Weekly Messenger, Volume 1, Number 76, Vevay, Switzerland County, 23 February 1833 — Page 3

Treatment cf the Horn Distemper. Tie li'ru dUumper is a disottier by which farmers' t utile aie often alfett- . It- uie is Very simple ami pced . O ' i .imi:,ff lhe end of the t;iil. ;he i;tir will he found cuilet, and tlie tai! soft and spongy from ne lo two in ches. A tar as it is sponsy it should be cut elf, nnd the head rubbed with n iaI wet with spirits of turpentine. Tr.ie should be applied spatinglv b--twt tn the horns and about the fore

head near them, before nnd behind, for three or four days in succession. I have seldom found any other treat ment tue?ary. The boring of the

norn. and th injection ol salt, vinegar. r other irritating medicine, I deem

useless if not injurious. Such i mv t-xnt-rirnre on thi subject. A'Y. Far.

To amend an act entitled an act regulating the interest of money ia the

State of Indiana, approved, Febuary 1.

ISM. In relation to the Secretary and I'reasurer of State, and for other purposes.

To provide an Executive officer of

the opreme Court. To amensl an act entitled u an act regulating the practice in suits at law," approved January 20 1831.

I o amend the act entitled an act ap

pointing county surveyors, and their de

puties, approved rrbinry 4, io.il.

jo amend the existing laws relative

Amendment of the Constitution The Philadelphia Intelligencer con tains the following proposed amend, meiuts to the Constitution of Pennsylvania. We fully accord in each aamendment proposed by the writer of the article: In your pappr of to day, I perceive you have introduced the question of re form, concerning the propriety of altering the constitution of Pennsylvania: in order to enable you to do so rrrect ly, it is necessary that you should know ttte principal alterations the Society ol

R-form have in contemplation. There

fore, I deem it my duty to state them

fold ready made linen in one of the re

tired parts of Paris, and observed to l. .1. . !. l . 1 I I

i . t i ill. I n ii h :i 1 1 nn'i run 1 11 i. i : 1 1 iih i t . . v . . . . . - . . ....

' ."it - i ifayit :?uislkihl.I, thuuktui tor -.s-ortment of gentlemen' shirts. -Oh.l J past favors, h pes fur a r-.-mnanca yes, she had th em of all descriptions, 'ti.i.ioof, therefore legs 'rave to ir.d rni his and very cheap." "Pray, madam,'' Ifrifhdss and the public in :rnerl. :!-.: he -aid he, "have you any garments of a thus at his old K'anil in MO! VIS' EH similar description and superior quali- LtNG, formerly occupied by LVm s and

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to electing Representatives to Congress vie: To amend an ct entitle d an act to 1st- The leguhture to meet annual m . I .

regulate descents, distribution and ly n trie rust Monday in January

dower, approved January 2".), 1831.

joist rksoluti"N. Authorising the secretary of state to pnrchnse a complete set of Niles' Register (a

weekly newspaper published in Baltimore) jyt". for the use of the state library. 4th. Judges to be appointed by the

21 years subscription at 5 each $105 00 govenor, by and with lhe adrk-e Hiid birtrfirnr nine ' 7! per vol. 5 75 consent of the senate, or by the legis-

wagonago Irom Laltimoro 5 filature, for the term of fire years-

2d. The governor to be elected for

two years, and serve four in eight

year.

3d. Senators to be elected for two

j Atltl to the above for newspapers for

4i)

FHINTElfS llCTREAT, INDIANA. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1833.

the members during (lie session 451 60

Whole amount for newspapers $577 35

About forty miles of turnpike road be" tween Maysvil'e and Lexington, K. are in use.

our next. We had to crowd out man ar

tides ta mak room for mr. Duinonl'3 let-1

Section 16,T. 3, 11. 3. An election fortru'tee? will be held at (Jeorpe Clrk, on Thursday, the 28th tnl. according to law, By onlerof the county commissioners. II. Eanta, shff.

JuJge Smith has been impeached hefire the senate of Illinois. One of the charges ia for imprisoning a qualier tot refusing to iHkeo ft' his hat in court.

Nathaniel P. Tallmadae has been eiect-

jed to the United fetates sanate, to serve for

six years lrom 1th of March next.

Cl0. ERA A neighbor, just from Vw Orleans, informs us that lhe Cholera rao-f,- 'here severely 105 peisonsdied on

the 0:h iust. verv last

The" blacks und ereolea die

Georye C. Cswathmey has hcen appoint

ed cashier of the Louisville branch of the

United States hank, in place of LMwanl fcjhippen. deceased.

The Rriitish ship Roger rtewart, rap.

Kerr, from Greenock and Spanish brisr ;g

Ile'ineso, capi. Ha! ire no, from Havana, on attempting to enter V barleston, S. V,. h u e been brought to in the roads by the U. revenue torce. These are the first arrivals since the 1st of February.

Perpetual motion has ugain been attained hy a gentleman in iMass.iciiusetls. Itia

built after other models

vu ues3 it wont

5'h. Justices of the rence and af

dermen to be elected bv the people for the term of three years. 6ih. Protho otaiies, re:i-ter of will

recordeis of deed. nd clerks of the

different ourts, to be eh-cted by the people, for lhe t mi f three e;irs. 7th. The right of suffrage lo be fur

iher extended.

8lh. Anrxtenive ar:d liberal system

of general education.

9th. A mode of altering the cnr.sti tution for the future ftithoat calling convention.

10th. The proposrd alteration? of

the constitution, and all future amend ments, not be valid unless submitted U a vote of the people at the next gi iu r

al election, and approved by a majori

ty of the freemen.

The ahovo HT2 the piinrip.il and

prominer.t alterations whn h the friend

of reform and equal nnbis v ish to Uivt-

introduced in the constitution of the

state of Pennsylvania. CIRCUIT COURT.

Cobhett the notorious Colnot t; has been elected a member to the Parliament of Great i$iiaiii, from Oldhuin.

A W&shington city paper of the 4th inst.! - 1 1 . C .1 1

5ny? that gen. Mc. arty, iu. i. . irom una is:ri"t, has so far recovered his health as to be able to resume his scat.

2. S e.un bont Paal Chllord, on her way from Opelousasto New Orlenus, callopsed a Hue seven oen badly scalded one dead TARIFF0" the 5lh nstant, in 'he U. ti. noose of leprcsentatives, John A lama moved to strkcout the enacting clause of the bill, hicti was negatived. Ayes OS nays 87

GENERAL ELECTION, To be held on ike Jirst .Monday in .iugusl next. Cougresa Amos Lane,

ty, fr ladles? I am about to he married and wish to make mv intended wife a present of three duxen." Cer'ainlv,cerlaiul v, sir, I have some which I am fturt will suit you' and forthwiih three parcels, each containing a dozen, were exhibited on the counter. One

was opened and the stranger examin

ed it with much attention; at last he said, ' 1 am afraid that these are too

s-hort;" then seemed lost for a moment in thought, at the difficulty which presented itself to his mind of ascertaining the size he wanted an idea seem

ed to strike him "Madam," he said. yo are about the height and aiee of lady I shall shortly marry, would it be asking too much of y ou to draw one of

these over your dress." 'Not at all, Pll do it with a great deal of pleasure.'1 In a miuute, the good woman appeared in the body of the shop completely en ve! p. d in otiP. The strangi r looked at

icr, walked round her. and ftooped. apparently to draw down lhe garment behind her lo its full length, in doing which he very adroitly fastened hfr

clothes to it with a I tree pin. She

rupposieg hi examination finished, at

tempted lo take it otF aain, when to her astonishment she found her clothe

ose up with it. At ibis moment the

llow giaped the parcels and made

il with them. The poor woman hesi

aU-d to follow nrude another attempt

"o dive.t herself of the supeifluos co

vering, but failing In do so, ran after

him. So much time however was lost

and b many boys collected about her

at the novel appearance she presented

that she was soon compelled lo return

to h.-T shop and put up with the loss

J. Y Lour. y Lnq.

Mix,

A Genorel Assortment of IYLXTER JIM) &PRLXU

Even Description, j&rv&&

Castings, Hardware, u ierv, Tinw ae,

ron, Steel Nads SShovels. Shades, la-

ier, Salt, &:c. fice.oc.

And all articles, generally for sale in

this market, which he will sell as low aS

can he bought ie this county f x cash or

tne ioiinwitiji articles of

COUNTRY PHODUCD, Tow Linen, Fe;itl.eb. Bei gwax. i a'b 7

rlax. Flaxseed, Ginsen.', Corn.Oais, Ba

con hams dried and gree!., Hides of all

texcnption.

LYM AN W. MIX. Mountsterlmg, Feb. 19. N. B. All those; that havo unsettled ac

counts with the firm ol Cotton & Mix.

will please call and stttle the same, on or

before the lOih of March next, or they

will positively have costs to pay.

COTTON MIX. February 10.

Sheriff of Switzerland co. Ralph B. Cotton, George E. Pleasants, Morton Craig, Pructt Harvejr Bela llearick, William Keith. Irael B. Whitehead.

Trie legislature of Indiana passed during the last sessi on, 177 act? and 22 joint reso lutious 35 of the acts of a public nature. as follows:

To nrovide f r the indemnification of

uersnns through whose lands rods are or

inav he located. To amend an act entitled an net to pre

vent useless an 1 expensive applications to

the:eneralassembly,relativetoBtaieroads. To be koldenlm tlie f.rsl Mmday, fi ;in the habit of playing with the dog

CiissTER.fPenn.) January 22. The

way mail from Wilmington to Phila

delphia, containing all the Southern

It-anas Scribucr vs. li m . lannoAm.; letters and papers, we understand, wa

This was an action rouoi for da-;,0ft !,veen this borough and Wil

mies sustained by th. bile of a dog;mu,Ston yesterday morning.

kept bv the defendants.

a society is atiaui to ne lormen in mis city, under lhe auspice of tlmse who will h likely lo ensure it success, on n plan

as new a it i useful. It is proposed to

form a capital of litty thousand dollars

the doc :it one time w chained at ttu !h.v sell"!? "n ri'ianil hares ot stocii al

yard door nf the d-f.-ndai ts. hut so thatlflv doUt each, a proper location it to

the plaintiff or hi- family could not!,,e ,b'a,. work shops are to be fitted

well pais without coining in contact UP am' UPI,, with tooU. wherein nrti with the dog; and in tl.U situation the!c,M 0,'a" description aie to be manafac plaintiff was bitten severely in lhe:,l,r,, b-v Vnnn tthu ?n m,d "np"J ia,.,i ' i meat no where el-e- The articles mau

The defendants on their n .rt nroved ,l'ored are to lrt offeied for sale in

that the back of ih. ir Mare let out bv ?ener J ware-room, ul the lowest cash

an U into Oranite street not far from Pr,re p.esent.ng superior induce

the Five Points that 4ttemis hid menU to lrohasers. The piofiu to ho

been made to r. h iio-ir store, w hit -Ii Hll'" """O 'he stockholder e

It was proved by the plaiutifT that

the dog was vt-ry ierociu, and altho' kept chained by the defendants, was dangerous that the yard of the stores

of the parlies w:s in common, and that

CONSISTING, IX 1'ART, OF

Blur, Black, and Mixed,

Shrting and ) j1A Vg. Shirting of vari us widths. Checks and Plaids.

GROCERIES

CLOTHS,

V a I liable Lands, LY LDIAJi, FOE S ALB.

511 A VK appointed mr. HOlii RT Nr COCTIUAN,of Woodpark. Switzer

land county, Indiana, my agent, to dispose

ol nil or any of my lands in Indiana. They

will tie sold on reasonable terms, to irooti

purchasers.

NICHOLAS LONi. WORTH. Cincinnatr, February t5. 1833.

MONK the lauds in Switzerland

county nre (he following iracts:

ACHKV ftUAKTtll KC. T. K 101 loiith cai 4 z 111 4niitnwesi 26 4 3 80 souihwes' 'M 3 3 81 south west 20 8 'J 153 nortli east 31 4 3 247 west half 35 1 S It- uorth east 3 1 3 2 K3 nnthwest 32 3 2 100 southwest 34 3 2 163 northwest 31 3 2

And upwards of 1 ,UOO ucres of Ohio bottom laud part of the Oimsby and Do--nohne tracts.

CORO.YER, John fetepleton. TO Vw r2. IXIXTIOIVS.

was hii extensile - :eiv that looU nnnuaiiy, m me iorm oi uiviaem.

bv which the wind.', as were tied werpi1"1 ,h" "l"' to be increased at the

tloandon the nretni-e. nd i:.t , !,. i mein" f tl,e society accumulate.

I. J l. j:..: j.. .1 . . . l -c

kept the doe as a w.ilch doe, nnd from! "- " ' ""jm

such circumstances it necessan he should be a ferocious dog; they al

so proved that the plai till" had been

fit repeals so much of the 5th section as

requires tlie expenses of locating 6tate roads to be borne ly 'he applicant. provi.ie for divming the state into seven congressional districts. amend the act concerning domestic attachments. Amend the act concerning foreign attachments. rExtende the same jurisdiction to justices of the peace as is given in cases of domestic attachment.!

amend the act directing the mode of

Buinoutand prosecuting writ9 ol habeas

corpus

fund.

appropriate part of the 3 per centum

Tit appropriates $303 to each county

the monev for our county is to to be applied to building bridges across Indian and Plum creek.

- repeal the 0th section of lhe act regulating fees and salaries of the several offi

cers therein namci'.

amend the act for opening and ra-

pairing public roads and highways,

amcml an act to provide for electing

countv nd township oiheers.

Incorporating congressional townships

and providing f r publie schools thereio. To amend an act entitled an act 6ub

jecting real and personal estate toex-l ccution, approved Febuary 4, 1832. i

To amend the act cntib-d an net for

JW irch next

In Jefferson township, TRUSTEES, George G. Knox, Isaac Matts, sen. James Drown. coNsT.ntrs, (Three to be elected) Oliver Allen, James D. Lewis, Nathaniel Mix, Henry McMakin. Benjamin Picket, PLEA SAXT TO !VJ SHIP. Aaron Osborn, J. Blodget, Joel Cofler, William I Iannis. OVERSEERS OF THE PooB, John Elam, If elected, mr. Elam promises to keep his office at Alfrev's mill. CRAIG TOIV.YSHIP, Constabl John Brandon.

minute xyrair.

the opening public roads and highways, approved Feb. 10, 1831, nnd for other

purposes. lii. of J ACKSON'VI LLC, are request-

To amend an act entitled an act re-ic,i ,rt 'ePt Jacksonville, on Saturday,

n BEltSONS resi.linp within three miles

lating to the county Seminaries Concerning leiral process.

To encourage the apprehension of

horse thieves. To amend the entitled an act to organize nnd regulate the militia of the State of Indiana, opproved Febuary 10,

the 23d iust. al 8 o'clock, to approve con

stitution ;ote LAWRENCE NIUELL, sheriff. February 9.

Switzerland Minute Men. At a meeting of the Switzerland Minute men, held at the house of Thomas Arm-

fThis act provides that persons sub-i8,r,,nf ,n vYt ,h. 2;1 tani, alter y . .... i i l ... .icomnletunr he oluect ot the nittetuip-.it

tect to military ouiv, may ue icieaseu , ., , . J . J ' .... I was ordereil. that the company meet at the

irom theperlonnance,oi such auiy ,iniwn of M,Ul)tMpr1inff. on Saturday the

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time of peace, by pning $1 annually

to the school commissioner or Seminary truitce, for the bcucfit of education.

23d instant, at noon

THOMAS AUMTKONG,

Vevay, Februaiy 5i- colonel comm.

of tantalizing him, throwing water on him, and also that he had M.apped a

m hip al bun. In the course of the trial an amusing examination took place of a porter in th employ tf the defe dants, having testified that the do? a harmh ss and gentle, he was asked if he did not know or had not heard that he had ever bit

ten any person, "Troth not as 1 know,'1 he answered ; being, however, pressed,

and asked whether the dog had not

bitten through the boot of one of the defendants, he said he had not bitten

him but had only squeezed him, which

squeeze turned out to he a bite thro1

the hoot and skin. lhe plaintiff pro ved as; linst the defendants that they were tepeatedly w;o; od of the !og propensity to bite, and that they wen also warned agai::st plating him in lh pari of the yard whcie he had bistei. the plaintiff. The judge charged the jury that il the defendants knew the had disposi lion of the dog, liny hid no right to keep him in nny situation that he couM do harm to any body that for theii protection as a watch to the store they had a right doubtless to keep as fero cious a dog as they chose but thei

kept him at their own peril if he in

jured their neighbor, and at any rate

iney nau no right to place a dog of a suspicious nature in the place where the dog had been chained when he bit the plaintiff that the yard was in common as proved, and the dog should not have been put so as jeopardize the pbiinliffor his family while in the use plaintiff. The jury found for the plaintiff fifty one dollars damages. JV. K Couriet r End. Extraordinary Thefl.'Tbti following amusing and singular piece of roguery lately oecufrred in laris. An individual well dressed presented himself at the shop of n lem ile who

the association. Ta give employment (o the destitute mechanic, ta thut save kim from the honois of want, Had to enable him to keep his little family together, is the piiinary aim of the aociation. A more exalted motive could not actuate the human breast. We trust the gentle meo who have taken the matter in hanJ, will persevere until the society is in use- ( I operation. Mc. Eve. Post.

Slacking. On lhe morning of Tuesday last, Mr. Thompson, merchant of Fianklio, unfortunately mistook the keg he was accustomed to nee in conveying ashes from the stove, far one that cou. tained about Iwo pounds of damHged powder. While in the act of discharging the ashes frhen the keg, his body leaning over it, into the street, the powder exploded, and killed him instantaneously ; his face was litteially torn off. Mr. T. was in the prime of life and much esteemed. JVaihzille Banner.

The Indians. We understand, (says the Richmond Compiler.) that in u few days Black Hawk, the Prophet, and other Indian prisoners, taken by gen. Scott, are expected to arrive at Foitres Monroe, to teninia there as host.iget foi their tribe. The location upon the seaboard ii lo be preleried by the government lor ibn consideration, among others, that they may be permitted to be prisoners more at huge, for, if they were to attempt to make thrir escape, they would soou be recognized nnd apprehended in passing through the country to the west. They will be object of much cuiiosity at Old Point.

Posey Minute Men.

AM LE I IMi will be held at the house of Henry Wallick, on Urant's creek

on Saturday, the Zd of March next, lo lake

into consideration lhe propriety of forming

a corps of Minute men, to pursue and apprehend Felona to act in conjunction with it her Htnular societits in the county and to insure lhe safekeeping of prisoners; in our county jail. W.&L. iVsey township, February 10.

Regimental Order. FORTV-FOT'ItTIf KKGIMKNT, J. 51, York tozrnship, February F IK33rrnni: fikst jlvttai ion of said U regiment, com toned of the companies commanded by captuins Scuddcr, Mc. Henry, Lewis nnd Edwards will he mustered, according to law, at I harlcs F. Krut2's,on section 16, T 2, R 2, on Fri day, the 'M of May next. The SECOND BATTALION, composed of the companies commanded bycapts. Lillard, Scott, Ilicks and Smith will he mustered at Colin McNutt, sen's according to law, on Saturday, lhe 4th of May next. The regimental DRILL muster will beat Quercus Grove, on the lOrhartd tltb

of August next to do camp duty durin-r the nignt. Roll will be called on the firsl day at ten o'clock, a. m. The musicians are requested to attend This muster.

lho regimental muster will bo held at Quercus Grove, on Friday, October

4th. Roll lobe called at 10 o'clock, a v

The court for the assessment of fines will be held at the house of widow G'reen, on the first Monday in November next - and the court of appeals, will sit ;tt the snmc plocr, on the first Monday in December next. Commmdants ol companies will he careful to make their respective returns according to law, for every neglect will b promptly punished. WILLIAM SCUDDER, colonel commandant

Regimental Order, FOPRTEENTII REGIMEXT, INDIANA MIL1TU, Ctaig township, February 5.0, 1833. TIIK BATTALION composed of cap. Mitchell's, Mont tort's, GraVs and I nguc's companies, will be mustered at Jasper Klodct's on the Versailles state road, on Friday, the 17th of May next. The battalion composed of captains Bettens, Mix, Peters, Lewallen and Kirtb-v, will muster at Vevay, cxi Saturday, the llth of Mav next. The KEG. DkILL will be held nt Vevay, on the i)'h &nd lOii das of Au-rust next to do camp duty duriny the ni"ht The HEGIMKNTAL MUSTEK wilt be held at Vevay, on on Tuesday, October L . Roll will be called each day at tea o'clock, a. M. Court f assessment of fines will sit at the court-house in Vevny, on the first Monday in November next court of appeals at same place, on the first Monday in De. cember next. PR LETT HARVEY, I)ieutcnajitroloncl commandant

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