Weekly Messenger, Volume 1, Number 62, Vevay, Switzerland County, 17 November 1832 — Page 2

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Vrt ! .'irfrvafBrer, iVe corie I ot weeks ag, an unvoting story of 'The Yankee's visit to rir .Joseph. Hanks,"' which ui r, .icr- will probably remember

Th Mem of the sioty.if we mvy

i . 4.

Idnve a ott ol'tiaae making book about depatr hed the fish, borne of them wen led. 1 by mother. she spread u.j bo-y v

CAIT. iiC.G'S STOHY.

"A'rmrrative of a boatmen, giving a full old Kn ick, the western country ; soUeveral yards in md' true account of the discoveiy ot p'i ri,,-,;:jjht I'd. set him lurking up ihc '.jnite breadth, an :

I (old him some cto

famoiu traveller, who wa all the woild

knows, set ashore, or threatened to be set ashnrr from a steamboat on the Mi-

credit a correspondent of the New !ieippi, fir intruding against rules intc Yorft Gazette, i Mill living in the the Ladie Cabin' Wpt)im part of the stale. His The party was seated on the roof ol mm is Shtckford he is father broad Horn, which consisted of hoard i

"fCapt. Shackford, a well known clininiug at each end from the centre, ;

as to let the rain run off, and singing telling strie according t the custo aided by the indispensible aoenmpa

ment of a competent supply ofwhiskt

phip mater out of the port of New York, and is the only man who ever crossed the Athr.tir alone! lin hmlt or purchased, a small

ve-rJ,tn which he embarked aone ; Kainsfotd had seated himself aUo tip

i

w-omr tiee a lime

ie that were enough to set the Missisippi afire; hnt he pot them all down in is book. One of my men wa listening od sung out, V ell, Sam you do take .e rag off the bush, thai' sattin; and ! feafol dandy would find out I wa noking him;" so I jumped up and tob om a shott horse wa soon curried, an knock him into a cocked hat if I" d another word. And that bioke -. e conversation.

gth, and of propor

2!nifne ouanti'v ot

oil has been collected. The skeleton!.

f these monstrous fisli remained on toe -and yesterday, and were visited by a large :nncwrse of person from the sur minding neighborhood. Three more

ih of the arhe species were een last

vening struggling in the creek near Doxke Inn, and it is supposed that many tore are in the ricinity. It has been a ne harvest for the poor laborer ot the iiiict. Boston Gazette.

i.,rl I fmit-U

..... . , Then tiV. fL

rd nutated her to Great Brit--.an. When he arrived in port, he wa supposed to he a. pirateand wa arreed. He produced his shipping paper which contain

ed on name only, aad other docnnenl. to ptove his proper character and it wa not till after some persons in Cn gland were lonnd who knew him iu this country, that lie w is set at liberty . Bos Iran.

Female Industry One of the

mot ingenious fikiies we have tor n. long time examined is a silk bed covering, the manufacture of Mrs. Thorn is Lilley of this city, which received the premium at the late Bnchtoa Fair. It is made of pie

ce o email that 5G34 were re

quired to give it fufticieut size, clutv of the border. Mrs. L

ewcd together and quilted the

while in aho'it 5 months, bidf

manacin? the domestic concerns

of a preity Urge family without

aid Thetc was but a single nee

d!e ned in the work, eleven

- iL.n.i1 anH "X

Sp.iOlS Ol COlloii inicoii. ' " ' skeins of basting cotton. The cost of silk and oiher tiimmings, 5.50 The premium bestowed upon Ihi elegant bed spread was Oot a -ix'h part of what such in dulry and ingenuity deeet ve.

the roof of the boat, to enj.y the ceibefore him. and was now casting a glan. of admiration on either side; now bu ing himelf in alibyrinth of letleclionwhich, whether he turned to the pas'.

the present, or the future, were equal!;

fraught with unqoallihed bitterness. Gradually, however, his attention was ai-

rested by . the followging extrairdinar tale.

'Well then, captain, if he won't sing, suppose yon tell us another story," qnolh

Chenib Spooney.

" Av. do now, captain; leu u the Bto-

rv of the "irantie ceelur yon picked up

going down the river, ' said another.

Ah! now do. Jlassa Cappin aam.

quoth hlackey.

. WpII. PI tol vou how it was. we

had hauled in the broad horn close ashore a wnnd; wind was up tream, o we

couldn't make much head ay any how. Rill told the niirser to cook a few steaks

..ff Clum-uy that was what we calh d the bear I shot the day before well, while we were a wooding " ' That story's as long as the Mississip

pi," ud one. . i 1111

"Shut ian, and sing flump, or in

throw you into the drink,11 exclaimed

Spooney.

Vbv I heard that tory neiore

rni?;et izilh a bear. On the

T h ttt. a large bear wa discov

ered in Concord, Vt. The alarm

was jm nediately given, and 30 or

40 men surrounded the woods in which the bear was; he was soon

-,r with, and six or seven

bv;. ought him to Uie ground AfT Irishman by the name of Den

n. McCaithv, with a pitchfotk

.lvaaced. and, and tun hi loik

into the bear, brum did not like . ktni tV nh one iaw, knocked

hue, . from hit hand, and, with the oth er, drew Mr. McCarthy under him Kit htm in a shocking manner, and ,.ild have killed him, for all

th t" a dozen men could do, but

,r the timely appearance ot a

Aed musket, who

Hl'lll f H" " despatched him tnitantly.

REMARKABt.G CAE.

i'lied in the Court of King' Bench in

the year 1637. Fist t acted from the

Port Folio of Sir, W. Hamtltnn Mrs I'ooTr, v. Capt. Bnfcfcv.

This was an aciion brought by the

plaiatitf to recover the sum ol 1000, a

damage for the scandal ot the defend ant' asei tion, that he hid seen her de

iceased husbaad, a Receiver, driven in

to he'd!

When the extraordinary trial commea ced several witnesses were browght for ward, who proved the word to have

been poken by Captain Barnaby, and af

terw ard by his wife. The defence .et up was, that the defendant had spoken no more than the truth, no more than had been seen by a number of person as well

a himself; to prove which, the journal

books of thiee differeBt ships were produced in Court, and the following pas

sage (rerorded in each) wa submitted a

m!!g!t others, to the court and the jury. bthe defendant rountl: Frii.at, M.y. 1 5th, 1687. We hao the observation of Mr. Booty this day.

Captain Bainaby, Captain Bristow, Cap

lain Brown, myself, and Mr. Ball, merchant, went on shore in Captarn Barna byf boat, to shoot rabb ts upon Stiombo li. and when we had done, we called sev

, 1 . spiral let streamer Irom Mfar, W chontedsl, Beehold, Lar iow, ala. it is over ! l'hi-iti , s, O, could I weep hlier.th-

Murder. On Monday afternoon lat,

some children at play in the meadow, in

that part of the called Wappiog, discav

ered an infant in a well. T hey immedt went and informed ome older persons!

who proceeded to the spot. On taking it out of the water, it wa found to be a

male white infant. It skull was broken, and a stone was tied to its left foot

It J supposed to have lain in the well 10 or 15 days. The jury of inquest brought

in their verdict that the child came to its death in consequence of blow inflicted

on its skull by some person or persons

unknow. .Middlvtonn Covn. Sentinel.

brfore many invi'ed pnests

!y portion nmot.g them.

.by seals pronwoa:!, and thy mother repa rated Ihe bli-berj for tl.is ti.i ip eiv. edt shirts of linen, and iron bath f r thv

spears and and arrows. tj,if J, , .

the sha on's cai let streamer Irom xtar.

i v

atid joyfullo

cometh! But now.

I think oti thee,

er! for then might I soothe ny paia. j

What iiali I wish lor more on eaih; Death is now become a mot dei-irible thing. But then who is ( prnvi(!e (of my wife, and the rest wf my children? I will still live a Imle while. Crane'

Lives of Eminent .Mittioi.aritt . Polish Heroism. At the storming of

Waisaw, the principal battery was defended by only two battalions, but w.i such bravery as history ran hardly painl-'

lei. When it was evident that it rnulri no longer hold out. seveial privates of h

artillery sealed themselves on powder barrel and blew tberr.Rt-lves up Hut the conduct of Gen Sowmtki was truly heroic; having lost one foot, he was at'

his earliest request, sented on a chair.

and placed on the altar of ihe- desperate-

3"

Sinulr tUoth by suffocation. An io- ly defended chinch, where he coniinutrl

,.u. hM tPirlav. nt the Rose to eive order until the iast ot hi r.i?b-

i' ' . f . .

nd Crown. F.lbirv. Pimliro. oh the body rades was cut aown

of James Luff, aged 24, shopman to Wr.

Pheasant, groecr, of Elbury street. I he

deceased who had retired to rest in his usual spirits, was found on Tuesday ronr nmg lying in bed on. his face, quite rirad.

ro medical men were ot opinion laat he deceAsed had rolled over upon his ace, and being overcome with sleep ould not turn agairt, whereby he as Miflfocnied. Verdict lid by Suffo

cation.

Some time ago an Irishman wa con

Well supposing you did, I didn't ; go'erad of - rir men together by us, and a

on captain. hout nail an nour aner-varos ii u

'Well, as 1 was saving, bpoon, injie attet three in the aliernoon.) to our

niffer tgrrni urpi c mi ui u rem ,,. ...... O" . .. .. . i .t l. IV

I link he miht call urn gemman wiicmur ronuing iowaro us wan m n

cholor,'" muttered blackey. jnes that no living man could run o iat

The niffuer went to cook some hear a (hey did run. All of us heard Lap

...Kiln .a nru iriMlllHCr. HO that we michti lain lrnabv sav Lotd ble uiellhe

have somethin' to go upon. hen we ':ime bark, what kind of a varmint do

the f(rmot is old Booty, my nut door

neighbor.'1 But he said he did not kuyv

when drawing 'oi th

two pistols, he, w ith one, shot a RuM irr who was rushing upon him. and, with t, exclamation, So dies h Polish general!'

hied the other thiough his own heart.' Elxensivt Forgery An es'lif risiv e tiain of villiady bus just been developed in this

vicinity. A man by the name o! W elsler. of Conway , who Iih hereiofore ps.

tamed an unblemished rhnrarter. has forged notes on the Elamp-biie and An.bet

Hanks, and individuals, to the nmi-unt ot four or live thousand dollats. ' he precise amounts and the actual fact.-, we

On the day it was to be carried into ef- have not been aide to gamer, im me .-

his inno lnove in tne main imhomi. jr i.-

cence having, after his tri.l been talis- ,- onried, and omcers oi j-i-.l e ..rt .. .....

.wf:.i.-.i 'ri. rr.lUu Asrstutu him ."V(,rtiatniron courier.

i -i . : 1 ... r. ii dn It m oil !

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distanrc, and presence he dreaded! 1 ,

more than death; with the hope ol ac . J X

t.njr tJll oi"iirj llr,, iv ! I . i. . r ....... bout two week since, the siemiii: it

Iri Di Si L' U.iS

you think we staated in the caiiebreaktjthe other who run behind; he w in

1 reckon an alligaior," sai.i niacney - Mack clothes, ann ine lore-nosi was i

"Hold your tongue, you beauty, or!,ey Then Captain Barnby desired

yort shall smell brimstone through a nan hole," cried Spooney; "g ahead, go a i i n

Well, as I vas saying, we started tne

drollest varmint perhaps you ev r did see.

Its face was coveted with han,likea

bull buffalo, all but a little place lor his eyes to see through. It looked mighty

keery, a though it thougiu eu a

sucker, and calculated we were

to eat it. before we killed it; hnt

all of us to take an account of the tune

and put it down in our pocket-book

and when we got on board, we wrote it

in utu journals'; for none of tis ever heard or saw the like Ufeoie, and we were all

finally convinced that we had seen old

Kooty, chased by the devil round Strom

comulishmir a final separation, he wiote

to her the day after he received the re

prieve, to the fallowing effect: Dear

Mary, 1 via hanged yesterday, and died like a man; no more at present fim youi loving hatband, till death does us part.11

goin

Povr of steam vtt a rail road. A Li

verpool paper states, that on the visit o a scientific gentleman to the Liverpoo1 and Manchester railway, some very ex

traordmnry performanc were effected.

jrnlriliation. Let me entreat

your particular ailentio.i, gentle My. to the following advict: Whenever any lue discord or -nl.lne take place between you

vour husband, remember that

Cll-reim. i r)ur dn' rHlher

than Ai; and never close your

eve 'CP u" -r.d to obtain a reconciliation

fell him the tesolution you have

,rmd and voti may good ninn.ii

dly add. that perhaps he would ai nod yon so forgtfing. but re

-llv vou should dread breaking

hr"orh your determination.

tgain. let me entreat you to adop h.- nln: it may awpear trilling

nd immaterial, kul you do not

vou cannot, without experience

kow the" spreading evils it may

prevent

Many a matrimonial dispute oc cur? hot o much from an unwill

tinnest to eive up the t oniesie

roi.iU. a from a dread of being

conquered

we earned it aboard the broadhorn, and, took compassion on the poor thing. I slapped it on the back, and told it to

stand upon its hind legs, and I wndi I ay

ran on a sawyer it it diudo I turn oui io he a live dandy.1'

"Had it a tail!"

On two occasions, a load, nmoontiog t

bob, and then whipped into the flame ;f 100 tons, wa drawn by one engine from

hell'! ; Livcipool to ftiancrvester, a aistance oi Alter they armed to tnpland, and bout thirty mile, in an hour and a hal u.ar. Uio ai (Irvpwnd. trillion hsiiu beiner at the averaee rate of twenty

, .j.-.f, ... ..... , - -r - ..." . .. .

you interrupt me.

by

wife came on board on the Clh of miles an hour. An eight horse wagon

October, at which -imc Captain Barnakyjon a common road, rs capable of carry

and Captain Brown sent lof Captain Bi is-jing eight torr u dat. It would take one

low and Mr. Ball, and after some dis ihondied horses, working lor the day on rnitrc flil Mitt lift h.ri.nb, ivite ted a turnike foad. to nrfutm the sanu

u and aid, - My dear, I will tell youiwork which wa here aocomplhed by a

some ntMi; old booty i dead.11 Cap

I'll wool lightning out of you, Kill, ifilain Bamably directly made answer, "I

thought so, fr we all of us saw him run

ingle

half.

steam engine in an hour and

Louisville, on her way

to New Orleans, above ihe month "1

Ohio, stove, sunk. and. together itb tt.ff

argo (189 ton of lead) isentirvly l-l.. Mr. George Jnni-ej. of this rcuo' '" says the Harn-onbuig Va I'apti, d. (il -ome days siVice, from ti.flmntation in llarsa. occaiouedra it is supposed, by u

tote of a spider on the band lie '- temperate man and good rit-zen, ai d hw

left a widow and a large family otcbra dren.

MitltdgevilU Cto Or 11 At a Ktlft term ui lauien hupennr Cmnt, D.-i.J Goulding vas tned for the oflfiue i i altering and tendering in payment the c-uxi-terfeil imitation of not on ihe Plahtt.ank of lA btale of Gtorgi com .cd

md receied ni.tei.ee ot death. tKn! a honor Judge Warren, to be txtcu'.eti Fliday, 9lh Noveivt er.

"That1 actionable in New Orleans- n,g mto new. Ha' ha! whoop! wake snakes go a boon afterwardo, Mr. Barnaby told a

i . . . r i I

head, go ahead, and d-nt be so raman :geuuentan m usr niiaiiHnce in t.iii

kerous" shouted thed audience. don. what her huslMiid had said, wno

I swear il he once gets my tail up, I acquainted Mrs. looiy wun tne wnoie ai-

he'll find m from the three ioik oijiair. n Hereupon, en, eooiy an euro

Roating river, and a bit of a siieamer,"jCaptain Barnaoy in n thousand pound

said caotain Hugg.

" Well, go ahead go ahead tell u.

about the dandy ha, ha, hal I should

like to have seen it when it etood upon

its hind legs. What did ii say V

Why I asked what they called such

queer tning wneie u cninc ni, "

said Basil; ami llial tne cnpimu ui .. steamboat had put it ashore because it insisted on going into the ladies' cabiu

Well, iudi of u called it summeravory ;

some catnip, some sweet basil, and we

had hmh fun with thecietnr, and laugh

Reware oftheslieht Lh till we weie tir-d. And then we set

st approach to contradiction, and nioa on a ,arrel forked eend dowuwards. be assured every little dispute be ,. Yongh! yough! youghT1 ejaculated Iween man and wife, even itself blackey, bursting into one of his i.uiiscri of the most trival nature, i dan- bable laughs. gerou.'1 It force good humor out k,No anghing io the ranks thereof it cbaqjvsl, and undermines at- (hrow ,h;ll ger overboard, if he laughs fer.tioV'Vnd insidiously, though i Come 0 the right place, and

perhaps inen?ibly, wear out, and heB yoa maJ all begin.- Well, then I al last enlirely destroys that cor- h n lrt Hk hun all about himself and diality which is the life and soul od jue ln;ithe was a great traveller; of matrimonial felicity. Rnj ,h;,t ilC l:,d been o far north, that A country i.aper contaias an ad- wa9 goutrt ofthis. And

vertUement offering a reward for I he a?ked me if knew any thing of

the apprehension ot ame ueac, n;viHtIon and the ue ot the gione. who has deserted hi family. 'fp be sure I do,' aid l;aint they made This admit of a double entendre. pf.ol)ie to live on?'' Then be inquirfbr th offeirlerjias taken leave, -f e?er heard of llershtll.or Uishell, and when be is apprehended his hich. and I told him I knew

pursuer will hae taken Leav al I we as a uivrsl knows a hick

o. r... irom an acnorn. -u;o

I hel . ., - .. ...inr

action, for what he had said ol fur hus

band Captain Bariiaby g .e bail, ami it came to dial in the Cyurt k( tking'

bench. Mr. lioolv w oh l in it tinpaiel

wa brought into court, and the rtexton

of the pan-h, ami the people that wett

with him when he died. . I he joarnals were then swotn to, aad the time when

the two men were seen and Booty died

coincided within about two minutes.

I en ol the men swore to the buttons on ni coat, and that Ihey were covered

with ihe ame ort of cloth of which In coal wa madeiitiid lo it proved.

Ihe Jury asked Mr. Spiuk (whose hand writing appeared in the journal that was read) if knew Mr. Booty? tl answered, ' I knew him well, and aln sat itied I saw him hunted on the burning

mountain, and plnnged into the pit of hell.

which lays under the summit ot Stroinbo

J skeleton made from a Willow tree.

Some years ago a skeleton was iade by one of the fiist artist in London, accor

line to an order received from a Hindoo

Nabob, desirous of understanding the ttiucivrc of the human body, but whoso religion ptohibiied him from toocbaga

ny thing possessed of life It was made of

w illow and pear tree, copied w ith srapu

iou urecision from a leal skeleton. So

a exact was Ihe resemblance, that even ac

anatomist could not distinguish it fiom a

real skeleton by the eye alone. On ban dling it, the lighlues proved it wa m.t hone The ariest received S60 guinea for (his piece mechanism.

Temiess-e UtttU ycrt.'-. A bill b'w passed both n ancbcB ol tl.t uil;i'ott; f TetiDt esee, iittrpoian. g a S-j.o Sank wtlh a capital of a ndilion ard all' of dollar?. F-r the hall n ill'.-iH

be late i to isue eriip, beniit t ?5X per cent intcret, which will bf ed at the dirp-l of the Corptr rt-i, md to that amount ihe slate l to be -tockholder in the iiew baiik.

Ii." The Judge immediately made use

ofthe following extraordinary express

Lord hae mercy upon me.! a no

at I may never ee wnai

i,:.i- seen. uue. two, or inrca.

ions:

and grant

you

Impassioned Eloquence -The Sarato ga Sentinel gives the speech of a young orator at a late convention in that county

He was Iram Walerford, aud a great wn

withal, and he gathered himself together and exploded somewhat in the following

manner; "Mr. Chaiiman, said he, !

ay, Mr. Chairman; ahem! a I before aid, and his bosom heaved with the ma

jesly of hi conception "This adminis

tration is a mere radge', and having in tered thee remarkable words, he s.at down afnid the deafening acclamations of his auditory. Troy Budget.

We Irani with deep regret lre death of Chn.les S. Utbbjv-q recti-t-; l appointed U. 3.. lodge in the Mri'ory of Aikansts. He oied at his bioiher in-iaw's, near the Y How Bai ks, .in Moi day morning, the 15th uii. I.a-

ving been attacked the nuirnR'g nt iv.re with the cholera. Hewn th- oldet -on of George M Hibb,lT S. Senator from Kentucky fi'ashvlltc hep.

may be mistaken; but thirty never can . 1'h union liial bfl

IlC nISleit. ".;-ix.. cause. , . - ,

in Barbathe$. Th

.nh-kiani nt Anirnilla are

Famine t BaroctM. i nt , . -nlieer rretur.

Barbadoe Mercury mention tnai j hftt wonH do; there

. l . i.-.ioi:nl , on mav twear

A Mlllffl I. f 111 ....... . J

differimr extremely with famine; ,nP with some splendid sausa

... i .r i""1"" : . .

many nave pensnea ior i mnd. 0f re4 flannel and turnip, go

food. The neighboring 11 and . d c,anged with bim

were contributing to their mime. J i,0nVn bacon ham. He came

:iat want, but the supplies re- t i,,.!,.-. where HeTshell lived, and

rpived were to raall in propor i about it.' Here he

- - - - i ninii Hif a - -

A singular citcuinstance'swcccrred in tiiKourh Bkrsh. en Sunday last. A

llifivvun ------ - - , great number of the fish- known by the name of the botttle noted grampus, were heard blowing and tumbling a-bout in the

. 1 al ., I I ... wl a

water. It I supposed iney ionor.ru

hoal of fiat tish up a creek until they got

too far to retreat, and they were finally

left bv the tide. When they lound the

water recednig so fast as to prevent their

escape, they lashed tha water furiously

with their tails, and made n horrible

. . i

noise. They were lound in numurr

Greenland FJoquenct. The following , the lamentation of a father over his son; the only specimen preserved ol Greenland eloquence, and taken from the Relation of M. Dallagar, who dwelt some

years in the land as a fuctor: ' Wo is .. . .1 .-.I . n. . I m I

me, thai see my numm cuipj .

Vain are thy mothers toils ot love, to

dry thy garments. Lolmyjoy is goae

infa darkness; in the caverns oi ra ui t-

ain Once, when the evening came, I

ValuatU arrivals. Arrived at Jiiew

Orleans on the ISlh ult. schr. En peror, from Tampico, with $250,000'; and schr. Eliza, from do. with $160,

000, all in fpitie.

Lavtrenteburg . No. 9. Steam&eat Rising Sun. This boat which ha been built at this place during ihe lost summer, and which is the lirt ever builf here, left this place for Cincinnati on yesterday at 3 o'clock P. M-.-for the first trip.

Fishermen, in order to handle !! se cutely, first cover them with dirt in like manner does detraction strive tograsp excellence. Napoleon, when dying, commanded

that he should be buried in hi Marengm cloak. Hi son imploiee1, with tearm

. ' , I ... l.f..l U. J ll,.,ll,n,.nl,l

went out and was glad; I stretched out niseyesaou .r.,..n..... my eager eye, and waited thy return. be eareloped in a tri colored flag. Behold, thou camesll Thou earnest man fully, rowing, imp tying with the young Natural Inference Curran wa once rod old. Never didst thou return emp asked what an Irish gentleman, jutjuri.

ty from the sea; thy ItBjdh brouget in e ved in England, could mean by perpetnver failing loads of eals or sea k)wk--ally putting out his tongue I supp e

and the sailor, watermen, and laborers Thy mother, eh kindled the fire, and repbe.l the wit he1 trying to catch it

5d to oac person ior iirr ",y.