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HEART RENpING AccIuENT.-A most lameniable
accident occurred our Levee on Saturday even
ing, by which little girl, some eight or nine years
of age, lost her life She the daughter Of DIR.
GrNN, Of Louisville, XIV, who. with his wife, was
inst leaving the steamboat Ben. Franklin No. II,
about starting for the Ohio river The little girl,
who was ahead Of her parents, was crushed 70
The earth by hngshead of sugar which drayman
had Just rolled from his dray in great haste. She
was deprived Of all consciousness at once, although
the breath Of life fingered in her mutilaied form
for hours


The case is one Of the most heart-rendng we
have eve- been called upon 10 record. The body
Of the little Tirl was M once taken on board the
boat, but how can describe the anguish Of the
mother, who then first knew how deep, how alb
sorbing, was her devotion 10 her child For hearts
80 wounded no balm can be offered The young
victim was all playfulncss and vivacity the moment
a mothers love to recognize her, and long after
the breath had left the body Of the haPless child
the wailings Of that mother were heard crying
over one that was not. An elder sister was pre-
sent, too-the wife Of the clerk Of the boat--and
she was stricken with the cruel calamity with an
intense grief that for while bereit her of
The little girl had been singing and playing upon
a piano III the cabin--for she was a musician
for a child Of her age-and had Just parted from
one who felt for her affection one but sis
ter knows. She had parted from her while her
gucless pratile and innocent mirth were yet fresh
her gay carols were still ringing in that sisters
ears: but a second elapsed and she carried
back, 10 fill the hearts OF those she had recently
gladdened. with mourning. Pic