The Sun.
London, England, 1870-05-07 00:00:00

MORE WHOLESALE MURDER.

The New York papers give the details of a horrible
tragedy which took place at Baltimore on the 21st ult. A.
woman named Catherine Marsh lived with her mother
and four children in a house near Belair Market. On the
afternoon of the day named Mrs. Marsh asked her mother
if she had ten cents, and on her answering in the
negative, she said she had the money herself.
She then put on her bonnet and left the house. She went
a few doors and borrowed a butcher's knife. She then
proceeded to District School No. 13, and calling out her
son James, eight years, cut his throat from ear to ear,
nearly severing his head from his body. A little
boy named Burnett came out of school with
James and witnessed the murder. Mrs. Marsh
also attempted to murder the boy Burnett, but
he ran and escaped. She then returned to her home and
we.nkt in the back yard, where another son, William,
aged seven years, was swinging, his little sister Mary
Jane, aged four years, being at play near by. She
seized William and cut his throat, causing instant death,
and immediately grasped her little girl, and applying her
weapon, cut off her head. She then went into the house
and cut the throat of her youngest child, George, aged
2 years and 5 months. The head was nearly severed from
the body. She next assaulted her mother . aged about 54,
and very feeble, cutting her throat so terribly that it was
impossible for her to survive. Mrs. Marsh was about 27
years of age, and was undoubtedly temporarily insane
when commiting the murders.

An Indian came to an agent in lowa to get some
whisky for a young warrior who had been bitten by a
rattlesnake. At first the agent did not credit the
story, but the earnestness of the Indian overcame his
scruples. He asked him how much he wanted, "Four
quarts," was the reply. "Four quarts ?" repeated the
agent, with surprise,;.:l4 as''' ouch as that ?' " Yes,"
replied the Indian, fro*ning as savagely. as though about
to exterminate the whole tribe, " Four quarts—snake
very big."
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THE FRESHETS IN AMERICA.—The spring freshats
in America have occasioned great damage to property.
Reusselaerville, a town in Albany, was under water, and
the inhabitants escaped with great difficulty. Several
dwellings were carried off, and mills and machinery swept
down the flood. The Saco river at Fortland rose three
feet and the bridge, some small buildings, and some mills
were swept away. Villages have been inundated by the
freshet in Canada. and most of the bridges on the Mis-
sissquoi and Clyde rivers have been carried away. At
Hastings the water was several feet higher than ever
before known. In some parts business has been suspended,
and the damage to property has been very great.

TURKEY AND MONTENEGRO.—The people of
Albania are dissatisfied with the new measures of the
Turkish Government. The Governor-General has refused
to receive the deputations from the mountain tribes, be-
cause he is so alarmed at their menacing attitude. A
general rising is anticipated. The country populations
are shewing pretty plainly that they desire to put them-
selves under the protection of the Prince of Montenegro,
and declare themselves independent of the Porte.
Mon-
tenegrin emissaries have of late been plentiful in the
country districts, and three of them were very busy
during the absence of the Governor on his last tour of in-
spection.

RAILWAY AcCIDENT.—On Wednesday morning
an alarming accident occurred at Cinderella Bank, two
miles from Carnforth, on the Leicester and Carlisle sec-
tion of the London and North-Western Railway. About
three o'clock a goods train from Carlisle to the south was
proceeding at the usual speed past the bank, when tho
axle of one of the luggage vans snapped. Before the
cause of the mishap was found out the van was thrown off
the rails, dragging several other vans along with
it, some of which got partially upon the up-line. Imme-
diately afterwards a luggage train from Preston for the
north came up and dashed into the misplaced van and
waggons which were across the road smashing several of
them, ann causing other damage. The engine of the train
for the north also sustained considerable injury, but for-
tunately no persons were hurt. Considerable delay was
involved by the disaster.

BURYING A CHILD ALIVE. —The body of a
child, which hail been buried alive, was found on Tuesday,
close to the village of Greatham, near West Hartlepool,
by one of the brethren of the hospital established in that
place. This man, whose name is Davison, went into a
field to cut a stick from a hedge, when, in the act of so
doing, he stepped upon a small mound of newly turned
earth at the foot of the hedge. Immediately he heard
the feeble cry of an infant. He instantly removed a few
inches of earth and straw composing the mound, and
there discovered the body of a healthy-looking female
child, a few weeks old, decently dressed, with its mouth
and nose swollen and bleeding. Davison conveyed it
with all speed into the village, where a doctor was sent
for just in time to save its life. Information was forth-
with conveyed to the police, who at the present moment
are busily engaged endeavouring to detect the would-be
murderer. It is supposed that the culprit is a person of
somewhat respectable condition of life, owing to the ap-
pearance of the clothing, and from the fact that the child
seems to have'been well nourished.
WATER SUPPLY TO VIENNA.—The solemn inau-
guration of the Vienna high-spring waterworks has just
taken place. By this means water will be brought to Am)
city from the Alps. The ceremony took place at the
Rosenburgel, situated near the villages of Laing and
Speising, aii,d hundreds of people from Vienna and
the suburbs assembled to witness a celebra•
tion of so much importance and interest.
The Emperor took part in the ceremony. In
a circle round the spot fixed on for the important
ceremony of throwing up the first spadeful of earth by
his Imperial Majesty, stood the workmen engaged on this
section of the work, numbering between 400 and 500, all
Italians, dressed in blouses and straw hats, holding in
their hands their working implements. The Emperor was
received by the burgomaster, and was loudly cheered
by the Italians as well as by the native population
He expressed the great satisfaction he felt in the work,
Which was to provide Vienna with an abundant supply
of water flowing from the high springs of the Alps. He
anticipated the most benefiCial results to the whole popu-
lation in consequence. His Majesty proceeded to the
spot whence the pipes are destined to discharge their
contents into the chief reservoirs, where he was received
by Signor Antonio Gabrielli, the contractor of the whole
of the gigantic world. Signor Gabrielli then handed the
Emperor a silver spade of classic design, and his Majesty,
returnedstepping forward, raised
spade
at seo
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Signor
Gabriella,
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him to the Austrian Museum as a lasting memorial of the
auspicious event.

SOCIAL SLAVERY.—It is sometimes complained
that we are civil to a sordid and ungrateful scoundrel,
with just soul enough to save the expense of salt, whilst
we are pitiless to a person who has committed a petty
breach of social decorum. That we are often too harsh is
undeniable ; but such contrasts are just as necessary asit
is that the law should punish a man for hitting a cab-horse
too hard, whilst it cannot touch him for gross ingratitude
to his mother. If social conventions and legislation tried
to cover the whole field of morality, we should have an
inquisition which would be not only intolerably vexatious,
but in the highest degree immoral. I may forbid a man
to come to dinner in his shirt-sleeves, because it is a
breach of the rules which are only to be maintained by
common consent ; Ican't punish him for being penurious
or even vicious in private, because I have no right to con-
stitute myself his censor.—The Combat. _ _ _