Litchfield enquirer., 1864-05-05

Mrs Bonton was his mother, she would send him Tn pillow-case to her, almost as soon as he vas born, and then come after him in less than three months, and pay for adopting him out to her, and hiring nurse into the bar gain.
 The testimony of the two Twiggins was SO positive, that Mir. Bonton considered it necessary to attempt to throw discredit upon their character for truth and veracity bu- his Honor thought such evidence super1uous until Benton could disprove the evidence al- ready in, by which other witnesses had sought to show that Darius Dole had not even look ed at his wife for many years before his death.
 Il presume that you see the point, Mir. Bonton.'
 Your Honor, I do see the point very clear ly,' said Benton, Hot at all abashed by his ex- traordinary position, and I expect to prove by two witnesses, that the late lamented Dari- us Dole did call upon ard see the late la mented Mrs. Bonton- that is to say his late iamensed Fanny, or former wife, should say at my house, twice during the year before his daath.'
 Was she your wife at that time, or his ?
 cannot say, of my own knowledge.'
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 can't say exactly what was her real opin- ion about it, she had so many things to say, IS they had been separated for more than twelve years before ever set eyes on her, and she had been married to somebody else, and separated from him, before r.
 Never mind about that. Was she ever divorced from her first husband 2
 lcouldn't swear as to that, either way
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 She might have said 30 but don't know that she ever said she was, and l couldn t swear that she wasn't
 "I see that you are very naturally desirous net to commit yourself in this very mixed-up business, and am not anxious to commit you but what l wan. to get at is this Was this woman, Mrs. Fanny Dole that was-and Heaven rest her soul and prevent her from getting into any more marriages !-in your opinion, and to the best of your knowledge and belief the lawful wife of the said Darius Dole at the time, or times, when, as you Say, he visited her at your house, and had inter views with her ?''
 Your Honor, she was"
 Very well. Then if we have, after fash ion, fixed her as his wife, there will be some sense in ascertaining what Dole said to her during the year in question, if he ever got near enough to say anything. Who are the wit nesses!"
 The two witnesses were Mrs. Jackey and Miss Flipton. They were neighbors at the time spoken of, ,and had been relied upon by Bonton to swear that they had seen Dole en- ter the house. where he remained while in conference with his wife. These witnesses, it seemed had told Bonton that they would tes- f c., <,,, b.,r ,N, l,.A tl. of perjury now dwindled their statements down materially.
 Mrs. Jacklcy said that Dole did one day ap- pear be'oro the house, and inquire if Fanny lived there, but did not enter, leaving by her request
 Miss Flipton said that, on another day. w hen she was in the house with Mrs. Dole, they both SAW Dole approaching the house, evident ly weuk from the heat of the weather and the consumption which afflicted him that Mrs Dole said merely, I'm blessed if that ism, Derry Y and retired from the window and, at the same time, the poor man fell and f.inted and was borne away to an apothecary's shoE by some stranger
 ''ls that all that you expect from these wit nesses, Mr. Bonton 2"
 Ut is all that 1 now expect, though they have deceived me greatly! r replied Bonton bitterly.
 "It appears to me that your expectations have been un warrantably great in more thar one important respect, Sir" said the Judge "From your unaceountable demeanor, hert and elsewhere, one would imagine that yol not only supposed this dead woman your wife before she was divorced, but that she was alst another mans wife after you had married her and here you have not blushed to make grea effort to show that after she was presumed tt be your wife, she became the lawful mother O another mans son. But this is but part ol your multiplied baseness. Toy have endeav- ored to induce two parties to commit perjury and to impugn the character of tive others fol veracity. A fatheress boy, unhappily in your charge, yon have brought up here, under the miserable pretence that he is the legitimate offspring of disgraceful mother, in order tha you may complete the sum of your yillalne' by defrauding an old lady out of her lega inheritance. What have you to say, Sir, te all this? What is it possible for you to say ol for me to add ?"
 All that can say is, that Fanny Dole de clared to me that the the boy was her lawfu child on her death-bed 2" said Bonton, sulklly hanging his head, not perceiving the absu -dl- | ty of the falsehood he had forged until 1t wal uttered.
 "She died with lie in her mouth. then and only said so that you might repeat it fol the ears of fools. But have no words nor pa tence further to waste upon this business. Il you are fortunate enough to escape punishment it will be only because it is puzzle to decide for which of your many crimes and misde mean5rs you should be called to account the first. In this cause, I am convinced thai there is now no doubtful heir. The property in question will go to Mrs. Tardy, and tht law must do some equal service for that un- fortunate boy"
 And in accordance with this decision, the affair terminated.
 Doct Mary E. Walker, lately captured by the rebels near Chattanooga, has arrived a Richmond. She attracted much curiosity a. .bo no.sol +brouoh the streets hAhited in m al