Weekly Messenger, Volume 1, Number 30, Vevay, Switzerland County, 10 April 1832 — Page 1

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rapHE PAST THE PRESEiVT FOR THE FUTURE ,1 Vol. I. Printer's Retreat Indiana, Tuesday, April 10, 1832. No. 30.

PRLXTED AKT PUBLISHED WEEKLY, BY smoothly over the road as if it had been li- over (he ear with as much .-HI temper as rvrr thiire, I repealed the blow' I felt the vil WVWAAl C. KfcE-N. ned with velvet. The suddenness of such a a lash express, heat hb ."feet upon the foot Iain loosen Ins hold: Iu3 fumbled in his cloak - transition has always an agreeable Fttert nn- Knr4 .;i. . i . : : .. j- n i . . - .

j , ' "- H--IU iu..itii'iiie; in was n cihk ijasnea across me windnw, and in arson my feelings, and , at present, it served to snowing) and, limbering down, applied be- other moment I knew r,o fnrihei there ibanish the little excitement which had bee

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FjoT! t V Vi-j-inia Litorar-.' Museum THE ROILED MAN. About half pat five o'clock, on the even ing of the 5tli of February last, I took my place in the stage, (as the nature cannot be immediately brought before a jury, my lawer has advised me to avoid using names,) dressed in a thick great coat, as the weather seemed doubtful, and I had been suffering under a low fever for some days before. I had a hundred dollar note and some loose casn in try pocket, and an excellent gold repeater, with rather showy seals, io my fob. But hat I was chiefly anxious about was a travelling case, containing draughts to the tmoui.t of five thousand dollars, with which I hai been entrusted by the home of F. 5. Wh'i 1 first entered the stage, I observed that there was a stout man wrapped in a fough horse-man's cloak, fitting in one corner of it; who proved to be the only passenger beside myself. Nothing particular occurred until we had started, unless it be worth while to mention that in getting in, the stranger would not move his lee. although much in

mv wn. He might have been asleep but

it I ickfd rude. So far, however, there was nothi .g 'hifh would have raised suspicion in the most apprehensive mind, and I am far from i on?idfcring myself as belonging to that diss. On his night in particular, I perfectly lemersber the firm tone of my nerves, and the careles? indifference with which I irirled a common place subject, that I might discover whether my compagnonde voyage was f.s polished in his conversation as in his manners; for the afftir of the leg had nettled me. The topic which happened to be the uppermost in my thoughts was the recent elopement of Perrynian, the clerk in the English navy pay cifce. Having commented on the yreat number ol defaulters which we have teea of late, I remarked to my unknown friend in the cloak, the singular confidence which mercantile men place in those who are unknown to them; "and yet,"answcd he -drily, "you ride in a stage with people you do not know, and trust yourself to a driver yeu do not know.'1 The answer made me fairly start; but as I never form mv crir.iniis

of people hostiSy, I turned the conversation, end endeavored to xarnine the complexion

cl my ni'JMed friend's mtnd a little further

... . .. r w .,.... iulmiiK uinvii, n:ita,c(i oe- oiiitT moment i Knew r,o lurihet there banish the little excitement which had been fore me a stumpy, thick et mar,, with a jwns a noise-a crash as if the world was coproduced by the forbidden aspect m the cloak, round, pock-maiked face, small grey eves, i. ing to wreck a piercing pain. Was this rhat aspect, with all its horrors, was now lost eye-brows, and a turned up ncso. In myideath? I did not know; 1 was senseless. la in shade, and as there was no nrohnhilifv m inmn .-;u.,;n .,.. ,r.;nn.. ,.i -. .1". I...... . p

- in shade, and as there was no probability

that any iuitn?r ngni would be tnrown either nnnn thp fare, nr thf nnpicnr rf it frr crtm

hours, I carefully settled my thoughts towards . . a.

a more attracting subject, and began hrst to call to mind all the bnnmots anrl liiilirrnnc

jokes which had been started at the last meet : .rii z - a t i

ing oi uie suciei to wnicn i neiong; ana at the reminiscence of each, encouraged as far bs possible a disposition to laugh. When this subiect was exhausted, which wa rath.

er sooner than 1 expected, I plunged myself

into a deep calculation ot the expense of a mill which I had some idea of erectinsr. I

i n . had got clear through the carpenter's bill 1 I I . I! .1 J 1 1 J1

wnen I was a nuie oisiumea Dy a roan on a white horse, ridinar alone side the stape. Hp

' - J - o said nothing, and went away immediately ; and I, as promptly resuming my calculation,

was a long way in me price ot damming and banking, when the man on the horse came for a moment along side again. This time I observed that he too wore a cloak, and I then took to the dam again. I completed it had cut a canal nearly half a mile long, when man and horse came boldly to the window. Hitherto my friend in the cloak seemed asleep; but at this third apparition, he roused him

self, gave h nod of recognition, and said . st i m

now ao you go, iomi' "is that you?" was the reply which this observati

and the roan in the cloak having assented

tnai it was ne. ine stranger dianneared.

Here was fresh matter for conjecture. If

tne intentions ot the Horseman were good,

wny naa ne not inquired at once for his k" ilkliri i lit a - .

opinion, villain is never written mote plainly

man in those laces which have no features.

I sunk into nnpleasont meditation, when I was again aroused by the arrival of the grey horse and his rider. I stared instinctively sit his features but thev were completely hid-

den. A dreadnought great coat, buttoned to A I la I . ...

uie necK; a slouched hat, while with snow, and a silk handkerchief about the throat, hade defiance to my scrutiny. "Tom," said he in the coach. "vou'll nush on?" The other"

voice was harsh with cold, "Ay, when I've

warmed my blood." How horrid that word does sound at times! Hallo!" said Tom, to those in the house, "a glass of iced water and a tooth-pick." The "fellow's commonplace joke jarred on my irritated feeling. In a few minutes an unshod and tattered ne

gro girl brought him a rumn.ei of smoking whiskey and water, which he drank at a

draught. "Tom," was again repeated "you'll

get an reaay i ' "Ay, damn me it I don'l," was the answer, and off went Tom at a ml.

lop. This was too much; the house was poor

ana mean; Dut it was better than my next ft. .4 1 a . .. . . . .

nigni s lodgings promised to he, should I con tinue my journey, and I resolved to stay there. 1 pushd open the door, iumoed mil.

r 1 and was in the passage of the miserable Inn

in a moment.

In the little back room I saw the driver

talking to a man who appeared to be the ta 1 -ww . . . ...

vern-Keeper. lie was a llun, miserable figure, with bis breeches' knees unbuttoned.

and a greasy cap on his head; his starved r tl.ftta ...

lace wis oiofcned oy drink, and lus eyes

the trouble cf overtaking us three times! I iii i ...

wny snouia ne mane assurances doubly sure bv askine. is that indeed vout nr 1 int.-.

petred it, are you ready at your post? The odd ness of these circumstances gave rise to

,-iiic uiiLiicrtsdiii lucas in mv m nn nut with

I J 7 w . - .

iwacoetn i was soon "weary of con)ecture," and added, with manly resolution, if there is any mystery in these things it will be solved A t - . A a. . a . .

a neignts. And with this conclusion I discarded all farther aneriil

"'vn uivn J journey, and set myself resolutely to thinkine

rtgaiu, uui tue process was y no means an easy one. It was uphill work. My memory seemed out of joint. I attributed it to (he

stage, which about this period ber-an to inh

exceedingly. Bv the time I was readv to

"jump at a conclusion," I had forgotten the

premises, nna wnen tney were recovered, the conclusion tra6 again to be sought. I rpmem-

ber being exceedingly astonished at the sum

wnicn I calculated the shatt ot my mill wheel would cost, and had seriously considered the possibility of constructing a wheel without any shaft at all, when I recollected that my calculation supposed the length of the shaft to be 1160 yards a number previously deduced for the length of my canal, but a jolt of the coach had mixed my calculation. A good hour was passed in this perplexed arithmetic, before I fairly abandoned it, and took to whistling which I concluded would be essier than mathematics, and better adapl- , J lo U ...J It L.J i.. L.

. i,.- j ... , ,r jiuiuiMoiuriB. ii uau, iwo, uie merit wnicn -his very co.d, si.v' taid I. ou will find induced Bottom to become musical when in

" uu ur l T.,, " T n, ,Sri;V wa danger, and alone. It served to show that I toe answer! A ca.ll ran through n.e at ihewas not afraid,and to make the most of this Idea, and I .eluded the blufl itranger iiimril, I chose none but warlike and manly

J" . , " ' - u 1 ' snIlCs. fuch as '-bcots wha ha," or Jackson's nous ttar.ire nl :mk ren im. Yrn ! a. r. .

.uaicn, or me Hunter s ot Kenlackv, and

c j it't. , u l . lovc wi"'-"cu uiniH, tnu ins eyes friend? hy should he have given himself seemed started out of their sockets. He was insi ft wf ii kla AtratinirtrvM ... l . a m . .

nous nat-jrc i'!ig replies. Yon lenfiuo'r.

aslope, -;r. wiih people you do not know." "Vcu will bo a d d deal eold- r on heigh:." 'fl.ey might be casual observe-tion-, hut Use first soundtd very like sir, 1 have you i-i a room six feet hy four, ai.d the l ater I thought no bad hiit at murder. Bui having as mctli courage as irt) iieighbors, 1 cannot say that I fell an) sensation beyond a shs'it di.stfust. My wish, however, for conversation, was at an end, and sinking hack in the corner ot toe stage, I amused inv.-e'f will.

taking more minute survey of my companion h? the pa-9ir.sc light of the'etreet lamps fWh -cd tail upDii his lace, and slushed Ids Vnoi-

Cluus i.n.'o upon ir,e other tide of the c'.. His b!:ik -ye-brows seemed tojsland f'r..m himv ii. i.iascs his eyes dteplv sunk under their d.uk cover, shot b(k the Jiii'i! ol liu- I nop.-, and t!ie uppr part of !iis .ice, for Ihf lower w is w li.Wiy JiiddiMi in hj. tloaic, appeared in the lurid glare as red tf in tliogony, ahd a.- i vil. ,,s a pi : jghed tit-1 J. Mv 1'iti" for . -:t ; t i.n;;'. Tile . 1. : I . .

ive

rntiled, and bumped over

.i:ii

found mv courage increase their influence

My own fears were quickly mastered, and passing from one extreme to the other, I felt inclined to be merry at the peril in which I stood, and should have given my selfish com

panion a sly hint at his probable fate, hnd not every song that occurred to mv mind.de-

" . ' j t criptive of a ropue coming to the gallows,

!aii a nine too much about his desperate

courage neiore tie got thither. Whilst I w as dt liberating upon this matter,

ine driver mew his horn with a start ing sud

denness, and in a few minutes we stopped to ' lunge horses. The light glared ajjain upon mv companion's f.tce, which was not improved by the addition of a red night-cap. H seemed, too, to return my glance with a fierce scrowl; whereas before, he had averted nis yes when I looked al him. These bad o .ici.s wiihin doois made me look abroad for comfort, which I had some hopes of discover ing in the driver, whom I trusted to find a ;u!!y fat man, with mirth in his face, with spiig of evergreen or a monthly rose, in hi'

) oR. iVI V" hones WPr nnl ru-.lonl TK..

without a cravat, and at the time when I saw bim, his head was thrown back, and he was pointing to his throat wilh his long skinny finger. "No, it wont do, Jem," I heard the driver say, "I've found a c'rncter useful, and La iS , 1 i ,

wuai win mey say when the stage don't come in' 'As you like, Joe, but p'raps you may wish you had on heights." The driver tamed to ge out, and stared as he met me in the passage. I made some shuffling excuse about wanting to warm myself at the fire, and rapidly revolving in my mind the circumstances in which I stood, determined to be murdered upon heights rather than in that house. The maudlin leering figure, which 111 O O 7

wouia nave stood ovei me to see my throat

oho moment, my fears, mv atronies. mv strnir-

t , . ' . . ' j

gics, and my hopes, were over! I felt bo more than the log which the axe hews for the fireNeither do I know how long this lasted; but, imperceptibly, that dreadful feeling of returning life which Byrou has fo forcibly described in Mazeppa, grew upon me, I drew a long, low, quivering breath the blood rushed in gushes to my heart. I felt rold, sick, and heavy; my eyes slowly opened, and when the objects before me ceased to reel, I found my6elf stretched in the snow. I had been dragged apparently from the coach, which was upset beside me. A rrnnn

of men at a little distance, among whom I a . 1 ... .a a ..

plainly dislmgeished the man with the eyebrows, his friend Tom, and the round-ficed.

pock-marked driver, were busily examining

my iraveiung ease. ine hve thousand was plainly their prey, and my life was doubtless to be taken as the secuiity; but before I could reflect upon this horrible transaction. n a a. -

lorn said something whuh I did not hear, and the group approacaed me: they tumbled me over as if I was a sack, and plated me before a fellow, on a horse; we started rffat a smart trot which lasted about five minutes, when we stopped at a mean, low cottage for I ventured to open or e eye to examine it.

A light was arought to the door, a.id 1 shut my eyes, again as close as if they were already closed for ever. In a moment 1 was taken down from the horse and carried into the house, where they appeared to place me on a sort of bench, leave me there, and go

out oi ine room, tne man ot trie house obser. ving that I should never move airain. and

Tom answering, in his harsh, quick manner,

"liu we take mm to his grave, my friend." Recovered to life ouly to be told that the grave was opening for me, end what a grave! I had seen enough to guess that I should be huddled into 6ome dark corner, my lin.bs pro. bably broken whilst the breath of lifs was yet in my body, to make it large enough. Why to God, I thought, did you not finish your bloody work at once, and stab as butchers who know bow to kill. Must I be dragged again into life only to be again deprived of it? I sickened at the idea, and fainted. On recovering my senses, I saw that the room in which 1 lav was a wash house altach.

ed to the cottage; in one corner stood a large

uiiuiil vvr mv. VUHOl, III UUD IU lv7 1 SlUOfl H CUt. With aS milch indlfTVrf OTP ne ho mniil.l i'9lllrnn V.i a nmor. n. o C.W. -.1

1 . ..vw .... ,,UUiu v.. vii, ,,Jt,i. n Tiviimu nns lining Willi W" that of a pig, had himself expressed eomejler, and in another a heap of dirty clothes, doubt of an escape in the latter case. andlThe woman had annarentlv fini i .

, L J vmIIC n catch al straws, so I hurried parations for the night, and passed to co oaf-

drowning men

back to my hearse it locked darker than any conch I ever saw w ilh desperate resolution, and heard the door close upon me

mncn as a malelaetor ol old must have heard the jar of a gate which shut him in tha den

of a tiger. One paw of the human tiger wilh

whom I was enclosed, was now visible; it was a coarse brown mass, as larpe as a lo.f.

, - 3 - - 7 with lumpy knuckles, and short, stunted nails. A Jackson fist, that would havs written its owner's name onon a wall, with m luin.Hirl

weight hanging from each finger. But the I ll a .

very strength ot n.y suspicion had given me

courege. Blood and thunder! said I to myself size is not courage : was it not venter.

day that I saw a three weeks old opossum whip a bear? and eanno I fasten upon thi-

Wretch! thought I, can vou thus calmv nnr.

sue ) our avocations with the mangled bodj of your associates' victim before you! I closed my eyes as she passed me, bat I heard her stop and say with a tone of comnasiinn.

"poor creature!" O hew sweetly did those

two words sound in my ear! I hey awakened at once a thousand hopes of life, when all

hope seemed extinguished. I was on the point of throwing myself at her feet, and entreat her Resistance to rescue me fromah!nit

grave; but the deep voice of the man with the eyebrows struck upon my ear like (hat of the angel of death "Tom, is all ready?' 'Yes." "Have you cut his thioat?" No, Bill has gone for the knife." "Come. then. I 4 , . . ..... ' "

iei s carry him ool. Heavens! Ihere wao

" ' im- . J .iiiji vui. ..br.vi.llD. rilCIC Wtt man, as that animal eiung to the beai'c iio!nn litr.p tr ha nt, 1 Ik.

I drew hack into the corner far a spring, and jwcn,an was gone; there was no one in the fumbled in my pocket for a penknifr. . . . jrr jXt, iih me, but I could see the dark s-had-The stage dragged heavily .through throws of the men on the wail of that adjoining, snow, and before an hour had elan tort I I. A.i ;.!.,! ilnn,K shut mnm. or i.., u .;

fnllen into n disturbed slumber. St;n,.,r Jdow over mv head, was the onlv wav nf lr.y.

ilrvmfi fma ti..! r.-. . 1 tk .1 .

i.lVlll.JJ I.HIIIC W 'Ull IOUT . I iimiu'.,: H",U

mouse watched by jaUlc-snak-e. I P,.W.;,.

ed a new sense. " 1 knew wh.. f..scin-tlion

was. Kven now tho glaring cya of the ;-er-pent terrifies die I wished to nut 5..t ii

jaws mat u might lernly me no forger. A

crniize came to my dieam: 1 was mvsi lf a gain the snake was a black snakecuiled round my throat and lightening its honid folds until I grasped for breath: its fiery eye were staring me in the lave dark ejtbrowgrew over them choaked and trembling with horror I awoke. The aDett of ilu-

snake settled rtpidlv into tho sterii umm- of

uie vuiam m me cloak; the moon had risen and shone fall upon it. His gigantic h;md was round my throat, and grasped like : col !ar ot iron. 1 had no power of uiieran. e, hardly of action, but with a dem-rat.- eH')it

I drove mv penknife at his head! Twice!

u few ciiiiUics ,s feilotr dunned his borsc.-; cut cue of then ISSSi

Vide

inu I he houte.

VYhnl was to be done? to alarm 11. em bv opex.ing the window, and then io crawl thro i hat high and narrow aperture? It wn certain death!--A thought occurred to me. I sprang up; undid the hasp of Ihe window. If. ..I i t i. a at . .

nnei uie no r.: me caldron without noise, tiitrg a ?'ig jt the window, (hat sent it flyir;' obeu wilh a clatter which nuisi h;.-.

been heard nil over the hou.-e, ai d jum--ir.g into the caldron, had the lid orer ny bead, in a moment. The ttherrc sncceed.---Half a drZon n.en rushed into the mom

o ths and exclamations. They d d rr.v d Cl

tor havii fto much trongt!i hft i;( me; ;.n all but Torn rushed cut f t!ie hja'.r to follow my Minp.-.sed tli'it in the ;'-rint . i could hear this ;ooI, shrowd vi.'i .iu caliuiating the pr.'!;.!)i!ih of h(; feat J tuned to have performed; and my heait heat ii i. k as I heard him admit that it were possible. Al tls moiriet t the Pcpan leiuriied !,ef izr.lamottv'is vypff; bovwllrss. 2hc we cert