Weekly Messenger, Volume 1, Number 78, Vevay, Switzerland County, 9 March 1833 — Page 2
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MESSENGER.
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The n r. C K. Avery, tcceived one puhlte mind there. On the 1 3ih Jnw' voie, al (he U'e election in the Uhncie-tne Nath mal Concil, so denominated m a candidate to deli, by -Mr. O'Connell, would meet with al ver'he ws. e'.e -tion seunon. Whalnvxl? view to cnojU on the measures whici Lei h.m be G.ivtrni.r. 'would bting about a repeal ol the Un- - i.n. '23 member? of p.nliament, re A i attempt u h- m nie Itt iverk, to rob centlv t Iccled, hnl intimated tht ir int'lf Vex in !ii t in 'ii the rotil nr w:i pur ; lnli-ii to attend, fiiu i iui. I taken. The mail bags were ci'1
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Indian I2oii5ii&es. I'andalia, III. Ftb. 13, 1833. We have in our pos-ession a copy of a letter to the governor, from a gen-
.zr----.---zz-? l j, Ionian who recently left Chicago, Fi ;n hit N. Y. Coo;;-v ,v iv '-r. Feb 21. wnich states that the writer has been L.ITER FROM EMiulXD., (informed that a combination of six In-Thc-packet -hip N a Y-ok, rapt, j'lian tiies ha been formed, and that II xio. arrived vserd av fram Livcrhy intended commencing hostilities j. i , ;iip;ice she ;! d the 1 G'hi:U:i!!t two white in the spring. As uH. The editor of the C-uirj.-r undjuu evidence of their hostilities the wriK ..j tj-r h i received bv this convey-Her states that "An old Pottawatamie. . .. L v lo,, nuro iN of ihe 1 5tii and jabout the last of December, had stated
L.f'-rooid of the 16 h Janii in.
Toe reply of the king of Holland to, the last proposals of the British go-e:-i:ii'-r.t had hen received in London, hut the pn.ii-'' contents had not transpired, ft was believed, however, that f :-jo advan. e, of Nnl-nd had been n l nv a counter prt jec of the DtitcV. vp r '!viii. or the arrangement o all i "'i.- :; :: and it n added'. Hi had
that in one hundred days from that lime the whites would have to move arros the Wabash, and must not toj there.'' It is further staled in the letter, that a oartv of Ollova- had kill ed 7 hojs near Hickory creek belong
ing to whites; that the VV inoeba goes had smoked the pipe of peace
ith the l'ottavvattamies the last of
tt e inhabitants keep whiske.) ilh the Respectful!) jourob't seiv1ls, view of nrquitii g fn m these unfortu- (Signed) B. CALDVV'KLL.
natR people the whole proceed o ALX IIGBKNSON.
silting of the Convention.
December, and promised to return to
.. - -.t.i . i i
t: r.-,.re staled, that HollanJ had Mem again wun me lomanawK ano i ; lin-J a- a preliminary step, thr H j ':"', and, says the wnter, "when nation of tn garris-m of the citadel j' lcf; 1,,erR flS,,,lt a wek he re of Anfverp, the removal of the hi .ck-."" f the inoebaj-? wereexpected ade f her porU. and that peimts-ioi; 'v ; and thoy say. that two more nasiioald be iven t . th Dutch v, sselsition- will join them in the league; be-sr-;t into 1-j.h.h and Freurii ports to !' in the whole G tribes, viz: Chippe prererd to their destination. It is ever -vas Ottawa,, Menomones, Winneba1.,? .w. ,t it,. . ,i.n..,.tc l 1'oesStcMiid Fox, and Ottoes." It. is-
- . i,i ii i i i t . in hi in "in i . . vvwi
pi'-! with; that France has reluctant-' - !";ed Chaste and I. is gallant i:!rii-r -s piianers of war, but that tl-.eir lehisal I . pledge themselves not to v-rvp aain-t l?dium and France. 1 I hit ter untrv no alternative;
m l r ii 1 IS
ai rai-
the vessels d--t ti'ifd, bath powers thus
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n l ri i ' s I ivernmeni wouio
'lie bio k i lo and liberate
U virvi to l. d! r d a proaf of their anxi Mi I. ire to return to a slate of an itv i'h H dl .nd. I i tUe nivati time, the closing of thv S :"td: is riidlv enfore'-d b) 1 1 a' I and. Ai t's f)r'jserif when the navi
gation of the river is imprartif aide
Chicago, III. Jan. 18, I 33. jjoiirn in South Carolina until aiicr the
I certuv that Hie loregoing is a true
copy of the original report now in my passion. T. J. V. OWEN.
January 20, 1C33.
Lognnsport, In. Feb. 21 . By an Indian who hi rived from the lortti-west , a few davs 6ince, we are
informed that the Indians in that quar
ter are for war ere it preparations
are making, and it is supposed they iu
lend an attack early in the spring. It is thought that some of the I'otlawata mies will take part with (he hostile
party. I he W inriebagoes hate refu sed lojoin them, and we underhand a
deputation from that tribe will visit!
this place thoilly.
jrther sta'ed, that the VYinncbagors
endeavored f r some time past to injure the neighboring tribes to join :neiu iu Wi,r Hg'iinst the whites in the spring. The above information has been obtained from the fiiendly
Fottawatainieo, o,f whose veracity the public run judge. hg The following i an exM f'tof a let ter from M: Owen. Indian age('t al
'Jhtcaffo, on the suhjert ol ttie lle rt-p.-rted Indian- hoslihtirs on e'Jr northern frontier, and a repoitof two eornmUsioneis on the same matter; but irom infoi an ion since received oe, that
fro:n the ice aione. the effects of thip Mct, a diuerent view of facts is siv-
uearjre aie pciiiaps not much fell. p' from what is there presented. j hoi tins natural ob-t irle rem ved , it j 'o the e'lihr of ike Whig and Intel. v : ;i id seem imi-,ii-de tliat B -Iwiorrr (jextlemi.n: Dv reference to the rei I r '.? rernai tiai q ail, with her prie-jport ot the commissioners appointed
-d-inde'd almost her only sea- by guv. Reynolds and gen. Atkinson, -hut up, with no outiet for her in- to iu'iure 'no certain alledged Indian try or commerce. The London; dpredatioi(s on the northern frontier o s calls upon the Rrilish govern 'of this stale, I find the following Unit :o romnt-l Ii Hand to give uuJg'iage: " The Indians denied the com-
wh tt it term-, a mi-c'nievous course1 tniltal of the aggressions laid to their c-! ? hr, but h e do not see how thisch art;e, and justified their inroad into i idl be done, unless it is by at-;the country by a permit, they Said ihej t..o - .: ig her on soni' other point. On h d reieivt d liom their agent at Chitl '- :vj!de she is invulnerable. Tlie'cag;o'' having been thus alluded to, f dili o) to Wairberen and the at- in refernee to an offii ial act, it is due tack n H?rgen op Z om at a later pe-!lo irtyelf, that the public be correctly rial, will not soon be forgotten in Eng-'mfoi uvd in relation to this subject, land. j Since the termination of our I t le InTh.e chambi-r of deputies of Frnncejdian troubles I have jiven to Hiub c is engaged in a law exclusively rela-'r?v7r, 11 h'i poii sth and Me am esc, three ting to the internal policy of the coun-ldi-tingui-hed chitf, who had evinced In, and of course having no interest itheii friendship for the vv hites and had
heic. A squadron is tilting out, said J taken a decided stand against the hos-
to be destined d r llayli, tor the pur jtile Indiana, each a certificate ol their p -o of comjielling the government of-general good character, and reouest
(hit i-lund lo make some arrangement ! ing the Whites to permit them to hunt
pument f the piice -he had ; nndi-tni bed on the public lands. Al!
treaties ol eesrion heielofoie entered
ii to w ith these people recognise their right to hunt on the land ceded so long
as it remains th? property of the go
vernmenl; but the rec guition of this
ight, necessarily imposes upon them
their winter's hint I do not attribute this crime to the people generally, bul
that some are guilty of it, will not be denied. Kespeclly yours, T. .1 V. OWEN. Chicago, January 8th, 1833. T. J, V. Owes. Esq. Indian Agent (it Chicago, Sir In conformity with your re quest, the undersigned repaired to the frontier settlements on Duiean,on the Illinois river, for the purpose of inquir ing into, and ascertaining the truth of the rumors in circulation, in relation to certain depredation said to have been committed by the I 'oltawatamie Indians, upon the propcity of the inhabi tants of tiiat seriion of the country; and having performed tint duty, beg leave to submit the following statements of ffcts: The Indians, in conformity to their usual custom, located themselves iu
nn hunting parties in the vicinity o(
the white settlements, ior the purpose
f exchanging tht ir pelfry and skins
with their white brethren, for corn and
other necessaries for their families to
subsist upon; and this tnfiie they sup
posed would be as sustfepiable now as
it any former period their while
friends; and they have alwa)9 been led to believe ha"t it was mutually be-
nefic 1 to bath, but it has ben made absolutely neces-iry to them during the present season, to prevent their women and children from st ving, the disa-trous nvei.t of le list season, grow ing out of the war, has cast thvin in a con-iderahle degree upon the nn nificer.ee of the whites. Forced bj the pmliry of the government, and Ith-ir
vin neenhar -i uation, to leave t. e r
villages and take refuge for their per. onal safety ai the agency, they were
prevented Irom raising any thing to
ubsist their families uu-ui the present
wnder hence the rea-on why more
f them have resorted to the neighbor
hood of the settlements, than ifsjal.
But Irom he iicst inform ilton the
understated could obtain, fiom ihe lu
lians and other source5, they are con
trained to believe there his not been
more than eighty Indians, including m.'n unmon anrl di lilren.ailV WhelC
, j I I'M ... i . . i . . i
ill the vicinity ef the settlements, and u.e enc.osures meinn ,e
lei'ieu to, were mi.j oetore me legisia
ture c f Viiginia by th.e governor ol
4.
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After the rending of the ahevc. a
iolution passed the IIoii;e of DelcgateV
JVczo Chinese Mulberry.' The excellent qualities of this species of mulberry lor salk worms, are every day receiving new illustrations. A friend ia Virginia writes to us that he had a leaf from one of his trees that mea-urcd 15 inches in length, and 13 in width; ;..id that 3G leaves, medium size, after exposure one day to the hot sun in September to evaporate their moisture, weighed twelve ounces.
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several t,lk$ we had with Iheui.
they all disilaimeJ any, the tdighltsi
isposilion to depredata upon ttie pro
perty of the whites, or to molest then
persons, but aver, in the strongest
f r tl
p'U iged to give for the acknowledge
ti'.en n b-T independence.
i i ' i'.otihsti naneis contain a von
hit
pape
v ! if)oi"H. mi resioi, donee Irom ( mot
i
to, !r iin uhli h we gather, that the po-
Ff'ioi! oi Don ! V.iro is not v rv envia-
hie. A i 1 u i poken of to re9'ori peaceable and qwiet manners towards
tr -:nqu-li'v in P ntual; it is. that both (be persens ami propertv of Ihe citi
iZotis. I have been extremely Cautious
in giv'n g cerlifnates to the Indians,
'ince the commencement of our dilli-
rtoin r -ho-nd q-jit t!e country and D --'loa Maria a-u:T:c tlie reign? of go-v-irm,:it. Ti i. it 1 1 lie, has prohablx
l."n roi-.coc.ted in the cabinet of Loub;c ulties with the hostile band of Sacs
P .;!ip, win looks f arward to nviirvti.g hi- second son to !h" vnung queen. Ttie new Biitih Parliament will mel in tlie end of Ftbiuary or earlx in Man h. A great fire h id taken pcei.i Liv erp iol.in rbich 10 to 1 2.000 bales ol eo'ton were Coo-uoi-mI. The total da roige said to he 1 00 000 pounds ster!i .j. The state of Ireland, according to tb? iita onnts before m, is n:o-t lamen t i le, and we fear that matters in that i -Vreslin" couritrv .ire hateidiig to a ( at fil crimes. A large additional mil-
i aiy irceion ttie point of being sent (hither bv th" Bijii-h government.
The county of Kilkenny U in a very distracted state. l22 houses had been attacked by th- Vhitf,v 1. prim ipallv
with a view of dispossessing holders of
I ; i t ikea in opposition to the regula ti .i of the Woitefeet. 30 persons wfie r irnmitted to the county jail, du-ii-.g t(-o month ( I), rembeF, for alio -tg-'d oil u e9 ag inst the gwvertirnont. iear Newport, in the county of vlavo, and near Newmarket, in Ihe county of Coik, the police and peasa i'r had mrt and blood had ll two piifmdy. The collection of tithes w is again the exciting cause. Cont d lections in the counties of West un-ta and Longford, h oi consideraM v
Indian War. We received, last evening, the following letter, which contains information of considerable moment. Luuinille Jour. Cantonment Gibson, Jan. 12, 1 833 Dear Fiiend 1 take this opportu nily of informing you of our situation, ('apt. Ford1? company of IT. S. Uar.gers left this plare on the 5lli inst. by order of Col. Arhmkle, on an expedition against the Pawnees, bul to their surprise, tli y were attacked on t e 9lh by a ba'id of Catnansha Indians, five hundred in number. They fought with great bravery for the space of an hour and a half, bul they were sur rounded and overpowered and com pelled to surrender themselves ns iiisoners of war. I was at the fort wliei the expre-s came in. One of the lieutenants made his escape, and brought infurmatiou ihat the savages, at the lime of his leaving them, were inassa
creing their prisoners. It is supposed
that all have been put to death. Fiv
companies of regulars on the receipt ol
the intelligence, immediately etarled to rescue such a- might be still alive.
There is every probability of a bloody
war with ibe L-mansba Indians.
JAMES SMITH, A Rangtr under dpt. L'jon. VIRGINIA AND S. CAROLINA,
The following extract of a letter
from :Mr. Commissioner Leigh, to gov
Sagacity of a Quadruped.- The Themastoti Journal states, that a pigweig!:-
li ct nou i eigmy aiiempiiiig 10 croxMill River on the ice, aficr proceeding a short distance broke through, v.-he a instead of drowning he very deliberate-
v commenceusvviiTimtag nn-ier the ico
in asfraight line for the shore he was seeking. The ice was about an inch thick, and being transparent, nil his motions could he observed, ami i i this
m inner he swam to the shore, f ur rod-.
and when arrived fa-re braced himself on the bottom and with his hack by,- t
up through the ice and got out without the least assistance.
.giavnted ihe disturbed state of this mutter of deep regret that some
and Foxes, as 1 was well aware of the
existing prejudices against the Potta
watamies, hot from such men as Sshih
e-nia and vvah pon-seh, whose aelivi
exertions have been productive ol
much good, it would have been un
grateful to w ithhold this small testimo
ny of their gdod character and eon
duct
That an agent has not the power to
give a prmit to an Indian to hunt where he pleases, is a fact not to be
denied, but he suiely possesses a dis
cretinnaiy right to certify whether he is a good or bad Indian, and to ask the citizens to permit him to hunt in quiet
on public lands, so long as he behaves
himself iu a peaceable and becoming
manner. A? soon a intelligence reached me, in relation to the depredations complained of, I despatched two individuals of much influence with the Indians, to ascertained the facts and to require them to depart from the settlements without delay. They have not vet returned, but I have no doubt ihcy will
fully succeed in accomplishing the ob
ject in view. In conclu-iin. I cannot hut remark, that in my opinion, no danger need he apprehended from these Indians; conduct ? ich as h imputed to them, is ge
nerally the result of intoxication, and it
of
ihat stte on the 1 3th ult.
Charleston, Ftb. Glh, 1833.
Sir I arrived here on the evening
terms, that they have the best feeling- ,,f Sunday, the 3d inst. and the next
of friendship towards them, and they morning w aited on the governor of
are desnous Ihat those let-lings may ouih ( 'arch. .a, to communicate to him
be perpetual, and intend thev shall be, tlt. residutioi.s of the general assrm
so far as relates to them, if a sliict ad ,ly cf Virginia of the 2Cth January,
lierence on f'eir to the treaties maae jiu, .ubiect of federal Relations,
with the United h'ates government Hnd to ascertain from him the proper
w ill eliei ihat ot ) t ; hut in nunung manner uf submitting to the compe
say thev.) noon the lands ceded by u6 l(.;n authorities of South Carolina the
o the Wmted S ilif, we violated the lesuluiions of the General Assembly, ight ot no pei s,,,,, as e have stipu- ,-md especially the lequest therein collated for the right to If t and l)?h on !,,ie, that the Ordinance of the late
those hods, so Lmg as they are the pro Convention of that st.ite, entitled, ''An
etty of the govt rnment. Ordinance to nullify certain acts of the In reference to that part of your in Congress of the United States, pui-
structtons which related to Ihe hum I .orlin-j to he laws layietr duties and
.g of tlie bridge across the W innba unposls on the impoi tation of foieigi,
go inlet, the Indians state, ihat the ( (,mm .d'tie-,1' shall lie reeinded, or at
hiidge was not bu.ted by thein inten least its operation suspended, until the tioually nor casually ; they s.y it could rosc of the first session of the next not have been fi em tiring the piaines Congress. In consequence of the in in its vicinity, as the grass and herbage formation derived from rev. 1 lav hp at
was sn trodden down around it, logelh tHS interview, I yesterday addressed
er with the protec tion it received from ho him a letter, of nhich a copy i-
the roads, that it precludes the posi-herewith enclosed, and was this mom
bilily of uch a belief; they believe it j,irr honored with an ai.swer from the to be the act of some incendiary, bul governor, enclosing a letter to him
who it is, or what motive could havi from the President of the Convention
impelled the act, they know not. f the people of South Carolina, of
We represented to them your wish hi h conies are also enclosed, tmi
that they should retire from the neigh doubt not, think it proper to lay borhood of the settlements, and con- these papers immediately before the
tine the mselves, ?i much as po-sihe, 1 1 wo houses of Assembly.
within the limits of their owncnu try. The convention of South Carolina to which they made no objections, but w; jt, rt v,-ry few days be called by remaiked, that, if their stay gave any t,e president thereof to re assemble, apprehensions to Ihe settlers upon the ; orJ, r t h;i t the resolutions and re frontiers, they wmld immediately re qe-t of the General Assembly of Virtirc. as they would rather encounter jr,,, may he submitted to its consider the fear of staivation, and forego tin j,tj0ii, and that that body may deterbenefits of the commerce before allu mine determine whether, and to what ded to, than lo be the innocent cause extent, the request of the General Asof these apprehf nstons. st mbly shall be complied w.lh. Bui In conclusion we will remark, from considerations of convenienee will tie our ow n knowledge of the situation of c essarilv postpone the meeting of the the Indians, and their character and convention until about the second ftloninlerest, we have no hesitation in say- day in Mirch. I pray you to ascering that they have the strongest w ish tain from the General Assembly, in the
to cultivate a friendly intercoms with manner you may think best, whether the whites, and the government, and it will be the its pleasure that I shall that the apprehensions of danger from remain here and attend the session ol them, or hostility with them, are ill the conventim; as to which I hope it
founded, and can exist no where Wut will give me its instructions according in the heated imaginations of the most to its own sense of public utility, withtimid; the Indians are not uninformed out regard to my personal convenience, in relation to their situation, waving I shall certainly prolong my 6tav in
the impossibility of success in such an this state, until I receive n answer
undertaking, they know in a contc9l from you, employed in promoting by with the whites they have every thing all proper means in my power the purto lose and nothing to gain, and as they pose? for which I was sent hither, contemplate at no distant day, giving It is proper I should say, that the dc-
up their present precarious mode of termination to re-assemble the Convetisubsislence. and turning their attention tion of this State, is to be attributed en-
to the cultivation of the earth, they tircly to the sense entertained by the look to the paternal and fosttring care Governor, and by the President of the of the government to aid and instruct Convention, of what is due to the fricnJtheto in effecting that object. ly intercession of Virginia
Medical Priz? Qucstiur.s cf the State
Medical Society, for ISoo I.The Med
ical History of Cholera Morbus, pre
vious to the appearace of Asiatic Cho
lera, to be drawn from authentic writcrs and actual observation.
2. The influence of Malaria or Marsh
effluvia in the production cf disease, with the circumstances und'.r which it
cts most virulently. A premium of fifty d-.llar: isofTorvd
for the best dissertation on either of tic
subjects. The desertutioos are to ic
forwarded to the secrelary, Dr. J,. 1 r
Wing, Albany on or betorc the Lt of
November 18'V..
Printers of newspapers will confer a
favor by noticing th.e above, as there
has been a neglect in the medic 1 Jour
nals to notice similar qucstsoas.
Ship Cvlkino.- It is slated in the French Journals, that an important dis
covery has been made with regard to
the calking of vessels; harm ly, that by mixing the essence of tobacco with the pi tcli and tar, the attack of worms and destructive insects is prevented, and the coppering of ships' hot' ms rendered unnecessary. Very important, ii true. A. Y. Standard.
Important to MiVcrs. The hill reported to the Legislature of this State to oblige ow ners of mills to erect side railings on each side of bridges placed by themon public roads, requires (lie posts' to be at least G inches square, three and a half feet high, not more than eight
feet apart, mortispd and tenant rails; not less than four inches square Penally, five dollars for the first offence and a like sum for every week such railing is neglected to be so placed.
Remarkable instance of prrsrnrr of ,nind In the awful and destructive hurri cane which occurred in the vicinity of Liverpool, in October last, and which caused tlie loss of the sh p Grecian of Boston, the English ship Wm. NeiUar, struck on the bank, went to pieces, and every person on board, twenty sis m number. perished! The letter bag was picked up upon the shore the follow ing day. and on opet ing it. was fo-i d to contain a quantity ol ehuf w inch tt-c Captain with a p't-senceo! mi.-.d in -be hour of death seldom paralleled, krowing the importance of the letters who h it contained, was supposed to have placed there for the purpose of rendering
it buoyant!
Chaplain to Congress. Notice is
hereby given, to all whom it may con
cern, that a convention of Christian?
will petition the next Congress of United States to abolish the office of Chaplain. The Church and State ought to be entirety separated; but, as it is. the Government pay s one thousand dollars
per anmmi of the people's money, to
tipport lieo priests. If our congressmen
ehoose to appropriate theirpnrne funds
to such purposes, they have undoubted right to do it; hut the people's money
should he otherwise appropriated.
iVcvv-Albany, Ind., I eb.dth, IbSo.
HoRaiBLF. An Athens, (Ky..) paper gives the following account of a minder and uiride committed in that place: The body of a waman, whtih bore evident maiks of v iolence was discovered a few week since. She wan seen in company with a man named Aubry a short time before her corps was discovered. Awbry was not seen ngain until his body was found in a brunch, having put an end to his existence bv drowning himself. He had taken off his coat, shoes, and socks, and laid thern near the place where his body was found. No doubt is entertained of his having murdered the woman. They had lived together some time ns husband nnd wife, (though not married.) and had sererHl children ''Thus endethlhc daya of the wicked.'"1