Weekly Messenger, Volume 1, Number 47, Vevay, Switzerland County, 7 August 1832 — Page 2

w.; ?. i.2 r.l lea 'Us lirvc:irn o Mt?!. i have

;" l!ie il'wa:

-ieert:g tiifir conre in l-Gth as the number of adult?, less ihin

about south 5.000, we have? had a death out of every six

Miysi-ta p.pi.

I - .. , . a -

na e. npr u uie ue- side o the Missis-ppi

iy tnnt route; it. was tne. dt;prt course to the

i1! ti"ii;i from Hit; po.ut where they were ta-

! o i K.:k river. Our not having a utTi i(. in that q-.MiH-r was a; additional

my tii e ti tie

leliei-el the 1n ii:irs i pei r-on liable t' the disease stich a week,

8 the one from the 17th to the 24th, I have

ever seen, and hope never will be repeated.

iingination can scarcely conceive a mofe

ire s

ihv I believ I KH'l toh

Uiieu:!- J hey would escape by that route." Cd. II irnillon write ficni his pot 5th

June, nt n frri e i ii.dv

t:

Several Wir-r.ebagoes have jot

n. Innse, tvho inform me that the 1 the Sacs, are still on Rock river.

Oiio::s rii cumstcne': It will be recollected ihit in a fanner number of our pappr, we gave account of the !;:-tauS killing six men near Fort Ilnmiiion, 30 mile E. N. E. of this town. On the rr?t (!nv after this attack, seatch was nj ide tor the dend bot'ies, and all were ftund ex csft ;nr , whose name was Francis Spenser There h yp teen parties out nearly every day since the time of attack in search tor Spencer's body. O". last Fiiday, a scouting patty of our mm from Fort llmriton, set cot, once more, to ry and bed the body of Spencer, and also to rer onoitre !hc i -r'ty to ascertain whether ludims had hci l r - iy about. When they came on the gr : '! where the men had been attack ed, they saw ncer approaching. The astonishment felt ay i .e whole party on seeing him, afte- ari absence ot nine days in the wood with cut ! aod no; tn ri !v,m 6 miles from

the 4 t, can he bettet un .jjus-d by our readers

than expressed by u-. The narration which he gives is briefly this

Whe.i the company who were at work id the field, including himself, were fired on by the

Indians, they all rnn and swam th" P'ck e ton

e ka river, which was near, and most of them

fell in rising the opposite bank The Indians, in close pursuit, soon overtook and galped, as

he supposed, all hut himself. In that we would

remark, he wa9 mistakes, for one man beside himself escaped and took the news to the. fort

He then ran up a ravrne, concealed himself be

neath its bank, when he saw all the Indians except one, commence theic scalping, cutting, $:. That one pursued a horse from which had fallen one of our men, and caught him near

where he was concealed. The Indian mounted

and rode toward him a iV' s'eps, while 8. un

perceived, to'dt an;; and fird at the gentleman Indian, and brougut h: trom his horse to the ground. It then became npctRsary to seek some othrr retreat, s- he craved off through the th-ck bu h'-s and ..sr -in conceal vl himself.

Heswosw ihe Indians honiing for nim, hut cf lhe totally abstemious.

o'ii iiuuu;g urn, witjr mi i'jui.Tf j ineir ytaips and pluo !er and m-ircheft oil I nv iUint- to risk going to the fort, be remained there concealed from rue-Pi' evening to Saturday morning, when ?! r:'"bt the bloody battle between en. Dooe's o . . :otnent and the Indians, a btxit three v- Its in ni the fort. He heard the guns and m-.de ' w,rd? them, and soon after came in fig'.' ol :e fort, where he saw some MofioiTnnee biduns, who had jut arrived under

coattnaort ! col !

as he h - itason tr. . c ed, went to b hiding ' fd till found by our aco lf:e wards.

n.-'-JU; vA bUppOing, n ee Sacs, he turn ac: nrt there remain-

arty nine days

I-

distressing time. The inquiry made was not

who is skki but who are dead and buried. J! any who roeo with the morning's sun, alive and healthv, w ere ere it set, beyond the ivath

.f htimaa ids. When we (the boarders Of

ur hotel) parted with each other at night,

t was felt hy ;arh of us, that probably we

had seen each other for the last time, or at

best that omt next interview would be at the

bed side of some of us, who was rapidly jour

neying the way of all flesh. Pone ol my in-

linate friends have been taken away, but

many with whom 1 was slifihtU acquainted

and knew by name.

1 he fatal effects of Ihe cholera here,.and

at Qubet, must be attributed mainly to the

excessive tilthinesB of the places. It' the

custom duiing winter to haul all stable tilth,

and every thing equally obnoxiu,tu the side of the river, expecting that it will be carried

away b the spring feshets. I his spring

the ice broke up gradually without any rise in the river, and consequetnly much of the

tilth remained, ihe condition ot the atmoo phere was such that it wanted but little ad

dition to make it very destructive to human

life by some, it 18 doubted whether the cholera was brought by the emigrants they thiuk that the easterly wind, which prevailed more than a month, was sufficient to have carried the tainted atmosphere to us. I am a firm believer in non emtagion, but think it hardly possible for an atmosphere to cross so large a body of tall water without being purified. It is my opinion that th.e unhealthy atmosphere produced in the steerage of a vetsd earning two or three hundred passengers, has infected our own, and thus prod, ced so deadly an effect. InsUttcei are known in the city, of persons who have diecf, who hud not been out of doors, or near any person having the cholera, which shows that a neglect of a friend who is suffering, .and an endeavar to keep nut of "harm'n wav," does not secure any person from being attarked. I saw a number of persons laboring under the disease, and should not have hesitated, had any of my friends been taken with it, to re

main with thPtn to the last moment. It has made a general clearing out of all who were addict.'d to n free use of ardent spirits, very

many wno were moderate drinkers, ani some

My fea s are

now turned towards Philadelphia, but so strong are my hopes that every precaution

will be used to purify the city, that I fell assured its effects there will be trifling. Take proper care of yourself, and stand firmly by any of your friends who may be afflicted with it. Use no prevention suca as camphor, laudanum, opium, fcc. "throw physic to the dogs," excepting sutn prescriptions as may be given you by a regular physician, njkr being attacked.

TARIFF OLD AND NEVi'. A corrcsnoiulfnt of the A lex audi in. Ga-

ietle, who is said to be a l ut; irnroi u-t . makeft the following comparative slnicmciit

of the rates of duty on various articles inuier

Ihe old tarifl and that which has just b'.c:i

enacted by Congrcs.

Under the old tnriu. plains costing S" ct -.

per square yard, jki) 22 1-2 cents ptry.iiJ d u t v .

Undei the new tariff, plains costing 3.3 ct.

per square yard, will pay less than rents.

Under the old tarilf, plains corting Is 6d.

(33 1-2 cpnts,i cr Under, pay t duty of 14

cents per square yard. I

lins is the lowPEt rale of dull at ithith

plains can be imported.

Ihe best Welsh plains, for instance, 7 8 wide, agreeably to the above, pay a duty of 12 1-2 cents per square yard . Under the tariff, the same cot will pay 1 1-2 to 1 5-8 do do. The second quality do. aboot do. do Inferior do. 1 do. do do. Hunter's cloth, or plains costing 2i 4d, un der the old tariff, pay 86 per ct. ad. v. Under the new tariff, 50 do. do. Flannels now pay 22 13 cents per square

I y ard.

Under the new tariff, 18 do do do. Brussels carpeting, now 79, do do do. Under the new, 63, do do do. Ingrained carpeting, do. 40 do do do. Under the new, 45 do. Venetian carpeting now pays 40 cents per sq iare yard. Under the new, pays 22 12 do do do. Worsted stuff goods, such as bomb-ztts, comblets, plaids, cirensians, now pay 25 per cent ad v. Under tha new tariff, 10 do do do. Silk and worsted coods, such as bomba-

jZines, Norwich carpets, barege., Italinets, &c.

now pay 3J 1-2 do do do. Under the new. 19 do do do.

Blankets, hosier, gloves, &c. 24 do do do.

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of air.

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or live

struck '.- c and !

thi oi !i i ru i

pudiU'j ol v..i' i other ci:iiii was dist.-int , and wit

of t

d killed by light !jin was at ihe

.-..rjaiTiin r . -i,;pj:y , c:

anJ 3 tc:!1 we're dri-

: when w'tb

barn the row va-

cities'.

yearn

p;'.;lUi Cj a ehowc

about ,'.".; .

M'lf

lh.ee l( ct to t lie li:

tl:c row.

r.":d v;..hi into

I tally half leg drcp; th' Mweeu three and fur ro'':;m six or ci"!it feet of llu

Ul'o;

appaieirl crue i the e'ec'uc fluid;

leaduiig the yaid she turned round and coiilii see ticiiiicr her sister nor the tow, a knoli. overgrown wilii brakes, intercepting the view from v.-lit re she then tlood; she then looked into the yuid and turned again and wa!!td back, calling on her sister, whom she ir.sei.lly saw getting out of the water, the cpw lying near by dead. The next morning the child complained of no other injury thaa a slight numbness of the left side of the head, and a painful soreness of left side and leg, beii g those parts not immersed in the water. Her account of the event exhibits a degree of intelligence and a strength of mind, remaikable in one uf tier tender years; she was crossing a run about two rods in width, which was supplied with water Irom a neighboring spring when nearly acroes in the wetest part of the run, she stepped upon a rock rising just above the surface of (iie water, which rock upon admeasurement, was found to be just four feet five inches from where the hinder parts of the cow lay. She say, upon stepping on the rock, she raised her hand and a as in the act of striking at the cow, she heard the clap of thunder, and felt herself doubled down; her next recollection found her lying in the water; a strorg, bright light d- zzling her eyes; she attempted to get up, b'li was unable to move hand or fout

thought ot calling for assistance, bat found

Blanket', not exceeding 75 cents, such as ! herself unable to utter a sound; as the light

Point and Bristol, under the new, 5 percent. Uuder the existine duty. 35 do do.

Cotton goods, costing less than 35 cents

dissipated from her view the recovered her streiighi and arose from her watery bed; the first ohj ct that struck her attention was the

per square ard, shall be deemed to cost 35 cow, which she knew to be dead; she tho't

Gale: , i'l Juoe 29yk'or IifHan .Murders. About uoon an expre. ariived from Cincinawr.y Jiounds, announcing the attack no three men who were at work in a cornfield about ten miles from this town, and that two of them had fallen. Asiatic Cholera.

cent, and 15 per ct. ad v.

New tariff deemed to have cost 30 do. and

S5 do. if dyed and painted, same as before,

of her sister, looked up and saw her safe, but

was still unable to speak; upon her going

into the house, her fiist woids were 4,Oh,

32 do. and 25 do. Yorkshire or servant's .mother! the lightning has killed our cow,

cloth, under the existing tariff 44 to 86 per ct. ad v.

Under the hew tariff 50 per cent. Cotton bugging now 6 cents Under new 3 1 2 cents. Silk goods now 30 per cent. Muder new 0 per centlush linens paid by the old tariff IS per

cent.

And are to pay by the new 15 per cent. THE IMPROVEMENT BILL. Th following is an abstract of the bill ma

king appropriations for internal impn.vpments

Mortality at Montreal Cone'ant inquiries, law. Tne whole appropriated by the bill conare made as to the population of Montreal and sidembly exceeds a million of dollars. We on

Quebec st as to compare the mortality there

Extract

Cincinnati

with that of Paris

The population of ebec is about 22,000 and that of Montreal abott 25:000; that of Faris is about 700,000. There were, it is gaid; 101 deaths at Montre

u,c ii ni. m ins at ine same ratio would Ocracock Inlet N t give over 2.900 deaths a day for Faris, and be'eape Fear River, N C equal to 800-a day for New York. Thus it ap jOhio, Missouri, and Miss, rivers,

r ... ....... v . "'i"i i xuuui; i ne aik .imas river.

The Cumberland river,

and I was struck into the water, and could'nt stir nor move my tongue to call you." Upon examination it was found that a white birch tree about eight hicbes jhrough at the ground, standing twenty-four feet from the rock upon which the child stepped, cldss to the roots of which, the path she had just travelled lay, was stiuck and the inner bark peeled off in four different places, tbo highest of which was about twenty feet from the ground ; the course ol tie lightning down the tree whs distinctly visible ; an old rotteo stump, the remains of the original tree frfrra which the nresent snrnuta. wai shiver

foi the year 1832, which has receive; the sig-jed into atoms and scattered nearly across the nature of the President and has thus beccme a: run several large pieces of which lay with-

in four inches ol the aforesaid rock. As the lightning passed from the roots into the ground, large stones were loosened from their

$270,000 bed, and the earth and mud thrown out a-

CO.OOO mong them to a considerable distance. A 19.000, right line from the roots of the tree to where

17,000, the cow lav would pa?-9 within three inches

of the reck upon which the child stepped.

Iy arrex a notice of the largest items;

For be Delaware Bieakwa'er,

the sta wall at Deer Maud, The pi?r and mole at Oswego N. Improving Big S"dus Bay N. Y. Genessee Piver N. Y,

Y.

double that of Paris at its worst

Facts should ho etitort Kilt tliia SM ski 4 k.i A

? i uuKUi HVl

.- TV J n r V r""""-" YJ unncessary alarm. Let it be remember

!HflU11, uu;itH(,a, , ivjz. ed (hat n ?ari- the

The cholera, you undoubtedly have heard ;monf the citizen, while in Montreal nearly all

13 among us. i ne urst case appeared on the amoDg me miserable emigrants

etesmer Henry t-lay, haviog on boarc 350

U. S. troops, for Chicago. She was ordered immediately out of port, and took up l.tr line

The History of the Cholera thus far, has shown that where it has once attacked a clace

for the upper lakes; but was obliged to land!11 establishes itself permanently, and beones an

the troop at lort Uratiot, aiout 70 miles a- el,tJemc reappearing at intervals with viobove this where the disease has exited to ',erHe- Up to May 1831 a period of fourteen

an alarming degree; 50 died at the fort, the'vearsi Sl' thousand and fifty si irruptions of

rcmamaer uesertea, or walked oft h uhout jnoiera nave been ascertained. In lodia a Orders to return, and the poor fellows are;ioaei t,ie number ofirruptioDS 433. Calcutta

now to be lound by half dozens, scattered has bee attacked every year, Bombay twelve

Itirou!i tne wkous, victims to trie choleia. ;ties, madras nine timet:, tc. M. de Jonnes Many have been found half eaten up hy the estimates the mortality in lndia,.at 2,500,000 wolves and ravens. The number of deaths LannAally, or 35,000 000 for tbp.ivmrii.pn r.t

16,000 22,000 58,000 50,000 13,000 30,000 25 000 30,000 150.000

images on road to Mars Hill, (Maine,) 51,000 Little Rock and Memphis road, (Ark ) 50.000 Continuing, Camberland Road Ohi 100.000

The same road in Indiana, The sams road in Illinois. Koads in Michigan,

Savannah nter,

Lxnenoe of lurveva nnrlar art iutA

ihe deaths were nearly alia Repa-.s oi Comberlaad road, (east,)'

100.000 70,000 40,000

in our city up to this morning, is about 48-

number of cases about 60. Our streets are

the lowest calculation

for Indostan, and about thirty-tit millions for the

deserted upwards of 1500 persons have fled''41 of Asia and Euiope Leina more than'Fru

ns for their liv, to some remote comer in-million of deaths in fourteen years from cue fa-

ine country ."-Cincinnati uaiiu uezrt'e.

From the tr.iops at Fort Gratiot, we lean that only sixty of the one hundred and fiftyrecruits remain. Lieut. Buss sicken; d on the 10th, and Gen. Stroko, of ,,t hteter, died on the same day.

Uir correspondent add, the in ase kill

all who are attacked with if. .A.

T. Cour. Thursday,

ta! disease.

The Ficpolution requesting the President to

reeomtnetnl a day of Fasting and prayer to the Deity to avert the scourge of the Cholera.

which pase,l the Senate, failed in the house of

inepreseotatiwes, after being so changed its 'substance as ,to make the rprnmmo,l.,t;.; k

......... i.,ji,ii(ii in.

Extract of a lr.tt"r, dated Mmtreal, June 28, 1832.

The siege is over, but the asrailed harp

act of the two houses of Congress, withoi.t cal

ling upoa the resident on the subject.

Laltimore, June 9.

A distressing cave -of hydrophobia wasdei elo

... rr j 1.. .... r . . ... o

euu-.rcu, severely.- Il is sansiactortlv nccr red vesterdav I nr ik.. r .. .

..i. i , - j - - "" i rintc tamed that very few persons under ago Jiaviij tabie.ship mas'er c,1' Fell's rjn H.-as .,'

FIFTH CENSUS. There art precisely the same number oRepre sentativeS ofA'igro Slaves in congrcesl that all the freemen of Maine, ft'tw Hampshire, aid Massachusetts, art entitled to send .' The follow ing are the States which arc eutitlcd to Slave Representatives :

No. Slave Rt p J

St t . Vt dole No, Maryland, Virginia, North Car. South Car, Georgia, Kentucky, Ten nr. see, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama,

Hep,

No.

21 13 9 9 13 1? 3

06

G 3 i 3 j a 1 1 1

rree Hop 7 15 10 5 6 10 il 1 4 71

Aift. and. thpr(f irr. if n. p -:ld In .mr . j.i .. ." . . ... , .

Population 2t,0W-the nwbab e i u ."Z, Sam for

i.00,1 -.Hn inm V..:: '" r. g the has been more than the

V -V"-- innn uoirure 01 unequivocal, pnreDZid

: .4my Dariin Victor. The President has sign cd the bill, passed by Congien, allowing thn

good old lady the claim which she has most pertinaciously passed upon tho grand Sauhedntn ol

tie nation for the f .st thiity eats nmre 01 lets, to wit: pay for her horse, Romulus, lost in

liio war of or 76, we forget which. The

thiit unfortunate animal

horse Hiid

bjdrophslia. wei fht o goKI, twice or.

NATURAL EFFECTS OF SLAVERY. An overreer in Florence, Alabama, chastised a negro woman The husband of the woman saw the blows inflicted, Rod remonstrated with the overseer. The overseer struck the negro with the btt of his whip for being unable to repress his indignation at seeing his wife lacerated in his pre-em e. The negro turned upon him, and in the struggle, inflicted several stabs with a knife. The overseer died, aod the negro will be burned at the stake. This punishment, which is clearly unconstitutional (U cruel and unusual punishments being prohibited) is not uncommon in many of the Southern States. A pite of pine wood finely split, is laid up, iQ the form of a cob hou-e, and spirits of turpentine poured over it. The victim is placed in" side, chained to a tree or pest, the pile is fired, and he is roated elive, Now what is more natural th in ll.e transaction aboie recorded. Change b:it the colo'r of the skin, and what say la.v and tuMie tentimecl about 11? The story umild be related thus: Conjugal Affection An interesting yonng woman, employed as a weaver in one of the maiiufarturi. g eMa!:li-hnicnt, was assaulted by ihe over-cer, far tome tnfling fault, and severely beaten in the 'prence of her husband, a young man of aident temper and warm affections, lie remonstrated, and wasstrock by the overseer, upon which, lie fc-ized him, and in the struggle that ensued happening to Lave a knife1 in his hand stabbed the over-ct r so that he died. The young man was suleuiently tried for man-' slaughter. An eloquent appeal wa3 made, fc the jury, who immediately ttcqiK?d him.--Uuztjn Daily Ji Jvucale.

The Beaufort S. C. Gazetfe. of tne 2o'.U ult -"H.vs ''The diy weather (till op :ii!p?. The. March corn. i l-st. uud every - r. its -r fr, p ,fc

o.ir neignooriiood must ie scri e.-tv i ,1 if

scriee.-fv ir 1 -if d i

oimeiViv'e are not soon le'.ieved by rain. V h i' t iad iiO rati for forty tivo days.

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