Weekly Messenger, Volume 1, Number 6, Vevay, Switzerland County, 25 October 1831 — Page 2

me." 1 Jed her, and was delighted to fmdj PREMATURE BURIAL, that she iite with an excellent Hppettte, ndrTirart of l,itpr from Georcre W.

then, after 1 hid a long time indulged myself in caressing her, I undressed her nd put In i to bed. ! had found a ripply of her clothes i' the bottom of the basket. That happy r.i-jht 1 had r.o desire to sleep I h;id too much pleasure in looking; at her as she slumbered bv my fiJ. No word ran express my felicity after my daughter was restored to me. I had now

something to attach me to life, and to make! every moment interesting. I anticipated the dMirht of seeing her walk and nlav, and of

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Meaii-ic her innocent little talk. I

ing her accomplishments that would diversify! the monotony cf her lonely and secluded life. At present I could only caress her, and de Tote my whole attention to her health and comfort. 1 held her on my lap us 1 ate, I walked with her in ray arms, and if she was awake, I carried her to the oratory whet 1 went there to pray. Havu.g to leave her cn the bed when I wect to the outer cavern to get the basket of food, 1 hastened back immediately, lest she fehould cry in my absence.

Devoted entirely to the care of my Alphon, sine, I had but little time to read or to draw and 1 determined not to play again on the guitar, till she was old enouh to take pleasure in the sound of music. To be continued.

'.of

friend in Philadel-

A SISTER'S LOVE. There is no purer feeling kindled upon the altar of human affections, than a sister's pute, lincontaminated love for her brother. It is uuiike all other affections; so disconnected with selSsh sensuality : so feminine in its develope

meot; so dignified, and yet, with all, so foud, bo devoted. Nothing can niter it, nothiug can

suppress it. The world may revolve, and its evolutions effect changes in the fortunes, in the

character, and in the disposition of the brother,

yet if he wants, whose hand will so speedily

stretch out as that ot his 6isler; ana u nis cna

racter is maligned, whose voice will so readily

swell in his advocacy. Next to a mother s uu

nupnrhnbte love, a sister's is ure eminent. It

i . . rests so exclusively on the ties ol consanguinity

fir its sustenance, it is so wholly diverted of

passian, and springs from such a deep recess in the human bosom, that when a sieter once fond ly and deeply regards her brother, that affection is blended with her existence, and the lamp that nourishes it expires only with that existence. In all the annals of crime, it is considered something anomalous to find the hand of a sister raised in anger against her brother, or her heart nurturing the seeds of hatred, envy, or revenge,

in reeard to that brother. In all affections of

woman, there is a devotedness which cannot be

properly appreciated by man. In those regards where the passions are not all necessary in increasing the strength of the affections, more sincere truth and pure feeling may be expected, than in such as are dependant upon each other

Baltimore, Md. to his

pbia. "I had heen some time ill of a slow and lingering fever. My strength gradually wasted, but the sense of life seemed to become more and more acute as my corporeal powers became weaker. I could see by the looks of the doctor, that he despaired of my recovery; and the soft and whispering sorrow of my friends taught me I had nothing to hope. One day towards evening the crisis took rlnn I . i n rl ( K u BlrflllffA U M A in.

n 'e" idescribahle quivering? a rushing sound was

in my ears, I saw around my couch innumerable strange faces, they were bright and vi- . ... f - rPI

sionnry, and without Doaies. i nere was

ught and solemnity, and 1 tried te move but could not. For a short time n terrible confusion overwhelmed me, and when it passed off, nil my recollection returned with the most perfect distinctness, but power af metion had departed. I heard the Bound of weeping at my pillow, nnd the voice of the nurse says 4he is dead.' I cannot describe what I felt at

these words. I exerted my utmost powers of

volition to stir myself, but could not move

even an eyelid. After a short pause my friend drew near, and sobbing and convulsed

with grief, drew his hand over my lace, and

closed my eyes. The world was then dark

ened, but I still could hear, and feel, and

suffer. Whe my eyes were closed, 1 heard

by the attendants that my friends had left the room, and I toon after found the undertakers

were prepared to habit me in the garments of

the graye. Their thoughtlessness was more

awful than the grief of my friends. They

laughed at one nnother as they turned me

from side to side, and treated what they be

lieved r corpse with the most appalling ribald

ry. hen they had laid me out, these wretch

es retired, and the degraded formality ot af

fected mourning commenced. For three days a number of friends called to see me. 1 heard them in low accents speak of what I was, and

more than onn tnarhpd mi with his (inrpr.

- I On the third dav some of them talked cf the

smell of corruption in the room.

The coffin was procured, I was lifted up laid in it, ray friends placed my head on what

was deemed its last pillow, and I felt their

tears drop on my face.

When all who had any particular interest in me, had for a short time looked at me in

the coffin, I heard them retire, and the an dertakei's men placed the lid on the coffin and screwed it down. There were two o

them present, one had occasion to go away before the task was done. I heard the fellow

who was left, begin to whistle as he turned the screw nails, but he checked himself and

completed the work in sileuce.

1 was then left alone, every one shunned

the room; I knew, however, that I was not

buried, and though darkened and motionless, ! still had hope, but this was not permitted

long. 1 he day of interment arrived. I felt

age, and ny toe nucrcnangc oi iwo cr iim-i i

briet sentences, i uisooveieo mai i was in the hands uf two of those rubbers who live !y plundering the gravsj, and selling the bvdier of parent?, and children, and friends. iThen it halted, I was lifted oui, aiid soon perceived by the cloieness of the ii aj'.l temperature, that 1 was tairied iulo a room, and being? rudelr stripped of my shroud, xri't

sesiblii'is-

tale and

were pleased to find that so good n subject !ar, yCt, from Denton, coefwming the news of

had been procured. I lie demonstrator at ii!,.. , ;s;nr of the blacks thev have muidered

. . i r.

Dr. bain and bis family, and commenced an attack on Seaford. We ate sending arm and aormuni'iou to ai rest their mad caiecr."

last came in.

Previous to beginning the dissection, he

proposed to try on mc some galvanic experi

ment. An apparatus was arranged for that

purpose. 1 be shock vibrated through all my Extra? t of a letter to the editor of the Ealti-

nerves, they rung and jangled i;xe Hie string Rcri. Patriot, dated Princess Anue, Somersett

ol a harp. I he student expressed their ad- ;,;.,,,. Eastern Shore of Maryland, Oct. 4.

miration at its convulsive eflect. 1 he se-Much excitement prevails heie from an apprecond shock threw my eyes opee, and the firstjheuded insurrection of the negroes patrols

Extract of a letter, rereiw.i ftU ii:t . : i- "i. lb Eastern Shoie u'M tr- l.nd. tlatr-d Kmtjn. O.f. ! CS1 . '-! su; p. e you have .find tbe v.wi' iopoit tbt aie in cirt'ila.ioji about t he iti3.;riectioii : f t'-;p tifroe, for the last week or tec rlays. On Monday an e-ptfts arrived Iron: Seafrd, staling that they bad assembled in largeloice i'i that pail of the cmntiy. Lat night we v. ere arou.-t-d from our hcJs with an expres6' from the fame quarter, saying they had assembled on the Narticoke,' near Seaford, aud hast

My eyes ware still shut, I saw nothing, tut m,.;serrd a i'smily and shot at others. The ex

press T r,f !t r arms tLei e have been some arttts in Easton, ami va are not without conid er.b!e excitement." f'. .-3 o'clock .--Another express has just

placed on the UBU. uy liie cmj nrsauon of the two fellows with tlie servant v, l:,o admitted them, 1 leamt that I was t!,.;t l-i.bt to be dissected.

in a short time 1 heard bv the uusUe in irm1

ro3m, that the students of anatomv were as-

Scrr.e of ihera exanuined ue

CHina round the miriHtelv. Thev

person I saw wae the doctor who had attend

ed wo. But still 1 whs dead; I could, Lowever, discover asDoi.g the students the faces of many with whom I was familiar, and when

my eyes opened I heard my name proDonnc-

ed by several of the students, with an accent

of awe aud compassion, and wish that it had

been tome other subject.

When they had satisned themselves with

the galvanic phenomena, the demoustrator took the knife ami pierced me on the bosom

ith the point. I felt a dreadful crackling as

it were throughout my whole frame; a con vulstve shuddering instantly followed, and a

hriek of horror rose from all present. The

ice of death was broken up; my trance end

ed. The utmost exertions were made to re

store me, which proved successful, aud 1 am

now in the full possess on of my faculties.

for their duration as well as their felicities. A.

sister's love in this respect. .. peculiarly re-j(he coffil ,iftej and bormj , nJ markab!ev 1 here is ne selfish gratification in; fclt it paced in the hearse. There was a

Hi uuiuuuiiuk; i nco iium uaiuiBi im

pulse; and personal charms are not in the slight-

t degree necessary to its birth or duration.

THE FARMER. It does my heart good to see a merry round faced farmer. So independent, and yet so free from vanities and pride. So rich, and yet so industrious, so patient and persever

ing in his tailing, and vet so kind, social, and

obliging There are a thousand noble traits!lnePn fa

aoout mm wnunngni up his character, xie jmtje t0 eX3rt the power of action, but my is generally hospitable: eat and drink withjwnole frame was immoveable, him, and he wont set a mark on you, and sweatl Soon after a few haudsful of earth were

crowd of people around, some of them spake

lorrowtully of me. the hearse began to move , I knew that I was carried to the grave. It halted, and the coffin was taken out. I

felt myself carried on the shoulders of men,

by the inequality of motion; a pause ensued,

I heard the cords of the conn moved: 1 felt

it swing as dependent by them, it was lower

ed and rested on the bottom of the grave, the

cords were dropped upon the lid, 1 heard

Drendfal was the effort 1 then

it out of you with a double compound interest

at another time you are welcome. He willjtier paBle Rfter which lhe ehoTej wa e

thrown upon the coffin; then there wag ami-

do you a kindaess without expecting a return

by way of compensation; it is not so with every body. He is generally more honest and sincere less disposed to deal in low and

underhand cunning than many 1 could name. He giv3 to society its best support he is

the edihee of government and the lord of na

ture. Look at him in homespun and grey back, gentlemen; laugh, if you will but, believe me, he can laugh hack if hs pleases. Fish Story. When fashions are worn out in Pari, the milliners send their antiquated articles to the north, that is to Sweden and Russia.

A vessel deeply laden with such merchandize,

says a London paper, was rundown in tbecban

net ot St relenbunr. Next dav a salmon

was caught in the Neva, dressed in a white sa tin petticoat, and in the same net were found 2 ; ' '. v. i:i mustin handkerchiefs round

r harks and porpoises were ob- " "v r ' 1 . f the latest taste, and hardly v- -!,. :. u in it did not display some of the . !',;,. - ; unions that had ever visited

ployed, and the sound of rattling mould as it covered me, was far more tremendous than

thunder. But I could make no effort. The

sound gradually become less, and by surging

reverberation in the coffin, I knew the grave was tilled p, and that the sexton was tread

ing in the earth, and sluppiug the grave with the tlat of his spade. This too ceased, and then all was silent.

DIALOGUE OX .YE JVS PAPERS. A. How does it happen, neighbor B. that

your children have so much greater progress

in their learning, aad knowledge of the world,

than mine. 7"hy all attend the same school, and for aught I know, enjoy the same advan

tages. B. Do jom take the newspapers, neighbor A. A. No, sir, I do not take them myself ; but

I now and then lorroio one, just to read. Pray,

sir, what have newspapers to do with the ed ucation of children!

B. Why, sir, tbey have a yast deal to do with it, I assure yea. I should as soon think of keeping them from school, as t withhold

from them the newspapers: it is a little school of itself. Being new every week, It attracts their attention, and they are sure to pursue it. Thus, while they are storing tbeir minds

with useful knowledge, they are at the same time acquiring the art of reading, Sic. I have often been surprised that men of understand

ing should overlook the importance of a newspaper in a family. A. In truth neighbor B. I frequently think I should like to take them; but I cannot afford the expense.

B. Can't afford the expense! What, let me ask, is the v. lu of two or three dollars a year, in comparison to the pleasure and

advantage to be derived frema well conduct

ed newspaper! As pooi as 1 am, I would not,

for fifty dollars year, deprive myself of the happiness I enjoy in reading, and hearing my children read ia the newspapers. And then, the reflection that they are growing up intellinent and useful members of society. Oh. don't mention the expense pay it in advance every year; and y u will think no auore of it.

havebeea out for several nights in allpaitsof the country , and seveial high character! have been brought in , and committed to prison. Th

majr istrates bae made a formal requisition upon the commauding general, and a council of th

principal officers is now in sessioa. An expresa arrived yestereay afternoon with information that six negroes with musket, bayonets and knapsacks, had been seen near the line of Delaware, abont niue miies uaove Salisbury, and it was believed that others were coocealed in the Caliguns swamps. From other informations) we may expect more persoos in the courte of si

few days they have a tine company of horsemen, and also a company of infantry, in armar and attitude near Salisbury, and the whole county will soon be in a state of preparation." The Norfolk Herald stiles, that the reportei

apprehension of the insurgent Nat, tarns out to

be untounJed.

The Rutherfoidton, N. C. Spectator of the 2ltb, speaks of some report about the negroea working in the gold mines a! Jnmefetovn, Brack etstowo, &.C having meditated an insuirectioo at some early day. A L!ck pieacher who wae implicated in the plut, has been arrested and1 committed to jail. The excitement among the people was considerable; a stioig patrol wae kept on foot, and the measures necessary for th arrest of all the suspected persons had been ti--ken. Richmond Eq.

Aftl,

nper is not an acquired, but

uce; and, therefore, to re

se who have it not, inav be

insult than advice. Ad-

I had no means of knowing the lapse of!

time, and the silence continued. This is death, thought I, aud I am doomed to remain in the earth till the resurrection. Presently the body will fall into corruption, and the epicurean

worm that is only satisfied with the flesh of

man, will came to partake of the banquet that has bceu prepared for him with so much soli

citude nnd care. In the contemplation of this

hideons thought, I beard a low and under sound in the earth above me, and 1 funded

that the worms and the reptiles of death

were coming and the mole and the rat oil

lhe grave watild soon be upon me. The

uuiid continued louder nnd nearer. Can it be poible thought I, that my friends have buried me too soon! The hope was truly like light bin sting through the gleam of death. Thesouud censed, and presently 1 felt the hands of some dreadful being working ahout

my throat. 1 hey dragged me out of the cof

fin by the head. I felt again the

iui it whs piercine a:J cold, and I was car-

Pcrsonal Appearance. This is one of tho3e

things of accident., resting with nature. No man or woman can fona their own persons, and none should be praised or blamed on this head. The disposition for looking well, is raining halfof the young people in the world, causiog them to study their glasses, and paint

or patch, instead of pursuing that which is

lasting and solid the cultivation of the inibd. It is always a maik of a weak mind, if not a bad heart, to hear a person praise or blame another on the ground alone that they are handsome or homely. Action should be the

test

Ludicrous Occurrence. A youDg gentleman

recently applied to his friend for the best mode of giving a duiker shade to his hair. The yootg pupil had been previously pointing out the par

ticulars of a lecture he had heard, aod which was apon the nature of the hair. A solution of nitie of silver, he aid he had no doubt would have the desired efl'ect. Now, whether he designed this udvice for a trick, or whether lhe prescription wn the effect of ignorance, we cannot say. The solution was, he said, to be used in considerable quantity, in short, he waste wash the whole hearl in this fluid. Accordingly, the young gentleman applied it ingoing to bed,and putting on his night cap comfortably, only a little wet. Ou washing bis bead with the solution, the fluid naturally wetted the greater part of his face, aud whatever part of the skin it touched, it 'deft its mark The next morning the patient was first seen by his brother.

who believing him guttering under suffocation or some terrible dream, alarmed the whole house. The alarm however soon subsided in all except the mortified patient, whose face wae the color of au old shoe. The skin received no injury by the solution, except that of discoloring which cannot be removed by aDy means

lor some weess. the skin grows gradually ied before it disappears. The young gentleman is in a truly deplorable sta'.e, and seldom speaks except to utter tr.icCi upon the head of his bait adviser. Enli$h paj'tr.

r trpctual Fire. In the peninsula of AbehorB, ia the province of Sehirwon. formerly belonging lo Persia, now to Kus-sia, there i9 found a perpetual, or as it is there called, an eternal fire. It arises or has risen from time immemorial from an inegular oiifi.e of about twelve feet in

(.epth, and 120teel i;i width, with constant

and a liberal course of conduct pursued! tlaine: the tl.une re t. t lie height of C or 8

ttel, is unattended wit;i smoke, aud yields no ."intll: tbe finest tin ftrrows about the borders.

c and at vbe dihtance of 2 tuise are tw o springs f wi.ter. The ioh.nl. itaula have a veneration lor litis tire, and they celebrate it w ith religious ceicmonies. Couuatii-ut Obstrier.

t all. It mattem Utile whether a man i tall or short whether the blood stains tin cheek or runs in another channel. Fashion makes the difference as to beauty. Th lily is as sweet, if not so gay a? the roie, and it

bears no llioru autiui it. As lo appeal ante,

fashion should not be allowed lo bear upo;

that which cannot be changed, t xceit by de

cepliou, and whut indeed, in reality, is not

worth the ttoublo of being so, even if it could. The sight of u "while man in Africa is much more huinely, th;in that of au Afiican here and ia Scotland. :it ru e timfi. nrrtmlim' K

Walter Scott, the, fashion to judge of a hand- V hi. ad, ami x Ltimed, 'sure Fat,

broad fate and a red noie. "' c" "m 1 ' " ,la !' 1,11,1 H ",H,! , t r.ii: hwiigcli w;itv: end upwards to read

A couple ol h ishnij;i s Ton' days ago, were

l.'ng i!i stiv-i.; in Gnu of the eastern wh-!t with virpri..c thoy saw a sinn

-on.-

cities.

turned uj sido down: thev looked at it some

lime with iistoiii.ihweiit, at lr;st one of them

living air, some man, was a

ods, the unfortunate are al

pect; as the ancients held ried swiltly away I thought to judgment, Love. At thnic years we love our uiotncr; el which had been blasted perhaps perdition. at six, our father; at ten, holiidays; al sit e feeling heart considers When borne to some distance, 1 was thrown teen, dress; at l iventy, oir sweethearts; at .ched by ths hind of God down like a clod, it was not upon 'he ground, twenty-five, our lives; at forty, our t '.hildr -!.; A moment afier I found mystlf upon a carri- at sixty, otirsclvct-

IJu.iKUi virtue i like tf.i! Jin

;hibi'i:. its mo I ha,H:M.l colors

ili

in dis-