Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1838-01-26


FEATHERS are IN great demand"
INTERESTING TRIAL,-On Monday last ,
trial came on in Dedham, before the
Court Of Common Pleas, which has excited
great interest in that part Of the Common
wealth. II was an action brought by Rev.
Moses Thatcher Of North Wrcntham
against Gen. Preston Pond Of Wren ham,
to recover damages for certain ISLANDERS
uttered against the pla ntiff, charging him
with committing the crime of ADULTERY,
with female who lived in his family -
The damages we're laid at $4,000, and the
witnesses on both sides were very numer
Gus; and we learn from the Dedham Pa
triol. that the Investigation revealed certain
facts in the history of the Reverend Plain
tiff which at once astonlshed the minds,
and affected Tie feelings Of the Court and
the spectators who thronged every part
of the room. Mr.. Thatcher is man OF
much ability, and stood high as scholar.
preacher, and a reformer lie ia rk
story revealed by the examination of
witnesses will as'onsh the community.
The defence was conduct ed by Rufus
Choae and Theron Metcalf Esqrs and the
prosecution by Plnv Merrick and Ira
Cleaveand Esqrs. The remarks of Mr..
Choale were truly eloquent and impressive;
and his illusions to Mrs Jerusha Pond, one
OF the principal witnesses, and to the
Reverand Plaintiff, who she said had offer
ed insulting proposals to her, were exceed
ingy affecting. The argument Of Mr.
Merrick reflected much honor upon that
able and learned gentleman, and was all
bat GO tn no al, ,,1 Of =,
feat-for nearly every person who had
heard the examination believed it hope
less case for Mr.. Thatcher. By means
of legal bubble las it is said) the jury felt
bound to give verdict in his favor of 5
dollars damages. BY this verdict, each
party pays his own costs
WHAT NEXT. An ingenious chemist
in France having found after many expert.
men,s that void produced by electricity
IN glass vessel became luminous, has at
last, succeeded in forming a long bottle,
of inches by 80, from which having
exhausted the air, and otherwise acted
upon it by galvanic battery, light is
now emitted, equally clear, but not so OPP.
presslve to the eyes, as that of the sun.
MARRIAGE. A sprghtly couple appear,
ed before the hymenial altar at Cros, hwaite
Church, Keswck, on Monday last, and
when the ceremony was performed it
proved to be the eleventh time they had ,
between them, appeared for the same pur.
pose; she being to him fourth wife, and
he to her a seventh husband, he having
n n ly int cd It,
ing done the like to six husbands. The
brIdegroom's name was William Wnder,
ard the brIdes's name Margaret Welsh
both OF Thorn't waite, near Keswick. -
Whitehauen HeraH
FINE TINE FOR THE GIRLs.--The fol-.
lowing is an extract from an act of the
Scottish Parliament passed in he reign of
Queen Margaret, about the year 1888 -
sit is s'atut and ordaint that during the
refine Of hlr mai.t bllssit Majestic, llk mai
den ladye of battle highe and lowe es,ait
shall haze liberty to bespeak We man she
bikes; albeit, gif he refuses to take hr to
be his wit, he shall be mulici it in We sumo
OF ane hondreth pundis or less, as his estait
moi be, ecept and awals gif he can make it
appear lHhi Hc Is UtlTDlHIl 10 dIlc llUpr WO.
man, that then he shal be free"
A NOVEL SHIPMENT. ON board me
packet brig Moses, yesterday morning
as the crew were slowing away cask, as
it was sup posed, of beef the head burst
out, and 1t was discovered to contain the
bodies Of two full grown negroes, preserved
in salt. The Coroner held an inques, over
them at o'clock yesterday, in the Bride.
well yard and tho jury returned a verdict
of cause Of death unknown" -N. Y
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