one closed, the increased satisfaction of those present was audibly expressed. Among thern was an elderly gentleman, from the neighborhood of Philadelphia, who, during the whole of Sybil's performance, seemed affec ted in a remarkable manner. The tears ran down hi? face, as he listened, and his whole heart seemed opened by the magical influence of the sounds he heard. When Sybil was dis missed— well rewarded again-—this gentleman accompanied her home. He came, he said, to the mother, to offer her and the children an as sylum on his farm ! Again and again did he embrace Sybil, and foid her to his bosom with hie fond ass of a parent, and assured the widow *■■" j v-;.^'^-V • • jed mother that she should no more fee! the gna wings of the monster, poverty. They went t with the gentleman—a house ready for them— everything they needed was provided—and the i sunshine ola happy life beamed on tbeir : heads with invigorating warmth. I lie rest is soon told. As il to reward this gentle and most a (feet ionate child, for her filial devotion, the son of their mutual benefactor of fered her his hand in marriage ! And six years alter she appeared in the character of a ballad singer—and became the wife of one deserving I the love of so affectionate a heart. I have heed upon the farm they occupy : ! have seen the uninterrupted happiness they en : joy ; and record the story of Svhil as a new in centive for the young to be good, and virtuous, and under no difficulties whatever to despair. ANNIE CARLTON. From the Ladies' Wreath WO.IIAX'S MISSION'. B Y MAII V J. II A lII' EK. i Truly it has heen said, "there is no country where vroman has so much freedom and so much influence as in America; no country where sh>* i has so perfectly the respect, esteem and cotifi ; deuce of the other sex." If her influence is so great, how important that it should be exerted in favor of virtue and religion, that she may early instil into the youthful mind those lofty principles of truth and justice which distinguish us a people. Mow few recognize tfiat she is si | lently shaping the destiny of our great nation. When the master intellect of the man dazzles ; the multitude, how oft the gentle teachings of : the mother are forgotten ! She who moulded : his plastic nature, and planted within his soul j th e germs of true greatnei.-s, rarely receives from the giddy throng of worshipers a tribute of | praise. She must fold around her the pure mantle of virtueaud cons, ions worth, and calm ly await ag! rious rewar.l from Him wh > ".-ufi'. eretfi not a sparrow to fall to the ground unno ticed." W iien she is regarded a> the friend and companion of man, u-e behold the most perfect accomplishment ot her high and holv mission, ft is not in the gay hall room or crowded saloon, where, the devotee of fashion she shines a brilliant star, that her beauty, the moral beauty of the sou! is exhibited: but by the quiet fireside of home, her loveliness enhan ced by the cheerful performance of the sacred duties of wife and mother. Within its hallow. I'd precincts she should find her highest hap piness. Before its holy altar she should kneel in adoration, and lift her heart in grfatitude to that Being who has bestowed on her the aTfjf'V ' eSJil'. ly lb " kiv - and-SJslJVfideii-®* of man. Xf is*|ess?v and meekly most she labor, that her gentle counsels and holy precepts may fall upon the youthful heart like early morning dew. Gently and lovingly must she win the soul of man from worldly care, and cause him to listen to her words of aflec'ion. The silvery head ,j d sire has oft leaned upon her sustaining arm, and found in li* r love and care a refuge from the storms of life; her hand has supported the drooping hea I, and wiped tin - death damp from the suiferer's brow; her voice bade him look le vori.l this vale of tears to a blissful home be yond the skies. Oli ! b!e.(l Tbought ! to woman now i- "iven. The work of leading others tior. le to heaven. Wherever corroding care or blighting sorrow have entered, she follows, heai ing with her the bright winged messenger of hope, or t f healing balm for the bitter waters. Who can fathom the depth and purity of woman's love ! It shines upon the dark shores of time as the polar star of man's existence—his anchor in the hour of danger, his unfailing support in adversity—for then it is that woman's weakness is made per fect in strength. Next to trust in a loving Ba ther "Who doeth all things we! I," man'; confi dence and hope mSv rest in woman's faith.— How oft has she won the wanderer from the paths leading down to death, and g"f,t!y led him to bask bis soul in the suns bine of eternal peace and joy, and not until the sands of life have all run out, will her labor cease, ot her ini-sion be entirely fulfilled. How great is her influence at the present day. Although no brave and daring Amazon mounts the war steed arid rushes to the battle plain, yet she has fought and nobly conquered many of the great moral evils of the day. She goes "with the bold pioneer of the west, bearing tidings of "peace on earth, good will toward man." She wends her way to that distant land where the golden dream of centuries is almost realized. The col ! snows of the north, or Africa's burning sands deter her not from her purpose. She i? found in the remotest regions of the worid, a companion of the man of God in in his noble and disinterested work. Expelled jrom the Church for voting for Buchanan. —The Grand Rapids (Mich.) Inqui rer contains a full report of the trial, conviction and expulsion from the church, of Deacon P. G. Stebbins, of the town of Alpine, in that county. IIP was the first deacon of the church to which he belonged, the Freewill Baptist,and the charge against him was that lie sustained slavery by voting for Buchanan, lie was also charged with deception, because when asked if lie was going to vote lor liberty or slavery, he said liberty. Stebbins admitted the facts char ged, but defended himself by saying that the Democratic ticket, which he did vote, supported the most liberal principles ol any ticket now in vogue. Pardon of Horatio Moloney. —We learn that Governor Pollock has pardoned Horatio Moloney, who was convicted, abut six mouths ago, of manslaughter, for the killing of Samuel Manigle, in Locust street, above Eighth, and sentenced to the lowest term: two years impris onment."-Those who best know the circum stances attending the killing of Manigle were of the opinion that if was a wilful murder. FRIDAY MORNING, BjDFORD, PA. AUGUST 7,1857. Lady Killed by a Rocket. Iri Chicago, on the Ith, a ladv, Mrs. Satnii A. Smith, was struck dead by a rocket, whiclj entered the centre of her forehead, and appa-j rently exploded in the cavity of the skull, scat tering her brains in all directions. Tile rocket entered a third story window. The Press says: I be unfortunate woman had just entered the room to meet her husband who was to go to walk with her. Seeing him look out of thej window with two other persons, she stepped I "softly opto tile group; just then the expli i);. ; took place and the rocket came hissing on its errand of death, Tin first knowledge that Mr. f•>:1111!i bad that bis wife was in the room, was seeing her when he turned lying a ghastly and blee ding corpse upon Jhe floor ' The rocket was of the largest class, and still protruded from the wound. Of course death v. as instantaneous, anil the wife and mother who! had so gaily joined her husband not two min utes before, was a lifeless corpse. Ihe oasuality was caused by the careless ex posure of fireworks for sale in front of the store! ol Pag.' & Co. Some smaller fire-works Were accidentally ignited, the front windows were! broken, a large stock of rockets and Roman candles took fire, and the missies took all con-1 ceivnble directions of flight to the imminent peril of a!! lookers- on. ROM IT '•Home, thy joys are passins: lovely Joys no stiui.ger heart can tell."' What charm rests upon the endearing name —my home! consecrated bv domestic love, golden key of human happiness. Without this,! home would belike a temple stripped of its gar lands ; there a father welcomes,-with fond af fection ; there a brother's fine sympathies com fort in the hour of distress, and assist in every trial -. there a pious mother first taught the in lant lips to lisp the name of Jesus: and there a loved sister dwells, the companion of early days. Truly, ifthere is aught that is lovely here below; it is home—sweet home! It is the oa sis in the desert. The passing of our dn\s may be painful ; our paths may be checkered by sorrow and care ; unkiminess r-iul frowns may wither the joyousness of the heart, and efface the happy smiles from the brow, and bedew life's way with tears, yet, when memory hov ers over-the past, there is no place where it de lights to linger, as the loved scene < f chiidhoii'. home! it is the polar star of existence.-r \\ at e,.'- thi' m mt.T'r, ra; •.... .-fo.-Vvt.. fo* native land in a foseign port or tosr.-d upon the bounding billows, as he paces "the deck at mid night alone— what thoughts til! hisbr.-astf If* is'thinking of the loved ones faraway at his own happy cottage; in his mind's e>. e lie sees the smiling group st ated arourul the cheerful fireside. In imagination be hears them uni ting their voices in singing the sweet songs which he loves. II is anticipating the hour when he shall return to Ids native laud to greet those ab.s at ones so dtar to hi- heart. The Laugh and Smile of Woman. A woman has not a natural grace more be witching than a sweet -laugh. It is like fi sound of flutes on the water. It leaps from tin heart in a clear sparkling rill, aud the heart that hears it feels bathed in the cool, exhilera ting spring. And so of the smile. A beauti ful smile is to the female countenance what the sunbeam is to the landscape, it embellishes an inferior face and redeems an ugly one. A smile, however, should not become habitual, or incipiditv is the result; nor should the mouth break into a smile on one side, the other remai -r.ing passive and unmoved, for this imparts an air of deceit and grot's pi'-wss to the race. \ ; disagreeable smile distorts the lines of beauty and is more repulsive than a frown. There are many kinds of smiles, each having a distinctive character ; some announce goodness and sweet, ness, otlo-rs betr iv sarcasms, bitterness and pride; some soften the countenance by their languish ing tenderness, others brighfen it by their brill iant and spiritual vivacity. Wozing and pour ing b. fore a mirror cannot* aid in acquiring! beautiful smiles half so well as to turn the gaze j inward, to watch the reflection of evil, and is illuminated and beautiful bv all sweet thoughts. —Porter's Spirit of the Turns. i®WR THE GOOD. The true basis of distinction among men is i not in position nor possession— it is not in the i circumstances of life, but the conduct. It matters not bow enviable a position a man occupies, nor how much wealth he has in store, if their be defects in his behaviour lie is not en titled to that consideration and respect, due to one who is his superior in a moral point of view i though he possesses mother riches nor honor. It is not that which gives us place, but con- ; duct which makes the solid distinction. V\ •' should think no man above us but lor fii> vir tues, and none below us but for his vie-vs.— ! Entertaining this view we would seek to emu late the good, though it be found time r a - coarse exterior; and pity the veil, though it be clothed in the finest garb and dwell in luxti- ; ry. We would never become obsequious in ■ tiie wrong place. i Call no man low nor vulgar because he tills the , soil, or stands before the work bench : for in | point of true worth and real manhood he may ; be much superior to,the President ofs~>me bank, some eminent broker, or the nabob who dwehs in von marble palace. The virtuous and right-minded sons of toil j are Nature's noblemen. They are foveis of wood, lovers of truth, lovers of each other, and lovers of God. Thrvuere not born to shine; nor to be the recipients of empty honors, tot i they were born to be me n, the 1 ' " ! and a bulwark. Freedom of "jiiought and Opinion. faught in a Trap. It was lately that a strange event occurred in th village of Hampignolles, France. One v f the inhabitants had dug a pit for the purpose of catching a wolf, and after covering it, put on the lop, to attract the animal! a living goose.— Another inhabitant of the village saw from a distance the goose. The obscurity not permit ting him to distinguish the trap, he approached at d fell to the bottom of it. The pit was [ei i t or ten feet deep and the sides were per ■ >Mi'liiular. Great was his astonishment, and jet greater was his embarrassment, ai finding 'pi .self in that position; and i'.jvas not until al- , i e having for sortie time called for help that t;b resolved patiently to wait for daylight and ire-anwhi!" • ike himself as comfortable as pos sible. But hardly had he?taken this resolution when he felt a heavy weight fall on his shoul ders. Tiiis was a wolf, which attracted by 'b bait, bad also been caught by the trap. You can easily imagine the fright of the unfortunate man. At length day broke and to the poor companion of the wolf it seemed time for it to break, for the night had appeared to him ton i lly long. The owner of the trap came early to see what he had caught, and found his neigh bor in the pit. He drew out the unfortunate man more dead than alive, but lie was less gen erous to the wolf, which he killed not with tanding his exemplary conduct through the ! '• Singular Affair—Supposed Warder. We learn from the Hollidaysburg Standard 'hat the car inspector, while performing his du !ty on the arrival of the fast line west, at Al ii--ona, on last Saturday night, noticed a piece W>; muslin and a quantity of blood upon the en- Urine and cars, which led him to suppose that some one had been run over by the train, A party immediately proceeded down the road on | i:i engine, and after running about a mile and a half,discovered a pair of shoes and a coat, and : immediately afterward the head of a man lying c.e:;r the track: Retracing their steps, the In;, i 'ess body was found under a bridge. 'The body conveyed to A'toora immediately, and on .••Mlday morning Coroner Funk summoned a ;tJ.-y, and an inquest was held. The jury re turned a verdict that tiie deceased came to his death on the Pennsylvania railroad, by being run over by the fist passenger train westward, laving been lying on the track from some o.ise unknown to the jurv. The body of the u fortuftak* nvi was identified as that of Mal c ; iiuesh: of Elizabeth Furnace, Blair Coun ty ■ 1 " b'.- '■! - ! '"f / the jn rarity oi t.fi? citizens j of' A ltoona that the man uas murdered,' a;, then laid upon the track to ward oil* suspicion of foul p ay. The grounds for this belief are that there was no evidence 01. intoxication: that there was wounds upon the body which might have been made with a pistol ball or knife, that the affair happened in the vicinity of a house f bad repute, and the affirmation of a man that lie had walked over the spot a few minutes be fore the train passed, and saw nothing of the nody. The citizens have commenced an inv ( s t'gation of the matter. SrosM . - .\D FHK-lIET AT ALBANY.—A despatch from Albany thus notices the storm and freshet which visited that city on Saturday : "A little before noon one of the most terrific rain, I.ail, thunder-und-lightning storms evei expeii-nced here visited ns. Si ate stieet and Ml the parallel streets leading to the river were flooded. State street looked like the rapids of Xiagara. The torrent tore up paving-stones, and carried away boxes and barrels, whirling them towards the Hudson like so many straws. The j.tonn lasted three quarters of an hour, en tirely suspending business and travel. The stoie£"a!i I cellars on Beaver and State Streets, Maiden lane, BroadNvay, &.c., are flooded, and an immense amount of damage has been done. Tread well's iron Foundry on Beaver street suf fered considerably. There has been a great ;1.,0d in the neighborhood of Cuba. There are two Lad breaks on the Genuesee Valley Ca nal. I'EXSST LYAMA. In view of the pending Gnbernat rial can vass in Pennsylvania, the Democratic Central committee of the State have just issued an ad dr>>s, in which the issues made by the black republicans are met ami discussed with marked ability. We make room for the following ex tracts : "A desperate attempt was made last year to carrv the Presidential election upon a Kansas agitation, in which tiie same class ol actors ap peared that did in the Missouri agitation of 1820—men 'ready to risk the Union for any chance' of establishing their party, 'and wrig gling themselves to the head of it.' But a just judgment was pronounced upon these people a-ruithvir project in the election of Mr. Buchan an, and thev will soon be obliged to select some other topic upon which to disturb the public tranquility, and struggle for the attainment of (lower. Their spasmodic attempts to keep up excitement without any practical or useful ob ject in view, but simply thai they may thrive upon discord and passion, are even now receiv ed h.y the public with a feeling bordeiing very neanv upon contempt. "The American people aie practical and sa gacious. Thev will require some practical good to appear in any movement to which thev are invited ; and w-hen due lime has elapsed for reflection, they will try parties and party mea sures by the standard of principle and not of professions. The VVilmot-Proviso was utterly extinguished bv Webster on the 7th of March, 18b0, in the demonstration of its inutility, and was thenceforth delivered over to history as an imposture , and approval of the Kansas-Nebras ka act of 185t has I ecu grow ing more and more general in its conformity to ..onnd priori- j files has been examined and established. That unnecessary things shall not be done, and that the citizens of each political division of the county Mia!l determine their local institutions, j are, in fact, propositions so reasonable and just j that it is surprising they should ever have been questioned. Singular Accident. - The Ilarrisburg Telegraph savs tiiat on Wed nesday night last a Canal boatman, named To mach, a resident of Loyalsock, Pa., while lying asleep on the deck of boat, cam" ir-to a col ' iisioti with a bridge near f 1 ighspvre, which struck him on the hack part of the head, and knocked therefrom the perietal hone, which ; was found shortly after as free fioni extraneous substance as if it had been extracted by the J hands of a demonstrator of anatomy. The | wounded- man of course, was instantly aroused j by the concussion, and what is most remarkable rose to his feet perfectly iinconciotts of the ex- , tent of the injuries lie had rebi ived bv the col lision. The slight pain in the back of his bead ], Mr. Ciav in troduced a re.->lution in tiie I Bated States Sen ale, in regard to the Anthony Burns fugitive case in Boston, where a mob ol negroes sought to prevent the execution of the lave, lie is tiitis reported in the Congressional Glide, "But, or,"' said Mr. Clay, "this is not all.— By our own race? No, sir, y neproes ; by Af rican descendants : by -people who posses no j part, as J contend, in our political system : and j the question which arises is, whether we shall have law ; and woether the majesty of the Gov ernment shall be maintained or not; whether we shall have a government of white or black men in the cities of this country.*' Now, if "African descendants have no part in our political system," how can they be citi zens of the United States? Mr. Clav was not j attacked for expressing such opinions, for at the time they were uttered, nobody but a few ul ~t+as doubted their judicial aud constitutional correctness. MOSQUITOES IN FLORIDA —The Kev West j correspondent ot the Charleston .Mercury, in his letter ol the 1 Olh inrt., speaking of mos quitoes, which, since the late heavy rains have become very troublesome on the Key, says: In the everglades these pests of southern life 1 are frightfully abundant. At Fort Dallas they : are so plentiful that both olliceis and tr en rave ; I . the guard on duty pass their whole time under bars. The sentry is provided with a mosquito! veil or rather bag, thrown over the head, and j kept out from the face by a hoop: woolen j clothes, boots and gauntleted by gloves protect i the limbs and body from their murderous at tacks. Persons who have not expeiienced this beauty of southern life will scarcely believe j that horses and cattle aie actually bled to death i in a single night ; and woe be to that soldier j or seaman w ho, by means of liquor, los-*s com mand of bimselt miff tails to the giound, help- ! . less and unprotected—these insatiable vampires j wii! tasten their fangs upon him, and draw from his besotted body what fervid (flood re- , mains. ALIVE I.X THE COFFIN.—A reniatkable case of improper haste iu burying the dead has oc cur:-.• ! :n Hamilton countv. Ohio, whore Wat TERJEM, £3 PER TEAR. NEW SERIES VOL I, NO. 1. ! Eckman, raid to be u wealthy man, was taken violently ill on the morning of the 10th, an t ; died, apparently, on the afternoon of the san •• day. The next morning the body wa coffin-d and jolted in a market wagon toachttrch u-h r< a funeral service was preached. The .choir a< about sinning the last hymn, when they wcr | interupted by sounds and kicks on the inside ol thecotlin. Great consternati on prevailed among | the congregation, and a stampede 5s made for the door. The clergyman cam- down from i-his pulpit, ordered tlie cotiiin to tie opened, when it was louod that the supposed deceased was not only alive and kicking, but was strug gling manfully to free himself from his confine ment. The I I.toil was flowing freely from he month and r.ose, but in a few minutes he was able 'o sp -ah. At the last accounts he wa ahle to wall?about his room. TAKING or-r AN I:YU TO MEND IT. —The Lc-ip . ic Journal if Science, I.Herat art arid +irf, ;>ub 1.-Jies an account el the w underfill discoveries lof Dr. GKAEFF in diseases of the eye, and the . wonderful cures h * j-uforrns. Me has found i the hall of the eye to iw transparent, and bv a ; curious instrument, examines minutely the in terior, takes it out and performs any necessary surgical operation, and replace* it without inju ;ry to its appearance or vision. A young girl had long hern afflicted with the most excrutiating pain in the left rye, the cause of which the most learned could not understand. Dr. GraetFfound i in the centre of the tali a hltle worm which he removed, and re:-' ireri the poor creature imme diately to health and r rf ct sight. DEATH OF THE WIFE OF SENATOR FES-EN DIN. —The Portland (Maine) Argus of July 24- says: YV e regret to announce this morning the death of the u ife of Hon. W. P. Kessendeti, one of our j senators in Congress, 'i his sad occurrence took I piace at the den House, among the White i mountains, about 2 o'clock yesterday morning Air. Fessendeu was awakened by a remark of his wife that she felt very fatigued. In a few - moments Mr. F. spoke to her, but obtaining no i answer, he felt her pulse and found no sensa tion : she was dead. Although Airs. Fessenden i has been in feeble lieaiih for sometime past, death came at an unexpected moment, and she was called suddenly away. Mrs. Fessendeii i was the youngest daughter of the late James : Deering, Esq., of YVestbrook. THE CINCINNATI TRAGEDY.— Loefner, who ' killed his wife in Cincinnati, and a I towards mur dered Mr. llorton, and then cut his own threat and wrists, is still living and likelv to recover. He still persists, the Cincinnati Commercial snv.-, through the medium of a pencil and slate, in the statement which he made on the afternoon of live I rd T, sr.!-.'' r -g l! a! bad discovered Mr. H->rton and his u if.- in a criminal act, arid so liar trom feeling repentance for what he has done lie glories in his revenge, and professes that he would perjue the same action were lie again placed in like circmstances. Previous to killing his wife, h • .ha ! an altercation with her in the course of which she struck hint with the blade oi'a knife ac ross the r.ose, and there is a slight cut which would appear to endorse this part ot the story. H then, according to his nwu state in -nt, forced !n r to swallow p i-on after which he strangled Iter with a handkerchief. He ap pears to gloat with savage delight in the remi niscences of his crimes, and while giving his penciled detail a fiendish grin illumines his sa turnine countenance. He has a nervous, bilious : terperament, a Mark, swarthy complexion, more resembling that of a Spaniard than a German, I and a powerful, well-developed frame. Tilt". Mt'i.rn; rr MR. BABIHTT. —The New Vork Herald of Saturday says: "Mrs. Julia Ann Bandit sends us a commu nication fui! oi :: e'andsolv interest, containing > the results of an inquiry lateiv made bv her re lative to the < ircuu stances attending the murder of her husband. Trie letter is dated at Crescent City, lowa, at which place Mrs. Babbitt had ar rived after a fatiguing and pet ilous journey from 'sill Lake City to lndep.-nder.ee, and thence t Fort Laramie, Fort Kearney, and Eliisriale lowa. At the three first named places Mrs. Babbitt had ' communications horn travellers, French traders. : friendly Indians, and the i. mtpd States officers commanding the forts. Their joint testimony ■hows that Mr. Babbitt, in company with Messrs. Rowland and Sutherland, started lrorn Fort ' Kearney for Fort Laramie about the (>th of Sep tember last, and that they were murdered and robbed by a party of Cheyenne Indians. Some of Air. Babbitt,s jewelry ik. other valuables have . been since seen with the ravages. Mrs Babbitt fully acquits any white man of a participation in her husband's death, and repudiates the idea that ire was murdered by the Mormons." CATASTROTTIE A VERTED. -On Wednesday of last week, a farmer living on the line oftbe Indian japolisand Cincinnati road, above Qreensburg. saw a tree fall across the track, and khew that : Within fifteen minutes the express tram would j sweep over it from behind a curve that shut the , obstruction from sight until it would hold up. What should he do? His voice would not reach —he could make no sound heard a'rave the roar and clang of the machinery. He knew that red ■ was always the sign of danger, and ran to the house for red cloth, but there wasn't a scarlet rag to he iound, until his wife tore off he: red flan } nel petticoat, with which her husband got be yond the curve in time to wave before the star lied engineer, and save—God knows how many j lives. ! A FAMINE IN CHINA. —The Friend of China, of I the 9tli of Ai-iv; received bv the lust Overland Mail, avs that the famine prevailing in that j country, exceeds all that the oldest living men - ever witnessed. The rebels n-e making progress I the capiiol of the province of K wang-Si. f\w> i- Long, having fallen into their hands. Jn the province of Kw ongtung, the famine is *•"> severe j that even the women are forming themselves into j bands oi robbers, have seized the sword and gone : forth plundering in order to obtain sustenance.