Western Statesman, Volume 4, Number 14, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 14 June 1833 — Page 2

ott board about 9 lock, uud aed Lira t : Port Office lust Deo. ; remembers to hoe giy- conversed with Mr. Cranston, toll keeptake a letter to Fall River; itne refused, ; en Sarah M. Cornell a letter charjecl with one ;er wno fiid ;t w t M . i" t f.rst,sayinethat it Mas contrary to order?, cent nostatre : thinks it wagon ih, .m .!.. . WDO .n . . ll. S not ilr AVer

and told him to put it into the letter box of the boat; the gentleman insisted on his taking it, gave him nine pence, sayiug it would be a great favor, kc. Reccollects hearing at the lime that thero was a fouidas' meeting in Providence; did not take particular notice of his dress; carried the letter it was to the care of Mrs. Cole, Fall River. Said ' at the time that the man wa3 a minister; to (he best of his reccollection, Mr. A. is the man; told Mr. A. so when witness wei-t to his house to see if he could identify him, ou christinas day. Did

iiuieccaiM uuhu nucu uc ttfui in or - 11. . . came out on that day; never Said in j the room tliat he was not confident e-' nough to swear to the fact. Witness i H:dn.A iV. lf 1 i identified the letter. ! Uetsey Li. LOiO On 27th ISOV. Wit- j ness's father brought in a pink letter and j laid it on the wjndow for Sarah M. i Cornell witness delivered the letter to I Sarah, next morning. j , p,. , JohnJ. Paine of Providence, was j acquainted with Sarah M. Cornell, in Woodstock, Conn.; took her to the Thompson Camp-meeting, on the 2d! day of the meeting at her own request, j n-i r 1 1 . i . . r The fallowing is the letter referred to by the Engineer, tfce. and was read to the jury: PnoviDE.vcE, Nov. 1831. Dear Sister 1 received your letter in due season and should have answered it before now, but 1 tho't I would wait till this opportunity as I told vou I am

willing to help you and do for you asjtmg; while on his way to the meeting circumstances are I should raihcr you i he heard the Universalist church clock would come to this place, viz; Bristol, in I strike 9 ; reached the meeting house the stage the 18th of Dec. and stop atUhreeor four minutes after the services

the Hotel and stay till U in the evening ! and then go up directly across the main treet to brick building near the stone meeting house where I will meet you and talk with you when you stop at the tavern either enquire for work or go out to the street in pretence of looking for some or something and I may gee ou say nothing about me or my family should it storm on the 18 come on the 20th if you cannot tome and it will be more convenient to meet at the meeting house in summerset just over the ferry on either of the above evenings I will meet you there at the same time or if ou cannot do either I will come to fall river oti one of the above evenings! Tvlcn there will be the least Dassin? I hould think when the mills 6top work, this I leave w ith you if I come I will come if it does not storm very hard if it I does the first III come the second write me soon and tell me which when you write direct your letters to Betsey Hill BrtsfoJ and not as you have to me re. member this your last letter I am afraid was broke open. were your calash and not your nlain bouziet ycu can send your letter by mail. Yours &c. B. H. S. M. C. Let mo still enjoin the secret keep the letters in your bosom or burn them up. (This was the red or pink letter Addressed on the outside "Miss Sarah M. Cornell, Fail River, Mass." To be left at Mrs. Cole's.) The following were also submitted to the jury. Fall River, Dec. 8th. I will be here on the 20th if pleasant t the place named at 6 o'clock, if not pleasant the next Mondav eve, say nothing. 1 (Copy of a slip of paper in pencil mark said to have been found in the bandbox of the diseased, and referred to In the examination.) If I am missing inquire of Rev. M. Avery Bristol, he will know where I am gone. Dec. 20th. S. M. CORNELL. John Bojd of Portsmouth related a conversation he had with Mr. A. two or three daj. after the commencement of the Bristol exa nidation, which went to prove that Avery had teenopontho Island on the 20th, bv the knowledge ht bad obtained of routes and objecti, which he was able to describe. Mar D. 3orden and husband, on Saturday wnr of 4 dais' meeting, at half past 9, et -.u .u. vrneu wild a tall man in the dce of k IVffnti Lucj Spink, on the above 'evening after preaching, saw Mr. Aver walk off with a short young woman and turn a corner to. meetinkrok. up a little before 9 o'clock Gr.nri.ll R.wson, brother-in-law of decoas- ' W'tneM 'nd hil wif ! ,?1Dp,.,nl Cmp mee,in the following transacts, took place between Mr. Avery ami her. She said .he met him on the ,round on Thursday, and ha requested her to n.e.t film in tha evening at a certain house when nw norn oiew lor preaching: that they walmmtt flPAM kmfA .... r. " V . wooa; tuat the asked fcim irte had burned certain conlestional letlert iha bad sent to him ; that he replied "no :" nd said "there is one condition upon which 1 will burn them, and settle the difficult ;'' and that when thej parted ht agreed to burn the Utters. Mrs. Nnncy Bid well, wife ofRev. J. M. BidWell,of Fall River, testifi-d that Mr. A. Maid at her bouse on the above mentioned Saturday evening; that ht did not come till half past Bine. r Philip R. Beontt, on Manday, 13th inst. in rderto ascertain the time which it would take to go on foot from the stack yard to the lerrj, started from the j.rd in company with Benjamin Manchester, and accomplished tbt distance by rnnmnn half. Did it partly at Dt. Hooper', request, who had purse madt IU M reward, and had r.cv.l . his share Eafrf If. Lt Loro was cif ik in Til) K,u,

! that a man whom he took t be Mr. A. drop- ! ped a letter in the box in the forenoon.

The examination of witnesses on the oart of the government was here concluded, and Mr. . ... . ucieuuaui, review , J ed the rnvprnniput IflOinmnir .1 . 1 j tfanrit-tlnh in hha TaF lkn ,l.,r 1 . : r - - -- n ii'i fjiujjusuu, ursi, 10 now by the opinions of authors and physicians, together with the situation of the body when found, and by her frequent threats of suicide, that no homicide had been committed ; second that if there had been a homicide, that Avery could not have been the perpetrator; and also that h cuuld not have had any interview with her at the time she had alleged in conversation with her sister and brother-in-law, and third that she vowed to be revenged on him, for excommunicating her from cnurch, ititcostlicr her life. Hp rsutimicl c ' the jury against the general infatuation which licrvaded the communUy remarked that the )vitne3s" inu bEhalf of tlie government wished to satisfy the community, and concluded by observing that ruicious circumstance, and willing witnesses would hang any man. Joseph Fuller, of Providence, lives in Friendship street, 18 or 20 rods from Methodist meeting house: on TVsdav morning, about 25 or 30 minutes before ... w vi lULUUllI JCIUIC 9, Mr. A. came to witness's house, and entered into a conversation with Mr. I Holway; while A. was there witness! neetinV fr ' shaved and dressed for meeting Mr. A. remarked that he had enlaced to . . -P o . open tne prayer meeting at 9; witness wished him to remain a little longer; but looking up to his timepiece perceivsd the hour had arrived, and said no more, and Mr. A. immediately started for the meeting. Samuel Palmer on Tuesday witness was at the 9 o'clock praver mee11:1(1 commenced; Mr. A. was in the ali : a - . r . i t. iai ; wiuicss t;ii in ironi oi mc aitar, so that Mr. A. could not have come out without his moving; was in company wtth A. until four that afternoon. Wm. Pearse on Christmas day last, witness, with other gentlemen, was pres- j cnt at Mr. Avery's house, in Bristol, at i the time Mr. Oswald, engineer of the tall Kivcr steamboat, came for the purpose ofidentifyinc Mr. Avcrv Oswald men saia, mat he should not like to! swear that Mr. A. was the man who delivered him the letter; after Mr. A. put on his spectacles, Oswald was more un certain; Oswald said that he thought A. Dore some resemblance to the man, and could not be certain as to anv nart nf his dress; said it was between 9 and 10 o'clock; might be near starting time. 10 as there was considerable steam on; u. repeated his unwillingness to swear several times; witness looked down the lane and saw 40 or 5') strangers several lads loiced themselves into the back part of the house. s Wm. ilenrv IV Wolf, ttrii ) NOV. 19ll) witness Was rharrr? cIt- 'out J for postage; witness filed all his letter?, could find no letter on file received on that dav; in file of bills found a bill from Fall River Iron Manufacturing Company, dated Nov. 11, but which witness knows was not received on the 14th, 15lh or 16th: was half of a letter portion of the sheet being lost: a portion of the waler being attached to the bill; nrejsumes that this must have been the let ter received on the 19th. Nathaniel Rullock, collector of Rristol witness was one of Mr. Avery's counsel at Bristol. On Christmas day, saw 40 or 50 strangers round Mr. A."'s house: not Bristol people; their excited appearance created great alarm to Mr. A t inends: witness felt anxious as lo

i i- . . .... witness, after A. was discharged bv thp Bristol Magistrates, by reason of the continued excitement of the Fall Riv. er people, urged Avery to keep out of reacn un wunin a week or two prior to the March session of the Supreme Court, assuring him that his counsel would' take the same measures to procure evidence and prepare his defence. Avery expressed a wish to remain in Bristol and live down the prejudice against him, but was finally overruled by his friends. John Bristead, minister of Protestant Episcopal Church, in Bristol, had heard that a mob of people had come from Fall Rier to carry ofl Mr. Avery by force; a day or two after the examination, urged him to withdraw until the excitement had abated. Mary Davis, was living in Mr. A.'s family, in December, on Christmas day a number of Fall Hiver people surrounded the house, and 12 or 13 forced their way into the back door and interupted passage of witness through the kitchen. She asked them what they wanted: they replied, We want Mr. Avery, and we will haye him, dead or alive, or shoot him through the window. Sally Swan, of Bristol examination, witness conversed with Mrs. Ani a Norton,twho said she had come over to Bristol to testify against Mr. Avery: Mrs. N. said "he ought to be hung: and BAU wd x? lhinB Awards it she would. Mrs. N. nlsn f r.M : .L . ilr. A. had large whiskers, high shirt T T j waniea washing; and that one Hem ueara mai t l i j , . LJ not to be known. his whiskers, so as Jane E. Sprague, of Bristol, confirmeo too above resaattiatr iUm i.:,i Davirf DnfnlUa Chjm day

a. s saioty; when the hell of the Fall jject; but more particularly, as it calls River steamboat rang, the mob retired:! to mind many of the ncmn. A aa

who crossed the bridge on the afternoon

of Dec. 20th: C. said he knew Mr. Avery. Witness himself made the tracks found on the beach, by Mr. C. on 21st ' )qq t t Rev. Daniel Webb Mr. Cranston. toll-keeper, said to witness on the 14th Jan. "1 can't think Mr. Avery passed this bridge on the 20th Dec.'" Bcnj. Tilley, testified to hearing the remark above by Cranston. Rev. Isaac Bonney, Timothy MerriU, N. W. Wilson, Ebcrrezar "Blake, Methodist ministers, here testified that they had known Mr. Avery for many years, and that his character for peace and humanity and continence, was entirely irreproachable. Lydia Le Barron, had known Mr. Avery eight years, he was in the habit of rambling about, his excursions lasted many hours. Isaac Alden, when at Stoughton, Col. Harnden, who had brought A. to that I I , . i !pIace' recluested, witness to go into a rTm' f See ""y was the man wll0m ,,e took tca with at FaI1 River, in Lawton's tavern, on the 20th Dec: witness did and was certain that he was not the man: that man was longer fa,.voured' ; "Ul"1' .-, ui i mi nivxr, was at ;

iue meeting on Saturday evening, Uct. ' himself along side his "sTceelhart" and 27: broke up about nine, after meeting,-says '-Ego amo" the lady startles and Mr. A. came up with witness at four ! wishes to know who he is in love witi corner, and said he was going to Ben-! how long he has been in this situnet's stable, and went off in that direc-1 ation, together with 23 other questions, lion: was a cloudy night. j the answering of which will consume Nine wstnesses proved that the 40 minutes Then he says "tu amas" weather was exceedingly mild in the'here again the curiosity of the lady is afternoon of December 20th. jexcited and precisely 17 questions are Oliver Brownell, one mild day, latter! propounded; by the time these qnesend of week, of Dec. 20th, 6aw a talli tions arc satisfactorily ans.ved 40 mln.

man, with a surtout, and black hat, going S. from the mines, near G. Brownell's gate: witness did not recollect the hour: his wife asked him who the stranger was very uncommon to see strangers in that road. Sarah Brownell, on 23th Dec. saw a ! if r.-wianr nunuf I ire I .AIr : lhrou3h George brownell s lot, two rodsj s",,- " ' "juuituj uiiecuon. 1 ximtj muiuiiv un me iiiint oi Lec. 20th between the eight and nine, while going home from Geo. Hall's overtook and passed a tall, slim man. in dark A.v.r A U l.-ti rr-w clotoes and black hat, on that road, go- j ing North towards Bristcl Ferry: he j was walking very slow. ij i iui, -iwi 11, witne-s had conversation with Mr. A. about coal on the Island: and said that he had heard (hat the coal might be procured for three dolhirs a ton: witness said he should like to be sure of it, as it was less than what he then gave. (continued on fourth page.) Courting. The following ingenious article from the Oxford Lyceum, is published in reply to a piece "on courting ajler bedtime,1 which appeared in the statesman seme two weeks ao taken from the same paper. The article al ot the Devil in the office of the Statesman, and was by him transferred to the columns of that paper in the absence of the Editor; or perhaps it would not have found its way there. He the more readily gives place to this article, ag he docs not adopt the sentimenls contained in the other, as his own uuon that sub- , sets" with which he was familiar while attending the school at that village; and as he recognizes, (unless greatly erring) the language and style of one of his fellows, who was still there conjugating his amo, amas, amamus, when he took leave of the University. From the Oxford Lyceum. I an, not one of those who believe that they are compelled blindly to adhere to J ' " J VAV.11U every custom that has been introduced amongst us. If convinced that the observance of a particular custom, is calculated to exercise a deleterious influ ence over society, there are none who would oe more willing to see it abolished.There are some who look with a jealous eye upon every innovation that is made upon the established rules 01 society. J he experience of the world however, has proved the fact that innovations are sometimes absolutely necessary to throw off a load of imnoailion. which the weakness or enthusiasm of mankind have for ages been heaping on their fellow creatures. It would bean easy matter to refer the reader to many instances where these innovations have been attended with beneficial results, but for the present I have another object in view. I am well aware of the fact thai many deprecate the practice of making Head sets. For the benefit of those who do not understand this expression, I will V "million possible, bitinff y, give my definition of it. It is visitinc a as lar from her as tP VfillP til ! I m is. Innlilnrr mrougn your fiirgnr, and not speaking a rvord for haifan hour or visiting a lady and remaining after the usual bed :i i .'-- i h

time, nine o'clock. 1 understand Philodecorum as making a direct lunge at j "dead sets" according to the last definition. He is certainly attempting to era- i dicate one of the most innocent customs : in society. He remarks in his own! beautiful language 'it iswho!ly,unne-l cessary from the simple fact, that there I is the greatest abundance of time un-! derthe bread blaze of day which is the! time allotted for all wordly business."! Now the fact is, many of our gallants!

are compelled to engage in the active must have been in his ''cups ' when he business of life during the day. Our me-; penned this article. Beware beware chanics for instance, cannot find time j Mr. Decorum, a Lunatic asylum may to visit the ladies "under the broad ! ere long be your abiding place vou blare of day." If they are denied the : stand on slippery ground. Another priviledgeof visiting them atnight, they I such an article would be proof "strong must either not see them at all or neg-! atvd clear as holy writ" that reason ha"l lect their business in order to doso. But ' left fcer throne." The ladies will not says Mr. Philo decorum let them return ! thank you for such advice although you at nine o'clock. At this season of the 'may have spent many sleeplessmghU year it is not dark until seven o'clock, j in prcpairing it. You certainly could Is it possible for a lover to sa.y all he ; have passed your time much more arccwants to say in two hours? I answer he i ably and equally as profitable in making cannot, and if my own proper name was, a "dead set" as in writing such nonsense, subscribed to this article some of mv llinl mv shppt is full

readers would admit that I have conjsiderable experience in these matters. j If I am comctly informed the conversation between our young: gentlemen and ladies at the present dav, amounts lo . : conjugation of the verb "amo" (to love.)! i ne j oung sparu enters me room, seats ! utes more are spent: so they go on through with the verb in the" present tense. In this mariner you will discover that it takes exactly 1 hours to reach "amant." If 1 were a young: lady fl am filad that I am not) I would discard eve ry lover who left me at this season of the - Kr...... 11 1. It is hardly possiblc that one who loves fondly and dcuieuiv, wouiu niaKe nis exit ueiore he had run the verb through the present tense. But again suppose a gentleman is in love and the ladv unon whnm h Inc placed his affections resides in a city on one of the busiest streets Does any one believe that he could discourse love, i "i 5.w is .u t: i uuiiig, waggons rum' bling, bells ringing, men hallooing, and boys jabbering? For myself I would just as soon undertake o secure the af fect ions of a coquette, as to make declaration under such circumstances. She certainly would demur to it. But when the noise and bustle of the busy (own is hushed, when the queen of night rolls in silent majesty through the Heavens, when the trees wave and whisper in the inconstant breeze, then is a favourable lime presented for bending the knee al the footsool of beauty and making n ! so,emn declaration of" his attachment. j Jtsut says Mr. JJecorum "this custom is - . . . ... . a mi miuulcu iu ueueve mat tne superstitious were afraid to venture out at night, because that was (he season when. I. ... - witcnesgtiosiS,goblinsand"spiritsdamned" were supposed to visit the earth. I think the young men who flourished in those days, retired to bed as soon as darkness with her sable cloak overspread the earth: if they courted at all it must have been done in day light. I am not prepared to say however that they did not altogethei dispense with the formality of courting Our forefathers were never distinguished for making what we modernitcs call ';dead sets." In the next place he deprecates the practice of kissing! yes kissing!! why really one would be induced to believe from the remarks that the nrticle was in fact and reality, written by one of those poor, isolated man-forsaken ani mals y'clept "old maids." I once knew a couple of ladies of a "particular afre" (I am not certain that they were both entitled to this appellation) who pronounced every young man "dissipated and immoral, profligated and abandoned" who did not worship at their shrine. In this case it was wounded pride. They had not received that adoration and respect that thir vanity led them to anticipate. But enough of thisi am unanie lo say when or where tne practice ot kissing had its origin. it nas nowever existed "time whereof tne memory of man ruunelh not to the contrary. A majority of those plays which occupy such a conspicuous place at our "setting parties" are composed of kisses. Abolish kissing ,,! you destroy the beauty and simplicity vi piye. jn une i noneslly be lieve that it is a very innocent amusement, though I ntver thoupht fhnf . gentleman had a right to kiss a lady when lia mniill. ... 11 i ;. . . ' ' ....v.. luuuui whs niiea wim tooarco. tor this reason I have abandoned th practice, and those whom I have recent Iv ntrrlrrtrrl will I , : I .1 . my apology. I have seen the day when I would have walked bare footed hir -j -"o pic.ac lun.Nurr mis as a mile over frozen ground to have been permitted to kiss a handsome lady. But this reformer draws a comparison bc-

tween the drunkard and the "kisser" This is outrageous. To compare a lady's lips to a bottle her mouth to the bung hole of a keg of brand!! fie fie shame on such comparisons sipping nectar from ruby lips like swilling whiskey out of a jug!! inhaling the sweet breath of a fair damsel, like breathing the thick atmosphere of a grog-shop. Basking in the sunshine of her smiles, like wallowing beastly drunk in a mud hole!! Why assuredly the gentleman

Philo decorum asks whether the practice of kissing "is decent genteel or christian?" 1 answer ves. and if a ma. j - - v ioritv of the ladies do not vcsnnni! nmm fn ir" T srav soose quill. PIIH O DV P vts P. S. Piiilo decorum at the rommcner,mcnt of his article forbids us visiting I he ladies at night at the close he says we may go if we do not day longer than bed time. If he had written another sentence, in all probability he would have permitted us to stay until 12 o'clock. Extract of a lctecr from Gen. Lafayette, to a reni!eman of this City, da'id Feb. 28, 1833. "I thank you for your letters: they are more and more necessary to me. The anxiety that I experience on account of cur unfortunate American dissensions is beyond any thing that I can j express, i he last news seems to point I to an amicable settlement. It must not be believed that the glory of each parly consols in the triumph of its opinions. It is quite the contrary. The friends of America will rejoice when they see both parties animated by a spirit of conciliation. It is in this" point of view that the patriots of Europe consider this business. They would wish to contrast the internal policy of the United States with the violent measures, for instance, that the British ministry have lately proposed in parliament with regard to Ireland. They would wish to be able to say 'e the difference between the political system of the U. States and that of the European governments, even of tho-ewho pretend to act upon principles ofliberalism!' This view of the subiect is of great importance, and ought to strike our citizens of all parties and of all opinions. It is right that there should be a diversity of sentiment respecting State Rights on the one hand, and the powers of the National Govcrnwent on the other; this is necessary for the rnaintainance and preservation of the Constitution. But the thing must not bo carried too far on either side. My anxiety, I may say my anguith, will not be at an end until I shall know that all is a.mcably settled. The spirit of mutual concession that will produce such a result will be honorable in the eyes of all the friends of liberty in Europe." A'at. Intel. From the Jlbany Daily Advertiser. The other day a eotemporary gave an anecdote of the introduction w hich to;)k place between Daniel Webber and Judge Duel. It is a pity that the whole, conversation was not given, as the wit of mine Host proved on this as on other occasions very catching. It ia true that on presenting Mr. Web-?yi!.Mtr-?ue,'Mr- Outtenden said. 1 his is Judge BucI who cultivates the tmestjlowrrs of the field; and this the Hon. Daniel Webster, who culls the choicestozoers of rhetoric:'1 Mr. Webster, then hannilv ol0... a "your flowers produce fruit, mine, I fear. may prove abortive !"-To this Judge till PI. Mk A.I- . .. . O M H encity replied J Jft.l o, Sir, are annual and cvanescent, while bloom:' ours promise a perpetual Advertising HW.We find in the Oswege Free Press a singular, and we must add, dlsgraceful instance of advertising n wife: The Reverencd Jason Lathrop advertised hi, wife in that Journal as a run aways nd cautj01)ed (he b.c trusting her. A correspondent of the rreelVessanswAr.il,.,, j - and alleges that the husband had his wife fan i:m,ui ij , refused ber of thi rhi.K memand stormy jf inter night, and forced neLV Set shelt" the house of a neighbor. A commitfe rftr. k.,.K -" "uu3ion on u affect onate, humane, and reverencd busHand ''adverl Pfi k K.

head, of tbo Hig p0i;"aZ Was ?ne. of lh oonsnlate - of France, during th h 1, k ,e,n,pmaI rulB of Napoleon. Kisir i1 ria Toiume entu,ed nut " mwx t euTioo work.