Litchfield enquirer., 1845-02-20
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 45s dscSsssd. Osborn. was in the employ sl pcfieTa isfher. who is respectable f&friNE 1esic- inr in MRmden, he boarded at E1lt H4f<ns where he had spent the Sabbath. ng w.s ne esneE .l | he had lent to young Potter for few days kot- fer was in the habit Of spending his niEhts af Q house cfill fame, kept by Charles Coes near the Head of Long Wharf, where he had become enanl- .oFsd of fraitmuatto girl, named Matilda Rome- roy. The watch he gave to this girl Through. inc advice of Potter's father, who was always 6ieia Sf tIs dsoeased, Osborn solicited of Potter fhe return ct the watch and the girl refusing to
 ve it tib, or Potter wishing hero to retain it. he devised plahl ta avoid returning it-zand this was Thassday, and agreed to meet him on Sunday eve- ming and restore the watch. In the mean time he sSa9ht out the negro. and bargained with him. to take the life of OshuFn, Hdffhe pifful sum of 0e dollars! The fatal Sunday evening finally arrived and Potter met his ursasP sPecting victim agreeably 10 s4uUOiOlmenGs near kne HatR HNoao' OtAdsS AI Barnesvilles and but short distance from his ia- ther's residence. While engaged in conversation with him, the negro, Oscar came along with brc-s Fen pike pole on his shoulder, which was very heavy, ofcedar about seven feet long, and with an iron point at the end. With this weapon he gave Osborn a blow on the head, which felled him to the ground; after which blow followed blow. and the iron point of the pike was stabbed into the side of the head several times. The deadly weap-- on, dripping with blood, was then carried down the bank and thr6sxA intD theriyer.s1 2 egt
 The body of Osborn was found early the next morning. when jury Q. inquest was summoned, and Potter appeared with others as witness. The watch having been missed from Osborn's pocket, search was mades and 1t was found at Goes. Pot fers statements were unsatisfactory, that he was at once arrested andscommittedf flor examination. - On Tuesday, while yet in prison the officers dis covered blood on his pantaloons, and this dscove- " 70 agitatedhm that he finally confessed as above ktated.S The negro was immediately arrested and committed to jail. Search was made in the river. and the broken pike pole, the horrid instrumentdf death, was found under the ice The examtnaiion Of the prisoners was to have taken place before Mir Jhstice Bennett, at the Court Room in the State House. yest6fday but understantt it has been i,ostposicd till next sweek.g.s asad srs sfs8anss SaMr. Osborn was worthy and ipdustrous man.
 and strong and consistent advocate of the cause of Temperance. a He had occasionally fnrlshed inter- .esting cts in refereneeto the evils the tratck in intoxicating drinks ipeEam Haven. for .publca- dion in, our papsr.-,J E: Fomsaia. yi 'l.s Ia
 Case of Young Fasseit our readers viii re- member the ease of young Fassett, who year or two ago, being then member of Yale College, smortally wounded tutor Dwight. and was after- whrds admitted to bail. At fhe present term of .flre Superior Court of New Haven, his trial would have regularly come on, but motion was made to postpone it, uaceount of his sickness. Certificates from physicians were presented, stating that he Yf,a Is,4 ing great doubt of his duty in the case. overrYlcd the motion. The bail was accordingly forfeited = Fassett resides in Philadelphia, and his father is said to be rich.-Josr. cf Com @
 Miss WrssrER-Rsy H. F. Leavitt. of Yer gennes, vt., in a letter published in the Boston Chronicle, says :. Her father is yet n Lexnstonf nnf our our Senator. S Ion. $. E Phelps iromher counsel. the Hon, Leslie Coombs, there yet hope she may soon be pardoned by the Governor. PeThaps not till after MT. Fairbank has his trial. and would add perhaps not then. But MT. Coornbs thinks there is strong grounds to expect 1t. And ! pre- sume there Is, or her father would not sarry but what they are ,Mr. Coombs does not mention. She is sentenced but is not placed in cell as the oth CTS are but one erected especially for her--yery ro,,1h and plain weather boarding. ss but not un- ceafortable. and the keeper assures her she shall he as sedulously protected against insult as M she were his daughter "}he keeper has not requi-
 
 tro.n his own table, and furnishes her with books to readp For al keeper thustc act without law, shows str0ng pgsllG syIaps'ny 'n ger iayof
 4 Wa,singsoa R.a,sos..- The New York Com. uercial Advertiser mentions that there is yrumor aaoat that Mr. Packenham, the British Minister. has received instructions to demand an |. explana. tioa. or < apology"--it is not clear which--from the Governrent of the United States for certain eompiimentary ailusions to the British Govern ment. contained in Mr. Calhounss celebrated let- fer to Mir. King, our Minister to France. Thelet-
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 confrmation ef Me iCapfsve ef Sans4 Anna. .Hsy the arrival at New Orleansof the schr. Wa ter witch, and slips tby the Express Mai!l from days ahead of the newspaper mails-we have the following important news: as s1s ! afsr;eo-- csnfirynstisa ef Ae Capfsve ef San- fa aysy.a.--The schr., Water Witchs which sailed from Tampico on the 26th uit arrived last evening with papers up to the 22d ult from Vera Cruz.-- Tsha Minister of Exterior Relations announced to Congress on the l7th January, the capture q Sanfa .f5Ee' e0dacial Note.) gs,sl. aioi F r HeGd QsarfeSy cf CsssstifsdienaS JdaifsGss
 sIflN.iEE 4 Ar. Jsco, half past Q o'clock. lgsS sa His Excellency. Don Antonio de Santa Anna has just been brought in by four of our men, and write the particulars before to-mcrrow g1 S
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