Weekly Messenger, Volume 1, Number 16, Vevay, Switzerland County, 3 January 1832 — Page 1
THE PAST-TI1E PRESENTFOR T5U13 FVTaj, Vol. I. Printer's Retreat, Indiana, Tuesday, January 3. 1832.
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.T2; .f.Y PUBLISHED ITEEKLT. BY , hi., .1 seemed as if ubiquity were an at- reived a Hen.
trii 5!e ol Ihf demon ship. Her fearful litlc cd to !wjr, and she received the oh?
n.f;Z- -riving. This I remark breathe. '-But at
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hud been first given by those who dreaded to with a ploasuie which found r.o corresnavd- wirhtW f,,.. f":..u
TERMS OF THE MESSENGER Ucoiw; her victims , but she seemed not ill in emotion in my owfl besom. At I descend- of.hu Mag-play work, and the ,m:, a.e'iired'
.fc,rw-. -.i numbers, u a.lwr., . . . 03 o:.l:,,t". " . -rr-'-'-'b -rv. , uu n,. u m ucnu, ianuei i descried among'hv- t!.i time, of bei Uet;t down in lie ho!'
, 2 50 i s 11 111 "u,"1,',uu' ujiii.'ii ui i.ie namt'siip r,e sailors
d do nai l rwili,.. the vear
l'" do Paid at the exniralten .1 nni'o,l i.rniiirrw! ihnvvfil liio tvnr.-t Tll7"'nv
C?-Th .hrves-jm to be paid in proc'nci-. deliver " .minr? httera on her ..torn. T .t..
h;;r teemed impossible, she ever mastered
Cl b offi.e or sue'j other place as rr.ay be aijr
sh
an r i. eon r.er cent dtduchou nude hen naM in
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No paper discontinued until arrears are PaiH j1!;,.r:tbe were the vessels that had left differCj S jberi!o,- served bv pott to pav CScintstx-1;. . - ,1 m j-. . , 1 irertiement ierted at the venal ntr rul Porls ,n lhe Mediterranean to disappear
CC?" Subscriptions paid wi;hin two months, trill be! At ever. It seemed the crael practice of .he
Demon to sink her uctircs in their own ves-
"Sonsdered in advance
Messrs- Cotton ti Mix. meirhants. 5Toantler!in, e authorised to receive produce from our ettbscri Jtrs For the accommodation of our subscribers on the esstern route, produce may be Wft with Richar i T G .ddand. at his store, in Tork township. eharl- s F Krutz, at his store, in New York, Arib crt Gazlav, n - .r Vr-y, Samuel Hicks, near Queren t .-ore; Jos-ph Mienrv, in Cotton towoship. rT" ' 1 1 ' - -- T.Ktei THE f IRA TE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN A' tie a$e of twn;y 6t-, whih h ps r Hcu'n itit serving i r Ireland, I hal the offer f good militarj appointment in Indin, and tct I hesila-ed to accept it, because I knew
in o doing I shuald be forced to tear mjself
frr.m :me, wn-, 1 lei t. was lar dearer to me tfn 1 any thing the world held, and to whom I Hit I was as dear. Margaret Cameron, Ike o ijrt of ty pmion, was the daughter of a retired Scotch officer, who dwelt in my natife villir. I had known and lored her from childhood, and when this gave place to worn . hood, mv affection changed in kind, whil.t it itrangthened in degree. I will not fo over the ten thousand timet trodden gr.a;id of lovers' explanation, and self reSrouhes, and brothels, that passed between Iarjrrel and myself we parted solemnly plighted to each other. I was condemned, by the will of capt. Cameron, aid by the uece$ity of obtaining some professional promotion, to spend a few years in Inia before I coald Tecelve the hand of his daushter. I reached my Asiatic destination long and anxiously looked for Earopean letters took up one day. by accident, an Englih pappr, J ihe-re read: "Died at the house of enpt.
Cameron, in tne village ot A, Miss Maraa
sels. Most of ths trading ves?c!s then about to quit the port of Vuletta, had requested and obtained, t onvoy from a British frigate and ?Ioop of war, bound to Gibraltar and thence to England. So eager were all passengers to snil under such protection, that I had soma difficulty in obtaining a berth in any of the holes ar-d corners of the various fine fast-sailing copfer-bottomed brig?, whose cards offered such "excellent accommodations for !MFeiigers." At length I wrnt on board the Elizabeth Downs.' a largo three-manted Britisd vessel, whose size maje the surrounding brigs dwindle into insignificance, and whose fresh-paintsd sides seemed to foreshow the cleanliness And comfort th:it would be found within. One little hen pen of a cabin on deck alone remained at the captain's disposal. However, I was fend of a cabin on dek, and paid half my passage-money to the civil little captain, who leetified much regret that he could not offer me the freedom of the qaar ter-deck' (such was his expression,) as the w hole stern end of the ves-el had been taken by an English lady of quality. It was the month of J one, and the weather, though clear, was oppressively hot, when we set sail, ender all the canvass we could carry, without, however, making much progress. Th countess of Flowerdaie,' the name of my noble fellow-pasienget. did not make her ap
pearance on deck until towards the evening of
tne day we cmDarKed. I was luxuriously stretched on a long seat which joined the steps of the quarter-deck, when 1 heard her light foot as she ascended the cabin steps. I turned my ejus iu the direction whence she came. Good heavens! what was ray aton
isnmeni in seeing Dtttore ran the t rm and tea
one Gircd Jaqueminr, vhose
face I had not brforc remaiked. He was n Frenchman, to whom I had, dtniu my residence abroad, rendered some signal service, and who, though but a wild fellow, had sworn to me eternal gratitude H skulfced, however, behind bis fellow?, and did not now, it appeared, chose to recognize his benefactor.
I believe I slept profoiindl. that night.
Wc shall have hem mutiny if we stlH' them much longer be low. Look how that sail is sinking on the hoiizon. ShV can never curno up with us now. There fce eight gocd ra?ks in the forecastle, and we can spare thi-m dua ballast. That would do the job deeei.tlj enough for our passengers l.a!" Her there was something jocose in the captain's tojse. "Oh! mine coot captain, ou are n
Jmnn ot fpeeret," observed Jaqueminot;'but
When I woke, there was a sound of dashing! were it not w!-e tnyee dat tail no n ore, be-
waves against the vessel, and a bustle of sailors' voices, and a blustering noise of wind a mong the sails and rigging; and I soon perceived that oar ship was scudding before a stiff, nay, almoet stormy sale. I peeped thiV the seaward opening of my little cabin. The scene was strangely changed. It was scarce
ly dawn. Dim and grey clouds obscared the!
heaven I had to recently R;ized on. I looked
for ths white sails of our accompanying ves
ture we show dat we no vile merchanlers, but
men of de trade dat make de monsy by sle valor." "There is something in that," obseivt d Jack; "if the convoy come up, and oar passengers Le oussing, 'tis over with u. Ve can no longer pfcss foT a tiader; d to hoirt the Demon colois, Rnd tur to v. ith frigfile and t.!"op both, werw to put rush ?Hj against os'' "And de co-.tf sacks waited fof il . I! J 1 . . .
nouiiiijf, saia jaqueu.i, wiin a : . ir.ge
sels, and oar convoy. All had disappeared, nuity that conttasted curiously ivtfti 1 ve'
ve seemed alone on those leaden-colored jhement and hoi ror-sfricken mum.er ir. n c a" billows. At this moment I heard a voice in bin. "Belter to wait one dav. two dnj, par" broken English say, confound while I reef hleu! tree dy. than spoil our sport b de lose tarnmed topsails my pipe go out." "Light precipitation." "I grudge the keepof.hese it again then at the binnacle, Monster," taid dainty passengers ill this while," said the a sailor. "Yes, aadke hanscd to de vard-irantain. roaohlv- -mv lHr ih alih Uk
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arm by our coot captain for tiring de sheep. Comment-faire Sacre-bleu! Itanno even
tink videut my pipe. De tought! Monsieur in do leetle coop dere havo always de lamp patent burning for hees lecture. H sleep now. I go enter gently light my pipe." He crept into mv cabin ashosnoke. "How's
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hivkeiii, and her conserves and her pasties;
and Mr. Mollylower Colonel here, with hit bottles of port and claret, arid cops ef chocolate and Mocha coffee. Faying, too. forsooth! with such princely airs for every thing, as if
we held not his money in our own hands already. Hunted as we then were, 'twns nc
ret Cameron, aged 18. I wrote in despair tures of Margar Cameron! The scene and
to capt. Cameron, informing him of the para
graph I had read, and implored him for the love of mercy to contradict it. The coantess of Falcondale, a distant relation of mv sole parent, my mothar, who had been a continual dntwrwck on all my erly gratifications, and whose distinguished characteristic was
the 1
rioi ig things about by her own exclusive genrv. answered my letter, ratifying what I had u- ai d, with the additional melancholy intelligence that my mother was no more. 1
will not hero dwell upon my feelings
conversation that ensued I shall not here de
scribe. It can easily be divined that Margaret had given her had to save a parent, and that she had come abroad with a husband,
who, dying, had left her a rich widow. Il l
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this, mv friend?'' said I. sneakin? in Fn-nrh : had wav ol iilii.dire rovcrjimrnls. hv nhdmr
, --J1- -0 r J o 1 J I does not your captain know that we are out: for traders, and getting monied passe. -ers of sight ofcotiTovi" Gimd answered in his ior. board: but it bhove m to think what's native language, "Oh! that I had seen youjto be done now!" "My opinion is,'' said sooner. You think, perhaps,! have forgotten iJack, "that ns we have already put suth vi
al! I owe youl No, tie, hut 'tis too Ja'.violence in oar habits, we keep up the larce
anotherday or two until we get into clcai teas again. That vessel, yonder, still keeps en tie hoiizon, and she hat good glares on board." "And the nen?" aked the ciptain. I had rather, without more debate, go into bis Lt-i) pea here, and down into tb rabre lltM , and iu a quiet way r!o for 0Q1 ptiser
gers. ihau stand the chance ef a mil ir) a'
The man'j face showed so much
hoiror and angnish, that I was fttartled. H pointed to the heiizon. On its very eige one sail was yet visible. A faint rolling noise came over t water. "It is the British fri gate," said Gird, "firing to us to put our ship about, and kep undei convoy. Bat our
captain has no intention otobeyingthe s
nal; end if jou get not of silit of that one ammg tha ciew." Here my very fcloed tui-
aisiant sail, you are lo-t " " 1 hink you, then, ;. in my veii s. "Dt is g-o, and like that the demon ship is in the seas?" said I.jmit brave csplaio," said the Frenchman, anxiously. Girod rame close to me. With!,4atid ytt Monsieur JeaD sa well too n , h
ja countenance of remorse and despair which. danger kill m piesfM; but why not ht the
ran never lorget, he grasped my arm. ai djcrew ubws d U vnJoni Ranking no ai ; tin
the limits of my little fcanuscript would al iheld it towards heaveu "look up to God!"
tie whimpered; "you are on board the demon "hip!" A step was heard near the cabin, and Girod wag darting from it, but 1 held him h thi sleeve. "F01 Heaven's sake, fr
! low. I conld tell a lone talc mi wpU Binnuorod
ove 01 40gmut Rd plotting, andUreachery and deception: how that omniore-
sent iviarplot ot my adolescence, the countess of Falcondale. se.Tered me to remain in the
I de voyager. Dey take not no rotic .
Mil.iiii (ink but of (soon , Kid stars, and t ok; ai d fjr de colonel, it were almost pity rut his lrat ia ary rse. He ver cot (nU w:
like we tloi?n speaiit. Sacrecleu! I knevr
beliefthat the death of capt. Cameron's niece,; miladl's sake, for your own sake," he whis jhim a boy " II hadaever seen the fell, w un
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which occurred ai 1 - , siioruv alter suy oe
partnre,was that of roy own Margaret; how
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s;ie .ppe-iranc 01 mf name, aboit hre in rhanrifrnf a,,.v, ..r.i. r
jears afterwards, among he " Marriages" i.,;irs of thf. old officer, who had Hpp.. Qlrnrt
the Calco't., G il-Ue, was followed by sc- ith a paralysis, she kept my letters for her!
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kept from the pablic press. In the aecow
plishment of nl! this baseness towards me, I
and Deaths," in the same compendious record of life's changes. My wife petished of
a malignant lever, and two infant children speedily followed her. I set out, to return over land to my native country, a sober, steady, and partially grey-haired colonel of 36. My military career had been as brilliant as my domestic path had ben clouded. TIip
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m..u umpiaion or my mind, however, feel assured there was comethi'i? infir.ue.ci
was gravity a gravity which extended itstlfbly soothing in tho sensations of the co'mte.-s to my countenance, a id there assumed even .!-i,t.-ni;! ih.,.---r-i.: ,.i
ft shade of melancholy. ci I rras a disaji-' ishing one who had so often mortified hei
Fo.mu, , 01 a aitcontentea man. and m j.elf importance as 1 had done. II character had, I trust, nndercoi.e'scmoeh!'.- ,1
g. . . . C 9 1 ni6,a.ui l.uu.tvi .
;eb lor in3 oeiter. I arrived al a port in the Levant, and thence took ship for .Malta, whre 1 haded in safelv.
At this period the .Mediterranean traders
pered, "let not a look, a word, show that Mil I wn on the wrong side of my thir'irtk
you are acquainted with this secret. If our birth day. "Always for d anischiefstealraptain knew I had betrayed it, we should ig apples, bunting Win schoolfellows, and flat this moaaent be rolling fathom deep evrlder spoeritkd tricks. At last he whs expel one another ia the ocean. Ail I can do is Imde school. I say but dis prnise from no love try and gain time for you. But be prudent,! to him, for he beat me one, two time, when I or 1 oil are lost." He precipitately quitted JseiivUire to bis onc!; aad den run off vid tho cabin as he spoke, leaving me in doubt an sooJ?.enr!, so I ver well pleased make him whether I were awake crdr;imin Whr-n 'owd tun.."1 "YVsdl. thon. snnDose thfl mpw
of managing his domestic concerns; hew jl thought how lonr, and how fearlessly, thejeome on deck, half at a time," said the cap .iargarct held out stoutly ntil informed ofj'Elizabelh' had lain amid the trading vcsseUjtaio, and we'll keep the prisonersHeaven
my oiohen iaun; and how ner marnagij wasjat Valelta, and how she had sailed from Ihr.tjheSp us! the passengers till the tea be clear.
own exclusive eye; how she worked on Mar
garet ? feeling to bring about amairiage with the oaii of Flowcrdale, ia tha hopa of
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acquiring a looting in his house, and the right
her
ei's is not
Day after day, ns we lay on the becalmed waves, l renewed my intercourse with Mirirr.ret. As my intimacy with her increased.
jl reflected wiih additional pain on her mar-
port under a powerful convoy, I was almost Imay be still suntei." "Look, leok!" said
tempted to believe U.at Girod had been prac- Jack, Ml, frigate gains on I aartlv set Using a jofcw on me. As, however, 1 heard jher hull, and the wind slackens." I now put voices near, I determined to lie still, and ga- my csn glass, which was a remarkably good ther what information 1 cculd. "What have one, through my little window, ard toald you been doing there?" said a voire I had ut-listinctly see the ?;;! aHd rigjirg and part ver heard before, and whose nidianly tonesiof the hull of our M coavay. I rotild pefcould hardly ln subdued by his effort? at aji cive that ninny f her crew weiealifi, but whisper. "Mv pipe go out," nnswered Girodjih mo! ion of our vstal was so great, that Jaqueminot, "and I rot an imprudent tojtSc fiigate wi? sorju'i;ns on and soms'limes light it at de beenacle- So I just hold iljofTitie gla:-j ui,d I vvai thmetora ei-.aHe to ovtr de lamp of Monsieur, and he leep,,discover wl-etaer wure hoUting or taking
were kept m a state cf oedhptti:.: n.,rr,
ho ri..K,..ij .tra 01 - ' . x,,,.-, ra,,urUiu uiMi iu hchi. snore, snore all ue wiuie. anu know in sail. was n.m r ah e cithi. niwfvur
tinuwhed bv the s-rr Jul' a TJ , i . fhcr ha.v5n? be,on5cd to "d ting. I have never seed one man derme s U see a friend I r power apparently so neaf; in nJ w ! ' rcmbltdh. I - ' she j thu second, 1 felt that her rank and wealth! profound ud there . a tcelmg of h.f.eleis d,lathe frican Cane V" J a 1. addfC5scs an air of scfi 1 voices of the captain, Gi- lion avher, oft reBl.viuS the glass, .hevMsef, powcrfuVvesTeTim hy JX V V' 1 frUh iM Bot c,vc' 1 ,od- r'd " close and earncs, whose me:, i r.u'd !t LaveooMed be:iad blood crew w,w rLVu'J'u '!' "rc;l"Cd-lhe e,nd.of ,raJ voyage as much as I parlance. The expletives that graced r, fort, shfatik to a dii, gty spetk a the hoiiover -!l Vtr of J,rr ' 1 u,nV h-d nt hrft desired if, and almost wished shall he omitted. But what fust continued The captc'u utterd an iHfe.-cai oath,, forbade all hnp nfnV " v , !f .'U I .U?a? w0 0',1', Mtl tor cver cver th sli"- fear was the hearing our eai.-taw. obse-Jai.d ealh-d alo-i his saiUrf, "Senruvi-, i,hoy.
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was neiiher bK.H' of air nor maimed-V T If . . i m m T , ,l".K.UM; ' wouiaqiiioul.v Hddresi the ruffian-speaker iu com ahojl .Mko nil tha si.lyou can. ct o
- - - -1 v.. . 'i.e. ni.ii ivj.i iiim, n a pr of inr vf-st i- i Mil in ,irn.pr m. i if.ta m . iii-Li.ii r
V . so "W. iM I hd n-ver met on those waves
longui nooltier rational
accounting lor them than by tracing ihrm t supera imral, and coHsequo.illy demoniac d. ngency. tie had sailed through fleets undis ,vered.h vl i;. J ;roiith i..or,i pf 'iers, .-he h id overtaktu t: - vm- v Utut iVes, she had apnfc:4red where sh ,Zu
ere I would
have crificod all our late sweet intercourse, to have known that sha was safe in her narrow hor of turf by the lowly church of A . ai;d her coal i 1 -heller from the horrors it m doomed to aaffl.r. (;.! oijjht, after .e had been standing fir some lime oelempiatl -g lhe tiniivalled blue
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r, tataude and Io:.s,tuce se3cncd calr;'., bade the coontess a goodniSfc! tbut I per-
reived from his cimpuuion the f.irnihar appellative of Jack. They were walking the deck, and their whispered speech only reach ed me as Ihey from time to time approached mv cabin, and was again lost as ihey receded. 1 thought, turnover, lhaJ Girod seemed, by stopping oct asUm ally, as if in the vehf mence of speech, t, draw th' in as much as pnssibb-. towards my ...bii:. i ihs- liitened wiih a
jt
p siij uiiiei :cil, iovsu 01. (
ky-3ai!s up" ficc. &c "Jjlffich every .-titi.1. of canvas. Ivaep hor to the wir.u i keep her to the v id 1" I was urpriso to lii.d that our com ho waf suddenly changed, sthe ves S:?l whith h id previously diiveu before tlifr breeze, was uu evi 'enily : A-II u ji with a sidf w inil. Tin t.cijj iifraltiing caldcs. t!if trHiphrr o'saiirtr's feet on uack, and th iuciense.
ni::Jc: ikc ;I:UJit f."T bl-rr'.-eirtft cf the w'-.dir- the r;"J.,.