Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-05-27
AVERY'S TRIAL.


The investigation will probably. according to
our latest accounts, b" prutracted far beyond &c.
neral anticipation. On Saturday week, one hun.
dred witnesses had been examined, and as many
more were TO follow.
The following remarks from the corrrsp oudent
Of the Boston Daily Advocate. indicate the great
and growing importance and deep excitement
which this tial has occa>ioned:-
NEWPORT. Saturday, Nav l8.
The trial Of Mr.. Avery "drags its slow
length aong," and we cannot yet even begin
TO look at the end The whole range of human
sciencies. professions. occupations and feelings,
are more or less brought into it. and there never
was case which so thoroughly illustrated the
maxim that a lawyer ought to know little oil
every thing
There is the law of the case, that is for the
LAWYER; the anatomy Of it Tor the doctor; the
theology of it. CONNECTED with points tina, have
been introduced touching the discipline Of the
Methodist Episeo opal Church. and their mode ol
conducting Camp Meetings. for the minister; the
nature and effects of different kinds Of knots,
ami the movements Of the Ferry Boats. FIR the
Sailor; the kind of cords used IN Cotton Mills,
&c. for the Manufacturer; the weather and the
optical medium tor the Astronomer and Philoso.
phcr; the regulations of the Post office for the
Post Master; coal mines and fossils for the Geo
louist; the nature OF grounds. stack yards. hus'
ducks fog grass, Sc. tor the Farmer; combs and
paper, tor the Comb and Paper Maker; the ex.
plosion Of rocks for the Engineer; the measur.
ing of distances for the Surveyor, the capacity Of
passing between different points for the pedes-
trian; me regulations Of store keepers, in admit
ting customers behind their counters, for the ira
der and in fact might fill sheet in enumerat-
ing the ramitications INTO which this most extra
ordinary of all extraordinary cases has been car
ried. The printers will come in for their full
share, IN publishing cargo OF Reports. Even
poetry has mol been wanting
One of the witnesses to day, prompt, pretty
damsel, repeated long piece OF poetry. with
mos, approved emphasis, which she had treasured
up, and which young man. had written in praise
of the unfortunate deceased, whose death has gi.
ven rise TO this trial.
Wherever she is traced, she seems to have car.
ried remarkable power Of fascination, and COM
handing influence aver those around her, what.
ever NAV have been her vices. This has been
fully exempIifed in her biography, which has
been the subject OF the two last day examina
ton, exclusively. On this topic alone, frenfy
one females and eight men, have been examined,
Yesterday and to day, making thirty-two witnes.
ses for the prisoner; so that we now have had
Just one hundred witnesses on the stand, and as
many more arc TO come. Those who have testi.
fed Yesterday and to-day, have traced the de-
ceased from the cradle TO the fatal stack yard,
and the fruitful theme of her character Is by no
means exhausted. 1t is to be resumed on Mon
day.
Thus Ear the defence has been confined to ana.
tomical and surgical investigations upon sui.
eide and hanging. and the private history Of the
deceased. The main points are vet to come,
though less yoIumInous. The court are very in.
dulgent to the prisoner as they should be-; and
the Attorney General, who always enforces the
rules of law with extreme reluctance 10 such ca.
ses, admits evidence Of every possible relation to
this case, With extreme Iiberslity. Names Of in
dividuais. who little dream Of the immortality
they are to receive by this trial. are called up.by
the witnesses in strange shapes. The village
tales Of Lowell, Dover. Great Falls, Statewide,
Thompson. Bozrah, Jewett's City, Pawtucket,
Woodstock, Waltham. Millville, and half the
factory villages in New England. have been pre-
sented with exceeding minuteness of detail. and
great vivacity Of Imagination. Love, murder,