Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1836-09-29

m 1870 TVsdDsOs-lee Reasons tOr hHeH snc
go sheaseluss at the Funeral fls, q Eass
H.rs6ends.-Many people wonder WY 1lln
doc wives so readily submit 20 ~ e ~. .
THE reader will cease TO wonder, ever ne
.-,o",5sS.S ,vsv 50 many Hindoo women
v,,oI-a :. r,1,.Ss1yv sacrifice of themselves Al
- ts..e."I v.;le of their husbands. Besides
the nsera and future rssoards which are held
out TO them as motives derived from their re
hgion, there are inducements of another kind
which probably act on their minds still more
powerfully. Religion and custom have rem
dered widOwhood SO wretched and disgrace.
full that the HindOo wife. on the demise o.
her husband chooses death rather than SC
miserable life. a,..t f.abs- qr,
Wldowhood is considered the greatest pos
slble calamity that can possibly befal a wo-
man. The widow is stripped of her orna.
ments, compelled to wear white clothing, has
her head shaved, may not stain her face with
saffron water nor imprint on her forehead
any OF the symbols of their caste or worship.
She is excluded from all ceremonies of joy |;
especially that of marriage where her APP
Pearance would be considered an evil omen.
the prohibition of second marriage, To-
gethef with the wretched state of q widow at
ter the death of her protector, and the detes-
tation in which she is held by the people, is
no doubt the true cause why widowhood Is
regarded as worse than death. Hence the
burning of widows, and the burying them
alive with the deceased husband. g-ait
Aaron Busr.-The Times gives the follow
ing sketch Ofthe circumstances which led to
his divorce from his last wife, and to the pros
ecution of black servant for perjury -
= It is said he became acquainted with
Madam Jumel, then light and lovely Jersey
girl, about % years ago. 1t was soon amer
the death of his wife, and when ne was IA
the prime and zenith of his power. Sne was
fascinated with him-saw with exultatlon the
elevated point on which he stood. when m
1901 he went into the House of Representa-
Presidency of the United States, followed his |
cheuuered fortunes, and bore love towards |
him which has never ceased wholly to exist. |
She had it is said, children. Report states |
that it was favorite maxim with Aaron Burr, /
that men are like fishes in the sea, born to |
devour each other. Whether this lady prac- |
Iically experienced the conduct which must |
grow out of such an idea, is not known |
She afterward became the housekeeper of
Monsieur Jumel, q rich French merchant es-
tablished in New York. Report states that |
she became dangerously sick, and solicited |
Jumel to let her die the death of am honest /
woman. He married her; Immediately af- |
Ter which she rapidly recovered, and asslm- |
I'd the honors and wealth belonging to the |
wife and her husband. He soon after de- |
parted for Europe, and died in Paris, leaving |
her mistress OF great wealth. For long time |
after this, she was housekeeper again to Aa- |
,on Burr, and having, it is said. point to |
gain IN relation to her children, induced him |
@ marry her. He MORALLY offended her,
however, it is supposed, In relation to some |
money transactions, ais a deadly breach oc-
Cured between them. She sued for di- |
vorce, on the only ground that could entitle |
her to one In New York-that of infidelity.; |
! black woman was brought forward, who |
swore to having witnessed the crime, and a |
liyorce was granted. Hence the present ac-
ion, There have been events and occalrren- !
,es lid the life Of Aaron Burr, which would |
oatrOmance cen fiction itself-he has been
splendid, a fascinating. and powerful man:
and had his principles been equal ohis abil-
tv, he might have been a, blessing to that
country which his transcendant talents SEEM
ID eminently 70 qualify him to bless and
adorn. 2 :.... 49, .s..f ..,.a,,g
ssS5ass att' 9si' NEw ORLEANS, Sept. 2.
Rarely has our city, too fruitful in scenes |
of blood, been marked by an occurrence
more appalling and disastrous than that
which signalized the night of the 9th. IT is
painful to 60 into brief review Of the caus-
es which led to these deplorahle transactions,
but it is our duty so to do, upon receiving such
as can be relied upon. Since
the death of Mr.. Rrux by Giquel, d very con-
excitement has prevailed in our
city against the latter, and. was much aug
mented upon his being discharged from con-
finement by giving bail. .s{s f,%.
Giquel, it is known, was first brought before |
Judge Prevail. one of the associate justices. |
who after hearing testimony, and the law bear
ing upon the subject. gave his decision against
the admission Of Gfquel TO bail, who was
then committed to prison to await his trial al
theensuing session of the Criminal Court
This decision whether just or not appeared at
least to be popular one, which however is
.bypo means an unerring test of its soundness.
The decision of Judge Prevail was based on
the act Of 1901, by which, in capital offences,
and some other enumerated ones, the accused
was precluded from the benefit of bail. Up
on the failure of being admitted to bail by
Ju0ge Prevail, the counsel for Giquel obtain
ca q WIN Q! napeas corpus, upon which he
mudez, ne being empowered as Judge of the
Probate Court, to issue and determine ~
such process. Judge Bermudez, on Monday
last admitted Giquei to bail in the sum Of
Sl5,OOO, and discharged him from confine-
ment. aeHfa-f4sis5 s9$tGtsa &s1a 5f
1T was apparent that the public feeling was
still against the decision, and that some ex-
element was Occsioned by 1t. Little howev-
or did we imagine that it would extend so far
as to produce the lamentable results of Mon
Gay night. On this night it appears that
some personal friends of Mr. Brux, who had
Deen Killed by Giquel, in company with sew
eral otner individuals, feeling exasperated at
the release of Giquel and the Jndoa Who ha 4