Litchfield enquirer., 1833-08-29
THE ENQUTRER.
LTTCHFEELD, AUGUST %, 1888.

Superior Cowt.-This Court. Judge PETERS pres- ding. closed It's session Monday mOrning las hav. ing been engaged anly four days. No very important civil cases were isa-mOst of the counsel and li'i- ganIs preGerring, for good case their pOs'pOnement until the February term. The following criliGal ca ses were disposed of:
 Dauia Asuyruy of WOOdbury, was tried for incest with his own daughter, chile of only 12 or lS years of age found guily and sentenced to the state prsOn for five years This case disclosed to the community one of the most brutal and abandoned ruf6ans ever brought before O justice; tor besides the crime with which he was charged and found guilty, he had no doubt added that of rape upon his daughter.
 Henry Bailey, Of Litch6eld, indicted for breaking into school house and stealing a few books, found guilty, and sentenced to the state prison for three yrs
 Commencement 0t YaLe CoLege.-For a brief ac- count of the Commencement this ancient Institution last week we are indebted to friend at New-Eaven, which foows:-
 ." NeW- HareN, August 22.-Yesterday and the day before were proud days for Old Yale. The city filled oSeraowing with talent and beauty and fash- s6n-for those who arrived late scarcely bed or sesting place could be EoUad tn the numerous taverns which here abound. The friends of literature and science from many distant places, asel from those more convenient, had assembled to do honor to their dlusG n,ater. On Tuesday the Phi Beta Kappa held their annual meeting, and were highly delighted by hplendid and powerful 0ra,on from the Hon. Edward Everett of Massachusetts. The theme of his discourse was Education; and thodsh expectation was highly raised lo bear him, no disappointed. It was equal to his best eforts-always great Mr. E. is not graduate of Yale but member of the Massachusetts Alpha; and in his exordium alluded in a beautiful manner to ahis circumstances and paid some Handsome and well-meri,ed compliments to the Society before whom he was speaking. His address will probably be published, as understand ,ha. copy has been q"esed for that purpose. In the evening the Alumni of the College had meeting. l, was then announced tha, the effort started year two ago to raise hundred thousand doiars, better endow the Instu tion, had more than succeedet-for that upwards of $l07 000 had been subscribed, and considerable por tion paid tn and the remainder would be in readiness as soon as needed A few thousand dollars of the subscriptions about the surplus the hundred thou sand having een appropriated for the endowment of the "Kent Profeesorship of Law" in the College, Judge DaggeM delivered on Tuesday evening ap. propriate address upon the occasion.
 "Itmay not be inappropriate to state that Daniel Webster, of Massachusetts, has been appointed to de- liver the ora,ioO before the P. B. K. next year.
 "On Wednesday, the Commencement exercises took place. The large and spacious Centre Church Avas crammed full both in ihe forenoon and afternoon aud have never attended Commencement when
 thought the performances generally exhibited more talent or were better delivered than the presen year. The exac, number who received the degree of A. B. Ihaye ae, learned, hu, it upwards Ofeghy. The prospects for the ensuing session exceedingly fiat seri"e an unparalleled inrge number having already catered the Freshman Class. You will probably see ty the newspapers That other degrees conierred, and further particulars"
 tThe degree of IL. D. was conferred on Hon. Ed. ward Everett, of Massachusetts, the Governor ofihis s,a,e Henry W. Edwards, and Hon. Ezekiel Cham bers of Maryland: nnd the degree of D. D. on Rev. Sereno E. Dwight, Presiden, of Hamilton College. N. Y.. and Rev. Nathaniel s. Wheaton, President of Washington College, HarHord.3