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Show The recent sicrifi;e of his little daughter by Freemao, has developed the fa:t thit Massachusetts aeetna a good place for that particular kind ot religious lunacy or fanaticism which delights in sbsddiog blood to satisfy alleged divine commands. Freeman's U the third instance of (be kind that j has occured during the past fifty years. One fatoer, named Wilson, about fifty years ago, claimed to have instructions frim heaven to cut the throat of his daughter, fifteen years of age. Takiog her into the wood?, bs executed her and the command, but soon repented. The girl did not return to lile as he expected, and after writing an account of the affrr in which he said he had ben deceived de-ceived by evil spirits, and led inn committing a most horrible murder, he disappeared, nothing thereafter being beard from him. It was generally thought at the time that be drowned himself. Amlber cue is that of Gillie Ifutchins, of Delaware, Massachusetts, who twenty-two years ago, slaughtered his baby son after hearing the story of Abraham and Isiac. Hatching' story bears a strong resemblance to that of Freeman. lie said be loved his boy, but the Lord bad commanded him lo offer him up as a sacrifice, and no Toice bad said ' 'St.y thy hand," and ha held the struggling infant while be cut its throat and oflercd its blood lo the Lo:d. Ke was arretted, tried and found net guil'y, opon the ground that he wai insane. He was lalcea to Ihe county almshouse, where he remained re-mained for some time, but wfinally discharged and returned lo h:a home. The ottier d iy Hut:'n;ns went to town, and while there listened to an accouct of the Freeman tragedy. Tho story seemed to fascinate him, but he did not wait for the end of it, going away apparently overcome with emo lion. t'jrUmouth, N. H., also has just narrowly escaped a Pocasnfit aflair. A correspondent of the Btoo Journal tells of a rel'gious hypochondriac named Goodwin, who felt impressed to sacrifice his children. Fortunately, profiling by the perusal of the details of the Freeman tragedy, he in his more rational moments urgfJ his friends to have a ppcci! carw in this direction that ho be not sllowil to fall into tho temptation of killing h.i own oflijpring. On A win if represented repre-sented as being a man of unusual devotion to ha children, and his extreme sjluiliioe for iNcrn douUka overcame these (overt propcriiitica that usually characterize the insane, enabling hira lo warn '.ho poMic in r'rd lo thi (lamer t .Kit flitted. fl-itted. This wns i.tjMit n rooijtri ago, since which lima Im h burn constantly watch c 1 until Inn letter part of l-Jit W!"k, whr-n he announce! that the lima hvl ci'iiin wit'-n the wra'li of 'iod must by r.ppeas:d by tho ofltring of his lillly toy of 4 years, whom he w w-jn'. lo lead by 1 1 1 s hand ev'Ty dy for company, and for whom lie had, wiicn in 1 1 14 normal insn'i! c (ri'lilion, ( jMr'rr'ilar ly on ho count of tl.o recent dMlii of one year or two older,) tho moil tender tlachmiril. 'I he propT officers wro ootifi'l and ths unforl'inato father wat ialttn to tho iasano najluin in Con'onl. ' |