Weekly Messenger, Volume 1, Number 87, Vevay, Switzerland County, 11 May 1833 — Page 3
GKNKIUL KLKfTlON,
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.i - -s ol th rosswtive liinv.n. It:'iC5,s supported bv te testimony of one
T.ilS d-nih.LsS t.V Te:if :lt";':ii-roiM In, JutV.US It
Vic juihJir to find the intelligence spread abroad by letter-writers and others, tending to produce the belief that many of (He papers ami documents in relation to the accounts of the Treasury- vouch c-rs in relation to demand, such as pensions. Ace. h:id been lost, had proved upon examination, to be utterly unfounded.
I ke conditio efths T.-Cf-xry D p : ! ', For the il'etkty Messenger.
7 , i "V . i. ' "'" I To be hell on the fint Month, in Av e nun i-ea v ester dav tie i .;v)i I o! tie in v.mr mm-r. r-nrw nfa rrv linnr.nJ -7
fh r-.-vtiVi- !vin:Mi. IM'iC, IS SUDO'Mted
tus, and is. it seems, believed
:v certain respectable citizen, whose
iimes you withhold. Djil we know noting of the individual assailed by an imputation so font, we would be unwilling to eeeive an accusation, as evidence of guilt; ut his (haracler stands too fair, to he im--ached W oilier than the clearest evience. You have been instrumental in nging this charge before the puhhs, asa ptrt of that public, and as vniers of Switzerland county, we demand of you (lie cvilence on whi. h it rest. Mr. Washer, we believe is, at present, 'Rhsent from thecn. we think it but fair, that this charge should e put in such a form that it may be dis oroved, if untrue, when he returns. Air.
iW her, in common justice, ahuuld stand i.- 'iifronie 1 with his accusers. We ask you j'herefue, to make public, the names of Ju ii'iiis Brutus and those respectable citizens
V . 1 .... ' i l.1v ln requested the publication of thi YV .A K V VI V "V"' VP !"h,tr-0 ilgsnst n.r. Washer. We ask of hhtb .Xll.VUi.U iB.mustnohe us, toother with his name.
jn detail of the circumstances of this attemp led rape t!ie liioe w hen the place where j an ', 'he name and. residence ef the uirl . A full statement of ail circan.s'ancea, bv
... ... . . Ji ii'i;s or ifoinei;f tiio-se iespe-:ah!e ciii--rTfTr 3 rV ""T VT ''"' ' w!" lt s"ems roo."(,s1ed the publica9 r J I1 (J . ' .!'' 11 ' f 'h, Picrp '- 'he siiiatu-e of.Tu.
ji.iu brute , with use rnl name annexed.
.is the !e;r the puldic oupht t expect.
n the charge will l.e m a
re.pws.r,! t.. move pieciselv at nine of the:. - , .. . ',' ,T,,,",t'
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PIUXTER S KETBFAT,
SATl'KD AY, MAY 11, 5 o33.
e. -r'l . - iis the le;r the frP lie respective comvin-es.atter ap--,.-, ., , . . - . ' : V lien t!n is !. p. i.miii 'heir caj'iu:if. th;s morning, are . ,, . .... i . tar.rnl.Io term, a
Hear WaJSoiv, . n
, &.c.
3pCCi
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COUXI Y COMMISSIONER. 3;e-i. Keen & h id PIei.se sav thnt ; 1 COL WcM'lT, of Popey Ivwu 3:i,p, vMl! !ie sa;ip f? l firco.in.v commis
sioner !-. road disiri' t, composed ofPi.sev
iK towashms) at the enui:g cene-
ai:. Y
'l.ixr oTths-
Tlie Sw'zerlaa i r'robate cosii t will si:
at the :o!JU !: u-e in Vevay, on the sc ft
-tfihim Sunt hAi
C " ,r. I iiris-ard, jKlza Andrews, 'Henry J)r ma re, 'Willi ;m Shaw, Zadej; Rous, ii. M. P.edd, (..' M. Lewis, David Lew all vn i l tor Van Hi iggle t'has. Ii. Frci nian Tlio. II. Ciillmore,
We.
J. A. Garard, Whitfield Kirtlev, Thos. McCormick John L. Uurns, John 1 Stevens, Geo. Mil uilouh S. W. Clarkson, J. W. Cole, Tho. Armstrong, ('has. Henderson, J. Ii. Ward, Oliver Allen, Job II. Freeman
"f i I . . r- In i' i ii ,i . ....... ... . i r - J . .. I
tit!;; vvv. 1 7- It'll l'. t V I?l ' T I It; 1 tl 1:1 , tome time since was necessarily absent some six or chili' weeks; the dav aftox his
deparnire, the society was convened and
o sosjjt'.nd the opcra-
i
mani nous? y agreed
I " ,i:e leeeipi oi ine ;;o e aitiele, deii. .ding the evidence n which
jibe charge made by Junius Brutus resis, ll'srpirv Temperance 5--cVf;.'. , referred it to J. Brutus; below we gAe his S )!)!o m mths ag.-, a larore and respecta-jpb' We have seen copy of a noiice ble trmpprai.ee society was formed a: W;r-jH!;U he j.elition for perpe-uatmij tiie testi8.1 w. i late Kredericksborfi) K, and elected Jniony, so, that those who appear so anxious
the rev. mr. lelier their president. Mr.'' "ave Ii e tale uxkolii, will not he
iig in suspense k y c. Fur the IVitkly Messenger. Gentlemen A call has l-etn made by
ja number of persons k.r " a detail of the
of their "'i1" u i" oie
s-.'firJion of fh-' , ' wneic and iiie name and
i oi im: riri. i cannot rceojiiiife to ! . , . , - .
! tatvo.2 unti-t vma-ics. j ... i - 1 . . . 1
p.n.Ti.u in i.ir, iii-Te eit eiauy as 1 ir.iiu'uijed ;he puidie in my first publication, ti'at
. i " f "i HitJ n;o UISCo; v.. ' ,ar. Coiht was married !""sti"5r.t'. he a!,y wh.cre but in a recent I m ii .-.,v, to miss S:vesl1e!C',,lr, "f J,stK''',, Mr. U asher, on calling p--i ater's devii, who hye-the-t ve ijs'is a hi-1 f,poualU on the primers, can have my tie, sns that uniess ho .ps and hea jiV ""tend, as soon a not.ee can be lacking, uemayex-eet barrel t j he! 1,0 served on '"r- hrr, t. . pe.eph ntv in a few voir I'"3'-0 ail ,!ic ,:' 'he case.
JliMlS IJKUTUS. Col tor tovrnship, .May 8.
tie ret if in
ii in m iiie s cie-v uu?i
president. Much to -h;
ta-p'ri keepers, the mei:;teis rf
their fiid ha
cock hi'. &e. Cc. f-r their " often iitfi'
rnities."
It iss i.rd - a about -tOO new tenements A;e to ne erected at Bailor. .Ale the en
suing season a I srn.. ,v,rt of them brick.!
five selectmen ..fthat town, are th iafl,-Jand kvP ,r,J
of tifiy chi.dren. Good citizens, truly.
The rev. Edward Irving lias been found guilty oi Heresy, by die pieshytery of An
nan, in the mailer o thr " ift o tongues"
the clerical . thee. o
less than eighteen bundled persons wtre
resent ;it tual.
Cougress Aiiios Lane. George Craig. fLEGISLITURE, Daniel Kelso William Bradley. Samuel Fallis, Solomon Washer, Sheriff of Switzerland co. Ralph 1. Cotton, George E. Pleasants, Morton Craig, Prtiett flarvej Rela llearick, AVilliam Keith. Israel R. Whitehead. William R. Wilcj. CORO.YER, George Brown. Stephen G Peahodj, John Stepleton.
S..)ethingJI inellnis. We have been t'dd the foil.jivn.g tory, which savors n
much nf the ji.hu e!hus, that e cannc'
ielieve it. act should not iilih. weie not the foattes from which we demed
it entitled to high credit.
io l.tr '.u-tnU in S-Mi'id. ; id to lh' '. hat he should m tr'y her in k lew wf el and left her theie. In Jiav foil. ami c . defendant vei.t i:rain to Sat fold lo t
defendant, and staid one n'bt and ia?t
Our leaders !0'''w t'a)!'' !l,i' 'hen said he should mat
?hali have it piecisely as it came to our" phaintirl' in a lew li-iv. lit visiter eais. iher in July f.dhnvirg; at t'-at (imejlaie
I'here is a girl in Sa) brook about 1 1 jntl lo'd bun that she was ic tdy and wish.
1 he ship Stai
which arrived at Phiia
d-l du i, on the "-Veil u it. brought two ele phan's,oneof hieh is a mammoth felhmtwo leojiard-, a quantity of serpents and li Vtis stn nije animals.
Libert u is our Life, . y.
tn ue ciiy t s'liilaoelpnia they are a-
Dout to re oinraniz- he Tammanv society
yr Van Ii ireM i frien iy iit to the licit summer.
s e pcried to make a
west, during the pre
(tj Vfter issuing ..ur last number, we
tvruo iiiloimed by a friend and relative ol
Si.o.i.ion V asher, that nir. W. wished his
name withdraw as a candidate for the legis
laLire since tiiat, we have been request
ed tocontiue his name.
The sugar crop in l .rbad..iw. savs the eastern papers, has been much injured by the continued dry weather.
rAKKN UP
UIHITITII DIC
29 KI.-ON, of Cotton
. i.s'iij, an est ray with .. me collar marks, about
14 hands and three inehes high, supposed
o he sr. or seven y ears old. no maiks pei
teivable. Appraised to 27. by Joscpi
Lassen and Charles Heath also, a HAY
COLT, 13 hands and one inch hih sup
posed to be 2 years Id. Appraised to 4l2
ny josepn lessen and Charles Heath. ENO ? LI 2 TLUKiElL) .1 Mav 1.
The whole amount ireal estate within thecity of Philadelphia, as v. luen f..r the
purpose ot taxation, is $2.,3ls,l-tl ()o. ! Estimated epcases of the city the present! year is f -107,000. I
vicinity of Pittsi.uig, (he Hear-
has hi en r
;mg lo ait alainiint',
MERRET HUSER'S ESTATE
All persons indebted to the estate of
J5tk. Merrett Huser, deceased
are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned; and all persons having
demands against said estate, will present
mem tor examination. The estate is be
lieved to be solvent JOHN HUSER,
rai lownsnip, iiiy4. adnr.
A Valuable Farm,
A VU.IjAIILF. FAil.M.f.r llJl-iJL. sj:c, situated iii the town
lilnpot "fosey, eoimly of Switzer
land, liidiae.a.on the bank of the
1 It . pii.ni. -...- l i. . ! c .. .: . . i . i ..
I W vr.n.-L.- -I I . .. I r '-!, "VII .Mil! .! Il.lll illllCS LIPIOW I 111
iiiu no ieiiuiurir oi i it t: ... mm . . - . ,
ti0 ,,. ho , r in-roan man evav to the
fir- she. e.rl . V n,Ka"i,' Nm.runs through this tract ef land f jr,he speuds much uf her time .,, st,k m ,he ,.iv(.r , ,,,,, rpn,re f
tract at Piatt's ferry, Coutainitig
At 14 ES Oh LND.
g od dwelling house 5 acres imnro-
ved and the remainder well limbered. The terms made easv Rir narticnlar
i. . ii ... . i
tennineu io ereci a spienu.ii marine monn- enquire ot the suhsc.nher on the premises, ruent or st.Uue, in honor ot IVapoleon, in! liEOUGli V. NOUTH. ae of the principal squares o"Ajaccio. Poser township May 6.
I:i t!i let f ver extent.
."I s. Abigail Croivti, of Hover, Hfd. a-
who h she has been
sixty y
knitting
It h -s ! eon discovered ih.it BrokenWinded t.ooes may be entirely cured hy caumg tiiem to n'rink lime-water exclusively a f w dav p.
The geneial council of Corsica, hasde-
Deuces tij Cinmblf rs The lidlowing history uf an alfiir which occtiricd some time ago. i compiled from authentic source. It wa prepared in order to be used for a criminal prosecution, but cirr urn-tames icndeied it unneces- ary. A young man, 23 yeai f age, of good fa mily and character, a.nved m ibis city with funds to purchase goods. One T. who had known him about six years before, recognized h.in and invi ed him to his house The tnhject of playing raids w a touched upon in ihe couise of i nnver-ation, fi om which they proceed, ed to amu-e themselves at iii.-t with aj
-mail g iiue. out iioabung their stakes a
tne younu tnan losi. until he to-e from
the tr.blf w iihont h doilar. At this point the i old blooded wietch who had robbed him began to pour into his ear a word
nf hope: -the money l.e had lost might
be replaced, hut it r..u;d only be done in one way."' T. then ope&ed bis vest, and
ex iinited to limi a card pit ta it, from
which, ly holding his cards close to it. he could easily sdij, such as he wauled into hi- hand and icturn others, and thn always win every game He told the yui g man that sum ess was miic. and
as the only rlitlicnUy was to get buds to
pluck, and it he would join h,u a:-d tart the game he should share half the plnn
del. 1 he temptation wa toottiong for his virtue and he y elded. A paity va
-oon made up to take a ride on the ;.i!l Dam. wht-re it was arranged that T. should meet tl em at a i ubise hue and
pari, himself ofl as a shipper of hoises
from A. bi-ay, by the name m Hubard son. 'Ihe appointed time arrived and the parties met. Liquor was ii.tindmed ihev drank tieely, were in highspuitg and then cards w eie introduced. I'el'ore many bonis h d elap-ed, a trader of Wells river bad lost all h;? mony, and three otbrs, Chas, Heart, and Lamb, weie stripped of a large amount. A lew days after this, a plot was laid by T. to sw mdle a chai-e maker at Lech mete Fmt. Uaderslauding that the chaise maker wi-hed to di-pnse efa new gig. he sent the young man thither to lake a ride in it, abd pii.p0e to become the purcha-er. He did so, insinuated himself into the good graces of the me chamc, bought Ike glg. and pud half cash and the balance m his nete. T. (hopped in as if by accident; they ad jourued to take a little red e-bment .. . 1 i ...
carus weie Mought in and the monev wou back. The next nighl they met to give him his re enje they then won the note, and before the end of the next week, the mechanic was m j,u fcr the h.tri.e-8 and trimmings. The next vie Uu was a man fiom I.tha.aon, New Hampshire. They Q.utered him with a belief that he cou.d make a pretty spe culaliou out of an odd old fellow in Kim street, whom they s-aid, bad lots of mo
ney. He WHs invited to meet the old man at a houe in Cornhill-squaie, but instead of raising the 7ci,ici, he leaped to himself a whilwmd. He was ricked
bale, aud went home a bankrupt. The accomplices then made a tour of speculation around the country, veiling Hallow ell Albany, and Saratoga, w beie
toeir sue. .iss more lh;,n equalled iheii anticipations. At thee places thev took
lodgings at different public houses, and
ippeared to have little or no acuuain
tance with each other. O,, one occasion they ovei reached a blackleg and stripped him of a considerable sum, who (ok
I . lor a countiy trader. At leneth thev
weie led to deal in countrifen money
became general swindlers. 'i he
years of age, who, from the many speci
mens she has given, is thought lo be tn d.iwed with -o . -xt t lordinaiy gift of
-peech. At ci rt. i.i i; tegular time, when the inipni-c i- i i;, -I -, -he bieak out into poweifui, .. nn. ,t and fini-hed ex
hortations and diKCOuises, generally religion topics. The tirst discourse which -he is known to have uttered and the nnly one upon that subject, was on in
temperance. It is said to have been le matkabie f:r the clearness, precision and elegance of language, the cogency and eloquence of its t bought, and the unpies -ive manner in which it was proie uuced. Since that time she ia delivered herself
of nothipfr on inteinoernr. The hip
" i i moni oiy ymptim of her impromptus f u-u ith a ril of stupor. As soon as she comes out . f that, fhe n-en, elves her
rT'-. "o I'eiuc-viy ansiraciea irom oery thing -ibout hei, commences by icpeat
mjr a tiymii. wincn Mtmetimes is nriarma! 1
md of thf htgbet order o pnetrv. She (hen gives out a test, naming the chapter and teise, and pioreen' tn deliver a s r mon, always con-picous for its sound ar iiumeii's, it logical and connected e quences, and its rich and appealing seuti merits, while its crm-tructun is gramma iica!, its expressions eloquent and jure What especially ast.)in-tie I ho heareis. is the fact, that when the inspiration has gone, she recollect not a word of what he has been saying, and if told the chap ter ami verse of her text, and the num. her of her hymn, she knows not bow oi where to tind them. tr patents reide in New Haven, and are poor, mi-erable.
igi.urHiu. aim iniempe:ale people; .,nd her education bus bee-, so much neglect ed, 'hat the reads with ihe greatest di ficulty. What is marvellous, she di-. o veis hardly an ordinary degree of intellectual capacity, except when the impro vitato.e possesses her. Several phy-i. cians have examined her both when in and out of her lunatics, and as yet have fr tuid no marks of disease or insanity Dui mg the delivery of her speeches, she is cool, collected and mild, and her pulse always regular. We think this case will match the Campbell's .f Scotland, who, on stated occasions are said to speak in strange and unknown tongues, and by their followers are behveo to be inspired by the ll dy Spirit The lovers nf Mrange and inriedible things, will do well to vi-u this young pieacher, provided they attach any credit to the above relation. A'tiu England Rr:u7c.
In the case cx parte, Toius Watkins, the opinion of the Circuit ci int foi the District of Columbia, was delivered bv
chief ju-tice Cianch on Saturday. 20th nit. q-i i-hiiig the thiee writs ol execution
against the prisoner, over ruling the mo
tion of the Attorney for the United Slates to commit him, and ordering him be dis
charged . W Int
ed to marry him, but he then declined,
and left h r in leHrs. The w itnesses or. the part of the plaintiff testified to hti good character and indnsliious habits.
The counsel for the defendant int in. duced various witnesses, who went to prove the plaintiff bad declared to several persons and at dnTerent times, that defendant had performed all and every ( ligageineut lhat he had made lo her with gieat fidelity, that he would never agree to marrv her: That the lelea-e which
platr.tili had given deiendant was done with a full knowledge on her pait of its contents, and that plaintiff had afterwards said that when the sbO note was paid, they should have no more to do with eah oibtr, than if they had never teeu each other; th.it she nev er expected to set eys on him again ;"" that plaintiff had said -mce ihe commenced. ent of the suit, -he did not wih to marry defendant,
but only warned to punish him;" that
her behavior had hem that of a lewd w oman, with a person ether than defend, ant, and that too, while defendaut "va$ vi-itmg her. I he jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, and assessed damages in the sum of four hundred and fifty dollars. Ala? Hampshire Journal.
Discczcriti m the Chinese Feat. Ac in!eie-iing cimm-wance is mentioned re. peeling the discoveries in the Chinese .eas. The Lngli-b residents had fitted out a small ship, Iht Knoubog, ol 90 tons, to proceed on a voyage of discovery She had coasted up so far as hit. 30; and it is stated had examined the puts and places of the Chinese uoitnen. tnritory with great care aud minuteness. The persons engaged in this investigation report that the inhabitants appeared to have the greatest wish to trade with the English, acting in ihe most fitcndly manner towaids the persons composing the expeditin. The natives were evidently in want of a vancty of Engli-h and Indian goods; and, fiom the appaienl richness of the country, ihey could gne a variely el" valuable aiticles m itturo. They are said lo be generally veiy intelligent. The official report, will, of rnurse, not be published; but the ctlkers and others
employed give a most flattering: account
of the expedition, and expre a conn-
dent opinion lhat a great held f.,r the
commerce ot England may be opened on ihe coast and in the island of those seas.
and
Breach of Marriage Contract. The
tual ot the suit of Vms Uustynxs. Pat
nc-c Keimrdif lor seduction and breach ol mai riage out i act, took place at Dov er last week. On the Qd of August, 1832,
the plamttfl brought her sutaeram-l Ken.
r.ed y for not mai lying her in three month t i L . . , r . i. . L ' . I ...Mx
m:n me idhi oi .-vprii, ins.:, as ne on thai day, in Smueisworth. had promised to do; with the usual averments of readiness on her part to become his wife, and alledgrti her damage to be 4o00 The
evidence of the case, stated by thecoun ft! for the plaintiff, is thus repotted: "That the plaintiff, (now about 2l
tears of age) ame to Somcrswnrlh, from
the town oj Sanfurd. Me. in IYbiuary
lGol.to girt empbn in the factory; lhat
she lemato.ed in (lie company's employ
until April, 13152; during the pnncipal
paitcf which time the deiendant was very attentive lo her and spent much
time in the enjoyment of her society:
l hat, as the consequences of the intimacy which h i t thus exi-ted between them, and entire victory of Ihe defendant over Ihe unsuspecting love and confidence o
the pl.iim iff, could aoi much longer be concealed, he solicited Patrick to intt-r. pose the sanctify of the husband and fa-
Hier, and save her ami her nffspiiug from the world's scorn. The defendant, con scions of his prowe-s, and elated wi'b victory, turned In back to (be altar, and
then by left to tl.e plaintiff no altema l;ve but au application to the oflended laws of her country. The defendant was ariesled upon a wairant which issued
upon her complaint to a magistrate, and while under arrest persuaded her I sas
At the April term of the ectut of mm. mon pleas held in this county, John Hun.
ter ot Huton county, was sentenced to
impnsonment at hard labor in the peni. ieniiary for the teim of five years, for his asnu!l and abuse of a young lady in
black river township, on the 2'Jth of June last. Ohio Atlas. I rom the Printers. FEKSONS indebted to us, in Posey township, wiil please make pajtnent Henry Vatqiett or to messrs. .lingers, loyle aud Moure, in the town of Patriot; whose receipts will be gmd. ' KELN CHILD. "Printer's Retreat, May 10. One Cent Reward.
AM
I.e.
SAW AY on the Gth of January last, mv appren-
boy, named IVi Ilia 111
r 4 IVf't'll, aged about sixteen ftS&ttom years, lie was bound to me
by the overseeis of Ihe poor of Jefferson township. All persons are forbidden to hatbor, employ or trust said runaway. Tho above reward will be reluctantly
paid when he is returned to roe.
JAMES FROM AN. April 27,
.1 rr.vro.v.
4 LL iln-e. wlm are indebted lo IYijj 1 Strveil. late of Vevay, by
note or book account, will please to take notice, thai all now due and which will
remain unpaid on the first day of jcne slst, will then be placed in an officer1 hands fr coiletlion; as his business must be settled up as fast as po.-il!e. I hope all interested, will save oa rs and trouble. cr.or.cn Mcltu.ougk. Vevay. April
peud the tual for a lew dais, dunnir
V oung man wasarresteH upon Ihe chaii-e. (which time he mooned lo be written
but his mother became bis bail. He U ftlabsolute release from the plaintiff lo him, her in the luich, aud it took the last rent which be in comnanv with hi l.rP.r
of her property to pay the b,.iU. This carried to hei, au I for the sum of stjQ
in ca-h and a note for AM imvable three
1. is now a resident of n, c.hv and
(here is no reason to believe he In- abandoned his infamous ways. He is well
.. - . I . .'.-..I.. . !
mouius anei 'j hp, an;i a promise io marry her before that uote became due, in
as
known to the ollkers of the nohce. but duced her to stibsn ihe with her i,-J-
has had the adroitnes hitherto to keep she could neither write or read writing.
...av.i .ui nn staie prnim.-BMton J. I he defendant then carried Ihe plaintiff
HUKYING GROUND.
fBl V' trustees of the Jaih.wii.u -IL Seiiooi. AssoeiATinN have, this da v. laid out llie Ihiryiiig (Jiound, I clonging to sai.l assot i ition,as directed by ike bve laws '? 1'ievioiis to bn akiiig ground, hereafn r, fur tho pui pose, oi diguing a grave therein, up plication must be made lo some i no of tl, trustees, who will pint out the tpnt ami lake a iiiinuto of the n:uiie, age, c. of the deceased -person, which are lo be recorded in tho books of the association. I.AVl!U:Ci: MIIEI.I., WILLIAM C. KEEN Aprili. Tiuiteoj