Green Mountain Freeman

An Incident.—The following incident is related as having taken place at the burning of the steamer William Knox, on the Ohio river, some few days since:

"At the burning of the Wm. Knox, a woman jumped overboard with a babe. She came to the surface, and taking the babe's hand in her mouth, thus held it out of the water, while she attempted to paddle to the shore. A man plunged in after her, and by strong efforts succeeded in getting the mother to where the water was shallow enough to allow them to touch the bottom. 'Do not bite its hand, now—you are safe,' said the man to her, while they were wading shore. She took the child's hand from between her teeth, and simply said, 'you do not know a mother, sir.' Scarcely a print of the mother's hold, on the poor infant's hand was perceptible."