Hillsdale Whig standard. (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1846-1851, 1850-09-17
A Sad and AGecting Narrative.

The Evansville Journal, an Indiana paper
has the following tragic accouni oi recent
adventure oi traveller near The confluence oi
the Ohio and Mississippi rvels:-
While travelling a couple Of weeks since,
we heard from tue lips Of a iiienf one # the
most head.rendlna re,hdls we have listened
10 for long time. lie was put off from
steamboat al or near the mouth of the Ohio.
for The pur Jose of collecting a debl from
man living about five mii-s back IA the conn-
tty. on The Missouri side, we ihinh Whh
carpet Bag in hi, hand, he had followed
marrow path about three miles, ~hen he came
across a small cabin. Iei cabin would not
describe the mace Of habitat N, tOi such IL
proyeI 10 be. IL was a lille dilspidatrd sued
.iih 10 boards oa Que side, and grea; c:evices
on The other SIDES and m the root. tie would
have passed u By, bat means from The inside
told that it was occupied. Wishing t7 m
uIire his road he stopped, aud stood before
tie open side of The snei, aud gdzed upon a
spcctieie, which ss he said. was present be-
tJtr lIs eyes DAYS ai.eTwatcS. and haunted
Lis sleep We describe what lac saw, rs ls
toId us, only Saying tndt strange ds Tie s;viy
may seem. iuil reliance eau De placed Oh ms
words.
Thr,e was 40, a bed or chair in the shed,
hin stretched upna the Ia gtouni lay the
body uf 4 yIusgiih looking won'n, VII"
nad rvIJenuy 'sI died. Her form was al
most a skeie'on, yet The face was ih't OF
rtfJed aud beautlidl woman. On her breast
liS an lot nj ui nU'dt six mouths oi age, win
H., mnHlh u tie breast oi IT'S mother. and
dead, AID 5tiing dp ia one cor1e' o' me
shed. auJ s,diIng tdc traveller 'h tue '1c" WIN
I'azri ewes. was what hr Thought Hn"ihrr
. CoIys-, net iIle Ms yet ~ ~, i"e hS"te
was tia. # gil aDOi ten years o'd. Sle
c ,ni rot rist - her dee an YET she "'s ~
sick. Sac w.s. 'ie,fty sa@ o' s!drpHHo7.
liN the ~ ic Of the woman. apd Iiis,hlS hei
baud. las tndn c,veied WiIi blood anu dP'
pirent'y la dyIng state. Ali To 'his TIE
Ii Ia ui he room I'D tie ndkei condition oi
tire sutf''reis, AID We Wonder MT thdt me
scene lon. h h,tinteh lie observer. lie "eai
a.. Ene gri couil not speit, b1' ne man
cried "waicr' IA a teehl, voice. al poin'ei
Ia tne g'rl as IL 20 attract the 81 iDgers ateh'
iion to ner IN, t,aselIer, Mr. ; "f C'a-
cinadti, n is'e aed away, taking "i,h h'md TN
ptl and Says he nrse, ral hd,de' ~ hi, i'fa
Ihan he ild TOR a hall mile 10 stream he hac
passed,
I On his ,eturn he found ,he m1n still alive
and gave him wl'er, wlIich he eagerly dido9
lie could turu sprak ~ whsper' ne Hoih'
ed 10 ihe gI,i ani' saii--' she's starving
Nv. j. gave the girl some water whe az
] peafeJ revive het, aud she tfi-i I" 'alH
bat cJalL not. WIKI much difficulty ~
learned from the MN ;hat there was F" u ,"s'
abJut u mIie dlsiAnt. 20 which he huf'ieh =
o. lls arIval there he louud only "esi"
While geIung some provisions anu has'e.ih'
back with the MAJ. the iat'rr inioftned n''i
that the choie,a had broken out ~ that neg1i
bOihnod. aud the family awning h'm hau ,e'
tor the time bong. lie sad the iillle gu
The shed hal d,iiy made her appearance 'hef
for lnoysious uuit abnut three days back
IN II ihs man aud ~ man had been SICK i1'
long time, &c. On their fe.u'n. tie ma
{ was dying. aa1 nsei bu; aa hour, Inc ru'
r,ri was revived by food. sni bcioie they loo
neT away, conIi ialk. She ud she had bee
sick herself and could not walk ~ tie nous
, for food, aud that her mother died the d+
, previous. aod the bahy about me same tnn
, an that hei father had tTicJ 10 k'i hI1
self when they dol. Ii was horrid. VA
child vas taken to tho house. and ,,ie 'esi {
the unfortunate fimily buiiisd. The el'ii
afterwards stated that her name was NJ ~
Williams. aud Mr.. j. thoJgh'. from what !
could asilie,. that the family hdd iofIneI
/ Iivec. ~ New Albany. OF New Albion, "
) The negro said the family had been the'
. several weeks. aud came directly alter D
A master had left. As there was not iaml
in tile nei shborhoOd. the person having go'
' whome Mr.. J.. wished to see, the girl was le
4 with the negro. who promised fsi'hiul'y
y attend 10 her. let there was bat ii'Ile hop
0 OF her recovery. Il has never been our 10
tune to hear more borrid tale OF ueai'
r thso this.