Weekly Messenger, Volume 1, Number 73, Vevay, Switzerland County, 2 February 1833 — Page 4

WEEKLY MESSEVGER

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THKGOOD WIVES OF WFJNSHERn. Who can tell me whore Weinsberg lies? As brave a town as any It must have cradled god ami wise, li-ith wives and maidens many. .S'lonltl I e'er wooing liav to do, T fai!h, 1.1 Weinberg will 1 woo! The Emperor Conrad, on a time, In wrath the town was battering, A'td tier.r it lay his warriors prime, And sturdy horsemen flattering; A 'id, with fierce firmj;, rode and ran A'l round about it, horse and man. Ahi;n ,',r' ''i1'1,0 twn withstood, Tho ih every tiling it waived, S did lie -swear in vengeful njood, .i mercv sh-mld be granted; And thus b.s herald spake 'This know, I'd !i ani: V"U. rascals, in a row V iV'h?!i in this town was lieard tins threat, Ii a great dejection. And every neighbor neighbor met With mournful interjection: Te uh bread was very dear in price, Yet dearer stiil was good advice, Ah wo (r me, most wretched mnn! Great wo the niege his won us!' TiH'V erred arid every priest heir an, kTi e f.otd have mercy on us!' O i. wo w., w on all sides changed; VB ,'eel e'en now as gotl as hanged 1' When in despair wise men will sit, In spite of council-masteis, How oft has sued them woman's wit Fr -in manifold disasters! Since woman's wit. as all men know, Is subtler than anglicise below. Tin-rc wr.s a wife to her good man lliit yesterday mated. And s'.er. i-e scheme hit upon, Which ihe whole town delighted A-.d ma le them all so full of gle?, Thev laughed and chattered famously. Then, at 'the tiour of miduinght damp, Of w ives a deputation W uit out to the besieger's camp, Praying for capitulation; S soft thev pr ivfd, so sweet they prayed : And for these terms their prayer was made! 'That al! the wives miht be allowed Thcii jeAt'.s f rih to carry: Wiiat else remained tlie warriors pmud, Mi'jh' rive, and hang, and harry.T Tt 'us the Emoeror swre consent, And hack the deputation went. Thereon a soon, as morn was spied, vVat happened! G.ve good hearing! The nearest iiate w;is opened wide, :id vi each wife came, bearing Tne a 1 live! ail pick-.i pack, IJfr wcirihv iiusbund in a sack! T en manv a courtier, in great wrath, T .e g..o"d wives w. nld have routed: Cm SVnrad spake: My kingly faith Mav n "t hs' false or d unbred! H i.rav..r ciied lie, as thev came; Think you our wives would do the same? Then gave he a pardon and a feast, Those ventle ones to pleasure; And music all their joy increased, And dancing without measure: As did the Mayoress walt.ing twirl, So did the bosom-i inding girl. Av, tell me now where Weinsbcrg lies, As brave a town as any, And cradled ha it good and wise Both wies and maidens many: If wooing t-Vr I have to do, 'faith! one of Weinsberr; will wo! AX ODE. AiTt Setts u-ha hue v.? Watlance bled.'' H :il,our country's natal morn! H 111, . ur spreading kindred born! Hail, 1, :r banner n t yet torn, Waving or the free! Miil' this day, in festal throng, V d!i"i;s Fweil the pal riot song, Shall we not t!-v notes prolong, Hallowed Jubilee? "W!. would sevei Freedom's shriiif ? V !io would draw the invidious line? Though by hirtli 01, e spot lie mine? i -ear is all ihe rest ; pear to me the Souih's fairland, Dear, the central, Mountain band, Dear, New England's rocky strand, Dear, the prained west. Py our altnrs, pure and free, Y our Law's deep-rooped tiee, ly the pawl's dread meniorv, l?v our Washington; By ur common parent tongue, As our hopes, bright, buoy ant joui'g, i the tieo country' strong, Wc will still be one. I'athers! have ye bled in vain? Ajes! must ye droop again? Maker! shall we rashly stain MlcsMiigs sent by thee, No! receive our solemn vow, Vv lie before thy throne we bow, Ever to maintain as now, Uxiox Liberty. TRUK WIT. True wit is like the brilliant stone Ihig from liolconda's mine; one, V l.ich boasts two various powers in rl o cut as well as shine. Genius like that of polish'd right, itii the same gifts abounds, -'Jvpi'cnrs ;st oi.ee both keen and bright, Ana sparkles while it vtoui d.

The Mysterious Mtraiigcr, J OR THE BRAVO OF BANFF. (continued.) Chapter III. Agitation. "Yet sang she Brignal banks are (air, And tireta woods are green; I'd rather rove with Edmund there, Than reign our English queen." 'How do you like the air. Janet?" asked Marian LovHt, when she hud finished the burthen. The two companions were sitting alone, and Mis Thorn had been gazing for som time past, with sarprise and uneasiness, in

tlie other's face. "How do I like the air, Mirron?" said she. "The air is well enough but why do you sing so loud, and Iwok so wild, and speer at me with a suddenness that is enough to make a body jump? Ye are no well, Mirron there' a flush on your cheek, and a glare in your eye, and I misdoabt me, f- ver in you blood and in your brain! Ye have nae been weel ever since that wery walk to the bridge of Alva; bat k were ave so stout that you will not acknowledge that ye got a fright at the sudden apparition of the stranger, and the skreigh we gave when we saw him, that has settled on your speerits. Go to your b- d, lassie, and first pray, and then 9leep, and ye'll be weel the morn. Co to year bed," added Miss Thorn, while the tears came into her eves uand Til ntver vex you again. Mirron, and never apgue and iyte with uiu so long as I lire, and never never never more call you the Bravo's Bride!"' Marian attempted to laugh; hut the next moment she rose suddenly and throwing her arms around her friend's neck, hid her lace in her hososom, and burst into tears. Miss Thorn, wept for company ; but in spue of the pron.ise 6he had jst made, Jilted all the while. "Hoot!" said efce,"What for are ye greeting? It's naething but mysteries get up. ye tawpie! I declare I tho I ye had more sense! Tl is only weakness, ' said M.-.rian, aintly. "That is just what is astonishing to me! I never saw you greet before, ex cept when your mother was called lame. 'I will do what you advise Janet; I'll go to bed, and try to pray, and--''' Try to pray! Gowdness be about U9! Heara ever any oooy tne tike of that?'' 'I will pray," said Marian faintly "and I 11 try to calm my spirits and perhaps (with a deep sigh) I shall be well in the morning. This little scene took place many days after Marian's firtt interview with the stranger. I he second meeting had been quite as accidental as the first, the third less so, the fourth Wat whv explain what every Wody under standi? Who cannot picture to them elves the short, easy, and natural 6ta gi of t-uch an intercourse? and yet there some points in it far from com mon. Marian felt that she loved, and was beloved ; and yet no word of warn ing 110 hinted hope had ever passed the stranger 8 lips! lhere was be .1 ' .l : tween mem in an uungs Dut one the confidence of love. Their eyes conversed; their souls mingled ; their very air, and gestures the slightest working of the features, were as the words and feigns of an intelligible Ian guage. There was an enthusiasm in the stranger's character, which it would hare been difficult for a girl like Ma nan to resist; out mere was also a certain something in his air which while it invited familial ity, brooked no intrusion. He seemed to be natural ly frank nnd open; but the circle f his conhdence ws limited and impas Sahle,a..d an inquiry which eve pointed beyond either roused him to fiercen... m n unfed h m nto tl.o Hwnl melancholy. He abhorred the past: he dreaded the future: he lived onlv fr Ihe orient. His tho.ioht. a th..' .,-1 K.Kiinallv Monm f,miiiar with murder, and he seemed, in his own language, to have ka taste for robbery . "But on the othar hand, his infor mation was so extensive, and his senti ments so noble and generous and sol deeply tinged with those golden hues of loirance whiih were the prevailing color of her own character, that Mari an, when walking by his sii, was oft en haunted by the beautiful melody If thou'lt be mine, the treasures of air, Of earth, of sea, shall lie at thy feet, V htever in lancy s eve looks fair. : 1 . . - 1 . u,n 1 .,.v c.i 1 1 mioiiw,uui 3,11 lliuu IIUC IHIIIC.IUTtl Bright flowers shall bloom wherever we rove, a voics oivine shall talk in each stream, I he stars shall look like worlds otlovc, Ann tins earth be all one beaulilul dream l0ourejesifthouw.ltbcni.ne,love! win, 111 me mean nmc, me sospi eious that had so oddly attained to the Granger from his very tmt appear ince at Banff, gained ground daily. thousand little iicumstances np e ren, winch although individually aiiim, lonned in their union, a body

of at least presumptive evidence. Mr. Thorn, who was the zealous agent of the secret trial that was going on, at length bethought himself of the serving lasses, who had left their situations at the time of the Major's conflict with the robber. These, who were three in number, had all left the town immediately after; but one had lately returned in bad health and Mr. Thorn, who was in the commission of the peace, as well as his friend the major, did not hesitate to arrest her on sus

picion, i ne poor girl was so much terrified that she fainted on being introduced to the magistrate. Her evidence, however was important, inas much as she confessed having seen one of the robber's one night that her mas ter's house was stripped of a quantity of plate, and her description of his per son tallied so completely with that of the stranger, even to the minutest particulars of dress, there was no longer any doubt. The only extraordinary thiig was that the man shoald have remained so long in the scene of his expUits; but this species of infatua tion is frequently observed even among experienced and hardened villains. The warrant for his arrest was actual ly prepared; but before serving it, Mr. Thorn, with Scottish caution, sent out the witness, under charge of one of the officers, to take a view of the party as if actidentally The resnlt was, that she ''thought he was the man, but she eouldna and wouldna swear till him." On being asked why she had never before avowed having seen the robber, her reply was, that she had been advised by a friend to eonceal it, as she might otherwise get herself int trouble. Who was this friend? With som hesitation, accounted for by a flirtation that had been between thern) she named Mr. Franks, Major Loj-atV servant. Tho warrant was of course cancelled. We may imagine what wtre the feelings of Marian when, day after day, this inteeting and tormenting mbject was canvassed hefot her. Frequent ly she repaired to the romantic walks round Duff Hou, where the stranger passed the greater part of the day, for the vry purpose of warning him of the degrading rumors that tilled the town. Bat on these occasions, as the word rose to her lip, her heart seemed to die within her, and she remained mute. bhe dreaded to ask herself whether it was owing to a fear of wounding his noble spirit, or to a worse and more terrible apprehension, that her silence was owing. Miss Thom s visit had been paid for the express purpose of carrying htr the news of the warrant being issued tor the stranger s apprehension; she having run out in the midst of the pro ceedtngs with the natural lo of yooag ladies far disiminating information. Marian, however, was evidently un well; and Miss Thom jdiciouly re solved to avoid exciting her oy any tale of the kind; but unfortunately. -he delivered it by way of some indent nificalion, to one of the maids, as she passed through the hall; and the latter ran at once to her mistress to relieve her of the burthen. Marian neither creamed nor fainted; she stid that she felt better, and instead of going to bed, that she would take a walk. Shf threw on her shawl and bonnet; walk ed leisurely along the road till she was out of sight of the house ; and then flew with the speed of the wind to wards tho Craigs of Alva. The stranger was gazing over the parapet of the bridge, when she slood by his side with the suddtnness of an apparation. Good Heaven! what is the matter?" he exclaimed with start "you re nusnea panung "Think not of me!" said Marian, "I I a 1 j i1 ' Ju" " ,,u lm,c r ceremony. I have only to ask you without prefacewithout comment ,c J" """ ",rt' ",,r,c ,s . il.. for our apprehension in town? Thc danger stood thunder-struck for in instant, and grew deadly pale; but immediately recovering his composure, he said in a low, calm, tone "Let them come then 1 shall not be taken alive! "Maa tell me whnt you fear!" said Marian, grasping him by the arm, and fixing her eyes wildly and cvea siercelv on his face. "The gallows." "I will not believe it!" she shrieked "it is impossible that you can bo " "But I am! all von fear and worse than you fancy guilty miserable ' lost! She fell senseless at his feet ,,,1 , , , V hen she recovered from her trance he was hanging over her distractedly. and her awakening ear was filled with exclamations that could only have b,rst flom a heart fuU of loye anjpi,. w R drMm,w ,nid - ing ner eyes ' Ulu say that it was a dream!" Dream for one day longer," repli ed he raising her, and suddenly assu - ming a cold, stern, and even haughty aemeonor, "Your information was pre JmaUrei at ih worn it was prophetic

and 1 have yet lime to prepare.

Adieu for the present." Even this interview, strange to say, did not throw any light on Marian's perplexity if we should not rathr say, that she continued wilfully to shut ber eyes. That some calamity had befallen him, the effect of youthful indiscretion, which his own sensibility, and perhaps even thc letter of the law magnified to .1 crime, she had long suspected; and hence arose what she determined to blieve the equivoque of the scene. His manner at parting more especially, she thought had been full of sullen dignity, which a pitiful, skulking robber a rightly thief could not have assamed to save his ig noble neck. At any rate she was of opinion somewhat late indeed, that it was now full time to ascertain his real character ; and she solemnly resolved that if, after the lapse of another day, he did not redeem his implied pledge by revealing himself, she would never mre retarn to thc bonnie banks of the Devcron and the Craigs of Alva. rThen she reached home, however, was not without consternation that it she found that the warrant had been actually filled up, but afterwards de stroyed. Was it still possible to ima gine, that there had been any equivo que in their conversation? Did it not appear, only too plainly, that the stran ger was completely aware of the pro ceedings that were gomg on against htm? Could his knowledge of her mistake have proceeded from any thing but a secret league and understanding with the witness, ou whose simple word his liberty and perhaps his life depended? The next morning, being called into town on some family matters, she learnt that the mail had arrived unusually soon, and she therefore waited a few minutes to inquire for letters. Among the despatches was a newsppaer which as soon as she got into the cross road that served as an avenue to her fa ther's house, she unfolded and begat, to read. Her thoughts however were absent, and over and anon she raised her heard to look in the direction of ;he main road, which led towards their favorite walk. Soon her heart beat nd her chock grew pale, for she saw the stranger. She lingered n while to observe whether he meant to an proach her; but he was walking ra pidly in thc direction of the town.. The next moment, however, he appear ed to change his intention, and casac hounding towards her. "Can it be," said he, that the mail has already arrived? "Yes; this is a paper of to-day.w He snatched it out of her hands and turned it over with tremulous eager ness. His lac was Mushed, and cov erd with perspiration; his hand shook and his knee9 seemed to bend beneath him. But the next moment the color faded f-om his cheeks; the moisutre stood in large drops upon his brow, like beads ol ire on white marble; and nis eyes nxed with an expression ot honor upon the paper, appeared to be rivited there by a spell. Marian ap preached till she was close beside him and took the paper out of his hand without uttering a word; and havine first distinctly observed (as she tho't) the paragraph which produced his ex traordinary emotion. "Miss Lovat," said the stranger, eo lemly, "you must dream no more" He g.tted for a moment mournfully on her face, and then sinking upon his knee, took her hand, and pres-ed it to riis lips. Marian was at once sarpnsed and affected. She did not withdraw her hand, and the stranger seemed to want resolution to give it a p. Bat the straggle was at length over; a few cabling tears mingled with his long ast kiss; and, rising hastily, he with rtrew, and was soon oat of eight Marian, at that moment, and on that spot, could not trust heiself to read the fatal paragraph; but, keeping her Inger still pressed contulsively on the place, hurried home, and locked her elf in her own oom. On unfolding the newspaper, the paragraph, when at length read, ran as follows: Reward of five hundred pounds. Whereas the gang of housebreakers. names unknown, who committed in Warwickshire, two years ago, the of fences specified below, and who were supposed to have gone to America, are now ascertained to be lurking in the north of Scotland. I( is believed that they can be identified with the Banff robbers of August last. I heir leader is now a man of about thirty years of age, tall, handsome, and genteel looking. One of his hands is always conealed either by glove or a black eilk handkerchief, and there is the scar of an old wound on one of his thumbs. A reward of five hundred pounds is here offered, Ate. xc. Marian was seen soon after, by one of the servants, examining minutely the robber s thumb, which still retain ed Us place upon the mantel niece: and the circumstance excited observation from its being known, that, so far from touching it, she had hitherto covered her etes with her hands when

ever it was produced. hen the ser-

vant re entered the reom, dic found her mistress Wing senseless on the car pet. The family, it may be supposed, was really alarmed; but when Marian awoke from her fit, as it was icrmed, !be seemed to have suffered so little injury, that the preparations were not interrupted for entertaining that evening a large party. (Remainder nit u-eek.) Frm the Boston Transcript. MARCH OF INTELLECT. The following dialogue is said to have taken place in the town ofC. down cast, between a master and his pupil, previous to an examination before the school committee of that town. waster. Jacob come here. Arey !'0U I am sir. M. How do you know it? J. By auricular demonstration. M. Is auricular demonstration a ta!unt natural to the human familv J. Plato asserts that it is. exconf ir. cases where the optical membrane ie injured oy over exertion. M. What authority have von rW Plato said so? J. Mr. , that comes to see moth er, told me so. M. Very well, let me see if vr-u versed in Jography, and my fust questions will be a leetle political. Well in the fust place, who commanded the ieii.iii sogers on Uunker's Hill? J Brigadier General Arnut. M. Where was Gen. Jackson on t W memorable week? J Shooting woodc.hucksinfCenturk.M. Did you ever hear of Ti.Clay? J. les sir. M. What sort of a man is he? J. A very clever man. onlv he a leetle too much, father savs M. What part of Rhode Island ii Cape Hatteras? J. South east part, sir. M. In what part of Kovia Snf;, does the River Nile rise? J. In the centre. M. What is its coarse, and where does it empty? J. Its course is serpentine. and it above empties into Mississippy jut iev urieans. M. When and where was Indenender.ee declared? J. In the 75th year of the Christian eree, under the birr roolar down Sir Davisses brook. M. What part of speech is Ante-Ma sonry ? J. A cregular defective verb. M. Was Morgan's death profected? J. No sir, it was granted bv an Act of the Ginrul Assembly. iw. v ery wen, you must try and be parfect at the school committee dav. w hich will be the third Tuesdav pre ceding the last Saturday in next moutlu DivoRcr Some time since, in ant adjoining town, a happy pair wer regularly joined in wedlock by a facetious township squire whose fees totallv exhausted the funds of the bridegroom. Not many days, it appears, had elapsed before the parties who had been joined "till death should l!um part," became mutually dissatisfied with their lot, and returned to the squire w ith many tales of wo, beseeching him with all their eloquence to nnmnrry them, which he agreed to do, provided he was previously paid the sum of three dollar, double Ihe fee of the fir! ceremo iy. The sum the bridegroom paH by a week's labor on the squire' f.irrri. Then came the ceremony oi j-artirg." The squire placed a block upon ti,e floor, on which was put a live cat: o e pulled the head and the other tin f a:', while the squire, with an axe, sever I the cat m twain, at the same time claiming, "Death has now part- i you! The couple departed with a firm belief that the performance was strictly legal, and have not lived togeth er since. There is a horrible institution amenta some of the Indian tribes, which , fur nishes a powerful illustration of the nevcr'tiring love of vengeance. It is cal led the Man-Eating Society, and it is the duty of its associates to devour such prisoners as are preserved and deliver ed to them for that purpose, The memhers otthe society belong to. a particular family, and the dreadful inheritance dVcends to all the children, male and female. Its duties cannot be dispens ed with, and the sanctions of religion are added to thc obligations cf immc mortal usage. DLstrtssimr. Houses are so scam at Salisbury, in Massachusetts, that thc yonng people have been obliged in some instances to postpone their weddings, for thc lack of buildings to shelter them. A suit has been brought by a citizen of Salisbury against his neighbor, for icnuug two acorns. The greatest advantage I know of being thought a wit, is that it gives ony the greater freedom of rla)"? 'V f -f