Litchfield enquirer., 1856-08-07

dressed him: "Mr w we know that you have in your possession, or know something of that money. Now disclose every thing, or We will sink your body trembling under the weight of a guilty conscience, in that water never to emerge with life, and VIC will hurry your guilty spirit without one moment for repentance, before the tribunal of Heaven, to receive the rceompense of your crimes. Disclose at once, or you die" ," This was uttered ia tone and with an empha- sis that forced upon the mind of Ar. W. the absolute certainty of its fulfment. The guilty man trembled For time, utterance failed him. His terrible adversary was still sounding in his ears the certain doom that awaited him. He could not conceal the truth no longer That power which had aided him in the con- mission of the crime and till now kept him from the disclosure had torsaken him, and the thought of rushing into the presence of his God, with his sins unrepcnted of forced him to reply : /" will tell you all know about it--your suslfs ions are correct the money is in our possess;tll or at least $30,000 Of the remaining s, ,0CB 1 know nothing. You will find it either in Il black trunk, ill our bed chamber or under the hearth." Judge K. leaving him in care of Nt
 F. till he should ascertain the truth of this statement started for the house.
 He was seen by his wife, and the lady by whom the tale was related to the writer, com
 ing across the fields covered with mud, and to use the words of the former, appeared Ike a murderer" Alarmed at such sight his wife, though from her feeble health hardly able to walk, met him at the door with the enquiry- Husband what have you been doing!" As calmly as the circumstances would permit, he re- piled" We have had the fellow under water and made him own where the money is" Judge ! K. proceeded to the house of Mr. w. ard it, quircd where Mrs. w. was. He was told that she was in her chamber, but did not wish to see any one Without cert mony, Judge k. ascend 1 cd the stairs, as We may suppose, in no careful manner, and knocked at the door of the apart ,nclrt pointed out. He heard rustlng within but no step. He called but no voice was heard ln rage lie set his foot against the door and burst it open, and entered. Mrs. w. was sit ting on the bed. He nmdiately explained the object of his visit, and concluded by telling her that the money must be forth coming Seeing the Black Trunk,' he proceeded to open it, and examine its contents when she exclaimed It is not there" Her position upon the bed at this moment excited suspicion that the money must be about her, and he immediately con- r,cnced pulling of the bed clothes in total disre- gard of all sine could say of the inlprolr;,ty of such conduct in a lady's led chamber Deco rum was out of the question. She next at tempted to accomplish y force, what she could not ly reason but with the ease and the strength of a giant, he lifted her from the bed, and removing the covering, he saw a quilted garment that appeared as though it might con- tain the money. He seized it, when Mrs. w. | ;4 diately left the house and proceeded with his ! rize, to neighbours when the whole amount. SH3 GOO was found quilted between two pairs of gehtlemen's drawers, the property of the of ficer wEo died at Mir W's few days before :: aud to use the words of Judge K :: When he sciz, d the drawers, in her bed chamber, she seemed to Le more troubled about the name on them, than the moncy,.as that would furnish abundant cyidvuce ot her guilt in the death of ! the officer"
 Mr. w. was released and returned to his ] house but his witc--she who had instigatcd ! to the commission of the crime, HOW known to 1 the world, was 10 where to be found. Search made ill all apartments of the honse Lut in vain. { As soon as the circumstance of her absence be- came known, intelligence was brought, thut a ueighbor had seen hcr crossing the fields with harrid step in the direction of the River (thc ! Black Rver) The truth flashed at once upon l the minds of all, that she had in all probability found watery grave The river was search cd and little distance below where she was seen crossing the fields, her body Was found, with such q look of unutterable anguish depic- ted uu the countenance, as plainly told of the depth of the struggle which had taken place ill her bosom Home she had rendered desolate ; ] husbands reputation she lad blasted and with hand more wthercd than the touch of an. euyenomed serpent, she lad rlucked from ! the associated name of both, everything that was worth living Tor She could bear the thought of existence no longer The dreadful act is mci.atcd. The discovery of her guilt drives her to desperation desperation hurried her footsteps, aud as from projecting cliff she cast herself into the deep and rushing current below. the scenes closes forever over being who but for that first fatal yielding to temp tation, might have shonc conspicuous in the halls of earth
 ! X REMARKABLE RvER-1n the province of , Andalusa, in Spain, there is river called the Tinto, from the hues Of its waters, which are as yellow as to,ez It possesses the most extraor- dinary qualities. If stone happens to fall in and rest upon another, they both become, in oae years time, perfectly united and congluti- nated All the plants on it's banks are wither- ed by its waters whenever they overflow. No kind of verdure will come up where its waters reach, nor can any fish live in it's stream The