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The Horse-.4n Encident.-It is remarkable that horse will seldom tread upon prostrate body in it's path. Either from feelings of compassion land e. ven horse $ accessible to such feelings, and though some men not) or from fear, a horse will studousy avoid inficting injury on one thus expos- ed, unless excited by the spirit of combat In the latter case, he becomes almost resistess. All his energies are bent on destruction, and he trampes down opposing s,uadrons as he would the grass be- heath his feet. These reflections are drawn from us by an incident winch occurred yesterday after- noon, almost within our sight. As the Germantown stage, drawn by four horses, was passing down 3rd street above Willow, small child eideavored to the street in advance of the leaders, apparent ly without observing the dangerous proximity of latter. One of the leading horses appeared to ap- preciate the situation of the infant, and made eve. ry effort to avoid coming in contact with it. He swerved from the direct line as far as he could, and endeavored to pass il, but being brought up by the rein, was forced against and prostrated the child.-

 The instant the latter fell he stopped as if to allow it to escape; being driven forward by the hinder horses and the impetus of the vehicle, he reared himself on his hind legs,and with one bound clear ed the body. In doing this, either from design or accident he threw the child, with his hind foot out of the track so that when the heavy carriage pass- ed on it did not run over it, although it came with in few inches of it. This may be instinct, but it looks to us marvellously like reason and feelng.- Sentinel.