Weekly Messenger, Volume 1, Number 35, Vevay, Switzerland County, 15 May 1832 — Page 2

:t,?r !Ho.':t.iMihat cautiously i it fcclc:;. Filing 1U cclU a:) r.l n.-r.-a J: ; .- IXLVE ;,

ve her a right out invitation. This she ac- field clear, he marc lied gravity up to me pa- 'il'"J"'--"'S """J r-' - iv.:..,- wv '"' . " a r .",'.ed and 1 put mv best foot foremost as I led pers,nd i.osir.g the Courier, which lay up- augury who had no cppoituwty ot cotnu.UD.cn- the livers St Jed.:, ft franci.. ..A.,'. nrpnost. carefully, ht lifted it with his teeth ting with each other. Whereas information has been tomo.uuica.

liehob" me now Tim rieht in the mW-t of- hid it gcntlv aside; then examining the You will receive by the gentleman who eJ b ,he Bgeill , ,ms fcUle at V hn gion,

. -vl 1.U ..f beauties staring at me with allStanda.d in tbe tame manner, he took pos- hands y ou this, a quii. uom me wing oi one i ,ha j, pr0j0rfd tlmt ould ttCe lo

eve, na tome oi uieiu wim 'M.&oig

t!a-- to boot. ji-.t as if I was a fat ox at the ."at tie show. I dida't like this, but there was ;i backing oat now. The music begins I throws arm rrund the Udy, and she does the s imc'hv me and we begin to toe it round

Vhe r..om pretty rote I tell yon. 1 couldn't help

thinkiit;; that I waltzed as well as any of them.

even if I did learn with a chair. The girls cried

nut H Hrtm lieantitullv he waltzes." Crackee!

thiaks 1, 1 shall h ive my hands full now the rid chair may go to the just at that mo meet, mv foot came in contact with my part

ner's. a-d without thinking of the difference between :nv farmer One and the present, 1 gave an-v ' 'o-n in the same direction, and each trip: ".p th-r. over we went headlong on the fl Lu-ki'v 1 fell undermost and the girl

w'at m uh bn).sed but 9 for roe I saw stars

trettv- thic fr a moment or two but they

raised such ac a'l -tired laugh among them, that

1 jumped ? i quick as a shot, and joined in the laugh .: 'he loudest of them I guess this ere affair cured me of ever waiting with a ry other partner but a three legged .htir. Yours, Enoch Tik jjertof.s.

the birds. 1 had loigotlea to mention that they ;lhe linMt(j Biate;! her claim and jsnsui. liou

measurea eacn irom up, 10 no, seven reel amiovftf ,h,, ao.t.on of territorv wh.cu lies nonh-

2 prize before he could draw H in, andj half, and weighed the one ninelbcu, the otner,er Btui etiteily ct lne line lecutnmeoued by fn rummagitig Gaffer Rat's reading roomi1? oce pon'e. K. P. (jhe arbiter, br an ample lodemnity, in viuer th the tongs, discovered jit copies of the 1 certify to the truth of khz abovs statement., tbat Uie Llliud SlattJ may be ,ut to Uj(lkc

Tr?m the MaysxilU (Ky ) Eagle ULIN'S LEAP. On the 23th of April 1792. F.erjnnin Ulm : ths tnrl-iHp. above the mc ith of Kcnhaw.

river. (nm Point Pieaani, Va.) v-A crossing the Kenhawa he followed a path that led up a point, t? rhe top of a hill ahoat half a ni!e keiow the Kouh iwa in pursuit of a stray horse. As he .r;x- arM-d ihe hill, he was seen by three Indian tneu the top, who carefully conceal ed themsesvts. and lay in ambush until he rtach

the t J-, when two of them who had arms, tired at hi-n One of their balls passed through his clo he. and touched, but did not bury itself

in hi -ieh bio. the other missed him.

Fimbne then fire had been ineffectual, they

eeparnied. trt o of ihem running and occupying the on'v m ises. by which he could reascend the

hill, r 't:e direction of the Stockade, and the other T.ade at im Thus surrounded, he waleft -nth no other alternative, but to fall ioto their hands as a prisoner, or leap down a high

pre-io'Ce of rocks on the north side of the hill, fron"- z the Ohio river. Acquainted whith ma

ny c 'Sj Itdi n, aud knowing their feelings to war'.- v -.i Vr wa satisfied that if he fell into Uicfi ' -tj 'n -t a certain if not a lingering deaf c,1 hifl. In this awful predicament Re s;.v - -; !rng over his melancholy condi tioa v it: a -3i ar'u to defend him?elf, until the iodi?- ad nearly o-ame opto him, when he sam.Tvie.i reaolnt and commenced a rapid retrev toward the. b'nk of the precipice, hot

It pu' ed by the Indian: arrived there he did

Rot hMtal, bat leaped down the precipice, pas iir'g thr esh the top branches of a small buck

eve -, he jumped sixtv five and a half feet

befcr he reached the ground: recovering as oo- a r-ible. he made three ofher leaps, the fift .?rr,tee., feet, the 6econd seven aud the

third eifif-n feet, which took him nearly to the

base ' --.r -, II. lie then ran to the Ohio river

r.lunire ' i'o 'he water, and undertook to swim

acm? ' i-iding the water very cold, and that

the India a had n"t pm'sued him, he returned to the shove, ran op the beach, re crossed ihe Ken hawa n a small cr..ioc, ?nd sjoo arrived at the Stockade. The distance of each leap was measured by

the late Col. Lewi. of Virginia, and Col. Boon, of Missouri, who were at the Stockade at the time F-om the fall of the leaves in autumn, to thti' ! Mng in the t-pring, the precipice can he seen bv boatmen descending the Ohio river, iron r-ea! dit.-nce; and even since that occarrei' e t has e'eived from them the appel

lation L7iVt LtcpS' Notwithstanding the

extraor i-. v etTorts he made, after leaping

down lh recipice, and which enabled him to effect hw e'-c ipe, they were not made without ConsidTPO.e ir,iry: foi wme time his life was

esion of it, ;u d urnced it off to his hole

The servant interfered iiott, and reclaimed

the

then

with the tongs

Standard snugly bundled up alter the fash

ion of his family. The gentleman witnessed himself the recovery of the lost papers, and vouches for the vrn.city ul his servant. The

storv is a carious one, but it truth not to he doubted .V. Y. Standard.

,'J.i.a-er to a challenge. The eccentric H.

H. IVeckenridgr, one of the judges of the

supreme court of the 6tate of Pennsylvania,

when a young man wax challenged to llgnt a

dtif I bv a young Lnglish otrve , wnom ne an stvered as follows: "I have two objections to this duel matter

The one is, let I should hurt you; and the

Uhcr is, lest ou -hould huit me. I do out

re any Cood it would do me to put a bail

through your bodv; I could make tu us ol

ron wlien dead, f.r anv cull ary purpo?e,as I would a fah'dt or tuikej ; I am no c.tniMhal

t.i feait oh the fleih .r men. Why then sb ot d'wn a human creature, of wl ich I could make n.a use? A buflaloe would be bet'er me!; for though min flesh might bo delicat" and tender, .ct it wants the firmness and consistency which takes and retains alt.

At any rate it would not be fit for a long tea

. i- i . i

voyage. I"U inignt nwKf a goou oaruueur,

it i true, beine f the nature ot a racoon or

an opossum; hot people are not tn the hahit

t.f hrb'-cui'ie any thing that is human now.

A to mvself. I do not like to stand in the way

of any thine that is harmful. I am under the

impre?lon that you might hit mc 1 hi being the ca'C, I think i' wvst advisable to sta)

at a distance, if vou wint to try )our pis

tols, tak me i hjeft,a tree or n haindoor.

about mv dimensions. It you hi that, send rre word, ad ! !hall m knowledge that if I hnd been in the very same place, you might likewje have hit mec"

W. P.

RobertDale Owen,who has returned to lhi6,the un,ie,i s;.e9;

snch an an augi metit will- deal i.ntaiu at- may

Icrt comp tt with ib nitri i.u hobor oi

From the Richmond tt'hig. A CASE FOR THE SOOTHSAY KR9 The circumstance? described in the comma

oicatior-which follows, was noticed by a nrr

ter in thi paper, some days ago: but so i in per

city in good health, slept into my buHrding

house a tew days since, and askcu me to accompany him to his marriage, which whs to

take place in half an hour, I declined on the pilnciple of objection to weuoiog parties.

tie obviated the objection by staling that legal formalities required tome evidence, aud

thai two or three friends would be present

on that account, and doted by say iiig,"lhcrc

hup been and will be no fus of any kind about it that would be offensive to quakcr sim pliuty." I went with him, and I would dt !) any person unacquainted with the compa ti, from the arrangement of the dresses, to designate the bridegroom cr the bride; 'inde d, had the cate recorded in ancient times

been taken as a precedent, the apa.imtnt

would have been conip'.eleU Vacated, ihnc

not being an individual present, I believe,

who had "on a wedding garment; ' that is, a

garment that was prepared, or peihape, pu on for the occasion.

In a bhort time the parties placed their

signatures to Ihe following rr.aniage contract and who were present, attested by affixing

oar names. W , Robert Dde Owen, of Ne w Harmo ny, state of Indiana, aged thirty years, ru.c Mart Jane Robinson, ot New Yorlf,aeed nil e

teen years, and daughter of Mr. Samuel Ro

bioson, being well acquainted with each otlv

er, and believing that vur union in marringe nt cording to the laws ot Hew York, will con

doce io our welfare, do hereby enter into an agrcetm.nt to that effect. 1, the said Robert

Dale Owen, in consideration that she, the

said Mary Jane Robinson, hereby consents to

live with me as my wife, according to the

said law?, and to share my prosperity, do

hereby undertake to become her protector

and tin-band, according to said laws, and, bv

signing this instrument, do constitute her my wife. And I, said Mary Jane Robinson, in

consideration that the said Robert Dale Ow

And wheicas, the government o Aia:ne has repeatedly tlectarcti, ai4 no utclartt, that th right of toil and juritdutien, id saiu lemlury, kccoicing to the ptuvisiot ol the trety ol 1783, is in tht ttatt of JVfaine, as a roveieigo

and inaepeiiiicnl stale, ami has denied acd continues to deny, the right of the general govern

ment to de the sume to any toieigu power

without the Ccnstht ol Maine, aud has ta-mmiioi-

caled resolutions to that effect to the general

government, aud has cinioitd of thai govern

verritnent the piolei lion guaranteed to every

taie by the constitution of the Lotted Slates:

And whereas, the Ugiclature ol .unine is di

Lfosed to regard the proposition aforesaiu as

emanation from a disposition on tb. part ! the

general government, to ptou.ote the niteietts.

aid to preserve the pence ot tLe nation, wubout

violatitg ihe rights of Mfune, or wisiegaidmg the obligaUon testing upon te whole Lbn. to

protect each state in the full ei j nient 1 all

its territory ana right ol jurisdiction, and witling to meet the proposition in a like spun ia

which r is believed to have been mace: 1 herefore ,

Retolved, That upon the appointment i.y tb

president of the United Stale, ol" a pe.-sob or persons to enter tuie negotiaiion witn ib s rl'&

for the iehnqtnshment, ly this stale, tn the U nned States, nt her claim to said terntoi . and

for the cession of the jurisdiction ihtreol. mi the

one part, and for an ample indemnity tbeiefore, on the other part, and notice theieot being tom-

municated to twe governor, he governor with advice of council be, and be is hereby, authori. zed and requested, to appoint three commi6iooers on the part and in behalf of this slate, to treat with such person or persons, so appointed by the president, on the surjects aforesaid; and any agreement or treaty, to be nsade in pursuance of this resolve, is t be submitted to tho legislature of Maine, for approval oi rejectioa; aod until such agreement cr tieaiy be to sub-

jmitfed to, and approveo b . th Legislature of

fectlv that, one acqn iiutett with the particulars, en hereby undertakes to devote himself to Maine, nothing Aerein contained shall be censtru

ed, in any w--y. at implying tht ttstnt oj Vitt

stale, to the line of bcunnaiy iecto;n.euou ly

the arbiter, er to th right t the general g ? einment to adipt or sanction that line in-tead of the line desc ribed in the treaty of 1783 Retolvtd. That the governor be teque-isd

forthwith to comamnicHt tht foregoirg re

was induced to write the nuexed account. Airny happiness", as my husbaud. aerordint' t

visit to that part of the country enabled us tOjSaid laws, do hereby agree to become his confirm the statement upon the testimony of un wife, as aforesaid, and, by signing this instrueicep'ionable witnesses. There if ot.e ioacn: !nern, do constitute him mv husband, afore-

racy however. In their hist decent to thc. id

earth, the negro did make an attempt to captme W hiJ- the bridegroom was collecting wit-

the eag,. Failug in th-s they ioe and re jnet-s f i legalist a previous contract, the!

newed the 6iht in the air, which descbding -a' ' 1 r i ' s cmplod in preparing refresh-imble r,nd resolution, ccnndeniially. to the a-

second time, in the ardor of battle, he ppro.:h tin . -: i" (Ncin, it w ill be conceded thai it jgent of this state, at Washington, ar c to

ed and threw himself u:oo -heco. without a w .. c ; -v ement on "ounker simolicit."tbfe esecntive of the cmmonweaHh ct Nan

larm on hfir pnrt-j .md conceivii'g mem to be' ?CM ret

wild eeese, wrung their heads off. What atict

to the singularity of the incident i, that tVoi. .1 hone thrust -We rind the following dolo 'may consider expident in relation te her inter

the clearing up o the country, tt e eagle litvruu? coo.'.lmt in the form of a communication,, est m said territory.

ckusetis, to afford to tbat ci mmouwealth the

opportunity of adopting sucl. measures as sho

been for many years a rare bird iu that part of uublished m tbe Si. Lotus(lisouri)Republiran:

Virginia. In Home, the women woald have Massa Printer: I see de gran jury present

been averted bv ablutions and sacrifice to the de corporation ( r suffer Niger ball; da say it

Gods, and have figureo m Li y aod I hitarclt.

SINGULAR Oi'CLKKENC E. Goochland Uarcft 231, 1832 Gentlemen: Tbe follow mg wingalar, per haps unparalleled occurrence, guv be interes

is very jurious to de moral oh de city : de Niger

SAMUEL E. SMITH.

Approved. Maich 3. 1632

Disclosures f the most painfo' nature have-

b , . - - i I l t

go to meeting, hollo, yell, nod cut up all kind u m 0P D.v Uie mquuieP ia-eiv mane iu capers all nite long, wy no gran jury take Do-!E',:,,,d H8 o w,ial is rH,!rd thp ''FaJofy lice dat. What harm for de poor Nigtr to'System." This is a system cf the most l.or-

' iote? Tell you what, massa printer, spose

rible abuse of the noble aoim; s a-.d n ilec-

tual nature Vfhich God ha given to the hu

man species. Ihe Lrgush Lhronu-ie con

tains an abstract of an authentic account of

ting to some of your reader On he second de corporation make law for keep white ceo-

day of thi month, a negro b y, belonging to Mr. temeti from Niger ball, den dare be no fuss

Samuel Craew ell of tV.is county, whileat Jtk.ibut de vhite atntemfn no sooner hear deip-erl

was suddenly startled hy a noise in S,e air, re ' fiddle dan da cum to de ball, den da nopohze',he number of cluldre n in a worsted rdano- -semblinff hunder. l;no lookimr np todi-cov 'ad de i.mtv N. m.d de hmrk e-eniemen Imve: factory, which it considers as a fair represen-

er whence it proceeded, he saw two birds atan';o dance wid'deuirtv old women srose de nif I tation of the whole. In the factory in ques-

immense height in the air, engaged in a despe

rate combat; the rustling of whose wings, occa

sioned the noise which had so much alarmed

honest Pompey. fhey begai gradeially t de cend, until they actually fell upon the gnand within a few steps of him, when he had leisure to observe that their talons were interlocked so

dispaire-i ef hut be 6nally recovered. He i closely as to render their separation almost im

row a rrsve',table citizen of Greenup county' possible. From the great desperation with

Ky. H sxty five ye ars of age; he is keen, active, and "prightlv mirthfut. jolly and gay.

He enjoys ptrfert good health, save some occa

which they fought, and the little regard which

they paid to his presence, he roncluded it not so

(safe to disturb them, and accordidgly permitted

--t, . .... , " r i

er had no fcelinspose da let de white gente- llo" 7a cliildren are employed; or wiiom men take dare mveet hart and no make fuss 1 235 are between the ages cf rune ar.d twelves

someobdeSran jury know xtr dese tings', between twelve and Jlflee n ; ard 50 be-' are true. SAMBO, lween lilteer, and eighteen, fhey are su

perintended by fifteen men, and are compel

Important to ths (African) fair. The f.l lied lo come to their daily drudgery every i .. I iU ; tl, .,i c!v nMirl in th mnrn.

tonal pains n his nac and hips, winch, ne tnem lo me aain to a short uistauce, and. (in thinks, re-u't from the injury he received, whenj the words f the famous humorist,) Continue to be leaped d.wn the precipice of rock-. Afier, fight in peace!1 They soon fell again, howev tbe Ire iy of l?t'5. it was ascertained frnm some er. and he discovered that they had shifted their

of the Indians w ho came into Poir.t Pleasant., bol i. and that the talon of one was fixed in the

und mingled with the whi'es, that a sfM v h id , x tt ip.lt of the oiher, rtca vena, the other talon

been i-i vogue a -T.ong them, au.l extenivel he .remaining as befoie. differ, now assuming iieted in, on r.e aithoii'v of those who had eha--more boldness, approached, threw himself upon ed L lin ' That'thty had freJ on a 11 hire .Men,' them, and after a desperate struggle, succeeded

rtn ra to the top "f a hih precipice cf recks, in tw idling the uecks f these inveterate foes

v.'.r ke iiok viigs ar.dffrz nff l'y

A ir;)s- mt sr-ry.- A gentleman of high

staiidiog ii. lids ci t y , who is a subscriber to i.'iir paper, has several time rornplaine J that it w a- not delivered regularly, cant; in yes terday to make the rrunde as he said to our rairier. Su-pecting that Iho paper miplit be i- len. he directed the servant to watch when the carrier came; she iavy the Standard U.ianvn d.i into ti t: area, and the Ci uri. i L. K .piiier soon afitr thrown down on t th. lift o.n-r, and wauhitig a minute cr ,-.. paw huge rid tfit poke his face out of a veil

Heing ignorant of their species, ht carried

thein to hi master, when, to the utfer astonish

nient of several persons, who happened to be

present, 'hey turned out to be eagles! yes gen

tlemen, bald eagles! Tbe fart is incontestible, aud if doubted, can be proved by the evidence

nf at least 9 persons. In these dayB el moral

ieing the feat has been considered ominous oflhe

fate of the proud repnb'ic of w hich this noble

bird is lh emblem. The battle in the air, i

the strife destined to take p!ae beween the

i wo gic -.t i-ections of tbe Union Cuffee r'epre

-ei.it-. b - own ebony race, slipping m upon

winie engaged iu mnital combat, and wringing

lowing singular notice appears with common

advertisements in a New York daily paer. "To clortd young Ladies A white young;

gentleman, of bunnes habit, wishes to obtain

a colored lady for his wife she mu-t be pos

sessed of property, such a snm as will enable

him together with what he is possessed of. to enter into a respectable line of business: she

must be of good disposition nd not exceeding thirty years of age. Any one possessing the

ibove requisites, and wishing to be bound with

the conjugal band, she will please address X.

V. at the office of this paper, stating tune

and place of interview. The strictest secrecy will be observed, an I every necessary satisfno tion will be given as to moral character, good

disposition, industrious and domestic habits. v

Many petition? have been presented to the

New York Legislature tbe present session; among others one from Luke Giten, John I loyd and others, for the repeal of all laws reqninog the observance of a religions S i'idiath, paying Legislative rhaplams, authorizing iher.i lo per form the marriage contiact, Jic,

.Qfrictn colony. Great numbers of young pwrgrns are presenting themselves in Fiaace, to

j on the colony to be fumded at Alg eis. J 50

cavaliers have embaiked alTo ilon, to lay the

rablc fcele lr the corr.crt ini posting htot the i.ecks of both. Vhat think yon gentleirre.n' foundation ef Niim'dian thdaieur.

month in the year at six o'clock in the morning, and remain in the factory unttl seven o clock in the eveoing, and s-im'imes until eight or nine making always fourteen, and sometimes fifteen hours of toil ev-ry da), with an iiiti rmitsion of but half an hour for meals, rest, and recreation. The coni-rquences of this excessive con

fiuernent and toil, are what mifhi be expected. The grow tii of the boy is checked; the

children become sickly, and their limn ak and sometimes horribly distorted. These little slaves of the factory often fall sb-rp from woarincss while standing sit their work; ai'd the overlooker, toward the tatter part of the day, frequently finds it necessary to shake them by the shoulders to keep them awake-. In the stat. of listb ssiirss produced by ex

cessive fatiMH they ate kept in immediate, contact with various kinds of dangerous ma

rhinerv, with cogwheels am 'devils.' as they

ire called. Their tint'ers and hands get in

volved in the machinery, and lUcy aic often

fiih'Uiiiy mangled, and then are sent lo the hospital. At h nieetiue held at Leeds on the 5ili of February, Dr. Smith. surgeon of the InfiirmTy i s that town, dwelt Ht much length on the bavo-ful i-ff-ct produced in those estahlishno. i'is, on 0 health mid limbs of children. He said, "I hnve .'.er.n Ihnbwhii K have bean beauiiful!) firmed, in o Svt ir-&