Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1829-08-20

one OF the hapleSS pair, when private of
the officers company, who was standing In
the Misunderstanding, jumped fearlesslv
overheard with bayonet in his hand.
which he plunged into the back Of the shark
which instantly disappearing, the three
were quickly released from their perilous
situation.
Mrs. ROyaIh--The following account Of thaE
trial Of Madame Royall is from CORE snol.
dent Of the New-Y0rk Spectator.
The appearance of the prisoner (loudlv
greeted blythe hoys round the door ana thsr
reading of the indictment, excited much noirfh
throughout the courtroom. But these aN,iler
all vanished on the examination Of The llrst
witness for the prosecution, who testified fo
outrages on the female part Of his family. so,,
gross and abomlnable, that general feeling Of
indignation put every thing Of the ludicrous To-
hight. The only provocation for this usage
was the fact that the gentleman himself was
an elder in the church, his son a prominent
and active promoter ofevery object Of pio0s
and benevolent character, and his daughter
very tmid, diffdent, retiring girl,) one Of
the Sabbath School teachers. None Of the
family had done aught to provoke the yirago.
Yet she had not ceased to pour out on every
one OF them torrents Of the most cnurse, yuI
gar and obscene language, until they could
nov appear even at the windows. of their own
mousse Other witnesses testified to the abuse
OF sisters and mothers, (for had she confined
ner attacks TO men alone, the prosecution
would never have been undertaken. i ana that
both In the public street and in their own hon.
SEES. The testimony on the part of the pros.
pcution being closed, that on behalf OF the nris.
oner fOllowed-and here the farcical part Of
he scene commenced. She had sent 4 sun,-
mons for her alledged friend the President
'ut he did not wish to figure In such flsld.
nd he was very properly excused. Not 40
lis Secretary-a summons proving Intellectual.
he issued subpoena, when 10, Mr.. Eaton.
lotens VotenS, had to make his appearance
telng pressed for time, he was permitted Co
give his evidence out Of turn. Il was deliver.
"a 10 short Inetre. with no great appearance
d delight 1t amounted In fact to nothing.
being merely that when Mrs. r. was in h}s
'oom, she was not guilty Of. any misconduct.
An lrishnan by the name of Hollahan was
next called. This man IL engaged in Aigginr
down bank ofearth opposite Mrs. n, q aboode.
md lives next door to her. BEING asked n he
ever knew Mrs. Il. to be engaged Ia scoldinr
DR. slandering, his replies, delivered In the.
accent Of the turf, occasioned great
merriment. They were fat against herr
y Sure enough, ! havesheard her, often shopt
Ing at the people from her window-butl was
too busy With my carts to give any .!seNqf. c..
tinshun: It's true your honognd called him
saYs-77she did shout at nlIn, "a, nAyas ina
(of IN ore. porter Tina" memOry.)
Irh;s xuonfhv naraa van hn n .--sf an
you remember HE naanikin shape, bis red
picked snu6y nose, and ludicrous psmpons
mafner. CoIe began by asking him II he knew
Mrs. II. to be a common scold? he answered
the lawyers question by another-'.Pray
Dir, !" said Tins, "what Is the proper and legal
Of common scold ?--When can a
scold be said to be common for 40 to being
o scold, you know all women are that"-The
wary counsel gave II the go-by and changing
the shape Of his question, "WelI then, Mr..
7. did you ever. know Of Mrs. Royals slam
dering any bodyl" Tins promptly answered,
"Yes, sir--she has siandered me-" This was
rather stumper-coming, too, from her own
witness. "YOu, Mr.. Tins? how so f"--
"Why sir, she has said. aye and printed It
too, Ia her book, that am very clever--and
to that made no objections: in fact, be-
leve on the whole, IL is true. Take me alto
gether certainly am very clever man; but
she adds-and very exemplary inan.--Now
that's SANDER"
This was too much. The court roaEed;
bench, bar, and jury, all lost their balance;
and while even the sedate Judge Cranch sunk
his head between his hands and sheok 10 his
chair Tins himself was the only person LETT
unmoyed. He looked round as grave as an
owl. Just opposite him stood Mr.. Waterson,
the ex-librarian, laughing immoderately.-
Tins catching sight ofhim, again opened bis
oracular jaws. Eyes, sir, and ] know Of her
sandering another person beside me-" In
deed who IL that why. there's Mr.. Wa
terson. she says in the same book. that he and
Joe Gales are two Of the handsomest inen In
Washington now, leave Il to all the world
il that is not SANDER" The effect Of this
YOU may imagine. In vain the c0nstables
roared out " silencew The court room shook
| to its foundations and it was some time be-
fore the trial could proceed. Her witnesses
having all been examined. and all proved
/ alike treacherous, the accused proceededs 10
propria persona,lto address the Jury. Advan-
cling her wrinkled visage and swaying their
souls with the majesty of her outstretched
hand, she proceeded to obtest and abjure them
as they loved liberty and their country, not "a
sacrifice both in her person. They stood no1
only for the present age. but the guardians o.
posterIty.
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