Litchfield enquirer., 1834-10-02

with which they were bound is broken.
 Death liberated Mir. PiUrsOn. He died s0 Westchesler county at his country seat, near Sing Sing, and the event Is clothed in myste- rv, A short time previous tO his death, ana while in health, as we understand, Matnles prevailed upon Mr. F. HO assign to him me whole estate. He was shortly alter taken sick, and, although hSs friends who were w"n him insisted upon calling medical a'd' tney were deterred by Mathies, who told them tna' e he had power Oe life and death. and Mr. PiprsoD would not die!" But he did die; and subsequent examination of his body by three able physicians, resulted in the cOnvlc- ton that he had been p"isoned, and certificates to this effect were drawn up and signed oy these physicians. and are now tn New YOrE.
 WhO poisoned Mr. PicrsOn Is to be determin- ed ny the proper tribunal.
 Mr. Mills, under the strange deIusIOn, be- came lunatc. His friends rem"ved him to the country, and from the s"cirty of Maih'es'
 and his reason sOOn returned. He IS now con
 vinced Of his error, and has abandoned the dclusiOn.
 The mysterious death Of MT. PiersOn. and the accOmpanying circumstances, shook the ] confidence Of Mr. Foiger and his family. and
 they resolved to abandon Mathies and his 1 principles. After his return to New-Y"rk' l they announced their determination to the r.. Prophet,' who then declared to them that If ] they did, sickness aud perhaps death w""'d follOw!' This threat was mt sulhc'ent 10 overthrow their resolution. and day was hx- ed upon when Mathies should leave the house. Upon the morRing Ot that day. Math'es par took of but very little break fast, and scarcely tasted the coffee, saying, as an excuse, that he ] was not well, Immediately after breakfast, Mr. FOlger, his wife and children were taken
 violently sick. MT. FOlger did not suspect the cause of his sickness until after the villain had left the city, when upon examinatlon, ne learned that the black woman who bad d9ne' the cooking for the family, had also abstained from the use of any coffee upon that morning, and, from other circumstances, he became
 confirmed that the woman was bribed by Ma ] thies to poison the family. From some cause,
 inc effort was not successful. To none ofthe family did it prove fatal, although all of them have not vet recovered fr0m its effects. Fms transaction induced Mr. F. to procure nus ar- ! arrest, for which purpose he despatched the
 notice before mentioned.
 Mathies did not expect thus suddenly |" be
 stopped, in his mad career, and expressed
 good deal of surprise when arrested. He had in his possession two large trunks, whicn ne acknowledged contained articles that did be-  Y. gave to him when he left Nrw.York. A mong the articles were sundry rich dresses. about $500 in gold, a gold watch worth Sl5O. 1 a sword of great value. and a rod with which 1 he was going to measure the bounds Of hts paradise. the gates thereof and the walls thereof" He was taken to New-YOrk this
 morning. "
 His triaiwiIl unfold strange deeds of crime 1 and fanaticism.
 Balloon Asct nsion. n.--One of the most mag
 nificent ascensi0ns ever made in this city, was
 performed hy Mir. Eugene Robertson and his
 friend MT. Edge yesterday aflernoon. The ! weather, which had been unfayorable the day previous, compelled him to postpone 1t and as he announced that there would he no dis sppoin, ment, whatever might he the state of the clouds, multitude crowded tO the Batte. " to witness the ascensiOn of two instead of
 one person as heretofore. After the balloon
 was iuiJaled, poor Robertson undertook to Af-
 range the safety valve, and for that purpose
 put his head into the balloon, but on inhaling the noxious gus, for a fsw seconds he fell sanseless, and f0ra moment it was feared that all was oyer; he, however. revived as soon as he breathed fresh air, and after arranging his bags of sand, anchor, &c. and seeing that his car was securely attached to the balloon, he
 with his friend Edge stepped into his frail
 bark far an aerial voyage, amid the shouts of thousands who were within the Garden, and
 who lined the Battery. The weather at the
 time was cloudy, (then wanting about l6 min
 Ites to P. MI the sun, although Ohscured,
 left the western horizon tinged with beauti-
 ulscarlet.
 The Balloon was sufficiently inflated to take the aeronauts up in the most gradual manner.
 and there being no wind, they rose almost
 perpendicuIarly over the garden, each waving
 their flags, the French tri-cOlour and Ameri-
 can stripes. They rose slowly and for ten
 minutes, when the current of air kept them
 hanging over the city, where they remained for nearly an hour in full view of the i'm.
 nense population of the city. Occasionally a bag of sand was poured out when the bal loon would rise again. It was apparent that the valves were Opened, which caused it to descend--in this way the citizens had an op- p0rtunity tO witness the skilful management. and almost the gambOls of Robertson. for he appeared to be amusing himself. and the puh- lie, by the control he appeared to have over his balloon. For full hour until night clos. ed tn and darkness prevented the sight he was hanging over the city. Ma pyesuine ho descended coon afles a sh0rt distance from the city. Although ascensions have been very common for the last fsS years, there has never been one where two persons
 have gone together: and from the crowds that
 assembled, tile public appear quite as fond of the amusement as they did when the first ae-
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