Weekly Messenger, Volume 1, Number 44, Vevay, Switzerland County, 17 July 1832 — Page 2
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be looked upoa ns his thowaie etiil refund bled sea, they filled the market-place and the slaagb, end was brouglit devil oa iio cpposfft ... r.., i,- i,n th.ii hi. .: J Pcr street", and fnnretline the crime ot the son in the bank. The mdiar.s tvocnded only one after
since the arrival of the ti--iurffome stranger, be- relenting justice f the father, demanded with they were charged on. ' Oih .i.t, have .l
.me tower anu comer twara mmseir. . r v.- -r s i - - -- . . .. . . . ,,....,! ..mr..
criminal. Dunne the nieni, t. JKorriS, ano; Samuel Hells. iiiort:..v en H tiiai r ' - n .
'The volunteers who left thist-r on v-.
J :. coriviTi h account ther
Nay, a even
th it in unguarded the pardon of thu
. . . . ill ..I. . 1 J . wr. rl A..kl n J I. . r. .1 ff it h
moment e had seen Her ?peakmg eyes rest as uioigu me g-i.irua utu, n . " f hp it-rest difficulty that the incensed mob were with-
; T VltL iv'l iti Tltil uttiT niuui: uio v J
soft and beautiful featnre of Gomez, and a taint
held from breaktng in. Towards, morning, it was. announced to the roayir ihat all resistance would goon be vain, for that a part of the soldiers had gone over to the people; only the foreign guard held out and all demanded with furious
cries the instant liberation of the criminal. At this, the indexible magistrate took a resolution, which manv will call inhuman, whose awful
gelt conquest certainly belongs to the rarest ex
am pies of social firmness. Accompanied by a
Every thing betrayed to the quick! priest, he proceeded through a secret passage
hat sdie was the orev ot some to the dungeon or n son; ano wnen, wuirncw
blush pas over her pa! cheek; but if hi eye met hers, thi soft bloum suddenfy became the burning glow of tVver. Ye?, be could not doubt it; her wh'c deportment was altered; capri clou, humorsotiie, restless, sometime? sunk in deep melanr.hol'iv, then suddenly breaking into 'tl ol violent mirth, she seemed to retain onlv outward form of the sensible, clear minded, i, rene, and equal tempered girl she had always
appeared
eye of jealousy
wounded. Samutl Black and Tiiomai Jenxivss; sed i
severely, but not mortally wouided.
In haste yonr'g, &c. W. W. VVooDBRiQor;, Adj. land. Mil.
deep-sealed p.issioi; and for whom?
could it be but for Gomez? for him
very action it was evident the inmost chords of her heart gave out their altered tone. It has been wisely said, that love is more nearly akin o hate than to liking. What passed in Edward's bosom was a proof of this. Henceforth it seemed his sole enjoyment to give pain to The woman he passionately loved; and now, in the bitterness of his heart, held guilty of all his sufferings. Whenever occasion presented it 3elf, he sought to humble and to embarrass her. '.o sting her by disdainful pride, or to ov erwhelm
hep with cuttins reproaches, till conscious of
- a ' her secret crime, shame and anguish overpow ered the wretched girl, and she burst iato tor rents of tears, which alme had power to allay the scorching fever of his heart. But no kindy reconciliation followed these scenes: and, as with lovers, resolved the dissonance into bless ad harmony. The exasperation of each was oa lv heightened to desperation; and whtui he at length saw enkindled in Gomez so little capable of concealment the same tire which buret in the eyes of Anna; when he thought he saw his sister negiccted, and himself betrayed by a serpent wham he had cherished in his bosom-
be Bfnod at that Doint of human infirmity, of:
which the All-seeing alone can decide whether "it be madness or the condition of a still-account able creature. . On the same night in which suspicion had driven Edward from his couch a restless wan
derer, it appears that the guilty lovers had for
the first time met in secret. According to the subsequent confession of Edward, he had concealed himself behind a pillar, and had seen Gomez wrapped in his mantle, glide with hur
ried stens oat of well known side door in the
house of Anna1! father, which led immediately to her apartments. At the horrible certainty
which now glared upon him, the fury of bell took possession of his soul: his eyes started from
their sockets, the Wood rushed and throbbed as
if it would burst his veins, and as a roan dying of thirst pants for a draught of cooling water, so
did his whole being pant for the mood ol his n
ral. Like an infuriate tiger, he darted upon
the unhappy youth, who recognized him, and Vainly fled. Edward instantly overtook hitn, seized him, and burying his daggei a hundred
times, with strokes like lightning flashes, rn the quivering body, gashed with satanic rage the beautiful features which had robbed bim of bis beloved, and of peace. It was not till the moon broke forth from behind a dark cloud, and sud
denly lighted the ghastly spectacle before hitn; the disfigured mass which retained scarcely a
feature of his once beloved friend the streamt
of blood which bathed the body and all the earth around it, that he waked, with horror, as from some infernal dream. But ihe deed was done, and judgment was at hand. Led by the instinct of self preservation, he fled like Cain, into the
nearest wood. How Ions he wandered Iheie,
he could not recollect. Fear, love, repentance, despair, and at last madnesss, pursued him like frightful companions, and at length robbed him ol consciousness for a time annihilating the terrors of the past in forgetfulness; for kind na
ture puts an end to intolerable suffering of mind,
as of body, by insensibility or death, wean
while the murder was soon known in me cuy; and the feat ful end of the gentle yomh, who
had confided himself, a foreigner, to their hog-
Juki 19 Another BLOODY BA TTLE, cor.
iuctci by J. rr. btevtnson. At 1 1 o'ctucs, a
ra
hi; Ik.?:!'-". k'- i-yt mry logeliKT,
- iwnn.crl !, run.- Will. Hi tl"l-'..H2 Oil-
itwec. The account, as ?ivon by the t'ii?xwl iiy Indiana, ?" hat Black fi".k nnd his partvy
h iiiir.Miiai ' Mdr-n. have eeicct-
r! ru.cespjble on.y hv
their .srj'Jwi ..
100 ir.i!r3 frri5i
i mrr;
Kind about 30 cci.arJed by twv.
wliicr! is defended L
for whom M awakened desire of life excited by the sympa
j- - . . . ...
at ivlirtvp.th-v of his fe low citizens. Laward sunU aims
feet, and aske.l eagerly if he brought hitn mercy
and pardon? The nld nan replied, " l'tn untaol
tering voice, iJ No, my son, in thv world there
is no nwrrcv for vou: your li'V is forfeited t the
law, and at sunrise you roust die. One and
twenty years I have prayea tor yoi? - ..appiness but that is past turn your though now to
eternity; and if there be yet hope there, let u?
now kneel down together, and implore the Al
mighty to grant you mercy hereafter but then
I hope my eon, though he could not live worthy
of his father, will at lea.-! know how to die wor
thy of him."
With these words he rekindled the noble
prrd of the once dauoiie-s youth, and after a
hort prayer, he surrendered himself with hero
ic resignation to his fathers pitiless will. As
the people, and the greater paitof the armed
men mingled in their ranks, now prepared, a midst more wild and furious menances, to storm
the pris.'-n James Lynch appeared at a lotty
window; his son stood at hu sideT with the hal
ter round his neck. I have sworn' exclaimed
the inflexible magistrate. " that Gonsalvo's tnur
derer, should die, even though I mast perlorm
the office of the executioner myself, rrovi
dence has taken me at my word; and yon mad
men, learn from the most wretched ot talneis. that nothing must 6top the course of jtisiice, and that even the ties of nature must break oeiore
if." While he spoke these words, he mace fast the rope to an iron beam projecting from the wall, and bow suddenly pushed his son out of the
window, he completed his dreadful work. Nor
did he leave the spot till the last convulsive struggles gave certainty of death f his unhappy
victim. As if struck by a thunder clap, the tu
mnltuous mob had beheld the horrible spectacle
in death like silence, and every man glided, as if stunned, to his own house. From that moment the Mayor of Galway resigned all his occupations and dignities, and was never beheld by any eye but those of his own family. He nev er left hie house till he was carried from it to
his grave. Anna Blake died o a convent. Both families,- in course of time, disappeared
from the earth; but the skall and cross bones still mark scene of this fearful tragedy.
an express arrived from captain J. W. Steven- loin- n;v row prir-B way,
son, bringiogthe information that a battle had';a breast wor!;, Oi that u act of hud, it i?-
been fought, in which had fallen thice of ouraicl, tl-ey art- r:u-h.- corf, i.na nre oe'.srm;
most worthy citizens and six or eight hjuians. jnod to maiiitawi t.n.-ir poii'n lo !te last ex-
Fxlrict of a letter from Capt. Stevenson: Itrtrruiy. i hcv t.u-rrs r.rc v.u jr.Ubly cstimaArrLE River, June 18, 1832. jted ;U from S09 to 1000 waniors, well arrrDear Sir The night we left Galena ttn'od ;r,d mounted. Gvn. Atkinson was pre-
aiore horses were stolen from this place; someipnrinij to rriaJce tri :;. t;:c on Llack lawlt
of them from the stables within 30 yards of and his parly, r.nd when car r!r,teers lelt
the fort. I took the trail the next morning be- Chicago, the rolawatamics were makiiig ar-
Indian Hostilities.
Galena, Illinois. June 17. Gen. Dodge, w learn by nn exprei which arrived to-day, has, for the first time duriag th present war, Rchieved victory over a
small prty of Sac Indians, who have, Co$-sack-ike, been xtremely annoying to the frontiers of oht coQiitry. This ismt party had iust killed 6 men belonging t fort Ham
ilton, and wert there, skulking about the frontier, in rder to pick off every man who
could be teen outside the stockade. But
Inckilyj oar Dode could not b dodged by
the rascals; but faced the 6re of their gtins,
stood their shot, as he well knew he would
be compelled t, and valiently charged up
on, and killed and scalped tl.rm all. We publish below a letter which was writ ten' on the spat, and contains a brief of tbi
particulars relative to the battle. Hamilton's Fori, June 16, 1833.
Sir On the evening of the 14th inst. 5 men
pitality, was learned, by all with sorrow and in ! were killed by the hostile Sacs, at SpaffordV
dignation. tarm, five mile3 below this place. They were A dagger, steeped in blood, had been found ' found yesterday and buried by a party of mount lying by the velvet cap of the Spaniard, and not: ed men, and gome persons from this fort. This far from it a hat, ornamenied with plumes and. morning about 8 o'clock, a man by the name of a clasp of gems, showed the recent traces of a; Henry Apple, was killed by the Indians, about man who seemed to have sought safety in the: half a m,re f,om this fort. Geo. Dodge, with direction of the wood. The hat was immediate ;g(iCh of bis command of mounted men as were ly recognized as Edward's; and as he was no here, (29 in number.) immediately pursued where to be found, fears were entertained that' them about three miles, when they were disco
he had been murdered with his friend. The vered on open ground , and found to be eleven
tartified ftther mounted his horse, and, accorn- tn number, but were not overtaken until they
panied by a crowd of people calling tor Ten jhad crossed he east Pick-e ton-e ka, and entcrfeanee swore so'emnlv th it nolhine should save. erl an almost impenetrable swamp. At the
the murderer, were he even compelled to exe- edge of the swamp, the men were oidcred t
cole him with his own hands. We may imagine dismount and link horses. Four reen were left
the shouts of joy, and the feeling ef the fattier, io charge of the horses; and Jour were posted
when, at break of day Edward Lynch was found on high ground to guard against their escape;
eunk under a tree, living and although covered, the remainder, 21 in uuml - r, advanced into the
fore sunrise, with the command I then had with me, consisting of twelve men, together with some of the foil's members, and pursued to a point beyond Yellow Creek, about 12 miles enM of Kellogg's grove, where we overtook the
irentlemen Thev were about two miles off
when we first saw '.hem. Before we could get
within firing distance, they reached the woods; we kept close upon them for some miles, when
perceiving they would be overtaken, they en tered one of the largest and most difficult thickets to pass tbrowgh you have seen we fried every possible way to drive them therefrom,
but all was unsuccesslul such as cnaiging
them on horseback, then part on foot and part on horseback, then by trying to crawl opon
ihees. Finally, 1 saw the only chance was to
dismount and all to charge on foot our bos dismounted and went into the thicket under fuli charge like men. We got into the midst of toe
Indians befoia one fired . Although the guns ot
both sides were discharged frequently, there
was not a tingle fir made at the distance ofj more than thirty feet from the object aimed at either from the Indians our ourselves. We got into such close quarters as to be constrained to use the bayonet and butcher knife. We killed
five or six of the scoundrels, and lost three of
our own men. George Emans, L. P. Howard, and Micheal Lovell were shot dead. There were more Indians in this brush than I had sup posed there were. We got from them all the horses except one, on which one of them made his escape. Extract of a letter dated OaUna, Jane 8:
"The Indian war has assumed an alarming character. On Monday night last wt bad an alarm at midnight, that the town was attacked . The scene ?s horrid beyond de
scriptionmen, women, and children lying
i the stocKane. i catenate sven minuraa
women and children ware there within fif
teen minutes after the alarm gun was ired
some with dresses on and some with none some with shoes and some barefoot, flick
persons were transported on others shoulders. Women and children were screaming
from one end of the town to the other. It
was a false alarm; had there been as Indian
attack, I believe the people would have
fought well.
"It is now ascertained here where the
main body of the Indians are. In two or three weeks an attack will be made that will be decisive. All the hostile Indians will be slain or thousands of Ameiicans will be scalp ed. The Indians have already taken about
forty ecalps in the whole. "The hostile Indians hve verv strong position at the confluence of the White Water and Roek rivers. The angle between them is high ground and defended in front by a 6wamp or saorass, impassable b horses.
The two rivers at their encampment are nei
ther of them foidable.
rangements to send about arnoFS to the aid of Gen. Atkinson, and leaving their old men and squaws and children under the protection of the foit at ChiuigtV'
Extract from litter dtted Fort Wilburn, Mi-
not$ Kapids, lot June, 1B32.
Indian News. By the arrival, yesterday, of the steamboat Caroline, we learn that the
militia have had Bevcial skiimishea with the
Indians. Capt. Sit) dor of St. Clair county, Illinois, has politely favored us with the following particulars. On tbe night of the 15th inst. while the scouting party, consisting of 42 men, of which Capt, Snyder was in command, were encamped at Kellogg's Grove, about SO miles; south-east from Galena, a sentinel was fired on by tbe Indians, who with the other sent, nels on duty, left their posts, and the whole party laj upon their arms the remainder of the night. In the morning the company got' upon the trail of the Indiai.s, (who had stolen
one of their horses,) and pursued them seve.
rnl miles, when it was discovered, that, expecting pursuit, they had dispersed for con
eealment ; four of the Indians were, however,
trailed lor twenty miles, and were overtaken
just as they had prepared breakfast, which,
so close was the pursuit, they were compelIt. 1 . .a .... .
lea to aoanaon, together with the horse taken. In their flight, the Indians lock a circuitous roote, which for some time confused
the whites, who, however, soon discovered
that they had taken the back trail, and re
newed the pursuit, emd after a brisk march
of 10 miles, overtook and killed all four of them, and notwithstanding their small num
ber, they (ought with desperation. Captain Snyder had one man, VV m. B. Mecosnson, mortally wounded, for whom a litter was made, and the company continued on their march. When they arrived within about 4 stiles of Kellogg's grove, five men belonging; to the company, entered a ravine, a short distance from the main body, in search of water, who were immediately fired on by a bout 40 Indians, md two of them killed and one wounded slightly. The Indians then directed their fire upon the main body of the company which was at the time in soma disorder. The company however retreated about 80 yards, rallied and retarnf d a brisk fire, which in turn forced the Indians ts rc treat into the thiekgweods. Several Indians are said to have been killed, one certain. At the commencement of the attack, a chief, mounted upon a fine white horse, was sees in front of tbe Indians, encouraging and exciting them on to tight; shortly after, the
horse was seen without the rider, who it is presumed was also killed, as he frequently approached very near the whites. The names of the men killed, are Benjamin Scott and Benjamin M Daniel. Wonnd-
jed. Dr. Cornelius all of St. Clair coontr. tll-
Illinois. Oo the 15th insf. five men were kiliedV within sight of fori Hamilton a small stockade on the Pec keeto lake and on the following day, Gen. Ddge with a small party went
with blood, yet apparently without any danger
nus wound. We may imagine the shudder
swamn, about half a mile, when they received
the lire of the Indians at the distance of about
which ran through the ciowd the feelings of. thirty feet, by which three of oor men fell, se
the father we cannot imagine when, restoied verelv wounded. Gen. Dod?e instantly gave
to sense, he embraced his father's knees, declar ed himself the murderer of Gonsalvo, and earnestly implored instant punishment. He was brought home bound, tried before a full assem
bly of magistrates, and condemned to death by
orders to charge, which was promptly obeyed. The Indians were found Iving under the bank
of a eluugb, and were uot seen until onr party was within 7 or 8 feet of them, when they fired on them, and the whole party was killed and
We hope to ciose me campaign in at least i,,, pursuit of the Ir.diai,?, 1 1 of whom he found
forty days, i ne inaians nave apparenuj about 3 miles from the fort, and killed the
lortitie inemseives in a tirong position, about 100 miles from this, with the determination of awaiting the issue of a battle. They are about 1000 strong."
whole number. A chief who wa9 with the Indians, is said to have been shot by Gen. Dodge, with a pistol Three of the whites were badly wounded, but no lives were lost.V tOl. t Ci.l
Extract of a Inter from an officer of the army, i- r r,i i i . ; 7' oxiruti j j . u trom taalcna, while unon a scout nnon Annl
' . ' " r " ri
dated St. Louis, June 18, 1852,
river, ws fired opon hy a party of Indians in
"I am informed by a letter from Gen. At- ambush number i-ot known where two
kinson, dated Ottaway, 15th inst. that the, men were killed, and captain Stephenson semilitia had arrived, as snany at least, if not! verelv wound, d. more, than he wanted, and that he wonldj Afier Dodg 'sme had ki!Ud the 11 Indi-
marcn in mree or tour aays lor me inaian ans, the M'-iioii.inees, under the command of
Col. Hamilton, who had been in search of this game parly, tame up, and commenced a most inhuman butchery of the dead bodies; they cut them to pieces and (ore out their hearts, and et them, raw ami bleeding. It will be rem.- mbered that a party of Menominess were k lled at Prairie du Clilen, about a year ago, by the Sacs and Foxes, which is.
!in part, the caute of the ore Ki.t orur hAtuo.n
. - - , - - -..- w...Vtl
bis owo father. But the people woald not lofe;scalpd in one. or two minutes, but one, who at
their darling. 4ike the wares of tempest trou- tempted to make his escape. He ewatu the thousand.
frontiers, with the hope of speedily finishing the present war. I sendeavored to obtain a drawing of the Indian position, but failed; it is reported, howevrr, to be situated on what is called the Four Lakes, on the whIcis rf Rook river, surrounded by marshes and very difficult of access, and is called by the Indians Coush-co-nang, or the fort. The troops, about three thousand mounied
volunteers, will leave Ottaway, Illinois river, the Indians and the whites, and which urcea . .u J l .i m- . , ... o
III uiiii; iu iii.uv.il rpun imij io. inr .MenomilieeS IO OCfome OUT alllCS.
Gen. Atkinson commands the wheie volunteers and regulars. Gov. Reynolds will accompany the army in all its movement. It is thought that the troops will come upo'
them in about seven days. The number of
the Indians is estimated-at from one to two
We inditai.d that all ihe Siom
cross (ha liver by Col. Hamilton, after having received new guns, a mm or. it ion, &c. deserted 1. 1 oi, wiih'.m assigning ai: reason, ar,d it U feaicJ that they !. ivc joim-d the hostrle tiibes. When the steambfi-it Carolina kf. HS'
