MOST HORRIBLE.
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We find the following narrative in the Cincin-
natl Sun of Tuesday last. Can it be true2 We
scarcely regard it in any other light than asa
horrible fiction


1t has been matter of considerable inquiry
with the priests of the day, whether the spirit of
God or the devil was uppermost in the world, but
generally conceded that the latter took the lead
In the following instance, we shudder at the de-
pravity ofthe human heart, wonder at It's hardness
and sigh over its obduracy. Some three years
since, family fthe first standing in our city was
called to mourn the loss of father who had toiled
to amasS fortune for his wife and children
Scarcely had he been laid in the grave, when
plan was fixed upon by the children 1.-TWO sons and


daughter) too horrible to think Of yet too true to
slumber, to abduct the mother, who stood between
them and the property Of the dead father Ac-
cordingly, the mother was prevailed upon to &C 10
the country, where some relations resided The
journey was commenced: but on the same eve
ming the old lady was returned to the CITY, secretly
taken to the garret of their family mansion and
confined in a room where no eye could reach but
that of the daughter-the usurper of her mothers
rights Here, in solitude this old woman Law
with just food sufficient to keep her alive, beyond
the reach of friends, nauzzte ON her month n
keep her from crying aloud for help.


A story was raised some few weeks after that
the old lady had died in the country-mournino
was put on by the sister and two brothers. as well
as other relations, who actually supposed that the
old lady and lawful owner of the nronertv was
dead and in her grave


Two years rolled away, and the daughter and
sons are in quiet possession oftheirilIgotten wealth
when a. circumstance transpired, shocking to re.
late A person employed about the premises, who
had often heard, or surmised he heard. away in
the tarthest part of the upper garrett meanings. so