The Litchfield County post., 1828-10-09

with their trunks until he submits they
then lead him to place ready prepared,
to which he is strongly fastened, and re-
turn to perform the same civility to the
next one.
"In this way seventy wild elephants
were captured for the purpose of Govern
ment labor. The tame elephants daily
take each wild one singly to water aud to
feed, until they become quite tame and do
Gle. The remaining elephants were shot
by the people.-I took possession of a
young one, and have got him now tied up
near my door; he is quite reconciled, and
eats with the greatest confidence out of my
hand he is, however, too expensive to
keep long, and / fear must eventually
shoot him. Some idea of the expense may
be supposed, when tell you that in one
article alone-milk, his allowance is two
gallons per day.
On Tuesday last, we were edited by
spectacle which,a few centuries age, would
have been case of public interest; but
which, at the present period, is deprived
of its awful and mysterious circumstances,
and is only matter of amusement tri-
al of a witch.
The old woman, who was the subject of
this charge, possessed all the requisites to
constitute witch, being very old, and We
ry ugly; and, withal, of the color by the
common consent of Christendom assigned
to the potentate of the lower world.
We at first supposed that the learned
magistrate would have dispensed with oral
testimony, and subjected the heinous Grim
inal to the ordeal by water, according to
the universal practice of our ancestors, by
| tying large stone around her neck, and
throwing her into pool of deep water-if
she sunk, she should be declared innocent
and if she swan, or hoated, she should
be adjudged guilty, and burnt.
But, he commenced by examining the
witnesses to the fact-one Of whom testifi-
ed, that she had ''the biggest pears and the
most. desired vegetables that the market
could reford /; but that the witch put her
spells upon the vegetables and the people
| in the market, and she could not sell MOTH
| iag." Several other witnesses proved SIM
liar facts and the Waterman of the dis
trict, man about six feet six in his stock
ings, having first used the precautions a.
gainst witchcraft, which tradition informs
| US are omnipotent in such cases, testified,
| ''that on Saturday evening the accused
throwed t,and other spells, on the pave
ment, and bewitched the whole market"
On being examined as to his belief in her
power, he shook his head knowingly and
mysteriousIy, and said that ''such things
had been done, and might be done; and,at
all events, it was breach of the peace.
The magistrate expressed his opinion,
that from the clear and undisputed testimo-
ny in the case, he was not at liberty to
dispute the fact; but, as he knew of no
law, whether Of the state or corporation,to
prohibit any person from throwing salt on
the pavement, he must discharge the pris-
oner-and the witnesses retired, complain
ing bitterly that an example was not made
of such notorious witch. Bait. Gaz.
THE YOU'VE NApoLEoN.-Itw would ap-
pear from the following account in Ger
man paper, that the young Napoleon pro-
misses to prove "chip of the old block"
"The young Duke of Reichstadt, the son
| of Napoleon, went through his last exami-
nation in every branch of his studies, to the
perfect satisfaction of their Imperial Ma
jesties, and of his mother, who were pres
ent on the occasion. His grandfather told
him, after the examination had been con-
Guided, that within year he should enter
the army upon which the young prince
is said to have exclaimed-"Thank @
then my fate is 6xed!" There is ~ =
current that Austria means to procuf t1r
him the throne of Portugal,b negotialiag
marriage between him and the young
queen Maria de Gloria, title to which
her hopeful uncle Miguel has forfeited
We do not know what truth there is in this
rumOr.
Shumla Tor Choumla, and its Vicinity.
The following particulars respecting
Shumla, and its vicinity, are from DR..
Walsh's recent publication respecting Tur-
key. After curious and interesting ac-
count of his terrible passage over the high
er Balkans between Haidhos and Topen-
liza, and his arrival AT Shumll, the learned
traveller goes on to say -
Sour way lay over hill, which COM
handed the whole country. and | stopped
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