Litchfield enquirer., 1833-03-21
Correspondence Of the N. Y. COHr'sr.I
TRIAL. OF THE REV. T.. X. AVERY
Al....,n.A p L HtueeanM. March 5kh, I6SS.

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lint the State Attorney not having arrived, 1t
adjourned until s P. NJ, at which hour the
steann- hoat which brings you TINS Will leave.
The numerous witnesses were all IN atten-
dance hut there is very little probability that
rh.. Grand ;urv will conclude their examine
f;on before the end of the week. The town
Is full of strangers, many of them from long
distances: and notwithstanding every known
fact of the case has been SO long and SO thor
oughly discussed in this neighborhOod the To-
cal excitement seems TO increase rather than
to abate. Avery is said to express perfect
confidence in his acquittal, though few per-
sons here, except his most infatuated parti-
zans (fOr such he actually has) give him cred
il for sincerity. He is shown the utmost in
diligence, and permitted to have unrestricted
intercourse with every one whom he wishes
to see. His visitors-with a blush be it said
and read-are principally females, who pray
with him, aud emulate each other in admin
isterng to his spiritual consolation. 1t has
been iudiciously remarked. that the interest
Of Methodism in the abstract has suffered,
and will suffer, much more severely from the
premature and seeming devotedness Of a large
number Of its professors to this mans dubious
cause, than it could possibly have done from
the strongest proofs of his individual guilt
The latter would exhibit the frailty Of but one
member Of that numerous community, whilst
the former displays the scarcely less revolving
frailty of many. Avery's unfortunate wife,
however, who is said to be most amiable
and worthy woman, is truly an object of the
deepest sympathy. She has lately given birth
to another child, and in more than the usual
portion Of woman's destined I" sorrow has she
brought il FORTH"
NeicpOrt, r. I. Tuesday, March 5, 1888.
At half past ten o'clock this morning the
grand jury entered the court room, and an
nOunced that they had found a true bill of in
dictment against the Rev. Ephraim X. Ave-
~. for the murder Of Sarah Maria Cornell
The court ordered that the accused be forth
with arraigned, and shortly afterwards he
was brought in by the Sheriff and accommo-
dated with chair beside Mr.. Randolph, his
counsel. The prisoner is mao Of very re-
spectacle appearance, about feet eleven in
ches in height, and thirty six or seven years
Ofage. He is considered handsome his fore
head is high and unfurrowed. of good breadth
at its lower division. but upwards much con-
tracted, his eyebrows are regular, and, tho
nearly united above the nose, are not heavy !;
the nose itself is slightly aquiIine and deli
cately refined. but his lips are rather too thick
to symmetrize well with the upper features.
From his wearing spectacles of purple hue
the character and expression of his eyes were
concealed from the persons sitting opposite
to him. but to US. more fayorably seated for
observing them. they appeared singularly in
expressive both of feeling and of thought.
His head and features altogether, though
smaller than they are generally found in the
phys;"gnomical class to which they distinctly
belong, presented nothing remarkable, except
an mn ~ nIv doyn ,In
cnliarity behind the ear-which may never
theless have been equally conspicuous on the
Uranium Of Howard the phiIanthropst.
The indictment contained three counts -
LIST Choking and strangling; Cd. Stranglng
and hanging; Sd. Beating and choking the
last embraced the bruises and abrasions Of
skin discovered about the back and abdomen
of the unfortunate young woman. The clerk
Of the court read the indictment with a de-
gree Of feeling which almost amounted to en-
barrassment; and there was not, perhaps,
more than one countenance among the audi
ence which was not blanched by its shocking |
and recapitulated details. But the prisoner
attentively listened to every horrid particular
ity with selfpossession SO consummate and |
imperturable that it appeared to US little less
than moral phenomenon, in man situated
as he was, whether he be innocent or guilty
Of the dreadful crime with whicIhe stood ac-
cused.
The hand which he held up during the
whole time occupied in reading the indict-
ment, trembled not, nor was the curve of a
finger or a line Of his face discomposed; even
his eye exhibited nothing but calm attention
to the language Of his accusation. At length,
however. large drops appropriation appeared
on his upper lip; but this was all: they were
occasionally and slowly wiped off. with hand
as nntremulous as the other. To the usual
question OF guilt or innocence, he replied.
Not guilty, SIR" with slight degree Of en-
.phasis.
Public Lands BM.-Among the amend.
ments made to this bill before its recent mas.
sage, was one authorizing the Legislatures of
the States to apply the sums that might be
received under its provisions, tn such purpos-
es as they should direct. The general provi-
sions of the bill were, that IL 1-9 per cent.
upon the nett amount Of the sales of the pub.
lie lands, in the States Of Ohio. Indiana, Hill
nois. Alabama, Missouri, Mississippi and Lou.
isiana, should be paid to those States respec-
lively, in addition to what they are now
entitled to receive by the terms Of their ad.
mission into the Union and that the residue
OF the nett proceeds Of the sales of public
lands IN those States and elsewhere, should
be divided among the several States. accord.
ing to the ratio Of their federal representative.
population. These appropriations were how.