Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1858-10-01
Terrible Tragedy.

u VII iblc utSCuy Uook place ucaf
Grove City, village nine miles from
Columbus, Ohio, on the 22d instant, the
particulars of which we take from the
Columbus Statesman:
a woman by the name of Christiana
Schilling, residing with her husband
about half a mile from Grove City, yes
terday morning about one o'clock, dur
ing the absence Of her husband, muir
dered her four children-thrce girls and
a boy-bv throwing them into a well
thirty-fve feet deep, and afterwards
jumping in herself 1t appears that
Frederick Schilling, the husband, was
attending wedding party near Grove
City when the deed was committed, and
that the wife, Christiana Schilling, con-
yeyed the children from their beds to the
we'll, distance of one hundred yards,
while they were asleep, and then pitched
them into it, and afterwards flung her
self in. Neighbors passing the house,
which is miserable log cabin standing
about quarter of mile from the main
road, say that they heard the mother and
her children singing hymn about ten
o'clock at night
The husband and father, it seems, did
not return from the wedding party until
daylight, and before that time lady
noighbor having occasion to draw water
from the well, had discovered the bodies
of Mrs. Schilling and the four children
floating on the surface She Immediate
ly gave the alarm. and several gentle
men came to the spot and raised the mo-
Their and her four children from the we'll.
The family consists of boy named Va
lentine, 10 years of age; Chrstiana,
girl, II years; Caroline, 5 years, and
Augusta, 3 years of age. Mrs Schil-
ing was about SO years of age, and was,
to allappearances, an intelligent, healthy
and handsome woman. When our re-
porter visited the house, the dead bodies
of the five unfortunate beings were laid
upon two beds in the only sleeping apart
mcnt in the cabin, and a more melan-
choly spectacle it has never been our
misfortune to behold. The children all
looked healthy, robust and beautiful,
and, with the exception of slight scar
on the forehead of the boy, no marks of
violence were visible. A crowd Of peo-
pie of both sexes was in the room, all
awe-stricken by the horrible catastrophe.
No evidence elected by the jury of
inquest goes to show that any other per
son than the mother could have commit
ted the deed. 1t is generally believed
that she was laboring under fit of in
sanity, as it was stated that she had,
about a year ago, attempted to commit
suicide during fit of phrcnzy, to which
she was subject
Four Tickets IN THE FIELD. The
people of New York will choose their
State officers from four tickets, that
number being before them.
First: the Republican Anti-Slavery
Temperance Ticket for Governor, Ger
rit Smith
Second; the Black Republican Ticket
for Governor, Edwin d. Morgan.
Third: the American State Ticket
for Governor, Lorenzo Burrows.
Fourth: the National Democratic
Ticket---for Governor, AmasaJ Parker.
As things now stand, there seems no
doubt of the success of Mr.. Parker and
the whole Democratic ticket.
The factions opposed to the Democra-
ey are unable so to divide the spoils as
to effect what they strangely term an
honorable fusion, all efforts to that end
having failed.
In principle, there is very little differ
ence between the opposition in the EN-
pire State. This fact has been demon
strated so conelusively by the conference
reports in their State Conventions at
Syracuse, that no man at all careful of
his character for veracity will deny it.
The truth stands out so plainly that no
one should be deceived.
This complete willingness of the Know
nothings of New York to surrender their
principles to obtain part of the spells,
should open the eyes of all honest men
yet in tie dark lantern lodges of this
State. When they know, as they now
most assuredly do, that in the great
State of New York intense Americanism
is Black Republicanism, if thereby office
can be secured, Southern men should
ask themselves questions of this nature
Shall we assist in maintaining party
that is willing, throughout the entire
free States. to make an unholy and I'M
constitutionala attack upon our institutions,
in order to obtain control of G Government?
Shall we continue TO stultify and dis
grace ourselves by acting with men who
openly declare their eagcrness to sell
themselves at fair price ? Is it not
time to disband party that has become
as unworthy for its scctioualism us con-
temptible for its proportions and loathed
for its dishonesty?
Let honest Americans ponder these
questions. -UagorSiort Nail.
INTERESTING TO NEWSPAPER PRopRIr- |
TORS. One of the courts of the State of
Indiana recently made decision which |
is of interest IN nowsuon nor ,,ronr;,+, ,.., /