Weekly Messenger, Volume 1, Number 74, Vevay, Switzerland County, 9 February 1833 — Page 3

WEEKLY MESSENGER.

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A- here sttd, itl uC pu mej i !ows a:K several hundred children. ; Sinsru

riiieirsm froav North Carolina ri;ht. cXp0SeJ to all lite evils ol extreme pov-' hamiiill

igi6ir fjjcct of music At the Cheet- answc.cd with vigo , and the spLitaciej intent thai the Jleuse shall not If p--fill vilceC'luiijoti Monday evening, is docibtd by the Ci i espomlent ot'tbe i r lite right bark of that nvei r.,m-

Siyit'enian oi

p. the cmrmm: .oc the aggravated bv the rigors of a nor-during Uio performance oi "Aon Ao-

N. Car..hn. J eld th? fUn ?;thern winter. A ubsc notion has bccnlLomine,M which was sung in tine style, jthclcss g and."'

Mr. Carbon. N); I .. not. Let tne !set OI, foot for tj,c surviving sufferers se-uimtn t'riin Ouio put hnelf right, !- l,ondon. I orj Dundas'has riven

the

t r.e fhn-e. bv srna-aM

Tv U ch he h is s.isd Mr. Walmotigh rose to order

jf,-:: emm tin in Ohio hid been m bonder-1 ti-od. arfi he apet'ed to the high and k'P'.erni.M forling ot his friend from North Carohna wh;her it wmild he ivtll to j.rei ee '. in that which rniht become the Cii!e of hsMiig regret. 'ir. vVamoogh was here culled to or i ''r.-tm p .itl of the house, r!-n said, perhaps the gentler i !'e-::nv!vaoia was more out ot

,vo .Jt!.r!l), and several hankers and merjchants have contributed jC 10 each. The iTIir trtl

500.

by about forty voices, a glass tumbler,

which stood upon a table in the room, broke ii.to a thousand pieces, as if it had been shattered by an explosion of gunpowder. Manchester paper.

r ... s. " . . . T i t i i i i i . ..... i

ance oi ".mmi a i o i ijO!i(ion p ess, as "liOuioie, uui licvci-ipromi-eu in any waj iu;eier, oy Die

trench, Dutch, or Belgian tin ;(. , ho

Kaur i io. of iilotvr JErsx. A vio may he at war on he subject of the ciia-

lenl eruption of Mount Atua took place

on the 17th and lSthof Auveaiber, which destroyed Uronte, a town situated nine

leagues from Catania, and which coutai ned a population often thousand.

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BURYING ALIVE. The late Captain Ebenczer Chapman Kemp w ho, in 181u, commanded the Meira. in which 1 sailed to India, related to me a painful instance of tieh.mmol ation which occurred in his ow n unnly. A young woman in his service iost tier husband, and resolved, with-

out hesitation, to burrv herself elive

rif Me could sot con-; w ith the hodv. Both ( "ant.iin and Mrs.

. . i t no , winch cnhl he a palln !K. were shocked to hear of her deter-la-.gaag.- nsed. unless it should ' mination, a id represented to her bolii ietrrtKHi of it ;tle dreadful characteroi the crime sue i'! iid tint he wm fir fro-n pvas aliout to commit, and the utter in- ' in- Janp-vige hl been de jutilitv of tiie sacrifice to the departed

jC.-e.iiv n.-.jreseM'ed hy the gentle spirit of her llUsba.id. Hut all the ar-xv-. .m A'-.rth C:Ho!i,.:i. hut he w is wume its and entreaties which ChrisI' . mI to - , ;hat had been g'eatlv ; tian principle and the feelings of huinaun.,.tod.'i(ri He had nt ned the i;v could suggest were urged ill Tatli.

w -rd asc.-ihed to n i hi o violation oljsjiie had been taught to believe that.

the ron-tiiniion. hut he had sid that he h,y voluntarily dying with her husband,

w.,jia lamer see me event taxe piace:Shc would expedite Ins transit to some. !,) wh.cn ht had allied, than see any I uriknown region of bliss, and hersell

portioa of .e.e nwnuunn oi nu rateu nv (hear him con.pauy. Lvery attempt to

t..r.-.. i .ne ouu.er .uon i.y lorce woui f ; persuade the infatuated creature to live

iii the .uter anmhil.t'ion of the cm (whether for the sake of her family or

i he. rniu of the government j her own soul, appeared Oisly to cause

her the more to exult in her resolution to die. Capt.C. continued his humane

exertions to the last, even while tlie aw

ful ceremony was proceeding, hut With

out the least symptoms of a favorable!

impulsion nemg produced on her mi'id. When the pit was dug, and the dead body lowered into it. site walked a roil id several iim repeating the tKe formularies which the priest dictated to her,

or 'tie 'Ppiii'iie.

ilr M. D'iiTie said it had been hi fn ed iuipose. .ime ihe eommencement thi- debate n it to tak any par', in it. and i.e wu exceedingly i ry that that "a - .i ii.. i "fcuutil this rui;.g if ndere l it nc"c-iry t.ir hi to to siy a single !'he centleman from t)Jiio had firn atteranre to sentiments so abhor rff. ! his feeling, and, he pref:ai-d, to v'.c feeling? and head of the whole ir i-e, that he could not htoiH making exclamation which had eenped him ; The moment. He coold not help ex '.urni .g Robeyphif ne; and though it . .is fiir m order, yet he assured them it - tov oluiitary. He owed an anolog

i i the !i .u-i-, which he now made; tin: i0 I've.i r ,ne to the gentleman from U. i". "i 'he debate then proceeded, ani eon'l o to k, nhen the commit . e i-e, ,ii.a ihe hoie adjourned.

One Day Later from Park. The Aews. Schooner Eclipse, belong

ing to tne ollii e of tne co'.j'cr Si Ln-

juirer, boarded yesterirj" ti.i Havre -ai kct siup Chudcniinc, Captain

fiERcr:, which sailed irom thai port on j

tne oiii Dccen.ber.

1 he dates Irom Antwerp are not la

ter iliaa those already m our possess

ion, nut the rrencti olQcial account ot

tne co iimenccment ot hosiihties a-

gainst the citadel, and the reply of Gen.

v,:iase to Gen. Gerard (ot which we

had before publisiied tne purport,) with

a lurther communication troin the lat

ter ollicer toihe farmer. Ti.e rrench

accounts do not represent the llollan dersas being so very passive u.ider the

advances made by the I rencn; one ol

the balls tired irom the citadel, it is said, struck an officer standing 1)) the side oi the Duke of Orleans, who commanded the trenches. The Pans Corres

pondent of the our nal dull, vre, under

TWO WEEKS LATER FROM EU ROPE.

Siege of Antwerp Advices fiom Ant

wern are down to December "Uth

at

del of Antwerp.

5y virtue of superior order, the un ileisigned commuinciites the pii .ted;i g toi the iuf umalion of the Iiei. (S.gued) A A'jLEU. Frankfart, Dec. 6. I 832.

Kiel uno Kilkenny JoiKShv. 13, 1S32. 'Dear Sik i.ti.ig wcl aware of

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which time the Citadel held out with jult -'ti) ot my iru: als. andtne pu--jrrent spirit. The anailanl? had contin-u ,Ul regard ;o my late, beg I ave od their operation without cetion ; to hifonn them, through the medium of but thu far had been met with a brave j) our patriotic a. id independent Jourand mdominahle spirit of ieistaure. jnal,that, lor tile last month, I, with my A despatch from General Si. C) r Nog- jfloc!V llave bcC! haunted by a set of ne, stater that the Lunetto St. Laurent, thief catchers; hut, alas, in vain, ilo .viii advance of the citadel, after a manful ever, on yesterday, 1 set out w '.t i my

resistance of eleven days, had been car ireelioiders to Johnstown, in order to

lied by the French. It w af uudennined get their freeholds registered, (observe,

and surronti'ied on the 14th.

On the 19'h the French lost between

rty and utty men, in an attempt to

uir:l lijUry. The mnil on the fr"ii Indianapolis t Orleans, h

f M utiesviile and Bl lominglon.

; :t-se from Martinville to Or a?s. n ts rohh.-d on Saturday last o: r. ; ai.iher of letters, newspapers ai d ' M i'-lf th'-,- vrre f nuA nrrm.-'

i ie side of the road, at short pa ir', hr ten or fifi'-n niles thro' ui Morgan and Monroe cour only artiele? of value were lost;

hut, so tar as we have ct henrd. the

Hi a 1 tie

li e been rerovf-red.

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son Craig, of Martinsville, who was e.-nph ved in cariying the mail, acknowledges that the crime was com

mitttd in part by him. Through the.iergy of our v i'iteus the robber has bt-rr, apnrehe i. l,and is in the hand;of the proper lli. er of Morgan county. Postmasters along the route should giv immedia'e notice at their offii.es. so that pfT'ons having money in the inai', if am surh there be, r-hmild have rio;ie hT of, that thej rnaj if p.sih ' iei over It, as the loss jl be theiis j it sliould nt he found The mail b igs were ripped dawn th seam on the ei d near the steeple further in formal ion nay be given hereafter. Far Wtii.

a. id scatteri. g about as she went alo:

sweetmeats, pare ned rice, flowers and other trifle.-, for which t:.e spectators scrambled. When these preliminary riles were finished, she descended in the grave, amid the din of barbarous music

and deafening shouts of applause. Ha

ving taken her seat and placed the head

ot the corpse in her lap, she gave t ie

signal to throw in the earth. 1 forget

whether she had a eon old enough to take a part in the horrid scene.in which case he would be the principle actor; but otherwise, her nearest male relatives, as thief mourners, would take the

lead, and threw in the lirst basket of

earth. Tor some time the grave filled eiowly as ihe deed of death was perpetrated with appalling deliberation and the relations continued to throw in gar-

la;. ds, and other trifles with the mould that was gradually covering the bodies. he. i it rose to her breast, the woman

raised hi r left arm, and was seen to

turn round her tore-finger as long as it

was visible, even alter her head was covered. That however, was a very short time, as the earth was thrown io

hastily as soon as thejhea-i disappeared, and her relations jumped in to tread ii down, and smother their wretched vic

tim. At the very time that Captain

date oi 3d Dec. savs: "Numerous re

porls were to-day in circulation in relation to tne military eperafons ol the belligerent parlies, and on the future

conduct of the expedition. Some per

son a -sort that two Pric r-.:"c.S each

l.i.tXM men strong, are to a t simultaneously against Udgium, one on the right, and the other on the left, to concentrate afterwards at. Brussels, should victory crown thoir cnterprize. This opinion is supported bv letters received to-day from Aix la Chapellc. Others sav that the French will not leave Belgium after th:; capture of the citadel, and that t;e y wi!;- remain there until the q iestio i o; t ie navi g-Uion of the Scheldt is settled. It was geivr.-div believed that the

commetiC'-ineiit ol hostilities would

cause a decline in the price of the pub

lic stocks, hut i.e. cv.tr.arv has been

l tie cae. The p r e; which o-por-ed at 67. t ? nave advanced to GT

80. At th? n n of the Exchange

tney left oil at K.i. J.

The. Mi ii-teri,il majorities in the

Chamb r of Deputies arc -o large that they seem to look down al'. opposition.

On the dome-tic po'i' cs ot' ). Vance, our Paris correspondent i- vervYH. an 1 ve

shall commence the publirA. ion of his letters to-morrow. The imprisonment of the D irhess de Herri at Blaye is said to have thrown soni of tlie southern departments into a state of the greatest ex itement. Tin; Comtihilion.pl says, "Marseilles and Nismos are complete volcanoes.

Of this the Gvernme t is aware, and has sent troops, but under whose or

ders will they be? The partizans of

Kemp was eivinsr me the afToetin-' s.r.iCnarles A. are at the head ot all our

count just detailed, several gentlemen juicers, and conspire openly. Lvery in ihe service of the iiist India Compa-' tili"S' 111 tact, indicate an approaching liv W( re nmted together for il. nmm ' reactio :. It is said that there is acon-

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we served '215 notices for registry;) when riding into (h- town, these animals, called petlers, l;ke so many har-

thrnw h bridge of fascine ncro8 the 'pics, were ready to perch upon me, an'J

ditch of the demilune, between the ha-1 rnignt tiavc succeeded i:: contaminating , ... . . . .... l.., .u . . i c i . r

jons ot l oledo nnfl raciflto. ihe tunlge was three parti formed, hut Gen. ifaxo perceiving that it ciulil not be completed without a fnither nd very erious loss of life, ordeied the tieops t" re'reat, with the intention of renewing the attempt on the following night. In ihe course of th day. General St. Cvr ligiitg whs wounded by shot, which ut hm epanlttR and bruised his -h diler. It wa in lac' a revf ie of fortune en the part of ihe Frfnch.

rh Du ett u.iiv have attacked some

ot the F iench worki on the rivei, m on ot which attacks the vice Admiral com

uianding the Iiigtte Lurdice wa killed.

The iDovements of the Dutch arnay

are such as indicate any thing but pea. e. fven after the citadel of Antwerp shall

have been conquered; for conquered it

nii-t be, f course, and the only question

is as to the tiuration of iu rutstaiice.

Along the whole Dutch line of de ieu.e, at Maastricht, Breda and tfergen ip Zaon. fcc. the Dut. h troops under the ihe prince of Oiaepe are iu inotiou Can it be possible that this comparative ly small force will dare (he chance of a battle. The declaration of Prussia is an important Ucnmeni. France will not he allowed to make the least hoitile de iiionstration, after the fall of Antwerp.

i. despatch from the head quarters of

Marshall Gerard, dated II o'clock an ilouday night, Dec. 17. announces that there had been almost cessation of hostil

me on otb i.le tor "he twer.ty f"ur hiui8 previous. The beseigers were

pU'hing iheir works and made -considera

tne prtjgiess. The pnpce of Orange

was nirwngly tortifying the whole of Bra

n.tct aeptreutrionel and Hredaand Bergn op Zouu were to te placed in the in the same e:a;e of defence in which ih y were in 1 7VJ I H -und the latter place 10 00 men were stationed. The Duich army seemed ti meditate some ihng seriou., and Marshall GeiatW acted as 1 1 he eutertaiwed that impiession Puere a- gieat bu-ile at the head ipiarieia of the Fiench

DLXLRATiONr OF PRUSSIA ;

oi collecting authentic inlormaiion on

me by their tou. h, if Captain Monrton had not prevented them. I must say of him, thai he treated me with the ut

most urbanity and humanity. I had, Irom Johnstow n, an escort of twenty soldiers and ten peelers, for eight miles of the the road, who were met bv sixty of the dragoon guards from Kilkenny, who treated me with marked attention. We arrived here at nine o'clock la-t night, where I have fared comfortable, under t! e care of (he worthy jailer. Mr. Lee. O Tcvipori. O Mjrcs. You see

Mr. Lditor, what times we live in: here I am. haunted a:.d excluded from my flock for no crime, but, forsooth, because 1 would not pay what 1 co. sider to be an unjust impost. Whilst left with my flock, 1 have been usefully employed ; as, it must be admitted, that in my re

sidence there has not been a WTii'-- op a Black-foot at any time, though, t1. i k

Heaven, we have not had a peeler i i that district for the last year and eig .t

months; neither have we a magistrate, nor any other person, to administer justice to the people, hut your bumble servant. What say you, Mr. Editor, to the extension of the franchise: in this country? There are, ir my libertv, one hundred and sixty-three freeholders excluded from registering, in consequence of the glorious tythe system. On this. I shall leave al! comment to you and the public. I suppose mv friends, the par-ons, will fret at my arrest. Let them not, I beseech them; as I can aaire th m that, though 1 should pay 3. 10s. Id. for the tithes of the year 'ol,it will not ultimately, be a loss to me, as my landlord mut answer

the consequence. I shall not, Mr. V.ditor, longer trespass on vo i or the public, but conclude bv assuring- vou. that I feel quite happy, and exceedingly honored, in being eon ducted here, not by peelers, but by soldiers. " 1 remain, dear sir "Your very ob't and humble serv't

U'Mit of Jesuits at the gate of Talence,!t to the German Diet, Dec. G. 1832 !i-i i .1 1 1 - - ' '

the subject, with a view to bring it fair-! wn" 1)" "der the cloak' ot being a colly and fully to the notice ol the Su-' I,'S', receives none but the sons ot Ven-

preme Government, and it possible oh- j .i:s and is, in fact, a barrack tor tain its abolition. In the following ;malcontents. The Countess de Men-

year, ISlT.thev succeeded in reference lai s ' " town, and lodges with .Ma

to the practice of bur)ing alive, the

government issuing orders and instruc-

dame Deseze; and Madame Raimond,

the wife of the Director of Customs, who

tious for its abolition throughout tlie iis maintained iu his office in spite of the

company's dominions. These orders remonstrances ot me iniyi-.::is,iniro-

Yamii.isr exhaordinnry. On Sunday I were carried into immediate r fT. rr duces the Countess to all the Lcgitima

afternoon, a Mrs. Newton, after she had 'without creating any alarm or dissatis-; who, thanks to the toleration of

come irom me aiternoon service, at taction in the native mind. Missionary l,,e magistrates, Dccome uany more nu-

v.i.11 p.tui . o.ipci, in mi- i.n ut jlui nam, jiunuau

vas seized with a tit of vnwning, w Inch

continued a considerable length of time, and caused her to stn tch her mouth

so wide, that the joints at the extrcmi-jage named tStre tv of the jaw slipped, so that she could j habitants, nu n

rot shut it again. She remained in

this diagrreable and dangerous situation until Mr. Shaw, surgeon, was sent for who succeeded in re-placing it in its natural po.-ition.

An interesting German Village-There

is near Ilalbcrstadt, in Prussia, a vill

ained Stroebeck, where all the in-

and children are chess

players. They were converted to the game some centuries since by a Digni-

Drcndf i! calamity. The Shetland I-lands have been visited with an awful dispensation of Providence. The fisherman, while engaged in their occupation, at a great distance from land, wire suddenly overtaken by a hurricane of u precedeited violence even in that tempestuous region. Some wire fortunate enough to gain the shore; others were picked up at sea by passing cskc1s, and many were doomed to a watery grave. Nineteen boats sunk under the fury of the elements: and of one hundred and fourteen men who composed the crews, and who had left their hornet full of hope and joy, only three returned to tell the tale of their disaster. So completely has the male population been swept from some of the villages, that the women have beer compelled to take the places of their deceased husbands at the oar, in ordei to earn the means of subsistence for their starving children. These ill fa ed mariner have left nearly eight)

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merous. l lie presence oi uie uu ness is injurious to commerce, and disquieting to the well-disposed part of the inhabitants. It is also an enormous expense, for the attentions oi" which she is the object, amount to adl.tfion. THE SIEGE OFAXWERP. Our former advices from toe Citadel

tary of the Cathedral of Ilalbcrstadt, of Antwerp were to the evening of who allowed them exemption from im-j December 1st. They are now to the posts as long as they should be winners, 5th. From the tenor of those former in this game, and every year a person accounts, we were led to expect that was sent dow n to try them. Since the the I iench batteries would have opensecularization of the Bishopric of Hal- ed their tire upon the citadel on the berstadt, and its union with the king-' J. Such, however, was not the fact, dom of Prussia, they lost a game, and The besiegers continued their preparasince that time their iin nunity ceased, tions with the utmost activity until the

but their predilection for this amuse-, tth, when an officer was despatched

ment continues. Ectraordinary nerve. A fehopkeeper had in bis seller a barrel of gunpowder, iu the same vault he had some meal, itc. llis sister went one night last week, to get some of the latter article, and, not knowing which barrel it was in, opened the gunpowder first, and did not re-cover it. She presently alter reaseended. "Where is the candle?" said the brother. " I have left it sticking up in that black sand,'' was the reply, lie instantly descended, ami putting his hands together like a funnel, he placed then round the candle, and extracted it fr n the ha-rel of gunpowder! Winn he iti.ne up auiirs he fainted.

with a flag of truce to the citadel. He was bearer of another summons to basse to surrender, informing him at the same time, that all was prepared on the side of the Frpne bf-sjid that at elevenoclock precisely, theirfire would commence in case of refusal. The French had 103 guns placed

and ready. The moment was one of

intense interest. But thesuspence was not of long duration. At 11 o'clock a cannon shot from Fort Montcbello, fol

lowed by a tremendous fire of artillery.

announced that the bearer of the flag had brought back a negative from the Dutch commander. During the re

mainder of the day, the discharge of

cannon was kept up in regular succession, with great exactness. The Dutch

It is Known to the mom seiene ihpt

that Great linlaui and France have projected coercive measures against Hoi. Unit, in aider to put into xecution th twenty-tour articles of the trea y ol Lon

d..n, dated the 12th Nov. 1831, in con loimtiy lo the modifications which have been made tey ulterior negotiations. Although these coercive meneuret, ac

cordiujj lo the terms of a convention con eluded between the two said power, are

liniUtil t tne capture of the citadel at Antwerp, it is impeible in ,ue of resistance on the part of Holland, to conetive sukh a state of thi njs without war, and to louk upou thin war between Hoi laud and the two powers as, in the cuutsc of events, without extreme danger to the peace of Europe. Austria, Prussia, and Russia have not tailed to take steps to oppose those mea sures of coiiklrainst against an independent Slate like Holland, at the same time

that those three powers have refused to

lake part in or approve of them. However, as Great Britain aod France in their own position, and in relation, with Lelgtum, think they hava motive:

lo persevere iu their resolutions when

onca taken, the undersigned representative at Prussia, iu consequeuca f the confidential coiumunicatioas made some time since to the Federal Legislations, has been authorized to be caused to be entered ia the Protocol of the Diet that orders have been giveu by the king his master, thai the 7th titrpt dear met, which until now has been stationed at Westphalia, shall pass ihe Rhine, and take position between Aix la-Chapelle and Gueldres, in oritur tit cover the frontiers

on the right hank af tha Meuse, opposite lo Belgium ant IlolUad; aud al the sama time that the 8th corps stationed on the Rhine shall serve as a corps de reserve iu support of Ibis force. Information of the measure of precaution has already been given ta Great Britain and France by r'misu, to the

Martin Doylk, P. P. Graig.-'

A Parliamentary t "ommittee 'Ioom. lititer one of them, aud what do you

see ? A long green-covered table, fur

nished with several quires of delicately pressed paper, and lots of Hudson

Bay qu'lls, and shmi ng ink-standishes.

Along the sides sit or lounge some do

zen of men, in undress coats, some of

them booted and spurred, some of them with whips in their hands, all of them

halted. One is engaged in writing a frank for his friend at his back; another is penning a private note to his tailor or his mistress; a third in reading .1. i . -: -i i i .- . . ... 3

uie ias iugius spcecii ot me minist'-r in the Chronicle of the morning; a 4th is correcting his own for the Mirror f Parliament of the week; some are vacantly eyeing their neighbors; some of audience are meditating with half shut eyes; a few arc nodding to sleep. At the head of the table sit two mea with sadly solemn looks a d a rnake-be-liive sort of an air, who address themselves to a third person stuck up in a box at the left hand corner of the lower end, who performs the part of grand instructor to the most intelligent and attentive fraction of the honorable house, and from the lurking expression of doubt and wonderment with which he gives his replies, is evidently hesitating in his own mind, whether he has not got into the wrong place, and instead of real legislators, stumbled on a lot of revolutionary players who are caricaturing thoir part for tlie amusement of the auihence Spectator's key to political Knowledge.

Look out tor Bn Doi.hr . The public are cautioned against Dollar, bearing the stamp of "Republica de Columbia," 180 and 1821. Indian head on one side and a fruit on the other. The writer of this weighed several this morning for a friend who had jut been paid a bill, they were from lit to 33 cents lighter than the genuine Spanish Dollar. Doubt exist whether the metal is good. As there are many in circulation all persons fchouH o0fc 'rF Bait. .1'ner.cr.n.