Litchfield enquirer., 1830-09-02

DGCsGutS 4uCSG NIt0c1kstGS WGGG GtGMbty b@s~A down iu fhe hooks. H it was agreed that man should go tO pavticular spot, This heart failed and he did not perform his part, he .v ould not be principal in the second degreei because he would not be aiding and abetiing. The pris0ner was charged as being the pTin- cipal in the second degree.-that he was aid- ing in the murder. If the Jury were saiis6- cd that if he was one who hired the murder CT, and, that he was accessary before th" fact, such as would convict him on such an indictment, they could D"t convict him upon this, for it was charged here that he aided by his presence. They must believe from that evidence, that he was present aiding and as- sisting.
 Judge P. then briefly capitulated the ,evi- dence relating to the conspiracy. and told the jury that they were the sole judges Of the credibiIity of the witnesses
 [Iirrt. fnllows a summary view of the evi- dence by the Judge, with his views, in brirf,- for which We have not room. The Jury having been out some time, returned into court for nstructions-agan went out, and after an absence of several hours again Cskgnc in, saying there was no possibility Ofefer agreeing. They were dismissed. and another jury empannelled, who brought in verdict of guilty, as stated last week.
 A correspondent Of the Massachusetts Jour nal furnishes the following description of the three criminals
 John Francis Knapp is we'll made, faIl faced youth, of 19 years of age, and fve feet seven inches in height. He was we'll dressed neatly iy grey frock cOar, and cOlOrcd and fashionable ncckcloth. fastened with hand- some breastpin. His face was deadly pale, showing more plainly than color would have q skS pears to have nothing remarkable in its form. It is regular upright parallelogram with the upper corners rounded of; his forehead, a strip of white. an inch and half wide, sur mounted by thick. dark and strait hair, grow ing low, parted and cOnbed smoothly {; the nose strong and blunt the mouth rather large. and cheeks full but very pale. On rn- terins the dock, he folded his arms firmly. as- sumed fixed, downward, and sullen expres- sion.
 Joseph Jenkins Knapp was tn the centre of the group. He may be about 30 certainly not above S. His cOuntpnance is not dis pleasing. It is thin and pale, and his hair long and brown, his nose sharp and his mouth small. His look intellectual, but understand his uind does not correspond. He is little shorter and more slender than his younger brother. He appeared to be more listi~ss than the latter. and was constantly biting something which he held in his mouth, prob ably c'ove- Both the Knapps have dark eyes both have been masters Of vessels, the, youngest having made a voyage in this eaPa- city in his fathers service.
 George Crow ninshield is the talrst and best looking of the three. His features are quite singular, but may br rlasscd. His cheek bones are very high and broad his forehead narrower, though still ample, and somewhat sloping his hair bright, Aaxen and curly His size is large; his limbs strung and mOv- ing gracefully, his eyes grey. his mouth small. and deIicately cOlOred, and complexion 6OTid and fine. There was an air of more ease and freedom about him than either of the others. He also folded his arms until the prisoners were directed to h":d up their hands each presented white and fuil hand. the palm be- ing turned completely outward. In this pos ture they remained while the indictment was read, except that J. J. Knapp. uncOnsciOusly. presume, gradually contracted his ringers. until his fist became clenched and remained 80. ft .-e AUGlnnches.-The late storm of rain in Vrr-
 mont, and the upper part of New-YOrk. was Of SD long continuance and SD powerful, that | m keene. Essex co, Ohio, the soil of some steep ascents became loOsened, and, by its | own weight, was carried down great dis tance. The principal slides are four. The first occurred about four miles westerly iron, Graves Iron Works, and descended about one and a half miles. The second and third were somewhat similar. bat more destructive in their effects the fourth took place at no great distance from the iron works aboyeuam- rd, and descended about three miles with a degree of violence and fury which dc6ed des- cripti0n. In width it varied from to % rods, braring on its surface the most tremendous rocks. trees. Sc. and carrying .irsolation and death in its passage. The wildnrss Of the scenery in the sicinity of these destructive avalanches has long been subject of remark with travellers in this region. bat it is said now to present view indescribably grand and terrific. Mountains laid bare for two or three miles in extent-presenting chasms of vast size e; rocks. some of which are supposed 10 weigh an hundred tons, torn from their beds where they had reposed for ages and trans ported from two to three miles. and trees of all dimensions splintered to atoms. and form ing huge chaotic masses, altogether appears sufficient to Overwhelm the senses of the be- holder-yielding in wildness and sublimity only to the effects of similar catastrophe in the White Mountains in New Hampshire.
 Mir. Van Baren has declined the honor of psblis dinner, offered him by his Ai,any friends.
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