Weekly Messenger, Volume 1, Number 94, Vevay, Switzerland County, 29 June 1833 — Page 1
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ZJeuotcd lo rtV ps Fjrciy. .W'rt?fic, TiifP?xf:f re, . ? ?ricult;irc, rllinnf-irtxrcrs, and all other subject of interest, except IG!f! PiUXriSiPS RETREAT, ISDIAXA, SATURDAY, JUEE 29,
riu.'T.i:n .i.v published, jst KEEN AND CIIll.I).
Terras of the " Jlessejsger." ir 5'2 iinniiipr. in advanc; . do
do. p.m! wit am ttie year, 2 oil do. pi;id at the-expiration, 3 00 OT" The ah-ne sums may be paid in produce deii'-re! at ti.i- . -fnee, or such other place a e: y he a . feed on. Fif'een per cent, deduction ma i hen paid in cash icyN" paper discontinued until arrearages 8't paid. iCPusenbers served by post to pav
2o ". extra. OCT"S!ibserLtions P-i'd wihin 2 months af'or san-scribing, considered m advance. .!vertiemei!d inserted at the usual ratc. PitnnucE. For th? acc rnanvi.'i.ti.n of our subscribers,
produce rrviv be left '.viin
' eported for the N. Y Courier &, hnqr 44. Sylvester Lusher. I saw Mr. Trial of tlse E5ev. Eplu'iftlll A veil one morning before suii-ri?e, li. vry. 'com t'g from the south part of the town SUPHEML JUDICIAL COURT lot" Bristol, wparin? V.ts. surtout, ai d Of the u- i .ilfde is. Old and 2rovi-! ;,, red riArfkVrcfirirf in hi !....! I
deme P!a- ta!ions, bet-re the bon. ciiief; j))S, eXf hanged the morning ceremony j-.si.ee Daniel E- dy, -and judges Jm.' ,;n hj b)t amuot Ceitair-it wa, no
Friday, the 21st Dec. though I am in-
Cotton .:r Mix, tticrchsi
:ts, Mounts?? rling.
Girdaer's mill. Pleas mt t nvtishio
Joseph Sh;;rt, mre ha nt, Craig township, R. T. G'd.!::rd's vfore. York' township, Cinries F. Krutz, Y-rk township, Arihcrt G.izkiy, war Troy, Simuel H'cks, n?ar Qaorcus Grove, William M'Cu' lough. Oottou towntuip, Alfroy's mill. Pleasant township, Important BsiVeEltlOES.
fPrE subscriber having lately ob--IL t imed from tlie United States Letters Patent for an improvement in Saw?, which i adapted to saw in general, offers for Sale State or County rights, a will be most suited lo the convfMiitvice of pun baser?. The improvement, in the first place, cr-'t of pairs of side cutters which ftr ject in a line a little from the points of the common teelh between them, so as wholly lo perform the office ol tUttjnir the SUI f ce. T'i" improvement, in .the second l.-i- e, consist of the sides of the teetb being peifediv parallel to a line a lit
tie below t!i points of the teeth of
t clue smooth
com- -r tro tio en! ! vi I rutting.
It will rr.dily he peireived tint aws no v in ue are f isiiy altered to Ihis imorovm'Mit. Saws 0,1 tlii piin cil" n ki- smooth nnd level surfaces, "and en' -I l ister than thoe now i.. Use. Cr -sj cat saws especially, cut with great rapidity, and hen-e inn be advi;jta-."Mvi-!y nppiied lo itnii) purposes ir.r i k li t-it-y are not now used. Those at a distance wishing to o!ia'm ri41-. by -.'.irectiug their cominnnicati. f . p p-id,tothe subsciib'r, iii Prnlad-!piiia. will rreive all nete6;srv ir.fiTaiai i n nt the subject. STKIMIKN USTICK.
DrjKtXE and CuAitLr.s Bkayxox.
(Continued.) 39 William Lawless I iive in the lower part of the own of Bii-tol. Oi the morning of the 21st December, about a quarter of an h -ur befoie sun:ise, 1 s-w Mr. Avery coming from tl e ferry, and walking t "rlhward. lie had in his hand something about ten or fifteen inches long roiled up in a dark red colored handkerchief; I un
di-rtook to overtake him, lor I as par
ticularly acquainted with him, and attended his meeting; I said It wa a ve
ry windy morning and asked him where he was from so early: he said lie had come from the Island where he had been on business yesterday, but had been unable lo yet home last night on account of the wind. I did not agree with him as to the wind, but I did not contradict him. He did not say at whoe house lie had been on business.
(Not cross-examined.
40. Zeruirh Hamblcy I live at Tiverton, close by ttie old meeting house
at ther corner of the i toe that tuins down to the- shore. O 1 th evening
20lh of December, about hail past seven o'clock, I went down the lane anu overtook a lady and gentleman, walking aim in aim, towaids, Mr. John Durfees, whose, house stands 011 tne main load. He wa very tall; she was rather short, and had a cloak on; but thoagh I got' close, to t!iem I dtd not kn.v them, nor did I onset ve wiial sort of coat the gentleman hd on, but tie had not a cloak on. They turned down close lo our lioUje. Not cross
examined. 41. Amy Durfec, who worked in he
MacUuy with tne tin eased, coi roliora-
Ud tin testimony ot Lucy Hathaway (No. 3?) relative to the preparation
made ov ttie deceased oelore stu- leli
the null on the 20iri Dec. and identiti ed the letters arid comb before produ .1 .1111
(,Ui 'is ui'.ijc wiiicii Hie. iiaa ti'cn r
her possession. 42. A'tinry Ghv'fUng. I reside at Btislei, and am w II acquainted with Sir. Avery. On liie Tuesday of the week in which Sarah M 11 i 1 Cornell was found dead, I invited Mr. and Mrs Aveiy to epei.d ttie afternoon at my
notice whether he wrote, nor in what. anil expand lo find Mr. Averv, but
part of the store he ua- at the time. could not see him among ihem. Mr.
I am certain I heard him ask for pa-jPaul, however, went for him and I re. per, bul do not remember whether he jcugnized him the moment he entered sated the purpnfo for .vhich he want , the 100m. I recognised him bv the
ciin d 10 think it was between the dnv
on whnh she was killed and the one on whic h we heard of it. Some ladies
came and told us the news on Satur da evoing. Not cross examined. 45 Imm Smttk. I tesided at Fall i i- 1 I-
Uivei in ue erroer ni. 1 Koow Mr.
Avery and Mr. Biuwell; on the Slit of
that month thy came into mv -tor
aboat 10 o clock m the morning. I
think I recollect Mr. Avery's asking for some letter paper, and believe he got it himself. I am not positive that I iiw him write, but if ,e did it was at the desk; I have some recollection
r.f seeing him at the desk behind the counter, I will not swear it. He ask ed me for a wafer, and nut having any.
I got one at the next door; I think it was a common red wafer. 1 did t;ot charge my mind with these circumstances, and did not think of them un
it twenty days afieiVj -.rds w hen this
'venl became talked of. The writin
paper now produced appear? to be the
imp I had in mv store at that time;
,ts water maik is the same I deliver
d this to Col. Harndeu. I know this
half sheet produced. I was counting
the quires at the request ot Co!. Hani-
Jen to see how much I delivered to
him, and discovered this half sheet in
about the middle of the half ream ; I
compared it with a li 'l-.r writtrn on an
other half sheet and it agreed well
there was no want of lining in the rough edsres and tb appealed to 'lave been toiu from fa.h other; Col. H-trnden wrote "h ilf - iitel' upon i' io pencil; I wrote m name on it a! Bris t.jl lh it I might kiuMV it again. I nought thi half ream of paper of 1 pedlar. Tlieie was something said about the time at which the stage passed, and it p sr( by roy store, going west whil.-t
Vrry was thorn. I did not observe
which way he went I n -1 tie left, nor
'd it. I don't recoiled whether he took the paper birrs. If or had il handed to him; it was not a win le sheet, however, which I saw in his hand There as some talk about writing a letter to the editoi of the "Village Re
corder," and Mr Averv said hi would
wiite one, but also said he should not have time to write it there. He was there waning for the Bristol stage, but whether he or Mr. Bi dwell went out hist, 1 did not o'm'iip. Hi- tun ed
to the h ft when he ent out, whhh
is the way to the po-t-otfice and st 'ge fhVe. Cross-examined. I have frequently been ia I ram Stni-!' store when many others hav? been there, and have seen several persons write behind the couit ter. I never went behind it and tore
a sheet of paper in half.
49. Stephen Baritctt. l drive a stage from Bristol to New Bedford. I am "ell acquainted with M.- Avery. I carried him to Fall River on the 8th of December ! sf. He i?ot oul at Law-
ton's where tlie stage always stops, and 1 pa?9ed on, I saw him near the gate of the postofi'ne, Mr. Avery frequently came to our taMes v hen he was going
away, and seemed particularly fond o! horses, more so than most men. He some times diove my stage considera
ble, distance, and seemed fond of dri
ving. I had pre; ioiibly carried him
hve or six times, and recollect his go wig to th" four days' meeting at Provi
dent e He called on me at Bristol on
Sunday, the 23d of Decembor, and de
sired me to call on Mr. Btdwell at Fall River, anil ask him whether it would not he advisable lo go lo Lowell and
obtain information respecting the bad character of the girl. I did not know at this time that Mr. Avery had been suspected of her murder, but supposed he merely referred lo the suspicion ol his being the father of the child. He m ule this request about nine or ten o'
clock on the Sunday morning after her
notice I took of the feat tires of his lace when he wa persuading me to take the letter for him- Mr. Paul said, this is the engineer who is supposed to have carried a letter from you lo the deceased. Mr. Avery advanced and hook hands with me, and asked me I had cart led a letter for him; I said I had never said so, hut had come lo sHii-fy my curiosity as to his being the peion who did give me the letterHe asked me whether I had any rea.
son to suppose he was the man, I re.
plied again I had never said so. lie asked n.e how he was dressed and I repeated he had on a cloak; he then a-ked if I could swear he was the mtri, and I told him I had never said 1 w ould lie then said it would give him and his friends great satisfaction to know whethci I would swear ir, court he wa the man or not. I said in reply, that if it would give any satisaction to lure r them, i would there say what I should piobably swear, that to the best
t my recollection and ludgment lie was.
the man. Mr. Avei then asked me. 'if
lie hrfd glasses on when he gave me
ihe letter, and I s-id no. He then in
quired of the gentlemen in the room
whether they had ever seen him out oi doois without spectacles on, and they said no. "He nent inlo another roon and rein rued with glasses on. and ask ed me if he looked like the man, and told him hia glasses did not alter the features of his face a bit. Shortly afterwards I went away with Mi. Paul There is no doubt in my mind as to hia being the man. . Cross examined. I don't know that
any peison went with me and Mr. Paul to Mr. Avery's except John Darfee and he went by without entering. 1 did not know any of the persons who
w ere present. To the best of my re
collection he gave me the letter about
9o' clock, or a little past; w had finished breaklp.st and began to tire up a
little to raise the steam. I don t think
it w ha? (i ti.. hut I th't-k Mr. F.idw li 'death. 1 know Mr Avery very lnti-
i' e rnu.is'cr of Fall Rtv 1, leU't first. jinateiy; we were frequently together,
and I have ofle . visited at his house.
Ciui-s examined. I did not sosped
There wa sotm thing s u I about wti ling a letter to ihe edit r of the 'V.h lag R. corder," concerning an article which hud appeared in that paper, hut I think Mr Avt said he should write
at h un
it
Irtiid w as
I It-
how Mr Averv well
a nv.-mber of his church.
.YOT1CE. b j3 EYE.i t I h? taxable inha-
JitJb, bi ai 's of Switzerland county, are heir. v notified that I have received the
duplicate for 1 S33f and a:n now ready to receive 'he taes due therein. I take tins opportunity to expres my entire satisfaction of the promptness, with which the taves have heretofore been paid by a large lumber of my fellow-citizens. I beg leave agiin,to remind them, that the laws relati collectors, heiu-r strict, requires him to he vi-i's-ifl, and he f-els confident, that he u i.l i t be eotn;ie led to use energetic JJleas r ; ta ensure payment. He will at
tend '.levin's in Posey, on the dav of
the 'ieu.-ra! Eiec'ton in August net, and I) r- hi-- r sey frieails will all be there prep' red .it!i 'he thing needful. He also wishes ih in irrears for taxes, for the year 1S31 ! 'o make payment , coi'ectir-
jVEIV aooos, Jnt Opened,
.t 4. sl- ssi J-?
gJF5S;S:Y & CAhE, have just
ueei en iiM. are now opening, a va Iiety i f
-4
They deem it unnecessary lo make a great display; but will, with niucti pleasure exhibit their goods 'o those who wish to purchase timir sprit g supply, feeling satisfied that 110 ..tie will leave their stored on account of their prices. L;idies and Gentlemen. ive us a c ail . PRODUCE of all kinds, taken in payment, at the market priee. Jack.Minvilh , April 19.
(IE Mi'.'senlier lia c' .iiiieiiced the above liusiness in VIJVAY, at the corner of Main and Ferry streets, in the room lately occupied by Vjet.rge E. Pleasarit's as a justice's otV:ce. Having a stock of Tin on h md he will bo enabled, at all times, to furai-h any article in hia line, on Short no ire. He hopes by strict attention to business to merit, ami receive patronage. JAMES SHARP. Verny, June 17,
mi tin lAtt.Mvirtt Tlinrcrlui II
sauL"we will acceof for Fr.dav. lor 1 LTl,P. Utl" f
r - ... . j , on Thursday we cannot so well come," but he did not say why he could not come on Thursday . They had a child which had been sick, and Mra. Avery, who was herself un well, said she could
not go; bill he replied that 8he must
make that visit, and accordingly they
came on F
three and fou
CV.ios.e -a umiicd Thf.rp waa nolbini. 1 1'
' - - unusual or peculiar in Mr. Aveiy's maimer that evening; he was as cheer lul and social as u-ual, made .1 prayer before he went, .md his whole depot t-
led December the 8th, was ptoduced and identified as the one which witness had civnpared with the half sheet at the Bristol examination
Cro-s examined. The pedlar of
whom I bought the paper, called again
and a-ked tne to count it, savinv that
found
. .' (1 f , ' 'tie had seld n.e too much, and I four riday afternoon between 1, ,r , ' . . , ir . .,. .half a quire above the cuanSsiy I hii ur o clock. -ir 1 11 . 1 t. paid icr. I will not swear (10m rr
wn memory that i got the wafer for
Mr. Avery, or whether he look away a sheet or half theet which he had
him of alluding to her murder when he wished me to advise with Mr. Bidwell. He said the deceased was a loose bad girl, and that it was important that we
should obtain evidence to rebut the
chaiges which might he brought a
gainet him for expelling her fiom the
Chun li at Lowell, and had laid this trap for him I don't recollect to have seen Mr. Avery at It istol on the 20th December. 1 lold Dr. VVilbor I had
seen him, hut 1 dont exactly remember
u he liter I did see him or not.
50. John Orszcell. I was the engi-
ld'hecr of the steamboat king Phinp, in
, XT . 1 . :........ f..n l.
my iNovemner last, rum ing nom inn ici-
ver to Providence. &he went Mon
days, Wednesdays, and Fridays; and
leturned fiom Providence, Tuesdays,
m urtl a to fl.-.l il ..hil.Mii. ..ri .roil
., 0 Cth of De.en.bei and the time this half
UClllilll.
43. Rebecca Dimond. In the month ol NoverruK-r last, I lived with my sister at Bi istol, in the upper part ol ihe House occupied by Mr. Avery "and his lamily. 1 know Betsey Hills; she came into the town with Ihem and stayed until ihe early part of the fall ; she was not there when Maria Cornell was hung. I do not remember exactly how long she had been gone, bul 1 do not recollect seeing her there i(lcr the 1 itompson camp meeting. Mr Avery's usual outside clothing was a dark surloutcoat; he had but one cloak, which was a dark cambltt one the surtout is Ihe one he has on now I saw the cloak in the house when he was absent on the 20th December, and the day following, when he went to Mrs. Glad ding's, he did not wear it. I was at home on the morning of the 2 1st when he returned, but did not hear hint say
where he had been, and whilst I was with him and Mr6. Avery, at Mrs. Cladding's, I did not hear any allusion to his absence from home the preced iug night. . Cros-examined. 1 never saw him with any other outside garment than the surtout he has on now, except his
cloak, which he wore occasionally , and at funerals. He wa9 in the habit of
praying with his family after break
fast, and did to rn the morning of the 21st. I saw nothing unusual in his manner. 1 think I can say he lived in harmony with his family, and so far as I know myrelf, he was a kind father and husband.
wMiienon. I do not recollect tcai ing 1 1 hursdays, and hatudays. in ai-
a sheet of papt r in half? between theitoiney General handed him a letter
written on pink paper. j
sheet was given to Col. Harnden. i don't Ihiok I put this half sheet between the quires myself, it would not
hare been according to my habit of hu
1 have been
this letter before, hrst in rovidcnce
in the hands of a gentleman who afterwards proved to he Mr. Avery , the pn-
so er. Aher breakhtbt. between U and
smess. Ihe paper was kept at IheiS o clock, lie came down tne gangway
back of the desk, and many persons plank, and asked me if I would be to
might have had access to it; i am not
constantly in the store, I some time
leave three or four times a day. I had a man with me abool (hat time, who attended the store. I will not be positive that the day on which I got the wafer was the one on -which Mr. Avery was in my store. Other persons have
written at the defsk occasionally, I could name several. Direct resumed. No person can reach the paper without going behind the counter. This witness gave his testimony with evidently great reluctance. Recess till 3, p. m. 46. George Gifford. I was at work across the boom of my craft on the 20th
December last, hauling off the sail, when 1 eaw a man step out of the Fall
Kiver ferry boat and walk off east If
the prisoner is the man he can tell which way he wenl. Cross examined. I don't know whether il was a man or a woman, but it had not a woman's clothes on. 47. Waller D. Brigtrs, son of Lemuel
W Briggs, (No. 4) the postmaster of
unstol, corroborated his father's testimony . 48. Jeremiah flowland. J know Mr. Averv; J saw him come into Itam Smith's store on the 8th of December with Mr. Bidwell. I saw him with writing paper in hie hand, but did not
kind aa to take a letter for him to tall
River. I told him he could put it into
the letter box, but he said he did not want it go so, he wanted it delivered
as soon as the boat tot in. I told him
I did not carry anv letters my seif, and
that Ihe hands were not allowed lo car
ry any, but he said it would do him a
great lavor if I wonld carry it, and I
therefore took it, and nine pence (12i)
which he gave me with it. When I came to Fail River, I inquired of several persons where the person by Ihe name of Cole, at whose house it was directed to he left, resided, and as soon as I had ascei lained, I carried it and delivered it lo him. The poison oi whom I had received it woie a cloak
and a broad brim black hat; but I did Fall Rivera year last March. In No-
not particularly notice Ins clothing. 1 vember last, 1 received from Mr. John
After the death ol Sarah IVl. Uornt II ; (Ji swell, the last w itness, a letter chrec
there were any passengers then on board; wc'rctiuiaih tar! at 19 o'clock
1 without variation I recoiled hearing
some person sav theie was then a four days meeting in Proiider.ee. 1 was at
the liiis'ol cXbit. illation and stated Ihe steam had began to raise as 1 observed il had af'er I had taken the letter; we begin to light the. tires about half paet 8 o'clock, when we started at 10; hut whether it had rose considerably or not 1 cannot say. Before I saw the letter again I said there would probahly be n arks of grease and sweat aboul it, for my hands were dirty at the time with fixing the works, and I ihii.k the letter show s it now. These marks are quite apparent on the leite-. I don't think he had any shirt collai above his neckerchief. By his conversation and the delicacy of his hand. I
supposed he w as a minister at the time and stated so to Thompson soon afier we started; he looked vcty snug about his dress, and theie was also something in his manner which led me to think so. 1 told Avery that to ihe best of my knowledge and belief he was the man. There was a person on boaid the boat that morning with a horse, but 1 believe he was lorwaid when Avery gave me the lelter. I never said to Mr. Page or any one else, that Avery was not the man. I did not see any crowd about his house when I went lo see him; there may have been Mmej men and boys standing in the lane r.f ar the house, but there was no crowd when 1 tame in or went out. I nrver talked about Avery's having a teseroblance lo the man who gave me the letter; I never sail I ws not confident enough tu swear he was tlie u an. Dinct rerur.ica. I don't know who the man was on hoard wilh the horse, ihouiih i l;:.ve seen him on hoard since; he ws. at that iia.e making a preparation for his horse before he brought
him on board.
51. Elijah Cole.'-1 have resided at
became known, Mr. Cole spoke to me about the letter which I had bioughl
for her to his house, and asked me if i knew the person who gave it to me. I told him by name, but that 1 should know him personally if I saw him again, and on Chi ismas day , when the boat came in',o Bristol, I went lo Mr. Paul, the deputy sheriff, and asked per mission to see Mr. Avery. I accordingly went wilh Mr. Paul, and when 1 entered Ihe room which was up stairs, I
saw three or four gentlemen fettling,
ted to Sarah Maria Cornell, "To he
left at Mrs. Coles." 1 put it in the window ; and w hen my daughter came i:', desired her to take it to the deceased. She hoarded at u-.y house eight weeks and four days. No men ever visited her at my house to my knowledge. Before she left 1 ceraUnly mistrusted her situation. Her temperament and fpirits were inore irregular than those of the members of my family in general; and the sometimes appeared lost in thought.
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