Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1839-06-14

VERY great: it has been estimated from $500 000
to $500 600. Extensive saw mills had been hui
on the west side Of The dam, TO manufacture lumbe,
foaicd down from the northern townships. The
plan was similar to hn h, which the waters Of h.
Mcrimark have been turned iom their bed N
operate The vast works ~ Lowell Had it been
successful, N The capital Of Maine, another civ u
corporate ions, with lis sIte"is Of manufactures and
miles OF operatives might have been reared 10 riva
The great work shops Of production in Massachu.
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SARAH NJ. JARVIS Us. SAMUEL FARRAR
JARVIS The Correspondent Of the New
YORK Cmmetclal writes from Hartford
Conn under date Of May %. as follows:
The great divorce case OF Sarah NJ. Jar.
Wis vs. Samuel Farrar JARVIS, came on be-
fore the committee at O'Clock YESTERDAY
morning. for the purpose of hearing the
respondents plea. II was an able docn.
ment. drawn up with great care by the
doctor himself, and was read 5v j 3 Fer
rls, OF Stamford, council for the Doctor.
and occupied one hour and quarter IN
reading. Al the principal allegations IN
he petition the Doctor denies. Most OF
the petitioners charges of II, treatment
&c. were lad in Europe while IN For.
ence, aud Rome, and at several Watering
places on the Continent. The Doctor
makes out eXtravagant expenses Of his 10
dy, pnt'lcu'atly after he left his family and
returned himself to ih;s country. l. seem,
he has already honnred The drafts Of his
bankers, Messrs. WeIlrs ~ Co.. n, PARIS.
for over 81 900, and By an affidavit of
Elisha Hart. the father of Mrs. JARVIS, II
appears that he RENTED over $4,000 from
his own purse for her expenses Whllp there.
Al O'Clock came on the regular pXamlna
ton Of witnesses. Long before tina, hour,
groups were seen vending their way to
The Court House which soon became
densely filed and made it extremely diff
cult for the committee, the counsel and
witnesses TO take their seats.
AT an appointed hour. the committee
entered folIowed by the Hon. r. NJ. Sher.
man, with Mrs. JARVIS leaning on his arm.
Next followed the Hon. Heman A len,
with Miss Janette Hart JARVIS. the eldest
daughter, VINO has taken sides with her
mother. Mr.. Allen married sister Of
MIS- jarvis Next or soon after. entered
the Doctor and second daughter, with sew
era female friends, from this city and
Middetown. and a long array of counsel;
OF whom, for the petitioner, Mrs. Jarvis,
are MPssrs. r NJ. Sherman, r. S Bad.
win, WIN Ilungetford, Charles Chapman.
G. l. MCCurdy Samuel Iugham and G. G..
Tyle'. On the part of the Doctor were.
The Hon. n. Terry, GAVIN Goddard
Thaddeus Bets ~. S. Senator elect R.
| IngersoIl, ], B Ferris and |. H. Hun
tIngion. Very soon after the parties were
seated. the first witness, on the part of the
petitioner, Miss Janelie Elart jarvis. wa.
caIi"d to The stand--a fine king. black
eyed, rosy checked girl of about l3-where
she went through the ordeal OF upwards of
. honrs examination. answering questions
with great self possession, till halt past 6
+. NJ, when they adjourned TIL 8 o'clock
this morning. She was again called m
and was soon after passed over to the
hands OF The opposing counsel, who han
d'ed h"r with scruiInlzng severity, and a.,
the acquiring. at on" n'chcl had not clio
sed her testimony. Morning particularly
remarkable was elected from her. Some
amusing argnmen, was had from the oh ,
lec''"ns offered bv the counsel. between
the Hon n Terry. who has seen nearly
seventy winters, aud the Hon r NJ Sher.
man, IN winch the audience seemed 10 take
part IN the sport. Among the witnesses
tor the petitioner, observe the Rev F. NJ.
ii"'ckhlsS, now The oldest Cloruyuan in
Conn'c'lcnr, and for sixty vea,s the Pas
tor of the Flr>t Church 10 Savbrook-and
who, pro labIy, united tins cnnplp IN mar
tlaMn. IhoV were married Julv = ram