ADRHADFu1 ScENE.-The Chestertown,
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DREADFUL SCENE.-The Chestertown,
Md, News A few days since, the wife
of Mr.. Benson, in Cecil county, was found
dead, lying on the floor, by her husband, on
his awakening from drunken sleep-that
both husband and wife were addicted to in
temperance, and were so reduced in circum-
stances, as to be compelled to live in fish
house on the beach. Benson was once re-
spectacle man. The head and face of the
wife were covered with blood, and there was
evidence of an injury on the head, but wheth-
er from fall or blow, the jury of inquest
could not ascertain, and returned a verdict of
death from an unknown cause. All the infor-
nation the jury could derive was from the
surviving husband, in state of intoxication.
What added to the horror of the scene was the
fact of an infant child endeavoring to extract
nourishment from the breast of its dead mo-
ther, when its father aroused from his stupor.