Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-06-10
THE CONNECTICUT DIVORCE CASE.
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llAHrIoRp, MAY %. 1879.

HARTFORD, May -, 1859.
The great divorce case of Sarah NJ. jaws as Sam
uel Fairat jaws, came on before the committee al
O'clock, Yesterday morning, for the purpose Of
hearing the resao,d denis plea. twas an able doc
ument lraNn, up with great care by the DnctOr him
sell, and WAS read by J. FonIs, Esq, OF Stamford,
Counsel ol the Doctor, aud occupied one hour aud
quarter III reading. All the principal allegations
IN The petition The Doctor dencs Most of the pc
uiiionet's chatees Ct III ucamen DC, were LAID in
Enrope--Nhe IN Fiolcuce aud Rome, and AT sev-
erl watering places o. the continent The Doc
tor makes ont cXIrayagant expenses oi hls lady par
iieulmly after he lcli hrs amlly aud returned hun
sell to this county. Il he has nlfcady honor
ed the dtaits OF LIS bankers, Mcssis. Welles X Co.
Paris Tor 81 600 and, by an affidavit oil T.
llsha Hart, The father Of MIS- j., it appears thai he
RENTED over 1900 dollars hon lbs own purs, for
her expenses while there.
At2 O'Clock Came on the regular examination If
Witnesses Long before thai hour, groups were seen
vending Their way 10 the Court House. which soon
became denses ii led, and made II extremely diili
cult FOR tie committee, the counsel and Witnesses
10 take their seats At disappointed houf The cuu-
mittce entered, followed soon after by the Hon Il.
Nj. Sherman, with Mrs. J. leaning ou his ARM
Next followed the Hon. Heman Allen also with
Miss Janetic fl~a Jar,s--ic eldest daughter who
has taken sides with her mother. Next, or soon al.
ter. entered the Doctor and second daughter, with
| several female friends from this city and Middle
town. and long array of-eounsel, Nely soon after
the parties were seattds the usefulness, on the part
OF the petitioner, Miss Janettc Han Jarr,was call.
ed TO the staud-a fine looking, black eyed. rosy
| checked gitl OF about lS-whcle she went througi
,ha ordeal OF upwards of three hours Xaninaion,
ansN eripe questions, with great sef-possessnn, ill
half past Il. T. NJ, Wien they adjourned tll ] o.
clock, tins morni.g. She WAS then again called up
and was soon passed oyc, 10 the hands oil The oppo
sing counsel, who handled ar with scintinizng Sc
reIily, and. at the adjourpng, al one o'clock, nat
not closed he, testimony. Nothng particularly re
na'kabe was elected from her Some amusing az
gnnent was had from The objections offered by the
counsel, between the Hon. n. Terry, who has seen
nearly seventy winters. and the Hon. r. NJ Sber.
man. III which The audience seemed to take pau in
the SPOT. Among The witnesses for the petitioner
| observe the Rev. +. NJ. Ilotchkiss, now the old
est clergyman IN Connecticut. and for nearly sixt,
years the pastor OF The first church in Saybrook-
and who prob. bly,, united this couple IN marriare
They were married on the 9Th day of July 1910
The Hartford Courier thus speaks of the Doc
tors answer:-"The Doctor, in pretty decisive
TERMS denies The allegations which his lady sake
against h,nI--appealing to all who know him TO,
The iasiiy OF the charge that he is in nny way rs.
rann'cal or oserbeariss in his disposition. Some of
the particular instances which she snecIfes of hi.
cruel treatment. he declares are purely fictitious and
without the shadow of ioundation.-Ue saws ir
married her solely from motives of ardent Affection
oht he very soon found, what subsequent events ten
ded ony 10 confirm, that hs love never was returned
ms is about The Substance OF that portion OF the
document read TO the house, and II was then refer
red TO the divorce committee, before whom oI
course both The petition and answer III be duly ana
iyzed by the lawyers"
HARTFORD, June l. 1880.
Our Legislature drags slowly along-noihiBg OF
very great interest having taken place there for lew
days past, IT being with great difficulty a quorum
could be had, AS the great Jarvis divorce case was IN
progress below which increases in interest and excite-
meat as IT proceeds. They have got through mos,
oil the Witnesses on both sides
MI Depeysler' from New York, the agent (or the
D'c,ots property IN tina, city, was called to the
'."nu yesterday morning, principally for the purpose
" showing Inc amount Of properly in his agency, as
'he pe'oner had laid his wealth at Sl00, 900 His
testimony was given with great appareu, candor force
aud pf0nlptness.
. Inc next witness called was Mrs. Alexander Ham
n.on' OF your CITY, now over ninety years of age
She appeared very swift witness for the Doctor re-
latins however, with much accuracy and precision.
the events whitI happened during , long acqoaln,