She was the youngest daughter of a particular friend, who had traveled extensively and was noted for his honesty and intelligence.
About this time, too, "Sam Patch" made his last and fatal leap from a scaffold twenty five feet above the falls of Genesee, which are ninety-six feet in height.

From thence he plunged into the foaming river to rise no more in life.

The following spring the body of the foolish man was found and buried, after having lain several months in the turbulent waters of the Genesee.
This year was also rendered memorable by the efficient labors of Professor Finney, through whose faithful preaching of the gospel, many were brought to a saving knowledge of the truth.
The "Emancipation Act" had now been passed, and the happy time for it to take effect was drawing nigh.

Slavery could no longer exist in the Empire State nor receive the protection of her laws.

Would to God it had so continued to be what it professed--the refuge of the bondman and the home of the free.