Litchfield enquirer., 1831-08-18

others. All parties prepared tor tTtaI. yhey
 travelled twenty-five miles tO the house 0l
 magistrate through deep snow the taagls-
 lrnir. aIlur two days patient investigntlgn. de-
 cidrd that Stout being sOizzard. could ee i0
 no dunger from m0rtnl hands' uWe neln nlm to bail, tt the suit of Rebecca, in tns sum os
 Te00O' Stout appeared at EehFuaEy tern oE
 Fenttrss county court, but Rebscca not aP-
 nearing to prosecute, he was dischArgsu, and
 st the following term it was decreed that Re
 bccca should pay the costs, rom when an
 anneal was taken tn tho natuFe 0E writ ot er' TOT to the circuit court. f 4A s@
 Atthe May term Ofthe county court, Isaac
 Taylor appeared and filed his plea 0f nos
 guiIty o, the Complaint of Stout. The ease
 was submitted to . jury, 10 whom all the sacts connected with the transaction were detaheQ hy Stout on the part Ofthe State. T. French Esq. being introduced on the part Of the te-.
 fendant, deposed that no further viOlvnce was
 used towards Stout at his house, than an atr
 tempt tO knock him down with chair thas
 he never believed in witchcrat until hls.
 daughter had been 90 b0dly 0esestched tnas
 he had now no doubt of it's reality. aud there (pOinting to stuart stands the stry csa s',..ef. Pleasant Taylor being also under exan1Ina-
 ton, stated his firm belief inswitcheraff, and
 in proof asserted, .s that he sliUt q deer with it's right side towards him; that 1t feli at the
 crack of the gun, and when he examined the carcase, he found the ball had entered inc
 left side, and lodged against the skin ol the
 rirht side ;'' from this ciscainstanee he was convinced of the infiuence Of s0fIie evil sPir- l it. The case heinz argued hy learned counsel
 the iury found Taylor guilty, from which m
 appeal was taken to the circuit court, where l the matter now rests. Most Meioachofy Eeent.--A Winchester Va. paper of the 4th ass-At the moment of 1 our putting our paper to press, Meiars in- 1 formed of the death, by ap0plsxy, of the tal. e0led, the high-minded, thegenerOus ALRR1D H. PowEL1, Iformsrly member of Congreasl 1 He was engaged in arguing case before fhH county court, and had spoken but ten or ht-
 teen minutes, when having read q passage rom ] law authority before him, he laid ds,Mp the book, staggered baek into chair. and extend.
 ed his arm. sayiDg, 4 My frlentls. hleed nae r ] These were the last words he spoke: Medi- 1 cal aid was almost instantly afforded. and eve l " means employed 10 restore hin, Sent it vain. The attack came on at ai qnarteT bee fore o'clock, and he breathed his last at llslf past g. Never has alnore nlelanchOly event
 occurred in our town. MT. Possll Was a-
 bout 50 years of age, was m excellent heaiihs and was on Monday last elected to the house of delegates, having retained his seat on;iiia
 bench throughout that day. l D;amonds.- Since the discovery of part of | the jewels of the Princess of Orange, we were induced from desire to know whether ihere
 was any accurate rule for the val,atian' Of diamonds, to glance over a memoir of this unique gem, which has been lately Rublishe6 1 in EneianGl, by Murray. The work contains
 some amusing particulars respecting the ad- l ventures of the principal diamonds knOsyn in the world. The largest ancient diamnnd be- longs to the house of BFaganza; :; ik@eighs l680
 carats, andrif it be really gem, which ststsse
 doubt, is worth nearly SO.oO0,O00! The cel-
 ebrSted Pitt diamond now one 0f the Gr0wR jewels Of France, was purchased in India by Mr. Thomas Pitt. ancestor 0f the Chatham
 family. when governor of Madras, in l70i. In consequence of an accusation, that he prOcur- ed it unfairly, Mr. Pitt detailed the mode in
 which he came by 1t. He states that Jan1- to him and offered for sale large rough
 stone for 8O.000l. After repeated haggling at subsequent visits, he says he bought t fos l9.00Oi. < for which he paid him honorahly. as by his books appeared" This diamostS which is admitted to approach very nearly tn
 one of the first water. and weighs l36 carats.
 was sold, in 17l7, 10 the Duke of Orleans EsF ls5,00Oi. The diamond which studs the scepsre of the autocrat of Russia is stated to
 have been stolen, by m Irish soldier, from an
 Indian idol, (Jlggernaut)in Bengal, whose eye
 1t had long been. The soldier parted wiilsiG Isfor triae, and after passing through sryrsse hands, it was finally sold to the Empfess Catharine of Russia, for 0O,00Oi. an annuity
 of f40OOl, and . patent of mobility @sa} S:as E. Barrows Esq. of New-Y -York, has geuerons.
 offered Co erect Monument 10 the memory If alr.
 Washingt0n, mother of the late Gen. GaorEe Wash-
 ington, at hts own expense.-NOvpich Conrier.
 Pigeon Plackiag IA few days since tall. raw, sun burnt young fellow from the cO,,nasy came down the North River with cargo or lumber, which he disposed of in this city t0 good advantage. and feeling quite elat1l in contemplating his more than anticipated prof
 its. he resolved that it should not be said on
 his return home, that hc cane to York for
 nothing. With this laudable dslern1inatiOn
 he visited she large serpent, the mammoth
 bones, and thesWax soldiers in Broadway He paraded the grand walk in NbIo's Garden. and swore hy golly that beat all." His nexO visit was to Scudder's museum. wherc he hads the fortune to meet one of the most civil gen- tlemen imaginable--One who seemed quite in. terested with his appearance; painted out the. fss