Weekly Messenger, Volume 1, Number 77, Vevay, Switzerland County, 2 March 1833 — Page 4

WEEKLY MESSENGER.

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' r au i, l ister ! your horse

creep

:m-k i;te on their relurn when LiLnJThe following is almost a literal state

like snails; diive for your lilt-!'" s-iu the iirpalieni Morley,? the noide nimala dashed along the turnpike road, whiit: the sparks tlew fnni lhor ironesio.j hoofs i:ke h flight of tire lie.

The postillion, wiili voice and whip,

put them to the top ot their speed ; and the chaise, in it? rapid course., left behind il a trail of light, as though it had been ignited .

A high and sleep hill in Iront, at

length enforced a more moderate gait

w!iu Morley, s if struck by a sudden

rf colie Hon, turned hts fiend anxiously

towards his companion, a lovely young

woman, w ho, pale, silent, and motion le:-s, i ci. lined mi his shoulder.

Ellen, my love,' said Morley, tendeilv.4"! fear this will pro Ye too much

for nr delicate frame." T.u-re was no reply. . I i i i r .

in iiicv ic.ineu i;i. rare nearer to

heis, and hy lhi moon-beam, taw that

her featun s were tittd, her ooen eye?

z::jj on vaenuy, while the tear wired had recently streamed frm ii . f i

mew, see men congealed upon her

bi. odless r h" ks. God of Heaven!" exclaimed Mor

ley, "what m-ans this? Ellen, beloved.

a lored! do you not hear me? will you

not ppeaK to me to Morley, your

AWtey! 7 and re gently pressed her

in h;.s arm?

The name he uttered like a charm.

dicslrd the spell that bound her. A

l.ns drawn sigh, as if struggling from

a breaking heart, escaped her cold

u-iivering lips; a fresh fountain of tear

bur9t forth; and with an hysterc s h.

s fjll upon the hoom of hei lover. 'PL I .11 . .. . 1 t

l no aiarmeu oui ciimpiurea rtior-

lev, folded Uer in his arms and bent to kiss away her tears when, with a

sudden start, she disengaged herself

from his embrace, and di awing back, looked wildly and earnestly in his face.

"Morley, she said, in a voice of

thrilling tne, "do you love me!1' "Darst, bust Ellen," he replied, 'd vou, ran you doubt it!" "Do yon love me, Merley?" she re pea ted with increased earnestness.

I ruly devotedly madly, cried M rley on his knees. "Bv the heaven

that is shining over us " "No more oaths; enough of prctes tations. Are you willing bv one action, at this moment, to prove that I am truly dear to you, Morlev ?" 'I am, though it carry with it my le ruction.'1 "1 ak not your destruction; 1 implore you to prevent mine. Return." Mo ley gazed at her, as if doubling tii ise of hearing. "Return!" "Return, instantly !"' "Ellen, are you serious are you," he might have added, "in yeursenses?" but she interrupted him. "I am serious; I am not mad, Morle ; no, nor inconstant, nor firkle," she

gain revived

"Wlieie am I w:ither am I carried?" ?-he wildly exclaimed. To your father, my Veloved," whispered Motley.

I o my father, Morley. to my father!

can it be? but no, 1 will not doubt.

you never deceived me; vou cannot:

God bles y ou, my brother,' and with

her pure arms around his neck she imprinted a sister's kiss upon his lips, and dissolved in delicious tears, sank with the confidence ef conscious innocence, upon Ins bosom. The ethereal influence of virtue fell like a balm upon the tumultuous feelings of the lovers; and never in the wildest moments of

passion, not even when he heard the tirsl avow al of love from his heart's se

lected, had Morley felt so triumphant.

ly nappy. 41 Where is he? Irt me see him; is he

nve is nr. weiii enrieKeu ruen, as she rushed into the house of her father. For whom do y u inquire, midam?' coldly asked the female she addressed, the maiden sister of Ellen's father. ' Aunt, dear aunt, da not speak to me thus. I am not what you think me. But my father; my father, is he Uhe alive, is he well? Oh, beloved aunt, have pity on me, I am repentant, 1 hid innocent " "In one word, Ellen, are you not

nc;

added, reading the expression that was arin.g on Morley' countenance. "Th.it I love, and in that love am inca'de of change, do not Morley, inull me by doubting, even by a look. Bui O, if you love me as you ought, a? you have sworn you do, as a man ef honor, 1 implore you to take me back to my fathef " "To your father!" exclaimed Mor ley, almost unconscious of what he aid.

"4v to my father, my grey-headed.

my doating, my conhding father; take me to him before his heart is broken br 'he rhild he loves. I have been with him," she cried, in wild agony, 4 even now, a9 I lay in your arms.

spell-bound in my trance, while the carriage roiled on to my perdition. 1 could not move I could not speak

pu; I knew where I was, and whither I

wis hurrying; vet evB then I was

with my father," she said, with a voice and look of supernatural solemnity, "he tay on his daathbed; hi? eye turned upon me; his fixed and glaring eye, it rested on me, as I lay in your arms; he cursed me, and died! His malediction yet rings in my ears his eye it now upon me. Morley. for the love of heaven, ere it be too late " "Compose yourself, my beloved, my own dear Ellen." "Do you still hesitate," she cried. ou!d yon still soethc my frantic soul with words? Tour Ellen! short-sighted man, your Ellen! What shall bind her to a husband, who would abandon a father what power may transfer the renegade daughter into the faithful wife! Morley. listen to me: as you hope for mercy, do not destroy the be ing who loves you who asks you to preserve her soul!' Morley caught her as she sank a his feet, and she remained in bis arms iu a state of insensibility. He was confounded suhdaed. The fatigued horses had labored about midway up the acclivity, vhei Morley called to the postillion. Turn your horses' heads," he said "we shall reUrn." The steeds seemed to acquire renewed vigor from the alteration ii their course, and were proceeding at a

F am not." "Heaven be praised! follow Vrvilr f-l-kA.i la nt M.i.ll 1

" For the love of heaven before it is too late;" and the distracted girl

rushed into the room and knelt at her

lathers side. 4'Eather! do not avert your fare C. . I I . i-n

itiuier i am your own cuen. I am re

stored to you as I left you. By th

years ol love that have passed between

us, lor give the folty, the ottence, the

crime ot a moment, by the memory

oi my mother

"..ease,' said the old man, endeav

oring, through the weakness of age

rr.d inhrmity,and the working of ago

iiiz -n tetliiit's. to be hrm: "forbear and

t'iswer me, is this gentleman your hus

hand?1'

Ellen was about to reply, but Mor

ley stepped forward, "I am not," said he, "blessed with that lady's hand; she has refused it, unless it is given with your sanction; dearly as I love her.

and hopeless as I may be of your ton sent, I will never hereafter ask it." Do you pledge your word to this young man?" "My sacred word as a man of honor. I may have inheiited your hate, but I will never deserve it." 'Children-you have 6ubdued me!" exclaimed the father. "Alorely, my daughter is yours!" Morley seized the old man's hand, scarcely believing the scene before hi in to be real. "My lather!" said the weeping Ellen on her knees, her arm around his neck, her innocent chetk pressed to his. The good aunt partook of the general joy, and even Ellen's favorite dog I. em to thank her father for hts kindness to his dear mistrers. The happy father sat with nn arm

around his daughter's waist, and as he pressed her lover's hand, he said,

"Behold in all this the goodness nl

God: behold the blessings which f..

low the pertormance of our duties.

I our lather, young gentleman, before

yon saw the light, had entailed mv

uaie on ins onspring. I had nourish

ed this bitter feeling even against yu.

wno naa never otrended me, and whom

every one else loved, fids very da

the cherished hostilities of years had given way before my desire to secure

my daughter s happiness. I felt that age was creeping on me; and, but the

morning of this blessed day, I had re Afttrt t nrnva flit r-i t t i t i . . i

v. .v ...j ior trie

sinful harboring ot hatred towards my fellow creatures, by uniting t0u, mi

children, in marriage. The tidings of

my aaugnter s elopement scattered to

the winds my belter thoughts, and re vived my worst, in tenfold strength. 1 did not order a pursuit. 1 did more. I felt, at least I thought so, the ap. proach of my malady to a region where it would prove fatal. No time was to be lost: my will was hastily drawn out bequeathing my beggard daughter but her father's curse; it would have ben

Mgned this night; for over this book I had taken an oath never to forgive hr

who couio aoandoH her father." "O my father!" interrupted Ellen.

to whom the horrible images of her

irance returned, "in pity, my dear father " Bles you, for ever bless you, my over excellent Ellen. Your glial obedience has prolonged our father's life." 3

14 1 am always heavy and stupid when I have a cold," said a gentleman, to which John Wilkes replied, 44 You have been atllicted too in the same way these twenty jcars, to my certain knowledge."

ment of events which occurred in mv

native town during the last war with Britain. For reasons, which need

not be mentioned, the real names of

the parties are not given. The Recruiting Officers. Early in the year 18 , two stran

gers arrived in the village of W , whose military dress and martial air

excited no small attention among the

inhabitants of that retired spot. But,

though they were engaged in the same

pursuit, yet there was a strongly mark

ed difference in their manners. One of them, whose name was Jenson. who

was afterwards found to be a sergeant in the army, was noiseless and unassuming. The other, whom we shall call captain Rey ton, soon announced him self as authorized to raise recruits for the ensuing campaign; and, with all the importance which a man dressed up iu "a little brief authority could assume, exhibited the treasures, which

were committed to him for bounty, to

thoe who should enlist. He told tf

"battles fought and victories won" of ;hair breadth 'scapes in imminent

deadly breach," and especially of "Iro

phies won by his own right hand," till credulity herself could hardly believe his assertions. Most of his time was spent in other calls than those of duty , and the card-tahle, the horse race, and

other scenes of expensive festivity, ap

peared to be objects ot deeper inter

est to him than the cause of his coun

try. In the expenses incident to such

amusements, the wealth whiih he had

so proudly displayed rapidly dimin

ished

One evening, ns a nanber of peo

ple were collected in a tavern at the Four Coiners, a village about seven miles from Yf , captain Reyton came in and was soon seated, with three or four olheis, at a card table, deeply engaged in play. The game was soon decided in his favor. 4TI1 not play another on a five dollar bet," said he: "who'll join me in a game

for one hundred?" 41 1!" and 4 l!"nna

"I!" replied three voices in succession. 'Put down the sum then," says one.

And the captain counted out one hun

dred dollars, carefully exhibiting his

pocket book full ol bills, which the

sum taken out seemed scarcely to di

minish.

"You have a power of monev," said

a by-stander, who was not engaged iu

the game. "Oh. a mere nothing!

rj 7 Cf You would say so, if you could onlv

see Uncle Sams treasury, at head quar'ers. I have only to go to that

nd receive ten times as much, when I

want it," "And how much have you

here?" "AUout three thousand dol-

ars, or nearly. I paid one hundred

tnd fifty dollars to a recruit here, lusi

now, and a gloriou good fellow he is."

"What's his name?" 4-That's tellii.g

I tell no tales about my business."

The g me proceeded, and again the

captain was succcsslul. 4T. try

rand with nun." said a straneer. who

ad come in during the game "one

thousand dollar stake!" The captain

readily engaged. 1 his time fortune

(to use the dialect of the card table)

lorsooK htm, and the one thousand d 1

ars were deposited in the stranger's

socket. With a tremendous oath, he

L ! . t

wore ne would not eo nark poorer

than he came, and was soon deeply en J .i .

gageu in auoiner game. iMgiit wore

away, and at length he departed, be

reft of his last dollar, ahd pouring his

heaviest curses oo his fate. Day broke

in the east ere he reached his lodgings

Late in the morning he left his cham

ber, and repaired to the room in which

the family were assembled, with

countenance mat indicated no very

happy slate of feeling. He paced the

room several times, then sudtle. lv stop ped, and exclaimed, "Curse the vil lain!" "Who? what villain?" inquir

ed Mr. Lester, the master of the house.

"The villain that stole three thousand

dollars from my pocket book last night '

'Are you sure that you did not lose it 11 m

wtiiie you were gone: "Lose it! no, How could I lose it without lo

sing the pocket-buok? I tell yon it is

stolen- When I returned last evening it was all safe, three thousand dollars

of it, lacking one hundred and fifty,

that I paid to one Winship, a recruit

that I got yesterday at the Four Cor-

rers." ' What time did you return?" "Not far from 1 1 o'clock." "Indeed!

I wonder we did not hear you. About

day light I heard some one go up stairs.

I thought that was you." 41 1 tell you I have not left my room since 1 1 o'

clock last evening, till now. 'Tis that

rascal Jenson: he is the thief, I've no

doubt on't."

In the midst of this conversation

Jenson came in. "What have you done with that money t" aid Reyton, in a furious tone. "What money?" said Jenson. kThe money you stole from me last night." "What do you mean!" "Mean! I mean as I sav-"

41 1 shall have satisfaction for this in

sult." "Now you mean to threaten my life.' "By no means." "Yu do, and you shall suffer for it," said Rey

ton, and immediately left the room.

With a mind agitated by surprise, anx

iety, and just indignation, Jenson re

ared to Ins chamber. It was the last time. Soon a carriage was seen ascending the eastern acclivity of the Green Mountains, and conveying the unhappy victim of iniquity to head quarters at P , to take his trial be fore a court-martial, for threatening the life of a superior. Yet, perhaps, at thi moment he was less unhappy than the wretch who was triumphing over him. Such advantages does in nocence enjoy over guilt. Oa the evening after this event, the

collection at the village tavern was

larger than usual, and the presence of

muny who were seldom seen there,

and the air of sober and fixed attention which pervaded the whole assembly , told that some circumstance of uncommon interest had called them together But we will let them tell their thought? in their own words. "What will he done with the poor fellow, "Squire Ledyard. if he is con

victed?" "I do not know precisely,

out I know military law is very se vere. If he escapes with his life, it will be well for him." 4Yes, that il will," said an old revolutionary soldier, who sat by the fire smoking his pipe.

"ts in me army, a soldier

who threatened the life of his superior would have been shot." "And I heard Jenson say himself, that he would'nt give sixpense for his life " said a by

stander. "In the name of mercv, then.

let us be doing, if we can do any thing,"

said a young man, whose countenance

expressed the ardor of his feelings,

and not Sutter an innocent man to be butchered without making an effort to to save him." Mt is an unfortunate thing for the young man, if he is inao cent, that he stalled away so early this morning. I saw him go away before day light. I do think that jooks

suspicioui," said one of thoe present.

"Not in the least, sir," said Mr. Har-

wod, the young man before mention

ed; "he only walked out a short dis

lance, and then returned to his lodg ings, and there he was taken. N,..

f lowers oi' BISvoi cc. The following patriotic fpeech was delivered, it is sml, at a late meeting in Illinois, called for the purj-os,; of taking into consideration i!io xp ency of gelling up a sc. d ex; djtion agau.st the hostile band of Sac4 and Foxes: Frienus and Frilcr-Cicizen Sorljirs: We are met here lor the purpose of txcussii.g the subject about tl)e l,si. taht.es Utely convicted against our flourishing frontiers, by the condaciou. red ski..s!-(A mur,,ur f applause I say we aie met here to instigate whether we will Bi,U sit in Qur tees, and see the spoiler whet his deadly and bloody and murderous knife against the hearts of our friends ai d feller squatters; them are fearlet -perils whubave gone forth with a bofd heart and a strong arm to dig ditckct and drain the swvrnps of ike v:est.'H .d whom we may look upon imIticallr and tee totally as the pianos of a vt'w world! (Much cheering and calling "hear! heai!") Whether w wjl si( still and see their cm i.ti.-Ids rniUhf-d. their wives inviolatt d before Uu ir very eyes, and their smili-.g pralii;. i,,f.ltc used up in the most baibaiacious man. ner, or wheiner we will Daren at o'.ee upon this second champagne, and by ur timely valoraity save them frori a sta.e of 1otl defunction! -Af the anie H ue, t ttitiuuishiiig ourselves H eternal fame! (H,,e the sealp-haih. was thrice repealed ) Ah! ,nv fHlercmzen eodjiib! I fu.v oropUjH,e ,he sy mplomiti-.g feelings ,f y ur n(Mr,g, I need but reum-d yo of y.u, duties towards your .ufferii g and distressful and conflicted bnthren! Their w- 8 cry alouJ tor addre,,and perhaps are heard even now ui the retiracy of oar firesides and our chimnuv

(Mu. h agiution in the centre. Rh'nM

they lay down at night with hlnm"

ing chetk and a ruby lip , and oh T

uiy lener soajus, must I revUlv the cruel, the dreadful, the fatal cau.lro-phef--Aey wakt up ere morning , death! (Here ihe scalp ,ajoo wfis rt.

fc.wu aounuea, ana alter a little callii

he had been guilty

During this conversation the inn

keeper at the Four Comers had enter

ed, and was attentively listening. "At

what time did capt. K return?" aaked

Squire Ledyard. "He told me about

1 1," said Mr. Lester. "Well, that's a wonder, any how," said the innkeeper. 4,He never left my house till four in the morning; and, when he did go, I suspect he left the most of his cub behind him." "What, how is that?" said the Squire. "Lo;.t at card, I suppose." "Why, what sort of a house do ycu

iiccjm iij, i mean to Keep a re-

ould he have returned, d'ye think, ifj la order by an amateur speaker who ? had been guilty." was taking uotes with a oier fK.n.

on a board fence, trie orator of the day resumed.) But I cannot dwell upon, this horrible, tftu applling, this dreadful subj.ct, a subj.ci ftllor-citizs.il sod.

jirs, whose horrors runs ferut. ist the

very gram, as I may say, of the 5oul, without I t.,y w.thout (cleans his throat & addressing one of the crowd) Stranger will you h.u.d ire a g ..d of water wiin a leetle sprir.kle f the critter in it? without fee Hi g T.d inquinchaole thirst fin (tasting the liqu ,r a..d addres-iog the mao who brought :',) a little rr.,re of the cutter if von

gular house, hut young peoplt wii!P'L'a5t;; just a sprinkle, a mere drap-

have their sports." "Will have their

sports, and gamble till four o'clock in the morning!" The inkeeper did not attempt a defence, and the conversation turned again on the events of the

morning. Many spoke iu favor of Jeu-

son, and not a few tacts were mention ed which served to daiken the shade

already thrown over the character of

Keyiou. At length, after appointing a committee to collect and arrange ev.deuce, the company separated, havmg resolved to rxeut again oa the uext afternoon. Meanwhile, Harwood was cn his way to the Four Corners, to see what information he could there gain on the subject. The next day he returned.

h iv.ng obtained a full account of the

transactions that occurred at the ta

vern during the time thai Reyton whs

there. On inquiring for the rerruil

whom Reyton mentioned, there neither

was nor had been any person of that

name in ttie place.

In forty-eight hours after Reyton

tnd his intended victim reached I'

Squire Ledyard wa there also. The

court was already organized, and the

trial bad commenced. A sentinel stood

at the door of the room where the court

was sitting. On requesting to be ad

mitted, the answer was, "No admittance." "The conimander-in-chief is

wilhin.is he net?" "He is." "I must

see him on important business." "No admittance." "I am come to save the

ife of sergeant Jenson." "God bless

you for that. There is not a liner fel

low in the regiment than Jensou. Rut, unless you can save him, there is

ittle chance of his ever seeing the sun

rise alter to-morrow." In a few minutes Ledyard stood before the court, and stated his bnsiness. He laid before them the depositions and other

evidences which he had collected in he course cf two days, and the gene

ral and other officers examined them with an earnestness which showed that

they were far from being indifferent to the fate of the accused.

The sequel may be told in a few

words. The case was too clear to ad

mit of doubt. Jenson was honorably

acquitted, and Reyton met a punish

ment milder than he deserved, in hav 44 1 find there are half a dnen rar-

ing his name struck from the rolls ofltriges in the letter," said a gentleman

t..ar an insquiiichable thirst for that

wengeance winch all the gods of War, Wulcan, and Plato, and Wesuvius) claim as their high prerogative, but which 1 would shower, feller citing, which I would shower in beam, of wralh upon them are inlegal, exconstitutional, and i. civil. z d svg-s whirh skulks amongst our buttom.-T, by day and y night, sallies forth to m.ir.1. r our families and rob our polaloe pach as! Yes, gentlemen and feller-citizri. .. .J.

jirs: my soul rises spontai,Hciulv ;1S

1 contaminate the glorious event that must extinguish our names in the hearts of our countrymen till time shall b no more! Our excess in this experdition is sarlin it is a mere sur-

Ik r. O I iiia 1 M'U. I - i t t

V...1.....UV6. no pianos will he aroused.and we will all light on 'em bodiaciously and tee-totally ohflUfigate Yrn olfthe face of the yarth! I know you are all the raal grit: I rtyelf am particularly a caution a raal snag boat and will lead you to where a good chunk of a fight is sarlin to be hit aguinsi. I will flank you into a solemn column, and receding bv a retrograde advance, we will away'to the field of glory, the field of garnish and

of blood! Yes, my friends and fellerodjirs! we'll meet the enemy in their

own diggings, and the zoay we'll use 'cm up 7 be a sin to Crockett!''''

(Ihe scalp halloo again rose to a

deafening height, but died away as the whole party, bearing their orator upon

a rail, "receded by a retrogade advance," towards a shantee, where he

"critter" had not yet entirely yielded ta the ravages of consumption.)

n. a. lue orator in question is a

candidate for a seat iu the next legitlature of a certain western state. Hard Bargains. A jolly devotee of Bacchus, was a few days 6ince found hy a friend in a recumbent position against a pile of boards nearly dead drunk and vomilingjprofuscly. "What is the matter?" was the enquiry. 44 'Tis a Lard one," replied the man. "Hard? how hard?" 44 Why, but half an hour ago, I bought a pint of rum, down town, and d -n me, hiccup if I aint already tick ot my bargain!"

the army, and In being declared inca

pable, ol over serving agtun as an offi cer.

to a servant, who replied, "Sir, I ana glad you have found them in the letter, for they all flew out of tljo basket."

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