In giving to the public an abridgement of the life of this atrocious woman, we hope that our readers, either moral or immoral, will not be in need of such a lesson or example as that already detailed, but it may be truly looked upon as the most astonishing circumstance of the age in the midst of civilization and morality. We deem it unnecessary to give an account of the trial, as no doubt a greater portion of our readers throughout the United States have already seen it in the columns of the weekly journals. As regards the truth or authenticity of the facts contained in the foregoing pages, we presume it will not be doubted by any. The publishers deem it not unimportant, and perhaps interesting to our readers, to state that in consequence of the strong and prevailing propensities ever manifested by her to commit crimes of the most heinous as well as unprovoked nature, was considered by a celebrated and highly respectable phrenologist, as worthy of examination, and her skull was obtained for that purpose a few days since at Georgetown, Del., and which will probably remain in the possession of that gentleman, Mr. O. S. Fowler, of Philadelphia, and the publisher in delineating and presenting to the public view, the atrocious crimes of this vile and wicked woman, is in a very great degree prompted by a desire to preserve the honest fame of those who enjoy a moral reputation, and to secure peace of mind to those who are not as yet conscious of offence; as it is well known that an artful mind, actuated by illusion, if not checked, may pass on to acts of violence, and, in some instances to cold-blooded murder, as it appears that even the tenderness of the female sex, of which the foregoing pages furnish an example, is converted into the barbarity of a traitor; that she who should make her arm a pillow for the head of her husband, conspired to raise it against his life; that the bosom which should be filled with fidelity and affection, in addition to other crimes, planned his destruction.--Hence, it is hoped that in sending this narrative abroad, that it may be the instrument of rescuing some misguided youth from similar offences. There are many in the moral retiracy of a village life, who when young hear much of the enterprise of a city life, and resolve on trying it, unconscious of the depravity and vice which is set to entrap them in a net, as they advance without caution on their journey of life. A road which every youth should walk with the greatest care, by keeping still in view one general rule to avoid intemperance and bad company, which are always linked together; if the unfortunate subjects of this narrative had done so in early life, they would have avoided their unhappy lives and untimely end. * * * * * TO THE PUBLIC.