Weekly Messenger, Volume 1, Number 25, Vevay, Switzerland County, 6 March 1832 — Page 3

i at I .ir-rr.am agitii whlUt tt.ej ring smppliar.K they swear in ' tv.ir (a fuce evc-iy (i:ingei with mmsi

Ficc;!c'i il iv 5fl heads the people i

' Economy, Pa. late Harmonies, of' InMiiTtia. Tlie sheriff ot Laic:tier county, Pa. ho re

ia their lum-l. rather than submit to

euhjects, who msIi only for just laws.

L-tolett the people;

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j-nly persf!r:! ll:at (ft- l.uve ji'hed by thi dreadful fhod.

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THE AMERICAN FLG. When Fi'.edom, from her mountain height, UnfmP't her standard to the air, She tore the a sure robe cf night, Ar.it set the star of glory (here; She mingled with it? gcorgeou? dyes

I he milky b!dric of the kies, : And etriped its pore celestial white With "-tieakirig of the morning light; Then, fom his mansion in the sun, She call'd her e;gle bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand The symbol of hrt chosen land! Majestic monarch of the cloud! Who rear'st aloft thy legal fertn,. To hoar the tempest trumping lood, And see the-lightning-lances driven, -Vhen stride the warriors -of the storm, And roll the thunder drum of heaven! Child of the Sun! to thee 'tis given, To guard the banner of the free, To hover ib the sulphur smoke, To ward away the battle stroke, And hid its Mendings shine afar, . Lik- rainbows on the clood of war, The haibtnger of victory! Flag of the brave! thy folds shall ly, The sign of hope and triumph high? When speaks the signal trumpet tone, Aid the long lines comes gleaming on, (Eeie yet the life-blood, warm and wet, Bag dimmd the glist'ning bayonet) Eeach soidier's eye shall brightly turn To where thy meteor glories burn; And as his springing steps idvace, Catch war and vengeance from the glaDce! And -a hen the cannon taoathings load Heove in wild wreaths the bottle's shood, And gory sabres rise and fall. Lihf ?h'iot of flame on midnight's pall'. There shall thy victor-glances glow, And cowering foes shall sink beneath Each gallant arm that strikes below That lovely Messenger of death. Flag of they seas! an ocean's wave Thy stars shall glitter o'er the brave, When death, careering on the gale, Sweeps darkly, round bellied sail. An t fughtfnl waves rush wildly back Before the bread side's reeling rack, The dying wanderer of the sea Shall look, ot once, to heaven aad the, And -mile, to see thy splendours fly In riomp, o'er his closing eye. Flag of ihe free heart's only home, By angel hands to valour given? Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were bon in heaven! For ever float that standard sheet!

Where nreathes the foe, but falls before us. With Fieednm's soil beneath our feet. And freedom's banner streaming o'er us!

he the cive.! the death w.rrar.t of Dame! Shaeffer

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flare nr.d victims ot your in;niia! mfnusni. -. ;ie to be hnnr on the lotn April urst. la the fctal pci'.ion in which you have pUcedj I)KArflssince onT jas, in Philadelphia. lm, the whole world will he convince taal L in y . lXi B,Hmore

v. rtfuse to hsteo to me prayer 01 i m.iui; v . ni.:

M'ly (jod lire IMjartis Ol nLMHil Ol kin. l inlladelphia, huve prohibited ships from entering

j without quarantine, which have left any place!

jiii Europe, where the cholera exists.

! Verfj One hundred and fifty patents, for incw inventions, were issued during the last year i A mail driver between Georgetown and Fay jetleviiie, N. C: was frozen to death on the 2?lh

i of January. ! ! Guy Claik was hung at Ithica, N. Y- on the ! 2d Feb. for the minder of his wife. He acted with much levity under the gallows. The rev. Dr. Wilson, on the 23th ult. wa

expelled from the right of officiating as one of

the clergy, in the legislature ot INew I oik, lor publishing a pamphlet, in which he assailed the

good name ol V aslnnglon, and reflected on the character of members of the legislature recommending an uoiori of church aad state and

for other misdemeanors.

Hone Racing The citizens of AHeghery co. Pa. have petitioned for the repeal of the laws against horse racing.

Grasshipptri A very considerable nnroberof grasshoppers, were seen at Dennis, Mass. on the 15th and 16th of Jaunary last they hop. ped a hoot . apparently, with as much activity as

they usually do in the summer moatru.

Bachtlors Ball The bachelors of the city of

Hew York, had a splendid ball, on the 14th of

February, in that city. A runaway negro, who was arrested by h'

(pretended master, in Ohio, committed suicide in

ICineinnali. on the 22n ult. ratber than return to

slavery.

Stetm Boats -The steam boat Oregon, bnuad

down, struck a smig at Plumb point, and sunk im

mediately. The New Toik struck a snag at Riddle's point, she had both bows stove ia, and sunk instantly. Minitiippi A convention is to take place at town of Jackson, Miss, on the second Monday.

in September next, " for the puspose of revising, amending, or changing the constitution of tko

I state"

' JIIE gumcrr-e-s !"! -rr. ni, ov-is r .- ?. Verl r.-

ii ci-iii-'v --'ia -n t? a; iney w:r-ct. m-r.'e ".r.c Mr.RCJiS'Ttl.K BU.MXESS i-- m cl mii,!t, t.-, .. tovrii of I'A i K?0 V. ( '' ' y,) r.t tin stir.d" t" r crtj occupied by William. Wi '., n, th. fir. f March m xt, when '5n-y w:!i ki e; t :i h;.a;? a gcn-iin-

assortment ot

DRY GOODS, Groceries, Hardware, &c. &c. &r AH kfr..5ocf COVXTICT PIlOiiVCE 5il b taken. I'KI K - IJO KUS, Htll.ll UOYI.'K.

Patriot, Fv b IS March S.

Be

LAWHENCEBLHG AND 1NDI ANATOLI? RAIL ROAD. BOOKS, for Miherripticn t th." s t k t ih. Law -rfncvburg and In lian'pi.l s RAIL JlOAD c m nany, will he opened atth-. cfiice of ! . ubcriber, in Lawrenctbi'i p, on Monday, tin- -7Ui ot March irsu Shares, g50 each, five dollars per share to he paM

down.

GLOlMJSi M. DUNN, clerk March 1.

Regimental Orders. FOURTEENTH XlEGt. IN. Fevay, February 29, 1832. The First Battalion T s-i-d regiment, comptisedo he eorr.psi.ies commanded bv can ains Kirtley, Pe

tcis. Mix, Lewal:en and Bet'.ens, will be musttre;' a; Vvay, mi Suturdny, the Slh of May next The eco' if Battvlion of ssid rezimRnt, ci iT.pov

oF h6 companies commaniitd by captains SlontfoM,

Mitchell., Oray; and laue, will be mustered at kiav fon's, on Friday, the 4tli ef May iitxt Th Kegirhental Drill tnuiter wi lbelu ld at Mountsterhng, on Friday, the 3d of ug'S next, and cor.-

tn.ue twodtit The REGIMENTAL MUSTER will be at VEVAY, on Saturday . O m. her t3 ' I he court for the a0fs-n.'4) ol fir.es will nieet -

jtl'.t com t -house in'.tw tow o Vi.va,oii Mndr'.y, 5vh Jiiay of November ntxt- and t! court of appeals, at

tin- a me place, on neJd u: U ctmfaer next

1ir Coirimandant of companies v. iil muke their re

turns according to l.w

Jt)H r Mhk.t.MiiAL colonel.

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Snch a rene has never l.efoie of.r,j,ip,i jr, rnr nr-ighhoihood, a that produre-l b the ri;e of the Ohio river at.d Eig Heavrrrreck on Fri i:ty nul Saturday last. The water at tht-j-inc tio'n of those streams a seven oreighi lept higher than ever w is known before. V.ru'.gt waler, Sharon, and Failsicmn were ;t!l iriinrintrt, ae welln the huihiing op and down the river la some of the hou-e the ualer was tip in ;he secot.d story, and most of them near the ceiling in the fnt. A great many light buildings uere carried away, together with hay and grain stacks and fences. The lo?9 in the raDge where the waler flowed is incalculable.

At.ong the nfi'eiers in t'ais vicir.itvg Stephen .

Stone, Kq is the greatest. He estimates hi?

loss at near trn thousand dollars. His old dwelling hone and stable were carried away; and a hirge new brick hoie, lately finished, and which coM rtb. ut $4,000, is so much injured that it is believed it mill fall a brick ki'then attached to it was torn away. Messrs. D. Mi.

nl and li. J. aOD SIllTeipd rnnsirlprat.U KiKB.

. .v..,... 7 the dwelling house of the hitter being swept fi.

1 tie water up to the ceiling in Gen. Lacock e house and his stable and other on; Ivmses.. fences and hay stacks ware all carried away, and his valuable Library destroyed. At Sharon the Foundry ut Messrs. Darrah and Stow wa torn away, aad at Kallstown the Scythe Factory of Mr. D. S. Stone was destroyed, and MessrsPughs, Wilson It Co. have sustained considers.

hie loos The Island above and below hat e beett stripped fo every thing, their occupant barely escaping with timir lives.

The public works on Beaver creek hve soi tained little or no injury.

THE FLOOD

PRINTERS BETREAT, INDIANA.

Tl'F.50 VY. M RCH 6, 1332

Indiana Stte House The commissioners ap poinierf to contract for the building of a state house, at Indianapolis, have made a contract with mr. Brown. lie is to complete it in one vcar, less time, than is named in the law. A salute of one hundred gnns wan fired from

the several military post.9 in the Lnited Slates, on the 2-2l of Feb. the centennial annivvrsary of Washington" birth day. Ey an official report, received at the departnent of stttc, it appears that the whole number f f person attacked with the Cholera, at Si Fr u tsburg, fr"m the commencement up to the 1 Oth of Nov. lat, wa 9,245, of whom 4,7oS had died, tut two cases then exisle.l. The hill npportioniog the congressional representation, h, passed the hmie of iepieentatic tae ratio fixed on is 47,700. Indiana.

will be entitled to seven mcflibers. and have a

Uar itnn of J, Several stnlilen disappoarunces have lately occur reel in New York we hope that ihe Harki'iJvstenJ is not to le introduced mlhiscoun try. '

Y.rk city coutaiiis 202,057 soul

vi. i :o eotilled t f'Mii

.5?-'. r the Tiow ppoi? 0!imei

Sctrht Ftter Gen St. Clair, who was once

;a physician, cured the Scarlet Fever, by caus

ing the patient to drink, several timet each day,

of buttermilk ,moderatelj acid, and as much but

termilk whey as the patient could takt. This, rarely, if ever,failed of curing. CheUrc The best preventative, it is said, is the eating of onions raw before breakfast with pepper and salt.

Archibald Orahan, of Cincinnati, tost his life

on the 2 1 ult at Columbus, O. by the upsetting,

jof a mail stage.

j . Lightning On the eight of the 21st of Nov. ilast. four fresbyterinn meoting houses were

isuuca wnn ugntiang one ax r lymovjin, Mass.

;one Marshfiete; one at Scituate. R. I. and one at Somers. N. T. Olden timts in Connecticut After. the settle : jment of New Haven, a number of persons went over to. what is now, Milford, where, finding the

J soil very good, but in the peaceable possession

of the indian, were destrotis to effect a settle

rr.ent, according a church muting was called, and

the subject fully debated . it was then unaniou 'J

"Voted, that the earth is the Lord's, and the

fullness thereof

' Voted.that the earth was given to the Saints. I

" Voted, that W'E, are the saints." Whereupon, the title was considered indispn

'table; the indians were compelled to evacuate the place, and relitiquih their possessions to the

rightful owners

PitUlwg, Ftnn. February 1ft. We have had a tremendous flood and Pitts burg and the towns in the vicinity have sustain ed irreat injury and lost of property. The riv

jer rose considerably higher than they have ever

been knowa to rise before; beiug from one to two feet higher than they were at the pump

kia flood.'1 in 1810. The water rose to to great

a height shat many of the families on this side of the river, an(1 " on tn 1)011001 f Bayardslowo and Alleghenhy town, were obliged to abandoa their dwelling. Several small houses wero entirely carried aw By and several islands

down the river have been completely swept,

their fences, stosk, horses, tows, sheep, hogs, fdtlder, fcc. 4l. having all been cleared off together. We will not attempt to estimate the

k,sand damage sustained, for it U incalculable. Those acquainted with the localities of this city

Wheeling, Va. February 15.. It falls to oor loi to day. to record the molt exten-ive and destructive fend which h ccurred in the history of Ihi countrv. The Ohio

river commenced rising, at this place, on 't :ureday last. On Friday, soon efter 12 o'clock, it began to overflow itsba:.ks The water r -eat the rate ot 12 ia. an hour, till Saturday morning, whea it began to rise less and UJs rpialy till 8 at night, when it came to a stand and soon

after began to fall. The precise height of the

river above low water mark has nrt jet been ascertained. It is known to have risen higher than it has been since the memory of the '.West person now living; it being from five to mx feet higher than it was in the memorable floods of 84 and '13. The oestiurtion of properly occasioned by the calannt) is beyond calculation.

Ihe whole valley n the Ohio, from its source

to its mouth, within the reach of this tremendous freshet, presents one uninterrupted scene of waste, desolation and distress. The f.rms on the rich bottoms have been swept of the fences and dwellings, bams, corn acd meat houfes, with their contents and stoak A!) the towns and villages along the rivorf have been wholly or io part mandated, and ma

ny of the buildings, with all they contained, have been carried away.

AH the low part of our town, has sunertd sev

tvitl ho uhle to form some i el en ot the height and

force of the torrent, when ue lutorm them that vereiy n i, in-possioie at tr.is time to eM.ui.

we had to pass to and lioui our wthce in a boat. That it' rose a high as Liberty street on Saint

Clair street Neailyrup ta Ferry on Fourth.

and uine up to Second street on Wood, being

two, ihrtt and four squares Irom the bank t the river, betide the loss of property, this inundation has caused a great deal of individual Uis tress, and vie are j ratified io see a notice from the mayor of the ci'.y , calling a public meeliog of the citizens this evening, to adopt measures for the relief of the sutierers."

Since writing the above, we have been told

that H the bridges on the stage route between

rmsDurgana neaver, v -. . hj v

iJllClal II ll V lt",Jt-u vj;j.uj.. m i w

Mr Be plen-ed. if correct, to receive the following, as an answer to the " Puzzle" in the 22l number of your 3fle$Btngtr. Th word of een letters, is BLANKET, consequent

iy the several letteis, composing thai word,may form the following words : via. 1. "Table 2 Thomas H. Blake 3 Blank 4 Bleat 5 tank 6. Lane 7. Bake 3. Beat 9. Ate 10. Bet 1 1. Eat 1, Net. LVCINlJA. Fosey township. Fel . 28. fLik.ulUED On Sunday, the 2Gt h' of February ,by the rev-

John Pavtrv. mr. Samvf.l BfTi.ER, to mre. Asi

Mters. On the 1st of March, by Samuel Real, esq mr. Gfov.ge Suadev, to miss Lorrsx Grtrtn.

Ou the same day. by the same, Silas S. Cole

to mis Sarah An Lektz.

SADDLE BAGS.

the loss of property; 42 houses, wa are inform'

ed, most small frames, have been swept away from South Wheeling. The bridge over Wheeling creek is gone. 35 houses were cimic passing by on the river, from Saturday taon .i g till noon. A Urge warehouse, filled with flour, lodged on the upper point of the island. The river i now even with the banks. Aev JllZany, Feb 24. Since our last, the water has ri-en very perhaps pot mote than one foot. It has been about four feat higher thaa ever kuown before.

TVe counted nhout SO hount s passing oa t ritiay.

dered impassable; and it is most probable that.

the communication between this city and tne in

terior of Kentucky and Ohio will interrupted and irregular for several days.

PinsBURou, tvbruary 18.

The water being more than two feci higher

than it has ever been kcowu, ha destroyed a

vast amount of property, in and around the city which we have heard valued at $20,000. The whole scene was truly appalling. J Some information has reached us soncemirg towns belows us; but that which will come rel J alive to such as arc low down on the Ohio and Mississippi, we are afraid will be very disuts sing. vYell-bu.rg, 7 miles below Steuhenville. was

it is said entirely inundated : ibe inhabitants left

we arn, are preeived, with other properly, for the benefit of the rightful owher Some of our citizens below town, have been reduced from comfortable livers te poor men J. Eence, . I at. . L. 1

has been the most considerable rsuueiei (niW

?ur own knowledge Hi farm has been UteraV

l swept, and even his piovisioos' with a quantity of produce inlecded for the lower market, have gone off ia the flood. This town 'fus received littlo or no damage. The Columbia Lancaster Co. Syy, of ThurJA im mid Jplailrft MC.roUrit Of lb A 1 Wrctil i'rac'A.

"'V ' fc " " et at that place, an the destructmn ot the Co

lombia Bridge. The whole length of the bridge was 5690 foet, of which on third is gcie. and

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their houses from the upper window?,!., boats. lue rm.m.. ....- . mjureu .. was More th-tn half the hou.es in Warren, a small commenced in 1812, and naver before, rece.v- . ;i,...,. v.ii.i...,.v K..;.i m h,.vp l.etJl nJ -iiotu injury tyom ice. fho cost wal

3'

io a FUlr.NO, when ; ih' m .. me I bIb,

List Jul) , t n . ounveiiit-ii , lu 'i 1 pins

g'ne; o:ici to..i"ih,rFr.nd,a0122(-XlAkPjtnf, P''"1

members cong'i??,! ;OaErt DOW.

carrier) away. NWst.U'heeliog was also covered with water as-alsa the luhablied ishuid, o,.p.iMte to town, likewise Bndgepoet, a small village opposii: Ihe island., A paper stales that mill, dwellings, and barns,' were seen floating by Wheeling. Time will only give a more con eel account of the loss sustan t d by the inhabitants on the ri er.

about 50 iii'es nhove 1'itts-j

b tr, two men we orowre 1. nev ;vr; vii

At Brownsville,

abou 232.000. n.U'ih injury was don i.. private property near Uie river. The Spy says, there is recoil to balieve that the injm . -n tained by the public work is very light ne tide of the e tst cJ of the bridge at the head of the canal b;iiu, was oodermiued aod the wi.orl work is io a rcci'miug Mtuainm; the email fridge over Shawnee run was raitfCd from ,- foonia-i-n. but otht vviSP is nol ia i . h d ima. i ''Ue ou.er wall otic c i i .1 b. twe this An I Al t i.i!., vMihstood the pie?n- i.a a o. i ..v hoicIa pc:f v! jn i t l',V1f, PsfV, J! t'.V