Weekly Messenger, Volume 1, Number 29, Vevay, Switzerland County, 3 April 1832 — Page 1

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WMM.Tr ffllS THE FA8T-TI1E PKESEiXT FOIl THE F&TiJR". Vol. I. Printer's Retreat, Indiana, Tuesday, April 3, 182. IS o.

rm.xrEi) .i.yv published HEEKLr, fir Freeland, both of them with open and hon- ment and, perhaps perplexity nf Worn. sly, I h A mad snr.u' YVll l UM P W 17 V? X est hearts, ready to ioin issue and proceed who was puzzling himself to discover what r.urpcse f a

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year afterward- for .he of but thai is the

TER.VS OF THE "MESSEjXGER.

For Ff:y-two numbers, in a '.vance, . . do do paid within the rear.

with the doubtful contest. possible end was to be attained by the lesti- real will, sir," and he took his seat with nn

'he case was briefly opened by the latter, mony of one he had never before heard of, air of eel! t oiif.dv.nce and importance, await

Cgjapd the examination into the subject coin-j and who he thought 9 nim-'-ced. Mr. Clermont's will

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di do paid at the expiratien. 3 00

Cj The above sums to be paid in produce, deliver ed at his offi -.e or such other place as may be acrerd on. Fifteen per cent, deduction made when paid in cash. j No paper discontinued until arrearages are paid flj Sv.bscr;bera served by post to pay .5centsex.ra Ai!ertisements inserted at the usual rates. Subscriptions paid wi:hin two months, will be considered in advance. PRODUCE Messrs- Cotton & Mix, merchants, Mountsterlinp, are auihorised to receive produce from our subscri bers. For tin accommodation of our subscribers on the eastern route, produce may be "(eft w ith Kictwra T Goddard, at his store, in York township, Charles F Krutz, at his more, in New York, Aribert Gazlay, near Troy, Sa'Tuvl H;cks. near Unercus Grore; William VcOuPouh, in Cotton township.

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From tiif -atwrdav Kvent: g Pot. 2VXY PENCIL. - 'ti Ian.- v's sketch."

THE SPIDER CA UGHT J,V HIS O HA' WEB.

. is 'd i: vbe nev r.imsilt hd ti'M" Kckeht) ' (cONCLtDED.) !It was in vain to attempt at that time to get any thing farther out of Wormsly, and and young Clermont, therefore toek his leave

and went home rather disappointed, but trailed patiently for 'to-morrow or next day,' but several to morrow's came and brought not the expected message from Wormsly. A month elapsed, and still the promised eatisfactory information was withheld Clermoat became uneasy unbosomed himself to a friend, an eminent counsellor at law; that friend heard his story with Astonishment, and tjna'l recommended to him, as a duty he owed to bims'-lf and sisters, to reiterate his requ-'t in !Vlr. Wormsly, and even formally

dtmnnd the required eiplanation, and the

evirl. iief upon which it was foonded, as a

mntt'-r of unquestionable right.

But if Wormsly used prevarication and

evasiveness when asked civilly l state the

desire the information, the authoritive de

truiid made for it excited his ire and wrath

ful displVaure ; and chuckling at the idea that he had entrenched himself behind an impend arde. barrier that no mortal could remove, he gave a reply to Clermont couched

In terms which, if not absolutely insulting to his feelings, were evidently dictated by a temper far from conciliatory or accommodating. Mr. Attorney Freeland, on being made acquainted with this reply, strongly pressed upon young Clermont the apparent mystery that hung over this strange transaction.'

And, my young mend, he continued, "I ad

But one witness was present, and that was

Joseph Hartley, one of those before whom old Mr. Clermont acknowledged and signed bis will, the other witness had been dead some years. Hartley swore that the will

produced was that made by Clermont; he remembered the form of the paper on which it was drawn, and he had no manner of doubt,

he said, that that was the identical will.

Wore you made acquainted with the. con

tents, Mr. Hartley, at the time?" enquired the counsel of Wormsly.

"I know that old Mr. Clermont did give

eould know no mere cfi

than a man in the rman.

However, there he was, and was duly sworn. "Your name is John Van Alsten?" said Mr. Freeland. 'It is, sir." 44 And your profession 'A manufacturer of paper." "Yes, sir," said Freeland, carelessly, then f presume you are a good judge as to the the quality,and of the prices of that useful artirle: will you have the goodness to look at this, on which this will is dratin, and just

give me your opinion of it, if you please, sir y

Wormsly chuckled, and his counsel betray

all his farm to Mr. Wormsly, for I heard himjed a smile f derision, while the Judges could say so, and heard him read so, just as I andjnot conceive what the learned and distin-

Mr. Harrowman were leaving the room."

"Is this your signature?" asked Freeland. 'Yes! I have no doubt that to be my own hand-writing, for ! put it there, just where it i, over Mr. Harrow man's."

'Ma it please the court," said Mr. Freeland, "I would ask the defendant a few questions in this business, leaving it, of course, at his option whether to reply to them or not; the object of my client is to satisfy his own mind that what appears to him at present a

mysterious transaction, is one of justice and

plain dealing: assuming this as a fact, as I presume is done by my opponent, the defend

ant, I think, can have no objections to an swering the few question I shall put to him."

"Certainly not, certainly not, responded Wormsly, "1 am ready to answer any thing

the gentleman may desire, any thing at all.

But there is the will, he ma) examine it again if he pleases," he added, handing the instrument over to Freeland.

"Was this will ever recorded, sir!" said

the latter.

"No, sir," replied Wrmsly,'there was no law then requiring that to be done in that part of the country, it was delivered to me

for safekeeping, and has remained with me

ever since; to avoid accidents, however, I shall have it plated on record immediately;

but it was not then required, sir, in our coun

ty, as I have no doubt the court know at wei! as I do." The court noddeJ acquiescence.

' Pray, air, what was ihe amount of your claims upon Mr. Clermont at the time he dkdt" "Ah! i here you are playing that young gentleman over again! he wishes so much to know the amount his poor father owed me; of what ac would it be for me to show in this open court (he embarrassments of that

kind, good mini

"It is what we wish to be informed, sir,

and beg you will state the amount.

tise you from the bottom of my heart, not to

fcufler the matter to rest here, but as you are "it was very considerable, sir, thousands,

inu uenira uve reasonaoie requeei you navejJii, mouana?, money inai i loaned mm, and made in a spirit of amity, I say it is your du-Jon reference to my memorandum here," (and

ty ou owe to the memory of your parent, to'b.e took out an old, worn-out pocket-book,)

guishtd barrister was aiming at.

"It is good paper, sir," returned the wit ness, ns he examined it in compliance with the request made of him "very good pa

per," said he, smiling, "it is some, I perceive,

ol my own some of my earliest manufuc

ture."

"Some of your own manufacture, is it, Mr.

Von AHten? Pray how Ions: have you been

a maker of paper!

"I commenced in the year eightetn hun dred and three, sir.'

'In eighteen hundred and three; but you

mean that you then entered into business on your own footing: you do not mean to say

that you manufactured no paper previous to

that time!"

"I made my employer's paper, sir, as an

apprentice ; but none which I called my ow n."

"What am I to understand by paper that

you called your own"

"Such as com from mv estabusament, ha

ving my name and other marks upon if."

"But you manufactured paper, with your

name and marks upon it so early as seven

teen hundred and ninety-six did you not

sir!"

"Sir!" said the witness in astonishment

"seventeen hundred and ninety-sir, sir! why, sir, that was before I entered on my apprenticeship."

"And the paper on which this will is writ

ten is your own manufacture? you are cer

tain ot that?'

Aye, sir, I make oath to it confidently, for

it has a private mark known only to mvself

besides, nr, you observe there is my name,

and the "

"Year in ithich it teas manufactured!" inter rupted Freeland, with an emphasis that cans

cd VVormsly to shake to the inmost recesses

ot his soul "eighteen hundred and four!"

he continued "a will drawn up and executed on paper which was not in existence till

eight years after its dale! a most wonderful miracle this, may it please your honors!"

VVormsly turned pale with conscious guilt;

compel this ma'i without further delay, puh

lirh and before a legal tnbu. al, to satisfy you he h:is a clear and honorable tiile to the Cltate he holds." "Bui. sir, the will I have seen the will." "Let him. howvei, produce it in nnen

Voort; 'here is, there must he, in my opinion,

"aye, I Gnd it to amount altogether to the

sum of twenty six thousand, three hundred, thirty dollais, forty four cents, exactly, sir,

exactly."

"ua in.u as inucn as me estate was

worth?"

Very neatly, sir; but I was to maintain

somethieg in thi.- transaction r ot exactly cor-. and educate his children, as you will God in

rect; oii are welcome to mv sery ires should j the will before )ou sir.

you tlank proper to ipsorl to the cooise I ic- A pause ensued, rreeland examined it

commend, nnd that you ouht to do so, i rnvjwith the utmost scrutiny; not a letter escafirm and honest conviction." jped his penetrating eye: but every thing apThese words sunk int the heart of Clor-Jpai'C'd fair, nut an erasure, net a blot, and tnnnt, and revolving in his mind the strange-! svVoi n to by the only witness living. All

nes of the whole aflatr, and the unacrommo- si cnird incvitaMy and indubitably to fix th

ieg the deriirn of the cau.-e.

Frtelaod still looked t the paper without rt ;X'mj it Mil at length he was observed to eye il uiihau indescribable intensity every feature beearne fised as he gazed upon it tnd then lising before the court, a smile played upon his lips as, looking steadfastly ut Wormsly, he said "You are n'gf, sir" then with a vehement eloquence I shall not attempt to delineate, he addressed the court: "Yes! may it pleae your honors, this is in

deed the original and real will! for this in-

tiument (which bears every mark of being

gehuiue) places the sole right and title to the property in question in the children of Mr. Clermont. I will read it for the Information of the court and of Mr. Jasper Wormsly.-

By the power ot truth, your honors, his nams

hould be transposed by statute, and be cll-

;d, as he is, Sly-worm Jasper; who, it is tis

evident as the light of the blessed sun, has crawled by itealih into the bosom of the

friendless, houseless orphan, there to feed and fatten on his unsuspecting tpoi!, to the damning shame of human nature !"

As he read the genuine will, Worms!) be

came convulsed with unutterable astonish

ment and confusion: he could not hut believe it a mirai le that a document should at that

moment exist which he had with his owri hands dentroyd several years before! Every

word ot it, at r iccland proceeded with its

reading, was a dagger to his covetous heart:

and, shaking in every nerve with the agony

of his stlf-coorlctioi., he rushed out of courf, almost deprived f his reason.

It was entirely owing, under Providence, to an act of sheer carelessness anS blindsightedness in this 3ly ?corm, as Freeland called him, that all this was brought about. The two copies he had forged and the genuinedocumer.t, his cunning handicraft had enabled him to make so exactly resembling each . L . l . i i

owier, inn: a casual onscrver would i.evet

have noticed any diffV rtnee in them w ha lever, as to their exterior appearance. Well,

having completed hi- task of villany, he placed all three, cart fully folded wp and endor sed, in his desk, where, in consequence oi Some engagement, they remained for an hoar or two. when suddenly called away from home, he returned to the place of their deposit, for the purpose of destroying the g nu ine will previous to his departure. Thi he did, as he supposed; but oh! righteous Heaven, thy hand was there! With nn unaccountable infatuation, he depended on the endorsement only, and the position in which he believed he placed that instrument, and destroyed, not what he intended, but one of the copies he had made. The same infatuated indifference caused him never to look in

to the supposed copy of the will, which, as I

but in a moment recovering from the agita-jsl Ued, did not altogether please him, and tion into yvhich he had been thrown, he tho't Ub.trefore he was not aware what ho was of the possibility which still existed of esca-'preserving, till (to him) the dreadful tiialping from this tremendous dilemma. Thetscene at court.

first copy he had made of the fraudulent in- And there was a spider caught in his own strument not pleasing him, he drew another,' web for you! The very net he had spread

dating disposition of the pose?or of hi (a-; title on Wonrwly, who grinned with a 6clf

lhre estate, lie. al length c me to l!ir net. r-jeatisfaction as r reeJand poured over the dotninttion of pursuing his friend's advice, and ; m-ncnt to detect a llaiy, or a suspicious fta-

immedMtely took the incipient step- nocea-t late, hut in vain.

tarv t a uit at law tor the recovery or tinar surrender of the property in tjnttio .. Woniisly laughed in his sh eve at the temeii'v of the voung man: "Have 1 not," he a-Aod himself with confident s '.If-complaccn Cy,"hve I not the power ea-ilv to su-tain my cl umst who shall dare to question facts, the ttn;h or falsity of which it is imposil)v can he known loan) earthly Ivitxg ,,u . eeK? J I a v c I not lunvti t!t; ui.'l, lii-t to (he childr'"''", then l Hartley, who, poor fool! recogaizi.d it tn-tantly as the identieal one he witnessed, and then t i other? And who ha ever doubted its aulhentieit v ? S.! it h II he shown in court, and if the young

gew le nan j.ii hare law, why let hini have

it t .hi v-st.

Have you any further questions to ask,

sir?''' inquired the court, of Freeland, "as we mut proceed with the docket." "Your honors will pardon me a moment," leplied the worthy counsellor, "for trespassiog up.. n yeiir patience in a cause of such magnitude; hut," he continued, still scruttni

aing the will, holding it before him in various

situations, as though examining ths texture

of very material upon which it was written,

"hut I should like to summon a witness win I conceive very important to my client's in

te.re3ip, and who can ho obtained in halt an hour, if the court will indulge mt; tor that .-pace of time." The court acceeded to the request, ami a -minion:. i.Mied for John Van AUlen. ..I th.-

jK-gle Mill, adjacent to the town whcite the

The dav ;f tnal came, and tfn:re wa

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.?orm;iy an ieiiieu t nni'ici, wi'.ii n !.- ni t was men la session.

Mat spoke i.f .fitidencc of their ra ise, am!!. lc

hrc was )ou' Clermont audi Ivs ftie'.t pi

.c was found without !ifli..ulty, and ap-' r?i Vrcre th ccur!. much to lb o4-:ri

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nuu nau uiru mem uvin. n ue m ppoaed, carefully away together, while hn gHZed with inexpressible delight on the flames of his chim ney fire devouring the third one. Hastily drawing another paper from his pocket, therefore, he observed

"Ueally, sir, 1 may have given you, sir, cojy of that gentleman's will instead of the original look at this, if you please, sir." He trembled as he handed the paper over to Freeland, for it was indeed a desperate effort; the paper might or might not conlain the same evidence of forgery as the other if the former, he must have stood selfcondemned but in the latfer ase, he had still a chance left, and h good one too, of coming off conqueror over the victims of his avarice. Freeland opened and keenly glanced r.t the mateiial upon which this instrument wa written. Under the hope of ducting a like proof, Upon that also, of the iniquitous deception: but alas! there was indeed the date of its menu fat lure, nnd that was a vear an terior to tha date of the instrument itself. 1'here is no such maik upon this" heal

length paid, heavily and thoughtfully. "Is there any mark?" inquired otn; ef the judges. "Yes, your honor." " What is it?" "Seventeen hundred and niio iy i'ivc." "Ave, aye," exclaimed Wormsly, chuckling, ".Ant is the real, original will, ir that

is it, sir how ridiculous iy nie to hand on

fOBqr th copy, eir-tlv is ih'i cejv o!y. v cb,..J

for others encinded him so completely, that to escape was impossible. Every thiug waff against him, and every thing was, Hy the inEcrufahle means of nn overruling Providence brought thus against him by his own doings. His own acts were the sole cause of hig conden nation ; and go, my reader, info the coun

ty of ISew buer, and ask why a certain tract ot landadjoiitin.t he Clermont estate is called Sly-worm, and vou will have this same veritable talc related to )ou, though doubtless in better terms, and of'course with better effect. May the !esa.. it conveys be of service

and (his proveib recorded on the tablet of

memory, th it it is jo$3i!jlc fof'a qrider to be

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L. S

We learn from the Albany Daily Aovtrtier

that a I'r.tca tink jj'ace there on Wednesday betnceii Mr. rt!r!ecai t:vers, a tneiroer ot the

Assembly fi..iu A'ew Yoik. and liuhiird M'Car-

ty, lite flour iuspet lur uf this city. The former

made an assault on the latter, with tt cowskin in South Market tieel Blows nnd tkikutis -

eticd, at;d the partus were separated. Th entice of the quairtl is not stated.

A child va-. born about three or Ccr weeks -iiu Humcuhere near Athcn, Ttnu. whose head was d.rilie. It had ltn mouths, two coeb ami fmr e) but had only two etna, two leg, an.i one mm, Mr. W. J. Bo.veiao. the geniU'tntin win) pavens lino iuf.nnutioa,'iaj0 he av (!if rhii.l hun-elf, tbt it w$ oyt lai? tb.vr. a g-jost