Weekly Messenger, Volume 1, Number 36, Vevay, Switzerland County, 22 May 1832 — Page 3

The general Cuufererice of the fcletWlist fcpi.roral Church of the United States conven in ibis rsty on i uesday at the Academy in North Fourth street, and will probably continue iu session for several weeks. vYe have been informed that there are in attendance between two and three hundred delegate, among whom are many of the moat eloquent and distinguished preachers of the Methodist denomination. The meetings of the conference, we understand, aie public; and every evening, during its continuance, there will be preaching in all their meet ing houses in the city and liberties of Philadel phia. Srntintl.

Important to farmert.We perceive from

a letter, addressed by proiessor ronton 01 n . V. in thp pdiinr i,f the Villasre Record. th:it

- - O ' earbonale of lime, (common limestone) ground in the saaaf manner as gypsum er pi aster of Paris, i found muth superior lo quick li;ne as maetire, for improving land. It tikes aboat three times the quantity lo preface the same effect during the first three or four years, hut hen it will be found to last twenty or thirty years, whereas quick lime retjuiris to be applied every Bve or six years. T Farmer's Monkor. The editor of the

Lancaster Miscellany, in a tetter to the editor of the American Farmer, says that farmers in that part of Pennsylvania who cultivate Indian cam, are governed in planting by the putting out of the leaves af the locust, (the conr.tnna yellow locust, Rolitna pet udo mcmeia.) When they flower, it is summer, aud clothing mist be regelated, that is, yoa may then with enmpara lira safety dismiss your flannel. The Huntingdon (fenn ) Gazette of May 2d.

Sav -The rising rrop of grain in this eoanty,

e team mih regret, presents rather an unfa voraitle appearance, owing to the severe win

ter. and onpraredented cold anal dry weather

this pria. But it it to be hoped that the re

cent rain- will yet give vigor and life to the

crop and that the fearfal anticipations of the

farmer will not be realize.

PRINTER'S RETREAT, INDIANA. TUESU1Y, MAY 27, 1832.

Presidential Election, To be holden on the first Monday in JVov. I 832. FOB PBEJIOHT.

ANDREW JACKSON, of Tennessee. mrc-rom. George Boon, of Sullivan county, Arthur P itterson. of Pitnnm co. Walks Cremer, of Union -o. Ale. 8. Burnet, of Floyd co. James HUke, of Marion co. Nathati P. Palmer, of Jefferson co. Thomas Givans, of Warrick co. Walter Armstrong, of Dearborn co.

ROMIKKY. Our intbrmint was mistaken when hf

totJ o that Captain GodtlsrH trd recoYered nearly all

the stolen i roneity The Captain informs us that h-

baS rcovtrd but a sro-11 part, enough, however, we

hvne. tconvie the eu.ltv persons. I be names ol

tbfc persons in prison, on suspicion, are John L Murray, Joluvllagley, aad Vina Itiynes.

Lavs of Indiana.

Ta; laws pasied at be last session of the legslttur

or Ir.Jmna. ere received in wis county, on Sunday the U'.h ii stant,

Presidential Election. The election t leet. i . of President and Vi- e President, will take placv, throughout this state, oi' the first Monday in NovetnSer nex

Murder. The Niagara U. C. Gleaner says

xThe London district is obtaining horrible ce

lebrity for the erime af murder We under

stand that a man of the name of Lester, who

bad made a wjll. aad the dispositioa of his pra

party by it having been ascertained by one of.

his two sons, with whom ha went to the barn to

fodder the cattla, and there was murdered by

bis son I obtain the property devised by the

will. The paricie'e was found concealed under some straw, aad doubtless in due time will reap

his reward.

A fata accident occurred in this county! during the past week. Two persons were1 hunting, when one of tTietrt, a Mr. Stewart, received a mortal waund from the ether. The deceases), it is said, was imitating the call of a turkey, which the other bearing, and t Hug something stir in the brash, irrime!i I'elt ti ed and shot his neighbor throngh tin- :-rk Hr survived but a few days. I inrtnna Gaztttc

Bridge at the falls of Ohfai A joint act baa been I assed fci the ireitlaturts t

Indiana an' Kentncky eo: struct a p rniaaent brtat

aeron tV; Ohio river at the talis - tbe rmount oi't v k

is R5f.t 000 thart-s, J0 oach each rtate may sib

enhe JitO.COO the company lo haa perpe-.uu sue

cessio i.

Aew Jnstieee Act.

Jnsie. eleete.t i nte I. - :ev;ion ef the laws last

var. ar rcQ'iired to eiv bonl an J a.-CTirity inimedi

s eiv. and on r.fusine or ftiUinc to da so, may be firteJ

aot ewiecdine RJ.CO.

Jurtd!etin is giren lo justices, wnere executors,

adannistrUor and (guardians are plaintiffs, and the de f ndaats conftss judement

In esses cf trover ana aversion their jurisdiction

is inrea9ed to filty do.lars.

Persons conftsring judgments 'or sums under five

dol ars; are tio' r- quired tc ble athaavit. Eitr.uthws may ssaue and be sorted o Sundays here defendants are sbout to abscond.

Persons hereafter, te be snod in the township wherthey reside.

We notice an allowance made by the legislature of one dalUr, fov one gallon of VINEGAR I know no. what nse our legislature made of Tinegsr; but should 'ike to furnish a few barrels, at sjhe same price(5j Daniel Kelso, was elected Major of the 44th rejt men', ot Indiana militia, on the 14th instant, ar New York.

Common Schttls. All tasesrVaralairg nnoai on the Isst day of Do oc-raber annually, on laiids and lots of resident and non residents, (win re no personal property can be found to pay sa'd lax-s,) are to ha appropriated for the use of common school In add. (ion to the star?, county snd road tases due on each tract or lot. fifty pet cent

per annum, on the whole itmi iint, is to be aided as a

peaalty, aad then tobt ch$rged with onnhund'ei per

crrtuni, f r mnum, on tin; anio nt ol taxes.

Theprobttbie ercount that may accruet luthiteoun

ty, for tton-.moit schools, may be estimated a fotlos

f ht Chol&a al Barbadots. A letter datad St Thomas. April 7. nnd addressed to the Vvors of th Joarwal of Comtnercr, pays o'L tters recrived hrp yesterday from St.

Ktt, state that a English ship of war had

State tax, say Com-y lax, Road Isa,

Add 50 per cent., penalty And say on 100 p. ct interest

Rsoo ct)

150 GO 10 0 K

Making

450 00 T2S 00 32i 00 Si. C00 00

Ma. EniTOR--Without making anv apolo

gie-, 1 shall proceed to answer Mr. Beal in

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f n I 1 . . .1 ft lY.lir hnlmr il ll.. O f l It.cl I ...

amv.'d tnere ironw nroaoeo, wtm mo cno-i"'" i "i'- n- un mn. x . u9 ui3 umi It-'ra nn hoard. Twantv-five rase? had oc ;phrasc, he nppaars to have labored hard, and curri-t! in thrac days, bet nona cf them tiait J fugM forth nolltin but law religion. In a. t proved fatal" his caution, he came out under the law ol

Indiana, thiealening with a fine those who

Spotted Aver in Maint The Medical Jour.jdid not oberte the firct day of the week a? tnl. of May 1st, !nys We learn from Flallo la Sabbath; and hi his remarks, he brought wl!, Maine, that some apprehensions are en. the law of Moes to prove his legal Sabbath, teitaired, by the fa. tlty. that the spotted feverjBat if I were to judge, these two laws can

tos broken out again in that tinuriMiing town not agree: the one, punishes those who do

fpvetal ra-e had occurred. Whether these'not observe and keep holr.the first daw of the

rn'es nrr metely fpoiadic, or the commencettient of an epidemic, time only can determine.

JitvtfMptr thief pinnt.d. William F. Curtis

week, with a fine; and the other puuishes

the seventh day, with death. I should like Mm to explain it. He says, -if the ten oom-

mandmcntg are done away, all moial ohliga

convitte,! yesteroay at tne tonciomcc ;,ion cea, JI0W would ask him if Christ's rornmon pilfrter. lie was brought before the! , uo ,eBch moralivt a1j if j, Wh..nacha,teofstea!.ng:New.p,rers. , ,hi.,k that Is sufficient. ' As he bro't was a barter at the South end and r.ttived,, Cfimmandmpnls. 1 wi hrin(S g0)ipe Com. t,. entertain his customers n,.h perfect hies of maildmt,lls. F;,r lhi? 4,T,)on shH, not com. tMllhed.tty papers, with.ut any waMeluUi mU adu(c.f Thovl Ml llo, kUl-Thou trav,ran... nn h.s part; so a Im.tly ,!,. he man- ,h;i,t h-ar f;lge wi,tiessT,loa glaU po, S hi. b.ims., cut to close and shared oiOV(. Bnd f ure be , olh.p cpm. o.h that aUhohhe wa never accused ot!(ram,mcn u u Cnmprehpnde(1 in thj, Mb7lll,,l tny r ,'" ,hr 7s wtcn'Saytnc, xz: Thou .halt lnve thv neighbor as tippled mth cop.es o eat h that ctrculsted N Mr, Hm1 .if m hn witubornood, and ui patron hare fre ! ' m . - u -f i ... ' h ti m. .ill :iri wim w hu flaiurllntu .1111 triii

inollv ix.leKla.l In U i n fnf itin I C. ' . ' " '

....J ... ....;,eil thp 0)!pr i,not)ror n does not say. lb,,r 0, !ob?ere lh Sabbath day and keep it holy.' ..r ..i t..i J B' al y Up- i9 rointr dly opposed lo

. 1 . . ' """iUw religion. Why then does he contend

r.a.t urreawirn, u. i , i nomxs j repper was , ... - i,..,,. i -

In Kai urpeawich, 11. 1 , I homs J repp

cictfd of bigamy, and the sentence of ths CTi:it w. that rn Friday, the "27th of April,

sp' in in nouis ni in ami I n cioch, ne oci . , . i: .: ... I . r - . i

' ' Imw.iv a mins ri'hta and wivps it to aimth.

for Ihis religious law, and why not let everr

otve have the lilirrly of conscience! As for iime If, 1 am iu favor of civil law, but will

th it he inpiiS'nPil thiee months, and pay a Ike f five d llai They had t.e!ter sentenced him to live thiee veais with his two wives, or all of them, if he ha t more.

S"vie ptof md arithmnician btin at a lc idr aom"hi'if t 1. ha calculated that every ruveteiate strntT taker, wh has continued thi firav i 1- f r Pttv vears. has dedicated tvo eq

away a

er. And I think this religious law is not agretHble to ur Conslitution. Ajjreaablv to hi. reUi'-t, I giv mv real aame. "SILVENUS S. KINGS LEY. Jacksonville May 10th, 1832.

The tiibernia ami Citizen lately same In contact below Louisville, Hy which the latter

w us so winch Injured, n to render it sieccssa

tiro rars of his life to Ukisg sauff ?trf two;.- , i.v i, trt ,h .hare, to r,r(vnt her

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fmn a eawia is tik'r".- ttfzrt

HENRY CLAY, of Kentucky. row vtrB riiKFiusBT. JOHN SERGEANT, of Penmylvania. EIF.CTOHS, Jacob Kuykendall, of Knot counly. John Hawkins, if Fountain, Samuel Henderson, of Marion, Dennis Pennington, of Harrison, Waller Wilson, of Cass, Stephen Ludlow, of Dearborn, Abel Lumax, of Wayne, S Ivanus, Everts, of Union, John J. Sheely, of Gibson. r rnitiDERT WILLIAM WIRT, of Maryland, FOR TITB PRESIDENT, AMOS ELLMAKER, of Pennsylvania.

tilrction In bt h M ei tr,e rnit Monday in Aug'-st

for arvnEsr.NTATtva. WILLIAM BKAULKY, of JcfiVrson townslili:, ron court e .HMtsi05EE First District LYMaN W .'X if M anw.erling

Two murders war eommitted in New Or

lean? on the llth ult.

A mac named Banker Rossiter, committed

suicide, in Albany, N. Y on the 28th ult. by

taking laudanum.

A lad named Alfred Ycomans, aged 17 years

committed suicide, by hanging himself, at Con stantia, Oswego county N. Y on the 1 4th t.lt.

A Mr Reed recently brought an action a-

gainst the inhabitants of Northfield. Mass. for dntiaget sustained by him is a fall from his

horse, occasioned by a defect in the highway. The jury found a verdict for the plantiff daage, 490. Fifty even vessels, and 41? men were em ployed in Ihe Cod and Mackeral fishery, froai Marblchead, the past season. Sis vessels were

lost at sea. The number of 6h taken, was

1,182,650 the whole valued at 160.490

Gambling. It is said in a certain section

ol the tonntir. tne favorite gambling amnse

ment is kicking shins for a pint f rwn! 'Rare

sp-m rlaith'.'

tTurnutas! Lodging consumed. A dandy, so

says the N. O Emporium, fell iDto the fire, and

being unable lo rise, his head was entirely con

somed luckily there was nothing in of value.

A travelling gentleman, who had (tainted him self in passing counterfeit notes, was arrested n Easlon, Pa. Rev. Mr. Greatrake was recently married in the Western States. The Charleston City 6 fcelte urges it as puculiarly improper for this gentleman, considering his cloth, to have made his wife a great rake too. A ynung gentleman of Baston. Pa lately walk" ed a measured mile in 10 tn. 12 see. A gentleman of Boston, an estimable comedian, has walked a mile upan the mill dam, in 13 minu tes, btthward! The Post master at Morristown, Pa. adverti

ses among the list of letters remaining in his of

fice, one directed 'to old Ben Peck, my daddy,

froth hie loving son young Ben Peck." An advretiser, iu one of I lie Baltimore pa

peri wants a young lady to act as fore ma-i of

a manlua making establishment

Lamentable. A young lady of K nville.

Tenuassee, lately strolled one evening, unattep

did, to a distant part of the village, where, in a

tit of despair, she committed matrimony.

A heavy complaint lias hern made nnlnst

modern romance, lull ot ghcl, spectres, anil murder. The yoiing ladiej are so frighted, a

to he afraid to sleep alone. Some ladies of SumpterviUe, S. C. sent a boiling hot nullification toast to the late ' Hamilton Dinner" in that state. This i the first lime

the ladies have ever come out openly in favor oftjnton. Rather think they'll repant of it. The Newbury port Herald states that at the late Town election, "twenty uini ll"Teeves were selected from those persons recently married. A bum an being ha. been lately discharged from prison iu Ne Bedford, who had beeo con

lined ten months and eight days, fit a d-bt cfj

seven fiollar.

Mrs. Hughes, of Jefferson bounty, N. York.

be came ihe mother of three healthy hoyst ut oie biith, n few weeks since. Increaf. nnd multiply is an important brrfnch of Ihe American System. The small pox is making dreadful ravare

among the Indians along Ihe' western, shore ot

Michigan. As a;anj i.t bad died of this

A preposition fir abolishing the Christian Sabbath has been brought into the French Chamber of deputies!! The poor rates during the last year in Eng : land amounted to 40 millions of dollars and upwards! A child was born recently at Claridon, Ohio, with two complete heae's doable sets of eyes,

ears. &c; one throat, tocr arms, one body, and

tour legs.

The mail stages between Maysville and ouisville n3w perform the distance between

those points m two days. Lexington and

rrar.kfort are on th route. The carriages

"d horses are elegant, and pass both wbjb

rcry dry Louisville re-ster. A temperance society has been formed by the

tree blacks, and other person of color, in

Frankfort, Ry. It consists of 94 menbers.

A letter from Havana, under date of April

10. received by a gentleman of Philadelphia.

states that aw English schooner had captured

he day before a Spanish slaver, with 10s)

slaves on board, end had taken her inte that

port as a price.

M rs. Eliza Blond, was convicted, at the couri

of sessions, in Abbeville District, S. C. of keep

ing a raro Bank, and playing at that game, and entenced to six month's imprisonment and &

Qne of five hundred dollars.

A desire to ?.y things which no person ever

?md, makes some people say things which no

one ought to say.

!o the Circuit court of Oyer and Terminer,

recently held in Utica, N. T. a verdict of 550 damages was recovered by Asa Clark against

Andrew West, in ah action For seducing the plaintiffs daughter. The followig epitah is engraved on a atone in a country church yard: Here lies the body of David Young, and all his pttteritiei for fifty years backwaids.' A person in New 'Albany, (Indiana,) who wrUes himself Abel Smith. Fe. has announced

hinvelf in the TTestern papers, as a candidate? for the Presidency. He declares that it elect ed, he will redeem the old continental by appro

priating the public lande.to this purpose.

UN DAY AMUSEMENTS. Mr. Editor, The following eventi are be. lieved lo have all ocearred on Suaday. If there is any mistake in the date, I doubt not tome of

yur correspondents will correct it.

;n 11 1812. Battle of Salamanca. Aug. 16, 1812. Hull surrenders with CCD effective men. Oct. 18, 1812. United States captures the Macedonian. Oct. 18, 1813 Wasp capteres tbe Frolic. Sept. 11, 1814 Battle of PlattiLug J. S, 1315. Battle oflSew-Oiloans. ia. 15, 1815. resident captured by V

Bnth deet. Jn$ l&, 1815. Battte of Waterloo. Oct 21.182G- Battle of Navarieo. March 1-1, 182. Pratocal agreed on fixing the government, boendariei, Lc. of Greece. Jug. 9, 1829. Entire chaoge iu the Trench ministry. The Liberals dismissed fro to office, and an Ultra royalist ministry appointed, with Prince dc Polignaa at his kcad. June 10, 1839. The Algeriaei defeated by the French. Jul'jn, 1830. Charles X. dissolves the newly elected Chamber of Deputies, suppresses the liberty of tbe press, and alters tbe iaw of e lection. .Warct 13, 1831. A change in tbe French ministry. 'm24. 1831. Meeting of the French chamber of Deputies . The king dslireri a ineencb iu pcrion. The following is copied from the National Inlelligeiieer. Pugttuve O'Rourke, the Irish Champion, who lately fought and conquered the Black Diamond, for a bet of a ihousned dollars, has arrived in this city. We understand that it is his intention to fcave a trial CV' skill with KWelt,ihe English Pugilist, who ia now in training for that purpose. ilny heav? b;?ti depend up,.n tbe iswe of his contest.' Curling is nil the fashion M the s?at of no?

ernment; and we have rij doubt tSat the Iritfc Champion will have plenty of pupils, if he f( r.S an Academy forth nation of public men.

A cask w?s shiyntd at New Y$r& for th?J

port as containing bard wnie. h reshaping it, in the ste.-imbna . for Fayelteville, it was tfiscc' vered that thn contents were ten keirs of rnrt

powder. TrU di-.coverv was providential, t. '.

tbe cask wut about to be placed in contitrni.'?

i-f. iH,iu.r, n(1 ,e pHssena-ers and cirr.

cargo nd boat, wonld have, been xpo,ed 1;. desti octiou (or the paltry object of saving abir.: two dollar!!! (EJ-The fellow who d.d thio tvautd'ut aciuple to introduce tbe eboiera itself

or u Uvc dollar UU.

The hu'moroas Editor of (he Philadelnfun V

S. OaZette, retnuikitig on the spm.g wc.thtf, and the "spring dies,' say- The irera

wuich iue ivauonai uaiette of yesterday after nooti, quoted us tome what loieer, had receded

to former dimensions, and we ere hence r.blc lo

add, that Ue.b colored stotkioga, with Urt. .locks, are "unRh worn, t fit?t we w p.e;r vytA. "